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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
Democratic and Conservative
state Convention.

The citizens of West Virginia who favor the
repeal of all proscriptive laws now in force in
this State and the enactment of such measures
as will give the State character abroad and har
mony and prosperity at home, are requested TO
meet in their respective counties or townships,
at as early day as may be practicable, and
choose dele gates TO a State Convention 10 be
hold in the town of Charleston, Kanawha coun.
ty, on
"wednesday, the Sth day of June, 1870,
to nominate candidates for the offices Of Gov.
ernor, Auditor, Treasurer, Secretary of State,
Attorney General aud Judge Of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals.
Zach county or delegate district will cast ten
votes in this Convention for every representa-
tive in the House of Delegates 20 which such
county or district may be entitled.
The effect of our proscriptive system in driv-
ing large numbers Of useful citizens from West
Virginia and in preventing immigration from
other States, renders the speedy abolition of
that system necessary TO the public good. This
call is therefore addressed to all liberal.minded
men, Whether Democratic, Conservative or Re
publican, who desire to promote the welfare of
the State and vindicate the rights of her citi'
zens by appropriate legislation.
LEWIS BAKER,
GEO. K. TINGLE,
J. W. GALLAHER.
w. W, MILLER,
WIN. c. HANDLAN,
Democratic State Executive Committee.
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Connecticut.

Connecticut expressed her views Of the
political situation on Monday. They
may be found summed up in our tele.
graphic columns. A State which GRANT
carried by three Thousand majority,
and which last year elected Republi-
can Governor, yields to the pressure OF
the Fifteenth Amendment, heavy taxa
tion and bayonet reconstruction, and
ranges herself under the Democratic
banner. The meaning of all this is that
the people are getting tired Of Radical
rule, tired of the essential changes in
our system of Government that have
been wrought by Radical hands, tired of
perpetuating the discords of the war,
tired of the howls of "loyal" dema-
gogues and blood suckers, tired of
being taxed to death and swindled to
death by a corrupt Congress, tired of an
incompetent Administration, tired of
keeping the country in turmoil, confu-
sion and distress to facilitate partisan
projects, tired, in short, of the body,
soul, character and policy of Radical
ism, and are determined to have relief.
Connecticut has set an example which
the people of many other States are
inclined to follow. If the Democrats
will now be prudent, active and deter
mined, the work so auspiciously begun
will be carried to happy conclusion,
and the overthrow of the party which
has so long cursed the country by its
rotten mismanagement will be triumph
antly achieved.
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such, cannot or will not repeal our pro-
scriptive laws. The most important
liberal measures proposed during the
session, those which the people most ex-
plicitly demanded at the October elec.
tion, were defeated by the Republican
members. Numbers of them who had
been elected by Democratic votes went
so far as to break faith with their sup
porters and oppose the measures to
which they were pledged, not to pro-
mote the good of the State, but simply
and avowedly to advance the interests
of the Republican party. When the
prominent members of any party are
willing to sacrifice truth, consistency,
honor, and the public interests, merely
to secure partisan end, it may be
safely set down that that party cannot
be trusted with the enactment of legis-
tion aimed solely at the advancement
of the State. Hundreds in West Vir-
ginia who have heretofore acted with
the Republican party, seeing hew reck-
lessly that party is sacrificing the State
for power, are now willing to unite in a
movement for the, obliteration of those
measures of disfranchisemen which
have too long been used as mere parti-
san weapons. Such men and their rep
resentatives will be welcome in the
approaching Convention. In inviting
their attendance, the Executive Com
mittee have taken wise step, and one
from which good must result. Let all
whe have the objects of this call at
heart now unite to secure them. Aim
ing solely at extricating the State from
the disadvantages with which misrule
has surrounded her, and at placing her
in the path of progress, let them labor
heartily and in concert for the accom-
plishment of their high purpose, and
the end must be success.
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Rhode Island.

Rhode Island elects Legislature
and State officers to-day. The State be-
ing SO uniformly Republican, but little
excitement or interest is manifested.
The following is the ticket:
observation-disclosures, Lyman Pierce;
Lieutenant Governor, Charles Cutler;
Secretary of State, w. J. Miller; At
torney General, George n. Bliss; Treas
urer, Philip Rider.
Republican.-Governor, Seth Padel-
ford; Lieutenant-Governor, Pardon W.
Stevens; Secretary of State, John X.
Bartlett; Attorney General, Willard
Ssyles; Treasurer, Samuel A Parker.
The Republican majority lastye on
Governor was nearly 1000 in vote OF
10 660
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

THE Radical. are now rejoicing over
the consummation of their fraudulent
scheme to rob the States of the highest
attribute of their power. 1t is not the
enfranchisement of the negro race
which gives them joy, for the
State Constitutions have already
given the ballot to q large majority OF
them, but they hail the Amendment as
a death. blow to the rights of the States,
and giant stride toward the oentrall-
cation of power in the Federal Govern
ment. Their pleasure is greatly en-
hanced by the reflection that the Fif-
teenth Amendment is proclaimed by
the putting down of New York which by
solemn act withdrew her assent, OF
Indiana which never consented, and OF
Georgia which by their showing Is not
n member of the Union, and, therefore
could not consent
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Double Execution in North Carolina.

Two negroes, named Tom Young and
Bob Gum, were hung in HillsbOro /,
Orange county, North Carolina, on
Friday last, for the murder of
Martin V. Blalock, q young white
man, on Christmas night last. The
murder was committed for the
purpose of robbery. Young Blalock
was employed in keeping bar in
the rear of grocery, and bad taken in
that night about S175. The negroes
called after he had closed up, under pre-
tense of wanting drinks, and when
they were admitted murdered him In
in the most brutal manner by breaking
his skull with a cog-wheel, straDgling
him with rope, and cutting his throat.
They then robbed the till, and escaped.
They were soon after arrested and
brought to Justice.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

An old elm was cut down in Boston
the other day, the and the Trarela
says:
On attempting to saw the PROSTATE
trunk at about IL feet from the butt
day before yesterday, some very hard
substance interfered with the work
after it had been half done. So the
trunk was rolled over and the saving
was completed from the opposite eide
The singular part of the stery remains
to be told. When the parts had been
separated the workmen were surprised
to find that the obstacle was sn iron
tube, supposed to be . gun BARRE ),
which was solidly inbedded Longitude
aUv in the centre of the trunk. The
iron tube, where it was broken of, vas
about Ii inches in diameter, circular
about ! of an inch thick, and seemed tc
resemble guubarrel iron. The tube va
closely filled with solid wood.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Commissioners Sale
Valuable Short Creek Lands
in Ohio County.

DY VIRTUE OF a DECREE OF
ID the Circuit Court for Ohio county, pro-
nounced on the 18th day Of February leIO, in
cause in chancery therein pending wherein Jonn
N. Ball is complainant and Oliver Wallace's ad
miaistrators and others are defendants, We, the
undersigned Commissioners, will sell on TilE
PREMISES on WEDNESDAY. APRIL l3, ls1O, the
following described tract Of land lying on Short
Greek Ohio county, West Virginia. 10 wit: Be
ginning at = hickory on the bank of said creek,
corner TO land lately owned by William Worth,
now by George Sawtell, thence down the creek
according to the several meanders thereof and
binding thereon lGD poles TO two elms TO Robert
Mcclure, now Samuel Mcclure, and with his
line north - degrees west 81 poles 10 "A lynn;
thence south 30 degrees west ll5 poles 10 an elm
in William Worth's now George Sawtells line,
and with his line south 81 degrees east 50 poles
to a hickory; thence south u degrees east 95
poles 10 the beginning; containing 100 acros,
more or less, and being the same land conveyed
TO said Oliver Wallace by Daniel Gifhn md
others April Ist, 1880.
Also a tract Of land adjoining the above tact,
containing about two acres, which, by decree
supplemental 10 the above mentioned was or.
dered to be sold, which said last mentioned tract
was conveyed TO said Oliver Wallace by George
Gooch and wife on tho Sd day of October 1866.
These tracts of land will he sold separately or
together as shall be best for the interest of the
parties concerned and will be sold free from the
widows dover, she consenting thereto. There
is good orchard on each of these tracts and
good dwelling houses and out.buildlngs.
TERMS OF SALE: 0ne.third of the purchase
money. cash. and the balanSe in twelve and
eighteen months, with interest from the day OF
sale, the purchaser giving bond and good seen.
rity for the deferred payments.
GEORGE SAWTELL,
JOSEPH WADDLE,
(mar2-oaw6td&w) Commissioners.
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Singular Relic OF the War.

The Des Meines Register has the fol-
lowing: "The eastern papers describe a
singular relic of the war which some
reconstructed Johnny reb exhibits at
Richmond. 1t is two musket balls
welded together into two fat disks, in;
separately united by meeting in full
flight over battle field. The press OF
the East claim that for this oddity there
isno duplicate. But there is a greater
curiosity in Iowa. Mr.. w. A. j. Seals,
Of Monroe, has shown us two mimic
balls which were picked up on the field
after the second conflict at Bull Run.
The balls met at right angles, and the
point of one was buried half way in the
body of the other. The ball that was
struck is bent, and the striking bullet
is aattened, but the plug end is plainly
marked,n
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

THE bloody handed disloyalty Of Con-
necticut, as displayed on Monday, enti-
ties her to the benefit of military recon
struction. Let her Representatives be
kicked out of Congress at once and let
a Major General Provisional Governor
with ten regiments be sent to teach her
people the great bayonet lesson of the
hour, that "the Government Of the
(RadicaD people, by the (RadicaD peo-
ple and for the (RadicaD people shall
not perish from the earth"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
A Cat Bite.

Mrs. Slate was several weeks since
bitten in the hand by cat. The ami
NAL, which on ordinary occasions was
quiet enough, was pursued into the
house by dog. Jumping upon a hot
steve she tried to scale the stOve-pipe to
get out of the dogs reach, but fell back
into pan of boiling water which set
on the stove. This was repeated sew
eral times, when Mrs. Slate, in her hu-
name endeavor to rescue the cat, was
severely bitten. Her arm was soon
badly swollen, and she has since en-
dured great pain, while her life, at
times, has been almost despaired Of
Ddnrille IN. " Advertiser.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
"The Coming Woman.O

Mr.. George Francis Train has rival
for the Presidency in 1872, as will be
seen by the following card from New
York paper:
With the view of taking the people
into my confidence have written
several papers on governmental ques-
tions of importance, and will submit
them in due time. i
have deliberately and of my own &C
cord placed myself before the people as
a candidate for the Presidency of the
United States, and having the means,
courage, energy and strength necessary
Cor the race intend to contest it to the
lose. VICTORIA q. WOODRUFF
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
's;tt'meslna &eglster.
wednesday, ay,-.------- -Apni D.
sPONDENCg.

~. f.,.aly # TIE REGISTER throughout Vest
-, aud ne bordering counties Of Ohio ana
,,,',,,,Ir,nia are particularly requested 10 de::
., as promptly ,cith any occurrence 9tye"eraI
t',' ,yTi ,EGy come iridin their knOCledge. IN
ID. ..S s,,-iIl importance the Telegraph may be
= n, our expense; "a most eases The H10d 'c,tE
.,.. - El1b5rdte aud ornate essays are not de-
,,, Jrief aud accurate letters giring all ne
ru.eS and incidents Of Interesting events as
.5, as 'hcr trdlPirs.
,,ca 'ioIlS sitting forth The material coIld'-
~, ,yI5 Development Of the country; the crops,
.,,s.rs NJ land aud all other subjects 81 interest
.. n, l,rituItrdl commuIitg are eSPec'a|y ae-
..s ,Ii ,riH be promptly published.
'' .'..s If public meetiRTS Of tohdteUer nature,
,,y obsr occasions Of interest TO the people, t''a
" !, /, crir aim to publish paper that shall reject
80 gpi,.ions and IoiShes Of THE PEOPLEi ana
.., ,g,sys,i 10 them, IgiH receire our instant and
= - f,,I attention.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

THE people of Connecticut could not
prevent the ratification of the Fif.
teenth Amendment, but they could and
did demolish the men who put up the
Job. at must needs be that offenses
come, but woe unto those by whom
they come"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

Dubuque furnishes us q tale with q
moral; it is a man who left his wife and
six small children for the purpose OF
spending year South on business. He
was q deceiver, and intended to 60 to
Indiana and get divorce, and marry a
younger and prettier woman than his
wife. He went, but retributioH over
took him in the State of divorce, with
chills and fever and shook him into a
repentant frame of mind. He went
back again to his home, was forgiven,
aud everything was lovely once more.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

THIS NEW AND COAM0DI0U5 HOUSE,
i located corner Of Broadway and ed street,
possesSes advantages over all other houses for
the accommodation Of its guestS- II vas built
expressly for . hrst-clAss Family Boarding
HouIe-the rooms being large and en- suit,
heated by steam-Vith hOs and cold water, and
furnished second 70 none; Wills the culinary
department is in the most experisnced banda
afording Euests Al unequaled table.
One Of AtWood's Patent Elevators 10 also
among the modern improvements" and AZ the
service OF gussts st all hours.
The broadway and UniverAity Place Cars pas
the door every four ninutsa running from the
City Hall 70 Genital Park, while the sixth and
Seventh 4venas Lines are bat = shorf block on
either side, ahOrding ample facilities for com.
nunicating with al the DcDD1ss 6eeamboat
Landfnxs places of AmuocDnnf and GnniDnsa
H. rrn-.t rnn1rcIlolA1
.-4s-ag RsoDriss1rs-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

WITHIN FIVE days after the Fifteenth
Amendment was proclaimed, Connecti'
cut changed from Republicanism to De-
mocracy. If negro suffrage lose the
Radical party one State a week, what
would You give for GRANTS chances for
re-election 7
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

Peach growers, in the vicinity Of Mid
dletown, Delaware, state that the pros
pect of a large yield of peaches, the
coming season, is very tlattering, the
buds never looking better than they do
at the present time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

WHEN the Connecticut Republicans
complained of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, GREELEY's taunting response was
"What are you going to do about itp
His question has been answered. The
emphasis of the response fairly matches
the insolence of the inquiry.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

The snow at Green Bay is without
parallel, the roads never having been
80 blockaded as by the snow storm week
before last. In the main street of that
city drifts were eight feet high, and the
travel almost suspended from the coun-
try around.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

Rumor asserts that General O'Neill is
organizing for descent upon Canada
at three points-Amherstburg, Fort
Erie, and some place on the st. Law
renee yet undecided upon. Large
quantities Of arms and ammunition are
said to be stored near ut hand.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

THE weather was bad, very bad, in
Connecticut on Monday. In addition
to the snow, JEWELL, the Republican
candidate for Governor, complains of"a
frost, killing FROST" which nipped him
"iust where be thought his greatness
was a.ripening."
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

1ffE Connecticut election may be a
surprise, but the ENGLISH of it is, in
the words of the MtelligenCer, "the Re.
publican party has accomplished its
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

THE PENDING PUZZLE-To determine
whether the Connecticut election is an
endorsement of GRANTS retrenchment
schemes, the Fifteenth Amendment or
the San Domingo swindle.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
Railroad subscription.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.

REGISTERS OFFICE,
SHEPHERDsTowN, Jefferson WA,
April 2 }
Ihave the pleasure of informing you
that at the election held in this county
on Thursday last, for the purpose OF
taking the sense of the people on ap'
propriating $3.50, 900 for the extension
of the Shenandoah Valley railroad
though this county, the appropriation
was carried by about three hundred
majority. In connection with the rail
road this county will open up great
manufacturing facilities. Respectfully,
yours, H.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

Vermont papers give credence to the
following rat story; "Rats are making
savage work among cattle in Mash
field. Fri Spencer has had five COWS,
badly eaten by rats while they we're
tied in tho stable. They have gnaEed
holes two inches deep, and manfled
them shockinRly.H
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

II Connecticut Republicans go down,
what must become of the West Virginia
Radicalsf If the respectable cannot be
saved, where must the ungodly and the
sinner appear
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
EVERETT HOUSE.

THIS HOUSE IS KEPT on rBE III:
l. roPean PLAN it is within three minute
ride tby hone SAFs) of the New Haven
EAiiro74 Depot. convenient 20 al the princip
places Of Amusement, and for Summer traYelle
WI De found the coolest Hotel in the
Every room is provided With runntnz Mater.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

Professor Tyndall has just succeeded
in igniting diamond in oxygen by the
concentrated rays of the electric light
He has no doubt of his ability to ignite
it by the purely invisible rays from the
same source.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

THEY had terrible snow storm in
Connecticut on Monday, election day.
The result was a Democratic victory.
Connecticut Republicans say it's snow
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

San Francisco has hitherto been sup
piled with ice almost exclusively from
Sitka; but a company has now been
formed to harvest it in the mountains,
and bring it down by railroad.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06
FISK a. HATCH,
Bankers.

p. R.S-ws have Issued pamphlets containing
fun pArtIeula5s, statistical detaiis. maps. ste.
which win bs Furnished upon applieAtion-
e~Ws ssv ass ~ 0o~>ynsA<st Bosds. and
n.--fs< "a aoas1ssS n 1asks. Rsskeys, Cb>pors-
,E,ns. sa6 s1ksrs. s~ets1s = cA>sE e slgkf. eaS
asls~ 6sssr.,s % dsRN saiaA4@ s,bs<s@
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

Miss HIGHTAKE, lady of color, is a
candidate for State Librarian in Mis-
sssippi. She is also said to be "fat
taken
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

The Philadelphia Ledger says that
greenbacks were the chief bills passed
in the New York and Pennsylvania Leg
islatures this session.
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FINANCIAL.
Office of FISK & HATCH,
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOV.
ERNMENT SECURITIES,
No. 5 NASSAU STREET, NEw York,
February 18th. ls1O

No. NASSAU STREET, NEw,YoRk.
February 18th, Is10
The remarkable success which attended our
Of the Loans Of the CENTRAL PACIFIC
RAILRoAD COMPANY and tho WESTERN Pacific
RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popularity and
credit which these Loans have maintained in
the markets, both in this oountryand Europe
have shown that tho First Mortgage Bonds OF
wisely located and honorably managed Railroads
are promptly recognized and readily taken as
the most suitable, safe, ard advantageous form
of investment, yielding mere 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 q
great public want, and rendering . valuable
service--both TO the holders Of Capital and to
those great National work Of internal improve.
neAt whose intrinsic morit and substantial
character entitle them TO the uso of Capital and
the confidence Of investOrs-we now occr with
special confidence and satisfaction the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

WANTED AT oNCE-Ten thousand
"loyal" explanations of the catastrophe
in Connecticut.
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General Thomas was nearly "a, hay-
ing been born the last day of July, l9lG.
He was Of Huguenot descent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-06

CONNECTICUT has returned to Demo
cratic simplicity. She has cast aside
her ginger. bread JEwELL-ry.
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"THE LATE UNPLEAsANTNEss'-The
Connecticut election.
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SEALED PROPOSALS

WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE com.
w nittee on Water works Of the city Of
Wheeling until the 7th day OF April, ls7O. at 2
o'clock P. n. TO be left at the Clerks Office Of
said city, where specifications may be sssn, for
furnishing and laying water pipe from the cen.
ter Of Main street, down Union street, crossin z
the river 70 the Island shore, distance Of about
1890 feet, Of which about no feet Is 10 be sub
merged pipe, 10 be provided with iAnge joints,
gum packing, one iEeh screw bolts. and to be
laid in q trench Of not less than two feet under
ground. Tho shore pipe TO have the ordinary
bowl Joints, loaded and laid in q trench not less
than four ~ feet deep. The bids to be alterDa-
tive for and 10 inch cast iron pipe inch thick,
in lengths Of tWelve l2) feet, by The pound for
the pipe and BY the joint for laying.
JOHN H HALL.
Chairman Committee on Water Works.
mar2l.N