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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
WITCH Hazel.

The Agricultural Club of New York
has had under discussion the question
whether witch hazel is means of dis.
covering water. A1etter was produced
from Mr.. Spencer, of Owen county, In,
diana, in which the writer testifies AZ
follows: @
I discovered spring on my farm some
/ little distance from q creek, and found
its underground, course TO the creek
Having sent for man who had repu.
tation for finding water, / blindfolded
him and led him back and forth OveI
the course of the spring with witch
hazel rod in his hand which had load.
"a With beeswax. He discovered moth.
ing. Then, under pretense Of exanin-
ing the rod, / gave him one that was not
loaded, and every time led him across
the water course he said here. is water.
In then took off the blindfold and he
traced the whole water course as | had
determined it before. / took the rod In
my own hands, without any, effect. Then
he walked beside nae, keeping his
thumbs on the rod, and at every cross
IND of the stream, felt the working
". X. Griffin wrote from Allen coun-
IL. Illinois, on the same subject, claim
inc that the working of the rod is pro-
duced by the operators fingers. Solon
Robinson denominated il q ridiculous
humbug, and promised to bring rod to
the next meeting and show the same eff
fects as are produced over water
course.
There are many firm believers In the
mysterious properties Of green rods at
the South. One of the best men we
know assures us that he has tried the
experiment hundreds of times and has
never been deprived by It. But he says
the virtue is not in the rod only, butain
fhe man also. There are certain men
! Nbo hsve the faculty which corresponds
\ To- the power of the water rod We
| don't accept the doctrine, but We sim
ply report what we hear. awrs -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
st'heelins &sgister.
day MornisE.. sE......-........Ap April ~.
Farm fer the Peer.

We pnblish to-day the proceedings of
. meeting held at Triadelphia to cons
.;Jsr the proposed purchase of a farm
hr the Overseers of the Poor. We un-
,ierstand that similar meetings will be
h,Id to-day in West Liberty and in
Rchland township, and there is no
6onbt that they will discountenance in-
mediate action in the matter. Now that
tbe sentiment of the people, in opposi-
ron 10 a clandestine and precipitate
on,lay of their funds, is finding express
sion. We trust that the Board of Over
.,ers will accede to the manifest popu-
lar wish. lie, there be no final action
ialen until the public interest and the
pnblic taste has been consulted by
throwing the purchase open for general
discussion and competition. ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
The Greed Of the Gazette.

The Logan Gasette believes in the es-
sential superiority of the white man to
the negro IN all the higher attributes,
and hence that white men should govern
America. n, .,,r,.ia.
1t believes in the word "white" as it
is used in our State Constitution, and
will oppose any movement based upon
the idea that it is q stigma or reproach.
1t believes in the impregnable princi-
pie of "the greatest good of the greatest
number and Is therefore implacably
opposed to the exemption of bonded
wealth from taxation, to tariff robber-
les, to chartered monopolies, and to
every phase ofclass legislation, and le-
galized oppression.
And hence, the Logan Gasette is pub
lished in the interests of the white man
and the poor man. yitllJ1 4 IA
1t regards the negro kindly, but just
ly, and sEPARATELY!-Logas Gazette.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

STOCK FEEDING--RAw AND COOKED
FooD.-The question rs to which is the
most profitable for feeding stock, raw
or cooked food, still engages the atten-
tion Of the agricultural press. The ma
jority of voices are in favor of the cook
ing process. A Kentucky farmer fed
raw corn for a given time to his hogs
weighing them at the time of COM
mencing the experiment, and again
when change was made to cooked
food. The result was 81 to l7A-a large
balancc.in favor of cooked food after
deducting the expense Of preparing the
latter. Even one half of the above diff
ference would justify the feeding Of the
cooked material in preference to that in
q raw state. ....,Er...
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
. Hon. wAIrMAN T. WILEY will please
accept our thanks for public docu-
ments. We are under obligations to
Hon. C. D. HUBBARD for similar fayors.
The Peer House Farm before the Peo-
ple-1ecting n Triadciphia.
TRfDEIp1t1A, ONO Co, W. Va. !

IRfDELPHIA, OHfO Co., w. VA. I
,-,,o .,~, ,, April II, 1867. y, r. :
4 At q meeting of the citizens of Tri-
adelphia township, at the house of F.
Heire, to take into consideration the ac-
tion of the board of overseers of the
poor with regard to the purchase of a
Poor House site, Mr.. David Armstrong
was appointed President, and H. NJ.
'Hervey Secretary. ts-F. 'iA . %
On motion o committee of four were
appointed to draft resolutions of the
sense of the meeting. Messrs. X. 8.
Hopkins, DR.. j. A. Stoner, Allen Davis
and d. S. Thornburg were appoint
ed said committee.
The committee reported the following
preamble and resolutions: ~ t..s
WHEREAS, The State and county taxes
of Ohio county are already oppressive
to an extent that they can scarcely be
born by its citizens, any contemplated
increase of the county's indebtedness
should be closely scrutiniZed and if pos
sible avoided; and. -
3 WHEREAs, We have heard that it is
proposed by the 0verseers of the Poor
20 purchase the farm Of A. NJ. Jacob, at
a cost of twenty-eight thousand dollars,
and to expend about ten thousand ad-
ditional for the purpose of rendering it
suitable for a county poor farm, there
fore be it r-Fg ,..--..... -
Resolred, By the people Of Triadelphia
topRship, in meeting assembled, first, That
the proposed outlay for the purchase of
the aforesaid farm is exhorbitant, being
at least five thousand more than it could
be sold for at private sale. ~
2. That If the aforesaid farm could be
purchased at its market value, that the
outlay would be wholly expedient, in
the present embarrassed financial con-
dition of the country.
8. That we regard the idea as chiIfler-
ical of making poor farm of one hun
dred and sixty acres, one sixth of which
is not tiliable, costing forty thousand
dollars, o self-sustaining institution i'll
Ohio county. az s7sttE
= A. That prior to making purchase
of farm for the use of the poor; that
the matter should be open by advertise
ment for public competition and not
pushed through in an apparently clan
des inc manner.
5. That the 0verseer of the Poor in
Triadelphia township be requested to
use all honorable means to prevent the
board of oyerseers from making the
aforesaid purchase, and that our Super
visor be requested to vote against any
appropriation for such purpose. -
6. That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the county pa
pers. DAVID ARMSTRONG, Pres't.
> Fl. M. HERvEY, Sec'y:e =
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

The New Orleans Price Current of the
10th, speaking of the creyasse and the
weather, and the disastrous conse-
quences of the overflow, says: "There is
little or no hope that any of the crevasses
referred to will be stopped until the
river recedes within its natural banks.
This cannot take place for many weeks,
or perhaps months to come, as the sea-
son above is SO backward, and in the
meantime the planted cane will all be
destroyed when under water, as two
weeks is about the longest period that
it will live submerged. The weather
for some weeks past has been extreme
ly unfavorable to the planting interests.
It has not only been remarkably cold
for the season, but there has been sue
cession of drenching rains which have
suspended ploughing and other planta-
tion labor, so that the planters are now
full month behind in their work.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

POINTS OF HoRsE.-The California
Agricultural Society requires that a first
premium work horse shall be between
fifteen and sixteen hands; quick, live
ly ears; broad between the eyes; round
barrel; short loins; we'll up in the
deep chested; square quarters;
fiat legs; short between the knee and
pastern and hook and pastern; hind legs
well under him. speed equal to eight
miles an hour on the road, and ut least
three miles at the plow, with sufficient
blood to show spirit and endurance.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

KING BIRDS AID BEEs.-We have the
authority of the Ohio Farmer that king
birds when they capture a bee, first
catch him between the feathers on the
top of the head, retain the bee for Q
short time, and then free him, and the
second capture Is in the bill and then
swallowed. While the bee remains in
captivity 'on the top Of the head Ii
stipgs into the thick tuft or scalp, there
by losing the sting.t yrgY-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

1t is not generally known that rotten
potatoes will kill cows, but. a cores
pendent of the Dsdeville (Ala.) 7dRd-
poosian says he has known several per-
sons at this season, when cleaning out
their potato banks and houses. to throw
their rotten potatoes where the cows
could get them, and almost every COW
that had access to quantity died in o
few hours. Farmers and gardeners would
do we'll to bear this in mind.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

SLoBBERISG IN HoRsEs.-A cores
pondent of the Boston Culhrdtor says
that this is disease in horses. Salt
petre, tablespoonful for a dose, he has
found to cure the worst case he ever
had, and has not found il necessary ever
to give n fourth dose. He gives table
spoonful in the morning, and in three
days, if the horse is not free from it, he
repeats the dose.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

Il il asserted that at the outset Mr..
Seward was hindrancs to the ratifica-
ton of the Russian treaty, and the idea
that il was carried through the infiu-
ence of his dinners is all bosh. One
correspondent says: "At that time, as
is we'll known, q majority of the Senate
was against it; but the more it was
talked up the stronger it grew, and
finally but two Senators had the cour-
age to vote against it. Several disliked
the project who were afraid to vote
against 1t. The Western. and especials
ly the Pacific members Of the Senate,
were determined that it should pass, and
declared that for Republican Senate
to reject it would be fatal" = T. .ssH
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

Many Radicals hereabouts are commenc-
ing to revise their opinions, and con-
fess they have followed the Goldfish gov
ernment little too far, and that to ex-
clude States by military bills is at least
secession in a meaner shape, the one
proposing the thing boldly, the other
by cowardly stealth, called reconstruc-
tion, by the usurping Congress Of TWEEN
ty-six States, I always. thought an
avenging God would at last interpose
to perpetuate our free Institutions from
the grasp of the jacobins of New Eng
land. 50 mote 1t be. . EAsA 3.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
RIVER NEWS

The RIVER was on q stand last even
ing, with about seventeen feet of wa
ter. -rff .1q..g -. 5sf,-.....
The steamer Edinburgh is the Cinein.
natl packet for tomorrow evening. =
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

Roses, for general culture, should al
ravs be on THAR own roofs. The cata-
logues give the varieties. The '.perl
pefualsS arc not perpetual at all, but
the China sorts bloom all the summer.
though they are not hardy in winter.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
oar City Imprevements-Ths nlesdel
Building-The F1rnitare Bssiness
"A Hand some Esta blish ment.

A Hand some Esta biishment.
We referred, few days ago, to the
rapid progress of our city, as shown by
the many costly and splendid edifees
now being erected in our midst. We
called attention to the fact that our
business men especially are eyincing an
amount of enterprise and liberality in
the erection of elegant store and ware.
rooms that is truly commendable. In
this regard, we presume there are few
cities Of similar size, in this region, that
can now surpass our own. Many OF our
merchants are recognizing the fact that
our community has heretofore lost much
OF the trade that naturally belonged to
it, by their failure to eXpend IN the
building. external decoration and
general furniture of their es-
tablishments, as much as the
,mount and character Of their business
would seem to Justify. Men have re-
fused to believe that trade of the first
and best class could be done here, be-
cause our trade did not appear to be
done in first-class style. The costly ma
terial, the fine architecture, and the ex-
pensive business appliances and ar
rangements which are found IN the
large Il cities did not abound with us,
and. strange as it may seem, men went
10 buy where these things could be
found. Again, people naturally asso-
ciate public enterprise with business
liberality; they conclude that he who
displays the former, will proba-
bly, possess the latter, and that
he who helps to improve the
general appearance of his own city, by
bulldog for his business tasteful and
elegant establishment, will probably
carry into that business the same en-
Iarged and liberal views. In recogni-
ton of these facts our merchants have
been acting and improying,until Wheel
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19
CARD.

ILa,r tIri. DAY so;A my euiirs .iSrk sf eooAs
N sTYLLH & YRAZfgR. ssd rersnnsnd
them On my old cnsesm and ts the pablo Esrer
aIly, and .olleit for thsms sato~ss1, seDsssf ths
paifSnass hsys berrsoists r.cstyrd.
Nsrrk q tC3 sssAAv n, u. GAEkiSOS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

William Neff, of Lexington, KY, and
James Crosby, Of Missouri, were put to
death at McKissack's Grove, Iowa, the
other day, for horse-stealing. The
ynchers allowed them choice of hang
ing or shooting, and they chose the lat
ter. ..- ....... r. sa
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

A man in st. Cloud mixed poison
with his whisky and gave it to two of
his children and urged his wife to drink
of it. She refused and administered
milk to the poisoned children, and saw
ed them. The man died. .2l
Two schooners and steamer have
been purchased by the Liberals to block
ade Vera Cruz on the Gulf side. Pofirio
Diaz is said by Imperialists to have met
with some disasters at Puebla, being
forced to fall back on Oajaca.
The Canadians are proposing to buy
from the Hudson's Bay Company the
belt of land lying along the saskatche-
wan, the Red river Of the North, and
the territory extending thence to Brit
ish Columbia, connecting the Pacific
with the Atlantic provinces of the con
federation. TS& IA
Information has been received at the
headquarters of the army that tho Crow
Indians manifest q reluctance to join
the tribes arrayed against the Govern
ment, and will not probably unite with
them. The Crow tribe is one of the
large tribes of Dakotah Territory, and
can muster about thousand warriors.
They are believed to exercise considera-
bic influence Inpon the surrounding
bands Of the Sioux, and the failure to
secure their alliance may have the effect
Of withdrawing other bands who have
already committed themselves to the
war confederation.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

All damages to Southern railroads
from the great floods have been repair
I'd, except the bridge at Bridgeport, Al.
abama, which is crossed by cars on
boats, without breaking bulk.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

The city council of Philadelphia have
resolved to build Morgue, or dead
house, in that city, similar to that in
New York. - FgytLE
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

/ The South Carolina newspaper pub
lished at Columbia, has been purchased
by Mr.. Nash and other colored men, and
will be conducted as conservative ne
GRO ORGAN. - - -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

Nursing colds, cleaning yards, plant
ing early Peas, dress-nrking, house
cleaning and keeping ones temper, are
the principal domestic duties of the
seasOn.-Spring. Repab.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

A dispatch from Southampton, Eng
land, states that the American yachts
engaged in the recent ocean race, are
preparing for the return voyage.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

A highly respectable married lady in
Indianapolis, and mother of two beauti-
full children, eloped with man who
talked through his nose and vended
corn plasters and sbrass jewelry.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-19

Governor jenkins has written an ad-
dress to the people of Georgia advising
non-action under the Sherman bill until
the legality of the measure is tested be-
fore tho Supreme Court. He considers
the law unconstitutional, and hopes the
Supreme Court will SO decide.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-07-04
RUTLAND HERALD
TUESDAY, JULY ., 1867.
The July Session of Congress.

Public attention is just now turned
towards the session OF Congress which
is to assemble on the first Wednesday
in July. There is every prospect that
there will be more than d quorum of the
members of the House of Representa-
tives in attendance at Washington at
noon of the day designated, when, by
the terms of the resolution OF adjourn
ment, the Speaker must direct the Clerk
of the House to call the roll of members.
The presence of q sufficient number OF
Senators is not so certain. 1t requires
twenty seven Senators TO form quo
rum and there are but thirty'tiVe that
can reasonably be expected to reach the
Capital In season for the roll-call, when,
if there be not quorum OF both the
Senate and House present, the Speaker
of the House and the President of the
Senate are directed In express terms to
adjourn their respective houses without
day. The language of the resolution
which determines the proceedings is
somewhat peculiar and we give it entire
as it finally passed
"Resolge9, That the President OF the
Senate and the Speaker of the House OF
Represen Satives are hereby directed to
adjourn their respective houses on Sat
urday, March 80, 1867, at II O'Clock,
meridian, to the first Wednesday OF July,
1867, at noon, when the roll Of each
house shall be Immediately called, and
Immediately thereafter the presiding OIL
fcer of each house shall cause the pre-
siding officer of the other house to be
informed whether or not quorum OF
its body has appeared and thereupon,
II a quorum OF the two houses respect
lively shall not have appeared upon such
call OF the rolls, the President OF the
Senate and the Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives shall Immediately ad-
iourn their respective houses without
day"
II is only one point gained to have Sc
cured quorum, not merely voting
majority OF those present, but working
two.thirds majority, the same number
of votes that passed the reconstruction
acts, for it is very evident that the veto
power will be exercised, and Congress
should be fully prepared to meet it;
hence the necessity OF the prompt al
tendance o: the Republican members.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-07-04
Washington Items.

Justice Noah Fl. Swayne OF the
United States supreme court is very i'll
at his residence at Washington, and his
physicians think that he cannot recover
Mating is being placed on the floors
OF the legislative halls, the desks are be-
ing revarnished, and other means taken
to make the stay OF members Of Con-
gress as pleasant as possible during the
coming hot session.
-Ex Attorney Gen. James Speed of
Kentucky left home for Washington,
Friday night, in response to a summons
from the Senate judiciary committee.
Horace Greedy has also been summoned
before the committee.
There was but two or three arrivals
OF congressman on Saturday, and barely
quorum is ciphered out for the Senate
by Wednesday. Thirty Of both Houses
are already there. Senators Ramsey and
Nye telegraph that they cannot possibly
be present on Wednesday.
1t has not transpired that the Presi-
dent has come to any conclusion as to
the course to be pursued toward the dis
placed Southern officials beyond q gene
raj belief expressed in administration
quarters that he will promptly restore
The Louisiana Commissioners. There is
certainly no truth in the persistent Tu.
NOR that he has decided to relieve Gen.
Sheridan, and large number believe
that nothing will be done with the cases
of Wells and Withers, now that the as
sembliHg OF Congress is so close at hand.
The members of Congress continue
to arrive at Washington by every train.
Eight or ten from the West came in on
!. Sunday, aud some Of these report that
Others from that section are now on
their way, and are confident that quo
rum of both houses will be in Washing
ton on Wednesday, The attendance Of
the Democratic members on that day, to
answer the rOll-call and to secure quo
rn , for business, is doubtful. The Re-
publican members now in Washington
are all agreed that bill, supplemental
TO the reconstruction acts, ought to be
passed, to clearly define the powers of
the military commanders, but the way
aud form is yet to be determined.
Gen. Spinner, United States Treas
urer, has addressed an official letter to
the cashier of a national bank in New
Hampshire, in which he states: "After
the failure of national bank all its re.
lations are changed as a bank it has
nothing more TO do with its notes
whether matilatei or perfect. The
United States, a. th, legal eauors' r, in