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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-20
DICKENS AT LIBRARY HALL,
Thursday ev'g, March IS.
ST AND BH->

TByHE artful Captain Cutie hangs you by the
Il button-hole while the polished, the amiable,
the magnanimons Toots will assure you it's Of
no consequence
S. GILMORE PLUMB, the inimitable delinea-
ter of the immortal creations of Charles Dickens,
whose conception of his characters has been pro-
nounced by that great author excellent, and
who e Readings have drawn tears and laughter
from many delighted audiences, will give pathetic
and humorous selections from Pickwick, DOM
hey and Son, David Copperdeld, &c
Miss FLORA FOSTER, the popularand accom-.
plished Englsh Vocalist, will the intervals OF
Reading delight the audience with several of tho
finest Songs and Ballads
The orchestra, consisting of sixteen celebrated
artists, will discourse sweet music ut intervals
during the entertainment
A diagram of the Hall may be seen at Charles
A, Beardsley's Book Store, 191 Broad street,
where reserved seats may be secured.
TICKETS 80 CENTS, RESERVED SEATS 81
mo A.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
FROM GREENE COUNTY, PA

Editors Of the Register:
Thinking that perhaps you would
publish some pen drippings from Greene
couaty, of the Keystone State, take
the liberty to pen few items that may
be of interest to the general reader.
We are sort of out of the way peo-
Pile here. We live, move and have be-
ing, take some part in the world as it
wags, but we are not as bustling as you
are in the great city of Wheeling yet
in our own way We fill up space in the
columns of life, or at least IA few lines,
sometimesi paragraph. We eat, and
some of us drink more of the extract of
rotten corn, than is lgood for the inner
man.
We are getting to be quite CONNER
cial, mech auical and mercantile people.
The great and far-famed town OF Jack
town has four stores, two licensed tav-
erns-more than Marshall county, West
| Virginia, if the road from Rock Lick to
Wheeling is n specimen; it has also a
church, academy, schoolhouse, &c, The
| academy aud school are well attended.
The languages and higher mathemat cs
are;tausht by Rev. Samuel Graham,
| formerly of West Virginia. The worthy
Professor has met with trying loss in
the death of his wife and babe, both
buried within the past week. We
have Improvements going on at Ryer-
sons station in this vicinity; there is a
Touring mill, saw mill wagon maker, sad
der and blacksmith shop, one store,
postofiice, &c. There is likely to be
another store in the spring. Onr grain
crops were good. There il, indeed, an
inmerso quantity OF com in our neigh
borhood, and in fact Of ali kinds of grain
peculiar to our climate except buck
wheat. Prices are low. Hogs have
been in great demand at good prices, 81
s9c per pound gross. We have had and
still have an epidemic disease among
poultry, kind of cholera that has made
sad havoc among the hens and turkeys,
some have laid their last "iay" and life's
minsire,sy is ended with them.
Ifyour paper could give us some rem
edy we would be thankful to the extent
If a turkey or n tender pulleJ. or would
egg you until you were satisfied.
| have an appeal-ss a traveIer-to
make to the powers that be in Marshall
county, praying that house Of enter
rainmtnt be licensed somewhere be
tween Rock Lick and the Buzzard
stand, So that there will be some chance
| to replenish the inLec man and
horse at something like a fair price.
This is a thing that can't be done at
present. What are you afraid of your
own people or the Greene county peo-
plei You need not fear us-we are
proof against anything except aqua
fortis" or "chain lightning"
| c. C. G..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28

upon public works in the penitentiaries
of various States. Others like AARON
ALPEoRIA BRADLEY, colored convict
from New York and very "loyaP Geor-
gia Senator, are fugitives and vaga-
bonds on the face of the earth,
continually moving on" out of the
way of those impertinent persons. the
detectives, and cannot, by any means,
be relied upon to assemble, as per Bull
LOCKS proclamation, on the 10th day OF
January next to participate in the joys
of the political paradise regained, sway
down in Georgia" Resurrection, requi-
sition aud amnesty will be necessary to
bring back the lest "loyap sheep, now
so severely strsying from the Georgia
fold. 1t is greatly TO be feared that the
missing loved ores cannot be restored
to their anxious fiends in tune for ef-
fective usefulness. Some authority
must be had for the filing of vacancies.
Let GRANT order TERRY to exercise it,
In no other way can serenity be re-
stored, ...
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Georgia.

The last dose of reconstruction known
as the Georgia bill is too much for some
of the stoutest Republican stomachs.
The Radicals in Congress passed it, but
the Radical papers are by no means
unit in approving it. 1t is not, how
ever, the principle, or rather the lack O.
principle set forth by the measure
which they object to, but the results
that seen. likely to flow from it. They
are not distressed about the Congress.
sional double dealing which puts Geor-
gia through supplementary course OF
sprouts, but they are in trouble over
the ultimate consequences of the pro-
cess.
Fer instance, BULLOCK, the Georgia
scalawag Governor, who personally
worked up the Georgia bill and procured
its passage, will probably be sent to the
Senate from that State, when the new
measure accomplishes its perfect work
BULLOCK, be it known, is al exceedingly
disreputab!e character, and the GOD
and morality people who affect docency,
don't want him thus exalted. Too
many of his class are in high places al
ready, for the comfort and well.being of
the party. Therefore they say, dc these
"loyap lnalcontents, that BULLOCK has
been shamefully Officious in forcing
through legislation fer his own promo
ton. He is not, they contend, by any
means a proper character to be dictat-
ing to Congress and obtaining from it
the legislative lifts necessary TO hoist
his believing bovinity into the Sena
torial pasture lot. Grieyous and grace
less are the charges they briag against
him.
They remind the pablo that the
Treasurer of his State, through
goin" and original Republican of remote
date, has preferred charges against this
Governor BULLOCK for using $5l, 900 of
Georsia's loose cash in direct violation
of law, for depositing $1,000 Of this sum
in his own personal pocket, and neglect
ing to settle therefor, as in duty hound;
for paying out $4,000 more of public
fands in violation of legislative orders;
for using SIC, 900 from the States Golfers
to buy votes and influence; and for sell
ing $265, 900 in Georgia bonds without au.
thority, to the intinlte damage of the
States credit and the great discomfort et
the States creditors. They say further
do these disgusted Republicans, that the
proper and lawful Legislature of Geor
gia would have impeached BULLOCK;
that lis proper place is in the Feniten
tiNy, aud that to send him to the Sen
ate instead, however much such practice
may be sanctioned by Radical prece
dent, will bring moro disgrace on the
loyal family than can be undergone
without material discomfort and detri
ment.
nut this is case of "trooly loil" mis-
fortune and therefore it is not proposed
20 De ootrusive in in the way of sympa.
tuS' We would like to know, though.
how 1t is proposed to ps. the Radical
members OF the Georgia Legislature to.
gether. Two or three will ho a..o;,os
away bS circumstances over which tbsv
have no control, having very indis.
orestIy allowed themselves to be kil,e,
in drunken brotbel rows and skrimmapes
of kindred character. Sundrv other.
have engagements of pressing and
permanent kind, to perform service
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28

THE Intelligencer speaks of STANTON
as "throttling the rebellion and never
relaxing bis grasp until it was dead
Our cotemporary has confused matters
1t was not "the rebellion" which STAN
TON "throttlsd," but an innocent and
aged woman, Mrs. SURRATT by name
and it was upon her throat that "his
grasp was not relaxed uNtil she was
dead" STANToN's knowledge Of show
when and whom to strike" included this
guiltless woman as a proper subject fol
loyal" murder, and the Intelligencer and
other Radical journals are now engaged
in justifyiug "the deep damnation OF
her taking off" The MtelEgencer may
think it right to apologize for murder
but TO most people such apologsts seem
naturally allied to the criminals they
would excuse.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
The Aladdin OF Alaska.

There is at least one paper published
In Sitka, the Times, and its conductor
is the Aladdin of Alaska. Every time
he rubs his lamp new wealth developes
in that far off region; everything he
touches of late turns to fish. Already
has Alaska paid for itself four times
over on paper, and as most payments
are so made nowadays. the bill may as
we'll be receipted in full. 0ne day we
have fabulous tales of the vast fur
wealth of Alaska, and the next day the
fisheries are the means which are to
make Alaska the most favored spot on
the whole continent.
According to the latest accounts, the
whole ocean, from the Tongas in the
south to Behring's Straits in the west
so swarms with fish that they almost
impede navigation. One company, en-
pl"ying twenty men, fished at Gzersky
this year from March 10 October. Tn y
had nets wholly unsuitable for the
catch, so they put up only one thousand
barrels of salmon. Four men at Cas-.
son, last year, 'put up," in splendid or.
der, seven hundred barrels of salmon
and then had to stop because they had
no more barrels. Along came sea
captain, and, taking the seines, he
loaded two boats to the guards with
salmon in fifteen minutes. This fishing
is ttitisg in comparison to what could
be- done III the same waters in the cod.
fish line. 1t is known that the supply
of cod is constantly dimiLi,hing on tie
Atlantic coast, aud the catch is every
year becoming smaller aud more diff
cult. The fish must have gone to the
waters of Alaska. Consequently the
fishing vessels now lying Idle in New
England ports, or used in the carry ing
trade, are invited to repair without de-
lay to Alaska.-NeC York Post.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
MISS WHEELER.
The Fate Of a Cawnpore Captive.

- VI -
ACanada paper says: "A report comes
to rs from India that one of the cap
tives taken at Cswnpore, during the
Sepoy war, still survives. When Gen.
eral Wheeler and one of bis two young
and beautiful daughters were Rasss-
cred, the other young lady, girl eigh-
teen or nineteen years of age, disap-
peared, having been carried up the
country by her special captor. How
ever, before long her friends were
relieved from the suspense which
was caused by an uncertainty a.
to to her fate, by the arrival Of
an authenticated story. 1t was asserted
that Miss Wheeler, after having stabbed
her master, his wife and three children,
had flung herself down q well and put q
period to her own existence. There
was no reason to doubt the story, and it
has been believed to the present time.
We now discover that the story was a
fabrication from first to last, and that
the poor young lady has survived to
this day as a slave under O Mohamme-
dan name in the family of her master,
who escaped hanging by the am
nesty. An Indian civil servant,
while encamped near . village up
the country on one Of his official
tours, received private intelligence that
Miss Wheeler was the inmate Of the ha-
rem of a petty prince of Rsjah. This
gentleman, a Mr.. C, wrote letter
to Miss Wheeler, offering to procure her
release from her slavery and her resto-
ration to her home and friends. But the
unfortunate lady replied to him that,
having been so long in her present posi-
tion, she felt too degraded TO return to
her friends, and wished them to consid-
er her as one dead. 1t appears that she
has borne children to her husband"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28

Abstinence from tobacco and vino is
taken by sOme good people as an infal-
lible mark of goodness. This theory is
fallac;ous, however, and one should not
be too eager to lend unlimited amounts
of money to man simply because he
neither smokes nor indulges in vinous
beverages. 1t is stated of Gray, the ab
sconding defaulter and forger, that he
never chesred hi. heart with a glass of
wi1e, never trauquilized his spirit with
the fragrant fumes of cigar He might
have done both, habitually, and been a
fugitive from Justice all the same: but
the fact points moral, which is: Don't
think that a man must necessarily be
vlrtuous because he denies himself the
use of liquor and tobacco, or necessari-
IL be vicious because he doesn't" OF
course it would be too much 10 expect
rabid teetot slers 10 view the matter in
this light, even with the example of
Gray before them, but it is just as well
to draw the moral nevertheless.-Worl9
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Fruit shelves

The Germantown Telegraph recon-
pends shelves with spared bot
toms, aud with single layer Of apple.
or pears on them, as ,hs best method
for keeping for winter use. Tae shelves
to bo about two feet wide aud one foot
apaIt-tbe slas about two inches wide
and one inch apart. The bottom shelf
to be made of close boards, and 80 be
covered with an inch of fresh lime,
which is 10 be renewed once o month
The fruit to be sorted over week Y. This
mode we think might be varied to suit
circumstances. We have found fruit
cellar with water lime bottom and
sides, to be quite dry enough, without
adding lime; and if the venlilating win
dows on opposite sides ara properly at
tended t., the apartment may be
kept cool enough'so that picking over
once month Tor apples will be quite
often euough-esrecially if they have
been kept in cool out building till the
arrival Of freezing weather. We prefer
placing winter pears on tight, covered
shelves, to exclude light,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
The Most Paiatial Gaming House in
New York.

New York.
The most palltial of the gaming
houses in New York is located on Twen-
ty-fifih street The main parlor is a
large room, artistically fTescoed and
slaborately furnished and carpet ted with
velvet medallion. Between the front
windows is long French mirror
stretching from ceiling to floor, and on
irs sides hang heavy blue satin curtains
over white lace. Mirrors are hung over
the two mantel pieces, which are of
solid black walnut hung with blue and
gold, and a mirror is inlaid III the back
of every door in the entire bouse. In
the centre of the room is a long black
walnut table, where every night at
eleven oclock supper is served
suppers that cannot be bought
-suppers that would delight the
palate of Epicurus. Two colored ser
wants noiseles.ly move about with silver
trays, and it is rule of the house that
they never accept fee, the wages they
receive being sufficient compensation
for their services. The great sideboards,
loaded. with fruits and wine, stand in
the room close to the wall. Any one is
free to call for liquors and cigars, and to
offer money in pay ment is an insult.
The walls are frescoed in blue and gold,
and al tie furniture corresponds. Ad.
joining is large circular room, with an
umbrella ceiling. surmounted with a
cupols. The walls and ceiling are
painted in dark green and gold,
the carpet is of green velvet with
gold figures, the furDiture is OF
black walnut and green rep,,
and gorgeous chandelier is suspended
with gold chains from above. A cosy
soft-coal fire throws a glare Of scarlet
light upon the rich carpet, and the man.
tel is ornamented with a large mirror
and handsome bronze clock. At the
head of the room is long table, aroand
which are always seated number OF
men engaged in the game of faro. Five
hundred thousand dollars is the reputed
strength of the bank. Bankers, mer-
chants, lawyers, artists, generals and
young men about town are frequeRters
OF this palace of the gamesters. Even
the reverend clergy have been known
TO gamble there, and q once prominent
general OF the Union army is constant
visitor and determined gambler.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
A TOLEDO SENSATION.
4 CIeyclnnd Girl in Male Attire.
The Toledo Blade saws:


Qnite a sensation case came before
Judge Cummings for adjudication in the
Police Court, it .hsipg that of girl
charged with wearing mems clothing.
The name of the girl as given to officer
Barnes, who arrested her last evening,
at the St Char.eJ Hotel, is Mary Colds
borough.
The girl pleaded guilty to the Offense
of which she was charged, and the
Court fued her Sl3 20. On paying So
and promising to leave for the city of
Cleveland Immediately, the Judge sls-
pended the balance OF the fine and re-
leased the defendant.
Iu the account which the girl gave TO
the Court Of herself, she stated that she
had dressed in mans garments for the
past seven years, aud that she had never
been detected before. Within the time
mentioned she had driven street cars in
Cleveland for two years, and for q
time she was employed as driver on a
canal. Her parents died when she was
quite yosng, and since she bad becorse
large enough she had supported herself.
The appearance of the girl was eI
tremely modest, and while relating her
story, she bowed her head, and a deep
blush mautled her face. In size she was
les, than tie ordinary height, and rath.
er slim.
In complexion she was OF the bru-
rette, having large; dark eye, black
hair, cut short end parted on one side,
and skin bearing the effects of outdoor
exposure. The outlines of her face
were, in every respect, effemlnste and
girlish. Her voice wa. like that Of a
boys, and in her manner and expres
sion she seemed like o lad about II
years OF age.
she was dressed in black sact coat,
with dark vest revealing between its
lapels white shirt bosom, and dark
pants cut in style. Immediately after
her trial, which was witnessed by a
gaping crowd of rough,, she left the
court room and disappeared.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
Soe' seareity-ProbabIc Action Of
SouRress

a washington dispatch says: From
'yefy section of the country complaints
sre received of the scarcity of money.
s-a there probably is no part of it more
seriously ahected by the casse of these
complaints than this city. The bank.
nave refused to discount and the money
snaVeFs are thriving on returns of ten
per cent. per month from their ipyest-
me9ts. it 10 estimated that two and !,
hsf millions Of dollars of Washin,.
.on real estate mortgages will ma.
.lFe on tNc trst proximo, not one. half
OF which viii be paid. The ssma 80 "a,
may be applied TO the commercial nanav @
S' our merchants, much of which bo.
ossn kept active for months bact 60 CO.
'te payment of interest in e1necta,;o,, W'
relief, but which will 20 10 nro,oa,
i, sn The opening of the new wear !,
'ueSded that this condition of affair,
os S. Loa'y be relieved by the enlargement,
~ ,ue volume of currency in the conn
Wi, aug 1t is expected that Congress
60. ,a tsse up this subject immediatel,
a'I' reassembles. A careful canvas
ii. 'o,n houses on the subject warrant
,ls % prediction that majority of then
S e IN iavor of it. and are ready 70 ad
ress themselves to its soIu,;on g;.bon ~ u
Iarther delay" '''n "i'nou
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
Handsome.

The Chicago Republican pays hand
some compliment to Senator THURMAN.
1t says:
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, is gener-
ally regarded in Washington political
circles as the authoritative exponent Of
Dem ocracy il the United StBtes Senate.
He has proved himself an acute deoater
and an accomplished parliamentary tao
ticiap."
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doctrine.

By the easy process of refusing to per
NIT two counties to vote. the military
authorities in Texas have succeeded in
electipg DAVIS, the Administration can
didate for Governor, by about four hun
drsd majority. Had the excluded eOun
ties voted, HAMILTON would have been
elected by handsome msjority. But
the voice Of the majority must Eot be
allowed to defeat what the "loyal" folks
call the will of the people" Hence
the gentle swindle referred to.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
Piou. u.Adxerti.inE Dodge.

We clip the annexed choice bit ef
neigh borhood news from the Louisv lille
Courier Journal:
The following announcement was
read from Steubenville (Ohio) pulpit
a few days since:
"The members of this church and the
public generally are notified that
Brother j. II. Byers, dealer in choice
family groceries, - street, will here
after close his store at o'clock on
Wednesday evening, in order to enable
himself and his clerks 10 attend prayer
meeting"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
aehss!ing Register.
December Ss'
CORRksPONDENCs.

o., r-,.ads Of the REGISTER thrstghott West
iN9;a and tS. bordering counties Of ONO ana
ppr',gns,rrlnia are particularly requested % &c,
,s ~ promptly ,eh aHg GssrTs"os 9s r,:sgs % genera f
nh n' :, .p,e.aI importance the Telegraph may o. b.
'..G .ar erperse; IN most eases the mad 'e,L!
sits ssr Elaborate and ornate essays are not Ge-
@ sr Sa Sff s SSfs's sJ f[. @ ,eSg Ss1s ssea. S a.
Ss' sitting forth the material eoTdf-
t'"S "nS Development c1 the country; the crops,
s ',dT; Of a1d and al other subjects cr interest
~ IT,nS ,riH b, promptly published.
~, Of publ,e meetings, Of iohatever mature
In o,h;r oc;asiolls Of tersst TO the people, ptIs
EI aim 70 publish 81 Pss PsRsT PsopGs sf isGs fseI aSd
~ ,,L.,T so,n,s from the People, and - or ratus
- interest to them viii rsoeiVs our 'IstsH ana
s..tkH.l stisDtior.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28
ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

u,EIs yEw AND COAHoDIoCs HOUSE
located corner Of Broadway and ed street
noS.esses advantages sgsT al other houses 70
Re accommodation Of lie g1ests- IL WA bull
expressly for nrsi-eiAss Family Boarding.
heated by steam with bot sod cold water, ana
furnished second 70 none; uhils the culihsry
department u IL the most experienced hAnds,
Afording guests 40 unequ ualed table.
One Of AtEoods PAtsnI Elevators IL slso
among the modern ImDTOvemsnt1" and ~ the
service Of Euests AZ al houFe.
The Broadway and Cnive1ity Place Cam pass
the door every four Dlnut1s, running Eon TIE
City Hall 70 Central PARK uhile the sizth arc
seventh Avenue Lines ere bat snort block On
either side, afordinE ample f1eiltes ior eoU-
municAting With az the DePoss, Sss2mDost
Landings, places Of AnussneRt And Bastness
MORE H0LLXY,
uuiIku RnsE1seszL
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HORACE GREELEY writes to BEN BUT
LER that "the policy of vengeance is q
folly and a crime.n This is equivalent
to saying that the "bitter enders" OF
West Virginia are fools and criminals.
Remember this is HORACE GREELEY's
5octr;na
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28

CoLFAx says he has no defense to
make of his participation in the Nc
FARLAND RICHARDSON bogus divorce
aud illegal marriage. That is probably
because his conduct is simply indefen-
Sihle
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-28

,lritt Fifteen snoI white girls are KEEP, in can.
amo!, aUtSy among ,hg the Cheyenne IN IndiaIp. cap
a@fGSg 81 wgS, them - Henrietta Floyd, saNa shEo,ans,
8' Gt Hm' ID. Floyd, a furpit9T.' a laughter
boston. This glrl was yis;,;na oea.sF s in
i,d;aa. aesss with brother, Sban bn,e9Ss M
h,o,sa tno,sns captured them. kiIIinn Ten t sae
''''Ns' and carrying her away. Hs'
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vUss DR.. Pierce's Alterstiv. Ex.

tract, or Golden Medical Discovery fol
all Coughs, Colds, Bronchial or Luns
Diseases. 1t arrests aud cures Consump
ton in its early STAGES. Sold by drug
gists, or esclose three dollars and
twenty five cents to DR.. r. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y, and get three bottles free
Of express charges.