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WESTERN UNION RAILROAD
NOW OPEN TO
Rock rs and!
Summer Arrangement!.-

THE short and direct route from Racine MAJ
L raukee, aad all points in Wisconsin, TO
Rock Island snd Davenport, and all points in
Southern Iowa and Kansas.
On and after Sunday, May sth, 1870, trains on
the Western Union Railroad will leave and ~
rive at Rock Island, as follows:
Trains leave Rock Island at $40 Q. H..
500 p. IN.
Arrive at Rsck Island, 5:5e p. m, and Il:5p
q N.
Making slose connection with passen ger trains
at the following points:
AT RACINE JUNCTION, from and te Mil.
waCkee and Chicago.
AT CLINTON, from and to all points in
Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota
AT FREEP0RT, from and to Gaisna, d.
buque, and al points North and West.
AT SAVANNA, with steamer "Henderson
from aud to Dubaqae, and with st. Paul Packets.
AT FULTON with trains from and to Cedar
Rapids. Marshall. Boone and Omaha.
At ROCK ISLAND, with trains from and to
Muscstine, Washington, Iowa City, Grinnel
Des Moines, Omaha, and the Union Pacific
Railroad !; and With ste amers from and TO all
points on the Mississippi river between Roch
Island and St. Louis. Rates of freight and frr
always SIS low by this IS by other lines.
D. A. OLIN, Gent sup't.
E. F. BARSns, Asst Sup't.
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ovator.
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MILITARY men have discovered @ new
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hnur
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USE THE BEST REMEDY!
Every Day Brings Strong Proof Of the Great
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Lun&8a19ann
'Lun&8a19an0

DIR. P. MEREDITH. Dentist, ONCE No. 49, "
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CINCINNATI, October ? 1oes'
Messrs. j. n. HARRIS d or "a
About oEe year ago took q cef< Wn'oh So $50.
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CAUTION,

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DISCOVERY OF New CoMEr.-Prof
Winneoke, at Csrlsruhs, in Baden, discover.
ed a new comet on the 25th of Novemb Der
last. Its position is stated as follows
Nov. %, 8 h. 80 m, A. R. 100 deg, 26 min.
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The right ascension increases deg. daily,
the declination romans the same. The
comet is very clear, of q round disk, and it
has diameter of IL minutes
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-18
The National Prison Reform Con

CINCINNATI, October l5-The inter
est in the Prison Reform Congress con
tinues unabated. A large amount o
important business has been transacted
to-day, and several very instructive pa
pers were read.
Governor Baker introduced. resolu
ton, which was adopted, for the ap-
pointment Of a committee to inquire in
to the expediency of forming Ma
tional Prison and Reformatory Associ.
alton, and Mr.. Brockway, another, de,
claring that the time had come for call
ing an International Prison Congress
and referring this question to the same
Committee.
Later in the day the committee re-
ported in favor of the project of the
proposed National Association and re-
commended committee of ten to take
steps to that end. They also reported
plan for conducting the preparations
for the proposed International Congress
and invited DR.. Wines to act as the
commissioner and organ Of the present
Congress in this work. The Business
committee reported series of propo-
sitions on the subject prison discipline
and reform in 35 sections, and the Con-
gress went through about one-half Of
them adopting them with few amend
ments.
On motion of DR.. Wines it was re-
solved that the Congress close its ses-
sions and adjourn sine die tomorrow
evening.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-18
Railway Train Thrown OFF the
Track.

CHICAGO, October l7.-At about four
o'clock this morning as the Pacific Ex-
press train, which left New York on
Saturday night over the PENNSYLVANIA
Central and Pittsburgh and Chicago
railroads, reached crossing about ten
miles east of Valparaiso, Indiana, it
was suddenly thrown from the track by
the displacement OF rail and the loco
motive and a second class passenger
car were precipitated down an embank-
ment some fifteen feet. The engineer,
Samuel Schlagle, and fireman, l.. Han
cock, were buried under the engine. 1t
took an hour or more to dig them out
Schlagle died in a few minutes after be-
ing rescued and Hancock was SO badly
injured that he could survive but few
hours at most. The passengers in the
second-class car were all more or less
hurt, but none seriously. No one was
injured in the frst-class and sleeping
coaches 1t is pretty certain that the
accident was caused by the removal Oft
rail from the track by man living near
in revenge for the loss of COW which
had been killed by a train, and for
which the railroad company declined
to pay for.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-18
Ex-Secretary WeIles Let's Some Out
Concerning Fort rtSumter-Nr. Lin
coin and Mr.. Seward.

Elk Secretary Welles contributes to
the GALAXY magazine for November a
statement Of facts in relation to the ex-
petition ordered by the administration
of President Lincoln in 1861, for the
relief of the garrison in Fort Sumter,
the naval portion Of which was under
Mr.. Welles' direction as Secretary of
the Navy. 1t curiously illustrates the
strange ideas of public administration
which possessed Mr. Lincoln at the
commencement of his Presidential ca
reer. While dining at Willards on the
lst of April, 1861, Mr. Welles tells us,
he received package of papers from
the President. One of these documents
was confidential order directing him
to transfer Captain Stringham from the
Bureau of Detail to the command of
that portion of the home squadron at
Pensacola, and to intrust to Captain
Samuel Barron the duty OF reorganizing
the Bureau of Detail. This order was
about equally divided between the body
of the letter and postscript; the for
mer was in the handwriting of Captain
Montgomery C. Meigs of the Army,
the postscript in that Of Lieutenant D..
d. Porter of the Navy" 1t appeared
on inquiry that the President had
signed this order, and others connected
with it, at the request of Mr.. Seward,
without having read them. He was as
much astonished as Secretary Welles
at its contents, and Immediately revoked
it, after an explanation and argument
from Mr.. Welles, who stated that Bar,
ron feelings, sympathies, and associa,
ton were notoriously with the secession.
lists; that "he was prominent in clique
of naval exclusives, most Of whom were
tainted with secession" and most oi
whom. it may be added a few week:
after deserted the service, Barron being
formost among them.
The purpose OF the action into which
Mr.. Lincoln had been over-persuadeC
was not at first apparent 1t subse
auently became clear, the ex-Secretar!
tells us, when he discovered that Mr.
Seward had been secretly planning t
| send to Fort Pickens, under command
of Lieutenant Porter, the Powhatan
which Mr.. Welles had selected as tn
flagship of the fleet going to the relic
of Sumter This plan was conceale'
from Mr.. Welles, and its purpose wa
to defeat the Sumter expedition
"by secretly Withdrawing the FLAG
ship, without which success wa
impracticable if there were II
sistance 70 sending in supplies. MI
Welles hints further that the object {
Mr.. Seward was to save himself wit
the rebels to whom he was committe
against the relieving of Fort Sumtel
The whole narrative in the GALAXY is
curious one, and it will no doubt ca
forth reply. Thurlow Weed original
stirred up Mr.. Welles in that magazin
and he is disposed in return to give th
public some facts which Mr.. Sewar
and his friends would prefer to hay
forgotten.-Army and Nary Journal
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BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, October 1.-THE report
that General Boyer has left Metz for
Versailles to negotiate for the surren-
der of that fortress, is considered au-
thentic here. The rumor that negotia-
tons are pending for peace on the basis
of the cession Of Alsace and LuXem-
burg to Prussia, is well founded and II
is stated that another interview between
Bismarck and Favre to that end VIII
soon be held
BRUSSELS, October 1.-THE Jo'GHaa
this morning publishes an appeal IN
favor of the Pope, issued by Catholics
of various nations now assembled here.
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TOURS.
Nothing Official from the
Armies.
SOrtie on New Briesach.

Tours, October l9.-All departments
within one hundred kilometres of the
enemy, have been declared in a state Of
siege and will be required to organize
a military committee of defense.
Esduires has resined his office at
Marbles, because Ganbitta disap-
proved of his suspension Of Gazella
Duminda.
Nothing official has been received
from the armies confronting each other
near Ferta. A battle is eminent.
4 dispatch from New Breasch, an
nounces that the garrison made sue
cessful sortie yesterday morning, thick
fog prevailed and the Prussians were
surprised. Many were killed and
wounded.
TorRs, October 1.-THE authorities
AT Brest have seized all the arms not
contracted foT in the steamer Villa de
Paris. The price will be fixed by the
War Department and the arms then be
Maid for. Arms reaching France not
according to contract will be seized.
Bourbaki was recently rendered the
command of all the armies OF France,
executing those at Paris and at Metz,
which he declined; but has accepted
the command of the army OF the north
and goes 10 Lille to-day or organize
his forces. Bourbaki assures the gov
ernment that the General commanding
the army of Loire is entirely capable.
There are most contradictory reports
concerning the Prussian and French
armies near Orleans. Both sides are re-
ceiving reinforcements.
The municipal authorities OF Obiis.
whom the Prussians threatened to eX-
ecute, have been liberated.
Advices from Metz state that the
epidemics in and around that city
is growing worse.
Another emente at Lyons was
promptly suppressed.
The Hamburg and American steamer
Thuringia, while proceeding from Me-
mock to Hamburg was pursued by
several vessels of the French fleet. In
escaping she ran down a collier, which
Immediately sunk. No lives lost.
The Tablet, a Catholic organ, to-day;
prints the protests of the Pope and
Cardenal Antonelli against the ltaIian
Encrocchments on Roman territory.
BErrEMBURG, via LUXEMBURG, Octo'
Der l5.-Heavy cannonading has been
heard to-day in the direction of Thior
vile and Metz. 80
Within the last few days lhlonNlii' Il
has been reinforced and supplied viii
fresh provisions. ,,u,
ST. QUENTIN, October IA balloon
from Paris has just landed at Billy nea
Marline, bring many letters and ofhc'a
DISPATCHES.
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THE WAR +!
LONDON.
Prisoners Captured at Scissors
French Fleet Assembling
Arrival Of Another Balloon.
Opening of the BOmbard-
ment.

LONDON, October 1.-THE Duke OF
Mechlenburg Schwerin reports, 10y the
capitulation of scissors, 1000 French
prisoners. The Prussian army was to
enter the city on Sunday.
LONDON, October 1.-THE French
fleet is again assembling at Dunkirk,
this fact coupled with the unexpected
arrival of squadron in the North Sea,
causes the Germans TO again remove
the lights and restore torpedoes and
other obstacles in the Elbe. The
squadron in the North Sea is accom-
panied by fiat bottomed boats. The
Germans apprehend mischief.
MAxERBoURG, October 10, via Lon
DON, IA balloon which left Paris at
seven o'clock this morning with four
passengers and two sacks of mails,
alighted here at one clock this after
noon. GODDARD Aeronaut reports
Paris as still courageous. A battle oc-
curred on Saturday the 18th, outside in
which 5000 Prussians were killed.
LONDON, October IA powder maya
zine exploded near Alexandria recently,
killing and wounding fifty people.
LONDON, October 1.-THE PruSslans
evacuated Beaugency and blew up the
viaduct there before marching out.
The Prussians are still at Meung but
in small force. Three opening shots of
the Prussian bombardment of Paris
were fired from Bellevue on Friday, llth
inst
LONDON, October lT.-On the tenth a
bomb fired from Fort Nalerien fell in
the bedroom OF Napoleon First, at St
Cloud, destroying the famous mirrors.
A French flag captured at Metz has
been forwarded TO King William before
Paris, by Prince Frederick Charles.
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CUBA.
Liberation or Slaves-Great Storm
I'm the West Indies-Sevsral Vessels
Wrecked.

Wrecked.
HAVANA, October l6.-Captain Gen
eral de Rodas has issued an order lib
Grating two thousand apprenticed ne
groes, captured from slavers in the
years 1855, Sc and 81.
The French mail steamer Darien,
has been lost fifteen miles to windward
of Guontanama. All hands were
saved.
Friday night there was a severe hur
ricane in the bay. But slight damage
was done, however, to vessels and to
property. In the city trees were pros
trated, but no houses. In the country
the growing corn aud other crops were
damaged.
A hurricane also occurred at Matan-
zas, with most disastrous effect. Com
munication between that place and Ha-
vana was interrupted till to-day. An
extraordinary rise of the two rivers in
undated the intervening ground where
the railway depots were located. The
depOts, trains, passengers and houses
all disappeared. Two thousand per
sons are said to have been lost. The
damage to property was enormous.
The steamship Missouri sailed from
this port for New York, but when two
miles off Moro Castle she encountered
heavy seas and was compelled to re-
turn.
A steamer OF the British line hence
for st. Thomas was obliged to put into
Matanzas on account of the heavy
weather.
Another dispatch from Havana dated
the 10th, says: The effects Of the hur-
ricane upon the Island are much worse
than was at first supposed The disas-
ters at Matanzas are confirmed. No
particulars have been received; the heavy
weather renders communication by sea
between Havana and Matanzas impos-
sible.
Cardenas also suffered much from the
hurricane on Friday. The lower part
of the city was laid waste. The inte-
rior of the island back of Cardenas and
Metanzas is deserted. The cane being
somewhat backward this season, sus-
tains less damage than the other crops.
The hurricane was the severest which
has visited this island within century.
The following is the list Of the total
wreck at Matanzas: Brig Baxter, of
New York; bark Hunt, of Portland
brig Charles, of Portland; schooner
Edwin, of Bridgeport The following
vessels were damaged: Schooner Pal
ermo, of Bath, and the bark Mary.
There was great loss to cooperage and
stock in the warehouses on low ground
at Matanzas, which were all destroyed.
The influx Of sea caused great rise in
the rivers. When the sea receded,
everything was swept away by the re-
turning flood.
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Parkersburg Mineral Wells,
WOOD COUNTY, W. VA.

yJ,HIs PLACE Is NOW OPEN FOR THE
reception Of guests. For the cure OF
dyspepsia, dropsy, and kindred diseases OF
the stomach and bowels, these waters are
thought to be superior TO any known In
the Cnited States. Good accommodations
can be had for limited number Of guests
at any time. Analysis Of the water sent on
application, and water shipped to all points.
The wells are situated six miles from Par
kersburg. on a good turnpike road, In a
very pleasant location
Address W. r. PARSHALL-
Mineral Wells, Wood County, W. Va.
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PRUSSIA.
Capitulation Of soissons

BERLIN. October l7.-Soissons capitu-
lated on Sunday morning. and at three
o'clock in the afternoon the Grand Duke
of Mechlenburg entered at the head OF
his army. The German losses through
out the siege were trifing. Four thou
sand prisoners and 1872 guns were taken.
Marshal Bazaine has made offers OF
capitulation. 40 =, ..e.
Heavy reinforcemepts reach the army
before Paris daily.
The Daily Cologne Gazette reports the
Rinderpest not only prevails in camps,
but is raging in forty or fifty places IN
the Rhine Valley, and has also broken
ont in Brandenburg,