davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
TuE railroads are getting to be little bet

tbs railroads are getting to be little bets
ter than so many dead falls. We have of
late recorded frequent accidents on tho
Central Ohio, Cleveland and Pittsburgh
and Baltimore and Ohio. Our dispatches
yesterday mentioned bad accident on the
Pennsylvania Central. three miles this side
of Cresson, near Lilly rs Station. The Pitts
burgh papers give us some particulars
which make very bad showing for the
railroad company. One account says "the
ties were rotten as punk !" three passenger
cars were thrown down an embankment
sixty feet perpendiculsrly; two persons were
killed and twenty-th were seriously
injured; the railroad employees treated the
passengers after the accident in the most
uufeeling manner, and but for the people in
the vicinity the sufferings of the uufortu-
nate would have been much greater.
The trouble in most of these accidents is
that the road beds have been suffered to go
into dilapidation, and very little expense or
pains is taken to guard against unsound
rails and rotton cross ties. The managers
have too often selfish schemes to promote,
which cause them to risk everything for
the sake of dividends and the initiation OF
their stock. Many of them are spectators
in their own stock andconnecting roads,
There ought to be more stringent laws in
every State increasing the liabilities of com
panies whenever accidents result from
clearly ascertained defect in the rails, cross
ties or machinery of the road. Make then
disgorge in exemplary damages to theil
victims and they will be more ready to dis
gorge to guard against the present frequent
and, in many cases, Wholesale destruction
of life.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28

Z TIE New York Tribune looks honefollv
g the Forthcoming message Of the Presi-
dent for OvertureS to the rebels that will
go Fat towards dissoIving the fabric of the
rebellion and thinks majority of the
s0qtnern people need but due assurance
that they will be treated with msgnanimity
to induce them to hOck in thousands to the
na'lonal standard. The rebels have the
standing offer of pardon and peace if they
VIII throw down their arms and give up
slavery. What more liberal terms can be
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
Trustees Sale OF Real Estate.

DY virtue OF Deed CT Trust from Appleton Oak.
ID smith to Charles W. Russell, bearing date on
the Recorders office of Ohio county, in Deed Book
No. ~, folio 35S, and by virtue Of an order OF
Ohio County Circuit Court subsequently made
in which my name was substituted for that OF
Charles ~ Russell q trustee, will offer at public
sale nj the front door Of the Court House. on TUES
DAY, MAR "a e, 1856, at 10 O'clock A. M the fol-
Tho south half Of Lot No. ia and forty feot Of
the north part of Lot No. 94S on which IL erected
the two story brick dwelling known a. the "Hard-
man House,, situated on the east side Of Eof street.
between Second and Third Streets Centre Wheeling.
The title to this property Is believed to be iuds-
putable, but selling az trustee 1 will only convey
such title as is vested In me by virtue of said deed
OF trust and order of COURT above named.
Terms OF sale-Cash.
te2I-td S. p. HIInRETH Trnntna
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28

hAughtily, as only Its due. The whole South
laughs in it's sleeve at the innocence which
hopes to make converts to peace and recon.
struction, BY arts so simple as these prac.
tiCed upon such men as Roger A. Pryor,
who. if he deserves any favor, deserves
nothing more than a speedy exchange,
without chance at days shopping in
New York, and an opportunity to make q
familiar visit to Mr.. Lincoln,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28

k1HTUOKH has refused to ratify the Con.
al' amendment abolishing slavery.
The New York Tribune pithily, observes
mat while the Legislature may have Thus
saved Its honor, in it's own opinion, the
sta'e vii nevertheless, lose it's slaves, and
lose them without compensation. That is
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28

THh defapgement of business, from
the uncertainty Of price, and the Auc.
tuations in golG and foreign exchange are
discussed win F6S most anxious soliot.
tude in New York. The following
remarks on the subject are from Jerome.
Riggs l. Co.'S circular:
so far aB-the advance in gold is due TO
an imitation of the currency, it's price can
fall only as the volume of currency is con-
tracted. Without assuming to show how
much the advance has been due to infla.
ton; and how much to speculation, we are
fast approaching period in which specu
lation can not advance prices to any cou-
siderable extent, because the fears of the
people can no longer be appealed to. IN.
der an apprehension that the government
might fail in it's efforts to put down the
rebellion vast quantities of the precious
metals were either boarded or sent out of
the country. There appeared for time
TO be an actual scarcity of the metal, and
serious fears were entertained of a manic
which might carry up prices far beyond the
highest point ever reached, and far beyond
its relative value. But a very decided and
gratifying change has taken place. Gold
is abundant. and an increasing disposition
is everywhere maRitesting itself to get rid
of, rather than to hoard it. With such a
feeling speculators for fall have the same
advantages, the sympathies and convic-
tions of the public, that those for a rise had
in the dark days of the contest. Hence
forward, consequently will speculation
constantly tend to send gold below it's real
value in reference to the currency, so that
we may look for sudden and excessive falls.
with a gradual recovery in each case to
ward the previous price,
'But no great fall must be Immediately
expected. Gold, in spite of all our vic.
tories, and of all efforts to put it down.
obstinately refuses to 60 mueh below 200,
We have too large volume of paper cur
rency to allow rapid fall. 1t would be idle
to say that such a vast sum has not been
necessarily the main cause of the Initiation
It any one should assert the contrary. let
him say-what would be the effect of an
issue, Of one, two, three or four times the
present amount. Every sensible man pre-
diets the most disastrous results of anv
addition to the present volume, in the in
tistion Of prices of all kinds of propertv
None are more alive to the evils of an in.
crease than the Secretary of the Treasury
and both houses of Congress. But while
no increase of Treasury notes is TO take
place, the retirement Of those in circula.C
ton must be gradual" 80 L ''''T1'
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28

"A LOYAL paper in Connecticut gives the
follo"ing free rendering of the resolutions
adopted at a recent convention of the o.
position held at Meriden, in that state:
"Re'OlUed, That this is bloody, unholy,
unnecessary war, and the administrator
could stopiit at once. ~ a.4g 49, -
ResOlUed, That the citizen soldiers who
ngnt this unhol y war, are engaged in a
nOoIe work and we should like their votes.
6e'ot0ed' That ifthe administration had
SHOWN the conciliatory spirit of Grant in
Vlrginia end Sherman in Georgia, the war
would have been over" 'De "At
This is of piece with the expressions of
MATT way loyalty which fall from the lips
Of rebel sympatbizers.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
Wheeling Iron Works.
Administrator's Notice.-

A Ii perSonS knowing Themselves indebted tn
~ the estate OF the late John Robinson viii please
call and settle with William ExleY 0dpoipiItrStor
Of said estate, before the hrst day Of Apr Is86 o
their accounts will be left with an ofieer for col
All persons having accounts aRtaiput mia s,t,..
WI present them at once for settlement
a. AdministratOr Of tho estate of ohm Robinion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28

GE4. GILIMoRE pulled off his coat and
worked with the rest to put out the late Gre
ct Hilton Head, s. O., and knocked a man
down who refused to do the same.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
IRBAeURY DEPARTHENT,
OFFICE OF INTERNAL RRyeHrP

IL. WAsHINGToN, February az, 1865.
Sir Your letter of February i7tb1 -
regard to estimating gold in making In.
come returns, ia received.
| reply,-That in estimating income.
gold must be returned at'its value in Gov
eminent currency. Therefore in the case
given, if SO 900 in gold is equal in value
to $40 900 in Government currency. and
if the income amounted to $4,000, the fact
of exchanging such income in Government
curfency for gold, does not effect The
amount of income liable to tax, which
amount in this case would be ST, 900.
Very respectfully, E. A. ROLLINS,
Deputy Commissioner. 8
+; J. 9. Orr, Esq, Collector 1st Dist. ". Va,
Wheeling, w. Va. -.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
ART1EICIAL
Legs, Arms and gGrntnln.

r EoNARD LEGRAN, No. % ob,o 49,. ..,-i
~ OF East Common, Allegheny Ov Conner
all kinds OF Artificial Legs, ArS and Er1fcc
Repairing promptly executed, al ebaS CluVO1es.
particulars apply to CHARLES BEHTfp rs. Eor
. 600 a, Monroe st., bet. Fourth and ME-.
Iez5-tLl.--. ~. ---.W WteeIin1 W. D.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
RatimatinR Inaomen.

At the;tsquest Of the Collector of Inter.
nal Revenue for this district we publish
the following letter, received by him yes
terday from Washiugton:-
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
Notice.

ME- ?. PoLsTER, Practical Piano Maker and
M Organ Builder, for the last % 49, S... IA
In VIM. knebe Co.'s Celebrated Piano FaotorT in
bainmoTeI has been engaged by the underSi9Sed.
ana u ready to tuuo and repair Pianos ond OrSSn1
q reasonable price,. Orders left q the too Ii
receive prompt attention. - ''''0 VI"
s.oo JESSE B. MBLLOR,
1ez4-Am Nc. $50 Main street, Whs cling.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION.

- SEAA y AOA SOubuu pG1OuS
This remedy has been tor several years nsed IN
practice BY eminent Physlcians with such marked
success that 1t Ia now. by urgent request offered to
throat diseases. Not every one in the ADVANCED
stages OF Consumption can be cured, but many
nave been, and m4ny more are now receiving benefit
remedies have failed AS evidence of our smear.
ity In the above statements, we WARRANT THIS
mED1ClNE TO GIVE 8 ATIPAOTION i e if Won
wish to try it, buy bottle of the agent If IL doea
yon no good return the remainder and get the price
ao. Is evident that We could not make this offer
DID we not know the remedy to be potent
The forming stage OF disease is always most ans
PlctouS for treatment, and with the above ar
Fangement 1t will cost you nothing to try mis- med
loine, you have no excuse for permitting an apnsr
emily harmless cough to settle into cons1mptitn.
.oo- Z. BOOKING, Druggist,
1eZ1 No. Odd Fellows Hall. WheaIID1 10 o.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
Fifty Thousand Persons

NE ANNUALLY or CONSUMPTION IN TIE
~ United StatesISee Census Report for 1867
shonld not he who contributes to diminish the
mortality from this formidable disease be consfd.
cred as public benefaotorI Such Is he who discov-
cred and FIRST compounded
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
For Rent

ENRoM the LIST OF April next, u -, a.. .,,o,,,,
BOOM No. 11s MAia Street, 4rme[iS r sEOkA
y: MeQlellAn knox, mcguire d S001Pieo
''O'-0" J. l. HOBBS, SON 90.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
PLOUGHS. -.-,:,
Ploughs and Plough Castings.
TNHE LARGEST STOCK OF PLOUGHs, PLOUGH
4 Points and Castings, OF all kinds ever offered
In this city.
L. c. FROST g. CO.,

NOS. 1S, IL and Is MAIN STREET, oder at
the Lowest Manufacturers Prices:
Hall Spears Patent and Centre Levers.
WellSburR &"
Right and left hand Steel Mould Board PIougha
Iron right and len hand PIough4, of all sze4.
Hillside PlouBhS, iron and wood stocked, all sigeI
Iron stocked steel Mould Board PIouEhs all sizes
GtllS Celebrated Patent Steel Mould BoArs
PloughS, all Aizes.
BldwelPs Iron and Steel and Hill sIde all sizes
Light one horse Marking Ont, all sizei-
binsd.
Hall Spears new Improved Steel Mould BoArt
Iron Plough.
sub.Boil PloughS for two and four horses
Points, Castings, Lard sides, Mould Boards, &c,
&c., all at the Lowest Prices. fels
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
AFTERNOON SESSION.

A message from the House by Mr.. Fer
guson announced that it had insisted on
Its substitute for the amendment proposed
by the constitution of this State, asked for
a committee of conference on the same
and appointed thereon Messrs. Ferguson
Lamb and Holman
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CAUTTON.

r OsT OR MIsLAID-A Certificate of Deposit,
II isSu led by Bishop WheIAn In favor of the sub.
scriber. Payment therefor having been StoppeCs
all persons cautioned against receiving ira
ding for said certificate, payment OF, renewal OF
which will be demanded after the expiration Of the
time required by law. JOHN MULD0ON.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
SRMRToNHS-

The Symptoms OF Catarrh as they generally ap-
pear are at hrSt very slight Persons fnd they
have cold, that they have frequent attacks, and
In this condition, the may be dry, or q slight
discharge, thin and scrid Afterwards becoming thick
and adhesive. As the disease becomes chronic tn o
discharges are increased In quantity and ohunged
in quality; they are now thick and heavy, and are
hawked or coughed OF. The Secretions are ofen
EiVe, causing bad breath; the voice 10 thick and
nasal the are weak the OF the smell 10 les.
sened or destroyed deafness frequently takes place
Another common andimporIant symptom of Catarrh
the morning ofA thick or Slimy mucuS, which has
fallen down from the head during the night. When
this takes place the person may be that his dis.
ease 10 on its way to the lungs, and should lose no
time in arrestingit.
The above are but few of the many Catarrh symp-
toms.
A single Bottle will last n vnonth-to
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29

Advertising Agents.

We find in large number Of our late ex-
changes complaints of the shabby tricks and
deoeptoss practlced upon them by bogus
newspaper advertising agents. Most OF these
notices point directly to GS MATHER & Co
No. 335, BROADWAY, N. Y. -SIas the most
impudent of this class of G% Impostors
Having had some experience, ourselves with
this firm, we take great pleasure in bearing
testimony to the sublime impude nee, the un-
blushing nendacity and utter worthlesness
of the concern. Such another set Of mean,
rascally. lying irresponsible, scapegraces can
not be found outside the walls of any peni-
tentiary in the country.
N. B-The thieves and other felons inside
of any OF these places, if they knew-as many
Of them must-the members of this swind-
ling shop with whom they are inferentially
compared would doubtless feel greatly wrong
ed by the comparison. We know we make
lame apology ard pay them doubtful COM
pliment when we say that IN the opinion OF
most newspaper publishers of this region
they are gentlemen when compared with
Mather & Co.
Pass 'em around.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29

aud munitions toretnfhrce Sumter. Assist
ant Adiutant Gene raj Buell. was dis pa tched
to Char lesion with verbal orders to Major
Anderson, which he reduced to writing at
Fert Moultrie, requiring him to make res
olute defense of Sumter if it should be attack
ed. When the South Carolina members OF
Congress tried to obtain from the President
pledge that he would not reinforce the fort
he firmly refused. The letter addressed to
President Lincoln by Secretary Holt (who
held over few days for Mr.. Cameron), de
scrlblng what had been done in reference to
Sumter proves that the fort was not rein
forced only because Major Anderson had de
clared reinforcement unnecessary till, to the
utter astonishnent of the administration that
officer discovered that less than 10000 men
would be of no avail However it may reflect
on Major Anderson. Secretary Hollis letter
as complete vindication of Mr.. Buchanan, so
far as regards Fort Sumter.
it is proved that on the 18th of March
Gen. Scott advised President Lincoln to a.
bandon Fort Sumter, which Mr., Buchanan
had steadily refused to DO. "lts voluntary
surrender" says he, would gone far towards
recognition of their independence"
With regard to putting strong garrisons in
all the Southern forts, a sufficient reason why
it was not done is, that there were no avail
able men for the purpose. Our small army
was on the western frontiers, where it was
inaccessible for the emergency if it could
have been spared where ii had been en-
bloyed for many yeaas and where by Gen.
Scott'S emphatic and repeated testimony, ex
istins in official documents, it was sufficient
for the demands OF the service against the
Indians. To have distributed the six hun
dred and odd men General Scott was able to
scrape together for the Inauguration among
the Southern forts, would only have exposed
the government TO derision. Gen. Scotts
own recorded opinion that, if we went into
the war, it would require three hundred
thousand soldiers, under young and active gen
erals,to subdue the South, makes his accusa-
ton about no. manning the forts sufficiently
ridiculous.
No part of Mr. Buchanan's defense is more
lucid and Triumphant than his refutation of
the standing calumny about his permitting
Floyd to supply the South with arms. This
charge is riddled till not shred Of it is left
We will not recapituIate the heads o. the ev-
derce add if Justice did not require its pro-
duction, we would fan cast a thick vail over
ii all, in tenderness to the reputation of Gen.
Scott. Fit were any man of less considera
ton that received this terrible dissection the
exposure would be as amusing as we find it
painful. Like so much else in President Blu,
chanan's book, it is conclusive and unan
swerabe.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters of Administration on the Estate of Samuel
Koch decd late Of Forkston Tp having been grant
ed the undersigned notice is hereby given to ali Dor.
sons ind ebted to said Estate to come forward and
pay the same ard to all persons having claims or
demands against said estate, to present them for
settlement without delay to
DORA KOCH .
JOHN G. sPAULD1NG, Adn'".
Forkston Oct goth ISc5 g. -,.
v5nl3 ewks
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29

e The Board of Aldermen in Wash
ington have resolved in favor of a special
election to settle the question of negro
suffrage in that city, in the event of
Congressional action on the subject.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29
ADMINISTRATIONS NOTICE.

Letters of Administration on the estate Of Elias
granted to the undersigned, notice Is hereby given
to persons indebted to said estate to come for
ward and pay the same, and to all persons having
claims demands against the same to present then
for settlement without delay to the subscriber at the
residence in Mehoopany
L. W. STURDEvANTI IAdm'r
Mehoopany Nov. s, 1865
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

r ETTERS Of administration or the estate of Pa.
II ter Stark late eff Nicholson Township Wyomin
County, having been granted the undersigned mo-
tce is hereby given to all persons indebted to said
estate, to come forward and pay the same and to
all persons having claims or demands against said
estate, to make known and present the same for
settlement without delay, to
SAMUEL STARK 3d,r.
Nichoson; Pa, Nov. 20. 1866. Adm
y5nl7-ewks -.r... ref' .H.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29
Mr.. EDITOR {:


The first view that the
traveller gets of Tunkhannock when ap-
preaching from the East, is beau iiul sight
indeed. Its pleasant dwellings pceping out
between the brarches of its many shade
trees make picture to be admired by the
artist, and sous sht after by the weary traveller
seeking quiet and repose. Not the least of its
attractions, at this distanoe,l Is the Court House
standing upon commanding position over.
looking the town, which to the observer con
veys the idea that in this spot when justice
is administered, peace and good order must
reign supreme. The fine looking brick school
house, standing upon one of the most eligible
spots IN the vicinity looks well for the town,
and shows regard for the we'll training of
the rising generation. 1t would be we'll if
the stranger would stop here, and not ap
proach nearer, for the inviting prospect is
like the mirage that misleads the weary
traveller upon the sandy desert, for distance
lends enchantment to the view. If it could
only be examined as the astronomer views
the planets without the power of near ap-
proach to its Beauties it would be sung by the
poet and immortalized by the historian
Gladly would pause here, but as my natur-
al inqusitiveness led me to inspect the place
more closely, the fear of deceiving your read
ers compels me to give them the result of my
closer inspection. Many of the beautiful res
licences which imagined saw from the dis.
tance, and | must say the most of them prov
ed to be mere diDapidated ruins in many
cases inhabited by their able owners, who
exist, canuot say live, without the least re-
gard to health, comfort or pleasure. l take
pleasure in here remarking that there are
some noble exceptions to this last remark.
The school house which added so much to
the beauty Of the place, upon close inspec-
tion, found to be merely the walls of what
might be fine building, with hardly any
window on the out side, or furniture within.
The streets generally are in the worst posi-
BILE state of repair, lined in many places with
filth and where had once been sidewalks,
there now remains a lot of rubbish that
makes them impassab lie and dangerous, and
compels the pedestrian 10 take the middle of
the street regard dless of mud through which
he must wade, and which is thrown upon
him by passing teams. A better situation
for town cannot well be imagined, than the
spot on which Tunkhannock stands, being in
beautiful valley or basin, surrounded on ev.
cry side by large mountains with thorough
fares formed by the river on the North and
South, the Tunkhannock creek On the East,
and Bowmans' creek on the West, opening
it to the surrounding country. But nature,
who does not make towns, has made the To-
cation, and left the rest for man to do. Why
is it that with all these advana ages, the peo-
pie will be SO blind to their own interest as
to neglect to make the few additions neces-
sary, when left by the creating hand of ma
tuie, to make this one of the most pleasant
and beautiful spots in the world?
WANDERING JEW.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29

e. At meeting of physicians in Wash
ington on Thursday of last week, to adopt
measures against the cholera, it was shown
that at the last visit of the pestience to that
city as many died with medical attendance as
Without it,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29
Local and Personal.

ExpIanati0n.--Thed date on the tinted address
label attached to this paper showsfhe time to which,
as appears on our books, the paper has been paid
for. Every subscriber should take an occasional
look at it. n-
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-29
N Office :,

nO nNOA YEAR made by any one with
SZ,OUO Sl5-Stencil Tools. No, expert
ence necessary The Presidents, Cashiers, and
Treasurers of Banks indorse the rcular. Sent
free with samples. Address the American Stencil
Tool Works, Springfield, Vermont.