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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-20

DFMAINrNG UNCLAIMED IN THE
III Postoffice at Wheeling, Saturday, June
TO obtain any OF the following, the appli-
cant will please call for advertised letters,
giving date OF this list:
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Collectors Notice.

u,HOMAs MCCORMICK, JUSTICE OF
the Peace and Real Estate Agent.
Rents and Accounts collected. once cor
ner of Market and 2uth streets, Cenir
Wheeling. Pttn
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Spring Wheat Flour

100 Bills Davis Extra.
100 None Better.
100 Crossetts Mill.
100 Eagle Mills.
In store and for sale by
w. REILLY
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LIST OF LETTERS.

Admission 20 centR Tickets on sale at
Adams d Lucss' Music Store, jel9 q .,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-10

DON'T WATER HORSES AFTER EATING
The New York Herald says: 1t is the practice
with many horscmen to give their horses no
water until after they had eaten their allow
sncc of feed Concerning this practice vete-
rinarian writes:
A full drink of water Immediately after be-
inr fed should never be allowed to horses.
When water is drank by them, the bulk of it
goes directly to the large intestnc$, and little
of it remains in the stomach. In passing
through the stomach, however, the water car
ries considerable quantities Of the contents TO
where it lodges in the intestines. II, then, the
food of horses Stomachs is washed out before
il is dgestcd, no nourishment is derived from
the feed In Edinburs some old horses were
fed with split peas, and then supplied with wa
ter Immediately before being killed. 1t was
found that the water had carried the peas from
fifty to sixty feet into tho intcstlncs, where no
digestion took place at all. Mr. Cassie is quite
correct in the views set forth regarding the IN
furious effects of large quantities of water
swallowed Immediately AFR eating. A small
quantity of fluid swalu.ed along with, bencil-
cialy softcns it and assists in It's subdivision
and digestion. An inordinatc supply of water,
or of watery fluid on the other hand, proves in
iurious. Ii dilutcs unduly the digestive secrc-
tions il mechanically carries onward the M
perfectly dgcstcd food, and thus intcrlcrc5 with
the propcr functions of the canal, and cXcltes
indigestion and diarrllma. These untoward ci-
fccts arc especially apt To occur where horses
are freely and too literally watcred and short
" put to tolerably quick work. There is no
more mfallibc method Of producing collie. .-
nrrhra and Inflammation Of the bowels. The
horse is not peculiar in this effect; dogs, and
oven their masters. similarly suffer from cop-
Gus us draughts Of water Immediately after eating
much solid food
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DISORDERS IN THE SoUTH.-The st. Louis

DISORDERS IN THE SoUTH.-The st. Louis
Republican, discanting on recent collisions be-
tween whites and blacks in the South, and an
tcpating their constant recurrence and in
creased violence, says that the condition of at
fairs will surely become worse when the next
Presidential election is pending 1t says it is
an error to imagine that the North can remain
unaffected by this disastrous confusion. 1t will
affect the whole country. If it continues il
may bring troubles VIC little dream of, for it
may into dispute the legality of the election of
thirty or forty members of the next Congress
it may produce half dozen double govern
mcnts it may make q strain on that wcak kest
point in our poity, the Presidential election.
We may nattcr ourselves that in some way or
other these disorders will be quictcd before
1876; but the experience of the past does not
bear out the pleasing anticipation. 1t is nine
wears since the pacicaton and reconstruction
ccf the South began, and it is not finished yet ;
indeed, the condition of some of the Southern
States is far more threatening to-day than it
was in 1868. Imagine the next Presidential
election taking place in this disturbed condi-
ton of the South, with close contest in The
North, and compact vote from the South,
cast amidst violence and alleged fraud coming
in to turn the scale in favor of one party-and
we have possibility which We may we'll do all
in our power to avert.
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! Pendleton, August 90, 1874.
From the american Farmer.

The Germantown Telegraph, one of our old
est, most conservative and carefully-edited ex-
changes, with an eye always open to every KIND
of imposition and chicanery, but with no great
fuss to make about it, refers to a State society
which offers $40, 900 for premiums, but OF which
it discovers that "ten thousand dollars went to
horse trots, and of the balance large sums went
for articles having but the remotest influence
on agricultural improvement" and thus dis
courses thereupon:
This particular premium list is to be sure the
strongest one in these especial lines before us !;
but great majority are no better, and 1t is a
matter of astonishment to US that sensible agrl-
culturists have so long permitted themselves to
be dragged at the tail-end of horse III this
matter of encouraging agriculture.
a few of our best societies have, however, as
serted the right of pure agriculture to some esort
of recognition over mere horse.jockeys and
black-legs, and have cut loose altogether from
racing in every form as having little to do with
progressive farming. The New York State Ag-
ricultural Society is one of these, and so tena-
cious is it of its reputation in this respect that
it has had recently to give notice that though
accepting the tender of driving g-park to mold
its annual. exhibition on, it had no connection
with or responsibility for any races that might
take place on the grounds.
That it was thought necessary TO MAKE suc"
an avowal, shows healthy state of public SEN
timent which one can but hope will extend to
other communities and other States, and result
in keeping the horse-race where it properly be-
longs
This is not question of fast horses No one
wants slow team when 4 fast one would do
iust as we'll. There might possibly be no objec-
tion to trials ofspeed as asubordinate part Of an
agricultural exhibition, as all other parts are
subordinate there may or may not be grounds
for good arguments, but there can be no doubt
the minds of many right thinking men and wo-
men that the great prominence usually given to
the horse-racs at fairs is fraud on agriculture,
and tends to demoralize much more than it
tends to build up human character. ~,
We know what the excuse generally IS. Inc
exhibition must be made attractive in order to
pay, and nothing attracts like the horse-race.
But if we look at the success of those societies
who defend this abortion on this plea, and the
success of the New York Agricultural Society
which repudiates it, we find the success much
in favor of the latter. And then outside of pc
cuniary success, look at the influence on real
AGRICULTURAL prosperity and see how much more
is it in favor Of the New York's Society plan.
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PAYMENT for Slaves.

Some significance attaches to the following
article, which appears as prominent editorial
in the Washington Chronicle, an administrI-
ton sheet 1t will be observed that the Chron-
icle, which is supposed to reflect the sentiments
of its party, has no words in condemnation OF
the proposition, which may be political issue
ere many presidential campaigns
The discussion over the question of the pay
mcnt to the owner of slaves in the Southern
States previous to the rebellion, for their value
is being revived with great earncstness in va
rious localities in the South. 1t is claimed
that there were in the South before the war
about 100000 negroes. The census of 1870
gives the number of negroes in the United
States at 4,SS6,3S7 Calculating the slaves at
an average of 5000 apiece, we have the sum OF
s., 400 900, 900. Put it down at $500 as an av-
eragc, and then we would have 81 200, 100000.
Georgia gave in 1870 the value of her negro
property at 500, ,693, $50, or about an average
of 500.
1t is urged that these slaves were the proper
ty of individual citizens, legally obtained, and
which they were entitled to under the Constl-
tuition of United States; that they were arbl,
trarily freed and their value destroyed, and
that this occurred in many cases without the
fault of their owners, but as one of the incl
QefllS Ol llC VIII. y SOiiS Sl'ohuSh', ~"
sing the subject, suggests that they do not
expect to get the moncy-valuc OF the negroes
directly out of the Treasury of the United
States with the National debt upon the coun-
try. but that other means should be devised,
which would be more equitable, and then
further urges the South in Congress, as one
man. to vote against any more donations OF
pubic land, am! 20 insist that this domain be
held for more sacred purposes-the paying of
the South for ber negroes. It's very discreetly
suggested that it may not be in order just now,
but that it is well enough to have such thoughts
in ones mind for future use.
An appeal is then made for all owners of
slaves to record !hem, as their children will no
doubt at >pmc future day be paid for what their
fathers lost. There is no question that the
idea of the payment for the loss of slaves is
very popular and potent element in Southern
politics, all surrounded Us it is with some
technical ground of legality, it will be urged
with additional earncstness and persistence.
That it should be commenced by some lead
inc Southern journals, and strongly endorsed
hv large number of influential Southern poll
ticialrs is fair indication that, however long
delayed, the issue at some time will become a
potent one in the election of mcmbers of Con-
gress in the South.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-10

ADVICE TO FAHMEEs. AN experienced 'cot-
ton seller" sends us the following advice to far
mers for publication:
Have your Gin and brush in good order.
Gather your cotton clear and dry, and gin 1t
dry to avoid mapping.
Pack your cotton rs clear of gin tags as pos,
sbIe, and don't put in your cotton the small
amount of NOTES that falls under the gin iiue.
Don't gin up your nice cotton ana cotton
gathered after rain together.
Don't, if possible, put two kinds OF COTTON III
the same bale, and above everything dou't put
up mixed cotton or false packed.
Gather your cotton as early as possible.
pnor cotton will be hard to sell this season AT
any price. -DoWsoA .journat.
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PLATFORM OF THE HONEST GOVERNMENT
LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1871.


Appriscd that crisis has arrived in the po-
litical affairs of the State at which either revo-
luton or reform must become necessity, we
have inaugurated this movement with view
to avoid the rude clash of violence, while we
not the less dcvotedly maintain the free and
perfect enjoyment of all political rights and
privileges. That we have come to this crisis IS
the criminal fault of a class of men who ap-
peared upon the surface of politics in this
State Immediately after the war. They have
grossly deceived the colorcd people-they have
made them parties to government so mon
strous, that thinking men seriously question
whether the right of suffrage has been properly
extended. BY oppressive taxes they have eX-
hausted the profits of capital and sensibly
diminished the wages of labor; accumulation
has become impossblc civilization has retro
graded. and the capacity of the colorcd man
for general improvement has come to be de-
nicd. Such are the grcvous injuries these
men have done our State and race. We pro-
pose now to cast them of, with their dcludcd
followers, and to erect from the bosom of the
colored Republican party government toun-
ded upon principles Of substantial justice
which will protect the political interests OF
every individual, and vindicate our character
as a people from the seemingly just aspcrsions
of distant observers.
To do so we invite the honest colorcd people
of the State to adopt the constitution OF this
Society and its object, and to form similar or
ranizat;ons in each of the various counties
until it becomes the proud privilege of every
colored man to declare his membership in the
Honest Government League.
So soon as this organization is effected, it is
proposed to summon convention consisting
of delegates from the various societies. This
convention shall be strictly Il coorcd Rcpubli-
can convention, representing the honest colorcd
people of the State. At the same time we in
vito that white convention shall be assembled
consisting of the representatives OF the capital
of the State. 1t is proposed that the two con
ycntions. by means Of committees Of confer
ence shall enter into q formal covenant by
which they agree to divide equally between
them the Offices capable Of division, and to
unite upon such IS arc not. Upon this basis
the nominations of the respective conventions
shall proceed.
Aware that the election laws of the State are
such as to preclude all reasonable hope of a
fair enumeration of the votes, it should be the
assigned duty of Il joint committee OF the con-
ycntions to devise 4 mode Of obtaining this
whether by petition to the President OF the
United States or by determined measures from
among ourselves, or by both.
The practicability of these propositions is
attcstcd by a manifest inclination Of the people
! to cooperate in such movement. The sccll-
rity of the people aud the prosperity of the
State are endcavored to be made the desired
objects of the platform.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-10

TIE CoTrON GAMBLEEs.-Th gamblers of
the Cotton Exchange are becoming somewhat
nervous at the prospect of Il short life for their
latest schemes They have succeeded in de-
pressing the markets so that the ruling price is
ISL cents. which means | L. or - cents to the
planter; but the latest reports from the South
crn States, which are given in another coumn,
indicate that these prices are artificial, and
bear no relation to the supply and demand.
They arc established simply to mpovcrlsh the
planter and to enrich the speculator. 1t would
be interesting to know how many hundred
thousand bales of cotton have been sold during
the present season, in formal contracts, and
represented to be actually ready for delivery,
without any intention of carrying the transac-
ton further. While we have no sympathy lor
one party cf spectators as against another in
this effort to establish artificial prices it is but
reasonable to say that the facts do not justify
the present depression in the value of cotton,
and that the planters should not be deceived
by it. fit were not for the planter, we should
view these continual struggles between the
"bulls" and the clears" of the Cotton Exchange
with perfect complacency; but, unfortunately,
their antics involve the in Jury of innocent
ssres,,sns-New York Eycnin0 Post.
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- The New Yorl, World thinks that immodz
crate mourning has become Il tyranny OF fash
ion in this country. Foreigners are amazed at
it. In England the widows cap is usually
dotted at the end of Il year, after which, except
in the case of elderly ladies, mourning is only
continued for few months. Mourning for L
parent continues for Il year; for 4 child the
same for Il brother or sister six months; for
an aunt or uncle three months. In no country
docs it remain so long as with us.
= 1t is said that some few years ago, petit
ticn was being signed for postoiice at Wal
halla, but it was difficult to find a man in the
settlement who could spell office. They got
along very well with post, and called on Mr.,
Bieman, who enlightened them thusy: Big
2, little o, a coople Of little is, and ce-Post-
office" 1t was so spelled, the petition forward
ed. and the Office secured!
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Intelligent agriculture is more priced there
than perhaps anywhere, and her agricultural
elements have been improved to an extent
which no other State can surpass. And her
exhibitions are just as prosperous, pecuniar:ily,
as we'll as in attendance, as any in the Union.
We look forward to tilo time when these
things shall be more clearly perceived than
now; when real agriculture shall in most soci-
eties take the front seat instead OF the back
one, and when the managers shall have the
moral courage to do what is right, III the full
confidence that the great farming community
will sustain them.
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"And when in after DAYS" said lcarnt

-"And when in after days" said a learned
counsel in the courtroom, 1--WE meet together
around the social hearth, where shall no long
er be oppressed by the heat and burden of the
day, and you, gentlemen, will find yourselves
in other scenes than this, at rest from arduous
labors, then, as we talk together of by-gone
times, may you be able to say that the first
thing you did on returning to thcjuryroo was
to unanimously agree that you could place no
reliance whatever upon the testimony Of that
man Smith"
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= One of thc latest phases of the tempe

= One of thc latest phases of the temper
ance movement in the West is tho formation
of associations the members of which pledge
themselves not to pay for any other mans
drink, and not to drink at any other mans ex-
pense. Would it. not be advisable to add as
an amendment, "and not to drink at ones own
expense?" This would make the thing per-
feet.
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- Who is the LATEST man? The furniture
dealer; lie keeps chairs and lounges about all
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-06
7ggE De RlGgRaT
MeMNaN MNyM :
special Term of. Court In
~ GiImer County.

The following order for q special
term Of the Circuit Court Of Gilmer
County, has been made. The pur-
pose Of tho special term is 10 dispose Of
causes in which Judge Brannon has
been counsel. Judge J NJ. Jackson,
Of parkersburg, will hold the term
State Of lFest Virginia.
TO tho Clerk OF tho Circuit Court Of
Gilmor County, greeting;
Whereas, the last term ofthe Cir.
quit Court Of Gilmer county was I'D.
journed and ended without dispstchiug
al the business in said Court; there.
fore /, John Brapnon, Judge Of the
Sixth Judicial Circuit Of West Vir-
glnia. and IS such Judge Of tho Cir.
cult Court Of said county Of Gilmer,
do hereby appoint a special term oil
said Court, to be holden at tho Court
House Of Gilmcr county, to commence
on the 2lst day of May, 1874, for
thc trial Of causes, as provided by
Il is ordered that twenty petit jurors
DO drawn as prescribed BY law, and
that q writ Of yenire fapias do issue for
them. to attend said term; but nc
grand jury will DO required to attend
said term.
Given under my hapd aud seal. al
Judge aforesaid, in vacation, at Wes-
Jon, this Ord day Of April, 1874.
joins BRASSos, Seal
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Demo cratic Sentiment.

Tho Democracy Of Huntington me
iin mass meeting a few days ago, ant
passed the resolutions which appeal
below. They.suit us exactly, and w
commend them to tic consideration o.
the reader;
WnERlAs, The present year will "
an eyentful Quo 10 the history snt
politics Of the State;a new House o.
Dslegatcsis to be elected, one.half o.
the Senate be chosen, and Repre-.
tcntatiyes in tho Congress Of The
United statssto be elected 10 succeed
those whose terms expire on tho 4tl o.
March next, ono Of whom represents
this, tho Third District, aud the 9th.
crs, through fraud and force miroprc.
sent the First and Second Districts Of
the State, and,
WnEnrAs, Through the failure to
have thuroughbndptrtect organization
ofour party Attic several elections held
10 tic two past years, and through tue
dipfcciion ofinaDy Of eur members III
certain portions Of The State our oppO.
rents have been allowed tofill some ial.
poriAnt ciiitrs, therefore,
Rtsoifcd, BY The Democrats ofibc oily
ofHnnlinglon. IN nass meeting Assem-,
blcd, ilatfor Tie purposc Of securing
thseltpIion Of good and true Demccrals
10 I'll lie various Offices 10 our city
caunly .aud.stste, and % secure thsI
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permsnsul assenlency ofilie Democrat
ic party, We hereby organize ourselves
and pledge cur mutual support and CO.
opera,ioa,to each other in all elections
to be held by the people,
Resolrsl, That as the Convention
system is the only available means at
present d selecting our candidates for
the various Offices to DO voted Tor, We
hereby pledge ourselves to support the
nominees Of our party in all elections
Resolysd, That we are earnestly in
favor Ofprcssryiug and perfcctiRg our
admirable free school system, and Of
fostering and encouraging every man
pfacturipg aud other interest in our
State that adds to its wealth, advance
nent aud prosperity.
Resided, That We are opposed to all
bribcrylnG corruption in elections, aud
to all salary grabs, spOculatiOus, OF
commissions, or any other name under
which Ito larceny Of the peoples money
may bSsommitted.
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Tho Temperance Movement.

The great revolution in behalf Of
Temperance, which is nov sweeping
over almost ocr entire country, is q
movement which mus. and does attract
tho attention Of all thinking people.
The fact that Legislation, and oil the
efforts Of men in times pas. have been
but partially successful; and the wo.
men, in 0 few weeks, have succeeded
in closing Thousands Of saloons, and
awakening an interest in this matter
which has no paralellin history, fur.
nislcs room for great hope, among
temperance people, that tho Goriian
Knot has been cut, tho key to the
mystery founder, in other words,
that tic true remedy for intemperanco
has at last been reached.
All through West Virginia, tho
people are at work. In Wheeling,
Moapdsyille, Charleston, Kingwood,
Grafton, hartiusburs, aud the other
towns Of tie Statc-oysu 10 Clurks.
burg and Wcston-the "tidul wave"
has rolled, shaking to ito foundations
tho state osthipgs which las heretofore
existed.
we refer especially to Clarksburg
and Weston, because those two towns
are generally the sluwest and surcst IN
ihair movements upon any subject, of
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-06
Sweet Potato PIanfs

grown from the choicest yellow. Potato, VIM
be for sale this spring at Weston by n. W.
Harrison and A. O. Fisher. These plants
are sprouted from seed; brought from Tho
east. They are more hardy than any
brought here from distance, those
brought on being sprouted nndcr glass,
and ours in tho open air. Every one who
bought these plants Of A. o. Fisher last
year were surprised that 50 few died.
These plants will 10 ready by May 10th,
Price per hundred, Forty Cents. They
will be sold at Browns Greek by James p.
Lynch, Jf, at West Milford by George
Jackson and at Jane Lew, Jacksonville,
llushs' Mills, lTalkersyille and Glsnyille,by
agents who will be named hereafter. Try
these plants once, and you will never ask
for any other kind.
March iG.2m
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GILL'S WHEELING RAW DUNE
PHOSPHATE.
Farmers, Read aud Profit.


There is aot a;spidcr hanging on the
kings wall but has bis Grand there
is not an animal, vegetable. or any
thing Noah saved in his Ark but what
was made anl saved for good. Aud |
will have IL that God never created a
man to be a blank and to be n nothing;
therefore I announce myself
West yirginia's Plospha 10 MANN
facturer.
TT Send for circulars and learn To
increase your crops and set your fields
in rich muldows Of grass. All inqui
RIGS answered Agents wanted in ev-
cry Township.
II. II. GlLL, Manufacturer,
Lock Drawer ia, Wheeling. W. Va.
Oct 81, 1873, G months.