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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-29
From the Parkcrsburg State Journal
ScnatOrshIp.

We notice that our Democratic ex-
changes are very much exercised about
the Senatorship. They have so many
aspirants-and so many cross purposes
to accomplish that it is difficult for
them to decide what course to pursue,
or what persons to decide upon for this
position. We notice that quite a num-
Der of old line Wings and more recently
Union men are on the list Among the
more prominent, those representing the
three divisions of the State, are Daniel
Lamb, Of Wheeling; Ben. Smith, OF
Kanawha, and Gen. Jackson, Of our own
city. If we are to have oneof the
Opposition as our Senator it is well for
Republicans to scan the claims of the
several aspirants and help choose the
least exceptionable-the one most sound
on the main neutrality-suspicious. of
the reconstruction measures ofCongress
and especially the three amendments
recently added to the Constitution. We
believe the three gentlemen mentioned
above stand on this platform. We have
reason to know that among the men,
bers mentioned Gen. Jackson is sound
His record prior to and during the war
points him ont as one wholly reliable
in this regard. He is moderate in all
his political views; never an extremist
on any question, holding to the political
school of Madison, Marshall and
Webster in the Interpretation of con-
stitutional questions; he can never, by
any possibility, be other than man of
peace and well wisher of his country.
He fought secession in the Convention
at Richmond when it took both courage
and tact to meet the INSCRIPTIONS man
ayers who then controlled the State of
Virginia. Returning from that con-
clave OF conspirators, he took the stump
and boldly challenged rebellion in its
stronghold in our midst. He was
among the first to denounce the South
ern movement as both suicidal and
wicked. BY his eloquent and pa
triotic appeals to the people he
aided in saving Wood and the
neighboring counties to the Union. He
.desisted on account OF his extreme age
and feeble health. When unable to do
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An Old Friend.

For many years the Press Of the country
has chronfcled the beneficial effects OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Editors, au-
thors, physicians, merchants, officers OF the
army and navy, chemists, counsellors, min
listers of the gospel, in short great cloud
of witnesses of every profession, trade and
calling, have testified to its efficacy as a
tonic and regulating medicine. The names
and statements of these witnesses have
been published in the public prints. Many
OF them are well known TO the whole pub
lie. Their testimony has never been chal-
lenged or impugned. This
OLD FRIEND
has been tried and pronounced, on the
authority of those whose lives and health
it has preserved, pure, harmless and EN-
inently salutary preparation. Attempts
have been made to rival II. They have
failed. There is nothing equal to the en-
joyment experienced by the afflicted when
using this valuable specific. Its mild tone,
its sure and vigorous action upon disor-
dered stomach, and the cleansing of the
entire human body, recommend it to the
whole community a. RELIABLE
FRIEND.
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THE RIGHTS OF FRANCHISE.
To MesSrs. James IL. Ferguson,
Charles y. Lewis and James M.
jackson. Members elect to the
House Of Delegates Of West Vir.

ginia:
In my former communication. adj
dressed to you, endeavored TO show
that it was in the power of the Legs
lature to prescribe that no evidence ex'
cept record evidence. should be admit
ted to exclude a citizen from the ex-
ercise of the right of suffrage BY the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal
Constitution, all persons who were
born in the United States, and all
naturalized persons, are declared clti-
zcns. To exclude a citizen from vot-
ing upon the ground Of crime or inta-
my, there ought to pe-there must be
conviction The officers conducting
the election cannot be the triers-there
must be some other tribunal for that
purpose; and, so sensible were the
trainers Of the Constitution of the ne
cessity and fairness of conviction, be-
fore the party offering to vote, upon the
ground OF guilt shall be excluded, that
they expressly provided "that no person
who is under cOnviction Of treason,
felony, or bribery in an election, shall
,e permitted to vote, while such disa-
bilitv continues. They saw the incon-
venience and injustice which would
result from any other rule, and they
fixed it firmly in the Constitution.
The friends of the amendment also
saw the necessity OF some tribunal to
try the question Of guilt, and they erect
cd Court which they called Board
of Registration, to try the question.
! All who passed that Board were to be
held innocent, and all who failed to
pass it, and all who failed to appear
at all, were pronounced guilty, and
were excluded from voting.
This was a mock tribunal ; corrupt in
its birth, intended to give power to, and
preserve power in, a party; and, if pos
sible, more corrupt in practices than in
its birth. So corrupt, that it needed
not the sanctity of an oath, but went
pell,mell to its obiect-party and per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. You will, no
doubt, in a few days after you assemble,
put quiet end to this tribunal.
The friends Of the Registration law
the Radicals-cannot object to the
scheme of the law which | suggest,
upon Constitutional grounds. l 60 for
an Interpretation that accords fairness
to everybody; they 90 for q partizan
law which pun isheS without hearing
Each Of NJ 90 for law that is to guide
the officers conducting the election !;
each Of us 90 for record evidence.
They for the orders Of partizan board
selected for their ignorance and corrup,
ton. |, for conviction upon a fair
trial, before Il jury of the country, in q
Court of competent jurisdiction.
Whether the amendment to the Con
stitution was properly adopted, may re-
ceive my attention hereafter. So far,
| have conceded that it was, but this
concession is made for argument and
illustration only.
An OLD FRIEND.
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..ScnsibiIitfes.-'

We are glad to see that the dlstln-
guished gentleman whose articles inthe
Parkersburg Gazette on "the duty OF
the hour" we have heretofore had occa-
sion to mention, agrees with the opinion
held here as to the nudity of the Con-
stitutional amendment OF 1866. In
last weeks Gazette he advocates the i'm
mediate repeal of the registration act,
and demonstrates its unconstitution-
atty. He says:
ave have taken up so much
time and space to satisfy the public
that 1t will be no abuse Of power in the
Democratic party to repeal the Regis
tration law, because of our desire TO
satisfy the public on that point Ind,
indeed, they might yell disregard or treat
as a nultiy the alleged constitutional!
amendment, because IL negT wdS submitted
TO the votes of tie constitutional roterS,
and of course not adopted by them.
II was conceived in fraud and was
adopted and enforced by the bayo-
net. Although We regard these posi-
tons impregnable, yet we would not ad-
wise the Democratic party to disregard
the alleged constitutional amendment,
lest it might unnecessarily or unwisely
shock the sensibilities of any portion OF
our people, for We wish to recommend
nothing not plainly commencing itself
to general approval. In our next we
will state what we recommend as best
adapted 10 restore the rights of all,
without shocking the sensibilitles OF
any"
We are anxious to see the plan. our
friend will propose for restoring the
rights of all without shocking the sen
sibilities of any" though we do not
very greatly care for the "sensibilities
OF the men who have been, during the
past five years, expressing their fellow
citizens and grinding the people Of Wes
Virginia into the dust We would dc
nothing to harm them or take from
them a single right which we claim fol
ourselves, but for their "sensibilities'
when they stand in the way of reform
and the immediate undoing of their vii
famous schemes Of wrong, we don tcart
a baubee. They never consulted the
"sensibilittes" OF the decent and re
spectable people of the State when re
volving any act OF party malignlty OF
personal advantage, and did not stop tc
consider how deeply public sentimen
was outraged by their acts. We would
not initiate their example in this respec
nor counsel any action for the purpose
of revenge. But we would have thu
Democratic party do right, no matter
whose feelings may be hurt; we woulC
have it move ri ght on IN the work o
immediate enfranchisement in tn,
speediest legal way, without carin2
whose "sensibilities" are shocked ThO
Radical leaders are the only person.
likely to be shocked by any measure o
enfranchiSement that may be adopted
and we most respectfully submit
that their feelings have receive,
such q shock in the result o
the election and their deposition from
power, that it is scarcely worth while
for Democrats to modify the policy the,
wish to adopt out of Difference to tn
"sensibilities" of those against whom
the people Of the State have so emphati
cally pronounced
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more he, By bis, example and private
influence, cndeavored to soften the as
perities Of war and to mitigate, as far
as he could, the bitterness which was
then almost universal. Of those men
TONED as vet for the distinguished posi-.
tom of United States Senator none will
compare with the General for sound
TJnionism. Moderation in counsel and
a mind well stored with fund OF knowl,
edge ever ready at his countrys ser
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Getting Married.

ESSAY FOR YOUNG MEN, ON SOCIAL
EVILS, and the propriety or improprie-
ty of getting Married, with sanitary help
for those who feel untitled for mat
rimonial happiness. Sent free, in sealed
envelopes. Address HOWARD ASSOCIA-
TON, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sapl7bGw
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ARE you troubled with cold feet
or hands? If 80 your blood wants
starting into healthy and vigorous &C
ton, the organs Of life want stlmuIat-
ing. Rosenbeim's Stomach Bitters;
the Great Western Remedy are the
things to do it. They are sold every
where by grocers, druggists, and saloon
kpeners
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The Celebrated
Murray
81
Lannan's
FLORIDA WATER.

The most lasting, agreeable, and
refreshing Of all perfumes. for use
on the Handkerchief, at the Toilet,
and in the Bath. For sale by all
Druggists and Pefumers.
seplSd&w
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MARRIED..

FARREL,-PRICE-At West Alexander,
Pa, July 3D., 1870, by Squire Mayes, Mr..
MATHEW FARRELL to Miss ANNIE +.
PRICE, all of this city.
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For Rent.

A,A A DESIRABLE FRAME HOUSE
%%T on south side Monroe street, above
Byron, containing nine rooms. En-
quire OF II. b. WHEAT.
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$500 REWARD.

T OST-A NOTE BOOK, CONTAINING
IL number of promisSory notes payable
to my order, and can be of no use to any
person but myself. Tho above reward will
be paid to the finder by leaving II with
A. NJ. ADAMS.
November 26th 1870 MOVES
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LOST.

YESTERDAY, SOMEWHERE between
l d. Hartman 4 Co.'S Store, on Monroe
street, and the PostofIice, Scarf, with a
Breastpin attached. The finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving II at y. Hart
street. noyS
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THE FREEMAS0N
FOR 1871.

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David Runners Worm Destroying
SHear P1unNS.

A SURE REMEDY FOR WORMS, CON
n tanning everything that is in the most
powerful worm medicines Easy to take.
Home references, any quantity, rs the citi-
zens of Wheeling have long known their
virtues and are all ready and willing to
recommend them.
For sale by Peter Miller, North Wheeling;
]. Weidebush, East Wheeling; ID. Kurner,
on the Island. novlS
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Rye Flour.
Flour.

or BARRELS PURE RYE FLOUR,
10 Just received and for sale by ,
novel HENRY K. LIST & co.
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Coffee.
Star Candles.

TWENTY-FIVE BOXES STAR Candles
J. Hlf Boxes
Just received and fh4 sale by
neyi n. REIILIR.
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New MacISerel.

INN PACKAGES, BARRELS, HALF
lUUU Barrels, Quarters and Kits, In store
and for sale by
nov22 HENRY X. LIST & co.
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NEW ApvERTFsEMENTs
MuR Exchanged

TIME LADY WHO By MISTAKE Ex-
changed her Mink Muff, with hand
kerchiefin 1t, for that belonging toanother,
on Saturday last, can re-exchange by call
So ~ a. 500 GEO. r. TAYLOR & co.
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Ilov4
Middletown transcript., 1870-06-04
Gdlit and 3umor.
An Indian Squaw Daguerreotyped.

Lieutenant Doyle, who was some time
ago degraded from the position of report
er for Louisville paper to the rank Of
lieutenant in the army, is now having
some funny experience among the Com
anche Indians.
The last story we get from him-and
as he was newspaper reporter it must be
true-is an old Comanche who brought
his young wife, of whom he was very jeal-
Gus, to have her daguerrotype taken.
The artist got the squaw in position,
and stepped into hts dark tent for some
purpose. The old Comanche thought
he'd take look into that funny box the
artist had his head in and see how it was
done. He inserted his his head under the
cloth and looked, and, oh, horror! there
was his squaw standing on her head.
He jerked out with savage look at her,
and wanted to know what capers she was
cutting before all the soldiers. She de-
MED doing anything, at which he told her
she lied, that he had seen her.
He resumed his investigation, stuck his
head under the cloth again, and there was
the wretched squaw standing on her head
| again. lie gave yell, ana rusnlnS at
her, gave her a whack on the head, and
told her not to try that again with him,
but she stoutly denied doing anything.
And now to catch her at it. He kept an
eye on her, and raised the cloth slowly,
and tried to look at her with one eye, and
through the camera with the other. He
could not do it, so he moved his head
down slowly; and as she disappeared from
the eye he had on her, there she was
standing on her head as seen through the
camera. He jerked his head up quickly,
and there she was, standing placidly be-
fore him.
He jcrked down and she was on her
head again. He then walked off in a
brown study, and as he philophosized, he
concluded that that machine was exceed
ingly bad that could stand squaw on her
head in half second so he wrapped his
blanket around him and walked off; but
nothing could ever induce him to have
anything to do with daguerrotyping a
gain.
Middletown transcript., 1870-06-04
BEAUTIES OF BEDFORD.

"Let US 60 and take view of Bedford
from the top of yonder mountain" l hes
itated, and looked upward from my COM
Portable armchair on the porch, the can't
hill' influences still hung around me.
"Come, come, the walk will do you good"
So admonished, consented There were
three of US in the party-Mrs s. of Cam
bridge, Mrs. Mex. of S. G. and myself.
We found the walk not near so tiresome
as our previous one, for benches were fix
ed at intervals all the way up, the air was
so pure and bracing, the leaves just turn
ing, the sun glimmering through the trees,
and Mrs. S. telling her har-breadth es-
capes in sickness, keeping our minds in
the old beaten track, much against our
will. We arrived at the summit, where
we found spacious Pavilion, with bench
es thickly covered with names and initials.
But, going to the opening in the trees,
what scene burst on our view! There
lay the valley of Bedford, the town in its
bosom. All around the fields lay bathed
in the warm sunlight, some green, others
brown, in readiness for the wheat, while.
still others were white with their wealth
of buckwheat; the cosy farm-houses dotted
the landscape here and there, and made
us wonder whether discord could reign in
such calm and heaven-like scene. The
mountains rose SO majestic with their
peaks crowned with wreaths of mist. We
were drinking in this perfect scene, (if
such thing were possible) when the spell
was rudely broken by Mrs. s. who spoke.
with her back to all this beauty: II tell
you, my dear woman, quinine has no more
effect upon me than So" l turned,
and found the trance of Mrs. Mex. had
been as ruthlessly treated as my own.
next directed my attention to the names
on the pillars and benches, and thought to
leave my own initials, decided on the
German text style, attempted to cut a
curved line, but found my knife would
take none but perpendicular one, on ac-
count of the hardness of the wood; suo-
ceeded in getting two letters cut, and stop
ped in disgust, having mistaken my voca--
tion as engrayer on wood We then took
the path toward home, entertained in the
mean time by an account of a terrible spell
of sickness through which Mrs. S. had
passed. Alas Mrs. Mex. and myself
looked the worse of the three, she having
the appearance of being soaked in saffron
for seven years, and in milk for the same
period. RosALEINE.
Bahemta MUs.
Middletown transcript., 1870-06-04

HAD DONE ENoUGH.-A revolutionary
soldier was running for Congress, and his
opponent was young man who had never
been to the wars, and it was the custom Of
the old soldier to tell the hardships he had
endured Said he" Fellow citizens, l
have fought and bled for my country. l
helped to whip the British and the Indi-
ans. l have slept on the field of battle,
with no other covering than the canopy of
Heaven. l have walked over the frozen
ground till every footstep was marked with
blood."-
Just about this time one of the sove-
reigns, who had become greatly interested
in his tale of suferings, walked up in front
nf the speaker, wiped the tears from his
eyes with the extremity of his coat tail,
and interrupted him with:
"Did you say you had fought the Brit
ish and the Injuns?"
eyes, sir"
Ibid you say you slept on the ground
while serving your country, without any
kiver ?"
"I did,"
"Did you say your feet covered the
ground you walked over with blood p
81 did," said the speaker exultingly.
well, then, said the sovereign, as he
gave a sigh of fearful emotion, al guess
I'll vote for t'other fellow; for I'll be
blamed if you aint done enough for your
country"
Middletown transcript., 1870-06-04

A HARD-SHELL ExHoRTATIoN.-Aha hard
shell Baptist, out West, thus directed the
attention of his hearers to the Importance
of searching the scriptures
Not long since, my hearers-ah, l was
riding along one of our great rivers, sur
rounded by the dense primeval woods-ah, 3,
when 1 stopped at rude log hut by the
river side .ah, and there l found poor
family in great affliction-ah. l was in
formed by the mother that they had lost
their fne-tooth comb-ah. They was ig-
norant of the gospel-ah, and didn't seem
to keer about hearin' of the precious word
of life-ah, for the woman did nothin' but
lament the loss of her fine tooth comb-ah
"Have you bible in your cabin?" said
I to her. Said she to me, "Yes, sir, it is
up there on the shelf, but we don't read
into it much" My hearers, got on top
of dye-tub that stood in the oorner-ah, +,
and reaching up to the shelf l took down
the blessed book-ah, and what do you
think it was I opened to-ah? What do
you think I found there to satisfy the
longings of the poor sinful woman-ah ?
Oh, my brethering, it was the long lost
fne-tooth comb-ah say my hearers,
sarch the scriptures-ah. If that poor wo-
man had done this, how her mind would
have been relieved, and her children S
heads would not have been 10 such a
dreadful condition-ah
Middletown transcript., 1870-06-04

EL DoRADo.-Many years ago there was
supposed to be kingdom somewhere in
South America called Ell Dorado, or the
"gilded," which was thus described :
'The king was every day covered with
powdered gold, so that he looked like a
golden image. The palace of this glitter
ing monarch was built of brilliant marble
as white as snow. The pillars of the pal
ace were porphyry and alabaster; its en-
trance was guarded by two lions, who
were fastened to a tall column by chains
of massive gold. After passing the lions
fountain was seen, from which gushed
a continual shower of liquid silver thro
four large pipes of gold. The interior of
the palace was too splendid to be describ-
ed. 1t contained an altar of solid silver,
on which was an immense golden urn
Lamps were continually burning, whose
dazzling radiance was reflected from nu-
merous objects of silver and gold" Such
was the splendid fiction invented by some
fertile brain, and actually believed in Eu-
rope; and countless unfortunate adventu-
rers abandoned everything to seek this
happy country, which they soon discover
ed had never existed.
Middletown transcript., 1870-06-04

A WASHINGTON BELLE.-Madame Po-
desdad, wife of one of the Secretaries of
the Spanish Legation, is an American.
She was Miss Chapman, of Virginia.
Her mother was Miss Mary Randolph, a
great belle in Virginia many years ago.
This Miss Randolph was especially noted
for her fearlcssness in riding. On one
occasion, it is said, when staying at the
Warm Springs, in Virginia, she started
out with a riding party for the Warm
Spring Mountain, and dared the gentle
men accompanying her to do whatever
she did. This mountain is quite high,
and has at its summit rock jutting out
over precipice. To the extreme verge
of this rock Miss Randolph rode, to the
great CONSERVATION of her friends. She
did not even leave her horse room to turn
around, but, having accomplished her
purpose, she backed him from the danger
GUS position and faced the rest of the par
ty in triumph. Not man would follow
her example, but one youthful piece of
inexperience stood on his head in his sad
die and dared the lady to do that. OF
course she cried "quits."