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A Suggestive View OF the Nurratt Case
.-.Cme COnceHlmentS Of the AdmInls'
IrRIIOn.

A Suggestive View Of the Hurratt Case
s..rne COnceAlmentS Of the AdmInlS'
trRIiOn.
The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Advertiser says:
The private conversation in congress
sionul circles concerning the manner in
which the administration worked up
the Surratt case would not be very
pleasant In the ears of either Mr.. Sew
ard or Johnson. a good many mon
firmly believe that they wanted Surrntt
TO make his escape. Many more are
confident that they were not at all anXl-
Gus to arrest him. Others, who believe
they were indifferent about the matter,
credit his capture entirely to the con- =
gressional agitation OF the question in
the latter part Of last session.
That tho correspondence has not all
been made public is evident. Mr.. Pot
ter letter Of October 25, 1865, previous
~ alluded q, begins in these words:
~ sent u tele gram yesterday" &c. This
telegram at least is withheld; and If
this, say Mr.. Seward's critics, then why
not others? Curiously enough, they
find warrant In the published letters
for believing thRt others Of Importance
are kept back. 1t will be observed that
on the 25th of May, 1866, the Secretary
of State writes an official letter to MIR.
Wilson, Chairman of the House inves-
tigating committee, saying in substance
thnt there are no papers in his depart.
ment bearing upon the persons impli-
Gated in the assassination conspiracy.
On the same day, however, he writes
NOflunIN To In tphtplh hn
adds that the department has iniormn-
ton in regard to John II. Surratt, but
doesn't think 1t advisable to make it
public! People not Of II diplomatic
turn OF mind say there was something
very like fnlsehood In this official let
ter; and they query whether Mr.. Sew
ard, in saying officially, now, that all
the correspondence Is furnished, does
or does not make private reservation.
There is among these numerous
printed letters and telegrams, memo
randum from the Judge Advocate Cen
ernl, which impresses me with sharp
sense of the knowledge and judgment
Of that officer. 1t is his endorsement. Of
May 10, 1866, on copy OF Mr.. Kings
hurried and irngmentRry letter Of April
%, 1866, which briefly gives the original
statement of the man through whom
Surratt's unrest was finally effected,
"My informant" say MIR. King, "said
"that ho had known Surratt in AmGri-
ca,"&c The dNtn Hre imperfect to the
last degree; and yet Judge Holt sits
down and Says-this man was a school
teacher ut EllenGOwan in 1868, he after
wards was employed in Washington,
he spoke French, English and Italian
tluenlly, he Is IL man OF character. 1t Is
as ifthe judge were to sny, tell mo what
any man is supposed to know about the
Surrntts or this assassination cOnspira-
Cy, and I'll tell you who the man Is and
give you IL short sketch Of his life.
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From the United States RdilrOqd and Mining
Register.
SAND PATCH TUNNEL.-"Thew work on
Sand Patch Tunnel, on the Pittsburgh
and Connellsville Railroad, Is still be-
ing pushed forward by our fellow-Ciu-
zen, Mr.. John Humbird, who has the
contract, and on last week hole was
made. The length of the tunnel is
400 feet, being 1000 feet longer than
the long tunnel on the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad through the Alleghe-
MES between Altoona and CreSson, and
only about $50 feet shorter than the
great KingwoOd tunnel on the Balu-
more and Ohio Railroad. It is intend
ed for double track, and Is twenty
two feet wide by nineteen feet in height.
As soon as the legal questions concern
ing the Pittsburgh and Connellsville
Railroad shall have been decided, the
work on the road will be pushed rapid
ly forward to completion. Cunber-
land onion.
las tho ''legal questions" referred to
Court OF the United States, ut Wash
ington, 1t would seem rs If n final de-
Cision had been indefinitely adj djourned;
lUT0 uS lut CuSG bltAllI6 tuG pNlOllGl
1t Is not clear that either of the two
grent interests that are the real parties
in the suit, Rre very urgent for con-
elusive adjudiCation.l
Meanwhile the development of the
southwest portion of Pennsylvania Is
postponed. In the progress of events,
however, 1t is made more mRniiest
from year to year that the Pittsburgh
and Conuellsville Railroad Company
must look upon Harrisburg rather than
Cumberland, rs the principal eastern
point in its plan and programme.
With its name changed TO the "Pitts-
burg, Cumberland and Harrisburg
Railroad" and its corporate privileges
extended to cover tho ground from
Wills Creek, Mt the eastern bnseo Of the
Allegheny Mountain, (where the pres
ent route makes turn in its course TO
reach Cumberland to tho Lebanon
Valley Railroad on tho enst bank Of the
Susquehnnna river, the scheme would
be adjusted to the interests Of Pitts
burgh, the southwest counties, West
Nirginin, &c; because then the line
would have direct outlet to all the three
great tidewAter cities, and could conf
mHnd financial success.
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gnsuranfr.
Incorporated 1885,
Wheeling Savings Institution,

oETIcE No. % MoSROESr.,
n EONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, IN
W torest pnId on special Deposit, Notes and
Rills Discounted, Exchange Bought 0nd S0id
COLLECTIONS made on all points
In order to meet n want that has long boon
felt in this community, this Institution wlll
receive OH Wednesday and saturday nneT-
nOOn between the hOIirS OF two mud four o.
clock, Deposits Of any sum Of money, nom
one dollar and upwards, on which intores
GEO. MENDEL, President.
DrREcroRS-Alcx. LaughlIn, A. !. Panuell,
John Mcclure, IT., Alex. Rogers, Morgan /,
on, James Paull, Alex. J. Cecil, James lttt'u'
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ITEMS.

-Ex-Governor Letchcr, Of Virginin,
is among tho reconstructed visitors TO
the Capital.
g. F. Memminger, late Secretary Of
the Confederate States Treasury, wns
pardoned by the President on Thnrs'
day.
-"Mrs. Betsy Jane Ward" has writ
ten "A letter to Artemus In which she
advises him to stop writing to Punch
and tondying tho British, and come
home.
Attorney General Stnnberry is hnv-
Ing prepared II list Of the pnrdons on
lile In his Office granted by President
Johnson. There nrG only seventeen
thousand on record.
Edward V. Murphy, for many
years one OF tho reporters in the United
States Senate, has been appointed STU
p0rintendent Of Exports NJ tho port ol
Philadelphia.
Ono branch Of tho South Carolina
Legislature, yesterday, rejected the
Constitutional Amendment. There wins
ono vote In ils favor to ninoty-onC
agnInStit.
IL. II. WGiChmnn, ono of tho princi-
pnl witnesses IN tho assassination con
Hpirncy CnsUs, WINS yesterday examined
In tina United States District Court In
Washington Rs to SurrRtt's completely.
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Reappearance OF the Cholera Rt Con.
atRnIInOpIC.

ReappeRrhnce OF the Cholera nj Con-
StRnIInOplC.
The following has been received by
the State Department:
"LEaATIoN OF THE U. S. OF AMERICA, |
"CoNsTANTINoPLE. Nov. 10, 1866. J
"Hon. William II. iScVard, Secretary Ct
State.
"SIR: I regret to be Obliged to nm.
nounCe the reappeHrance of cholera nt
Constantinople. 1t broke out n few days
since at Ortaksin, n ueighbOring village
on the BosPhorus, and out Of twelve
cases reported from TINT locality up TO
this date eight have terminated iatIlly,
Four cases and two deaths have also
occurred at the arsenal on the Golden
Horn, whence 1t extended itself in the
summer Of 1865 over the city. One
death o! apolectic or 'fourdroynnt
cholera Ia reported from Bebek. The
disease at present threntenG to take nm
epidemic form. II II should become
epidemical II must be very fatal Hs the
winter here Is generally rude In TEN
perature, and much suffering exists In
consequence among tho population, the
great bulk of which live In miserable
tenements, and arc scantIly clnd and
lily provided with the neccssNries OF
life. 1t IL to be hoped wenre not TO wit-
ness repetition Of the horrors Of 1865,
when fully fifty thousand people were
swept Off In six weeks by this scourge
OF humanity.
~ am, Sir, very respectfully, &c.,
"E, Joy NORRIS"
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Franklin Insurance Company
c.n,,,, OF whhkh'S'' sIsO. 900.


DIRECTOlS:
TIL, Logan, T. T. ShnllcroSs, J. 8. Rhodes,
Geo. Mcuticl, ]. II, Hobbs, Snml. MCtlcl-
Ian, q. W. FrilnEhelnl, Jas. n. Vance, Alex
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TVHIS COMPANY NOW HAVING REEN
organized four years, and u that thn9
done q successful business, iS Siill pfepnreni
TO take risks Rt fNir rates on buildings ol AL
kinds, Merchandise, Manu- uiActurng tstiID-
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ThIScOmpany offers superior inducements
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dwellings, FnrniinnG, Bnins and contents,l0r
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This being n home institution, with INC lhT-
gcst capital and surplus Of Rny company IN
In the state and composed OF some
nInCty.four stockholders, most Ofwh0m arc
among our UCst business mon, recommends
itself 10 the favorable consideration OF mo
lnsUrinE public, and S0llCits their patronage
Applications for insurance will bO promptly
attended to by the Secretary. .n..
Office, North side OF Monroe, betwGeu
Main and Market StS.. Wheeling, W. Va,
over the Savings Institution Of Wheeling
NC. ARTHUR, Secretary
SANi'L MCCLELLAN, President.
GEO, MENDEL, VlCO President. oclb
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Editors Mtcllcgcnccr:

81 was stranger, and ye took inc in;
naked, md ye clothed me-" Such has
been the grateful expression ormany II
little orphan left fHthcrless and mother
less, with none to care for them, nmids
the temptations, hardships and suffer-
ings, known only to the orphan.
And without dispnrHging others, we
ngnin remind the citizens Of Wheeling
OF the annual Festival Of the English
Evangelical Lutheran Sabbath School,
ut Washington Hall, on Monday and
Tuesday evenings. There is no Sabbath
School more energetic in tho cause of
tho orphan. Officers, teachers and
scholars Nll work for this object. Go 10
Washington Hail on the evenings
named. see what crowd OF Juvenile
GOOD SHmaritans," listen TO three hum
dred and tilty voices joining in songs
mud chorus, witness the emptying Of
their boxes into tho orphnn's treasury,
amounting to several hundred dollars,
and you will understand the sacred in
junction, "YO shnll feed the kids by the
shepherds tents" ALmoN.
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ARTEMus WARD IN IONnoN.--AmOri-
cans in London begin to suspect Ar
lcmus Ward Of ilunkcyism. a London
correspondent Of Boston Journal snys;
Mr.. Ward pundcrs too inuch for my
tnsto to John Bulls prejudice. Per.
hnps he does not nctuNlly raise n laugh
against his own country, hut goes very
nCnr IL; nnd tho tOnO Or his lectures
nrO not agreeable to American sympn.
thizcrs, which in tolCrnbly fnlr tCst Of
thcir quality. regret LOsRy his hOnlth
IL very feeble, and prevents him from
enjoying some Of tho hOspitalitioS
which some Or our literary mon would
bC glad to offer him. Though hO has
contributed several papers to Punch, hO
IL unknown personally, brlicvo, 70 the
lending contributors Of TINT periodical,
md though repeatedly pressed to join
the Punch weekly dinner, has hitherto
begged oil on tho ground OF tho uncOr'
tainty Of his heRllh.
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FIRST LovE.-Shc put down her veil
again Immediately; her lips moved in-
voluntarily nssho lowered it; thought
could see through the luce, that the
slight movement ripencd 10 II smile.
Still there wns cmoug IL left to look on
enough to charm. There was the little
rim Of delicate white lace oncircling tho
lovely, dusky, throat; there was the
figure visible, where tho shawl hnd iHl.
len open, slender, but already well
IN its slGndCrnCss, md eX-
Quisitcly supple; there WIS tho whist,
naturally low, and LEFT to Its natural
plnc0 nnd size; there were tho little mils
lincry aud iowclry ornaments that shO
worC-simplOand dCommonplnCo enough
in thomsClvCs--yOt Cnch II beauty, each
n trCnsurC, on hor. ThorO wns NIL this
TO behold, Nil this to dwell on IN spite
of tho veil, The veil! how little of tho
woman does II hide, when tho man
rCnlly loves hCr!-Coiim'S BdSR.
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In his report upon tho condition Of
South CnrOlinN, Con, SlcEles rclh'"s
TINT In one case, whcTO n freedman whS
murdered, tho two mon who Killed MN
EnL upon tho CorOnor's jury, nnd united
In tho verdict that "thO dOCOnscd Cnino
to his dOnth by CnusOS unknown y
ThOF0 IL sort OF savage humor In THIS,
which amuseS while II mNkcs us shud-
der. When II criminal puts on The
robes Ot Justice, and In her nnmo do.
Cld0s against his victim, surely lmpu-
dOnOO can 20 10 further
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TERRIBLE CONFLICT WITH BURGLARS.
The Richmond (ya.) Dispatch Of Tues
day last, gives the particulars of the at
tempt made the preceding night by
some soldiers to rob store, in which
slept young man named John Dickens.
After breaking in, they knocked Dick
ems on the head with slung shot, but
he seized an axe, killed one and disabled
another. One escaped and two Others
were captured, with the assistance Of .
.nsichbor. Mr.. Dickens, the young man
who defended himself so wen, is spoken
Of as always possessing the quality Of
coolness, Of which he displayed so much
on this occasion. II is related Of him
that in one Of the battles on the Weldon
railroad, near Petersburg, he was shot
in the jaw, and upon being sympathi1ed
with by one of his companions, exciaim-
ed. 81 would not care if it had not shot
the last chew of tobacco / had ont OF my
mouth
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
Southern colleges are fiourishing.

southern cOlleSeS are houiishihS'
Gold has been discovered in Ken
lucky. ....... --
The Georgia Legislature refuses t'
prohibit Sunday travel.
The School system of Arkansas ha'
become virtually extinct.
The tea raised in Georgia is pro
nounced equal to the best Japan.
The occupation of eroakers in the
South will soon be gone.
A Richmond paper speaks of the pres
ent Congress as "The Wreckers."
The guests of the Richmond hotels arC
treated to bear meat.
Street passenger cars will commence
running in Charleston, s. C., on the l7tl
inst.
| Bulwers novels and DR.. Holmes wri
tings are stated to be jeff. Davis favor
ite reading. T.
Since the 1st instant, over $500 bales
of cotton have been received by railroad
and coastwise atNorfolk.
A bill is before the Alabama Legisla'
ture to divide tho school fund pro rata
between the white and black schools.
Bishop Hopkins, who has just made
ttour Of the South, says he did not heal
disloyal word from q white man
during the whole trip. y.r.g
The Selma (Ala.) Messenger says
"Gen. Hardee is located in Selma, al
last, in the beautiful residence of oul
lamented fellow citizen, the late Major
Marks, on the suburbs Of the city.
What the country needs is "man.'
We have millions Of patriots but nc
men.-Mssissippi Old Guard.
a What q prcdieament for country
with several millions of women.
William T. ,spicer, a soldier of tht
30th Virginia regiment during the war
and latterly brakeman on the Virgin
in Central railroad, was run over by
three cars Mt Richmond on Tuesday last
and instantly killed. His body was
completely cut in two.
1t is stated that on account of the
failure Of the cotton crop and other de
pressing influences, financial crisii
has been expected this fall in New Or
leans. There have been, however, ne
failures of any consequence; one cotton
factory and few dry goods merchant;
only have suspended, making no i'm
preston in business circles.
The Atlanta (Ga) papers give ths
particulars of an attack Of a party o.
citizens from Cherokee county, upor
three men, headed by a desperate
named Harcrow. The latter had stop
ped for the night at the house Of Mr.. j
+. Morris, at Buckhead. When the pur
suing party arrived Harcrow commenced
1 firing apon them Harcrow was killed
and his two companions taken. Mr.
\ Morris Was also accidentally killed II
tthe melee, and his son wounded.
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CURRENT ITEMS.
Panthers are ramping in Vermont.
New green corn in San Francisco.
Indiana owes seven millions Of dol

Panthers are ramplng In vermont.
New green corn in San Francisco.
Indiana owes seven millions of dol
lars. ..-..
Pekin is dry as q chip-no rain for
eleven months.
Gov. Fenton, of New York, commenced
life in saw-mill.
The Connecticut farmers were plough
ing last week.
In Paris there is one dog to every
forty persons.
Horace Greeley declares the Constitu-
tion "but an incident"
The Portlanders are going to have q
ten thousand pound fire bell.
The collapse of crinoline is gravely
announced by the Round Table.
Utah conceals more crime than any
other territory in the Union.
Forty divorces were granted by a
New Hampshire court in two days.
Four Southern freedmen are in the
Connecticut jails for alleged murder.
During the past week $40 emigrants
passed through Columbus, Ohio, for the
West.
The majority of the Republican pa
pers of Illinois favor Senator Trumbulfs
reelection.
The petroleum belt" in California is
700 miles long and forty or fifty miles
wide. r
ANorwich, Conn.,, clergyman offers to
forfeit $40, 900 if quart of pure spirits
can be found in that city.
The late Gubernatorial elections in
Pennsylvania and New York indicate
an aggregate population of lo,OOo,ooo.
Mrs. Bloomer is no longer Bloomer.
She wears her clothes now just like the
other women.
Between Nebraska City and Denver a
woman owns and manages a large
freighting business.
A champagne cork popped in church
in San Francisco during service and
exposed the dreadful conduct of the IT.
reverent hymn-singers. .
A mother in Chicago had found her
daughters the other evening in a low
place of amusement. Taking hold of
each by the hair of the head she
marched them out, to the astonishment
of the audience. a.
A branch of the school for the educa-
ton of soldiers orphans is now i'll sue
cessftll operation in the Madison College
building at Uniontown, over sixty chill
dren, male and female, being in attend
ance. Hon. J. X. Ewing is President OF
the Board of Directors.
On the closing night of her Washing
ington engagement, Ristori was called
before the curtain after the perform
ance, and made n speech of twenty-nine
stconds duration, which took her TWO
days to commit to memory, in order to
speak it in the English language.
The ground for the soldiers monu-
ment to be erected at Boston next sum-
mer, at cost of 100000, will be brok-
en- January 1, with public ceremonies,
at which an oration will be delivered
aud the city militia regiments parade.
The site selected for its erection Is on
the summit of Flagstaff Hill, on the
common, and near the frog pond.
The deepest coal mine in the world,
that of Montwearmouth, England, 1000
feet from the surface, was visited by
some members of the British Associa-
ton. Four ladies were OF the party.
The workings extend to distance OF
two miles from the shaft. The heat Mt
the bottom is from eighty to ninety de-
grees Fahrenheit.
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HALF HARDY PLASTs.-It is well
known that certain plants viii pass the
winter safely, if they have only slight
protection but most cultiyatOrs do not
seem to be aware that this protection is
given as much against heat as it is
against cold. Like the man who was
reported as having died, not Of his dis
ease, but in getting well, many of our
plants can stand ffeeZing better than
they can thawing, and If protectisn to
so-called tender things Is not given nm
til midwinter, it often answers perfect
ly. A barrel, put over shrub, shields
it from sudden changes. A good light
and dry cellar Is a great help, in the alb
seDee Of green house Tender roses,
Lantsnas, Oleanders, and many other
things that arg very useful, when Put in
cellar and just kept from freezing,
will IVORY along" nicely, and they will
generally come out all right in the
spring. AFSs
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I To Fry F1sH.-The ordinary manner
of frying fish in shallow pan with only
q small quantity of grease, may be
much improved upon by initiating the
Greeks, from whom we may also learn
many other useful lessons in the culi-
nary art. Take large quantity of lard
in q deep kettle, and let it boil Us fol
irving doughnuts. While boiling, drop
in the fish, having previously rolled
them in flour or meal. In o tew min
utcs they will be of rich, uniform
brown, when they may be taken out
and served while hot. They will be
found infinitely moro delicate in flavor,
as we'll as more inviting in appearance
than when cooked nIthe old way.
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Determined to Die.

In the little town of Dover, which is
situated on the Cumberland river, in
Middle Tennessee, there lived, some
wears ago, an eccentric and incorporate
bachelor by the name of Kingston. On
one occasion, when Frustrated on his
bed by excess, and suffering acutely
from those stings and horrors peculiar
to kis situation, ho sent for one OF his
old boon companions to come and visit
him. Shyrack, for that was the other :
name, came duly to kingston's room.
"What's the matter. klngstoDi
"Shyrack, shut the door"
"Yes, my dear fellow"
Lock it."
.sEhi"
clock the door,"
Certainly. my dear boy"
..Shyrack, Pm going to kill myself
"My dear fellow, let me entreat Of you
not to do it,"
II will.'
"No, no. Obiige me and DON'T
"Must do it,"
Don't: it will be the death of you.'
Shryack was quite cool and jocOse,
little dreaming that so terrible an event
was ABOUT 10 tahc pldCe.
Kingston had, as the last eccentric act
of his life, taken u chisel and mallet
to bed with him; and now, with the des-
perate resolve, he seized the eXtraordi-
nary tools of death, and in an instant
drove the blade of the chisel into his
breast!
The hair rose upon Shryack's bead,
and fright spread like sheet OF snow
over his face. .sEE
kingston! Kingston! my dear fellow
--yon id rascal Kingston! do you
want to have me hungf Hold! don't
die till can call some bodyw
Shyrack ran to the door, and called
like madman to some people across
aHsilo! herel say You, mister! all you
stupid people-make haste over here. or
there'll be 3 mnrlerw ~ & UgD
The pecpie crowded into Kingston's
house.
Don't die Kingston! Don's chisel
me me that hat way. wa Don't die till you tell me
81 did it myself Kingston articula-
ted. ~ - -.
'"There that'll do now, my dear fei-
low; you may die" replied Shyrack,
taking a long breath, and wiping the
perspiration from his forehead.
And Kingston did die in that extra
ordinary way as a suicide that was al
most murder. ttt HEi.l
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One of our exchanges has the follow
ing;
"The proportions Of the human figure
are strictly mathematical. The whole
figure is six times the length of the
foot. Whether the form be slender OF
plump the rule holds good; any deyia-
ton from it is a departure from
the highest beauty in pro
portion. The Greeks made all
their statues according TO this rule. The
face from the highest point OF the fore
head, where the hair begins, to the chin,
is one-tenth Of the whole stature. The
hand, from the wrist TO the middle fin
ger, is the same. From the top Of the
chest to the highest point in the forehead
is seventh. If the length Of the face
from the roots of the hair to the chin be
divided into thrse equal parts, the irst
division deteruiihes the place where
the eyebrows meet, and the second the
place of the nostrils. The height, from
the feet to the top Of the head, is the
same as the distance from the extrem'
ity of the fingers when the arms are eI.
tended