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Year: 1877

Mr.. Church Howe is taking an


unusual interest in the present cam
paign in this county. He is as unfair.


unscrupulous and Inconsistent in his


modes of attack as has formerly


marked his political career. But the


people have finally begun to get their


eyes open as to the character of the


man, and they do not follow his bid


ding and dictations with the unani-


nifty and cordiality they have in the


two or three former elections. This


is indictive of more healthy state Of
affairs. The people refusing to ignore


their friends because they are simply


eOld to do so by some assumed dicta-
tor, speaks well for them. 1t speaks
well for any man to be :ruly indepen-
dent-to weigh well the issues and
claims of candidates-thec charges of
whatever nature broughtsgainst can
didstes-depending on his own good
sense, judgment and conscience in
determining what ticket or candidates
he will support, instead of being q
puppet, a jumping-jsck that jumps
only as the wires are pulled by the
leaders. There are some men, of
course, who are, always have been
and always will be of this character
having not stamina enough to think
and act for themselves await or
ders from Howe or some one else
but the masses, when the leaders un-
dertake to drive them against the
popular will, will resist and assert
their own manhood and in6epen-
denee. The Howe regime is about
ended, and the people will run mat
ters.
Year: 1877

- The Independents do not expect
to elect their whole ticket, they have
said so-but do hope to run in Mercer
and Snyder by swapping, buying and
bogus tickets. Republicans, vote the
straight ticket. There is no need Of
trading. Stick to the whole straight
ticket and we will elect every man on
Year: 1877

Finding no objections offered in
their respective parties to either can
didate now running for the Office of
Sheriff l deem it inexpsdient for me
to remain longer in the field as can
didate and I therefore respectfully
withdraw, DAVID CAMPBELL
Year: 1877

DIvoRCE.-There are several divorce
bills before the Legislature. We do not
know anything of these cases whatever,
and therefore have no reference to either
or any Of them. But we do not agree
with the general sentiment promulgated
by the press of this city on the subject of
divorce. On the contrary, we believe
that too many distractions are thrown in
the way of divorces. There are many
cases where men and women are com
PEELED to remain together when they
should be separated at once. They be-
come offensive TO whole neighborhood:
through the scandal and the shameful
conduct Of which they are guilty. There
has been so much odium heaped upon
the attempts to separate man and wife
that many poor woman suffers an agony
that is almost heartrehding, rather than en-
dure the shame of seeking separation. Thi
isendured until what was once sensitive
gentle and confding spirit is dethroned


and in dispair, with no one to whom sh
may appeal, she descends to a depth G
ignomy that is appalling to relative
and friends, and the result is the ofsprin
is reared in ignorance, accustomed to vii


ness little else than vice. 1t is useles
for us to carry these remarks furthel
There are those in the community wh
are frequent witnesses to such scene
How much better would it be that wher
errors are made in wedlock, and partit
cannot live together happily they should
separated, than that they should be mad
the means OF injury to others-to relativ,
and friends and their own offspring.
Year: 1877

CARL SEIZURE did good service to the
republican cause in the west. Without
his aid Hayes would have lost much
more heavily in the sections where the
German vote was strong, and Hayes
doubtless feels there is something due to
him. But the Radicals and Grants
Cabinet object. Why? He is not steep
ed in dishonesty.
Year: 1877

A great many Of the more honest of
the Republicans now say openly that
Tilden was elected, and cheated out Of
the Presidency. One said sit was too
bad; so bad that he did not ,cish to talk
about it.''
Year: 1877

There was an interesting discussion of
the Mexican question in the House yester-
day which very fairly reflects the sentiment
Of the country on the subject. No one was
so wild MS to suggest war as solution of the
difficulty, not even the gentlemen from
Texas, who naturally feel very strongly in
regard to our border troubles. The most
infammatory speech was made by Mr.. Mills,
from that State, and he was prudent enough
not to go to any greater length than con-
denim the proposed policy of making a new
treaty. It is noticeable that all the Repre-
sentatives who are supposed to be the ex-
ponents Of the views Of the administra-
ton on the floor were conservative
in their utterances and disclaimed
all warlike intentions on the part of the
Executive Department.. Finally the ques-
ton was referred to the Committee on For
eign Affairs, with instructions to report at
as early date as possible. In the Senate
Mr.. Eustis was admitted to his seat. Mr.


Stanley Matthews made his long threat
ened reputation speech, which was merely
a repetition of the so-called arguments SO
often heard on the Ohio soft money stump.
Year: 1877

have believed that he was elected. But
with Pinchback ont Of the way it was not
worth while for the republican Senators to
pick flaws in Eustis title. Had he
been rejected there would have been
an unquestioned vacancy, which Gov
ernor Nichols would Immediately have
filled by appointing democrat
either Mr.. Eustis himself or some
other citizen belonging to the same party.
Every State in the Union has now its full
representation in the Senate according to
the constitution. The admission of Mr.
Eustis closes every part of the Southern
controversy SO far as it can be made ques-
tion Of practical politics. There is no pos
sibility Of the resuscitation of carpet-bag
rule or negro rule or any other rule than
that of the white citizens in the Southern
States In admitting Mr.. Kellogg the re-
publican Senators gathered the last fruit of
what will henceforth be q barren tree. The
way is now open for general dissolution
and reorganization of political parties.
Year: 1877

Having tried what he supposed to be q
fair compromise with the republicans in
Offering to accept parliamentary Ministry
except as to three portfolios Marshal
MacMahon appears to be exceedingly irri-
tated at the non-acceptance of his PROPOSE
ton, and to have become absolutely
determined to indulge his own wilful-
ness to the last extremity. His Min
istry, as named in another column,
is one that will, perhaps, scarcely
let him slip through its fingers as the De
Centre in it it is otherwise knot of desper-
ate Bonapartists; for it is the popularity Of
the Empire in French history that it is
always ready to step into places from which
other political elements are kept out by
pride, self-respect or common honesty.
AS the Marshal thus indicates his resolve to
fight the Republic in the worst company he
counts of course upon second dissolution
of the Assembly. 1t is now well nigh GER
tain that the Senate will not support that
measure There was division in the camp
OF the Orleanist Senators by which it ap-
peared that some of their number were
disposed to support tho Marshal; but
if they support him it must be
for their own profit, and they can
not see their profit in this Ministry. There
fore we do not believe the division which
existed few days ago will avail to get .
new vote of dissolution. Without that he
must resign or resort to force. Those are
the alternatives now, for 1t Is too late
to try submission. He has about him
men who will counsel and support
coup detat, from which it is
very likely he may himself shrink at the
last moment, as he lately shrank from his
own concession to the parliamentary prin-
ciple. But it would not surprise us to see
these men carry out their coup dftat, and
eventually induce the Marshal to accept as
actually done that which he would not or
could not do.
Year: 1877

very intelligent Gentle committee have
reached Washington who will make it their
business to converse with members and fur
nish them with information respecting the
condition of things in Utah. Their main
purpose is to secure from Congress such
legislation as will abridge the political
power of Mormonism in that Territory.
The details Of their plan are given in our
Washington correspondence, and consist in
the main of secret ballot, the disfranchise-
ment of women and disqualification Of
polygamists either to vote or to hold Office.
These gentlemen are quite in earnest and
they ought to have no difficulty in securing
the legislation they desire.
Year: 1877

Judge Gildersleeve, in his charge to the
new Grand Jury Of the Court OF General
Sessions yesterday, drew attention to the
Excise law, and expressed the opinion that
where liquor dealer has received a receipt
for the money demanded for license from
the Board Of Excise, which is quasi per-
mission to sell, and has proceeded to sell
liquor, it would be difficult to decide that
he has Intentionally violated the law. This
is, at least, o just and liberal Interpretation
OF the law. The Excise Commissioners
have asserted that the payment Of the tee
in advance is necessary, because the appli-
can't otherwise will frequently neglect to
return to the Office for his license; but this
is very shallow pretence If the applicant
has neither receipt nor license he has
no excuse for selling, and would certainly
be more likely in such case to return for
his license than when he holds
receipt which has been once declared
by the police as equivalent to license
in so far as it would protect its holder from
arrest. Besides, hundreds Of liquor dealers
who have paid their license fees have re-
turned again and again to the Excise Board
only to be again put off without their license
being either granted or refused.


The truth is that the raid against the
liquor dealers is a most cruel injustice. It
was hard enough that large portion of
the capital invested in the business
in the city. under the authority and
protection of law, should have been
seriously impaired by the legislative over
sight which compelled the return to the
obsolete law of 1857. 1t is harder still that
the liquor dealers should have been deceived
by both the Excise and Police boards into
the belief that the payment of their license
fees would protect their business, and then,
after having complied with these terms,
should be dragged to Jail and ruined by the
closing up of their business. The fault has
thus far been with the two boards, who
have clearly violated their duty either now
or for the preceding six months. From this
time forth it will rest with the Mayor, un-
less he promptly discharges the duty i'm
posed on him by the charter and removes
the Excise and Police Commissioners, who
have by their own unseemly quarrels and
jealousies brought all this trouble on the
city.
Year: 1877

The fears entertained concerning the fate
of this fine ship have happily proved un-
founded, for the welcome news has reached
us of her arrival at Cork Harbor, where her
mails were landed, and whence she has
gone to Liverpool. As our dispatches, pub
lished elsewhere, announce, the City of
New York, also of the Inman line, fell
in with the City of Berlin in dis
abled condition, owing to the breaking
of her shaft. This accident occurred
when the ship had nearly completed her
voyage, but adverse winds prevented her
from making port under sail. Although the
mishap that overlook the City of Berlin may
be set down on the list Of serious accidents it
has been robbed Of it's dangerous character by
the good seamanship of the captain, officers
and crew. In the case Of the City of Berlin
the passengers, as well as the Inman
Steamship Company, have reason to
be congratulated on their having
had such efficient seamen as those
who handled the disabled steamship and
aided SO much in bringing her safely to
port. These experiences, while they are to
be avoided if possible, only serve to show
how the dangers of the ocean may be neu-
tralized in large degree by human skill,
and how little risk there is, after nll, even
if an accident does happen to the machin-
ery Of such vessel as the Inman steam
ship City Of Berlin.
Year: 1877




The debate on the Bland Silver bill will
begin in the Senate at one o'clock to-day, in
pursuance Of the special order adopted last
Thursday, and be continued from day to
day until the adjournment for the long holi-
day recess As this bill was rushed through
the House by parliamentary trick, without
discussion, it is desirable that it be maturely
considered in the Senate. We see no objec-
ton to the opening of the debate previous
to the long recess. IT is to be hoped that
two or three Of the ablest speakers on both
sides may be heard in the course Of the
week, in order that each may see
what is the case Of its opponents and
devote the recess to such investiga-
tions as will qualify both the friends
and adversaries of the bill for searching
criticism when Congress reconvenes The
advocates of unlimited silver profess to
think that they will have q thirds
majority and that they are strong enough
to pass the bill over the Presidents veto.
We doubt whether they would be SO, even if
the vote were to be taken now. We are conf
dent that they will greatly be weakened by
thorough, intelligent debate, and by the
influence Of public opinion, which will
make itself more and more felt as the
debate proceeds.


There could not be more rickety case
than that Of the silver advocates, SO far as
they have yet presented it. The pream-
bles and resolution Of Senator Stanley
Matthews give the pith Of the silver
argument as expounded by the noisiest
Of the journals which take that side.
It hinges entirely on the fact that in the
various acts Of Congress relating to the pub
lie debt it is not made payable in gold, but
in "coin" We do not dispute the fact, but
the argument founded on it is mere drivel.
The mints Of the United States coin four diff
ferent metals-namely, gold, silver, nickel
and copper. Payment ofthe national bonds
in any of these four would be payment in
.scoin" II there be any force in the argu-
| ment founded on the use of that word in the
statutes it proves that the public creditors
would not be defrauded if the government
should pay them in nickel half dimes
| or copper cents, which are 'coin." We
recollect reading, some time since, o
letter written by Charles Francis Adams in
| 1869, in which he relates that Charles XII.
Of Sweden, when once brought into pecu-
MARY straits, issued o set Of copper coins
on which he caused the word "dollar'' to be
stamped, and paid his army just rs if the
copper was an equal weight of silver. This
was worse than q refusal to pay them at all,
since it added insult to fraud. But the
Swede paid his men in coin and dollar for
dollar if the mere stamping piece of metal
as dollar could make it one


The word "coin," employed in the stat
utes relating to the public debt, cer-
tainly did not mean nickel coin nor cop
per coin, and the same arguments by which
this might be proved are equally cogent for
proving that silver also was meant to be
excluded, except for minor sums and fo1
making change.
Year: 1877

conveys OF supplies no longer reached the
place. Forced by cold and hunger-two
irresistible allies--the commander led his
men in q gallant attempt to cut his way out.
which. however, the enormous weight OF
numbers against him rendered utterly des-
perate. II there ever was surrender that
left intact equally the honor Of the general
and the honor OF the army this is one.


1t can be scarcely necessary to point out
the enormous military results of this event
Suleiman Pacha, who was demonstrating
on the northern slope of the Balkans with
little effect, must hurry away to Shumla,
and Mehemet Ali, who was able merely
to face General Ghourko's comparatively
small force, has only the winter and
1t is still possible for the Russians
to put large force south of the
Balkans, and it may be possible for them to
do great deal more. However it may be as
to the difficulties the weather and the roads
will make there is at least no military OBJ
stacle to their march on the Turkish capital.
These facts give the event an incalculable
value for the purposes of diplomacy In
every capital in Europe it is already seen
that the Moslem cause is PROSTATE. That
observation has already greatly excited Eng
land, and we shall once more hear the stale
and we'll used thunder about what Eng
land must do. In Berlin, in Vienna,
in ST. Petersburg, and perhaps even in Con-
stantinople more practical views will be
taken. The Turks have made good fight,
and men who have fought well are the ones
who best comprehend the inevitable when
it comes. Crushed equally in Europe
and in Asia, the two ''conquerors"
overcome and the Empire drained,
the Sultan will assuredly make peace.
There is nothing in Russia's terms
that he cannot accept for himself
nothing that he would not have accepted
year ago without war, but that England
encouraged him to resist. In holding out
longer he would only be holding out in de-
fence of England's objection to giving the
Czar the freedom of the Dardanelles, and he
will very likely believe that he has already
done enough for England.
Year: 1877

rectly adopted, and that the other rulings
Of the Court which are cited as q reason
for the stay were correct. He therefore
denies the application. Immediately after
the decision another application was made
to Judge Dykman, who granted the order
with remarkable alacrity. Thus some
judges rush in where other judges hesitate
to tread, and the prisoner, for a time ut
least ESCAPES the State Prison.
Year: 1877

A BROOKLYN PHYSICIAN has resolved to
appeal TO the courts for decision in question
which is of Importance not only to the profess
sion and the public here, but in other sections
of the country. lie holds that the regulations
Of the Board Of Health requiring the reporting
Of contagious diseases are in conflict with the
general law, and therefore of no binding force.
Year: 1877

THE ABsURDITY legal techncality is fOrci-
bly, illustrated in the trial of the alleged forgery
case OH the Continental Bank. For five weeks
innumerablc experts have been under cxanina-
ton us to whether the certifcation of a check
was or was not forged while the judge has
locked in his desk the testimony which would
settle the matter, but which cannot be produced
because of legal quibble.
Year: 1877

Mr. Eustis was yesterday admitted to the
seat which he has been so long claiming as
q Senator from Louisiana by vote OF 40 to
8. We do not suppose that the public
withdrawal of Pinchback from the contest
mads anv diffarannA. for NO Senator could
Year: 1877

Tho most nacniSc obiev Ourmaa interests must have that
county and its surroundings needs greater diversity OF ndurour
expansion other fields Unemployment and development If review the
past it must be conceded tho production Of this section has been confined
chiefly bduf and animal forage supply homo demand and stock
raising aud realize the that Of those small farmers arc not
adequate afford cheering results their With railroad facilities
they DO used for daiy and Ohrr important purposes.


striking all who will look timber that wo
forests md fields tho clements great wealth, and which
worthless and indeed obrus the improvement tho country Our
timber, with applied industry md labor and this will inevitably follow the
completion railroad will bring wealth out Of that which now worth
less. With railroad with all natural insist wc may


look the future for thu establishment Of factories such Spoke
Hub follow ctOr Axe Hoe, Pick and Fork handle factories Veneer
saving mills which would stumps aud other stamps and forks KNOTS and
and pail bucket and tub factories BY such works. utilize that
which Providence hos aunlany supplied build and give wealth aud
importance every Of OucOn which may be brought within railroad
reach.


Without realizing the establishment Of factories when look the
fact that l road will give ctit markets will then have the
shipping of this great material abundng 10 all directions our
county We have kcn tho robe examine the lists for May or
der readers with information touching values &c. tho hope
that inquiry and Investigation may bo had touching the subject An iuttl
gent understanding feel will tho ndrg election prevent sacrifice
which pcrvasvencss pncs and indifference should mark


the conduct Of the voters Our young should especially look to the u
cOurnsg prospect which they have tue power build up tor them
selves.


Below give synopsis Of the prices referred to-
Year: 1877

| "@N
varying their form, giving employ
nent to the many and circulating
money among tho many. owing to the
variety Of business and production, not
as now circulating for short times at
long intervals.


1t is tho facility, the certainty
and the regularity Of transportation 10
market with reasonable charges. that
stimulate production and people and
enrich country. Where these arc
wanting population and trade arc want
ing, as like tho human body they must
be invigoratcd by some artery to give
them litc and sustenance.


Tho very lowest estimate of the
gross earnings annually which has
been made is St5, 900. Allowing so
per cent for operating expenses, there
remains 81, 800 net, which would pay
over 6 per cent on the cost Of tue road.
The estimates Of the gross earnings
usually made for it range from SSO,-
900 to 100000 Experience alone
will tell how far these estimates arc
correct.


- The present tax basis Of the
county is $500, ,o00-its real wealth
is double that sum but on this low
tax basis, a tax levy Of 1915 on tho
800 would in one year wipe out the
tho whole 100000, but We have 20
years in which to pay it; tho county
has tho road with tho chance ofits pay
ing dividends sufficient to keep down
interest and sink tue principal at ma
turity, and the county will own the
road. The road without dividend,
would not be dear to tho county at a
cost OF 100000.


: Increased valuation will decrease
taxation. In so far as real estate is
concerned increased value will not RI.
feet taxation in one woy or tho other,
tho sum to bo raised being tho same.
For il ten thousand dollars is to be
raised. it will take ten per cent upon
100000 dollars worth Of property to
do it, but one per cent upon Sl,00O,-
900 dollars worth Of property, will raise
tho same sum, thus m Increase in the
value Of taxable property will decrease
the per cent of taxation. But IN in.
crease in'thcamount ofpGrsonal property
will result from au increase ofproperty it.
self, and will increase the taxable fund
Of tho county and tend to decrease the
amount which each tax payer must
pay.


Some years ago tho county votOl
Sl25,000 to the Northern & Southern
West Virginia road. foreign cOrpo.
ration, expecting to realize nothing
but tue road, and lccming tho sub
scriptiOn u gift; and certainly it can
afford to vote 100000, not for for
cign corporation but to itself as owner.


We have good country. and it
must grow. and with it this railroad
must grow in Importance rs q carrier
for tho country and increase in value
as a property. We believe that the
county subscription is merely q loan Of
the name Of the county, md that the
road will reimburse it it properly opcr-
atcd.


=. The turnpike to Clarksburg has
served its time, md is worn out, al
most impas,iblc for half tho year. To
macalamizo and put it in good cundi.
ton, suitable to our wants. would cost
at least $4,000. and our soft sand.
stono being uusuitcd for macadami.
zing. would need to DO renewed or
constantly capped at heavy expense.
To attempt to mend tho rOad to any
great extent without macadamiziug it,
would spend money to no good pur.
pose.