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Year: 1872

To the voters and tax payers of
Goodson, we desire to say word,
and-we mean business if they agree
with us, rs we believe they will. We
propose that Goodson shall build its
Town Hall during the coming season.
1t is not probable that the Council
will undertake the matter without
an expression of the popular assent
to it. The town of Goodson is out of
debt. and has a population of 1900


There is no one thing which would SO
quickly double the number of its tax
PAYERS, as the erection of a handsome
and commOdious Town Hall. 1t
would be an attraction to every stran-
ger who would use it, to speak favor
ably of our town wherever he might
find himself. Every public speaker
Bho you Id use it, would make it the
means Of advertising US. The present
bond arising from the Johnston Land,
will about extinguish the debt for its
purchase, and when the remaining
lots are sold, we will have their pro-
ceeds as surplus funds. OF course we
intend to build Town Hail, and we
think it should be done now, SO that
it will be exercising its favorable in
fuence upon the growth of our town.
1t would become speedily, q source
of both honor and profit to US. We
propose, that at our May election.
the voters be asked to pass upon the
measure OF erecting a Hall at once.
Year: 1872

wears, and a more timid, modest, kind
ly young creature could scarcely be
found than she was. She bore the
same characteristics, to all outward
appearance, up to the time of the re-
cent disclosures, and is now bowed
down and almost broken hearted.


THE TERRIBLE REALITY.


Still the mother rested in happy Sc
curity, and it was not until few
weeks since that the terrible reality
came to her knowledge, which in de-
tail exhibits such systematic villainy
that it seems almost incredible. 1t
was his constant habit to kiss all the
young girls, and during the first two
wears he contented himself with kiss
ing and hugging this one of his vic
tins, but two years ago he took her
out with him, nominally for the pur-
pose of a walk, but really to an assig-
nation-house on Caroline street, kept
by a colored woman whom he had
brought here from Virginia, where he
accomplished her ruin. Subsequently
he often took her TO this house, and
taught her, in her childish innocence,
that there was nothing wrong in it, at
the same time frequently making her
swear, with her hand upon the Bible,
that she would not divulge the matter
to her mother or any living soul. On
some occasions he took her to a house
on Penn street, and at others to house
on Josephine street, and the members
of his church will remember that du-
ring the camp-meeting last fall he re-
turned to the city for one day, IS he
said, to baptize sick infant, but in re-
ality to satisfy his wicked lust. Early
in the morning of the day he spent in
the city he called at the house of his
victim, and asked her mother to allow
her daughter to spend the day with
him at his house, as it would be a
holiday for her; having left his fami-
ly at camp, it would be so lonesome
for him, and he would assist her in her
studies after he had finished the ser
mon he had come home to prepare,
The deluded mother consented, and
now the daughter confesses that it was
nothing more nor less than an assigna-
ton for the most unholy of purposes,
under his own roof. He returned next
day to the camp-ground, and took part
in the exercises of preaching and ex-
horting up to the close of meeting.
Year: 1872

doubt, that you are in earnest, and that
you will sell not to enrich yourselves,
but at which. the Gap will soon rear
itself in point of numbers to a
prominency far beyond your expecta-
tions. Show your liberality, gentle
men. let people see that you are
friends of the country and not the OPP
pressors of the unfortunate ones, who
have not the funds to pay such long,
Tong prices. Come out, let US know if
you intend to sell, and when?


Respectfully,


ROB
Year: 1872

ed accounts of this sorrowful seduc-
ton. The exceeding delicaey of the
subject. as well as the sympathy that


was felt for the innocent one on whom
these disgraceful revelations fell with
crushing weight, prevented any ex-
tended inquiry into the runors which


were afioat. Now that the story has
become public property it is best that
the whole truth should be known.


The girl whose young life has been
blighted by the touch OF the sedueer,
as the tender rosebud by the early
frost, was pupil of the Western Fe-
male High School, the daughter of a
lady well known to many of the peo-
pie of Baltimore as lady of culture
and refinement. She was fair schol-
ar, stood well in her classes, and up to
the day of the melancholy discovery


there never was anything in her con-
duct that excited the least suspicion


on the part of her companions or her
teachers. A pretty face and a we'll
rounded form are precious gifts, but
sometimes they expose the possessor
to periis from which those less favored
are exempt. The 'evil eye" had gazed
on this budding beauty, but the charm
of nodesty and at least the emblem of
innocence still remained.


There is no truth in the story which


has been published to the effect that
suspicion was first aroused by the
finding of an improper note in her
desk. Two weeks since one of the as
sistant teachers at the High School
told the principal that a rumor had
come to her ears seriously affecting the
reputation of this unhappy girl. The


principal was much perplexed as to
what course he should pursue. He


was desirous of avoiding the scandal


which any investigation would Gre


ate, and yet he thought that The girl


ought not to remain i'll the school If
| the rumor was true. On the following
day q note was placed in the hands of
| the principal by a young man to whom
it had been addressed. There was


nothing particularly improper in the
language used in the note, but there
seemed to be an undercurrent OF
innuendo that was suspicious. The


name of the young man is not known,
except TO the party to whom he deliv-
cred the ill-starred missive. The


principal determined to show the note
to the girls mother, and to ask her to


withdraw her daughter from the
school quietly, so as to prevent the


necessity of any action on his part.
When the daughter was brought be-
fore her mother to explain the Ian
guage ofthe note she had written, she


made the confession which has driven
the Rev. DR.. Huston in disgrrce from


his church and from his adopted city.
| Up to this time there had been no
mention of his name-the inOuirV
started at the high school had no


relation to him-and until the poor girl
there had not been a suggestion that
| implicated him in the least.
Year: 1872

church and State in Switzerland.
From the New York INDEPENDENT


The Swiss are discussing amendments
TO their constitution, and they find some
trouble in readjusting the relations oil
Church and State. Heretofore these re-
lations have, with two exceptions, been
left wholly to the several cantons. In
confederation where some cantons are
almost wholly Protestant, others almost
wholly Catholic, and others about evenly
divided between the two forms of faith,
it was plainly impossible for the national
government to make any definite rules
for the control of religious matters. The
only reference in the Federal Constitu-
ton to religious questions were pro
vision that no secular disability should
be imposed on either Protestants or
Catholics in any of the cantons, pro.
hibition of the Order of the Jesuits
throughout the whole extent of the Con-
federation, and a clause making the
clergy Of both churches ineligible to the
national council. 1t was proposed to
strike out the last clause; but the propo-
sition was violently opposed by the ultra
Protestants, and at last rejected. The
question of religion in schools was
also discussed with much warmth.
Heretofore education has been left
to the care of the cantons; but some
provision has now been made for the
establishment by the confederation Of
schools of the higher class, and large
minority of the council insisted that no
person belonging to any religious order
should be employed as a teacher. This
prohibition was not enacted; but the
council added to the Educational Bill a
provision which makes the Grticle against
the Jesuits yet more stringent, forbid
ding the interference in educational
matters of any class of men who could
be suspected of Jesuitry. The signih-
cant feature of these discussions was
the greatly increased hostility of the
Protestants to the Catholics. This hos
til;ty appears in some instances to be
narrow and unreasoning; yet it is the
legitimate outgroyth of the Vatican
Council, and of the seFies of acts by
which the Ultramontsne party has ar
raved itself against the civilization Of
the nineteenth century. We could wish
that our Protestant friends in the Swiss
Council were little more moderate and
fair. Int when we remember with whom
they are dealing we can hardly blame
their severity
Year: 1872

Two Men Discover River without


Source or Mouth.


From the Leavenworth Qnd.) Democrat.


During this age of discoveries and
superstition it becomes our duty to re-
port fact, which, to those unacquainted
with the singular developments of the
day, may be somewhat disposed to doubt
But we give it as a positive truth, as re-
lated to US by one of the best citizens in
this county, who went and examined it.
1t is as follows Two men named John
E. Stanley and Frank Henniger, we're
employed to dig well on the iarm of
Mr.. Benjamin Ellis, who resides in
Washington county, near the line of Har-
rison and Washington counties They
commenced digging in place where as
they thought, it would be probable not to
encounter an obstruction in their search
for water. They had proceeded but
short distance, however, when they en-
countered bed Of lost "nigger head
rocks, which, upon being broken open,
were found to contain water and other
substances, supposed to be ore of some
kind When they reached the depth Of
sixty feet from the surface, they came to
large cave, which they followed to the
distance of ten or twelve feet, when there
before their gaze was beautiful
river of clear water, which upon
examination was found to contain an
innumerable number of small white
fish. Upon a closer examination it was
found to be sixteen feet wide and FIVE
feet in depth, and as clear and as cold as
spring water. As an experiment,
lighted candle was placed upon a small
piece Of plank and set ahoat. 1t started
off into the darkness with the current,
and was soon lost to sight. Several per
sons have visited this great curiosity,
and many were the conjectures as to
where the water came from and whittier
it went, but nothing satisfactory could
be arrived at. 1t seems, however, to be
the general impression in that neighbor-
hood that, in days gone by, when this
country was inhabited by Indians, that
they had known of this cave and river,
and had concealed their wealth in it,
and then filed the entrance to the cave
with loose rocks, and left it to return,
perhaps, a. some future time and convey
it hence. The last is only o supposi-
ton, yet we think it very probable one:
Who will Investigate this matter, and
throw more light on this strange and
singular discovery
Year: 1872

The above is the title of prayer
given to the public through the medium
Of the press for the first time. 1t con-
sisis ef three collects--asking for a
variety of blassjngs, invoking the aid of
Mary and Joseph. This prayer, as the
document states, was found in the
Savior's grave in the year 500. Here it
Is Read and judge for yourselves:


gTha following prayer was found in the
grave of our Lord Jesus Christ in the
wear 500. and sent from the Bose 70 the
Emperor Charles for safety as ne was
goisg to battle. They who repeat Il
every day, or hear it repeated, or keep
Il about them, shall never die sudden
death. nor be iroEped in water, nor will
poison have any effect on lheH, sne u
being read over a woman IN labor she
will be safely delivered, and be a 9 lad
mother; and when the child is born lay
il on his or her right side, and be or she
will not be troubled with any misfor-
tunes. And if you see any one IN hts
lay il on his or her right side, and he or
she will stand up and thank God. And
they who shall repeat it in any house
shall be blessed by the Lord, and woe to
him that laughs at it, for he will suffer.
Believe tbs, for it is certain as Il the
Holy Evangelists asd written it. They
who keep it about them need mot fear
lightning nor thunder, and they who re-
peat It every day shall have three days
warning before their death.


20 adorable Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ dying on the cross for our lives.
o Holy Cross Of Chris. ward oH fron
Year: 1872

From the London Advertiser, Feb. Ill


The course of England is now plain
il admits of no optimist aspirations and
delays. We must be prepared to pay or
fight. The whole resources and ener-
gies of the empire should be at once put
forth. Fifty millions, or a hundred, will
be dirt-cheap 10 place us in positions OF
dignity and safety, and they would be
spent among ourselves and on oar own
people. a hundred millions will soon
be poured into the sea, or be lavlshed
over foreign mercenaries, supposing we
could get them, which We very much
doubt, il We drift into war after our usual
fashion. Let the queen send for states
man, if she has one in her realm, and
let the Admiralty and the War Office be
placed under the absolute control OF able
professional ministers of war and ma
rina. Let an order in council proclaim
that no arms or nunitions OF war, and,
above all, that no steam-Coel leave the
kingdom for any foreign state. The
emergency justi6es ALL Let a tempting
bounty be offered for seamen and sol
diers. Let Is ect as if We had a Crom-
we'll and Moltke 10 gut our house IN,
order. If this is declared chinorical,
all we can say is that there is chimeTs
oyershadowing Us that viii soon present
the features Of dead reality, when II
NAV be too late for resistance.
Year: 1872

A private letter from Ph9nix, Maricopa county, informs us that the grain market was dull. It will not be that way long, as we are going to have work commenced on the rail- road and on the mines.
Year: 1872

The following Is a comparative statement OF the ex
orts OF specie from the port OF EewYork to foreign
ports for q years. the week ending Sept H. ana for
the correspopding period in the undernoted years:
Year: 1872

We are informed that parties have been
collecting money from the butchers and
others in the city markets for the ostensible
purpose Of obtaining the Governors sigma
ture to bill alleged to have passed the
Legislature abolishing private markets.


A gentleman of high standing in the
community assures us that upward OF
$4,000 have been demanded for the pro-
posed accomplishment Of this bare-faced
swindle, and that large amount has been
paid to the rogues who have undertaken it.


Of course no such bill ever passed the
Legislature, as the question is one of purely
municipal jurisdiction, and the Governor.
on being informed of the affair directed
that those engaged be brought to punish.
ment if possible. We hope the police will
investigate it, and see to what extent the
fraud has been carried on.
Year: 1872

THE CATHOLICS AND TEMPERANoE.-About3 300
of our Catholic citizens assembled in their
church at o'clock, on Tuesday morning last to
receive the paschal communion, as their ordi-
nances direct The pastor Rev ]. DAILY, first
delivered sermon on the necessity Of penance
as well as repentance, showing that one was
necessary to the other, and pointed out to the
flock the new obligations they we're contracting
with God. After the sermon had been concluded
he stated that he had proposition to make to
the congregation, but their acceptance of it
would impose no burthen upon them which he
himself was unwilling to assume. His propo-
sition was that they should all take the temper
anoe pledge for one year. He first pronounced
bis own pledge, and then asked all who were
willing to perform similar duty to stand up,
when the entire congregation rose to their feet.
We think it is one OF the best omens for the
prosperity of our town, where 30 large a mum
Der are converted to the cause of Temperance
The drinking of Intoxicating liquors has been
the bane and curse of this place. It has des-
troyed and sent to premature graves many Of
our most enterprising and intelligent young men,
while a number OF the elder ones, who would
have been wealthy and influential, are daily be-
sotted, and in danger Of drunkArd's grave. 1t
is to be hoped that the example Of the congre-
cation will be followed by many outside, and
Join with them, at least, in the total abstinence
pledge.


PAsTURrNG CATTLE. A drov9 Of ffty-eight
| head of cattle belonging to Mr.. Dennis have
been pastured on the farm Of Mr.. E. Clark for
several days. large NUMBER were purchased
by Jos. Yarnall, of the Exchange Hotel - the
balance were taken to Phila.


SEWING MACHINE AGENCY. - James Jones has


taken the agency for the Howe swing Machine


and is doing thriving business in the lower
| part Of the county.


THE BURNT WkLIs.-Petitions are in crcula-
| ton to the Town Commissioners for the removal
of the walls of the burnt Stockton House. in
| Water street. and of the Foundry Row, in Union
! street, both being dangerous 10 adjoining prop
nd n IA ar ia nvvn ad


in Wilmington the latter in Philadelphia and
| if these ruins had been in either place the au-
| thorities would have them removed the next
DAY.


BASE BALL.-A friendly game of base ball will
be played this afternoon Saturday between
the old Atlantics and the new club Of Dolly
Vardens. Much interest is manifested, and q


large crowd will be present to witness the game
Year: 1872

THE HOUSE BILL CHANGED IN THE SENATE.


WASHINGTON, May rs.
Tariff bill reported in the Senate is materially
changed from the House bill. The free list is
stricken out, but new free list is added. A duty
of 25 per cent is fixed upon quinine, instead Of
its being frea
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, May 25.
The Senate went into executive session on the
Treaty, having first taken up the Finance Com
mittees amendment to the Tariff bill, 30 as to
make it uniform with the order of business, and
it will come up at the next public session.
Year: 1872

The PREsBYTERIAN SoCIABLE.-T second
monthly Presbyterian sociable, held last even
ing was more successful than the first. The
attendance was very large, and larger amount
OF money was raised. fine original poem,
written by young lady Of the congregation
was read by President Purnell
Year: 1872

At last an election has been ordered
by the Mayor to determine whether or
not Sandusky will do her share towards
building the proposed Wheeling and
Lake Erie railroad. This election will
take place on the l2th day of August
next. Every qualified voter in the city
is entitled TO vote on this subject,
whether he be property owner or not.
The amount to be raised by Sandusky,
provided an affirmative vote is given, is
one hundred and ninety thousand dol
lars, which appropriation is 10
be made out OF fund to be cres-
ted by issuing and disposing Of
coupon bonds OF the city OF Ssndusky, ,
bearing interest at the rate of eight per
cent. per annum, payable semiaannu-
ally in the city Of New York, and the
principal OF said bonds payable in
twenty years from the date thereof.
The question to be determined at the
election in August is Of the greatest
magnitude to the people Of Saodusky.
Cheap coal is the stm,mum bonum-tbe
chief good-of our city. and anything
to secure that to US ought to be vigor-
ously encouraged. Vote Railroad
Yes" tbongh the Heavens fall.-ISan-
du1ky Journal, July II.
Year: 1872

New MARrrNsvlLLE, July l6.
Editors Of the Register:


The first gun Of the campaign was
fired in old (Democratic) Wetzel, Mon
day, July Is, 1872. Quite a large
number of persons assembled in the
Court House in the town of New Mar
tinsville, on the afternoon OF the above
named day and at night.


The meeting was addressed in the
afternoon by Hon. A. Brooks Fleming,
of Marion, and Col. Ben Wilson, oi
Harrison, and at night by the gentle
men namediabove and the Hon. j. W.
Gallaher, Of Marshall The speeches
were all splendid and were delivered in
the usual forcible and happy style so
peculiar to those gentlemen. The
speeches were effective and went far 10
remove a great many doubts entertained
by many persons.


J. y. Camden, our popular candidate
for Governor, will receive old Wetzers
usual Democratic majority, which every
one knows counts when it is all out.
There is no sympathy for Governor
Jacob here. The Governor had many
friends previous to his last movement
throwing himself into the hands OF the
Radicals, but since then his friend. re.
gard him as bolter and party disor.
ganizer, and express the utmost con-
demnation OF his course, and seem to
feel disappointed in the opinion enter
tanned of him heretofore. The new
constitution is increasing in popularity
every day as one fancied objection after
another is explained away. In fact, the
people are beginning to see that, as
whole, it is far superior 10 the present
one and is exactly what they desire. |
predict a large majority for the new
constitution in Wetzel.


Governor Jacob is censured very
much by the people here for not carry
ing out the trust imposed in him by the
Constitutional Convention in distribu-
ting in a proper manner, and placing in
the hands of the people copies of the
proposed Constitution, in order that
they may know and understand what
they have to. vote for in August. The
Governor sent to our county delegate to
the Convention 200 copies of the new
Constitution, which were distributed to
the best advantage. and these are about
all the county of Wetzel ever received,
and she has a population OF about 10000,
and about 1900 voters. This matter
should be seen to at once.


Horace Greeley would not get one
Democratic vote down here in Wetzel,
were it not that the people realize the
fact that it is necessary in order to
preserve our Republican institutions to
defeat General Grant and for that
reason and that alone they are willing
to make any political sacrifice in their
power and will roll up for that old life
long enemy of the Democratic party
the largest majority ever received by
any man in Wetzel.


Yours truly,


MOHAWK.
Year: 1872

REPORTS from the country townships
of Kanawhs county show that the
ranks are rapidly closing up" Boilers
are quietly ranging themselves under
the Republican banner, while the Dem
ocrats are quietly taking firm position
in favor Of supporting their county.
State and National nominee. Some OF
the Charleston Jacobins indicate a pur-
pose to hold out, but the thinking
masses who have no sympathy with
the resurrection of Radicalism, finding
that vote for Jacob is Q vote to set
the Republican party on its legs, have
concluded to stand by the straight
Observation-Disclosures.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness. Indeed, without these tie journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness of
another is blighted with our own.