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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-29
STATE ITEMS.

The Moundsville National has changed
hands, Mr. r. G. Patrick succeeding Mr..
Moses Cannon as editor and proprietor
Mr.. Patrick is said to be young man of
good business qualifications and practi-
cal experience in the newspaper line.
We hope the people of Marshall will
give him that liberal support which
will enable him to publish for them a
live local paper.
Joseph Wyrick, residing near Mounds
vile, was severely bitten by a dog few
days ago.
A. NJ. Buchanan, of Brooke county,
has recently placed upon his farm a fine
Roam Durham bull, three years old, pur-
chased from the famous cattle and
horse man, Alexander, of Kentucky.
The price paid was $500.
Mr.. Charles Hall, a digger at the coal
works of Alexander Il Cauldwell, near
Wellsburg, was badly injured in the
mines last Monday. A quantity of coal
fell upon him, dislocating his hip.
The bodies of Harvey and Williams,
two of the victims of the Monengahels
river disaster, have not yet been found
They were drowned six weeks ago.
Somebody is making "pen pictures of
the West Virginia Legislature" for the
Psrkersburg TiMss. When he comes to
delineate Farnsworth he ought to use a
hog pen.
Although there are fifteen hundred
Republican voters in the county of Har-
rison the National Telegraph, one of the
best Republican papers in the State, has
but two hundred and fifty subscribers
in the county and a goodly number OF
those are Democrats. If Democracy
don't whale Radicalism in Harrison
county at the next election it will be
Denocracy's fault.
John Knisely, of Harrison county,
lately sold forty cattle that aver
aged 1880 lbs. gross per head.
On Saturday, 18th inst, a son of j.
Gaylord, of Weston, brske hisarm while
wrestling.
Same day, and same place, son OF
Judge Edmiston fell from fence and
broke an arm.
Same day, same place, two little nigs
broke their arms too-and the Democrat
says it was not good day for breaking
arms either.
The Weston Democrat says that on
Big Skin Creek, about eight miles from
Weston, three children of Gideon Spaur,
while crossing the foot-log over the
creek, lost their balance and fell into
the water. The Oldest child, boy,
saved himself: and the next, q little
girl, foated down the stream some dis
tsEss, and by the aid of some ovsrhang'
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Strawberries.

1t is again time to plant vines OF
this most delicious, healthful and easily
produced berry; and we hope thousands
of families both in town and country,
who have not heretofore had the pleas.
ure of picking and eating from their
own vines the cool fruit, will plant each
a few hundred plants. As to varieties,
no one can go smiss: ninety persons
out of every hundred will choose the
Wilson's Albany, first, and it is undoubt-
edly the most generally productive, if
not strictly the best, of all the varieties.
But we would recommend trial, also,
of a few of those varieties of higher ex-
cellence, such as the Jucunda, Fillmore,
Burr'S New Pine, Agriculturist,
Triumph De Gand, &c. We have in cul-
tivation eleven different varieties, and
we see no reason now why we shall soon
reduce the number, although the Will
sons Albany and the Jucunda shall
compose our main crop.
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Grant for the Amendment.

FROM tue CnlCdEO 1llntSJ
There never was devised more dis
graceful scheme of political TaScalIty
than the proposed Ethiopian suffrage
amendment to the national cOnstitu
ton, taking away from the severa
Stales their right to regulate and man
are their own concerns in this particu
lar, and extending a political privilege
to races of men beyond the scope OF
civilization, without submitting the
project to the decision of the people.
Had this issue been made in the last
general election, no intelligent citizen
can doubt that the result of that cleo
tion would have been very different
from what it was. There is not a radi'
cal member in the General Assembly Ol
Illinois who is MT convinced that, upon
the question of admitting Ethiopiaus
Unfortunately to all the political priv
ileges of white men in Illinois, the party
advocating the proposition would be
signally and disastrously defeated. The
people of Illinois are not only opposed
to indiscriminate negro suffrage and
negro office holding in Illinois, but they
are opposed to giving up their right to
reGuldJ6 lulS ludIltl lOl buCuSCINOo III
their own way.
1t is the knowledge of this fact which
made the recent rump Congress so very
anxious to pass the amendment in time
to get it before the State Legislatures
now in session. The fanatics Of the rump
did not dare to submit the question 10 The
people. Their plan, and their most anxious
desire, Were to Grade an expression Of the
popular wiU; to cheat the people into the
surrender Of right that, Of their Own free
,CiU, then tC0uld HeUer consent TO surrender.
1t was in this spirit and with this mo-
tive that the Radical majority in the
Illinois legislature forced the Ethiopian
infamy through that body on Friday
last. The resolute action of the Demo
cratic minority in Indiana probably
lent additional haste to their action ;
because the doings in Indiana were cal
culated to awaken the public mind
everywhere to the fact that this scheme
comprehended an atrooiOus purpose OF
dsregarding and defying the will of the
people.
The Jacobin leaders in Illinois have
done the work that was assigned to
them by the Jacobin leaders at Washing
ton. They have refused to consult the
will of the people; but the infamy to
which they have contributed their allot-
ed part is not yet accomplished. The
Ethiopian scheme is not ratified and it
will not be.
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Capital Meeting at CharIs.tOn.

The citizens of Kanawhs county met
at their Court House on Saturday,
March Goth, to complete arrangements
for redeeming the pledges of their rep
resentatives in the Legislature on the
Capital question and to provide for the
accommodation of the Legislature,
State officers and snch other persons as
the seat of Government may draw to
their town. Hon. H. C. MCWHoRTER
presided and Mr.. W. s. LArDLEY acted
as Secretary.
The Charleston Journal, in addition to
q foil report of the meeting, has the
folio wing summary:
The committee appointed at a former
meeting TO collect facts, and suggest the
best and most feasible means of securiu .
the permanent location of the Capital al
this place, through their chairmaL, Col
onel Smith, reported several resolutions,
urging the immediate raising by sub.
scriptiOn or otherwise, of the one hun.
dred thousand dollars pledged by our
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ing bushes, managed to keep up until
help arrived. The youngest child, a
very small boy, sank almost Immediate
ly, and when the body was recovered
life was extinct.
Underdonk, P. NJ. at Shepherdstown,
has been turned out and Mrs. Mary Ba.
ker appointed in his stead. The case is
hard one, as Underdonk has been
"trooly loil" ever since he deserted from
the Confederate army.
A few days ago young man dispers'
ed gathering of ladies frem the Pres,
byterian Church in ChaIlestown by ap'
peariHg before them in state of nature
and nudity. The offender was given
three days in which to leave town, but
declined to avail himself of the gener-
ous privilege. To the great scandal OF
the community, he refuses to depart; tar
and feathers are talked of, but nothing
definite in the lynch line has yet trans
pired.
The Parkersburg Times is Informed
that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company have subscribed the $4,000
of city bends, which they received from
Parksrsburg for widening street, to
the stock of the Little Kanawha Navi'
CATION Company.
The Vest Tirginia Baptist Record is
the title Of religious monthly just
started at Parkersburg by Rev. j. b
Hardwicke. The paper is well printed
we'll edited and very cheap. Costing but
so cents a year and being superior
iournsl, it ought to be handsomely sup.
ported.
At a debating society in Monroe
county lately, young Mr.. Montana was
seriously padded by Mr.. Glover. Quite
rumpas was raised when Mr.. McMann
took that side in the discussion. He con-
tends that Mr.. Glover drove him to er.
tremitieS.
The Court of Appeals having lately
re-instated several civil officers removed
by Nat. Harrison, that eminent scala
wag is delivered of the following:
To the Editor of Le,Cisburg Times:
deem it proper to give public notice,
through your paper, that | shall not
recognize the subsequent official acts OF
any officer, whose office was adjudged to
be vacated at the late special term OF
the Circuit Court of Greenbrier by rea,
son of his having ceased TO be a regis.
tered voter of the county, until my de.
cision in that behalf has been reviewed
and rerersed by the Sapreme Court Of thu
State, or until l am compelled by q
peremptOry mdnddmus from thai
Court, to recognize the author.
ity of such officers. The new ap.
pointees may resign, or vacate, but they
have no power to re-instate; and the
fact of such resignation, or vacation,
cannot operate as legal rehabilitation
of the former incnmbents. Right or
wrong, this is my Interpretation of the
law, and shall continue to enforce it,
until prevented by the mandate of a
superior tribunal, which | am not at
liberty to disregard.
Respectfully,
n. HARRISON,
Judge of Circuit Court of Greenbrier.
MARCH 4th, 1869.
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The "LoyaI, squabble for PIunde

The Loyal" squabble for Plunder.
When the Senate proposition to mod
ify the Tenure of Office Bill was first
presented to GRANT he expressed him.
self as satisfied Herewith. Subsequent
ly, after BUTLER and LOGAN had shown
him, what his own dullness would not
permit him to discover tor himself, that
the modification" proposed by the Sen
ate abated nothing of the final control
which under the original law that body
exercised over the question of removals,
he too modified" and withdrew his
approval of the Senate's measure.
Backed by the Executive sanction
BUTLER made fierce fight in the House
against the Senate amendment on Fri
day and hoored it fatally. The Demo
Gratis in a body united with about fifty
Republicans and refused to concur in
the amendment offered by the Senate
aud adhered to the repeating bill origi-
! nally passed by the House.
The matter now reverts to the Sen
alta. A committee of conference is talk
ed of, but as forsibly stated by Mr.
WOODWARD in the House, this would
be nothing but "a committee of COM
PROMISE" forfeiting the rights of the
House. The final settlement seems now
to be farther off than ever. A square
issue has been made up between the
two Houses and neither will back down
in a hurry. The members of the Senate
want to retain their pswer over the ap-
pointments, and therefore will not con-
sent to a repeal. The members of the
House want to have voice in the dis
,ribution of patronage which they
cannot have while the Sen.
ate can prevent removals. It's
a fight for power and nothing
else. so far as the Radicals are cOucern-
ed. The Democrats having opposed the
Tenure. of Office Bill from the start are
right in insisting upon absolute repeal.
They hold the balance of power be-
tween the contendiDg parties, and if
they use it properly will be able to dam
age the Radical party seriously, if not
fatally. We hope the interesting muss
may be prolonged. 1t has already done
much to display the rottenness of Radi-
oalism. Every day during which the ex-
hibition continues will be productive of
good TO the country.
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AThrilinR Confession

The following confession was made in
open Court in Brunn, Moravia, by Al
Wis Uabanck, charged with numbering
his sweetheart: 81 had for some time
love affair with Veronika Weinert,
daughter of the tavern keeper, Welnert,
in Hussowitz. Her parents were Jews,
and am a Catholic, and they objected
to our marriage, and prohibited all
further intercourse between us. But
Veronika loved me, nevertheless, and
we found ways and means to see each
other secretly, and to weep. To end all
further trouble the parents of Veronika
told her that she must marry an Israel
ite. Veronika confessed to me, how
ever, that she would die before she
would marry a man she hated. She
asked me to kill her at once, and to die
with her rather than return to her par
ents and be forced to marry. Ny love
for Veronika was also deep, and the
thought of her marrying another was
insupportable to me. procured a
double barreled pistol, and loaded both
| barrels. Into that intended for Veron-
ika put thirteen buckshot; into that
intended for myself put fourteen. AS
/ passed her fathers house one day,
met her and showed her the pistol, and
she was pleased with it. We bad anoth.
er interview soon afterward, and we
agreed together to kill ourselves if the
parents persisted in forcing her to mar
ry. We named the 4th of July last az
our mutual day of death. On that day
Veronika arranged 10 meet me at : p.
NJ, outside of the village. We walked
toward the next village, and confirmed
each other in the purpose to die. About
10 at night we sat down on some green
sward, aud there determined to die.
Veronika sat at my side and asked me to
shoot her. | held the pistol to her
breast but at the last msme"t strength
forsook me, and the pistol dropped Fl om
mE hand. An inner voice said to me,
murderer Veronika picked up the
pistol and forced me to take 1t III my
hand again and she now put the weap.
on to her heart aud bade me fire.
pressed the trigger, and Veronika sunk
down dead at my side. / must have
shot her through the heart. When l
saw that she was dead | rose to kill my
self, but somehow | held the pistol
away, and after fired / fOund myself
wouHded only in the left arm. ! had no
ammunition, and, therefore, returned to
Hussowitz for the purpose of buying
more powder and shot, and then to fol.
low my beloved Veronika. l could not
get any, and went to Bruun, hoping
there to obtain it.. At Brunn all the
stores were shut, and had to wait till
morning, and then bought more pow
der and shot. Subsequently l visited
an acquaintance, asI had expended all
the money l had for ammunition. In
the shop where l bonght cigars / also
took some liquor. 1t made me drunk,
and from that moment until found my
self arrested | was unconscious
The prosecutor meved the death pen.
atty on the accused. The Court retired,
and then returned, all five judges agree
ing that the sentence should be death.
An appeal was taken, and it is generally
believed that the sentence will be
changed to imprisonment.
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Every farmer OF lot owner should
make it a point to plant few fruit
trees every season. An occasional old
tree may be dying, or cease to be pro-
ductive; few trees of an old favOrite
variety OF of some of the approved
newer kinds should come in to supply
the place of those which are cessing t.
be profitable. Prune off al superfuou
limbs from your orchard trees scrap'
the rongh bark and wash with soap
an1s
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THE new Secretary of the Treasury is
making trouble among the lady clerks
of his Department by institutiDg in
quiries concerning their antecedents,
residence, connections and all that sort
of thing. His investigation is creating
considerable CONSERVATION. It's very
naughty, and we believe that if instead
of being only a boutwell,, he were
quite we'll, he wouldn't deport himself
in any such ungallant way.
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Premature.

The Missouri Radicals are in distress.
The Legislature of that State undertook
to ratify the negro suffrage amendment
and in their Indecent haste merely rati,
fed the first section of that amendment.
The Washington authorities have in
formed the Missouri Secretary Of State
that the Job was botch and will have
TO be done over. Unhappily the Legis-
larure has adjourned, and now the ones
tion goes to the people The Missouri
atmosphere is blue with "loyap curses.
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The w.rLiuRmep MOvemeuu

The New York Times, in speaking of
recent mass meeting of workingmen in
that city, says it was the first starting
incident of a revolution which has long
been pending, aud which is yet to be at
tended with some remarkable develop
ments. These organizations combined,
industrially and politically, form a
power which it is not wise to ignore,
whose strength should not be under-es
timated, and whose arms evidently are
destined TO be successful.
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A ViIlainous Bank Swindle-Re-
markable Statement.

n NiIIniuOus Bank SWIndie-ho-
markable Statement.
The Rockport Qll) Register, whose
editor was first cashier OF the broken
First National Bank of that city, gives
some interesting particulars in the his
tory of that institution. The bank was
started in June, 1864, aud its officers
were, Alonzo Wood, President, and
f. H. Griggs, Cashier. The capital
stock amounted to $4,000, and was
almost entirely owned by AloDzo and
w. w. Wood. Early in 1865, Mr.. Griggs
resigned the cashiership in consequence
of his inability to reconcile his ideas
of sound banking with those of the
principal owners. George U. Stratton
succeeded Mr.. Griggs aud continued
to be cashier up to the time Of his
sudden disappearance. The bank was,
some time after the change in the new
cashiership, visited by j. II. Durham,
of Chicago National Bank Examiner for
the Chicago district, who found it in
such condition as in his judgment to
Justify the government in winding it
up, and he so reported to Mr.. Clark,
Comptroller of the Currency. No &C
tion was taken by the Comptroller, and
he and his successor, Mr.. Hubert, were
afterward frequently notified by Mr..
Durham that the bank was in an un-
sound condition, and should be wound
up. Secretary McCullOch was also in
possession of the same information, but
no action was taken by the officials to
close the concern. Mr.. Dunham finally
resigned his Office on account of the
neglect of the department to act upon
his recommendation. The bank had
continued on in this way, but never
possessed the confidence Of the business
community. By the offer of high Rates
of interest on deposit, however, it in
duced many poor and hard working
people to entrust their savings to its
keeping, and in this way its failure
causes much distress to this class of de-
positors. Within the last few months
the bank has been reported as in an IN
safe condition, but as in former cases
the recommendations of the Examiner
were disregarded and the bank al
lowed to continue. 1t was IN such
i'll repute in Rockford that the other
banks refused to receive its checks or
drafts. On Monday evening of last
week the cashier left the city ostensibly
for the purpose of visiting Chicago TO
raise funds for the bank, and the next
day the doors we're closed. 5. B. Scott,
OF Milwaukee, examined aud took pos
session immediately, and found the en-
tire assets in the vaults footed up 10
about ten dollars in postage curr-ncy
Everything else had been abstraeted.
Ii is difficult to ascertain the liabilities
of the bank, but it is believed they will
scarcely fall below 100000.
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REPRESENTATIVES. and the erection of
snitable building for the use of the Leg
isIature and Executive offices; and also
tbe bnilding of one other hotel for the
halter accommodation of persons visit
ING Charleston. The resolutions provide
for the appointment of committees to
solicit subscriptions in both town and
country.
The meeting returned the thanks OF
the community to our Representatives,,
and after remarks by several parties
the meeting adjourned to meet on the
20th day of June. at the Court House.
Among the resolutions of the meeting
we find the following which was offered
by Hon. G. SLACK and unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t is important that more
intimate commercial relations be estao
lished between the different portions Oh
the State; therefore,
ResOlred, That this meeting recon-
mend to the merchants and business
men of Wheeling and Charleston to es'
tablish as early as practicable weekly
line of steamers to ply between those
cities.
1t would be well for the business men
of this city to consider carefully the
proposition embodied in the foregoing,
so as to be ready to cooperate heartily
with the Charleston people, who will
doubtless soon open correspondence
on the subject.
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Ex-PREsIDENT JOHNSON is rapidly re-
covering. The folks who reported his
death doubtless took counsel from their
hopes. He is organizing a movement
against Radicalism in Tennessee and
will soon take the field in person. We
wish him success in his efforts against
1.-The devil and all his works"
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NOTICE

II is a we'll established fact that fully one
half of the female portion of our population arr
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, tC
use their own expression, never feel we'll
They are languid devoid Of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite
To this class of persons the BIFTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use Of either Of thes,
remedies. They will cure every case of Ma
RASMUS, without fail.
Thousands Of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication of but few. Those
II will be observed, are men of note, and of such
standing that they must be believed.
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rhe New commandment.

GRANTS new commandment is to love
his ''frisnds" with all his mind and with
all his offices and with all his soul and
with all his plunder and with all his
strength, and his cold neighbors' next
TO himself and kin. Upon this hang all
the brothsrs-in-lsw and the profits.
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DEBILITY.

Resulting from any Cause whatever;
PR0STRATI0N OF THE SYSTEM,
induced by Severe Labor, Hard.
ship, Exposure, Fevers, &c.
There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies in such cases, A tone and vigor is
impaired TO the whole system, the appetite is
strengthened food is enjoyed the stomach di.
ge5ts properly, the blood is purified, the com.
pExiOn becomes sound and healthy, the yellow
psSgeis ersdicated from the eyes, bloom is
given to the cheeks'and the weak and nervous
invalid becomes a strong and healthy being.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use Of this BlTTERS, OF the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins
restore in a measure the energy and ardor of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining years.
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

THIS NEW AND COMMODIOUs HOUsE
i located corner Of Broadway and I2d street
possesses Advantages ever ell other houses fol
the accommodation Of it, guests. II was built
expressly Tor nrstclass Family Boarding
hO1se-the rooms being large and en- suit
heated by steam with hot and csld water and
furnished second 70 none: Ehils the, culinary
oepartmPBt IL il the most experienced hands
anor'ing Euests an uneqaaled table.
One Of AtEOOd's Patsnt Elevators is also
among the modern imrTOvementsT and ~ the
service Of gussts At all bours.
Tbs Broadway and University Place Cars pas
the door every four minutes, running from tbs
City Hall % Central Park. While the sixth ana
Seventh Avenue Lines are bot sbsrt 6ioe. %
either side, zfsriing ample fAciiltlss Iol -.
Landings. places Of Amusencnt ana SasI1sAe
"' '-' - MORE & EOLLET,
zs,Iis. PTopristOrS