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Hon. Henry q. Davis ANA tho
YrenNMr rR lSnnlIa.

Iii turns out, by and by, that our SC.
NOR West Virginia Senator was right all
along about the Treasury accounts, he
will be entitled to all the credit that at.
'aches to superior ucumen and pcrseyer.
a0ce IN the discharge Of public duty. He
naS sIoutIy maintained for two years past
lRa there was rOttenness in the State Of
"enHarE, oT,in other words, that enor-
@oHa discrepancies exist in the various
'NaleuenI'iOtthe,naIional finances as given
.oths world for years back and that these
discrepancies haveneve been satisiactor.
ny explained. His persistent motions in
tue Senate Tor special committee Of in.
ve''lgatiOn have not thus far resulted in
sne appointment Of such a committee.
They have simply been referred to the
Standing Finance Committee OF that body.
lNaSmnch as majority OF that commit.
zee are Republicans, it is charged by those
VINO believe that there ia something in
senator Davis suspicious and assertions
That no searching examination can be had
10 regard TO the discrepancies 10 which
ne has called attention. They therefore
e'y out that the Republicans are attempt.
Ing to cover up these would.be dlsclo.
'utes for fear Of their effect on the Re.
publican party and the whole fabric Of
Government credit.
WhA. Mr., Davis charges in regard to
'ae accounts Of the Treasury is best
shown by his resolution, introduced a
lev days ago, which resolution he has, in
substance, introduced two or three tlmes.
Nis@ follows: q .h
,WAEREAs, There appears to be mate.
nsi differences, alterations, and disctep.
TSSIe' IN the official finance reports oi he
treasury Department as to ihe animal
@Bendi!ares, receipts Of the Government,
and public debt, and particularly in The
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West Alexander Letter.

WEST ALEXANDER, Pa, October 30.
Editors IntcllISencer.
In one Of your issues Of last week, un.
der head OF "Neighborhood News" j. W.
Rice was reported as having forged his
fathers name for $4,000. Rumor now
has 1t that the sum named Is too large.
Mr.. Rice was not resident OF our town,
but lived near by in Ohio county in your
State. His leaving home without part.
ing word OF remembrance, raised some
excitement among his creditors great and
small and the smallness Of some OF them
may be judged IRON the TACT that an Ohio
county merchant put into the hands Of
an officer for collection the paltry sum Of
sixty cents. That merchant must be the
smallest man in the county. He ought
to lose his claim and be made to pay lie
costs besides.
In the second OF n series OF games, be.
tween the Keystones Of West Alexander
and the Stars Of West Liberty, the Key
stones won 25 to 10, although the Starr
had their nine made up Of importalionl
from the Bethany and Potomac clubs
which enabled Them to play a better
game than the frat one.
John B9shfeld, father Of Wm. Bush
field, Esq, died at the residence Of The
latter on Friday last and was buried yes
terday Sunday, He was in his 9sth
year, and the oldest person in this section
OF the country. His funeral was largely
attended. T.
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senator Morton slowly sinking
The End of the Patriot and
statesman Draws Near,

INDIANAPOLIS, October 20-1I;SO r, NJ,
In regard to Senator MoFtou's condi-
ton tonight, the truth Ia perhaps beat
told by the following which will appear
in the editorial columns Of the Journal
tomorrow morning:
Senator Morton Ia gradually sinking,
and II now seems scarcely possible that
he can last more than o day or two. Hope
strengthens the hearts OF his friends for
an hour or two each day, but when on the
return Of night they compare his condi-
ton With that Of the day before, there Ia
new evidence Of growing weakness and
new complications in his disease, which
leaves all in despair, Nothing has been
read 10 him nor any communication Of
news made to him for the past twenty.
four hours. His stomach retained q
small portion Of nourishmentin the fore.
noon, but elected everything given in the
evening, lie no longer takes an interest
in what Is going on around him, and
only Graves, the presence Of his own iami-
ly. lie asked bis brother-in-law,
Colonel Holloway, yesterday, II the
physicians had given him up. He
may last several days, but the chances
are against his surviving through
Wednesday night. There we're rumors Of
his death upon the streets all through the
day, and general feeling Of gloom over.
spread the city as the reports Of his con.
dition were made known. While there
has been little from which to take hope
for several days, yet the people are
very reluctant 10 believe that they
are to lose him. His physician, Dr..
Thompson, stands by him night and day,
and yet expresses hope that some change
may occur that will enable the stomach
Of his patient 10 retain nourishment, and
with such change he thinks he might yet
survive. There ia bare possibility that
such may be the result, but it ia scarcely
probable. The end OF the great states.
man from all human appearances is near
at hand.
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Snaggcd and suuI,.

New ORLEANS, October 20. The
steametG Glencoe, while attempting to make
a alanding at Delta, La., at IL o'clock last
evening rtruck hidden obstruction,
knocking a hole in her larboard side and
began sinking rapidly. She was run on
a sand bar and sunk in water above her
lower deck. Many cabin passengers
were on board. No lives were lost. The
cargo was saved and brought here by a
ferryboat. A wrecking boat was tele-
graphed for, and it is thought that the
Glencoe can be raised II The wrecker
reaches her promptly, T177
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WASHINGTON, DC, October 29.-The
hurricane which recently swept over the
Island Of Curacao caused loss Of prop.
erty, which is estimated at 100000
and the loss ofliie is large. Many OF the
most solid structures were crushed by the
waves, and many persons were burned in
the ruins. Tho people were made pau.
pers in an hour.
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TURF NOTES.

CIEvE1AND, October 29.-It ia now
definitely settled that smuggler and Great
Eastern will trot on the Cleveland Club
track next Friday afternoon. They arc
matched by their owners for purse oI
$1,000. Smuggler will trot 10 a sulky,
while Great Eastern will 90 10 the saddle,
Preparations are being madefor a pacing
race on the same day. Sweetzer and
Sleepy George will certainly be here, and
other noted horses are expected.
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WASHINGTON.
Nominated BY the presIdent.

Nominated by the President.
WARRINGTON, October 29.-The Presi.
dent to-day sent the following nomina.
tions TO the Senate:
VIM. Henry Smith, Collector of Gus.
toms at Chicago.
Theo. Roosevelt, Collector of Customs,
Edwin A. Merritt, Surveyor, and Brad.
lord Prince, Naval Officer, for the port
OF New York.
Robt. T. Smith, Collector OF Customs
at Mobile.
Jewett Palmer, Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the 18th district of Ohio.
E. Plat, Stratton, N. Y, Supervising
Inspector Of steam vessels for I'd district.
John Fahrenbach, Ohio. Supervising
Inspector OF steam vessels for 7th district.
Lewis Hoyle, Of Pennsylvania, to be
Appraiser Of Merchandise under the pro.
visions Of section zoos Of the revised
statutes.
Edwin W. SIoughton, OF New York,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen.
ipotentiary Of the United States in Rus.
sia.
Gabriel c. Wharton, U. S. Attorney
for Kentucky; Lewis E. Parsons, North.
ern and Middle Districts Of Alabama.
John Baxter, Tennessee, U. s. Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Romance Burners, District Judge for
the Western District Of Wisconsin.
John Oglesby, Louisiana, Assistant
Appraiser OF Merchandise, and James
Lewis, Naval Officer, at New Orleans.
Edgar NJ. Marble, Michigan, Assistant
Attorney General.
Guilford Mily Wells, Mississippi, U. s.
Consul General at Shanghai.
ConSuls-J. 7. McLain, ir., Ohio, at
Nassau; John A. Campbell, Wyoming,
at Basle.
US. Marshals-owen P. Fitzsimmons,
for Georgia; NJ. ]. Waldron, Western
District Of Tennessee; Charles Allen,
Western District Of Missouri.
NoMINATIoNs CONFIRMED.
The Senate in executive session con.
lirmed the following nominations:
VIM. W. Upton, I'd Comptroller OF the
Treasury; Jas. Gilfllan, Treasurer of the
United States; Albert U. Wyman, Assist
ant do; Frank Gilbert, US. Assistant
Treasurer, Chicago.
John P. Hoyt, oi Michigan, Governor
Of Arizona; John Casper, of Nebraska,
Secretary Of Arizona.
Maisden @. Burch, U. s. Attorney for
the Western District Of Michigan; S. J.
Mathews, us. Marshal for the Eastern
District Of Michigan.
q. H. Bates, Of New York, Examiner
in Chief OF the Patent Office.
To be Postmaslers-Homer A. Kenion,
at Dwight; Rufus H. Mellen, Amboy; Wm.
Loudermilk, Auburn; Gustavus A. p.
Triangle, Aurora; H. A. .Mellitzln. st.
Clair; Edward s. Smith, Batavia; El.
bridge D. Richardson, Cambridge, all in
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The Peabody Insurance Com
pnny.

We desire to make an apology to our
good friends Of the Peabody for our omis.
sion yesterday 10 mention the name Of
thatcOmpnny. .aloag with the other Wheel.
ing companies when referring to their
present conservative and prosperous
status. Nothing could have been further
from our intention than to omit the Pea.
body. To do so would be almost like
playing Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
The Peabody is n prosperous company,
and we should be sorry indeed to seem to
derogate anything from its merits by neg.
Iect to mention it when enumerating The
good companies Of Wheeling.
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NEW York, October GA Columbia,
S. G., special says: Thegrand jury on
Saturday returned true bill against L.
Case Carpenter, late Revenue Collector
for the District Of South Carolina, for
forgery in two instances, and for raising,
altering and printing warrants upon the
Treasurer. A true bill was also found
against Robert smalls, colored, Congress.
man from the 9th district, for accepting a
bribe Of S. 900 to vote as Senator for the
passage Of fraudulent printing appro-
priation. His case is so clear that he has
not appeared at the present session Of
Congress,
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BosroN, October 29.-The officers Of the
North Bridge.water Savings Bank think
that they can pay depouitoTs % per cent
within 80 days. The loss to depositorS
depends upon the amount to be recovered
from the estate Of the deceased deiraud.
Ing Treasurer southworth, He was short
$4,000
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West Virginia Odd Fellowship


Mr.. W. P. McKelvey, who recently at.
tended the session Of the Grand Lodge
at Grafton, informs US that fully two
thirds of the West Virginia membership
of the I. o. o. +. live in the Panhandle
counties Of the State. Like all other
orders OF the kind it flourishes best in
thickly populated localities. In some
parts OF West Virginia there are perhaps
not moro than one lodge in county,
perhaps not that, and the membership Of
the lodge ia likewise very small. 1t
therefore takes number OF these lodges
to offset one large lodge from town or
CITY
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reports Of 1859 10 1872, inclusive, which
differences, discrepancies, changes and
alterations involve many millions Of dol
lars and no explanation appears In said
reports Tor the same. Therefore,
Bet resolved, That committee Of Eve
be appointed 10 investigate the finance
reports, books and accounts Of the Treas
ury Department, particularly with refer
ences 10 differences, discrepancies and al
terations in amounts and figures that have
been made in them, especially in the an
nual statements Of the expenditures Of The
government, revenue collected, and The
public debt, contained In said reports; and
II any auch differences, discrepancies,
and alterations be found 10 exist, to
report the same, and the extent
and nature thereof, the years Nher.
in they occur. by what authority made,
II any, the reasons that induced them,
and to report generally such other and
further information bearing upon The
subject Rs 10 them may seem best; and that
said committee have power to send for
persons and papers, 10 take testimony,
to employ stenographers and such cleri-
cal assistance as they may deem necessary,
and leave to pit during the session Of the
Senate; and that the expenses attending
this investigation shall be paid out Of the
contingent fund Of the Senate upon
vouchers approved by the committee.
II will be remembered that when Mr..
Davis first brought this matter to the at
tention OF the Senate, two years ago, Mr..
Boutwell, ex-secretsry OF the Treasury,
undertook to explain the discrepancies
referred to, by showing what WA the
course Of procedure In tho issue Of
bonds. For instance, he said that there
was frequently difference in the general
account Of such issues and in the partic.
ular accounts Of the RegisteE-oi the
Treasury. The Treasury did mol always
market all the bonds authorized by law
and registered on the books Of the Regis.
ter. In that case there would be dis.
crepancy between his books and those of
the Treasury proper.
This we remember US one Of the expla.
nations given at the time by Mr.. Bout.
well. The o!hera we not recall. We
remember, however, that they impressed
us as quite reasonable. But they do not
appear to have satisfied our Senator,
while, on the other hand, the Senator has
not been able to create very decided
impression that there is anything 10 his
suspicious. Even his own side Of the
Senate do not seem to respond very
encouragiugly to his efforts to un-
earth these mysteries Of the Treas
ury, We suspect that II there was
much in them the Senate could soon be
made too hot to hold the man who would
cover them up From the fact that such
Senator'S a. Thurman and Bayard do not
take hold with our representative and
cry aloud for IN investigation, we suspect
that they look upon it as an effort on his
part to acquire little cheap glory.
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NtrlIke Amonr Nnilnr..

NEw YORK, October 29.-The sailors
struck to-day for an advance from Sl4 TO
$50 o month. They marched through the
streets to the number of40O. They wreck
ed one Objectionable Broadway house,
6nt were finally dispersed by the police.
Several arrests we're made,
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EvASsyIILE, October SO.-Atl o'clock
this morning about haltt the little mining
town Of darlington, Hopkins county, Ken.
lucky burned. A hotel, drug store, mil
lihery, dry goods and grocery store aud
several residences were destroyed. I.oss
not known.
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ISpIASAroIIs, October 27.-AtL Lower
hill, this morning, Miss Alta Theady was
burned TO death by the explosion OF a
coal oil lamp, caused by her blowing
down the chimney.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
War Notcs.

DuCHAREsT October 29.-Ycsterday a
body Of Russians carried the Turkish po.
slticn at Tclische, west Of PlGyna. One
Pasha, several officers and seven com.
panles Of Turkish troops were taken
prisoners Threccannons were captured.
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ENGLAND.
American Masons In Englnn,

American MasOns In England.
LONDON, October 2O.-Twelve Of the
American masons, who recently arrived
here, begun work on the buildings in
the Temple, Saturday, -Four others, who
Joined the strikers, applied for sum.
mons against the contractor for detaining
their tools. Six obtained work through
the Strike Committee and several have
been sent to different parts Of the King
dom.
joseph Durnham schatplar is dead.
THAT oBELIsK.
The obelisk ship Cleopatra will remain
at FerrOll all winter, pending the deter.
minaticn of the salvage, the owners OF the
steamer which recovered the caisson hav.
ing refused the contractors offer.
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SAN FRASctsco, October GA violo,
ria dispatch says; VIM. Wilby, n mem.
Der Of the Provincial Parliament, was
drowned in the Frazer river, at Hope
Last Frilny.
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DOR SALE

Or, Rleord's Essence eI Lie restores manhood
and the vigOr ot youth to tho most shattered con-
Ing, Failure impoSiblc' BsTare oi SdTSPti1eI,
who offer so-callel FREQ Prescriptions that are use
lcss, and finally prove TuinouSly expensive. What.
ever has merit must cost tAir price. 50 per eASe
Sent by express anywhere. Role Agent, Dr. JOS
JACQUES, Unlysraily Place, New York. Drug.
giSlS supplied. iVl7
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NEW York, October 2O.-Arrived-
Steamship Idaho, Liverpool.
LONDON, October 20.-Steamships Bal.
tic and stSte Of Pennsylvania, New York;
arrived ont.
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weather Indications.

OpPicR OF TIiR CHKR SiaAAL OTPfCRR,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct G9-I a. u.
TRoBARiLlrlEl.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley,
partly cloudy weather and rain areas,
followed by clearing weather, north
winds and rising barometer.
For the Lower Lakes, clear or partly
cloudy weather, westerly winds, cation,
ary or higher pressure and stat iary or
lower temperature.
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AWheAt Laden schooner Ashore
PoRr DOVER, October 29.-The schoon.
er Rising Star, laden with wheat, from
Chicago to Buffalo, is ashore on Long
Point. The crew were saved,
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HOUSE FOR sALE,-I offer for ulo the hou,o
IL on souih Front street, lSland In which now
reside. houle contains nine rooms, pantry, bath
room and water closet; wash house and coal hons
In tho basement. There are hot and cold water
and gas fixtures on oil three fioOrS The lot II 20
by 1913 feet, aud the grounds we'll improved.
Terms easy. Apply 10 HerYey 4 Britt.
JOHN MORGAN,
sep27 South Front Street, lAlnnd,
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SPAIN.

Madrid, October 20.-It is said that
the marriage Of King Alfonso has been
fixed for the 23d Of January next.
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BY TELEGRAPH.

oJ IClEAnHFH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY NTEALIGENCER
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GENERAL NEWS.
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
Those American Mason' who Went
to England. .
The President Sends in His NOmi.
tions to the Senate.
--
South Carolina After Her Thleviug
Officials.
Eight Hundred and Fifty Bills In
troduced in the House.
A Bill that squints Toward Payment
for Slave Property.
Speaker Randall Announces His
Committees.
President Hayes PrOCIaims a Day
of Thanksgiving.
saiIOrs Take a Hand in the Strikes.
The Cleopatra obslisk.
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MEMrHt October 29.-Gen. Bedford
Forrest, the great Confederate cavalry
officer, died at 7;SO this evening, at the
residence Of his brother, Col. Jesse For
rest, on Union street.
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viii be Confirmed.

VII be COnIIrmeU,
WASHINGTON, October 29.-The im.
preston among the members Of the Sen.
ate Judiciary Committee is that the nom.
ination of Gen. Harlan will be fayorably
reported aud confirmed.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28
Broken Victuals at the Hotels.

For years the fragments from the cook
and carving rooms of the different hotels
in tho large cities have been eagerly and
readily sought for by poor people, who are
only too glad to get the leavings from the
tables of their more fortunate fellow.crea-
lures, at the merely nominal price charged
them. In most of the hotels business is
thoroughly systematizcd, and the basket
brigade marshals. itself at the proper back
door with the regularity of old soldies on a
parade. At the Parker House, (Boston)
where the greatest amount of this trade is
carried on, an average of sixty people make
daily calls, not far from three p. NJ, and pre-
sentlng their baskets to the lady in charge
OF that department, get about fifteen cents
worth OF provisions each. Some call for
but ten cents worth, and others even less
but the majority are regular comers, and
buy tickets at 81 per week The provisions
distributed are stale bread, carcasses of
fowl and joints of meat, on which the
carver has exhausted his skill, cold vegeta.
bies, indeed anything and everything
which, having run the gauntlet of the
guests table and the servants board, is
ready to be cast into outer darkness. OF
course there are many rich and relishing
morsels i'll the scraps thus given out, bat It
is not intended that anything shall 20
which could be used to advantage in any
other way. There has been but little
change in the line of hack-d door custom at
the hotels for years past, save that at the
present time the number of callers is
steadily increasing. Frequently the de-
mand is so great that the supply is exhaus-
ted, and this is becoming not unusual oc.
currence, for while the buyers of broken
victuals are growing more numerous, the
closeness of the times and the falling off
in hotel rates leads most managers to cut
closer and practice little economies from
the range to the scrap baskets. The
Revere House, Young's Hotel, the fremont
House, and the American House, as well as
Parker's, have their regular lines of cheap
callers as does, probably, every other public
house in the city.-BoSton Post.
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Lady Anna Gore Langton hes Just re-.
turned to England from India. She is far
from satisfied with the condition of things
in that country. Among other unpleasant
facts revealed by her is this that the Hin.
doc widow, though no longer burnt on the
funeral pyre Of her husband, is subject to
process for the rest of her life which may
sometimes cause her to doubt whether her
latter state is really any better than that
which British law terminated. No matter
how beautiful the Young widows tresses,
they are cropped off, all her ornaments are
taken away, the very notion of second
marriage is regarded as worse than murder,
and she is never permitted to leave her
room. The difficulty of reaching this and
other social wrongs in India is their deep
root in the popular mind and life. Thus,
when Lady Anna proposed to visit Hindoo
women she learned that if she entered any
zenana, or home, the occupants would leave
and never enter it again, on pain of losing
caste.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-28

Do RAzORs GET ED?-Barbers tell ne
that razors get tired of shaving, but if loiJ
by for twenty days they will shave we'll
by microscopic examination it is found that
the tired razor, from long strapp;ng by the
same hand in the same direction. has the
ultimate particles or fibre of its surface or
edge all arranged in one direction, like the
edge OF piece of cut velvet; but after n
months rest these fibres rearranoe them.
selves heterogeneously, crossing each and
presenting saw.like edge, each fibre sun.
porting its fellow, hence cutting the beard.
instead of being forced down flat without
cutting, as when laid by. These and many
other instances are offered to prove that
the ultimate particles of matter are always
in motion.