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Utah.

SALT LAKE, December THE Bald.
win expedition report the discovery Of
the only practicable route from the con-
templated railroad, to connect the IN
ion and Central Pacific with the thirty,
fifth parallel road. It passes through,
the one at the coal ard iron region Of
Iron County to St George,thence down
the Rio Virgin and Colorado River.
Several parties of Mormon converts,
who emigrated from the old country
last summer, have within the past few
weeks returned, disappointed and dis
gusted. Some twelve or fifteen in &
company will go back in day or two,
anG Others are preparing to 60. ~
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ECuha lies at the outlet Of the
Mexican Gulf and controls the Missis-
sippi, while its position, situated in the
pathway between the two continents,
and with numerous harbors large
enough to float all the navies of Chris
tendon, indicate that it is destined to
he the key to the domination of the
Western World. 1t is equi distant be-
tween Florida and Yucatan, $50 miles
from each and 4S from Hayti. 1t is
something near 500 miles long, from
so to l20 wide, and contains, all told
including its appurtenant island. about
$4,000 square miles, say little larger
than Kentucky, but not as large as Ten
nessee. 1t has near 1000 miles of sea
coast, while its general topography il
as a backbone of mountains more o.
less broken.
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Meaning OF the Hands.

Profound study has led N. de ArPen-
tigny to the conclusion that the hands
represent three types. Those who have
fingers with pointed tips are possessed Of
a rapid insight into things are extra sen.
sitive and pious, impulsive. This class
belongs to the poets and artists. 10 the
asquafe tops" belong scientific people;
sensible, self contained characters, pro-
fessional men. The ,spade-shaped tops
thick tips, with little pads of flesh on
each side of the nails-are materialists,
commercial, practical, with a hign appre-
citation of all that tends to bodily ease
and comfort, Each finger, no matter
what the kind Of hand, has also one
| joint-that which is nearest the palm
representing the body ,another-the mid
dle-the mind, and the top, the sout-
Each Of these divisions corresponds
with one of the types above given.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-12-16

~ Marshal BAzAINE has been found
guilty by the Court Martial which has
been trying him, and he has been SEN
fenced to death The members of the
Court unite in petition askiag mi,i
Cation OF the penalty.
There is a diversity of opinion among
well informed persons, outside of France
as to his guilt or innocence. Those who
deem him not guilty maintain that his
troops were poorly equipped, and th:t
the many French reverses had taken al
the fight out of them. They claim also
that BAzAlNE is made a scape goat foI
French defeats and humiliation.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy. !
From Jackson TOwnship.

ED. SPIRIT: There is jimson weed
by my stable which stood, before the
frost cut the leaves down, full y feet
highland the branches spread over Cir
Gle feet in diameter.
Andy has beaten me, l shall have to
credit hog" but as he went to his
neighhor must tell him my neighbor
c. P. R. raised a pumpkin some years
ago weighing abont 800 lbs, duly GER
tilted aud sent TO the Wheeling Fair
Some Of the folks who saw it say that
it was so large that a ten year old boy
could walk right through it; but I'm
inclined to think they exaggerated.
We cln tell yoe of euince wbeigh-
inc II lbs. and apples about the same
size; peaches and pears accordingly.
E D. JOHNSON.
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STATE NEWS,

The Ohio Morgan raid claims are to
he pressed upon Congress.
Treasury defalcations have occurred
In - OF the counties of this State.
TWENTY-FIVE car loads OF coal are
drawn into Marietta over the DUCT Creek
Railroad, each day.
In Morgan, Ashtabula County, COWS
only range III price from $40 to $50 -
Twelve dollars is the highest price fol
hay. n: ~A~ {
Sarhiiel Bry an, chief of the Japanese
Postal Service, commenced his career a;
Cadiz, Ohio. At the COMMENCEMENT ol
the rebellion he entered the service as a
drummer, was afterward appointed to 8
clerkship at Washington, and finally
went to Japan.
A man named Pomeroy escaped from
the Holmes County Jail one night last
week, by taising a board in the floof and
creeping through the hole thus made -
The Farmer says a pasture lot with
stake-and-ridered fence would be equally
as secure as their Jail.
At Tallmsdge, id Summit County
there is an apple butter mahhfactory
which consumes 500 barrels Of apple:
per day during the fall season. During
the present season 5000 gallons of ap
pie butter have been made; also 700 bar
rels of cider and 500 barrels OF vinegar
sold Tie prodcct is sold mainly in thu
South. The concern is said to pay
well. ..- t...
Mr.. Andrew Henderson, of Westlan:
township, has in his possession tour pie
ces Of silver coin Of equal value bear
ing the following dates: 1886, 1740
i745 and 174S. These were given t.
him when a child by by his grandfather
bearing the same name. They are fas
tened together by silver, links and wer
used by him for sleeve buttons.-aaern
sey Times.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-There is re-

WASHINGTON, Dec. S-There is re-
luctance in official quarters to talk about
the anticipated or actual resignation OF
Minister Sickles, pending the protocol.
There is no doubt it was owing to the
unsatisfactory conduct of Sickles that
negotiations were consummated at
Washington between Secretaty FisR
and Admiral Polo General Sickles is
a retired officer, with an annual salary
Of S6625 As Minister to Spain he has.
drawn the actual salary of $4,000 for
this service, but nothing on the army
account, as the law prohibits the draw
ing Of more than one salary On his
retirement as Minister he will draw his
army pay.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Green Township.

New CASTLE, MONROE COUNTY, OHIO
December 8, 1873.
ED SPIRIT: 1t has been some time
since l have noticed any thing from
Green township in the columns of your
valuable paper, therefore, we propose
to write few lines in regard to matters
and things in Green. We have been
having plenty of rain and plenty of mud
and the prospects look favorable that
we will have no scarcity of either for
some time.
Farmers are taking up the dolful lam
entation of hard times. Totacco not
selling Hogs and cattle very low -
But Notwithstanding all this. the farm
ers do not seem to be discouraged, they
are looking forward with bright antici-
pations of good times in the future
when those Monopolists, Salary Grab
bers &c, are huarled from the control
of Government and honest men placed
in their stead.
AS this is depressing from what we
proposed to speak about we shall come
hack to New Castle. The merchants
here appear to be doing lively busi
ness The tradesmen appear to be ovel
stocked with work Things seems to
be moving on lively. The bad roads
have to some extent checked travel, We
the hotel appears to do about as livel.
business as usual.
The Rev. Lafferty, of the Presbyte
iian Church of Barnesville, has beel
holding a series of meetings here, al
OF which were well attended. Durin!
the meeting, We are informed, ther
we're twelve accessions to the Church
Mr.. Lafferty as Minister. and ma
socially, meets the appreciation OF til
people here generally.
AS we have nothing further to sa
that will particularly interest the man
readers of your valuable paper, we sha
: close by saying to your Township col
respondents, let US hear from you Otter
GREEN.
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Advertising IN Dull Times.
New York Evening Post.

lIStW 4OIh 1fChihS Aooe'J
The Milwaukee Wisconsin relates the
following: after the crash of 81,
when everybody was almost scared to
death and the croakers predicted that
the country had gone 10 smash, dry
goods house was opened in this city,
which proceeded on the principle that
in order to reach the boarded money in
the pockets Of the people the proprie-
tors must sell at very reasonable prices
and advertise very largely. They Tor-
ked vigorously upon this prineiple.-
Their brother merchants who did not
advertise predicted that the new corners
would be ruined, as they paid too much
for advertising, Nevertheless,they per
sisted. In single year they paid five
hundred dollars in gold to the Daily
Wisconsin for advertising, and at the
end of seven years they retired from
business with fortune of one hundred
thousand dollars, while other merchants
on the same street, some OF them op
posite their store, had failed"
We remember similar fnsta1e'
among our own advertisers in the panic
of 1857. A merchant continued his ad
vertisement in our columns through tn
whole period of stagnation, and not
withstan,ling many predictions that 81
wouldn't pay" His testimony after
ward was that his sales were stead.
and his profits satisfactory, while man.
a merchant around him who "couldn'
afford to advertise" saw his clerk
stand idle behind the counters.
A financial panic does not mean tina
no one has any money. There is plent.
of money in the country, and thos
who hoard it are just the ones to b.
eager for the bargains" which a fal
in prices holds out. But to buy the,
must know where to buy, and the mer
chant who tells them will receive thei
cash. I'D. .......
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Bank Robbers at the Whippins
Post. sN

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, Dec. To-
The Wilmington bank robbers were
placed in the pillory here, this morning,
in the presence of large crowd. The
rumors of an attempt at rescue proved
unfounded, but the prisoners were guar.
ded by large force of police and citi-
zens. At ten o'clock Big Frank and
Jimmy Hope were placed in the pillory
and an hour. afterward Howard and
Brody followed. The men stood with
their backs to the crowd and suffered
the penalty calmly. The first two we're
unnerved, but the others were determ.
ined and regarded the matter frivilously.
The whipping commenced at 2:l0 this
afternoon
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Preparing 10 Plumber.

The prospects for anything like reform
in our National administration are far
from encouraging.
The President, in his Message, calls
attention to, al d recommends, a number
of Jobs, in each Of which there is plenty
of ssw material ,fore . repetition of the
Credit NIobilier rascality. He white
washes the outrageous swindle in the
government of the District of Columbia,
and even alludes with pride to the "im
provements," which were made the pre-
text for enormous robbery
He appointed Credit Mobilier Salary
Grabber to foreign mission. He ap
pointed Boss SHEPHERD, who is the Boss
TWEED Of Washington, to the governor
ship Of the District. He appointed as
Chief Justice man who has suddenly
hecome immensely rich, by some mystic
lious means; and he has been, and is,
keeping in positions of great response
bility, men distinguished only for their
holiness and skill in plundering the peo
pie.
The organization of the various Con;
eressional Committees befstre Whom the
big jobs will come for working up,shows
the unmistakable influence Of the rings
in tn, ir composition. The committee on
| Civil Service Reform is so Constructed
| as to have the chairman and majority
of the committee hostile to that meas
ure. Many other committees seem tc
have been arrarged chiefly with a view
to making easy work for the corrupt lob
byists.
And right here is an appropriate place
to quote paragraph from the Cincin
natl Times, Of the 9th inst. The Times
| is noted for its loyalty to the Republican
party, but its disgust and indignation
are irrepressible. 1t says:
1--WE abandon all hore of Mr.. Blaine
We anticipate serious disaster to the Re
publican party, whose confidence he has
abused. We expect this Congress to rur
in the same old corrupt ruts as the last
The only hope of the party is the EN-
pbatic reputation of such leaders by the
great mass of its voters. For our owr
part We wash our hands of Mr.. Blaine
and the Credit Mobilier and Salary Grat
chairmen of the leading committees"
To crown all, that audacious personi
Gcation Of unprincipled knavery, Ben
BUTLER, is pushing through resolution
which will efectually cut off all investi
CATION, Under this happy arrangement
no charges can be investigated but suct
as one OF the cooked-up committee
shall think will do no harm to the party
This will make everything lovely TO
the rings. Having secured the commit
tees, they can revel in "addition" ant
"division," and the adoption of BUTLER
scheme will secure to them impunity ant
"silence."
There are Too many indications tina
the rings, realizing that their time i
short, have determined, while they hav
the power, to hold high carnival.
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pupils Iftheir conversation is light and
tritling, frequently in, erspersed with vul-
garisms and slang phrases, you may be
sure it has been learned from their
teachers. Qualified and competent teach
ers do not permit themselves to use slang
phrases before their pupils Such ex-
pressions are always the index OF vul
gar mind, and are almost as offensive to
good taste ss profanity. Every teacher
should be careful to use good language.
and those under his care and control will
soon acquire habit of talking and writ
ing correctly. Precept and example are
mighty engines in the formation of the
youthful mind.
Whilst cannot say that I approve all
that is contained in the following article,
communicated to the New York Herald,
yet must say there are in it some mat
ters worthy Of attention:
IL was teacher myself twenty-five
years ago, and near me was district
school--the Principal gentleman. He
had large boys seventeen and eighteen
years old. He kept rattan, and used it
freely; he also kept Bible, and this, if
he saw any boys across the school-room
looking little suspicious, he would sling
at their heads. This the boys called 'cir
culating the Scriptures and the Bible
going on a mission Hearing the reports
from this school, made the remark that
believed l could put youLg lady into
that school, pupil of mine, who would
govern it with one finger. One Of the
Trustees, hearing / had made the remark.
came to see me. He said the boys had
taken the teacher up bodily ti.e day be.
fore and carried him out into the street
and set him down there, and that he had
no doubt it was the worst school in the
city. I said, nevertheless, that would
like to try it. The young ladyI had in
my mind belonged to one of the first fam
lilies in the State, and was at home. She
was further advanced in mathematics
than any otherI could recommend.
wrote her all the particulars. She hesita
ted at first, but her father, who was 'ont
of natures noblemen,' urged her TO come
See did, and never had the least trouble
with one Of those BOYS. She kept ne
rattan or anv other whip. The schoo
filed up, and was one of the best disci
plined schools in the city. The reason
was, she could control herself, and hac
government in her eye When she spok'
she was obeyed. There is no govern
ment in the whip; it is mere power th'
stronger holds over the weaker. Th'
man that cannot govern school without
a whip had better be turned into the stree
to break stones
Mr. Editor, these thoughts are hastily
thrown together in order to call on
something from the county teachers OF
the subject of governing schools. Ian
not teacher 10 r.
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France.

PARIS, December 10-Tbe trial Of
Marshal Bazaine, charged with treason
to the French Government in surrender
ing the forts of Metz to the. German
army in the late war, terminated to day.
The court room in the Palace of Tria-
Won was crowded to excess, with an at.
tsntive and interested audience, and the
most impressive silence reigned during
the closing speech of the, Duke Du
Aun1als. Marshal Bazaine, in answer
to a question Of the Court as to his
guilt or innocence, replied that he bore
on his breast the words, "honor and
country" and that he had never betray-
ed either. The Court condemned him
| to death.
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The surrender OF the virs,nius,

WASHINGTON, December 10-When
on the 29th of November last the pro.
tocol was signed by, the Secretary of
State and Admiral Polo, the agreement
was conclusive, ,and required no indorse-
ment of the Governments of the United
States and Spain, as basis had been
previously settled by them. The stip-
ulation Of time, manner and place for
the surrender of the Virginius and the
surviving passengers aud crew was re.
served in the protocol. 1t was signed
on Monday, and the men will be deliv
cred to a United States vessel at San.
tiago de Cuba. The Virginius will be
delivered at some port other than Ha-
vana, on Tuesday next in daylight.
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BY all means let us have the b ,ok.

HOur Elderly Salary Grabber is
placed on the usual number Of commit.
tees: That on Public Buildings and
Grounds, and tha! on Revolutionary
Pensions.
"Puhlic Buildings" OF course includes
the '.Public Crib, place for which he
is emineutly qualified by nature and ex
perience.
As there are only three or four Revo
> lutionary Pensioners left, Mr. SPRAGUE
will have to hustle around among then
right lively to earn his extra five thou
sand dollars. .f
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Certifying Checks.

There is very general inquiry, as we'll
from banks. bankers and individual cred
itors of banks. as to the Limitation and
authority for making checks good
There is such thing as fictitious certifi-
Gates of checks by bank officers. Where
bank, of deposit exist there is an under
standing that the authority OF the off,
GERS ofthose institutions to certify checks
is limited to cases where the bank has
money Of the drawer in hand at the mo-
ment sufficient to cover the check. This
COMMERCIAL rule Congress enforces in the
following law, passed March 8, 1859:
"That it shall be unlawful for any Off
Ger, clerk or agent of any national 5ank
to certify any check drawn upon said
tank unless the person or company draw.
ing said check shall have on deposit in
said bank at the time such check Is certi
fed an amount of money equal to the
amount specified in such check, and any
check 80 certified by duly authorized off,
GERS shall be a good and valid obligation
against such bank and any officer, clerk
or agent of any national bank violating
the provisions of this act shall subject
such bank To the liabilities and proceed
ings on the part of the Comptroller as
provided for in section 80 of the National
Banking law, approved June 8, 1861"
The hftieth section, above referred to
authorizes the Comptroller to close the
affairs Of bank aud appoint receiver
whenever bank fails to pay its circuls
ting notes, ,and is in default. 1t will b
seen that, independently Of any authori
ty the hank may or may not give to it
teller, he is forbidden by laD to certify
any check unless the drawer has at tn
moment that amount of "money" on de
post, and 'money'' is neither bonds, no.
mortgages, nor certificates of stock, bu
only the lawful circulating money of th,
nation. We make this explanation il
answer to inquiries from Sc, eral quar-
ers.-PHtlddelDhia Ledger.
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PRINoEToN, N. j., December l0e-A
package of twenty autograph letters OF
General Washington has Just been dis
covered in this city. More than half
related to the college and General Mer--
Ger who was killed there and to the bat
tie. They were written to Burr's father
and son, and President Witherspoon.7
One relating to General. Mercer, urges
the erection Of monument to, a, gepz
eral who was killed at the battle ot
Princeton.
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CAMBRIDGE, OHIo, Dec 8-Ths boiler
in the saw mill belonging to Alex. Nc.
Nary, one nile east Of here, exploded
this afternoon, making a complete wreck
of the building and instantly killing the
engineer, Joseph Crasser, and boy
named Asbery Burt, who was at the
mill for lumber, also seriously iDjufing
a man named McMqrray. Pieces Of
the mill were thrown five hundred feet.
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> 3wThe power OF the "rings" is evi
fienced by the fact that every aspirant
for the Presidency courts them.
BLAINE had not believed the "rings" to
be stronger than the people, he. would
rot have disregarde,i fitness, and looked
only to Convention-packing power, in
appointing his committees.
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The Saxon Government has just is
sued an order expelling from its terri.
tory all agents of emigration who do
not possess the rights Of German citi-
zenship. The intent is to embarrass
emigration as much 40 possible.
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HThe war cloud sesms to he slowly
vanishing.
This is bad news for the contractors
and suffers, hut the balance of the peo
pie can stand it.
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Noble County Items.
from the Press, ,itA inss]


VIM c. Okey and wife, accompanied
by Joseph Caldwell, Esq, have gone to
Pennsylvania, on brief visit.
Jas. W. Barnes is almost too full. for
utterance-he walks over the tops OF
the tallest trees in this counlry-his
gentle smile is almost "too numerou;
to mention. 1t is girl"
On and after December 18th, Cald
well instead of Sharon, will be the ter.
minus of the mail routes from Camp
bells and Spencers Stations, decreasing
the distance three miles. After Decem
Der 18th, the route from Sharon to Nc
lConneisville will be extended to Cald
well, increasing the distance three miles
The mail will be carried to McConnels
vile twice week, and Sharon will re
ceive tri-weekly mail from this point
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EH Here is specimen of the way the
people in some of the counties of Wiscon-
sin voted at the late election. The fig.
nras hayn a nood look Cor the future:

twill be seen that the Republicans in
these counties hardly polled votes
enough to keep up their organization
An examination of such returns from a
State hitherto strongly Republican will
convince the most skeptical that, if any
party is dying, it is not the Democratic.
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~ Mr.. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, in
his "The Courtin'," has drawn by an
ticipation an exact portrait Of the aver.
age back-pay Congressman of the day
HE stood spell on one foot fust,
Then stood spell on tother, .l
An on which one be felt the wust
He couldn't ha' told ~, nuthsr.r
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9EGRAsr says there will be no war,
and yet he has dispatched to Cuban wa
ters the largest fleet collected in our ma
w since the rebellion ceased.
There win be neat little bill to foot
war or no war.