Year: 1874

The Perpetual County Court in EtSJion-


A Short Series Of Reflections on tbs re-


csnt Acknowledgements C0HSrt Gy


Prof. Weber.


MoUNDsynLE, November 10, 1874
Editors OF the IntolliHcncer.


Moundsville has been full Of life both
yesterday and to-day. Our County Court
Is in session, and that accounts for 80 ma.
ny people visiting our otherwise quiet
town, | am not posted as to how much
business will come before the Court, and
how long it will continue its present ses-
sion, but l apprehend, judging from the
former meetings, that 1t will be sometime
before It adiourns. Well, 1t Is all we
have 10 keep up lie among US and say
let "her hold on" even II it Is draining
our pockets. hear great many Re-
publicans talk as though they thought
something Of desertlDg the old party, now
that the gloom Of defeat hangs over us.
Whether this is right or not l will not
Judge, but believe will stick 10 the old
ship at least for awhile yet. The strangest
thing though that l have heard OF is that
one OF our prominent Democrats talks OF
leaving the Democratic party. He Is afraid
there is some trick in the good luck that
has so Unexpectedly Overtaken the old
time worn party that was thought even
by himself TO be on It's last legs. But
since the negroes have come TO the rescue,
and even tho Yankees are voting with
them, he is afraid that there must be
some Yankee trick at the bottom OF It. l
have not heard any abuae OF ihe "nigger"
since the election. The colored troops
fought noblY, and the great victory Is in a
good degree owing to them. There are q
great many speculations INDUCED in as
10 the cause, or causes, rather, that led 10
this great revolution in public sentiment,
and suppose that VIC here, even in the
little town Of Moundsville, have a right to
our own opinions, and have right also to
express them, although their expression
may not aztec! tho destiny OF our nation,
nor determine to a certainty who will
be the next President. Some say civil
rights, others third term, while others
still arc audaCious enough to assert that
The corruptions in the Republican party
had something 10 do with it. While all
Of these things may have had something
10 do with it, the most sensible and plausi.
bic opinion l have heard as to the cause
10 that the party in power is always held
responsible for hard times and any depres.
sion whatever In our finances. This Is
always the case, whether 1t should be so
or not. The winter Is coming on, many
Of our working men are out Of employ
ment, and although they may not know
that change would better the matter,
they are willing to risk 1t, and 80 they
voted for a change. But be this as 1t may,
the change has come, and we only hope
It may be for the best.


Our District Teachers Institute holds
It's first meeting for the present year on
next Saturday, and good attendance Is
expected.


tis the understanding at present that
Prof. Weber will give concert In our
School Hall sometime during next week
II Is the same concert that was given IN
Bellalre last week. It will no doubt be q
very creditable performance and one
which all should attend.


l had the pleasure on last Saturday oil
spending few minutes at the meeting oi
the South Eastern Ohio Teachers Asso-
citation at Bridgeport. was well pleased
with what I saw and heard there. Prof
Meriz was making all tho ''oGS" that was
being made just then, and believe he
was assisted by Prof. Bundy. Tho meet.
ling was no doubt q success. y,