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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The Enquirer publishes the follow
ing fetter from Senator Thurman to
Hon Henry G.. Lord, in reference to
the work done by the recent extra
session of Congress-. In transmitting
the letter for publication, Mr.. Lord
says:
II take the liberty to send you let.
ter which 1 received yesterday, upon
my return from Cleveland, from Judge
Thurman. 1t has the ring of the true
Democratic sentiment, of which the
distinguished Senator is so able and
gifted an exponent. And permit me
to add that in my judgement one OF
the most vital issues, if not the one
most vital and impressive, now before
the people is whether the ballot-box
in Ohio and her sister States is here
after to be hedged about by Federal
bayonets directed from the Office OF
the Secretary of War, or whether, as
heretofore in the days of our fathers.
it shall be guarded and defended by
the loyalty and patriotism of the
American people expressed and en-
forced through legally constituted
cSv1 authorities"
The following is Senator Thurmans
letter:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER
WAsHINGToN, July 3, 1879 :
"MY DEAR SIR: The extra session
is at an end. In my judgment, no
session of Congress has done more for
the vindication Of the principles of
American liberty. We have success
fully maintained the principle that the
bayonet shall not control the ballot
box; we have repealed the infamous
jurors test-oath; we have provided
for impartial juries in the Federal
Courts, North and South; and we
have maintained the principle that the
Federal Government shall not inter-
iere in the election of the officers of
the States. A greater declaration in
favor of popular liberty has not been
made since the adoption of Magma
Charta. Yours truly,
A. G.. THURMAN.
"Hon. Henry G.. Lord, Riverside,
Hamilton County, Ohio"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The Protectionist logic in the case of
the quinine tax is boomerang. 1t has
recoiled on the heads of those who in
vented it with terrible force. The ar
gument has been like this: The re-
peal of the tax has increased the price
Of qunine; hence the tariff tends to
reduce the price Of taxed articles ;
therefore. the best protection for
home industry is q falling market. 1t
is odd that the Government should 60
to the trouble and expense of forfeit
ing its revenue on so many articles, il
the only consequence is to reduce
prices and make home.manpfacturing
more difficult.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

For ten years or more Democratic
speakers and organs have maintained
the theory that soldiers may be good
enough in their way, but that they
are untitled for the execution of civil
trusts. Are Ewing and Rice to be re-
garded as exceptions to this rule, or
will it be argued that they are not
soldiers enough to hurt 2-[R Republic
can Paper.
The Democrats never maintained
any such doctrine for ten years or any
other period of time, and your premis-
es being false, your conclusions are
equally fallacious. We do assert, how
ever, that the mere fact that man
may have been good soldier neither
qualified or disqualified him from the
faithful and acceptable discharge of
the duties of q civil Office. Fortunate:
ly, Messrs. Ewing and Rice have dem
onstrated their fidelity and capacity
both in the forum and the field.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

A Washington dispatch of July 9th
Gays the United States consul at Mes.
sina sends to the department of state
an account of the recent eruption OF
Mount Etna. 1t broke out on the 26th
of May and ceased on the 11th of June.
In Messina the pavement and balco-
nies were covered with black dust.
The villages near the mountain were
shrouded in darkness, and their in
habitants fed in terror. The damages
are estimated at 100000, towards
which the Italian parliament has con-
tributed large sum. The king gave
personally $1,000. On the 18th of
June there was q serious earthquake.
The earth opened and swallowed up
houses and human beings. The Cause
ss attributed to the undermining fol-
lowing the discharge of lava in large
quantities.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The idea of the bullionists iss that
hard money is the panacea for hard
times. By what logic they arrive at
that conclusion is little difficult to
comprehend. If we were TO be con-
fined to an exclusive metallic currency
we would have but a moiety Of what is
now in circulation in the country, and
as the money or wealthy classes either
own that or have it secured to them
they would be able to control the
wages of labor and the prices of all
its productions. It would place the
entire business interests of the country
at the mercy of the few moneyed men.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

1HE CuiCaSO lFlDuuo (hop.) Says
"The President has been so free with
his vetoes that Mrs. Hayes hesitates to
introduce a millinery bill"
The st. Petersburgh Golos estimates
the cost to Russia of the war with
Turkey amounted to fl50,O0O,00O, and
that the deaths in the Russian army
numbered 100000.
By an explosion of divers Powder
Mill near Laurel Station, Pa, William
Whitehead, John McKeal and James
Burns were fatally injured, and A.
Steel and w. Kidney, seriously injured.
JEFF. DAVIS says positively he will
not be candidate for the United States
Senate. And now there will be weep
ing and wailing and gnashing of teeth
in the camp of the Radicals.
The Republicans of the Sentorial
District composed of Portage and Sum-
nit counties have called their nomi
mating Convention to be held at Citi-
zens' Hail, Rayenna, on Thursday,
July 3lst,
The St. Paul Globe says: "Foster
belonged to the Stsy-at-home Club
during the war. The soldiers of Ohio
will, no doubt, see to it that he does
not forfeit his membership in October.
The Brooklyn bridge has cost thus
far ten and half millions of dollars,
and it will require two years longer
TO finish it. The contractors will no
doubt manage to make it cost round
fifteen millions.
LOGAN, of Illinois, figures as the
sharer of part of the spoils derived
from the larceny of cotton from the
Southern people. His portion amount
ed to about sixty-two thousand dol
lars. This accounts in part for his
success in reaching the Senate.
READ the list of beauties the iepub-
licans have employed to run the elec
tons in New Y York and Philadelphia
under the Federal Election laws and
then say whether Congress did not do
the right thing in refusing to appro-
pirate money to pay such fellows.
THERE is horrible bowling among
the thieves whom the Radicals have
employed as Deputy Marshals to run
the elections for them on account of
the failure of Congress to appropriate
money to pay them for their partizan
services.
The Republicans are pointing with
pride to their record OH the financial
question, and yet every act of their
party since 1861 has been in the inte-
rest of the moneyed classes and
against the laboring and producing
classes. Their entire financial legisla-
tion has tended to pauperize labor and
paralyze business.
The Okalona States is sure to be q
profitable venture if it charges the Re-
publican newspapers who appear to
be so greatly enamored with its regu-
lar subscription rates. If all the Rad
ical papers that are constantly copy
ing from its columns are regular sub
scribers, it has list larger than any
other newspaper in Mississippi.
ON Friday morning last a terrific
boiler explosion occurred in the facto-
ry of Adams & Setter, in East Balti-
more, Nd, causing the death of two
persons and the serious injury of fif-
teen others and involving the destauc-
ton of about $4,000 worth of prop
erty
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

CHILLIcoTHE, O., July l4.-The
funeral of Ex-Governor William Allen
took place this morning from Fruit
Hill. Business throughout the city
was generally suspended, and many
business houses and dwellings draped
in mourning. Among the many vis-
itors present from abroad were Govern
or Bishop, Lieutenant Governor Fitch
and most Of the State officials. The
cortege was very imposing, and the
entire populace seemed assembled On
the line Of the procession.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

WOULDN'T it be an interesting spec
tacle to see Charlie Foster parading up
and down the country waving the en-
saDguined linen from that yard stick
with which he measured calico while
Ewing and Rice were meeting the
rebels on the battle field,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The Republican papers are just now
trying to get up boom for Senator
Bayard as the Democratic candidate
for President in 1880. They say he
would be the easiest man to elect, but
the hardest man to nominate-that he
is strong with the people, but weak
with the politicians. 1t is painful to
witness the deep anxiety and inte-
rest these fellows manifest in the sue
cess of the Democracy, but the Bay
ard boom don't seem to materialize to
anv considerable extent. 1t bids fair
to prove boomerang to its Inventors.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The fellows who are around getting
up "honest money Leagues" are
those who want the Government to
confer the power and privilege of is-
suing the entire paper currency upon
the National Banks and giving into
their hands the exclusive control Of
the finances of the government and
the people. And these are the fellows
who 60 about the country preaching
hard money" They are not Demo-
Gratis of the school of Jefferson and
Jackson, who opposed the comforting
of such privileges on chartered mo-
nopoliee, and taught the doctrine that
the power to furnish the currency of
the country, of whatever it might be
composed, belonged exclusively to the
Government and cannot be delegated
to individuals or corporations.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
A Spendthrift.

Thomas Vaughn, of marlborough,
England. ran through $2,50O,OO0 in
eight years, and all his effects were
recently sold. The furnishing of the
billiard-room alone cost between
S15O,0OO to 100000; in the smoking
room the spittoons cost 500 each; in
some of the rooms the leather covers
OF the seats cost 800 yard a fireplace
cost $4,000; and the owners bed
stead 81, 500.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

A MEETING of the Democratic State
Central Committee has been called to
be held at the Kennard House, Cleve-
land, at o'clock q. m., Tuesday, July
29th, for the purpose of transacting
business relative to the campaign.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The clerk of the court of Athens
county is charged with charging ille-
gal fees-a like charge is preferred
against the sheriff of Franklin county.
The former is q Republican and the
latter q Democrat; so it is stand-of
the honors are easy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

DAYTON. O., July 14-Daniel Rou.
zer, q well known temperance lecturer
IN this vicinity, was drowned in the
Miami River this afternoon, and his
body has not yet been recovered.
Rouzer was one Of the most promi-
nent leaders in the Murphy move
ment, but has broken bis pledge. and
was drowned while under the infu-
ence Of liquor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

One Of the series Of paper mills own
ed by the Cleveland Paper Co., known
as the " Lower Mil" )" located near the
Broadway crossing of the Atlantic &
Great Western Railroad, was partially
destroyed by fire on Sunday, and only
the most strenuous efforts of the fire.
men prevented its entire destruction.
The loss is estimated at $4,000; COW
cred by insurance in tbirty-four cam
panies.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The greenback is "honest money >
at least it is just as honest with which
to pay debt as it was to create it
with.
CALICO CHARLIE won his laurels
selling calico ut 621s cents q yard
while the boys were at the front brav-
ing rebel bullets at Sl3 month.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

SAMUEL j. MILLS, Treasurer of the
town of Bloomfield, Conn.,, is deeply
involved, and an investigation of his
accounts indicate deficiency of al
least $3.50 The town has attached
his property.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The London Standards financial ar
ticle says that the coinage exigencies
of Germany are incompatible with any
further treasury sales of silver. 1t is
generally believed that Germany will
ultimately return to the double stand
ard, IN which case she would become
q purchaser of silver.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

IT is stated that letter has been re.
ceived in Washington from General
Grant in which he expresses the pur-
pose to remain abroad until after the
Republican nominating convention
has finished it's work, and that he re-
fuses to take the nomination.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
s4xUELD D. HARRIS ED1ro. AND ru.Inur,.
RAyENNA, THURSDAY. JULY II. 1879
The Press TOR $3.50 a Year
In ADVANCE.
OHIO DEmOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor,
General THOMAS EWING,
of Fairfield County.
For Lieutenant Governor,
General AMERICUS v. RICE.
of Putnam County.
For Treasurer of State,
Hon. ANTHONY ID. HOWELLS,
of Stark County.
For Auditor of State,
CHARLES REEMELlN,
of Hamilton County.
For Judge OF the Supreme Court.
Hon. WILLIAM J. GILMORE,
of Preble County.
For Attorney General.
Hon. ISAIAH PILLARS,
OF Allen County.
For Member of the Board of Public Works,
General PATRICK O'MARAH,
ofCuyahoga County.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

AT Blackburn, England, q cotton
mill, containing 1,2OO looms and TO-
600 spindles, and another with 10000
spindles, have closed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
THE MARKETS.
KKVENNA, July 10, 1Sl
ATLANTIC MILLS FLOUR AND FEED.

RAvENNA. July 16. 1879.
| ATLANTIC MILLS FLOUR AND FRED
| FLOUR-New Process. 81 rs; Pastry 81 80
per sack; Diamond street 81 90; o. K.$1 s5;
| FEED-Bran. 7Oc per 1GO lbs; Middlings, 90
Chop, 81 Corn Meal. 81 25; Oil Meal. Il so.
| WHEAT % a 06.
CORN-shelle brings soc; ears, 25 c.
| OATS-33 cts.
RYE-No. brings 45s
BARLEY-None tn market.
HAI-Selling at So @ $40; according to
quality. Dull sale.
BEEF-Per cwt.. S. so @S6 %
HOGS-Dressed, 81 soc 90 per cwt,
LARD-City render ed $500.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured Hams
selling at &c; Country Sc.
Shoulders, City cured selling at &c. Dried
Beef selling at loo.
POULTRY-Small supply in the market
Chickens undressed, buyers pay G97 cents;
Turkies. undressed. &c.
BUTTER--6@sc. cash; Sc. trade, 41s@5c.
CHEESE-Retails, 1Qc. Buyers pay 4xc boxed
EGGS-buyers pay SC per doz.
POTATOES-Buyers pay 5G@60c.
DRIED APPLES-21sc. per lb.
BEANS-Choica handpicked in small demand
at 81 So per bu. Medium 81 so.
VINEGAR-Pure cider, retails 25&sOc per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay 5Hc.
HIDES-Green, trimm I'd. No. 1, &c
EEATHERS-Best retail at Toe.
WHITE LIME-S1 co per bbl.
WATER LIME-$2 90
SALT-Coarse sells at g 90: fine 81 Is.
wOOD-Stove 81 5Ot9a O0;s feet wood $500
a So so per cord.
SUGARs-
Coffee A sells for Observation-Disclosures, 1Oc
Extra G " NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SC
Granulated OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .1Oc
Pulverizcd " Observation-Disclosures. ...1Oc
Crushed d" Observation-Disclosures. .1Oe
Brown ........................ q Sc
MOLAsSES-
New Orleans. .........,S sells for. 90 q 75c
White Drip SYRUP. soc
Golden Drip a" .... {" ....... Is
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

Ten whites and five colored persons
died Of sun stroke at Charleston, S. c.,
on Saturday.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

THE moulders, 40 in number, EN-.
ployed in the Hardware Works at
Reading, Pa, struck for higher wages
at the close of business Saturday. The
proprietors notified them the works
would be closed one month. At q
meeting Of moulders during the eve
ming it is rumored q general strike
was ordered, to commence Monday
morning. About one thousand moul-
ders are employed at the various
hardware works and fopnderics in the
city.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
Who is lscsponsibIe.

'The Federal courts are paralyzed.
There is no money to pay for the exc
cutiOn of civil orr criminal process
This is owing, according to our es.
teemed cotemporary the New York
Times, to "the refusal of the Demo.
Gratis in Congress to pass bill appro.
priating money for the payment OF
the United States Marshals' expenses
in enforcing governmental judicial
process
The fact is undoubtedly as it is stated
by our esteemed contemporary but
there is mistake respecting the cause
of this fact.
The truth is that the Democrats il
Congress passed bill making an am.
pie appropriation of money for these
very expenses; but Mr.. Hayes vetoed
it because they had not also appropri
ated money for other purposes. Tht
responsibility rests entirely with Mr.
Hayes and not with Congress-. The
bill was passed and the money wal
ready but the Fraudulent Presiden
struck it with his veto. The fault il
wholly his.-[N. Y. Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

The first State election this year will
be that of Kentucky, on August 4
The others come in order as follows
California, September 3, State and Ju.
dicial officers, four Congressman and
Legislature; Maine, September s.
State officers and Legislature; Ohio
and Iowa, October 7, State officers in
part and Legislature; Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi.
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylya.
mia, Virginia and Wisconsin, Noyem.
ber 3. Governors are elected in all
the States named except Mississippi
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wis.
consin.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
Oregon Letter

Perhaps the readers of the PRESS
would like to know about the seed
time and harvest in Oregon. Both are
admirably adapted to make man lazy.
Wheat, the staple article, can be put
in any time from September to March.
Oats and Barley from January to May,
Potatoes and garden seeds, any time
during the Spring months, and Har-
vest is almost sure to be abundant.
Haying begins about the middle of
June and harvest is over about the
middle of August. The grain is usually
left raked in bundles without binding
aud is thrown onto wagons with bar
ley fork, and drawn to the thresher.
The stacks of grain often stay piled up
in the field several weeks, for dry
weather can be depended on during
August and September.
The western part of Oregon is already
nearly full of settlers. That is, the
valleys are, and the mountains never
will be. Ifmy readers will remember
the western part of Oregon, extending
from the Pacific east of the Cascade, Is
about $50 miles, and from the Colum.
bia river south go miles, is larger than
the whole of Ohio, still it has only one
| wagon road across it from North tC
South, and the only roads that branch
off from it follow up or down the
creeks and rivers it crosses only or
reach the coast and but two cross the
mountains, SO that by looking at 8
map of Oregon one can see that less
than one acre in ten thousand is fit fol
anything. So much for the western
part. III some future article I will try
and describe the eastern, or stock rails
ing portion of the State: also, the way
mining is conducted in the Placer, o.
gravel diggings. G. w. ROOT,
Canyonville, Oregon, June 80, 1879
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
YEARLY RANGE IN GOLD PRE-
MUM

Lowest and highest price of gold in
currency, in New York, yearly, from
I Qesl "a 1 OzO
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

XIX ACRE IMPROVED FARM-Good
Sy9SJ buildings, water. &c in Pike Co.,
No, ~ miles north of st. Louis. 15S acre i'm
proved farm in Ashland Co. Ohio. S miles from
Ioudanville, 156 acre improved farm in Roots
town O.; good buildings: water. &C.: choice.
r1ch, sandy, l0anl soil. Also smaller farms in
Ill. or Mo-, near st. Louis. Address.
N.R COLLINS,
534-h B. o. Box 16 Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17

- could not love thee dear. so much,
Loved not honor MORE"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-07


The letter which we copy from the Bos-
ton Journal, in relation to the attempted
sale of the greenback party, by Joseph
l.. Smith, in order that he might be elect
ed Governor of the State of Maine, pre-
sents the greenback candidate tor Cover
nor in very different light from that in
which his admirers have held him up to
the public view. They have represented
that an attempt was made by leading re
publicans to bribe Mr.. Smith, with the
offer of the Governors place, which they
held in their control at the meeting of the
Legislature last winter. to abandon and sell
out the greenback party; that he spurned
the bride and with Roman virtue and firm
ness stood by the greenback part,
and its principles. This letter
of the Boston Journal cores
respondent shows, on the contrary, that
no attempt was made by republicans to
bride Mr. Smith, that he sought the oppor-
tunity to sell himself, and that he offered
to place himself, in his message as Gov
ernor, in consideration of his election to
that office by the republicans, on such
ground as to the financial and southern
questions as would be satisfactory to the
republican party of the State This is
proved by statements made in his own
handwriting, extracts from which are
found in the Boston journal letter. We
do not recollect just such another precious
piece of perfidy in politics as is here ex-
posed. unless it may have occurred among
the barbarian bulldozers and ku-klux of
the cotton States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-07

We copy from the Bangor Commercial
OF Tuesday evening report of an inter
view with Joseph l.. Smith, in which he
denies that he offered to trade with repub-
licans for the Goyernorship. That was be-
lore the letter Of the Boston journal on
that subject was published 1t is quite
possible that Mr.. Smith may not be so
confident of his rectitude in this matter.
since he has read the journal, and we
therefore advise the Commercial to seek
another interview and report again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-07
HON. DANIEL +, DAVIS.

Republican candidate for Governor, will speak
during the campaign, AS follows:
skowHEGAS, Thursday. August 9TH.
NORTH ANsoN. Friday, August sth.
FAIRFIELD. Saturday, August 9th.
LEWISTON, Monday, August 18th.
DAAARiseoTrA, Tuesday. August i2th
CAMDEN, "wednesday. August 18th.
BELFAST, Thursday August 18th.
WATERPROOF. Friday, August 18TH
UNITY, Saturday. August 10th.
WArERvILLE, Monday, August 18th.
sorrH PARIS, Tuesday. August 10Th.
BETHEL, Wednesday, August Goth.
MECHANIC FALLS, Thursday, August 2ls,.
NORTH BERWICK, Friday, August eai.
BucKsPoRr, Saturday. August I'D.
ELLSWORTH, Monday, August 25th
cHERRYFIELD. Tuesday, August Goth.
MAcHIAs. "Wednesday, August 9th.
DEsNYsvILLE, Thursday, August 2sth.
PEMBROKE, Friday. August 2qth.
CALAIS, Saturday. August 3Oth.
The closing week of the campaign beginning
Monday Sept. LIST, Mr.. Davis will speak in the
Fourth Congressional District, at places TO be an.
nouneed hereafter.