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The MoEgantown Post has savery we'll
considered article on the subject OF To-
eating the State PRISON. We quote:
''We have weighed G the matter
thoroughly, and have come to the con-
clusion that the institution should be
located in onel of our largest cities,
where the convicts could be hired out
to work upon the streets and other pub
lie improvements, thereby making the
penitenttary source of revenue rather
than an expense to the State Wheel
ing is our largest city; will always re-
main the largest city in the State; her
position and facilities for ihhnnfaetur-
ing leave this without q doubt; there
fore, she would have more Work for the
prisoners than any other situation
within our State. That city would fnr-
nish constant work for 100 OF $50 pFis-
oners-perhaps moFe-and that wonld
the State, besides defraying the expen-
ses of the institution. We know of
several States where the prisoners are
hired out to farmers and others want
ing hands TO work, and it has always
proved q complete suceess.1 Indiana
makes i pay beautiful ly;I and why not
West NirRinia2 We therefore say that
the penitentiary should he located at
Wheeling, because she could employ
our prisoners on her miles of streets,
making the prison selfSsustaining, and
relieve our already oYertaxed people
rom part of their burthen.n siiiJ5
Provision for building State Prison
is another piece of work the Legislature
will find ready, cut out for them. The
institution begins tobe needed already,
and viii be needed badly before it can
be built, If commenced next Spring.
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EIOpement, Seduction ana Attempted
Suicide. - a7taE g.H

Flop pement, Seduction and Attempted
Suicide. . H7tGEpG
The parties in the following affair are
both residents of New York, one of
them a returned soldier, and the other
a girl, not out of her teens. They had
been. acquainted, according to the lady's
statement, only about two weeks, and
the girls friends objeeting to SO hasty a
marriage, she .foolishly listened to the
solicitations of her lover, and agreed to
elope with him to Jersey City, trusting
to. his. Honor TO make her his wife on
arriving at their destination. When
they reached Jersey City it was nearly
midnight, and too late to find a minis
ter or Justice, and the couple repaired
to a hotel, where the girl, relying upon
her lovers promises, allowed him to
register their names as man and wife.
But when morning came, the "boy in
blueY endeayored to evade the perform
anceIof his promise, and at length
cOOlly informed the deceived girl that
he could not marry her, as he already
had a wife IN another city. Upon hear
ing this, she. rushed down stairs with
the intention of destroying herself AS
she passed out of the building, a gentle
man connected with the hotel suspected
something wrong, and following her
by the hotel, and was just in time to
prevent her from throwing herself into
the water. Returning with her, she re-
lnted to him her story, and finding that
she he'd been most cruelty deceived, he
repaired to the room occupied by the
parties, where he found the young man,
and demanded of him what had be.
come of the lady who came to the hotel
with him. This was aquestion hecould
not answer, but he replied he presumed
she had gone down TO the; breakfast
table. Upon learning that she had al
tempted suicide he was greatly fright
enedt and in reply to- the question
whether he was married, confessed that
he was not, but had made the assertion
only 10 evade the fl1flment of his
promise of marriage. He was then
offered his choice of matrimony or the
State prison, and in his alarm at the
position in which he found himself,
readily chose the former. The services
fla minister were obtained, and the
twain were made one flesh. a's % tlh
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TR1cKs OF P1cKPocKETs. Philadel-
phia seems to be rather bad place for
business men to visit. hThe journals of
that city daily complain of the inef-
cheney of the police force to defeat the
Operations ofthe pickpockets, and as a
sample Of their tricks, we take the fol-
lowing from the Ledger, which says
that "pocket-picking is carried on almost
nightly in the cars"
Agentleman from New York, while
riding in one of the cars on Monday
night, found himself surrounded by q
crowd ofsuspicious-IOolxin characters,
and fearing for his pocket-booll, deter
mined to keep his hand upon 1t rs long
as he remained In the car. When he was
about to leave, at Chestnut street, he
found the men gathered around the
door, and with a va1ise in one hand, and
the other hand fixed upon the treasure,
he tried to force his way out. One of
the men at the door said quickly, "make
room for the gentleman, and d move
ment in the crowd seemed TO indicate a
disposition that way. AS soon as the
stranger got into the crowd he was
pushed rudely, and at the same moment
his hat was pushed on. Unthinkingly
he took his hand from his pocket to
save the hRt, and his pocket-book and
watch were stolen at the same moment.
The book contained about seventy dol
lars. ta aG]sfl. = "a ~.
VI. .
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Great ,EKplosIon OF Gas An Ion,Ion,

-,
"A trightful and very destructive ex-
plosion occurred at the works of the
London Gaslight Company, October
SIst. The works consisted of long
building, known as retort houses, two
gas-holders nearly one hundred and ut
ty feet in diameter, and a meter house.
the latter situated between the gas
holders. The company were long en-
gagged in the erection of other buildings.
and a large number of workmen were
employed about the premises at the
moment Of the explosion. The initial
point of the explosion was one of the
gas-holders, which contained Mt the
moment not less than one million cubic
feet Of gas. The effect of 1t was to blow
the whole of the new building to pieces,
leaving scarcely one brick upon another,
and to unroof and badly shatter all the
houses for considerable distance on
both sides of the works. Ten or twelve
ofthe. workneni were killed instantly,
and fifteen or twenty others were re-
moved from the heaps of debris more
or less crushed and bruised. The top
of the huge gas-holder was blown COM
pletely off, crumbling up the. thick
hneetS OF WrOughG iron, OF which 1t is
composed, like so much paper. The
enormous bolts and screws which held
the bracket-wheels for guiding, the ma
chine in its ascent and descent. were
wrenched out of their positions. The
iron columns which supported it were
thrown in heaps and twisted in a man
ner showing the terrific force of the ex-
plosion. The conclusion was so great
as to be felt to along distance, aud caus-
ed people to rush out of their houses in
the belief that an earthquakes had oc-
Cured. The cause of the explosion was
q mystery to all connected with the
works, and appears to have upset all
explosion Of gas. From the excellent
manner in mich the works were con-
structed, and the care exercised in their
arrangement /; the explosion is believed
To have been of character which might
occur in any private house.
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AicoRREsPoNDENT who has had ac-
cess to parts of General Lees forthcom-
ing History of the Southern Struggle y
says that Lee ascribes the defeat of the
Confederacy to the want of harmony
among the leading men, and the. fatal
blunders of the Chief Executive of the
would-be nation. He declares the
Southern people now believe, as seri-
ously as the Northern, that slavery was
a political evil, but he intimates that
the states rights doctrine isimmortal,
and will be in future the governing
principle of the republic. Several
chapters, he learns, are dedicated to the
defense of the South against the char
ges of barharism and cruelty, as re-
Vealed in its treatment of Union pris-
oners. The author endeavors to prove
that the treatment ofNorthefn captives
was not at all as it had been represent
ed, and that for the inhumanities prac-
iced upon them the prison-keepers,
not Richmond authorities,are RESPONSE
BILE, H'tF Als-itii f.''I ~ 5E7
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Enormous swIndIes ON the Govern,



JFToIn The Missouri Republican,, bnr
From a gentleman, who has lust ar
rived nom Mobile, we got some infor-
nation in relation to cotton transac-
tions in Alabama that may be con-
sidered startling, even in these days OF
Wholesale frauds and rogueries. They
have been initiated, too, doL btless, to a
great extent, If not equaled, in every
State in the South in which correspond
ing facilities for the commission. OF
frauds have existed. They seem ito
havearisen under Mr.. Chase's Treasury
agent system, and date nom the earii-
est occupation of the State by treasury
andsmilitary othcials--ther q1odtCS 0pO-
TdTldi being the same as that pursued a
little earlier at Natchez, VfcksburS,
New Orleans, &C., which ended in the
dismissal and Imprisonment of few
Oftthet knayss and the, enrichinE OF
nearly all of them. Their plans are va
rious, consisting of stealing, forging
papers, false swearing, and collusions
and conspiraCieS between Government
officials and pretendedy owners of the
cotton.
Soon after the surrender-o of Mobile, il
became evident that these sharpers were
at full work in that vicinity. A super
visipg agent, Mr.. w. p. Miller, arrived
there not long ago, and instituted an
Investigation. II, was hurried and
superficial one, and, at all events, re-
suited in no disclosures of malpractices
on the part of Sub-agents and their as
sistants. The resident desiring a closer
security, soon afterward sent down Col.
J. r. Tomeny, and this gentleman, con
Jointly with Major General Wood, who
.isin command there, began u more thor
tough search into the matter. They soon
"struck lie" in the case Of local agent
named Carver, and he was sentenced to
one years imprisonment and to restore
$50, 900 in money, which was aliuged to
belong to the United States. General
Wood promised to remit the sentence.
Il, In al given. time, he would nav over
the money, Carver complied with this
condition and saved himself fIom the
first part of the sentence.
81 Ihe investigation was still in proEresS
when our informant LEFT Mobile, and
interesting and important tdevelopments
were being made daily. Enough had
been done by those who were prosecut-
ing it to enable them to foot up roughly,
this amazing grand total, namely: that
oIntnety thousand bales o forfeited Con-
ltederate cotton inthe State of Alabama.
not onertenth has ever gone to the use
and benefit of the United States Gov
'eFnment. The remainder Of eighty
Thousand bales, worth more than fifteen
millions of dollars, has been apprDpria-
ted by official and nOn-officinl rascnl5
and sharpers. n9ssfTbDH -8a s7E'fF
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THE Richmond Times portrays in
sharp outlines the changed condition of
Southern society. Itsays that sat this
day many a aohigh-born Southern wo-
man, who in former times lived in
afiuence and ease, is plying her needle
for her daily bread, and reaping but a
slender harvest" The Times does not
mention the fact that these sthigh-born
Southern WomenD lentaitbeir peculiar
influence to destroy the government to
which they owed their former "afiluence
and ease" They did what they could
(which was not littIe-to overthrow
the government which secnred to every
person under 1t a larger sum of human
happiness than any other on the face OF
the earth. The attempt failed-to this
fact they owe their changed condition.
They should be thankful that they can
'.plY the needle for daily. bread" and
thus reap even ga slender haFVest." !"
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sInEular surEleal Case.

Pittsburgh papers say that on Tues
day, a man named Pryor, in Lawrence
vile, was attacted with hemorrhage OF
the lungs, and at the same time dis
charge was observed from point in his
back, where he wasstabbed in an alter
cation in 1868.
Itbeing deemed advisable to thorough
ly examine the seat of the old wound,
Doctors George McCook and lIcQuade
were called in for that purpose yester-
day morning, and, after a careful e.x-
animation, concluded to cut down on
the body5of the scapulai for the purpose
of removing any portions of carious
bone that might be supposed to give
rise to the discharge. In the course OF
the operation a foreign substance was
encountered in the deep-seated muscles
of the bnck, which proved TO be a knife
blade four and one-half inches in
length and one-half inch in its greatest
breadth. The top of the blade rested
within about two inches of the surface,
near the shoulder-b blade, with the point
downwRrds ahd outwards, and had evi-
IDENTIFY penetrated the lung of the un-
fortunateiman in its descent. The blade
was removed and found to be corroded,
but not sufficiently to destroy its shape.
The operation was most successful
one.i n a54 fttyAe pr l5aa7
No serious Inconvenience had been
felt by Pryor previous to the attack OF
bleeding. He Will soon be all right
again. u.-
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Bogus Babies Employed at Whisky

.NFFgr - Smuggling. Fga
The Commissioner of Customs, saws
a Washington correspondent, who has
recently been making every effort to
suppress the extensive smuggling oper-
atoms which, for a long time, have been
going on along the Canada frontier, has
received intelligence from the revenue
detectives, stationed there, that they
have just detected an ingenious scheme
for conveying whisky from Canada to
the United States. 7tTssr % 1'l7' 15E
The attention Of the officers was first
attracted by the extraordinary number
of women and babies on railroad train
bound to the United States, and their
suspicious were aroused from the fact
that out of thirty-two "bleSsed babies''
but two gave evidence of the ffrepressi-
Die animation peculiar to juveniles.
The he"mothers, - likewise, seemed especi-
ally anxious to screen their little inno-
cents heads from prying curiosity,
folding them closely to their breasts,
and permitting only the neat little feet
and legs, encased in tiny shoes ana
stockings, to be exposed to the gaze OF
the passengers. ''I'.
The detectives were on the alert. and
at the first station this side of the river
where several of the possess6rs of the
passive Juveniles loft the train, one OF
the officers politely requested permis-
sion of a lady to hold her"baby" while
she alighted. Struck with the unusual
weight of, the infant, and the excessive
solitude of the mother, the officer COM
menced anI investigation, and on re
moving the wrappings discovered that
the interior was a tin case. fashioned
after the similitude of veritable baby,
filled with from three, to five gallons OF
whisky. - 81 - a- II
Ageneral descent was:at once made
on the bogus mammas, resulting in the
arrest of about thirty and the securing
of over one hundred gallons of old rye.
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BUCHANAN VOTED A TRAIToR.-A few
days ago Mr.. Trimble, of the Tennessee
Legislature, introduced into that body
very stirringp andresolutions
rehearsing the crimes and villnnies OF
the master spirits of the rebellion, and
declaring Jefferson Davis, ]. NJ. Mason,
R. NJ. T. Hunter, Robert Toombs, How
ell Cobb, Judah P. benjamin, John Sill
dell, and RobertE Lee to be traitors,
who hive justly forfeited their lives,
and who deserve and ought to suffer the
extreme penalty of the law and be held
as infamous forever. Since then the
resolutions have been taken up, debat-
ed, amended by including the names OF
James Buchanan and John G.. Breckin-
ridge, and passed the. Senate by n vote
of sixteen ayes to three nays. The de-
liberate opinion, thus expressed, of the
highest legislative body of Southern
State, is fit commentary upon the
apology which Mr.! Buchanan offers for
the closing scenes of his imbecIIe and
traitOrous administration. Mr.. Trim
ble's resolutions are capital appendix
to Mr.. Buchanan's book. q aalt (,
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DIR n ]. KISNER.

ETIENDERS HIS THANKS 10 ALL THOSE
who have favored him with their conf.
dence and patronage, and would inform his
friends end the people generally, that hewill,
TIE coming year, occupy his old ofhce on Sd
street, neal Reed & KrHfts Drug Store, Centre
wheeling, VIVA, where he may be consult
ed In reference to their disease, the nature and
character Of which the Doctor Is able at all
FttneA and under allclreunlSlRncsS,t to describe
ana TO assure OF the probable result and dura-
tion OF TREATMENT. He practices The Eclectic
system OF Medicine, using mild hut effective
remedle4 supporting instead OF depressing
the Vital Powers The medicines used by
him are PREPARED and put up in his own
oniee. Besides the treatment of Acute Dis
eAsaS DR.. KisneT will give his attention to the
treatment of all varieties OF Chronic dIsease
That acOuFee Of the human race ScroftlIN m
an Its varied forms, viz: PuTulent DISCHARGES
from the Ear, so prevalent among children
Purulent OpihnlmiR, OLena, ENLARGED GlanIiS
UlceFRtions, Cancers and all vnritfes OF Skin
DiseEes viii receive his special attention.
DiseaSes ~ the Throat, Lung and Heart, Lly-
ar CoFuut BiarTi1oea, ,E)y sentery and Piles
Diseases OF the Urinary Organs, Syphilis, &c;
Nervous and Spinal Affections, EPILEPSY
Rheumatism md PARALYSIS, QtseasaR OF Fee
males, DyemenoTThea, DeucoThea, ProlnpSus
Uteri, and all Painful Irregularities and Ner-
vous Diseases to which they are subject, he
treats suecessfally. The treatment Of GILL
tofore. An consultations and cOnlmunica-
tiOns. stEictlYF CONFIDENTIAL aud VIII receive
prompt attention. Night calls cheerfully an
Bwered. once hours from 8 to l. A. NJ, to
4 and to NJ. jun2
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Franklin Insurance Company


4
DIRECTORs:
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geo Msndel- John ZoeclIler, Eaml. McCI1ei1,
Ian, g; w. FRnzheim, Jas. II. Vance, AleS.
1uiIS COMPANY HAVING BEEN Duly
u, oIganlZeGi, are prepared to take risks AZ
iair rates on buildings OF ali kinds. merrhnn.
utESt, manufacturing establishments. f(lFni-
ISHts, stenmboats and cargoes on the western
I'VE IISers ana lakes, and also ON the lives OF peT-
sSOIS LOT leTin OF years. This ComDany nj
teIs SUPERIOR Inducements 10 farmers, where
~ they can be insured for three wears nj M
duced Tates. This being n home institntIn,,
SP SolllPoSed OF some ninety-four stoclzhOldeTJ'
most OF whom arr among our hest bnSIn,sSsI
men, iIiSsn, reeommendS itself TO tho favorable con
their patronage -f'Hf ''f'''' N'''-s@
Applications for insurance will he nrornntIv
attended to by the SCI rPtnTI- vs." S l'AN''i''4H
once, NO. Mcclure House, beIng the snme
Formerly occupied by Adams FxDreESs 20
g,,.,, - y. 9. ARTHUR, SeCretRFY
SAM'I MCCLELLAN, President
GEO. MENDEIi, Vice President,
o,SS.CC y: e ARTHUR, Agent for paying pensions,
Once, NO. Mcclure House. being the same
formerly occupied by Adams Express 90.
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sun Noe.
Fire & Marine Insurance CanDaIV
NJ . !" - = I11INV' ~ 1
INCORPORATED IN 1897
IL or WHEELING.

INCORPORATED IN 1887.
TAKES RISKS ATTHE LOWEST R A,rLs
Furniture and Merchandise. and 10ainsf IN
oangers attending the transportation Of goods
on rivers, seas lakes, canals and FaIlrOads.
JOHN +. HOPKINS, Secretary.
Bert BBopert STangle, Daniel Lamb,
q I3DeIL B MorriSonr j. @. Acheson,
2. Belly. James Dalsqli
1ohn Dohlon' Samuel OFT,
HS-Ihe office Of the Company has been ra-
moved to No. 90 Main street
Applications for Insurance Will he prnuDtiv
attended to by the President or Secretary.
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GENERAL JAtKsoN.

How He Reserved the soubriquet Of
sold HickoFy'--AnI Interesting His
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ST.l NICHOhAS HOTEL.


8. BUhAN,............,. ...,..... Proprietor.
THIS HfSTEI rs LOoATED NEAR TEE
III RailroAd Depot and in the centre Of the
6usinhss portion Of the city, -
Accommodating poftoIa m attendemeo q
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.PREss TRAM.

-|---"- y WINTER SUHLDUIIE-
PASSENGER TRAINS WILL RIM ny
the following schedule ON and after M
18th OF October, 1885:
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Transpnrtattptr.
BALTIMORE 4 OHIO R. R. Comply
I al = E=7IEIE..zgE...gzs1

oFFIQE RAIT. 8 ONO RAILROAD Co..
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A LARGE STOCK OF DUTCH WOOL,
IA Hemp and Rag Carpets, iust received.
sep4 II: .. HARBOUR
EAECY MERISo HUGGY AND DOOR
Il Mats Just received.
.u t'WHERLINR PARK
CRATTNG CAP FOR LADIESJUsT
y reeetyed at HARPER q BRO,S
n0v27
pRUssELs AND VELVET HGssAcKs
u lnat 9 Teoeiyed, e ss'Es'F, ,rr7. Z. 6. HARBOUR.
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-31
"MARHgESE SYyEPATHy =,

In his letter to Mr.. Adams, Lord Russell
says, that 1.-THE efforts by which the United
States Government and Congress have shaken
Off slavery have the EARNEST sympathy of the
people of these Kingdoms Let us do the
working classes of England the justice to adj
NIT, that so far as they are concerned, his
Lordship' assertion undoubtedly holds good.
But this generation of Americans can never
forget that the ruling classes of England
were bitterly and persistently opposed to the
triumph of our Government in its dealings
with the rebellion.
The London Times, the unerring index of
The temper Of the classes whose votes make
Cabinets and Parliaments in England, cordi-
ally admitted, two years since. that its hos
tllity to this Republic was '6ased on its 0yom-
9Rg p0wer.' In commenting ON some re-
marks friendly to our country by Mr.. Miner
Gibson, member of Parliament. the Times
remarked: "Mr. Gibson cannot surely demand
from us that we should absolutely wish the
United States to retain their integrity, or now
recover 1t, so as to make a vast political unity
of the kind Mr., Bright describes? That
would be to irish our olcB a5asemeat and oar
0rn destruction"
And in another place the same Times, after
chuckling over its old sheer of the dds
United States" remarked, ''While the Re-
public was overlapping and overshadowing
us-while it stretched its limbs and raised its
tones to the scale of a giant it was impossible
ont that our sympathy should be aceakened."
These are frank confessions of the animus that
influenced the aristocracy of England in its
course toward this Government, and in the
secret countenance it lent to the Anglo-rebel
cruisers. Mr.. Roebuck and several influential
members OF the nobility gave utterance to pre-.
SiSeiy the same reasons for their hostility
LORD Russell, more prudent, confined himself
10 predictions OF our failure and stigmatizod
ours as war for the acquisition of terr;tor,
But all this was said in our day of weakness
and peril. Then the wishes of these lead;no
Engishmen became their convictions, and
they not only hoped but believed that we
should ingloriously fail in our efforts to save
the life of this nation. But now the Union
being re-established and that ''overtopping
and overshadowing' growth, of which the
Times complained, having free way, with old
membranes removed, and there being no
power on earth strong enough to interposs let
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The HOWE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY.
SEWING MACHINES
For Leather and Manufacturers,
Wholesale and Retail,
W. MERRILL, Agent
pa Baltimore street

COMPLETE CLOTHING HOUsE.-We take great
pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the
conspicuous advertisement of Mcssrs. Smith, Bros
* Co., No 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
we know when say their present stock of clothinl
cannot be eXcelled. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice of all who want goods in thciI
line. They sell at small profits, and deal on the
square with everybody