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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01
LosT
BY Ioslra /, nu7trR,


LosT--mOny sunless years
Upon tAs road orifs;
Old, fadearelics, stained with tears,
And scared by fruiless strife,
Lost, never to beiound7-
Gone, gone fureyermurc;
Swept on the ebbiug stream OF time,
To an eternal shore.
They vanished one by oSe,
Each bearing on its breast
A life not lived, work undone.
A treasure not possessodi
Something for which; it seems,
My sopl has vaiuly sought
The waking uutb-Othprpy dreams.
That timo has asyer brought.
Alas the W cary days,
Unwelcome in the past,
Are with me yOt; my skies are dark,
And night is gathering fast.
l strain my fearless eyes
To pierce the thickening gloom,
And, mid tho shadows, seem to rise
A vision of the tomb.
And this is all--is tAero
Beyond life's troubled wave
M healing balm for broken hearts,
No hope beyond the gravc'
No haven of repose,
No bright abode of rest
No land Of promise fol the soul
By earthly cares oppressed?
OH yes. poor fainting heart
BY stormy pillows tossed,
There is a eelter world than this
Whose years alo never lost
Believe in Him who bado
The ragins tempest cease,
Aud while eternal ages roll
Thou shalt abide in peace.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01

As a poor man, who could hardly
walk, was passing through cattle mar
kel one day, he was stopped BY a young
man, who offered to carry HIM
Thank you, replied tho old man, i
shall buy on uss tomorrow
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01
M ASONlC.
NOTICE.

A LII persons desiring to obtain authority
Il certificate to teach schoOl in Mason county,
will hereby take notice that my public exam.
ination of Teachers, will from this date be
held Mt Mason City on the THIRD SATUR-
DAY of each month Noprivrte examinations
will be given, except in cases of emergency.
JACOB BIRD.
Snpt Pub. Schools Mason County,
oct o.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01
sTHE FELLOW THAT LOOKS Liz i
ME,G

ME,'
The following related by the Louisville
Courier Journal is substantially true: A
well known pilot of the Cincinnati Mail
Line was placed in very embarrassing
position 10 Cincinnati few days ago,
through the inslrumontality Of tho fellow
that looks like mo. In company with a
friend he dropped into one dollar store
and was leisurely looking around, when
suddenly oDe'of the best looking clerks
rushed from behind the counter, 'hf<w
herself in his arms, and, calling him by
.lhaaisassofy stss 5usbaaa rRsFeass
ed him not to hurt her. He blushed
10 the tips of his ears and stammered
out denio of the soft impoachmeu,.-
She reiterated the statement that he was
her husband. which he denied in en-
phalic terms The scene was painfully
embarrassing, and she. to remove all
doubts, called for proof, not tho or'ho-
dox one OF strawberry mark on the
left arm, bu, asked him TO raise his hat,
which he mechanically did, and she at
the sight of he smooth, bald pate, fain
led away.o on the Roor, and lie struck o
bee line for tho dooG He atterward
succeeded in convincing the lady that
be wos not her long sought husband. -
Blu! il any ybody wants to get into trouble
Just ask that pilot 10 raise his hat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION;
rERMS az ApYERTISING.


TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
One square q irch) insertion 81 %
Each additional insertion, ~
One square months, OO
One seuaie Is months, w.
One SQUARE u months, l0 UO
One fourth of column, 3 months, l0 w
One fourth Of a column, q months 10 w
One fourth Of a column, l2 months, 90 O0
One half of a column, 3 months, IL UO
One half of column, months, % w
One half Of a column, l2 months, 50 0O
One column, 3 months, 20 w
One column, 6 months. 20 W
One column, ~ months, 6J W
All advertisements not having the nrmber
OF insertions MARKED on the copy, will 90 in
serted until ordered out, and charged for ac
'cordingly.
All yearly advertisements collected quarter
ly in advance.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
in advance.
Free advertising positively discontinued -
Advertisements for charitable Institutions, in
serted for half price. , So,
Marriages and deaths published free. Obt.
I,ary Notices and Tributes Of Respect. charged
the above rates.
Announcing candidates for county Offices,
50 OO; for State and Federal Offices, $40 OO;
payment required in advance.
Communications solicited, but every article
must be accompanied with the name of the
writer.
All legal advertisements must be paid for
before the Proof Of Publication can be obtained.
Plaintiffs are rcqnirsl by law to pay the cost
Of Orders of Publication before the Proof of
Publication is ISSUED.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01

WaAr Is NEkDEp.-We need for out
dwellings more ventilation and less heaIi
Ao need more outdoor exercise, more
sunlight, more manly, athletic and rude
sports; we need more amuscmonts. moro
holidays, more frolics, and noisy, boisIer-
ous mirth. Our infants need beltct
nourishmeut than colorloIs hotherscOn
furnish, our children need more rompius
snd less study, Cor old mrn moro
quiet. and earlier relaxation from the Ia.
6ors Of life, All men both young and old
need less medicine and moro good ccun-
sol,
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
rucson,4 Al Sunday, April is, 1869

continuation north of tkat stream. About I5 miles this side of the river the prospe ctory noticed, sticking through the snow, large boulders and detached masses of copper ore some of the boulders were of native copper. the snow did not permit an examination of the ground for the deposit of ledge of ore. He found also what appeared to be a vein of about foot in width, of silver ore, from which he brought away something like one hundred pounds; but the unhappy beast on which it was packed stampeded and scattered his bur. den of ore and camp utensils far and wide,
 The discOverer had few pieces of the ore in his pocket, however, and from these he pro. cured an assay which yielded at the rate of $l 300 of silver to the ton We mention this discovery incidentally, in confirmation of our judgement that .Whitn Pine and Diamond ranges of mountains offer promising fields for the prospectcr.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
Vol. 2. No. I6


 Ohly the commencement of his many trials and overwhelming mi,fortunes. the result so far isAs follows The groom got out war rant for the bride that should be; the parties appear and answer as follows:
 First, the plaintiff ha4 no possessory rights in the bride or property claimed-that he has never had possession of her, and has never used or occupied her. ..........-
 Second, thatthe claim is jumped, and now actually possessed and occupied, in pursuance .ot the statute in such case made and pro. yided. t' 7sr.l H.s
 Third, that the defendant should have dam. ages for the fear and oonsternation brought. upon them by the assault of the plaintiff on the highway with. force and arms That the measure fsaid damages is, in part, the price and value of one boy baby, suddenly and pre- matursly brought into the world because of such assault as aforesaid 4 Fourth, that the said complaint should be dismisHed at cost of plaintiff, and plaintiff held by the court and committed to the county jail of San Diego county, for the said assault. | A trial has been had by the court, which terminated as follows:
 Justce-'Do you like this man-ths plain' l tiff in this suit 2 7. e ...-.. l Bride-"No sir,-not d-d bit
 Justice-"Will you marry him ?'
 Brde,-"Not if know myself r
 Justice-"Is there any one else you want to marry p
 Bride" You pet there is, and want you to splice us hanged quick, and make that other green horn (msaning paintif) let us alone Which request was at once compiled with by the obliging justice and two souls made happy at the expense of one bleeding heart. So soon as the value of tue boy, prematurely born, aforesaid, can be ascertained, an eIecu- ton will issue against the estate of the plain tiff of the suit thereof.
 The sympathy of the people is with the groom and VIC feel develish mad at the thieves for spelling our fun, Itwas clear Swin' ds on the eaters, drinkers and dancers. Everything is prosperous in this section. The settlers are feeling hopeful, most of the valley land is located and several tons of bar ley have been sewn this year with a good pros' psct of fine yield. Yours &c.
 OLD 49ER
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
A Murderous Sea Flower.
OLD 49ER

One of the exquisite wonders of the sea is called the Opelet, and is about as large as tho German Aster, looking indeed very much like one, Imagine very large double Astsr, with ever SO many petals of light green, glossy as satin, and each one tipped with rose color. These lovely petals donot lie quietly in their places, like those of an Aster in your garden. but wave about in the water while the Opelet generally cings to a rock. How innocent and lovely it looks on it's rocky bed. Who would suppose that it could eat anything grOsser than dew or sunlight? But those beautiful, waving arms, as you call them, have another use besides looking pretty. They have to pro- vide food for large open mouth, which IS hidden down deep among thsm-sO well hid- den that one can scarcely find it, We'll do tbev perform their duty, for lhe instant tool- ish little fshIet touches one of its rosy lips, he is struck with poison as fatal to him as light 1inp He immediately becomes numb, and ia moment stops struggling and then the other beautiful arms wrap themselves around him, and he is drawn into the huge greedy mouth, and is seen no more. Then the lovely arms unclose aud wave again in the water, looking ga innocent and harmless as if they had never touched fish.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
New Fields for fhe I0rOspectOr.

The Austin Reveile contains the following account ofrecent discoveries;
 White Pine has given ths impetus, and the entire eastern section of this State is destined to be thoroughly prospected during this year. The extensive range of mountains known as the Diamond, offer promising fields for the Drospector. The former is already celebrated as the centre of the richest deposits of silver ore ever discovered in this State Which has produced an excitement unequaled since the gold fever of I849. These mountains are ex- tensiye, both as regards their length and breadth, and it is more than probable that the important discoveries of n inerals will be made within their scope before the close of the year
 We eNere informed this morning by a person whose partner recently made what would ap, pear valuable discovery, that both silver and copper ores exist in the range south of the Humboldt river, aud perhaps also in its
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
THE CHILD AND THE ANGELS:

The Sabbath sun was setting slow,
 Amidst the clouds of even; "Our Father" breathed voice belowj "Father, who art in Heavea!" Beyond the Earth, beyond the cloud, Those infant words were given "Our Father" angels sang aloud,
 Father who art in Heaven I'' "Thy kingdom come"-still from the grOun That child-like voice did pray; "Thy kingdom come,'' Gods hosts resound Fay up the starry way "Thy will be done, " with lisping tongue, That Hapias tone implores "Thy will be done," the ngolic thrOng Sing from seraphic ahOresI "FOrever"-still those lips repeat
 Their closing evening pray "Foreyer'-foats in music sweet,
 High midst the angels there Thine be the glory evermoreS
 From Thee may man ne'er sever But every Christian land adore
 Jehovah God forever l
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
Correspondence of the San Diego
 , Union

The following communication gives us an
 account of Cupid's latest very wicked prank,
 which is very amusing, from the fact that
 the ivy crowned god was the victim thereof: PAMosE, San Diego Co, Cal March l, 1869 1 EDITOR SAN DIEGO UNION The path that
 leads to welded bliss is proverbialy rough,
 but the stormiest old trail that was ever trav- eled is located in and about this section, One
 of our good hombres attempted to follow it
 few days since but sad and sorrowfu was the
 result. It affords mournful warning to the
 many old Bachelors who are living in single
 bleIssdness hereabouts, and renews their be-
 lief in the old saying that 'only fools go in
 where angels fear to tread.' For more than three months past, wedding has been the ta K
 ot the neighbors far and near. Everybody intended to get tight" dance all night and go home with their neighbors wives in the morn- ing From Friday till Sunday morning last, the people began to assemble, dressed in their best and wearing their happiest smiles, The San Pasqual band of music was on hand, making music for the crowd assembled, and tuning the hearts of the bride and groom for the anticipated joys of wedock
 Pala Mission was alive with the soft sweet words of the lovely, black eyed senoritas, the sonorous, manly voices of the caballeros and the praying of a band of mules in the distance. All went merry as the great dance at Water loo before the battle. When consternation, | blood and thunder! The news goes whispering around that 'the bride is missingl" Thieves have broken in and taken away the precious jewel. sl..
 It proved too true The friends of some other cuss, with malice afOrethought, felon. ously, maciOusly, wilfully and wickedly, had abducted, stolen, taken and carriei away the aforesaid expectant bride, with intent then and there to make h the bride of the afore- iaid cuss. And what was the unkindest cut ,f all, it was surmised that "Boskis was within" Not so thought the valiant and des- ,rted bridegroom. Calling his faithful follow ITS (they are the fellows who had come to ge! ight, and not having had drink as yet, were wiling to take some risks rather than dsap. ,oint their stomachs,) explained the situation ,rasped his shotgun, haunted his bronco, and If he went in pursuit, followed by those who ared to join in the chase
 Somewhere this side of Temecula, the fleeing aptors and the willing captive were brought o time by the pursuers legelling the "dogs of var at them. A barley ensued which termi> lated by the burglars" telling the expectant room that he could take the girl if he was nan enough, but the poor devil not having the upport of his friends in the moment of his lire necessity, concluded he was not man though just then, but would appeal to tn trong arm of the law, knowing that his cause vas just he felt in his heart that he could not ai .e-
 The hesta!ing ard appealing to rhe law was
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
The Age of Our Earth.

Among theastounding discoveries of modern
 science is that of the immense periods that
 have passed in the gradual formation of the earth So vast were. the cycles of time pres
 ceding the appearance of man on the surface
 of our globe, that our own period seems as
 yesterday when compared with the epochs
 that have gone before it. Had we only the
 evidence of the deposits of rocks heaped above
 each other in regular strata by the slow accu-
 mutation of materials, they alone would con
 vince us of the slow maturing of Gods works
 on earth; but when we add to these the suc- ,cessive populations of whose life this world
 has been the theatre, and whose remains are hidden in the rochs into which the muG, or
 sand, or soil, Of whatever kind, on which they lived has hardened in the course of time-or the enormous chains of mountains whose upA heaval divided these periods of quiet accumu- lation by great convulsions-or changes of 8 different nature in the confguratons of our globe as the sinking of lands beneath the ocean, or the gradual rising of continents and islands above-or the slow growth of the coral reefs, those wonderful sea walls, raised by the little ocean architects whose own bodies fur. nish both the building stone and the cement that binds them together, and who have work ed so buIily during the long centuries, noun tain chains, islands. and long line of coast, solely of their remains-or the countless forests that have grown up, four shed and decayed, to fill the storehouses of coal that feed the fires Of the human race f we consider all these records of the past he intellect fails to grasp a chronology of which our experience furnishes no data, and ame that lies behind us, seems as much an eternity to eur conception as the future which l indefinitely before us.-Agassiz
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18

The actual time of transmission of tele graphic signals from Cambridge to San Fran CISCO and back doos not, probably exceed three tenths of 8 second.
 ItiGsad that one Stokes severely punished James Gordon Bennett Jr, in the yachting eA' counter at Delmonicoss knocking him down at one blow.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-18
CAMP GRANT STORE!

FTNHE uni ersigned would respectfully announce k that they have just opened new stock of goods consisting of
 nRy GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &c. and are prepared to sell on the Give and let live" rrinsiple: foold also announce to those persons desirous to seste upon the Lower San Pedro, thatthey are propfietors of large Asequie and will allow water so pc aken from it by actual settlers free of charge
 ISRAEL < COX.
 samp Grant, A. T., o ct: 2d 1868. if
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-05-22
NEW YORK, May %.

ANTWERP, May 22--2 p. m.
Crule--47ls.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-05-22
TssEs Ogh .lEA1sR s;rs,

OFFICE OF
""T PrT'r C&ErRG DAILY RECORD.
fG"RoLECN CEETRr, May %.
The market is quite tull to-day: no sales
rspor'e. Offers were made at S4.75 @ 9c.
shipments Oroii from this point, May 81,
via G {. B. A. l. Railroad were 277l bbls.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-19

OF like kind-in the town Of Newberry, near
the centre of the State, is now introducing
German laborers in this way, ut the rate of
fifty month. number Of planters met at
the courthouse several months ago, conferred
upon the matter, agreed that white labor
would pay, formed an association, appointed
an agent, paid each hundred dollars as be-
ginning fund, and the work commenced The
agent began BY getting first small numbers
six, eight, ten or dozen at a time-and. from
month to month, brought oD few more; his
number of immigrant laborers for January be-
ing just fifty. And thus the work viii 80 on
until May or thereabouts, when the demand
for this year will slack of. to be renewed in the
autumn for next year. 1 am informed by
member of this Newberry association that the
laoorers already in service do at least fifty per
cent. more work than negroes. The result ls
easy to besceD-the negro must give place to
the Saxon and the Teuton. He must move
nearer and nearer to the coast, where. on ac-
count of the malaria, the whites will be slower
10 90. Those persons who expect largely Of
the negro, tell me that it will stimulate the ne
gro to do fifty per cent. more work."2
A most shocking murder took place in the
Insane Asylum on Blackwell's Island New
York harbor, during Friday night last. The
accommodations there are so meagro that it
has beenfound necessary for several months
past, in order to meet the demands Of the in
crease in the number of unfortnnates to cause
their sleeping two in q cell, instead of one as
heretofore when the patients arc dangerous
and liable to do bodily harm to one another.
On Friday night ono Of the female lunatlcs
confined in this department arose from her
couch and in q paroXysm Of madness seized
the heavy tub at the side of the cot and rails
ing it above her head brought it down with
terrific force upon the skull Of her sleeping
comrade, crushing it in and killing her in
stantly. When the female keeper Of tho ward
in which the horrible affair transpired threw
open the door OF the cell, great was her hor-
ror in beholding the maniac murderess and
her murdered companion lying side by side in
their CORY cot ghastly spectacle indeed.
The bed-clothing was saturated with blood,
which dripped slowly from the pendant cover
ing and strear1ad over tho h)9r OF the room,
while the brains OF the dead woman, which had
been literally scoopcd out with the fingers of
the murderess, lay scattered about aud be-
spa, tered the walls. The remains OF the de-
ceased, whose name has no5 transpired, were
coffined quietly and expediIiously. and we're IN
tered without del.y. Tho murderess is: OF
course, irresponsible for the act.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-19
CHI A E T. E S E I n
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1862
Grant end the eoliticians.

Those were brave words with which
General Grant broke silence in receiving
the formal announcement that he was the
CHOSEN President of the ration. The peo
pie heard with delight and hope that
''Economy, Retrenohment and Honesty"
were to be Inc principles OF his admins
tration, and at the same time, to use the
words of a Radical journaD "a feeling akin
to CONSERVATION" seized the whole pack Of
greedy politicians who live and fstten on
the plumber Of the national trensury. The
President elect had sound ed the key note of
success in his civic career, scarcely less
conspicuous than that which fortune had
given MIN in the path of war. 1t would
have been well for his fame had he said no
more. His speech was regarded as di-
rect snub given to the party leaders, as
open defiance hurled in the face of the
makers of the Tenure Of Office law, and as
an uucompromising assertion of his abso-
lutte independence Of party management
and the dictation of clique. The rage with
which his declarations were received by
the Radicals seems in turn to have awak-
ened uneasiness, if not alarm in the mind
of Grant. For, on the heels of his re-
marks to the committee, we find him dis
patching the following significant letter of
acceptance to Congress:
GENTLEMEN: Please notify the two
"Houses of Congress of my acceptance of
"the important trust which you have just
"noti6ed me of, my election as President
'of the Uuited States, and say to them that
"it ,cilI be my sndsavor that they and those aeho
selected me shall hare no cause to regret their
faction"
This proceeding, it must be remembered,
was wholly without precedent, aud, indeed
without reason. Never before had Pres
ident elect taken such method of signify
ing his acceptance of the Office. Besides
the Office not having been conferred by
Congress, it was rather absurd that any
body should have placed himself in the
position of accepting it at the hands of that
body. The sending of the letter is wholly
inexplicable, unless we view it in the light
of an amende for that naughty speech, and
an assurance that President Grant, like
General Grant, means to recognize his
fealry to the Radical politicians in and out
of Congress.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-19
Gold ontracts.

The recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, affirming the
validity of contracts made payable in gold,
seems to have been received with great sat-
isfaction throughout the country. The gist
of the opinion, which was. delivered by
Chief Justice Chase, is contained in the
following extract:
'sIn the absence of any specific contract for
the payment of coin. legal tender notes may
be q sufficient tender, bui = is clear to the
court that express contracts for the payment
OF coined dollars can only be satisfied by the
payment of coined dollars. They are not debts
which may bo satisfied by tho tender of
Treasury notes."
The New York Evening Post, the great
advocate of free trade and hard money, re-
ga' ds this decision as of the highest import
arca. 1t is moro sweeping than IN act of
Congress making gold contracts legal, be-
Cause il sustains such contracts whether
..iready made OF to be made, while such an
act could only take effect upon those here
after made. 1t opens the way for Every
man who will TO transact his own business
in real standard of value, instead of g
fuc >''ng currency. It marks by far the
most important step yet taken by the nation
in the way towards specie payments. For
it vindicates for the coined dollars of the
United States the character Of money; and
it is safe to affirm that no attempt will ever
again be made to take that character from
them.