The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-06-16
80 Ed az nominalion do be-

a. for Mr. Phelps fitness for the Of.
fec. iii 'hafdlEpeedfult 40 discuss Il, for
4 & not probable he will beiircublel
Win i.s duties. A Democrat remarked |
last evening t6at he woold be besien
ten thousand, whiehais just about our
i6gure.
Edward a. Bennett, the nominee for
Auditor. is "a youth TO fertune and 10
.fsme unkposn.j' He was 20 Preston
county boy Who entered the Cab Virginia
Regiment, and being sone-Rbai aprighIlY |
was promoted from Orderly Sergeant % |
Major. The duty 10 which be was as.
sieued did not aiFofl him-Oppotlunity |
for much military gloty; but Tho only opa
porluaity lie ever had 10 distinguish |
himself. was moi improved. He ehapced
10 be stationed at Phillippi in command
of tho post in April 1861, Uien Mr.i
Jones; Of the Oonftderacy, wsq visiting
ip that part OF the copntty The MAJOR
got 40 idea ihft Nj O., would cellgen
hin; and nogbeing inclined 10 cultivate
the eminent hope-stealeT's Acquaintance,
did not vail fot orders Of his superior or
stand upon the order Of his going. but
stick the posi- in the ground and YsOt
at once. Mr. Jones didp'i get 10 see
! him at all. Aud thus the brilliant oPpof
tpnity Of biz. liie IVES lost. -
Those who know the candidatefot Az
IIlitor describe him aS having somssclever.
ness, but IS being ',lighg" Vbsrsas The
duties Of that Office are ardpoug 7lnd
heavy. His talents for financial prob
t,lems ore still on unknown quantity.
Who is entitled TO The credit Of having
discovered This candidate Reido not
know but he was quite active lnfepSourc
aging ariol at Fairmonk ipiresi'tanco
to the officers Of registralion.in .l5Gs-
and il was this, doubtless. that brought
him 10 light and commended him to The
Charleston Convention. &
| John S. Burdett. the nominee for
| Trsosrter, gho served with more uJysn
tags to him8elfthaDahe public service
as Oommissary In tho bImy of the Po'
lomac; is too we'll known TO need elsbo'
rale notice. He was oucs Uriou man
hut bsckslided long since. he vas til
Democratic candidate for TFeasuretin
1856, land ran on bis military record, be.
ling generally known among The soldiers
as Joha "Sowbellv" Burdett, Q title that
unpopular Commiss,ties wers very ept
Ito gel in the army. The idea Of putting
8 man Of his syle 10 chDrga OF The Treas
ry seems very much like sjake; but then
Of course. The joke is not going TO be
carried that far,
| or Mf. Spigg. the candidate for Al
s,otney General, our Knowledge is very
Hunted, and tina. little is not unfavolsble
Eta him except os 10 his political Status
Hswas in the rebellion, il We are not
mistaken. ADD is still in q slate, Of ense
cor SlrIsled bifsetness
Nd. kIooTe, thS nomifee co. Jul e was
the candidate for Congress Two years ago
| sgainsl Gen, Wilcber. He isR rsufsr
youugisb, man, we are told, lawyer Of
good abilities and accnmplisllments-a
''clrver fellow. whose worst fault is his
intense Dsmocraty
Mr.. Jseob. Mr, Sprigg aud Mr.. Moore
1 ore fail nomiDA.ions rom the Democratic
Is,andpoi6,. They you'd do no discredit
to the places If elected. We don't feu
that We can veniure-to say ibis much Of
| the.resi Of The ticket.
1 OF Nit. Hereford, the candidate for
4 Cungyess il the3d district, we know hut'
Ehtlle. He isa somewhat fluent and bos.
Iterous talker 10 conventions. Although
not in rebellion, as we understsud, he
lie greatly 10 need Of reconsrruclion. He
is, we believe. something off csrpeI-bag.
ger, and 10 therefore useful ia giving vari
ely TO the Democratic mixture presented
al GhDfleslon,
1t will BE- observed that not one OF the
six State officers comes from this Con,
gressioual district Tho Second district
IR4sthTee and the Third district hiss three.
Csmden seems to have been slaughtered
|iu cold .blood.-whiIe Davis and Limb.
the Sweensys, the, Jacksous, Howard of
Mason, Bel.zboovet and many other
able and possibly expsClOnt Democrats
were showed aside to make way Tor
| Bennett and Burdstt!! and PheIps!l!
lis ticket nomins'ed to be beaten;
.sud the design. whether 1.-THE ConVsn-
tiou OF Of Providence, is too apparent TO
be mistaken. Let US do nothing 10 frus-
traits SO iudicious an arFao gepout.
The Pi'uburg Gazette says Even
the Posi- Office Department, which nevur
supported itself before the rebellion,
and bankrupt under the Johnson rule
afterwStd, is beginning 10 rank as a pay
lug institution, under an honest Repub.
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