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STATE NEWS.

The impeachment trial cost the
State $4,000.
The County Court of Kanawha
recently refused by a vote of ten to
two to issue liquor license the COM
ing fiscal year.
Samuel A. Sherrard, second son of
State Senator Sherrard, died from
consumption, at his fathers resi-
dence in Moorefield, last Friday
morning.
J. G.. Blackford, the well known
grocer and pork packer of Parkers-
burg, has failed in business.
Captain Wilson p. Gordon, a citi-
zen of Barbour county, gives notice
in the Phillippi Pldindedlcr that he
has been swindled by two ''patent
mattress bed spring. agents, and
warns the public against buying a
note for $40 given by him to them.
The Greenbrier Independent says !:
The verdict in Burdett's case is re-
garded in this entire section as just
and righteous, and the only regret is
that the Senate did not expel from
its body the son Of the late. Treas
urer, who was as guilty as his father.
Colonel Cecil Clay, of Ronceverte,
proposes to send about fifty or sixty
varieties of Greenbrier Valley tim
Der to the Centennial Exhibition.
The prevailing open Winter wealth
er has afforded farmers a chance to
break up their land for Spring plant
ing. Various State papers report
blowing in their sections.
Mrs. Rebecca McElhenny died,
February 18th, 1875, at the old fam
lily residence Of the Rev. John Me
Elhenny, ID. d., deceased, in lewis
burg, West Virginia, aged nearly 81
years.
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A Sad Letter.

New York, March 2.--General
Pillow publishes a letter here to-day
concerning himself and his bankrupt
cy, saying "All my long and event.
full life / have Istood up with stout
heart and manfully combatted trials
aud tried to meet the duties and re-
sponsibilities of life. Choicest among
these | have held the duties and re-
sponsibilities Of the s0itifer Howl
have meet them the country Knows.
/ trust that will DO pardoned for
saying that so loved the National
Government to whose service had
devoted the prime OF my life, that
would that had fallen in the service
and died while / was honored with
its commission. Standing as now
do between it's aggressive acts and
displeasure and the neglect and in
gratitude Of the people / took up,
arms to defend, I am without hope
for the future TO be homeless,
with my family without shelter, with
gaunt poverty staring me in the face.
at my advanced age, presents pros
pect so gloomy that my heart gives
way and thocOnvictiOn is forced upon
me that i have lived too long.
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POLITICAL NOTES.


Carl Schurz, according to General
Fitzpatrick, will be delegate from
Missouri to the National Republic
can Convention.
The Cincinnati Enquirer advises
the greenback men in Connecticut
to put a state ticket in the field inn
mediately.
The New York Tribune concludes.
1.-THE only Presidential candidate
who is making real Roadway on
either side seems to be James G..
Blaine.7
The Republican members of the
Legislature of Kentucky have pre-
pared an address favoring the nomi-
nation of Secretary Bristow for
President.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat
Rep says that the prevailing feel
ing among the Democrats of that
city, where the Democratic National
Convention is to be held, is very
strongly in rayor of Hendricks.
The New Orleans Picuyane is said
to fairly indicate the prevailing SEN
timent in New Orleans regarding
sie i'l I11l -, ,hooeeul9 as;ii,ss
- 49, ~ o,ad ho ~, lif !. q,
- ii ia !, =, a nc ou ata !, ieeo
u -" ooiiieus ~ wv "e'o.
AAd now the audaclous CINCINNATI
cont'aefetot says Inc 1epupican
greehpack doctrine proclaimed IN
ihdlana on the "a oi repruaiy,
Is only q degree less contemplate
IMAM tliat upon when the democrats
lost ONO last fall,
The Hartford Post Republican,
thinks that Morton has made bad
mess OF IL, ana that ms iihanclal
record IS one that cannon pe accept
ed 10y the kepubilcans OF the cotin-
Try ana ought not TO De. III adds =
IL thls is the best IL mas TO oiier we
might as wen take dendflcks'
4 Western reserve correspondent
of an Ohio paper says there is an or
gani2ed plan on foot there to secure
delegates to the Cincinnati Conven-
tion who will be externally for Hayes
and internally and eternally for
Blaine. The movement is attribut-
ed to General Gariield's influence.
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Specie VS.. ShinpIasters.

NEW YoRY, March 1.-The
Times editorially discusses the silver
question, and says silver has fallen
because there is too much of it for
the uses to which it is applicable, con-
sistently with the maintenance of its
former gold value. 1t is without
precedent in the history of the pre-
cious metals, but the fall Of silver
simply guarantees the success of the
measure for replacing the fractional
currency with the old dimes and
quarters that used to be SO common
before the war.
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Connecticut Politics.

HARTFORD, Feb. 29.-The Repub-
fican State Convention which met
here to-day, nominated the following
ticket: Henry G. Robinson, Of
Hartford, for Governor, Frederick j.
Kingsbury, of Waterbury, for Lieu
tenant Governor; Prof. Francis A.
Walker, of Yale College, Secretary
of State Jeremiah Olney Thomp-
son for Treasurer, and Eli Curtis, Of
Waterbury, for Comptroller. The
resolutions are outspoken for hard
money and administrative reform.
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he rs FORCED TO RESIGN.
RESIGN NATION ACCEPTED
THE CRIME CONFESSED .

| WASlIINGT0N, March 2.--SeCre-
tary Belknap this incoming rendered
his resignation to the President and
1t was proneptly accepted. Mr.. H..
| Il. Crosby, the chief clerk of the War
Department who is by law made act
ing Secretary of War during the alb
sence Of the secretary, is to-day act
| ing in that capacity. There are as
yet no. positive Indications as to
who will succeed Mr.. Bellmap, but
| it is generally belwved that Gen. r..
G. New, OF Indiana, present United
States Treasurer, will be rendered
the position.
The statements concerning the
completely of General Belknap with
the corr upt sale Of post tradeTships
and his consequent resignation car
ries the most profound sensation in
all the circles here, and il the theme
of universal conversation.
1t seems that the committee deter
mined to report articles of impeach-
ment against the General, and on
that account preferred not to hear
his testimony until it was delivered
before the Senate sitting as a court
Of Impeachment.
The resignation of Gen. Belknap
having been this morning rendered
to the President and promptly ac-
copied, defeats their Impeachment
project, and it is now thought that
the committee will agree to receive
such testimony as Gen. Beiknap may
produce.
SEEKING AN INVESTIGATION.
Gen. Belknap's counsel, Judge Blair,
visited the committee this morn
ing to notify them Of the fact that
the General had rendered his resig-
nation to the President, and that it
had been accepted, and to request of
the committee that they allow Cen
eral BellSnap and his witnesses to APP
pear and testify in the case. The re
suit Of Judge Blair's interview with
the committee has not yet trans
PRED.
TAKING LEAVE.
After rendering his resignation to
the President this morning General
Belknap repaired to the War Depart
ment, and took leave of the subordi-
mates in his office, where he now
waits the decision of the committee.
HIS EXPLANATIONS.
In explanations of his connections
with the matters charged against
him, it can be stated as fact, that
while money was paid Mr.. Marsh as
bonus for the post leadership at Fort
Sill, General BelKnap did not origi-
nate the arrangement neither was the
privy to the fact until long after the
arrangement was made the agree
ment fulfilled. When the matter
came to his knowledge such were the
delicate compilations surrounding
that he as a man could. not do less
than resume the entire responsibility.
In his statement to the committee
yesterday he resumed the response
bility as he also did i'm his explana-
ton to the President this morning.
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Northern Germany Flooded

BERLIN, Feb. 29.--Reports re-
ceived here state that the rise in
the rivers in Northern Germany con-
tinues, and that a rain storm pre-
vailed without cessation. Many
towns and villages along the banks
of the Elbe are Inundated. The de-
vastation of property is widespread,
and there is great suffering In the
flooded district.
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TheRag baby i'm Connecticut

New HAVEN, March l. The exc
cutive committee of the greenback
party held Il meeting at Hartford yes
terday, and voted to call a conven-
tion at Grand Army Hall, West
Merden, on Thursday, March 8, for
the purpose of nominating candid
ates for State offices, in accordance
with the platform adopted at the
greenback convention, held at New
Haven, February 22d.
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The Hawaiian alphabet has on
ly twelve letters.
Storms move more slowly at sea
than over land.
The New York girls cling to En-
glish plugs for pets.
Bergh insists that car seats
should be 20 inches wide.
Sunday lectures have become
very popular in Chicago.
The Vicksburg and Texas rail-
road is submerged 10 miles.
Motto for yeast factory Early
to bread and early to rise.
If Washington was alive he
would be called "mumbiing old
FOSSIL"
A Colorado sheriff has sliced a
Kansas Pacific freight train for
taxes.
Walt Whitman's poetry bears a
literary resemblance to all out
doors.
The New York World thinks
Wendell Phillips expressed his
opinion in black and white when
he nominated Grant and Mr.. Fred
Douglass.
Hard times. The New York
Herald says a great many clerks
in that city who used to buy TWEEN
ty cent cigars now patronize waf-
fie stands.
The thermometer was several
yards below zero in New Hamp-
shire last week but they took their
politics red hot all the same.
When a young lady stretches
out a pretty little hand and asks
you to undo her glove for her.
isn't she exercising Undue infiu,
ence on her feelings?
Christopher Columbus! Three
steamer loads are coming from
Genoa 10 the Centennial.
Erasmus challenged any sensi-
BILE man to consider how much
nonsense ne conirived to utter
whenever he talked with a lady.
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Rowen and Reecller.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 29.--It is UNI der
stood that Henry G. Bowen will not
attend the meeting of the Plymouth
Church committee tomorrow when
his charges are to be considered. A
majority of the members are said to
be in favor Of terminating Bowen s.
membership, but Beecher depreciates
any hasty action in the matter.
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A son Of James Lick, the Califor-
MIA philanthropist, has sued his
father and gained Judgment of
$3,2sS. The melancholy poet who
writes of the sad condition Of the
man who doesn't marry and rear
family, should think about Lick's
how.
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Western papers are agitating the
Indian question. Many of them
seem to think that indian affairs
would be improved by transferring
the charge Of Poor L0 to the army !
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Capital h : been idle a long time
and must begin 10 find ii irksOine
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SPAIN REJOICING.

Alphonso's triumphal entry will
be made on Saturday. The day will
be observed as a holiday throughout
the kingdom. The cities of Cadiz,
Seville and Barcelona are preparing
for grand illumination in honor of
the event. Fifty thousand more
troops are to lee sent to Cuba at
aIlcp
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TO MEET CARLOS.

LONDON, March Marquis DE
Beaumont, son of the Duke of Rox-
burgh, with several other noble gem
tlemen members of the Carlist COM
mittee here, have gone TO France to
meet Don Carlos.
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u. s. Courts.

u. S. Judge Jackson proposes
to have the times of holding the
u. S. District Court changed to
the following
AT Clarksburg, lst of March and
September.
At Wheeling, LIST of April and
October.
At Charleston, lst of May and
November.
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rYNnAL TIEn.

LONDON, March Professor
Ty ndal was married yesterday toMiss
Louise, daughter Of Lord Claude
Hamilton. A distinguished gather
ing assembled to witness the cere-
mony, among those present being
Prof. Carlye, Hupley and Hooker.
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HAssIE.
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repeal a bad law is to enforce it until the
people see the evil effect clearly. Some
am ne ments however may be needed in
this law. The no fence law perhaps will
be forced On us by Middle and West
Tennessee in the next Legislature. This
is a matter of some Importance to the
people and should call their attention
from dogish things.
Again the manner of working roads
is very unjust for as a general thing the
road destroJers are not the road workers.
The poor man with bis budget or sack
walking to mill or market should be paid
50 cents per day (which his family may
very much needy for his work in keeping
a good road for the g~entlemen's carriege
or the farmers 2, 4 or 6 horse team.
"Let justice be dyne though the heavens
fall. Also there are some amendments to
the constitution likely to be acted upon.
| have loug thought we should have
magistrates Jurisdiction enlarged in minor
offences of the criminal Codde enven to
s~ummoning a jury, thus saving cost to the
County and State and much Inconvenience
to the people. We hear many talking
about the public debt. and here is the
way many good men look at it, soy if a
buys BIS note at a considerable discount
and finds A not able to pay the whole
amount, could he not afford to take the
principal invested, with interest and thus
~relieAe A of his financial embarrassment.
b. Lot ~ 0ov tho whola debt If DOSSihle
and if not then do the next best thing,
pay a part. These and other matters
will be investigated more fully. Thinks
aud grateful remembrance for tho words
of encouragement received.
Yours Truly,
VIM, HALE.
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To the Voters of Washing ten
and Unicoi Counties.

FELLOW CITIZENS doubtless you
are aware Of my announcement as a can
didate to represent you in the Lower
House of the Next Legislature, and con-
sequently have right to know what
would be my position On the important
questions of the day. Should l ever be
elec;9d to so responsible a trust, | would
teel ia duty bound LIST to respect the
wishes of the people. End. when left
uninstructed by you. should ever bat
tie against fogyism, igporance. intern
perance and oppression in any shape
First. let US educate the children mem
tally and morally, I have thought q Ma
tional system of Free Schools might be
best. Parents and Guardians should be
CUM poiied 10 send at least ; months III
the wear. Schools should commence no
later than LIST of September. L should
legislate to encourage the moral develop
ment of the people, home manufacture.
migration, Industry aud economy
Legislation should protect the laboring
classes. and especially the poor and needy.
To accomplish all this We must have
temperate Legislators, Judges and Jurors
and by all means sober lawyers. Habit
uai drunkenness should disqualify any naa
to Gil such important Offices. But L am
for strangling the demon iutemperance BY
PnoaIBIrIoN. Tue very Eildest CON-
promise | could agree to. would be to re-
enact the LOCAL Option Liquor Lac
vetoed BIZ Gov. Brown. Those % hon
orabls christian philanthrophist of Jones'
boro' who circulated a memorial call for
TEMPERANCE reform some 2 years ago, may
re-, assured it / am elected ttey viii be
fzi:afully represented. Next 1 weuld
rspe4i the ten per cent law, and 90 doi-
lar s.reeLsy laS. Bat fellow citizens. a
Ifale cool ,hought and cain consideration
on the ";eyTiIlc EJeTty sunressiea1Dog
law raFhsps would bring Us all 70 this
conclusion. It j. a question Of sheep vs..
so- Those needing mut,on and wool
may -, Z, ana those who need dogs 20
az contrary. Il l. sid the best way
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ANSWER OF F. w. EARNEST.

Messrs J. r. Merely, O.. A. McLain
VIM. Leibs, VIM. Dukes and others.
- Gentlemen. Your call upon me to
become a candidate for the State
Senate aid pledging me your support,
? which appeared in the GreensUiUe
! hteUirencer. of last week, has been
noticed, and 1 am not ~insensible to
the compliment paid me by such q
call. Greene County is my native
county and was the home of my ances-
tors for almost a century, ana now
to have such a large number of the
bes, citizens of the country, represent
ing all parts of it, to publicly express
a preference for me for an office of so
much dignity and responsibility, is
an evidence of your esteem and con>
fdence that is gratifying indeed.
l confess that l would love to rep>
resent the LIST Senatorial District
soain in the Senate and believe
that with my limited experience in
the Senate. / could be of service to
vou. But unless ] could get the po-
sition by a manly, digniged course
7 wouId not have it. would
net sacrifice my self-respect by re-
sorting to the means usually employ.
cd hv politicians to secure Office and
Mace. / am known by most of the
voters OF the District and if they by
some free. spontaneous action oftheir
own either in a convention, 10y n
urinary election or otherwise tender
me tho race for the Senate, 1 will
Zee, !. my duty. as we'll as my pleas
ure. TO accept it and my
self n candidate. I ioave the matter
entirely in tie hand of the people
and will cheerfully acquiesce in their
decision.
Your1 truly SC,
+. W. EARSEsT.
Jcncsboro May, 18th. ls7@
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Country Life.

Amidst the hurrylng tbrong OF men
and women that veal away their lives.
some prefer the noise aud hustle of a
city, while others prefer a secluded home
in the country.
Who does not admire the scenes If
nature as displayed in a country life
As we walk out in the morning, no dust
and smoke of a city greet our eyes, but
instead we have before us the lovely
scenes Of mother nature. On our right,
we behold gurgling streams of water
which murmur sweetly. making har-
m~onious music as they wend their way
through the valleys, On our left We per-
ceive the grand old forest. There the
81 Itely oak of nearly a century's growth
may be seen raising its leafy boughs to-
ward the sky, and the maple with its
leavesof palmate venation moving gently
under the influence Of the morning breeze.
There too may be seen the pine through
Boreas signs making sweet, sad music,
and other trees which arc equally beau
LifuI.
As we resume our walk we cannot fail
to notice the dew-drop as it hangs tremu>
lous on the grass, performing its humble
mission, the same as the majestic river.
Turning our eyes toward the east, we be-
hOl1 the sun as it ascends the eastern
horizon, aTrayed in all its grandeur and
loneliness. and speaking in tones inaudible
to the human ear of the goodness of God.
All around US may be seen some oil
Fl5ra's fairest specimens. While gazing
these inanimate objects, and contem-
the glorious scene before us, our
attention is aroused by sweet plaintive
notes which send a thrill through our
Awakening from our reverie our
eyes wonder to the sound of the music,
and at last rest on a beautiful little
songster c%aroling forth It's notes of praise
to its Maker, Noon arrives and we again
take a view of a country life." The
orb of day has now reached the
and its rays falling perpendicu' ar
the trees to shorten their shadows
and the cattle to seek some friendly shade.
Vending cur way to some spring to al
our thirst, we seat ourselves on its
messy bank to enjoy the shade of the
whose thick foliage form a screen
from the sun. While sitting there We
gaze into the water and are at once
charmed with the low soft music made by
is gentle murmur.
Twilight comes. The sun has silently
sunk to rest in the western horizon the
labor is over for the day; gentle zephyrs
kiss the petals of the flowers as they UNI
fold their leaves Tor the night. The
grand old mountains wear \ sombre hue
and present a gigantic appearance IN the
gathering twilight. The stars come out
one at . time and twinkle serenely in
their ethereal home. The moon rises In
all her beauty d%arting her gentle beams
through the thick folilgc of the forest,
and forming fantastic figures on the carr
peted green. Grandeur, sublimity and
loneliness are displayed in the scene be-
fore us. While gazing on the expanse of
the starry vault, We cannot help exclaim>
ing, The Heavens declare the glory of
God, ard the armament sheweth His hand
HAssIE.
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Enigma No. 9.

l am composed of fourteen letters.
/, 5, 10, =, 6, is a saying.
My 2, 10. II, 6, is something we often
pass through.
8, 8, IA. 8, G., is a weight,
My 4, ii, II, 3. ii. is a garden reget-
able.
5, 5. ?. is a domestic animal.
Ny 6, II, IA, 1, is a volcano.
Z, y, 8, 6, is a game of amusement.
My s, IA, II, ID, II is closely connected.
My 8, Is, IL, IL, II, 6, is a dwelling.
My 10, 5, -, 6, s, is an interjection.
My IL, 5, IA. 2, g., g., lisa u'eFul member.
My II, ii, 3. Il, 10, IA. is one of the
human races.
My 13 2, is King mertiona! ia the
Bible.
My If, II, G, Q, 6. is a relative.
My whole Is what every aren't sh, uld
give his children.
JENNIE.
Answer mex week.
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Answer next week.
.~@-
A Call.
3ifOys ~Intel{iqencer-

Editors Iteltigencer-
DEAR SIRs: L herewith hand you
a petition which has been signed,
and in my hands over three weeks,
which you will please publish and
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Very Respectfully,

Greene county, respectfully request
Felix w. Earnest, Esq, of J~onesboro,
to become q candidate for the State
Senate, and will support him for the
same if he Till accept the call.
j. r. Merely, NJ. d.
Ct. A. McLain.
VIM. Leibs.
VIM. Dukes.
James Conl,
II. ID. Fraker.
ii. G.. Earnest.
James Collier.
j. G.. Fisher.
Jacob Naff.
S. l.. Natf.
Thomas j. Reeve.
Jacob Morelock.
+. NJ. Willhoit.
W.. Haney.
j. j. Haney.
J. S. j. Without.
JAS. +. Broyles, Nj. ID.
j. II. Brown.
5. i. Snapp.
ii. r. Brown.
NJ. p. Reeve.
A. i. Naff.
Ebert Cramer.
S. w. Leming.
s.. Il. Brooks.
Eph. Link.