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Hard on Chicago.

A Toledo chap tells thn following good
thing at the expense O., Chicago, of ac
tual recent oco Ilrreuce:
Mr.. and Mrs -, with their little
daughter four or five Y, ars of age, were
80 take the ear " train fr Chicago The
previous nigh thegood tile girl brought
her prayer to close as !nllows: Good
by, God good by, Lori Jesus am
going to Chicago in the morning."
The above story remi DIS Us of another
true one Between the capital cities of
Connectlcut-New Hav'u and Hartford
there is bitter rival Y, and the news
papers of the one cit, never miss a
chance TO fire shot at the OF her. The
railroad depot at the former place is a
subterranean, dark, gloomy, and forbid
ding place, a harvest fie ID for pick peck,
cts aud the terror of tra elers. A little
girl accompanied by Ter mother, was
Landed in this horribl, and unearthly
spot about midnight, d d according to
tue Hartford story, Iled up in her
mothers face, with feal depicted on her
httle features, and ask Mamma, is
this hell p
This was pretty good ''r Hartford, but
New Haven finished the story by giving
the mothers answer-"No, darling, hell
is thirty miles north of heren-the dis
lance and direction of the city of Hart
ford
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Colonel w. b. Stokes.

The Republican Banner, published at
Nashville, Tenn, furnishes the public
this description of Colonel w. b. Stokes,
the Radical member of Congress from
Tennessee:
That was a rich remai kiwhich Colonel
Stokes made to Wendell Phillips, in Bos.
ton the other day, to the effect that II
white men are allowed exclusively to
vote, the negro nor snch as himself
would rot be permitted TO remain in his
State twenty-four hours. If Mr.. Phillips
knew but small part of the history OF
Colonel w. B. Stokes in connection with
his treatment of the negro in this
section, while he was an officer in the
United States army, he would have a
perfect contempt for the effort to win his
favor by statement SO false and absurd.
We wish he could be in this and few
adjoining counties, and hear from the
lips of colored men their estimate OF the
said Colonel w. B. Stokes. He was in
military command here, with headquar-
ters at Carthage, in 1864 and 1865. Dur
ing that time he had at least three me-
grOes shot without trial, and upon mere
rumor And some men under him, with
~.I----y -l--L c.a-> hin. a my offart
his part to restrain them, wantonly took
the lives of others.
In one instance, two men belonging to
his regiment, within Fix miles of his
headquarters, in Smith county, in Janu-
ary, 1865, murdered negro man while
quietly at work, against whom they had
no charge, except that he claimed to be
free, and the same day set fire to some
cabins which colored men we're building
on the lands of true Union family. The
gentleman and lady who were at the
head of this family welo absent at the
time. Indeed, the husband and father,
on account of his extreme UniOnism, had
not been at home since early in 1862, and
was at that time attending the Conven-
ton at Nashville of the 10Th OF January,
1865. They not only set fire to these
buildings because they we're for negroes,
but cursed and abused the elder daugh.
ter of the family and threatened to shoot
her These facts we're communicated to
Colonel Stokes by the Young lady her
self, and he fai ed aud refused to punish
such acts, OF ven rebul {, them, so far as
was ever known.
The murder of unof. nding negroes,
,ud rhe burnitg of hab tations designed
for them, was too niue in accordance
with his own opinions and actions to
cause him to punish tn perpetrators of
such deeds These fact. show the miser.
able hypocrisy Of his statements to Wen
dell Phillips, which, if hat gentleman
knew, he wouli scorn to aver quote him
again.
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NATURES BARoMETERs.-A venerable
gentlemen with whom we recently corr
versed assured us that spiders were the
best barometers yet produced. The bar.
ometer invented by the scientific, he at.
firmed, only indicated the kind of wealth
er we are to Immediately have; while
the spider unerringly told the character
of the weather for several days in adj
vance. For instance, if the weather is
likely to become rainy, windy, or in
other respects disagreeable, the spiders
make very short and firm the termina-
ting filaments on which their webs are
suspended. If, on the contrary, the spi-
ders make the terminating filaments or
fastenings uncommonly long, the wealth
er will continue severe from ten to o
dozen days 7n
Spiders usually make alterations in
their webs once in twenty-four hours.
If they are totally INDECENT, and do not
even watch for flies, rain will speedily
ensue. If the spiders stay out upon their
nets during q shower, and seem actively
engaged in putting affairs in good con-
dition, it is certain proof that the rain
will be of short duration, and that it
will be clear weather for some time: If,
during stormy weather, the spiders are
seen fixing their damaged nets in the
evening, it certainly indicates that the
night will be pleasant; and that the rain
is over for the present. Our informant
has often witnessed this result when the
sky looked most threatening, and he has
never known the sign to fail.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
State Convention.

The citizens of this State who are opposed
to the radical party are requested to meet in
their respective counties or townships, at such
time as they may deem most expedent, and
select delegates to represent their county in
State Convention to be held in PARKERS-
BURG, on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST p, at
ten o'clock a. m, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for State Offices.
Where there is danger that public meetings
may be interrupted by violence, we recon-
mend that delegates be designated by written
appointment signed by the voters.
We also recommend that the deleJ ates from
each Congressional District be authorized to
nominate candidate for Congress. at the State
ConventiOl.
By order of the state Executive Committee.
D. LAMB Chairman.
o. ). LoNG, Secretary.
Wheeling, June 81, 1866
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wLnt 4. Legally

"
The following sloquent1 extract is from
the speech Of Hon. Edgar Cowan, in the
United States Senate, July 9th. 1866, on
the ,miscalled Reconstruction PROPOSE
tions which have since passed Congress:
= Suppose you pass this amendment TO
the Constitution, and suppose the oeus ot
ern States, either for the purpose OF geE
ting themselves into line with you ~ aoi
the purpose of increasing their Poiltlcal
mower nnder it, should admit the negro
70 tbe franchise, will your cnlldren anu
.onr homes and government be tne more
SSscnre for thatY What Is the alhcqlty
nnder which you labor to day. Is!t
tbat You have not voters enough Is IL
that the food upon which the demagogue
fattens has grown scarce and ne mas
crown thin9 Or is it the reverse Is
+ not because demagogism is rife every
wbare. and is not demagogism rife just
IN nronortion as you furnish 1t in the
matariai mon which to work. Degrade
vonr franchise, put it down into the
Ionds of men who have no intelligence,
M virtue, and what is worst OF all, no
;ndependence-put it into the hands OF
men who have nothing to hope from IL
except in SD far as they can use IL Ior
corrnpt PURPOSES, and shall we Dc SAFER
then. askf Do you suppose the people
of the States in which there are negroes
will send YOU more intelligent, more
learned and more independent Senators
and REPRESENTATIVES, here if you make
this change than they would without?
loyal men. .,
Mr.. Cowan-''Loyal?" What is "loy'
2" ask Massachusetts, what is 10y,
?" What is the meaning OF the word
A fellow that votes with you That Is
like the chap defining orthodox or
thodox is the way believe; heterodoX
is the way the other man believes.
"Loyap means an abolition!st, ! suppose.
At least find that everybody who does
not happen to be an abolitionist, or tar
red with that stick, is said to be disloyal
LOYALTY, Mr.. President, is very simple
word. Loyalty means obedience TO the
laws. 1t means legality. Legats means
law as we'll as lee means it. When a
man alleges his loyalty to me, let me see
his reverence for the Constitution ana
the laws. Show me a man who dlsre.
CARDS either; show me man who does
not believe in the Constitution which
brought this country to such pitch OF
prosperity for seventy. five years and
made us so happy people; show me a
man that lays sacrilegious hands upon
that instrument, especially when know
that half the time he does not under
stand it, and that he never read conf
mentary upon it in his life; show me
that man and l will show you one
who is not loyal.
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Philadelphia Convention.

We are pleased to learn that arrange
ments have been made to secure the
issuing of round trip tickets to such OF
our citizens as desire to attend the Phil
adelphia Convention. We are advised
that such tickets will be furnished at all
the principal stations, either on the nam
stem, OF Parkersburg branch OF the o.
CORR. According to the agreement
of the railroad companies, the fare for
the round trip from Wheeling, ria Baitl-
more, to Philadelphia and retarn Will Dc
sl45O We presume proper deduotlon
will he made on fare from intermediate
points. 1t is hoped that such Oh tne
State papers as are interested in having
West Virginia we'll represented at the
National Union Convention Will pre-
sent the above facts to the attention
of their readers.
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Be on the Alert! Dangers at Hand!


n This has been sickly season. The medical
faculty prophesy evil in the future. Ihey
think pestilence is ON the wing for America
Sunpcse this to be true what is the best defense
aeainstiti REDOUBLED NERVOUS VlGok'
This is the only protection against PANlC' as
we'll ~ AGAINST the PRINCIPLE OF INFEC-
TIoN. Why do not those who predict the cpl
demic propose an adequate preventive There
Is ono :; tonic, nervine and alternate, compe'
tent 70 shield the system against the subtle ele-
ments of disease, whether they float hither on
the winds from distant lands, OF rise IKE Vapor
from our own soil, or are incorporated with the
universal fluid. This ONE PREVENTIVE, OF
which there is no duplicate among the COM
pOunds either of the Old World or the New, Is
HOSTETTER'S SION ACH BITTERS.
Remember that it is specific for all the COM
plants which lay the system open to visitations
of deadly epidemics. If you are dyspeptc, IL
renews the vigor Of your digestive powers,
gives you appetite and restores your cheerful
ness If YOU are nervous, it invigorates every
fibre Of your nervous system, from the base OF
the brain, where it begins, to the extremities
where it terminates. If you are bilious, 1t dls'
ciplines your unruly liver and brings the action
of thu organ into harmony with the laws OF
health. 1t is, in short, an invigorant and alter
native so powerful that Nature with Hostetters
Bitters for her ally, may bid defiance alike to
native malaria and foreign infection. Ii this
enemy we hear of, this disease which is desola'
ting Europe, is really bound hitherward' it be-
hooyes the prudent to put on their armor, to
clothe themselves with invulnerabihty as lar as
human means will permit by preparing the
system for resistance with this pure vegetable
ant;dote iy3I-1w
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I.,,as 4 Printing Omcc.

1It is not alone compositors who viii
enjoy the following. 1t is acspital and
very forcible illustration Of printing
Office dialogue: FL W :
Foreman of the office-Jones, what are
YOU at now2 -,
Compositor-I'm setting "a house Oh
fire, p almost done
Foreman-What is Smith about
Compassionate is engaged on o "Hor-
Foreman-Finish it as quickly as pos
sible, and help Morse through Win ms
telegraph. Bob, what are you trying 70
get upa - .,...
: Bob-A panic in the money marke'; a.,
Foreman-Thomas, what are you a'S-
tributing9 ,,.,..rr d.
Thomas-Prizes in the gift lottery, :
Foreman-Stop that and take hold Oh
ga rnnawav horse" Slocum, what IN
,ra.4;on have Won been about this halt
hour? nro,
mise Measure" my sub set up.
Foreman-You chap on the stool there,
what are you on nowY o
Chap on the stool-On the table you
gave me. t1
Foreman--Lay it on the table for the
present; no room for it.
Compassion aboat these Munich
pal Candidates.
Foreman-Run em in What do you
say, Slocum?
Slocum-Shall l lead these Men OF
B6sten?"
Foreman-No, they are solid, of course;
Conlpositor-Do you want a full-faced
head to Jenny Lind's family
Foreman-No: put 'em in small caps
Joseph, haven't you got up that cap
ital joke ?" ,a
Joseph-No, sir, I'm ont of SORTS.
Foreman-Well, throw in this Million
of California gold" and when you get
through with it I'll give you some more.
Editor-What do you want now
Deviljoe-More copy, sir. ,,
Editor-Have you completed that elo'
ouent Thanksgiving discourse?
Deyiljee-Yes sir; and have just set
ND "A warm winter"
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"Reminiscences.
Edltors Of the Register:

Gu4NuAs Va lhS ANVsloONA
About tifty.twO years ago, as near as |
can recollect, Congress fog the first time
raised the wages of .uemberS; rot their
own wages but the wages oC their sue,
ceSSors IL created u tremendous exc to-
ment from one end of the Union to the
other, Few, very few OF those who voted
for the measure were reelected The
member from my district was man of
fine talents, and adorned With every At.
tribute that constitutes the gentleman
and Christian, and yet was not re elected
solely on the ground that he voted for
the OdlouS measure.
Would the world at large, the nation.
aud esDecially the State OF West Virgin.
la, suffer serious loss if it dispensed with
the services OF our present members In
the next Congress
There are some old fogies who think
that Congress has not the right 70 vote
themselves additional pay, but then orr
member was compelled Very reluctantly
tn vote for 1t, as he had to do so in order
to vote for additional bounty TO the sol.
diers What dilemma These sam,
old fogies think the soldiers have been
well paid. A large part of the army of
1872 was composed of volunteers who
found their own clothes aud received hut
e'gnt dollars month aud ratiOns, with
nan pint of rum day. Aud strange
as 1T may appear, there wa, not the one.
tenth part of the drunkenness as in the
late army - i" VIZ
AN OH NAN.
SEQ Niles Register, which win /, -,
tn. Wheeling Library. VIII W 'onud IN
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REPUBLICAN OPINION OF THE PHlLA-
DELPTuA CONVENTION Senator Doolit.
tie receives daily from leading members
of the Republican party in the past, res
ponses TO his circular aI"I call. of n most
satisfactory character. The National In.
telligeRoer prints one o. more in every
issue. Among the last published is one
from distinguished Republican of Mr..
Doolittie's own State, Alexander Mitch
ell, Esq, of Milwaukee He shows the
folly OF fighting over the dead issues and
differences of the past, aud says:
l believe IL to be every mans duty to
take his place with th,se whose views
are right on the momenIons issues of the
present hour and not be carried into sup
porting ahurtfuI policy merely because
II may be advanced BY those who Nere
right on an issue now dead and gone;
neither are we to despise the cooperation
OF any, merely because they may have
held erroneous views upon questions now
forever Our present duty must
dictate our present Position, and we owe,
1T to ourselves and to our country to rork
With ALL yFo ARR RIGHT row. ( =, ID
4. - = ~
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Organization.

Wa feel compelled again to urge upon
opr friends the necessity OF prompt
and thorough organization OF all the e'-
ements of opposition to raolcaiis"
throughout the State. 1t cannot DC De
nicd that in many of the counties this
worl, has been and is yet entirely neg
lecled. With the power to control their
comfy elections at will, the Democrats
and Conservative men, in many sections,
have quietly permitted an active and en-
ergetic minority to supply the candidates
and do the voting, and by their own in
difference have allowed officers to be
chosen under whose disagreement
they are now groaning To their own
neglect may be attributed many of the
evils of local mis,management to which
they are now submitting, 1t is true that
in the past, the terrorism of bayonets
aud the fear Of bastiles have prevented
many men from expressing their senti-
ments at the polls 1t was not to be eX-
pected that citizens would hazard
life end liberty to exercise the elective
franchise, when their votes might be neu.
tralized by fraudulent returns, or the
elections set aside by military authority.
But the day for overriding the tights of
the citizen by brute force has passed
away, and there is now uoth,rg bnt per
sonal indifference 10 p.'y.nt men from
availiug themselves of th' ballot box TO
remedy the evils shat hess' tj'n Even
under the O8erous and rniqIt"ds ieglsla-
ton that DISTINGUISHES vast number of
the legal voters Of the State, it is posi-
BILE for us to right our wrongs and sup.
plant our oppressors, with "honest, faith
full and capable" officials who will be
true to their trust. In view OF these
facts the complaining and grumbling in
which all might join when the sway OF
bayOnets was universal, now becomes al
most intolerable. "WhO would be free,
himself must strike the blow" and the
man who possesses the power To over
throw a system of tyranny and
corruption, is by his own act de-
barred from complaining of the evils
OF bad government, when he fails to I'M
prove all opportunities for their removal
Such an opportunity will be presented
by the October election, and the ques-
tlon arises whether we shall remit 1T to
90 by unheeded, or seize it rs a means u
deliVerance to ourselves and rebukc to
our oppressors! If we would be success,
fol in the coming campaign, We must
arouse from the lethargy which years of
political debasement have produced, and
unite for the overthrow of the infames
that dishonog our State. Let Us, thea,
organize Our strength ii every county,
village aud hamlet; lc us hold meetings
for Counsel, encouragement, discussion,
information aud lot al The purposes Of
success As the day # election APP
proIehcS le5 u rc-douhle our vigor iu-
crease our edruestncS-, combine our
strength, and, upon The lth Thursday IL
October, We Will he prepared to assail,
with all the force OF concerted action.
the heavy shackleS that tette4 oul man
hood; to burst our bcuds Ald walk forth
delivered and redeemed by the irlesisti-
ble power Of men determined to b. tlce.
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FooIscAp PApER.-During the reign
Of Charles l., all English papers pore Th In n
the water marks the royal arms In! me
Parliament under Cromwell made 9 Jest
Of this; and among other indignities to
the memory of the King, it was ordered REQ
that the royal arms be removed rom M t q .
naper. and the "fool's cap and bell" be
substituted. These in their turn, were
of course removed at the Restoration;
but paper of the size of the Parliament
journal still bears the name of "foolscap."
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M
NOTICE.

y The Wheeling Savings Institution o. Ste
phen Waterhouse CT al In Chancery In the
Notice is hereby given that shall on Friday,
tha 10th day Of August l566, at my Office on
Fourth street Wheeling, West Virginia in &C
cordance with decree made and entered in the
above entitled cause, on the 18th day Of May,
lse6, proceed to take, state and settle the sew
eral accounts IS required by said decree. All
parties interested in said cause or in the estate
Of Andrew Hall deceased, are hereby notified
to attend at the time and place above desig-
mated HANNIBAL FORBES,
iTII.IaWd Com. Ohio Co. Cir. Court
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF
ID Trust made by Jacob Keller to me, dated
the 18th day of July, 1861, and recorded in the
office OF the Recorder for Marshall county, in
deed book fourteen 04) folio fifty nine, (j9) /
shall on TUESDAY, the 18th DAY OF SEP
TENDER, 1866, proceed to sell at the front
door of the Court House in said county Of Mar
shall the following described real estate, lying
on Big Wheeling Creek, IN said county, Con-
tanning two hundred and forty eight acres and
ninety poles more or less and bounded as fol.
lows to wit Beginning at stone corner TO
Lewis Bonnet Esq, marked L. b., No. I,
thence S I9t, w 6 poles 60 stone marked j.
b., No. g near q run, thence n sol w Q poles to
a white walnut, thence 5 6lt w SO poles to
beach and beach stump, near Bonnetts old mill
thence n IS, w I0S poles, crossing Big Wheel
ing creek to q white walnut and a buckeye
stump in an old line Of Bennett and Buchanan's
survey thence with said line n -, W I36 poles
to a white walnut and blackberry tree on the
bank Of said creek, thence " g, Il So poles,
crossing Wheeling creek at poles to a sugar
tree stump near a large sycamore by q road,
thence \ 81, L liz poles to a sugar tree, thence
" 10 l2s poles to a sugar tree and white oak
near a drain, thence down said drain 5 2 4 62
poles to fallen sugar tree on hill side. thence
5 80, w "a poles to the beginning, being the
sameland conveyed to said Jacob Keller by
Lewis Bennett and wife by deed of November
9Th 1894, and recorded in book ~, page 457 OF
the records Of Ohio county,
The terms of sale are cash. Selling as Ifus-
tee shall convey only such title as Is vested In
me but the title is believed TO be unimpeacha-
bic. WIN. >. GOSHORN,
augl Trustee.
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NOTICE.
COMMISSIONERS

GaaTee w. Franzheim, 1s. Lima n Weis-
Verber ef al. In Chancery. In the Circuit Court
for Ohio County, West Virginia.
III N o Is hereby given that shall on Friday
the 10th day Of Angst ISsS, a x, ny once on
cor5ancs vrith tho decree made and entered in
tHs aboTe entitled cause, on the 4th day Of
,gs T9sS Hroceed TO take, state and settle the
seal accounts as required BY said decree. All
1870. ;Tterested in the above entitled cause or
=, - ss+ste Of Wn WeisgeTber, deceased, are
hereby notified to attend al the time and place
sosss ''''s HANNIBAL FORBES,
-fyi1.iswd =. . Com. OHIO Go, Cir. Court
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DIED

On Thursday morning August 2, at the resi-;
dence of his parents, JOSEPH laiant son OF
Martin aud Maggie Fisher :,
The funeral will take place this morning at
10 o'clock from the residence on Market Square.
Friends of the family are invited torattend
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FOR SALE.

VERY DESIRABLE MILL
N PROPERTY, containing about fifty acres,
good Steam Saw and Grist Mil.
This property is located within two miles oil
the Ohio river. There is an abundance OF good
timber, first rate steam engine, with saw.
Lath Saws, Turning Lathes, &c &c, all in com
plete running order. There is not better undo
velOped oil territory in West Virginia. Posses
sion given Immediately. For parti culars en-.
quire of IhOS; oBklEN,
Real Estate Agent
augl-lm Office over Peoples Bank.
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For Recorder.

EDITORS OF THE REGISTER ,-,,o,>e,
Please announce Mr. Robert b. WOODS,
of Richland Township, as candidate tor nom.
=. -. e. A,--~-AA-- ov,uvy IruUuruer, SUI
iect to the decision of the Democratic County
Convention. [iy9.tcl MANY VOTERS.
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Close VoTING.-A long protractes
contest for the city marshalship of En-.
faula, Ala was terminated on Thursday
last by the election of NJ D. Britt There.
was a tie at the regular election, and
another tfe at subsequent special cleo.
tion, and the trial on Thursday last was
the third Mr. Britt.s majority was only
ten or twelve votes
.Bfsa Tsl hgsE r. is.--ET