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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
POOR SOUTH CAROLINA.

Poor South Carolina! how bitterly
her fiery impetuosity of 1861 has been
atoned. Harrassed and harried during
the war, her citizens slain and her fair
es, towns given to the flames, che has
since been doomed to sufferlngs from
which others have escaped. Robbed
and outraged by villainous horde OF
thisves OF both colors and from all Sec
tons of the country, the property lett
nv the war consumed in taxes to enrich
the p,underers who managed the State
government, she has again fallen under
the heavy displeasure OF our inscrutable
President, and six counties are gwen
over to martial law and military Vlo-
i..nA .---
habeas corpus "when in cases OF rebel
lion or invasion the public safety may
demand it. But does any person be-
lieve there is q rebellion" or an Gin
vasion" in South Carolina such as is
contemplated by the Constitution in the
clause from which we have quoted
Does public safety require the sus-
pension of civil law and the establish
ment of military courts in so profound
time of peace as has prevailed in the
United States during the past six years?
South Carolina has been, ever since the
war, under the complete domination OF
the Radical party. She has had a
negro Legislature, a negro Judge
Of the Supreme Court, a negro Lieu
tenant Governor, and carpct-bag-
ger from the Western Reserve Of
Ohio has been her Chief Executive If
that State government has not been
republican in form" according to the
modern congressional Interpretation of
the phrase, we would like to know where
q pure specimen is to be found South
Carolina has further commended her
self to Radical favor, in her desire to
completely fill the bill as a truly 10y
al" State, by electing cadetship bro
ker, a convicted bigamist and two
negroes to represent her in the Federal
Congress. Having done all this, and
having been reduced to perjury by rob.
berries in the name Of law, the Emperor
now sends his soldiers to complete the
work Of devastation his partisans begun.
The story ia a sad and sickening one.
unofending citizens are being dragged
from their homes and thrust into Jail
without even pretense Of law, and
women and children are being sliced
at night ty the soldiery and hurried off
to Jail upon mere rumor OF accusation.
Men are abandoning their property,
leaving their uugathered crops and
flying for safety to distant States. All
this, in a time Of profound national
peace, there being no "insurrection" in
any OF the States, no invasion" by any
foreign foe, and no other danger men,
acing the public safety" than that which
springs from the assumption of despotic
power by the President who has Or
dered the commission of these crimes.
The condition of South Carolina to-day
ia full Of warning to her sister States.
None are secure and none can know
upon what pretext or at what hour the
Federal power may usurp the functions
of their State government or give them
over to the despotism Of martial law.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
Hamp,h,re County-OmciaI.

For Convention from the Senatorial
District, j. D. Armstrong, D., $40 ).
T. Pierce, D., $40; Boggs, R., 26; Dutfey'
iR.,19 Convention, County, A; Monroe,
D., $780, D. Pugh, D., IS. House OF
Delegates, J. Monroe, D., 65S; Asa
Hiett. D., 243. Senate, r. B. Sher'
rard, D., S26; D. H. Strother. r., II;
Geo. A. Blakemore. D., $50; A. P
White, r., "a. Free Schools, DR.. L.
Clayton. D., 622; Rev. o. P. Wirgman
R., 234.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02

The Washington, Pa, Revie~ and hr-
amiusr brings out gallant looking
rooster and rejoices with us in the splen-
did and complete victory won by the
Democrats of West Virginia on the
o6tb of October. -...,.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
SPECIAL NOTICES
On Marriage.

Happy Relief for Young Men from the
effects OF Errors and Abuses in early life.
Manhood restored. Nervous debility cured.
Impediments to marriage removed. New
method of treatment. New and remarka-
BILE remedies. Books and Circulars sent
free. in sealed enxelonsS. Address HOVE
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
Monroe County.

The Monroe Register Of last Satur'
day has returns from only one town
ship in the county, showing an average
Democratic majority OF l34.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
The Celebrated
Murray
Lanman'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 Drug
qists and PeHumers.
seplSd&w
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
NEW ApvERrIsEMENrs
MILITARY.

ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE sIGNI-
"A fed their intention Of Joining, or who
wish to Join the military company now
being formed, are requested 10 meet at
Grand Army Hall, TOMORROW friday
EVENING, at o'clock, for the purpose OF
organizing. no2
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02
''EYE oPENERs.''

CHERRY CAMP, Harrison Co., WV.
NEEssRS. OXTOBY DUFFIELD,
M Wheeling: The Cataract Glasses as sent
suit my eyes exactly, and, as have not be
you they are highly priced. WHAT a COM
fort these long evenings to be able to read.
No money would buy the spectacles"
These celebrated Spectacles, Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, &c, can be had at l04 Mar
ket street, below Mcclure House.
no2 OXTOBY d DUFFIELD.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-02

Dealers in Furniture, Oil Cloths, Window
Shades, Looking Glasses, Mattresses, &C., al
SO and 50 Market street. nov2
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05

never heard any sound at such times which
they could not trace to ordinary terrestrial
sources.
Although, of course, difficult to ascertain
with certainty, it would seem that these
aurore, the boreali5 and australis, occur
simultaneously at their respective poles,
and this would point to an electric action
common to both. 1t has been surmised
that on such occasions q discharge of cleo
tricity is taking place from the poles to the
equator, and the apparent motion of the
auroral arc in that direction seems 10 con-
firm this view. There are, however, rea-
sons for thinking that, on the contrary,
the discharge is from the equator to the
poles, and that the direction of the motion
is only apparent. However this may be,
we NAV presume that in one or other of
these places an amount of electricity ac-
cumulates from time to time, and that it is
periodically discharged into the other
through the medium of the upper atmos-
phere; or that the atmosphere and the
earth form together a galyanic circle,
which is put into action at certain inter
vals. But it is remarkable that though
the earth currents would be expected to
runnorth and south, they are frequently
observed to move in direction from east
to west. Like many ether phenomena,
however, this has yet to be fully investi-
gated by observation and experiment.
The meteorciogy of the earth will, per
haps, be found to be more under the in
fuence of this electric action than is at
present supposed. 1t no doubt performs
some important function, and is destined
to be as perpetual as the revolution of the
globe itself Discoveries respecting it will
in all probability, assist to confirm the
theory that heat, motion, and electricity
are essentially one, and that they are the
origin of many of the phenomena of the
earth and of the organic life on its sur
face.-Hdrper's Weekly.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05
All Fools Day.

TIE custom of playing off tricks upon
the unwary, has long distinguished the
First of April, that being the particular
day when the practice is allowed by estab-
hshed usage. But il is a foolish custom,
tending to no good and we wish it were
"more honored in the breach than in the
observance" Our special dislike to the
habit dates from q circumstance which
occurred in our personal experience.
We had made our first venture in the
great city, leaving a good home, kind
parents, brothers and friends, to go to the
metropolis, where so many of the young
gravitate, in the hope of bettering their
fortunes. Having selected our vocation
and secured a permanent place, we went
resolutely to work, attending strictly to
the duties assigned US, and only OCCASION
ally stopping to listen to the bustle and
hum of the human tide daily surging
along the streets.
One day-it happened to be the first of
April, but we never thought OF that-a
fellow workman, a boy like ourself, came
to us, and with an air of sincerity, said 3:
There's letter for you in the post office,
from your mother" Now we did not
think Of the absurdity of the last part of
this piece of information, as to how he
should know the letter in question was
from our mother; but our heart gave a
great Jump, and we could have Rugged our
informant then and there, we were so
filled with happiness at the news. For
many a weary day and night We had
thought (how tearfullyD of that dear
mother, and yearned to see her face again,
often with a dull pain in the breast that
We can easily recall. How natural that
she should remember her dear absent boy,
all alone in the great crowded city, and
write him a tender and affectionate letter,
full of news of home and the beloved
ones therel A rush for coat and hat, and
we were flying up the street to the post
office. Giving the name, smiling clerk
handed US the precious epistle, and run
ming to the window of the entrance where
we could devour its contents unobserved,
we read these two land only words
"April FOOL"
Never, before or since, have We expert
enced such bitter, bitter disappointment
as at that moment; and if the boy who
had deceived us so cruelty, and who disap-
peared suddenly round the corner as we
emerged from the Office, derived any
pleasure from the trick, he is quite well
come to it, as we forgave him long ago /;
but we would not wish him to repeat
the dose"
For this reason, if for no other, we are
opposed to the senseless custom of playing
tricks upon our fellows on the first of
April, or any other day in the year
The Young Pilot.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05

Literature" Two or three instances OF
the willfulness of types have just occurred
to US. In Mr.. Arthur Helps charming
essay called "Brevia," the author, after
discursively showing how critics delight
in fixing upon typographical errors, and
OF assigning to the author what is fire.
quently the fault of the compositor, sug-
gests that some of them are set up in pure
satire by tLat fUnctiOnary. Thus Mr.
Helps wrote: The ant is most satirical
creature, as may be seen by the quantity
OF J0rnlic acid that it secretes, which is
only latent criticism" The printer, adds
Mr. Helps, in note, put the word forensic
instead of f0rDlic, and this, he did, by a
subtle expression of wit to vary monot-
onOus occupation" Thus one author, no.
ticing anOther's book, said, the "writer is
a Uide-minded man ," but the printer
turned the compliment to an insult by
printing "Tuds-minded." A book notice
astonished suh-editor, since it began with
This indefensible animal y; it was a
laJf2atory review of a post-office directory,
and the words should have been, "This
indispensable annual" During the South
ern war, telegram was sent from this
country to England, where it appeared to
this effect "Three dogs fighting with
great courage in Tennessee ~; the sentence
should have been, Three days fighting,
with great carnage" A clerical writer,
lately, referring to Paul and Apollos,
shocked his seriously minded readers by
the conjunction of Paul and Apollo. In
an English newspaper reprint of Dr.
Holmes admirable lecture on Mechanism
in Thought and Morals" the author is
made to enunciate a profound but melan-
choly truth: "We have prejudiciGl intel
lects as nearly achromatic as the organ of
vision" when the fact is that the author
wrote judicial intellects" A few years
ago, the Atlantic Monthly published poem
containing the lines:
Well well, think not on those two
But the old wound breaks out anew"
The New York Leader, in reprinting the
poem, made the verses read as follows:
swell, well, think not on those two
But The old iCOHlda breaks out anewl'
Imagine the poets surprise and disgust.
To return TO our former assertion, typo
graphical errors are not to be avoided and
the more an author knows about the types,
the less they will have it in their power to
ast9pish him by anything they may take
it into their heads to say in his name
EUerV Saturday.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05
How to Keep a Situation.

LAY it down as foundation rule, that
Won will be faithful in that which is
least" Pick up the loose nails, bits Of
twine, clean wrapping paper, and put
them in their places. Be ready to throw
in an odd half hour or hours time, when
it viii be an accommodation, and don't
seem to make merit of it. Do it heartily.
Though not word be said, be sure your
employer will make a note Of it: Make
vonrseIf indispensable to him, and he will
lose many of the opposite kind before he
will part with you.
Those young men who watch the time
to see the very second their working nour
is up-who leave, no matter what stale
the work may be in, at precisely the m
stant-who calculate the extra amount
they can slight their work, and an tEc;t yet mot not
get reprovedSwh0 are lavish Of ,bd ahf r.t en- n
rpecsive notice that times are dull, and
their services are no longer required
Working Man.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05
Poetry.
e" WORDS AND THEIR USES"
BY A MYsTIFIED QUAKER.

BY MYsTIFIED QUAKER.
NEW YORK, 4th Month, 10th, II.
RESPECTED WIFE: From these lines my where
abouts theell learn
Moreover, impart to thee my serious concern:
The language of this people is a riddle unto me,
And words, with them, are igments of a reckles:
mockery!
For instance; left the cars, an imp with smutty
Said sinner " Nay, I'll not shine, said, "a ex
cept with inward gracer'
Is inward grace liquid or pastef" asked
this young Turk;
"Hi Daddyi What Is inward grace9' How does
the old thing work.
Friend saidI to Jehu, whose breath suggested
. Can thee convey me straightway to reputable
inn?"
His answers gross irrelevance shall not soon
Instead q simply yea or nay, he gruny said " YoE
NAY, nay, shall not bet," said I, "for that
would be a sin
Why don't thee answer plainly: Can thee take me
Thy vehicle is doubtless meant to carry folk about
Then why preyaricate!" Said he. perversely,
Nay, verify, shouted mott" quofh 1, my speech
is mild
bat thine-I grieve to say it-with falselood is
defed.
Thee ought TO be admonished to rid thy heart of
guile q
'see herel my live moke, : said he, you cling on
too much stylein
I've had these plain drab garments twenty years
And when thee says sling on style,' thee tells
willful lie,''
Al that he pranced around as if q bee were in his
bonnet"
And, with hostile demonstrations, inquired if was
ION itl"
''oa what; TIL thee explains thyself, cannot
tell l said,
lie s,yore that something was too thin" more
over II was " played;''
Bat all his jargon was surpassed IN wild absurd
ity,
by threats, Profanely emphasized, ''to put head"
on me!
"No son of Belial, said 1, "that miracle can do
Whereat be fell upon me with blows and curses,
But failed to work that miracle-if such was his
Instead Of putting on head, he strOve to smite
Thee knows cultivate the peaceful habit of our
Bat this mans conduct wrought on me a singular
effect; VIZ
For when he slapped my broad -brim Off and asked,
Z" How's that for highgn
1t reused the Adam in me, and smote him hip and
thighl
The throng then gave a aspecimen of calumny broke
loose,
And said I'd "snatched him bald-headed,n and
=. likewise cooked his goose;' 4
Although, l solemnly afhrm, L did not pull his
hair,
Nor did cook his poulIy-for he had no poultry
there!
They called me Bully boyl'' although I've seen
nigh three-score year;
They said that Twas lightning" when 1 ''gOt
upon my carr
And when asked if lightning climbed its ear, or
dressed in drabs
"You know how Ills yerself!'' said one inconse-
quential blabi
Thee can conceive that, by this time, was some
what perplexed;
vexed:
/ tarried there no longer. for plain-spoken men-
like me
With such perverters of our tongue can have no
uDi.y.
-BIfdlO Courier.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05
Simplicity and Elegance.

One of the lessons cur people greatly
need to learn is the superiority of sim
plcity and elegance to that of extrava-
gance and display which are fashionable
everywhere among US at the present time.
The style of living, the furnishing of our
houses, the mode of dress, the equipaSe,
and, in short the entire arrangements of
our life are quite as offensive to refined
taste as they are seriously Objectionable on
economic grounds. OstentatiOn takes the
place of elegance, and the ambition to
outdo others in the matter of expense Is
more conspicuously apparent than any re-
finement of culture or serviceable end.
1t would be well if more of our people
would study the best models of style
among the aristocracy for whom they af-
feet so much veneration. In the families
of many of the nobility and gentry of
England, possessing an unusual income,
which of itself would be an ample fortune,
there is greater economy of dress and
more simplicity in the furnishing of the
dwelling than there is in many of the
houses of our citizens, who are barely able
to supply the daily wants of their fami-
lies by the closest application to business.
They have more servants than we do, but
labor is much cheaper there than here.
But English ladies make more account of
one silk dress than ours do of twenty.
They Cenerally dress in plain, substantial
garments, neatly trimmed, reserving their
costlier articles and jewelry for great oc-
casions; and would look with suspicion
upon the woman who decked herself in
drawing room attire for shopping excur-
sion, sweeping the streets with her trail.
Instead of turning their furniture out OF
door every two or three years and replac-
ing it with new and fashionable styles,
they take pride in preserving the articles
that were used by their ancestors, and
value them quite as much for their SIM
plicity, solidity and age, as for the associ-
ations connected with them. Even their
carpets are used years longer than ours be-
fore they think of replacing them, and
their china-ware has, in many instances,
been in and out of fashion twenty times
since it was made. How much better it
would be for our people to catch the spirit
of such conservatism as this, and exchange
extravaganza for elegance, vulgar Ostenta'
ton for simplicity and refinement The
amount of waste in our American homes
is useless, and essentially vulgar display i:
appalling even to contemplate.-The Col
den Age.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05
Don't Fret.

SOME young folks are always frettinng.
Are Won a member of the "Fretting So
ciety?" Do you fret when it rains, because
you can't go out? and do you fret when
it's a fine sunshiny day, because of the
heatg Fretting because nobody comes to
see you, and fretting because you don't
want anybody to come? A fretty child is
a tiresome. troublesome creature. Per
haps you say, "But have so many trials
to bear, so many hard lessons to learn, or
too much work to do" We'll, suppose you
have, does fretting help you any? The
longer you sit fretting, the largerwil your
troubles appear. Do your duty, and bear
patiently the troubles which may beset
you. Be satisfied with what God gives
you; look to him for help, and stop tins
disagreeable whimpering and tretung
about TITLES Youths CabiHet.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05
Youths Department.
THE DIFFERENCE

THERE was an old lady all dressed in six,
Who lived upon lemons and buttermilk;
And, thinking this world was sour old place,
She carried its acid all over her face.
Another old lady. all dressed in patches.
Lived upon nothing but Lucifer matches;
So the world it made her straBgle and cough,
And sure as you rubbed her you set her of.
Another old lady, ali sunny and neat,
Who lived upon sugar and everything sweet;
Declared, when she heard Of their troubles, she
"neverr'
For the world was go nice she could live on for
MORAL.
Now children, take your choice
OF the food your hearts shall eat;
There are sourish thoughts, and birthstone
thoughts,
And thoughts all good and sweet;
And whatever the heart feeds on,
Dear children, trust to me,
Is precisely what this queer old world
VIII seem to you to be.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05

THE German imperial crown is foot
high, of 81 carat gold, and heavily set with
pearls. The sceptre is Of silver gilt, and
two feet long. The globe carried in the
hand is of the finest gold, 80 inches in
diameter, and encircled by two rings in
perpendicular, and half covered with
Jewels, and the other horizontal and en-
tirely crusted with gems. On top is a
cross which fairly blazes with precious
stones.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05

A MASONIC apron, made by Madame
LAFAYETTE, and sent over to this country as
a present to Gen. Washington, Is now IN
Masonic Hall, Philadelphia.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05

TIE son of rich man in New York
has squandered $4,000 in single year.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-05-05

A equity old fellow adyertises in New
Hampshire papcr for "a man that is able
and willing by honest labor to earn one
third the cost of hiring him, and not
pickeled with rum or baconed with tobac-
co smoke; also woman capable Of tax
ing care of farmers kitchen and but
tery, and neither too proud nor too lazy
to do it, and who does not carry fchig-
nom big enough to hang herself in try
ing to get through common doorway. A
liberal price will be paid for these rare
relics Of antiquity. Call on or address,
etc.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-19

DEArm OF 4 Coon MAN.-At mid.
night. Tuesday night Rider Sanford
Hainesb ~ minister of the Methodist
Epfscopal, Chnroh, and one. Of the
oldest residents of this city, died lat
his residence q short distance west Of
tho city, aftsra long continued illness.
caused by IN affection Of the lungs,
Thus has passed away one Of the
men dearly loved by the, church in
which he was an able, energetic
worker, and highly honorOd by tho
world outside. His re0eHt ilness
appeared in m aggravated form
whilc he was filing an appointment
at Liberty, south Of Indianola, : faw
weeks ago. He fell fainting IN tho
pulpit, and from that time TO the
hour of his death he has been near
the sunlight Of another world. At
the timo OF his death he was Prosid-
| Ing Elder OF che Indianola Circuit,
and we believe was one Of the oldest
Ministers OF that church in tho State,
aud one whose lsbors have always
been active and successtul. He goes
into the tomb regretted and mourpsd,
and his soul enters into the reward
iawaiting good and faithful servants.
The fanersl obssquiss viii occur
Ito aay, ;aA5Bll be seen BY rsfcrescs
ito IN Accustomed place. Remarks
biographical Will appear as eoon -
! ed.-Reyister.