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ABUNDANT induction of facts seems
to show that deterioration of offspring
follows consanguineeus marriages. DR..
Nathan Allen has compiled numerous
facts illustrating this. Nowhere are
cretinism, idiocy, and congenitai deaf
ness so frequent as in, the secluded val
leys of the Canton of Berne, where the
families are all connected, and cousins
intermarry as q matter of course, so as
to keep the inheritance undivided. M.
Baudin found that while consanguine-
Gus marriages form but two per cent. of
the marriages of France, 25 per cent. of
the deaf-mutes are the offspring of such
marriages. Scrofulous and tuberculous
diseases are frequent in the progeny Of
such wedlock. DIR Bemiss collected
statistics of S33 consanguineOus marri-
ages. The whole number of children
was 3,742, of which |, ,134 were defective:
l45 were deaf and dumb, So were blind,
3OS idiotic, 3S insane, so epileptic, 300
scrofulous, 9S deformed, and SS3 died
early. In 1848 in Massachusetts, the par
entage of 359 idiots in an asylum was
and IL were the children of
parents known to be blood relations. In
these II families there were born 95 chill
dren, of whom A were idiots and II
others scrofulous or puny. In one family
of s, 5 were idiotic. Another family
had idiotic, and other deformed chill
dren. A late report of the Kentucky
Deaf and Dumb Asylum states that from
10 to II per cent. of the deaf-mutes are
offspring of the marriage of cousins
DIR. Mnlligan, of Dublin, found 100
mutes among the children of l54 families
where the parents were cousins. DIR.
Buxton, of Liverpool, found 269 mutes
among the children of 170 marriages.
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ton of both snecimans oro ,vo o.-

tlon of both specimens are two ear
SNAPPED notches, resembling those on
arrow heads; and in the center, between
the notcnes, a slit was cut about haitian
inch in length, evidently intended for
the purposes of attachment as orna-
mental appendages. They NAV have
been used as ear-jewels, which SUPPOSE
ton is confirmed from the fact that thew
were found lying on both sides of a skull.
and underneath each was found a
large-sized stone head, perforated
through the longer axis. The graves in
which the copper ornaments were found
were about twenty-five feet below the
original surface of the mound, and from
tne discoveries already made there ap-
pears to have been large number bur-
led in line running north and south
and extending across the eastern sIope
of the mound. The question arises to
what race did these remains belong.
Did they belong to the age of bronze, or
that underlined period of time assigned
to the ancient Mound builders? They
had the same customs as the modern In
dian tribes of burying their dead in gen.
eral localities. 1t is to be regretted that
The sknlls have not been taken out more
perfect, so as to acertain their craniaI
developments. According to DIR. Nor
ton, the mean internal capacity of the
skulls of the Mound Builders is eighty
five cubic inches, while that of the
American Indian is eighty-two. Accord
iugly, few average skulls put to the
above test ought to settle the point
whether they belonged to the modern
Indian type or thosejolly old prehistoric
occupants OF this country, known as the
Mound Builders.-[Mi Missouri Repub-
lican.
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Emigration from Ireland this year
promises to exceed the great rush in
1861. A letter from Queenstown,
dated April Sth, says: 1.-The steamers
which left yesterday, were unable to
take on board all those booked, and hum
dreds were compelled to await here the
arrival of the boats coming up next week.
During last night and the night previ-
GUS so overwhelming was the crowd of
people that poured into this place that
accommodation could not be provided
for them, and others, who succeeded in
lodgings, were obliged to sleep
OH forms or whatever were given them
by Iodgin-ghouse keepers. 1t was cal
culated that over 1000 emigrants reach
ed here yesterday, of whom only half
were shipped" 1t is announced that
the steamship companies will put on ex-
ira steamers. The emigrants are ali
young and healthy working men and
women of the farming and laboring class.
There is something touching in this sX-
tract from the letter above quoted:
Another feature associated in every
instance with the partings of previous
years is fast dying out. The people are
evidently beginning to look upon emf
grafton as a matter of course Instead
formerly rent the air as the tenders with
their living freight left our shores, now
are to be heard vociferous cheers between
those left behind and those departing,
the former only too anxious TO exchange
places with the latter in their journey
to their newly selected homes"
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Gfmpfranfe.
A Temperance Error.

I
Pres. Haven remarks in an article in
the Advocate.
The cause of temperance won its great
est victories when the sin and danger of
rum-drinking were most faithfully eI-
posed, and the most deeply felt by the
people. Now, it Is the custom of advo-
Gates of temperance to lay out their
strength in denouncing the seller of
rum, and in endeavoring to prevent the
sale by the enforcement of law. Practi-
cally speaking, the drinker is regarded
as an innocent man, the victim Of his
own appetite, and of the craft, avarice,
and malignity of the rum-seller. The
rum-seller is the black or yellow bloated
poisonous spider; the drinker is the poor
innocent, unsuspicious fly, goaded on by
an irresistible instinct which his Cres-
tor or some other power, has implanted
within him.
have heard many temperance ad-
dresses within few years, but have not
been so fortunate as to hear one that ex-
posed fearlessly the crime of getting
drunk. The incorporate man has been
held up as victim of appetite, as Q
weak man, as good whole-souled fel-
low, liable to be led astray-wonderful
geniuses have been referred to, poets,
statesmen, orators, and even clergymen,
that have succumbed to the willy arts of
the rum-seller-but the positive guilt
of swallowing the poison has not once
been sharply and powerfully portrayed.
Is this right? Is the rum-seller any
worse than other men who do business
for money without regard to the moral
effect of their occupation on the commu-
nifty? So far as 1 have observed, real
rum-sellers are generally weaker, and
therefore less wicked, than rum drink
ers. They arc usually of low grade Of
intellect and moral sense. They are
unwilling to dig, ashamed to beg, and
have small capital to trade with, and are
not troubled with what men call heart
or conscience, and sell rum for the same
reason that our farmers raise hops-be-
cause it will pay. These hop growers are
good men; why not the rum-sellers?-
They do not trouble themselves to look
after consequences. They say, "It takes
two to make bargain. Nobody needs
to buy unless he wishes to. If he buys
he does it Of his own free will, and he is
responsible for his own acts.
am not inclined to apologize for this
fraternity, but one thing is pretty cer-
tain-f there were no rum drinkers
there would be few rum-sellers. Another
thing is about as certain-so long as
large part of the people are willing
TO drink, so long in some way or other,
they will be able to ges liquor. The
root of the tree is not selling-it is not
manufacturing-iti is drinking.
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English Operative. Coming to America.

English Operatives SomihS 70 america
The emigration of Preston operatives
to the United States, saysahe Pail Mall
Gazette of April 9Th, in consequence of
the strike, is perhaps the wisest move
ment they could have adopted. The
workmen are merely following the
course of the trade. For some years past
America has required less manufactured
cotton of US simply because she has man
ufactured more for herself. The figures
given in Mr.. Wells's report show that
whereas in 1850 there were rather less
than five and quarter millions of cot
ton spindles at work, in 1858 there were
seven millions. The increase seems des-
tined to become permanent and opera
tives who can find no work in England
are likely to be in demand in the Uni
ted States. We hope the same experience
will follow the experiment to be made
under the sanction of the Admiralty
The closing of two great dock-yards
throws some thousands ofpersons cut OF
employment, and picked number are
to be sent away in the vessels soon to
be dispatched to Canada for troops. The
emigrants will probably go by prefer
ence to the United States, and as they
are skilled artisans, they will in all
probability escape the privations which
would probably await them here. AL
ready the streets of large towns are hli-
ed with the unemployed, and before
taking children to america, or any OF
the colonies, il might be well to consider
the needs of the parents. iul2- s9A
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Discoveries at the Big Mound at 81. Louis
--Graves, Skeletons and Relics.

Some very rare relics, interesting to
the ANTIQUARIAN, and which may serve
to throw light on the origin of the un-
known race entomed in the Big
Mound, have been discovered by the
workmen now engaged in leveling that
ancient landmark with the grade of
Broadway. On Thursday a skeleton was
exhumed, which, from the ornaments,
found in connection, must have been
that of former chief of considerable
distinction. Two large conch-shells,
which, most probably, came from the
gulf, and an innumberable lot of beads
and disks, formed out of shells. were
found beside the skeleton. But most in
teresting of all, were two plates of cop
per. exactly similar in design, and which
were carved out by some ancient artisan
to represent the face of an animal or
man. The nose is greatly prolonged,
and more nearly resembles the beak of
a bird than the proboscis of a man or
animal. The eyes and mouth are dis
tinctly observable, but with the extra
ordinary beak the effigy has the appear
ance of caricature. The carving
though ruSe In design is expressive. The
length of the mask from the top of the
forehead to the chin isabouttwo inches
willie the breadth across the region oil
the eyes is one inch and half. Inc
conner plates are the thickness ola table
spoon. The metal was corroded with
rust and verdigris. On the upper Pof-
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A BILL is before the Michigan Legis-
lature which is designed to encourage
manufacturers. 1t enacts that the capi-
tai, Implements. machinery, stock, and
effects now employed by any firm or
corporation in the State in certain
branches of manufacture, shall be ex-
empt from taxation for five years from
the passage and approval of the hill.-|
Certain conditions accompany this pro-
vision, limiting its operation.
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REMOVED.

MISS NANCY B. FARIS, would inform her
Nl old customers and the public generally. and
ladies particularly, that she has removed to the
room formerly occupied by Watson & Gressin-
ger, West of the st. Clair Hotel, where she will
keep a full supply of MILLINERY, FANCY
GOODS, and TRIMMINGS, fresh from the East
each season, to which she invites the attention
of buyers. Thankful for past favors, she would
invite those wanting HATS or BONNETS
MADE or TRIMMED, to call where they may
be expeditiously and neatly supplied.
mar2b 1858.
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REMOVED.l

MISS PRISCILLA P ALEXANDER, would
Nl infrom her old customers and the public
generally, that she has removed her M1LLEN-
ERY STORE to the room formerly occupied by
Mr.. Bickham, in Campbelrs Room on the cor.
ner and West end of New Block where she will
keep a full ssupply of MILLINERY GOODS,
TRIMMINGS. and ready made BONNETS, al
ways on hand at reduced prices. ~
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sonal use. Courtiers were continually
arriving and departing, and the Emper-
or was almost as much immersed in pub
lie affairs in his retreat as he..had been
while actually on the throne. Although
he had delegated the official authority,
he retained the habit of command, and
was Emperor to the last.
CALLED.
DIR. Delepierre denies that Galileo ever
uttered the celebrated words "But still
it moves" No doubt, this protestation
of truth against falsehood, may, at the
cruel crisis, when, at the age ofseventy-
seven, he pronounced on his knees a
form of recantation, have rushed from
his heart to his lips, but if these words
had actually been heard, his relapse
would infalibly have led him to the
stake. 1t is denied that he was subjected
to torture at all. He became completely
blind after his recantation, and was
attended in his solitude by his two
daughters from convent. One of them
was taken from him by death, but she
was replaced by other affectionate rela
tives, who endeavored to amuse and
console the lonely captive. His letters
breath poetical melancholy, a quiet
irony, an overpowering sense of Weari-
ness.
A BATCH OF FALLACIES.
Du Par, in his "Recheres sur les Amer
icans," says that Montezuma sacrificed
annually twenty thousand children TO
the idols in Mexico. In such assertions
the improbability and exaggerationsar
so self-evident that it is needless to dwell
upon them. Books tell US that the Duke
of Alba put to death by the hands of the
executiener, in the Low Countries,
eighteen thousand gentlemen, while the
fact is that scarcely two thousand could
have been collected there.
Even in the tune of Titus Livius there
was so much doubt as to the truth of the
legend of the Horatii and the Cruatii,
that he writes one cannot tell to which
of the two contending people the Hora-
til and Curatii belonged. Yet this eau
tious historian related in another place
that Hannibal fed his soldiers on human
flesh, to give them energy and courage!
In the history of England, the Duke
of Clarence was for four centuries be-
lieved 10 have been drowned in a butt of
Malmsey, but the author of 1.-The His
toric Antiquities of the Tower of Lon
don" claims to have entirely exposed
this as an error.
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HENRY A. WISE says that God COR
dered and directed and forced the result
of emancipation of slaves in America,
knowing that there was no other way
to bring 1t about" and that he WISE
taking "heliocentric view," agrees
with God, and is glad slavery is gone.
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Imports at the Custom House for
March were nearly thirty-five million
dollars in gold value, an enormous in
crease over the same time i'm the previ-
GUS two years. Less than half of the
total was dry goods, while sugar, tea
and coffee figured couspicuousiy. The
stock In bond has increased nearly four
millions. chiefly in groceries and gener-
al merchandise. i
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MRS. r. A MARTIN

HAS REMOVED TO NJ. KELLERS ROOMS,
IL where she is now opening new stock Of
MILLINERY GOODS, and is ready to accom-
modate all her old friends and many new ones.
Call and examine her goods and prices, before
purchasing elsewhere. The latest styles always
on hand, and work done to order. ap23-tf
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Dentistrlt.

DR. J. w. FISHER, DENTIST, 81. Clairs-
~ piile, Ohio.
PRICEs.-Full sets Vulcanite Teeth, $50; halt
set Vulcanite Teeth, SIS; full sets on gold $50 to
Sll0. Terms cash..
81 Office hours from to II o'clock A. N. and
from to SPIN.
Office Up Stairs in Collins building over
Hoffner's Clothing Store.
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#illintru.
Millinery Dress Making
MISS e. A. BuMGARNkR, a

MISS e. A. BUMGARNER,
d ESPECTFULLY announces to the public
II that she has purchased the establishment
of Miss Alban and Miss Mitchell. nearly oppo-
site Welday's Hall, where she proposes carrying
on the above business in its various branches.
The Ladies are respectfully invited to give her q
call. All work in her line will be neatly and
expeditiously executed.
Feb. f. lSe9-tf
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,EARIs, PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Il ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
LIKENESSES OF EVERY STYLE and price.
PICTURES of every kind FRAMED to order,
on short notice.
Also. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS and CARD
PICTURES of celebrities always on sale.
rebuilding on Main Street, a few doors West
of the Treasurer's Office. Rooms on first noor.
Open in all kinds OF weather. .l-|r d afs
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gasiness Cards,

DoBERT PRATT q SON,
n .y"IFs y Dealers in
PAINTS, OILS, AND VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, ARTISTS MATERIALS,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN GLASS,
SASH, DOORS, FRAMES, SHUTTERS,
And Agents for
FRENCH PLATE GLASS,
No. los Market St., 4 doors below Mcclure House
WHEELING, WEST VA.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One square CTea lines Nonpariel. or less ems
or three insertions, 81. Each subsequent in
sertion so cents.
BUSINESS Cards, not exceeding seven lines IS
per year.
aercnants advertising, not exceeding one
IoQrtn OF column at any time, so per year.
a nan column, not exceeding four changes
four changes, S6O =.
SPec,dl Notlees and Double Column Advertisements
tisements.
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AS AN ADVERTISING MEn1u

The CHRONICLE is unsurpassed in this sectton
OF Ohio. 1t is printed on new, clear type. in one
OF the wealthlest, most populous and enligbt-
ened Counties of the State, and its circuIafiop
is steadily increasing.
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Irisobserved that the most bensorious
are generally the least judicious.
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Belmout esu. 8usiuess 9irfftnry.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Probate Judqe-CHANDLERW W. CARROLL. once
upstairs in public buildings, hrst door 10 rlgnt.
= Nhe,if-WILLIAM II. HAYS. ONCE IN puDnc
buildings first floor.
CEerkoT Obtnts-J. B. CAMPBELL. Ohceln pup
lie buildings, adjoining the Court House,
Auditor-R. NJ. CLARK. once up-stairslh PuD-
lie building, entrance at left door
Tredsu-eT-JAMEs IRWIN. once on n In
street first door West Of the Bank
RecordeT-WM. II. BARNES. Office in public
building first floor second door to left.
Prosecuting 4horney-J. W. SHANNON. Once
upstairs over Patterson's Drug SeOre.
Commissioner James Alexander, Bellatre; /;
Henry Frasher, Hendrysburgh; William NJ.
Campbell, Uniontown.
SIupeyor-JoHN KENNoN, Bellaire, Belmont
County.
Obroner-GEoRGB CRIsswELL, Bellaire.
Commissioners meet at St. Clairsville on the
first Mondays of March, June, September, and
December-and as Board of Equalization on
the third Wednesday of May. in each year.
The Probate Court meets on the nrst tuesdays
of January, March, May, July, september, and
November as a criminal court, and Is always
open 0n business hours for the transaction OF
other business.
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ENROBE 4 BODLEYS,
Il Manufacturers Of
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ROCKAWAYS, &C.,
Corner 4th and Clay Sts., below Hempfield Depot,
WHEELING, WEST Va =
81 Repairing attended to with dispatch.
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CABINET MAKING, &c.
~ DAVID b. DOYLE
Would respectfully announce to the citizens
st. Clairsville and vicinity that he is prepared
to manufacture to order everything in the
CABINET MAKING LINE,
promptly and satisfactorily.
UNDERTAKING, CHAIR PAINTING, AND
REPAIRING attended to promptly.
81 Wareroom opposite DIR. Alexander's, shop
West Of the Presbyterian Church.
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w. #. Sherman, General
Washington, D. c., April IL, 1869.
Canada.

The Tribune's Montreal special says:
The desire of the people of the New Do
minion to cut loose from their depend
ency upon the mother country, has
received powerful impetus from one or
two great events, and whatever course
may finally be adopted, there can be lit
tie doubt that great political change of
some sort is not far distant. Several
private meetings of influential persons
have recently been held here for the pur-
pose of considering the great question
of a change in the form of government,
and general dissatisfaction with the
present state of things. is more and more
openly expressed. The newspapers are
at last beginning to meet the question
face to face, and are giving utterance to
the sentiment which has long been
widely dispersed among the people,
although few have had the courage to
express publicly in favor of independ-
ence, but the large party aims at annexa-
tion to the United States, and will soon
make itself prominent. The acquisition
of the Hudson's Bay Territory has given
additional force to the arguments of the
annexationists. 1t is felt that such a
magnificent domain as the new Domin-
ion now promises to be, ought no longer
to be dwarfed and kept down by depend
ence on a transatlantic Government
The proposal that Great Britain shall
surrender her North American possess
sions as a set-of against the Alabama
claims, has created a deep sensation in
certain circles. Not few regard it with
decided favor. tf...
Senator Summers speech is copied in
full by both English and French Jour-
nails, and is Of course the topic of much
discussion. ..-.7.,
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8flmput 90. gnsiuess 9ireftory.
Attornfys.
ALEXIS COPE.

nj j. MANNING, ATTORNEY AT Law,
IN, BdrnesriUe, Ohio.
Special attention paid to collections.
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The generally received belief of
Charles V. is that, after this abdication,
he retired to convent, adopted the
habit of monk, and occupied himself
solely with the mechanism Of clocks
and watches, and at last personally re-.
hearsed his own funeral. All this, says
the Belgian savant, is in fact nothing
but a tissue of errors, clearly disproved
by existing authentic documents
Charles V. did not live with the monks;
he never wore the habit of the order,
and he never ceased 10 WELD the i'm
imperial sceptre de Jdcto, and to control
the affairs Of the state. He had, more
over, residence built for himself, de-
tached from the convent, but commune
eating by passages with the cloister and
the church. Far from adopting an ap-
pearance of poverty or limiting his
attendants to twelve in number, his
household consisted Of more than fifty
individuals whose annual salaries
amounted to some "a. 400 sterling of the
present day. The profusion of plate
taken by the Emperor to the monastery
was employed generally for the wards
of the establishment, and for his per-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-20
TIE List OF THE PRIYfTEEER
CUBA.

-, WILMINGTON, October 10.
The steamer Cuba was libced to-day, ana the
United States Marshal boarded her and demanded
tho surrender Of the ship into his hands, Commo-
doreliggins declined to surrender his ship except
to an officer Of the United States Navy, and under
O direct order from President Grant. After some
delay, Lieutenant Commander Plerson, OF the
United States gunboat Frolic, went on board the
Cuba and demanded the surrender Of the vessel,
showing an order direct from the President for
the Cuba to be turned over'to him. Commodore
Higgins then surrendered his sword and vessel to
Lteutenant-COmmander Plerson, ana himself
prisoner OF war to the Navy or the United States.
The Cuban nag was then hauled down by the
United States authorities, and the entire crew
sent ashore in pcnniless condition. The afrair,
In some OF Its aspects, is regarded here as IN out
rage, especially the turning loose in our city Of
over one hundred sallors und marines entirely be.
yond the cons,rant and control OF their officers.