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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08


THREE remarkable widows are living
in New York. The firstis Mrs. John j.
Crittenden, tall, handsome, and stately,
in splendid health, and always magnifi-
Gently dressed. The second is Mrs.
Daniel Webster, not so well preserved,
nor 50 young, but still noticeable la
dy. The last is Mrs. Maior-General
Philip Kearney, a magnificent woman
in respect to appearance, with much
natural beauty and a good deal more
that Is artificial. General Rearney, it
will be remembered; left two widows
each of whom was designated in his will
as his wife. This was his second wife.
formerly Miss Maxwell, daughter OF
Hon. Hugh Maxwell, n former Collec-
tor Of New York, and distinguished
merchant. The first Mrs. Kearney was
Diana Cuthbert Bullitt, of Loufsyille.
Kentucky, sister of the present Collec.
tor OF the port of New Orleans, and an
estimable lady. While she was still
nV1ng, kearney saw and admired Miss
Maxwell, and she admired him. The
two went to Europe together, and, after
being gone about year, during which
suit OF divorce from the first Mrs.
kearneY was prosecuted and obtained
Dy some means, returned and were mar
rted. When kearney was killed, his
estate was len to his second wife, with
q provision of $50, 900 to Mrs. Rearney,
nee Bullitt, and the same sum to each of
her children. Mrs. Kearney, nee Max
well, Is living there in fine style. She
Is said to be very charitable, and takes
great interest in the welfare of soldiers
and their families. She is q beautiful
woman still, and much eourted and
aFmfrad
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

The Springfield Mass Republican
says that at late local convention all
the churches of the Unitarian denomi-
nation in nthe Connecticut river valley,
were represented. The statements of
the results of the action organized by
the national Unitarian conference in.
New York last spring, were quite re-
markable. That convention, as the be-
ginning of broad and aggressive and
missionary movement, voted that one
hundred thousand dollars should be
raised yearly for general missionary
purposes; that one hundred thousand
dollars besides should be raised at once
to secure the control of Antioch Col
lege, Ohio; that the two theological
schools Of the denomination, at Cam
bridge and rMeadville, Pa, should be
especially fostered; and that a new and
broader religious journal, to be called
the Liberal Christian, should be estab-
lished. rTs flrlz- 3 Ff
"The one hundred thousand dollars
for Antioch College were raised within
two months, and that institution is now
under Unitarian management, with
nearly two hundred students and ten
professors. A special and more private
effort to secure another hundred thous-
and dollars for the further endowment
of the institution is in a promising DO
sition. The first years missionary
fund was carried up to Sll0, 900, and has
been one-half expended in aid of
churches east and west, in publications
for the soldiers in the army, and in
supporting missionaries in India and
in the western states. The whole sum
is wanted for the purposes of the year
ending next spring; and between now
and then, II is proposed to raise the Sec
ond hundred thousand for the next
year. To stimulate the churches of the
-Connecticut valley to their share in this
subscription, which is about two thous-
and dollars, was a main object of the
meeting; and a committee was APP
pointed to apportion and secure the
sum. s
"Mr. Hale stated, that since the Ma
tional Convention twenty-nine addi-
tional societies had been added to the
list of the Unitarian denomination in
the country. The plan of establishing
a new paper had not been carried out !:
but the two present organs of the de-
nomination, the Christian INQUIRER at
New York and the Re1isteT- at Boston,
had gained new and rich elements OF
power and usefulness, and their circu-
lation was likely to greatly increase,
in correspondence with their merits.
The Ct7IStiun Register had been pur-
chased of Mr.. Reed, its publisher for
forty years, by an association of some
thirty gentlemen, who intended to
make 1t something more than Uni
tartan weekly paper-a first class New
England journal of literature, religion,
education, morals, art and science. The
Christian Examiner, the more stately
periodical representative of the Uni
tarians, was to be removed to New
York, and with large capital and the
editorial supervision of DR.. Bellows, it
would widen and popularize its char,
acter and achieve position of moro
influence.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08
AnAu1hor.n nnnrhtnr.-

The following story is told of Profess
sor Wilson's method of giving his
daughter to Aytoun:
Professor Ferrior married a daugh-
ter of John Wilson, and edited the col
lected edition of his father-in-law's
works. It is of his brother professor,
Aytoun, who stood in the same reln1
ton to "Christophsr North" that a
story is told relative 10 a successful
issue of his courtship. He took oppor-
tunity Of declaring his intentionsh one
morning when North was in his study,
accompanied by the young lady. As
soon as he finished his explanation,
whose purport the reader may conceive,
result, Professor Wilson saying moth
ing. took up one of the numerous pre-
sentation volumes lying around and
tearing out n hy-leaf with the incription
with the authors complimentary ~ pin
neditto his daughters dress and handed
her to young Aytoun without word.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08
A spiritual Humbue Exposed.

Miss Jordan, female "medium," of
Indiana, who has been humbugging
the people for the last fourteen years,
with pretended spiritualistic pheno-
mena, came to grief in Richmond last
week. A committee of citizens attend
ed number of her sittings, and sue
ceeded in exposing the deception. a
report published in the Telegram gives
the following account OF the denoue-
ment:
At the eighth sitting on Thursday
evening, the exhibition went on as
usual, but while Samson was COM
municating through the dial DR.. Hib-
berd suddenly jerked the table away
from Miss Jordan, exposing a foot re-
ceding rapidly under Miss Jordan's
crinoline, and leaving a lady's loose
gaiter under the table, which DR., Weist
picked up.
We demanded to see the foot of Miss
Jordan; she presented the left one; we
demanded the right one; she emphati-
cally refused to show it; we asked why?
she replied, because do not want tor
We repeated our demand several times
and she as often peremptorily refused.
Finally, however, she yielded and ex-
htbited her right foot, with the stocking
only covering it. At the suggestion OF
Mr.. Wilson close examination was
made by Mrs. Haines and DIR, Weist
of the stocking on her foot, and the
seam on the outside was found ripped
open to an extent that allowed the
stocking to slip back over the great toe
and foot to any extent.
Miss Jordon told us, before leaving
the room, that she could not deny that
the spirits had used her foot in making
these manifestations, but that it was
without her volition or knowledge, and
that the first intimatiOn she ever had of
the fact, was when we drew away the
table and exposed the affair. We asked
her to tell us, If this was true, why she
SO persistently refused to show her
right foot when at first so earnestly
called fort She did not answer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

AT Sabbath school meeting in New
Hampshire, the history of Samson was
the subject of examination. "what
foolish thing did Samson dor" was one
of the questions put. A little one re-
plied:-"He went down among the
Phillistines and got wife,"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

The following is the verbatim report
c,5a..p OF speech delivered at a religious
deacon. 1t is a queer combination of
terms, certainly: "My female brethren;
it is of the most in-f-night-est impor-
tance that we should all be clothed in
white remnantsPn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08


The Latest Paris NoTeI.-Very Frinehy,
The subjoined is from the Paris cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Pub
lishers'l cTrculGT: 10 tet ga
NJ. Edmond About is working on a
mover OF which this-an incident of real
life here-is the theme: A young man
of enormous wealth is extremely in
love with a young girl, but he cannot
marry her, SO great is the disparity be-
tween their social positions. He goes
to school fellow who is very Door.
ignorant Of the world, and absorbed by
q love OF chemistry, which is to some
uestee Platonic love in consequence
oi MS poverty and he says TO him:
You care for nothing on earth but
chennstryi now IL you will agree to my
proposition, will give YOU monev
enough to enable you to devote yonr
whole time and attention to your favor
ite study.
This is my proposition: Ask Mile.
- in marriage; she viii not refuse
youi have arranged all that with her.
Amer marriage you will both take up
your residence with me, and you wifi
be the nominal, will be the real hns-
oand. The poor student accept
ed that proposition. The two lovers
launched tbsfr bark in the sea of pleas
ure without giving a thought TO the
poor fellow whose ignoble connivance
they purchased, who, absorbed in his
science, gave nothought to them. They,
by degrees, ran through his estate, and
when poverty came the woman dis
covered that her lover was a giddy and
heartless fellow. All this time the
chemist has labored; he has made dis
coNeries which have brought him
wealth He has looked around him,
admires his wife, falls in love with her,
ana when, one day, the last cent of her
lovers estate had beenspent, she comes
to him for bread; he feeds her, her
children, and her lover, and becomes
in reality her husband.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

Ohio Is the only State that came out
OF the war with a reduction or its State
debt Its debt is now 1880, ,75l; in
ls6O It was 81, 20, ,283. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

A wag in Appleton, Wis, supplied a
farmer with four quarts of Hungarian
grass seed last spring, from which the
farmer this summer raised about seven
teen million comely "MulIen stalks" /"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08
Moro Post ONCE RObbery.-!Fhieves
Caught in Baltimore.


Postofice robberies are again becom-
ing frequent. The Baltimore CONNER
ciGJ has the following account of arrests
in that city:
"On the 18th of November, one of the
workmen engaged in the establishment
ofJameS Clark d Co., near the CITY ward.
on the south side of the basin, observed
man, at an early hour ofthe morning,
throw into the water u couple of pack
ages, and then retire. Regarding his
movements with some curiosity, the
workmen proceeded to the spot, and no.
ticed several letters floating about. The
TACT was at once communicated to the
postoftice authorities. A special agent
ofthe Postoffice Department., Mr.. Kim
ball, happening to call at the postoffice
at the time OF the receipt of the note,
was ut once despatched to the place, and
succeeded in recovering about one
hunured letters.
"For some months previous, and even
as for back ns May last, complaints had
been made to Postmaster Purnell bv
Assistant-Postm Thorp, of the nom
receipt of letters which were known to
have been mailed from various points
to this city. Mr.. Thorp had taken MEM
ornndums of all such complaints, and
the matter had been receiving the at
tention of the proper authorities with a
hleW VI uSCeIlululLS Tie cause III was
finally and pretty conclusively settled
that somebody in the Office here had
been stealing letters, yet, notwithstand-
ing the constant surveillance maintain
ed in the establishment, suspicion could
not be attached to any one as the thief,
"SuspiCion soon pointed to a carrier
named John Sturgis, and on Wednes-
day last he was taken into custody, and
charged with robbing the mail. Atfirst
he stoutly denied the charge, but upon
proceeding to search his residence, about
ghteenhundred dollars-two hundred
and fifty in gold, and the remainder in
treasury nOteS-were found hidden
away in bed. His financial circum-
stances We're SO well known that the
bare fact of his being in the possession
of such a sum of money was regarded
as strong point against him, vet he en-
deavored to explain that he had amass
ed it by speculations in gold. He was
pressed so closely, however, by the off,
GERS of the department., that he finally
confessed that he had purloined a num-,
Der of letters, from which he had OBJ
tanned money. Hewas then committed
to jail, and will have an examina-
ton before the United States Com
missioner.
"Sturgls is about twenty-four wears
of age. He was not regularly ap-
pointed letter carrier, but was Cleputv
of Mr.. Shanamann, the regular carrieT
and assisted him in serving his route.-
he had previously borne a good char
acter, and his family are overwhelmed
mi h NEakn1a =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08
4rtt @uuds.

We have Just opened large stock of
Dress Goods,
NEW AND DESIRABLE.
Comprising many rich ~
ress sulrs, Merinoa, Repps, An wool De
Lains, Black and Colored Alpacas,
Thibet Cloths, Poplins, GInghams,
De Lains, Prints. &c, &c.
lso, Cloal1s and Cloaking Cloths, All Wool
shawls, Long and Square, Small Wool
shawls, Black shawls, &c, &c.
rown and Bleached AIuslins, 81 and lO-I
Cotton sheetings, Linen Table Cloths,
Table Damasls, Napkins, Towels,
Wool Blankets, &C., DC.
We have large stock of Kid, SILK and Sreri-
no Gloves.
Ladies' Silk, Merino and Cotton Hose,
embroidered Collars, Insertings, Hoop Skirts,
Bruners' Balmoral Skirts, French
Corsets, best make.
Flannels and Caskimers for Boyswear, DC.
rgest lot of FURs In the city Just opened
Ladies' are especially invited to call and
ook over our Stock of Goods
THOMAS, STURGEON & CO.,
Successors to
W. B. sENsENEY d co.
epl2 s'.. rH
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08
.CCOMODATTON Tram

WINTER SCHEDULE. ~
DASSENGER TRAINS WILL, RIM nv
the following schedule on and after Dec.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

"Sturg1s is about twenty-four years
of age. He was not a regularly ap-
pointed letter carrier, but was a deputy
of Mr.. Shanamann, the regular carrier.
and assisted him in serving his route
He had previously borne a good char
aeter, and his family are overwhelmed
with shame at this transgression."
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1ranspnrtattun.
BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. Comply

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-08

OFFICE BAIr. & ONO r. RA11RoApCo !
WHEELING Dec. 3, 1875. I
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20

,r,, s~,.,h ,.o,,1 ortI,or;za
''g =, 0,, G,,,' of Ir+;, the F,;ro S,tc Of
,i, g .',I, 49,, ,ro Cnr,ritn;;oraI amendment in
rc,r, tn s,'yo,., rnnIrrs the ro>;;ion of An
,S2.,, 1,,I,xs,x ininrrona}e. He lis c,rricd his
,,,'int Al IKE Soatlcrn States will follow the
lad or y;r.i,,;a North and South Carolina,
(:rny,i, &c.
Tie New York Tines had supported, until
Thursday last, the supposed ycws Of the Pre>i-
Ica, in favor Gr Tie admission Of members from
he States h,yiv, bat no LONGER, aNclatcd, but
That d,y is tone was changc,l-a fact which sig
,;G.d ~ H., }irofI;l u,.lrrarion here the fut!y
o; any raI;.; for their aIniiion THE loui~ia;ra
rlc,,,i,,,: cruot new here, do not intend 20 pres
for ,dni>s;an Int have little doubt OF ultimate
roroc,.;,ion
r,, r,osS,,o si,e th, Trrvrc~cy DAVIS will
ccrt,irIy he irnro}it 10 trial bc!o~, Il Civil Court,
a,5, sI,,.;,1 !y : ,..,,ore,; in relation to the
|.r3;r,, RI fir,n;t joart Of fine United States,
soas - or,y;,,.. anv obstacle TO trial. One o5-
irrt Of such trial. the message SAYS, X to ''Sct-
-, 1ln oYcstion iu1jciallv. finally and forever,
th9t 70 Et,tc ofi.s own WILL has the right to
rrro,,nrc lis rI,cc in the Unfol:."
J. has h,.n,, ro,,ay.,rl ErYcrion. in some quar-
.crs ,hat thc f,rt hciu,. submitted that there was
~ wv, 711rsI;on to he settled as
10 the riuL, Of States TO scccGe, there is no trra-
60, in tie case.
The Presidents Ncszarc is anprovcd by all
moderate and sensible men. Some persons cx-
nc,.trd him 10 frbt "vinln.ils' on the iionroc
doctrine some thoYcht he would ally himself
with TIE Fruians, in favor Of the :'Rcpublic Of
Ireland :" and Others that he would resign lis
Office IN ,udrcon. unless the restoration Of the
Sonrh ebonId hn imme,'iatcfv comp]cted by the
admission Of AL Southern members elect.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20
From Washington.
WASHINGTON. December

WASHINGTON, DeceHNcr +, 1919.
The Virginia delegation met this morning,
and after some conference upon the state OF
things, determined to 60 quietly home. They
we're induced to adopt this course parity by the
advise, or rather by the views, Of the Republican
press for they had no disposition 10 show what
the New York Times calls "an indecent haste
to take their seats. Their credentials have en-
placed in the hands Of the Clerk, and, will he
referred, with other papers on the subject, TO the
Select Joint Committee.
Mr. CoLFAx's election as Speaker was hailed
with tremendous cheering. His address on ia
king the cheer is published. He expresses a
hone that the vacant and once abandoned seats
around him will be gradually filing up until the
Hall contains representatives from every State
and District-their hearts devoted to the Union,
&c. 1t is probable that the process Of filling up
will be gradual.
The expected Bill providing for the extension
of the right Of suffrage to the freedmen OF this
District was introduced into the Senate, and will
doubtless be enacted as law. The people CT
the District will demonstrate against it and i'll
woke the Presidents veto The BIZ may be re-
turned with the Presidents objections, but 1t
would still pass by two thirds vote Of both
Houses-it being intended to make this District
the field for the great experiment.
1t has been urged that sever constitutional
amendments, should be secured before the Sou
thern representatives shall be restored. After
The admission of the Southern members the con-
BerYative element Of the North will show itself.
The Commissioner of the Curr r,lCy estnA, IS
the crop Of cotton for the present year at two
million and half bales, which, with tax Of ten
cents pound will yield revenue Of one hun
dred and twenty-five millions Of dollars. This
tax, it is argued, would fall on the consumer.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20
Legislative.

By Mr. Townes-A bill to protect the proper
ty of married women from debt, contracts and
liabilities Of the husband, and 10 secure their
separate estates IN the same.
Mr. j. II. Williams-A bill to amend an Act
entitled can Act to lend the name and credit Of
the States TO the GrecnvilIe and Columbia Rail-
road Company, in the re-adiusment Of their
debt" and to partially release The lien Of the
State on the property Of the said company.
The special order-a bill to regulate the col
lection Of debts in this State, bill to amend the
law known as the Stay law, and bill to extend
relief 70 debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice OF
property at paclic salcs-were discussed, amend
ed and made the special order for Monday.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20

MILLEnGEv1LLE, December II, 1865.
Tie Georgia State Senate passed Bill rc;:;la-
thug contracts between masters and servants.
Contracts for over one month must be in writing
work hours to be from sunrise to sunset; the
servants to be responsible for damage to the
property Of their employers wages to be forfeit
ed bv>leaving the employer mry discharge SER
wants for disobcdicnce, drunkenness, immortality,
want Of respect, leaving his service, cnticinS
servants away miSdemeanor to be punishable by
a fine offve hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for four months
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20
AUGUSTA. December 9.-The c

AUGUSTA, December 9.-The cotton market
quiet, Yesterday, no transactions OF importance
to note Prices about the same. The demand
for gold was moderate, and tkerc are large lots
on the market. Brokers buying at II and sell
ing at 4S. In the produce market, beef, Sc;
butter, 35 10 chickens, 80 60 pair; corn,
1.4O ducks, LOO pair; eggs, 50; iodder > -;
geese, $50 pair hay, 900; mutton, 2.25 a
head sweet potatoes, IS; pork, -; peas, %;
pork sausagcs, So turkeys $50 pair. The
market is we'll stocked, and the continued arrival
OF country produce must cause downward ten
dcncv.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-12-20
Con1nnaTcial.

Nrw YORK December Sc P. M.-Thc gold
market has been heavy under the effect of large
sales on Wednesday and this morning by the
>ub-Treasury These arc evidently made in
preparation for the half years interest "on three
hundred millions of seven thirty notes due Oh
the 18th instant The interest to he di>burscd
amounts to $l0, 100000. The opening price was
l464, followed by decline to l45S and a re-
covcry to l45!@l46, at which the market closed.
Cash cold continues abundant, and SCI per cent
is paid for carrying it.
CorroH. Receipts, 5,SG5 bales. The market
was dull, irregular and lower, as shown by our
annexed quotations. The sales embraced l,57o
bales, part reported at so cents for strictly New
Orleans Middlngs, but mostly at our quotations,
as follows
Upland. Florida. 1NoJ7c. y. O. d 7.
Ordinary. .....35 50 80 81
MddIng. .....4S 4S ~ ~
CmicAGo December S.-Flour dull. Wheat
unsettled and irregular; sales at Sl.l5@l9lI for
No. |, closing with a few buyers at outside fig
urcs; S50S7 cents for No. .. Corn quiet at 425a
cents for No. l, ard 20 cents for No. =. Oats
are quiet at 25!026 cents. High Wines are dull
and lower, at 81 lSW220. Provisions are very
dull. Mess Pork is nominal at S26.5o@27.
Hogs, receipts light market quiet and prices firm
at 9!019$ for heavy.
MILWAUKEE, December S.-Flcur dull. Whea:
active and irregular, closing at about Sl.2O7.
Corn dull. Oats have declined cent.
WILMINGTON, Dec. 9-G ?. M.-COtton.-Ao
sales.
SPIRITS TrRrHNr1NE-Nc quote sales Of 20
casks Spirits TWpentinc at 90 cents tor WHITE
usual deductions for cOorcd.
CRUDE TuRPENTINE-Salcs Of 40 bbis. Crude
Turpeutine at s. A decline Of % cents.
RoSIH.-We quote sales of 70 bbls Common
at So, 4GO bblS ditto at $5M5.20 and 234 bblS.
low grade No. to strictly No. at S6.S73, tale
bills.
TAr.-salcs Of 204 Jbls. at $2.75. a decline
Of ~ cents.
TIxpER.-salcs offs RATS timber at SIS for
good MILL $l025 for inferior and $ll.15 for
ordinary.
HAMbvnG, December 9.-Cotton-Firm 2o@27
in gold; and from 30 SO! in currency.
ATLANTA, December S.-Cotton is selling to-
day at 3S ~ cents.
RoME, December 9-Cotton quotations arc at
from 80 81 cents.
LAGRANGE December S.-Cotton is selling at
from 50 80 cents. per pound.
CoLUMBUs, December S.-But little doing in
cotton. Sales at IS cents.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, December fiction
market dull. Sales at 40 cents.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 7.-Cotton Flat.
Receipts small. Buyers firm, IS 40 cents.
NEw York, December ll.-Cotton dull at II a
- cents. Naval Stores dull. Gold l4544-
NEw YORK, December l3.-The cotton market
is dull. The sales Yesterday amounted to four
teen hundred bales, at II IS cents. Naval
Stores arc dull. Gold I445.
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%GSS

ExTRAyAGASr.-Thc wife of Maximilian, of
Mexico, recently reviewed the N ,xcan troops
in a carriage that cost $4,000. 1t was con-
structed entirely of glass and silver, and the in
side was lined with white satin and gold lace.
1t is believed that Col. ChiI1s will purchase
the Columbia Canal. He proposes to so into
manufacturing Oh al extensive scale.
Randall Uunt is elected Senator from Louisiana.
G. w. Gale, who offered $ICo,0oo for the as
sas>ination Of Mr.. Lincoln, has given bonds to
npcar when called for.