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The thing designated in the common
application of the words "luck" and
iill-luck'' is really persons folly, la
zIness, or willful misapplication of
means or the reverse of these; but this
RUE Is true rule in not excluding ex-
ceptlons. 4 dozen bows entered a
watermelon patch by night, and on an
Aafn oelng raised, every one ran OFF
Win melon IN his arms but on reach
ing safe place It was found that eleven
boys had green melons. The tweIfSb.
boy, who had the ripe one, was John
Jones, and the same luck followed him
all through life.
This is about all there is of 1t that is
TO say, statements OF the matter COM
prehends also all that Is known of II.
dence and energy rs far as they can be
pushed toward deciding the issue OF
human events, there will still remain
a mysterious something mure, accurate
" defined, not accounted for, as the al
lotment of Providence, but in popular
phrase called luck. Particular in
stances OF it are found every day. The
Alabama destroys the vessel of one
merchant and passed by that Of his
neighbor; the letter which would have
saved failure is delayed twelve hours
In the mail; If common report be true
the present method of making shot was
discovered by a dream, and SNUFF was
invented in consequence the acciden-
tai burning of tobRcconist's stock;
and the Monitor arrived at Fortress
Monroe precisely as she was needed.
Nor are isolated cases merely, but long
continued courses of good fortune and
i'll fortune. The i'll successes of life,
some one has said, ere caused by the
round men all getting into the square
holes-the square men into the round
holes; yet many lives are shaped by
what is certainly external and indie
pendent. Many men are always at a
spot where they are wanted; and many
others are at the wrong spot, or at the
right one an hour or two too soon.
Some Just hit the tide in the affairs
of men AT the food and are led on TO
fortune others are always there at the
eob or slack. Everything that some
men touch proves successful (; others
are Jonahs in every ship that carries
them. There are some who illustrate,
through no apparent fault in them
selves, poor Poe's H--
aEUnhappy master. whom unrnercifuI disaster
Followed fast, and followed faster, TN his
Songs one burden bore.
There is no explanation of these phe-
nomenai they are too subtle for our
powers. They are undoubtedly obedi-
ent to law, because in the government
without Ii be greater than Providence I;
but the law they obey lies far below our
powers of search. If they were not in
explicable, they would not be phenom-
email. There IS nothing more TO be said
of them than that, after all virtues of a
personal character are supposed
There is divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them as We will.'
-NeIp York Gazette.
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The RIehnona WhlE na Recnnrfrne.-

The Richmond Whi9, in an article! on
THE Situation" advises the people OF
Virginia to take prompt action under
the provisions of the reconstruction
bill. Ii says: zsEa5i .7sru1o .-,a- (
In our Judgment there should not be
moments hesitation as TO the line u
conduct we shall pursue. It IS moi
worth while now to waste words
about the subyersion of the Constitu-
tion-that Is fxed fact, at least pro-
yisionally, and we are not responsible
for II. What we have 70 do is to save
all We can from the wreck. In this
effort We in Virginia are favored by
fortunate circumstances. The COM
mRndant of the district, is gentleman
OF liberal and enlightened views, and
we have every reason TO believe is dis
posed TO give all the assistance in his
power to speedy and satisfactory set
tlemsnt OF the government Of the Com
monwealth. Governor Peirpoint, who,
by the way, is the most liberal, unpro-
scriPtiye and, in many respects, the
best Governor we have had for twenty
nve years, Is animated by proper feel
ings, and will do Whatever he can to
promote the best interests OF the State.
What Is to be done Gas soon as the
Dill becomes Law, should be done at
use sense de-
lay The sooner we eat our peck OF
dirt the sooner We shall feel refreshed.
We throw out this suggestion for the
beneht of some fastidious friends who
don't relish the diet, and talk senti-
mentally about being pounded in a
mortar. We would have an election OF
members TO q convention at an early
day. and as soon thereafter as convent
ent the meeting of the convention. a
registry law, We suppose, Will be ne
cessary, both for aseertaining voters
and for facilitating the operation of yot-
ing. The State elections forthis spring,
70 be superseded by the action Of the
convention, and therefore useless,
might and should be, dispensed with
altogether. -a. sEfir o.. .rl. .. f
or course we, who have little or no
faith In democratic, universal-suffrage
government, are not greatly eItktESed at
the prospect before us. But we can
imagine a system which may not be
oppressive to individuals, and may be
compatible with material prosperity.
Some of the evils OF universal suffrage
may be mitigaIed by diminishing the
number of popular elections, and by
ass1muIaung the new system 70 the old
70 constitution, by which the people
were only annoyed with the election OF
4AH-Ln2kers- eE 20 zHaf=15sr r-.us=r.
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A GoURxASDs' CLuB.-It is announe-
ed that there has just been established
in Paris gourmandsI club, the mem
bers of which dine together at stated
intervals on the rarest dishes. tispre-
sided over by Baron Brisse, the author
of the daily bill of fare which has be-
come so popular q feature in one OF the
Paris papers, La Liberte, and which is
looked for eagerly by all Paris. The
club has its ofics and paid secretary,
and notifies that it will give advice and
reply to questions on the great art of
dining for fee of one dollar paid in
advance. Before the institution OF this
club the Baron was beset with inquiries
as varied and numerous as those which
are addressed to the editor OF a popular
journal Certain old gourmands who
had ruined their digestion and lost
their apPetitss made pitiable sp-
peAIs TO the Baron at Is all very
vel, !" said they, s.for you to give us ar
but tell Us, We beg you, how we are to
find the requisite appetite for their con-
sumption" Whereupon the Baron
seizes his pen and issues the following
directions: Take says he, "a bath
the frst thing In the morning, amer
which, while walking about the room,
drink two or three bottles of minerni
water-that Of NiederbTunn on the
Lower Rhine Is the best A couple of
hours Afterwards take basin OF soup
with some bread in it, and glass of
good wine. Then go out and visit your
friends At four O'Clock eat biscuit
and drink g gIassof Madeira, resume
your walk, and at seven O'Clock dress
for dinner, when you will and yourself
able To eat an entire leg Of mutton and
more The Baron's prescription VIII
perhaps be as good outside OF Paris as
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ANEW party is about to be formed in
Kentucky, composed of Democrats
whorepudiate the action of the rebel
convention which assembled at Frank
fort on the 22d ult., and old whig con-
servatives OF the Union stripe who can
not go with the radicals. Lieut.. Gov.
Jacobs has declared himself in favor OF
the new organization. The truth is.
that Kentucky is about as disloyal as
South Carolina, if you count it by the
control which the rebels exercise over
its Legislature and its policy.
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The Capital. Question rroma Parkers-
burg Point OF View.
Enoa tie PuzhT1baE0 zUaeE-

We fully endorse the statements of
our Wheeling correspondent, whose
letter will be found in another column.
The speeches OF Mr.. Stevenson, Our rep
resentanye in the Senate, were truly
models oil forcible and terse argument,
as Wen as faultIess diction and elocu-
ton Mr.. Farnsworth, of Buckhannon,
also well deserves the praise awarded
him OF ingenuity and force in declama-
ton. His persistent desire to speak
frequently upon all Questions that
arise, tends to neutralize the effect OF
efforts In behalf of measures like the 10
cation OF the Capital, on which his
ly set. The manner in which he eYaded
the proof exhibited by his own map,
that Buckhannon is only thirty
miles from the line OF old Vir-
ginia, so crushingly pointed out
by Mr.. Stevenson, bore the strongest
debate. unfortunately for his perse-
Yertng claims to the merits OF Buck
hannon, as geographical center of the
State. Mr.. Raymond of Ritchie. an old
Surveyor of eighty years Of age, bore
personal testimony 10 the tact that his
Landed geographical centre lies not
more than forty miles from the old Vir-
ginia line, while Mr.. Stevenson, meas
uring the distance on his pencil, and
applying il to the scale of miles laid
down on the Buckhannon maps, show
ed tito be just thirty miles distant from
the rebellious State. Thus the iabored
map of the Buekhannonites beautifully
depicting dozen paper railroads run
ming to this grand imaginary center,
like Banquo's ghost, came back to
haunt them at the most critical mo-
ment -=- - --7za.l,z- ~ a.z7aa --=s-a
with more than twenty mortal murders on
To nnsh tEsrn fT,y,, thair stool.p
Mr.. Farnsworth's firm nerves never
trembled. He raised his practised
voice to meet the emergency.
And kept the natural ruby Of his cheeks
While others blanched with fear" Hzs t-F-
Thus it will be seen that what cour-
age, skill, and Buckhannon toWn-lots
can do in locating the capital, will be
done in favor of carrying the capital
into the inaccessible mountain borders
OF the old dominion. II ParkersbnrR,
as the undenlRblei commercial center
intends to compete effectively with
Buckhannon for the location Of the cap
ital at the next session of the Legisla-
ture, It will be the part Of wisdom not
to underrate the power OF the adversa-
~. One of his strongest points is said
to be the number of lots laid out around
what they have established oupaparas
Capital Square," Like Hannibal of
old, We suggestto the owners of land
around the proposed site in Parkers-
burg, to study the tactics of the enemy,
and offer similar inducements for the
Investment OF money in advance in
corner lots. We heard 1t stated that
some of the members of the House in
other counties had invested all their
capital around aCapital Square," at
Bnekhannon, In Upshur county. The
sale CT lots to politicians might be a
good speculation, whether the capital
be located here or elsewhere.
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FRED DoUeLAss's IDEA OF SOCIAL
EouALuT.-Fred Douglas has had oc-
casion to define his idea of social equal
ity-the occasion being his demand
that at his lecture in Indianapolis the
tickets should be sold without distine-
ton of color. Mr.. Douglas says:
"what is social equaIity2 Does 1t con-
sist Of being in the same hall, and on
the same floor, listening to the same
lecturer Do you regard every man as
socially equal with you because you
are on the same floor at church, mar
ket, hall or eIsewhers3 Do not charac-
ter, wealth and intelligence control the
the matter OF social relations When
we meet in public hall, do we not
meet as citizens, As the pnblic, rich and
poor, noble and ignoble, standing up
on q common footing? And is not this
well But is 1t not quite another
thing to force me into association with
all meet as equal citizens in street or
hall Ny parlor and my table and my
hand are my own, and I can choose
my own friends and associates, and
you have the same right; but when you
go into public hall you venture be-
yond your parlor limits, and your right
ends where that of another man be-
rins -
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FoRTrETH CoSeREss. Among the
prominent men elected to the Fortieth
Congress who are not members Of the
present House, are General Butler of
Massachusetts,, Judge Poland of Yer
mont, James Brooks, Fernando Wood
and John Morrissey ofNew York, John
Coyode OF Pennsylvania, General Lo-
gan and N. B. Judd OF Illinois, General
Dodge Of Iowa, and General Morgan
and Judge Van Trump OF Ohio. Among
the prominent members Of the lower
House who viii not have seats in that
body at the next session, are Measrs.
HatIsFson OF New .. aasnPS,hiEe' adnI,f.e' A9EriLI
York, all elected 70 ths United States
Senate; Messrs. Raymond, Dodge and
Hale OF SeT York, Brandagee Of Con-
uectieut, Wentworth OF Illinois, Kas-
son OF lows, John Hogan of Missouri,
LaBlond and DelAno Of Ohio, and DAW-
son Of PENNSYLVANIA.
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Greenwood Cemetery.

CITUATED ON THE NATIONAL ROAD,
y 8miles east Of the city, IS now ready for
tntsrments, sale, and rOyement Of lota.
It contains 81 acres Of land, and - laid ouf
in the most modern and improved STYLE
can be easily reached at all SEASONS Of the
year by the National Road, and for three
fourths Of the year by the Hempneld Rail
Road II Is perfectly secure, and fntended 70
be beautined by every variety Of trees, shrub
bGrT, publie vanlt, chapel, ARTIFICIAL lake,
fountains, etc, 70 make ft equal TO the best
rural Cemeteries IN the country.
Ample provision Il also made for It's en-
largemeut, order and care In peFpetuity.
Persons desinouE Of purchasing lotR. can
examine the grounds with the SuperintRn-
dent, who has . plat, or secure them By call
ing az the once Of the Secretary, on Main
Etneet, OVER the Bank OF WheeliIiE
Persons Wishing 70 make intATments VII
can On the Secretary 70 obtain permits there
for.-g- - -.g s.-l= .f - - :.
Ticket Of admission 70 LothoIders and
Vtsttors VII be ts5ued by the Secretary.
BoAkD OF .DIREcIoRS=A. j. SEesney,
President R c Bonhan, Secretary; ]. s.
Rhodes, John g. Aufh, Geo. MendeI, Jos.
Bell Jno. A. Armstrong, Geo. Adams, r q.
Jordan, z A: Hndreth, aus1-lyd
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The Pre.IdenliaI CIIques I'm WashInE
cD,rub,. cO7spoadeeo. @ Qf a. xa.-a.cn.ss
IL u ------- Pm Il u

--. - ton. - .----.-
Columbus C0TegpoRdeHce Of he Ade-d-ChssE
H.HE --E PTeu @
learned from this honorable source
"a strolling member of Congressl that
there are now in Washington three cir
cles or cliques, very busy bringing out
candidates for the Presidency. The
hrst and the most powerful, is the
Chase party. This is strengthened by
Jay Cooke & Co., (be careful, Of that
zen John Sherman s Co., Little
Sprague & Co., and claims TO have six
teen States. But Ohio is not counted in
Ohio gives the Chase association much
trouble. As the Chief Justices State,
it should lead of. But titwou'tlead on;
on the contrary, shows disposition
in Washington-to follow citizen Ben.
Eggleston into the other circles that
goes for old Ben Wade
Ben.'s circle or ring, Is made up OF
hot gospellers, who want their political
steW-done mp with red pepper high
proof brandy and brimstone-and all
the officers who have been turned out,
and all the of1cer-seekers not yet in.
And their plan of operation is 70 inn
peach old Andy, suspend him during
trial, and put old Ben. in his place,
when Immediately the hot stew will be
served up, and all the friends of the
movement put in office.
The third circle OF ring, is in the in
terest of Mr.. Speaker Colfax. This is
purely an intellectual ring, composed
of poets, political writer's, lecturers and
statesmen. It proposes to further its
ends by,having Mr.. Speaker CoIfax de-
liver his sweet little lecture In every
school-house and at every crossroads
insthe United States. After this It Is to
be published, and every friend of the
movement is to have a copy with the
compliments of Mr.. Speaker Colfax,
which they consider more valuable than
gold or precious stones
The Chase ring has the most money.
The Wade ring the most brain. The
Colfax ring the most impudence.
Thus the frogs in the pond organize
and sQuabble. A very important bust
about it, they do not hear the tramp OF
the coming people, with Pap Thomas
at their hsad-nor that other great body
of veterans known now as the Grand
Army of the Republic, that Is moved
by the same love, admiration and con-
hdence that animates the people
The Grand Army Of the RePu bic now
numbers over sixty thousand in Ohio,
and an officer who has visited nearly
all the posts, tells me that the name of
Thomas is the only one that awakens
any enthusiasm, and every soldier
starts up ready for action at the bare
mention of him in connection with the
Presidency. 30 -
care nothing about it personally,
but can see the coming man-and you
may recollect what write, II you
please-that the day is not distant when
you will witness an uprising nneQ ual-
led since the days of old Hickory.
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A Chud,s Mind.

~" @~S @SDiaSASfA AGA4LILGFtV kLGIGtiG.
The mind of child has been likened
to so many dissimilar things, md sub
1ected to such an infinite variety OF
treatment 1t has been urged into SO
many royal roads to learning, and
dosed with so many Hinfallible cares -
as to leave us amazed that children are
still as charming and as naughty as
ever, Some famons doctors have treat
ed II more or less as an empty cup
board, into which were to be crammed,
with all possible expedition, squares
and cubes of knowledge ON every pos
sible subject, until the shelves were all
nlled up with solid facts. and education
was completed. Others have set TO
work on IL as something inherently
radically bad and vicious, 10 be dosed, !,
restrained, corrected, and perpetually
guided, scolded, aud preached it 70
nave food only of few and special
Kinds, all specially prepared and man
As If they thought, like otaheitan cooks,
No food was nt to eat till they had cheWed il
to be taken only in certain fixed ways
under laws and rules as immutabie as
those OF the MedeS and Persians. Both
these systems, in spite of the inevitabl
success which crowns the labors of eve
y q1ack, having miserably failed.
They produced indeed, a multitude OF
little, abortive, precpcious beings, who
alneu al oelng men and women before
they were children but in these,
while they lacked none of the conceit
and pharisaism of maturer age, the
graces OF childhood wers utterly want
ing. freshness, vivacity, love of mis-
chief and curiosity, were all but blotted
out; and in their place came cunning,
none the less crafty because it was de-
mure, and hypocrisy none the less mis-
chievous because the unhappy posses
SoE was unaware or only hall lfconRnious
of its presence. i The patent, model.
perfect child-if ever met With-Was
even more intensely disagreeable than
he was rare and the more perfect the
cure, the more insufferable was the pa
tient.
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Franklin Insurance Company
OF WHEELING
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pIRHCroRs


7. d. Logan, T. p. Shancross, J. &. Rhodes,
Geo. Mendel,- ]. h Hobbs, SRmI, AcC8el-
Ian, G.. W. FTanEheim, Jas n. Vance, Alex.
LA1Ghlin. -+ -HI i'f
TNHIS COMPANY now HAVING BEEN
Il Organized four years, and-1n that time
done = successful business, Is giu prepaTed
20 take risks At fair rates on Bufldinas OF al
kinds, Merchandise, ManufActnring EIab-
lishments, Furniture, Steam Boats and Car
goes on the Western Rivers and LaSeA
This company offers superior inducing Tts
% FarmerS, whereby they can be INSURED on
DWeIlmgN Furniture, Barns and content, FOR
or yeaR at reduced rates. H.-a ar. -.#
This being home Institution, with the lar
gest capital and surplus OF any company IN
In the STATE and composed OF some
ninety-fOur stock holders, most OF whom are
among our OeSt business men, recommends
itself 10 the favorable consideration Of the
tnsuF4ng public, and solIcits their patro1aee.
Applications for insurance VIII be promptly
attended 10 by the Secretary. ..
Once, North side OF Monroe, between
Main and Market sts., Wheeling, W. Va,
over the Savings Institution Of WhealinE.
y. Z. ARTHUR, Secretary.
SAArIs MCCLELLAN, President. 80
GEO. MENDEIA Vice President. ocl6
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20 Incorporated 1883, -
Wheeling Savings Institution,
oErIcE Sc. q aloNEoE 81.

OEFIcE NO. y MoSEoE ST.,
MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, IN
VI tere1 paid ON special DEPOSIT, Notes and
Bills Discounted, Exchange bought and Sold
.-gonec1ons made on all points.
In order to meet want that has long been
Ielt m this oommunfty, this institution Will
receiNe on "Wednesday and Saturday amer
noon between the hours Of two and four o.
CLOCK, deposits OF any sum of money, nom
one dollar and upwards, on which inteEss
viii be paid.
GEO, MENDEL, President
DTRBCroRS-Alex. IAnghlin, A J. PnnneII
John McLure, tr-. Alex. Rogers, Morg8o L
on, James Paul. Alex J. Cecil, Jams Reed.
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GIVE AwAY.-In the game of check
ers there is one sort of game sometimes
played, called give away. He wins
who can soonest force his opponentin into
jumping and taking all his men. 1t is
a nice game-of the kind. It is this soft
of game that Congress seems to be play
ing at this session. 1t must be confess
ed that 1t Is played with very decided
success. We should be ready to lay a
wager upon Congress winning In this
game, II pitted against any body OF
men OF equal numbers and no more
extensive practice than that body. A
bounty bill, for instance, takes an un-
known amount from the treasury, Sal
aries are increased with facility thai
eStnces the generosity of the dispensers
OF Puollc money. Twenty per cent. is
added to the wages of employees in
Washington, when prices are falling
and wages In private service declining.
Besides, it is proposed to make eight
hours the legal days work. There
ought to be q general law passed enti-
ted an act to convert the government
service into an infirmary for needy and
favorite persons. Gentlemen, in Con-
gress, please do remember that you are
not giving away your own money.
Your constituents are bearing a great
burden. Their strength is impaired by
the revulsions incident to the abnormal
condition OF our monetary and indus
trial affairs. Spare us as much as you
can. It may be fine sport for you 70
play give away with public money, but
1t Is death TO those who have TO contrib
ute it. Spare us, good gentlemen
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TIE New York Day Book has an arti-
Gle upon the public debt Of the United
states, and says that, Of all the men
who sustained the war for The Union,
q the bondholderz were the greatest
asses and blindest fools of the whole
tremendous crowd OF fools, towards
and madmen-" II argues that athe
bondholders, the patriotic bankers and
brokers, lent their money to the friends
Of freedom, and thus enabled them TO
ruin the country which II they had
NOT done, the administration would,
nave been forced 10 give up the war
and submit to the destruction Of the
Union. For not doing this, according
20 the Democratic paper we quote from,
the bondholders were "foolsI asses and
madmsn.r
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NO.l62.
ausuraufe.
Home Insurance Company
OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

r. r- OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. 500
Capital .-re" SSoo,Ooo
s21fGiE1 aisti GALLOWAY. arucA h. HAss1s..gE sGSsE
b. u5Il JAMES n. FERGUSON
once in Hornbrooks Building, iIslS lCslEa
street MP stairs van. 40 jan2S-Sm
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BINGHAM HOUSE,

ELEVENTH & MARKET SIS,
EEttsEE. RuLADELPHIA.
TIHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE Is
i now open for the reception Of guests It
has been ntted mp IN amAnner eQ0ak to any
in the cuuntrT. The locatlon being central
makes IL q very desirable stopping place
both for Merchants and parties visiting the
city. The RHrlors are spacious, and elegant
ly furnished The tables viii be supplied
With AL the delicacies the market win af-
ford, and Il Is the intention of the Proprietor
% Keep In eVeTT respect q EtrSt Glass Hotel
Tern-S per day ---st-- s-a- 8 at=-17E
iHnT-2md CURLIs DAVIS. Proprietor.