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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17
"A Man wanted.

q !
The I4armars Iowa lSsatiad Che
northerroko States, after asking
whether Hayes is a game cock or a
dung hill rooster, and telling him to
cast his eye over the South, makes
the following stalwart appeal to the
Fraud: 4 d
Proclaim the States of Mississippi
and Louisiana in open rebellion
against the Nation. Z
And declare every State Of The old
rebel Confederacy in a state Of seige.
Rutherford. dare you?
The man who dares not is lost.
Or drifts along like Il maggot on a
chip into oblivion. from which he
should never have emerged.
Thirty million loyal hearts are be-
hind you, Rutherford,
And .ready,to echo the firstnote
That tells of grand, strong pur-
pose.
This is a Nation.
Rutherford, dare you say it?
1t takes giant to pronounce the
word from the lofty eminence you
occupy.
A giant with lungs Of leather and
thews Of brass.
Rutherford, you are the man.
Issue the proclamation,
Appoint Ben Butler Military Gov
ernor Of the insurrectionary provin-
ces with headquarters in Iazoo City,
in old Mississippi.
Call an extra session of Congress;
Exclude thereftom every so.called
Senator and Representative from the
rebellious territory.
And with a loyal Legislature begin
the great work Of moulding a plastic
nature into form.
This is the heroic method, and re-
quires a hero in the van.
Rutherford, we fear you are not the
man on horseback,
The white-winged couriers Of the
deep will bringHlM from the ORR.
ent,
Where he is now arbitrating the
affairs Of empires whose history takes
roots in the midst of an antiquity
measured by thousands of years.
Grant, the simple citizen, smoking
his cigar, the statesman without an
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

besnots be more communicative; lay
open his general business to his
workmen; consult them on work in
which they are engaged, and show
them that he considers them more
than beasts Of burden-that they are
men whom only poverty keeps at the
ork-bench, and whose brains are
equal to his when. the opportunity
offers to display them2 II this spir-
it were exhibited there would be a
common interest Of mutual protec.
ton. The ope would see that The
higherin the social scale he could
elevate his employees the more bene.
fcial they would be ohm; and by
giving them an insight into his bus.
mess they would be able tosee wheth.
er the profits made are enough to in.
sure them an advance in wages. We
have no doubt that four.ifths Of the
employers in this country to-day
would be satisfied to receive six per
cent. on the money invested, and if
the employees could see that not that
much was made, they would not be
SO hastyiin forcing strike.
In relation to the strike at the
Raymond City Mines, they may have
an inside view which we do not pos
sess, that should induce them to ad.
vance the price of mining coal, just
now. Unless they have, we cannot
but draw the conclusion that there is
an organized movement all over the
country to advance the price of min
ing. If such be the case, then our
miners cannot be condemned; for if
the price Of mining is increased 25
per cent. in all other quarters our
operators can afford to pay it here
But if the strike is local, aud other
coal regions do not pay an increase,
then it only remains, as we can see
it, for the operators in this region to
close their mines until the market is
more favorable to them. There is
not, we believe, company in this
region which paid a dividend the
past year; while some Of them have
actually lost money. Under these
circumstances, can it be expected
that they will be able just now
to increase the wages while in other
regions they are canvassing the clos
ing of mines simply because the
market is over,stocked and coal is
selling below the cost of production?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17
Some Common Sense.

Under this head the; Washington
Post INDUCES in some structures on
the conduct of the campaign in Ohio
that will strike the ordinary obsery-
err as we'll founded. II claims that,
so far, the Democrats have failed to
S''''-----'-- '--S---i:- ;ss,,os,
prominent in the campaign, but have
suffered themselves to be decoyed by
their opponents into an undue at
tention to questions already settled
and that are resurrected only for the
purpose ofdiverting public attention.
We say that his criticism of the
Democratic campaign is one that re
fleets the latent feeling of many who
have been watching the course OF
events in Ohio. When Congress adj.
journed there was a general feeling
that the issues between the Demo.
cratic and Republican parties had
been so well defined by the public de-
bates, and the position occupied by
the Democrats on all these questions
was so acceptable to the whole coun,
try, that the masses OF the people
needed only an opportunity to OK
presslhenselves to insure an endorse,
ment of the Democratic position.
This is as true now as it was then.
The people of Ohio will so demon,
strato when these issues are properly
presented. Senator Thurman'sspeech
will do much toward Kidding the
brush out Of the campaign, and it is
true, as the Post says:
"The result in Ohio depends large.
ly on whether the balance of the cam
paign is conducted on the living
issues of the present, or on the dead
issues of the past. 1t has been the
aim of nearly all the Republican
speakers, us well as the newspapers
Of that party, to hold the discussion
to questions that were practically set.
tied long ago, and to evade or ignore
those great and vital issues present
cd during the extra session of Con.
gress, and relegatcd thence to the
people.
Judge Tharman's great speech
shows how the contest should have
been inaugurated, and the line on
which it should have been fought.
There is abundant time left before
the election to profit by his excellent
example. Let the dead past bury its
dead There are questionsin the liv.
ing present, on the solution of which
the future Of the Republic depends.
The success Of the theories advocated
by the Radicals would utterly destroy
the system of government devised by
the fathers, and set up on its ruins a
centralized despotism, bearing no
more relation to the government of
the Constitution than the Russian
system bears to that of Great Britain,
or liberty to tyranny"
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Strikes.

1t would appear that there is eth
er an organized movement through
out the country among the laboring
classes to secure an advance in their
wages, or there is actually too little
money received by them to respect.
tably support their families, which
keeps them in nervous and disaf.
tected mood, ready to strike for an in,
crease in pay whenever they see a
likely opportunity to attain their
ends. In some cases strikes take
place where it is evident the employ.
ers cannot afford to pay an increased
price for labor, and this leads one to
the conclusion that itisan organized
movement, which takes in all alike
the money-making operator and the
struggling manufacturer.
AS we said on former occasion
the capital and labor interests do not
seem to comprehend each others 20.
sltion and necessity, and the philan-
thropist who can find out the medi-
am which will bring about COM
mon understanding, will have done
great work for the world. We are
restless people, and Americans new
er like to do a piece of work unless
they understand it. Among us the
mind as well as the body is at work;
and there is no doubt that in nine
cases out of ten the mechanic is es-
tinlating the cost and profit of every
piece of work he does, while the op-
orator keeps his profits a sealed book
to his employee, Should not the
operator look into the mode aud man
ner of living of his employee; see if
ne lives respectfully and economical
ly, and whether he receives enough
wages to maintain his family2 Should
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commissioners Sale Of r AN
{. I -. .E.sfnf "a q Z, II

ID virtue, and in pursuance 81 4 ise,o
I'D tnl order OF the Circuit Courto Aiason
County rendered az the October term! iSss
and which order was by said courtan,cnd'
ed at the April term, 1879, in d chaneey,,
cause therein pending, Wherein fienrv
Fisher was plaintiff, aud John Brown sn X
Mary brown were defendants. /. the Nh.
dersigned Special COMMISSIONER shan ON
saturday. the goth llny OF Ocfo.
Der, 1879 sell At public auction al thS
front door OF the Court House, in Mason
County, to'the highest bidder, tho follow.
ing piece ofland with It's appurtcnances
situate, lying and being adjacent "a ihe
the towneof Point Pleasant. on the W.,
side OF Crooked Creek, in the county aiore'
said, asfollows to-wit Beginning Ak a az.
ner ofthe Mason County Jail lot. andru6.
ming thence S. or r u. 10 poles. 10. n ruck
near the top Of the high bank 81 Crooked
Greek, thence n. 2ga w. q poles and %
links going from the high bank diasonallv
down the hill to the low hank of said
Crooked Creeks 70 d Sycamore standing
near said creek on the lower bank thereof.
Thence HE following course and distances
Sul tue bank ot said creek witliils winnings
and ) feet Westward Of and . feet distant
from the top oisaid low bank, viz Thence
n 500 W. 40 poles to the corner Of i.
Kimberling's land and thence with Rislins,
and Jail lot line $. Sao w. 20 poles and 20.
links to the place OF beginning, containing
about one acre, be the same moreor less.
TERMS OF SALE
One hall Of the purchase money upon 4.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17
State Rights.
Watches and
Waits.

The purpose of the Radical leaders
to overthrow the rights of the States
and the people, and to vest in the
General Government all the substan
tial powers of government, is proved
by act after act of Congress, by nu-
merous party platforms, by a multi
tude OF speeches daily delivered, and
by their denunciation of the plaineSt
doctrines upon which our system is
founded, and which in the better
days Of the Republic were seldom il
ever questioned by any public man.
Let Democrat use the term Ssover-
eign State" and he is forthwith de.
the Radical bfeyI R Is hdHAfsFFs Saa
seeessionist. let him speak Of the
reserved rig hts of the people under
the Federal constitution, and he is
forthwith denounced as assailing the
just powers of the Federal Govern
ment. Let Congress pass laws in
plain violation of the Constitution,
and the man who questions their au.
thority il assailed as an enemy Of
the National Government and Of the
perpetuity Of the Union. Ina word,
in every form in which it can be
manifested, those who govern the
Radical party have shown their in.
tentiOn to reduce States to the mere
category of counties or townships.
leaving them no sovereign powers
whatever, that may not be over.
thrown at the will of a majority of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

1t is fact not found in any Re.
publican papers nor mentioned by
any Republican campaign speaker,
that there are more Union soldier
employees on the rolls of the present
Democratic Congress, than were ever
borne on the rolls of any Republican
Congress. II is fact which Repub.
lican journals and speakers studious-
iy ignore, that the Union soldiers
have received more consideration
and much better trcatmentfrom Con.
gross since the Democracy gained
control of the Honse and took charge
OF the appropriations, than were cv-
er accorded them during the long
period of Republican rule.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Unbiased reports from Ohio indi.
cate the success of the Democratic
ticket in October. A victory over
there must be won against fearful
odds in the shape Of a mammoth cor
ruption fund welded by set of DIES
perate leaders who recognize the fact
that defeat this year means the utter
Abandonment of hope in the Presi-
dental contest next year. The Re
publican party being on the wane, it
cannot recover from defeats such as
a loss OF Ohio involves. On the 9th
er hand the Democracy can afford to
lose that State and yet carry the
Presidential election with the help Of
the tide which generally sets in its
favor. -Adveuiser.
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Notice to Take Dispositions.
sept. 10.

mo DAVID HARRIS Take notice, that
L on the 18th day OF September, A. D.
1879, between the hours OF 6 o'clock A. NJ.
and 6 o'clock P. NJ, at the Office OF L. j.
Humphries, in the town Of New Haven,
Mason County, West Virginia, will take
the dispositions Of Benjamin Rollins and
others, to be read in evidence in my be-
bali in q certain suit in Chancery, now
pending in the Circuit Court for the Coun-
ty OF Mason, and State OF West Virginia,
in.which am Plaintiff and you are De-
PENDANT II from any cause the taking OF
said dispositions shall not be completed on
the day aforesaid, the same shall be con
tinued from day to day, or from time to
time, at the same place and between the
same hours, until the same shall have been
completed.
a'6 Fila['J E. Z. HARRIS,
by Simpson & Howard, Counsel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Stewart, the Prohibition candidate
for Governor, is out in a letter in
which he reyives some of the TEN,
perance questions put to Foster when
the latter was a candidate for Con.
gress, and reminds voters that Eos.
ter did not condescend to answer
them. He doesn't seem to think
that Mr.. Foster4has improved as a
Temperance candidate. The letter
Fostersas the candfdate 81
the Beer Congress, and the champion
of the liquor interest generally
Without going into the merits Of the
question, it is safe to say that the
Prohibi,ionists are at their old bus.
mess of bothering the Republicans.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17
WOrlkingnleu.

Before you begin your heavy spring
work after u winter of relaxation,
your system needs cleansing and
strengthening to prevent an attack
of Agne, Bilious or Spring Fever, or
some other Spring sickness that will
unfit you for a seasons work. You
will save time, much sickness and
great expense if you will use one
bottle of Hop Bitters in your family
this month. Don't wait. See other
column.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Ben Butler has been nominated for
Governor of Massachusetts,, by the
Greenbackcrs. Now if the Demo
Gratis of that State will nominate
him also at their Convention, .Massa.
chusetts will be wrested from the
clutches Of the Radical party. The
Republican party of Massachusetts,
is becoming so frightened at Buffers
RREg4hfP ' taaJ Il ar 59e next g45srnatorial
II. L. Pierce to accept the Republi-
can nomination. They relegated
him to private life because he voted
with the Democrats in favor of reject.
ing Louisiana's vote for Hayes. He
is now in demand by his party, and
the Stalwarts have to eat crow.
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NOTICE.

ToC, T. West: Take notice, that on the
1 LIST day of October, A. D. 1879, between
the hours Of 6 o'clock n. IN. and 8 o'clock
2. M, at the Law Office of Simpson &
Howard, in the town of Point Pleasant,
Mason county, West Virginia, will take
the dispositions Of Louisa jolly and others
to be read in evidence in my behalf in u
certain suit in Chancery, now pending in
the Circuit Court for the County of Mason,
md State of West Virginia, in which | AMI
Plaintiff and you are Defendant. II from
any cause the taking OF said dispositions
shall not be completed on the day afore-
said, the same shall be continued from day
to day, or from time to time, at the same
place and between the same hours, until
the same shall have been completed
BETHLEH EN- WEST
by Simpson & Howard, Counsel.
sept. 3-4w-paid.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

And now they want Blaincin Ohio.
Perhaps they need him, and Blaine
has no objections to being used in
any manner that will help his Pres.
idential boom. He will go.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

a special from San Francisco an
nounces that Mr.. Dennis Kearney
proposes 10 burn General Grant in
eifigy the day he arrives, and has
given due notice Of the fact.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Col. Thos. A. Scott has been inter
viewed on the subject of the efforts
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
to gain an eastern connection from
Philadelphia. He says "the Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company will not
quietly permit that company to gain
lbs ends in this direction when it at.
tempts 10 do SO BY passing over our
lands. The Baltimore and Ohio
Company can not and will not be al
lowed to run its track through our
yards at West Philadelphia. The
matter is now in the United States
District Court, where the question
will be settled. The Pennsylvania
Railroad will stand by its rights. If
any other company wishes an outlet,
let it pay for it as we have done"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

After one of the hardest fought
battles ever known in Maine, and
with the largest vote ever polled in
the State, the Republicans are in a
minority. Their inability to carry
the State is fully demonstrated and
next year Maine will be carried by a
fusion electoral ticket. 1t must be
humiliating to Blaine, but his State
is no longer Republican, and cannot
be counted on by him at the next
presidential election.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Since the Democrats have obtained
control of the Federal House of Rep
resentatives they have reduced the
appropriation sSS,0oo,000 annum,
and to a lower point by S2S000,000
than they have before reached since
1871.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17
A Wise Legislator.

He is successful because he has the
manly courage to rise above all per.
sonal motives or interests and cast
his vote and influence on the side OF
measures which will contribute to
the well-being Of his fellow-men.-
The good Of the many, even though
it proves injurious to the interests Of
the few, is the maxim Of the wise
legislator. But certain men will
never admit the wisdom of this doc.
trine, any more than some selfish
private practitioners will admit the
superlutive value of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleas.
ant Purgative Pellets, because these
remedies have injured their practice.
sy 1 course, no man in ghtsenses
sultati6h, a bottle Of bitters, a few
powders, and a prescription, when
one bottle Of DR., Pierco's Golden
Medical Discovery and bottle of his
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, both cost.
ing but Sl.25, will accomplish the
same result, viz: cleanse the liver
and blood, regulate and tone the
stomach, and impart a healthful nc.
.tion to the bowels and kidneys.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

There is hope this morning that
the worst has been reached in the
yellow fever district. News from
Memphis reports but one new case
and four deaths.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

The Boston Post makes the follow
ing truthful comment on the result
in California:
1.-The California election will be
hailed as aIRepublican triumph, and
has resulted differently from what
was desirable. But as a test Of the
popular pulsei it is of less significance
than may be supposed. When par
ty lines are straight in that State
the local questions engraited into the
basis for expression at the polls have
more influence than elsewhere. Ev-
cry conceivable issue is incorporated
into platforms, and nothing comes
up but the people have to vote on it
one side or the other. This year the
conditioned things has been more
marked than usual. TO deduce from
this election any rule for forecasting
results in other States is impossible,
for California politics and methods
have no parallel anywhere else.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

The Republicans Of Ohio, conceede
that the next Legislature of that
State will be Democratic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

The election in Ohio takes place
Tuesday, October 18th.
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If the Democrats Of Gallia contin.
lie to work until election dry as they
have been doing, they will bereward,
ed by clecting every man on their
county ticket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

The opposition to Cornell, Repub.
lican candidate for Governor of New
York, takes form, and the protests
from all parts of State against his
election are many and loud.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Gallia county is going to give a
Democratic majority in October
9Put thatin your pipe and smoke it,
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An illicit whiskey distillery was
raided and its appliances seized in
Washington, D. c., not four doors
from the Capitol. Probably a rem
nant of U, S. G.
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CHAs. B. wAGGENER, Clerk.
Simpson & Howard, sols. [sept, S-4w
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
To Thomas IL. Adams: Take notice that
on the ID day OF October, A. D., 1870, be.
tween the hours Of o'clock A. m. and 9
o'clock p m, OF that day, at the house OF
+. LETTERS, in Union District, Mason Coun-
ty, West. Virginia, will take the deposi;
tons Of o. G. LOOMS and others, TO DO
read in evidence in my behalfin the above
suit pending in the Circuit Courtot Mason
County, West Virginia, on the Chancery
side thereof. wherein i am Plaintiff and
you are Defendant; and il from any cause
the taking OF said dispositions be not COM
pleted on that day, the taking Of the same
will be adjourned and continued from day
to day, and time TO time, at the same place
and between the same hours untiltbc snme
be completed. Yours Respectfully, /.
LYDIA II, ADAMS,
sept. 3-4w. by Counsel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

Ohio will elect a Democratic sena-
tor; this winter.
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The revival OF American demand
for British exports continues the
principle theme Of all financial artl-
cles abroad. The London Economist
says there can be no doubt that bus
mess is rapidly reviving in America,
but that far the present tits not easy
10 say whether an American demand
time TO take the edge Of the export OF
bullion. The features in the returns
Of the Bank Of France y the decline
in its cash reserve. The bank Is now
selling coin ut a premium for export
70 London for the United States
No returns OF these sales are publish
ed, but IT Is estimated that Inc ex-
ports to London the past week have
been fl2oOoO. The gold shipped
from France for America since the
purchases commenced this season Is
estimated at 93Oo0,0O0. All ac-
counts which reach us respecting
harvest operations gellnlgh through
out Europe tend to prove that there
will be an increasing demand Tor
American wheat IN Southern. Rus
sla anu Konmanla not more IMAM
nan an average crop appears 70 nave
oeeh secured. me prospect Ola pro,
lengea shipment o. ola across y, sn ).
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-17

There is no sort.of petition that can.
effect as much towards this end as &
practical use Of the power Of tho sol.
der in favor of the party which has
proven itself their friend. - Hunting.
ton AducHiser.