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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY. JEBR WILLIAMS . . ... . . . .. .Editor . lYoodslield," July 31, 1S6G, "A union of hearts, . a unjon of hands, ;, A union that none may sever; A union of lakes,7 a union of lands, . The. America Union porevee.".. 'THE UNION AS IT: WAS.' AND THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS.?: ."I hold that this Government was made on the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE MEN, for the b Eft e fit of WHITE MEN and their . POSTERITY forever' pheiA. Douglas. ' ' ' "... ., ( Democratic- State V Ticket, For Secretary of Stated " ' :." Gen. BENJAMIN LeFEVER, " " . Of" Shelby County. ' V''' For 8upreme Judge,'. :V? VTHOMAS M. KEYr : ' Of Hamilton County. - ; For Member Board of Publio Works, . WILLIAM LAK WILL, ; il Of Ashland County. V . ; "vDISTMCJT : TICKET. ; T. I-;.c Jor Common Pleas Judge, : ; 1 - - WILLIAM KENNON,: Jr. ' V I? Of "Belmont County. ' : Henry SJansberry; Attorney Gene The country is to be congratulated not less than PresidentJohHson himself that he has a constitutional adviser in the high office of Attorney General who knows the laws of the United States,and who deems it & dutv to declare and obey them: and Mho is worthy to ?it in the seat of Ran dolph, Pinkney, Wirt, Clifford, Critten den ana Cushms:. . ; ' i ' MrVStansberrv is declared bv thehish- j i w est members in his profession to' be a lawyer of entire uprightness,of large ex perience and acquaintance : with the sci ence of jurisprudence and- of superior acumen ; bpeed,his predecessor,' wa3 his counterpart in . all $hese ' respects.' " He lacked integrity, what experience he had, - Had bred him no faculties, he was igno rant of statute books and ef legal prin ciples, and he had about as much acumen -as the tendril of a trumpet creeper. " : His decisions v,were generally .wronsr. ' but whether bad or good he had an instinct o omitting the best reasons for them. ; That in 61 he counselled armed resis tance to the authority of the Government and persuaded thousands of young Ken iuckians into combats which he never had the! courage' to join, is a matter.which need not be set forth, : for it is only as lawyer or as no-lawyer" that his presen country.1 He has no gone '".out for po - litical reuses. ; It would have been wel if, months ago.'for legal reasons, Presi dent Johnson had made: more haste and less'Speed. ITForW."7' - ''4 7' ' ' , , " ' ' - Washington . Xevrs. Washington. July 25. The Presidsn has signed the bill reviving the grade General in the'army of the United States and this afternoon nominated to the ten ate Lieut. Gen, Grant for that office,' and Vice Admiral Farragutt6.be Admiral in the .Navy, under a' recent law. .The above nominations have been con firmed by handsome votes; Tia presum ed Sherman will be nominated to fill the vacant Lieutenant Generalcy. i The Way It Was Adopted. f .Tho BO-called Legislature of Tennessee has adopted the." Congressional; amend ment , to the Constitution. , -The Senate adopted the amendment before the,House of Representatives was organized, and in the House two members were" arrested and held in the. Hall as : prisoners, merely to make. no a" cmorum. Of course these prisoners did not, or could not vote. ' In this so-called Legislature, : forty the eighty-five counties elected no mem hers, and in .those that did go through the'farce of an election, scarce one in five of the electors were allowed to vote. ' To call 'such an assemblage a lawful Legis lature, and the proposed amendment, pass ed by one branch before the other was or? ganized,and in the lower House by drag ging in two members in order to make up a quorum, and holding them as prisoners while .the .farce was being played, is an outrage, on - common 'stnso. Cincinnati Union, Rep.' " - ' IIobb Fighting. Gen; Sherman does not think the end is yet.- Ee predicts more fighting, in comparison with which his will seem slight, In . addressing the students of Yale College,he said: "1 tell you that before you pass from tho stage there will be fighting,in comparison with which mine will seem ' slight,1 and I have had' enough."; ;The General had reference,- doubtless, to the civil war which the Radical leaders of Congress have al ready taken -th initiatory steps to pro. duce. r. Certain iis it that, if the Radical leaders are- succeseful in" the elections, they will not only depose the President, but originate a civil; war, whose atroci ties will go far .beyond anything in our previous history, . .' .; .. . vv , A woman in New York, over fifty, has Bued - for a divorce from her husband, nearly seventy. ' The. "youth" has been paying his addresses to a young girl." Democratic Platform, Adopted at Colunibus, Tliursuajv May 24. llaohcd. That the Pemocracy of Ohio will adhere in the present and in the fu ture as iu the past, with unfaltering ndel ity and firmness to the organization of the Democratic Party, and to its ancient and well settled principles a& enunciated Dy Thomas Jefferson, the great Apostle of American .Democracy, and as acknowl edged. and accepted by the party from the foundation of the Government; and espe cially . ofv equal taxation, and of repre sentation of all States subject to taxation. Rtsohcd. That the one great question of the day is the immediate and ijcoji- DITIONAIi RESTORATION OF. .ALL TFIE States to tue, exercise op their RIGHTS yriTIIIN THE FEDERAL UNIOM UN DER tiib Constitution; and that we "will cordially and actively support Andrew JoDNspN, as President, of the United States,' in all necessary and proper means to carry out his policy as directed to that end; and especially in securing immedi ate representation in the Senate and House of Representatives, to the eleven btates from winch it is now unconstitutionally and arbitrarily withheld, unless orx the degrading condition, of inferiority in the Union, and. of negro political, and civil equality enforced by the Federal Govern ment. - . - ... . .. ; ftcsohciT. That for the purposes above set forth, we will cordially co-operate in public meetings," conventions and at the polls, with all men, without reference to past party positions, who honestly and by their acts and votes as well as by - their professions, support the President in his policy of restoration as now declared. - - f500,OCO,000.: : ;. The total receipts from internal reve nue foT thejear ending June 30, amount to nearly 500,000,000. IJxchange. .Five hundred million dollars a tear, in one" item of taxes, wrung from the people, from the sweat and toil, the flesh and blood and nerve, of the work ing men and women of the country. And what have we gained? What have we to show for it? - , " f Five hundred millions of dollars ayearl How do you like it, ye laboring men, to have that amount wrung from your wa ges, from the comfort.s of yourselves and little ones, as the result of freeing the riegro.and supporting him in idleness,and pay the salaries of thousands of specula ting Yankee Negro Bureau agents.- v Five hundred millions of dollars a year! How do you like that,ye poorcusses,who arc unable to buy Government bonds.and are taxed on all you possess, while the rich bond-holder, to whom a great part of these taxes, wrung from the sweat of your brow, goes in the Bhape of interest, pays nothing on his bonds! Five hundred millions of dollars a year! Aye, ye voters, how do you like it as on ly one item of the bill you pay for the ex periment ot placing the Abolition party m power? Hancock Courier. . , The Radicals and the President. . The Radicals are chagrined that Pres ident Johnson should so far deviate from the :-pith they had marked out as the proper, one for him to pursue, as to give Congress to understand that the Consti tution save the veto power to the Presi dent, -in case of constitutional amend ments, as well as of bills passing the Sen ate and House, and that these amend ments do not meet the approval of his judgment . i ; :r , It must be a matter . of profound re gret to the people at large that the Pres ident does not obey ; their wishes in al things. To carry out their favorite pro ject of forcing negro suffrage on the bouth they proclaimed President Johnson in fa vor of an amendment having that for its object, and because the Chief Magistrate did net see proper to thus lend himself to the .views of men , whose great objec seems to be to prevent the Southern States from obtaining that which tho Constitution secures them, and thus to play into the hands of men whoso actions show them to be in favor of a disruption of the Union, they abuse -him without "stint or mercy. By their own acts, by an :utter aban donment of the principles which held. to gether the Union party m the late war these Radicals have placed themselves in a hostile position to the President. That officer is as true to those principles as is the dial to the sun, and m his late mes sage in which, in language not to be mis understood, ha proclaimed himself hos tile to the proposed constitutional amend ment, . he aids, jn its defeat, rresiden Johnson will have done mueh to 'still the troubled waters, and to cement the Un ion,, and for this he deserves the thanks of .the Union-loving people of all par ties, and will receive their gratitude. Daily (Rep '.), Union.. '.. r - - ; j ' ATery Sad Affair. ! We are informed that-Mrs. Jesse Wil son, of Mt. Sterling, met with a horrible death last Wednesday under the following circumstances:- She had been tomarl and returning on horseback indulged the luxury of apipe,"which she returned io her pocket, with hre accidentally re maining therein. The action of the at mosphere coon fanned - this into- a blaze and endeavoring-to leap from her' horse her clothes- caught on the horn of the saddle and her foot remained fastened in the ; stirrup; - The horse, ; burnt by ; the fire. - kept whirling round and round in his endeavors to escape therefrom, addin fuel to the flame. A neighbor seeing the fire hastened to her assistance, tore the burning garments ; off, severely burning his hands in the operation. It was; too late, though, for after lingering in agony until evening, - Mrs. Wilson was relieved of her - sufferings bv death. Zanestille Covritr. -. .' - , The Wigwam Tor the Convention. Philadelphia,' 'July 26. The wig wam for the accommodation of the Grand National Union Convention is already in process of ' construction' on Broad and Wall streets. !It is to be a monster in size, covering the whole block and hav ing three main entrances. ( ' . ' Deaths by drowning at Cincinnati and immediate vicinity have averaged two a day for a month. U K 0 FE X K"" K E S . Latest From the Scat of War. NO ARMISTICE AGREED TjrON -NEGOTIA- K . TIONS CONTINUED. , ' New York:, J uly 21. By the arrivals of the -steamers Hermann and Jura, of aris,wo have European dates of the 12th inst. -'. . - . - - - - No armistice has yet been agreed upon. Negotiations continue. .'Italian papers state that Prussia has declined , the ar mistice. Semi-official Vienna papers state that Napoleon has taken fresh steps of an energetic character to effect an armis tice, and armed 'mediation has been, an nounced at the Prussian headquarters. (Jholera continued to rage at btitba.and at Berlin it was reported increasing. On the 7th, 148 cases were reported at Ber- in, of which 7 proved fatal. . , . ITALIANS DEFEATED. - i The Austrians have beaten the Italians at Borgoforte and buelo. The Italians were repulsed five times at Borgoforte. Gen. Cialdim crossed the ro on the oth into Venetia, at the head of his army corps. ' Marshal Benedek appears to be with drawing toward Brunn, followed by both armies. .' '.V - A telegram from Spangbe, of June 7, says Min Hoang is in danger of capture by the rebels. . - -. AN AUSTRIAN RECONNOITERING PARTY DRIVEN BACK BY GARIBALDIANS. A Florence dispatch of the 10th says: This morning .the Austrians made a re connoisance in strong force with artillery in the direction of Laydone.. They were driven back with the bayonet by the Gar ibaldians a3 far ; as the La Azzo, which place wa9 occupied by the volunteers. Garibaldi was present, but had to remain in a carriage in consequence of his wound. The operations of the Italian army against Borgoforte were being continued. The Italian troops on the 10th captured by assaulMhe. village of.Mallegania,near the tete dupont, at Borgoforte i - MANIFESTO FROM THE EMPEROR OF AUS- ; . . ,: . tria. ,"" Vienna, July 10. The Emperor of Austria has issued a manifesto, m which he says the heavy misfortunes which have befallen his Army of the North moved to its -core his heart, but the reliance he had placed upon the devotion of his people, the courage of his army, upon. God and his good and sacred right, had not moved a single instant, tie naa addressed mm self to the Emperor of the French, re questing his good offices for bringing about an armistice with Italy.; JNot mere ly had the Emperor readily responded to his demand, but. offered to mediate with Prussia for a suspension of hostilities and for offering negotiations for peace. This offer he accepted, and announces himself prepared to make peace upen honorable conditions, to prevent bloodshed and the ravages of war; but be would not make peace by which Austria s position a3 a great power would be shaken, booner than this he would carry on the war to the utmost extreme. ' r : -; All available troops are being concen trated, and the gapes in the ranks filled by conscription and volunteering called to arms by ; tne newiy awaseneu spirit oi patriotism. Austria has been severely visited by misfortune, but she is not hu miliated or bowed down.' ..V ' i ' CALL FOR YOLUNfEERS. " : - : Pesth; J uly : 9 J Ari imperial procla mation calls upon volunteers to hasten to enroll themselves under the banners o the army, in order to protect the father land, which is threatened by the events of the war. '" ; -y, ; - ;. - ' ITAtlAN LOSSES AT CUSTOZZAr Florence, July 9. The losses' of the Italians in the battle at Uustozza are of ficially stated at 651 killed,' 2,909 woun ded, and 4,252 prisoners and missing.,. -, -; THfi BATTLE OF SANDOWA. ' The London Times' correspondent's ac count of the battle of Sadowa says: The Prussians had engaged - about - 2ot),000 men, and the Austrians nearly as many Nearly 1,500 guns were in action o which 750 were Prussian. FEELING IN ITALY TJNANIMOU3 AGAINST i- THE AUSTRIAN PEOPLE THE WAR MUST : BE CONTINUED. -; ; New York, July 24. The Tribune's Milan correspondent says publio opinion in Italy is singularly unanimous agains the Austrian propositions.' . Much impa tience is exhibited, at the delay in mill tary operations. Suspicions begin to be felt in regard to- some of the leaders, Many speculations arc indulged as to ne gotiations for peace, but the general im- M il . a ? pression is mat me war musi co.nimus. Cholera in TVTcw York City. : The ' New York Commercial Advertiser states that cholera is raging in certain parts of that city. It also states that the facts relative to the number of cases oh Hart's Island are so appalling that pub licity is denied them. I A gentleman just from New York in forms us that there arc not less than two hundred , cases of cholera daily in that city. On the first appearance of cholera in the harbor, of New York,it was order ed by the Board of . Health that no cases of cholera should be reported without the sanction of the Board. Hence the pub lie has been deceived . as to the extent to which' the disease has been prevailing that city -for. some weeks past.' It has now, become so alarmiog and wide-spread that secrecy is no longer possible, and the facts are beginning to be made pub he. Lnqinrcr, zoih. . ; Death Record for the Week End ing.To-Day. The death record for the week ending July 23 (Monday,) is asfol lows, enumerating tne ounai permits is sued: , . , .. .. , . . . Sanday,July 15... ;.. .87 Monday, July 16. .................... . .146 Tuesday, July 17. ................ .....155 Wednesday. July 18. im';.'. .......... ..323 Thursday,. July. 19 . ... ................ 209 Friday, July 20 122 Saturday, July 21..................... 86 Sunday.July 22....,.........;-...'..,. 54 ; Making a total of 1,182 in one wcek,or the largest mortality in any one week for years. iV. T. World, July 23. i t On the 19th the President sent over 300 changes in Postmasters to the Senate. S E W S I T"K M S A man in New York has raised 100,000 young trout from stocking streams and ponds, selling them at $50 per thousand. An accomplished lady musician in Winchester, Tennessee, hung herself last week on account of ill health. Charlotte Cushman will shortly cele brate the GOth anniversary of Jier birth. Fanny Kemble is in her 49th year. Kate Batemah i3 24 years old Julia Dean i3 35. Madame Celeste is 64. Mrs. John Wood isJ56. Julia Bennett Barrow is 41. Adah Isaacs Menken 27. Avonia Jones 28. Kate Reignolds 27. : Mrs. Vernon is nearly 70. Mrs. J. II. Allen is 22. Madeline -Henriquese is 20, and i3 the youngest "leading lady"- on the stage. Parepa is 38. Miss Hosmer is 2G. Maggie Mitchell is 30. The people of Wheeling, W. V.,. have been swindelcd out of several thousand dollars by two rascals who sold them tickets for a concert which did not-take place. - . A' man in Lawrence, Mass., had his legs sawed nearly in two, lengthways, by falling upon a circular saw. The advertising receipts of the Cleve- and (O.,) papers, from July, 1865, to April; '66, are reported as follows: Lead er, $21,933; Herald, SlZ.SSli; Plain Dealer 8,686. It is said that General Dix has writ en a letter favoring the Philadelphia Na tional convention". Yellow fever is reported on vessels at the New l'ork quarantine.1 The counsel of Jefferson Davis" have ceased to applv for. his- parole. Davis condition is. now quite comfortable. Three priests and two. students have been drowned by the upsetting of a boat in Chesapeake Bay. . . . : Among the nnerv dispiaved b7 an ar- ocrtio wedding party . in Paris, lately was. a small parasol, tne .extremity oi which was tipped with an emerald, worth thirty thousand dollars. .Upward of four hundred : clerks were thrown out of employment by the. Lon don bank failures. ' A little school girl, nine or ten years old, has been sent to the penitentiary in New York, for attempting to steal 7 worth of artificial flowers at a school com mencement ; ' , New England Democratic journals uni tedly urge the importance of the Demo cratic party of their section being fully represented in tho Philadelphia conven tion. ,, . . ! The Dayton JbwrnaZ thinks the crisis "have arove. It wants the people-the Republicans to put their "trust in God" and stand firm; for n they .waver now, they are lost. ... . A boy died in Macon county', Illinois, recently, from the effect of a sting from a cat fish. . . . . '. ; Among. Ihe mourners in the procession which followed the late Col. Seaton to the grave, at Washington on the 18th ult, were a number of compositors who :.had been setting type in the office of the Na tional Intelligencer for fifty consecutive years. Gens. Butler and Logan are urging a prolongation .of the session of Congress : Kossuth has issued an address to his nunganan friends,. urging them to help Italy..; -; ,;:vv . . : The fire that has been raging on LoBg Island, New York; ; will destroy timber, it is said, to the amount of $500,090. - Twelve of the sixteen thieves whore cently robbed the Clay County (Missouri) Savings Association of money, bonds and valuables, to theamouut of over $100,000, nave been arrested near tne border in Iowa. ; ;..r. . . . ' -: - : . . The New York.courts have given a vor diet, of $30,000 in favor of Benjamin Wood against the city of New York for printings , . .'; .. ,: : . . The German population of Pennsylva nia are represented as a unit for Clyiner, the New York Germans having urged an abandonment by their countrymen every where ofthe fanatical Republicans. The effects of the excise law are felt. What ever doubts have been heretofore felt to the contrary, it is certain , that the cam paign in Pennsylvania looks decidedly better for. the Democrats than their oppo nents. ' ' V ' : , : '. There is a scheme on foot in St. Louis to recruit men for the - Liberar army, in Mexico. ; -'-':., : .;'. ' : : Between the 18th of June and the 18th of J uly wheat declined 62 cents per bnsh el in Toledo. '- ..' - '' ' Hon. Henry Stanbery has been cou firmed as United States Attorney Gene ral .. ' " " V Last week a man at Geneva, Ashtabula county, in assisting to move a bam, was crushed to death. The Paris (Ky.) Citizen says'tthat Capt, George Buckley was shot and killed at a barbecue in Henry County," Ky., by a man named Jacob btewart. ' Both had served in the Federal Army. ' A special from Chicago says Judge Morse, has already put into the school fund two thousand five hundred dollars out of the pockets of the liquor sellers this term of Court. " y - The Democratic mass meetings held in Southern Indiana" during the past ten days, have never been equaled in num bers and enthusiasm. 1 , . ' :. It is stated that Secretary Stanton has no idea of leaving the Cabinet won't do it if he can help it; will write a letter ap probatory of the President's policy and the Philadelphia Convention. ;. ' ; The Ohio State. Journal has the un pleasant intelligence that 'J.1 B. Ho well, editor of the. Gate City, ha's been removed from the postoffice at Keokuk, Iowa, and Edwards, a Democratic politician, ap pointed in his place, A remonstrance against the confirmation has been for warded to the Iowa Senators. The same thing has occured in the case of Pension Agent at St. Louis., The Baptist convention of Louisiana have taken decided steps to educate the orphan children of soldiers. ' ' : : 'In some portions of this county," says the Owensboro (Ky.) Shield, "the snakes are so numerous that it is impossible for armers to cultivate their crops. On Pan ther Creek,., a stream near this city, as high as 500 snakes have been discovered in one body; fishing has been almost en tirely abandoned in this creek on account of snakes, and in some portions of the country stock have left the woods terror stricken on account of the numerous quan tity of snakes. - . Land near St. Paul's churchyard in London is worth 5,000,000 per acre. The Radical papers state that orders have been issued to the Postmaster Gen eral by President Johnson, to dismiss im mediately seven postmasters in .the 27th Isew York Congressional District, liea- sori' opposition to the President s policy- .,- ' " ; ' . .-. - : The State Fair of Ohio, this year, is to be held at Dayton, on Tuesday, Wednes day; Thursday and Friday ,September 25, 26, 27 and 23. - - . , There are said to be 40,000 Johnson Republicans in Pennsylvania. ' A mad bull killed a 8600 horso at Poughkeepsie. The loss occasioned by the burning of the Cincinnati Academy of Music was$65, 000. - : r - The presiding officer of the Tennessee Legislature will not sign the. Constitu tional Amendment,on the ground that no quorum voted for it. ' ; - There, is a negro in Philadelphia whose feet measure twenty-one inches in length It is supposed they will be used as the next "Republican platform." r Congressional Proceedings. Washington, July 26. . The House proceeded to the conside ration of the bill reported last Tuesday, from the Llommitteeiuthorizing the pay ment of the reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis, and on the assassination of President Lincoln. " -r Mr. Delano offered a substitute, allow ing the reward of Judge Holt. After considerable debate . the amend ment offered by Mr. Delano was adopted by a large majority. It gives to E. J Conger: 815,000; Col. L. C. Baker, $3, 750; Luther B. Baker, $3,000; Lieut. E P. Doherty, late 16th N. Y. Cavalry, 55, 250; Major James R. O'Brien, 2,500: and each of the Sergeants, $1,000; Ser geant Corbett and each Sergeant, Corpa ral and private of the-16th New York Cavalry, 1,653. The bill as amended was passed. -- i a a. ' . : ' . . From the Waukegan Gazette, : Horace Greeley Ills Position. The following correspondence sufficient ly explains itself without any comment: Waukegan, III., June 24. - Hon. Horace Greeley, New York: : ;. '"-' Dear Sir: I would respectfully ask i it ;be true that you. have offered to go Jeff. Davis' bail for his release? - Also, i the above be true, why you did not try to obtain bail for Wirz, . the keeper 0 Jeff. Davis' slaughter pens? I ask these questions not from impertinent or idle cu riosity, but for the purpose of obtaining vour views on so important a point. In the meantime, I remain very respectfully yours, . i , . J. Wilson, Jr. : answer. : : Yes, sir: I would bail Davis, or you, or any other culprit that the Government would shamefully keep in jail more than a year, resisting and denying his just and lesral demand that he be arraigned and tried, or let go. Yours truly, Horace Greeley, Mr. J. Wilson, Jr., Waukegan. ; -, BThe Barnesvllle Enterprise of the 26th inst. 6ays: One day last week an at tempt was made to poison .the watchman at the trestle-work west of this place: A quantity, of strychnine was mixed, in a bucket of corn-meal, but as the watchman happened to feed his' chickens . with the mixture before using it himself,, his life was spared. ." The chickens died within a few moments after eating the meal. As the watchman had several hundred dol lars in his possession, it is supposed that this was an attempt at robbery as well as murder. .The. fiend who" did the work doubtless supposed ' that the watchman would die before assistance would reach him, and then, with no one to interfere with his proceedings, the robbery could be performed with ease and safety.. The annals of crime may contain many things as horrible, but certainly nothing so cow- &3We have news from South Ameri ca of. a great battle between the Para-, guayans and allied forces, in which the former were defeated with heavy loss. The Paraguayans attacked the allied po sition with a force estimated to exceed twenty - thousand men.' " one-fourth . of which they left upon the field, when they were finally repulsed and compelled to retreat. The heaviest loss on the part of the allies, was among the Brazilians, who seem to have borne the brunt ofthe bat tle,and lost over a thousand in killed and wounded. The result of the' battle is considered highly advantageous to the al lies. ' . Democratic Candid atb for Judge in the Belmont District. On the 19th, the Democrats of: the Judicial District composed of the counties of Belmont, Monroe and Guernsey, -held a 'Judicial Convention at Barnesville and nominated William Kennon, Jr., by acclamation. In the nomination thus made, the public have the assurance that Mr. Kennon is emi nently qualified for the position to which he has been nominated: .The nomination will bo ratified at the polls in October by a triumphant majority. Statesman.-::- I The CRors. Accounts of the crops in Wisconsin, Iowa and Northern: Illinois are favorable. '. Most. of. the wheat, it is stated," has been harvested, in excellent condition," and is abundant in quantity. The prospects of corn are unusually promising. . ,-' . . . - , - Appointment op Delegates. The State Executive Committee has appointed Hon, George H. Pendleton, Hon. Wil liam Allen, Gen. George W. Morgan and Hon. M. R. Willett delegates for" the State at' large, on the part of the Ohio Democracy, to the" Philadelphia Conven tion. " ; "' ' : ; , " ' - - The Child Murder." ' " Some time since we published an ac count of a preacher at Medina,New York, who whipped his chi to deatn, in the at tempt to "break its will." This pious fa- . a. a a natic is a Radical who believes in hang- Southern rebels and Northern "cop perheads," and thus securing "the fruits" of the war. A lady, writing from Medi na to her son in Goshen, draws the fol- owing graphic picture of the horrible atrocity: -. -r '" 'You know Joel Lindley, 1 behove. Well, a week ago last Monday night he whipped his little boy to death, because be would not say his prayers. He was a ittle child, between three and four years old, his mother died near two years ago, and Joel married Frank Nobles last spring. I think -you know her folks; they lve out west ot erbys. bhe went up stairs to put the little fellow to bed, and he refused to Bay his prayers. bhe whip ped him some, and went down and Joel went up, and whipped him two hours and half, then carried him down and told his wife-to get up, for Johnny acted ve ry strange, and he didn't know what was the matter with him; well, he died right away, liilbert a wife went over and laid the little one out. Gilbert went to Mill- ville next forenoon, and told that Joel's child was dead, and he didn't know what killed the child, but that Joel had been correcting it. The neighbors went in, and thought they acted strange. Wednes day morning he was buried. In the mor ning, when they were all ready, to their surprise the Coroner made his appear ance, to hold an inquest over the body; he had fifteen men; they were six hours making the examination. They say they never saw such a sight beforehand asked Joel what he -whipped the child with: he said a shingle; sometimes with the flat side,and then with the edge; but, oh! such sight! His . little fingers were all in stnngs,the nails gone, and the. bones bro ken; his legs all a jelly, and the bottom of his feet blistered, and; pieces of flesh gone out of them; his shoulders and neck and the sides of his head all black, ihey looked around and. found a tub full of bloody clothes to soak. The verdict was murder." V : - v From Leaven worth JSo Treaty With the Indians. New York, July 21 A special to the Tribune from Leavenworth yesterday, says: The reports telegraphed from um aha that peace has been made with the Indians is a mistake. - It was necessary for the Commissioners to report some thing done, while in reality it was a fail are. Peace was made .with- some aged and infirm Indians and squaws; neither the chief warriors nor headmen were rep resented. -The inhabitants on the border are arming and making preparations for their own protection. The Indians have given -the Overland Stage Company six days to remove their stock from the New Montana, or Powder River route, and de clare war to the knife on all trespassers . Wool in Xew York. ' July 19. There is no new feature to notice in our market for. domestic fleeces during the past week, common and coarse grades . still being very dull, and offered more freely. ; The supply is large, and holders are anxious . to realize.' In for eign wool no change has occurred, Do mestio fleeces sold at 4550o for native and one-quarter' Merinos; 5055ic for one-halt and three-quarter do.; tUboo for full , blood do., and for .Saxo ny fleeces. . Prison Doors Opening. The Rich mond (Va.) " papers state that about 75 convicts were .discharged from the Peni tentiary of that State last week, under the recent order of the War Department directing the release of, prisoners convic? ted by military tribunals. , .. ..... 3: J ! ; Orders have been issued by the Secre tary, of the Njlvy for the immediate re lease of all prisoners .held by order of the Navy Department. . . .. , ;" . . Convention to Nominate Dele J gates to the County Convention. ; The Convention organized by electing J. P. Spriggs President, and'M. Hoefller, Secretary. ; 1' . . . , .. ... Daniel Neuhart and H. R. West were appointed tellers. ;? !- :---:' The delegates were instructed to cast the vote of the townshipfor S. Grimshaw as long as there was a probability of his nomination; then ' to vote without regard to instructions. :" ' ' Subjoined is the vote for the several candidates. , " " '' ;" F. Koehler. ... ....... 1 . 68 ' John Hamilton..........,'.,.'...!...'.. .67. ' J. S. Way....'............:.:....';'...,:..59 : Wm.Read.:.....:, ::..39 -:'. John Montz. ....... ;..::.29 " Jere.-wniums...,::::. ...is . On motion of Jere. .Williams tha Con vention adjourned sine die. -, '. . ' . - - - ;:. ;3iA it it i e d ; ; 'r : :; HAMILTON EDGAIL On' the 1 9th Inst.', by H. B. Hill, Mayor, Mr. Patricfc L. Hamilton and Miss Marg-aret B. Edgar. " '- :..a ,; D IED .' ,...7;'.:., DKUM.-4aly 12, after along and painful illness of chronio disease, Mrs Lydia Drum, wife of Simon Drum, aged 67 years 6 months audiO days. ,- ',. ,: ; -; ; u-: Mrs. Drum was on of th6 pioneer mothers whose early life was spent ; in endaring the hardships incident to the families who first - ... . settled the county. Her first education was that of the thicket field and. spinning wheel. By such industry and fj&rseverauce she prov ed herself . to, he one of those mothers who justly claim to be a benefactor : of s.ociety. One thing which: was a source of remorse to her in her last hour3, was that she had for gotten the one thing needful,' and spent the greater part of her life nnconcerned about religion. However, in her last hours,she ex pressed a desire of being gathered home and to be a partaker of that atonement which is for all the children of men. ' . A funsral sermon on the deceased will be preached at the Conner meeting house, Au gust 19, 186G, by Rev. A. H. Roach at l0 A.M. Her friends and- relatives will' please take notice. - ' " . COMMERCIAL. WOODSFIELD PRODUCE MARKET" ' .- Saturday, July 28,1860. . Wheat per budhel......................$2,50 Corn 1,00 Oats ; . Beans" Flax-seed Butter pet Coal M - 50 1,00 i;5o 15 15 Potatoes..... Corn meal per bushel no 75 10. Sorghum molasses by thebbl.... Eggs per dozen. Flpur per hundred..;..... L ? 7,50- Rasrs per lb , 3 Coffee.......................... ........,.3035 ' Green Apples... . 5Gv SDN If lSil 'M AtHJi J!i J COEEECTEO EEMI-KOHTHLT BY W.' tt.' & B. H. IU- . ' " ; ' ' Sunfish, July 27. Flour-Ex. Family........ $ll 50l2 50 ' Superhne. ............ ........ 1U uu Rye Flour.....:..::..:...i...7 007 50- CornMeal,white;...;..:..;...:;...;.....l00i Corn, in ear'.... ................ ...bU - shelled W Oats....;...........;.:.:::.......;.....;.....4r Bacon, hog round.....; .'....:;..:..l5l6 'i Salt.?.......................;...:.2 753 00 ;J: Coffee .;....:;...;;..............t.;..;.:.3033 : Sugar..;.:.:..:..: . ...... ,...:..Xi420 Rice ....:.'.....'..::..-... .,.......m , Tea........... ......,.....:.......$l 10l 60 v Prints ........... . . ................... .12i20. i Bleached muslins . M650 Brown do 1830 3 Beans.......:..;... ;...:....;.:....:::.! 50 Potatoes, new, per bu... .:..:".l 00" 1 Eggs, per doz......:.::..::.i.;:i..:. 15 1 13 utter: H)fMtiif jttmMittMt18 :. Rags........ . ...................... v.:..'34 i Sorghum Molasses, by bbl..... 5055. eeea joucKwneas.... ....................... w Fish, new, No4. 3 per bbl.::.:.r;.:;..;i9 60 - ;;;;.':;; .' Select SchooU ; L i.:: - 7 ' ' ' --.' '.-r Thb second term of this school will open in Woodsfield on the Second Monday (the 13th,) Of AUgUSU . : : !, ; (' , I Young Ladies and Gentlemen '.wishing, to qualify themselves for teaching, will do well. to avail themselves of this opportunity, as every attention will le paid to those who mty enter tbis schooL - t Application for admission will be made to .. the undersigned. . . Tuition strintly in advance. ' ." . - W.B.O'NEIL, lTeacver8 . Rev. 7. A. GROVE, Teact' 1 Dissolution of Partn 1 1 5 Thb partnership heretofore existing between 13 -1 ! T 1-1 4 lLT: A.l M r. ITi.aI.1a. n V. ' - -j der .the firm name of F. & N. Koehler, was ?a Aarr issnlva1 V mntnul ronsAnt ,-. . . i Tbe business will be conducted hereafter by H. noealer, wno nopes to mem me uoeraa, rnatnm heretofore received bv the firm. - ;. Persons .knowing themselves indebted to; tli firm will nlaasA call immedi&terv and Bet-? tie their accounts with' P. Koehler at the store. : -'-' FREDERICK KOEHLER, ' f ' ' , - NICHOLAS KOEHLER." !" ; : " Woodsfield, July 25, 1866. .. . ..s- ' - ' Dcmas Slusher's 'Estate. . ,.. .... . L.'.: - -? -' .-,.; NOTICE is hereby -given that the subscri ber was, on the 17th.day,of; July, 1&66, appointed Administrator of the estate of De- mas Slusher, deceased. " . . ; , July31.; , ; JAMES ARMSTRONG. IT. ' ." r : Notice." J NOTICE is hereby given to all persons.that I refuse to pay a note given by me, on ; the 14th day of Jul.7,1866, to'Frederick Rose, 1 calling for. thirty dollars 6ix months after date, never having received -value for the same,"! - "' : .: FREDERICK FEIBES. jr; : . July 23, 18G5.' , . ; Eoad Notice." NOTICE is hereby given that a petition will ; be presented to the County Commission ers at their next session, to be held on the first Monday in September, . 1366, praying for the alteration of the county road commencing in the hollow on the lands of. Robert McCain- mon and John Smyth at or near a white eak trea: thenc. down thrnnph ih land of John Smyth to or near the house of said Smyth; thence across the run; .thence about 25 or 39 rods through the land of said Smyth; thence through the land of John Cochran the near est and best route to intersect the old road leading to .Woodsfield; 'also to vacate that" portion of the old road commencing in the hollow at or near the white oak tree on the land of John Smyth and Robert McjCammon, thence across the hill to the run, ' July31,l866. MANY PETITIONEES. ; T , itoaci. JNotice., i- W . ,- .'".."1,. .. ' . S,-- f VV, - NOTICE is hereby given,that a petition will be presented to the Commissioners of Monroe County, Ohio,, at, their next session1 to be held on the first Monday of. September, 1866, praying for the review, alteration and survey of the Sophronia Fryor road and the John White road; thence, commencing at the lands ef David Cline, with the old road to the Big Muskingum creek near the month ofthe Clear Fork of said creek, throneh the : lands of David Cline and William P. Knowlton; thence across said creek through the lands of F. A. Lamping, Eli Hanlon, ' Elias " Moreland and Alex. Ball to the line between Monroe, and Washington counties, near John P Wil- son's house,and to vacate so much of the old road as will be supplied by the new road. Woodsfield & Barnesville Hack Line rpHE PROPRIETOR, ;R, P. X EDNEY, has placed Iwo Hacks on the road, one' leaving Barnesville at 8 o'clocfc in the morning, : and .Woodsfield at 8 o'clock in the morning, each day in the week. Sundays excepted. ; . 5 ,r . ,:.llr Particular attention will be given to all pack ages entrusted to my care. ' The Express office at Barnesville is visited each morning -for . the purpose of procuring them. I have a first class .'. . 1 LIYE BY STABLE,: and am prepared to furnish horses and carriages to plea-; ure parties or to persons traveling on business. " Dri vers furnished if required.. Charges mode erate.r:. :?.:': It. P. EDiNEY, . : July 3, I860. Proprietor. ;?f 1 n 1 m