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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-15
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-15

HENRY CLAY DRAN RESIGNS HIS SEAT.
{ Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, has adj
man of the Iowa delegation, resigninR
his seat as a member ofthe' Convention:
"Hon. y. NJ. EEtcood, Chairman of the
DensocrGttc 1oa0G STATE Central cOns-
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The PIenary Council or the Catholtc
Church 10 Assemble I'm baltimore.
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1t is said that an address will be is-
sued, ,embodying the . principles set
forth in the call under which the Con-
vention is held. '.iy75iiit
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ii-isgt NO NEW PARTY.

There is a strong oppositionato any
attempt TO make a new party. The
leaders of the Convention wish simply
to declare certain politics principles,
and leave it to parties to adopt: ther6
afterwards, ifthey choose ~
OPPOSITION TO THE RXEcUTIyR COMMIT
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Bishop Bayley, OF Newark, N. J., has
issued the following circular to the
clergy Of his diocese:
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The proposition to appoint anExecu-
tive Committee Is being actively can
yassed, but it meets with strong oppo-
sition, especially from Democrats, Who
claim that it might lead to an abandon
ment Of the Dem ocratic organization. g
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FERNANDO WOOD REsieNs HIS SEAT.
Fernando Wood has written the fol-
lowing letter to Mr.. DoOlitLle, resigning
his seat in the Convention:
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The plan agreed upon for the Com
vention seems to be the adoption of a
President and his policy, oondemning
the action of Congress on. the subject Of
reconstrn ction, and asserting tfi6 right
Of teptesent attqh in the Southern
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THE wIoWAEr

Is not finished, and tits asserted to-
night that the Convention Will hold It's
first session in one of the public halls
of the CITY.
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The Southern delegations appointed
q aCommittee to-day to wait upon Val
landigham and request him to with
draw. ipMr. Xallandighaml declined to
comply with this request. The Ken
lucky delegation held a meeting and
unanimously,yo voted in favorSof Mr..
Vallandigham admission.
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'sReyerend and De1r Sir: The second
'plenary council of the Catholic Church
in.the United States will be opened in
the, Cathedral of Baltimore on the first
Sunday in October, the Feast Of the
Most Holy Rosary. It has been con-
lYoked by the authority of the holy
Apostolic See, and will be presided.
over by the Most Reverend Arch hbishop.
of BaltimoTe as Apostolic Delegate.
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IuB Iue very IGoVernment which then
gave them protection, not only at home,
but in. all parts of the earth wherever
they chose to travel; the Government
under whose benign laws they were
born and reared to manhood, whose
flag was honored and respected by All
the nations of the earth on accotint Of
her power and far felt influenced flor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-15

The question of the admission of Val
landighan Is being discussed again this
evening" 4 had an interview with VAL
iandtgham this afternoon. asked
him ifhe intended to be in the Conven-
ton; he, said, most assuredlyi he did.
But 2 said;I, .'they say they won't
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Put Him Through.

A few weeks since brace of
lovers entered u photograph saloon
and wanted their pictures taken.
The lady gave precedence to her
swain, who, she said, "had got to
be tack fast and ralc natural"
He brushed up his tow head of
hair, gave n twist or two to his
haukcrchicf, asked his girl ii his
shirt collar Vas about Y, aud
placed himself in the operators
chair, where he soon assumed the
physiognomibal characteristics OF
d poor mortal in II dentists hands
and about to part with ono of his
teeth.
Nov, do look purity begged
tho lady, casting ut him one oil her
most languishing glanccs.
The picture was taken, and
when produced it reminded the
girl. as she expressed il.
"Jist how Josh looked when he
| got over the measles - aud as this
was not an era in her suitor's his
tory particularly worthy of cont.
memmoration, she insisted that
he should stand it again.
lie obeycd, and she attended
him TO the chair.
"Josh, said she, 'iust look like
smiling, and then kinder don't"
The poor fellow tried TO follow
the indefinite injunction.
"La!" she said, "why you lool
: all puckered mp"
One direction followed another
but with n little success. Atlast
growing impatient and becoming
desperate, she resolved to try al
experiment which she considered
Iinhlliblc. and exclaimed.
" ! don't kccr if there is folks
around"
She enjoined the operator to
stand ready Mt his camera. Sh'
/ then set in her fellows lap, an'
, placing her arms around his neck
! managed to cast shower Of tlaxel
, ringlets AS screen between tn
operator and the proceedings
which, however, were betrayed By
Il succession of amorous sounds
which revealed her experiment.
When this billing and cooling hac
lasted a few minutes, the cunning
girl lcaped from Josb's lap, clap
ped her hands, and cried to the
astonished artist.
"Now you've got him! PIT
him through !"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Anecdote Of Greeley.


The New York correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Commercial relates
the following:
Persons woll acquainted with
Horace Greeley are aware that,
with all his amiability and GOOD
heartcdnoss, lie is not particularlv
orthodox. Iou remember, no
doubt, the sclicitudc Of ono OF hi.
extremely pious friends, who asked
him, when his two daughters were
i'll some years since, it they had
been baptiscd. "Oh, no, said ii
g., "but they have been yaccin,
ntcd."
Au earnest advocate Of foreign
missions forced himself into the
presence of the Tribuno's cditor-in
chief in the Bible house .hc other
day, while he was hard ut work or
4 his "Conilictn and importuned him
to subscribe to the cause. The
veteran journalist looked up from
his manuscript in very choleric
mood, and said crustily, "Don't
ask me to give anything for saliva
ton OF souls. am convinced
Cooking Significantly at tho in.
truder) that not half "a many peo
lplo 20 to hi now as ought to"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
France.

The London Times of the 18th has
an editorial on France aud Mexico,
in which it uses the following plain
language; ..,..
The Intervention in Mexico was a
mistake, though We arc prccluded
from condemning it too loudly. Our
own Government was ill-advised
enough to concur in the moderate at
tempt at first suggested, and we can
only congratulate ourselves that it
had the discretion to retire as soon
as it could with decency, 1t ought
to have been seen from the first that
it would be impossible to restrict the
movement to itsproposed dimensions;
and even were it possible, the move
ment would still be impolitic, The
practical question is, however. What
shall Emperor Napoleon do?
If he retreat, he exposes himself I,
the imputation of failure, and mus
run the risk of the disfayor which the
French are very apt to feel towar(
anything like want of military sue
cess but he would be relieved from
considerable expense, would mitigate
some domestic opposition, ana would
appos.s the american people,
n he persist, he must be prepared
for growing embarrassments and must
brave American resentment.
But were he to withdraw his sup
port, it is most probable that the
Emperor Maximilian would soon re-
turn to Europe, and the Emperor
Napoleon would have to acknowledge
that tho scheme upon which he had
lavished thousands of French lives
and millions of French money had
ANONYMOUSLY failed, and that the
French army had been compelled
to recoil from before u contemplate
enemy. 1t is a most painful dilem-
ma.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Various Items.


Bo ware, is what the potter
said to the lump Of clay.
How to learn all your defects
Quarrel with your best friend.
No man can avoid his own com
pany, and he had better make it
as good rs possible.
Most of the shadows that cross
our pathway in life arc caused by
standing in our own light.
The officiating clergyman at tile
marriage OF deaf and dumb coup-
lc wittily aud gallaAtly wished
them unspeakable bliss.
A spirited young lady who was
about to marry n man whose purse
was longer than his head, said she
preferred his dollars to his sense
One reason why the world is not
reformed is because individuals
seem bent on reforming others,
and never think Of reforming them
selves.
What is the difference between
II piece OF honey comb and black
eyet One is produced by the la
boring bee, aud the other by u be.
laboring.
/ 1t was q starving corset maker
who thus vented her complaint -
"Shame that should be without
bread have stayed the stomachs
of thousands"
"What flower Of beauty shall |
marry :" asked a young spend
thrift of his misery governor. To
which the governor replied, with a
grim smile, "Marigold."
81 live in my charmcr's eyes, "
said "a fop to a Colman. 81 don't
wonder at it, replied George, "for
observed she had o sty in them
when | saw her last"
The Boston Journal says: ga
gentleman in travelling along the
coast OF Florida and Georgia found
u woman who did not know what
a newspaper was. She had seven
children and pipe in her mouth. I"
Rather capacious mouth for a
woman!
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Western Phrases.


1t amused me, when first came
to this country, to hear the con.
densed meaning which tho western
man can put into an originally
manufactured word. " You bet, "
4" You get" are short hand for q
paragraph and well understood
" Mighty weak" is expressive oi
not elegant. | presume the man
who started tie phrase knew little
of the rule of elegant literature,
which permits an adjective to be
Joined to a noun of opposite mean.
ing, rs for example, sit was q
melarcholly pleasure" &c, but he
hit the very idea of intense mean
ing when he said such u thing was
powerfully weak"
| was riding recently in Nilsson
ri, in company with n native
Some one on the roadside asked
him, slow is the folksiY "I'luin,"
was tho brief and only reply !;
I" How are yours Z" Square," {"
was the solitary answer. l found
that plum and square were used
beyond the Masonic Lodges. and
had come to mean all right in @
Western phrase.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Fyom tue Toronto Leader.
A Remarkable Surgical Operation.

One of the most extraordinary
operations that has ever
been performed in this country
was recently successfully accom-.
plshed in the general hospital in
this city, by DIR. Aikens. and for
the benefit of tho medical rrofes.
sion of Toronto, we think it but
right that q notice of the case
should be laid before the public
The case in question is that of a
young woman who had been af.
flicted with an liberated heel for
seven years. Having been under
the care Of several eminent ply
sicians, and the disease having
grown worse instead of better, she
obtained admission to the hospital.
and after remaining Loro for some
t;.,- ,.-..s placed under the care of
DR.. Aikcns, who, after mature con-
sideration, suggested the propricty
of Il remarkable operation with a
view Of cffecting cure and hav,
ing obtained the consent of the
patient, who, it may be readily
imagined, was ready to undergo
any operation that might have the
effect Of restoring to her the use OF
her foot, the doctor proceeded to
cut away all the diseased portion
OF the heel, completely removing
the roots of the ulcer, and, indeed,
advancing some distance into the
flesh, tho better to avoid leaving
any seeds ofthe disease remaining.
The next thing to be done was to
fill up the cavity, into'which a good
sized potato might be placed, with
healthy flesh. The foot was ac-
cordingly tightly tied up to the hip
and a large piece of flesh partly re
moved from the hip and laid in the
cavity Of the heel, and the flap on
one side, or, more properly, end,
sewed to the lip Of the cavity, the
opposite part, of course, left stu
adhering to the hip, in order that
circulation might be preserved. =
The foot was kept in that position
a week, by which time the flesh of
the hip had commenced adherineI
TO that of the foot. The latter was
then cut down from the hip, and a
complete cure is about to result
from the operation. The heel
presents very neat appearance,
and in a few days the skin along
the edges will be healed up. The
PATIENTS still in the hospital. -
Tie cavity in the hip casucd by
the removal Of the flesh is also
rapidly filling up. NJ.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
A Strange Bridal Story.


A strange story is told of two
sisters at Berlin. A About three
years ago one ofthesc yodng ladies
was engaged to be married, but or
the bridal morning became so i'll
that she could not possibly go to
the church. The bridegroom was
a desirable one, and was a fish
who, it seems, had not easily been
hooked. There was, therefore,
great danger in the delay, so in
stead of postponing the marriage,
the second sister, covering herself
in a long veil, personated the first,
and duly went through the ceremo.
ny. The moment ii was over, she
transferred the bridal dress and
ornaments to her sister, who was
thus considered TO have all proper
claim to this husband she married
by proxy. 1t is only recently that
4 discovery has been made Of the
real facts, and proceedings are
about to be taken not only in the
,iyil, hut also in the criminal
courts of Berlin. r, f.I..
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Convicted by q Cod.

A rather curious instance oil
conviction by evidence from the
mouth of a cod occurred in Scrab
ster Roads the other day. The
Captain had some fresh hcrrings
for breakfast, and some of those
that were left were thrown over
board by the cook, who was either
too lazy or too careless TO put them
away rs he was told TO do. The
hcrrings being subsequently asked
tor, as tho captain wished to hsll
toI cod, the cook dclarcd that ho
knew nothing at all about them
but that he was certain that they
had not been thrown overheard. =
No sooner wore the words out o.
his mouth than the captain, who
had felt a pull at his line, drew in
a great bouncing fellow of a cod ,
and the moment the cod foil on
deck ono of the identical herrings
in dispute fell ont of its mouth al
the storytellor's feet, thus convict.
ing him by the mouth Of q witness
whose stomach, when taken out OF
his native element, was more ten
der than the cooks conscicnce.-
John O'GrOdt Journal.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
A Robinson Crusoe Story.


Early in the month OF January.
l1S64, the captain and crew of a
email scaling vessel sailing from
Sydney, Australia, were wrecked
on one the uninhabitcd islands of
Auckland group in tho far South
Pacific. They lived there twenty
months, without seeing a human
being other than themselves. The
only tools they had were n hammer,
IAN AK, an adz, and u cimlet; with
those they contriyed to make n
house with u fire place and a chin.
ney to it. Thcv lived on seals,
widgcons, mussles and sweet root
which served for bread and pota.
toes. Seals, which they found
there in great numbers, and which
the captain in his diary says, went
roaring about the woods like wild
cattle" were their main depend.
oncc for food. Somewhat more
than a year had been spent by them
in this dismal place when twenty
of the men grew mutinous, and
the good captain, who had shared
with them everything that was
saved from the ship, and worked
as hard Ms any Of them, was sorely
tried.
But he was wise and successful
IL his treatment of them. Thre,
months after his record of the mu
tinous disposition, he wrote in his
diary: 81 have adopted II meas
ure for keeping the men in ordet
and subiection, which | find to worl
!. admirably, and it also acts beneii
cially on my own mind. This II
teaching school in the evening ant
: reading prayers, and reading anC
expounding the Scriptures to the
best o. my poor ability. Wehavc
= done this for some time now. The
men are all getting particular,
fond of reading and hearing tho
II Bible read. Some of them canno
read yet, but they are learning
c very fast, and have not heard
c proiane word for long time. 81
c much for moral suasion."
a At last the captain determinct
G to leave the island. The nearcs
}, land was New ZEALAND, four hun
: dred miles off, and their only Graf
r was little dingy in which they
: had escaped from tho wreck
] There was extreme peril in cross
c ing such a tract OF stormy ocean
t in such a boat, but he had grown
a almost desperate. lie and his men
= raised the sides of the boat, and
1 did what else they could to fit her
4 for sea. Only two, besides the
c captain, consented to 90 in her,
and they set off. They reached
t New Zealand in safety, where
b, they at once chartered n craft and
| returned Tor their comrades, whom
/ they found and brought away.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
A tough .Story--Nemonia or the
OLD WOMAN or THE ST. cRoIx.

OLD WOMAN or THE ST. CRoIX.
A correspondent of the Polk
County Press is responsible for
The following, which, iftrue, makes
the venerable joseph CRELE, com
parativcly an infant -" The old.
est human being in modern times,
lives now, or did a short time since,
in Wisconsin, near the head waters
of the st. CrOix river. Her exact
age is unknown. When the oldest
Indians who knew her were young,
she was an old woman. They call
her Nomonia "-the Chippewa
for old woman. She is a marvel
and wonder to all who see her.
Her body is bent nearly to the
ground by time and heavy burdens.
Her face, wrinkled and smoked in
the wigwams for over hundred
and fifty years, has little left Of the
" human face divine"
{" When inquired Of by white
men, who were cutting timber near
her wigwam, in regard to her age,
abe could not tell it, but could well
recollect when those tall pines they
were cutting we're no larger than
the staff she held in her hand, and
when she could bend down and
break Off their branches. The
lumberiien cut down those trees
and counted their yearly growth,
and many proved to be nearlytwo
hundred years old. And Memo
MIA could once bend them to the
ground, So if Nemonia tells the
truth, she is nearly two hundred
years DID,"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
Choice 9uetrn.
THE FISHERMAN.
ny GEORGE GAssMAN.


tFtcn the Getman of Gcsihs1
The waters lashcd, the waters fell
A fisher sat thereby
And with ccntentcd hear, began
Ills patient linc-to ply, 4U
And as he sat and as he piled
The food camc yaWning near,
And from the troubled waters spicd
4 dripping maid appear.
She spoke to him-sho sang to him ;
Why charm my fnny brood,
With human wit aud cunning arts,
Into the airy food
" On if you knew but half the bliss
The fishes share below,
Y )u would to gain that happiness.
Descend with me | know.
" Finds not the lovely sun delight,
The moon not in th> sea,
When doting waves her smiles invite
50 foudly fair indeed.
1" And charms you not 10 azure space,
This moist aud splendant blue
No charmes for you your very face
In this eternal dew 2" .i
The waters lashed-lhe waters fell,
About his foot they while,
And longings now his bosom swell,
AS from loved ones smile
She spoke to him-she sang to him,
Aud all with him was o'er,
Half sank he down, halt drew she hit
And then was seen no more.
lRoME. ITALY. July, 1863.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

An English novelist, Mrs. Ed
wards, uses this illustration in q
recent work
"All day long like an ovcrseer
in q Massachusetts cotton field,
Claude passes to and fro between
the country roads and vineyards"
Correct ideas about us these Eng
lish writer's have.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

OT A young widow, who had
married an old man, was forever
speaking of "my first husband. -
The second husband, at first, gently
demonstrated IL guess" said the
young wife, pouting, you'll want
me to remember you when you're
dead and gone"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

BsT- A person who was run over
by street car in New York, obtain
ed judgment of $4,000 damage,
against the company, the case being
carried to and the Judgment affirmed
by the Supreme Court, the Court
holding that the streets were esm-
mon property, and that it was as
much the duty Of the drivers Of ve-
hicles to keep out OF the way of foot
passengers, as for the latter to avoid
being run over by the former.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

An Irish gentleman parting with
a lazy servant woman, was. asked
whether she was what is termed
afraid Of work. Not at all she'll
frequently lie down and fall asleep
by the very side of it."
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

TAn Indian being asked what
he did for living, replied: "Oh,
ME preach" "Preach !" said
bystander "do you get paid for it?'
Sometimes me get n bit, some
times two bits" "And isn't that
mighty poor pay 2" "Oh, yes, but
then it's mighty poor preach"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

A BAcHELoR and a young lady
bought some tickets in pal tnership
10 a lottery at the recent Sanitary
Fair at Milwaukee, agreeing to di.
vide the proceeds equitably. They
drew q double bedstead, baby crib
and lunch basket, and the question
is how to divide them, or whether
they shall use them ''jintly."
IA little boy running along stub.
bed his toe and fell on the pave
.ment. "Never mind my httle fel
low" said a bystandcr, ,p'you won't
feel the pain tomorrow" "'.Then,"
answered the little boy, 81 won't
cry Tomorrow"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

~ While American farmers
are trying all sorts of bushes and
shrubs for live fences, En- slish far
mers are roofing them out, as cum
berers of the ground. fai4 at
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

1" A fellow who got drunk on
election day said it was owing to
his efforts to put down party
spirit ~ 'ia2 !
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

THERE arc two hundred and sixty,
two millions of national bank money
in circulation. esi.. ~ e ~
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

There isn't a single printer con
fined ia any Of the n. X, State
prisons, What a good lot they
must, be! This, is particularly
strange. considering the number
of devils employed sl sos.g hlI
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

IiAn Irishman said that Robe
sneare left no cbiidron behind him
ercept ono brother who was killed
al the same time. 49, ~. u.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

4o CHRISTMAS trees were 6rst intro
duced into England by the late Prince
Albert. f
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

U The late Rev. Daniel Is &C
was both a great wag and a great
smoker. "Ah, there you are"
CRIED a lady, who surprised him
one day enjoying his pipe, lat
your idol again" 'Yes, my dear
madam" he replied coolIy, 81
hope you do not find fault with me.
for | ought to be commended, as
you see Pm burning it."