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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27
Colonel David Con.

Our esteemed friend, Colonel David
Golf, Of Beverley, is fayorabIy mon.
toned as . candidate for the State SEN
ate from this District. A writer in Che
Randolph Enterprise Of lust week, pays
him the following deserved compliment:
In looking around us for candidate
for the Senate, we cannot overlook
that slaunch Democrat and accomplish.
cd gentleman, Col, David Golf, Of
whom We feel satisfied will receive the
majority Of the votes Of this, aud Tuck
or county. There is no man in Ran
dolph county, or the State Of West
Virginia. who has stood up more bold
ly for Democratic principles aud con-
stitutiOnal liberty, than Col. Golf
AT the commencement Of our late
"unpleasantness" Col. COT left this
section for the South, sacrificing home,
and everything dear to man, for the
sake Of Democratic principles, and he
came through the fiery ordeal the same
bitter foe to Rudicalism md official
corruption. Col. Golf will bring to
the position that influence and ability
which is second to none in the count
or District. Having ably represented
this county in the Virginia Hsusc Of
Delegates in ante Jellnm times. He
has the experience and qualification
Which will make him acceptable to the
voters Of the 9th Senatorial District.
We trust it may be tho pleasure Of the
Senatorial Convention to confer the
homer on so deserving a man as Col.
Golf. So mote it DO. F..
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27
Tie New sedlllOn Law.

Perhaps tho most unwisc act that the
old Federal party ever committed was
the enactment Of vllat was known as tho
Sedi.iOn law By which it was made a
crime punishable With ine aud impris-
onmcnt to write, print, utter, or pub.
lisL. any false, scandalous and mali.
ciOuS writing against tho President or
Congress, with intent to defamo them
or bring them into disrepu,e." This
attempt to muzzlc tho pross doomod the
old Federal party to irr0trioyablo defeat,
and from that day to this tue frecnen
Of America think of the sedilion act as
with q Shpddcr. Tho radical party Of
the present day, foolish and iunwise us
its progenitors, the old FOdoralists
with tho sane utter disregard Of the
rights of the people, grown arrogant by
Q twelve years lease Of power, defiant
Of republican traditions and furious at
the expose mado Of the corruption and
yenality Of their leaders, have again
re.enaCted the old Sedition law, vainly
suppOsing that TO muzzle tho press, Is
to escape tho utter condemnation OF the
people, 1t will not save them. Surrep.
titiOusly as was the clause inserted for
the nuzzlipg Of tho press, their sins
has found them out, the people and the
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27

ID. D. Dix, a very worthy and
Intelligent gentleman. is spoken Of as
lhe Democratic candidate for the House
Of Delegates from Nicholas county.
YIN. T. BurdOt is fguriug for
tho Democratic nomination for the Son.
Ate from KanaWha District, composed
Of the counties of KaaaRha. Clay,
Nicholas, Braxtou, and Webster.
Wm. B. Ice, Of Marion. is an.
nopnccd as . Democratic candidate for
the Senate in the Second District.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27
Congressional Convention.

The Members Of the Democratic State Ex-
ceutiye Committee, from the First District, In
the absence Of any District Committee here
by call Convention of Delegates from each
Of the counties Of slid District, TO meet al
ELLENR0Rp, in the county Of Richie
West Virginia, on THURSDAY, the 18Th
day Of August, 1874, 10 nominate = Con
grcsional Representative for said Dirtrlci.
Your Committee respectfully request that
county meetings bc held 10 appoint Dele.
tRtCE 10 Eaid Convention.
A. J. PANEL, Wp. ?. THOMPSON,
J, ". GALLAHRR, JoHS BASEL
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27
senatorial Convention,

The Democracy oftLr Ninth Senatorial
District, comprising the counties VfLeWis,
Randolph, GlshuF, Barbour, Taylor and
Tucker, arC requested TO meet aud pppalnt
Delegates 10 aticnda Convention to behold
OF .lll
BEVERLEY. AUGUST 25th, 1874,
for tue purpose Of nominating candidate
Tor the Stale Senate from said District
By order pf tho Committee.
l. p. MORRAtt, Chm.
J. y. WorrlSpiy, Secretary.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27
Third senatorial plstFict.

The convention to nominate candi.
date for the State Senate from the
Third Senatorial District. will be held
at Ellenboro, Augass,lsth on tho same
day as The Congressional Convention.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27

ined IN the p9nirenbai
he United States, and Il
hat the first false step " ..'.o
drinks 1t is a true saying, a. O'la
DO written in letters Of living lighFana
posted at every cross-road, so that
every passer-by should see aud read,
that " dissipation begets idlencss, idle
ness begets crime. aud crime mover
ceases its onward march until Il lands
lis victim either in the pepitcntisFy or
upon the scaffold."
The great quantity Of ardent spirits,
made and drunk up in the United
States, Looked at as national evil. Is
fearful to contemplate. According to
carefully prepared s.atistics, more than
six hundred millions Of dollars arc an.
nually expended in the United States
for strong drink. The whole public
debt Of the nation to-day does not ex'
coed four times that sum, Hence It
is, that il the money thus wasted was
nablis debtip less Than four III yesrs.-
Again, where 50 much money is spent
ness tba c,;m.. oNm m;ttsd in A state
Of intoricasion, and che expenses moi.
.noh Nfando,, ~or. ,hav ali summed
nm u /. M. IL, ~ nro..rs ,bat ano.
t5 ~, -" animal Nv, 'N e, 4. ~ esoo ooo oOo
would hs ,sr,i,sS !, =, ms ths So,ts -
add ~ ,Sas. ,so IL Ia, r y Ia 4. cans.
% for ,Sb;sb M NV m w., " o.n ,omns a
ss,s a" dsmor.i;,s,;an ths w;.tsd.
ny. II. S.s;r ,n.n nonri,,;on n.
;n;nrv 10 n" nro, Ip's ..sIih and r,o os'
nsri,y ~ ~ s aorn.s, "' .oaa,har vii w;,b
H. :,,.ns ~ !, hs":d, ~ 81, ,ha Az
n.,,%sn.i ~ ras. U.oeuS - ~. s,ni.
tbs sv;n5,;n e S, IN h.;hs,;a w !, sb;s,
NV r;nss sss,n ,ns a SG' ana NAN
IN III nl..sa. s o sn,,o 'l ".,;ma va
NAV be formed If ~ lbs sin is,, s nj.
me1,,sr Il maS;,, ). ,,on III H. ~ I ~
Rsnuhl;c' Ths s,s!n s,ono oons, NJ ~
IN liz Tfn;,sd sts,.. Il 1'y ,Ss d;s,;il.s;oa
~ ardent sn;r;ts SrsnI NV rD' hs 1 onr a~u
n.onls Il sTnnrtsS ~ fo,p;,n oorn,s;.s
,.on,S .a,si,,;ea;s. ~ sns ~. ~. IA
throw ibe bslsnss ~ trsas Il mr. favor
Thu nreoion. mstsl. ,sor,d fnd mi,
vsv from II. nId Wall ~ .ha Na~
in n.vmsnt AZ opr snrnlrs wboa. sn5
co,r sn,, in le.. ,b.n tan ~, no.rs ;f,h;.
traffic wsra 's Stoned w. resnmn,;on n' ~
snsoio naymsn,s Tnnla hs an sooon.
pIisbsd f:ot. and wa wonlS have l al tho
money wa nscs.S w;thont INV ma.
tion n tbs cnrrensv far ,hs ,..n.aa
t;on n ios;.;msts bn,ins.s Whan nj.
seen tbat q much in;nrv l. dana /, th :.
ssle and ns. ~ ,n,c,;as.
tins liauor. and Tho ers al saos ' Shi.b
wosld resalt to tbs nation end md " tSs
. MVa.. fssa y, 70 'le nasion ana 70 ,ne
!! Of tne people, BY Us prohibi.
nSn, aees !. not become the duty o.
al COCO citizens 70 lend their aid and
c con s 70 tue Sl wSaen e, temper
aneo movement T.. No1hlng IKE II has
eyer :, occurred q, before IN the hlstsry Of
. 70 world, Ihe Roman matrons TIRE.
. ~ the ieet OIL their country's
invaders !, and conqaerors, and BY tears
a . n. entroaty saved their city from the
Phlsge and aessla,iGn o. the volscistls.
ana tof thas aGt Of heroism the Roman
historians ana English dfamatists have
inscribed I'm. saeir names upon tue roll Of
y, Dus present 70 you
tais evening other deeds, different IN
character and worthisr our highest ad-
and gratitude. Women-the
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-27

ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.

Pafksriburg. Jupee, 1874.
10 ths Bdiior Of THR DEAocRAT:
SIR.-Atthe solicitation Of many friends,
thereby announce mySOlfa as 4 candidate for
CONGRESS from the First District.
JOHN W. H0RHER.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

Iq A curious instance Of credulity has
recently been exhibited in Cane
waugus, near the town Of Avon, il
this State. A young woman of the
name Of Bonney, a spiritualist, living
in the house of Mr.. Il. 0. Preston,
became impressed with the conviction
that her spirit was to leave her body
for time and then return, and she
succeeded in convincing several Of
her friends that this phenomenon
would actually occur. She was very
sanguine that her expectations would
be realized, and predicted that dur
ing her spirits absence certain mani
festations, such as the ringing of a
bell and the shaking Of the house,
would take place. Her friends were
particularly requested not to handle
her remains, and above all not to
bury them during the period of sus-
pended animation. She complained
oflno illness, but on the 10th of
November announced that the time
had come for her departure, and
after tea took to her bed, where she
remained calmly conyersing with
several friends until midnight. Mr..
and Mrs. Preston saw her several
times between that hour and two
o'clock. At the latter hour Miss
'Bonney exclaimed, "Oh, this is
glorious" and ceased to breathe.
There was no struggle nor evidence
of pain. Of course the friends Of the
young woman marvelled greatly at
this fulfllment Of her prediction,
which gave them faith to believe that
in due time her spirit would return
to its earthly habitation. In this
expectation, however, they were
doomed to disappointment. AL
though Miss Bonney's remains were
kept unburied according to her desire
from the 10th Of November until
Monday last, her spirit had never
reappeared. On the last mentioned
day Coroner's inquest was held on
the lifeless body, which Of course
was in q state Of decomposition, and
her death was officially established.
At the inquest Miss Bonney's brother
iu-law protested against any post
mortem examination, ayowing his
belief that the spirit would yet return
10 animate the decaying body, and
several witnesses testified that the
house had been violently shaken, as
lad been predicted, and that the
clear note Of bell had been heard
IN several occasions, although there
vas no bell about the house except
he door bell. The Buffalo Courier
'ays that so far as the physicians
we're able to determine the various
'rgans Of the body showed that ut
he time of death they were in
ound and healthy condition, and no
ause Of death could he found.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

The prices paid to trappers and
hunters for furs in the Northwest are
nearly three times as high as a few
years ago. In Montana, many who
had quit tho business for more remu- :
neratiye employment have again start
ed IN pursuit oi the beaver, mink,
muskratp fox, weasel and wolf. The
high prices seem 70 he caused more
by anincrease Of demand than fall
ing Oh in the supply, for the rivers,
creeks and mountains Of Montana
abound with game valuable for pelts.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

Maria L. Perry, of South Abing
ton, Mass, aged about 40, and Lucy L
Slater who now calls herself Joseph
Israel Lobdell, aged about so, both
insane, are exceedingly strange and &C.
centric persons. The latter dresses
in male attire and is evidently labor.
ing under the delusion that she is a
man, She claims to be the husband
Of Miss Perry, and for four years thoy
have been together almost constantly.
Miss Perry, who is a native OF South
Abingdon has been insane from youth.
She disappeared, four or five yearsago,
and when nextheard from she was in an
insane asylum in Pennsylvania. Here
she made the acquaitance Of Mrs, Sla
ter, who was an inmate Of the same
institution. After their release or os.
cape from the asylnm, they started off
together and have been travelling ever
since. Two oftheir winters were pass.
ed in a hut among tho mountain
regions Of Pennsylvania,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

Frank Ross, son Of ex- Congressman
Ross, Of Fulton County, H., doliber-
ately shot Peter Stipp, son Of the
County Clerk, through therightlung.
o few days ago, and then implorod biz
pardon, saying, "God knows, Pete, /
didMlL intend % harm Won.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

The CANBYs. 1t is perhaps not
generally known that General Candy,
recently killed by the Modoc Indians
in the wilds of California, owned q
farm within q few miles of this city,
that he was preparing for the future
residence Of himself and family after
the wars were over, His brother,
Charles Candy, owned farm ad dioin-
ing that Of the General, and lived on
it together with his family. The
widow of-Canby, deceased, an
other brother of the Generals
also lived in the same neighbor-
hood, and also sister named
Beulah. Miss Candy, daughter Of
the widow and niece of the General,
recently intermarried with one Tip
Finley, and in due season gave prom
ise Of an increase in the family
Strange to tell, her husband dis
covering this fact, became enraged
and persistently threatened to kill
his wife If she became mother.
On Monday last the little stranger
made his appearance and true to his
villainous purpose the monster
approached the door of her chamber
and throwing it wide open stood and
with loaded pistol blew his brains
out in her presence. The retribu-
tions Of eternity will adjust these
matters with all such characters
Charles Candy and his sister, Miss
Beulah, q lady of fine intelligence,
went to Indiana to attend the funeral
Of her brother, the General. She
was stricken down under the weight
of her bereavement, seriously threat
ened with tho entire overthrow of
her reason, and has, after painful
season Of trouble and nflliction for
many months, recently reached her
home to find that her brother
Charles-who attended her on her
melancholy mission, had, since his
retugn, entirely lost his intellect and
died Of a broken heart, Sorrow and
sadness is the portion of the cup of
this spirit stricken family Palmyra
{ (IO1 Spectator.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06
.fLAN-S5ED! FIAX-gEEDB
5000 BUSHELS OF EXTRA CLEAN SEED
TO FURNISH CONTRACTORS FOR THE SPRING OF 1874!
READ WHAT THE FARMERS SAY :

KEAD WHAT The FARMERS SAY:
BROWNSVILLE, LINN Co., OeN. Nov 10, 1873
B. Henderson, do hereby certify that from "a acres Of
land sown to Falx in the spring of 1873 received 1861
bushels Of seed. Average per acre, 81 Al bushels
Signed j. B HENDERSON,
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this 10Th day of Novem
Der, 1873. f. THOMPSON
Justice of the Peace
STATE OF OREGON
County of Lane
hereby certify that from IA acres of land sown to Flax in
the spring of 1873 received lOIS bushels of Seed machine
measure Average per acre, % GA bushels
Signed JAMES SrE11ING.
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this 29h day of Novem.
ber 1873 JAMES f. Brown, Notary Public
BROWNSVILLE Linn Co. Og'n,
Nov 20, 1873
/ Robert Montgomery, do hereby certify that from 81
acres Of land to Flax in the spring Of 1873 received
bushels of seed machine Average per acre %
~ bushels,
Signed Robert MoNreoNERY
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this Goth day of Novem
beE 1873, L. THoMpsoN,
Justice of the Peace
The Bel Crop for Change of Lamd---FIax StubbIe
Equal 20 Summer-EallOW for Wheat is the Tes
timOmy OF ALI the FIaX-Raisers i'm the State.
PRICE, THREE CENTS PER POUND. ~ Printed in
ucons regarding the preparation Of the soil sown to
the acre &c furnished free all applicants Address PIONEER
On COMPANY Salem Oregon, or ALBANY FARMERS COMPANY
Albany Oregon n9OmS
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

tits said that Gen. Fremont has
cancer q Tho stomach, and may not
live 3 year.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09

THE TROUBLES OF MARRYING A LUNA
TIC HEIREss.-A correspondent of the
New York 'sSun'' from Reading, Penn,
states that Maria Borto, heiress to i'm
mense landed estates in Montgomery and
Berks counties, Penn, and an alleged lu-
matte, was on Monday remanded to the lu-
matte asylum at Harrisburg, thus depri-
wing her husband, the Rev. MI. Herman,
of the Reformed Church, of the compan-
ionship of wife that he has twice married,
and leaving her immense estates to her ap-
pointed guardian OF committe. 1t seems
that in 1866 Miss Barto had been adjudged
a lunatic and confined in an asylum, but
two years afterwards was brought back to
Berks county, and her estate placed in the
hands of committee. Two years ago she
met and married the Rev. Mr.. Herman,
but her friends procured divorce, which
was decreed on the grounds of the lady
being non conepos nae,tis and being incapa
BILE of contracting valid marriage. Sub
sequently she escaped from her guardian
and eloped with Mr.. Herman, with whom
she was again united. She was again re-
captured by her legal custodians, and both
the husband and committee instituted
suits in the Court of Common Pleas Of
Berks county, with the result as mentioned
above.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09

ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY NEws.-The
following is from description of an AL
exandria, Va. hop, given by a correspon-
dent in the 'sGazette" is about as good as
you get it anywhere
Our old friend Miss P, of Georgetown,
lent her presence to the assemblage. So
much had been heard of her that when it
was murmured she had arrived great in
terest was manifested to see her enter the
room so as to have'a firstsight Of her. At
ter some delay, just as the band struck up
waltz, she danced out mass of gauzy
whiteness, by the side of her handsome es-
cort, who, Immediately throwing his arm
in position, whirled her into the maze of
colors. Miss p, though beautiful, we
were sorry to see, really looked less well
than we ever remember to have seen her.
from having her hair en- poudre Her own
dark hair is far more becoming. There is
one thing that saddens the attendant upon
balls who seeks real beauty, and that is the
way in which the accessories of art are used,
powder, crayon, &C., to marvellous extent,
and gives to all the same inanimate ex-
preston.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09

take any pride or interest in it you don't
care whether your land improves under
cultivation OF not: you want to get all off
it you can without taking the trouble to
pay anything back ;you skin it every year
and cry out against the seasons j; you de-
nounce every man you deal with as sharp
er and swindler because you do not get the
prices for your products that other people
do; and yet you do not seem to know that
your products are poor in quality and put
on the market in miserable shape ; your
stock has been running down since your
father died !; you havn't built a fence and
scarcely repaired one your manure has
not been hauled out and judiciously used
on the farm your pigs have bothered
your neighbors more than they benefited
you; you have distributed from your fence
corners more weed seed than auy farmer I
know, and thus given your tidy neighbors
more trouble than your fayors to them
would compensate. In short it is
time for you to move. You ought to have
virgin farm. It will take you but few
years to strip it of its fertility then you
will have to move again and keep moving.
You belong to a very large class Of far
mers who are a curse to any country
The fact is, you are not, never was and
never will be farmer in the right sense Of
the word. You are only guerilla. You
live by robbery robbery of the soil. And
it is not right, neighbor Simpson I! You
had better seek some other vocation now
that you have got the cash to start with.
You like horses you know horses you
can talk horse from daylight till dark you
had better go into some smart town and
start livery stable. You'll make money
by it; you'll never make money by farm
ing you'll grow poorer and poorer the
longer you attempt it,
Just then Sally Simpson clapped her
hands and said : ''That's so, father Have
not I told you so Mother and have
talked it over Mr.. Crumple you are just
as right as can be, and father knows it,
too, if he would only say so. I know you
too well, land you've done too many kind
nesses for us to forget them,) to believe
that you have talked to father in the way
you have out of any unkind feeling. 1t is
true, every word Of it, father, and you
ought to thank neighbor Crumple for talk
ing just as he thinks; 1 do, and I don't
think bit the less of him, either ~
Then Sally burst into tears and Mrs.
Simpson drew long breath and sighed in
a way that endorsed all that Sally had
said and Simpson got up and came over
to me and said "Crumple, I do believe
you are right I only wish that you had
talked to me in this style ten years sooner,
It shan't make bit of difference in our
good feeling toward each other, old fellow,
and I'll never forget how you once saved
my boy. H.e5
S'There, there Simpson enough of
that. It's all right. If I can do anything
for you before I go, let me know and he
shook my hands with a strong grip as 1
passed out of the door. eH
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09

MARRIAGES OF BLOOD RELATIONS
Statistics presented to the French Acade-
nv show that the marriages of blood rela
lions form about two per cent. of all the
marriages in France, and that the deaf
and dumb offspring at birth of consanguin-
ious marriages, are in proportion to the
deaf and dumb born in ordinary wedlock-
at Lyons, full 25 per cent, at least Is per
cent, in Paris, and 80 per cent. at Bor-
deaux; the proportions of the deaf and
dumb by birth increasing with the degree
Of blood relationship. The data obtained
show that, if the danger of having a deaf
and dumb child in ordinary marriage, rep
resented by figures, is one, there will be
eighteen in marriages between first cousins
thirty-seven in marriages between uncles
and nieces, and seventy in marriages be-
tween nephews and aunts. It appears too
that the most healthy parents, if related in
blood, may have deaf and dumb children !;
while deaf and dumb parents, if not rela-
| ted, very rarely have deaf and dumb chill
! dren. ia4 4ts,.f s 'a- aN,t n.4. .~e
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09

WHAT IS A DRESS COAT ?-There was a
case before Washington court the other
day involving very momentus question,
but unfortunately for society and mankind
in general that momentous question was
not settled. A man was arraigned for
stealing ''dress coat,' and it proved to be
a s'frock coat.'' Then arose the appalling
problem, what is a dress coat :? Wit
nesses were called who declared that your
only dress coat was garment of the pecu-
liar order of architecture known as "claW-
hammer" "swallow-tail, " or "steel-pen. ="
The judge suggested that they were such
as were worn by servants. A detective
said that he called a ''claw-hammer" a
'sfore and aft coat" and that whenever a
person had his best coat stolen, whatever
it's style, he called it a ''dress coat" The
court refused to take the tremendous re-
sponsibility of settling the mooted ques-
ton and left it to the jury. The jury, al
though as staunch, courageous men
probably as the capital can furnish, eva
ded the point and brought in verdict as
sessing the value of the coat at $25, with
out word about it's proper station in the
hierarchy of fashionable clothes.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-09

GA BRICK. 1.-THE British captain who
ordered the Spaniards of Santiago to cease
slaughtering the Virginius people or he
would lombard the town, is being recog
nized by sympathetic Americans. The
Western papers announce that the resi-
dents Of Virginia City, Nevada, propose
to present silver brick to this brave Of
ficer for his manly action in the case Of
the virginius. The brick will bear the
inscription =: "Lamberton Lorraine, you
are ''brick - this is another presented
bv Americans who love humanity and it's
manly defenders. Virginia City, Nevada,
U. S. A., 1873" The testimonial is char
acteristically western.