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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
LETTER FRO /. BARB UR.
"Joab squash" Gated q" Account
PHILLIPPI WEST Va
March 24, 1873.

March "a, 1873.
Editors Of the Register:
II your columns OF last week We no.
ticed a H story OF Bsrbour coanty-
Phillippi Its Tnhsbitsnts. &c" While
We doff our has, and with our most
polite bow return thanks to I" Mr..
Squash" for the Hn'e he said in our
favor, ~e feel, painfully feel, that be
has not done us just ce, and Justice
must be done tho the Heavens fall"
We will not go back to the davs oi
"AuId Lang Syne,' the formation o.
our county. &c; bat come down to the
present enlis htened day and genera
ton We are an independent, high
minded people, and. sbeve all things,
we prize the reputation OF our little
town-and what wonder then that our
angry passions did rise At the manner in
which Mr. Squash" alluded To our
p.vemenls2 Miserable sidewalks -
Indeed We are pescerul, lsw.sbiiing
citizens, bat had "Mr. Squash" been
present when we read this part of his
history, he might have fell that it
w,u d have been well for hm il be had
never been horn. imagine it would
not he well for any one person 10
sav miserable sidewalks" in the
presence OF Msjrr Brown. There was
a time when the Major did not attend
to the whistle part OF the saw mill, bat
urged with IN ght and main the neces
sity OF improving the streets, and II IL
through his il flIence and industry we
hive side walks We DEFY Mr. Squash
10 make a care nj examination with a
microscope-and il he again SAYS mis-.
erabIe side walks, we will he forced to
cav tIet'urh n t in him" and what
the Major will do ls more than We are
able 10 say.
Another item we must not forget TO
notice, and this item "rlled' us not a
little. We do not like to be called a
wic ked pc pie. Mr.. Squash says, I'VE
have three churches and very little
preaching" We beg you Joab, to give
heed 10 the ringing OF the bells, by 80
dong, you will Fl d we have more than
very little preaching" and that we
have not many fears OF the doom OF
Sodon.
We must DO "Mr. Squash" the jus.
tice to say that he WAS correct lu one
statement. Some OF our men are very
enterprr-ing in a certain direction. 1t
undoubtedly affords them pleasure, and
without price, they attend 10 other
peoples sf,irs. Alas We know them
we'll. Now "Joah" for the pre-ent we
will lie; you rest You are jolly, good
fellow, and we are glad to have you
W th US We know you Tor your true
D M rcracy, &c. but a. a parting in-
Junction We must cay, stick to the
truth"
Our es'eemed citizan, Hon s Woods.
was Iatel Y thrown from hi- horse and
for several days wss qnite sufferer,
but thanks 10 kind Providence, good
nursing, &c. he is again "up aud doing
We hear it will not he many days BE-.
fore we have the pleasure OF ,eeiug our
friends rom the raraway Capital. We
are prepar ed to greet them with well
done thou good AID IsitntuJ .ervsnrs." "
PHILLlPPI.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
Chicags NasaSs.
NHIC 'VDr Hb'CU .,
FLOUR-Fair demand. f,m an/

tbiCNOo, nb'Cn -.
FL0UR-Fsir demand; firm and
unrb.by
WHEAf-Active s,d qnie,: 10 I
sold 81 sl %. NJ 2 st 81 II al ~
No. 3 At 81 I09l 1Ok KsaGucky at
&c a9Tc.
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AID upch.o Ell; NJ 2 syld At 3If q
33t'. a1zor .ink 20 S.ts %. r.c>ipv-.
OA SO mei; 8i s26l TOR No 2.
kYE-Far deD.Dd s.d onsrinls
likbi; 6iic or fresh.
BtRLEY-9o,i rsq1e-t sOas,,.
LARD firm with god dem4od.
~ ~ 81 9j
PJkR Steady aod Arm; IIi9llt
for c.sh.
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More w .uirr.

DrBroUA, Iowa, March 25 The
heavy snow storm accompanied toy
high wird which CONNER ceh At noon
Yesterday, still contir ues with prcs
oect OF continu ny All day. Snow ELK
inches deep on level already.
PEORIA, Ill, March 25.-1t has
been -nowiug since ,sriy this morning
and bids far 10 60 ,tinur tor some me
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Money Market.
Nyv YuRg March 25

Money c'o-e aud srrin gent st I.6i to
l.3l per diem For-i.n EKchsnks
strong an ! higher EuIy bisin-ss 10
prime b,nksr's sxv d,,s ser Jog
loans Al l0S to lrS 10; bat nj cine
b lie could not he obt,in-i unisr rssu.
lar rates. GJy,rrneot bond market 10
.troag in tone and siyan ed: the q TO-
tations brought ont Ies of-ri &. .wnIls
Lidd ng WAS very br-k. Currency -iK-
es IA: gll;t Grd lover III 1liji.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
ILLIHOIS.
A Murderer C0ufesSes.

MArLonN, Ill.,, March % William
L Longston son OF the Old lady who
with the little girl Mary Easter, who
was Ilvrg with her, was found murders
ed in her ted recantly, ne,r Parad se,
N this county, has c,n es.ed 10 the xii,
ling OF both the parties. and aCcuses
mis- wife as an accessory. LoDrsron Is in
Jail awaiting trial, and the only motive
ne assigns ia the il s:igat on aLd per-
snssIon of his wi e. who never had
pleasant feelings toward the old lady.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

Governor Dix aud 'he Foster Case.
DETROIT, NJ ,rch % The leading
PRESBYTERIAN, Methodist and Reiorme !
cIersymen OF the CITY have united in a
letter to Governor Dix, thanking him
ror his letter 10 Dr.. Ty"g n the Fos-
n.ao
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

II N. s. K Mason was the candidate
of he L bersl Republican party of New
Hampshire for Governor. In his letter
o. acceptance he thus described the ef-
fects Of Radical rule in that State:
Since the ruling party came into
power one huudred thousand acres o.
cultivated land have been abandoned
Tne number OF cattle. horses, sneep and
sS'ne ha- allen off one hundred and
eighty thousand. The farming popula-
ton has diminished more than thirty
I ousaud, and the actual loss OF popu-
!ation il the last decade is nearly ten
thousand. A large part OF The farming
y per 8 Tor sale, With few purchas
ers. There are tour thousand uuoccu-
ped houses 10 the State. Our taxes are
notoriously higher than in our sister
Safes. SO long as this is salts sctory
slate OF affairs. OF course people Will
vote and use tteir Influence to sustain
the present purity supremacy but they
will have no right to complain OF high
tsxe> and hard times. That something
is radically wrong must be evident tO
every candid person." What is radical
" wrong in State and nation is the
Radical party.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

France has interdicled the exporta.
ton OF war meterial from that country
10 Spain. All right, as lar as 1t goes.
But will France prevent leading Carl
lists from domiciliig in that. country
and crossing aud recrossing the lines
Tor the purpose Of waging war agsins'
the Republic? That 10 az much . par
OF .he duty of France ~ to stop th'
sale Of cannon. cheseepots and gun
psSdsr, TO be used In Spain.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

An HAXxzDAS invasion OF Northern
China is anticipated. l. such . move
nent does take place, We preiic. that
RI-sis will APPEAR on The scene o. &C
ton be'ore the sfdr 10 ended. Toe
Gar may be stirring up such Q feeIiuz
among the Mobammsdsns tor the pur.
pose Of having 90 excuse Tor putting Q
iorcs into Sorthsra China
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

SPoiLlSG 2 oS's HYMNS "A German
bo,auisi has shown that rhe trees upon
which the captive Isrsslites hung their
harps were not willows, but poplars.
TINS in view OF the cad fact that pop
lar can't be made to rhyme with billov
and pillow, just tears the heart out OF
several Thousands OF cherished standard
hymps.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

1t is now reported ina, Hon. 6 n.
Bell, Democrat, is reelected to Con-
rress from the second district OF New
Hsmtshire. All the towns have been
heard from, and the mr. >-ity is certain,
but email. tor Mr.. Bell Thi. will
make the delegation from New Hsmp
shire in the Forty-third Congress stand
tvo Demoersu to enc Radical.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

PoLIrrcN. Eo1NoMY IN NEVADA. -
Some emulstor OF York in the Nevada
Senate, ju.t before its late adj ournment
offered a resolution instruct NJ the ser
,esut-s,. srms to keep snsrp eve on
the furniture o. The chamber. But bic
mentally hercnlesn effort to uneartb
traud tell fl.t for the motion met with
no opposition. With their pockets 'uil
o mucilage, bottles. the honorable mem
bers voted aye with beauti ui unsnl'
miiy,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
RIVER NJ w y.

CrNcrxNArI March 90. The River
commenced falling tbs afternoon witt
Il ret in the enamel Weather cloudy
and damp. Business 'a'rly acllV~.
Arrived K. W. SkilIIuger, Pittsburgh;
departed r. X Hudson, Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
NEW ORLEANS.
The Crops.

New ORLEANS, March 25-The
country exchanges state that the crop,
his We .r will be both good and plent-
rul More attention than usual has
been paid this year 10 getting ready TOR
q crope.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26
1oieds nasheG.
ToLLDo, March Is.

FLoUR-Qries.
WHEAT Dali. . shade lover.
Amh-r Micbigss si G8
COBN-A shade better asd 6rm.
High mixed 4Je; iow mixed s9l; ubiss
42c
MEAS PORK SIS 90.
LAR0-xsvst.
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An Important SuhJseH

Section. 8 Of River and Hsroor Dill
n,ovides tbs. the Secretary of the Wal
details one or ,oore Engineers to enqu rs
into and re port on the prscticabllily o.
hr;no;ne the channel between Lake
Huron, and Lake Erie at such po'ns
A. may be needed for passing railroad
trains 10.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-26

The Administration organ here to.
morrow will officially announce, hrs'
that the President intends to make no
appointments in the South except from
nsf,ve Republicans; aud, second, that
no change will be made OF present IN
cumbenie, save through incompetency
or in.fficieucy, or observation-disclosures o
official duties
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15
SEVERE PlETY.

1t is an old idea which still obtains
with many severe disciplinarians that it
spoils people If they are too happy. 1t
is against their principles to permit any
one to abandon themselves to idle enjoy
ment, if it can be prevented. A re-
minder of faults, shortcomings, or mis-
fortunes thrown in now and then, to
keep exhuberant spirits in a proper state
of dependency and humility, seems to
be a pious idea quite I'm favor. A+''
A slap in the face or u cold water
plunge could not more effectually
change the tide of thought and feeling
for a sensitive person than one of these
delicate admonitions given for your
good.
If perchance you rise bove perplex-
ing cares, throw off the burden of for
bodings, and resolve to take all the COM
fort you can, nothing is necessary to
circumvent such brave resolves, but a
pious creature who taunts you ''in the
pursuit of duty
Such pleasant admonitors do not know
that to them a vinegar-faced, ili-grained
nature opposed to all cheerfulness, and
an undercurrent of repugnanee to the
contemplation of human comfort, con.
stitutes religion.
II people would only pray to the Lord
to take the gall and bitterness out ol
their piety, and their prayer were heart
there might be more quiet life and
peace. ' H7t
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15
POWER OF sHoRr WORDS
BY ADDISON ALrxASpHn, D. D.

----s- by ADDISON ALEXANDER, d. D. n
- f-f -@F4 ~ ~ .
tThis poem is remarkable as a specimen of
what may be done by vigorous, forcible writing,
using words only of one syllablel N3 I'll
THINK not that strength lies in the big,round
IL word, &. zee arse
Ort that the brief and pl an must needs be weak.
To whom can this be true who once has heard
The cry for help, the tongue that all men
When want, or woe, or fear is in the throat
/. So that each word gasped out Is like Shrek
Pressed from the sore heart, or strange wild
note
Winch dies If stretched too far or spun too fine,
Which has more height than breadth, more
depth than length.
Let but this force of thought and speech be
mine
And he that will may take the sleek. fat
Which glows and burns not, though it CLEAN
and shine
Light but not heat-a fash but not blaze!
Nor is it mere strength that the short word
-t ~ boasts. itt. go =. I&SAA SF4
Itserves of more than fight or storm to tell
The roar of waves that clash on rock-bound
The crash of tall trees when wild winds swell
The roar of guns, the groans of men that die
On blood stained fields 1t was voice as
For then that far off on sickslseds lie, = slss
Il For them that weep; for them That mourn thf
For them that laugh and dance apd clap th'
- hands;
To joys quick stepas well as griefs low tread
The sweet, plain words we learn at first keel
And though the theme be sad, or gay or grant
With each, with all. these may he made to chime
In thought, or speech, or song, or prose, o
81 rhyme. s@zf7 stH NsS
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15

that as surely as stand here many
Scripture prophecies viii find their full
ffiment only in the discovery and pos
session by our race, of the blessed re-
gions Within. Then he produced a
Bible and read passage after passage that
certainly no other man ever applied as
he does.
r. 81 Ibelieye you have an idea that the
great bore will be reached first by bal
loon ?'' $3.50
Al 't4Yes; there Is nothing to hinder.
told Mr.. Donaldson not TO be scared If
he should find himself lowering over
this polar hole but to sail in. He said
he was not afraid to go anywhere that
gas would 60, and he'd he bound to push
I'm and pre-empt the whole place If he
got chance. He would not take pos
session in the name Of Pope Pins, but of
King Science.o
'.As to vessels, suppose you have no
hopes of regular packet lines to the in
terror Pr
'I don't know. 1 believe that the
true access to the pole is by Behring' s
Straits; that the warm Pacific currents
keep way always open through there,
and that Providence has lately given our
countrymen possession of that halfway
house, Alaska, to the end, that they
may be the first to possess the new
earth. There will be q chance truly for
y new Coleridge to write up the Ancient
Mariner of whom it may be said:
lAA He was the first t
Who ever burst
Into that silent sea. - -T o.. + z
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15
CHANGES OF FORTUNE.

In an editorial article the New York
Times recounts the changes of fortune
which have taken place among the s'men
OF the street" Two months ago, in the
view Of the inexperienced, the great
Philadelphia bankers were the leading
national banking house of the country
They had achieved an unexampled sue
cess in negotiating our national loans
during the war, and had by their enter
prise and skill not only enriched them
selves, but done an invaluable service to
the national cause. Had they been con-
tent with this honor, and with their Or
dinary business, they might have retired
with each member of the firm possessed
of millions. At one time leading
banking house OF Europe would have
their shoulders, but Mr.. Cookies ambi-
ton led him to decline the offer. In
perfectly fair. weather and good times,
he might have carried the project
through. But the financial storm came.
and all his large enterprises were wreck
ed in moment. Mr.. Horace +. Clark Is
estate at his death was estimated to
yield a thousand dollars day, and to be
worth seven millions. Now it is believ-
ed to be worth absolutely nothing.
Commodore Vanderbilt stood at the
head of the stock operators Of the Union
and controlled an enormous capital
His position now, If current rumors
have any foundation, is most perilous
and awkward. Whether. he weathers
the storm or not, he has lost all prestige
and influence, and his vast apparent
wealth has melted like snow before the
sun. He has certainly not as yet met his
obligations, resting on no collateral
securities, to the Union Trust Company
and many fear that his own tools and
agents will be left with loads Of stocks
to escape as they can. The re.iremen,
of Jay! Gould is also announced. Hs
has withdrawn from the presidency ol
the New Jersey Southern Railroad Com.
pany, and has also cancelled his special
partnership with brokers' firms in ordel
to carry out his intention of retiring al.
| together from Wall street, at least fol
the present. Mr.. .Gould's health has be
come impaired, and it was deemed ad.
visablc to order a change of scene ant
climate. Says the same paper, .sAftel
| the Vanderbilts and Goulds and Others
have vanished from the Exchange, will
ruined fortunes and blackened rep,,ta
tions, other adventures will appear
with new hope and courage, and will
more desperate schemes. Even the les
son of the currency win not be learned
Wisdom at least in this matter, mus
| wait to be justified of her children
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15
WOnAN,S INHUMANITY TO
WOMAN.

Women must be coming into bad oder.
They are being crowded out of hotels
and bOarding-houses. Look into any
daily paper at the advertisements for
boarders and observe that nearly all of
them either specify that no children are
wanted, or that only single gentlemen
are received.
What is the cause of this tendency to
give woman general cold shoulder
1t must be the fault of woman them
selves. .a a. .ta- 3nii ls
Perhaps they are apt to be disagreeable
on slight occasions. They have that
reputation. 5f8 n-'
Small jealousies and gibble-gabble are
as thick in house full of women rs
flies in summer. And, oh how they do
bite and annoy sometimes. -s.tst
1t is narrowing sight to the general
ity of woman to witness the daily changes
of n better dressed woman than them
selves. = s6H "aai
And it she be comelier, insomuch as
the smallest crimp on her forehead is
concerned, heaven save the prices of her.
Mineemeat is nothing beside the chop
ping and pulverizing of her reputation
in the hands of her enraged assaiIants.
The fact Ia, any woman who dares to be
good-looking must consider herself ar
rayed against by barbarous phalanX of
addle-headed women who have nothing
else to do than to cultivate envy and
| jealousy, until they consume nearly
every good impulse of their natures.
In truth, homely or handsome. women
| make point of treating each other with
less consideration than savages bestOw.
No quarter from any one woman to
another. Ii tits man, that quite alters
the matter. In the winkling of an eye
the face changes from vinegar to honey,
the manner descends from stiff stuck
uppishness to polite civility, if not a
| winning friendliness.
Oh my! cannot women be sweet tG
men! But why will they be SO mean te
their own sex? A sweeping hatred /.
spreading among all classes of women
for their own sex. They shun and
avoid each other as something that will
| sting if In close contact.
| All kinds of meannesses, small ant
great, are employed to torture women
by those who, being of the weaker sex
themselves, and In turn subjected to lik,
cruelty, should remember that it hurts
| grieves, wounds, and often makes life 1
burden.
1t is not that people are so mucl
afraid of being imposed upon by dis
reputable women that they refuse to re
ceive lady boarders, but because they
make so much trouble in the house.
They either gossip and tattle unit
they have everybody mad with every
body, or they vent kind of trumped-iI
constitutional spite, by finding fauI
with their food and attendance.
Men take things easier. If they ar
vexed with each other. they keep coo
until a proper occasion, and do not hasl
and rehash at the table and between
meals, with nothing else to burden thei
Thoughts or chatter.
If women would only cultivate fe,
Of the virtues toward their sex, many
sensitive woman. to whom life Is nov
made wretched by senseless thrusts
"cuts," and malicious meddling, woul
feel herself blessed.
, A rest from the lncivility of women
each other would greatly enhance OF
portunities for good to themselves an
others,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15
THE TRADE IN CANNiRALS.
Islanaers Protected by
Great Britain. .--..lr

The Government of Great Britain has
met with new misadventure in its en-
deavors to suppress the trade in Polyn-i
esians, which is carried on under its flag
in Australian waters. Some months ago
peculiarly atrocious case in this traffic
occurred, the details of which rivalled
the actual horrors of the "middfe pas
sage" The vessel engaged in this busi-
ness was the Carl, owned by DIR. MUIR
ray. 1t had gone on ..iabor-cruise" to
the Fiji Islands. and had obtained load
OF ssemigrants." The method by which
these were obtained was peculiar to this
traffic. The islanders were enticed down
from the shore in their canoes; these
were then swamped by the ships crew,
who proceeded to pick out of the water
such of the struggling islanders as
could be got hold of while the rest swan
back to the shore or were drowned.
The peculiarly attrocious act of the
voyage, however, occurred upon the
homeward passage. Some of the ma
tives appear to have objected to leaving
their homes. although the foolishness Of
any such objection ought to have been
apparent to them III the extraordinary
circumstances attending their embarka-
ton. But they were unreasonable, and
finally attempted to set fire to the vessel.
Their captors devised a remedy for this
Righteousness. They got together fire.
arms-of which they had good store
and calmly, but persistently set to le-
up a steady fire through the hatches on
the poor creatures below. Some were
killed and some were wounded, but In
the morning they were all thrown into
the sea together. The ship was then
cleaned, and with the remainder of the
load, consisting in all of eighteen per-
sons-this being the number that hap
pened TO escape without a scratch, the
carnage of the night before-the Carl
Elided homeward. ~ 9 . = -
This occurrence finally became known
and the owner, DIR. Murray, turned
States evidence against the crew. They
skidnapping-why they were not tried
for murder we do not know-and con-
demned to fifteen years imprisonment.
1t now appears, however, that some 1e-
gal informality attended their convic-
ton, and the, latest news is that they
have been discharged on a writ of habeas
corpus, on the ground, it is said, that the
Secretary of State had no authority for
their detention. f t' IA .s3 fiiq (
This is a singular and unfortunate re-
suit to say the least. and is not very
complimentary to the administration of
justiee in the British colonies in Austria
liza. Not only unable to suppress the
horrible traffic, the British Government
fails to punish those whom it catches
while engaged in it. Great Britain de-
serves great credit for her past labors IN
opposition to the lave. trade, and her
present exertion to put an end to it on
the east coast of Africa; but just now
she has duty nearer home. We are
much mistaken if it does not appear that
she has slave-trade within her own do
ininions as dreadful In all its features as
that which the pagans of Africa carry
on with one another. 81