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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05
A meetiug of the life insurance com.

A meeting Of the lifs insurance coms
pauies Of St Losis was held Saturday
to coz slider what steps were necessary
to protect the conpanies against the
onerous laws passed in Miss5urf and
other States. A memorial was present
ed, addressed to all life Insurance. com
panies of the country, citing the griev-
aneesapdreeommeRding national con-
vention Of life insurance companies to
consider what shall be done TO procure
good, uniform legislation. The meHiS;
rial was referred TO q committee for
perfection, ShsP it Will tsaTdPPted. q
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

Greeley's Tribune is opposed to the re-
opening of the legal tender decisi on.
He regrets tho unsettlement Of case
that seemed safely and we'll settled"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

Frogs arc easily pleased. A German
professor has discovered that if you
take ont the brain, aud then rub wet
finger down the frogs back, the creature
will cTOak with delight.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

The Montreal Gazette commencessadl
article on the anticipated raid of the
Fepians, with the declaration that "the
Fenians are like the, erows,n and urges
"that il they again invade Canada they
be treated like wild beasts" -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05
FINANCIAL.
- s8VF-'Hw
Office of FISK & HATCH,
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOV.
'i.s ERNMENT SECURITIES,
No. NASSAU SrRKET, SEw. YoRK.
February 18th, is1O.

.. February 18th, is10
The remarkable success which attended our
negotiation Of the Loans Of the CgNTRAL Pacific
RAILROAD COMPANY and tho WESTERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD CoNrGNr, and the popularity and
credit which these Loans have maintained In
tho markets, both in this country and Europe
have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds ol
wisely located and hOnOrably managed Railroads
are promptly recognized and readily taken ~
the most suitable, safe, ard advantageous forn
Of investment, yielding mere liberal income
than can hereafter be derived from Government
BondS, and available to take thsiP plAOs.--
Assured that, In the selection aud negotiation
OF superior Railroad Loans, We, are meeting a
great public want, and rendering 4 valuable
service-both TO the holders Of Capital and TO
those great National works Of internal improve.
nent whose intrinsic merit and Substantial
character entitlo them to the use Of Capital and
the confidence OF investors--we now offer with
special confidence and satisfaction the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

T The Courier ,IonrHatL Aanonnce8 that
sumner will soon intf6duce = bill TO
abolish The term white as applied 70
the Executiye Mansion, ard TO have
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

EVERY man of the least observation
knows that nine, tenths of the large in-
comes manage TO evade the payment of
the ineome tax on greater sum of
actual income than ell the small in
comes amount to.
For this reason the American income
tax is the most unfair, the most oppres-
sive and the most unpopular of all our
Federal impOsitiors.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05


THE Board of Directors Of the Pbila.
delphia Academy of Music have refused
to allow REvELs, the colored Senator
from Mississippi, to make a speech
within, it's walls. The Board consists
of eleven Republicans and one Dem
ocrat, the Hon. HENRY NJ. PHILLIPS
WHAT > Can such things be
among the Loyal LeagueIs of
Philadelphia. and the Ffteeath Amend.
ment just proclaimed ? VIII the Radi-
calls never be able TO overcome their
prejudice against the man and BROTHER |?
The Post Indignantly and pertinently
asks why REvELs cannot be allowed to
speak where GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN
has spouted forth his insane eloquence.
THERE is certain Reconstructed
judge in Louisiana who ought to be put
by Congress on the commission to codify
the laws of the United States. His
claim to judicial eminence is, that
a case involving the constitution
ality of a law coming before him,
he decides that "the modern tend.
ency of legislation is to construe
constitutions in accordance with
the will of the majority Of the peo
pie, or to suit the emergency of the
case, and if they won't bear such con-
structions to ask the people to change
them" Congress should snap this
SoLoN up and pnt him where such abil-
titles could meet jnst recognition. He
has epitomized the current doctrine at
Washington so handsomely that bet.
ter fate is due him than to vegetate in
q Louisiana parish.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05
FISK Il HATCH.
-.-cr.roI e1r7 Bankers.

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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

"Alasi twas no drcam-again / behold IL
/ yield; am helpless my fate to avert"
She rolled down her sleeves; her apron she
folded;
Then laid down and died, and was bnried in
1fr+
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05

Vast numbers of petitions pour into
Congress against the renewal of the in
come tax. The New York Tribune in
urging its abolition says it does so in
the interest of the public conscience as
well as the public revenues. "1f it be
not very soon done away with," recent
ly said tax collector, eve shall become
q nation of liars"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
PREVOSTPARADOL.

The suicide of NJ. PENNSYLVANIA will shock
the whole country, nay, will shock educated
and liberal men throughout the world. A
year ago he was one of the few Frenchmen
to whose future we looked with hope, if not
with confidence. He was never man of
truly progressive tendencies. Sainte-Beuve
indeed was right las he was very apt to be)
when he called him lie Secrftaire-gfnfraI des
dncienS parts for he loved to think of lib
erty, not as a privilege which France had
never yet really reached, but as boon which
had been taken from her, and which her part
now was to recover. Yet incomplete as was
his political perception, in political honesty,
combined with political tact, he was one of
the foremost men of the empire. Hugo,
Rochefort, Gambetta, have uttered nobler pro-
tests against imperial tyranny, have felt
more keenly the humiliation of imperial
despotism, have seen more clearly the
wickedness of the NapoleOnic rule; but
not even these eloquent advocates of
the peoples rights were so formidable to the
Tuileries as the keen, thoughtful, and polished
journalist who was so long the strength of the
Journal DIES D6b0tS, who knew so well how to
insinuate a sarcasm which might not be openly
spoken and to conceal deadly thrust under
the formal civility which the censorship so
strictly required. We can easily imagine how
the influence of this admirable writer must
have been increased, and the animosity of the
Government which he prosecuted been inten-
sfed when it was seen how vain were the
attempts of the authorities to bring him under
the operation of the press laws, or extort from
his polished and cutting sentences plausible
pretense for suppressing the journal to which
he was attached. We can imagine how keen
must have been the chagrin of the Emperor
when he saw this anti-imperialist editor
raised TO the dignity of a French Academician,
as a testimonial of the ability with which
he had assailed the ruling dynasty and ex-
posed the abuses of the administration.
Provost Parado became in fine one of the
most fOrmidable,Of NapOleOn's enemies, one of
the calmest, coolest, most practical of the Lib
erals of the empire. He was not man to
whom ardent spirits would look for the inspi-
ration of grand ideas, or the heroism which
flashes out in critical moments of danger but
he was one whose shrewdness and sincerity
were universally trusted by the one party and
dreaded by the other.
He suffered, too, on account of his principles;
for the press laws caught him at last; but he
suffered bravely, and when driven from one
paper, he made the reputation of another.
SO it happened that the true men of France
came to look upon him as not only leader,
but martyr until one day the world learned
with amazement that he had become servant
of the government to which he had 80 long
been deadly foe. We were not of
those who cried out upon him as an
apostate when he accepted the mission
TO America. We saw how easily an honest
French Liberal might persuade himself that it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
BRTNG FLOWER,S.

Mrs Hemans, in her poem bearing this title,
mentioned nearly all the uses to which flowers
could be put up to that date She could not
foresee the future. New occasions teach new
duties. Flowers are now brought also to the
graves of our deceased soldiers for instance.
and to the desks of living congressman. Mrs.
General Sherman has lately sent them to the
six Senator'S most conspicuous in opposing the
reduction of her husbands pay, in the Army
bill. Details are not given, and, for aught We
know, each bouquet may have been two yards
in circumference, with initial letters six inches
long, like that lately given to Mrs. Barry, the
actress, in Florence. Jenkins does not even in
form us whether the bouquets were uniform in
style, or whether adapted to the individual re-
ceivers-the more martial blooms to Senator
Warner, and the "fOwerets born to blush I'M
"seenn to Senator Nye. How did the fair donor
determine the percentage of gratitude and
blossoms due to each-so much for Abbott and
$50 much for Buckingham n We should like
alse, to know what the neglected Senators
thought as these perfumes were waited by
them; how it affected the Chairman of the
Military Committee when he saw these blood
red roses on the war-path; and whether the
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons thought with pride that Mrs. Lincoln's
cause was won without arguments from the
vegetable kingdom.
But there is another aspect for these compi-
ments of the season. When Mrs. Sherman
aided in forming a society to oppose Woman
Suffrage, it seemed to many persons good
thing. 1t divided the forces of this dangerous
SEX "Woman beware woman" says the title
of the old play, and so said the irreverent
again. But it may have proved that there
was a slight perplexity in the position Of
these ladies at Washington, as i'll that OF all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
TIE WIZ.
complete.

The news from Europe this morning is of
little importance, though of rumor and con-
lecture there is, as usual, an abundance. The
French are reported to have crossed the from
tier near Saarbriicken and seized Custom
House, but as there was no fighting, and as
Custom Houses on the Franco German from
tier are probably just now as bare as Mother
Hubbard's cupboard, this can hardly be classed
as a victory. Saarbricken, our readers may
remember, is on the railway between
Metz and Mayence. The Prussians were
reported to have occupied it on Sun
day, but the French yesterday seem to have
found nobody there to oppose them. No intel
ligence respecting the positions of the hostile
armies is allowed to pass over the wires, and
we shall probably first learn where they are
by hearing of an engagement. News from the
French side is likely to be meager at all times,
for correspondents, both French and foreign,
are to be excluded from the army. The EN-
peror will thus have the privilege of being his
own historian, restricting the French losses to
lust as many as he thinks the French temper
requires, and fixing the destruction of Prus-
slams according to his own taste. Thus, what
ever the practical result of the campaign, the
record of it will undoubtedly be brilliant.
Of the miscellaneous reports published this
morning, we need only say that the rumors of
alliances are based upon conjecture, and that
the story sent from London that Germany
"makes the dethronement Of the Bonapartes
ats ultimatum," is unquestionably false. For
all that, "the dethronement of the Bona
"partes" after a while is a boon which the
world is not unlikely to obtain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1870

persons who agitate against agitation. 1hey
may have seemed like people in crowd VINO
increase the tumult by crying Flush" Per
haps, therefore, it may seem less strange
if this eminent lady should withdraw from
contest so perplexing, and resolve, IKE
the imprisoned youth in Eestus, to "oiier
"only flowers Yet even here she VIII
find criticisms in her way The rank and file
of the strong minded will plausibly say: fou
strengthen our argument 1t is very easy 10
"oppose Woman Suffrage so long as one lives
ain Washington and has an official position
"and greenhouse. Then one can fight with
"other weapons; but in the mean time we too
"desire to count for something. We cannot
"all be wives of Generals, and draw salaries
"three times as large as that of Cabinet
minister. In the mean time, give us some
"eoIliyalentn Is there force in the objection
Shall lady who happens to live In Washlng-
ton bring to bear the flowers Of the tropics,
and her remoter sister in West Centreyllle be
debarred from flowers of rhetOricf Shall the
one bear lily in her hand, as Longfellow sug-
gests, and the other not even ballotf When
Mr.. Carpenter goes back to Wisconsin, and the
three favored Southern Senators pack their
carpet-bags for their land of flowers, shall all
local laurels be cheapened by their bringing
home these rather faded bouquets from the
seat of Government? Justice, forbid!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

revealed the most intense interest in the
objects of the meeting Such unanimity as
prevailed in this meeting has probably never
been found before among Germans in America.
The btterest party feuds were cheefully lald
on the altar of the common Fatherland. III
the unanimity in Germany itself is as great
and as intense as that of the German
population of New-York, Napoleon VIII
have a much harder task than he expected.
1t was stated on all sides that not single
German of any party whatever, is known who
withholds his warmest sympathy from Ger
many. A people which rises to such unan-
unity may be sure of establishing its unity
against all foreign foes. All the speak
ers were. heartily applauded; but the
speech of Senator Schurz was the feature
of the evening, and fully came up
to the very high expectations which awaited
its delivery. 1t was noticeable that all the
orators agreed in saying that in the manifesto
tons of German sympathy with their native
land they must and cheerfully would respect
every law of their adopted country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

Half our readers are doubtless accustomed
to think and speak of the Sandwich islanders as
they do of the Chinese, as an uncivilized and
idolatrOus people whose admission to the
country and its liberties is out of the question,
and whose immediate conversion is the duty
and the destiny of the great American Repub-
lie. The Chinese have lately demonstrated for
themselves their industry and their knowledge
of many civilized arts What has been done
in the way of civilizing the Sandwich Islanders
is pleasantly told in another column. The
writer evinces a keener sense of the ludicrous
in the "reminiscences which he recalls than of
the Importance of the facts which he
narrates; and his letter will sug-
gest to his readers at home graver
thoughts than it evidently inspired in his own
mind. 1t is only fifty years since the religious
and social revolution which transformed this
savage nation into comparatively civilized
people was begun. It's success has been such
that the country is seriously thought of as a
desirable acquisition to the American Repub-
lie, and already we are contending with the
English for supremacy there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

The Board of Health of Philadelphia have
been examining the Franklin Cemetery" and
have made rather remarkable report. They
complain, in the first place, of frequent disin-
terments causing an effluvia to pervade the
neighborhood." But disinterment, at any
rate, cannot be very laborious, when it is
found that Z" the collins are in some instances
" deposited at distance of not more than
" from to 10 inches below the surface of the
" ground, and in others of not more than
Il" from to s inches" And this is in Phila-
delphia-a city which has a reputation for
Quaker purity and cleanliness, and which is
unquestionably a very scientific settlement
1t has been SO long the fashion to father all
violations of sanitary law upon New-YOrk
that it is quite surprising to observe good
many of them in other cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

At the anniversary exercises on the 18th
inst. of that nice, old School for Young Ladies'
the Wheaton Seminary in Norton Mass,
short address was delivered to the graduating
class partly, and partly to the general audience,
by Prof. ]. L. Diman of Providence, K. L.
The Professor seems to have spoken with great
force and beauty of the necessity of cultivat-
ing not merely the intellect but the heart and
the affections; and of restoring, in some
measure, the old, historic type of New-England
women Then and there, Prof Diman, sur
rounded by women young and old, did boldly
aver that there never yet was perfect
woman, nobly planned" who did not have all
the power that she wanted. But the charm of
the address was plain, and, under the cir
cumstances, a bold vindicatiOn of Mr.. Dickens
from the attacks of pulpit critics. Prof.
Diman considered this writer to be one, by
reason of the human character of his teach
ings, his purity, and his excellent literary in
fuence, eminently fit to be placed in the hands
of young people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

Now that NJ. Pr6vost-Paradol has closed his
career-closed it grievously and tragically-we
may say that we know, from letters written by
himself to a correspondent in this country
during the last twelvemOnth, that he entered
upon official life under the Empire with great
reluctance. 1t was as far back as the begin
ming of the present year that the Emperor
sent for the brilliant journalist-whO had al
ways been known as an adversary of his pO-
litical system and his dynasty-and proposed
that he should accept a diplomatic post under
the Government, expressing a desire that he
should enter the public service, advising him
that he need not compromise his political
record and assuring him that he (the
Emperor) had determined to carry out
such liberal and parliamentary changes in
the French Government as would be prac-
teal realization Of the ideas of NJ. Paradol.
The latter asked time for the consideration of
the proposition, and subsequently, after several
interviews with the Emperor, it was agreed
that he should accept the mission to Wash
ington after the plebiscitum. The Emperor was
gratifed with the acceptance, looking on it as
q step in the way of cOnciliating one of the
opposition parties in France which includes in
its ranks ne small proportion of the intellect
and genius of the country. Beside his objec-
tons as an Orleanist to entering the Imperial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

If we believed in the prophetical powers of
Prophet b. Young we should be sad-very sad
indeed. For the aforesaid Brigham, being
visited by correspondent of The Missouri
Democrat, did with great confidence declare
that ga Republican Government was taking
the United States to hell as fast as it could"
Being also asked if he saw Providence in
the emancipation of the Slaves, he answered
promptly and decisively: "NOt id bit of
ait" From the freedom with which he in
dulges in it one would think that Brigham
suffered the prosperity of the Mormons to de-
pend upon the amount of profane and BIAS
phemous language which he can manage to in
troduce into his sermons. We confess that
when we read his colloquial extravagances our
chief comfort is derived from the fact that he
is already seventy years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

The industries of Russia are entirely due to
n protecting tariff. TO those who are disposed
60 laugh at this statement, and to ask what
the manufactures of Russia are, and what they
amount to, we commend the letter on our sec
Ond page descriptive of the st. Petersburg
exhibition of manufactures. The statements
therein contained show that Russia, contrary
to popular belief, has become within the pres
ent century an exporter instead of an importer
of manufactures. And this change has been
almost wholly brought about since 1922, when
a prohbitive system, afterward changed to
protective tariff, was adopted. The letter al
Iuded TO is well worthy the careful study OF po-
Itical economists, to whom we commend Its
perusal. It's examination will also correct
many popular errors entertained in this
country respecting Russia. In truth, coun-
tries like Russia, China, and the Sand
witch Islands are not half as black as they are
nainted. and the latest reports from them
point many useful lessons to us OF boosted
superior civilization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21
Geto'2lotk Daily gribm1te.
THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1870.

The Duke de GramOnt has officially announced in the
French Chamber ga state of with Prussia" -
At the opening of the North German Parliament, King
Williams speech enthusiastically received. - 1t
is difficult 10 obtain trustworthy telegraph news from
France -== There is rumor that France has formed
IA treaty Of alliance with Italy. - new French
Minister has been sent TO Vienna. So The neutral
Powers preparing for general war; == Spain, 1t
Is said formally protests against the action of Napoleon
NJ. Provost Parado the Minister from France,
committed suicide yesterday morning at Washington.
All the miners have left the North Park District,
Wyoming, the Indians being hostile. Army officers re-
port a bitter feeling among the Indians. = The heat
continues excessive throughout the country.
The Germans, in mass meeting In Stenway Hall, have
declared earnestly in favor of Prussia in the impending
war. Collector Murphy and United States District
Attorney Davis have taken possession Of their Offices
g. Committee of Arbitration has decided that the
Board of Education receive paid by the Broadway
Bank of the School Fund on forged order two or
three years ago. Cold 1915, 1922 1215AThermometer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-21

The discussion of the European plans for
the regulation of the Social Evil, lately intro
duced in st. Louis which we give on
the third page from a professional pen,
makes clear the great fact that those
plans, in the places where they have
been most thoroughly tried, have failed
to promote the general health, and have
familiarized the public with the idea that
they legalize the horrible system. Failure to
accomplish an intended good, and the unde-
sired accomplishment of a grave evil, are thus
to be set down as the two chief results in
Europe of the system which the unthinking
who reform backward are attempting to
Introduce in America.