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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06


Of 10 to 2 confirmed the choice Of the
Clergy, and Rev. DR., Peterkin is
chosen Bishop Of West Virginia.
Carlestolrn FREE Pres,
The following was submitted by
Mr.. sauthard, dem of Ohio, in Con
gress, on Monday, week, as an amend
ment to the federal constitution:
ut provides that the executive
power shall be vested, and hereafter
administered, by three Presidents,
constituting Supreme Executive
Council of Three, to he elected by the
qualified electorsof each and all Of the
States and each to be taken from one
of the three several prominet sections
of the United States known as the
Western States, the Eastern and
Middle States, and the Southern
States, and no two Of whom shall be
citizens of the same section or
district of the country, The term Of
Office shall be six years, and no Pres
ident having served a full term
shall be eligible for second term,
and at the first election under this
article the President from the West
ern district shall be elected for u
fractional term of two years, and the
one from the Southern district for n
fractional term of four years, and the
one for the Eastern and Middle dis,
trict for full term of six years, and
after the first election one Presidents
shall be elected from one of the three
several districts every two years
Instead Of the President now
provided, the Senate shall, every four
wears, elect a President of the Senate
who is not a member of that body,
and who, as the presiding officer,
shall have and exercise all the auth
oritv heretofore conferred on the Vice
President. The bill further provides
that each of the Presidents shall re-
cclve a compensation not exceeding
$4,000 per year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
feb, l3i~.
STATE OF WEST vIRGINIAs :

A Y Rules held in the Clerks Office Pi
II the Circuit Court of Mason County IN
the month OF February, 1873.
John j. Rea, Samuel Thompson. Assignee
OF John ]. Rea and David S Steyensspy
Administrator oi the estate Of John u.
Rea, deceased, pamtifEs,
w.
John r. Thompson and Alice Thompson
his wife, Defendants. In Chancery.
The object of this suit Is TO fOro.close .
mortgage executed by the Defendants oil
the I'd day Of October, 1877, and recorded
in Trust Deed Book; No. 2, in the Clerks
Office OF the Mason County Court, and to-
sell such portions OF the lands described
therein MS remains unsold.
And It appearing by affidavit fled, that
the Defendants are Ron.rcsiiGnts Of this
StntC, il is ordered that they do appear
here at Rules to be held in the Clerks or
flee OF the Circuit Court Of Mason Ceunty
ON the first Monday, in the month of
March next, and do what is necessary to-
protect their interest in this suit.
TESrE:-
CHAS. b. WAGGESER; Clerk.
English, p. q. feb. l4-4w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

Every man who has voted the Re
publican ticket in past years has
thereby contributed to bringing the
present deplorable condition of things
upon the country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
IEGAL hydrocarbons.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF ISL
ACRES OLE LAND.

IN Pursuance OF the terms Of decree Of
the Circuit Court OF Mason county, rem
derpd in the canse al Ann Hddleys, Eliza
beth Carton, ct. ais, in ChAncery, al the
October term, 1877, shall sell IS! acres OF
land situate ON the headwaters Of Three
Mile Creek, in Mason county, subject 20
the dover right Of Elizabeth Carton in l09
acres oi said land, set apart to her by the
Commissioners ofPsrtiiion in said suit.
said sale will be at public auction 81 tho
front door OF the Court House, on the 18th
day OF March, 1878, upon the following
terms. One-third cash in hand, and the
balance in one and two years, taking from
the purchaser bond with good security
bearing interest from day OF sale, and re
tanning the title as further security.
w. II, TOMLINs0E,
feb. 2G-lw. Special Commissioner
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

The Committee on Commerce of
the House have agreed to place the
Great Kanawha River in the River
and Harbor appropriation Bill for
100000. Good enoughl Hon. Frank
Hereford began with s25, 0O0and ran
it up to 100000. Mr.. Kenna begins
with 100000, and there is no telling
At what sum he will pause. 100000
is mighty good as starter
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

Are not the organs little neglect
full about charging the democrats
with a purpose to pay the rebel debt?
We have seen no mentionof the sub
ject for some time,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
TTE 2Ist DAY OF
MARCH. ESSS.

the following real estate referred 20 in said
two DEGREES, situate in and near the town
OF West Columbia, Mason County West
Virginia, one tract OF So nCres; one tract
OF 100 acres, all the coal and other miner.
ais under a tract OF l0ONcres. All The coal
and other minerals in and under another
tract OF 400 acres. A tract oil land known
as the Downing tract, containing y acres.
A tract OF land containing 50 acres. One
tract known as the "Newman tract" con-
tanning lS0 acres. One tract OF land con-
tanning 80 acres. One tract containing 90
ncres, excepting from said tract certain lots
heretofore sold by Michael, Hall and Me-
Culoch to Elarpold Sherman, Kirby, KEEL
lev and Steele; and excepting furthermore
from the last described tract, lin addition
to the streets as laid down upon the plat OF
of the town Of West Coumbia) all OF the
town lots on said plat and included in the
said last described tract, except the lots OH
said plat designated by the following
numbers, viz; 3, !, 5, s, 10, l5 10, 90, %, 40,
As, 81, 5j, 90, 81, rs, 50, go, 81, g. G3, o. ~,
66, G., 6S, 60 20, II, Y, 73, a. 10, 70, Il, rs,
~, so, 81, 50, S3and 81. One tract contain.
ing II acres, which three last named tracts
OF land arc known rs the Stephens lands
andincludc the salt furnace, store, building,
tools, implements, railways, entry cars,
salt wells, engines and other fixtures and
property appcrtaining 10 and belonging to
the West Columbia Salt Furnace, now the
Crescent City Salt Furnace. Also lots l0l,
1902, l03 and l04, in the town OF West Col.
umbia, also the bank between the said
four lots and the Ohio river, but not the
street. Also lot No. 81 insaid town. Also
lots numbered, g, I, II, 10, ll3, ia, ll5,
llG, l2l and 1913, all in said town Of West
Columbia. Also lots No. and in said
town, For more full and complete dc.
scfiption OF the several tracts OF land and
town lots hereinbeiore mentioned, refer
enCc may be had to Deed of Trust from
the West Columbia Coal and Salt Compa-
ny, TO Russell Sturgis and James II. Young,
recorded in Deed Book No. 10, fOlios 272 to
2S2 inclusive, and IN Mason County Court
Clerks Office, to deed Of Trust from the
Crescent Coal and Salt Company, to +. II
Walcott and q. w. Gerard, recorded in
Trust Deed Book No, !, lolios $50, &C., In
said County Court Clerks Office.
And the Commissioners under the pow
crs conferred by said DEGREES, reserve the
right to offer the property In different par.
GELS, OF lots, and Us u whole, and to sell in
the manner which shall produce the larg-
est price.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1873.

Wells and Anderson begin to think
a returning board is something like
a boomerang.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

Local elections in Pennsylvania
show remarkable tide in favor Of
the Democracy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

The silver bill was passed by the
House and Senate on Thursday last,
over the Presidents veto, and now q
law. The vote was as follows: House
yeas, 1876; nays, 70; scnate-yoss,
46; nays, 10,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

The Martinsburg Independent! says;
"West Virginia has cause to be proud
of her representatives. No State is
represented at Washington by more
earnest, watchful and energetic SEN
ators and Congressman than West
Virginia"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

congressd did itself credit by the
prompt manner in which it passed
the silver bill over the veto. Now, if
it will proceed as oxpeditiously as
may be to the passage of the bill re-
pealing the resumption act, and the
bill substituting greenbacks for Nat.
ional currency, the members will re-
ceive the plaudit of the country of,
"Well done thou good and faithful
servants" -Ea.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

Grant thinks Sumner was insane
in his opposition to his administra-
ten. 1t was such a corrupt admin
iStration that would naturally drive
any conscientious man mad that
came in contact with it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

The County Court of Kanawha
county has appropriated $1,000 to
wards making the preliminary sur.
vey of the proposed narrow gauge
railroad, from Charleston to Parkers-
burg.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

Congress will proceed at once to
consider the bill for retiring all Ma
tional Bank circulation and substi-
tuting Greenbacks instead. This, as
we understand it, involves the liQui.
dation of the nearly s40O,O0O,0OO of
six per cent. Government bonds now
held by these banks and the consc-
quont saving to the people of some
s20,O00,00O of annual interest. Tho
Greenbacks, or Government notes,
which are to take the place of the
National currency, are to be received
in part payment for customs dues
and for all debts, public and private,
which are not by express terms of
contract made payable in coin,-Er.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

Cincinnati Enquirer, "The Lon
don Times is troubled over the rash
of Chinese to America. The Times
is right. They WILDE the blight and
curse of this country. No Chinaman
should be allowed to land on our
shores unless he be over twonty.one
feet high. They are the hot-bod of
disease and postilence. A wall offirc
between this country and China
would be a Gods blessing"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

What kind ola place would heaven
be with Bob Ingersoll, Bcecher, the
Louisiana Returning Board, the
Tweed ring and a thousand other
fraudulent, thieving,trickeyand cor
rupt politicians in it, such as curse
this country, not to say anything Of
impenitent murdercrs, the licentious,
the hypocritical and the hundred
other kinds of sinners that are the
enemies of all that is pure and good.
There is a state of eternal punish
mcnt for all such, and if there isn't,
one should be created atonce.-NGrs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
Point Pleasant School.

DR0F. W. ]. KENNY will resume the
L duties OF his School on Monday, the
Sth Of April next, to continue three
months Those intending TO prepare
themselves for the school.room, for college
or any OF the practical pursuits Of business
life will find at this school thoroughness,
discipline, and zeal. An intermediate de.
partment for young boys and girls will DO
opened in which the primary branches
viii be taught,
TERMS.
LIST Department $3.50 per month, or $40
per session,
intermediate Department, $3.50 per mo.
or 81 per session.
inch elm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

The aged Hannibal IIamlin, of
Maine, who has been in Office forty.
three years out of the siXty.nino he
has lived, has galvanized his old
ranking privilege into some sem.
blance of life again. In the halcyou
days OF the Thanking privilege, mem.
bers and Senators used to frank their
soilcd linen home to be washed and
their clothes to be cleaned. But as
Hnmlin was never known TO have
my washing done, and could not
send his old clothes anywhere to be
cleaned without subjocting himself
10 the Inconvenience Of nudity, II is
difficult to understand whyho should
be so anxious for the restoration Of
tbe franks, Washington Post
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
TerIns Of Sale.

Twenty per cent. Of the purchase money
cash in hand and the balance IN three
equal installments At one, two and three
years, bonds with sufficient security, bear
ing interest from the Gay Of sale will bc
required OF the purchaser Tor the deferred
instnllments, and tho title will bo retained
rs further security until the bonds aro lul.
ly paid.
JAMES II. COUCH, JR.,
y. w. POLSLEY,
Special Commissioners.
feb. 1s-iw
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06
fnIpAY MORNING.

The Laity, this morning, by vote
Of 10 to 2 confirmed the choice Of the
Clergy, and Rev. DR., Peterkin is
chosen Bishop Of West Virginia.
Charlestolrn Free Pres.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-06

e1o. W. E1RPzrE, EDITOR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-09

ernment's solemn engagement TO each and
all Of them and breaking tho nations plight
ed faith! CALKINs of Indiana was the mouth
piece of this monstrous nonsense. Wequote
from his speech on the Army Appropriation
bill. delivered on the DIST of May last:
1.-THE Government Of the United States is in honor
bound TO mlh all OF its contracts therefore plant my
self upon the broad proposition that when the Govern
ncu through Congress passed laws inviting citizens
become army officers by complying with certain terms
and conditions, and, when those terms conditions
complied with 10y its citizens. their tenure vt oce
should run through lie and not Ice disturbed except for
cause. that that between tho Gt,crnmcnt
and the officer To- be more explicit When the Govern
ncn said IN any form ctcr by ccnt or by author.
lang the President o the United State appoint officers
that when officers thus appointed aud gave up all
their ambitions in life and bound themselves this ser.
vice. their positions should be lite positions and when
upon that promise certain of her citizens did give up all
their ambitions IN life and did mlnl the requirements
which were made necessary AMI did accept appoint.
mcnts thus offered 1t was contract between the Gov.
crnmcnt aud the lcr.on that during his good behavior
AMI In abscncg of amy violations ol the law. his position
should he lite position and the Government Is in duty
bound To iuhi the contract dus entered into The Gov.
eminent did more than ,s 1t provided Tor promotion.
II held out inducements to the young the country
that 1t they would enter the IN the lowest positions.
they might hope by good conduct. by bravery. and
faithful discharge of duty to be promoted IN rank. lav
ing held ont this induccmont and having made those
promises, the Government is bound to fulni them"
Tho Congressional Record Is n museum of
curiOsitics of rhetoric and logic. For false
hood, assumption, and folly, this argument
exceeds the worst recorded achievement of
this session. 1t would be wonderfully anus
ing If it were not omnous. II bctrays n pur-
pose on the part of the Republican party
not only to resist the reduction OF the army,
but to make it a permanent institution, aud
to increase its numbers with the increase of
its officers yearly supplied from the West
Point factory. Nearly half Of the House OF
Representatives is committed to this gigan-
tic wrong. The Senate is wholly committed
to it. But it will not succeed. The people
will soon make the reduction VI the army to
ten thousand men. and subsequently its total
di-bandment, a leading issue in American
politics. The public men who vote wrong
on that issue will be flung out of public life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-09
orking Women in France.

One OF the speakers at the meeting on
Tuesday night to protest against Judge ll1L-
TONS action in abandoning the experiment
OF the Women's Hotel. made the statement
that there are in New York one hundred
Thousand women who have to look 10 Them
selves for their means of support. and that
Of these fully one-half work Tor less than
three dollars and half week. This must,
OF COURSE have been merely IL rough csti-
mate, sort Of guess at the real figures
but probably the speaker approximatcd 10
the TRUTH
The statement suggests the facts brought
out at the French Workmcn's Congress.
held at Lyons last January, a. to the wages
earned in France by women and girls.
Among the delegates to this Congress.
which sat for twelve days and discussed
labor questions generally, were nine women.
representatives. OF womcns unions. These
female delegates were leading speakers at
the sessions. and some Of them commanded
loud applause by their eloquercc, one. a
silk wnder giving an elaborate discourse
on isnuranti-m. Both they and their male
associates drew distressing picture Of the
hard lot OF working women in France, who
are paid paltry wages and are compelled to
labor n great number Of hours daily.
The delegate Of the Lyons silk dresscrs
calculated the number Of women employed
in factories and workshops in the entire
district Mt 100000. their average wages at
two francs, or forty cents, "A day, and their
hours OF work at from eleven To fourteen II
day. 4 large part Of the work Is Of such an
unhealthy nature that no constitution can
long stand it. A woman weaver. for in
stance must give up at twenty-five or at
most thirty years, if she has not broken
down before. Girls oitwelye are kept AT work
from twelve 10 fifteen hours daily, and at
the religious workshops and convent work.
shops, which are exempt from all restric-
tions Of age and hours, children OF five and
six are employed.
After these facts had been presented and
discussed at length, report drawn by the
representative OF the washerwomen Of Paris
was adopted. II advocates the formation
of womcn's trades unions; contends that
work done in prisons and military oGttlt-
ting should bc paid at the rates current in
each trade; argues that the age Of thirteen
should hc the minimum for apprenticeship,
and demands that convcEtual and reli sious
Workshops shall bee suppressed.
Hard as Is the LOT Of our working women,
especially at the present time, it will Doc
seen from tine statements made AT the Lyons
Congress that it Is better than that oil their
Er,upl si-fts1
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OF Moscow not only defeated but dishonor-
sweat in the heat and agony Of battle
would have been surrendered to menace.
The interests and claims of England, as
formulated by her present Ministry, being
totally Incompatible with those Of Russia,
a satisfactory and final settlement of the
from this Congress. No doubt some OK
pcdicnt may bc devised to postpone for u
brief season the resort to the arbitrumcnt of
war. But there are signs that the ill-com-
pactcd empire of Au-trla-Hungary has
awakened TO the paramount necessity Of u
strict watch on the Danube, and may
refuse to content itself with tempo
rary precautions. 1t would even be
the interest of BISMARCK to raise up
stcadlast dyke against Russian aggrcs-
sion in the southeast unless some equivalent
advantage could be assured TO him on the
North Atlantic. while it is certain that the
hypothetical designs OF Germany upon
Holland will never be sanctioned by Il
Congress in which England takes part. On
the whole, although the prolOngatiOn of the
existing situation is oneruus to Russia and
possibly advantageous to England no
European power Is vitality concerned in the
mere ostponcmcnt Of the Turkish problem
by halfway measures. while for the reasons
assigned its thorough and conclusive solu-
ton by the present Congress must be pro-
nounced improbable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-09

In the United States Senate yesterday Mr..
SPENCER Of Alabama offered resolution
for the appointment Of a select committee
Of eight Senators to inquire into charges OF
fraud connected with the election in 1876.
The resolution is of very sweeping char
acter, aud applies to South Carolina, Florida,
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Ore
gon 10y name, and then to "any other state, "
thus including the whole Union.
The purpose of this movement is obvious.
It Is designed to divert attention from the
inquii Y already going on before the POTTER
Committee. We do not believe the object
can be accomplished in that way.
The POTTER Committee have plain,
straightforward work before them The
principal thing is TO ascertain whether Mr..
JONI SHERMAN, Secretary Of the Treasury,
has been guilty Of such conduct as shows
him to be disqualified to hold the high Office
he now occupies.
At the close Of the first week the case
stands very strong against Mr. SHERMAN.
1t seems to constitute II plain case for i'm
parchment.
Make ono long. black mark against the
name Of JONI SHERMAN and proceed to the
second week.
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The POTTER Committee continued its in
vesiisaton yesterday. the event OF the day
being Oh" receipt OF a letter from STANLEY MAT
THEws, who declines point blank to appear and
testify; explaining that h. does this from a
sense OF duty 20 himself and 10 the Senate.
which has ordered an invest cation in his case.
one assertion in the letter. that he hal no in
formation OF the committees proceedings eX-
ccpt from the newspapers. was promptly dis
proved. Another passage limited II belief that
the committee would not give him fair play.
Gen. BUTLER. after speech which
everybody will read. and which contains some
very significant and pregnan, sentences, offered
@ resolution for tho issuing OF subpoena FOR
llr MATTHEW'S; and this after some discus
sion. was adopted.
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A Vote that will be Fatal to Some Com

The legal lite Of our army Is derived from
the eighth section Of the first article Of the
Constitution of the United States. That en-
powers Congress to raise and support ar
mics" But it explicitly declares that mo
appropriation of money to that use shall he
for II longer term than two years" Note
the plural number of the word "armcs.'
That Enthusiastically declares the intent Of
the trainers of the Constitution that per-
manont military force should not exist in
the republic. This intent is confirmed by
the limitation to two years of any and every
provision for the support Of an army.
This eighth section was liberal enlarge
ment Of the restriction on kingiy power inn
posed by the common law of England.
which requires the British llou7" Of Com
mons TO vote annually the money 10 MAIN
tain the British army, and di~bands that
army instantly OH Il failure of such yearly
appropriation. In the Convention debate
over this eighth section, reference was oftec-
lively made TO this English law, and it, in
corporation into our Constitution was ear
nestly urged. ALEXANDER HANllLroN, the
foremost man among the advocates Of n
strong central Government, resisted this
demand and thus answered in No. - of the
fea@a''S' llIe III "uillehu winch lhe opponents
OF STANDING army had Drawn from inc brlt-
Ism precedent
"The Legislature Of the United states win obliged
by TINS provision once at e"'in 'e' "" years To '''
nos'I's On 'S l,o''.N ,' ''',,'"o
clare tbeir sense of me matter by formal vote in the
face OF their constituents
Has thore hoan In this rortv-flfth Conoress
anvs nch doIu,.rnti,n an ,Lo ur,,,,int,, If
keonin,, ,,,r ..,,,,ii,,,, .,,,',. H. nyi.,,,,o,
and wns,ing on,,'al,,, t,ir,, noilIinns 81 AL