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EE Proposed amendments 10 the Con
stitulio on are already becoming muititu
dinous in the Legislature. Willonr law
makers please bear in mind that the peo
pie have quite recently, by one-sided
vote, expressed a reasonable degree OF
satisfaction with "the Constitution as it
:"
Furthermore, we much doubt if the
present is good time to present any
amendment to the voters, however desi-
rahle it may seem to be- Ole or two
wears must elapSe before any amendment
can get such q hearing as will probably
secure its success Tie people are evi-
dently not in amending humor.
re- The Annual Message Of Governor
ALLEN is plain, strong, camoact docn.
ment, and will fully meet the high expec-
tations of the people. He gives hrlef
but satisfactory view Of the financial con
.litiun of the State, and makes known tht
workings of the laws, passed at the las
session of the Legislature, sreorganizins
the Benevolent Institutions and the Pen
itentary. From this showing, it is ssuffi
cicntly evident that these laws were no
Ipassed,as was charged by the Republican
papers, solely for the purpose OF legis'a
ting Democrats into Office.
The Governor repeats the much com
mended appeal contained in his Inaugu
raj for shat inexorahle economy whicl
Iproc!aims its existence by accomplished
facts"
He expresses the opinion tliat the'pres
ent session Of the Legislature should b
as short as the public business will allow
and supplement this by presenting yer,
few subjects for legislative action.
The Message is worthy of the man
which ranks livery high.
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EyrA convention Of cotton manu- fac.
turers, held in NV York, few days
ago, resolved to operate their factories
but half the time until scarcity should
bring prices up to more remunerative
figure.
As this is not the first nor the second
nor the tenth time this scheme has been
resorted to BY the monopolists,it should
forever silence their apologists on the
subject of fostering our infant manufac-
lures. The people have been appealed
to with ccaseless importantly to bear the
burden of the tariff until our manufac-
lures should become firmly established,
when it was urged that they would be
willing to compete with foreign goods
on equal terms.
But now the people have paid gratui-
ties to these manufacturers until they
have become sufficiently prolific to over,
stock the market with wares. We we're
promised that whenever this result could
be attained the competition between our
own manufacturers would bring prices
down, and goods would be as cheap q,
if there was no protective tariff.
But what is the result? Whenever
prices begin to come down these pen
stoned monopolists combine together
and cut off the supply until the prict
goes up to the highest point which the
tariff enables them to exact. With thi;
system prevailing how long must We
continue to pay bounties to these grasp
ing monopolists before competition. be
tween themselves will bring prices to
what they ought to be, and what they
would be but for the tariff?
These factories belong to these privi
legged plunderers and they have a right
to close them when they please; but we
think it is not unreasonable to maintain
that they shall not require Congress to
drive away foreign goods by tariff,
while they combine to rob the people
by artiicially increasing the price of do
mestic goods. Congress prevents for
eign competition, these combinations
prevent domestic competition; there is
therefore no competition and the system
becomes neither more nor less than q
plundering monopoly.
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Several Republican papers are
making themselves ridiculous by arguing
as solemnly as owls that il the Democrats
gain the power they will pay the rebel
war losses. 1t ought to be a sufficient an.
swer to all this tom-foolery that such Q
thing is utterly impossible under tie Con
stitution. If JEFF DAVIS were President
and hal the Confederate Congress in
the Capitol, and if all this was backed up
by unanimous public sentiment, the
Constitution OF the United States would
have to be amended before one dollar OF
those losses could be paid. Read the
fourteenth amendment, and stop your
nonsense.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-12-08

The Milwaukee creditors Of Oliver
Dalrymple, the largest wheat farmer in
Minnesota, have filed petition in the
United States Court that he be declar-
ed bankrupt The amount of his in
debtedness to these parties is alleged
to be $4,000, all of notes unpaid and
long past due.
Ben Butler. accounts for his defeat
by saying the Republican vote fell off
less in his district than in any other in
Massachusetts; that there were ten
thousand men in it out of employment,
and be thinks Grants veto of the Cur
rency Bill did the mischief.
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front of his knees and elbows had be-
come hardened from going on all fonrs
with the wolves. In November, 1850.
Capt. Nicholetts ordered this boy to be
sent to Col. Sleeman, but he got alarm
ed and ran to jungle.
The same applies to third case'
voucbed for by the Rsjah of Hasunpoor,
which adds, however, nothing essential,
except that the boy, as seen by him IN
1S43, had actually short hair all over
his body, which disappeared when he
took to eating salt He could walk on
his legs, but he could not speak. He
could be made to understand signs very
well, but would utter sounds like wild
animals.
Another, fourth case, however, is
vouched for again by European Wit
nesses. Col. Gray, who commanded
the First Dude Local Infantry at
Sultanpoor, and Mrs. Gray, and all the
officers OF the place, saw a boy who in
lS43 had been caught while trotting
along on all fours by the side Of wolf.
at last ran away into the jungle.
! OTHER CASES.
A fifth case rests on the evidence Of
respectable landholder of Bankeeooor,
in the estate of Hasunpoor (called
Zooltukar Khan). Here, too. the boy,
who had beer six years old when car
ried otf,aDd was ten when rescued, could
not be brought to speak, though it WAS
easy to communicate with him hy signs.
Another statement Of wolf hoy is
given, but as it rests on native evidence
only, l will oEly add that this boy alsos
when caught, walked on all fours, ate
raw meat, and smelt like wolf. He.
was treated kindly, but though be-
learnt to behave better and walk up-
rightly, he never could understand or
utter word, though be seemed to un-
ders!and signs. One witness states
that he uttered the name of little girl
that had been kind to him Aboodeea J,
and that he showed some kind Of at
tachment to her; but this sentimental
trait is not confirmed by other witness
es
There are other cases, but those which
have selected are to my mind the best
attested. They all share one feature in
common, which is of Importance to the
student of language more even than to
the student of mythology, viz, the
speechlessness of these wolf children.
1t was this fact, more than the bearing
of these stories on problem of my
thology, which first made me collect the
evidence here produced.
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Ey have once alluded to the social
power of the great scandal in Brooklyn.
Plymouth Church has beena power for
twenty-five years. 1t has had foremost
placein music, art and amusement, in the
benevolent and religious movements Of
society. The prominent part taken in the
scandal by DR., Storrs and others makes
it impossible that collision should not
take place. So the beginning has come.
The Adelphia Academy is a prominent
literary institution in the city. Homer
B. Sprague, the principal. is an eminent
educator. He member of Rev. Mr..
Budington's Church, but he was a fast
friend of Mr.. Beeeher, and said So On
this account Mr.. Burlington resigned his
position us President and left the Board
of Trustees. He also took his son from
the academy. A yearly course of lee
tures has been maintained, This year,as
usual, course was laid out, aud Mr..
Beecher's name put on the list. The
Trustees struck his name off Then Mr.
Sprague resigned. and the end is not yet.
-Ne,c York Letter. s.
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Another Good Man Leaves BOs-
1Dn.

BosroN, Nov. 30.-The will of the late
Moses Day disposes Of 100000 worth
of property and hequeaths $4,000 to
various educational and charitable insti.
tutions. He gives $4,000 each to Am
herst, Williams, Harvard and Tufts Col
leges, and provides for the expenditure
of $4,000 for charitable purposes and
the extension Of Christ's kingdom on
oarfb
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~The obituaries Of the great Super

~T The obituaries Of the great Super
vising Architect were wasted MULLErI
is worth half dozen dead ringsters yet
His resignation was accepted, but Boss
SHEPHERD went to see GRANT about it.
and The result is that the resignation is
accepted to take effect on the appoint
ment of his successor. 1t is about three
years since brother-in.law CAsEY's resig
nation was accepted on the same terms
and lie draws his salary to this day.
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Beauties of the Jury System.

WILMINGTON, DEL, Nov. 30.-One OF
The jurors in the trial of Taylor, who was
acquitted Of the murder Of Mackey, al
New Castle, on Friday, states that if the
jury had been polled on the rendition OF
the verdict, four of their number would
have refused their assent to it. After
fasting 5S hours, they agreed to remain
silent, while the others gave their verdict
but if asked individually, would have dis
agreed with the majority.
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wGRANr is no doubt 1bbed about
more or less, but it is difficult to resist the
evidence presented to prove that he used
bis personal.a and official influence to Sc
cure the acquittal Of the bogus safe bur-
glars.
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~Some smbitious Congressman
supposing BUTLER to be about dead, may
thinkto get alittle cheap notoriety by
giving him kick The chances are ten
10 one that that Congressman will, meta
phorically speaking, carry sore head
during the balance Of the session. Old
BRH is jnstmad enough to hit hard.
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@ There are more men out of en-
ployment in New York now than at any
other time in its history. Would it be
impertinent to inquireif il further con-
traction Of the currency wouldn't be like.
ly to afford them employment7 II we
rightly understand the advocates of that
policy it is certain cure for such com
plairts.
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W People can't raise money with
which to pay their taxes A further con
traction Of the currency is therefore de-
mandeti by the contractionists. Just how
this would remedy matters great many
people can't tell /; but that is because they
are not great linanciers-like GRANT for
instance. m
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GFA government vessel was detailed,
the other day, to take young GRANT and
bis wife on pleasure excursion down
the Potomac. Is not that rather an i'm
provement on the Attorney Generals
landaulety
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wA number Of members OF Con-
gress have been for some time in Wash
inston stocking the cards and fixing
things up generally for their own candi-
date for President, and setting dead falls
for the candidate Of the "other fellows"
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WOodsfield, Dee. s. 1874.
W Congress met yesterday. Monday
A lively session is anticipated.

SThe Philadelphia Press has not
been sold to Col. MCCLURE after all the
gossip about it. FoRsEY still owns the
1.-TWO papers. both,daily," the influence of
which he tried to barter to ANDY JOHNSON.
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The japanese Postoflice Department
has dccreed fine Of one hundred and
fifty dollars for wlongfully opening any
letter.
No bids for The supply of tobacco to
the Italian Government will be asked
for This fiscal year. The Tobacco Ad-
ministration gives notice that it has
sufficient stock for 1875.
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H-A resolution has been introduced
in the Legislature asking that the Com
mittee on Hospitals for the Insane in
quire, among other things, why it costs so
much more to keep lunatics at Athens
than at Dayton.
We can guess that conudrup the first
trial.
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The Whole western Country

Can now be easily reached by the ALLAN
TIC AND PACIFIC, and MIssouI PAcIfIc
Railroads and their rail, stage and steam.
boat connections. These lines commence
at st. Louis, at which point the Mississip-
pi River is crossed by the most magnif-
cent Steel Bridge in the ,corld, and trav.
erse the whole length of Central and
Southwest Missouri. and portion of
Kansas and the Indian Territory, and
thus furnish to the businessman, pleas
ure-seeker and the elnigrant, the most di-
rect and comfortable route to all points in
Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New
Mexico, Nebraska, Utah. Wyoming, Cal
ifornia, Oregon and the whole Pacific
Slope. Superior inducements are offered
for those seeking new homes in the Far
West, and the transportation facilities are
unequaled by any western road. Every
body going West should give these roads
trial, and be convinced that the Missou-
ri Pacific Through Line and the allan
tic and Pacific Short Line are the really
popular thoroughfares of travel. For
maps, time tables, information as to
rates, routes, etc., address S. H. THoMP-
SON, Eastern Passenger Agent, Union De-
pot, Columbus, Ohio, or E. A FORD, Cen
eral Passenger Agent, st. Louis, Mo-
Questions ,cill be cheerfally and promptly
anS,Uered.
The Great Southwest!
To all persons desiring HOMES in the
great and prosperous West. the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company gives q
cordial invitation to visit its lands in CEN
TRIAL and SOUTHWEST Missouri, which
possess all the requirements of good
climate, good soil, good mater, and.good
health, with long and cool summers, and
short and mild winters.
100000 acres of Prairie and
Timber Lands are offered for sale at low
price and on long time-terms, in fact,
madeto suit purchasers, who are furnish
ed with Free Transportation from St.
Louis to the lands, at the Company's OF
ice in st. Louis.
For particulars in pamphlets with
maps, address A. L. DEAsE, Land Com
missioner, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Company, % South 4th street, St. Louis,
Mo. oct6, '74m3.
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Two hundred and forty-two Mennon-
ties who arrived on the steamship Ne
derland are quartered in Philadelphia.
They will winter in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, ,and afterward seek homes
in the West.
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From the Cambridge (O.) Jefersonian, Dee. 9
Another Saw MIL Horror.

At about half-past 10 O'Clock on
Wednesday morning OF. last week, the
engine OF the portable.saw mill owned
by John ST. Clair and Morgan Hays, of
Cumberland, this county, and situated ON
the farm OF jordan 81 miles southeast of
the village, exploded with terrible effect,
Instantly killing the engineer and one OF
| the crankmen, seriously injnring three
others and slightly bruising another, de-
molishing the machinery and carrying
destruction to everything in the vicinity
THE KILLED.
Ois Sellers, the engineer, was instant
ly killed. Every article of his clothing
was torn from his body, with the excep
tion Of his socks, and portion OF his
shirt which was turned over his head and
hanging by one wrisiband to his arm =
The entire top OF his head was blown
off and his brains thrown distance oi
two feet. A piece Of his skull, from
which all the flesh was torn asif scraped
with knife, was found some distance
from his body His entire body was
horribly scalded and his back, arms and
legs were broken.
Huff Sthrivener, whose position as
crankman placed him several feet from
the engine, was shocIiingly mangled, and
his body thrown some distance and i'm
beded in the bank of saw dust Both
his legs were torn off at the, knees, one
arm was cut off,nearly every bone in his
body was crushed, and his remains were
literally mass Of quivering jelly.
B 'th these parties were young men,
and each was engaged and expected to
be married during the holidays. Sellers
parents r side in Frede iektown, Knox
County, whittier his remains were taken
on Thursday. He was about % years
of age. Sthrivener lived with his broth.
er and sister near Hiramsburg, in Noble
| County.
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EFWe were on steamer in Long Is.
land sound. bound for New York. On
board was John Quincy Adams, thena
member of Congress, on his way TO WASH
ington. 1t was ijustafter the election Of
James X. Polk to the Presidency, in the
fall of 1S44 "The old man eloquent
was talking to crowd of men who had
gathered around himto hear what he had
to say about the result of the then recent
election, when an elderly lady with white
cap on her head, ametremblingly along,
rising on tiptoe, and, stretching her head
over the shoulders of the men who stood
between her and the speaker, exclaimed,
"Don't you think, Mr. Adams, this is the
last President we shallhave ?" "It may
be; it may De, madam," was the reply
The old lady turned away, and Mr.. Ad.
ans, turning his face to the crowd, re-
marked in an undertone, at is probably
the last President she win have. Fitch.
burg Sentinel.
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THE INJURED

Morgan Hays was badly bruised about
the head and breast, and was, at first,
thought to be dangerously wounded, but
he is now considered out of danger, and
in fair way to speedily recover. Henry
Hamilton was very badly scalded about
the head, and received severe bruises on
the breast and thigh He, also, will re
cover. Gillespie McElroy had leg
crushed below the knee, and as he is pas,
60 years of age, his condition is consid-
cred very critical. John St. Clair re.
ceived slight bruises, but was badly pros
trated by the shock.
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The British Minister has been notified
that the English employed in the Naval
service of Japan, in case of war, must
resign their positions. They in return
have notified the Government that in
such event, they will claim the annexed
balance on the contrsc's, which demand
will be rejected as preposterous.
The receipts for internal Revenue
for November are SS,606, 1902 80. Last
year, in the height of the panic, they
were only S6,7l3,579 49, The Bureau
officers here expect Sl09,000,000 for
the fiscal year, and are decidedly jubi'
liant.
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$222,656 So
OUTSTANDING November Is,

Outstanding November Is,
1874, S7,9SS,205 80
Of the amount outstanding on the
18th of November, the sum of So, 1865
he'd ceased to draw interest, the holders
thereof having been notified to surren-
der their stock for redemption, so that
the interest bearing funded debt of the
State is 81 ,965,S 30.
The funded debt is divided as follows: !:
Foreign debt, payable in
New York City, S7,9s6,540 80
Domestic debt, payable in
Columbus, 1865 90
Total, $685. ,205 30
The local indebtedness of the State
on the lst day of September, 1874, was
as follows:
Debts of counties, $3,4S2,5 ,575 81
Debts of townships, inclu.
ding debts created by
boards of education other
than for separate school
districts 500. 1889 Os
Debts of cities (fi:st and
second class 1899, l12 SO
Debts of Incorporated will
ages SS4, 1858 Is
Debts of school districts
| Especially 1,29O,62a 50
Total, $21,SS6,007 36
Meigs county has not reported. a.
The amount of re imbursable debt
therefore, is
State. s7,9SS,2O5 80
Local, 2l,SS6,O07 SO
Total, .. S29,S74,2l2 66
Irreducible debt, 4,l22,99l Sc
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOY.

So far the evidence rests on native
witnesses, and might be considered as
more or less doubtful. But the boy,
after having spent short time with the
Rajah of Hasunpoor, was afterward
forwarded to Capt. Nicholetts, the Eu-
ropean officer commanding the First
Regiment of Dude Local Infantry at
Sultanpoor. Capt. Nicholetts made
him over to the charge of his servants,
and their accounts completely confirm
what was stated before The wolf
child would devour anything, but pre-
ferred raw meat. He once ate half q
lamb without any effort He never
kept on any kind of clothing, and q
quilt stuffed with cotton, given to him
in the cold weather, was torn by him
and partly swallowed.
In letter dated the 18th and 10th OF
September, 1850, Capt. Nicholetts in
formed Col Sleeman that the hov had
died in the latter end of August He
had never been known to laugh or
smile. He formed no attachment, and
seemed to understand little of what was
said to him. He was about nine years
old when found, and lived about three
years afterward. He would run ou all
fours, but occasionally he walked up.
rightly. He never spoke; but when he
was hungry he pointed to his mouth
Only within few minutes before his
death the servants relate that he put his
hands to his head, and said sit ached,'
and asked for water; he drank it, and
died
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A REMARKABLE CASE.

Another instance happened at Chupra
In March, lS4S, a man and his wife
went out to cut their crop of wheat
The woman was leading her boy, who
had lately recovered from severe scald
on the left knee While his parents
were engaged the child was carried of
by wolf. In 1S49 wolf with three
cubs was seen about ten miles from
Chupra, followed by a boy. The boy
after fierce resistance was caught, and
was recognized by the poor cultivator
widow by tue mark of scald on the
left knee, and three marks of the teetl
of an animal on each side of his back
He would eat nothing but raw fesb,anc
could never be brought to speak. He
used to mutter something, but never ar
ticulated any word distinctly. Thu
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Aggregate debts in Ohio
| Estate, local, and trust
tunds) S33 ,997, ,204 50
The local Indebtedness in this state
ment is reckoned 20 September L, 1874.
and the State debt. to November Is,
1874.
The balance in the State
Treasury on the 10Th day
of November, 1873, was S129,5S6 AZ
The receipts, including
transfers of S125,956 81,
for the fiscal year ending
Nov. Is, 1874, were 5,S94,745 81
Total amount of funds in
the Treasury for the year S6,O24,332 O9
The disbursements, inclu-
ding transfers, during the
year have been 5,211,934 80
Balance in the Treasury
November 10, 1874 SS12,397 l9
The Auditor Of State estimates the
receipts, including balance on hand
November Is, 1874, for the current
year, from all sources, as follows:
Revenue Fund s1,o46,732 %
As, lum 1,S39,42S 81
Sinking 1,752,739 80
School. 1,707,I27 50
Nal Road f" $4,000 90
Total estimated receipts, $6,364,02S 81
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Balance in the Treasury

Total estimated receipts, S6,364,02S 81
The disbursements at
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lebtedness of the State
Of September, 1874, was