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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
Base Dnll---uow it il Played.

The Brooklyn Enslo philosopher, in
his efforts to keep up With tho amusc'
mcnt, Of the ngc, has slipt into base ball
sport. lie thus explains The science of
the game: s-
The game is great invention. It is
easily understood. All you hnT" TO do
is to keep your oyc on tho ball.
1t is all about the ball.
They also use q bat. The bat is
club bull. on the model Of tho club Bar.
mum killed Capt. Cook with.
This is why the organization is called
a club.
One fellow takes club and stands on
n line, and another stands in front Of him
and fires the ball back at him. ..
The chap with tue club hits back.
The ball flies in smother direction.
The first fellow drops tho club a"
though he waa scared, and rms like
pickpockct with an NJ. P. after him.
Several fellows run aftcr the ball;
somebody catches it and throws it at
somebody else, when the chap Who bad
the club stops running. -,
Another fellow then takcs the club,
md the samo man, who is called pitch
cr." pitches on him. fires tho ball nt him.
and he hits back, knocks tho ball. drops
bis club and cuts his stick for tho FIRST
base. y. !.
Half a dozen fellows put on picket
duty scramble for the ball. =.
Our reliable 3. 3. ispostcd behind the.
club man, in case the club man misses
tho ball, to eco that it don't 90 by ard
hit tho Umpire. -, =, -
Whom one side goes out the other side
goes in, and when both sides are out it
IS called an innings.
It is quite an intelligent game. and De.
pends entirely on the use of your legs.
Tho first principle Of the gamc IL run.
ning./ = ...,. .'.'o''. Wy, y, 49,
When you arc "in' you run away from
the ball, and when you are "oue' your run
after it. -! t.s.t
1t it splendid excrcise-kccps you 50
warm; consequently i, always played in
the summer timo. -
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
The Practical Development OF Our
Resources.

fThc followin: is one Of series Of articles
hoipr published in leading paper at WASH
;pgton, D. c., from the. pen Of gentleman !,
ubo has nadc study Of the great railroad
s;y.,cm Of which he speaks, and in which the
neopie Of tho Great kanawha Valley aFe
;;taly instasssted. We trust that tho ideas
here ,;' 'sdvanced may spOcdily be acted upon and
soon result in tho compilation Of this majestic
entcsprisol: 9- -
wo havo presented somewhat IN d'ta'''
though in an unconncctcd raanuOr tho project
NJ. oroat trunk line through tho FIg'nlas' oosn
from tho waters Of tho Chesapeake Bay and
from tho soaports Of North Carolina showing
Tho relative distances grades, and advantages
to b eu;ncntly superior 70 al oshsss F00s's
from East to West. 50 -, -, -, -,
In this papcr we propose 70 show, tho 'a' c.
v,nt.ccs which may result to The psesoa' = sai'
road system Of both Virginia and Sos'S W.
olirA III ..,.:...
:" The crcs, frst object would Of course oS 70
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
Fight ut st. Mary's, West Virginia
1.-The Blue Jnckct against the
if'ru,u the Marietta News

From the Marietta News.
From gentleman Of this city who was M
eyewitness Of tho affair, We lcarn that on
last Wednesday very lively row and severe
fight took place in the lovely village Of St.
Mary'S, West Virginia, which lies on the
Ohio river, between this city and Wheeling
The facts, as stated by our informant, arc
substantially Ms follows: Esquire lsichar'l
Kirwood, justice Of the peace, while hcarinS n
case in the Court Ilollsc, ordered the arrest
Of u rough, half.drunkcn fellow named l'ill
Sewer, for disturbing the proceedings Of tho
court, he having struck man in the court
room. The jailor, Miller, accordingly took him
in charge, but while cscortinS him to Jail i'll
the basement Of the building, Sewer resisted
and attempted to escape, and the jailor sent
a messenger 10 the justice for help. That
functionary proceeded in person to reinforce
his subordinate, and the two succeeded in
getting their prisoner MS iar as tho open pas
sage way under the Court House, on either
side Of which arc tho cells, when tho rabblc
which had followed them in force urged See.
vcr to further resistance, telling him he was
o id fool to allow himself to be shut up
in the CELL" Sewer renewed his efforts ut re-
Sstancc and was knocked down by the jailor.
The rnbblc then rushed upon the officers anl
bully named Riggs struck the justice repent
cd blows in tho face, knocking him down,
after which he continued to beat him in the
most shocking manner Inutlating his face
terribly. No ono dared to interfere, though
the unofending Union mas sistratc cried
Murder" and appealed to the by.standers
not to permit him to be killed; the friends Of
the ruffian Riggs stood ready, in overwhelm-
ing numbers, to crush all opposition. The
fight seems to have assumed political MS
pect, the bclligerents being divided into rebel
and Union. The reconstructed" declared
that the Union men had had their day, and
it was now Nar turn to assume control, and
accordingly "wcnt in" a III Memphis and
New Orleans. There arc five OF the RiggS
brothers, three of whom, all powerful rulElans
were on the spot, backed up by many more
of the same sort.
Justice Kirwood finally, by his own e1cr'
tons, threw of his opponent, md placed him.
self uppermost, inserting his thumb into hi
antagonists eye to MD in keeping him down
Kirwood's son ut last pulled his father off,
badly hurt, though in FUR way to come oil
victor. The son was also roughly handled
by the accession rabblc The fight had been
general" and several other loyal men, in
Guiding two Of the Bailcys and two old men
names forgotten, wcro injured. The pEepon'
dcrance in numbers Of the "rcconstructcd'
seems to have given them an undue advan'
t.cc over the Unionists, which was improved
ia truo mob style. But there is day o.
reckoning for these unwhipped rebel scoun'
drcls, and we mistake tho spirit Of the Union
men Of West Virginia il they don't yet make
some Of them bite the dust,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
Nliscrics Of Intcmpcrance.

The following is the most graphic
dclincation Of the miscries ard effects
Of Iutcmpcrancc that we have ever
SCENT is from the arguments ad-
vanccd by certain citizens Of Portage
county, Ohio, in o memorial to the
Legislature on tho subject:
And yet it, march of ruin, is on.
ward stilllltreaches abroad to others,
Iinvadcs tho family and social circles,
and spreads woe and sorrow oil
around. ltcuts down youth iE its Wig
or, manhood in its strength, and ago
in its weakness. 1t breaks the fatlI.
cr's heart, borcaYes the doting mother,
cxtinguishes natural affection, grasses
conjugal love, blots out filial attach:
mcnts, blights patcrnal hope, and
brings down mourning age in sorrow
to the grave. 1t produces weakness,
not strength; sickness, not health;
death, not life. 1t makes wives wild.
ows, children orphans, fathers ficnds,
all ofthcm panpers and bcsgars. 1t
hails tcvers, feeds rheumatism, nurses
sont, welcomes cpidcmics, invites
cholera, imparts pestilcncc, and cm.
braces cousumptions. 1t covers tho
land with idlcncss, poverty, disease
and crime. 1t fills your jails, supplies
your almshouscs, and demands yonr
asylums. 1t engcnlcrs controversies,
fosters qaarrol5, and chcrishes riots:
1t condemns law, spurus order, and
loves mobs. 1t crowds your peniten.
tiarics, furnishes the victims for yonr
scafiolls. 1t is the life. blood Of the
gambler, the aliment ofthc counter.
letcrs, the prop ofthc highwaynan,
anl the support Of tho midnight in
cendiary.
1t countenances the liar, respects
the thief, and estecms the blasphcmcr.
1t violates obligations, rcvcrences
fraud, and honors infnmy. 1t defamcs
bencyolcnce, hates love, ecorns virtue,
and ISLANDERS innocence. 1t incltes
the father to butcher his offspring,
helps the husband to murder his wife,
and aids the child to grind his pprrici'
dal axe. 1t burns up man. consumes
woman. dctcs!s life, curses q pd and
dcspiscs heaven.
1t snborns witnesses, nurscs pcriu'
~, defles the jury box, and sthins tho
| judicial erminc. bribcs' votes, dis
qualities voters, corrupts elections,
pol,utes our institutions, and cndan.
gers our governments. 1t dcgrndcs
the citizen, debascs the legislator, dis
honors the statesman, and disarms the
patriot. 1t brings shame, not hon'
or; terror, not safety; despair, not
hope; misery, not happiness. And
now, % with the malevolcncc of a
fcnd, ii calmly surveys its friGhtful
lcsolatiou, and insatiatc with havoc,
it poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins
morals, blights confidence, Stays rep.
utation, and wipes ont national honor,
then curses the world and laughs at
| it's ruin.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
Presidential TcInptntiOns.
IVuahinotnn letter SAYS:

A Washington letter says:
A good, and what is better, m un.
pubIishedand authentic story about
Mr.. Lincoln came to me the other day
from Il "rcliabIc friend, which may
US well be sct up in your types now
ns ut any other time. Converslng
with Hon. James A. Briggs, former
ly State agent Of Ohio in New York,
ono day at the White House, tho late
President said in reference to the rush
of office. seekers, and their ingenious
devices to secure lis attention." why,
Briggs, believe there is even a sys'
tenn Of female brokerage in Offices
here in Washington, for | am con-
stantly bcsct by women Of all sorts,
high and low, pretty and nSly, mod
est and the other sort. Here yestcr'
day, D very handsome young woman
called she would not take denial,
was admitted, and went straight to
work soliciting a certain Office tol
somebody supposed to be her husband
She plead his cause dexterousIy, clio
ducntly, and ut times WIS almost
successful by her importunatc ell
treaties. BY degrees she came clos
er and closer to nre, rs | aat in my
chair, until really her face came &c
near my own that thought she want
cd nc to kiss her. When my indis
nation came to my relief, and, draw
ing myself back and Strengthening
myselfup, | gave her the proper sor
ola look, and said: Mrs., you
arc very pretty, and it's very tempt
ing, But ! woN'r!"
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

PoLlrESEss IL TIE HoCsEHoLD.-lhe laws
of politeness should be observed not only be-
tween intimate friends, but between members
Of. tho same family, and those households are
most peaceful and happy where the courtesies
Of good society arc observed. There need not
and ought not to be formality; but little ntten'
t;ons between brotbers and sisters, marking
mutual esteem, prevent that carclessncss and
hardness which is 80 apt to creep into the
family and which grow ont of intimacy. 1tiS
rood manners, and consideration for each
others feelings, that prevent familiarity en-
gcndcring contempt. .'.n@
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
10 connect Nan,pton miM CiHGinnaH.

The advantages to be derived from such a
consummation would bc beyond calculation
in developing the vast resources ofthcse States,
and building up three great and nev ciar', in
developing internal trade, md thus giving an
impetus to all the prcsen, cities md towns in
both States; in creating great internal trade,
in establishing foreign commerce, and rviving
every industrial pursuit in the South
10 those who may embark in such nm en-
terprisc, n golden opportunity is offered for
investment, and o certain guarantee of large
dividends. ). II. d.,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05
Selestsl 2aetrg.
Eternal Justice.

The man il thought knave or fool,
Or bigot plotting crime,
Who, for the advancement Of his race
IL wiser than his time.
For him tho hcmlock shall distil,
For him the axe bc barred,
For him the gibbct shall be built,
For him the stake prepared.
Him shall tho seorn and wrath Of Incn
Pursue with deadly aim;
And malice, envy, spite and lies
Shall deSecrate his name.
But truth shall conquer ut the laSt,
For round and round We ran,
And ever the right comes uppcrmost,
And ever is justice done.
Pace through thy cell, old Socrates,
Checrily to and fro;
Trust to the impulse Of thy SOUL
And let the poison flow.
They may shatter to earth the lamp ofclay
That holds light divine,
But they can not qucnch the fire Of thought
BY any such deadly wine;
They can not blot thy spoken words
From tho memory Of man
By all the poison ever was brcwcd
Since time its course began.
To-day abhorred, tomorrow adorcd.
So round and round We run,
And ever the truth COMES uHUrmoSt,
And ever is justice done.
plod on, thou grave, grey Anchoritc,
BE wiser than thy peers;
Augment tho range Of human power,
And trust to coming years.
They ,uay call thee wizard and monk accurscd,
And load thee with disprniSe,
Thou vert born five hundred years too soon
For the comfort Of thy days,
But no. too soon for human kind;
Time hath reward in store,
And the demons Of our sirs become
The saints that we adore.
The blind can sec, the slave is lOrt.
So round aud round we run.
And ever the wrong il proved to bc wrong,
And over is justice done.
Keep, Calico, to thy thought,
And nerve thy soul to bear
They may rloat oer the SonSclcSs words they
wiring
From the pangs Of thy despair;
They may veil their eyes. but they cannon
hide
Tho SUMS meridian glow;
The heel Of priest uay tread thee down
And tyrant work thee wo,
But never n truth has been destroyed
They may curse it and call it crime,
porycrt and bctray, or sandcr and slHy
It's teachers fox a time,
But the sunshine aye shall light the SKY
AS round and round We run,
And the truth shall ever come uppcrmost'
And justice shall be dono.
And livc thorc NOW such men nv these
With thoughts like tho great ot OLD;
Many have died ip thcir misery
And left thei;. thoughts untold;
And many live, and are ranked As m"d'
And placed in the cold worlds ban
For scndins their bright far.seeing souls
Three centuries in the van:
They toll in pcnury and grlef
Unknown, II not maligncd.
Forlorn, forlorn, bearing tho scorn
OF the mcanest Of mankind:
And yet tho world goes round and rouno'
And the genial seasons run,
A nd ever tho truth comes uppcrmost
And ever is justice donc.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

A would.bc prophet, down South, latcly
said, in one Of his sermons ".that ho wax
scnt to redeem the world and all things"
Whcrupon a native pulled out. Con:ed'
crate sbinplastcr, and asked him to fork over
the specie for il. .,.............
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

A Partisan has conceived the no.
ton ofopcning an exhibition, at ten
centilncs d head, to show q million OF
money spread out il geld pieces;
lie thinks he will hayc a rush OF
visitors, rs the curios |ty to know
what q million is like, Is universal.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

An editor thus logically nudgcs his delin:
ouent subscribers "'We don't want money
desperately bad, but our creditors do, and no
doubt they owe you. II you'll pay us, we u
nav them, and they'll pay you" ;"
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

Alta recent marriage fu tdo mining
district Of England, the bride startled
tho minister by making the extraor.
binary VOW to take:hcr husband too
ave and to 'olh from this day iortni't
for bcttcrer horse for richercr power in
sigycrness else to love cherries and
10 baY.'
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

A man living in Atlanta, Ga, sends 70 tho
Wyandotte Gnzcttc, Kansas, tho sum q dRy
thousand dollars, Confederate money, and
asks tho editor to scnd tho paper . month
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-05

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for dollar.
E1it0riGi Notices, 20 cents . line.
Ooit"arirs 6 cent, per line.
All transient Advertisements must he paid for IN
ADVANCE. Yearly Advertisements payable Srmi-unnu-
ally, 10 advance.
Having well assorted oller. We are prepared to 10
all descriptions of
JOB PRINTING,
In tue best style, u, short notice, aud reasonable
terms. MOORE / MO.
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The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-19
A stnrtlinr Ennosllre.

The Cleariield PENN Republican copies
the following from one Of its exchanges
IL will be remembered that ut the trial of
the accompliccs of BooTH before military
commission at Washington, on the charge
OF completely with the assassination OF
President LINCOLN, certain JAMES u.
MERRrr was the principal witness for the
Government. On his testimony Mrs. SUR
RAT was convicted aud hanged, and on his
testimony It was shown that JEFFERSON
DAVIS, G, c. CLAY and GRO. n. SAUNDERS
were directly implicated in the assassina-
ton. To outsiders the testimony OF this
man MERRITT read strangely ut the time of
the trial. His statements did not appear
reasonable. Mrs. SURRAT's daughter, after
the execution of her mother, pronounced
thom utterly false from beginning to end ;
and so indignant was CLAY when he heard
what this witness had said, that he Volun-
tarily surrendered himself to the Govern
mcnt authorities, and asked for a trial
DAVIS and SAUNDERS too pronounced his
testimony perjury. Indeed his entire story
before the illegal military court had the
appearance of manufactured testimony.
II now appears that this villains evil
dcnce was perjured from beginning to end.
He has recently been before the Committee
on Judiciary, of the House of Repre-
sentatives. and his examination there
showed that his testimony in the trial of
the consplrators was totally void of truth
that he really knew nothing connecting
any persons with transactions not recog-
nized by the usages of war; that his at
tempt TO connect DAVIS, CLAY, SAUNDERS
and others with the assassination of LIN
COLIN was pure fabrication. One very re-
tlon wherein he admitted that the Score
tary of War, EDWIN NJ. STANTON, had paid
him bet,ceen dre and sir thousand dollars for
his services as a ieitRess before The Military
Commission ichich tried the consprators.
This was the pitifnl price Of his infamy.
Such is the testimony upon which Mrs. SUR
RAFT, HAROLD, ATzERoTH and PAYNE were
hanged and MUDp, ARNOLD, OIAUGHLIN and
SPANGLER were imprisoned OH the Dry Tor
tngas. Out of the mouth OF this man. who
sold his soul to STANTON and the Devil for
five thousand dollars, n Republican com
mittec are trying to establish the compiled
ty of JEFFERSON DAVIS with the assassina-
tion of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. With STANTON
to suborn the witnesses at five thousand
dollars head, there is no telling what
they may not be able to prove.
This is but a specimen of the course pur-
sued by this flend STANTON to wreak his
vengeance upon his political foes. All over
the country he organized his Military
Court to convict and then bought up the
perjured witnesses who swore their vic
Tins to the scaflold or into prison.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-19
Clerical Waggery.

Prom the Louisville Courier, June ISL
In spite Of the amlablc authors injunc-
tiOn OF secresy, we regard the following as
too good to be lost TO the public, and there
fore cabbage IL from a letter 10 clerical
friend of ours, in reference TO the Abolition
Apostle, DIR. THOMAS, In the late General
Assembly at 81. Louis, who made himself
famous by the figure of stealing feather
from the wing of his imagination TO stick In
the tail of his Judgment" and also by his
classical witticism upon the st. Louis pas
tors, whom he represented as calves bleat-
ing at him because ho had taken the bull
louisville Presbytery) by the horns:
Brooks made manly speech: j like 1t
well, and as | could not help thinking that
even Thomas, as, with outstretched arms
and bent and Juggling body, "he held the
bull by the horns" must have felt that it
was "bully" butt the calf gave when he
put that "feathsr in the tail of his judg-
IN mt" and ''hlsted" him ITO the gaze of
his admiring hearers" My word for, its
Thomas will not again leave the seat of
'his Judgment covered with only one
feather TO "calf." 1t just flashes upon me
what great work of art might be made
OF of this scene. | will draw 1t with char
coal. | would have large ball standing
at bay legs and horns tied up fast with a
strong cord called previous question" A
lasso has been adroitly thrown about his
neck. and a majority Of four TO one" are
running over the Consultation and the con-
iession to get hold of this rope. Thomas
has the bull by the horns. His body is bent
at right angles and a feather sticks out of
1.-THE tail of his Judgment" at an angle of
forty-five degrees. Brooks, as good sized
(high blooded) calf, is In the act of making
a lunge. Galloway, as an ass with lions
skin, is rearing and roaring to scare the
bull. Ferguson is pulling the lions
skin of. Mclean is twisting the
choked bulls tail with all his
force, and crying shame ''shame," at
Ferguson. Krebs, dressed as Dutch
butcher, offers his services in any capacity
in killing the bull u he may have a quarter
for the Nep York RddicdI market. DR.. w.
l.. b. is patttg the bull with one hand and
pclting the bull with the other. DIR. H-y,
labeled 'middle man." is casting mud at
the bull, and smiles at his bull-baiters. Old
DIR. BIB Is on the outside of the ring with
L. as his big lackey, and Mem. as his little
monkey. He stands on big pile of rocks
trying TO get over the fence. He Is firi-
ous-shaking his fist at St-n and every
body else--yociferating that he came there
to kill that bull-that he is boss" butcher,
and he will hold them to strict account if
the bull gets away and kills everybody In
Kentucky
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-19
Disclaimer.

Our friends OF the Ohio Stdfesmdn are 10
error. We put no construction upon their
article referring to MIR. VALLANDIoHAn's
presence at the Democratic State ConveD-
tion. Believing that the writer thereof
was a afrlend Of Mr.. " and we believe 50
still-4we did not understand that anything
offensive was intended by It, But we did
think that It gave good occasion to ex-
press proper ridloule aud contempt for the
shallow notion that political capital Is any
longer 20 beInade out Of VALLANDIGHAhfs
membership of the Democratic party and
his position In Il. We thought the time
had come now when this miserable prelu-
dice and clamor against particular man,
without the slightest Qualification, rhyme
or reason, should be met and repelled in
the manner which It deserved. II was for
this purpose, and not to complain Of the
Statesmen, that we alluded to this article.
But we presume that It was the intro
duction of MIR. VS. name in connection
with this prejudice aud clamor, without
any defense or justification of him as still
patriot and 4 Democrat no worse than
others. and the idea put forth (withOut any
ofiense, Of course, being intended) that
even If he were as bad man as he was
said 10 be- his badness ought not 10 out
weigh the goodness of the Democratic
cause, the fitness Of the candidates, or, es-
Especially, the soundness of the platform,
(Which, by the way, heis supposed to have
had some hand in framing, that gave oc-
casion to the misconstruction Of the
Statesman's article, by the Cincinnati Com
merciai, paper always eager to stir up i'll
will wherever there is the slightest OPEN
ing. t..r.