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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
THE TRUE POLICY.

Captain r. T. DEvRIEs, the agent OF
Baltimore ard Ohio railroad, in this city,
has shown mere craftsmanship in the
management of matters Immediately
under bis control, thsn some OF the
manipulators of the main line have
shown at times, and that amt much of
compliment either. When the Hemp
field Division came under his charge,
there was but one train day on
the road, and it was a dilspidsted
and sickly concern now there are three
trains each wsy on portion of the line.
The fare has been reduced from thirty TO
fifty per ceat.; and IN proportion to the
increase of accommodation and the re-
ducuon of fares has been the increase of
the public patronage. The formation of
excursions is encouraged the patrons of
the road are treated with courteous at
tentioD, and feeling of mutual good
will is fostered between the officers Of
tho road and the public along the line.
This Is wanted all along the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Mr..
KEYsER is reported in the Grafton Sen
tiael as expressing in speech before the
Investigating Committee in that place,
the other day, desire to do the very
best he could for West Virgins, in the
way Of levying equitable freight tolls
For the past yesr, Mr.. KEYsER, has Ia
bored increasingly to BRING about better
understanding between the people resid
ing along the line of the road and the
officers of the company. Many abuses
have been corrected, and other differ
ences will likely be adjusted before the
summer is over. This is well, 1t Is
10 the interest Of neither the officers of
tue road nor the cinzens of the State,
that chronic state of warfare exists be-
tween the two.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
STATE NOTES.

HENRY WRIGHT, who lived near Fair
mont, did his Spring moving last week,
In the hurry and confusion. he forgot his
wife and children, and only remembered
that warrant was out for him for tri.
fling with the affections of a young fe-
male in that vicinity. He moved to Ne.
braska.
David E. JOHNSON, w. B. and n. B.
French, Esqs. of Mercer, and j. K.
StoIlings, of Boone, are mentioned in
connection with the next Senatorship
from the Senatorial DISTRICT Border
WdtcAmGn.
The Democrat wants Hon. Albert a.
Lewis to succeed Col. David Golf in the
State Senate.
The many friends of Mrs. Josephine
-, formerly Blake, and sister-in-lsw
of Hon. d. h. Leonard, died at her
residence in Pennsylvania last week.
Mr.. Leonard has the sympathles Of his
many friends here, in his loss of both a
sister and sister.in-law last week.
For simplicity and elegance, the above
style of paragraph exceeds any we know
of. Such statement as that contained
therein demands coroner's inquest over
the "many friends
GEORGE Q. BLADK, City Collector Of
Wheeling, seems TO have got himself into
bad box. His reports are not consist
ent and there is too much cash on his
side OF the account Probably clerical
error.-PGrk.rS5urg Sentinel.
THE grave in which the mangled re-
mains of the boy, killed 1t Simpson last
week, was buried, has been opened and
the body taken up three times during
the past week, al the instance of persons
who were in search of missing boy, but
so far the remains have not been recog-
uized. A man by the name Of Gallagher,
from Wheeling, went to Simpson on
Tuesday and viewed the remains, but he
did not recognize them SIS those of his
missing son.-GraftoH Sentinel
Oyer thirty persons have made in
quiries of the railroad men here in re-
gard to this body. a wealthy young
gentleman of Philadelphia came here
last week to see if it was brother who
had recently run away from his home.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
CLARKSBURG AND THE Ii. a. q.
RAILROAD.

Some days ago, before the sitting at
that place OF the Legislature lnVeshgst'
ing Committee, the citizens of Clsrks-
burg held public meeting to take steps
for the gathering OF evidence to be pre-
sented to the Committee Short speeches
were made by Col. SPATEs, IRA HART,
A. g. SMITH and others, detailing the
grievances of the business men and ship
pers OF that town. Much complaint was
made about the rates of freight on mer-
chandise, grain, coal, and SO on, but on
cattle the rates were stated rs being
satisfactory. The opinion was expressed
that if the road would more nearly
equslize freights so as MOTTO discriminate
against the business men of this State,
our resources would soon so far develope
as to make it more profitable to the road
than by pursuing the present policy.
Recently the officers OF the road have
shown a disposition to correct many of
t1e abuses that have heretofore existed
in this regard. A better feeling now ex-
ists between the authorities Of the road
and the people along the line than for
merly, and it is to the mutual interest OF
each, that this feeling be encouraged. 1t
is q costly thing for great line OF road
to be so managed as to make the country
through which it runs an enemy's coun-
try. 1t costs the road the peaceful prose.
cution of its business, and Its profits; it
costs the people their contentment and
prosperity.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
THIS INSANE OF THE STATE.

The Monroe Register of this week con-
tans rasping editorial on the false
economy and the Inhumsnity of our lack
OF proper hospital accommodation for the
insane of the State. This article de-
clares that there are q greater
number of insane now confined in
the public jsils than there are
10 the hospital, and at cost of three
times as much per caDitG. This strikes
US as beiDg an extraordinary statement.
II true, it shows an astounding increase
of insanity in the State, for it has not
been more than two or three years since
official reports show that about all of the
insane then in the isils had been provid-
Ell for. There are in the asylum, at this
time, four hundred and seventeen pa
tIents. The Monroe paper asserts that
sthere are to-day confined in the county
jsls of West Virginia a greater number
of insane persons than the number
reported by the Superintendent to be IN
the State hospital -. that is, there are
more than four hundred and seventeen
insane persons now lying in the County
jsils.
On the first of April, the SuperiQtend-
ent Of this institution says to the Board,
"Since your last meeting, SIX months
ago, there have been eighty-eIght sppli-
cations for admission. OF these, we have
received twenty-seven, and at this time
there are over sixty insane clamoring for
cure and treatment. Of these, twenty
seven are males and thirty-tour females,
aud all are white. We have been able
to receive all the colored OF the State.
1t will be observed that the Superin-
tendent says on the first of April, cat
this time there are over sixty insane
cIamoring for cure and treatment" but
we assume he did not mean to be under
stood as saying there sre more than four
hundred and seventeen insane languish-
ing in the jsils of the State, unable to
gain admission.
But the superintendent statement is
startling enough. The fact, that it is not
economy to keep any of this unfortunate
class in the jsils, is pointed out, as the
crs. per capita is nearly three times
greater than to maintain them in the
hsspitsl; but that is the smallest consider.
alton in the eyes of the Register, and
it should be so in the eyes OF our legisls-
tors. The inhumanity Of this course is
its greatest objection. To be confined IN
Jail, with the treatment and surroundings
unavoidable in that kind of life, is suf-
fcient to drive a man of sound mind to
the verge of insanity, and a mildly in
sane person, to be confined therein, Is
certain to drift into hopelessly diseased
condition of the mind.
We most heartily join hands with our
Monroe nsmesake in representing the
absolute necessity Of liberal provision
by the next Legislature for this unfor-
tunste class of people.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
BISHOP KAN AND THE INCENDI-
= 81. AIRY PRESS,


"Bishop Kain has prohibited the West
Virginia Catholics from taking the Irish
World"
The above paragraph has been floating
around in the papers for several days
without any statement as to where the
information came from or why the pro-
hibition was made.
In his Lenton Pastoral, Bishop KAHN
spoke against papers whose rabld tone
was injurious to the community, but ne
did not mention any of them by name
He did not hesitate to give his reasons
privately, or say that the principal paper
which he objected to was the Irish World
The reasons for taking the ground that
he does. are that, the Worlds attacks
upon the English government are couch
ed in such bitter invec.ives, are so in-
cendlary in their tone, that they
serve to stir up and increase the hatred
of Irishmen for England in a most
sense,ess manner, and are 10 direct op-
position to the spirit of Christianity
Such attacks are out OF place in this age
when the spirit of religious liberation Ii
broader and more liberal than ever be-
fore. Not only is the Irtsh Worlo
malicious toward the British Government
bat the Bishop says it also frequently
attacks the Catholic Church, and publish
es articles which are without truth anc
injurious to the religious world.
We think the Bishops reasoning i
good, and his action in this matter il
certs,plv cOmmendabe
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15

AUDITOR Ella broke the rules of civil
service reform and went to the State OF
New Hampshire and has been promoted
to the position Of First Auditor of the
Treasury. r. B. HAYES broke the rules
of honor and went to the state of degre.
dsnon he lives in at present. He also
was promoted to 8 high office.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
A0ARD-

ITO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM
the errors and indiscrectiOns OF youth,
nervous ear s. 800 ~ - LAY 4oss y!
will cure you, Free OF Charge. This great
remedy was discovered ny a missionary in
South America. Send a self-addreSsed
envelope To the Rev, Joseph 7. IRman.
Station y, Bible House, New York City.
oClGegc
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15

WE are indebted to Congressman
MARTIN and WILSON and Senator DA-
Wis for copies of the tariff bill, now IN
der consideration IN the House. Any
one interested in the bill can get a copy
by calling st this office.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15

LITTLE by little our great mineral re-
sources are beng developed and brought
to the notice of outsiders. A Pittsburgh
iron manufacturing company intend to
purchase large vein of iron ore near
Keyser and begin active operations soon.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15
GOD closed yesterday at 1901.

The New York World says the city
never recovered cent from TWEED. If
they delay his burial long enough they'll
get ore scent at least.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-15

THERE is some talk OF removing the
county seat of Fayette county from
Fayette to Deep Water, anew town
being built at the head of navigation on
the Kanawhs river.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06
A GENUINE OUTRAGE,
The PAGES a Democratic Negro is Put
Through In North Carolina.

Cor. Washington Post.l
On the night of the Dist ult., a quiet
and we'll disposed colored man, Mar
Gus Williams, was going from Wilson's
store, near Murfreesboro, N. C to his
home. which was about a half mile
from the store. On the same evening
he had been approached and notified
by a colored friend that because he
had voted for Major Yeates for. con-
rress. she had enemies and had better
look out When Wilson was about
one hundred yards from his house, ne
was attacked by three colored men,
whom he had just passed on the road,
and, after being brutally beaten and
thrown into a pond of water, he was
left for dead. But he was not dead,
and is now a living witness against the
three would-be ku-klux. The most
incontestable evidence shows that this
attempt on this honest colored mans
life was made, because he saw tit t
vote the Democratic ticket. Marcus
is one of the forty-six colored men, II
Murfreesboro township, who voted TO
Major Ycates in the last election.
A RESIDENT.
MURFREEsBoRo, Nov. %, 1878.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

rad. Edgar A. Poe, DR.. Robert NJ.
BIRD. John NJ. Clayton, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster and President James
Buchanan. His charities were wide
spread, but SO thoroughly unostenta-
tIous was his practice Of the virtue
That even the members Of his own
family we're not permitted to follow
the ramifcations of his good deeds,
and now that he is gone those most in
mate with him can not specify his
many benevolent acts. He was ever a
conyiyial man, and was a prominent
member of the Aud Lang Syne CLUB,
having as fellows such men as Rich
ard Vaux, George H. Boxer, HeIyy
e. Carey, w. K. Burton, Morton Nc
Michael and 7. H. Butler. OF late
Years he was not in good health, but
his mind was unimpaired. His wife
who was a Miss Duke, died somey years
AGO. but he has three sons and
daughter still living. He leaves be.
hind him a good round fortune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

,bom 10 secrecy. he laid his hands on
their heads, and even those dissenting
from h~isteaching, and denounced him,
claim that a peculiar thrill of cleo
.tricity shook their frames. The secret
HAT he whispered in their ears, &C
eording to our Information from dis
senters, was not the same to all and
always amounted to vulgar and lewd
advice. -,
According to his theory, the bible
to an ordinary man was wholly ineom-
prehensible, and only members OF his
church, by virtue of their being IN
possession of the Secret of the Lord,
could fully understand it. He con-
tended that Egypt meant darkness,
and that Pharoah was the ruler OF
darkness, and that the world OF to-day
is Egypt, and the devil is Pharaoh,
and that the devil rules the world as
Pharoah ruled Egypt.
He contends that the Red Sea was
peopled, and that the children oil
Israel passed safely through its IN
habitants but that Pharoah and ms
hosts were overwhelmed by the multi
tude. that Noah's wife was the arr
spoken of in the bible, and that the
deliverence of the eight persons were
the eight children which she, gave
birth to; that Lots wife, described as
A pillar Of salt, meant that she was {
barlot and that he thought there were
a great many pillars of salt in his con.
gregations.a Those who join hi
church are required to abstain from
all participation in the civil govern
ment. and are not allowed to vote o
! 90 to law with each other.
We have been furnished the name
} of some eighteen persons who are no'
in full fellowship with the church an
I doctrines of this modern saint, to
5 gether with some fourteen Others VIII
! have dissented from and repudiate
e the hellish teachings. Among tn
2 former is one Judge Reed, a man VIII
was at one time regarded as n Of tn
leading representative men OF Hende,
/ son county. He is now acting in Il
9 capacity of an evangel of the EdI
Z sect. and, we are informed, conduc
n regular service in the name of what !
is pleased to call his Savior, !.
The sense Of decency and good ord
n of the respectable people in the vicin
&c ty of Edges work at last became
Is outraged at the lewd and lustful pra
lie tices Of this foul 6end hat he W
Is forced to fee the country between tv
III suns. but his followers claim that
will return again panoplied as a prin
Q aud a God.E[Huntingdon Vindicat'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

ON SATURDAY, the 2lst day Of Decem-
" Der, 1878, in front Of my Office, q Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn, / will sell for cash
the following property. :
Beginning at a point on the west side OF
Rayburn avenue, which Is the southeast cor
ner Of r fyo-aere lot originally conveyed BY
j. C. McLemore 10 w, p. Gilbert ct all BOOK
N, page l04, to which reference Is madei run
ming thence south with the west line of Ray
burn avenue 300 feet 10 q stake; thence west
parallel with the south line Of said hye.acre
tract $50 feet to q stake; thence north wv ieel
Ia q stake IN tho south line Of said fve-aere
tract; thence cast $50 feet 70 the beginning
with improvements thereon, being . neat cot
tage and out houses.
I sell as trastee under deed madeS me By
Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, December lSgl, re
corded in Book l2l, page 269, She - county
10 which reference Is made,
67-G LIB. McFARLAap, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

OSE Of the serious charges against
Breathitt county, KY, where recent
serious Disturbances have occurred Is
that the tail Of = parsons horse i
never safe there. While the good
nan is ezpounding the gospel hii
borsss tail Is shaved The parsor
whose horse Is not thus treated mus
nssds biteh the Eithful brute neal
The window that the clerical eye ma
see what l. s5ing On outside a. well a
rthia the church And its aimos
- fmporz1t 10 carry Ask shooter 4
hymn book 70 plzeesef worship
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06
rhn Forinnfion of Frost.

New Orleans Picayune.l
We take pleasure in publishing the
following note from the United States
Signal Officer at this port, on the sub
iect of the formation of frost at rela-
lively high temperatures:
To the editor Of the Picayune In
reply to your inquiry Of How can
frost be formed at a temperature OF
1927" | have the honor to say that
frost will form at any time when the
temperature of the dew-point falls
below 80 Fahrenheit.
The dew-point is the tempera-
ture at which the moisture OF the ar
Is condensed it may be found by
cooling a vessel, or any article, until
the moisture Of the air is condensed
ON it, and then taking the temperature
Of the article at the moment this depo'
sition begins, which is the dew-polnt
When the air is saturated with mois
ture. or the relative humidity is 1U
then frost will not form at a tempera
ture above 320 Fahrenheit; but tn
more dry the air is, that is the les
moisture it contains, the less the tenn
perature will have to fall to form frosi
For example: Suppose the tempe
nature of the air to be 49, suppos
the temperature Of the wet bulb to b
! 4Oo: which will give a relative hu
mildly of 43 per cent. and the CON
! plement of the dew point" or tn
: difference between the temperature (
/, the air and the temperature of tn
dew point will be 1853, which sui
' tracted from the temperature of tn
e air, 480, will give 3l.2o for the de
S point, aud frost will be deposited III
r der these circumstances, which
D often the case here. Very respee
b fully, your obedient servant,
HI w. u. SIMoNs,
Serg't Sig. Corps, U. 5. A..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

THE Dallas (Texas) Herald pub
fishes the following account Of the
suicide Of Henry Freezing, living in
Wise county. Freezing asked for
Helen Mautling in marriage; the
Young lady's father refused consent,
upon the grounds that freezing was
the offspring Of an illicit love with a
wanton. now aninm ofthc Tennessee
n~enitentiary, for numbering her infant
bv 4 negro. Upon reaching home
Freeling sought his father, who con.
fessed the truth Of Mantling's charge
When Henry was born he took charg'
ofbim, marrying soon afterward to
generous woman. He told her all
and. with his charge, left Tennessee
for Texas, that the boy might neye
know his sad history. The blow wa
roo much for the sensitive young mar
and in AN hour he was 9 corpse
5v;n0 by his own hand, shootln
f;msslf through the brain. He lett
tnnJsy note to his fance, and one {
he father. entreating him to seek q
--angeance against Mantling Tor D
daughters sake.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

WHEs Secretary Thompson made
his first report TO the fortyshfth con
gess. after reviewing the o hum
dred and forty-tgo vessels On The reg
lister. he was forced 70 state that the
greater portion Of them we're utterly
worthless and nearly all the rest re.
ouired repairs. This year he report
a great improvement, and he state
that we have thirty-three ehectiv'
vessels in commission He says, how
ever, that by the judiciOus expenditur
of money enough vessels could be pu
in good repair 70 give us a navy
eighty-threo ships, including tgent
monitors, torpedo boats and woode
vessels. Probably out of the balanc
not twenty iron-clads could be foun
fit for active war service.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06
Attachment Notice.

BEFORE J.. Il. Elliott, Justice Of the peace for
Shelby county, Tenn. Masonic Savings
Bank VS. Gebhard X CO..
IN this cause an attachment having beer.
j sued out, under Section S455 OF me code o.
Tennessee, and returned levied by the
proper officer upon the property, OF the de-
fendants and affidavit having been made
that the defendants are justly indebted 70
plaintiffs in the sum Of $iO9. 70, due BY. un-
paid drafts drawn by defendants, and defend
ants are non-residents Of the State Of Ten
nossee, eto.. n Is therefore ordered that the
said deit Giants make their appearance
before me on Saturday tho fth day Of January
| 3l3 Second street, in Memphis, Tenn. and dc
fend said attachment suit within. the tint
prescribed by law, or the same will DO pro
/ ceeded with exvparte; and that q copy OF thl
order be published for thirty days IN The run
lie Ledger.
f6-S2-ss-@ j. I. ELLIOTT, up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

A SPECIAL from WashiHgtgn sac
Tennesssezns we're startled On Mon
day 70 hear that tie Supreme Court o.
re United States bad addlsd upoE
.he sase 100000 Of the so-@lls
nav issues Of the Bank of Tennessee
bought up b. spectators II hTe aBs
ten cents On the dollar. Good aEyer
in consultation to-day, decided iha
only the forty dollzrs imansdi4tei
involved ia The present SUIT can b
recovered against the State eae
holder viii hare % bring q separai
euit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

No. 1853. Before G.. d. Crockett, Justice Of
the Peace for Shelby county, Tenn. M. Il,
Meacham K CO. VS.. b. j. Allen,
TN this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 3455 of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, "leyied upon the
property Of the defendant and affidavit
having been made that defendant Is indebted
to- the plaintiffs in the sum of $500, due by
account, and that the claim is just, and that
the defendant is a nonresident Of the State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that said
defendant make his personal appearance be-
fore ne on the 26th day Of December, at my
Office, No. 25 Main street, Memphis, Tenn
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will b
proceeded with ex-parte; and that q copy 0
this order be published once a week for tou'
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 10Th day Of November, 1873.
| T0-76-52-S8 q. D.. CROCkbTIi J.P
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06
TRTISTEE,s SALE.

PURSUANT to the terms Of a deed Of trust,
executed TO the undersigned by w. h. Car
ter, on the 9th day of October, 1877, duly reg
isterod in the Registers ofice. Of Shelby
county, Tenn, in ohattel Book No. Is, rage
ri, will, on Saturday, the l4th day Of, De-
eember, 1878, at the southwest corner of Main
and Madison streets, in the city Of Memphis,
within the legal hours, sell to the highest bid;
der for cash, the property described in said
trust deed, to-wit; A certain wharf boat, now
living at the leyee at Memphis and. known as
he Wharfboat r. Il. Lee. The said sale vii
on said wharfboat. s. j. CAMP, r
ri al Trustee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

THE municipal election of Tuesday.
in Louisville, of which the papers had
SO much to say beforehand, resulted
IN the election Of Hon. John G. Bax.
ter, an ex-mayor, by a majority Of ovei
1000 over his competitor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-06

THE estimate for the police depart
mept of New York City, for the com
ing year, is s4,1O6, GIL %. According
to DR.. Talmage's showing, this money
seems to be spent for the propagation
instead of the suppression Of crime,