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The Postal Cards,

Hon. L. NJ Barber. third assistant
postmaster general, has issued the fol
lowing important regulations:
Prices-Postal cards will I've sold for
one cent each, neither more nor less,
whether in large quantities or small.
Uses-The object of the postal card
is to facilitate letter correspondence
and provide for the transmission
through the mails at reduced rate of
postage of short communications, either
printed or written in pencil or ink
They may therefore be used for orders.
invitations, notices, receipts, acknowl.
edgmentS, price lists and other require
ments of business and social life; and
the matter desired TO he conveyed may
be in writing or in ink or partially in
both. In their treatment as mail mat
ter they are to he regarded by postmas-
ters the same as sealed matter, except
that in no case will unclaimed cards be
returned TO the writer or sent to the dead
letter office. If not delivered within
sixty days from day Of receipt they will
be burned Dy pOstmasterS
Irregular Cards.--An ordinary print
ed business card may be sent through
the mails when prepaid by a one cent
postage stamp attached; but such card
must contain absolutely no written mat
ter except the address; otherwise it will
be treated as not fully prepaid and re-
fused admission into the mails
Counte.feits-All cards different from
those herein described, with postage
stamps embossed thereon, and purport-
ing to be United States postal cards, are
counterfeits, end the manufacture Of
such cards or the attempt to use the
same, will subject the offender to fine
Of five hundred dollars and implison-
ment for FIVE years
Spoiled Cards.-Postmasters will not
under any circumstances be permitted
to redeem or exchange postal cards
that may be misdirected spoiled in
printing or otherwise rendered unfit for
use in the hands of private holders,
Requisitions-The department will
not furnish less than five hundred cards
on the order of postmaster. Individ.
uals desiring postal cards will purchase
them of a postmaster as in no case can
they obtain them upon direct applica-
ton to the department.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
Debate on the Geneva Award,

LONDON. May 26.-In the House OF
Commons to night, while the Commit
tee of Supply took up the item for the
payment of the Alabama award, Mr..
Bentick declared the Government policy
on the question had been humiliating
and degrading The Government should
have broken off the negotiations at a
time when no sense of shame would
have been left to England. This arbi.
tratlon was the greatest monument Of
human folly, and could not be consid-
cred otherwise than as national deg
radiation. a
Sir Stafford Northcote admitted that
during the negoti alton of the treaty he
had not minutely examined the conse-
qnences for British subjects of fixing
the end of the war at Lees surrender.
Mr.. Gladstone said that the advance
ment of indirect claims by the Ameri-
can Government was gigantic error
In all other respects he defended the
course the arbitration had taken
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
woman as a Voter.


A London correspondent says: "Wo-
man as voter is an accomplished fact
in England Every woman who occu-
pies dwelling in any city or town of
England, Ireland, Wales or Scotland,
has vote for aldermen and town Off
Ger, in general. Under Mr. Fosters
new act, in England, widows and spin
sters who pay rates have votes in the
election of school boards. In Ireland,
every woman WHO pays any sum as
poor rate has vote in the election of
poor guardians 1t is said that the wo-
men exercise these rights heartily, and
in many cases where saloon keepers
represented the wards of cities in mu.
nicipal positions, they are signally de-
feated by the votes of the women. In
London, as is well known, Mrs Garrett
Anderson, M D., is one of the most
useful members Of the school board Z;
and tue same is true of Miss Becker, of
Manchester. The right of suffrage
seems to have been conferred on the
principle that where women pay a tax
for any object, they shall have the right
to a voice in the disposition of the
funds"
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ksJssai Ss;aGrsssnns

a rev edition of postal laws and rec.
ulations is now in the hands of the prin-
ter, and will be furnished to postmas.
teIs as soon as possible. 81
The origin of postal cards dates frofa
the Franco-Pru>sian war The dffichl.
ty of soldiers iii securing pens and pa
per upon which to write home induced
the German authorities 10 issue bits of
pasteboard to the soldiers for this pur-
pose, and they were largely availed of,
the messages being written in pencil
Their use was continued thereafter in
time of peace, and has since been adopt
ed in England and the United States.
The Postollice Department is annoy
ed at the carelessness of many postmas-
ters OF minor grade throughout the
country, who write the Department iu-
closing money for stamps, envelopes,
etc and neglect to put the post-mark
on their letters. AS there are over 80.
600 postoffices in the country, many of
the postmasters having names alike, it
is extremely difficult to find the names
Of such writer's, and therefore can not
be answered by the Department
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

EEWe much fear that the overthrow
of President THEIRS bodies no good to
republicanism in France Marshal Nc
MAHoN, who succeeds him, is well known
as a monarchist. and the Duke de
BRoGLIE, his first Cabinet officer, is also
a monarchist.
The present French Assembly, which
drove THEIRS to resignation, was elected
during the excitement and confusion at
tending the downfall of the empire, and,
it is conceded, does not fairly represent
the people. @ ai
THEIRS steadfastly refused to take any
steps which would lead to a monarchy,
and this was the ground of much of the
hostility to him. Should MCMAHON
yield to the demands OF those desiring
a monarchy there will be bloody work.
THEIRS showed himself thorough
and able statesman by bringing order
out of chaos, preserving the peace, and
especially for restoring and maintaining
the credit of France - 90
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President McNahOn's Message 10
The Assembly.

President McMahon sent message to
the Assembly. 1t was read by Duke de
Broglie. The Presidentsays,:rrs
81 lam animated by respect for your
wishes, and will always scrupulously exc
cute them, The National Assembly had
two great .asks-the liberation of terri
tory, and the restoration of order. The
first was ably conducted by my predeces-
sor, with heroic patience The country
and | rely on you 70 accomplish the 9TH
er. shall follow the foreign policy of
my predecessor. wish for peace and
the reorganization Of the army, desiring
only to restore our strength and regain
for France her rank among the Nations
The home policy will be Iresolutely con-
servative. The Administration must be
imbned with conservative spirit,appoint
to office respectors of the law, defend So
ciety against factions, and stand as SEN
tinel to see that your sovereign will is
obeyed in its integrity"
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Rebuilt Boston.
from the Boston Advertiser.

lrToiu Tue DoStoH aQVeftiSer.
The completion and Occupation Of
the first building in the burnt district
was celebrated on Saturday afternoon,
the building being plain substantial
brick edifce, four stories in height, at
the corner of Sturgiss and Oliver streets
The owner is Mr. j. w. Hobbs. The
building was, marked by banner in.
scribed, "This is The first store built and
occupied in The burnt district" The
company invited to participate. in the
ceremony were called to order bv the
Inspector of Buildings, Mr.. David
Chamberlain, who invited them to the
roof, where the front was ',wet down"
with q bottle of champagne, after the
manner of the christening Of ship A
bountiful collation. was then partaken of,
after which Inspector Chamberlain read
his report on the manner in which the
building law had been regarded in this
respect, ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
The Men who Edit the New York
~-st1 49,. d. Tribune

o. Is ,.g - ~
New York Correspondence Chicago Tribune,
The present editors of the Tribune
are comparatively very new to it II is
hardly five years since Whitelaw Reid
went there; Hossard may have been
there a little longer, and Hay and
Brooks not half so long. Shanks, the
city editor, is new man; ST are Wick.
Off Sterns, Hahse, lloyd, O'Dwyer,
and nearly all the rest, even down to
the lowest reporter Dana, McElrath,
Gay, Wilkinson, England, Wilbour,
Underhill, Ottorson, Tilton, johnson
and host of Others have long been
gone; and the men identified with the
Tribune during and before the war, Ike
Smalley, Huntington and dssHouse, are
correspondents, from abroad. Only two
resident workers remain who may be
considered veterans-George Ripley,
vino is coeval with the paper, and Chas.
l. Congdon, who has been a contribu-
tor to the fourth page for more than
twenty-tears. He who has been con-
nected with the Tribune ten YEARS. is
now regarded as hoary with experience.
Newspapers, especially here, have many
more changes than was their wont; for
the work is harder than il used to be.
and few years of uninterrupted jour-
nalism either cures the Journalist of his
passion for his profession, or, by break
ing down his health, compels him to re-
tire.
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The DIsgraced commissioners
Defense.

New YoRk, May I5-The Times to-
morrow will publish letters from Cen
eral Van Buren, recently removed as
Chief Commissioner to the Vienna 4Ex-
position, addressed to President Grant
and Secretary Fish, He says: ..For ten
months l have spared no exertion or
expense to make our exhibition a sue
cess, and am utterly unconscious Of do
ing or authorizing To be done a single
wrong or unworthy thing; and the per
son who asserts OF intimates hat ever
received, asked, have been promised or
expected single cent, or any consider
alton or advantage whatever, seither di-
reotly, from any appointment or con-
cession, or by reason of any position,
or in any way connected with this Ex-
hibition, is cowardly knave and liar.
The accursed malignity and unhallowed
ambition and vanity of John Jay have
for months been employed to destroy
me and my commission, that he might
Obtain some notoriety for himself" The
letters, of which the foregoing is the
pth, are accompanied by sworn state
ment to The same effect.
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The Atlantic Lar wreck.

HALIFAX, May 26-On Wednesday
last the bodies of three more steerage
passengers were. recovered from the
wreck of the steamer Atlantic 1.-TWO males
and one female, On Thursday the di-
vers who had gone down to make an in
spection, saw the body of stout man
dressed in black wedgedin. among, por-
tons of iron, and from his gold sleeve
buttons, studs, and other tokens, it is
supposed to be that of Mr.. Fisher, of
Vermont. A good deal of the cargo is
still in the wreck and it will require some
time yet to recover all.
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rFrom the Gazette, May 30. +


This is good term for divorces -
-Four cases were disposed of ON Mon.
day last, and eight human beings were
again made happy.
Mr.. james Shields of Neff7s Siding,
rode into town or Tuesday with span
of beautiful four.year old blacks. They
can be bought for four hundred dcltars
cash.
Andrew Berges on Morday was
found guilty of grand larceny. He has
not yet been sentenced.
James o. Myers plead guilty to Grand
Larceny, and viii be sent to the reform
farm
DIEp.-At her residence, in Smith
township, Mrs. Ann c. fhnsn, consolt
of Mr.. Henry Coffman, III the I'D year
of her age. mother of Mr.. Wm. D.
Martin, of this place.
The remains of Mrs. r f. Carothers,
and two of her children, and son OF
Mr. +. G. Morgan were taken from the
Methodist grave yard OF This place on
Tuesday, to be again inferred in the
family lot at Bellaire.
There are now five prisoners in Jail.
Two of them have been tried One
plead guilty-a boy Is years old, who
stole The pocket hool, from Mr. Doug
lass, near Rarnesyille, containing near a
hundred dollars. The boy gave the
Sheriff and his deputy race on Salur
day He was carrying coal, and con
cluded to leave. They overlook him
near the Union Cemetery, hid in the
grass-brought him back, and on Mon
dav he plead guilty, and will most like
y be sent to the Reform Farm. Two
others were brought from Bellaire for
car robbing, another from Barnesv;lle
for stealing watch.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

w The McConnelsvil,e. Herald is
tired of being asked what SrRAeuE has
done with his share of the back salary
steal. 1t is published in Mr. SPRAGUEs
town, and helped elect him but cant an.
swer the questions.
Mi. SpRAeUE's constituents have a
right to know what he did with this
plunder If he turned it over to the
Treasury where it rightly beleqged he
deserves the credit of refusings7v steaL
If it still remains subject to his erder,te
be appropriated to his own use after
public attention is withdrawn from the
subject, the people should know that.
To prevent suspicious which may be
unjust Mr.. SpRAGuE should make clean
breast OF it.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

such was the fact One of the soundest
and mos. lau'labie panks in the National
platform, and the one which supported
the declaration that '.honesiy, efficiency
and fidelity were essential qualifications
for public position" has been left entire
lv out Of the Columbus platform In
other words. the question OF Civil Ser
vice Reform" is totally ignored. Js ii
possible that the party of great moral
ideas and ColFAN has abandoned such
an important and vital question:
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

EFT Two darkies have sued the steam
er Emma Graham for sic, 1000 each, be.
cause they were not permitted to sit
with white folks at breakfast
They couli afford TO eat at the second
table the year round at that rate. The
probability is that half their lives they
have had no breakfast at all.
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French Journal. or the Overthrow
II ii5ss- filE ~ of ThiefS.sse fsf.s.;.s.,.+s

The Courier des Etats Unis of n Y.
speaking of the substitution Of Mar.
shal McMahGn for Thiers in the .Presl-
dency of the French Republic, says:
The Right faction has made its rev
olution against National sentiment,
against the electoral body. against
France, against the Republic. More
than against the new founded or
der, against peace, against confidence
within and without, against re-estahIish-
ed prosperity, against triumphant cred
it, and agaiustthat supreme aspiration
of the country, the liberation of French
territory BY the hands, the wisdom aud
the honorof the Republic The change
is characterized not to he the work of
Frances but the work of a faction, which
will not fiad, however, a people servile
enough to submit to its dictation, nor, a
pratorian srmy ready to overawe.'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
wLittle Hart, VINO is the Repub}i

y Little Hart, who is the. Repubi,
can nominee for Lieutenant, Governor,
was formerly Democratic editor. I Re-
moving to Portage County, where the
Republicans had the political ascend.
ency, in order to secure office and pro
motion, he abandoned the Democratic
party, and has ever since been an obse.
Quious seeker after place. He has some
gifts of oratory, but he is as frothy as
beer, and as thin in Logic as smoke
When such small fry as Noyes and
Hart lead party, it is time for respect,
able and intelligent Republicans to put
Grape on their political doors.-Clere-
land Pldindedler.
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Shresyd TransaciiOn by Ben. But

Several weeks since Ben Butler
bought large tract of land just out
side the northern limits of the city. The
tract consisted Of three hundred acres,
the price paid being about one thousand
dollars per acre Land in that vicinity
being in no great demand, it was gen
orally considered that Butler had made
bed investment. 1t now transpires
that the Commission appointed by Con
gress to select q site for the new Presi
dental mansion have determined to re.
commend the purchase of this identical
tract
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

EEA great deal was said :cw years
since about TENNYsoN receiving twenty
five dollars line for poem An Amer
i:an, however, has the honor of receiy-
ing the highest reward for literary labor.
u, $. GRANT received 100000 for wri
ting half a line: "Approred. U S.
Grant Ion the back Of the salary steal
bill.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

re- Here is news forthe invalids 1t
turns out that the fishermen constitute
the healthiest class in Massachusetts
They are the finest looking men, the most
robust, and with capacities for great en-
durance. Their diet, while actually en-
gagged in their vocation, consists of fish,
pork, potatoes and hard bread, with fresh
meat bit rarely. It's said to be the Gus
tom Of inyalids from the rural districts,
suffering from chronic indigestion or in
cipient phthisis, TO make an amateur fish
ing voyage, and often with excellent re.
suits.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

Evfhere is growing impatience to
zee the evidence on which the charges of
corruption were founded against the
American Vienna Commissioners -
There is also growing suspicion that
tine fault was at Washington instead Of
Vienna.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
Old Upton came sneaking home with

Old Upton came sneaking home with
his stolen money, and has not found a
soul so mean as to give him "recep-
ton" He goes squirting and squir-
ming through the world with the brand
and mark of common thievery on his
hands, like Grant, Butler, aud the rest !;
and we must gibbet him for the worlds
reprobation, instead of giving him an
honorable "welcome home" as we would
have been glad to do.-Nebraska City
NeWs.
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Eg The Commissioners appointed by
Congress to recommend a site for the
erection of the new Presidential man.
sion have selected tract of three hun.
dred acres near the city of Washing
ton, which General B. F. Butler recent
lv purchased for one Thousand dollars
ali acre. As the purchase was only
made several weeks ago it is very clear
that some, or all, of the Commissioners
have been in collusion with Butler in a
nice speculation of hundreds Of thous-
ands of dollars, the profits of which are
to come out of the public treasury
There is nothing done ct Washington
now in which there is not big job for
some Of the leaders of the Administra-
ton. From the intimate relations be-
tween Grant and Butler we should NOT
wonder if the President was in it too.
Gin. Eng. I'tt a.,}Ga
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ETThe gravest apprehensions are
entertained for the peace of France un-
der IFS military President. The election
of McMAuoS is regarded as a step to-
ward monarchy, which means civil war.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
Rogues Failing Out.

The Washington Republican contains
q very savage attack on ex-senator
Pool, of North Carolina. 1t speaks of
him as Inscriptions, and while discred-
iting rumUrs of an appropriation of
party funds for his private uses during
the Presidential campaign, it says that
he used the money to effect his own re.
election to the Senate; and that he has
duped ignorant negroes into the belief
that he was statesman. 1t is charged
bv some that Pool has Presidential as.
pila,ions.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
A BLOODY Kentucky Tragedy.

CINCINNATI, May 26.-A Lexington,
Kentucky, dispatch says: Yesterday on
an excursion train. between that city and
Winchester, Jack Bradsford shot John
Pierson, cut his head nearly off and
threw his dead body from the train,-
Both were colored Jack Bradsford
was arrested at Mount Sterling and
brought to Winchester for trial.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

frfhe Barnesville Enterprise gives
TIE Ohio Republican Convention sharp
reproof for endorsing GRANT in doing
the same thing which they denounce 9th
ers for doing.
1t has begun to dawn upon the Re-
pubiicans, as we'll as upon non partisans,
that the Republican platform is blum
der
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03
~It is related of the aged moth,

re- 1t is related of the aged mother
of McCarty, the Richmond duelist, who
inflicted mortal wound on Mordecai,
and was himself perforated by the bull
ct from bis opponents pistol, that she
was aware from the first of her sons
intention to call Mordecai to account;
that, on his suggestion to her, as he lay
sick from the beating received from
Mordecai, that possibly his friends
might refuse to bear his message to his
opponent, she said: "Be of good cheer,
my son. if they refuse, I'll carry it my
self" AS is known, Colonel Tabb be-
ing sent for, readily consented to act
II is said this Spartan mother was not
far from the field when the combat took
place. At any rate, when the perfora-
ted body of her son arrived at home at
a late hour on that fatal Friday night,
the anxious friends who conveyed him
into the maternal presence found every
convenience necessary to meet just such
a contingency as had happened.
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One OF the Bender Butchers
Caught

DUBQUE, Iowa, May 26 "A man, sup
posed to be one of the Bender family,
was arrested on Sunday at Ely Station,
Iowa. He is now confined in Jail in
Cedar Rapids. Iowa. Parties acquaint-
ed with the family in independence, Kan
sHE. are sure of his ileulilY.
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SENECA SANDSTONE.

The famous Seneca Sandstone Com
panv has been put in the hands of a re-
ceiver. Mismanagement is said to be
the cause of the decline of this once
dourishing corporation, from which Gen
eral Grant, as a stockholder, recently
withdrew.
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EF Republicans who are fond of CO.
nundrums are wrestling with this one:
II it was villainy for Congressman to
vote for the salary steal, why was it sin.
tegriry' for GRANT to approve it?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

nIt takes a long time to bury dis
tinguished man now a-days. CANBY's
body was hanled through the country for
month.
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r. According to the Enterprise they
have "nabobs" in Barnesville. They are
kind Of bigibug about as useful as the
potato bug.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

The officers Of the St. Louis Tobacco
Association are completing arrange
ments for q grand tobacco fair, to be held
in that city on the Sd of June. The pre-
minms to be distributed amount to over
$4,000.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

T There seems to be a prevailing
opinion that General EwING will re.
ceivc the Democratic and Liberal nomi
nation for Governor without opposition.
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.wT The State journal commends the
Constitutional Convention as body of
business men, and an Improvement in
some respects over that of 1850
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-03

kFThe Ohio Republican Convention
forgot that there was a tariff question
before the country, They will be remin-
ded of it before Christmas.