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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16
BAILEY'S REDUCED PRICES!

JUST RECEIVED,
1900 lbs, Turkish Pruncs IS lbs, for 81 90
New CROP o. Molusscs, 90 cts, per gal,
II pounds n, o. Sugar for 81 90
so boxes Proctor q CANDLES soap, bars
for % cts, Just received, the largest
and best stock Of Teas in town.
Young Hysen Tea, 6j cts. per pound
Arbucklc Coffee, so
Choice Dried Currmts, 10
W, Il, Cheese, 10
Navy Beans, 3
Best Soda, . pounds for Is cts,
Best Starch, pounds for 10 cts,
llominy, cents per pound.
Rice, 10 cents per pound,
3 boxes Sitting Rlueing for 10 cts.
Prime Rio Coffee, % cents per pound,
NSN Flour, small sacks, 40 cts,
NNN Flour, large sacks, so cents,
VIM, Phillips best Tobacco % cts. per plug
TERMs-POSIT1vELY CASH.
j. ID. BAILEY,
GALLlPOLlS, OHIO
=. S,-Country Produce taken In cx.
change for goods
lob. 81 iw,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The latest Register is on sale at the
Point Pleasant Book Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16


CoXTLAGRATIoN.-Our quiet town
was aroused last Saturday afternoon,
by the alarm Of fire. The citizens of
all sexes rushed to the scene of the
fire, and found the fcnd was at work
in what is known us Jordun's addi-
ton to Point Pleasant. The houses
which were burned, two in number,
belonged to two worthy colorcd citi-
7cns Of this town, the Amstcad
brothers, who bad by industry and
economy, made sufficient money to
erect for themselves two neat houses.
The house adjoining them was torn
down, and belonged to another color
ed man, Joe johnson. The citizens
who assembled at the scene, worked
manfully and heroically, and succee-
ded in saving most of the effects be-
longing to the occupants of the hou-
scs. When the fire was first discov-
cred, it was far advanced, and owing
to the scarcity Of water, it was i'm,
possible to stay the quick work of the
fre-fend. The loss of the property
Of these energetic and worthy color,
ed people, works severe hardship
on them, and the earnings of years
was suddenly swept away in but On
hour or two, Loss about $780, and
no insurance. We trust our town
Council will now take some active
measures for the organization of a
fire company, or a hook and ladder
company, In case of fire, we are ut.
tcrly powerlcss in our present condi.
ton to combat with it. AT the pres
cnt writing we are unable to give
the origin of the fire, but think it re-
suited from carolessness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

We direct attention to the adver-
tiscmont of +. NJ. Holloway, CALI
polls, Ohio. He intends to sell goods
cheap.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The gardens will soon demand at
tontion, and the head of the family
will be yelling for the shovel and
the hoe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

If Point Pleasanthad a good school
building, there would be no better
place in the State for high school,
giving all the advantages of a col
lcge.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The new editor Of the MONITOR we
infer, belongs to a certain class Of
animals that bray a great deal and
have very long years,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The Dry Docks were hoatod down
to Gallipolis Tuesday. May peace,
quiet and rest, be their reward for
years of hard work,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The public schools of this county
are nearly all approaching an end,
for this year, We ought not to have
less than nine months school in this
District.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

Mr.. W. B Cable is going add an
other line of goods to His hardware
that of bar iron, In doing so he
but supplies a want long needed in
this place. We can assure our read
ers that he will sell iron as low as 1t
as it can be bought anywhere.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

Seven bars of soap for % cents, at
ITolloway's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

All that is wanted to make our
town improve, is for lot holders to
to put their town lots upon tho mar
Ket at reasv"oLia nguros. 0viuv say
you gentlemen?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16
Your Attention

Citizens of Point Pleasant,
! wish to call your attention to the fact that
l CAN AND WILL sell all goods OF the
same quality in my line, as cheap for CASH
as j. d. Bailey, or any other man
j. w. BRYAN.
March 2-lt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

don Carlos" went to the FIRE last
Saturday, and worked so hard, that
he was unable to fill his column this
week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

Notice.. A. ITousor, Dentist,
will visit Point Pleasant ON the Sd
of April next, and remain one week
or ten days He can be found at the
office of Drs. Babee e. Nealc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

Thirteen poundsof Turkish Prunos
for one dollar, at Holloway's,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16
MASON CITY

Is the largest of the five towns that
join each other and form series of
towns for five or six miles in length,
Hartford City and New Haven lie i'm
mediately above Mason City, while
below it, in the order in which they
are mentioned, lie the towns of Cliff
ten and West Columbia. The aggre.
gate population of these places, were
they thrown together would make a
city of fully six thousand inhabi-
tants,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

There will be no services in The
Episcopal Church at this place, on
the third Sunday in this month,
Q9th.) The usual services may be
expected on Sunday, March 26th,
both morning and evening, at the
usual hours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

On the first of April next, the
Clerk of the County Court, will fur
nish the Assessors with a list of
lands sold during the past year in
their respective Districts, so that it
can be transferred.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

A CARD.-To Rcvs. Hill and Lane.
The undersigned, committee APP
pointed by the recent meeting of the
Teachers Association, respectfully
request you to furnish us the Essays
read by you before the Association,
for publication
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The Librarian of the Reading
Room requests us to say that tho
person having the March number of
BaRou'8 Magazine, will confer favor
by returning the same to the Libra
rv
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16

The funeral of William Hawkins
will be preached in the Pleasant
Flats Church, sometime during the
month Of June.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-03-16
SALT MAKING

Which turns out several hundred
kegs per day of the various kinds Of
nails. 1t is one of the largest estab
lishments of the kind on the Ohio
river, and has been source of vast
wealth to Mason county and its citi.
zens, 1t is a forcible illustration Of
the already well understood facts
in political economy that manufact.
cries of every class and kind are the
life and hope of any country,
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05
Give Mr.. Morrison a Chance.

The weightiest objection to the fitness
OF Mr.. Morrison for the Craftsmanship OIL
the Ways and Means Committee is that
he has not yet made a shining mark as
statesman. 1t Is urged that he is I'm.
tried, and therefore unfit. 1t is claimed
that he Is not debater, and therefore
not capable. The New York Herald
calls him wooden headed Hoosier
politician" while at the same time il
neglects to point out in what particular
or on what occasion he has shown him
self q block-hea Mr.. Morrison s
home folks, on the other hand, have
long respected him as one OF the ablest
minds of Illinois.
Those to whom he Is not unknown adj
mire the man for his qualities OF head,
and will not permit the least question
of his integrity Of character. But he
Is a new man." the carpers cry. This is
the old song. A party never went into
power, never selected its leaders, but
that some one was ever ready to put in
a plea In behalf of the experienced fos-
sils. Won Moltke holds that the mill
tary plan upon which the German army
is organized Is better than that of the
United States for the simple reason
that official rank Of the highest
degree is open to the ambition Of
the humblest soldier, whether or not he
may possess an academic certificate OF
his capacity. Upon the same principle
we may conclude that all the ability in
either the Republican Or the Democratic
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05
Division Of the state into Conere..lo,.,
~ - DIsfriefs

First Congressional District-plaa,.
mines, st. Bernard, Orleans r1et.
bank, all that part Of Orleans on nv nv
left bank Of the river below Julia str w
and the. New Canal, COMPRISING ~
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. Sevsnsslhe
Eighth, Ninth and Fifteenth Wards !,
the city. '"
Second Congressional District-o.
leans, Second, First, Tenth, Eleventh
Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteentt
Wards. Jefferson, st. Charles. st. John
the Baptist, st. James. 'oAu
Third Congressional District Thar.
Vile, Ascension, Assumption. II
fourche, Terrebonne, st. Mary. fberi"
st. Martin. Lafayette, Vermillion'
Cameron, Calcasieu.
Fourth Congressional District.
pides, Vernon, Sabine, Natchitoches
Grant, Vim, Red River, DeSoto. Cad,
do, Bossier, Webster, Bienville. 0"''
Fifth Congressional District-Concor.
dia, Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas. Madi-
son. Richland, Ouachita, Jackson. lin.
coin, Union, Morehouse, Carroll. Cla;.
borne, Catahoula.
Sixth Congressional District-Avov.
elles, st. Landry, Point Coupee. West
Feliciana, East Feiciana, West Baton
Rouge, East Baton Rouge, st. Helena
Tangipahoa, Livingston, Washington
st. Tammany.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05
Lottery Swlndllng and rs Suppression.

Read the able article we take to-day
from the Christian Messenger. repub-
lished by that paper from the New York
Journal Of Commerce., the, time-hon ored
representative Of the most respectable
business sentiment In the city Of New
York, on Lottery Swindling and Its
Suppression. 1t will be found in its
appropriate column Of the DEMOCRAT
Without the slightest personal feeling
In the matter. and not even personally
knowing the proprietors Of the Louis
lana Lottery, or any other similar
scheme for gambling In this city, we in
vite the members or the Legislature,
each and all, to read the article to
which we refer from the Journal Of
Gll1a1,1prc, .as -rHktra
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05
AFFAIRS IN ALABAMA.

The Alabama journals inform US o
the meeting OF the Legislature, ant
some Of them contain very length.
message from the Governor, Geo. w
Houston, to the Legislature. Havint
glanced over the message we are dis
appointed in observing that it fails tx
touch, except very slightly, on the sub
iect which OF all others mos
concerns the people of Alabama
the State debt and finances. The
State Of Alabama Is now i'm the hands
of the Democratic and Conservative
people, but they, can never prosper
until the debt question is settled
| by its proper adjustment. Every
day or month this necessary work Is
postponed or delayed, in shifting re-
sponsibility from one branch OF the gov
ernment to the other, or from the ex
ecutfve and Legislative bodies to com
missions, is injurious. However respect
able the gentlemen who compose them
the matter of settlement becomes more
difficult, while the only alternative
will finally become q dangerous and
abortive attempt ut reputation.
/ There is also grave mistake in sup.
posing that the people of Alabama have
recently adopted q new constitution.
They simply adopted the existing con
stitution of 1868. revised, and thus, Us
we think, committing the error
of porpetuatiDg the dishonorable
life of the instrument forced, after
having been enacted by Con
gress, upon the people OF Alabama
by Federal rbayonets, In the earliest
days of reconstruction. Tho Legisla-
ture prohibited the Convention from
making now constitution by an ena-
bling act so-called, and the Convention
itself. by a formal vote, recognized its
binding authority.
Allen, of Ohio, are sturdy specimens of
green old octogenarian age In politics.
They are both still physically and
mentally sound to an almost UNI
impaired extent. They were, we
believe, contemporaries in poll
tlGS, uHNlDH cOIHuleHCeu GIlcIC COu
gressional careers about the beginning
of Van Burcn's administration, and
several years, of course, before the
death of President William Henry Har-
rison. Whether Gov. Allen or Gov.
Houston il the elder Of the two, we
really do not know. They both deserve
great credit for giving their lives to the
public at their advanced age. We
see that the honest old gentle
man congratulates himself and his
State on having spent only three
thousand dollars out of the secret SER
vice fund appropriated of $4,000.
Those who know what a watch dog
Of the Treasury" he prides himself on
being. will be surprised to learn that he
prevailed on himself to spend even SO
much in the course Of the year. We
fear that the honest old Governor has
been spending money In too "gay and
festive a style. He should remember
that the State needs every dollar of its
estate and more too. and not squander It.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05

DIR. Redileld the reliable and valu
BILE correspondent of the Cincinna
Commercial, declares that the people
the South are full Of a patriotic dete
mination to visit Philadelphia at v
Centennial celebration this year. Tfy
certainly ought to be present In last
numbers to witness the recurrence
those great scenes in our history, ven
the Declaration of Independencevas
proclaimed, which was the foundtion
of the Articles of Confederatiorirst.
and the Union and Constitutiofafter-
wards. In all these illustriousyepts,
of the founding of nation Nv sec
ond hardly to any other IN the
face Of the globe, the ST South
ern States Delaware, aryland.
Virginia, North and Souu Carolina
and Georgia -nearly haF those In
the number then existing anymore than
half of them in weight ansmportance
at that early day, furnishs to the CON-
mon cause the author othe Declare
ton. the author of the oginal draught
of the Constitution, th most famous
statesman who gave ithape and sue
cess in the Conventiornd afterwards
procured It's ratiflcatii by the States;
and, more than all ell done. they pro-
duced in Patrick HFy, the Construc-
tive Genius, and u Washington and
jefferson, the Swo and the Pen, Of
the Revolution. " need not suggest
that in going to philadelphia to take
part In the Centnial celebration we
are merely exciting tho duty and
pride we owe I our own history as
Southern men. ur historical, political,
and Observation-Disclosures i'm this pro-
posed meetimof millions from all
quarters of ne Earth, cannot be
overestimato There could not
happen for4ouisiana, In a hundred
wears to COT, such an admirable OPP
she shall properly avail
herself Of. for encouraging cmigra-
ton andhe investment Of capital.
There wipe hundreds of thousands of
dollars the Continents, from every
country Europe and Asia, seeking in
yestmcin the different American
Statee Not one Of them has a finer
clima II more fertile soil or a
super productive capacity to Lou
isia The people of the world ought
to made to know all this, and to
recnize its value by a proper rep
reltation of the State at Philadelphia
nt May. DR.. Redfield says:
II have been struck with the unanim-
Of purpose manifested everywhere
visit Philadelphia next year. In
uthern towns hear more said about
and more plans laid TO 60 to Phila-
lphia next year. than in the North.
proportion to population, colored
ople excepted, think there will be
large an attendance from the South
! States, particularly the eastern .
uthern States, as from the North. In
my travels in the South have heard s
one word spoken prejudical to the /
ntennial. / have seen very few ]
icles In q very few Southern news I.
pers which breathed an unfriendIy |
rit, but compared 70 the bulk Of the q
lthern press these exceptions are not a
} to hundred" Il
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05

Delegates to the convention, remem.
Der that on the fourteenth of Septem.
Der, 1874. numbers Of your fellow-citi.
2ens poured forth the life current Of
their great hearts for the rights and
liberties OF Louisiana. They were
slaughtered on the soil of their own
State and city by the mercenary min.
ions Of VIM. Pitt Kellogg, acting under
~ orders and by his authority. They
died for your rights, and under the sol.
-4nmn assurance that the struggle for
self-govcrnment would not be basely
or lightly surrendered.
When the emissaries OF Kellogg talk
TO you OF aoquiescence, and try to per-
suade you that the Wheeler adjustment
of the Legislature has made Kellogg's
usurpation a lawfully elected govern
ment, think and act as becomes men
who deserve to be free.
Assert the rights OF your State and
people, and let the Federal Congress
know that we have not basely or weakly
surrendered to the usurper. Above all,
let the peoples delegates remember
that Kellogg's sole claim rests upon the
assertion made by him and his CO.
usurpers, that the people Of Louisiana
have acQ,,icsced in his government.
Let the convention answer whether
this be true whether the patient, no.
bic, generous, liberty-loving sons of
Louisiana have bowed their knees and
Frustrated themselves before this fraud
ulent administration and taken its gall
Ing yoke upon their necks.
II they have not make Congress
know the truth, and that body will
grant us relief.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05
UNITED STATES SENATOR.

Tho present Legislature being recog
nized as a legal body, and us tho Legis
lature of the State. and the so-called
Legislature which pretended to cleo,
Pinchback being an illegal affair, 1t be-
comes accordingly necessary that the
members of the Legislature should
understand both the statute of Congress
and the law of the State regulating
the time and manner Of electing Sena-
tor or the United States. The Louisi-
ana law Is as follows:
Section 1885, Whenever a seat of a
Senator shall become vacant during the
recess Of the Legislature the Governor
may. make o temporary appointment
until the next meeting Of the Legisla-
ture, which shall then fill such vacancy
In the manner before mentioned.
The act of Congress of the United
States Of july %, 1865, Is in the following
words, SO far as It Is thought necessary
to quote it: M
That the Legislature of each State
which shall be chosen next preceding
the expiration of the time for which any
Senator was elected to represent the
said State In Congress, shall, on the sec
ond Tuesday after the meeting and
organization thereof, proceed to elect Il
Senator in Congress In the place Of such
Senator SO going out OF Office in the
following manner.
1t Pinchback had the least rightful
claim to seat in the Senate Of the United
States, he would, of course, have been
long ago admitted. He is known not to
have shadow Of legal title, and the
Senate of the United States, even under
the lowest Radical auspices, will not
pollute themselves nor insult the peo-
pie, not only of Louisiana, but of the
whole country, by admitting this reck-
less and impudent person, to an unenti-
tied chair in the Senate, thus desecrat-
ing the first representative body known.
to the American Government. The apii
poihtment of Mr.. Mari during the rel
cess OF the Legislature, after the uneI p
pected resignation Of Mr.. McMillen, \ a.
expired, as will be seen under q 8,
law. The State of Louisiana is IN n
unrepresented in the person of orof n
her Senators in the Senate at Waslg- O
ton. Under the circumstances, itruld a.
seem to be the duty Of the Lecbture =
TO elect Senator. We throw oshese S,
suggestions for what they arGorth, Of
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-05
DELEGATES READ THIS.

By ali means, let the Convention 40
auiesce In the Kellogg usurpation
Let the Convention declare that Kellogf
was lawfully elected Governor, ant
that McEDery is a pretender, and {
usurper.
Bend your knees, gentlemen, and kisl
the hand that smites-no, that rests sc
gently upon you. Why should the PEG
pie not acquiese In Kellogg, as Gov
ernor?
He has not sent his metropolitan
troops into the State to drive out The
peoples elected offlcersl He did mo-
send police militia to st. Martinville
or to Port Vincent, or to Amite. He die
not incite the difficulties at Colfax! HI
was not the cause Of the incarceration
without bail, Of Hadnot, Lemoine an
the other Grant parish prisonersl HI
has never sent U. s.. Marshals with
blank warrants to drive the people from
the registry or the polls His super
visors OF election acted always so justly
to the people, and his Returning Board,
Tom Anderson and Matt Wells, were
very honest men and made such an
honest count Of the votes Kellogg
never had Speaker Moncure arrested
and the peoples Legislature driven out
in March. 1871 Kellogg did not try to
disarm the people in September, 1874
Kellogg did not cause his police militia
to shoot down young Newman. and
West and Toledano, on the 14th of Sep
TENDER, 1874!
Kellogg did not skulk behind the
walls of the Custom House on that day.
but his plume nodded and lowered in
the thickest of the iightl Kellogg did
not ask Phil Sheridan or De Trobriand to
expel Speaker Witt or the Representa-
tives of the peoplel Kellogg haseaused
an honest census TO be made, all he Is
going to have passed fair election law
and give all the people chane to vote
next fall!
Kellogg has never sold out tour prop
erty for taxes! He did not lave Frank
McGloin or Edward Booth imprisoned
for legally resisting unconstitutional
taxation! He never has sgned any bad
laws BY all means, geDlemen OF the
Convention, representatives OF the rich.
happy, contented, prosperous, nntaaed,
seJ-goperning, free pcole OF Louisiana.
hail Mr.. VIM. Pitt Kellogg as your
ldpfuHy elected Goveror.
Pass resolutions cnsuring John Nc
Emery and ID. b. pm. Denounce the
Senate of tho Un1ed States for enter
tanning the repot of the Carpenter
Committee. Denhnce Gen. Fred Ogden
as the leader ( u wicked rebellion
against the beeticent reign of Gov
ERNoR KELLOGG Blot out oil memories
of the 14th of5eptember, 1874. Don't
credit what y'l hear about principle or
patriotism The story of George Wash
ington andthe revolution Is fable
The Declattion Of Independence was
u crazy. Dst ditch, iDcendiary docu-
ment. CEe the last ditchers and the
impracttsbles the 90 by, Canonize
Wbeele( and Hoar, and Frye among
The Sails, and vote immortal honors to
Mortos Logan, Durcll and Phil
Siberian.
Byjll means asquiesce in GOVERNOR
KErpGe's de jure, ia,cfutty elected gor-
ernFnt, aud "let us have peace"