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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
Destructive Fire at Elyria.
,J Loss $273,6OO.

I Last Saturday night terrible con-
fiagration occurred at Elyria, by
which the finest business portion OF
that thriving town was destroyed
The telegraph says,
S G A few minutes before II p. m,
fire was discovered in the dry goods
store of Starr Brothers & Co., in the
Ely Block, corner of Mill and Brook
streets, and in an almost incredibly
short space of time the flames broke
ont in every window. The wind was
blowing perfect gale and drove the
flames through the entire block of ten
elegant stores, stopping only at WASH
ington avenue. Tine two engines
were promptly on the ground, but SO
violent was The wind that the fire
leaped from store to store with terri
BILE fury, rendering all efforts to arrest
its progress entirely fruitless. A tel
egram was at once sent to Cleveland
for aid, for, unless the fire could be
checked at Washington avenue there
was no telling where it would stop.
About one O'Clock the fire reached
the Library building in the center OF
the block, where it was temporarily
stayed by the selid brick wall which
separated it from the stores on the
east. Here the firemen made a dss-
perate effort to check the flames, but
the wind blew the fire around the
south side Of the block, and soon the
window frames in the fourth story
were on fire. AT this juncture the
water began to fail, and the Depart
ment, seeing the ruin of the whole
block Inevitable, directed their efforts
to save the buildings on the east side
of Washington avenue,
: Al teu minutes past three steamer
from Cleveland arrived, and was
hailed with enthusiastic cheers by the
assembled multitude, but the danger
was mostly past. though they ren-
dered efficient service in saving other
buildings, which were in great dan
ger from the burning of the Muir
gavin House, which was of'wood, and
burned furiously. "a
Fer three hours the scene was ter
ribly grand, the wind driving the
burning einders over the eastern part
of the town, while ever and anon the
dull sound of falling walls was hea rd
which fairly made the earth tremble,
and startling spectators who were
gazing upon the terrible spectacle"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
A Parallel.

The New York Sun SAYS: Grants
interpositoin in behalf of the PROSTATE
Colfax bears 3. striking resemblance
to the aid and comfort Rspdered to
the man overtakens in liquor and iy
ing helpless in the gutter by friend
suffering under the same infliction,
whose assistance he implored in NOV
ing terms. Help me up," he cried
I" lend hand and get me out of this
disgraceful predicament. ] can almost
get up myself, and slight pull will
make nae all right" =
"My dear fellow was the reply,
9" L would lift you up with all the
pleasure in life, if it was I'm my pow.
er, Bnt You see | have the greatest
difficulty in maintaining an upright
position myssif But if l can't give
you any etfectnai aid / viii do the
next best thing. l will lie down iR
the gutter beside you. That is an act
of disinteEssted friendship. Helping
you up would be an act of duty"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

The Garfield NeWs enumerates
among other. thing which have served
to give the Quaker town of Salem a
bad name, that of 'fnigger babies with
white mothers. Our contemporary
should be little cautious in the way
il speaks, for in these modern days,
under Radical rule, it is regarded as
the highest evidence of loyalty in q
woman that she makes mo distine-
ton on account of race, color or pre-
vious condition." -. { {
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

One day last week Senator Cald-
well Of Kansas, had read by the Clerk
his answer to, the charges of bribe-
ry against him, which were being in
vestigated by the Senate 1t was, in
substance, the claim that his creden-
tials were all right. that he received q
majority of thevotes Of the LegisIar
ture and it was none of the lSenate's
business how he obtained them. He
thinks the, Senate should stick to the
letter of the law which provides that
the man receiving the most votes
shall be declared elected,
That may be. regarded as slightly
.'cheeky," and should entitle the SEN
ator to acq1ittal and promotion to the
leadership Of the Credit Mobilier par
tv = :. s..s. f-.., 4fs a. ~ 81
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
An Administration View.

I Here is the short and easy way with
which an Administrstion journal dis
poses of the Louisiana feass. The
Philadelphia american says: EH o
1--WE doubt if even the valiant Nc.
Emery will be able to nurse his wrath
and keep it warm in the presence OF
cold lead aud Femorseless steel. But
if he shall be able to do that, it is to be
hoped that blank cartridges will be
reserved until the matter of order
shall have been determined. There is
ne argument so convincing as sudden
death" ."sal hs}tts.ift3A &8d"E
OF course, then "eoid lead and re-
.morseless steel" are to settle this g,iap-
rel. The right of four-ffths OF the
people of Louisiana to choose their
own State Government is a mere tri-
fe. We have got pact The old fashion
of settling things by legal ;peans |;
even blank cartridgec are not con vim
cling enough for the ''nadmenp who
have a weakness for seIf-governmert.
"a ~ y y5il ~ iiH. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
The Credit nrobilier Party.

That two Vice Presidents, three
Senators. and six or seven represen-
stiyes, chairmen of the leading com
mittees in the House, were defiled
with the Credit MobiIier venality
That the present Vice-President
published and caused to be published
a falsehood in concealment of his We
nality, and that the late Vice
President heaped faIsehood upon
falsehood and then perjury upon pef-
jury in concealment of his venality,
and that the three Senators and the
seven members with but one or two
exceptions were likewise guilty OF
venaliiy and falsehood: .Gs44in. aAl
That the House refused TO impeach
the guilty officer of the Government
that the Senate refused to expei its
bribed Senators, and that the House
refused to censure its bribed mem
bers: :.s....,.g...-.s ss,e. - 7FaiiA sos
That the party organizations, State
or national, has done nothing to re-
pudiate aud cast out briber or bribees,
falsifier or perjurer,: issa<-a -
! That the party press has supported,
defended. belittled, extenuated, and
condoned the offence of its leaders,
utterly condemning not one of them
all except Schuyler Colfax:: .''o,,s II
That the reelected President, the
head and twice chosen chieftaip of
the party should stretch forth his
hand, pick up from the mud their one
outcast, this same Colfax, and pledge
him lifetime of intimacy and afec-
ton: i'i1s &. 9. 81 nIsa ii
Will change. the name of the Repub
licau party to the Credit Mobilier par
g!id dofxi oi - ,.r -, &,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

THE Republicans of Ohio will hold
their State Convention on the. 2lst of
May, and soon we shall be in the
midst of another political struggle.
We shail then have reiterated in their
resolutions and FROM tLeir speakers
on the stump, all the twaddle about
retrenehment and reform with which
they have been deluding the people
for several years past. In the light
of the developments at Washington
and Columbus during the last few
months can betrayed and plundered
people longer repose confidence in
their hypocritical promises or be de-
ceived by them? Nous Verrons.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

IF q Congressman cannot live re-
specially in Washington for $1,000
a year, then Washington life must be
more corrupt and extravagant than
life in New York, Paris or London.
The great majority of the constituents
whom the members of the Forty Sec
ond Congress have misrepresented
live on much less than $4,000 a year.
Let them elect in place of thieves men
Who will represent that frugality aud
that honesty which are still the pre-
vailing characteristics of American
households, however corrupt and how
ever extravagant, fashionable and friv-
olous society may have become in the
capital city of the nation.-New York
Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
Mark Twain on the Car-HoOk
Murderer and the Jury Syss

Mark Twain on the Car.Hook
Murderer and the Jury Syss
tenn.
[From the New York Tribunel
l have read the Foster petitions in
Thursdays Tribune. The lawyers
opinions do not disturb me, because
l know that those same gentlemen
could make as able an argument in ia
vor of Judas Iscariot, which is q great
deal for me to say, for / never can
think of Judas Iscariot without losing
my temper. To my mind Judas Isca-
riot was nothing but q low, mean,
premature Congressman. The atti-
tude of the jury does not unsettle a
body, must admit; and it seems
plain that they would have modified
their verdict to murder in the second
degree if the Judges charge had per-
mitted it. But when / come to the
petitions of Fosters friends and find
out Fosters true character, the gener-
Gus tears will fowl cannot help it.
How easy it is to get wrong impress
sion of man. 1 perceive that from
childhood up this has been a sweet,
docile thing, full of pretty ways and
gentle impulses. The charm of the
fireside, the admiration ofsociety. the
idol of the Sunday-school, l recog-
nize in him the divinest nature that
has ever glorified any mere human
being. / perceive that the sentiment
with which he regarded temperance
was thing that amounted to frantic
alteration. / freely confess that it
was the most natural thing in the
world for such an organism as this to
get drunk and insult stranger, and
then beat his brains out with a CAR
hook because he did not seem to ad-
mire it. Such is Foster. And to
think that we came SO near losing
him How do we know but that he
is the Second Advent? And yet, af-
ter all. if the jury had not been hamp-
cred in their choice of a verdict, !
think could consent to loose him.
The humorist who invented trial by
jury played colossal, practical joke
upon the world, but since we have
the system we ought to try to re-
oughly easy to 40, when we reflect
that by command of the law q crimi-
nal juror must be an Intellectual vacu-
um. attached to melting heart and
perfectly macaronian bowels of COM
passion.
have had no experience in msking
laws or amending them; but still 1
cannot understand why, when it takes
twelve men to inflict the death penal
ty upon person, it should take any
less than twelve more to undo their
work. Ii were Legislature, and
had just been elected and had not time
to sell out, would put the pardoning
and committing power into the hands
of twelve able men, instead of dump
ing 30 huge a burden upon the shoul-
der of one poor, petition persecuted
individual. MARK TWAIN.
Hartford. March Z, 1873.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

The Buffalo Consmerctal a dUerttsey'
(Republican) says Colfaxiis worse of
with the Nesbitt money than with the
sl,200 chsckI aud that t,'.'beyond the
shadow OF doubt. lie Is gHiity ef1aWr
full and deliberate perjury" Then,
speaking of the proposed impeaeh-
ment, it adds, emphatically: 's9ie
No! Let Mr.. CoIfax bear with him
into priyate life. the crushing load OF
disgrace and humiliation, AT one
time the most honored aud popalap of
our public men, he ends his career
an object of profound pity. The
public cannot feel indignant at him.
They are too merciful to despise him.
with all iheir hearts they pity him, as
man whose good name is ruined,
and whose fair fame Is disyraeefully
tarnished forever. = -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
The constitution provides that "the

The constitution provides that "the
United states shall guarantee to every
State in this Union Republican form
of Government" Last November the
people of Louisiana elected a Cover
nor, State officers and members of the
Legislature. Ry the interfeFenee of
General Grant through a drunken
Federal judge and the employment of
bayonets these officers and Legislators
have been driven from their places
snd men PLACED tp rHle ever them
whom they had reppdiated at the bal
lot-box by over six thousand majori-
ty. The unparelled usurpation is
openly admitted by the friends Of the
administratien aud yet the hated tyr-
amy 10 upheld by the President at the
point of the bayonet. If this is Re
publican government either In sub
stance or form, then what is despot-
ism?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

Had Horace Greeley been elected
President there would have been no
salary steal; nor would there have
been any tyrannicul usurpation in
Louisiana; no thwarting the fairly ex-
pressed will of the people and estab-
fishing the rule of despots by the edict
of drunken judge enforced by Fed
eral bayonets.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

eGEN. GEo.e w. iMoRGAN.-W have
/ been asked why the name of General
Morgan did not appear in the vote'in
the, House on the salary bill. The fol-
lowing from the GAINESVILLE Signal
will explain the matter: balisn !
q Our late worthy Representative
in Congress. Hon. George w. Nor
gan, was called home to Mt. Vernon
by the serious illness OF his wife,
about a week before the close of the
session on the 4th inst. and was thus
precluded from being heard in zoppo-
sition to the Credit Mobilier white-
washing, the inerease of salaries, and
other schemes of the administration
lists, which he had intended to sdiscuss
and denounce. Gen. Morgan has
been q most faithful and able Repre-
sentative of'the peoples interests, ami
will be gratefully remembered by his
constituents, who will be glad to hear.
of his welfare in private hfe,a and
an early return to the public ser.
vice. bssssHgFai d9uM oa ss - SiI
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
|. REFUSES, THE SwA8AAi New York

s. REFUsEs THE SWAHAAi New York
despatch sfgeIloi 5iT 9fir 90
Hon. lClarkson. NaiPotter deelifies
to receive the increased payas a mem.
ber of the Forty-second Congress.
int letter to the Sergeant-at- "A rms
of the House of, Representatives. he
says he favored, in aIaualifie sense,
The, bill to increase the salaries, but
thought the increase should, in no
case, apply to the existing, term ofserL
vice. II dc not presutfe TO judge for;
NOT seek to influence, any one else
ibatfor myself, as / said to my friends
during the debate, I do not feel will
ling torecefvei this Increased compen-
Psation for service rendered in no ex-
pectation of it. .''siaH sh''fl
! B. Nov, hoy. is'it with ! Truthful
James Z. ~ .sfy Jf57sy s.-stftfetf .fa.ftai
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

- On Friday last the Ohio Senate con.
CURED in the gesolutions of the House
censuring the members of Congress
d for the recent robbery of the Federal
Treasury by the passage of the in
crease of salary bill. They added an
amendment sdenouncing those who,
while they inveighed and voted
against the bill, yet sneaked in and
took their share of the plunder after
the treasury had been open to them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20


1T is claimed as an excuse. for in=
creasing the Presidents salary to $780,
600 year, that ninety years ago,
when the, ssalarys1of that office was
fixed at $4,000 a year. that amount
had as much purchasing power as
$4,000 now has, and, therefore, the
Increase is right and proper! The
fact is altogether lost sight of that the
perquisitee af the office have also
largely Increased, so. that they neW
more than equal the salary. i ilFHere
was fact brought out tsdnring the dis
cassion of this matter by Mr. Farnes,
worth, of Illinois, which oughtanotf TO
be lost sight Of. He said: -ayf -
The country hal had Lincoln for
four years. at s2H0g0 per annnum,,
when, gold awaSf sometimes $50 per
cent. and yet I4inGein2 saved S5Q,D[Q
during 7his ferBi5 Every President
saved money In Office, because there
were attached to the1 Office, emofnr
lnents in the way of residences, ser!
wants, etc., the money value OF which
was $500O0 a. year. He hated to see
the Republican party completely
wreck itself and,covei. It's history with
dishonor,T bysai thing which shamed
the Credit III obiiief, land everything
else that was corrupt, which had ta-
ken place in thisi Congress, or any
other Congress, OF which he had been
q member.iIo@ baliagsoin' n =;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

The Woodstock (Vt.) Post has the
following Out in Hoosierdom, where
they are good deal better acquaint'
ell with Mr.. Colfax than with the
French language, there is a current
distich of this sort:
Tho South Bend smiler
Got some Credit NoIitisr.
They might add;
Which the same IT is bad for Schuyler,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

The Summit Beacon, an intensely
loyal paper propounds the following
connundrum:
Does any one doubt that the Gener-
al Assembly of Ohio would take the
premium for doing less work in more
time than any other legislative body
in the wQrds If such there be, let
him become a steady reader of the
legislative reports and be convinced.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

s. Some of the Radical papers are do
ing their level best TO excuse General
Garfield in voting for the increase OF
the salary bill. They tell us he voted
against il till the last vote, and that be
protested against it even then, though
he voted for it. 1t is evident that he
regarded It as q villainous plumber.
Then why did not he continue to the
end In opposing it? ..ias 4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

j. p. Jones, newly elected United
States Senator from Nevada, recently
said in speech that '.to inveigh
against the use of money Gin Senate.
rial elections) is simply "a depry the
ineYitable,' This Ia q new name tor it.
Money has been called t'tin," ''sugar,"
s'soap," "dust," Gbrass," 'the ready"
"the needful," "spondoolix," and q
thousand other names, but ''the iney-
liable" is the latest and best.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

The Sheriff Of the extremely Rad
ical county of Athens, Ohio, is de-
fanlter to the amount of five or seven
thousand dollars. The money is sup
posed to have been used in paying
his election expenses. 1t seems to re-
quire bribery all round for Radicals
TO get into office, even where their
power is 9nquestioned.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
LEXINGTON GOLF,

Some IS months ago Mr.. j. L. Chrsty sold his
hne stallion, called the Lexington Coli. a thor.
ough bred kentucky horse, and now, amer
having seen his stock he has repuichased him.
and again Offers his services to the horse breed
crs of this section OF ohio. He is u splendid
onimal. rs all know who have seen him, aud he
needs pulling {. recommend him 10 th,,
judges of good stock. The horse may be found
at the residence OF MIR, Ch,i>ty, about milo
anu y halt east OF this village. 231-2m
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

GENERAL FREMONT publishes in the
Tribune of the 18th full reply to the
charges W hich have been brought
against him as President of the Mem
phis, Ell PasO and Pacific Railroad
Company. The main, points of his
defense are that he did not become
President of the Company until after
the alleged transactions took place.
that the enterprise which he repre-
sents is genuine one. and that the
work of placing the bonds in Paris
3 intrasted 80 subordinate agents.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

NEW YORK, March 1S.-A robbery
of bonds, amounting to $168, 900, from
the Office of the President OF the
Pennsylvania and Western Railroad,
on Broad street, on Saturday, is re-
ported this morning. Two thieves
entered the Office while the President
was at lunch. No arrests. The bonds
being of the company they will be
difficult to negotiate.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

CURE FOR RHEUMATIsM.=The
GAINESVILLE Signal says, Several per-
sans In this city have been relieved
from infammatory rheumatism by
the use of hard cider--taking about a
pint per day until cured. This re,ne-
dy was suggested years ago in the
London Lancet, and should be gener-
ally known. The use of lemons has
also cured the saipe painful nalady.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

SHIRKING.-The Administration pa
pers are endeavoring to make it ap-
pear that the Republican party is not
responsible for the late salary steal,
because, they assert, some Democrats
voted for the job, and they say the
Democrats are as deep in the mud as
the Republicans are in the mife. They
seem to forget that they had a large
majority in both branches of Congress
amounting to nearlY tWo-thirds, and
could easily have prevented the pass
age of the bill il they had desired to
do SO. And then 1t could never have
become law without the signature
of President Grant. This talk about
the Republican party not being re-
sponsible orthis steal, in the face of
the fact that they could have defeated
it in the House or in, the Senate orin
the Executive Office, ismere bosh. ii7b
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

The roll OF purchased seats i'm the
Senate, according TO the Chicago Fri
6une now includes Caldwell of Kan
sas, Clayton of Arkansas, Harlan OF
Iowa. Ramsey and Window of Min
nesota, Hitchcock OF Nebraska, Car
penter of Wisconsin, and Cameron
of Pennsylvania. These gentlemen
were Reinforced on the 4th of March
by Sargent of California, Mitchell of
Oregon, Patterson of South Carolina,
and Jones of Nevada, and these are
only those who have been found out.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

Hon. Humphrey II. .VLeavitt, ex-
Judge of the United States District
Court for the Southern district of
q Ohio, died at Springfield Clark conn
ty, on on Saturday morning last. He
was born in Suited, Conn.,, in 1876.
He served two terms in Congress, and
at the close of his second term he was
appointed by General Jackson to the
United States Judgship, which office
he continued to hold until cOrapara-
lively recent date. His funeral took
place at Cincinnati at two o'clock on
Monday afternoon. .aas4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

It has been figured out that the wa
ges of Congressman under the new
law will average fifty-two dollars a
day. These gentlemen get pretty
good payifor legislating for the inter
ests' of the privileged orders; and
the people foot the bill ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20

IT is new charged that Mr.. Sypher
of Louisiana has been engaged in a
corrupt lobby scheme,s and it is pro-
posed TO investigate him. The success
of the most of these scheaes has de-
pended on the number of Syphers in
it. a 100000 scheme you see. .wopld
be million With another Sypher i'm
it. They seem to be reversing tile Or
der of Investigations, however. This
begins where the others ended, with
Sypher, popbuessif ii, too, will cople
to nought. s i sdj aa 81
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-03-20
FOR SALE

I'D ACRES or LAND. with good IA
L - story House, good Barn and Young on
charu; situated one mile soulh Of RAY emma
ALSO, rs ACRES OF PASTURE LAND.
une-half mile east OF the above. VIII be SOLD
on reasonable terms. Inquire of
JOHN BNERS.
Ravcnna. Feb, 18TH 1871. si5-it<