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BRAXToN VS.. GILMER.

SUTTON, March %.
To he Editor Of The Democrat
In your issue Of the 18th inst, / wa,
not a little surprised to see a communi.
cition from one Levi johnson, ESQ.
in answer to published letter Of nv
own, correcting sons palpable errors
made BY the same person, prior to that
over the nom de plume Of "Gilmero
all Of which had reference to the
nearest and most available route for
the proposed Northern and Southern
West Virginia Railroad. l say that /
was surprised in this. that / considered
the first Sffusion, over tho signature Of
"Gilmsr, alias Levi johnson, 10 be the
mere exercise Of an unoeeupi,d mind
for The purpose Of individual amuse.
ment, as it was not possible that bis
garblsd statement respecting distances
could mislead any local resident, even
Of Gilmer county, however anxious the
good people there may be for a rail.
road, The encouraging fact to Us is
that the geography Of the country can.
not be materially warped or bent 10
suit the fancy aud inclination Of either
Mr.. johnson or the indOmitabls Col.
Hays-their famous survey and state.
meats to the contrary notwithstandinr.
As before stated, my sole purpose II
replying to "Gilmsr," aiiai Levi
johnson, was alone to disabuso The
minds Ofany and all readers Of Tar
DENooEAr who reside at a distance, IN
or out Of the State, asa local t.fu,a.
ton Of the absurdIty would Be a mere
work ofsupstrsrOgaliOn. for The we'll
Informed people n this and Giln,r
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THE FRENCH CREE.
INSTITUTE.

TnIs HIGH SCHOOL, situated a,
NEADT1LLE, liasur Co VI. 70.
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

GtrsrltLE, W. Va, March 20.
To The Editsr Of The Democrat
"Anti.Choker' has at last opened
the argument on the question Of CAPT.
tai Punishment, and We will now en-.
dearor, in our humble way, to refutc
the argument brought forward by him
to sustain bis first proposition which is,
at it foandsd in a spirit of retaliation;
il is a work Of Vengeance" Can this
be true' Nay, verify. To admit its
truth is 10 accuse our Creator Of being
actuared by spirit Of revenge; and
We feel well assured that our opponent,
or opponents (for we too are 10 doubt
as to the number We have to fight in
this diseus'ion) will not have tie bar.
dihoOd to DO 50 blasphsmous. In bis
enthusiasm, "Anti.ChUkorp has al.
lowed hims.lf to be toe much carried
away, aud has failed TO sec the dan.
gsrous aud slippery ground on which
hc is standing. 10 Genesis, 9th chap.
ter and 9th verse. we rood "Whoso
shsddeth mans blood, by man shall
bis blood be shed; for 10 the image Of
God made he man." In the book Of
Numbers We aud these words: 1.-THE
murderer sxall surely be put to death"
We also End the following verses, llth
and 18Th, inclusive, in tie 10Th chap.
ter Of the same book: "But II any man
hate bis neighbor, and lie 10 wal. for
him, and rise up against him. aud
smiie him MORALLY that be die, aud
Teeth iuto one Of these citiso, then th,
elders Of his city shall send and fetch
him thence, aud deliver BIN into the
band Of the Aysnger Of blood, that be
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Counties know, that direct or 'Ifaigh,
| ns from Charleston to Weston will
nSver touch Gilmcr, except along 1t:
nesre,. boundary. My misguided
friend "GiImer." ala, Levi johnson
admitted as much when ho says we
40 NOT pretend to say which OF the TIVE
rival routes is fnrthest from alrue ar
line, neither does their comparative
dist,pe. depend upon this iuct,f &c.
Now il this is not eonie''ion Of hI,
inability to subs,antiatc the 'HPPo'td
facts ON which he so deyOledly relies
/ am utterly a, lOss to know What he
does mean.
itis,ruc tia. he mentions the sin
uOus course Of tue Elk River as being
the primary cause Of the great di'ereP'
uuoy in the lengths Of the respective
routes favortble to Gilmsr, which IS
the greatest Rbsurdity cf all, as i is
we'll known that an air line from Yves
.oa to Charleston will run parallel with
Elk River for rs miles, and on the
south.eaa aide Of the same. Come
queutly, to insist upon the air line
programme is tue most foolish Of follies
as viewed from a Gilmer county
ataudpoint But it is idle 10 attempt
Argumep. ID snPpOrt Of . 'sli'fgideDi
proposition, and until the gentleman
can bring forward some better and
more orthodox proof Of accurate dis
,ances than is contained in the imagi'
nary survey and report Of Col. Hays,
l do not feel at liberty to run the risk
Of ridicule by asserting urdi'puicd
truths to sa,iate the mere fancy Of
"Gilmer,' alid' Levi johnson.
n. i. SartREs.
All persons knowing themselves in.
debted to me prior to jan. !, will
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West Virginia:
VAT Rules held 10 The Clerk. otae, Of m.
Circuit Court Of Lewis county, for n, month
Of March, on the laI, Monday ia February,
F. NJ. Chaliant
VS.. I'm Cb,nna,y
n. B. Bland 4 others,
TIVE OBJECT or THIS SUIT IS TO
l. enforce the lea Of a heri faeias isued
BY |. =. Mcbride, Justice Of Jane Lew
Township, Lewis county, against II, d.
Bland, IN favor ofthe Plaintiff, for ssS:Ts. with
interest from the 10th ofSov. 1895, and costs,
against the interest ofN. D. Bland In a Ger.
tAla debt due him and John 7 Bland, from
John P. Peterson and Thomas Z. Swisher,
for the lanyard property In Jane Lew, and
u otde red BY the Court, 10 settle the estate Of
Thomas Bland, deceased, and ascertain The
debts Of bis estate, which may be payable
out Of the funds In the hands or said Peter.
son and SwiIhtr, and TO dispose ofssid fuud.
And II appearing BY affidavit fled that
,he defendant, John 7. Bland, Is not a rtsi.
gent Of this State, and he not appearing, /,
10 ordered that be do appear here within
one month AFTER the date OK The 6r,, nubIIes.
uon Of this order, and do what L neeetIarr
10 protect bis interest Ia this suit.
a Copy-Atieste:
HENRY BRANNoN, pi'f-I Stty. VIVA
mArl.4L
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me IN about Eve weeks. So NO con.
clulcd TO abandon that expedi,iop and
return ia the village four Of n, on two
dopkoys They seemed to have no 81.
lection to carving us in that direction
upop onr arrival found tbe two ScIin.
ouents there I'felt moro lits rect;n,
revepgs from ,bc n.ao from whom We
obtained The yillainons donkcrs than
from Tho donkcrs tbcm,elrs. Vas
carried 10 n boat md taken aboard of
shin n, soon n, pos,ible Ind nv womb.
dressed from which / snffs;.S rsry
mucb and ,b,, WINS tbs last hail saw
If Par,l sycant At n distance
W. remained here until tbs 9th If
tho mon,h mann which S,S m rai,sJ
anchor and ,t1r,sd far I,j,bon whicb
nlScs va rsnoLsS an tho H., ~ son,",n
her II il citv of ,bou, n ada in.
bsb;t,n,s s;n,,cS M tSS rirht b,nt
NJ tbs r;vcr T""rs 70 vii. S,or' H.
mouth rsTso,,.J yorr unnh liz, i
JiJ nnt hnvo en- oNnor,nS;,r ~ .sa;,1
mncb or Ii.bon n consannsrOa If ms
injuries. hnt / conlJ M. rs,i.t n,
tsnnta,ion nj roin1 n shore onc. NJ
least n",wi,bst,ndinc / had no, IN.
tirelv recovered
/ Tonnd !. n hs ,bo cIo,rs,, c;,y I
have ever ,ssp. Tho streets srs yerr
porrow and irrc,nlar. and N" r.onIS
will stand N. mroS ~,,nh;nH y cL,,p,r
Street Jcw' far tbsv bayo mn comnnnc'
lions in chnroin, Won ,hrco nr;"Gs f.,
ovsrvtbinc Won nv and Sv,nr,;ns ,Sa
line. sent ;rLo ~, nI,o. ~ 49,,
that I visited VA. ths k"ouSduct which
is situated nm The bigbs,, Clsy,,;On
abont tbs ci,, III. m.'.;vs s,ara
buildinr tbrourb vh,cb nj Tho v"t"r
that Il SonSnc,ca , S;s,ar.. NJ * r;l..
masses tb,t snnnlies The citv VA.
shown tbrousb tL;s bn;,d;j. h, III
kscper. We vero not ysry comwnni.
ca,ire for neither Of n, con,J nnJsr.
stand n word thst Tho other sS;a Nv.
Isu . "o'u 'H1' 'Hs o'ue' s.iu' NeN'
eltle'css 1t was very interesting 70 see
ms immense reservoir, capable oil
and ,bs moan, bv wb;sb !, l. S;,ror'"i
through different parts Of city:
was Tho ,ronJ co,ro,orr IN ,,t;.L 900
- " s'.'S
o. tue ancient royalty OF Portugal lie
inferred inferred some Of the sta'uary was
perfectly grand but l was! more i'm:
pressed with the beauty and novelty Of
some Of ih9 vaults which are above
ground the interior Of which have more
me appearance oil affairs IN Catholic
Churches than places Of Fep'se for the
dead; 10 looking into them YOU sec q
coy little room about A by ] feet, beau
tlilIIy carPOted, splendid arm chair,
win large gilt prayer book in it,and
above the head Of the coffin a little al
tar, with eberything pertaining thereto,
candles flowers, erucihxes, sanctuary.
etc | was SO perfectly fascinated with
the beauties Of this place that ] had to
DC reminded BY the coachman that il
would be dark before we could get back
70 the part OF the city to which | wished
to DO driven, and that had already
consumed the time set apart for visit
to the Castle and Kings Palace.
We have now been in Lisbon about
SIX weeks and our next point Of desti-
nation is that world.renowned Rock of
!. Glernltar' iSF tho possession of which
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All persons knowing themselves in.
debted to me prior to Jan. /, will
please call aud settle at once.
T. A. EpNARps.
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The Next Legislature.

That the new Constitution will DO
ratified, We take it, there is but lit le
lOubt; and in that CYcut. it is highly
aportaut that the people elect lcgis
,urs with such qualifications aud Ct.
sas will b. competent to put It in
ming order.
The next Legislature Of this State
have awOrk to perform that will
luire not only much practical skill,
Il great legal acumGn, 10 do II well.
Certainly, this is no time for uA.
killed WOrkmcn to engage in prCpar.
ing and making statutes to carry into
successful operation the new Coustitu.
ton. Experience has long since taught
us that the ordinary blacksmith is 6ul
little suited to making a line gold
watch, or some complicated aud deli.
cate piece Of mechanism used in sol.
encc, tue untutored mind TO solve the
problems OF Euclid, or the country
Squire to dclvo into the metaphysical
suLlctics and learned dispositions of
Coke and Blackstone.
Tho Virginia Legislature of 1862
required long, patient aud laborious
session to prepare aud adapt the laws
TO The amended Constitution of lS49.50;
and in that body were to be seen many
Of the best legal minds Of the old State.
No oriiadyy Legislature could oiigi.
nate, digest and prepare tue necessary
laws to carry iutO full force and effect
tue Constitution,
Every county in the State should for
once elect its very best talent to the
next Legislature. No common and in.
experienced person ought to want 10 BE-
placed in position which not only
rmbarrnssOs him. but ,comds the Just
pride. and Lolrr tue head Of an intclli.
gent and proud constituency in Mume.
We hope for tue honor Of our young
ate, to sec elected Legislature next
igutt that will, in tue fullest and
Adcst sense. DO competent for the
hful aud willing discharge Of tue
h and responsible duties which the
Ttiiution requires for its own safety.
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they know not what they do" We
are not left to suE own sagaciousness,
but should follow our great e4amplar.
For even horeunto were yG called ;
because Christ also suffered for u,, lsay.
ing US All example, that We should fol.
low in his steps who did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth
who, when he was rOvilei. rcvilel not
again when he suffered lie threatened
not, hut committed himsslftO Him who
judgeth rightaouSly."
We uro living in the nineteenth
century Of tho Christian era, We
profess to 10 Christians We are mol
Hebrews nor Hi1doOs. Whom, then,
shall We follow, Christ or Mess
There is such thing US progression,
as "a growing it grace, aud in a
knowledge of our Lord and SAVER,
Jesus Christ" Why should we &c
back four thousand years for our NOR,
atty. our laws. our religion, aud olI
faith? when Christ is the light that il
to ligaton every man that comGth into
the world, he being the way, the
truth and the lifo p
And here, SO for as the demands Of
the Bible go, might rest the urgu'
mem. Ii satisfies me, for admitting
all the eppOIer claims for the I.eyitical
code, under the old dispcnsation, TO tt
true, it is no more binding on US tlan
is the penal code Of Connecticut colony
which hung for withcrnft, profanity
idOlatry and petty robbery. We arr
followers Of Christ, and not Of "them OIL
old time" and until 1T can be shown
that the New Testament clearly sane.
tons the Punishment Of Death, We
may rest in the assurance that the Bi'
bic contains no commands, nor instruc,
tons that demand at our hand tho blood
of fellow creature, no matter whaI
his oiTenses.
"prSye all things, and hold fas
that which is gOod," is an apostolic in
junction BY which have | long beer
led. 1t shall be my motto in the dis
cussion Of the question before nc.
shall begin in my next with tho decla
ration to Noah. Truly,
ASTf. CHoHER.
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.lMsE!ElfE3ISRE@:J1
[For The Demoemt.
Our Next Governor.

There seems at present most singu.
lar aud somewhat extraordinary move.
mGnt upon the part Of certain politi.
cians on the line Of the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad, to trdRsftr Governor
Jacob to the bench Of the Court Of Ap.
Peuls, lfthis political coup de aut is
with Governor jacobs cOnIeni, then
the problem is solved, and duty re.
quires the people Of this infant State,
to bring forward man honest and com
petent-whom no improper influence
could seduce, who would stand upon tie
principles Of imnutable justice, aud de.
~ human power to drive him from that
position.
Sir, this is no time for the good
people Of West Virginia to Pl1c, a
yucCillaLipg or trading poll lean
in tue GubernatOrial chair. These are
days which try mems souls, and every
man should DO bis own sentinel. Juda,
betrayed the Savior Of mankind for
thirty pieces of silver, and the divine
invocation, LEAD US no. into tempta.
ton, but deliver US from evil never
was more appropriate than now for tic
honest masses to address to the politi.
clans Of this State. The Gubcrnatorial
term is for four years, and it unfortu.
uatsly u bad man should be elected, our
young State would be ruined. 1t b..
hOOVes all good men now to come to.
gether, and unite in ayerting so great
an evil.
We have scanned the State over, and
can think Of no man at this time, who
combines SO fully all tho necessary
qualifications to direct end guard the
rights and interests. of the people ofour
Young State as BESJAMIS BASEL, Of
the county Of Upshur. Heis an hon.
eat, clear.headed mdH-a classical and
bellies letirsS sehUlur-a good cOns'itu.
tional lawyer-a pitlly and ready writer
IA ior,i5lo and graceful speaker
with large share If legislative ex.
peri0ncc, and Withal a practical and
scientific farmer.
Dir. Basel has not mixed or engag-
ed in politics since tue war, but no
man in tue state is better informed
upon both National and State affairs
than lie.
Benjamin Basel is a native Of tho
old county Of Harrison-a Democrat
from birth and a man Of the strictest
integrity. Let tho people Of West
Virginia elect him Governor, and they
will not only have nothing to fear from
his administration. but in him they will
find unitel the elements Of such emf.
nont fitness for the honest discharge Of
the Executive functions, that all elias.
sGs Of our fellow citizens, at home and
abroad. who may meat with him in
speech or writings, will accord to him
such respectful consideration. as to
cause the people who elected him, we'll
to be proud Of their first Governor, IN.
der the new Constitution.
May 0, 1872. BARBOUR.
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John NJ. Cummings.

With pleasure VIC call the attention
of our readers to the card printed in
this wec&'s issue Of our paper, in which
the gentleman whose name heads this
article is announced Us n candidate for
the Office Of Sheriff of Lewis county
snbjectto tue decision Of tho Demo.
cratic County Convention.
Mr.. Cummings is too well aud ia.
vornbly known throughout the county
to need COmmendatioa ut our hands,
A polite. we'll informed and courteous
gentleman, worthy aud influential
citizen, and competent officer, he
will draw to bis standard in tho numi
mating convention host Of warm sup.
pOrters.
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The West.

We are permitted to mako the fol
lowing extracts from letter written I,
John 2. Peterson, Esq, by his son
Hannibal, who is now on a tour
through the Western country. It will
be seen that he very judiciously says
that Il a man has "mopey and land
and can keep bis health" be way do
well there, but wisely refraius from
the eulogieS in which 50 many indulge
upon their first entry into che prairie
home of fever aud aguc:
~ va v,.,,.d
from Clarksburg on Tuesday morning,
the I'd Of April, at four o'clock in t6e
morning, aud landed at Mr. Wolf.
hou;e On the Friday evening following
| have passed through some three Of
four States, but there is none Of them
equal to Missouri, as far as | have seen.
Illinois Is too low aud flat-as we cam,
through 1t was all covered with water,
and was raining. Some parts Of Mis-.
souri, are too low and Doggy, especially
after We crossed the Mississippi Al
Quincy; but the farther We 60 out iu
the State the highcrit gets. Linn aud
Sullivan are the only two counties that
Il have seen that like. The low
prairie bottoms they use for meadows,
and their rolling lands for grazing and
for cropping. There arc Thousands Of
acres hero laying ou., not taken up
yet, that look like the jackson place,
where Jacob Hudson lived, so level
that II can be plough.d both ways, and
is tue best Of land. Thol soil In the
bottoms Is from Eve to ak feet deep,
aud Is as black as tar. II looks like
the manure in our chip.yards. 1t can
be seen along the water courses. II Il
covered with graH-partly blue grass
but tho bluc grass is principally on
land that has not been ploughed. Tho
timber iS along streams Of water, bu.
is small compared with ours. Then
there is some high land that Is covered
with brush, such as white oak, burr
oak, DC, but such land is poor, and
the iilabsr short and Scrubby. 50 far
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shall vote for one Of the number.
Our delegation will 60 to Parkcrs.
burg uuirammeled-they are free to
exercise their own judgment. This is
us it should be Let all who attend
tue Convention 60 there with desire
to promote the best interests Of the
Democratic party,
1t is clear that no man can Of u
surety say at this time for whom he
will cas-, his vote in the Convention,
without danger Of inconsistency, for
none Of US know what the Convention
may bring forth. 1t is true that we,
as an individual, have our present pref,
ercncC 80, doubtless, has every Dem
ocrat in the State; bu. We speak words
Of wisdom when We advise our friendI
to keep cool. Let us go to Parkers'
burg and make nomilatiOns-let u
come home and elect our men. FOl
one, We eau sly in advance, that who
ever the nominees may be, they will
receive our hearty support. This il
Democratic.
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Our Next Goycrnor.

Who the fortunate individual will 10
who will secure this now very honora-
blc position, is a question Of not very
easy solution. For awhile, tho contest
seemed TO center between Jacob and
Camden, but Of late the indications arc
that there will be several other Rich.
monds in the field.
We have RETAINED from expressing
an opinion as to our individual choice
among the different aspirants, for the
reason that we did not think it oonsis.
tent with our duty as journalist.
When two men or more, Of our political
faith, aspire to any nomination, We fa.
Yor tue chivnlrods policy Of Thomas
Ritchit-takihg no undue adyantpge-
not seeking to prejudice the public
ndad against either one or the other.
Both Jacob aud Camden, aud other
gentlemen who have been spoken Of in
connection with GGbernhiofial hOnurs,
,ro our political aud personal friends.
We have high regard for them all
nd At the Psrkclbu'S Convention, we
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TIE reform MOVEMENT
West virginia Brought in.

m w,lno,l,r Ia, -, ,.,,i,.,l ~
~ eu"Is'"y 'as' We 'eeeit'p 'le
I'.o|'" ny 'cIograpn-PInIn eVi'
uSntc 'uS' Tue FeioFmers mean pu'''
u', "a, H., ,,,.,,;., = H.. o;.;.,
c,, ~. ,na meeting ,, o. , tns CINCINNATI
'O" ,e..y, "S r., t."' io' e. y way
H., W Wt'U''e T,; iua' 5 sho UaHIFman Il, VI
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.tke the stage 10 Buekhannon, and
only have 10 travel gu that lue -
miles, they could well afford to meet
the delegates from Gilmer and Web
s,cr, who would have te horseback it
frou, 45 to 50 miles.
Buckhanuon, iorour Circuit is nearer
csntral than any other place, Lewis,
Barbour, Tucker, Randolph and Web
sier Surround upshur-ProstOn and
Gilmcr arc outside OF these counties,
and the delegates from these counties
have farther to travel than any Of the
others. Gilmer, Lewis, Webster and
Randolph are uearer lIuckhanuou than
philliPpi, and when you add Upshur,
you accommodate Eve counties; and
Tucker and Barbour, in coming tc
Buckhanuon, do not have us far tC
travel as Gilmcr, Webster and Ran
dolph.
Every good Democrst wants moth
ing bl; fairness, and is always ready
: to meet bis friends half way
: Let all agree that the town of Buck
I Eaunon shall DO the place for holding
c tie Judicial and Senatorial Convention
for our Circuit and Senatorial District
! and all will be well, Our Buckllsn
: nor friSais have good hotels and fnl
, accommodations, and viihal i. is I
! most Salubrious aud delightful Junt
j climate. The Weston Cornct Banl
5 could be engaged to discourse must
a for the occasion, and We are assured
from the welcome manner in whicI
; they greeted the delegates to our Con
vcntiou last year, that tley will do al
: in their power to make the event GU
Of pleasure and good feeling to al! VII
may attend.
It Let both Conventions come of at tn
y same time, and thereby save two trip,
y and two sets Of expenses. No doub
Q our Taylor friends will agree to nee
$ US and help make two good Senators
= Let MS hear from other parts OF til
!; District, What says the Presto
d County Herald,
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70 he Editor Of The Bomocnui
On the lth Thursday Of August We
will be called upon to elect Judge for
this Judicial Circuit. and it is Of great
importance to our people that We select
not only an honest man, but one of ins
legal attainmcuts-wilh capacity to
dispatch business promptly, lIelier.
ing that Mr.. joins BRASSOS possesses
the requisite qualifications for a good
Judge, he is the choice Of this Sec
ton, and while 1t is generally under
stood with his friends thathc will per-
nit his name to be used for That posi-
ton, yet We have not seen any public
announcement of ii, and VIC hope he
will announce himself at cuce.
JAM LEw.