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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

The Cheyenne papers of the ODD give
the particulars of the hanging of Charles
Martin and John Morgan, in that place,
week ago, by vigilance committee.
Martin had been acquitted by the court,
day or two previously, of the charge
of numbering Andy Harris, the defense
being that Harris had first draws his
revolver. All that is known of the
execution is that Martin was called out
of dance-house on the night in ques-
tion, seized at the door and hurried
down the street by q gang of about
twenty men. In the morning his body
was found hanging to a temporary
framework on one of the streets; and
at the same time the body of Morgan
was found suspended from a similar
structure, in another place. 1t is sup
posed he was hanged for horse-stealing, g,
but the circumstances Of the lynchiRg
are only known to the parties concerned
in it.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
lt'heeling gssister.
.u-.day Msrning,..... April ..
.r,.,,,sr aud roledo RaiIroad,

". have referred, repeatedly, to the
,.sd establishment of direct rail-
P'.s communication between this city
" ToIedo. Nothing short Of the ac-
~ -, importance Of thissubject weuld in
1nce an additional reference.
!, ! settled that the people of con-
mans Ohio counties have determined
I'm bavinga n direct connection with
~. .eaboard. Philadelphia and Balti,
~. are the points ut which they aim.
-, first choice is Baltimore. This
,,.rion will require the completion of
-, ,-oposed road from Toledo TO Wheel
Is that road of sufficient import
-, 20 our local interests to justify
,.ci,l effort on the part of Wheeling
..cor. its completion If it
then our people should
,o.liatrly examine the subject, with
,,rw to aiding tue project in sub
.,,p,ial manner. Ifa depot at Wheel
.u, fed hy road terminating ut Tole-
T., ,r,miscs benefit to this city, over
l,b,ye its cost, then it is worth our
.tH. "a consider the enterprise
.no, nroposes to connect this city
9TH Toledo by rail. If the advan-
.,,s. to be reaped by Wheeling
,rr insignificant, then let us de-
.,srr that we will have neither lot nor
mart in the enterprise.
The possibility that some other city
,r market. may derive from this pro-
n,,rd road the profits and advantages
n,w promised to Wheeling, justifes a
calm consideration of the question. If
+, is proper to aid the road
rpop the condition that Wheeling is to
,s a terminus, let us aid it. If it is not
=, he rnr advantage, let us say so.
The Committee appointed by the late
Railroad Convention in this city to as
certain the sentiment OF our people in
relation To the projected enterprise will
meet Oh Saturday. If we have any in
,rrr,ts that are involved in the project,
stu, look after them. If we have not,
Re, o., 50 declare. Either way, an ex-
prg,,lon OF sentiment would not be in
appropriate, for the people along the
r,ntr await our action.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
Grautnud the Jews

The blew struck by General Grant at
the Hebrews of the United States, dur
ing the war, by his order, attempting to
degrade them, is now being considered
by that people all over the country
We find in the Cincinnati Israelite the
following resolution of the Meadville
(Pa.) Hebrew Society, passed recently.
1t says:
Resolred, That we, the members of the
Meadville Hebrew Society, fully indorse
and approve of the editorial in the Is
rGelite of February %, concerning the
infamous order, No. IL, of General Grant
whilst in command of the Department
of Tennessee, and that we pledge our
selves not to to vote for General Grant
for President of the United States,
should he secure the nomination Of Ell
ther party and We will use all honorable
means to defeat him for that high and
distinguished Office.
SAMUEL MAYER, Secretary.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
Matters in the south.
-. .,t. MI. 1

A man who reads the Southern cores
pendence of reliable Jacobin newspa-
pers-all Jacobin newspapers are relia-
ble-must be amazed and grieved at the
condition of affairs in the ten terrific
ries lying south of Mason and Dixon's
line.
One of the first things which will
strike the attentive reader of this sort
of correspondence is the astounding ig-
norance Of the native white. and the
a.ga s=-d~nss and intelligence OF
the coIrre,. .eupIC. lie white man is a
low, beSOttod individual, who neither
reads nor writes. The negre is tenn
perate, intelligent christian, who alter
mates, in his leisure hours, between pc
rusing the constitution and Baxter's
Saints Rest, and attending assemblages
for prayer. The wife of the white man
is a poor, sickly creature, who chews
snutfy sticks, and occupies herself with
arranging her bVouterie, which consists
of shin-bones and skull pieces taken
from the bodies of Yankee invaders.
Nor is this all the difference between
those two classes. The white is an
idle, disloyal vagabond. The African
is an industrious and cminently loyal
institution. While the latter cultivates
his piety and his strip of ground, and
reflects upon the beauty OF a constitu.
tional government, the former, in an
immense slouch hat, is always found at
the corner grocery, drinking poor whis.
ky, cutting plug-tobacco with formid.
able bowie-knife, and, when opportu,
nifty offers, shooting at, or down, some
pious "nigger" who may happen to ven.
ture within range of his pistol.
Politically, the white man has ouly
the most intense hatred for the benign
Government, and for the protecting
folds of the star-spanglsd banner. Th.
good negro loves that Government and
that flag, and he is ready, at any no
ment, to vote for the one and die fol
the other. No white man whom the
Southern correspondent ever meets, i,
resigned to the fatherly domination es
tablished by philantropic Jacobinism
When he is not slooting or hanging q
"nigger," he is cursing the Government
or organizing a new insurrection. But
the vigilent African, founded irremova
bly, in his loyalty, is ever heaping beni.
sons upon the Government, and giving
his shrewdest abilities to discovering
and frustrating the Vaccinations of the
disloyal whites.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
A Senatorial Demand for Scalp.

"Mack," of the Cincinnati Commercial,
has An audacious way of sketching the
peculiarities of congressman, which has
sometimes brought him trouble, al
though he has generally get the best of
the controversy. In q late letter from
Washington he describes Western
Senator of more physical energy and
neral earnestness than intellectual
power. He says: 81 heard him make a
speech last summer on the Indian diff
culties. Mr.. President, said he doubling
himself as if for leap toward that
functionary, and then every inch ofhim
but the feet springing at the chair, Mr..
President, Pll tell you how I'd settle
these difficulties. I'd offer, sir, pre-
MUM for savage Indian scalps; yes, sir,
a premium for savage-IDdian-scalps.'
He went on in this strain for about half
an hour, literally throwing himself in
to the subject, to the mingled amaze
ment and amuZement of the Senate.
Finally he sat down in perfect per-
spiration, as nearly exhausted as If he
had been running a four-mile foot race
on that hot July afternoon
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
A Parisian Story

Oh, the meanness of men and the fol-
ly of husbands! Here is a Partisan
story to show how poorly man comes
off in any contest with womankind.
The other day Partisan and his wife
went to Brussels. The first thought of
the lady was naturally to visit all the
shops, and especially those renowned
for lace. She met with some marvellous
bargains, as a matter of course, gave a
glowing account of them 10 her hus-
band, and proposed to take quantity
of the lace home with her, sniug-
gled under her dress. The hus.
band, like a husband, resisted. 1t
would be incurring too great risk, he
said, vehemently; the lace would be
found and contiscated; he would not con-
sent to the arrangement. The lady
agreed that she should, like good wife,
go without the lace. And so the pair
started for Paris, Monsieur we'll pleased
that he had avoided this new eXtrava-
gance. At the frontier they were met
as usual with the demand, Anything
to declares" They said mo" 1t was
enough, and they were allowed 10 pass
without further trouble. Now here be-
gins to show itself the folly of men.
The lady gave her husband look, and
the husband began to foresee the
bitter reproaches of his tender
spouse. 1t was evident that she might
have passed the lace without danger.
She would certainly take her vengeance
for the loss of her coveted prize in a
good lecture. To avoid this horror, it
became necessary to convince the wife
that there really was danger. She
must be searched. Monsieur whispers
to one of the Custsms' officers that he
imagines the lady at his side has some
lace hidden about her person. She was
Immediately taken aside, and in few
minutes the officer returned, his face
beaming with satisfaction, to inform
the gentlemen, with prefusion, of
thanks, that his supposition was well
founded. The lady had at least 10000
francs worth of lace hidden among the
folds of her dress.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

0ac of the audience assembled to
hear the arguments before an important
committee of the Assembly at Albany,
N. Y, last week, said that the members
of the committee looked as though they
had a bias in their minds. at all de-
pends," answered another, "whother
you spell it bias or Juyus.'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

1t is stated as the result of careful ex-
psriments for six years at Greenwich
Observatory, that rain is more frequent
between noon and midnight than be-
tween midnight and noon. The small
es5 rainfalls take place in the morning,
as the sun is going up; the greatest in
the afternoon, as the sun is setting.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

A terrible catastrophe on the New
York and New Haven Railroad was pre-
vented few days since by the prudence
of the conductor. A dense fog hid the
signal at the Coscob draw-bridge, so
that the conductor could not see it. He
stopped his train Just before reaching
the bridge, and running on foot, found
the draw open. A little forethought
prevented repetition of the Norwalk
tragedy.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

GOVERNOR FENTON's military family
in time of peace costs the taxpayers OF
the State four hundred aud forty-fve
thousand dollars year. This enormous
aggregate is the sum of salaries paid to
party pets for filling offices most OF
which are sinecures. Thus it requires,
according to Fenton, chief of bureau,
an assistant chief, seven clerks, two
copyistS, and n iauitor to take care of q
few tattered flags and old shot and
shell which are kept as mementoes
of the war; and this museum, which
any one of Barnum's late door-keep-
ers would take charge of for 5000 a
year, is dignitied a." "The Bureau of Mill.
tary Statistics" and is made to furnish
fat places for "lOil" members ofthe Gov
crnor's military family. The Soldiers
Home at Albany has two superintend-
ents in charge, affording two places
where one would be sufficient, and in
the list of seventy officials connected
with this establishment there are tour
librarians and twenty laundresses. We
have no means of knowing how many
soldiers there are in this institution,
but if the "officers" are in proportion,
the rank and file must number
about three thousand. The Adjutant-
General requires four assistant adju'
tant-generals, at large salaries, twenty
three clerks, and q large number OF
messengers and copyists. And so in
the pector-General's office, and in
the Commissary and Quartermaster's
departments, we'll paid officials, formi-
dable enough in numbers for the War
Department at Washington are made
leeches upon the State Treasury and
the pockets of tax-payers.-Horld.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

An English gentleman, it is reported
lately called at one of the Paris post
Offices to inquire how much it would
cost to send himself home to England
by mail. He was weighed, and, after a
little calculation, the clerk informed
him that it would cost s64S francs. The
sum was counted out, but the clerks OBJ,
jected to sending this new species OF
mail parcel, and the police being called
in, the gentleman was taken to his ho-
tel, and pronounced insane.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

At ball in Boston, recently, q lady
tainted and the attentive janitor rushed
for his camphor, with which the lady's
face was thoroughly bathed until she
recovered. Then it was ascertained
that the canphor had been taken from
a bottle of mucilage and the lady felt
too much stuck up to stay any longer.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

A Corsican farmer and his cdncubine
were recently put on trial for one OF
the most horrible crimes on record.
They had thrown his wife into red
hot furnace, where she perished amid
horrible sufferiugs. The concubine was
found guilty, but the husband was
owing to some legal quibble, acquitted,
No sooner had he been set at liberty.
than the brother of his deceased wife
shot him dead.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

THE Gorilla conventions are still in
session in Virginia, South Carolina
Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida. If We
were asked what they were doing, we
should answer
Trying to swindle the whites;
Trying to get their pay;
Trying to swindle the negro;
Breaking down all law;
Numbering christianity;
Numbering civilization and right;
Making black white;
Giving respectability to Yankees; and
including Sambo to make war upon the
people. The whole tribe might be de.
nominated Massachusetts, shOe-peg ped
lers, with negro walters.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

The Peoria, ILL.,, Transcript says :
There is printing concern at Galva, in
that State, made up somewhat after the
fashion of law firm, with Republican
yeked with a Democrat. Two weekly
sheets are issued from the office, one
professedly Republican, called the Galra
Caion, and the other professedly Demo
cratic, called the Prairie CAief. The
outside of the two sheets are made up
from the same matter. The insides are
made up to suit the political tastes of
the double-headed patrons Of the office.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

Fish spawn, it appears, can be trans
ported without injury by mail. Re
Gently package of one hundred trout
eggs, packed in moss and enclosed in
til, was sent from Mumford, New York,
to Bellows Falls, Vermont, and on be-
Ing opened, but one dead one was found
ia the lot.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
A cbicapo bow, playing on Michigan

A Chicago boy, playing on Michigan
avenue in that city, Tuesday, hid from
his mates Hnder plank sidewalk. Al
soon as his eyes became accustomed to
the gloom, he came to daylight again
with the fearful story that dead man
lay under the walk with pistol in his
hand. Tho police investigated. 1t was
evident suicide-a well-dressed man OF
twenty-five-deads some time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
From the Syracuse Courier and Union.l
Initiating a Candidate into the Good
Templars.

The method of initiating q candidate
into Lodge of Good Templars is but a
slight improvement upon the same pro-
gramme so long in vogue by the ancient
and honorable fraternity of the "Sons
of Malta" A "chap" who was taken
from lager beer saloon, where he got
tight" without knowing that lager
would iDtOXicate, was put through a
course of cold water treatment by the
Good Templars few evenings since. He
"peaches" on the Templars, and gives
the following expose of their initiation
ceremony, for which, NO doubt, he will
be put through another course of cold
water Sprouts" at the next meeting of
the Lodge. In the first place the vic
tim for Initiation is blindfolded, bound
hand and foot, and thrown into a cider
press and pressed for five minutes. This
is done for the purpose of clearing his
system of "ald drunks." He is then
taken out of the cider press and by
means of force pump gorsed with cis-
tern water, after which a sealing plas-
ter is put over his mouth and he is
rolled in barrel four or FIVE times
across the room, the choir a. the same
time singing the cold water song.
He is now taken out of the barrel
and hung up by the heels till the water
runs out through his ears. He is then
cut down, aud beautiful young lady
hands him a glass of cistorn water. A
cold water bath is then furnished him,
after which he is shOwered with cistern
water. He is then made to read the
Water Works act ten times, drinking a
glass of cisteru water between each
reading. After which the old oaken
bucket is hung around his neck,
and fifteen sisters with squirt guns
dtluge him with cistern water. He is
then forced to eat peck of snow, while
the brothers stick his ears full of
icicles. He is then run through a
clothes-wringer, after which he is hand
ed glass of cistern water by young
lady. He is then again gored with cis-
tern water and his boots filled with the
same, and he is laid away in refrig-
orator. The initiation is now almost con-
cluded. After remaining in the refrig-
orator for the space of half an hour, he
is again taken out and given a glass of
cistern water, run through clothes
wringer, and becomes Good Templar.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
Franklin Insurance Comp'y
OF WHEELING.
Capital, $I5O,OOO.
Directors

iSAHI, MCCLELLAN, GEORGE MENDEL-
In. n Logan. THOs. P. SHALLCRoSs,
lG. W. FRANZHEIh, j. n. VANCE,
~. n. HoBBs, MICHAEL EEiLLf.
TTHIs COMPANY NOW HAVING
Il been organized FIVE years, and in that time
done a successful business Is still prepared TO
take risks at fair rates on Buildings Of all kinda
Merohandiss, 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
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-
ton Of the insuring public and solieits their
patronaEe Applications for insurance will be
promptly attended 10 at their office, No. -
Monroe street. OF at their several agencies
throughout the State.
I n. c. ARTHUR Secretary
/ SAM'L MCCLELLAN, President.
/ GEO. MENDEL, Vice President.
/ c. NJ. COEN, Asst Secretary.
feh2D-dAw
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02

Light waterproof summer hats, from
Manila paper pulp, are the latestinven-
ton,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-02
German Fire Insurance Go,

uGllllQll lllG lll0ulQllGG UUI
OF WHEELING, VIVA.
incorporated May IL, 1861
CAPETAL.-..--.--. 900
OFFICERS:
JOHN OSTERLING. President
AUGUST WIEDEBUSH, Vice P,esideRf
ANTON REYMANN, Ireds1yer.
JOSEPH SEYBOLD. Secretary.
HENRY A. KNAPP, Asst Secretary.
WILLIAM KLEVIS,
PHILIP SClIUEHLE, SuTU,yOTs.
AUGUST WIEDEBUSH.
DIRECTORS:
Christian Hess William Klcvis,
Benna Hammer, John UsteTlug,
John Ptarr, John ROemrr,
Anton Reymann, Philip Schuehle
August Wiedebush.
THIS COMPANY, NOW FULLY ORGAN
i lied, is prepared 10 insure Buildings, Fur
uIturc, Merchandise and other personal prop
erty at favorable rates.
Losses after due adjustment, will be promptly
paid.
Applications for insurance will receive imme
diate attention from the Secretary.
Companys office at Bank of Wheeling, No. II
Main street. je39.ly
National Insurance Company
WHEELING, WEST VA.
CAPETAL..-....... .S2OO, 900.
gae 3G Monroe street, next door to First Ma.
tiORal Bank.
OFFICERS
GEORGE X. WHEAT, President.
JAMES MCCLUNEY, Wee President
JOHN BISHOP secretary.
C.. II. COLLIER Assistant Secretary and CieH
eTal business Agent
DIRECTORS:
John Z. Wilson, George X. Wheat,
Jas. {. Orr Saml Harper,
John \. Armstrong, James McCluney,
A. &. Quarter. Morgan L OFT,
George Adams.
REFERENCES.
$. Brady, Cashier Merchants National Bank
Wheeling; List, Morrison & Co, WhOlesals
GrOcers, Wheeling; Pryor, Handlan Co,
Wholesale Groecrs, Wheeling; Michael Reilly,
Wholesale Grocer, Wheeling; Mcclellan &
Knox Boot and Shoe House, Wheeling; McCabe,
Kraft & Co. Druggists, Wheeling; Geo. w.
Franzheim & Co., Wholesale Wines and Liquors,
Wheeling: Winship, Woods & Co, Queensware,
Wheeling Lewis Baker. Pub. REGISTER, Wheel.
ing: 7. C.MCAfee, NOt-ns, Wheeling; Camp.
bell Frew s. CO., Pubs. InteRigsHcsTs Wheeling;
OFT, Son & Co.. Hardware Wheeling; j. +.
Sands, Cashier First National Bank, Fairmont;
K. p. Camden, Prcs't Nat. EI. Bank, Weston,
w. Va, Capt. John Mcclure Jr., Wheeling
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THE MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company,
Of New York.

Assets over $22,OOO,OOO,
AND EXCLUSIVELY CASH.
The oldest aud Largest Life Insurance Co,
in the United States.
HIVIDENDS PAID ANNUALLY IN CASH
~ Policies issued upon all approved plans OF
insurance at less average rate than offered by
any other Company.
No Stockholders to take The Profits from the Policy
Holders.
DIVIDENDS TO POLICY HOLDERS
For 1867 is S2OOOOO0
The entire surplus is distributed as diVidend
30 pOlicy.hOLders annually
Particular attention called TO the ten year
lite plan.
For further information, policy.helders and
other persons interested in the subject of Lite
Insurance are invited to call upon the under
signed. w. +. PETERSON, Agent.
Office Main street, next door to Merchant
National Bank.
upyll-lpu
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CTRAMBO OAT PRHNTING
y promptly and handsomely done st THE
WHKELIEG REGISTER
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.nXT0BY 4 DUFFIELD,
" wAtshes JeEelTy, and Fancy GoodAL
IO3 Main street.
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JOHN TEECE

MALsTRR AND HOP DEALER,
M Water Street. Centre Wheeling, wast
Virginia Highest cash price paid for barley.
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Ign BAGS STRICTLY CHOICE. NEW
i OU crop, Just received and for sale BY
sbII n REILLY.