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s1oo ono though costing much more.
Il vas insured for S43, SEQ, and was oc-
cunied as follows: Grover d Bakers
Sswinp machine rooms; Mckee, Woed-
ward & Weakly, wholesale grocers, two
rooms: Black 81 Fox, china and queens
ware. The basement was occupied py
Fred. Lange as billiard room and res,
tanrant. Mr.. James Davis occupied
ROOMS in the second story with his famI-
". They lost all their personal effects,
and barely escaped with their
lives. James Turner also a
room in the building as an
office. His personal loss is about
$4,000. Nothing was saved from the
Opera bailding except from the ground
floors. All the valuable scenery, fx-
lures and theatrical properties were
consumed. 1t is, of course, impossible
at this time to estimate the losses, but
the following is an approximate sehed-
ule of losses and insurance, SO far as as
cerrained Turner's loss Sl2O, 1000, In
surance s43,5OO; Grover g. Baker, loss
slO. 900, insurance $4,000; Mckee, Wood
ward s. Weakly, loss $35, 900. insurance
S25, 900; Black g. Fox, loss $50, 900, in
surance $4,000; Sandmeier & Brother,
loss $4,000, fully insured; N. Dinner, loss
SAC, 900, insurance S2l 300; Aug. Kuhn,
loss SSOOO insurance $4,000; Schwao,
loss $4,000, insurance $500; j. Estabrook,
loss SO, 600 insurance $6O00; J. Lange,
$4,000, insurance $4,000; j. o. Davis, loss
$500, and E. Ritzler, loss 5000; no lnsur-
ance.
There are other losses of an individu-
al nature, which can not yet be ascer-
tanned at this time. The weight Of tho
insurance will fall chiefly upon Dayton
companies.
Although the Opera house was one OF
the most complete and splendid struc-
lures of the kind in the West, it was
never a profitable investment, and will
probably never be rebuilt. 1t was an
ornament and credit to the city, and the
people of Dayton have in this respect
met with terrible loss. 1t is under
stood that the Turner's will erect busi-
ness block upon the site of the present
ruins. Notwithstanding the no.
BILE exertions of the Fire De-
par aGtment, and the labor of hundreds OF
so dreadful was the nature OF the
fire that it was not subdaed until eight
or nine o'clock this morning, and even
now the ruins are still smouldering and
burning. The splendid front of the
Opera building, which is still standing,
is in imminent danger of falling, and a
guard of police has been stationed about
it to keep the curious and idle ont of
range. If it can be saved it will be
worth at least $4,000. The fire was
the most disastrous that ever visited
this beautiful city, and the loss which
it will entail upon business interests is
almost incalculable.
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CircuuIlocuIiou.

The New York Sun uses the following
in trying to say that the rev.
ersnd editor of the Independent is hyp-
ocrite and q liar: "bLr. TILTON has
shown himself ready to affirm that to be
true which is not true, and which he has
no good reason for believing to be true.
This is very poor policy, and evinces bad
morals and worse religion in the party
rniltY of it.n
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CoIored Troops.

A South Carolina negro named ISAAC
SANDERS has issued call for the negro
militia to assemble and organize at a
place called Monks Corner, in Charles
ton District. The object of the organi
zation, he vaguely but significantly says,
is "to regulate things generallS" "
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Hon. james Thompson.


Judge Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, April D, 1866.
Il consider 'HOO6Ands German Bitters' a
UGl,sdbk medicine in case Of attacks Of IndiEes.
ten OF Dyspepsia. l can certify this from my
experience Of 10.
Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON"
From Rer. Joseph II. Eenaard, D. d.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Phila.
ddphia.
Dr. JGckson-Dear Sir: have been frequent
ly requested TO connect my name With recon-
nendatiohs Of different E.nds OF medicines, but
regarding the practice "a ont of my appropriate
sphere, have in all cases declined; but with
clear proof in various instances, and particular.
" in my own family, Of the use Of Dr. Hoohands 3
German Bitters depart for oncefrOm nv usual
course, TO express my full conviction that. for
general debilify Of he system and esp,eiaUy Tor
LiUsr Complaint, u u a safe aud paI,iabL DTSpa.
rItiOR, In ssme cases IL may fail; but usuaIlv
! doubt not, 1t will hs very beneficial 10 those
who suffer from the above causes
Yours, very respectfully,
J. II. kENNARD
Eighth, below Coates St
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

VNHIS NEW AND COHNODIOUs HOUSE,
i located corner OF Broadway and 42d street,
possesses advantages over all other houses for
the accommodated Of its guests. II was built
expressly for a frst-class Family Boarding
House-the rooms being largo and IN suit,
heated BY steam with hot and cold water, and
furnished second 20 none, while the culinary
department is In the most experienced hands,
aforaing guests an unequaled table.
One OF AtwOOds Patent Elevators is also
amoEg the modern improvements aud at the
service OF guests at all hours.
The Broadway and University Place Cars pass
the door every four minut ~ running from the
City Hall 20 Central Park, while the SiIth aud
Seventh Avenue Lines arc but sbsrt block on
either side, aGOrding ample facilities for com
municating with all the DepOts, steam boat
Landings places Of Amusement and Business
MORE 4 HOLLEY,
marl1 FIN Pr"prstorL-
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nreunInr Prnciitioners.

At the last days session of the Ameri-
can Medical Association it was resolved
"that all contract physicians, as well as
those guilty of bidding for practice at
less rates than those established by a
majority of the regular graduates of the
same locality, be classed as irregular
nractitioners.r
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WELLS, carpet-bag candidate for Gov
ernOr of ofVirginia, expects to be elected
by the negro vote. To secure it, he has
lust pardoned CESAR GRIFFIN, II negro
murderer. If he had rendered unto
CESAR the things that are ClEsAR's,
GRIFFIN would have been sent to the
Ponitentiary, and if justice in Virginia
would render unto WELLS the things
that are WELLS, there would be a
speedy vacancy in the Military Govern
orship of that State.
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WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either Of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MA
RASMUS, without fail
Thousands Of certificates have accumulated
in the hands of the proprietor, but space will
allow Of the publication of but few Those
il will be observed, are men of note, and of such
standing that they must be believed
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alarming in regard to Indian a,el dePfToH FToH.
tions. II is estimated that 'nese tt;rd
tier States have already lost s,s;nus one,SH,tu
of their population by the incupstonS s..nS
of these savages, and unless the naSteI tsr
is seriously attended to the co1nVrS
will soon be depOpulated.
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TES TIM MAILS

Hon. Geo. ". WoodWdrd,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Pa,
writes:
Philadelphia, March 10, 1867.
I find HOohaRds German Bitters Is a good
tonic useful in diseases of the digestive organs,
and Of great benefit in cases Of debility, and
want of nervous action in the system.
Yours, truly, GEO. W WOODWARD.
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WILLIAM II. SEWARD has declined TO
write political history. Political nc
tiop and legerdemain would be more 10
his taste.
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THE New York Herald says; feop4e
are not inclined to nurse the devil
Wherefore the Boston Post interS tha'
BENNETT is TO be weaned.
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A WESTERN paper is not hopefui OF
the new "Quaker policy" of Indian re-
construction. 1t thinks there IS but
one good kind of Indian, namely, dead
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PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore in a measure the energy and ardOr Of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms and give health and happiness in their
Snf,
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EVERETT HOUSE.
yortI, Side oT Tnfou Park. n.

01HIs HOUSE is KEPT ON THB EU,
j ropean plan; il is within threo minutes
ride (by horse Sarsl OF the New Haven
Railroad Depot, convenient 10 all the princip
places Of amusement and for Summer travelle
will be found the coolest Hotel in the
Every room Is provided with running water.
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~

From Rer. Z. d. FtHdaU
assistant Editor, OhTiStiI Phflada.
l have derived decided benefit from the use Of
HoohAnd's German Bitter and feel il nv priv.
ilege 70 recommend them a. a n0st valuable
tonic, TO all who are suffering from general de-
bility, or from diseases arising from derange.
IneRt Of the liver.
Yours, truly z D. FENDALL
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NOTICE

1t is a well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite
TO this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
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These remedies will effectually cure Liver
Complaint, Jaundioe, Dyspepsia, Chronic or
Nervous Debility Chrsnic DiarrhGa, Disease
DisoTdered Liver, stomach or Intestine.
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TrAins on The Main LAs make eonBscti0es
A. Baltimore With trains for PhiladsiphiA, Ssv
York and BlstSu. AZ Esiay HOsss via Wa
inEtSB City. for AL pDints B0uth.
CeHtral Ohio trains make direct ceubsctAS1 ~
Colambus Tor al p0tHts West and Northwest
Tiehsts N al yriheipai points car - pros5T's
JOHN L. wILSOH.
V...., of Tr.nsuortatisu BaitmoTs.
n r. DEYkfES,
,-,.so OousyEi A Fert Wbss1hE
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DEBILITY,

Resulting FROM any Cause whatever;
PROSfRATION OF THE SYSTEM,
induced by Severe Labor, Hard
ship Exposure, Feyers, &c.
There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies in such cases. A tone and vigor is
impaired to the whole system, the appetite is
strengthened, food is enjoyed, the stomach d.
gests properly, the blood is purified the com.
plexion- becomes sound and healthy the yellow
tinge is eradicated from the eyes, bloom is
given to the cheeks, and the weak and nervous
fuualid hn""-~n" d" strnnR "~A l"Hlthy haing
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Incorporated 1888.
HOTELS.
SWAMI HOUSE,

SWAMI HOUSE,
PARKERSBURG, W. VA,
VtuE ONLY COMMODIOUs AND
i frst-claas Hotel in the city.
nov3O-ly j. WM. DENT. Proprietor.
MALTBY H0 0USE.
A. Il. MILLER, Proprietor,
PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE.
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a Man Buried Alive Before the
Eyes of His Wife.
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CAUTION.

Hoshands German Bittsrs are oounterfeited
See that the signature Of c. u. JACKSON is
on the wrapper Of each bottle. An Others are
counterfeit
Principal 0hce and Mandatory at the Ger
man Medicine Store, No. 6jl ARCH Street.
Philadelphia Pa
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The Names of the Sufferers.
Losses Estimated at from
100000 TO $SOO,OOO.

Details OF The Insurance
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TRANSPORTATION.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO
Rail Road Company,

WHEELING. May sth. Isos.
DAssRNGRRTRAINs WILL RUN
i by the following schedule on aud after the
10th day u May, Wheeling time
GRAFTON ACHnMMnnA LION
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LATE FIRE IN DAYTON

The Opera House Destroyed.
A Whole Square Reduced 10
Ashes.
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WILLIAM HARE.

PLUMBER AND
Il GAS FILTER No. , Monroe St., Whsel.
ing W. Va
~ Orders from the conntry attended To q
short notice. sop20
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s.u.s, end T:,es.r,s F,s,r...

What are termed souBd figures may be
produced In various WAYS. One way Is 10
Ax plate Of glass at its center with Bur-
gundy pitch 10 an upright support on q
stand, then to dust the plate with f1ne dry
sand or other suitable powder, such as ly-
ccpodium. II now the plate be made TO
Vibrsie BY drawing over its edge q
violin bow, or some horse. hair tightly
stretched from the two ends OF q cane well
rosined, the dust will In due time arrange
itself into certain forms, lines, or figures.
The same will occur by tying over broad
mouthed glass or goblet with bladder that
has been moistened and allowed to dry TO .
drum. like surface, and busted with lyco-
podlum OF very one sand, and then put up
on = piano. Certain linee ere soon visible
after the instrument has been played upon,
particularly when one chord only has been
struck, so a. to lessen the vibration. Toe
blowing Of q cornet, using ono key, or the
tuning OF one note Of any instrument, near
the stretched inemhrane, will cause II 10
vibrate, and the dust 10 arrange itself into
form. Thus these experiments clearly ex'
hIbit the effects of sound and by due
study Of the dust lines we may see whsl
sound, one ing passed, has been. Asome.
what similar application OF this erperimet
| has recently been made by German
philosopher 10 the study Of the nature o.
| electrical discharges between metallic con
ductors. II is found that when An electri'
| discharge takes place between horizonts
plate Of metal powdered with lycopodium
iormin the positive pole, and . bail OF poin
ul,eed below Il, the dust remains attached
10 the plate on = well determined area.
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taiued a dispensatinn from the proper &c
clesiasticai authority to perform the cor :
mony.
lie th' n performed the ceromony ss :
qnired by the discipline of the Catnol c
church, the solemniiy Of tho scene being
somewhat marred br ihs !.,,htrr occasion
ed through ldpsits inyve OF the el.rg .
man, who, instead OF sa, ing to the lady ",y
be my weddt husband" substituted the
word wiie,"
The mistake was corrected, and, aft.r
having to translate Tor the gr,,On,'s brneft
portion of the ceremony, the service ~As
concluded. and the happy courls received
the congratulations of their friends. The
company then disprrsrd, and the bridal
party proen. ded TO ihe rrsid, nee Of Mr.
Wormiy, on Fdurtern'h street, rtween G.
and II, where r. e. ptiOn Was had from
10 II o'clock.
A very large humber of the most r spec
table colored citiz ns and q number of the
groon's friends called TO tend = their con-
Eratulst'ons and On n . glass OF vi to
the future succes, Oi the happy pair. FH
the present Mr.. and Mrs. Gerard will reside
With the brides psrsats.-- National Repub
Lem
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TO-MORROW-.

On tomorrow Tennessee will vote to
amend a constitution which was coa~
ceived in evil blood and brought forth
10 bitterness. Beginning with the false
assumption of 1--WE tho people" it
closed its bloody code by invoking the
sword Of discomfort. Instead Of clos
ing up the wounds Of an unhappy era,
il ruptured Those blessed conditions, &,
which are essential &c unity and homo.
gently among any people. Charity for
the intelligence of its founders aud jus
tice for their intentions demand the ex-
posure that their highest am was the
psrpetuity of those divisions which they
profsssed to condemn. Its legitimate
effect has been it. os0 timely end, for
on q -morrow. We taste that reaction
which assurdedly follows virulence
The aim Of the few who possessed the
power, but not the moral right to en-
force it, we're inspired by the hope that
under ito epormity the great body Of
the people could be goaded to the COM
mission Of Offences, which would graft.
fy their robbery and ruin. Fortunate
ly there was left in their sal hearts the
lsaYen Of fnrtitude and they have pa
ti.ntly lived to see the morning.
We hope the reconstruct Of our
civil government will DO marked by dig.
nifty, nobility aud temperance, aud that
We can show ourselves as superior to
passion as We have proven ourselves in'
capable of cowardice, II there wer'
No higher reason, it should be done il
deFxrsnce to those Southern sisters
who are yet bent beneath tho horriC
simeon Of radicslisnr. But there arr
reasOBs above and beyond those Of Ou
late family sympaihies. The northern
rspLblicaa party has ouilived much of it
animosiiy aud from 1t We have now mucI
TO ask aud expect. 1t is only the meal
and local eupidity aud malignity @
southern radicalism that We have I
hum out beneath the lens Of publ
scrutiny. 1t fails to rise to the lo'
dignity Of faction, but sinks along th
low level Of base and deliberate conspir
Acies.
Beneath the new order Of things an
in she new era which now dawns upo
Tennessee, it will soon be heard Of
more until God shall st some distAi
day allow it to creep upon the dead cal
eass cf some slain giant.
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srisntife.
The FossiI ksn Of fOnondazn---Opinion
OF an Auntominf.

OF an AnntomIst-
M ssRs. EDITORS 81 have read with a
guod deal OF interest the accounts have
zen in your excellent paper Of the "done
giant" or the fossil mar, found on the fAI NJ
OF q Mr.. Newell, 10y some llborers while en-
gagged la digging w,l.
Many OF the accounts I have seen in the
papers are ianciful and wholly imaginary.
At first We we're told 1t was q vsritab Q
peiritA elton, and full description Of the
same was given. Next we we're Informed
hat It was an "imsge," the work Of the
Jssu ts; then again II was the work Of a
Cansdian, mad in 1868, from Onondaga
plaster. Recently saw an extract from
The Syrscus. journal, in which was an ar
Gle s'gaed by james II al, State geolngis ,
aud $. B. W olworth, Secretary OF The
X gents OF the University, in which IL is
maintained that II cBanot be petrifaciiOn, 4,
b-cause the soft parts of an animal are
never Ietrified, decomposition taking Ilice
so rapidly. Nov. Messrs. Editors, the
alb v,,-named gentlemen may he men oi
science, in their way; they ought not to he,
occupying the places they d. ; but IL L. plain
tisy are not snAt"msis or they wUuli never
mSke the above statement.
Decomposition is ordinarily the fate of ali
aoim Al subsfancrs, hard as we'd as sott.-
stabces OF human 10 Lies, buried in certain
localities, becoming petrih1d. IL is not
more than four OF five years sg' that We
had an account 10 the New York papers OF
the rem ,val of a man, or his BODY rather,
that had been buried six or eight years,
vixen It was found that complete p-trih;a
tion had taken place. NJ part had even
begun TO d-compos- except the end of the
nose, ard that was very slight
| Besides, can show Mrssrs. Hsll and
! W, cd worth, IL they will call npon me, the
hall of q human heart p tr ned, plainly
aud DIS inc ly To be So, n, as any Que &C.
| quAinted with suatonly will admit at once.
- have ~ any -other-ssaiilar petriiAstions
in my possession.
None or tn. 10 could, for o moment, be
supposed th work Of a eunuing JssaIts OF
OF a shrewd Canadian, hid in the earth &c
surprise somebody-but were picked up
some In Penney lvania and some in Wiscon.
| sin each partaking Of the nature vi rOct
common In tho region where IL was found
The same thing, no doubt, Is true Of th'
plaster man OF Onondag-. As plaster ol
gypsum is common In that region, petrifac
tioi in that locality wouli, of course par
take Of the nature Of gypsum. I have new
or seen the stone giant sbov. referred TO
but IL would take more than have yet seei
to convince me that il II not fossil man.
Dr.. Wes,cotI's communication 10 your las
issue takes the most common-sense view q
the subject OF anything have seen. On
good snatomi-st Is . better judgU of th'
nature OF the curiosity IL, question than
thousand State geolcglsts or r. gents Of th
University.
Don't let Us set shoemaker to repairing
. watch--every man is judge Of his ow
trade. GEO. W. STONE, N. ID.
Warren Center, Pa.
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CHEsAPEAKE AND 0HIo RAiLs0AD.- The
Washington Chronicle and New York Times
both seem TO be we'll posted on The purpo-
ses Of the company Of capitalists who now
have the control Of the Chesapeake aid
Ohio railroad. The Times states that the
work Of extension will be begun next
month, and the CkroRicle Gays tho road will
be nnished 10 the Olio In two years, which
will he about the time of the great laterna-
tionsl Fair 10 be held al Washington city
and that paper expects passengers from the
West com ag 10 the Fair 70 lake the jour.
pey by the ChesAps axe and Ohio road.
Ths Chronicle anticipates advantages for
Washington In the construction OF thii
rreat work, aud, describing its easy grades
declares very truly that Il has msoy advan
taees over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
10 the matters Of transportation and gseer
Al working Of the line. II V. indeed. CO.
psrior IN auy OF the routSs be,v@au the
| Atlantic saaboard and the Mississippi. Th'
| AlleRsny mounAAlns ere crossed Al grad
OF only twenty nlns feet TO the mile eominI
sas,, and shent forty ave going west. Th
| B lltim lre sa6 OHIO railroad ascends IN
Allesaney at gr lde Of cae hundred 40
sx,esn feet psr mile for eighteen miles,
Richmond Dispeth, "a.
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Hon. II. Il. Butler has written lets
ter 10 his constituents OF the 6rst Tenn.
disuic, advising them to vote against a
constitutional convention, but TO bring
out their best men and unite upon them.
lie urges that the present movement is
q confirmation Of the rebellion and that
the Ssnier wing are the foes Of loyalty
in every sense. He seems to have
abandoned his old organ, the Jonesbo-
rough Flag. for The Herald q TribS"e
in which his manifesto sppears. In this
letter Judge Butler seems to imagine
that State government can be perfec'
ted BY a perpetuatiOn OF those civil dis
sinelions which make enmities. H'
vho believes that the iniquitous system
which has for four years cursed th'
State Of Tennessee, can be made to en-
dure is afflicted with an obiiquity o
political vision which We will not ut
tempt to ameliorate.