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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-21
Franklin Insurance Company
Capital, zoo
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T. II. Logan, T. p. ShaIlcross, ]. s. Rhodes,
Geo. Mendel, ]. 81. Hobbs, Saml. McClel-
Ian, g. w. FranZheim, Jas. N. Vance, Alex.
Laughlin. ... ...
TNHIS COMPANY NOW HAVING BEEN
i organized four years, and in that Time
done a successful business, is still prepared
to take risks at fair rates ON Buildings of all
kinds, Merchandise, Manufacturing Estab-
lshments, Furniture, Steam Boats and Car
goes on the Western Rivers and Lakes
This company offers superior Inducements
to Farmers, whereby they can be insured ON
Dwellings, Furniture, Barns and contents, for
8 or years at reduced rates.
This being a home institution, with the lar
gest capital and surplus of any company in
in the State and composed OF some
ninety-four Stockholders most ofwhom are
among our Dest business men, recommends
itself TO the favorable consideration OF the
insuring public, and sollcits their patronage.
Applications for insurance will he promptly
attended to by the Secretary.
OffIce, North side of Monroe, between
Main and Market sis, Wheeling, w. Va,
over the Savings Institution of Wleellnn
n. G. ARTHUR, Secretary.
SAMII MCCLELLAN, President.
GEO. MENDEL, Vice President. ocl6
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THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. Nothing
could more convincingly demonstrate
to us how self-intetest sways all human
action, than the persistent determina-
ton OF one House of Congress to COM
pei us, who use gas, to pay the tax i'm
posed on the gas companies. No cor
porations are better able to pay II for
themselves. No monoplists divide
larger profits. And YET they insist
upon evading the payment of The gov
ernment tax and compelling other peo-
pie to pay it for them. It would be in
teresting TO know how many members
OF ptdt House OF Congress own gas
stock, and how many have been effec-
lively seen" by other parties who own
such profitable Investments. Railroad,
ferry and gas companies, select monop
olists, every one, seem to control all
federal and state legislation in these
times Their influence oyer poor rep
resentatives is Irresistible. Over rich
ones it is both natural and inevitable.
By and by we shall have no laws ex-
eept such as suit their interests. They
/ viii be the actual law-malSing power
throughout the Union, ID l-'-.,.is -
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at Incorporated 1885,
Wheeling Savings Institution,

OKFICE No. . MONROE ST.,
Mooney RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, IN
lil terest paid ON special Deposit, Notes and
Bills Discounted, Exchange Bought and Sold
COLLECTIONS made on Rllpotnts.
In order to meet a want that has long been
felt In this community, this Institution will
receive on Wednesday and Saturday afler-
noon between the hours of two and four o.
CLOCK Deposits OF any sum of money, from
one one dollar and upwards, on which interes
GEO. MENDEL, President.
DIREcToRS,-Alex. Laughliu A. J. Pannell,
John Mcclure, tr., Alex. Rogers, Morgan L
Ott, James Paul, Alex. ]. Cecil, James Reed.
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SIC. IL. 4nd beat further enacted, That
sections II, Is, II, Is, and l6 of IAN act
making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses Of the government for the
year ending June 30, 1867, and for other
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The Pope is reported to have given
his impressions of the heads OF the
English liberal party, recently resident
in Rome, as follows: 'Lord Clarendon
I like and understood. Mr.. Gladstone
liked but couldn't understand, The
Duke ofArgyH understood, but didn't
like. Lord Russell I didn't like and
didn't underst and. - WA
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BINGHAMn HOUSE,

aICE CELEYESfHs a. MARKET SIS,
PHILADELPHIA.
UIHIS NEwsACSD ELEGANT HOUSE Is
now open for the reception OF guests. 1t
has been ntted up IN manner equal to any
in the country The location being central
makes 1t a very desirable stopping place,
both for MERCHANTS and parties visiting the
ly furnished. The tables wifi be supplied
with all the delicacies the market will af-
to keep In every respects First Class Hotel
TermE-SS per day t''si ='l--l ''-l - -
jan7-2md = CuRLIS DAVIS, Proprietor.
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1t has been hard year for Maine
mbermen on account of the deep
snow. The Machias Union says it is
the worst remenbe on that river.
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Arntfls.
Stannnn House.

nHE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY
informs his friends and the public gener-
ally, that he has opened the 'sStRmm Houker y
No. . Water. street. The House Is new,
with an entire outnt t--of< new furniture.
and Is complete in every respect.
the Proprietor pledges himself 10 spare no
pains 10 render his guests comfortable, and
hopes to receive a liberal share OF patronage.
Ample stabling. attended by \ AcarefulSnd
attentive hostIer.
lanll56n 9. a. - HENRY STAMM.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19
HAVE MERCY, HEAVEN.

Have mercy, Heavenl alas-the idlest
prayer
Poured hourly forth from human hearts
and lips:
Mercy-that spirit so gentle, bright and
fair,
Has suffered even In Heaven dark eclipse :;
And Heaven looks down with cold re-
lentless eye
On mans keen pangs and hopeless ag-
ony.
Have mercy, Heaven| in vain,-thou
plead'st in vain.
No pang predestined, cruel fate will spare; {;
From means and plants unheeded then
refrain,
The only way to conquer is to bear.
Howl as thou wilt, the adamantine sky
Returns with echoing scorn each burst
ing cry.
Have mercy, Heaven! Yes: plying Heav-
Ell replies,
And sends the boon in answer to thy
prayer;
Weep then no more, upraise thy downcast
eyes,
Thy refuge, solace, comforter is near.
Born but to suffer with thine every
breath,
Thine only hope-Heavcn's only mercy
Death.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

We believe it is rare that an editor
INDUCES in a drop, but when they do,
their readers are sure to find them out.
A cotemporary was called upon to rec
ord "melancholy event" at q time
when his head was rather heavy, and
did it up after the following manner:
Yesterday morning, at 4 o'clock,
P. NJ, q man with heel in the hole of
his stocking, committed arsenic by
swallowing dose of suicide. The in
quest Of the verdict, returned a jury
that the deceased came to the facts in
accordance with his death. He leaves
u child and six small wives to. lament
the end of his untimely loss. In death
we are in the midst of life"
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Rustic Courtship.

I hitched my chair close up to hern,
shet my eyes, and shudderingiy sed:
"Sally, I've been hankering arter
you from the foot Of your sole to tho
head Of your crown, and don't kesr
who nose it. Epluribus onionsw
With that she fetched a screech, and
arter o while SEE she:
"Uniahr
"Sally," sez I.
eyes," says she, hidin' her face.
"Glory! ga lory!" SEE I, II kin
jump tcn-rail fence. Hooray-hoo.
ray!'
With that I sorter sloshcd myself
down by her and clinclled. Talk about
yer night-blo coming serious! { For sale
by Hutchins & Warner.) Oh, my!
Oh, broom-straw, with sorgum lasses
on EN-! Eff Sally's father hadn't hol-
Tered out, "It's time for decent folks
to be in bed," du believe I'd staid all
mite.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19
From the NewHYOrk Express.l
Ohio Politics,

Both Vice President Wade and Sena-
ator Sherman are on the stump, as, if
they feared that the Democrats stood
some chance of carrying Ohio,-a fear,
which we wish we could share with
them.
Mr.. Sherman is for "impartial suf-
frage," as he calls it, that is, for ne
groes, and against his own wife and
daughters,-but, nevertheless, the word
"impartisr' puzzles him:
81 am not so sure { he says) about The
exclusion of women Tor the recent dis
cov,ries on this subject in England and
America have shown that the reasons
for this exclusion are not so clear; but
we can well leave this question stand
as it is for the present. The ladies will
make their voices heard in due time"
Why not hear the women before the
Negroes
"All just governments (he rc-tclls
us) are founded upon the consent of the
governed. Taxation without represen-
ton is tyranny"
Why then, prefer the Black Negro to
the White womanY Women are taxed
many of them heavily. The existing
government utterly disregards their
"cOnsent."
"The material question (he adds is,
whether it is just for us to exclude per-
sons from the elective franchise mere
ly because they are wholly or in part of
African descent"
Certainly not. Nobody ever con-
tended that it was. The African Arab,
the African Moor, We should as will
ingly give suffrage to, as to the German
or Irishman,-for they are intelligent,
capable of self government,--have had
a Literature, Mathematics, Poetry, great
Architects, Philosophers, soldiers,
statesmen,-but the Negro African, 70,
1000 years, has not produced any body
or any Ming,--save under an Arab or q
Moorish leader. 1t is not the "skin'
fthe negro, we white people war with
but the want of brains. He is moi
half so much like US, anatomically, a:
our wives and .daughters,-he has moi
half the mental capacities-and yet, the
Senator prefers him as co.partncr in
government, to bis own wife and daugh-
ters!
Vice-President Wade is more consist
ent. His voting theory takes in the
women, as we'll as the negroes,--but he
does not seem in hurry to help along
the women.
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Well Put In.

At Adams Express office, in Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday, directed to the
United States Hotel, Atlantic City, was
a box made of larch-wood, light al
most as pasteboard, thus tenderly in
scribed:
"This package contains duck Of bon
net;
Expressman,, pray you, place nothing
upon 1t.
IT'S made of ribbon, straw and a
feather,
The whole with postage stamp fastened
together.
Its owner, a damsel, is youthful and fair
But, like Flora McFlimsey, has nothing to
wear.
Beware, then, Expressman! I warn you
take heed,
And forword this bonnet with care and
speed"
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the people Of Georgia this act is still
Of force and by it their property is al

the people Of Georgia this act is still
Of force and by it their property is al
ready confscated
Why don't the President execute it I
He seems bound to execute all acts OF
Congress. Governor Brown tells us
that "Thaddeus Stevens arrnigns the
President for having failed to execute
it." Well do not know what Stevens
has done. Heaven forbid I should
keep posted in his opinions, or quote
his acts ar threats as authority for any
people. But ! believe Gov. Brown has
slandered even poor old Thad. Stevens.
He and Sumner have both been trying
to induce Congress to pass bills to con.
fiscate partially our properly.
Why ask such bills if they already
have one BY which tho property has
already been conflscated2 Not long
since it was stated Mr.. Stevens was per-
fecting a bill for mild contiscation,
viii h he hoped to get through Con
gress if he could live five years longer.
Why pray for five years to perfect a
partial measure of contiscation when
one more extensivcis already on the
statute book unrepcaled Why send
even the resolution! Has not Con-
gress been anxious to find reason to
impeach the President Why not i'm
peach for refusing or neglectlng to exc
cute law which was passed by Con
gress and approved by the Executive
have desired to find some excuse
for Gov. Browns advocacy Of the Mil.
itary Bills. But I am utterly unable to
palliate his conduct. He rushed out
in support of the Sherman Bill before
the President had acted on it, and be-
fore Congress had passed it over his
veto-thus weakening the Presidentand
encouraging the Congress. He was
then declaiming against the case pend
ing in the Court before the Court had
decided it. And now what Stevens and
Sumner have been vainly trying to in
duce Congress to do against the South
ern people, this man finds out is sal
ready DONE" No need for poor old
man Stevens to live five years more
Do let him be informed of this great
discovery of the soften honored"
Southern statesman, that he may die
in peace!
Every decent Radical paper in the
North has denounced the idea of con-
fiscation-even Mr.. Stevens mild con-
tiscation-as disgraceful robbery which
would make the nation stink with infa-
my; and, yet, Governor Brown-so
willing to sacrifice himself for the dear
poor people-has continued to threat
en- US with confscation-"the sleeping
lion on the speakers desk"-and now,
at last, proclaims our property already
confscated. The terrible lion has wa
ked up--crawled OFT the speakers desk,
and actually entered the "statute
book"
Man, alas is more dangerous ami
NAL than the lion, And better that all
the lions of the earth were turned loose
upon the American people than this
Radical party should be allowed Ion
ger to tear the American Constitution
and prey upon American liberty.
"Poor man / knew he would MOI
be wolf But that he sees tie Ro
mans are but sheep He were no lion
were not Romans hinds."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19
PASSION PAST.
BY MISS MULOCH.

Were I boy, with boys heart beat
At glimpses Of her passing adown the
street,
OF room. where she had entered and
gone,
Or page her hand had written on
Would all be with me as it were beforeP
0, no, never! no, no, never!
Never any more.
Were a man, with mans pulse throb,
Breath hard and fierce, held down like a
sob,
Dumb, yet hearing her lightest word,
Blind, until only her garments stirred,
Would pour out my life like wine OH the
floor?
No, no, never! never, never!
Never any more.
Gray and withered, wrinkled and marred,
! have gone through the fire and come out
unscarred,
With the image Of manhood stamped on
me yet,
No shame to remember, no wish to forget,
But could she rekindle the pangs borc2
o, no, never! thank God, ncverl
Never any more.
Old and wrinkled, withcred and gray
And yet If her light passed to-day,
should see her face all faces among,
And say, "TIeaven loved thee whom
loved long
Thou has lost the key to my hearts door
Lost 1t ever, and forever,
Ay, forever MORE"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19
New Money Order Offices.

Up to this time, we have only had
four money order Postoffices in the
State-Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville
and Chattanooga. We are glad to
learn that the following money order
offices went into effect last Monday,
10th inst, in addition to those above
named:
Athens, McMinn county.
Bristol, Sullivan county.
Clarksville, Montgomery county.
Cleveland, Bradley county.
Columbia, Maury county.
Franklin, Williamson county.
Gallatin, Sumner county.
Greeneville, Greene county.
Jonesboro, Washington county.
Lebanon, Wilson county.
Murfreesboro, Rutherford county.
Pulaski, Giles county.
Shelbyville, Bedford county,
The establishment of this money or.
der system throughout the State will
be of great benefit to our business men
generally.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

"Amelia, for thee-yes, at thy COM
mand, I'd tear this eternal armament
into a thousand fragments-Pd gather
the stars, one by one, as they tumbled
from the regions Of ethereal space, and
put them in my trowsers pockets; I'd
pluck the sun--that oriental god of day,
that traverses the blue arch Of heaven
in such majestic splendor-rd tear him
from the sky and quench its bright cf-
fulgence in the fountain of my eternal
love for theew
Amelia" Don't Henry, 1t would be
so very dark"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19
Upon the back of every ten.doll,

Upon the back of every ten.dollar
grcenback is printed these words;
"This note is legal tender for all
debts, public and private, except duties
on imports and interest on the public
debt"
1t will be seen that it is only interest
on the public debt that cannot be paid
with legal tenders. The principal OF
the debt can be paid with legal tenders,
and the holders Of the bonds arc
obliged to take them by law. Is it moi
wonderful that in tho face Of this VIC
hear it said that the payment of the
debt in greenbacks is repudiation7
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THE FINALE OF THE FLIRT.

Your dirt Is every risky ;-frisky fancies,
Mix'd blood and brain, will keep her i'd
getty;
And she will sing you, and with senti-
ment
Seduce you to the balcony and moon
lights, f,
Only to leave you cropping in the dark
She's but wriggler Of cspricious na-
ture-
An eel in morali Would you III her
fasts
Ron pin through her; - the naturalist
Fastens the bug. or beetle, to the corkl
She's cork-like, and boater;-beetle like,
she'll do q world Of humming for three
seasons.
You1l have to seek her out II you would
hnd her.
These seasons over: and you'll find her
willing
For any captor-stuck to any cork!
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Intelligence from Galveston, Indian.
ola, and other Gulf points, as well as
from New Orleans, is most painful.
There seems to be no indication of an
abatement of the fever until the scourge
wears itself out for lack of victims. At
Galveston, one day last week, there
were as many as eight hundred cases,
one-Gfth of which resulted fatally.
Those only who are acclimated have
any chance OF recovery after being at
tackled.
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copper.

A recent circular from the Treasury
Department, addressed to the principal
collectors of customs on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, instructs them to
inquire yigilantly into all cases Of vio-
lation of the law in relation to the
Coolie trade, and to report infractions
thereof Immediately to the Department,
as we'll as notify the nearest United
States Attorney Of the same.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Five Spaniards were arrested in New
York on the 9Th inst, on the supposi
ton that they are the parties who com
mi;ted the robbery of 5000, 900 in Mex
leo. Detectives had been on their
track some time. They were subse-
quently released, an examination prov
ing that the metal found in their pos.
session, supposed to be gold, was only
copper.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

A Radical paper in the East alluding
to the removal of Sickles, speaks about
the Generals loss Of leg in the war;
We have no doubt that Sickles' chief
political reliance is his cork leg. Prob
ably he expected it to float him in the
political stream. But isn't there dan
ger that, while the leg rises to the sur
face, the bead, composed gilmore solid
wood, will 90 under?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Williams and Holmes, the two COL
ored speakers of Tennessee, spoke o.
Montgomery (Ala.) few days since,
and were frequently interrupted by
members of the black league. At the
conclusion Of the speaking Williams
was set upon by mob of blacks, but
was rescued by the citizens and Fede-
raj officers, and carried into the hotel.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Notwithstanding the chronic reti-
cence of Gen. Grant, an officer who has
daily intercourse with him says that
he has expressed himself privately
against unqualified negro suffrage
This fact is corroborated by leading
Radicals, who declare they will not
take him for President unless he comes
out square on the question.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The President has instructed thu
heads of the several Executive depart
ments to furnish each person holding
an appointment in their respective de.
partments with an official copy Of the
Sd inst, with directions to observe
strictly its requirements for an earnest
support of the Constitution and faith
full execution of the laws which have
been made in pursuance thereof.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The freedmen of the Ist and 4th
Georgia Congressional districts have
issued an address, in which they take
the ground that the right to vote car
ries with it the right to hold office, and
that hereafter they will only vote for
men of their own color.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

j os. An 1erson, recently from Mis-
sissippi, was found dead Monday even-
ing 2nd, inst, at the St. Nicholas Ho
tel, st. Louis. He was about thirty
five years old. Appearances indicate
that he had taken an overdose Of chic.
reform.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The Pay Department is now paying
about fifteen thousand additional boun-
ty claims each month. They are paid
as fast as the Second Auditor furnishes
a certified statement that tho claimant
is entitled to bounty.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The National Intelligencer of We'd
nesday prints communication in
which the writer, after predicting that
the South will send twenty five negroes
to the next Congress, adds, 'alifying
the words, "if one ever conyenes."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The Conservative State Convention
Of Alabama adjourned q few days
aince, after adopting the platform Of q
similar convention held in Pennsylva,
nia. It also, passed resolution et.
pressing tho intention Of cultvating
harmoniop relations between the two
lssss, to deal Justly with the blacks,
and TO aid and instruct them In their
! duties . thspselves, society, and the
oenty. ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

A series of gigantic whisky frauds
on the revenue have recently been dis
covered in New York, which. it is sta
ted,' duplicates merchants of promi-
nence, both in that city and Boston.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

A new political organization, calling
itself the Grand Encampment of U. S.
and National Union johnson men, held
a meeting in Washington a few days
since. Its proceedings were conduct.
ed in secresy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Sanford Conover is now an indus
trious cobbler in the Albany Peniten-
tiary. Hangman Holt, Beast Butler,
and "Townsight'' Ashley ought to be
in the same institution to "cut out
work, fvr him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The First National Bank of Wash
ington has withdrawn its advertise
ment for the purchase OF Confederate
Bonds, which it put out at the instance
ofparties in Europe. The only offer
of the bonds for sale came from New
York city. The bank proposed to pay
two dollars and halffor every thous
and.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

James Duncan, commissary to the
Confederate Wirz at Andersonville, es-
capcd from Fort Pulaski last week. He
was sentenced for fifteen years. He
has sono to France.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

The losses by the confagration Of
the Cincinnati Railroad machine shop,
at Lafayette, Ind, are now estimated
at fully two hundred thousand dollars.
Four locomotives and the best station
ary engine in Indiana were destroyed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Doctor-Well, Madame. how's your
husband to-dayP
Wife-Why, doctor, he seems no
better.
Doctor-Did you get the leeches?
Wife-Yes; but he only took three
of them raw; l had to fry the rest!
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19

Phil. Sheridan is the youngest man
ever mentioned for the Presidency /;
but, M exchange thinks, he will be
old enough before he gets it.
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Four hundred new. postal money or
der Offices, embracing. some in every
State in the Union, went into operation
on the 9th inst.

Six months ago Boston house sent
out cargo Of 500 hoop skirts to Ja-
pan as a venture. The 'Japs put a
cover on them and used them for um-
brellas.