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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
Free Schools.

The following from ono Of our exchan,
gOS, suits US exactly, and hence We adopt
it The voters Of every district shall have
the power Of deciding for themselves
whether or not they will have public
schools 10 their districts. If they are in
favor of them, they must vote for the
necessary levy for their partial support,
and then they will, 10 addition, receive
their share Of the State fund for free
schools. II not, the amount that would
have gone to them upon compliance with
the statute, will DO transferred to and form
part Of the general school fund, and be
shared by those communities where a will
ingucss has been displayed to aid 10 the
advancement Of these useful institutions,
The State tax, for the support Of free
schools, is levied whether the districts votes
for district levy or whether they vote
against it, but in this latter case the PEG,
pie pay tax Of ten cents on the hundred
dollars valuation of all their real aud per-
aOnal property, without receiving auy ben
eft from it.
1t is certainly the desire Of every wise
father that bis 500 should take advantage
Of liberal education, which costs him moth
ing further than the small tax levied for
school purposes No parent, we suppose,
would DO so unjust to bis offspring as tc
tor,e them to grow up in ignorance When
the contribution of very few dollars
would secure for bis children free aud gen
erOus instruction. NJ difficulty should be
anticipated upon this score 10 this county
The main thing, then, is to see that due
notice is given of the elections, that they
are conducted honestly and impsrtially
that good vote is pOlled aud that the re.
suit secures the choice of worthy aud able
men to the Offices to which they are elect.
ed.
The people have it thin their power
now, to correct many of the school abuses
Of the past. fthey fail to do it, it viii
be their own fault. Elect the right kind
Of men to conduct the schools. There Iie9
the main difficulty, lfyou have good mer
as oficers-men who are, at heart, friend:
Of education, and who have q part aut
parcel in the levyiug, aud the paying 0
taxes the main trouble aud difficulty
will have been overcome,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
EDUCATION.

Upon the proper education and cultiva-
ted Intelligence of the rising generation,
depends, to great degree, the future vel.
fare, prosperity, happiness and advance,
meut Of the American people. With a
well cultivated intellect, we have morality
and virtue. with ignorance, We find vice
aud immortality, aud all Of its attendant Ov-
lis. What, then is the duty Of the hour?
It is to give tue children free access to The
sChools-good schools, we mean. Schools
where the intellect may be improved; where
useful aud solid information may be at,
tanned; where dormant and uuproductive
fruit may be cultivated and ripened into
usefulness and productiveuess; where gem:
Of purest ray serene now resting in caverus
Of deep oceans bare, may be brought to
the light Of day, aud advanced to that stage
of beauty and true excellence, to which
the children Of men, as the highest o.
Gods creatures, are entitledto have and
to eujoy,-Greenbrier Independent
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The Supreme Court Of the State, Satur-
day, announced decisions 10 Two cases in
volving the COnstitutiOnalily Of what has
been popularity known as the suitor's test
oath, ii being an iron clad oath enacted in
1865 to debar from the courts persons who
had been in the rebellion. THIS action
reverSe8 q former decision ofthis court aud
conforms to the ruling Ct the Supreme
Court Of the United States. We never
we're able TO sec any law. justice or utility
10 that enactment, and bad no regrets to
express when it was repealed, So we
have none now, that it has been adjudged
by the highest tribunal to have been vic.
lation Of the right Of citizenship, 10 that it
attempted to deny one ofthe most valuable
privileges Of the citizen to persons who
we're recognized as possessing full citizen,
ship by both United States and State gov,
ernments, and such a privilege as The
Constitution Of the United States does mol
permit the States to curtail,- Wheeling
hhljgcncer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The President seems very ANXIOUS to get
on the warm side Of the old marauder
MospY, A dispatch from Washington to
the New York World say.
Colonel Mosby had such splendid sue.
cess in getting bis sisters in the Depart.
ments that he is here again seeking place
for another relative. The Administration
was so very anxious to reward MOsby for
bis services 10 the Republican cause 10
Virginia, that bis sister was given an ap.
poutmcnt in utter violation Of the Civil
Service rules, for she was not required to
pass an examination"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

IMPORTANT LAND SALE.-A sale Of IA
500 acres of coal, iron, timber aud f,in,
ing lands was concluded yesterday b. OBJ,
ouel T B. Swami and L. B. Knight, Esq
as trustees for Augustus Pack, the pu,.
chaser being an English gentleman Dansd
Rastou, and The amount Of purchase mon.
ey, SlOl,5OO. The sale was effected
through the agency Of Major Jed. Hotcd
kiss, Of Stanton, who visited England las,
fall, and was at pains to call the attention
Of numerous British capitalists TO coal, iron
and lumber resorces Of the State. -COu
Ter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The total plumber Of Oranges Of the Pa.
irons Of HuSbaudry in operation to date is
said to be over 400, with au aggregate
membership Of about $4,000 The order
seems to be growing most rapidly in the
States Of Iowa, which now has 1850
Oranges, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,
Minnesota, Nebraska aud Wisconsin. In
response to requests from different States
several additional general deputies have
recently been sent out by the National
Grange to organize subordinate Oranges
There are at present State Oranges 10
Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan Mime.
sofa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Vernon! and Wisconsin,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
Professor wise's contemplated balloon

Professor Wise'S contemplated balloon
voyage across the Atlantic is fixed for the
Goth August. There will DO seats for
eight or ten passengers. The Baltimore
Sun gives tho following scrap Of balloon
history:
Perhaps the longest aerial voyage on re,
cord was made by Holland, Mason and
Green from London 10 1886, in a bullOn
about sixty feet high and fifty feet diane.
ter, containing $4,000 cubic feet 1t was
furnished with provisions for fortnight,
With instruments Of great variety, aud
clothing in abundance, 1t crossed The
channel, passed over many villages and
towns in France, and, after many attempts,
found a resting place in the Duchy Nassau,
Eve hundred miles from London, the dis.
lance being accomplished 10 eighteen
hours. 1t must be remembered that the
movement Of balloons depend entirely on
The currents Of air. and is quite indie
pendent Of any power that can be applied
to them from within, aud that the voyager
has not The power to select any place for
bis landing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The diamond region of South Africa
has been erected into a separate colony Of
Great Britain. under the name Of Griqual,
land West Its extent is II 800 square
miles, About 40, 900 persons are hunting
for diamonds, Of which S5,OOO,OOO we're
dug out last year. The diggiugs have
been well turned over, and people are di.
verting their attention to agriculture and
to developing the mineral resources Of
iron, copper aud coal. Nothing has been
heard from the Orange Free State, so it is
to be inferred that the farmers Of the little
republic thought it wisest to make no fuss
when the British lion laid its claw on o
portion OF their territory
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

GRANT FOR A TmRD TERM, Mr.. Sum.
ner and other prominent Liberal politicians
regard Grant as a candidate for a third
term, and believe that the future energies
Of the Administration will be directd lC
that end The silence of the Government
organs on the point is considered sigui6
cant, as they wont certainly deny and
dscredit it unless they know it to be true
For the present they do not desire to have
the subject discussed
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

When Georgia Democrat was asked
the other DAY, ifhe thought certain Rad.
icol, 10 that State, would steal, be replied
"Steal! Why. BY Jove, il he was paraly,
zed and ham strung, | wouldn't trust him
by himself in the middle of the desert oil
Sahara With tho biggest anchor Of the
Great Eastern. Steal | should think be
would"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
Lntest from the nLara Beds. y

The latest we have from the Lava
Bed" is that our Supreme Court has been
making Bridges" Of Captain Jacks"
nose, and that the said Captain Jack"
was hunting Jacobs ladder with view Of
scaling the wall and climbing into some
other office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

A Virginia railroad runs what are call.
ed widowers' trains cut Of Richmond
every Saturday evening, stopping at all
the summer resorts on the line, and re-
turning on Monday morning is good time
for The gentlemen to begin the business Of
the week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

Every voter in District should vote at
bis own School House, so as to enable him
to have a voice in the selection Of Trus.
tee for bis school district. This is very
important Office, aud none but good men
should 6llit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

Remember that it is the duty Of every
man to come out to the election and vote
for "power to levy" 1t Does not seem
probable that any people could DO induced
to act so suicidal part in this matter, as
10 vote against power 10 levy"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
Valuable Timber
AND
Farming Lands
LYING NEAR THE
KANAWHA RIVER FOR SALE!!

THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE
| three tracts Of land; one Of which contains
about
1900 Acres,
and is situated on the Kanawha Nine Mile
Creek, about two miles from the River
Another Of which tracts contains about
1000 Acres,
known as part Of the Medium tract, situated
on the Waters of the Ohio Sixteen Nile Greek.
And another tract containing about
400 acres,
known a. the Fowler Tract" situated about
three miles from Point Pleasant, and about
ouc.half mile from the Kanawha River. Said
last named tract has about so acres cleared
upon it, AN Of said lands are well timbered
and watercd, and when cleared would make
good grazing farms,
vi would prefer selling these lanls with.
out dividing them; but will sell them in par.
GELS to suit purchasers.
HARRIET MACRIR.
D'Persons desiring further information in
reference to the above mentioned lands are re.
ferrrd to JONI W. ENGLISH. ESQ, my Attorney,
at Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Va.
march 6-If, HARRIET MACHIR.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

One Of the famous divorce lawyers Of
New York. in his advertisement 10 the
city papers, says "Hymeuial incompati,
bilities as a specially deliCately adjusted.
IT'S slavery to detain the hand after the
heart hath fed"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The Asylum for the Insane at Brattle-
boro has been the subject Of an iuvesti.
cation by special committee Of the Yer.
mont Legislature, aud the report now
made public shows that there has been a
laxity Of discipline and illtreatment Of in.
mates, most lisurOditable 10 tbs State,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

At Syracuse, N. Y, on Wednesday
night, De Witt Comestock went home
drunk and jealous, quarreled With his wife
and killed her by striking her Oh the beat
With acObble stone, He then gave him
self up, CoUestOck ia Sc years Of age,-
His wife was IL.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

1.-THE language Of the new Constitution
is Identical with that Of the old in relation
tothe power to levy tax for the support
Of Free Schools, ana the Supreme CourI
has decided that 1.-THE authority Of the PEG.
pie" required by the Constitution, eau on.
ly be given 10 this case by direct vote
upon the question"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

TeIegrapLic crop reports from numer.
GUS points in Illinois aud Iowa, covering
the greater part Of those States, show that
while the recent severe rain storms have
considerably damaged the wheat crop, par.
ticularly in localities where it was just
ready to harvest, there will be fully an av,
eragc crop, Oats have suffered more. be.
ing badly lodged, and in many places will
have to be removed. Corn looks we'll, and
with favorable weather will make a full av-
erage crop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The wealth Of Astor is now computed al
$2OO,OOO,OOO The property old John
Jacob Astor, the father of William B. As.
tor, was left by him in trust for the beue.
Ct Of bis heirs After the expiration ofthe
TrusteeShip. which will occur at the end
of the third generation-thst is after the
grandchildren have passed await will
then be devided among all the descendant.
of the old man, the law not allowing q
TruStecship Of that kind to extend for O
longer period Of time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The Vienna papers contain list Of ov.
er eight hundred hack aud carriage dri.
vers, who were arrested and fined during
the past month, charged with imposing up.
on and taking advantage ofstrangers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The Board of Trustees Of the Universe.
ty of Virginia have elected Prof. N X.
Davis, President of Bethel College, Ken
lucky, to the chair Of Moral Philosophy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

At Bangor, Maine, gun was used to
celebrate the Fourth which was cast in
ITS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

A Philadelphia woman forty years ago,
at the age Of l6, married a wealthy man of
90, expecting soon to be an attractive wild,
ow, She has recently died however at the
age Of Sc, leaving her husband, a ccnteua
rian, aud four children to mourn her loss
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The ladies at the fashionable watering
places have discarded chiguous.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The mess system Of the University Of
Virginia has reduced the board of the stu.
dents to an almost miraculous degree Of
cbeapness. The University report mou-
tons mess Of eight whose board cost on.
" $40 per month, aud one State student
whose total expense for living during the
session (iucludiug room rent, board, lights
fuel aud washing has been under 81 40.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
STATE OF WEST VIRGINTAs, S.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIAS. SIS:
A Ia Circuit Court continued and held for
n the County Of Mason, at the Court House
thereof on Saturday the 10Th day Of April,
1873. .,.......,,F,.,
John S. Tlanley,
Mary f. Hanley, A. A. Hanlqy, W. ". Han
ley Frank Hanlcy, George W. Haney, Hen.
ry Hanley, Charles NJ. Holloway and Miner.
va, his wife, John Q. Mccoy, Martha Mccoy
and - Mccoy, 1.-THE last named McCoyis
given nlme being unknown to the Complai.
nant,, heirs at law Of JOana c. Mccoy, de
ceased Q. Brown and Kitty Brown, his wife,
James Il. Holloway, Joseph H. Holloway,
Peter g. Holloway and Henry Holloway,
defendants. In Chancery.
The object Of this suit is to set up and es,
tahIiSh the last will and testament of John NJ.
Hanley, deceased, and it appearing by afi,Ia.
Wit filed with the papers Of this ctuSe and the
answer Of A, A, Hanley, that the defendants,
John G. Mccoy, Martha Mccoy and - Mo
Coy, are non residents Of the State of West
Virginia, aud residents OF the State of Nilsson.
RI, it is ordered that they do appear here with,
in one month after the first publication of this
order an do what is necessary 10 protect their
interest in this suit. Tesle:
OHAS B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
simpson, &C. 'vIs fiu,y 5-4w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24

The question whether suit can be
brought against sovereign State is likely
to be definitely settled by the attempts oil
the creditors Of several Of the Southern
States to collect the moneys duo them BY
legal process. Beginning with North
Carolina. Hon. Reverdy johnson has Civ.
eu bis opinion that the collection Of The 10.
terest can be enforced 10 the United Stats
Courts, and has agreed to carry the case
to final decision for a fee of IS, 1000 10
band and Sl2 900 additional If the suits
terminate successfully. Hitherto it has
been no frequently the custom to repudi.
ate Indebtedness at pleasure, or to diminish
the rate of interest promised to creditors
in the original contract.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
John S. Hanley,

DIAM and Fancy Job Work, executed with
L neatness and despatch at
THIS CFFlCE.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Uncle Soc.
BY ALICE CAREY.

T f~ inIped ,vnid rbnma ,bout h,1 me
.ris not of love- nor f.,me- nsr yer Of olorv
,lthan,+b . Ettia' ,.oinrad Win tl,e tlToa
In lerv ruin thint 1s mich nerchmce
A. ,nas+ t,lo. t;san,ho3iod fro,,, rnn,an.o
4As 'i'os' ''"'> '''e''''''0'''' UNI '0'"'"'e
Hoe lived abnut The village and WAS neighbol
To every one who had hard work to do;
II he possessed "a genius twas for labor
Ho't ie'l''e 'i'ous'''' '"' '''''' "e'' one Vi
,1,, w. ;, ,,,,e,, l., ..,,,.. -. ,....
1--WE, IN arh ,oo IInnl TaI"
:" '7''''i '''N ~ -
The Uncle" was "A courtesy they gave
And felt thew could afford to give to HIM
Just az the master makes of some good slave
Ak, tli. 'I ni' u an ~ ~ : w.
b., D." - fli ~ ~ 49, N H. "a, ''N
W " "
\ mile or so away he had brother
A rich proud man that people DIDN'T hire;
But Joe had neither sister, wife nor mother
",'Na,, 'iin h ". a. US ,'n,'
81 ''1 ''3 ~; ,'''' -, ~ ,i ~
'''' nv wa ny W. 'ii'N ''o'' N0''' DO '''
They called him duh, but he had eyes of quick
ness
For everybody that he could beGrieDd;
D. 49, r ..,,,. III; frn,',nass ~ n ,,,'i
,.t .,,.o '''r i'l iI"u "' ~, Nv"
-A"'''r D,i,.o ~ "'' ''''
u-.,sl Ne,it 40 !, -, ,.,, &c oo,,.- .,.
VI N"' u '''''N way we VI wy
With his Old pickaNe swung across his shoulder
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
The Squire's Mistake.

Squire Dudley was in his garden pull
INK weeds in his patch OF tame straWber
Iies, on the morning when he took il fancy
for Ruth Lees pretty face. She came
down the road, looking fresh AS a new
blown rose in her plain calico dress and
straw hat. Her brown hair, cut quite
short, blew all about her face in little rings
and her blue eyes and bright cheeks made
her as pretty a picture as one often sees.
Squire Dudley saw her Just as she came
opposite the strawberry patch, and called
out Good morning (" in his brisk, cherry
way.
80, good morning !" she answered.
-'Y0u almost scared me, Squire Dudley.
| didn't see You until you spoke"
Pheasant morning, isn't it ?" said the
squire, coming up to the fence. Ruth had
halted in the road.
" It's beautiful weather." answered
Ruth Il told mother it was too pleasant
to stay in doors, and started off on visit.
care your strawberries ripe yet ?" said
the squire, wondering that he neyer had
noticed what a fresh, charming face Widow
Lees daughter had before.
Our strawberries ?" laughed Ruth,
1--WE haven't got one. Our Old rooster
got in one day, about a week ago, and
picked all he could eat, and then coaxed
the hens in, and between them they ruined
our strawberry crop"
100 bad - exclaimed the sympathetic
squire. Have some of these, Ruth
They're Just ripe enough to be good"
He picked some great clusters Of ripe
berries and handed them over the fence
to her.
"Thank you" said Ruth, smiling. How
nice they are. Mother was making great
calculations on her strawberry Jam. She
was terribly vexed when she found Out
what the hens had done"
"I've got lots to spare" said the squire
"I'll send some over to your mother"
''She'd be mucn obliged to you," saiC
Ruth; eff you have more than you want
PLENTY of Them" ans erred the squire
''plenty of them Can have them just as
well as not"
Il must be going" said Ruth. "Gooo
morning"
Good morning." returned the squire
looking after her as she went down the
road. 81 declare there amt a prettiel
girl in town than Ruth Lee. / wonder
some of the young fellows haven't got hel
away from the widow. If I was YOUNG
now
Squire Dudley stopped suddenly. Ar
idea had Just flashed across his brain.
''lm fifty" he said at last, after think
ing quite busily for some minutes. "rn
fifty, but don't look it. l don't see VIII,
/ shouldn't try my luck, after ALL Girl
as young as Ruth marry men older than
am. I'm sure she'd make any man
good WIFE Her mother is one of thu
finest women in the State, and she'
brought her daughter up to know how t.
work, and be saving and prudent. Tn
sure we need good housekeeper. Mrs
Brown, she's old and iussy and crooked
and this way of living isn't half living.
do believe III marry her, if she'll have
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
SheriR's Sale,

WALDO, IS Taken execution in favor OF
w William j. Eaton, against Lemont Downing,
and will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder on Saturday, the twenty.nnth day OF March
next at ten OF the clock in the forenoon at the Office
q Joseph Williamson, in Belfast in said County
an the right of said Downing to redeem from levy
by appraisement, made on the twenty-seventh day
u January last past, on an execution IN favor OF
the following described parcel OF land situate IN
said Searsmont, and bounded az follows: viz. be.
ginning at the south side of the county road on tn,
line OF land owned by Joseph Jewett; thu nee south
erly, on said line to the stream; thence easterly by
land owned ny Alexander WoodInan, thence north
eriy, by said Woodman's land TO said County road
thence westerly, by the line of said road to tn,
place OF beginning, containing thirty acres, more OF
less.
SAMUEL NORTON, Sheriff.
Keilst, Feb. ~, 1s73,-3wa3