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FOREIGN.
ENGLAND
Marshal Ba saIne's Escape.

LOSDOS, August 1.-THE following
interesting particular "f the "scap" "i
Marshal Bazaine from his pri,on, on the
Isle Of 1t. Marguerite, have been Pc
ccivcd: The apartments occupied by the
Marshal opened upon n t"rrnco, which
wa. built upon lofty and precipitou-
cliff oyerhanging the ,"a. \ ,GHtry wns
posted on thI. terrace, with order. o.
watch the prisoner. every moment. Dur
ing SUNDAY evening the Mar.hal walked
upon the terrTsce with Colonel EiIettn.
his aid-ds-camp. and at 10 O'Clock BE-
retired A. usual, apparently t.
sleep, but before daybrrai he
had effected hi. cscape. He
must have crossed the terrace in tho
dead Of night, and eluding the sentinel,
gained the edg" II the prccipic". thcucr
by means Of a kuOtted r0pr, be- descended
- the s"a. He evidently clipped during
the descent, and tore hi. hand. a. the
rope Wa found stained With blood in
several places. Under the clif, in "A hired
boat, we're BazaIBes wife and cDu.in.
They received him a. he struck the
water, and Madame La Martchala taking
the Oars her-elf rowef directly 10 a
strange steamer which lad bern lying Of
, the island since the prcyiou. evening.
They reached the vessel iH safety
were taken on bard, and the steamer
/ then put ~ 20. Ii j. thought
that they have landed AZ GcpdA. a. the
: steamer proceeded in that direction. Tn"
frst news Of III. affair came ~ erase,
/ the nearest town on the cOast, and III"
magistrstes Of the town Immediately sent
officer. in every direction 10 search for the
fugitive There WA. great comm0tiOn in
Marseilles when the facts became known
and al investigation opencd. Col. Villette
who was walking with the Marshal on
: the evening Of bis escape, va. discovered
there and Imprisoned. The commandant
Of the fort ofSt Margusitte, Wa, placed
under arrest, and General Lenae has
gone TO the Island % investigate affair.
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CINCINNATI.
Location Of Southern n. u. bridge


CINCrNNATI, August ll.rCol. Simp-
son and Major Sutor Of the United State
Engineers. left for St Louis tonight and
will report from that city TO the S"cre-
tarv Of War concerning tn" location Of
the southern railroad bridge at this city.
A. 10 the location. all before the COM
mittec favored point 900 feet above the
one chosen. This will involve $2DO,OOO
additional cost to the railroad on the
Kentucky SIDE and probably rs much
more on the Ohio side, besides making
the approaches less convenient tn"
coal men preferred the long span on the
Kentucky side and other steamboatrnen
favored the Ohio side for this span.
An Important Decision.
An important decision has been rem
dared at Newark, to-day by Judge
Wad-. of the United Ststes Circuit
Court for the Fifth District, between
the Pensacola Telegraph Company, plain
tif. and the Western Union Telegraph
Company. The Western Union Tele-
graph Company began the erection Of z
line from Pensacola Junction TO Pensa-
cola. and the plaintiff sought an injunc-
tion 10 restrain the erection Of the line
on the ground that IN" legislature u
Florida ia 1866, granted them the eEciU,
.iye privilege Of line in the country IN
which Pensacola j. situated, the Wcstcrr
Union Company resisted the application
chiefly upon the ground tina
the original grant to the Pensacola Com
panv was void under the then exi,tinl
.'COnstitution Of Florida; that the West
ern Union had right. under the act o
Congrc-. Of July -, 1864, 10 build tele
graph line, everywhere on the port rOsd
Of the United State, and that the rail
p roaI upon which thi. line Wa 10 be bull
WA a post road. The Pen.scola Tee
graph Company claimed that the origins
B charter. even if invalid by the fIoridi
Constitution Of 1866, had been re-enacte'
bv the Constitution Of 1868. Judg
WOOD. opinion. in vieE Of the act o
Congress Of July %, 1856, refused tn
injunction.
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ST. LOUIS.
More About the Boiler Explosion

ST. Louis. August IA sPacial from
Ashley. Illinoi-. t. the Dcao'rot ,ays
,ha, the boiler at Holiday Bro coal
mine, at St. John :, Illinois. cIp.sded at
five o'clock thi- evening killing three,
seriously wounding three and slightly
iniuring eight men. The works are com
plrtclv wrecked.
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OMAHA.
4 Methodist OuarrcI

OMAHA, August 1l.-The very mhap-
py state Of feeling existing for some time
past in the Methodist church OF this
place. eliminated on SUNDAY last in the
withdrawal of twenty-five members Of
the church and over onc-half of the Sun
day School. The trouble originated
during Mrs. Van Colts first visit.
From information received from Wash
ington to-day the location Of the new fort
on the Loup as recommended by General
Ord has been approved. This prompt
action gives satisfaction.
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THEW WEATHER.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
" ASnINGrON. AUGUST II, SP. VI.
PROBABILITIES.


OFFICE OF CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON. August IL, SP. NJ. J
PROBABILITIES.
For the Middle States and Lower Lake
region. lower barometer, high tcmpera-
turr, fresh and brish south to west winds,
partly cloudy weather, and northwest OF
the Allegheny's rain areas. For the
South Atlantic and Gulf States. high
temperature, winds mostly from the
south and west and partly cloudy weather
generally higher barometer and possibly
occasional rain areas in the former For
Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, generally
higher barometer, southwest winds, high
temperature and partly cloudy weather
For the Upper Lake region, partly cloudy
weather and rain areas with winds shift
ug to the west and north, rising baromc-
ter. lower temperature amp clearing
weather. From Missouri and eastern
Kansas 10 Minnesota, higher barometer,
lower temperature. winds mostly from
north and west and clear or partly cloudy
weather.
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run upon breakers and drift upon islands
where it is in many cases impossible to
launch them.
This and the stock trade, which to q
limited extent is prosecuted, constitute
the chief and only source Of expectation;
yet they are amply sufficient to mest all
importation expenses and leave balance
in favor of the county, which guaran-
tees safe and sure exemption from Sc
riOus financial trouble, More anon.
& ~ - G. +. II.
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Congressional Convention.
First Congressional District,
w. Va.

,CHE MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
State Executive Committee from the
First District, in absence of any District
committee, hereby call Convention OF
l,rIrgatas from each Of the counties OF
said District to meet at Ellenboro, in the
DAY. the 18th day of AUGUST, 1874,
10 nominate "A Congressional Representa-
i've for said district. Your committee re-
spectfuny request that county meetings be
held TO appoint Delegates to said ConVen-
tiOn. ....
\. J.. PANNEII., WM. p. THOMPSON,
J. W. GALLAHER, JOHN BASSEL.
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n.a,h frnm DeIirtum Trcmcns.

CoLu.MBUs. August I.-J"hn Gil
lette, aged 45 wears. resident Of Phila-
dclphia. and IA travelling agent for the
Pullman Palace Car Company. died in
this city to-day of dclirium tr"m"n-. Gil
letts leaves wife and 3 children IN
philadelphia
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t,or state senate-Second District.

I'm compliance with the wishes OF many
friends. | hereby announce myself as II
candidate to represent the Second Senatori-
al District in the Legislature, subject to the
decision of the Democratic nominating
,...,,,,.utinn. WM. Il. ICE.
lE,ri,,, co,olty. u. ia. jyH
~ the Whecitiq register:
At the solicitation Of many friends an
uouncr myself candidate to represent
the counties ur Ritchir and talh"rfI in III"
next legislature az Wr>; Virginia.
u. MctI;EGOR.
D,ro, ". W., July y. ISL.
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WISCONSIN.
Arguments in Railroad Case Con-
cIuded.

MILWAUKEE,. August lin the ST.
preme Court today tho arguments in the
railroad case were concluded by Assistant
Acknowledgement Sloan. whe addressed
the court at length in support of the mo-
tion for an injunction. 1t Is not certain
when decision will be rendered.
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OHIO.
Conversational Nomination.

ToLEpo, August 1.-THE Democr"t'c
Congressional Convention for the H,Nih
District to-day nominated the Hon.
Frank H. Hurd. Of Lucas county, for
Representative in Congres', on tn" hr-t
1 N
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General De Cissy, French Minister Of
War. demands All immediate sppropria-
ton Of 100000 francs. and an eventual
credit Of one miiliard francs for army pur-
pur-s-
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Edwards Accused Of Having Oint
ment ON His Hands.

Edwards seconds wrr" accused by
Newell of using ointment OH Edwards
hands, and asked what Wa on them.
He said, Nothing but water. Aaron
then said Let the fight 90 on Newell
said he could see that Edward, had
~gassit, q preparation which, among
sporting men. i dreaded n likely To
blind an opponent. The ret"r"" said
nothing. but told the men to fight on.
Collvcrs seconds refused to allow him to
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OCEAN STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, August t'll.-Arrived-
Steamship Pereire, from Brest, and
Brittanie and City on Montreal. from
Liverpool
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Congressional Announcement.

PAEKERSBURG, June ,, 1871.
u, me Uheciinq Register:
VI the urgent soliCitiOn Of many friends,
announce myself candidate for Con-
r,r,.,, in the First District.
I'll n J. W. HORNOR.
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A special dispatch 10 the London Daily
N,cs, reports that the French authori-
ties have seized 5000 cartridges
on the Spanish frontier, destined for the
Carlkts.
The wife Of Don Carlo has arrived at
Bordeaux.
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Secretary Belknsp left Washington
last night for New London TO spend a
week or ten davs with hi. family.
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At'hce(ing Araister,

Co.u closed in New York y,.~rt"dav
al lOHt.
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BY TELEGRAPH
To THE
WHEELING REGISTER.

Associated Press Peport. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th SITS.
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POLITICAL.
Congressional Convention.
sacond Congressional Dis
triCt, w. va.

,,r >,r>IRERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
wa E;oia = Executive COMMITTEES within
otnHa ot"a District, in the absence OF any
tue secot1 1a,n n,ittee. hereby call Conven-
lhstrlCc'i NJ ~ oIegates from the several counties
1G@ t" saG ID dsc to meet e. r.ay sse
county W ~ iax of August. 1874, to nomi-
me congressional Representative for
naIe e,,";.tricts (" The Committee suggest that
>'uu 'u,t. 81 meetings be held, and delegates
.o,",,,,,niIted in all the countie. OF said dis
app, I'm order that there may be a full rep
tSrutation in said convention: -
DAVID GOFF, =
w. L. LOGAN,
JOHN T. PEERCE.
lilly 2Oth, 1874. JyO
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Al 3 o'clock the Men Entered the
Ring.

Collvcr little in advance, both men
were in excellent condition.
First Round-Being called on time,
both men came Ia the scratch promptly.
After some sparring Edwards struck
Collycr light blow on tn" sid" Of the
face, Collycr returned it, and fought Ed
wards down.
Second Round-This was short hut
hard fought; the first knock down and
blood for Edwards
Third Round-Edwards let oil, telling
Collycra heavy blow in the face, bring
ing him to his knees and covering his face
with blood. .s..,.e' 49, -
Fourth Round-Collycr very careful,
but Edwards gets in another of his terri
bic blows. sending him down.
Fifth Round-Collycr gets in two
slight blows; close and terrible fighting
by both men, ColIy"r finally fell in Ed,
wards corner.
Ruuul Sixth
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Fatal Fireworks Explosion.
Bonds Stolen.

In searching the trunk of the forger,
Van Ectcn, who committed suicide about
Il week ago, $1,000 bond Of the Fon Du
Lac railroad was found, which on inquiry
proved to have been stolen about ten
months ago from the r"Sidcnc" of \. q.
Burton, of Burlington, Vt, together with
10 shares of the Northern Transportation
Company; 800 shares of the Cumberland
Coal Mining Company, and plate and
irwclry valued at $1,000, also % shares
of Harlem band stock.
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Substance of the Statement.

The Brooklyn EGgie sayo the follow
ing is the substance Of Moulton'S state
mcnt. 1t may be- relied on Ia correct, 50
fur as man with tolerably good mem
ory can reproduce. 1t is reliable. be-
cause it came from member of the COM
mlttee:
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MOultOn Comedies.

He conceded, it is understood. with
the tenor of the advice which he had re-
ceived previously from his counsellor and
friend Gen. B. F. Butler. Mr.. Moulton
was for some time doubtful what course
topursue. He had prepared II full state
ment, comprising nearly 300 pages of
manuscript matter. On Saturday after
noon last he was still in doubt. That
night, however, he consented to revise
his statement, although ut the risk Of
putting himself at disadvantage before
the public. This revised statement was
the one read last evening.
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4 Strange Story.
Talk of Keeping back MOultOn's
Statement.

General Tracy said to-day that the
committee had not decided whether it
will keep Mouhons statement back until
all the proceedings are printed, or keep
it back altogether. General Butler
had long interview with. MOulton this
morning, at the conclusion of which, he
was driven to the house of General Tracy.
The latter had just returned from Mr..
Bcechcr's residence, and both gentlemen
went into the house, where they remain
ed in consultation for several hours.
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THE PRIZE-FIGHT.
The CoIyer.Edwards Fight.

PITTSBURGH, August 1.-THE steamer
Mccormick landed at two o'clock P. NJ,
at q point on the Ohio river two miles
west of Smiths Ferry, on the Virginia
side. The fight is momentarily expected
to take place, the ring is pitched and
the stakes up, and all in readiness for
the mill. A fight occurred in making
the landing. The fight is to take place
at Ford's farm, the place originally Sc
lected was prevented by Mr.. Ford. Up
to three O'Clock and fifteen minutes no
additional news was received from the
prize fight. ...
The men went into the ring. Up TO
four o'clock eight rounds had been fought.
The first was won by Collyer and the
remainder were won by Edwards, who
Knocked Collyer down in the second
round. Cohyer responded slowly. On
the eighth round the betting was 500 to
$25 in favor of Edwards. In the eleventh
round a few exchanges were had, when
Collver refused to continue the fight, on
the ground that Edwards had something
in his hand, The Judge refused 10 allow
the claim and ordered the fight 10 go on.
Collycr refused, and the judge withheld
his decision OH the claim Of Edwards for
the fpht
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Excitement Over the Fight.

All the afternoon Fifth avenue, in the
vicinity of the newspaper offices, was
crowded by sporting men and. citizens,
anxious to get the first tidingS from the
battle-ground, but not until near i o'ciock
was it announced Oh the bulletin boards
that the fight had begun. Owing to the
close watch kept by the authorities of
Ohio. the boat could not safely land till
= o'clock this afternoon, when they landed
Mt Mill Creek. stream forming the di-
viding line between Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, and about half mile
above Line Island, wher- ii w.Cs original
" supposed the fight would TAKE place.
The ground selected was on the bank II
,hi. stream. and about TIVE miles from the
line Of the Cleveland X Pittsburgh Rail
road. The ring was promptly pitched,
and after some discussion Charley Car
roll Of Baltimore, was chosen referee.
Barney Aaron and Johnny Newell acted
as seconds to Collycr and Tom Allen and
Arthur Chambers for Edwards.
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MIR. Beecher to speak Oui

knowing as do. the circumstances of
the CASE, though his own character would
seem to demand that he should tell the
public what they have absolutel no right
To know. There is curiosity abroad to
know every detail of this disgusting bus
mess. which is absolutely. shocking. Mr.
Beechcr has held his tongue out of re-
>pcCt for the feelings of Others. Why
look :at this Hooker exhibition. Mr.
Beccher tried to keep that quiet to spare
the feelings of his family and friends;
and mark YOU there are others, but their
case is different from hers. She, it was
very well known. was weak-minded. and
the Woodruff people got hold of her and
proved on her weak intellect, hut if Mr..
Beecher opened his mouth and told his
story that
There are Distinguished Persons
who have been Mixed up in this
Matter
who would suffer in his silence, and he has
spared their feelings.
Reportcr-W hat do you mean by that!
Mr.. Shearman-I mean that this W Ood-
hull cotcre isa nest of fblackmailers. That
is the sole object of their lives. They
have inveigled into their tales distinguish
ed men and women. and they have sought
out Mr.. Bcecher aS a target for their ope-
rationS because he was a shining light. l
tell YOU he can make this thing as clear as
the MONDAY sun. and if be should there
will be some people suffer whose suffering
he has shared for a long, long time at the
cost of his own ease of mind and bastard
" persecution. When Irefect on what
would be the consequence of his telling
out what he knows about the whole busi-
ness. would advise him even now to
keep silent and explain away what is ,only
necessary TO the committee.
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BGNNroN CovGr IIuU>E. W. NAol
N.-...r. :,
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DlIru, ". Va, July y, lN1i.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-05-01

a word OF two with you. In a
6'ssXl time you will be men. Try
zA.. ha good men. Not long faced,
HianinH sancsimonious church dead
blsSss, bot good square men. Not
ksaks. drunkards, or hangers on to
si}ss qf others, but stand out men
I'll Individual ideas. Do not aim to
sie politicians, for, as usual thing,
slley are poor devils, too lazy to
work and not smart enough to beg.
Work out your own ideas. Don't
~ IA sleep in the old rut, to be run
over by men Of energy when they
p@,He tearing aleng. Learn to rely
~ yourself. Don't run your legs off
after girls. Stick TO your business,
and be straightforward, reliable, in
Justrious and right up and down in
al business affairs, like an old-fash-
ioned saw, and girls will run after
you, and catch you too, Keep away
from saloons IL you would save your
health and money. If you attend
church, go home with the girls don't
stand out Of doors till you catch the
epizootic, but go in and toast your
ungodly shins by the fire join in the
chorus, be ready TO march as soon
as the benediction has been pronoun
ced, then make for the sweetest bird
10 the bush, II you love girl and
want to marry her, don't grin like a
horse collar, wrinkle your nose, bite
a wart on your finger, and back into
it like baby into kettle Of mush
but ask like a man. Startin bust
ness before you are old enough to be
grandfather. Find out IL you arc
fit for anything. Wear your suspen
ders crossed behind, have a mind OF
your own, stick to your shop when
you have one to stick TO, and in ten
years time you will be on the sure
road to fortune, and the great work
If life becomes easier after that.
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A NEGRO GIRLS REMARKABLE
MEMORY.

There is a negro girl in Bruce
town about nine years of age whose
memory is truly marvellous. Her
wonderful powers were first brought
to the notice Of white man, who
keeps a grocery in that part Of the
city, about two weeks ago. He had
been reading aloud in her presence
the day before and accidentally
heard her repeat, word for word,
what he had read from the paper,
though twenty four hours had inter-
vcned. After this he tested her
memory frequently, and found her
capable Of repeating thirty or forty
lines from u book after hearing it
read once over Her intellect in
other respects does not seem at all
above, If equal TO the average. Such
instances of memory are not very
unusual Mary Summerville tells OF
an idiot in Edinburgh who never
failed to repeat the sermon, word for
word, after attending the kirk each
Sunday, saying: "TIere he step
ped to blow his nose" She also
tells Of another whom she met in
the Highlands, who knew the Bible
SO perfectly that il he was asked
where certain verse was to be
found, he could tell without hcsita-
ton and repeat the chapter We
remember, also, to have read year
or two ago, an account of man in
New York who could read one side
oi the New York Herald aud then
repeat il, word for word, advertise
nents and all Thirty years ago, or
thereabou,s, there was book ped
dler in this par, Of Kentucky who
had considerable reputation for his
remarkable memcry Old Jimmy
Hutchinson sold Pilgrims Progress,
Clclland's Hymns, Children o. the
Abbey, Solitude Sweetened, and was
able to repeat whole pages from al
most any part Of these books. Lee
ngton Ky. tia<eite.
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Here isa bit of conversation late
ly overheard in street in Provi
denee between a young lady and
gentleman "Charley, did you ever
hear it said that if person found a
four, leaved clover and put it in their
shoe, the lady or gentleman the per-
son walked with should be their hus.
baud or wife r mo never heard
of il before" "Well, found one
and put it in my shoe this morning,
aud YOU are the first one | have walks
ed with. wonder il it is true 7"
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A Pennsylvania clergyman has
made hit by introducing ''person-
ais" in his prayers, for instance /;
'I.ord have mercy on John Shana.
han, wha keeps saloon near the old
red bridge. Either lay him on a bed
Of sickness or have him removed
from this town
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They were going epnt man out
Of san Francisco theatre for cIea.
ting disturbance, when voice
cried, Hes all right, he's killed
Chieaman!" and they let him alone.
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4 gentleman who has two cana.
res shich he calls Wheeler" and
"Nilsou Ills reason Tor these APP
pcliatious is, tia, neither at them
az, SINGERS
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Ben Butter is creamationist.
II, sWcars be viii be burned when
hc dies lcs, aud Satan will d. The
burning.
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4 Milwaukee dry goods clerk
wears q single ander his shirt front
70 keep the wrinkles in subsection.