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THE will of the late General cass has
been filed in the Probate Office. All
the property, real and personal, is divi-
ded equally among his four surviving
children, Lewis Cass, Jr. Mrs. Mary $.
Ledyard, Isabella Van Limburg, and
Matilda LedSartl; excepting the follow
ing specified legacies to former and late
personal attendants and confidential
business agents, All furniture in his
hon.ssee 30 his daughter, Mrs. Garfield,
and also $4,000 more to this lady, his
constant attendant of late years, than TO
any other of his children; to William
FoXen, $4,000 in real estate, and $1,000
in cash; to G. S. Grost, real estate valued
at 5000, to John +. Blunt, his brother
in law, s. 1000 in real estate; to Charles
c. Fitzpatrick and Mareella Blight, $500
each, There are also minor requests OF
keepsakes to sons in law and grandchi-
dren. His son, l.. Cass, Jr., is appoin-
ted executor, and Hon. G. G. Trowbridge
and George S. Frost are designated 10
divide the property among the heirs
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

lie issue Oh negro suffrage, Is squarely
before the country. The Radical party
are avowedly its advocates. They have
embodied il i'll their platform, and upon
it, triumph they have risked their future
success as a political organization
Certain individuals and presses Of the
party, it is true, endeavor to dodge the
issue, either by maintaining entire
silence upon it, or by denying the adop-
ton of negro suffrage by their party, rs
an article of political faith. But this is
mere deception. No man who Is at all
intelligent in the political affairs Of the
countrywide has watched the action
Of the majority in Congress-the action
of radical Legislatures, OF radical State
Conventions, and the utterances Of the
most prominent radical leaders on this
subject, can be deceived by any such
false pfetensions As a party, the radi-
Gals are fully committed to negro suf-
frage, and every man who adheres to
this party, whatever may be his pro-
fessions, practically supports the ele-
walton of thenegroso a political equality
with the white man. The amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
reported by the Committee on Recon-
struction, and adopted by two-thirds of
both Houses Of Congress, and now sub |
mitted to the States for ratification, is
advocated by the entire radical party as
the chn.f .i,laak in its platform, for the
coming campaign. This amendment /
fully recognizes fsle negro as citizen OF
the United States, ssld proposes to invest
him with all the rights, privileges, and
of eitizen IN all the States
and lest some State sfGnld refuse to l
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STATE CONVENTION.

The citizens of this State who are OPP
posed to the radical party are requested
to meet in their respective counties, or
townships, at such time as they may
deem most expedient. and select dele
gates to represent their county in State
Convention in Parker.burg, on Wednes-
day, August %, at ten o'clock y. NJ, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates
for State Offices.
Where there is danger that public
meetings may be interrupted by violence,
we recommend that delegates he desiena-
ted BY written appointment signed by
the voters.
We also recommend that the dele gate.
from esch Congressional Distri' + he an.
thorized to nominate a ca odjdate fo,
Congress, at the state Go nvestion.
By order of the STATE Executive Com.
mittee.
y. LAMB, Chairman.
9. 5. LONG, Secretary
Wheeling. June -, 1s66.
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MACK" the we'll known CORES
pendent Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
charges Dead Duck FoRNEY with having
pnt Supplying drugs into the whis1ey
drank by Nice-President JOHNSON, on
the day of inauguration, March 4, 1865,
and that after he had thus dragged
the whiskey, he induced Mr.. JOHNSON
to drink it-and he did this with a view
to secure influence over the Vice Presi-
dent iii his own favor, in connection
with certain Offices and other patronage
about the Senate. " Mack SAYS he
speaks on this subject from his personal
knowledge. This statement can easily
be believed of one who recommended
the dragging Of an actor in order to
procure evidence against the character
of an innocent lady. But what shall
we say of a man who knew of this vii
lainy at the time, as " MACK" says he
did, and yet did not expose it. an AoIxo
and FoRNEY are both active and inilu-
entail Radicals-and here we have Il
specimen OF the intrigues and rascalities
by which this party OF ali the piety and
virtue of the land seek To accomplish
their Ubiquitous schemes.
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CONVEN-
TON.

Vt the request Of several citizens, resi-
dents of different Counties Of the ID
Congressional District OF West Nir-
ginia, it is hereby recommended. that q
Convention Of Conservative Union men,
to be composed of four delegates from
each county Of said District, be called to
meet at Piedmont. Mineral county, on
the l.t day Of August next, at T. O clock,
NJ, for the purpose Of appointing two
Delegates aha Two aitefnates 10 the
National Union Convention, to be held
at Philadelphia, August 4, 1866.
It's hoped that the several Counties
of the District viii adopt immediate
measures To secure a delegation to this
Convention.
The above recommendation is made
with The approval Of the State Execu-
tive Committee. By re4Hest-
q. =. DowNEY,
5. Y. WANTS.
l.. " ANDREWS
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Tribute Of Respect.
Mill CREEK, WEST VA..1
July II, 1866.
4. s. 1896
Excelsior Lodge Hall, No. GA, I'd 4
UiSOllS

At a special communication of FIX.
celsior Lodge, No. 81, of free and accent.
ed masons, held this day, the following
preamble and resolutions were unapi.
mouslN adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased an all-Wisp
Providence, to remove by death, in the
zenith of his usefulness and worth, our
much lamented and beloved brother
Capt James w. Gray, thereby leaving
a Very diseonsolate widow, family, and
large circle of devoted friends, there
fore
Be II Reso'ted, That the brethren of
this Lodge, as a token for the very HIGH
regard and esteem which we held for
our late deceased brother, will wear the
usual badge OF mourning for thirty
days.
Resotred, That our acknowledgements
be hereby rendered to the bereaved
widow and orphan children of our de.
ceased brother.
ReSofred, That copy of the above be
signed by the W. NJ. and Secretary Of
the Lodge and forwarded to the widow.
and one to the editors of the Berkeley
county papers for publication.
+. HAYsLETT, W. n.
q. ". NORTH, Secretary.
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ATLANTIC CABLE.

The Great Eastern is now at sea, pav-
ing out the cable, which, we trust, is to
be the medium of electrical commune
cation between the Old World and New,
for an indefinite future. From their
previous disheartening failures, the pro-
iectors of this grand enterprise seem to
have risen in renovated confidence and
strength. Everythingthatse art and
eXperien e could suggest to render this
experiment successful has been carefully
considered, and so far as sanctioned by
the council as able a combine ton Of
scientific talent perhaps as theworld has
ever seen, has been practically adopted.
The confidence in England Of the success
OF this third effort. is so general, that
we venture to indulge hope ourselves,
that we shall shortly witness the
triumph Of one of the grandest schemes
OF the nineteenth century
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repeal its laws that now recognize dis
tinction between blacks and whites, as
to political rights, the amendment pro- T
vides penalty to be inflicted in every +
such instanee,-th penalty is this-that f
every such State shall be deprived OF
representation in the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States, to the +
same extent that the right of suffrage
shall be withheld from its negro popu-
lation. What clearer evidence conld be
furnished, that the supporters OF ,his
amendment desire, and intens., If ms.
sihle, to secure to thse negro throughout
the untry, the right of suffrage. We
care not what individ lals may say if
they support this a.etion of Cong. ress.
they are negro sut' .rapeites. Nor is this
all. Every ms N who supports this
action OF 'eH .sr,ass. is III favor of making
the negro dgiblc to any office existing
uhaef TT e Constitution, from the Presi-
aeheN of the United States down. By
the Civil Rights Bill" negroes are
i 9w, citizens of the United States. This
amendment to the Constitution, offered
TO the States for ratification, proposes
that all men over tWenty-one years of
age. without regard to race or color, shall
be entitled in all the States, to the eXer-
else Of all the rights, privileges and inn
manities of citizens of the United States.
Te hold Office is one of those privileges.
# this amendment is adopted, the negro
citizen therefore becomes as eligible to of
fee as the Whitecitizen. las eligible 20 the
Presidency, toa Judgeship, to a seat in
/ Congress, to any position of official trust
and authority, under the Government,
State or National.
1t is, therefore, sheer hypocrisy, for
one who supports the radical party, to
profess opposition to negro suffrage. 1t
Is the principal plank in the platform
Of that party-the central article Of
It's political faith-the great issue on
which it stands committed before the
nation. So anxious. indeed, is the radi-
cal party on this subject, 50 important
does it deem success upon the issue, that
il says to the Southern States, fatify this
a4zealole4t. and Notwithstanding you
are all rebels, traitors. and deserve death,
YET we will welcome you back as loyal
citizens, qualified 10 exercise all the
rights, and enjoy all the privileges of
American citizenship. Negro suffrage SO
s0eetens the rebel dose, that they can
swallow It down without a erimaee
md yet there are individuals, aud
presses, acting with this party, identi-
fed with lis interests, and exuitant over
every success of its majority in Congress,
Who with Wel-feigned Indignation re-
pei the charge of being supporters Of
i negro suffrage. They know that an
open and honest advocacy Of the real
principles Of their party on this subject
I would disgust and repel from its ranks
great numbers who are now deceived
into its support. This game Of decep-
ton can not long be successful.
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COUNTY CONVENTION.

\ Convention Of the Conservative
Union men Of Berkeley county, Will be
held at the Gourt-Iouse, in Martins
burg, Oh saturday. the 2ses inst, to
appoint four delegates to tns Congress
sional District Convention, TO be held ut
Piedmont, on the lst Of August, next.
BY order Of the Central Committee,
=. W. ANDREWS, ChairmanS
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RTpJANEIRo, June s, 1866. The allies
have gained fresh victory over the
Paragnayans, who lost 5000 in killed and
wounded, 6 guns and 4 flags.
\ commercial crisis prevails at Rio.
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THE TARIFFBILL.

The further consideration of this Rim
has been postponed by the Senate ,nti1
December next. The vote on postpone.
ment stood % to II.
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The Freednaa's Bureau Bill was
vetoed by the President on Monday
last As soon as the Communication
from the President was resumed in the
House, without any discussion Or even
consideration of the reasons assigned by
him for his veto, thus preceding at once
to vote and carried the bill and carried
the bill by le3 to 80. With nearly the
same indecent and insulting haste it
was subsequently passed in the Senate
by vote of 33 to II.
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The extensive Tacony Print works of
AKRON LippPineott Philadelphia was
destroyed by fire on thursday last. The
factory Was one of the largest of The
kind in tie United States.
Loss si,999 oee, about oneftird insured.
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LOUISIANA.

This State has elected delegation IL
the National Union Convention oo.,
posed of some of its ablest and most dix
tinguished men.
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The contract with New York party
party for constructing a railroad from
Alexandria to Fredericksburg, has been
signed, and the work commences on
the Doth.
Maryland free press., 1866-08-23
Delays are banrerou..

a R-Let every body Register, and when
Registered-rote. -7+-.a... ....@.
We know that in one or two localities
the business Of Registration is attended
with difficulties and scenes distastefal 70
quiet. hosest and highminded men.
In some Of the, districts q gauntlet has
to DO run. The fierce bigotry of an intol-
Grant party haslnot yet received its final
STOKE, but it will come soon, come heavily
aud severely This Is the u. stand per- r.
secution and oppression is making. Let
no man shrink FROM i'll i Meet it boldly,
meet il With patience, resolution and per-
severance. No great good or great Boon
was eyer yet accomplished BY dropping
your weapons before difficulties. Sacri6-
ces of patience and temper may be re-
quired,, but the great privilege you are
painting for is worth themiall. aFoFbesr.
ance may be required. tormenting tribes
may BE- thrown in your road. but march
on, let nesshiag divert the steady purpose
OF the people to regain their PROSTATE
rights. And then. when the day ottri.
umph comes, (and po@e Il viii if the peo D
pie are a only resolute. patient. persevsriug
and steadfast) the wretehed offalls of q
dying and dead party will be swept like
hateful vermin from the e,untenance Of
Maryland free press., 1866-08-23
Every Man a Tax Payer.

i9a ES- Lct no man be deluded by the. IDEA
shat he is not paying . portion of the huge
debt piled Up by the Radical party. AL
though be may have no visible property to
tax-lnsy never see tax bill or see the
face of Collector of Assessor, yet he is
nevertheless q tax payer. o." s''' '''.'.
When you buy coat . hat or shoes,
pound of tea, coffee and sugar, you pay q
government tax Of greater or less extent,
and are therefore interested in having the
affairs of the nation conducted upon prin-
ciples of the strictest economy. 1t is there
fore clearly the interest of every man (ofice
holders excepted) that some other party
than the Radicals should have the control
Of affairs. They have shown no DISPOSE
tion to econ ,miIe but on the contrary have
allowed no opportunity for plunderipg the
public treasury to escape. Since the close
Of the war they have unnecessarily added
millions to the public debt and consequent
~ increased the amount of your taxes.
Is this the party you would continue in
power? Is this the party to whom you can
look for relief from your burtbens? Their
platform is millions for the Ncgro-tsxcs
for the white man. o. '
Maryland free press., 1866-08-23
! MOI and SaIeb La 81.

- on1 MY taVsA
HIt is refreshing to read in The col
umps of she "H .sFallsai that il opposes yioi
lence, mobs, Showing stones. brickbats,
and other missiles, T4st paper he's Wit
messed mohs and Violence heretofore With !
out nloHs syllsbla Of disapproyal, ID II has
seen tba distraction afoRsgperty by mobs.
store houses entered and desPqiled oftheir
wares, private houses broken iato,, their
ifuarniturs Destroyed. peacefpl and qpafbesqd lend
i9g men, women and children driven there
from and their lives endangered by the
violence of the mob; all these things has
that Journal seen and not one word Of dis
AppFqyal ~ disapprobatioEn. appears in its
columns. ".qo.ae OF o. n,.s7aq -
''git has done more! siaIt'has pub lisbed with
dPptobqtion the proceedings IF vigilance
committees. whose tasyowed purpose was to
instigatei uphold lapd, hound on the mob
spirit, to the violent death of those who re-
tarned after the war under the paroi ofthe
military authorities: .'7'' y. '''s '''I
ITS ediittaalF: has participated in those meet
ings. He became one of the members of
the 4Vigiiance. Committee.i The whole
purpose, andshe only purpose cfthe COM
Y,ittee was 70 organize bands 70 commit
violence, and perpctrate m,tfdcr and dsath
ritt in,pu,.ity.t Fl, "a. Bard s.a.l., $40 qai
10 Without authority, and in 1efauce Of
the pledges Of the Governmeht.they profess
ed to venerate, the SO vigilance committees
drove men from their homes seized them
in their houses. stoned them in the streets,
beat and dubbed them in the presence
oftheirawivesland families. dragged them
through tho streets and hunted then,
through the county '.'''l r'' IS "''''' r.
In ono Of these Committees figured the
present editor of the. Herald What
has come oyer the spirit of his dreams?--
How much do the peaceful public owe
such journals as the Herald" and the
"Odd Fellow" for homilies a;ains,
throwing stones" now2 Why. gentle
men. if the moyements yau 2insugurated,
the spirit you encouraged and famed into IL
flames, had gone on unchecked, what nigh
now be your fate? ...,..,.. >. ',..s,
We cannot but rejoice to see the happy
change in the. disposition of these editors
to see them endcavoring to quell the evil
spirits they have been so instrumental III
conjuring up. Pray on, brothers. Nev-
er cease to prey against violence, mebs
clubs, stones and brutal optrages. To ali
tile petitions you put up in this behalf W.
shall cry-.Amcn. '"''' gu" .' I ,...
Maryland free press., 1866-08-23
PrideGoeth Before a Fall.


10" EST Whilst much that is done by some
of the Registers of the County, and much
more that is permitted to be done BY per-
sons about them, is certainly distasteful
and harrassing. let no man entitled to
Register be deferred from Registering BY
the cunning contrivahces Of the enemy.
The hand writing is on the wall. A
party that has far, five years abused public
TRUST and oppressed the people, is lettering
to its fall. Ruta last effort is being made
to save small remnant::of its power. Sys.
tematic plans to harrass, worry and tor
ment the people are put int, operation
before some of the Registers ,.a And; it is
to be feared some ofour friends care filling
into the snare, thus artfully prepared, to
keep them away from their rigus.
1t is to be feared that these 55w tools of
persecution but too,weli understand the
pacu!iarities of some Of our friends and
resort to the disgusting contrivances Of
Directing, summoning witnesses. &C.. in
the hope that persons not wishing to be
subjected to such low and coarse scenes
as have been prepared for others, will stay
away. But will the men who for five long.
weary years have been tortured with even
grosscr vio.a ions ofright-who have seen
their property taken without pay-who
have been themselves iRprisoRcd and a
bused without charge. witness or trial
who have seen their friends dragged from
their families and subjected to the insults
and abuse of some vulgar Provost Mar
shall-will such men stop now and be baf-
fed at tribes when the great boon they
craved for years is offered.
Will they who have patiently borne
privations, insults violence, abuse, i'm
prisonmcnts, prosecutions and tormcnts at
the hands Of Psoyosss. and at the ipatapee
Of mean men. still mean and low, but now
without the power to harm; will such men,
no'o that The hour ofretri6utica has COME,
. - "a b o.
stand back appalled, atthe shallow and low.
bred articles of > few dispised out-casts,
who have neither social standing. or the
respect Of decent men. .' aise p
No!No! J! you have borne the bur-
then, and still maintained your integrity
You who would not give up your honor
to the hirelipgs Of place and ,m,,ymridous
of power--ypu who stood fast and faithful
through 70 many years Of fiery and reu,or.
reless, persecution--arise now. in your
power and might, break through the fee
bic webs spread for your eusnaremelt, and
march on to tke victory that beckons you,
and tho withering retribution that awaits
the authors of your humiliations and suf.
fcrings. ~, ~, Y -..' .'t '..'. .'''aiN
Maryland free press., 1866-08-23
The Last Remnant Of .oppre...s..


, ESWe understand that the good sehse
and Justice Of the people ali the ootun.
tx in reference to the registration Of voters.
is manifest. everywhere except Hsgeis-
town and Clcarspring. In these two pl.ccs
the scorned advocates of an infamous iax
make their last feeble stand. ',:ii'd sDai
Around the Registers. officers 10 these
two districts gather the refuse Of ., reckless
and abandoned party, and by trivial. silly.
but hsrassing Objections seek still to
crush out the great principle Of, .'Raits.
Mans Suffrage. '1'ae e. a.. "a I. .'''i -
d twill be gratifying to all classes Of pea
pie. except the floating scuff Of the Radical
party.to know that whilst these. exhibitions
annoying alike to the voters and the Regis.
ter, the business still goes steadily forward.
Public scorn and disgust is growing every
day 80 pointed and powerful that there
low myrmidons these last offensive rem
nanIs Of an intOliesant prosecuting" spirit.
are beginning to skulk away with shame AID.
confusion. Day by day they grow feeble
and weaker. and 1.-THE time is not fur dis
'ant when their very presence any anywhere
viii be regarded as moral and >, reeiI
eprosy from which al just men will shrink
's from contact With shame and sdishonoi.
Maryland free press., 1866-08-23
Hardia Ups59i


k5-oar friends ia ths,a late. 1,Rsiiesf
Convention at Baltimore. mast haHs been
hard up for distinguished men Ito ,,kkiss,
credit an 'dimportaace.s o...,thsir :sxa
piring party, when they had u .nianufac-
tafe 50 many hoaoratlss for the p,Ypese. ~
We venture to affirm that tho Britain .Rsss
Lament in twenty yesrs. neverynassass
many patents, Of'ncbility IS were conferred
in single day by this effst, convsntiioanC. ~
There we're made for che oeSaSion,, S TIA
Honorables Charies h. DIR, Nss. sMs
SeabFook, Jonas Ecker, iIfsiry sBsRsr,i
Samuel Keefer, George W. Ssndss JSssi
Valiant. Elias Davis, J.co5 To TOM, II sa IL
last though not; least the Right Heaosshls
Peter ]. (dont omit the y Nsglss. J ~ %
Did the world ever hess Of spcE alIstlos.
honorablesfa One thing niSrti6ssD IL ; Sx:
ceedingly. and that Is. that oas tssaS x
the Cleasspriag Diseies. whawas J honsssa
With an appointment tol;ahs Psychologists
Convention, should NOT have !beesi dsessd
worthy Of the destination Of having an ~ ,
er q = affixed likewise te Jss napas III
HIN. console himself .howevsrbf for ,ihs pal.
'pRhle slight, in the 'reasetioa Wiz saaa
Weller. THAT honoEs are cheap" -. .