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AIsCRLL1ERoUS
Ars stanton says WomAn's dress ls a "shctr in
ventton Of the devil to be3ool aud bcllttIe her
Blonde hatr ts dying out: and 1t Is asked, VIII,
Will the Indies do who hare dyed7
Aeaf1y al The sunmeI-Tesort hotels viii opey
June !. The hotel chsrSes at Saratoga viii be ,
! little less than they were last year.
| TWO local reporters on The Montgomery (Ala
adil recently fought duel because the, differed
I as to the color Of an actress' eyes
The Boston 7Sarti<r sayR that "a MashIehea
seedsmsn recently paid foFt5.s dollars FOR ain
| gle pos2to.''
There Is at Portland Me-. =" Widows Wood
Society" Commenting upon this fact some one
Asks, :" Who ever heard OF a widow that wouldn't
s1k weaver In Lyona hxs invented loom 80
simple that an entirs to the manufacture
Of s!lk and satin Is predicted.
The latest thing In the Pipe line Is imitation
mecrEehaum made a bread The pipes hanlea
and cp,or beautifully,
The new hotel on Clinton Place and HrpadHaT
New Tork, Is to 10 managed by lady from Ro.
chester.
Al Lowell Aass>. the other day, the city hill.
pos8eE STUCK The Notices to ml1kMen on the public
pumps, certain thu, they would be seen shere.
The Rev. Dt. Hodge has been reading An esszy
on "lrouJ" Mfcte the women's Club Of Boston,
and locn1 paper suggests thsk An essay On
A' Ironing would have been better.
The University Of Edinburgh recently granted
permission to young lady 10 attend the uletical
lectures, bat the students made such iotd ob}ec-
ton that the faEor WAS withdrawn.
R1tdesmatds' dresses afe now made Of ture or
t11letan, trimmed with satin r1hLon. and made
with sAert trains Groomsmea ri weddings arc
going out Of fashion
Two HAwaItAns attempted 10 desert Il 4 tub
frum the bark Orso'e, OF New Bedfont, one even
inR Fhen tTen'y-dTe miles Oh the NarquesAs
Islands They returned s*imuing, In about
eleven ho1ss, having lost their tub
HAusom cabs are TO brought into use In View
1ork, bg N Incorporated company. TIE vehicles
&ft required to have regular stations 10 be rcady
Tot sefke day and night. and to observe, under
pain Of forfeiture the sates n1ed by law.
Ihfee students 1t Exeter. y. H., have just made
re!oc1pede TIP from Exeter 10 Hampton Besch
and back, distance Of twenty nlea They made
the Distance In m hour and I hzH going and An
hous and threc-fousths returning, aside from
few Htprs made On the road
temporary understanding between the Officers
Of the Cnion teclnc and Cent1zl Pacific Railroad,
hAs resulted In establishing the rate OF fare hs-
s~esn New fotk and San Francisco 1t tiia Tor
utss-c1ass md - for er1tg7nt aad seoond-cIass
pAssa%e
Of dust As be stood Al the window, he saw m
eddy OF dust raised By the w1nd. and EXCLAIMED
Ma, It looked tust now - though there Was 20
Ing to be smother title boy made
Conversation between two French Iosettes:
tF'settes what hare ron done With yoar r1ch
lover:" have LEFT him -Trnl5.'. ..uf
course The fool wxs tnree-quatsers ruined"
Vhv didnr you pass him over to me and would
have finished him
The Louisville Cbxri<r proposes to celebrate
1.-The centennial Anniversary Of the dar when
Efx,1a Atr$n ft.SN hnt,
, 1869-05-17
France.
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France
Fol1T1CAL RIOTS N FARE.
,.,....... ...... PARIS. May IL
fcAtcal meetings In the CITY continue 10 lsa si
tended with disorder, and the police are frequenr:,
oplleed TO interfere Several a.tAta have b,rr
made Of parties prominent IN creating q disturb,
ance. The Pzefect OF Police has nsued an order
prohibiting gatherings tn the streets In Vicinity Of
the electoral meeting.
SArpLEoS's rEAcKFCI zSrxST1oSa
LONDON, May Is
Reports, which are believed to he based on a,s,t
aothorits, are In circulation that the Fse1eA Gov
eminent Will soon publish peaceful psoifesto
ana simultaneously reduce the army.
DIED.
n. Maligne ts dead.
spain.
WORK on TIE NEW CONSTITUTION tS TEE cos-
srrCKST CpRrNs
...... .- MADRID, Nsyia
TIE cortez have setecee,t the amendment 10 the
constitution In favor Of making Spain = fe-,erM
republic The vote stood 1sa against, to s. for the
amendment 4 ptopoaiton for the cyca:ton Of a
tFsenntal Directory TO BE- appointed By the Cor,cs,
mas Been Introduced, and Is Row under discussion.
, 1869-05-17

The International Unkyerstav pnr.-
The Worcester Ifekntta-A Litera-
~ nnd Art Observation-Disclosures
Rookk-VerHea By lean InScIovv-
FFnWfoEa's Washington Jubilee
Notes.-The Coliseum. the Music and
the Performers, DC,
, 1869-05-17

ntnstI,ttt1 ~ tae linked States Of america the
By the President: - H"1'4'
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary Of state
ApAlkA fokzkks = ASSUMPTION OF fovER NJ rBx
NAVY pKpAxTxESa. "
Admir1i Porteri assumption Of the fight to s57n
one!M orders "for the Secretary OF tht SaFy' ~.
e1t 1amS an, maeo comment and ls pronouueed WITH.
eat salnot1ty Of law Prov1ston Is msde bT sta
tes ne delegation Of the power Of the Secfetary Of
me NaFy during biz absence frou tue c,tT or IcS-
9s1 u to anothsF Cabinet otnoes. but Nj. Bo.fe Aas
N otuel MAJ 70 act "for the Secretary or the
AZ ;SNaty. So warrant 20 signed would be paid bI
ms aeeoantiag ee!es:s q ne Treasury, ller would
e. q omeets Of the AdnirI 70 force them TO ooey
ps.nt sssa y SSS s5 he "a
4ood laNyerH, be punished for dtsobedlencc.
yAsH[so1o9 soTtts hsx onDz53o = r., re ~ snn-
nave advertised for sale the following iron-ciads.
s.., lytng = sne Pn!ladslphta Yasd: coaoes Kosa,
Also, the Chime, at the yari here: The NuHnnts
insSook'Jn. ana the Wlunepec, ii Sorfolf, II. Al
Tae SENS % % tsine IN IN a.s az n.11 az
eoooo &c 1educed TO Sefy few veasell
II Z stated that III. Howard. our new Minister
20 Gh.na has been In consultation with the Prest-
deas and that he CEEes that the mis- sIou to Chtna
ne ntsed 70 fhe grade Of the British Embassy, and
eaat tae President agreed With bis views
PERSONAL DIFFICULTY. Il
E9at took pl1cc II the Capitol yesterday be-
pirsnts ior he ode oi supesasea1eas Sup q sae a.
terror Department tn which the former Was
WILL kEcKrrr rRorDslIs
ING Aza.stan: Treasurer n1set5tses that he will
recetTe proposals. tor one million Of 5e,s OF the
lama @ssnaasy tasae, up 70 noon next "Wednesday. The
ponds to be purchased announced for tue 4tnt-
,ng m Una, nud proposals for similar amount will
oe recctssd e!eE Wedae'+isy. The aecrued H.
, 1869-05-17

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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
From Hancock.

HANCOCK COUNTY, Oct. 2, 1869.
Editors of the Register:
So seldom do your readers hear from
this part of the Pan Handle that we
feared that they might write us down
as "slow coaches" We have Therefore
concluded to let you hear from US. This
week has been one of more than usual
excitement aud hustle amongst our
quiet people. The fair has taken place,
and as usual very large crowd assem-
bled, but as usual the exhibition was
not such as to do credit to this rich
neighborhood. Ii is to be hoped, how
ever. that the wants of this fair, having
now been seen, will be more than sup
piled next year. But the most inter
esting of all the various eXcitements of
the week was the musical concerts
two of which we had the pleasure of at
tending-held in the Presbyterian
Church at New Manchester, the county
seat. 1t has rarely been our good for
tune 20 listen to fiuer exhibition of
this character. These concerts were
held under the direction of the Sabbath
schools of the town, and was, as have
already intimated, q complete success,
owing to very great extent to the
musical talent of yoar neighbors, DR..
J. NJ. Todd, and his little daugh-
ter May, of Bridgeport, Prof. Wal
lace and Capt. Dean of Martinsville,
Ohio; Misses Campbell and Shouse of
Steubenville, Ohio. The interest mani
tested by the gentlemen named is GER
tainly commendable and to the friends
of Sabbath schools we can heartily COM
mend them. Whoever has not heard
little May Todd, let them by all means
lose no opportunity to hear her sing
Little Maud" Prof. Wallace as basso
and Capt. Dean as tenor are certainly
far above many whose names are more
widely known. The instrumental part
of these concerts was furnished by Miss
Campbell, quite young lady OF Steu-
benville, Ohio, who bids fair to excel IN
this fine accomplishment. Miss Shouse,
also of Steubenville, and quite young,
astenished old amateurs in music In her
alto performance. She assuredly exceis
as au alto singer. The occasion had
also the presence and spirit of Prof sam.
Byers, a fine vocalist, and his daughter,
Miss l.. d. Byers, whose performance on
the Piano elected the warmest applause,
More anon. \.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
Custe.

The New York Journal of Commerce
declares the effort made in Washington
to institute o lawsuit to test whether
persons with more or less negro blood in
their veins have right to seats in the
theatre among the whites, or whether
they can only be admitted to part re-
served for them, q small business to get
excited over. Elsewhere than in Wash
ington the question of the right of ne
sroes in theatres and other places settles
itself without resource to law, which is
much better for the negroes and all con-
cerned, for law is an expensive luxury,
which. like doctors advice, should be
taken only when absolutely necessary
The Journal adds: "Here in New York
we do not hear of negroes being expelled
from theatres, because they choose OF
their own accord to 60 to that part OF
the building which custom has assigned
to them. If there is any feeling oi
caste in the case the colored people have
it as strongly as the whites, and are as
little disposed as the whites to mingle
with them when personal contact can
be avoided. The whole subject of caste
in color, like that of associations in So
ciety, churches, clubs, ETC., seems to be
self-adjusting, and all the law decisions
in the world will not materially change
the present attitude of the two races
towards each ether in this country, ex,
cept as legal conflict may create ex'
citement and deepen existing preju
ldicesu
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
A New Board of Registratiou.

We have bit of pleasant news to
impart to our readers this week. Ii
reads thus: Governor Stevenson has
re. organized the Greenbrier Board oi
Registration by the removal of Joseph
F. Caldwell and c. A. Tbacker as mem
bers of the Board. He has appointed
Madison Callison, of Meadow Bluff
township, vice Caldwell, removed, aud
John l.. Snedigar, of Falling Spring
township. vice Thacker removed. Mr.
John Williams is retained as a member
of the Board. The Board, as now con
stituted, may be regarded as fair one
and We feel safe in saying that its mem
bers will attempt to carry out the law
impartially and conscientiously. We
are quite sure that every honest man
in Greenbrier county, and we may
say, throughout the State, will agree
with us in saying that Governor Ste
venson, in his respect, has performed
righteous and just act. The registration
laws, at best, are harsh, but our citizen:
have suffered so long from their unjust
administration, that any change for the
better will be a relief, and a soothing
balm to an outraged and a prosecuted
people.
We understand that the new Board
will meet in regular session on Monday
next, when on opportunity will be fur
nished those whose names have been i'm
properly stricken from the registration
lists to be restored, and those who have
not heretofore registered, who may b'
entitled to do so, by showing cause, car
also have their names placed where the!
properly belong,-Greenbrier lHdepeRd
ent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
Cn,tle stealing i'm Texas.

Cattle stealing has been revived in
Northern and Western Texas, and it is
estimated that since 1866 the losses have
exceeded two million dollars. Prior to
the rebellion the rowing bands of mar
auders along the Rio Grande were con-
slant source of alarm to stock-rsisers, but
their thieving operations were stopped
by the armies on the frontier. The par
ties of robbers, composed both of Amer
leans and Mexicans, were in the habit
of driving the cattle across the Rio
Grande and selling them in Mexico at q
few dollars a head. These practices
have been recommended, and the Texan
farmers are organizing to protect them
selves, proposing, in the future, to hang
at once every cattle-thief who' may be
caught. The military authorities have
been invited to reIder assistance to the
regulators in driving the cattle-thieves
out of the State.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
The Next Congress.

Western papers are making sanguine
estimates of the transfer of power to the
West in Congress on the basis of the
census of 1870. They claim that the
centre of political power, now reposing
near Columbus, Ohio, will then be
moved to a point near Layfayette, In
diana. These calculations give the
eastern States of the North sc represen.
tatives in all after the next census, and
the Western, including the Pacific
States, 81 or 90. New England, which
in 1910 had 3S members of Congress
and now has q, will, if present tota
mem bership of the House is retained
be likely to be cut down to %. The
Western States in 1910 had but 32, now
have 75, by the next apportionment
will probably have ten more.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
A Mystery Solyed.

The people of Norfolk, Va, were
startled Tuesday night, about II
o'clock, by several loud explosions
following in regular succession. The
reports sounded in northerly direction
and some supposed that they were from
Old Point. Various other reports were
circulated in regard to the unaccounta.
BILE cannonading, but until Friday
nothing satisfactory was learned, when
it was discovered that the reports were
from the Dismal Swamp fire, and it is
said by persons who live near the local.
ity where the explosions occurred that
they were shells which had been thrown
in the woods during the war, and which
were exploded by the fire.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
a Rntnl Experiment.

The London Lancet recites fatal ex
pertinent in practice, recently made un
der the auspices of that most learnes
body, the French Academy Of Science,
A patient suffering from cholera having
reached the state of collapse, a member
of the Academy, reasoning from the fact
that muscular contraction followed the
exhibition of prussic acid, decided tt
try it upon him. A dose was given, with
no special effect. 1t was several times
repeated. Contraction did not ensue
but neither did the usual consequences
of applying poison. In a short time
muscular contraction was resumed, and
then, to the astonishment of the physi.
clan, the patient almost Immediately
expired. Clearly, he had been poisoned
to death. While he was in collapse, the
prussic acid was inactive as if it had
been placed upon dead tissue; the mo.
ment circulation commenced it was
taken up with the usual result.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
The Cuban Revolutfou.

1t is probable that the Government
will recognize the Cuban insurgents as
belligerents in very few days, says
the New York Republic. At least this
is the opinion of u. s. District Attorney
PIERREPoNT. The process 6y. which
this will be brought about is somewhat
as follows: The Government of Spain,
through her representatives in this
country. will make demand for the
release of the Peruvian gunboats now
being finished at this port. The United
States Government will then have to
determine whether they shall be al
lowed to proceed to their destination
(Which is said to be Peru) or whether
they shall be held. If the latter, the
Cubans will have to be recognized as
beliigerents, and then the neutrality
laws will affect the Spaniards as well
as their adversaries. Mr.. PIERREPoNT
is represented to have said that he took
the pains to ascertain the views of the
Government and people before present
ing the resolution in the Republican
State Convention, and found that the
people, at least, were in favor of the re-
cognition of the Cubans. Such con
as what is there to recognize,
and how many of the people" have
con6ded their intentions to theDistrict
Attorney. has not been divulged by the
latter. However, if Mr.. PIERREPoNT is
correctly reported by his organ, the Ad-
is about to do very i'm
portant and debatable thing.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
Kind Act OF nm Irish Priest.

An "EHglishman" writes from Car
rickmacross, county of Monaghan, as
follows: 81 have just heard of good
deed done on Sunday last on this estate.
A respectable Protestant tenant was,
with his whole family, suddenly strlck-
en- down with fever just as his crop was
ripening to the sickle. The priest, at
chapel, l believe, suggested that it
would be a kindness TO save the poor
fellows crop for him-the weather, glo.
rious when he was taken 10 the hospital
had since broken. No sooner said than
done. Nearly hundred of his flock,
after chapel, took the kind hint of the
priest, and before darkness had closed
in over that blessed Sabbath evening
the poor fever stricken Protestant's corr
was safely cut down and secured by his
Roman Catholic neighbors"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
E..sh Joke o. . Good Templ.r.

A short time since a gentleman of
Watsonville, California, who is noted
thereabonts for a practical jokist, went
to the Gilroy Hot Springs, situated
about fifteen miles from Gilroy, fer a
little recreation from the cares of a
large business. After remaining a few
days. he got aboard the stage to return
to Gliroy, having an outside seat. The
stage had not proceed more than five
miles before the tones of distress were
heard proceeding from within. The
driver hauled up his pIancing steeds,
when Mrs. -, who was passenger,
and who had made herself rather OBJ
noxious to the visitors at the Springs
by certain "airy" ways, informed the
driver that she must have an outside
seat, as she was getting sick. The Wat
sonville joker, s., ever gallant, gave
up his seat to the lady. AS he was get
ting inside, the lady informed him that
she bad two bottles of spring water on
the seat she had just left, which she
was taking to her husband in San Fran
cisco, and begged s. to take good
care of them. Gall right" said s.,
and away went the stage again.
y III uo W his pEOCllNlJlcS, pEOCuE-
ed a bottle of whisky, and taking the
corks from the bottles containing the
spring Kater, poured half of the water
from each bottle, and filled them up
again. with whisky, while the passen-
gers we've convulsed with laughter. In
due time the following letter was re-
ceived by the proprietors of the Springs
from the lady's husband:
SAN Francisco, Aug. 80, 1869.
"Propvietors Hot Springs:
"SIRs: You are a precious set of
scamps, you are! My wife, Mrs. -,
paid visit to your confounded place
and brought back some spring water
drank about half a bottle of the mis-
erable stuff, and went to the Good Tenn
plarss and hadn't been in the hall more
than fifteen minutes before l was as
drunk as any man you ever saw; dis
graced myself and the Lodge, and this
morning l am on a sick bed. What /
wish, SIR, is to ask you if my wife drank
much of the confounded water while
she was there. My opinion is, that any
set of men who will run an institution
of this kind ought to be soused into
their own hot springs until life was ex.
tinct. A man called Uncle George
delivered the damnable water to my
wife, and if | ever meet him it will 60
hard with one ofus.
81 am sir, with contempt, -n
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
Immiuration stntistics

The extraordinary rush of immigrants
to this country during the three months
ending June 80, of the present year, is
worth noting. The total number was
l65, 97-being a very large increase
over the same period in previous years
The class of immigrants, too, is unusu-
ally good. We find among them, for
example, 60 clergymen, IS physicians,
50 artists, $3.50 mechanics, 33l bakers,
233 butchers, "a seamstresses, 733 shoe.
makers, 756 tailors, 1858 masons, 1913 OF
miscellaneous trades, 500 clerks, 1858
farmers, 46,255 laborers, 1943 traders,
310S miners, 4S6 mariners, 5699 servants
and 763 of other specified occupations.
Again, it is worthy of note that while
Ireland sends 26,l3S, "Great Britain
sends 1854. Germany, Austria and
Prussia lead the list with 50,999. 1t is
remarkable that the scandinavian ele-
ment is still strong, as indeed, it has
now been for years, Norway, Sweden
and Denmark being credited for these
three months with 20,109. France, on
the other hand, sends the strikingly
small number of 1873, and Italy but los.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08
A Thrilling Adventure.

The Cleveland Herald Of Monday says:
On Saturday evening thrilling adven-
ture befel the messenger in charge of the
car of the American Express Company,
on the night express train from Erie to
this city. Shortly after leaving the
former place he discovered to his con-
sternation that the contents of the car
were on fire. The car was packed full of
the usual assortment of express freights,
consisting principally of dry goods and
other merchandise, and the bell-rope
connecting with the engine had been
passed over the top of the car. Both
ends of the car were crammed with
packages, only a small vacant space be-
ing left in the centre at the doors oc-
cupied by the messenger.
The perilous nature of his condition
cannot be fully realized. The train was
whirling along through the darkness at
the rate of thirty miles an hour, and the
fire was rapidly spreading through the
dry combustibles, fast filling the car
with heat and smoke. He had no possi-
BILE means Of signalling the engineer,
and no means of egress to the other cars
or of communication with their occu-
pants. He might shout himself hoarse
and his voice would be drowned by the
roar of the train. 1t seemed impossible
for him to give any alarm until the fire
should have made such progress to be
discovered by others, but in the mean
time himself must inevitably be sufl'oca-
ted or compelled to take the alternative
of leaping from the train.
To open the doors of the car would be
but to admit the air and give new i'm
petus to the flames. But the heat and
smoke were already sitting and some
thing must be done Immediately or he
must perish. Opening one of the doors
he wheeled out the iron safe to the edge
of the car and let it fall. It was struck
by the steps of the baggage-car, produc-
ing concussion so as to alarm its oc-
cupants. Rightly conjecturing that
something was wrong the engineer was
signaled and the train soon came to a
stop. The cause of the alarm was soon
discovered, the messenger being found
leaning as far as possible out of the car
TO escape the smoke. Every appliance
at command was speedily brought into
requisition, and the fire was fortunately
extinguished. The safe was picked up
and the train resumed its journey, ar
irving at it's destination without further
accident.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-08

Mr.. HORACE GREELEY pointedly OBJ
jects to being made Senator from Vir-
ginia. He says that if he were unani-
mously elected he would decline. We
are glad of it, and hope it means two
things, first that Mr.. GREELEY is opposed
to the whole system of carpet-bagging
in general and particular, of which he
was urged to become the exponent; and
secondly, that he recognizes how useful
and honorable it is for journalist to
stick to his profession.