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The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-12

WIDOW in Western New York, whose
husband was killed in the war, had left hel
by him a note for about FIVE thousand dol
lars secured by mortgage. At the same time
she owed in Canada a debt of less than four
thousand dollars Under legal tender law
she is obliged to teke gr,en back Tor wh,r
is due her in New YorA while he is obliged
t. pay specie or its equiva,e4t for the sum
she owes in Canada The widow don't
clearly understand it, and has los faith in
"Old ABE's proposition that il is easier TO
pay large debt than larger one
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WHAT Is LEFT of gallant Go. c, Sd Re
giment Cavalry, West Va. Volunteers, i:
now chartered in the Court House, with the
intention, we understand, of spending the
winter in recruiting the company. 1t origi
nally numbered so men, but hardshipS an d
losses in battle have cut it down to %
The remnant look ev.,y inch soldiers, and
when called to the field, will, as they have
always done, ye a good account of them
selves. They are now commanded by Lieut.
Bowers.
We would suggest that now would be 6
good time to give them the benefit OF good
supper or dinner gotten up in style, as a
slight testimonial of OUR appreciation o
their services Who will be the first NOV
En- orqaatomn Monitor.
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VERV DESIRABLE REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE.

THE undersigned, DESTROYS of closing up his
Il business, with q view of spending bis time in
the country offers for sale the following desirable
real estate, to wit The Lot and Warehouse, cor
ner of Mulberry alley and Main street, now occu-
pied by T Sweeney Son. This Warehouse is
four stories high slate roof, and is very substan
tally built. Also, lots No. 8 and in square :,
fronting on Water street between Monroe st. and
Mulberry alley, on which is erected two story
frame dwelling. Corner lot No 49, on south side
Zane street East Wheeling Lots No. 7S, 70, &c.
81, 81, lO7 and l09 situated in North Wheeling
corner of Main and Mcclure streets, being former
residence of late Jonathan Zane. Lot No SO, on
east side of Main street, on which is erected a
three story brick dwelling Lots No 10, II, is
and 81 with four two story frame dwellings part
of lots Is and II situated on West street North
Wheeling. One half of lot No. SO, East side Of
Main street situated between Washington and Adj
ans streets, with good two (2) story brick dwelling
house Lots No. Al, 46, and twenty-five (l2) feet
of No. As, on west side of Main street corner of
Main and Third streets, Centre Wheeling North
half of lot No. II, on eth street between Monroe
and Union streets, with small brick house there
on Any of the above property can be purchased
at private sale on or before the first Monday Of
February, 1864, at which time the remainder will
be offertd at public sale at the front door Of the
Court House of Ohio county.
dec29-tds I. SWEENEY
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From the Shenandoah Valley:
Disaster to Coles Maryland
Cavalry--Fight in LOudOun
County.

'CorresI Oh dence of the Baltimore American.
HARpER's FERRY, Va, Jan. a, 1864.
1t is not often you have been called upon,
to record a disaster to Coles Maryland
cavalry, notwithstanding they have oeen
almost constantly in the saddle for nearly
three years, and are entirely ignorant as TO
the meaning of "winter quarters" On
Wednesday, however, the 30th ult-, de-
tachment of seventy-fve men, composed Oh
a proportionate number of each OF the iour
Companies constituting the battalion, pro
ceeded on a two days scout, under the
command of Captain A. M. Hunter, OF Com
pany @. 49,.
The detachment met with little inpedlment
in it's march until Friday January /, about
10 o'clock A. NJ, when near Rectortown,
on the border of Loudoun aud Fauquler
counties, it suddenly encountered large
force of from five to seven hundred rebel
cavalry, supposed to be portion OF Gen.
Rosser,s brigade. Our boys fought gallant
" against such overwhelming numbers ur.
1l h.ty.seven out of the seventy-tive were
either captured or killed. The remaining
eigh,een made their way into camp. CAPT.
Hunter, | regret to say, is reported as a
prisoner in the hands OF the enemy.
! Several of those who escaped found their
feet frozen when they reached camp One
Door fellow, named William Brown, ofCap-
tain Frank Gallagher's company, got his
boots filed with waterin crossing stream,
and when be attempted to pull them off,
found his feet and ankles encased in ice.-
The boots had to be cut from his feet.
Rectortown, the scene Of this occurrence,
is about forty miles from Harper's Ferry,
and locality proverbial for rowing bands
of guerrillas and other rebel cavalry. The
military sagacity that could sugg 'st such
an expedition with handful Of men, far
into the enemy's lines, without the hope OF
succor Or support in case they were over
powered, may well be questioned. Besides,
the men had but a few days previously
come off fifteen days scout from the upper
Shenandoah Valley; where they had been
cooperating with General Averil in his
great raid on the Tennesseeaud Virginia
Railroad. The horses were broken down,
the men were fatigued and overtasked, yet
at the bugle call, to horse! without muir
muir they leaped to their saddles, and, like
the warriors of C]an.Alpine, who
.Knew no law but Roderick Dhu's command
they awaited only the word of their leader
to go where duty led or danger called them.
While this disaster was being enacted on
the east side of the Blue Ridge, thu balance
of the battalion with Major Cole himself
in command, wasi the Shenandoah Valley,
ready to meet the advance Of the rebels in
Their threatened raid on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Such are the "winter quar-
tiers" which the cavalry under Gener al
Sullivan are enjoying. MARIUs.
P. S.-Since the above was written, a
dispatch has been received from Capt. Hun
ter announcing his escape from tAe rebels,
and his safe arrival at Point of Rocks.
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The SUPREME Court OF THE UN1TEI
STATES AND THE LEGAL,TENDER NoTEs.-
We find tho following paragraph in the
New Haven (Coun) Register;
a rumor afirms that the Supreme Court
Of the United States have arrived at de
cision uptavorabe to the legality of the
Treasury notes, but that, for prudential rea
sons, it will not be made public just at
present.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-12

We conversed with large number Of
the soldiers who have been in our city or the
past few days, in regard to the com .nand-
ers who had been over the ARM of the
Potomac within the last two yeal and nine
months, and found "L,tte MACE, the ia
vorite Of nine-tenths OF all with whom we
lakeland they say that proportion holds
good throughout the army
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-12

SETTELED AT LAsT-There have been a
great many astute speculations respecting
the hole through which John Morgan es-
capped from tie Penitentiary at Columbus.
The message of Governor Tod puts an end
To- the vexed question His ExceIlency an
nouuces that John Morgan escaped through
misunderstanding. This is official. We
of course give 1t up.-LouisoiNe Journal
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Hon. j. D O'CoNyER, of the Ohio Senate.
will please accept our thanks for pamphlet
copy of Gov. TOPS Message and accompa
nying documents
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FoR SEVERAL years it was one OF our
standing amusements to look In upon, IN
quiet way, the abolitionlsts when in full
counsel, their debates, resolutions, lectures
and harangues were so rich, rare and spicy
Aad there was such 'plucky, daring, clast.
ing, bold and fearless character about all
their orators, that one could not help ad
miring their courage and selfsacrlhclng
shirt. if he did not Their wisdom and dis
erection. Their speeches were so interlard-
cd with blood and thunder, they were ever
40 defiant and ferocious, daring everybody,
and particularly the slave power, and
threatening in due time to carry death ano
destruction into the whole South, and wreS'
from the iron grasp of the master the poor
down-trodden slave, that one OF theii
meetings was quite treat to belhgerent-
minded man, almost an old Roman gladia-
torial show, and quite equal to bull OF
bear fight. There were bullets and battle
in their eyes, and bloody murder on their
tongues. 1t made us almost shudder 10
think what would happen if whole squad
ron of those abolitionlsts should be let loose
on the devoted shareholders. 1t did seem
as though one regiment OF them would te
enough to carry fire and sword throush the
entire slaveholding territory, they were so
valiant and chivalrous. Well, in the Provi-
dence of God, as we hope, that dreadful day
came when they were to be let slip upon
the shareholders. They had been praying
long and loud for it, and it came They had
promised the President that if he would
grant their request, the roads should swarm
with them rushing to battle for the slave
The President at last, finding that he could
not secure their. aid in the field on any 9TH
er terms, in his wrath, or as quiet
piece of waggery, no one knows which,
granted their long.coveted proclamation.-
And, OH what joy, what thanksgivings,
what hallelujahs Jubilees followed ju-
blees. Orations were piled on ora
tions. They gave themselves anew to
the cause in black and white; and shouted
until they We're hoarse. But all that did
not help carry our army on to Richmond,
very much; and the country waited anxi>
Ously to see the roads blocked with Adolf
ton recruits for the army, to aid in the glo-
rious work of emancipation, and while the
country waited those valiant Abolitionists
were not idle. They had looked the thing
in the face and had resolved to-beat mp .toy
negro recruits! They were ready to
take the stump for negro recruits
They were determined TO denounce as
copperheads every one who would not beat
up for negro recruits. And at home they
are yet, valiant as ever, ready to howl foI
freedom; ready to denounce the vile op-
pressor; ready to strap the knapsack on ne
groes or any other persons who are willing
to face the shareholders in bloody array
but of all those who have made night and
day, too, dismal by their howlings for the
slave, not one Of them has dared to cross
the Putomac in his behalf. Of all the pol,
troonery history chronicles, the most shame
full and disgusting is that of the abolitonists'
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HARMONY and Musical Composition.

ON Tuesday, January 18th, and Friday, January
18th at o'clock in the afternoon, there will be
formed at my room Glass for instruction in
Bass Harmony and Musical Composition All tnose
DESTROYS of learning the Art and Science are invited
attend. ,,o,-oo
Room over ]. 8. Rhodes Store, entrance on Monroe
street. NJ. IL. Mon'o
Jan. IL
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-12
CHARTER ELECTION.

ALEXANDER MeCouRrNRY, Esq, will be supported
for the Office of Alderman IN the Fourth Ward at the
ensuing Charter Election. FOURTH WARD
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Trustees Sale of Real Estate In
theCity of Wheeling.

DY virtue of deed oftrust dated the SOh day 4lVcI
b 1882 made by Ebenezer Mccoy and EaSein M AZ
cline his wife to John McCooch DECD wni uee Ohio
o eUm ff in deed book ST. page 500 Also by virtue Of
an order of the Circuit Court for Ohio county made on
the oath day December 1862 whereby the
was apponted Trustee in the place of John
deceased. will sell at the front door OF the court
House of Ohio county, on Tuesday the 18th day OF jan
uary, 1864, lots number D and two ~ IN square
number one III il ChurchilPs addition TO the Guy "
Wheeling. and lots number III two (2) and three
(S in square number two in the same addition 10 su
city.
Terms of sale cash. 81
selling as Trustee will convey only such title as Is
vested j.! me- Sale to commence at ten O'Clock.
;opI-lOt DAN'L MURRY, Trustee
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Commissioners Sale of Real Estate.

DY virtue of decree Of the Circuit Court Of Mar
ID shall county, West Va. rendered at the November
Term 1863 in the case Of Vachel Gamble VS.. Samuel
Gamble and others heirs at law Of John st. Clair.
will sell on Monday the llth day of January, 1864 at
the front door of Marshall county Court House, on
credit Of six twelve and eighteen months the tract Of
Land III said mentioned, being 81 Acres of Land
on Toms Run in said county, with the Improvements
thereon. The purchaser will give bond and security
for the purchase money with interest from the day Of
sale. JACKSON REED, s. VI. c. Com.
dec 4tw
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-12

Mr.. Editor:-If Joseph Forsyth, our present worthy
Wharf Master, will consent to be candidate for re-
election to said office, he will receive the support ofthe
good and loyal citizens of the city Of Wheeling.
jan6 PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-12

Mn. EDrroR:-You will announce HENRY SHARP
rs candidate for the office of Street Commissioner al
the ensuing Charter Election; he having heretofore
discharged the duties of that ofhce faithfully
jan4-t25 MANY CITIZENS.
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ELECTION.

MERCHANTS & MECHANICS BANK,
WHEELING, Dec. 80, 1863
H6NHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Of this
4 Bank will be held at their Banking House in
Wheeling on Monday the 18th day Of January next
being the I'd Monday of said month"; for the purpose Of
eectng nine Directors for the Bank Wheeling, and
seven Directors for the Branches at Morgantown Point
Pleasant and Clarksburg.
dec3l-td s. BRADY, Cash'r.
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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-23

How JOHN MoRGAN DIED According
TO the Richmond Eramiue,, the death
of the guerrilla chief Morgan was in
this wise He was on reconnois-
sance, and took lodgings at house
near Greenville, Tenn, which proved
to be occupied by the wife of an officer
on Burnside's staff, named Williams.
While he slept Mrs. Williams mount
ed his horse, rode fifteen miles and re-
turned with a squad of soldiers Nor
gan broke from the house, but was
surrounded He drew a revolver,
swore he would not be taken alive, and
attempted to break through the line,
and was killed by volley.
Gen Gilyen telegraphs from Bulls
Gap on the 9th AL of Morgan's pa
pers fell into my hands, and show his
forces to have exceeded 1900. His
dead exceeds IS. His command fed
in great confusion after his death !
pursued them eight miles, but the chiv-
airy use the spurs with more yigor than
the saber
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-23

PRESIDENTIAL ELEoTIoS.-fhe singt-
lar blunder of the Union State Commit
tee in converting the State convention to
nominate State officers before the con-
vention for nomination of President,
has brought a very natural conse-
quence in its train The custom--a
most sensible one, TOBIAS been to
hold the convention to nominate State
officers and Electors at large for Pres
ident after the nomination for Presi-
dent is made, and so of the District
conventions to nominate members of
Congress and District Electors In
that way ratification of the Presiden-
tial nomination becomes part of the
proceedings, and adds to the enthusi-
asm of the whole campaign. But this
year, for some unimaginable reason,
the committee reversed the customary
order, and now we suppose the com
mittee are puzzling their brains to find
out how they shall get up at this late
day, conventions to chose Electors,
and not make very dull business OF
it. To talk of ratification meetings,
when the people have seen their SEN
timents as they have all over the State,
seems almost absurd and to wake up
much enthusiasm for State Conven-
ton merely to nominate two Electors
at large, and District conventions to APP
point one each, will not be an easy
task. Perhaps, though, the work will
be easier if but few attend.
The Woodstock Standard, under the
awkwardness of the present position
suggests that the Committee call tn,
State Convention to nominate cleo
tors at large at Montpelier during the
second week of the session.
We have no means of guessing ever
what the State and several District
committees will do, and have no adj
vice to give. We barely suggest thai
It will be well to have nominations 70,
Electors made at least early enough
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-23

"A large crop of mosquitoes has
been one of the features of this season.
They have infested places where they
were never known before Last week
they descended in immense force on
parts of Long Island and New Jersey ;
and in Jersey City and Newark many
of the storekeepers were obliged to
close their establishments Mt dark, the
glaring light SO attracting the fearless
insects of torture as to render the stores
absolutely untenantable, while neither
clerks nor purchasers could devote
themselves to anything else beside
slapping faces and hands, and killing
the tormentors
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-23

WHAT ARMIsT1cE MEANS. Those who
intend to vote for an armistice so as
to negotiate and find out if the rebels
are in earnest when they say they will
not return to the Union on any CON
ditions, should understand how much
an armistice means and what condition
it will place us in for the prosecution
of the war afterwards. The Richmond
Examiner of August 25th, enlightens
them as follows
CAS- this is, on the part of the enemy,
a war of invasion, with view to the
occupation of our country by military
force, and a war carried on equally by
sea and land, an armistice, in any
Ineligible sense whatever could mean
nothing less than n cessation of every
act of war for the time agreed upon,
both naval and military nothing less
than Withdrawal of the invading
troops from every part OF the confed
crate States, and a suspension of the
blockade of the coast. The occupation
of Grants camp at Petersburg, and of
Sherman's before Atlanta, the occupa-
ton of Chattanooga, Knoxville and
Harper's Ferry, are all acts of war
The presence of a blockading squadron
off Wilmington, to stop and destroy
our merchant vessels, is an act of war.
An armistice intended to be real, and
not illusory, would be the stoppage of
all these operations and occupations !;
and such an armistice the confederate
government could not have the folly
to reject. In fact, the practical estab-
lshment of such an armistice would
need no proposal of the matter to us at
all, nor any assent to it on our part.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-23

UNDENrABLE, First That Gen. Nc
Clellan made larger acquisitions, com
paratively, for men and money than
any military commander has ever
done since the war began. Therefore
it will hardly do for his supporters to
harp upon profnse expenditures and
extravaganza. Second-Gen. McClel-
Ian declared that the contest was TO be
one of artillery, and that cavalry would
not be much needed Events have
proved that his claim TO military sa-
gacity, in making this prediction, is
not sustained. Third-Gen McClel-
Ian made the arrest of the Maryland
Legislature upon precisely the same
principles that all other arrests have
been made by the Federal Government
Hence the absurdity of setting him up
as candidate against the "lawless
despotism" of the Administration
Fourth-Gen. Mcclellan, at the time
volunteering was most active, was CON
tinually calling for troops and urging
a draft. Consequently as the nominee
of party opposed to draft he is Il
singular selection These examples OF
inconsistency OH the part of the Chi
cago Convention and their leader are
not all, nor prehaps the most glaring,
of which they have been guilty. But
they will do for today.
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BRIGHTON MAaKEr-ssp,. sc,

Beef Cattie.-Extra fat and heavy premium
Oxen, sl4.50 a $500 ist quality $1,000 a $500;
I'd quality sll.O0 a sl2.0O; 81 quality, $500 a
SO 90 u 100 ms. on total weight of hide, tallow
and dressed beef
working oxen 500 1900 or according
TO value as beef.
Mich Cows.-ss5 $50; extra and good s55
a 500; without calves, as may be agreed farrow
and ordinary s2s s35.
Sheep and Lambs.-7Aa sic. LambssS.Oo
800 per head.
shotes. Wholesale, 10 a 12c; retail, IL IL
an. Fat Hogs 90 00c y h., live weight.
Veal Calyes.-s9.OO 10000 u head.
Hides.-l1 a u Q n. Calfskins "a q Ooc'
railow.-iss a l4c v D.
| PeIts.-$1.5 so t200 each.
sqvuwI. so t2,0o
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travellers Guide.
VERMONT CENTRAL AND SULLIVAN
' RAILROADS.
SUM ER ARRANGE EN- EMF.
Commencing July rs. 1894.
TnAlNs ooINo sorrn 80 nAs.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave st. Adams at $50 a. M, $50 a. M, SIS
a. M. and 7.25 p. m.
Mail Train leaves Rouses Point at $50 a. m.
Burlington at 7.25 a. m, connecting at Whita
River Junction and Bellows Falls with trains for
Boston, Worcester, DC, and with the Vermont
Valley Railroad for Springfield and New York,
arriving at New York at 10. 10 p. m.
Burlington Express leaves Montreal at 5.45 a.
m, Rouscs Point at AS a. m, for Burlington,
Saratoga, Troy and New York via the Lake.
Day Express leaves Ogdensburgh at 5.30a. m,
Montreal ut 500 n. m, Rouses Point at ~. As a.
M. for Boston, Troy, and New York.
Night Express leaves Ogdensburgh at II. so a.
m. Montreal at 3.45 p. M, Rouse's Point at 5. As
p. m, arriving at Boston at $40 a. m, connect
ing at Bellows Falls with Cheshire Road for Bos-
ton and Worcester and with Vermont Valley Rail-
road for Springfield, &c, and arriving in New
York at 1890 p. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST,
Leave st. Adams at 5.5s a. m, ll.55 a. M, Clio
p m, and 7.45 D. III.
Day Express leaves Boston at 500 a. M, via.
Lowell or Lawrence at 1856 am, via Fitchburg.
Leave Springfield at 7.50 a. m, Bellows Falls at
1856 a. m, for Passumpsic Road, Burlington,
Montreal, Ogdenshurgh, Chicago and the West,
| making close connections.
Mail Train leaves Boston at GOO a. M. via.
Lowell, White River Junction at 135 p. m, for
burlington, Montreal, and Ogdensburgh.
Accommodation Train leaves Noithheld at 7.40
am, and Burlington at $50 a. M, for Rouscs
Point
Night Express leaves Bellows Falls at 1000 p,
m, receiving passengers from Vermont Valley
Railroad. leaving New York at 12.15 p. m. and
from Cheshire Railroad, leaving Boston at $50
p. m. connecting at White River Junction with
train leaving Boston at $50 p. M, arriving at
Burlington at $40 a. M, Ronse's Point at 7.05 a.
m, Montreal at 9l5 n. m, and at OgdensburgiI
at 1890 p. m. The Mail Train South and Ex-
press Train North connect with Passumpsic
Road.
Sleeping cars are attached to both the night
Express trains running between Houses Poins
and Boston, and Rouses Point and Springfield.
Through tickets for Chicago and the West for
sale at the principal stations.
st. Adams, July %, 1864 q. MERRILL, Sup