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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-04
The Mysterious Bed.

A traveller while vending his way
through the eastern portion of the State
of New York stopped over night at the
village of S, with some friends,
who were great wags. In one of the
bed rooms of the house there was bed
stead fastened by pullies to the ceiling
Night time came, and the traveller was
shown to his room. \ girl led the way:
candle in hand, and after pointing out
the bed, departed with the light, say
ing that she needed it for the other
dodgers. The traveller undressed, and
yroped his way to the bed, or TO the
spot where he had seen it, bus was
amazed to find thatit had disappeared.
From corner to corner he CROPPED, but
the search was useless. Somewhat
frightened, he commenced shouting,
proclaiming that the house was
bewitched. The landlord and
two or three of his guests, bearing
lights, answered his emphatic summons,
and lust as he was about to tell the
story of the missing bed, he looked. and
10. there 1T stood as it was before. He
tried to inform them of his inability to
find the bedstead, but they only laughed
at him, telling him he must be crazy.
Bidding him good night, and advising
him to 90 to bed at once and sleep Oft
his dellrium, they left him. As soon as
they mad shut the door he made a dive
for the bed, and landed on the floor.
He then began to halloa and yell louder
than ever, and darted fer the door. In
attempting to descend the stairs he fell
headlong to the bottom, making such
a terrible noise that all the inmates
rushed to him to learn the cause of the
disaster. Again he told his story, but
it was received with ridicule. To sat
isfy him that he had been mistaken,
one of the guests proposed to enter the
room with him and remain theIe until
he should fall asleep. The proposition
was gladly accepted, and in about
twenty minutes the traveller was sound
asleep. The wsgs then gently hoisted
the bedstead almost to the ceiling, and
commenced shouting fire, murder,
ETC." Thoroughly alarmed, he
ssrang out of bed; but the distance be-
ing fully six times what he had calcu-
lated.
he imagined that he had fallen over
fifty feet. Fear seemed to strengthen
his lungs, and he shouted like trooper.
proclaiming that the house was haunt
ed, and that the imp of darkness had
attempted to fly away with him. The
other guests who had entered the room,
coldly pointed to the bedstead, saying
that it could not have moved but they
were unable to shake the belief that
his Internal majesty had taken refuge
| in the mysterious bed.
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ATo,nIRclip.e in 1860.

Pref. S. V. White writes to a New
York paper of a total eclipse Of the sun
which is to occur in August, 1869. His
notes of the track of the tOtality, cal
culated fifteen years ago, are as follows:
The sun will rise eclipsed in tho inte-
rior of Siberia, on the morning of An.
gust !, 1869, whence the shadow will
move in northeasterly direction; then
turning eastwardly and southwestward-
ly, will pass over Behring's Straits and
North Alaska about noon, local time.
Thence, moving across part of British
Nerth America, it will re-enter the
United States in Montana, between two
and three z. NJ, local time. Moving
thence across Western Nebraska, it will
pass diagOnally through Iowa, passing
over Sioux City, Des Moines and Keo-
kuk about five O'clock. Thence it will
pass still southeast, over Jacksonville,
Illinois, across Southern Indiana, Cen
tral Kentucky, East Tennessee, into and
across North Carolina, and will touch
the sea coast in Pamlico Sound; and it
will tiually leave the earth not far
from the Bermudas. 1t will be visible
in all parts of the United States and
total over belt of one hundred miles
wide along the line just indicated, the
sun being hid more than four minutes
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TIE tobacco CROP of the Island OF

THE tobacco crop of the Island Of
Cuba this year is said to be inferisr to
that of 1867, the product being % per
cent. short of last year, while prices are
fully 20 to 25 per cent. higher. Some
of the fine qualities of this years crop
will be finer than any produced last
year, but little or none of this class has
been worked yet. An extraordinary
dullness has existed in the market, oc-
oasioned by the high prices asked, the
supposed inferiority of the crop, and
the absence of orders for cigars, caused
by the large stocks existing in the Uni
ted States, England and Germany. The
quantity of tobacco shipped from Ha-
vana since the first of January, 1865, is
about 4,50O,O0 pounds, of whish about
2,7OO,O 900 went to tho United States.
The price of cigars in the Havana mar
ket are $500 per thousand for Celesti-
ales, $500 for Leopoldinos, $3.50 for Sc
nadores and Patriarcas, 500 for Impe-
riales, 500 to SIS for Regalias, Si5 for
LoHdres, and S35 for Principles.
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The Result.

Yesterdays election, ~ indicated by
our trlrgrams this morning, resulted IN
rhe choice of GRANT and COLFAN for
President and Vice President OF the
United States. We presume that few
OF our readers, who have watched the
course Of events for the past few weeks,
are particularly surprised ut this
II has been apparent for some time,
that the passions of the American peo-
pie more than their Judgments were
invoked to secure Republican success.
That appeal has not been mnde All VAIN
Thousands of uen have permitted
themselves to he taugh; that the pco-
pie OF the South are prope; subjects for
the Radical policy of vengeance, and
they have voted to contiuu. that policy
toward that section. The cries of
rebel, ." "traijor,' 'coplrrhrad." have
taken the pllr. Of ,ouad argument.
The actual ,s,u., ~ he canvass have
been ignored and the decision il simply
sverdict Of p'pu'nrp;ciudice aud hate.
ReSrett,ng That calmer counsels End
more generous motives did not deter
mine the issue, We feel that If the party
IN power can afford to have the country
continue IN The same course which, un-
der Radical guidance, it has lately
pursued, 'aoso whose protest has been
overruled viii hardly suticr more
in th" end than the yIctorS of yester-
day.
In .ar meantime, We cannot withhold
the opinion that the Democratic party
las yet an important part to perform
IN the political drama of our country.
Its IDEAS have lived too long and sus
tanned too many reverses to be crushed
by TINS defeat. Fighting rs that party
las ioHght, against fearful odds, and
under the most diSadvantageous circum-
stances, 1t has Just shown an amount Of
Vitality winch disaster cannot destroy.
Ii will live and gain strength, in spite
OF TeyerScs, aud whcn the nation, not
Yet surteited with Radical abomina-
tons, shall conclude to return to the
ancient mode of Government, that
party will be called to repair the evil
oi which Radicalism is so productive.
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Capital Punishment, in Illinois.

A decision has been rendered by the
Circuit Court of Henry county, Illinois,
says the Chicago Tribune, to the effect
that Judge cannot pass sentence of
death for murder under the law of 1867
unless a jury shall have so directed. In
case where the party indicted for
murder had pleaded guilty, there was
nothing for the jury to determine, aud
hence the death penalty could not be
inflicted. The decision was obviously
in accordance with the law. Capital
punishment is thus virtually abolished
in Illinois, since it is only necessary for
a murderer to confess his guilt IN order
to. escape that penalty. He may be sem
fenced to Imprisonment for life, but he
cannot be hanged. This was not the
intention of the Legislature when the
law of 1867 was passed. The intention
was to enable the jury to fix penalty
in accordance with the degree of guilt
found, instead of retaining the arbitrary
rule which makes all murder punish
able with death, and under which ten
murderers 60 scot free where one is
banged. Fortunately the Legislature
meets a few weeks hence, and will be
able to repair their singular oversight
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The lgormonsi in England.

The PaU Mall Gazette says: That
England is not innocent of Mormonism
is evident from statistics in an account
of half-yearly conference lately held
by the London MormOns. The metro
politsn district alone has nine branches
with upwards of thousand members,
the receipts amount to tS79, nearly
the whole of which has been devoted
to emigration. Now, Mormon!sm is
weak in London compared with other
cities and towns. In Liverpool, for in
stance, it is believed to flourish more
than most persons are aware, while in
the Prlncipality the progress it has
made would astonish us all, if it could
be accurately measured. But such an
estimation is impossible, because the
Mormon population is constantly thin
ned off by emigration. None but the
Mormons themselves can estimate their
converts, for almost as last as they are
won they are shipped off to Utah. The
non. .conformist ministers In Wales
could probably supply the materials for
an interesting work on this subject, if
they were so disposed, and if some one
with a turn for writing history would
take it up. We present this subject to
any brilliant writer anxious to produce
the sensation book of the fOrthcom-
ing season"
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GE TTY SB u II &
WATER
Its Wonderful Cures and Gu
TatiVc Powers.

rJ'HE GETTYSBURG SPRING COMPANY
announce that they completed arrange
meats for supplying the Gettysburg Medicinal
Water on scale commensurate with the de
mand. Physicians and inyallds desiring lnlor-
nation a TO the therapeutic value and virtue oi
this Water will, on application TO tho Office OF
the Company. or any of the Druggists Stores, be
furnished with printed copies of statements Oi
invaid4. and reports of eminent medical men as
70 its CURATIVE EFFECTS the only unerrng test OF
the value of any water or medicine.
They are also referred to the thousands OF in
valids and their medical advisers in every part
of the country, who have, since the general IN
PRODUCTION of this Water among the people, some
six months ago, been cured, 10y its use, of dis
tressing or fatal maladics.
This combined testimony establishes, beyond
all reasonable doubt, the superiority oi TINS
Water, "a n remedy for Rheumatism, GOut Grav-
el. Dyspepsia, Kidney, Urinary Bronchial, Llv.
cr, and Bowel Diseases tBillOusncss, &C, Ca
tarrh. Neuralgia, and Nervous DisordorS) over
all others known TO materia medica, or found in
the mineral springs of modern times.
Ii has been demonstrated in number Of in
stances to possess the power OF solving culculus
or stone in the bladder and the uTate deposits
of chalk stones formed by Rheumatism, Gout'
and Gravel and Of PERMANENTLY curing these
diseases for which medical science and the most
celebrated mineral waters have hitherto only
provided palliatives.
Also of arresting the progress, II not perma-
nently curing, Albumenuria, or Bright DIS
ease.
on,y mineral spring water with which great and
remarkable cures have been effected away from
its source.
Depot G3 Liberty street, New York.
For sale by MCCABE, BUSHFIELD &
KRAFT. - Main street Wheeling, and Drug
gsts generally. sePt9
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n EouRh (a.a

rim, io.'iT ~, ,oarkey was recently found sit
49, No., ou @ tne @sI'op of a fashionable house
MOI, nTi Tar from Saratoga, crying pitifHlly.
o,i mats dc matter wild You 7D asked a
JoiTled JI woman "De matters 'nuff-
JonDie JoT D ,e trouble I. all over the house. Fa.
viii wi, am niola'i. usNpS.mu9der her has gone home
wild de broOmstick-de baby go, stass ass
eyes full of kyan pepper, and litiIS Se5 ue5
Anthony put de mustard on his bair Atou ecu
goose grease. | put salt in nv foo o. F'.
white sugar, and it makes me sea.s;rT' %
de dog licked Ned's face, and got hi.
mouth full of mustard, and lies under Js
ped howlin. De kitten got her head
IN de milk-pot, and cut her head off n
saoe de pitcher, and den hab to break
ue piIener to get de head out, and d,
haS Nay IL get ncked when mudder come
home for setting de bed afire, will he ,
sin" viii oe
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Washington, Democratic gain 4;
Madison, Democratic gain 9; Clay, Dem
ocratlc gain 20; Union, Republican
Gain 3: Centre, Democratic gain 10;
Webster, Republican gain {; Ritchie,
Rspublican gain 3.
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Every Pair of Shears Warranted
WILLIAM KRYTER,
NanHfaeturer Of

Sheep Shears, Pruning Shears, Ie'Ior'
Shears, Family Shears, BasEeT' SAea"'
rzsbear. Of any description made % order.
TIHR ATTENTION or sHEEr Sno 80 q -
o.. p.,,.ts.- shs.r. FOR trimming sheep toe,
~ ne, = IN asTd~ars, Cans, Pistols, sportias
raeEis' e. Table and Pocket CUTLERY; &c. &C.
,essg iSs Nue. q saa.. Pistols, Knvs., Scissor.
erX M.~sinery, &c, dOns In the best nannar ,
and AZ reasossbis priess n~r~
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Niagara has found rival in the Vic
toria Falls on the Zambesi river, South
Africa, which are 1900 yards wide and
400 feet deep, the width of Niagara be-
ing only 1000 yards, and their depth $50
faat
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OHIO COUNTY.
VICTORY AT HOME
,,,,dsom,e Democratic Gains.
ONE CROW, ANYHOW !

Below We give the vote OF ONO
county so iar as heard from. 1t Will be
s..o that there is an increased vote over
the State elecIion:
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Paris Exposition, 1867,

VIHE QUALITIES WHICH RECOMMEND
i the Wheeler and Wilson are :
|. Beauty and excellence OF stitches alike
on both sides of the article sewed
?. Strength, frmness, and durability of seam
that will not rip or ravel.
3. Economy of thread.
1. Its attachments and wide range of appliCa'
tion TO purposes and materials
5. COmpactness and elegance of model and
finish.
6. Simplicity and thoroughness Of construc
ton.
I. Speed, ease Of operation and management,
and Quietness ofmovement.
Every one is invited to call and examine these
Machines at eur salesroOm, % Main Street.
Machines for rent, with the privilege of ap.
plying the rents TO purchase.
sep26 VIM. SUMNER & co.
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There are now Hinety-nine planetary
bodies on the roll-call of the solar sys-
TEN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-04

Roman brigands cut off bankers
nose the other day before he could per-
ceive the propriety of disgorging.
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Syracuse "drunks" fill a newspaper
column daily.
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WILSON, DUNLEYY g. WHEELER

A RE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH TO
n order Packing Tierses Flour and Apple
Barrels, Half Barrels Grocery and Nail Kegs
of all sizes, Cigar and Grape Boxes; also Steam
Boat Hulls and Barges. aucl32m
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Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co.
OFFICE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD Co,
WHEELING, May l6, ls65.
DAssENGERTRAINsw WILL RI

i by the following schedule on and after the
nth day of May, ls6s-Wheeling time
FAST LINE.
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nAa the sun.

Ere it is risen, sometimes paints its image
In the atmosphere, so often do the spirits
OF great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks tomorrow"
Nil DESPERANDUM.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

AN OLD TR1N1rARIAN MURDERED.-The follow
inc account of the murder Of George Ferguson,
formerly of the firm of Jackson l. Ferguson,
Junction City, is taken from the San Bernardino
Guardian of April 4th :" On the 2sth ult., the
bodv of George Ferguson was found on the San
Jacintio ranch, San Diego county, under circum-
stances which led to the supposition that he had
been foully dealt with. About three O'Clock of
the morning in question he came to camp from
where he had been guarding some cattle, and
told his partner, Joy, that it was time to get up
He left camp soon afterward, and in few min
utes the report Of pistol was heard, which
aroused the suspicious of those in camp, who,
fearing that something was wrong, went out to
ascertain the cause OF the shooting, when they
discovered the dead body of Ferguson lying near
the corral in which the cattle were kept, and
mon examination it was found that he had been
shot through the head behind and above the
right ear, and coming out above and in front of
the left temple When found his pistol was in
his hand, one barrel of it having been dis.
charged ; it was known to have been fully load
ed the day before. The money Ferguson had at
the time-some eight hundred dollars-was gone
from his person. The citizens living near i'm
provised Coroner's jury, and returned verdict
of suicide, but what evidence they had to war
rant such verdict have been unable to
learn. Deceased was q native of Arkansas had
recently been living in Petaluma, and was en-
gagged at the time of the melancholy occurrence,
with his partner Joy in buying cattle for the San
Francisco market"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

THE PENDLEToN DEMOCRACY rs Gin
cinnati organ, in speaking of the war for the
Union, says =" We take pleasure in remember
ing the war; we look upon it as an act of ma
tional self destruction, originating in malice
heated to the degree of fanaticism, and culmin-
ating in murderous madness; we cannot look
upon any of its consequences, political, social,
or economical, as otherwise than unmitigatedly
disastrous we view its ultimate results as de-
structive of that Union which it was professedly
waged to preserve, and perilous to the very ex-
istence of political society upon this continent"
Its main consequence was the extinction of
slavery and the enfranchsement of four millions
of human beings. Over this Mr.. Pendleton's
organ mourns like Rachel, and will not be COM
forted.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18
b ALL
CONSTABLE'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
d out of Justice VIM. Guthrie's Court, Canyo on
Creek township, Trinity county, California, to
me directed, in favor of Depinett & Murphy and
against Frank Oswell, have seized ard will ex-
pose for sale at public auction, between the hours
of o'clock, A. M. and o'clock, P. NJ, on
Monday, the 4th day OF May,
A D. 1868, at Canyon City, Trinity county, the
following described property, to wit
Certain mining grounds situated on the East
side of Canyon Creek, in Trinity county, known
as F. Oswell's mining claim, to satisfy judg-
ment in favor of the said Depinett Murphy, and
against F. Oswell, amounting to $l33 II debt,
$50 IA interest, SIG 10 costs, and accruing costs
Canyon City, April g. 1868.
THOMAS SCANLON,
l4:ts. Special Constable
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18
LIFE Insurance. people are waking up

LIFE Insurance people are waking up
to their duty in the matter of Life Insurance.
Within month Abe Loffman, agent of the Man.
haitian Life Insurance Company of New York,
has issued policies to the following parties for
the amounts stated Henry Lorenz, Weaver
vile, $4,000 John Hagleman, Weaverville, ST.
oooi Q. Frick, Lewiston, $4,000; Barthel ia
cob, Red Hill, $4,000 Henry Jacob, Red Hill,
$4,000; J. D. Mathews, East Weaver, So, 900
A. T. Corbus, Indian Creek, $4,000 S. I. Thay-
er, Douglas City, $4,000 W. A. Campbell, Min
ersville, $1,000. Every citizen should initiate
the example with the least possible delay.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

BURNED TO DEATH.-Two children, aged re-
spectively and 81 years. of Mr. Schlicht, mill
owner in Shasta Valley, were burned to death
on Wednesday week. They were playing with
matches, it is supposed, and fired the barn,
which was in ashes before any assistance could
be rendered the little unfortunates.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

DISTRICT CouNr,-JUDGE GARTER, presiding
opened on Tuesday. The only case that had
been disposed of at the time of going to press
was that of pacy Brothers VS. Griffin & Kellogg.
Judgment for plaintiffs for 1926 and COSTS The
decision in the case of Silver VS. Marion will be
rendered at l o'clock this friday afternoon, at
which hour the case of Dockery VS. Murphy is
also set for trial
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

CONNECTICUT ELEcrIoN.-The Democrats have
no cause to crow much over this election. They
have undoubtedly elected the Governor by a
gain Of 500 or 600 majority, but they have lost
strength in the Legislature. Last year the Re-
publicans had only one majority in the Senate
and ten in the House. This year, according to
the New York World, a Democratic paper, the
Republicans have four majority in the Senate
and twenty majority in the House. The Gov
ernor gained thousand in New Haven, where
he lives, but lost few in other sections.
ScHooLs.-Most of the Public Schools of the
county are again under way. The Trinity Cen
ter School is under charge of DR.. ]. c. Dorr ;
Lewiston of Miss NJ. L. Sergeant Douglas City
of Miss Muzzy North Fork of Mrs. c. P. Thorn
as, and Cox's Bar of Miss Carrie Conan. Miss
Hattie Morris has been engaged as Teacher of the
Junction City School, and Mr.. George Burgess
Of the Hay Fork School.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

WEEPING WILLows.-It is said that the poet
Pope planted the first tree of the willow species
in England. Having received present of figs
from Turkey, he observed twig of the basket,
in which they were set, putting forth bud
This he planted in his garden at Twickenham,
and in the course of few years it became fine
tree, from which all the beautiful weeping will
lows in that country have sprung.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

To Be ScRAPED.-The "digni6ed editor of
the Dramatic Chronicle seldom lets slip chance
for poking fun at Oakland. His latest effort is
as follows =" The Oaklanders are getting up
such exalted ideas on the subject of the value
of lots, that ordinance is proposed in the
Common Council requiring all visitors from San
Francisco to scrape their boots before embarking
on the return trip, in order to prevent them from
carrying off real estate.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

AUCTION SALE.-Take notice that Dr. Wilson
will on Monday next offer at auction his resi-
dence on Taylor street, together with the entire
stock of furniture, including elegant parlor and
bedroom sets, kitchen furniture, etc. Also, a
Grover Il Baker Sewing Machine in good order
The sale will commence at o'clock, P. NJ.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

MovISG-Mrs. R. A. Thomas left for San Fran
cisco on Thursday, intending to permanently
reside there. E. Neblett, Esq. returned from a
prospecting tour in the lower counties, last
week. He proposes to locate in Mendocino coun-
ty. John c. Burch, Esq. will leave next week,
intending, we believe, to transfer his single as
q practicing attorney to Mendocino county.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

SALOON STAND FOR SALE.-The old and popu-
lar place Of resort known as the Challenge Sa-
loon, is offered for sale at reasonable figure,
owing to the death of the late proprietor. The
location is one of the best for that business in
town, and an eligible opportunity is offered any
party desiring to invest. Mrs. Bennett also offers
her residence on Taylor street for sale, together
with the furniture it contains
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-04-18

New GOODS CoMIxG.-Abe Loffman has re-
turned from the Bay and next week will begin
to receive his new stock of Spring and Summer
Dry Goods and Clothing, and general assort-
ment of articles in his line. He has made his
selections with especial reference to the wants
of this community, and expects to sell as cheap
as anybody can. Look out for the new goods.