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your harness, eh, Mr.. Buell. 2" demanded
young Ingsly, stepping before the reyeyi
end gentleman, completely blockiDg his
way. i,.sf
Il do not doubt my OWE eyesight, >
was the cslm rejoinder. a1Yg2
Mr. Buell. attempted to move on.
"Then You utter falsehoodp p cried
the bully, beginning to draw off his coat
But he was not quick en@tgh. The min
lister drew himself up to his full height,
his arm shot forward, and Mr.. Harvey
Ingsly lay full length upon the green
sward
The rest, seeing theirleader fall, crow.
ded forward. That arm shot out agaiH
and again; and two more went down.
Deacons Jones and White seeing the
disturbance, rushed to the rescue of their
beloved minister.
'Baek. brethren said Buell.: II will
chastise them myself. Take my cosrif
and he handed his coat to Deacon White.
"Now, then," he said to his prosecutors,
''let me say word. This church has
been cursed long enough with your un-
holy actions, and it falls upon me, an
humble follower of the Meek and Low
ly, to chistise you. Now, you must Sc
verally take a whipping, or depart
peaceably to your homes"
The boys looked at each other, then
at the stern minister, and concluded to
depart They saw the eye of that man,
and had just witnessed his strength
They raised their fallen comrades, and
while Mr. Buell. put on bis coat, they
were on their way to Skiffton.e
''Come, brethren; we also will depart
said Buell., and soon the grove was de-
serted. .as. 's.
1t was defeated and discdfnfitted
crowd that entered Skiffton that night.
"My eyes will be shut for week.
said Walt, putting his hands to his WIS.,
ual orbs, which were fast closing.
Il believe you, Walt" said Harvey;
''he strikes like a sledge." jl.8
They sought their respective couches,
wiser and better young men, for each
and every one had secretly resolved in
his heart never to try to harm a minister
of God agaiii.
The next night the e'set'' returned to
the church, and took front Seats, Walt
with handage over his eyes. The con
gregation was astonished at the con-
duct, and thought they intended taking
vengeance upon Mr.. Buell.; but when
the services were over, they walked up,
shook their conqueror by the hand, and
asked his forgiveness, which was freely
granted. 9
The meetings closed, and more than
one-half of the boys who had attacked
Mr. Buell. were added to the cfftirch, and
ever since have walked in the straight
and narrow way.
Twenty years have passed away, and
the Rev. Joel Buell. sleeps in the Skif:
ton cemetery, and above him rises
splendid monument erected by Walt
Walters, ESQ.,, now fourishing mer
chant ~ 80
A new church stands where the old
one did, and the people Of S., now a
city, worship there Perhaps the reader
will be pleased to know that that noble
temple of the living God was erected
by Harvey 1ngsly, the wealthy inannfac-
turer, whose genial face can be seen near
the sacred desk.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15

E-Some forty-five or fifty years ago a
trader was travelling in the direction of
San Antonio, Texas, and was near the
Nueces, just below the Preside Crossing.
He was attacked by Indians. He made
stand on the top of small hill, and
buried from fifty to a hundred thou
sand dollars. The party eventually es-
capped, but could not carry off the money
Search has been made for it time and
again, but never dollar has been found
The story has been recently revived, and
a party from San Antonio are now scar
ching for the treasure.
The St. Louis Republican thinks that
that city will do more in the pork packing
line this season than either Cincinnati or
Chicago.
The Nicaraguan Legation III the Uni
ted States has been suppressed in order
to avoid the expense and on account of
the little business transacted in it.
Nothing will be done by the President
respecting the Union Pacific Railroad
until he shall have received a report of
its inspection.
John S. Elliott died in Queen Annc's
County, Md, lately, weighing 400. He
has weighed 500, but "grew thin during
his brief but fatal illness.
Senator Sumner has throat Difficult
ty. 1t is not many years since certain
Southerners thought he would certainly
have one should they happen to meet
him on their sacred soil.
The Emperor of China is fourteen
years old, while his intended wife is near
ly eleven.
Minnesota pays $40 apiece for wolf
scalps, and in the past year has expended
$4,000 in such purchases.
During the San Francisco earthquake,
carpenter was at work on church
spire $50 feet from the ground. He had
a splendid position to ''see things but
hastily scrambled down.
"Brick" Pomeroy gives up his La
Crosse (Wis. Democrat, OF rather re
moves it to New York and combines it
with his daily paper there as weekly
| edition, and to be called "Pomeroy' S
Democrat" @
Go down upon only enc knee to q
lady. If you go down upon both you
may not be able to escape quick enough
in case of the appearance Of an enraged
| father.
Bottles are no longer on the table Of
fashionable dinner parties, all the wines
with the exception of champagne, being
served in glass pitchers Of handsome
workmanship.
The Emperor Of Austria is hard
worker. He is very systematic in his la
bors, and clears off the days business
before he leaves it; and the way he cut:
it through the red tape is an astonishel
to the old grizzly heads which surround
him.
Two French journalists, once intimate
friends met the other day on the grant
staircase of the prison where editors
serve out their sentences for press of
fences. "Why, my dear friend, are yol
here p 'Yes, for three months. An<
you? ?" 90, am only hefe for an hour
You know we are of different politics
and haven't served the same masters
You live in prisons, while I-well, ! in
spect them."
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OREsTEs.

How tranquil is the night! how calm and deel
This sacred silence! Not an olive leaf
Is stirring on the slopes; all is asleep
All SILENT save the distant, drowsy streams
That down the hillsides murmur in thei
dreams.
The vast sad sky all breathless broods above
And peace and rest this solemn temple steep
Here let us rest; it is the hour of love,
Forgetting human pain and human grief.
But see. half-hidden in the columned shade;
Who painting stands, with hollow eyes dismayed
That glance around if they feared to see
Some dreaded shape pursuing! Can it be
Orestes, with that face so trenched and worn
That brow with sorrow scanned, that face for
lorn?
Ay, It's Orestes, we are not alone
What human place is free from human groan?
Ay, It's Orestes! In the temple there,
Refuge he seeks from horror, from despair,
Look where he listens, dreading still to h ear
The ayenging voices sounding in his ear
The awful voices that, by day and night,
Pursue relentless his despairing fight.
All! vain the hope to fee from Nemesis!
He starts-again he hears the horrent hiss
OF the fierce Futies through the darkness creep;
And list! along the aisles the angry sweep;
The hurrying rush of trailing robes, as when
Through shivcring pines asleep iii some dim
glen,
Fierce Auster whispers. Yes, even here they
chase
Their haunted victim-even this sacred place
Stays not their fatal footsteps. As they come,
Behold him with that stricken face of doom
Fly to the altar, and there falling prone,
Strike with his brow Apollo's feet of stone.
''Save me!' he cries; "Apollo! hear and save.
Not even the dead will sleep in their dark grave.
They come-the Furies! To this tortured
breast
Not even night, the calm, the peaceful, can give
rest.
Stretch forth thy hand, great God! and bid them
cease.
Peace, o, Apollo! give the victim peace
See. the white arm above him seems to wave,
And all at once is silent as the grave,
And sleep stoops down with noiseless wing,
outspread,
And brooding hovers Ger 'Orcstes head;
And like gust that roars along the plain
Seaward, and dies far off, so dies the pain,
The deep rsmorse, that long his life hath stung,
And he again is guiltlcss, joyous, young.
Again he plays, as in the olden time,
Through the cool marble halls, unstained by
crime.
Hope holds his hands, joy strikes the sounding
strings,
Love DER him futtering shakes his purple wings,
And sorrow hides her face, and dark death
creeps
Into the shade, and every Fury sleeps.
Sleep. sleep, Orestes let thy torments cease
Sleep! great Apollo grants thy prayer for peace.
Sleep! while the dreams of youth around thee
play,
And the fierce Furies rest. Let as away.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15

THIS House has been thoroughly renovated
! and repaired. Having superior facilities,ev-
erything will be done TO make the guests
comfortable.
The table is always supplied with the best
the market affords. Good rooms and clean
beds for travellers and regular guests.
Good stables are attached to the House. Ev
cry effort will be made for the comfort of the
patrons. Boarders taken by the day, week,
month or year. seply.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15


1t is reported that DIR. Young, one of
the Norway Me. Savings Bank robbers,
now serving out a term in nine years in
the Maine State Prison at Thomaston,
desires to enter into compromise with
the bank and State officers. Report says
he offers, if pardoned, to restore the
money and help secure the acc6mplices
in the business.
In excavating for the foundations of
the dome of the new State House at
Springfield, Illinois, recently, the work
men struck bed of coal eighteen inch
es in thickness at depth of about fifteen
or eighteen feet below the surface.
The bee raisers in the vicinity of
Louisville, for circuit of twenty-five
miles, were recently startled by the dis
covery that their bees had all simultane-
ously decamped, going no one knew
whittier. The mystery is still unsolved.
The deserted hives were all full of hon
ey, containing from sixty to seventy-fve
pounds each.
The Spanish Provisional Govern
mcnt has contracted loan for S20,00Os
900 ~ith Messfs. Rothschilds, the mon
ey to be devoted solely to the payment
of the half f-yearly interest on the home
and foreign debt.
A man went up in a balloon few
days since from park in San Francisco,
before he was ready for the trip. While
making his preparations the balloon got
loose from its fastenings, and darted up
to considerable height, and collapsed.
The ambitious aronant slid hastily down
a rope which was dangling from hls bas-
ket, thereby saving his life at the cost Of
some severe bruises.
Jacob Barker, of New Orleans, now
| in his eishty-sixth year, on Thursday
lreceiTed his final discharge in bankrupt
cy FROM IN his liabilities, which accor-
ding to his amended schedule, exceeded
in amount half million of dollars.
i 1t is proposed to Grain the Green riv
, Ier swamps in Illinois, and enlarge thu
river, at aprobable expense Of si,n,eco
The expense will he divided hetweel
three counties, Burcan, Henry, and Rocl
Island
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15
EE-At one time woman could hard.

EF-At one time woman could hard.
ly walk through the streets of San Fran
cisco without having every one pause to
gaze ON her, and child was so rare,
that once in theatre in the same city,
where woman had taken her infant,
when it began to cry, just as the 1orches,
ira commenced to play, a man in the pit
cried out, "Stop those fiddles and let the
baby cry. l Ihavn't heard such sound
for ten years" The audience applaudcd
this sentiment, the orchestra stopped,
and the baby continued its performance,
amid unbounded enthusiasm.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15
NA few days since a BIN WI, in

troduced in the Tennessee Legislature
for the benefit of Mrs. Granville Linds-
lay and others, which, provides.
first, that said Mrs. Lindsay shall re-
ceive seventy five dollars annually, in
consideration of recently giving birth to
three children at one confinement; and,
secondly, providing for like annuity tn
all other Tennessee women who shall in
future be equally prolific. The bill was
introduced in good faith, and is likely to
DaSS .tafN
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15
Hollands German Bitters
Hollands German Tonic

as eoMbiaation Or an As ixgrsdisnts Of as Bi4ers,
effk PuRn Sdnta crrs Rum, Oreags, etc. n Is nsed
pss alcoholic sfiuslus Is required Tou seiU bear in
mind 1hat fhsse remedies entirely different from
apy oers ddrestised for the of the diseases named
ASse being scientific preparations Of medicinal erracts
WAils ts ofheys mere decootions Of IN some
form. Rs TONIC Is decidedly one of The most plea
sast asd agreeable remedies offered to e public.
sguing, erhilarafing, and medieadi qualities hae,
sasssd = y Be kno,0n as The greaies Of al toHiss
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15
u Mo N I'll @ = S E !,
(Southeast of Public Square)
DORR. 80: Proprietor.

sJHnHV-H II % P-
IAVING recently taken charge Of this
IL House, the Proprietor has reftted and
refurpished it throughout in manner calcu-
lated to make it one of the most desirable
stopping places in this part of the State.
Guests will fnd the best accommodations
at this House, and no pains will be spared to
make them comfortable.
T The Stables are commodious, and the traV-
elers' horses receive the best attention.
seplr.
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Into the shade, and every Fury sleeps.
Sleep! sleep, Orestes let thy torments cease
Sleep! great Apollo grants thy prayer for peace.
Sleep! while the dreams of youth around thee
play,
And the fierce Furies rest. Let as away.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15
Nixon Curry, tile Outlaw.
HIS EXTRAORDINARK CAREER.

There are many who disbclieve the
story below, but it is true in every par
ticular. We knew Nixon Curry, and q
more brave, honorable, and candid man,
prior to the affair with the Strongs never
breathed. The writer has omitted to
mention two facts--frst, that Curry was
under the influence of strong drink when
he revealed the strange history OF his
early life, although he was a very temp
perate man. The second omission is,
that Moses Howard, spoken of, was the
betrothed of Curry's supremely beautiful
Daughter Mary.-Butte County (Eol.
Press
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-18

General Harney Is reported to have
said that Government ought to adopt
a policy of feeding the Indians on the
Plains. 1t would be cheaper to board
them at the Fifth Avenue Hotel than
to fight them"
A Washington letter says: "Women
used to be in the habit of entering the
Presidents house with scissors to clip
down the lace curtains, and several re-
spectacle looking ones were sent to the
station heuse. Some men unscrewed
the bronze cherubs from the private
stairs of the Houseand Senate. Rogers
door has been mutilated in two or three
places by some scoundrels. The de-
structiye energies of the nation are far
in the advance of our creative enthusi-
asm.
Mr.. Chrisfeld Johnson, of Buffalo, N.
Y, thinks that he has struck upon the
DRY of nature underlying and supplant-
ing all the discoveries of Newton and
other scientists, which he explains ia
volume entitled "The One Great Force"
He takes the ground that the one great
force of the material universe is the self
repulsion of caloric acting on the iner-
tia of ordinary matter; and this is the
prime cause of gravitation, planetary
motion, heat, light, electricity, magnet
ism, chemical affinity, and other natural
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-18
The Reasons why.

Some of the reasons why DR.. Roback's Blood
Pills should be kept in every family are,
Because they can be employed in all cases
where family physic" is required, ana are
perfectly safe in their administration at all
times.
Because they act promptly in removing all
obstructions from the bowels, aflording imme.
date relief in collie or other pains.
Because they are Liver Pill, acting direct
" on the spleen and liver, removing the bile
and assisting digestion.
Because in taking them they do not inter.
fere with the regular avocation of the patient,
or leave the bowels constipated.
Because they are made both with and with.
out sugar coating, thus adapting them to the
use of every body.
Because they being purely vegetable are
perfectly harmless and can DC taken by chill
dren or adults at all stages or periods of life.
Because they are especially adapted to the
use of persons of sedentary habits, and to the
use of females about to become mothers.
Because! they are what their name indicates,
Blood Pill, searching out diseases Of the blood,
leaving the system III the full vigor of health
Because they are perfectly gentle in their
operation, causing no gripping, and arc a safer,
surer. and every way better purgative pill than
has ever before been offered to the public
Because! when followed In their use by Ro.
backs Stomach Bitters, they cure the very
worst cases of dyspepsia.
Because. they can be purchased at any drug
store at the extremely low price of twenty-five
cents per box.
Sold by all druggists everywhere.
novlGlm
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-18
FROM UPsMUR COUNTY.

UpsHUR COUNTY, Dec. II, 1865.
Editors of the Register;
At the session of the Legislature, last
winter, they passed an act authorizing
the appointment of. an investigating
committee in relation to the alleged
bad treatment of the patients of the
Insane Asylum at Weston; also charges
of peculation by the officials of the
institution. That committee met ut
Weston last May to investigate the
above charges as alleged by the press OF
the State, with powers granted to them
to send for persons ana papers.
After prolonged session of some
weeks they concluded their services,
with the understanding among the com
mittee, and the pledges of MesSrs. Hoke,
chairman of the committee, Drummond,
and other members of the committee to
certain parties, that the evidence, as
taken before the committee, would oe
published for the Information OF the
tax PAYERS of the State.
We respectfully call attention to the
failure to publish the evidence. It's
to be hoped that there is not any ulte-
rior purposes in the Suppression Of the
same.
And in appealing to Senator d. d. T.
Farms worth, who, as learn, was one
of the managers of the impeachment,
Hoke, Drummond and others, l have to
assure them that the only object is ts
remove suspicion which now clouds
like a pail the fortunes of great elee'
mosynary institution.
FRENCH CREEK.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Table Talk With n Victim of
INDIGESTION.

Reader We will suppose you martyr to dys'
pepsia If You are not. so much the better for
you. If you are, perhaps yeu may profit by
this paragraph. You have just finished your
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lowed lead, instead Of wholesome food You have
a sensation of tightness round the upper part of
the diaphragm, as if some snake Of the constric.
tor tribe held you in its embrace, and had kHoted
its coils orer tie pit Of your stomach. You feel
supremely miserable; and such is the penalty
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What do YOU desirel Ease of course. An ex.
emption from the incubus that robs you OF all
enjoyment during tke day, and disturbs your
rest at night. Take, then, this piece OF lntor.
nation: lou suffer needlesSLy. HOSIEIIER ,
STOMACH BtrTERS will as certainly cure
all your agonizing symptoms as the day on
which YOU read this article will be succeeded by
another Perhaps you are incredulous; but If
YOU have read the testimony of the eminent
citizens in every walk of life, who have tested
the preparation and submitted the results of
their experience to the public through the press,
YOU ought at least to have sufficient faith to
make a trial of il in your own case II is a pure
vegetable tonic and alterative,-thc only medicine
in he lgorld entirely adapted 10 your complaint.
If you are in the habit of taking any alcoholic
excitant as palliative, abandon it, and try this
WHOLESOME INDICATED srIMULANT II II does
you no good say so; but you will not do that, for
il has never yet failed, iu single instance, to
cure dyspepsia, biliOusncssr aud their various
e)mitants.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-18
Heavy on Morton.

iAe PILtsOurgn Gd<ctte says
Senator Mortons proposition, as 1t
stand, may he better entitled AN ACT
50 Contract the Currency by one-halt,
o.. perhaps. "An Act to Establish a Six
Months Panic or "An Act to repeal
Tue Act Establishing the National
Baking system" Either of these titles
"orll better designate the results IN
,,tably attending its adoption.
Tie New York Tribune says;
The tender hearted genius who. fear
.g that his dog could not bear the pain
Ol having bis ta.l cut OFT at once, decided
~ cut il OF: half Al inch per day, Is no
Dlgrr unique. Senator Morton mas
oItGOue himi in his own line.
Tue Chicago Republican says:
The ignorauce which prevails among
our Senators and Representatives 10
Congress. regarding the Fundamental
'r4cL,ugs of political economy and the
y.rmeutary principles of finance, Is per
!es'.y amazing. On no other theory can
"e account for the crude, almost lmOe'
...r measures which are at times intro,
l-csd in all seriousness, by members OF
IS National Legislature.
The bill presented by Senator Morton
% ladiaua, looking to return TO spe-
&c payments, which we publish in our
'--GEaph disp ,tches, exemplIhes our
-r4l.ug. We have not space to reVle"
proposition to day, but will expose
: iAll4cirs and wOrth.cssness, as a
-ea,ure of relief. Tomorrow.
Poor MORTON is not likely to get much
Eapathy from his side of the House
lie lad better get back to the greenOack
'lvory and pay off the national debt
".tA the loyal money of the country
aaL contract ut our leisure.
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InIefMo cod.

congress has ordered au Inquiry Into
a decision OF Judge UNDERWOOD, Oh
Virginia.
The Judge has been trying to d'stin-
-. himself by ordering the release
oi .,f,,u- convicted of crime in Nlr-
sa.. by Judges who wore disqualified
rr.irr hy he reconstruction acts. tie
observed IN one of his decisions that II
even clerk yf Court came under the
disflll.yjns sections Of the reconstruc-
iiou a,t,. the whole court was illegal,
aud Is proceedings of no account what
syr:. Uuder the decisions Of UNDER
uDpD several criminals have been re.
leased from Just punishment, and 1t Is
said tia; fully one-haI OF the persons
ugw under conviction in that State will
,sra.sc escape the penalty o. their
c.mr. Of course all these jail-birds
81 >.sud by UNDEEwOoD's party IN
Virginia.