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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
The Throne Of Spain Vacant.
A REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED,
Intense Excitement In Madrid.
CIV L WAR I'M MINEN UT

MADRID, February 1I.-At eight
O'Clock last evening the King annonn-
ced to Senior Gorilla that he was deter
mined to abdica,e. Since Saturday last,
when he declared his intention of quit.
ting the throne, the Ministers have
strenuously, but unsucressfully, endeav-
ored to dissuade him. 80.
The announcement that abdication is
certain creates the protoundest sensa-
ton, but tranquility prevails. The Royal
Message announcing the determination
of the King will soon be submitted to
the Cortes. The Cabinet will resign.
MADRID. February II i ?. NJ
King Amadeus persists in his determin-
alton
It is expected an Executive Commits
sion will he formed to proclaim Re-
public. When It became known that
the King would certainly resign groups
gathered in the streets, and there were
some attempts at disturbance
Congress last night decided that for
the present that branch of the Cortes
and fifty Deputies should constitute a
permanent committee.
| VERSAILLES, February 1.-THE Re-
publican Deputy Quinet received dis.
patch from Madrid at noon to dav.
signed Figueras and CASTELAR,, saying
that Republic will be proclaimed this
evening.
LONDON, February 11.-The abdica.
ton of King Amadeus is the all-ab-
sorbing topic in London and Paris
The view is considered gloomy, and q
bitter civil war inevitable. The last dis.
patch received from Madrid was dated
one o'clock this morning. Nothing has
since been received The failure of dis.
patches is regarded as ominous. The
last dispatch says: "The streets are
now { A.. NJ filled with crowds of ex
cited people The Senate has appoint
ed permanent Committee of Thirty
Senior Malcampo and Admiral Topete
in behalf of Marshal Serrano, have of
fered support to Prime Minister ZoriIlc
in maintaining order. 1t is rumoret
that Gorilla intends to leave the Capito
tomorrow. Senior Rivero will remain
at his post as President of Congress
u WASHINGTON, February 11.-Secrcta
ry Fish this evening received the fol
lowing dispatch from Minister Sickles
"At nine o'clock tonight the Corte,
adopted republican form Of govern
|. ment by vote of 259 in the affirmative,
, and 80 in the negative" 5"
PARIS, February II lie Temps ha.
adyices from Spain showing that TIL,
Government is operating against th
Carlists in the North with twenty-fou
battalions of infantry Of the regula
army and proportionate amount o
csyalry and artillery and six or. sever
thousand volunteers and gendarmes.
The Carlists are active in the neigh
|. borhood, of Segovia anG Estella Th
city of Saragossa is virtually blockaded
the insurgents being masters of th
surrounding country Balaguer, for
tilted town, is also threatened by fore
under Tristany, end nine hundred in
surgents are before Juncara. Fres
, bands have appeared in Aragon.e
D The Carlist leaders are beginning t
act in concert, and are rapidly perfect
ing their organization.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
TheTeIexraph scheme.

1t is admitted by the friends Of the
schcme TO buy up the telegraph lines OF
the country, and place them under the
control Of the Government, that they can
not succeed in the present Congress -
The paid operators will resume their lob
-hyin9 in til. new Congress next Winter.
The swindle in this deep laid plot, and the
outrage of having the Government off,
cials inspect private and all other tele-
graph matter is plain, evcn,to the mind Of
theaveragc Congressman, which, together
with theairing the joh has received in the
present Congress, will add considerably
to its chances OF speedy death when it
comes up next Wintrr.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
Lucca's Adventure I'm 81. Peters
90 burg.

We clip from the Hartford Courant
this story, which, whether original with
that journal or not, is good enough for
repetition:
zone day in the winter of 1856 an
elegantly dressed lady walked down the
principal street of st. Petersburg. She
was evidently stranger, and gazed
with lively interest on the stately and
vast tuildings that distinguished the
capital of the north The day was ex-
cessively cold though the sun shone
But the lady being well provided with
furs seemed to pay little attention to the
temperature. EE ~ io8
"Presently fat old merchant passed,
and looking attentively at her head said
a few. words in Russian. The lady
smiled and bowed, though she evidently
did not understand the language. "a
few steps further, and the same thing
happened, the man being this time a
laborer. She smiled again and passed
on The next that accosted her in this
fashion was young and handsome Bo-
jar, who repeated his phrase, when he
saw no other effect than a smile The
lady seemed not to regard him, and SO,
in moment, he seized a handful of
snow, and holding her head with one
hand, vigorously rubbed her ears with
the snow in the other. A scream and
violent resistance followed, but he held
her tight and rubbed fresh handfuls of
snow on her little ears. The lady cried
for help Justify, but the crowd that
gathered looked on without interfering.
At last lieutenant came near, and rec
ognizing her, explained the matter in
German.
"Madame Lucca,' he said, your ears
were freezing rapidly. One does not
perceive this ones self, bat others no
tice the purple color This young man
told you, but seeing that YOU took no
notice, he applied the usual remedy
"After this the prima-donna kept very
quiet until her, ears were safe, and then
rewarded their savior. The same thing
had happened years ago to Rachel, the
great tragedienne, only in that case it
was the nose. However. it would have
been as bad for singer to lose her
ears as for an actress her nose"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18

) HThe Senate Judiciary Committee
reported adversely, on the 9th iust, on
the famous two per cent claim Of Ohio,
Iddiana and Illinois. This claim is based
on the failure Of the Government to con-
slruct the national road to the Mississippi
River. soutof the proceeds Of the public
hands in those States which were sold,
two per cent Of the amount received hav-
ing been set apart for that purpose. Mr..
THuxNAS made q minority report,and the
friends Of the bill believe that they have
strength enough to carryit through the
Senate in the face of theadverse report.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
The Creait sseb,.ier.

The investigation OF the Credit Mobil
ierand Union Pacific Railroad Company,
by two Congressional Committees, has
revealed wholesale bribery of Senators
and Members, for their influence and
votes in behalf of the interests of those
Companies. storzs
81 Members possessing little influence
we're not approached, but the leading
men in tho Radical party were bated and
captured easily with the enormous divi-
dends Of the Creslit. ,Mobilier. Vice
President CoLrAx. Vice President (elect
WILscE, Senator PATTERSON, and Men,
.,ers Of influence like BlNGHAM. GARFIELD,
KELLEY and SoHoFlELl,, who were expec.
Z red to control the votes of the uuimport
ant members walked into OAKIs AMEs
feast Of. dividends, and poekctetl them
with a willingness really astonishing =
Not less than $4,000, 600 were stolen
outright from the Government on con
tract to build o stated number of miles ol
the Union Pacific, that had been compie.
: ted and trains icere rpaning on, s
IA This sum the people arc.rcquired to
2 pay for the benefit Of AmEs and his Con-
gressional partners. The plea Of igno
rance on the pant of'congressiona inno-
cents is not worth fig. They are men
qIof superior intelligence and could not
help knowing thatstocks which cost them
nothing, with dividends thrown in, coulc
7. only have been obtsined by rascalily and
frand, which they were daily aiding 70
csnsumlnats. r.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
some Of Col. McCemb,s Ideas.

The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune gives an extended ac-
count of an Interview with Col. McComb,
from which the following extracts are tal
ken. e & 81
James Harlan, off1owa, got two
checks of $4,000 piece, while he was
Secretary Of the Interior. to elect him a
United States Senator. Is that all the
money he received?
81 cannot speak about that. You will
7 find upon inquiry that he got as much as
$4,000; but Durant is generous, i'm
pulsive fellow, and he let up. You have
seen that Mr. Harlan, in his newspaper,
has been saying for several days that the
Credit Mobilier Investigation will pro:
duce no healthy effect, ought to be stop
ped, is injuring the Republican party, etc
The committee failed to get all the points
on Mr.. Harlan.
"Col. MeComb, can you give me any
idea of those who put any cash in the
Union Pacific Railroad in the first place
eyes, sir; the largest sum of money
was given by Thomas e. Durant,in quan
tity 100000. The next sum was con
tributed by Oliver Ames-S250, 900 -
Two persons gave $3.50, 900 each, namely
john Duff and Oakes Ames The sun
of 100000 was contributed by each O
the following parties G. H Mccormick,
Benz E. Bates, Josiah Bardwel. Bush
(; nell,and Henry S. McComb. Mr.. Hoopel
of Boston, put in $4,000; Mr.. Crime,
S25, 5000; Mr.. Alley S25,000, and Mr.
James Brooks $4,000.
'sWhat did your 100000 turn out =
sBy going into the Construction Com
pany, and giving my time for severa
/ years, as well as my 100000, to th,
work, / came out several hundred pc
cent ahead The dividends were l 10,
per cent prior to 1869. You may calcu
late them at 1000 in order to make sucl
oral computations as you wish
"Then Mr.. Biogham's $4,000 invest
ment would have yielded $4,000
Eyes; the stock itself was worth pa
when he parted with it, according t
Ames Then he had $3.50 worth o
stock Id the Iowa Falls and Sioux Cit,
CONSTRUCTION Company, which paid so
per cent, making S3,2S0 Mr.. Bingham
was, therefore, entitled to S28, ,2S0 as dis
idends on S2,650 For this,as he swears
Ames gave him $500.
What do youthink of Henry Wilson
explanation, Col McComb2 e s'A
f'.sWell, as business man, I do not al
together like some of the phrases tina
Wilson used about going into his close
face to face with his Heavenly Father an
accounting for his speculations He say
that he got his stock in Janusry, 1865. Ian
3 parted with it in November, 1868. II wa
I between these two dates that above 40
per cent dividends were declared; 50 Nj
Wilson could not have been so badly o
as he says. l don tquite understand, a
a married man, this making upto one
wife something that she had lost by a
investment, and being $500 out,of pocke
1t may be reasonable enough, but it
: novelto me-" *9
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
Tyndasi's Prayer Gauge an Estab'
Iished Fact. .5. f
from the New York Observer.1

l
A young man stood up in the Chicago
meeting, holding slip Of paper in his
hand "This is a telegram from Phila-
deIphia," said the young man, "and it
reads thus: Uncle Jack is dying Come
on immediately Uncle Jack was a
rich and proud man in Philadelphia, ,occu-
pying high social position, with whom
this young man had been dealing very
faithfully, endeavoring to persuade him
to make his peace with God by faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ, and now, when he
was looking death in the face, the poor
dying mortal could think of no human
being go likely to do him good as his
young friend. "Now,' said the young
man, II have telegraphed to Uncle Jack
this reply: .lcannot come to Philadel-
phia; but If Uncle jack will believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, as sure as there is
God in Heaven Uncle Jack will be
saved Now" continued the young man,
II want the meeting to spend two min
utes in silent prayer that the blessings OF
Almighty God may 60 with this dis
patch. The request was complied with
About 8 P. n the young man received
this telegram "You need not come to
Philadelphia Uncle Jack is very happy
in believing in Jesus. He is saved"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
The "sfoney sharks, Blli. .

Representative WILLIAM G. WAY, of
Washington County,in a letter to the Ma
rietta Times, punctures the interest bill
recently passed by the Ohio Senate,in the
following keen manner:
COLUMBUS. o Feb. 8, 1873
. ED. TINES: For the past two weeks
much skirmishing and speaking has taken
place over bill introduced by Senator
Putnam, to repeal the usury law, or, as it
is called here, "making free trade in
money" The law as it now stands, as
your readers will remember, makes six per
cent the legal rate of interest except
where there is special contract to pay
eight per cent; in such cases the eight
may be collected The law goes further !;
lit enacts, if greater interest than the le-
gal rate he demanded and paid by the
debtor TO the creditor, It'll termed usury
and can be recovered back from the cred
I itor. This bill does away with all rates
| ofinterest, andsimply permits parties to
make their own contracts, let the rate be
ten, twenty or fifty per cent. This bill
may be all right, may be for the best in
terests of the people ofthe State, but I
confess it seems to me to be giving
greater power to the "money sharks OF
the country, who already skin the poor
victims who are compelledto borrow. l
may be wrong in my views, but this am
not mistaken in the National Bank men
we're here in force, lobbying the bill
through the Senate, and every banker or
money-lender in. either branch of the
General Assembly are advocates of the
bill. 1t was argued that the bill vas in the
interests of the poor men of the State
Does one ofyour readers believe the BAN
kers would come here to look after bill
solely beneftting the poor man3 Such
talk is bosh, and the bills for the benefit
of bankers and money lenders.
tits to be hoped the House will defeat
the bill and prevent the delivery of the
people, body and soul, to the tender mer.
cies of the money spectators.
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Written for the Spirit)
Woodsfie ED aud Barnesviiie Rail.
road,

A narrow gauge railroad can he bnilt
from Woodsfeld to Barnesville, or to
any other point, without the aid of any
railroad company, with the aid of the .
per cent tax, under the Boesel law, and
the bonds Of the road or subscribed
stock, and in twenty years the road
would pay the whole of the capital, and
perhaps the interest too. The townships
only paying the interest as loan to the
road. To demonstrate this we will give
the probable cost of construction and
equipment of d two feet nine inch
gauge:
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
DO You Hear This at Columbus!
s from the WAYNE County Democrat

KS From the Wayne County Democfat.J
The Holmes County Farmer gives ut
tcrance to the following, which we hear.
tily indorse:
"There is no talk of the adjournment
of the Legislature The members stay
there at a cost of more than thousand
dollars day and the people are compcn-
sated for this with mass of ruinous leg
isiation. Let the cry go up from every
quarter of the State for ar early adjourn.
ment and constitutional provision
against sessions Of more than sixty days
duration"
Letthe press, one and all,cry aloud and
increasingly for an early adjournment ol
the Legislature. Not one day beyond the
last day of February should the Legisla-
ture be in session It is to be hoped that
the Constitutional Convention will pre-
vide for annual sessions restricted to six
ty days.
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Louisiana,

The investigation of affairs connected
with the November election in Louis.
lana. has developed rascality of a char
acter, in the leading men of the Admin
istration party, that entities them to do
service for the State, in the Penitentiary,
rather than as State officials. A CORES
lpondent furnishes the following report
Of The investigation on the 9th inst:
'The cause OF the white people Of
Louisiana is managed by Governor
Warmoth and General Mcmillan with
great skill, lack and energy. Warmosh
lis remarkable for his GOODNESS. dignity,
and readiness and complete mastery Of
all history and details of this usurpa-
ton. Mr.. Ray, on the other side, be-
haves we'll enough; but his colleague,
Pinchback, shows every honr the inso-
Ience and yulgarity Of his race when
placed in elevated positions This in
science was so manifest to-day that all
decent Republicans were mortified by
tthe exhibition; but nothing that he can
say or do seems too strong for the
stomach of Carpenter. while Morton
treats him with marked Difference As
Governor Warmoth was about to prove
to-day by. an eye and ear witness that
Longstreet and Hawkins were never
elected members Of the Returning
Board, and that the Hawkins Board
never had legal existence, Governor
Morton and Carpenter both objected,
and tried to shut down on this branch
lof. the investigation. The thing was
becoming too hot for them. The Com
mitsee doors were closed for discussion,
and the vote was three to two in favor
of letting the. investigation on this sub
ject proceed. The fact was then abund-
antly shown by several witnesses. Gen.
eral Sheridan, Congressman-elect,p proved
a large colored support of the fnsionists
la fact which troubled Mr.. Morton so
much that he called Pinchback on the
stand to contradict him General Sher-
idan also testified that the election was
!the fairest held for many years. Very
| important testimony was put in by
Messrs. Hatch. Wharton, and other wit
nesses for the fusion side, and the re-
cord as made up seems almos. impreg-
nable; but as the case grows stronger,
the temper OF Carpenter and Morton
apparently grows worse. Some think
! that the overthrow of the McEnery
Government by Grants bayonets will
be sustained, and new election order.
] ed, in the hope that the white people of
Louisiana, desl,aring of any justice. will
ldecline to vote" @
Already the evidence goes to show
! that the KELLOGG Mlty obtained their
places through the aid of fraudulent
afIidayiis and GRANTS bayopets. If the
Committee makes up its report from the
/ testimony, it will surely be in favor OF
! the McEsERr Government, as the can
didates Of TINT party we're fairly and
honestly chos,n
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narrow gauge railway is by far the best
means for general and quick develop
tnent OF our resources"
This kind of a road we can control
and bnild. The road would belong to
the people along the line and would not
be subject to the monopoly of any rail-
road company.
If the townships along the line of this
proposed road to Barnesville do not
wish TO take hold Of this road there are
other points that are ready and willing
TO take hold. We must have road
somewhere. N.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
The Poor Relation In Pennsylya-

There are some curious laws on the
Pennsylvania Statute-boeks 1t was
only the other day that mention was
made of the law In that State which an.
thorized married man to refuse his
mother-in-law access to his vile, and 10
forbid his wife access 10 tue church Of
her faith. "A case in q Philadelphia
Court on Saturday last developed aI.
other quaint regulation in force in the
land of Penn, and this is that, in addi-
tion to the ordinary duty of man to
SUPPORT his wife and children, II be
have any, the law of Pennsylvania also
requires that where "poor person is
not able to work, and has parents or
grandparents, children. or grandchildren,
such ancestral proeenitors or descend.
ant posterity, as the case may be, ssshall
relieve and maintain such poor person.
at the rate to be prescribed by the Court
of Quarter Sessions. Pennsylvania,
ther is the paradiselof the sspoor rela.
tion'-that social and family waif the
pathos of whose existence none who II
not himself or herself a poor relation
can ever truly know.
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A Masonic lnapost0r,

: The fraternity are notified that a per-
son about five feet Dine inches high, aged
thirty-one, sandy complexion, reddish
hair and moustache, blue eyes, wearing
Cheviot business suit and silk hat, giving
name Of George W Shaw. and represent
ing himself as Knight Templar from
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is an impostor. as
appears by the following telegram in re-
sponse to inquiries: "George w Shaw is
not a Knight Templar. Have answered
same inquiry from an Eucampment at
Wilmington, Delaware BY order of
Cincinnati Commandery No 8 K. I. A.
NJ. Ross, Recorder.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18

Rock CREAM Boil a teacupful of the
best rice till quite soft in new milk sweet
en- with powdered white sugar, and pile it
upon dish, lay all over it Jumps of jelly
or preserved fruit of any kind. Beatthe
whites of three eggs to stiff froth, add
little sugar, favored with what you
please. Add to this when beaten very
stiff, about tablespoonful of rich cream
drop over it rice givingit the appear
ance of arock Of snow. 20
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18

~ The Administration proposes to
more ae eainst the Mormons Of Utah with
shepcwerof Congress, in the shape Of q
bill to reorganize the judicial system id
the Territories. tits asserted that be-
hind this movement viii be found the
usual Puritan bob, with a fairiivide for
0eEtile Saints.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18

~Owing to Mr.. JERE WILLIAMS
connection with the Monroe County
Bank, where his whole time is required,
he has been unable, for almost yesv
past, to aid ia Rditing The SPIRIT; and
has requested us to Withdraw his name
IA one OF the Editors.
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the --latest s,yindle.

The latest game Of grab by the Ad.
;ministration party is to assume the debts
ofthc Southern Carpetbag State Govern.
.ments, amounting to not less than s125,
100000 Ofconrse the holders of bonds
issued by order of the scalawag Govern.
ments would make millions by this job
as they either stole the bonds or obtained
them for an exceedingly triding conside
ration.
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HA Washington dispatch saws. ..the

EA Washington dispatch says, "the
record made up against CALDWELL is ol
the blaekest character, but much doubt is
expressed by some whether the Senate
will expel him." sias7 9
CALDWELL is the Kansas Senator who
bribei Members of the Legislature to
vote forhim, The Senate is disgraced
every day such men are allowed to re.
main. 'iil
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~ Five persons were arraigned on
charge of murder, on the 5th inst, in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer., With the
report Of the proceedings therein appears
the account of the latest tragedy-the
wife-murder and suicidein Bleecker-st-
Wesup full of horrors nowadays, and
there seems to be no CLEAN oflight in the
dark picture One thing we knoW--the
laws are not enforced until they are, we
cannot reasonably expec. reformation
n 7 Ttibnae, - s '.'.ssiN
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nEThe Cleveland Lake Tunnel, which

was 1900 feet from the shore in April,
1S71,was the interrupted by the breaking
in of the water Work was then COM
menced from the crib in the lake, where,
after four months, soft clay was met with.
and ahydraulic shie'd and press had to be
provided. In April, 1872, work was
again resumed, the soft clay pressed, and
progress is now male at the rate OF about
70 feet per week The work done is A.
900 feet from. the shore and $50 feet from
the crib. About 1850 feet remain to be
cut through. Ha
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A rubber muzzlc to ASSIST gentlemen
with ho~se-tail moustaches. while eating
soup, has been invented. 1t also acts as
a spray-nozzle when the owner desires to
expectorate, thus distributing tobacco
juice evenly over his shirt-bosom, instead
of in patches as heretofore ST. LOUIS
Democrat. .G