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AQuestion and Answer.

Some one sends the following ques-
ton to the N. Y. Sunday Times:
Please inform me how I can lengthen
my compositions 1 know you want to
say 'Brevity is the spice of life,' but
don't do 1t. Only tell me how I can go
over a good deal of ground to tell little.
have some capital ideas, but am
obliged to express them on paper con-
cisely.
To this question the following answer
is returned:
Begging your pardon, we could have
no wish to instruct you in so worthless
an art even If we were able. Brevity
is called the soul of "wit," not spice of
life, and If you have q habit of express
ing yourself concisely, for Heavens
sake never abandon it. 1t is one of the
rarest and most valuable gifts of Il
good writer. Instead of seeking to
cover six good sheets OF paper with one
idea, try to cudeel together sixty good
ideas to crowd into one sheet of paper.
You will, if you write for money, earn
quite as much by it and become more
vigorous author. II you have, as you
imagine, ''sOme capital IDEAS" You can
caPltally express them only by doing it
"cOncisely;" but will you excuse us If
we barely whisper into your private
ear that the very fact of your desiring
to acquire a diffuse style creates sad
misglvings in our mind as to the "cap-
ital" nature of the ideas you allude to.
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Inc Capllnl question.

Several votes were taken yesterday
in tho House of Delegates on the loc@-
ton OF the Capital, without coming to
any agreement on the question, and
without any better prospects for an
agreement than heretofore, so far as we
are informed. We presume tho ballot
ing will proceed from day to day. The
Capital question is now the only special
subject before the Legislature, the long
session of its immediate predecessor
having pretty much exhausted what
would otherwise have been Il pretty
full calendar.
We publish speech ON the question
this morning and hold ourselves ready
to publish others, provided members
will get them up very short. Oar space
is necessarily limited, and we must
give as much variety as possible and
not too much OF any one thing. We
hope, therefore, that those who desire
to have say on the Capital question
will bear in mind that time and space
are both precious, and that long speak
ing is not only expensive to the State
but tiresome to their hearers and I'M
popular with the outside public.
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TIE PLASTER OF THE ''TIME,''
ALLCOEk'S POROUS.

In lumbago they act like a charm. In n
few hours a violent cough is relieved by a
Plaster applied to the chest. Many persons
believe a cold cannot be taken while plaS.
tor Is worn there;this we do know, they great
Is assist in the cure OF q neglected Geld, 80
often the introducer of Consumption,
Cure of Lesion of the Liver.
a gentleman after a severe sickness, had
lesion OF the liver. Every quick movement
or sudden jar gave him severe pain, often
laying him up for days. Hence he was I'M
able to follow any occupation with regu-
larity.
In this condition. he applied over the part
affected an ALLC0CK'5 POROUS PLAs-
TER. At frst, it seemed to irrltate, so 1t
was taken of. But the marked improve
mept he experienced afterward gave him
courage 10 try again, and he therefore ap-
piled another plaster. In few days some
thing gave way-"slipped," to use the gen.
tleman's own words. There was some Sore
ness for q few days after, then his health
was perfectly restored. Upon being sound
ed by his physician tho adhesion or lesion
was found TO be lone.
Principal Agency, Brandreth HOuse, New
York. Sold by all Druggists.
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ga HALLS
VEGETABLE SICILIAN
, GVaTN HAIR
ENEWER
ITS EFFECT Is

IRACUIOUS-
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Softens brash, dry and wiry hair into Beau
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great wonder is the rapidly with which II
restores GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL
COLOR.
The whitest and worst looking hair re.
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does not dye the hair, but strikes ut the root
and fills 1t with new life and co!oring mat
ter.
The first application will do good; you will
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day, and
BEFORE YOU KNOW 1T,
the old gray, dIscolored appearance OF the
heir will be gone, giving place to luStrous,
shining and beautiful locks.
ASK for Halls SIcilian Hair Remover; no
other article is at all like 1t in effect.
See that each bottle has our private Gov
eminent Stamp over tho top OF the bottle.
AL Others are limitations.
R.P. HALL d CO., Nashua, n. H., Pro-
prietors.
For sale by all Druggists.
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I-WEEKLY EDITION,
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UBLIsHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY
AND SATURDAY,
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HaDpV Marriages.

Essays for Young Men, on the Errors,
Abuses and Diseases, which create impede
ments to Marriage, with the humane Wow
of treatment and cure, sent in sealed letter
envelopes, flee OF charge. Address, HOW
ARD ASSOCI ALTON, Box Z, Philadelphia
Pa. Jaul0. 3md&w
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ROBERrK. WHITLEY.
For Sale.

A FINE BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
"A with eight rooms, cellar, cIstern, &C, In
good oIder-a desirable situation, at III"
west end OF Bridgeport Ohio, corner lot 20 by
Rrnnaries, &C and lot OrnRmCnted with
shrubbery, fruit trees, grapes, &C. Will hu
sold on easy terms. Apply to
DR. II. CAPEHAkC, Bridgeport, Ohio,
Or at Office OF Sheridan COaI Works, Mar
ket ST.. OpPO. Union ST., Wheeling, W. Va.
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BRODIE.-February Sd, 1869, JAMES ADJ
sON, infant son of ID. W. and y. a. BRODIE,
aged months and Il days.
The funeral will take place from tho lcti-
dence OF his parents, this Thursday after
noon at 4 o'cIock-third door above Zane
Street Church. Friends of the family are
invited to attend.
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ROBERT MEARs, OF Steubenville, who
died recently, left $40. 600 to be invested
for the benefit of the destitute of that
city. He also left So 900 to be invested
for the support of the rector of the
Episcopal Church.
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Desirable Real Estate For Sale.

lam AUTHORIZED TO SELL THAT
splendid piece of property situated ON III"
corner of Second and Water streets, Centre
Wheeling, known as the Lamdin property,
ana upon which stands several INST rate
tenement houses in good order, from which
is derived an annual rent of something like
SlIUU. The ground is about 1S2 feet square.
and Will be sold low, either as a whole nI
THOS. O'BRIEN.
inn2J Real Estate Agent.
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Conomissioner's Sale.

PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF THE Leg
isIaLure of West Virginia, passed Feh.u-
airy 25th, 1867, entitled IAN act to provide IUi
" hiding up the affairs of the Northwestern
Bank OF Virginia. the undersigned Com
missioners appointed under said act, will, ON
Thursday, January 2Ist, 1860,
commencing Mt 10 O'Clock A. NJ, in front of
the [ Ourt House, In the City OF Wheeling.
sell the remaining real estate and bills re-
ceiVabIc of the Jacksonville Branch OF said
Bank at public auction. Terms OF sale, SIX
twelve, eighteen and twenty-fOur months,
with interest and approved security.
The purchaser to undertake to pay al.
outstanding circulation and liabilities of the
said Jacksonville branch, and give such
security therefor as shall be satisfactory I"
the undersigned Commissioners.
Persons disposed TO bid can obtain full In
formation respecting said assets to be sold
by application TO RUbt Crangle or Gibson
Lamb. K. CRANGLE,
q. OGLEBAY,
A. KUHN,
q. lamb,
Commissioners.
WHEELING, Jan. 6, 1869. jan7-ts
The above sale is postponed till SRtur-
day, February 18th, 1869, at 10 O'Clock
a. NJ. Jan22td
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STERLING SILVER WARE

FINE ELECTRO.PLATED WARE.
THE GORHAM MANUFACTURING CO.,
OF PROVIDENCE, K. l., having tho largest
mandatory of Solid Silver Ware in the
world, with the most improved machinery,
and employing the most skilled labor, III G
enabled to offer an uneQualled variety OF
new and beautiful designs in Dinner Ser
vices, Tea Services. and every article special
ly adapted for Holiday and Bridal Gifts.
They offer also their well-knOwn and I'M
rIvalled Nickel Silver EIectrO-Plated Ware,
in which they have introduced new pat
terms or rare elegance. Tho Solid Silver Is
guaranteed TO DO OF sterling purity by u. y.
Mint assay. The Elcctro-Plate is gunran-
teed to be superior to the finest Sheffield
ware. Orders received from the Trade only,
but these goods may be obtained from re-
sponsible dealers everywhere.
''s s';? %.'' atI@ rI ~ J.. j $:;s
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Beech Bluff Coal Works For Sale

7 OFFER FOR BALE THE ABOVE PRO
perty, which Is located on the Ohio river.
thirteen miles above Wheeling, ": Va. ~
vein OF coal is f1ve feet thick and of II kup;'-
rlOr quality. The mine has been carefully
opened, and is in good working order tnr
loading coal at the river. 1t could also tn
easily arranged to load cars on the Z. n X
r., which runs at the foot of the hill just d.
low the mine. The mine Is conveniently IT,
Gated for bringing coal to the Wheeling
market, or other points on the ohio river.
will sell out entirely or dispose OF half
interest in this property.
Terms easy. Address me personally al
Wheeling Island, or through the Wheeling
fshi.lw ROBERT X. MIIITELEY.
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Cristadoro's Hair Preservativo.

Cristadoro'S Hair Preservativo.
Cristndoro guarantees that his Hair Pre-
servativc shall succeed where every other
preparation has failed in keeping clean the
hair, thicllcning II, CLOSING it, preserving Its
color, inclInlng 1t to curl, and restoring II
TO That health al Il vigOr which nre the e!e-
ments OF It's beauty.
Sold by Druggists, and applied by ail Hair
DresSers. Mandatory No 6S Maiden Lane
Principal Depot No. + Aston HOuso.
innlS.lmGSW
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Having purchased the entire interest of E.
Emsheimer ard Hum, will continue tho
Main street, two doors above stone q
Thomas. Thankful for the patronage be-
ance or The same. I have engaged the SER
vices of the well known and pleasant sales
man, q. Blum, who will wait on our custo-
mers in his usual courteous manner.
l.. BECK MAN,
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DISSOLUTION.

DHE CO-PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE;
existing between the undersigned, under
the firm name of Beekman, EmShcimer Il
Co, Is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
l.. Beekman. successor, Will sign in liqutda-
tiOn l.. REEkMAN.
+. EMSHEIMER,
l. BLUM.
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for Gent.
For Rent.

ulHAr WELL KNOWN AND DEsIRA-
| BILE residence now occupied by J. ID. Du-
BoIs on Fourth street, next to st. Matthew.
Episcopal Church. Possession April LIST.
Apply to CHARLES W. GRAHAM.
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For Rent.

UJHE SECOND FLOOR OF OUR sToKF;
Room The floor is l2S feet long by ~
feet wide. Has fine light. Possession given
Immediately.
log Main ST., Merchants Block.
GlacQ-tG
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Tho Reign of I.nwIesSncS..

The Cincinnati Gazette says that that
city is infested with thieves. What city
is not at this time? Look Mt what has
been occurring in our own midst for
some time past. Read the reports from
New York, where they are talking just
now of organizing Vigilance Commit
tees, rs was the case in San Francisco
few years ago. ~ dispatch from that
city, dated February I'd, says that sew
oral meetings of Vigilance Committees
were held the previous night. The pur-
pose of these organizations for the pres
ent is to see that life and property are
made secure by assisting the officers of
the law in the discharge of their duties,
and also that no known criminals are
permitted to escape punishment. What
other result may yet follow these
organizations remains to be seen. We
notice that the Recorder in his charge
to the Grand Jury said that he thought
the law ought to permit citizens ut
present 10 carry pistols, and the repor-
ter OF the SIN newspaper states that he
found trade in revolvers at several of
the fire.arm shops unusually active.
MR.. SEwARD.-The Chicago Times,
(Dem., y in an article headed General
Grant and the Alabama claims" thus
speaks OF the present Secretary of State:
Whatever may be the faults or weak
nesses OF Mr.. Seward as politician,
he has done excellent service as Secre-
tarv OF State. In the second and third
wears of the war, there was a strong In
clination on the part of both France
and Great Britain to acknowledge the
independence of the COnfederaCy, and
they would probably have done so had
it not been for what some of his admir-
ers had called the magnificent lying OF
Mr.. Seward" There is good deal OF
the fox about our Secretary, ana III TINS
Alabama matter he would not be likely
to consent to terms which he thought
were not the best that could be hHu.
How TO STOP CHEWING TOBACCo.-
Iu II recently published pamphlet, Rev.
Mr.. Trask gives the following advice to
tobacco chewers:
!. Make the most CT your VIII.
Drop tobacco, and resolve never to use
it again, in any form.
.. Go to an apOthecary and buy ten
cents worth of Gentian root, coursely
ground.
8. Take as much OF it after each meal,
or oftener, as amounts to common
uuid OF "tine-cut" or "cavendish."
4. Chew it well, and swallow all the
saliva.
s. Continue this few weeks, and you
will come off cOnqueror; then thank
God, and thank us.
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For Rent.

WAREHOUSE NO. 46 MAIN STREET.
w near Quincy. Possession April LIST.
The heautifull hall now occupied by Cool
Tem1lars. Possession, April LIST, or October
one rine office in same building: April lSr.
Two large rooms, I'd and Sd story: En-
trance same as to Intelligencer Buildings.
SehI1rn w. l.. McAFE.E.
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NOTICE.

IN y ILOII.
II ENRY X. LIST HAS PURCHASED the
entire interest OF Robert Morrison, de-
ceased, late partner in the firm of List,
NJ OSrison & Co.
The business will be conducted nv tho sur
viving partners under the same firm namO
heretofore.
LIST, MORRISON Il co.
WHEELING, January goth, 1859.
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For Rent.
For Rent:

GENERAL NEW BUSINESS ROOMS IL
- Cjrant House Block-new addition.
"faI7tf LEWIS q WOODMAN SEE.
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sns @a1e.
For Sale.

0,HE STORE ROOM ON MONROE Street
west OF National ERnk OF West Virginia
lately occupied by simpson & WILSON. APP
NV IL JAMES PAUL..
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GORHAM MANUFACTURING CO.,
salesroom No. 3 Maiden Lane. N. Y.
noV3-d&W4%m
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For Rent.

NOR ONE OR MORE YEARS, A DEsIRA-
Il BILE dwelling situate on Market steel.
containing ten rooms with bath and WaleT
closet address LOCK BOX IS p. U.
lang
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e meeting then adjourned.
Washington N"ws nnd Gossip

Will the press reporters please not tell
us anything more about the "severe
IabOrs" and consequent illness OF Hon.
l.. Il. Washburne.
GRANTS GARNET.
The latest news is that Grant has
made up his mind as to who he will
choose, but has notified nobody yet.
A NEW CABINET OFFICER.
Senator Wilson wants Il new Cabinet
officer, II Secretary OF the Revenue, in
dependent OF the Treasury Department.
He believes there is no man in the
country o.day adequate to the respCn-
sibility Of managing the Treasury in
its present hugeness.
WESTERN NAVIGATION INTERESTS.
A number of Western steamboat men
and coal dealers are here looking after
the interest of unobstructed navigation
of Western waters. They are opposing
shorts bridges, and urging canal
engagements and the Improvement of
the falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The
proposed, Congressional excursion of
last fall is renewed, to take place next
spring. The object is to show the vast
country watered by the Ohio and the
and other improvements.
THE MAN WHO SAVED Stewards LIFE.
George Robinson, of Bethel, Maine.
the soldier who was crippled for life by
the assassin Paine, while defending
Secretary Seward from assassination, is
in Washington seeking employment
under the Government. a 1900 clerk
ship was obtained for him soon after
the rs Iassination, and Stewards friends
i'll New York gathered together the
sum of 81 900 for him. Robinson mar
ried, and finding 81 200 too little for the
needs of his new state, he resolved to
| try to do better with his little capital at
his trade OF carpentering, and resigned
his clerkship. The injuries he received
| in the desperate hand TO hand struggle
with the powerful and agile Payne eff
| fectuully disabled him for hard phYsi-
cal labor, however.
GOES BACK ON his OLD MASTER,
Mr.. Breckinridge's pleasant story
that his old body servant Tom, although
living in the South and sorely tempted
by the awfu! Radicals, had remained
true to the Rebel faith, is knocked in
the head by n Southern paper, which
says he ''is hand and glove with the
loyal leaguers, and up TO all the devil
!
Poor John c.!
How MONEY WAS SAVED BY TAXING
A NEwsrAPER.-Aco correspondent writes
to the Chicago Post as follows:
live Il mile or two from the flour
ishing city OF Muscatine. l went into
town one morning late last fall, for the
purpose of selling my hogs. had
talked with one dealer, and had about
concluded to take his offer, when l
thought 1 would first look at the papers:
Buying a copy of the EUcning Post OF
the evening before, L there read long
dispatch from Des Moines, with Il table
of counties, showing that the hog crop
1867. 1 at once concluded not to sell
then, and the other day sold the same
hogs for more than $500 in excess OF
what should have contracted them for
had not read that number of the Post.
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Cr1stadoro's Hair Dye.

LADIES, over gray hair, why
Should there be HUE and CRY"
CRISTADORO'S DYE, you know,
VIII BLACK or BROWN bestOw.
Use then, this unequRlled Dye.
Have the HUE. without the CRY.
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EDWIN HoRNBROoK.
For Rent.

A DWELLING HOUSE ON ZANE stree,
n near new church, containing seven
hot and cold water, all in first rate order
Apply TO GREER q LAING.
iHnJ
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WHEELING INTELLIGENCER.
II IL Is NJ -
ARIABLY IN ANCE

MORwlNG EDITION.
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Tho undersigned return their sincere
thanks to their friends and the public for the
Iiher al patronage heretofore bestowed upon
them and solicit continuance Of the same.
E. FINISH Elmer,
ian29-lw l. BLUM.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-07-07

September, and we earnestly hope that
its buildings will be filed to their ut
most capacity. The Seminary has
passed through its most trying season,
and may now be considered established
on a permanent basis. The last Legis
lature made liberal provision for its
support, and generously permitted it
to remain underits former government.
It's influence will Immediately make it
self felt on the educational interests OF
the State. Its first graduating class
has gone forth and, in return for the
generosity of the State in providing the
means of their education, will open
schools for the education of Louisiana
youth. If the people of Louisiana
would only bring home their sons
whom they have placed at schools in
other States, and put them in their
own State school, the number of stu.
dents would be largely increased. And
an abundant crop, of which there is
now hattering prospect, will, We
hope, put it in the power of many more
of our people to educate their children
and patronize their State school.
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The Donaldson Case.

We copy as follows from the St. Louis
Times, of the oath:
AS day after day the defence unfolded
the evidence, public sentiment, which at
first set strongly against Capt. Donaldson,
has steadily rallied to his support. At
first it appeared to every one, except, pos
siby, the intimate friends and relatives Of
the accused, that there could be no doubt
as to bis commission of the crime, nor the
unparalleled atrocity with which it was at
tended A handcuffed negro was first
shamefully maltreated and then deliberate
ly murdered, the witnesses to the act spir-
tied away, and the criminal shielded from
the penalty his brutality by the impossi.
bility of proving the facts in court Of
law. The evidence, however, failed to
sustain these charges in any single particu-
lar. 1t is a grave question whether the
sudden disappearance of the prosecuting
witnesses was not suggested by fears for
their own safety, for whatever opinions
may have been entertained by persons who
have followed the case, the verdict OF ac-
quittal rendered last night. and over which
the whole city seems half deliriOus with
Joy, has not only completed " indicated
Capt. Donaldson, but placed Glover and
Ray, his accusers, in predcament from
which they are not likely to escape. The
lateness of the hour and our restricted
pace will not permit us to dwell upon the
striking features of the case, nor to suggest
it's probable termination. 1t is enough for
US to be permitted the opportunity of ex-
pressing our heartfelt qualification that
Captain Donaldson has been honorably
acquitted of the crime with which he was
charged, and that his name is free from the
stigma which, but for the trial, would have
forever attached to it,. One of the most
touching evidences of womans unwaver.
ing love and devotion has been furnished
in the conduct of the wife Of the accused
With faith in her husbands innocence
which never wavered even for an instant
with heroism which would have impelled
her at any moment to have yielded her life
for his, she has remained by his side cheer.
ing him by her presence, and supporting
him by her courage and fortitude The
person who cannot sympathize with hi
in her affection, or rejoice with her in hel
present great Joy, we should blush to owr
as belonging either to our race or sex.