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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04
From the Wellsburg Herald (Rad), Jan. IL
The Test Oath.

Numerous applications have beer
made during the recent session OF the
Legislature by parties to be relieved
from the disabilities of the test oaths,
as applied to lawyers and teachers, and
it is very probable that when it re-
assemblies the applications will be re-
newed in increased numbers. 1t is q
question now whether the period has
not arrived for the total repeal of such
disabilities, as well as for modification
or repeal of tho disfranchising clauses
of the registration law. These provi.
sions were enacted for a purpose, and
that purpose has been accomplished
Primarily it was to retain the political
power of the State in the hands of those
who sympathized with, or, in ordinary
phrase, were loyal to the United
States Government secondly, it was IN
some degree, to punish parties for par
ticipation in the rebellion. The political
power of the State is now, by the re.
suit of the late State elections, secured
in loyal hands for some time to come,
and those hands should be, by this time,
sufficiently strengthened to keep the con-
troll, if it is proper it should remain with
them. We may say, that if the record
of the Republican party will not sus-
tain it before the pablic now, without
such discrimination, some change is ad-
yisable. So far as the punishment fea-
ture is concerned, the State can well af-
ford general amnesty, especially II the
United States Government has granted
amnesty to jeff Davis, and the chief Of
tenders of the rebellion.
1t is doubtful whether the disfran-
chised element now does not exercise
more pernicious political influence
than it would if the disfranchised par
ties were allowed to vote.
On general principles it is conceded
that class legislation is impolitlc. No
permanent excuse for discomfort should
be permitted in the body pelitic, even
though the excuse be poor one.
If these considerations and general
principles apply in the case of the dis
franchising laws generally, it is very
certain that they will apply with much
greater force as regards the more special
disabilities as to attorneys and teach
erS.
1t was not the intention of the law
makers to make any these disabilities
perpetual and it occurs to us, that
now is about as good a time as Will
again occur, to make our population
politically Homogeneous"
The Republican party by the time the
next elections come around can take its
chances for share of the rebel vote,
and at any rate has majority enough to
Justify our experiment in liberality.
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senator WILEY.

Tho Wheeling Htelligencer recon-
mends Mr.. Wiley, of West Virginia,
for place in General Grants Cabinet.
Mr.. Wiley is the same consistent gen.
tleman who in lS6l gave as q reason
why he could not vote in the State
Convention for an ordinance of seces-
sion that the mOmeht such an ordinance
was passed he would be traitor if he
did not 60 with his State. lie is also
the same Mr.. Wiley who went home
from Richmond to organize his people
and aid in preparing them to protect
themselves from the Pennsylvanians
He is, in a word, the man who was a
Nirginian while in Richmond, and up
to the moment when McGlellan's army
landed on Virginia soil, but who became
rampant Union man as soon as Uncle
Sans bayOnets had turned the scale il
his own section in favor of the Union
Richmond Dispatch.
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STATE ITEMS.

The Wellsburg Herald has a new
head. Some evil-minded persons broke
into the office, pied a lot of type and
carried off portion of the old heading,
so that new one had to be gotten up
on short notice.
In 155 James E. Cromwell was sem
fenced to solitary confinement for life
in the Michigan Penitentiary for mur-
der. He died on November the lOth OF
the present year.-FdirnlOnt Vest Jr-
giRiGH.
Since the man was imprisoned in l55,
and died on November 10th of the pres
ent year, he languished at the expense
of the State short space of only i7l3
years. That's pretty good for high; but
since Michigan did not become a State,
and did not have pGnitentiary until
1887, it looks-well how does it look +
WeSt0R Democrat.
Game is plenty in Hampshire and ad-
joining counties. A five legged deer
has been killed near Romney.
Samuel Butler, a colored citizen of
Weston, incidentally cut his throat
with razor a few days ago. He was
shaving at the time and did not medi-
tate suicide, but came near accomplish
ing it for all that. The windpipe was
nearly severed, He is recovering.
The Weston Democrat states that a
man named Jacob Hindman, living near
Hackers Creek, Lewis county, made an
attack on Richard Fretwell, Esq, at his
store in that vicinity, inficting severe
injuries on the latter. 1t seems that n
dispute was in progress about an &C
count which the former owed Mr.. Fret
well, when Hindman called him liar,
and used other insulting language. Mr..
Fretwell, although having long ago
passed the meridian of life, resented
this, when Hindman struck him one or
more blows with large club, intlicting
the injuries mentioned.
The Berkeley county papers are rails
ing Cain with their Board of Super
visors because that honorable body
undertook to "retrench" the printer
out of his hard earnings.
The Berkeley Union notes the arrest
in Martinsburg of Jefferson county
thief. 1t says:
On Monday night last Captain Moxley
received telegram from Harper's Fer
nv, stating that mulatto calling him
self William Thompson, guilty of the
larceny of SlOO from John II. Washing.
ton, ESD, had left there on the 9;2O
train. On the arrival of tho tr"i" hor9
Thompson was duly looked up and
nabbed by the Captain and conveyed
to the lock up, where he is now await
ing transfer to the Jefferson authorities.
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be found that the claims of the present
incumbent will canse the scale to pre-
ponderate in his favor.
The "well-known writer" closes his
article by announcing that his clerical
friend has no income except what re-
suits from his labors and efforts as
teacher and the pastor of one OF our city
churches" He does not, however, under
take to say what his income from these
sources amounts to. It is fair to pre-
sume that 1T cannot be less than two thou
sand dollars. Bat will this "well-known
writer undertake to say that Mr.. Dodge
and family, meaning thereby himself
wife and minor children, have no 9th
er income than that derived from the
sources above namedY 1t is not for a
moment supposed that our "well known
writer" will venture such an as
sertion. For it is fact that seems to
be well understood in this community,
that the Reverend and family, are the
fortunate recipients, from year to year,
of very handsome income from very
handsome fortune.
On the other hand it may be said of
Mr.. Williams, that all that he has re-
ceived for his services during the eigh-
teen years in which he has been con-
nected with our city schools, has been
expended here in the city in the main
tenance OF a large family; and during
the last few years, since the advance in
the prices of articles of living, his
salary has proved inadequate to the
support of his family; and had it not
been for assistance rendered by some of
his older children, he would ere this have
labored under very serious pecuniary
embarrassment. But this is matter
neither here nor there in the question
at issue. Nor would it have been in.
troduced at all, but for the attempt of
the "well known writer" to create
sympathy in behalf of his friend, by
Juggling in matter entirely irrelevant,
and which can have no bearing in the
case. JUSTICE.
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A Kentucky Editors Pen and Ink
sketch of Butier.

Colonel J. Stoddard Johnston, the
editor of the Frankfort Woman, has
been writing q series of entertaining
letters to his paper from Washington
city, whittier he was sent as State mes
senger, and, from among other items
and notes of his last contribution, we
extract the following concerning one OF
the most redoubtable heroes of the age
When Buffers name was called ION
the occasion of drawing for seats) ne
walked over across the hall from the
Radical side, and selected his seat close
up to the Democratic headquarters,
amid. much laughter. No carIcature l
have ever seen OF this notorious charac-
ter does him injustice. He cannot be
caricatured, being himself living carl
turs on manhood. Short and chunky,
his legs are to his body like pipe.stems
stuck into pumpkin. His head is the
most remarkable cranial excrescence
both Internationally and as regards MS
physiognomy, ever saw In prlut or on
living shoulders. He is bald on top OF
his head, but, if he ever did have fore
head, it looks as if it had not been more
than couple of inches high.
He has no bump of reverence,
but self-esteem ises in kind OF preno'
logical Peaks of Otter; and you may
Judge of the peculiar formation OF ooth
head and chin when tell you that, II
you would proleug the plane of the
chin upward and of the forehead or the
top of the head downward, they would
meet with an angle about six inches
in front of the eyes. In well-forned
Caucasian face they are either parallel
or meet remote from the face, but But
Ter is paradox, and, if you want fiat
tering likeness, take the first caricature
of him you see in comic paper, and yor
may frame it with perfect assurance
that yen have fiattering likeness Of
, him.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04
A bloody Duel ut New Orleans with
Brondswords.

The famous duclling ground on the
Metairie Ridge, known as The Oaks,"
was the scene yesterday morning of a
sanruinary duel between two young
men of this city, which has rarely had
its parallel in the annals of the code,
either in this country or in Europe.
The antagonists were-the one a native
Creole, of New Orleans, the other a
Frenchman by birth-the provOcation
blow in the face at the hands OF the
Creole; the weapons were broad
swords, the hour daybreak. Arrived on
the field, accompanied by their seconds,
the combatants stripped to the waist,
and, sword in hand, in the freezing
air OF the morning, sprung at
each other like tigers. There was
h0 tTy eaeh I9't1iST otHep's skill. 4 few fiunges
and cuts were successfully parried,
when suddenly an up-cut from the
Frenchman's sword wounded his oppo-
nent in the right arm. The riposts
from the Creole laid open the French
mans left cheek, laying the inside open,
and exposing his teeth. Nothing
daupted, the wounded man stepped
DaCk, Dau u udluhClShlOA pOuhN tNNAN
his face, and again put himself in an
attitude of offence. His first lunge
penetrated the breast of his antagonist
between the rib and the skin, but it was
made with such resistless force that IL
passed also through the off arm. An at
tempt was made at this moment by the
seconds to step the matter at that point,
but the man with the handkerchief
around his jaws rushed at the
second who was most anxious to settle
the matter, sword in hand, asseverating
that naught should quiet his animosity
except a cut across his throat. The bat
tie was renewed, and lasted until the
Creole had received eight wounds and
the other six-all severe and painful
but none, it is hoped, dangerous. Both
men displayed extraordinary courage
auimosity and endurance, and during
the course of the bloody encounter,
neither was willing to give up the con
test until both had to let their hands
fall helpless to their sides from loss o.
blood and the pain of their wounds
The parties were carried home atte'
having their wounds dressed.-N u
Crescent, December l3.
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A Small Farm in California.

In a recent conversation with farmer
from California, he spoke of his 1900
acres as a small farU, and his POO acres
of wheat as a small affair. Some of his
neighbors had 5000 acres of wheat, and
The yield was from 90 to 40 bushels to
the acre. The highest yield he had
known was S3 bushels to the acre. The
fencing of land was getting so common
that cattle could not be kept as profit
ably as formerly, and he had come East
to invest in Cotswold sheep. To an
Eastern man, the terms small and great
have a very indefinite application in
that country.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04
RaSKRUPTCY.

u,HE CREDITORS OF SAMUEL STERN
are bersby notified % appear az ny once
n the city Of Wheeling. West Virginia, on the
Z9tb dag Of December. A. ID. IeCs, az 10 O'Clock
l. n, and show cause, II any they have, Why the
aid samuel Stern should not be discharged from
his debts under the Bankrupt Law Of March %;
ls67. The second meeting Of aid creditors VII
be held a. aid time and place, and the thiTq
meeting on the day following AZ saIe h21f Al"
decIs-oayr 2u EeZister in Bankruptg
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a three year old" neighLor saw
drunken man tacking' through the
street Mother" said he, " did God
make that mani" She replied in the
affirmative. The little fellow reflected
a moment, and then exclaimed, l
wonldn't have done itW
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

A lady having the misfortune to have
her husband hang himself on an apple
tree, the wife of a neighbor immediate
ly came to beg branch of that tree, to
have it grated into one in her orchlrd,
" for who knows" says she, " but it may
bear the same kind of fruit p
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

Toledo is the worst place in the State
Tor boys. They won't let boys slide on
the sidewalks, nor SNOWFALL each
other, nor fall off church steeples, nor
nave any fun any way. A boy might
live his whole life in Toledo, and not
have chance to get his ribs broken
once.-COlumbus Journal.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

a Paris lady requested Christmas
party on the third floor to quit dancing,
as a man below them was dying. The
guAts acquiesced. Returning an hour
later, "My dear children" she exclaim-
ed with the benevolent smile, "you
may begin again; he is dead.n
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

The Hebrew word Shlemiel signifies a
fussy fellow who never does any thing,
but always makes show of working
hard. We have no equivalent word,
and its adoption would be a convent
cDCe
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

A trauscendental preacher took for
his text, "Feed my lambs" A plain
farmer very quantity remarked to him,
on coming out of the church: "a very
GOOD text, sir: but you should take care
not TO put the hay so high in the rack
that the lambs can't reach ii"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04
Every Pair Of Shears Warranted
WILLIAM KRYTER,

MA1ufsctnrsT o.
Skeep Shears, PysHiaS sAean, IasIe3s
SkSars, Family Shear, BaakeTr Sheara
~sbsars Of any ds>srpsisu made 70 order.
,I,Hy ATTENTION or SHEEP GROWERS
"a ,IeGrsFs L called 10 ny sheep Shear
u P,aniax sheaFs, for trimming sheep toas.
-, - nssT ol which Il warranted.
n. - IN Hardware, Cum. Pistols, Sporting
r-ckss, Table and Pocket Cutlery, &c, a.
les MARKET ST. Wheeling W. va
Repairing Of Cans. Pistoks. Knives, sclssW
Snail Machinery, &c, done In the best n.nss
and at reasonable prices
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If Queen Victoria lives as long as her
grandfather, her reign, it is said, will
not close before 1901.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

The Pope is said to be 75 years OF age
and not 76, as commonly stated. This
correction is made by a correspondent,
who reports that the Pope himself said
he was born in 1870.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

Alaska contains about $4,000, 900
acres, and was purchased at little less
than two cents the acre, which was not
much more than twenty times its value.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

Six hundred thousand hat boxes are
annually manufactured in Danbury'
Connecticut.
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LIFE! DEATH.
BY REV. W. Il. PLATT.

Life is a mystic woof
Piled by spindle drear,
Weaving the threads of care,
Wet with affections tear
But Death mutely stops the spindles sWntnlgh'i
And sewers our cares knotted thread :
While the tears Of earths millions arc orio" -
the tomb, :, .E.E
Where ANGELS watch over the dead.
II.
Life is a brokenihope,
Life Is q weary sigh,
Life is a faded dream,
Life is n dread TO die:
But Death near us glides, witha dark Veiieu i~oe
And waves us in silence away
Where hope is fruition and signs are sweet sonEa
And dreams are the wings OF the day.
Life is a Swallowed light,
Life is a Pilgrims hymn,
Life is An echo strange
Heard in the twilight dim;
Rnt Death soon unveils mans shad0wless day,
And shelters the traveller alone;
The echoes of earth are all lost in the strains
That swell from the Masters Throne.
Life is thought worked out
Worked on a stage suonme-
Worked meath the Angel seyes'
Worked in the tasks OF Tiae.
But Death easily ends both the thought anu inc
tasks
Ends both in rapture sublime,
While tbe Angels bend DER him in ju6hant nands
And crown the True Worker OF Time
V.
Life is the breath of God,
Life is his breath or frown,
Life is the victims cross,
Life is the victor's crown.
But Death takes the breath from earth back TO
God;
On guilt bends his whitening frown;
While the smile Of His love, in radiant glow,
Lights the way from the Cross to the Crown
Life is an endless curse,
Life is an endless bliss
Life in the other world
Is a. we choose in this.
O Death, which OF these Ia awe we must wait,
And list for thy summoning call
With hands crossed on breast and eyes closed
in sleep
Wen rest meath thy dark flowing pail.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04

Rows caused by drunken ness are now
called "benzine explosions"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-04
CONSUMPTION

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BANKS.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

OF WHEELING.
Designated Depository u. s.
Capital, 100000.
Surplus, 10000.
NFONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT.
INI Exchange bought and sold.
Collections made and proceeds promptly re
nitted.
Interest on special deposits at the rate
of fo,tr per cent per amman where the deposit
remains six months, and irs per cent. if for one
year.
Accounts of Merchants, Manufacturers, Bank.
ers and others solicited.
Revenue Stamps for sale in sums TO suit.
A constant supply of new Fractional Curren-
cy and l. ., and cent coin kept fer the &c
cOmmodatiOn OF depOsitOrs and the public.
GEORGE X. WHEAT, President.
GEORGE ADAMS, Cashier.
marl3-ly
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO
Rail Road Company,

WHEELING, November 2sth, l7Cs.
ENGRRTRAINs WILL RUN
bv the following schedule on and after the
3Oth day of November, lsGs-Wheeling time
cpAFToN ACCOMMODATIONS
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-03-04
Horse Racing at Fairs.

The managers Of Agricultural
Fairs appear to be very generally
discussing the propriety of excluding
horse racing from their programmes,
many having already decided to do
so. The Cuvahoga County Agri
cultural Society is now considering
the question, and is to meet on the
23d, when the defenders of. horse
racing are to make their case. The
Cleveland Herald presents the
matter in the following sensible
shape:
80 far as we have heard them,
the arguments Of the defenders of
horse racing at county fairs are con-
fined to twu: that the competitions
tends to improve the breed ofhorses
and that the race brings money to
the treasury Of the society. The
first argument is easily disposed
of: in fact those who use it are the
best aware of its ahsurdity and put
it forward merely for want of some
thing better. 1t is Of a piece with
the plea put forth in behalf OF
prize fighting,-that it tends to
instruct people in the manly art of
self defence, and encourages the
deve .opment of the muscle. Posi-
bly,; but prize fighters with big
muscles are usually good for little
else than knocking each other down.
and race horses are not generally
selected for farming purposes. AS
far as the moral and educational
effect on the spectators is concerned,
there are many points ofresemblance
between prize fights and horse-races,
as generally conducted.
County fairs are, ostensibly, got
up in the interest of the farmers.
Do the farmers seek to purchase for
farm purposes the fast trotters
speeded around the ring in the
afternoons of the fair? What sart
Of figure would those animals who
carry off the prizes lin mile heats,
best three in fise," make at the end
of days work at the plow- tail ?
Are the stock of such horses in
demand for carting and blowing
Not much. we fancy. And who
are they that enter horses for the
races at our County fairs? Are
they the farmers of the agricul-
tural townships. or the livery men
and owners of fast stock in this and
other cities? These questions should
be considered at the meeting of the