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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-07
The Cuban Situation.

FTU1J tNe ". L. Il1neS.
Whatever may be our views of the Cuban
cause, We must not be blind to the fact that
the insurgents have not yet made the degree
OF progress generally claimed for them. Ex-
aggeration is the leading trait of all news
from the island, both from the official and the
insurgent side. We showed the other day
how, in the Spanish stories, every cross-road
skirmish was magniied to great battle, and
every dispersion Of knot of ofsuspicious charao-
ters was telegraphed as tremendous defeat
OF the patriots. What has become of that
utter rout of great body of insurgents near
Trinidad 7" Ten days have since elapsed, and
nothing has been heard of the affair.
Rumor and report are absolutely all that
we get from "the scene of conflict, ;" and SO
trivial are even these that one begins to
doubt whether there is any conflict at all.
Take the kilograms of the last ten days
they are the merest twaddle. Cuban news
Is mere repetition of Cretan, which was SO
untrustworthy az 70 revive the uncompli-
mentary Cretan description of st. Paul
That "reliable gentleman who used to
figure, along with the Intelligent CONTRA
band, in our own war, has evidently taken
up his abode with the Queen of the Antilles,
and is plying his old vocation. First he tells
us that "the Peruvian monitors are certainly
aiding the insurrection''-a the
official pledge of neutrality under which
Peru took them has been made public. Next
he tells us that "within a few days the in
surgents will have possession of a seaport;''
but he has told us that for three months. He
speaks Of Havana as being somewhat in the
position Of the Vioeroy of Egypt, under
whose seat a 'loaded bomb" was lately putt
whereas, private residents there tell us they
would hardly suspect that an insarreotion
existed but for the newspapers. An English
gsntleman-an impartial observer--lately
rode on horseback through the whole Of that
''insurrectionary district of which our Ore
liable gentlemen regularly sends maps,
shaded with various degrees Of blackness, to
indicate the spread of rebellion. At each vii
lage he paused and inquired where the insur-
rection was. cat t., so many miles ahead"
was the invariable response. He got to Ha-
vana without finding it.
We would not underrate the insurreotion,
which is very serious affair, and promises
one day to be successful. But what we say
Is that sympathy must not lead observers to
discount q success not yet attained. The real
efforts Of the Cubans will probably be made
in summer, when, as Mayor Hall says, Gene
raj Yellow Jack will take the field against the
foreign levies, and the native troops will be
better disciplined to fight. There has yet been
nothing like pitched battle, and hardly even
q respectable skirmish.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-07
Ahe government Securities In.
vesIiGatiOn.

The Government Securities I'm
vestigatiOn.
From the " y Herald
Two years ago q joint committee of the
houses OF Congress was appointed to investi-
gate the alleged Irregularities or frauds in the
Printing Bureau of the Treasury Department,
and to make careful examination of the
method adopted by the Treasury to print the
bonds, notes, and securities of the United
States. The business was put into the hands
OF subcommittee, composed of Senator I'd
munds, Mr.. Buckalew, and Mr.. Halsey, and
Senator Edmunds has now made a report for
the committee.
Two years ought to have been long enough
to have investigated thoroughly the affairs and
alleged Irregularities of the Treasury. But
after all this time the committee finished its
labors, as those Of every Congressional inves-
tigating committee end, in finding out nothing,
or next to nothing. There is in the report a
mass OF verbiage about the duties OF the seve-
RAJ bureaus and officers, all of which we knew
Delore and about the magnitude OF the Trea-
sury transactions since the war; which also
we knew, and then there are some suggestions
apout reforming or improving the Service.
which are all very well; but nothing was ais
covered OF any consequence. For instance.
we should like to know where the foIIow;ng
missing bonds and notes went to:-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-07
SPIRIT or THE PRESS.

RDrroRTAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS
UPON CURRENT ToPIcs-coMPILBD EVERY
DAY FOR rHR EvBNING TELEdRAPH.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
Diving Everywhere.

The New York Herald says the nomi-
nation of RosECRANs has changed thirty
thousand votes in Ohio from the Repub-
licans to the Democracy, to start with.
The numbers yet to come can hardly he
estimated. And they say the NOM
ination of ROSECRANs is exceedingly
npopular-among the Republican
leaders. They dislike any Democratic
candidate or measure that seems likely
to win.
The ticket made at Columbus is des-
tined to triumph. Pennsylvania is sur
rendered in advance. Minnesota Radi-
calism is shaking in the agonies of po-
litical death. Tennessee will pronounce
for freedom in less than Il month. Rad
icalism is dying everywhere. When it
is completely dead and done, we snp-
pose West Virginia will cling to the
carcase. Two years hence the old
party grinders in this State will be
turning the same old tune, chiefly be-
cause they know no other and must
howl or burst. After that time we
think 1.-THE grinders will cease because
they are few"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
The Governor kI,ct of y;,.;,;,

Gilbert Carleton Walker, who has
been elected Governor of the Old Do
minion, is a native Of Binghamton,
New York, and is thirty-seven years of
aye. He was educated at Hamilton
College, New York. at which institution
he graduted with honor in 1854. Adopt
ing the law as his profession, he prac-
ticed awhile at 0swego. Meanwhile
he took some interest and part in poll
tics, earnestly espousing the Democratic
faith. He was frequently sent as a del.
egate TO Democratic State conventions,
and was leader among the young
democracy. Not content with country
practice, Mr.. Walker removed TO Chi
cago, and soon acquired large and lu-
crative business in his profession. In
1865. inst as the war was closing, Mr.
Walker took up his abode in Norfolk,
Virginia. and in a short time became
largely identified with. the commercial
interests of his adopted city. DE was
elected President of the Exchange Ma
tional Bank, a position he now no Ids.
Last year he went to Liverpool as rep
resentative of the commercial men Of
Norfolk, with q view TO furtherlng
their interests by way of direct trade.
While abroad Mr.. Walker visited Con-
staatinople and other portions OF the
far East. In the election for members
of the Constitutional Convention Of
Virginia, Mr.. W., then recent resident
of the State. was selected as the conser-
vative Republican candidate for the
Norfolk district, but, by the aid of iron
clad oaths and Federal bayonets, his
opponent, the we'll known DR.. Bayne
(coIored RadicaD was elected. Mr..
walker is of large frame, an inch or
two over six feet in height, has a pierre
ing black eye, and is called the hand
soonest man in Virginia Those who
know him best attribute to him rare e1-
ecutiye ability.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
"Bourbonism." :"

West Virginia people struck for the
new State because Virginia was too old
fogyish for their progressive notions.
They couldn't stand the stencil of
"Bourbonism," which they said clung
round the Old Dominion. But Virginia
has just taken step that puts her far
in advance of "the child of the reyolu-
tion." She has broken the shackles
from her PROSTATE people, and regis.
tered a majority of fifty thousand in
favor of the doctrine that "a white
mans as good as a niger if he behaves
himself" Not so West Virginia. Her
"loysp rulers make voters of the ne
groes and serfs of the whites. Say they,
Taxes you may pay, you pale skinned
rebel wretches, AID all the burdens of
government you mast help to bear, but
We close the Courts against you, we kick
you out of the pr rofessions, we drive ven
from the polls and when Won have
dragged your weary limbs to the end
and death comes to you, your traitor
sons shall not administer upon the
estates of their dead fathers. You carry
the curse Of white face. But change
celors with the Congo, and the first fran.
chises and places shall be yours" And
this is progress; this is equality; this i:
humanity. Let us giyethanks and glorify
COP that we are not "Bourbons" like
"the silk stocking geatry of Old Vir,
ginia."
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
Delaplane and Hunter, and the patien
was doing we'll on Monday.
From the Charleston Free Prcss.I

From the Charleston Free Prcss-I
THE HARvEsT.-Mauy of or farmers
have finished harvesting, whilst otherS
are still busy and will be occupied tq
the end of the week in securing theft
wheat crops. The yield is reported
very fne-exceeding in quality and
quantity the expectations of the most
hopeful. The husbandmen of this mag
nifcent valley will have to tear down
their barns and build greater.
A fire in Sh0pherdstown, last Monday
night, in the store room of David Z.
Keedy destroyed goods to the amount oi
$1,000. Insured in the Franklin coms
pany of this city. The damage TO the
building will reach 500, and for this
there is no insurance.
No liquor license in Kanawha county.
The bummers have therefore to get
drunk on the sly. There is, of course,
no decrease in the amount of drunken
sess. No such object was aimed at.
The purpose of the Supervisors was
merely to decrease the public revenue.
On the evening of Saturday, July Sd,
Daniel Arnold, very drunk, entered a
store at Peytona, Boone county, and
commenced smashing things promiscu-
ously. He was induced to retire but re-
turned, renewed his demonstrations,
and was shot by one of the proprietors.
The ball passed under his right ear and
lodged in his left jaw. He will recover.
Mr.. Welch, who fired the shot, was &C
quilted.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
The Weston Democrat.

In its issue of July 5th, the Weston
Democrat announces the commencement
of its third volume. The paper has
been well conducted under the manage
ment of Messrs. CozAD 4 WoFFINDIN,
but we learn it has not been so remu-
nerative as the effort put forth by its
editors deserves. We heartily endorse
the following from the Democrat on this
point
This is wrong. The Democracy of
LEWIS i;e are as well able to support paper
;;aoerally as any country in the state. 1t
20 % essential to our success that a paper
shOui1 shOui9 be published here, and yet, all
u na remember that to have good
papsr pals 1ney must give it liberal sup
a"1 pJ,., II Is a duty you owe to your
serves .s ana to your children, for so long
Is lhe freedom of the press remains
personal liberty and freedom cannot be
assalled with impunity. It is. at once,
the safeguard Of the peoples rights. and
the guardian of their liberties.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
Equal Rights on the Pacific Coast.

Equal rights to all are not apprecia-
ted on the Pacific coast. A Chinamah,
named All SAM, was offered as witness
for the people in the Police Court, in
San Francisco, recently, in q criminal
case while the defendant was China
woman. Counsel for defendant OBJ
jected to his being sworn, and the ques-
tion of his admissibility was argued at
considerable length. Mr.. LoUDERBACK
said that if Cinnamon cannot testify,
they are unable to avail themselves Of
the protection which is extended to
them by the Federal Constitution and
laws. The Court excluded the witness.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
SONG OF STEAM.
BY GEORGE W. CUTTER.

Harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein,
For scorn the strength of your puny hands,
As tempest scorns n chain;
How laughed as lay concealed from sight,
For many a countless hour,
At the childish boasts of human might
And the pride of human power.
When saw an army upon the land,
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along, q snail-like band,
Or waiting a awayward breeze;
Whom saw the peasant reel
With the toll which he family bore,
As he turned at the tardy wheel
Or toiled at the weary oar.
When measured the painting courser's speed,
The fight of the carrier dove,
AS they bore a law king decreed
Or the lines Of inpatient love;
I could not but think how the world would feel
As these were outstripped afar, IA.
When should be bound to the rushing keel,
Or chained TO the flying car. .r
Ha ha Ia! They found me at last;
And they invited me forth at length,
And rushed to my throne with thunder blast,
And laughed IL my iron strength!
Oh then you saw q wondrous change
On earth and ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide.
Hurrah hurrah the waters s'er
The mountain steep decline:
Tme-space have yielded to my power
The giant streams of the queenly West,
And the Orient floods divine.
The ocean pales where'er sweep,
To hear my strength rejoice
An monsters Of the briny deep
Cover trembling at my voice;
carry the wealth and ore of earth;
The thought of the godlike mind;
The wind lags after my going forth,
The lightning Is left behind.
In the darksome depths of the fathomless mine
My tireess arm doth play,
Where the rocks meier saw the suns decline
Or the dawn of the glorious day
bring earths glittering jewels up
From The hidden caves below,
And make the fouAtains granite cup
With crystal gush Oerhow.
blow the bellows, forge the steel
In all the shops OF trade;
hammer the 81 9 and turn the wheel
Where my arms of strength sre made;
manage the furnace, the mill, thu mint
l carry, spin, weave;
And all my doings put in print,
On every Saturday eve.
I've no muscle to weary, no breasts to decay,
No bones TO be laid on the shelf"
And soon intend you may go and play"
While manage the world myself.
But harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein,
For scorn the strength of your puny hands
As the tempest scorIs q chain.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
The Suu-toIaI.

The sum-total of West Virginia legis-
lation since the formation of the State
consists chiefly of two policies; the one
robs the rebel of the right to live; the
other invests the negro with the right
to rule. This is our idea of Christian
civilization, and among its fiercest ad-
vocates, as we'll as the oitterest oppo-
nents of change are numbered men
who call themselves the ministers OF
COP and the representatives of the ges-
pei of peace and charity; that charity
which "suffereth long and is kind"
"beareth all things" "endureth all
things" and "never faileth."
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
Reuisfrnfiou.

1t is to be hoped that every unregis-
tered man in West Virginia, who is
qualified to vote, and who thinks the
disfranchisement of white citizens
ought to prevail will refuse to enroll
his name OH the registration lists next
month. If he thinks white men ought
not to vote, let him set the example. If
he thinks white men ought to vote, let
him register and vote.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
The Lass In she Race.

Old Virginia has put down proscrip-
tion and decl red for white suffrage.
Tennessee will follow her example,
next month. Missouri is hard upon her
track. West Virginia, thinking she
knows more than the balance of the
country, seems likely to shut her eyes to
her responsibilities until every other
State has given the white man the bal
lot. Thus when the whole country is
laughing at her, she will do through
shame and without honor, what she
could now do from sense of right and
with great credit to herself.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
We find the following

We find the following in the Chicago
Post : The fate that overlook the old
man Sprsgue in his attempt to ruin the
reputation of Miss Craig, he has, we be-
lieve, chosen to accept without further
struggle. The Court, by reducing the
verdict of the jury to forty thousand
dollars, has made him, if not content,
scquiescent in the result. He will not,
we are told, take an appeal to the Su-
preme Court of the State"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12

The death of Mr. Charles sturt, one of
the earliest explorers Of the Australian
Continent, and subsequently, Colonial
Secretary of South Australia, is an
nosnced. One of the London papers
lameuts him as q man Of wonderful
modesty and worth, neglected by the
Government which he served.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
WhaIIhey Rorfeit.

Five thousand unregistered men in
West Virginia can honestly take the
Test Oath and register if they will. If
they fail to do so when the registration
books are opened, they forfeit their
right to grnmble at high taxes, hard
times and proscriptive government,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
Not vented.

1t is estimated that the ovaxthrow of
the proseriptionists in Virginia will be
followed by the settlement of one hun
dred Thousand immigrants in that
State. West Virginia don't want i'm.
migration and there she prolongs her
prescription policy and excludes set
tiers from her borders. VI ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12

Ir,s FUNNY but it's a fact. Since the
virginia election, the Radical papers
are beginning to call the blacks "nig-
GERS while a good many of the Demo.
cratic journals modify the title into
"colored men,"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
IT.. Unnardonnble Sin.

"West Virginia disfrancises for
crime,n say the 'loyal" leaders and
LEAGUES. Yes; "the crime" of wearing
white skin and holding the political
v;sws vour conscience dictates.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12

Wells Fargo & Co. have withdrawn
their coaches between Sheridan and
Denver, the Postofice Department hav-,
ing declined to renew their contract.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
ST. CLOUD HOTEL,

THIS NEW AND COMMODIOUS HOUSE.
i located corner OF Broadway and i2d street
possesses advantages over all other houses for
the accommodation of its guests. II built
expressly for a frstolass Family Boarding
HOuSe-the rooms being large and en suit,
heated by steam with hot and cold water, and
furnished second 20 none; while the culinary
department is ia the most experienced hands,
afOrding guests an unequaled table.
One Of AtwOOd's Patent Elevators IL also
among the modern improvements and at the
service of guests at all hours.
Tho Broadway and University Place Cars pass
the door every four miDutss running from the
CITY Hall 20 Central Park, while the sixth and
Seventb Avenue Lines arc bat short block on
either aide, atfording ample facilities for com.
municating with all the DePoH, steanooat
Tandin0s places Of Amusement and Business
u '''' MORE HOLLEY,
LILLIAN PropristOrs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
HOTELS.
SWAMI HOUSE,
EVERETT HOUSE.

n1HIS HOUSE is KEPT ON THE EU
i ropean plan; It is within three minutes
ride (by horse SarsD of the New Haven
Railroad Depot convenient TO all the princp
places Of amusement, and for Summer travelle
will be found the coolest Hotel In the
Every room is provided with running water.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
THE PEOPLES BANK,

TIE FEUFLES y BAN a,
Office No. 60 Main street.
WHEELING, W. VA.
MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, IN.
Nl terest paid on Special Deposit, Notes and
Bills Discounted, Exchange Bought and Sold,
Collections at homo or frsm abroad prsmptly
attended to.
DIRECTORS
John Reid, Christian Hess,
John Handlan, John Voskler,
Samuel j. Boyd, Richard Carter.
Andrew Wilson.
JOHN REID, President.
JOSIAH +. UPDEGRAFF Cashier. jul
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

BANK OF WHEELING,
WHEELING, W. VA,
hEALS IN BILLS OF EXCHANGE, GOV.
~ ERNMENT BONDS, Stocks, Gold, Com.
mercial Paper and all negotiable securities.
Special attention given to collections
Interest allowed on special deposits; four per
cent. per anRum If left six months and five per
cent If left one year.
u. C. LIST, President.
GIBSON LAMB, Cashier.
JOSEPH SEYB0LD, Asst Cashier.
marlly
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
TRANSPORTATrd
BALTIMORE AND
Rail Road compaI
WHEELING. May

DAssENGkH TRAINS WE
j. BY the following schedule on sod
10Th day OF May. lsop-Whsoling timA
GRAFTON ACCOMMODATE
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12
From the Greeubrier Independent !

REMAINS RECoyERRD.-In December
last,a youngman named David Hedrick,
son of Mr.. Abram Hedrick, OF this
county, was drowned in the Ohio river,
at Gallipolis, while on his way to the
West. He had on his person, when he
left home, currency to the amount of
near six hundred dollars. His body was
not recovered until few weeks ago,
when it was found about two miles be-
low Gallipolis, by parties who were
bathing in the river. We learn that the
body was but slightly decomposed when
found, aud his money, 10 the amount of
about five hundred and fifty dollars,
was found upon his person, in good
state OF Preservation. His remains were
brought to this county, and inferred at
hls late home, on Greenbrier river, a few
day ago.
From the Martinsbury New Era
A little girl of Mr.. Collins had her
leg broken last Friday by a boy falling
on her from a cherry tree, into which he
had climbed.
1EKRlBLE ACCIDENT.-0n Friday last
SaPtaih Rlce, of Berkeley Springs, met
"ltn terrible accident, which has ne
Eessltated the amputation of his left
leg about four inches above the knee.
ne was attending his saw mill, located
some distance from Berkeley Springs,
ana accidentally fell against a circular
saw, which was running from its mo.
mentnm after the power had been shut
Oh. The saw struck his leg below the
knee and taking diagonal course, split
1t, as it were, through the knee Joint
aud about two inches into the thigh.
The amputation was performed by Drs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-12-09
-AT-cnLIECTO


EE@ We are authorized to announce Mr.
+. NJ. Waggoner candidate for Tax.
Collector of Lincoln county, at the mex
March election.
BSy- We are authorized to announce Mr.
Isaac $. Porter a candidate for Tax.
Collector Of Lincoln county, at the next
March election.
EE- We are authorized to announce Nj
Geo. w. Higgins a candidate for Tax
Collector Of Lincoln county, at the mex
March election.
Re- We are authorized to announce Mr.
Frank Brown a candidate for Tax-Col-
lector of Lincoln comfy, at the next March
election.
RsS- We are authorized to announce Mr.
James n. George a candidate for Tax
Collector Of Lincoln county, at the mex;
March election.
RaS- We are authorized to announce Mr.
j. 5. Hobbs a candidate for Tax Collector
of Lincoln county, at the next March election
Re- We are authorized to announce Mr.
Daniel j. Wilmington a candidate for
Tax-Collector Of Lincoln county, at the next
March election.
ESy@ We are authorized to announce
John l.. Ashby, Esq, a candidate fol
Tax-Collector of Lincoln county, at the
next March election,
Rl- We are requested to announce Mr.
William b. Hedgepeth a candidate fol
Tax-COllector of Lincoln county, at the mex
March election.
RSF- We are authorized to announce HI
H. Neece candidate for Tax-Collector o.
Lincoln county, at the next March election
E6- We are authorized to announce Mr.
James CashiOn a candidate for Tax-COl
lector of Lincoln county, at the next Marcel
election