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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28
THE SILL BENEATH THE DOOR.

There is a strange a mystic, spell,
OF memory and love,
That chains my heart to early days,
Where'er rest or rove.
| see again the old home house,
Iwalk across each floor,
90 the passage through and stand
With farewell words and staff in hand,
Upon the sill
That lies beneath the door,
Each spot around that dear old home'
lis well.kept treasure gives;
In every tree, aud wall, and chair,
Some cherished memory lives,
But nowhere beats my heart so high,
Aud nowhere feel more
Than here, when musingly | stand,
With farewell words and staff in hand,
Upon the sill
That lies beneath the door.
What silent years have fled sincel
Looked out from dear old home,
With hopeful heart. lhro' moist'nins eye,
For better days to come!
Twas here turned TO those ] left,
With longing heart once more--
Here fingered still, where nov | stand
With farewell words and staff in hand,
Upon the sill
That lies beneath The door.
I've passed DER other thresholds since,
To grander halls--but still
| never entered home like this,
Across another sill.
Parents and home We have but cnce,
When gone they come no more;
Oh! what moment when we stand,
With farewell words and staff in hand,
Upon the sill
That lies beneath the door.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

Dr.. johnson once sileuced o notorious
female backbiter, who was coudemning
some of. her friends for painting thoir
cheeks, by the remark, that "it is far
less harmful thing for lady to rodden her
own complexion than to blackcn her neigh
bors, characters"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A New Jersey editor has announced
tho death Of his uncle in Australia, lcav.
ing him gold mine and $i,O00,O0O,O 900.
His village contemporary says It is a Gun,
ningly devised plan to obtain credit for .
box Of paper collars and a straw hat
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

We should always rest satisfied With do.
ing well, and lot others talk as they please.
for they can do us no injury, although
thay may think they have found a aaw 10
our proceedings, aud are determined to
rise on our downfall or profit BY our In,
Jury.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

"That fellows got into tho wrong
grave said one gentleman to another, in
a cemetery. "lIow so?' because I
knew him to DO forger aud thief, and
yet look upon that epitaph," "Bo care.
ful said the other, how you speak, for mono
Of us live up to our cpitaphs."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28
ma fSSISpE attention 9fvef ~
lie OBJECTION oil claims. Ian. ~, '7l-lY.
HOT ELS.
SELBE HOUSE.
PoISr PLEASANT, WEST Va.
JOHN R. SELBE, Proprietor.

THIS House has recently been renovated, and
l. newly painted and papered, and furnish
ed with new furniture. II is within easy access
Of the steamboat landing, and being situated
in the business part of the town. affords every
convenience 10 soiournes. Stabling and the
hest attention to horses furnished. The pat
ronage of The travelling public and Of the citi
zens is respectfully solicited. Charges mod
crate lMatch ''iJ
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

" 49, q, =
the village; but the twilight fingers long
in that northern latitude. and so though
it was nearly ten o'clock, | put on my hat
and sauntered down the little bridlc-path
to meet him. l had not far to go, but |
was much astonished to find him accom-
panied by young man known as ozark
Harry Henshawe." Both Of them seem.
ed to be under great emotion, the doctor
took hold Of my hand silently, and young
Henshawe neither raised his eyes nor open
ed his mouth. Iknew that he had very
bad name in all the country side, and that
the shadow ola great crime hung over him
therefore my astonishmcnt was still great
er when he followed my uncle into his
study and after remaining there few min.
utes went away again, without speaking a
word to any Of the family.
"Wcll!" said aunt Mary, "after that,
what?"
"Uuclc to supper, | suppose; perhaps he
will explain"
But he did not until prayers were over
and the servants in their room; then he
told us that Harry had demanded money
from him on lis home in way which left
no doubts as to his intentions.
"What did you do, uncle? Did you
give him money!"
Il said, "No, no Harry; what have
on me is not worth the taking; but if you
will walk beside me and tell me all your
trouble, will lendyou enough to make q
man Of you again."
Aunt Mary looked injured and her knit.
ting needles spoke for her.
"Don't be grieved, wife! The lad has
been driven to destruction by false accusa'
tions, and he's innocent; upon my word
believe he's innocent"
every well. If you know better than
judge aud jury and all the country side,
Of course he's innocent"
"God often reveals to charity, Mary
what be hides from wisdom. The boy i:
innocent; | intend to help him to prove it.
"How? By a new trial''
"No. By new life. | have loaned
him slOO and he has gone to Texas"
"Not very good reformatory school,
should think"
"Whcrc God directs the discipline, cv'
cry school is good. Come, wife, be hope
full and charitable"
Next day l heard from aunt Mary some
thing Of the young mans history. Three
years ago he had formed the acquaintance
Of young man who, partly as q touris
and partly as a sportsman, had spent sew
eral mouths in the neighborhOOd. Fol-
many weeks their friendship bad been
marvel, then either familiarity bred con
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

Some Of tho judges in St. Louis havo
found it Unnecessary to inform tho lawyers
that they can not serve two bars at once.
Tho recent appearance Of some Of them
during court proceedings has lea to this
dictum.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A western paper tells Of man who
earned a barrel Of -four by carrying IL q
mile on his back, taking only one rest o.
ten minutes on tho way" How many
longer rests he took II docs not say.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

"Mako way here" said q member Of o
deputation, 1--WE arc the representatives Of
thepeoplc." make way YOURSELF" shout.
cd sturdy fellow from tho throng, 'wo
are tho people themselves"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

What world ofgossip would bo pre-.
vented II It was only remembered that a
person who tells you Of tho faul.sof others,
intends to tell others Of your faults.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

tempt or jealousy kindicd hatred. They
quare'cd openly md furiously' Three
days afterward the body Of the stranger
was found terribly manglcd at tho foot Of
Barrow's cliff, aud Harry was arrested for
the murder lIe was eventually acquitted
for the want Of evidence, but he found ov-
cry ones face dark, aud every ones heart
hard against him; not even the woman he
loved believed him innocent, and no suffer.
ed kcenly from that negative punishment
which is more grievous than many stripes,
He sunk lower aud lower, and the prev.
ious night in drunken brawl had struck
to the ground one Of bis companions
Not caring to undergo the imprisonment
and suspense which would be the result, he
stopped my uncle aud demanded money to
flee with. He got it, and also something
far better, "for every gift Of noble origin
is brcathcd upon by hopes perpetual
breath" | though at intervals for . few
weeks of the dark reckless face which had
looked into my life for moment, and then
be passed, as supposed, forever into the
shadow land of memory,
Twelve years aflcrward | found myself
one ho: night in the middle Of August
sailing up the Buffalo bayou, beautiful
lagoon in southeastern Texas. Up the
narrow stream darkencd by its arcade of
live oaks aud magnolias we slowly made
our way. The hot perfumed air, the un-
real spectral look Of everything, gave me
the sensation Of dreaming. On all the
crew and passengers a kind Of hushed
tranquility had fallen, broken only by the
slow laboring Of the engine, or the lazy
lhud of sons alligator in the water. lnoice
now, for the first time, how silence is in
tensiied by sympathetic numbers, then it
is complete, q loneliness to be felt," but
the soul bathes in such stiffness, and heard
in it Something which throws antiquity
itselfinto the foreground ltlastcd long;
but Just as was beginning to feel it op-
pressive, we came to au opening in the
dense foliage, aud clear strong voice said
"Wake up strangers! This is the battle
Geld Of San Jacinto." Then we gathered
round him while he told in words that
Xi1ussf1a, n,tsui,k1sistl stlhnsa %rumphststho-Old
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A learned man has said that the three
hardest words to pronounce in the English
language arc, ~ was mistaken"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

Aniuscription upon church bell IN
Milwaukee reads: "Iu memory Of Min.
ME J. Hodges, weight 724 pounds"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

To broiliug bcofsteak, whenever the
Goals blaze up from tho drippiugs,a a pinch
Of fine salt thrown upon them will instant.
" extiuguish the flames. By carefully
attending to this matter, you may have
your broiled steak or chicken crisp. but
not scorched, and juicy, yet we'll done.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

. = y y. y s's'ss Wv "
STORY over again
How the land was sick with tyranny,
aud could be cured with nothing but blood.
And as the trees parted more and more,
and the moon shone full on the speaker,
suddenly there came to my remembrance
the cold, fresh northern air, the solemn
mountains and the misty mocrlands, and
| said, Harry Henshawe!!"
That is my name, madam. Pardon
me if | forget yours"
"You never heard mine, but you will
remember Carsbrook, and the old man
whom every body called DR.. Will"
Then be took my hand and kissed it,
Just as had seen him kiss my uncle's,
when they stood together in the dying
twilight, the savior and the saved. When
we were alone he told me his subsequent
history-there was nothing remarkable in
it, he had hired himself at irst to large
stock-raiser, but had prospercd so well that
now he himself owned fine rancho and
quite patriarchal number Of horses, cat
tie and sheep.
"Arc you married?" I asked.
"No, no." he replied sorrowfully, can.
mic turned against me in my trouble, and
I've been afraid to trust another woman"
After few minutes silence be added, my
home is in the far West, beyond St. An
tonic, and it is hardly likely we shall meet
again"
"But the eternal future is before us. -
If we part here, which way do you go"
"Heavenward, madam, trust" and he
looked into my face with gave but hap
py assurance.
"My uncle's loan is paid, | suppose!'
"Thc end Of the first year saw the pria'
cipal paid; the interest pay regularly to
every poor miserable fellow | see II l
say a word Of promise to some dcspa'rlng
wretch. | tell bim, "TAat is what DR..
Will said to me; and III help him to a
few needful dollars I say, THAT is the
interest Of what DR.. Will set me on my
feet with; and it is very seldom, madam,
the gin goes to bad, for every unseltlsh
gift prospers."
"Dr. Will would be a happy man if, he
could see and hear you to-day 4
"Ho will be happy enough when we
both stand before God, and ! say, u was
going to hell, and this good mas stopped
me, he did not pass by on the other side
and leave me With the irrepsable" There
were tears in both our e,es when after q
short pause he went a. "And the good
did not stop with nc; on my way back !
mat other weav and sinful souls, aud |
s,onned tbep; aud so there is quite little
c,mnauv Salkiug hcavenwarl that would
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

my dear,' exclaimed Miss Airs. "you
should have seen Ned this morning! You
know he's cold hearted fellow, and I've
nearly exhausted my stock Of new dresses
iu trying to break bis heart; but he's cat.
erpiQarcda tlast!' What could she have
meant?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

Every 'lcading politician" in New Jer.
soy is said to bein the "hauds ofhis friends
as a candidate for Governor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A family were lately poisoned by eating
custard favored with "extract Of vanilla,'
as sold in groceries. a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

When is the most dangerous time to
visit in the country? When tho trees are
shooting and the bull.rushes out.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

There is some ice "up north" as old %
the ark; SO it is called Arctic ice. f
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A Chippewa chief who visited Chicago
lately, pronounced the weather "big hot"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
The undersigned, having opened Coal
Yard in Poiut Pleasant, is now prepared to
deliver coal in large Or small quantities 10 all
desiring it.
JPauicular attention paid to orders up the
Kanawha or down the Ohio rivers.
Office at the Kline House.
aug, 26-ly. A.P, DEEM
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

Moro than q million pounds Of willow
leafwere made up at Shanghai, last season.
and palmed Of as green tea. = sEsl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

The Massachusetts State Constables aro
hereafter to arrest tramps aud vagrants
who 60 from city to city begging,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28
y1hIN NJ II OUSE.
t,oor tho steamhoat Landipy.)

(ncar the Steamboat Landing,)
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA
A.P. DEEM, Proprietor.
NHIS we'll known house having been thor
| oughly repaired and refurnishcd through
out, is now open for the accommodation OF The
travelling public.
LIVERY STABLE.
G1> There is connected with this House
TN first.class livery and feed stable,
which is well supplied with buggies and hor'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A prisoner examined in court and con.
tradicted himself why do you lie so?"
asked tho Judge; "haveu't you Law.
ycr?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A quarrelsomo couple were discussing
the subject Of cpitaphs and tombstoue',
and the husband said: my dear, what
kind ofa stone do you suppose they will
give me when l die?" Birthstone, my
lovo!" was the afoctionate reply.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

Mrs. Petroleum Shoddy, riding past the
bust Of Humboldt in the Park, exclaimed
with disgust: "How could they let that
patent.medicine man put his statue in this
public place!'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28
Gle aUtetrg Rtgisttr
puRLrsurp EVERY THURSDAY MORNING by
GEO. w. TIPPETT,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
OFFICE=
MAIN STREET, NEAR COURT HOUSE,
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

TERMS OF ADVERTISING,
One square Il irch) insertion 81 W
Each additional insertion, oo oo
One square 8 noaths, . . M NJ
One square 6 months, ~ nv nv
One square IL months ~ ~ nv nv
One fourth Of column, > monlhs' ~ oo oo
One fourth Of column, b months 10 10 Nv Nv
One fourth ola column, l2months, % 0O
One half ofa column, 3 months, IL o0
One Il ar of a column, 6 months, 20 OO
0mo % h,if II of column 70 months, IS 90
One column, months, 20 20 w w
One column, 6 months. 80 80 w W
One column, l2 mouths, oo w
All legal advertisements must DC pala l9f
belure the Proofof Publication can be obtained
Plaintiffs are required by law to pay lhe cos!
Of Orders Of Publication before the rrool OF
Publication is ISSUED.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

It is not until the flower hos fallen of
that the fruit begins to ripon. So in life
it is when the romance is past that the
practical usefulness begins.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

When we become heirs ii does rot iollos
that airs becomes us--still less that mil
lionaric's should put on 0 million airs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28

A friend should bo one in whose under.
standing and virtue we can equally conddo
and, whose opinion we can value at once
for its justuess and its sincerity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-28
MONEY AT INTEREST.
by MRS, A. E. BARR.

1t is twenty-five years since my little
story began, and | wonder what made me
remember it to day! Nothing in the sur
rounding circumstances | am sure, yet iu
the midst Of this crowded city while the
streets we're yet full Of light and life. all at
once, thought Of thatgray cool evening,
thcsileutsweetness Of the lOnely-garden,
and plaiutive cry Of some lost lamb upon
1lIlallI1|lR |lR,7zNs sas|s, ,Rs9 iSRs s near near,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-18

BEN. BUTLER is an aspirant for guter-
Material hoRors at the hands of the Radi-
Gals of Massachusetts, and this is the
way It is said to have come about. Birg-
ham, of Ohio, denounced him in the
House of Representatives as s thief;
Blaine, of Maine, had excoriated him
terribly for his measdreless effrontery,
and Dawes, of Massachus stts, had nibbed
salt over the wounds, while Farnswortb,
Of Illinois, held him up to public &c )rn
for practices that all decent people regard
as Infamous. The men who had thus
beaten and Inundated Butler in the
arena in which he confidently exptc5-
ed to gain and keep the mastery of the
House, are members of his own party.
lie returned home at the close of the
last session of Congress smarting under
the castigaiion he bad received at the
rililds Of his own political associates,
AID s.ung by their taunis that he did not
fairly represent Massachusetts,, but only
q small district in the State, whilst many
doubt whether, in reality, he fsirly
represents the sentiments Of that sec
ton. The Salem (Mass) Gazette
says Butler ''has been led TO attempt the
disproval Of these assertions and fings,
and proposes to tske possession Of tie
State. Just as he took possession of his
coggrt ssional distriCt-5y storm" That
seems to be the only way he can get the
Office, if at all. None of the Boston pa
pers support, while very few in the
county have a good word for him.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-18

Touching the damaging testimony
which Mr.. Angler, the Treasurer of the
State of Georgia, gave before the Ku-
Klur Committee at Washington, which.
is reproduced elsewhere in to days paper,
the Washington Potfot Of July Is
says:
In our report of Judge Wright's testi-
mouy On yesterday, we neglected to state
what we feel to be due to Mr.. Angler, the
Treasurer Of the State of Georgia. In
giving the teTTibleplunderings of the State
by Bullock and his carpet-bsg government,
the. Judge was ssked by Mr.. Pool if he
did not think some of his opinions origin
ated in his prejudices toward Northern
men. 'tNot at al, /" replied the .Judge;"I
have nopre JUDGES against Northern men.
God does not make good and bad men by
parallels of latitude and longitude. Look
at Angler, our Treasurer; he is North
ern mana Republican, but an honest
man. There lie has stood at the door OF
the treasury, fighting all the while like a
lion at bay, for the welfare OF the peo-
people, The Judge wasasked If he had
not Joined the Democrats. stNotalP' replied
he ''He supports Gen. Grant suppose,
and goes with the hontst Republicans.
The people of Georgia owe him an eter-
nal weight of gratitude. Had he joined
with Bullock snd his public plunderers,
no man could tell the extent of their
robt,eries."
So the testimony of Mr.. Angler, so
damaging to the administration of Gov.
Bullock, is that of Radical.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-18
FACTS.

In the WaRern District there is somu>
thing of triangular quarrel over the So
called ''new departure, which we have
regarded for obvious reasons, as an IN
necessary stirring of the political waters.
In Ohio, where negro suffrage had been
rejected by popular majority Of 6O,00e,
even when q Radical Governor was elec-
ted, The fifteenth amendment which
forced suffrage On the State, may have
been q live issue, en- which the DemOc-
racy was expected 10 speak. So in
Pennsylvania, where, we believe, tie
Question was never submitted to the poo
PIE, it was an open question for the De
mocracy 70 accept or reject it at tac
diclaion Of the Federal Government.
And as VIC understand the so.csllcd
s'ncw departure, " the Democracy Of thOEe
two States have accepted the fact of
negro Suffrage, without at al iudoIsiDg
the na0duS Operd1adi by which it Tes
brought about. The most rigid States
Rights Democrat must concede the right
of these States TO meet and settle the
question for themselves.
In Tennessee, the situation has been
difftrent An Overwhelming msjority
adopted our new Constitu ion, which set
tied the matter for al law.abidipg Cit
zens, without reference to the Federal
Constitution. Jolly Harry Dean, of
Iowa. and other Northern Democrats can
perhaps afford to raise a row over the
matter; and we can imagine that, if there
were enough Radicals in the North, dis
gusted with the high handed manner in
which the mOoted amendment was car
ried, it would be just the thing TO agitato
this matter in States thus forced 70 modify
their organic law.
The policy of the UNION AND AMRRI
CAN has been to keep together in working
harmony, all the Democratic elements
opposed 10 Radicalism, with view to
the future usefulness of the party. For
this reason we strenuOusly opposed the
third party move in all its Protean shapes.
For this reason we lab0rod with
might and main for our Congressional
nominee, against all would-bo disJrgan
izers. And for this same reason, We DO
not care TO fcmeut divisions 10 the ranks
by debating practical qaestlon which f
ssttied for us by our State constitution.
Those who insist on calling The Dayton
platform 'new departure" might a
least do the dead EallaDdigham the JUS
tee of noting the fact that he distinct,
denied that it was any .'new departure, q
all We are aware that Mr.. VsllandighaB
was ambitious TO go to the Senate, anC
that the majority of the Ohio De
rpocracy preferred some one else; aDt
this Dayton platform was probably spIunl
OF the OHIO Convention as turningc card
Bat since the party in Ohio adopted tn
substance of II, we see no occasion fo
s,iem4tizing ''5elfsh but brilliant statea
man. whise political advertising
throughout a long cSreer, WAS alwsys o.
The losing side.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-18

A WRITER in the New York Tribune
argues that the President had not the
power Of pardoniDg the bigamist Bowen,
for the reason that The Dlgtrict of Co.
lumba has a territorial government,
under which the Governor is invested
with the power Of pardoning common
criminals sentenced by the courts of the
District. Bigamy is common crime,
and in DO way an offense against the
United States; and so this writer main
tains that the President had no legal
authority 70 pardon il this case. 1t ap-
pears that the wrong ofhcialhas Issued the
pardon this time, srd that Bowen has
hecn Illegally released.