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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-02-21

I4~ A LEAD MrNEIY Lrwls Cor>
rY We are informed by SPUR
Turner that he was told many year
ngO by Adam Flcshcr. the father 0
Souh FIcshCr. Of tho existence Of
lead mine. on the waters Of Stone Lick
Run. which Cmptics into the West
Fork Just above l;nrucs' Mills. Mr.
rlc.Icr sail tia, he was cut hunting,
tIa, be hnd wounded large buck, -
and was on the "chasr' on the stream
named. when he suddenly came upon II
camp Of Indians Che red men had not
then left this country. busily Engaged
in mining lead. Of course he 'n'alc
tracks" away from there ms rapidly n'
possible; aud afterwards, when the
.uuug arm aud uurrring rifle OF the
white man hal driven the nbnri.incs
from lhi> section. h. mait several un.
successful at.emp'' to fin! it Since
then. however. Indications II this val
liable mineral have hrrn fuunl in VA
riou> places alrug the creek; and ic'
Gently inrg" pircsS Of she 'lro>s which
/, lvit aIrrr melting lend have been
found there. squire Turner also re-
la,cs rlut old Mr. Wngs"nrr (sho was
captured by the Gn'lion,) and wlln nnw
restless on llnrkrr's Creek. informed
him thu, during his cuptiv;'y. tho In.
dams frequently questioned him as t."
whether the white men hal discovered
the lead mine IN Muddy Greek Oh"
unmc given by them To the West Fmk
River mud on being informed in The
negative. they rrPlici -'Inlian hil:s
we'll !!"-Th"rc nmy be something in
this thing msy be not; hu, il We own.
I'd land in the region Indicated. VI
should mnkc d'ligrnt search htturc W.
discard, d this rradi'ion. which comes
thu. fayorably vnuched iar If it
should turn out TIA, there - lead there
IN anything like paying qnsu'i'ir-. II
will prove "nline Of wealth" to the
landowners, and II big bonan1'" 10
the people Of the county generally.
EE Tux l;RA1r"S Cuus1r SILVER
Miss 1t has long been said that there
is valuable deposit Of silver and 9th
er precious metals somewhere in BruI
ton or Webster counties. Captain e
I. Taylor. in his interesting history OF
Brnxron county. says: There is M I'D
tradition handed down from generation
IN generation. that man by the name
If Srro1h aud two friends aud partners
visited this country. while u, in pos.
session Of the Indians. aud somewhere
IN the waters Of Elk. found. aud for
some time worked a very uch silver
nine-wurkcd it so successfully. TOO;
tia, when they went to leave, they
buried some eighty thousand dollars III
coin. Srins unnhlc to curry more than
few hundred dollars AWAY with them;
made rough map of the country and
marked the place so that they might
easily ind it on their return. Their
stay in the cast Was. however. pro.
tractcd beyond their expectation, Us
the revolutionary war was raging. and
they MI took par, in il; and after
the close. but one Of the number was
lett (Suoui,) the others persisted in
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-02-21

GotcL 4 Hrrr.' for your cakes.
"ractcrs. H. Nriu Street.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-02-21

Hold up your hands. and all 60
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-02-21


Tile CaL.N tio"niy Mr,rrc@ The
Huntington .Aciesrtissr says: Mrs
Mehlins. the confessed accomplish it
the murder of her husband. is, beyond
doubt. tho must wretchcl frinlle cv'
or inc,rccr.lcd 10 the Jail at BlrbOur'.
vile. 10 her. death would be mos
welcome messenger, but her gaIlt.'t1'n'
cd heart has no, tue courage To suggest
suicide; and did she entertain such \
thought. her hands would be too COW
ardiy to assist in the self.murder
By day, CORY stained phuntOms iii
before her eaze. while her sleep is aG
compauied By dreams Of skeletons and
feuis Ounce around LcI bedside, iheil
tuockius laugh derIdjng her for the as
sassinatmu Of her husband. Whcl
asked, few days ago. what troubled
her the mast. 'lhc past or the future.
she answered. the horrible pa't J
She PAGES up and down her strongly
barred room, wishing for death, nnC
occasionally dashes her hnuds into IIrI
eyes rs If to keep from her gas TIT
awful sceues attending the inhumar
bu,chery Of her husband. She has
wu.ted in 1esh 10 such IN extent, since
her imprisonment. Ii. to preseut the ap
nsurauce ofau Unlimited skeleton, her up
petite hns deserted her, her mind is o'
the verge of losing its sway. nu1 Ter
rib!e indeed must he Ter expectation
respecting the issue of her "PFtoac''
Inc trial for murder.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16
MinIcr in Now York.

After the fierce storm which began las t
saturday We enJoycd u few days Of
quite spring-like weather now succeeded,
however, by more cold. The atmos-
phcre was hay, and We saw the sun as
through translucent glass, the temper
atuIo was NJ about lfly degrees, the air was
sim, aud the ground looked as II does when
the snow has Just finally left ii in April
This was not unusual December weather
Last winter, indeed, such weather was
rather the rule than the exception through
out ANA the plough could turn mp the soil
al midwntrL Fa mcls used wheels from
December until May, and the brown earth
ana even gloen grass were visible, with
very bil'f interruptions, during the whole
season. The buds sNellcd. and nrute
animals were quick 10 appreciate the situ-
alton and utilize thcir exemption from the
necessity Of lighting the cold. People
feared Tor the crops after season when
the earth had dispensed with It's blanket of
snow, but the crops turned out to be good,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16
The Case IN Louisiana.

Republican opinion IN regard to the
counting out Of TuDEN's majority in
Louisiana seems to be Of two kinds With
those partlsaus who believe that the state
~ inhabited by "A species OF wild beasts of
peculiarly boodthlIsty instincts, known ns
White Democrats, whose depraved and
oruei nature exults in murder and out
rage and who have no right to expect
any thing better than disfranohi,ement.
we have no desire ~ cutter into argument.
The majority Of Republicans who can
reason or care TO reason. hold that what
ever the Justice or injustice of the Return
ing Boards action, that acton was within
the forms and III accordance with the re.
qnlrcments Of Louisiana law, and TINT
there Is no cure forit. In other words. the
what are you going 10 do about ~" of
TWEED Is put forward by these Republi.
cans rs unanswerable.
The report of Mr.. TRuMBULL. Gov. PAL
hER and the other Democrats who went
10 New Orleans to watch the count il "A
Iufhclent answer 10 those who hold that M
east technical legality sanctions the decla-
ration OF the Board j. MADISON WELLS
ana his associates took the precautiou To-
accomplish the details OF their great fraud
behind doors that swung open only for
themselves ana their confedemtes. Rut
They could not count out the Revised
statutes OF Louisiana nor the clear mean
hg OF the law therein contained.
me Democratic report claims TO show
hrst, that the Board has no jurisdiction
over the vote for Presidential electors
econdly, that If it has such jurisdiction.
The present Board is illegally constituted
and Incompetent TO act; aud thirdly, thar
tVcnif the present Board were legally con-
Nitutcd ana had jurisdiction over the cleo
lorhl vote lis proceedings in the present
Instance were void because they were in
lnocl violation of the law of the state.
No reasonable Republican Will deny that
1 any one of these propositions is proved.
me declaration Of tho Returning Board is
'ho"n to be worthless, aud thorc Is no
esclp' ll"m the conclusion that TILDEN l.
legally elected President of the United
States NOW, are the propo. tiou- proVodf
!. The Returning Board la. uu bower
whatever 10 deal with the elect l-.l vote
Tie Constitution of the United Statr. pro.
vldes that each State shalt appoint its
Presidential electors in such manll,, as The
Legislature thereof may direct. The Louis
ianl Election law OF ls12, by which alone
the Board Is empowered to act, explicitly
repchls all previous laws on the subject of
elections, yet makes no provision what
ever FOR the appointment of Presidential
electors, and does not authorize the
Board to count the votes for electors
ana therefore the Board has no power
70 assume to canvass the votes for such
oihcers' II ii be held that the NEGLECT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16
Gen. Hancock.

GRANT and. SHERMAN have denied with
vehemence that Gen. HANCOCK has been
ordered to the Pacific, or that SHERIDAN
has been transferred to New York. Their
denial may he literally true at this time.
but 1t may be also morally false, rs was the
emphatic contradiction by SHERMAN and
CAMERON that any troops were TO be con-
centrated at Washington, when they were
actually on the way from the South and
the West.
II Is an open secret that tho President
the secretary of War, the General of the
Army, and the chief conspirators at the
capital, do not trust Gen. HANCOCK with
any OF the ualk schemes in which they are
now engaged. rhey know he would not
cooperate IN any movement looking to a
revolutionary policy and the employment
OF force To attain n political end They
fear he might seriously tllwart any des-
perate plot AT the most critical moment.
by his patriotic ana solderly action.
Hence 1t has been part of the pro-
elamlne To transfer him. ns n dangerous
obstruction, from the command of the Al
lantic, where the troops at Washington. in
the garrisons along the coast, and ut other
important points are under his immediate
authority, to the Pacific Department.
where his professional and personal influ-
ence would be less felt in certain con
tingcncy.
His removal has depended ana sull de-
ponds upon circumstances. Gen. Mellow
ELL, who commands ON the Pacific, was on
the eve of returning to San Francisco, "A
fortnight on more ago, from n visit TO the
East when he was suddenly arrested by
telegram from the War Department, That
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

H. with some notable exceptions, become alien
ated from all interest In the progress Of practical
medicine, and lapse into mere administrators Of
receptaeies for the secure detention Of madmen
Dr. B0DINE argues that doing away entirely with
the use OF mechanical restraints. which arc dis
carded In the best European asyIums. would be
tue first and most important step to a general
reform In the treatment Of the insane. 1t u un-
donbtodly true tn 4 the percentage ~ cures IN
our lunatIc asyiums IL 80 small that the majority
OF them should be described ~ Institutions for
the care rather than for the cure Of the insane
ana though they re vast Improvement upon
the wretobed dungeons 10 which the victims Of
mental nalalies we're formerly consigued, It lie
not unreasonable to suppose that more rational
means Will yet DO discovered for the treatment
OF insanity. Probably careful measures to pro-
tect nervous and exc'table patients from arbi-
trary and irritating exhibitions OF authority by
coarse aud domineering attendants Will be found
among the most effective methods OF increasing
the Usefulness Of lunatic asylums.
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unexpected halt was not without signin-
canoe, and the General Is now at Washing
ton comforting with Don CAMERON and
Others In power in regard to objects that
may be soon developed.
Of course the conspirators will not show
their hands unnecessarily. But their plans
can be all maturcd, aud IL 1t should be
thought expedicnt to replace HANCOCK,
with Mcdowell or with SuERTDAN, only
lew words Will be needed to do the work,
ana the telegraph can soon serve the pur-
pose OF the schemcfs Mt the capital. II is
well to watch all these Developments, for
each OF them may take momentous i'm
portance III the course Of the next two
months.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16
Not Sound Advice.

The Nation condemns the act Of the
southern Returning Boards IN counting in
the HAYES electors IA dishonest and fraud
ulent, and then proceeds to give the fol-
lowing advice to those who are opposed to
such dishonesty and such fraud:
The .wis,st course for the Democrats and every
Hnd NIhgu, further dispute on the ilh Of March next
those who cannot afford to wall iour years more
,"r aho'ner such chance as apparently now Offers
order and certainty and does not pa ticuary care
Seaee m RE- gr9"%Sd 5eere i general aeqGle.
NJ nAfks eau u ne be the uian he has been repre-
but this 10 a matter between himself aud hls
own conscience, aud there u every 20
ss great m sortuue for the country 10 have any man
uancc Of dIspntes Is worse one Teop" derc tram
GUILTY., amt Nili punish whatever wrcng-dons there
tu'ional way, ana not by threats and viiupcraton."
SO far as our contemporary counsels the
most rcsolute avoidance OF all violent
resistance TO tho contamination OF this
conspiracy, its advice is good but IL 1t
means that there is to be no further de-
bate on this subject, no further develop
ment of the fncts, and no further intellec-
tual and moral resistance, the nd vice is bad.
This conspiracy involves a direct and
hagraut violation of the law in each one
OF the three Southern States that are dis
puted. Each of these Returning Boards IL
guilty OF disregarding and breaking the
very statutes by which they exist and from
which they derive all their powers. Does
the Nation advise that there shall be no
further debate on that point2 Would IL
have the truth only partially disclosed and
establshed1 And are we no longer to de-
nounce the crime and the criminals because
we do not propose to fight them with arms
in our hands?
Moreover this conspiracy cannot bc car
ried through without violently overriding
the House of Representatives and break
ing down the Constitution aud laws OF the
United States. Does the Nation advise
that this should be submitted to without
word? Are we not to call the at
tention OF the people to such transactions,
TO enlighten their minds by demonstration
OF the facts and by exposition of the prin-
clples involved, to the end that they may
at the proper time pronounce and execute
an enlightened judgment upon the matterr
But, more than this. is it not n duty 10
resist the conspiracy by every parliament
taiy, legal and peaceable means up to the
moment that it Is completed by the mill
tary Inauguration Of Mr.. HAYES, aud by
the fraudulent ana violent act which the
have i'll view, in couquering.
capturing, aud reconstrucling the House
Of Representatives
80 lar as armed resistance Is concern cd.
there will be such acquosccncc ia the
accession Of Mr.. HAYES ~ the Nation adj
vises but 80 far as moral aud intellectual
resistance il concerned, there can be no ac-
Iulrscenco whatever.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

This mornings news lie that NJ SIMON.
the new President OF the French Council. has
Gu lined policy which Is received with gener.I
favor; That the defalCation OF the abscoudlng
PRESIDENT OF the Brussels Bank Is estimated at
teNOD; that two out Of five burglars who were
trying to break into the safe in the New York
'ehuaI uepot al Cohoes were surprised In the
act and arrested yesterday. one having been
MORALLY wounded that the property Of a faro
bank ~ san Francisco has been attached for
$4,000 lost In gaming by defaulting bankers
eleIh that the Oregon Republican presidentisI
electors leave to-day for Washington; that
counsel OF the New YORK Immigration Commits.
sioners yesterday argued before the House Com.
mittec on Commerce N favor Of the Dill LAYING A
two-dullur head tax on every immigrant landed
IN the country, and counsel Of the National Board
Of Trade against II: that a suppused victim az
the liro0kNn nrc,whose funeral had duly taken
place. has returned home drunk but nyely; that
the loss by the breaking Of the 81 L0uis ice dam
amounts TO about $4,000; that fright induced
bN an alarm Of fire yesterday caused the death
81 a lady AT Iiallowell, Name; that Of the crew
81 the bark Emma ana cart. from New York for
Su'ttin, oapsized on the Orkney Islands. Dec. d
seven p"llshedi that Of four prisoners being c0u-
NNed nom -. Lawrence county TO the Albany
ienitontiary two jumped IN the tram whit, in
Boston gas comuany has made q proposition 10
Iight one thousand Of the city lamps foro
YER, ana the Gas Commissioners have rejected
all the bids Of the CITY companies on tho
ground Of COLLISION between them; that GOV.
GROVER and Secretary CHAnwlCK oi Oregon
leave Tor Washington to-day to testify h,-
fore the senate Committee; that President
Lthpo has been captured aud taken "A prisoner
10 the '1ty Of Mexico; that lnspector.Genernl
hAHhth OF the army died al Washington
thursday evenings that the Police Commissions
efs nave allowed the police 10 aid m discussing
81 tickets Tor dramatic benefit for the Brook.
Ign fire relief fund that FREDERICK EvrnsoN.
a negro tried AT White Plains Tor killing KATE
BURKE his mistress was Yesterday acquitted,
tho Irosecution's case breaking down; that fire
Yesterday DESTROYED about $2OOOO worth Of
property IN Bolivar, Tenn, that the stock mar.
ket continues 10 improve.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

From the frequent complaints that are
made Of abuses to patients, even In the best
regulated asylums for the insane. II f. evident
IN Il there is Yet much t. be done before the
system for the management u lunAtics in this
country becomes what IL should he. Dr. JouN
ORphoNhrN. state Commissioner in Iunacy.
has Just delivered hi opinion in case heard bv
him In October where charges had been pro-
fcrrcd against attendants IN the RloominrI,l,
Asylum for having wfulb Inflicted injuries
upon patients throat, in which he saws that
ordinary vigilance Il not enough I'm the case If
the insane, anu advises that IA RS particular
reports should be required from attendants
daily, ana also tho app ointment In all asylums
attendants. I'm paper upon the management
OF the insane without mechanical restraints
read before the American SDclN science Asso-
citation, last September, by DR.. j. l.. IODINE of
Trenton N,J,' the want Of proper supervision
over the attendants Is deuounc ed A. one Of the
most common faults 10 be found In American
asylums. Dr. IODINE also says that In this coun-
Try mechanical restraints are used To "a greater
or less extent In all our asylums, and attributes
1t 10 this cause that secrecy, concellmtnt ana
Jealous exclusion Of the public characterize
their management. lie acknpN edges small re-
spect for the nsylum specially, which he think.
has become a narrow ana purely Artificial one.
whlIe those medical men WHO are srafted Into
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

Although any number Of private houses
are III direct communication with the Police
and Fire Departments, through the District Tel
egraph' many theatres aud public buildings are
not. Says the brooklyn Fire Marshal:
"lnstcad Of giving the alarm TO the pohce or tirc
Department lminr datcly they attempted 10 snrurcss
we uanes IN poe, nrc engine, one o. M ncst
ahd quckcst IN ne cily was within two short blocks Il
nimes had galaed too much Roadway"
telegram from the stage would have brourht
them in three minutes by the mere turn 81
handle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

The experiments Of two ingenious shoe
makers are nov exciting some attention among
the curious the reeult being the production Of
good leather from the skin of a human being.
ana the manufacture Of a handsome pair Of
boots from II. The skin was taken from
the heart stomach, aud back Of man In dis
secting room, who had died suddenly from scci-
dent and upon whom decay had not yet begun
Ia act. II was placed In a solution of hemlock
ana white OAK barkr. used In tanning, and Ia
three weeks from the trst stepping appeared az
the upper leather aud legH of the boots In ques-
ton the sole- being made of COW skin. The
tanning created a light brown color, and the
leather proved somewhat warmer than caIfskin,
and more porous. II appears that after allowing
Tor the necessary waste, the slin 81 an average
SHed man will make two parN Of boots. includ-
ing the soles but the latter would not he sum-
eiehtly hard Tor economical use.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

The people Of Philadelphia are nj last
beginning 10 protest against the extrayagance
ana dishonesty Of their municipal authorities IL
would Probably be difficult 10 nnd city where
the practice Of Addition, Division and Silence
has been carried 20 a greater extreme than In
that in which BILL KEMBI.E, the author OF that
no" celebrated formula for roRues, exists. and
has hls bank and being. According Ia the testi.
mony Il Republican new paper, the ON lem.
every department Of the public service covers
Jobs without number Tho paid FIRE Depart
ment Is denounced ~ a nuisance and "A humbur.
the annual cost Of which exceeds the whole an
nual loss by fire IN the city before the present
department wac established, II being man
aged partly as political machine and
partly ~ job for favored persons who are I'm
the municipal Ring. They are a scuryy set OF
politicians who control municipal affairs Ia Phil
adeiphia' they are equally adroit Ia managing
election frauds for the benefit Of state and ma
tional Republican candidates, and In connecting
schemes for The robbery Of the taxpayers on
whom they SUI si-t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

The proposition to reduce the Presidents
salary aud Ok 1t at the former rate Of $4,000 a
year, Will he brought up once more in the
Senate on Monday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

1t would be very interesting II the gen.
iem"n who are now examining theatres would
mention OF what material tue roof IL In each in
stance composed inasmuch as statements, per-
maps quite erroneous, are abroad to the effect
mat IN not - few New York theatres the roof Is
u wood, covered with cloth; whereas, in Pa.
risiaD theatres, u Ia Of iron or copper. Where
the roof is Of wood, II must OF course inevitably
80 IN few minutes. la Parla. wood scarcely
enters into the cOnstruc' ion Of theatres
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

Tho proprietors Of sewing machine at
the Centennial generously offered TO lady vri
tors free OF charge, chance IN a lottery TO win
their exhibition machine. All that was required
was for the visitor 10 write hor name aud ad-
dress and the name ~ the machine she already
Owned, provided she possessed one. BY this
simple device the proprietors Of tue sewing una.
chine secured the names and address Of many
thousand possible buyers IN all parts OF the
United states, and the latter are Just beginning
TO realize what they have done. The circulars
that might have been expected are beginning to
arrive, aud II l. tn be presumed TIA { they will
continue 70 arrive indefinitely. The nrst an
nounces that the exhibition machine had been
won by a lad In Rochester; In the second, tho
prophetors sly that Oh those whose names APP
pear on Their Centennial register, and ncne
Others, can be supplied with machines at half
price. One hardly knows which most to won
der at,the Ingenuity that conceived this plan of
reaching possible customers, the llberality dis
played toward those who inscribed their names
on the register, or the stem severity with which
all others are regarded IN the matter II prices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16

II appears from the Presidents italicized
message that Uniied States troops were sent to
Petersburg, Va, at the request OF GEORGE n.
MARBLE, Republican ticket distributor. MAR
Bile says that In May Lass he saw a negro knocked
down with stone. Being Republican and
truly loyal patriot. he RETAINED from notifying
the police OF what he had seen, hut waited SIX
months and then called out the United States
army. Troops we're promptly furnished him,
Just before election. by SHERMAN aud TAFT.
Those who propos TO write history by and by
should make memorandun Of the fact that
at the time when DEsNIs was In command of
the United States army In South Carolina. mill
tary operations 10 Virginia we're being directed
by Ticket Distributor MARBLE.