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WooDsFIELD MONROE COUNTY. OHIO APRIL 10, 1865.

"Mr. Conductor, couldn't you let her
slide a little faster I'm in pursuit of
an unfortunate daughter who has eloped. 7"
Conductor" She's sliding now as fast
as she ever slid.'' asr4
Still the old man walked to and fro on
the car, for he was restless and rothy.
CHAPTER VII
The train which bro Deacon Brown
had taken arrived atthe bridge of Mag
ara. He was there likewise. But where
was Rebecky She had crossed the
bridge and was gone-alas, gone forever
more.
(NoTE.-The reader should here step
and feel bad.)
x X * X
a SEQUEL.
About short year after that eventful
morning, (Which was but few weeks
ago. as Deacon Brown was emerging
from his front hall door, he saw basket
setting in his door,. It had something
in it; and as he raised it up he seen
something squeal. He hurried with the
basket to his wife, who hadn't got through
signing for her lost daughter Rebecky.
She raised the kiver, and exclaimed:
Lord bless me if it amt baby !
and a niger one, too, at thatp'
" Some scoundrel of nigger has been
playing me nice trick, indeed" said
Old Brown, at the highest pitch of mad.
& And here is a. note, as / live, ad-
dressed to you," said the cid woman, and
she tore it open and hastily perused its
contents, for she had an, instinct what
was up, to-wit: .aa1g6r "a 49,. ~
&" CANADA HAST, &c.
" Dear Father Accompanying this
you will find your only grandchild. Ac-
cording to your teaching I eloped with
and married an African. You know the
one. He lived with me but fortnight,
taking with him the money you told me
was mine on my wedding day Ny shame
prevented me from returning home. I
am now living with white gentleman
but he would not own my child; so
thought I would send it to you, as you
will want an heiressl for your property.
| have named it Misgene Heiress. will
never return. k
Hoping that mother is in heaven,
am your lost daughter.
f REBEccA."
Upon looking at his grandchild, Old
Brown spasmed. The old woman, who
had better grit, said it served him right;
be had no business to. bring niggers
about the house where therewas a young
and innocent girl guessed he had enough
of niger now; and thinking of the fate
of the lost daughter, she swooned a swoen
also leaving the infant Misgene Heiress
to squeal out its squeal. hIa 5E
The author being near at hand, rushed
in and applied his patent Life-Sayer
to the throat of the unfortunate old man
which restored him to life in very few
minutes; but as soon as he'd see the ba
by he'd re-spasm and cry out "nigger
niger r 1t was slight case of g mig
ner on the BRAIN" 49, 96f
The old woman swooncd for. keeps
leaving the old man to nurse his owl
yaller grand baby, which concludes thi
sad and solemn story.
(Sioned1 @ A. HINES
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:
be- A correspondent in narrating Gen.
Sheridan's splendid achievement at Five
Forks, relates the following:
A Colonel with a shattered regiment
came down upon us in charge. The
bayonets were fixed the men came on
with yell: their gray uniforms seemed
black amid the smoke their preserved
colors, torn by grape and shell, waved
defantly; twice they halted, poured in
|volleys, but came on again like the surge
from the fog, depleted, but determined.
Yet in the. hot faces of the carbineers
they read a purpose as resolute, but more
calm and while they pressed along,
swept all the while by scathing volleys,
a group Of horsemen took them in the
flank. It was an awful instant; the hor-
ses recoiled; the charging column trem-
bled like single thing but at once the
rebels, with rare organization, fell into q
hollow square, and with solid sheet oi
steel defied our centaurs. The horsemen
rode around them in vain no charge
could break the shining squares, until
our dismounted carbineers poured in their
volleys afresh, making gaps in their spent
ranks, and then in their wavering time
| the cavalry Numbered down. The rebels
could stand no more they reeled and
swayed, and fell back broken and beaten
and on the ground their Colonel lay, seal
| ing his devotion with his life.
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q . { .
From the Register.]
PET Il OLA.
BY o. SHAW.

BY o. SHAW.
At midnight in his humble tent,
An oil man dreamt of that bright hour,
When grease, her course to heaven bent,
Should come forth at his power.
In dreams he saw around displayed
The trophies of his greasy trade,
In dreams he saw the oily tide
Roll swiftly down the mountains side, 3,
And saw it fill the valleys wide
With natures blessings fat:
: He saw his rivals calmly stare,
& To hear his name borne on the air
y As So and-so, the millionaire,
And hope for luck like that.
At midnight in the forest shades
The oil men camped; a motley band,
Some of them thrifty Yankee blades
From far off northern land;
had been rash;
There-had they sunk their wells and cash
There-had their prospects gone to smash
Upon former. day.
And now there breathed that tainty air,
A host who never had been there,
With luck Go try, and cash to spare,
As far, as much as they.
Some hours passed on; the oil man woke
And found his dream no idle joke.
He woke-to hear hisswatchman speak,
To hear his trenchmen round him shriek
One lasting yell that ne'er did cease
.Huzza ! it comes, the grease, the grease; ~
And grease spots falling thick and fast s. p
As rain drops from q mountain cloud,
And then with voice as trumpet loud
The oil man cheered them on:
Work-tilf every pore perspirss,
Work-tis strength my claim requires,
Work-rn yet defy the buyers 49,
Work or my profits gone. .a
They streve, how hard no tongue can tell;
They piled the barrels thick around,
They sought to stop the flowing we'll
And run the thing back in the ground.
They conquered; but the oil man fell
Into tank and drowned.
A few despending rivals near,
Who heard that morn his joyous cheer,
Now saw his carcass disappear
And heard his breathing cease;
They mourned his fate as very sad;
And all declared it .swas toe bad"
But cursed the foreign taste that had
Sepulchred him in grease.
Come to the hen-peeked husband--Death -
Come help the lawyer waste his breath,
Come to the topper when he feels
He's found that enemy that steals
Away his brains, and calmly thinks
His quotas filed of earthly drinks:
Come to the sailor in the storm.
The soldier in his uniform,
Com e-when the heart befts high and warn
Beside some sympathetic form,
And then we can but say at best
Thou art indeed fatal guest.
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"A SOLDIER SHoors Hrs WIFE.--Adol-
phus Smith, soldier, who returned to
his home in Philadelphia, from Wash
ington, on Sunday night got into an al
tercation. with his wife. the following
evening, and selling his musket, shot her
dead. ga
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-04-19

The latest personal anecdote Of Gen :
eral Grant is told of recent journey of
his in a railroad train, where he display
ed, as usual, none of the insignia of his
rank. A youthful book peddier travers-
ed the cars crying Life Of Gen. Grant
A mischieyous aid pointed to the Gener-
ais seat, suggesting to the boy that that
'man might ike a copy. Gen. Grant
turned over the pages of the book, and
casually asked, s'who is this all about2"
The boy, giving him a look of indigna-
tion, replied, "You must be darned
greeny not to know General Grant l''--
After this yolley the Lieutepant General
Of course surrendered and bought his, BIZ
ography.
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LATE STORM IN Missouri 2ST. Louis,
April 1.-The effects of the late storm In
this State have bean very severe. Near
" a thousand feet Of bridging on the Iron
Mountain Railroad have hbeen' carried
away. Immense land slides cover the.
track in several places, inyolvinga loss Of
ever 500, o,oo0. 1t will require month
to repair it. :. The Pacific Road also suf-
fered severely from land slides.
The loss to this county, by carrying
away scounty h<idges and innndating the
country, amounts. to over $4,000.
All tributaries of the Missouri River
are at food hight and immense damage,
probably, has been done along their
banks. The rivers, north and west from
here, are very high, and rising rapidly,
and a flood is anticipated.
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J0R PRINTING

Rxecutsd with neatness and dispatch at this
once and at reasonable prices.
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But to the oil man when his shaft
Has pierced the sombre shades below,
And there comes forth a solid draught,
A clear. substantial, oily flow;
When gold by thousands he can see,
And thinks of amiliions yet to be,''
When then theu comest with aspect grim
From off thy dark and dreary shore,
To bring thy message unto him,
Then--then--thy call is doubly sore.
Petrolia! as founding walf
Grease fathered in your childhood's days,
Posterity can ne'er decide
To curse thee or to praise,
The wwho haply win thy smile
Shall hold thee up to fame,
While thousands who do not astrike ile''
Will surely damn thy name,
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CHAPTER II.

Deacon Brown had only one children,
and she was an only daughter-16 years
old, IL hands high and black hair: Her
form was mouldy in the strictest sense of
the word, and she had gait as fau!tless
as that of the Greek Slave. Her name
was Rebecly. She was called after old
Rebecky in the Bible, which accounts for
her being of that name. ias1c
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Old Brown had already made piles Of
greenbacks, and often would he take these
from the drawer and proudly shake them
under the beautiful nostrils of his darl.
ing Rcbecky, saying .
"These are for thou, my kitting. al
thy wedding portion, one of those bright
days T. lsts8 I.
q All mine2n gasped Rebecky.
All thine," spoke the father, as hs
carefully put the pile backinto its hiding
place. s..a - @
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-28

SINGULAR STATE OF AFFAIRS IN MA
RIoN, WEST VIRGINIA. letter to the
Wheeling Register details a singular
state Of affairs as having recently ex-
listed i'll Marion County, West Virginia.
The sum of the statement is that a
man named Henry Nay has for some
time past had a regularly organized
government in Marion, independent
OF the Government oi West Virginia {;
that this government passed laws, is
sued proclamations, and enforced it's
edicts with the bayonet arrested and
imp ;soned alleged offenders, and ex-
torted from four to FIVE thousand dol
lars from citizens to indemnify the
members of the so-called government
for alleged robberies. Recently Nay,
having reason to believe that he could
not much longer maintain his usurp-
ed position, attempted to fee to the
far West, with some four thousand
dal1ars of his ill-gotten fruits of Office.
He was arrested at Littleton, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, but
while being brought back to Fairmont
jumped from the train and escaped.
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For District judge.

The friends Of W. B. JOHNSTON, ESQ,
who has 50 efficiently filed the office of Ma-
sistrate for the District of R:chlan,l, re-
spectfallv recommend him to the Lesisla-
ture as a suitable gentleman to ill the new
Office created by the State Convention. He
IS we'll known throughout the State, and
;or the past eigh. months has filled a JUDI
cial station with the utmcs; satisfaction to
all parties. MEMBERS OF THE BAR.
Oct %
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ENGLAND AND THE REv1yA1 OF

ENGLAND AND THE REVIVAL OF
SOUTHERN TRADE.-The rapid revival
of trade with the South stimulates
the manufacturing districts of Eng
land to renewed activity. The Lon
don Daily Neers, of the Sd instant.
says:
''The accounts from our manufac-
turing districts show that the expected
revival of the trade with the United
States has begun there in earnest.
At Manchester an enormous business
IS being done, both for yarns and
cloth. Goods are wanted at once,
proposals for the execution of orders
IN a few weeks being received with
extreme impatience by shippers, who
prefer to buy available goods at
a considerable advance rather than
lose the opportunities of an excited
market"
The Nens quotes from American
journals to shcw how the Southern
trade has grown since the war ended,
and adds these remarks:
''Nor is it only a revival of old
relations that is now taking place; for
the first time within these thirty
years the South, no longer having a
peculiar institution" to screen and
defend, dares to treat the North as
one country with itself, and invite its
citizens to come with the energy and
capital which are SO much needed
there. All the more enterprising of
the Southern States are calling for the
advent of Northern men. The civil
authorities and the journalists Of Viz
ginia, North and South Carolina.
Georgia, Alabama. Tennessee, Ken
tucky and Missouri earnestly invite
immigration to their respective States;
setting forth at length the extraordi-
nary Inducements which the ''new
order of things" in those regions,
presents to industrious and thrifty
people. By many of the vessels leav-
ing New York for points on the South
ern seaboard, as also by inland modes
OF conveyance, enterprising artisans,
mechanics and laborers leave the
North in considerable numbers, III
quest Of the employment and fortune
which are SO enthusiastically promised
them. There is nothing, since Lees
surrender, which more strikingly de-
monstrates the magnitude of the re-
volution which has passed over the
public than this flow Of immigration
into States which very lately were
practically closed to the free enigrant "
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ARREST OF GENERAL ORTEGA IN
New YORK. An interesting case in
connection with Mexican matters,
and growing out of the Mexican eri-
grafton excitement Of last spring, was
yesterday before Judge Moncrief, o.
the Superior Court in this city, at
chambers. G "ral Ortega, who is
Chief Justice the Supreme Court
OF Mexico and Vice President of the
Republic, and who, by the expiration
OF the term of President Juarez, will
become President next month, arriv-
ed IN this country in April last, where
he has since remained, principally in
this city. Some days ago he was ar
rested and admitted to bail in the
sum of seven thousand dollars, on the
complaint Of Col William II. Allen,
who figured in connection with the
recruiting and emigration movement.
and who alleges that he was employ
ed by the General to superintend the
whole matter, on the promise that all
expenses would be paid. Now, Allen
states, after he has recruited a large
number of men for Mexico, and in
CURED debts amounting to nearly
seven thousand dollars, Gen. Ortega
refuses to cash the bills or to have
anything to do with the recruits.
The action yesterday vas on motion
to show cause why the order of arrest
should not be vacated. The Generals
response to Aliens allegations is a
complete denial. He says that he
never gave the latter the slightest au-
thority for engaging in this business,
which was commenced before he had
ever seen Allen, and which he charac-
terized as foolish and calculated to
lead only to failure. He also states
that he was shocked when he learned
that it was in progress, and that he
believes the present proceedings are
designed merely to extort money
from him. The case has been ad-
journed over to the 9th instant.
Ne,c Yorl; Herald, 1871.
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report, the cotton market has been dull
and declining, but day there has been
reaction, and good demand at advancing
rates. We quote middlings at Sc, with
small sales-factors holding for higher
prices.
NEw YORK, October 25-Cotton firm. at
2SGG59e. for siddlins. Flour unchanged.
Wheat advancing, and trmcr. Corn, beef
and pork steady. Lard heavy. Whiskcy
frmer
WILMINGTON, October Safes Of 200
bbls. tar, at 1913; 80 bbls. crude turpen-
tine, at $3.50. $40 bbls. repackcd rosin
We're disposed of. at S4.5CM5 25; and 200
bbls. Nos. and ,, (brakon.) at $3.50 No
sales of cotton.
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Fs'nits"e, C,ocse'y, Horse Rockouay. dc.
BY A. R. Phillips.
THIS Saturday MORNING, 2sth inst, at
10 O'Clock, l will sell. at my Auction Room,
Bedelps Building, s,lndry articles Of Fur,
nitrre, consisting Of
Mahogany Hair-Seat Chairs, perfectly
new.
Mahogany Breakfast Tables and Wash
stands.
Mahogany Bureau, Wood-Seat Chairs.
| Double Spring Mattress.
Bedsteads, Lot India Mating. &c.
Celestial and l Terrestrial Globe. large
size, suitable for College.
handsome French China Dinner Set.
and many other articles Of Crockery.
! medium Chest, large Copper Boiler.
Straw Cutters, pr. Mill Stones.
70 vols. Books, among them are Barnes
Notes on the Epistles, vols.
l Grover n Bakers Sewing Machine. new.
fine Saddle and Harness Nag, 5 wears
old. perfectly gentle.
Rochaway and Harness.
6-barre, Navy Revolver
Gold Detached Lever Watch.
double case.
bbls. Family Flour
coils Hemp Rope.
And many other articles as usual
\. L. JHlimitcd articles received until q
o ~ cloc!> on Gay ol sale Oct e 2
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PROGRESS OF GRANTING PARDoSs\

PROGRESS OF GRANTING P4RDoSsA
The New York. NescS, Of the 17th,
says ga notice has been attached to
the door at the foot of the staircase,
leading to the Executive Department,
announcing that AL pardons in this
Office will be signed shortly and sent
to the State Department.. The effect
has been to lessen the crowd at the
Presidents House and increase it at
the State Department. The clerk at
the latter place formerly kept open
door, but he now has it closed, with
the warming posted in large letters ::
No admission
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A Couple of Gentlemen

A TTENDING the Legislature, or Lady
N and Gentleman, or couple of Young
Men, can be very comfortably accommo,
dated with BOARD and LODGING, at West
end Of Lumber street. four squares and
a-half from Main street, in the vicinity of
the Arsenal. For farther particulars. IN
quire at the Office Of the Picnic. Oct %
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Fer Congress.

De, r. {. GRIFFIN. Of Edsctield, is an
nounceI As a candidate for CONGRESS from,
the Third Congressional District, composed
OF the Districts of A5bev;llc, Edsefold,
Newperry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
and Orangeburg. Oct % ~
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Treasurer's Office

Treasurer's Office.
pERSONS having business in my ofiice,
Il Will find ME, between the hours OF s
a. M. and , p. M, in the Office of William
R. HUNT, Secretary Of State, one door East
OF the Post Office, in the College Campus.
NM. HOOD,
Oct g Treasurer Upper Division.
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The Tribune's Paris letter of the
9th instant says that the deaths from
cholera in Paris are said to be two
hundred per day. There has been &c
rain since August 18th, and there is
great scarcity Of water.
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by Te1ezraph.
Affairs in Ohio.

CIScINNAT1, October 25.-The colored
ssaadianspciis, yesterday, one hundred and
fifty delegates present.
A convention Of grain dealers of the
western markets was held on the 22d, to
break down the excessive rates now charged
on grain shipments East.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-28

The Senate of the Tennessee Lee
gislature passed, by one majority, q
bill providing for the admission of
negro testimony Il the civil courts OF
that State.
The business of New Orleans has
increased thirty-three per cent. over
what it was on the past August. There
are not enough clerks in the custom
house to do the business.
"Duke" Gwin passed Vicksburg on
the 18th, under guard, en route for
Washington.
Hon, r. NJ T. Hunter had an in
terview with President Johnson on
Saturday.
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SHIP NEWS.
MARRIED,

II this city, on the evening of 2.th inst.
by the Rev. L. P. O'Conncl, HENRY D.
PElLLlPS. OF Sumter, S. c., 20 Miss MARY
OBRIEN. of Charleston, $. G.
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T. J. NOISE g. CO..
T. J. NOISE. 7. Fl NOSES
Commission Merchants

ss ~ ~ wv,
T. J. NOISE. J.H. MOSES.
Commission Merchants,
No: 100 WATER STREET, NEW YORK.
HNHE SUBSCRIBER, date Of the frm of
Il L. j. x G. II. Noise & Co., Charleston
5: CO. has formed q copartnership, as
above, for the purpose Of conducting a
GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS in
the city OF New York
His Firm will be prepared to make the
usual advances upon Cotton, Naval Stores,
and Produce generally.
A long experience in buying, and a tho
rough knowledge of the New York market
will enable him to offer, with confidence
scription Of goods.
AL orders, whether large or small, will
receive prompt and faithful attention
Freight arrangements will be made. and
every advantage secured which will CON
duco to the interest of those who fayor
him with their business. y. NOISE
REFERENCES:
Geo. W. Williams 81 Co., Charleston.
John Cheesborough, Cashier Bank Of
Charleston, Charleston,
Thos. Branch Il Sons, Petersburg.
W. II. Stark, Savannah.
Muller Sem, Columbia
Sturges, Bennett Il Co., New York.
". z. Meeke-, Cashier Bank New FORK
New York.
J. 3. Wilson, Richmond.
Wilcox Il Hand, Augusta
James Seymour, Macon. Oct % swG
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The President granted sixteen par
dons, on Saturday, to Virginians.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-24
olarksvills and I'll Trade.

II Is growing daily more apparent that the pros
perty Of Clarksviile Is only question Of time. It
Is only few months since the incubus of restricted
trade paralyzed the efforts Of the business commu-
nity. In the brief period which has elapsed since
its removal a new life and energy have character
lied our population. Business houses have been
newly painted and re6tted, presenting more
business-like aud attractive appearance. Our
Warehouses are being rcopeued for the Tobacco
trade, and for receiving and forwarding all kinds
goods and produce. The Wholesale Grocery busi-
ness is receiving, to some extent the attention its
Importance demands. With the prospect now, Of
an early rise in the river, we may look for much
greater activity in this most valuable trade.
In no department Of trade, however have we
witnessed so much energy, as in the Staple and
Fancy Dry Goods business This formed perma-
nent feature IN the trade Of GAINESVILLE before the
war, and we arc glad to be able to chronicle the
fact that it is now rapidly increasing. In the
hands Of shrewd business men, with large capital,
long experience, and thorough knowledge Of the
wants Of the community, we can safely predict for
them a success commensurate with their efforts 10
secure the valuable trade which once belonged to
Clarksville II is very gratifying to those interes
ted in the general prosperity, to them, at this
juucture, alive to the Importance of presenting the
strongest inducements to the old friends and Gus
toners to return for their supplies. There is no
reason why our merchants should not offer goods
on terms equally favorable with those offered in the
larger markets; and we believe they are doing SO.
If our readers incredulous refer them to our
ished their reputation, and we can confidently and
safely commend them to the public. They are
constantly replenshing their stocks from the cas-
tern cities by orders and direct purchases and per-
sons may rely upon finding good stocks and latest
styles, at all times.