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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-05-25
The Death of Gen, Polk,

Sherman kept pushing his way down
toward Atlanta 1t was in this campaign
that the rebel General Leonidas Polk, who
had been Bishop of the Southern Epis.
copal Church, lost his life. The story of
his DEATHS one of the dramatic incidents
of the war, reminding US of the death of
the famous French General Moreau, who
was killed by shot from battery which
had been fired by the special order of Ma.
poleon. On June IA, Gen. Sherman in
conversation with Gen Howard, observ-
ed at distance of 500 yards a group Of
Confederate officers, evidently watching
the Federal troops through glasses
Sherman called Gen. Howard's attention
to this group and ordered him to compel
it to keep behind its cover. Howard an
swered that his orders from Gen. Thomas
were to spare artillery ammunition. -
THAT was right according to the general
policy" says Sherman. Il explained to
him that we must keep up the morale of
the bold offensive that he must use his
artillery to force the enemy to remain on
the timid defensive, and ordered him to
cause a battery close by to fire three vol
tleys." One of these volleys killed Gen
Polk. Gen: Johnston afterward explain
ed to Gen. Sherman the exact manner of
Gen. Folks death He had ridden to
Pine Mountain, accompanied by Gene
rails Hardee aud Polk. He noticed the
preparation Of Sherman's battery to fire
and caused the soldiers to scatter. "They
did so" says Johnston, "and he likewise
hurried behind the parapet, from which
he mad an equally good view of the posi-
tion, but Gen. Polk, who was dignifed
and corpulent, walked slowly, not wish
ing to appear too hurried or cautious in
the presence of the men, and was struck
across the breast by an unexploded shell,
which killed him instantly" sit has
been charged" says Sherman, "that l
fred the shot which killed Gen. Polk, and
that / knew it was directed against that
General. The fact is, that at that dis.
tance We could not even tell that the
group were officers at all. / was on
horseback couple Of hundred yards off
before my orders to fire were executed,
and had no idea that our shot had taken
effect. ."-Herald's Reuie,c of Shermaa's
Memoirs.
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Death of Gen. Breckenridge.

LEXINGTON, May l7.-Gen. John c.
Breckenridge died in this city this even
ing of abcess of the liver, combined
with consumption. His last hours were
quiet and peaceful. Sunday night be
spent a restless time, and sent during
the night for his regular physician, who
administered an opiate to the sufferer,
after which he slept until late this morn
ing, then he was visited by DR.. Louis
A. Sayer, of New York, who dressed
the wound made by the operation on
Monday of last week. The doctor
seeing that a discharge was taking place
from the wound, expressed himself hope
full of the patients rapid recovery with
proper attention. After this he took
some nourishment, but at o'clock in
the afternoon, change for the worse
was perceptible, and his friends became
alarmed Stimulants were administer
ed, but without success. He sank rap
idly until near o'clock, when he be-
came speechless, and he died at fifteen
minutes of six fie was conscious, ap-
parently, up to within few moments
of his death. There was nothing os
tentatious in the manner with which the
sufferer met his fate. He died as he
lived, modest and brave. The only al.
lusions he made to death were once af-
ter the operation was performed on him
last week by Drs. Sayre and Gross, when
he said that he felt so comfortable he
believed modification had set in. And
again, his will was made the next day
by Mr.. James B. Beck, in which he
used these words: "After all my just
debts, which are few and small, and the
expense of a modest funeral are paid,
DESIRE" DC.
Around the death bed of the Gen
eral were his wife, two daughters, a sor
and few other immediate relatives Ir
accordance with the wish of the deceas
ed and the desire of the family, the fu
neral will be a modest one. i. will take
place on Wednesday evening at foul
o'clock. The death of General Breck
enridge has cast gloom over this com
munity, where he was much loved fol
his many estimahle qualities.
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~The announcement of the death
of JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE brings to many
minds sadness not much deeper than
that caused by the mere mention of his
name within the last ten years. To name
him has been to awaken memories Of the
time when every member of his party ex-
ulted in his brilliant prospects, bat with
these memories has been inseparably as.
sociated the sorrow and shame of his un.
faithfulness 10 his country.
His first great blunder was accepting
the leadership of faction of the Demo
cratic party, thus leading to the defeat o.
that party, and to the events which
brought about secession. His final and
most fatal step was in following his views
to their logical consequences, which
placed him in the Rebel army.
Since the war he has partly atoned fol
the evil he so greatly aided in causing, b,
Withdrawing from public life, and using
his influence at all times for establishing
more friendly relations between thu
North and South, and between the White!
and Blacks.
II he had died fifteen years ago, hi
fame would have adorned one of histo
rvs brightest pages.
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FIRE AT FAIR OAKS We regret to
learn Of the calamity that has befallen
our enterprising friend, Mr.. George M.
Jewett. His stables at Putnam, Ohio,
were burned on Friday night, and five
valuable horses perished in the flames.
Two of these, Billy Golding and AL
bane, the first the property of Frank
Mason, the latter of Mr.. Jewett, have
done better than 2:30 on the track
Each of these horses was valued at S3,-
000 Charles H. Moore's mare, Belle
Moore, of Columbus, valued at $4,000,
a fast trotter, was lost. Total loss Sl5-
600; uninsured. The stables contained
fifteen horses, nearly all thoroughbred.
1t is not known how the fire originated
supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary.-Enterprise.
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The potato bug has made its appear
.nce in certain parts of Maryland, and


ance in certain parts of Maryland, and
has already begun to work its ravages.
Anumber of convicts at Sing Sing
leaped on q train that was passing
through the prison yard, overpowered
the engineer and fireman, unloosed the
engine from the train and sped away with
a terrible rapidity. The. Superintendent
of the line at once telegraphed to the
switch:tender of the next station to run
No. l9 into the river. Horror-struck at
the announcement, but believing some
dire necessity demanded it, he opened his
switch and tremblingly awaited the result
But No. 10 did not arrive. Three miles
out from Sing Sing the heads blew ont of
the steam chest, and the conyicts all e.
capped to the woods, and none of them
have as yet been recaptured.
An old woman bade her daughter good
by in the Rochester depot, saying: "It
isn'tlikely l will ever see you again-lm
getting so Old" She was starting for her
home in Chicago, and as the train started
she put her head out of the car window
to catch final glimpse of her relative -
The daughter was standing on an ada
cent track, waving her handkerchief. A
locomotive dashed in and overrun her land
the last that the mother saw, as her train
moved out Of the depot,was tue mangled
corpse Of her daughter The grief Of
the poor old woman was frantically eX-
pressed. Al the first station she got out
and returned 10 X chester.
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Number of Acres OF Land Owned
In Monroe County I'm 1874.

The returns show the total number of
acres owned in this county, as follows:
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Chairman, Dem. Central Committee.
Fl. r. WEST, Secretary.
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FThe Grand Jury reported to the
Coult on Yesterday wednesday, the
following bills of Indictment, visited the
Jail, AMI were discharged:
VIM. Verbeck, Grand larceny; Da.
vid Neal, Assault and Battery; Alber.
tns Howard, e cases) Assault; VIM
Meyers, Petit Larceny: Simpson
Moore, Violating 4th Section LIQUOR
Law Neal and Meyers entered q pie,
of guilty and were sentenced by the
Court.--Belmont Chronicle, 10Th inst.
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RThe GEaHAs bill is right in princi.
pie. Not all the clamor of all the Know
Nothing organs in the State shall deter
us from making this avowal.
Itsimply provides that any prisoners
may receive spiritual ministrations from
clergymen of the church of their choice.
Why should there be a law to bar the
door of dying Catholic against the en-
trance of his priest? Or if Catholics
should by chance get control of any OF
our public institutions, why should they
be authorized by law to exclude Protest
ant clergymen?
We have read column after column OF
structures on the GEGHAN bill, and have
yet to see the first objection to it which
deserves better name than that of ma
lignant Know Nothing bigotry
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| Written for The Spirit of Democracy
ErOIn Adams Township.

IRISH RIDGE, MONROE Co, ONO J
May 30, 1875.
ED. SPIRIT: Not having seen anything
from this part of the county, thought
would send you few lines to inform YOU
how we were prospcring.
The wheat cropis not so badly injured
by the late freezing as was thought; there
will be fair crop Oats look well; corn
about all planted; tobacco plants are
scarce; fruit is about all killed.
There are some improvements going
on out here, if times are hard. T. II. Fay.
inr is building a tobacco house for pack.
ing it will be great accommodation to
this neighborhood. Thomas Morrow is
building a fine dwelling house. G T.
MnIfarrand- 10 also building q uWeIHno
house.
Candidates are plentiful. Boys, don't
tell tales on each other. J r.
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The total valuation of 1874 was S.
S09, ,S05; the increase is S38,2S3.
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EgThe "big banana" which it was
supposed The Civil Rights act opened up
for the Negroes, does not pan out WE'LL
Soon after its passage number of en-.
Iterprising colored citizens undertook to
realize on their interest in the law, by
crowding into places from which they
hoped to be elected, but even the usually
subservient Federal Courts have not been
able and willing to turn the stream OF
money into their pockets.
The result is that the Negroes have
nearly ceased to use the law as specula-
ton; the irritation caused by it is subsid-
ing as it becomes dead letter; and Ne
groes who behave themselves, find that
the law was but useless bit of spite, spit
at the Southerners for not voting the
Radical ticket.
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re" Mr.. ATKINSON and his few adhe.
rents are making most unscrupulous
and Sindictivc war against the B. & S.
W. railroad.
Let them war away. How is he 10
prevent the construction of the road
when the people along the line have the
money and the mind to bald il?
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Phila delphIa wool market.

May 21.-Wool-Quiet and steady ;
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
double extra and above 524@55c; me
dium 55c; coarse 45@60c; New York,
Indiana and Western fine 48@50c; me-
dunn 55@56c; coarse 45@50c; combing
washed 60@65c; combing unwashed
45@46c; fine unwashed 35@37c; coarse
and medium unwashed 36@42Ac; tub
washed 55c; extra and merino pulled
42@50c; No. and superfne pulled
IolmE,1o sfRf
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Baltimore Live Stock Market.

CATTLE-Market during the early
part of the week was dull and prices q
shade lower, but closed active and a
shade higher than last week: very best,
6 25@7 30; first quality, 25@6 25 !;
medium or good fair quality, A 50@5
25; ordinary thin steers, oxen and cows,
4@4 so; most of the sales at 25@6 so.
Receipts, 1,l52 head; sales, 1,149 head.
HOGS-Dull during the week, and
declined &c, closing with tendency
downward fair to choice, 10@llc.-
Receipts, 4,670 head.
SHEEP-Dull; range from 4@5 so.
Lambs in fair demand at 2 50@5. Re-
ceipts, 1857 head. ~
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w Mr. ATKINSON villifies Woods6eld
in language which in any respectable
newspaper would have to be represented
chiefly by dashes.
Woodsfeld respectfully declined to re-
solve herself into an implement for with
drawing Mr.. ATKINsoN's chestnuts from
the FIRE.
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Ey One third OF BelIai4e's auo,a

Es One third OF BelIahe's euota oI
stock TO the B II 5 W railroad has been
subscribed, and tits believed that the re-
mainder will be made UP in two weeks.
Beallsvile is now preparing for thor
ough and efficient work. anil we shall cx,
pect good accounts from there They
mean business There is more unanimily
an,l more earnestness among them than
there has been at anv time heretofore.
The Woodsdeld section is in the
charge of men whose zeal and energy
guarantees success. In their lexicon
there is no such world as ''fail"
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~Hon. JESSE u. BR1eBr

~ Hon. JESSE D. BRIGHT died last
week. 1t will be remembered that he
was expelled from the Senate, while rep.
resenting Indiana, for writing letter to
JEFF. DAVIS, at the commencement ot
the war.
1t may be questionable whether the
grounds on which he was expelled were
entirely sufficient, but there is no doubt
that bis feelings were strongly on the
side of the South.
He was a man Of very considerable
ability, having some talents, and an un-
usual share of force and energy.
The latter years OF his life were spent
in Kentucky, among people whose views
were in harmony with his own.
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Three Children Burned to Death.

OMAHA, May 1S-On Sunday night
Mr.. Mcpherson, living eight miles east
of Columbus, Nebraska, was away from
home visiting some friends, accompanied
by his wife. They left four children at
home aged 4, 6, IL and IA years. During
the absence of the parents the house took
fire, and three of the children were burn
ed to death. The circumstances indicate
that the fire commenced outside, SO it
must have been the work of an incendi-
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TO Contractors.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sealed Propo-
lN sails will be received at the Office OF the
Township Clerk of Lee township, Monroe
county, Ohio, until
Wednesday, June Is, 1875,
At noon, for the building of a School House
in the town OF Sardis.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
Office of the Township Clerk.
By order of the Board of Education OF said
township. WILSON MARTIN, TIP. Clerk.
mayiS, 7S,d. sardis, Monroe Co, Ohio
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H One of the most skilled officers in
the government service states that three
tenths Of the aggregate amount of goods
imported into New York are smuggled.
The scamps who are raking down mil
lions of dollars every year by this ras-
cality are not likely to clamor loudly for
change in the administration.
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Democratic Convention Ticket
SATURDAY. JUNE 5, 1875.

RESOLVED, That men who supper
ted the Democratic State Ticket at
the preceding general election; Dem
ocrats who move into the county
and will be legal voters at the next
general election; young men known
to be Democrats who will be of age
in time to vote at the next general
election, and Democratic foreigners
who may be entitled to naturaliza-
ton papers in time to vote at the
next election, shall be entitled to
vote.
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Grasshopper Ravages.

ST. LOUIS, May 1S.-A Kansas City
special to the Republican says that far
mers from various parts Of Jackson and
Clay Counties continue to bring in news
of ravages of grasshoppers. Grass has
been nearly destroyed, and wheat and
oats have suffered terribly; the only sal
vation is their departure, which many are
making, and thousands are dying, the
ground being covered in many places -
The crops in Kansas beyond the western
tier of counties are excellent.
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Cincinnati Live stock Market.

CATTLE-Sales ranged as follows
common grades 94@4tc, fair to medium
4a@5ac, and good to extra 6t96 60c.
HOGS-Common 1907 rs, fair to
medium 40@7 so, and good to extra
Z 90@S 25.
SHEEP-Market quiet and firm at
from 75@5 for sheared and 5 25@6
for wooled. Lambs in good demand at
2 50aS so per head according to quality.
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County Correspondence
" ritten for The Spirit of Democracy
From Salem Township.

CLARINGToN, Ono, May 10, 1875
Ed. SPIRIT: The German Evangelical
Church Of Clarington, desire, through
your columns, to thank the citizens OF
Woodstield and Cameron for "aid and
comfort given, by way of liberal sub.
scrip'ions to their Builling Fund.
May the bread" thus least upon the
waters by them, our friends, be found
after many days" in enduring abund
ance PETER URpMAS,
JACOB FoEHR,
GEORGE AMTHAvER,
JACOB RoEMER,
Trustees.
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EY The Democratic State Central
Committee urges the attendance of large
delegations from every county to the
State Convention, which is to be held on
the i7lh of June,
1t is believed that the ratification meet
ing 10 he held in the evening, will surpass
anything of the kind ever known in The
State. All The foremost men of the par
ty in Ohio, and maay from other States
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E After learning the results of the
meeting at Beallsville, on Saturday, we
desire to repeat what we have said else
where: Those best informed on the cub
jcct have fuller confidence in the early
completion of the B. d S. w. railroad
than they have ever had heretofore.
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w Vice President WILSON has been
travelling through several of the South
ern States. His statements as to the
peace and good order prevailing there
confirm the reports of all trustworthy
men who have visited that section
Willie be charged with treachery, and
be read out of the party ?
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Chicago Cattle Market.

May 20.
CATTLE-Common to extra ship.
ping. 5 50@6 rs; good steers sold at
5 S0@5 80.
HOGS-Common to choice, 7@S 10,
chiefly at I 25@7 go; closed with pens
full.
SHEEP-Sales quick at strong prices,
shorn, sos so: unshorn, 50@6 75
sales mostly at 25@6 %.
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Whenever the active friends of
ATKINsoNs road, on the Northwest side
Of our county, get in frame of mind to
receive it kindly, we will undertake 20
show them that they have been the vic
tins of misplaced confidence.
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There is fair prospect that all
the stock necessary to secure the B & s.
w. road will be subscribed within few
weeks. A little more of Mr.. ATKlNsoN's
style Of opposition would reduce the
time to few days.
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re- The puerile personal attacks of the
Monroe Democrat on the publisher OF
this paper are unworthy Of any respecta-
BILE newspaper. They refer, usually, to
purely private affairs, in which the public
can have no possible interest, and have
neither truth enough, nor wit enough, to
excuse the gross impropriety Of their
publication. Weknow ofno other news
paper which INDUCES in such practices.
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wAnd now the Republican papers
of this State are quarreling about the
propriety Of declaring in their platform
against a third term for GRANT.
One side thinks they will be beaten il
they 90; the other side thinks they will
be beaten if they do not.
Both sides are correct
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From the Daily Register
Wheeling Cattle Market.

CHRIsTMAN SToCK YARDs)
May 10, 1875
All that offered were bought up, how
ever, by our city butchers.
BEEF CATTLE-The sales include
"a head of COWS and steers. at prices
ranging from 5@6 SO per 100 pounds,
according to quality.
HOGS-Are in good demand, and all
offered find quick sales at to SIC per
pound Sales of 81 head are reported.
SHEEP-Are in demand at &c PER
pound. Sales of 2S head are reported
for the week.
LAMBS-Are scarce and in demand
The butchers take all that offer at &C.
Nine head were sold during the week.
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EEWe can't tell the Republicans
where to find candidate who can beat
old BILL ALLEN, but we csn tell them
where to find Republican voters who
don't want him beaten.
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ETItis well to bear in mind just now,
that the man who will use dishones,
means to obtain an Office, is the kind OF
man who will use an Office dishonesty
after be gets il.
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wThe shallow pretense that there is
among the officers of this county, or those
who associate with them, "Ring," or
anything bearing the faintest resem-
blance to a Ring" is bald bit of dema-
gogueism. which any intelligent man
should be ashamed to employ. 1t is a
discredit to any but ignorant hrawlers.
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For Representative,
James Watson.

For Representative,
James Watson.
Auditor,
Philip Schumacher, Jr.
William Weddle ..
Daniel Neuhart, Sr.
Stephen A. Atkinson.
William H. Booth.
Richard X. Walton.
Treasurer, tsa
w. 7. Morris.
Sheriff,
Thomas 0. Little.
Probate Judge,
James r. Morris.
Prosecuting Attorney,
"A. j. Pearson.
John B. briggs.
Commissioner.
David Lentz.
George Harvey Huffman. /,
l. D Riley.
Infrmary Director.
Jacob Drum. T
Robert McCammon.
Coroner.
John Muhleman.
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EFIf Secretary BRIsrow does not
speedily cease operations he will give
color to the suspicion that this is not the
purest administration the world eversaw
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Wool,

This county can be male one of the
sheep growing counties of Ohio, and
that production puts cash into the farm
ers pocket at season Of the year when
there is very little else beside wool to
sell. The crop of 1874 foots up as fol-
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The Sorghum Crop.

The production of sorghum has be-
come quite an item in Monroe County,
The number of acres planted, pounds Of
sugar and gallons of syrup produced ip
| 1874 ia ahown helow.
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GTThe widow of the late President
LINCOLN has been adjndged insane, and
her property, worth 100000, placed in
the custody Of her sor.
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Monroe County should be represented
by a score, or at least by dozen, Of her
leading citizens. The expenses of the
trip from Woodstield need not much ex
ceed twelve dollars for each delegate.
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With all their discouragements the
farmers have at least a fair prospect Of
good prices this Fall for their products.
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w Secretary BRIsrow gets credit for
the raid on the Whisky Ring. GRANT
shares the credit until be gets to the word
ssRing."