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CrueI Criticism,

The Harrisburg Patriot cruelty criti'
czes the flash poem of one GEORGE W.
BUNGAY, which was called forth by the
completion of the Pacific railroad. A
more relentless and effective puncturing
of rhetorical wind bag we have sell
dom seen. We print the text of thC
rhyme elsewhere and here subjoin the
Patriots comment:
One of the gushing poets of the Iii
bane, Mr. GEORGE w. BUNGAY, prints
in Mondays edition of that paper, some
verses on the subject of the laying Of
the last rail on the Pacific Railroad
The "iron horse" of course, figures
largely. i. e., is a large figure, in Bun.
GAYS poetry. He is the PEGASUS of the
Tribune poet. But the load of stale
tropes and hackneyed metaphors is al
most too much for the poor old steed.
He staggers fearfully under the burden.
1t is only by dint of calling him pet
names, such as the "iron steed," and
the "steed of steam," aud by aattering
him with the suggestion that wild
flowers sweet, with red lips kiss his fly
ing feet" and that "wild eagles his wild
scream repeat" that the ancient nag
can be made to move at all. WheR he
becomes much "blown," BUNGAY
shOuts
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Are we Coming to ImperinIism

The Round Table, discussing the ques-
ton, care we drifting into inperialismP'
reasons in this somewhat discoIrag-
ing strain: -
"In plain sooth, the age Of sensuality,
of unchecked corruption, of dense, gross
ignorance is coming down on us like
night. A free press should have given
more notes of warning than it has; but
the press dislikes, in free country, to
print unpalatable truth, even when it
discerns such truth, and the journals
that possess fearless devotion to princi-
pie" are notoriously the ones whose arti-
cles betray the most laborious solcitude
to catch the applause and tlatter the pre-
judice of the greatest number. Mean
while, at what are called our great CEN
tres,n coarse brutes, who ought to be
digging railways or drawing hand
carts, lay down the law for the whole
community, and by dint of vast wealth,
amassed under circumstances impossible
in any other civilized country, degrade
the social tone, and spread in every di-
rection an unbridled rage for the pleas
ures of the senses. Intellectual eleva-
tion or ambition is scoffed at, and those
who strive to inculcate a taste for
better things are hated or despised.
Nothing is thought of but the delights
of the table, the fine clothes, of snowy
dwellings and equipages-in a word,
of physical raptures of every descrip.
tion. If there is a pretense at any
thing else-whether in the pulpit, in
the theatre, or in literature-the pill
must be gilded so as to appear "sensa-
tional." All this is so widely admitted,
so shamefully notorious, that its recital
is trite enough; we repeat it merely in
elucidation of the subject under discus
sion. 1t is impossible, when people
think of all things of their bodies and
nothing of their minds, that either a
democratic or any other pure form of
government can be maintained. UHless
great change comes over American
people, it will not be maintained by
themselves. They are rushing toward
the precipice at railway speed, and the
universal corruption that good men de-
plore, is the prelude of a decomposition
which is as certain as fate"
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Trouble at the White Hou.e

Mrs. President complains that the
riff raft of the country visit the Execu-
tive Mansion, claim kin and want to
stay. She hasn't bedrooms enough for
their accommodation and don't know
how to cleanse the foul building of the
perilous stuf. So far ULYSSES, although
the champion fumigator Of the country,
has utterly failed to smoke them out,
He ought to treat them rs FOREMAN
did West Virginia-charge them fol
rent of Executive MaHsion."
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EIRyti.

A certain Professor GABB has been
prospecting Hayti fer minerals. He
reports it to be immensely rich in gold
deposits-richer than California or any
other mining region-and wants our
Government to buy it and annex it
If the Professor is so confident of the
accuracy of his researches, he had better
develope the mines he has discovered,
purchase Hayti with the proceeds, and
present it to the United States. This
country sadly needs this gift of GABB,
and the donation would assure the pub
lie that in spite of his extravagant talk
the Professor has not more GABB'thsn-
will somebody suggest apolite word for
sausage casingi
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A CORRESPONDENT in England, writ
ing to Superintendent KENNEDY, of New
York, says the English Erie share-hold'
ers are going to have FISH and "the
other thieves" in the Erie Board assas-
sinated. Not satisfied of their ability
to dispose of those obnoxious persons at
a regular election by giving them the
cut direct, the bloody Britishers propose
to use the dagger and with it to inhict
the cut director.
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AmuRglinR

Smuggling on the Canada frontier, ii
is reported, is at present carried on with
great activity. The cause assigned i.
the inexperience of the newly appointed
Custom House officers. The best de.
tective the Government could employ
to stop that business would be JOHN P
HALE, our smuggling Minister to Spain
Set a rogue to catch one, you know.
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SENATOR PRATT, of Indiana, lost in
weight one hundred pounds pure adj.
pose, from annoyance consequent upon
the opportunities of Hooser office-seek-
ers. He was brought nearly to fighting
weight, and entirely to fighting temper.
The hungry beggars who wrought this
wondrous change in the massive Indi-
anian displayed q sample of the faith
which moves mountains.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-14

LosT-from the "loyal" vocabulary
the words "rebel" and "red-handed
traitor" They disappeared about the
time of LoNGsTREET's appointment
The Steubenville Gazette thinks it posi-
BILE that out of respect to "rOyaW ULYs,
SKIS these words have been stricken out
That they are missing from Radical
newspapers is unquestionable.
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Loyal" Elegance.

As q specimen of the elegant criti,
cisms upon GRANT furnished by the
loyal" press we submit the following
from the New York SIM, edited by
CHARLES A. DANA:
Grant is to be pitied. Poor fellow
he's like the yellow dog in the menag
Srie-he is too small for lion, he dom
look like tiger, and nobody wants t
see dog. His Cabinet don't suit tht
people, his appointments don't pleas,
the Senate, and politicians impose or
him.
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GRANT has appointed an Ohio doctor
physician to the Presidential House
hold" No Imperial chiropodistihas yet
been selected. The Presidents after
dinner "corny"-ness is looked after by
the medical official above named, while
the corns pedal are tended by the foot
licking office beggars.
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The Pledge.

One of the conditions precedent an
nounced as a qualification for appoint
ment in the Internal Revenue Bureau is
an oath of total abstinence from all in
toxicating drinks. Higher up the scale,
the pledge is omitted. No such "condi-
tion precedent" is required of the Presi,
dent. Sobriety in his quarter is not on.
ly unusual but impossible.
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IT is fair to presume that GRANT in.
duced LEE and MCCLELLAN to call upon
him in order to revive his recollections
of good society. Whatever impression
of that sphere he may have had has
been effaced amid the vulgarities and
barbarisms of the office seekers.
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YARMOUTH must have taken lessons
from Ex-Governor FOREMAN, in the
"Civil Contingent Fund" dodge. He
has only been Governor of Louisiana
for short time, but he has S67, 900 in
bank and is building house that will
cost $4,000.
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TILToN says in the Independent that
"there is something On Radicalism that
shortens hair" And of this peculiar
something" we suppose Madame DE-
LILAH, the famous female barber Of
SAMPSON, was a fair representative.
Can it be that thusly BUTLER lost his
locksi
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MWiInmcn WaIern >,

Massachusetts thinks seriously OF
adopting female suffrage. There can't
be the slightest objection. Considering
the shocking Radical majorities which
that State now casts, it is hardly posi-
ble that the women would put the bal
lot TO baser uses than the men.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-14

MR. JESSE DUCK of Salem, Ohio, has
feathered his nest by securing the place
of Collector of the l7th District The
individual whom he supplanted has
every reason to complain Of .fO,cl play:
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Ir is not true that DoctresS WALKER
asked the President for an old pair OF
pantaloons when he refused her an
office. She was already supplied WITH
the imminent deadly breeches..
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

TTNHIs NEW AND CUMMODIOUs HOUSE,
i located corner Of Broadway and 42d street,
possesses advantages over all other houses for
the accommodation Of its guests. IL was built
expressly for a frstClass Family Boarding
House-the rooms hsipg large and en- suit!
heated by steam with hot and cold water, and
furnished second 20 none; while the culinary
department is in the most experienced hands,
affording guests an uneqfaled table.
One OF AtwOOd's Patent Elevators Is also
among tho modern improvements aud at the
service OF guests az all hours.
The Broadway and University Place Cars pass
the door every four minutes running from the
City Hall TO Central Park. while the Sixth and
Seventh Avenue Lines arc but shsrt block on
either side affOrding ample facilities TOT com.
municating with al the DepOts, steam boat
Landings. places Of Amusement and Business
MORE HOLLEY,
r,,riIeu PrOpriStOrs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-14

GENERAL w. S. RosECRANs, now Min
i,tor to Mexico, is talked of by the Ohio
folks as the Democratic candidate for
Governor of that State.
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Hon. James Thompson,

HOH' James thompson,
Judge OF the Suprens Court Of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, April D, IsG6.
II consider 'Hoohands German Bitters' a
vdlttdGLS medicine in case Of attacks Of Indiges.
tion or Dyspepsia l can certify this from my
experience Of it.
Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON"
From Rsu. Joseph II. KenHard, d. d.,
Pastor Of the Tenth Baptist Church, Phila.
delphia.
DR.. Jaekssp-Dear Sir: have been frequent
ly requested TO connect my name with recon.
mendatiohs Of different kinds OF medicines. but
regarding the practice as out Of my appropriate
sphere, have in all cases declined; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particular.
ly in my own family Of the use Of DR.. HOOhand's s
German Bitters, depart for once from my usual
course, 20 express my full conviction that, for
general debility Of the HJsten and espeeidLly for
LiUeT Complaint, u iS a safe and u1tiiaBls pTSsa
ration. In sRme cases IL may fail; but usually
doubt not, IL will be very beneficial 10 those
who suffer from the above causes
Yours, very respectfully,
j. H. KENNARD.
Eighth, below Coates St
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DOM PrArr has been riding behind
Dexter, and says the effect upon him was
like that of wine. We rather think II
wasn't the ride but the stopping too Of
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-14
An Appeal.

The Treasury clerks who are prOhib'
tied from smoking by the Secretary's re-
cent orders, intend to appeal to Presi,
dent GRANT. Their effort will proba,
| bly end in smoke.
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WE ANn N,

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies They viii 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 a few. Those
IL will be observed, are men of note, and of such
Etanding that thnN mnAt La haliarnd
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Riyet the Last Pacific Rail!
BY GEORGE W. BUSGAY.

Rivet the last Pacific rail,
With a silver hammer and golden nail;
Far over the hill and over the vale.
THE iron horse is swiftly coming.
Along the prairies wild flowers sweet.
with red lips kiss his flying feet,
Wild eagles his wild scream repeat:
His HYMN of praise the bee is hummingi
Hail to the day and deed!
Hail to the iren steed!
Hail to the iron rail
Hail TO the West, all hail
Now the rising and setting sun
Shall see the East and West are one,
Wherever the steed Of steam shall run,
The Union shall be one forever.
State linked with State with iron bands,
Hearts linked with hearts, and hands Wit
hands,
Hail to our broad free lakes and lands
Hail TO our free lands
Hail TO our free hands
Hail TO the gold NALL
Hail to the last rail
Over the prairies of gold and green,
Over rivers that roll between,-
Plumbed mountains of richest sheen,
The steam horse tolls harder and harder.
Now soaring the wild herds and hocks,
Now laundering over granite rocks,
Now climbing the steep shelving rocks
Now up the Sierra Nevada.
Hail TO the plains below!
Hail to the peaks of snow!
Hail to the hammers stroke!
Hail TO the echoes woke
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Hail to eur free lands {!
Hail to our free lands
Hail to tbs gold nail ,"

This has the desired effect, and the
"ir0n horse" of BUNGAY Che is common
property among poets and fourth of
July orators) hobbies along. The "Hail
to our free lands" Spoken, doubtless,
of the millions of acres given to the
Pacific Railroad Company by our ben
efcent Governmen) and the "Hail to
our free hands, (said of the laborers on
the road whose wages are paid out of
the peoples purse) "puts life and mettle
in his heels" But the climax, "Hail to
the gold nail" That was, indeed
enough to move heart of iron, even
the heart of an iron horse. So away
goes BUNGAY on his ferreous Rozinante,
over prairies Of gold and green,
Over rivers that roll between
Plumed mountains of richest sheen,
The steam horse tolls harder and harder.
Now soaring the wild herds and tocks
Now laundering over granite blocks
Now climbing the steep shelving rocks,
Now up the Sierra Nevada"
No doubt it was bard work for the
steam horse" to do all this. 1t could
not have been otherwise. laundering
over granite blocks and climbing the
steep shelving rocks, hic labor, hoe opus
est. But we have grave doubts whether
the toiling of the aforesaid "steam-
horse" thus described, was half so
great as the labor performed by Bungsy
in trying to make harder" rhyme with
"Nerddd." Still the poet is not quite
exhausted and after "hailing" the
plains below" the peaks of snow"
the hammers stroke" and the "echoes
rcoke :" he tells US,
From ocean to ocean tie rail,
Runs over the mountain and vale,
w., man.
nav ureauluI hammerlhg thaI
'"u'' nave oeeu' luz ueau VI "e ""'
must be as thick as BUNGAY'S, or it
,-,,,,, -, -.
would nave been smashed into smith
ereeps Aroi, +b. MA. f,5, :. ,o.
'He P0o' n"u' ~ ne'o'
Sary to hail something in order to in
hals 81, ,
'"e "V'"e "W'd'"S' 90 ne proceeds :
/ -Eau IN the a,s oF s,ao,,,,
Hal 80 .kn ~ - y, scam
/ Hi 70 go 49,, %
Hal ~ our an sSr oS Sa,S s,,~
Jul lag Vi S'"'S
But this WAS the last Of him Mrs,
vor,I,
""uIu not near such disappearing. CO.
LUMBIA. fair Yankaa ooddsso +o,obod
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TES TIMO ONIALS

Hon. Geo. ". Woodward,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of Pa,
writes:
Philadelphia, March '16, 1867.
Il find HOohaRds German Bitters is a good
tonic useful in diseases OF the digestive organs,
and OF great benefit in cases Of debility, and
want of nervous action in the system.
Yours, truly, GEO. w. WOODWARD.
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HOTELS.
SWAMI HOUSE,
EVERETT HOUSE.
North Side OF Union Park, N. \

0NEIS HOUSE Is KEPT on THE EU,
i ropean plan; it is within three minutes
ride by horse sars) OF the New Haven
Railroad Depot, convenient 10 all the princip
places of amusement, and for Summer travelle
will be found the coolest Hotel In the
Every room Is provided with running water.
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From ocean to ocean the rail

From ocean to ocean the rail
Runs over the mountain and vale,
Which echo with blows on the nail
Now heard by the list ming races.
Hail TO the pathway of nations here!
1t runs today through hemisphere,
The good time coming must now be near,
1t shines on our hope.lighted faces.
Hail to the age of steam
Hail TO the iron team
Hail TO our iron bars!
Hail to eur flag Of stars!
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DEBILITY,

Resulting from any Cause whatever
PROSfRATION 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
imparted to the whole system, the appetite Is
gests properly, the blood Is purified, the com.
plexion becomes sound and healthy, the yellow
tinge is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom is
given to the cheeks, and the weak and nervous
Invalid becomes q strong and healthy being.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-14

Trains on the Main Hns baks o0lnsstions
at Baltimore with trains for Philadelphia hsv
York and BostOn. Al EslHy H0gss, via HAss
ingt0n City, for all pOlsts SOuth.
| Central Ohio trains make direct ee1bsrtton 81
Columbus fOr All points West asd h0fthSss
Ticket 10 al DfiBeip4l pOiHis eAs - Df"SSf'a
- ~ JOHN Z. w11s0H.
hAstsr Ol TransDOrtetionl "a tlnaSrs.
n 7. DEYHfEB,
| 80 Gsnsrsi Assst WbsSiinG
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ri
~ Rer. L. D. FeHiaU

From Rer. Z. D. FeHdaU
assistant Editor, ChristiI PhlaAA.
l have derived decided benefit from the use Of
Hoohand's German Rittsrs and feel IL nv priv.
ilege 10 recommend them a. a most valuable
tonic, TO AL who are suffering from general de-
bility, or from diseases arising from deTanEe-
melt Of the liver.
Yours, truly Z. D. FESDALL.
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WILLIAM HARE,

DRACTICAL PLUmBEB AND
i GAS FILTER, No. Monroe st., Wheel.
ing w Va
u Orders from the country attended 70 .
short notice. sspD
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These remedies will effectually cure Liver
Complaint, Janndice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or
Nervous Debility, Chrsnic Diarrh9a, Disease
Of the kidneys, and all Diseases arising from q
DisoIdered Liver, Stomach or Intestine.
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New Orleans Molasses.
oan BAKRELs gRIdE AND CHOICE
MAxWKLL q TLNGLE
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PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIE.

And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all it's attendant ills, will And
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
ron, inin
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Cleveland & Pittsburgh E r

Ausnt0En... go = sts n lLts .
EsvY0kTA
PkilSAslDhiA. Goa - i;i01n El0 pn =
Tiskst4 70 Al Dr4EetDai points In ths Ear ss1
West can - DrSSursd at gnion Tiekst Ofos u
MeLsrs Hs1ss and 81 10 station a. BrtagspaEh
J. n KkBALLr
ANN Gs,sraI TIekst AEsst
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NOTICE.

h&lf of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or to
use their own expression, never feel well"
They are languid devoid Of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite.
10 this class of persons the BITTERS or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
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TRANSPORTATION.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO
Rail Road Company,

WHEELING May 9Th, isoe.
DAssRNGRR TRAINS WILL RUN
II by tho following schedule on and after the
10Th day Of May, iso9-WhcolinE time
GRAFTON ACCOMMODATION
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CAUTION.

HoshGnd's German Bittsrs are oounterfeitsd.
See that the signature Of c. n JACKSON IL
on the wrapper Of each bottle. All Others are
counterfeit
Principal Ofice and Mandatory at the Ger.
man Medicine Store, No. SCI ARCH Street,
Philadelphia, Pa
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THE PEOPLES BANK,
Office No. SO Main street
WHEELING, W. VA.
MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, IN.
lNl terest paid on Special Deposit, Notes and
Bills Discounted, Exchange Bought and Sold,
Collections at home or frsm abroad promptly
attended to.
DIRECTORS
John Reid Christian Hess,
JOHN HandlAn, John VOskler,
Samuel j. Boyd Richard Carter.
Andrew Wilson.
JOHN REID, President.
JOSIAH F. UPDEGRAFF Cashier jul
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PRICE
HoohAnd's German Bitten per bottle, III D
half dozen s %
HooARnd's German Touie, put up in quart bot
ties, o. 80 per bottle, or half dozen for " 80.
DDs not forget TO examine vel The Erti-
els Tou bay, in order to get the genuine.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-06
The Free Trade Movement.

The question of Free Trade, or rather
opposition to excessive protection by which
prices are immensely increased to consum-
ers, is beginning to attract attention at the
North. The formation of the Reform
League in Boston has this object in view.
Such strong Republican papers as the Gin
cinnati Commercial, the Chicago Post and
the Chicago Tribune have become earnest
champions of reform in our trade restric-
tions-those which bolster monopolists by
oppressive tariffs, which are never high
enough for their purposes. The issue, it is
said, will be prominent one in the West
ern canvass for Representatives in Con-
gress. Meantime, the monopolists are
organizing for the fight, but it is to be
hoped thoy will End ii nrhill unrk- Tho
Industrial League Of Penusylvania, in re-
port just published, confesses that "whst
are called the educated GLASSES are being
gradually but surely brought over to the
side Of free trades" and it is certain that
the tendency in that direction is accelera-
ted by the disastrous operation of the pre-
sent tariff, and the incessant calls for
smore."