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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
DEATH OF JUDGE BROKEN
ROKDl'lSA

Judge John W. BRoK ESRoRoUGu
died &, his home IN Lexington, Va. on
the 10Th INST. Judge BRoKESBoRoUGn
WAS the Judge of the URlted States
Court for the Western District Of VIZ
ginia before the war, and will be remem.
bered by many Of our citizens-hsving
held terms of his court in this city.
He was born IN Hanover, Va, in 1906,
and was the son of Judge WM. BROKEN.
BOROUGH, a member Of the Court of APP
peals of Virginia Judge BROKEN
BoRouGH in early lite undertook the task
of reporting the decisions of Chief Jus.
tice MARSHALL. and gave the profession
two volumes of the reports, which are
today a valuable part Of the law
Libraries OF the land. Having
been appointed to the office OF
Judge OF the Western District
of Virgins, he held thst position for
sixteen yesrs-until the commencement
of the war. He was elected by the Leg
isls,ure of Virginia, in February, 1861,
a member of the celebrated Peace Con-
gress which met in Washington. HIS
colleagues we're JOHN TYLER WM. C..
RIvEs, JAMES A. SEppoN and GEosG g
". SUMMERS. He was subsequently,
elected member Of the Con-
tedera;e Congress, and Afterwards
Confederate Ju1ge OF his old dis
trlct Since the war he has held the
position OF Professor of Law at WASH
ington and Lee Univen ity and had sp-
piled himseli strictly TO bis profession.
Judge BKokENBoRouGH was true
type o: the Virgins gentleman courteous
dignlfied, honorable and ch:valrous. lie
was q man of fine physique, cultivated
mind and superb mar ners.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
New PHpSl Policy.

ROME, February 27,-It is reported
that the cardinals submitted 10 the Pope
on Fridsy favorable replies - some OF
the questions which he proposed to them,
with the object Of giving the ecclesiast:-
cal policy of the holy Sea more ener-
getic policy toward natural solution Of
the various questions OF the day. rhe
exact nature of the new policy will te
proclaimed on the occasion OF the Pope {.
episcopal jubilee. Some OF the German
bishops recently ssket WHITTIER they
sere s; liberty ~ perform sets in eIecu-
ton OF the laws. other than those sgsinsi
the church. if invited 10 do SO BY the
civil authorities The reply from the
Vatican was tna. they might, IS subjects
Of the Emperor, do so IN all matters nU,
contrary 10 religion and The rig ats OF .be
church.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

TIE man who telegrsphed from
Wheeling to the New York Herald that
the Democrats of this section were unani-
nous In the opinion that the great fraud
should be submitted to, evidently hadn't
consulted the people through their repre-
sentatives, as the action of last nights
caucus plainly indicates. While it is
true that there are Democrats who see
no way to escape the unjust verdict yet
there are none to be found who are
willing 10 submit 10 it, if q
legal and conititutional way is presented
for getting out of it. The probability of
the session of Congress closing without
the count being completed and the strong
probability ofthe passage of Mr.. FIELDS
bill for a new election, are calculated 10
encourage the hope that the country may
yet be saved from the everlasting stain
of infamy, and the integrity of our insti-
tutions vindicated.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
Cabinet Meeting.

WAsHISGToS, February 27.-The
Cabinet session to-day was fully attend.
ed, all the departments being repre-
sented, Assistant-Secretary Consnt sup
plying the place OF the Secretary of the
Treasury. rne session was OF longer
duration than usual, though no business
of especial importsr ce Was considered.
There was some discussion regarding the
condition of affairs in Louisiana and
South Carolina. The President reiter.
ates his formerly expressed determine
tion not 10 inSertere, but to leave the
9ue.tion 20 his successor. As this wsi
the last cabinet meeting except one OF
the Presidents administration, there
was mich general conversation, moe OF
8 personal than Of al official chascter.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
DEATH OF GOV. JOSEPH JOHNSON


at his home at Bridgeport, in Harris IN
county. yesterday, at the advanced age
of ninety years. For many years he
was prominen. iu the politics
of the country, having served
in the Legislature of Virginia,
repres santed their district in Congress,
aud in 1850 was elected on the Demo
cratic ticket as Governor ofthe common
wealth Of Virginia, his competitor for
that distin guished position being the late
GEO. w. SUMMERS, of Ksnawha. Gov.
JOHNSON filed the executive chair of
the Old Dominion for four years, and
filed 1t with credit to himself and to the
state. He has for many years been
living a retired life at his home in Hsr-
rison county, and while not prominent
in public life, up to the time OF HE
death took an interest ir all that per-
tanned TO the welfare Of his country. He
was an upright, conscientious man, always
discharging his duty as faithful repre-
sentative OF the people. He had outlived
his generation, but held the esteem of
those who had grown up around him. 1t
is to be lspented that the old patriarch
could not have died with a firm conf
dence in the stability of the government
with whose birth ne was almost contem.
porsry.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
LAST YEARS FOREIGN TRADE.

TIE statistics OF the exports and i'm
Jor,s of the United States for the past
year have been Coliated and published by
.ae Bureau of Statistics. The Philsdel-
phia Times says that the summary dis
c,oScs no CONDITIONS that have not been
anticipated by hose who have watched
The monthly reports. Every one inter
"..ed know that II would show u great
Increase IN our exports, together with u
CORES pondins decrease in our impoIn
The actual figures indicate that our sale;
Of domestic and foreign goods exceeded
our purchases BY the enormous sum oi
1890. NSS. 424, and the net export of specie
and bullion was only S2l S75,06S.
Tt" total exports of merchandise were
greater than IN any previous year, and
,hey have steadily increased during the
psst eight yesrs, except in 1875, when
The falling off was more than made up
IN the following year. The increase
over 1869 is more than fifty per cent
The export of specie in these years has
y.ricd from s79,5O4. go net, in 1872, TO
>-ls75,O6s last year, which is the mini
mum of the eight, ard more than thirty
three per cent. less than the amount tor
rny previous year of the eight. This
simply indicates the constant sno
-spid increase in the develop
.nmmert of our own resources, which
t,ye enabled us to contribute more and
more 10 the support OF ether nstlon
lie snsIysis OF the figures Of in ports
SLOW stll further that We are also devel-
pig 10 much greater degree cspsc-
Ky ior supplying our own wants. The
.~poris went up rapidly for the five
yesn eliminating in 1872, when the to.
"a. reached s634,0222IS, and there was
4. excess Of net imports OF $751;
.2t6-9. Tbs crash that followed taught
/: the lesson that We needed, and gave
sharp check 10 our eXtrsvsgsnce.
'7l1cing the net excess fully sl6o,ooO,-
"l. And since then every year has
'een 'ess and less of our money spent in
'"'cgn markets. In 1874 the
ol:co was turned to al income, and the
experts exceeded the imports by seven
a".ions. In the year following we
'Afeiy held our own, but last year We
maze the enormous advance spoken OF
A'''" Our average export OF specie
~ Try millions. Last year 1t Was but
''''!-our. per cent. In the lsst four
!'afs cur imports hsve tsllen of thirty
we Per cent and the exports have in
.'tA'sd twenty seven per cent. The hrst
~ weeks OF the lew wear chow even
o'es'e' gains in our export trace. The
aue OF produce exports from New
'fS Vas thirty-three millions, against
Ssh'y eight millions for the same period
S' year. The imports of specie actually
7'eeeded The exports, and the values of
:" III ported goods were almost fifteen
rs' cent. below the figures for the same
lime in 1875.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
Rev. Mr. Garfield, N. 4.

ba tlm0re gazette.
The investigation into the real estate
pool brought an ugly piece of business TO
light last week concerning Mr.. Garfield.
During Boss Shepherds regime, De-
Golyer and Mcclellan, Chicago firm OF
wood pavement contractors, obtained a
tat contract through the agency OF lob
bylst named Chittenden, who in course
OF time, brought suit for 100000 for his
services. 1t came out, in the course of
the testimoney in the case, that Garfield
had received $1,000 for his influence as
chairman OF the committee on appropria-
tons. The sum was PAID over by Par
sons, an Ohio representative and we'll
known lobbyist. 1t is stated thst Cnt-
tenden, who was examined in secret Sea-
sion last week, testified that in addition
to that sum he himself paid Garfield an
other $500. Garfield is member Of
the Electoral Commission.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

WAsHISGTeS, February 2I-Secre-
tsry Morrilrs physicians say ,here is no
foundation whatever for the published
repor, that bis general health or physi-
cal strength have been psrmsnently i'm
paired BY his recent illness, but o. the
contrary, they and all his friends il ihi.
city see no reakon 10 doubt that be will
In . few days entirely recover ha usual
vigor and resume the disohafgs Of his
pubHs duties.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

JvDGE BLACKS speech before the
.lec.o-al Commission on yesterday was
,.livered in rather melancholy strain.
10 thinks the government has got its
20. in q crack, from which it cannot 10
..,ricated. He feels confiden. that nc
all never see another election IN this
4utry, and that hereafter it will be OF
tile consequence what the will OF the
people may be, the only inquiry in
'gciiing elections will be Ms to'the sor,
II rascs,s who compose the Returning
HDsris.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

When the news of the passage OF
FIELDS election bill WAS announced TO
HAYES, an separation of the White
House arose before him. and the weeping
ststemsn turned his hesd away IS be
plsin,ively murmured, Thou art SO
near and yet so IA"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

THE will Of tie gods grind slowly
but exceedingly small, and WELLS and
BRADLEY may not put HAYES in the
White House after all.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
K~yslose Demoeraey.

HAEEIsBUK6, Febfuar! N.-Ihs
Democratic msmbers OF the Legislature
in caucus TINS morning adopted rssolu-
ton requesting Representative m Cct :
gress to use ali legal means 70 preve'
ins insugurx.ion Of Hays as Preslden:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

4, HEWITT weskens FIELD grows
,,rcu str.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
R.l,ef far LIoa. OpernaIyes.

PAN. Yebrzary IA grand ball
took pl.se IN the Opsra house Io-nighi,
for the relie. Of The six operative. Of
Lyons- The receipts sno0ntsd 10 $s9'-
90.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
Corn-Its Production and Commerce
I'll.

One of our Austrian economists Prof
Neuman-Spallart,) has just published a
very careful work on intern ationsl com.
merce. We give from it an abstract OF
the production and commerce of corn in
different countries:
Production Germ and Flour
OF corn In In Millions OF 6
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

HAYES will have 10 take An early
..sr. il ne gets across our FIELD before
80 i,h Of March.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
At'herlina. 2eaister.
add closed yesterday al lO4s

m, ,esatLer today OtA be partly
,-..4, NTH northeast 10 southeast totnds
and r,S.pl ..npera '.r'.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28
Vessel Lest.

LONDON, February 22.- The steamer
Spi,zenbergen was lost near Bergin, with
all hands, % persons.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

Nrs. HAYES 500 dress vii! probably
=, for next season.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

The caucus resolutions were tele-
graphsd to our Representatives In Con-
gress, last night.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

WrsT VIgGIsIA Democrats are not
ll,'dozed.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

TnE Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany hsve re-opened their office at Bel
mont. Ohio, on the Central ONO Kali
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

DAVID DuDLEr FIELD is the coming
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

Patti declares the ridiculoa, Figaro
story telegrsphed TO America . utterly
groundless.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

TIE House Of Delegates on yesterday
passed the senate bill providing against
a,ury, and it is now law. The bill
a-ovides that if moro than the legal rate
>. interest be charged, the lender shall
.prfe;t he en,lre interest, and upon con-
.-4ct. heretofore made the borrower can
a.eai usury by general plesdingi and
.lers Judgment has been enlored
,.4ias. defendant upon contract
pla!ed upon usurious consideration,
.e, defendant can be- relieved by fling y
,.l IN chancery setting up the facts.
Sovg of the Republican newspapers
.4y, been making tlings at Hon. THos
J FARSswuRTB, OF Upshur county,
vbrn the truth Is there is not n more earn
Is. aad faithful representative in either
ucu.a than Mr. FARNswoRTH AL
.Dol,h an ardent Democrat Mr.. FARMS
WORTH mas twice succeeded in reversing
Republican majority of five hundred
n HI, county, ard it is possible that for
.ai, reason the Republicans are disposed
- arp a. him. AS long as the people
# Up.hQr county want a good delegate
,nn, Si., return Mr. FARNSwcRTH.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-28

Upcn assembling this morning the
Hosns vent into Oommittss of the
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

CAPTURE OF THE CUBAN PRESI-
DENT.-The capture of Don Tomas Es-
trada, President of the republic of Gu
ba, with other officials of that unfortu-
nate political enterprise, reduces the
situation in Cuba to very simple terms.
The Cuban Secretary Of War and others
fell in an engagement few days ago,
indicating that the Spaniards have OF
late been pushing the republican forces
into close quarters. The latter have for
some time been reduced to mere raiding
parties, and, while able to inflict much
injury by sudden descents upon planta-
lions and towns temporarily exposed
by the absence of Spanish troops, their
siren 9Th has in no instance enabled
them to secure any substantial position
outside of the territory forming the
base of their operations. 1t has been
wonderful, however, with what tenaci-
ty they have held their own SO long,
battling for years the efforts of their ad-
versaries to crush them, and inflicting
losses which render the success of the
Spaniards dearly bought. With the
leaders of the rebellion captured OF
killed, with no resources for establish
ing an Independent government and ne
prospect of recognition or support from
other nations, their cause, while deserv'
ing better fate, has long been hope
less, and their condition precarious ano
desperate.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF RICH.
MoND.-The population of Richmond,
Va, despite the war, has doubled since
1860. From q local CENSUS, Instituted
last year, the population was shown to
have reached upward of 1900. 1t has
five railway outlets, James river and the
canal running to the Alleghanies.
Work on the James river, looking te
the accommodation OF vessels Of heavy
draft, is progressing rapidly. Richmond
numbers 331 factories, of all sorts. Ev-
erything is made there now, from a lu-
offer match to a steam engine. The
sales from her factories in the year 1876
reached the sum of $22, 424 $50. Her
wheat and corn mills produced to the
value ofs2 347, 900; her forty one tobacco
factories $12,O5S, 300; her iron works
2,O32, $50. These are examples of what
what Aas bsen accom- nlished in q town
laid waste by fire and war from 1861 to
1865.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT TO RICH
MoND.-It'is expected that the President
will reach Richmond this evening on a
special train, which will stop at the
head of Franklin street, near Monroe
Park, where welcome speech will be
made by Judge Meredith, acting mayor
The party will then be escorted in pro.
cession by the military, fire department
&C., to the Exchange Hotel. At night
the President will hold a reception in
the parlors of that hotel. On Wednes-
day the President will visit the State
Fair, and will then be welcomed to Vir.
ginia by Gov. Kemper, and at night a
state reception will be held at the gu
bernatorial mansion. Thursday there
will be presidential review Of the mill
tary at the fair grounds and competi.
tive drill. and an excursion down the
river to Dutch Gap canal. The presi'
Dental party will return to Washing.
ton Thursday night.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30


Gen. Fremont and his accomplished
wifi are suffering the pangs of poverty !;
and are so reduced as to be compelled to
sell at auction theirown family portraits
and other articles eff family attachment.
We notice among them a life. size bust
portrait of Gen. Fremont, by T. Buch-
anan Read, a portrait OF Mrs. Fremont !;
and marble bust of Thos. H. Benton.
1t must be poverty indeed that has COM
PEELED the sale of those paintings and
that bust. We always had waEm place
in or haagt for Gen. Fremont and gift
ed wife, possibly more on account of our
admiration for Col. Benton than from
anything personal to themselves, and
we are painfully moved by their mis-
fortune, coming as it does at a period of
life when the vigor of man hood is want
ing to enable the parties to ovgrcome
such reverse of fortSIo.-EceAaa
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

WEST VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAIL
wAY.-The West Virginia Central rail-
way, with proposed capital Of ten mil
lion dollars, was incorporated at Wheel
ing on Friday week. The route is from
Ceredo, Upshur county, West Virginia,
through the counties of Cabell and
Putnam, crossing the great Kanawha
river at the city OF Charleston, kanaw.
ha county, thence along the river to the
mouth of Gauley river, thence along
the Gauley river to point near its
source, passing through the counties of
Kanawha, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster
and bocahontas, to Harrisonhurg, Va,
and thence through the counties of Mad
.ison, Culpeper, Fauquier and Stafford,
to Aqua Creek, on the Potomac river,
a distance of 300 miles. The stock SUBJ
scribed is owned by Philadelphia capt.
talists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

The, VALE OF ROsES-IT HAS BE-
COME THE VALLEY OF DEATH.-Wal
has made the once beautiful Vale OF
Roses, and neighboring valleys south Of
Schipka Pass, desert filled with hor.
rors. A correspondent of the London
Times writes: 'tAll the way from Schip-
ka to Yeni Saghra, at which place we
took the rail, the air is polluted with the
remains Of the killed The bodies al
men, women, and children are to be
met with in all stages of decomposition
at the roadsides, iI the orn-fields, and
gaFdens, On the banks of streams, and
in the beds of rivulets. Some hundreds
were choking the shallow river within
a quarter ola mile from where we camp
ed at Yeni 'Saghra. Desolation and
ruin appeared along the whole way
The remains of formerly prosperous viii
lagos, which it was impossible to pitch
tents even near, ripping mountain
streams in which our horses refused to
drink the bowling of wolves around us
at night, brought down from the noun
tains earlier than usual by the horrid
feasts prepared for them (the largest
have ever seen lay dead, evidently re-
Gently SHOT, by the side of the ROAD not
far from Yeni GaghFa, and worse, the
occasional shrieks from human beings,
followed by solitary rifle reports. which
made one shudder more than the damp
night air-aA these sights and sounds
went 70 form one great horrible phan-
tasmagoris, which none of US are likely
to llv5 long enough to remember with
out pain. "-NeW York Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30


WELL SAID.-With the general class
of regulators and compulsory adjusters
we have no further parley. They give
no candid ear to, much less GLADLY
hear any opposing argument or state.
ment. They can be neither reasoned
nor conferred with. AS well would il
be to dart straws against the wind
They would not receive the truth if il
were blazed in their faces by the light
ming. State honor-its "escutcheop1 az
typifying State credit and historic re-
uown--ars whistled down the wind.
These men have had their prototypes
in all ages, and notably in modern
times, in the experience of our own and
other nations, and Philosophy, PTinci.
pie and Statesmanship have ever failed
to make any impression upon them
Winchester Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

THE LATEST CHARLIE Ross SENsA-
TION.-The Charlie Ross sensation at
Richmond, Indiana, which has been so
industriously telegraphed about the
country, has been spoiled by the publ
cation of affidavits giving a full account
of the supposed Charlie Ross from his
infancy. Mr.. Mofitt, who is wealthy
and highly respected citizen of Rich
mond, declined to tell how he came in
to possession of the child, for the reason
that he did not want him to feel other
wise towards himself and wife than as
parents until he should become old
enough to understand the situation, but
by the pertinacity of the Humans, the
abductors of the child, he was compelled
to publish that the child was brought to
his house while an infant from regu-
larly authorized institution for orphan
children. This statement is confirmed
by affidavits from the president and
three of the professors of Eartham col
lege, who were cognizant of the facts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

WHERE WOMEN GOVERN. THE
kingdom of Bantam, on the island G.
Java, is tributary of Holland. 1t is 6
rich and happy kingdom, and from
time immemOrial it has been govern ed
wholly by women. The king is indeed
man, but he is merely a figure head
dependent on his council Of state, which
consists Of three women. All the sol.
diers, military, state and county officers
are women, the men of the community
being merchants and farmers. The
kings 6ody-guard is battalion of pick.
ed amazons, who ride man fashion
armed with lance and mpsket, which
latter they discharge at full gallop. The
capital city is defended by two wei
kept fortresses.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

MoRToN's SICK-BED UTTERANcEs.-
The manifesto from the sick bed of Sen
ator Morton is just what was needed by
those Republicans who can look upon
the Presidents policies only from a
party standpoint, and who have lately
cted as sheep having no shepherd
The Senator shows that he keenly appre-
ciates the situation when he says t.The
day for discussion has passed as to the
fright or wrong of the southern policy
of the Administration ~ He vouches
for Hayes's Republicanism, entreats
his fellow members of the party to
place no obstacles in the Presidents
way, and declares that, if the South
keeps faith with the Administration,
the southern policy cannot fail
Springfeld Republican.