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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-15


fudge Underwood's Refusal 20 Re
! lease jefferson Davis ON BAH.
.6The following is an official copy Oh
Judge Underwood's opinion in the case :
of the application for the release OF : ei-
ferson Davis on bail; o. =
81 have considered the application
made by Mr.. Shea, OF counsei, 70 aun liz
Jefferson Davis to bail. Under Tue ola
cumstances, the application mlgne Hsao
been more properly made to me whet
recently, holding the Circuit Couro ~
Richmond ) But under the law IL mss
doubtless he made also in vacation anu
I will briefly state my views of'it anu
my conclusions O. ,;, oc.
i'm the States which were lately Id ~.
five rebellion, military. jurisdiction Is
st;II exeroised. and martial law enioIceu'
The civil authorities, State ana federai'
baHa been required or permitted TO re-
sume partially their respective func'
t;ons Init the President, as commander
;n.ebief. still controls their action so far
&c he thinks such control necessary to
modification and restoration. In holding
the District and Circuit Courts OF VIZ.
ginia, i have uniformly recognized
this condition. I'D l5&e-.
Jefferson Davis was arrested under
proclamation of the President, charging
him with completely IN the ASSASSINATION
of the late President Lincoln. He has
been held ever since, and is now held a:
military prisoner. He is not anc
never has been in the custody OF tint
| marsh al for the district of Virginia, and
he is not, therefore, within the power
of the court. While this condition re
mains, no proposition for bail can b
properly entertained, and do not wlsi
to indicate any probable action under TIT
circumstances. Hlf..
John C. UNDERWOOD, District Judge
Alexandria, June IL, 1856"
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a Rare Chance for Capitalists.
,,,x.r sUpsCR1RRR oFFERs AT


j private sale the farm known as the Girty
Point Farm containing about $40 acres, nine
miles from the city of Wheeling, seven from
We'll sburg, and one from Short Creek Landing
Ohio river. This tract of land has no superior
as to quality of soil and is in a good state OF
cultivation. The improvements are a comfort
able dwelling, with the necessary out.buildlngss.
A fruit orchard of some 800 apple and peach
trees The entire tract is underlaid with a
fyefoot vein of COAL easy of access to the river.
Oil wells are being put down in the immediate
vicinity. a map of the farm can be seen at
the Merchants National Bank Of West virginia,
at Wheeling. 80
If the above farm Il not sold by the 18th day
of July, (due notice of which will be given
it will be offered at public sale on that day. at
the front door of the Court House in Wheeling,
W. Va, at 2 o'clock p, m. The growing crop
will be reserved with the privilege OF removing
the same. Possession given first day OF Octo'
Der, to seed, and full possession given first day
Of April 1867 -,
>IERMS-One. third cash balance in three
equal annual payments, with interest from
date-said deferred payments to be secured by
deed of trust on the property.
West Liberty, Ohio Co., W.Va,-jel5.d&wts
CWellsburg Democrat copy to amt OF So, and
Pittsburg Gazette Insert to amt. OF So
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II is enceu1ae ing to Democrats to
know that, whiin none are DESERVING
their ranks, they are daily receiving &C
cessions from tbs opposite party. Such
men as Browning, of Illinois, Doolittle,
of Wisconsin, Cowan, of Pennsylvania,
and others, coming to our side, must
materially weaken the strength of the
enemy in their respective local ties
What is encouraging 10 Democrats, as
demonstrating the truth of their brinci.
Pies. must be 4 S arce of exceeding dis
couragenIent to the radical dsuhion
party.
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Constitution Finlscrs.

I,uIt the Cunsti ltion is TO DO amended
we trust the IN, = who do it will study
the art of intelligent English. They
hurry and patcn up amendments, and
throw them be- re the people in such a
shape that one ran hardly tell what they
mean The TO owing amendment, pro-
posed by the r, obstruction Committee,
and iopted b the Senate, repudiates
both he Unit / States and the rebel
debt. 1t enact that the validity of the
United States 4 bit shall not be question.
ed; separates I'll from the next sentence
by Z semi-colol; then enacts that the
rebel debt shall aot be paid, after which
is anot her semi oloni and the concluding
clause bcginnii : with but" which, by
all rules of gr-mBer, must be held to
affect both the feceding clauses, enacts
that All such debts, obligations and
claims shall b, held Illegal and void"
Constitutional law should be written
with more care han this.
Section 4. The validity of the public
debt OF the Uni States, authorized by
law, ipcluding debts incurred for the
payment of pei ,ions and bounties for
service in sup ressing insurrection or
rebelli n, shall not be questioned but
neithc' the Uni States nor any State
shall assume OF pay any debt OF obliga-
zion Incurred il MD of insurreotion or
rebellion again the United States, or
any c'c.m for t., loss or emancipation
of any slave; b, all such debts, obliga
tions AID claims hall be held illegal aud
void
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
oTATE OF WEST VIRgINA,

'OTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
y City of Wheeling. Municipal Court OF Wheel
ing, June Rules, 1866;
John Meyer Us. Alexander Euston. Thomas
K. Mccain, James Il. MoCann, and George q.
BLACK, who were partners under the firm name
of Euston, McCann e. Co. In assumpsit.
The object of this suit is to recover of the de;
PENDANTS the sum of 81 ,Sl3 81, &c, with inter
est from the cath day OF May, 1856.
An attachment having been issued and levied
ON the interest of James K. McCann in the
monies credits and effects of the said defend
ant in the hands and possession of Beverly M.
Eof. of the city of Wheeling. ~ .e.
And the said James K. McCann, being non
resident of this State, it is ordered that he ap
pear as defendant in this cause, WITHIN one
month after the fourth publication hereof to at
tend to his interest in this suit. +
A. r. CHAPLINE.
A copy. Teste: > 20.
A. III. CHAPLINE, Clerk.
GEoRGB W. JEFFERs, Atty for plaintiff.
jel5.dlt.w3t
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AN llIPRESSIy SCENE.-Thore was an
impressive scene ut Petersburg, Va, on
Saturday last he day was set apart
for defeating Il q graves of the Confeti-
crate soldiers in stamford Cemetery, and
the ceremony st ns to have been OBJ
served on an ex lsive scale. All bust
ness wa suspep ed, and many houses
draped IN mourn ng, There was an i'm.
posing procession, numbering about
5000 men, women and children The
Express says that open carriages and
light wagons ware flled with flowers
and evergreens and scarcely an indi-
vidual was to be seen who did not have
bunch of flow, ) to decorate the grave
of some departed friend, At the GENE,
terry the scene WIS one of indescribable
interest and beauty. Throughout that
lovely city Of tie dead" were scattered
thousands who's -oceeded from grave to
grave, aud perfo med their solemn but
solacing work. Hundreds of colored
persons partlcip: Ted, and many of these
people believed With tears the last rest.
Ing place of tho,e they had loved in
life. Several addresses were delivered,
aud mournful music added to the solen-
nifty Of the occasion.
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AGENTS WANTED
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BUNcoMB. Both the political patties
in Congress are endeaporiug TO make a
little capital out of the Fenian move.
ment. Yesterday Mr.. .Ancona, Dem
from Pennsylvania, introduced resolu,
ton looking to the repeal of the neu.
trality laws, under Thich the late pro
clamation was issued. Not to be out
done, Mr.. Schenck, Radical, offered q
resolution directing the President 10 re-
consider the policy which he has adopt.
ed, and 10 carry out as near as may be,
the policy of the British in the late war;
recognizing both the Fenians and their
opponents as lawful belligerents. The
fact that existing laws stand in the way
of this, is no account in Radical estima.
ton. Both resolutions were referred to
the Committee OH Foreign Affairs, and
there We predict they will be al
lowed to remain. Ehe desire is not to
aid the Fenians, but to secure aid from
them at the polls.-BrooklyR Eagle.
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CHOLERA DISARMED.
The Chief Causes of Pestilenc'
DESTROYED, =.

TAR, R. COURTARET,s DsssN'
1 J FECTING FLUIDS SECURED by Letters
Patent il the u tied States and France. Pre-
parcd solely By tho New York DisinfCCtiug
COMPANY. al their Laboratory Nos 29S, 800 and
Boz Henry street, n. y. Office IL Cedar street
IGls Company organized on a permanent bs'
sis, With DR.. Courtaret, the celebrated French
chemist in charge OF its LaboratOry,is prepared
to furnish its Disinfccting Fluids for sick
rooms nurseries, urinals, water closets, privies
cess pools, sewers, cutters, ships railroads, hos
pitals, prisons, and public institutions Of all
kiuds, slaughter houses ottal and fat. boiling es
Establishments; all kinds of manures (iHneIsely
increasing the value OF tho latter TO every
farmerl and wherever poisonous and offensive
gases exist. These agents are deOderizers anti
septics, antiputIescentS and disinIeCtants in
the scientific meaning Of the words. They re.
move noXious gases and odors by chemical
inciples-leaving in their places he1thtttL air
they are DEsrROYkRS aud not merely abSoTbsnt8
of poisonous gases-nUt injurious to utensils in
which they are used The attention OF medical
and scientific men is directed TO these disinfect.
ants, Attached are testimonials in favor of this
great discovery, Which, with hundreds of others,
can be seer at the Company's Office
DELAvAy HOUSE, Albany, March 80, 1866.
To Tic President Of he Nc,g York DiSinteeting
Company
Dear Sir: 1t is all that it's represented to be.
We have made many trials of disinfectants,
but now consider that We have found An article
winch suTpasses III others as a remedy against
all bad odors. 4. RoEssEL & 90,
New YoRK, April O. 1866.
To the President Of he Ne,o York Hsinfecting
Company
Dear Sir Wepronounce it without exception
to be the best we have ever known. Its effect
upon every matter is complete and instanta-
neous. Q. y. STETsoS, Astor House.
N. B-These disinfectlnts are used by tn
seayengers, under the direction Of the Sanitary
Police OF the Metropolitan Health Department
New York NJ. ..
POWELL 6 THOMPSON,
AZ Cedar street, \. 7.
General and sole agents for the United States
and Canadas, to whom all orders should be adj.
dressed -r-
For sale by all druggists and general dealers
in the United States and Canadas. m29.3m
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A COUPLE were married in Cairo last
week with a ludicrous difference in age,
the bride being thirteen and the groom
ninety.one. The girl was rich, which.
makes the affair still more matter OF
,.-npIar ... .rr. IT,
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SOME one photographs Tennyson th,io:
Iie Is hfty-four years old; has a weak
voice and shutting gait; wears glasses
uost Oh the time; generally dresses in
S ICY eiotnes' has a melancholy, rumi.
natihg voice and wears, when his
ieatures are 40 repose, an expression If
lasslcal, habitual sadness
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DIED

AT Logansport, Indiana. on the 18th, WIN.
f. PETERSON, ST. in the seventy -seyenIh
year of his age.
The body is expected to arrive in the noon
train to-day, in which event the funeral will
take place from his late residence on Fourth
street this afternoon, at o'clock, The friends
of the family are invited to attend
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Household BLESSING,

No MOkE COLD DINNERS ON
IN Wash DAYS. The celebrated Union
Washing Machine aud Clothes Wringer-com.
oined or separate. Universally admitted to be
the beet and most reliable machine in use. For
sale by
apr2s PRYOR BOYD L. co,
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View Of the Canadian Press-Wha'
} is 70 be done wish the Fehian Pris.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-15
A hearty eulogium is pronounced upon the
religious communities, and the pastoral says:
The Pacific Railroad.

- A Boston paper says: Though there IS
heavier force Of men and teams at work on
the California end OF the Pacific railroad
than On this. the progress in distance Is
much slower for while here the path lies
along su absolute plain, there it is up and
owe, the grand Sierra Nevada chain of noun
tains. About Il, GOO Cinnamon are at work
on the road bed in California, and an add
tional 1000 have been contracted for to put
upon the line next spring, when the coz
tractors will be grading on this slope of the
Sisrrss and beginningto stretch their labor
out on to the plains a4d into the valleys Of
Nevada. Now the track is completed to
within sixteen miles Of the summit of the
mountains, and the following table Of stats
ties, distances and attitudes from SacEasn onto
on 10 the summit, shows how the iron path
way is mounting the gleat bills of the Pacii-
ic slope Of The cuntiaent. 1T Cisco, which
the completed road has now reached, the To-
connective screams q spot high IS u cunt
Washington, the highest of olss -Nsw Eng
land mountains ~
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Third Assistant Postmaster General.
Tie Re-eIection of Hon, James Brooks to
Congress-.


james Brooks is reelected to Congress
Ire elected is the world by over 5000 MAORI
ty.. Mr.. Wn. E. Dodge (rai'cal now holds
this seat; under the pretence OF contested
election, a I'd by the revolutionary action Of
congress- in expelling Mr.. Brooks, VINO, when
that process was going on, told the radicals In
congress he would come back, not by hur-
dreds, as then. but by thousands of majority.
This great majority is the response Of the
people es~-E ~
The fifteenth district of the eighteenth
ward, which Mr. Dawes. Of Massachusetts
the GhsirGa an Of the committee of elections
threw oat as fraudulent in order IS elect
bod o, then gave tisG4, 446 votes in all,
which Dodge "provcd" by one Las Casas
Dean to be tie votes OF 'sdead men" This
district COW gives Brooks 554, Cannon 81,
u ndsr the seyersst sort of registry. with
! % votas OF II, Of which only 6l5 1ould be
polisd, because there aoas not TINE eRosigh, in
these Short days, to get al fisi1 loo good demo
cratic 03te's, seao stood Seadg no Uote achen
tie potts closed
As NJ. Wm. E. Dodge Sas claiming 10
Congress that the district voted Tor him, spd
tAat he was eiecad. Mr.. Braoks chs Tlenged
him TO appear before The psGp.e and try tthe
contest there. This chaI.euSe Nj. Dodge DE-
ciined to accept. ard put Mr.. Cannon in his
pisce, TO pe oeatpn py osuuu msJority. Now,
however, TIA. it ia clear Mr. Dodge Is NOT
tho representative Of inc district. Ills not
only due TO justice and honor, and to the
principle OF seli-governmunt, HAT he should
decline TO 90 back this winter, but it Is due
to his honor and TO his OWE stlt respect 90 a
merchant, tu1 cB OF SO ne ssandia..l II can
not be claimed that there is aDy party neoss-
sity that nekes IL necessary for him 10 60
back. because his party have two thirds Of
the present housA, and his absence will do no
damage to any body, As merchant, we do
not soc how be can lJok bis fellow merchants
N the face II persisting in this fraud upon
the baIlot-box Of the eighth distriot.-N y
Express
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stamped Enveiopes.
posr OrrIcR DEPARTMENT,

[
October, 1866.
.Lstter-size envelopes stamped three cents,
made Of q cheaper quality of papor than
those heretofore issued, ara furnished by the
department at $3.50 per thousand, being
$3.50 exclusive of postage,1 and in prcpor-
ton for less quantities. = z 49,
The better quality at S34.S0 per thousand
is not, however, superseded but will be sup.
piled a. heretofore, and. if desired, will be
ruled for tho address, without additional
charge This is the only kind OF envelopes
furnished with ruled linee
La using ruled envelopes the superscrip-
ton should be written bsfore placing the
letter ia the envelopes, otherwise the lines
will be concealed.
Upon all letter and official size envelope.
there will be printed across tie end, without
additional charge, the names, business, and
post oiEce address et parties, and request
TO return If unclaimed within a given time
the whole not 10 exceed four lines-when or
dered in quansitiee of five hundred and up
wards If any specific denomination.
Among the advantages secured 10 the pub
ic by the uss of stamped envelopes are:
First. Cheapness.
Second Security to correspondence in
tbs, that the stamp cannot be removed or
lost.
Third Whers e requess IS endorsed tor
the return Of the letter, il will not be sent to
the dead letter Office IN tbs event of its non
delivery. bat viii be retained direct to the
writer free Of postage.
TIE postage on stamped enFelopeS, spoiled
IN directing, will be refunded in stamps, as
provided in section 1879, Postal Regulations.
By order Of the Postmaster General.
A. n. XsvERLY, -~.
Third Assistant Postmaster General.
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TO the AH1GStea.
DR. II ~ up a. SNN


Physicians ami Surgeons, formerly OF New York,
are treating .uccsssfulIy all
CHRONIC DISEASES
| Which embraces the best and most approved me
thods in this and other counties for the cure OF
an Chronic Diseases. They treat ssiully all
nervous and Neuralgic ahecIions, all forms OF
Scsotufs, Fever Sores and Old Ulcers, Dyspepsia,
bisea,es Of tae Liver, Constipation, al Skin Dis
eases, Pulmonary Consumption in it's early stag
/ Paraly SIS, Epilepsy, salt kkeum, Headaches, all
Heart Diseases, Diseases of Children, and
Seminal Weakness, 4 sexual Diseases,
Which are earryin ing thousands to their graves an
They treat successfully, on a new method, all
diseases q the Eye and Ear. They hare had
more extensive practce, and better success. in the
. treatment O! ali
Diseases of Women,
Than any other Physicians in America. They
have cared women who have been confined to
heir ued for Years. They never tsIl to
rheumatism.
In al, stages; no matter OF now long standing
As II Il VI A sos.
SO it never returns. They have Sure Cure TOR
the distressing disease,
HEHORRHOIDS, or PILES.
They cure all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
CANCERS--They have had extensive prac
tiee and wonderful success IN the treatment o
Cancers, which they cure without eating them GU
or using The knife. Let those " no have Tamors
and SweiAngs, red spot lose no time in hav-
ing II attended to, timely treatment n ~ save
them from the horrors, suffering and death OF an
open cancer.
CtTARRH CURED.
They are treating Catarrh on a new system which
sure cure for this disease.
Their consultations fer years have averaged
from five to seven thousand year, which gives
them an experience unsurpassed by any, and
equalied only by lew.
Remember they % promise to cure all
stages OF disease While all diseases are durable
If taken IN season, all stages not. Your case
may be durable this week, not neIt-to-day, not
tomorrow; hence the danger of delay.
No Case viii be Received, when there are
any Doubts of Cure or Relief.
Our .erms are CASH; hence the money must
be sent with all orders for medicines. Il costs
from 1--WE to fifteen dollars per month, TO doctor
with US, which includes med!c ines.
&.- The poor will be favored.
CONSULTATION FREE
Patients must write their name State post of
ice address, PLAINLY. Ali letters requiring an an
swer, must contain a letter stamp, and be address
sed TO DR.. KNAPP & SON, Drawer $751; Chicago
&s-Any OF Inc above diseases can be ire. ted
successfully by the PATIENTS describing their case
IN a letter, when they cannot Zee
DR.. KNAPP, who has visited Rock Island reg
u!ariy the past SIX years, can be consulted at the
Island City Hotel, follows:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH.
MONDAY, JANUARY XIsT, 1857.
MONDAY. MARCH 18TH, 1861.
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A young lady in New Orleans inquired for
lmbhorn boDnets She was to modest to say
Leghorn.
Forney complains that he doesn't get his de-
| serts. Well, let him get them-and be hanged
| to him Prentice.
Horace Greeley scorns horse-races But Hor-
ace shouldn't be above the turf-Lou, Jo,sr
CORRECTING HIS MAsTER-"I say, what are
you housekeeping out the room 2? "NO, -
| answered Pat, ~ am sweeping out the dirt"
Mayor Shaw of Biddeford, Maine who has been
elected president of the paper collar companies
lately consolidated receives $500 more in sa larry
than the president of the United States.
Gen. Charles G HaIpine miles O'ReiIly) will
lecture at Detroit, on Saturday evening, under
the auspices Of the fenian circle at that city.
The private arms, trophies and ether property
taken from the fenians captured by the steamer
Michigan, in June last and retained on board
that steamer. are TO be returned to their owners
The prominent men of Georgia once occupy
ing high places, are now pursuing the even tenor
of their ways, rebuilding broken fortunes, and
sharing III accomplishing patience, the common
lot OF the southern people.
An Englishman inquired at the post-offce in
Erie, Penn tue other day for a letter for sEnry
Hegdon." tie told there was none Look
ere he replied, little angriy. you've hexam-
ined hodd letter for my name 1t don't CON-
mence with hatch It begins with a no /! Look
in the ole that's got the hos.
The Bridgeport Standard tells story of John
Morrissey, which he need not be ashamed of to
wit On one occasion, when some rude men
were denOuncing a certain minister, Morrissey
remarked ,-"My mother gees to that minister's
church, and FL whip any man who speaks
against my mothers minister
In the associated press reports, in speaking of
the disaster to the Inflated Evening Star the
press agent at New York, abiding to the con-
duct of the passengers, said, ''They obeyed all
orders firmly and coolly" The operator at Chi
oago made it, They obeyed all orders FROM Ely
L Cooley"
The party of radicals who dined at city res
taafaht In honor of the victory IN Massachusetts,
ana other states on Tuesday, forgot one of their
nomper when they departed, he being quietly
under the table. But he il safe chamnagne
"crushed to earth will rise again. Boatoa D.
A delighted father in South Bend Ohio ,,at
ed into the mayors Office, the other n,orn;,,--
and announced that during the previous n;ah,e O.
fellow came stalking into his house stark nskad
and still remained there. Three policemen at,
cd on the run to Dust the intruder On maxine
known their erraud at the house, tho nurse
brought out the baby
The Ottawa Republican, a republican. paper, in
its issue of the 8th inst, opposes Gen Grant for
the presidency. 1t says: "When we see the in
decision and non-committal policy of Gen. Grant
upon questions and measures rocking this nation
IKE mighty earthquake, how can any one be-
IeVe MIN to be the man we should elect presi-
dent s''