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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22
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ALEXANDRIA MARKET, October 22-We
havo no material change TO note in Wheat !;
good samples are in active request, and prices
are fully maintained medium grades are in
fair enquiry; offerings of 100 bushels white and
1928 of red. Corn is quiet offerings OF 40
bushels mixed, with sales reported at ~, Is and
76. Rye is nominal offerings Of 1876 bushels,
but no sales reported. Oats are unchanged !
offerings of 937 bushels, with sales at 43. Offer
ings of SO bbls Corn in the ear for which So
was refused.
GEORGETOWN MARKET.-The Flour and
Grain market still remains dull, owing to the
non. arrival Of boats which are still detained
on the way. The receipts by river have not
been large during the week, shippers beng de-.
ter ed from sending by the decline IN prices.
Tho Flour shipments this week have bcen
heavy, tho enhanced prices now ruling IN the
northern and eastern markets doubtless stlmu-
lating consi gIments.
Since last Saturday 149 boats have reported,
consigned mostly 10 the coal companies doing
business here; but owing to the lack OF water,
consequent upon tho lsle repairs it is with
much difficulty boats OH this level can be
moved; and until the repairs hsvo settled and
become firm, more water cannot be put in.
The market at Drovers' Rest yesterday was
very good, and nearly everything offered
changed hands ut last weeks quotstion-thus !:
$50 head of Cattle 1T 4aS6 81 por 100 lbs gross !
800 Sheep and Lambs at 2aso per head; Cows
and Calves Boasts each.
The receipts of coal tor the week were III, leu
Courier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22
G.. T.. FRENCH.

FOR RENT-A comfortable two story
E BRICK DWELLING, situated between
Washington and Columbus Streets and on the
south side of Queen street. Apply to CHAS;
L. POWELL, N. E. corner Of Duke and
Washington sts. oct 22-lW
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

Great quantities OF new goods received dur
ing the past few days-all of which are st the
lowest possible prices
CuAS. w. GREEN,
68 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

1t will Do seen that the President recon-
mends the 24:h OF next month as Thanksgiv
log Day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

By this table the age of any young lady from
10 60 can be told Let tho person whose age
is TO be found tell in which columns of figures
the number representing her age is found; then
add the tirst numbers of each Of said columns,
and vou have the age
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

CLOSE VoTlNG.-In three of the Pennsyl-
Vania Congressional districts which elected the
Democratic candidates the other day, the aggre.
gate maorltes SUN up only 4G votes.
This fact will show the importance of every
Conservative and Democratic voter attending
the polls on the day OF election. As favorable
as was the result in the late Northern elections
to the Democratic party, the returns show that
several more representatives OF that party would
have been elected to Congress if the voters,
approximatng the real strength Of the party,
had turned out on the day OF election. In the
present condition of the country, when every
man-except Radical Office. holders lis suffer.
Ing from taxation and the destructive measures
OF tho government at Washington, interest as
we'll as patriotism imposes duty upon all Con.
servaives 10 attend the polls. Who can doubt
that u change of government will better our
condition. 1t cannot make it worse.-Rich.
mond Enquirer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

YELLOW FEVER IN BosToN.-Thc Boston
Traveller admits that yellow fever is IN that
city, having been imported from the West
Indies. Four negroes have died OF it in a
boarding house, and two women whn visited
tho house, have caught the disease.
Nevertheless, the Board OF Health Of Bos
ton, whiie admitting the fact OF the presence
OF the terrible fever, say that it is destitute Of
the malignant characteristics it usually devel-
opes in Southern ATTITUDES. -NortoM Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22
III HOSIERY
AND GLOVES.

Persons desirous Of supplying themselves
with the above goods should do so at once
Great bargains are berg offered.
CHAS. w. GREEN.
IS King street
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State Of South Carolina, !
Executive Dent. !

EXECUTIVE Dept,
Columbi June l9, 1867.
Sir: have made full and satisfactory test of
the Spectacles procured from you and l have
the pleasure 10 say that The glasses are better
adapted to my eyes than any havc ever used.
The facilities with which you fitted tho glass to
my eye furnished me conclusive evidence Of
your thorough experience as An Ocuist.
Your attsinments in your profession entitle
you to tho confidence patronage and gratitude
of the public.
l have the honor to be very respectfully
yours, JAMES l.. ORR
Governor Of South Carolina.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

Stock of MERINO UNDERWEAR is large
in quantity. great in variety and remarkably
low in prices.
The lowest as we'll as the highest grades are
ofered in all sizes-and the heavy sales OF the
past few days demonstrate the TACT that the
stock is attractive both in variety and cheap
ness. CHAS. W. GREEN,
SO King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-22

The WORD NEaRo.--J. NJ Langston
(coored kadIcal) said in his speech, on Tues.
day night last, that he accepted the word ne
gro because he was negro himself. Peters
burg Courier.
Langston is sensible man. NEGRO" is
not used by sco,ltle people as a term Of re-.
proach. 1t simply means black man-from
niger, black.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
STATE ITEMS.

The Panhandle Ne,cs notices the
bringing to Wellsburg of the remains
of man named Clayton, formerly
resident of Brooke county, who lately
committed suicide in Utica, Illinois
The deceased was a bachelor, reported
to be worth 100000.
Fifty thousand pounds of wool were
sold in Wellsburg last week, at an aver
age price of forty-fve cents.
From the Clarksburg Conservative
ATTEMPTED RoBBERY.-At half.past
two o'clock, last Friday morning, two
men attempted to enter A. b. Thorn's
store, at Wilsonburg, by putting lumber
up against the house, and thus gaining
the upper window. In opening the
window they aroused l.. +. Keenan,,
the clerk, who seized pistol and fired
several shots at them, when they made
good their escape.
FmE.-Widow Bartlett, on the farm
of b. F. Reynolds, near Wllsonburg,
met with serious loss while absent
from her home, Tuesday evening. Her
fdwelling caught fire from defective
chimney. On her return she found
everything burned but little meat.
Among the subjects, s,lately discussed
by the Writ County Literary Society
was the following:
Resolved, That there is more pleasure
-, ,,,orrio1 lifn
From the Parkersburg Gazette.I
The river has now fallen sufficiently
to permit work in the removal of the
iron and wool of the upper works of the
poor old Rebecca that vas sunk two
months ago.
Tie work upon the piers of the rail
road bridge il going on now, night and
day. The pier at the western bank has
been of much difficulty, the workmen
having been delayed and bothered by
quicksands. The piers being built thus
far on the western approach are also
snbject 10 the same difficulty, and they
have got TO go down about forty feet to
the solid gravel. The work cannot be
delayed now by high water, and the
superintendents express NO doubt but the
whole work except the superstructure
will be finished during 1870.
From the Mineral County Gazette.l
STORE RoBBED.-We have been in
formed that the store of Mr.. Mansback,
in Piedmont, was entered on Monday
night, and goods to the amount of $500
carried off.
The warm weather for the last two
weeks has caused the wheat to com.
meuce growing. Some fields we have
seen look as forward as it should in
April. If the weather should turn very
cold, we fear it would be seriously dam
AGED
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
The virginia Legislature.

AS already announced the General
Assembly of Virginia reassembles on to-
morrow, for the purpose of electing
State officers and enacting such laws as
may be necessary to render operative
the UNDERWOOD constitution, under
which the State has now passed. All
the State officers are required to be cho-
sen from men not obnoxious to the pro-
visions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Judges Of the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals will be elected for twelve years,
and those of the Circuit Court
for eight. The Auditor and State Treas
urer are also to be elected, and with the
Governor, will constitute the board OF
public works, and consequently will
control entirely the internal improve
ment policy of the State. The school,
county organization and road systems
will be among the most important mat
ters for consideration. Since the "res-
toration" there has been q great thirst
for office in the State. The Virginia
papers say that there are more offices to
be filled by the Legislature than at any
previous time; but there are also more
applicants in proportion to the offices
than were ever before known in the
Commonwealth.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
Literally Of the "Liberais.o -

1t will be remembered that during the
struggle in the House, on Friday, ovel
the registration law, Mr.. DAVIS, of Har
rison, attempted to add some amend
ments to the WELLS substitute. We
have procured copy of those amend
ments, and here annex them:
No person claiming to be qualified
voter shall be refused registration by
the registrar of the township OF ward
in which he resides. Nor shall any per.
son be stricken from the register by the
Board of registration unless it be al.
legged and proved by legal evidence pro.
duced before them, after due notice to
him of the grounds of disqualification,
that he is not . qualified voter.
The thirty-eighth section of chapter
three of the Code of West Virginia shall
be amended and re-enacted to read as
follows: The Board of registration oi
every county shall have jurisdiction to
try and determine the right of any per.
son to vote therein, under the constitu.
tion and laws of this State, whose right
to vote is questioned.
The fortieth section of the same
chapter shall be amended and re-en
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
Il; |';crliaa Reglstsr.
HOnday,-- .----E c"'"S
CORREsP0NDENCE.

n, friends Of the REGISTER throughput ives
,-.,;3i1 and he bordering counties Of ono dI'o
p'snsglrania are particularly re9uestea 70 y,
.%int rs promptly tcith any occurrence q gs'tTg Z,
,s,rrest that may come .o'thln h'1r kno0eJ NAV b.
sa'S J St oirr erpnse; in most cases ne an 'S. =.
ns,rsr Elaborate and ornate essays gre ,'Et T T k
a',d brt brief and accurate Lcttsrs giv.ng az ~
ances and incidents Of Interesting eoe'''S u
''., setting forth the material condl
,.,J, 1nd Development Of the country ne crops
..,s;srs Of land and all other subjects o. Interss
70 ne Agrcl!traL oo%.sg ,I, ,',5.SsS SsS SSp''S '
yo,;ses Of pubic meetings, Of trhdteper ndturS
~ IN o.bSr 6sca yonS Of interest TO the people, iotl
IL is oar aim 70 publish paper @ mSt .saG . rEIee a
d. o,,inions and tcishes Of TEE PEG lie; ana
u ,,,r.r comes from he PeopLe, and . Of udt't'
cnJ interest 10 them, viii receiUe our instant ana
fa,bhiI attention.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

acted to read as follows If q Board of
registration strike from any register of
voters any name which ought to be re-
tanned thereon, or refuse to enter on
such register the name of any person
entitled to be registered thereon, or
enter upon such register the name OF
any person not entitled, every member
of such board who knowingly and will
fully concurs in so doing shall forfeit
not exceeding fifty dollars for every
such offenss.
All laws or parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this act arc here
by repealed.
1t will be further remembered that
when Mr.. DAVIS tried to introduce
these amendments, the Speaker ruling
that amendments were in order, the
"bitter -enders" and liberals, excepting
Messrs. BOWER, BALLARD, WEIGH and
WILKINSON, combined to override the
decision of the chair, a proceeding
which has since been admitted by the
leaders in it to have been utterly
subversive of the rules and usages OF
the House.
For what the "bittcr enders" did, few
care to speak 1t was perfectly consist
ent for them to be utterly lawless and
malicious in their votes aud acts. Bat
that a set of men, elected by Democrat
ic votes, aud responsible to Democratic
constituencies, on solemn pledges to
carry out such reforms as those proposed
BY Mr.. DAVIS, should conspire and vote
to shut the mouths of the advocates of
the very measures to which they had
promised their support, was certainly
not looked for by anybody with COM
mon faith ia the integrity of legislators.
Complaint is not made that the liberals,
although pledged to the results the
amendments of Mr.. DAVIS would have
reached, did not vote for them. The
most unwarranted feature in the case is
that they utterly refused to entertain
them. They deliberately violated the
law of the House to prevent them from
receiving any consideration. The state
men of the facts is the strongest argu-
meut of the case.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
CHICAGO.
Smuggling Through the Mails.

CHICAGO, February 5.-The system ol
smuggling through the mails, which has
been carried on for some time, was
brought to light in the Chicago post
office two weeks since, and since that
time quite q number of books and arti-
cles manufactured in Europe have been
seized by the Custom House Officers. 1t
is impossible to estimate the value OF
the articles smuggled, but must be con-
siderable, as within the last ten days
over $1,000 worth of smuggled goods
have been seized. They consist of books,
laces, furs, &c. They arriv-
ed done up in ordinary news.
paper wrappers with the inecessary
postage stamps. Had they not been so
frequently addressed to one address
suspicion would probably not have been
excited. Several packages were ad-
dressed to Fl. Brotherton, Freeport,
Illinois. They were seized and found
to contain ernine furs, lace collars and
other laces. Fl. Brotherton was dis.
covered to be Mrs. Brotherton, milliner.
She acknowledged having smugglsd five
hundred dollars worth of goods. A
member of the Chicago Board of Edu-
cation was also detected in smuggling
books. Twelve dozen hymn books, ad.
dressed to Brigham Young, Salt Lake,
have also been seized.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
"THE OHlO.n

We find floating about in the stream Of news
papers q waif which is said-to be from the pen
ofAIr. Prentice. 1t is called The Ohio" and
reads like q fragment rather than finished
poem. We give it as We have found it
A night of be,uty! The broad stream
without murmlr wanders by,
And on its pure, transparent wave
The sleeping stars so gently lie,
'Twould seem as if the night winds plume
Had swept through climes of tropic bloom,
And scattered all their blossoms fair
Upon the waves to glitter there.
And 10 as part the clouds away,
The moon comes stealing through the air.
60 beautiful that wood, and stream,
And earth, and sky, seemed stirred with
prayer;
And the pure spirit, as it knOels
At Natures holy altar, feels
Rel gion's self come floating by
In every ray that cleaves the sky.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
An old fead existing between Sinclair

An old feHd existing between Sinclair
and Jackson Hurst on one side, and
Joseph Fry, Claib Jones and others on
the opposite, eliminated on Tuesday
last at Rushville, Mo-, in the death of
the two former. An alteration oc-
CURED at store; the Hursts walked
out and were assailed with stones, one
of which struck jackson Hurst on the
head, knocking him insensible. Joseph
Fry then struck Sinclair Hurst with a
piece of scaptling, crushing his skull,
and also dealt jackson Hurst o similar
blow while lying insensible, terribly
fracturipg his skull. The testimony at
the inquest showed that the Hursts
were drunk, had been very quarrelsome
and had really been the assailing party.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

Asugar planter in Jamaica announces
an improvement in the method of sep
arating sugar from molasses. The con-
centrated syrup is to be introduced into
a vessel having bottom of fine wire
gauze, and provided above with au air
tight cover. A vacuum is produced in
the chamber below the pan, and the air
above expanding, forces the molasses
down through the sieve, leaving the
crystals of sugar behind.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

Mr.. SALISBURY recently presented a
memorial in the Senate of the United
States, in which the following opinions
of eminent statesmen Of all parties,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN included, are given
on the question of negro equality:
JOHN ADAMS said:
have never read reasoning more
absurd, sophistry moro gross than the
subtle labors of He)vetius and Rosseau
to demonstrate the natural equality Of
mankind.
THOMAS JEFFERSON said:
Nothing is more certainly written in
the book of fate than that these people
(the negroes) are to be free, nor is it less
cannot live under the same Government.
DANIEL WEBSTER said:
If any gentleman from the South
shall propose scheme, to be carried on
by this Government upon large scale
for the transportation of the colored
people to any colony or any place in the
world, | should be quite disposed to in
cur almost any degree of expense to &C
com plish that object.
HENRY CLAY said:
OF the utility of total separation OF
the two incongruous races of our popu-
lation, supposing it to be practical, none
have ever doubted; the mode of accom-
plishing that desirable object has alone
divided public opinion.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS said:
l believe this government was made
by white men for the benefit of white
men and their posterity forever; and /
am in favor of confining citizenship to
white men of European birth and de-
scent instead of comforting it upon ne
groes, Indians. and other inferior races.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN said:
am not, and never have been in
favor of making voters or jurors of
negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold
office, nor to intermarry with whites;
and l will say further, in addition to
this, that there is n physical difference
between the white and black races,
which believe will forever forbid the
two races living on terms of social and
political equality.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

IT now looks as if upon Mrs. CoRBIN's
head was to be laid the sins of the Pres
idential gold "Ring," and she Nas to be
driven into the wilderness. This is
neither manly, nor fair. Bearded,
mailed men, should not hide beneath
hoop skirts.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

Are you troubled with cold feet or
handsi Ifso your blood wants starting
into healthy and vigorous action, the
organs of life want stimulating. Rossn-
helms Stomach Bitters the Great West
ern Remedy are the things to do it.
They are sold everywhere by grocers,
druggists, and saloon keepers.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

REVOLUTIONARY movements are
spreading and gaining strength in Mex
leo. Several competent military men
are organizing the rebel forces, and they
will soon present truly formidable
front to the national authorities.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
R. N. POOL, General Agent,
CLARKSBURG, W. VA.
JIM. NIcWHORTER, Agent,
WHEELING, w. VA.
Agents wanted everywhere in the State.


REVERENCE By PERMISSION.
Hon. VIM. 4. Stevenson, Governor West Va.
R. L. Berkshire, (Judges Supreme Court
James II. Brown of Appeals West Va.
j. j. Jackson, Jr., Judge of U. S. District
Court w Va.
d. d. L. Farnsworth, President of Senate
West Va.
A. Werninger, Member Senate.
Jacob Hornbrook, Prest. West Va. Ins. Cs
Jacob NJ. Bickel, Vice Prest.
Caleb Boggess Attorney, Clarksburg, W. Va.
B. White Sheriff ] Mercer county, Tityp'
II. g. Davis Senate, Mineral county,
j. N. Camden. President of First National Bank,
ParkeIsburg.
And the following members of the House OF
Delegates of West Virginia:
Hon. u. II. Smith, Kanawha county.
G.. G. Bur less, Wayne
James Guthrie, Wetzel
T. Nathan Golf Harrison
Joseph Teter, Barbour
r. NJ Hill, Marion
" James Hervey, Brooke
Martin Judy, Grant
" r. Davidson, Taylor
Henry BrannOn, Lewis
" Floyd Neely, Doddrdge
j. 4. Bowyer, Putnam
j. S. wilkinson, Lincoln
jans9
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

In New York city fever prevails
which is not often fatal, and not conta,
geous. The symptoms of it when they
appear in country districts. commonly
Indicate intermittent fever or "chills,'
but the name of "relapsing fever" seems
to be adopted in New York. This de-
scription of it is ascEibsd to 20 promi.
nent physici ="
Nearly all the cases have seen have
been in families of persons in good cir
cumstanees, two only being in tenement
houses. As to the mortality, three OF
all the cases died. The attack com
mences with pain in the head, some
times violent, others slight; the fever is
followed by a profuse sweat in most
cases, and continues tor several days.
Chilliness nearly all the time is
complained of, yet the body at inter
walls will be hot and covered with per-
spiration more or less profuse; in most
instances there is cough and pains in
the chess or sides, dullness of the eyes,
and in two have seen partial blind
ness, l. e., late in the disease. In all the
cases l have seen, the digestive organs,
and particularly the liver, have been
very much diseased, the secretiODs ex-
tremely vitiated, and cannot he restored
to healthy action without difficulty and
great perseverance. l do not think the
fever will be attended with a high per
centage of mortality, except it assumes
more malignant form; time alone will
tell this. As to the cause of its appear
ance in this city no man can tell any
more than he could give the reason of
the cholera. which after prevailing for
centuries in Asia, suddenly spread all
over the world. / d. not think this
disease contagious.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

SEVEN members of the Ecumsnical
Council have died since the gathering
of that body in Rome. Titles and lawn
sleeves cannot stop the arrows of the
grim Archer-Death.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
Profit on Poult-

E. s. Matter wrote from Batavia, n.
Y, that last year he kept sixteen hens
and one rooster, from which he realiz-
cd profit, from April to January, of
S30.52,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07

George Washington Rogers sued
Luther G. Riggs, of the Meridian
fConn.) Record, for So, 900 damages for
slander. The court awarded $40.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-07
ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

THIS NEW AND COMMODI0US HOUSE,
i located corner Of Broadway and cd street,
possssses advantages ever AL other houses fof
the accommodation Of its gnests- IL twas built
expressly for 4 hrst-elass Family Boarding
heated by stezm-vith hot and cold water and
furnished second 70 none; while the culIuarV
Department II in the mOst experisneed hands
afording guests an uDequAled table.
One Of AtSood's Patent Elevators ia also
among the modern improvements" and At The
service of gnests at all hours.
The Broadway and UniTerzlty Place Cars pans
The door every four minutSa running from the
City Hall 70 Central Park, while the Sixth and
Seventh Avenus Lines are bat short block On
either side, Afording ample facilities for com.
munieattng with al the DeHota, Steamboat
Landings, places Of Amusement and Buniness
= noRK 4 RoLLEY, :,
asEJI1D ProDRist1rs.