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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

soldiers coming down and carrying in a
blanket shapeles' mass. Laying their
burden tenderly down, they asked ths
doctor 10 look at their wounded color
sergeant. His shoulder aud forearm had
been torn away by she'll, The surgeon
then knelt, and putting bis hair back
from his manly brow, asked, My brave
fellow, where were you hitl' His eye 10.
closed for q moment, as be family au-
sweIed, almost at the top No, no, my
good man whereabouts are you wouudedi
Again his dying eye opened, again his
pale lips moved, as he whispered, i was
almost at the top. sir. bearing the fsg,
when the shell struck me. One moment
more aud | should have been clear up
He gave one gasp and his brave spirit
was gone forever. And so, dear friends,
is it with us to-day. We are almost al
the top. In faith and love We have car.
RED the dear oil flag Tor four long yeSra
Of Struggle until now we ara above tho
clouds, fighting as Joe Hooker fought up
in the clear sunlight Of absolute justice
and right. (AppIause. Only once more
close up the ranks. Only once more
press up the mountain slope. and i've
shall plant our dear old flag clear up on
the mountain top Of doai victory for lib
erty and the rights Of men. loud and
continued Ppplause
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Gallia academy.

UlHE next term Of Ills institution will com.
| mencc on Tuesday, September LIST, A. D,
1868
GEORGE L. MILLS, A. NJ, Principal.
ELLEN NJ. HIBRAGD, Principal OF Female
Department
Other teachers will DC added as the number
of scholars may require.
The Trustees feel u,;fal in saying that the
advantages for thorough education are here Su,
pcrior to any school in this part Of Ohio.
The huilding is large, commouiJas and we'll
ventilated aGt warmed
The school has a carefully selected library
Of over 500 volumes attached TO il, for the usa
OF general reading aud for the illustration Of
the studies pursued. The pupils here then.
have the advantage Of lcarring somewhat moro
than the mere text books teach.
I he Trustees can also say that the teachers
are worthy public confidence. Mr. MTLLs is
graduate Of Yale College aud has spent years
in the business Of teaching. Miss lIlHBARp is
= graduate Of the Mount Holcyoke Female
Seminary. and thoroughly qraliici for teach.
Ing. The Trustees can say nn better or more
success 'ul teachers eau be found in any school,
The Academy is also supplied with large
amount Of apparatus aad map, To illustrate tho
several studies pursued
The branches taught include the languagcS
required in entering College, and all the high.
cr branches OF 4 thorough or English edlca>
ton. The Trustees can recommend the school
to Those who wish to secure for their chill
drcn mi education of a hith ORDER.
Music, French and German are taught by
competent teachers to those who wish.
SIMEON NASH. President.
i. ALEsHIrE, Secretary.
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Clerk Of the Board, and they have the
power to control the Board, Of which
they have made their brags, they could
and would do. Il will not do to deny
it at this late date. The other two
Democratic members were here at the
beginning of the levy term. What be-
came Of them! II they got scared aud
ian away from their or0n actions, the
party Is still responsible, for the debts
had already been contracted. "Calo'
says again, that the valuation Of proper.
ty Is double that which it was when the
State taxes were 80 cents on the 500;
and argues that the State, Instead Of levy
ing 90 cents on the 500, really levied
40 cents on the 500. We were not
aware that the valuation Of properly
this year. was double over what it was
last year, nor are We ow0m Of it yet
Notwithstanding Cato's' assertion. But
If it is true, how will it work in Mason
county? Say we take 500 worth Of
land last year, at 80 cents on the 800.
it produces 80 sen's tax. Nov, il Ca
10" is right, that same land is worth
$500 now, and at IS cents county
levy this year would raise 90 cents in
taxes, 10 place of 80 cents last year
More than we stated, But We go BY our
own li!ureg, and not BY "Cato's." Ours
are correct, During the years 1867,
there were but TWO Democrats on the
Board Of Supervisors, and the taxes lev
led in 1867, 10 cover up the expenses
Tor The preceding year was Sll2O7 81
Now, il by merely having control Of the
county, the Democrats more M1n double
he uUcs, what would the taxes have
been il there had been full BOara of
Democratsl Or. If an increase of three
Democrats adds to the taxes Si2, ll0 80
what would eight additional Democrats
make it? Can tho Journal inform us?
viii the editor Of the Journal please in.
form US, wherein we have classified the
"record.?' Figures ore facts. Those
who doubt the correctness of our figures,
can convince themselves of their truth
fulness, by calling at tho Office Of The
Clerk Of the Board Of Supervisors and
examining The record.
Voters Of Mason county, in the face
Of all these facts, can you be longer de-
ceived by the Democratic cry Of Rodicol
taxes? Fling the taxes in their leeth.-
They are the party that caused the i'm
monso national debt and made the taxes.
They are the men that croaked at Union
defeats and gloried 10 rebel Victories
Harl these f6c!s ct them. They cannot
deny them. They dare not deny them
Do not bs deceived into voting the
Democratic ticket by their hypOcritcal
cry Of "high taxes"
Remember that they are only doing
this for the purpose Of getting Office
Let them get into power once, and they
will pile Up tho taxes on YOU, as they
have done in Maryland, Ohio and Ken.
lucky. Democrats have proved recre-
ant 10 their trust. Do not trust them
again.
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MURDER OF CAPT. JOHN C. FELT.
on, A UNION SOLDIER. BY REB-
Ell DEMOCRATIC MOE.

The Chrksburg Telegraph says that
Captain John c. FELTON, who was set
upon by a number Of re bells at the Craft
on Convention and very badly abused,
has since died Of his wounds, Captain
FELTON, was brave soldier and served
faithfully during the war, and escaped
death at the hands of the rebels 10 arms,
10 be alterward murdered BY mob Of
rebels, and this because he remained true
to the cau-a for which he fought.
The leaders of the bastard Democracy
in Ibis State are The very men who were
the friend, of rebels and traitors during
the war, and would openly rejoicc to sec
every Union soldier in the State treated
as Capt FELTON, was at the rebel Dem d.
cratic Convention which assembled at
Grafton on the 10th nit. Union men,
when O,kel to vote with such a party
as this. shake the CORY locks of this
murdered Union soldier in their faces,
aud TIL them they murdered him, ~--.-
Has the editor of the Mason county
Journal any excuse to Offer for this out.
rage?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

War, is tho cry Of the rebe element
under the sophistry Of their leaders who
figured so largely in the rebellion, and
the Dsnooraoy o. The North ore expect.
ed to aid them In this.
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q. j. E. EaRtschkc,
Practical and Scientific
Matchmaker

n Tenders his services to the citizens Of
"a Ravenswood West Va. and vicinity.--
good assortment of Watches, Clocks and
ewcl.y always on hand. Give him call.
aug l3-3m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

Every lover Of bis country, ia earn
esil7 requested to attend the primary
meetings aud to see TO It tina, honest and
capable delegates are sppoiated to rep
,7eseD. the Union voters in the COnven-
zion. By order Of the Committee,
JOHN 0. CUTLER, Chm'n.
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LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEET
ING OF TIE SEYMOUR CLUB.

After having published in the jour
naland advertised extensively by post.
crs for q meeting of the Blair and Scy.
mour Club on Saturday night, to be ad
dressed By Hon. w. IL, Tom'inson, at
the Court House. Tie bill was Tung
about o'clock. and abvu half dczan
assembled, Ond waited about half an
hour, and no more arriving, they seut out
runners 10 drum up the "iaith(ul,' and
somewhere near 0 o'clock, the Hon.
TomIiusou, commenced bis hanangna,
10 the assembled multitude, which by
carefully counting all in the house, in
GLIDING the officers of the meeting, and
those laying on the benche 5, !tumight
have found screntccn persons. Of this
number 4 were disrrauchised rebels, 5
were boys, were Radicals, was not a
resident of this State, and the remand.
er were Democrats.
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1t would be satisfactory to know, just
how many members Of the New York
Convention, served in the rebel army.
A New York paper says, they represent
cd every grade Of the rebel service, from
a drum major to the full General. In
fact the South is principally represent
ed by the men who, 10 one capacity or
another, wcro the most prominent reb.
els during the war, and most of them are
os rebelious now as when they were
shooting and starving our Uaion sold.
icrs, In elegant party 10 ask tho sup.
port Of Uoion men, either North or
South.
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AT SEA.

The Democrats are al sea, without
chart or compass. Dissatisfied with their
candidates, they are divided by serious
differences on reconstruction and the ma,
tiOnal debt oue faction applaudS the
platform because it fayOrs reputation,
and another is Indignant because it does
not squarely denounco that great crime
after the bold example of the Republic
cans. On reconstruction they are sill
more fatally at issue. The rebels insist
that the laws restoring the South must
be broken down b. force, a M Blair,
while many of the Northern Democrats
declare that the platform Iavors no such
alternative. With m unpopular captain
and qnarreIIng crew, We fear the
rickctty Copperhcad ship will have an
unhappy lime Of it before getting into
port.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

OHE Cent RswARp-For any Radi.
cal in Mason County who has been
known 10 give hearty hurroh for Grant
and ColfoI since their nomination, No.
son County JoainaI.
Nothing less than hOlf,bushOI Of
whisky can induce Coppcrhcad to yell
"Hurnh for Seymour and Blair" Their
camp horoobouts IL os "Si!Cnt as the
gravel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

Every days tdings from the South
are lraughl with deeper growing despon'
dency on the part of loyal men, Tho
seed sown at 1'ommony Hall is fast ri
pening into harvest Of butchery. The
names Of Seymour aud Blair have be
come the rallyiog cries for organized
bands Of lawle.s men THE support OIL
Democratic principles has been coostru
ed to mean war upon thee derenceless. -
Radicals are made the special object oil
Of attack. Texa, is a SETTLING cauldron
of iniquities.
a portion Of Louisiana has been given
over to the mumerous reign Of tho Ku
KIux. Governor Warmog:h has been
forced 10 ask the assistance Of troops from
the President. His action may deIerm-
inc tie fate fthC South.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

Young man. do you cast your first vote
this fall? Many thousands in West Vlr.
GINA will do this, Among this number
arc many hundreds whose fathers fell
during tho late Democratic rebellion
Every ono who SO fell, was slain BY o
Democrat VIII you vote for the party
that murdered your own father.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

jeff Davis lends his name 'aa Euro
puan busiOc,s firm in order to secure for
it Southern custom. He not only lent
his name but devoted lis strength to the
'ConFoderacy, and the failure was total.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-08-13

Hon. Joshua Hill the new Senator
from Georgia, who was claimed as Dem.
orrat by the Atlanta correspondent OIL
the Associated Press, but who has since
declared for Grant and Colfax, was a
Union member of tho Tbir'ys'A,h Con
grOss, and strong opponent Of the re.
bellon. He withdrew from his seat with
the rest of the Georgia delegation in SOL
but always sympathizod with the Gov.
crnment He i, an amiablo gentleman
a lair speaker and rather conservative in
his sentiments.
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STATE REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR.
Hon. W, L. STEVENSON, of Wood.
FOR AunrToR.
CART, TH0S. BoGGEsS, of Roane.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
Carr. J. NJ. PIPES, of Marshall,
FOR TREASURER.
'szRG'r, J. A, MoCAULEY, of Ohio.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Hon. THAYER MELVIN, OF Ohio.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS,
Hon r. L. BERKSHIRE. Monoogain
For Presidential Electors,
AT LARGE.
A. W. CAMPBELL, of Ohio County.
r. s. BROWN, Of Jackson County.
DISTRICTS.
Gen. N, GOFF,
e-J. MARSHALL HAGANS,
3--GEN. W. H. POWELL.
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Every blost blown through Seymour
and BIair's population rumPos iOcrcas.
ea the premium On gold,
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Union Republican County
Convention August 23d,
ISSS.

The Union Republican voters Of the
several Townships OF Mason county, are
requested to meet at their usual places Of
voting on SATURDAY, AUGUST l5ru
1868, o, O'clock, P. NJ, to appoint
Delegates to attend County Nomina-
ing Convention 10 be held at Point
Pleasant on the 22l DAY OF AU-
GUST, 10 nominate candidates for the
following Offices, viz:
One member Of House Of Delegates,
Recorder.
Prosecuting Attorney,
Treasurer,
Surveyor of Lands,
Two Assessors.
Each township will be entitled TO
twenty delegates, who viii cast tho vote
oreach township as follows:
Waggener, ........,.................9
Cologne, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
Clendenen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
Graham, ..... -............. ........
Ar0uckle, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Union ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. D
Hannah, Observation-Disclosures. 3
Cooper, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. D
Lewis, ...."....,.....,',.','..,'
Robinson "........ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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General Grant is travelling with Gem
erals Sherman and Sheridan, General
Blair with General D,spaig Mr. CoIrOx
with General Satisfaction while Mr.. Say
monr stays a. home with General Gloom,
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Don't forget the Moss Meeting TO-
day. Governor PicrpOinl will positively
20 here.
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II will be seen that Generals Grant
and Sherman met the rebels in consider.
able force at St, Joseph, Missouri, on
Tuesday of last week, and routed them
as usual. The attempt to prevent Sher'
man from speaking was terribly and in
stant'y rebuked. lie declared that if he
"were a citizen of ST. Joseph lie would
take the man who had been cheering for
Seymour down to the Missouri and duck
him." and then added General Grant
and myself have fought rebels, and We
thought they had enough Of fighting"
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Nothing exctes tho rebels and tho
rcbsl D ,mocrl!s more than the support
given 10 the Unioa arms during the war
AMI to the Republican party since the
war, by the great, powerful, rel gious
and benevolent organization known as
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Il
is a source of constant attack by the
Rebrl-Democralic papers in this State
and even here in our own county the
Journal stoops to Witty, abuse and sland.
er it.
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FOR CONGRESS ID DISTRICT,
Col. John =. VyisCher,
OF LINCOLN.
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FOR SENATOR 7TH DISTRICT,
Capt. John IA. Phelps,
OF MASON.
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PLEASANT. w. VA.
FOX PRESIDENT,
GENERAL U. S. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
HON. SCHUYIAR C0LFAX,
OF INDIANA.

FOR JUDGE 7TH CIRCUIT
Hon. James w. lEOgc,
OF PUTNAM.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09
Know x.

The corner grocery not bein very at
tractive tothcr day, on account nv change
among the regular sitters. | thought |
would 90 hum and enjoy the cociety NV
my wife. Wen | got there, | found the
children p,ayin Iniun Warrior to the life,
through the house. 1t wuz evident the
female he'd nv the house wuz absent, so
said sumat vext.
"Ware's yure muther!"
Tie stern vols Nv their PARENT caused
lul in thare sport, and looking up, they
exclaimed in a korus.
ashes down in the back yard, play
in Krow K"
notist that the round tops Nv the
bed posts he'd bin saud orr, and the h n
dies rudely torn from n bushel basket
that wuz used to kontaae dirty klose. /
comprehended the stuashum Of things
in moment. Two days before | had
refused to purchase Mrs. X. krow X
outfit, rs she styled it, and now she he'd
impofished one, an wuz maxim n fool NV
herself III full vue Nv the adjacent na
bors.
tho't | wood 90 down and look on.
Thare she wus, with four or five Ov Der
cronies among hoom wus an old maid
boom knu bi the reputashon she enj id
Of bein the cheapest nusepaper in the
county. However, she didn't kno me,
| quietly sot down on q convenient saw
buck, and after watchin the game intent
ly flu seconds, / remarkt:
"Eizy, amt you most tn we'll up in
years to be pirooting around in the
grass like a thing ov sixtern 2"
Frovolous woman, she he'd on mi old
straw hat ted down ciost over her GERS,
and her dress y rs so short that when
she stopped one mite hav saw her garters
from five story windo.
The old maid give me contempous
CLANS; and arskt in 10 tore: ''who is
that depravcd lookin man si;tin on the
sHwbuck."
Hes mi husband" said Mrs K. and
hlusht. Blusht to own her lord
"Why. you don't mean to tell me so, "
sed the vergin DER hoom not less than
40 summers had parst. "Wby, l wood
ent hav taken him to be yure husband p
Risin and bowin purity stylish, | sea :
mo and you never tux anybody tn
be yure husban, did you9 And nobody
tux yu tn be bis wife, did he? Well,
after scrut' rizin yu all over | kant say
blame him."
She squirmed under this brilliant re-
partee, and | chuckled AMI made my
Kit, foo secons in advans ov the saw
buck, which caught up with me direckly
and sent me tn grass.
/ don't know much about the pints Of
Krow X, but it is a game at wich many
a foolish young man has lost his heart,
q watchin tie ankles of heartless cokay.
1t is played in the grass WITCH leads
me tn think it wuz invented by grass
wilder.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09
TE.e D.sct.arge az s.rra.t.

There in ono mere Seymour and Blair
man At lborty. John Ii. Surratt, an
undoubted accomplice in the assassina-
tinn Of Abraham Lincoln and the attemp
id assassination of Secretary Seward,
has been released upon n technical defect
10 tie Indictment. A Washington dis
patch of the oath inst. says:
"Tke discharge Of John II. Surratt
from custody, to day, by Judge Wyley,
created great surprise among the bar of
the District, as well as among the cit
liens generally. The new indictment
against him, upon which he wss on trial,
was drawn by District Attorney Car
rington, and was under the conspiracy
act of July, 1862. 1t charged him with
the offence committed in March, 1865.
The defence At last pleaded the statute
of limitation, which is here two years in
this class Of cases, and the court sustain
ed the plea, and set Surrait at liberty.
The entire course of the case hes been as
follows: Surra;i came into court on the
22d Of juno last, aud pleaded not guilty,
and his counsel asked to have the case
continued til September, which was
done. On the 2lst Of September, the
counsel for Tie defence asked to with
draw the Ira Of no: guilty, and this was
granted. They then pleaded that the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation o!
July 4'h was sufficient pardon. TO this
the counsel far the prosecution entered
demurrer, holding that the exception
made by The President in his proclama-
ton inciudipg Surratt. The Court sus
tanned !tc demurrer, and held that plead
ing the pardon Of the President was vir-
;uaI!y admission Of guilt, ana was about
to proceed with TIE sentence, when the
ca>c adjourned till to day. when the
bar had expected sentence, bu. at the
opening Of the Court the counsel for the
defense put in rs a plea tie statute Of
limitation, claiming that as two years
Las elapsed from the date OF the offcnse,
rs charged, since the indictment was
frn,!, there could not lie a prosecution
HS prosecution CtailiiSts tBdt u WIS not
necessary to state in the indictment that
Surrait had fed the country, and remain
ell away''until brought back in March,
1861, but that they couIl make that n
matter Of proof The Court ruled
against item, and tie prisoner was dis
charged. Judge Wyley was then asked
TO certify The case to a full bench, which
lie refused, and then hold Tie prisoner to
bail, which he also refused, and Surratt
was released. This does not prevent q
new Indictment, but it is not probable
any will be found. The prosecution
had three of the witnesses, one Of whom
travelled with Surratt from Elnira' to
Harrisburg. hich point was This side of
Nil breaks in the read, and two others
who met him in Washington on the
morning of the assassination
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09

simply yielding, devoted slave, who is
perfectly happy in the wearing Of frayed
skirts and wretched shoes, if she may
thereby see her daughter arrayed in .
white tarletan with sixteen narrow. foun
ces and fichu ofrcaF lace.
When Daisy marries she viii have n
quiet wedding ut home and if her COM
mon sense ouiIives her .coCrtship-and |
thinl, it wiIl-she will be clad in n very
'sSweet'' grey travelling suit; and as she
departs will kiss her mother "good bye"
with tears that will spring large and
heavy from her Utmost heart.
When Catclfly has fairly secured"
some fellow" the family will be starved
six weeks bat fiIere shall be regal wed
ding at the church; and if Catchfy's
mamma has to borrow the very gloves
upon her hands, Catchflg's own ensem,
Die shall be crushcr to all competition.
And when the cermony and the break
fast is performed, and poor mother over
come with undying maternal love, shall
draw that bright, head to her breast with
a choking sob over the young presence
about 10 depart. Catchfly, you may be
assured, will extricate herself and ex
claim, 'Oh-my bonnet, mammal
To Clarance Augustus, Daisy seems 4
nice girI-but hardly stylish, you know
and Catchfiy lovely mortal fit to die
for, and, most certainly, divine to live for
Alas, for the short sightedness of man =
Tie w;llful short whereby
ever decIaiming of women of sense
lie is most certain to be taken by chaff!
know Daisy and Catchfiy perfectly
and Clarance August,ls--who has met
them twenty tines---is about rs clear
sighted in regard to them as the you"g
ewfoundlands in The back yard, who
were ushered into this vale Of tears three
DAYS ago. MIGoNETTE.