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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-04-14
COMMISSIONERS SALE
INVALUABLE

Farming and Timber ha1dSI
7 N pursuance Of the terms of decree Of the
l. Circuit Court Of Mason county rendered at
the September term. 1869, n the cause Of Nancy.
Stephenson VS.. q. NJ. Stephenson, et al, in
Chaucery, we, the undersigned Special Com.
missiOncrs appointed for that purpose, shall.
ON the 10Th dug Of Apyi1
next. proceed to sell at publis arrtion, at the
front door o the Court House Of Mason county,
the lands directed to be sold by said decree.
There are TWO TRACTS Of said land.--
The first is situated on The North side OF the
fKanawha liver, about eight miles above Point
Pleasant, and.contains about two hundred and
seven acres, fifty acres Of which is bottom land.
There is one good dwelling house on this
tract
The other tract is situated about one mile
back Of the above, and contains one hundred
and scventy.cight acres. There arc no i'm.
proveucnts upon this tract, but itis'wcll tim
bered
Terms or sA1r:--25 per cent of The pur,
chase money cash in hand and the balance in
four equal instllmcnts ofthree, six, nine and
twelve months the purchaser or purchasers,
giving bond with good security.
D. W. FOLsLEYl Special Com.
C.P. I. BIooRE,J missioners.
inch l0-ld
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II, reported on good authority that
Of tho missionary effort put forth 10
China al least ninety per cent. ia By The
Catholics. The French Minister has OBJ
tanned 90 imperial decree permitting the
priest to decide oil questions law be
tween Chinese aud Catholics and those
aso sill adhere to tue Chinese religion.
So high persousge is Sir John Bro "u.
ing, who was there for a long while, ex
presses lbc opinion thst'Romaaism stands
a lair chance Of obtaining possession Of
this vast empire.
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The 1ynchburg KDgmiaa says 'hal
a! the tims Of The Southampton insurrso-
lion, when Gen. Geo. H, Thomas was a
child, he was saved from violent death
by bis elder sister. who escaping from
their dwelling carried him in her arms
10 the woods, just 10 time to save him
from tho syingiug furies led BY Nat
TuruerwbO spared neiihorSge DOR eek
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-04-14
COMMISSI0NGRS' SALE

~ " I'M AANN' ~ - - - ~ AAN4NG
TINDERa decree rendered at the February
u term 1870 Of the Circuit Court Of Mason
county, State of West Virginia on report and
exhibits Herewith filed, Of Commissioners u
School Lands Of said county, the ;underSign.
ed Commissioner appointed by said Court,
will offer for sale, at the front door Of she
Court House of said COunty,On
Fjday, the 20tb of MuH
ls7O, (being court day. the following waste
or unapprOpriateL lands Wis
All ofacertain tract of:ll 9iacres lying on Is
mile creek in Mason county, which tract Is
fully described IN report Of said Commissioner
Of School Lands, in exhibit''A" filed with said
report in the Clerks Office Of the Mason county
Circuit Court. to which reference is hereby
made.
Also will offer for sale at die same time and
place, ncertain tract of2O acres, on the waters
of.l3 mile creek, in said county, which is also
fully described in report Of said Commissioner
in exhibit OBJ filed with the said report in
the Clerks Office of the Mason conRLy Circuit
Court, to which reference is hereby made.
TERMS:- 0ne-fUuHh cash in hand, the
residue in twelve months, with interest from
day of sale, the purchaser giving bond with
approved security, and the title will be rctIiu'
cd us further security.
F. a. GUTHRIE, Commissioner.
april CIV
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-02-19
VICK,S
FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1870.

TT1HE first edition of hundred and twenty thou
i sand copies of vick's Illustrated Catalogue of
Seeds and Floral Gnide, is published and ready to
send out. 1t is elegantly printed on fine tinted pa.
per with about $40 fine wood engravings of flowers
aod vegetables and n beautiful colored pate-con-
ing fine
BOUQUET OF PHLOXES. =-
It is the most beautiful, well as the most in
structive Floral Guide published, giving plain and
thorough directions for the
CULTURE OF FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES
The Floral Guide is pnblished for the benefit of
my customers whom it is sent free without appli
cation, but will be forwarded to all who apply by
mail for Ten Cents which is hall tine COST
Address, JAMES WICK, Rochester, n. z.
n2O:3t
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burn in his note belOw-the 1ais ISL
tvof which he fully comedies in gly-
inr ia 4 oarts 51ancAs lit deserves
no further notice than the charge
originally made. It is. simply the
re-iteration of a falsehood by i'm
personals. Our unappreciatlve
.nnlitical friends, to whom Mr.. 3.
refers, will have a better opinion
of us, we trust, when they have
known us as long and well as ne
has. We have shown in one. in
stance, at least, ''that the devil IS
not so black as he was painted,
which viii more fully appear from
the following:
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. IL, 1870.
ca y. necsA"'s ESQ., Editor r11'0""r"' Monroe
DEAR S1R:-I have just receiv-
ed, .via Homer, a copy OF your pa
per of the 22d instant, and find in
it an article containing this ex-
pression:
eff Mr.. Blackburn means by
the expression cleansing his col
umns' of the matter, that the
charge brought is false. then we
have no more to say"
That, with but very little ex-
PLANTATION, is precisely what L
meant. I have been led to be-
Ilieve the charge false for two rea~
sons-you say it is, and those who
made the charge to me have fail
ed to respond to my call to sub
stantiate it. But that they made
the charge to me is still true; and
that I have heard the same in sub
stance reiterated since my pres
eut sojourn in this city, is also
true. But do not believe it. /
have better opinion of you per
sonal1y than some of your politi-
cal friends seem to have. / think
7 know you are an honest MAN. q
If this is not satisfactory, write
Ia piece and put my name to it.
And if you publish this, or any
thing which you may write for
me, I direct the Homer Had to
Icopy.
AS ever, &c.,
JASPER BLACKBURN.
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CHECK YOUR COTTON!
USE THE "ODELL COTTON CHECK,'

And you will not lose in weight only from
natural causes. You will always get your
own cotton for it cannot be exchanged, and
you run no risk of getting light bale for
your heavy one; nor Low Ordinary for Good
Middling Cotton. By the use Of this check
You give your merchant a KEY TO ALL
ERR ORS-they are discovered at once and
rectiied efore loss is sust aimed. 1t gives
your merchant voucher to correctness very
satisfactory to him, and you will know who is
to blame in case of losses. 1t will relieve
him from blame for another mans mistake.
Use the "ODELL COTTON CHECK,P
and your merchant will RETURN IT OR KEE,
1T FOR YOU to corroborate his account sales
and the steamboat clerk can point your cotton
out, even if all marks from the heads Of bales
are gone. 1t caves steamboatsnen much time
much money and trouble. In using
"ODELLCoTToN CHECK" mark a simple letter
any usual mark on the head of the balefor
convenience, and if hundreds of bales are
marked exactly like your cotton and on the
same boat, no one can have ANY NUMBER
LIKE YOURS. as there are no two checks
alike.
This check is made of brass-is about the
size Of a Mexican dollar. and is a complete
fastening or lock around the tie-it costs only
25 cents, and will last the planter, merchant or
c ottou de aler many years. 1t is approved by
all planters and cotton dealers who have seen
it.
Checks can be ordered through all country
merchants, any Commission House or my
house in Monroe.
General Depot No. 1914 Gravier Street, New
Orleans.
s. w. ODELL.
Monroe, La, Sept. 2e, 1869. no26m
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scended to trucking acquiesence
and almost begged the Governors
nardon for having treated him
40 uncivilly. Pooh! But it is
sa1dom that New Orleans ever
originates a political movement
that does, not result in a fizzle, or
something worse. It was very
appropriate to place the matter
in the hands of Smith. 1t ought|
tn have been e. Kirby!
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A committee of one hundred
sitizens, more Or. less, presented
to both Houses of the General
and to Gov. Warmoth
the resolutions passed at the re-
cent mass meeting in New Orleans
and published in the TELEGRAPH
last week, After some palaver
the resolutions were received in
the Senate and referred to COM
mittee. In the House the occa-
sion was selected for an absurd
display of wounded legislative
pride on the part of a white tackey
or two who ought to have grapes
instead of hair on their heads and
who whined around about disre-
|spect as if any one ever dreamed
they had any pride Or selfrespect
to offend. Finally the resolutions
were, referred to the, Committee
of the Whole for report on their
rhetoric. Gov. Warmoth made
the presentation delegates a long
the point of which was
that some Democrats were as
guilty as the Republicans of pro-
curing bad legislation, and that
he had not been supported in his
reform measures by the people of
the State. It is, doubtless, true
that there are corrupt Democrats
in the State. But what could
they have done in influencing a
Republican State organization, if
the officers composing it had been
HONESTY We do not excuse such
Democrats,-they ought to be
tabooed by the party,-but what
suggested to them that members
of the legislature could be bribed
and that we had a Governor who
would listen quietly to an offer of
bribery, and who if he did not ac-
cept it, would pocket the insult
and afterwards boast that such a
proposition had been made to
him2 Democrats have bribed
officers before no doubt, but where
was there ever before a Governor
in this Union who would hear a
proposal of bribery without kick
ing the offender from his pres
ence2 Only think of Gov. Walker,
Gov. Hebert, Gov. Moore, or the
Allen being approached
with such a p roposal! And yet
our present Governor trumpets
to the world that even Democrats
have offered to bribe him! And
what is remarkable, some Of the
who waited upon the
Governor actually thought that
his piece of strategy was a con-
elusive demonstration of that
worthy officials integrity, and
rom the position OF accusers de-
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W. Y. COsPER, NJ. d.,

r1AvING located in the Colony. offers his profess
II sional services to the people of the
country every branch of his profession. Special
attention given to Female Diseases and to Surgery.
February IL 1870. xIu
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TUST received, and for sale fresh supply
- of Pink Eye, Early Goodrich, jackson
Whites, London Lady and Meshannock Irish
dotaoes, by
GEo. CHAMBERLAIN.
Jan'y 80. 1879. nl9-lm
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A Finality-- Mr.. Blackburn Heard
From. s.

ttAfter SO long q time.'' during
which period we have striyen sed-
uously and successfully to main
tain our composure, we have
obtained, without further. effort
than the mere force Of truth,
from the editor of the Homer Iliad,
an acknowledgements that he had
falsely accused MIR. McC ranie, the
editor of this paper, of spending
other peoples money in the vain
pursuit of Office" We may now
state-what we have not before
that we were satisfied at the out
set that the imputa zion was set
afloat by some despicable slam
derer, with foul intent to injure
us, and that Mr.. Blackburn had
unwarily, and unfortunately for
the utterer, swallowed the bait set
for the public, a few months too
soon. And generally in reference
to Mr.. Mechanics candidacy for
Congress, it may be stated appro-
prialely here, that there is no act,
or word, written or spoken, con-
nected with that event from be-
ginning to end, about which he
has any secrecy. In fact, it would
be better for him if his entire
course in that matter was thor
oughly known and understood. 1t
would then appear to what be-
trayals he has submitted in 81
lence, and how faithfully he has
to carry out his in
in the face of the most
trying difficulties and humiliating
perplexities.
Mr.. Blackburn'sl letter empowers
us to frame a retraction. It is not
in us to use victory to such a
purpose Our record cleared, he
is at liberty to realize the most
from his defeat. In fact, we saw
his blunder in swapping SO freely,
md only pitied him for his readi-
less to use flying rumor to the
1etriment of a political opponent.
The momentary impulse of anger
elt at first seeing the accusation,
-anished with the thought that
had made it.
Interference to the re-iteration of
he charge alluded to by Dir. Black
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dash and persistency: Richard the
Lion-Hearted did not surpass him
In bravery nor in fixedness Of pur-
pose. Perhaps he was somewhat
too fiery in his naApre and too
sensitive for the age in which he
lived; but certainly his sense OF
honornever went beyond his sense.
of right. A man of retired nature,
he remained at home, never max
ing a show of his accomplishments
or seeking any public station. He
belonged to the old school OF gen:
tlemen-would there were more
of them who in adversely, as
we'll as prosperity, maintain the
dignity of manhood and move up
ON the earth conscious of their
claims as veritable 'tlords of crea-
tion.,, For such man to be cut
off is aspublic calamity. We ten
der his bereaved widow and chill
dren our sincere confidence, and
commend them to the Providence
of Him who is both protector of
the widow and father of the faith
erless, and may their reward be
with their great
and deplorable loss. E
Col. Jones is a wen-known citi-
zen Of the State, and lives near
the late residence of Gen. Liddell
in Catahoula parish. He is man
above the age of fifty, of active
mind and habits, and has accumu-
lated q handsome property. In
the early part of the late war, he
was second in command in a Lou
isiana regiment. the 18th, and was
subsequently on the staff of Gen.
.Ruggles.g Since the war he has
been planting, and a part of the
time one of the lessees of the Peni-
Tertiary. He is; a man quiet in
his nature and of sober habits.
His sons are both grown, one of
them being the Assessor and Col
lecter of Catahoula parish.
p. S.-Since the above was put
in type we have heard that Col.
Jones and sons surrendered to the
Sheriff of Oatahoula, and will be
examined in the course of ten
days. They have retained Messrs.
Morrison s. Farmer. as counsel.
Gen. Liddell had life insurance
policies on his life amounting to
$4,000. -, .,s.,ss.
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rise. I touched him gently on the
shoulder and @asked him not to
rise. He, however, arose. and at
the same time 1alsO arose. and
eadeavored to place myself just
i'm 'front.' Of him. In q moment he
had his hand on his. pistol and
to draw it. That, i
knew, or felt sure, would draw
the IRE Of the Joneses, and a fur
Their interference would endanger
nv own life and perhaps give the
against Liddell. I let
him go, and just as did so a pis-
toll fred, just missing me, ana Z
saw fkoul the Generals scounte-
nance that he was stunned OF Sc
hurt. Almosti in second
a. second shot was fired, still be-
fore Liddea had out his pistol.
He fell, or was falling, I think,
from the first shot. He, however,
got his pistol out, and fired once
after he was down and dying
His shot took no effect. The
.JOnes,s fred many shots, say = OF
1O---eontinued to fire till LieldeH
was dead 80
81 The Captain, at my request,
to Gen, LiddelFs with
the body. When the shooting
took place the boat was just NOV
inn out from j ones's, and the
pilot when he heard the shooting
ran her back to shore and the
Joneses got off The Joneses Of
fered to surrender to me or any
one, else. Not a word was spoken
between the parties previous to
the shooting. Liddelnever spoke.
The people on the boat were very
much excited, and SO they seem
to be here (Trinity.) s', sss =.
We append also the statement
Of Capt. Sweeney who was in
command Of. the st. Marys: ?
srA1sMENTsoF CAPT. SWEENEY. :
Liddell came on board at his
place, and sat down to dinner. We
wentxlown to ChasssJ ones's S, and he
came on board with his two sons.
They went into the cabin, and
some one began to shoot. / was
on THEREOF at the time. AS soon
asI heard ft,I went over the rail
and into the cabin where I found
one of the Jones boys with
navy revolver IN his hand, and the
Gather ran. out toward the barber
shop: Istopped him, and then
went for the son to come out OF
Ehe cabin, which he did. I found
Gen. Liddell about dead, lying.
on his back, having fallen the
first fire, with three large bullet
holes In his breast. ! landed and
Jones got of. i took the General
back to his place, carried the
body up to the house and left it
with his griefsstricken Family
The General may have fred, but
I have not seen any one who saw
him do So. go
We learn that Col. Jones and
his sons were to undergo a pre-
trial at; Trinity on Mon
day. - p p
1t would, of course, be improper
TO comment upon this affair, hav-
ing no further evidence to be
guided by than that above given.
In Justice to Gen. Liddell, how
ever, whose. lips are now sealed in
death, we may state that but a
few days ago we met him in Mon
roe. at his request, and in a long
had with him he unfold
I'D to us his purpose of sending
Col. Jones a challenge to meet
him on the field-in fact, he read
MS the note he designed. sending,
that for certain reasons,
to enumerate and
irrelevant here, he would
delay the sending until he could
meet Col. Jones in New Orleans.
He added that this, referring to
The note, would end the suspense
he was, in, either by an honorable
ight or a peaceable adjustment.
r "A, II,
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tisana On both sides were enlisted,
which ragged for several months
with great bitterness and resulted
IN two sor three violent deaths.
The i,1serltfsrence Of friends and
nofghbors sadly brought the
feud, to . pacific. but not q, friend
u aaljnstment, the principals hav-''
jneovores since been, we believes
~ strangers Il, each other. a
fSw months ago. Col. Jones be-
came part purchaser of some real
Sst.ees rom the Citizen's Bank,
wlifck had been surrendered in
bssnkrnptcy ~ Gen. Liddeu and
pss beaeht hy the Bank. from the
Ga5IefaI assignee in bankruptcy.
CoLJ euea, il is proper to state,
says thak the purchase was made
By nm and partners subseq uent
to refusal By Gen. Liddeu to
purchase the property at the
BApk,s price, and after hearing
that Gen. Lidde1l had determined
to. quit the country Neyerthe-
less, the transactions aroused the
saumbering animosfty in Gen.
Lddde1lss breast. it being, as we
.h6ys heard. = part Of the agree
naent entered into by him aud
Col Jones, when settling their.
feud, that neither was to have
ever after anything to do with
the business affairs of the other.
Gen. Liddel1 was seated, as we
have said, on Monday at the din-'
ner table Col. Jones, with his.
two sons came on board the boat
What Followed. together with a
recital Of what immediately pre-
csded the meeting, may be gath.
cred from the istatement Of Col.
G. ii. Morrison, Of this place, who
was an eyewitness to the sad oc-
currences ssets4ss asrs4 - AZ ~
COZ. MoRRIsoN's STATEMENT.
Tn1sirY. Feb. 10. 1870.
We landed and took Gen. Lid
deH on board at his place. We
next landed at ME-. Garrett's.-
While there Mr.. Marbury came
to me and said that he understood
Col Jones was coming on the
boat, at his (Jones's) landing, and
wished that /, as a friend, would
20 and meet him and ask him
not to come On. Cine Of Jones's
soma was then on the boat. Il
went. to him and told him to ,go
home and ask his father to wait
until the next boat as Liddell
was on the boat and feared that
there, might be a difficulty, and
acknowledgements easily avoid
ed than corrected after it might
happen. He promised me he.
would do SO. Mr.. Marbury had
talked to Gen. Liddell, and he
not to make any dem
toward Jones, if he
came on board. 49, /
Marbury, Liddell and myself
had sat down to dinner; had taken
our soup, and were waiting for
when the Joneses came !.
ON board. The Colonel passed
ahead passing in front of us-we
being. seated at the table occu-
pied by the officers, most of whom
had dined and left the table. AS
Col. Jones passed I spoke to him,
without leaving my seat. He s
passed on and to my left out Of
,he angle of vision. VIM. Jones
same next, and was about in front
IF us, the; other son about oppo-
lite the. front end Of the table. {
Ny attention was called from the
PARTIES for an instant by some l.
hing. The next thing that at
racted my attention was Gen.
lidden made a motion as if to 8
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Prices Cash i'm Advance,
as follows

The seed can be had at the landing at my
gin house on Bayou Bartholomew, either in
bulk or sacks, at So per bushel of 80 pounds
and will be delivered by VIM. A. Collins, ESQ.,
at the plantation.
Messrs. Standifer & Mcclure, my agents ~
in Trenton, will keep the seed for sale at their
store, at So SO per bushel of 80 pounds IN
sacks.
George Chamberlain, Esq, my agent IN
Monroe, will keep the seed for sale at his store
at So SO per bushel of 80 pounds in sacks.
/ will deliver them Gree of freight) at any
landing on the Bayou Bartholomew, or on
Ouachita and Black rivers, at 50 30 per bushel
of 80 pounds in sacks.
Monroe, La, January 30, 1870.
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wholly irrelevant here, he would
delay the sending until he could
meet Col. Jones in New Orleans.
He added that this, referring to
the note, would end the suspense
he was in, either by an honorable
fight or a peaceable adjustment.
He denounced in strong language
the evils of street fights and sud-
den personal collisions, and par
sanctioned duelling as
the best means Of avoiding them,
and illustrated his view of the GUS
tom by the circumstances noticed
by us editorially two weeks ago
under the heading .sThe Code of
HONOR We do not state these
facts to prejudice the case of Col.
Jones and his sons, but in simple
Justice to the dead.
Gen. Liddell was about fifty
years of age. He was of fine per-
sonal appearance and highly pol
shed in his manners. He was
at West Point in thel
;ame class with Gen. Beauregard,
Ind the class above Gen. Bragg,
Ind was possessed of unusually
inc scholarly attachments. He for
some time belonged to the old
srmy, and served in the Army of
tennessee, as a Confederate Brig
.dier General, in the late war,
chieving high repute for vim,
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