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A New COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.
learn from source entitled to some credit
that W. L. Marshall, of Philadelphia, has
been appointed Collector of Customs of
the Puget Sound District, vice NJ. s.
Drew, removed. The person named is
member of the Pennsylvania Legislature,
and probably friend Of Secretary Came
ron, which would account for his appoint
ment.-OlPmPiG tribune { ". ~
Whatever the naw official may be he
can be no more efficient, affable and cour-
teous than Mr.. Drew, whose removal we
exceedingly regret. 1t seems TO US that
when the Government gets a good and
tried officer like Mr.. D.. it ought to re.
tain him.-Cioyton County Journal
(Io'ea.)
Friend Eiboeck has a correct conceb-
:ion of the situation. We are glad he still
remembers his friends in the "New North
west" and also that he can put in a good
word for them. We are still more happy
20 state, however, that the report of Mr..
Drew's removal was groundlrss.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
Vow the Peoples Money
Goes.

Congressman Beck, is on the
the stump in Kentucky, telling
the people some very pungent
truths about the corruption Of
the Radical managers at Wash
ington. He says that thousands
of millions of dollars are gone
without d trace, and whose loss
cannot, or will not, be ex-
planned. With the cessation
of hostilities there was war
material in the most profuse
abundance stored in the differ
ent Government depots, be-
sids mules, horses and supplies,
A great part of this was sold,
and yet not a dollar of the
amount realized has been &C
counted for.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

Radical leaders and journals
are just now greatly exercised
to know whether the Demo-
cratic party "accepts the set
tlement of the war-the Thir
teenth, Fourteenth and Fif
teenth amendments" What
matters it whether we accept
them or not? If they were
legally adopted, they are law.
and we cannot do else thar
submit to them; and if they
were not legally adopted, oul
"acceptance' of them will not
make them legal or binding.
This is the whole question and
all there is about it, and all
there is about it, and all this
buster about reviving the
issues of the war is wind signi.
flying nothing,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

Republican papers are very
facetious over the Democratic
platform, and attempt to ridi-
Guile; but say not word in re-
gard to the increase of our
State taxes by the last Radical
Legislature, to the amount ol
$1,3OOOO0 within the past twc
years. Why don't they try
their versatile goose quiIls in
explaining away that little
matter in which the taxpayers
are all interestedY Dare they
do it.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

The California Democratic
State Convention, on Wednes.
day, nominated Gov. Haight
for reelection on the first bal.
lot on the Anti,railroad Subsi.
dy Platform. Judge Lewis, of
Tehuan, was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor; jackson
Temple and Selden S. Wright
for Judges of the Supreme
Court. The platform opposes
Chinese immigration and sub
sides to railroad accepts the
result of the war and the Con.
stitution as it now stands.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

Mr.. Bolts; of North Carroll.
ma, tanned an alligator six yards
long; and started in the show
business. While exhibiting
the power of kindness to tame
the most savage saurian, the al
ligator gently closed bis jaws.
Mr.. Bolts legs were buried in
a soRp-box, but before they
could secure q E;ushel of emetic
the majority of him was in
wafdly digested, and his wild
ow now supports herself in
modest comfort by showing tho
strffed skin of the gigantic
lizard.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
A new patent electric brake.

"A new parent eiectE1c brake,
claimed to pc IN advance of
the Westinghouse brake in re-
'spect to simplicity was sue
cessIuIIy tested last week on
the Providence and Worcester
Railroad Each car is furnish
ed with a three'cup battery,
placed under the seats, entirely
ont OF of sight. Two cords, sim
liar to the common pea cord,
one dark and the other light,
pass .tilr through the tram GO connect
ing with the engine, thus pla-
clng the 6 entire tram = IN! nnder the
control OF the engineer. one
cord puts On the brakes and
the other lets them oif. Each
car Is lndepenfqent 'h OF the other
anu eacI can pe oPe[$}eo oy.a
single movement' ! The ;. train
running between rrov'aence ,
ana oonsocKet' az q rare OF
over 'orty miles an nour' pr0Ee ,G,I
up IN nineteen e. n seconds; line
cost OF m"'ntalhfns the Datter-
leg IS very shght' as they re-
qulre TO o he changed Only twice
q monI": u ..ty
~ New I I orK clty ri - under m e!
democratic RUE, , Inc Eadl'
c"ls y manage PhiIadeIphla.| E II
"A comparison OF 'ne nnanclal
conui'loh con, OF ,ne TWO paceS
VIII De interesting ana inseruc'
u i've 70 t"X payers at TINS tlme'
New icy I ORR mas a. < a oo,G Geot co., OF "
tf'i1e over ?2o'oOV'ooO over
ana above II, y, Its sinking 1uhd;
whrie PhladelphIa mas has It fund
ed debt OF $36, 900, 900, exclu-
Ding addttronai loans author
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
Treasurer Of state.

The Republicans imagine be-
cause Mr.. Jacob Mueller is on
their ticket, that the Germans
will all vote their State ticket
in Ohio in October. They for.
get that a very large and re-
spectacle portion Of the Ger
mans of Ohio are Democrats,
and that in the person of DR..
Gustave Bruehl, Of Cincinnati,
the Democratic nominee for
Treasurer of State, they have a
German representative, in ev-
Iery way the equal in education,
capacity and ability of Mr..
Mueller. The Democratic Ger.
mans of Ohio; will, in the. fiji,
ture as in The past work cheer.
fully in support of the Demo
cratic ticket. In Holmes, Sen.
eca, Crawford, Richland, Mer.
Ger, Auglaize, add many other
counties the strength of the
Democratic party is composed
mainly of Germans, and the
fact that Mr.. Mueller is a Ger.
man will not change the result
therein one solitary vote. The
Democracy Of Ohio have fire.
quently given German Demo
Gratis nominations on the State
ticket, and the fact that the
Republicans have for once Civ
en-, by a small majority, a nom
motion to a German IS nothing
to chuckle over. We are hap
py to say that the progressive
platform Of one party has com
PEELED the Republicans to fore
60 4 little of their old Know
Nothingism and give a foreign
born citizen q nomination. Mr.
Mueller would have been nom
mated for Senator, and beer
elected from this district, had
he not been nominated fol
Lieut.. Governor. As a Sena,
tor he would have had a vote;
if elected as Lieut.. Governor
he will he nothing but q presi
ding officer; without 4 vote OH
any Question that comes before
the Senate. His vote as Sena
tor might have secured a modi.
fcation Of the temperance law
passed by the Republicans a
the last session of the Legisla'
ture, but as Lieut.. Governor h,
can have nothing to do in Sc
curing a result that seems 81
desirable to our German cit:
zens who are nottinctured wit
the puritanism of the far-dowl
easters.- Plain Dealer.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12


We have issues, living, vital
rugged issues confronting us,
For years we have been pa
tiently awaiting the time when
the mischief breeding negro
question could he eliminated
from politics in order that VIC
might encounter the monopo
lists, land grabbers and plum
derers on these very issues
never wavering in our conf
dence in complete victory
BY one bold and sagacious
movement the negro element
in the contest is outfianked,
and the interests of white peo.
pie are to be fought for. The
Radicals can no longer entrench
themselves behind the bad pas.
sions engendered by the war,
but must come into the open
field and defend, if they can,
their imbecile administration,
their iniquitous Congress, and
their corrupt monopolies.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

The Supreme Court Of Mas
saobusetts has just made a not
able decision in q suit instituted
by a stone-cutter to recover
FIVE hundred dollars, levied as
a fine by the Trade Union to
which he belonged, for cutting
stone in a manner contrary to
the rules of the Union. The
court ruled that the demand
was Illegal, and that combiua-
tions and threats to prevent
workmen from being employed
constituted an illegal conspira-
cy.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
A Horrible Tragedy.

The Rome (Georgia) Commercial
tells tho following horrible story
about one of Presidents GRANTS
Tax Collectors;
Rumor brings us the details
of horrible tragedy that is
said to have occurred in St.
Clair county, Alabama. The
rumor runs that the Tax COL
lector of St. Clair had got to-
gether a large amount of taxes
and given them to his wife to
keep, remarking as he did so
that he was Compelled to take
IL trip that would necessitate
his absence from home for
three or four days. He. left,
and she hid the money About
ten o'clock that night, a party
of men, wearing DISCUSSES,
broke in upon the lonely wo.
man, and demanded the tax
money. She refused to give
it up or tell where it was.-
After attempting in vain to
force her to tell the hiding
place Of tue treasure, they
searched for it and found it
After possessing themselves
firmly Of the money, they or
dered her to get them some
supper. While she was busy
ing herself with this forced
task, she conceived the idea O
poisoning them, and thus pre-
serving at once the money anG
her husbands honor. She
deftly slipped some arsenic il
the coffee she was mixing
They drank heartily, and fel.
dead shortly afterward. She
stripped their disguises off, and
found that two of the villains
were strangers, but the third
was her husband, who had
taken this means of,stealing the
taxes ofthe people. This story
is almost too horrible for cred
ulence, but our informants were
confident that the facts were az
they stated them.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12


Hon. John P. Biehn, Of
Brown County; who was one Of
the Republican electors at
large for Ohio in the last Pres.
dental canvass openly declares
his adhesion to the Democratic
Party hereafter. Mr.. Biehn is
a prominent lawyer, a German
by birth, and q man of great
influence in his part of the
State.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

Thomas A. Scott, President
of the Union Pacific, Central
Pennsylvania, and a dozen 9th
er railroads, has been named
for the Presidency. He has at
least two qualifications-rich
enough not to be bribed by
presents, and no. .ebrother-in-
law to appoint to office.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO.
SHORT LINE ROUTE.
1871 Spring & Summer Arrangements ~
Indianapolis, Cincinnati 4 Lafayette
RATTROAD

The Great Through Mail and Express passcn.
Ger Line to 81. Louis, Kansas City, 81. Joseph,
Denver San Francesca and all points In Missou-
ri Kansas aud Colorado.
The shortest and only direct route to Indian
apolls Lafayette, Terrc IInute, Cambridge CITY,
springfield Peoria, Burlington, Chicago. NIL
wnukec, 81, Paul. and all points IN the North
west.
The indianapolis Cincinnati and Lafayette
Railroad, with It's connections, now offers pass:
engors moro facilities In Through Coach and
sleeping Car Service than than any other line
from Cincinnati, having the advantage Of
Through Daily Cars from Cincinnati 10 81. Louis.
Kansas City, st. Joseph, Peoria, Burlington,
Chicago, Omaha and all Intermediate points,
presenting to Colonsts and Fuml es such COM
forts and accommodations ns arc Afforded by
no other route,
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks TO all
points
Trains leave Cincinnati at T;OOG. NJ. 21o p. NJ;
600 r. NJ, and fC 100 Z, NJ
Tickets can bc obtained Mt No I Burnct
House, corner Third and Vines Public Landing,
corner Main and River; also at Depot, corner
Plum nnd Pearl Streets, Cincinnati, Q.
Heturo To purchase tickets via indianapolis,
Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad,
w, N. J.. NOBLE,
Gen1 TickotAg't, Indianapolis.
o. L, MOORE sup't, Cincinnati.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12


If the Democratic party is
"dead" such papers as the
Cleveland Herald regard it as
a mighty lively "corpse,;" for
that paper warns its brethren
that "the campaign in this
State this fall is to be no boys
play" We think the "count
OUT in October will satisfy all
Republicans that the Herald
was about right.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
co.partners

THE Democracy of the
Franklin and Pickaway Sena.
torial District have nominated
John G. Thompson, for many
years the able and faithful
Chairman of the Democratic
State Executive Committee,
for the State Senate.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

The Indian Of by-gone days
used to stand on d bluff, with
folded arms, and ga2e sadly
upon the iron hoss as it snort
ed through his hunting grounds.
Now he|d-ns the baggage
man because. he does not check
his carpet bag in q hurry,
shakes hands with the conduc.
tor, borrows a chaw from the
brakesman, and, reclining on
two seats, masticates peanuts
and reads the Police Gazette,
as the express bears him "to
the portal of the West wind,
of the Northwest wind, Kee-
waydin." A
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

The Terre Haute (Lnd.) GA
zette, q Republican paper,
speaks its mind very freely as
to Grants denomination. 1t
says'
1--WE have been q Rcpubli.
can as long as there has been
a Republican party, and we
will not vote for his nomination,
nor for him if nominated.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

A LIST of letters remaining in the
Postoffico, at Macarthur, July l, 1871:
j. S. Armstrong, Jane G. Black
Rhoda S. Burton, George Barnett,
Miss Emily Denig, Eliza Dunkle,
Jno. G. Daugherty, Leroy Lacey,
Rev. W. P. Morian, Gilmer Ogan,
Winfield S. Roger, Thurman Reed,
George Tucker.
T N MCT,AUauIIN p M
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

The Democratic party, at
the present time, is more thor
oughly united, more active and
hopeful than it has been at any
period since 1852, when, with
a comparatively unknown can
didate, VIC swept twenty!seven
out of thirty.one States.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
J. N. MCLAUGHLIN, P. J

THE following is list of letters
remaining in the Postofice, at "a
leski, July l, 1871:
Mr.. Samuel Hurst, William Glen,
John George or Marian Green, Mrs,
Mary NJ. Miller, Mr. Thomas Strit~
matter, Samuel Kaneda, Miss Eliza.
beth Smith.
J. G.. Viii p NJ
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

We gain nothing by being
with such as ourselves. We
encourage one another in medi-
ocrity. / am always longing
to be with men more excellent
than myself, Il
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

business V0rds, mol eNceeIIhe U MUGS % NuT ItHT'
All bills luc on first insertion Of advertisements
BILLS with regular advertisers 10 he paid quartCry.
Business Notces-lO cents line! Marriage N"li-
,os according to the beralty Of the parties. Death
Nntcus-free,
Notices of Runaway Wives or Husbands-double
price. -
Yearly advertisers entitled to quarterly changes.
Advertisements nat otherwise ordered viii be con-
tnued until ordered discontinued and charged Accord
in%ly.
Religions and Chart able Notces-frce.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

WE notice that a camp
meeting will be held at Geta-
way, Lawrence county, on the
23d Of August.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

Great BRIAN spends as much
in two days on liquor as she
does in ayear OH foreign mis-
sions.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12


nfiy"NO. 4, leaving Columbus at d,iOp m.
has II Through Gar Uid Delaware for Springfield, e,
reaching Springfield without chan &C at 7.2O y M
Train No. = on the Columbus " Hooking Val
Icy Itailroad connect with No. Train. Through
Tickets for sale nj Athens.
PASSENGER TRAINS returning arrive NJ
Columbus at !2SBa No HAS AIM ando 80 ~ IN
rs5~ Palace Day and Sleeping Cars
On All Trains.
Nc. ."Na g. leaving Columbus at 2.35 n IN, on
Sunday, runs through without detention, by
both Erie n0d New York Central Railways
arriving at New York on Monday morning al
$40 AM.
through tickets, time, connections, etc, 70 all
points East, West, North and South, apply TO
on address n FORD, Columbus, Ohio.
ES,FLiNI, Cen, superintendent
JAMES PATTERSON,
....., Gen, Agent, Columbus, o.
EUGENE FORD
Passenger Agent, oolumbus,o
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
Big Pay, But no Work.

sued an order that the public
service was suffering from the
neglect of duty by Territorial
officers, and absence from their
posts. lie therefore forbade
all official absenteeism, in the
Territories, in the future.
But what of himself and his
Cabinet? The best part of
them are away from the cap
ital on private business, and
the public interests are suffer-
ing in consequence. The
Washington Capital, a Repub-
lican paper published by Donn
Piatt, in an article on the sub,
ject, says:
General Grant is the first
President of the United States
who has considered it not be.
meath the dignity of the posi-
ton he occupies to rush around
the country and exhibit him.
self at the watering places up
every opportunity, All the
Presidents, from Washington
dowu-and the descent in some
places was sufficiently marked
showed their respect for the
position by remaining at the
seat of Government, and trans.
acting the business of the Exec.
utive chair. One, or at most
two, visits during the Presi-
dency, through the country
may have been undertaken ;
but as to anything like running
away regularly almost as soon
as Congress adjourned, it was
not dreamed of. The earlier
Presidents understood that
their duties as chief Executive
were continuous, and when
they accepted the honor of the
office they did not shirk its re
sponsibilities. Why, in the
name Of common sense, if Gen
eral Grant considers the Presi-
dency such a bore, does he in
trigue so much for the success
sion ?"
The Capital recommends the
President, if he cant suppress
his perambnlatoly propensities,
to 60 into the circus or opera
bouffe business with Jim Fisk
In order that the attention
Of the country may be directed
to this subject, the Washing.
ton papers keep standing a list
of the leading officials who are
now absent from duty, but
drawing their full pay:
President Grant, salary $25,.
O0C per annum.
Columbus Delano, Secretary
of the Interior, salary $4,000
per annum.
w. w. Belkhap, Secretary
of War, salary $4,000 per an
mum.
A. T. Akerman, Attorney
General, salary $4,000 per an
mum.
F. E. Spinner, Treasurer Of
the United States, salary $4,000
per annum, with $40 day, and
10 cents per mile additional,
while travelling in Europe for
health and pleasure.
w. A. Richardson, Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury,
salary $4,000 per annum, with
$40 per day, and 10 cents per
mile additional, while in Eu.
rope.
Besides these "distinguished'
officials, a large number of
principal clerks have been or
will be sent to Europe, under
pretext of some connection
with the proposed loan.-
Grant is at Long Branch with
the sporting people, while De-
lano is in Georgia, or was until
very recently engineering a cor.
rupt railroad job in which he
and Simon Cameron and one OF
Grants private secretaries are
co.partners.
--.;ssisas.---sa4AA..s-.4--
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12


The Democratic party IS a
law abiding party. 1t respects
constitutions, obeys laws, re-
veres liberty, advocates order,
insists upon economy, protests
against usurpations and COL
ruptions,, and is the guardian
Of the rights of the people
Principles are eterhal-men are
as shifting sand,
The 18th and 10Th amend
ments were engrafted in the
Constitution against its will
by fraud and usurpation. They
are wrong in principle .and
dangerous in their tendencies
But they have been made part:
of the Constitution. They are
therefore not political issues
and cannot be until a PROPOSE
ton is submitted to amend OF
repeal them.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
Che Guquirer,
]. W, I0WEN, Editor,
MAT'thur, July IL, 1871.
Terms of Subscription,

One copy, one year,. 81 80 Ono copy mos, 81 90
one copy, G months 70 One copy mos. 10
If not paid within the year .......'....."....2 OO
Climbs Of Twenty U"
The Democratic Enguirer crcuates FREE of
POSTAGE within the limits Of Vinton County
failure to notify dScuntipuance at the end ofthe
'1e subscrI> ID for will be taken as anew engagement
" yubScripiiOl.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
Blind.

Numerous objections are be-
ing made to the Radical candi-
date for Judge of the Supreme
Court Of Ohio, w. II. WEST,
who defeated the payment Of
the Morgan Raid claims, and
who, it is said, is nearly blind
of both eyes.
Has not justice always been
represented as blind ?
Should her oracles be other.
wise?
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
Going West.

Car on the 8 ;55 A. NJ. Train runs through to
Portsmouth without change, arriving at McAr-
thur ut at :52 r. NJ; aud Car for the 300 l.. NJ.
Train from Portsmouth for Columbus arrives
ut Macarthur at l2 80 p. NJ.
Close connections made at Lancaster for Cir
clevillG gainesville, and all points on the Gin
cinnuti \ Muskingum Valley Railway:
Direct connection made at Columbus for Day.
ton Springfield, indianapolis, Chicago and all
points West; also for Cleveland, Buffalo, Pitts
burg Philadelphia, New York, and all points
East.
Connections made at Logan by both Trains
with all Trains for Stratsvlle and all points
on the Straitsyille Branch. -
j. w. DOHERTY,
Superintendent.
r. A. BUELL., Gen' Ticket Ag't:
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12

CINCINNATI EXPRESS will run daily.
Allothcr Trains daily, except Sunday.
CINCINNATI EMPRESS EAST makes no
top between IIamdcn and Athens.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-07-12
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