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READ AND DECIDE.

The following is the LIST section Of
the Srd article Of the Constitution Of
this State
The white male citizens Of the
State shall be entitled to vote at all
elections held within the election dis,
iricts in which they respectively reside,
bat no person who is minor OF Of uu i.
sound mind, or pauper, or who is
under conviction Of treason, felony or
bribery iu an election, or who has not
been q resident Of the State for enc
year, and Of the county in which be Of
fsrs to vote for thirty days next pre-
sedlng such offer. shall be permitted to
vote while such disabilities continue.
NO person clio since the 1st day Of
June, 1861. has giren or shall giee rol-
untary aid or assistasee to The rebellion
agai1t the United STAKES. shall be a
citizen of This State, or be aliOred TO
pote at any election therein, unless he
has rolumeered into the miliiary or na-
parserriee sfthe United States, and has
been or shsR be honVrauy discharged
MretrOm
The amendment called the "Flick
Amendment" is proposed to be sub
situ,ed Ter the said 1st section as
printed above, and is as follows:
The male citizens Of the State shall
bo entitled to vote at all elections held
within tse election districts in which
they respectively reside: but no person
who is a minor, or OF unsoupd mind, or
4 pauper. or who is under conviction of
treason, felony or bribery in an cleo
ton, or who las not been a resident Of
the State for one year, and of the
county in which he offers 10 yotc for
thirty DAYS next preceding such offer,
shall be neruitscd to vote while sach
disability coptinses"
The election, on the said amendment
ia to take place en- the 4,h Thursday
(27tb) of this month. All uho are in
faror Of striking from The Constellation
he distrunchisement imposrd IN 1866
for participation, in tie rebellion, will
vote for the ratification Of the Flick
amendment and all those who are in ia
ror Of continuing the di,tranchisement n
,Miie men will vote tor rejection Of the
Amendment.
Some who arc favorable to onfran-
ebisemeut have preferred other means
Of doing it: bu, the question being
now presented for a vote between dis.
iranchisement for participation with
the South, imposed in 1865. aud full
and complete euf.apchisemcut Of white
men BY the Flick Amenimsnt, n, est adj
init that the emily question: nop IN Ms
rots 10 De lad on the All Thursday Of
hii month i,rhether dis distrdnchise-
ment imposed IA 1866 shclL continue.
To tsery Dsmserm lrc appeal to 90 to
he polls and rote "FoE RATIFICATION
and then tie p,nnacles and chains riR
BE- rfmorsd from our friends.
To those Of our democratic friendS
who are lhinBiag Of opposing the Flick
Amendment, We recommend the fol-
lowing:
&c. p !" in a communication in the
Wsllsburg Neps, argQes that "sonud
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CPRING AND SUMNER GOODS.
?. NJ. II A L E,

z. NJ. II A L E,
Is now receiving a large addition to
his
STOCK OF GOODS,
and invites hit former patrons and the
public generally to call and examine his
NEW SUPPLY,
consisting of the usuai variety Of
D r Y G GODS
Also splendid stock OF
LADIES' SHOES,
Misses and Childrens Shoes,
A large lot of Mems aud Boys'
BOOTS AND SHOES
A splendid lot eff Mems ard Boys Hats
VERY CHEAP.
Ladies Hats,
READY MADE CLOTHING;
COFFEE,
SUGAR,
NAILS,
DYE-STUFFs,
eUSENSWARR,
STONBWARE, and
SALT.
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Our Motto
QmcK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS
OLD FOGIISM PLAYED OUT
A Vice ISat # Clothes jor IS.
Fire pounds best25 cent Coffee for 81.
One poandof Gre'a Tea for 81 %
0aepound Of Black TeajOr 81
Seven Pounds Of the best Brown
Sugar for One Dollar.
Six Pounds hest White Sugar for
One Dollar.
Seven Boxes Essence Of Coffee
25 cents.
Nine Yards of the best 123 cent
Calico for One Dollar.
The best Brown Muslin at ia
cents per yard by the bolt.
An extensive assortment Of
SPRING GOODS JUST RECEIVED
including many new and
handsome styles of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS.
A full and complete stock of gents
RiADY-.HiDE CL07LILNG.
LADIES and CIIILDREN'S SHOES
IN great variety.
Don't Forget The Place.
PORTER Jouxsox.
Cat Kcmble's old stand)
Main street, lHes'on.
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W7RST VIRGIN A UNIVERSITY.
ALEA MARTIN, 2 D PRESiDEyT, with 8
full corps oil Professors.

Opened but recently, for purposes oFins-
truction, ihiE Institution has already OBJ
tanned very extensive range Of patronage
AID support.
Il possesses thsbes, grounds and build
ings in the State.
Classes are formed in all the regular de-
partmcnts Of Collegiate anil Scientific SHADY.
Special advantages fol- thorough scquisi-
ton OF ihelNodcrn Languages, the study Of
Geology, aud other branches in the interest
Of Agriculture.
Chemistry taught according 10 the new
aud cnly correct system.
Teachers class every Spring Tenn
A valuable Cabinet and Apparatus.
TurioS, from SIS 10 S?4 per year.
Fall term begins Sept. 7ih. Wia,ss, De-
mber 9th. Spring, March flat.
Commencement, June 18th.
e5~ Send for Catalogue
GEO. @. sTERGISS,
See'y Beard Of ReSens
EorSSAtown, ". Va, July 80, 1870.
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GEN. r. {. LEE

P"J VI tuC uIeat Jlieltaln
It's popularity and great value az. at
tested By the sale Of over 5000
copies already.
CAUTl0N.-Old and inferior lives OF
Gen. Lee are being circul.ted. Sc. thai
the books you buy are endorsed Inv all tie
leading generals aud prominent men Of the
south, and that each copy is accompanied
by suP,rb Photographic portrait Of General
Lee, on 4 sheet 10 BY u iaci:es, sniiable
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trncted our aGsals lOpressuttv ever, subI-
criber TO thiswOIl.
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Of ihe work address Natiopal Publishing
Connanr. Philadelptia, Pa, Atlanta. Ga. :,
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AGENTS-MALEAND FEMALE
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LEATHER,
COTTON YARNS.
And in fact everything generally found
in his line of business, which will be
sold low for cash or produce in hand.
EAll kinds of produce wanted in
exchange for Goods.
All the above goods can be purchased
cheaper at my establishment than at
any other Store in Wost Virginia.
Give me call before purchasing elso-
where.
g-Mr. Halo has also a frst-class
Boot and Shoe Mauufsctory in connex-
ion with his Store, to which he would
call the alton of the public,
nov4tf P. N. HALF.
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The Meeting at RHtidhd.

The meeting OF the newspaper men at
Rutland, last weck.-o! which we give
a full account elsewhere, was one OF
the pleasanto<t occasions that the ASSo-
citation has yet enjoyed. As the printed
report was made out by members OF the
Rutland press. modesiy forbade their
mentioning the great elements OF success
which attended the mcciin9-which were
simply the grcat natural attractions OF
the place, and the untiring efforts Of the
members Of the local press to make the
occasion most enjoyable. In this they
succeeded admirably.
Rutland itself is a town made beau,i-
tul both by nature and art. Its business
portion is rich and substantially built
its residences range from the pleasant and
homelike cottage to the elegant mansion.
The houses of Gen. ii. ii. Baxter and
Ex-Gov. j. l.. Page. are Just palaces :;
anu Will lIlCII "ptat ~ III
to leave nothing else TO be wished for in
this life But the marble quarrics of
West Rutland were the objects oI c-pec-
ial interest to most oi the members of
the Association. All know that Rut-
land is famous for lis marble but until
seen, the extent Of the produciion,-the
vastncss Of the supply,-the wonders OF
the quarrying and working, cannot be
conceived.
The visit to these quarries-thc ride to
Manchester, and the superb dinner with
our genial brother Oryis OF the JomH1i,
who Is also proprietor OF the Equinox
llouse-the evening at brother Clark :
house, of the UeIuH, -wele all occasions
long 10 be pleasantly remembered by the
Vt. Editors and Publishers Association,
and for which we individually feel like
expressing thanks.
OF the rush Of the half dozen who
were going south Saturday morning TO
take the 4:30 train, and their narrow cs-
cape from being lett behind through a
failure of the Bates House to awaken
them, their early morning ride 10 Bel
lows Falls. and the breakfast and c!!arm-
ing ride about town with brother swain
and family, we shall say nothing, for we
should be breaking coniidcncc--and be-
sides, another year the entire association
would want to return home via Bellows
Falls
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Horace GreeieD 0nd the Prcst-
6eHcY.

Some one has accused the American
people OF the chronic habit of stopping
over" Assuming the charge to be well
founded, the representative man of the
country must be Horace Greeley of the
New York TIDDc. We would not nm
dercslimate the characrer or valuable
services of this representative man: bat
when any man or body Of men propose
him Is n suitable candidate for president
Of the nited States, we submit that it
is carrying the Joke little too far Is
pecially true Is this because Mr. Greeley
is provcrbial for taking in earnest the
most apparent jokes. SO when some DO
litical enemy, by way OF burlc-que. pre-
poses the philosopher OF the TJ,p,c as
the successor OF President Grant. Mr..
Greeley bites at the suggestion. and he
gins at once to lay pipe for the campaign
of -.
We admit and admire the ability ot
Horace Greeley. Is a journalist he i
without peer ~ Il lIiend TO the lis
tressed and down troddcn. his name will
he handed down to posterity with crate
tnl remembrance. But when. durinn
the war for The 'nion. and when Our
boys in blue were conquering an hOnora-
BILE peace, Mr.. Greeley proposed to meet
the rebel chiefs at Niagara Falls to see
what could be done about negotiating a
peace, he ''sloppcd over" At later
day, when the gallows was cheated Of is;
Just dues by the failure TO convict the
arch traitor, JEFF Davis, Mr. Greeley en-
acted that NEST ridiculous farce Of SIM
ing his bail bond. and most manilcetly
stopped over again.
Without referring 10 Mr.. Grccley's
continual clamor for universal amnesty.
thereby assuming that the blacklist trea-
son was no crime, we will simply men,
ton some Of his Quixotic operations
during his late Southern trip. Take for
instance the following extract from his
speech at Ficksburg, Mississippi, remem.
bering meanwhile, that this is from q
Northern man before Southern audi
ence, and that the speaker had lately be-
come possessed of the idea that he was
to be the next President:
81 greet you here. as citizens who
VIII ~ tune reel hoHor n tic glory of .Stone-
"aH Jackson as ,ceH as those wTo ,rere in
me opposing mmics (cAens); who mW gioyy
axe IN the glory Of Il. T., Lce q, ~cU as
those '"ho Jo"yh aya;,,>t h1,l."
Such speech as that, one miah, cxn.,,
from jeff Davis or Breckinridn. Ian,
hardly from Horace Greeley. Ii it does
not show conclusively that the author
has the Presidential magaot in the head
pretty bad, we do not read correctly.
This matter of our next President i
one of vital importance - the nation.
Fortunately the time of the nominating
convention is yet year Oft, and there
VIII be abundant opportunity 10 canvass
the qualifications of Mr.. Greeley. Prcsi.
dent Grant, and all other aepirants for
the place. If jeff Davis keeps up his
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-NeW hampshire Election.


The past week has been one OF great
excitement in New Hampshire. The
members of the Legislature were So even
" balanced between Republicans and
Democrats that its organization has been
looked forward TO with much interest.
Both parties maI>halel their forces for
the contest. but two Republican members
were sick and absent. while all the Dem
ocrats were present. Ga the first ballot
for speaker OF the House, VIM. ii. Cove,
a labor reform Democrat was chosen over
James o. Adams, straight Republican,
by a vote Of lGi to 1872. Mr.. Cove
was formerly aboliiionisl, and acted with
the Republicans up to 1870. lie i a
merchant at Wcarc, IS years Of age.
Tie next day, after considerable
strategy. the Democrat. elected James
r. Jackson OF Litlcton, clerk, and James
H. Goliath, labor reformer, Of Barn
stead, assistant. By this time the con-
test for governor was about "ivcn up by
the Republicans. and James y Weston,
Democrat, was elected governor by eight
majority. Gov. Weston is Il native of
Manchester, 81 years old, and by profess
sion Il civil engineer. lie has been may
or Of his native city for three terms.
Duing the exciting canvass and Strun-
glc Of last week. strategy was used hy
both sides, but the Democrats were bet
ter organized. and they had IN able tao
titan in Harry bingham of Lirtleton,
who has been head manager throughout
The correspondent Of the Boston
JomWaI, in aiyiug a rcSamc of the con-
test says:
The republican leaders made Il fatal
mistake, at the outset. when they agreed
with the democrats to adopt for the roll
of members to be used at III, orsaniza-
ton of the House, the list rs published
in the Hcp"Jtrom .Statsmnm. That lis:
contained the names of two lcmUcrat>-
Parsons Of Bennington and MesSer OF
Northwood-whoh had not been residents
of the state for two wears preceding the
| election, and consequently were not eli
giblc. There were also some doubts
conccrnin" the election Of PAGE OF Con-
cord, prominent democrat. When
these men were once admitted To their
seats, the republicans. with recrcant> in
their own party, found themselves pow
erless 10 un>eat them. These votes.
with two vacancies from lines in tie
republican ranks, gave the democrats and
labor retormcrs their majority OF two.
Having secured the organization OF the
house the democrats found no difficulty
in filling the vacancies in the senate to
suit them. The senate l. small body,
consisting OF but twelve members. The
democrats succeeded in March in clcctinn
six senators to five republicans. In one
district there was no choice, and one of
the democratic senators Sickcncl and
died.
80 there Were two yacanciI.> to bc
filled by election Of the legislature. The
coalition filled on with an out and out
democrat, and the other with Il Mr.. Al
vah Smith, who has been Il trecsoilcr,
republican, labor Iclormer and WAS iden-
titled with the prohibition party last
spring. lie now completes the boxing
OF the compass OF the various parties 10y
making himself over TO the democrats,
giving them thus seven senators 10 five
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\ IiIE CONNIE ii


INNn' AIIpN.
Aw,kr, my harp too long thou'st hum.
Where weeping Willows grow
Too long have been thy chords unstruuc
And hashtd thy mu'iy's iow.
Too long thy minstrel voi.e hath slept
TIL mould is on thy tsinss,
And like moth hath silence crept
To pluck the UaIdug's wing
Shall words OF cheer inspire our SON.
We of the tuuefuI Nine ;"
pr Mcrcy's melting strains prolou-
"'er ali our Hill. Of pine:
Shall politics be now our theme
~ patriot zeal iuv.t.y
Battle IN thoughts pcllucid stream.
} Or roam the wales o: Night:
None-none OF these sIn!l wax, III, son
That sets the soul alimc,
Let Truth eternal strains prolonr.
Ayc-spcik the ChIistian'- shame
Twas harvest when last ado,yn thy hiding streeu
stray,d.
Each silver shining gar o',r hill and .r.s~y
The pale round Moon. Cfulrcnt, poured her rays Of
liquid light
A. lOwIy proudly up he rolled the p,crlc, queen Of
night.
-,
summer day,
wantOncd with thy limpl drops the ped th,m on
their way:
Thy win-ome waite c.usht the strain. and g1yccpr-
grand and free
Together ssng an anthem old angel miu.tr,l.y
tlrncd
r. ,,,, e., I,,u, r
sr,r,,s ''' ''' "a"
The frugal mcsl-toil -,yc.t,,cd-o.,r ,,, o,..
sorrow fled
Iii b,rs.,o,I al =, :. ,
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speech making, the Republicans will be
obliged to fill the office another term.
and all the people want is the best man
for the place
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]
drcdths of our readers, lnd, like PoIlock's
man may never have looked beyond the
/ visible circle that giIt him round" vet
expect us to yield Il quarter of column
for resolutions, run in the usual mould
and are quick 10 upbrail us if we are
unwilling TO cucumber our paper 10 that
extent without reward. | have heard OF
one case, OF recent occurrence, which
we'll illustrates this tendency to trench
Tor private ends upon the pace which
tiic editor feels lie ought 10 use for the
best entertainment and advantage OF the
greatest number: y respectable man.
rather prominent in his town and some
what known throughout the county.
died, and the editor of the county paper.
hearing O! ii, made a bilct and appropri-
ate editorial mention Of the mOurmful fact.
After Il few DAYS 4 n"ighbor OF the dc
ceased communicated II similar article
and this also was published. y week
or two after this his pastor sent, in regu-
lar form, Il notice OF the death, followed
by several paragraphs living 4 religious
history Of the good oi / main, with the re-
quest that The bill for pnbli-hin. the
same b. sen; 10 his Son. This was done
and in 4 few days the son made his APP
pclraEce, red i'll the face, an wanted t.
know il that was the way the editor
treated his .'nld suipScl ibcr<." The edi
tor explained thu he had done merely
Is directed, bat this iii no 9cod and the
man finally laid down the usual altcrna-
tive, ''cross out the charge or stop my
paper" Here | drop the curtain Lee
cause | promi-cl not to tell the result,
but what would YOU have done Would
You not have asked that man if, "a an
''old SEb~cIiber' hr had not received his
moneys worth Would you not have
tried to convince him That simply bacauS.
you bought lis butter he ought not To
be expected 20 give you his cheese ,
W uuId you MT have told him tina: setting
up that type and printing the paper co,t
yen money and that You ought NOT to
grttuitiuu-ly cmhaim his fathers memo
ry any more thln the undertaken hi- re-
maius Alter ali this You mi4ht have
continued 10 ~ei,d the inrorrigibc your
paper a. "A missionary measure, bat You
"o'.''' never nave W''''''' 10 meet MN
"@''lil Ill inns "'t''i' nor expected 10 Ill
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a. much need that ih.y Should he, ihou-h
a hundred iImr~ les disposition 10 do 1t.
w""h! n"t iny-@i! r'r"mm fI that the
ordinary short notice OF death he
rhar@.ri Tor but the benedict who docs
not i'@l liberal enough 10 pay the printer
fifty cents tor ammouncir" To- the world
his c,rl-ummatcd bis. deserves to have
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4 GooR Uoy to Rc-EIcct Grant.

There are many 200! reasons why the
President of the nation should not he
eligible to rejection bat such Il short
sighted policy and such liim~y arguments
as are raised against Presidents Grants
Reelection hy Tilton'~ Gobhn 1g., will
most certainly react in his favor. Hu.-
p1''s Iichh for the 18th, thus ,liSpo-cs
of T!lton'S thunder:
One OF thcSa friends. however, The
Golden AGE, in declaring liz preference
Tor Mr.. Greeley, says that the nomina-
ton oi General Grant would be inulici-
Gus, and that the victorious North should
not second time impose upon the coun-
try the conqueror OF one-hali Of it. In
the Mobile Register, OF from the mouth
OF Jefferson Davis, we should not be sur
pri>el by such Il remark. But how was
General Grant imposed upoI the coun-
try y lie WAS unanimously nominated
by representatives. Of the loyal Union
party IRON every part OF the Union. He
was elected by votes freely cast every
where, and his majority would have
been greater lut for the Democratic
frauds in New York. And in what
sense is General Grant the conqucror of
one-halt the country! The war was the
vlndication Of the right of this people to
their own country and their own govern
ment. The result was not the conquest
OF halt the country; it was the saliva
ton OF the whole country from fatal di-
VISION. The right OF the people OF the
United States in the insurgent section of
the mon was not i'll the slightest de
gree impaired because for some time it
could be asserted only by arms. In a
certain technical sense, as the rebellion
was intrenchcd in one part of the coun-
try, and was sLbducl by force. that Sec
ton may be said to have been conquered. |
But we can imagine nothing more often
slye TO loyal Union citizen than the
representation OF the modest soldier
whom Lincoln implicitly trusted, and
who never by word or deed betrayed the |
confidence which every honest American
reposed in him, whose victory was un-
Sullled by 50 much as n word of violence. |
and whose report Of the situation of the
seat OF the rebellion after the war was so
gentle that Mr.. Sumner called it willie
washing, as 'the conqucror of one halt
the country.
We do not dcprcciatc Mr. Grcclcy's
services to the country But those OF
General Grant are not inconsiderable. |
From the military point Of view, which
The Golden Age selects, he is not the
conqueror OF half the country: he is the
SAVIOUR OF the whole country
NEW ROI-Tt, T., rms NV,,,r,. ,Jo-
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VICE PRESIDENT.
+. Il. WHITING
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ID Webster Dixon. st. Albam-
rrr,sIrrr
= N s,,.. =, 1l,
Ef'' NV l. ~" VII III
l.. l. Walton, Montpelier: G.. g..
Benedict. Burlington: Hiram 4. .
l!i" following are the apprentice mp
tor th'. next meeting
E--ayi:t, {. NJ. { 'asc Of tic I.g.
i,,on- Substitute. Hiram Athu. .
the Montpelier I,y"<
Por!. j. :. ID. Taylor OF the NJ 4
ban. .H'>>'"y'r Substitute. II. [ j -.
son OF the Ncr@cnnc~ l"w'"t'r
burlington was ~i!irntcd IL I'll" +.
ot the next annual meeting, On IT,.
ond Thurs lay Of June, 49,
1t VIZ voted thlt in case tn. s..
l !