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IFrom the Mt. Clemens MonitOr.l
A naa Eighty four Years Old sues
far n Divorce


There is now on file eat the Comfy
Clerks Office bill for divorce, to be
disposed of at the next term of the Cir
cult Court, in which the complainant
is an old man eighty four years OF age.
Fifty years ago the complainant came
to this section, then bowling wilder
ness, where he has resided up to the
present time. He has been married,
and is the father of seven children,
all by his first wife. The complain
ant married his second wife seven
teen years ago, since which time con-
tent and happiness, those essential vir-
tues to an enduring married life, have
entirely absented themselves from his
bearthstone. The bill of complaint
pictures scenes of 'infslicity in which
hyour orator" has suffered all the bru-
tai indignities that q cruel heartless
woman could conjure up; shows how
valuable estates have been 'squandered
by extravagansc and mismanagement;
depicts q lone old man deprived, in the
few remaining years of his life, Of the 30
c;ety OF his Children, who have been
driven from the parental roof by the
harsh treatment of a tyranical step
mother; exposes traits of character only
to be- looked for in 4 yeritable virago;
and aHudes to q legion of other griev-
ances, which we have no inclination 70
mention. The parties are we'll known
throughout this section, both being
church. R.members, and this peep behind
the curtains into tho inharmonious
workings of their domestic affairs,
which. when viewed exteriorly, appear
as placid as summer lake, creates no
littio surprise and wonderment.-
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Galveston Rats.

The rats have it all their own way in
Galveston, Texas, if we may credit the
following from the Ne,cs, which says:
1t must be apparent to every one who
is obliged to be on the streets after
nightfall, that our city is infested with
rats. Go where you will you are fire.
quently startled by fierce ugly rat
starting across your path, sometimes
running at you as if to attempt the
passage to your body up through your
pantaloons. Even in the quietude of
our own room we are not freed from this
annoyance; when We enter our particu-
lar sanctum, after the labors of the day,
off they scamper. When we retire to
bed, our last moments before sleep, "Na-
ture's sweet restorer," comes to our eyes,
are disturbed by them. They crawl over
us. causing us to awake frightened.
This is not all-they eat up the few
clothes we possess. Only few weeks
since q gentleman who rooms below us
was bitten on the nose by a rat, and
bore the marks for several days after
wards. A gentleman also informs us
that his children's fingers, when in bed
asleep, have been bitten by them. The
stores in the city must lose thousands of
dollars annually by the mischief they
create. How will we get rid of themf
They fight dogs and cats, and even men.
If anybody will suggest remedy to-
wards ridding us of these little pests,
we will do our best to immortalize him.
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Hau 10 he n r.. dicnI. =

Hug q wench, damn Democrat, join
church, want to gut everybody who
cant see it, just as you do, steal some
thing and elude the vigilance of officers,
hollow out traitor every chance, carry
one vest pocket full of the chloride of
lime and the other full of niger "hair,"
to kill the stencil arising from off whis-
ky-drinking Democrats, avoid inter-
course with anybody but yourself, and
then not too long at n time, for fear that
your "loyalty" may become cOntamin.
ated by disloyal associations, believe if
it hand't been for "the man and the
brother" the rebellion would not have
been brought to an end, "friz" your
hair and don't wash your face, so that
you may look as little like Democrat
and as much like niger as possible.
Follow these rules out and you will at
once become. o "sweet-scented pepper
mint drop" IN the jug of unadulterated,
bullet pated and thick Tipped abolition
principles.-PespiSs Defender.
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
The oppressive heat is beginning to
lrive the people from New Orleans.

The oppressive heat is beginning to
drive the people from New Orleans.l
The rebel General Gano, of John Nor
gan notoriety, is preaching In Ken
tucky. rat'
The Potomac fisheries have been yield
ing poorly up to the present. 1t takes
two hauls to fill cart.
Twelve of the wealthiest young ladies
Of Nashville have married Federal off,
GERS during the past year.
A dispatch from Governor Throck,
morton, of Texas, says that State will
Immediately organize under the Recon
struction Act ,r,rFr.rTbC
The Memphis appeal says that val
liable cow was drowned in the mud at
the corner of Poplar and Orleans streets,
in that city on Saturday.
On the 2sth of February Daniel jack
son, an old servant of the late Henry A.
Jamison, died near, Flintstone, Nd, at
the ad vanced age Of III years. 60
The quantity of water annually con-
sumed from the reservoir by the people
of Petersburg, for various purposes, is
about one hundred and nine millions Of
gallons. @
The Nashville Bspsbiicaa Banner, Of
the 18th Jult, says: Yesterday morning
as the College Grove and Triune stage
coach for Nashville, was passing through
Triune, Mr.. George Walton, (who, il
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will be remembered, shot and killed
man named Ryan, on Christmas eve
last,) was shot and killed by young
man named Ryan, o son OF the man
killed in December by Walton. Inc
murderer made his escape.
The dry goods store of J. G. Tucker,
in Augusta, Ga, was partially burned
on Sunday night, March "a, involving .
loss of about $50, 900 from fire and water.
Insurances on the goods were as follows:
Continental, of Nsw York, $1,000; Com
mercial and Firemen's, of New York,
each $2,5OO; Insurance and Savings
Company of Virginia, 81 500; Union, OF
Baltimore, 5000; Springfield Fire and
Marine, S., 900: Virginia Insurance Com.
pany, Staunton, Va, $4,000. ri
The Alabama, burned in the Mississip
pi, fifty miles above Cairo, with 1,2oo
bales of cotton, was out of Red river.
She was formerly the De Soto, built at
New Albany, Indiana, and was cap
tured by our forces at the surrender OF
Island No. 10, and afterward named the
General Lyon, and used as naval dis
patch steamer by Admirals Foote, Da-
Wis and Porter. At the close OF the re-
bellion she was sold by the Govern
mentwhen her name was again changed
to the Alabama.
The accounts from almost every sec
ton of Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina speak of the prospect of large
cropof wheat. A Louisville paper says
not only in Kentucky, but in Tennessee
also, the wheat crop is more extensive
than is usually seen, and promises an
abundant yield. The Illinois State Jour
nal learns that the wheat in Sangamon
and adjoining counties looks finely, bet
ter than during the corresponding sea,
son for several years past. Wheat and
other cereal crops in Texas, Of which an
large breadth has been plant
cd, are looking splendidly, and the Lone
Star planters anticipate the biggest har-
vest they ever had.
The following table exhibits the
amount of direct tax collected in the
late insurrectionary States, together
with the apportionment to each State
under the act of June 7, 1862. The
statement of the amount collected also
includes the sum realized from the sales
of property for the non-payment OF tax !:
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THE Dead Democracy"

Upon numberless occasions during
the last half dozen years, we have been
apprised of the death and burial of the
Democratic party. AT least once in
every three months, leading Radical
Journals and orators have kindly per-
formed the funeral ceremonies of the
''defunct Democracy" They have gem
orously soothed the final agonies of the
hssolving party, and with great parade
have prepared it for the tomb, Then
with much rhetorical grave-Agging
and fgurative interment, it has been
their cnstom to consign the cold ashes to
their last resting-place, supply all such
post moriem requirements as tombstone,
epitaph and obituary, and triumphantly
proclaim to the world the successful
completion of their mortuary labors.
Considering the many occasions upon
which these rites have been performed,
it must he distressing to the Radical
sections and undertakers to find that tho
incorrigible subject Of their anxious
toll, not only rebels against premature
sepulture, but positively persists in dis
playing such vitality and energy as
would disgust the best trained burial
corps that ever bore pail.
The Connecticut election shows that
the Democratic party, SO far from being
dead. will probably live long enough to
reciprocate the kind offices which have
been so gratuitously thrust upon 1T by
Radical necrologists.0 The indications
are that "the knell, the pail, the. bier"
the sepulchre and the epitaph will be
needed for corpse in the other camp,
quite as soon as by the "defunct Demo-
cracy." .- r.-rryE
Another lesson which this election
teaches, and one. which fs not inappli-
cable to this latitude is that Radical
ism can be successfully met and defeat
ed by the Democratic party under its
own name and banner. Time-serving
expedients eau be tiled, but they can
also fail. Compromises, concessions,
and sacrifices may be made with view
to success, but they will generally be
followed, as they deserve to be followed
.by defeat and ruin.
We are not in favor of altering the
entire gun merely to suit au cid fash
ioned flint. f-sE..
An extract from tho Horld isappro-
priate in this connection: 7" l7A
For the past two years it has been
dinned into the ears OF the country
without ceasing that the Democratic
party rests under such q load OF odium,
in consequence of it's course during the
war, that it can never recover ito lnfiu-
ence, and that nothing remains for it
but to disband, or take refuge in some
coalition with a change Of nams- This
victory in CONNECTICUT will dispel
that Illusion. The Democratic party
have fought in CoNNEcfIcUT q bold,
square, open battle, under their own
party flag, through their own party
organization. and without che advsn-
tage of any federal patronage or dan
ding. So far as the battle has been
fought on national issues, the victory
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proves that the Democratic party can
meet Its war record with advantage, in
proportion as the passions of the last
six years spend their force and subside.
So far as the contest has been affected
by the introduction of side issues, the
result proves that there is no such in
vincibfe prejudice against the Demo
cratic party as prevents the working
men rallying to its standard when the
country becomes cool enough to attend
to other things than the late war and it's
consequences. =
- =
The passions Of the last six years are
rapidly dying out by the exhaustion OF
their fuel and the near prospect of final
settlement in the South. The Republi-
can party, whether for good or evil, has
accomplished its mission. 1t must die
with the issues which gave it birth and
have kept it, in power. The nineteen
months which intervene between now
and the Presidential election will wit
ness the decline and fall of a party which
has done more mischief, shed more blood,
more treasure, .kindled moro
passions, and inflicted deeper
wounds on constitutional government,
than any other political party that ever
kisted in the world.
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a Cut Mt Hu n nicutt.

Our ueighbor down street is rather
severe upon his former friend and col
league. ParsOn HUNNICUT. The Parson
il appears has been denouncing PIER
POINT, BoTTs n Co., quite fiercely. He
has been holding them up as TRAITORS,
and portraying them in other pleasant
characters with which the Radical fancy
is familiar, and for this he is taken to
task by his elder, bro11 0fitAe6fd -
gencer. Oar neighS0
of Boris aud PfERro6isr gors
ouslv, and declares them to be "men
who have rational purposes in view
men who are not mere cOrHorants on
the body polite, men who have been
tried in the fire and found pure metal" /"
FRANK PIERroIST may ''have ration
al purposes in view" bnt he hasn't them
in reach, unless some powerful dtera-
tions have been made in his intellectual
capacity since he emigrated from this
region. Rational purposes might be
viewed by FRANK PIERPOINT, and even
aimed at, but his efforts would be like
those of child, gazing and grasping ut
the moon, senseless and hopeless
reaching for what was within his view,
but far beyond his sphere. AS to his
"having been tried in the fire." we
think the statement premature. The
expression, to he correct, should be pro-
phetic rather than historic. Unless
Cniversalism be true, we have not the
slightest doubt that both he and Boris
will be thus "tried," but for the present
we are inclined to question the proprie-
ty of saying that they have already been
subjected to the smelling process re-
ferred to.
We doubt our neighbours right to con-
denim HUNNICUTT for calling people
TRAITORS" Other men than HUNNICUTT
have denounced as TRAITORS bet
ter men than PIERPoINT, and our
cotemporary has sanctioned, we
had almost said taken part in,
the denunciation. He certainly is not
at liberty to object to the epithet, either
because of its source or its application.
Furthermore, but for the past conduct
of our cotenlporary and his friends,
HuSNICUTr would never have acquired
the Importance and the influence that
now cause him to be dreaded. In the
Philadelphia Convention of September
'6S, HUNNICUTT was first brought prom
inently before the people. We do not
mean to say that association with BORE
MAN and other lOyalists made the
Parson respectable, for We doubt the
efficacy of the means, but it did
make him notorious, and through that
notoriety he has been enabled to secure
the influence among negroes which he
is understood to WELD. We do not
think that those who have assisted in
placing power in the hands of bad
and dangerous man, should make COM
plaint if he wields it in manner that is
distasteful to them selves.
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Orange culture has become very
profitable branch of Industry iaSF SFiori-
da. The orange and LEMON groves are
planted BY Northern people, several of
whom are Philsdelphians. A st. An
oustine paper says the orange crop OF
sSis year Will surpass BY far any that
Eloyids has had for years, and it men
tious many groves that are in fuil
bloom. and promise to yield hundreds
of thousands of oranges and lemons.
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s T.-Iseo-X.-Ths amount Of Plantation
Bitters sold in one year Is something startling
They would fill broadway six feet high, fromthe
Park to 4th street. brakes mandatory IL one
of tho institutions Of New York. II Is said that
Drake painted all the rocks In the Eastern States
with his cabalistic IS. T.-iS60-X.," and thcn
got the old granny legislators to psss law pre-
venting dishguring the face Of natvre," which
gave him monopoly. We do not know how
this is, but we do know the Plantation, Bitter.
SELL as no other articles ever did. They arc used
by all classes Of the community, and are death
on dyspepsia-certain. They are very inyigor
atng when languid and weak, and great appe.
tizer.
sarntogo Spring Wafer, sold by all
Druggists.
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MEDICAL.

Heimstreets inimitable Hair Coloring has been
steadily growing in favor for over twenty years
II acts upon the absorbents at the roots sf tns
hair, and changes IL 70 its original color by ae
grees. All instantaneous dyes deaden and IN
lure the hair Heimstreet's u not q aye, Dut
certain in its results, promotes its greStn, an9
is beautiful Hair Dressing. Price 50 cents and
81 90. Sold by all dealers
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by al
Dealers.
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NEW YORK, April 3--The Herald's
Matamoras correspondent says the main
forces of the belligerents in Mexico are
facing each other at Queretarv. The
total Is 60 zoo men including guerrillas,
for the Liberals, and 1G, COO men tor the
Imperialists. JJAl
The French squadron sailed from
Havana last Wednesday morning.
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LYoSs EXTRACT OF PuxE JANIcA GNeEs--
for Indigestion, Nausea, Heartburn, Sick Head.
ache, Cholera Morbus, &c, where warming
genial stimulant Is required. Its careful prep.
aration and entire purity makes IL y cheap and
reliable article for culinary purposes. Sold ev
erywhere, at 50 cents per bottle.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all
Druggists. febl-eow
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Aqua De MAoxoIIA.-The prettiest thing. the
sweetest thing" aud the most Of II for the
least money. II overcomss the odor Of Perspir-
alton softens and adds delicacy TO the skin Is
a delightful perfume; allays headache and In.
tammation, and Is q necessary companion In the
sick room, in the nursery, and upon the toilet
sideboard. 1t can be obtained everywhere at
one dollar per bottle.
saraiege Spring Water. sold by all
Druggists.
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I'm lifting the kettle from the fire sealded
myself very severely-one hand almost TO 4
crisp The torture was unbearable.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment relieved the
pain almost Immediately. 1t healed rapidly,
and left very little scar. n
CHAS FOSTER,
40 Broad st., Philadelphia
This IL merely = sample Of what the Mustang
Liniment will do. 1t is invaluable in all cases
of wounds, swellings sprans, cuts, bruises
spavins, etc, either upon man or beast.
Beware of counterfeits. None Is genuine nm
less wrapped in fine steel plate engraving, bear
ing the signature of q. W. Westbook, Chemist,
and the priudte stamp Of DENAs BARNES d TO-,
New York. =,
Saratoga Spring Wafer, sold by all
Druggists.
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All who value 4 beautiful head Of hair, and It's
preservation from premature badness and turn.
ing gray, win not fail TO see Lyons celebrated
Kathairon. It makes the hsir rich, soft and
glossy eradicates dandruff, and causes the hair
to grow with luxurious bean -. Sold every
where L. THOMAS LYON,
Chemist, -Sew York.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all
Druggists
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Reve.ae CsIIeessr On Triai-Gas Ex-

---- plosien.
NEW YORK, April 3.-Joseph Cracke-
ron, deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue, was put on trial yesterday, charg.
ed with having embezzled the sum OF
nearly SIC, 900, which he had collected
for taxes at various times during 1904
and 1865, from residents of Staten ISL
: The new Academy of Music was the
scene of a gas explosion last evening,
about an hour previous to the nightly
performance, which came near causing
another serious fire. One man was so
seriously injured about the face and
chest that he is in a precarious condi-
tion -F''e.
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g 93O, ,l52.59 $1,000, ,59l 81

The amounts collected in Florida,
Texas and Arkansas have not been final
ly reported to the commissioner of in
ternai revenue, but, from reports al
ready rendered, it appears that a large
portion of the tax due from those States
is still unpaid. No collections whatet-
er have been made in Alabama. No
collections have been made since the
Sd of August, 1866, at which date the
Secretary of the Treasury ordered sus-
pension until January l, 1868, under
special authority from Congress.
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- State ofwest Virginia.
Ohio County Circuit Court, March 25h,
1861. .E ..-

es o. Oliver E = Pryor 70 .3lgtIgI
Richard Lennon, Admin PA''-S
Of Robert Lemon deceased 4
rpHE OBJECT on THIS SUITS 10 Re
cover against the defendants the sum Of
ts31 IS with interest thereon, from the I'D day
Of April. 1861, and the eostsof this suit. yE
And il appearing from an afhdnvit fled IN this
canse, that the Defendant Richard Lennon,
Il not resident Of this State. on motion q the
plaiatin. by his srtorneys if 10 ordered that he
do appear here within one month after the duo
publication and posting hereof, and attend TO his
Interest in this suit - n .-cgl
Aoopy. MICHAEL j. BkEINIG.
= Teste. MICHAEL j. BRKTEIG.
CHANDLER 4 DAVENPORT,
mar3o Aftys for Plaintiff
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JACOB. AsBURY J. CLARKE.
JACOR e. CLARKE

A TTORSRYS AT LAW, WHEELING, W.
n Va, win practice in the Courts Of Ohio
county and adjoining counties. Particular at
tention will be given 20 collections and 10 con.
veyancing. Ofce near the Court Poase and ad-
joining the Office Of Judge Good
March 2s 1867.
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RIVER NEWS.

RIVER stationary, with eleven feet Of
water in the channel.
The Iagomar goes down the river this
evening.
The want of freight makes it rather
dull times with the river men.
The moving up and down the river
still continues, and household furniture
constitutes a considerable portion Of
the freight.
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MERCHANT TAILORS,

At less than Eastern prices. Flannels, Blankets
Hasisrv Gloyss Ladies' and Gents Vests and
Pants, Calicos and Chintzes best Merrimacs nj
20 cents. Some good Madder Colored Calico at
laS cents. Fine Twilled Coburgs at IS cents
Good Brown Muslin at l2i cents. Heavy Ribbed
Merino Hose at IS cents pair s-4 and lo-s
Linen and Cotton Sheeting at very reduced
prices and everything else in proportion. Please
call and ieIamine for yourselves soon, as We eI'
peet to only sell for q limited time At these
Extraordinary Low Prices!
Please remember the place at JOHN ROE
MER & CO., Nos 81 aRd g Main Street, Centre
Wheeling, West Virginia.
JOHN ROEMkR g. CO.
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EnrCincinnafi.

For Cincinnati.
viii leave FRIDAY, April 5th, at o'clock
p. NJ, the fine Steamer
H. II. HUDSON......CAr j. L. RUSSELL
Clerk WV. NJ. LIST.
For freight or passage apply on
,&AEt.9 board or 10
k$r BOOTH, BATTELLE e. CO.,
apr1.2t Steamboat Agents.
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Extraordinary Low Prices
Twelfth Quarterly Report

lF The FIRST NATHONAL l.
Bank of Wheeling, showing its condition
! the morning of the first Monday in Aprl,