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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22

OGuukuIbR fNtaasIutlT luDlts anu
Peculiarities. -
The Washington correspondent Of the
Herald Of Health writes in the April mum.
Der Of that lively magazine:
THE PRESIDENT.
Everybody knows that he Is a smoker,
and q tremendous one, too. He told me
that while he was in the field he smoked
literally all the time, but that in civil life,
confined In the house as he Is many hours
In the day, he has been Obliged to reduce
the number Of cigars that he allows him
self, Especially in walking docs he
smoke. He takes his solitary walks regu.
larly every day, and graduates the length
Of the walk to the length Of the cigar.
When John Quincy Adams was Secretary
Of State and President, he SCI an example
Of care for health, with reference to
bathing. Every morning, early, during
the summer months, he took Ills plunge
into the Potomac. In that form Of hydro.
pathic zeal, the present occupant OF the
White House certainly does not initiate
Mr.. Adams. The Executive Man.
sion enables him to take his additions in o
more private and more agreeable man
ner than by a swim In the greatrivcr
But President Grant has another habit,
which Is very wholesome, both for mind
and body-he believes in the sanitary
value Of an occasional journey, q trip to
the seaside, o run across the continent.
And he is right No matter Il partisan
newspapers do ridicule him for II, It is
the proper thing for him to do. II brings
him into contact with the minds OF the
people. II saves him from the illusions
which an incessant stay In Washington Is
sure TO breed. Above all, It gives to mind
and body the relaxation which both need
from the torturing strain Of executive
It is hard to find fault, even in the mild.
est fashion, with man like
Mr., coLFAx.
His sudden and alarming illness last year
led 70 q pretty wide discussion Of his
health habits. Some very ridiculous and
false things were published on the sub.
ject.
Mi. Colfax has always been very
healthy man. lie believes in health. He
has tried to take care Of his health. He
is jolly and an eloquent advocate Of the
sanitary value Of constant cheerfulness, of
resistance to bother and worry, of the
avoidance olpersonal quarrels, Of modera.
tion in ambition, Of living at peace with
God and man. Moreover, he takes all the
exercise he can get in rapid walking
about Washington; he is very temperate
in eating; and all his life hehas wholly
abstained from intoxicating drinks.
A great dinner-party here few years
sgo, where were illustrious American and
foreign statesmen, he declined to take
wine. A noted Senator, himself a little
heated, exclaimed across the table hall
jestingly, "Colfax ddres not drink"
"Y0u are right" said Mr.. Coltax,
seriously, ~ dare not p That simple an:
swer, given with gentle and earnest
solemnity, was itselfan impressive Tenn
perance GESTURE.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22

CATS are said to have nine lives, but
their vital tenacy is fully equaled by a
negro named William Rivers, at Char.
lottestown, Va. This man last Saturday
morning went to the bottom of we'll
about fifty feet deep, to repair the wall.
Alto o'clock, soon after his descent, the
wall, which was formed Of large stones,
fell in, covering him. Alarm being given,
a large company began removing the
mass Of earth and stones beneath which;it
was expected 10 find his crushed and
li(eless body, but when he was reached at
Z o'clock in the evening, he was found
still alive, after close imprisonment Of
ten hours, and but slightly injured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22
CURRENT NOTES.

MIR. HENRY BERaH, the friend and
protector Of our dumb associates, has been
addressing the Virginia Legislature on the
subject of mercy and justice to beasts. A
thorough organization is to be put in
operation in the Old Dominion to secure
the reform to which our worthy citizen
devotes his life. Virginia being now re
lieved from slavery is in condition to &C
on to other measures Of progress and civ
ilization.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22
CHARLES SUMNER

is prodigy Of physical endurance. l
have it from his own lips, that for many
years, indeed for nearly his whole life, he
has worked fourteen hours day. He
has never been smoker. He lives "gen.
erously, "and, in n very temperate fashion,
is u wine.drinker. In his younger days
he was a famous pedestrian, striking of
Tor his dozen miles without the least diff.
Guilty. He has given all that up. He
literally takes no exercise. Living SC
heartily, working so laboriously, shut
up to his pen and his books for so many
hours, It is astonishing that he keeps SC
well. But he is a man who will 60 sud
denly, when he does go.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22
SENATOR sCuuRZ

is another interesting figure in the sena to.
What arc his health habitsg A glance
shows you noble physical endowment.
He has muscular, active, vital frame;
all his movements are quick and vigorous;
and with proper care, he ought TO have
length of days and great honor. AS to
drinking and smoking, he is athorough
German-if VIC may still say that Ger.
many has any monopoly Of those graces.
| mean, especially, that hehas a Germans
faith in beer, and a Germans ability to
fash intellectual light from the midst Of
dense clouds Of tobacco smoke. His
greatest peril lies in excess of work. Such
a brain as his cannot lie idle; nay, it is a
despotic member, dominating The whole
man, and trampling on the gospel OF rest
and sleep. Senator Schurz works very
late at night-even till one and two
o'clock. For exercise, he has q fine plan.
he has taken q house about two miles
from the Capitol, and resolutely walks the
whole distance, both going and coming.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22
PERSONAL SKETCHES IN
WASHINGTON.

The President ala Vice President,
SenatoFs, .&c...Their Habits and
PecuIiafitles. n -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22

ENGLISH law prohibits marriage after
19o'clock in the day, and the Pail Mall
Gazette suggests a revision of the law,
saying that the absurd regulation imposes
upon relatives and friends the necessity
Of eating cold chicken and drinking
champagne just after breakfast After
that Of course, all are unfit for work dur.
ing the day, and destruction of the diges.
tive organs result from this absurd hold.
ing to o "vestige Of barbarism."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22

INCORPORATING DISPOSED
IN Of our stock Of goods to Messr. SInP:ou,
Cots u Reid, we take pleasure lnrecOmmendH
our old customers to the new lrm. -
wheeling, March 4, 1874.
The undersigned have formed a COpartncnAiP
for tho purpose OF carrying on the Whole'ls
Grocery business at the old stand oil v, }. Coih
& Co., Nc. 53 Main street Thankful ior ths
patronage heretofore extended 10 The old nm
We hope for continuance OF the same III ih'
new. ROBERT SIMPSON
WI. COTS
mar9 EDWARD REID.
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General Notices.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,

mi OAASH ~ SON4AAO1Ohb,
Sealed proposals will be received at The Oao
Of the undersigned, at the City Of WhptIn
West Va, until Wednesday, March the SOth, 4;
tho grading, masonry and bridging Of the Pin
bnrRh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad, hon
way, opposite Steubenville, TO the CIV al
Wheeling, distance Of about twentyOSi
miles.
Profile and specifications can be seen a, d,
above named office after Tuesday, March Il
1871. LEWIS APPLICABLE,
President Pittsburgh, Wheeling
mari and Kentucky Railroad COmpanT
Alta meeting OF the Board OF Directors Oij
Pittsburgh, Wheeling q Kentucky Il. R. Co. he
time for receiving Blds.was extended 10 Saiul,
day, March 2Sd, 1917, alarm.
marc LEWIS APPLICABLE, Pre.L
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-22

The Washingtot Correspondent Of The
Herald Of Health writes in the April mum.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05


AS succeeded in getting a patent
granted me, on the 9th day Of August,
1870, on Cotton and Hay Presses, and
have manufactured and sold Tor the two
seasons past, | now feel fully assured TINT
! can give perfect satisfaction to all who
may want to purchases Press. | Will
manufacture and sell at BOLIVAR, Tenn
for $500 cash, and guarantee each Press
to work well. l will also sell totc,
County and Royalty Rights on good
terms.
] claim for my invention over all other
presses this. that my gripping blocks
used In pressing are cast in solid blocks,
with steel points therein, which grips the
upright iron bar as soon as the power Is
applied, and holds fast. As soon as the
power is taken off the Blocks will slide
down the bar perfectly lOsse, ready for
renewal Of hnld, virtue which nc other
press has. The steel points mentioned
can be taken out and put in at pleasure
by any common smith Ia the country,
The leaver that | use is the. comm "a
straight leaver, applied direct to the grip
ing blocks, which forces the follower
down on the cotton with great force and
without friction. The working of the
gripping blockson main bars forms com
piete rachel as natural as though they
were cast thereon, rendering It safe from
slipping. My follower Is run up AMI
down by rope and windliss, 50 errange
rs to work very easily
For further information apply t6 nae,
mt Bolivar, Tennessee .E .EH
a G. w. SWINEBROAD.-. -
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60 80 g. And &C. q

O.. ID
The 1ralaHche asks and answers the
question-Who can vote? Only such
male persons. being twenty one years old
who have paid their pole tax, and such
persons who are exempt by. law from
paying a poll tax. The law PASSED by
the last Legislature reqnires that teach
yoter shall give the Judges Of elee-
ton, when and where he votes Satisfies,
tory evidence that be has paid the poil
tax assessed against him Tor the year
preceding the election" exemnting how,.
ever, minors arriving at age the year
preceding the election, and persons over
fifty years of age. The poll tax was also
regulated by the same Legislature, re-
quiring from each voter the payment Of
fifty cents to the State, and the county
has levied similar tax for county pur-
poses. The p9A tax paid to the State is
to be us ed for school PURPOSES. This is
substantially the law, and perhaps the
worst one that any Legislature was ever
compelled to pass under State Con-
stitution. The New Constitution, pre-
scribed the qualification of payment
of a poll tax before the right Of
suffer age should attach There is no
way Of getting rid.of this anti. Democratic
measure except by the adoption of
new Constitution The same section of
the Cor stitution which requires the poll
tax to DO paid before voting, concludes
with this happy expression TO Sc
cure the freedom of elections and the
purity OF tho ballot box" We hope that
tn next General Assembly Will be cons
posed of members brave and progressive
enough to take steps to abolish this mis-.
cradle patchwork, called the Constitution
ofthe State of Tennessee The poll tax
is only one Of a dozen defects equally
anti>r epubIican. But the poll tax must
be paid, or the citizens viii be denied the
right Of suffrage. The evidence of pay.
ment Is the recci pt of the County Tax
Collector Pay half dollar to the
State, and be a voter! This is enough,
it is true, to knock all the, sentiment of
of patriotism out Of you-but the ''right
Of suffsrage" right to choose your
Governor down to your Justice of the
Peace depends on half dollar under the
new Constitution of Tennessee.
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The Arbitration.

New York July Ia special dispatch
from Geneva says that the mode of pro
ceedings on the direct claims has not yet
been ascertained, but it seems probable
the court will consider seriatim the char
acter Of Confederate cruisers. Accordp
ingly as they determine that the char
acter adjudged England responsible or
not for the depredations of all these
ships. The character of the ships being
thus determined the arbitrators will
next consider the amount of damages on
this point, and viii probably confer free
~ with the other side. Should the vie as.
too widely differ rs to the amount of in
Gemnity, the court may move a gross
amount between the two estimates If
there should be no hope of reconciling
the conflicting estimates, the court will
refer the award of damages to the asses
sors provided for by the treaty, and so
conclude their labOrS -rl..
. Now that arbitration goes on at Gene
va it will likewise continue on the San
Juan question at Berli !. Prince Hi5
mark viii appoint distinguished inter
nation lawyer to decide the question.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05
Dancing Academy.

Prof Nook, ofMemphis, who, by the
way, is one of the best teachers in the
South, will open dancing school at Hub
bard's Academy, in the rear of tue resi-
donce ofJames Pybass, Esqr next Mon
day, where young ladies and gentlemen
can learn all about the Terpsiehorean Art
for the small sum of ten dollars each.
The Professor taught here some four or
FIVE years ago to the entire satisfaction of
his patrons, and will endeagor to make
his second trip to Bolivar as successful as
possible. We have known him person.
ally for many years, and take pleasure in
testifying to bis proficiency and many
good qualities of head and heart Those
who patrouize him may st assured that
he viii DO lis duty faithfully and Impair
tialIy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05

The following incident is related IN the
Editors Drawer of Hnper's Magazine
for June:
You shave thousands of readers 6EFiEes
\ correspondent ut Nashville, Tenn, J
who anpreciases a go0d joke at The ez-
pense eyen5of that tbnlwark Of our her
ties" the srial By jury. The Hon 5 -
B -, for many years before tbs war,
and at present, our highly respected cir
cult judge, while perhaps rs good a nisi
Prius judge as has ever worn the judicial
ermine, Is at the same time one of the
most genial Of men. No one enjoys or
can tell good story better than he. This
one l think well worth preservation in
your treasury of good things, the Editor s
Drawer. Not many years ago, thejudge
says, a man was on trial at Wanesbor~
Ough, IN this State, on q charge Of muir
der The evidence for the State in-of
itself fatally defective-the defendant en-
his part, by the testimony of several I'M
impeachable witnesses, established a
perfect "alibi'' The judge and every
enc else supposed the prosecuting attor>
ney would there upon give up the case.
But no he was an obstinate fellow, whom
the defendants counsel had made mad,
and, moreover, he had no use for" the
defendant any way, ard argue the case
he would. Court adjourned till the next
morning. Meanwhile our attorney gem
eral spent n good portion of the night in
rausackiRg the books for ''bloody cases, {
more especially those in which the judges
had INDUCED in vast deal Of rhetoric In
their descriptions of the horrible nature
of the crime of murder These extracts
he read to the jury in his speech the next
morning, quoting also freely from the
old testament as to the proper dispOsil
ton to be made of the murderer, and
closed up in a perfect condagration of
English adjectives in giving his own no.
ton as to the Undesirable Nervousness
Of the crime of murder. The court then
charged the jury briefly, who, after a few
moments retirement, brought in yir-
dict of guilty of murder IN the first de :
gree p OF course new trial was at once
granted Defendants counsel, however
was naturally curious to know how the
jury could have found that verdict, and so
walking mp to one of the most intelligent
Of the twelve he said to him-a "How on
earth did you find that Verdict On what
evidence did you base it ~ 5...t.
ooh" said the juryman; 'sthar warn t
nothin in the Evidence that teched him /;
but, you see, the Ia'o 1oas SO strong 3"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05
Sensible Remarks Upon An Impor-
tant Subject


SALISBURY, Tenn. June, 1S72.z
Hr. Editor: .ae ..-s.~ 90. 81.
At the suggestion of some of.our most
intelligent and energetic farmers,
would, through your colamns, call the
attention of the public of the county and
of West tennessee, to the fact that ow-
ing to the insulHcieney or non~cxecu>
ton Of our Stock Law" the people are
great suffers, and oar stock producers
given more trouble than Is at all neces-
sary. -.-.-
Our uplands have been trampled and
rayased until the rznges are almost en-
tirely destroyed Weturn our cattle out
to starve in the effort to gather subsis-
tence from the barren hillsides They
fail to get it, and looking over the decay
ing, falling fences, they are driven by
hunger into the fields, and lay waste to
the corn, wheat, or other crops that have
cost the planter 50 much care and labor
lie feels that be is aggrievsd and be.
comes eXasperated, and shoots the pour
victim. Then comes the delAge litiga-
ton ends IN hatreH, and often in slight
or serious depletion On one or the other
These fences are poor and falling lie.
cause, under our present system Of laws
we can not control labor.
The African it seems, is cur only de-
pendence almost, and it is an utter i'm.
possibility to get him, as rale, to make
rails Another idea in this connection !:
The negIo goes to Mr.. A, and al,
though he has that day left Lis employer,
Mr.. q. in debt to HIM sometimes to a
considerable amount yet air a hires
him without asking a question This is
wrong. ia white mnu goes abroad to
seek Employment, he is required to bring a
recommendation I knoY it is not the
fault of landowners, but want to sugo
gest to them to change this thing
There is a remedy for the first evil
complained ofjust here. Let the farmer
take the best of his rails ana make lots.
larger or smaller, as the case may be, and
plant eloger,-I would emphasize the
word Then let them place tleir stock
in those lots ana tEey viii make more and
better beef; more and better bacon have
more and finer milk and butter the wives
will be better satisfied: they win be able to
sell more meat of both kinds, aad their
prospects viii improve yearly. Indeed l
believe there is more wealth In clover
than all the other crops that are grown
in this country. It is the basis Of Agri,
cultural prosperity. If a man has a good
clover lot he can get out Of It las milk.
mis- butter, his meat his bread, and he
can extract from it his corn. his cotton,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05
In Limbo

After a three days argument the babe
as corpus case of Mr.. William Mclean,
tax collector for Shelby county, before
Judge Irving Halsey, of the Second Cir
cult Court Memphis, was terminated last
Saturday morning. In deciding the case
and demanding Mclean to Jail, the Judge
delivered an able and exhaustive opinion
1t will be remembered, says the AUa>
lanche, that on Tuesday, Mir Mclean,
when arraigned before the Criminal,
Court refused to produce his official for
the inspection of the Grand Jury For
such refusal hev as adiudged in contempt
by Judge Fiippin of that court who sen
fenced Mr. Mclean to pay fine Of $50
and be imprisoned in the county jail for
ten days. Billy Mclean is serving his
time like little man.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05

his wheat, and almost anything else. FOR
if fed to his horses or mules. it viii en-
able them to work enough al least to do
the essential work in raising those crops
/ am aware that perhaps | have done
poor Justice to my subject being no farm
er, but merchant SUI hope, possibly,
to arouse you Editors, practical thinking
men, to the Importance of the measure,
suggested and then maybe the people viii
take hold of it. Then when we shall see
clover on every farm, the aspect Of the
country will be changed, the imnovished
soil will be regenerated; the whole con
dition oft people will be improved
Yours, &c,
q
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-05
A New Dodee.


In Nashville one day last week while
engaged in asserting Bank of Tennessee
II oney, preparatory to It's cancellation,
Treasurer Morrow same across a fifty dol
Iur bill which really was of the new is
Sue, butfhad been converted into aspuri-
GUS bill of the old isFue, and thus passed
off on a Collector in Shelby county. The
bin was originally signed BY Torbes', but
this signature had been removed by some
sort of chemical, and that Of Granville P
Smith, who was President before Torbett,
when what is known as the old issue was
made, was inserted in It's stead Treas
urer Morrow thought he discovered by
comparison with other signatures Of q
p. Smith that this signature was counter
felt and in ink that was too fresh fer the
other writing that was on the bill lie,
therefore carried it down to,gn to a hank,
and upon close inspection, the difference
was readily detected The counterfeit
signature was more even and generally
better written than g. p Smiths signa>
ture. A number of these bills are
aaoat through the country, or were
short time ago, and if the Torbett sigma
ture has been as efeetdally removed as in
this instance, and, at the same time, the
Smith signature has been a little more
closely initiated, the bills might well be
taken for genuine ones Of the old issue
Even this bin passed with three or four
officers. The value Of the old issue is
nearly three times as great as that Of the
new, and hence the inducement to make
the Gorme out Of the latter 90