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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-02-01
REASONS WHY THE
AMERICAN WATCH
MADE AT WALTHAM, MASS.
Is THE BEST.

TT is made on the best principle. It's frame is
composed OF SOLID PLATES, NO jar can inter-
ftre with the harmony of its working and nc
sudden shock can damage its machinery. Every
piece is made and finished by machinery (itsel
famous for its novelty, as well rs for its effective
nessl and is therefore properly made. The watch
is what all mechanism should be-ACCURATE,
SIMPLE STRONG AND ECONOMICAL. Except some
high grades, too costly for general use, foreign
watches are chiefly made by women and boys
Such watches are composed of several hundred
pieces, screwed and riveted together and require
constant repairs TO keep them in any kind OF or
der. All persons who have carried ''ancreS''
"lcplnes" and "Englsll Patent Levers" are
perfectly well aware of the truth OF this STATE
ment.
At the beginning of our enterprise more than
ten years ago, it was our FIRST object to make a
thoroughly good low priced watch for the mil
lion, TO take.1he place OF these foreign impose
tons the refuse of foreign factories, which were
entirely unsuitable at home and worthless every
where.
How well we have accomplished this, may be
understood from the fact that after SO many
years of public trial. we now make MORE THAN
HALF OF ALL THE WATCHES SOLD IN The UNITED
STATES, and that no others have ever given such
universal satisfaction. While this department of
our business is continued with increased facilities
for perfect work, we ale at present engaged il
the manufacture of watches Of the very HIGHEST
GRADE KNOWN TO cIIRoNoMETRY, uncqualtd by
anything hitherto made by ourselves and unSGr
passed by anything male in tie world. For
this purpose we have the amplest facilities. We
have erected an addition 10 our main building
expressly for this branch of our business, and
have filled it with the best workmcn in our sCy
vice New machines aud appliances have been
constructed which pei form their work with con-
summate delicacy and eXartness. The choicest
and most approved materials only arc used and
we challenge comparison between ths'grade of
our work and the finest imported thermometers.
We do not pretend to sell our watches for LESS
MONEY than foreign watches, but we do assert
without fear Of contradiction that for the SAME
MONEY our product is incomparably superior
All our watches, Of whatever grade, are fully
warranted, and this warrantee is good at all
times against US our agents in all parts Of the
world.
CAUTION The public are cautioned 10 buy
only of respectable dealers. All persons selling
counterfeits will be prosecuted.
ROBBINS Il APPLETON,
Agents for the American Watch Company,
dec2l-lm 1872 Broadway, n. y.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-02-01

The fact that his body is literally NEE
die cushion, leads to the inference that
some forcible means were probably used
to put them there"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
A ahonl OF Mermnids.

On coming between the bluffs saw
the beach already covered with natives,
and we had not reached half the dis
tance to the shore when we beheld a
host of them in the water swimming to-
ward rs. Fearing some treachery,
looked to my pistols but the interpre-
ter told me that they were only the
Waihenes coming to greet us, and I
soon perceived that they were, indeed,
all young girls. On they came, shout
ing, laughing and playing in the water
like shOal of mermaids, till we were
in their midst, when il was with the
greatest difficulty that we could advance.
We were also in mementary danger Of a
capsize from the number that endeavor-
ed 20 Chamber into the boat, most Of
whom we uDceremoniously elected.
Their costume was Of the simplest that
could be adopted, A few had a girdle
of leaves around them, but most of them
had not even this unpretending gar
ment. At the suggestion of the. inter
prefer, allowed two of the chief per-
sonages present to come into the boat.
The rest desisted from the efforts to
board rs, but clung about the boat,
swan around it with one hand, lille,
with the other extended toward US,
they exclaimed, "Me baekey, me bach
ey.' These girls are all fond Of manu-
factured tobacco, which, though the
weed grows Iuxuriantly on all the
South Sea Islands, they do not them
selves know how TO prepare it, We
landed on thh rocks near little cascade
that burst from an overhanging cliff
and fell into q wide basin Of fresh wat
er, clear as crytaL Some children were
here filing water-sheIls; and the young
women, observed, as they emerged
from the sea, threw themselves in this
bath before resuning their tapa, the
salt water being considered injurious to
the skin.-Hid Hfs amoRs tie Pacific IT,
laaders.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
Apple Trees from Seeds.

A writer in the English Horticultur-
al f'rier says that in lS02, he collect
g! some apple pips of the best varieties
o' eating apples, and sowed them in his
garden. During the first few years
,uose which came up were greatly re-
'nced in number by several accidents,
dlld afterwards by being removed to an
Other garden at an unfavorable period
OF The Year, all but three trees were kill
'a' and these much retarded in their
growth. OF these three plants, one
Produced fruit in the twenty-third year
VI MS age, and proved to be particular
juicy and well-favored fruit, which
Keeps to the end of November. The
second tree fruited the twenth-fourth
year 1t is sweet fruit, but not re-
Markably good. TheIthird tree produc-
~ irnlt in its twenty-sixth year, and
proved to be an excellent fruit; the tree
S'ery productive, and the fruit keeps
selnarkably we'll. He seems we'll salts
neG with his result in raising seedlings,
aIn anu says that, although the process is
slow, 1t is the only true way of origi
nating new varieties. The writer abOve
mentioned saws that y few years ago he
.aised "a nectarine by seed, which fruit
t gu IN its seventh year, and turned out
~ oe Of most excellent quality, He
auvised every owner Of a garden to SOW
n0N peeus OF the most approved fruit, and to
ISsture ,Ia. the plants tenderly, recollecting
ne husbandnan, the seed who sows,
must wait with patience, white 1t grOwa
and who would the oak uprear, ..
aust cherish hope from year to year.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

bone. The Colonel was violently
Knocked to the ground. by . frightened
young horse running against him which
caused the fracture. The accident oc-
eurred' near the Colonspss dwelling, TO
which he was soon removed M (
The barn and stable Of Mr.. John Pow
elson, about four miles east of this place.
on the Northwestern Turnpike Road,
were, with their contents, entirely de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday last A
white girl, named Mary Hott, living in
Mr.. Powelson's family in the capacity
of help, when charged with having fired
the buildings, acknowledged that she
had done it. On the same day she also
made an attempt to fire his dwelling
which was fortunately discovered, how,
ever, before the fire had made much
progress. The girl had q hearing yes,
terday before Justice Mytinger, and
was sent to Jail to await trial.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

.Duncan,s answer was to drop down
upon his knees by Nieps side, and COW
ering his face with his hands, sob
aloud. -,
HNa, ma, Mel, Gamma lot alane,
maun tell them. Let me bide, lad; it's
the fittest place. And whan 1 have
your forgivness. III gang on my knees
to the Almighty; but Gamma ask HIM
till hae confessed my sim"
"Well, let me tell it, Duncan" sand
Mel, gently laying his hand upon the
kneeling mans shoulder. s
"Nom ~ cried the other, sternly; I'll no
get the warst. Tam and Helen, i am q
murderer, or as bad, for had the thocht
in nv heart to take his life. Mel cut
cut me oot wi jealousy, ! said we'd
gang to the Reiyers Crag, and fight,
and the best man shall win ye. Mel
wad hardly gang till telt him I'd ca
him the countryside for coward,
and then he went. But whan got
to the top o. the Crag, the dell got
possession O. me, and catchin' him un.
aware hurled him over, thinking deed
men tell nae tales. / never thocht o
the colley. Whan l heerd tell lie was
fund, | was like to gang mad. Every
fut thocht was polls; but whan the
day passed, and Mel never tauld, it was
INV heed, burnin' and smotherin' i the
brain, till this cleaning the thocht cam
to max a clean breest, and then gang
AVA wher' I'd never see kenned face
till the day O judgment. Oh Mel man:
We ken what loving her is; but even yeu
Gamma tell what my heart was, and how
neither bluid nor damnation were ony
worth if could only hae won her here.
Ye Gamma forgie me, Nelly lass, for hae
made him cripple; but just say, Dun.
can, I'll ask the Lord to forgive ye,' and
I'll gang AVA content"
Tam was the last to hold out the hand
of forgiveness; but he, too, did so ut
last, and then Duncan went away.
L pom the top of the bank he turned,
and, cap in hand, stood looking at the
cottage. "Puir lad! he's prayin', may
be-" thought Mrs. MGregor, who had
followed her old favorite TO the door.
Two years afterwards, and n few
weeks after Mel and Helen were mar
ried, q letter came to the former,-let- |
ter written by comrade of Duncan's,
and then they knew for the first time
that he had enlisted, and going to India
with one of the gallant regiments after
wards nickDamed "Sir Collins petit
coats" the poor broken-hearted lad
found the death he coveted before the
walls of Lucknow, and was lying NOR
tally wounded in the hospital, where
he dictated his first and last letter to
Mel, bidding him goodbye, and telling
him to let the Balquihidder fold know
the true story of the Reiver's Crag.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
A Saw Bones in Trouble-The Periis
Of Love

A couple of months since the quiet
village of Atkinsonville, in this county,
witnessed the advent of a good samari-
tan named Redmond Bagley, some
what aged disciple of Esculapius. lie
came, mounted on an abbreviated lndi-
an pony, his pill-bags beneath him,
female, frail and fair, seated behind him,
prospecting for some locality blessed
with an abundance of fever and ague
and such like.
Whether he snuffed malaria in the
atmosphere of AtkinsOnville, or beheld
vacancy in his pocket-boek, we are un-
able to state, but there he pitched his
tent and swung out his shingle. 1t
seems that very short sojOurn among
them sufficed to arouse the suspicious
of his ucighbors that matters were not
entirely as they should he between him
and the woman he called his wife. The
chief ground of suspicion was the re-
markable affection that seemed to eN-
ist between the pair. Although the
storms of more than fifty winters had
spent their force upon him, his love
took such vigorous root as seemed
strange and unusual to the demonstra-
tive citizens of Morgan township. A
council of their wiseacres was held,
and il was the unanimous con-
clusion that no husband could
love his wife as much as did the
doctor the frail sister who accom-
panied him. A letter Tas dispatched to
Wells Mills, Iowa, the place of their for
mer residence; the answer stated that
the doctor had taken sudden depart
ure from there some months ago, leav-
ing behind him n sick, helpless and
poverty stricken wife, two or three
children, several swindled creditors, and
badly damaged regulations; that the
woman is tho wife, or ought to be, of
one Davis, as they were living together:
that her maiden name was Love, and
that she, too, loved not wisely"
but too many, or words to that effect.
Upon the strength Of these facts the
Doctor and his Mary Ellen was arrest
ed, and, in default of $500 bail; have ta-
ken up their residence with Sheriff Lu-
cas-. They were kept in separate apart
ments uutil Sunday morning, when our
tender hearted Sheriff relented, and he
removed the middle hall of partition"
Immediately they rushed aud clung to-
gether like the positive and negative
poles of the magnet. Shortly after
their souls found utterance in the famil
lar song,
"Our bondage here shall end bye and bye"
and anon, with his darling seated on
his knee, the Doctor was shouting in
tuneful melody
"Oh Ire divine, how sweet, thou art, &c
The Doctor is an old, and If accounts
and appearances are true, hardened
sinner. The woman, though, is but
twenty-five years old, and is evidently,
of weak intellect. She deserves as much
pity as punishment. Her confinement
has followed more closely npon the
heels of her sin than she could have an
ticipated; it must necessarily be pro-
tracted until the September term of
court unless she is sooner delivered by
habeas corpns.-[ OreH County (iHd.) Jour
nal, 18Th.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
Doneafic Recipea.

MACARONI PUDDING.-Simmer an
ounce or two Of the pipe macaroni in a
pint of milk, and bit Of lemon and cin-
namon till tender; put it in dish with
milk, two or three eggs, but only one
white, sugar, nutmeg, spoonful of
peach water, and o halfa glass of raisin
wine. Bake with q paste round the
edges. A layer Of orange marmalade or
raspberry; jam in macaroni pudding for
change, is O great Improvement; in
which case omit the almond water rata
fla, which you should otherwise flavor
il with. r e.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
Farm for Sale.
u,HE UNDRRsgGNRD OPRR Ra

i for sale four hundred and ffty arres, more
OF less, two hundred and fifty acres cleared. ait
uaie in Richhill township, Green county. Pa,
five miles from Cameron Station. w. Va, well
watsred aud in good neighborhooi, and IL well
calculated for either agricultural grazing par.
poses. the most Of which Is well set with grS,as
an orchard Of selected fruit, two comfortable
dwelling houses one frame barn. two s.ables
grain house corn cribs, wagon shed, colt stable
calf shed and other ont buildings, an excellent
spring Of water two rods from the bOas- and
two good mill seats. PerxoHs wishing 10 pur
chase will call on the undersigned the prem
ses mar2l-y3m ANDREW SMITH.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

The people of the island Of Raiatea
are exercised about proposed consti-.
tutional amendment. Some Of the Gin
sects" have been annoying the King
with complaints about his bibhlous
habits, and to rid himself of such
grumbling in future, he presented to
the Parliament an amendment to the
fundamental law guaranteeing his
right to get drunk when he pleased.
His faithful commons" opposed this,
but offered as . compromise, aproposai
that he should play the fool nowhere
but in his own house, This did not
suit the royal topper, he vetoed the bill,
and was, at last accounts, threatened
with rebellion, TO prevent, which he
called for the .assistsucs Of the French
Governor Of one Of the neighboring
islands. I5E =
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

TEA CAKEs.-Rub fine four ounces of
butter into eight ounces Of -four, mix
eight ounces of currants and six ounces
of fine Lisbon sugar, two yolks and one
white of eggs, and spoonful Of brandy;
roll the paste the thickness of an oliver
biscuit, and cut with wine-glas-. You
may beat the other white and wash over
them, and either dust sugar or not, as
preferred.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

WINE RoLI.-Soak penny French
roll in raisin wine till it will hold no
more, put it in the dish, aud pour round
it custard or cream, sugar, and lemon
Juice. Just before it is served sprinkle
over it some nonpareil comforts, or stick
few blanched slit almonds into it..
Sponge biscuits may be used instead Of
the roll, if perferred, -.fsy .ssg
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
But TRUR: so

- SOMETHING NEW PsYCHDMAACY!
How other sex may fascinAts and gain the love
and affection Of any perSon they choose Instant
". This simple mental requirement all can
possess securing certain success In love, mar
riage. etc. Free by mail for - cents, together
with Journal Of Love, Secrets Of Suecess, How
TO get Rich ks. 10000 sold. Addres. T Y.
WOOD, Vernon, New Jersey. JeI1t3mw
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

The fine steamer St. James, Captain
Blagg, Clerk Regnier, will leave for
Cincinnati this morning at IL o'clock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
The Peoples Bank,
National Bank of w. Va,

AT WHEELING. 20 |-
CaSitsI Paid q. n................e2 e2Oo .ooo
Asthsyixed Capfss1 .......!. Soo,oOO
NJ ONKY RKCEIvKD On DRPOS-
VI IT, Istsr.ss st. paid. spssiai Opposite;
proceed promptly remitted.
Jsne. w. Parton, c. oEiehay, n Ponsck, n,
Reilly, james MaIwei, tossph ssybssd, =. r
Hubbard, Arthur Littis, A. & TODD. n - &
JANKSW. PAXTON, Prsst.
GIE90H LANE. Caskisg. a'd iv13-ty
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
RIVER NEWS.

THE RIVER was falling last evening,
with about five feet water in the chan
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
BANKS.
Merchants National Bank
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Capital Paid In .............s $500, 900.
THIS BANK sUCCER Ds TO THR
i business Of the Merchants and Mechanics
Bank Of Wheeling" II IL q Designated Dep1si
tory and Financial Agent Of the United States
and IL prepared To do legitimate Banking busi.
Hess.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CRANGLE
DIREcToE-Th0mas Sweeney, l.. g. Delaplain,
Ja.. e. Ache-on, John BonioD, Jacob Berger. A.
Allen Howell, j. Nelson Vance, James Dslzsll.
janI7-ly T. BRADY. Cashier.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

From the South Branch Intelligencer.
MELANCHOLY AccIDENT.-0urs es-
teemed fellow citizen, Colonel Francis
c. Murphy, met with distressing scsi-
dent on "Wednesday morning last, caus-
ing the fracture of his right thigh
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

me me husbandnan, the seed who sows,
ust wait with patience, white IL grOwa
ad aand who would the oak uprear, ..r.
AUST cherish hope from year to year.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

SDICrDE.-Andrew Gibson, young
man aged "a years, committed suicide
by drowning himself in we'll at Lick
Fork. Deceased had been at work on
oil wells, and was o very steady indus
trious young man. Coroners verdict
insanity.
From the Uuion Monroe County, Register. u
We are pleased to learn that an e3-
tensive woolen factory is in process OF
construction at the old Holesspple
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
From the West Va. JournalJ

ToBACcO BURNED.-One night last
week Mr.. Phillips, of Two-mile, on
Elk river, lost some two hundred dol
lars worth of fine tobacco, supposed to
have been fired by an incendiary. The
barn was also destroyed.
DRowNED.-A negro, whose name we
did not le.irn, was drowned from the
lower ferry boat on last Saturday night.
He was amusing himself by jumping of
the boat into the water, and seizing it
again as he rose to the surface; but his
last jump was beyond his reach, and be-
ing unable to swim, he was drowned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24

GOLD ABoUT.-Wc learn that Mr..
John Hostler, in prospecting around
his residence on the Blue Ridge in this
county, found q small lump of the gilt
tering ore, which on examination and
the best tests that could be applied,
was found to be of the true grit, and
worth $50 in value. Whether this be
so or not, the day will soon come when
the rich deposits of our mountains VIII
be developed, for that they lie hidden
there in inexhaustible quantities, is no
longer problematical.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
order for the Trial OF MaxImIlis


WASHINGTON, June IA letter has
been received here from Queretaro, in
which it is said the General-in- Chief, on
the Oath ult., issued the necessary order
for the trial of Macmillan, Miramon and
Meiia, in accordance with the law of
January 24th, 1862. MaXimilan requested
permission to send telegram to the Prus-
sian Minister in Mexico, the purport of
which is to request him, and also Don Ma
ria Riva Pallacio, the father of General
Pallacio, and Licentiate Martinez de La
Fare, to act as his defenders. The tele-
gram was forwarded to the parties.
The Mexican Mission.
The Herald's special says: Secretary
Seward rendered the Mexican mission to
General Steedman, to proceed there at
once. The General declined, owing to the
condition of his private affairs.
The July Session.
The Times special says: 1t is generally
conceded there will be a quorum of Con-
gressmen present in July, the effect of the
Attorney Generals opinion.
Illness of Hon, Isaac Newton.
Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner OF
Agriculture, is dangerously ill.
Fever in Washington.
The Tribune's special says: There are
from 20 to 80 cases of typhoid fever daily in
Washington.
ADMIRAL Tucker.
The Herald's special says: Information
has been received here that Admiral
Tucker, of the Peruvian Navy, has been
dismissed the service by the Peruvian Gov
ernment. 1t will be remembered that Ad-
miral Dahlgren, OF our Navy, refused the
usual courtesies to Tucker, on account o.
his rebel antecedents. --
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-19
FROM NEW YORK.
Fight at a Cemetery. .

NEW York, June lS.-There was a des-
perate fight Monday afternoon at Calvary
cemetery between a number of persons
who had just buried a friend. The fight
ragged nearly an hour. Women and men
were engaged on either side. Clubs. knives
and stones were freely used. Several per-
sons were severely inju. ed and one child
reported killed. Citizens living near were
SO frightened by the riotous proceedings
that they hid themselves in the woods.
Annual Fast.
German Schutzer corps commenced their
annual fast to-day. B '
--- -. Arrest. ~. 80
A lottery dealer was arrested to-day: He
dealt in Delaware and Kentucky lotteries.
Health Report.
The weekly report of DIR. Harris shows
the city to be in excellent health, but he
cautions the public to take all precaution-
ary measures to prevent epidemics obtain
ing foot hold.
Brooklyn Yacht Club.
Fifteen yachts of the Brooklyn Yacht
Club indulged in a regatta to day, but were
overtaken by a storm and nearly all dam
aged by losing sails, bowsprits and other
spars.
Baptist Convention.
The Baptist societies of this city and
Brooklyn are holding q convention. Fa-
vorable reports of increased interest in that
denomination are made, and the work of
evangelizing is progressing rapidly.
anita Anna.
Santa Anna is undoubtedly I'm Mexico,
for which country he left here five weeks
ago. ......--.
A translation is published from Tam
pico paper of pronuncimento disavowing,
on the part of the garrison at Tampico,
the Juarez Government, and recognizing
Santa Anna as General-in- Chief of the
Mexican armies, and President adinterim OF
the Republic of Mexico.
One paragraph OF the pronouncemento
protests against the action of Benito
Juarez, by which he has mortgaged the
States of Tamalupia and San Luis Potosi
to the Government of the United States for
$55,000,000. The whole affair looks very
sensational,
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-19

The COMING GANNIvERsARY.-The ninety
first anniversary of our National Inde-
pendence is close at hand and we have not
heard of any arrangements being made
for proper Observance of the day in Co.
lumbus, except by our patriotic, public
spirited German friends, the Sherman
Guards, who propose celebration in the
City Park. Cannot the Council make an
appropriation and the necessary arrange
ments for salute at sunrise, for ringing ol
the bells in the morning and display ol
fireworks at night? Or is all to be left to
the liberality and patriotism of q few men
who though of foreign extraction love
this country better than we, s'natives here
and to the manor born?" For shame
Gentlemen of the City Council, it you will
not provide for suitable celebration, at
least assist the Sherman Guards in their
laudable efforts. yIFra- a--eia1