The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-04-06

Eous for tho,manner inwhich the efforts
Of himself and class to please we're 10.
Oeiyed. sgr
On motion itw rosolvod that the
Fo-pgOins resolutions DO published 10
Che Point PLEASANT and GaIlipOliS pa
Ipers. D ". GLANoEY Chm.
C.P. 7. Moons SsC'y.
JUSTICE UPON THE WAGES CUES.
~ 1 '7 1,ION.
ThedoRdwatd tendency ofprioss in
many directions. und. Che expectation
thar they must fall lower have almost
inevitably directed attention tolhe qaes'
ton Of wages. The COST Of labor nua,,
| it Is said bo lsssensd. 10 balascs the dl.
minished relutnS which those who en-
ploy il ara forced to sCOOphs There Is.
Of course, reason 10 this. The chsnge
| 10 values Of articles must affect ability
TO pay for the process employed in their
production. AcccrdinaIy, Il is found
that woFEmen look with apprehension,
aud employers with hope, iOS reductions
10 WSges, Will this result DO arrived st
without injustice on either 1ide? Il
None remember more bitterly than
wotkinsneu how difficult Il was for
them 10 live ddriO6 some years since
1862 They saWIhe cost Of food, cloth.
ing aud lodging constantly rising with
out dny apparent prospect Of change
for the better. The dark days when
copper tokens aud ferry tickets and pos;
lase stamps pasted Tof mooOY, and the
buloher, and the grocer and the coal
man met lheir, euslomsp with the can-
tiuual encouragement that gold had gone
up, aud everything else with il, will not
be forgotten during iris generation. =
Bot tho biuerSdt fact Of al WOs thatthu
increase Of wages borouo equal'pEopos-
ton tolhO snhaocOd cost Of living, NOT,
indeed, to lhe Increased gains Of capital
lists, contractors and most employees Of
labor, Every advance bad TO be psr
si5tsntly struggled for, and was, when
concededs inadequsie to the lReq1ite'
menlswbieh made H. necessary The
general result has been stated in thai
brief but pregnant sentence: The rich
have become richer and the poor Poera
or. y asea3at }hti ie lf2pi ti@
Now thatths price oflablfia disensl.'
I'd 10, anticipation of ita reduction. i is
but Just 10 bear in mind Que .hiog.
Wages III Tie general rise Of prices
Fms sAfJe g44s1 By lie poot wete
| I6oe dkRtadi aperticipuliot iniiitg Nat
uF9llys they far chat theg will sulfsEin
q similar way powS1hOl tho cost of ex
Iistence is falling. They dread . sudden
sttplihg oftheif means before that fall Is
fairly ana permanently redlzsd. A.
they were the lastto gaia same ,relisfin
high price times. 50. they may be the .hgsE
who viii be subjected 70 cages rsduct,
ions. Il is 10 Be hoped that tho work;
ing glasses viii be derlt with fairly "a
this mutUf. Andmhlie they must ex
ereise patience, and avoid, 80 for 40
possible, The embarrassment Of indpsl.
ries BY which they live, employers are
equally bound to be copsidsrate. nod TO-
remember The sacrifices and hardshiPs
which those who are dependent upon
them havo ehdatetl4 MsD Yotk Times.
.BeHel la--+-s4il- y ss.fr4ii-- sr-i-4ls sainh8s
A TERRIBLE NIGHT ~.
On "Wednesday morning last, Mrs.
White, wife Or Mf. Joseph White. driver
Of one of the Point Lobos omnibus. leEi
her hotiao which Is fnear the cliffs at
Point Lobos, for the purpose Of going
upon the sesshors to collect some mpsa
sells. Sba wentdOya tho cliff to neat
the waters edge and wondered along
forssome distance, snd.When shs lpraod
TO rsluIp she found that The lido bad
come,ip and. cut OF fbetroIeal, and sthgt
she wss IN a very dangerous posiliou.-
When she left her house she ahalaBot
intended TO 60 isny diStsnce. aod, there
fore, had not taken either bonnet or
shawl nor had she jpfoFmsd the oiher
inmates oflhe. hyuse Of her iulsntioug
aad, consequently sheyWas DOT missed
Eor soma tine, sHd Whsaiket-lsieaas:dldd
miss her they supposed shelhnd gone on;
for only q short time. and would soon
return, Toward evening, hoWsve5 her
frisnds became SpxiouS and commenced
sesrohipg for her Tho search was con
tiuued throughout the night, but with
out SUCCESS, and it was not until after
eleven O'Clock yesterday morning that
the search proved successful, and then
she was found lying gpou.a rock. in a
very dspgetous condition, end almost
frozen 10 death, wet with the spray and
chilled BY the fierce blasts Of the howl
ing wind that had come TO her from of
the roaring waves.
Nc, Cotter, in whose Iamily she had
been residing, discovered. hcr, and at