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PERrJNACTrY REWIRDED.

1t is 6ood illustration OF the per.
tinsoity OF Office seekers, says a
Washington correspondent, that Em
ory T. Bsauchamp, Of Indiana, should
haYe succeeded in getting nomlna-
tion, as bs did the other day, TO a
consular place-that Of Commercial
Agent at st. Gale, Switzerland.
This gentlemen was formerly Consul
at Cologne, and in an evil hour for
him sspirsd to become Minister to
Belgium. This was in 1877. The
Indiana delegation took up his
cause, the Washington newspapers
Likewise; and the result was loud
clsmor for Mr.. Besuchamp's appoint
ment az Minister to Belgium. Sec
retary Evarts mentioned the matter
ct a Cabinet meeting. asking Secre-
tsry Thompson regarding the caudi-
dates qualifications, inssmuoh as they
| were lblloW - WV HoAAEuf A.Dhb mo blaI
| General Key then said be could tel
a story which would throw light on
this. ae said MI. Beauchsmp had
the year before addressed an amus-
ing series OF love-letters TO younf
lady abroad, q one Of which he mad,
her an offer Of HE "hole hart Tbi
was a good specimen OF bic habitua
spelling. The story raised laugl
| in the Cabinet, which disposed o
/ Mr. Besuchamps chances for the Bel
pian mission. When be called upor
Mr.. Thompson slterward TO inquir,
concerning his prospects, that gen.
tleman advised him to return to Co.
logne, aud be thankful il be we're al
lowed TO stay there,
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DDsBnrrox rnoN rnE Anvr

It is stated that desertion from
the army is becoming 30 common 40
TO cause serious embarrassment to our
many and magnificent Generals,
Colonels, Majors, and captains, who
Sad It awkward to bs left without
command, and who are nov patriot
icalIy engaged in an effort TO add
5000 men TO the existing force Of
$4,000.
The five or six millions Of addi-
tionsI cost do not disturb them in
TIE least. They would Ike to make
the aggregate twenty millions The
soldier who enlists in The East is
generally much shrewier than the
officer who enroll5 him lie would
like to 90 West IN e civil capacity,
to try bis luck among the miners, the
cattle rsisers, and other entsrprisinp
sdventurers.
But The cost stands ia the way.
A round hundred dollars would melt
away before a mine or q cattle ranch
might be reached and the streets Of
/ Boston, New York, and Philsdelphis
are not paved with Nuggets Of gold
The easiest way Of following Horace
/ GreeIsy's advice to "go West is to
enlist ss soldier lie is equipped,
fed, aud transported to tbe very re-
giou for which bic aspirations longed
In few months the soldier bas
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DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS,


Ipl1e Of he circuit CoWt-IIon. VIM
Commissioner 81 ohm p, Jones OPresi-
dent II. q. Hagans, and JAS. Allender.
Cpsrk of the CTrcUH CoHrt-Suith Crane.
eek of nc C0tHty COUrt-J. Ann Mar~
p,o.ecn,bq AHoyney Neil J. Fortney.
,Merjg- elisha Thomas.
.>UrreVJI- John y. DdlIymple.
ivSessDgS-WcSt side, ThOs. FOrtney;
East Side. Gabriel Puliiam.
Commissioner II Lost Reoords-N m
O.. Worley
Austen Pratt.
county Superintendent Of FTee schools
Joseph III Hawthorne.
commissioners Of he Circuit C0ut-
Smith Crane, Joseph III. Hawthorne, II.
~. McCldorty and Jho. Morris Crane,
COMMISSIONERS Of tie Co,mty Court.
w. Parks. II. w. MCCatterty, Jos. ii.
Hawthorne AMI Smith Crane.
CORPORATIONS OFFICERS.
Afayor-Jno. Barton Payne.
CouHcH-James II. Msnown, d. Dung
Morris, D. G. Hughes, Elisha Thomas
and Peter Voltz.
Reclydei'-JohH NJ. Crane.
.Se,geunt-John II. Nctl.
Justice of the Peace-J oseph h. Cod
win.
(OuSt'tJi1--Jum2 % CarrHl.
MINISTERS.
Presbyterian Rev. Sanuel Graham.
AfsihLdGst EpiscOpdi-ftev. a Hall.
BuDfist-Rev. Patri TX Murray.
EDa1,0elicrL-- Rev. NJ. Ballentne.
4. II. h. Church Rev. Alfred SteptOe
THE NATIONAL BANK or KINGwooD.
Prcsident-Wm. G.. Brown.
Vtce president Crane.
CdNacT-F. Heermaps,
Assistant cashier ). w. Parks.
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUGT-TERMS OF
COURT IN PRESTON COUNTY.
April + m, Sth day Of April.
Algu e. Cerm, l3th day Of Aus ust.
.Noven.be Term, 2ith day Of Novom
ber.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday iu January. first Mon
day in April, second Monday in July
and first Monday ia October.
g1NGwooD PosToFFICE.
Mails close att O'Clock a. m; arrive al
5 O'clock y. Id.
Onice open at o'clock a. M; closes a
3 O'Clock pm. j. NJ, Go OWN. y. NJ
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rHE FRINKING pRIvILEGE.

One Of the moot difficult things to
restore in a tree government isa lost
privilege. The people are naturally
jealous OF grants in which they are
not permitted to share, and which
draw n line of distinction between
them and their servants, who assume
to be rulers. After a long and
heated debate, the iranking privilege
OF members Of Congress was repealed
because it had grown TO be gross
abuse, costly to the public service,
and corruptin8 in iis influence on
politics,
Many attempts have been m l5n to
revive it but without success, Rep
resentatives were willing enough to
vote themselves this benefit, but they
had a wholesome dread Of oonstitu-
eloies and OF rivals at home, always
vigilant to find cause of complaint
against the Incumbent. They have,
however. pro6ted by every indirect
means to attain the desired object,
For example, public documents,
and what il called part of the Con-
greSsiondl Record" aa we'll as the
Record Itself, are franked, and 90 free
IN the mais, for the most part by
clerks and messengers, who sign the
name of the Senator or Representa-
tive. This is deliberate violation
OF the law, and it is an open secret
that large quantities of matte. not
recognized at all by the statute are
conveyed free TO the most distant
points.
Part OF the Congressional Record
is intended to cover speeches in Com
gress, regularly published, and re-
printed separately from the Record
Tor general circulation, Every body
knows that At the Presidential and
Congressional elections, and at other
times, millions of phamphlets are
distributed by both parties, under
this frank, which do not contain
matter from the Record. Therefore
a palpable fraud IL committed, which
the party il power Away uses lor
its own advantage, while the Post -
matters put a check on their oppo-
nents by charges Of violating the
privilege.
The Senate i5 Indifferent 10 pub ic
opinion. Hence there was no trouble
in that body to get vote Of nearly
three to one for restoring The frank
ing power. Only four Republicans
voted against it. and no pairs were
announced On squire up and
down vote in tho House Of Repre-
sen!atives, there is no danger Of this
amend ment going through
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as political lieutenant, but the
bold, pnAncbing corps commander
is conservative even timid com-
mander-iu- chief as were nany be-
fore him, and Arthur is disappoint-
lng frisndss and foes by dress parade
OF the Stalwart army, when it should
be advancing to the battle it cannot
avoid. The Arthur who could win
New York because John Kslly was
in supporting distance with his
Tammsny legion finds thousand
obstacles confronting him when be is
to win the nation, and the magnitude
OF the issue and the power aud re-
sources OF his antagonist appsll him.
That is why Sargent went to Berlin
inst cad Of going into the Cabinet.
II lie why Chandler is hanging by the
eyeIids at the threshold OF the Navy
Department and it is why hundreds
OF other Stalwarts, booked for their
prizes in "the lottery OF assassina-
tion.' are yexed from day TO day by
the equally ve<ed and hesitating
President. Whethor Arthur viii
make or lose by his hesitation the
future must determine, but neither
time nor circumstance can avert the
conflict OF change the result. 1t wiz
Overthrow Arthur, and Republican
ism must be overthrown to overthrow
Blaine. 1t may sha:ter the Democ-
racy 81 it skaters Repubhcanism, as
the tend sncy to political disintegra-
ton is widespread in both parties.
but the deatruclon Of StaLwartlsm is
the one thing most certain TO reach
consummation
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DEMOCRATS rHEN AND NON.


The Tribune has asked the Ques-
tion, slys the New York S,sn, Why
the writers and speakers at the re-
! cent banquet of the Iro9uois Club
pointed With pride to the old heroes
oil the Democratic Party, men who
have been dead forty years or more,
aud seemed obliyious OF tho leaders
OF the present day.
The writer's and speakers at the
Chicago banquet went back to JEFF
ierson and Jackson for the same
reason that writers and speakers on
the Christian rsligion go back to the
Bible for both text and inspiration.
The principles of Democracy euun-
ciated by Jefferson, and illustrated
by the administrations Of Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, and jackson, are
sacred and immutable. They must
endure, in more or less practicable e
application, so long as the present
Constitution survivesi the abandon
ment oil one means the abandonment
OF the other and the total loss of local
self-government in these States
They are ever fresh, always needing
iteration and reiteration, as the very
gospel OF free institutions; and the
man who talks about them as matters
OF departed interest, merely ad-
vertlses his ignorance or his lmpu-
dence,
But there have been Democrats
since Jeferson, and even since Jack
son. A very great majority of the
American people declared themse Ives
Democrats by their votes in 1876,
and duly elected the candidates OF
the Democratic Party, only to see
themselves swindled out of their
right to choose their own rulers.
Mr.. TIIden was Democrat. He
scattered the Rings, punished the
thieves, reduced expenses and taxes,
and gave New York an honest State
Government.
That was Jefersonian Democracy,
and was jound to be very timely in
deed. Mr.. Randall and aaiority
OF the Forty fourth Congress were
Democratic. They cut do@a oEpend.
itures by the mrilious, drove out TIE
lobby, crushed jobbery, and for once
relieved Congress of the scandals
which Republican corrurtionisss had
brodght upon it. That also was JEFF
iersonIan Democracy--the very es-
sence Of 1t. 1t was warmly approved
by the people. 1t always has been
approved by the people since Jefer-
son himself put 1t IN practice; and it
always will be whenever their sober
judgment is invoked upon it, 1.-THE
Democrats are wise, they will, in
1884, teach the Tribune, Jay Gould,
the centraiizers, and the monooolsts,
this lain lesson in a way not to be
forgotten.
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PASSAGE or THE CHINESE BILL.
The bill which passed the United
States Senate On the l4th OF March
"to enforce treaty stipulations rela-
ting to Chinese" passed the House
of Representatives on Thursday Of
last week without 4 single amend
ment by the decisive vote OF l67 yeas
to Go nays. Briefly summed up, the
bill prohibits the.ooming of Chinese
laborers, skilled or unskllled, to this
country for twenty years, and for.
bids any court, State or Federal, to
adnit any Ohinaman to naturalizl-
ton within that time. The latter
clause will not bear very hard on
John Chinaman, as he has not ehowp
much inclination towards naturalzl.
tioo, preierring usually to remain
few years, and then return home with
hls accumulation Occasionally there
was an applicant for naturalization,
but these were the exceptions and
not tho rule.
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NEWSPAPER WS.


!. Any person who takes paper from
tho POs'ufice, whether directed 20 his
name or another, or whether he has sub
srribcd or not is responsible for the pay.
2. II a person orders his paper discon-
tiuued, hs must pay all arrearagcs. OF
the publisher may continue to send II
untiI pdymont j. made, ana collect the
whole amount. whether i' he taken from
tie oi.icc or not. There can be 40 legal
discopuinuance until tho payment is
made.
3. IL the subscriber orders his paper
to h2 stopped at a certain time, and the
publisher continues to send Il, the su hscrl-
Der /, bound tn pay Tor it, if he takes II
uit Of the Postollicc. The law proceeds
upun the ground that man must I'ay
for what he uses.
4. The Courts have decided that rcfus~
ing TO take newspaper or periodical
rom the Pos:Otiice, or removing aud
lcaving them uncailed for. is pI'iHtd JUctd
evidence OF Intentional fraud.
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THE SCIND iLOUs FUNERAL EN
CURSION.

4 AH n NJ tND iIOtH FUNERAL T. En-
CURSION.
1t seems probab e that the attempt
10 suppress the Items OF expens, in,
Cured for the Garfield funeral OF
the part Of the House OF Representa-
tives will not succeed. TSoreports,
one in lump, another in items, are
likely to be the consequence. Claims
have BEEN audited amounting to
over $4,000, while bills to more than
an equal amount are unadjusted
One item Of expense is $l,700 for
liquors, wines, and lunches at Worm.
ley's, $500 being for "whiskey cook
tails alone. 1900 psire OF gloves
is another item, and authenticate d
reports are in circulation that tae
excursion was more like an unlicsns-
ed pleasure party than formal
journey Of respect to the late Presi- =
Dent.
Items for carriage hire are numer-
Gus at extraordinary rates, aud it is
indisputable that members of Con-
gress, participating as mourners on
the tram, where whiskey and cham
pagne flowed freely, aiterward hand
ed in itemizsd blus Of expenses other
wise incurred. 1t was most extra
ordinary funeral cortegs. 1t took
the Sergeant-a.-Arms two months
TO gather the items, and such items
probably never were before heard Of
II is undsratood that certain mem .
bers Of the com mittse agree in the
view that they ought not to be par
ties 10 such scandal by covering 1T
up, and that the only way is to let
the whole truth come out. After
what has come out, nothing will be
gained by keeping back any part OF
the outrageous performance.
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Are We. Then, onlyImitntor.l

"There certainly are no women In tho
WORLD says Miss K te Field, "who
think so much about dress or devote 80
much time u IL as Americans. The re-
sull, however, ia hardly commensurate
with the expenditure Of iime and money.
70 think about drsss does not necersarily
involve what is seriously called thought.
When monkeys act like men we
60 not accuse them of thought.
Hc attribute 20 them wonderful power
Of imitation. Ia dress we are nothing but
mongeYs. We have not yet acquired suf-
flcient TASTE or knowledge to make our
own fashions, 80 We wait for the modistes
Of Paris to tell us what they please and
thea adopt their ideas regardless Of con
sequences. France is the most artistic
nation in Europe but We should take our
France with discretion. what Is suitable
for one is not necessarily suitable for ali.
and il IL well known that Costumes pre-
pared for the American market are loud
er' in style than those intended for home
customers. American patrons are sought
becauso they are willing 10 pay extrava-
CANT prices, but their judgment, az a rule,
does not command respect
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NO. )

money in his pocket, clothes on his
back, aud he sees the world smiling
betsre him. with an invitation to
take ticket in the wheel Of fortune.
Military life has lost its charm 'or
him, if Is ever had any except as u
convenience, and be quits it suddenly,
without a word of farewell to hls
comrsdes. Ia looking over the books
1t is found that about eleven per
cent, of the whole army is dessrting
every year, in spite OF General Sher-
mans Gne plumage.
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rBK CRUSADE AGIINsr emma

TIM CRUSADE AGAINST CHINA.
The opinion is freely expressed at
Washington that il the Chinese En- p.
lgratlon bill is passed in its present
form, 40 1t Is cure to be done, and is
signed by the President, the legation
ot chat country will be soon with
drawn, the ports will be closed to
American commerce, and our mis-
sionar!es and merchants will be invi-
ted TO go home.
The power to enact the harshest
laws, and to violate existing treaties,
IS not denied by the Chinese Gov
ernment, but 1t is claimed that il Que
side may pursue that course the door
ls opened to the other to initiate The
example.
We went into a violent furor TO
bring the Chinese, and now the pen
dulum has swung to the other ex-
treme, and there is a heated haste to
drive them out. The census shows
there are about 1850 Of this pop
ulation in the United States, or less
than half the immigration in the last
twenty FIVE years. Free institu-
tion9, backed by ilty millions OF peo-
pie, are not seriously endangered by
this Mongollan invasion, which grows
small by degrees and beautifully less
with every recurring year.
The Pacific Coast protests against
the Chinese, but they are employed, !,
nevertheless, in all the departments
OF labor aud in the economy of do
nestle life 10y tue loudest protesters,
which Is one Of the singular anoma-
lies of this case Ia which -tbe rival
politicians figure very coDsplcuonsly.
Each side affects TO be more Jealous
than the other ia this crusade And
San Francisco will not be happy un-
til the teas aud the silks and the 9th :
er commerce of China are diverte d
to more hospitable places, and the
steamships IuaC nov CROSS the FdcInc
Ocean are docked ike some OF our
noble ships OF war.
The greatest objection to the Cal
nese immigration is that the labor ls
mainly controlled by the Six Compa-
pies. The brains and the muocle of
these people are mortgaged before
they leaYe home, and they are not
free agents 10 use the faculties with
which God has endowed them to earn
their brsai 10 the sweat Of their
brows. They come almost az coolies,
and until emanclpated IRON that
form of bondage they are slaves to
these corporations.
The Chinese Government is not
favorable to migration. Indeed,
the local authority is adverse to it,
and holds the relatives OF the emf
grants responsible for them while
abroad by severe penalties. Tnein-
ducenents and the temptations came
from this side, under ne Burlingama
treaty. That policy is now revers-
ed, and we are about entering on a
new experiment.
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AHomsrkaplo nailroaI Aoolaent

a Remarkable HaitrOai Accident
Monday morning, near News Ferry.
on the Richmond aud Dtnvhle Riilroed,
says the Dtaglle (Va) Register, Pat
Dteey, the eaginosr on frcight train b. Z
came paralyzed. Ills fireman was on the
outside Of the C1b at the time, and aid not
observe that the engineer was paralyzed
until he noticed that he failed 10 blow his
whistle on approaching the station. lie
then went 10 him and found him sitting
down, paralyz9d and unconscious. The
fireman IN great alarm close the throttle
and jumped off tho locomotive. Tno en-
CINE rushed at It's oga vii witl1lt g1id.
anoe, and prsssu;lY ria into the rear Of
another freight train. The collision
threw several cars from tue track. doing
considerable damage. The psralyzsd en-,
gineer wss put on another tram and
brought on 70 DA1vIle, wher, his h,neIs.
ae vas u5, iujur5i ~ fac az known bv
the collision, but nc romHus unconscious
from paralysis, and lies At his homo 10 2
paralyzsI condition.
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Murder Committed Three Years
AEO--A Dying Womnn's Confes-
sion.

Murder Committed Three Years
AgO--A Dying WOman's ConFcs-
sion.
A Norfolk, Va, dispatch says; About
three years ago the dead body-of u stran-
ger, on which was found a card with tho
name "Schweiner" on 1t, was discovered
lying near the river bank, about a mile
from Elizabeth City, N. O. There were
no marks Of violence upon the body, but
II was apparent that be came to his death
by foul means. AT the coroner's inquest
II was shown that he had come into the
town from toward Norfolk, drank beer at
several restaurants, aud displayed roll of
money lie also stopped at dsreputable
,'O'.S0 ,sVI,s - .s..~ ..,S.......,., 1..u~a
ter Street, where also lived a woman nam
ed Narcssas Miller. There were various
surmises as to- the murder Among Others
IL was whispered that Hickman had some
thing TO do with IL. 1t was proved, how
ever, that the murdered man had consid-
orable money with him when he arrived
in the town, and there was no money
upon the dead body when found. Tho
murdered man had Il brother doing bust
ness in Baltimore, who was informed OF
the tragedy, A detective was sent out
from Baltimore to work up the case, but
nothing came oft.
Soon after the murder Hickmsu settled
in Norfolk, and tho murder passed away
from the minds of men. A few days ago
the women, Narcissas Miller, who accom-
panied Hickman to Norfolk, being sick
aud expected to die, m ,de dying deca
ration that Schweiner was murdered by
Hickman in her house, in Elizabeth City.
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It may be scattered to the winds be-
tore the next campaign is fairly
opened All that can now be re-
gsrded'as settled is that Tammany
Hall will not trouble the Dem ocratic
State Convention this year.
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To residents Of his cotnty-One ear
a. so; six months, 10; four months, so
cents.
10 non res. dents Of the col1lty-One year,
81 ,65-ths 10 cents extra beng charged
70 pr spay POSTAGE six months, So cents.
tiir, months, 80 cents.
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EIeRence and Pnritr.

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ri,y are using ParRer's Hair BaIsam. Il ia
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THE VEST VIRGINIA ARGUS
Published eUcry Friday by
GEORGE PURCELL,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. /:

At KryewooD. PRESTON COUNTY, W. "a