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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Money aud Stocks.


NEW YoRK, April 9.-MoSEY-Easy Al
4a5 per cent Prime mercantile paper 5ai
per cent,
STERLING ExCHANGR-Qnist at $i.s5I.
for 60 days, and $Ls9[ [a4s9If for sight.
GoLD-Opensd at ll6Is, advanced tC
ll59l and closed ut ll5. Carrying rates %
per cent and aat. Tho Assistant Treas.
urcr disbured $4,000, Clearings $4,000
OOO Dry goods imports for the week, $97l,
49S. Custom receipts, $26s,OOO
GovRRSMRNTs-Firm.
United States d Of 1881, coupons l2?L
FlVe-TWenties (ls62
EVe-tWgntles lS6tl.,..,
Elve-tWenlinl
EtVe.tRentiel (lbBbl new
EVe-tWentlss (ls6
FtVe-tEentCs (lS6Sl
New hlves
Ien-iortl@ ''''''iioS
CufTency
STATE BoNDS-Quiet.
'''"''yJ'a
Tennessee,
dehne1seet
nuBlhlAi
NlfRlnla, old
North Carolina,
N0Tlh Carolina, '.'lV
RAILROAD BoNDs-Firm in the later
dealings with good demand for Union Pa.
cifc frstS and sinking funds, which sold ut
OS9Sa92Na92A respectively, There were
several round lots Of Union Pacific sinking
funds picked up for investment and the
bonds attract attention from the fact that
they are we'll secured and bear sper cent II
tOTeSt In currency.
STOCRs-In the stock market to-day
there was o further improvement with IL
well distributed business. The advance in
the share list was IIalN per cent, ind the
most marked was Union Pacific, which
rose from 7lA to 799S on the reports Of an
increase In the earnings for the first week
In April PaCi6c Mail was prominent and
ranged from 4SX to 4isS, with the closing
sales Ut ~. Committees Of the Panama and
Pacific Mail on the question Of u new con.
tract will meet tomorrow, md II Is said that
negotiations are well advanced, st, Paul
common rose from 30A to 40H, aud left of
ut 30A. Lake Shore advanced from AK to
75IS, reacted to 10, and finally recovered to
75X. Western Union advanced from 7SIS
to 7S1S on the announcement that tho com.
pany had effected working arrangement
with tho Southern Atlantic Company, with
II reaction to M and raise to 77h. At.
lahtiC L Paci6c Telegraph declined from q
to 25JS, and afterwards rose to 279l, with u
hnal close ut 9GA. The other changes were
generally from Y to " per cent, mostly on
the upward turn. There was very strong
under tone to speculation throughout the
day and some good buying Of stocks. The
transactions to-day aggregated 10000
shares, Of which $1,000 were Pacific Mail,
$4,000 Western Union, 5000 Northwestern,
10000 Rock Island, 10000 st, Paul 10000
Erie, $1,000 Lake Shore, and 9S,OOO Union
Pacific,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10
RrEEI

There is continued fair degree Of ac.
tiyity IN this branch Of business, the best
evidence OF which il that the mills are all
in operation, some Of them working up
to their mll capacity; about the only
complaint from manufacturers Ia IN re-
gard to prices, which II Is alleged, have
been run down to point that affords but
a very slight margin for profit
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10
The Pittsburgh Iron ana Mi
Market.

FrOin tho Manufacturer
The general position Of the market re-
mains substantially as noted In our last
review; business Is virtually suspended,
more 50 now than ut any time since the
lock.Ont was inangrnted; as the stock Is
almost exhausted, there Is no assortment,
and but very few OF our manufacturers
arc able to supply even the immediate
wants Of their regular customers. The
strike has not been without some good
results, as 1t hns enabled the mills to
work Off all their old stock, and by cur:
failing the production It has prevented
prices from going lower, and impaired n
iiriner tone to the market. There arc but
few orders coming forward, nor Is j to be
expected, Us they arc not being solicited,
and the best part of tho spring trade !;
over; great many orders that would
have come here but for the strike have
been placed elsewhere, and while ol
course this Is very mOrtiiying to our
manufacturers, there is no help for 1t, they
expect to get their trade all back again
once they are able to supply 1t.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10

The operations continue meagre, as
compared with what they were month
or two ago, whichis in consequence Of the
sharp appreciation In prices, from s. to
S5 per ton. And furthermore we tindcr-
stand that the most Of that coming for
ward recently has not boon satisfactory in
point Of quality; for these and other rcn.
SONS there Ia not mitch inquiry, and the
probability il that the importations OF
muck bar henccforth will belight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10

We are indebted to Col. Jacob Horn
brook, for a neatly gotten up card Of the
Knickerbockcr Ice Company, Of Phila.
dclphia, on which the company have pub
lished the prices al which they propose
to furnish ice to the public this summer.
The scale Of prices Is a follows, Eight
pounds daily for 35 cents per week twelve
pounds daily for - cents per week, ak
teen pounds for 55 cents, and twenty
pounds for o. cents. II will be seen that
the price charged for the minimum
amount consumed per week is q little
over one.hali cent per pound, and fot the
maximum amount q little less than hall
cent. This strikes ia az a reasonable
scale Of prices,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10
NAltS.

There is no movement whatever in
nails, and there are none here to move; II
we mistake not, there Is not single fac.
tory in operation, and the stock in this
market IL utterly exhausted; the best evi-
lcnce Of this Is that the retail trade here
are obliged to order from other points.
The price here as long as there were any,
was three dollars, sixty,layS, which It Is
claimed did not more than cover actual
rnsL Of manufacturing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10

MASSACHUSETTS has adopted local op'
ton and license instead Of prohibition.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10
NOTICE

MarSlIAll county, West Virginia, At lts last fiscal
torn, to take Into consideration the question Oi re-
modelling or building new Court House for said
county, will receive plans and specifications Tor
NEW COURT HOUSE on the 22d day Of April
o'clock Parties competing will 10 required 10
furnish estimates on iliOlF plans. Tho committee
reserve the right IO reject any and all plans spCtiA
CatlOnSAnd bids
For further information address the members Of
the committee rs follows.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-10
NEW YORK.
cnLLRnH nRApuATEs.

NNw YoRK, April 9.-At the com.
mencement Of the New York Medical
College for women last night there we're
nine graduates.
, 1875-06-10

TIE BANDITS OF THE SOUTHERN CoUN-
T1Es.-lt would appear from the follow
ing rom the Inyo Independent that the
American residents in that section are
about to take decisive action for the
determination Of the bandits which
have been ravaging that section: 1t is
an established fact that several heavily
armed parties of Mexicans have lately
been seen coming into this county from
the south. and although it is possible
their intents may be all legitimate and
and honest enough, the peculiar condi-
tions existing here at this time give
cause for suspicion. 1t is a mattsr OF
the greatest Importance to the Mexican
population of .ttis county that these
outlaws be effectually suppressed.
There are many Americans and others
who will not be at all nice in their dis
examinations as to the guilt or innocence
of Mexicans they may meet here land
there, anu it is quite possible the inno-
cent may have to suffer for the acts of
the guilty, if the latter are allowed to
continue their outrages. Altogether, it
behooves all classes of our population
to take some active measures to put a
lasting check on those outlaws. This
is of quite as much interest to those Of
the Mexican nationally as the American.
, 1875-06-10

a The other day man in Milwaukee
found four boys playing cards on the
nay. NOW. and he was proceeding to
give them ''fits." when one of them
spoke up and said: "We want playing
keerds. Tom Lester's mother is dead,
and we were up here showing him the
pictures on the keerds SO he would not
feel lonesome"
n "Be careful how you drink, or
you'll wash the color from your cheeks?"
said gentleman at fashionable party.
as he handed glass OF water to lady.
There is no danger of your ever taking
water enough to remove the color from
your face" was the good>natursd re-
toYt
, 1875-06-10
For the purpose

section 1911. For the purpose OF
adapting this idea 10 the laws Of
the Territory, our Legislature of 1873.
struck from the excepted classe
of section 3S4 of tho law of 1863.
Indians, and under the wise provisions
of the Statutes of 1873, an Indian may
testify in all civil and criminal actions,
unless debarred by the provisions of sec
tions 139 and 231. These sections in
soIfar as they relateto Indians. must be
taken for naught. The provisions there
in contained were necessary 80 long as
the Indian was prohibited generally
from testifying. and the fact that they
are there, is doubtless an oversight by
the Coduier.
Looking at the whole Statute there is
no doubt that our Legislature in
tended to remedy the mischievous pro-
visions Of our Statute making distino
tions on account of race and color, and
make our laws accord with the Laws
OF the United States, and with the
civilization of the age in which we
live.
This view of the Statute is to my
mind clear, and have no doubt but thai
an Indian has the same right to testify
in this Territory as white man, and thai
the testimony of all witnesses mus'
now be weighed in tbs same balances,
and its truth or falsity be deter
mine in accordance with the rules ano
principles of common sense and justice
instead of prejudice.
The application must be denied.
JOSEPH R. LEWIS, Judge.
, 1875-06-10
NOTICE..

I'm THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD
judicial District Of Washington Territory,
holding terms at Seattle, for the counties oi
King, kitsap and Snohomish.
DANIEL NJ. CRANE, Decree Tor
vs. plaintiff. foreclosure
JAMES II. MAY and ! OF m ort
KATE A. MAY. gage
Defendants.
AYOTICE is HERFBY GIVEN THAT IN
IL pursuance of decree Of foreclosure and
order of sale made in the above entitled cause
and Court, on the 9Th day of February, A D.
1875. l., ". Wykoff. Sheriff Of king County,
Washington Territory, will, on the 10th day OF
July, A. D. 1875. At oclock, P. NJ, OF SAID day,
It the County Court House door OF said king
County, in tho city Of Seattle, sell ut puonc
auction, to the highest bidder. the following
described mortgaged premises or SO much
as will satisfy the sum of ono hundred ninety
one and l5-lOO dollars gold coin and costs; name
". the north half of tho northeast quarter OF
section fifteen, in township twenty-sa nortn,
range i've east, eighty acres of land situated IN
Kins county, Washington Territory, together
vith ali and singular the tenements and nereu-
t.ments and appurtenances thereunte belonging
or In .nywise sppertaining.
Dated this End day Of June, 1870.
LV. WYKOEF,
Sheriff Of King Co., W, L.
, 1875-06-10

a This is the season of the year
too, when you may see lonely and
melancholy young man standing on a
street corner at about eight o'clock in
the evening, waiting for something. and
pretty soon that something will come
along in the shape ola good looking
girl, and he'll hook his arm in her 3 ano
walk of with smile yard long on his
countenance.
, 1875-06-10
How TO KEEP The DOC FROM BARKING

How TO KEEP THE Doc FROM BARKING.
"A genius from Albany has made q
discovery which will prevent dog from
barking. A post is put alongside of the
dog-house, on the top of the post is a
pulley; Q clothes-line is attached to the
COLLAR of the dog and passed through
the pulley, and thence to the bed cham
Der Of the sleeper. The dog barks and
Bill pulls the rope. Soon the dogs
head is hsavenward, and his feet leave
the ground. A moment suspended, he
is let down, and with his tail turned
inward. forward he scoots for his ken.
mel, with no further desire to elevate
himself by barking. Two pulls for the
first night is permanent cure.
, 1875-06-10

a The inpudenoe of these poets is
alar ming. One of them has the cheek
to complain because the Chicago Trib-
une misplaced part of his poem, get
ting it under the head of ''The Pork
Market"
, 1875-06-10

n Mr.. Barnum Ii said to contam-
plate buying Rhode Island as . good
site for Hippodrome. he will roof
the inhabitants in and allow them to
become perpetual dead heads.
, 1875-06-10

n There was once Pennsylvania
Legislator who laid by thirty thousand
dollars in one session. When he was
asked how be managed this with SAL
ary of one thousand dollars, he said he
saved it by doing without hired girl.
, 1875-06-10

r The latest thing in ncte paper,
according to the Troy Press, is the
"Bsecher" note paper. 1t has rag led
edge, and whatever the writer puts upon
it il sure to mean something else.
, 1875-06-10

r An Atchison, Kansas. girl ate
four pounds of wedding cake in order
that she might dream of her future
husband. And now she says that money
wouldn't hire her to marry the man she
saW in that dream.
, 1875-06-10

~ Correctly don't seem like hard
word; yet they all go down because they
can't spell correctly.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

PENDING the consideration of Senator
Althony's substitute, the members Of the
Senate of both parties will find something
of interest to them in the following resolu.
ton, which forms leading plank in the
platform of the Republican party in Con-
necticut:
Resolred, That we have undimnished conf
denCe in the integrity ami patriotism of Presi-
dent Grant. We heartily indorse his recent
special message to the Senate on the Louisi-
ana question, and the principles therein con-
tanned. We unite with him in declaring that
"any interference by the officers or troops of
the United States with the organization of
State Legislature, or any of its proceedings, or
with any civil departments of the government,
is repugnant to our ideas of government" and
with him 1--WE can conceive Of no case not in
volving rebellion or instruction where such
interference of the authority of the General
Government ought to be permitted or can be
justified, - and at the same time we thank the
President for saying that ''to the extent that
Congress has conferred power upon him to pre-
vent it, neither kukluX klans, white leagues,
nor any other associations using arms or vio-
Ience to execute their unlawful purposes, can
be permitted in that way to govern any part of
this country" We urge our Senators and
Representatives to adopt early measures for
securing the peace and welfare Of the people of
Louisiana.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

acted wisely, promptly and efficiently in
securing republican form of government
for the State of Louisiana, and whose cour-
age and f1rmness secured that State against
domestic violence when he simply enforced
the laws of the United States.
The minority of the late Congress have
had so much success in diverting and divld-
ing the political majority that the Senate
branch of the Opposition has at last fallen
into trap which, before 1t extricates ltsen,
will challenge pity if not contempt, oil
course, as the mad bull rushes Wildly
against the flauntings of red blanket, re-
gardless of the danger that turks behind II.
So the minority in the Senate have rushed
against Senator Anthony's substitute re-
CARELESS of consequences To antagonize
this expression of approval of the course OF
the President in protecting the government
in Louisiana and the people of that State
against domestic violence, is to favor
anarchy, murder and assassination. for
these were rife there until the Executive
interposed the federal power to preserve
order, enforce law and secure good govern
ment.
The present prospect is that all the prom
inent Senators on the Democratic side, al
lied to whom are Senators johnson and
Booth, are to make common cause and
stubborn effort against the declaration OF
the resolution. The majority of the Sen
ate bid them hearty welcome to this tilt,
for it opens new feature in the coming
presidential campaign. The commitment
of the Democrats to principles and acts
closely allied to those of the rebellion is to
be full and perfect in this adventure, and
the keynote of the coming struggle for
dominance in the government will be
sounded in the debate which will be car
ried on mainly by one side, and will be
protracted until vote is reached and the
resolution is adopted. This declaration is
positive and distinct, and throws around
the President full justification for all that
he has done to secure for an unfortunate
State the security and blessing of a repub-
lican form of government. The country
will applaud the action of the Senate, and
the Democratic party will reap the fruits
of an attempt now to bolster fresh rebel
lion for the purpose of revolutioniziRg the
government of a sister State by force and
violence. The more deeply the Demo
cratic Senators wade into the waters of de-
bate on this question the more their efforts
will aid the cause of Republicanism.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

hollow mOckery, but q right, the benefits Of
which he enjoys In common with others.
The danger likely to arise from the enforce
ment of this law will be its characterization by the
preJudiced OF one class and the ignorant Of the
other. We hope no respectable colored man will
force himself, under profession OF this law, where
his companyis not desirable. 1t is not policy
always TO 20 TO extremes because the law allows
II. 1t may be necessary on some occasions to test
the law, and then we Will have the sympathies Of
the community with Us; but II We make frivolous
tests viii lose that respect for our rights which
we would otherwise have, aud the law will be-
come 9 dead letter In consequence Of being unable
to find iuries who will bring in verdict In our
favor.
Already the Southern States are passing laws
to prevent the operation Of this act. II the col
ored people endeavor to force q compliance Of the
laws by Injudicious action, they Will injure their
own cause and weaken the arguments which
might be brought forward IN their favor when an
enforcement OF the law becomes necessary.
We do not preach submission to unjust custom
when based wholly on prejudice, when It inter-
feres with our comfort or convenience, but when
neither Is endangered We would not provoke con-
trOversy. There are many places we might visit
with immunity from insult, but We know our
presence 10 not desirable, and, not being neces-
eaFy to our comfort or convenience, we avoid
them, and we advise others to do the same. We
are always ready to enforce our rights by law or
otherwise when the occasion justihes, but only
when we are obliged to, then we will proceed TO
aTfremfkfeR
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22
The Civil Rights Bill.

The Elevator, California newspaper, edited
by colored men, discusses the civil rights bill,
as a law, in the following vein:
While We adhere to the principle that the amen
tiles and coHrtesies Of society shoald be extended
TO each Individual according to his conduct, we
also reigiously believe in the conventionaties Of
social life; and while we maintain that the civil
rights act is intended to enforce the former, do
not think Its object is to violate the latter.
The revered and lamented author OF the bill,
Hon. Charles Sumner, was confirmed aristocrat.
His Rristocracy was not based on the accident Of
birth, nor on the uncertain possession OF wealth,
although he could claim both; but on character,
conduct, and average natural intelligence. A pure
inspected life was always passport TO his s0cie-
ty. Among his personal friends, who were always
welcome to his house, and to whom he extended
his hospitalities, were three colored gentlemen,
Hon. Joshua b. Smith, member OF the Senate OF
Massachusetts; Hon. Fred. Douglass and George
T. Downing, ESQ.,, men whose private character
the breath Of calumny has never stained, and
whose public life 10 equally free from oonsure.
In making these gentlemen his friends, and id.
hitting them TO the privacy Of his hours OF retire.
ment, CHARLES Sumner violated no etiquette OF
society; none OF the conventionallties Of private
life. He acknowledged them as his equals. II
they were not his peers In wealth and learning,
they were in character and judgment.
The bill, which has now become law, and
must be observed as such, 10 not intended to To-
fringe on any mans social rights, nor 10 invade
any mans privacy; but It's design Is 10 protect all
IN The enjoyment OF public and political rights.
II throws the halo OF the law around the oolorei
man, and assures him that citizenship Is not G
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

THE Hon. JAMES H. BAKER retires
from the Office of Commissioner of Pen
sions for the purpose of entering upon
new field of official usefulness. Under his
administration the work of the Pension
Bureau has been sYstematized and simpi
fed, so that his successor will find himself
in control of one of the best organized bu-
reaus in the civil service of the Govern
ment. In the supervision of the expendi-
ture of millions of money, and the exer
else of careful watchfulness for the interests
of invalid soldiers, General Baker has
proved himself to be possessed of rare ex-
ecutive talent. Whatever may be his fu-
ture. he may look back upon his career in
Washington with lust pride.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

THE Louisville Courier Journal thinks
sympathy for the white thief, who will
receive the same punishment as the
black thief under the Virginia proposition
to declare petty larceny a penitentiary
offence. This is mistake. We have no
mawkish sympathy for thieves of any
color, but the Courier Journal must know
that the proposition in question is not in
tended to apply to white thieves. 1t is in
tended, however, to give white Democrats
more certain power over black Republicans
than they now have, and one result of its
enforcement as law of the State will be
to practically re-enslave the unfortunate
victims who may be convicted under it.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

AMONG the laws passed in Arkansas is
one which provides that if a laborer shall
leave any mans service before his contract
has expired he shall be liable to his en-
ployer for the full amount which would
have been due at the expiration, and the
amount shall constitute lien upon the
laborer's future wages. Under the opera
ton of this act the white planters of the
State may abuse their colored laborers as
much as they please, and the fear of pun
ishment under its provisions will prevent
the latter from seeking employment else
where. The drift of legislation on the
labor question in all of the Southern States
is in the same direction-i. g., the estsb-
Ishment of system of vassalage.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-22

A NEW PHASE of the Louisiana question
is presented in our special dispatches from
New Orleans this morning. A Conserva-
tive member of the State Legislature recalls
the historical fact that a legitimate quorum
of that body canvassed the votes for Gov
ernor and declared W. P. Kellogg elected
to that office on the 10th of December,
1872. This was at a special session called
nv Gov. Yarmouth.