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, 1876-10-01

The Chicago produce markets were act1Ve
Saturday, and irregular. Mess pork closed
5@7ac per brl lower, at $500 for October
and S14.eo for the year. Lard closed loc
per 100 lbs lower, at $1o.25 for October
and So. 324 for the year. Meats were STEADY
at 7c for summer shoulders, boxed, SIC for
do short ribs, and 94c for do short clears
Lake freiehts were more active, at 24c for
corn to Buffalo. Highwines were frmer, at
s1.os@1. .os1 per gallon. Flour was in good
request and firm. Wheat closed easier at
S1.os4 for October and SLOT for November:
Corn closed easier, at 444c for October and
43sc for November. Oats closed 4@zc lower
at 339c Ryo was steady, at Gle: Barley
closed dull, at s3c for October. Hogs were
steady, at $575@G.so per 100 lbs Cattle
we're dull and unchanged, at $2.50@5.0o
Sheep were quiet and scarce at s2.75@4; 'o
One hundred dollars in gold would buy
$4,000 in greenbacks at the close.
, 1876-10-01

4 citizen of Texas gives the New 1ofx
oaton q crushing answer to its assertion
that peace and order reign in that s~1s, r.
.rhera the whites are in the majority. In
January, 1874, the Democratic State Govern
nent came into power by fraud and saoiense
and from that time to this it has been tne
1 ra1araian of thieves and murderers- In tho
Comfy of Nueces the Grand Jury recently r.
] 1orted to the Court, over which , the y: xr'tsr ;
presided, forty murders committed a. IN haan SIX
reaks and not single person mas oeen cen
+r;ed Within the past year neally 2'Voo
peopie r, have been murdered in Texas, anars ana
fsr51v m Indictment has been found. Ihere
ars many feuds among the whites but the
1,,o.le enffer the most The Jalls nave oesn
t~oten open and Democrats released No Nc
-san il ever arrested for killing d negro. NO
neoro who Is arrested for any ofense ever M
ass eseapes the punishment of being sold into to
ssr~;tnae. since the juries are composed o.
~.;ta man and the white men azs all Demo
, 1876-10-01

As to two Of the Democratic candidates
for Congress put in nomination yesterday
Messrs, HARRISON and LIZ Mo1sE,-the most
nertinent comment that can be made is that,
while both were members of the Demo-
cratic majority in Congress which dlstr1o-
uted money broadcast for public WORKS.
they had not sufficient influence with
their own party to secure IN appropriation
pf even $3.50, 900 for the prosecution OF the
work on the Chicago Government building
As a result the work will have to be dlscon-
tnued and the building left without roof
during The coming winter, causing loss o1
many thous and dollars in damage to the wails'
and loss of probably one years time IN the
completion OF the structure. With this IL
view, the people of Chicago and Cook coun'
ty cannot afford to return these men to Con
eress. They have proved themselves nobod'
les. without influence even with their ow1
party, and neglectful of the interests OF tnen
OWN constituency. Messrs. HARRISON ane
LIZ MorsE will not be members OF the Forty
fifth CONGRESS-
, 1876-10-01

The Tildenites have announced So
called .Soldiers' and Sailors Convention"
to be held at indianapolis, Oct. 5. The time
being near at hand, and the indications being
verv promising that no soldiers or sailors
would attend, the managers OF the a1fair
hive now resorted to the e1pedient OF an.
nounc;ne that they are ready to pay the e1-
nenses Of the trip, and that any man who
win volunteer to go can save his expenses
The managers in Chicago have given out
that they will take 1000 men down and
hack on these terms Of the fact itself there
is no doubt, as the TuDEN agents are a.
ready at work in the city hiring the men 70
o. none of whom, Of course, were ever SOL
3;ers or sailors. The question OF particular
interest in this connection j., Who tur'
nishes the money? Neither the bum
mers Of Chicago nor the Palmer~House
gang hive any money to throw away upon
this enterprise The money has come non
eome other source. Is it part Of the contents
of the Albany barrel7 We commend tn''
statement to our readers Us the Reform plar
Of getting up conventions, and leave tneH
IN make their own deductions At the safn'
time. we would suggest to the Palmer-aors'
cro,,d that it is a waste Of money, and VII
.ot make a vote for TupEN. The soldier
and sailors of this country are not gong 7
vo.a for a man who stabbed them IN the oae'
While they were fighting the enemies OF IN
Government
, 1876-10-01

form mask and make the old fight for the
Offices in the old way Do they THINK tne
mass Of voters are SO ignorant or depraVed
as to be cheated or enhced into the support
of the Democratic party simply because the
DAVE THonNToNs and PAT H1cKEYs OF Local
politics set up the cry Of "Tr1DEN and ke-
FORM" while their conventions are controllea
by the same bad lot as ever, and their candl-
dates selected from the same low-hung po-
1itical bun1mers And if this is the sort OF
practical work done by the Democrats IN the
very flush and heyday Of their " Reform
movement, what may be expected from them
if they shall succeed in possessing themselves
of the Government, and when they shal'
feel assured of their power ?
, 1876-10-01

n, E}ibu Burritt is instructinG nan0ef -
women In Sanscrit- -,.~3n
nr McCosh has been writing up Prof. Ho1le' -
The columns OF the New York Hor'a-
ri. .,,a that Mr.. Daniel Dougherty' tne ~ =,
,.,-.s:a 1a..rer ia soon to marry = young lao5 "a
St. Louis -,.x...+ Of
cardinal Antonelli is By far the veannles. ve.s,..t
ca+ho1ic ecclesiastics, II not the "ea'A
O: Italians. nd
Lord 1ytons fall over an 1ndisn pteelp'es sa sol,
triaine affair. He fell fully 100 feet a'1
eacaned with his life as II by miracle
,.a nIe a;sd this one being Dr. Hunt, aged aboa''N
Years. a promising chemist and scholar .,
victor Hugo has made overths 40 fFanea ,. aius d
him by the Society Of Authors to % .ne n..t In th4
Commune. ,.s.,,hfa
The age Of bronze has arrived IN rnns'ssI srs.I
rha ~ 9xm<s says: ''n Ill tbs bronze ne@a, !.
awarded "Wednesday night Hefe laid 1'''
, 1876-10-01

THE Receiver states that all this properly
is nearly worthless, and the little value IL mas
is daily depreciating, and asks PERMISSION 10
sell it for whatever it might bring. we ore
not discussing Mr. YouNo's case particularly;
we take this exhibit of the assets OF man
who before the panic was doing wholesale
hnsiness-on credit. With him and Mr.
WALKER times were good, money was IN
abundance, and credit was unlimited. Here
we're sureties of a mixed character which
were in those days available as conaterals on
which to borrow money with which to build
railroads and dabble in all kinds OF specula-
ton. If the render will multiply this case
hv 1oAp 400 others of like character, and
estimate an average amount Of like assets for
each case. ne will be able to form some idea
of the hollowness and the want OF substance
IF ynnch of the business which was done
dnrino the "fush times" preceding the
| panic. Yousa's '' securities foot up at par
| in round numbers, $l,000,000, and 9AF
Cooxzs reached $50,0oo,ooo. The disease
was widespread, ranging from the border
| towns and cities Of Maine in all directions all
over the land. It included men OF all character
of MEANS Doctors, lawyers, clergymen'
storekeepers, merchants, manufacturers
miners. mechanics, laborers, and also many
women,-au had their money invested at
large interest expecting large dividends.
All over the land there were all manner OF
companies organized nominally for aA man
ner Of purposes, but principally engaged II
Issuing capital stock and bonds. which founc
arapid market. There WIS but little scrutiny
any bond or stock seemed to find credulou'
persons to buy it. and these credulous persons
thought there were never such prosperous
times as when they could buy bonds bearing
10 per cent interest at fifty cents on tn
dollar! Money was abundant. Anybod::
having bonds could borrow money on them
Never was 8 people SO happy or SO pros
perous-on paper. In view OF all this tn
wonder is not that there was panic.
was inevitable. The whole credit syster
vas rotten. It had no substance. 1t IS no
probable that the whole array OF assets /
the foregoing list fled by the Receive
Of Mr.. You're is worth $1,000 caah. X
, 1876-10-01

Not by their fruits, but by their oaths and
hard knocks, shall ye know them. First
blood for BARNEY and first knock-down Tor
Hox1E we're the reports from the primaries
The first pistol-shot seemed to be in the IN
terest Of Hoxn, but it had the effect OF SO
scattering the Reformers Of both SIDES that
the CAu1r1E1D Reformers organized on thelr
own hook in the First Ward, and the HoxR
Refo1mers followed their example. The
CAu1r1E1D faction was led by the weu-kno"n
ballot-box Reformer, DAVE THORNTON, with
PAT McHUaH rs legal adviser, while the
Hox1E crowd were marshaled by IRuDE, who
is chiefly conspicuous in the COURTS as the
Reformer Of thieves and bunko-y5eerers, and
who had the active assistance of such de-
voted disciples of Reform as Ton FOLEY and
JIM RYAN. The interests OF Reform
could only suffer in such hands by
m excess Of enthusiasm, the am
bition Of every Reformer o'erleaplng
his discretion to some extent 1t was this
spirit of e1citation, perhaps, which prompted
| the Hoy1E Reformers to denounce the CAU1-
FIELD Reformers as liars, ballot-bo1 suffers,
and bad men generally, and the same laud-
able exultation that induced the CAu1F1ELD
Reformers to characterize the Hox1E Reform
ers as scoundrels, thieves, and equally bad
men. But then it must be remembered that
| both classes Of Reformers were worked up 10
a greater fervor of reform than even MOODY
and SAsKEY are able to excite in behalf OF
| RELIGIOUS revival. This was how IRUDE
| came tn he upset and the table put over him
to keep him down, and also accounts Tor the
bandying of oaths and eplthets, and the Tree
usa of walking-sticks, cudgels, and slung-
shots. Indeed, the Reformers, growing BY
what they fed on, became SO entirely oon'-
ious to decency, order, and everything else
except Reform, that the police had to come
in and ouell the disturbance. 1t is often SC
1phan enthusiastic men allow themselves tc
be- carried away by great principle.
OF course so pretty fight IN the prime
r;ae was srre TO break out again in conven
tion Could Reformers like BARNEY CAu1'
r,r,n.DAyE THORNTON, and PAT MoHudH per
nit this glorious opportunity to pass into otne'
hands Never! But could Reformers nkF
Hoxm, TRupE, TON FOLEY, and J1a hfA'
intrust the great work Of Reform to anyooa:
else Likewise, never! When he1o'lhef
, meet Reformers thus face to face, then CONE
the tup of war. For time 1t seemed
though the grand principle Of Reform m'en
snffer from this collision Of martyrs eacn IL
, gstine that ne, and not the otnet. snonl
: offer himself aa = sacrifice on the a'sh ~ 1'>
, 1876-10-01

it represented in his hands, and IN
times Of unlimited credit, the basis OF credit
now represented by his debts We 90 not
know how much the debts claimed in this case
amount to, but assume that they equal the
par value of these so-called 6 securities.
Theexplosion Of 1873 dattened out the credit
system Just as the explosion at Hel-Gate
sunk the rocks to lower level.
The theory with some people is that the
panic destroyed property; but looking over
this list the reader will fail to discover any
item of property which has not as much real
value now as it ever had. These items repre-
sent nothing substantial, they are credit
and credit representing nothing TINT was
real. There are in Chicago, and IN other
parts Of the State and in every other city and
State, large numbers Of cases where the e1-
hibits of speculators and dealers in credit are
no more substantial. The painful clrcunl~
stance is that each million Of this kind OF
paper tells the story Of large proportion
of other peoples earnings and savings IN
vested and now lost forever. We need not
90 further and detail the other kind OF oper-
ations where fraud was the principal con
stituent. In this State alone the holders OF
stock representing 5000 miles OF railway
were deprived Of their property by the issue
of bonds to the managers and the subse'
auent sale of the railroads to the bond
holders; nor Of other operations where rail-
roads were perpetually leased under perna'
nent pensions to the officers executing the
leases.
The country has suffered seriously BY tne
sudden collapse Of the expanded credit sys
TEN, but each day that that system con
| tinued had the effect Of preparing w1del
desolation and more terrible disaster.
collapse was not only the inevitable but th'
natural result Of doing business wlthou
money, and exclusively on debt; and thu
debt is represented BY property Of the hne
now set forth in the schedules Of Receiver
| and the Bankrupt Courts.
, 1876-10-01
ANoT4rR CHARLATAN EXPOSED.

The British public has recently taken up
with worn out American sensation, ana Is
working itself up into a Juror Of enthusiasm
and excitement over its discovery tnat tne
whole thing is trick. The sensation Is
q spiritualistic one, and the charlatan, s1ADE'
New York medium, so-caled, who IS almost
as familiar in Chicago as in the former CITY.
S1ApE and his threadbare slate-tr1ck having
become stale here years ago, the quack
dealer in spirits seems to have taken h11nseh
to London in search Of new victims. 1t Is
somewhat astonishing that, while spirituails-
tic mediums in this country abound ID al
most every city and town, and perform this
identical slate-trick, as well as numerous
other feats of sleight-of-hand and ]uggiery
which have been exposed over and over
again, S1ADE, as soon as he arrived: was
novelty, and was eagerly sought after, not
alone by ordinary gulls and untitled VIC
tins, but also by lords and ladies,
dukes and earls, and even learned
| sayants. Gu,neas rained upon him IN
| q golden shower, and the slate did whole
sale business in rafting of messages from
dead and gone Londoners to their friends
Tn nm evil hour, however, S1ADE attracted the
attention Of Dr. LANKEsTER, Professor o.
Zoology in University College, London, ans
OF DR.. Dos61S, Assistant Surgeon OF West
minister Hospital. These two gentlemen o
large inquisitiveness and little faith had
nnvate seance with S1ADE- The s]ate-tr1cl
is 50 familiar to our readers that it IS unnec
essary to explain the details of the operation
By.yery slight and simple tests, the two gen
tlemen discovered that the whole operatloi
was humbug. They found that the lowe
, 1876-10-01

BARNEY CAuLr1ELD met the same 1a1e 1uA'
overcame HENDRICKS at the st. Louis con'er
t;on. TupES's bar'l OF money contained aeu
ments that we're too potent and CONVINCING e "
he resisted. HEsDR1cKs only promised un'ln,'
tied issues Of greenbacks after be became tis
don't Init Uncle SAxMY issued his gteenoaehs
ripht on the spot, and paid them over 70 m lne
needy, seedy Reform loafers. In the same ~; wy
Hoxm PLAYED SAAMY's little game on nAksa.' ..s..
and bought up ward and township oeleeat,o,.. a0,e
right under BARNEY's nose. Plenty oi ae.. -,
pafes who were stanch U1tramontanes SUI 49, ~.
their brother in the faith Times are nalu, g..
n1ovment Is scarce, winter Is near, aud mones =
pssded and It was not unnatural for thai crow
~ uReforners to make little some1nlD6
when the chance offered
, 1876-10-01

4 cable dispatch, yesterday morning. a.
nounced the death Of the great German SOUP
tor. ERNST Vox BAsDE1, the founder OF tne
colossal statue Of ARA1s1us which was platsn
unon the summit Of the Tcutoburger "ald lasE
August, amid the reloicinss Of the whole eef,
man people, and which spread his name ana
fame far and wide. He was born May H. 1Sco,
at Augsburg, Bavaria, studied IN Nurnbesg ano
Munich, and resided in the latter city una
1884, achieving considerable reputation oJ
his. portrait-stqtues. In that year Dc
went to Berlin and tried to awaken
an interest inl his long-cherished project
OF erecting colossal statue oVerlookanS
the SPOT where ARMN1us defeated the Romans
and rescued Germany from Roman oppression
He met with no encouragement, but did not 1855
hone, He retired to Detmold in 1887, aud cous-
menced his work, upon which he 1abored forty
years, sacrificing his time, wealth, and health N
the consummatiou Of his idea Last August II
was finished and put In place, and the OLD seulp
tor received his reward in being led out IN stsn'
Of thousands Of the German people and oeine
thanked BY the Emperor in person. Tue soup
tor has gone; but his work will remain forever
| commemorating German liberty and devotion u
| or&
, 1876-10-01
RELICS OF THE PANIC.

A recent report by q Receiver IN case
pending in the United States Court Of this
district illustrates the character and extent
of much of the business done in all parts OF
the country before the panic, and explodes
the theory so earnestly claimed by many that
tho years of expanded credit >rd wild specu-
1ation Immediately preceding that collapse
were en- era of glorious prosperity. The case
was a suit against JOSEPH E. YOUNG and
SAMUEL J. WALLER. 4 Receiver was ap'
pointed for You've, who reports that he holds
in his possession the property of that gentle
man, at the par value stated, set forth Ii the
, 1876-10-01

The Hox1E faction that euchred the BARNET
boys so neatly made a most miserable blunaes
in their nomination for member OF state noa'e
OF Equalization when they selected on the ~ !"
ton OF one FAaAN, man in Lemont nameu y.
. srE,tr. This individual may be competent
to look after the interest Of stone -quarr'es Oh
the State Board, but what was wanted was :. .
en,tahle man to represent the South Division Of
e1ty of the whole county, and is plundered BY
the state Board Of Equalization year after yeat'
The CAuLp1ELD faction made an Infinitely Des
ter selection when they nominated L. .. ofs,
who is entirely capable, aud WOULD anoetssana
what he was elected to do,-to protect the nT
tercsts of his fellow taxpayers However, tne
! Republican nominee-the Hon. JOHN WENT.
| wnnrH-wiu be elected by an overwhelming
majority. But the nomination Of SHELLY sno~s "at
What ideas OF .reform" in State assessmen'
matters the HoxE crowd have
, 1876-10-01

still mora perplexing question which has 80
long disturbed the rs1ations Of England and
Russia
, 1876-10-01

GARDEN C1TT LODGE, No; IT. 4 F snd A. N, HI
an Ncdnesday Eve. Oct 4. Work on the n. II. De
.ree Waiting brethren are frater9ally i1x5eda
l. L WADSWORTH, Secretary.
, 1876-10-01

GOLDEN RULE LODGE. No. 7es. A. F: and A. ~
-Reenlsr standardization Tuesday evening DGf;
IT $50 O'Clock Work on the u pesTeei Hn1elitoS u
j. MACFADyEN, Secretary.
, 1876-10-01

CHICAGO OCoAibANDEnT. NC. .1s. K.T.-stated con,
ave evening Oct 4 ~ a. foS neh
feously inYited By order Of the I: c.: ,...
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-19
THE FirrY-srvENrH ANNIVERSARY

THr F,rTY-sEyENTH ANEIvERsARY
OF Opp-FELLowsHR.-From the ar
raneements which have been made by
the various committees who have the
matter in charge, Wednesday, April
26th. will probably witness one OF the
finest celebrations OF this important an
niversary that the fraternity have ever
attempted in Wheeling. There is to
be a grand procession of the numerous
membership who reside within a large ra-
dlus of country, during the afternoon.
In the evening the Past Grand DR.. Wise
of Cincinnati will deliver an eloquent
lecture, and the days pleasures will ter
inmate with fine concert and ball at
the Opera House. Now this is a
feast of enjoyment for one day
surely, and every member of the order
should participate, particularly in the
parade. To facilitate this, the members
who work in mills and marufactories
should consider some plan by which
their services might be dispensed with
during tie afternoon. Each one should
feel that certain responsibility rests
upon himself to make the whole per-
foot success.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-19

TRANSFERS OF REAL EsTATE-Deed
made April 18th, 1876, by Angelina p
Fink to Henry Hewitt, for the portions
of lots 4 and of Theodore Fink's sddi-
ton No. l, decided by Angelina and The
odore Fink to Henry Smith, on the 9th
OF August 1872, was admitted to record
to-day.
Deed made April lst 1876, by George
!Crumbacker and wife 10 James Mack,
for nineteen feet and two inches front OF
lot 2, and foot 6 inches front of lot 8.
ChurchilPs addition, was admitted to
record yesterday; $3.50.
Deed made April 9Th, 1876, by Joseph
Sapper and wife to w. Demuth, for the
north one half of lot IS, west side OF
Jacob street. in Eotis addition. was ad-
mitted to record yesterday; 81, 100.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-19

SUNLIGHT CARBON OIL.-Owing to
the expense of burning gas, great
many persons, In retrsnching their ex-
penses, are Substituting oil. and thus this
article is coming more into demand. We
know Of no better or safer quality than
"Warren's Sunlight Carbon" which has
been tried by the standard fire test Of
several States, and is found to be all that
the manufacturer claims for it. 1t has
been in use for twelve years, and com.
bines the essential requisites of safety
brilhancy and economy. Those persons
who use oil cannot do better than Civ,
Mr.. Warren an order at his place OF
Main street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-19
RIVER NEWS.

The marks at the landing last evening
indicated Is feet 2 inches in the
chsnRel
The Salt Valley passed down at IA.
NJ, yesterday, en- route for Ironten.
The Mallie Ragon left for Pittsburgh
at the usual hour yesterday morning.
The Courier departed for Psrkersburg
at noon yesterday.
The Andes left for Cincinnati at
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Express is the Parkersburg packet
to-day at noon.
The Carrie Brooks, from Pittsburgh
en- route for GAINESVILLE, passed down last
night.
Business about the landing still keeps
good.
lBy Telegraph
PITTsBURGH, April l8.-River feet
inches and falling. Weather cloudy
and cool. Departed-Carrie Brooks
GAINESVILLE.
CINCINNATI, April 1s.-River "a feet
and falling. Weather fair and COOL Ar.
rived-Glasgow, Evansville. Departed
Mary Miller, Pittsburgh; Hudson
Wheeling; Mary Houston, New Orleans
LOUISVILLE, April lS.-Weather clear
Departed-Whale, st. Louis; Belle Of
Madison, Madison. The K. Z. Lee IL
here for rebuilding. River falling with
feet IL inches in the canal, and 2 fee,
less on the falls.
CAIRO, April Is. = Arrived - Vini
Shinkle, CINCINNATI; Hickory, st. Louis
Robert Mitchell, CINCINNATI; Grand he
public, st. Louis. Departed-Hickory
Ohio river; Vint Shinkle, Memphis
River 40 feet inches and rising
Weather clear; mercury 81 degrees.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-19

RoBBERY-About half past o'clock
yesterday morning, the cutterly shop OF
John Heckle's, on Market street, was
entered by a thief, who relieved Mr..
Hechle OF revolver worth 81, which was
in case in the show window. Nothing
else was taken. st least nothing has been
missed except the revolver. The thief
has not yet been captured.