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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-16
Ession's circular, dated New York
March 6, gives the following as the sta
tisticai position Of cotton at that date

1.SO7 800 l,22l, 5
Ixtess in visible supply, S6,425 bales.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
THE BIG BOsT0 / DRUM.

Gotham is Jealous of the Hub"
Here is the way the New Workers poke
their fun at Boston about one of the
features OF the Jubilee, the great Drum,
described in the letter of our CORES
pondent this morning. We quote from
the Com mercia1 AdVertiser:
Among the wonders of the Peace Ju-
bilee at Boston, not the least remark
q BILE is the huge drum which has been
constructed especially for the occasion.
1t is not claiming too much to affirm
that it is the largest instrument of the
kind ever seen in the world. 1t has
been built In accordance with the latest
discoveries in the science of acoustics,
and Yankee ingenuity has been taxed,
not in vain, as will be seen, to bring il
to the highest point OF perfection. The
great desideratum was to provide an
instrument which should act as com
piement or sort of musical balance.
wheel for the vast ocean or forest OF
sound, or any other figure OF sufficient
amplitude, to convey the idea of
| noise adequate or supplementary
to the great chorus of three thousand
ments. To achieve this result the lead
ing musicians, instrument makers,
philosophers, and patrons and devotees
of art generally in Boston, were called
into requisition. Among the persons
in consultation 1t is sufficient to mem
tion the names of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Professor Elliott, of Harvard,
Professor Gilmore, Bronson Alcott, and
r, w. Emerson. After anxious delib-
Grafton and careful experiments, the re-
suit Is embodied in the huge drum,
which, as we have stated, will be the
wonder of wonders of the grand musical
celebration of the age.
We can only give an outline OF this
musical monstrosity: 1t is one hun
dred feet long, five hundred feet In di-
ameter, and has an area of about two
and n half acres OF sheepskin on the
sides. The sheepskins, to the number
of seventeen thousand, have been deli
cately but firmly pasted together ac'
cordinG to a newly discovered process
by a clever Conr ecticut mechanic,
which will be patented. The drum
sticks are as large as the masts OF a
first class clipper ship, and will be ope-
rated by machinery, somewhat as fol-
lows: A sort of derrick or pedestal has
hem erected on earth side of the huge
drum, with machinery on the pivot
principle for the drumsticks to work
in, The leverage of the latter will be
light, and the mechanical resistance
has been reduced to the lowest practt-
cable point. Only ten men with ropes
will be required to work each drum
stick. These men, OF course, will be
accomplished musicians, and will be
Under the control of director, who will
also be guided by Professor Gilmore,
the grand director.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
By TELEGRAPH.

Henry Willot, Frenchman, who
was arrested in New York, Wednesday
evening, for stealing silver scraps from
the esta ablishment OF Ball, Black & Co.,
where he was employed, committed
suicide in his cell by strangling him~
self with a ribbon attached 10 his watch.
The steamer Pennsylvania, from
Liverpool, has arrived at New York.
Frank Mueller. a German Iaborer
aged II years, in the employ OF Miles
Greenwood for twenty years, committed
suicide by shooting Wednesday after.
noon, near Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati.
H. Foltner committed suicide in
prison at Fort Wayne, Ind, Wednes~
day by hanging.
1t was reported in New York,
yesterday, that steamer was about to
leave there with rs men, with arms and
ammunition for Cuba.
John M. McCarty, President of the
Irish Republican Association OF Penn
svlyania, has issued another address.
He assures his readers the country can
not recede from the position taken by
Mr.. Sumner, and that the Irish Conven-
tion at Chicago will declare in favor Of
Vi uAlNe&9ak oAAAoSS SAA ~
war with England.
AT late hour last Monday night,
three youths named Ed, Purcell, Ed.
McGrath and Patrick Mcguire, inmates
OF the House of Refuge, Randalls
Island, near New York city, made an
aggravated assault on the night watch
man in the prison, William McCash.
The assault was the result Of precon-
certed plan to murder the night watch
man and make their escape from the
institution. The three lads made
Simultaneous attack on the watchman
and one of them stabbed him In the
breast with case knife 1nt1ict1ng
dangerous wound. They were captured
and are now locked up at the Harlem
Police Station.
The steamer Delaphine sailed from
Boston yesterday, without clearance
with men, arms and ammunition for
the Cuban or Haytien insurgents
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- WHEELING WEST VA FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 49, 1869

The machinery of the ponderoua
drumsticks will be almost entirely con.
Cealed from the audience. The der
rick will be furnished with platforms
or seats, which will accommodate 15O
nprformers, The rest of the machinery
artistlcally arranged. AT first 1t was
Intended to accommodate the entire
orchestra upon benches and platforms
arranged on alternate tiers of the front
section of the drum, But it was found
that the many scafoldfngs required
would interfere with the musical notes
of the drum. It was also apprehended
that the tremendous concussion of
sound would jar the musicians, and
probably unseat them. This part of the
programme was therefore reluctantly
left out.
But the drum as It stands will be q
monument worthy OF Boston. 1t Is so
large that it is calculated five hundred
persons could be comfortably dined in
the interior. AS Tor the sound, it is ex-
pected that some of the deeper notes
will be heard at a distance of fifty
miles, Indeed bets have been offered
that with a humid atmosphere. and the
wind in the right direction, the drum
will be heard in New York, say at the
top OF Trinity steeple, on Mount Wash
ington, or on Brooklyn Heights, those
the city. It was contemplated ig Bos-
ton at one time to send request to the
New York authorities to suspend busi-
ness, or at least transportation In our
city for couple of hours, in order to
enable our population to participate, as
far as possible, in the luxuries of the
Jubilee. But the transmission of the
sound depended upon 80 many conttn-
gencies of the weather, that the project
wa9 finally abandoned.
AS matters now stand, New Workers
who desire to hear the great drum must
go to Boston, or at least to New Haven,
Hartford, or Providence, r. I.
In order to avoid dangerous effects
from the sudden bursting forth OF so
vast a volume of sound, notice will be
given in Boston, half an hour in ad-
vance of the playing of the drum. The
city fire and church bells will sound q
general alarm, as signal for delicate
women, children, and persons of weak
nerves generally, to prepare for the oc-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
OMAHA.
Cavalry Scouting for IndIans-Ways
and aTeans Committee en- route
for the Pacific Coast.
ST. LOUIS, June II

ST. LOUIS, June II.
The Omaha specials say nothing fur
ther has been received from the Indians
near the Platte. Several companies oI
cavalry are scouting the country in
search of the Indians. Six companies
of troops arrived from California this
week and have been distributed along
the Union Pacific.
The Congressional Ways and Means
Committee consting of Maynard,
Brooks, Allison, Kelley, McArthy,
Blair, Hooper, Marshall and Moore
head, with Secretary's and Reporters,
started on a special train West this
morning. They intend travelling only
in the day time and will reach tho Pa
citic in about ten days.
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by TELEGRAPH.
Convention of Insane suPcrInten-
dents at StauntOn.
STAUNToN. June l6,

STAUNToN, June 16.
The Convention of the Superinten-
dents of Insane Asylum's, re-assem-
bled to day. A resolution by DR.. Gra-
ham, of Texas, in favor of forming a
judicIous system OF religious worship
in Insane Asylum's. 1t produced an
animated and general discussion, par
tIcularly as to the kind of religion and
manner of preaching. It being held by
DR.. Lander that religious sermons
would tend to increase the malady of
the patients. A resolution was adopted
fayoring regular religious services the
proper charge of authority over Chap
Iains TO be vested in the Superinten-
dents. a resolution by DR.. Workman,
OF Toronto, on the upper phrases ot
insanity and alterations of the mind
occasioned by disordered system.
was debated at length.
Hartford, Connecticut, and the third
Wednesday in June, as the time and
place, was fixed for meeting next
year,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
THE PEACE JUBILEE.
Third Day~A short and Sweet Report

Third Day-A Short and Sweet Report
BOSTON, June Il.
The Coliseum for an hour prior TO the
opening of the Concert, today, was
crammed, and the management were
compelled to close the doors. The pro
gramme comprised mainly patriotic
and popular selections. The perform.
ance closed with singing 'Old Hundred. /.
by the whole chorus, accompanied by
ali the instruments and artillery, the
audience Joining. The ball Tonight
was successful and brilliant affair.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18

President Grant will visit Worces-
ter, Mass, to-day and remain two
hours. BE will be received by the City
Government and escorted through the
6nblic schools, The short notice of his
coming and short stay, preclude more
eiaborate demonstration:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18

MISS. BELLA THoBURN, of st. Glars
vitle. a sister OF the late Col. Thoburn'
of this city, has been appointed a MIS-
sionary to India, and will leave Tor the
field of her labors as soon as the neces~
sary arrangements can bsmade FOR ner
long and perilous journey.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
Trottlns match at Boston.

At the New England Association
trotting race to-day there was q very
large crowd. The first race 1or z'4O
horses, was won by Daniel Boone In
three straight heats; Roden,s Dresden s;i
the nnTses being 81, 900. 500 and 1900.
Time. 2:3IK, 2:34i, 2:33. Seven horses
startsd. The match for double teams
Szas won bv HallIs team, India Rubber
and Lady Walton, the first, third and
sixth heats; Summons Honest Allen
and Myron Ferry, winning the third
and so1rth heats, the other Ieams being
distanced. Time, 4:23H, 1854. 2:36,
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BY TELEGRAPH.
EUROPE.
FRANCE.
Paris sTraDquII-COIIIsI with Troops
at st. EtIenne.

Paris TraDqulI-COlIISIOn Win troops
at st. EGlenne.
PARIS, June IL.
The city Is entirely tranquil, anG
there are no fears of future disorder.
The manager OF lie RaPpel, a newspa-
per recently started in the interest OF
the anti-dynasty party, has been SEN
fenced to four months Imprisonment
for melting contempt of the govern
ment. The editor was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment aud fne OF
three thousand francs, and each printer
to one months imprisonment and tine
OF one thousand francs.
A very formidable collision occurred
yesterday at st. E.ienne, among the
coal miners and national troops, where
by several lives were lost. The miners
made an attempt to rescue some pris-
oners held by the military. Firearms
were used on both sides, but the rioters
at length dispersed after seven were
killed and many injured. Five of the
soldiers were badly wounded. At last
accounts order was restored.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18

THE Republican County Convention
for Belmont county will be held at o''
Clairsville to morrow Q9th.)
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RIxer and weather.

PITTsBURG, June II.
Monongahela five feet and falling.
Weather clear; thermometer 7G'.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
CUBA,
Landing or o. s. FIllIbusters.
HAVANA. June I6,

HAVANA, June 16.
An expedition OF six hundred flli-
busters from the United States, are re-
ported to have landed recently at Fuer-
to Armas. They affected a lanulns
without being molested, and imme-
diately marched to the interior, where
they have already joined the forces
under Jordan. The Spaniards are get.
ting frightened. Arbitrary arrests OF
suspected parties still continue, and
aSnOina1e is increasing,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
PENNsYLvARIA.

PH11ADELpH1A. June 49,

A meeting of Reformers OF this city
and State was held this evening for the
purpose of considering matters relating
TO the coming canvass for Governor,
and as a result Col. William B. Thomas
of this city was placed in nomination
as an independent Reform candidate.
1t is understood the movement will
have the support OF strong men, and
will be vigorously prosecuted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
Hoof1and's German Bitters.
AND
rr.,sAnnANn,s CERR1aN Tonic

OOEAA0"S N1E1AAN AO%NAS'
Thirty five years since they we:e first In
trOduced into this country from Germany,
during which time they have undoubtedly
performed more cures and benefited suffer-
ing humanity to greater extent, than any
other remedies kno In to the public.
These remedies will etectuaIly cure Liver
Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or
e sS
4 ~ IrrtPS-k- ffneR.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
OAeGAO.

JUNE l7.-FLoUR-UEcha
GRAIS-Wheat-Clos shade bet
ter: amber 81 3Ik on spot, and seller
June No. l red 81 26i No. 2 red 81 2oi No
Il 16; No. 2 amber 81 18. Corn-Shade
lower; No. CSC; No. &C; rejected two
cents better at $50. OAts-Dun and
heavy; no sales. Rye-Cnchanged at
g5c. Barlev-Nominal.
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DEBILITY.

Resulting from any Causes whatever; PROS.
TRATiON OF THE SYSTEM, induced
by Severe Labor, Hardships, Ex-
pOSure, FeVerS, &C.
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CIEcINNAT1, June II.
Weather clear; thermometer 75'.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18
TKInnLE q HOKNBM0Oh,
Plumbers, !GaS and Steam Filters,

GO Market street.
SB-orders from the country attended TO at
short notice. apr23-lyPn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18

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
digests properly, the blood is purified, the
com pleXion becomes sound and healthy,
the yellow tInRe is Grad! l!cHted from the ev es,
bloom is given to the cheeks and the weak
aud nervous invalid becomes strong and
LlnnlfIAN LniDp.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-18

The cotton goods market Is quite
buoyant, but trade Notwithstanding Is
devoid or animation. The following
are the most important changes TO day:
Atlantic brown sheettns has risen
to I3%c: Roxbury A "A do at l0c:
Blackstone d bleAched muslin now sell
at 13Hc; Pepperill bleached corset jeans
at l7c; Swift River ticks at 17c: Thorn
dixie do at lSc; Hampden g c at 2lc. and
Pemberton A A do at 26c.
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PRICES.
uoonapds German BitseFs' peftsatss Per bottle s500
1oocond,s German Tonic, put up in quart
6ottleS, 81 So per bottle or half dozen for
g 1Sno r. not torget to examine well the ar
,rcIe 1on Euy, Ia order to get the genuine
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uENKY ROEMER.
III Dry Goods & Notions,
3B Main st. Centre Wheeling
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NEO. r. TAYLOR & CO.,
~ lOS Main street,
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7 II. SMITH, Goods
I22 Main street.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-26
A Book for the Millions.
s:ssa 81 % SsyIa;!s..||

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'siis is m interesting and important work
Of over two handre! pages. written in plain
language, with numerous diagrams and ems
CRAVING, and contains all that valuable In
formation that every person who is married
Or conteAp!ates marriage ought To have yet
which 50 Few really possess. 1t unravels mss>
teres and disc,oses secrets that everybody
should know; still il is book that ought to be-
kept under lock aud key. am, not laid care
lcssly about the house. Il embraces every
thing on the subject OF the generative sys-
tea, ,hnt is worth knowing. aud much that is
not published in any other work.
This invaluable work viii be sent to my one
free 81 POSTAGE on receip, Of Fifty cents
Address: br. Butts .sispensary. n W.
corner Fifth and Market streets ST. Louis. Mo.
assa, AZ ceto tAs 4.Mietea an9 Unfortunate.
before receiving trealmen; f,.in any Of the
notorious QHfcks OF this or any ether place,
Who aiver.sein the public papers, or using
any q The almost numherless QiGck remedies
carefully peiuse bl DittS WORK. NO mats
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your condition, remember that while II cost
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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-26
4 mother Candidate.

This one is Candidate for Drainage COM
missioner. ". W. Yarham, Editor Of the
Leader. At Oxford, is the uan. This is an
oihce OF great rc' possibility, and Of burden
some duties. Yatham is able for them. The
cool people Of the county arc, VIC are advisea
disposed to conceie to Oxford at least one of.
hce, and will, undoubtedly, give the final
touches to the nomination Of Yarham for
Drainage Commissioner We don, know how
this will accord with the aspirations, in that
direction, Of friend Lawrence, but he mus,
how to the behest Of the people and give way
this time 10 better man,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-26

AN EMINENT PHYSICIAN Of New York.
in writing to the proprietors oil Roback is Med
icines says: 81 have examined the formula
you sent me of Roback's Blood Pills, and am
glad TO notice that you do not use any mer>
curry OF other mineral substance in their com
POSITION. The podophyliu employed is, in
my opinion, the best article that can enter
into The composition of a carihartic pill, and
is one of the most valuable enoagogue cars
tharties operating mildly yet eiiecually,
arousing the whole btiary and digestive ap-
paratus. They likewise exert favorable in :
hnence on the outaneous functions producing
and maintaining a cor SAINT moisture of the
skin. They mast act rs u powerful Alternative
and produce lasting impressions upon the
eiandular system and secretary, organs, AMI
produce excavations from the bowels whoa
mercurials and and other agents fail. Their
action upon the liver must he specific arous>
ing the secret ons and producing free bilious
excavations, and in chronic hepiic dcia1ge-
men's with dyspepsia they are inyalutblc.
"lhcr range O. application is, perhaps.
more extensive than any other carthartc or
liver pill, combining, as they do, the active
principle of mandrake loot and black cohosh
in such an eminent degree, and are really a
desirable family medicine which can be inl. y
en- at all times by children, rs well as adults,
with the happiest results
Roback's Blood Pills are made both with
and with ut sugar coating, and can be oh
tanned OF ---------- ut twen.y cents per
box. n32M.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-26

Ey request Of Mr.. Graham we accorfpa-
MED him TO Cedar Falls, last week. He was
the sole representative Of those many men in
Tama eosniy who are greatly intere ted in the
construction of north and south road through
Tama county. Others would, undoubtedly
have gone but for the hurry Of the harvest.
And such harvest Of small grain we never
saw before. II is no ordinary harvest, with
only about half the cultivated land sown to
small grain. The proportion, VIC judge. is as
high as three-quartcrs, possibly more. We
passed through Crystal, Buckingham, and
thence through the township of Geneseo to
Waterloo. In passing this distance, the. eye
absolutely tires with the sight of the immense,
in size and number, wheat-fclds. The snail
grain is the rule and corn the exception
The yield of straw is very greot. We exam
ined several fields and found the berries to be
email, though generally pump enough. The
estimate Of the farmers several months ago will
not be far out Of the way. That estimate was
two thirds crop. II viii 60 under that esti-
mate, rather than over.
In Blackhawk county, and even in the
northern edge Of this county, the farmers use
a machine, little, if any used in the central
md southern portions Of Tama. This is the
Heading Machine. II cuts the grain just low
enough to obtain all the heads, say cutting
This machine requires more horses but less
hands than the reaper, and at the same time
cuts faster, and the grain is stacked at once.
We wonder that the machine is not in more
general use, especially for late grain, which
does not require seasoning before stacking.
A machine, however, which seems to be the
ne Plus ultra Of agricultural implements, is The
Marsh Harvester. We regret that we were
work. 1t is said that three men ana four
horses will cut and bind eight or ten acres
a day with one of them. With harvest hands
demanding three or more dollars day, this
enough wages to pay for ITSELF which is the
same thing.
The harvest experiences of the last few
years demonstrate that the farmers must
have cheaper labor. or machines tina. will
supply the place Of human labor, or they must
raise less wke 1T. There is no prospect that
labor will be more plentiful. The Marsh
Harvester has given good satisfaction north
Of here, and east, but the supply has been in,
adequate 10 meet the demand Another year
will find it more plentiful, and, let US hope,
cheaper
The wet weather has been, iheoretical a
very unfavorable one for corn. On the route
we travelled, the reverse seemed true The
corn, with few exceptions, booked IN an excel>
lent condition. 1t is true we were not through
any low, swamIy districts whore the water
stood in the corn fields all summer. There
the corn could not but be stunted and good
FOR nothing We were assured too, that the
kernels of corn are filing oGt we'll and that
from present Indications, unless the frosts
make their annual visits at very early date,
the corn crop will be up 10 the average.