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Constitutional Abuse.

of this CITY to crowd negro suffrage INTO
the local elections Of this State against
the solemn pledge of its party, and before
there is any Congressional law defining
and enforcing the provisions Of the
Fifteenth Amendment, or any State leg
islativc enactment changing the constl-
tuition and registration law of this State
TO make them conform to the Fifteenth
Amendment, is fair specimen of Rad
ical desperation and lawlessness. To
retain power it seems ever ready to
"steal the livery Of heaven to serve the
devil in.
When the Constitution Of the United
States was adopted in 1881, the wise
/ trainers Of that instrument knew very
well that such documents were not made
TO execute themselves, but simply to de
fine and limit the legislative powers of
( the Government which it was intended
to establish Hence the Constitution
itself expressly instructs Congress as
follows: ITO make all laws which
shall he necessary and proper for car
crying into execution the foregoing,
land all other powers vested by this
Constitution in the government Of the
United States, or in any department
4 thereof
We suppose there is not clause in
tn Federal Constitution that is not de-
fined and enforced by some law Of Con-
gress. Nor is there a State in the
Union whose constitution and laws
should not conform TO that instrument
But since the death of the great and
wise men who framed it, and of all the
statesmen and jurists who had anything
to do with its early and proper interpre
/ tation, some altogether new ideas of
constitutional construction seem to
have taken possession of some minds.
For instance, the constitutional luminary
/ of the Ltciigrttctr of this city now asserts
| that if an amendment to the Federal
Constitution is adopted, nothing is
necessary to make it binding Oh every
petty officer of State, but the procla
nation of the President announcing the
fact, and that said officer must proceed
TO construe and execute its provisions
regardless of any State constitution or
law instructing him with other duties
In othcrwords, that all State legislatures,
constitutions and courts can be set aside
by constables and registrars upon their
own construction of the Federal Consti
tuition, and at their own time and
pleasure!
If this be a correct Interpretation Of
our form OF government, then there
never was any use either of Federal or
State laws to enforce constitutional pro-
visions. They should have been left
entirely to the wise Interpretation and
enforcement of petty State officers and
Radical editors Such form Of gov
ernmcnt might suit very well in the
despotisms OF the old world, and may
pass current in the centralized despot
ism under which Radical legislation
now makes the people Of this country
groan; but it will never pass current
under any constitutional form OF Gov
eminent such as this was when estab-
lished, or would be now if administered
10y party having proper regard for
the rights and liberties Of the people
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ate supervision of Ex-senator David L.
Patterson, Mr.. Johnson's son-ln-law'
who lives on the farm.
The Ex-President and lady live in the
old residence at Greenville, near the
former tailor shop, where many years
AGO the good people of Greene county,
went to have their homespun fitted and
made to order. The then plain village
tailor had not yet aspired to the position
of alderman of his village-the FIRST
round of the ladder upon which he
climbed to the White House. His old
patrons and neighbors are now ms
frequent visitors, and recount to him the
little incidents and experiences OF their
early lives. SKA . 49, l.sE
Mr. johnson, in retiring TO his old
home, finds many familiar faces to wei
come his return, and so long as he is
content with the privacy'to which they
have assigned him, their intercourse
will be friendly enough; but if he has
any aspirations for Congress, as has
been minated by his friends, he will
find the people of his congressional dis
trict have not forgotten his course dur
ing the past five years, made by reason
of his position part OF the history of the
country. We do not believe Mr.. John
son will poll the strength Of his party in
such a contest. We know he could not
! be elected
The Ex-President has recently pur-
chased the large brick block known in
GreenevIle as the Lowery Block. The
purchase was made for cash, at very
! low terms-probably not more than hall
of its real value. 1t is generally he,
lieved in Greeneville that he will soon
establish a bank. He has the means,
and has been frequently urged to do SO
for the convenience of the business men
of that and adjoining towns. As it Ii
now, they have no bank nearer than
Knoxville, and they find it now almost
impossible to do longer without one
The Ex-President spends most Of his
time in study. lie writes a great deal
and it is generally supposed that hecon
templates soon publishing a book which
shall be a defense of 'my policy and his
Administration He has some visitors
from a distance, and during court ses
sions his house is daily filled from early
morning till night by his friends from
the country, who think him the great
est man of the age.
The people of the whole country will
be interested in hearing something Of
the very estimable and pleasant ladies
who did the honors of the White House
with so much credit during Mr.. John,
sons administration. Mrs. Slower
who made many friends during her res
dence in Washington, married worthy
merchant of Greeneville some months
ago. She is now plain Mrs. Brown,
wife of the village merchant, but carrie:
to her now quiet home all the modesty
and dignity that graced the Execu
tive mansion. Mrs. Patterson is witt
her husband on the farm at Home
Station.
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The MCFARLAND RICHARDSON excite
ment seems not to have yet subsidized in
New York, but continues a fruitful
bone of discussion in the press and uni
versal gossip among the people. Mrs
MCFARLAND herself has added much
fuel to the fire by coming forward ii
the Tribune with nine column defense
of her conduct from the first to the las
of her unfortunate marriage, and all the
free lovers of the Tribune, Of course
Join her in defense both of herself and
RICHARDSON. GREELEY says that he
"defies any man or woman to read heI
artless narrative and not knoa0 that it is
the naked truth" This may be
HORACE'S demoralized view of the mat,
ter, but suppose it be admitted that
what she says Of MCFARLAND's decep-
ton and brutality to her be the naked
truth, still her subsequent conduct and
that ofRICHARDsoN is inexcusable, and led
to their natural results. For instead OF
leaving her husband and seeking shelter
under the roof of her parents, as she
ought to have done, and as the instincts
of a lady would have made her do, she
threw herself under the protection and
into the company, if not the arms, OF
RICHARDSON, as the deposition Of Mr..
CoLFAx, which was excluded in the trial,
but is now published in the Times,
clearly shows. When RICHARDSON was
first shot in 1867, CoLFAx testifies that
he went to see him as a friend in his
own room in New York, and found Mrs.
MCFARLAND nursing himl In the
course of the conversation, RICHARDSON
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
How he PASSES his Time i'm Retire
ment and what lac Intends 10 Do.


From the Knoxville (Tcnn.D Chroniclc.l
EX-President Andrew johnson is at
last quietly ensconccd in his home in
Grecnvillc, Tennessee. We have no
desire to invade the privacy of the home
circle to crafty the curiosity of the pub,
lie, but there has been so much con,
nected with the remarkable career OF
Mr.. Johnson-who has been, perhaps,
more prominently before the American
people for the past twenty years than
any other man-that is calculated to
keep active the interests of the masses,
that we publish very willingly few
facts connected with his retirement,
which we gather from a conversation
with a friend and neighbor.
1t is, perhaps, no secret to most well
informed persons that Mr.. Johnson,
during his long service in public life,
succeeded in saving fair share from
his salaries He is now in very easy
circumstance-and, in fact, in his sec
ton might well be called a wealthy man.
His business capacity seems TO be above
the average of public men, for in his in
vestments and business relations he
mamtests considerable shrewdness and
tact. Sometime before his retirement
from the White House he purchased a
very desirable farm of some $50 acres,
on which is built very fine Touring
mill with splendid water power The
farm lies adjacent to Henderson-now
called Home Station-some six miles
east of Greenville, on the East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia railroad, and
is considered good upland farm. 1t
has been much improved by Mr.. John
son, with the aid of fertilizers and a
modern system of farming. The care
of this place is under the more immedi-
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All Negroes Citizens-25,O 900 White
Men Not.

IT is the duty Of the State to take no
tice OF and respect the official proclama-
ton of an Observation-Disclosures.
Certainly it is, but has the State Of
West Virginia done so? The people of
Virginia have. Why did not the In
telljgcncer make the last Legislature
of this State take notice Of and re-
spect" the Fourteenth Amendment to
the Federal C Constitution, which declares
that "all persons born in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof are citizens of the United States
and the State Whercu they reside and
entitled to all the privileges and immu-
mites of citizens In direct violation
of this clause, which was intended 10y
its Radical authors to make negroes
the equals of white men in all the States,
there is an amendment in our State
Constitution which was intended by this
same party to make white men slaves
to the negroes, and reads as follows:
mo person, who, since the first day
"of June, 1861, has given aid or shall
give aid or assistance TO the rebellion
against the United States shall be a
citizen of this State or allowed to vote
at any election" &c.
Now, if the MtelHgenccr is such a
stickler about constitutional obligations
as it pretends to be, why did not that
journal make the last Legislature pro
nounce the above infamous amendment
and the odious Registration law null
and void? And why does not that con-
stitutional stickler now call upon the
Registrars OF this State to re-
spect the Fourteenth Amendment Of
the Constitution and register every
white man in the State as citizen, as
it Justify calls on those officers to reg
lister all negroes under the Fifteenth
Amendment? Have they not the Pres
ident's proclamation for the Fourteenth
as well as for the Fifteenth Amendment
for the white mans clause as well as
for the negro clause? But the htclH-
genccr wants to secure the negro votes,
and turns them all loose, while it is well
aware of the fact that white men who
have been robbed of their suffrage will
vote against its party, and hence they
must remain handcutfed
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The Wear and Tear Of Bust.
ness Life.

The cares and labors of business life are
apt To tell severely upon the health and
constitution Of the ardent, energetic bust
ness man, and when the need of some Sus-
tanning agent is felt, Stimulants that cause
only II temporary eXhilaration, and leave
the system in state of partial collapse
when their first effect has passed on, are too
often rcSortcd In. As certainly rs fire leaves
behind it u rcSidium of ashes, the Use of the
adultcratcd liquors of commerce produces
premature exhaustion and decay. Touch
them not. Tone and regulate the ovcr-
taxed vital machinery with HOStetter's
Stomach BttCrS. In that wholesome elixir,
the alcoholic element, which is the purest
derivable from any source, is tempered by
the choicest tonic, aperient anti-biliOus and
anti-fCbrile vegetable extracts and juices
To strengthen, recruit, SOlace and purify
the system Is the mission of the great vcgc
table specific. When the stomach IL in a
healthy state, the bile flows regularly, the
bowels perform their office properly, and
the telegraphic tibreS of the nervous system
are in perfect working order, an enormous
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or inconvenience, and the direct effect OF
Bitters is to promote this vigorous condition
of the functions upon which the nOurish-
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endurance mainly depend. The great
tonic and Alternative is, therefore, emphat-
ically recommended for its remarkable
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the responsibilities of life press heavily, and
who feel like fainting under the burthen.
\ lively appetite, splendid digestion, elias
tic spirits, and n marvellous ability to with
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ascribed To the renovating operation OF this
palatabie and powerful cordial. and as n
spring and summer Alternative, there Is moth
ing in the materia medica than can be COM
pared with il.
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LaugilliIl's Infant Cordial!
The ChiId's Cure when Tpething!

Softens the gums, allays the pain, reduces
inflammation, controls the bowels, curing
summer complaint, dysentery, dirrh Ell
tatulency, &c, &C., &c. We recommend
the Child's Cure with every confidence that
il will give entire satisfaction. We only
repeat the expression OF many of our friends
and can assure every Mother that it is a
remedy perfectly safe and efficient, more
desirable to relieve Pain or ChOlic than
Parcgoric or Godfrcy's Cordial, with the adj
ditional merit of being particularly adapted
for the little ones at this trying period Of
life. Try il and be convinced.
LAUGHLIN'S INFANT CORDIAL.
Mothers will find 1t very valuable. The
Child will be relieved, get into Il gentle
sleep, and wake up cheerful, happy and
feeling comfortable. We guarantee each
bottle, and will refund the price of every
bottle not doing as we represent. Price, p
cents per bottle.
LAUGHLIN, SMITH & CO., Props,
Wholesale Druggists,
mari Main Street, Wheeling w. Va.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
-:O:-
Man and the MagtaleII.

Essays for Young Men.-The victims of
social evilS-with words of warning for the
errng and MISUNDERSTANDING aid and
words of cheer for the down-caSt and afflict-
ed. Sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box p, Phila-
delphia, Pa. feb2i-3ind&w
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To ,ns Cn.rlestoa Convention.

The steamer Argosy, d large and eIe'
CANT boat, Captain WV. LIST will leave
Wheeling on Monday, June 9th, at $
o'clock A. NJ, TO carry delegates and
others to the Charleston Convention
Any person, Of whatever politics, who
may desire to make a very pleasant, and
not costly, trip to the present State Cap
ital, can avail themselves of this oppor
tnnity.
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TUESDAY MAY, IL, 1879.

We publish this morning an excel +,
lent article from an "Old Line Wing
which we hope the old line wings Oh
this State. will read with calm consider
alton. 1t is full wisdom.
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DAMEY'S CITY HOTEL,
WHEELING, W. VA,

"HEELlNJ, ". VA
OPPOSITE STEAMBOAT LANDING,
and nearest First Class House TO the Rail-
road DepotS- JOHN DALEY,
Proprietor.
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GLADES HOTEL,

OAKLAND N. D.,
A popular Summer Resort and RESTING
Place for TravelerN on the B. 4 o. p r and
at the summit Of the AIleRheniea.
aprls JOHN DALEY, Proprietor.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Gard OF Thanks.

WE Would HEREBY RETURN OUR
w thanks to our many friends for their
efforts to save our stock during the fire
Sunday morning.
MALI PRYOR BOYD & 90
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To THE pIRLIC,

In gratitude for invaluable services re-
ceived at the hands of DR.. J. \. Reid, and
with n sincere desire to benefit others SINH
larry afflicted, make the following state
ment: For ten years have been afflicted
with that miserable disease Catarrh. | Suf-
fered almost beyond description. was
often awakened during the night with
spaSIns OF coughing, and there were hours
| could not not lie down without almost
sufIocating, and ii required the greatest
effort to clear my head and throat l had
TO sleep with my mouth open to breathe. |
had noise in my head, and my friends
thought was dying with consumption. /
have now been under DR.. Reds treatment
three months, and feel entirely relieved.
advise all suffering as / was to call on DIR. X.
Very truly, JAS. MCGOWN.
New CASTLE, PA, Aug. >, 1862
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For Sale.

A GOOD HORSE, HARNESS AND A
n wagon built for peddling, for sic on
reasonable terms. They are Off. ed solely
because the owner has no fr,,ther use for
them mi. Apply G 70 NJ: =. GILTRAP, at
Knlls Livery slaote- Main street. Centre
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Chancery Notice.


EhaupePV Notice.
- IL. Is. carter
vs..
". ID. IhoihPSOil, et III.
George Miller
VS..
q. ID. thompson, et al.
Franklin I. Jones, Aulh r. &c. IN
vs..
U. ID: THOMPSON, ct al. IhhheeIs
FRANCES MOTIFS
VS..
o. ID. Thompson, ct al.
Joseph X. Whitaker
VS..
q. ID. Thompson, ct nj.
IN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE MADE
and entered in this cause on the 18th day
Ohio County. West Virginia, Il was among
other things further adIudped. ordered and
dccread that these causes be- referred TO one
fthe commissioners of this Court TO ascer.
toin and renort.
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Syrups.

60 BARRELS CHOICE SUGAR SYRUPS,
oil various grades, for sale low.
maj HENRY X. LIST g. co.
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DR.. REID can be consulted daily at his
Rooms at the Mcclure House, free of charge,
from May 18th until the Dist, inclusive, and
at the Swan House, Parkersburg, from May
I'd until the 18th. mal3
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Vcntc PubIIuue.
Succession EAugustus /. Winckh,

Succession EAugustus L. Winckhr.
LIN VERTU dun ordre de ls Cour des
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Church

Catholic Church, Rev. Father j. F.
RAYMOND, Pastor-Service on Sunday
First Mass att A. M.r; High Mass at 10
"A. NJ. Masses D lily at 7 4. NJ; Vsspers
every Sunday at4 P. M.: =, o32+5s
Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. JoHa
WnKERsos, ~Pastor-Preaehing on Sunday
at liza. NJ. Sunday school at Q A. NJ.
Prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening
at 5 o'clock Bible-elass Tuesdays 81 P. Nj
Communion, first Sunday of every months
Church of the Epiphany, Rev. CaarEs
MORRISON RESPONSIVENESS on Sunday at
IL A. M; Sabbath School at 8 A. N. ana
4 P. NJ; Communion, FIRST Sunday Of
every month.