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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-09-30

- 4 I[T1rtNHl0fIOU y TT1Dce - Before The
siege Of Paris jules Favro desired to see Count
Won Iiismarck TO know the intention OF the enc
my. Following is The declaration Of the enemy :
PRUSSIA wishes 10 continue the war in order 20
reduce France 10 "a second-ratc power Prussia
demands Alsace and Lorraine as flr as the Nensc.
by right OF conquest. Prussia, before consent
ing 10 an armistice, demands The rendition of
StrasbOurg. Toul and Mont-Voericu Paris IS
cNa5pcrttcd, and viii rather bury herself beneath
Der ruins. To such iusolcut pre;ensiou7 we can
respond by resistance 30 thc last extremity.
France accepts The struggle, and counts upon
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
SATURDAY JULY 80, 1870
Ara O'CLOCK p. NJ.

The several townships will he entl.
tied to one delegate for every twenty
live votes cast for Hayes for Govern
or, and one delegate for each fraction
ufl2 aud over. The following Is the
namber Of delegates for each town
ship. respectively: Eagle 2 Swan 8,
Elk 10, Harrison 2, Vlnton 2 Brown
4. Madison 9, Richland 4, Wilksville 8
knox 2 Clinton 8, Jackson 8. The
Convention will nominate one can
didate for County Treasurer, two for
Commissioner, ono for Sheriff, one for
Coroner.
The convention will also appoint 8
delegates to the State Convention to
be held at COLUMBUS, AUGUST, 10.
Also 7 delegates to the Congressional
Convention to be held at PoRrs-
MOUTH, AUGUST II. Also Z delegates
to the judicial Convention to be held
at PORTSMOUTH, August IL. Also 7
delegates to attend a Convention to
nominate candidate for State Board
Of Equalization.
The Convention Will also appoint
Central Committee, and will transact
such other business as will come be-
fore 1t.
By order of Central Committee.
FRANK STRONG, President.
j. A. FELToN, Secretary.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
The Administration.

Gen. Grant made one pledge
at the outset which did almost
as much to endear him to the
popular heart as did his great
services in the field. 81 shall
have no policy" he said, "tt
enforce against the will of the
people," He has kept his word.
and we do not doubt that he
will keep it to the end. There
never was a President who sub
ordinated his own will more
thoroughly and unreseryedly
to that Of the people; there
never was a President who
submitted more cheerfully to
the adverse action of Congress:
there never ives a President
more unpretending, less exact
ing, more sincerely anxious to
execute the laws, preserve
public tranquility, and dis
charge fairly and impaetially
all the duties of his office. He
thinks, as a great many others
think, that it would be wise TO
secure a foothold in tine West
Indies. The Senate disagrees
with him, and the matter is
ended at once. = =
We protest against this plea
yune way of judging an Ad-
ministration by a local ap-
pointment or an isolated
movement Gen. Grant has a
solid basis Of actual achieve
ments, on which the country
may be safely trusted to pro-
nounce judgment. He has ta-
ken the most profigate sys-
tenn of civil service the Gov
ernment ever knew, and has
made it efficient, honest and
economical. He has stopped
the thefts, and has fairly COLI
lected public revenue. He
has made large payments on
the Public Debt, and yet so
managed the finances that We
can largely reduce taxation.-
He bas sedulously preserved
the peace abb oa], and saved
US millions on the frontier, by
an Indian policy at once new,
Christian, and in the main sue
cessful. He has done all in
his power to hasten the COM
rletion of our reconstruction,
and he has given his influence
steadily for the restoration ol
harmony and good feeling be-
tween the lately warning sec
tions. These are great things,
Opinions may differ about an
occasional appointment; they
will not differ in pronouncing
these the elements of a sub.
stantial and enduring success
NJ Y. Tribune.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

OSCAR RAY, of Ironton was
accidentally shot by George
Lampman, OF the same place
while the two were hunting
one day last week. A num-
ber of shot struck Rays arm,
and one struck his right eye,
and it is feared the sight will
be destroyed.
DAMARIN & Co., Portsmouth,
are going to remodel their
store, adding one story, putting
in a new galvanized iron and
stone front, and extending the
building through the square to
Second Street.
JAMES N. Hook, of Adams
Co., is a candidate for the Re.
publican nomination for Con.
gress. A. b. Monahan, of Jack.
son, ia not a candidate. We
learn that a Mr.. Harper, Of
Gallia, will be candidate.
A MULATTo named Jones
murdered negro named Rose
in Ross county, last week,
knocking him down, and
pounding him on the head with
a hickory club until life was
extinct. ..
JAMES K. MURDOCH, the distin
guished elocutionist will be ir
attendance upon The Sciott
county Teachers Institute
which will be in session a
Portsmouth, from August 2;
to the 26th.
WoRK on the new Schoo
House at Chillicothe has beer
temporarily suspended in con
sequence of a disagrsemen
between the Cont raetors al
Superintendent;
The old frame building in
the rear of the Taylor House
Portsmouth,is heing torn down
to make room for q new win
to the hotel.
JAMES II. DanRY, an old Ati
zen Of Lawrence county, wa
killed by lightning on the l2t
inst. = ,s.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21


The Enquirer is anxious to
know why We didn't notice
some few persons who endeav-
ored to attract public attention
by Indignantly withdrawing
from the Fourth of July cele-
bration at Hope Furnace, be-
cause the negroes were invited
up to eat what was left after
the whites we're done. For
this reason: their conduct was
small, the party engaged in it
was smaller, with the smallest
amount of character imagina>
BILE, and we could only have
made known some very un~
pleasant truths about some
very detestable fools. For in.
stance: one of the most indig.
nant of all the indignant was
tmported-ihat's the word-just
as the Chinese are imported
by the Hope Furnace Co., from
the other side of Mason & Dix.
on's line, where his wife earned
q precarious living for herself
and her high~minded but lazy
Anglo-Saxon lord by washing
the dirty clothes of the dirtiest
ofnegro fieldhands. Since they
have arrived in a land where
they think they are not known,
and where their pecuniary af-
fairs have been charitably i'm
proved, they snuff up their
noses at the race that kept them
from starving and Try to ape
the manners of the "Fust Fam.
ilies." The others have histo-
ries equally interesting, which
We presume, they have no de.
sire to see published, at least,
during their lifetime. Modest
worth, you know, avoids attrac'
tion. ~ ir
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

A RUMoR has been in circus
lation for some time, that the
Red Stockings and Atlantics
had concluded to play their re-.
turn game on the grounds of
the Riverside Club at this place.
1t is not entirely without foun.
dation, having originated with
one Of the New York dailies,
which paper spoke IN glowing
terms of our grounds. They
are SAID to be, naturally, the
best ball grounds IN the United
States. Should the aforesaid
clubs determine to play here
they will have no cause fol
complaint, either in the way o.
treatment, or pecuniarily. The
citizens of Portsmouth are mo-
to be outdone in hospitality
Portsmouth, Tribune.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
European War.

Europe appesfsto be upon
the eve of a great war. France
has already declared war
against Prussia, the immediate
cause, or pretext rather, being
the fact that Prince Leopold,
a nephew of the king of Prus'
sia was a candidate for the
Spanish crown. Napoleon de.
mauds of Prussia guarantee
that no Prussian prince shall
accept an invitation of the
Spaniards to occupy the Span.
ish throne. This pledge, Prus>
sia declines to give, but
Prince Leopold has with
drawn as a candidate. Upon
this France has declared war,
and the advance Of the armies
of both nations are now facing
each other on the frontiers of
their respective countries,
while reserves are Fastening
forward. A battle is expected
soon. .
The cable brings us rumors
and contradictory reports, but
the indications are that if the
war should continue long every
nation of Europe will be in.
yolved in it.. Sweden has pro.
claimed her neutrality;Switzer
land will maintain armed neu.
trality; England demands that
the neutrality Of Holland and
Belgium be observed, and man.
ifests a readiness to take the
part OF Prussia. 1t is reported
that Denmark favors France.
Russia has formed an armed
alliance with Prussia, in which
case it is believed Austria will
Join France. Thus the reader
will see that the whole of Eu"
rope is on the eve of a great
war, which will cost millions OF
treasure and lives, and because
one man-Louis Napoleon
wants to fight.
He has no just provocatlon
for a war, and the sympathies
of the world are against him.
He may gain a few victories
on the start, for he has taken
Prussia in a manner unprepar.
ed for a war, but victory will
only add to the number OF his
opponents, and the war may
end by crushing him out, at
home and abroad.
The armies of the different
nations Of Europe which are
likely to be involved in the
war are France, 100000 men;
North German Confederation,
of which Prussia is the head,
100000; Belgium, 100000;
Spain, 100000; Russia, 1,OOO,-
900; Austria, 100000; Great
Britain, 100000.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

The Loudon Times says it
expects to be obliged to chron.
icle Prussian reverses at first,
owing to the superior prepara.
tions and effectiveness Of the
French army. Prussia needs
at least another fortnight to be
altogether in readiness. II
also says: sFranoe, without
shadow of excuse or justiica'
tion plunges Europe in a war
of which no person living may
gee the end"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

THE editor of the Louisville
Courier Journal, the leading
Democratic paper Of the South
west having been invited to at
tend a"White Mans Barbecue,'
at Richmond, KY, Tuesday,
July 5th, where able political
speakers have been invited
and are expected to be present,
takes occasion to rebuke the
stick in the mud, proscriptive
principle the Bourbon Democ-
racy are adhering to. 1t says:
ave are bound to consider
these persons either as inca
pable of discreet leadership or
else as bent on destroying the
unity of the great party, which
has held together in every part
of the country-from Maine to
California and from Iowa to
Florida through so many
years of disaster and defeat.
We can assure them that they
are on the wrong track. Their
card will not win, and it ought
not to win. 1t is radically un-
just and unwise, a prosecuting
offshoot of Know Nothingism,
without any of the elements
which gave at least a promise
of success in the original Ma
tive American idea.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

The Enquirer and CONNER.
cial are having a little war
about she delivery of their
Sunday editions. Both papers
employ special trains to run to
Dayton and return.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
Col. T. J. GRAHAM. of Ports

Col. T. ]. GRAHAM, Of Ports
mouth, claims to have seen
the plain impression of mans
foot, taken from a lump of
oannsl coal 500 teet under
ground, in the Kanawha coun'
try. He says the impression
is perfect.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

The Gallia and Meigs coun-
ty Agricultural Fairs occur on
the same days, September IA,
Is 9pd Is.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

The Republican voters ofthe sever
nj counties composing the llth con-
gressional district. are requested to
send delegates to the nominating con-
vention to be held at the court house
IN Portsmouth, on
Wednesday, August IL, 1870,
At IL o'clock A. NJ.
The ratio of representation will be
one delegate for each two hundred
votes cast for Gov. Hayes at the last
October election, and one delegate for
each fraction of one hundred votes or
over.
1h;. .o,to ,y;ll oiua kha aavaral coun-
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

WE have heretofore noticed
The fact that Capt. Wikoff
would be a candidate for
Comptroller. A friend in Sci
oto county in whom we have
confidence writes us rs follows:
Capt. A. 7. Wikof, of Adams
Go, will be a candidate for the
nomination OF State Comptroll.
er before the Republican Con-
vention which meets soon. He
served throughout the war in
the 91st Ohio Infantry, and
was an able and efficient of
ficer. He is an honest, upright
pure. minded citizen, and an
answering Republican. He
has made himself familiar with
the duties of the Comptroller's
office and is eminently quail.
fed for the position.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
SIXTY street lamps have
been put up in Gallipolis.

Corn and wheat, for the first
time in Clinton county, Ohio
now bring the same price pei
bushel, viz: 81 90.
Two papers at Madison, Wis
consin, are in a quarrel, and
one editor accuses the other Of
belonging to the Young Mems
Christian Association.
EVANSVILLE, IND, has a ne
gro 1OS years old, who has {
wife 20 years old, who weighs
over 200 pounds, and has {
two.year old baby.
The income tax has finally
been settled, both Houses o
Congress agreeing to continue
the tax at two and a half per
cent. on incomes exceeding 80,
900.
A TRAIroRoUs woman avowi
the belief that if all the mer
were in one country, and al
the women in another, with 9
big river between them, lots
of women would be drowned.
The Columbus & Hooking
Valley Railroad will probably
be ready for through work by
Monday, July 25. The work
has been somewhat delayed by
sickness among the hands.
IT is stated that General
Enochs, of Ironton, has with
drawn from the contest for the
Marshalship Of Southern Ohio
and now casts his influence
and that of his friends for DR.
w. R. Thrall.
10 a horticulturist who ad
vertised all kinds of seeds and
plants a wag sent an order for
one package of custard>pie
seed and a dozen of mince. pie
plants. The horticulturist re-
turned twelve hens eggs and 8
small dog.
The Maysville Republican il
responsible for the following:- =
Sin demand.-Notwithstandin
he sweltering term, cradles
are in good demand, for botl
household and farm purposes
The harvests are equally large
Happy Mason county people
IT was regarded as strong
case Of circumstantial evidence
in a Pittsburg court the othel
day, when the plaintiff pro
duced the skillet with which
his wife struck him, and show
ed the jury how nicely th'
three legs fitted into the holeI
in his head.
We are authorized to offe
thirty dollars for the publica
ton of the Gospel Sarmont q
Pap SOllars and the oration q
DR.. Creel at the Sulphur Sprinl
Picnic. Last week we offere
twenty dollars and failed TO ge
the documents. This week W,
raise them ten. Como, gentle
nell, let US have them, verba
tim.-Scioto Gazette.
THE name of the Prussia'
Prince, about whose preten
slons to the Spanish throne
there is such a hubbub in Eu.
rope just now, is Leopold Ell
enne Charles Antoine Gus
tave Edouard Thassilo. Ii,
was born in 1885, and marie
in 1851, to the hereditar
Princess Of Portugal, Antoni
Marie.
The Helena (Montana) Hel
aid, reporting a recent inter
view between Sheridan and
Piegan delegation, says tn
warriors looked upon the Ger
eral with as much disdain q
did the ancient Scythians ono
T upon Alexander the Great, o
account Of his small statur,
and that probably they woul
, be as much mistaken in a figh
.. A CASE of feminine daring
related Of Virginia belle, wh
rode to the edge of a precipic,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21


The kid glove is about to
cease from It's mission as the
emblem of aristocracy on &C.
count of detection in prices.-
Very excellent kids are now
sold in Paris at thirty cents O
pair, and on Broadway they
are marked as low as fifty
cents. The market is absolute.
ly overstocked, and even the
present prices can not long be
maintained in the trade.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

The Terre Haute Gazette is
stirring up once unpleasant
"reminiscences concerning Dan.
Voorhees,. Among these in>
cidents, it relates that Mr..
Voorhees,, "when the tele-
graphic dispatch announced
the secession Of the first State,
at that gerry momentin company
with some three or four gentle.
men who were drinking at a
public bar in not a lar off city,
he raised his glass and drank to
the State of South Carolina as
'One State in The Union, thank
God, that mould not submit ID
be gocerned By Abolitionists.' .
1t is fitting, that the Conven'
tion which recently nominated
Daniel for Congress should
have been presided over by
Andrew Humphries, who was
Major General in the Sons o
Liberty, and who was arrested
for treason and sentenced t
confinement within the bound
of his township during the war
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
TIE Gallipolis Journal, ] ack,

lHE 0alllpoiis Jouihai, avn
son Standard, West Union
Scion, and Ironton Journal and
the Register incline towards
the Hon. FL. S. Bundy for the
Congressional nomination, to
be made by the Republican
Convention to be held at Ports-
mouth, August 17th. It's ap-
parent that Capt Wilson and
Mr.. Bundy will 60 into the con-
yentlon with more strength and
have more friends among the
people than either Of the other
gentlemen named. Happily
they are gentlemen of unques-
Toned patriotism, honesty and
ability, whose personal rela-
tions are of the friendlieSt char
acter. Neither of them would
descend to trickery or packing
to secure a nomination. We
hope their friends may main
tain the same good ieeling,and
Integrity, and so shape their
actions that a third party
whose name may have not yet
been mentioned, and who
would be less acceptable to the
people than either, may reap
the benefit of their division,
and carry of the prize, to the
manifest injury Of the party
and the country.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

The New York Herald re-
marks: "The public debt state
ment for July /, 1870, is one
of the most remarkable exhib.
its yet presented from the
Treasury Department. The re-.
duction in the national debt
during the past month was over
$40, according to
the figures of Mr.. Boutwell,,
who, in the calculation, makes
allowance for the accrued in
terest The reduction in actu.
al figures, is, however, over
s9s,OOO,OOO. The reduc,
lion Of the debt during The fis-
cal year 1S69.7O was $1OS-
952, ,41O.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
This ratio will give the several coun-
tiea the following delegation:

F.C SEARL, Scioto Co.
b. +. Cory, Lawrence.
WM. NASH, Gallia.
A. B. MoNAHAN. Jackson.
SAM'L BURMwELL, Adams
II. CLONES, ViatOn.
... Committee
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
lEPUBLl LlCAN CONVENTIONS

The Republicans Of the several
tpwnships Of Vlnton county vii
rect at their usual places OF holding
elections Except Wilkesyille town
Sip, which viii meet at WilkesvilleI
Sp
sATURDAY,JU 23, 1870
AT4O'CLOCK p. NJ. to select dele
gates to q County Convention, TO be
Leld at the Court House In
NJ G A r T. H u r
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21
Independentscho District Of Zaleski,

The school.house Is to be two STORY brick
building; by outside measuI ement, thirty
fsur by sixty ieei. The brick will be furnished
will be furnished by contractors. Proposals
for the masonry and carpenter wsrk will be
received separately. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the residence Of l.. b. Lyons,
Zslest. The Board Of Education retains the
power 10 reject all proposals.
BY order Of the Board OF Educ cation.
wv MICHAEL FOLEY, Secretary.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-21

Piegan delegation, says the
warriors looked upon the Gen.
eral with as much disdain as
did the ancient Scythians once
upon Alexander the Great, on
account of his small stature,
and that probably they would
be as much mistaken in a fight.
A CASE of feminine daring is
related of a Virginia belle, who
rode to the edge of a precipice,
and defed any man Of the par.
ty with whom she was riding
to follow her. Not a man &C.
cepted the challenge; but a
tantalising youth stood on his
head in his saddle and dared
the lady to do that.
THERE are men in our town
we'll to do, and whose excheq
uer is indirectly benefited
weekly by our home press
that can't afford the pitiful sum
Of four cents a week for the
paper. Many of these same
men are the loudest in CRITICS
ing the contents. How do they
know what the papers say un
less guilty OF moral petit lar
ceny.-Ironton Journal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-03

Lines arc now projected Or In progress through
Ohio and Kentucky. to this point which will con.
meet tho Chesapeake and Ohio With tho entire
Railroad systems OF the West and Southwest,
and With tho Pacific Railroad. ''"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-03

In one of Doct. Ayers lectures he states
that Chemistry confcrs more practical
benefit on mankind, than any other
science, yet from no other source could
mOrc be SO casily obtained. The arts and
economies which chemistry would teach,
II more thoroughly and generally studied
would speedily exercise most benifccnt
influence lie freely coniesscs that he Is
indebted to this science for the virtues Of
his remedies, and advises that the practi'
cal application Of chemistry TO medicine
the arts, manufactures, and agriculture b.
cnioinol upon our colleges and schools
IPrghtSVil6, Hr., Shlr. MA. e.,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-03
The coolest Iuhabitant."
From he HsstOn Democrat.

From Tie HtEtOA DSIROuut,
We have this week TO record tho death
OF thcOlleSt man In this C0unty-ptoDas
bly, the OF ieSt IN tho Stats. T0eyetyb0dy
for many miles around thenane OF Robert
MCCFpy . l'fhnIllar US . household word. "
Coming totliis section (itom Old Vtgtnl9)
when but a child, he Inns seen hundreds
grow up around lin, and while they have
mat,red and crossed that bourne whence
0nO traveller returns" he, like the sturdy
oak of the forest, hNs almost hidden de.
fiancc to the ruthless and unmercilul hand
Of Time, No nptl now living can tell Of
his own recollection when Mr.. MCCHy
GANG here; but Is known that when he
first settled In what was then West Au'
gusta, the country was one unbrokcn for.
est, where the Wild beasts and the no less
wild red man held almost undESputetI
sway. Since "tllo time when the memory
ofman runneth not 10 the contrary" he
has lived where he died, on his
lAiln on the Sand Fork Of tho West
Fork river, IN this county. HIS
wife died in 1868, at tho age Of 90, having
enjoyed with her spouse SsUenty.tsco years
Of welded bliss. Quite large family
had blessed the union of Mr.. and Mrs
McCFay, although but one son Is now lIv'
ing in this county the remainder being tT
Vefy comfortable circumstances In some
oCiihe Western States. "The baby" Il
now nearly 90 ycaB Of ago. Old Mr.
McCray not one year agO tcdlkSl from hii
home on Sand Fork TO this place-a dis
lance Of several miIes-and back in ont
day, and then spent some time in build
Ing fence and other work on his firm. be
fore shutdown. To tho Inst his menta
faculties remained with him; and not until
few days before his death was llo com
PEELED to keep his bed. He passed away
gcntly-without any apparent pain-nor'
us file were falling into deep slunlbel
titan paying the last debt due to nature.
The deceased departed this life on Tues
day, the 22d inst, lacking but few week.
Ofbeing 105 yetlrs of age.