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nUHCASS0N BROS, Auctioneers,
- Corner 9th and ID streets northwest.
ELEGANT AND WELL-kEPr HOUSEHOLD
tuRNlTURE-IN PART, CARVED WALNTT
PAkL0R SUIT, DRAB REPS, HANDSOME
TURKISH CHAIRS, TENNESSEE MkRRIE
TOP TABLES, ENGLISH BODY BRITSSEI,S
PARIOR AND STAIR CARPETS. S0IID
WALNUT CHAMBER SETS. BkST QUALITY
HAIR MATTRESSES, BEDDING, &c REING
THE ENTIRE EFFECTS OF SENATOR KEIs.
I1, No 81 L STREET NORTHWEST, AT
a on THURSDAY MORNING. Apru %
~ commencing at 10 O'Clock We will sail the
NJ ntire contents of the above mentioned bouse
Ncomprsing a nne collection of we'll kent
Household Furniture, viz:
English Body Brussels CARPETS,
Hall do. and Rugs to match,
Parlor Suit, Turkish Chairs.
Hsrble-top Tables, Lambreq uins and Gar,ica
HALL FURNITURE
DINING ROOM
Fine China Dinner Set,
Carpeting, Extension Table,
Marble-top BOuffet,
Cane seat Dining Chairs. &c, &c
Together with the entire contents Of
FIVE CHAMBERS, ELEGANTLY FTRNIsHRD
WITH TAPESTRY CARPETS,
Walnut Chamber Sets,
Toilet Ware, Rugs, Cribs, &c.
Also,
Servants Rooms, Child Carriage. &c
The attention of parties DESTROYS If buyins good
and wei kept Furniture II respectfully called 60 this
sale.
apps IRep.l DUNOANsON BROS, Aucts
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w l.. WALL 4 CO, Arctioneers,
w New Marble Building,
NOS 800 aud 02 fennsyl |, ania avonut corner 9th Al
PIANO, ELEGANT WALNUT CHANsER
SUITES, WALNUT WARDROBEs RtOK
CASES. BUREAUS, WALNUT AND INITA-
TON BEDSTEAnS, FTEGEkES, II 4TRACkS.
s1DEBOARDS, PARLOR SUITES, HAIR AND
SHUCk MATTRESSES, sc.
On WEDNESDAY MORNING, Anrii
MAPS, comrsen ling at % O clock, We will SrIl,
ht xt Ton the mr.; hoor of salrsro ans al Gle
ssnt assortment Of Furniture. &c, IN part
One Piano;
One elegant walnut Chamber Set, threa ris-ss
with iiue Dressing Case.
Twenty WALNUT Chamber sets, three aud ten pieces,
- direct from the manufacturer
Several Cottage Chamber Sets:
alDUt Marble top SideboardS, Bureaus:
Bedsteads, W ardrUbes, Bookcases Et-Reres
Two French plate Mirrors, Extension Tables.
Hair and SbuCk Mattresses
Twenty five sets Tucker Springs:
tlfiy pieces MattingS and OilCl-ths.
Chairsr and many other articles in the Furniture
line.
PARLOR FURNITURE
Twenty elt CANT Parier Sets, Walnut Frames Rans
(London SmokeD -
Several Sets in Green and Striped Reps and Terrys
and Haircloth. w. L. WALL 4 co
epZe 10 lhep-I Auctipneers
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HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE At AUCTION
q en- THURSDAY MORNING. April the
~ 29th- ISIS at 10 clock, at the residence If a
NJ lady IL lining housekeeping, NJ. 526 10th
isfr-et. b-tv cen g and II streets northwest, We
-hal sell the following gOOds-
HairClUfh Parlor Furniture, Bookcase.
Oak Cottage Suite, marble Table,
Msple and Psiuted Cottage Set,
Hair ami Iiu-k Mattresses,
teathnT Pillows and Boi-ters.
BJu,>els, Three ply and Ingram Carpat,-
straw Vi Atfiug. stair and Hall OIlcl1ths
Walnut FNteIi- lion Dining Table.
DINING hair. China and Glass Ware.
E-frigeratOr, Cooking and Heating Stoves, Kitchen
Requisites. sc.
Terms cash. THOMAS BOWLING.
apzl q Isnnday Herall. Il AuctIJnr.r.
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW
THOMAS DOwLIN0,

AuctiOneer ard Real Estate Broker
tSucceesor TO Lsiisaer CIeary,I
Southwest corner Penua avenue AID Itch s.ree,
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LOB POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

The swift and favorite Iron Steamer A.
PILOT BOY, w. ii. Byles, Captain
having been thoroughly Overhauled and refitIr1 II,
will resume her trips for Potomac river Landings
IUTEsspphhf i March "a, ID and eSer{ ~ kspAr ed
foot Of 9th street, at O'Clock g. Returning, "
arrive in Washington every wednesday and Sunday
evening.
Freight received daily.
Al freights must be prepaid.
febZ N r. FITZHUGH. Arsu
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N0UNG & MIDDLETON, Auctioneers,
Il Real Estate and Insurance Agents
lie Droit Building, corner 5th aud streets

lie Droit Building, corner 5th aud streets.
TRUsTEE SALE OF VALUABLE REAL Es-
TAIE in TIE COUNTY OF WASHINGTON,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, NEAR UNION
TOWN, ON THE ANACOSr1A ROAD, WITH
IN Ten MINUTES WALK OF TIE NAVY
- BY virtue Of a deed of trust to me, dated the
18th day Of October, lS6S, and duly recorded in
records Of Washington county, District of Columbia
and at the written request of the party secured there
BY, will SELL at pubic auction, the premises, 10
the highest bidder, on EDNESDAY, April the
14th, at o'clock D. m, the following described real
estate All that piece parcel of land lying and sit
pated in Washington county, in the District of Co
stone planted the southeast side of the road from
Un1ontOwn TO bennings Bridge, and the northwest
corner OF that part of the tract of land called Chi
chester" which was sold by John A. Smith to
road north So deg, east 2607 feet, thence south
49 deg east 6266 feet, thence south 50 deg, west
G273 feet 70 the dividing line between Charles A.
krause and Mrs. Otterbsck, thence north rs deg,
thence north SS deg west go feet TO the beginning
containing i've acres, more or less.
Terms OF sale One half cash, the residue in equal
payments In SIX and twelve months, with interest,
secured by the purchaser notes and deed of trust
the premises. 100 to be paid down the day of
sale. Conyeyancing and recording to be at the cost
piled with In five days, the trustee the right
10 resell on ten days public notice, at the cost
risk Of the defaulting purchaser:
mareo-2lt YOUNG / Inhibition, Auets.
81 THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED until
WEDNESDAY, April 21st, same time and place.
apis YOUNG 4 MIDDLETON, Aucts.
~ THE ABOVE SALE IS FURTHER POST
time and place. BY order Of the Trustee
ap9 YOUNG MIDDLETON, Aucts.
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A MEXICAN LINE.

A MEXICAN LINK.
MAIL STEAMSHIPS. o
ONLY LINE CARRYING THIII4s
AMERICAN FLAG.
Sailing every THURSDAY from Phflsdslphxs Or
QUEENSTOWN and LIVERPOOL.
CABIN, INTERMEDLTE sad STEERl0E
ACCOMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED.
Bates o. low ss BY another FIRST claa Line.
PETER WRIGHT q SONS, General AGoa6
Philadelphia.
SHERMAN q 90. Bankers) ., Ase,ss
sngBy 1899 street, Wsahin9tsa.
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- II. WARMER,
-. Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Building, corner 7th and II sts. northwest
BUILDING LOT FRONTING ON AND
BOUNDARY STREETS, NEAR 81 ST EAST
AT AUCTION
- ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, April
2-th, AZ "a al clock, will sell in front Of thu
premises part Of Lot NO.2 in Lehman subdi-
vision Of square north Of square No. ~ This prop
srty h- front Of Is feet inches street north
aud u test on Boundary strset, with average
d-Pth Il about % feet.
Terms cash.
apps d FRANK II. CLEARY, Salesman
-I'HOS. BOWLING,
II AUctIonerr and Real Estate Broker,
t>ucCessOr TO LatimeT 4 CIeary,l
Southwest cCrBer Pennsylvania avenue and llth Il.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS

NOUNG & MIDDLETON, Auctiop.er,.
real Estate and Insurance Arents
lie Droit Building, corner sth and Stresss ms
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7. nj. RAJ Es;ste and Insurance Agents,
II Ofo' running corner eth and streets.
TRUsTEEs SALE or VALUABLE REAL Es-
bfsTRiCTi nF C TiTh ~ S SrA.SfsISsT0S,
MES NrSi III Tr sSWAG tk az s2 ZAP WIra
q p! yiItas q deed Of trust. to me dated the
1fTer ami H. NJ Z folio ~ one 81 he Land lsHri "
ia and a. ~ Saiy ,b I. the District q Cogm
bssL se i r Pue ,S 81 n premises; @ the
sprii Al oei * q The f,l ,ag dtih d.y Of
state "a that parcel o. land herein described
The h1e acre. her 52fore sold by Charles A. Kraase
st hsef ss. VIC y, a1i fr8m this stake which
ofthiTty scr"- 3 Chichester Tor c A raass. bears
seventy seven hundredths % n Io5 percb s snd
running thence south fifty nine degrees w rst
.redths p 56 T. take on the nil{ H., nine hun,
I'm and ibs,S and r ihs Ian, fnd Owned By Mr. Otter
deSrse- east forty seven and my two
NTH tSTfy ~ "a Sl Rsrehss to stake thence
three and Twelve hundredths s u 100 parebe- IL a
twelve and twenty four hundreths "a III, pre5s!
4 stake and thence north forty nine and a half
90 hoo peIche- % the beginning, containing 1--WE
Terms q -alr: One half cash: the residence IN
f4ssi m siG and twelve months, with in
trust on IN premises $40 to be psid SW1 S SS tS .,
Ca o. ~a.-, Cow eyancing and recording to be at
complied With ye days the trustee reserSes t nDs
right e. resell ten DAYS public notice at the risk
and cost q the defauifiug parchaser ~
sP2 lot SAMUEL P. sMiTH, Trustee.
I" TIE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED until
"EDSESD ~ pril 2lst same time aud place
apis IOTNG MIDDLETON. Auet.
e. THE ABOyE SALE Is FURTHER POST
funIi, urft NEbN ESDAY, Aprl asth same
anne and place ~ order q the Trustee
aP. Young 6MIDDLET6N. Arc,.
MASH y. WILLIAMS. auct1onear.
" |SfFC---.r Ifs Green x w ilIiau. Au~ti,Drsrs
Northwest corner 10th and u streets
CHtNcFEY SALE OF IMPROVED ,yp I'm
thPrh0H E ID iRoPERTI ON VIRGINIA AVE
WEST, ON II SrRkET SOUTH, BETWEEN
cIA AND I'm STREETS WEST; ON SIX
AMI HALF STREET, BETWEEN II ANOE
or 1IH STREET, BETWEEN u AND SrS.
q ny ,irtue II decree Of tn. Supreme Court.
II u Z pas-ed IN Equity cause No. sos. L will
FER Ter ale a public auction in front tn. prom
t~e~. on W EDNESDAY. Nav 5, ISIS, alto o'clock n
H. Lots T. - s. and s. ~ the subdivisions of square
WI part q s4uaIe as, with the improvements
trrlevu-
TIT RSpAG May s, lS-J ~ the same hour all of
Us aid n square i6i- with TN" imProy ements
Terms IF sale. One fourth cash. the residue i,
eIual IUJ ailments AZ 8, T. i and - month from
iue tay OF sal. and interest at per cent or ALI
ash ~ the elertlyn II the purchaser The title TO
D. retained until az of the purchase money and the
pli'd with within ssyen days from the day Of sale
F-~erNe the right & resell the property AZ the risk
and cost % the defaultiug purchaser. All convey
stciug At pure haScrs cost : lOO deposit the &C
JAS. g. EDWARDS, Truste.
aSl9 eH6dS WASH. b. WILLIAMS, Aucts
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.

WASH. Il. WILLIAMS, Auctiopeer.
w Successor to Green WiIiiams Guet,o,aer.
1901, northwest corner l0Sh md ID sired.
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50 TUB AB0yE SALE Is FURTHER POST
fpot NEfh NEbN tSBAf, April 3-th, Same
ti.nr and place ". order q the Trustee
Hp-f ltti NJ 4 MIDIII. ~
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-
| nUNCANsON BROS, Aactfe pe>r..
- soutneast corner 81 9th and u sts., ncrthvesf
| NEW AND sECoNp-HkHD DOORS. R,.I,ns
sh; MnULDlNGS. BRAokKTS, &C. &c.
On EsDkT MORNING, April a., oomm-,.,
ing Al ~ clocs, We will sell, 40 front Of oar salc-
Doors, Sash, Blinds.
Nouldlngs, Brackets, &c.
It DUNCANsoS BEos., Auet..
nUNCANS0N BROS. Auctioneerr
~ Corner 9Th and ID streets northwest
HAIR CLOTH PARLoR sErs, WALNUT
CHANNELS StTS. COTTAGE SETS, NAT
TRE SSES, SlDEB0AhDS. ETEGERES HAT.
R.Cks, pEDSTEADs, BUREAUS, WASH
STAND CANE AND WOOD SEtT CHAIRS,
Shoe kERn, glassware, kc.t &C, Also.
ZINE STEWART COOK STOyE, Ar AUG,
q On TUESDAY MORNING April AZ cam
" menoing at 10 O'Clock, " III sell. in font Of
"our sslesroom, q general assortment Of III Ouss-
~ thold Goods. consisting Of
Hair cloth Psrlor Sets
Walnut Chamber Sets,
Cottage Sets,
Bedstesds, Bureaus, wsshstsnis.
chairs Carpets, Mattresses
Cooking and other Stoves,
Also nae Stew art Goa,
. Crockery. Glassware, &c, &c
Being the entire contents of = boardiss hos q re-.
tn2 2 ed 70 our store Ter convenience Of sale
DUNG ANSON RpOs Aurs.
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:, ~ - ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED until
EDNESDAT. pril = Isl, same time ana Ma.
By Cruer II Tru-tee- p--
apis GOTNG& MIDDLETON Arc,s
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VINHOMAs BOWLING,
Il Aucsioneer and Real Estate Broker,
(Successor TO Latimer 4 Ciexryl
coutnweet csrnsr Pennsylvania avenue and llth q
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MASH y. WILLIAMS. Aurtrouaar
w 0S-Ece--.r Ir Green William. Aurtion1srs
Northwest corner 10Th and u streets
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As an inducement to purchasers Of above, an
n9unce that will offer for sale immediately after the
above sale, as attorney for thu owner, Lot 5, al
loining above tract, containing same amount of
land, and improved by a small two-story Frame
House and fine peach orchard.
RANDALL HAGNER, Atterpey
spl5-eoSds J. t. COIpwRbL, Salesman
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TRUsTEEs SALE OF VALUABLE REAL rs
XII IN Ihk COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
TOWN. On TIE ASACOSTlI Road, Wirfi-
~ TN MIN les WALK OF The NAVY
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g by Nirtue II decree Of the Supreme Court.
II u 4 passed IN Equity cause No. 3.SlS. / will
Ter Ter ,1.e - Puilir auction, in front If tn. prem
i--~. on EDN ESDAG. Nav ;, ISIS. at q o'clock n
H. Lots II, ~ s. and s. OF the of .Iuar
-tj part Q! s4uaIe as, with the improvements
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
rhc CaIiforria Elcction.

The returns from the California
election indicate a majority of near
ly thirty thousand for the Democratic
State ticket. The Congressional dele
CATION will be almost entirely Demo
cratic. The Legislature is over
whelmingly Democratic. The tidal
wave keeps rolling, and will roll on
and on until the last Statci is snatch
ed from the grasp of the unworthy
and corrupt party tina: now hold the
sccptrc. The people are terribly in
earnest, and with the fall elections
will come the entire dethroncment of
the Radical party.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
Sudden Death of n Prominent
West VirgintIn.

Hon. A. J. Pannell, State Senator
from the Wheeling District, dropped
dead, from heart disease, while stand
ing in his cottage door at the White
Sui phur Springs on the 18th Of Au,
gust. Mr.. Pannell was very good
man, liked by all who knew him, a
most worthy citizen, and exceeding.
ly popular. His bitterest political
enemies could say nothing detFimen-
tai to his sterling character and strict
honesty. The State can ill-afford to
lose such men. It Will be difficult to
find q rnait or i.--...-s... .iaaAine.
character, and kind-heartedness to
fill his place in the State Senate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
The Wheeling Standard.

In another column We reproduce
IN article from the Courier, showing
up the Standards spite in coupling
Senator Eastham's prospective can,
didacy for Governor of this State with
Mr.. Walker. We are somewhat sur
prised at the course Of the Standard,
and that it should mar 4 just tribute
by an unjust reflection. Mr.. East
hams puplic connection with Mr..
Walker has just been what the dG-
ties of an honorable representative
called for. TO intimate that one
prospective candidate is influenced
by some individual OF some ring, is
only to call for like intimatlons that
other candidates may be influenced
by men equally as Objectionable, and
by rings equally as dangerous; But
this on all sides, is useless and ioo!-
ish. Let those who aspire to high
position stand upon their own lndl'
vidual merit and their public rec
ord; because other men arc COCA o.
bad can take nothing from nor add
nothing to the individual who Is be-
fore the people. And it is but .
matter of justice for US to say here
that Mr.. Eastman has never by word
or action minated that he desired
the nomination for Governor. His
name first appeared in public in
connection with this Office, without
the slightest knowledge upon his
part. He is a plain, unassuming
unambitious farmer who knows nc
rings, and who never did dishonor.
able act in his life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
NEWS E'FEMS.

Tilton has received over Three hun
reainyitasions 20 lecture the coming
season.
JEFF Davis has accepted invitations
to county fairs from De SOTO and Full
ton, No.
II was in this month, o:.e hnndrrd
years AGO, that the invasion Of Cana;
da took place, and the Continents!
Congress originated the title, "Thc
Thirteen United Colonies."
The Poland gag law is to be intro,
ducad into the Ohio campaign, and
Buen, Of s.. Louis, who has ha! =
practical tests of its quality in his
arrest. and temporary imprisonment
for alleged iibels on Senator thanG'
lcr, Is to expornd it.
Cclorcd Cadet Smith, who used to
Undergo frequent hazings, got 81
used tn such performances that he
married.
Lieutenant Governor Davis, Of
Mississippi, is on trial for bribery
President Grant returned Wcdne''
day IRON Babylon to Long Branch
He met General Shalr at Crecdmoo;
station, and exhibited much interest
in the progress Of TIE ismer'e'H
Wimbledon.
Spain will contribute 10000 fresh
troops to the war. for the Suppression
Of the Cubans.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

The map Of IVES: Virginia looks
like the picture Of ! canyassed ham
With the tail Of the hog;iefton, The
cspital is a little exc:esence on The
Watchmaa.
The capita-injunetiQn has 6tca.
argued and submitted, but the. So.
preme Court has not yet ifendertt
decision. We learn that the opinion
Of the Court is likely 10 be in fayS.
of The Charleston side ofthe queitiSn;
though the statement is based en-.
t;reiy upon rumor-GrgttOa Stat;ael;;
Frcrriyr from WEST VIRGINIA
Geo. Haines, Of West Virginia, was
committed to Jail yesterday, for len
DAYS, upon the charge of being fig.
tive from. justice. His employer,
from whom he is said to have stolen
4 large sum Of money, has telegraph.
ed that he will send . requisition for
him as soon rs praeticable.-Rict:
mOad Eaqairef.
DIsrARpLY MrRpEE.-one Of the
most outrageous murders tina; has
been perpctrated in this State, was
committed on last Thursday, the 10Th
ult.. in Barbour county, about four
niles this side (west of Beelington.
M. A. J. Wilmoth, merchant, post
master, and highly respected citizen,
living the distance above mentioned
from Bcelington, while harvesting
and stacking his hay, found he was
deficient one pole, and said he would
take an axe and 90 TO the woods and
eat one. He vas absent rathsr.a
longer time than il was supposed it
would take him to cut one, when
some work hands who were in his
employ went to look FOR him. They
had not gone a great distance
into the woods, when they discover
ed him dangling-from the limb Of q
tree. a CHASTITY corpse. On examin-
alton il was found that he had been
stabbed n number Of times in the
neck mud breast with baylor K or
something similar. II has been
whispered around who the perpetEa-
tors Of 50 diStardlv and cowasdly act
were, but no arrests have been made
as vet. and We shall defer giving any
names until we can geta more dsi-
mite and correct report. Mr. VII
moths body was suspended to the
tree BIZ hickory bark peeled from .
small 6ush. We understand he had
no personal enemies in his immcdi-
ate vicinity, aud i: is supposed TO
have been matter OF money-ia
short. il is thought he was killed for
his money. 1t is dark and bloody
murder and should be worked up
and the black-hearted murdeFers
dealt with 10 the extreme extent o.
the aw.!BacEkaaoN Delta.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
a6r;cc 10 Farmers.

The rather high price oil ~he"',
and the heretofore reported dearsh OF
breadstufs in England, have had a
natural tendency to induce farmers
to hold back Their crops for higher
prices. Such course is very wrong
for i. is the experience Of the most
prudent observers and dealers IN !,
wheat, that it is always better to sell
while there is a certainty Of finding
a market, than hold offfOr the future
when there may, perhaps, be none.
We notice that the receipts of wheat
and corn at Chicago and Milwaukee
from July Sd to the22nd August, have ave
been as follows: Wheat, 1868, 600
bushels; corn, a2ss,coo bushels
The latest adyiccs from England also
indicate tina. there is nothing like
the scarcity of bgtadstufs there that
were at first reported, and that wheat
is likely to rule atonly a slight ad.
vance upon last gears market, If
this news of the 5.uation turns out
to be correct, it livery evident that
wheat growers en- gain nothing by
Withholding thGr products at this
time. FreigstssEilI certainly be no
cheaper than, they are. at present,
and says an exchange. at is, there
fsrc, to be hoped that the producers
Of grain taught by the experience Of
last year viii, after having completed
the harvest hasten to take the pres
ent market price open to them by the
world, and rot, by holding back their
crops, aid tie SPECTATORS in making
our countrythe dearest market to buy
in until all foreign purchasers are
supplied from other countries having
surplus to sell.-EG.
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The Coal Fields OF West Virginia
a Geological Survey.

At the recent meeting, at Detroit,
Michigan, d the American Assocla-
ton for thc.Advancement Of Science,
| the subject # the coal fields and the
importance Of u thorough geological
survey of this State was prominently
urged.
Prof. Z. B. Andrews, Of the Ohio
Geological Corps, read paper on ~
Comparison Between the Ohio and
West Virginia Sides Of the Allegheny
Coal Field The object of the paper
was to show that there is an enor-
nous thickness of coal measures in
West Virginia on the Kanawha,
Guyandottt, &c, while on the Ohio
! side Of the synclinal axis Of the field
they are relatively thin. The Pro
fes$or took the Pittsburgh seam Of
coal as a basis OF measurement, and
while the distance from this seam to
Che bottom Of the productive coal
series in Ohio and Western Pcnnsyl-
vania is from 500 to 800 feet. on the
Kanawha and New rivers the dis
lance is 3,100 feet.
And on general discussion of the
mineral resources Of the State, the
professor said that "the remarkably
fine group OF Goals on Elk river, on
the Kanawha between Charleston
and the Kanawha falls, on Coalriver,
on the Guyandotte, on Twelve Pole
and on the Tug and Louisa forks Of
Big Sandy 1iyer, is in the geological
position below the base Of the Ohio
measures, and there is another group
1900 feet thick, lying still lower IN
the stratigraphical column. These
deep Goals in West Virginia, were
found in deep geo-syclinal trough
which probably extended tothc south
west through Tennessee, and in this
direction connected with the ocean.
Itscxtcnsion to the northeast through
the anthracite ccal-fclds Of Pennsyl-
vania has not yet been ascertaiAed.
When the great Western Virginia
~ was filed, the water in the
General VI, i;;,hsidencc came o:er the
broad plateau OF he ONO "aVefi{ y
and the corresponding DONATION o.
Western Pennsylvania and the GOA
series grew upward to the Pittsburgh
coal seam, and still abo:c this for
1900 to 1900 feet.
1t is very gratifying to see that the
wealth and Importance OF the miner
ais Of this State arc becoming sener-
ally known, and well understood
All that is necessary is for the cap
italist to become acquainted with
these facts, in order to be induced to
bring there hidden treasures to the
light, and secure wealth for himself
and prosperity to the State.
The Association also laid great
stress upon the advantages which
would result from a geological survey
! Of West Virginia 1t was urged that
no State in the Union would be so
much benefited by such survey
This matter has been already prom
incntly mentioned both in the pub.
lie press, and in the last message Of
the Governor to the legislature. II
such a survey is to be made. the
present appears to be fitting time
for its prosecution, so that the proper
maps and charts may be prepared for
exhibition with our mineral specl-
mems, at the Centennial. This is
another object well worthy the atten-
ton of the legislature, when tia
blcs two months hence.