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HLAN ID.
UnyelIfng of the Statue of the
Late Chief JustlCe Taney,

New York, December 10.-A special
to the Evening Post, from Annapolis,
says: Not since the memorable day
when Washington resigned his commits
sion has this quaint old town witnessed
SO brilliant an assemblage as was pre-.
sented here to-day to participate in the
unveiling Of the statute of the late
Chief Justice Taney. The time appoin-
ted for the ceremonies was II M. Long
before that time the historic Senate
chamber Of the Capitol was filed by
people from Baltimore, Washington,
Annapolis and other. cities, including
Governor White, of Maryland, the
Judges of the Court Of Appeals, men,
bers of the Legislature, the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, prominent
lawyers and several artists. Shortly
after noon the exercises were opened by
the orator of the occasion, Mr. Eakle
Wallis, who delivered most eloquent
eulogy on the life and character of the
great Judge. He spoke of him as a
lawyer, statesman, and Judge, and
said he was admirable in all. At the
close Of Mr. Wallis's address Governor
White, on the part OF the State, receive
ed the statue with few timely remarks.
The audieline then left the Senate cham
Der and occupied the ground Eear the
statue to view the uDveiling. 1t is
erected in the avenue, just twenty feet
from the door Of the Capitol. The pc
sition commands the approach to the
State House, and commands fine view
of the town. In the midst Of the ex-
pectaucy Of the crowd the drapery sud-
denly dropped and the majestic form of
Roger B. fancy stood before them, in
imperial bronze. The statue is heroic
in size, and represents the Chief Justice
in his satin robes, presiding over the
Supreme Court Of the United States -
His left hand rests upon the Constitu-
ton of the United States and in his
right he holds scroll The express
ion is one Of deep attention. The stat
ue is of rich golden bronze and was
cast at Munich The pedestal is of
granite. six feet high, five and q half
feet long and four feet wide. 1t is SIM
Pile in style and bears no inscription
The height of the statue and pedestal
together is twelve feet three inches -
This magnificent memento to one of
Maryland's most distinguished sons was
ordered in 1859 bo the State Legislature
and an appropriation of $4,000 voted
for its construction. William H. Rhine,
hart, the sculptor, is native of Mary
land, but has resided tor the last four
teen years at Rome.
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How a Once Prominent Business
Man OfChiCagO Went the Broad
Road 60 Ruin
From the Chicago Evening Journal

From the Chicago Evening Journal.
1t is hut few years since that the
house of Bennett, Pieters & CO., whole
sale liqnor dealers, and proprietors of
the "Red Jacket Bitters," stood high
among our best known, most enterpri-
sing and responsible firms. In almost
every paper Of the country their adver-
tisements were to be seen, aanked by a
cut Of famous though long since de-
parted Indian chicftain, whose name
was given to bittefs preparation of
tie house, and which at one time had
extensive sale. Mr.. Pieters was a man
of ane ntfiittes, and besides beirg
shrewd and successful in business he
was possessed of superior scholarly at
tainments. His home was amcng the
most elegant and refined in the city, and
adorned in the most chaste and beauti-
full manner, and gracefully presided
over by his wife, an estimable and ac-
complished lady. While in the full tide
of prosperity, with wealth pouring in
upon him, Pieters fell. He could no,
resist the temptation offered by the de.
mon concealed beneath the rosy hue oil
the wine cup, and his imagination was
heightened and his brain exhilarated by
the sparkling champagne or his owr
bittefs. The Nigh reputation Of his firm
began to feel the effects of his down
ward course, and finally came the crash
Pieters was ruined; he struggled vainly
| for time, but the power of the fent
with which he had 50 long tampered was
too great and nerveless, unresistingly
he was hurried to the consumn>aticn O
his career. His elegant home soon fol
lowed his business house; rich and val
liable pre- sents made TO his family wer,
swallowed up in the general ruin, O
went to crafty still more his unceasin.
thirst for drink, until at last he and the'
were homeless and well nigh friendess
A few months since he enlisted in tn
United States service as a private sol
dier, and is now with his regimen
somewhere on the great plains of tn
West, His broken hearted wife ha
filed petition for legal separation
from him. alleging that she had bee
reduced to utter poverty and miser,
through her husbands love of intoxi
eating drink. The story of her mis-
fortunes is indeed heartrending, and
anything were yet needed to urge o.
the friends of temperance and reforn
it would he found in the terrible fate Q
Pieters and his innocent family.
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WASHINGTON.
Ohio River krtdse Bill Passed.
Other Important Steamboat
E.pglSl1fi0u

Legislation,
WASHINGTON, December 10.-The
Senate went over the calendar to-day,
in order to take up and pass such bills
as were not objected to. Most of the
bills read were promptly objected to,
and therefore passed Over, Only one
measure OF importance was passed
THIS was the bill reported by the Con-
ference Committee to authorize the con-
struction of bridges across the Ohio
river, and to prescribe their dimensions
The Conference report was agreed to,
and the bill passed in the same shape
exactly rs was telegraphed in these dis
patches on Friday night last. There
was very little debate over it-Mr Da-
Wis, of West Virginia, inquired if the
Wheeling bridge was crowded for, and
was answered aflirmatively and MIR
Cohkiing caused to be read the section
relieving the tugboats on the Mississip.
pl and lis tributaries for one year iron
the oppressive restrictions of the steam
boat AcL of the 2Sth of February, 1871,
in order, as he intimated, to supply a
precedent for other remitlial legislation.
This general bridge bill only wants the
signature of the President TO become a
law, and will undoubtedly receive it.
1t will be noted that the relief given the
tugboats on the Mississippi and tributa-
ries begins with the Presidents sigma
ture of the bill and expires in one year
thereafter.
Another bill is pending in the Seuste
which extends the same relief to tug
boats fpr twelve months, namely, Sem
ate bill 1854; but this bill was amended
by the House of Representatives SO as
to suspend throughout the country for
one year the provisions of any existing
law or regulations which require OF
steamboats, lookup safety-valves, recor-
ding steam gauges, pipes to carry steam
into holds of vessels, low water indica-
tors and test pumps. The Senate to.
day agreed to this arrangement, but re.
considered it on motion of Mr. Conk
ing, that Senator pointing out that the
provisions of the amendment were gen
eral in their operation. The important
bill as amended 6y the committee O
conference TO amend the steamboat ac
of 2Sth of February, 1871, which wa:
debated so earnestly at the last session
and prevented from passing by Conk
lings speaking against time, came W
to-day, and its consideration was agaig
prevented by Conkling's single objec
ton. 1t is this bill which relieves th'
steamboat interest from the numerous
oppressive requirements gotten up b,
Treasury supervisors and vendors o
patents, and it is obvious that Conklius
means to defeat any relief to the steam
boat interest by fair means OF foul, if h
can do so.
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Evans the Row Pord r,urderer. w

Evans, the Bow Pond murderer, who
killed his niece, Annie Lowering, is play
ing the sanctimonious dodge and passes
much time in pretending to read the Bi-
BILE. The old man says, ,of the crime i'm
puted to him, "There was another man in
it," Theiailer was asked how Evans be
haved "Very WE'LL" was the reply
"He's got an awful appetite. He eats nc
end of cheese. He says cheese is one o.
the greatest blessings vouehsafed from
the Lord"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17
Give the DeyIl His pue.

II is well enough to give the Devil his
dues, but it is not enjoined on US to be-
stow on him a great deal in excess OF
ais due. Bs a
The Radical papers and many of the
Liberal and Democratic papers have
lately been gushing somewhat effusively
over two little acts of GRANT which are
supposed to be somewhat superhumanly
meritoious.
We always want to try to give credit
where credit is due, and therefore men
toned these acts approvingly. unimport-
ant as they were but the administration
papers, especially, are prolonging their
fuIsome adulation as though GRANT had
again saved the country, single-handed,
and had paid the balance OF the public
debt out of his private pocket.
One Of these acts was refusing to ap-
point some tool of SIMcN CAMERON to
the office of Post Master at Philadel.
phia. Now it may be a big thing for
GRANT to refuse any one demand of the
greatest scomdrel in Congress, butif it
is, SO much the worse for GRANT. He
should never have put himself in the
keeping OF this disreputahle trickster,
then he would have done plain and
simple duty, and would not have created
such astonishment in rejecting his dicta-
! tion in a single post-mastership.
| By the way, why is it that the papers
which go into such ecstacies over what
they call "GRANr cutting loose from the
CAMERON ring never uttered syllable
of protest against his tieing fast to that
ring; aud, indeed, never before admitted
that there was such ring?
But GRANT attended GREELEY's fune.
ral! So be did, and he would have been
miserable churl II be had not. We
never had President who would not
have done the same thing. We appear
to be astonishcd at GRANT doing what is
proper, while we would have been equal
| ly astonished at any other President moi
doing it.
The plain inference from this exces
sive adulation is, that nobody has g
right to expect fssln GRANT anything
but the very worst possible thing h'
could do under the circumstances; sc
that what is meant as dattery, is vir
tual confession that with GRANT the
general rule has been to do wrnng, while
to do right has been tho very rare and
surprising exception. .tf,s .,...
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south Carolina.

The following comes from South Car
olina:
CoLUMBrA, S. c., Dec. l0.-John j
Patterson was elected o. 8. Senator oi
the first ballot.
CoLuMBIA, S. C., Dec. 10.-John J
Patterson. Seuator-elect from South Car
olina, has been arrested on charge O.
bribery.
The leading men in South Carolin:
cannot forego their old practice Of buy
ing negroes.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17

GERMAN Y.
The Counties Reform Bill Adopt.
ed--CathOlic Churches Closed
by the Government.

-.Ha
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-The Counties Reform
Bill finally passed the Upper House of the
Diet to-day by a vote, of 116 yeas to 81
nays.
The Catholic Church edifces in the city
and Province of Posen. which belong to
the Government, have been closed, be-
cause special service vas celebrated
therein placing the church of Posen, in
her present trials, under the special pro-
lection of the Most Sweet Heart of Je-
sus. The pastors of the churches and
teachers in theCatholic schools have been
summoned to appear before magistrates
for examination nthe charge ofpuhliclv
reading an exciting pastoral letter issued
by the Archbishop of Posen,
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EFThe Committee of thirty elect.

EF The Committee of thirty elected
by the Assembly of France. numbers
10 delegates, representing 361 votes
II delegates, representing s33 votes--
The former represent the opposition to
the THEIRS Government. The major
ity will, very likely, enact schemes, un-
acceptable to the Administration, which
course will cause trouble, perhaps, rev.
olutiou.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17

EEThe Colorado diamond bubble
has burst and With it, hundreds Of men,
who expected to make their fortunes in
day, have sunk their all The swindle
nettsd the originators handsome for
tunes, but aside from the money receiv-
ed BY them, for. their aclaims," nothing
wss made. sec
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; HIn the States OF Arkansas, Ala.
bama and Louisiana the Radical Revo-
lutionists are having pretty much their
own way. The Administration furnish
q them troors to oycrawe the regular
State Governments. That's Radical
Re~onciliation.
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e HA Monument is to be erected to
the memory Of HoRAcE GREELEY. 1t is
proposed to raise s5o0,o0o, OF which
els5, 900 has already been secured. The
Association embraces influential citizens
u al parts Of the country. We hope
the project will prove successful.
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6 kWThe General commanding the for
- in Cuba, has ordered the purchase OF
bloodhounds to capture negroes with
That will prove fne sport for the Span.
isrds, who delight in bull fights and other
refined amusenents.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17

UA little hanging in Arkansas, AL.
absuAa and Louisiana would, no doubt,
prove beneficial to the interests OF the
tax-payers Of those States. Carpct-bag-
ism i determined to rule or ruin. Hemp
- the only known antidote.
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.iTkEGeneral BANKS hssiintroduced an
Amendment to the Constitution, Ia Con
gress, making the term Of President six
years. to be elected by the popular vote,
,teIhave salary of 100000 per annum,
and TO be ineligible to second term
The election to take place in all the
States on the same day.
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ED Congress has enacted law to
construct six vessels Of war. The plans
are to he laid before Congress before
any appropriation shall be made; this
action will have the effect of curtailins
the profits of the ship building ring,
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Sad Effects Of one Goats MIX.

The most singular thing to he. seen in
Richmond is nicely dressed man, who
every post he sees he butts with his
head. l called him zone hundred and
fifty pounds of butter" but he didn't
like it. Every few rods--it makes DO
difference whether he is on top of hay
wagon or on canal boat--he stops and
turns a somersault. 1t was so queer
that took some pains to inquire into
aatecedents of that man, and it appears
tlat when child he was reared ON one
goats milk, and one day that goat got
astray, and ate up two circus bills =
The circus bills made different quality
of milk from grass, and the little boy
drank it and turned into circus
Saws l: well, but circusses don't
butt"
Says he: "But goats butt
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J exThe Hoase Of Representatives, ,ol

81 e2The House OF Representative, ,on
the 9Th inst, passed bill aboiishing the
once OF Assessor and Assistant Asses
sor OF Internal Revenue. The date
fixed for the law to go into effect is July
4, 1878. The Senate will fight the bill.
and, perhaps, kill fit by technicalities or
defeat 1t outright.
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flames L. ORR, OF South Carroll
'ha, has been spponted Minister to Rus
sia. Mr. Dgk was n Senator in the
Confederate States Senate.
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The liquor production Of Cincinnati
this year was 6,333,333 gallons of dis
titled spirits, and 100000 barrels of rec
tilted spirits wholesale liquor sales Sl6,-
100000; amount Of government tax paid
Al 900. 900.
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EEThe regular Legislature Of Ala
5ama, elected t. w. SrKEs, U. S. Sena-
tor On the 10th inst. ea
The bogus body eleeted,srEscER, the
present Incumbent. 9T =
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Annestytn the House,

WASHINGTON, December g. 1t seems
from the action of the House to-day
that there are yet in that body eighty
four members who still cling to war
issues A bill came up to relieve the
disabilities of Southern politician,
named Lamar, who has been elected to
the Forty-third Congress from the
Northeast District of Mississippi. His
application to Congress is a singular
one, and closes as follows "Your men,
ofialist would not sue for such special
legislation in his favor if he was not,
after due super examination, conscious
Of his entire fidelity to the interests and
happiness Of the people of the United
States, and the Constitution and laws
thereof" There was scarcely divis-
ion on the motion to pass the bill, and
the instant it was out of the way o
Pennsylvania member sprang general
amnesty bill on the House, and moved
to suspend the rules and put it on its
passage. The vote stood 102 in favor
of suspending the rules and passing the
bill, to 81 against. A two-thirds vote
is required to suspend the rule, which
was lacking in the vote TO day. Among
those who voted against amnesty were
Amber, Oakes Ames, Beatty, Bever-
idge, of Illinois, Bingham, Butler, Co.
burn, Dawes, Foster, Hawley, Maynard,
Sprague, Monroe, Peck, Snapp, smith
and Upson. Havens and Parker were
the only members from Missouri voting
against suspension of the rules. Gar
field and Stevenson were the only Re-
publicans from Ohio who voted to sus-
pend the rules. Farrell and Hay were
the only Republicans from Illinois who
voted on behalf Of amnesty. This vote
seems to settle amnesty in the House
for this session, although it may come
up again on fuller House.
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= E Eleven female SCI vaults were burn,
cd to death during the FIRE in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, the night Of the
10th inst
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slz aWA Constitutional Amendment Is
urged to provide for the election Of
President and Vice President by a direct
vote or the people.
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EFGen. c. H. CRosvENoR was chosen
ty the Electors of Ohio Messenger to
convey the result OF their vote to Wash
ingion.
During the late campaign GRossENoR
stopped fnot much, though to the con-
templible practice of having bis name
printed as Elcctor in the National Libe
raj and Delnocra ic ticket in this Dis
trict. The Electors would have done
themselves honor BY retudis'ing his Sc
lection and chosen another Of their nam
her.
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!. EEThe Radicals in. the u. 5. Senate,
in caucus, deprived the Liberal Senators
of their places on the various commit
tees. The Democratic members tender
ed their place on the Committee Of For
cign Affairs to Senator ScuuRz The
Senator accepted, after giving his views
to the Democrats ir writing. The let
tiers of Senators ScHURz and THURMAN
are published elsewhere in this issue.
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Gus to name Can we not look to see
It revived in the present Congress, and
an aniehdhi4!.t embudying it presented
to the States
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Eg The daughters Of Mr. GREELEY
decline the money subscription propo
sed in their behalf
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ssesslsiasld Dec. IL. Is7c.

= kyThe amount Of loss to the lnsu
rance Companies. by the Boston ire
foots up s52,676 600.
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WASHINGTON CRY Dec. 6.

Ny DEAR SIR: In reply to your letter OF
this date, I am instructed by the Demo
cratic Senators to say that your position
and views were understood by them when
they placed your name on the list of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and
that your selection was and is not consid-
cred by them as surrender of principle
or position by either you or them
Therefore they see no reason why you
should not serve npon the Committee.
am, very respe ctfully, your obedieht,
A. G. THURMAN
Hon. Carl Schurz.
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The Union Pacific Railway owes the
United States S57 ,236,372, and the chan
ces are that it viii always be owing.
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Wedding OF a Veteran Waterloo
Ratic.

From the Rutland (Vt.) Herald, Nov 27.l
William Edwards, Of Jay, who is al
most ninety,fve years old, married a
woman Of seventy, few days ago
This old man was one of Wellington
soldiers. and was twice wounded at
Waterloo, yet he is very hearty and ap-
parently well, and has been an inveter
ate smoker for almost eighty-two years.
His grandfather was 1O4 when he died,
his great grandfather was ia but he
regards his father as having been cut
off in youth, as he died when only 69
years old. Mr.. Edwards intends t.
make trip to London next summer, to
claim bounty due to British soldiers
over sixty-one years, which with ac-
erued interest. will amount to near $5,.
OO0.,
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Chief Justice Mcclure of Arkansas,
when not clothed in bis judicial ermine, is
better known as "Poker Jack"
The New York World publishes list
Of fifty names Of persons who have dis
appeared in New York since the first OF
last August, most of them probably
founs deaf with.
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WASHINGTON, Dec c. The following
correspondence viii prove of interest, as
,sho wing the peculiar status occupied by
the Ei3eral Republicans toward the regu-
lar Democratic and Liberal Republican
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The Age of Public Men.

Hon. Carl Schurz