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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

"A w ashlngtOn correspondent, who
processes to be informed Of the con-
versations had by the President with
his intimates, throws Ola sketch Cf
some of the ideas TO be expressed in
the annual message to Congress. If
the correspondence information is
correct the message will be the droll-
est collection of incongruities ever is
sued over q Presidential signature
Mr.. Grant, we are told viii advocate
an immediate returRs to specie pay<
ments, and the next sentence fteHs as
that be will advise the Iegalization of
the $4A0Q0.00Q in retired greenbacks,
commonly called the g reserve. In
other words, In order to arrive at spe-
Gle payments. Congress must author,
ize the-Gddition of $44, 100000 10 the
present stock of irredeemable paper
currency. The absurdity is so perfect
that one is obliged toaccept It as really
evolved from AR. asrant's brain.
Mr.. Grant, it seems, also intends to
go in very stfong for the paternal
business. He is of the opinion, the
correspondents writes, that the 1inan-
cial distress will throw a great many
Iaborers out of employment, and that
Congress should afford relief to the
deserving poor. To effect this, Mr.
Grant will advise that . series of
grand public works be commenced,
by which means large number of
men will receive employment5who
would otherwise suffer. He thinks
that frife of some ten of fifteen
millions of dollars might wisely be
expended In this way. The works to-
be carried on are such as the James
River and Kanawa canal, ship canal
around Niagara, various other canals,
lighthouses, forts, war vessels, and so
forth. Mr.. Grant may not be q Cesar,
bat in the projects above he certainly
betrays firm belief in Napoleonism.
The late Emperor's Baron Aausmanni
managed fer years to keep the repub-
Iican ostUrjerS Of Paris quiet by fur
nishing them with work, paid for out
of the public purse. But there was
wide difference between the. ciFcnm-
stances of the Hausmannizing of Paris
and Mr.. Grants proposed Hansmann-
izing eWhoIe United States. France
was in Aourishing pecuniary condi-
ton. Money was abundant and
wealth was rolling up with enormous
rapidlty. The nation could afford to-
pay the price of peace demanded by
the blouses of Paris. Mr.. Grants
HaHsmannizing scheme comesl3 upon
altogether different footing. His
arguments more than funny. To re-
lieve the country from the suffering
caused by its oNeFpoWering load of
public and private debt, Mr.. Grant
would have smother fifteen millions
added to the load. To ordinary peo-
pie it may appear thatrwhen debt be-
comes crushing, the proper thing to do
is to economize as strictly as possible,
to expend not cent more than is act
ually necessary. Not so Mr., Grant.
His deetrina, learned1 IN tho. 3inannial
circles of Galena, is that the way to
get out of debt is to increase the in
debtsdness. Truly, the more utter
ance Mr.. Grant gives to his thoughts
upon finance, the more impressive be-
comes the sense of his profound orr
iginality. ST. Pau sDispdtch. all H'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20
The. Good Times Promised if Grant was
EIeeted


Last fall the great fear of the Re-
publicans was that if Greeley was
elected President, there would be a
financial panic and hard times, but
boasted that everything would be
lovely if Grant was again elected
One year has elapsed since that prom.
ise was made, and below We give an
illustration of the good times prom
ised,
The business of the Express Com
panies has fallen off so per cent.
The price of wheat has fallen from
l.40 to 81 .15 per bushel.
In Westford, Connecticut, $50 me-
chanics have been discharged.
In NorWalk, Connecticut, $50 me-
chanics have been turned out of en-
ployment.
4,50o men have been discharged in
Jersey City,
In Newark, New Jersey. 3,0Ooseam-
stresses have been thrown out of en-
ployment.
In Patterson, New Jersey, 1000
men in the locomotive works have
been discharged.
1t is estimated that 92, GOO W orkmen
are now idle in Philadelphia.
III OSWeSO 0OU smeH H1fe UceH us
charged, and others are working on
short time at reduced wages.
Thousands of men have been thrown
out of work in Pittsburgh.
500 cigar makers from one house in
New Y York are idle. g.
Eighteen large hat manufactures in
Reading, Pennsy lvania, stopped on
the 9Th, throwing 2,000zmen out of
ennlovmoof t15 8 ttS4fs tsf2S8
The Gah6es Mills in New. York
have stopped and 10000 hands are
idle. s.
We might give many moro iliustra-
tions of the good times, were it
necessary, There will be untold suf-
fering among the laboring classes this
winter, aud all because of the incom-
petence of our rulers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

e There were no State officers elected
in Illinois at the late eleetion.a Neith-
er was there aLegislataEe cha hassu. But
allithreugh the State iharel were coun-
ty Office rs elected upon W hich the re-
suits indicated great Significance IL
Iinois for many years has been one of
the strongest Republican States in the
Union. Grant carried it for President
by over 81, 600 majority. But aereVo-
luton has occurred of the most extra
ordinary character. The Farmers
Grange ticket has besnSelected in fif-
ty-one counties, the Democratic in
eighteen counties and the Republican
in fourteen counties. Heretofore the
Republicans have been carrying from
two-thirds to three fourths of the Illi-
nois counties., But now, out of eigh-
tv-tllree counties, they. obtain but
fourteen. AS an Organization, the
Republicanshave gone up in Illinois.
Whatever its politics may be, they are
no longer identified with that party.
The Farmers Grange Inoveinentskhas
the sympathy of the Democracy, and
there will ultimately be q fusion Of
these parties, The Democracy, like
the Grangers, are against monopolies,
railroad or otherY Use. They are for
free trade and so are most of the West
ern farmers.a oThe Repn blican party is
fora high tariff, and it is the champion
ofthe nioRopoiists. Illinois, therefore,
like Ohio, New York, Kansas, Wis
coBsin; Connecticutand Virginia, may
be considered to have broken with the
Republican party andto have Joined
the ranks Of the opposition which will
give it a complete National ndefeat in
1876. HHi 80" sil i.les9 oie7fs .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

THERE is little treaty stipulation
between Spain and the United States,
which provides that citizens of each
arrested within the jurishdiction of
the other for debt, or alleged .offenses,
are to be prosecuted By order and
authority of kd4v only, and according
to the regular course of proceedings,
and 'fto be allowed to employ such
advocates, ETC., as they may judge
proper" How beautifully the Span
ish, authorities carried this out, the
massacre of the Americans on board
the Kirginius shows, ute
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20


The Democratic victory in Virginia
is more oeVerw helning than was at
hfsta supposed - The majority for
General Kemper, the Democratic can
dftlat for Governor is over %, 600
which, when we, consider the number
of votes polIed, is equal to 10000 in
Ohio. In the Legislature there are in
the Senate thirty-three Democrats and
ten Republicans. In the House of
Delegates the Democrats have one
hundred members and The Republi.
cans thirty .three. On joint ballot
there is Democratic majority of nine-
ty-one, Last year Virginia gave Gem
eraI Grant 1000 majority forP President
over Horace Greeley. By this result
WesgaiB Democratic United States
Senator in place of Lewis, Republiean.
The Democrats are gradually wedding
out of the United States Senate all the
carpet-bag Republicans from tho
south, That section of the acountry
win, in four years present an almost
unbroken Democratic 9a delegation,
which. united with thu Northern
Democrats, will give us majority
in that body. If any party is dying, #
doesu't appear just now to be the
Democratic. lsiianshas etein 9iii
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

THE estimates of the necessary eK-
penditures of the government have
been made and they show an increase
over those of any previous year. The
pay of the members of the Senate and
House will amount to So, ,955, 600, and
for officers, employees and contingent
expenses Of both houses, SS28, 600,
making total of $3,7s3, 900. That's
the way the money goes. 81 -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20


It is all well.en0ugh for the organs
to make use of the financial panic as
an excuse for the public debt increase /;
but the real fact is that the public ex-
penses are considerably larger than
they were last year, which appears to
be unnecessary extravaganee, when
we compare last years expenses with
those of former times. The cost ef
running the national government, for
the year ending June 30th, slS73, was
S29O, ,245,245 %. Ofthis amount $73,-
328, 8,Il0 e6Were for civil and miseella-
neous purposes, SAG, ,323 138 81 for the
War Department, $23, ,726, ,256 79e for
the Navy Department. a$37, BILL "a
for Indians and pensions, $l04, $780,
6SS a. for interest on the public debt,
and 50, lO5,9l9 90 for premium on
bonds purchased. - q 3lif1F jsa
Two hundred aud ninety millions
to conduct the government in time of
peace -,tsi'i5 45.iA1s q ~
How was it before the WARP The
whole cost of carrying on the govern
ment then--under Democratic rule
was, in round figures, Sixty Millions
(560, 0,O00,O001 and no more. Now the
same duties call for an annual expeId-
iture. of over two hundred and ninety
millions, or about i've times the cost
oil carrying on the government by the
Democrats.
1t is known that many millions are
now wasted on mere party suckers,
adventureEs, and politieal7fagoriies.
These alast twelve of thirteen years
have been the Thalcyon sdays" of the
plunderers. And they keep busy ut
II sr,r,ly nf fNl,o iRnTl. bcs
ssciviI and miscellaneous hst~ for the
last fiscal year. This one item, which
covers, like charity, thousand leaks
and sores, and thousand veteran sim
ners, was thirteen millions more than
the whole cost of carrying on thegov-
ernment before the. war; So much
for that one item alone, for the fiscal
year, Is it any matter for wonder
that the payment cf'athe National
Debt begins f0idrag2 More thanone.
hundred millions a year might with
advantage to the country be devoted
to the paymentg of the ADebt-$100, D.
000,O00 every year which is now plum
dered and robbed, or sqHandersd on
good eCivil Service ReformeEsH in Of
flee. h0 are ready with Mast and
Nasty, to gIoFify Grant and the Re-
publican party. 3s a5Aa soss
Next, look at the War and Navy
Departments. These last year cost
$I0,e00 900 Ten. Millions1 more than
the whole government before the war.
What q factis that Is 10 surprising
that the debt statement shows an in.
erease,ithat deficiency bills are to be
passed and thatmere taxes are toibe
levied by Congress2 The man who
reads and Studies for himself cannot
be deceived. Pitts Post. 70 3 ~ bas
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

The Chilieothe Gazette says: sfGov-
ernor Allen has q coiOf8d man who
does his marketing and visits daily
the city for the purpose of purchasing
eatables for the new Governors table.
This man seems somewhat elated at
the success of his employer, aud feels
that the plain title Major is notquite
grand enough, and so, on entering the
meat mafke last Saturday, he pomp-
ously exclaimed, "De goV'meht wants
a roast of beef"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

The Attorney. General of AIississip-
pi has decided that no, election was
called for in that state this year by the
constitutions So there win be an0th-
sr state with two sets Of officers, and
question left for the federal admin
istration to settle as to which IS the
rightful governments! Z leo4i a51p
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

CALEB CUSHING has been interviews
ed upon the sabjectof the outrage ups
on the Yirginius, and he cites the stat
ute of 1868, which provides that "when
any American citizen shall have been
unjustly deprived of his liberty under
the authority of any foreign Power, ii
shall be the duty of the President 10
demand reasons therefor, and, if the
act appears to be wrongful, to demand
the release of such citizen, and, in case
of refusal, to effect il by any means
short of acts of war.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

THE following we're the balances in
the Treasury at the close of business
on wednesday, Nov. 18th: Currency
So, "a, 4,s11 special deposits of legal
tenders for redemption of certificates
of deposit, Sl2, ,676, 900 coin, SIS. $780,
026. inclnding coin certificates $685.
1850; outstanding IegaI-tenders,
1862 2,2s2, GIL.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

A CABLE telegram dated London,
November 18th, says .The Times
this morning in leading editorial
says: IF the Yirginins affair had
happened during the ascendeney Iof
the Democratic party, Cuba would
doubtless have been Immediately an
nexed." It draws 3 contrast betw cen
the conduct of the Spaniards in Cuba
and the lenient treatment by the A
merican Government of foreign block
ade-runners during the rebellion, GIf
England is called upon to act in con-
sequence of the execution of her own
subjects, there is no reason why she
should not acknowledge the indepen-
dence of Cuba, especially IL the act
Wo uld check such outrages.1 1t rec
ommends the adoption of that line Of
policy by the United States"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20


ONE portion of community are new
er allowed to suspend. They are the
tax payers. Come good times or bad
rain or sunshine, they must grind out
the public grist.g They cannot hold
on to depositsAget extensions, ,-or .
discount on what is charged 70 them.
The blood has to come every time,
without reference to faVorable or un-
favorable seasons, business losses,
sickness, or other calamities. Moth.
ing comes about with greater regular
ity ofis more certain, deathfexcepted,
and that is not more sure. Nor is
any thing more depressing than these
tolls on industry, When excessiYe,
they drive communities to despair
The country has enough of this kind
of blessing now to last for generations.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20
The Cleveland Leader, one Of the
most ultra Radical papers in the State,

most ultra Radical papers in the State,
says:sF v89 81 aE sgu9 esi1 a59-5t
"The time has come for a general
reform in the manner of doing the
public business. There has been not
only too much corrupt legislation and
too much stealing, but a too general
Iooseness. The people are now fully
aware of this, and demand that 1t shall
cease. The eyes of their constituents
will closely watch members Of the
coming Congress. Woe to them If
they are found wanting p ~
This IS the tone ofquite anumber Of
the prominent Republican Journals
since the eiectiens it has taken them
a long time to make the discovery,
and it is the hand writing. they plain
ly see upon the wall that has at this
late day wrung from them this ac-
acknowledgements of what has been so
often demonstrated by Democratic
journals and speakers. The confess
sion comes too late to save the cor
ruptionists from q total overthrow: .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20

The people everywhere throughout
the country are horrifed and indig-
nant over the slaughter of helpless
men by the Spanish authorities in
Cuba The history of the. civilized
world scarcely furnishes parallel to
that bloody butchery. A hundred
and forty men are taken from beneath
the American flag upon the high seas,
and, after the mockery of trial by
Court-martial, are shot down like dogs,
in defiance of treaty stipulations and
the protest of the Vice Counsul of the
United States. -Four men of The crew
of the Virginins were shot on the 4th
inst, ON the Tth forty more were ex-
ecuted and now it is announced by
telegraph that ffty-seyen more of the
captiYes were slaughtered on the 10th.
The prisoners were marched out and
ten Of them were detailed for execn-
ton. When these ten we're murdered
another ten were marched up, and
their dead bodies fell across those OF
their companions. or all the prison
ers taken on board the Virginius the
lives of only eighteen have been spar
ed. OF these several are engineers or
fiiremen who were ignorant of the
destination of the expedition and
fou- Or.fiYe viii besset at liberty. The
others wiz probably be condemned to
the chain gang. .s;..,ss =
This brutality has created most in
tense excitement throughout the
country. In all the large cities inn
mense meetings have been held and
resolutions adopted and measures TAX
en- to induce the Government to take
action in.the matter tosdemand redress
for the cowardly murder of our citI-
zens and the insult to our nag. -. -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20
2 .rHE TdRNADo FIRED a GUY.

followed by three other shots and
shell. This brought the Virginius TO.
and two armed boats from the lorna
do came alongaide, took possession of
the vessel and made prisoners Of all
on board. ~ l -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20
Bur one death occurred from yell

sTHE total liabilities of Hoy, ,sprague
& Co. are stated at s9.ss7. pa; assets,
S1215s, ,594.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-03
Cheat and Wheat.

Many farmers in Tennessee and
elsewhere, earnestly believe that
when wheat is pastured to a certain
extent, early in the spring, the ma
ture Of the plant is changed and it
finally yields a crop of cheat; con-
corning which nothing can be more
erroneous, excepting perhaps, that a
horse-hair placed in a muddy pool
will turn to a snake
Wheat and cheat belong to differ
ent genera or families of very mark
ed distinction in the order Graminea
wheat being a triticum with solita-
ry spike or head on each culm, while
cheat is of the bromus family with a
panicle of spikelets resembling oats,
but also somewhat like miniature
heads of wheat in general appear
ance, hence, the illusion that posi-
bly, originated the common error.
The more correct view is, that
cheat is sown with the wheat, or ex-
lists in the ground as the seeds OF
other grasses, but being of less Wig.
orous growth requiring later period
for termination, it is usually choked
down by the wheat and comes to
nothing, unless the latter is cropped
repeatedly off the ground, when il
becomes SO stunted as to permit the
cheat to choke it out.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-03
Vegetable Garden.

We frequently wonder if even a
majority Of our farmers cultivate a
good vegetable garden, in which
they raise all those nice varieties
that so enrich and adorn a country
dinner table? Or do they merely
keep it in order till few Of the
early vegetables are ripe and used
up, and then let weeds take the
patch? We fear the latter is too of
ten the case. the farmer forgetting
almost wholly the great comfort a
family derives from having fresh
seasonable vegetables from the gar
den from early spring till frost; and
then from the cellar and bank du-
ring the balance of the year. Do
not be satisfied with eating meat and
bread alone, when good, fresh, whole
some vegetables add SO much to
your health and the health and COM
fort Of all your family the year
round. And then the vegetable gar
den is such a fine field for the exer-
else Of tie muscle and taste of the
father and sons during the little
leisure hours before breakfast, about
noon and late of evenings. IT'S
thus those little bits of time, too Of
ten wasted, may be turned to good
account. 1t is too often the case
now. we fear, that the good wife or
daughter is in danger Of being snake
bitten when going to get the daily
supplies; so high and thick have
grown the weeds in the vegetable
garden or patch as it is called
Better take those weeds and put
them in your manure bank to enrich
your garden, than suffer them to an
noy your family as they now too Of
ten do. Let a good well kept in or
der vegetable garden be one Of the
Indispensable Of each farmer
premises, and it will be one of his
best paying institutions
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-03
Keeping Butter.

While well in this vicinity was
being cleaned recently. says the
Germantoeon Telegraph. half pound
of butter was found in the bottom
as good and sweet as when first
made. How long it had been there
no one knows. The present occu-
pant Of the premises has been fif-
teen years on the place, and the
pump being in constant use there
had been no occasion before to have
it cleaned. The butter must have
been there all this time and how
long before is not known. The out
side was of a paler color than that
within, but otherwise there was no
change.
It is not unknown to good dairy
folks that butter will keep well in
cool. pure spring water, and some
have taken advantage Of the fact TO
preserve butter in close vessels un-
der the surface. But we think it is
not generally known that it would
keep so long and in actual contact
with the water. It might be worth
consideration whether this hint about
preserving butter might not be taken
advantage of, so as to initiate a reg
ular plan Of preserving butter sweet
and fresh, until markets or other
circumstances favor good prices
Tt is one of the weaknesses of the
butter business that at some seasons
prices are ruinously low, and the
usual remedy of potting is not q
very good cure.
The water of course must be cool
and pure. At high temperature,
such as most water near the surface
reaches, vegetable organisms grow
that would soon communicate decay
to any organic matter in the water !;
but there are many places where q
lagoon Of the proper condition Of
pure well water could readily be
constructed
It may not be out of place here to
remark, that little hints such as
these are continually occurring in
almost every ones experience; but
only soon to be forgotten. Yet Of
ten if the suggestion be listened to
and the thread followed up, one
might get on the track of some good
idea that would rapidly make for
tune. We think that new inventions
require much study; but the truth is
most Of our best discoveries have
been by accident.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-03

TO destination. No breakage Of bulk at
Lynchburg, and no charge for Drayage,
at any point.