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". II. ToMLISS0S.
W. II. ToMLINSoS. N. ", rolSLEl
Tomlinson & 2olsley,
Attorneys and COunSell0rS at Law,

POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
WILL practice in the county OF Mason,
w the United States District Court dor
West Virginia, and in the Supreme Court
OF Appeals of West Virginia. Prompt at
ten,;on siyen TO the collection oi all claims
entrusted TO them. Address, Point Pleas
ant, West Va. oct. l6 lS1S-ly.
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Time, OF hoydiaq tic Courts.

Clrcrf Cossn-First Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
.CorSrY CorET-Third Monday IN Janu-
.arst::, Third Monday III March; Third Mon
!. ,day.in Nav: Third Monday III July; Third
Monday in November; Third Monday III
Dsrrnlbcr.
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5oEN ". ENGLISH,

Attorney at Law,
WILL practice in the Courts OF Mason,
w Putnam and Jackson counties, and in
the Court of Appeals OF West Virginia.
Address, Point Pleasant, Mason county,
West Va. Office in the Court House.
dee. l9. lS12-ly.
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G.P. SIMPSON.
AttOrnev at Law

Attorney at Law,
PoISr Pleasant, WEST Va.
HAVING PROCURED THE USE 0E H.
IL. Fishers Law Library, l will OF all
times be found at his Office ready to attend
TO any and all business entrusted to my
care; and viii practice hereafter in the
counties OF Mason, Putnam, Jackson and
Roane. apr.lS-ly.
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Many persons are judged harshly
by the world because they allow no
eye but Gods to see into the inner
sancturies of their hearts.
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u Y .CIVY DrRECTORN.

slavor-IAxrs n. CorcI, JE.
Recorlcr-M. II. HALE.
= Sergeant. JEwErF.
councilmcn-lohn W. English DIR. W:
i. Ncc.ale; Robert Iourg, 7. S;ribEng; and
!GolsG. l. Thomas. a
Street Commissioned. /. Gfsrs. "A
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sGhoy! answered the:captain. z
sThrow a long line from your ship,
and l will send you boat" came in
the same clear tones.
The line was thrown, the boat. at:
tached, and after a little difficulty,
the people from the sip we're trans
ferred to the.schooner; and Mary was
soon in The comfortable cabin, rejoic-
ing over their escape from a horrible
death.
AT breakfast thencxt morning, the
young captain Of the war schooner
descended to join his guests at the Ia
bic, and, as he entered, Mary sprang
towards him.
Crank Mercer! Oh. it is you-is
lit not?" ~ 80
One glance at the beautiful girl,
and, though years had passed, Frank
Mercer, for it was no other, reeogni-
zed the playmate whom he had loved
so well, and whom he had never
ceased to think Of.
Mr.. Dewes came forward, and what
a joyful meeting was there. but see
ing cloud, as if of bitter memories,
come over the young captains face,
Mr.. Dewes said quickly: "First, let
me relieve your mind ofone thing,
Mercer. Your innocence in Virgin
ia is thoroughly established; for q ne
gro runaway hung the other day for
killing a woman, confessed just be-
fore his death that he had murdered
your uncle, and you arriving when
you did had prevented him from get
ting the gold, but made him escape
from the house. He knew your un-
aetc keptsalarsc amount ofmoneS;
and you being away, as he thought,
he took your knife and committed
the fatal deed"
Frank listened to Mr.. DewcS al
most brcathless, and then, bowling
his face in his hands, he wept like a
child.
"But come in," said Dewes, at
length; I'VE are hungry and need
breakfast; and arc dying to know
how you became 4 captain in the
Mexican navy"
"N1y story is easily told, my dear
friends; for, after escaping from pris-
on through your kindness, l went to
Mexico, entered the navy, and, hav-
ing rendered some service, rose to
my present command, which has
been the means ofsaving yourlives."
Little more can be added. Frank
resigned his commission and return
ed home, when he was lionized by the
whole community. He came in pos
session of his estates, which were
greatly increased in value; and, six
months afterwards, in the very town
where he was to have had the hang
mans halter placed around his neck
for death, he had the moose of matri-
mony thrown around him for life,
and the bride was Mary Dewes.-
Thus his life had been both dark and
bright.
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BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

MAsoSIc-Minturn Lodge No. l9, meets
onsthe first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. G. SHREWSBURY, Secretary.
Odd Fellows-Pomt Pleasant Lodge No.
~ j. o. Q. F., meets every Thursday
ss'sht, in Fishers Hall. JoHN &. STOErz,
..s.:,. -.
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Man without religion is a creature
Of circumstances: religion is above
all circumstances, and will lift him
Up above them.
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town, summoned
quest on the mummy, y
verdict Of Death hsffotn
known and charged the q. Vitli.
the usual fec, withcompo Interest.
from the time of Moses.
Well, that coroner is stiitin Office,
and he Is still enthusiastic about his
profession, While at church he
heard the minister preach . very
solemn, sermon. upon Noah's food
and after it was over tmes the coro
.ner in the aisle, and said to him:
every impressive discourse, Mrs
Wheeler, wasn't itg
"Beautifal, sir! bcautifurp replied
Wheeler. @And yet it seems to be
kinder mournful, ,tooH
aIndeedl Why, it didn't strike me
in that way. Itwassolemn, ofcOufse;
but its tendency certainly should be
to fill the heart of every truly good
man with cheerfulness ahdhope.@
"oh! l know all that" said Wheel
er;; "but didn't he say that therewere
several million people drowned in
that flood?" s&a,
81 believe he did,
''Well, then, l say that when i
think Of all that mortality, and re-
member that I wasn't coroner then,
and amt likely to be when there's
another such frcshet, it makes me
sick. There amt nothing cheerful
about such reflections. Ifeel as if |
hadn', been treated right; as if I'd
been robbed.-IaS. Adelcr. sssss.t-
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T.. w. SISSON.
AttorBey at Law and Notary Publ

Attorney al Law and Notary. Public,
7SrS5 srsTI - .
.ssiss.ss +; ..sl,';' &. -. =.
sFT7ILEfisrtice! ii Il the Courts q Mason
w and adjoining counties, Vest Virgin
il, and in Gailia county, Ohio. Special at
tcntion given 10 the collection OF claims and
rcmit,anccs promptly made.
june |, lS1i-lv.
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nephew had moved to Virginia, and
buying a farm, had made it their
home. Mr.: Mercer and his nephew.
Frank, were treated with kindness
by the gentlemen of the neighbor-
hood, and they received invitations
to visit the plantations near them.
Frank soon became acquainted
with all in the country; but his un-
Gle never left his farm and seemed to
shun society. For this, many rea-
sons were given; but the true one was
that he had lost his whole family,
and raak's parsnts. .havipg.left ii1a
q he det6Fm4n-
ed to devote iiimsclfto the boy, and
found sufficient enforcement in his
company, andin cultivating his farm.
Though reported very wealthy, and
that he always kept 4 large sum of
gold in the house, Mr.. Mercer and
and Frank lived in quiet way, and
made no display. Thus passed
Franks early youth from his four
teenth until his nineteenth year,
when our story opens. A. man of
superior education, Mr.. Mercer had
been his nephcw's teacher, and had
impaired to him much knowledge of
the world d,-of letters, and people, so
that Frank at nineteen, was as well
informed as if he had possessed acul-
tivatcd education. There were those
in the ncighborhood who reported
that the boy was wild and dissipatcd,
and this found ready believers in
others; 50 that Frank had some enc
mics as well as many friends.
Thus We find him; and the even
ing OF the commencement of our
story he had been7invited to an en-
tertainment given by 4 wealthy
planter to his children. Mr.. Dcwes.
the planter, had three children, the
Youngest and lovelicst of whom was
Mary, a girl of twelve. Mary and
Frank were the best of friends, and
loved each other dearly; so when the
fortune teller predicted a dark and
stormy future for Frank, the tears
arose to the child's eyes, and she
said:
"Do not listen to her, Frank"
But the boy laughed, and, turning
on his heel, walked away.
Two days afterward, he left home
for 4 weeks hunting in the noun
tains; but the second night after his
departure. the neighborhood was
aroused by the startling news that
old Mr.. Mercer.had been murdered by
his nephew. One of the servants,
passing the house at night, heard a
cry, and, seeing Franks window
open, he sprang-in and walked across
. the hall to Mr.. MERGERS chamber,
from whence the cry came. Lying
upon the floor was the old man, dead,
while near him stood his nephew
with o bloody knife inhis hand. In
fright, the negro rushed from the
honse and gave the alarm. Persons
from the neighborhood were sent for,
and Frank was seized against every
protestation that he did not kill. his
uncle, and thrown into gaoE
The feeling against the youth was
intense, for the negro told the story
of how. he had found Franksand a
waygaring pcddler, who had. just as:
cended the front steps to ask to stay
4
all night, corroborated hisstatcmcnt.
I The trial came of, and The charges
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:DwARD b. KNIGHT. JAMES II. corcII; J
KNIGHT & COUCH,
AttOr1leys at LG2c,

WILL PRACTICE in the counties OF
w Mason and Putnam. Address E. B.
Knight Charleston, West Va, or JamesH.
Couch. Jr., Point Pleasant, West Va.
Mr.. Couch is Notary Public for Mason
County. dec.l5, lS72-ly.
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ing
z .rept u
"a, and Se
red had driy Nc
into the hsst d sE
ives oi ss: floor, ~.
torn tl,rough Che -
Eai sniie
was1iiled 8as ono
soaie
II 60 dirk
S Bard,
Paicasd
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littlr ut "a .tipe, prepa. sdt as-.-. 49,.
pounded up as fine IS can. can be; nd
water, a esscrt-spo@tul Of best
French brandy, and little loaf
sugar
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AVS. ne Jleiid plBiipl % 'alI busiDcss
NV eDtFnstst 10 his care. sep11 7s-ly.
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EFFECT OF MOULTON'S TESTIMONY.
IErOm the World

Each hour of Mr.. Moulton's examina
ton makes his testimony clearer,
simpler, more direct. As he grows
accustomed to the place the jury
grow accustomed to him, and the
letters, in the setting his clear answers
give, read with Mr.. Fullerton's matchless
emphasis, are listened to with an empha-
Sis which the familiar sentences did not
win in Mr.. Morriss opening speech. All
this is more or less easy in a direct exam
nation. 1t is none the less easy for Mr..
Moulton's marvellous preparation. He
never wanders from the point he volun-
teers no more testimony than the ques-
ton requires with ease he =" connects .
Mr.. Beecher in legal fashion with in
formation whose relevancy Mr. Evarts
loudly disputes. He has not proved, for
all his long intimacy with the case and
his personal interest in the plaintiff, one
of those dangerous, willing witnesses who
need perpetual check from counsel and
admonition from the court. Only once
or twice has Mr.. Evarts caught him in a
bllnder, and then ready apology has
disarmed criticism. Men do not come
to know by instinct the limitations of le-
gal testimony, and a deal of study and
much careful coaching must have formed
part of Mr.. Moulton's training for the
stand All this is gradually having its
effect. Mr.. Evarts' Interruptions grow
! less frequent. The audience are growing
SOBER
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Wit and Hu1nOr.

The height of impudence-ta taking
refuge from the rain in an umbrella shop.
WHY might carpenters believe there is
no such thing as stone? Because they
never saw it.
A RAW clam poultce is the latest anna
teur medical p-raw-clamation in cases of
of diphtheria.
A MORNING paper calls the murder of
a son "filicide." It doubtless meant to
say sonnyside. %
BY an Irishman Why is storm when
it's clearing up, like castigation? Sure,
an amt it batting?
"THE rude forefathers of the hamlet
are not known in Utah, but there are
often four rude mothers in family.
IT is the Daily of Burlington, ILL.,,
and it says =" If this town amt dead we
want to know where to find corpse.
A CONVICT with ball chained to his
leg said, the other day, that he didn't
like "Locke on the Understanding.
81 AN a broken man." sighed dilapi-
dated author CT should think so, fof
I've seen your pieces" responded by
stander
A MAN may be properly said to have
been drinking like a fish when he finds
that he has taken enough to make his
head swim.
A DETROIT Judge keeps the small boy
in something like subsection by threat
ening to have him pinned to the wall with
crowbar and held until he bleeds to
death.
The Duchess Of Edinburgh has worn
all the dresses of her wedding outfit once
and her sisters-in-law are asking her why
she doesn't make her husband buy her
something new.
A CoLoRED preacher, in discoursing to
his people on the efficacy of earnest,
prayer, delivered himself in this manner,
I tell you, bredren, dis prayer is what
glib de debil de lockjaw."
"FOR heavens sake, lend me S." said
a destitute man to his friend, 81 have
had nothing in my house to eat for four
days but rice. y ''Rice !" said the other,
eff [ had known you had rice [ would
come have around to dinner"
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THE JUSTIFIABLE SUICIDE.
BY BUZ.

met him on the boiler-deck as we sailed out Of
port,
He seemed to be a gentleman-one OF the better
sort;
But he had most ferocious look, maniacal stare
Such hunters find in tigers when they rouse them
from their lair.
We met again at even, when the cabin lamps were
lit
He did by ancient female in the ladies' cabin sit
Then he wore look of sorrow-such fearful look
of
AS Niobe with her children on the painted canvas
show.
And met again at midnight, as we glided down
the stream,
And all around was stiffness, save the escaping of the
steam;
Then he had look of wildness-of misery and de-
AS he gazed into the waters, as if something drew
him there.
I sought conversation, and asked him if he knew
That we were a dangerous boat and had desper-
ate crew?
told him that the engineers were carrying the
steam too high,
That any minute we might be meandering lords the
sky.
And that the pilots both were drunk, so 1 under
stood
That they might sink the rocks. 81 wish to
heaven they would"
The stranger cried, but no such luck will e'er be
mine, GrOW,
For death in any shape would be pleasure to me
now.
"Ive sought it at the lannon's mouth and on the
raging SEAS
And on the Northwestern railroad, and places such
as these.
Why will it fee? The young and gay called away
too soon,
While 1 am left, who many years have craved it as
boom"
1 tried to cheer this gloomy and draw his
thoughts away
From dwelling on such dismal things. g Sit down,
my friend, pray;
Have you living wife nor child, no cherished kin
dred dear?
Is there no one you love earth, no ties to keep
you here?
''Who is that dear lady who is travelling with you
now?
Can she not clear away the gloom which settles OF
your brow?
All, there she comes I'll ask her aid most surely
you'll repent"
But up he jumped threw off his hat and overheard
he went.
turned to where the lady stood, and spoke to this
effect:
Madam, you're his mother-in-law." She calmly
said, " Correct"
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he dropped into the Office of wild little
sheet entitled the Sunday Dash, and
edited by James McDermott, wild
lrlshman. Mac was rushing frantically
around the Office, disappearing with a
v11gor that would have put a trooper to
shame.
"Have ye any copy?" said he. "The
printers are raising the divil, and say
they will strike if I don't give them more
copy, d-n them I"
Muldoon said he would give him q
little, and Mac rushed into the compos-
ing-room with a look of exultation on his
face, to curse the compositors again.
NJ. sat down and wrote an article ON
Hilton, and attached to it a short extract
from Theodore's statement. The COM
positors were quieted for a short time
and then began to yell for copy AGAR
Mac struggled with them, and swore he
would have more copy in ten minutes
than they could set in year. Then he
rushed into the editors sanctum and
began to howl.
For the love of heaven, Muldoop,
give me some more copy; give me some
more about Tilton and old Bowen. Blast
the bloody printers, do you hear them
yelling now?" The appeal was effectual.
Muldoon gave up the entire personal
statement and it was put in type. In
the meantime copy came in, and McDer-
mott was saved from the fury of the
compositors. Mr. Tilton was surprised
when he saw the article in print, and now
receives his first inflammation cODcor,,i0o q,
the manner in which it got into type.
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tees, and Mr.. Tilton threatened to shoot
h1m II, by such confession, he should
destroy Mrs. Tilton's character.
VERY FUNNY.
GCor. Chicago Times l

Among other bits which tickled
the church people in court to-
day, was Moulton's statement that
Beecher, speaking of Dr. Storrs' speech
before the council, said Storrs' speech
had been an unspeakable outrage such
speech fought to damn Storrs." Several
OF the Beecher party stopped their heads
and smiled, and the light. of a smothered
smile twinkled in Beecher's eyes. An
other was the testimony that Beecher
said to Moulton that Shearman, who is
clerk OF the church, and staunch sup
porter of Mr.. Beecher, is mischief
maker. The audience staggered Shear
man held down his head Mrs. Beecher
laughed {; Mr.. Beecher, after desperate
effort to retain composure, gave merry
smile.
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JUDGE MORRIS PERORATION-AN ELO-
QUENT APPEAL.

~A~ -A~~AN
Oh gentlemen, what scene is this,
what spectacle we behold here to-day
On the one side you see man of vast
prosperity, surrounded by powerful
friends, with unlimited resources. On
the other side you see man powerless
and poor, coming to you from a desolate
home. Already he has been made the
victim of foul charge, then the victim
of a vile SANDER, and then again the vic
tim OF a foul persecution, unparalleled
for power and relentlessness. And what
has he done? Why, he was the chance
possessor of a loving and beloved wife,
of happy and Of an innocent home,
which his bosom friend, his lifelong
bosom friend, his pastor, his spiritual
adviser, taking advantage of that friend
ship, taking advantage of his absence
and taking advantage of his sacred call
ing, has dispossessed and despoiled him
of. That home is desolated, the hopes
of that family blasted, the pillars of that
household have been pulled down upon
the idols of his worship, and naught but
desolation reigns there! Oh, gentlemen,
you who have children, you who know
what it is to return from your daily labors
to the bosom of your happy family, can
appreciate the wrongs and the suffering
that my unhappy client has endured but
it is to you, as fathers, and as brothers,
and as husbands, that we come with our
case, and as you love your homes, as you
love your families and your children, as
you regard the sacredness OF your homes
and as you reverence virtue and respect
the sanctity Of the family altar, [ call
upon you in the name of all that has
been violated, [ call upon you in the
name of Christianity, by the teachings of
the Savior upon the Mount, by the law
Numbered from Mount Sinai, by every
consideration that is near and dear to us
on earth, [ call upon you to brand the
seducer as his crime deserves to be
branded.
Let it be written on every door
throughout the land "Death, destruc-
ton to the seducer > and when you have
rendered that verdict you will receive the
prayers and blessings of every virtuous
mother and of every virtuous daughter in
the land, and peaceful conscience will
follow you through life, will be with you in
the last solemn scenes of earth, and con-
sole you when at last you stand with your
life-record before the everything God.
Applause
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Forgiveness Of Injuries.

An editor of an obscure paper, pub
Ished in a little village in Missouri,
called at the White House and was ad-
mitted to Mr.. Lincoln's presence. He
at once commenced stating to Mr.. Lin
coin that he was the man who first sug-
gested his name for the Presidency, and
pulling from his pocket an old, worn,
defaced copy of his paper, exhibited to
the President an item on the subject.
edo you really think, - said Mr.. Lin
coin, &C that announcement was the oc-
casion of my nomination
Certainly, " said the editor, " the sug-
gestion was so opportune that it was at
once taken up by other papers, and the
result was your nomination and election. :"
"Ah well, said Mr.. Lincoln, with
sigh, and assuming a rather gloomy
countenance, GO I am glad to see you and
to know this, but you will have to excuse
me l am just going to the War Depart
ment to see Secretary Stanton"
"Well," said the editor, 81 will walk
over with you"
The President, with that apt good ma
ture SO characteristic of him, took up his
hat and said
"Come along"
When they reached the door of the
Secretary's Office Mr.. Lincoln turned to
his companion and said
81 shall have to see Mr. Stanton
done, and you must excuse me, and,
taking him by the hand, he continued
Z" Good-by. I hope you feel perfectly
easy about having nominated me. Don't
be troubled about it forgive you. -
Wushi,,0tO2e Chronicle.
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HOW THE SCANDAL BEGAN.

There are but few people who know
when and where the first publication was
made which laid the foundation
of the great Tilton- Beecher scan
dal suit. It devolves upon the
Sunday SIN reporter to give to the
public an interesting story about the scan
dial, which is published for the first time
to-day. -Four or five years ago vague
and indefinite rJlmors limited at unfriendly
relations between Mr. Tilton and the
pastor of Plymouth Church. Not until
about two and half years ago were the
real sentiments of T. T. made known. At
that time he was endeavoring to obtain a
certain sum due him from that large
headed, meek and lowly Christian,
Henry G. Bowen. Mr.. Tilton was editor
of the Golden Age then, and while in
litigation with Bowen wrote an article
entitled, ga Personal Statement. In
this statement Theodore charged old
Bowen with having written letter from
Woodstock on June Is, 1863, in which,
speaking of Henry Ward Beecher, he
said: 81 sometimes feel that I must
break silence" 1t was the first statement
made by Mr.. Tilton in the Golden Age.
For some reason it was suppressed. Sew
eral weeks after proofs of the article were
handed around for examination among
certain well-known journalists of Brook
lyn. The article was submitted to
Thomas Kinsella, editor of the Eagle,
but he refused to publish it. The proof
finally fell into the hands of W. III. Null
doom, now reporter on the New York
Tribune He cnniad the articla and