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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
HANNIBAL FORBES,
Janis Special Commissioner

TNRUST SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
l. Deed Of Trust made to me by John Carney
and Mary Jane his wife, dated January 2, 1868,
and Of record In the Otlcc OF tho Recorder OF
Ohio county In Deed Book No. 80, page 99a,
will offer at public sale at the front door Of the
Court House OF Ohio county, on
TUESDAY, April 3, 1872,
Beginning at 10 O'Clock A. NJ tho following de-
sCribed property, tOwit: Lot numbered two
hundred and two (2O2) situated on John street in
the addition TO the city Of Wheeling, Ohio conn.
ty, W. Va, laid out by Noah Zane, Peter Var
nall, j. Fawcctt and others, fronting on John
street sixty feet and running back one hundred
and twenty feet more or less to the alley situate
between John and Zane streets (called Cedar
alley), with the buildings thereon and thereto
belonging.
Terms OF eale, cash.
Selling as Trustee, ! shall convey only such
title as Is vested In me by said Deed Of Trust
janl7 JOHN REID, Trustee.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
sATURDAY, the lOth day Of February, IS79,

SATURDAY, the 10th day of February, 1874,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, proceed to sell at public auc.
ton, 10 the highest and best bidder, at tho front
door OF the Court House Of Ohio county, West
Virginia, the following described property, that
Is tOsay:
"a certain piece or parcel OF land situate on
the west eide Of Morrow street, between Union
and Madison streets, and In that part Of tho city
OF Wheeling called BlCna Vista, and designated
ON the plat Of the said addition as lot No. anda
part oflot No. B. The said piece Of land fronts
on Morrow street ninety.slx feet and running
back westward twenty feet, no more or less
or thereunto belonging; being the same property
that was conveyed 10 John Gallagher by John
Crawford and wife by deed dated September I'd,
1867"
TERMS OF SALE, Cash.
HANNIBAL FORBES,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

ENGLISH SETTLERS ISFIRGISIA.-Thes second
annual report of Fisk and Hatch, the tnan-
cial agents Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail.
road Company, states that the rich and pro.
ductiye agricultural sections of Virginia are
proving especially attractive to the class of
English agriculturiSts Of considerable means
who are seeking homes and landed estates
in America, and to whom the soil and cli-
mate Of Virginia are more inviting than
those of the Far West. During the past
summer considerable number of this class
have purchased lands and settled in the
vicinity of stanton and Gordonsyile, and
the subject of emigration to and settlement
In Virginia Is attracting so much attention
and exciting so much interest In England
that arrangements have been made for Il
series of public meetings to be held during
the coming winter, through the populous
middle counties of that country, at Whlch
well-informed citizens Of Virginia have been
invited to present the information SO eagerly
desired on this subject. These English set
tiers all bring money enough to pay for their
lands aud to improve and develop them 10
the highest state Of productiveness, me
beauty, productiveness and salubrity OF the
Valley of Virginia will, under the new order
of things which the completion Of the rail-
road is Introducing, attract large agricui-
tural population, and furnish an important
addition to the local traffic in agricultural
products.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

STEAM STREET CARs-AN INTERESTING TX,
pERMENT.-[From the New York Ereninq
Post]-The- horse disease has turned the at.
tention Of street-raiiway officers to new
means for propelling their cars, and on ST.
turday evening an experiment with steam
cur was made on the Bleecker-Street line,
which, In consequence Of its sharp turns
and steep grades, offers more obstacles to its
successful use than any other in the city.
The trial, however, was etninentiy satisfac-
tory to the president and other officers of the
road who made the trip from Tenth avenue
to Fulton ferry. Without external aid 1t
easily turned the sharpest corner, and on the
top of the steep grade In Elm street 1t WAS
stopped, reversed, and backed down the de-
clivity, returning without the slightest hind
rance. The car, which was invented in
Newark about two years ago, is known as
the Remington stean-car. Only one other,
which is now running at Lion, n. T., has
been manufactured by the Remington Com
pany. 1t is Of the size of an ordinary street.
car and has nearly the same appearance, the
machinery, embracing a compound engine Of
five-horse power, occupying the front plat
form, which is also provided with q box cons
tanning coal enough for half q day, Only
two men, conductor and engineer, are re-
ouired to run the car, which can be stopped
very quickly by suddenly reversing the en-
CINE. With a light load and ona straight.
track 1t Is said TO have run at The rate OF
twenty five miles an hour. The car at lion
has carried forty persons and drawn second
car containing q similar number,
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10000 TICKETS, ONLY So EACH.
NORFOLK OPERA.IIOUSE
ON NDAY EyENING
DECEMBER %, 1872,

The distribution Of gifts will take place imu1e-
diatey after the concert on the vast stage OF the
OperaIIouse, and In full view of the audience I'M
der the Immediate supervision of the President ana
Directors Of the vUE DE L'EAU COMPANY
and the following distinguished gentlemen, who
have kindly consented 10 be present and see that the
gifts are properly distributed as advertised:
Hon. JOHN X. LUDLOW, Mayor of Norfolk;
Hon. A. s. WATTS, Mayor of Portsmouth,
Colonel WALTER Fl. TAYLOR, of Norfolk;
Hon. join y. WHITEHEAD, ex-Mayor Of Nor
folk;
JAMES G. HOLIDAY, ESD, OF Portsmouth.
The Board OF Directors is composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen, whose character for integrity
honor, and public enterprise Is so we'll known US to
guarantee success anu fair andmpartial distrbu-
ton OF the gifts:
Major GEORGE W. GnIcE, President Bank of
Portsmouth; H..
Colonel WILLIAM LAMB, President First National
Bank, Norfolk;
General Y. D. GRoSER, General Agent Boston
Steamship Company;
Captain NATHANIEL BCRRUsS, Of Burrtss, Son
& Co., Bankers, Norfolk;
WASHINGTON REED, Esq, Of Poters 4 Reed,
Merchants;
Z. G.. CHIC Esq, Superintendent Seaboard and
Roanoke railrGad
ROBERT J. Nicely, EsI., of R. j. & ". Nicely &
Co.;
MARSHALL PARRs, Esq, President Abemarlc
and Chesapeake Canal Company;
+. e. LINDSEY, Esq, Real Estate Broker;
WILLIAM II. WHITE, Esq, Attorney OF Law, Nor
folk.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

PRINCE BIsMARcK's DIpLoMA.-M. Won Bis
marck's diploma as Prince Of the German
Empire has just been executed. It is an
elaborate and highly-embellished document,
in book form, The escutcheon Is on the first
page of the pamphlet. its middle Is the
shield of the Bismarck family, on the right
and left Of which herads sustain the arms of
Alsace and Lorraine. On the sides are
painted clusters Of Danish and Austrian flags,
and above, another of French, The cross of
Alsen and that Of Koenniggratz are sus-
pended to the former and the iron cross to
the latter. The portrait of the Emperor is to
be painted on the last. The escutcheon is
closed in by columns, with a triumphal arch
like that of the Arc de fEtolie at Paris. The
bases of the columns are ornamented with
iron crosses and decorated with the colors Of
Prussia and the German Empire, The text
conferr1ng the title is inscribed on the other
pages of the parchment pamphlet.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

GENERAL LEES OPINION OF GENERAL
MEADE.--To the Editor Of the NeD York TTi.
bune :--Sir,--A gentleman who served with
General Lee writes: Soon after General
Meade took command Of the Army of the
Potomac, while both armies were in winter
quarters, he made demonstration for the
purpose, doubtless, of feeling his adversary'S
position. The movement Tis very uneX-
pected one, and it happened that nearly all
Of General Lees aids were absent for the
day when the Federal forces appeared in our
front. General Lee therefore asked some Of
bis subordinates for details of officerssto act
as temporary members Of his staff, Mud Of
these / was one. During the brief action
which ensued some one asked General Lee
what he thought of the new commander OPP
posed to lis, and / shall never forget the mca-
sured and carcfnlly-weighed words Of his re-
ply. 81 have now" lie said, "tLe most dan
gerous adversary / have ever faced. Gene
l.,l Meade will do nothing which the news
papers will go mad about, but he will never
make mistake IN my from, and if J make
one he will see it instantly and take imme.
diare advantage Of it.' The remark struck
me at the time as the highest compliment
which any commander could pay to his an
tagonist, and at Gettysburg the correctness
of the opinion was proved when the mistake
was made, discovered, and instantly turned
to advantage, precisely as the Confederate
leader had predicted. G. G. Z.
Ne,o York, November II, 1872.
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The distribution will be by blindfolded persons
Tor blind chlldren) from Two wheels, one OF which
will contain gifts on printed slips, sealed In enve-
lopes of the same size the other will contain tags
with numbers on them corresponding with all the
tickets Sold After the contents OF both wheels are
thoroughly mixed by revolving, the person at the
first wheel will take number theretrom' ana then
the person at the second wheel Will take siit
therefrom and the gift thus taken VIII belong 10
the number taken Immediately before 1t. This pro-
cess will contnue-the numbers and gifts being
publicly announced-unul the whole four hundred
and one gifts arc distributed. Thus the public Will
readily see there can be no fraud, COLLISION, or
knowledge Of what gift any number will get.
Should the tickets be not all sold when the concert
comes off the presents viii be distributed In proper
tion to the number sold.
Ills hoped the public will promptly respond to
this effort to establish upon firm basis delightful
resort during the heated months.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

4 TALEING-MACHlSE.-A ingenious niece
of mechanism is thus described by the Balti-
more Sun:
"Thc machine is necessarily intricate in
structure to produce the sounds Of the hui
man voice, but the patient inventor has been
measurably successful. a bellows worked
by treadle answers for lungs, rubber pipes
Tor the CLOTHS, while tongue and lower
jaw, all worked in unison by delicate ma
chinery, put in motion from levers under the
operators hands, produce the sounds of the
human voice in high, low, or medium key,
as desired.
"11rs. Faber, the wife Of the inventor.
sat down to the machine as to an Estey Or
gan, and played upon it. The instrument
was first carried through the scale Of pri-
mary sounds, articuating the vowels from
the recesses of its CLOTHS. 1t was made to
laugh 'ha, ha, hal 'ho, ho, no = che,
he, he i &C., which it did like the demon
in the play. Then it was called upon to pro-
nounce female names Jo-seph-i-na,
sWil-helmi-na, 'Caro-li-na,' Mary &C.,
uttering the words by sylables as writ
ten, but slowly, in response to the touches
Of the operators fingers upon the keys.
Some very long and difficult words were
pronounced, such as Mississippi, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, and even Constmtinope.
In its pronunciation the machine showed its
Vienna origin by marked foreign accent.
1t was made to count and speak In three
languages French, and English.
1t was particularly happy in German.
For French u mask was put over the
mouth.piece, and tubes connected with
the nose so us to produce the
peculiar nasal tone necessary in accurate
French pronunciation. 1t said: 4" Mes
sieurs, comment rous portes pouS? Mercie
Tres 6ten," &c. Finally the inventor made
it utter several sentences, which were de-
livered with accuracy, though they lacked
perfect distinctneSs in articulation, and were
delivered slowly, with painfully hollow
and monotonous tone. 1t said: 81 was born
in Vienna in 1871. and my inventor was
Professor Faber"; and at the conclusion
apologiZcd for its imperfections by saying ::
"Thank you, gentlemen, for your attention.
/ hope you are satisfied with the little talk
ing-lnachine You must not expect too
much Of me. My meditation is not perfect,
because l am machine. I am very tired,
and I must therefore bid you goodbye.
Adieu,"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

SOUTHERN CLAIMS CoNMlSsIoN.-The COM
missioners yesterday took up for hearing
the claim of William ID. V. Downing, n
wealthy planter Of Point Coupec and Terrc
Bonnie parishes, Louisiana, for stores and
supplies taken from bis plantations by the
Union forces to the amount Of about So, 900.
The claimant died last February, and Willcd
one-third of his whole estate to the State for
educational purposes, making the State ST.
Derintcndent Of Education, Rev. Thomas w.
Conway, his executor, and Il former female
slave ITO whom he lett another third of his
estate) rs eXecutriX. The remaining third
goes to minor son; and m elder son, who,
by the testimony given to-day, turned his
father off bis own property, and left him to
be cared for till death, and buried after death
by the negroes about the place, is not named
in the requests.
The case of Henry Fitzhugh, owner Of
large estates in Stafford and CuIpepcr cOuR-
ties, Va, was also closed by the testimony Of
several new witnesses, introduced to testify
to the loyalty of the claimant-who has q
stake Of $4,000 in tie issue-- during the late
war. The testimony Of Iir. Thomas NJ.
Tolson, Of Baltimore, was to the effect that a
certain letter, purporting 70 be from the
claimant to the Confederate Secretary Of War,
and containing expressions Of devotion TO
the Confederate cause, was really concoctcd
and written by the claimants son-n-law ard
himself for purposes Of their OWN and with
out the knowledge Of the claimant. Other
witnesses sWore that another Henry Fitz-
hugh lived in an adjoining county, and was
u Confederate adherent, the inference being
that the Government officers had confounded
the two gentlemen Of the SAME name. The
commissioners exhibited to the claimant S
attorney certain testimony they hud taken at
different times which related 10 the claim
ants loyalty Washington Republican, No
renher Is
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

A. r. Stewards NEW CTy.-NeW York,
ers can't make out what A, L, Stewart
means to do with bis new city at Hampstead
Plains, L. /. A hundred elegant houses,
honleyards are being laid out and railroads
planned, but to every one VINO W sha $50 W
make purchase Stewart returns tne ln NV !,
r;ahIe reply. 81 have nothing to sell.''
Awor8s Of This, ru,nor says that Ills great
building in New York, now nearly eoaa'
girls. Is In fact going to be a mammoth hotel.
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4 RoCKBRIDGE MANS OPINION OF THE STATE
lE.-[Correspondence Of the Lexington
Gazette. 1.-The Fair was considered by some
failure. II numbers are considered an, ele'
nent Of success, ! would say that the FAR
wag not a failure. II iugglers, lottery-yen-
ders, shows, trained birds, hurdle-races, SLOW
trotting, cikc-stands, notion-scllers, are eIe-
lnen,s of success, then would say this was
Il decided success: for much the greater por-
lion of the people seemed to patronlze theih.
| saw u swmdling conductor sell matches
III one dollar each; saw q man sell chances
in draw for money under the soap hum
bug; saw man with cards and money
publicly exhibited, dealing out to the uh-
wary chances for grccnbacks. All III the
Gty where it is presumed laws are made 10
DE executed and not violated.
Fine horses, thoroughbred bulls, superior
hogs, imported sheep. articles Of exquisite
handlwork, complicated and perfect ma
chimes, rare specimens OF the vegetable,
mineral, or animal kingdom, all were looked
upon as commonplace and not worth tile
attention Of the multitude. thought, when
looking on the vast assembly, that the name
Agricultural Fair was misnomer-better
call 1t Vanity Fair and general Ueadae.
This ought not so TO be II We are to nave
an annual assembly of farmers, mechanics
and manufacturers. Let us change the pro-
gramme. Let the horse.racers and shoWmen
aaye their day, and let the material lnIeFesls
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

Charlotte Cushman, the famous TRACE
dieune, has with her faithful colored SER
want, named Sally, who has been in her SER
vice over thirty years. The closeness with
which this woman follows the fortunes of
her renowned mistress 10 shown In the fact
that she has crossed the Atlantic with Miss
Cushman no less than fourteen times,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

PERSECUTION OF a GREELEY NEGRO.-Only
two coIorcd men in Warrenton precinct
voted for Greeley, and one Of them, Davy
Lancaster, who followed the fortunes Of the
Bhck Horse Cavalry in the capacity ofa cook
all through tie war, and has ever voted with
The white man, had bis winter supply Of pro-
{ender burned ny an incendiury Friday
night. If such thing had been done to a
Grant colorcd man how horrible would have
been the crime, and how many kukluX laws
would it nave called forl We arc happy to
relate that purse was speedily made up for
Darys relief by his enemies, the Conserva-
tive white people-FauqaUer County Co'Te-
s,.~ldence A!erand,ia Gazette.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

sssA = 4 essss IL ~ ssst
hsltc y ASn YORK RIVER Ra.rRoxpEo, i g
eisilacyD, Va October l. Is.1. z
49, Until further notes NO PAS
ss,,1 Ell wiz be sDtd osaf fi,fs line
bst man " ESI she goYbasn Eteas-
fare 70 Batiigare and beyond I ~ NJ ~
!raseHinS pubic 10 understand there viii ~ Z.
s pl. t1,as VIII isaye .hs R,shMoad ana Yoss
UkDAY at 40 r. 81, Connecting IL W.
Poin, for Baftimore4 The North. and Mass Tss
steamer state OF Yirgfna) connecting With ss a
West Point has unsurpassed aceomnaodatioas. ana
her table farDished eQusi 10 any boses. AIsernats
Point only. s ca u sssfsS = -
The FREIGHT TRAINS win he run, lis fs,raa
tuesdays, Thursdays, snd Saturdays, leaving Rich.
mond ut O'clock A. d., for sBaitimors, and all
points North and West; and on Wednesdays and
Fridays Tor local freights between RiehmoEd and
West Point, nc 0 A. NJ. 81
Freight received daily, carefully handled, ano
Through bulls of iading given 10 all points.
BY order Of the Board OF Directors = As sf
WILLIAM II. BRAGG, superintendent
j. l.. TAYLOR, General Ticket and Freight Agent
Richmond. 'ocI q
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

VALUABLE GIFT TO WASHINGTON AND LEE
I,yryERsITy.-W. ". CorcOran, Esq, OF
Washington, has within the last week given
10 this institution $4,000 In six per cent.
coupon bonds of the city of Alexandria, va.
our readers may remember that few
months since Mr. Corcornn made present
to the University of the large and valuable
librury-for its richness in classical literature
nnequalled by any in the State-of the
late \. p. Howard, Esq, Of Richmond. This
later and still more valuable donation OF
$50. 000 from the same generous source VIII
be welcomed by the friends Of our CnlVer'
sity with feelings of profound gratitude
Lexington Gazette.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL.
" ROAD.-0n and after September aoth PAS

$50 A. M,-MAIL TRAIN Except Ban6ay, for
the White Sulphur Springs, connecting at aordong-
VILE with the Orange, Alexandra and Manassas
and South. So 81 331ssss.. ~ -
Sunday for Gorlonsyille, arriving &C S:ls r. 81
This train connects at Gor!onsyille with tho night
trains on the Orange Alexanria and Manassas rail
road for LYNCHBURC and WASHISGTlpN. ss
Through tickets, at low rates, sold 20 ell points
Northwest and Southwest .SFsE,g u : ~ @
Steerage tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Hayre, Rotterdam
Bergen, Copenhagen; and Gotlenburg, to MI points
on this road, can be bought Of the General Ticket
sutton agent On the road. ~
Further information may be obtained at the Com.
pany's offices. 5s}lsg Ss5
4. ii. PERRY, General Superintendent.
JAMES +. NETHERLAND, General Ticket Agent
tyl s.eJ@
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

- The Ghicagoans, while gushing over with
sympathy are not willing to admit that the
Boston illumination u to be compared with
theirs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16

SAD AccIpESr.-Mr. George Davis, for
some time Il citizen of this place, was killed
some days since at Columbia, Fluvanna
county, under very distressing circumstances.
lie was al work on n church in the place,
when the scafolding gave away, precipitating
him and his son to tie ground. Mr.. Davis
died in short time from the bursting of
blood-yessel. His son broke n collar-bone,
but was not otherwise seriously injured
.<C0ttSrtiic Courier.
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OF the State have theirs. but icr lpt ID ,,,,s
tn.nes my longer. In our opinion, the Only
tnlng wanting to kill the whole concern ii
The dance on the green. y $50,
= was glad to see that notwithstanding thn
iaaf was not what 1t was intended TO f,e. am
there are those who appreciate the Situation
ana are working earnestly to build IN the
material interests Of the State. The Society
Is composed of the best men of the State
Let them discard the triflcs and stick TO the
nam Objects of the organization. and they
will succeed. ''
PAGE COUNTY BASK.-Undcr the charter
passed by the Legislature at its last session
this institution organized on Saturday nirht
last. The following gentlemen are the offi.
GERS elected: President. Or. III. j. Smoot;
cashier, Is. +. Grayson, ST.. Esq; Directors,
MeSSlS. William .. Wager, Samuel Miller, ?.
IS. BorSt. DIR. ID. ii. Brumback, and A !.
Broaddus.--Pogc Courier.
IRS-ANp-lNK SKETCH OF THE REV. DR.. Ros-
SER.--This distinguished revivalist is now
preaching in staunton. The Vindicator
says:
DIR. Rosser is 4 tall man, dressed in coat
cut after the style of the Friends, and closely
huttoncd around spare figure. His gray
hair falls in proftsion over his shoulders. and
his notwithstanding beard flows on his
breast. His style as m elocutionst is pre-
ciScly that of Ex-Governor Wise, and he has
The same nervous pacing back and forth in
the pulpit that distinguishes that orator at
the bar. His manner in delivering dcscrip-
tive passages is worthy of the first actor of
the day. with this difference, that his heart
being in his subject il is tar better. Itwould
be hardly of any use tOr provincial news
paper to indorSc the ability of man who
stands with such men as Bishop Doggett and
President Duncan in the Methodist Church of
Virginia, but we may state that, besides
talent ms an cApounIrr Of religious views,
| he has 4 gift for picluro-drawing in words
which seizes upon the interest even of the
thoughtlcSs nearer 1T once; and that is doubt
less the secret of lis great success Us a revi-
| vai>t. In his a!tel-seruon talk y on Mon.
| day night he advocated deep, earnest revivals
| rather than excited rerNalS. which he re-
| joiccu were passing Qway. He said that in
| the last four Years lie had witnessed the con-
version Of 200 souls. IL related some eX-
| pcricnccS in the matter Of personal applies
ton in times Of religious interest, one OF
| them being at the Centenary church, at
| Richmond, where three young men, men,
berS of that church, -one Of them an officer
of bank there-agrced to make personal
application to three friends, and the result
was that all three were brought to the altar"
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NEW PLANING-MILL.--The under |
In signed respectfully announee that having
e asiI & NEW FLAMING. MILL on twelfth /
street lust below The Gallego Mails, and are now
sneciai attention paid to dressing Tooaeeo-Hox
Lumber. Having had several ysars. experience;
md having tie best machines to- be had, GiafetI
rafroragc Is solicited, promiadng shstE best sorss
to please. kstkh shi4 l ac ~ y ss 10