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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-05

LAWRENCE, Mass, October 4.-A fire
originating from spontaneous combustion
occurred at the Washington Mills to-day.
Loss on stock and machinery estimated
at $4,000; on the building comparatively
triiling.
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MASSACHUSETTS.


IiosToS, October AIN the United
States Circuit Couttthis morning, George
Miller and Wm. Smith, convicted Of MUIR
der on hoard the schooner Jefferson Bor.
den, were sentenced to he hanged January
l4th. They received their sentence with.
out emotion.
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CHINA.


SHANGHAI, October 4.--Mr. Wade has
notified the British Legation hero that his
negotiations at Pekin have averted i'm
medinte war.
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wYOI1ING.


CHEYENNE, October 1.-The Black
Hills Commissioners, Of which Senator
Allison Is Chairman, arrived here to-day
from the Red Cloud Agency, having failed
to accomplish treaty.
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TURKEY.

BELGRADE, October 1.-The Servian
Ministry has resigned, Perfect tran
uuility prevails.
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UTAH.

PRESIDENT GRANT GONE TO DENVER.
SALT LAKE, October 4.-Gen. Grant
left for Denver at 4 o'clock this after.
noon.
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PRorRACrED MEErINd.-A protracted
meeting is in progress in the Bridgeport
NJ. Il, Church. The pastor Is assisted by
brethren from abroad.
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NEW YORK, October 4.-Arriyed-The
steamship Baltic from Liverpool.
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 1.-The court
Of inquiry in the Spaulding.pinnCy case
convened at Mare island to-day and de-
cidcd to hold sessions with closed doors,
owing to the fact that the evidence will
involve number Of the leading merCan.
tile and financial houses, and might, in
the present condition Of affairs, cause
very serious embarrassment. paymnstcr
Spaulling asks the closest scrutiny Of his
official conduct,
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To Be lNvESTIGATED.-Ross J. Alex
ander, ESD, a Bridgeport attorney, has
been engaged by Mr.. Geo. Osborne, Of
Martins Ferry, to institute proceedings
against Andrew Goudy, the Bridgeport
merchant whom Caroline Osborne, u
daughter OF Geo. Osborne, claims at
tempted to commit u rape upon her. Mr.,
GOudy had not been arrested last evening,
but we are informed that he will proba-
bly, be summoned before magistrate to-
day. Mr., Alexander, the attorney alluded
to above, informs us that Mr.. Osborne
desired to have the matter invGsti-
gated, but that Esq. Eagleson, to whom
he had appealed, had advised him to drop
il, Tor snndry reasons. 1t is certainly
something new in equity for Justice Of
the Peace to decide case before hearing
the evidence. Mr.. Cloudy demands an
investigation, and Mr.. Osborne is equally
desirous Of having justice done in the
premises, and there is no excuse for this
hesiLancy. II We mistake not Mr.. Gondy 5
name has been coupled with scandals Of
the same nature before, and it would be
more Creditable to the community, and
especially to the church to which he is
said to he oiiiCially y connected, to have the
stain upon his character Cleansed.
JUSTICE CALDwELI,-Thc following in.
formations were entered before Justice
Caldwell yesterday:
NJ. II. Lucas rs, Thos. Gibson. Peace
warrant.
NJ, II. Lucas Is, Thos. Gibson. Assault
and battery.
Thos, Gibson rs. NJ. II. Lucas. Peace
warrant.
NJ. II. Lucas Is, Thos. Gibson Second
cNse). Assault and battery.
NJ. II, Lucas rs. Louis Smith. Assault
and battery.
The different cases were examined, and
all the defendants disChnrgedCxcCpt Louis
Smith, who was held in $50 to keep the
peace for six months.
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CALIFORNIA.

HANKS OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 1.-THE Ne.
vada Bank opened at 10 o'clock this fore.
noon. A large crowd attended, but there
were no demonstrations The bank Of
California is doing business as usual,
with no extraordinary call on its re-.
sources.
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who il almost blind, while going nr
Market street this morning unattended
fell over pile Of bricks in front Of Peters
hardware store md received some very
painful bruises, We are happy to state
that the Dr.'s injuries are not ofa serious
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land SALE.

The farm Of Robt. shCrard, ST., we'll
known rs the "Sugar liill' farm, situated
about two miles from this city, was sold
last Saturday to Robert Thompson. The
farm contains 100 acres and was knock.
ed down at $S3 per acre. Two years ngo
the purchasing party offered Sl2, 100 for it
hMi WNa reinsrl.
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ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.


George II. Smith, Esq. owner Of the
celebrated "pacing horse" Sleepy George
passed through the city Saturday evening
with his fnvOritc, en- route to his farm at
I'ekin, in this county. lie informed
your reporter this morning that II was
likely George had paced his last pace, as
he iIItenhed mixing u LrotLer Of him.
, 1875-05-22

FEMALE SOCIETY.-It is better for you 10
pass All evening once or twice week in a
lady's drawing-room, even though the con-
vers1tion Is slow, and you know the girls
song by heart, than in club, tavern or the
pit Of a theatre. All amusements OF youth
10 which yirtuOus women are not admitted,
RELY on II, are deleterious in their nature.
All men who avoid female society have dull
perceptions, and are stupid, or have gross
tastes, and revolt against what is pure.
Young club swaggers, who are sucking the
butts Of BILLIARD CUES all night, call ladies
society insipid. Poety is uninspiring TO q
Jockey beauty has no charms for blind
man, music does not please poor beast who
does not know one tune from another but as
an epicure is hardly tired OF water sauces
and brown bread and butter, l can sit for a
whole night talking with well regulated,
kindly woman about her girl Fanny or her
boy Frank, and enjoy the evenings enter
taiument One of the benefits derived from
a womau's society is that he is bound 10 he
respectful TO her. The habit is of great
good to your moral man, depend upon IT.
Our education makes us the most eminently
selfish men IN the world--IIackgGy.
, 1875-05-22
NOre Stealing.

The news Of the discovery OF one fraua is
scarcely transmitted among the people before
another comes up 20 take It's place. The 9th.
er day We had the bribery and conspiracy
case in the Post Office Department; now it !.
followed up by the discovery in the same De-
partmrnt OF 4 regular system of stealing go
ing on in the repairing of mail bags at the
mailbag dtpositories IL St. Louis and In
dianapolis.
These frauds We're perpetrated under the
pretence Of making repairs. The job Of re-
pairing such pouches rs really needed repairs
was not enough for Thomas Morrison, the
contractor at St. Louis, who was in the habit
of having his men cut and otherwise injure
perfect pouches, - as to repair them again
aid get the pay for It at good round prices.
In about eight months the government has
paid him over s., GOO.
W. G. Mason, another contractor Of In
dianapolis, could not make money fast enough
by charging double what his work was worth,
and when his charges got up to eight or ten
times what he ought to have, the Post Mas
ter General began to be suspicious. Some
men, Chorpeuuing" Creswell, for instance,
would not have suspected anything WAS
wrong till they were forty or fifty times as
much, but Jewell did, and sent al agent out
there to see about it. Of course, the agent
found the rogue, and found that he Was
making net profit out Of the government,
by his over-charges, Of about $4,000 to
SIS, 900 d year.
Postmaster-G General Jewell estimates that
about $4,000 a year has been stolen by these
small contractors throughout the country,
and be is going TO put stop to It BY abolish
ing all the mailbag depositOries, and leav-
ing only three 10 do the work. One Of these
will be stationed at Washington, one at New
York and one at Indianapolis
1t Is gratifying 70 have these small frauds
detected, bat il would b still mOEe 20 II Mr.
Jewell would overhaul those who are up
among the millions There l. a rich field tor
him 10 work upon out west
, 1875-05-22

victims lips-of these things naught exists
but their written Inenoria and the storied
walls of the fortress. Reaed when fsudalism
WAS rampant, when civilization was an uu-
known, uninvented wOrl, the Tower was
for centuries name of terror 10 all for 1t
meant cruel imprisonment Of the guiltless,
torture Of the innocent ald untimely death
in the hands of the exeaUtioner. Some Of
the most illustrious, most noble, purest and
best of England's sons and daughters, have
passed beneath tie Traitors Gate and left the
sunshine Of life and liberty behind them for
ever. In those days neither the person or
property was safe frOm arrest and cOntiScatiOn.
1t was not until the reign of Henry II. that
assizes were established for trial by jury IN
stead of by battle; only IN the reign Of
Charles IL did the fenial system receive its
deatablQw, and many years elapsed ere the
bandages which had covered the eyes of
Justice, ere the yoke Vas taken off the necks
of the people, and Lord Mansfield was able
to declare that " the air of England was of
So high a character that no slave could
breathe it,
, 1875-05-22

The FIRE That OLD Nick BUIIT.-We
find in an exchange the following capital
imitation of the style of the ''house that
Jack built and wish it might become d
household favorite:
Intemperance-This Is the fire that old
Nick built
Moderate drinking-This is the fuel that
feeds the fire that old Nick built
Rum seIling-This Is the AK that cuts the
wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Love of money-This Is the stone that
grinds the ak that cuts the wood that feeds
the fire that old Nick built.
Public opinion-This is the sledge with II,
face of steel that batters the stone that grinds
the Ak that cuts the wood that feeds the fire
that old Nick built.
a Temperance meeting-This Is one Of the
blows that We quietly deal TO fashion the
sledge with its edge OF steel that batters the
Stone that grinds the ak that cuts the wood
that feeds tie fire that old Nick built.
Temperance pledge-This Is the smith
that works with will TO give force 10 the
blow that We quietly deal to fashion the
sledge with its face OF steel that batters the
stone that grinds the ak that cuts the wood
thai feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Eternal truth-This Is the spirit 80 gentle
and still that nerves the smith 70 work with a
will 70 give forcs 70 the blow that We quietly
deal 70 fashion the sledge with its face of
steel that batters the stone that grinds the az
that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that
old Nick built.
, 1875-05-22
The American BonaparfeS.

] An interesting account Of the - Baltimore
| BonaparteS - Is given iu STijnsTs for EIav,
from which we make the following extrac;s {:
| Madame Bonaparte Is sill living in ElI,i-
more, at the age of 80 years. She SAYS she
has no intention OF dying until she Is 100.
! She has been 10 Europe sixteen tIlueS. and
( cOnteinplates another trip this summer. This
! old lady has more vivaci:v and certainly
more intelligence than many Of the leading
women OF fashion Of the present day. She
| expresses her opinion upon all subjects with
| great freedom, and sometimes with bitter
! ness She has little or no confidence IN men,
and very pcor opinion Of women She pro-
trsSeS that hsr ambition has always been,
mot the throne, but near the throne" Mr.
Patterson, her father, died in 1896. at an ad-
vanced are, IN possession # large fortune.
In his viii he says: The conduct Of my
daughter B-t~ey has through lie been SO dis
obedIent that IL no instance has rhe ever
consulted my opinion or feelings; indeed,
she has caused me more anxiety and trouble
than all my other children put together:
her Jolly and miScouduc: have cc.4sIonrl n,.
a traIH Of experience that, first tc last, has
Gust me much money in this meauIn., the
marriag- OF his daughter 10 Jerome Bona
parte. The old gentleman left her. cut of
his great wealth, only three or four small
nous and the wines IL his liar, worth IN
all about $4,000. Madame Blnaparte Is
very rich She has made her money bv sue
cesstul SpeculariOns and by h,r lifelong habit
ot saving FOR years she has lived at a
boarding house IN Baltimore, seeing very it
tie company. Her costume Is ancient. and
there Is nothing about her appearance that
suggests the marvellous beauty that led cap
tive the heart Of Jerome B0naptrte. Her
eyes alone retain some Of the brightness Of
former days. For forty years Madame Bon
aparte kept a dairy, IN which she recorded
her views and observations OF European and /
American society. \ Boston publishing
hoaSe, 1t Is SAID. recently offered $40, 600 for !
the manuscript volumes. but Madame Bona /
parte refused 20 s-li them ut any price. and |
has committed them 10 the custody of her /
younger grandson, Charles Joseph. recently a |
law student of Harvard, now rising mem |
Der Of the Baltimore bar- They wIll proba- /
bly, be published after the writer's death.
In the ErancO-Hru>sian war Colonel Jer-
ome Napoleon BOuapartc, grandson Of Jerome
Bonaparte and Madame Patterson BUnaparte,
distiu Euishei himself by his personal bravery
and splendid soldierly qualities After the
capture OF the Emperu. at S,dau Colonel
Bonaparte escorted the Empress through
France and returned 10 Paris In time to take
Il CONSPICUOUS Vart in the memorable siege of
that city. During the Commune he escaped
from Paris inst IN time 10 his life At
the close Of the war Colonel Bonaparte came
back 10 the United States, and in the sum-
nrr OF 1871, at Newport, Rhode Island,
married Caroline LeIsoy Appleton, grand
daughter of Daniel Webster
, 1875-05-22
a Historical Ouibble.

1t has been the fashion of some writers
who affect knowledge of the history of the
country, to slight over authenticity of the
Nccklenberg Declaration of Independence,
mainly because of the incredulity of Mr.
jefferson III 1879, when original publication
Of the document was made. Mr. jefferson 5
of expression between the paper he knew to
be original with himself and the resolves of
the Mecklenburg patriots year earlier than
the declaration of the 4th of July, 1776
Mr. jefferson died in 1926, seven years after
the general publication Of Mecklenburg de-
claration, and the weight of his disbelief
would have been fatal to the claim Of the pa
triOts of North Carolina but for the researches
of later historians. Mr.;Bancroft's examiua-
tions in the English State Paper Office have
resulted in the most convincing evidence Of
the verify of the declaration at Charlotte
town in May, 17I5. James Wright, the
colonial governor Of Georgia, transmitted to
the English Secretary of State, the Earl OF
Dartmouth, on the 20th of June, 1915, a
copy Of the South Carolina Ga-ette a,aa Caro.ty
journal, printed at Charleston, which con-
| tanned the resolutions Of the county commit
tee Of MecklrnburS Of May 81, l775. These
resolutions, Of unGoubred authenticity, furn-
| iSh inherent evidence Of the declaration
which hal preceded them on the Goth Of the
| same month. They set out with the declara-
| ton in the third resolutiUn-'' as all former
laws ays no'0 seYe1dcd in this provinced and
the Congress has not yet provide others, we
judge 1t necessary for the better preservation
Of good order TO form certain rules for the
Internal Government Of this eountry, until
laws shall be provided for Us by the Con-
! greSS. The first declaration s.hsolved all
citizens from allegiance 70 the mother coun-
! try and relnst.ttd III civil and military au-
J thurity the Persons then holding Office. Pro-
eredlpg Oh this assumption of an interreguum
| III the government, the later resolutions made
deiinitive regulations for the preservation Of
peace, the administration of Justice and the
maintenance OF the stand previously taken.
Persons who thereafter received commissions
from the crown were denounced as public
enemies eight militia ompanies were organ
lied and ordered to hold themselves in readi-
ness 10 execute the commands and directions
of the general Congress and the county COM
mittee; and Colonel Thomas Polk and Dr.
Joseph Kennedy were authorized to purchase
800 pounds Of powder, 600 pounds Of lead
| and 900 hin'S. These were the stern prep
aratiOnS made Necessary by the action al
ready taken In the light Of these facts even
the ScrupleS of A,r. jefferson must be dis
missed That ingenious statesman would
have been the first 10 DO justice to the people
of Mecklenburg had he lived to examine the
proofs OF their patriotic action IL I111J, a
time when none OF the colonies were prepared
70 take the decisive step upon which they
resolved over year afterward.-PatrOt.
-
, 1875-05-22
0NLI 4 NGMAN.

Ouly wu:naH sarivellel and old.
Tie play ot tli- winds and TIN. prey Of the cold
Cheeks that are sArunken,
LyeS that are sunken,
lips that We're never o'erbOld;
Only w0mUu iorsaken and pooi,
Asking an aims at the bronze church door.
H"'k TO the organ , roll upon roll
The waves Of It's MUSIC go over her soul,
Silks rustic past her,
Thicker and fls cr;
The great hell ceases It's toll,
Fam would she enter but not for the poor,
Nwiuggih wide open the LIOnze church door.
Only = woman waiting alone,
Ieiiy oo,l uu the ice-co!l throne
What do you care for Le-,
Mumhlns prayer for her,
Giving not bread but a stone.
Under Old Ln-S their laughty hearts beat,
MockIu- the Woes Of their kin in the street.
Only woman, In the Old days
Hope cirolei TO her her brightest lays.
Somebody missed her,
Somebody kissed her,
Somebody crowned her with praise;
Somebody faced up the lattleS of life,
Strong Tor her sake who was mother wife.
Somebody lies with tresS OF her hair
Light on his heart where the death-shadows are;
Somebody waits Cor her,
Opening the gates for her,
Giving delight for despair.
Only woman nevermore poor
Dead IN the snow at the bronze church door.
, 1875-05-22
THE GLD, OLD HOME.

When l long for slinted memories,
Like angel troops they come,
II 1 fold my eyes to ponder
On Tie Old, old home.
The heart has many passages
Through which the feelings ruam,
But its middle aisle is sarrtd
To the thoughts of Old, old home.
Where infancy was sheltered,
Like uoSebuls from the blast;
Where girlhool's brief clySium
In joyousncss was passed;
To that sweet spot forever,
As 10 some h-llowed dome,
Iife's pilgrim bends her vision
lis her old, Old home.
4 father sat, how proudly,
by that old heu thstone's rays
And told his children stories
OF his early nanhoui's days;
And one soft eye WIS Leimmg,
From child to child 'twOuld roam;
Thus q mother counts her treasures,
In tie old, old home.
The birthday gifts and festivals,
Ihe blended veNper hymn,
Some dear one WHO was swelling it,
:, with the Ser.splnm y
The fond "gooi-nigh:s " at bel time
How quiet sleep would come,
An told Us altogether,
Ia r.- Oh, Old Lone.
Iikra wreath of scented flowers,
Close inlcrwihcl each heart;
Bat t.!ae and change in concert,
Have h:uwn the wreath nrnrt.
But BEAR ,,Il stiuJci memories
Like an-aIs ever come,
HImldmy arms AMI ponder
ON so.I, oil hoar.
, 1875-05-22

CHRISTIAN OFFICE-HoLDNG.-Thsre s q
Christian way of holding office and there is
only one such way. The name "public ser
want has the true idea in it; thoagh il 10
near to having become mockery. A man
may hold Office if he can serve his fellow
men and do good in that capacity. His busi-
nezs there is to be useful 10 the State, or
the community. He has no other busi-
ness 70 be there at all and if this Be not his
purpose, he Is but thief Christian Office
holding Is nothing else therefore than Chris
tian living IL that place. Its end is 10 serve
mankind In honor TO God. So far, only, one
may hold or seek for official station out 80
far It may be done, and sometimes must Be
done. II should be kept in mind that this il
possible, and needful. There Is danger that
ohiee-holding may fall into sneh contempt
that bad men engaged in II may escape being
Judged by the high standards Of what Is pos
sible and right; and that good men may fail
also to understand what obligation is in them
10 show in themselves after what manner
those high standards should ba reached
C0sgysgaMlGli&.
, 1875-05-22
THE HAPPY VILLAGE.

A. often pass the rCudsile,
When wearily falls the day,
I turn To look from the hilltop
At the mountains far away.
The rai sun through the forests
Throws hither his parting beams,
And far in the quiet valley
The happy village CLEANS.
There the lamp is lit IN the cottage
As the huslandInan's labor cease,
And l think thnt all things are gathered
And folded in twilight peace.
But the sound Of merry voices
j. heard IN the village street,
While pleased the grandame watches
Tie play Of the little feet.
And at night to many tiresile
The rosy children come;
Tire tales of the bright-eyed fairies
They listen and are dumb.
There seems it a JOY forever
To labor and 10 learn,
For love with an eye Of magic
Is patient to discern.
And the father blesses the mother,
And the children bless the sire,
And the'cheer and JOY Of the hearthstone
As Is light from an altar fire.
oh, flowers Of rarest beauty
Ia that green valley grow;
And whether 't,Sere earth or heaven
Why wOuldst thou care % know,
save that thy brow is troubled,
And dim Is thy helpmate's eye;
And graves are green in the valley,
AMI stars are bright in the sky.
, 1875-05-22

Poor Irish woman with SIX children 10
railroad ticket agent: Please sir, give a
poor wildly with six orphan children a ticket
TO Milwaukee," Ticket agent: What
have I to do with your orphan children l
amt their father am I?r WomanI That
vou amt, sir their father was q dacsnt man. y
, 1875-05-22

OBSERVER in the Michigan Fdrn,er,
thus concludes an article on the trot.
ting horse: Kindness is the leading
instrument TO educate and improve
the horse. Force begets resistance.
1t compels the oppressed to fight back
to protect itself from oppression, and
he contracts the habit of rebellion.
1t destroys the mutual confidence be.
tween the horse and his driver that
must exist to have the former respond
to the call in every emergency. Pa
tience and perseverance will accom-.
plish wonders. 1t has brought many
young trotters of modern promise 10
the highest round in the temple Of
fame. The skillful trainer uses reason
for his guide and steers clear of those
breakers that have wrecked so many
young horses. He adopts intelligent
instruction to educate the trotter. He
has added incalculable value to the
breed by developing the full powers Of
some of their choicest scions. Few per-
sons ever heard of Hambietonian till
his SONS Shark and Dexter appeared
upon the turf. The inherited trotting
powers of the colt can be developed
to their utmost extent by kindness
united with firmness.'
, 1875-05-22

BIsHor BOWMAN draws lesson from the
Brooklyn scandal and advises the ministers
Of his church 10 80 be careful of their words,
their temper, their habits, their social rela-
tions ~ and above all, "tO converse sparing-
" and behave prudently with women"