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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-22

the suflragans Of these United States are
almost entirely ignorant Of the princi-
pies and reason of their government!
Men least qualified for office are the
first to offer themselves for the DIS
charge of ii. duties. Men who are reSIly
qualified, are either distrusttul oil the'r
capacity. or unwilling 10 engage IN the
scramble for place. and soft l., that some
Of our most important offices, are hi!ed
by incompetent persons. The statesman
should poses q mind bold, conpreheh-
.iye and original, and early trained TO
the most rigorous thought. In sentiment
he should be just, and though all around
be vile. he should remain pure. In char
acter he who would guide the ship oil
State should be dispassionate, decisive
and brave, because in the hour OF danger
upon the calmness OF that voice, and the
courage OF that breast, the destiny oil
millions may depend.
The spirit of mobocracy which Is gain
ing in America, and the great danger
which it threatens, which danger Is
strengthened by frequent elections and
the string up OF the bad passions OF the
,.o,.r. ~. ny.i,;rg' md ipdammstorv
,.-i The
speeches, was next u's'ueSe0' "'
desire for power is much to be
,.,.I f., .,~,,.r j,vs In. wisest
=,
statesmen permitted the ounce " Se'" '"'
man, but now the rule Is Tor the man 70
seek the office, The evils offanaticism are
,..-,....u.,.,l .oJ illustrated Inv the
'''"''! i"'''"' ~ '''>
CrusadrS, III when millions "l H'o"'!
and thousands of lives were sacrificed to
49, ;I,. .S,ob = f.nsticism and AGE
"' '''' -. -.
ana reason DO" ana '"'''' - ~ ''''''''''
power"
Fyaurles Of numerous prominent and
,...,I -, ,,,,,, o-,,a,ioI,,. ,bose If
"I' "''' "'''"' " ',''''' - -, -.
WASElNGroN ana SToN WALL A|ASoN
nb, latter y resident of Webster in his
.,..,. sbow how in This
IVY ''''''l 80, ~, 49,
country, amy man can, II he VIII, "cHieNe
distinction. And in conclusion, he says:
u,,,.,,u,,, srio,j. o,r oyc i 50 nro.
grc.,ivc and fruitful, that in the lives OF
many Of You, the present number OF
our H'a'eS n,"s lr W. 5o, these orcnr
pey fields OF enterprise will be opened
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WATCHES,
piVFD NJ ..

OFFICE PEARopY INSURANCE Co,
WHEELING, W. VA, July 10, lSs1.
The usual Semi-aunual cash Dividend OF
i've Der cent, has been declared by The
BOARD of Directors Of this Company, pay
ohIrou demand J. Y. l.. RODGERS,
ivltn Secretary.
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FOR SALE.
TRUSTEES SALE.

NV VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
X al November y, 1867, and recorded
N deed book No s. page 2s7, OF the ree Ora
Of deeds Of Ohio county 6y Andrew VII Tait on
Ss4S. at he front door OF the Court aoqi Sc
80 HSi% ~ comfy, W. Va, commencing al ~
o'clock A. NJ, sell to the highesdI anu ana, p rs.
bidder, the following described heai r"'
az" Th, west one half of Lot No. 50, situated
90 nHd C1oy street NOW Eighteenth street,
in part the city Of % Saf iot r F %
az a.. tr' Hn Clay now EIGHTEENTH street,
The Ute is believed TO be good, out sch seri,
inc as Trustee will sell and Gon S t SnSn
Tile rs is vested in me by said deco Vi u rust
Terms Vi SAY John CRAWFORD,
Trustee.
-. UERVEY, Auctioneer.
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.BELLA|RE PROPERTY FOR SALE

4 VERY FINE AND WELL RI NlS ;,
\ T,tn-Story Frame Dwelling House
and pood store Room, with Cellar, all un-
der same roof. Also, good Two story
Warehouse. on same lot. said dwelling
house contains nine good rooms WIN
water up stairs and down. WIN TWO ii" I1,r
-ntraur,S SEPARATE from store room ana OIL
different streets: is well calculated for Two
families. Said property will be sold al Il
harnain, on easy terms. Big inducements
offered 10 cash buyer. II said property
is not sold on or before the Isl DAY oil Oclo-
her. IS-5. Will be sold al public sale October
.d, iS7j. between one and three o'clock, IN
front ot said property, to the highest ana
best bidder.
For further particulars, inquire by letter
or of j. y. WAlMAN, on the premises,
M 5.s or llOl. corner Pike and Webster
streets, south Bcllaire, Ohio; or, j. I.
WAYMAN, Mound>ville, W. Va.
ITIN H. $50. JNlSn
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NEW ADVERTISER ENTs
FOR SALE.

VALUABLE COAL LAND.
one Hundred and Ninety Acres, loot
vein No. Coal, on Boggs' run, within a., ~
I TS - 'H' - ALDERSON & PAUL.,
vno Real Estate Agents.
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GOVERNORS OFFICE,

GOVERNORS OFFICE,
RICHMNOD, July 3, 1874.
ItanOrdS me pleasure 10 say that am
well ACQUAINTED wit" large majority Of
fh,. officers OF the Montpelier Female
Humane Association, who reside i'm the
yicinitN of my home, and --latest their in
telligcllcc and their worth ana hlgh rrpu-
ta,iGn as gentlemen, as well aS the public
confidence, influence and substantial
means literally represented among them.
JAMES l.. KEMRER, GOV. Virginia:
Further references 10y permission: HIS
TXrrllrucv. Gilbert {. Walker, eX-Gov-
arnor of Va: Hon. Robt. f. WitherS, Lieut..
Governor of Va, and I. =. senator elect;
Hon. Robt. W. Hughes, Judge East, Dist.
OF Va: Senators and memberS OF Congress
FOR fulI particulars, testimonials, &c,
send tor circulars. Address ~
HON. JAMES BARBOUR
PreS't ". r. ii. ~, Alexandra. Va or
= XIV Va jun2G
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For pARKERSRURG.

<U- Req LAR WHEELING
-l-r. ~ and ParkerSburg packet NAL
Ire Kagan, ]. W. Williamson, Commander;
II. {. Caldwell, Clerk, leaves Wheeling
every Tuesday, Thursday and saturday. ut
o'clock a. u,. Freight received at the
wharf boat until , p. IN; every day.
iu25 {. IL. BOOTH Il Co, Agents.
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DIED.

STENGER- Wednesday the DIST inst,
nj i o'clock \. ~, TERESA SrENGER aged
81 years.
Funeral from her late residence on
Water street. above alley :, on Friday
morning, sd inst, at So O'Clock. re-
QUEEN mass AT the Cathedral nj O'Clock.
The rules regulating Catholic funcralswiA
be. observed.
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McKillop's
Commercial Agency
ESTABLISHED IN 1912.
WHEELING OFFICE 1850 MAIN ST.

4 branch OF this old and well known
agency is now established in Wheeling al
No. 100 Main Street, preference DOCKS
thoroughly revised, and furnishing com
nIetr and accurate information of the
financial standing and character OF every
business house in the United States ana
CanadaS will be furnished. The works are
revised twice Il year and circulars are
furnished weekly, giving reliable accounts
of any changes of firm or other miurlna-
ton valuable to the business public. our
branch and associate offices are located IN
every prominent city in the lnitud ~tatrS
and CanadaS, and our facilities inr max
ing prompt collection In any part "i Anne
ricl are unrivallcd.
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AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SO, 1875.
.. IFS Cash Gifts, amounting TO sl,0GOO,tW
NUMBER OF TICKETS, 10000.
PRICE OF TICKETS.

The Montpelier Female Humane Asso-
citation, chartered by the Legislature OF
Virginia. and the Circuit Court of Orange
county, proposes by IA series OF Grand GIT
Concerts. to establish and rndow "H ONE
for the old. mfirm. and Destitute Ladies'
of Virginia" nj Montpelier, the former re-
sIlrur,. of President James Madison.
RrmIttencrs for tickets may be made by
express pre- paid, postoffice money order
on Washington, u. G.. OF by registered
letter addressed TO
HON. JAMES BARBOUR,
Pres't VI. +. IL. A, Alexandria, Va.
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER

Is the largest and altogether the most
complete news and family paper printed IN
West Virginia. II Will be sent 10 any adj
dress one year for 500. Valuable premi-
ums 10 cIuu agents and 10 subscribers
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Fraud Projected in Philadelphia.

When the new Constitution of Penn
sylvania was adopted, Notwithstanding
the opposition of the Ring who have SO
long ruled aud pluudcrcd that State it
was supposed that the scandalous system
of frauds ON the ballot box 10y means of
which only they had kept possession of
power, would he uprooted entirely. In
decd many important checks were estah-
lished and improvements introduced, the
effects of which are visible in all the re-
cent elections, M compared with those
which preceded them. Ballot stufling and
false counting. which heretofore dctec-
mined Republican maioritie>. have in u
great measure been corrected; but TO
counteract this reform. the Ring have
now fallen back on the weak point of
the new system. and have substituted
registry stufling for their former prac-
tees
barefaced attempt in Philadelphia TO
stuff the registry beyond all precedent.
and thus procure fraudulent majority
large enough not only to elect all the
loca! Ring officers against whom the bet
ter class of Republicans have protested,
but perhaps to carry the state, has pro-
Nhh'i u SUI liil-liAAl'is " iill ~ pup
ulation estimated at the outside at 10000
they have entered l5l.OO0 names on the
registry. while in this city, with n popu-
lntion much exceeding million, there are
but l4GOOO
The registry here represents about the
usual average of one voter to seven and
Il fraction of population. Applying the
same ratio to the registry rs now made
up in Philadelphia, would require pop
ulation of l,200,OOO ! These simple facts
tell the whole story, and prove that some
10000 names have been fraudulentlv
added TO the lists, for when the Ring did
their own counting they never pretended
10 exceed an aggregate of 122000 votes.
This subject IL now before the courts, in
the hope Of purging the registry; but
with the best efforts it may be considered
certain that thousands of dead men and
false presentations Will be voted for at the
coming election.
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A word 10 Ohio Democrats.

Tn the canvass which preceded the cleo
ton OF Tuesday, we did our best to help
you, because we saw that the cause of adj
miuistrativc reform and honest govern
mtnt had bee, me. for the time being at
least. identified with the success OF the
Democratic party. And even when your
orators and newspapers insisted ON putting
your irr,dcomabe greenback theory be-
fore this great cause. while we condemned
and deplored what we thought your error
we still refused TO turn against you, be-
cause we were unwilling to do anything
that might seem to imperil the reform
without which there is no hope of better
things. This gives us a right to be heard
by you now.
Why is ii that you have been defeated {?
Why has the success which during 1s7i at
tended the Democratic party everywhere,
been thus dee .sively turned back in Ohio ?
l. 1t not because you have mistakenly di-
verted that great movement by intro
duciug into II the greenhaCk issue? l. IT
not certain that if you had fought the bat
tie on the old line you would have now
had victory instead of dlsastery
Think on these things, fellow citizens,
and you may yet regain fer the mighty
contest of 1876 that honored position which
you have so recently Abandoned and re-
new the triumph which YOU have now
thrown away.
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worse they will tangle themselves up. IL
was little hard TO take the dose given
them, at their own request, by their new
engineer-in-chief, landscape gardener
GREENE. He, an entire novice i'm harbor
engineering, brought the trembling Com
missioreTs before him and stuck the fools
cap on them before the eyes of all the pun
lie. What will happen when the more eX-
pericnced engineers of the expert board
report on the work, II is too painful to fore
cast The poor Commissioners will again
have to squirm under the birch. They are
now standing on the top Of their rotten
work. Ii tcnng to the reports of divers
and watching the workmen drilling holes
through the centre of their crumblng
wall in order to ascertain the internal
condition of their melancholy experiment.
SO far they have seen nothing to gladden.
their eager eyes. ON the contrary, the
more they bore the saddcr they become;
for new weaknesses are revealed at every
inch they advance.
The work that has already cost over two
and Il half millions, even provided II had
been well done, is insignificant compared
with its cost. 1t is pitiablo result which
il has taken SO much money and time to
achieve. There are now on the pay roll
of the department enough engineers and
other slpcruumcrarics TO nearly cover the
entire work by sitting on it. Great talk
was made about the high salary paid Nc
GILLIAN, yet ~ the sequel shows II would
have beer economy to pay him four
times as much ns he did receive, ms no
such blundcrs ms those for which the Com
missioncrs are now doing pcnance could
have occurred under his cautious super
vision.
New York, handicapped by this inefn-
cicnt Dock Department. Is losing rather
than gaining ground in the competition
with her commercial rivals. Yet nearly
FIVE millions Of the peoples money has
been spent in ostentatious dock improve
ments. The new line from Baltimore to
Chicago, and the splendid terminal facili-
ties at the former city, have given Balti-
more an advantage of which Western
shippers are not slow to avail themselves.
The coffee trade, which formerly came to
New York, is now the prize OF Baltimore.
Boston, with its lloosac tunnel and con-
stantly increasing terminal facilities in the
way VI "u'ti lIohl anu hhipoI HuipIoNc-
ments, and Philadelphia, with its advances
III the same direction, are spiritedly and
successfully contondng for portions Of
our rIghtful trade. At Montreal vast
harbor improvements are in progress, and
when the Weland Canal enlargement is
finished ms it soon Will be, vessels of loo
tons will load at Chicago and 20 to Mon
treal without opening matches.
AT the same time that these rival cities
have been quietly pcfoctng practical
works. our Dock Department has been
spending millions in buudcrlne constitute
tons which 1t now itself asks to he rnvesti-
gated pending their probable condemua-
ton. II is plainly time to dismiss the
Dock Commissioners to the obscurty of
private life.
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FLASHES OF LIGHTNING.
The Predictions and Increasing Business Of
the Meatcrn Union Telegrnph.

The Prodigious and Increasing Business of
the Western Union Telegraph.
At the annual meeting OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company yesterday, Messrs.
William orion, James II. Banker Alonzo Il.
Cornell. Harrison Durkee, Norvan Green, Joseph
Harker, Edwin ID. Morgan, Augustus Schell, W.
X. Thorn, c. Vanderbilt, Frank Work, Chester
". Chaplin, Wilson G.. Hunt, David Jones, c.
Livingston. James Miliken, John Dun, Levi r.
Morton, O. II. Palmer. Geo. NJ. Pullman, +. 5.
Sanford, John Steward. Moses TAYLOR, Daniel
Torrance, W. H. Vanderbilt, w. IS Nermilyc T..
s. Wesley, ID. q. Mills, aud f. ID. Worcester, were
elected directors.
showing that the gross receipts Tor the wear from
all sources. except proceeds Of bonds, were ~.
bd4 $3.50 the gross expenses were SG;si54 li.11
the difference, $3.2.p159.Si being net profit.
There were In operation at the end of the year
72.S3 miles Of line. 110,2W miles OF wire. and
6.Jdj Offices. The capital stock il Stl.0,3il0, Of
which the company owns and has IN the treas
urN Si..NlAJ. The bonded debt, July |. lssi,
was $5.HitHu. of which Sl,HE.eu In the per
cent. gold building bonds. and Si4iS.QOJ. per
cent. currency uonds, TIA manure NOV. l. 1873,
In regard To- the recent advance m the cable
rate from - cents to 81 tguldl word hy the
Ang.u American Cable COMPANY, Mr. ORION
saws
Although. BY the terms Of contract entered into
hvt YEAR AGO the cAhtrs ~ the Anglo mrrcnn Com.
piny connect exclusively with the lines OF the
Union Company, the latter has voice Ia deciding
vii the rates Tor trii sdanic messages shall he. TINS
COMPANY rrcciYrsa portion ot the tolls ON caole mes
between New YORK and European stations which
tolls are nNed 10y the Anglo-A American tunuany. As
turod ON account OF the ADVANCE IN CAPE rates Justice
10 require this statement o the facts Ihl-
pauN ha- no more power to nN The rate Tor cable mes
60 EurOpc than have to ia the rate for passage
Dy steamer across The Atlantic
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fever and lighting on the route. A cedar
boat called the Lady Alice was carried
with them, and launched on the bosom OF
the Victoria N'yanza. Leaving the larger
portion of his party at the village of
Kagehyi near the southern end, STANLEY
embarked on boat voyage of thousand
miles, and from the map sent home appears
TO have explored the entire circumfer-
ence of the lake, with the exception of
the southwestern coast, the locality of
which, however, was pretty accurately
fixed by SPEKE on his second journey. The
lake is where SPEKE said it was-as STAN
LEY's observations Indicate a difference Of
only sixteen minutes in latitude-and
what SPEKE said IL was. His substantial
accuracy can no longer be questioned,
provided STANLEY's statements are ac-
cepted. We think they may be received
Professionally, and subject to future conilr-
nation. A certain test of truthfulness MS
to the localities actually visited is furnish
ed by the alleged meeting with Col. DE
BEILEFoNDs, of Col. GoRDoNs staff, which
STANLEY mentions rs having taken place
on the northern coast, and rs described IN
previous letter. We ought to hear Of
that meeting from Col DE BEIIEFoNDs.
The letter, which must have been inter-
mediate to those received and published,
has not yet come to hand.
II is evident that Mr.. STANLEY owes his
employment by newspapers to qualities
other than those which characterize him
ms n correspondent. His style Is i'll ar
ranged, obscure, and frequently vulgar.
The letters before us are crammed with
names which have no significance what
ever without map, and are worse than
meaningless with the map which he sup
plies, on account Of his playful variations
in photography. As to numerous places
which he describes with considerable
precision, it is impossible TO tell whether
he has visited them himself or POUNDS
his descriptions on native testimony
He does not tell us one way or the
other. That our complaint of his vul-
garity is well founded may be seen by
reference TO single passage, where he
says: Let us pass ON. however, to our
subject and the place where left of
namely, coward like, running away from
pair of bull hippos. am not sure they
were bulls, either, though they were hip
popotam sure enough"
II strikes us that a gentleman could find
something better than such stuff to write
home from the heart OF Africa. Whatever
the ntrcpidity ana perseverance of IlENRY
NJ. STANLEY may enable him to accomplish
II is TO be regretted that America should
have sent out the most vulgar of African
explorcrs
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George W. Admr, OF Atlanta, says: Be
fore the war ! kept four negroes on my ID -
sn., man-of. all Work. valued at 1880:
: ar Ia, a No. cook, Sl4OO; Harriet, a house glfl,
Sl2.o; aud Nancy. nurse. $500 Tue legil in
tetcst seven per cent? on tie value If those
slaves WAS $50 per annum. and had to feed,
cluthe. pay doctors bills, &c. Now have the
same service performed at 500 por annum. |
feed these hired servants, but furnish no cloth
lug nor pay doctors bills. anu get the same ser
vice Der month Tor less money tnan when |
owned sltve=. and If they die | lose nothing.
Now. when acquire my capital can put IL in
other property, instead OF locking ii IN in
saves. nus. | think, illustrates the whole
question. The land owner can avail himself Of
negro labor TO-DAY az less cost than when ne had
O. pay for ia slave and take Gaze uf MIN. TINS
labor cannot be- controlled So absolutely ns
slave labor. and more or less irregularities grow
out Of II stil IL II available and susceptible OF
betns used to great profit ty the land owner.
Planters who owned slaves, VINO now remain
upon their land and give personal attention to
the crops, can make more clear money from the
soil than under the old system. Tue South Is
becoming every wear more familiar with free
labor. and understands better how to mana
1t. She Is becoming more self-relAnt aud self
sustaining
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What Did II.

The Independent German voters who
want none but good money for working
men did it.
CARL SCHURz did il with the sound flnan-
cial philosophy of his speeches.
The revolving, hard-money Democrats
did II, who do not believe in imitation, and
who saw in the distance the phantom OF
reputation, and a greenback payment of
gold bonds.
The World OF this city did il with its ap-
peals to stand by the solid old hard money
doctrine of the party in its best days.
And, more than all, the deluded bath-
erskites did it who persisted in setting up
rag money rs an idol for worship, and held
by the throat aud sought TO strangle the
great reality of administrative reform.
Between all these forces together the
thing has been thoroughly done and there
is no mistake about it,
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why Our Uncle Samuel IL Coming up Just
Now.

Mr.. Tilden has achieved his present sue
cess simply owing TO his having before ANYBODY
else OF his class understood the exact nature ~
the situation. lie perceived sooner than his
competitors tina. the time had come to stop
preaching and 10 begin making arrests and
drawing up Indictments. He now finds, and
his competitors nnd, that his acute ness has rem
lican press Is questioning his motives, he Is c.
tually putting the leading members Of the Canal
Ring on trial. and eXul ammo to the public their
way OF working. While Republican couyen
tiuns are passing eulngstic resolutions in honor
OF the friend and contpanun of Boss Shepher I'd.
the Democratic candidate Il handing the New
York bosses by tue halt dozen over to the
police. In fact, he - making capital - In a way
mace. and, assuredly. unless his opponents re
celVr sudden aud great access VI wisdO III, he
Will have ni- reward.
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Mcasurer BAncooK has been at his old

Measurer BABCooK has been at his old
tricks again. The IRON bridge over the Anacostia
branch Of the Potomac, which has been building
under his supervision, has been completed, and
he has made a report certifying 10 the ex-
cellenco Of the structure though IT is notorious
ly a failure. In our Washington correspond
ence the character Of this job was shown up
months ago and now that II is completed aud
duly certified by the Ring measurer Mr., Is.
SEvERsoN. n civil engineer OF Washington, pub
fishes over his own name a letter pointing out
in detail many Of the defects of the bridge,
which he pronounces "a most disgraceiul,
iobbing Ring affair, and so very dangerous as TO
require the earliest possible attention on the
part Of Congress-" We think It will be generally
conceded, however, that DAncocK requires the
earliest possible attention of Congress quite as
much us his bragg docs.
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Many Of the white residents Of fine Sand

Many of the white residents Of the Sand
witch Islands are leaving, and those Of thom who
have lately arrived In San Francisco do not give
encouraging reports of the condition Of affairs
existing there. They say business Ia dead, the
past summer has been fearfuly hot, money is
scarce and life at Honolulu uncomfortable. The
natives have not only decreased in numbers
from 100000 century ago to about 5000 at the
present time, but they have grown poorer and
poorer within the Inst twenty years. The race
Of chiefs who made them work has died out.
and a blight Is upon everything Not one hun
dred cocoanut trees have been planted by tho
natives In tue last llty years. aud even taro Ia