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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
Taffy for Garfield.

The S.ar says: "Thev are offering a
good deal OF taffy to General Garfield
again, in the way OF assurance that be
is the greatest man in the House, and
the natural leader OF bis party there ;
that the next House is certain to be Re-
publican; that he can easily be elected
Speaker; that in that place he can endear
himself 10 the country, and lay sure
foundation for better things, and so on
for quantity. It is our impression that
Gen G irfeld had all the sweets he want :
ed of that kind couple of years ago.
A mild acid would probably be palatable
for change"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

AE The first step the Democratic par
ty should take toward reorganization
is to split itseN in two in the middle
down South = Cincinnati Commercial
Certainly, by all means. The necessity
for this "step" lies in the fact that unless
the Democratic party gives away few
Of the Southern States the Republican
party cannot elect the next President
With such an inducement of course the
Democratic party will proceed to spill
itself up at once. s'.s
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
The war Between Chlltand Peru

~ e
Lospos, Nov 1O.-A telegram from
Valparaiso announces the capture of Pi.
sagna, Perp, by the Chilians. A Valpa
raiso dispasch OF October 7, says: a1e5
"a combined attack by the Chiliar
and sea forces was made on Pisagua,
which was taken after a b ,mbardment
lasting i've hours. Three hundred Chill
ians were killed and wounded. 1t is ru-
mored that revolution has broken out
in Lima" ua 81
PARI,, Nov l0.-A telegram received
here states that the Chlians, in taking
Pisagua, experienced determined resist
ance from, the Peruvians, and lost 500
men in killed and wounded.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
Reported for The Spirit of Demooracy.)
ReDOrt

reported for The Spirit of Demooracy)
Report
OF Zonker's School in Sub-district No.
5, Switzerland Township, for the
month ending November 6, 1879:
No. of pupils enrolled: Boys IA, girls
.l5-total 30. Average daily attend
ance: BOYS 10, gills 10-total 20. Av-
erage per cent Of attendance 50.
ROLL OF HONOR.
First Honor r-Callie Barkey, Belle
Grow, Lizzie Bsird, Callie Kimpel, Lizzie
Friedle. Jacob Davis, Frank Barkey
Second HOnor-Anna Tracy, Ella
Baumberger, Anna Zpnker, Mary Brau-
digram, Emma Baumberger, George
Tracy, John Davis, Sam Baumberger,
Grant Baird. j. A. WIcHTERMAn,
Nov. 6, 1879. Teacher.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

ETIf the Democratic candidate for
President receives 185 electoral votes
next year he will be iuaueurated Presi-
dent on the 4.h day of March, 1881
No g. to 4 Commission anil Returning
boards will be- permittedto to set aside the
verdict Of the people second time.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
s~We can cosnt a temperance RI

~We can count temperance Rep.
resentative from Guernsey, Muskingum
Noble and Harrison. In fact nearly al
of the Republicans are temperance men
Guernsey Times.
And how much temperance Legislation
do you suppose the Republican Legisla.
ture will give us?-St. Clairspille Ca
zette.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

- a~Republican election officers in
New York are trying their bands at
"counting In" the Republican State ticket
below Governor. Honesty in elections
is q term. unknown to Republican mana,
!. gers b,f 3
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

Governcr-elect Cornell and others
have prepared call for Meeting Of
the National Republican Committee. to
be held OF Washington, December l7th,
~ take appropriate action on she death
of Hon. Zach Chandler, and to consd-
er the time and place of holding The
pcxt National Convention.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
ScIo COLLEGE.

NTINTBR TERN begins November Is
w Common Branches and Algebrs
every term. cs
FULL COLLEGE COURSE
Also. Music and full Commercial
Course.
Good board for both ladies and gsntlemsr
at moderate rates.
Address x. ELLrsos, Solo, Harrison County
Ohio. Z. ELLISON.
nova, ,'T9w4. sik li
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

WIt might be well enough for the the
Presidential slate makers to remember
that there is statesman in Ohio whose
name Is GEoRas II. PESpLEroN.. Afil'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

u, nEBLAINs, CoskLIss, HAYES and
ether Republican candidates for Pres'-
Dent are not resting easily since GRANTS
arrival. - s9
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
BY WILL.
- -
Dbl I am so lonely, SO sad tonight,
I think Of Q sister 90 dear,

OIL 1 am so lonely. SO sad tonight,
As think Of sister 90 dear.
That has gon5 fcom this world Of darkness to
light.
OF another that never is drear.
Obi lonely, so lonely tonight,
Ny sister, if she only was here =
To put these deep felt sorrows to fight, {. s.
For happier thoughts to appear.
How louely, how sad to think she is dead;
We mourn her stay was SO feet.
She faded as the leaves of the red rose fades
Her cherished remembrance is sweet.
It is God who bereaves US of friends that we
love.
1t is he whom our sorrows can heal;
When we 60 to that beautiful region above,
His designs He will to us reveal. "a
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
TBANKseIvING pRoCLAMArIoN

thus: gs sst.i ,ses -y.. s
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
Because It is proper to give thanks to
Almighty Col. The Ruler and Dispen
ser OF all good, and because the obser-
vance of dsv as an annual thanksgiv-
ing is cherished usage among our peo-
pie. b
Now. therefore, I. Richard NJ. Bsh
op, Governor of the State OF Ohio, do
hereby appoint Thursday, November
27, A D. 1879, as day Of tianksgiv-
ing and prayer in this State, and do
earnestly request that it be set apart
from the pursuit of secular occupation
and devoted to such religious services
as will most befi'tnely express ou,
gratitude to God for the blessing Of the
past. confirm our trust in the Divine
guidance for the future, and inspire us
with benevolence whose hand is always
ready to the wants of the needy. ig
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, &c. KS
RICHARD NJ BrsHoP.
Governor.
MILTON BARNES,
1
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Woedsfield. Nov. Is. 1870.

"A union Of hearts. union of hands,
A union Of States none may sever;
A union Of lakes, union Of lands.
= And the FLAG OF OUR UNION FOREVER,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18

Let your frst attack OF indigestion he the
last. Rouse the dormant energies of the
stomach with the Bitters. The tone thus
impaired will remain This is aafact estab.
lished by thousands of Witnesses. whose tes
timony is simply . statement Of thsirow
experiences. Those afflicted With general
debility Of every phase vill ind this medi-
cine an unfailing agent in building up and
renewing their strength, "a xs
For sale by all Druggists and respectable
Dealers generally. Y8 ans5,Tsr. %
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W Congress convenes on the hfst
Monday 10 December. has .el3 800.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-11-18
An Invitation Sent Out to the Heads
of Treasury Department Bureaus.
Hartford Times Washington Correspondent.

Hartford Times Washington Correspondent,
io TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, October, %, 1871
MY DEAR SIR: l would like, in the
most informal way, to see you and any
officers of your department whom.you
may notify, at my house at 9 o'clock this
evening, to take glass Of wine over
the result of the election in Ohio. Very
truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN.
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1@ Governor Bishop has issued his
usual Thanksgiving proclamation. II
reads somewhat different from the usu 4
document of this kind ard starts off
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NOTICE.
ESTATE OF JOSIAH WILSON,

LII persons who know themselves to be
II indebted 10 the estate af Josiah Will
son, deceased. are requested to call upon
either Of the undersigned AMI make set
element. .,g a
All persons to whom said estate Is in.
dsbted are requested to present their claims
for adjustment.
GEORGE 8. AIGRO,
JASPER LISK,
$50 q. Adninistr atora
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HOW JOHN SHERMAN CELE.
DRAFTED.
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novlS,'79w3.
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BELMONT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15
FREE WILL.

Strength of the beautiful day, green and blue
and whitel
Voice Of leaf aud birdl
Low voice Of mellow surf far down the
.curying shore.
Strong white clouds Of gray, slow and calm
in your fight,
Aimless, majestic, unheard,
lou walk in air and dissolve and vanish
Lying here midst peoples and maize, tired Of
the loss and the gain,
Dreaming. Of rest, ahi fam
Would |, like 20, transmute the terror Of
late into praise.
Yet thou, o earth, art slave, orderly without
Perfect thou knowest not Why,
For He whose word is thy life has spared
thee the gift Of Will
men are not so brave, our lives are not 50
Our law is an eye for an eye;
And the light that shines for our good we
use 70 our i'll.
Fails boyhood's hope, ere long, for the decd
still mocks the plan,
And the knaye is the honest man,
AND thus we grow weak in a world created
to make us strong.
But woe TO the man who quails before that
which makes him mani
Though heaven be sweet 70 win,
One thing y sweeter yet-freedom to side
with HE'LL
In mai succeeds or fails this great creative
plant
Mans liberty to sin
Makes worth Gods winning the Love even
God may not compel.
Shall l then murmur and be Wroth at Ma
lures peaoei
Though / be i'll al ease,
hold one link Of the chain Of His happi-
ness in my hand.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15

daylight and when the old church on
the hill was hardly visible through the
gray Of the morning, came a bullet
which boared a soldier through aud
through and dropped him dead in his
tracks. 1t was from the carbine of
Jim Shanks. Hiding under the stops,
he had only waited for daylight to-
| open the fight anew-not waiting to be
hunted out and captured. All was
excitement in an instant, and as soon
as Jim's location was betrayed the
guerrillas scattered aud formed a
skirmish line. The FIRE of this line
was concentrated on the steps, and was
as rapid as if opposed to line of bat
tie. The firing had just begun when
one Of the skirmishers fell away from
a stump with a bullet in his head. In
three minutes another was shot
through the chest. Jim Shanks had
forty rounds Of ammunition. /
could see splinters Fly from the steps
every time a ball struck, and knew
that many of the bullets we're driving
through the board. For a long twenty
minutes Jim held that skirmish line
Of thirty-fve men at bay, killing three
and wOunding two. | counted his
shots, and he fred just twenty-one
times.
A reinforcement Of about twenty
mounted men finally come up, and
hitohing horses under cover of the
hill, the men tOsk the skirmish line.
just as the firing began anew, Jim
Shanks left his cover and ran for the
horses down the road. Every Skin
misher rose up aud there must have
been at least one hundred bullets
fired at the man in the next minute.
| saw them plough up the ground all
around him, and one of them sent his
hat sailing into the air. As he got
in the line with tho horses the FIRE
slackened, while the men saw his plan
and rushed forward. Jim was in no
hurry. Resting his carbine over a
saddle he wounded another of his pur-
suers, and it seemed a full minute be-
fore he mounted and rode off toward
Leesburg. There was a rush for the
horses, and away they galloped after
the recruit, firing as they rode.
The strange luck that stood by Jim
Shanks in his fight might have aided
him to escape had he selected a better
horse. After a gallOp Of half an hour
he found his pursuers gaining, and
to get into the fields his horse
fell, rolled over the poor fellow; and
the pursuers found him dead when
they rode up. His clothing was fairly
riddled with bullets, and yet his flesh
not scratched. Tho church steps
were as full of holes as a colander, and
about the same distance apart, and yet
Jim was not wounded. Mean-spirited.
obstinate and logged as a terminate,
he had the courage Of a lion and the
.gallantry of a knight, and the first
and last grave ever dug for a Union
by Mosby's men was followed
out for a recruit who had never been
at the front. NJ. QUAD.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15
The Colorado Desert,
San Francisco Argonaut.l

san Francisco Argonaut.
For what purpose God made the
Colorado desert is one of those mystic
ries which have SO far proved past
finding out-so utterly barren, so sp-
parently worthless, so dreary and
desOlate, 80 scorched with a blazing
sun, SO blistered with burning winds.
The rocky hills that bound it are
more forbidding than the dreary desc.
latiOn of the sandy plains. The
hills are absolutely destitute Of YER
dure = treeless, soilless, colorless.
Through the center of the plain, and
parallel with the railroad, runs a
mountain range Of shifting sand, ike
SHOWS piled up in banks, drifting and
moving with the winds. The plain is
not entirely destitute of vegetation.
but the vegetation is as worthless as
the sand in which it grows. There
runs midway between San Bernandipa
and Yuma n small, beautiful stream
OF clear sweet water, properly named
the Whitewater" but along its peb-
bly, margin there grows no flower,
shrub, nor tree. This beautiful stream
in the desert suggests the irreyerent
reflection that this part of creation is
a badly planned and badly executed
work, rejecting but little credit upon
the Divine Mechanic who spake II
into existence. The mountains should
have been clothed in primal forests
the plains should have been grassy
meadows. Along the hillsides should
have been leaping cascades of spark
ling water brooks winding amid Aow-
ers and grassy banks, a fruitful land.
where fat kline, lowing herds, bleating
hocks and singing birds, mingling
their voices with Thanksgiving of we'll
fed humanity, should be a constant
psalm of alteration to Him who must
ever lack an altar in the desert Of the
Colorado.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15

see the lady, but was informed that
she bad been greatly benefited by
Mrs. Aix's treatment II was stated
in another quarter that if it had been
pleasant yesterday she would have
ridden out. At the house it was said
that if to-day had not been so Marchy
the opportunity to geta breath offresh
air would have been improved. II
seems that Mrs. Tolles, although very
poor in health, has not been confined
TO the house nor the bed.
When the reporter was leaving the
house he met a pious colored woman,
who was full Of what she believed
were Mrs, Mix's miraculous cures.
She was study, as she stood in the
March wind with uplifted finger and
eyes deyoutly raised to heaven, saying,
Il believe these cures can be made
now just as well as they could in Olden
As has been stated in the Sunday
Register, Mrs. Mix asks for no fee for
her services.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15
Some Notable Statements by Mr.. FELTON,,
Of the New York Herald.
Birmingham tAla.l Iron Ase.l

Birmingham (Ala.) Iron Ase.l
Northern men in general, and Re
publicans in particular, seem to lament
that the war is over. We are con-
tinually being presented with some
speech that some Northern man has
made against JEFF Davis or some of
his unfortunate associates.
lam a Northern man, a native of
Boston, and a Republican. | believe
that the war for the Union was a just
one, and if it were 10 come again |
would 90 into it under the stars and
stripes, even if | knew / was to be
killed in it, and / would do my utmost
to destroy every enemy that | could.
But the war is over, and a good, a
generous policy has said the COnfed-
crate soldiers are pardOned and have
all the rights that any other citizens
have" If this pardon Q anything
at all, it blots out every stain, if stains
they were, that rested on Southern
men in consequence Of their having
engaged in the late war. The govern
ment has sanctioned this pardon, and
it has become a part of the organic
law Of the nation, and any man, or set
of men, who, by act or implication,
tries to disturb its operations by dis
regarding il is a rebel against the
peace, order and harmony of the State,
and hence, is a traitor himself.
The Southern people met US in the
open light Of day with their princi-
pies inscribed upon their banners, and
so convinced were they that their
principles were right that they staked
their lives upon the justice of their
cause, and we have seer them bare
footed and without food following
their leaders and fighting their foes
with an energy which will reflect hon
or upon Americans and command re-
spect from histOry's voice in the latest
day of existing man.
| have travelled over the South in
all directions during the past six
months, and have been brought into
contact with the people Of this section,
and | have yet to learn Of the first
insinuation Of unkindness toward me
on account of my political views or
Yankee birth. / have not seen a sim
gle fight in the streets and compare
lively few druken men. l have been
IN almost all of the civilized countries
under the sun, and | do not know of
one which can, for honor among its
men, and virtue among its women.
surpass the South. / know that
Northern men are welcome here, and
in leaving the State of Alabama |
wish to thank the people of that sec
ton for the kind and gentlemanly way
in which they have received and en-
tertained me; and | deem it my duty
as a man TO place my protest upon
record against the vile invention of
u~nprincipled adventures who, for the
advancement Of a party composed of
combinations and manipulated BY
time-serving and vain-glorious noun
tebanks and demagogues, deuounce a
a brave and honorable people with.
out regard for truth or consequences.
Again | return to the people of the
South in general, but to those Of Ala.
bama in particular, the heartfelt graft
tude Of a child of Massachusetts,, and
| hope that the happiness Of Alabama
may ever be equal to that which |
desire for my loved New England.
II. S. FELTON,, New York Herald
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15
The Plnafore Crnne.

New Yot6 Sun
The Pinafore companies in the
United States now number twenty
nine, not counting the minstrels who
are burlesquing the play, and the por-
f~ormances range from good to exceed
ingly bad-so bad that the audiences
sometimes retaliate. The New Bruins
wick method Of driving the company
from the stage with eggs and vegetables
was tried in Ohio, but the police
interfered and stopped the %riotine.
Several we'll organized English opera
troupes have taken up the piece, and
are giving it in better style than can
be witnessed in Now York. In
Brattleboro Vermont, il was given at
an Episcopalian charity entertainment,
the assistant rector p~ersouatine
Captain Corcoran." In Boston
che Transcript grayely discusses
the relative elocutionary merits
of the three Captains now ap-
pearing in that city in utter
Jog the words Never, and We'll,
hardly over" Real brass cannon arc
the pride Of the Pinafore's deok in
Pittsburg hardly ever" and 10 st.
Louis a feature Of tho vessel is an
up-and-down movement Of the bull.
works, giving the appearance Of The
moving with tho waves but in Gin.
einnati tho following is printed Ar
able critic remarked aftor bo had
swept the stage with bis opera glass
that be never heard Of a captain abafl
Che mainmast nor had be eger seer
small arms stacked around the migzen.
mast. The deck had, IN bis opinion,
NOT been holyBtoued for . whole
mouth, the guns we're IN d4Neer Of
travelling all over the ship, aud th@V
was 2 waste Of widshipmsn at the
wheel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15
LOTTERY.

A splendid OPPORTUNITY TO
a WIN a P0RTUNR-Rourth Grand Dis.
trioutiont Class ID, ut New Orleans, Tuesday.
april ), lS19-lO7th Monthly Drawing.
LOUISIANA 9PATE LOTTERY COMPANY
This Institution was regularly inoornorated
By the legislature Of the State for Rdueational
ana V~hHrltable purposes, in 1858, for ahe
term 81 twenty-five YeagG, 10 which
contract the invi0lable faith Of the State Il
pledged with q espisai OF q, 00O,0 900, 10 which
mas slpgs added Q reserve fund Of $50, 900.
take place monthly on the second Tuesday.
" hEyER scALks OR POSTPONE, Look az tho
following distribution
CAPITAL PRIZE, e3O,OOO.
100000 Tickets at az each. Half
Tickets. IA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15
COURTHOUSE SCENE.
A Witness Who Lied, RepeHtsd and
Confessed.

Evansville Ind } Tribune.l
Last September John Sinclair, a
mill owner near Digby Station, Shaw
neetown branch st. Louis and South
eastern railroad, was murdered in his
bed for money, of which the perpetra-
tors got only IS. Before he died he
revealed the names of his murderers-
Ed Edmondson, alias Ed Farmer, and
Henry Digby, who were, indicted and
are now on trial at McLeansboro,
Ill. On Saturday Ed~mondsOn, who
had turned States evidence, was on
the witness stand. lie said that Henry
Digby was guilty of the murder that
he went with him to the house where
Sinclair was stopping and stood at the
gate that Henry entered, and shortly
a pistol shot was heard. Bdmondson
beat a hasty retreat, and was shortly
afterward Joined By Henry Digby.
He asked the latter if he had shot
Sinclair, and received the following
reply: don't know whether | did
or not. Things began to look gloomy.
Henry Digby said, as Edmondson sat
in the witness chair and declared be-
fore God and man that he was telling
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. The witness was cross
examined for two long hours aud
could not be made to waver. 1t was
whispered all through the courtroom,
He is telling the truth. Did you
ever hear a witness tell such a straight
story?" But at last he raised to his
feet, and with a trembling voice said
Gentlemen, | have been swearing TO
a lie. | do not want to swear Henry
Digby's life away and send his soul
down into hell. Henry Digby is limo
cent Of the crime. Weare both inno-
cent. l do not understand the nature
of an oath. God has forgiven my
sins, and | have repentedl" In camp
meeting style, Digby's wife, shouting
almost at the top of her voice, thanked
God for the deliverance Of her hus-
band the widest excitement prevailed
and the audience rose inYoluntarily
to their feet. After order was re-
stored the witness proceeded to state,
in a clear and decisive manner, that
all his testimony against Digby was
false that he had been induced to
make the statement through the
promises and influence of one Henry
Tarwate. he was then remanded TO
Jail, and the jury put under guard
till Judge Crawford should decide
how to proceed. It is now the opin-
ion Of q great many that Edmondson
and another not yet indicted are the
perpetrators Of the bloody deed. The
whole case now seems to be enshroud-
cd in deeper mystery than ever.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-15

At the beginning of the term one
year ago, Miss Martha Shepherd
Mcdonald, Of New York City, entered
tho freshman class at Vassar College.
She was then sixteen years old, Of
petite figure, brown hair, fair complex.
ION and regular features. Miss Nc.
Donald had eutAred the institution
under peculiar circumstances. Her
father had endowed q scholarship
there at cost Of 5000, and she was
the frut 10 share is benefits, a week
ago she quietly stole away hom the
Institution aud became the bride OF
Mr.. }. Q. SpencaS, H., . sou Of her
tsthu's partner. Both families are
wealthy, and all has ended amioably.