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Solmon z. Chase.

Tho death Of Chief Justice Chase
has east a gloom over thepcople Of this
nation scarcely less significant than that
which experienced in the assassination
,f President Lincoln. 4 million Of
hearts. to-day, are viewing his evcntiul
lie with a degree Of sadness felt, only,
in the loss to our country Of one of its
ac'lc>t spirits. trucSt of patriots and
ah'e,t citizens. IS Statesman, or a
frarcfcr. or a Governor and Executor,
me hos rot been exccllcd in the history
If our Government. No man was Of
Greater service in the war Of the Rebel
lion, and none VIII he r,vered by future
generations more than he whose death
the natioa mourn, to-day. Chief jus
tee Chase was bo-p in Cornish, y. H..
January 18th lSOS; educated under his
uncle. Bishop Chase; was early stu
den, Of Cincinnati College, hut grad
.mtirs at Dartmouth College, at the
early age Of Is; and having studied
| Law under the direction Of William
| Writ at Washington. he WIS fully pre-
Iuercd for the eventual and useful Iit'
which followed The Chief Justice wa.
foremost IN the Great Free Soil move
Iment in IS4S. and was q leading spirit
lin that grca, party which is known
now. as the Republican. Twice, Gov
eraor Of Ohio, he was the third time
elected 30 the United States Senate
Ihut finally rcSirnmr to accept Tho
| office of Treasurer under President LIN
coin. 1t was the eth Of December
| IStl. President Lincoln appointed him
| Chief Justice of the United State,
| Supreme Court which Office be filed
with houors to himself ana to the GOV
sumeUt until tie summons from on
.h.-h called him 70 q scat in the higher
courts in the other world.
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NAV NNl y To-
FMfyo CHAsE:-We have not for
gotten our promise: but this is the Grst
chance we have haa since We saw you,
in the sweat of thy face shall thou eat
bread" with us, has almost a tragic
meaning, as we must sweat for eight
We had to prepare for our spring
crops, besides We had many other en-
Gagcmeuts which kept us as busy as a
mailer. We are writing to day because
the ground is too wet to DO anything
ont Of doors. The oldest inhabitant
says he never sew such a spring; it has
been rain, rain, rain nearly all the time.
For three weeks there have not been
three DAYS that we could plant corn
Yesterday, those who were ready, plant
ed some, but asst night the rain come
and we must wait patiently. For years,
the wheat crops have never looked bet,
ter than they do this spring. The heavy
SHOWS Of the winter served as a shelter,
and kept them from freezing ont, as it is
termed II jack frost does not pay Us
another Of his untimely visits, we will
have some peaches, and abundance of
apples. hut he is SO apt so come when
we last expect him, that we have learn
ell not tocoUnt our chick-no; apples.
till they are ripe.
lfany one deserves a crop it is the man
who cUlJi7atss these rough hill sides.
but it IS here as everywhere else-the
bread producer is the man that makes
it possible for Others to live, is the most
paid for his labor
| would feel like grumbling only |
know they deSrye no ones sympathy.
Why? They have it in their power to
be comparatively Independent, but they
choose to be the reverse.
Soas rule, they run to the store, bny
on q years credit, and when pay day
comes must sell at a sacrifice all the
can rake and scraFe to get even once
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For the Independent.
iR0NT0N.

COund goes IN waves auu curious
aud not in straight lines. Some cities
in their growth are all sound and no
substance. As by magic touch they
spring into existence in an instant,
but the highest point to their pros
perity by intense excitement is reach
ed just in time to find that they have
gone beyond their proper limits, and
must recede.
When the excitement is dead, re-
action sets in. Like precocious in
tellects their growth was premature,
aud in time must return often below
their proper line. While the rule
holds true with nearly all cities, Iron
ton has advanced slowly and steadily
forward on a bee line, and her natu-
raj weaps of support forbid any one
to prescribe her limits. She has the
means of access to the richest miner
al region in the world, and there is
not an individual, high or low, who
has money wasting in his Golfers, bu t
is invested in some busin ess euter-
prise. \ careful observer Of the per-
sous subscribing to the stock of iron
enterprises can not fail to see that
not only the wealthy, but the honest
toiling masses are alive and living
for some purpose. But perhaps in
this age of gossip when the thoughts
of an editor is stamped on his locals
short compend of news is better for
your readers than a few scraps of po-
litical economy that smacks of self
praise.
Irontou rolling mill last Saturday
incorporated their new furnace about
to be built, Lawrence and Belifont
mill are in full blast, Iron business
is brisScr than it has been. There Is
plenty o. work. Buildings can not
be completed for want of labor and
malcril. Court is in session. Case
Of &. Justice VS.. j. I. Davis, decided
and damages assessed to the amount
of eight thousand dollars. Mr.
Justice became intoxicated from
liquor sold and drank on the premi-
ses IF J. T.. Davis and was run over
by the cars. Five jail birds took
their flight. one captured to-day at
Portsmouth. Republicans appointed
delegates to attend state convention.
Right here Just one word, pardon the
depression; would it not be well for
the Great Republican party who
holds in her hand the balance of pow
er and the responsibility for good and
evil laws, whose proud boast was the
agonizing struggle for the integrity
Of the union; the preservation of our
laws; The equal rights frhe peope; the
conversion Of 1000 coo chattels into
living freemen; the freedom Of the bal
lot box aud purity ofher representatives
Would il not be well for the party
that heralds its deeds before the
world, as the most brilliant heritage
to bequeath PROSPERITY to pause Its
mad career and enter a manly pro
test against the most mercenary and
dlsgraoeful measures that have char
acterized in the past?
Or side by side, til the past
record will it hand to posterity pages
of American history blotted with the
greatest moral outrage that ever dis
graced any country or age, these two
twin brothers Of corruption, Credit
MobiIier and Salary Steal.
\ RAHDLE.
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md the 6Yhcrs is row 10 Bay Roberts.
The crew lost the vessel on the 18th
Of October, 1872, and we're picked
up last April BY the Tigress, in lati-
u 530 so, having been enc hun
d.ed ADD uinety-seven deys on ice.
No lives lost. When last on board
the Polarjs she made no more
water than during the past winter
and tai, but had received heavy 10
juries TO her stern, causing Der to
leak badly.
The names Of the crew here are
Caprsin Tyson, Fred Meyer, John
Heron, W. c. Truger, Fred An
then Gustavs SiDgurst, Peter John
son, William Jackson, Esquim@ux
Joe, ilanah and child, Hans Chris
tan, OF Dr. Kaue's Expedition, wife
and four children, the youngest only
eight months old.
The Polaris is in charge of Cap
tain Buddington. The crew have
lived on a few ounces daily, aud lat
terly on raw seals, eating the skins
eutrails and all. for the past two
months, and are all in fairly gooc
health. Captain Tyson does not ex
pcct the Polaris will get clear before
July, if in condition to come home
There we're fourteen left on board
with plenty Of provisions. It the YES
sci be not fit to come home, they cat
easily construct boats for their safety
| All are provided for in Bay Roberts
and will come here Monday.
IT. n. MALLOY,
"Unired States Consul
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Over tEo hundred immigrants ar
rived in New York one day recently,
who had been promised by London
immigration agents that they would
receive work Immediately upon land
irg. OF course their promises were
found to be false, and majority Of the
hundred men being entirely destitute,
we're foced to pick up subsistence,
lawfully or unlawfully as they could
1t is stated that out ofsome Ave thou
sand immigrants arriving at New
York during one week, about four
thousand we're unprovided with ears
having spent their all in order to get
to this country, where they were told
they would be employed Immediately
upon landing.
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always changing. The breeze dimpled
now and then, the waters of the river.
The sky was constantly forming new
pictures to surpass the old. The clouds
in their swift course cast many a shadow
on the landscape which the eye could
follow for many mile
1t was peaceful charming picture
full of beauty. One of natures best, ii
which the eye delights, which the MIND
loves to contemplate, which the sou
fcastS upon; but which the artists brusl
cannot paint, nor the tongue adequate
ly describe.
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The Rieg rot bcrs ar Charleston,
after depicting the public treasure,
aud hcapiug studied insult on the
Executive, dcpriving him Of the
power to appoint even the man who
sweeps out his Office, sent their bogus
Superintendent and Board Of Dircc-
tors, 90 The lst inst to take posses
sion Of the Peniten'iary at Mounds
Vile If the Legislature acG' dared
to do its duty last winter some Of
this meIceirary crew Of agitstors would
long before this have fund their
way into that institution in the regu-
lar way, and without the necessity Of
scaling the stockade, aud this pew
trouble might thus have been avoid
ed. Gov. Jacob it seems had made
up his mind that the revolutionary
programme of these turbulent spirits
must be stopped. And for the deci-
ded stand he has taken in his peril
Gus crisis be will have the approval Of
all friends Of law and order IN all par
tiss throughout the State
The bogus Superintendent and
Board appeared at Moundsvillc, PIE
ceded by great flourish Of trump
els, for the avowed purpose Of taking
The "a ps of Captain ) OK shall
cross, as they call bin, and the other
officers OF the prison, and declared
that they would not rest content IN
til the bloody trophies were hung up
in their wigwan atthe s.. James in
Wheeling But TIE stocksdc, the
lava beds, and few breach leaders,
were too much For them. When the
dread hour of attack came their cour-
age failed, Bridges caved, Israel
fed, and the Board made their
heels do their duty in the direction
of Swithchville, so fast that you could
have layNp mables on their coat tails.
One Of them is reported to have
jumped a stake and rider" fence,
his heels peeling the bark off the up
per iail. Thus euded the first day OF
the campa'gn. On the Dext day TIE
assailing party viewed the seat of war
from afar with spy glasses, but recol,
lections cftomAhawks and scalping
knives overcame them, and again
they fed in dismay, aud have been
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literally "'he lost sheep of tho house
Of Israel" ever since.
The programme the revolution
lists, as agreed to by the csbal at
Charleston, and to which a majority
oftheir tools in the Legislature are
pledged, is to call an extra session of
the Legislature and prepare chages Of
Impeachment against the Governor.
But their disgraceful and ignomin-
ious rout at Moundsville has fallen
ike a wet pOultice on the Ring THE es
throughout the state, and has been
followed BY such storm of mingled
disgust aud amusement among the
decent men of all parties that it is
doubtful if even Walker and Baker,
who are tn recognized leaders of these
lawless and disgraceiul proceedings,
reckless and unscrupulou3 as hey
are, will dare to carry out the william
Gus scheme. Let them try It and
they will be buried SO deep that a
bubble will never come to the sur
face to mark the spot where they
went down.
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FAIL TO
REACH THE PROMISED LAND.
One of the most amusing scenes
in the Moundsville Penitentiary or
dered Israel, when they bad appoint
ed as Captain of the guard to scale
the stockade, Israel swelled out to
immense dimensions and assembled
the ladder, but on reaching the top,
found the muzzle of musket in close
proximi tv to his ear and he came
down the ladder faster than one Of
old dad Robinsou's circus monkeys
He remem bered to have somewhere:
al who fights and runs away.
May live to night another day;
But he who is in bait slain.
Can never rise and fight again"
THE RING REBELLIoN-LATEsT
Since the failure of the Ring raid
ers to scale the walls of the Peniter
tiary and the recovery from their scare,
they have become jealous converts to
the peace policy and, with some
reluctance, they have consented to
have the issue raised, settled by the
courts. Judge Melvin has consen-
ted to call a special term of his court
in Marshall county to hear the case
so that it may be carried to the court
of Appeals at the coming Jnne term
Anything to beat Jacob.-Sate Jour
. uat
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UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.
NOTICE TO SPECIAL-TAX
PAYERS.

The law of December "a, 1878, requires
every person engaged in any business,
avocation, or employment, which rem
ders him liable to
SPECIAL TAX,
to procure and place conspicuously in his
establishment or place Of business,
A STAMP
denoting the payment of said speciai lax
before CONNIE ncing business.
The taxes embraced within the provi-
sions Of law above quoted are the follow
ing, viz; -ooo m
Rectifers S@vV w
Dealers, rtsil liquor, 20 w
Dealers, wholesale liquor, lOo w
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale, 90 w
Dealers in malt liquors, retail, 20 w
Dealers in leaf tobacco, 20 w
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco, 0Ou w
and sales of os,er 81 900, fifty
cents for every dollar in excess
of $1,000.
Dealers in manufactured tobacco, ~
Manufacturers Of stills, on w
and for each sun or worm nan a.
featured, ~ w
Nonrfacturers Of tobacco. 900
Manufacturers of cigars, III w
Peddcrs of tobacco, first class, more
than two horses,) oOtV
Peddlers of tobacco, second class,
2 horses 20 w
Pedders of tobacco, third class
borse,) 10 w
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class,
ION foot or pablic conveyance,) 10 w
Brewers of less than 500 barrels, 90 %
Brewers of 500 barrels or more, 100 90
Any person who shall fail to comply
with the foregoing requirements will be
subject to severe penalties. Specisl'tax
Payers throughout the United States are
reminded that they must make applica-
ton to tie Collector (or Deputy Col!ec-
tor of their respective districts, and pre-
cure the proper stamp for the Special. tax
Year, commencing May /. 1873, without
waiting fer furthernotice.
JONI 5. WITcHER,
Collector Internal Revenue, 81 District
W. Va Cabell c. VI. West Virginia.
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G. E.. O. r. R.-From what We
have Learned from a reliable source
We can inform the public that within
year it is conmplated to extend the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad to New
port News, and that by running in
connection with the Allen Line Of
steamers it will be able to transport
European immigrants destined for
the western States at cheaper rates
than is now charged by Dorthern rail
roads. 1t will not be long before the
coffee trade will he again established
10 Richmond, as it was tefore the
war. The completion Of this rail
road is destined to work wonders for
the interest Of this state, whilst it
will be Of benefit to the western
St.. IS. -Stdanton Spectator
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The late foreign dispatches bring IN
tclliccnce Of an attempt to aS>aSSnate
the Emperor Of Germany by a Priest.
The Emperor was reviewing The troops
at St. Petersburg, when a ball intended
to destroy DIS life passed through his
helmet and wounded and adiutaut.
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more. This experience should teach
them wisdom, but it does not. On the
very day they settle, before they draw
a dozen free breaths, they make an
other big bill to be paid in the same
way when another year has rolled
around.
A doctor gets $40 for a professional
call Of an hours durations, a Lawyer,
ditto; while the common baborer gets
one dollar, for u honrs toll We know
it cost great deal to get profession,
but God help the poor man who is COM
PEELED to deal with either long, for if he
does he will soon be hopelessly in debt
No one need tell me a man can work
hard in the field blowing all day, and
write anything worth seeing, at night,
Cor in the morning either Mind and
body are both Frustrated, and we care
not what ideas he may have, he can
not put on the proper clothing for com
pany.
Not one copy of the INDEPENDENT
has reached Ousey's for three weeks,
We miss it and it is well to say so.
Those who have read the annual re-
por of General Superintendent can not
have failed to notice that the enumera-
ton Of youth for our country is not
given. As soon as we saw it We wrote
a letter of inquiry which elected the
reply that our enumeration Of youth
reached the Office the Goth Of last July,
and again in the General report, the
Office had changed hands and in the
confusion it had some how been miss
placed No blame can attach to us.
the General has asked us about this
matter. lfyou think Your readers will
he interested in the facts, you are at
liberty to use them.
Bear in mind that this letter is writ
ten just as ones friend may write to an
other, and with no thought or ,oish
that it may be Published. Any ideas
in it, you can use in welcome. Already
| have engaged more writing than |
can do, without forsaking every thing
else. Besides what | contribute for the
columns Of the "Ircss" under the new
management, | have engagements with
two other periodicals. White man heap
smart, or me heap fool, have chan gcd
my nom dc plume several times but the
disguise is always penetrated. We are
not ashamed ofom ownpropernamc but,
"a prophet hath chance except in his
own country
As we said a little while ago, this is
a private letter; We are too tired TO
think; Just as an idea presents Itself it
goes down cwreaee calomo, and is TOO
crude for the columns of any respect
able Journal. If we had the time We
would ,oijiingy spread ourscires and
TRY to write good news letter What
little brains We have are bought and
paid for at so much a column, and
bought M by several parties. We have
been delivering the crops raised by the
aforesaid BRAIN for two years in one
direction and as yet have heard but one
dHle complaint. 1t came in few words;
we give them rertatjm. Some times
You are too proliX brcyty is the soul
of wit Yours &c.
Error MIG.
We can not be bridled; especially do
we abhor the sta hit. We must go as
our erratic fancy dictates or remain in
the stable.
The barometricaI power Of our knees
is such that we can tell when it will
rain. Paper is ont, wishing You every
success. We remain yours truly.
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Virginia is fixing mp the slate for
the coming gubernatorial contest. The
latest adyiceS from Richmond, speak
Of Col Hughes as probable candidate
on the Republican ticket. henry y
Wise is. also talked Of in connection
with the candidacy.
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CuANGr0 HANps -iiE HUNTINGTON
INryrgNpENr has changed hands; this
being the last issue uuder the present
management. For full particulars see
next week.
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The Arctic Expedition.

twill be reuemb cred that a few
years ago en- expedition We
planned for exploring the Arctic re
gion, with Captain c. F. Hall at thu
bead. The project was never fully
accomplished, and was attended BY
painful and fatal results, in the los,
Of the ship Polaris, and the death Of
Capt. Hall and many of the crew. 10
MD summer Of 1871, the expedition
was pushed forwlrd to a coasiGcrl-
be distance beyond Smiths Sound.
but winter 6'aily approaching, it was
deemed advisable to return and pass
the cold months at Pollris Bay.
where they we're surrounded by ice
until September. Later in the FIJI.
Captain Hall made a sledge journey
to the North but returned after an
absence Of nearly a month, sickeued
and died shortly afterward. During
the next summer the surviving crew
turned their faces toward home, but
met with many reyersCs and hard
chips and ultimately became separa-
ted from their vessel Surrounded
by ice, aud the ship being under
heavy pressure, it became necessary
to transfer 4 portion of her cargo to
the ice, when in a heavy gale she
was lost. The following dispatch
gives an interesting account Of the
af.ir:
"ST. JOINS, y. F. VI 20
al have Just returned from Ba7
Roberts. Captain Tyson reports bav-
ing reached north latitude SO lG':
reached winter quarters ID September.
1871, in latitude So 50, lorgjtu @
610 A. Captain Hall died Of apo
plexy on the Sth of November 1871
and was buried about half mile
southeast Of the ships winter quar-
tiers; crossed Kane's Polar sea, IT. is
said 70 be a strait about fourteeo miles
wide, with appearances Of open water
north. Left winter quarters Aucost
u. 1872; got on beam euds on the
18th Of the same month; thence drove
south to ~ 80 in the ship. when,
owing to the heavy pressure of the
ice, the vessel was thrown up, aud
while landing stores, &c, the vessel
broke away from her mornings with
part Of the crew and drifted away
south. The vessel was last seen un-
der steam and canvas. making for
a barber On the east side Of North
cumberland Island. The Polaris is
without boats. OF the two landed on
the ice with Captain Tyson, one was
burnt to make ater for the crew
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At the meeting Of the Ohio bar, at
Columbus yesterday, appropriate reSo-
uions were passed upon the death OF
Chief Justice Chase.
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Tie MOundsvilIe Races.

Tender handed stroke ncttle.
And it stinCs you for Y ur pains,
Grasp it like man Of mettle,
And it soft as silk reGains.
Tis the same with common natures;
Use EN- kindly; they rebel;
But he roHgh as nutmeg-gratcrs,
And the rogues obey you well.
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State Of West Virginia CabGn County S..

AT RULES held IN the clerks Office NJ the county
Courtof Cabell County, on the first Monday IN
the month OF April 1873.
J. II. Falcon, j. L. CIrier, partnersl
as Falcon q Currier, and Plaintiffs.
Stephen Rgg.
Va: In chancery.
James Kerr and George n. N.Y.
ers. doing business as Kerr Defendants
Myers.
The object Of this suit Is 20 subject lots No. !
and in block 12l in Hunt lgtnn city, in Cahell
County. West Virginia, 10 the payment Of two
judgement liens One IN favor OF Falcon q
Curier for s5el42 with legal interest thereon
from the 18th day Of july 1872; also $3.50 costs
and the costs Of this suit: and one in favor Of
stephen Riggs, S., 81 with interest thereon from
the first day Of June, 1871, also s5.6s costs and
the cost OF this suit, and IL appearing by a1ida-
vii filed in this cause that the defendants Jas.
Kerr and George II. Myers, are npD-residenis OF
the state OF West Virginia, n is therefore order
ed that they do appear here within one month
after the date OF the frat publication Of this or
der, and do what is necessary 10 protect their
interest in this suit Teste,
JOS. s. MILLER. Clerk
By VI. :. THoESBVRG. deputy.
Ferguson & Harvey, p. q. law
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The falling Of the upper floor of
Davis, Ropes & Cos, store at Peters
burg, Va, might have been atteadCd
by more serious consequences. Under
the pressure of three thousand barrels
Of -four. he whole came down and
pyoyiJcaGa''y injured only three per
sons; II. G. Davis, W. T. HUBBARD ami
Mr.. Allen.