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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06
Enc eue!eeo s,re :. g.,.r.I DIX.

The s5e,oeo Gift - General Dix.
G. 8. Bushnell, { voluntary witness
followed. There wsrs several import
ant points ELECTED BY his examination.
the most important, probably, being his
reference to General Dix. 1t seems
that this gentleman received a gift Of
fifty thousand dollars in the stock Of
the Union Pacific railroad, when he
was elected President, on the principle
that the company placed their stock
where il would DO most good. and it
was desirable to have the good name Of
General Dix enlisted faYorsbly in the
enterprise. He, received $4,000 or $lO.-
O0Oa year as President Of the COM
psny, although Durant and Bushnell
did all the work. or most Of it, of the
office. This salary he received year
or 20 after he became Minister to
France. While in the latter Office be
became dissatisfied, and reyengeful to,
ward the company, and complained of
his treatment. He had been in the
Presidency, as is surmissd, long enough
to know the dangerous secrets OF the
company. The stock Of the company
at this time was of little value, not be-
ing even quoted at its value; at any
rate being. not more than . quarter or
third OF its face. At this time General
Dix wrote to S. L. NJ, Barlow, OF New
York, his attorney, letter Of com.
plants and threats. Upon this Barlow
set himself to the task Of brow-beating
the managers Of the Union Pacific
railroad. It had it's effect. and the
company purchased Dix's stock at par
for cash, when it was scarcely worth .
third of its face, and not fit to quote in
the market.
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PROPORTIONAL representation was
given prominence in the inaugural
message OF Governor HENDRICKS, OF
Indiana, and bill has been introduced
into the Senate OF that State applying
the principle to the election OF Commits
sioners in the different counties OF the
Commonwealth. An Indiana exchange
saws: That in Illinois, the first con-
spicuous beneficial effect of this plan
appears in the fact that it has increased
the actual representative basis OF the
House of Representatives from about
$4,000 to upward OF 100000; an in
crease in the number Of voters actually
represented in the House Of more than
forty per cent. This fact is one OF
enormous significance.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
3d.
The True Basis of Success.

Fsllaciss and frauds are short lived. They
may flourish for little while, but the So
Der second thought Of the people condemns
them and they perish. 1t would take even
the Lightning Calculator" long while TO
count the limitations and counterfeits ofthe
supreme tonic of the age, Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters, that have been brought out
since the first introd uction OF that celebra-
ted remedy. They have collapsed one after
another, but the great vegetable prevent
i've and curative fs still on its disease con-
ouering march. At this season, as the air
becomes more and more chilly, and search
ing vapors anect the integumen. ana ere;
bowels, 1t is OF the utmost Importance TO
tone and regulate the system 80 as TO ena:
BILE IL 70 bear up against the uucongenial
temperature which produces these disturb
ances. Fever and ague, rheumatism, bill
iousness, nervous prostration, costiveness
and chronic indigestion are few among
the many disorders which yield readily to
this famous restorative.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

TIE Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed resolution instructing the Sen
stors and requesting the Representa-"
lives OF that State in Congress to vote
against the postal telegraph scheme
that was advocated by Postmaster
Gene raj CRRswRLL in his recent report.
We are under obligations to State Sen
ator RurAN Tor copy Of his speech in
advocacy OF the resolution. 1t is an
admirable statement of the objections
70 the scheme, and its argument APP
pears to US to be uuanswerable.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06
Intersssing to Tobacco Growers.


Internal Revenue Commissioner
Douglass gives the following in reply to
interrogatories bearing on the points
involved: ..-
In the opinion Of this Office the law
relating to the sale OF leaf tobacco op.
poses no bar to q sheriff selling or Of
iering for sale leaf tobacco, acting under
order of the court, or any legal process
authorized by State law. to any person
desiring to purchase the same in bulk
Any person may purchase leaf to-
bacco in bulk at o sheriff 9 sale, or at q
sale ordered by an executor or admins.
traitor, or planter may purchase the
Joint interest which another planter
may have in q crop Of tobacco without
becoming liable by such . purchase,
under the internal revenue law, TO pay
special tax therefor.
This liability to pay special tax as q
leaf dealer does not attach to the act OF
purchasing, but to the act Of selling,
and then only where the sales are 30
frequent and Of such character as to
constitute 9 business" such casual or
incidental sales of leaf tobacco as refer
red to in your inquiries are not con-
strued 40 constituting business.
Acasual or incidental sale OF manufac-
tured tobacco, put up and stamped as
required BY law, may be made by
sh eriff, or any other person, without in.
curing any liability to pay special
tax therefor.
In the opinion OF this office the act
OF June 6. 1872, in nowise interferes
with or restricts the sale of leaf tobacco
at Wholesale aud in bulk for all pur-
poses of manufacture and trade, but on
the contrary relieves the planters from
all taxes on sales OF their leaf tobacco
made through agents or commission
houses, which, under the previous law,
they were required to pay.
The retail leaf clause forbids farmer
or planter, or any other person, to sell
leaf tobacco directly to consumer, or
to a tobacco or cigar manufactures who
has not paid . special tax as such. and
otherwise properly qualified. The IN:
tent Of the provision. as / understand
it, and the only intent of the retail
clause, WAS to require all tobacco con-
sumed in the country, whether in q
fractured form or in the raw and
natural or leaf state, to pay about the
same amount of tax. Under that clause
planters, farmers or gardeners cannot
pedde or otherwise sell directly to con-
sumers and manufacturers, particularly
manufacturers Of cigars, cannot obtain
leaf tobacco to be manufactured into
cigars in fraud Of the internal revenue
law. The manufacturers Of the coun-
try, to whom the planters look to be-
come ultimately the purchasers Of their
crops mainly, are largely protected IN
their business by the provisions OF Ia"
referred to, and to the same extent the
revenues Of the government are in
creasen
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

THs Constitutional Convention in
Pennsylvania is discussing the propriety
of emitting the word male from the list
of qualifications Of voters, and the
chances seem to be in favor Of submit
ting the question to the people Of the
State as a separate proposition. The
word white in the same section OF the
Constitution has been dropped by COM
mon consent and almost without de-
bate. The Convention is making good
progress in it's work and the new Con-
stitution is expected TO be model in
strument and embrace all Of the mod
ern improvements.
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More 0tarsliD1 Disclssares-Here
GuaTaAteeg.
FEBRuARY S. 1873. :

FEBRUARY 5, 1873.
Editors of the Register Il
Another reason, not stated BY your
correspondent this morning, why sub
scriptions should not be made to the
monumental fund.-" is, that the SELF
appointed agent" if he be the railroad
editor Of the LntelIgener, spells his
name With two ls," like Wilson, Of
New York. How could subscribers
tells what would become OF their
money if put in the hands Of such an l
of q fellow1 A careful survey and plot
of the monument should be made and
submitted BY the subscription-book'
man, and he should show that enough
has been subscribed outside Of Wheel
ing to complete the monument. not
counting any aid given under the Doe
sci Act" which he we'll knows is "un>
constitutional" There is . street
"rumor" that some outside engineer
has declared the whole plan OF the
monument "impracticable;" this should
be cleared up.
Is there not danger that this double
l." agent might himself subscribe 80
largely TO the fund as to get control and
gobble up the whole concern
At q meeting Of the bored At Steuben.
vile lately it was resolved to abandon
Wheeling and 60 TO Bellaire for funds
for the monument. This shows that
they are tampering with Bellaire.
Please strike out all words in this
letter which contains q double )" and
the communication will mean all the
same. NAP.
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DIED.

CARNEY-On Tuesday evening, Febru-
ary 4, 1873, at the residence OF John Clarity,
Rosa CARNEY, in the f5d year Of her age.
The funeral will take place this (Thurss-
day afternoon at ~ o'clock. Friends OF
the family are respectfully invited to at
tend.
FARISIIn this city, on Wednesday
evening, February 5, 1873. WILLIE R.. son
OF Joseph A Faris, aged 7 years. months
and days.
Fnner notiCa In. morrow.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

In Kentucky the people are prepar-
ing for the education of the colored
population, and bill has been intro
Iuced into the Legislature which pro-
vides for system Of common schools
for negroes, these institutions to be dis
tine, from the white schools, and sup
ported by q fund accruing through a
tax OF fifteen cents on every hundred
dollars Of property owned by persons Of
African descent, hslfof the proceeds OF
any distribution of lands by Congress,
and all the donations or grants that
may be made to the cause.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

THR Rev. D. L. HUsroN,of Balti-
more, whose case has been The subject
of 20 much uufavorable comment, will
nave a formal trial before the General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church next March. The libel suit
for one hundred thousand dollars, In.
stituted by him against the Baltimore
american, has been postponed Tor the
second time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

APRoPos OF the management OF the
Union Pacific railroad. EDWARD SIM
xoNDs, of New York, who was at one
time Superintendent Of rolling stock OF
that road, now states that from 1868 to
1871, secondhand locomotives were
sold to the company by P, g. BUTLER,
of Boston, as first class engines, the
company paying $4,000 or $1,000
apiece for them, Notwithstanding SIM
noNDs' report to the contrary that the
engines were dear at $4,000, besides be-
ing unfit for any decent work. Com
ment would be entirely superhuous.
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Born Houses of the Legislature OF
Virginia have now passed bill which
exempts an uncle's widow and q neph.
ew's widow from the provisions ofthe law
which has heretofore existed prohibit
ing marriages between certain degrees
Of relationship" The action was IN
tended especially to meet the case OF .
highly respectable gentleman and lady
OF Prince Edward, who were married
out OF the State of Virginia, and who.
under s. the old lav. could not live to
gether 40 man and wife, A man may
now marry his uncies widow or his
nephew's widow in that State.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

In the sssenee Of the chaplain OF the
Texas Senate . Isu days ago, tie Sen
stors are reported % have stood dsyout-
~ during the oclWk's reading OF the
journal, sad 10 bsysnspoadsd 4Amen
when hs had finished, neysr dorbtipg
but that it wss the same thing - the
customary morning prayer.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

TIE New York Sun thinks that what
We want now more than anything else
is a new executive mansion. For .
man with large family on bis fathers
side, his mothers side, his wife's fathers
side, his wife's mothers side, his own
side, and perhaps outside. the present
accommodations, as we'll as the present
salary, are altogether too limited.
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The President and Cabinet on q

The President informed the delegs-
ton from Georgia, who waited on him
q few days ago. that it was bis intention
10 make . tour through the Southern
states, starting from Washington about
the Goth OF March, Wis Richmond, R.
leigh. Columbia, Charleston. Savannah,
Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans.
He will be accompanied by bis entire
Cabinet.
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Ratchel0r's Hair Dye.

This superb HAIR DYE In the Best IN the
Horld-Perfectly harmless, reliable and in
stantaneops. No disappointment: No Ri.
genuine w. A. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE
produces Immediately 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, 18 BOND street, New York.
marS-de0o
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-06

A BILL has been introduced in the
legislature of Wisconsin, making it
misdemeanor for state officer or men,
Der Of the Legislature to accept free
railroad pass, offenders to be punished
by q forfeiture of part of their pay. 1t
will pass without opposition.
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Mrs. .. MCCOY,
pls MAIN ATREET.

UEEPs A FULL ASSORTMENT or
n Laces, Trimmings. Gloves, Corsets, In.
Guiding Mrs. Moodys Abdominal Corsets
Gents and Ladies' Hosiery, Handkerchief.
and everything appertaining ~ Q complete
assortment OF Fancy Goods. Orders for
anything In her line promptly attended 70.
Ladies' desiring to purchase handsome win.
ter clocks or water-proofs would do we'll 10
examine her stock before making selections
elsewhsra artla-e
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Found.
PROPOSALS.

WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE COM.
w mittee on Poor for furnishing the
Poor House with the following articles, ne
cessary for the ensuing three months, from
February 10, viz:
Flour, per barrel, equal to Pollock's " Pa
cific" brand.
Fresh Meat,
Hams, Shoulders and Sides (baconl best
quality.
Rice, North Carolina, as per sample to be
furnished.
Beans, as per sample TO be furnished.
Coffee as per sample to be furnished.
Sugar (brown), as per sample to be fur
nished.
Tobacco Navy as per sample to be fur
nished.
Hominy, as per sample to be furnished.
Syrup, as per sample to be furnished.
Brown Muslin, best quality.
Calico, best quality.
Bids opened on the 10th. The committee
reserves the right TO reject any or al bids
CHAS. Il. CECIL,
feb-5r Clerk Board OF Commissioners.
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DissolutiOn Notice.

TIME FIRM OF HUBBARD Il Bro.
was this day dissolved BY mutual con.
sent, ID, B. Hubbard retiring.
The business OF the old nrm will be set +.
tied by their Successors.
HUBBARD MaBURNIK.
WHEELING, January 30, 1873 -febl
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GEORGE Z. JOHNS AND J. Q. COFFRR
OF our arm, the drm name remaining IN.
changed GEO. r. TAYLOR 4 10.
WHEELING, W. VA, February l, lS7a.
febl-l
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NOTICES.
Administrator Notice.

ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE CLAIhs
"A against the estate OF g. W. stoner. dc.
ceat ed, are hereby notified to pI esent then
properly adjusted, to tho undersigned fof
settiement, and all parties indebted 70 the
estate are requested TO call and settle with.
out delay. hANkk
fah4s Administrators.
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CALENDAR CLOCKS.

WE HAVE IN STORE A FULL LINE
w of Calendar Clocks, which furnish
not only a perpetual calendar, but also al.
ford correct time. Every well regu lated
house, office and store room should have
one. Call at l04 Market street, below Nc
Lure House, for Clocks, Watches, Jewelry,
Speetacles, &C.
feb5 OXTOBf q DUFFlELD.
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NEW ADVERTIsEME NTs
FOR SALE.
Notice.

Notice.
FTER FEBRUARY 10, THE OFFICE
n of .Charter Oak Life Insurance Com
pany" Life Deposit flanl Of Hartford Con
necticut, assets SIC, OO0,t 90, John B. Trull,
special Agent, will be located corner Market
street and Mulberry alley, one door south
OF REGIsTKR Office, Wheeling. West Va.
fph5-Ora
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1873-08-30

-. - J. : : ..'4-- S'f> y. - 80 =
A Camp Meeting commenced at
Hampstead Carroll county, yesterday
e; The ladies nj Mt. Home ON the
lliyl are enjoying themselves delightfully."-.
Yhev are adding additional attractions TO
the romantic spot.
Most Of the pears which we have eaten
this season have an insipid flavor.
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CT. JOHNS COLLEGE,.
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OH HOW HOT !
~ o. l. THE SHADE. 80
I[LNHI HLIIE, IfYuuor.

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EW JEWELRT STORE.
, 1873-07-14
THE CODE IN OMAHA.

Elsawhero VIC print the story OF q question OF
honor between certain citizens OF Kentucky and
Tennessee, and it's final adjudication by Jetf
Davis, as umpire. While tlla was going on In
tile South, there WAS a somewhat similar breozo
in omaha. In that city there is a pnper called
tho Bee, oditod by 1r. E. Rosewator, and another
paper, called tho Republican, edited by Mai.
Saint A. D. Balcombe. NInj. Balcombe rofuaoa
to recognize, oditorially, the existence Of Roso-
water, but permits his local editor to refer to
that person in the local columns. RoBe-
water having denounced this local odi-
tor several timoB, has been repaid with
interest. On July 8, a moro than ordinarily Of
fonsive personal paragraph having appeared In
tho local Of tho Republican, Mr.. Rosewater, In
apology" This Dalco1nbo took no notice Of,
treating it as quarrel between Rosoyator and
the local writer. On tho 9th wo quote the Bee:
"About II o'clock, having completed his edi
torial labora, hrr. Rosowator purchased COM
mon cowhido,' and proceeded to tho most pub
uo part Of the city to wait for Nrr. Baleombe,
'in order to Disgrace him as publicly US poB-
sible." Tho result was that when Balcombo ap-
poarcd, Ronowater attacked him with tue
cowhido Dalcou.bo jumped on Roae-
water, knocked him down, aud while
upon him, boating him, they wore
separated, and tho affair terminated. It aeems
that physically Roaowator ia much smaller than
Dalcombe, and that whom tho lattor foil againat
Rosowator, the latter sunk under tho woight.
Tho most unfortunate part Of the affair, peshaps,
is that the dsgracoful controversy ia continued
in tho two papors.
, 1873-07-14

NJ. Ducros tho prefcct at Lyons, some time
since prohibited tho rites Of civil b,,rnl to all
mon who llava boon Radicals md FREQ Thinkers
III life, and who havo died without tho approval or
b!oBslug OF tho clergy. Tho National Assembly
has sustained his decision, It appears, by vote
Of us to 174, md has thereby given tho world
very good idea OF tho sort OF Republicanam
which oI'tains in Franco, represented by
Marshal MaeMalton and the monnrchical coali-
tion in tho Assembly which elected him. Wo
can understand, In tho light OF such procced-
Ing aa this, how the Liberals of France may ba
driven Into tho 1ot-headcd oxcessoa wllicl.
characterize the popular revolutions In tint
country. Tho influence Of tho clergy l1.s not
abated, and they can count upon tho majority OF
the Assembly in its present division. But, If this
, 1873-07-14

Tho Chicago produce markets woro stoadiar On
Saturday. Meas pork was quiet and ahado
fir1ner, closing at s15.87]]l@1550 cash, and
S15.50@15.C0 seller August Lard was inactive,
but quoted &c por 100 lbs higher, at a520@6.25
cash, and s5.35@5.40 seller August. Meats wero
quiet and ~ highor, at 71sGD71lc for shoulders,
9@9ho for 1nidllea, aud 10@12119c for swoet-
picklod hams. IGighwinea wore active and 10
higher, at $500 per gallon. Luke troiglts were
quiet and 10 higher at 511o for corn to Buffalo.
Flour was quiet and unchanged. Whoat was
moderately active and 1c higher, closing nt
s1.1521 cash, and S1.1311@1. .13114 seller August.
Corn was ,lnchanged closing ut 803Gc cash, and
8814o aelor August. Oats wero in fair do,nnnd
and shade frmer, closing ut 900 cash, and 28555o
Boller August. Ayo waB dull and 20 lower at
Gso. Darloy was quiet and tirmer Ut G3o cash,
mud 60c sollor September. Tho hog market was
actvo and h!ghor, saloa making ut S495@l.s
for poor to choice. Cattle and ahoep were quiet
at about Fridays pricos.
, 1873-07-14
Il COURT OF HONOR.

JoHeraon Davis haB lRtoy acted as 1udgs or
umpire In q case Of honor, and Ills judgment and
award have beon published. Tho circumstances
arc as follows Some time oarly In juno, Col.
n. ". WinterHmith, Of Louisville, KY., Visited
Memphis, aud, wll1o thoro, WAS introduced on tho
atroos to Capt. z. 4. Cole While talking, tho
namo Of somo porHon was mentioned which lod
to a controversy, Colo evidently installing Win
torsmith for some one elso, and Wintersmith
installing tho person Of whom Colo waa talking.
High Words" oxpletivos "-wero used on both
sides, which ended In Wintoremith knocking Colo
down. It appears TINT Cole holds somo
Office, by tho oath Of which ho Is
prohibited from sonding or receiving q challenge
to fight duol. But that night bis friond, Capt.
". R. Lucas, called ut tho hotel and demanded
that Wintorsmith should namc time and p1aoo
where, without any formal ohnllongo, he would
meet Cole, aud wloro tho renoontro could DO re-
newod. In other words, that both parties should
meet, armed Us they please, and havo street
light Winteramith promised to give an answer
next morning, ho having, In tho meantime, been
arrested and hold to keep tho peace, Next day,
lo loft tho city some hours later Lucas called
for hts answer, and, finding Wintorsmith out,
wrote worry insulting note to Winteramtth,
accusing him In general terms Of having avoided
fight After Wiptors1nith got back to Kentucky,
he published q long history OF tho affair, which
led to rotoinders, and eventually there booama
mixed up in 1t tho following persona Col. Vim
tersmith, Oapt. Colo, Capt Lucas, Col. ". L..
DUFF, DR.. Clarke, DR.. Blackburn, Col. Coleman,
and Judge Fouto. After this, h1r. JameB G..
Wintoranlith, Of Louisyillo, Bon of tho Colonel,
wrote to Capt. Lucas, informing tho latter that,
as he had interfesed ~ substitute for Colo, he
(young W) offered to fight Ia place Of his father.
This Lucas refused to agree to, and the whole
| thing broke out anow in tho shapo Of corro-
| spondonco. Finally, Gen. John @. Dreoken-
| ridge and Col. Johnson, representing kentucky,
| and GOV. Ishan q. Harris, and Con. ". B.
aB arbtrators. The four arbitzators made
awards, all OF them differing, and the
matter waa thon referred to Joff. Davis as
umpire Davis ma&1e short work OF it, Ho do,
clded TINT, aB Winters1nth inflicted blow, doing
so under Misrepresentation, he should apo1o
gizo therefor, and, that being done, all the reB
Of tho correspondence which makes page o.
tho Momphs papers, should be withdrawn. Tht
decision IL 30 just that tho wonder is that non.
Of tho Generals, Colonols, Captains, Judges
Governors, and Doctors who had been concerned
in tho case had mover thought Of 1t before. TIL
decision is fnal The Boyoroign States Of Kon
tuoky and Tonneaaee arc content. Tho sword
and pistol, and bowie-knife are put awny, AM
amity once more prevails among the knights o
| chivalry