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Genera, George N. Thomas.

General GEORGE II. THOMAS, com
mandine the Department of the Pacific,
died at San Fra ncisco, on Monday even
ing, of apoplexy. GeneratTnoMAs was
universally regarded as one OF the
ablest generals of the war. Indeed by
many he was regarded as the head o'
the army, standing above SHEER
MAN. His personal popularity, es
.pecially among those who served
under, him, was unbounded, and
he is epre,ented as the possessor OF
many of those qualities which not only
command regard bat deserve it. The
death Of General THoMAs adds another
to the long list of great mea whose de-
cease, within the last year, has shoe ked
and saddened our country.
Yesterdays Cincinnati Commercial as
the following notice of this distinguish,
ed soldier ~.
The great soldier is no. moral The
brief an noupcement by telegraph is tha,
General Thomas was seized with an at.
tack Of apoplexy, Ia San Francisco, yes.
terday evening, and-died ut o'clock.
Since the announcement of the as
sassination of President Lincoln, nc
intelligence has been conveyed by tele'
graph to the American people which
will be received with more universal
and profound sorrow..a
The fame of GENERAL Thomas grew a.
tho years advanced. n His modesty, hil
lhrmness. hiss uprightness, his indie
Pss Ps asnss: al. Parity Of char otsr--al
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SENATOR RICE, of Arkansas, proposes
to test the capacity Of the Ind ians for
self government, by organizing the
country oecnpied by the Cherokees
Greeks and Choctaws into Territory,
TO be called Oklehoma. Through the
Council, tho Indians (Which have
adopted the customs of civilized life,'
will he enabled to take direct part in
the legislative affairs of the Territory.
Every male Indian, over twenty
years old, belonging to such tribes, Will
be entitled to vote for council delegates
from bis tribe, and be eligible
TO seat in that body; and
delegates will receive four dollars a
day while in attendance at sessions, and
four dollars for every twenty miles OF
travel in going to and from the coun-
Gil. The Governor, Secretary, Marshal,
Judges and Surveyor General are to be
appointed by the President and most
likely will be white men, though seme
of the westera Senators insist that the
red mon shall have all the offices, and
thus make the experiment complete.
This is the day for watering the elective
franchise. The ball is rolling on, aud
the Radicals will bring any agency TO
work which promises aid TO them in the
struggle for power and place.
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distinguish the patriot, the citizen and
the soldier, endeared him to the heart.
of his countrymen, and created that
confde1ce in him which he inspired in
his soldiers.
General Thomss was born in South
ampton county, Virginia, in 1e2O. AZ.
ter studying law for some time, he en-.
tered West Point as Cadet, aud grad.
uated in l940; joined the army, ard was
brevetted first lieutenant the year FOL
lowing, for gsllantry and good con-
ductip the war against the Florida In
dians; served with distinction in the
Mexican war, being successfully bre-
ye:tsd Captain, for c,nduct at Mon
tsrey, aud Major for conduct at Bueua
Visa; was transferred to West Point as
Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry in
1851, with The fufi rank of Captain, and
was made Major OF the Second Cavalry
in 1855. :
When The VIZ broke out lie was or.
dered to Carlisle Barracks to-Ienount
the secoud Cavalry, and became Lieu
tenant Colonel of the regiment in April
and Colonel in May of the same year
Iu August he was promoted as Brigadier
General, and assigned to the Depart
ment of Kentucky.
1t was while on duty in tais Depart
ment that his name became familiar as
a household word. He opened the new
year with a victory for the Federal
arms. The battle of Mill Spring was
fought on the 18th of January, 1862,
and General Zo!llcOtfcr defeated with
considerable loss.
1t was almost the first gleam of sun.
light after the dark days that had
fallen upon the ration after the disas.
teTs of Bull Bun and Balls Bluff.
His greatest triumphs after that time
were at Chickamauga, September ~
and 20, where his tirmness aud tenacity
saved the army from defeat, aud cna-
bled it to retire to Chattanooga in com
parative good order. In December of
the follow ing year he attacked aud de-
feated Hoods army, before Nashville,
and gave the decisive blow TO the hopes
of the CoHfederates in the West.
But his services duting and since the
war arc so well remembered that it does
not seem necessary TO recount them at
this late hour. They will never be for
gotten, aud no page Of American history
viii shine with purer luster than that
which records them.
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,t,Msliaa 8isag}iitster. a}it;tts
C0RRss ssPONDRNCE.

The fris,pls " tie R}sGiSTER throughout Wes!
Virginia. and ,the Dor 'srin9 eouRtiss of OdIo dnd
Pta,IsyaVaRia are particularly reqpsted 70 dc,
quaint It's promptig Scth sny occurrence Of genera
tnisrest uat may eVDls aVlthiR their kOSledge. In
eases Of special iMportdnee ue Telegraph may %
,lssd al our erpeaSs; ia most eases ne NAL tr,A
a,lstVeT ELakdrqts and oraaats essays oye not de-
sird b,t brief aud GSe'erdts ktterS gipsaig al N,
eircWmStIes and 1oiaeHts ef M. .rest,g scents al
Com mssieati0sls sstti,g Jerth the material eerldi
hen and deueloDsnsa Of the country; the crops,
transfers Of lad and az other stt1octs of inere~i
10 the AgTScsttural eoHaHuIHtH, are s$Pee1Gay dc:
sired and svil be promptly published.
Notices Rf pull HssstssSs, " asteteaer s.dtuTe
aud all other occasions cE interest 70 The peopIe, ioA
b. toeleO1ae. u ~ h..A.SG
II Is our aim 10 publish a paper udt shall rcfect
N, OPINIONS and TciShes Of THE PEOPLE; dRd
,ohateeer comes from the People, and Is Of oGlus
aud interest totlen, OIL sreceise oar inStsat and
rrithfd atteHt1n, I-ss .Se
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E A lrodern BIuebeard.
From the l;sw York Tribune.

.. From the New York Tribune.
DIR. VIM. ID. Potts, alias Duvall, an old
resident OF Newark, n. j., has been con.
at Janesville, Wis. DIR. Potts is a ma.
tive of New j. rsey, ard was born near
Trenton. At the age of fourteen he
was known as the "Boy Preacher" and
continued IN the ministry until thirty
years OF age, when he engaged i'll the
pTac ice of medicine. DR.. Potts came
to reside in New York ten years ago,
and opened botanic d'Spensary
at No. lIO Broad street. He had lived
in Trenton, where his first wife, n
young lady of Piainiied had died
suddenly OF merCur.al rheumatism OF
the heart. The first Mrs. Potts was
dead abOut year when the Doctor
moved 10 Newark He professed to
cure persons of diseases by the laying
on of hands; gave out that he was tn,
seventh son of Il seventh son." and by
these pretensions, and by his botanic
dlspensaTy succeeded in carrying on "A
profitable business llu dressed in
b ack, had Il heavy beard and
long, well cared for hair. He
soon made the acquaintance OF
a young woman. Of wealth, AMI
married her much against the wishes OF
her relatives. Mrs. Potts brought her
husband a considerable property, which
he squsnderei. After his marriage he
lived four Years in Newark, and was
forced TO leave because of the suspicion
which the death of the second wife
aroused in the minds of his neighbors.
She was found one morning lying dead
at the foot Of the stairs leading TO her
room, and was buried without any sat
istactory account being given of her
death.
The Doctor thea went to Buffalo,
changed his name to Duvall, and mar.
ried Mss Katie King, who died two
years ago without apparent cause.
About one year ago he was married to
a Miss Elizabeth Moore, of Jauesvi'lc,
Wisconsin. After !iviug with her six
months, she WAS i'll turn, killed, her
death having been the result OF poison
administered by her husband under
pretenco Of giving her me.Icai propa
ration.
Upon his trial fer this murder, the
Doctor testified in his own behalf, and
gave al explanation of all the eircum
Stances surrounding the death of his
wife.
The jury found him guilty Of the
charge, and the Judge sentenced him
to tie State Prison for the term Of his
natural life.
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Death Of Pierre Soule.

A brief telegram from New Orleans on
Saturday announced the death of Hon.
Pierre Soule, aged 50 years. Mr.. Soule
was distinguished for impassioned ora
tory and an adventurous career. he
was born at Castillon, in the PSrenees,
during the first consulate of Napoleon,
his father having been lieutenant
general in the republican armies OF
France. In youth Pierre Soule was
destined for the church, but went into
politics in early life, and was active
in the conspiracy against the Bour'
bons, which resulted in Imprisonment.
Escaping from confinement be embarked
in journalism, went to Chilli, and finally
turned up In Baltimore, where he ar
rived from Port au-Prinee, in Septem-
Der, 1875. In the same year he re.
moved. 90 New Orleans, adopted the
law as lis profession, rode to distinc-
ton by his talents and eloquence, and
was sent to the United States Senate in
lS4l to fill . vacancy. He was re-
elected TO the United States Senate in
1S49, and was prominent during the
political agitation preceding the late
war. For some years past be had been
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30
The City OF Bo.ton-I..he Burutr

Tho following facts may, possibly, ac'
count for the loss of the City OF Boston,
if she is lost-a calamity which seems
now almost certain. The night before
the City of Boston sailed, quite party
of her engineers, including her chief
engineer, wero in Paterson, visiting
some friends. They made the following
statements: On former trip of one of
the Inman steamers, when near Sandy
Hook, she broke her propeller
three-bladed one-aLd put back to
New Yo7k, where she was fitted with
o two-bladed propeller, with which
she made the passage out. She
was then fitted with a new propeller OF
three blades, and returned, bringing
the two-bladed one with her. The City
of Boston, on her last trip this way,
lost one OF her propeller fans, and the
old two-bladed propeller was put in her
TO make the passage out with, the in
tention being to reft her in England.
Now, the result of having in o propeller
OF only two blades is to necessltate the
running of the machinery one-third
faster, and the danger of fire is greatly
enhanced, from the heating of jour
nails, &c.
These engineers of the City of Boston,
just before taking leave Of their Pater-
son friends. remarked, 1--WE shall have
to be on hand early in the morning, and
shall have to do duty on the fire
brigade" That is, in the safety corps
formed to do duty in case of any acci-
dent from the heating Of machinery
under the extraordinary speed Of the
engine. 1t is quite possible that this
danger of fire may have become a real
one, and owing to TelaxstIon Of vig;-
lance or some other causs, the mob q
ship has been burned up. It's hor-
rible thought; but the two dangers OF
boiler explosion and burning seems 10
be the most likely ~ csuse the total
destruction and disappearance Of the
ship with all on board Paterson v. ~
Press.
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Some of the newspapers are telling OF
n young New York journalist, now dead
WAC, during the johnson convention
in Philadelphia" having left his note.
book at home, took down u speech on
his shirt-collar and cuffs, by the light
of n tlickering gas.lamp, and while
jostled by the surging crowd. It is a
little strange that this should strike any.
body as a feat worth mentioning. II
was Secretary BSlknap, we believe, who
at the battle of Atlanta, W hen shot o I'd
shell were flying everywhere, at the
rate of nine hundred to the square inch
coolly and quietly stepped upon the
rebel Notifications, and seizing by the
coat-collar a rebel Major General
weighing three hundred and eighty
pounds, lifted him over the breast.
works, ten feet high, and fluBg him in.
to u pile Of hay standing some fifty
yards within the Federal lines. That
night the rebel General, having stabbed
himself to the heart with bar of soap
jumped into spittoon, and his remains
were never recovered. General Belknap
however, survived the other perils oi
the struggle, and subsequently became
Secretary of War. Oh, yes, these in,
credible things are Of common occur.
renee now-s-dsy.-LoHisriHe Courier,
Journal.
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The Spring Trade

According t, the New York Daily
BGllstin, (gced commercial authority,
the sprin. trade thus far has been any
thing but satisfactory. 1t says:
"All sections of the country have
been amply represented by buyers, who
speak hopefully of the condition OF
business in the interior, and are appar'
emily intending to buy freely, but tbeiI
purchases have been confined to small
parcels for supplying immediate wants
and the aggregate of business has been
comparatively light. The rule applies
even TO the Southern merchants, who
usually buy early, and who this season
are prepared to take larger supply oi
goods than at any period since the war
There are the main elements for an &C
tive, healthy trade, and yet the com.
mission merchants and jobbers uni
versally complain of unsatisfactory
sales"
The New York Journal Of Commerce
says:
"Thtre is more activity in trade, al
though the purchases have been rnadt
cautiously, and t. great extent iu
moderate bifls.. There are no such
sweeping sales as usually characterize
the heigh ut of busy season, but the de-
maad is ell the beslthier for this reason
and thesrisk of a sharp reaction muct
diminished. We regret 10 notice dis
POSITION on the part of some houses
haying ample capital to speculate IL
cotton er take a turn in stocks"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30
No Postpouement FROM any Cause

THE RECOMMENDATION OF FRIENDS
i and the suggestions OF many ucketholo
ers, have induced US 70 make change In our
Schedule by increasing the number OF Prizes ~
Dry Goods, aud adding Si001 IN 'Grecnbaeks-
As a further assurance TO ticket holGsrs. I. Z.
Pea Ice, Esq, Cashier of the Marietta National
Bank has kindly consented 10 act as Treasurer,
with whom al! moneys received for tickets will
be deposited until after tho drawing and TIC
delivery OF the deeds and property to the toitu'
nate parties entitled thcrCto Thus the iuteg-
rty OF our enterprise IS fully guaranteed.
These changes necessarily require Eoge time,
and a postponement o. tho distribution has
therefore been made. We flAttor ourselves that
tho increased astractiveness Of the schedule
VII be sufficient apology. u a..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

A measure in the Pennsylvanis Lsgia-
lature, by which the entite sinking
fund Of the State. nine millions or SO, Is
to be appropriated, is the latest sen sa-
tion in jobbery. The sinking fund was
composed Of bonds Of old and wealt by
railroad corporations, and the mann er
of the grab was to pass q bill giving
these bonds to new railroad running
through the wilderness in the northern
counties OF the State and taking the
bond of this company instead. This is
something like the Pacific railroad jobs,
and some other "big things" within the
memory of men now living.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

Ir will be remembered that during
the Impeachment trial, BUTLER, as
chairman oi,a committee to pry into
everybody's business, unfortunately
plundered The telegraph offices about
Washington Of private kilograms on
file. As he is now chairman of similar
committee, a disposition is shown to
prevent repetition of his depreda'ions
The managers of the Western Union
offices have received orders TO have any
man arrested who may attempt to enter
their establishments for the purpose OF
carrying away their records and tele'
grams. This course, should BUTLER
attempt his old game, will throw the
matter into the Courts, where it will
be determined how far assumed Con,
gressional authority can cover "hat
burglary"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

THECiscinnati Chronicle, ultra Radi-
cal, don't think much. of the IntelI-
lgencer,s Ku-Klux scars. 1t contemptu-
ously dismisses that papers extended
'honOr with this speciment of curtness
Tho Wheeling Intelligencsr says the
Democrats have a secret political or
ganizatioa in West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

CARPET BAG lawyers in the South are
engaged in hunting mp vagabond ne
groes who have been denied seats in
railroad cars, and bringing suits against
the companies for damages. Cuffy gets
his name in the Radical papers, and the
lawyers finger tie damages, if any ara
awarded. This is according to the
BUTLER eode.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

THE London Times doubts whether the
practical value of the proposed Darien
canal will ever be sufficient to cover
the ccss. 1t is hard to estimate the
practical value of short cut to Asia,
but when the trade and commerce of
that vast continent are taken into con-
sideratiop, some ideacaa he gained of
what~advantage viii result to this
nation ftom, controlling the channel
Jthrough which that trade and commerce
mast flow.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30
ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

TI,HIs NEW AND COMM0DIOUs HOUSE,
Il located corner Of Broadway and ed street,
p0ssessss advantages over all other houses foE
the accommodation OF it gEests. II was built
expressly for > arstela-s Family Boarding
HoG5e-ths rooms being large and en- euit.
heated b. stezn-Wtth hot End cold water, and
Furnished second 70 none; Nhils the culinary
department. II In the most experienced hands
af0rding RnsstS an 1neauAled Jsbie.
service Of guests at al hours. ~
The Br0adEsy and University Place Can pass
the door every four miDntss. TnDnlng from the
CITY Hall 20 Central Park, wtils the lxfh abd
sssTanfh Ayenns Lines are but ah1rt 1fork -
~1Ei,0r olAa a01ldlng anaPle fsali1fi1. for fgnl<
s-1s1IcaflnE via ~ tbS DuPots, 9te11.bc1t
LA1dlaEss riscae % AmNAeAp1nf sDa Ams'1@~s
~ fia eFeaz usetrops1le.
a.-n>u M rsss-ss2s.s.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

In the Congressional contested elec'
tiGn case Of EGGLEsToN rs. STRADER
fsqip Cincinnati, the Sub Committee
have unanimously agreed upon a report
in favcr of STRADER. We believe il
has never before happened in this Re,
publican congress,'tbpt Democrat got
a contested seat. 1t will never hap,
pen again. Lightning never strikes
twice in the same place.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

SENATOR REvELs, initiating his "loy-
ai". colleagues, proposes to subsidize a
railroad. He has introduced u bill TO
aid the construction of railroad from
the city Of NrY Orleans to Meridian,
Mississippi. He proposes to encourage
the enterprise with the modest donation
of four millions of acres Of public
lands. An empire could hardly outlast
the rAvages aud robberes of the white
railroad monopalists who have been
striking for the lands of the Govern.
ment, and now that the darkcy has
turned his attention. tosquaudering the
public domain, there is little hope thas
Uncle SAM will he able to retain enough
for a potato patch.
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Alaska for Penal seryirude.

The New York EreainS Post asks why
not make Alaska q penal colony, and
send convicts there from all the States
and says:
"The new purchase is now worthless;
itcould be made useful as q penal col
ony. Convicts sent thither would have
new career opened to them; they
would not be made worse, but better
by the mode of life they would lead
there; and they would cease to be q
charge to the commuDity."
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

TwEEp's resignation has been cruelty
compared to the performance of a well
bred dog, retiring from room upon
the commencement of preparations for
kicking him out
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FINANCIAL, ,'',i =
Office Of FISK & HATCH,
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOV.
rs. ERNMENT SECURITIES,
No. S Nassau sTRrRr, Nrw yoRx,
February 18th, 1870.

The remarkable success which attended our
negotiation Of tho Loans of the sOxSrRxl PACIFIC
RAILRoEp GosPAsY and Che wfsfERS PACIFIC
RAnReAD COMPANY, aHd the popularity and
credit which thess Loans have maintained In
the markets both in this country and Europe,
have shown that tbs First Mortgage Bonds of
wisely located and honorably managed Railroads
are promptly recognized and readily taken as
the meet suitable, safe and advantageous forn
Of investment yielding more liberal income
than can hereafter be derived from Government
Bonds, and available TO take their place.
Assured that, In the selection and negotiation
Of superior Railroad Loans, We are meeting
great public want, and roplsring a valuable
soEvise-botb 70 tho hslders Of Capital and to
those great National works Of internal improve.
meat whose intrinsic mSrit and Substantial
character cntite thcm to tho use Of Capital and
tho confidence Of iRvsStors-we now ofier with
special confidence and satisfaction tho
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30
Sudden Death Of General George ii
ThOmns

SAN Francisco, March 2s.-MajoI
General Thomas, commanding the Do
partment of the Pacific, was to-day at.
tackled with an epileptic fit, and is re-
ported in q critical condition.
LATER.-General Thomas died al
eight p. NJ. of apoplexy.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

Many Of the colorsd ladies of New
York, takisg the fashion from their
white sisters, who put black patch on
. white face. for style, may be seen on
Broadway apy afternoon, with their
sssole e9nptenapoea ornAnepted With a
: Rasoe O. white court Pae.ker- They aaxans
18th ways. - q
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

BUTLEr is investigating" the amount
of bonds and cash held in Washington
by Congressman and newspaper men,
probably with view to burglarious
exploits.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-30

No saloon CT hotel keeper should be
without Rosenheim's Stomach Bitters.
The Great Western Remedy in his bar.
If he has them he viii be called on to
prescribe for all dullness, want of appe-
lite, dyspepsia, &C., n thousand times
where physicians are once Administer
Iawino gloss full ~ dose.
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9, amounting tp.-.-....-.
PRICE OF TICKETS.

The Store is first-class brick, the northwest
erly third of substantial and elegant block
erected in lSG1. 1t is situated in the cent OF
business, In the beautiful and iourishing city OF
Marietta, Ohio, and is az feet on Front street by
~ feet deep. three stories high, with cellar
under the whole. It IL finished in the finest
style, and there are no handsomer store-roomz
in the State outside of the principal cities The
lot is "a by $50 feet, with rear front ON Post
street, and is increasing in value. ..
The dwelling is good twostory brick, in eH'
celleRt repair, aud contains eleven rooms. 1t
is timely located in the village of Williamstown,
on the Ohio river, apposite Marietta, and com
mands a beautilui viow of the city and driver.
The dry goods are new, fashionable, OF the
best quality IN all respects and purchased eN
pressiy for the retail trade. They consist Of fine
Cloths, Cassimercs, Dress Goods, Domestics-
ia short, full line of all goods usually kept IT.
a first class dry goods store. The goods will he
appraised by two merchants of this city the
appraisers to be chosen by the tickethOlders.