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WILL MOST rosIrIyELY appear =. each shl "a, a.
ton OF the great show, assurcdlr 'thai a. 30,
TO THE ARENA.
The perfect cquipmcn; az the cn'!r ,IAisgs |.
been the study of the management, Gat tfrr,scs :
be found complete aud elegant
The wAGoNs. TrArrrS0s, &c, hie hra ~.
and equipped In the a ost 'rrxRb MAMIE; m I
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i1sQ BY THE CABLE
Telegraph to the Register.I

LONDON, May s-Nooa.zconsols UT;
Illinois Central 75i;. Erie Al; bonds 7lt'
sH1 LIVERPOOL, May s-Noon. = Cotton
easier: breadsthffs firm; red wheat rs
OIL. corn AS 6da43s Cd; provisions quiet;
pork rs sd; lard advanced to ~; Pc
troleum declined TO Is lad, -.
LIVERPOOL, May sig p. Nine
Hotspnr, from Manila, for New YORK.
lost: no date or other particulars.
LoNDoN, AAyYs+-2 p Mine Con,
ference of the Great Powers adJourned
till tomorrow. on.
Money market quiet; consols Slt;
A,ner;can securities all declined; BONDS
n: Erie 4Os; Illinois Central 20.
y LONDON. MAY & Evening. = Iron
!. tirmer; Scotch pig SIS per ton; sugar
steady.
- Reports from Warsaw state the Rus
- sian government is concentrating troops
and munitions of war in Poland.
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NEW YORK, May s.
$50 =. M.-Gold 137sal3S.
Ohio certificates, 22!a23; Canton, 43a
43;Cumberland Coal. 3la3l; Quicksilver
2sta2ss; Mariposa 7as; do. preferred l99
49,; Western Union Telegraph 42sa45;
New York Central 97sa9S; Eric 63sa63l;
Hudson River 96ta974; Reading l03sa
1923; Michigan Southern 6sba69; Hi
nOs Central 1l3al13i; Pittsburg 73ta
49,; Rock Island 90aa9l; North Western
35ia35s; do. preferred 62a62t; Toledo
1l3all3l; Fort Wayne 96f.
Border State bonds steady. Tennes-
see extra coupons 64l; New Tennessee
81.
Coal and miscellaneous shares steady,
and without decided change.
The liabilities of Watts, Crane e. Co,
are understood to be very heavy, owing
to their large losses in cotton and to.
bacco, and is variously estimated nj
ffOm three to seven millions. This fail.
nre has brought down Given, Jones &
CO., stock and gold firm. The Ken,
lucky and New Orleans banks are said
to have lost heavily by the failure OF
Watts, Crane & Co. About 5000, 900 in
gold was sold OH account of Given
Jones Il Co. to-day.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09

nAssENGERTRAINs WILL RUN
Is by the following schedule on and after the
5th day of May, 1851, Ell 80 q
- ~ VIZ FAST LINE.
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.Taanufuctarcrs' Convention - Rich
Mond Scws-Press Meeting.


New YORK, May S.-A convention
composed principally of western man
uiacCarers was held to-day. Peter
Cucper presided. A number of letters
from prominent manufacturers and pol
itical economists We're read, expressing
Il desire for tho organization OLA move
Inent against free trade. Gov. PierpOint,
of Virginia. and Horace Greeley were
among the speakers, and representa-
tives from Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont. New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia. Georgia. Tennessee, Michigan,
and other States announced their
names. \ temporary organization was
effected, In; the temper Of those ut Il
distance did not correspond with the
New Workers, who wanted an immedi-
ate permanent associations: the formal
fion of u protective society IL each vii
laqe WAS ais. recommended.
The canals of the city were Officially
opened OH Monday.
4 Washington special has reported
/ hat two Of The Richuumd papers, sup
posed 10 be the Examiner and Times,
arc Indicted for melting treason and re-
hrllinn.
The Republicans Richmond special
says Judge Underwood had stated in
opea Court that Chief Justice Chase
will preside ut the iria! of JEFF. Davis,
ON the adjournment of the Supreme
COurt.
The State press is holding an annual
meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel for
tile election of officers and the arrange
inent of news matters. John NJ. Fran
els, Of Troy, will likely be the new
President of the Associations. The Le-
land brothers, in u letter from Saratoga
to the members elect OF the COnstitu-
tional Convention, have rendered free
use of their opera house, with board ut
their new hotel for twenty-five dollars
per week.
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From Philadelphia.

PHILADELpHIA, May s.-Rey. Drs.
Fairburn, Denham Hall, and Rev. MIR.
Wells. q Scottish and Irish rresbyteri-
an delegation, received formal welcome
here last eigqt Mt DIR. Wilies' church.
They start tomorrow upon o tour
through the principal cities Of the
Union,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09

LOUISVILLE, May S.-Aparty of about
30 men took man named Gebhard out
of the Taylor county Jail on Monday,
and hung him to n tree. The parties
gave as reason for hanging him, that
he was a murderer and q pest to society,
and would probably escape the law II
tried.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09
YOUNG MEN

Especially who have bccome the vfetllns OF oolis
taTy vice, that dreadful and destructive habit,
vrbIeh ann ually sweeps 60 an untimely grave
thousaY,ds Of Young Men Of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise have entrancea listening Senates with the
tbr;Il;ns wv may call with fun confidence : a
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09
Bemis Patent Shape Collars.

This collar combines all the desirable qualities
Of the REST hitherto introduced, with GREAT
improvements, secured by LETTERS PATENT.
PRODUCED, and will wear four times as long, and
keep their SHAPE free from wrinkle or apuck.
er" better than any other Cellar in the market
One Of tho new features of this Collar consists Of
the nicely calculated triple curved lines whereby
il adjusts itself to the neck in the easiest and most
perfect manner. and il the ONLY Paper Collar
which has this great improvement. It has
also the LARGEST space for the tic, and it can lie
shown BIS mathematical calculation to he the
ONLY Collar possessing artistic merit and scien-
tifc adaptation. ....-..
!. This Collar was introduced into the market
only short year since In open and fair COMPETE
ton with the THEN most popular Collars Of the
times, and without any great effo.t on the part
Of the manufacturer and patentee, Il has, rely.
ng solely on REAL merit, gradually but surely
worked itself into popular favor, and now bids
world, - ~ "a II ~. 4 - -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09

Marie Persons, or Young Men oontempiat
ing Marriage, being aware OF Physical weak
ness organic debility, deformities. speedily
cured. ~.
He who places himself under the care Of DR.
j., may religiousiy confide in his honor rs a gen
tleman, and confidently rely upon his skill a.
nhYsiciau. i l
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CLASSICS.

Tho Latin and Greek authors will be taught
on the German system ~ employed with some
few notifications In Professor tHadleys Gram.
mars and Manuals. Gireat attention win also
be paid to Latin and Greek composition.
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PENMANSHHP.

Mr.. Blakely has made arrangements with Mr..
Greasy, Principal Of the Commercial College by
which his students will have the advantage OF
studying penmanship and Of acquiring grace
full flowing style under the tuition Of Professor
Christie, one Of the FIRST penmen and most sue
c.ssful teachers of his art in the country,
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sesth Cnrsiinn Rcpubiienn state
40 L. ~ C0nvcniioR. -

CHARLESTON, S. c., May s.-The Re-
publican State Convention assembled
last night mt six O'Clock. Forty
two districts IN the State We're repre-
sented. The delegates were almost ex-
elusiyely colorcd men. \ negro from
Beaufort Was elected President of the
Convention. L. 5. Marshal Ripping,
of Charleston, was the only white man
among the Vice Presidents. Several
persons, including Miss Harper, color.
ed, addressed the convention when il
adjourned nitil to-day.
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Nays.
Flour firm and unchanged; best No.
3 dull at 2 65a2 G5l. Corn quiet at 05fa
06. Oats firmer and better at CO 10
60. Rye heavy 50al 81. Barley dull
and lower at 80. Pork dull ut 90 so.
Lard nominal at l2l. Cut meats NOM
inal; shoulders q. Whisky nominal.
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sank.

MONTREAL, May s.-The steamer Gre
clan struck a rock while shooting ut
Laehine rapids yesterday, and began to
ill rapidly. She wSs run upon sand
hank when she sunk, with her main
deck tbove water. Passengers all
Sayea. sgH s7sz EE4stssE NEaF
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'ss..oHED UcATIoNAL. a5i
,ss. WHEELING -
Classical Institute!
EDUCATIONAL.
ME-. lBa I1AKEbBK B. a.
Graduate Of the Queens Uni.
y - versfty, i'm Ireland,
v,rSs no INFORM THE NHABITANTs
D'of wheeling and the vicinity that he mas
'p '1ssIss nisM 90 on
First Class Academic School

in the building partially occupied by the Wheel
ing Commercial College. IS 80 18 ~
Mr.. Blakely's long experience in English
schools and colleges, bis past success in prepar:
ing yeung gentlemen for the Cambridge and
Oxford local examinations In England, and his
numerous recommen dations from Professors az
his University and former principles may be
considered as to some extent q guarantee that
under his cara the youth of this neighborhood
can obtain first class English Clssslck and
Mathematical education. ans.
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Copies Of n few Of MIR. Blake.
Iy'S Testimonials.
"a VICTORIA PARK ACADEMY,
nntl-f,..r

= : o. '" CLIFTON, BlusToI-
Mr. Blakely has been Classical and Mathemat-
zeal master in my Academy. He has received .
good Classical and Mathematical education.
found him to he lively and very interesting
teacher, and by his cheerful disposition he won
the affections of his pupils. l know him to he
the son of highly respectable and religious pa
rents, and he is gentlemanly and respectable
young man. So. -
/ think lie Is sure to give satisfaction wherever
he goes, and he has my best wishes for his fn.
ture success, of which he il 80 worthy.
BENJAMIN ToMpKINs,
March. IsG! Principal.
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=. =, ciNcLHSATI, May s.-There was, y
smart frsst last night outside of the
risy. Tho thermometer was down TO
3s: It is supposed that the fruit was
Kfiied, agsshsf as,s,f % h4ss =
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ROOMS.

The rooms are spacious. well lighted and ven
tlated and every care will be taken !" render
them healthy and comfortable.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09

The many thousands cured at this establish.
ment within the last twenty years, and the mn.
merous important Surgical Operations performed
by DR.. Johnston, witnessed by the reporters Of
the SIN, and many other papers, notices OF which
appeared again and again before tho public. be.
sides his standing az q gentleman Of character
and responsibility, + sufficient guarTuiyto the
afflicted. .tf'
Skin diseases speedily cured. augs-dIy
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09
MATHEMATICS.

Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry and Land.
Surveying, will also DO taught and to such as
seek to become Engineers, Land Surveyors,
Architects, &c, an opportunity will be afforded
of obtaining o thorough scientific trimming.
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FROM NEW YORK.
Prize Fixht-Nationai Rniirend Con
neutrality-suspicious. Crop
American rraec society. f4r

Prize Rixht-NatiOnal Rnitrend Con
observation-disclosures Crop
American Trace society. Etr
New YORK, May s.--A prize fight
took place yesterday in Bergen county,
y. j., between William Kelley ana
John Grady. Ono hundred and eight
rounds were fought scientifically, last
ing three hours and ten minutes, and
both men were pummelled ,shockingly,
when a general light among the specta-
tors ensnetl, and the references with
drew, making the contest q draw.
There has beon an easterly gale all
day, with rain, aud the tide was unusu-
ally full. with considerable damage to
merchandise in the easements Of build
ings along the river.
Very few arrivals from the sea to-day.
There has been quite "a number OF
marine disasters on the coast to-day,
but no loss of life yet known.
The national railroad convention
met to-day, j. Edgar Thompson, Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Road in the
chair. Nearly all the roads were repre-
scented, including n number at the
South. Subjects of signals, rates OF
. freight, &C., were considered, also o
resolution, looking to the increase OF
charges to the government for the
transportation of mail matter.
Ii is reported that the franchise OF
the Baltimore 4 Potomac Railroad was
sold to the Baltimore Il Ohio Road for
q half million. .-'s'
A motion is to be made i'll the Su-
preme Court on Friday for an injunc-
fion to restrain the Prairie Du Chem
Railroad Company from purchasing the
McGregOr, Western d Minnesota Cen
trail Road and constructing 800 miles OF
track connecting them. Also to restrain
them from issuing $3,0OO,0OO of stock
and bonds to carry out the scheme
Judge Smith granted temporary i'll
iuaction few days ago, and this IS Il
motion to continue.
1t is estimated that in the counties OF
Halifax, Spottsylvania, Franklin and
Henry, Virginia, ard Rockingham and
Caswell, y. c., the tobacco now on hand
is worth Sl2,000.0O0. The crop of
Spottsylvania alone is. plated ut $1,000
600.
The American Anti-slavery Society
has reelected Wendell Phillips Presi-
dent.
At Il meeting of the American Tract
Society of Boston, the annual report
stated that six aud quarter million
pages Of tracts were printed during the
year. The receipts We're $780, 69, and
expenditures 1J7 ,!l26. An annual meet
ing of the American Tract Society was
also held to-day. Bishop Mcllvain was
reelected President and the entire old
board of officers. Receipts of the year,
,1il,l5l; expenditures about the same.
The Secretar report stated that $780,
coo was wanted annually 10 push on the
great work South.
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TRANSPORTATION.
Baltimore 6 Ohio r. R. Co.
lsuMmER SCHEDULE.

or,,oz B.runoHy & ONO RAn.oAD Co,
wHEEI1xa. May 4, 1857.
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Buffalo Market.

BUFFALO, May 8.
Flour firm; spring, l3 5Oal4 90. Wheat,
No. 2 Chicago spring, 2 80. Corn quiet
Mt Hal 1G for now; 90 for old, car
lots. Oars, 70. Barley and peas, %.
Freights dull to New York; corn -.
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CALL FOR THE
BEMISPATENT SHAPE COLLARS

And hastse upen Having Then.
~ DON'T BE PUT OFF WITH AN IN
ferior Collar, even though in days past Il WAS
considered one of tbs best, but remember that
every dog has its day, and then must mako
room for Ia superiors- -,
These Collars arc for sAls at retail by al the
LIVE dealers IN Clothing and Furnishing Goods
pal cities q Tia old World. = 20 ~
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MARRIAGE;

Reflect that q sound mind and body are the
happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes o weary pilgrimage; the
prospect hourly darkens TO the view; the mind
becomes Swallowed with despair and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another becomes blighted with our own.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09
YOUNG MEN

Who have injured themselves by certain prac-
ticc indulgcd In when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which nightly felt, even when
possible, and destroys both mind and body,
shonld apply Immediately
What a pity that n young man, the hope OF
his country, the darling of his parents, should
he snatched from all prospects and enjoyments
Of life by the consequences Of deviating from
the path of nature and indulging in n certain
secret habit. Such persons must, before con.
femDlatiuy
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-09
D A N r &c {
will daily introduce 10 h!s patrons

Herd Of Sacred Cattisl
The only ones In America. all reports to d, rrrr
Notwithstanding. NIX RICE take. pIs'a' ~
that he will daily lecture on their h,tor M poss
ties. He VIII also introduce The mane u u. Nftl
world, the BLIND TALKING HORSE,
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THE TRADE SUPPLIED EBY y

THE TRADE SUPPLIED EBY u
CHARLES. a. MOVES 4 CO,
General Manufscturers Agents. -.
For the sale Of ALL tho most imprayed noaern
and popular Stylas q PapG ssa Lisn
az II J cealaxa ~ ca, FIJI -,
- ,eesser,a ssrces.-.--.,...-.....Dsseps.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-04-19
REAL ESTATE AGENCIES.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE,

THE 1uderslgnsdba ring established IA Real 4 s.
IL tate Agency III Perry ysburg, offer for sale the
following Real Estate, situated ns Wood County
Ohio; ~fA.
o IArlots in Perrysburg, with good House, Barn
Orchard, Well, &c.-very desirable.9 Can be had
at bargain, aud on liberal terms.
Farm of 100 acres, in section TO- Of Plain
Township, under good cultiv alton, with 800 fruit
trees, good buildings, and well drained. Two
miles from Tontogany, .......t
An Improved Farm or 100 Acres, in sec
ton %, Plsiu Township; 30 acres under cutiva-
tion, and nearly all under fence large orchard
and good well, together with good frame house
and barn.
A Farm containing 6s Acres, in SAME
section, all under fence mostly improved; orchard
good barn and large house, with good frame house
in cousse OF lconstruction.-un gvr- '.7..H,.
The NE. x of the NE. a of section %, town
north of range 10 east. Good House and Orchard
All under fence.
UNIMPROVEDr LANDS. w
Z y Sc qrsection 35,tp 5,range ll-s0 acres.
N q sw or sec S6, tp 8, range LIS 80 acres
so Acres, in section 4, Gen ter Township, well
timbered with black walnut, white wood, &c.
so Acres, in section 16, Liberty Township
prairie.
40 Acres, in section 10, Milton Township
Lot No. 8. ...,. ..... d, -, ,.......... =.
so Acres, in section 12, Henry Township
timbered. - 4.T .fr-,. -5 ~. Up rF.-r. - >
zoe Acres in section II, Portage Township
heavily timbered. y -luit 7 ,,.-..-J -
| Twelve or fifteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per.
Irysburg. - Es
i9y- The above Real Estate will be offered a
low rates, on terms to suit the purchaser.
90. P. S. SLEYIN,
Real Estate Agent, Perysburg, o.
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trust yoo q bressid mint Glib me do s.
iusi, yoo owe dis chile foah dollars now TO-
sawiu wood TO yoah post olhs, aud ef wes
agwie TO hab our rites do fus yoose | ahel
put mine 10 will be gittin dat money. Pay
up fus, and de brace afterward. can't
do such dissgroeable ting widout do cash
in advance"
This ruthor destroyed tho effect. The
unities wuzu't preserved. The niggers in
front bust out in II torturing laif aud Pol.
lock aud Bigler rolld'in convulsieDa nv laf.
turc, in wioh half nv our people joined.
Me stsndin petrihed, in tho atltood of
ombraein, and that oussed niggsr stundin
with hs hands extended for money, with
the Deekin and Bascom horror-struck iist
behind, formed taboo wieh wuz more
strikip than plasOnt.
The meetin wuz to.wmst adjourned, for
il wuz evident to the dullest comprehen.
slen that nothin more coodent lie done that
mite. Ez yoosuai failed for want NV cap
ital, He'd l bin possest NV the paltry sum
NV Eve dollarss how diiIrent wood hev ben
the RESULT Perohanoe we may, thro that
de6shoncy, lose Kentucky. 1t must mover
occur agin--my salery must be raised.
can't make brix wihol straw.
Joe Bigler met me next mornin and re-
markt that he regretted the occurrence, ez
he ardently desired to see the two races a
pullin together. Tho fault, Professor,
sed he, "wuz in not mauagn properly. The
next time yoo want spectacle niger to
sit on the platform with 700 and the Dee
kim or kiss or embrace yoo-git him drunk.
lle'il do it then rrobably ~ know he will
Ef he's drunk enutf, he'll hurrah for John.
son, and it's possible TO git EN- down TO the
pint NV votin with you. Lord how whisky
drags man down, See wat it's brot 700
TO and the irsultiu wrt tch rolled of latin
bolster ously. "Git em drunk. Professor,
he yelled ez long ez he Good see me.
We don't inteud TO give it up. Bigler's
advice wuz given in jest, but, nevertheless
| shell &C: uponit. Whisky is wat hriugv
white men to us, and ef white man kin be
thus oapchered, why not o niggerH Tue
Aitikin hez,i't got ez far 10 fall to git down
to our level, and it'll take less to bring
him. Baseom ordered five barrels to-day
wioh Ispose the Administration will pay
for. We hev yet the Moo York Custom
House, and more nv the perkesistS must bI
yoosed for poitkle purposes.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-04-19
Che Castaliam tfnnnt.
COME ,lIoME, FATHER.


Father dear fatRer, come home with me now
The clock in the steeple strikes ene t,...,..
You said you were coming right home from tn,
shop,
As soon as your days work was done. u
0ur~hre is all out our house is all dark,
And mothers been watching since tea,
With poor little Benny, so sick in her arms,
Aud no one to help her but me-
Come home come homel come home
Please, .athep dear father, come bone
y
Father, dear father, come home with me now
The clock In the steeple strikes two;
The night has grown colder, and Benny is worse
But he has bgon calling for you. .ltt b ~ .
Indeed, he is wbTse-Ala says ho will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn! ...
And this is the message she sent me to bring
Come quickly, or ho will be gonel
Come home come home come home
Please, father, dear father, come homei
Father dear father, come home with me now !
The clock in the steeple strikes three
The house is so lonely-the hours are so long,
For poor weeping mother and mel
Yes, we are alone-poor Benny is deadt
Aud gone with the angels Of light;
And these were the very last words thDt he said
&C. want to kiss Papa tonight I" J
Come home camc home come home
Please, father, dear father, come home!
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A Question or Mountains.

IIas California or Oregon the highest
mountain in the United States, is a question
which is now occupying the attention Of
scientific men of the coast. The question
lies between Hount Hood in Oregon, and
Mount Whitney in California. The former
10 5000 feet high, and the latter, up to
last August, has been reputed to be 49, 900.
At that time Prof. Wood aseended Mount
Hood and repol ted its hight TO be 1900
feet. Tho report has excited no little ns-
tonishment. The latitude and longitude
are easily ascertained, and are probably
correctly stated on the maps of the United
States coast survey. 1t seems little
strange that il the mountain was | I 900 feet
high, that it has not been discovered be.
fore this, and it is the general opinion
among scientific men that Prof. Wood has
made mistake. Professor Whitney made
some remarks upon this question at the
February meeting of the California Academy
OF Natural Sciences, and he called attenA
tion to the fact that a correct calculation
of Professor Woods observations would
make Mount Hood, not 1900 feet, but
34000 feet high DR.. Newberry who is
considered good authority, says that forest
trees arc not found more than $500 feet
above the sea at Mount Hood, where, as
Professor Woods says, they grow to 5000
feet. An Investigation to be tnade this
summer will probably deprive Mount Hood
of the honor of being the highest mountain
in the United States.