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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
Register.
The Triple standard Of Money.

The great advantage Of the triple
over the single or double standard Is,
that it will enable the people to obtain
all the money that is needed to transact
the entire business of the country, aud
to pay its enormous public, corporate
and private debts. With a single stand
ard of gold alone, We could not at pres
ent put into circulation over 5000, OOO,-
600 of money. This would give the
people only "a, so a piece. The double
standard of gold and silver would fur
nish perhaps s3OO,OOO,OOO, which would
give the people $3.50 each. With the
triple standard Of gold, silver and green
backs, we would have as much money
as the business of the country requires;
aud it would all be as valuable as coin,
and much more convenient. The legal
tender notes thus used as money, could
be brought to par with coin by making
it at all times convertible into bonds,
that sell at par with coin. BY baslng
their issue upon an interest bearing
bond, the people are protected against
their over issue and all danger of inHa-
ton would thus be obviated, we
should have sound currency, that is
as good as gold, and that would sup
plant gold for all ordinary business
transactions. Such paper money, would
for ever put an end to the issue of bank
notes.
1t would put an end also to the prac-
tice the banks have hitherto resorted to,
of loaning to the people as money, their
notes when they were not money. With
one dollar of coin in their vaults, the
banks would loan out three or four dol
lars of paper notes, and get interest on
them of the business men, when those
notes were not money at all.
The reason the wealth of the country
has accumulated so largely in the hands
OF bankers, is owing to the fact, that
these bankers have been permitted to
loan as money that which was not
money. A bank note is not money, but
simply currency that is used in the
place of money. A greenback is money,
because it is made legal tender In pay
ment of debts, while bank note is not
thus tender. One has a statute law
behind it, to compel the debtor to re-
ceive it, the other has nothing but the
generosity of the people to sanction its
use. We shall never have stable
monetary system, and an Interchangeable
standard of value, until we make all that
passes as currency, money, by making
it legal tender.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
Dtatbs.

Near this town, on Thursday night
;he eth of MaTcl 1878, at 7 o'clock, of
inflammation Of the lungs, Mr. NJ
PAGE ANDREWS, son of the late
and lamented Rev. DIR. G. w. Andrews,
aged about AZ years.
On Monday, Feb. 18th, at her resi-
dence, SUSAN f., beloved wife Of
Thos. d. Mallory, aged 20 years, 10
months and 80 days.
Just a. the morning star melted 10
the sunlight of that calm and lovely
morning. our darling mother fell,
"Asleep i'm Jesus, blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes
Asleep in Jesus, Oh how sweet
To be for such slumber meet;
With holy confidence to sing
That death has lost its venomed sting:
But though she sleeps in deaths cold
arms,
Her soul has fled beyond the grave;
God called her spirit back to Heaven,
And took the feeting breath He gave"
T. NJ.
Suddenly, ola brain affection, at her
residence in Newport, KY, Thursday,
March 7tb, 1878, Mrs. MARGARET
GIDEON, wife of Mr.. Thos. w. eide
on, and sister Of Capt John Avis, of
Cbarlestown, aged SO years.
At his residence, near Cbarlestowp,
on Sunday AFTERNOON, March 10Th, 1878.
Mr.. EBEN TRUSSEL, aged about Ga
years.
AT Ripou, in this county, on Thurs
day morning, March 9TH, 1878, of Con
sumption, q. TAYLOR OFT, in the
3lst year of his age.
In Martinsburg, on the 26th of Feb.
1878, Miss SARAH c. CHAMBERS,
aged 33 years, daughter of Joseph
Chambers.
AT Harris Mill, Fauquier county, Va,
on the 9th of Feb. Mrs. ANN CAR,
TER ASHTON, daughter of Rev.
Thomas Balcb, d. D., recently deceas-
ed.
At her residence near UnionyiIle,
December 18th, Mrs. MARY MORRI.
SON, widow of the late VIM. b. Nor
rison, in the 66th year of her age.
In San Diego, California, March 5th,
1878, THOMAS BRISCOE, son of
VIM L. Compton, of Harrisonburg,
Va, formerly of Martinsburg, w. Va.
On February llth, 1873, Mrs. JANE
A. JONES, wife of Peter Jones, Mayor
of Bolivar, this County.
On February 18th, 1878. after an
illness of only few days, of Pneumonia,
at the residence of her brother, F. A.
Smith, Esq. in Mubfordylle, Ky., Mrs.
MARY JOHNSTON, mother OF the
editor of the Monroe County, (W. Va.)
Border Watehman, in the 18th wear Of
her age. She was native Of Jefferson
county, this State.
In Baltimore city. Nd, of diptberia.
OMAR PRESTON, aged 6 wears, ,
mouths and Is days, son of John j and
Lizzie A. Haines, formerly of Berkeley
county, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16

Disastrous ToRNADo.-OH the 10th
instant, tornado struck Atlanta, Geor-
gia, at III o'clock, A. NJ, leveliug the
Episcopal Church and killing eighteen
members of the congregation. When
the building was struck the officiating
minister, knowing thrt it was merelya
question of minutes, to secure the safety
OF the people, cried to them to throw
themselves under the seats. This advice
the congregation followed, aud not q
moment too soon. With few fearful
creaks aud jars of its roof and walls, the
whole building crumbled into shapeless
ruin, burying the congregation Iundet
, the debris. Several other churches in
Atlanta have been seriously injured,
their walls shaken and roofs partly
stripped. The city hall has been entire
" nnroofed, and the car sheds OF the
railroad depot unsettled. Great dam.
age was done TO private residences and
stores.
The first negro suicide that we hare
ever heard of occurred in Richmond,
Va, few days ago, and tie cause was
his dulcinia "went back on him"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16

G1 CRY CoUNCIL-Monday even
ing, March 18th, 1878, Council met at
the hour appointed, Mayor Fleming
presiding, and quorum of members
present. The minutes of tie previous
meeting were read and approved. The
following bills were presented, and on
motion were ordered to be paid: J.iA.
Adams, Sl.OO; Fl. F. Cameron, for ser
vices, $62.50. On motion of Mr.. Fer
rells, James E. Barnhart and Jos. E.
Smooth were exempted from paying
capitation tax. Mr.. Jos. S. Bragonier
appeared before the Council in behalf Of
the Paper Mill Company, and requested
that the Council would reduce the as
sessment on the mill property from
$4,000 to 81, 500, the amount paid
for it by the Company. That amount
he claimed should be the assessed value
of the same. Mr.. H. G. Entler moved
that the Council should make no re-
batement in the matter, as the value
was fixed according to law, aud that
the amount of assessment was not er-
roneous. The motion was unanimously
agreed to.
A petition was received from num-
Der of citizens, asking the repeal OF
section 9, of chapter 9, of the ordinan-
ces, relating to the burning Of brush,
&c. the gardens. Considerable discus
sion ensued on the matter of the petition.
Mr.. Ferrell's moved that the ordinance,
or rather that section referred to in the
petition, be repealed, which resulted in
the following vote: For the repeal of
the ordinance, Messrs. Ferrells, Loyns
and Welshans, Against repeal, Messrs.
Britner, Bsrnhart Entler, Hawn and
Rentch. So the motion was lost. Mr..
D. S. Rentch stated as he had voted
against the repeal of the ordinance, he
moved a reconsideration of the vote
lust taken. The motion to reconsider
being seconded, the motion was agreed
to. Mr.. Rentch offered the following
that permission be granted to any who
wish the privilege to burn brush, &c
in their gardens between this and the
first day of April, 1873. MIR. Ferrells
moved to amend by adopting the orig
inal petition, and repeal the ordinance
The vote being taken on Mr.. Ferrells
amendment, it resulted as follows: aye,
Messrs. Ferrells, Britner, Loyns and
Welshans; noes, Messrs. Barnhart, Emf
Ter, Hawn and Rentch. There being a
tie vote, Mayor Fleming decided the
question by voting in the affirmative.
SO the ordinance was repealed.
On motion it was ordered that no
tice of election for Councilmen, 10 take
place on the LIST day of April, 1878, be
published two weeks in the REGISTER.
On motion the Council adjourned, to
meet on the last Friday in March, at
7l.2 o'clock p. II.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16

sgMr. Jacob S. Osbourn Of this place
has purchased the little farm of 80
acres, recently owned by w. s. Magru-
der. near Kearneysville, of Mrs. Elizs
Gorrell, for the sum Of $Se per acre.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16

DUEL IN VIKGNIA.-A singular duel
took place last week in Charles City, be-
tween Richard Walker and Gus Will
cox, young farmers. 1t seems that the
lands of Col. Wilcox, of Buckland,
Charles City, anciently adjoined those
of George Walker. In recent division
of property portion was cut off and
sold by the purchaser. A controversy
thereupon arose as to the boundary line.
Last week hard words were exchanged
between Mr.. Charles Mcclellan, SON
inlaw of Mr.. Walker, and Mr.. Philip
Wilcox. A challenge passed, but the
parties were arrested. Gus Wilcox, an
other son of the colonel, thereupon used
harsh words as to Mcclellan and as to
Colonel Walker, and was harshly an
swered by Richard Walker, son of Col.
Walker.
These two young men agreed to fight
a duel without seconds, and, according
ly, they met one day last week in pub
lie road armed with Colts revolvers.
Two shots were discharged without
damage. At the third round Wilcox
said '.Hold on, my pistol will not go
off," "All right" responded Walker,
and he waited until Wilcox fired his pis-
tol. and both fired together. Walker
was shot in the face seriously and Viii
cox in the arm.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
Tribute of Respect to M. II. An
drews.

Custom, whether correctly or falsely,
whether worthy or unworthy, almost
exclusively bestows panegyrics upon
those of our fellow citizens who either
by chicanery or through merit have oc-
cupied eminent public positions.
We, however, claim for true merit,
whether it has been made conspicuous
or remains in the retired walks of life,
that praise which should be accorded TO
pure, honest, upright, jealous man,
who through his efforts aud by his pre-
cepts was ever aiming to do good and
elevate his fellow man in the scale of
morality, usefulness and right doing.
Our brother, for such he was both in
a social and Christian sense, in early
life was trained for the profession of the
law, but feeling that its practices led TO
many Inconsistencies and an,agonism of
true Christianity, he abandoned 1t and
adopted the more genial occupation of
agriculture, in which pursuit he led a
most exemplary life, and had his life
been prolonged, he would have adorned
his late profession.
Too truthful to act falsely for gain,
or connive for earthly elevation, he
humbly served his Divine Master,
walked uprightY before his fellow men,
won their respect and esteem, and as
sured by his Christian conduct a seat
high up in the eternal Heaven.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16

B6T ATTENTION Commemorative
call the special attention Of our city
fathers to the fact, that many Of our cit
liens are in favor of some revision or
amendment of our present corporation
charter, and also reducing the number
of councilmer to five and electing the
Mayor by direct vote of the people.
Also to extend the corporation limits of
the town, and the longer We defer the
matter, the less we are apt to have it
done. Now let US 60 to work at once
and see that the same is accomplished if
it can be done, and there is no reason
as we can see, why it should not be
done. The Circuit Court meets the lat
ter part of this month, and will continue
in session for some time, and prompt
action of the Council in special session,
and with assistace OF the corporation
Attorney, the various changes desired
can be drawn up and placed in such
shape, that they can be presented to
this Court, and as the law requires, the
court will order the publication Of the
proposed change, SO as to allow any one
who may wish, to appear and show
cause why the proposed change should
not be made. BY attending TO the mat
ter at once, The court can examine the
papers in the case at two sessions of the
court in the present year, and thus if it
sees 6t 10 grant the petition, allow US to
cleo. our officers according to the propos-
ed change of charter in April, 1879.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
M Jules.

8 CARTS, Cart Gears, Grindstone. 6
Wheelbarrows, Boat Harness, l sett OF
Blacksmith Tools, everything eomplete.
Blocks and Tackel, a lot Of Rope, Cutting
BOX, lot Of Shoyels, a lot of Picks, lot OF
Crow Bars, "a lot Of oledges, a lot Of Drills,
lot OF Striking Hammers, several kegs
OF sinch Spikes, keg of cask nails, a lot
OF Carpenter Tools, 300 empty Cement
Barrels, large lot Of inch Oak Lumber,
Coal Stoves,l Boat Sheet, q LOT of Lamps
pair Fairbanks Scales, a lot OF Cooper
Tools, lot of boat Poles and many other
articles.
Terms made know on day Of sale. No
property to be removed until settled for.
Sale TO commence at O'Clock, p. VI. sharp.
Persons having properly belonging 70
the Cement Mills will please return them
before the Sale. 60 81
HENRY HAGAN,f Trustee.
G. d. McGlincy, Auetioneer.
March I6, 1873. s wssa- ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
VALUABLE FARMS
Jefferson County, West Va.

DY virtue Of Deed of Trust, Of date the
ID 9Th day of April, 1875, from Lorenzo
Etchison and Elizabeth +. A. Etchison,
his wife, TO j. V. Simmons, Trustee,
which Deed is recorded in Deed Book c,
page IS, in the Clerks Office of the Conn
ty Court of Jefferson County, West yir-
GINA, and which Deed was given 10 Sc
cure the payment of Note, executed by
the said Lorenzo and Elizabeth X. n.
Etchison, to l.. &. Mullinix or order, for
$l.Sl0, and OF date November lith, 1874,
and payable TO the said l.. c. MulliniX,
sixty days from the date thereof, with in
terest from date, which note and interest
is unpaid, the undersigned, the aforesaid
Trustee, ut the request Of the said Multi
nix, will, in order to pay the SAID note
and interest, and costs OF sale, sell IL pub
lie sale,
On Thursday, the 18th day Of
April, 1873,
mt 2 o'clock =. NJ, in front Of the Entler
Hotel, in Shepherdstown, in the aiore-
said County, the following Real Estate
conveyed in said Deed:
Ist-A VALUABLE FARM OF
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
Railroad Committee Notice.

The committee appointed by the leg
islature to investigate the freight and
passenger charges of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will meet at the Grand
Central Hotel in Martinsburg, Tuesday,
April End, and remain in session one
day. All persons who feel aggrievcd
by railroad charges are requested to
give the facts 10 the committee.
d. d. JOHNSON, Chairman.
Charlestown, Martinsburg, and Nor
gan county papers will please copy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-16
On Thursday, the 18th day Of
April, 1878,
us ACRES,

Ist-A VALUABLE FARM O
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11
Don't Elect Grant.
WAR AND THE EXTERMISATOR OF TIL
COZ ORFD RACE WORLD FOLLOW

WAR AND THE EXTERMISATOR OF THE
CoIoRED RACE WOULD FOLLOW.
A writer in the Columbia IS. e. Regis
ter says Of Wade Hampton--who is "cast
in the mold that gave to the world Wash
ington and Lee and who "sits piano.
piled IN his own virtue where the shaft
of malice can not harm him. nor the flat
terers adulation spot him'-that South
Carolina dare not lose his invaluable
services until the great battle Of 1880 is
fought and won." The writer, therefore
opposes Governor Hamptons candidacy
for the United States Senate. The article
continues:
If the Republican party elects Ulysses
s. Grant President in 1880, the whole
country will be again convulsed by a war,
the terrors and the magnitude OF which
will far exceed the most fearful examples
Of history. The South, mcasurably recover
ed from her losses, having undisputcd sway
over her entire territory, would be united
as one man to resist the insolent military
| tyranny which Grant would at once attempt
to establish. But having within her own
borders large negro population, ruined
| by the teachings of the Radicals who so
long ruled them, and encouraged by the
indictments and inducements which North
ern emissaries would offer to their ignor-
ance, the South would be compelled either
to remove them from the land or to extern
mate them. Deportation would be impos-
sible because the power of the Federal
Government would be to prevent it. The
navy would establish an embargo upon the
! eXpOr, OF negroes. and the South. without
maritime power and perhaps with mari
time allies, would he unable to remove
! the negroes to another country against
their own desire. The negroes would not
willingly leave the South. to which they are
naturally attached, especially as the North
would probably offer them inducements
to remain which the boldest pen would
hesitate to utter. Total determinations
of the negro Won i thus become o necessity.
| This could not be done without danger to
the whites. Even "a worm will turn when
tread upon. The natural tcrocity of the
negro nature long subduea by slavery, at
first social and afterward POLITICAL would
exhibit itself in the burning homes,eads
Of the white man, and in other horrors
too fearful to contemplate. The work
would be short and the end certain; but
before it could be accomplished untold
miscries would accompany the bloody
crusade. These are the dangers which
ovcrhang the country should the Repub-
lican party place General Grant in the
Presidential chairin 1880. We have not con.
templated the possibility of Republican
victory without Grant We think the
signs of the times show as clearly as any
human Judgment can compass the newt
able tendency Of Republicanism at the
the North to Grantism.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11
NOTICE

il hereby given that default having been made In
the payment OF tine amount secured 10 he paid by q
certain mortgage or deed Of trust executed by Pat
rick Clancy and Mary Clancy, his wife, TO John q
Hartman, Trustee. dated the lst day Of November,
A. d., 1854 and recorded IN the Recorders Office, In
and for Alexander county, in the State of Illinois, In
said Trustee will on Saturday the 9Th day Of Janu.
ary A y. 1879, between the hours OF 10 clock NJ
and o'clock r. M Of that day, to wit, at II o'clock
a. M under and by virtue of the power OF sale con.
tanned In said mortgage or deed OF trust sell, at
public vcndue to the highest bidder. for cash, at
the Courthouse door in said City of Cairo, In Alex
ander county and State Of Illinois, all the right,
title and interest Of said Patrick Clancy and Mary
Clancy his wife, or their assigns, In and to lot mum.
bercd 10, tsixteen) In block numbered @, dix, in
said City OF Cairo according to the recorded plat
thereof with the appurenances to satisfy the pur.
poses and conditions Of said mortgage or decd OF
trust.
Dated, Cairo, ILL.,. November Goth 1875.
JOHN O. HARTMAN,
Trustee
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11

MsERABLENEss. The most wonderful
and marvellous success, in cases where per.
SONS are sick or piring away from n condi.
ton Of mscrablencss, that no one knows
what ails them, profitable patients for doc
tors, is obtained by the use Of Hop Bit
tiers. They begin to cure from the first
dose and kcepit up until perfect health and
strength is restored. Whoever rs afflicted
in this way need not suffer, when they can
get Hop Bittcrs. See "rruhs' ana "l'ro-
verbs" in another column.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11
NOTICE

Il hereby given that the default having hcen made
In the payment OF the amount secured to be paid by
a ccrtsin Mortgage or Deed Of Trust executed by
Dennis Devine 10 John q. Hartman, Trustee, dated
18th day Of October A. D. 1854, and recorded in the
Recorders Office In ami for Alexander county, In
the State OF Illinois, IN Book L. of Deeds, on page
622 &C. the undersigned. said Trustee, will on Sat
urday the 4th day Of January A. D. 1872 between the
hour Of 10 O'Clock A. NJ and O'Clock p. NJ. Of that
day, to-wit: at II o'clock A. NJ under and by virtue
Of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage
or Deed of Trust sell at uolic Venduc TO the high
est bidder for Cash, at the Courthouse door, in
said City OF Cairo in Alexander county and State Of
Illinois all the right title and interest Of said Den.
mis- Deyihe or his assigns, in and to lot numbered
II [Seventeenl In block numbered [sixl in said
City of Cairo according to the recorded plat there
Of with the appurtenanccs, 10 satisfy the purposes
and conditions Of said Mortgage or Deed Of Trust.
Dated Cairo, H., November 10Th. 1873,
JOHN @. HARTMAN,
Trustee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

Inc Dig jim Is ready lot Duslhcss'
The Golden Rule was due down last
night
The Fisk had a moderate cargo from
paducah.
The IiIlman got away for New Madrid
with fair cargo.
The Mary Miller, with good trip of
freight and moderate passenger list passed
for St. Louis about noon.
The Gaf was due yesterday but had
not shoxn herself at the wharf at dark. She
has big cargo of cotton for Cincinnati.
1t is said there is probability of the
War Eagle and Golden Eagle two of the
most popular boats that stop at the port Of
st. Louis, coming 10 Cairo and running in
the New Orleans trade during the freeze
up this winter.
The Ed. Pope a little steamer hailing
from the neighborhOod of Wheeling, after
bringing a couple of produce boats as far
as Louisville is now on her way to IIatchie
river, on the lookout for something to do.
She passed tins port yesterday.
The Colorado, from Vicksburg, cane up
yesterday morning. She put Off 2,200 sacks
cotton seed which goes to Chicago over the
Illinois Central, and after getting from the
Howard s247 barrels molasscs consigned to
Mathews & Whitaker, st. Louis, took her
departure.
The James Howard arrived late Mon
day night, and without delay set to work
getting rid Of her cargo She brought for
rcshipment 600 sacks salt, % bbls rice 241
bbls and 9 kegs moIasscs, 81 hhds sugar,
Is bbls oranges, 2 casks claret, and 3Gl
sacks cotton seed.
The John Gilmore arrived from below,
yesterday morning She goes on up the
Mississippi until she meets the Grand Lake,
with which boat she will exchange tows
and return to this port, to await the coming
Of the Ny Choice, whose barges she will
also take, then proceed TO New Orleans,
The My Choice will 60 back to St. Louis.
The Howard, just now, is even more at
tractivo to Captain O'Nei than usual, made
so by the presence of Mrs. O'Neil and his
daughters, Mrs. Robinson, Of Boston, Mrs
Houscman and family, of st. Louis, and
Miss O'Ncil, Mrs. IIouseman returns to
her home on Friday. Mrs. and Miss O'Neil
and Mrs. Robinson will visit New Orleans,
making the round trip on the Howard.
Captain Tom Ryman, with the new
Cairo and Nashville packet b. s. Rhea, ar
rived in port after dark Monday night.
This being the irst-the maiden trip Of the
Rhca, 1t of course becomes US to cndeavor
to give our readers some idea Of what she
is made of and how she looks. We will
therefore begin with the remark that she
is a beautiful little stern wheel packet
1927. feet long, 81 feet beam, AZ feet
hold. She has two engines, II inches in
diameter, and 4 y feet stroke. Her boilers
are steel, and are two in number, 20 feet
long, AZ inches in diameter, which inform.
alton, coupled with the fact that the Rhca
Is of but 400 tons burthcn, will give our
readers some idea AS to whether she will get
along right lively or not Above she is
very pretty her cabin is beautifully car.
pccd and furnished, while supcyb grand