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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
General scbenck,s House.

= Anumber of the "home organs" Of
Mr.. Schenck have rushed to his defense
on the subject of his pslatial invest
msnt m:this city Some of them bor-
row their plea from the yonng lady
whose iadiscretion blossomed into d.
timely, maternity, and who urged
in extenuation, that it was "s1ch
a very little epe, you know.P 7 But the
Schenek house isn't "a little one you
know" It's big one, standing on one,
of the fashionable avenues, grand,
gloomy and peculiar, in the loftiness of
its compressed brick, and the sublimity
of its brown stone front. And it cost
precisely S32 ,000-a sum which a skill
ful tinancier like Robert G. is not apt to
pay for three unpre,entious stories. Be-
sides the house is more serviceable as
index than for. what 1t is. Men do not
exhaust their entire purses on $32 900
bouses, especially in q city where their.
lease of residence has only year to run.
En- pede Herculem. The ancients judged
OF the size of Hercules by agance at his
feet; and we, of modern times, may
judge of a Oongressman's fortune by the
style of his house. AS32, 900 house car
res with it an idea of wealth, to- sup
port it, as well as money to pay for it.
And so with "poor" Garfield and his fine
palace-and so with all the rest of them
and their fine palaces. a' ,'-
By the way, everybody seems nova
days to have plan for paying the Ma.
tional debt. Mine is this: Let some of
our loyal Congressman enlarge their
system of private economy to public
scale. Let them teach the nation what
they have learned themselves-how to
invest $4,000 year and mileage, so that
it shall enable the owner to spend
$4,000 year, and TO save the remaining
hundred thousand of accrued interest"
Apply this principle to the receipts of
the Government, and it will be seen at
a glance that the National debt will be
paid off before the Fourth of July next
MACK, Washington Correspondent Of the
CNc;nnoH Enquirer.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
GEORGIA..
4 "LoyalD Version of the staius of
t.. 81. Parties ....

A 'tLoyalD Version of the status of
a. ell Parties. . a.... ...
NEw YORK, December 13.-The Tri.
bnne's Atlanta. Georgia, dispatch says:
The Democratic papers throughout the
State are unanimous in dsnouncing the
letter and statements of Tiff rs being
entirely unauthorized by the Demo
cratic party, which unite in opposing a
reseating of the negroes, the expulsion
of members disqualified by the Four
teenth Amendment, and strenuously
urge the defeat of the Fifteenth Amend
ment. The Republicans heartily en-.
dorss the Presidents recommendation,
and the, people generally look for and
will scquiesce in prompt action by
Congress. g...,-. .r1.aa a.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

The editor of tho Houston Texas
Times hasn't very exalted opinion of
the political affairs of that unrecon-
structed State. He begins an article in
his paper of the 30th ul.. thus:
The election commences to-day. An
enormous raven, more terrible than
Poe's, spreads its dark and fOrbodlng
wings ovor the land. The black snake
winds its sickeuiug coil around the
white dove. Caucasia and Ethiopia
embrace at the Suez of madness. The
lovely goddess who represents the gc-
nj as aud parity of the white race is to
ST Ter rape by hideous monster, forced
up from the "6ark Plntonian shore"
The "child OF the snn" that perched on
the American banner in days OF yore Is
gone to some far distant cliI, and foul
6uzzard pukes III It's place. Fall back,
you white skinned, white livered
wretch, and make way for the gentle
mIu OF "rich blood" Came up, negro,
and vote. .-H .... d.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

A New YORK physician has paid the
Manhattan Insurance Company the pol
icy and interest on the life of one DE,
LANEY, who was diseased when this
physician procured his insurance. This
item will interest q good many examin-
ing physicians throughout the country.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
The Uecord OF the West Virginia
C0ugressmen

Considerable interest seems TO have
been felt in the vote taken in the House
of Representatives upon the INGERsoLL
bi !, fer issuing S44,000,O0O more cur
rency in the shape of legal tenders
When SCHoFIKLD moved to table the
bill, the molten was understood as de-
signed TO test the sense of the House
upon the question of contraction. The
con ractionists voted for tabling; the
friends of "mcrc money" voted nay
upon the motion. The latter were in q
majority of over twenty, so the bill was
not tabled but referred. The West Vir-
ginia members, one would have sup
posed, would have voted with other
Western members, for an Increase OF
currency. Certainly the interests Of
tl.rir constituents lie that way. But
from the list of yeas and
nays we fad that Messrs.
MCGREw aud DUvAL voted with the
contractionists, while WITCnER lodged
The two West Virginia members who
voted yea upon the SCHoFIGLD motion
are known to be interested, directly or
indirectly, in National Banks. Under
ordinary circumstances the interests Of
the people they represent might have
received some consideration at their
bands, but when interests closer home
demand their attention. the latter being
paramount must have tie greater
weight. In former West Virginia dele
cations, the bondholdcrs and banks
have generally been able to controlsuch
votes as they wanted, aud it would ap.
pear that their influence is equally
strong with the present delegation.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

In Iowa wheat is bringing an average
price of fifty cents bushel. This is
said to be fifty per cent. less than wheat
commanded in gold times before the
war. But tits what the Iowa farmers
have been voting for, and if they like
it nobody else has any business 10
prumble. "
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

CoxRasposDENCE.

-,.;,;sais ortSs REGISTER nroHghS,t West
ny! and the bordering eOtastles OF Ohso ana
nDsn'S,anid ns"S are particularly req,.rsted 70 &C,
Pm, yr1pptly rita GHy occurrence of genera
gu1d VI - - = Iy come lcithin their knowledge. Ia
,Hsr'st w. ,,,rii importance the Iekgroph may Dc
t1'S' w ~ ,rosnts: ia most cases the n'd'I iclA
used a. FJaLirato and ornate essays are not Ge-
@ @,ss sff edn sSiss'S ;1: int ss"s sgs sI s as
'"'', I, 4lv trniPir.
..aa l ms setting forth the material condi-
CONN 5srs'oUment Of tie country; the crops,
non .,r, n rnd and all other subjects of ,terest
rl@H4,' 4,',r;.,ltiral community are especially de-
70 n, n,.na5 n55 m be promptly published. .---.
'[l ,l.,,s Of pabrc meetings, Of ,0hdtevsr MATURE,
s,J;r occasions Of iRteTest to the people trIA
!. esl,pla' ,.t,..L ,,,n.,, ,bo, .bou ,,a,et
:" .:'r, oE' and trishes Of the PEOPLE; and
~ ,.r.r comes from the People, and IS Of rdlue
gag ;ot,y,st 10 them pA receice our instant ana
S,abr! a''Sntion.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
PARAGUAY.
Flight Of Lopex-His AtrocIties-He
Sill Hns the Siucws of War.

Flight OF Lopez-His Atrocities-He
siiiI Has the sincws of War.
NRw YORK, December IA courier
from Paraguay, which arrived at Val!
psraiso November 9th, brings the report
that Lopez, on his flight to the Falivan
frontier, committed great atrocities. AT
San Estaidas he discovered revolu-
tionary plot among his followers and
caused one hundred of them to be shot.
His force was reduced to 200 conditioned
men, with twelve pieoss of artillery
drawn by hand. His army chest is plen-
tifully provided with the sinews of war,
hs having in his train twelve carts load
ed with money. - -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
BRIDGEPORT CONN.
Beg.s Commiastsni SHes.e-Rx,en
siye SwindlinE.

~
NEW YORK, December IA bogus
firm under the title of W. II. II. Stewart
d Sons, located in Bridgeport, Connec-
ticut, has, during the past six weeks,
successfully swindled large number of
merchants at the West and in Pennsyl-
yania, by soliciting and receiving con-.
signnents Of produce which have been
shipped to unknown places. On inves-,
tigation by Pennsylvania merchant IL
was discovered that over SIC, 900 worth
Of Hour, butter, etc., were found at the
steamboat freight depot, in Bridgeport.
No trace of the swindle has been obtain
ed. They used the names of many well
Known New York and other merchants
as reference, besides referring, to the EN-
pire State bank Of this city. There is
no spch bank in existence. . ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

Ida Lewis, the heroine of lime Rock,
visited the school ship at New Bedford,
Massachusetts, last week, in company
with about thirty members of the
Orient Lodge, by invitation Of Captain
Eldridge. The boys manned the yards
upon her approach, and an hour was
pleasantly spent in singing and speak.
ing blythe members of the Temperance
Dramatic Club and the Orient Lodge.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

The bonnet of the period has quietly
submitted to a rbbonless revolution,
and comes ont little more than sort OF
turban or round hat, ornamented on the
left side with large metal buckle, or
some precious or semi-precious stones.
This chaupesu should be of the same
shade as the dress, and made partly
of satin and partly velvet. White,
pink and light blue bonnets are to
be worn only by misses and little
girls. The chignons that win be fash.
ionable this winter are composed of
three very long and massive braids, ex-
tending from the top of the head well
over towards the front to the nape of
the neck; this chignon is surmounted
either by braid coucealing the comb
which serves to hold the chignon in
place, q semi-circular metal band, or a
large bow of ribbon or velvet. Blonde
hair is still worn very fluffy in front;
dark hair, on the contrary, is smoo other;
both are engaged in boufant bsndeauS,
which are drawn back from the ear or
rolled back over very high crepes.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

WYOMING, the youngest Of our organ
ized Territories. has sprung at bound
to the front of the progressive army.
Her Legislature, at Cheyenne, on the
7th iHst.--that will be hereafter red
letter day in the calendar Of the Female
Suffrage psrty-passed, in both branch
es, a law conferring the elective fran
chi sa unon women. - - - l-.l-t ,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

A PROPOSITION was made in Congress
the other day, to investigate GRANTS
connection with the FIsK-GoULD gold
ring. The Republican members voted
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

One OF the most shocking OF the
but tcheries committed by the Spauiards
in Cuba is thus described: The cane.
fie Id of q sugar plantation called La
Fermina, half way between Bomba and
Rogue, two little towns in the jurisdic
tion of Colon, Cuba, a few hours by
railroad from, Havana. has been the
scene OF one Of the lastiand most shock
ing of the Spanish butcheries. Nine
peaceful, wealthy gentlemen, two mere
boys among them, while residing on
their estates, were dragged to Colon,
before the Lieutenant Governor of the
place, there submitted to kind of
drum-bead, mockery, trial, accused Of
being Creoles, and after being compelled
to ride through the streets of the town,
amid the hooting and laughing of the
Spaniards, mounted on the bare backs
of their own horses, the tails and-manes
of which were previously cut oil, were
taken TO the lonely spot above men,
toned, and there first mutil ated and
then shot down, one by-one, and thrown
into ditch by a Party of drunken Cha
pei gorris.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

The chief objection to the financial
part of GRANTS message, seems to be
that it sffers no satisfactory solution OF
the problem it discusses. Ulysses
shoots well bnt hits nothing.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
Th. s.pre-e Cour, Hill Defended.

The ssPrene Court BiII Defended.
A correspondent ofthe Pittsburght Com
msrcial occupies three columns of that
paper, solemn and solid, in proving that
Congress would be right in depriving
the Supreme Court of all jurisdiction
over the coustitgtionality of Congress.
ional acts. He claims that the remedy
for unconstitutional legislation does
not lie in the courts but in the ballot
box. He says: .a
:. The members of the lower house are
directly accountable to the people who
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
sNo Hnmb,s;no, No cbe.,;rc,

g9No Humbuging! No Cheating
A pint bottle full of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy is prepared from one fifty sent
package, and the proprietor offers $500
reward for a case of Catarrh which he
cannot cure. Sold by druggists, or send
sixty cents to DR.. Z. '. Pierce, Buffalo,
n. Y, aud receive it by mail.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14


A New York paper says:-"'The Tribune
mildly doubts if fDr.! Mary Walker
crimps her back hair with crimping
irons. We know she does. She did It
in our bashful and Mortified presence in
Washington City's Union League Hall,
sc the Dress Reform Con vention last
February. Twas in the fante-room.
The main hall had not been opened.
Mrs. Bella Lockwood, janitress of
said hall, usbered us iAto 1he aforesaid
ante. room to rest our weary limbs ere
the coming on of the fray. Therein We
saw Mrs. Walker twisting a smoking
curling iron through her candle-saffron
capillary detractions. Our heart was
broken. We were not frightened. We
were very much discouraged. The end"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

The negroes of Louisiana have de-
creased in numbers one-third since the
close of the war. Freedom appears 10
be fatal to the race.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

@F5s5 'a{ alws2. s2 F5SS oSn'tt5 with thin legs)
on ' yop AIsw tSat when first laid nv cOur, our.
uesS." were brave to rash
nv F{sa Sear I'o%ipg Ming up Smiling)-"ob 5o,,,.
Young ladvyaWyEou %T you say that p '1 y
'' On such legs as yours se'' long at a
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
hotels.
J AALTBY HOUSE.
4. q. MILLER, Proprietor,
PRATT STREET. BALTIMORE
roy2lt
EVERETT HOUSE.
nor,h Al. .c Ir,,ian PARK. n. n.

plEIs HOUSE Is KEPT OF The EU
/ ropean plan; Il Is within three minute.
re 10y horse s1tsi q = 1 s,I DE a.~ ,,ss,n ssssl
49, ~ ~ men, and fss Sanner fravelIe
Iii - fc1sd the coolest Eoi<l in the
ETe-y roo-n Is provided With run-ing water.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

To have timber decay most rapidly
cnt in April, May and June. This is the.
best time to deaden or cut off shrubs to,
have the stumps rot out soon.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
CRIME IN CALIFORNIA.
Robbery, Arson and Murder.

SAN Francisco, Dece nber l3.-Frank
Medinin, proprietor of country store
in San Jouquin county, near Stockton,
and four others were murdered on the
night of December 9th. Their bodies
were found near by next morning,
bound and gagged. The object of the
murder was robbery. A faw nights be-
fore, in the same reighborhood, another
store was robbed and burned. The
bodies of two men were found in the
ruins. There is no clue to the perpe-
traitors of either of the murders.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

that Dr.. Sags's Catarrh Remedy te1H s., fo'n.y
cure Rs voTst eaty er OutaTTfh. ! ca1 ts
and Won will be oonyineed. IviIl pay e5eo Re-
WARD for case Of CaIarrh that cannot cure.
FOR SALE By MOST DRUGGISTS E'hEA'
WHERE
PRICE oyIr SO eCEyTs. Sen, ~ MAJ PSS Ss
maid n, G,,,, c,nt,: -Four packages for s2oei
or one dozen for s5,oo Send 8 two cent stamp
for DR.. s.ss's pamphlet on CatarTh. Address
the Proprietor. pv prypcE MD.
buffalo, y. 7.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
SoTwrSu

w 70 inform you,
reader. that DR.. Won
derful, or any other
man, has discovered a
remedy that cures Con.
sumption, when The
lungs ars half consnm.
ed, IN abort will cure
AL diseases whether of
mind, body or estate.
make men live forever.
and leave death 70 play
for want OF work, and
il designed TO make our
suolunary sphere a
oiissiul paradise, 70
which Heaven itaea
shall be but a .ide
shoT. YOu have heard
enough Of that kind Of
humbuggey. aud we
do not wonder that you
have by this time be
come dissuSted with II
Bat whom ! tell JGu
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

Death has taken the starch out of I.
Kingsford, who gained great notoriety
by having his name painted on boxes,
in red letters. His best hold was corn
starch, and he was dear to every Ameri-
can shirt-bosom.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

ExrLosIoN.-Friday evening, about
: o'clock a DALI though heavy, sound
was heard and felt in the neighborhood
of Finnell's Drug Store. A crowd soon
collected and amid the smoke it was dis
covered that the explosion proceeded
from Mr.. Lem Ferguson's store.
1t appears that the fire in the stove
was almost out and one of the gentle
men standing near the stove said:
"Lem, you'll not get that fire to burn
unless you put on keg of powder"
Mr.. F. seized what he supposed to be
an empty powder keg and began TO
shake it in the fire. Perhaps half a
pound of powder still, unfortunately,
remained, which the eager flames soon
ignitcd. An instant explosion followed,
blowing out the sash, scattering the
toys and contents of the shelves, some
of which were found in the middle OF
the street, and burning Mr.. Ferguson
severely and several Other hyStlnders
slightly"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
From tbe CIarksburg Conservatiy,

Coal MINERS CONVENTIONAL con-
vention of the representatives of the
different coal mines of West Virginia
will meet at Grafton on the first day of
January, 1870. Business of the most
vital Importance will demand full at
tendance.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14
STATE ITEMS.
lErom The Morcantown Post.l

A dividend of 25 per cent. has been
declared by the Mouopgahela Valley
Agricultural and Mechanical Society of
this county to its stockholders.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-14

The "apple-ack mills are distributed
throughout the District as follows: Ma
rion 3; Monongalia , (Smith Hoods and
Asa Lemley's); Hardy e; Pendleton );
Taylor 4; Berkeley |; Randolph a;
Hampshire 6; Morgan l.
The distillcry at Martinsburg is a very
large one, as much as 1000 barrels of
whisky being on hand at once.
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Stlmoat e,o. gnsinfss girsftary'
z co1,Nry OFFICERS.

u-.,.~s~ T.doe-CHANDLEB w .CAkko.,,, =, r;.ht ygtS
,n-sss;rs in public buildings, nrst oo1 n nnI,iS
ePSssss-s1GWiLLIANH Il. HAYS. Omce Ia PNoo'->
Buildings, nrst nooI once in pub
ctsrkef o0uTs..J. =: CASssGEnIt M Ganrt House.
A'e s,.t;sor-k M.CLARK. Once
lie building. entrance az sIeI oS 9fiiee on N in
80, s,rxt door West Of the Bank.
.RecoroesEws s-.s dcor second door TO left.
Prossesiin0 4se,,symJ,: ~; T,ns $500 storsa ~
ssN.l1.sssSS,.-~r-J James Alexander, beiialre'
usDry Frasher, Hendrysburgh; William ~
csMPosa, csaMzPpcsorEJosN KESsos, Bellaire' Belmont
County. c,-.sxrrt Beilaire.
.,..,orers meet at st. Clairsville on the
-, uandavs of March, June, september. Ano
pecember-and Board Of E9nah.,Ia.s9n aah Tsap ''
snr Ia, s protafe Court meets on the first Tuesoays
Of January. March May Jnly; Gt ssptsi spd Is always
onen lin business hours) for the trsnsaetion VI
other business
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or three insertions, 81. Each subsequent in
sertion 50centS.
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CcoscIuDsD on SECOND rAeE.l
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DEMOChACN ANALf LEL.
q Looking at the future policy of the
Democratic party through this platform,
1T proposes nothing affirmative in its
character but the destruction of the Ma
tional Banks and the Reputation of the
national debt, and for the National
Banks it proposes no substitute what
ever. And as the country must and will
have banks of some kind, it follows this
we know from other sources) that the
authors of this platform desire to return
to that old system of State Banks that
for so many years robbed aud plundered
the country by their failures, and made
all the Western and Southern States
tributary to the Eastern States, in the
form of exchange. And looking at this
platform, aud other Democratic State
platforms, what, does the Democratic
party, i'm any of them, propose to do for
the benefit Of the States, or for the honor,
glory. or up-5uilding of the nation?
What measure of policy has 1t put forth
by any convention. which appeals to
the heart or the head, to the glory or the
patriotism of the nation? Not one! 1t
has nothing to offer. 1t puts forth no
aspiration for liberty, or the perpetual
tion of the Union, aud has no rejoicings
In the new prospects Of growth and de.
velopment that are now presented to the
country. II requires no argument to
prove that when political party pre-
Wilmington journal., 1869-08-13
RoCKFIeH, DUpL1N County, N. O.,

RoCKFIEH, DCpLIN CoUNlY, N. g.,
Aug. 9th, 1869.
Dear Journal 1T pleases me to an
nonnce to you that the Hads were over
whelmingly defeated in this Rockfsh)
Township yesterday.
The following gentlemen were elected,
who are all rs true as steel:
Magistrates-Joseph J. Ward and Rob't
Charles Johnson.
Clerk-Julian 2. Faison.
Constable -EusebiuS S. Johnson.
School Committee e-Oliver MI. Mathews,
benjamin RUSSELL, Sr., and Hiram J. Page.
In tho Presidential election tho Radicals
had a majority of three yesterday ont of
q registered vote of 272, the Democratic
candidates received 100. Tho new con
verts to Democracy were Terg enthusiastic,
constantly shouting and huzzahing for the
Democratic candidates and the principles
they represented. The RAIDS assembled,
saw tho day was gone, caucassed and dis
persed without casting vote.