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THE COST r. ~.

United States cr,ti, go" standS It H.!
per cent. ana Secretary MORRILL, j. now
engaged in rcrunding $500, 900, 900 of the
fye-twenty & per cent. bonds at the
lower rate. II he shall succeed-and we
earnestly hope he will-the saving of in
tere,L on the amount refunded will be
I5OO.O 600 a year. The Republicans are
claiming this cxaltation OF the public
credit ~ a marvellous achievement, ard
are never weary of challenging tLc
countrv's admiration and gratitude for
IT. Let us look into the matter little.
At the beginning OF GRANTS admin
istration United States & per cent bonds
were worth 81 cents III gold-that is
$3.50 for $1,000 bond; now they are
worth. say $1,000. Here is a gain OF
$l7O in each of these bonds-a gain, 10y
the way, that goes to the bondholdcr. Let
us admit that, under Republican manage
ment, there has been this appreciation of
bonds. this cxaltatiOn of national credit;
let US admit that the Republicans have
done il all, and that they alone are en-
titled to the credit of having brought
about - state o. things which make it
poss bic to sell u. :. A. bonds at par
and substitute them for 6 per cent bonds.
Then comes in the question: How has
this been brought about, and how much
has it cost?
These per cent. bonds now being re-
placed with Il per oeat. bonds, are five
twentics They are payable now; they
were payable ten years ago. when the
GRANT administration came INTO power.
They were payable, by their terms, in
lawful moAey, that i, greenba2ks There
is n6 doubt about this. Senator SuEE-
MAN, Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Finance, said so; Mr.. STEVENS, of
Pennsylvania, Chairman of the House
Committee on Ways and Means, SAID so;
and the act under which the bonds were
issued virtually said SO, too. The bond
holders, large number ot whom were
members of Congress objected, and claim.
ed that they were payable III coin. As
there were Sl.GOO,OOO of these bonds cut
and the difference between gyeca backs
and coin at the time WAS 80 cents on the
100, it was q very important matter; the
amount involved was 40 per cent on
81 .GOO,OOO,OOO, say S640000000. Strange
ly enough, the first Republican Congress
under the GRANT administration took
the bondholders' views. Il passed Gan
act to strengthen the public credit Is it
was called, in which it enacted that this
enormous amount OF bonds should /
be paid, not in greenbsCks, but in coin.
This act d,d strengthen TIE public credit, /
certainly, but at cost TO the people of |
about $640,000000 1t was the first step |
in the Republican enterprise of improv-
ing the value of United States bonds in
the hands of the public creditors. The
next was scarcely less brilliant example
of fnaneiering-the steady monthly pur-
chase by the government of these bonds
whose price had been increased by its
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FOR SALE,
Gardening Farm for Rent.

THE SPLENDID GARDENING FARM
belonging TO the Reilly estate, situate
about three miles from the City OF Wheel
ing,on the Ohio river at Glens run, Is here
by offered for rent for term OF years.
There is firSt-class residence, large
orchard, and necessary out buildings on
the premises. The portion offered for rent
is the same now worked by David Lauer.
BY order of the Tru tees of the Reilly
estate. Thus. O'BRlEN,
SD9Da Agent.
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ownAct. It was as If q wealthy debtor
$ should, hrst, solantarlly bind himself to
redeem bis greenback debts in gold, and
then 60 into the market and buy up his
own notes. wv
The third step in the Republican
scheme of strengthening the public
credit was the passage OF the silver de-
monetization bill in 1873, which took
from the people the right of paying the
National debt in gold and silver, and re.
stricted them to GOLD alone as the medium
of payment, As gold is 10 to II per
cent dearer than silver, this made an-
other addition to the value of the bonds,
AT the expense of the people. We say
that gold dollars are now worth 10 to IL
per cent more than silver dollars.
What will be the relative value OF
the true metals during the next
twenty years we cannot predict; but II
the superior value of gold dollars shall
be only per cent. the demonstration
act will add per cent. TO the value OF
the national debt, or about $lOO,OOOOOO,
Thus. it is seen that the cost to the
people of the improvement of the Ma.
tional credit, which the Republicans are
Boosting Of has been $75O,OOO,0OO. If
there Is any cause for thanks In this, let
us be thankful by all means; if the peo-
pie owe gratitude to those who wantonly
increase their burdens, they owe n debt
of gratitude, $740,OOOeOO in amount, to
the Republican party.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
Election Tuesday. Oct. 10Th.

FOR GOVERNOR.
IL. VI. MATHEWS.
OF Grceubricr county.
FOR ATTORNEY. GENERAL.
ROBERT WHITE,
al Hampshire county.
,FoR AUDITOR.
JOSEPH y. MILLER,
OF Cabell county.
FOR TREASURER,
THOMAS J. WEST,
OF Harrison county.
FOR SUIT. OF FREE SCHOOLS,
W. Il. PENDLETON,
OF Brooke county.
JUDO ES OF SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
For tull term,
Az. RAYMOND,
OF Nation county.
OBEY JOHNSON,
% Wood county.
Tnr uuexpir,l term of Judge PAUL,
q <. GREEN,
% Jefferson county.
sOF SENATOR,
~. IL. TARR-
a. Brooke county.
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Ma FRIED.

BRABY-NU BHAItD--On Thursday, Oct.
}, 1876, at the Tc-idUnce OF the brides
Iathrr, Hon. {. II. u"bbard, by the Rev.
W. &. SnOdgrasS, JOSEPH {. BRADY and
ANNA q. HUBBARD, all of this city.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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T,tE WEEKAY REGISTER

Ia the largest and altogether the most
com piete n ews and family paper printed In
west Virginia.N twill be sent 20 any no
iress one wear for $40. Valuable premi-
I,n,s IN clriu .yenrs and TO subscribers.
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DIED.

GAUS-On Thursday, october 5, 1876,
CAROLINA EUGENE, daughter OF Kline
hard and Mary Ann Gaus, aged III years, q
months and ID days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
ECKHART-On Wednesday morning,
October /, 1876, at - minutes To O'Clock.
BARBARA koERNEK, wife of John Eckhart,
aged "a years, II months and tnice days
Funeral from the residence OF her hus-
band, No. 1913 Main street, on Friday
afternoon AT % o'clock. Friends of the
family are respectfully invited to attend.
Interment ut Mt. Wood cemetery.
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original color, nth ne g"sS =
freshness Of youth. Thin na', "a
thickencd, falling hair checKe , AZ
badness often, though not away
cured BY its use. Nothing can -
store the hair where the follIcles ~
destroyed, or the glands atroPn
and decayed. But such as te'' a..
can be saved for usefulness py .. ~,
application. Instead Of foullns -. n
hair with pasty sediment, u I r..
keep it clean and vigorous -,
occasional use will prevent tne Va "a
from turning gray or ialllh -
and consequently prevent bal'n Sub.
Free from those deleterious -
stances which make some pieP a
tons dangerous and injurious QUIT
the hair, the yigor can only pss
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for q
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FOR SALE.

COUAREI9 THE CITY OF WHEEL
= ing, bounded by Jacob, Water, Forty
first and Forty second streets, known as
the Samuel Ott property, containing about
three (3) acres. one large mansion house,
brick tenement and stable on the pro
perry. Street cars pass the property. For
terms, &c, apply TO
ANDERSON & PAUL.,
iyl7 1900 Market Street.
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The Pending Issues.

TALALHAssEE, FLA, Nov 22.-
There Is perfect quiet in political
circles here. Everything il sus-
pended to await the contest before
Judge Wnite tomorrow, when
the injunction against the Govern
or will be confirmed or Withdrawn
and the case Of mandamus against
the canvassing board compelling
them to begin work will be decid-
ed. The Judge arrived tonight,
and argument will open at III
O'Clock Tomorrow. The result
can hardly be reached in one day.
1t is impossible 10 tell what course
the counsel for Governor will take,
but it is believed he will deny the
right of the court igainst him. 1t
is said on the other hand that ac-
cepting the Jurisdiction of the
court he will go into an elaborate
defence Of lis right to canvass the
electoral vote. The city is crowd
ed with strangers. Every train
from the North brings new COM
ers. There will doubtless be an
appeal from Judge Whites decis-
ion, no matter what that decision
NAV be.
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Fatal Dimculty I'm virginia

In Page county, Va, on Tuesday
evening last, +, J. Stricken, a road
overseer, aged twenty-eight years,
was killed by a youth named Edward
Hit, aged sixteen years, son Of
Charles Hit, of I.uray, under the
following circumstances, as detailed
by an eyewitness: The days work
upon a road which was undergoing
repairs had just been finished, and
Stricken was engaged in crediting
the hands with the same; when it
came to Hits name, who objected
to his day being put to his credit,
desiring it should go to his fathers.
Strickler refused to do so, and per-
sisted in placing it to young Hits
Hit yielded, by telling him to do rs
lie pleased with it, making some 9TH
er careless remark, which Stricken
took offense, and approaching him
applied to the boy a very abusive
epithet whereupon the latter raised
his shovel and struck Stricken on the
head just behind the ear, telling him
to the ground and inflicting injuries
from which he died in twelve hours.
Stricken was highly esteemed. Hit
has left the community and officers
are now in pursuit of him.
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Baltimore Sun.

A bartender Of East Baltimore,
1t is reported, abo It q week ago
eloped with a young Philadelphia
girl, and coming to this city, ar
engagements for the nuptial cere-
mony we're in progress when the
interp lsition Of the irate father Of
the bride brought things to an I'M
happy termination. The young
woman; with her parents, former
~ resided in East Baltimore, and
at that time she received the at
tenfiors OF the young man, who
was disiastefui to the father and
was forbidden the house. The
lovers accidentally met at the GEN.
tennial grounds q few weeks ago,
and the young man returned
again last week and brought his
"~centenniai prize to Baltimore.
The marriage raj to take place
on Sunday last, but the angry
father put in an appearance on
Friday ana compelled his daugh-
ter TO return to Philadelphia.
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PhiIadeIphia's Permanent
Exhibition.

At a meeting Of The board Of di-
rectors of the permanent exhibit
ton, held at Philadelphia on Sat-
urday, partial organization was
effected by the appointment of
Clement M Riddle as president
and L A Rollins treasurer. The
general features of the proposed
Encouragement Of space in the
main building were discussed and
plans showing the portions to be
occupied by the principal sections
we're presented and partly perfect
ed. The cash admissions to the
grounds on Saturday numbered
922,
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And now the story is that John

And now the story is that John
Howard Payne was madiy in love
at one time, with Miss Maria
Mayo, of Richmond, Va, after
ward Mrs Winfield Scott, a ia
nous belle, witty as well as beau
tiful. When all hope of winning
the fair prize was abandoned,
Payne went abroad never to re-
turn, and it Is thought that the
corroding sorrow fastened him in
to his grave. There is also a ira
dition in Richmond that Scott
made two unsuccessful proposals
one when he wss captain and the
other when major, and was only
accepted, when he wore the epau-
let's of a general
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Towns Submerged b
Tidal Wave.

LONDON, Nov. 20.-A dispatch
to the Times from Calcutta says
three large islands, namely Hat
tiah, Sundeep and Dakhin Shaha-
baZpore, and numerous smaller
islands included in the Backer-
ganse Nookholly and Chittagong
districts were en- rely submerged
by the storm wave of October 3lst,
as was also the mainland for five
or six miles inland. These islands
are all situated in or near the
estuary of the River Meena. The
largest Dahkin Shahabazpore was
800 square miles in extent. 1t
had a population of $1,000. Hat
tioh and Sundeep together had
about 100,0 900 population. Up to
eleven O'Clock on the night of the
31st there were no signs of dan
ger, but before midnight q wave
swept over the country to a depth
in many places or twenty feet,
surprising people in their beds.
Dense groves of cocoanut and
palm trees around the villages en-
abled many to save them selves by
climbing among the branches, and
some took refuge on the roofs of
the houses, but the water burst the
the housesasunder and swept them
out to sea. Some were carried
thus across the channel, ten miles
to the Chittagong district, and q
vast majority were never heard
of again. The country is perfect
~ fiat, and almost every one per-
ished who failed to reach the trees.
There is scarcely a household in
the islands o. on the adjacent
coast but lost many members. The
boats r. swept away, and means
of communication with other dis
tricts is destroyed. There is much
distress among the survivors,
which the government is reliev-
ing. The Government Gazette
says wherever the storm wave
passed it is believed not a third Of
the population survived. The
islands have barely one-fourth of
their former inhabitants. The
stencil from the purifying bodies
ia insufferable, anda general out
break of cholera is hourly expect
ed. The Times correspondent
says this fear is happily not yet
realized except at Nook Holly,
where the disease has appeared.
News from the famine-threatened
districts of Madras is somewhat
better. Rain has come in time to
do some good. In Bombay the
prospects are still gloomy; actual
famine in two or three districts
seems probable, and great distress
In four or five more.
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A crazy woman In Jersey City
fell on her knees before a teie-
graph pole, and, whom q police
man interrupted nor, she arose
and said unto him "Leave me,
n.an of the world ; know you not
That this shaft ut the foot OF which
/ kneel Is the spirit OF my depart
ed husband, and / am hereIt0.wOr-
ship Ills spirit? Therefore depart !
begOne Leave me TO commune
with my beloved dead" The Of
fictr thought II a sad case Of the
effects of Jersey lightning.
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MIR. Blaine for President.

NEW YORK, Nov. Ex-senator
Blaine passed through the city On
Saturday. In conversation with a
Tribune reporter he said that there
vas no foundation for the Washing
con rumor connecting his name
with the Presidency of the Senate.
The traditions of the Senate parlia-
mentary usage, and his 0 wn person
al wishes would be all equally against
such action. 1t was a case In which
he could not IL he would and he most
assuredly would not ii he could. MIR.
Blaine seemed little sensitive lest
anyone should imagine that he could
entertain for a moment the purpose
imputed TO HIM.
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Apropos of AIbertsl M

Apr0pos of Albertsl memorials,
writes Kate Fields, the newly
erected statue ia Hyde Park is the
most hideous kthing the human
eye ever beheld. The figure is
seated, enveloped In a great robe.
AS the bronze is gilded, it Is inn
possible TO view the shining mass
when the sun falls upon 1t, From
the back the statue looks like a
huge giIded pill, and is Familiarity
called ALBERT the Gill;
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ly aware of the fact that if he Is
elected by the vote Of South Caro-
lima OF Florida, or both, and he
allows Us to be defrau ted out of a
square deal in Louisiana, then he
will have more use for bayo lets
than Grant has had.1
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The will of the late Frank Ham
NETT, Of Newport, which was offered
for probate at Providence, Wednes-
day, makes the Home for Friendless
Children his residuary legatee. 1t is
believed that the bequest will APP
proximate 100000. The will of
Eliza Powers, just filed in the Pro-
bate Court at Boston, makes requests
to various societies and institutions
aggregating above 500 1000.
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Old-man-who-cro
the-stree'-car is still on the war
path. He is the most venerable
and disagreeable relict of the un-
civilized tribes Of the world,
He ran three squares after what
he thought was a street-car light,
and after he got out of breath he
laid down on the doorstep DISCUS
ted that it was only a lightning
bug on his spectacles. -New Or
leans Bulletin.
A moribund resident of Troy,
mindful of possible, post-mortem
extortion called for proposals from
different undertaKers for conduct
ing his funeral, and had the con-
tract made in black and white
with the successful competitor.
"Willy," said an affectionate
mother the other day to a promis-
ing boy, 'sif you don't stop smok-
ing and reading so much you will
get 80 after a while that you won't
care anything about work."
Mother replied the hopeful,
leisurly removing a very long CT
gar, II have got so now"
A new sect called The Purif-
ers" has arisen in Russia, Their
leading doctrines are said to be
that all must marry on becoming
OF age but that the husband must
be subordinate to the wife, and re-
cognize her as the head ofthe FAM
lily. Also, that once q week he
must confess his sins to his wife,
They adhere to the Greek Church.
There are three things that foot
benches in church pews seems
made for-yea, four-namely, to
get in the way for strangers to
fall over; to fly up and hit q man
on the nose when his head is bow
ed : to tip over In the most solemn
part Of the minister's prayer, and
10 make more noise than a flock
of goats set loose on a barn floor.
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Lord Beaconsfeld has thrown q
torch in his arrogant speech among
the vexed powers of Europe. III
he intended his words az a DELHI
crate threat and defiance, then he
spoke unwisely, and so as to COM
plicate matters. His language fol-
lowed by that of the Gar has OK
aspeiated the Russians and given
to Turkey encouragement to stand
out against the Russian demands.
rhe situation In Europe is there
fore dubious and cloudy.-[New
York Sun.
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Whee ling IateLigencer.

rec ing lH~tStttytNceF.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of
West Virginia, A. f and A. NJ met
in annual session at the Capitol build
ing in Wheeling, on Thursday morn
ing, Noy. II. The roll was called and
the following delegates were found
to be pres ent
Wheeling Chapter No. 1-Frank
johnson, Victor Rosenberg.
Lebanon Chapter No 2, Martins
burg-W III III Flick.
Jerusalem Chapter No 8, Parkcrs-
burg-Frank Rex.
Potomac Chapter No 9, Moorefield
II q Baker.
Bendell Chapter Nor, Clifton-SB
Bendell, J III Riley, II @ Lanham.
Hancock Chapter Nos, New Cum
berland-Samuel Murray.
Orient Chapter No 8, Fairmont
e w s Moore, X ID Walker.
Guyandotte Chapter No 10, Guyan-
dotte-Geo. Reitz.
Adaniron Chapter No. Ii, Clarks-
burg, w. III. Freeman.
CoopertOne Chapter No. IL, Graf
ton-Arthur Sinsel.
Palestine Chapter No Ii, Pied
mont-Wm Burkhart.
Zerrubabel Chapter No. Is, Toll
Gate-Morris Bradford.
Bethesda Chapter No. I6, Middle
Ways w Grantham.
Logan Chapter No II, Harper's
Ferry-G 5 Eyster.
The Grand Chapter was organized
and an address delivered by RI. M.
Gambee, Grand High Priest. Reports
Of the Grand Treasurer and Grand
Secretary were presented, and the
regular committee appointed.
In the afternoon the Grand Chap
ter met in Committee of the Whole,
and considered the printed report of
the committee on revision of the
constitution and regulations.
At the evening session an election
for officers was held, resulting as fol-
lows:
X ID Walker, Of Fairmont, Grand
High Priest.
John w Grantham, Of Jefferson
county Grand King.
j g Baker, Of MooreIield, Grand
Scribe.
Samuel L Hildretll, Of Wheeling,
Grand Treasurer.
@. :. Long, of Wheeling Grand
Secretary.
The following officers were ap-
pointed
Frank Johnson, Of Wheeling, q.
G. IF III.
y. ". $. Moore,of Fairmont ,Prin.
W. II. II. Flick, Of Martinsburg,
:. d. Denaell, of Clifton, G.. M. Of
T.. v.
VIM. Burkhart, Of Piedmont, G.
NJ. Of s. ".
Geo Reitz, Of Guyandotte, G. M.
of +. v.
Rev. j. Armstrong, of Wheeling,
Grand Chaplain.
w. Il. Trull, of Wheeling, Grand
Lecturer.
I. w. Bliss, of Wheeling, Grand
Tyler.
The business transacted was MAIN
ly of interest to the craft alone. A
telegram was received during the day
announcing the death OF Rev. John
Dove, of Richmond, for more than
fifty years Past Grand Secretary Of
the Masonic Grand Lodge and Grand
Chapter Of Virginia. DIR. Dove was
one Of the oldest and most venerated
Free Masons in the United States.
Appropriate resolutions to his men,
DRY were adopted by the Grand Chap
ter.
The Grand Chapter closed about
IL o'clock, and partook Of a banquet
in the basement Of the building. 1t
will meet next year at Martinsburg,
OH the Thursday succeeding the sec
ond Tuesday in November.