davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
Homicide il
Summit County.
A Quarrel Aboutfa ..pg Ends in the D.at,.
of One of the Parties.

The following particulars of a ter
rible homicide, at Middlebury, Sum-
nit County, on Thursday last, are fur
nished by telegraph:
Hugh, John and Michael McGary,
three brothers, were OIL Monday last
passing along the street, when a dog
belonging to George A. Barber at
tackled John. Barber came out and
some words passed between them. On
Thursday morning the parties met at,
the blacksmith shop of Thomas T.
Hunt. Barber had just brought a wag-
on there which he had been paint
ing, when the three brothers appear
cd upon the scene. Mike, who ap-
pears to have been the spokesman of
the party, approached and made some
remarks about the trouble of the Mon
day previous. Barber made some re-
ply to the effect that he did not want
to fight, at the same time backing into
the shop. The brothers followed, Mike
in advance, until they reached the rear
of the shop. Here Barber made a
stand, and pointing revolver, which
he had in his hand, at the latter. told
him not to touch him, or he [Barber]
WOulu snOOL uliu. hlCOary seemed 10
pay no attention to the warning, but
continued to advance until within q
few feet of Barber, when, as the by
ISLANDERS allege, he attempted to seize
the latter by the shoulder. Almost ST.
multaneously the revolver was dis
charged,a and McGary turned and reel
ed toward the door vomiting blood.
He reached the street and fell dead, the
bali having penetrated his left breast,
between the second and third ribs,
about an inch from the center of the
sternum, entering the upper lobe of
the left lung near the anterior border,
passing through the curve of the aorta
an inch and half from where it
leaves the LETT ventricle, passing
the windpipe, striking the third rib
and passing by the second and third
ribs on the right side of the body two
inches from the spinal column, and
lodging under the right scapula, where
the bullet was found and extracted.
Barber at once gave himself into GUS
tody, and is confined in Jail. A coro-
ner's jury was summoned. and brought
in verdict that McGary came to his
death from the effects of a pistol-shot
fired by George s. Barber.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
Earthquake ON the Pacific Coast.

Earthquake on the Pacific Coast.
SAN Francisco, March 49, The
Batlleti'l's dispatch to-day from Genoa,
Nevada, says thatgentlemen from In
go county, California, where the earth
quake on Tuesday morning centered,
report CampIndependence completely
in ruins. The Courthouse is destroyed
and not a single adobe or brick build
ing is standing from Bishop Greek to
independence. Fears are entertained
for the safety of other mining camps
further south-i in the Sierras. Mrs.
West, residing near Independence,
was severely injured, and her child
killed. Stage passengers report seye-
raj assures miles in length, fifty to two
hundred feet wide, and twenty-five
feet deep, opened along the eastern
base of the Sierra Nevadas. Near Big
Pine Camp and other places in the vi
cinity, the ground heaved up great
ridges, large springs stopped running,
and others broke out. : Heavy snow
slides occurred in the Sierras, and
large rocks rolled down the mountain
sides, blocking up the stage road.
The shocks lasted at intervals from
2 20 to 80 A. M.
at Aurora, Nevada, no damage was
done, and at Belmont, Nevada, only a
mill machiue was thrown down. That
section abouuds in evidences of recent
volcanic action, bat no such. earth.
quake has been felt before within the
memory of the Indians. Many people
of Independence were hurt, but no
lives were lost. The shocks were prob
ably the heaviest south-eastward to-
ward Arizona. g.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
The Capitalists and Wages.

There is sort of superstition prev
alent in some quarters that reduc-
ton of duties must necessarily be fol-
lowed by reduction of wages, and
that high tariff is a panacea for all
the ills that flesh is heir to. -
We all know that the relative sup
ply of, and demand for, an article,
must necessarily fix its price, II A
wants BIS money, more than B wants
AS product, the price goes down but
if b wants the product more than A
wants the money, the result is precise
ly the opposite-the price advances.
We have yet to hear of the manu-
facturer who ever advanced theiwages
of his hands before he was obliged to
do so, or of the working man who ac-
cepted less than he could obtain for
his skill or labor. .5f.4s .
Mr.. Finkelberg a member Of Con.
gress from Missouri, and sound Re-
publican too, in speech in the House
a few days ago, showed how. utterly
insincere were the professions of cap
italists on this question of wages and
that an increase ofduties does not, as
matter of course, se,oecasiona an increase
of wages or benefit labor that instead
thereofit is profits which are affected !;
and that there is a large class of OBJ
jects on which the people might be re-.
lieved by a reduction oftaxation with
out affecting wages one iota. .efer
He cited Massachusetts Mills in par.
ticular showing that the Chickopee
mills had been paving oyer 26 per
cent, dividends, and its stock was
worth 225 per cent. premium. The
Merrimac pays 151a per cent. divi.
dends; stock 10 per cent: premium.
Middlesex, dividends 2215 per cent. (;
stock 300 per cent. premium Naum-
keag, dividends 20 per cent, stock 81
premium. Pacific dividends q per
cent. stock 124 premium. Salisbury
p per cent, dividends ; stock 260 pre-
MUM.
Here's where the profits OF the tar
if go-right into the dividends, and
to the increase of the price OF the
stock. Laborers on low wages; bnt
20 per cent. dividends to the stock
holders. The whole community who
buy the products Of the cotton mills
are taxed to enrich their owners there
is not citizen of this county who es-
capes the long fingers of Yankee
shrewdness, nor shopkeeper who
sells his cotton cloths but who is a
x-gatherer for New England.
Nor does it much benefit the giils
who work in those mills; for this the
Republican representative affirms that
in the matter of wages, they "are
ground down to a point just sufficient
TO keep body aud soul together" The
idea suggested is, that when the fall
in prices comes, the owners should
sacrifice portion of these generous
dividends and not, as the custom of
those benevolent gentlemen is said to
be, take the big end of il from the wa
ges OF their employees ~ Pittse es9HA
Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
One of III. hr.ve., aetna, so,d;...

One of the brayest actual soldiers of
the civil war, oherman's choice lieu
tenant, is now Democratic member
of the New York House OF Represent
atives. In a speech the other day
General Slocum thus referred to some
of his fellow soldiers:
If a citizen would pay his respects
to the chief magistrate he must. first
pass i'll review at the White House be-
fore three or four brigadier-generals.
five desire to negOtiate for the pur-
chasesof an-island in the sea the ne
gotiation must be carried On by q brig
adler general. If the merchants OF
New York wish storage for their
goods they must 60 to q colonel of the
staff. We can hardly pass a bill
through Congress without the aid at
least of field officer. n,
He then added: -.
For the good of the country, ,and par
ticularly for the good OF the army,
would iu this respect gladly see q re-
turn to old customs. | believe.a ma
jority of cur officers sympathize- with
me in this desire, and the few who
seek preferment by becoming violent
partisans would do we'll to bear ii in
mind that while military mon hold
positions for life a political party in
our country can ut best hold power
but for few brief years. The militia
ry gentlemen who, by reason of their
zeal in behalf of a political party are
basking in the sunshine of official ia
vor, should remember that
Though thentlls OF God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceeding small"
When the poets pulVerizing process
begins hoR very fine powder will be
Porter and ccmpanyl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
Mvsterious outrage.


A Columbus despatch of the 28th
ult., says:
On Sunday, in Miffiin Township, the
family of Mr.. Innis went to church,
leaving the son, twelve years old, at
home. Returning, the family found
the boy hanging in wood-shed. He
was fastened by the neck to abeam by
log chain wrapped three times
around his neck, and his hands tied
behind him with a strap. A physi-
clan was sent for, as life was still in
him, and after days of anxious watch
ing he has SO far recovered as to give
reasonable hopes of recovery. He can
not talk, because of the state OF his
threat, and the public are anxiously
awaiting his recovery of speech to
name the fiend that attempted the
murder, .}
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

:
"A Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier says: .sThe Presi-
dentis possessed of this property, viz :
100000 donated to him by the mer-'
chants of New Y Ork a house in Phil
adelphia, $4,000, rented now at ST.
400 per year $40 acres of land near
ST. uis,purchased. with all improve
menfs at less than 50,000; oRe-fourth
of 40 acres of land situated near Chi
cago, 5000 stock in the Mich-
igan Iron Company his Long Branch
residence, $4,000; and small amount
in Adams Express and railroad shares.
1t is not improper to state more spe-
cifically that the Presidents income,
outside ofsilis salary as President, is
about 900 per year,
In his elecfioneering tour through
New Hampshire, prior to the late elcc-
tion IN that State, Senator Wilson, in
complimenting General Grant, declar-
led that when he (GranD enlisted in
the army in 1861, she was so poor that
, he could not pay for his uniform In
view of the above inventory of Grants
wealth the question naturally forces
itself upon the mind of every one, by
what means did he acquire such vast
wealth in so short time ?Could it be
honestly acquired in ten years by a
man who was such a total failure in
financial management that with all
the splendid opportunities and advan-
tages he possessed he was so poor that
6 in 1861. he was unable to "pay for his
uniform ?" Conventions may resolve
and re-resolye, and stumpers may
pirate as they will, about the honesty
and purity of the great gift-taker.T These
facts cannot fail TO arouse suspicion
in the minds of every one that there is
something rotten in Denmark"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

= CIscINSATI ELECTIoN-The election
which took place in the city of Cincin-
natl aud Hamilton County on Mon
day LAST resulted in the overwhelming
defeat of the regular Radical ticket.
The Democratic city and county tick
cts were elected by majorities ranging
from 1000 to 5000. For years past the
Radicals have had things pretty much
their own way down there, carrying
the city and county by majorities
ranging from 1900 TO 1000. Last fall
Noyes majority in the city was 1890,
and in the county 1916, and in 1870
that party carried the County by 1861.
Daylight is dawniDg.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
Babcock ON Corruption !.

The Senate committee is now in
vestigating the Santo Domingo job,
and General Babcock testifies that he
knows of no corrupt influences having
been used to promote annexation OF
course it all turns upon what General
Babcock regards as a corrupt infiu-
ence. Thus, on the Attn of September,
1869, the General negotiated with
Manuel Maria Gautier,th Dominican
Secretary of States a preliminary treaty
the first article whereof reads thus
"His ExeeIlency General Grant, Pres
s.ident OF the UBited States, promises
sprivately to use all his influence in
sofder that the idea of annexing the
.tDominican repabiic to the United
estates may acquire such a degree of
popularity y among members of Con-
ssgress as will be necessary for its ac-
scomplishmeht, and he offers to make
mo communication to that body on
ssthe subject until he shall be certain
'.tiiat it will be approved by-a major
city,
10 a plain man this conspiracy to
entice members of Congress. into the
support of scheme which could not
bear daylight looks exceedingly like
a corrupt influence but ofcourse Gen.
Babcock could not take that view of it
without eliminating himself. In the
same treaty, article 3, we have the
President binding ''to remit forthwith
'to the Dominican government the
"sum of S150,O00 in coin, 100000 TO
Hbe in coin and $4,000 TO be in arms"
Here again corrupt influence appears,
but here also General Babcock is the
agent and cannot regard the bargain
and sale as improper without reflect
ing on himself. Still furthermore, in
the report of Ben. -Wade's Santo Do
mingo Commission we find it stated
that Baez informed the commission;
ers he had offered General Babesck
tract of land in return for his services
as u negotiator, True, the General
declined the gratuity, and may thus
prefer not to regard its proffer as q
corrupt influence, but the average
mind can hardly take that view of It.
To offer is certainly as fully corrup-
ton as to accept bribe. 1t may suit
General Babcock to- ignore the fact
that Baez thought him bribable, but
there the fact is. a fourth corrupt in
.fiuence, known to the country at large
If unknown to General Babcock,is the
use made of the Executive credit in
the special message of May 81, 1870,
when saying "that European power
islands ready now to offer $1,000, 900
s.fer the possession of Samaha Bay
alone. if refused by u.s." We hare
refused that bay; our flag has been
hauled down upon it; and tile Ehro--
pean power with its S2,000,O00 re-
mains up to this hour. unknown. 1t is
apure myth, and if the invocation of
such myth in state. paper. be not
corrupt influence to.promotes annexa-
ton tits hard to say what is, Fifth
", we might instance General Bah
cocks Instructions to Captain Bruce,
of the. .Nantasket-"You on will use all
'..your force to carry-out the. letter the
guarantees given in the treaties s1-and
sixthly, Senator Summers deposition
from the Foreign Affairs Committee,
as other corrupt ginfiGehces'; but to
General Babcock, of course, there may
be nothing in either inconsistent with
the utmost propriety and sfrictest adj
herence to, law.-W 0rld.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04


Our New Orleans correspondent in
Inmates that widely as the factions of
the Republican party of Louisiana
differ on other points they are unit
upon this--that their next nominee
for Governor must be negro. Both
the Lieutenant-G Goyernors the State
has had since reconstruction have been
blacks, and now the aspirations of the
eolored population rise step higher.
The same general determination to be
no longer fobbed off with white rep
resentation will give us some lively
scenes in the Philadelphia Convention.
There Will be a STOUT delegation of me-
gr0es in that body, and, aided by
white colleagues whose standing at
homa will force them to take the same
side, they can make stiff fight for the
second place on the ticket. Some will
have to bleed freely under this novel
biackmail.-W World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

MIR. Bingham in his speech at Co.
lumbus lays great stress upon what is
called the .swar record" of the Repub-
liean party, AMI for which he invites
its continuance in power. We can
not sec what this ''war record" has TO,
do witlfthe subjects that are now up
for consideration. LII we giant that
the Republican party was indispensa-
bic eight or nine years ago, ii does not
necessarily follow that it is so now.
The continuance of the war was one
thing. The settlement of the National
debt, the adjustment of tie tariff and
the proposed reforms in regard to tax
alton, the question of honesty and
economy in the public expenditnre,.
the stoppage of the corruption which
is believed to exist in all branches OF
the National Administrations amOth-
er and very different thing. It may
well be that party rejecting the in
tefests of 1868, and then really essen
tial, would be worse than nuisance
in 1872. There is an idea of gratitude.
8 here that it may be as we'll TO be dis
abused at first as last. No one,in con-
sequence of his recollections of the
benefits that were conferred by a par
fy years ago, is now called upon by
that fact to give his adherence TO
measures that at present he may con-
slider as injudicious and suicidal to
the public interest. Issnc may be join
ed with Mr.. Bingham in his highest
and broadcast arguments. 1t is fact
proved by all history, which will be
scarcely controverted by any, that a
party which is successful in plotting a
country during great war that seri-
ously affects its existence, is not to be
trusted with its administration during
the period of peace that may follox.
It has acquired such habits of power
and authority, assumed in supposed
exigency, that it would be an unsafe
custodian of the public liberty if it
we're to run the Government after
ward, when there was state of pnb-
lie rep0se. Therefore the war parties
have to snbside and give way to 9TH
er organizations which better repre-
sent the existing state of things. Even
if Mr.. Bingham's statements of the
past are correct, his conclusions as to
the future are ewrong.-Es,Quirer
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

) 1t is hardly probable that the renon-
ination of Judge Weleh by the late
Radical Convention was intended as
an Endorsement of the decision of the
Supreme Court against the right of
the inmates of the Dayton Soldiers
Home TO vote in this State
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

Read the letter of the New York
Liberal Republicans to Colonel Gros-
venor, of Missouri. It constitutes
platform sufficiently broad and COM
prehensiye for all those who are OPP
posed to the present corrupt dynasty to
stand shoulderto shoulder upon to
! work for its utter overthrow
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

At the election in Hamilton County
on Monday last, L. w. Goss, Esq,
I, was triumphantly elected County So
= lieitorsover his Radical opponent. Mr..
G. is bro tber of the Messrs. Goss of
Edinburgh. and is sterling Democrat
and young man whose intelligence
and integrity fit him for the trust with
(which the people have honored him.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

THE recent attempt OF Grants know
nothing organs to capture the Irish
vote by saying such nice things about
them, is an insult to their standing
and intelligence, aud will be resented
accordingly, Better stick to the mig
ger, gentlemen,
The manifesto of the Liberal Re-
publicans of New York creates h
great sensation in political circles in
Warrington.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

CeNsEcTIcUT ELEcTIoN.-The cleo
ton in Connecticut on Monday result
ed in the success of the Radicals by a
small majority. Jewell is elected Gov
ernor by the popular vote and a ma
jority IN the Legislature.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

The dwelling house of John w.
Hudson at Cuyahoga Falls was de-
stroyed on Monday morning. Loss
$1,000. The fire was caused by the up
setting ofa lamp.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

A Washington special OF tho 3lst
ult., says: "The leaders in the Cincin-
natl Liberal Republican Convention
declare tonight that Ex-Governor
CurtiD, Colonel Mcclure, General
Henry l.. Coke, and Hon. James X.
Moorhead, of Pfttsburg, will form
part of the delegation from Pennsyl-
vauia,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

THE nnnicipal elections throughout
the State on Monday generally show
encouraging Democratic gains.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

The break between Senators Wilson
and Sumner is complete. The former
sinceshis return from the campaign in
Connecticut has refused to speak to
his colleague.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

<GSignedl ~ r-.s..
Edwin r. Reynolds, Henry R.Selden,
w. II. Briggs, Horace Greeley,
e. w. GODDARD, +. A. Conkling,
Henry ID. Ltoyd,- w. Dorsheimer,
w. w. Goodrich. Sinclair -Tousey,
Waldo -iTutchins, S.@Kaufman,
Hiram Barney, +! Krackowizer,
F.J. Fitbian, Ira o. Miller,
G. p. Bradford, B. A. Willis,
Horace Bemis. Lewis Lowenthal
The I9i6une's editorial on the call
says:
''The letter of certain New York
Republicans to Col Grosvenor here
with printedls the first unequivocal
response from the East to the over
tnres of the Liberal Republicans OF the
West for orconsnltation at Cincinnati on
"Wednesday, May 1sf. Others wiz
soon follow. There lis no longer an
excuse for doubt that the Convention
will be held, ,and respectfully attended,
We presume that should any impor-
tant actioH be taken at Cincinnati,
those present from each State would
designate portion of their number to
cast the vote ofthat State in the Con-
vehtion. But no one Is excluded from
attending. and the invitation is so
broad that many will doubtless. be
present who have not been invited.
/: cincinnati proffers all a generous well
come. Whether the Convention will
determine TO put forth declaration
of principles, to present National can
didates, or adopt some other form of
appeal to the country, no one is enti-
tied to forecast. Whatever it shall do
or PROFOUND will necessarily derive
all its force from its accord with pub.
lie sentiment. This Convention speaks
with no authority, claims no power
but that which may be accorded to the
intrinsic worth of its acts and its dec
larations."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

A Washington special says; SIT is
we'll understood among politicians
that Judge Davis will decline to run
as a. Presidential Candidate if he shall
not be indorsed by the Cincinnati Con-
.vention." M -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04

: PRINCIPAL business of the Radicais
announcing the death of the Demo,
cratic party; their hardest work-to
bury it.-Roston Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
RAVENNA MARKET.
MARRIED-

MAGSES1iiD-
FARR-BUGB GBEE,-At Mantua Sabbath alter
noon, March 81, by Henry Cobb, Esq, MIR. Ed
win A. Farr and Miss Olive Bugbee, both OF
Mantua.
CRITTENDEN-HARMO the Rectory,
by the Rector of Grace Church, March SSth,
Mr.. j. H. Chittenden of Indiana. and Mrs. A.
M. Harmon, of Kavenna.
CHAMBERLAIN-GILB S0til, at
the Methodist Parsonage in T.slmadge, by
Rev. r. ). Borland, MIR. Henry J. Chxmberlain
of TalImadge and Miss Laura Gilbert, OF Pal
myra.