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wholesale Human Butchery.

GALVESTON, Texas, April Last
night at ten o'clock man calling him
self James Helm drew knife and cut q
boy whose name is unknown, and in his
attempt to escape attacked and cut three
unofending parties who happened to
be in his way Officer Ferguson, in ct
tempting to make an arrest, was next to
receive the knife, and died five minutes
afterward. w. Benson, an old and re-
spected citizen, who was one of the un-
fortunates, has since died, and it is
thought two others will die. Henry
Myers, driver for Engine Company
No. 2, it is believed wilt die. The fire.
men swear vengeance against Helm
Intense excitement prevails, and it is
believed be will never be allowed by the
mob to have trial. Some of the 20,
lice force have already asserted theil
intention, if called on, not to defend the
Jail. Helm gives his name as james
Bennett Helm. of Floyd County, Vir,
ginia, and cousin to the notorious Jack
Helm, OF Texas.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
AnHanest a,onfession.

i The salary steal, by which more than
a million and half Of dollars were tas
ken from the Treasury as 'back pay re-
ceived the unanimous condemnation of
the Republican press, and no one, is
spared who aided in it but President
Grant. He, after all is the responsible
man, as hts veto would have put o. stop
to the shameful thing. Had he with
held five letters GO rant from the
hill the party, Of which he is at the
head, would have been spared the ig-
nominy of having leader with no
higher motive than to, aid thieves, and
scoundrels in their depredations upon
the Treasury. President Grant has lost
cast by this act and the party much of
its prestigc.-ZanesUille Times. Rep.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
OVER TIE FALLS,
Thirty People Preclpitated into
the River, and Many of Them
swept Over the Falls.

ROCHESTER, n. Y.,April S.-This eve
ming, g,about half past s o'clock, the foun'
dation wall on the river side, on Front
street, of the new City Building for po-
lice and fire departments, went out,when
about 90 or 80 persons were upon it
looking at the river.
1t is estimated by eye witnesses that
ten or fifteen were carried into the river
and swept over the high falls. No names
of the lost are yet reported. Five or
six are known to have escaped
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
O..r Platform.

There are few Democrats in Monroe
County who favor shielding any and all
dclinquencies of Democrats in Office.
We are not Of that number. When
We have knowledge of Democratic Of
fetal being corrupt we shall publish the
facts Just as they may he.
Tn matters of this kind n Democratic
thief. or hrihe taker is not whit better
than Republican guilty OF the same.
Doth should be punished to the full ex.
tcnt-of the law.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
most foolish and uncomfc

THE most foolish and uncomfor-
table thing In the world is to quarrel
with any one A quarrel has neither
necessity to urge it, use to sanction it,
nor benefit to qualify it, No man ever
fails to think less favorably Of himself
after a quarrel than he did before it; he
feels degraded in his own estimation as
well as that of those around him. s..
Mr.. John F. Green, Baltimore gen.
tleman who energetically embezzled q
good many thousand dollars recently,
was turned loose on trial because the
word "fraudulentlyn in his indictment
was spelled "fraudently."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Paving the Cotton Claims,

The Treasury Department has at last
commenced paying the, cotton claims
fled under the act Of the 18th of May,
1872, for cotton seized after the 30tb OF
June, 1865. Over I,200 claims have
been fled, covering some S6,000,000:
but it is given out that half these claims
will be rejected. This means the pay
ment of salvage to the Treasury Cotton
Ring. 1t is curious fact that the De
partment should wait over the. ten
months before executing positive stat.
ute of CONGRESS Those claims were
required by law to be fled in six months
and an effort at the last session to have
the time extended was unsuccessful.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Spain.

r f.s1 ~
MADRID, April S.-The Gazette con.
tains decree authorizing the Minister
Of Warto purchase $4,000 rifles, abroad.
DEsERr1oNs TO THE cARLIsrs. aas
BAYoNNE, April S-Ten officers and
sixty privates belonging to q hussar reg
iment in General Pavias' command have
gone over to the Carlists.. Several ars,
tillery officers have also left their regi-
ments and joined the .Carlists. i 50 X
BAYeNEE, April Sit is reported that
Menotti Garibaldi has arrived at BARGE
lora, and offered the Republicanss his
services against the Carlistss The lat
ter have received batteries of artillery
and commenced active operations in.
Navarro. They destroyed With gun
powder an arch of the railway bridge at
PuebIa, intercepting communications
between Miranda and Vittoria,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

The railroad law of Ohio, known as
the Boesel law, has been amended so as to
authorize elections in certain cases at the
request of twenty-five voters, instead of
one hundred, as in the original law, and
permitting the vote to he taken at the
same election as to Building two roads
instead Of one.
DR.. Conneau, the intimate of Louis
Napoleon, who enabled him to escape
from the Fortress of Ham, is now quite
poor. He neglected the chances to en-
rich himself offered, during the Empire,
and his wife has, therefore, been forced
to give concerts under the patronage of
her wealthy friends al Nice, Pau, etc.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
.o a. oo.h 90 ,J.r Tho nro

EEOn the 2Oth of May the propos-
ed consolidation of the internal reve-
nue. system will take effect. Congress
ayailed itself of the gradual relaxation
of the necessity of internal revenue ex-
else to reduce the force; and it is now
officially announced that the Assessors
and their assistants will be "mustered
out' on the above named date. This
will relieve the country of about fifteen
hundred officials, and will save money,
official anxiety, and much wear and tear
of conscience.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Disease OF Timothy Grass.

y = 4
A new diseasethreatens to impair the
usefulness of the. e.timothy grass rraleam
pratense L the great favorite Of our az;
1t was first observed in 81.
lesia, and Prof j. Kuhn ascertained its
cause to be parasitical fungus Spheria
typhina, Pers A dense tissue of~a
grayish white color, ,formssusually at the
third joint above the ground, though it
sometimes appears at the lower nodes -
Propagating organs (gonidia} develop
rapidly and Mr.. de Barry believes the
imycelium of the parasite to'be perennial
in the stem its origin is, as yet,unknown.
Early cutting, and pasturlEs by sheep are
recommended as means of preventing its
spreading. -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
wThe Golden Age says: ga ma

Eg The Golden Age says: GA man
who had an extraordinary genius for
chess, as Paul Merphy had. owes to the
world what Mr.. Morphy is, unhappily,
not rendering-a lifetime of laborious
investigation and analysis of the game,
with view to write his matured con-
c,usions into standard work, like a
treatise on logarithms or the ditferential
calculus. There have been many treat
ises on chess, bat therei is none in any
language comparable with such a work
as Mr.. Morphy might write or supply
the materials for.'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

fxThe Barnesville Enterprise says
or the election for Constitutional Dele
gate in Belmont county:
Tho overwhelming majority OF Judge
Cowen is due principally to two causes
Eirs bis great popularity, and secondly
the fact that Mr.. Collins was the attor
ncy of the Baltimore Railroad.
If The Democratic party has one princl-
pile left. it is opposition to monopolies
and believing Mr.. Collins to be the rep
resentstive of monopoly, hundreds oi
them votcl for his opponent who was
not.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Japan.

Mr.. Mori, the Japanese Minister, who
sailed few days ago, for his native
country,left in the hands Of Gen Eaton,
Commissioner of Education at Wash
ington, short sketch of the history of
that remarkable people from the earliest
authentic records. He divides the his
tory of Japan into four grand eras /;
first, the age of Karnis, or spirits; Sec
ond, the age of Oshei, or government
of the kings; third, Hashir, the govern
ment of the Shioguns, or secular rulers,
and fourth and last, the age of Oshei-
ish in. or restoration of the government
of the kings There is nothing curious
in the age of spirits but the language.
1t is similar in structure to the modern
Japanese, though differing in express
ion and manner Of pronunciation, which
renders it very difficult Of requirement.
It's origin, like that of the Japanese
people, is unknown. The record Of
Koziki is the Oldest, being 1,160 years
old, This represents the creation as in
evolution, and divides it into three dis
tinct genealogies: First, that. OF the ce.
lestial beings; second, that of spiritual
beings, and lastly, material ones. The
celestials consist of FIVE Karnis, and be
gin with Ame no-minaka- nushi or mat
ter of the universe. The second and
third Karnis are related to each other,
and represent male and female elements,
The remaining two are of no special
importance, but each Of the celestials
appear to have been self created and to
have controlled their own existence
The name of the place of their abode
was Takoma-no-hara-or, high region
| its record Of their creation or destruc.
| ton exists. 1t is seen by this that the
japanese theory of creation is just the
reverse of Darwin and others. Alto
gether it is strange account, and to
the Latin races an incomprehensible his
tory.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

YREKA, April -Rosebraugh reached
Tule Lake Camp this morning. Friday
the Commissioners met Captain Jack and
other Modoc Chiefs in Council Jack
and Schonchin reiterated their determi-
nation to remain in that country or would
90 to reservation in this State, Rose
braugh thinks that Jack is ffightened,ani
will surrender. The troops are closing
around them. Thomas Mcmillan, As
sistant Surgeon and Chief Medical officer
of theexpedition, died suddenly at Camp
Sunday.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

The Prussian Minister of the Interior
has been beaten in all his suits against the
newspapers who published the Papal al.
locution Such victories ruin the unfor-
tunate editors. who are despoiled oftheir
property arbitrarily, and then, after weeks
of legal discussion, are told to go in
peace. The Minister erred in his con.
st.uction of the law.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

The new postal cards are to be ready
by the first of May. They will be three
by FIVE and one-eighth inches in size, and
will bear one cent stamp and the water
mark "U S. P q. D." The law calls for
1O0,000,000 the first year, but the Post.
master General thinks one third more
will be needed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Indian Ralas.

OMAHA, rs, April 8-Thieving bands
of Indians are numerous in the western
portion of this State. Several raids for
horses have been made within the last
few days. On Sunday last party at
tempted to run off the stock near the
North Platte Station. They were fired
upon by herder who killed. one Indian
and captured two pack-mules. From
the Indian who was killed was taken. q
bill that had been in possession of Hil-
Iderbrand,ene Of the men who was found
murdered on South Fork few days
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

Rev. Charles H Spurgeon, of London
has been offered s50.0C0 to deliver fifty
lectures in the United States.
Mr.. Plimsoll, NJ. P whose book in be-
half of Eaglish seamen has kicked up
such row, writes to the Times to say
that 'syoug as tlisyear is, no less than
forty four ships have been posted up at
Lloyd's as missing ships, with loss of
life of over 1000 men" Money is pour
ing in upon Mr.. Plimsoll from every
quarter to enable him to defend himself
in the libel suit which his book has
brought upon him.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

EEThe young women of England
have lately taken to an amusement
which masculine tyranny has long
claimed for its own. This is fute-play-
ing, which is again becoming popular
Ladies carry their flutes to evening par
ties, and play in the most matter OF fact
way. We are inclined to think that this
is better instrument even than the
violin for the exhibition of pretty arms
and graceful motions. And now that it
is KEYED it IS easily within the reach OF
the weakest of feminine fingers.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
The Lost Atlantic.

An investigation into the disaster that
befell the Steamship Atlantic is progress
sing at Halifax Between two and
three hundred bodies have been recov-
cred from the wreck, and divers are at
work day and night searching for the
remainder There were about seN en-
hundred persons on The vessel when
she went down. There was certainly
criminal neglect of duty on the Part OF
some of ,As officers; upon whom, the
investigation will, probably reveal.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Conn ecsiCai.

The result of the election in this
State is The complete triumph Of the
Democratic State ticket
The Salary robbery, the Credit Mo-
hilierl swintlle and the shameful appoint |
ments by GRANT since his Inauguration,
completely disgusted the people and
convinced them that the professions of
the Administration for Honesty and
Reform were as destitute of honesty as
their authors.
The people everywhere have determ-
ined to route the corruptionists from
place and power. They have become
wearied of emptying their pockets to
satisfy the demands of the thieves and
swindIers who prey upon them, and have
resolved to protect themselves at the
ballot box. Let the good work proceed,
w Commenting upon the recent Far
mers' Convention in Illinois, the Chicago
Tribune says: 'The deliberations were
marked by an absence of rant, extrava-
gance and wild suggestions such as are
common in cases where large bodies of
men are seeking redress for grievances.
Those who had expected and recommen-
ded abuse and denunciation of the Su-
preme Court, and an appeal to violence
and revolution, were disappointed. The
Convention indulged in no indecorum.
It stated the grievances of the farmers,
and their purpose to have those grievan-
ces redressed by an appeal to law. All
that is needed is for the farmers of Illi-
lnois to maintain this platform and be
united !, to seek and ostxn the union and
co.operation Of their brother farmers in
all the other States Of the West. Instead
of being mere laborers for the benefit of
la few privileged classes they will be
sharers in the general prosperity, which
lis Impossible 80 long as the laws are
made and executed in the interests of
monopoly"
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Written for the Spirit.)
TIE RAINY DAY.
By DIR. 8. ). DEyAUL.

81
The day has been SO DARK and dreary,
M o! SO dreary,
Lonely by the lamp-light sitting;
Allmy thoughts Tonight are fitting,
Fitting like the bird Of pleasure,
Seeking for the hidden treasure,
Till I'm weary.
Twilight has faded and It's dark,
o! SO dark, s.s..,sa.
No friendly moon to shed her light,
No glittering stars are seen tonight;
But my thoughts are ever shifting,
Ger the world of darkness drifting,
Like the Ark.
Cease roaming DER the ebony shadows II
An the night, ~
Cast thy anchor till the morning.
Cease thy sadness and forlorning,s.
For days ss bright will follow .soons nszs7s4a-a.
As ever shone the sun at noon,
ry,,. =, Just as bright. ,,,rr.ss ,r,,-v
But beyond the cold dark river,
There is no night, ..sr
Nolanip is needed over there; lt@ts
No sun or moon, for all is fair,
No drsary hours nor lonely days.
p For all isJoy, delight aud praise, la n
And all is bright.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
HMr. srnAeer saws he win return

HMr. SrRAeeE says he viii return
the 5000 salary, voted him to the
Treasury or donate il to the .ax payers
of this District,
Ifahe money IS his to donate he has
right to pocket IL. II he thinks he
las no rightful claim to it, he should re-
turn it to The Treasury. 1t will do more
gpod for the tax payers there than any
other place. sae ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

sFThe Cincinnati Enquirer and
Cleveland PLATA Dealer favor the nomi-
nation of Senator J. o. AMOS for Lieu
tenant Governor on the Democratic
State Ticket.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

erThe Carlists in Spain are almost
daily defeating the Government troops,
and the prospect is not aattering that
the Republic will be long-liyed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
UThe Radical State Convention
meets on the 2lst day Of May.

kE0ur thanks are due Hon. A. NG.
TuuRxAN for bound volumes of the Cen,
sus Report and Congressional Globes.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

The thing forispring bonnets is very
white and pale buff straw.
Tae Boston Trsnscript gives this
cheerful advice: I'm arailroad crash, II
you can be quick enough,put one hand Oh
the back Of the seat before you and the
other on that ofyour own seat, and swing
clearof the floor and as high as vou can.
Most of the damage to limb, which is
not fatal, comes from the jamming Of
saats and what is under them."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
from the Republican, 10th inst.
Noble County.

The following is the official vote Of
Noble County, for Delegate to the Con-
stitutional Convention:
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15

From the Belmont Chronicle, 10th.l
OfYicIal Vote for Delegate 10 the
Constitutions Convention.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-04-15
Belmont County Items.

Total, 1851 l552 2l43 lO'
Majority for Cowen, 2,o3o
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-07

The BABYLoNIAN WILLOWS
According to Prof. Karl Koch, it
appears, says the editor of Sill
mans journal, that the "Garab,
upon which the Psalmist repre-
sents the exiled Jews as hanging
their harps, is not the weeping
willow, nor willow at all, but a
poplar. Linn8us, it will be re-
membered, named the weeping vii
low Solic Babylonica, in the belief
of the current tradition that this
was the tree associated so poetcal-
ly with the pathetic strains of the
sacred bard. But Ranwolf long
ago concluded that this was mis-
take. We are sentimentally sorry
that those harps were hung on
such q giggling, giddy tree as the
poplar, instead of the gracefully
sorrowful weeping willow. But it
must be remembered that the will
low is not good tree to hang
anything on, and, furthermore,
that, as now appears, the ,Sdlia
Babylonica, the hardness of which
attests a cooler climate than that
of Mcsopotamia, should be refer
red to a Chinese or Japanese ORR
gin. Its Linn@an specific name
gives way to that of iSalir Pendu-
la, which is purely descriptive.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-07

sick man. who was still seated, and
was thus accosted:
Are you the man who wanted
the seat in front of meY'
s.Yes, sir, and 1 regret that !
disturbed you," was the reply.
Il wish TO say" rejoined the
sick man, "that you are a gentle
man, and ! am not, as my conduct
has proved. You may comfort
yourself with the reflection that
you have proved the truth OF the
saying of Scriptures, that "a soft
answer turneth away wrath
Your answer turned away my an
ger and made nae ashamed of my
SELF That is enough to say at
this time"
We did not learn whether the
two gentlemen embraced each 9th
Ell and swore eternal friendship,
after the French style; but they
certainly formed a mutual admir-
alton society on the spot, without
resorting to the formality of call
ing the meeting to order, electing
a chairman and secretary, and ap-
pointing a committee to draft a
constitutional Dayton Journal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-07

African lions, six Bengal tigers
and n pair Of leopards, besides
white bears, sea-lions, yaks, Gland
gnus, zebras, ostriches and q 'swil-
derness of monkeys" Among the
rare animals is large-eared dwarf
elephant, from the East Indies,
which weighs only 40 pounds. A
man can easily carry it upon his
shoulders. Mr. Barnum has also
purchased q fine pair of giraffes.
but dares not trust them to the
perils of the ocean till May next.
He states that the directors of all
the geological gardens abroad sym
pathize with him, and unhesita-
tingly consent to dispose of any
animals which he may require for
his great travelling show.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-07

QUERIEs.-Will you please state
in your department of the News
what is the real worth of dollar
in currency when gold is at, say,
20 per cent. premium? When
geld is at premium of % per
cent. 81 in gold is equal to "a of
dollar in greenbacks, therefore
81 in greenbacks is worth just 4-5
of dollar in gold-sO cts. Dur
ing the past two or three weeks
gold has been quoted at about
II! per cent. premium, hence 81
in gold has been worth 9-S of a
dollar in greenbacks; a dollar in
greenbacks is, therefore, at the
present worth about SO of q dol
lar in gold-sS SO cts. 1--WE
answer Mechanics" question be-
cause it is of general interest, and
Is evidently asked in good faith;
as rule, however, we take no no.
tice of communications which are
not accompanied by the signatures
of the writer's. We will not use
such signature unless desired, but
we must know the parties. Hon
esty need never be afraid to be
known. If what you write is not
altogether in accordance with the
laws of language as found in the
grammars, we will see that no very
gross error appears.)
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-07

BURNING Corn FOR FUEL.-A
correspondent of the Chicago
Evening Journal, writing from
Polo, ILL.,, under date of January
?, 1873, says:
"In passing along one of our
main streets one day last week, ]
saw load of corn being unloaded
into a place under the sidewalk
where coal is usually kept. I was
informed that the owner of the
store was going to use the corn
as fuel, instead of coal, and that
he found it cheap. He paid rs
cents per hundred for the corn in
the ear. A farmer standing neal
me at the time remarked that he
had been burning corn. for some
time, and found it cheaper than
coal. Now in the face of these
facts, the Illinois Central road as
l was informed yesterday increas-
ed their tariff rates on freights.
We live within 100 miles of ex-
tensive coal fields, and less than
100 of your city, and yet we are
burning up a portion OF that
which sustains life because of
lack of fuel Is it any wonder
that our lands are cheap; that tn,
farmers complain of hard times
or that your merchants fins
country collections Slow w
have plenty of corn, oats, barley
etc, but our railroads consume i
IN freight charges. Is there NJ
reInedy?"