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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-06
o,,.r,.r Election in aCIarks.
burg.
,,.udsOmc Democratic Vic
tory. t.-,r' ~.
, Radical Stronghold Cap
ture0.

4 Clarksbug correspondent informs
-. that ut the tOwu election held
n CIarksburg on Monday the entire
straight Democratic ticket was elected
hr maiorities ranging from five to
.Lirtv A full vote was polled. This is
The first time in the history of the town,
.hot such a result has occurred. Here
,ofore Clarksburg has been regarded as
one of the Radical stronghelds. We
attribute this victory greatly to the
Dsmocratic organizations in that town,
and the vigorous work done by them,
thanking our Clarksburg friends for
this gratifying triumph, we commend
their example to the Democrats of other
localities. -
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Nelson and Butler

Mr.. Nelson certainly made an expla-
nation on Thursday; that is to say, he
made his meaning clear beyond all
doubt. He had said on Tuesday: $50
far as any question that the gentleman
desires to make of a personal character
with me is concerned, this is not the
place to make it. Let him make it
elsewhere, if he desires to do it," Mr..
Sumner offered a formal resolution to
censure this language as apparently
intended to provoke q duel" When
the resolution came up before the Sen
ate, Mr.. Anthony rose and addressed
this question to Mr.. Nelson: 81 would
ask him if in the remarks quoted in the
resolution it was his intention to chal-
lenge the honorable Manager to mortal
combat" Laughter -.-..
To this, Nelson's reply was as bold and
explicit as words could make it.
Mr.. Nelson-Mr. Chief Justice, it is a
very difficult question for me to answer.
During the recess of the Senate, the
honorable gentleman remarked to me
that he was going to say something on
the subject of Alta Vcla, and desired me
to remain. He then directed his re-
marks to the Senate. regarded them
rs charging me with dishonorable con.
duct before the Senate, and in the heat
of the discussion, / made use of Ian
guage which was intended to signify
that hurled back the gentleman's
charge upon him, and that would an.
swer the charge in any way that he
decided to call me to account for it. i
cannot say that / had a duel in my
mind; 1 am not duelist by profession.
Nevertheless, nay idea was that l would
answer the gentleman in any way that
he chose. did not intend to claim any
exemption on account of age, or any.
thing else.
After this, the Senate laid Mr.. Sum.
ner's resolution on the table by the
large vote of 80 to 10! General Butler
had not word to say; and we are far
from joining in the ridicule cast upon
him by his friends and party for his
reticence. Forney's Press thus jeers at
his want of pluck in the matter:
Among the jeu fSsprits of the day, is
story that Judge Nelson and General
Butler fought a duel at the Congress
'sional graveyard; that Nelson was Shot
through the brains; that Butler was
shst through the heart, and that both
of them walked back to the Capitol un-
injured.
Anybody who has read of the duels
aud street fights of Geueral Jackson, in
Tennessee, which his biographer Parton
has, not long since, revived, will know
that the fashions of that region are not
those of Boston or Philadelphia. We
would never expect General Butler to
take part in such encounters. He
will in due time, dig q canal, or send a
powder ship against Mr.. Nelson, in a
fguratiye way, we wean. We do not
doubt, he is manufacturing something
perhaps the facts of the Alta Vela cor.
respondence, confirmed by his own oath!
-Ase.
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The Dabuque Times tells q story of
sharp practice. A man who had pre-
viously borrowed one hundred dollars
of B, which remained unpaid, went to
B and remarked he was owing him, and
added; Snow if you viii loan me one
hundred dollars more viii sqnare up
in six or eight weeks" Accordingly B
let him have the second hundred, and
he went and took the benefit of the
bankrupt act, using the one hundred
dollars for that purpose. When the
affair was fixed according to law" he
wrote to B that he had taken the ben
eft of the act, and therefore the mat
ter Of the two hundred dollars was set
tied, aspromised. l.rI IIEti-,'
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The Meeting Last Night.
IMMENSE CROWD.
tremendous Enthusiasm.
Magnificent Address.
A Glorious Occasion.

The meeting at the Court House last
night was immense. The Hall was
deusely pack cd, every available space
being occupied and crowded. Naas'
Brass Band was in attendance, and en-
Iyened the early part Of the evening
with fine music. ..
The meeting was organized by the
appointment of J. w. PARKER, Esq,
70 the Chair. Mr.. PARKER briefly ex-
pressed his acknowledgements and in
trodnced the orator of the evening,
Hon. HENRY CLAY DEAN, of Iowa. OF
bis magnificent speech we are unable at
this late hour to present even a meagre
synopsis. 1t was thorough, exhaus-
tive ana powerful discussion of the
issues of the day in all their bearings,
always entertaining and frequently
rising 10 the loftiest eloquenee. Some
of the passages, especially the vindica-
tiou of the Irish race against the calum-
MES that place them below the negro,
and the peroration upon the record of
the Democratic party in the building up
of our nation, were grand beyond dis
criptiOn.
The Acknowledgement system of West
Virginia received particular attention.
The manner of this acknowledgements
without trial, evidence or offence-and
its effects upon the general interests OF
the State, were presented with tremen-
dous effect. The speaker was cheered
at every part of his address, and the
applause at several points equalled any
demonstration We ever witnessed in the
building.
For holding az audience fixed and at
teutive during the delivery of lengthy
speech, Mr.. DEANS power is certainly
remarkable. This power was clearly
shown last evening, the attendance
being fully az large at the close as at
the commencement. Many persons
even expressed disappointment that the
speaker concluded 30 soon. Taken alto
gether, for numbers, enthusiasm, at.
tentioD aad discourse, the meeting
last night has seldom been surpassed
Its effect was splendid, and the spirit
it has aroused among our Democratic
frieuds, as well as the influence of the
argument upon thinking Republicans
cannot fail to produce the happiest re-
suits.
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Letters from the People.
FROM MARSHALL COUNTY
FRANKLIN TP., MARSHALL Co, !
w. Va Nav 2. 1865.

FRANKLIN TP., MARSHALL Co,
w. Va, May :, 1865. I
Editor of the Register:
take the lazy goosequill from behind
my ear in order to relate few things
for your paper, Among which j would
state that the weather has become beau
tiful, warm, and vegetating. The pros
pect for wheat is good, as is also the
prospect for fruit. Now is the time for
fishing, and our streams are gloriOusly
full of all kinds of fish with the excep-
ton of "FIotcheS" aud whales. Our
woodlands abound with plenty of game,
"sich" as rabbits, squirrels, ground
squirrels, woodmice, and 'possums; but
owing to the severity of the winter, the
elephants and Rhi-noc -er-hosses have
gone to the land of "Congs."
Old Franklin township as usual is
Democratic, notwithstanding the mighty
efforts of certain "critter" who talks
about the disloyalty of the Cooper
head" party.
"Jimses" Burly made a speech at the
Fairview school house on Saturday, the
25th nit, birdseye view of which | will
give you. He told the people in his
"speech" that the Democrats were "Or-
full" dishonest, and dislOyal, and there
was great danger of Pendleton or some
other man being being elected President
in room of "Gineral" Grant. He said
the Constitution of the United States
was a very bad thing, for il would al
low even the Democrats to vote. He
gave Andy johnson hail Columbia for
being traitor to his party by uphold
ing the Constitution of the United
States. In fine he made one Of the most
Radical speeches l ever heard. 1t was
not only Radical but it was mean and
vulgar. "Jimses" Burly can't make q
speech,-he is too ugly and mean look
ing. AS "Brick" Pomeroy would say he
is nothing but "nasty blackguard." II
the Radicals want to "Congoise"
Franklin township, they will have to
send better man than old Jim Burly.
The excitement on the Impeachment
is pretty near gone up the spout down
here, and the people are going TO plant
corn. If the Radicals will not feed
their own calf, it is not worth while for
the Democrats to get alarmed about it.
We will 60 to work and elect Presi.
dent of our own, then we will see II
such people as that old thief Ben. But
Ter, or Thad. Stevens can prefer artl-
cles of impeachment against him or
not. ... .--.|r
Radicalism some how or other cannot
prosper in Franklin township. 1t is
true we have few parasites and toad
eaters here, but they are like "angel
visits, few and far between"
BEN BOLT, Jr.
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Trouble in the Camp.

1t seems that the REGISTER is not
alone in the opinion that the "ring" OF
Republican politicians in this city has
been attempting to use the soldiers for
voting purposes. We publish elsewhere
the card of the Republican Executive
Committee for Ritchie county, in re-
sponse to the recent attack of the In
telligeHcer upon General T. NJ. HARRIS.
From that card it appears very clearly
that the Radical Leaders of this city,
have long looked upon the soldiers as
their willing servants, ready to dis
charge the most Tenial of duties for
the most Insignificant rewards.
The Ritchie Press pays some attention
to the same case in it's editorial col.
emns. We quote
II would be very unreasonable then,
IN the MteiGgsRcey's opinion, even should
this be the proper time," to honor
General Harris with o seat in Congress.
lcs, or any other soldier, They will do
TO light the battles of the country, can
vaSs the State on all important issues,
to urge men to duty, or anything else
they have mind to do voluntarily,
without any compensa tioD, or even a
word Of approval from the would be or
gan Of the Union Republican party; but
when they are mentioned in connection
with some "fat take" from the Govern
nent crib, that organ is no, longer ST.
lent; it suddenly discovers that they
are not of respectable abilities" or
reasonable fitness for the place"
1t was owing to the bravery and suf-
lerings of such soldiers, during the war,
as Generals Harris, Northcott, Duval
and others, and their gallant commsnds
that West Virginia was not taken pos
session of by rebels, the material of the
iRtslligeHeey pitched into the Ohio river,
and its editors hustled, of to Libby
Prison, or Castle Thunder. In grateful
remembrance Of those brave defenders,
II IS now "honoring" them with such
stlf as the above.
The IRtelliceRcer talks about respect
able abilities" and Fitness for place"
Bah, it should leave such criticism to
done, or what isit doingf It has been
published in the city ofWheeling for a
dozen years or more, and at ditferept
times during the war, was the only pa
per in Ohio county, the REGISTER hav.
ieg been suspended either Oh account OF
aisloyal sentiments or for want of sup
port; yet with all the IatelHgeRoe,'s ad-
Vantages and abilities" Ohio county
stiil continues to give large Democratic
majOrities. Has the Intelligencsr "tit'
ness fer tse'placep it occupiesi
In this lovely quarrel, the public will
doubtless take q deep interest. If it
shall result in breaking mp the combi-
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H L NJ O " AL.
W. ). coTTs q CO.,
WHOLESALE GROGERs,

Flour, Baeon and Produce,
HAVE ARM0sER To No. %
ooeuPsed By Crsngie, DalzelI & CO,--ehere ne
are reeelyipg new and e0HPieta stock q al
geo4s usually kept In our line OF bnsine1..
ghich We 0hsr 70 the trade ou ths most fsEorA,
BE terms tRrlSlm
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FROM PRESTON COUNTY.

Editor Of the Register: %
Three years have passed away since
the surrender of the last army of the
Coufederates brought gladnsss and hope
to the hearts of our people. 1t has been
our custom to call ours free and hap
py and prosperous people, but NO peo-
pie can be properly called free or pros
porous whatever may be the
form of government, whose daily
earnings are wrung from them by a
tax gatherer to feed horde of hungry
vultGros who are preying upon them.
But there is no hope now save in the
speedy downfall of the Radical party.
The people are aroused at last. Even
men who have been taught from their
infancy that no other party but the Re-
publican party were right, are bidding
farewell to the few who are mourning
over a lost cause. The bright angel of
hope is spreading her wings once mere
over our beloved land. The dark cloud
that has so long hung like a pail over
our country already shows silver lin
ing. The destructives and malignants
are dying out in their strongholds.
They will soon 30 driven in disgrace
and isnominy from among us. The
principles of economy and justice will
once mere take charge of the admins
tration of our government. Prosperity,
liberty and hope will sooa return to
gladden. the hearts of our overburdened
people. In regard to keeping the ne
gro among Us by forcibie detention
for whore no facilities are offered for
his going he is in a measure forced to
remsinewe may say that such, course
tends to the loss Of our national char
aeter. Our institutions we're not devils
ed for Africans. five admit other races
int the national partnership with US
we may expect to adapt our institutions
TO them, SoLDIEc bof' f.
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BANKS.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

Designated Depository u. 3.
Capital, S2OO,OOO.
Surplus, 4o,OOO.
MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT.
Nl Exchange bought and sold:
Collections made and proceeds promptly re-
mitted. n
Interest paid on special deposits at the rate
of four per cent per annum where the deposit
remains six months, and ire per cent if for one
year.
Accounts of Merchants, Manufacturers, Bank
ers and others solicited.
Revenue Stamps for sale in sums to suit.
A constant supply of new Fractional Curren-
cy, and l, ., and cent coin, kept for the ac-
comRodation of depositOrs and the public.
GEORGE ADAMS, Cashier.
GEORGE K. WHEAT, President.
marl3ly
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Near Weodville, Ballard county, KY,
. few days ago, Dick McCord a young
man, lost his life under peculiar circum-
stances. In harnessing q mule, while
putting on the collar, the animal start
ed, and threw its halter over the young
mans neck in the shape of n moose.
Thus canght, he gave o call fer help,
which was nnheeaed at the time. his
knife was found on the floor beside his
dead body, and it is plain he tried to
sever the rope, but strangulation an
ticipated his effort,
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National Insurance Company
WHEELING, WEST VA.
CAPITA L..---.- ----SSOO,OOO.
flee, 26 Monroe street, next door to First Ma
tiOAal Bank.
OFFICERS
GEORGE X. WHEAT, President
JAMES McCLUNEY, Vice President
JOHN BISHOP Secretary
e. II. COLLIER. Assistant Secretary and Gen.
erll Business Agent.
DIRECTORS:
John E. Wilson, George X. Wheat.
Jas. c. Orr, SAM Harper,
John A. Armstrong. James McCluney,
A. c. Quarter. Morgan l. Ott,
George Adams
REFERENCES.
s. Brady, Cashier Merchants National Bank,
Wheeling: List, Morrison Co., Wholesale
Grocers, Wheeling; Pryor, Handlal & Co.,
Wholesale GrOeers, Wheeling; Michael Reilly,
Wholesale Grocer, Wheeling; Mcclellan Il
Knox Boot and Shoe House, Wheeling; McCabe,
Kraft & Co.. Druggists, Wheeling; Geo. w.
Franzheim &Co., Wholesale Wines sand Liquors,
Wheeling; Winship Woods & Co., Qucensware,
Wheeling; Lewis Baker. Pub. REGISTER, Wheel.
ing; L. C.McAfee, Notisns, Wheeling; Camp
bell, Frew & Co, Pubs. IRtslligencer Wheeling;
OFT, Son g. Co.. Hardware, Wheeling j. T..
Sands. Cashier First National Bank FairmOnt;
K =. Camden, Pres't Nat. 'EK. Bank, Weston,
w. Va, Capt. John Mcclure, Jr., Wheeling
may3
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Or BAGS PRpR QUALIFY JUST RE-
az oeiTed aud iOE sale By
mar20 II. REILLY.
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d. IL
LOUIS c. STIREL,
fTIHTs COMPANY NOW HAVING
i been organized five years, and in that time
done a successful business, il still prepared TO
take risks at fair rates on Buildings of all kinds
Merchandise, Manufacturing Establishments
Furniture Steamboats, and cargoes on the West
ern Rivers and Lakes This company offers
superior inducements to Farmers, whereby they
can be insured on Dwellings, Furniture, Barns,
and contents, for three or five years at reduced
rates. This being State company, with the
H. Largest Cash Capital
paid in and surplus of any company in the State,
and composed of some ninety-four stockholders,
most of whom are among our best business men,
recommends itself TO the favorable considera-
tion of the insuring public, and solicts their
patronage Applications for insurance will be
promptly attended to at their Office, No. %
Monroe street, or at their several agencies
throughout the State.
n. c. ARTHUR, Secretary.
SAML MCCLELLAN, President.
GEO. MENDEL, Vice President.
e. NJ. C0EN, Asst Secretary.
feb2O.dGw ~.r
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-29

WEAKNESS that were allotted them, and arc
at rest; for nine score years the summers
have come and gone, and the autumn
leaves have fallen, since the roses faded
out Of their cheeks and they laid them to
sleep with the dead"
The seven young men went and turned
them away from their homes, and the
strangers shut the doors upon them
The wanderers marvelled greatly, and
looked into the faces of all they met, as
hoping to find one that they knew; but
all were strange, and passed them by and
spake no friendly word. They were sore
distressed and sad. Presently they spake
unto citizen and said, "Who is King of
Ephesus?' And the citizen answered and
said, "Whence come ye that ye know not
that great Laertius reigns in Ephesus 2"
They looked one at the other, greatly per-
picked, and presently asked again, "Where
then, is the good King Maximillianus p
The citizen moved him apart, as one who
is afraid, and said, "Verily these men be
mad, and dream in dreams, else would
they know that the king whereof they
speak is dead above two hundred years
agone."
Then the scales fell from the eyes of the
seven, and one said "Alas that we drank
of the curious liquors. They have made
us weary, and in dreamless sleep these two
long centuries have we lain. Our homes
are desolate. our friends are dead. Be-
hold, the jig is up-let us ante up and
pass the buck" And the same day they
went and laid them down and died.
Such is the story of the Seven Sleepers,
with slight variations,) and know it is
true, because have seen the cave my
self.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-29
E uroDean Blood 4.

European Blood.
If the following curious relation is true
we would not care much about tracing our
origin to the crown stock of Europe. The
Countess of Danner was more fortunate
in her aspirings than many of the victims
of royol RIGHTEOUSNESS in England and
France have been:
A great sensation has been created in
Denmark by the scandalous particulars
recently published about the antecedents
Of the notorious Countess Danner, the
widow of the late King Frederick VII
1t appears from these details that the
Countess Danner was the issue of an
incestuous union, her parents being BROTH
er and sister. She is native of Rhenish,
Prussia, and. as young girl, was distin-
guished alike for her surprising beauty
and somewhat dissolute life. After Civ
birth to an illegitimate child, she married
a tavern keeper at Muhlheim, near Co.
logne, on the Rhine, and her beauty soon
attracted large numbers of travellers to
her husbands hotel, which was generally
known as the Hotel of the beautiful
lady" One day Danish artist, from
Copenhagen, stopped there, and was so
smitten with her charms that he laid seige
to her heart and prevailed upon her to
elope with him to Denmark. At Copen-
hagen, Crown Prince Frederick saw and
loved her, but she turned deaf ear to
his application until he heroically prom
ised to marry her. He did so in 1850,
three years after he ascended the throne.
1t is believed she was never divorced from
her husband, the Mulheim tavern keeper.
King Frederick VII was so exceedin gly
fond of her that he oftentimes declared he
would abdicate his crown rather than give
her up.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-29

The Chicago Tribune says that General
Sheridan kissed five hundred girls the 9TH
er day, in the public schools of that city.
The next day he was invited to visit the
colored schools, but he declined to kiss the
negro girls, thereby making an invidious
distinction on account Of color. Sheridan
is no moro available in faot he has de-
MED the faith and deserted the party .-Ex.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-29

A rural journal has letter describing
Dickens readings, in which this remark
able comparison occurs: "Mr. Dickens has
heavy gray mustachs and goatee the lat
ter spreading out like broom, which,
when he speaks, has that rapid motion
peculiar to he goat when nibbling
straw This simile is more correct than
elegant.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-29

The Pocket Pistol.
90 A friend hands this to US with the sug.
gestion that Joe B., of Lansing, Iowa,
would fill the bill:
j. - is the well-known and popular
landlord of the Lansing House, at Lansing,
and one of the first settlers there. A long
time ago, when the country was an almost
unbroken wilderness, J. - lived in q
little log house and entertained travellers
who visited the newly located capital
Late one evening N. Y. merchant arrived
at mine hosts, desiring lodging and
conveyance to his journeys end, some IA
miles below. He was one Of those green,
suspicious men, who, having heard terrible
stories of western ferocity, imagine every
person they see a robber. j. tried to cali
him out in conversation, but failed. His
attempt only made the traveller uneasy and
suspicious; and, when he ratired for the
night, he was heard to bar his door with
wash-stand, and otherwise provide for his
personal safety. In the morning j. got
out his horse and buggy; and having
replenished big bottle and placed it safely
in his bosom, he announced his readiness
to proceed with his guest. They travelled
seveled miles in sort OF moody
silence, the traveller evidently uneasy about
something, and not at all disposed to crowd
his companion out of his fair share of the
seat-but quite the reverse. Finally they
descended into deep and gloomy ravine,
through which flowed a small stream. j.
here broke the silence by putting his hand
into his bosom and saying, in deep, graif
voice" Stranger!
The man nearly leaped from the buggy,
and turned exceedingly pale.
Stranger! repeated j. very
solemnly, bringing the horse to stop,
and facing his com panion, "rve got q
pocket pistol with me, and little will do
you good this morningl"
The stranger leaped to his feet in
twinkling.
:" So have Live got one tooi" he
cried and he whipped out a brass barrel
ed pistol, and stuck the muzzle within six
inches of J.'s face. j. was naturally
startled, but noticing that the New Yorker
had forgotten to cock his weapon he faced
him with loud pop, Immediately under
the nose of the frightened traveller. The
man almost tainted with terror; but slowly
recognising the nature of his supposed
enemy's weapon, returned his to its place,
and remarked, with crest-fallen air, that
he believed he Uas "a little dry"
j. promised, ON payment of an x, never
to divulge, but somehow the joke leaked