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Gov Brown. OF Tennessee, on the
Louisiana Outrage.

Nashville, Jan. Gov. Brown in
his message says: aPermit me to ex-
press my congratulations that unlike the
Legislative assemblies of one of our sis
ter States, you have been allowed to as
semblc peacefully, and to perfect your
organiz ,tion without intimidation; no
military force surrounds your capital or
drives from their seats the rightful rep
rcsentatives of the people. The edlct
of petty tyranny does not here avail to
disperse the State Legislature, yet the
immunity from such an outrage just non,
has been made the more conspicuous by
the spectacle of Louisiana trampled un
der foot and destitute of her liberties (; ii
VIC may credit reports that reach us
through the daily press, and which seem
to have the sanction of official authori
ty, the power of the national government
through its military arm is being used
for the subversion of all the liberties the
people of Louisiana have right to hold
dear. Possibly it is not in your power
to do more than interpose solemn and
earnest protest against this glowing
crime. yet, if this be all that the Repre-
sentatives of so valorous State as Ten
nessee can do, / trust that your protest
may be made with such emphasis and
earnestness as to arrest the attertion of
every patriotic citizen iE this Republic,
and awaken the people everywhere to a
sense of the danger that threatens our
constitutional liberties.
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Governor Allen Indignant Over
louisiana.

COLUMBUS, January 7-Gov. Allen
has just sent the following message to
the General Assembly, which was re
ferred to the Committee on Federal Re
lations: ETt
To the General assembly:
/ desire to cali your attention to the
grave circumstances of the interference
of federal troops in the organization of
the legislature of sister State. If the
reported action of the military, in un-
seating persons claiming to be members
of the Louisiana legislature, and giving
their places to persons contesting the
same is true, and is legal and proper,
then the same interference would be le-
gal and proper here and it seems to me
to be the duty Of the representatives of
the people of this State to at once enter
a vigorous protest against the action
that may be made precedent at some
future time for the overthrow of Civil
Government. Now, if there is law
warranting the settling OF contested
elections cases in State Legislatures by
the use of Federal troops, then in my
judgement you should request its imme
diate repeal, if there is no law for it,
then your indignant protest should be
heard, at most insisting upon such ac-
ton Of Congress as will prevent in the
future such flagrant outrages against
civil liberty, e01j
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy. ]
r From Malaga Township.
QUAKER RIDGE, Quo, Jan. 5, 1S7

ED. SPIRIT: Mr.. L. f, OF Stafford,
seems anxious TO learn the condition of
the wheat crop in different localities =
There is more wheat sowed in this
ighborhood than for several years
past, and the most Of it bids fair for a
good crop the coming season if nothing
hereafter prevents. We notice that
which was put in with drill looks best.
The holidays passed off quietly, with
feast Of oysters at John Tomlinsons
on New Years day, which was given
free to the young people who gladdened
the evening with several pieces of nice
vocal music, which could not fail to cary
| Joy to the hearts of all who were pres
ent.
Prof. Forgrave gave magic lantern
entertainment at Browns school house a
few evenings since, but failed to gather
a very large crowd. That kind of an
entertainment being too old to the mos,
of our citizens.
Mary j. McBroom has been suffering
for some time from a severe attack ol
brain disease.
John Fletcher and family of Kansas
are visiting friends here.
A P. Miller, Agent of the New Jersey
Mutual Life Insurance Company, has
been doing quite an extensive business
in this locality and procured quite 8
number of Policies for our neighhors
we acknowledge him to be good talkel
and well suited for the business.
3'@ i CLAUD.
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ky Before We start off too rapidly in
returning to aspecie basis BY contracting
the currency, would it not be we'll enough
for somebody's cipher out jast how far
we must travel to reach that Paradise p
Must we contract one-tenth, or half, or
nine-tenths Of the present vols,ne9 Will
it be necessary to bankrupt one hun
dredth, or one.tentl, or one-helf OF the
debtors IN the UnionY
1t might be prudent to open our eyes,
and look before We leap.
Suppose the present amount of cur
rency to be $500, GOD. 900, and the premi
um on gold one-eighth. is any one silly
enough to suppose that by calling in
100000, 900 of the currency the remain
ing 500, 600, 900 would be convertible a,
par into GOLD 7 SlrclY no oneis so far
gone ia financial lunacy as to set up sue.
a claim as tha'.
Then how much must we contract
Our financial grooms should not forge
that the horse died just as he had learned
to live without eating, and the practica
results Of the experiment were lost. The
people cannot avail themselves largely O
the great blessing OF specie resumption,i
they have all become bankrupt in secur
Ing It,
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terDOOn game
Written for The Spirit of Democracy,
From Bethel Township.
MAsrERroN, 0. Jan q, 1875

MAsTERToN, 0 Jan 4, 1875.
Ed SPIRIT: The failure of the tobac
CO crop was, in this loo" lity, regarded as
the harbinger of hard times, but when
the "weed" is gathered up by our mer
chants. the farmers will find themselves
possessed of a goodiy amount of green
backs, as the following will exhibit: We
have three merchants in our village who
will, Notwithstanding The scarcity of the
article, ship 800 hogsheads during the
year 1915 Mr.. I. B. Day leads with
l60 hogsheads, W. H. Simmo ons 100, ,Kot
zebue IL Barnes GO.
Oar village is steadily increasing il
business. We have three large mercan
tile establishments, each one doing 6
good business.
Mr.. Dawson Myers and NJ Warwick
have formed partnership in the black
smithing business, and have connected
with their shop wagon and carriage es
tablishment. They have made prepara
tions to do an extensive business. All
persons desiring wagons or carriages
should patronize them, as Mr.. Spiker
wagon maker, is an honest workman
and rot afraid to warrant his work
Our tanner, G. w. Wallace, is doing 9
good business. All we want to Gil up
the various branches of industry, suita-
BILE to country like this, is timer and
harness maker, Either one of these
branches of trade would do well in Leb
aon. X
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Lieutenant General U. S. A.

wFrom all sides, North, South, East
and West, come protests against the
Louisiana conspirators. New York,
Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, Tennes
see and Arkansas all unite in denouncing
the outrage, and recommending action
expressive of indignation.
When we read the statements of such
bodies as the Cotton Exchange ;the Mer-
chants Exchange; the Underwriters
Association, and the Bishop and clergy
of all denominations in the State; men
whose interests are outside Of politics,
and only identified with the commercial
and actual prosperity of the people, we
can come to but one conclusion: that
Sheridan has covered himself with an in
fanny, from which even the notorious
Merrill cannot relieve him. The dispatch
to him from the Secretary OF War, say,
ing that the President and 'sall of US
approved his course, gives the whole af
fair the appearance of a conspiracy on
the part of the President, his Cabinet,and
all his minions, against the freedom o.
the State of Louisiana. Wheeling Reg
iStey.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Perry Township.
ANrIocH, OBIo. Jan. 5, 1875

ANTlOCd, OblO, JAIL y, 1Ctc
ED. SPIRIT: send you a few item:
of news from our town, thinking tina
some person will be enough interested
10 our welfare to read them
New Years day was observed with
out any breaking of bones or shedding
of blood. A few were little tumultu
Gus from having been too frien lily tt
King Alcohol.
Tie Perry Township Teachers AS
sociation held it's third session in thu
afternoon of New Years day. The at
tendance was not large. yet all appear
ed to be interested in the work. Prof
Martin gave good lecture on Mathe
matical Geography which was followed
with remarks by J. L. Pennington all,
W. H. Buchanan.
Miss Ursula Mason then taught +,
"Model Primary Grammar class" whicl
was commended by several. The Insti
tute held short session Saturday morn
ing. w H. Buchanan taught "Mode
Advanced Grammar class" He KEEP
up good interest by keeping all bus.
while reciting.
A goodly number of our citizens hav,
organized debating club and are ma
king their meetings quite interesting :
Look for the next President to be from
Antioch!
Mr.. Frank Bottenfield of Sabina, Gin
ton county, Ohio, is here vi,iiing Iii
father and many friends.
The festival held by the Good Tenn
plars on Christmas night was quite
success. The lndge is in very pros
porous condition, increasing it's mum
bers weekly and welding a strong in
duence for temperance.
M. A. L.
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Lily Dale.

2 In the years gone by an old Michigan
quill-driyer named Blake, who was killed
at Fair Oaks, came into Detroit on bu
siness, he being then connected with a
paper in the western part of the State
He got pretty full by evening, but was
invited into the ladies' parlor of the
hotel, with others, to hear young lady
initiate new piano. After she had
played several tunes Blake asked her to
play Lilly Dale She complied, and he
sat down in chair and cried, cXcusing
his action by saying to the crowd: ats
a bad song, and it always puts me in
mind of my dead mother" 1t was
played again, and Blake went to bed
with "Lily Dale" ringing in his ears =
He occupied the same bed with mer-
chants clerk, the hotel being crowded,
and soon after turning in dog COM
menced TO howl in the back yard -
"Woooo-hoo-hoo w-"Git outfits only
a dog howling," replied the clerk
"Stranger," said Blake, as he turned
his head, stranger, if you'd lost your
poor old mother and felt as bad as do,
you'd bet fifty dollars to five that it was
Lily Dale" Yes, it's that same song,
and I've got to cry again. And he
got up and sat down on the lid of a
chest and wept profusely.-Detroit Free
Press.
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A Special Message on The subject
would be &bcast the right thing now.
srsurn,p.S ba, teleoro,5hed a let

SHERIDAN has telegraphed a letter
to GRANT in which he asks for absolute
and unlimited power over the liberties
and lives Of those lie may choose to call
"the ring leaders of the armed white
leagues" He SAYS:
IL, is possible that if the President
would issue proclamation declaring
them banditti. that no further action need
be taken except that which would de-
volve upon me-
What kind Of government does
SHERrDAs suppose ours to be4 Does he
believe himself to be Chief Executioner
Of Kingdom like that Of Dahomey
where every mans existence is regarded
as so much grace on the part OF his SOW
creign SHERIDAN sho we'd himself to be
a sycopliant in promoting CHANTS son
over older and better officers, and he
shows himself to be tyrant in being a
sycophant. SIR
ltwould be adelightful state Of affa rs,
/ II :he President, by calling the leaders Of
opposing political organizations banditti,
could authorize brutal official to murder
them wherever he could find them! The
cxecrated Austrian, HAYSAu, has OF last
been parallelcd
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Address 10 the Citizens of New
York,

New YORK, Jan. THE following
address to the citizens of New York,
calling on them to meet and protest
against military interference in Louisia
ma, was issued this evening:
JANUARY 5, 1878.
To the Citizens of New York:
To-day's Associated Press dispatches
of events which took place in our sister
city of New Orleans present most
marked attack upon the rights of Amer
ican citizenship, which has ever been
made since the establishment of our
government A legislative body of a
sister State peacefully assembled and has
been broken into and dispersed by Fed
eral troops acting under orders from the
President of the United States. To give
expression to the outraged feelings which
every citizen of free commonwealth
must experience at crime, happily in
this country so unparalleled, against the
underlying principles of our govern
ment, we ask you to assemble, irrespec-
tive of party ties, at Cooper Institute,
Monday evening, January II
VIM. c. Bryant, VIM. NJ Evarts, VIM
B. Duncan, August Belmont, Manton
Marble, Whitelaw Reid, Charles A
Dana, Sydney Webster and others.
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rerra,,,s Fee Bili.

We are of the opinion that the bill OF
Mr.. FERRALL to limit the compensation
of county officers, is wrong in principle.
Not because the compensation is low
enough for there is np doubt that the av-
erage pay of county officers in the State
is too high for these hard times, and It'll
equally clear that some officers in some
counties are grossly overpaid
While Mr.. FERRALL's bill seeks a. com
mendable object, it seeks it by wrong
methods. Itspassage would not only
produce endless confusion and unneces
sary trouble, but will fail Of its object
when officers are grasping and unscrupu-
lous. But in addition TO this it will inev-
itably work inj lstiee.
We believe in the principle of paying
all officers, where practicable, by fees to
he pail by the parties fo- whom the labor
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"Morial.tx and CoId.v

Ulder the above heading, the New
York Herald of recent date contains
an article showing the injurious effect
Of cold upon the human system. From
the mortality statistics of London for
the week ending December 9th, this eff.
feet was decidedly shown. The week
alluded to was one ct unusually low
temperature, and an excess in heart and
lung diseases ranging from fifty to two
hundred and twenty-four above the av-
erage, prevailed. This,says the Herald,
"cannot be explained by supposing that
the shock Of winter fell upon homeless
and half clothed vic inns; but must be
regarded as another striking proof Of
the deadlinesS of cold itself.
1t is also shown, from statistics fur
nishel from Philadelphia, that the NOR
tality from winter diseases, rises and
falls rapidly in connection with the rise
aud fall of the thermometer. These
facts too, have been corroborated by an
Austrian physician. at Pesth, who has
matte this subject a special study, he
finding that these changes of tempera-
ture are reflected in the amount and ag-
gravation of sickness.
In climate, subject to such sudden
and peculiar changes as is ours, this
subject cannot be too seriously consid
cred either by the masses or the physi.
clans, and in the article alluded to, the
following suggestions are thrown out:
Prudent recognition Of the philosoph
ical lessons taught would enormously
mitigate the sufferings of the poorer
classes and rightly direct the skilled
charities which are now seeking to
Eguard the public health. When the
thermometer fall, below thirty degrees
Ethe shock on the system is quickly sue.
cecded by a reaction, which makes a
heavy drain on the reserve vital energy,
which must be replenished by increased
consumption Of solid food, or, this fuel
failing, the animal heat falls below the
health point. Then it is the famished
and ill protected most feel the tooth of
hunger and need the most generous
diet But with the rise Of temperature,
the food supply should he proportion
ately Abridged and held in store for the
more trying season"
ga little care systematically bestowed
upon children, regulating their clothing
and food in accordance with the show.
ing of these facts, would immensely in
crease their comfort and reduce the
mortality which at this season prevails" !"
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THE sun.
Daily aud w eekly for 1875.

r(,HE approach of the Presidential election
l gives unusual importance to the events
and developments of 1875. We shall en-.
dsavor to describe them fully. faithfully AMI
fearlessly.
THE WEEKLY SUN has now attainei cir.
culation of over seventy thousand copies
Its readers are found in every State and Ter
ritory, and its quality is we'll known to the
public. We shall not only endeavor to keep
it fully up to the old standard, hut to improve
and add to its variety and power.
THE WEEKLY SUN will continue to be
thorough newspaper. All the news OF tbs
day will be found in it, condensed when un-
important, at full length when of lnousut.
and always, We trust, treated in slear, in
terestiny and instructive manner.
1t is our aim to make the WEEKLY Sun
the best family newspaper in the world. 1t
will be- full of entertaining and appropriats
reading OF every sort, but will priat nothing
to offend the most serupulous and delicate
taste. twill always contain the most in-
teresting stories and romances of the day,
carefully selected and legibly printed.
The Agricultural Department is proui-
nent feature in the WEEKLY SUN, and its
articles will always be fresh and useful to
the farmer. -
The number of men independent in poll.
tics is increasing, and the WEEKLY SUN is
their paper especially. 1t belongs to NO
party, and obeys no dictation, contsnding for
principle, and for the election of the best
men. 1t exposes the corruption that disgrs-
ces tie country and threatens thstoverthsow
Of republican institutions. IL has no fear Of
knaves, and see ks no favors from their sap.
pofterss s-@ ssssssS - e. ~ rss'
The markets of every kind and the fashs
iona are regularly reported in its columns.
The price of the WEEKLY sun is one dol<
lar year for sheet Of eight pagss,and 6fty-
six columns. As this barely pays the ex.
penses OF paper and printingwe are net able
to make any discount or allow any premium
to friends who may make special efforts to
extend its circulation. Under the Lew Law,
which requires payment of postage in ad-
vance, one dollar year, with twenty cents
the cost of prepaid postage added,is the rate
Of subscription. 1t ia not necessary to get
up a club in order to have the WEEKLYSUH
at this rate. Anyone who sends one dollar
and twenty cents will gst ths paper, post
paid, for a year. sil Sc
We have no travelling agents. .saeupe eep
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columns. Only $3.50 a year. postage prs-
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The Clergy Also In Arms.

To the American People:
WHEREAS, Gen Sheridan now in com.
mand of the Department of Missouri
under date of the 4th inst has addressed
communication to Gen. Belknap, Sec.
retary of War, in which he represents
the people of Louisiana, at large, as
breathing vengeance to alllawful author
ity, and approving of murders and
crimes; and i,
WHEREAS, He has given to that com
munication publicity, we, the undersign-
ed, believe it to be our duty to proclaim
to the whole American people, that the
charges are unmerited, unfounded and
erroneous, and can have no other effect
than to serve the interest of corrupt pol.
iticians. who are making the most siren
nous efforts to perpetuate their power
over the State of Louisiana.
Signed NJ Perche, Arch Bishop oi
New Orleans j. P B Wilmer, Bishop
of New Orleans; j. I Gutheim, Pas.
tor Of Temple Sinai; !. G Keener,
Bishop of NJ. E Church South; G.
Doll, Rector of St. Joseph's Church
and many others.
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Farm for Sale.
One Mile Northeast of Beallsville

One Mile Northeast of Beallsville.
THIS FARM is situated in Sunsbury town.
/ ship, Monroe county, Ohio, ON the road
leading from BeaIlsville to Captina creek. II
contains ~
Eighty Acres OF Good Land.
Seventy acres of which is cleared and under
cultivation, and the remainder is we'll tim
bered. The buildings and fsLces are lingo ID
repair. ~ ss a
There is one two story frame house, one
barn, one stable and one smoke house. -Four
never failing springs of excellent water.-
There is an apple orchard Of bearing trees,
80 bearing peach trees and 40 young peacb
trees, twoyesrs old on the place. A graded
school and three churches within, one mile Of
the farm
y For further particulars and terms apply on
the premises or address
jfa % KLAM WILLIAMS
@ Beallsvills, Monroe Co, Ohio.
dec15 ,'74m2. ..stsli I4s,ss; -
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Infamous Request OF a Usurper.
s Who Would Become Chief
Butcher.

New ORLEANS, January 5.-Gen. Sher.
idan to-day sent the following to Secreta
ry Belknap: @
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF
THE Missouri, New ORLEANS, La.
January 5. 1875.
Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, Wash
ington, D. c.:
/ think the terrorism now existing in
Louisisna, Mississippi and Arkansas
could be entirely removed and confidence
and fair dealing established by the arrest
and trial of the ringleaders of the armed
White Leagues. If Congress would pass
bill declaring them banditti they could
be tried by a Military Commission. The
leaders of The banditti who murdered
men here on the l4th Of last September,
also more recently at Vicksburg. Miss,
should in justice to law and order, land the
peace and prosperity of this southern
parto of the country. be punished. 1t is
possible that if the President would issue
a proclamation declaring them banditti,
that no further action need he taken, ex-
cept that which would deyolve upon me.
p. H SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General U. S. A.
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TH e STAR TEL,
Cor. Sycamore, East Of Main Cross street,
W GODS sFIEL .HIo.

r HAVE PURCHASED qHIs HOTEL, OF
i Mr.. MINsrsRxAN, and propose to sustain
its reputation as q Hrst-ciass home for board
ers and travellers.
The beds and rooms wilLbe kept In aeon,
dition to satisfy the public, and mytable will
be furnished with the best the market a.,
fords. Stabling as good as can be obtained
in town, and horses will be well cared for. I
oslicit shareo of thepshlic patronage,
oct6, ,'74m3. ELIAS DsNOON.