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How stts,o be Pat Tnroagss

The Washington organ of Grant says
says it will require not less than ten
Thousand regular troops, judiciously dis
tributed through the Southern States to
insure fair election in these States ia
1872; sRa that it may be necessary for
Congress to increase the srmy.
This is but one Of numerous indica.
tions that Grant Intends to force his re-
election by placing the whole south un-
der bs.onet rale should he receive the
Republican noninstios. Sach amsth-
cd OF insuripg q fres and fair election,
certainly dss.rves the credit Of original
ity. Iti only equsllsd by the ing.nui
ty of the Ethiopian pressnt-tsksr who
relates his experience in one of tn. ne
gro minstrel halls: ''rompev, whsr you
get dat sstch?" "A mss CUB it to Rie' .
.Gsb it to you for muffin 7" "Yes-but
| had to knock him down free or for
times before he'd do IT," II Grant run.
for President in 1872 he 10 determined
to have . free snd fair slecsier, ever i
it shosld be necessary to hsJcnet every
man in the Southern Ststes who oppo
ses him. Whist would I've deemed Ere,
and fair election By q man wko hsi
used United States troops and Gstlins
guns TO control the sctien ofa Repub
licsn convention st New Orleans, ma,
easy be iEsgined N. Y Sun. A.
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A Knock-DoIyn Argument.

We take this logic of the New York
Sun, to be unanswerable :rio ob4a,SS
The Louisville Courier-J Journal pub
fishes an account of a society formed
in some of the Southern States for the
purpose of getting rid of suclf negro
thieves and despersdoes as can be indu-
ced by money to quit the country by
shipping them to the Northern States,
and thinks the device OF paying maraa-
ders to go elsewhere, instead. Of Ku-
Kluxing them a. good idea, although
perhaps unjust to the Northern commu-
nities2 2toEWhich it is proposed to send
thefn.I There is no. occasion for any
compunetions of conscience on this
scores There is no probability that the
society will ever send is many thieves
North as we have sent South and more
ovefit is not asked that we. shah make
theig transported rascals Governors and
members of Congress, or give them the
CONTROL Of our State finances. 1t will
require lively export of thieves to the
North to turn the balance of trade
against US. IL - Iri'l
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Want OF Breath.

"After have been sitting sewing for
some time am troubled with a feeling
~ though weight rested On my chest,
and it is Impossible 10 take deep in
spirstion When l can take long
breath, it reaches the spot, and is are
lief. or would be, if did not want to
repeat it Immediately. The cause of
this, if you please ?" QUERlsT
Yon do not bresthes.ss s.ssenough. The
blood collects in the lungs waiting to be
purified, causing the feeling of weight.
If wkile feeling thus, you will get up
and swing your arms vigorously and
bresthe deeply for few moments, the
blood will become ssratcd, and the feel
ing Of heayin.ss will pass away. Sit
still less, sew less, exercise more in the
open air, and breathe more, and the
wsight will be lifted.-Herald of Health.
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What Party ls RsspOassbief

In his Message, the President has shis
bit OF clap trap: s ..
"Mors than six years has elapsed
since the last hostile gun wss fred . =
The condition Of the Southern States
Funder Rsdicsl control all the time Is
unhsppilv not such As all ttsc patriotic
citizens would like to see II.
Why' Because the Radical Admin
istraiion OF the President, determined in
1865, that the South should vote the
Radical ticket, or be placed under the
control of Bayonets
Had the People of the South been Left
free TO vote and act as they pleased, un-
trammeled by Bxyonsts and Resistra.
ton .sasctments, '"the condition of the
Southern States would have been at
this time just what .'aH true patriotic
citizens acsald like to sea prosper
GUS and thriving part of our country
and that woula have been the death OF
the nations curse-Bsyonas Radical.
ism. - ..,..
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A Dark SnNF.
from the Volksfreund.l

In the yesr that Grsnt took possess
ion Of the Presidential cilair,the amount
of interest to be paid on the national
debt amounted to one hundred and thir-
ty and half millions of dollars The
Secretary Of the Treasury and Presi-
dent now contend that the yearly inter
esi has since then been decreased seven
teen millions According to this state
ment the amount now would only be
one hundred and thirteen millions; the
Treasurer's estimate, however, is one
hundred and twenty-five millions. If
we also take into. consideration the e1
changing of the six per cent. for five
per cent. bonds by the syndicate, which
cost the country three and q half, and
not two snd . half millions of dollars,
as stated by the Treasurer, there still
remains a large dehcit which will be
difficult to conceal with boastful phrases
to be used AS capital at the election.
There is also another rotten item in
the report He reports as has been
previously done as means of the Uni,
ted States Treasury, the sixtyfour mill
ions capital and one and half raillion
interest which the United States have in
the Union Pacific railroad, while it is
very doubtful it the same is worth one
cen, on the dollar .As is known, Con
gres., by swindling bill, has given up
the right of frst mortgage on the Pa
ciGe rsilrosd, and has paSmitted other
creditors to take the precedence. 1t,
may, therefore, very easily happen that
as hiss been done by nearly all other
railroad companies until now, the road
viii be sold for debt, and that the cred
itors having the priority (of coarse the
principal owners themselves will buy it
for nomins price, and so leave the
| United States in the lurch.
So long IS none but party friends Of
the Treasurer may closely examine his
accounts, and quote the apparent and
reiterated items at their true value, Mr.
Boutwell, and every other Republican
Treasurer will fild it very es,y TO make
fsvorsble financial report Tweed
and Connolly were able to do the same
so long as nobody was able to review
their accounts and betray their secrets.
! Who knowshow ditierentth the accounts
in the United States Treasurer 5 office
would appear, if through a change in
the administration all personal consid,
erations would cease
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Legal Notice. !.

g HNLIZABETH MoGLUMPHEY and John
- AeGlunphey, her husband, Stephen
Knight John Mitchell, William Mitchell, Classy
Davis and William Davis, her husband, Of tho
State of Pehnsylyania;, Sarah A. Winget, Of the
State Of Iowa; John n. Erskine Of the State Of
Nebraska; Bennett Cpen and SamuelD. Knight,
of theStite Of West Virginia. will take notioe
that Jacob Fisher, Administrator sof the estate
of Stephen Knight, deceased. ON the 14th day
of DecemSer, A. D. 1871, flied his petition in.
the Probate Court within and for the county Of
Monroe and State of Ohio. alleging that that
personal estate of said 'decedent is insufficient
to pay hisidefts and the charges of administer-
ing his estate; thathe died seized in fee simple
of the following described real estate situate in
said county, to wit: The west half of the north
east quarter of section enc, township four of
range five, containing eighty acres more OF less
The prayer of said petition is for the sale Of
said premises for the payment Of the debts and
charges aforesaid. sare =, ;5Rsfs
Said petition viii be for hearing on the 17th
day of January, A..D.r 1872. or as soon thereaf.
ter as a hearing can be obtained.fjli bits
TT JACOB FISHER, Admir-,
decl9w4. By Jere Williams, his Atty.
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The Marietta Register and CARPET
AGfs .HirlS . Bagisn. i|i~S-t' Htb

The editor Of the. Marietta Register
would have us, believe that tue Radicals
do, notalphold the carpet bag ,otiieials in
the South, 'l1aaa % 1'fr >"'.j.f p. u
What party inanSurated the present.
carpet bag Radical crdssdein the South?
.Tha Radicai. party, with GRANT at iits
head, for :wi,em all the little Radical ed
itors, like the editor Of the Register,
shout Justify. ~a' la..a~ 3e.' =
WHO heralds the news as Radical
triumph when a Radical csTpet bag Leg, g
islatpre o.: State ticket is elected. in. a
Southern State? 7ausu.s r.4}i 81
lWhy, the editor of the Marietta Reg
ister and other little Radical blow guns.
What party upheld BULLOCK, OF Geor-
gia;lScoTT, of South Csrolinsi s. HOLDEN,
Of North Carolina and other rascslly
Radical Governors in the South, a ina
jority of whom are carpet baggers?
Why, the elilor of, the Register and
other followers of GRANTS Bsyonet, car
pet-bag State goverhmentsHin the South,
What party welcomed AMEs, SAWYER,
OsBoEx, WEST, ALcoRy, GnBERr, CLAY
TON. and KELLoGG as Q. S. Senators
from the South? tes
THE Radical party snd its. little blow
ers,I like the editor of the Register, knew
that they were all carpet-bag adyentu
rers from Northern States.
Talk about oondemning carpet bagism
in tile South. Why, Mr. Register, your
party gave ~ic birth, fostered and nonr-
ishad, it into great evil and curse to the
country, and now you are anxious to
east off your internal bantling; but, no
you don't, We intend that You shall not
dodge yarr record on this subject
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EUROPE.
The Effect of President Grants
Message ia spain-!selnEOrce
s.asnts for 6IsaGa. t...,


Message ia spain-!EselnEorce
E91ents for Gmea. .., n
NEW YORK, December IA. special
dispatch from London says that tremen-
dous excitement prevailed in Madrid on
the receipt of President Grants mess
age relating to the Cuban difficulties -
The Government has resolved to main
tain firm attitude. Reinforcements of
four thousand men, two additional gen
erals, and four iron-clsds will be imme
diately dispatched to Cuba.
A special dispatch from Lond on says
that the question of the alleged viola
ton of neutrality by the United States
with regard to Cuba was. discussed by a
council of ministers at Malrii, on the
9th AS the result of the council dis
patches were semitic the Spanish Minis
ter at Washington, which were said to
contain Important instructions respect
ing the attitude of the United States to-
ward Spain in Cuba. - .'.' 9.'''
The course of the American Govern,
ment is likely to affect the Alabama
claims in the-Genera conference -bY fur
nishing a precedent in favor of the Brit
ish Governments in the case of the Hor-
met, Floriiea, and other privateers Dis
patches on, the subject of the Geneva
conference have also passed between the
Cabinets OF. Madrid, Florence and Bef-
lin.
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HThe people of Texas, at the late
election, chose four Democrats to Con
gress. The Governor, who is Repub-
lican carpet-bsgger, deliberately threw
out number of counties, and gave the
certificates of election to one Democrat
and three Republicans One of the la.
ter had the honor aud the. decency to
decline to receive it, on the ground that
his opponent, and not himself, was elect
ed If this high handed and rascally
conduct of the Governor is sustained
by the House, who will pretend that
there is any use hereafter in holding
elections in Texas Better give up the
business to the Governor at once.
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Grants Relations.

The New York Times, in review Of
the SIMS list Of Grants relations. APP,
pointed to office, denies that Reader ".
Clarke fNo. ls) is a relative of the
Presidents. We are prepared to show
that he is, on both his own and his first
wife's side, Ms follows:
Reader W. Carke's sister (Ciddy
CIarke) married brother of Orvine
Grants (the Presidents brothers moth
er in law
= Reader W. Clarke's first wife miss
Ross was a sister-in-law Of the Presi-
dents aunt.
The Sun is little inaccurate some.
times, but we have no doubt it's list can
be proved to be pretty correct on the
whole. 1t was bad enough for Grant
70 appoint all his relations to office, but
10 have him disown them all through
the Times is really too bad. Ohio Std-
teSMdn. es els s f., n.,,,,..
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Tne Radical Party Eohb srs of In Z
yeUbIiI S..sNfss.

The President, in his Message, eyi
IDENTIFY entertains the opinion that the
People are destitute Of sense, and al that
lis necessary to make untru,h truth is for
the Message to assert his via.s. He
SAYS this OF the public lands:
"frenew myrecommcnGation that the
public lands be regarded a. heritage to
our children. to be disposed Of oaly as re-
quired for occupation and TO actdar set
Tiers"
Thai is the veriest piece of hypocrisy
that has appeared in print since the art
Of printing was first made known.
GIANT WAS inaugurataa President on
the 4th Of March, 1869, and from that
time to July, l. 1870, ne approved bills
which permitted the Railroad Land
Grsbhers to plunder the People Of 20
9S8,93S ACRES of the Public
Lands. .......
Previous to the 4th Of March, 1859,
the Radicals, in Congress, .votsd to the
Land Grabhers $4,000, 900 ACRES
Of the Public Lands.
The grand total of Public Lands
Grabbed from the People By the Rali
cal party, is Gtsg,9Ss,93$ ACRES.
And iu the face OF sach astounding
rsscslity, their President has the, stTron-
terry to recommend, after they are gorg-
ed with the proceeds of their robheries,
"tbst the public lands be regarded As d
heritage 10 our children"
Could villsiny smile, and 20 further :
THE post office at Bellsire, Bal
mont County, was burglarizcd the night
OF the 18th inst A large number OF
letters were opened and scatteretraboul
the Office. The amount Of money ts-
ken is not known. ......... t.....
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Carl SchurZ After the Grant Ad-
slSl a7 mfniSsratiGn.

In the U. S. Senate, on the 18th inst.
Mr., ,ScHuRz rsked the GRANT Admins
tration, from stem to stern. when speak
ing on Mr. TRUMBULL's s resolution TO in-
vestigate the frauds in the various De-
'partments Of the Government,
aMr, ScHUz made a glaring expose Of
the corruptions practical in the New
York Custom House, in the general or
der business He quoted the evidence
of A. T. STEWART. and other New York
importers, to the effect that it was sys1
TEN of monstrous, wailson robbery, and
intimated that a mysterious power, which
stood ever behind the Secretary of the
Treasury, kept it in force, One Of the
partners in this general order business
admitted immense profits, willie the old
Retrenchment Commissioners evidence
showed that he had been on General
GRANTS staff, and was awarded this po-
sition in the face Of the protesting Sec
retary of the Treasury Mr.. ScHURz
warned the Senate not to cover up these
things, "for," said he, in an eloquent
strain, 'the people Of this country are on
the ere Of demqndiag an honest Gorern-
ment. "asga sl 3r a9
That "mysterious power 4 behind
the Secretary of the Treasury" is none
other than the President. He upholds
"a monstrous, waptbn robbery" through
out the entire country. .. , u
The People are growing tired, and
will smite Grant with their ballots in
lST@ q 'io a& .sa.'aal..s
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EIt is positively kserted that
GRANT is large stoclf1der in the teIe-
graph lines which Ne recommends the
government to- purchase. 1. .l>
1t is also affirmed that he is the owner
of large amount Of stock in The Emma
silver mine, which his Minister to En-
gland has disgraced his position to boil
stsrlup. AfH
Such charges against any other Presi-
dent would have, been secuted by the
whole country; But GRANTS scandal
Gus connexions with other jobs has pre-
pared the people to believe that he will
use his high Office for the meanest pur-
poses to crafty his greed for gain.
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y ,'l.@a p l9n' vl5FiF!y baF
SHERIFF'S SALE. "a u hsssI
( = hit- Il !0i. f4gki
"a. R. Bridgeman.s-oos srl
ssesA VS.. l.oss Ns.ra , u
James Martin ct al.

DY virtue of an order Of sale to me directed
- from the court of common pleas, Of Mon
roe county, Ohio I will offer for sale Al the
front door of the court, house, in the town, Of
Woods6sld, between the hours Of 10 O'Clock
a. m. and o'clock p. M, on s6t raq Nv (
Saturday, HE 18th day Of Janaa,y 1871,
the following described real estate, situate in
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
The, west half of lotnnmbsr seveptesn,aHa
the west half of lot number twenty Ave, ID.
the town of Sardis. U--'E tf'H u
Appraised, first lot at S67 90.
- 81 second " $1,000. 'Iy IN !. =
GEORGE CALDWELL,
nov2Sy5. 49,, Sheriff n. C. o..
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= t't - W'te fiIl
Farms for Sale.7

THE undersigned offers for sale her farm, on
/ the Ohio River, four miles above Claring-
ton. containing
E l G H I Y-F Nv E ACR ES.
Sixty acres is on the river bottom, and is In,
a good state of cultivation. The farm 10 all
under good fencing. There are two dwelling
houses aud 100 bearing fruit trees. Also, q
farm. one-half mile from the river, CON tain
ing stE
ONE HUNDRED&SEVENTY-A
twenty-five acres under Guilty att on, aud the
balauce we'll timberedI,. a Il III
For further particulars and terms, address,
or call upon, Il 3 HANNAH JOHNSON,
nov2lwS. ..Clsarington, Monroe ce. O.
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An English Eserring-Catch.

On two DAYS recently, the fishermen
OF one Eaglish town, Lowestoft, caught
twenty-five million herrings-twenty-
two millions. And this at only one of
a handred such places At the retail
price of penny each, this one towns
two days catch would comet to f9i, ,666; !;
but it was so beyond all the mercantile
forcs Of curing power of the place that
tuns had to be sold for manure. A..
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San Francisco does not think Clara
Louise Kellogg worth $500 night in
advance. and the Pacific manager esn't
raise the $4,000 to keep bis contract
and bring her there So says be to
Kellogg, Come Tor $4,000. and trust
to Providence for the rest" Says Kel-
logg over the wires, "You be, won't. :"
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wTle Grant Ring of the Radical
party can be, and will be,eas;ly defeated
in 1872 Thousands of honest men
who have supported Rsdicslism are now
engaged in denouncing it as corrupt and
dishonest; and they are correct in SO do
in1
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A Young woman in PHILADELPHIA who

A young woman in Philadelphia, who
has Leen divorced twice, and is some
what noted for her beauty of the bru-
nette type, recently married her third
husband, flaxen headed stripping OF
seventeen. She attends all Woman's
Rights meetings, snd listens with in
tense interest to the repeated caterwaul-
iags OF the dumb sufferers from mans g
tyrsnn y. .srN
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InsoINent Notice,

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate OF
- John W. Connor, decd, has been declared,
by the Probate Court of Monroe county, Ohio,
to be probably insolyent. All persons having
claims against the estate are required TO- present
them, within six months, for allowance.
Asvl4wj. H F. plIE, Adnr.
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HSpain has ordered heavy REIN
forcements to Cuba.
This is direct blow at thatportion of
GRANTS message relating to Cuban af
fairs. Will lie quietly swallow the me-
macs and continue to vent his petty ma
ice upon the helpless South That's his
forte.
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w Governor PALMER, of Illinois is
disposed to- call the Administration to
account for. invading that State with its
Bayonets. PALMER is d Republican, but
not one who believes in the Bayonet-
Gatling Gun policy for the Government
Of States Hes sound
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EThe L. 5. Economist SAYS the
"Protectionists are breaking ranks. ~
Pity they don't break their necks. Tie
People would be greatly benefited hy
such action.
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Land for Sale. !
.he undersigned offers for sale

ONE AND ONE HALF ACRES
of land, situate one aud half miles from
clarindton, on Cummings Run, in Sale m
township
There is one. story dwelling house, oon-
tanning four rooms, good cellar and good
never failing well at the. door,i frans stable,
frame, story and a halt carpenter shop, There
are 100 fruit trees, consisting of apple. pear,
peach and plumb, T8sS
For terms or further particulars call on, or
address -. J.'C. ,DUERR,
Clarinyton, Monroe County, ,Ohios t
P. S.-persons calling to see MI, DusRR
will find him at the EAGLE' FURNITURE
RU0MS, Clarington, Ohio. 'ts's 'sssas7
Decsmber II, 3m.. sSa
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GyThe Democratic State Convention
held at Concord, New Hampshire, ,on the
18th inst, nominsted JAMEs A. WEsroN
for Governor,
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s"The Cuban Revolution is. abont
euded. Quite a number of prominent
Insurgent Off cials with their commands
have surrendered during TIE present
month.
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Radical Senators opposed 30 In
~ yesttg2ffsD. 90 .

The Radical Senatorial caucus, on the
18th inst, voted down Senator TRUa
BULLS. proposition for a joiat committee
to overhaul all the departments OF the
Government and to ferret out fraud and
corruption in every quarter. In order,
however, to avoid the direct chsrge Of
sitting such an inquiry Mr.. MORTON
proposed to create a new standing CON-
mittee Of the Senate only, to be known
as the Committee of Investigation and
Retrenchment
The difference between such commit
tee and a special one is, that the former
can only consider matters, referred to it
by the Senate, while the latter has vir-
tually rowing commission. 1t was
openly charged in the caucus, and very
plainly insinuated afterwsfd in the open
session of the Sapates that Senator
TRUMBULL $ resolution WAS cocert at
tack on the, ADMINISTRATION. ~...
Any action that looks toward an in
vestigatioa of the fraud and corruption
of the present Ring atWaslington, is
considered by the defenders Of GRANT
as ''covert attack on the Adninistra-
ton u ,'rU .4-e...,r. .f.-.s
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sHEREFF's4 SALE.

DY vir' ue of an order Of sale to me directed
u from the court of common pleas Of Mon.
loe county. Ohio, will offer for sale at the
front door Of this court house In the town oil
Woedsfield, between the hours Of 10 O'Clock
a. m. and 1 o'clock p. M, on
Saturday, the 9Th day of January, 1872,
the following described real estate, situate in
MoRrse county. Ohio, to wit:
The east half of the'northeast quarter of secj
ton nine township seven and range seven; also,
the west half of the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section three Of township
seven of range seven containing in all one hun.
dred acres more or less 7.4tr
Appraised at $4le0.
GEORGE CALDWELL,
decl9w5. Sheriff NJ. CO,
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,H McG ABRAHAM is before Congress
again with his big swiad.e.
!, Just wait till GRANT is elected, BILLY,
then tie it TO the tail ofythe San Domin-
go job, yon furnish the lobby funds FOR
both, and your fsrtnne is made.