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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

There is mule in Alabama,
that refuses to work unless he is
ridden, and to save hand they
have mounted an artificial mon
key upon him, and he works stead
lily now.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

Newbern, North Carolina, i'm
ports 1900 barrels of Scotch snuff
annually from a single firm in
New York. 1t supplies all the
North Carolina clippers"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

Geranium leaves,it is stated, are
excellent for cuts and bruises,
where the skin is rubbed off, and
other wounds of the kind. One
or two leaves must be bruised and
applied to the part and the wound
will be cicatrized in a short time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

A colored orator in Tennessee
the other day, said to his audience:
"Niggers, l know but little
about conventions, and you know
less. Now you had better GO
home, make a good crop, learn
more sense, and then hold CON-
ventiOns."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

Tampa, Florida, must be AM
excellent place to go to market in.
The people recently opened new
meat market, at which the quota
tons for beef were Fore quarters,
5 cents pound; roasts, Z cents.
beefstake. S cents.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

A Nevada paper wishes bache-
lors to be taxed heavily enough
to drive them either to matrimo-
nv or suicide.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

A country squire out in Mime
sofa married a couple recently,
and a few weeks afterward they
became weary of double-blessed-
ness, applied to the squire, and he
unmarried them as quickly asshe
had previously united them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

Ayoung married couple leaving
Cleveland on a bridal tour were
SO happy that they forgot their
baggage.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

The president of the female
school in Salt Lake, Utah, lately
ran away with and married all
his fifty-eight pupils.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

Recently a boy in Montreal
put two fre-crackers into his nos
trils and fired them to see the eff
feet. He now knows he has no
nose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

Cherries were selling last Satur-
day in the Norfolk market at twen-
ty cents per pound.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

The editor of an Ohio paper
SAYS, "last week we received forty
new subscribers and baby"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-20

A Wisconsin lady has beard
two inches in length;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
From New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1O.-A letter from
Gen. Beauregard to MIR. II. C. King,
editor of the Times, appears tomorrow
morning, referring to statements pub
lished in Northern papers about his
position on national questions. Gen.
Beauregard states that he did not make
a speech at Canton, but said in private
conversation that the South had defend
ed what it conceived to be constitutional
rights, and having appealed to arbitra-
ton of arms, it yielded to the decision
which was given against it, and that he
believed the Southern people were now
willing to accept the Constitution as
made by war and understood by the
Supreme Court. Regarding the consti-
tutional amendment he said he had lit
tie opportunity, except through papers,
to ascertain public sentiment, but his
individual sentiment was that the South
should not accept it, as its interests and
manhood forbade. The South was at
the mercy of the North, but should
never do anything which its honor
could not approve. If he used the word
constitutional government, he meant a
common, federal, national government,
operating under the constitution as
interpreted by the Supreme Court.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
From San Francisco.

SAN Francisco Jan. 1O.-The steam
er Golden City, from Panama, sailed
with one million, four hundred and
seventy-seven thousand dollars, OF
which one million and seventy-two
thousand are for New York.
Further accounts say the fire at Hong
Kong was the most disastrous ever
known there. Hundreds of houses were
burned, many lives lost, vast quanti-
ties of rice, cotton, &c, were burned
by the fire before the flames could be
subdued. 1t is impossible to estimate
the loss.
The Loo Loo Crown Point Mining
Company have declared dividend OF
one hundred dollars per foot, and car
ries surplus of thirty-six thousand
dollars; the Imperial dividend was
eight dollars per share, and the Empire
one hundred and sixty dollars per foot.
There was more inquiry for wheat,
and sales We're made Mt 10.
Legal tenders sold at the Board to-
day mt "A cents.
a New Westminster dispatch says
The Russo-American Telegraph Line
worked a distance of 500 miles with but
six cup batteries at each end, in the
midst of a rain storm. This is said
to be the longest single circuit on the
continent, and probably in the world.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
BY THE CABLE.
Adviees to the 18th of January.

PARIS, Jan. 1O.-Seven more trans
ports have sailed for Mexico 1t is be-
lieved the French troops there will be
ready for embarkation by the 10Th of
February.
BERLIN, Jan. 1O.-Bismarck has is
sued a circular to the Representatives of
Prussia at foreign courts. He points
out the good feeling in which Prussia
now stands with all foreign powers,
and informs them that peace will be
maintained, and declares that he will
now devote himself to the Cancellation
of Germany.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Jan. 1O.-The Porte
has issued note toithe different powers,
calling serious attention to the state of
affairs between the Ottoman Empire
and Greece, and says that if no favora-
BILE result is reached by its efforts to
maintain peace, the necessary steps for
the defence of the Turkish honor and
national integrity will be taken.
SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 1O.-The steamer
Deutchland, from New York, has ar
rived.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 1O.-Cotton closed
dull and unchanged.
LONDON, Jan. observation-disclosures
at 81; U. S. $40 bonds, 7214; Erie, Az;
Illinois Central, 500.
PARIS, Jan. IO.-Rentes closed at Is
francs.
PARIS, Friday, Jan. 1.-THE Moni-
tor, Miantonomiah, and the rest of the
U. S. squadron, are at Carthagena, and
attract great attention.
The Paris Presse warns the;;American
people against the evils of impeaching
the President.
VIENNA, Friday, Jan. 1.-THE health
of Empress Carlotta has greatly i'm
proved.
LONDON, Friday, Jan. 11.-There are
rumors ola commercial panic at Shang-
hal.
LONDON, Friday, Jan. 1I.-Noon.-
Five-twenties, 73; Erie, 4S7l; Illinois
Central, SO1z.
LIVERPOOL, Friday, Jan. 1.-THE
sales ofcotton for the week were 1000
bales. Sales to-day were 5000 bales
| at I4L
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE steamer
Persia from Liverpool on the 18th, and
Queenstown goth, has arrived.
The Anglo-American Telegraph Com.
pany announce that the net earnings oil
the company have exceeded the rate OF
% per cent. per annum. y dividend
on account, of ten per cent. is to be de-
clared in February.
An American undertaking, called
the st. CroiX and Lake Superior Rail
road Company, have Issued prospectus
in London, inviting subscriptions for
thirteen hundred thousand pounds, in
seven per cent. bonds at 621%c.
The La France saws: In no case will
the French Government reconsider the
order for completing the evacuation OF
Mexico by the LIST of March.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29.-Richardson,
Spence d Co., report Flour quiet and
firm. Wheat, Winter Red and Southern,
13@I3s. Cd. Indian Corn, steady, with
a consumptive demand at extreme
rates; mixed American, 3Ss. per $50 lbs.
American Barley, dull, and unchanged.
BIgland, Athey and others, report Beef
as in short supply, and prices frmer.
Pork, quiet and inanimate. Bacon sells
slowly. Old neglected Lard IS steadier
at late prices. Cheese, firmer, and
strictly fine sells readily. Butter, with
out Improvement. Tallow, steady at
full rates
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
Illinois LeSIsIntnrs.

CHICAGO, Jan. lin the Illinois
Legislature yesterday, Mr.. Foot offered
a resolution to amend the State Consti-
tuition so as to prevent the Legislature
from releasing the Illinois Central rail
road from its obligations to pay into
the State Treasury Z per cent. of its
gross receipts, or decrease the amount;
also to provide that after the extensive
interest bearing State Indebtedness ex-
listing at the time said company was
chartered, to distribute the revenue de-
rived from the company equitably
among the counties of the State for ed
ucational purposes, which was ordered
to be printed to-day.
Mr.. Parker's resolution, instructing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire
what legislation is necessary to enforce
the provisions of the charter of the IlIi-
nois Central railroad, requiring all
lands remaining unsold at the expira-
ton of ten years after the completion of
the road and its branches, be offered at
public sale until the whole are disposed
of,and avails applied to for the payment
OF outstanding bonds, was adopted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
HOUSE
Important Letters.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Jan. 1.-THE DEM
ocrat this evening publishes copies of
letters just unearthed at Washington,
over the signature of Major
Sheridan, Steele and WeitZel, in which
they give to Lieut.. Col. II. r. II. Nc
Ivor, of the Mexican Republic, while
on service on the Texan frontier, au-
thority to raise troops and arms in the
United States for Mexico, to prosecute
the war against Napoleon. They also
openly violate the neutrality laws by
portation to Mexican troops, against
our stipulations of neutrality with
France and Austria.
The publication of these important
letters explains the course ofour trouble
with France, as copies of these same
letters have been received by Napoleon.
In this matter, the Generals named, the
President, and Secretary Seward, are
implicated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
A Monster COneerD

From the report of the Board of nj
rectors OF the Paris Bank of DiscouDt
presented last December to a general
yearly meeting of the shareholders. it
appears that it is, probably, one of the
largest concerns of the kind in the
world Its operations extend over the
whole OF Europe and to India and
China, and its discounts in 1864
amounted to the sum of one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-four million
francs, $3.50, SOC, OOO,) and in 1866 to
me enormous aggregate of tlCO thousand
Jour Hundred and JOTty-JOiu- million
francs (S4SS, 500, 900, upon a compare
lively small capital of forty million
francs, or eight million dollars. But it
does not seem that the profits of this es-
adjustment were in any way common
Surate with the tremendous expansion
OF discounts, for during the six months
preceding the first of October, 1866, the
net gains foot up only ], 900, 900 francs
or for twelve months at the same ratio
they yield nine and one-half per cent
upon the capital invested; but on the
entire amount OF business done the
profit at that rate was only a fraction
over one-Seventh of one per cent. 1t
may be that the costs of administration,
salaries, agencies and the like, have
been excessive; it may also be that the
actual gains were lessened or even deci-
mated by heavy losses, especially in
the affair of the Mexican loan, in which
they confessedly took prominent part.
But it is proof of the general overtra-
ding of the world that, with capital of
but 100000 francs a business expan-
sion up to $500, 900 francs can be
carried on and kept up. How eagerly
and Professionally they have pushed for
ward their operations in the East, can
be learned from that portion of the re-
port which says that in India and China
their agencies keep steady pace with
those of the foremost English banks
and bankers. They have now resolved
to double their capital. The shares
hold well in the market, selling at Il
premium.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE National
Equal Rights League Convention OF
colored men passed resolutions en-
bracing the following points:
Ffrst-The right OF ballot, because
we are all American citizens, and as
such entitled to it.
Second-Because we are taxpayers,
and, therefore, ju silly entitled to repre-
sentation in the State and Federal
governments.
Third-Because we are patriots, and
as such have proved our loyalty by our
self-sacrificing behaviour in the hour
of our country's sorest trial.
Fourth-Because it is n natural and
inherent right pertaining to every ma
tive born American, white or black,
who has reached his majority.
The act comforting suffrage on ne
groes in the District of Columbia is
officially published.
Horace Greeley, Anna Dickinson
and Charles Sumner were elected hon
OrarV members,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
The Condition of the Freed People
About Fortress Monroe.


! A correspondent writes as follows to
the Philadelphia Ledger:
An eyewitness, who has Just return
ed from Fortress Monroe, describes the
restitution of the negroes in the region
thereabout as heartrending. Great
numbers of these people, during the
war and since have crowded thither for
Government protection and for rations.
| Whole villages have sprung up. Hamp-
| ton now presents the appearance of a
village in Africa-long streets of mud
huts looking like old-fashiohed ovens,
with hole to let out the smoke, or, at
best, an old barrel plastered in for a
! chimney. Here thousands of squatters
are herded together without any posi-
BILE means of support.
The white population was driven
away during the war, and the whole
country made desolate, so that however
willing these poor creatures are to
work, there is neither work nor Subsist-
ence to be had. The government has
Withdrawn its rations, and these victims
of want and disease are literally dying
| like sheep. When Ireland was suffer-
ing from famine, ship-lOadS of food
were sent across the sea. When the
Lancashire workmen were likely to per
ish in despair, we sent them messages
of mercy. Now the evil is at our own
doors, and we scarcely listen to the tale.
We have grown weary of it, and in the
meantime a whole people among our
selves are left to die.
The PECULIAR hardships this winter re-
suit from three causes: First, The with
drawal of Government rations. Second,
The return of lands hitherto cultivated
by freed people to the rebel masters.
Third, A reaction in feeling a: the
North. The eXcitements of the war are
past and the pour are always more or less
puisance to the prosperous. We would
call attention to an advertisement in
our columns asking aid. for these suf-
ferers,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

TORONTO, CIV, Jan. lin the Court,
Judge Morrison and Judge Wilson pre-
siding, Timothy Kelly was arraigned,
charged with invading the province in
June last. Prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Hon. Mr.. Cameron opened the case for
the prosecution. Mr.. Mckenzie put in
several affidayits testifying to the pris-
oner's good conduct the prisoner at
times given to drinking. The case was
given to the jury, who, after an absence
dict of guilty. The prisoner was SEN
fenced to be hanged on the 9TH of March.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. II.-United States
Commissioner, Hickman, before whom
rested at Lexington by United States
Marshall Wallace, under the Civil
Rights bill, for implication in a certain
act of the State Militia at that place,
has transferred the case to the Western
District, and the prisoners will be Ia
ken to Jefferson City, for examination
before Commissioner Peabody.
The anniversary ofsthe abolition oil
slavery in Missouri, was appropriately
celebrated by the colored people to-day,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
COMMERCIAL AND. FINANCIAL.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK, January IL
REGULAR REPORT.
Very firm ut 3iII635c for mid


CoTToN-Very firm at 3I1I935c for mid
FLoUR-very dull and fully 2Oc lower; ex-
ira state $40 9OGl2 65; round hoop Ohio Sl29
II 81; trade brands SD 9Ogli 80. southern,
N-Wheat-DulI, heavy and 2aSc low
er; mixed Milwaukee 81 p; No, do 81 -.
Rye--Quiet; large parcels western, won't bring
over 81 33Et 81. Commissioning; small sales
at 81 1861 ~ in store, closing with sellers at
81 ~ for western. Oats-LOwer; Csc for Chi
OSs-Pork-Heavy; SD 5Od2I . for
new, closing at so . for western; SO so for
old, closing at $40 30, cash; sI6 75Gl7 70 for
prime; also new, sellers and buyers for Feb
ruary, at SO 2592O 70. Dressed Hogs Heavy
at 81 1898 y for western. Cut Meats-DuIi
9GlOc for shoulders and l0Gl2l4c for hams.
Bacon-Dull. Lard-DroOpIng; II z@I2J4 &C for
BUTTER-Firm at I5g3Oc for Ohio.
CHEESE-Firm and active.
PETRoLEUM-EaSier at 1910 for crude and
271$93Oc for refined in bond.
NAVAL SToRES-Quiet and firm.
GRoCERIEs-Conee-Qu quiet. SugRr-Steady;
Cuba loo; Havana &c.
MONEY AND STOCKS
MoSEY-Active and stringent in the fore
noon, but active this afternoon at Z per cent.
-FOUR banks were creditors at the Clearing
House to-day to the amount of fifty-seyen
hundred thousand dollars.
GoLD-Stronger at 1872.
STERLISG-Firmer and more active at
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES higher with an
increased demand; coupons OF 81, lOTlsG los;
do, o. 1904 GlOI; do, 81, lO5(dlO514: do, IS,
l046ElOi1z; lO-iOS, registered, ggl4 GlOO; 1906
lUi1sglOi14; compounds lO953@lIl54.
SToCKS-Closed more active; Western Union
Telegraph 461a; Erie 641296i5s; Reading 1864
1861; Michigan Southern S0I4GSO1%; Illinois
Central lls; Pittsburgh 9IG9l1s; Rock Island
1925; northwestern 42199429s; do preferred
MINING SHARES-Excited and higher:
Gregory ITO; COTydon go; Quartz Hill 56OG
565; Smith and Parmalu 500; GrinneII l62
Chicago.
lOGl5c lower, at SlO75G9I2 90 for spring extra
GRAIS-Wheat-QuIet at 81 l56E2 49, for
No. l, and 81 9I9I IS for No. 2. COFn-DuIl at
1870 for No. /, and 69I2c for No. ..
PRoVISIoSs-Firm and inactive. Mess
Pork-slS. Live Hogs-Firm and ga IOc high
err S6@6 % for good 10 choice. Dressed Hogs
Active at So 50.
RECEIPTs-SOOO bbls flour, Il, 900 bus wheat.
5000 bus corn, $4,000 bus oats, 5000 live, and
700 dressed hogs.
st. Louis.
JANUARY 1l.-ToBACCo-Duu.
CoTroS-Nothing doing.
FLoUR-Quiet and unchanged.
GRAIS-Wneat-Stin at 81 50 for choice
Corn-Easier at SOSS5. Oats-DecIIned TO
62I2965c-
PkovIsIOSS-DuI. Pork-Sl9 5Oa2D So
HamS-Sweet pickle loo. Pork house shoul-
ders llg llI3c. Lard-lI@IIISc. Prime Hogs
S6g6 40, closing at Sd96Z5.
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XxXI1th CONGRESS, Id SESSION.
SENATE.

" ASHINGTOS, Jan. II.
Mr. Sumner presented petition of
the loyal citizens of Arkansas, super
seding the present State Government,
and asking Congress to declare the %
loyal States only, competent to pass
upon the Constitutional Amendment
Referred to the Committee on Recon-
struction.
Mr. Wade, from the Committee on
Territories, reported favorabIy on the
bill to amend the acti organizing the
Territory of Idaho.
Mr.. Lane introduced bill to amend
the act providing for the enrolment
and calling out of the militia. Referred.
On motion of Mr. Grimes, the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs We're requested
TO inquire into the eXpediency of
closing the Norfolk Navy Yard, and
placing the public property there under
the charge of the commander of the
Marine corps.
HOUSE
The Speaker announced that there
wouldSbe consideration of bills ola pri-
vate character.
Mr.. Delano, of Ohio, rom the Com
mittes on Claims, reported lot of pri-
vate bills, which were laid on the table
without reading.
A number of other private bills were
considered.
Mr.. Ashley reported, from the Com
mittee on Territories, a substitute for
the North Carolina Reconstruction bill
which was ordered to be printed and
recommitted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 1.-THE Sem
ate to-day unanimously adopted the
House joint resolution ratifying the
Constitutional Amendment.
Col. Boggs brother to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, is holding
councils with the various Indian tribes
in this State, in relation to their removal
to the Indian territory.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. lO.-The Repub-
lican caucns tonight nominated Gov.
Morton for United States Senator. He
received all the votes cast, four mem
bers not voting.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

GENERAL GRANTS long-pending law
suit in st. Louis came 10 n conclusion
yesterday. The Jury rendered verdict
for the General.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
Passage OF The CoIorndo nm.

DENVER, Jan. I0.-Intense enthusi-
asm is created over the passage of the
Colorado bill by the Senate.
The shipments of gold from Colorado
for the week ending Jan. Sth is twenty
thousand dollars.
Salt Lake papers give an account of
the massacre of nine miners by the In
dams near Collville, on the Colrado
river.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

SAN Francisco, Jan. 1.-THE Legis-
lature has passed and the Governor
signed, the bill to remove the seat of
government to Helena.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12

JANUARY lI.-FLoUR-Duu
AIS-7.Wheat-Lower; 81 Is for No. l.
Corn-Dull Mt o6c. OatS-Quiet.
PRoEISIONS-MeSs POrk-SiS 90. Dressed
Hoss-FIrm and higher; sales at 50 GO. Live,
RECEIPTs-2OOOO bu wheat; 10000 bu corn,
ShIPMENTs-IOOO bbls flour; $3.50 bu wheat.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
Our stock OF
Furs

Is second to no stock in the city. Buyers
will find 1t to their interest to examine be-
fore buying elsewhere. All the most desir:l-
BILE styles constantly kept on hand, and sold
at small advance upon cost.
Our stock of CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
RUGS, &C., will be found to be very desirable.
CARPET CHAIN and COTTON WARPS,
all colors, always kept.
The Proprietors would call attention to the
fact that their long business experience, their
extensive acquaintance with imports and
manufacturers, large cash capital, not to
mention the eXoTbitant tax that most houses
have to pay in the shape OF rents, enable
can offer.
Remember the old stand, near the SusPen-
sion Bridge, at the sign OF the GOLDEN BEE
HIVE. nov2S-lydSw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-12
PLAsTER PARIS,

IN BBLs. CALICO PLASTER, FRESH
Jyss PC. HIT.DRETH & BRO.