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TIE ACT OF CONGRESS ENTITLED

TILE ACT w CUSuRESS kSTllLEu
GAN ACT TO ENFORCE THE RIGHT OF
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
VOTE IN THE SEVERAL STATES OF
THIS UNION, AND FOR OTHER PURP0-
SEES" ...
SECTION 8. And be it further enacted,
That whenever by or under the authority
of,he constitution or laws of any state,
or under tire laws Of any territory, an
act is or shall be required to be done BY
any citizen, as prerequisite to qualify
or entitle him to vote, the ofeI Of any
such citizen to perform the act required
to be done as aforesaid, shall, if i. fail to
be carried into execution by reason of the
wrongful &C. or omission aforesaid, Of the
person or officer charged with the duty Of
receiving or permitting such perform
ance, or offer to perform, or acting there
on, be deemed and held as a performance
in law Of such act; and the person SO Of
feriug and failing as aforesaid, and being
otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to
vote in the same manner and to the same
extent as if no had in fact performed such
act; and any judge, inspector. or other
officer Of election, whose duty it is or
shall be 10 receive, count, certify, regh-
ter, report and give effect to the vote Of
any such citizen, or who shall wrongfully
refuse or omit to receive, count, certify,
register, report or give effect to tho vote
ofsuch citizen, upon the presentation BY
him of his affidavit, stating such offer.
and the time and place thereof, and tho
name Of the officer or person whose duty
it was to act thereon, and that no was
wrougfully prevented by such person or
officer from performing such act, shall,
for every such offence, forfeit and pay
the sum Of five hundred dollars to the
person aggrieved thereby, to berecover-
ed BY an action on the case, with full
costs and such allowance for counsel fees
rs the court shall deem just, aud shall
also, for every such offence, be guilty of
misdemeanor. and shall, on CONVICTION
thereof, be fined not less than FIVE hun.
dred dollars,'or be imprisoned not less
than one month, and not more than one
year, or both, at the discretion Of the
court. '0 t.a9 W .F 'r-I.
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Agricultural Society.

On last Wednesday evening sub
scription was commenced fer the purpose
Of establishing an Agricultural Society in
this county, and at the present writing
over four thousand dollars have been
subscribed. This is a move in the right
direction, and we are glad that already q
sufficient amount has been subscribed to
insure its success. The company propose
to organize with capital of FIVE thousand
dollars, and We hope that all those who
have not yet taken stock will at once do
SO. Surely the county can raise one
thousand dollars if tho town can raise
four. We hope that the substantial far
mers Of our county who must, Of necessi-
ty, DO more interested 10 such m enter
prise than any others, will at once re-
spond to the energetic action Of the citi-
zens Of the town, and take the residue Of
the stock. Better grounds can DO OBJ
tanned here than at almost any point in the
State; and by next foil, with little en-
ergy, We can have the fines! fair in the
State. ....| ...
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The Difference.

In 1865, George Ross, radical candi
date for Clerk Of the Circuit Court, sale
that no rebel should be permitted 10 return
20 IBIS county. Now be snys be 10 Al
good Democrat as any other man.
and is Soliciting tie influence Of men vic
were in the rebel army.
This is the diffcrsnce-.don't you see,
TwiI, tWsedlce dun OndtHeedle.dec.
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NEWSPAPER LAw.-Pos,mastery Grs required
10 give advice by letter when subscriber does
not take his paper from the Office and give the
reason for II not being taken. Neglecting 10 do
so, makes the Postmaster responsible TO the
publisher for payment. -
"Any person who takes the paperFegularly
from the Post-ottice, whether he has subscribed
or not, is responsible for the payment Of the
subscription.
'Any one ordering his paper discontinued
must pay all nrrearages or the publisher may
continue TO send ii until payment is made,
and collect the whole amount, whether it is
taken from the office or not.
''The Courts have decided that refusing TO
take a newspaper or a periodical from the Post
office, or removing aud leaving them uncallCd
for Is prm' taae s-ideues CT intrntousl
fraud" ...... .....a ..,,..".
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ApvEIIINd AGENTS win please take notice
that TEE DguocRAT is but 2413i inches In de
mansions, and that there is no present intention
TO enlarge il. Our terms for advert Using are
published corSpicuously in every copy Of tho
paper, and the demand upon our spaecis so ae-
tive, ms 10 Justify US in declining any naierisi
variation fSora those terms.
Furthermore, We work, ms earreE.ly ~ erer
mortal worked, to do cash business. Our
home people know the fact, and encourage as
in it. Their regular advertisements are inrarr
ably paid Mt the coumrneeuept Of each quartet
Their transient advertisements ars paid fos
when ordered in. [, will hardly hs eIpec ted ot
US that we shall extend 10 strangers ~ indul-
gence not asked by our iiends and ncighbor.
We will send 10 any advertising agency,
when requested to do SO, a sample copy Of Tus
DEHocRAr, giving our terms explicitly, and
much trouble will he saved both 10 then and
u.s. II they will forward no proposition 70 az
rer'ise gnacromraniei by \ ursc'.asfs drAst :"
pay for sane At our rvSular ra'r'. II
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IN THE WRONG PEW.
An Unfortunate Memory.

An Unfortunate Memory.
For months the radical candidate for
Clerk in this county has been taking bis
constitutional on horseback, and IN any
are the contretemps with which he has
met. Of course many Of them fail to
reach us, but the following is too good to
be lost: . .....
Ross was up the river-not Salt River,
where he will go this fall, but up the
West Fork, exercising his colloquial
powers upon all he met, when, unforiu'
nately, he tackled an old friend Of ours.
and commenced electiOneering him, say.
ing he was as good o Democrat as any
man. Our old friend listened to hin
quietly, and when he was through said
"Soe here, Ross, lived in Weston dur.
ing the war, and one time they pressed
me to drive q team. refrscd to do it;
and while the soldier and me was standing
there by the horses, he ordered me to
hitch up. You came along with an off.
Ger, and the soldier turned to the Captain
and said, what shall do with this fel-
low, he won't do anyshipgT YOU re-
piled instantly, '.SAOo. him, God d--n
him ! Hes nothing but a rebtl anyhOS r
Now III be id if ever | vote for you or
any Of your friends, and you must be an
internal fcol to ask me after treating me
that why" .
Ross left! .-.'
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

Contains no Lac SuLpuuR-no suc,, -,
LEAD-po LlruAnGE-no Nl7R,1x ~
SILVER, and is entirely free from ~.
Poisonous aud Hea!th.des,rov;'aa'
Drugs used in other Hair prepat,,;oas
Transparent and clear as crystal |, silI w.
soil the finest fatric-pericctly sAyg, cLr,r 'o'
rrYrclESr-desidcratums long sought fo, a anI
found ut last Aua
1t restores and prercnts the Hair FROM,
coming Gray, imparts soft, glos,v 49, W.
ance, removes Dandruar, iscool and rafrsss G1a.
10 the head, CLERKS thu Hair from f.IIin, ~
and restores it TO great extent when H,,U W.
turely lost prevents Headaches, cures ali H.,
mors, cu,aneous erup,ions and unna;urAl No.,
As DREssISG FOR TIE HAIR IT is 7ay xysf A.
TlCLE IL THE MARKET.
DR.. G. SMITH, Patentce, Gro,on Jupc,,o,
Mass. Prepared only by PRos7gn RsoTs,".t
Gloucester, Mass. The Genuinc is uu, nm IL
panel bottle, made expressly for il, Win ~
name OF the article blown in tue glass IA,
your Druggist for Natures Hair Res,o,.,r,
and take no other. -
Send 3 cent stamp to Proc,c, BROS far.
Treatise on the Human Hair. The In roru,,s,
it contains is worth S. to any person.
A. NJ. DENT, Main St, Weston,
oct3ly Sole Agent for Levi. county.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-10

In 1867, our readers will remember. a
good deal Of talk was oocasioned by the
discovery Of q plan to steal from the State
the Suspension Bridge over the Guyap-
dotte River.
A Bill was introduced into the Senate
of West Virginia, transferring all the in.
terest Of the State in said Bridge to cer-
tain parties, and on the 22d day Of Janu-
AIRY, 1857. DAN FAKNSWORTH re-
ported it to the Senate, with the recon-
incubation that IT PASS! And on the
25th both GOVERNOR STEVENSON
and HIMSELF. ro'ed for the passage Of
the bill, and it went 10 the House for its
concurrence. There the fraud was e1-
posed, and responsible parties came be-
fore the House and offered to pay
Twenty thousand Dollars for
the franchise which Farnswor,h and Stew
enson had voted to give away to three Of
their party friends!
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-10

Our county Board of Registration, con-
sisting of James NJ. Corley, President
George W. Turner and David Fl. Smith,
met at the Court House on Monday, the
Sd inst. to hear. try, and determine all
appeals from the decisions Of Registrars,
to hear, try, and determine the cases Of
all pcrsous upon whom notice has been
served, aud to act upon original applica-
lions for registration. The above are the
enumerated duties under the law. We
understand that but few notices were
served, and we have no, heard Of any per.
son who was stricken frem the list. But
the thing which strikes US with as much
establishment as their good behavior in
other respects is the untenable and un-
warrantable construction Of the law which
the Board gave touching their power over
appeals. We understand that the Board
obcyed the instructions Of the Governor,
and denied a hearing to any applicant
whose name was stricken form the list o.
voters prior to the FIRST Monday 10 Octo-.
Der, 1869. Now We assert that this de.
NAL is neither warranted by the statute
nor the instructions Of the Governor. 1t
is a mere assumption Of power not given
to the Governor by law to instruct regis
trars at all, and when he is himself can
didate, it is indicate and improper be-
yond measure to do so. The Board how
ever refused to hear any such appeals,
and left large number Of the most esti-
mablc citizens Of cur county without any
hope Of registration. The Board ad-
journed finally, as we are informed, no.
however, until the fact was apparent to
them, that no sooner did they reject
voter, than be walked across the street into
a lawyers Office, where an affidavit was
prepared for him, on which be will vote
without registration at the next election,
under the 81 Section Of the En- 6rcement
Act Of Congress.
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GOVERNOR STEVENSON.
His Vote on the Conscetisn Act.

On the 18th of November, 1868, the
Legislature of West Virginia passed an
act entitled ian Act to provide for the
forfeiture of Property in this State be-
ongiug to the enemies thereof" which
provided that any person who aided or
sbetted the Confederate States Govern
ment or the State Government at Rich
mond, or who should bold any office,
commission or authority Hereunder,
should be deemed an enemy of this State,
and "that all the estate, real and person
al. of such enemies, which might be
found in this State, including all lawful
demands of such enemy against any per-
son residing therein, or any corporation
having aplace Of business in the same,
should be forfeited TO the use
of the State, &C., In short, it
confscated to the State all the property of
any character or kind, Of every person who
was in rebellion.
This act disgraced our statute books un-
til 1867, and until after the Supreme
Court of the United States had decided
"that no State had the power or right to
conhscate the property of a public enemy,
and that the lesser crime of rebellion
against the State was merged in the
greater one Of rebellion against the Fed
eral Government, and that the United
States Government alone had the power to
conhIcate the property Of those engaged
in rebellion After this decision, a Bill
was introduced into the Senate of West
Virginia, to REPEAL the act aforesaid,
and on the 4th day Of February. 1867,
the Bill came up and was passed-every
member Of the Senste but ONE roting in
faror Of its repeal, and that one was
WILLIAM f. STEVENSON, radical
candidate for Governor. He, alone,
voted against lite repeal, as the Senate
Journal for 1867, PIP. "A, showsl -
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BLACK AND TAN COLLEGE.
.swithout Distinction Of race or Colo,

without Distinction OF Race or Color
In the Senate Of West Virginia, on the
18th day Of February, 1868, Mr.. Hokc
introduced bill to incorporate the
Storer College" an Constitution of learn.
ing" Eve quote from tho billy "for III:
education Of youth, ,rithot distinction 0,
race or color;;" and on the 9th OF Feb.
ruary, 1868. it was passed by the follow
ing vote: Yeas-STEYENSON, Chap.
limo, Dawson, Drummond, FARMS.
WORTH. Foster, Hoke, Price, Wilson,
Workman, Wright, Young and Zinn-
10. .." .".5 a7 a5
Nays-Applegate, Boreman, Caskadon
Dix, Martin and Werninger-6.
Every vote in favor of the Bill being
radical! .
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NTANTED-AGENT>-ST5 to $3.50 ,cr
w month-errywherc, male and /. mall. :,
lntrodu'c the Genuine Improved Conmoa
Sense Family Sewing Machine. This Nsehiu.
viii 81 oh, hem, fell, tuck, bind, braid, svrJ
quilt and embroider in \ most superior ularptr
Price only SIS. Fully warranted sor A..
years. We will pay $1,000 for any mactia.
that will sew a stronger, more beautiful, ,r
more elastic seam than ours ltmakrs m,
ELASTIC Lock Stitch" Every secorf s,ra
can Q cut, and still the cloth canno, be pulI,s
apart without tearing 1t. We pay agent. ST. o.
$500 per month and eI en- os, or commits :.
from which twice that amount can Le ,ssd,.
For Circulars anu Terms apply TO Or Xidrt~
.. J.W. ROGERS B Co.,
{. 4O2 Library Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
C,urIoy.-Do not be imposed upon b, o'k~
parties palming of worthless casti-ron nacLiau
under the same name or otherwise. Ours is The
only genuine and really practical cheap ;us-
chine u.snufac surcd. ,t
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HOUSE FOR RENT.

Tx pursuance ola decree of the circui, court o
L Lewis county, ptonouueed in the esu'e Of
q. S. Hurley against Jams A. Hall, the undsr-
signed will, on the 18th day Of November, 1870,
at the court house door of Lewis county. PRO.
coed 10 rent, by public auction to the highest
bidder, until the first day ofApril nsxt,a house
and lot in Weston, on the west side Of Main
street, now occupied by Dr.. Benz. Jodon.
TERMS or RENTING The renter viii he re-
qnired TO give bond with good security for Ih'
rent, payable at the end of the term
A.C. HALE, Sheriff Of Lewis eouH y.
oct10-4t .rwl.arT
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House and Lot in the Town Of IVES
ton for Sale.


TN pursuance Of a decree Of tho circuit court
L Of Gilmet county, rendered in tho chanesry
cause OF G. J Butcher, commissioner against
Thomas Mooney and others, the undersigned,
commissioner appointed for the purpose, viii,
on The 3rd dry # Norembcr, 1870.
if,he circuit court of Lewis county shall siion
that day, and il not, then on the FIRST day
thereafter on which it shall Sit offer for sale =
the front door, Of the court house Of Lewis
county, at public auction TO the ighsss bidder.
4 House and Loner part Of Lot No. 10.
III tho Toon Of Reston,
Lewis county, West Virginia, and now eocr-
ped by Thomas Mooney. arr
Term, Of Sale-Ca,h.
81 q W. G. BENNETT.
= oct loaf Commissioner.
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It's SIN 10 steal pin ...
A crime to cut q throat; H.."
But a darned sight bigger TO step Niger,
From putting in vote.
According to Judge Bond and George
Ross tho EnfOrcemcn. Act only applies
TO niggop, G'way, white man!
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"a DID Rebel"

When John iIussey was candidate for
County Superintendent Of Free Schools in
this county, George Ross was his most
bitter opponent; and after the election.
when it was ascertained that Hussey was
beaten, Ros, told gentleman in Weston
that he was glad Oft. Hussey
was nothing but a id reb-
ell anyhow. a1rarJ
Now be says he's as good Democrat
as any man, and slobbers and sniffles and
smokers and groans over every Irishman
he meets. o..
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-10
TICKETS ! TICKETS {!

Candidates for Township and County
Offices should send in their orders for
tickets at once, Better DO a little early
than Too late. ....
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Coppcr-IIeaded.

George Ross is the copper-headed can.
didatc for Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of
Lewis county, and like the serpent of that
name strikes without warning. When
the Con federate soldiers were re,urnip 6 to
their homes under General Grants agree.
rent with General Lee, and the articles
of capisulation and surrender. .as APP
pomatto1, George Ross Vas the prime
mover Of public meeting at the Court
House to prevent their return. lie now
asks to be considered Democrat. aud de-
mauds the support of the radicals after
having defed the military agreement Of
General Grant.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-10
The Time and the Place.
Ross idi

Go TO Wnlkersville on next Monday,
tho 10th Of October, and hear white men
speak for white mems rights.
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FARM NEAR WESTON FOX !SALE

TINE undersigned offers for sale HI, Pa,na,
lying on Polk Greek, in Levi, county.
n miles from Weston, containing
IS ACRES.
more or less. Tho said Farz, 10 we'll va,ered,
has upon it two good springs, coed H.xR-
Lug House, IS feet long and stor,s Highland
all the other necessary ol'-baildngs. About
50 acres are inn roved and undo, good fence.
The Farm has upon it MI Orchard consisting Of
TO selected and well ma,ursd fruit trees. The
Land is Of fne quality, and is said to be The
best G5 acres on the waters Of Polk Greek OF In
tributaries. Title unquestioioile.
For terms, &c. call upon or address
oct3-6m ". B. HOOVER, Wet:on, ". Va.
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r oct loaf

Vest Virginia, Tort.
Al rules held in the clerks office Of tLs cir
cult court Of Levi, county, on the frss Non
day in October, 1870. .l8fra .a's
Samuel Skidmore. prf,
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In chancef7

ants
TINE object of this suit is 10 obtain dserea
ngnisst Thomas b. Camden, sdrnini,srn.
tor Of John S. Camden, deceased, for the pay.
meut ola Judgment in the bill mentioned, In
favor ofthe plaintiff, for sos, with interest from
the 9Th day Of December, 1867, and SIS 81
cents costs at law, and the costs Of this suit
to ascertain the debts a-ains. the estate OF
John $. Camden deceased; to settle the At
counts Of the said administrator; and fl,ho
PER- olal assets should not BE sufficient 10 pay
such debts, then 10 sell the lands which sad
John s. Camden owned OF his death in sat's-
faction thereof.
And it appearing by affidavit fled that de-
PENDANTS John 8. Mckinley and Amanda
Mckinley, his wife, are not residents OF this
State, ii is ordered that they do appear here
within one month sftes the first publication or
this order, and do what is necessary ,opro'ef
their interests in this suit
copy teste-ALLEN SIMPSON, Clerk.
George J. Arnold and Henry Brannon, Plain-
tics Attorneys. oct lo.4t
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The administrator and
heirs Of John s. Cam
den, deceased, defend
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-10

TIE "OK OE VV''uIs1'7o 8s.' II fEHD
IAN ACT TO ENFORCE THE RIGHT OF
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
VOTE IN THE SEVERAL STATES OF
THIS UNION, AND FOR OTHER PURP0-
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23

bHs NOTIOE, -THH MEMBERS OF
bSS the Masonie Ball Committee are r..
quested 70 NEE in the upper room Of the Hal,
corn Of Ninth and y streets, THIS twednts.
day INENtNQ, at7 o'clock, for the purpose OF
nrEap iTallon puuetutl attendance IL requested
By order Of the Committee tstarl II
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23
Builders and Material.
HIN WISE ,

OF THE LATE FINN OF
WISE & CALLAHAN.
BRICK bAYD:R
An kluls Of BrlCkwoTk aud stone Masonry,
Jobbing and Repairing. faithfully aud pr mptlJ
Rs.id.ure. No. 7I5 First street. Northwest.
mllB In
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23

To assert that this question 10 not the
question Of the hour is to shut our eyes to a
fact that must be apparent to every candid,
thinking mind. To ignore matter that has
already grown so gigantic shows lack OF
prudence and forethought; and to meet 1t on
its merits Is the only true wisdom. Because
some persons In high authority In the min
istiy are denounclng 1t as heTesy, and en-
| deavorlng to shield themselves between the
covers of the Bible, no more proves the teua-
bleness Of their position than did the same
arguments used to perpetuate slavery; that
the slave was better OFF In bondage, or that
the dogma Of the lnfallibllIty OF the Pope
really renders the Pope infallible. The day
with our people when Speclous sophlsms
eau DO substituted for true logic has gone
by, aud any attempt to put down a great
truth by rldIcule or opprobrIum must event.
ually rebound upon the heads Of those who
offer 1t.
The assertion that II Is the aim Of those
reformers known as "Woman's Rights "
advocates, to strike death blow at religion
aud the institution Of marriage, is as false
as 1t is unchrlstlan and the lives of those
who have devoted themselves body and soul
to this movement, are each one Of them
known to the world as living refutatlons OF
this libel, being either women happily mar
riod who have reared harmonious and re-
spectacle families, or who from q desire for
more extended usefulness have lived In
maidenhood. II to feed the poor, clothe tho
naked, to teach the ignorant, endure priva-
tion and calumny for principles cause the
repeal OF unjust laws, and right great
wrongs, are heresles, then are these women
heretlcs and social disorganlzers. Woman
owes to the Christian religion her present
status In society, her elevation from 6arbar-
ism and to the Sanctlty Of marriage the
happiness aud protection Of herself and her
children.
II under this sanctlty there are great social
wrongs, let the mantle be lifted, and the
system be ventilated. No good thing can
lose prestige or caste by being thoroughly
discussed. II there be In our systems of re-
liglon barriers to Woman's usefulness-her
true advancement and deyelopment-they
only prove that there has been handed down
to us with our religion Prejudlces and bigot-
res which we have not yet got rid of; not
that these are necessarily religion, or form
any part of the Divine economy, any more
than that everything that the law sanctions
belongs truly TO marriage. Does man, when
he expresses by the ballot his opinions and
wishes as regards the law, strike a blow at
religion and marrlagel Is this the aim of
the fifteenth amendment, enfranchislng the
negTUi Why would II unat woman for
the common duties of HE more than man 7
Is not this n scareGrow of the imAg ination 7
Have the women Of Wyoming denounced
marriage and religion, and do the women Of
Minnesota intend 10 do sol Has not rather
this anathema been pronounced upon woman
because she has dared to think and to speak
for herselfl God holds us accountable for
the Justice Of our acts, not for the results OF
them. MIRIAM.