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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-10


A WoRD TO INK PEoPLE. We have
in our town a watch maker by the
name J. G. Harlschke, who is be-
You'd doubt the best and most expert
enced workman of!ho kind in this sec
rtiOn of the county, Gas oil who have
had work done at his shop will tos!ify,)
ye,hs has not leCsivsd the encourage
msnt from our people in !heway Of work
that he should have. There seems to
be too much OF mania among our PEG.
pie to run to GalipOlis for everything
they want. People must learn topaIrO
nize home enterprises it ever they Sx.
psct to cake anything Of our town.
Why not buy your goods at home wien
you can get them cheaper than at Gal
llpolis9 Why not employ your home
carpenters, bricklaycrsip Iuslerors, stone
masons, blaOksmiths aud other mach ap-
les, in preference to sending of 10 some
other place for them? Can't they do as
sad work and as cheap? Why not get
your watches, clocks, and jewellery. re-
palsa,sls home watchmakcr's whom he
csa tsibsiIt work than any matchmaker
% dalllpolll n short, why not spend
your money a Appo when you want
ANYTHING our blsa % men have of man
uiaclure insle1d sending it away?
The NqlhoaI Episcopal Church.
, through ilr snt Conference at Ur-
bina, Ohio moi nobly avowod 10 the
world rs aih4,asto the principles Of
ua0ee t.eodon I'D loyalty as the true
foundation oas GovOnmspt planted
laoli tAs ideot Congress as against
iieS4ocrOSat Chief Magistrate oftho ma
ton aud ebeersd the heart Of every
lover Of freedom by ili unequivocnl
n0suraucu Of friendship and co opera
lion,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-10

.V\JE are prepared TO do all kinds Of job
Wy Printing IN Tho very best styla aud VI,
on the lsom reasonable terms.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-10

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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-10
q LIST O.F REAL ESTATR

yaHs@ and iss in the county
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-10

Taxes OF 1855 and Taxes Of 1864
interest since Dec 'intrst since Dec Total Of ali
18th, 1865, until l5th 1866, until taxesAnd iRI
Sep LIST 1861. Sept ist. 1867. tcTest. {,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-10-10
Name of the person charged
with Taxes,

with Taxes.
-----
Brown Wilson
Blake Andrew A
same
Ball Isaac VI
Same
Barnhart Philip
Brothers Robert
Banks Ephraim
Cloyd ] nrlan heirs
Cantcr Thomps
Chapman Jas heirs aud
A NJ Curry
same
Carpenter John
CLARK Greenlee heirs
Gain William
nonrad David heirs
Deem John W
Darst Daniel Jr
Doss Thomas
Edwards W W and Others
Enlsmingcr John heirs 6others
Evans David
Edward James heirs /
Evans David
Terrell Abner
Fry Samuel
FORESTER Geo W
Greer John NJ
Greenlee Lewis
same
Gray ] acob
same
Hardman George
hgnbdn John
Holcumb Francis
Hoy Charles
Hereford R N
same
Hereford VIM 4 P G Pinnell
LETTERS James heirs
Johson David and Andrew
Johnson Eeoch
same
Jividen Ezekiel
Jordan VIM heirs
same
same
same
jenkins John heirs
LETTERS James
Jones Jonah trust Lewellen
Jones john L Bryan
jenkins j hrs T Riggs & W
Knapp Francis
Kemper David
Kilgore George
Kounts Wendell
Lewis Samuel R
Lewis John B
Lewis George B
Lane Charles
Lewis Thomas
same
sa.ne
Mccoy George 3
Middleton Henry 9
same
Morgan Eliza
Mason Henry
Marsh Darchs
McOollister " 7 and others
Miller Samuel a
Mitchell Robert heirs
and ) A Mile
McMhorter Floyd
McbDorler hepry
- Moses Mlchael
Moses ltoOert
MARSH mm nelrs
Mitchell Robert helrs
same
same
moses Michael
Marx Elisha
Mess John
hoVOy ueo'Be
same
0renaoti
Irouse Samuel
fehneli lhomas heiFs
same
Ta'ricK spear
payne James a
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lckens = , u . . ! NlehoiaS
uoAe,S NAN .,
renheI' Lefty y anu we
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hoiI'ns george "
same
. noush hqnry
Tighter Leonard
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nay1u'l Dgtueu'
Bt W v ana rerry
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"SaSte TlIllam
9ulit h 3 S .ineS he'rs
SInlln EoenezeT
S Sne.n Senell'ah
SayIe 9quire
S S.one Jai ,'. L
SleGIest Aiielael helrs
0lh't"- W lll'"h
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
Wendell Phillips.

In his recent speech at the BROOKLYN Acad-
emy of Music, Wendell Phillips, who is the
very incarnation of that fell and bloody spir
1t which characteriZes some of his peculiar
disciples and followers, denounced in unmea-
sured terms all at the North who dare to talk
of conciliatiOn. Not only did he wish the
Southern people disfranchised, but he would
have them exterminated root and branch.
and was applauded, to the very echo, for the
devilish sentiment. The arrogant blasphemv
with which he and his kindred spirits claim
to be the Interpreters and Instruments of ex-
ecuting the will of God, and the bloody cum
ming with which they seize upon incidents in
bible history to justify as divine command
the qualification of their own bloody lusts. is
horribly illustrated in the following quota
ton from his speech:
God, said he, "once reconstructed n
country, and Divine wisdom turned to this
very problem which Providence gives us to
solve. Ia that territory there sprang up an
irrepressible conflict. Canaan worshiped idols,
and God wanted to introduce the worship of
the one God. What did he say? Did .he
say as your great apostle-Beecher- ::
BE a conciliator?' To David, BE very
meek To another, Don't hurt their feel
ings! He said 'Exterminate every living
thiug-man, woman and child-that ever
bowed the the knee to Baal''
The natural tendency of men possessed Of
absolute power is to cruelty and violence, aud
though noble traits and acts of personal gem
erosity and moral heroism, have more than
half redeemed the fame of some Of the black.
est tyrants that ever caused land to mourn :;
yet in the light Of this age, for people who
for century have boosted that theirs was
the Gland of the free and the home of the
brave deliberately and voluntarily to estab-
lish system of irresponsible tyranny, such
as this man Phillips advocates, is the most
stupendous act of national folly and abnera-
tioh Of principle recorded in all history.
Dorchester Nelrs.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
MI8CELLANEOUS.
Hard Stories on an Officer.

A Washington correspondent relates the
following anecdotes of the artless old man at
the head of the Agricultural Bureau Sir
Isaac Newton.
The other day he was riding up from tie
Capitol in the avenue cars, when one of the
party OF gentlemen who accompanied him re-
marked that lady opposite was SO dark that
she must be quadroon. Sir Isaac, ready to
exhibit his acquaintance with ethnoIogy, re-
piled with considerable viVacity: ''Eo, sir,
you are mistaken she must be an octagon"
"A few months ago the Commissioner pre-.
sented increased estimates for his Depart
ment, and was in consequence summoned be-
fore the Committee on appropriations to give
evidence concerning the nature of this large
expenditure. One of the first questions the
chairman asked was, MIR. Newton, explain
to the committee what your Bureau is doing
Tor the interests of agriculture, to necessitate
tins increased appropriation" "Why," re-
pied SIr Isaac, 1--WE want to improve the
breed OF sheep-Will do twill do it, sir !;
We have just ordered half dozen hydraulic
rams from Germluy"
A Asplendid pheasant-so rare in this coun-
try-was received from England last week
by the Department. Sir Isaac felt natural
pride on being the recipient of such spen-
did bird, and stroking down its beautiful
Plumage, and turning his benign aspect ON
the clerks surrounding him, naively and ap-
Preciatingly remarked What beautiful TO-
liage he has"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
The Ship Of Death.

Since the time when the Ancient Mariner
told the terrible tale of the curse-laden shin
with her crew Of ehastly corpses, no more
thrilling story of the sea has been related
than that of the whale ship Diana, that re-
Gently drifted ihtOone of the Shetland Islands
A year ago she lelE the Shetlands on whaI-
ing voyage to the arctic regions, having on
board fifty men. From that time nothing
moro was heard OF her. The friends of those
on board became alarmed. Money Vas raised
and premiums offered to the first vessel that
would bring tiaings of the missing ship, but
all to no avail epe was almost abandoned.
On the %. of pa the people near Ropa's
= ee'2lP one. e. Shetland Isles, were stars
tlsel ..t sSoiii. q 1..s.al ~
ing into the harbor. Battered and ice
crushed, sails and cordage cut away, boats
and spars cut up for fuel in the terrible Are,
tic winter, her decks covered with dead and
dying, the long lost Diana sailed in Ike n
ship from the Deadmau's Land Fifty men
sailed out of Lerwick in her on a bright Nav
morning last year. All of the fifty came
back in her on the second of April, this year:
the same, yet how different.
Ten men, of whom the Captain was one,
lay stifened corpses on the deck thirty,fiys
lay .helplessiy sick, and some dying; two re-
tanned sufficient strength to creep aloit: and
the other three called feebly about the deck.
The ship was boarded by the islanders. and as
they climbed over the bulwaIks the man at
the wheel fell fainting from excitement one
OF the sick died as he lay, his death being
announced by the fellow OCCUPANT of his
berth feebly moaning "Take away this dead
man" On the bridge of the vessel lay the
body of the Captain, as it had lain for four
months, with nine of his dead shipmates bv
his side, all decently laid out by those who
soon expected to share the same fate. The
survivors could not bear 10 sink the bodies of
their comrades into the sea, but kept them so
that when the last man died the iatcd shin
that had been their common home should be
their common tomb The surgeon of the
ship worked faithfully 70 the last, but cold,
hunger, scurvy and dysentery were too much
for him. The brave old Captain was the first
victim, and died blessing his Ineu. Then
the others fell, one by one, until the ship was
ten9nted only by the dead aud dying. One
night more at sea would have left the Diana
toatlng cofiu. Not one of the fifty would
have lived to tell the ghaslIy tale.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
Let the UnforgiVing Fear.

solder, whose regiment lay in garrison
town IN England, was brought before his com
manding officer for some offence lie was an
old offender, and had been often punished
" Here he Is again, said the officer, on his
name being mentioned everythine-fog-
glng, disgrace, mprisonment-has been tried
with him"
WhereuPon the sergeant stepped forward,
and, apologizing for the liberty he took, said:
" There Is one thing which has never been
done with him yet, sir"
" What is that sir! Z" was the answer.
y" We'll sir" said the sergeant, ..he has new
er been forgiven
Forgiyen!" exclaimed the colonel, sur
prised ut the suggestion.
lie reflected a few moments. ordered the
eulprit to be brought in, and asked him what
he had to say to the charge.
Nothing, sir" was the reply, only am
sorry for what have done"
Turning kind and pitifuI look on the man
who expected nothing else than his punisl>
ment would he increased with the repetition
of his offence, the colonel addressed him. say
ing, " Well, We have decided to forgive you!"
The soldier was struck dumb with astonish-
ment; the tears started in his eyes. and he
wePt like child. He was humbled to the
dust; he thanked his officer and retired to
be the old refractory, incorrigible man? 10
he was another man from that day forward
de who tells the story had him for years un-
der his eyes, and a better conducted man
never wore the Queens colors. In him kind
ness bent one whom harshpess could not
break he was conquered by mercy, and
forgiven, ever afterwards feared to otTcad.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
Something New in Printing,

The Oswego AdCertiser OF the 18th. under
the head of Strange Phenomenon" gives
the following:
a gentleman brought into our Office yes
terday boiled egg. from which the shell had
been removed, which exhibited remarkable
phenomenon. The egg was boiled hard, and
on the surface appeared letters, Ike the i'm
preston oftype. They we're plain to be seen,
and were found there when the shell was ia
ken off, The other eggs of the same lot. aE
ter being cooked and opened, exhibited a
similar appearance. We understand that
these eggs had lain for some time wrapped up
IN newspaper, and exposed TO the suns
rays The membraneous lining of an egg,
as every one knows, is composed of albunen,
both OF which are used by photographers in
making their prints. These eggs were small
and had thin shells, and the supposition IS
that the sunlight produced chemical action
OF the gelatine and nlbumen, whereby the
PRINT IN the paper was transferred TO the
white of the egg. It is a somewhat singular
phenomenon, aud if any person can give us
any further information ON it we shall be
happy to receive it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
The Ills of Horse Flesh.

According to a recent number of the Ru,
raj Gentleman, the following list comprises
all the defects which constitute unsoundness
in horse -
Lameness Of all kinds aud degrees. Dis
eases of any of the internal organs Coughs
Of all kinds, as long as they exist Colds or
catarrhs, while they last Roaring broken
wind thick wind grease mango farcy aud
glanders; mergrims or staggers founder con-
vex feet contracted feet spavins aud ring.
bones; enlargemehts of the sinews or liga-
ments; cataracts ana other defects of the
eyes, impairing sight.
The following may or may not occasion un-
soundness, according to the state or degree in
which they exist: Corns, splints, thrushes.
bog-sPavins, thorough pins, wind gals, crib
biting. Curbs are uusoundness unless the
horse has worked with them some months
without inconvenience.
Cutting, particularly speedy cutting, con-
stiuteS unsoundness when it cannot be reme-
died by care and skill. Quidding, when con-
frmed habit, iusures the unsoundness of a
horse.
Defects called blemishes are Sears from
broken knees capped hooks, spiints, bog
sPavins aud thorough-pins loss of hair from
b!isters or sears; enlargements from blows or
cutting, and specks or streaks on the corner
Of the eye.
Vices are: Restiycness, shying, boiling,
running away. kicking. rearing. weaving or
moving the head from side to side. gtringhalt,
guiding, slipping the halter.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
POETIGAL.
TEL WRECK.


All Eight the t5aming minute gun
Had pealed aldng the deep, =
And InourniuIiy the rising sun
Look ed'o'er tide-wOTn steep.
Before the Tatrg blast,
Had veiled her Ppsails on the strand,
And bowed her noble mast.
We saw her TIRE lonres cast avnv
The rocks ~ pearls were aovn
And strangely lds the fubvss raw
Flashed cute 81 frctted sfobe.
NIj TiEe % ssSes 6yl 4 p.ses sns vet sandS o'er'
And gorgeous rqbea--but oh that sbora
Had sadder things than thesei
We saw the strabg man stiIi aud low
A crushed rrel thrown aside.
Yet ct BY tnHt rigia 'sR aad. brow
And near him oi the sea. weed lay-
Till then we had not wept-
But well our gushing hearts might say
That there mother slept!
For her pale arms a babe had pressed
With such j wreathing grasp,
BillOws had dashed DER that fond breast,
Yet not undone the clasp.
Her very tresses had been lung
To wrap the fair child's form,
Where still tic wet long strcamers hung
All tangled by the storm.
And beautiful midst that wild scene.
Cleaned U7 the boys dead face,
Like Siumbers, trustingly serene,
In Inelan Choly grace.
Deep in her bosom lay his head,
With half-shut violet eye;
He had known little of her dread,
Naught Other agony
Oh ! human love, whose yearning heart,
Through all things Yainly true,
So stamps upon thy mortal part
lts passionate Rdieu-
Surely thou hast another lot;
There is some home for thee,
Where thou shalt rest, remembering not
The moaning of the ssa!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
Senator Wilson at Charleston.

The following is the report of the coDclu,
sion of Senator Wilson's speech to the coll
Ored people Of Charleston
Lay down your platform of principles, in
vite everybody to stand upon it give to all
the right hand of fellowship, and you can
carry South Carolina for the great Republi>
can Union liberty loving party of the country
by twenty or thirty thousand majority
lCheers. The freedmen of South Carolina
hold in their hands the destinies of the State.
They can place it abreast of the most liberal
and progressive States in the country, or they
can be false and recreant, and let it lucer
behind the age, the derision of its enemies.
and the pity of its friends. Will you do the
first! CShouts of :" We will"1 All OF YOU
in favor of doing it hold up your hand
Thousands of hands here elevated All
opposed to doing it hold up their hands,
The same number of hands were again raised
to the great amusement of the white portion
of the audience Mr.. Wilson set himself
to correcting the blunder of the colored peo>
pie, and again put the affirmative and nena-
tive OF the question In way that could not
be misunderstood. This time all hands were
raised in the affirmative and none in the neg
ative. In the course of some further remarks
Mr.. Wilson declared that the loyal people of
the country. would keep the government in
the hands of its friends, North and South,
and that if the persons who are now disfrau-
chised assist loyalty in the work OF recon-
struction their disabilities would be removed.
This he stated as his own opinion and belief.
and not by any authority"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
Spirit of 5efersun
RAVES OF ADVERTISING.
Effect Of Soil upon Potatoes.


Soil has an influence upon potatoes asida
from their growth Some sofia light sandy
loam-will produce melloWness where it Is
wanting, aud improve it where it exists
Manure is hurtful to the quality, and especi-
ally to the flavor, of pOtafOes Hence a soil
sufficiently rich should never have manure
for potatoes-and very rich soil Is not re-
quiVed for this tuber. A rank growth Of po-
tatoes Eill gave rank taste. The same pota-
toes light natural soil, where the
only nisplte has been vegetable-for instance
the ear9ppaceous matter of new land will be
improves This accounts for the diversity
Of opinion ia regard to the different kinds of
potatoes. The Garnet, Chill Is condemned
! u soale.s- haya just heard a man pros
hounce aSalHst thetif--Wf no gave Jhg- prefer
ence 10 other kinds among which the Peach
Blow Is one. He had mo luck with the
Garnets last year" He raises his potatoes
in soil manured from the horse stable. His
neishhor has just the reverse opinion He
raised his where little or no manure has been
usci-some on a discontinued strawberry bed,
where saw dust had been applied for mulch-
ing, and afterwards worked into the soil, and
rotten when the potatoes we're grown This
was vegetable manure, aud made the differ
ence between the two crops.
There is another element of great valuo in
better than anything can be used This in
connection with vegetable manure on light
sandy loam, well-drained, will insure the best
crop. 1t will yield largely, as we'll as of the
best quality. On such soil there is also less
rot. A moist soil is always to be avoided if
quality is to be considered For feeding pur-
poses, a rank growth is probably preferable,
as more potatoes are generally produced.
The soil should not only be light, and
loose, but the seed should be well down
the ground, not raised in ridges. Five oi
six inches below the level of the soil will give
more moisture-in other words Withstand
drouth better, than when elevated above this
level giving chance for the air more effec-
tually to dryEthe soil in which the potatoes
are imbedded
Never hill potato-or, if hilliug will be
done, do it after shower, soon as the ground
will permit. Cultivate and keep the soil
mellow, especially in drouth This is
thing that Is much neglected. We do not
cultivate potatoes sufficiently. They requirs
much moisture aud unless the ground
well stirred, repeatedly, there will be great
hurt-sInall potatoes and few in hill
Clay will also improve the quality of po-
tatoes. as well as Of other roots and grains in
general. But it will not much increase tho
growth COkman's Rural TTorId.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14

THE Two VoICEs.-When Guttenburg,
the first printer, was working in his cell in
the monastery of st. Aborsgot, he tells MS that
he heard two voices address him The one
bade him desist; told him how men would
protane the art he had cEeated, and how
posterity would have cause to curse the man
who gave it to the world. So impressed was
Guttenburg with what he heard that he took
hammer and broke to pieces the type he had
SO laboriously put together His work of de-
struction was only stayed by another voice,
sweet and musical, that fell on his ear, telling
him to go on, aud to rejoice in his work, that
all good might be made the cause of evii but
that God would bless the right in the end
So to all of US still come these voices that
came to Guttenburg-the one calling us to
work, while it is called to-day to try to leave
this world better than we found it; and the
other tempting US to give over and take our
ease-to leave the pillow in mid furrow, and to
rest on our oars when we should be pulling
against the stream.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14
The Tax Record.

The expenses of the National Government,
for all purposes, executive, legislative, iudi>
eial, army, navy, etc, during the eight years
of Washington's administration, were only
about Sl5,000,00O,!a little more than one
third of the annual taxation of Indiana,
The four years of the second administration
CT the Federal Government, under John Ad-
ans, cost about S20,000,000. about one-half
the taxes of Indiana paid last year.
Thomas Jefferson was President of the
United States for eight years, and the entire
expenses of the Federal Government during
that period were only S41, ,1OO,7 just about
the amount of taxes the people of Indiana
paid last year.
From 1909 till 1917 James Madison was
President Of the United States. During those
eight years we had the war of ISl2-l5. Yet
the entire expenditures of the Federal Gov
ernmcnt for that period we're only Sl44, ,6S4,-
$50.
The annual taxes of two States, New York
and Indiana, under Republican administra-
ton, amount to about the entire expenses of
the General Government under Madison's
administration of eight years
The expenditures of the Federal Govern
ment during MOnroe's administration of eight
years amounted to only S1O4. 1868, ,446.
The taxes of the State of New York for a
single year now amount to thatsu
In 1850 the expenses of the General Gov
ernment under Democratic administration
were only SIS, ,S4S, ,472, but in 1866, under Il
Republican administration, they reached the
enormous sum of $500, 200, ,OOO.-Iad. Her
uM
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-14

THE FOUNDER OF AMERICAN METHOD
IsM.-At the recent session of the Troy
Annual Conference, committee was ap-
pointed to raise the necessary funds and erect
a monument to the memory of Phillip EN-
bury, the founder of American Methodism.-
The remains of this good man now lie in a
beautiful cemetery in the pleasant village of
Cambridge, Washington county A hundred
years ago, in his own house in New York, he
organized the first. Methodist society in
America. He also erected with his own
hands the first Methodist church in this coun-
try, and ministered in its pulpit until regu-
larry organized clergyman was sent from Eng
land.