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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-21
National Insurance Company.

WHEELING, WEST VA.
..I..92 900
once, % Monroe ST., next door to lst Ma
uOnal Bank.
oFTICERS:
GEO: X. WHEAT, President,
JAMES McCLUNEY, Vics Preaident
JOHN BISHOP, Secretary.
CHAS. WALLACE, State Agentr~for West
Virginia and Maryland.
DIREcToRs;-John E. Wilson, las. @. Orr.
John A. Armstrong, A. G. QuarTier Geo, 4.
Wheat, Samuel Harper, james McCIuney
M0rBan l.. Ott, Geo. AdRmK
REFEREECEE 3. Brady, CASHIER Merchants
national BANK, Wheeling; List, Morrison q
Co., Wholesale GroceB, Wheeling; Pryor.
Handlan & Co., Wholesale GrocerS, Wheel
Wheeling; MeCIelIan q Knox, Boot and
Shoe HouBe, Wheeling; McCabe, KrafL q Co.
Druggists, Wheeling; Geo. W. FranEheim q
Co., WHOLESALE Wines and LiquorS, Wheel
ing; WlnAhlp, Woods q Co., QueensVar8
N%1hlseeeIInG Lewis Baker, Pu6. Register.
Cam p6el, FTew Co., Pubs, Intelligencsr,
wheeling; OFT, Son d Co Hardware, Wheel!
ing j. e. Sands, CaRhIer, First Mai, Bank,
Ealrmont; K. z. Camden, Prest- Nat. ~
Bank. Weston, W. Va; Capt.. John Mcclure.
9L.I Mneenng. 0pr25
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German Fire Insurance Company
OF
WHEELING, WEST VA.
Incorporated May IL. 1857.

A<A 1AOOtOOO
DIRECTORS.
Christian Hes, William Rlevis, Bennu
Hammer, John OesteFlInR, John Pfarr. John
Roemer, Anton Reymaun, Phlhp SchuehIe,
August WiedebnA
TlIaIs CoSiPAESY NOW FULLY ORGAN
Il lied, Is prepared to insure BuildinEs.
Furniture, Merchandise and other PERSONAL
Property at favorable rates,
Losses after due adjustment, Will bo
promptly paid.
Applications for Insurance will receive Inn
mediate attention nom the Secretary.
Com panys ofhce, room over Peoples
JOSEPH SEYBOLD, Secretary,
H. A. KNAPP, Assistant SecretsTy.
JOHN OE5CERLIEG, President,
AUGUST W1EDEBUSH, Vice President
ANTON REYMANN, Treasurer,
WILLIAM KLEVIS. 4
PHILIP sChUEHLE, ysurveyors,
AUGUST WLEDEBUSH,
iu0S9-lY
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Franklin Insurance Company
OF WHEELING.
CaPitai,".............................e eI50, 900.

DIREOTORS:
T. II. Logan, 7. P. Shallcross, ]. g, Rhodeg
Geo. Mendel, ]. H. Hobbs, Saml. McClals
IAN, =. w. FranHheim, Jas. N. Vance, Alex
THIS COMPANY NOW HAVING BEEN
l. organised four years, and in that time
oOne succeSdul business, Is Bun prepared
70 take risks at fair rates ON Buildings of all
Kinds, MerehRndtse, Manufacturing EstiD-
llshInentsp Furniture, Steam Boats and Car.
goeS on the Western Rivers and I,alres
This company offers superior Inducements
20 oE9fmerss whereby they can be insured ON
dwellings, Furniture, Barns and COnten lR Tor
OF years at reduced rates.
inns being home institution, with the lar
Rest capital and surplus Of any company in
IN tne state and composed OF some
nlnety-four stockholders, most ofWhOm are
among our pest business men, recommends
it6elf 10 the favorable consideration OF the
lnsuring public, and sOlicitS their patronage,
Applications for insurance will be promptly
attended to by the Secretary.
Omce . Monroe street.
y. =: ARTHUR, Secretary.
bAMI MCCLELLAN, President, :
GEO. MEHDEL, Vice President
Q. n. COEN, Special Agent ocis
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FUrURE F1NANoIAI, po1II

FUTURE E1NANCIAL POLICY,
The financial question is one which
requires serious considerations; ques-
tion upon which the wisest men OF both
parties difer-a question which should
he decided without haste; and, in NV
judgment, no move in this direction
should be made until the various plans
suggested are matured, perfected, and
presented to the public. Then we will.
perhaps. beable to select the best. Un.
til then shall oppose, by vote and in
tluence, a further contraction of the
currency. favor remaining where we
are until we can find a plan which
promises to lead us safely and certainly
out of our difficulties, and then settle
down on this as definite and perma-
nent. What that plan may be no man
can now state, and I can simply saw,
my interests and yours are Identical.
Whateyer would injure you would in
jure me; whatever would enhance YOUR
interests would further mine. I shall,
endeavor to vote intelligently on this
question when the time comes, and with
an eye single to the best interests ofmy
District.
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Nv ON nAND.

This is an agricultural district; the
lands are owned In small amounts, and
the majority ok our people are farmers,
whose wealth. oonsistA fnilands. Now,
let uH1 taxes with the
taxes assessed against business men,
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merchants and bankers. How much
is land worth in this vicinityR I as
sumo it to be worth fifty dollars an
acre. 100000 would buy g, 900 acres.
are not required to pay to exceed 5000
State and Federal taxes. If 1t is more
than that, let any gentleman correct
ME, for have no desire to deceive any
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AEitt AatErttsetaEnts

INsTIrUTE.-English and
~ French Boarding School for Young La
dies, Accomplished Educators, heaIthftll
location, delightful river side residence, and
home-llke comfort, are the chief attractions
Of this new and beautiful Institution. Thirty
handsome chambers limit the number OF
noarderS to sixty. Second term commences
Eeornary 1St, 1858. For Prospectus address
the PRINCIPAL Miss RACHEL g. HUNT,
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Bronchitis, Splitting OF Blood, and Puinon1
aTy & Aftec!Lons generally. It is remarkable
pifdcuIfy OF YoIdIng Urine, BieSlmg eoni
the Kidneys and Bladder, Gravel, and. other
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No More Need

AF people in the country paying three or
" four prohts on the goods they have TO
LAR SALE principle, as afered by GILLIAN
Goa ll9 Hanover street, Boston, Mass, en-
aoieS consumers to obtain goods at wholesale
pftceSS with almost unlimited allowing OF
exchapge, and valuable presents thrown in.
send Tor Q Circular, or send Ten cents for de-
sons TO act as Agents.
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bonds. 1t would be a capital thing for
us to overeAch these men-to cneat
them little, to pay them of In de-
prectated currency, in trash, which has
to be punished for buying the bonds,
for trusting the Government when it
needed means to crush the rebellion.
We will admit, to please our Demo.
cratic friends, that 1t Is right to punish
them for their loyalty. But do you
think we can do itF Can we overreach
them and accomplish our purposeP
These Wall street men are notorious
for their shrewdness, they are wide
awake. They read the papers. They
comprehend the situation, Thew are
looking out for just such Schemes
They will see the cloud gathering long
before we do, and when 1t breaks. and
the tornadogo crashing over the land,
prostrating youand me, these men who
have long before exchanged their bonds
for gold, will look coolly down upon
the great wreck, and shaking their
money bags at us, laugh to find us the
dupes of our own folly, and victims of
our own rascalfty.
THE aREENBACK LOAN.
The Controller of tho Currency saws
truthfully, "The doctrine that the en-.
tire amount of legal tender notes in
circulation is a loan to the Government
without interest, is popular fallacy.
The loan Is the most expensive one the
Government has ever made. The lend
ers exact triple aud quadruple interest
on the price Of the commodity yielded
in exchange" -
II the Democratic party forces the
payment OF these bonds in greenbacks,
our greenbacks will become worthless
as currency. The Continental Congress
tried this paper currency scheme thor
oughly, and 1t proved to be an entire
failure. They went SO far as to saYthat
all those who refused to take the Con-
| tinental currency in exchange for
property, or in payment of debt, would
be considered as public enemies, and
punished as such. Yet the people
would not take 1t; 1t became utterly
worthless. France, Austria, and other
Governments have tried this paper
money currency scheme. and failed.
And II we perinet these Democrats to
try 1t, and throw upon the country IF
teen or twenty hundred millions, or
even ten hundred millions, at one time,
1t will result in the ruin of our COM
mercial interests. 1t will injure every
farmer, mechanic and laborer, as will
as every bondholder.
Now, gentlemen, would it not be bet
ter TO pause and reflect, before we in
sanely enlist with vallandigham,
Burns and Company, to make a tilt
against this windmill, covering our
selves with disgrace, and plunge the
country into hopeless bankruptcy? I
know Pendleton and dVallandigham are
great f1nanciers, Vallandigham espe-
cially; for he succeeded in financierfnp
a great many ten cent pieces of postal
currency out of Democratic pockets in
the Eighth District. But would not
advise you to go more than ten cents on
him or his present followers.
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FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF THE TAX.

Now, let us see how these burthens
have been distributed; whether this
Republican party has done its duty in
the superintendent OF these taxes. I
do not ask you 70 take my statement;
the facts are on record at the office Of
the County Treasurer, at the Offices OF
the Assessor and Collector of Internal
Revenue. Examine the books, COM
pare the taxes assessed against the
poor and the taxes assessed against the
Eich, and you will lind that our party,
like the kind tather who depends upon
hi8Sons for means TO support the house
hold, adjusts the burdens according to
the strength OF his several children,
sorry that there are burdens, aggrieyed
that it Is necessary to tax the energies
of his sons, yet determined to do what
is manly and right, requiring much
Eosa fES% the strong aud little from the
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.wRo .oMN THE BONDS Z

Our. opponents. proceed upon the
supposition that the rich, own all the
bonds-the'Wall street men, The bank
ers and brokers. This is a mistake. "A
large proportion Of these bonds are
owned by comparatively poor men; or
they are held in trust for orphans, for.
benevolent institutions, sand such like
purposes. Bot let us take for Rra ai1tedi
that these Wall street men do own the
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OF TIE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15

TIE NEXT CoNGREss.-In the present
Congress the Democrats have but thirty
members. These members were elected in
1866. But in the elections of 1867 the
Democrats made such gains that if the
elections for Congressman had then been
on hand, the number would have been in
creased to fifty four. That is, in 1866 the
districts stood-Radical 100, Democratic
So in 1867 they stood-Radical rs, Demo-
cratic So. Supposing that these districts
stand the same in November, the Democrats
will still need sixty-eight members, and
these are TO be got from the reconstructed
States, which now send six Democrats to
twenty. seven Radicals, but must then send
nearly all Democrats, and from other
States which now send As Radicals TO IL
Democrats, but which can he changed pre-
ciseln the other way. OF this there can be
no doubt. Tennessee, for instance, now
has 8 Radicals in the House, Michigan six,
Illinois seven, Indiana eight and these
are among the States from which the sixty
eight are to be won, supposing that the
gains Of the Democracy in 1861 give them
ffty-four members, instead of thirty, TO
begin with. There is work for the South
to do in this matter, and it must be done.
Congress cannot take away from those
Southern States which may be reconstruc-
ted the right to elect members to that
BODY Galveston News.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15
The Ladies' Pearl

For August is received. 1t is n beautiful
number. The work increases in interest
with each succeeding issue, and rs purely
Southern publication should receive the
liberal patronage of our ladies'. The steel
engraving in this number is "Queen Phil
lippa interceIing for the Lives of the Bur-
gesses of Calais, l249." The selections are
rich in literary merit, and the various
other departments are fully up to the stan
dard of pure morals, with which Mr.. Ward
seeks to Undue his periodical. AS an editor
of Periodical, Mr.. Ward is in his natural
element, and VIC predict for the Pearl, I'M
der his management wide and successful
circulation. Hear what Prentice. of the
Louisville Journal, IA judge of such mat
ters), says of Mr.. Ward:
"Probably in no other field of letters
would Mr.. Ward be more perfectly At home
lie is possessed of the rarest literary
knowledge, is polished writer, and withal
n gentleman Of faultless taste. The Pearl
will be managed by him to the delight and
instruction of all its readers"
We propose to make up q club for the
Pearl if we can get as many rs ten sub
scribers. Terms So per annum. All who
wish TO subscribe will leave their names
with the editors Of the Herald.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15

The report of the Special Commit
tee of the Austin Convention on
"Iawlcssness and Crime" is going
the rounds of the Northern Radical
press, accompanied generally with
bitter editorial comments upon the
people Of Texas. 1t is thus made to
reach every nook and corner of the
country, disseminating its poison
GUS influence against us. The New
York correspondent of tho Chicago
Tribune says: Several immigra-
ton agents from the Northwest have
ordered this report to be translated
in the German and Scandinavian
tongues, and a large edition will be
printed to be placed in the hands of
immigrants, and also for circulation
in Europe" SO we go. At the very
moment when our people arc most
interested in securing immigration,
tho precious misguided gentlemen
who concoctcd this vile SANDER upon
the State, como upon us to dash our
counscls and destroy our hopes. 1t
will take tho State twenty years at
least to recover from the harm they
have done it.
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Kentucky.

1t gives us pleasure to announce heavy
gains for the Democracy in the guberna-
tOrial contest in Kentucky. The Demo-
Gratis achieved q glorious victory. The tel
egraph reports a majority of 10000 for
John W. Stevenson. Well done, Kentucky,
classic land of Kenton and Of Boone, the
rose-besprent Garden of the West, whose
vermeil bosom urns the ashes of heroes
and whose native rock, sculptured by the
hand of art, towers in monumental gran
deur over the hallowed grave of "the great
Commoner." From Kenton to Wayne, and
from Pike to Fulton, her people were fully
aroused, and she has affixed seal on the
tomb of the hope of the Radicals. We
roamed over her green hills and reposed
in her fragrant wales in boyhood, and our
heart thrills to the sweet music of her
name as we linger here on the margin of
the Trinity, and read Of the unanimity Of
her gallant sons in frowning down party
that would grind in "misery's crushing
presses the masses of our people, divest
our model Republic Of every beauty, grace,
and virtue, and make it . Mexico or San
Domingo.
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sitter dssiiisiisa II hat love sRi never
sAes fsT he ssHiisT ssT ~ilhesi pLish ~
aaH deserves shs fair faIas Il ssailsuaa.
NFs- Isssla Is as iiyRsTisR 10 . saiyT ia
ssHIaTiseH silh her PsTssssisrs, she is sHs
Il the fsiTssi II the t.saaiifal Daughters Of
Asn'1sky, biAHa was H0i RsTs shssis ,hsn
shs-aHi nsRe bat the issiarls Of the
iaAkss press ~sali aiisHPl 10 soil her
Haas as gsHiis ssnaR, faHi nslhsr and
ls'ing ~ifs, We FnsHbsT her as = ,isi-
ter 10 the haTt.aTsas haslilss o. the Nsrih,
the Ahssl Of Mercy iHsaIRadiRsi, casting
sassiaHiial gins fFom her sne~-whils aRi
generous hani, humsFous as blossoms from
the bleemfal eeslus Of the lassis Spring,
asd her sweet smils Of sympathy for the
sad fate Of the captured COAfeisrAiss sas
enc Of the nsst hsaaiihil raiRtews that
ever sP'Hhsi With its glorious arch the
DARK slsrm-sl0uis u var. Let Yankee
editors Asliss her Eeysge with dsrlslOn, as
for us, ne say, has Neysgt May the gods
Of Ocean FssITAiH the ismPs.Is, shd Ienper
the bresIss 10 the proud ship that may
bear ever the DARK blue Ailahiies world Of
waves gshile aud beautiful freight,
In the person o. the vldow % our late
President AMID the ancient and i,isl
sbbsys Of old England, the monastsries
Of Spain or France, or on the Pyrehhes or
Alps, may she forget that 10 her own loved
native Columbia there 10 q class Who hest.
tate not TO enter with drunken shout aud
maudlin song the sacred sanctuary Of
private sorrow, aud seek to coin In pelf
widows tears, her agony aud distress
There, amid the lingering wreck. Of Ollen
'Plendor aud the triumPhs Of modern art,
ls, her forget the foul serpent Of Radical.
ism, whose filthy trail, alas IL over all In
this once matehiess land Of ours.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15

GHEST coLLEGE KESUC.F,-m. pie
iuTesqas iswA u Cheat, csToll esuHiy,
RsH,usky, is huilI uPSa q high bluh sH
the soulhsTR shore Of the bssalifal Ohis
river, and, with ihIslligshi aAi Eshhsi 90,
eisly, brave msR sAd beautiful sonsA,
surrounded BY every senfOFi sAd supplied
With every luxury that wealth san purchase,
il is most delightful plass To live, This
is the seat Of al old and yell established
College, which bears the name o. the i0wn,
To ell youth aud young men o. the Lone
Star Stats Who contemplate seeking an
Alma Mater abroad, ne desire earnestly 10
recommend this truly excellent institution,
We learn, by letter from a ffisnd, that
the presidency Of Client College vas lately
rendered 10 aud asespiedbT J, 8, Blackwell,
a graduate, with the degree Of An, Of
Hanover, A better selection could not
have been made; aud We are highly graft.
fed TO sec tina, his splendid talents aud uh.
tagging energy have met hsitering rs-
eognilion aud substantial reward. We
have known Professor Blackwell from HE
early bOyhood, and latter ourself that We
were first to discover the diamond under
the crust" and waken to effort that
genius which has enabled him 10 build up
a manhood, at once Joy to. himself an
homer TO his lineage, aud the Admlraiion Of
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-15

A PROPHECY AND WARNING OF GENERAL
JACKsoS.-That immortal hero of the De-
mocracy, in one of his last letters from
the Hermitage, dated June %, 1910, thus
actually foretold "Gront to the Radicals"
We have ventured to change the word
" Federalist" and substitute Radical y
which, being but change of name, in no
way alters the spirit and meaning Of his
prophecy. Let all true patriots reflect up
on this warning, which we may well con-
slider rs now repeated to us from the heav-
ems above;
If the doctrines of the "Radical"
party are not now resisted, Mr.. JEFF
ferson will have warned us in vain
against the dangers of consolidation,
and the people may lose, before they
are aware Of it, the blessings of a
free Government. Grant to the
Radicals" the privilege of construc-
tive powers, and the Constitution is
no longer a guarantee for the rights
and sovereignty Of the States. The
discretion Of Congress will be sub
stituted for the checks and balances
of a limited Government, and all
the powers Of legislation will be at
once absorbed by that body. Against
such doctrines il is our duty TO con-
tend, as the fathers Of the Republi-
can Church have done before us, re-
lying upon the justice of our cause,
and never doubling the power of
truth.