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purity and significance Of the election =
Following the general State election was
one for judicial officers. aud the same con.
spirAtors against The freedom Of election,
the dignity Of a laboring man, got up an.
other such ticket. Think Of the degreda.
ton of those ponr men. compelled to walk
up to The pollslike cattle, their tickets mum.
bercd blythe numbers Of their names on
the payroll, their obligation to vote that
prepared ticket thus connected directly
with their daily bread, and all under the
eye Of the government officials, and Of
course with their full knowledge. All
these facts were set forth in defense OF the
amendment offered by Senator Casserly.
forbidding officials from interfering with
elections. aud securing to American ci'i.
zens entire freedom at The polls Yet the
administration took the alarm, issued or.
ders, and it was defeated This is bold,
impudent declaration to the people OF the
country, that henceforth elections are to DO
managed by oficeboders in their own way.
That way may be opposed to the Constitu-
'iou, to the perpctui,y Of our free form
Of Government, to all the best interests to
the people, but it is the only way by which
General Grant can he re.elected, and hence
its adoption aud enforcement. Elections,
such as that described BY Senator Casserly,
are dangerous to the stability ola Republic.
They custom people to infractions of the
sacredness Of the ballot, aud open the door
for other departures from the true Repres-
eu'ative system When proper point is
reached some scbemiug political knave, or
bold, dashing military usurper will seize
the reins Of government. aud reduce the
people to slaves, The Grant system has
that extent. He would be reelected by
any means. and the tide Of reform, now to
be seen in all parts Of the nation, has not
risen a day too soou to arrest the evil and
save the Republic. -Pha Age.
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Stockholders Meeting.

WE. the undersigned, stockholders in the
w Hope Manufacturing aud Coal Compa.
ny Of Mason CITY, Mason O. unity West vir.
piuia and hol ing more than one tenth Of The
capital Of said Company. hereby call gener.
al meeting of the Stockholders Of said Compa.
nv a, The office Of said ompanv in Mason
Civ, NJ ason county aforesaid on Tuesday, the
illh day Of June, 1879. at 2 o'clock p, N pur.
suan, to stc,ion Al chapter53 Of the Code Of
Wet Virginia, and 10 "a Article of the BY.
Laws of said Company And W. hereby give
no,ce to the stockholders Of said Company
that general meeting Of said stockholders
will be held at the time and place aboSe des
ignated. D.. d !, EDWARDS, '
T E DAVIS. ''a
DAVID 7 DAVIES.
II II SWALLOW ~
T..|.. RICHARD COLLINS,
WILLIAM DOLE,
EVAN W. JONES,
may so-9vpd, Dia.m. nHa.r
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Charleston. May s, 1872.
SENATORIAL AND JUDICIAL CON-
VENTIONS.
JAKsoN e. u. W. VA. Nav 7

JAKsoS C. H., W Va, May I.
Whereas, there is no Democratic aud
Executive Committee in the Senatorial
District composed of,he counties Of Roane,
Jackson, Mason and Putnam, to make a
regular call for Senatorial Convention.
and We the undersigned, citizens Of Jack.
son. Roane aud Mason counties, believing
that one should be held. suggest that q
Senatorial Convention be held OF jackson
Court House on
FRIDAY. JUNE I'm, 1872,
And that the Democrats and Conservatives
ofsaid District hold meeting 10 their re.
speetive counties aud appoint delegates to
said Convention to nominate candidates To
represent said district in the State Senate,
aud also to nominate candidate for Cir
cui! Judge for said counties aud also for
the county Of Kanawha, which will COM
pose the 9TH Judicial Circuit under the
new constitution.
e- JACKSON. t#U.
Al. GREEN j s. ARMSTRONG.
He FLESHER, GEO J. WALKER,
JOHN NJ GREER, A. NJ. CAMPBELL,
J. G. SCHILLING. V s, ARMSTRONG,
Wa PAIRS ms, GEO. B GROW,
Al. FLESHER, 7 TERRELL, Roane.
d .ai.I MASON. T
O., DIV POLSLEY, A. R. BARBEE,
J. " ENGLISH, H. ?. NEALE
g W 4 WETZEL, @ B. WAGGENER;
u KIMBERLlNG. Fl. II. HOWARD,
JOHN E 1lMMS, ]. R. SELBE,
@. SEHON CT BEALE,
Xxx McCAUoLAND.
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EXECUTORS SALE

I'm TUESDAY THE llTnD DAY OF JUNE,
W 1872, Twill offer for sale, on The premises,
the farm belonging TO the estate Of Peter Fry,
deceased and situated on Sliding Hill Greek
Graham township, adjoining the lands of tho
Hartford Company. Said farm contains 25l
acres mure or less, well adapted 10 grazing or
cultivation: we'll watcred; sbundant in coal
mud Of easy access to the Ohio River; we'll
limbered aud in good condition.
' TERMS OF SALE:
Onp.hrd in one month from day Of sale;
one.lhird in n,ne months, and the remainder
in eighteen months with interest from day Of
sale. The deed will be retained till final pay.
ment, as security:
NAV l6-4w.
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N Office.

The partnership heretofore existing between
8. T. Alexander, a Clark and VIM. Peck
Is dissolved; and all persons will take notice
ihatI will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by the late firm Il 8. T. Alexander
4 Co. sincsihe lat day Of March, 1872.
NAV 23-4w. &. T. ALEXANDER.
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fronThp Washington Patriot |

FROM me " asn'IRlo' i"u'V
THE PUBLIC DEBT AND THE AD-
1-F MINISTRATION,
The friends Of tue Administration are
on all occasions representing that there
has been large reduction Of the public
debt within the last four years. and that,
therefore, great credit is due to General
Grant for the wisdom Of bis financial
policy.
People who do not take the trouble to
examine The justice aud foundation Of q
claim are apt to credi. boastful assertion,
and persistent lying sometimes wins belief.
The speech Of Mr.. Hereford. Of West
Virginia, delivered 10 the House Of Rep.
resonta,iycs on tho 4ib Of the present
month, isa careful aud thorough discussion
Of the claim Of the Radicals to credit for
reducing the public debt, and shows by
facts and figures more plainly than any
document tina. has yet been given to the
public the proaigacy and waste Of the po
lilical empirics now controlling the national
linances, aud how painfully and shamefnlly
disproportiouate is the alleged reduction Of
tho deb! to tho amount OF money wrnng BY
taxation from the bard earnings Of the peo.
Pile uudcr the preteuce Of paying it. lie
says:
According tothe finance report for 1871,
submitted to the Forty-sncOua Congress BY
the present Secretary ofthe Treasury, on
page 1863. wo find that the debt Of the
Government reached its maximum, its
higbes, figure, July l, 1865. when it was
according to tue report, $2,77S,236,l 73..
SO.
By the same report We are told, on page
364, ,ha. since The war closed there has
hoo, rooo;ved ;nto tba Trpasurv in
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A Splendid ThrcShing Machine
For Sale.

r OFFER at a reasonable price the very best
| Threshing Machine and Separator known
in this country Mounted power Made by
Aultman d Taylor, Mansfield, Ohio. In per
fec order, being run only short time and
Just getting smooth, Will exchange it for
Stock Qlorses or ca.,le) or 10 responsible par.
ties will give time. Reason for selling, it is
out Of my line Of business Address or call
on me at Arbuckle, West Va.
may 3O-u Q. w. MAUPlN.
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cannot be denied or answered. The mag
ni,ude Of the sums ,oasted BY tae proaigacy
Of the Administration is certainly start
ling. Et


West Virginia has no citizens. who. /"
. class, DO more for her material prosperl-
~ than the Germans. Among them VIC
find many Of our hardest workers and pro-
foundest thinkers. At this time they are
taking much counsel together relative to
their future political course. They are
those WIN are very jealous Of their rights
and privileges. and any attemptto abridge
them, brings from them denuuciations loud
and deep. 1t should be the aim Of our
State to encourage by all fair means, the
settlement Of Germans among US.
VINO SHALL 1T BIZ We hear nothing
said as to the probable President Of the
Parkersburg Convention II our demo.
cratic friends will not think US imrudent
we will sugges, Soap fat Simpson or Major
General George Washington 'rippett =
We do it, knowing them to be modest
young men aud believing that it will be fat.
tcring to their aspirations State Journal
We don't know that OK Governor Stew
ensou has anything 10 do with the matter,
but still, we rather like bis suggestion,
provided we are the lucky one, then we'd
have 40 opportunity Of calling on him and
collecting q the $40, be owes us for
work performed for him.
Mr.. Voorhees, speech in the House Of
Representatives deuunciatory Of Greeley
has elected great deal Of adverse critic
ism His declaration that Grant is pre-.
ferable to Greeley was especially unpal-
atable, and raised such hum Of disappro.
baton from Democratic voices about the
Indiana representatives. ears that be felt
constrained to write an explanatory letter
on the subject The Southern press is
particularly severe on Mr.. Voorhees,, and
that be committed an iudelicacy in making
use ofhis official position as representative
to influence the action Of the Baltimore Con.
ventiou in perfectly plain.
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The Democratic and Conservative Coun-
ty Ticket.

The Democratic and Conservative Coun-
ty Ticket.
To-day we place at the head Of our pa
per the names Of the gentlemen nominal
ed a. the County Convention The ticket
is good one, anda strong one, and we
believe it will DO triumphautly elected =
All ofthe candidates upon the ticket are
we'll and favorab|y known to the people Of
this county, and hence, it is useless for
US to say anything in regard to their merits
aud qualifications. Suffice il to say that
IL is our opinion, that the candidates will
make the canvass very lively one in this
county. ea a,Ha
Let all dissatisfaction, from whatever
quarter, now cease, aud let every Demo.
crat and Conservative devote his attention
to the success Of the ticket. 5i 4la
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Among prominent democrats who are
now qouted in the newspapers as warmly
in favor Of the nomination Of Greeley and
Brown are General John Q Breckenridge,
Of Kentucky, General Richard Taylor, Of
Louisiana, and Duncan Kennor, Of Louis
lana. prb
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General Grant Against Free Elections,

General Grant Against Free Elections,
On the 9th, when the Enforcement bill
was being considered 10 the Senate. Mr.
Casserly, of California, offered the follow
ing amendment: 1T shall DO unlawful
for any civil, military. or naval officer, or
any person connected with tho service to
attempt to exercise directly or indirectly
any undue influence or control over voters,
or to distribute ballots marked in any way
for the purpose Of ssceraiuiug how voters
have voted. or to use any means to do.
s,roy or impair the secrecy Of the ballot,
and providing severe penalties for viola.
ton Of this law" In the course Of an
able aud telling speech in support Of his
amendment. Mr.. Cassery presented some
startling facts in relation to governmental
interference 10 elections in the State he so
fearlcssly represents in the Senate He
pictured the means which General Grant
relies upon for reelection. 1t appears
that the Navy.yard at Mare Island was
crowded with men. and on the morning OF
the late State election. operations were
commenced by moving agang from thence
to the polls. They swept away all resist
snce, aud then operations commenced
The Navy.yard men, paid servi'ors of
General Grant. marched up 10 gangs,
each gang with its foreman at its head,
aud each man with bis ticket in bis hand,
marked with the number Of hi, name on
the Navv.yard payroll, the foreman check.
ing of the names on the payroll, which
be had in his hand 10 that way there
were 1900 or l,4OO votes cast, under
such circumstances Of duress and coercion
as would have been disgrace in any coun.
try on the globe where even the semblance
Of fair election is tolerated The ticket
used on the occasion referred to by Senator
Casscrly was marked on the back in the
handwriting of one Of General Grants
heuchmen in California. md was a thin
strip of paper, with the State ticket print
ed on the face Of it solid, with the smallest
type that is ever used. 80 az TO make any
alteration impossible. The ticket has also
a peculiar printed pattern on tho back -
The Grant spoilers were thus able to see
how their men voted and reward or pun
ish them accordingly. The result Of this
outrageous system was to put hundreds of
improper votes 10 the boxes aud impair The
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Dissolution Notice.

n HE I, o-PARTt ERSHlP heretofore exist.
! ing between Stevenson 4 Laslry. in the
mercantile business at Clifton. West Virginia,
has this DAY been dissolved by mutual consent.
All ursinrss relating TO the firm will be adjur
ted by D s. Stevenson.
STEVENSON 8 LASLEY.
Clifton, May llth, 1872.
The business will be continued at The Same
stand by D 5. STEVENSON.
4w --.
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WeSt.Virsinia, Putnam County, S.:
A 7 Rules held in the Clerks Office Of the
~ Circuit Court Of Putnam county on The
FIRST Monday in May, 1872.
Susan Z Buford, guardian OF Levena a. Bu'
ford, IdaC Buford. Thomas J. Buford, Eya
D Buford, Henry E. Buford and Anna b.
Buford. vs.
VIM. A. Buford, Wilson G. Buford Addison
Buford, John W. Bulold, A. j. Buford. Lsv'
MIA y Buford, james W Lyon and 3 Lyon
his wife, VIM. H. johnson, and Sarah j..
johnson, hi. wife, Sydenham Hereford aud
Mary L Hereford, his wife, JACOB Morris
ana Caroline \ Morris, his wife, NJ. O. Nor
ris ana Mary J Morris, his wife, Lewis n.
Buiord, James A, Buford, Henry b. Buford,
Arna 4. BufOrn, LevlRia A. Buford Ida y.
Bu(ord, Thomas j. Bufo,d and Eva D. Bu'
ford in Chaneery.
The object of Ibis suit is to Obtain a decree
for the sale Of the interests of Lvnia a. Bu'
ford Ida @ O. Butord Thomas j. Buford, Eva
y. Buford, Henry E Buford and Anna Butord,
Gas heirs of Wm Buiord, deceased infant
children Of WIN A. Buford, deceased, in and
to the real estate Of Vim Buford, deceased,
and to invests the proceeds Of such sale in 9TH
er real estate or Otherwise 10 advance the IN
terests Of SAID mfan, ddehd"ots.. ''"''''ya,.'..
Aud it appeariIlg by affidavit filed with the
papers of tie cause that The defendants, VIII
son Q Buford, Addison Buiurd, VIM A. Bu.
ford, Lewis ! Bufrd and NJ. Q. Morris and
Mary j. Morris. his wife, are non residents
Of this Slate, il is ordered that they appear
here within one month after the first publlca'
ton of thi, order aud do what's necessary 10
protect their interest in this suit.
Tps:e:-G. W. CARGlLL, CLERK.
Brown, Sol. [mayl6-4w
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N Office.

A LII persons having claims against The es
n tate of Peter Fry deceased will present
said claims, and all persons indebted to said !;
estate will come forward and settle up without
delay. J. W. MILLER.
may l6-4w. Executor.
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GEO. W. TIPpETT, Editor.
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
Thursday, :::: May 30, 1872.
DEMOCRATIC and CONSERVATIVE
COUNTY TICKET.

.8i COUNTY TICKET.
For House Of Delegates.
SAMUEL W S0MMERVILLE,
WILLIAM r GUM.
For Clerk Of Circuit Court,
CHARLES b WAGGENER.
For Sheriff, ~
-a6t COLUMBUS SEHON.
For President Of County Court,
JAMES ". KELLY.
For Clerk Of County Court,
ELIJAH KIMBERTLNa.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
G. P. SIMPSON.
For Surveyor,
..'a GEORGE W. PULLIN.
Assessar-lst District,
JACOB ROUSH.
Assass,r-2l District,
HUGH DAY.
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1t is said that, when Horace Greeley
heard Of surrender Of the United States
to England in the matter Of the Washing
ton Treaty, he pushed back his spectacles
and exclaimed that the Grant Administrs
ton, as far as backbone is concerned, was
not worth consequential" damn,
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O0ER J PAGR JANE . MENA0
PAGE g. MENAGER,

ATTOR N EYS AT LAW,
[ofIice, 9Th street opposite Court House,
p. Point Piea..nt, W. Va,
w ILL Practice in Mason and djacent coun.
w ties Particular attention gwen to the
collection Of claims, and rem'ttances promptly
made. Address Roger j Page, Charleston,
West Va. or James B. Meuayur. Point Pleas.
ant, West Va. lm,y 3O-ly.
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Efforts have begun, says contemporary.
to concentrate the entire African force Of
the United States ia favor Of the Pbiladel.
phia and against the Cincinnati NOMINEES
The agents for this purpose are already in
motion, and the reports Of the progress
appear 10 the form Of vivid descriptions Of
the unauimity Of Ethiopian sentiment
throughou, the South in support Of the
present order Of things. How much or
how little the African in the United States
owes Mr. Greeley is not for US to decide;
bui il General Grant has done anything
for him, except incidentally, in the prose
cution ofhi own interests, the fact has yet
10 be disclosed. But the African is q
short-memoried individual; and, to African
politician. gratitude is q feeling altogether
too uuremuueratve to be freely entertain
cd. ~
We suppose that it is right. It is an
evidence when things are 80 that they ought
to be. No better time than this, for all
parties concerned, could be chosen for an
attempt to consolidate the African element
and make it an independent power in the
State. Action begets reaction, and acccs.
sion will be followed BY em;gra.iaa II
the question is 10 be tried whether the
country is to be governet by q negro bal
auco Of power. now is the time to try it,
II the white people of the United State 6ud
reason to conclude that our colored fellow
citizens are getting alonga little too fast,
they will not be glow to make it manifest
iu a way that will be felt by the party to
which they adhere some time in next
November. Politicians may have difficulty
in such cases, the people never have; and
all that is necessary is for them to suspect
wha, is going on to call forth an emphatic
EXPRESSION of dissent.
The Republican press'i is Boosting that
fifteen Congressional Committees have
been uquiring eagerly into every part Of
Gen. Grants conduct, and have found
nothing against him.
The reason is that owing to the number
Of the relatives Of his Exccllehcy III Office,
the Committees are worn out with the ex-
animation Of brothers.in law aud wife's
cousins husbands, before the Presidcn,
eau be rcached; hence be escapes scot free
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The conduct Of the Administration 10
connection with the claim against England
for indirect damages is remarkable in.
stance Of the failure Of human calculations
What was designed to give eclut to the
Grant dynasty, and to bolster it up before
the people, has turned out, through the
course Of events, quite to the contrary.
How any honest, well-disposed Republic
can, who has not been blind for four years,
can support Grantiu preference to Greeley,
is one Of the mysteries in political affairs
that Providence has not revealed. We do
not believe any Of them can 80 far forget
themselves, aud their unhappy country as
to do such wicked thing
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LUMBER

Weare prepared to supply all the wants Of
the Carpenter and Builder upon the shortest
notice and a, LOW RATES. Orders solicited
from bu ders. contractors and Ship builders.
Entire satisfaction guaranteed.
t ONO BARREL co..,
may9-tf. Point Pleasant, W. va.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-19

UNnARTHLY VISITOR. -Rawley. in East
ern Massachusetts,. 10 agitated by disem-
bodied epirits. It 10 blessed with two
haunted houses. Ih one OF them the
noise OF carpenters at work is often
heard, and the shuffleing Of many feet,
the rustling OF dresses on the stairs, deep
sighing, and sometimes faint oalls for
help, followed by gurgling sounds. while
men with white face and bare feet, end
clothed only in long white night-gown.
stalk about nearly regardless Of deoenoy.
At the other, whenever any member Of
the family dies, the face soon appears on
the window pane, and quite gallery Of
portraits has already been accumulated.
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DEATH IN A WELn.-Mrs. Parmelia
Monroe, living near Staunton River, in
this County. has been engaged for some
time in sinking we'll on the premises,
and penetrated to considerable depth,
when, one day last week, the workman
gave the signal suddenly to draw up the
bucket. After he had been lifted about
half way out, he fell 70 The bottom. An
other person was sept down Immediately
to his assistanoe, and he soon gave the
signal, but while being drawn out fell
back to meet the fate Of his predecessor.
It is supposed that they were ssphyxi-
ated by the foul air Of the we'll. Their
bodies had not been recovered at last ac-
counts. -.
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While Nilsson returns to Europe with
an immense bank account, Patti exists
in perpetual shower of diamonds and
francs. Lucca is already rioh, and the
divinities of the hour arc everywhere SO
prosperous, it is not without pang Of
melancholy sympathy that one reads Of
Mario forced to return to the stage which
he 30 recently bade farewell, and
Taglioni compelled to give dancing
lessons in London. The great tenor lost
his substantial fortune by the failure of
his bankers in Florence. Taglioni's all
was swept away in the war; and similar
misfortune brings both these noted
artists again before the public of new
generation.
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DROWNED. tho pilot boat Gov.
Perry was in the roads, coming up to
the city, this morning. about g o'clock,
two of her crew, Esau Rutledge and
George Keith. colored men, were lost
overheard They wero engaged at the
time of the disaster in furling the jib.
when the foot rope broke, and they fell
overheard. 1t being very dark and
squally, it was impossible to rescue
them, though every effort was made.
Charleston Courier.
FIRE AT R1DGEwAY.-We learn that at
Coleman's corn crib was discovered to
be on fire, and before any part of The
contents could be saved, the flames
burst out in every direction. The neigh
bors, by considerable effort, succeeded
in saving the adjoining buildings. Cause
supposed to be accidental.
+ Winnsboro Neps.
Saturday morning, while party OF
engineers were examining disused
gang-way in Pine Ridge Colliery, two
miles from Wilkesbarre, Pa, an explo-
sion OF firedamp took place. Thomas
Morgan, David Morgan and Evan Davis
were killed, and another badly hurt, but
will recover. The explosion did not ex-
tend beyond the gang-way in which it
occurred, and no others were injured.
A census has just been taken OF the
members OF Brigham Young's family,
which returns him sixty. y.eight children,
of whom forty are females. His wives
numbered thirty-two.
In Boston poor man who. less than
one year ago, had only one suit Of
clothes, went into the newspaper busi-
ness, and now has eight suits. Seven OF
them are for libel.
In Mississippi, the name by which
the liberal candidate for President is
commonly known is Old Honesty. tits
o very correct epithet.
A oolored woman, aged seventeen, has
been bound over for trial, in Charlotte,
N. c., for the murder OF her infant child
Charley Harrison has been elected
Marshal of Charlotte, N. G..
A colored man in Indiana has been
arrested for having two white wives.