The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-10

blowing their brains out WlLhrsvolverS
How many millions does Il cost thl
Government TO kill 800 Of these poo
'devllSH The small pox Is much tn
cheaper and more effective mode o
warfare.
The coming man 10 undoubtedly
The lecturer on Free Trade and TAriG
BE 10 already on his way. St. Loull
had 4 free trade meeting Monday
night at which Prot. Perry and sever
al others delivered addresses on tina
aide Of The question. A strong pul
will DO made OF the next session Of Con
gress for a modification Of the tariff
and those iaVorinE II are busy shaping
public opinion 70 back them In the o.
fort.
III L. understood that the Governol
Of NsbrAskA will satisfy the genera
deolrO Of the country, and convene hi
Legislature In extra session, this win
ter, 10 give its assent TO the XVI
Amendment. ..
"A Michigan Court has Just decided
that SulIs against railway companies
fol, the uon-fulilment Of contracts fol
the carriage Of through frelghta ovel
several connecting lines, cannot b
brought by the customer against thu
last company which shouId deliver L
him The goods, without clear proof BY
the customer that the damage claimed
was sustained through the lAchea Of
that company, In the absence Of spe.
clio evidence % 10 the locus IN quo, the
customer suffering damage must pro.
coed only Sagainst that company With
which, he originally contracted for the
through freight. II this deciHlon be
law, It 10 Of much importance 10 the
trading community.
Carl schurE says In bis Newspaper,
the St. Louis WeStIiehs Posi-, that In all
our great cities the German-AmeriCana
consulate the mass Of all the reform
parties, and may DO steadily relied on
70 break mp corrupt rings and eombI.
nations. The claim Is o righteous one
and will not DO denied by those who
know the character Of these unsel6sh
citizens. They follow no TammAny,
and echo no cry to the leaders Of the
mob. ..
Chief Justice Chase Ii brought oul
for President In 1872, bis farewell To
politics In q late letter TO the contrary
Notwithstanding. vallAndlgham's or
gan, the Dayton (ohlo) Ledger, says he
10 the coming man, and adds, 1--WE
have heretofore expressed the convlc-
ton that the shaping Of Affairs points
10 the Chief Justice as Grants success
Or" Governor Hoffman must not ex-
poet 70 have the track all 70 himself.
"A prominent radical Senator In
Warrington, has received n letter from
TexaSS written by candidate for Con-
grsSs on the Republican ticket, which
says that, AFTER thorough oahVass oI
his district, composed Of thirty counties,
he Is satisfied that Texas Is not yet ii
for admission 70 Congress. He expects
to be elsCted, 90 he nays; but II hslis, be
says he will enter hts protest against
the admission Of the STATE. He says
ooId.blooded murdara by bands otarm.
ed men are % frequent now 90 they
were during the war. Only q few weeks
ago Judge Hart, o prominent UnionIst,
was wHylayed and murdered on his
way from holding court TO his residence.
This gentleman concludes his letter by
urging ell good Republicans In Con
gress 10 keep Texas out, and put her
under Strict military rule for the re-
mainder Of GRANTS term.
1t Is stated that . strong pressure Ia
being brought to bear on the, President
to get him to issue q. proclamation re-
cognizlng the Cubans as bellIgerents
before the meeting Of Congress, The
President, however, does not seem To be
much Influenced thereby, and It ia said
that his message will show some facts
decidedly damaging to the success o.
the Cubans.
1T L. worthy Of remark that among
the numerous candidates for the posi-.
ton Of United States Circuit Judge,
created by the act Of last Congress, there
Is not one application for the sudge.
ship OF the first circuit court, which In
cludes Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island. Among
the names already mentioned in oul
columns as candidates for the Judge.
ship ofthe fourth Circuit, we ,ind In
the Washington correspondence Of the
Baltimore Sun, thAt Of Judge Nat Har.
rlSon, Of this State. -u
An authoritative announcement u
made that as q result Of investigations
Of the House Committee OF Wsys and
Means during the summer months, they
have unanimously determined 70 In.
crease the free list largely In the pres.
ent tariff, and will, upon the assem-
bling Of Congress. bring In q bill tol
this purpose. The expenBes Of the com.
mittee during their Investigations
amounted toAIx thousand dollars. :
Some time ago Mr.. George W,
Driver Issued, as advertisements, loI
OF cards prepared In imitation Of the
fifty cent fractional currency notes Is
sued by the Treasury Department. The
Imitation Is 80 good that several sharp
err conceived the idea OF making money
out Of them, and, It Is alleged, passed
them upon some Ignorant people as
genuine notes., Driver waa arrested
under the law prohibiting the Imitation
OF the money OF the United States, and
10 held to bail for Q hearing.
IA European Asisllc Pacific Rail.
road is talked ofC-from q point In Bel
GUM or Northern France through E a.
rope Into the heart Of india and China,
and Leo on to the ahores OF the Pacific.
Il 10 claimed that . railroad from the
Atlantic 10 the Pacific through Enrope
and Asia ID Just as practicable GsGEail.
road across the American continent
from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific. We
have made the Idea q fact ON thiH contl-
nent. The movement fairly illustrates
the force Of our example and It's POSI-