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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-27
National Insurance COMPANY.

WhhnAhlNGs HEoT VA
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ofice, g Monroe st, next door TO lst Ma.
oFRIcERs:
GEo: K. WHEAT, President,
JAMEs McCLuNEY, Vice President,
JOHN BISHOP, Secretary,
CHAS. WALLACE, State Agent for West
Virginia and Maryland.
DIREcToRs:-John e. Wilson, JaS. O. Orr.
John A. Armstrong, A. 9. QnRIrief, Geo. k.
Wheat, Samuel Harper, James McCluuey.
Morgan l.. Ott, Geo. AdanA
REFERENCES 8. Brady, Cashier Merohanta
National BANK, Wheeling; List, Morrison q
Co, Wholesale Grocers, Wheeling: Pryor.
Handlan 4 Co., Wholesale Grocer, wheel.
ing; Michael Reilly, Wholesale Grocar,
Wheeling; Mcclellan 4 Knox, Boot and
Shoe house, Wheeling; McCabe, Rnft 4 Co..
DrugRistH, Wheeling; Geo. W. FnnIheim q
20, Wholesale Wines and LiQ uon, Wheel-
ink; WinRhip, Woods d Co., QueenSWare
Wheeling: Lewis Baker, Pu6. ReEisiar.
Wheeling; Z. Q. McAiee, Notions, Wheellne:
Campbell, Frew d Co., Pubs. 1ntallieencer.
Wheeling; OF, Son q Co Hardware, WHEEL.
ing; J. Z. Sands, CaAhier, First Nat, Bank,
Fairmont; X. p. Camden, Prest, Nat Ex,
Bank; Weston, W. Va; Capt. john Mclure,
Jig Mn6eunH. ApES
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German Fire Insurance Company
WHEELING, WEST va.
Incorporated Nay IL. 1851.



DIRECTORS.
Christian Hass, William KleyiR Benno
Hammer, John oeHtariing, John PfarI, John
hoemert Anton Reymaun, Philip BohuNhl0,
August Wi0debuAh.
TIhIB COMPANY NOW FULLY ORGAN.
lied, 10 prepared 70 insure Building,
furniture, Merchandise and other Personal
Property al favorable rates.
Losses Atter due adjustment, will ba
promptly paid.
Applications for Insurance will rocolye i'm.
mediate attention from the Aecrutary.
Companyb ONCE, room over Peoples
Bank, Main street.
JOSEPH sEYBoLD, Secretary.
u; a. kNAPP, Assistant Secretary.
JOHN OESTERLlNG. President,
AUGUST WlEDEBQSH, Vioo President,
ANTON REYMANN, Treasurer,
S5STg4 SStEEtsa SStaS 4s$sHfSRHHhs $fSBEH4su HHHH surveyors.
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Revolution in Trade.

r ADIEs,-You can receive for the sum OF
IL ONE DOLLAR, Silk, Merino and All.
sSS;. EGSsS Dresses, EsS;,as sh9EIs % Bslmorals Linen
JOwelTy, silver Plated Ware, Sewing Mn,
chimes, 40. send clubs Of ten or more, with
ten cents fOf ouch descriptive check, aud the
Retter npof the club will receive present
worth n 10 500, according 10 number sent.
Agents wanted everywhere, Circulars
RenL free. PARKER Il Co, SUCCESSORS TO
6RAI1AM q CO., a. 4 90 Federal 81, Bosion,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-27
We Are Coming.
One Dollar Each.

INEBs Cotton Cloth, Dress Patterns, Pant
w PatteIns, sewing Machines, Watches,
Dry and Fancy Goods, de-, 4c, Send Ten
cents for Patent Pen Fountain, with Ellp de-
scfiblng an article In our one dollar sale,
Any person, (male or femRleJ can send In
club or 30 TO 200, at same rale (lO cents for
eaoli and RetR premium for no doing. SENp
IN REGISTERED LETTERS, Samples mailed
nee 10 any address,
EASTMAN d KENDALL,
IS Hanover H., BOSTON. Mas
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THIS COMPANY HAVING DEposITEo
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MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
fWest Virginia.
Capital Paid In, $500, 900.
THls RANK SUCCEEDS TO THE Buzz.
lnes OF the "MerchRnts' and Mechanlcf
Bank OF Wheellng.n It IN o dehgnnted De.
poEtoEy and Financial agent or Inc UNITED
Statee and y prepared 10 do Legitimate
Banking buRfnGR.
Rettdait-Robert Crnngle,
Dtrediors-Thomas Sweeney, L. y. Dolaplain,
Ja' Y; Aehnson, John Donlon, Jacob Berger,
DalEell. q, BRADY- CSahIeI.
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Manners 'or People ut Feeding Time
nj Social EntertainmentS.-.Th Ami.
NAL Proeiiyitiea OF Human Nature
on such Occasions.
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MerehandiEe, Misunderstanding and
DWellinE House Risks,
on The most favorable tsrmA ~ Policies
Main b., nCxt door 70 GSSeSt y NSt. bank.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-27

That never have been, nor never can:bO. beat,
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The laws that In our fathers' daya WSee ~, /.
New times demand new measures and new
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

The Supreme Court has lately rendered two de-
cisions of much importance to pardoned rebels. In
the first case, JOHN CUMMINs, Roman Catholic
priest of Missouri, was prohibited, by the courts
of that State from preaching and teaching with
out having previously taken the test oath required
by the Constitution of Missouri. The Supreme
Court decides the test oath in this case to be n-
constitutional because it partakes Of the nature Of
a punishment without trial, and is, in its nature,
&c post ,tacto The Court, therefore, reverses the
decision of the Court below, and discharges Mr..
CUMMINs, with full liberty to teach and preach, in
defiance of the Missouri test oath.
The second decision, in the case of GARLAND
and MARR, respectively from Arkansas and Lousi-
ana, involves the right Of lawyers who took part in
the rebellion to be re-admtted to practice, which
is prohibited by the United States test oath now
in force The Court decides in favor of the appli-
cants, on the following grounds: lst The statute,
orbidding their restoration to the rights of prac-
tising attorneys, is er post tacto, as it imposes
punishment for acts that were not punishable at
the time they were committed I'd. The appli-
cants obtained pardon from the President which
relieves themf the consequences of their offence,
and makes them, in the eye Of the law, what they
were before the offence was committed. The Court
decides and orders that the rule, requiring attor
neys to take the oath, must be rescinded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17

Bishop Hopkins, who has just made tour Of
the South, says he did not hear disloyal word
from white man during the whole trip. 1t
is reported that movement is organizing in Wash
ington, to run Speaker Colfax as the Republican
candidate for President at the next election with
Senator Howard for Vice President. The
soap and candy manufacturers of the North import
large quantities of Kaolin clay from Edgefeld Dis
trict s. c., for the purpose of adulterating those
articles. ''''''A little boy in Bracken county, KY,
was recently fascinated by three large black snakes
He visited their haunt every day, and when his
father killed them, pned away and died. 100000 At
stock sale in Boston, few days since, petroleum
shares which, few months since, brought $3.50 a
share, were sold at ten cents per one hundred
shares. ''''''''The manufacturing business in New
England is very dull, and the mills everywhere are
either stopping or running on short time. '''''''
The oil in full barrel of petroleum is now worth
less than the barrel containing it. Cause-over
supply. '''''''''A pew in Boston Church sold re-
Gently for $5,4OO. .''"'''John Browns squatter
cabin is going to the Paris Exposition. '''~Sand-
wich Island infants learn to swim before they can
walk. '''''"Pure salt can be shoveled up by cart
loads, in Southwestern Kansas. '''''''''A single
ounce of gunpowder, placed at an angle of forty
five degrees is capable of projecting twenty-four
pound cannon ball a distance Of three hundred
yards Iron foundries are being established in
every Alabama county .'''''''Spain has 15,O0o,OOO
inhabitants only 5000, 900 Of them can read and
write.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17

best manner, in double quick time in front of his
house, the snow falling rapidly at the time This
marriage, on horseback, is the first we ever heard
of; but presume from what we heard that the bride
and groom went their way perfectly satisfied" :"
The report of the Commissioner of the Land
Office, as the best accredited estimate, sets down
the entire population of the United States at about
100, ,OOO 600, 900, in the year 1900 This gives for
the year 1870, about A. $780, OOO and for 1865, say
IS 200, 900; the population given by the last CEN
sus being, in round numbers, 81, ,OO0 OO0. The to-
tai area including inland water surface Of the Uni-
ted States is about $3.50 900 square miles, or about
1000, ,0OO,000 of acres. Look one hundred years
ahead, and we have the astonishing figure OF more
than 1000 900, of people living on land at the
rate of an inhabitant to an acre.
"A schoolmaster, after giving one Of the schol-
ars sound drubbing for speaking bad grammar,
sent him to the other end of the room to inform
another boy that be wished to speak with him. and,
at the same time promising to repeat the dose if he
spoke to him ungrammaticaIy. The youngster,
quite satisfied with what he had got, determined to
be exact, and thus addressed his fellow pupil =
'There is common substantive, of the masculine
gender, singular number, nominative case, and in
angry mood, that sits perched upon the eminence
at the other side of the room and wishes to artcu-
late few sentences to you in the present tense.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
GEN. sCOTT'S CIRCULAR.

The circular of Gen. R. K SCOTT, addressed te
the Landlords and laborers'' of South Carolina
was published in our last issue. 1t was evidently
penned with kind feelings towards both the parties
addressed, and displays desire on the part of the
writer to do justice to the interests of both.
But there few points contained in the circular
in which we think the General misses his aim and
rather discriminates against the rights Of the plan
ter. One of these points is the definition given o1
the duties binding upon that very large class Of
freedmen who hire themselves during the year, fol-
share of the crop.
These persons he classes as ''croppers;" and he
sets forth the idea that when the crop is secured
their part of the contract fulfilled and they should
be exempted from further labor during the year.
Labor connected with the plantation, in which the
growing crop is not concerned he thinks should be
compensated for by free ratons, which he considers
fair remuneration for such contract la
bors.
Now, if this theory of settlement is to be adopt
ed, it is very doubtful whether our farmers can af
ford to make any contracts. Most of the freedmen
will not contract for any reasonable fixed wages in
money, but prefer to work for share of the crop,
and furnish themselves with provisions during the
year. Nor have they generally considered it a
hardship to 60 to MILL cut re-wood, repair fences,
clear land, &C., at those intervals when the crop
does not require their immediate attention. mas
much as all these things must be done to keep up
a well regulated farm.
But if Gen. ScoTT's idea of freedmen's duties is
correct all these necessary labors become ''extras
for which the farmer ought to pay extra wages
We are of the opinion that few farmers are either
able or willing to hire laborers on any such terms
If any could be found willing to try it, they would
probably find themselves in debt at the end Of the
year. or if not in debt their resources outside the
growing crop would prevent it.
; The theory of paying extra wages to laborers for
work necessary to keep the farm in good working
order is unjust to the farmer. 1t throws upon him
all the expense of sustaining the goose which lays
her golden eggs as much for the freedman as for
him. The plantation is the farmer capital and
if the freedman is allowed to use it in making crop,
he is, in justice, bound to aid in preserving it un
injured from the wear and tear of daily use. 9th
erwise, the use of the plantation is precisely similar
to mans using money in business without paying
interest forit
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
EDUCATIONAL

KINGS MOUNTAIN MILITARY SoHooL-Col
COWARD, the Surviving Principal of this once
fourshing and still popular Institution, is now con
ducting it in the twelfth year of its career Itwas
founded in 1855, by the lamented Gen. M. JEN
KINs and Col. COWARD, and under their judicious
management, energy and skill, soon attained to q
high rank among the educational institutions of the
State. The thoroughly practical course of study
adopted, as well as its careful discipline were cal
culated to win for it the favor of parents through
out the State.
These features the present accomplished Princi
pal still studiousy retains, and manfuy struggling
against the caamitous results the past four years
is yet at his post Of duty. The Kings Mountain
Military School is an establishment in which the
State and District may well feel an interest; anG
its perpetuation is matter Of duty, as well as o.
pride, to our people. We know of no educationa
resort for boys and young men, that we can sc
cheerfuly recommend.
The YoRKvILLE FEMALE COLLEGE resumed its
exercises for the present year, on Monday last
An accomplished corps of instructors, in all the de-
partments of learning, has been provided, and ou
streets are graced morning and afternoon, by the
faces of pretty girls, with SUN bonnet and satchel
gathering towards the College building.
Although the number of young ladies registered
thus far is not large, we hope for more eneourag
ing prospect, when the bad weather subsidies te
such an extent as to render travel endurable. We
hope for cheering support to the deserving efforts
of the principals
A number of private schools of all grades, and
for all ages, have been opened in the town, and
our educational facilities were never more ample
than now Of this class are the schools of Miss
GRIER, Mrs. NEIL, Rev. R. LATHAM, Rev, T. R.
GAINES and W. A. MOORE.
The District, elsewhere, is well supplied with ca,
pable teachers, and many of them are conducting
Aourishing Schools York is looking upward in
the way Of educational advancement. Let her take
no step backward
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17

THE FUTURE OF THE CoTroN PRoDUcT.-- The
National hateVigcncer, referring TO- the estimates
of the Commissioner of Agriculture in regard the
crop of the year just expired, says:
The future of the cotton product is now an in
financial and commercial future The prospect for
the next season is very bad as we learn from Varl-
GUS sources. Neither capital nor labor from the
Northern States or Europe is flowing into the cot-
ton region, but considerable portion Of that which
was employed in the production Of cotton in 1866
will be withdrawn. The political and financial
policy of Congress is hostile in every way to the
cotton product. Congress will reject any scheme
for more equitable distribution OF national bank
tax as means of encouraging the wool growers OF
Vermont and Ohio. They agitate, alarm and IN
censc the public mind of the cotton-growlng com
muntes by arbitrary acts tending to the destruction
of confidence in the security of property and in
dustry'
The Columbus, Mississippi, Sentinel, of the25thl
ultmo says that if the radical policy, as indicated
at Washington succeeds, it will put an end to the
production of the great Southern staples cotton,
sugar and rice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
ENTERPRISE.

1t is always matter of pleasure, to be able to
chronicle the evidences of enterprise in our midst
The problem of regaining the prosperity Of other
days is to be solved, in the simplest way by energy
well directed, and enterprise in business of what
soever kind.
These remarks introduce our approval of the
spirit Of one of our fellow toWnsmen, Nh. j. HERN
DON, who, with the spirit Of true hero, has gone
to work in the right way Within the past few
months, he has brought nearly to completion, fine
Touring and grist mill, conveniently located, and
embracing all the modern improvements in mechan-
ical skill. We learn that within short time, this
work will be completed, and along desired convent
ence be afforded this town and the surrounding
community Our people should take encourage
ment from such examples, and afford us others of
the same character, to spread abroad. All hail to
the pioneers in this mode of practical and paying
reconstruction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
THE IMPEACHMENT,

The idea seems to prevail throughout our ex-
changes, that the Radical party does not intend
really to impeach Mr. JOHNSON. One cores
pondent intimates that the whole proceedings of
Congress, relative to the matter, were intended
merely as a trick to raise the price Of gold in New
York. As gold went up three per cent, as soon
as it was known there that impeaching resolutions
had been introduced into Congress, this supposi-
ton may be correct Other correspondents attrib-
ute these demonstrations to desire for notiriety
on the part of certain members, who have failed to
discover any other way Of becoming famous
while not few charge them entirely to ''bun-
oombe" 1t is generally asserted by those who
are near the scene Of action, that none Of the I'M
peachment projects will. ever come to light again,
after they have once reached the Committee room
to which they are consigned by Congress.
The ground for this contempt of Congressional
threats appears to be the entire absence of anything
like proof to fasten upon President JOHNSON the
commission of crime, in legal sense. 1t is an
easy matter for Representatives to declaim by the
hour upon the derelictions of the President, and
even to compose vague resolutions Of censure, for
the manner in which he has discharged the duties
of his office But when it becomes their task to
specify particular instances of treason, maladmin-
istration, &c. and to bring forward direct evidence
of their charges, the loudest Of his denouncers
shrink from the effort and take refuge in renewed
howls of impotent calumniation.
The truth is, Mr.. JoHNsoNs chief offence con-
sists in vetoing Radical measures for enriching
themselves and impoverishing the already plunder-
ed South. And until it becomes crime, in the
eyes of the law, to oppose such schemes, they had
better let impeachment alune. Tile powder cull-
taned in their cartridges is not strong enough to
reach the mark, and they will only burn their fin
gers to no purpose by using it.
Three sets Of these impeaching resolutions have
been introduced into Congress- all of them were
referred to the Judiciary Committee, which is not
instructed, but authorized to investigate the sub
ect. Their word authorized used in referring
them, gives the Committee power to drop the
whole thing, if they wish to do so. Mr.. ASHLEY,
who had the honor (?) of fathering the first i'm
peachment resolutions, is not regarded even by his
friends, as Solomon Nor is his character as pure
as might be expected of man who sets up to be a
rebuker of corruption in high places, as he was
himself charged with corruption in office, while a
member of the Committee of Territories, a few
wears ago
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
MERE.MENTION.

The ENQUIRER, at three dollars and fifty cents a
year, in currency, is cheaper than anything else
If you would escape being troubled by borrowers,
get all your neighbors to take it little boy,
five or six years of age, son Of Mr.. DANIEL f.
KELLY, of Columbia, fell into well in that city,
recently, without receiving any material injury.
..."Col TowNEs, member of the Legislature
from GreenviIe, says in the Enterprise, that the
Act passed at the recent session, to alter the law in
relation to fences does not apply to the State, gen.
orally, but in certain localities in the low country
'..'...If Colts pistol has six barrels, how many
barrels ought horse pistol to ve?'''''''It is
stated that rubbing with Kerosene oil will cure
rheumatism '''''''''The railroads of this country
employ two hundred thousand men, and at least a
million of men, women and children depend for
their support upon the railroad interest '''''''The
price of paper has doubled in the past four years.
'.''.'"rJudge MEREDITH, at Richmond, has de-
clared the Virginia "Stay-Law" unconstitutional.
''''''''.A Boston paper in 1910, Dragged in large
capitals, over French news ffty-two days old. Now
we get it in ffty-two minutes. '''"'''The popula-
ton of Ohio is about 100000. The wealth Of
the State per head is about $780, 50 500 per fam
lily. The State tax for 1866 was over five dollars
to every man, woman and child, or an average Of
twenty-five dollars. ''''''''Why is playing chess a
more exemplary occupation than playing cards? p
Because you play at chess with two bishops, and
at cards with four knaves '...''...''The Laughing
Hyena" is the pleasing title of new paper recent
ly started in Texas. ''''''About thirty gentlemen
were recently fined 81 each by the Mayor of Lynch
burg, Va, for snowbalng in the streets on Sunday.
'''..''.A poor little girl in the fourth Ward, New
York, as she was dying, said ''she was glad she
was going to die, because now her brothers and
sisters would have enough to eat !'''''''''A lady
recently advertised for work as follows "A young
widow lady wishes to ''superintend widower S
household, and would not object to the supervision
of child. '.'.."'Governor ORR disappointed Maj.
n. O. P. VERNON, Judge of the District Court
for Spartanburg. ''''''''Some one asks an Eastern
paper if Government Pap" is anotherexpression
for ''the Father of our Country"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
BANKRUPT LAW.

We see it stated, in a Washington letter, that
the Senate will probably pass, during the present
session, the general bankrupt bill passed by the
House towards the close of the last session. This
bill was postponed by the Senate, for want of time,
owing to the press of other business. 1t is to be
hoped they soon find time forthe consideration Of
this important matter The people of this section
at least can very we'll afford to wait to be recon-
structed, if Congress will only relieve them from
the pecuniary embarrassments caused by the war.
Of all the measures yet proposed in Congress,
for the amelioration of the state Of the country,
this is the only one which embodies any real ad-
vantage to the South, and we hope it will become
a law.