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HON- G W. THOMPION.VTe see the name of Hon. G. W. Ti mipson, propel ** a candidate fitr .» -eat on the Supreme Bench of this State,From no intimate acquaintance with Judge Thompson aud a personal knowledge of his attainments, and devotion to duty, we feel well assured that no man can be elected who would more c *ncieiitiotisly perform the duties of the office. We were in for-t II nier years officially connected with a Court over which Judge Thompson 1 presided, and have seen hi' devotion t«» dut v and bis inJitMtrj evidencedparty are so little regarded, and, wfieu friendship is rsrelv mocethau-a. HIM. |Gt*n. Pannell was chairman of the j Statv Central Democratic Committee, j at the time of his death, and hadbeen a member of both branches of the Legislature. He was an active and intelligent worker in his party, and I fear the first Senatorial District will find it hard to secure the services of so faithful and intelligent a representative as Gen. Pannell made them. Truly au honest, good man has left us. M-The Capitol RemovalWe have received copies of the ar-.............. — .. „ guments in the Capitol case now peud-by his presence on the bench when : ingatCharlestown before theJSupreme bis health so infirm that it was j Gourt. From what we have read of,with the greatest difficulty lie could them, it seems to us that the corres- Ileave his bed. pondent of the Wheeling Jhguter, is',J ud go Thompson is a gentleman of justified in saving: tv • .V I •large attainments not only in the line u.\t the present writine, the argu. t »•. . •• i’ a ... i \v’.i• — .......— —j ... i '......* -------- — — o iof his rrolWon, but in general liter- ment of Ferguson, Quarrier and W il j ature. a»-i while we w.uhl n -t dii •»' bav. *Jeeidcllv the pre-aiure. wiuii - conwivM views of the bar; or to |.ut j|«r.i2o any of llitt jp.'iitlemcu who are j; li„i|1.(:l!|v unti| lhl.,(. ar-uraents , • now occupying the Bench, we are were |uG)lvhed the impression pre- 1 verv sure that he would be of great ‘ vailed that the case was all one sided , v* . . . . i . livi I* I « . I . I MV V I * • * •' - ----- ----as«i-iaiicc to them, and would add in favor of Wheeling, hut now the!*avi-i.iuvv i” -......-..... — ' - . . »gr,-.tlv to the dignity and authority cm rent ojmtton seems to ha that the j » J ! decision is at least doubhul, and that Jof the dccii» us of the Court. ji||af|y Fn,Uxint, qtiellioi,a t Another qualification of Judge vojve(i which will embarni Thompson is his impartiality and the 1 Court, absence of prejudice in hU dccuione; Of cm. wo I am not prepared to n , , - i i : predict the result, and since it is, nut- Mwe have seen him decide in two in I ..... out thare in , embarrass theawe have seen nun uccmc m iwu »• JMc of |11V ,ine j am nol competent t stances, promptly, and imperatively i tf jnnn ft||y 0j,Fionas to the merits, against his own son. and announce 0f the contmvi rsy, 1 only report w hat his decisions in ut»en court regardless 11 hear, and what is the general talk -•. .1 I 1 • i am .. 1 fK.ii 1 rof his own feelings.If it is the pleasure of the Convention when it meets to nominate Julgo Thompson, it will give us mlt;*t sincere pleasure to support him, ami we do not believe a belter nomination can Ik.* made.of those win aie better advised.We expect t*» have the decision of j the Couit in time for our next issue. |A Sennibls V!ow of tho Cnrroacy QnMtionCentennial Ma« Mvrtint;f .\fntidtu 'linryTue Wh-eliii'j St’inJ’.nl -uys, that; T..„,i„irirs ;When tbe national de l t was created. one day's labor of the jioor man represented $2,50 of that debt, but.now it only represents $1,10 of it— .........- - - - | Two dollars and a half in green*; Ithe Centennial Mu-s Meeting at the ( hack, and it bought then less than one 3I . . • . % • i %11,,,.;.i n ilt;o mi last Friday afl-r 'dollar or alwit 83 c-nts in sold, or a- not a- larirelv attended as merchandise eve., less than .that' . ‘ Put it now at $1,00, if VOU p’e se,i exjiecteil. 1 here were Ix-tween ; -|thi) , ^ y thilt; ]„* whrllnoonw........ aiiiinugu luoor isiioi un* i«»«ive and six hundred persons present ;t j5 emj,jOVCMj at ail, and it repiesent*iclmli'i' n considerable number ot «,vt*r 9‘* cents in gold or merchandiser it I*. * i._.idu *.(i »vcrnor Jacob, Gen. Hawley, of Ann. Hon. A. K B »lc!er, Mayor sweeny and others were on the plat-onii.A'ldres'ies were delivered by Mayoi MveenT.Gov. Jacob, Gen. Ilawiey* ;nd Col. B-telcr. Lvttor* were read rum Senator Davis, Hon. B. A\ ilson. J. F. Maury. Jr., C. M. Shinn; Ion. C. I). Hubbard ofiered a rtso-ution providing for the appointment »t*a committee of U on resolutions, vhich was agreed to, and the com-uittee appointed.The Committee reported resoln* ions end »rsing the Centennial, and inking the ap|Kiutinent of a Boanl of ive citizens to aid the Commissioners. d'he President stated that lie would announce ihe Board shortly. Mr. Thomas I lorn brook sent tceither [—.1 Jo* »lt; i Ifajittrr.The poor man never was nor is lie now a purchaser of gold. He never asks how much gold lie can buy for the greenbacks he receives for his day’s labor but he is deeply interested in and does ask how much of the necessaries of life - flour, meat, potatoes, sugar, coffee, butter, eggs, Ac., —his days labor will purchase.Ten vears ago, in 1 when wlt;had twenty-one hundred millions of dollars of a circulating currency, the wares of the laWing man was tw«» a halt dollars a day, and no man was idle because he could not obtain employment. Now we only hare a circulating currency of about seven hundred million* »f dollars, and the wages of the laborer will not average one dollar and ten cent- a day, ai «i it is next to impos.-ible to obtain work at that price.Now. in order to see which is best — the high or low wages—for the laborer, it will be necessary to see how much of the necessaries of life he- - • -- - - ( iiiui'ii i 11 iv ii’v .v.. .......ie desk to be read, a statement ta-j could purchase for his day s work in ftv.ra a Cinci.inati iwptT that tlir 18G'anlt;l cmi|«rp it with _ wliat hi-! . . k.i.t li f It.. KIMl.t a!nlies had lieeu iguorc«l, which ho -ked Gen. Hawley to answer. (Jen. lawlev entered into a somewhatw•ngthv explanation, showing that he ladies help ha 1 been welcnineil rim the first and was still acceptable.Mr. Horubrook still insisted that heque-tion had not be u answered, rheu Gen. Hawley stated that i* itas I rue that the ladies had been ig-ored *7ir icould not dart to go home” •id second that if any body doubted hat the ladies were being well treat d, lie could write to Mrs. Gillespie »ho was at the head of the Indies or-anization.The meeting then adjourned.can purchase with the price of his day's labor now. In order to make this comparison correctly we have gone to the trouble of looking over the market reports of’ten years ago, find below wenpjHMid these reports along side of the present market pries of the .same articles:A thing “that no fellow can un-rstand, you know, is that the Re* iblicans, who are responsible for the iper money in the country ; who are creators : who have always been a i|kt money party, should be en-;g** l in a desperate effort to degrade id disparage their own currency; ut they should be crying out that » curreucv i- good, unless there isi -id enough on baud to pay it; when ry know tl.at the Government has I t one dollar in gold tor ten tlions-j id in cuiroj.cy : while the Demo at* who hav* always opposed pa t motiMarLrt II port* /row Mnrkt Rrpr.rU fromCin. Com 10, 1S$T Flour .... Wneat.....Me- II.rk Slioiihlers.Siiles.......I lama......lt; orn.......Coffee......Sugar......Svriin......Jut'/I'm.• Cl,July10. 1875.$-».50a7.-r»l» Flour.......5.oOa7.5(* 1.50 Wheal.......l.:H»al.40 gfj.00 Me.-* Cork.......20.00 13*c Stmulder*.....lOjal 1 1 ! ] S dcs..................1 - 17r llama..............13,...00a70o Corn.............7la72. ... J-’ia.-o C.ifToe...............-;»c 13a 17 Sugar...........flail i1.00a ?.l o Syr up...........65aS5Marietta Markets, Ju/„ 12, ls74.}farifH a Murl'ts July 15, 1875.Flour.........7.O0a7.5O Flour......^6.75a7.25Whent ......l.'m!.50 Wheat ........12-'»a120Itiitier 20a25 PutterEggs............ 15a20 Eggs.......1’iUutocs.......90a 1.(Hi. Point*-es-.( .fice.................2*'i (ViJoe .N'.. l.Svrup 1.20'Syrup......Sugar .....1-'»20| 'tigar----.20a 25 .12a 15 .60a70 i OOaOO 9a 12iFrom the above comparative market reports it will bo seen that the price of everything that enters intoliie daily necessities of cverv family • • •are about as high now as the? were ten vears ago.In lKtmthe wages the laborer receive*! lor three days work would buy him a barrel of flour; now, in 187-3, he mu-t work nearly seven a vs tor a barrel of tlour. In 18t)-3• • » • I'M il INUIO Ml llOlir. •. IWWWcy are doing their best to j one day s work j»aid fur eight pound? tain tii« ir prisent currcnc? until: of coflec, now it only pays for threeLiwwrr. .1- |.iiri».-c an-1 the coun-1 r111^ ll,e • j1 w,,ll’!‘1 l*.v fr ««“• , . . i teen iiounds ot sugar, now only teni- rea lv t*»r a change. ^ jKiunds; then it would pay for twelve I be policy ot the Rcpul-licaus, pouuds of butter, now only liveatI # ---I 'j »'i nuiicii vin* iilt; financial ruin to everybody I jkhiihIs ; then it would pay tor two. the U'i.l Imldfw. while the poll- half buohelx of ........fthe l-. in.frats in to plnco all. »'',r ‘/'g l-^l-ol and a half; then UWiittl.1 trtV r IlHl'lMt i Il/r'l Ilfme I »• *:ii'H.rais I- lo iiuice an ,, * ,. , ... would pav t*r fifteen dozen ot eggs,a level and make a d dlar a j miw i|ozeu Twil^r(en,.aCkr, to a jx.or man as well as a .l.dlars paid fur the Marietta llrgit-a . I . • t t II t Iarudder! tlt; r in 180.3 tor one war. and i»ro. A I-I •.lerman a-ks the same price tor a years subscript ion now. -We might continue the com pari*A J. Pannki.i., of Wheeling, on t »show the error of the Itojider* rDEATH OF GEN- PANNELLM *. It. 4 *• IIVVIIIl^,. — .I* 1411.' UliUI l*lt « |lt;d suddenly on Sunday, at the a.**eriion in regard to the purchasing,» rite Sulphur Springs whither he I jKjwer or the green baek at the time of i recentlygoucU)spend a few weeks the creation ot our natioual debt and |8enjoyment, and ttie benefit of hisat preseut, but there is no uece aity Ith. l*ut a short time since he tor it. The comparisons we have; sed through this city on 1 is way | made are sufficient to show that the the Springs, as full of kindness contraction of the currency has re-a •« t a I *1M ]• « I II a rt*jolly good humor as usual. Thelduced the laborer’s wages from $2.50-r little thought when he bade ’ to $1,00 a dav, whilst the food re-. . • • ^ •go ^i by^ ■ 4 . .. IIV.. I.V 4V ,'» V I • .V '1.1* , ai bye then, it was for the quired for himself and family remains j p . It seems hard for his old aliouta* high as it was when he re Itime.nds to comprehend that Jack nell will l»e with them no more high ... .. .— ........ceived $2,.30 for his days labor. .. Now. on the other hand, h* w lias | arth in the flesh. He was a ge- the bondholder been affected by cou* « Imncst, high toned man, and a traction—by this effort to force a re- lB friend. Hi? fidelity to the Demo-) sumption of specie payment ? When \ jmrty and to his personal the national debt wa.* created—as the I n is were conspicuous traits in hi-: ;ivj—eighty-three cents inipicuoustraits 9 ... _„f_ .........acter, and were the more uotice- gold would purchase two dollars amiC, I li • I 1 .1 t;nrr, ami were iuc iu*uc uuiivt- lt;gom wuum purctmsc ino uuuara uu-4thso days when tlic tics of| a hall in greenbacks, or three hun-
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