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Br. Mr.. Clardy Providing for the
payment of arrears Of pensions to
Widows and to minor children Of per
sons who died oil Injuries received in
the war OF the rebellion.
By Mr.. De La Matyr-- For the es-
Enlistment OF branch mint in In
disnspois
BY Mr.. Wells - For the actab ish-
ment OF mint in St Louis
BY Mr.. Chalmers To encourage
tie education OF the colored race.
BY Mr.. Hill Granting bounty
lands to soldiers OF the United ST ties
who served in the war Of 1861.
By Mr. Errett-For the erection
Of public buildings in Pittsburgh.
By Mr.. Coffroth To amend the
pension laws. II grants pensions to
all surviving enlisted men, includ-
lug volunteers, md all drafted men
in the service OF the United States
in the late war, and their surviving
widows aud dependent fathers and
mothers.
By Mr.. Warner Requiring geld
and silver certificates to Re paid ont
IN lieu Of coin, on demand thereof, IN
sums Of $40 aud multipies thereof;
also, providing that the redemption
of National bank notes under the act
of June 20, 1874, may be in United
Ststes notes or ia standard gold or
silver coin. at the option Of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
BY Mr.. Houk To extend the
provisions of the Pensions Arrears
Bill to pensions under the special
act.
By Mr.. Mcmillan To establi,h
an income tax.
BY Mr.. Misunderstanding ap-
peals from court martiels to United
State9 courts in time of peace
BY Mr.. Monroe-For commiss-
ion on The alcoholic liquor trsfiio.
BY Mr.. Garlett-Requiring the
Secretary Of the Treasury to pay out
all gold and silver con, legal tend er
notes and National bank lotes IT,
the Treasury, not required for cur
rent expenses, IN tire purchase o.
government bonda.
BY Mr.. Bragg -Annulliug and
revOking the court martial findings
and sentence in the CAGE OF Gen
Fiiz John Porter, restoring him to
service as colonel 10 the army and
providing for the payment of all
Arrearages Gas Major General mp to
September L, 1866, and as Colonel
thereafter)
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Of the United States to unload at
ary port CT delivery in custom col
lection district, after due entry of
said vessel aud cargo at port OF
entry in said district
Mr.. Uonger opposed The bill as
tend Dg 10 throw ilto tie hands o.
foreign ship owners the carrying
trade OF our people, particularly up.
on the great lakes.
Pending action the morning hour
expired and the House went into
COMMITTEE OF the Who'e, Mr..
Syringe IN the chair, on the bill
relative to the publication OF 81
IRENE Court reports.
The Spea ker laid before the
House a number of executive and
other communications, which were
appropriately referred.
Adjourned.
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BOARD OF oVERsEERS
OF The Poor-s SPECIAL Moetin,

OF the Poor Special Meeting.
A special meeting Of the Board Of o yer.
seers of the Poor was held ia the Court
house, in Kingwood, on December 8.
1879.
Present, all the member.
Ordered, That Col Monroe be authOIi.
zed TO procure deed for the Poor house
property.
Ordered, That J. \. Fawcett be author.
ized 10 plant COrncr-stones on said proper
". said stones 10 BE- four Il. long.
On motion. Mr Dill Was authorized "a
transfer Ell" Williams TO tue place shc
belongs, when ascertaned.
On motion, J. Cooke was instructed
TO procure Lewis Riley = suit Of clothes al
cost not 10 exceei SO.
on motion, the clcrS was instructed a.
advertise IN both county PIP rs for two
weeks IN Auct cssiOn, the following Est OF
articles required 10 be furnished tho in
mates of the PoOr-house by The steward
for the ensuing term
For BREAKFA~T-N Meat. bread wheat
-buckwheat cakes three times per weeL
I'M winter-cOrn bread twice per week
butter, sirup or ipolasses, and coffee.
Fer DINNER-SOup, meat, bread lNhcaI
corn bread three times per week., veg
ctHbleS Of some kind, such as potatoes
cabbage. and beans. butter, pastry TIN ga
uHeS per week. ana Tor persons needing
", coffee or tea.
For SUPPER.-Light bread (Occas. on.
ally corn bread. butter and siruus.
Al each meal all the necessary cOndi,
ments, such as pepper, salt, etc
CLoTHiNG-In winter each UaupeI
shall &c furnished with good warm
wooden clothing, with comfortable boot,
or shoes, and respectable hts, cans, o,
bonnejs, with a sufficient amount OF un-
IA gI
week. Also, all sUcn articles az hand
kerchiets, combs, etc, as are necessary
Tor their comfort and cleanliness.
Also that light shah be kept ruru-
ing in the hall until o o'clock each night
For so keeping and providing for the
plupers the Steward shall be allowed
Sl.5O per week, for each pauper.
a Steward will he appointed at the
next meeting of the Board, on the lst day
Of the January, 1880, term Of County
Court.
Test; NEIL j. FoRTNEY, Clerk.
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Mr. King offered a resolution for
the appointment # select commit
tee Of IL, whose duty it shall be tn
examine into the subject OF the mr.
lection Of a suitable route for the
Inter-Oceanlc Ship Canal, to which
al! petitions, memorials aad reports
reiati7e to such canal shall be re
ferred and which snail have author
ity toreport at any time. Adopted.
The Speaker then called the com
miitees for reports.
The Military Academy aop.5pri-
alton bill Was report ed and referred
TO Committee OF the Whole.
Mr. Scales attempted to repori
back Senate bin for The reinquisb-
ment Of the Ute reservation i'm Co.
oTado, but it was objected to by Mr.
Mile.
Mr. Money, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Postofices aud Post Roads.
reported resolution calling for in
formation AZ 10 The passage cf !of
terry matter through The mails
Adopted Also, a bill for regula
ting the manner Of ezpadiung SEIZED
ules on mail routes, was made A
special order !or the third Tuesday
IN January Alec, q bill for the
Establishment o. returned letter
office.
Mr. Moore presented petition
asking the passage Of the Joint res
oIution now before the Senate Com
mittee providing Tor .ba abolition
ADD rePetI OF the Iegsl tender pow
or now eiver United s'etes Treasury
notes. Referred.
Adjourned.
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THE FORTY SIXTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, December 10

WASHINGTON, December 10.
The following bills were intro
duced and referred
By Mr.. Herelord-To recognize
and paw certain claims du1 by the
State OF West Virginia to citizens
thereof, for services rendered the
United states in the late war, and
which are properly cba!geable to the
United States.
House concurrent resolution TO al
Jourr from December 10Th to JAM
uray 9Th, was also adopted by vote
OF SO to 81.
The morning hour having expired
the Senate resumed consideration Of
the resolution offered by Mr.. Doyis,
OF West Virginia, calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury for a
statement OF the amounts paid ont
OF the Treasury since 1854, on PR
yate claims growing out Of the late
war.
Mr. Davis accepted the amend
ment by Mr. E lmunds thtt the
statement be made TO extend back
10 March 4, 1861.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to add She
following And also a like state
ment o. all such claims which have
been presented to and rejected by
the Treasury Department, and also
which may now be pending therein. %
Mr.. DsvY expressed it as bis
opinion that the Representatives
and Senators were trying to load
the resolution down with amend
ments 10 order to KILT.
Mr., Morrill, responded that the
object OF the resolution seemed to b5
10 obtain curious information, add be
thought the statement called for by
bis amendment would probably pre-
sent some very curious aud srgrfcsut
statistics
The ane1dmeut wss rejected and
the resolution adopted by party
vote, toe Republican Senators &C..
tilg No
After short executive session ad
loUrned
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
LETTER FROM NEWBURG.
NEwBURG, Dec. II.

Editor Argus
Mrs. John Evans, of Fe;ierman. is
visiting her mother Mrs. Bartlett, OF THIS
place.
Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Shaiier Dec. sth daughter Also to
Mr.. AMI Mrs. George w. Conner on
Dec. 10Th, son.
Mr.. MvDormot Of tho Grafton EtgJe
was in town last week on business tor
that paper.
We have perused tho message OF his
"Frauduloncy" carefully and no where
does he annou C, the demiseof tho ad
ministraticns .step~fither. late husband
of its unhappy mother. Eliza Pinkstone'
DR.. Dent was called home by telegram
on Friday from Morgantowp, to am
putate tho leg OF Chas. McCuinbor who
was injured some tour months ago, near
st. George, Tucker Couu ~, by log
rolling over him.
We congratulate our old friend Jacol
Fortney. Of Threoiork, upon the arriva
early Monday morning ota LIB George
WA shlrgton
Mr.. Will Lavelle Of Tunnclton, mad,
us pleasant coll ono day last week
POLY q. H. was down after more y
l., a fow days ago. She had better let
up on Jennie June" "BilkP and "Joe'
1r she sill have the pleasure Of carrying
stu larger prot oscis than ever.
HJs-ely Yours,
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HOUSE.

MI Baker, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the fortlf-
cation bill. appropriating $4,000
Ordered recommltted and printed.
lie gave uotice that he would re
port 1t back tomorrow morning and
asked for its consideration.
Mr. McCord, from the Committee
on Manufactures, reported back the
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution relative to
trade marks. Ordered printed and
recommitted.
Mr.. AckIen introduced bill au-
thorlzing the appointment by the
President OF a commission of eugin-
eers to examine the surveys of the
contemplated canal across the 18TH
mus OF Panama. Referred.
MIR. Shelley offer ed resolution for
the appointment Of a select commit
tee to Investigate the cause Of the ne
gro exodus from the South, and to
report such measures az the exigen-
cy may require Referred.
MIR. TowD5end, OF Illinois, frered a
resolution. which wss referred, call
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury
tor information az to the number of
Licensed dealers in leaf tobacco and
the amount OF internal revenue col
,ected from them during the fscal
year ending June 80, 1879.
MIR. Manning offered resolution
calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury to report what fraudulent
claims have been paid by the Treas
ury department under authority Of
section 1860 OF the Revised Statutes,
and what fraudulent claims, if any,
have been paid from other apprcpu-
atoms since June %, 1874, to De-
cember 1877. Referred.
Adjourned.
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ORDER OF PUBLICAT. ON
WEST VIRGINIA, IS

WEST VIRGINIA, IS.
Az Rules held in the Clerks office of
the Circuit Court of Preston county, on
the first Monday Of December, 1879.
David H. Johnson, Executor Of NichO-
las Johnson, deceased.
vs.
Catherine Johnson, widow, and Caiha.
rinc Fast, and Francis Fast, her hus-
band, Mary johnson, Nicholas Johnson,
Sarah Jane Johnson and David II. John.
son, children and heirs at law Of said
decedent; and John PoundstOne, Henry
Hunter, George ID ff.nbauph, Jane
Hardin, Elizabeth T. Altman and james
E. Altman, and others, parties unknown,
creditors o. said decedeDt.
In EQUITY.
The object Of this suit il 10 subject the
tract Of land, of which The decedent died
seized, 10 the payment of his debts
And IT appearing that the defendants
are not residents Of this State, they, are.
therefore, hereby required To appear here.
at Rules % be held Tor said Court, on the
first Monday Of January, next and do
what is necessary 20 protect their interests
herein. And on motion Of the plaintiff
by his attorney, il is ordered that the fore
going bee published i'm the "West Virgirfa
Argus, "A weekly newspaper published
IN this county. A copy-Test
SMITH CRANE, Clerk.
JNo. BARroN PAYNR. Atry FIR Ptn.
kingwOOd, Dec. q 20 so 5O4.
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SENATE,
December 10.

M. C0ekreIl, from the Committee
on Military affairs, reported favora-
bly, on the bill to authorize the Sec
Rotary Of War 10 donate twelve con-
demned bronze cannon to the Francis
2. Blair Monument Association al
st. Louis. Passed
Mr.. Bruce introduced a bill to
provide for the investment Of certain
unclaimed pay and bounty monies
now IN the treasury, and to facilitate
and encourage the education OF the
colored race. Refereed.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of w. Va, introduced
2 bllI to relieve the Treasurer Of The
United States from the amount now
charged to him and deposited with
the sevaral States. Referred.
After short executive session. the
Senate adjou.12d.
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SENATE.
Dscember u.

December Il.
Mr.. Wallsce offered resolution
that the Sergeant at Arms be au-
thor'zed 10 employ three additional
messengers, and assign one each 10
the Committees On Revolutionary
Claims, Private Land Claims and
Epgrossei Bills. Adopted.
Several private pension bills were
passed.
It W resolved Il at when theSenate
adjourn to-day it be until Monday.
a long discussion took place upon
the bull granting pension TO Com
moiore VIM. b. Whiting, totally
dlsab'ed in the naval service. Sever
al Senator'S claimed that, as Whiting
was receiving three quarters pay on
the retired list he was not entitled
20 pension. Members Of the Pen
sloa Committee held that the statue
provided for pensions ia such cases
On Mr.. Cockrel's suggestion the
bill was allowed to go over until
Monday
Mr.. Withers, by request, presented
the memorial of VIM B. Whiting, a
CoEmodor of the United States Ma.
Wy, proposing the establishment 81 2
coniederacy of all the governments
upon this continent. Referred.
On motion OF Mr.. Maxey, the Sen
ate teok up the blIl making an ar.
preparation oil 100000, for the erac-
tloa OF such military posts on or near
the RIO Grande frontier rs may be
deemed necessary by the Secretary
OF War, for adequate protection there
Of. Adopted.
Mr.. CockreIl introduced bill to
donate twelve condemned bronze
cannon to the Blair Monument As
ISOLATION Of st. Louis. Referred.
Mr.. Saunders introduced a bill
making an appropriation tor repairs
and internal improvements in the
custom house at Omaha. Referred.
After short executive sess.con,
the Senate adjourned,
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OUR contemporary of the JouTna,
after having devoted half column
or more n his issue o! Nov. Is, by
way of explaining, justifying and
approving the proposition put for
ward ostensibIy by the Chief OF Ord
nance, Gen Beuet, for the orga MIA
ton Of national mi!itiG Of 100000
men, now turns tail, and in his issue
OF las. week comes out fat footed in
denial Of the very exist ence OF such
proposition, The Journal counts
on the ignorance. prejudice aud Gre
dulity of ite readers 10 help it out o.
it's dilemma.
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OUR TUNNELTON LETTER.
TrNNrLroN. necemher II 1s1

IuNNELroN, December II, 1879.
AIl'o' argus
Nu' P"lcI IUle village has been wild
WIN 'AJ''eH'eht Tor the pas' few days,
".CaS'ouF" ~ me recovery Of the remaius
% MI Joseph NJ AshbY. Sheriff. Ford,
'uuse 0oa"' ana the rest OF the King
""o' sen'i''n'h VINO parucipatcp in the
'NP'i'nS u onait NO. l. deserve much
e'O''' "'"''"' MIS- Ash"y ana ihmily
'''o '"o Sy'"P~'ny Oh al our people ID
'''a, '"" bereavement
vas d" uHusu''Iy large crowd OF
pe'p'0 ia 'o"" Oh sunday TO take view
WI Hoo' "hhains de-
AK, ~ ,.',,'.' i"' us "'AVery' we
- 80 % '''"'"eI man - the conr-
y '''' "'"'u "''e 'nnue tne uCscent, after
oAce soelrE 'ne 'rfI"le place.
w. II. HGg9ns WAS visiting at Grafton
Sunday.
v,,,r oo--,.,r,.,.,.-.
wa, 80" ."u'"'' accompanied ny
Messrs. ). Nj. Jeiterys, j. l.. Weaver,
Misses Alice Mattingly and Alice Powell.
had the exonisite nlaae,ro or loo, r,,,,.,.,'
o,o,ir,, &c ,.i,;,,.,'- a.. 81, -. ''o7''!
"."s W 'i'''."s VIC Ne"ourS Ciceronl-
an Literary society. we went down for
the express purpose of taking notes and
and reportinp the eoma 10 tho Anon, 49,,
when we crrived of Nevb,,.,, I'D tan.I,
u,o 80, 80,
'S' VI pe'P'o VINO ma assem-
DIcd at the depot TO see and be seen, all
our thoughts Of tuking down one item di-
rn,nisbod. for Tho No,yI,rroi,o, ..,.,,.-
the ladies -ovod "a With - ~ 0'.'
'"' -eYeu u' WIN ~ eye OF ven
geance, and we were at Ipss 10 know If
some credulous nerson had circr,o,ol
mr., ,bet wa ,,cro no., -
o"'"PoS "'eH'IT'
O"ipk ~ elghJ ueIect IN our vision, IL
was with no little difficulty that we found
the Academy. "a the uiobt vcoa &c dor,, os
o 5,,,,,,o,.,,. "a
""' "NF'Hs no "gh' we were
Wv" P-'''N ~ rus. ~ II"'luence IN get
ing mere. flnnlly we arrived and were
met ~ the u"or ny frot. Gowcll whom We
aSRSa 'o please hlhd us scat IN some sc-
Ciuutu corner as we couldn look perpcn
olcu,ar az iaGl'a. ne eested - whore sat
w" '"5''uH'.ng young oeiles ic mont OF
w. ubI IIRul oa'k OF us sat two more
equaliy as lascinallng. 50 that put and end
; D9uIla sol'oI On oe'ng lhe nlGht Tor the
ns's'a'ioh Oh "luceTs eject made the pro-
ETau'u't q more ienglhy one. Mr.. CrogaD.
,ue Ieurlng fftEldent' made very short,
nut complimentary speech, thanking the
Olcerou'Sns I'r the many tavors shown
him while President, after which ne intro
duced his successor, Prof. r w. linn
Prot Itun, In accepting the Presidency,
delivered a very neat and well arranged
speech, becoming 70 such an occasion.
Question: -RcsOlVed, "That the Indian
has more right to complain Of cruel treat
menl from the white man than the Ne
60. Aihrm, ;. Z. Shaw and f. w.
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December IL.
Mr. Gibson introduced a bill for
the appointment OF an inter oceanic
commission, to determine the best
plan and route Tor the establishment
OF communication for trade and
commerce between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, across the Isthmus OF
Darlen. Referred.
Mr. Gillette introduced a bill in
opposition TO the retirement of green.
backs and in favor of substituting
them for National bank notes. and
Tor the free coinage OF silver. Re
ferreJ.
The Senate joint resolution author
zlng the Secretary Of the Interior T.
negotiate With the Ute Indians for
reunqushibg their reservation IN
Colorado Was taken from the Sneak
er's table and referred 10 the Con
mittee on Indian Affairs.
The House then went into Com
mlttes OF the Whole on the pension
appropriation bill.
Mr. HubbelI proceeded 10 explain
The bill. 1t appropriates $324O4
600, ~ agsInst so, 100000 last year.
The increase had been necessltated
by the large Increase in the number
Of penaions during the last year,
The bl.l was agreed 10 in commit
tee without amendment, and, on be
ing reported TO the House, was pass
Ell.
Adjourned until Monday.
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HOr8E

The Iourna. was very hea-7 to-
Jay and The reading occupied much
time.
Mr.. Burrows introduced Joint
resolution, With was referred pro-
posing The following amendment 10
The Constitution.
Arr Po.ygamY shall not exist
within ths iImrts Of The United
states or any place subject TO their
jurisdiction.
sEc. 2 Congress obsll hove pow
or 70 enforce this article By appro-
pirate legislation
Mr. Wait, from lbe Committee On
Commerce, rerorte1 bill amend
ing lection 277l Of The revised etst
otes, 20 ~ 20 allow any vessel not
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-20

THE official count Of the returns OF
the late election in Msine has Just
been announced, Which gives the
State TO the Democrats. The Legs
lature will stand as follows: House
Democrats, II; Republicans, 60. Sen.
ate Democrats, 10; Republican. II
This insures Democratic Governor
and a Democratic United State
Senator. 1t is the Republican OK
that got gored mis- time.
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ark and tell Us unlass we dii he'd causC
another food insid of twenty.four hours
That's the kind Of chair. pin" we are, and
don't you forget il, ladies.
No, thank you Smith, all the 10
change we had about Is We donated 10
your Doll Baby Festival" except fv.
cents, aud We don't propose 10 IT you
have that by going down there 90 Christ
mas eve. We have children OF our own
10 buy candies for; ard as FAR as your
girls are concerned, you can keep them.
POLLT O. l.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec II, 70.
Things are moving quietly and
aerenely at be capital. Beyond TIE
passage Of a JOINT resolution to ad-
Journ Tor Christmas holiday on the
10th instant, and the confirmation Of
a couple of appointments by the
Senate, nothing specially notewor-
thy has been dole by Congress The
recess is to last until January 9th.
two week.. Meanwhile, the House
Appropriations Committee will en-
deavor 10 get three Of their small
bills through before adjournment.
The deficiency bill for the payment
Of msrshals' fees will not be acted
upon lntil after the Reese. There
was some surprise at the exceedingly
prompt and entirely unanimous con
irmation Of Secretary McCrary to
he United States Judge, but the
Democratic Senate is not disposed to
he cautious. Ex-senator Pamsey
was hoisted into McCrarys place in
p jify, and entered At once moon the
duties Of the War Office. TLis will
put Gen. Tecumseh Sherra IN in a
better bumor than he has been re-
Gently, for it is quite generally be
.ieved that the Secretary will be lit.
lie more than chief clerk, while
Sherman tosses the Army and the
Department. He did not have full
cc0tIol under McCrary, for the latter
Is man Of brains and purpose, and
there was, I understand, some zeal
ousY. The Shermans like power and
command especially does The Gen
1ral and between Tecumsen and
JOHN the Government Il now pretty
much under the control Of the family.
Hayes and Ramsey are figure heads.
As little ~ has been done Inn Con.
2rsss, some humorous interchange OF
Tetort and banter between members
have occurred The other dav NJ.
Frye, Of Maine, DO The discussion of
the bill TO regulate the compensation
Of the Supreme Court reporter. Got in
a neat BIO Of repartee on Gen. Keller.
who said that while there might be
1000 meo in bic State OF Ohio con-
petent 70 perform the duties Of tbts
c.erksbir, be would Tot consid or any
o. them paid according 10 thuir de-
serts at $4,000 Mr. Frye quickly
answered that 50 far ~ be could as-
certain, ibs vast majority Of the 1000
competent men ol O.io were already
ecmiortsJIv installed in fat Offices
teiier n De poor mouth al this
and sccnssl Frye Of stealing Demo
cratic thunder Gen. Tom Browne
If Indiana, 10 sreskug On The came
question, remarked that tbe rervicea
of great many n toe statssmer DOW
Congress would be dear to The
country AZ $500 year Speak 19r
yourseil. shouted q member OH tre
@epubHca1 eide. "I do aresk for
myspll' meekIy replied Tnomaq
And think he rpokc tho so,ema
..ltb, ico
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

CoNeREss-A TWO WEEKS REoEss-CoNFIR.
NATIONS BY THE sENATE-ooNGaRsssf
BANTKRISG BACH oTHRR-THE SUPREME
COURT DIVIDED on THE CONSTITUTION
Atty OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION Laws
soUYLER CoLFAX-TER ONO SENATOR
SHIT.
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The Democratic State Executive
Committee will hold G meeting in
Parkersburg on the 9Th OF January
for the purpose Of consultation and
arranging the prelimiuaries for the
campaign Of 1850, II is very prob.
able this meeting will ix the time
for holding the next State Conven-
ton. A full attendance is expected
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GEN. VIM MALONE was last Tues
day chosen by the Virginia LePisla-
iure United States Senator to sue
coed Senator Withers. Gen. Ma
hone is a live, representative man
s1d a staunch Democrat. and in
,plcoting a Senator, the Virgir ian,
might have gone farther ard Jared
worse.