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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

SIxCE it became apparent that the
House Of Representafives does not dare
70 expel ancbody for bribery and corr
ruptlon, public interest in the Credit
Mob,ler frauds LAS materially declined.
The r, suit of all The MSS and tury has
been accurately dl-counted and nobody
now feels very much interest in the
affair. There will be no eXpuisons;
il j. doubtful whether there will be any
ceusure put upon the members who
have shared in ro'biug the people oi
S23. 600 900. The debate Yesterday
indicates that when the vote is taken
this morning the resolution for the eX'
pulsion OF Messrs AMEs ana BROOKS
will iail to receive the two-thlrds
necessary to their passage, and 1t ia
even doubtful whether they will receive
the assent OF a majority of the members
of the House. The old story OF the
sheep thiet, nine OF whose jurymen had
received portion of the mutton, finds
a fresh illustration in the United States
Congress. As well might we expect a
iurv of thieves TO convict a confederate
charged with burglary as TO look i"r
the fortv>second Congress to expe' anv
OF it's members tor corruption.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
Radical Misrrpr~s~otsssos 81 Ne"
and Nessures IN Chnriestsa.
From the Couri,

A parcel OF blsckgusrds who pro-
fess to represent the Republican party
in and around the Legislature, and are
doing some very distinguished and very
cowardly lying. through their letters To
Radical newspapers. about ~bs, IL
tranaplring At the Capital. The msn
who looked with complscency on the
plundering- and prescriptions Of Rsd'>
caIism, q few years ago, are assuming 10
champion public. honesty, and per-on-
who psr,ici pated in and approved OF the
filthy orgies OF Nat HARRISON aud his
crew are setting themselves up ~ the
apostles oi public decency. Though the
Democratic representatives we're ten
ioId wor-e than they are falsely assert
ed " be by these malicious aud sneak
ing scsndalmongers yet should their
worst hours and scs he righteousness
and peace compared with the muitipl'-
ed yiIlsipies and indecenciss which
formed the sum total Of RadIcs rule "a
this State.
In the midst Of the ooerous labor- =
i'm posed uvon the present Legislature
in the adaptation OF the laws to the
new Constitution. there hss scarcely
been time TO heed or respond 10 the
spiteful yelp ng At their heels which
has been in progress But tolerant ~
the public mind may be toward the
irressistible propepsities Tor lying. in
herent in the pa,ure Of Radical jour
nails and tbosr who aid 70 embellish
them, its torbesrance is, nevertbsies-,
limited. When that limit In reached.
the public will not isil TO recall the
reasons tor which the Radical parry
Wa retired in dIsgrscs. snd such re-
collection will be handsomely aidei by
reminders OF the disreputshls scene,
and incidents which preceded the over.
throw Of Rsdicalism in West Virgins.
The crime, OF the Republican party. 10
plundrring. per-ecutpg and dissrscing
the people Of this State. have rtilI
sufic ent value a. matters OF history,
to furnish some mighty Interesting
reading"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

the rebellion should have seat in the
House. 1t was not for him TO argue
whether the law was wise or unwise. 1t
was enough to know that 1t was the
sole work of Congress, but no man can
be excluded from either House
for any disqualification except
such as are indicated by law
The House cannot supersdd any dis
qualification. The question on trial
to-day was the right OF Mr.. Brooks or
Mr.. Ames and it was the right OF the
whole people OF the country; the right
OF representation; for which our fathers
bad fought Whatever the howlings
and cIsmors OF the mob might be, the
question to he decided is as to the jnva-
lidty OF the right OF representation
He for enc was resdy to vote now and
would not be deferred IRON doing his
duty by the clsmors OF the mob.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

Mr.. HEREFrRD, oi West V irgina,
made very good ponl IN the debate
in Cougrr-s Yesterday by asking BING-
HAM / question concr~ul"g he puwrr OF
the House l. exclude K pres rutnllvrs
for act- committed prior 10 tner elec-
ton. The whole dritt of the argument
for excusing the CreiI Mobilier pun
derers, L. that the otfen-e WAS commit
ted while the accused were members OF
former Congress, and the r'gnt OF the
present Congress, TO eXptl any OF lts
members for otleuses OF luat long stand
ing is now denied 10y CoLFAXs apuio
gists aud by all who nave shaiei IN the
profits OF the Crydrt M3biiier Stock
HEREFoRD inquiry ~ 10 the power OF
Congress TO exclude mon tor acts OF Re.
helliou committed long before Their
& ection touched ne stst "t the who'e
NJ tier, aud BI>GHAM ) ssqirmlng snow
ei that the shot WAS well aimed aud
effective.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

We are glad to note thai an effort is
being made for the erection OF a suitable
monument to the memory OF General
GEORGE II. MEADE. He was one OF the
few competent and brave Generals OF
the Federal army who did his duty
modestly and without political aspira-
ton, and il anybody who earned militia
~ honors in the civil war deserves n
monument. General MEADE is the man
Ii tdetracls nothing from his well-esrned
fame that he was not a tavnrlte with
the petty politicians VINO have 30 sadly
mlsused the fruits OF the victory he
earned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
TELEGRAPnIG SUMMARY.

A fire in Desplaines street. Chicago
on Tuesday night Ae-lroyed property to
the amount OF $4,000. A terrific -now
storm seriously interrupted business
A collision occurred on the Chicago u
Dnhuuue railroad, mile from the lat-
ter city Yesterday, badly smashing two
locomotives and two baggage cars, aud
severely irjuring several passengers
Prominent Massachusetts officers IN
the late war, are making efforts to Sc
cure an appropriation from the State
toward erecting monument to the
late General Meade, on the field OF
Gettysburg.
A fire occurred near Beachh"ry
New York, Tuesday night hy which a
woman named Mrs Thurher and five
children were burned to death. 1t Is
not known how the fire originated.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

This il the way woman st R's"g
Sun, Indiana, cured . dog Of sucking
eggs. The vile OF Thomas MurreI.
living on Deis.ll sbsPpard'' place,
being troubled With dogs eating her
hens esg-, thought she would give
them a lesson they would remember.
30, placing an egg on the ground. she
took . glsss bottle filed With gunpo~
der aod poured . circle around
il, then bid ill the dog VS.
about 10 take the egg, when she
would touch IL OF. This she did iwice,
but the third time coal OF fre. which
she did not zee caught the pvwder and.
the bo,tle burst 10 her hands. burning
ner lace, neck and hands. Her dress
was burned entirely of. Three chill
dren having iolIowed her. two Of them
were burned, one abou, i've year, old.
severely. the other slishtly. The Old
est, having escaped unhurs. screamed
for help. or they must oil have perish
ed" The dog Bow wbiats Tor gun
powder 70 ess wIth bis ssss.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

The indications are that Senator
CALDwELL's 500, 1000, spent to procure
his election to the Uul,ed States Senate
may yet prove a cool investment and
the emoluments OF the place NAV re-
suit in all his fancy painted them
Caldwell is to keep ms place a. an
example OF what the American youth
possessed OF 100000 may attain. The
price may va.y somewhat in the sew
eral States, huI what CALDWELL paid is
the average prrce Of u kausas legisla
ture. We have no recent quotations
from Pennsylvania, though it Is
thought that Mr. CAMERON, from long
experience in the trade, obtained some-
what better terms.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
THE HAuNrED SCHOOL HOUSE,.

The Teacher's Narrative Of taer Ows
Expertesce-The Tive Headed
Ghast That apeaks-Aatoased
Brushes, Travelling DusiPaas asd
| HarsequtH Broosas.
From tue Hartford TimeI
We are able to lay before our readers
these interesting extracts from a letter
written by Miss Lucy A. Perkins.
teacher at the haunted school house in
Newburyport in answer TO inquiries
concerning an account Of the affair
published in q newspaper:
The account YOU send me is true,
with a lew exceptions. When tirst
saw the boy he wss neatly attired 10 a
brown suit OF clothes, trimmed with
braid and buttons OF the same color.
When | reached forward to grasp him
be seemed not like the boy, but vaPory,
or, as can only describe it, like thin
cloud scudding scross the room; still he
seemed to have the hoy form. Reports
from some OF the Boston papers Say
tainted; such is not the case. j knew
where was aud what | WAS about just
as well a. know / am writing.
One day | sent out
boy to hang up the brushes,
&c. He was about FIVE min.
utes. After he had taken his seat, three
raps came on the door OF the room,
where the brushes were hung. He
said, Miss Perkins, can | 60 out and
see who ia thereH ! told hun "Yes.
and leave the school room door open
He did 10, and when he opened the
brush room door Q sal where could
see all thls) every one OF the brushes,
both long and short handed, came tall.
ing of the mails where they were hung;
some struck him in the iace. some on
the shoulders; and the broom directly
on the top OF his head. The dust pan
hanging on q nail at some distance
above the brushes, came rambling down
10 the floor with n vengeance. Ii stood
on its handle, then on the bottom edge
and continued on 80 until II entered the
school room, and tnen il WAS placed
A. nicely against the partitions
a. il mad had done il myself just ~
soon ~ Id raise the ventilstor A black
ball like a cannon ball would begin Ia
roll round the attic, and make such
noise | would be obliged to lower the
ventllator. One day the room Was ~
quiet ~ il could possibly be, and all Al
once some one IN the attic called Out.
"Dsdiie Pike. Dsddie thought I
spoke and said. What msm." | sa'
10 hrm. Can you SAY your lesson p
Since the boy affair took place the
has been fastened up. Locks I'd Se!T
are OF no use. however Tor there y
ju-, a. r,.,ch walking up ssa'r-, ~"
sometimes the hammerng and mailbag
Once an ~ while sounds ~ one walk
imr viii come down the attic way, g.
acros. the entry and open the outside
door, and be gone perhaps five minutes.
After il il quiet again the door will open
and he. she. or il will go up stars
Am not n Spirltualist; never attended
sitting, 10 tact never had anything 20 do
with persons OF that belief. and never
raw any manifestations. Why any
thing OF the sort should take place
where / am il more than ! can account
for.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
RIVE< NEWS.

CrxcrxxArr, Feb. 26.-River falling
with 81 eet in the channel. Heavy
fleet storm sll day. The following to"'
arrived rom Pittsburgh with coal
Tom Rees. Fred Wilson, j. 1. bravo
and Coal Valley; Kanawha Belle from
Pomeroy. Departures n. $. Turner
Henry P. Morris, Memphis; Warner
aud barges, St. LOUIS; Charmer, Ev'
ansville; Emma Graham and Junlals'
Pittsbargh.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Feb. 20 River
falling with feet in the channel
Weather cloudy and cold
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
GERMANY.

BERLIN, February 26.-The German
Parliament will be convened on the
twelfth OF March next. 1t is expected
that numerous important measures
will come up at the opening Of the ses-
sion.
The Swiss Government has officially
Recognized the Spanish Republic, aud
has sent a dispatch to that effect to the
State department ct Madrid.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
RUSSIA.
The Ukr.tne Revolt.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 26.-The uk-
raine revolt is assuming alarming pro.
portions. The atrocities committed
are OF desperate character. Dwellings
are burned and plundered, and the in-
mates murdered. The insurgents defy
the Government. The Russian force
DISPATCHED from Kiev to quell the ri
ing has been defeated and the 'nsurrec-
ton is increasing.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
FOREIGN.
SPAIN.
The Cortes neutrality-suspicious.
by the artists.


MADRID, Feb. 26-The Cortes dissolv-
ed Yesterday afternoon after passing the
bill aboiishing slavery in Porto Rico
and the other Spanish colonies. The
new election takes place on the thirty,
first OF March and the new Cortes will
assemble April Goth following.
The widow aud children OF the late
Marshal Prim have left this city.
Reports OF Carlist disturbances in the
Provinces are received here daily and
cause much uneasiness. Fresh out
breaks are reported at Bilbao. The
Carlis,s surrounded the town in force
and are committing depreciation in the
out skirts. Psmpelina is also beng
subjected to seige by the Insurgents.
Its expected both place will have to
capitula ate as the authorizes find ttem
sci YES unable in the absence OF govern
ment force to resist for any protracied
period.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

The liouor dealers 10 Indiana having
raised $250,000 TOR legislative bribery
fund, a spirited investigation ia gong
on to ascertain who among the mem /,
bers of the Legislature have pocketed
the biggest share. Beware OF Indiana
f.tsL glefoot" aft er this.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27

Senator Nye hit the bulls eve the
other dav when he called York, the
be,rayer Of Pomeroy, IAN outside ras-
cal" That describes him exactly. II
ne had been an inside rascal be would
not have done so
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
CIaYfOn,a Case.
Tn. Columbian Mission.

w. L. Scruses, Of Georgia, editor OF
the Atlanta Wing, has been appointed
Minister Resident OF the United states
OF Columbia. This place was vacated
bv General Hurlbut, OF Illinois.
y,ce President.EIect q" RenOnncc
AtngIe BIrssedness.
There is areport which has every ap:
pesr.nce OF accuracy, in circulation to
the effect that the Vice President-elect
ia soon to renounce his single miser'es
and take a wife. Miss Fades, a veal
,bv and cultivated lady Of this city, who
is very popular in socley y, is said 10 oe
the party OF the second part.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-27
Whttewash OF CaldweII.

The vote OF the Senate, on Monday
which by a majority of ten refused to
take UP the case OF Senator Caldwell
is generally accepted as practically set
ding his case favorably. Senator Nor
ton is in very bad humor at the uneere
monious manner in which the report o,
his committee, although a question o.
the highest privilege. was pushed aside
for the Agricultural Land Bill, and also
at the uncalled-lor remark dropped by
Senator Logan. in the course OF the oe,
bate, to wit: that there was unusual
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-15
what 4. Your Life Worth

No estimate can be made Of the value Of a hu'
man life. 1t Is beyonda pprsisement. The wealth
Of the world weighed against It would Kick The
beam. Yet how many precious lives are thrown
away unwlitlngly. The laws of health are simple
enough. but they are not generally understood,
and when understood are too often dlsregarded.
At this season, for example, when 1t Is expedient
that the physical system should be toned, regula
ted and purified 10 enable 1t to endure without
injury the Intense heat, ot summer, how many
,housand even Of the feeble and delicate, neglect
TO fortify themselves in this way against a known
danger. who is so ignorant as not to be aware
that Hostetter's stomach Bltters, II when taken
regularly, are a sure protection against intermit'
tents. remittents. and al epldemics engeEdered By
the yapor-.aden atmosphere Of spring? Who does
not know thai the same wholesome tonic and al
~ters,lye, # taken a. proper Intervals throughout
the ,ummer, viii prevent feyers, bilious attacks,
headache, COLI, ueryol. debility Indigestion. and
all the long catalogue Of Ills to which heat and
malaria give rise Whoever wants q clean bill OF
health for The mo-; rneryatlng season of the year.
shsuld take time by the forelock and G
course Of tits nnequanel vegetable InvIgorant LOW
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Manner.

Manner is a more important ac1uisi-
ton than is generally thought. The
best All kindest people destroy their
own influence, and, what is worse, of
ten create Il prejudice against goodness,
by a lard, dry, d~iscouraging manner ;
more o-pecially as, after all, manner is
generally on the whole Il tolerably fair
index of the mind. Those who are
courteous and genial probably feel
kindly towards rs at the moment, even
though they may forget us directly al
terwar and certainly such people are
infinitely preferable to those who are
equally careless Of us, and are rude
into the bargain. There is no reason
why people should seek our society, if
they w,uld rather not-indeed no one
would wish it, We hOpe-but every body
has a right to expect courteous rec ogui-
ton and due |civility at such tim es as
they are thrown into the society of their
fellow-creatureS.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-05-15
Morals and Business in the Sandwich
Islands,

The census returns OF these islands
for 1872 shows a fearful decline among
the native population-a decrease at the
rate Of about 1900 a year. The people
are not peculiarly subject to disease,
but the women will not bear children,
They will calmly tell you that they
don't want the bother of childbirth, and
have deliberately practiced iniantieide,
or fnt.cide. A gentlewoman kind in
manner will tell You this. 1t is aston
ishing - observe their good nature and
amiabiiity, and yet be assured Of the
terrible things that they are capable OF
doing. They have no idea Of virtue or
persona chastity. A woman cannot
lose caste among them. Prostitution
does no, alter in the slightest a woman's
position among her friends. There is
no family organization. They live in
groups. and to a great extent live in
common. Polyandry is common, and
publicl9 avowed and they do not seem
to realize the hideousness of the prac-
tice know two pleasant men in bust
ness WHO ayow that they have but one
wife be ween them. There are nearly
1000 more men than women in these
islands. However, public men are en-
tirely occupied with the interests Of
property, and particularly Of sugar,
and care nothing about the humamtari.
an questions which the condition Of
this race so forcibly presents. The
salubrity of this climate is attracting a
great many invalids even from the mild
climate Of California. The activity OF
the volcano also brings a great many
tourist. Business is very dull. The
decline in the San Francisco sugar mar
ket is rlinous to Cur planters. If sugar
does not improve, they must get reel
procity, or bring.about annexation, or
break. Real estate is much depressed,
and estates could be bought cheap
HOnOioiu Letter.
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JONES.

I knew . man, he lived In Jones'
which Jones ia s county Of red hills and stones
And he lived pretty much by getting Of loans,
And his mules were nothing bu, skin and bones,
And his hogs were - hat a. his corn-bread ponos,
And he had bout q thousand Gcres Of land.
This maitland his name Il WAS also Jones'
He suore that he'd leave them old red hills and
stones,
For he couldn't make nothin'but yeilowish cotton,
And little u that, aud his fences we're rotten,
And what little corn he had, that wa bOughten,
And be couldn't get q living from the land.
And the longer he swore the madden be got,
And he rose and he walked 20 the stable lot
And he hallosei % Tom 10 come there and hiiehi
For 10 migrate somewhere where land was RICH.
And 10 quit raising cock.burrs, thistlss and sich,
An wasting thsir time on barren land.
30 him and Tom they hitched up the mules,
Protesting that folks were mighty big fools
That nd stay IN Georgia thtr lifetime out,
Just scratching . living when al q them mOugAi
CT places 10 Texas, where cotton would sprOut
By the time you could plant u IN the land.
And he drove by q house where a man named
Brown
Was living, NOT far from the g 'ge Of the town,
And he b4utered Brown for 10 buy his place,
And said that seeing az money was skAco,
And seeing - sherids we're hard 10 face,
Two dollars an acre would get the land,
They closed al a dollar aud ary cents.
And Jones he bought him q wagon and tents,
And loaded his corn, aud his women, and truck,
And moved TO Texas which it took
His eutire pile, with the best q luck,
To get there aud get him a little land.
But Brown moved out on the old J0ue- farm,
And he rolled up his breeches and barred hi. arm,
Aud he picked all the rocks from of'n TIE ground,
And he rooted il up and plowcd IL down,
And sJwed his corn and wheat 10 the land.
Five years Gid by, and Brown, one day,
(Who had got ~ fat that he wouldn't weight
Was q sitting down, sorter laAly,
To the grandest dinner you ever aid see,
When one u the children jumped % hi knee
And ssys, "Yan'- Jones, which you bought hls
lAnd.H
And there was Jones, standing out at The fence,
And he hadn't no wagon, nor mules, nor fonts,
For he had left Texas afOOt and come
To Georgia 20 see II he couldn't get some
Employment, and he was looking a.
Humble a. II be had never owned any nud.
But Brown he asked him IN, aud be spt
Him down 10 biz yctuais smoking hot,
And when be had hlled himself aud the floor,
Brown looked at him sharp aud rose audssUre
That " whether mems land was rich NJ poor,
There vas more in the man than there Eas 10
the lAnd.H
-u1,.a (E1 T,I.g,Jyl
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Curious Census Record.

The census Of 1870 gives New Eng.
land an increase in population Of $50,
Si7, say ii per cent, or half the rate
(22.22 per cent. of the increase of the
country. OF this, los, 40 was by immi-
grafton, and 1897 by births. Where
the increase by births is largest, the
number of foreign-born persons is great
est. New Hampshire actually loses
7,773, while Rhode Island gained 2i.47
per cent. Massachusetts,, with a for
eign population of 1853, 319, and 500, 352
persons both Of whose parents were for
eign-born, added 227, 1885, or 1888 per
cent.
The birth-rate is least in Massachu-
sets, where foreigners and their de-
ecendanss are in the largest proportion.
Inc birth-rate has gone down all through
new England, and the average family
s'i nom o.l5 in 1850 to AL in 1870, in
sew Hampshire; in Massachusetts
ron DIG IN 1850 to ACT in ls7o. .nd
In Vermont, from 5.3s in 1870 3 Zoo
1870. This decline is az po,;,vs
Maine. whe e there are only 1871 me-
sons 10 the square mile, and in Vernon,
where the population is rural, as it is in
Rhode Island with 166. 43 to the n
mile, and in Massachusetts, with 1856. "a. "
An element of interest not named in
the immense immigration from New
England to the West-but the al COM
ment to be made is in the fact not so
much of the positive falling off of the
native population as in the reduced
number of children from parents born
elsewhere. A table cling back forty or
fifty years would show the relative re-
1uction to be much greater than is stated
Ibovs.