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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
C.LFnuII.ner.

On last Friday night Hon. Chas. ].
Faulkner spoke to the people of Ma
son at the Court House. He had
very large and attentive meeting and
spoke for about one hour and a half.
He made one of the old time straight
forward, earnest, statesmanlike,
speeches; saying nothing to arouse
passion or prejudice, but told the
simple facts of Radical corruption as
it had como under his own person
al observation while in Congress-
Mr.. Faulkner is one of West Virgin
las most distinguished citizens and
is canvassing the State for Tilden
and Reform.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Importance Of the Next Session
OftlIc Legislature.

The Huntington -AdreHtscr, pa
per printed in the Third District,
cnumeratcs the following reasons for
saying that the next session of the
Legislature of West Virginia will be
the most important one ever held in
the state:
First, the Legislature will be call
ed upon to elect two United States
Senators, a thing which rarely ever
occurs in any state, and especially is
it important now when the Radical
Senate is fighting the Democratic
House to prevent economy and per-
pctuatc bayonot and negro rule in
this country. Then there is the i'm.
portant question of the capital loca-
ton to be settled; and kindred to that
is the fight to be made by this district
for its just share of state appropria-
tions. 1t is well known fact that
while this end of the state has been
paying 10 per cent, more than its
Just proportion of tax, it has not re.
ceivcd one single cent in the way of
permanent improvements, All the
State funds have been absorbed by
the two upper districts.
There is to be Il re-appOrtionmcnt
of the state; and in this matter, this
district is to be heard. By the con-
stitution, Cabcll county is entitled to
two delegates, Wayne two, and Ka'
nawha four; yet Cabell has one
Wayne one, and Kanawha three
This is a glaring and manifest injus-
ticc to this end of the state, which
has been hcaped upon us, and must
be corrected.
Now in all these matters of local
interest, it is well understood that
this end of the state proposes to make
a determined fight this winter, and
most of the counties have, with this
view, nominated their best and most
experienced men for the Legislature.
Our people have asked not who is the
most popular man, but who will make
the most efficient delegate, With
this view they ought to vote at the
coming election.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
How Hayes Returned 500, 1000
worth OfPrOpcrty at $1,000

We have received a full and com.
plete exhibit of the tax returns of
personal property made by Ruthc-
ford b. Hayes to the tax assessors of
the the First Ward of the town of
Fremont, which we shall publish
next week. The personal property,
other than non.taxablc, valued un-
der the will ofSardis Orchard at $780,
600, of which II, b. Hayes is deviscc,
is returned for taxation under the
oath of r, B, Hayes at 5000. Three
watches, the aggregate value of which
is $500, are sworn to be worth $3.50
in 1875, while in 1854 one of the
watches is sworn to be worth $500
Four carriages are returned as being
worth $3.50 in 1874, while the maker
of one of the carriages states that Mr.
Hayes paid him in that year $500 for
a single carriage. One horse valued
at $500 is returned rs worth but 500.
In possession of n piano, he has failed
to make q return thereof, as the law
of Ohio requires, With over $780,
600 of personal property, Gov. Hayes
has returned under oath, for the past
three years, less than $4,000 worth
for taxa tion.-HcruW.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Is. j. Redmond.

This gentleman tells the people in
an elaborate document, which occu-
pies almost two columns of the paper
why they should vote for him for Con-
gress, and the only reason assigned is
because, he his u farmer and that
there is not u corporals guard of far
mcrs in either house. Well we trust
that the good Republicans ofPutnam
will bear in mind, and when they
come to the polls in October next,
they will cast their ballots for DIR.
Stewart. But Benny says if he had
of had his way that there would have
been no rebellion, nor no proscript-
ion laws. What n terrible thing it
was, that he was not allowed his way;
millions of lives and dollars would
have been saved, a bleeding and dis.
tractedcountry. Thinkofit! Homes
made dcsolate; the hearthstonc desc
Grated by that terrible sCourgo called
war. Bleeding hearts, bleeding
pockets, and an over.burdcned with
taxation people, all because Benny
did not havo his way. We hope he
didn't say that to threaten us, and if
we don't give him his way this time
and let him 60 to Congress that he
will ro.cnact al those years of suffer
ing,-Puiadm Democrat
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WEST VIRGINIA, SIS:

A I Rules held in the Clerks Office Oi
"A the County Court Of Mason County
on the first Monday In September, 1876.
John $. Hanley and A. \. HanlCy,
Va.
]. b. Kerr, Administrator oithe estate OF
John TAYLOR, decd, Matilda Taylor, George
Taylor, Wesley b. Taylor, William Taylor,
Manila Taylor, Ann NJ. Holly and Corne'
Illus Holly her husband, Elizabeth Holly
and w. i. Holly, her husband, Mary Ar
thur and Thomas Arthur, her husband, J.
H. johnson, Margaret Taylor, and the I'M.
known creditors OF said John Taylor dcd
IN CHANCERY.
The object Of the above suit Is to subject
the real estate Of said dccedcnt, situate IN
Mason County, West Virginia, to the pay
ment OF his debts; and II appearing by
affidavit filed with the papers Of this cause,
that George Taylor and w. b. Taylor above
named Defendants are non residentso the
state Of West Virginia, II Is ordered that
they do appear here at Rules to be held ~
the Clerks Office Of the County Court oil
said County, on the first Monday IN the
month Of October 1870, and do what II nee
cssnry to protect their interest in this suit
T.. KlMBERLlNG, Clerk
W. Il. GUM, Sol. Sept I lew,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
TIle POst Office.

We have no heart to comment on
the indecent course of the editor of
the Register, in regard to our Post OF
fee, both privately and in the col
umns of the Register. To use a hack
neycd phrase, no comment is neCessa-
ry. His hypocritic-whine about a
soldiers widow is beneath contempt.
Monitor.
When it is known that D. II. Viii
lard and John NJ. Phelps edit the
Monitor, the people may expect such
productions as the above. Willard
has only a residence here by virtue
of the position he holds as Treasurer
Of the Ohio Barrel Company, and
when his office is gone, his carpet
bag will be packed and he will re-
turn to the place from whence he
came. In 1870 Phelps was candi-
date on the Democratic ticket for
Secretary of State, and was elected,
but as soon as his term of Office cx-
pircd, he deserted, and went back in
to the Republican party, Now these
two men are the leaders of the Re
publican party in Mason county,
which is of itself sufficient to con-
denim the party in the eyes of all
good men.
We have told them of their false
professions of love for the soldier
and the soldiers widow. No wonder
they have not the heart to comment
on our article in relation to the APP
pointment of a Post Master. They
dare not deny what we said, or dare
not attack the applicant, for to do so
would be to kill the paper with the
Union soldier. We did not act din
decent" in the matter, but only told
the plain, unvarnished truth, and
that is what hurt the Monitor. The
petition of Mr.. Hoy, son of Mrs,
French, was signed by about two
hundred voters and citizens within
the delivery of this office, a large
proportion of whom were Republi-
cans; and that hurt the editors of the
Monitor also, Maybe they call that
an "indeccnt course" on our part
"Hypocritic-whinc" indeed. Where
have we shown any hypocricy in the
matter2 Will you please pointit out
to us, if you can, We are as true u
friend to the soldier as any of the
editors of the Monitor And when we
see an attempt on the part of Re-
publicans to disregard the petition of
n soldiers widow, in asking the APP
pointment of her son as Postmaster
to the office made vacant by the death
of her husband, we will expose their
contemplate trickcry. We ask,
why you want to give this office, in
direct violation of the wishes of
large majority of the people of the
town, to n man who is worth his
thousands of dollars, and thereby rob
the soldiers widow of the benefits of
a salary that would be Il support to
her and her and childron2 II there
has been an indecent course pur-
sued in this matter, it has been com
mitted by the Monitor and those who
ran to Washington to get the APP
pointmont, but in which we arc
happy to state, they most signally
failed, and were snubbcd by the dc.
partmcnt TO boot,
RYaNotc the Democratic ticket
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

So it turns out that, after all this
fuss about his income return in 90,
Governor Tildcn only strictly obeyed
the law as officially interpreted and
announced at the time by the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. Our
Republican friends should remember
that attacks on private life are
dangerous in politics. They do not
concern the real public questions at
issue, and besides sometimes do nol
turn out as expected.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
LEGAL.
TRUSTEES SALE.

IN pursuance of the terms Of Trust
| Deed executed to me as Trustee on the
9TH day OF September, 1875, by Cam Mitch
ell and recorded in the Office Of the Clerk
OF the County Court Of Mason county,
West Virginia, in trust deed book No. 2,
page 49l, to secure TO the firm Of Setszer.
Sehon & McCulloch, the payment OF bond
of Five Hundred and fifty-eight dollars and
thirty-tive cents (S55S.35,) shall proceed
on Thursday, the 2Sth day Of
September, 1870, to sell ut public auc-
ton, at the present residence Of the said
Cam Mitchell, on the farm known as the
Couch & Goshorn farm, in Mason county,
West Virginia, to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described property or
so much thereof as will pay off and salts.
fy what remains unpaid OF the said debt,
together with the interest thereon and the
costs of executing this trust. One sorel
mare, years old; bay mare years old
hay horse 5 years old; dun horse 8 years
old; bay mare years old bay horse 0
years old bay horse years old, year.
ling colt; 10 head of killing hogs; IS head
OF stock hogs; 3 milch cows; yoke OF oxen;
yearling calves; heifers; l two.hOrse
wagon; ox.wagon; No. steel plowS 1
steel, dOuble-shovel plows; @ pairs oil sin
gle harness and cane mill.
EDMUND SEI0N,
sept. 7-4w. Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Letter from Rev. W. W. Harper.
HARrronp On. sopt. 2. 1S7G.


Editor Herald.
In the Ohio State Journal dated
Aug. 26th, l notice statement to
the effect that l left Columbus with
out paying my board bill. To cor
rect this false impression this dirty
little trick prompted by spirit and
purpose to injure without a just cause
and prejudice parties unacquainted
with me and the facts in the case, l
ask permission to make the follow
ing explanation.
/ arrived at Columbus at about 4
o'clock on Monday the Dist, stopped
at Mr., McCartees, near East State
street, remained there until Tuesday,
at noon, to which time l paid my
bill. then expected to leave on the
4 o'clock train for Athens, but miss
ed the train and had to lay over UNI
til next day. In the meantime de-
cided to go home by the way of Day
ton. On Wednesday morning had
a short conference with Gov. Hayes,
after which went to the depot to see
how soon the train would go out, and
procured my ticket, after which cx-
pected to return and settle with Mr..
McCartce. But when / got to the de-
pot | found | would not have time to
return, the train being nearly ready
to leave. The best thing for me to
do then as l saw it, was to go on to
Dayton and send the money to Mr..
McCartcc in letter with the proper
explanation. / did, and wrote n let
ter dated Friday 18th, in which | en-
closed one dollarto the landlord which
was u quarter more than was really
due him as compared with his form
er charges. But | thought l would
make the thing certain, and on Sat
urday, there appeared the dirty little
squib above referred to, Mr., McCar-
tee being a Republican and the edi-
tor of the Journal being Republican,
thought now this will be u good thing
to publish against Harper to preju-
dice the minds of the people against
him and his $500 story, but gentle
men it won't take. It will not thick
en- nor strengthen the statements
made as to what became of the $500
that l gave to Gen. Hayes. That
still remains in limbo and the pco-
pie are still demanding and will con-
tinue to demand an explanation clear
full and explicit. W. w. HARPER.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
one Of the healthy SLAMS that tho

One of the healthy signs that the
colored people of the South mean
hereafter to think, act and vote to
suit themselves is contained in the
fact that they have ordered and paid
for out of their own pocket, 10000
copies of the House report upon the
swindling Freedman's bank opera.
tions, They have also ordered for
distribution large number Of the
speeches made by Southern members
regarding the robbery of their hard
earnings, amounting to more than
sixty millions of dollars. 1t is only
in Point Pleasant that the colored
man consents to act as the donkey Of
radicalism. In other places he gives
the radical honcy.fugglcrs the sharp
end of his boots.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Twenty thousand stands of arms
have been sent from Washington to
arm the Republican negroes of Char
lesion against the Democratic negroes
which will be distributed on the day
of the Republican Convention
Southern patience and Northern in.
dignation will render the muskcts
useless.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
The Candidates.

II VIC hullb w hhSN "AA %
the character of man, we must go
to the comparatively small circle who
are acquainted with him by the in
timacy of personal contact and mu-
tual interchange of secret thoughts.
If BY this means we test the calibre
of Governor Hayes, whom the Repub-
lican party is so anxious to have
elected to the Presidency, what do we
fndP We discover that in the trans
action of the official business connect
ed with the position which he now
holds, he is under the guidance and
dominion of q VIGOROUSLY corrupt
politician, one who will advise and
assist in carrying out any scheme of
wickedness in support of the party
to which he belongs; man who, up
on the pretense of doing some insig-
nifcant work, has taken thousands
of dollars from the treasury of the
State, and put them into his own
pocket. We ascertain that the Re-
publican candidate is an indolent,
lazy, insipid man, utterly deficient
in executive ability; indeed one who
has, without tho possession of any
qualifications of merits, had great
ness thrust upon him.
Governor Tilden, on the contrary,
is a man of extensive knowledge,
strongpersonal character, well-known
integrity, and above all, is an active
and energetic opponent of every
thing that savors in the slightest de-
gree of corruption or dishonesty; a
man who will WELD the power in
trusted to him for the benefit of those
by whom it was confded;a man who,
placed by party in position of in
fluence, responsibility and greatness
will use the attributes of his Office
for the furtherance of the interests of
the whole community without re-
spect to party; who will, when in the
Presidential chair, take active meas
uaes for the remedying of the evils
under which the country is now suff-
ering; who will, by his natural ener-
gy drive out thieves and robbers
from the public service, and cause the
affairs of his administration to be
regulated and conducted by men of a
character like that of himself; who
will himself take charge of all mat
tiers connected with the Government,
and see that they are conducted ac-
cording to his own high notions of
honor and uprightness.
Under Hayes the present system of
plumber would be inevitably pcrpct-
uated; from him nothing in the way
of reform, however bright and speci-
Gus his promises, could be rcasona-
bly, expected. He would be naught
but a tool in the hands of the men
who have controlled and done all
they could to corrupt the Republican
party. By Tilden the word reform
means an active and vigorous cam
paign against all villiany and debas-
ing practices which have paralyzcd
the country. Him the people mean
to elect, being themselves tired of the
present system and knowing that no
relief can be looked for from the Re-
publicans.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The Long Island (N. " City Star
heretofore an Independent Republic.
an paper, has now taken its stand
firmly for Tildcn and Hendricks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The Cairo Bulletin calls upon the
people of the north of all parties to
meet to protest against the bayonct
order of President Grant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The vicksburg Tribune notes Tho
formation of several Tilden clubs
among the colorcd population in its
neighborhood.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Senator Morrill, commences his
service as Secretary of the Treasury,
in a characteristic manner, by dis
missing, at Grants dictation, Mr..
Hemphill Jones, a man of unsur-
passed integrity and qualifications
for the office, and putting in his place
a carpet-bagger from Mississippi,
without character or experience.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Alabama and Arkansas both show
Enthusiastically that the negroes have
at length formed just estimate of
their Republican rulers, and that, if
permitted the frcocxpression of their
will, they will assist in removing
corrupt officials from power
--a-.--s=a-aH-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes has
written a letter to President Ulysses
Grant, in which he Endorses, in the
warmcst terms, the administrations
Grant, and begs the President to un.
derstand distinctly that he Hayes
has at no time intended to cast any
reflection upon, or to object to, the
policy Of Grants administration.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Will the journal, the mouth piece
of Hayes, tell us what Hayes done
with the four hundred dollars that
he took from soldier and promised
to send TO his mother, after he was
executed. Information desired. The
people are not prepared to vote for a
man for President, who robbed the
mother Of n dead soldier. Hayes got
the money, this is proven by the
Chaplain and one of the command
ing officers of the regiment. Did he
send ii to the mother of the dead sol
der us he promised to2 Nay verify,
Hayes put il into his pockets and has
never paid it over. A fit subject for
the admiration of the Journal. No
steal, no honor.-Sniiacl.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The spirit of the order placing
troops in the South, the Nashville
American declares, isalone in accor.
dance with the necessities and inten-
tons of Grant dhis cabinet officers,
and Morton, Boutwell, & Co., who are
running Hayes for the Presidency
The fox skin of Hayes and WhcoIcr's
letters regarding the Southern States
is entirely too small toCover the lions
paw that it attempts to conceal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Hon. H. j. Samuels, of Cabcll Co.,
whose name has been flying on the
Cooper-Carcy electoral ticket for this
state for some weeks, prints acard in
the Huntington Adccrtiscr, dated
Aug. 18th, cmphatically declining
the honor. He declares his intcn-
ton ofcasting his vote for Tilden and
Hendricks in November next. He
further properly observes that "thc
vote for the third party will be in
the interest of the Republicans, in
this state, and if largely voted for,
may hazard the success Of the regu-
lar ticket, and may defeat the Nation
al nominees, result that he will
not contribute to, either directly or
directly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The insinuation of the Monitor that
our stock in trade is "vitupcration
and abuse" coming as it does from
the vulgar pen of the "sojourner" in
our midst, is accepted as a compli-
ment. And as the Monitor adds, any
respectable citizen is honorcd by
being the recipient of the abuse of
the Register" We can only say that
if the "sojourncr" expects to be hon
ored in that way, he will count with
out avail. We might add however,
that the "sojourner" is both a respect
able citizen and a gentleman. If this
is a SANDER, make the most of it,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

At Cullman, Ala. there is colony
of Germans, mostly from Ohio, and ut
the recent State election l34 out Of
the entire population of 152, voted
the Democratic ticket,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Over 100 Republicans in Brown
county, Wisconsin, have joined Til
den and Hendricks clubs,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Bear in mind that there is no rem.
edy for the crying evils upon us but
q change Standardization.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The Rev. Bungec, u colorcd minis.
ter of Richmond, Va, who expressed
his intention to support the Demo-
cratic ticket at the ensuing election
is threatened with violence by every
negro and White Radical in the Cap
itol city. They even proclaim pub.
licly that they intend burning his
house, and the insurance companies
have refused to insure it on account
of it. Suppose the Democrats would
treat negro that way in the South,
what would be the result? Why one
thousand Federal soldiers would be
sent there to protect him, but when
the Radicals are whipping the ne.
groes into the party soldiers are not
needed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The leading Germans Of Chicago,
Republicans and Liberals, have issued
an address pronouncing for TildcD.
The address is signed by Edmund
Jussen, "a brother-in-law of Carl
Schun,) Gen. II. digger, F. Beau
mann, Edward Rummel, Philip Stein,
and several hundred other German
Republicans and Liberals.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The Monitor may wriggle and
squirm as much as it can, and
offer whatever apology it please, the
s4OO steal of Hayes will not down at
its bidding. The evidence is in
great preponderance against him.
In another column we add the testi-
mony of another soldier to this tran
saction, to which the Monitors attcn-
tion is particularly directed Howl
away neighbor, we have the evidence
against Hayes and intend to use it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

1t is now perfectly clear that moth
ing but the bayonct can enable the
present public officials to porpetuate
their control of the Government
They will do well to study the his
tories of all who have, for a time, sue
ceedcd in smothering the voice of
the people by means of the military
power.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

We are in the midst of a Revolu-
ton, which will, if permitted, be
quietly conducted to its completion
at the polls. If, however, the bullets
of the soldiers interfere with the free
casting of the ballots of the votes,
this revolution may assume differ
ent form. The people of the United
States have already shown how they
can meet attempts to coercc them
with the bayonets of the military,