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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09
From the Washington Patriot
Ku EkluX Baby Stories,

When the Ku Klux committee was en-
gagged in the investigation of alleged
outrages in the South, last summer
among other witnesses who appeared
before the committee was an individual
named Lakin, who hailed from Alabama
and who professed to be a minister o1
the Gospel of truth and peace. This
party's testimony was to the effect that
he had seen veritable "Ku Klux baby
in Alabama, or rather, baby which
when born, and upon it the mark and
sign of the Ku Klux organization. This
was one of the Ku Klux stories which
was intended to fire the Radical heart OF
the North against the South. The Dem.
ocrats laughed at the silly testimony
and even the Radicals were ashamed
TO make much use of it. All readers Of
the debates of the last session of Con.
gress will recollect with what power
and effect Hon. James B. Beck ridiculed
the whole thing, and held Lakin up tc
the scorn of all sensible people, expo.
sing him in all his naked and hideous
deformity. But Lakin's fate, it seems
has not deferred others from giving circu.
lation to similar stories. A correspond.
ent of Radical paper, writing from
Oxford, Miss, processes to have dis.
covered another 'Ku Klux baby" there
"a baby, as he says, plainly marked
with the sign of the Ku Klux. Nc
names are given, but it is asserted that
the case is susceptible of proof. This
is doubtless but the initiation of a large
number of equally ridiculous yarns that
are to be circulated far and wide by the
supporters of Grant and Wilson during
the Presidential campaign, in the hope
that some credulous voters in the North
may be influenced by such stories, and
induced to vote for the Philadelphia
ticket as the only means of preventing
a recurrence of Ku KluX outrages in the
South, with like "horrible results"
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A MECHANICAL TRIUMPH.
An Invention which Docs Away
with the "Dcad Point" i'm the
Crank
[Frhn An Rnninn LINis rnns !

From the Racine wis Argus.l
Thomas Morton, a member of the
senior class of Racine College and a
resident of Racine, has invented an i'm
provement upon the crank. which is
deemed by many practical engineers and
scientific men likely to prove one of the
most valuable and greatest inventions
of the age.
Persons familiar with machinery are
aware that there are two dead points in
the crank where all the power is lost "a
balance wheel is necessary to carry the
machinery beyond these points; the
balance-wheel is not able of itself to
generate any force, so that double the
power is required, one half to turn the
machinery while the crank is working,
and the other half to give sufficient mo-
mentum to the balance. wheel to carry
the machinery beyond the points where
the crank cannot act
Dir. Morton's Improvement does
away with the dea6-points entirely, and
keeps the power continually upon the
long lever, or, as engineers call it, the
half centre, thus very near doubling the
power, and so saving great amount of
fuel in engines 1t can readily be ap-
piled 30 all kinds of crank machinery,
engines, lathes, sewing machines, etc.
Mr.. Morton went in person to Wash.
ington and procured patent; he says
that the men in the patent Office pro.
nouneed his invention wholly new from
anything they had ever. seen, also, the
engineers at the capitol building gave
as their opinion that it was a very ex-
cellent improvement and perfect sue
cess
No one has yet given reason why it
will not work, and the only Argument
given against it is that it has teen Ia
bored at ever since steam engines were
first invented. many men having spent
their fortunes and lives in searching af-
ter it, and people cannot believe that
Mr.. Morton, being young, and not a
practical mechanic, has really found the
secret:
The simplicity of the invention is al
most ridiculous, and makes one laugh
aud wonder why it was never thought of
before. 1t consists of q ratchet wheel,
which takes the place of the crank;
over this ratchet wheel runs frame, in
the two sides of which are movable
cogs or pawls. When the connecting
rod Grives the frame out, the cogs on
one side act upon the teeth Of the wheel
and carry it half way round, while at
the same time the cogs ON the opposite
side, working in contrary direction,
when touched by the teeth of the wheel
are thrown out of the way, and the in
slant they scrape the teeth of the wheel
they adjust themselves by their own,
weight, or by means of springs, and so
are ready to carry the wheel the remain
ing half revolution when the connecting
rod is drawn in; thus q revolution is
obtained with every stroke of the pis-
ton, and No time is lost.
MIR. Morton got up tie invention and
demonstrated it in two days, and de-
clares that he never thought of it be-
fore in his life-in t,he never Thought
there was anything wanting in the
crank. His surprise can only be imag-
ined when he found that his simple little
idea had opened prospect of fame and
wealth.
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A Democratic, Liberal Republic
State Mass Meeting.
All Voters of this State who are
Opposed to the Present Corrupt
Administration Invited.

The following resolution was adopted
by the Democratic State Convention al
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 9th ult:
Resolced, That the State Central Com
mittee be instructed to issue call for {
mass meeting of the Democracy of this
State, at such time and place as they
deem expedient, for the purpose of rati
flying the actiof Of the Baltimore Con
vention, and selecting Senatorial Elec
tors; and that they invite TO participa
ton therein all voters of this State who
are opposed to the present corrupt Ad
ministration.
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BONNER's ILL LUCK.
Death of Starfle's Dam and tinI
EitIy,
From the Turf, Field and Farm

From the Turf, Field and Farm
It is with regret that we chronicle the
unexpected death OF the celebrated
brood mare, Lizzie Walker, the dam of
the wonderful young horse Startle-
Some months ago it will be remembered
that Mr.. Robert Bonner paid Mr.. Char
les Backman, of Stony Ford, $4,000 for
the fgtus then in the mare, the purcha-
ser binding himself TO take the colt if it
should come alive or dead. This was
what You might call a practical encour
a. ement of breeding The majority tf
men hesitate to pay $4,000 for a matur-
ed and developed horse; and yet here
was man who drew his check for the
stated amount for something yet unborn.
1t required some pluck to do this, as
well as strong faith in the chances of the
future. Lizzie Walker was a chestnut
marc, with star and snip and white hind
legs, fifteen hands high and eighteen
years old. She was got by American
Star, and her dam was by Old Hickory,
he by Whip and he by Seymour's Wild
Air. In 1870 Lizzie Walker missed
getting with foal, and in 1871 she drop
ped twins to Idol Mr. Backman had
presented the produce to Mr.. David
Bonner, but unfortunately the pair died.
She was then bred back to Rysdyk' 8
Hambletonian, and was got with foal /;
and it was this last fptus that MIR. Ro-
bert Bonner purchased. Startle is five
years old, and he has shown such aston
iishing speed this spring and summer
that we were in hopes that the old mare
would bring forth full brother ora full
sister to him that would also develop
into a wonder But, alas all hope is
at an end. The mare and her foal are
both dead. Eizzie Walker,it is claimed,
should have dropped her foal June 10
Going over the time allotted for preg.
nancy, she was closely watched. About
II o'clock Sunday night, jane %, she
commenced labor, but not until half past
4 o'clock on Monday afternoon was she
delivered The foal, stout-lookine
flIy. with two white hind feet and star,
was alive, but it died in labor. The
mare suffered great agony, and we are
told that her low whinny and sad, long
! ing eyes were almost heartrending wher
the dead filly was borne from her sight
The OLD mare fingered few hours, ahd
then she too passed away. The loss i:
a heavy one to Mr.. Backman. He SCI
high value on the maze; no sum would
have induced him to part with her. l
will he remembered that after Startlt
began to trot so fast in the spring hc
offered Mr. Bonner ten thousand dol
lars for the fcal provided it came alive
and was 4 male The loss is also Sc
we're one to Mr. Bonner, not so mucl
in money, though that would be heavy
to some men, as in the failure to realiz,
a fond hope; and in a general way th,
loss is one that is felt in the whole
breeding world.
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The Proposed Greeley State Mass
Convention.

COLUMBUS, July 1.-The greatest pos
sible effort viii be made to make the
Democratic mass ratification meeting,
to be held here after the Baltimore Con-
veution, one of the largest gatherings
ever held in the State since 1S40, and
arrangements are being made for col
lecting the necessary funds for making
the meeting all it promises TO he. AT
this meeting the Senatorial electors are
to be chosen by all the Liberals and
Democrats who are opposed to Grants
re election. a strenuous effort will be
made to gather. here some of the best
speakers of the country, among them
Brown, Schurz, Trumbull, and others
Colonel Baber is at the head of this
movement and is working with his usual
activity,
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Falling Into Line.

The Washington Daily Pdtrio{, which
has thus far held out against the propo.
sition to indorse the Cincinnati nomi
nees at Baltimore, yesterday fell into the
GREELEY line. and advises harmony and
union with the Liberal Republicans fol
the common good, and to put an end to
existing palitical corruption.
The N. 7. World has given up the
contest against GREELEY, and will sup
port him if nominated at Baltimore
The Chicago Times another ranting
anti GREELEY organ will support the Lib
eral Democratic ticket nominated in Hi
nois, and will also support GREELEY and
BRowN.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09
Grants Bogus Reform,
from the N. Y. Sun,l

From the N. 4. Sun.
Brother-in-law CASEY, Collector ir
New Orleans, has resigned, but Genera
GRANT has decided not to accept his re
signation, because he is his brother-in
law.
JAMES L. MCLEAN, Collector of Chi.
cago, was appointed to Office because he
was partner of ORvIL L. GRNAT, the
Presidents brother. A few months
since he quarreled with ORvIL and ther
he was called upon to resign. Now it is
reported that he has made up With Or
rEh and that his resignation is to be
withdrawn.
Gen. GRANT is said to be an ardent
devotee Of civil service reform.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09
The Richmond Enquirer, which has

The Richmond Enquirer, which has
heretofore been for straight Democrat.
ic nomination and against the acceptance
of Greeley and Brown at Baltimore, now
abandons the project of third ticket
1t says: "It is too late now, however. to
recede The issue is made, and it is
Greeley or nothing, We must concell-
trate the entire Democratic vote upon
him and elect him.
The N. Y. World of Wednesday men,
tons the increased receipt at the Glen.
ham House in that city of letters from
colored people offering their services in
behalf of Mr.. Greeley. All these letters,
as soon as received and answered, are
sent to Mr.. Greeley by his own request, as
he seems to take an interest in reading
and noting the sentiments of the writer's
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09

TGen. CAssIUs M. Clay puts the
case strongly and pungently when he
says in his letter to the people: "To day
!, we live under despotism impelled by
the lowest Instincts, tastes and self-in-
diligence, which, unlike European aris-
tocracies, shares nothing with the peo-
people. but atsorbs all their substance
) for camp-followers who are equally cor
arupt and vicious" Such is the delibe.
rate opinion of the GRANT domination
held by lifelong Republican.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09
"uonest Old simon.v

The following is the substance OF an
article in ForEey's Press in re.ation to
Simon Cameron, the confidential adviser
of President Grant:
The Camerons now own and control
the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania
They are his principal bondsmen, and
reap the largest. portion of the aggre-
gate gains secured by banking with the
funds of the Commonwealth, directly
and Indirectly Simon Cameron has a
son Donald and his brother William
who are the principal shareholders in
the banks, respectively, az Lewisburg,
Northumberland, Harrisburg, Middle
town, Westchester, Lancaster, Leban
non and Reading. The banks of Har.
rsburg and Middletown are controlled
by the Camerons, Donald being a paid
officer in each, while Others do his
work. These banks have deposits of
State funds aggregate at least half q
million dollars. All checks for small
amounts of money paid by the State
Treasurer are drawn on Calneron's bank.
You see by these facts why the, Came
rons are so anxious to have, Hartranft
elected Governor. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth is member, in con
| junction with the State Treasurer and
Auditor General, of the sinking fund
That Office, in case HartraDft is elected,
will be dictated by Cameron. The last
Legislature was manipulated to prevent
Geary from appointing an Auditor Gen
eral who might have been inimical to.
Camerons interests, and therefore, to
cover up a long secreted series Of stu
pendous frauds. Hartranft'ss TINA of
office was extended. Second-The
Camerons are State Treasurer Maekey's
principal bondsmen. Bya PhiIadelphia
brokers' failure, Mr.. Mackey lost a frac,
| ton less than one hundred thousand
dollars. He is poor man, but his loss
had to be made up. How was this to
be done Not by the Camerons; hence
Mackey opens check on Pittsbdrg
bank for the amount lost by the failure
of the Philadelphia broker, which check
was never cashed. but deposited in the
vault of the treasury, where it yet re-
\ WIN OIuCI
papers, all counted as cash, when they
are really not worth a farthing more
than their weight on ragman's scales
The vault of the State Treasury isthe
most polluted locality in tue State gov
ernment and in its dark and impenetra-
bic recesses there are more frauds hid
den than those which damme | the Tam
many Ring of New York, all Of which
the Camerons are res5lutely determinsd
shall not be exposed if they can get
Mackey's accounts sealed at the expira.
ton OF his present term, and bis vault
accounts turned over as cash to his sue:
cessor, whoever that may be.
1t will ease the Camerons of not, less
than one hundred thousand dollars and
may save them from paying double the
sum. 80 e - %
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wGermans and Irishmen are reques
ted to remember that HENRY WILSON, the
GRANT candidate for Vice President
was, and is, bitter Know Nothing
He favors proscriptive policy that will
compel all foreigners to remain in this
country TWENrY-ONE YEARS before
being permitted to vote or exercise any
of the rights and privileges of citizen
ship. GRANT is natural Know Moth
ing. Certainly uery liberal ticket.
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From the Wheeling Register, Sd inst
Another Steamboat Dfsts,er.
EXPLOSION OF TEE HOPE
AT NEW MARTlNsvzLLE.
EIG HIT MEN ENJU REE,
TWO PROBABLY FATAL.
3 a. T. l. PA R I'll CUE. ARS

! BY the favor of our ever attentive
correspondent at New Maltinsville, we
are in possession of the following par
ticulars of the explosion of the Wheel,
/ ing and Matamoras packet Hope, at
| New Martinsyille. at one o'clock Mon
day afternoon We have also a letter
from Captain Williamson in relation to
The disaster
From our reports it will be seen that
eight men have been scalded and iniur-
ed, two of them fatally, r. Hutchison,
the mate, by inhaling the steam and
John Bradfield, deck hand, who was
thrown by the force of the explosion
upon a pile of metal:
NEW MARrINsvILLE, W. Va, July l.
Editors of the Register
We are called upon to chronicle an
other horrible steamboat disaster The
middle fuc of the boiler Of the steamer
Hope, captain williamson on her way
up from Matamoras to Wheeling, col
lapeed at one o'clock p NJ. to day
while lea, ing the landing directly oppo
! site this place, blowing fore and aft -
Several of the deck hands were blown
into tile river, besides several passen
gers jumped over board A scene o.
confusion ensucd The river was soor
covered with skiifs from this place anC
the opposite side containing assistance
those in the river were soon rescued
The following is the list of injured:
r. Hutchinson, mate, scalded serious
ily. .... ....
John Richards, cook, scalded danger
ously.
John Bradfeld, deck hand, scaldeG
and otherwise injured, fatally.
Dan Cooley, deck hand, scalded Sc
verely. .
I Geo. Wheeler, deck hand, scaldeG
and bruised severely.
1 Henry Barnhart, deck hand, head ant
legs scalded severely.
VIM Minder, deck hand, scalded anG
bruised severely.
Geo Suter, deck hand, scalded ant
bruised severely.
rCNSldi OthSlo hClC ilOiC vi lSoo III
Ijurcd.
i Drs. Young and Priest were soor
brought on board to relieve the suffer
ilg wounded. A valuable horse ant
eight head of cattle, belonging to Geo
H. .Fauble, of Wheeling Island, were
badly scal6ed. The steamer foateC
down the river nearly mile, when tht
towboat Charlie Brown on her way tc
Cincinnati came along and kindly prof
cred assistance end towed the Hope
back to the mouth Of the creek at thi:
place The officers and crew tender
their thanks to the officers of the Charlie
Brown for their tenderness and aid. l
is impossible at this writing to ascertain
the cause of the explosion, but there
seems to be good reason for thinking
that the water in the boiler had been al
lowed to get too low, such at least il
the opinion expressed by the officers o
the Charlie Brown and by some of thu
officers and crew of the Hope.
REPORTER.
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llprI all for Lone fellow?

john HARrER's running horse, Long
fellow, the pride of the West and South,
met Harry Bassett,t the champion running
horse of The Fast, at Long Branch ON
the 2d inst, and beat him easily in two
and half nile race The Kentucky
men put up all their money on Lrngfel-
low and had the satisfaction of breakin o
the hackers Of Bassett who bet 81 800
to $1,000 and $4,000 to $1,000. The
New Workers can't crow over cid JOHN
HARPER this year.
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A Voice from the Tomb,

IKNow GEN. GRANT BETTER THAN ANY
OTHER PERSON IN THE COUNTRY CAN KNOW
HIN. IT WAS MY DUTY TO STUDY HIM, AND
] DID so NIGHT AND DAY, WHEN SAW
HIM AND WHEN / DID NOT SEE HIM, AND
NOW TELL YOU WHAT / KNOW: HE CAN
NOT GOVERN THIS COUNTRY The late
Edoia L. Stdaton's Dying Words.
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GSIhe present state of politics in
pennsylvania may be understood from
the fact that in Lancaster county, which
gave Grant over 100 majority, Oliver
j. Dickey, the successor to Thad. Ste
vens in Congress, has felt himself com.
PEELED to decline to run for a second
term, because Esaias Bil!ingfelt, Re-
publican who supports Buckalew, is the
favorite of the people. In that county
Buckalew will have no less than 1000
majority in October, and Greeley and
Brown will run ahead of those figures
in November. This is revolution In
deed.
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wThe firm of GRANT, WILSON, Nor,
TON & Co. have lot of fellows busily
engaged at Washington preparing hob
goblin stories for the campaign. Let
people prepare themselves to read a
batch of the biggest lies ever seen in
print. That's the stock in trade of the
GRANTEES,
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Eg>The Chicago Tribune has been
formally repudiated by the Republican
Central Committee of Illinois, because
of its opposition to GRANTS reelection
The committee is composed of three in
ternal revenue collectors,thre assessors
three pUstmaslers, two depositarie s, tho
partner of whisky supervisor, Radi.
cal member of Congress, and four coun.
tY officers
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Resignation of Gov. Curtin

WASHINGTON, June 27.-Gov. Curtin
sent his resignation as Minister to Rus
sia as long ago as the lst of March,
Up to this time Hamilton Fish has stu
diously concealed the fact, but now il
has leaked out. The Governor will az.
rive home about August l, and imme
diately gather in the harvest for Greeley
in Pennsylvania.
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Another Fine SOngster Discover.
cd
from the. Ironton Register.

From the Ironton Register.
The Ohio State Journal has been lau
ding to the skies the merits of Hon. 10
seph Barrett, of the Times and Chroni
Gle, as a singist of Bob Ridley. Hat
the editor of the Journal attended the
Editorial Union he woul,l have found
another candidate for distinction in the
person of Walter G. Hood, when sing
ing the ozark Hills of Monroe"
Bro. Hoop is q fine singist, but tht
"Dark Hills of Washington" are far su
perior in darkness to those of Mon
roe.--EDs. SPIRIT.
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.,og gET Ex. Governor JACOBS, of West
vi .pinia, ,has bolted the Democratic nom
ination for Governor made a. Parkers-
burg, and is now running as the Radical
candidate for that office. He will be
badly beaten in August next by JOHNSON
N. CAMDEN, the regular Democratic can
9tlidate.
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re- GRANT has been enforcing the
old Know Nothing doctrines during the
past seven years in the Southern States,
Prescription, for entertaining opinions
in opposition to the Administration, has
been the only policy of GRANT, WILSON,
MORTON & Co., since the war closed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09

GS- Hon. MILTON SoUTHARD, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, was nominated as the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the 13,h
District, on the l47th ballot, one day
last week.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09

g Almost every day since the nom.
nation of Greeley and Brown we have
added Liberal Republican to our list ol
subscribers, and since the Radical county
convention two of its members have
shook the dust of Radicalism from its
feet and joined the great Liberal party.
After the Baltimore Convention this
thing will be quite common.-Jeferso-
nian, { DEM }
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EEA statement comes from The Pen
sion Bureau at Washington that there
are living two widows of Revolutionary
soldiers who are under forty gears OF
age, and the oldest surviving widow is
one hundred and fifteen years old.
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Peace! Peace!,

Horace GREELET's letter of accept
1ance contains the following glorious
passage:
$, 81 accept your nomination,in the con-
iient trust that the masses of our coun-
trymen, North and South, are eager to
clasp hands across The bloody chasm
sohich has too long diUided them, forget
ting that they have been enemies in the
joyful consciousness that they are and
must henceforth remain brethren"
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kFOn the 2Sth ult, BARNUMs show
exhibited at Columbus. Ohio. The re-
ceipts were $4,000 for three perform
siances. BARNUM is making more money
than any three shows travelling this sea-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-09

REThe Directors of the Erie Rail-
road Company have commenced suit
arafnst JAY GOULD, ex President of the
road, for sI0,000,00o, GoULn's base in
gratitude to FISK is meeting its proper
!, reward.