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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

THE National Union Committee
meets to-day ut Washington city to
designate the time and place OF holding
a Convention to nominate candidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presi
dency. There ia said to be a sharp
competition between Chicago aud Gin.
clnnntl as 70 which shall be the place.
The former, according TO Washington
letter; has not only offered to gel up
"wigwam," such as II Furnished for
holding the Convention In 1850, but ia
likewise readyto contribute $4,000 In
cash as campaign fund. Andif still
later news from Washington is to be
credited, the Chicago agents are ready
10 approach the individual members OF
the Committe with brides, The parties
representing that city mean business
IL would seem. Cincinnati Ia bestlrrlng
herself atthe eleventh hour, and we OBJ.
serve In the Times Of that place that u
meeting Of prominent persons was held
at theBurneL House last Saturday night,
whereat vigorous ways aud means
were inaugurated for making Cincin.
natl influence felt at Washington.
Ever since the Buchanan Convention
at Cincinnati in 1856, when the hotels
acquired such IN unenviable reputa.
tlon with the political public on ac.
count of their high charges, there has
been no special desire maniiested on
the part Of anybody to hold another
convention in that city. She may
succeed this time, as Chicago has had
one Republican Convention since that
party was organized. The fact that
Gen. Grant Is expected 10 be the candi.
date may, however, turn the scale in
favor Of the latter city, he being an ILL.,
nois man. Probably Mr.. Llncoln,s
nomination In 1850, was owing to the
fact that the Convention was held in
Chicago. 1t Is very doubtful whether
he could have been nominated at Gin.
cinnati. Strange as It may seem, the
place at which National Convention
Is held, has no Insignificant influence
in determining the choice. Therefore,
wesay, that the friends of Gen. Grant
(and the Chairman of the National
Union Committee, Gov. Ward, OF New
Jersey, Is one OF them,) may not un-
likely fix upon Chicago as the place Of
holding the next Convention.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11


Iris believed that at the close Of the
present year less than HOO miles of the
great thoroughisre that is to unite the
East and West will remain to be con.
structed. While the Union Pacific road
has been strlding SO rapidly towards
the setting sun, Its sister the Central
Pacific has been letting daylight
through the Sierra Nevada range. II
has now penetrated the mountains, and
is entering upon the portion more easy
OF construction. Already Its receipts
and the pressure upon the road are sui.
ticIent TO cause discussion OF the neees.
slty of laying double track. The
prospect Is that the western end Of the
line will approach $50 miles nearer the
Atlantic Ocean during the year 1867.
The two companies are only rivals In
the effort 10 display the greater enter.
prise. The government subsidies and
the advantageous bonds OF each furnish
the funds in suttclenta 10 render
financial questions easy OF settlement,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

THI snle Of newspapers devoted 10
criminal news, aud onbellishcd with
fanciful and laScIvIOus sketches, IN now
prohibited on the cars Of the Pennsyl.
yania Railroad Company,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

THE Convention of Express Compa-
MES which has been In session in New
York for several days, aud the holding
of which gave rise TO the rumor of a
consolidation Of the Merchants Union
aud the several old Express Companies,
has made mutual and amIcable ar.
Engagements for the interchange of
freight and packages, as common car.
ries. This puts an end to the Express
war which has been raging ever since
the Merchants Union commenced bust.
ness, and places that institution In the
front rank Of Express Companies In
this country. EGonomy and good man.
agement, with u persistent desire on
the part Of stockholders 10 "back" the
new concern, have brought about this
result, which cannot but prove great
benefit 10 the mercantile community
throughout the States. The rumors liz
regard 10 IL consolidation OF the compa.
MES are entirely without foundation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11
wheeling and Marietta PaSNet.

wheeling and MARIETTA Packet.
- Tho fine slde-wheel passenger
Lela lsteamer sALLIE v, Capt Robt.
- - Patterson, will leave Wheeling
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday al
70 O'Clock. NlllTeceive freightB for Gal
upolls, and on Thursday for Cincinnati and
all intermediate points. y
For freight or passage apply on board or
TO JAS. H. HOLMES, Agent, ~
noVlAt No. ~ Monroe street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

THE TolSIo Btahc snys that SOG7a
bushels Of apples have beon shipped
from that place, by lake mud railroad,
since The 10Th Of September.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

Mr., ROOMS, a wealthy vine.grower
of Cleveland, has purchased twelve
hundred acres Of land In Tennessee,
and wIlIIntroducO grape culture in that
State.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11
THE HEALING PooI.

AND HoUsEN OF MERCY.
HOWARD ASSOCIATION REPORTS
for YOUNG MEN, on tho CRIME OF SOIL.
TUDEr and the ERRORS, ABUSES and
Diseases which destroy tho manly power
and create impediments to MARRIAGE,
with sure means Of relief Sent In sealed en-.
velopos, ftee OF charge Address, Dr. ],
sRILLfN HoUGHToS, Howard AEocla-
ton, philadelphia, Pa. =.
sepl2i.amd4w.
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$teamhpats.

wheeling, sIarietta and ParAersbuIg
Daily PaehetH.
- The side wheel steamers GRE.
49, BEG "A" and "EXfRteSS.n
60 Rebec leaves Wheeling every
M0nuay, "Wednesday and Friday, al eleven
O'clock, q. m. :
kxpresS leaves wheeling every Tuesday,
Thursday and saturday, nj II o clock, d IN.
Connecting at Bellaire with traiIls from
Pittsburgh, tue at II q. IN.
FrelRht TeceInted through TO all points be.
tween PaIkenbnrg aud Gallipolls.
declO.tf oh' nARfELLE q UU,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11
Spftial alutiets.

DO mot Rasp the coating o. the In.
testines With irritating caihaftics THE
most soothing, cooling, and baiaamic laxa-
tive known Is TAHRANTs ERREayxscKsI
sE1.TzERAPERiESr. ltcarriOa otfeyery Oh.
struetion without chafng the tender iniaslli.
nal membrane In theslis test degree, az
SOLD BY ALL DRUGafBTs.
deC1-iW r ~ = '5l'7I'' :. 4 ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

AFEw QUESTIONS, FRIeaD.
What makes your hAlr % beautifully
whatsiSo' your Hair It's Elosy lnSiei
on Of 0mpeyine
OIL Of Grapevine,
. oil OF afapsyine.
Who are tho only Proprietor o.
on OF Gnpeyinoi
,or,o LAuGHIIE, s g LITE, 4 4 CO, 49,.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11

wHEAToSs OINTMENT viii euro the
wHnAross OINTMENT win cure Sal,
Rheum.
wHRA1oNs OINTMENT cures old Sores
WHEAToN's OINTMENT cures all Dis.
eases OF tho Skin.
Prloe . oeats by mail 60 cents. All Drug.
glsts sell II. 'F fir n
tepl6!eodly
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-11
T.iRWfN,
For Rant
9or saiss
For sala.

ENHREE BRICK TENEMENrs. ZACH
lar, situated on German lIfeet. belTeSn ia
aud "a streets, Centre Wheeling.
IhB pIopety y IN good condition and nj
present renting for $50 per nnnun.
ThOS, o,BKlEN,
aees Real ESTATE Agent,
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4ur8fui.
For RaInt.

ONE OF THE FfNHsT pwRLLfNo
With every eonyenlcnee, Iitnated on Ihs
ltiver Hank, In The I'll Ward posSelfinn
giyen Immediately, hftqulfod, 3
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

man. refused all offers of compro.
misc, declaring that the President
has uu right to pardon Taylor, aud
that they would romnin on tho farm
aud doiond what they considered
their property against all comers,
Steps viii be taken 10 eject them by
civil process. There has been no
outbreak rs yet; no armed demon
stration was made. The conference
was pcaccab,o aud bloodless one,
but II is feared that trouble will grow
out Of il, and blood may be shed
boioro the "squattcrs' will yield
their sovereignty"
WASHINGTON, Oct, l2-The par
don application of r, NJ, II, Hunter,
recently published, was written soon
after the war, His expressions of
approval apply to Johnson, and not
the congrcsslq al plan ofrcconstruc-
llon.
Franklin Pierce was serenaded
ut Concord, New Hampshire, on
Wednesday, and said; 81 warn you
my friends, to note tho fact, that
these triumphs, whatever they may
be, are no party triumphs, but the
people have risen in their majesty,
with consciousness of their power,
and disregarding party lines, and
party aspirations, have been silent.
~ considering what belongs to them
their children and their country
They think the great battle has been
fought and won, II the results ara
significant in nothing else, they are
in this, that the white race-our raco
the German, Italian, Fren C h,
Scotch, Anglo Saxon people are still
to be the controlling power ON this
continent"
The Republican majority in Iowa
is estimated ut 10000.
Among the number of articles
forwarded to the deal letter office
from the army at Columbia, New
bern and Goidsboro' was an oil
painting, representing two Children
feeding II horse. The post office de-
partmcnt will restore the painting
to the owner on satisfactory proof,
addressed to Sd p. NJ. Gcn'l.
The original owners of Harper's
Ferry object to its sale, ordered by
Congress. The original decd, exc
cuted in favor of Geo. Washington,
stipulatcs that tho property is only
to be used by the United States.
New York, Oct. 13.-G. L. Jones,
formerly Bishop of North Carolina
is dead. Aged rs,
CHARLESTON, Oct. 13.-Gen. Can
by and staff leave for Columbia to-
morrow to consult with Cows. Orr
and Worth. The order of election
for the convention will be issued on
his return.
1t is reported that party of ne
grocs tore up the track of the South
Carolina railroad last night at Hop
kins, near Columbia. The train
was thrown off the track and the
cars robbed.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

should hc avoided IL possible, Then
let every citzon of ToXas beware,
and ponder well, before he casts his
vote for n convention,
Texas has II proud history, She
has passed through many trying
ordonls. Hitherto her honor has
been preserved Ia this, one of the
darkest hours OF peril, her children
should exhibit the same high NOR
al courage, and manlinoss Of spirit,
so often manifested by her people
in tho ovontful past, We SHOULD
not forget the examples and teach
ings OF the patriotic warrior and
statesman, the Father of the Ropub-
lie. Could his voice be heard o,day
there would bo no danger, llo was
consistent and conservative through
life, When the party for which he
had laborcd, and of which he was
Il mighty pillar, innovated upon its
principles, he sacrificed himself
rather than yield to the alluring
teachings of the new faith, When
the result of that action destroyed
the power of the party, as he fore
told it would, and brought about
secession again, rather than be the
means or cause of quarrel or blood
shed among his people, he submit
ted to wrong and indignitics. lie
was conservative then. He loved
his country. lie sympathiscd with
her Affections. If alive to-day who
can doubt that his voice would be
heard in behalf of moderate and
magnanimous measures, and in de-
nuncation of the policy Of those
who would destroy liberty to retain
power? May the mantle Of his
wisdom and patriotism fall upon and
guide the people Of Texas in this
hour of need.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26
CORPUS CHRISTI,
Sept. 26, 1856;

Oept. 20, 1oOi.
Ny Dear Wdge Your congratu
latory letter Of the 18th inst. was
received yesterday. 1t gives m c
even greater pleasure to know that
| have so sincere friend as your
selfthan to be conscious that / have,
unasked, received this honorable
appointment. But my regret is
that l cannot, by accepting 1t, graf
ify you and the other friends who,
doubtless, through their rccommen-
dations caused the appointment to
bo made. ~
There are several objections to
my acceptance, which ! find insu-
pcrable. After my return home
from the North, last fall, | set my
self regularly to work, practicing
law for living, which in case Of
my acceptance, | would have to
abandon. | would, besides, feel
bound to return several hundreds
of dollars received in advance, or
by way of retainer This | could
not now we'll afford to do. Further
this office would take me-away from
home next week, and would keep
me away nine months TO come, Cf
the State were not previously re-
constructed) at q most interesting
time, and when. the services OF every
Unionist is required in the field. "
During this period members of the
Convention have to be chosen, the
Constitution formed and State ofli-
GERS elected.
Nothing more disagracablc could
occur than the necessity for this re-
lection, as | feel sure the appoint
ment was intended as a compliment
from my friends, and besides, the
refusal to accept will probably be
misconstrued by the enemies of re-
construction
At this time ] consider it duty
to take part in the reconstruction
of the State and to recognize.gthe
LJ---sa2iiv. of The Provisional Govern
ment, and WIN this I'ialz would
willingly have accepted any posi-
\ ton that did uotinteriere with per-
sonal obligations.
| Truly yours,
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26
Kansas Enterprise--.Traid with
Texas.

A correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune, writing from Kansas, gives
some interesting information COM
corning the region to be traversed by
the .Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway. Seventy miles southwest
OF Topeka are tho great coal fields
OF Usage county, and a hundred
miles further are tho "salt plains
= one hundred miles long and forty
miles broad, These plains are COM
petely covered with a white crust
Of salt, of sufficient strength to bear
up, without breaking or crumbling,
an ordinary wagon load. Under
meath this crust, little below the
surface, there is a stratum Of solid
rock salt
Tho same writer givos an account
Of the trad with Western Texas and
Mexico, as weit as New Mexico.
Last year brought the first train Or
twcn.y three wagons from Western
T, xas 20 Ieavenworth for supplies
| Of goods. There were three small
trains, besides the one first mentions
ed. that came through last yeap;
they were loaded up with wool,
Epclts. fars and dresses" skins, and
loaded. back with goods of every
description. -.
The success of last year has shown
itself by the great increase this year !:
What was last year an ordinary
trail is this year a splendid wagon
b road. OYER which trains arc passing
almost daily. This trade now goes
to the Union Pacific road at juno
ton City and other points.
Tic cattle trade between Texas
and Kansas is another great wonder.
This trade commenced three years
tago, and has been on the increase
: until It has reached forty thousand
head. Throe years ago it had two
thousand head; last year about
eighteen thousand, and this yoar
ncar;y f-rly thousand up to this
Guc, with a prospect of reaching
fliy thousand.
Western Texas and parts of Mexico
are strictly grazing country, and
the man VINO owns and controls less
than three thousand head is realey
a small operator. There are many
men in Texas who own from twenty
five to fifty. and even eighty thou
sand head OF cattle. and from the
sale eofthcse they receive their only
income, many OF them employing
! from one hundrcdto three hundred
n hcrd,rS
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26
lruiy yours,
EDWARD j. DAYS..
Judge C. B. Sabin Houston, Texas

ELIAS HowE.-Elias Howe, one
of the great benelactors ofmankind,
bv the invention of the sowing ma
chine, died at New York on the 18th
of this month. He was born in
Spencer, Mass, in 1918, and lived
there with his FATHER, an honest
farmer and miller, working in the
summer time and attending the dis
trief school during the winter. In
1886 he learned the trade of a ma
chinist, and experimental a great
deal in. making a seKing machine
He succeeded in completing a model,
which was patented Sept. 10, 1916,
in the United States, and later in
England. After having been n
England for two years, he returned
to Boston, utterly destitute and OBJ
liged to resume his trade for the
support of his. family. From this
time he was Invoked in expensive
| law suits against the principal in
fringers of his patents, until they
acknowledged his rights and ar
ranged to manufacture sewing ma.
chimes under licenses from him.,
Mr.. Howe had the satisfaction te
see his invention introduced into all
parts Of the world. During the last
fifteen years of his life richcs pour
ed in upon him, the fruits of his in
vention, enabling him TO retire from
business-Gdl. Bulletin.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

A French savan has lilScncd the
ouickness of volition in an animal
to the telegraph. He tells his class;
@When a whale is harpOoned the
nerve affected instantly telegraphs
to the creatures brain, .IIarPoon in
taiI: upon which the brain tele-
graphs back, Jerk tail and upset
boat" What a wonderful thing Is
science.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

Judge Wilson, Of the Supreme
Conrt Of Chicago. has rendered a
decision adverse TO the claims Of the
widow Of Stephen A Douglas, who
claims dover IN real estate worth
one hundred thousand dollars, IN
the southern part Of Chicago
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

An old toper, in the last stages of
dropsv, was told by his physician
that nothing could save him but
c:ngtaprcd. His little boy oldsct=
cd TO ibis proposition BY saying:
Daddy. daddy, dcu't let him, foe
Won know there never was any
thing tapped in this house that
lasted more than a week.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

The staircase at Table Rock, Nj
a.a.a PALS. some $50 feet in height.
vs..re visitors formerly passed
desrn ts reach tfc silest Of water.
a-,a Eh;cii has lately been closed to
the pahiic use was some Time on
"Wednesday night chopped away BY
some unknown person The whole
staircase has fallen int the river
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26
n6-JOn WORK OF all kinds cxccnicd
with nentness aud dispatch.
AGENTS,

AGENTS.
Messrs. Y. @, wHARroS \ Co., No. rs common
Street, New Orleans La, are the oNLr Auihn"ltIp
Agents 10 that city, to obtain AM collect rnn''rP'
tions and advertisements for the DALLAS HerN'"'
BoorH 4 BrSSErr, Galveston,
SHELLY, sMIru CO., % Brondwny. New holh ciiy'
Carr Jons W. LANE, AUSTIN, 7 Nas.
Capt. JAsPER W, Johnson, knuimhni I'NhH'
J. 7. Turner, Esq, Fort Worth. ,..
ID. y. Hawkins, Esq, WaNahachic, Ellis c.'nN'
Cant. A. J. BALL, Weathcriord, Parker Co.. Texas
Gates a CARPENTER. Decatur, Wis" county, IeNhs'
]. NJ. MCNEIL. and $, A, VENrEGs, EsqSr Denton
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26

To XIII BED BU0s-Chain their
hind legs 70 8 tree. then g around
and make faces 81 them.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-10-26
TEums-.-In Advnucc.


Ono Square ten lines Of this slyo iyuol 81 30 for the
nrst aud Is cents for each additional mscrlio
ns-Our charge for Announcing candidate Tor
State or District Offices Il SIS, aud iorCounty or Pre-
sinet offices 81 90, payable Invariably when the
announcement IL made.
np-The above advertising rate. ARE In currency
Specie received at It's market value
nB- Wheat, or produce Of any Kind that We eau
use aiken at the best market price, TOT All dues 10
this once.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-12-24
Arrested by the Military.

A few days since the military authorities of
this State succeeded in arresting near Greenville
Court House, Mr. James A. Keith, who is repre-
sented as having at one time commanded regi-
ment of troops from North Carolina in the Con-
federate service. The arrest was made at the
solicitation of the civil authorities of Madison
North Carolina, and upon charges preferred by
the Sheriff of that county, to the effect that
Keith had, during the war, caused several Un-
ion men to be executed burned farm houses, and
plundered in promiscuous way. In the letter
of the Sheriff to General Kinks, Provost Mar
shall General of this District, and bearing date
July 4th of this year, it was stated that the ac-
cused had been fugitive from justice for two
years, that several indictments for the offences
mentioned were pending against him and that
the aid of the military was invoked in order that
the law of the land might be vindicated. The
charges preferred were, however, stated in such
an indefinite way that General Kinks was neces-
STATED to ask that they should be made more ex-
plicit and it was in response to his letter that
such information was furnished as led to the ar
rest of the accused Keith is now in confne-
ment in Castle Pinckney, but is only detained
to await the action of the civil authorities of
North Carolina. So far the military have been
furnished with no evidence of his guilt, although
they have been requested by his accusers to try
him by military commission and have declined
to do Charleston Courier.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-12-24
People out of Employment in New York

! The New York World publishes carefully
prepared statement, showing that fifty thousand
men and women in that city are now out of work,
and calls the serious attention of Congress (Which
devotes so much of its attention to radical legs-
lation) to the startling fact The World says:
Fifty thousand persons in New York, who
live by the labor of their hands, out of employ is
more truthful statement of our financial condi-
tion than columns of deftly arranged figures re-
lating to the national debt. Look at some of the
facts: Of the 28, 900 artisans employed in the
Jewelry business, 40 per cent are out of employ;
carpenters wages have been reduced from So, so
to $3.50 day and only half of the journeymen
can find employment; of hatters, there are 400
who can get work but one day in six; of the 20,-
900 tailors in the city one-quarter are unem-
ployed, the quantity Of work for them is 80 per
cent less than that assigned them at this time
last year, and their wages have been reduced by
3;33 per cent; the workers say that their
business has not been in twenty years so dull as
it is now; at least 1000 ship-wrights out Of
employ, and from one end of the East river to
the other but five vessels are building, of which
two are steamboats,, two are ferry boats, and one
is sailing vessel and to close this sad list, it is
estimated that 5000 servant girls are seeking
places, but find none'
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-12-24
SIXTEENTH VOLUME---NUMBER 7ss.

me, when taken out and put in at all. do not
believe that he has combed his own head since
we were married. He can't even wash his face
properly without being told, like any other child.
If did not wash him, his ears and the back of
his neck would be sight to behold.
SPANGLE ON SICK BED.
Albeit he has no patience for others who have
pains and aches, yet you ought to see him when
anything is the matter with him. He tears and
screams. and grunts over a slight attack of collie
in manner to keep every one awake in the
house. At such times he always believes he is
going to die and will not suffer me to leave him
for moment.
Yet with all his faults well, You know the
quotation. | believe he is the best man living,
and would not give him for ten-acre lot full of
men like the scapegrace of husband which
your foolish, credulous correspondent, "Dolly
Dash" is so silly about.