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New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14
Arrest Of nm Expert CounseFfei"r-
Police Strategy 200 ia spsr'es'
Money Seized.

Andrew Wiseman, an old and expert eotn-
tcrfeiter. and Frauk Baker. an alleged accoHpNs'
we're arrested on Friday by Sergt. Webb and Onen
Reilly and Moriag of the Sixteenth Precinct Or
charge Of issuing counterfeit fractional curreucy $40
also counterfeit SIS ON the Weybosset Bank oi P'o'
dence. X ]. About three wceSs ago SeTgt "e''
received information that Wiseman otherwise Eno''
as Henry Thompson. living at No. 100 Forsyth IT, v"
extensively engaged il selling TO counirynen CONNER
felt 50 cent &. S. fractional currency, and also spurious
s5 bills purportng to be genuine issues OF TIE "g
hosset Bank of Providence IL. The case was =.
ported 10 Capt Hedden Of the Sixteenth Prtciael Wv
directed Sergt. Webb 10 secure the arrest OF "!ss
If possible The officer accordingly opened e'.I.
spoRdonce with the couner'elieI, saying That ne
from the West sId wished 20 buy large AMOUNT . II
tho fractional currency. they could agree on terms
he could use II IN the vicinity of BIS nome. ile
took room at the Ioutne House, corner Of bIosnpa
and Uowarlst. All made several eDs6geneh,s ~
meet Wiseman. The latter was araid 10
the engagements, and no meeting tooS u
between the men until Friday. The officer LAC Ff I.
.eIted that he would leave Tor his Western so~ .,u
Saturday and said he would pay Wisensn Ios s.,snss
on the dollar for the counterfeit currency ~ ",r5 no
were satisfactory Sergeant Weoo nau 80 ,ecrs,eA
services of Officers Moring and Kelly, tlu % %i,rsl
them so that they could enter his room AZ ~s.a
Al tho appointed tine Friday Niseni.n na,o.s-sj N
Webbs room. carrying about SLOW OF tne IS,iri
fractional currency IN small DoA. i'u! ;ia cor,
49, slFf .
viction of the counterfeier being assured I ~
was given and the officers forced an elIfanes e,a5or
room Wireman attempted to leap from VIZ to s,5
tbe nsvamen, but Sergeant Webb prevented ~. ", 4.
he secured BY the officers ,csdIee AT g i%s and ore
more innocent persons were also III ,he 40, bsylt
these men together with sergeant @eCS ansDjc1d
appeared that the latter was an oineeT"sh. ineeT,,h., 10
and taken 10 the station-holse III Iwsa'Ibs Iabs WOOD
stage. While in the stage weob met MIS-. much -.
and several other scqaantances VINO we,e opesuols
priSed 10 see him In irons. Iley asked 10 & AZ 80
however, ana IL was no, until they had oesII Sors
station house some me that Wiseinan sSiDT Tie cors
had been duped and caught bya poI.emsd AND wo's
terfeit fractional currency also ,es -
TO be 40 well executed that good judges OF Trsstht
be deceived by IT, Wlseaans premises - coa.frt
were subsca auently searched. where el.o ~ ae,
s5s ON the Weybosset Bank OF Providence sncs -od
found IL Is said that Wisemen mas pe,n - IN arc,
counterfeng during the past 10 or " I'm oQte 80
every section of the country and has Ue - aEresS
ressul. lie was never known 10 Dase as,e,ba, hc VI
before and he says that it is the irst ue ,s shS
,ver outwittcd BY the police. Nisenan n,smiustol i
luently arraigned before Jedge be''s io'
New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14


cels being their teachers In both. II may he only
ina gina;ion but / have sometimes thou hi that the
officers of black regiments certainly those ofthe nobcr
stamp ready, than military officers generally,
accustomed almost inevitably to regard the relation
officers and rank and file Of subsection and infe
rorty TO recognize the substantial manhood beneath
the seryie trappngs Of the soldier
The negroes are every daytdcmcnstrsting practically
that they have all the capacities that make successful
ariculturss radesmep and Ct business. There is
new school OF phanfhropists wbc to think that
the only word needed be addressed to the freedmen
Is an exhortaon to industry That ID the beginning
middle and end of their speclations and discussions
concerning him. Tie whites who can read and the
great nss who cannot, but have heard it read, must
have been amused. amazed, by The lecture OF FRO
ysional Governor Holden the representative of South
ern whitehood the blacks upon the vital importance
OF industry TO their future condition This in the face
Of the fact that contempt for productive Abor was
part of the systematic education, and exemption from
IL tie pride and boast of ell his caste and color from
the feuda baron Of tine plsntaton TO the meanest sand
hitler. His bomily was addressed to almost the orly
people IN North Carolina who do not hate labor. even
with the fresh memory Of the measueless wrongs 1t has
made them suffer; the only people who have ever
"oiAcu' VINO know bow To WORK. or VINO were "inhs
TO work. II be had addressed his exhortation to the
men OF his own class. those others Of the same
coor whom the existence Of s class had cursed with
horror OF labor there would have been fitness in it
ana grace token OF returning sanity and promise
OF state reconstrocton basis Justice. As IT was
it sounds like the voice Of the old spirit of Slavery
nouncing new scrfdom under the new formal condi.
tons. scarcely milder or more toerabc than the old
Such talk as Holdens is simply impertinent and an
implied faisehood Coming from STAKEHOLDER and
traitor Rebel Tor the sake Of Slavery IL IL an insult
both 10 the negroes and the nation rlo,,,h not
spoken In the Department concerning whes Won have
specially inquired 1t illustrates the general temper and
feeling Of the old shareholders in South Carolina. A
recent Interpretation of the real meaning OF these
homilies is furnished in the latter State Brig Gen
Hatch the military commander Of the Northern Dis
trc. Of the Department Of the South which includes
Charleston, Issued q proclamation, inviting Tie old
New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14
CONSPIRACY or a WIFE AND HER
PARAMOUR.
The Husband Ipcnrcernted-E!opem Of
tl.e (:uiity Puir.

On the Both of July man named Lester was
rrested by one Of the Police Of jersey City charge
Of drunkenness. and while being conveyed to the sta
tion.house. committing al assault on the onicer. oh
the following morning be was taken before the lie
corder and fined 81 but upon being discharged was I'M.
,daely ro arrested upon the more serious charge oi
the life of his WIFE and upon this was de-
tanned ia the cells for several days, until hnaly Mr.
Rollins his employer. ascertained Whero he was enu
bailod him. Mr.. Lester then disappeared from lne
c,,v and nothing further Was thought OF tie matter
IL now appears however that the arrest am lncarcefa
on ere The result Of conspiracy oi Lester vile anu
her paIanour 10 get him OUT ot tue way
Mr. Lester formerly resided IN Paterson 'hero No 10
boro an excellent reputation for industry ngsity ana
temperance; he was employed IN Scotfs PRINT WorAs
In that CITY, where he earned high wages, ana s"nls
carried his money home. His wife was spendthfiI,
his EARNINGS at the same time they conri'ed 70 ve
ell sent their chidren-to school, and occuitd very
comfortable position lille there. Aiter WINS ,ney
moved to Jersey City where larger wages an u m
position were offered. They had son who lhlsIed ~
the army and is still theSe and girl ABOUT yen "
age. While residing in Paterson tley became ae'
quainted with an Englishman nr;hs" ri,s mill ,bs
who visited the family az .tssyd 1sfssyd "a" one day Of
the conduct OF his wife. by discovering ner
and Mr Taylor in rather qnestionaoIe position IN .Y
sleeping "parssmsndi snde.1ored to forget the wrong
indicIeJ anon him TIE intimacy between Taylor ana
Mrs Lester was still maintained, the sten in..I .e"
taking place while the deceived nnsg"nd ~ tta
u. IT. md they determined n possible, 20 ENJOY
larger liberty and 10 this end plotted 10 get Lester o1t
NJ he uav One night Lester was induced oy MS wne
" ar,ut and when sufficiently inebriated, she pro-
roLsa onarre with him. when be struck her and was
,wics arrested as above stated and held TO oa Wnen
rclensed Lester repaired 10 ms hoine' oniy 70 nnu
that his wife had sold out s sothins ins sna
,ha money and little girl had left with her psrs
New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14

and were willing 70 acquicsce perhaps for other gener
stions. They arc what VIC have suffered them to be
made and because do not find them what il was
impossible for them to be, will we abandon them as
hopeless Of improvement ard elevationi VIII We lie
content 10 give the name Of freedom without giving
them also the Of feproectoni In this day Of
rcributon and atonemcnt shall their future DO given
into tho hands Of the old oppressors that they bind
them with new chains made more calling by the
gnpses they have caught OF freedom, 10 tho tender
morcos Of men embitered and transformed to enemies
by the very means through whichProvdence has been
bringing them out Of bondagei
have not gone much into detail, but will state what
believe to be the net result Of the experience in the
Department Of tho Sonththat tho negroes have demon
strated more than their availability an agricultural
peasantry. They have also far proved that they
possess the capacity Of forethought voluntary industry
prudence and ability 10 conduct processes and calcu
late results necessary for independent owners and ou
tvators that those qualities may be safely assumed
elements in all discussions of the probem-uhaf do
nth the HegrOi These qualities will be safely and
healtbily developed by giving them scope and opportu
nifty by leaving the freedmen. as OF other races
are left to themselves under the protection Of equal
laws and with not Of the common excitements TO
industry and selfeeyaiion denied or withheld from
them.
can only glance at OF tho hinderances and IN
1uences adverse 10 the progress Of the freedmen at
which have limited. They are the almost universal
belief among white men, the ostensibc libcrators
of the essential nieriorty Of the black race and their
incapacty OF rising 10 the rank Of recognized manhood
their consequent contempt for the negro indifference
IN his present or future condition. the general want OF
sympathy and Of the undisguised hostility Of the Mill
tary authorities; the many wrongs suffered from open
violence, or fraud and swndIing committed by whites
soldiers and civilians their unavoidable distrust Of the
intentions and good faith Of the Government produced
eninepy by the apparent breaches OF promise In tho
matters Of the lands the military eonscrpton and the
pay n tho soldiers; the uncertain, iefned aud con.
tnuay disputed powers Of the officer appointed by the
Government s special representative 70 The negroes
for their protection and improvements the want of the
cordial oo5s ration VI tue military authorities 10 lnds
penssho X IS socetff O bic oIeraop'i Tie eon1Ies
New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14

TROUBLE WITH SEgIEr-SW El, En- r,omss ~
Suvan Of the Twelfth Ward, aIes'u aIe''',.n, 20 ncie
riot. IL appears that Fiiz.mmons appsdW Wsr y Moor.
for work as streetceaner in the ITsni ,hYss
said hat he had men enough, when tSe Tvei
ened him. saying that he had better Ia WORK. At -
rs,sersop Market Police Court Fitzsmon;s,h ,oi hs
he had merely been joking. justice LeS",,i osipg NJ
he had better not continue that khI Ir,.mnoss ~
Moore did not press the charge, and f'''s'"
dlsmiysed with O reprimand
New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14
Lester. In q state % NINA

morr for parts unknown Lester. In q state ~ nina
bordering on unscy, proceeded to Paterson, and laid
the case before Officer King who sent him back u
ersey City after warrants for his wife and her abdustor
IN hs return Officer King searched the city, bat could
and nothing of the criminals Subsequently. by mean,
ot trunk which bad been ordered forward by express,
he traced them to Massachusetts, where, with the child
.he parties had commenced Keeping honse. Upon re-.
fec,on Mr. Lester decided to tnke the child under hio
own charge, and allow the wife to follow the downward
ath sha has chOsen
New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-14
Live Stock Over the Eric Railroad.

Staten ent of Live Stock transported over the Eri
Railway for the week ending Aug. ~ lGi Cattle
90 do. Hogs IL do. Sheep, DO. Horses; DO. Calves
total cars of Stock for the week. l7a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02
Answers to CorresDondcnts.

FROM MRS GF1tndy.
j. RI wish to know how I can re-
move the stains of India Ink, pricked
into the skin of my arm?
Have the arm amputated.
DrdmdticiLS.-I have written five
act tragedy. How would you advise
me to dispose of it?
Any of the waste-paper dealers will
give you the regular market price. IL.
iSLbScIiGeT.-Is it true that the loss of
n portion of the brain will not always
destroy life?
. Yes; persons entirely destitute OF
brains enjoy good health.
j. B.-T bot that no colored soldiers
fought under Wool; and it is agreed to
abide by your decision.
You have lost. All the colOred troops
fought under Wool.
Legal Iender.--Whatd do you suppose
would be the result if the Treasury
Department. were allowed to issue paper
without init?z
Gold would become worthless, and
those who were unfortunate enough to
possess large Quantities of the metal
would be utterly ruined.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02
GONE.

Gone the glory and the prime
0I happy summer time;
klOWerleSES soon the fields must be-
SongleSS all the woodlands free;
song and sunshine, bloom and glow,
Beautiful while ago,
Gone, all gone.
Gone the rich and rare delights
OI the SWect-bTeathed summer nights,
Pens1Ve walks us daylight waneS
Down the hOneysuckled lanes;
IWilight'S weird and solemn thrall,
StddeSt, sweetest hour of all.
Gone, all gone.
Gone, too, early hope and truth,
Gone the sunshine ofmy youth;
Sweet tlOwer-thOughts that blossomed rife
IN the spring-tine ofmy life,
thoughts of happy years to come,
Faith and friendship, love and home,
Gone, all gone
Cease, o heart, this weary strain,
Summer-tide will come again;
And for thee, If true below,
E9deles$ Springs shall gleain and glow;
Pelting storm and bitter blast,
Gone, allgonc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02

Mn1.-Gen. TERRY.
J. r. HAwLEY, Brig.-Gen. and Chief
of Staff.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02

Gov. Wise, OF virginia, wants to RcOc-
cupy His Old IEOme---GeneraI Terry
Says he has no Rights In that Way
TINT Loyal Men are Bound 10 Re-
SU0ct, rr
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02
Brig.-Gcn. on parole, &
H'DQRs. SUB-DIsTR1cT OF NORFOLK, /
NORFOLK, Va, july 4, 1865. I

Respectfully forwarded, ut the re-
quest of Mr.. Wise. Application disap-
should take possession of this house,
now used by the Freedmen's Bureau.
until he has been pardoned by the Pres
ident; and even then it may be neces-
sary for Mr.. Wise to prove ownership,
us his brother, probably, has legal
claim to it. o. l.. MANN,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02
EELING WEST VA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2 1865

Wise's last usual place of abode-the
place where his family resided under
his directiOn-the place where u Sheriff
would leave legal notices ; for, in many
eases like this, the abandoned lands are
IN possession of Treasury agents and
Commissioners of the Frcedmen's Blu
reau, and it is and was expressly pro-
Vlded by orders from the President that
such land shall be released only by spe-
Sial authority from the Secretary of the
treasury. Lieut.-Gen. Grant, it is pre-
sumed, hnd not in his mind the restora-
uon OF any lost, abandoned or forfeited
property whatever to those whom he
captured. ''
. The Major General commanding.
therefore says that he has no power
to restore the place called Rolliston to
hrlg.-Gen. Wise, and certainly he can
not advise such restoration before the
latter takes the oath of allegiance TO
support the government of Which he
asks SO great favor. And, moreover,
Gen. Wise is admonished that in order
TO enjoy the privileges Of his parole, he
ought to go the present home of his
family, rs selected by himself, and obey
the laws IN force, which require him to
leaYe undlsturbed the lawful occupants
of g the place called RolIistOn."
Gen: Wise apparently objects to the
term " freedmen, as applied to certain
colored citizens of Virginia, thus show
ing that he acknowledges neither his
deieat nor the supremacy of the laws i'm
force where he resides. 1t is word
used merely for convenience in classi-
flying the people. All men are free in
Virginia and will so remain. The bar
barous practice of enslaving prisoners
of war, and their descendants, will nev-
er be revived on this continent.
Brevet Brighten. Mann, command
ing at Norfolk, will cause these papers
to be delivered to Brighten. Henry A.
Wise, prisoner on pirOlc, &c.
BY command of
Mai.-Gen. TERRY.
J; r.; HAwLEY, Brig.-Gen. and Chief
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-02
TO INVALID SOLDIERS!
Artificial Legs, Arms and Clutches.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR
MANUFACTURE.
U. s. GENERAL HOSPITAL.


Wheeling, ~. va, 4 FTR 25th. 1865.
TAKE PLEASURE IN STATING. TO
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Artificial Legs manufactured by LEONARD
IiEGlAN, and for which you are agent. For
simplicity of construction as well MS du1nbili-
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thing to equal them, and 1 therefore cheerfully
recommend them to any who are unfortunate
enough 10 need artiflciHlilimhS.
JOHN iITRKER,
a. A. Surgeon, u. S. A., i'll charge
have carefully examined the Artificial
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simple in their construction, of good work
mnTSllip, light and very substantially made.
They will be quite as ScrViceaEle MS any Orti-
fetal legs in use. and on account OF their SIM
pllcity and strength less liable to need repairs.
cleerGully recommend them to any who
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JOHN FRIssELL,
a. A. Surgeon, u. s. A
WHEELING, w. Va, April 2Gth, 1866. 3
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BETILER, Agent, can recommend for the fol-
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strength of material and economy in price,
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Surgeon Board of Enrolment.
1t affords me pleasure to state that LEON
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THE WISE AND TERRY LETrERs.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-01-19

describe it. The hale, hearty, fair
looking man, lay In the bonds OF
death. lie whose lips mad hardly
ceased uttering their eloquent apA
peals for our s1ffering brethren "
the South, had finished his earthly
career, and was no more,
Two years ago, as we are Inform
cd, MIR. Everett had q slight attack
OF apoplexy. For sdelcie ree-
sons the knowledge of This fact was
kept from him His health, how
ever, in the interim had been, as
was supposed usually good. lie
had 1abored constantly, made mary
public addresses, carried on a large
correspondence, and tettertafned,
and been entertained by his many
friends. To tie general observer,
il not to his physician, he had boon
in moro than ordinary health ~
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-01-19
BUTLER o M TO GRIEF.

Fort Fisher has fallen, aud 3.
BUInER has "come to griet.'
This news will, we are sare, give
general satisfaction. Mr.. lincoln
has for once had The moral courage
to cut himself loose from the lead.
ing strings Of the radicals, and We
Aevoutly hope that the time is far
distant when Mr.. Butler will be
called upon to resume his duties Us
q. military commander. General
Butler retiros from his command
with a large fortune, acquired fol-
the most part, siace he entered the
service, acquired, too, in a way
By no means creditablc to him.
In another column will be found
a few obituary notices of this mil
itary genius.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-01-19


,a- We call thu attention Of our
readers TO al advertisement of Ar
RANDALL & Co, European Jewellers
Agents, OF New York. The Brit
ish Wing, Of Kingston, G. W. says
Of them, Nov. "a, 1864; ~.
A short time since all advertise.
ment Of Arrandale & Co., 167
Broadway, New York, appeared in
the columus of this paper, headed
Great Gift Distribution, by which
the public were informed that a
largo quantity of Gold and Silver
Watch Is and Ornaments were to
be disposed of by Lot, the total cost
being only 81, and y iEize IN return
valued from So to $50; also holding
out great advantages to agents. A
lady subscriber to the British Wing
became an agent, ane by request
brought some twenty articles sent
az prizes for her agency to this Of
fee for inspection, and without
h~esitaliou VIC eau state that each
and all Of lbe articles were worth
treble the anout OF cost to the re
cipients, aud Aople Of them six
times.
TIL Nc0 I * Allan Trt.c -
follows:
awe have jast Inspected, at tire
Office Of Arrandale & Co.'S Agency
tor European Manufacturing Jew,
elurs Il large assortment OF fashion.
able aud valuable jowelEy, consist.
ing of gold and silver watches,
chains, bracelets, ladies' sets, rings,
&c, all of the new and most fash.
ionabIe patterns. We also notice
II large quantity OF silver plate.
cousisting of goD'et' aud drinking
cups, crnet stuuls, fruit baskets,
Spoons, forks, Sc. We unders' and
that the whole nt tEese newly I'M,
parted Rriicles are to be disposed
OF Oh n norel principle, giving
great advantages to buyers, aud at
iarding extensive employment to
agents. Our readers will find oil
particulars in our advertising col
umns; and We know the firm ia
questlonto be rery respectable, and
thor, ughly worthy Of public conf
denee." a.. .. sl.s
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-01-19
From the Troy Press
From the New York Tribune

The disgracetul failure of the
expedition to Fort Fisher under
Butler, disposed Of whatever claims
he possibly had. before to be count
.tenaneed in a command. IT is a
question, now discussed freely in
some Republican journals, whether
Butler is a traitor or n coward.
[FroD the Chicago Tribune
Admiral Porter expresses regret
that more of the gallant fellows
under General Buffers command
did not follow their two comrades
in theirSraid upon tho fort. Wo
will go a step.fnrther and say that
the conduct Of Butler and Weitzel
looks like cowardice, 1t is gene.
rally supposed that the troops went
down there to attempt something
hazardous, and the public vii
agree with Admiral Porter that it
was hardly worth while to 60 so
far and cone back without making
the attempt. , yrrl't...
From the Pittsjurg Post
Ben has had nice pickings du-
ring the past three years, and IT it
be true that he is actually dismiss,
ed the service. he can, at all events,
live in af1uence for the balance oil
his life. fI." yW .4hI Gall' 30
From the New Haven Registsr.]
The mischief that he, and some
others like him, have done to Che
cause OF the Union, is almost ire.
parable.
+ TFron the 0s~ego Palladium.
The removal has been made at a
late season, bat "better late than
never" The only surprise abont
the matter ia that he was not kick
ed out of the army long ago.
[Fron the Bridgeport Farmer
We hope he will next be o. dered
to disgorge some OF the plnndel
which he is charged with having
takeu and appropriated to his OWL
use during his connection with Tia
tu.my. ~.