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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22
CURE OF LESION OF THE LIVER.

A gentleman after a severe sickness had lesion OF tho
liver, Every quick movement or Sudden jar gave him
soyoro pain. often laying him up for days Hence he
was unable 10 follow any occupation with regularity.
In this condition he applied over the part affected an
ALLCOOK'S POROUS PLASTER. At first IL seem.
cd TO initiate, 80 II was taken OIL. But tho marked i'm
he experienced afterwards gave him COURAGE
10 Try again, and ho therefore applied another plaster.
In a few days something gave wSy-'sippod," to use
the gentlomAn's own words. There was some foronoaa
for = lev days after, then his health was perfectly
restored. Upon being sounded by his physician,
adhesion or lesion was found 10 be gone,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22

sofn mts strongly as rOsWatg many pVTeHICs pcclil1ya daWelh 20 Tho rpoa V q
sdhcuon Of other Ingredients those which win chemically combine with tho oil have been dis
covered and uyb together have pDducda pbalcnmpomiw hnhs unquahneiy pronounced 10 DO
The bHh "a has yet appeared
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22
One Dollar.
WEEKLY WISCONSIN.

On the 18th Of September we shall com
mence tho publication Of a finely written aud
intensely interesting novel in the WEEKLY
WISCONSIN, entitled:
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22
v THE s,
by "MIaNoNBTTE.

Tho two stories will run through ~ period
Of eight months, from week to week. During
this period, also, tho wEEEty wrscoNsfS viii
be diversified With
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22

&1IA0 How I made IL In six months
VIl-fU Secret and sample mailed free.

TVNliE MAGIC conn will change any coloroi
bar Or beard TO a permanent btack o. Brown.
Ono Comb sont by ma for ~. For sale by Merchants
and Druggists GENERALLY. Address MAGIC Conn Co 4,
springfield, Mass.
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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22

Tho Inventors Of CocoAnE-lnowng that. when loss Of rocnrl III is generally from tn
ed whTo the greatest heatis necessarily generated and that animal fats by their mature
aher shan alleviate it-tumed heir attention and pharmaceutical Science towards egetab
of mclMament Lo promote the growth and pnserve Oh bounty 81 tho hair. 1e Ole
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
Cuba and the United States.

Late dispatches by the Cuba cable repre-
sent state of things, which, unless exagge-
rated, may tend, if not terminated soon and
redressed, to involve the United States in the
military and political troubles of that island.
There are many Americans resident there,
and as our countrymen abroad are much given
to sightseeing, especially so entertaining
spectacle, when it may be had, as a fight,
which whether bull>fght or battle is
equally welcome to their excitable temper
ment, and as the Spanish volunteers seem to
have q habit of running muck at everybody
they meet in the streets, without much in
quiry as to party or nationality, it is not i'm
probe BILE that outrages are occasionally COM
mitted upon our people. If it should turn
out that this is not accidental, but, as we can
scarcely suppose, designed, and if the goy>
crnment of the island is really engaged in
system of annoyance and unjust restrictions
towards American citizens, the results may
be serious. 1t is difficult, however. to suppose
that Gen. Dulce, who has already on his
hands, in the rebellion as much as he can
manage, would willingly provoke the hostil-
ity of the United States, which is only re-
strained as it is by high moral considerations
from absorbing Cuba without ceremony. 1t
is important to the interests of commerce
that the conflict now going on in Cuba should
be brought to speedy termination. The
South American States and West India
Islands, by their chronic political commissions,
have been perpetual thorn in the sides of
the commercial nations. The protracted war
between Brazil and Paraguay has been carried
on, in measure, at the expense of other ma
tons as we'll as their own, an6 the everlast>
ing revolutions and wars in the West India
islands have enhanced the prices of some of
their most valuable and indispensable pro-
ducts. IF Cuba, which has heretofore exhib-
tied an exceptionable stability, is to become
a prey to the same disorders, the results will
be even more seriously felt in this country,
because of our close proximity and intimate
commercial relations, and because of the mag
nitude of her foreign commerce, which, in
proportion to population, is believed to ex-
coed that Of any other country on the globe,
the value of her yearly exports ranging from
S2E,50O,OOO to s32 100000, and that of the
imports averaging about the same. The an
nual exports of sugar alone, which has taken
a rise of two and half cents since the break
ing out of the rebellion, has been of late
years from Z00,000,000 to 750,090,000
pounds In view of these facts, we COM
mend to General Dulce the maxim of Cen
eral Grant, "Let. US have peace" Certain it
is that the West India Islands, the garden
spots of the world. will not be permitted
to relapse into wilderness condition through
the constant strfes and brois of their inhab-
itants. IF they cannot keep order themselves,
there are benevolent minded people in their
neighborhood who will help them to do it,
and to render their fertile territories the
abodcs of systematic, peaceful and productive
industry San.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
A Case Of tho Retributive Justice Of
Heaven.

The rctributive justice of Heaven has never
been more clearly shown or exempified than
in the case of the Jud &c and jury who acquitted
the murderer Of the lamented Bolmeyer.
The circumstances surrounding the case are
too we'll known to justify rehearsal at this
time. Briefly, brutal beast bearing the
name of Brown, in cold blood, and without the
slightest provocation, assassinated Bolmeyer
on public street in Dayton, in broad dayl ght,
in the presence Of numerous witnesses, &c" the
only reason that Bolmeyer was the editor in
chief of the Dayton Empire, Democratic
paper. Brown, being fearful of the Just in
dignation ofthe people Of Montgomery county,
prayed for a change of venue, had his case
transferred to the loyal county of Miami. and
after a mock trial was acquitted by jury
organized for that purpose by loyal Court
and Sheriff, notwithstanding the proof of guilt
was incontestahle and overwhelming.
This was the judgment of man. Now wit,
ness the jud gment of Almighty God Ecc,y
jmymttn Of BOlmcyer has since been dcrcf Of
reason, met unnatural death or committed
suicide, and fitting capstone to this arch
of rctributivc justice, Judge Parsons, who
presided over the mock trial, died few days
since horrible death IN the Lunatic Asylum
at Dayton.
Verify those who ''sow the wind shall reap
the whirlwind 20
[Bucyrus (OAio) Forum, FEB. 10.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
WHO DID IT2

Who appointed Charles H. Trayner, con-
stable for this township, now known as Grant
but formerly as Gharlestown and osbOurn ?
We know that the Board of Supervisors of
the county have to bear the responsibility OF
the act, but with which particular member of
the Board didthe iniquity originate, is ques-
ton we would like to have answered satis-
hctorily, and one which we mean to press
mill we have the truth of the matter. What
act of disloyalty have our people recently per-
narrated. that an indicted horse thief should
be auartered upon them to act as an officer of
the law? We tell the Board of Supervisors,
ana the loyal scoundrels who infest the county
seat, that the time has arrived when they must
cease their outragcs upon the people of this
end of the county, and we would inform Mr..
Trayner that his health will be promoted by
keeping away from Grant township. lie is
not wanted here, and his presence will only
be source of evaporation, and ultimately
lead to trouble Horse flesh is exceedingly
valuable at this time, and VIC don't mean to
have it endangered by the presence of one
who has already established reputation for
unfair dealing in the article. Besides his
propensity for horses, our people have other
objections to Trayner. They have not for
gotten that he was a member of that infamous
Board of Registration, that last fall struck
from the list of voters the name of every
man who was suspected of disloyalty to the
Radical party: Nor have they forgotten that
he-was the acting clerk at the meeting of the
first Board, whose papers were so mysterlOusly
lost No, we want no such Trayner in our
midst Our community is an honest one,
and objects, decidedly objects, to the intro
duction of such polluting element. Joe
Chapline as Judge is enough, without any
further infiction.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
THE CAPITAL QUESTION.

For the last three sessions of the Legisla-
ture of West Virginia, the question of To-
cation of the capital Of the State, has en-
crossed about one>half of the time Of the
members. Last week, the House of Dele
gates, by vote of % to 24, hit upon Parkers~
burg as the future capital of the State. The
Wheeling Rcgister, in noticing the debate on
the subject, thus refers to the performances
of Mr. JOHN RUFUS SMITH, delegate from
Morgan county, and son of our eminent
Grasshoppcr:
';Smith, of Morgan, picked up the frayed
ends of Carroll's auathemas, and proceeded
to weave tangled web of ribaldry, falsehood,
malignity and gasconade. The disloyalty of
the people of Wheeling was his chief grief,
but to this he added prodigous array of &C
cusations, including everything that spite
can spit, upon all topics from the sting of
newspaper squib to the illiberality of pea
nut vendors. The people of Wheeling were
rebellious beyond description, and more than
this, theratmosphere was black with the smoke
of rolling mills their newspapers didn't puff
him, their parlor doors never opened to welcome
his ponderous presence; let him be short of
money nobody supplied him, and, worst and
smallest of all contemplate things, nobody
in Wheeling chad ever given him single
glass of peanuts" In this style he frcttcd
and fumed, giving every body to understand
that all the deficiencies Of Wheeling, not ex-
cepting the contributions of cash and pea
nuts would be supplied by Purkersburg, wax
ing warm with his theme until the pent up
inspiration of the speaker found vent in the
perspratiOn of thousand pores, and then
having exclaimed in one grand feat of gestic-
ulation to which nothing short of wind
mill in full motion could approximate, he
wouldn't stay in no such place." subsidized
from his climax of odor and oratory, and
much to everybody relief, slowly but literally
''dried up"
The vindictive and intolerant spirit which
looked out through the crashing teeth and
fierce demeanor of the eminet slang whanger
was fifty rcbuked by Mr.. Smith, of Kanawha,
who, in a brief but pointed speech, held up
to deserved ridicue the malacc, not to saw
meanncss, which had hurled upon the House
such a senseless blast of sound and fury.
As in the case Of Carroll, nobody felt dis
posed TO anything but mirth over the perfor-
nance of the mighty mountebank from Nor
gan. The gentlemen in charge Of the Par
kersburg movement had elnphatcally disa-
vowed all sympathy with either, and therefore
their rantings were merely regarded as silly
episodes in the business of the day.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
AN INFAMOUS JUDGE.

In all the long train of calamities that fol-
lowed as a result of the war, there is nothing
more deplorable than the corruption that have
crept into the judiciary, of the county
Men whose characters would not stand the
loosest construction of virtue, and who have
never read more than the preface Of Black
stone, have found places upon the bench,
only to disgrace their positions and expose
their own smallness. UNDERWOOD is a fit
illustration of the truth of what re have
stated, and his appointment as Judge Of the
United States District Court of Virginia, will
remain as an indelible stigma upon the ad-
ministration of Abraham Lincoln and if
there were no other infamies connected with
that administration, this one alone, because
of its enormity, would forever hold it up be-
fore the intelligent and good, for loathng and
detestation. Instead of holding the "balan-
ces of justice in an even SCALE" and expound-
ing the law with impartality, this judicial
paltroon never permits an opportunity for
vomiting his slime upon the people on whom
he is quartercd, to pass unimproved.
AdoG hcth MS VI CVUiG "Go III
session in Richmond. An impudcnt negro
had brought suit before him against the
Fredericksburg railroad, for compelling his
sinking wife, greasy wench from South
Carolina, to take seat in 4 second class car.
In his instructions to the jury, which was
composed of six white negroes and six black
ones, Underwood took occasion to say that
distinction on account of color was ''relc of
barbarism which had been properly done
away with, even in that sink OF iniquity, New
York, where it had been tolerated longer
than elsewhere, to secure Southern trade -
He then branched off into the foulest abuse
of Virginians, declaring that they ';wcre
given to drunkenness, and that the clergy
were not exempt from this frailty," state
ment which he knew to be an infamous lie
when he uttered it. To cap the climax Of
his scoundrelisr, and to give his charge
religious coloring, he impously laid hands
upon the bible, and read several extracts from
its sacred pages. 1t is to be presumed that
this was about the first time that this holy
book was ever subjected to his po!luting touch,
as his life clearly demonstrates that he has
never been a subject of its teachings.
The jury, selected forthe purpose. brought
in Verdict of 81, 600 against the Railroad
company.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
NJ A r RE D.

On Thursday. 18th inst, in ZiD n Church. Charles
town; by Rev: VIM II. Meade, Capt ANDREW ]
QUlTH. Of this place.
At the NJ. F: Church, South, in CharIestowp. on
GFnpG Sth inst by Rev. J. w. Tongue Mr.
GEORG z HILBERT, of Ba tinore, to Miss S A LIE
this place. u
On the 9th of January, 1869, at"Atto Vista !" the
TtsluehGe OF capt Jacob EngIe, by Rev. SiIas Bill
nngs, Mr RALEIGH MOLER to Mis- LYDIA
E. ENGLE-both of Jefferson county.
On the 9TH OF January. 1869, at the residence of
the brides tather, near Adamstown, Md, by Rev
MIR. Irapnell, Nj. GEORGE W. MOLER of tins
county to Miss ETTIE HARDWOOD, Of Frederick
On the 10th inst, in Bolivar. by Rev j. A Nc
Faden. Mr.. LEWIS UPRIGHT to Miss CAR OTISE
e. BRlDENER-bot of this county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
The Despoiler's Track,

The editor of the Valley Spirit, of Cham
bersburg Penn, has recently spent some time
in North and South Carolina, and witnessed
the vandal destruction by Sherman and his
hordes, in his march through those States
He thus speaks of the appalling and sicken-
ing scenes of devastation Which met his eye ::
1--WE crossed the track of Sherman's army
on our route from Charlotte to Columbia
No guide was needed to point out to US the
ground over which that army PASSED. Tall,
blackened chimneys stood like grim sentnels
over it, as if the spoier had set them there to
warn the former occupants never to return.
Though voceless, these chimneys, from which
once curled the smoke of happy households,
speak trumpet-tongued and woe to those
against whom they speak. If Chambersburg
in her ashes looked like the crater of hell,
this track of Sherman's looked like the road
over which the blazing wheels Of Satan's ar
tillcry had rolled, consuming all that came in
their way. For two hours we ran through
these blackencd monuments Of our country's
shame. pity the Northern man who can
look on them with complaceGcy."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

TIE INAUGURATION BALL-A colored
man, J. s. Richardson, Of Washington, has
addressed a note to Mayor Bowen, as chair
man of the committee on the sale of tickets
for the Inauguration ball, stating that num-
Der of his friends from Philadelphia and New
York would be in Washington on the 4th OF
March, and asks whether any distinction on
account of color is to be made in the sale of
tickets. Mayor Bowen addressed him a re-
ply, in which he says that "auy person of re-
spectacle character and standing in this COM
munity who applies and pays for ticket to
the inauguration ball, to be held in the north
wing of the Treasury Department, will not be
denied at least so far as my action is con-
cerned The question of color never having
arisen in the committee, 1 cannot of course
decide for them.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
Disabilities Removed.

On Thursday last, the Senate of the United
States did one creditable act, in passing the
bill for the removal of the disabilities of the
Virginia judges. Included in the number of
those who have thus passed the ordeal, is Judge
PARKER of the Winchester Circuit, whose
case excited more interest than that Of any of
the other Judges, because of the madness OF
the negroes and carpet baggers about Win
chester, who were clamorous for his removal
from the position which he has adorned for
nearly twenty years. Poor Sumner, the chronic
growler, was especially severe upon Judge F.,
but his rawlings were easily sicnced by
common sense view of the question taken by
Senator Sherman of Ohio.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Gazette, writing upon the subject, says:-
Senator Sumner is gnashing his teeth with
rage at the passage of the bill by the Senate
removing the political disabilities of Judge
Richard Parker, after SO many efforts on his
part and the part of his negro allies in Win
chester, Va, to prevent it Not satisfied with
vagabonds, Sumner ventured in his place on
Parker as "the atroeious Judge" A very
proper rebuke has been administered to the
cmasculatcd Senator by Mr.. Sherman of Ohio,
who declared that he had examined Judge
Parker's case with special care, and that his
honest judgment was that Judge Parker was
a pure, upright Judge, and that his POLITICAL
disabilities should be removed. The Senate
endorsed Shermans opinion and passed the
bill, regardless of the hoarse croakings of
Sumner, who seems to have lost the respect of
every member of that body.
a movement is now on foot before the Re-
construction Committee of the House to have
the Judges of Virginia relieved in body, as
there has been urged no special objection to
either, except in the case of Judge Parker
The Mormi"g Republican, of this city will con-
tain brief prepared by the Hon. Joseph
Segar, of Virginia-to be presented to the
Reconstruction Commttee-urging action in
the case of the Judges. All the Radical ele>
ment in Virginia, except few INSCRIPTIONS
carpet bnggers about Richmond, is favorable
to retaining the judiciary of the State intact.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

90" The remains of J. Wilkes Boothe, the
assassin of President Lincoln have been quiet
ly, by permission of the President, removed
from their place of deposit in Washington,
and are now in one of the vaults of Baltimore
Cemetery, awaiting interment by the side of
his father, the illustrious tragcdian. Per-
mission was granted to the brother--Edwin
Boothe. President johnson is thus gradually
removing all unpleasant things ont of the way
of his successor. And yet. it is understood
that the President elect Will not have his
predecessor take any part in the approaching
Inauguration ceremonies, as has been usual.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

THE POPULATION OF New YoRK.-Mr
Chas. Bruce read paper on model lodging
houses before the Social Science Association
at Albany on Wednesday, in which he said
that nowhere on the earth is there such a
massing of human beings as in the city of
New York, and in no city of the size is there
so much poverty and wretchedness. In the
tenement houses the people are much more
crowded than they are in either of the cities
of England or France. In one portion of
New York city population of 10000 per-
sons to the square mile could be found. This
cannot be paralleled in the worst quarters of
London.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

= On Wednesday and Thursday last the
effects of the late Hon. John NJ. Bolts were
sold at public auction. The horses were well
known all over the country, and attracted
buyers from many of the northern States
Engineer" brought S75O-the highest price
of any horse that was sold. The colts, of
which there was quite a number, brought
from $3.50 to $3.50 each.
The cattle were not "blooded," but were in
fine condition, and brought good prices. The
oxen sold for about sl2O yoke. The other
personal property sold at prices which gave
satisfaction, realizing in the aggregate about
$4,000.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23
THE LATEST!
company.

The Baltimore SIM of yesterday, says as
follows, in regard to themost important matter
now pending in Congress. The House of
Representatives, on Saturday again passed the
constitutional amendment in an amended form,
striking out the provision in relation to Office
holding, and restoring that portion of the
Senate amendment which prohibits discrimi-
nations on account Of nativity, property or
education. The result is that it will have to
go back to the Senate. That body having
once adopted substantially the same provisions,
it will be likely to concur in it, unless it be
upon the point which relates to office hold,
ing"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

INAUGURATION BALL TICKETs.-The
ladies' invitation ticket to the Inauguration
ball is thus described In the centre is bust
of Grant, laurel. crowned, with his motto in
rays Of light behind his head at the foot of
the bust are sprigs of oak and laurel, and
American flags on each side. On the right
side is Peace, with her palm>branch and
wings, strewing the earth with blessings
Returning Commerce, represented by ship
under full SAIL and at her feet the plough
and other symbols of agriculture covering up
the effects of strife, represented by deserted
gum at the opposite is Columbia, severe and
assured, with the Cap of Liberty and the
Horn of Plenty. In the distance the capitol,
arched by the Bow of Promise, in token of
better times.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

ng The London Times, in an article on
the Alabama treaty, says the want of a
definite basis of arbitration will reconcile Eng
land to rejection ofthe treaty by the United
States that this point should be kept clearly
in view in the event of offers for further nego-
tiations and that England now awaits propo-
sails from America.
The Times continues: ave have done
our hest. We have gone to the verge of ma
tlonal humiliation to secure settlement of the
question at issue. We shall now wait for a
proposition from the new Administration un-
der General Grant" 1t is admitted that the
claims arc a fair subject for friendly arbitra>
ton.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-23

= The Washington Republican says -
"Public interest in the doings of Congress is
hourly decreasing, as it is known that nothing
beyond the passage of the ordinary appropria-
ton bills can possibly be enacted during the
balance of this session. The attendance of
the public at the Capitol is, therefore. becom.
ing notably much less than usual The mem
beers reelected are very unanimously opposed
to transacting business at the session of the
Forty first Congress to commence on March
4th next. The ninety odd Few members will
probably think differently upon the matter"