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COAL ~ NEE7D-

CEALED proposals will be received at the
Oofice of the County auditor, until the 18th
day of May, 1859, for the delivery of twelve
hundred bushels of Coal, for the Court House,
Jail, and Probate Judges Office, the coal to be
delivered by the Goth of September. and to be
measured by the County measure when deliv-
cred. The Coal to be of good quality and
well screened.
By order of the Commissioners.
MARTIN L. BOWSER, Aud. NJ. C. O.
March 80, 1859.
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SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,

SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE, !
v', CoLUMBUs, O., April T. 1859.
l hereby certify that the foregoing Joint Res
Dlution, "relative to an Amendment to the Con-
stitution providing for Annual Sessions of the
General Assembly," is a true copy from the
original roll on file in this Office.
.f. = q g+r A. p. RUSSELL,
e. ao-e Is Secretary of State.
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FURTHER BY THE AFRICA.

-t"Nkw YoRK. April ga memoran-
dun from Count Buol, hostile to Peid-
mont is spoken of. ,.,--s.7
WafJlike materials to an alarming ex-
tent are accumulating at Marseilles.
li.Rfte steam frigates have been despatch
ed 10 Algeria, and it is supposed that
1theJ FARO to bring back troops to France.
a ,Ths Daily Neacs correspondent says,
'that lord Cowley and Count Wa!enske, af-
Wef sdoug discussion, had separated with
the conviction that very serious difference
.0F opinion exists between France and Eng
land.
sbalNine gun boats. for the Adriatic, are
-opcefed to be made ready at Cherbourg,
without delay.
TIE Arch Duke, Albrecht, has gone on
special message to Berlin.
Anstria is willing to make important
concessions to Prussia, on certain points
in dispute, and perfect understa ndirg
between the two governments is considered
highly probable
ai,Warlike preparations continue in some
or the smaller German States.
q The Bayarian army has been placed on
"a war footing. m
The London Times Vienna correspon.
dent says that several of the leading pa.
pers have openly declared that the Ger.
mans will not shed one drop of blood, Ell
ther for }the maintenance of the specia
treaties or the Austrian concordat.
7sIjBELqIusg --It is said that Holland and
Belgiqp have concluded a treaty for mu-
ltusls defense in case OF war; G.4GAy11@
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Foreign News.

NEW York, April % The steamship
Africa arrived at hall past six O'Clock this
stehihg. Her dates are to Saturday the
T6th inst, and not SO late as the telegraph
E ,sdyices by the Circassian, but the sum-
mary and papers received contain much
iatsissting intelligence from England and
The be Continent, il relation to the
peace Congress and in relation to the
result from its assemblage. ag oi
The Dresden Journal alleges the ac-
qusihtapce with the fact that according
10 a'teccnt counter proposal made by
France, which is also said to be seconded
in other quarters, the Congress will as
semble on, April 23d, at Carlchu; and
so0hiAsncei operations by resolving on a
genersl discerning. 1ro -g
The statement that Austria positively
'fefdsesf to join in the the congress unless
there is a general and simultaneous dis
,arminS, is confirmed. -.,. ....-..-..
Paris dispatches state that the progress
of the negotiations intended for the con-
siderstion of the Congress are very slow,
owing to the great difficulties attending
them, The London News says it is just
AEPossible that the Congress may pre-
pare and embitter instead Of averting a
M4rr aTuS 5 Ittrz hsrsT TBqc qsen sd
The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Herald says there are reasons for
beheHing that Austria's proposals as
points to be submitted to the Congress
win be wholly unacceptable to France
The Paris Patrie says that France can.
not be expected to diminish her army nor
send back q single cannon to the arsenals.
It is reported that the people protest
against the holding of the proposed Eu-
ropean Congress.
1t is intended that Parliament will be
dissolved on the 2lst inst. In that case
the borough elections will take place on
the 9th inst, and the county elections
on the I'd of May. :" 7'e '
F&ANcE. The French officers on leave
OF absence have been ordered to join their
ships without delay. 1t is rumored that
The Empero. win soon depart fer Lyons.
WALLAcmA.--An Internal machine,
bupIfV8C0 AZ oC SuOo. W
the.newly elected Hospodar Consea, had
been discovered and seven persons ar
rested supposed to be implicated in the
plot. ,9''' I. '.''-.'','
r., - CocHIN, CHINA, The attack on Sa-
guon took place Feb. l7th, and was per-
fecfly successful. Nine ports strongly
armed were cannonaded and stormed-
The French loss was small but the enemy
su&Sihsd heavy loss.
The LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FROM Lon.
dokiio IIYERpooI. The Paris correspon-
dent ofthe DAILY Ncaos says the result o.
the second meeting of the conference il
that England, France, Russia. Prussia
and Sardinia shall recognize the double
election, Austria and Turkey to stand
The Times Paris correspondent des
cribes the aspect of affairs as SO sombr'
as to justify the announcement of all hopes
of peace. s's..a
Five thousand more troops had arrived
at Marseillcs,. from Algiers, on the 25tf
Inst. .,.,,.e
r,isPt
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4TT1CHlKENT NOTICE.

Before Woodman Okey Justice of the
Peace, of Franklin township; Monroe Co., o.
An order of attachment was issued against
the goods, chattels, monies and effects of Avory
P. Davidson for the sum of thirty two dollars
and eighty-tVo cents and cost of suit, at the
instance of Reuben Hawkins.
April 20, 3w, p'd.
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HOTEL.
j. N. SIMMONS, Proprietor.

The Proprietor begs leave to inform
the public that he has thoroughly repaired and
newly furnished the Steed Hotel, and is now
prepared to accommodate the travelling public
and boarders. Every attention will be paid
to those who favor him with call to make
them as comfortable as possible. He is well
provided with STABLING and the utmost attell-
tion will be giyento that department,
CHA R GE s M O ID Il R ATE
JAMES N. SIMMONS.
March so, 1859. If.
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MartinBaker's House,forlnefly
HOLL A ND HOUSE,
H. MINSTERMAN, Proprietor

The proprietor of the above named H6hse,
begs leave to inform the public that he fAss
just opened up said house for the accommo,
dation If travellers, and boarders. Every
attention will be paid to those who favor him
with call, to make them conlfortable, and
their stay pleasant. He is we'll provided, NTH
stabling, and the utmost attention illbe giHr
en- to that departments Charges reason
able. HENRY MIN5TKRMAN.
April 18th, 1859. 3m. .ssAisoe n2fD
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1862 9'READALL! 1859.

1UUIAO hLLs
AND LADY'S IN PARTICULAR
L. who are visiting Wheeling, should 90 to
M. r H EINSTROM
To examine his stock of TRIMMINGS & FANCY
GooDs, and the greatest attraction is his Milli-
nary rooms on the End floor, where may be
seen very handsome Bonnets. He has the
largest and best selected assortment of
Trimmings, Fancy s. MiHinary Goods
erer oferedim Wheeling, andhc is SET
ling them cheaper than any sinai-
Tar establishment his side of
THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS.
In fact his stock embraces almost every
variety and style, and may well be called a
First Glass Establishment. Give him a call,
and examine his stock, before purchasing
elsewhere, he is selling
Who'll SALE & RI ALL
At very small advance on Eastern Prices
Remember the No. 141, Main street,
WHEELING, VA.
Wheeling, April 6, 1s59.-Sm m.
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DUFF'S COLLEGE, r-. ,f.s..
CORNER OF THIRD .aND MARKET SIS.
PITTSBURGH, PA. =

With full staff of experienced teachers, all
trained for business by the principal Stu
dents will find, by proper inquiry, that by
graduating in this Institution, or any of its
line Of branches, they will obtain the following
important advantages over those of any other
Commercial School in the country:
1st. Its reputation follows its students
through life.
I'd The student is instructed in both 70, :
eign and domestic business.
Sd. His training includes matters Of prac-
tice (wholly unknown to common teachers)
that greatly diminish his chances of failure in
business.
4th. Single entry ledger charged to double
entry.
5th. Duf's new method of proving the
books a..r.'t-- .t5.4
9th. Duff's self proving bill books.
7th. Duffs new form of bank check book.
Sth. Duff's rules for partnership settle
ments.
9th. Duffs rules for adjusting deranged
books. 4e4 - E ey--tt
10th. Duff's rules for computing interest.
1lth. The six columned journal. -.
18th. The private ledger exemplified.
18th. Specifications of accts. sales.
14th. Steamers re-shipping freight and
passengers. n. s#. ia Z Ia s-;
| 18th. Settlements between owners. ,g4.-
| 10th. Sale of the vessel and settlement.
18th. Sale of one owners share to another.
|, 18th. Adjustment of general average.
10th. Rectifying deranged books. l.s
| Goth. On graduating each student Is pre-
sented with an elegant bound copy of Dun
cans business and Ornamental Penmanship-
The most valuable work on the science nov
published. sos, E.1 t,457l
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DISSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP
The partnership heretofore existing between
A. II. Vansant and John Bracy is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The business
will be continued by John Bracy with whom
all settlements must be made.
A. H. VANSANT.
JOHN BRACY.
Mt. Carick, O., April 18th, 1859. 3w, p'd.
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very Stable!

The subscriber has, also, a livery Stable at
Woodsfeld, where he will be pleased to accom-
modate all who may favor him with their
patronage. R. P. EDNEY.
Woodsfeld, O., April 13, 1859. If.
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Administrators Notice. {

5 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
h las been appointed by the Probate Court of
Monroe county, Ohio, administrator of the
estate Marcus Youncus,
1885 PETER DORR.
April p, 1s59,-3w.
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PIXIES PEAK

PIXIES PEAK
Is said to be the place, to Dig Gold. bat
yom can make money easier. and qMeker
By buying ziae = tgsI9
CHEAP GOODS,
From the New and Splendid
Stock of Spring and Summer
Goods of
ID RIGGS & MORRIS,
Consisting of the most fashionable stock of
Ladies and Gentlemens Dress goods ever
brought to this Market. -
Their stock of Robes, Summer Shawles and
Bonnets is extra fine. IL
Gents can be suited with almost any style
of Hats, Clothes, Cassimeres, and Ready-Made
Clothing. g 49,
They have also on hand all kinds of Gro
ceries, Hardware, Queensware, Boots, Shoes
&c., &c. A
If you want anything usually kept in Gen
eral retail store and at prices for cash, lit,l,
lower than any body else dare sell, call on
briggs g. NORRIS.
Woodsisll, April 9th, 1859.
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Truth is Stranger than Fiction!

TWOULD SEEM LIKE FICTION to give a
detailed description of the magnificent and
gorgeous STOCK OF MERCHANT-TAILORS'
GOODS now received by THOS. HUGHES from
the Eastern Cities, he therefore invites his pa
irons and the public generally, to favor him
with call and examine his assortment; it en-
braces every description of Gents. apparel, all
of The best quality and at pi ices to suit custo-
mers.
No. 35 Cor. Monroe & Water Sts.,
WHEELING, VA.
March 2, so. THOS. HUGHES.
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Woodsfield Retail Market.
Corrected aceekly By. Sinclair 8 Baker
WOODSFIELD, MAY a, 1859.

Flourper barrel, $50 Molasses per gal
Wheat per BUSH lon ......... IS
ell, /, 90 Rio Coffee per lb, Is
Oats per bushel, so Java Coffee per
Corn per bushel IS lb, =. Is
Lard per pound, 10 Hay per ton 1000
Tallow per h.. IL Fish per lb,.....
Salt per barrel, $50 Nails Sd. Cd. 1od. 81
Hams per ID, -. IL land 63.
Shoulders perlb, 8 Brooms per doz. 200
Corn meal per Onions per bush
bushel, ......... IS lel, ............. IS
Potatoes per bu. IS Timothy Seed
Eggs per dozen, 10 per bushel, ...... $50
Tea lb, IS 90 Rice per lb. to 10
New Orleans Su- Candles per Id, Is
gar per lb,. ...... IA Butter per lb,. Is
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May 4th, 1859. 4w.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-12
To California Consumers
.-....OF......
BILLINGS HAMS.

I DESIRE to call particular attention of con-
i sumers in California to the label of brand
upon my Hams, which in all cases bears a fac
similie of my signature, and is in every respect
the same label have used for many years past.
The unrvaled reputation which my Hams
have long borne in the California market, rem
ders me exceedingly anxious that no Hams pack
ed by other persons should be mistaken for the
well known and genuine
HORACE BILLINGS, HAMS,
And my present object is to ask consumers es-
pecially to distinguish my Hams from certain
other Hams, which | learn have this season been
sent to California on which the name of
BILLINGS
has been placed, with label resembling mine
in style, type, &c.
My Hams are cured under my own personal
supervision and their admitted excellence is
owing to the great care used, and the peculiar
preparation they undergo in curing, by which
delicacy of flavor, preservation OF the juices of
the meat, and freedom from undue saltness are
secured
! confidently assure purchasers of my Hams in
California that the cure of 1859 will be found of
the choicest quality and flavor, and fully equal
in all respects to any heretofore packed by me
for that market. HORACE BILLINGS,
Patentee, Beardstown, Illinois,
N. B. All barrels containing the Hams of this
seasons packing, in addition to the usual brand,
will bear the words in red paint,
"Cure of $50,
Crosby d. DibbIee, Agents."
San Francisco, Sept. l3, 1859. se243m
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-12
Mischief in the Mediterranean,

Some of our readers, says the New York Times,
may remember that we called attention some
three months since to a gradual revival then 90
ing on in Spain of the question of Gibraltar, as
curlously co-incident with orders given by the
Spanish Government for the construction in
London of heavy iron gun boats, suitable for
sea-coast operations. The English Journals re-
ceived by this weeks mails inform us that the
concentration of military forces by Spain in the
neghborhood of the Rock of Gibraltar has now
excited the grave anxiety of the British Govern
ment, and that questions on the subject pro-
pounded to the Cabinet of her Catholic Majesty,
have met with replies so evasive and unsatis-
factory, that their publication caused a slight
fall in conSuls in the London market. If Spain
and England were the only powers concerned IN
the ownership of Gibraltar, it might not, per-
haps, be worth while to dwell very particularly
upon this incident for although there can be no
doubt that the actual power of the Castilian
monarch is very decidedly in advance of the
prevalent reputation of Spain, still the result of
single combat between the Lion of the South
and the Lion of the Seas could hardly be doubt
full !; and few Spanish statesmen would think of
inviting such passage of arms.
But other States, largely interested in the
freedom OF Mediterranean commerce, and of the
seas in general, must, in the natural course of
things, be brought, one day or another, to ask
very seriously by what tenure of really respect
able right England pretend to constitute
herself the Jaller of the great African strait The
original robbery of the Keys by Admiral Rookie,
century and a half ago, and the confirmation
OF that robbery by the peace of 1888, can hardly
be permanently pleaded against the manifest
claim of Spain to the integrity of the Spanish
soil. Had the peace of 1888, which gave us in
America so much, left England in possession of
Staten Island, or Sandy Hook, we should hardly
be disposed to sit down forever under favor of
her frowning batteries and her foreign flag 1t
is one of the penalties of such policy as was
pursued by England during the last century,
that it projects the mistakes of an age of vo-
lence into the midst of epoch where natural
law is daily recognizing loftier and wider
sway and menaces the peace of a great COM
mercial era with the inevitable consequences of
great national crimes The price which Eng
land has already paid for the possession of such
posts as Gibraltar and Malta, has not sufficed to
make good titles which are intrinscally iucon-
sstent with the rights of other nations and the
natural developments of the world.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-12
Americ an Newspaper Literature.

The Turkish Rear Admiral in his so-called
tie his Constantinople friend Aben Hassan, thus
describes the mental pabulum furnished the New
York Ledger style of readers by the weekly lit
erary papers of America-he or she being told
How the gay and fascinating Prince Alphon-
so, with beautiful peaked beard and preternatu-
raj calves, rescued from the ruffan grasp of the
cruel Baron Nockumstiff the lovely and accom-
pllshed Leonora, whose flowing curls swept the
ground as she was borne away on her lovers
shoulder, and whose eyes were blacker than the
popular idea of night, by several shades.
How the bloodthirsty Baron pursued the low
ers only to be himself cloven to the saddle by
the trusty sword of Alphonso, who soon after
purchased an eligible site upon the Rhine, built
an elegant castle, furnished it in the height of
the fashion of that period (the reign of Charlie
magne), and settled down for life with the lovely
being whom he carried away on his sturdy
shoulder.
How the gallant sailor boy Eugenio, rising
from his hammock where in slumbers of mid
night be was accustomed to lie, and climbing to
the top of the main-to'- gallo mas, deserted the
object of his earlier affections, wringing her
hands in agony on the deck of low, rakish
three-maste schooner, some four miles in the
distance; how he leaped down from his giddy
height, fred three shots from the stern chaser
and thus cut away the three masts of the schoon-
er, and rendered her helpless wreck, then
boarded her, pierced the wicked captain to the
heart, and carried the young woman into the
Bay of Algiers, where the happy couple wers
united in the bonds of matrimony, by the AM
lean Consul resident at that port
How the bloated aristocrat, Gabriel Jute
! firm of Jute Junk, South street, defrauded
his beautiful ward, Seraphina, out of all her
property, by false and fraudulent interpreta-
ton of her fathers will, in which interesting
piece of roguery he was aided and abetted by a
firm of Wall street attorneys; how Seraphina,
being reduced to poverty, was compelled to ac-
cept the humble position of check taker at a
restaurant in the Bowery how the hero of the
tale, prominent member of Inundation Hose
Company, No. 76, fell deeply in love with the
beautiful maiden, brought suit in the marine
Court against the bloatcd aristocrat for the re-
covery of her property, tried the cause himself,
won 1t amid the tears of the Judge, the sobs of
the jury, and the not dry eye in the house +"
of the spectators; and how finally he turned the
| bloated arstocrat out of his costly man sion in
the Fifth Avenue took up his abode there with
the lovely Seraphina, (now his welded wife,
Joined the Union Club, and represented the
Eighteenth ward at the great meeting of out
ragged taxpayers.
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-12

The House OF JOHN HANCOCK The editor of
the Elyria Democrat, in his New England
Sketches" gives his visit to the Hancock house,
in Boston, thus:
On Beacon street. occupying the most COM
manding position of any house in the city,
stands the old two story house in which John
Hancock lived aud died. We visited this house,
which is owned and occupied by grand ne
phew of the Revolutionary hero, and were re-
oeived by the proprietor with marked courtesy.
The parior walls are covered with portraits OF
the Hancock family, carefully preserved in their
ancient but costly frames, and on the table lay
the old Family Bible, with the name of John
Hancock written upon the fly leaf, in his bold,
dashing hand, as it appears on the Declaration
of Independence:
From the parlor we passed through the spa
oious hall, and up flight of elegant stairs to the
chamber where he died. The furniture of these
rooms has never been removed since his death,
and is of ancient but costly kind. The material
OF which the house is built, except the stone,
was imported from England, even to the old
fashioned hinges upon the doors, and the pom
aerous brass locks which fhsten them. The
mouse is the same, in all respects, as when oc-
cupled by Hancock, and we learn that the State
OF Massachusetts is negotiating for its purchase
with view to its preservation in its present
form"
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-12
GRE EATNE SS.

LIcISIA.
~ am the happiest wife in Rome, my Lirial
The happiest wife in Rome !"
L1vIA.
But there's Flaminus wife, the other day,
Scarce from the Forum to her house could pass
For gratulations, that her husband won
The Consulate"
"That day my Caius sat
At home with me, and read to me, my Livia.
Little cared who won the Consulate"
"And there's Lectorious has obtained govern
ment:
His wife will be queen"
LIcIYIA
{, Well let her be so
My queendom is to be a simple wife.
This is my government; my husbands house,
Where, when be sits with me- he is enthrond
Enough You'll smile, but Juno be my witness,
Id rather see him with his boy upon
His knee, than seated in the Consuls chair,
With all the Senate round him."
Yet his greatness
Must needs be thine"
LICINIA.
{" do not care for greatness
1t is thing lives too much out of doors;
'Tis any where but home you will not find it
Once in week in its own house at supper
With the family. Knock at any hour you choose
And ask for it; nine times in ten they'll send vol
To the Senate, or to the Forum, or to such
Or such an ones in quest of il. iTis month
Since Caius took meal from home, and that
Was with my brother If he walks,
walk along with him if choose or if stay
Behind, it is race 'twixt him and the time
He promised to be back again which is first
And when he's back, and the door shut on him
Consummate happy is my world within;
| never think of any world without"
The Shasta courier., 1859-11-12
u D 0 L ? II O w OLFE S
SCHNAPPS.

A MEDICINAL DRINK, of eminently salutary
n qualities, manufactured by himself excu-
sively, at his factory at Schiedam, in Holland,
and well known during the last twelve years
throughout all the Atlantic and Western States.
1t is made from the best barley that can be
selected in Europe, with the essence of an aro-
matte Italian berry, of acknowledged and ex-
traordiDaTy medicinal properties 1t has long
since acquired higher reputation, both in Eu-
rope and America, than any other diuretic bev-
erage.
Analysed it is perfectly pure Liquor, in its
effects mild and wholesome tonic 1t is ex-
tensively used and approved by the medical fac
ulty, the temperance people, beads of families,
&c.
In Gravel. Gout and Rheumatism. in obstruc-
tions of the Bladder and Kidneys, and in Cen
eral Debility, its effects are prompt, decided and
invariably reliable and it is not only a remedy
for these maladies, but in all cases where they
are produced by drinking bad water, which is
almost universally the cause Of them, it acts as
sure preveatice.
For Fever and Ague it is one of the most et-