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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-27

low-the-ribs" controversy is possibly going on
still. The words and phrases ticketed Gamer
icanisms' we're by no means invented since
DR.. Livingstone's departure from among us,
and were by no means uncurrent in England
when he left it; yet for the sake of argument,
we may admit that they were coined in the in
terval between Lvingstone's day of starting
up the Rovuma and SANKEY'S leaving for
Africa In this category we may include the
never-to-be-forgotten ulbous-below-the-ribs'
mystery. At the time Stanley met the great
explorer the latter had been over five years
without the sight of white mans face
and without hearing the English tongue
spoken, except perhaps. the jagged
nondescript of those he carried with
him from Bombay and who deserted him.
The tongue which he then heard possibly
tripped off ''Americanisms'' colloquially as
an Englishman might drawl out Anglicisms
under the same circumstances. They were in
close communion for months, and it would be
nothing wonderful to find the Doctor admit
"Americanisms" into his vocabulary, through
that unwilling process which arises from con-
tiguity, and jot them down dubious below
the-ribs," and all in writing. The quotation
from Hawthorne is apt in its place, and
possibly comment of SANKEY'S on Living
stones verbal description of the noble African
chief led the latter to adopt the more striking
dubious" epithet These verbal eccentricities
accounted for, we find the holder accusation of
complete forgery before us.
Now. when the German geographer Kiepert,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
DIED

PURDY.-At MoundSvllle. Wednesday
morning, Uecemeer IL, 1872, ofCODsumption,
SALLIE N. PURDY, wife OF w. j. Purdy, In
the SD year OF her age.
The funeral will take place from her late
residence, Friday, the 18th. at o'clock.
NoRTON.-On Wednesday, December II,
1872, JAMES NORTON, In the Goth year OF his
age.
Funeral services at his late residence,
John street, at prompt 9 O'Clock Friday
morning, from which the remains will be
taken to Steubenville, Ohio. for interment.
Friends of the family are invited to attend
[Steubenville papers please copy.l
MCCORTNEY.-Inth this city on Tuesday,
December 10, JOHN MCCORiNEY, in the 18th
year Of his age.
The funeral will take place from his late
residence on Main street, Centre Wheeling,
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
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Debt Ofthe City.

Editors of the Register:
In your paper of December 10 some
one more anxious to misrepresent me
than to enlghten the people in regard
to the city debt, inquiries:
why did DR.. Logan deceive the
Council in 1871 BY reporting the follow
ING az the entire debt OF the city"
The writer then preteuds to give a
statement OF the report in question, but
in fact mutilates and garbles it in order
to adapt it to his purpose.
The report made in 1871, at the time
that the Council was considering the
expediency of funding the maturing
bonded and floating Indebtedness Of the
CITY. was the report Of the Finance Com
miitcs; and the chairman OF that COM
mittee was no more Responsible for it
than Mayor LETTERS, DR.. Baird, and
other members OF the committee who
aided in its preparation.
Further, the statement WAS made to
Council at the time, by the chairman
of the Finance Committee; that the
figures given in the report were only
apprortmationS that the books and &C.
counts of the city were in such con-
fused state that it was then impossible
to ascertain the exact existing indebted.
ness of the city.
( Subsequent investigations show that
the report of 1871 was very nearly cor
rect, but that it did not include some
smaller items Of Indebtedness, the ag-
pregate OF which will probably not
exceed say $4,000.
II will he noticed that your cores
pondent excludes from his calculation
the Gas Lnaps contracted since the re
port of 1871. If we assume his state
ment OF the debt in 1871, $4,000, and
add, in round numbers, about $4,000
OF items included in the report OF 1871,
but left out IN his version Of it; add
again $1,000 OF items above referred
to, and to these add the Gas Loan,
bonded and special, $4,000, we have
represented "a aggregate existing in>
dehtedness of upwards Of 100000, q
sum which we believe ia not IN excess
OF the actual indebtedness Of the city,
and which will Be found, on examina-
ton, not materially inconsistent with the
report OF ISL. -.
The insrnuatiun 81 your corresponds
ent that false ststeuisntUrere made to
Council in connection Nish. the report
OF 1871, evidently CONES from one who
should have signed his article mislead
instead OF "misled
IT. H.7LoeAN.
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THE CAPITAL.
Gov. Jacob Against Removal
WILL VETO THE BILL
From the Intelligencer.l

From the Intelligencerl
The Wheeling IntslGgeaeer OF the
10th contains letter from its Charles.
ton correspondent which contains the
following paragraph on the Capital
question
"Verv little business will be done in
the House until the Capital question is
decided. Devers, of Hampshire, and
Fisher, of Hardy, are against the Capt.
tai being removed. 1t is said that Gov
ernor Jacob controls them, and that
they will not do anything unless their
constituents instruct them otherwise.
The Governor is understood to be op.
posed to removal, and will veto the bill
if there is the slig htest chance to qnlb>
BILE on it. Such is the current talk.
His course cannot be very we'll appre-
ciated by the friends of The movement.
The Wheeling Sunday Neps, whose
editor is in Charleston, contained the
following in its issue Of December l.:
"The members OF the Legislature
from the Eastern Panhandle are pledg.
ing their votes to Charleston. Why
Why, because Governor Jacob Ia from
the Eastern Panhandle, and Charleston
and Kanawha county gave Jacob her
vote almost solid. The people Of
Wheeling will find they have been sold
out to- Charleston by Jacob and his
! friends and that a combination has
been formed against Wheeling and her
interests not only in this but in other
matters yet to come
The members OF both the House and
Senate from the counties east OF the
mountains are almost unanimously
with Charleston in this matter. which
gives strong color to the belief OF bar
gain, corruption and sale" by our SUI
perlatively honest (?) Governor.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

In a list of. subscriptions made to
various proposed railroads, by towns
aud counties in Ohio, published in the
Iatslhgsncer, yesterday morning, the
editor failed to observe any bonds IN
aid Of the Wheeling and Lake Erie
road" Now it happens that, although
that list does not embrace all the
municipal subscriptions made in Ohio
under the BoEsEL Law, it contains two
10 the Wheeling and Lake Erie road
viz: New London $4,000 and Nor
walk $4,000. In addition to these,
Sandusky City, Milan, Navarro and
other points have voted aid aggregatlng
q much larger sum than the above. II
stbe editor OF the I"'el2tgcncsr cannot be
honest in politics, he ought at least to
aspire TO candor in business matters.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
UnprOductiVe Frauds.

limitations and counterfeits OF an estab-
lished, popular restorative, although mis-
chievous in their direct effects, are Indirect
ly beneficial in some respects. They teach
the community 10 rate AZ Its just value the
preparation that has been simulated and
pirated. The reputation and sale OF Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, for example, have
been greatly enhanced by the attempts that
have been made to supplant 1t. The dupe5
of imposture who from time to time have
been induced by plausible talsehoods to try
some worthless succedaneum for the stand
ard tonic OF America, have invariably re-
turned to 1t in an enthusiastic frame of
mind, ready to champion its merits TO the
utter 'ost. The warmest panegersts OF Its
preventative and curative properties are
those who have weighed the nostrums of
enyious adventures in the balance and
found them wanting. In pecuniary point
of view, all attempts to underm ne the
popularity OF this medicine have proved
advantageous to the proprietors, and except
for the sake Of protecting the public the
game Of exposure would not be worth the
candle.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

The bill known as the Ohio River
Bridge Bill, which passed Congress at
its last session too late to be enrolled,
has again been passed by the Senate
containing the following proviso
Provided. hSwsver, That any one COM
pany law FULLY authorized by the States
of West Virginia and Ohio, is hereby
authorized to construct bridge across
the Ohio river, from the city of Wheel
ing, in the State of West Virginia, to
the opposite side OF said river, within
the State Of Ohio, with span over the
main channel not less than three hum
bred and fifty feet IN length, and in all
other respects conformable and subject
to the provisions Of this act, so far as
the same are applicable to bridges
above the mouth of the Big Sandy.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

In the Brooke county, West Virginia,
Court last week, Elijah n. Robinson
was granted a divorce from his wife,
Sarah J. Robinson, for alleged adultery.
The woman was awarded the
custody of the youngest child and
5000 per year for support, whilst the
four older children are retained by the
father. Our readers will doubtless re
member that about a year ago we men
toned the elopemeut Of Mrs. Robinson
with a worthless vagabond named Ed
munds, who had lived with her hus-
band as farm hand.
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A SDlendid Gin.

A few days since, our esteemed friend
James Buchanan, Esq, OF Mt. Pleas
ant, brought to town and sold one Of
the largest and finest clips Of our
county. This clip numbers over fifteen
hundred 1eeces and realized the hands
some sum OF $500. Mr.. Buchanan's
flock is one OF the beet in the country
and one OF which our wool growers
may we'll be proud. The handsome sum
realized by the sale shows that Mr..
Buchanan understands growing the
great Washington county staple
Washinqton Review.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
THE roUisIANA TROUBLE.

Louisiana aina state Of anarchy,
KELLOGG, present United States Sena-
tor. and ADMINISTRATION candidate for
Governor, leads enc action and Cover
nor wARMoTH The other. Each is an
sspirant for the Senate, and each relies
on the political means which he holds
for success. WARxorh cat the head
of the State government, and presides
over the Board Of State Canvassers
whose duty it is to count upthe cleo
ton returns of the whole State. KEEL
Iose's factiou have an opposition Board
OF State Csnvassers who insist on their
right to count up the returns. Neither
party has any faith in the honesty OF
the other, and it must he admitted that
there is abundant cause for this mutual
di.trust. The Custom House faction
headed by Brother-in-Law 4CAssy,
az course, side with KRLLoee
and have brought into requisi'
ton the federal courts and federal
troops TO insure his success A federal
iulge. named DrRRELI, has decided
a,4inst WARMoTu' hoard and in favor
~ the Custom House faction. ON
Tr;isv last he directed the federal mar
hal TO take possession OF the State
House. Two companies OF ieral
,roops were furnished at the Marshal :
request. He then seized the State Cap
i,ol and ausrtered his troops in the halls
Of legislation. At the same time the
federal judge issned an injunction pro-
hibting Governor W.RMoTHS board
rom canv .ssing the returns, and recog'
niz ng the Custom House Board OF
C.nvsssers, to whom he commanded
the Governor TO deliver up the cleo
ton returns. This violent. outrageous,
ard despotic action OF federal
court, usurping power under a strained
instruction OF a clause IN the civil
rights law, is sustained by the admin
istration at Washington. Il such mon
-trous perversion of the laws OF the
country prevail, every State in the
Union ia Frustrated at the foot Of fed
eral power. II a Federal Judge car
seize State Capitol. quarter his troops
in the executive chamber, and virtually
decide who shall be governor, and who
shall hold seats 10 the State Legislature,
what remains Of State rights or State
dignity that is worth cherisbing? The
l,st and most lsmentable phase Of
this case is the announcement that a
deputasion OF the leading citizens o.
New Orleans is on the way to Wash
ington TO throw themselves at the feet
Of the President and submit to any
terms he may Offer, if he will relieve
the State of the seli-constituted agents
Of the anarchy with which it is men
aeed.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

SINCE it is understood as being proc
able that the Governor will veto the
Cspital.removal bill, if it passes the
House and Senate, some disappoint-
ment has been manifested by those who
did not understand that veto IN such
Gaze il of no account A simple ma
iority of each house may pass the bill
over his veto, and the law will 90 into
effect in spite of him; therefore we
take it he will hardly venture On the
experiment.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

The Beaver Argus Of last week says
During the latter part OF last week, &c
we are informed, about one hundred
additional Chinese lsborers arrived at
Beaver Falls. They will GO to work at
once in the cutlery works at that place.
Those engaged there for some time past
have made wonderful progress in their
new duties, and their good behavior has
disarmed much of the prejudice that
originally was felt toward them.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
sr,eREnE COURT APPEALS.

Welearn that ALPHEus +. RAYMOND
JAMES PAUL., JOHN T. HorFNAN and
C. F. T.SMooRE have received from the
Governof,of this State their commits
sious ~ Judges Of the Supreme Court
Of Appeslss The term Of this Court
commences On Thurs lay, the 9th day
OF January next.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

The Indian Commissioners, in their
fourth annual report, speak in glowing
terms of the success OF their peace pol
icy. They say that nearly fve-sixths
OF the Indians OF the United States are
either civilized, or, as geographers di>
vide the different races of men, "half-
civilized" it must be admitted that the
savage half crops out altogether too
often for the quiet OF the frontier.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

Editors OF the Regi ter: .....- q. L.
Max, in this mornings IntslHgsncsr
lsbQrs hard to show why citizens and
taxpayers should oppose the Postal
Telegraph system. Why don't he take
q paper, get forty citizens and taxpay-
ers representing $S,00O,O0O worth Of
property to sign it, and thus stop the
whole thing with and injunction. T..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
Editors Of the Register: -

Editors OF the Register:
The chairman OF the Finance Com
mittee of Council, the other night,
declared, in a manner meant y. ,aeiy
contradiction, that no aid had been or
could be voted to the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad Company under
the present law, and that there Mali -
10000 subscribed anywhere ontside
of this city to that company.
1t would have been well for hiafep'
utation for veracity if he had see6, thS
extract from the Railroad Gazette pub.
lished by his friend Hall, Of the IaseQf'
gsncer, in Wednesdays edition of TIL
aper, in which are mentioned two sub
scriptions to that company. viz: Nev
London $4,000 and Norwalk $ll0. 900,
both of which were in Joel Wood
Esq.'s, report to Council; but Of course
Woods statement was not to be taken
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as evidence. As the Railroad Gazette
has nothing to do with the Wheel
ing and Belmont bridge or the Tusca-
rawas road, it may be that this state
ment from it is worthy OF belief.
II the above two subscriptions are
thus proved to be bona tide, what reason
is there to doubt the genuineness OF the
Navarro and Ssndusky subscriptions
or any o. the others mentioned BY
Wood? X.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

We learned day or two ago that
the editor of the REGISTER hat told h'7
friends he found about three-fourths OF
the merchants and manufacturers OF
the city were against the subscriptions,
and il they didn't know what was good
for them it was not worth while for
him to continue the vain effort to con-
vince them.-Ints!Ayeacsr.
You learned nothing OF the kind
Take warning from the fate OF ANNA"
MAS, and don't lie so fearfully.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

SENATOR SUMNER has not the slight
est disposition to train in the admin
;s,ration ranks. He stands By the Gins
cinnati platform. In a recent con-
vsrsstion he said: This is our line,
and five have no party roof over our
heads we shall camp out on 1t and
await events"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
Beware of COunterfeits.
LAUGHLIN'S INFANT CORDIAL.
The Child's Cure when Teething,
TORELIEyE

PAIN collie AND WAKEFULNESS.
Such is the popularity Of orr remedy that
II has induced some unprincipled persons
labels, circular and wrappers, almost word
for word, using the same colors gliding and
style, requiring very close looking to dis
cover the difference. An intelligent and
honest public will frown upon such at
tempts at deception and treat them as they
deserve. Hereafter we shall prosecute, to
the full extent of the law, all parties who
by making, selling or buying such imita-
lions as shall infringe on our copyright.
The only genuine article of The Child's
Cure when Teething, Laughlin's Infant Cor
dial, is prepared by LAUGHLIN BROTH
Frs & co. Copyright entered and secured
according to act Of Congress.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
We are indebted to Senator DAVIS
for copies OF the Bridge Bill and a
Congressional Globe containing the de-
bate thereon.

BRIcELAND, the supposed murderer OF
JOHN ALLISaHAM, at Eldersville, last
week, is a mulstto, and was raised by
one of the SwEARINeENs Of Hancock
county, West Virginia. His mother
lives in Wellsburg.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
A Home Medicine.
A Home Medicine.
Tried for 40 Years.
Tried for 40 Years.
Tried for 40 Years.
DR.. A. 9. Todd's Liver Pills.
q

DR.. A. =. Todd & Liver PlllS.
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DIR. A. y. Todd's Liver Pills.
FOR DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, LIV-
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ACHE, BILIOUSNESS, &c.
EVANSVILLE, Pa, Sept. II, 1871.
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your valuable Pill, am now enjoying per-
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from Dyspepsia and have tried many RENE.
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since, feeling exceedingly bad, got from
8. Boram, Druggist, a box of your Pills, and
using them according to the directions,
now feel perfectly restored. SO valuable
are they would not be without them for
any money, and deem them the most won-
derful remedy Of the day.
Yours, with respect,
p. Fl. NAGLE.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers every.
LAUGHLIN BRoTHERs d CO.,
oG7 Proprietors.
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TN THE MUNICIPAL COURT Oh

TN THE MUNIrIPaL COURT OF
/ Wheeling IN Assumpsit
John Roemer and Joseph A. Bell. part
ners, doing business as John Roemer Co.,
IS. Theodore Brueckner and Louis p. Salter.
bach, partners, doing business as Brueckner
& salterbach.
The attachment in this cause having been
returned executed, and neither of the de-
PENDANTS having been served with copy
thereof, nor with process In this suit, and II
appearing from an affidavit filed herein
that said defendants are non-residents OF
the State OF West Virginia, the said defend
ants are hereby required 10 appear within
one month after the date of the first publ
cation of this order, as required by Chapter
1874 of the Code OF West Virginia, and do
what is necessary TO protect their interests
The object OF this suit Is To recover from
the defendants the sum OF three hundred
and eighty-nine dollars and sixty eight
cents, with interest f. ON the I'd day OF %
vember, 1871, and to subject the property
attached to the payment thereof.
A Copy. reste:
DANA T.. HUBBARD, Clerk.
TAYLOR & BARR, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
dppl2.OaWt
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
Bachelors Hair Dye.

This superb HAIR DYE is the Best IN The
Rorld-Perfectly harmless, reliable and in
diculous Tints or Unpleasant Odor. The
genuine w. A. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE
produces Immediately a splendid BLACK
or NATURAL BROWN. Does not stain
the skin, but leaves the HAIR CLEAN,
SOFT and BEAUTIFUL. The only Safe
and PERFECT Dye Sold by all Druggists.
Factory, 10 BOND street, New York.
mar5-degc
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12

COMPOUNDED EN- rIRELY OF
VEGETABLE INGREDIENTS,
Which will in all instances chemically de-
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Grated by various causes, which impede the
vital and organic operations OF nature In
the human frame. In many persons this
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requires perseverance and time In the use
OF the remedy, to remove the cause OF dis
ease. In others this cause Is quite limit ed,
and then the action OF the medic ne is inn
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TO cure; but 1t
WILL CURE ALL CASES.
Its effect Is purifying increasing the vital
ity Of the blood, invigorating and strength
ening all the organs etfectually by ITS chem.
ical action, gently, yet surely. restoring and
soothing the system. The effect Is pecu-
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system. Being compounded from the pres
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extOl its merits, being satisfied that after q
fair trial, It's curative properties will be more
convincing than words.
ANOTHFR PHYSICIAN CURED.
BALTIMORE TES rrMONIAL.
DIR. FITLER-My Dear Sir Several OF my
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suffering severely myself, made person
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Satisfaction guaranteed 10 all sufferers
trying. FOR sale by
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-12
Gold SpectacleS

THERE CAN BE No MORE APPRO-
i pirate Christmas Present for the 20
folksS than a pair OF those perfected Gold
Spectacles sold at the Market Street Jew
eiry Store, a few doors below Mcclure House,
the place for Gold Headed Canes, tiold
Watches, Chains, Brscelets, Rings, Keys.
Seals, Charms, Silver Ware, Gold Pen. and
Pencils. Napkin Rings Fruit KNIVES, &C.
decll OXTOBY & DUFFIEID.
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Cemetery. ,,rsr,
TEL pro goH Il. sor ioinshi..s.l s. .' SS.e.ss
40 BIDS for furnishing LoIn so,eisc
ins the 3. nee. flAns an ~, $500
eais be seen BIZ csllipg onr W.. CIaEss
3 Dc 10 be received - d. A slo
unin . o'clock On thstAiAa n. -
cs..rms, rommtftes 90 co.
ZHA"Ss;. - 49,. s~a
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-31

RATIFICATION MEETING-TheD Dem
ocrat gives an account of the Ratifica.
ton meeting held here last Saturday.
and in the officers selected to organize
and carry it on, we do not nee one
name of the Originators of the Liberal
move. We did not attend as the pr,
lltlcal repast served up is so different
fIom what the bill of fare called for.
that we had n" desire to hear the
grace before, or after meat. 81