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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-08-08
sHERIFF's SALE.
Be,j. G. Thomas
sFa vs..
Margaret Reisbeek et al,

DY virtue Of An order Of sale 10 me direct.
ID ed from the court Of csmmoa pleas Of
Monroe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at
the front door of the court house, In the
town Of Woodsneld, between the hours Of 10
o'clock a. M, and 4 o'clock p. m, on
Saturday, the 18th day Of August, 1876.
the following described real estate, situate In
Menroe county. Ohio, ts wit: astafa = 2
A part Of the south half Of the east half
Of the northeast quarter Of section twenty
two, township Eve Of range 1--WE, beginning
for the same at the northeast corner OF the
above described trsct running thence west
with the north line Of said tract to the north
west corner of the same; thence south with
the west line of said tract to tho middle OF
Q road running east through said tract;
thence easterly with the imeanderings Of said
road to the east line Of said quarter-quarter;
thence north with the east line Of said
quarters quarter, to the place OF beginning,
containing twenty-six acres more or less,
except the northwest corner of said southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter Of said SEQ
tion twenty-five, township five Of range i've
beginning at the northwest corner Of said
quarter.quarter running east thirty perches
and two and half links TO q stone; thence
south two degrees west twenty-five perches
and thirty-three links; thence west thirty
perches and two and . half links; thence
north two degrees east twenty five psrches
and twenty three links to the beginning
containing four and eighty seven hundredth
acres. a =
Also, the north half Of 10: number four
teen in the same quarter-quarter and joining
said four and eighty-seven hundredth acres
on the south and containing ons-eighth Of an
acre, in all five acres more OF less.
Appraised st 81 100.
TO. LITTLE,
julylf'76w6. Sheriff N. Cs Q. :
HUNTER g. MALLORY. Att'ys.
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FROM WEST VIRGINIA.

Written for The Spirit of Demoeracy)
Po1Nr PLEASANT. w. Va, July 25, 1875
Ed SPIRIT: We have had tolerably
wet time for about three weeks notwith
standing, the people got their wheat
saved without getting damaged much :
wheat is pretty good; oats good on high
land, on the creeks and bottoms it is
damaged some With the rust. The pros
pect for corn is good. There is not as
large a tobacco crop as people expected
to plant; that planted looks nice for the
season. Fruit is plenty apples in abund-
ance. There is going to be good mast
here the white oak and hickory are la
dened with mast.
We had pleasant Fourth until about
4 o'clock in the evening, when hard
storm and wind blew perfect hurricane,
throwing the timber in every direction
it extended about 2 miles wide; it dam,
aged timber, orchards and fences, and
blew a great many apples off.
Notwithstanding The hard times West
Virginia is improving very fast. T. B
Watkins is building a very nice barn
Edward Meeker is also building larg,
barn. We have plenty OF churches
school houses, mills and stores in thi:
neighborhood. The society is good ant
the people very kind l must close b.
wishing you success to your railroad
and also pleasant and good time TO
the Fair in September. Yours truly,
's ' EMERY.
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LONDON, August 3 The St Peters
burg special declares that the Christians
in Turkey are in desperate condition,
and require immediate support, which
Europe is able TO gran: il she is in earn.
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sHERlFF's SALE. Z. 4
s. George Nef
gtiis VS..
Joseph a.. Buskirk etal.

ny virtue Of an order OF sale to me directed
II from the court of common pleas of Monroe
county, Ohio, will offer for sale at the frent
door OF the court house, in the town Of
Woodsfeld, between the hours Of 10 o'clock
a. IN. and o'clock p. M. ON
Saturday, the 19th day of Aagust, 1876,
the following described real estate situate in
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
The west half Of the southwest quarter Of
section seventeen, township three of range four,
containing eighty and sixty-eight hundredth
acres more or less, except three acres off the
northwest corner sold and decided to john n.
Williams Z&
Also, the west part of the east half Of the
southwest quarter of section seventeen, town
ship three Of range four, beginning for the
same at the northwest corner Of the half quar-
ter section aforesaid running thence east to q
stone in a small branch Of Archer's Run; thence
up said run with the middle of the same to a
stake at the head of the run; thence south to the
section line; thence west to the southwest cor
ner of said half quarter section; thence north
to the place Of beginning, containing as sup
posed twenty-six acres more or less
Also ten acres off the northeast corner Of
the southeast quarter Of the southeast quarter
VI ceotpn SwohCy -snioo, eo"ushAP tuCcc oA
range four, the balance of the thirty-nine
ninety one-handredth acres having been sold to
John n. Williams, in all about one hundred
and fifteen acres more or less. IL Il
Appraised. lst tract at 81. LOSS.
I'd tract at 6s8. f..s
Sd tract At 100.
T. 0. LITTLE,
julyl1,'7Sw5. Sheriff ". c. o..
Persons desiring to purchase can have time
to make payments On the amount due esolsl
Fhrr, BY addressing him At Lainss, Aenrs,
County, Ohio. .l,.,e.}
HeLLsrER & OxEY Att'ys.
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The Jesuits in France are to have
peace under the Republic. This deter
mination is another wise resolve of the
French rulers.
Godlove S. Orth has declined the Re
publican nomination for Governor of
Indiana. He asserts that he acted hon.
orably in the prosecution of the Vene-
zuela claims. There is a difference of
opinion about that The Congressional
report on that matter is forthcoming,
and we shall then have the bottom facts.
Ira Bursley stood on the edge of q
wharf in San Francisco and shot him.
self in the head with pistol; but the
bullet was small and the wound insig-
nifcant. He stood still a moment as
though expecting to fall over and die
Then an expression of intense disgust
appeared in his face, he tossed the pis,
tol contemptuously aside, and, jumping
into the water drowned himself.
At the Paris Conservatory of Music
is young man with an almost phenom-
enal tenor voice. He can sing the high
est notes with marvellous ease, and his
compass. is extraordinary. He might
become the most famous singer in the
world, doubtless, were it not for the
singular fact that he has 'sno ear for
music" Assiduous study only enables
him to master very simple tunes, and in.
tricate pieces are utterly beyond his
comprehension. He used to be a cook
and his wonderful voice induced teach.
er OF opera to take him in hand, but The
result is failure.
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Legal Notice.

r RWIs JOHNSTON, Mary Burditt and Will
IL liam Burditt, her husband, Laura john
ston and Samuel Johnston, minor heirs OF
William A. Johnston deceased. Matilds Craig
and Abram Craig her husband, and Stephen
Morris, who reside in the county Of Monroe
and State Of Ohio, and Mary A. Blowers and
John Q Blowers her husband, who reside in
the county of Belmont, State OF Ohio, and
William morris. Theodore Morris, Elizabeth
Smith and Smith her husband who
reside in the county of Wood and State of
West Virginia, will take notice that a petit
tion was filed against them on the 26th day
of July. 1875, in the court Of common pleas
within and for the county of Monroe by Ellen
Adams, and is now pending, wherein said
Ellen Adams demands partition Of the fol.
lowing real estate to wit: Lots forty EIGHT
and one hundred and Eve Of the town of
Woodsfsld, county Of Monroe and State of
Ohio; and that at the next term of said
court the said Ellen Adams will apply for an
order that partition may be made of said
premises. Said cause will be for hearing at
the December term of said court, commencing
December s, 1875.
J. p. sPRIGGS & J. B. DRIGGS,
august8, ,'76w6. Att'ys for plaintiff.
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wN will be, remembered by our
readers that we attempted to prove that
the Commercials arguments in favor OF
making the silver dollar legal tender,
we're somewhat at variance with its argu-
ments against the circulation Of green
backs. Our object was simply to show
that the two lines of argument being in
consistent could not both be true, and to
prove byits own columns that its anti
greenback reasoning was unsound.
The Commercial replied somewhat
tartly, affirming that it did not op-
pose greenbacks because they were de.
preciated, but because they fuctuated in
value.
From the 10Th to the 25th of July sill
yer Auctuated in value W thin a small
fraction of four and half per cent-a
more sudden and extreme fuctuation
than greenbacks had undergone since the
panic.
AS lis now established that silver Is
both more deprecated and more fuctua-
ting than greenbacks, we may expect the
Commercial, if not to abate its zeal fol
the metal, at least to become more recon.
eiled to tie paper.
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE Is hereby given that petition will
IN be presented to the Commissioners of
Monroe county, Ohio, at their next regular
session, praying for a review and survey on
the following road: Beginning at Calebaugh's
mill; thence up the creek through the lands
of Jackson Calebaugh, W. C. Kincaid and j.
Shrieve's. to the ford at Kincaid's coal bank;
thence up the hill through the LANDS Of W.
C. Kincaid and BAIL Dyet the top Of the
hill at Dyes house, to intersect the road lead
Ing to Garrard's store; commencing again st
the before described ford; thence across the
creek and up the run through the lands Of
VIM. Dougherty, Parmslia Crawford and
Thomas Hufm an. to the forks of the run on
A. B. Covert's land; thence the shortest and
best route to the town of Antioch, Monroe
county. Ohio, MANY PETITIONERS.
augS,'76w5.
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Probate Notice.

A CCOUNTS and vouchers have been died In
II the Probate Court of Monroe County,
Ohio for settlement, by the following Admin .
istrators and Guardians:
First partial account of W. E. Mallory Guar
dian Of Clarence 9. and John ]. Mallory
final as to Clarence q. 4}i (
Second and final account of John Frobisch
Ex'r of Fred'k Haueisen. ss .ayq ..f
First partial account of A. V. Slack Guardian
of John Slack. 80
Third partial account of H. B. Hill Guardian
of Geo. b. Clark. saIae e
Fourth partial account OF F. A. Lampins
Guardian of VIM. and Catharine Feltner.
Third and final account of John Ludy Adm'r
of Jacob Toni.
First partial account of T J. Griffith E1'r Of
John Griffith. -
Second partial account ef John Slime Guardian
of James E. aud Charlotte F. Bates. ~.
Any person interested may file writer
exceptions to said accounts, or any item there
of, on or before the I'd day Of September next
when the same will be finally heard and con-
tinued from day TO day until disposed of,
JAS R. NORRIS, ~
augs,'76w3. Probate Judge.
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TNHE funds for Townships, School Districts
i and Corporations respectively, will be
ready for distribution August Is and 10.
Section 46 Of the school law provides that
each School District Treasurer shall give =
bond, with sufficient security, in double the
probable amount Of money that shall come into
bis hands, &C., of which copy shall bo hled
with the County Auditor.
No school funds can be drawn unless each
Treasurer has hled a copy OF his bond.
rs WILLIAM VEDDlE,
aug1, ,T6w2. Auditor Mcnree Co., O..
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-08-08

E~We take the liberty Of making an
extract from private letter received by
as from a subscriber ia the SPIRIT who
has heretofore uniformly supported the
candidates OF the Republican party, but
Mho can mol and will not help to carry
GRANTS administration into another
Presidential term. We are not at liberty
now TO disclose his name, but will say
that it is not unfamiliar to many OF oul
people, and that he will probably address
some meetings in this county while on his
proposed speaking tour. He says:
"You are aware that I have been iden,
tilted with the Republican party, but per
mil me to say. that while Ihold to the Re
publican principles Of 1850, | am thor
oughly disgusted with Gfantism,and pro
pose to give what little influence have
to the nominees who stand on the st
Louis platform Now we have ,
STATESMAN, well known, against mega
tive man who is supported by all 0
Grantdom, so so for TILDRn AND Re-
FORM"
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Atquitsal oi B~Ikoap..
WAsnISGroN, August |
SENATE.

At noon tho Senate began to vote up
on the articles of impeachment against
William W. Belknap, late Secretary OF
War. Upon the first article OF impeach-
ment thirty-fve Senators voted guilty
and twenty five not guilty, for went OF
Jurisdiction. Those who voted guilty
we're Bayard, Booth, Cameron, Of Penn
sylvania; Cockcr.ll, Cooper, Davis,
Dawes, Dennis, Edmunds, Gordon, Ham
ilton, Harvey, Hitchcock, Kelly. Herman,
Key, McCreary, Mcdonald, Merrimon,
Mitchell, Merrill, Norwood, Oglesby,
Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sargent,
Salisbury, Sherman, Stevenson, Thur
man., Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte and
Those voting In the negative, we're
Messrs. Anthony, Allison, Boutwell,,
Bruce, Cameron (of Wisconsin), Chris,
tiancy. Conkling, Conover, Crsgin, Dor
sey, Eaton, Ferry, Freelinghnysen, Ham
lin, Howe, ingalls,, Jones (of Nevada) J,
Logan, Mcmillan, Paddock, Patterson,
Spencer, West, Window and Wright.
| Mr. Jones, Of Florids, declined to
vote on the ground that the Senate had
no jurisdiction.
The presiding officer announced thai
two thirds had not voted guilty, and
therefore the respondent was acquitted
OF the charge in the first article. '.
| On the second article So Senators vo
ted guilty and 25 not guilty. '
Marcy, who did not answer on tht
first roll-call, voted guilty upon the sec
ond article. Those Senators who voteG
not guilty, reported their reasons fol
doing so to want of Jurisdiction.
/ Upon the third and fourth articles tn,
vote stood as above, 36 voting guilty
and 25 not guilty. Ass
Before the ll-call on the fifth articl,
was finished, Mr.. Morton, who had beel
detained on account of severe fall thi
morning, came in and voted guilty, ma
king the vote on that article 81 guilt,
and 25 not guilty. Tyo-thirds OF tn,
Senate not having voted in favor of sus
tanning the articles of impeachment,
was ordered that Judgment Of acquitta
be entered, and that the Senate sitting
as court Of impeachment adjourn sin
die. na !;
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ERA bright idea that.no guilty man
should escape, struck GRANT, and hop pro
ceeded to put itln practice by dismissing
HENDERSON.
On further consideration he became
more confirmed In the determination to
let no guilty man escape, and he chucked
BLuFoRD WILSON'S neck under the politi-
cal guillotine.
The great Republican National Con-
vention having "beartily commended
his ',immense services" he took big
round oath that no guilty man should es-
cape, and pulling on his Wellington
boots, and striding across lots to the De-
partment buildings, he kicked BRIsrow
and PRATT and YARYAN into tue street =
Fatigued with these simmense services,
be took little refreshment with. ZAcH
CHANDLER, and got BABoocx to read She
Cincinnati platform to him.
And the guilty being all properly pun
ished, the second WASHINGTON is enjoy.
ing little rest with ROBSON, CAMERON
BELKNAP and an easy conscience.
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eBIt is reported that Mr.. BLAINE,
who came so near getting the Republican
nomination for the Presidency, said in
answer to request by Mr.. MUM, OF Chi
cago:
81 have no influence with the present
administration. No man has who is not
a thief by instinct"
Let US see. Was not "the present ad
ministration" endorsed by somebody re-
cently2 And was not that endorsement
cordially approved BY some candidate fo'
Presiaent9 Mr.. BLAINE must be mista
ken. Perhapsh he has not been in posi-
tion to find out much about the "presen
administration"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-08-08

The Resumption Act was recog-
nized as sham when it was on its pas
sage. Il was mere makesliitt to secure
temporary truce between the hard
ey and soft-money wings of the Republi-
can party, and as such received the votes
of the hardest hards and the softest softs.
Here is what CARL SCHuz said about it at
the time, although he voted for it:
"The suspicion lies too near that bill
leaving the currency materially in the
same condition in which 1t now is, will.
,shen the time of promise arrives, with
out any practical preparation for resump
ton having been made, be moro likely to
leadto repeal or postponenent Of the
promise than to The resumption Of Specie
Payments.
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sHERIFF'S SALE.
Abigail Hickman Of al
Lydia Pittman ct al.

ny virtue of an order of sale in partition
Il to me directed from the court Of common
pleas of Monroe county, Ohio, Iwill oHer for
sale at the front door Of the court house, In
the town of Woods6eld, between the hours
Of 10 O'Clock q. m. and O'Clock p. m. on si
Saturday, the 18Th day of August, 1876,
the following described real estate situate in
the county and State aforesaid, to wit:
The northwest quarter Of the northeast
quarter Of section twenty. one, township four
of range four, containing forty acres, more
or less. -,
Also, the northeast quarter Of the north
west quarts. Of same section. township and
range, except about ten acres hsrstofore sold
by Noses Pittman to Isaac Moore, containing
thirty acres,more or less, in all seventy acres
more or less. ~
Appraised at 500.
TO. LITTLE,
july11,'7sw5. Sheriff Y. c. o.
Husrsa & MALLORY, Att'ys.
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EXCITING RACES AT CLEVE-
LAND
Smuggler Beats Goldsmith N aid,
Lucille GOIddust, and Other Fast
TrOttcrs,

smusgler Beats Goldsmith Maid,
Lucille G0ldduSt, and Other Fast
TrOttcrs,
CLEVELAND, o., July 27.--The races
TO-DAY were attended by $4,000 people,
and were tho hest contested held on the
Cleveland srack. Eleven horses started
in the 2 80 race, the purse in which was
$4,000 Alhemarie won the first prize
in 9 %, 2 234, and :25 John B was
sec md, Hattie R. third, Proctor fourth.
The free for all race for 81 900 excl
tel great interest The various horses
were applauded "a they came on the
track. Goldsmith Maid was the favor
ite, selling two to one in the pools. The
contestant, were the Maid, Smuggler,
Lucille Golddust, Judge Flu lerton, and
Dodine
In the fisst heat the Maid led pretty
generally from the start, but on the third
turn she broke, and Smuggler pressed
her very hard The Maid won the heat,
lnwAyer. by a length; time, 34s, :O7I.
1;4l4. 2 154
Smugelcr dropped a long way behind
all 10 the second heat. The Maid won
this heat, making the following time:
34I, :0S, AZ, 2:174.
I In the third heat, Smuegler at the
three-qusrter point showed wonderful
speed, passing all the other horses and
winning the heat by half a length amid
| tremendous applause, with Lucille third
:. and Fullerton fourth; time, 34A, 1:0St,
'lI:42, 2:l61
d = In the fourth heat the mare took the
lead, with Lucille, Smuggler, and Judge
Fullerton close up Coming down the
homestretch Smuggler got in behind
Lucille and the Maid, and so had to
j swing to the center OF the track 10 ge,
by. This he did, coming home very
Efast nose ahead Of the Maid, Lucille
close third This performance Of the
Smugeler called forth repeated cheers
from the immense crowd with whom ht
,, was favorite.
, In the fifth heat, on the fourth score
Snug sler lost shoe, and had to go tC
the stable to be shod This encouraged
Goldsmith Maids fiiends, who trusted
the rest would give the Maid bettel
chance, and she sold about even aeains
t the field At the half-mile, however
Smuggler went to the head, the Maie
making an effort for the first place ant
q passing Fullerton, but breaking up be
fore reaching Smuggler, who won t5'
heat and the race by length. Lucill,
was a good third
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WELL, we will forgive you this time,
Jere, for "going cunning after your
friends" but next lime nothing will satie-
fy us but blood.-Athens Journal.
In the languageof the much endorsed
bosom friend of BABcocK, Let US have
peace" r
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EEThe new Conference Of the NJ. E
Church, to be known as the "East Ohio
Conference" is bounded as follows :
Commencing at The mouth OF the Cuya-
hoga River thence east with the shore OF
Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line
thence south with the Pennsylvania line
to the Ohio River; thence down the Ohio
to the mouth OF the Muskingum River ;
thence up the Muskingum to The Ohio
Canal at Dresden thence with the canal
to the mouth Of the Cuyahoga: the cit
les Of Zsnesgille and Marietta are exclu-
ded.
/, embraces in whole of 10 par', She
counties Of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake,
Ashtabula, Summit, Portage, Trumbull,
Mahoning, Stark, Columbiana, Jefferson
Carroll, Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Harri
son. Belmont, Noble, Monroe, Muskin
gum Washington and Guernsey. a
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rEThe HAYES leaders would like to

CF The HAYES leaders would like to
run the campaign upon the old sectional
issues il it were not for the discouraging
fact that the most pesceable and prosper
aus States in the South are those con
trolled hy the Democrats, and that these
Sta,es date their peace and prosperity
from the time the Democrats got control
of them.
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c~The hope was entertained that this

CF The hope was entertained that this
Presidential campaign would he conduct
ed with more than usual decency. The
candidates were universally recognized
as men whose private lives were above
reproach, and it was believed that this
fact would restrain the slang. whangers
who c.n handle no weapon nobler than
scurrility. 90
This hope is blasted. Finding tha,
they had the odium Of the administration
to bear, the Republican organs felt that
the chances of success would only be
equal when they should so hedaub TIL
DEN with mud that he could not be dis
.ingnished from GRANT. And they have
gone to work at it with will. The Tri6
une says OF them: ~ a.- .af u !,
"But it is the Republican organis'
whose joy is already complete. There
need be no longer any fear that his jour
nal will lack the quality that saves it from
elemental stupidity and unrelieved dull
ness He has fairly got after old Til
den' The pack is in full cry. There is
not hound Of them but gives tongue
and joins in the chorus"
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AZ The majority Of the committee
which investigated Secretary Of the
Navy, ROBSON. found that he had squan
dered and distributed among his pets
about thirty millions Of dollars.
The minority. composed exclusively Of
Republicans, found no cause Of COM
plant or oensure against him.
ReBEsos was, and still is, part of the
endorsed administration, and his parti.
sans are merely carrying out the Cincin
natl Platform.
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,mrrLprs's Letter OF Acceps.rc &C v

sG TrLDEN's Letter Of Acceptance will
be recognized in this country and in Eu-
rope as the most powerful political docu-
ment Of this generation. 1t makes man.
ifest the man who fully comprehends the
great work of Reform, and who possess
es the will, the courage and the vigor to
execute that work thoroughly.
Its power, compared with that OF
HAYES, is as the avalanche to the purling
brooklet. Beside it the pretty phrases OF
HAYES are as child's prattle to the bugle
call to battle.