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RIVER NEWS.

WEATHER warm and showery. River
rising rapidly, with nineteen and half
feet of water in the channel yesterday
evening.
Tue Potomac leaves for Cincinnati
this afternoon at o'clock.
The .4rgosy went up the river yester-
day evening, loaded with cotton.
The st. Louis Dispatch thus speaks of
the business at that port:
Business remains weary, stale, tlat aud
improbable in every department of
trade. The combination of agents
whom We stated yesterday had secured
box of eggs for boat, have had quite
time in deciding which they should
give it TO. 1t was conveyed to the
levee under a strong guard, and after
considerable discussion, the several
boats contending for it, settled the mat
ter by drawing straws. The boat that
was fortunate enough TO get il, will,
we understand, leave positively to-mor-
row.
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As'heeliua Reeister.
Tur.dny Morniny,..:.......- May 2s.
;,uor License i'm Massachusetts.

The lower House of the Massachusetts
legislature has rejected by II decisive
yote. lGl to 64, bill to license the sale
Of liquors in that State. This is re-
Affirmation of the present prohibitory
system, and means that that system
,ball be enforced at all hazards and to
the utmost extremity. The irritation
which this sumptuary enactment has
produced in that State is therefore to be
continued. The dominant party there
seem, resolved to stand or fall with the
liqnor prohibition. 1t is believed by
many, aud with good reason, that the
next West Virginia Legislature will
give so,he special attention to this now
prominent feature of the Radical policy
and attempt the experiment of prohib-
ilion in our midst.
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FROmMARsHALL COUNTY,

WEBSTER TOWNSHIP, May 25, 1867.
Editor Of the Register.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, our election came off on
last Thursday, and the extremists were
badly beaten. At our nominating
meeting few of the most arrant run
the machine, and selected some candi-
dates that the people did not want, and
the result was, portion of our good
citizens presented us with respectable
Conservative ticket, which we elected
by a large majority, and at the same
time telling those arrant gentlemen
that we did not want theirrnle any
longer.
The weather is quite cold and wet,
SO much so, that we have trouble in
getting our corn planted, but few
warm days will change the appearance
of things very much, and then we will
have other subjects to talk on aside
from the impeachment of Andy John
son, or the hanging of jeff. Davis. A.
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ORANTON 70. w. Va, I
-.- May Is, 1867. :
Editor of the Register:
Some old poetic effusion has it that
the
Spring of the year hIs come at Last,
And fishing time is gone AMI past,
Which, with slight change of the
phraseology, is the case at present, and
in view of the scarcity Of grain and
provender, is an event much to be de-
desired in this section of country at
least. A more promising Spring, too,
We have not lately been favored with,
as fruit and vegetables of all kinds are
not in the least injured, and give fair
promise of an abundant yield. Wheat,
at this season Of the year, never looked
more encouraging to farmers. Oats
also look we'll, and bid fair
to be remunerative crop. Farmers
are using more than ordinary eXertion
to get in large crops of corn, and with
short continuation of the present fine
weather, will undoubtedly succeed,
which, by the way, is the surest and
most valuable crop cultivated. Horses,
cattle and sheep are ready sale, and
command n fair price. Some activity
is being manifested in the lumber busi-
ness, and those engaged i'll it look for
ward with reasonable hope of success
full business the coming season in that
line. Captain Leroy A. Griffin has dis
tanced all competition in the magni-
tnde and capacity of a water craft,
having Just launched flat-boat los feet
long, "a feet wide, and of 300 tons
burthen-it being by odds the largest
and most elegant craft of the kind ever
built on the waters of Elk River within
the recollection of the "oldest inhabi-
tant.n Such boats find a ready market
at Charleston, and are used for ship
ping salt 20 New Orleans and interme-
date points on the Ohio and Mississippi
river.
. Although not far distant, yet but lit
tie excitement has been SO far manifest
ed in regard to the coming election !. e.
the veritable fourth Thursday. AS yet
we hear of no candidate for township
henors, but presume the right men in
the right places will he forthcoming in
due season, and when the smoke of the
conflict shall have passed away, we
may have material sufficient and leisure
time enough to make note of the pro-
ceedings, all Of which will be respect
fully submitted. r.n
Yours, leisurely, VARIETY.
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The Pacific Railroad.

The enterprisins spirit Of the Ameri-
can people is we'll represented in the
energy with which the great railway
Ia the Pacific is being pushed forward
+" completion. Tho most rapid and sat
riactory progress is being made upon
The two forks of the road, which are to
run westward from the Missouri, and
converge to the main line ut Denver
City. An advance of three hundred
miles was made last year upon the
branch of which Omaha is the starting
point, and two hundred miles addition
al will be completed during the present
year. The southern fork, known as the
kanSas-Missouri branch, has already
been extended four hundred and fifty
miles beyond st. Lsuis, and is expected
To be completed to Denver City by the 1st
of January '6s. At this point the two
branches will be united, and continued
west upon one line until met by the
western section of the road pushing east
from California over the Sierra Nevadas.
Public attention is now particularly
attracted to this western division of the
enterprise, known rs the Centyal Pacific
Railroad of California. We are told
that 'it proceeds directly from rich
aud populous base-line on the Pacific
coast, traverses a country teeming with
the accumulated products of human in
dustry, and will during the coming sea-
son debouch into the great silver-bear-
ing plateau where thousands of hardy
nen are already engaged in digging gthe
precious ores frem the bowels of the
EARTH ~ .f..E ~
This section of the Pacific Railroad
makes its own trade rs it progresses.
ihe opening Of its business is not de-
~yed until it is completed to any given
point. 1t is already engaged in carry
'ns to the miners of many settlements
many important supplies now in great
uemand in the mining districts, convey
ing them to it's terminus where they are
conveyed by wagons to their destina-
"0h' while the road bears back to San
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Abolition of the States.

4 rcccst number of FoRNEY's ChrOn-
irir contains an article styled "The New
SOUTH" of which the following extract
is fair specimen:
No division into States or sections
can accommodate our form of'civiliza-
tion-no patch of land like Delaware or
Rhode Island could elicit earnest patri-
otism. The national policy is the only
true one for our form of civilization,
and despite all influences, it will be adj
herrd to. Whatever notifications in
the form of our government are neces-
Sarv To the realization of this purpose
will he made. Written constitutions
are made for the people, not the people
fur constitutions. No blind veneration
for form of expression or compact
made in less developed state of society
will prevent the. people of the United
States from so modifying their institu-
tionS as will best subserve their nation
al advancement. 1t is for statesmen
and juristS TO consider whether they
will be wise betimes and accept with
good grace that which is inevitable, or
whether they will try to retard that
which they cannot prevent by reviving
laws and traditions of the'pas'.
The plain meaning of all this is that
Capitalization is the great desideratum,
according to the Radical view, of "our
form of civilization" and that the con-
stitutions of the United States and of
the several States are old fogy affairs
that must not he permitted to stand in
the way of national advancement
The Radical leaders may find them
selves mistaken in the opinion that the
movement they have set on foot cannot
he retarded, or even checked altogeth-
er. "by rcviving the laws and traditions
of the past" 1t may be they will yet
lind that there is still enough venera-
ton left in the hearts of the people,
for that Constitution which is so con-
tcmptuously referred to as "form of
expression or compact made in less
developed state of society,"" to save the
country from reaching the last goal in
the march of ruin. Whatever may. De
the final issue, it is the duty of every
Que who desires tho perpetuity of repub-
Hcam institutions to enter zealOHsly in
To the contest against such pernicious
,eas rs we have quoted.
We do not believe that the majority
of the American people, or even ma
iority of the people ofthe North, have
deliberately made up their minds in IA
yor of the change proposed by the Radi-
cal central organ. But it is high time
they were showing their opposition to
these Radical heresies, and their devo-
tlou to constitutional government by
taking immediate steps to wrest the
rein> of power from the grasp Of the
dominant party. y little further delay,
and it may be forever too late.
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Ayoung girl named Bridget Gleason,
n cook at hotel in Detroit, came to her
death recently in a singular manner.
She was engaged in preparing breakfast,
and left sharp butcher knife lying on
the table. 1t so happened that a heavy
stone, used for pounding meat on, was
also left on the table. The blade of
the knife projected over the edge of the
table several inches, in such position
that the butt end of the handle lay
against the stone, so that anything
coming in contact with the projecting
point Of the blade could not easily
move it. The girl having occasion to
approach the table for something, and
being in a hurry, did not notice the
knife, and ran against the sharp point
with great force. The blade entered
the thigh, severing the femoral artery,
which of course bled profusely. Before
surgical aid could be made available,
she had lost large quantities of blood,
and no skill could save her.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost. F.....r. a.....f
There is probably no epic poem in the
English language that has been more
universally read and admired than Mil
tons paradise Lost" The blind bard,
inspired by the holy nature of his
theme, eloquently and beautifully de-
scribes the scene through which his
characters pass, now melting into ten
derest strains as he describes the beau
ties of the celestial world, and then in
awe with the impressiveness of his de-
scriptions of the Arch-fiend and his
work. The painter and poet, are ever
bound together by the love for the
beautiful and grand, and when
they combine their arts the production
cannot but prove beautiful and grand,
appealing both to eye and ear. This
union has taken place in the Miltonian
Tablcaux, representing the scenes de-
scribed in Paradise Lost" The paint
er seems to have enthusiastically enter
ed into the spirit of the writer, and the
result is most vivid production,
breathing out the very soul of
poesy. To gaze at the scenes as
they roll slowly by seems like en-
chantment, and under the spell we
are transported through chaos to
earth, wherein lies the beautiful gar
den of Eden, and as we gaze upon the
last and loveliest creature of God, wit
ness their happiness and then their en-
pulsion, we pity and .deplore the first
falr as we never did before. 1t
is grand subject, grandly han
died by both poet and painter.
We believe no one can fully appre-
ciate the first book of the Bible
until they have witnessed the repre-
sentation of paradise Lost" as exhib-
tied at Washington Hall every evening
this week. All lovers of the beautiful,
the grand and the good should not fail
to attend these exhibitions, which have
everywhere met with most enthusi-
astic reception.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-28

IA woman named Mary Spooner has
recovered damages from the Boston and
Providence Railroad Company TO the
amount of $4,000 for the death of her
husband. The accident occurred at
Pawtueket, where the platform for the
purpose of accommodating the passen-
gers, as the plaintiff alleged, is 50 care
lessly and negaigently placed that the
carr, as they pass, overlap the same two
or three inches The deceased, not be-
ing aware OF this Circumstance, was
standing NJ ear the edge Of the platform,
and the cars. as they came by, swept
him beneath, and the wheels passed over
him and mangled him so severely that
he died in two hours.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-28

One of the Connecticut Senators, this
year, the richest man, it is said, III that
body, is a son of the Emerald Isle, who,
not many years ago, owned small
farm in the Nutmeg State. He after
ward sold ont, and went to Pennsyl-
vania, where he bought a farm for 81
500. The owner asked $4,000, but the
now honorable Senator thought it
was too much and beat him down to
a.. 500. Soon after that petroleum came
into public use, and it was found that
this farm contained one Of the most
valuable oil wells in the State. To-day
he is said to be worth $500 600, and
to have an income Of $1,000 day. Be-
sides all this he is q Democrat OF the
straightest kind. .sREg&E
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1t must be a fearful thing to be q

1t must be fearful thing to be q
financial circle" in Europe at this time.
One day We are told financial circles are
alarmed" next day they are "depress-
ed" next excited" and then in a state
of "distrnst.' We should think these
financial circles would turn themselves
into good citizens, and live like Chris
tians, or else commit hari kari, and get
out of their .wretched existence at once.
We notice, however, that in all their
moods they continue to appreciate very
steadily their consols and rentes, and
only lose fraction of their respect for
Five-Twenties.-N.Y y. Times.
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Last Thursday morning two children

Last Thursday morning two children
--one two years of age, daughter ef Mr..
Rem, living at Sixmile Switch, near
New Albany, Indiana, the other four
years old, the child ola man who works
for Mr.. Renn-strayed from the house
into the woods, and were not found un-
til Saturday evning, having been lost
for fifty-fve hours. When discovered
they were sitting near little rivulet,
four miles from their home, engaged in
throwing pebbles into the stream. The
oldest child says that all they had to
eat during their wanderings was green
leaves that they plucked from the
bushes. Both children complained of
being tired and hungry, but were quite
well, with the exception of colds they
had taken. They lodged both nights
they were out in the woods, lying down
close together beside a log. e..r.
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Farm for Sale.
.HR irHuKRAIGrR n IoRRRRs

Il Sor sale fosr huBdrsd and afty sere< more
nate in Riehhin township, Green eouafy, PA
hve miles from Cameron Station, ", Va. vel
wxtersd and fs god Bsighburbsoi, sss seH
calculated fer sifher Agricultural sx zrsa,hz w
poses, the most Of vhfh u reh sef rtl p1,s,ss
an orchard of seieetAf fruit tso sosaioi, 90 49, -
-, - eorp erfkx vaesn shet. colt sfable.
- - "a cta~r af-bulsdings nm exeeBest
so-inr of rassT two rods from the houss' and
two good MIL sests- Persoss wishing 70 paf.
80 vii eaIi on the undersigned On the prem
- mzrgI. wan ANDREW SMITH
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The Christian Iatelligeuor says: Its

The Christian IatelligeHoer says: tits
time for the people to give thought for
the coming Presidential campaign.
We, therefore, suggest the following
"slate:r For President, jefferson Davis;
Vice President, Horace Greeley. That
they can be elected appears now to be
most certain. In the event of their be-
inc chosen, then the following cabinet
might very well be formed: Secretary of
State. Theodore Tilton; Secretary Of
War. Susan b. Anthony; Secretary of
the Navy, Admiral Semmes; Attorney
General, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton;
Secretary of tho Interior, Frederick
Douglass; Secretary of the Treasury,
M. Kohnstamm; Lieutenant-General,
Wendell Phillips. ..s
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Rev. Horace Fowler, Methodist min
ister at Irasburg, VT, was arrested on
on civil process, in favor Of
J. T. Allon, Of Newport. who claims the
sum of $4,000 damages for repeated
outrages upon the person Of his daugh-
ter, . girl only IL, years old, q niece of
Fowler's wife, and since the death of
her neither q resident in Fswler's fanny.
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The suit of DR.. Mather Williams
against the New York Central Railroad
Company for alleged damages done to
his property along the line of East
Washington street, in Syracuse, was de-
cided recently and the damages esti-
mated at Sl9,600. This case was com.
menced about thirty years ago, and in.
volved the question of the right of rail.
road companies to use the streets of ,
city or village after permission has been
granted by the authorities.
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In remarking yesterday upon the
renorted failure Of Frazier, Trenholm
& Co. OF Liverpool, late Confederate
a1snts, we stated that the Government
would not be loser. and that the firm
had given bonds, with adequate securi-
tv to pay the United States claim, in
case il should be legally established.
We learn that this is not so, and that
the Government has no security what
ever, as the matter is now supposed to
tand.-National IRteilisenoev, Nay "a.
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JOHN RoEmKR r. CO.
NORWAY

Iron Manufacturing Company,
nFfICE AND WAREHOUSE. FOOT OF
" Fourth street manufacturers u NUTS
BOLTS. WASHERS. etc. Also all kinds Of
TACKS, BRADS. RISISHISG. SHOE, and
HUNGARIAN NAILS. JOE MACHINE
WORK and BLACKSMTTHISG promptly ef.
ecuted, and on Toob made % order.
mar263m
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About thirty-fve millions of us,
whites and blacks, in the United States.
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BANKS.
Merchants National Bank
OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Capita, Paid u. ............s $500, 900

Capiiai Paid In .............s $500, 900.
THIS BANK sUCGREDs TO TGIR
i business Of tho Merchants and heohasios
Bank of Wheeling" II Ii D'sigiIaied Depo-i.
tory and Financial Agent 81 the United states.
aud i prepared to do . legitimate fahking busi.
meas.
PKEsDESJ-EOBERT CRiSGLE,
Dngcfvits-TbSmzs Sweeney, T.. = DelapiAiD.
JAs. T.. AEhepDB, John Iosiop, Jacob lsrysr. A.
Allen Howell. J. Nelson Vance. james pAlfsiI.
IAni5Jy n BRADY. Cashier.
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II ia stated that Wirz's heart is kept
in a bottle in the Old Capital Prison.
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For Cincinnati.

Leaves TUESDAY. Nav 2Sth, az o'cloCk T..
NJ. the fine passenger steamer
Capt. Cu>s. NUuLENlS.
Clerk, CHRIS. YOUNG.
For freight or passage apply on
rsQtS,-A board. or to
&ss-.sA BOOTH, BATTELLE & CO.,
may272t Agents.
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MERCHANT TAILOIRS,

At less than Eastern prices. Flanneis, Blankets.
Hosiery. Gloves, Ladies' and Gents Vests and
Pants Calicos and Jbintzes, best Mcrrimaos at
~ cents Some good MHider C0lored Lalic" al
I2t cents. Fine Twillcd Cosnrgs AZ - cents.
Good Brown Muslin az i2i cents. Heavy Ribbed
MerinO HO-r at - cents n pair. - and lh-i
Linen and Cotton SheetiBg at very relnced
prices, and everything else in proportion Pleas
call and examine for yOursslvcs soon, a. We eH.
pect 10 only sell for limited time at these
Extraordinary Low Prices!
Please remember Tn. place al JOHS ROE
MER Co, Eos. 81 and . Main Street, Centre
Wheeling. West Virginia.
JOHN R0RmER a. CO.
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OVER 10000 ORGANS
PRICES SIS 10 S60O.

The subscriber desires every one TO send for
acirculAr, which will be sent free TO any address,
WILLIAM ii. SHEIB
70 Main Street
Ia A
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Letters from the People.
FROM BRAxTON COUNTY.

BRAXToN Co. w. Va,
..- May Is, 1867.
Editor of the Register:
Some old poetic effusion has it that
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The Peoples Bank,
npPICE 40. 90 MAls sTRERT.
W WHEELING. W. Va. Money s1siysd %
deys.iL IIgrssi yald On spss,sI pspe.it.
AaA soEd 'coIIsstiops ss kesas OF ffon absosA
pTSsnptly xttsndad 70. l.s a-t
DIRECTORS.
john Rcd. Chrissiaa Hs&s,
John HaBdlzn, John yoeklsr. ..s
Saus1J. EOyd gIehard CaytTr.
ABdrsu wiisss. r.EFF
JOHN EErD PrssL
JOSIAH " UPDEGRAYY. cs~hiss.
faIT 80
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PIANOS.
MASON & HAMLIN'S
CABINET ORGANS
$50 Eminent Musicians

say they are the best instruments they have ever
seen. They are uneQualled for finish In interior
and exterior, and are all provided with the AU
TOMATO SWELL, combination valves, and
many valuable improvements not found in any
other make.
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DEPARTING AID TUNING OF PIANOS
IL Organs, Mclodcons, Accor,leons Flutinas
and all Musical Instruments promptly and care.
fully attended, Ia, at WILLIAM II. SHElBS
Music Stor,
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Extraordinary Low Prices

jaIg
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-28
Another Great Triumph
F. G. LGHTE & CO.'S
PIANOS

HAVE just received the highest premium at
Ii the Iowa and Illinois State Fairs, over all
the most celebrated makers in the United States,
On the Committees Award Book, after the en-
try of the Lighte Il Co. Piano, under the head of
Best Squire Pianos, are the following remarks:
1st Premium-Spendid Instrument Reasons
why this Piano received the FIRST premium: LIST,
best case; I'd, best ringing tone, most vibration,
taking the same tone and striking with same
power; Sd, best tone; 4th, most mellow tone
9Th, best melody; 9th, best general finish" The
resident of the Committee says that ''the mem
Pers each took to themselves piece of paper and
went from instrument to instrument, each making
their Own notes without seeing each Others pa
pers, on the following points, viz: First, case
second, vibration third, tone fourth, power
fifth, sweetness SIXTH melody seventh, general
finish. The committee unanimously gave the T.
c. Lighte Piano the first premium. These