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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-10
Is the Presidency OF The County
s Court a Judicial Ohlce?
Editors of the Register.

Editors of the Register.
Senator Sherrard has had an interview
with reporter, and has argued his case
with that sort of pertinacity with which
the crab holds OH to the dogs tail, as rep
resented In the picture in one of the base
ment windows of the Mcclure House,
and with similar intelligence. He says
the office of President Of the County
Court is not judicial office. Then, will
that learned Senator tell us what kind
of an office it is? Ii is not legislative;
it is not executive. The powers
sppertaining to it are not ex-
ecutive; they are not legislative.
The President Of the County Court is
a member OF Court which is invested
with judicial powers and charged with
the performance of judicial duties almost
co-extensive with those of the Circuit
Courts, and yet the learned Senator says
the office is not judicial one. He hears
and assists in the determination of causes
of almost every description known to the
law; hears motions, demurrers and ar
guments, grants divorces, enters decraes
in every description ofcauses in chancery,
and smiles approyingly when he is called
Judge and yet the leaned Senator
SAYS the office is not judicial one. The
indications are that there is q person IN
Hardy county performing the duties Of
judicial office who does not know what
a judicial office is.
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We publish elsewhere another eH
plsnstion of that $4,000 deficit. We
present it Mt the request OF a gentleman
Of thi. city, and more especially because
i is an attempt to enightcn US on a
game that we do not understand.
Whether it proves sufficiently clear to
our readers or not, is II question for them
to decide. For our part all We have to
say is. that We do not think it is sufficient
OF An explanation to justify the leglSla-
tive Investigating Committee in not
thoroughly searching it out, and getting
st the root of the matter. Evidently
somebody has made blunder in book
keeping.
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New York Market.

NEW YORK. December 9. Cotton
-Firmer at l3i@l3 7-l6c; futures closed
steady; December lS S-l6@l3 49, Jan
uary Is 9.32@l3 5.l6c; February
I3 1890; March l3 ll-l6al3 1882;
April l3 29-S2e; May IA 3-32@l4ici
June II 9-l6c. Flour-ln moderate de-
mand and without decided change;
receipts $4,000 barrels; superhne
western and State 81 4064 10; COM
mon to good 81 90g5 90; good to choice
S. 50(d6 90; white wheat extra Sc lO(@
I 90; extra Ohio SIS 00(G7 As; st. Louis
s5 4OG,9 90. Rye Flour Steady at 81 %
G,5 40. Corn Mesl-Steady at So IL
(a3 s5. Wheat--Dull; receipts $4,000
bushels; rejected spring 81 0l; ungrad"d
spring 81 20@l 25; No. l spring 81 S:@
/ 35; No. 3 81 1901 10; No. 3 Milwau-
kee 81 1901 IA. Rye--Scarce and hrm
at $4,000 for western. Barley-Qun t.
two rowed State 81 90. Malt-Frm.
Corn-Opened dull and closed heavy
and lower; receipts $1,000 bushels; west
ern mixed 7S!c; steam 74@75c. Oats
Steady; receipts 1900 bushels; western
mixed 43c; white 49c ahoati 4Sc in store.
Hsy-Firm and unchanged. Coffee
Steady at lSl@22c. Sugar-Dull, heavy
and unsettled; fair to good refnings 3-lt
@s 7-l6c; prime S!@ssc. Molasses
Quiet; New Orleans 6S@62c. Rico-Dull
and nominal. Petroleum Dull; crude
&c; refined l249l2sc. Rosin-Stesdy nj
81 7O6l IA. Turpentine-37c. Eggs
Firm; western 2SCd 30c. PorE-F'irm-
er; uninspected at $Zl s7!CG22 Ooi seller
December s2l 50. Beef--Steady; new
plain mess Sll 50. Cut Meats-Western
quiet; middes frmer; western long clear
iO:@lOYc. kard-Steadier; prime steam
l3(al3 l-lGc; seller December IL Sl-l6tf
l3Ic. Butter-Prime hrmer; other.
heavy; western l6G25c, Cheese-Quiet
at 6612!c. Whisky-Quiet and nn-
changed.
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prowling around, it Is hard to distinguish
the true from the false, and so begging
becomes nuisance. Thus much impo-
stion Is practiced, and the dispenser oi
charity can hardly tell, in many cases
whether he is really doing good or not
The next class are those who suffer
biting poverty, but had rather endure in
silence than beg their bread. These are
never found out unless active exertion l:
made in their behalf, but are left alone
to bear grim penury as best they may
Of all classes needing help in the world
these appeal more strongly to the benev
olent than any other.
Now our citizens are liberia
and kind-hearted, as is evidenced
by the past, and though, fortunately
those in very INDECENT circumstances are
probably fewer among us than in almost
any other community of the same size'
we are sure our charitable people are
anxious to do all in their to reileVe
the wants of those sufferers VINO are To-
Gated in our midst.
Our object, therefore, IN pre-
parlng this article, is to call attention
:, those two classes of untOrtunateS, and
10 suggest plan which will abate the
nuisance of mendicancy, and yet reach
MI deserving assistance. Last year we
alluded to this, and made a suggestion
then, which we repeat now, for want OF
a better. This WAS that those Of our cit
liens Interested in this subject form so-
cictv and get up a common fund. Then
let committee or agent of this society
be formed in each city district, whose
duty 1t shall be to enquire into the condi-
tion of all, in each particular district,
really in need. Then when beggar
comes to any door, instead o.
giving him money direct, let HIM be
given note to said agent or committee;
who can decide whether or not he Is an
object of charity. In this way imposition
will be prevented, for if the applicant is
not worthy, he will never present the
note, and at the same time the modest
poor will also be reached. This plan ha:
been tried elsewhere and found to work
successfully Had it been adopted last
winter, the money expended for the Soup
House would have been ample for carrying
| it out. aud the visitation of tramps winch
afflicted the city then would not have
occurred. We throw out these hints t.
be acted upon by our charitably disposed
if approved of, or if not, to cause then
to devise some better means for accom-
plishing tho desired object.
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NoAttacks on His Majesty 10 be Per
mitted.

WAsH1NaToN, d. g., December O.
The Attorney General to-day sent a tele-
gram to United States Attorney Dyer at
St. Louis saying that advices had reached
him to the effect that Special Counsel
Henderson had, in the course of the
Avery trial, made an attack upon the
President, and assuring the United States
Attorney that the Department will not
continue to pay special counsel for this
kind of service. ..- '...
ST. LOUIS, December ct is asserted
on the authority OF gentleman who has
seen the dispatch, that Mr.. Henderson
tclegraphed Attorney General Pierre
pont, tonight, stating that he had no in
tention to reflect upon the President in
his summing up OF the Avery case: that
he stands by his speech and has no apol-
ogics to make.
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DIR WORTHY POOR.

The tramp qls,t on has assumed very
gros. proportions throughout tho coun-
try, and in every section, the subject OF
vsersncy has been, and is still being, anX-
iously discussed. The number OF idle
men in the land is daily being increased
through the continued hardness of the
times and lack Of employment, and 1t Is
getting to be a problem hard to be
solved, how this vexed question shall be
,s..ed. and citizens protected from the
ou,rages and dangers which have become
so intimately connected with this wan
dering population. The system of work
houses seems to be regarded as
the most effective way of dispos'
ing of the question; for wherever
il il determined-as it was in our neigh
Dor State of Ohio, WeIneSday-that no able
bodied man shall eat the bread of charity,
nor live by preying on hi. neighboTs,
and wherever this determination is car
RED out resolutoly, there the depredatlng
and lazy tramp speedily asccrtainS that
his occupations gone, and there he cease,
to be found. This question has already
received attention from our city officials,
and now that we have our work house. if
the rest is attended TO- our people need
have no fear from tramp,, their outragcs
and infectious diseases this winter.
But there is class of uniortunatos
whose condition demands serious at
tention. These are they who from
iorce of unhappy circumstances, over
va,ch they are unable to exert any con
~ are reduced to suffering and want
and who may truthfully be denomlnated
"ol' worthy poor Such are to hC
found IN every community, for n" truer
"-iS were ever uttered than 'the poCr
.'e have always with you and the reliei
Of the sutierines of such Of our fellow
men is matter which reflects more
credit, and is at the same time. more
strictly demanded n a duty. than any
thing else in the werld
Ii, then, this is q DUTY at all times, il is
specially so at this season of the wear
Winter has already set in; its cod blasts
and snow days are upon us, and Heaven
alone knows the bitter suffering at thi.
time of such unfortunates as these /,
whom We now allude
Osr worthy poor may bcdiyided int,
two classes. First The class which
seeks relief through begging from doc
to door, That many mendicant VIII,
spplie' for relief is worthy and only ap
plies from pressing necessity, and tha, tn,
assistance given is needed there can be n,
doubt, The great trouble is that. throuol
the number of impostors constant,
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Cincinnati Market.

OINCISNATI, December y.-Cot.on--
Demand fair and market firm at l2!c.
Flour-Nominslly unchanged. Wheat
Firm at 81 25Cd)l 80. Corn-lnactive
at 47@47lc. Oats-Demand fair and
market firm at 30d 45c. Barley-Firm;
Canada 81 15Gl 30. Rye-Quiet and
steady Pork-Dull; sales regular nj
at $50 90. Lard-Demand fair and
market firm; steam l2!@l2sc; kettle
l3iGl3lc. Bulk Meats and Bacon
Quiet and unchanged. IreeR Meats
Firmer and held higher. HamS-Sold At
lOB6llc. Whisky-Steady and firm.
Hogs-Active common 81 0S(s7 10;
fair to good packing 81 4o@7 70; choice
heavy 81 So; pens all closed
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Amt it singular circumstance that
these amounts should be alike? Another
question arises.
How could the same amount be in both
the Treasury Of Virginia and West Vir-
ginia at the same timer The truth of the
matter is, that the statement that there
was any money at all in the Treasury o!
West Virginia on the Goth day Of June,
1868, is wrong, as can be shown by the
books of West Virginia IN the Auditors
office. The first money paid into the
Treasury was $150,000, an appropriation
made by the State OF Virginia to the
State OF West Virginia February 4, 1868.
Chapter Y. page 81, Acts Of Virginia,
and this was paid on the I'd day of JulH
1868. 1t is said that the figures given by
the Auditor, showing the balance $225,.
279 S3, were taken from books IN the
Auditors Office this is just haifthe truth.
They were taken from the books
OF the Auditor and Treasurer of Nir
ginia left in the possession Of the State of
West Virginia. The next item of the
statement shows receipts into the treas
UTN ITOll Duhc ~ Io''i w NNN'oNi 1,
1868, of $l67, $50 95. THIS amount should
have been Sl67,6s3 81, and is accounted
for as follows:
Received from State OF
Virginia.. ............slSl Op
Received rom regular
sources. s...................... l. $50 -
Received from some
source unknown-... 312 66-sl67,GS5 81
Disbursements from June %,
1853, to October |, lS65..........-- 29,O2i ID
Leaving "a balance oct. |, 1866. slSs,6i9 Is
which is the amount reported to the Gov
ernOr by the Treasurer on that day. and
which balancethc Auditor adopts in his
true report, as above shown. The bal
ance of the items of the statement are Of
no account, and as stated are mere con
lectures. - g.
Now, would it not have been better,
If it was necessary that it should be made
to appear that there had been money
stoenl to make the amount as large as
the first item, s225,279S3? This would
have been a more respectable steal than
the amount claimed. II.
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General BabcocK Reported Indicted.

ST. LOUIS, December 9.-The United
States Grand Jury, which has been in
session since November 2, adjourned to-
day, after presenting thirteen new indict-
ments to the Court Although it has not
been officially announced, there seems to
be no doubt whatever but that one of
these indictments is against General
Babcock, President Grants private sec.
retary, and that capias for his arrest
was sent to Chicago tonight. or the
other indictments it is understood none OF
them are Of any significance, they being
principally against persons charged with
counterfeiting, forgery, &c.
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Toledo Marke

TOLEDO, November 9-FIour Duli.
Wheat-Flrm and held higher No. !
white Wabash 81 20; No. ! white Mich
igan 81 %; No. do 81 49, extra II 49,
amber 81 II; seller December 81 ~
seller January 81 lS3. Corn-Dull and
u shade lower; high mixed 5Oci new is!c,
low mixed new 4Sc; no grade 5ici dam
aged new 422c. Oats-Dull; No. 2 35ci
white 40c; Michigan 3iic; rejected slc.
Additional Markets on Fourth Page.
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FOREIGN.
Latest from the steamer Deutsch-
land.

Latest from the Steamer Deutsch-
land.
New YORK, December 9.-Dispatches
from London state that the first signals
of distress sent up from the wrecked
Steamer Deutschland, were seen by the
English Coast guard. Some of the Coast
guard men turned out and commenced
search for volunteers to go with them in
the tug boat Liverpool, of Harwick, and
aid them in an attempt at rescue. All
to whom they applied refused, and now
explain their conduct by saying they
thought it was only collier which was
lost. The sea was rough, and Harwick
is the only place on the line of shore
without life boat. A woman, craZed
by despair hung herself from the root of
the ships cabin.
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inauguration OF tue Governor OfCal'
ifOrnia.

SAN FRANCIsCo, December 9.-Gov-
ernor Irwin was inaugurated to-day with
the usual ceremonies. The inaugural
urged the Legislature to bring the in
fiuence of the State to bear on the gem
eral government to procure modfca-
ton of the treaty with China, with a
view of restricting Chinese immigration;
also, that the State should demand the re-
turn of the country to specie payments
A dispatch from SanDiego says a petit
ton is being largely circulated asking
Congress to extend aid to the Texas
Pacific railroad to enable 1t to build Il
competing line to the Pacific.
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UNITED STATES !
GRAND JURY Rooms, :
ST. LOUIS, No, Dec. 9. J

ST. Louis, No. Dec. 9.
To 4. s. Gramt, President Of the Unitcd
StotcS washington, ID. C.:
The undersigned, late United States
grand Jurors for the eastern district Of
Missouri, in the discharge Of their sworn
duties have found it imperative upon
thom to present to the United States
Court of said district the
names of many officials ana
other persons rs being connected
with conspiracy to dctraud the Internal
Revenue of the United States, and rs
citizens of our common country sincerely
desiring to uphold the hands of the Chief
Executive in securing An honest collec-
ton OF the public revenue, we cannot re-
frain from thus testifying to our estims-
ton of the moral support which We have
leaned upon rs impaired in your notable
instructions to the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, "Let no guilty man escape With
thi. all good citizens can contribute their
share in aiding the government and in
sustaining your administration in It's en-
deavor to conduct it with purity and
fidelity. We individually and collec-
lively tender TO you our highest consid-
erations of esteem and confidence and
an assurance of our appreciation of the
wisdom, patriotism and Independence dis
displayed in directing measures necessary
for detecting and correcting the gigantic
frauds which have so lately preycd upon
the public revenue.
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spain Puzzled,

LONDON, December l0-6 A. N-A
Madrid dispatch says that on Thursdsy
morning the papers there expressed the
opinion that the portion of the Pre,i-
dents message on Cuban affairs Is no
more alarming than his former utter
ances on the subject The Conservative
journals consider his language serious
The general opinion in political circles i,
that the message Is favorable. ..l
The Epoea and the Diarto EsHagno,
think that Intervention is really intended,
and believe that Europe would not sllow
it. Reinforcemenis are preparing for
Cuba. - -. -
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Theatrical Combination Come 10
Grief,

MEMPHIS. December 9.-The Mckee
Rankin combination which has been
playing the Two Orphans, at tho Opers
House, W grief, lhuir baggage and
effects being attached to-day by the land
lord Of the hotel, a newspaper establish
ment and bill poster, thus bringing
their engagement to an end
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BY TELEG GRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th Sts.
p. w. g. K. r. r. .
Decisive Majority for the
p Subscription in
Wellsburg.
LA GRANGE, o, December 9.

LA GRANGE, o, December 8.
Special to the Register.
The vote fo7 the subscription of ten
thousand dollars to the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad, re-
suited in large majority for the sub
scrlption. The vote stood one hundred
and niaety-seven for, and twenty-five
against. w.
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lr looks as if BABCocK was to be in
5ic,ed after all. W hen His Excellency
.ad. Let no guilty man escape If 1t can
be avoided" wonder if he thought that a
Court OF Inquiry would afford the neces'
.ary means of escape TO his private Sec
retary?
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IN the revised list of United States
Senatorial Committees, we notice the
Senators from this State appear as fol-
lows: Hon. HENRY c. DAVIS on the Com
mittees of Agriculture and Transporta-
ton Routes to the Seaboard, and Hon
ALLEN G. CArERTox, on those Of Claims
Railroads, and the Revision Of United
States Laws.
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Further EGect OF the ne..ar.

MADRID, December 9.--The journals
of this city comment variously on tho
message Of President Grant, but all hope
that Spain will vsnquish the insurrection
in Cuba by force, energy and persever-
ance
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FROM our reports this morning the
Dr5bsbiities are that the weather to-day
will be partly cloudy, with northwest
,..-t.. and lower temperature.
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RiIiiard Championship Of the North
and Southwest.

New ORLEANS. December Bur
leigh, of Chicago, defeated Maggioli IN
the billiard match for the championship
of the North and Southwest and $1,000,
bv .core of 500 to 36j; 54 innings;
winners average IT, losers 7,
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THE WEATHER.
WAR DEPARTMEh
FICY OF CEIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WAsHINGTON, Dec. 10, A. NJ.
PROBABILITIES.

WAsHiNGTON, Dec. TO, ! A. NJ. J
PROBABILITIES.
For Friday in the South Atlantic and
Cult States, stationary and rising barom-
eter. northwest winds, cool, followed by
warmer and clear weather.
For the Lower Missouri Valley. falling
barometer, warmer, southerly winds and
cloudy weather.
For tho Lower Lakes. Middle and East
ern States, rising barometer, slightly
cooler, northwest winds, cloudy and clear
ing Weather.
The Ohio river continues slowly rising
Cautionsry signals will be discontinu-
ed on the Lakes after December ID.
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Le1ter tn President Grant

Sr. LOUIS, December 9-Previous to
the adjournment of the grand jury, to-
day, nineteen of the jurors, all who were
present at the time, residents of all parts
OF this district, and a number of them
Democrats, signed the following letter,
which was sent to its destination to-
nipht.
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The trial of James X. Hill, Deputy
Revenue Collector of the First Indiana
District, was commenced in the United
States Court at Indianapolis yesterday.
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Hon. Chas. Jacob, the recently re-elect-
ed mayor of Louisville, was rendered an
enthusiastic reception by his friends last
evening.
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Postmaster Arrested.

CrScINNATI December "a. j. Ed
mendson, postmaster at Noble, Illinois,
was yesterday arrested Tor robbing mails
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1903
time ................. 2g,02i
Balance reported by Treasurer on

Balance reported by Treasurer on
september 30, 1865, as correct.- 1859 10
You will observe the first item of
amount in the treasury on the 10th OF
June, 1868, 1925, ,279.S3." Now, as this
was the birth day of the State of West
Virginia, it looks as though she was
right well of for such a young State, and
the question would naturally arise where
did this money come from2" By refer
ring to the report made by S. 2. Hill
dreth (who was appointed to examine
the books OF the restored government of
Virgina) to Gov, Pierrepont, dated
July IA, 1868, bound with the House
Journal of 1868, you will find he reports
the following amount in the Treasury Of
Virginia, on that same day, June 20 1863,
showing when deposited, as follows:
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at'heelina aeeister.

GOLD closed is New York yesterday
:. u4!.
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Paul Frederick Emil Leopold, Prince
of Llppe-Detmold, Is dead.
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Balance which appears should be
In the Treasury october |, lS6}... S3,b3b b3
Balance actually in the Treasury
October |. 1853, as shown by the
Report To tho Governor and by
him TO the Legislature. ............. 1852 a.