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;sAus winning esseaongh OF taalsfo eaaes
bic nm toy triumph over the great body Of
the whites. But what II the colorea people
should demand the offices2
And this has been the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
point with Mr.. Walls. That was the
damned spot which would not z" out"-
the elephant which came into histri-
u,mph to increase the resemblance to that OF
the Indian prince |; but the elephant was q
very black and. terrible one.-HerWould
have been glad to get rid CT It but couldn't.
So We see that when Mr.. MURDOCH went
to the Governor to;alrge upon hisieonsidera-
ton a plan for teaching the ,eolored people,
he responded -" Msirdock, you are carrying
'atass Joke 100 far. III re teach these PEG.
.spie So much ace sban't be able TO control
<stheuN This was the elephant. He had
his trunk fairly around Wells, and had
squeezed him quite enough to give him'a
lively impression Of his power. He:Was
painfully apprehensiYe that he would break
out in a whirlwind Of passion some day,
and there would be no controlling him. i.
So also did Governor WELLS expose the
| aain1us Of his overture to the c0lored peo-
|4ple in O. communication. Inc madefto MT.
| ISAAC H. HUNTER, the colored orator who
has Just made such a powerful impression
in this community. HUNTER desired the
bopinions Of the Governor or, the subject OF
comforting office on colored people, as ne
IIHUNTER) might desire to run for an Office
himself. The great Governor replied, lin
Esubstance. as We are informed by
| HUNTER, that che was q hundred years
"ahead of time-that the colored people
umust climb the ladder step by step,
" that they could not expect to reach the
stop round in less than a hundred years
mand that they were not qualified by edu-
~sEcation or experience for public office at
"that time.v~ HUNTER remembered the
teachings of WELLS, and knew what the
logical deduction was, and he Immediately
replied that he (the Governor) might be
running for office in a year or two, and ne
would. then find that he was a hundred
wears ahead of time, for it would beGa
hundred years before he would votefo him
This is the testimony Of Mr.. HUNTER. 1t
cannot be objected to OF account OF coming
from him. 1t is as good as the testimony Of
Governor WErLs-and, we conjecture, a lit
tile better in Virginia. ~ a..
Now, all this shows that the motive OF
Governor WELLS in his. overtures to, the
colored people was that they might be his
~vassals, and help him to rule the white
people with q rod of iron. He meant ogfge
them nothing. They acre to'be mas STAGES,
and TIE schtte people Of Virginia his cictinas::
This was the deep game in which the
whites and blacks were to be alienated and
kept at war. That one man might fatten on.
the public resources and thrive. on the pub
lie distresses, this nefarious, scheme was, to.
be matured and to be, if possible, main
tanned. !
Thus the fifth act is nearly concluded, and
the bad man is about to receive Judgment.
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continues TO shire brightly, by which men
aGe aeaafly discovering the confusion: into
Which things have gotten, md are enabled
to dfsentagle them with MS fnhch speed us
possible. He'd we twosweeks more the
EalscIpATIoH SOCIETY would be able oset
free all the slaves Of WELLS. The colored
people are especially exercised. When the.
campaign begun5tiaere was aidegree of cold
-uess-anaong the:whites thstrTas almost inn
penetrable tot single ray of heat. It took;
Infinite labor and the most powerful APP
peals to even get the people to give ear to
the story Of the dangers which Threatened
them. At .iasts4heysdM khfssana athe mo-
m,ent they heard, that instant it seemed that
Virginia deapedl to.g her feet and shorted,i
|@To armsp In three weeks time the
most wonderful revolution has been
wrought. Never, before was there anything
OF the knd.h Ar first /. regiment,. it seemed,
could hardly be marchedtnth field. Now,
the people, in solid mass, will 60 forth and
cast their whole strength in the scale Of the
State. Victory belongs to fhemi
If we reflect upon these remarkable facts,
IL is not wonderful that the colored part of
the population, so long misled and solong
|lahorineg under a load Of prejudice inspired
By the agencies of the devil himself, should
be slow to see the danger and to be warmed
by the enthusiasm ii the cause oftheir State
which has; fred Che healtfof every white
man. ,t,if3ii.t. lstiai y!
But slow though it be, the impression is
beingtmade. The black man has begun to
see that his interests and those of the whites
are precisely the same--that without SYM
pathy between them there can be no CO.
operation for their mutual good-and no
peace and no prosperity. This conviction
is working its influence. The leagues are
being deserted. The ranks of the liberal
party are being rapidly recruited by the
colored people, and two weeks more would
cause such a rush Of colored voters to the
side where justice and their true interests
lie, that the holding Of an election at all
would assume very much the appearance Of
a farce. It would be all one way.
Come, friends, black and white, let's have
a grand jubilee in this e~lection-the triumph
of the rights of ali men! i. 4a4.
HA@k
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The TRULY LoIl."

The wal was over four years ago, and the
army passed away from the scene of action
but the bummlers and camp-followers having
made a good thing of it, were not ready to
wind up. So they Immediately got up a wal
of their own, and have carried it on most
industriously, shifting hip and thigh of the
unregenerate ""rebels,"' and taking every.
thing they could lay their hands on as just
punishment of! stfrebellion." y h." =.
The bummers would not hear Of peace,
The rebels had yet something to lose, and
not while there was anything TO steal could
the fstruly .loilNt consent that war was
ended. No man that had anything, there
fore, could be anything but a rebel, and as
long as there were Offices to fill, rebels must
be kept out of them! "a . -" ! ; ( = !
The nation has found that not every one
that cries sss office" ""otiice," is "truly
loil" !; but that the faithful sentiment exists
in the breast Of the community which has
been placed under the ban for the adyan-
tage of those hypocrites who have. been
boasting their own, "loyalty." The com.
munity is to be relieved from disabilities
and acknowledgements, and those who, with
sordid hearts, made their professions of 10y
atty a capital in trade to get Office and per.
quisites ont of the hard'earnings 'ofa people
who despised them will either have to sur
render their ~ih-sotten places or retain hem
upon some better claims than their mere
selfasserted Sfloyalty." Their dizzy is
ended tiI"!l "i'i ''~t'a ~" -
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Judge Bond.

There is much curiosity about" this dis
tinguished gentleman. From, his activity in
the WELLS party, and the cunning and tact
he displayed in the management of party
machinery, it was inferred that he would
by no, means absent himself in the heat and
imminent peril of the campaign. His abb
sence. therefore, Is strange, and causes III
quiry. The Wing Of yesterday asks where
he is, and why ne is where he is?i =.
There have been various rumors about
Judge ;BoND. One, that his affairs were in
disorder, andh was like LAUECELoT GoBBo,
separating from them in the only way that
was possible-runniDg away from them.
This we have never believed; for he had
squared accounts by passing through his
own bankrupt mill under the disguise Of
his initials, and soon afterwards returned
IN income Of s$15, 900 per annum. Certainly
a. man free of debt and with that income
ought to he easy and have no occasion to
endeavor to get away from his accounts.
Another story, which is far more credible,
is that the campaign got too warm for him.
His name was much mixed up with the
WELLS complications, and the press had
begun to Ventilate his record. He is said to
have exclaimed before letting 60 the handle
of his exceedingly profitable mill that the
campaign was too hot for him he must
clear out, and stay away until it was overt
This is no doubt the truth. There may
be other considerations not mentioned in
this connection. Besides hisslippingthrough
his initials, getting rid of two or more hum
dred thousand dollars of debt, and soon
after returning an income Of $4,000, he said
hard things of General GEANT,-among
them, that he was q drunkard-and itis pos
sible WELLS may have concurred with him
that it was best for him'to be absent, rs his
presence here might injure the ,virtuous
party of which he is the leader. He no
doubt assured Judge BoNDt that the contract
concerning the United States isenatorship
set apart for the lately bankrupt Judge, but
now rich Judge, in bankruptcy, should
remain intact. 1t was no doubt n delightful
expedient to relieve himself and his party
by withdrawing to. a. distance, where. he
would be out Of hearing of the battle and
out of range of the shot!
This is a suggestive episode in the history
of Radicalism in Virginia. These. little
tricks Of men of that persuasion in high
places are characteristic Of the morality
which prevails amongst them. ., Il 9
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THE BRIDGE.-The bridge, whose fall was
so appallingly fatal yesterday, should be the
object of inquest. 1st, to quiet suspicious,
if not just, as we believe they are not I'd,
to say whether the structure was or wasnot
defective. To pronounce upon it, indeed,
can be Of no benefit to those who lost their
lives upon it; but it would perhaps help to
make bridge-briidersa little more cautious.
There should be an officer Of Government
whose duty should be to inspect all bridges
within his bailiwick to promote the safety
of passengers. 4s.uI 4.!|p1 casa a,a
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Suddenly, In this city, on Friday afternoon. ed
Instant Colonel JAMES Il. BRANCH, III. the
TortyEfrsttyear or his age.
Hfs funeral Will take place from st. PauIs
church OF. SUNDAY AFTERNOON Mt 5 O'CLOCK.
His friends are invited to attend. s
: Suddenly or the I'd instant, THOMAS KIRK
HAM, aged fhirty-two years. 49,.
His friends and acquaintances arc respectfully
requested to attend his funeral THIS AFTEk-
NOON at O'Clock, from his residence on SeYenth
street, near City Spring. h'"''
At his residence, No. e8s north Howard street,
on Thursday. July list, JOHN EASTER, DR., In
ithe forty-sixth year of his age. y. 5ItFi} :
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THE 'UNIvERs1Ty.-The reader will find
the proceedings Of the Society Of Alumni
highly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fine report
Of the address of Mr.. WILLIAM c. RIvEs, Jr.
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gFAaETED.

Tn f5cnrfco eornty, on Thnrsday, July ], ,fssa,
hy thu pey.Leonidas Rosser,D. D..Nfr. VIII
sIiSMFR. JOHNSON to Afss HARRIET A.
;BRITTON: both of Hcnfieo county, Va. NO
cards.
On taeiIt, by Rer.A. T. Dickinson, JAMES 9.
Esq, OF Mauchester. to Miss ALICE =.
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!. esINTHR PHBbIoe9hzR
IS ATTRACTED TO ,a.6
THE BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY AT
-. JULIUS MYERS. "a II

NEW DRESS GOODS jnstarrivea, comprising oil
the Varieties ard fashionable shades Of the
season, and prices low almost beyond compfe-
ihenston. .5Er4s-5 .a . 81.
tRICH-LOoKING DRESS GOODS at 20, Is, and
3Oc.; something" surely within the reach Of
everybody. Z H..
A new lot ofBLACK and WHITE MARsEILLES
TRIMMING at s25c.1a piece also, DAISY
.FRILLING Mt CSC. 4 piece. -.
! WHITE understanding handsome for trim.
ming Marseilles gocds-at SOC. a dozen.
LADIES' HOSE at 12ac. and upwards; great bar
gains In these goods. I'll IS
TRIMMING LACES, both black and white an
Immense assortment at surprising low figures.
MOSQUITO LACEs ard NETTING in various
colors. .I.g. n
EGAUZE SHIRTS for gentlemen ct SOC. worth 2
E1 great deal more. 100
LINENS for eentlemen's, ladies', and boys wear;
all the different grades and shades In these
goods. and prices to suit st.H
PARASOLS and FANS for the million.
LLAMA LACE SHAWLS; a few of those highly
attractive patterns left. 1t would be well to
call soon If In. iced IS they are selling very
rapidly.
Eyerybody" Ia town, and In, search OF DRY
GOODS, will benefit themselves by calling at
.-."." JULIUS MEYERS,
je "a ID. sos Broad street, near sixth.
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S35O,0o0
J. F. BOHEMIAN, President.
ID. Z. WILCOX. Secretary.

This company makes q speciality OF Issuing
PARTICIPATING POLICIES
on dwellings and furniture, whereby the Insured
shares In the profits of the company without In
curing liability.
Agents may be found at nearly every prominent
point in this and the neighboring States, 10 whom
applications for Insurance may be made
Scrip dividend to holders of participating poll
ciss, TW Twenty-Five per cent.
The scrip Of 1867 Us per cent. is now receivable
as cash In payment OF premiums.
j. II. MONTAGUE, Agent ut
my 2!-3m Richmond Va.
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The Wells party claim $4,000 white
votes. Are, these the 25,GOO which WELLS
desiredito exclude altogether from register
ing? An act SO liberal and just to. white
men ought to be rewarded. But the1W WELLS
party mistakes. the nature Of the reward.
They have putt on the wrong side There
win be no $4,000 white votes in this State
for WELLS 1t would be . deep disgrace TO
Virginia that SO many of her sons could be
found:to vote for a. man who had declared
that her citizens were not to be trusted
upon their oaths,, and who used his infiu=7
enee to have q, 900 Of them excluded from
the privilege Of yotingiis 5Isafjtt Il.
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THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
Il COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
ORGANIZED IN iS42.
THE LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANY IN
THE

Cash receipts for the year ending February
lSGD. over sl3, coo, 900.
Cash assets February L, 1863, Invested in bonds
and mortgages worth In every case double tho
amount loaned over s52, 600, 900.
81, 465. "A
This. Is an ail-cash and a URELY MUTUAL Coa-
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ma1ely safe and Trustworthy. Ali Of its profits
are divided annually among the insnlsd In the
crease the premiums or TO purchase more insu-
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Application can be made to Mr. Lewis Booker,
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- ID. n. WALKER & CO., Agents,
No. 1914 Main street.
DIR. j. b. McCAw, Medical Examiner. .my7
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The calamity of yesterday brings TO recol-
lection the catastrophe OF the Clubhouse
on Council Chamber Hill in 1874, we be-
lieve. That, too, was an incident q party
enterprise-Ithe building ofran immense
clubhouse for the accommodation Of the
Wing party. It was built by the citizens,
who worked with their own hands most
industriopsly. The roof was nearly finish
ed-many persons were upon t-when it
fell In with a great crash. Several persons
died from injuries received, and some were
.cripples for life, ia l iaga ~ Iii II fssI
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DAGS, RAGs-GRAIN BAGS.-FIFTY
ID THOUSAND GRAIN BAGS or.sale or rent
Having made arrangements with some oe the. best
at manufacturers prices, We are now prepared TO
supply commission merchants, shippers, and
farmers, with al Qualities and sizes two or four
,BuRLAP SHIPPING BAG tothey very best ENG
LISHt LINEN, hand-sewed, with double-row
Also TO RENT.-Are prepared to supply the
:EXXXr BAG on rent In any quantity ON terms
laid down tby the Chamber Of Commerce, which
shall regulate cur prices. I&St u
wanted In anyqnantity. S {.
LEATHER BETTING agents for Hoyt Bro
theirs. - - WINSTOS& POWERS.
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Wells The ColoredM nj FifthA

drama Captain WELAs)is being we'll covered
I'D with exposures. His contraband trade,
his deep plots, his double-dealing, his. artful
devices to rob honest people of their rights
and compel his confederates by oaths and
by completely in his guilt to stand by him
in his hour. os trial, are being unrapelled,
and he stands forth, just as the curtain is
about to fall, as the object Of eXecration by
the general Judgment, deprived of every
little of sympathy from any quarter what
ever. ''' -
Whenh he became Governorof Virginia his
history was, unknown to us. There were
strong suspicious that he had ithriyen by
collisions in the United States court, by
which criminals had escaped justice but
these poor ~misgoyerned' 'Virginians We're
not disposed to subject to rigid scrutiny
any new man, always hoping from the new
something better than they had experienced
from the last. WELLS had stuck closely to
the criminals and "run" them to his great
advantage, as. sl5, 900 per annum income
last year, when he only paid 81 so tax in 90,
clearly established. His bowels of compass
sion for the >colored man had not moved
him to speech-making for him, and he had
not mixed inwith him in public meetings
nor elsewhere. \ Inn. ia. i4a,I iIsr5.1 ~ 1 ],
No sooner was he Governor than he be-
gan to maneupre for winning the colored
vote of the State. His game was to harness
that new elementto his car. he felt chat it
would be submissive and easily guided, and,
like a great East Indian prince with his Sc
poys, he would lead q life Of grandeur and
ease-regiments serving him at every turn,
sheltering him from the sun, and repeliine
the insects from his sacred person. He
sought an early opportunity to fiatter the
colored people. He" .soft-soldercd them and
marched aldlJoHNfBRowSs across the stage
for their admiration. His9artiice was sue
eessful. He was Immediately installed,
temporarily as it. will turn lont-a sort o.
god in the temple Of the Richmond Negro
mob. BY the sameSa act Tie hisrtted and out
ragged the white people and cut himself OF
from their respect and sympathy. Bnf thai
was nothing. His plan was to ride gently
on the shoulders Of the simple African, ana
enjoy the golden ease Of authority, income,
and SerYile attendance. iaai ril3 s}e -
But o 0 1'thick coming fancies" came
to disturb the great Governor. with his SUI
perb schemes What II these Africans
should not be 80 subseryient? What il
they should desire TO set up for themselves!
He had Eattered them He had told them
more. than he should havesdone.c Hehad
praised their capabilities and told them that
there was no restrietiont to their rights that
they were, eqeaite oil linen. The rightto
hold office and the ability to discharge the
dutesy of office were PLAINLY iaferable, and
that was exactly what Mr. AWsILs did
not mean to be inferred. He thought by
humbpgsing the eolored people SO that he
could control their whole vote he might
easily keep his place by using the patronage
of the Government amongst the whites
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TSTCgWALL e EOLss, No. 12GS MAN
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nsr afsamer Issass Ben sacsher handsome shipment
Of SJfCTToN RARGAIN6s CONSISTING IN PI L,nS
i nsisaH Silps. lace aud Grenadins sbawls, sum
MAJ Eassime Gcnuiae English Hosiery, s sspaw
GSgs,st,nestIu IA Mating ct 25c.i Paper and
EnyeIopes. Nstians and Esncy AE~siclss,o ..rsds
kinds; Coats spootc Cotton st SC. aln9 ' sar iaentis
YEAR: Hats, Caps, @a: AANR
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.

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N COMPANY,
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NoTICE.-Our BOATS aressSaslzuMnh
In nov running regularly again. %S1sE2Ea
.fEg.t sei{jt1 ~ Sg w. p. COX, Agent, u 3
40 Dock between Fifteenth and 3
Ia Or ~ ffNSt - Seventeenth streets.
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TOEESi 'JOLESi JOLESI for sale by
a. BAGBY & JEFFRES2, :
! jy2-pt ~ ! 4ss 8i- A7tefl LEO Main street. :
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-16
The xonng po-tmaster,. Honesty

/ Abraham Lincoln was once pOstmast-
er in the village of Salem 'out West. '
He then went TO Springfield TO study
law, and for years had hard work to earn
his bread and butter. Fighting with
poverty is a hard fight. One day the
postoffice agent came round to collect u
balance due TO the Washington Office
from the New Salem Office. The bill
was ST SO. DR.. Henry, q friend at
''poor Abe, " happened to fall in with the
agent, and was sure as could he that lie
had nothing in his pockets to pay il
with. He went therefore to the office,
in order 10 lend him the money, or offer
to lend it.
When the agent presented the draft,
Lincoln asked him 70 sit down. and sat
down himself with a very puzzled look
upon his face. He then stepped out
went over to his boarding-hOuse, and
came back with an old stocking under
his arm. This he united, and poured
out upon the table quantity OF small
silver coin and ''red cents. y These they
counted, exactly SlT60-iust the amount
called for; and, moreover, il was the
Ue1.y money called for, for on leaving the
Office the young postmaster tied up the
money and had kept it by him, await
ing the legal call to give it up.
On paying it over, II never use, said
be, "even for q time, any money that
lis not mine. This money, knew be-
longed to the government. and I had no
right to exchange or to use it for any
purpose of my own.
That is the right and true ground to
take. If money is entrusted to your
care, never touch it, never use it. l am
not NOW taking about cheating or steal
ing, but talking and using money with
the intention of returning il. Money in
trust should always be kept apart from
all your own business, and held sacred.
By neglecting this, and not making
good the deficiency when payday came
many man has lost the confidence of
his fellowmen, and damaged his integri-
ty beyond repair. There seems indeed
no harm injust using it. It Is easier
perhaps to use than to keep il: easy
enough, teo, one may think, to make it
good when called for. All tn 3 shows
how naturally one can slide into loose
habits If anybody had a good excuse
for using Sl780 of government money.
Mr.. Lincoln had when he was poor law
student. Oh; 1t would have come in 30
"patn many and many a time. But, no!
Thatsis place to stand by. No, boys.
No, mol the stTictest integrity, and not G.
jot less.