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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-25

THE PATAGoNGANs.-A letter in the
Buenos Ayres Standard, from the Mngel.
Ian colony, says;
To give you TO understand how these
savagGs cut, slice and collop each other,
one, II splendid specimen Of humanity,
should say about twenty.onc or twenty.
two years Of agc, standing six feet six or
seven, truly handsome features, long,
flowing black hair Uhe Indians are very
careful of their hair), not one inch less
than.two feet accessible shoulders, and,
from head to heel, symmetry itself, re.
ceived an incised wound over tho right
shoulder blade, extending both above and
below, in the whole length about cightet n
inches, and completely down to the bone.
lie had II dressed, thought nothing It,
In few days started for his hunting.
grounds again, and in all probability will
recover Suclis the reparativc process
Of nature In these poor people, that
wounds which in ali likelihood would
cause the death Of one Of us, with them
passes of without single bad symptom.
The weight of some Of these Paiagonians
Is almost incredible, being as much as 2Sj
pounds In some cases; but the race is fast
dcgcnerating through the use Of liquor
anil tobacco. Ono circumstance In con.
neCtion with the Patagonlans Is worthy Of
remark: They are all Towards; have not
seen one Of them suffering from II wound
Tint was moi given from behind.
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Thousands suffer from it. A weak,
nervous, exhausted feeling, no energy, IN.
imation or vigor, low spirits, confused
head, weak memory, nocturnal or invol.
untary seminal emissions, with loss Of
power and threatened impotence. The
consequence of excuses, overwork or in.
discretions. Thisis Nervous Dcbility,and
finds u sovereign remedy in Humphreys
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Thousands have been cured by these sim.
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arrest the discharges, dispel the gloom
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portant in all old long.shnding cases, or
81 per single box, Sold by all flrst.claS
druggists, and sent to any address on re.
ccipt II the price, Address Humphreys
Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., 500
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BROOKLYN has u startling sensation
In the performances Of some mysterious
youth, who has been going about the
streets after nightlall sta6bing young
girls with penknlic Ills modus opcf.
andl Ia to dart out upon them from behind
trees, stoops and other hiding places, and,
after giving them thrust with his weap.
on, he suddenly disappears. The police.
men have made dllllgGnt search for him,
but thus far In vain. As many rs dozen
girls have been stabbed, two Of them dan.
gerouSly.
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lit. nELMBOLD,S ROSE WASH,

An excellent Lotion for diseases arising from
habits Of dissipation used In connection with tho
Extracts BnChu and Sarsaparilla, In such diseases
as recommended. Evidence Of tho most rcspon.
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mCdicinCA Also explicit directions for use LDlN
hnndITds Of MOuSdRdS living witnesses, and up
wards Of $1,000 unsolicited certificates and rec.
otnmendatory letters, many Of which arc from
the highest sources, including eminent Physi.
clans, ClOrgymen, Statesmen, &c. The ProprlG.
tor has never rcsorted to their publication In the
newspapers; he does not do this from tho fact
that Ills articles rank as Standard Preparations.
and do not need 70 DO proppCd up by certificates.
The Science OF Medicine, like the Dorlc Col.
nmn, should stand simple, pure, majestic having
Fact for Its basis, Induction for It's pillar, and
Truth alone for Its Capital.
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II. 7. HeImboId,s Extract Buchr


II. T. HelmbOId's Extract Buchu.
For weakness arising from excuses, Habits Of
Dissipation, Early IndIscretiOn, attended with
the following symptoms:
lndlsposltlon to excrtion, Loss OF Power
Loss Of Memory, Difficulty OfbreathIng
Weak Nerves, Trembling,
Horror Of Disease, Wakefulness,
Dimness OF Vision, Pain In tho Back,
Hot Hands, Flushing OF the Body,
DrynesS OF the Skin, ErnptlOns Of the Face,
Universal Lassltpde. PAlIld COuntenapcG,
or tho Muscular System.
These symptoms, II allowed to go on (Which
this Medicine invariably remoyes), soon follow
FAULTY, EPILEPTIC FITS, &C.,
In Lone Of which the patient may expire. Who
can say they are not frequently followed by those
"d!reiul diseases"
INSANITY AND CoNsUAiPTIoNt
Many arc aware Of tho cause OF their suffering,
but mono will confess. The records Of tho insane
asyllms and tho melancholy deaths by cOnsump.
tion, bear ample witness to tho truth Of tho as
sertiOn.
The Const tuition, once affected by organic
weakness, requires tho aid OF medicine to
strengthen and invigorate the system, which
II. 7, HELMnoLD's EXTRACT OF BUcIIu invariably
does. trial will convince tho most sccptIcal.
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E li' .l''|||7ELY[lIII[[ENLI[IIl

A lew Book OF Universal and Abiding Value.
Written from high moral and physiological
standpoint, II shows how SATAN IL working out
portant subjects discussed arc handled with the
almost dellcacy, yet with such force and direct.
moss that thefU IL no installing the authors
meaning. ThewOrk Ia fresh from tho pen Oi one
Of our ablCst Physicians and Medical PrOiessora,
aud deals directly with great evils from which
spring physical and moral degradation, social dis.
cord aud domestic lniclcliy; that In fact, arc
SApplng the very foundations Of Society II Ia
well calculated 10 produce q profound impression
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q sample. pages, with Circular, giving, partlCu
lars sent free. q. u, VENT, Publisher,
jAniGdGwcod 3s ". Fourth st., Cincinnati.
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NOT A FEW

Of tho worst disorders that afIllct mankind arise
from tho corruption that accumulates In tho
Blood. OF all the discoveries that have been
made to purge It ont, none can equal in effect
l1ELABoLD's COMPOUND EXTRACT or SARsAPA.
RILLA. It clcanses and rGnOvatGs tho Blood, In.
stills tho vigor Of health Into the system, and
purges ont the humors which make disease. It
stimulates the healthy functions Of the body,
has been long sought, and now the public have ono
on which they can depend. Our space here docs
not admit OF certificates 10 show Its effects, but
tho trial Of single bottle will show to the sick
that 1t has its virtues surprising anything they
have ever taken.
Two tablespoonful of tho Extract Of Sarsapa.
rilla added to pint Of water Is equal to the Lis.
bon Diet Drink, and one bottle IA iuly equal TO a
gallon Of the Syrup OF Sarsaparllla, or the dCcoc.
ton as usually made.
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DRUGGISTS.
pOCKlNGS CIIloRATEpo POTASH
AND
Wild Cherry Troches.

FOR A COUGH,
Use ChOrate Potassa and Wild Cherry Troches.
FOR A COLD,
Use ChlOrate POiassa and Wild Cherry TrOChes.
FOR TICKLING IN TIE THROAT,
Use ChlOrate PotaSsa and Wild Cherry TrOches.
FOR H0ARSENESS,
usO Chloratc Potassa and Wild Cherry TroChes.
FOR SORE THROAT OR MOUTH,
Use ChlOrate Potassa and Wild Cherry Trochcs.
FOR DIPTHERIA,
Use ChlOratc POtassa and Wild Cherry Trochcs.
FOR BRONCHITIS,
Use Chlorate Potassa and Wild Cherry TrochGs.
FOR ANY AFFECTION OF THE
THROAT OR LUNGS,
Use Chlorate Potassa and Wild Cherry Troches.
Prepared at
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No. / Odd Fellows Hall,
Sold also at
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Janis Cor. list and Chapllne streets.
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Dr. johnson has discovered The most Certain,
Speedy, and Only EIcctunl Remedy In tho World
for Weakness Of the Back or Limbs, Strlctures,
Affections OF the Kidneys and Bladder, Invoun.
iary discharges, Impotency, General Debility,
Confusion Of Ideas, PapiiaI!Sn 81 ' the Heart,
Tlmidity, Trembling, Dimncss Of Sight, or Gid.
di1ess, Disease Of tho Head Throat, Nose or
Skin. Affections Of the Liver Lungs, Stomach Of
Bowcls-those Terrible Disorders arising from
Solitary Habits Of Youth-SccrCt and Solitary
Practices more fatal 10 their victims than thc
song Of Syrens To tho Mariners Of Ulysses, blight.
Ing their most brilliant hopes or authorizations,
rendering marriage, &c, impossible.
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Member Of the ROyh College OF Surgeons, LON
don, Graduate Of one Of the most eminent Col.
leges In tho United States, and the greater part
Of whose life has been spent In the hospitals OF
effected some Of the mot astonishing cures thai
were ever known. Many troubled with ringing In
the head and ears when asleep great nervous.
ness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashiul
ness, with frequent blushing, attended some.
UlCllRtcly
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n WiR contain ruR RcppH1 Of The Pro.
eeetIng' Of The legislature, no Latest
N6''Ss fromaR parts QfMs Country,
ana contain not less than 81
Columns Of Literary Matter.
TERMS PR ANNuM. -. en- 90
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-19
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Topics-sprngue's cansl-Inter-
mittent Work-A Ku-Kiux Sensation.
irRoM OUR own CORRESPONDENT

IRON OUR own CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, April II.
About a year ago, Colonel Pearce. an agent
OF Mr.. sprague, procured a lot of mules and
carts. and advertised extensively for hands to
work on the canal. This put everybody on
the tiptoe of expectation. Parties began TO
form companies for manufactures Of all kinds
and descriptions. from making brooms 10
weaving genuine eamels hair shaWls. heal
estate rose in value several per cent. on the
Imaginary inhabitants that were to be import
ed to work the lactories-when they were
built. The mules. carts and hands were put
to work, and in a short while they made the
incest canal that ever was dug In these parts.
II is seyenty-five feet wide, about four or five
feet deer. and about 400 yards long. The dirtwas
carted out and piled neatly on The west SIDE;
then it was levelled. and smoothed, and patted
"a real nice job. It was In Q good place, 100
the road to the ferry across the river crossed
the centreof 1t; everybody that passed could
see, and could wonder. The ground was SOFT
TO dir, AMI there was no water nor mud 10
make the work disaSreeable. This Is below
where the old canal runs into the river. There
are two objections 10 this canal, however: one
is, that it IS on top Of a hill, and tie other Is
tilat 1t is dry-except when 1t rams. II
fine canal. though, il those objections are over
come. This artistic job was finished before
the Legislature met; the hands then were dis,
missed, the mules and carts taken away. and
some. IL not all. were sold. A long rest follow
ed. About two months ago, Eoione! Pearce
gave notice he would start work again. inc
old canal was drained, real estate rose. ana
those companies were again set agog; o qitch;
for the distance OF three OF four. hundred
yards. about two feet wide and eighteen
inches deep, was dug, and now tne
canal is taking another rest. Real esta:e IS
languishing and so are those manufacturing
companies. We don't mean to say tnat Inns
was q sell, or only meant for show; Tor II they
dig 10 the bottom Of that hill, or raise the bot
tom of the old canal to the height OF the new
one. and connect them together, it will be.a
right; but it does look as If MIR. ,Sprague and
Colonel Pearce wanted q little help from some
of our rich men to aid this work along. we
have got q rich man amongst us. Mr. Denny,
ex.coHnty treasurer, swore. in going bail LOT a
party the other day, that ne was worm tnaE
bail and O hundred thousand oesiGes. NOW, II
this rich man would. help Mt. SpraSue, LhaI
canal might be finished, alter ul. a.
We had O little commotlon on Main streeI
about s O'Clock Saturday nl9sit. MT. AgneWs
horse broke from his keeper at the staoie,
smashed tho buggy, and took The shafts Win
him up the side walks on Main street. "fhe
Kn-Kluy are coming " was yelled out, and
several ebony individuals did some tall walk
ing from there-.noL that they leareu 10 stay,
but theylored TO CO." oohsAiH-
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"A new Peabody has arisen in England,
with the difference that he has not at present
revealed his name. Some time ago q gentle
man stated that he was prepared to expend
else, 600 in the erection Of q lunatic asylum
for the benefit Of the lower middle class. he
Is now proceeding to carry out that purpose,
and has publicly intimated that he is prepared
to devote to public and useful purposes q sum
equal to that given by Mr. Peabody, so soon
as he can satisfy himself as to the best mean
Of eGecLing this, so as to do the greatest pub
lie good.
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MArTBBs IN ~HAsHINeF0N.
The Appropriations for the; Charleston
Sisters Of Mercy Agreed to at Last.

- ~ WASHINGTON, april l8.
The legal-tender case was discussed all day
In the Supreme Court. The encouragement
appeared ON behalf of the government, axgu-
ing against the present decision Of thesupreme
Court, and that contracts antedating Legal
tenders were unaffected by the act, and also
~afirmatiYely or the question whether 1t was
binding as to contracts since its passage.
Ellen Conay was to-day nominated 90 post
mistress at Aiken, s. C. 5.s.arr:
The only points In the conference commit
tee deficiency bill affecting the South was a
concurrence In the amendment giving $780, Doc
to the Sisters Of Mercy. OF Charleston, and ap-
pointing an attorney to represent the govern
ment before the Southern claims committee.
The Ku-Klux conference committee agreed
to the test oath, modified 80 1t may be exaeted
upon motion of the district attorney, support
ed by the discretion of the court ~., ~
In the Senate, q resolution was. passed re-
questing the President to detail an officer of
engineers to assist in the survey progressing
under the auspices of Louisiana for strength
ening the leyees.
Blair, supported by Thurman, called upon
the encouragement to communicate the stip-
ulations between the encouragement and
the counsel for Yerger, Of Mississippi. Conk-
ling wanted to know the object OF the resoiu-
ton. Blair replied, to give the people infor.
nation. 1t is strongly suspected that there
has been huggermugging in the Yerger case,
and the truth should be known. There was
no action on the Ku-Klu1 bill, which was dis
cussed all day.
In the House there was an exciting general
debate, but no important action.
Tie speaker announced the following mem
bers on the Joint committee on the South: Pc.
land, Maynard, scoield, Cook, Coburn, Ste.
venson, Buckley, Lansing, Cox, Peck, Voor
heea, vsntramp, WaddeIl and Robinson. Also
the following as members on the special com
mttee on the Mississippi levees: Marcy
Ketchum, Mckee, Getz and Duke. Adjourned
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FURTHER DETAILS.
From the Northern Papers.l
The reimbursement Of Paris.

PARIS, April 15-Eyening.
There has been firing all day from Valerien
with heavy naval guns. The Versailles troops
are concentrating at Choisy, Cretsu, Napterre
line. To-day the bridges were crowded to see
the artillery at TrocadeFo. A window. was bro
ken By the conclusion. House No.. q Rue Pres
burg has been struck by twelve shells and
greatly damaged. Shells are continually fall-
fns in the city. Two million francs OF house
property has already been destroyed. The
nghting still continues hut iha great attack Is
expected tonight. The view OF the fgnt last
night from Vanvres was magnificent. The
heavens were one blaze Of fire. The rifle firing
was the heaviest ever heard, and the crash OF
the mltraillenrs. continual.
Shells fell In Avenue Wagram, also many
rife bullets. Tradesmen in the Avenue des
Terues were wounded, and Q general exodus
from that quarter ia taking place. Crowds are
demanding passports to leave Paris, but nun
dreds are disappointed. The streets leading
from Porte Malllot are In ruins. Forts D1ssy
and Vanvres are firing small bombs, which
splinter, and are terribly destructive. Thlers's
conditions have rendered the insurgents very
violent
II. Rocheiort demands that Vinoy, Gallizet,
Fsyre, Picard and MoMahon, should be
brought chained in couples to the Champs
Elysees, where the r~elptires OF the nationals
Killed should be allowed TO do what they
please with them. The fall OF the water of The
seine prevents the communists %gunboats
from moving. The central committee are still
at variance with the Commune. General
Lullier has been appointed to the command
of the Communists. 1t Is reported that Theirs
has declined several propositions from insur-
gent commanders to betray certain city gates
for q heavy consideration.
Statements from Paris.
PARIS, April l6- Morning.
the Communists report that Fort 1ssy re-
pulsed successive assaults OF the VerSaillists
on Friday and Saturday, with severe loss to
The ASSISTANTS. General Dombrowski attacked
the government forces OF Neuilly yesterday,
and It is claimed tooi four hundred prisoners.
The engagement continued throughout the
entire night. The batteries on the hill OF Tro-
cadero have opened fire on Fort Valerlen.
which replies with vigor. General Dombroswki
eniorces strict discipline among the National
Guards, and Is doing much to render all
branches of the military service more efficient
Denials from Versailles.
LONDON, April lG-EveninS.
DISPATCHES from Versailles deny that the In
surgents took four hundred prisoners yester-
day. and declare no important military events
have taken place. They say that the insur-
gents in the forts waste their ammunition by
nripg at night to no purpose. On Saturday
night, though they kept UP a continual can
nonade, only one Versaillist was wounded.
TrIumphal Return to Berlin.
BERLIN, April Is.
No date has yet been fixed for the trlumphal
entry of the German army into this capital,
and il Ia generally believed that the event will
occur duriRg May or June.
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VERSAILLES, April IT,.
The Assembly has ordered municipal elec-
tons in Paris for the 30th instant. The gov
eminent troops have carried Chateau Brecon,
which commands Asnieres. The fight at Neu-
lily is progressing, and seems, from the sound,
nearing Paris. It is rumored that the diplO-
mats of the United States, England and Italy,
are Jointly urging the Commune to agree to a
truce. The Commune has instituted a general
| court martial.
PARIS, April I7-Noon.
There has been firing all night, and it con-
| tinues this morning, The'red flag was placed
| on the summit of a church at Neuilly yester-
day afternoon by a youth OF sixteen amid a
shower of balls. Scarcely a church is now
open. st. Vincent De Paul and st. jacques Du
Haut Pas were pillaged yesterday. Clusey has
been arrested.
A Communist decree provides for method.
cal requisition upon the inhabitants Of Paris
street by street. Another decree convokes
the syndical Chambers, in order to draft sta
tistics Of abandoned workshops and arrange
for their reopening oy workmen VINO are mol
proprietors.
LONDON, April Is.
The Times has a special from Paris stating
that it is reported that Prussia will intervene
in the affairs CT France in case the Commune
should be victorious over the Versailles Gov.
eminent. The Prussians have advanced to
Auberyillieres. The Daily News special dis
patch from Paris says the Commune has In its
hands cash to: the amount of thirty-eight mil.
lions of francs, paid by the Bank of France fol
! unsold bonds of the City of Paris. A dispatch
flom Versailles says the Prussians have agreed
to stop revictualling Paris by way of st. Denis
The insurgents now occupy the greater part
of the woods Of Coombes beyond Asnfsses.
Prince Bismarck, In q note to-the. Versailles
Government, admits the right Of Mcmahon to
occupy, with French troops, the ground
around Paris made neutral by the stipulationt
of the preliminary treaty of peace.
Thiers's circular confirms the capture O
Chateau Brecon. The Chateau Brecon com
mands Chfcy as well as Asnieres.
The reported capture Of colors from the
Pontilcal ZouaYes at Neuilly Is untrue.
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MASONRY IN VIRGINIA.

NORFOLK, April is.
The cornerstone of a Masonic temple, to be
erected on the corner of Freemason and Brew
er streets, was laid this afternoon By the craft,
with imposing ceremony, and was witnessed
BY an immense crowd o. persons. The grafton
was delivered by ". S. White, Esq. The ex.
erc,ses OF the day were concluded by a ban
quet given in the largest ball in the city.
Lodges from Portsmouth and Fortress Monroe,
and many distinguished individuals from other
places, were present.
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THE STRIFE AT PARIS.
THE GERMANS TO INTER vENE IF
THE REDS TRIUMPH.

The Fight Al Neuiily ProSressing-The
Diplomats Urge Commune to Agree
to a Truce-More Paris Churches Pill
laged-Funds in the Hands of Conn
munists-The ReVietualfng Of Paris to
be stopped-Capture Of Chateau Bre-
con Confirmed.
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THE WEATHER THIS DAY.

WASHINGTON, April 10.
tits probable that the storm will move east.
ward, and be severely felt tonight and on
Wednesday on the Lakes and southwark to the
Gulf States. Cloudy weather and easterly
winds will probably be experienced on the At
lanticc coast,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-19

The dead lock in the New York Assembly
is at an end, Mr.. Winans, Republican, from
Chatauqua, having announced in the House
on Monday morning that he would vote with the
Democrats. The Democrats have secured a
clear majority, and are about to act in commit
Lee of the whole on the tax levy and New
York bills. The special election bill for the
sixteenth district of New York passed the As
sembly by o vote OF sc to S..
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He Declares that the State Debt has
been Grossly EIaggerated-kimpton's
Modus Operandi-rhe Whole Debt
Less than Eight Millfons-What he
says about the Taxes-The People Pay
Ing Promptly-A b o u the Sterling
Loan-The Governors Virtuous Re-
.solve.He Favor the May Convention
His Views ON POlitfcs, Reform and
the Ku-Klu1-Hfs Policy for the Flu
tUre.
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SPECIE AND BONDS FOR EUROPE

NEW YORK, April 10.
The European shipments to-day were one
million in bonds and SIG, 900 in specie.