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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-11

EDITORS OF THE REGISTER:
Thanksgiving day was generally OBJ
served Ivy the citizens ofPreston county,
along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, most Of the places of business
being closed ....
There was thanksgiving supper given
by John A. Peters, Esq, prop etor of the
River House, Rowlesburg, with gener-
al invitation to come and partake-
Your humble servant, with his better
half, took the six o'clock train for Rowles-
burg, and We're very agreeably surprised
to find company of sixty or seventy
couple, enjoying themselves on the light
fantastic toe" having music discoursed
by T. T. Cocayne's celebrated cotilion
band, of Wheeling, which seemed to
please all. The dancing was continued
until twelve o'clock, when the guests
were notified to get in readiness for sup
per
Everything that the most ''fastidious
epicurean" could wish was upon the Ia
Die. Turkeys, chickens, oysters served
TO suit any taste, cakes, candies, nuts and
the very best of wines-indeed every
thing that heart could wish, After an
hour OF pleasant and sociable chat, the
dancing was resumed, aud continued UNI
til the dawn of day, and enjoyed as only
those that dance can appreciate. : 81
The crowd dispersed, the citizens to
their homes, and the visitors to bed.
After refreshing sleep of two hours, We
partook of a good breakfast, and having
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-11
Stnte Items.

The Berkeley Union, fierce radicalp pa
per- thinks the agitation of the question
of a permanent location of the capitol OF
West Virginia, is premature. 1t says
I'VE submit to our cotemporaries that we
had better be sure that We have State
and government before we quarrel
about where its capital shall be-" The
Union seems to fear that the "Old Do
minion" will recover her lost territory
and thus blot out of existence what some
of the Beverley people contemptuously
style the Boreman concern out at
Wheeling" -Hr
Since the late action of the Virginia
Legislature at Richmond, repeating the
act giving the consent of that State to
the cession of Berkeley and Jefferson to
this State, we do not think il is the
Unions put in"
THE proprietor of the Fairmont Ma
tional offers his establishment for sale
OF rent-giving as a reason that it is ut
terly impossible for him to give proper
attention to both the newspaper and his
profession.
A new weekly paper comes to us from
Parkersburg, called the Democrat, pub
lshed by Messrs. KENNEDY d Son. 1t
is about half the size Of the Heekly Reg
lister. and is furnished 10 subscribers at
$500 per year.
OUR friend WHARTON has enlarged his
Daily Times, Parkersburg, to double its
former size, upon which we Commiserate
its readers. They will he glad to OBJ
serve, however, that he prints the same
matter (advertlsements) on both sides,
which is better than 10 double the
amount of his vile radicaism.
In the Circuit Court for Berkely COun-
ty, Judge BALCH, presiding, last week,
several cases, in which actions had been
brought for trespass against officers and
soldiers of the late Confederate army,
who had taken forage for the use of that
army, were disposed Of Judge BALCH
sustained the actions, ruling thab the
laws of the State held the late iusur-
gents responsible for their actions du-
ring the war, and that the Amnesty of
President JOHNSON does not relieve
them from liabilities incurred uuder
these laws. Hon. BENJAMIN STANTON
and HENRY BARRY Esqs, appeared for
the plaintiffs and EDMUND PENDIEroN
ESQ, and Capt. ANDREWS for the de-
fence. The cases will, in all probability,
be carried to the Court of Appeals, where
Lawyers preside, and where the silly de-
cision viii undoubtedly he reversed
THE Shepherdstown Jefferson county,
Register has the following pair of items:
"Our form er county boy, so well known
and universally respected, jeff. Thomp-
son, has embarked in the commission
business in New Orleans with one of the
largest firms of the city. His diStin-
guished notoriety in the late war as
Brigadier General, was second to but
few others in the Confederate army. He
is known by many of orr citizens. When
a boy he was employed in the store of
the late Benz T. Towner, of this town,
"Tom. Dixon, free negro boy well
known in this town, was tried at the re-
cent term of the Circuit Court of Fred
erick county Md, for rape upon white
girl twelve years of age, and sentenced
to the Penitentiary for three years"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-12-11
NEwADVERr1sEMENTs
Lecture to Young Men.

PAL Of the wheeling Female College win
deliver an address to young men, at the rooms
evening at AZ o'clock Subject" The Rela-
ton Of Science and Religion" Thei young men
especially, the ladies in particular. and the pub
lie generally, are cordially invited to attend.
decllIt .. o.. I'D. ...'l .,..f
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
siezura of a Steamer.

Steamer Falcoln, Capt. Gates, running be-
tween Savannah and Augusta, Georgia, was
seized at Savannah on the 18th instant, by Or
ders of Gen. Brannan, commanding the Dis
trict of Savannah, for an alleged refusal on the
part of her captain to carry detachment of
troops from Augusta to Savannah.
The Savannah Republican gives the follow
ing version of the transaction: a ae-.-s 81
"On Monday last, while the Falcon was lying
at Augusta, United States military officer
came on board with request that the captain
should provide for the passage of detach-
ment of seventy five soldiers to this city; that
he was informed by the captain that the ac-
commodations of the Falcon were entirely in
adequate to do so, and, thereupon, the num-
ber was reduced to fifty-eight men, and the
officer was even then told that it was impossi-
BILE to make any promises regarding their pas
sage, as the boat was heavily freighted, and
had no unoccupied space.
On Wednesday another officer came on the
same business, and was answered to the same
purpose; and that on Thursday third one
called, who was anxious to obtain stateroom
for his wife, and upon being told that all the
rooms had been engaged, and that, therefore,
he could not be gratiied, he expressed consid-
cradle disappointment. The seizure subse-
quently followed, as we have already stated.
The Falcon, we understand, is permitted to
discharge her cotton and to load, the Govern
ment only claiming to hold the vessel itself"
The Falcon, we believe, is owned wholly or
in part in this city. 's5''5a SOL"
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High Prices.

TO the Editor Of the Press: 81 - ,.3Ft
h have been watching the controversy in your
excellent paper, about HIGH PRICES with great
interest. A7AAc dE"l--
But, are we not overlooking some Of the ele-
ments, and ascribing to one cause, what is the
result of many causes? .
That an augmented circulating medium, of
ITSELF may raise prices cannot be denied.
That the relation of supply and demand must
regulate prices, may be regarded as an axiom.
But each of these may qualify the other
Again: The cost of production is an element
often overlooked. Whether the standard of
value be coin or labor prices must vary with
the cost of production. r ----------
At the present value of gold, or cost of pro-
duction, we need fifty per cent. more Of circu-
lating medium for doing the business of the
country. aG .t..
Again: The credit system has yielded to a
cash system throughout this country to such an
extent, thatwe propably need, at least, double
the amount of circulating medium that we did
before the war. a9-
Furthermore: When we complain of the
prodigious imitation, we forget, all of us think
Judging by what see in the papers, that a large
part of our circulating medium" is not circu-
lated at all, bu5 boarded. Compound interest
notes and treasury bonds, constituting so large
part of what we call our currency, are put
aside and kept, instead of being used for busl-
ness purposes. "a ,4a.-l ID
Now-if these be facts-are we not ascribing
too much influence to our Initiated currency"
as we call it, when we charge high prices to
that cause alone? We want lower prices and
we must have our circulating medium reduced
in volume-but how far? is the question. i
3. II
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-oA N9I WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec.A.
In the case of Walter Nc Coy, colored, sem
fenced by the County Court to be sold into
servitude for five years, for larceny, Major Gen.
Crooke commanding this District, overrules
the sentence on the ground that no laws can be
enforced which makes a distinction between
blacks and whites. The statute which pro-
yides for the selling of free negroes into servi-
tude may not therefore be enforced.
Sheriffs have been instructed by order of the
President, not to enforce the collection of the
tax levied by the Constitutional Convention.
This section was procured by merchants in
terested in the matter 81 e.
II The alarm about the negroes is subsiding in
this vicinity. Nothing later is known of their
movements. ,--..lE
The negroes made no organized demon
STATIONS in this vicinity, on Christmas
There were a few isolated cases of collision
between whites and blacks early on Christ
mas morning. The negroes creating the dis
turbance were arrested by the police. A num-
Der of negroes rallied when the recruited COM
panies,and detachments of the regular garrison
came to the assistance of the police. About
one hundred negroes were arrested but have
not yet been disposed Of There was no 9TH
er disturbance of consequence.
Major Wyckersham, Superintendent of the
Freedmen's Bureau in this District, has order
ed the Chairman of the County Court to re-
woke the sentence in the cases of Mccoy and
Walker, the negroes ordered to be sold into
servitude, for larceny, in default of which all
the members of the Court are to be put under
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
LITERARY GOSSIP.


Those enterprising publishers MessrS, TICK
nor and Fields, will, on the 9th OF oapuafy
next, commence the issue of weekly journal
to be entitled Every Satu rday' in.enoea ior
town and country, for freside' se"siue' Runway
and steamboat, and the contents VI "mcn viii
be made up of judicious selections from the
hest ner;od;cal literature of Europe. The plan
of the naner embraces incidents of travel and
adventure. essays critical and descriptive serial
tales short stories, poems, biographies, literary
intelligence, ETC., in connection with such occa-
sional popular papers on science and art as are
constantly to be found in the best foreign peri
odieals. 1t would seem that such journal,
conducted as these publishers are capable OF
conducting it, could hardly fail to be not only
entertaining and instructive in ITSELF but inter-
estng and valuable as a reflex of foreign peri
odieal literature of the better class. Ecery
Saturday viii contain each week thirty-two
large octave pages, handsomely printed in
double columns, with an engraved title. The
subscription price is five dollars; single copies
ten cents. .-....s e..
"A Paris paper says that Edmond About is
about to be permanently attached" to the stan
of the Recue des Deue Mondes.
= Most of the royal family of Sweden write
poetry. The daughters of Mr.. Martin Upper,
who are excellent linguists, have translated
several of these Royal Swedish lyrics, which
they are about to publish as an addendum to
the new edition of their "Poems by Three Sis
ters." --e
DIR. Livingston's Narrative of his Expedi-
ton to Zambesi" has just appeared at Leipzig,
in German translation, in two octave vol
umes -...a.as sa -+
The English papers announce Christmas
story entitled "The Twelfth Finger of the Left
Hand but one'1t if e-3 ..r ,U9a Is.lg
- Mr.. John Stuart Mill is going to edit the
posthumous writings of Mr.. History
of Civilization" Buckle.
- Mr.. Merivale is about publishing new
series of Biographical Lectures, in which he
will treat on the effect of the Christian Ele-
ment in Civilization His subject is ''The Con-
version of the Northern Nations" M r. .r..r
We are to have contribution to literature
in the shape of translation of an Icelandic
work, entitled "Gisli, the Outlaw,
-Editio IS are soon to be issued of SCOTS
"Marmion" and LADY of the Lake" with pho
tographic illustrations of the scenery of the
poems. -
The great success of Mr.. Swinburne's SAT
lanta" and "Castelard" has encouraged the au-
thor repubhsh his earlier works, @The Queen
Mother" and "Rosamond" .so
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
by TELEGRAPH,
TO THE DAILY PRESS
Wednesday Morning, December 81, 1865.
From Washington.

From Washington.
1.~ l..r WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.
One hundred and sixty petitions for pardons
were received to-day from citizens of Alabama
Among them, Alfred Iverson, ex-U. S. Sena-
tor. Very few parGOns are now being issued
and nearly all of them to Texas. Several
thousand applications are on file. -
All the members of the Cabinet were at the
meeting TO-DAY, Secretary McCulloch having
returned from his trip North.
The President has, through the Secretary
of State, relieved Judge Sharkey of the trust
of Provisional Governor of Mississippi, and
person OF Gov. Humphrey. The letters adj
dressed to them are similar to those written
to the Provisional Governors of other States,
Texas anu Florida are the only two remaining
States to be relieved.
The constitutional term of President Juarez
expired by limitation on the 18th of Noyem-
Der last. Among the republican statesmen of
Mexico there seemed some doubt as to whether
he should continue in Office until another
election could be held agreeabIy to the
constitution, or the exigencies of the countrv.
or whether he should relinquish the Presidency
into the hands of Gen. Ortega, the Vice Pres
ident. All true Mexicans were however,
unanimous in the first opinion. Gen. Ortega
deemed it his duty to be at the capital of the
republic at the expiration of the constitutional
term with view to assume the charge of
public affairs should President Juarez deem it
proper to relinquish them. As rlmors growing
out of these circumstances preiudiciaI to the
Liberal cause have been circulated, the friends
OF Mexico in this city deny that President
Juarez and Ortega have quarreled, and say
the latter will submit graciously to the deter
minatiOn Of the former, and continue as hith-
erto to uphold in the field and in the cabinet
the independence and integrity OF the republic.
The U. S. consul at Manchester, England,
under date Dec. 8, informs the State depart
ment that since his last dispatch on the sub
ject of the cattle plague, the deaths have rap
idly increased.
Receipts from Internal Revenue for week
ending on 23d, amounted to s5,000,000; total
receipts since the LIST of July, nearly $171,-
100000. az ~ .
The Star has information of riot in Alex
andria, Va, yesterday, and says it was COM
menced by a party of negroes, who while go
ing about the city with drum, broke in the
door of a man named Rankin. The latter
fired upon the party, killing one and wounding
another. The disturbance extended to other
portions of the city, and lasted until late at
night. Shooting was going ON in every direc-
ton. Four whites are reported to have been
killed, and number wounded Six.negroes
are also reported to have been killed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27


A MERRY CHRISTMAS At THE PREBLE
HoUsE.-It need not be said again that Port
land is deficient of first class Hotel, for the
fact has been demonstrated that we have such
a house in our midst. Since Mr. Kroeman
took charge of the above house, the travelling
public who have patronized him, as well as "a
house full of boarders, can testify to the in
ternal arrangements of the Preble House,
which are carried on like clock work-prompt-
ness of meals, good living, and gentlemanly at
tendance. That Mr.. K. @knew how to keep a
hotel" was plainly seen on Thanksgiving day I;
but the Christmas dinner eclipsed anything of
the kind ever seen before, in this city. In jus
tice to mine host" win simply state that
the bills of fare for Thanksgiving and Christ
mas were gotten up with no "bad spirit" May
success ever attend public benefactors T!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
Miscellaneous .Dispatehes.

NEW YORK, Dec. rs.
The steamship Bosphorus, which was
ashore yesterday at Fort Lafayette, has got
off safely.
The Tribune's Montreal correspondent says
that the American Consul there has decided
that goods entered for payment of ad valorem
duties in the United States, must be entered
at the duty-paid value in Canada, instead of
their value in bond
The steamer Tybee from Savannah goth
inst, has arrived.
The Savannah Herald states that the citi-
zens of Atlanta are about to form regiment,
in order to clear the city of murderers and
robbers.
The schooner Israel L. Snow, of Rockland.
caught fire in Tybee Roads and was beached,
to save the lives of the crew. The vessel and
cargo are total loss.
The Mayor of Mobile has prohibited steam
ers and railroads from bringing negroes into
that city.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.
The Gazette says yesterday afternoon a
number of men engaged as laborers on the
Dayton and Western Railroad, near Rich
mond, Ind took passage on a train bound to
Dayton, and refusing to pay the fare, diff
Guilty ensued, in which two of the laborers
were killed, and others were wounded.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
Fire and Murder

-. ~. SHAFFER, Penn, Dec. %.
AT Liz P. M. to-day fire broke out in the
Ocean House. The entire west side of the
town, from Downey & Co.'s Oil Office, was
consumed within two hours. The Parsons
Hotel was among the ruins All the shops
and stables adjoining, back of this row, were
also consumed. Downey's Office and all be-
low Centre Street were saved. The wind was
favorable for the safety of the oil platforms, and
no oil was burned. During the excitement,
Mr.. Park was shot dead while quarreling with
his murderer, who escaped. Ten stores and four
hotels were burned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
From. Richmond.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec 26.
Christmas was observed in this city by all
classes with the usual festivities. No demon
strations of mob violence occurred except at
Manchester, opposite Richmond, where large
crowd Of freedmen surrounded the Jail and
forced the release of two colored prisoners
Official reports from all other sections of the
State represent the freedmen as quiet. No
apprehension exists on the part of the officers
OF the Bureau of any disturbance among them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
New York Markets.

aH NEW YORK, Dec. 20.
Cotton-steady; sales 1850 bales Of Middling Up
lands at 81 a SIC. -r
Flour-5 q loo higher; sales, $500 bbls: of State
at 720 a rs. Round Hoop Ohio at 65 a 90.
Western 20 a 70. Southern, sales 400 bbls. at
80 a 15 %. Canada, sales $50 bbls at % q II 90
Wheat-1 q &c higher; sales, 1850 bushels Of Mil
waukee Club at So. "a 81
Corn-quiet; sales $4,000 bushels Mixed Western
at 96 a 97c.
Oats-hrmer; sales Of sound at 60 q Csc.
Beef-quiet.
Pork-frmer; sales 6,75o bbls. of Mess at 2s 80 q
20 90.
Lard-frmer; sales 900 bbls. at 16 a 1890
Whiskey-dull: sales of Western at 2 28 az 30.
Rice-quiet; sales, 80 tierces Of Carolina at 12k a
Sugars quiet. .6.....
Molasses-dull; sales, % bbls. New Orleans at 10
@125.
Naval Stores-du
Petroleum-dulI. ~
Freights to Liverpool-quiet.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
Speaker Colfac at Vorcester.

- -. WORCESTER, Mass. Dec. 26.
Notwithstanding the storm this evening,
nearly $500 persons attended Hon. Speaker
Colfaxs lecture Across the Continent" be-
fore the Young Mems Christian Association
All his remarks were received with unusual
satisfaction. After the lecture Hon. A. III.
Bullock, Governor elect, with his usual hos
pitality, gave a reception at his residence in
honor Of the distinguished guest, which was
largely attended. - --.---
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27

-I-r f-,g-s New YORK, Dec. 26.
This morning large fire broke out in the
four story building 1888 Pearl Streat, occupied
by Dibble & Co., dealers in naval stores and
cotton, and Henry Clancus, cordage dealer
In the basement large quantities of turpen-
tine and resin was stored which at once took
fire, and in twenty minutes the whole building
was in flames The loss of Dibble G. Co is es-
timated at from $4,000 to $4,000. Insured.
Mr.. Clancus' loss is about $4,000. The build
ing is total loss -e
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27

RIcULTURE.-At Joint meeting yesterday,
of the Cumberland County Agricultural and
Horticultural Society and the Portland Hor-
ticultural Society, John F, Anderson, ESQ.,, of
Windham, was reelected member of the State
Board of Agriculture, which commences its
session ON the LIST Wednesday in January.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
PROF. LIEB1a's FOOD FOR CHILDREN

rTHIS highly nutritious and pleasant food so pop
Il ular in Germany and England, was devised the
past year by the celebrated chemist Baron Liebig OF
Berlin. Infants who are deprived of the mothers
milk can be made healthy and strong by the con-
slant use of this food. And invads, those who are
consumptiye dyspeptic or feeble from any cause win
find it most excellent and ngth-imparting.
Messrs. JAS. R. NICHOLS g CO., Manufacturing
Chemists, $50 Congress Street, have made arrange.
ments to prepare this food perfectly pure and resh
in large quantities. 49,.
For sale by all the Apothecaries. W. F. PHIL
LIPS d Co., Wholesale Agents. 49, =.
Nov M-dtf s+s'k F.
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Washinoton ,Corresponaence.

NEW IOKK. DEC, 70.
The Posts special Washington dispatch
says it is rumored that Secretary Harlan will
soon resign, to be succeeded by Senator Doc
little.
The appropriation Committee intends to re-
port bill providing for the assumption of the
war debts OF the loyal States by the general
government. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
Fro,,. FORTRESS Monroe.

FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 25.
In some localities in this district last night.
considerable excitement prevailed owing to an
unfounded rumor that the blacks were trying
to get up an insurrectonary movement
against the whites. The blacks celebrated
Christmas as usual by display of fireworks.
No overt act was reported except in Norfolk,
where negro attacked policeman with
club, who in self defence shot the negro.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
CIvIs.

CHRISTMAS FEsTIvAL.-There was a
Christmas Festival last evening at st. Ste
phen's Church There were carols sung by
the children; select singing by the Misses
Ilsley and Mr.. Hudson, with Accomplishments
on the organ, by Mrs. Gosse, played in her
usual exceeding good taste and STYLE. A
Christmas tree, loaded with gifts for the chill
dren dispensed its fruits to the happy little
ones, and baskets of cake were handed round
among them. 1t was truly pleasing and
happy time .ua8 f..F..-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-27
PER ORDER.

PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND S1Nepps will find
" Browns Bronchial Troches +" beneficial in
clearing the voice before speaking or singing,
and relieving the throat after any unusual ex-
ertion of the vocal organs, having a peculiar
adaptation to affections which disturb the Or
gans Of speech. For Coughs and Colds the
fTroches are effectual. MwF