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UhtSnidligtmv. CAMPBELL & M'DERMOT EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. TIICUMDAY DEC. 7. PrMldent's Mmagr. We lay before our readers thlsiriora ing an accurate and readably prepared copy of President Johiihoa's message. We have not an yvt been able to give It such a careful reading as would enable us to speak with confidence of the prop ositions laid down and policy set forth It will be apparent on even a enrsory reading that it is an unusually clear and well written paper. We hope to be qualified to refer to it to-morrow more intelligently and in detail, than we feel competent to do this morning from the hasty reading given it. Our acknowledgments are due the gentlemanly proprietors of the Pitta burgh Commercial for the copy from which we print, lt( with others, was placed iti the express for ns at Pittsburgh Tuesda3* afternoon, and should have reached us the same evening, but did not corao to hand until yesterday. The Locution of Che Capital?Consider ed In Venrral. We took leave of the capital question yesterday,after showing that the patron age of the State at the seat of govern ment cau be but a mere trifle?alto gether imperceptible in permanent in fluence on the progress and prosperity of the.town or city wherein it may be located. Wo l>eg to suggest to our country friends, further, that the pres ence of the capitol Will not present other aitrartious sufficient to realize their j high exj>ectations. Let us fry to appro- j eiate the fact that the Government of the little State of West Virginia is a very plain and unpretending affair. And "the world" being "too much governed/' in general, it is not desira ble that the machinery of democratic government in a little couimouwcalth like ours should be anything but sim ple and inexpensive. It is better thnt the money which our people.may be able (but would hardly be willing) to pay to support more grandeur, should applied to more practical and bene ficial uses. While the machinery of our State Government is adequate to regu late the domestic concerns of our young commonwealth, it naturally possesses 110 great attraction for our own people, much less for strangers. Do. crowds of people flock bero: because ..Wheel ing is the Capital of West Virginia?1 I>o they rush to the capitol and { throng the galleries, even when i the Legislature is in session?: Do wealthy people Come' here and build fine residences?do Kastern capitalists lay out railroads terminating here?do others erect great mills and manufacto ries?or others bulla lino storehouses and till them with magnificent stocks? or others start new lines of steamers radiating from and converging to this point?do great metropolitan papers spring up as I hey have done iu Chicago and St. Louis?or street railways line every thoroughfare?or do all the other great enterprises that combine to tnnke a city, centre iu or upon Wheeling, be cause it in the capital of the Seatof Gov ernment of West Virginia? Certainly not. \\ liy should they for such reasons? Whateverelemcntaof greatness Wheel ing attracts ami is destine^ to in future, will depend on very different causes. Ia?t it not be said, this is true Imeause Wheeling is only the temporary Capi tal, and that only , when Lho Capital is located permanently will it attract and eo in bine these elements of greatness. e reply that for these the mere Capi tal has no attraction wlmicver, and nover can have. Sometime** a passing stranger visits the State House out of sheer curiosity to see what it is j like, or possibly on business with I some of the offices. Our sher iffs go there to make their settle-1 inents with the auditor. A few others visit it on business,,with the different officers. And generally, we may say, in passing, it is much more convenient to them here in the business metropolis of the State than it would l>e away out in the woods, twenty or thirty miles from railroads, lioth ls-cause It is more accessible and !>ccause tho transaction j of other business in the citjr .enables ; them to kill other birds With the same stone. The same is equally true of the members of tho Legislature. It really suits their convenience better to come to Wheeling than to go to some little out-of-the-way place whero they have no other business, :?nd as their mileage amouuta to more than their traveling expenses, tho distance is not a consid eration. The fact is they can come to Wheeling from either Parkersburg nnd Harper's Ferry in less time and vastly more pleasantly than they could go to Buckhuunon, or Weston, or Brax ton C. II., over turnpikes,generally im passable in winter, and nover too well furnished with means of conveyance. Whatever may bo true of Washing ton City, or London, or Paris, our Capi tal will attract very little attention even among our own people. Its only visitors will bo visitors on business, and they will not be a multitude very soon. The citizens of* wheel ing are very little more dis. till bed by the capitol in their midst than they art* by tho military headquarters and not nearly so much as they were last Spriug by 'the Provost Marshal's office. We find no fault with these fiicU; but we submit to our imaginative friends that as facts they merit consideration. A little examination will show that few Suite capitals in this country are the chief citica of tbeierespectiveStates. Compare Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, with Baltimore the metro polis; compare Harrisburg with Phila delphia or Pittsburg;?Albany with New York city or Brooklyn; Columbus with Cincinnati; Springfield with Chicago, JctTcrbon city >vitli St. Louis, Baton Kouge with New Orleans, Mont gomery with Mobile, Millcdgovillc with Savannah or Augusta, Columbia with Charleston, Frankfort with Louis ville, Nashville with Memphis, Jack son with Vlcksburg, Austin with Gal veston, Den Moines with Iowa City and Burlington, Topeka with Leavenworth, Sacramento with San Francisco] Augusta with Portland and Bangor, in Maine, and others thnt might be named. In two or three States, as Iudiamv and Massachusetts, nnd Vir gihta, the capitals are the chief cities, but in every such case it will be found the result is due to purely commercial reasons. These examples go far to show that political centres are not necessari ly, and indeed ore .very Seldom, com mercial centres. Washington City af fords the most palpable example -of what can (or rather cannot) be made of a political centre when it has no com mercial advantages. Congress, then sitting In Philadelphia, resolved, upon the theory of our country friends, to locate the National Capital "in the w oods," to lay it out on a scale of un paralleled magnificence, with the ei., ?poetation doubtless that It would in time become the grandest city on the continent. From that time to this the whole patronage of the United States Government has been lavished on it. Millions on top of millions have been expended there with unstinted liber ality?from the beginning to the pres ent time, perhaps not less than Bye hundred millions of dollars?and yet \\ ashington City is to-day a mere pro vincial town compared with New York or Philadelphia or even Baltimore in respect of the elements that constitute a great city. It has broad streets, <not many of them, and even them the gov 1 eminent had to pave to get from the Capitol to the President's house;) it has magnificent public buildings (all built by the government,) and that is all. It has no commerce, no manufactures. It Is a mere city of hotels, saloons, board ing bouses and shops, and all Its popu lation from highest to lowest depend and live on the bounty of the Govern I ment, with about as poor and little im proved a country aronnd it as can be i r"untl anywhere. Removo the seat of ! Government, and it would be speedily deserted by nine-tenths of its popula tion. If this is all that could be made I of Washington, where more millions i have Ihh-u si>ent by the Government ; than the thousands that will ever bo ox | pended by this State on itscapital, what j can wo reasonably expect a mere capi I tal without business or trado ever to become in this State. We commend such fuels as these, and the lesson they teach, to our sauguine and imaginative friends in country towns. It may bo said by others, whose ex pectations are less towering, that it is not desirable that the capital should be a city that commercial centres ought not to be political centres, if purity of legislation is to bo preserved. Asagen eml proposition this may be true, but wo are not suro of it. it is doubtless true as to such populous and wculthy cities as New York, or Chicago, or Philadelphia. But even in New York and Pennsylvania movements are making to remove the capitals from Al bany to New York City and from Har risburg to Philadelphia, because these larger cities are the more convenient for the State at large, being more central in point of communication, although less central geographically. We need not fear that onr State will be so rich or our metropolis so vast as to invite corrup tion for many years, and wo are not suro at any rate that there is more dan ger of it in one place than another. On tho other hand it certainly re quires no argument or recitation of Tacts in detail, to show that in practical business convenience, a city of at least the magnitude of Wheeling offers deci ded advantages over a small inland, and probably for a long while to come al most inaccessible, village. The capital ?s of little importance to the city,but the city is orgreat utility to the capital, in many particulars?one of which would bo the advantages or banks as connect ed with the financial business in the Auditor's and Treasurer's offices, in the prompt execution of printing, es|>ecial ly when the Legislature is in session, and the famishing of books and blanks to the departments. This work cannot he done in a small town unless the State incurs the expense or a large es tablishment or its own-at an expense ten times as great as tho cost of its work done by a city establishment kept up by other business. Then the conveniences or decent hotels, boarding houses, etc., for the bfflcials, for the Legislature, and for persons visiting tho Capital on business, are worth con sidering. Probably ir tho Capital should be located at a place like Iluck hauuon or Braxton, or oven Weston or Clarksburg, tho streets would lie so muddy that tho officials and legislators would hsvo to wade, in bad weather, from their lodgings to the Capitol, un less they appropriated money and made pavements at the expenso or the State ir it happened that tho point selected possessiil other elements or growth, these deficiencies could l>e supplied in time, but why incnr these inconvenien ces at all ir there are no compensating advantages to the State? We all look forward to a time when the resource, or tho State will be so de veloped by the intelligent industry or " greatly increased population, that we shall have large towns and cities at many points; but this is anywhere a gradual work: aud struggling as wo I are still under a load or prejudices against the features or free society which accomplishes such magnificent results iu tho now States or tho North west, and repulsing population as we do by a blind and unrelenting monopo ly of tho noil, and considering too tho naturally inaccessible nature of our territory to avenues of commerce und communication, wo should not as rea sonable men expect results for which we cannot find adequate causes. The development or mineral wealth and manufactures cannot precede ponula * Cities are the outgrowth of wealth and industry. So that all the branches of development must attend on one another and go hand in hand. But our first great want, the foundation of On. State, Is labor. I, is "the people,'. said I atnek Henry, "form tho nation." What avail our mountains of iron if wo lack the fnrnances and rolling mills and artisans to convert the ore into metal and shape it into the multl fortius forms required by the wants of ci\dilation? or our vast beds or coal so long as they slumber undisturbed ? or our splendid water powers if they are not harnessed for man's advantage or our lnaguitleent forests if thev are not to boused; or tho olays iu our val leys If they are not to be burned in the brickmakers' or potters' kilns? or the wealth in the soil, ir the hand of in dustry Is not to bring forth its fruits. " h,,t 13 ?ven our richly endowed terri tory without population to use and im prove it. What was truo of Eden is true every whero and always. Even that choice creation or the Almighty the poet tells us, was "a wild" and" ?man. thu siKlled.. ln iu,mldllt ho had a promise that it should bo Peopled. The legislators or our inrant State fottn lUjL^ *u arduous work to per nsnrac 1 "m U*in by eonsidering they may * > "rZ S^Toro ?" of '???ing the ssSSS&8P not we pray fritter away ,lmo | lect opportunity in frivolous discus sions of. propositions involving 'no solid results, and which possibly are agitat ed ouUof mere buncombe. MIfMXLLAKEOrN ITEMS The ladies' windows in the Chicago post office are now attended by girls. The object is to stop the flirting with the clerks. Up to this time only about five thous and cattle have been killed in Chicago for packing, against CO,000 last year. Four hundred thousand dollars were coined at the Philadelphia Mint last month?the larger portion of it gold. Where does it all gi> to ? The Portsmouth Chronicle very gene rously offers to publish, free of charge, obituary noticesoi all highwaymen and garroters killed while plyingtheiravoca tion. There have been eighteen deaths by violence in New York during the last month. Several respectable citizens have been shot while riding in their carriages. A farm of two hundred and eighty seven acres, owned by the heirs of Win. Steanberger, in Shenandoah county, Va., sold last week at $84 (in gold) per acre. Hall's Journal of Health expresses the opinion that buckwheat cakes con tain more nourishment for less money than any other popular article of food. The Boston Herald, insists that we are about to realizo a great reduction In the prices of the necessaries of life. A great many people would like to see it in that light. A contemporary says that "a person's character depends a good deal upon his bringing up. For instance, a man who has been brought up by the police seldom turns out respectable." A female pickpocket was arrested at the Cathedral in Newark, N. J. on Sunday last. When a rrested she drop ped eight pocket books, each containing a considerable amount of money. The report that the New York hotels propose an advance in price to six dol lars a day is denied by authority. The proprietors profess to hope rather for a reduction from the present rate of lour dollars and a half. Hotel Arrivals. i McLURE HOUSE, Corner Monroe & Market, W. F. Goodwin & Co., Proprietors. Wednesday, Dec. 6. W It McComas, Baltimore; A L Iloult, Fair mont. W Va; Jno Kline. Philadelphia: Wm Fraxler. St Louie A M Stoner, Philadelphia; 1* It Barclay, Cincinnati; D B Houk, D if Jer ry, New York: E Dunn, Washington, Pa; A B Holloway, Philadelphia; J II Henderson, Pittsburg; J Beazell, Philadelphia; 3 I, Black, New York; ES Knight and son, Washington, DC; S L J nek, Pittsburg; S M Bell. West A lex antler; J Woodward and wife, St Louis L Gardner, Trenton, N J; E Lanclfear. New York; w C Milieu, Cleveland; Miss Abrains, 'Cumberland; E Col worth, Cincinnati; I W Alynn, Philadelphia; J Clary, B O R R; C H Ehrman, Baltimore; H Chllds, New York; J F Black, E Gettier, Baltimore; C M Laziue, Jamestown; C B Durham, Philadelphia: II , Bruce, New York; It Drw*er, Michigan; J D I McGrath, E Keldel, New York; W I lainbrylit,, I Pit t*huigh; A Clifford, Cincinnati; Miss Mary i Mews, Ohio. GRANT noUSE, Bridge Corner, Lewis ?? WoodmAnsek, Proprietors. Wednesday, Dec. tt. IIV Boon. It W Davis, David Aiken, Wash ington, Pa; Geo Brown, W H Brown, Loy da vide, O; B McBrlde, St. Clairsville.O; George Konxall, St. Mary's, W Va; E Did ton, Balti more, Md; It 11 Cockran, Kt Olairsville, O; F E lleckanl, A D (Jumhrel, Newark, O: OP McCoy, Washington, l'a; F W C Feld, Pitts burgh, Pa; H Douglas, Ohio; T Tnggart, T Buck. D Reed, W \ a; D Orr, Washington, Pa; J* J Croother, Taylorstown, Va; O B ciiu-k. Wash ington.O: W Reed. Bnrnsville.O; S B Woodmansee, Ohio; R P Maunders, .T It Mc ('lei din. Springfield, O; Thayer Melvin, W Va; II Skinner & lady, Cambridge, O; A'A Prlchartl, Mannlngton. W V; R 11 Clayton, Fairmont, W Va; J Dean, Ohio; C H Gist, Philadelphia, Pn; S Kachele. Baltimore, Md; TA McCann, Wheeling, W va;M M t'ole.i'ur kersburg, W Va; J W coonlg, Palmyro; W M Hoyt, ltochrater; J Corbett, Cluysvllle. N Y; J N Macumber, Zanesville, O; F Lampe, Cin cinnati, O; Dr S Gere tel. Chicago, III. BY 8. G. HENRY & CO. I Unprecedented Large Sale or DRUGS, MEDICINES, INSTRUMENTS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, FURNI TURE AND APPLIANCES, AT AVCTIOX. /~\N THURSDAY MORNING. DEC. 14, AT \l lu o'clock, at the Medical Purveyor's Warehouse, corner of First and Main streets, LonlMvllle. Ky., will Ik* sold on account of the Medical Department of the U. 8. A., the lar gest awaortment of Drugs, Medicines, Ac., ever oflVred In the West, in bulk, and In U>e origi nal packages, and In good order, being the xurplusof the amount required by the Medi cal Department, comprising as follows: 400 Acids, nm'd; 4axlor.SptsTurpent'e; 112 44 Aloes, Pulv; 1000 ox Croton Oil; H7o 44 Alum; OfiO IT-sI jiudanum; 3J40 " Prep Am'nla; 730 " Paregoric; 950 oiNltrn Silver, WUOdoxCampherAOpi ao KsFowle'r sol. um Pills; It*) 44 Pulv Cant'des;7200dozCa tliartic Pills; ?*> 14 Orato ?' 5000 44 Oplnm 00 " Pulv Cads'cum: H00 ftoPrep Lead; 400 " Catechu: 800 " B1 Carb Potash; 10iW " White Wax; .000 ?? Chlor 70(0 ?' Simple Cerate;{GO ?? Iodine *' 8600 " Resin 44 *700 44 lthubarb; WO 44 callsava Bark;o500 44 Syrup Squils; mo 44 CinchonlaSulpjyfiOO 44 Ref borax; 1KO " Chloroform; J000 " C^mHnts'Lavn'r HO ?? Collodion; bUO ** Prep Zinc; JfiO 44 Pnlv G. Arablc-aoydsAdhesivo Plas'r 1600 44 Copaiba; "300 44 Islng 4200 o*?'reosote: 6000 " Red Flannel; 1400 ibsllofman's Ano;3300 44 Muslin; isno 41 Swt Hpts Nltre;?W ttaSponge; 400 44Prepared Chalk;7800 44 Barley; , 200 44 Blue Vitrei; 1SOO Ext Beeft HWOO 44 Med Ext a*'d;2HO 44 Candles' 2000 " Prep Iron ass'd; 340 calls Ext Coffee; SflO 44 Pulv LiquoriceSTiO itw Corn Hlarch; Root; 8200 44 Milk Coud! 430 44 Glycerine; ?S00 44 Sugar, White 4000 44 Prep Mercury; Crashed; 4? 44 Iodine; 0000 44 Tea, blTcAgreen; I 020 44 Ipecac, Pulv; 6800 44 Tapioca, 820 ?* lioverVPowd'r.flOOO 44 D?located Eggs; 1 3400 44 Flaxseed: 240 44 Farina: I S?00 44 " Gronnj.'CM^-dsOutta PCloth; 1 420 44 Magnesia; 45?0 44 Oiled Maslln; wroo 44 Epnom suit*; 4700 -4 44 Silk: 1 510dortodLiver OH; 4000 44 8usp Bandages; i 240 44 Olive 44 800 Twine. i MU 44 Castor 44 Cream Tartar,Saltpeter, Castile 8oap. Must- i anl, Bl. Carb. Soda, Rochelle Salts, Pulv. Cin- j namon, COcoa, Chocolate, Gelatine, Pulv.! Ginger, Nutmegs. Al?o, may be added. Surgi cal Instruments, DnswingH, Ac.; Books, Sta tionery. Furniture and Appliances. AB'Catalogues tan be had at our Auctiou , Rooms, or the Medical Purveyor"* Office, lu this city, by letter or personal application. Terms Cash in Government funds. 8. G. HENRY Jt CO.. nor2S-2weod Auctioneer. 1865~ 1866. BLANK BOOKS FOR THE NEW YEAR. JOFRXALR, LCDOEIW, C'ANH BOOKS. ORDER BOOKS, HALES ROOKN. Af., Ac.. Ac. ! Manufactured of the BEST PAPER and in the most SUBSTANTIAL BINDING. M1LL8, FREW ? CO., Book Binders * Blank Book Manufacturer*, Intelligencer Buildings, dec2-lw Cor. Qulncy and Main Sts. 1 WMt Virgin In nnslne*!* 4'ollege, No. 22 Monro* Street. (Open day and Night for Stndents.) OFFERS 8UPERIOR FACILITIES TO youths and young gentlemen, for acquir ing a scientific and practical business educa tion. Instruction given lu Book-Keeping; in i Writing, in Arithmetic aud Counting Hou*c i Calculations, lu Commercial Law, in Curren- j cy aud Bunking, In how to transact Business,. in formation ot character. In tl?e Laws of; Health aud In Grammatical Science. Terms #40. payable on entering Time not limited, (dee-2-lm) W. l'KYOlCPriuclpal. \ NAl*AGF CAMirOS. KEGS JUST RECEIVED. AND FOR sale by LIST, MORRISON Jt CO.* deoo I CLOAK AND DRESS TRIMMINGS, BUT- ' TONS in great variety. Card Edge and 1 r ?ncy Ribbons, Setts, Collars and CuXft, verv fine Fans Embroklered Slippers, received at! the Variety Store of decs D. NICOLL & BRO. SKATES. WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED FROM the manufactory a nice hue of Skates, (Tom J 1.25 pet pair to 51U. deco D. NICOLL A BROc Muffs?a beautiful article? Made of Mlk Plush, for Mt?ies. Also a lot of Mls*s' fur trimmed Skating Caps, Misses' Mittens, Ac., received at de?6 D. NICOLL ? PRO'S. l^LF.ECED HOSE, FOR LADIES AND I; Children, Fleeced Gloves for Children, buckskin Gloves for Men and Boys, received at [dec5] D. NICOLL A PRO'S HAIR. A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF CURLS, J\ back and front braids, received by acc5 D. NICOLL * BRO. 12 300 Potatoes. BBLS. PEACH RLOW POTATOES? a prime article, for sale by GORRELLACO, ?prrial gotirts. AUCTION. GREAT auction sale of BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESEHTS Geo. e. wick ham will sell at auction, at his salesroom, on Saturday i ; Evening-, Dfc. ?, IMS. a large and splendid assortment of Standard and Miscellaneous Hooks, selected with great care for the retail | trade. Books for the Merchant!!! Books for the Mechanic!!! Book* for the Farmer!!!!! ' And Books for everybody. Photograph Al i bums in great variety. These are all new , Books, and can be examined previous to the : sale, on Friday and Saturday. dec7-3t ITCH, ITCH, ITCH. Ncratch. Scratch, Scratch. WHEATON'S OINTMENT Will cure the Itch In 48 hours. ' Also cures Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Chilblains, 1 and till Eruptions of the Skin. Price 50 cents. : For sale by all Druggists. By sending W) cents to WEEKS A POTTER, wile Agents. 170 Washington street, Boston, Mass., it will be forwarded by mall, free of postage, to any part of the United States, T. H. LOGAN & CO. Wh ole?il e Druggists, Agents for Wheeling. COCO CBEAH FOB THE HAIK. Coco Cream for the Hair. Coco Cream for the Hair. Away with ;your Grey Hair. Away with your Grey Hair. No more rancid Pomades!! No more rancid Pomades!! you want something elegant. If you admire delicious Perfume, If you desire soft and silky Hair, If you want your Hair preserved, iryou want your Hair to grow If you want to prevent premature Baldness, If you want to 1* rid of Dandruff, Use the Coco Cream. Use the Coco Cream. Use the Coco Cream. Use the Cooo Cream. Use the Coco Cream. Price 85 cents a bottle. For sale by LAUGHLIN8 A BUSH FIELD. Ju24 Wheeling, W. Va. COLGATE** noSEY SOAP. This celebrated TOILET SOAP, In such uni versal demand, is made from the Choicest ma terials, is MILD and EMOLLIENT In Its na ture, FRAGRANTLY SCENTED, and ex tremely BENEICIAL in Its action upon the kin. For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers. marl5-lyd?tw WHY WOT USE THE BEST? Over twenty years* increasing demnd has established the fact that Mathews' Vene tian Hair Dye, is the best in the world. It is the cheapest, the most reliable, and most convenient. Complete in one bottle. Does not require any previous preparation of the hair. No trouble. No crock or stain. Does not rub off or make the hair appeardusty and dead, but imparts to it new life and lustra produces a beautiful black or brown, as pre ferred. A child can apply it. Always gives satisfaction. Only 75 cents per bottle. Sold everywhere, A. I. MATHEWS, Manufacturer, N. Y. DEM AS 1SAKNES CO., New York, whole tale Agents. mayaMyeod Wincjs and liquors. IIENKY ROSENTHAL. A. A. I.EVISON H. ROSENTHAL & CO., Importers & Wholesale Dealers In Brandies, Wines, Gins, ALCOHOL, BOI'BBOX, BYE, MONONGAHELA WHISKY, Cntnwhn Wines, Ac., Manufacturers of Cider Vinegar, Domestic Wines &c., No. 23 Main Street, (In room formerly occupied by Pry or A Frost,) WHEELING, IF. VA. Encouraged bythf. liberal pat ronage heretofore extended to this house, we have secured one of the largest aud best located warehouses in the city, where we will have excellent facilities for receiving ami shipping our t;oods. We have fitted up the house in the latest and most approved man ner, for the manufacture of the celebrated Rose Whisky aud superior Cider Vinegar. The best bmndsof everything usually kept in a first class liquor store continually on hand and forsalentthe lowest prices. feb7-ly HKN'RY SCHMUiaiACH. OBORQK FKI.IjKR. H. SCHMULBACH & CO., * NO. 6 Monkok St., Wnkklina, Importers 4 Dealers In Brandies, Wines, Gin, MonongnYieln, Ronrbon and ; U YE W II I 8 It Y . TrEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL X\ supply of the best brands of everything lu their line. gas-We manufacture the best of CIDER VINEGAR. n. SCHMULBACH A CO., No. 6 Monro street, In room formerly occu pled by 8.1. Block. Jel4 I CLARK I* 7.A> K. 8. T. MILLKR. C. L ZANE A CO., I Importers <fr Dealers tn Jfrreiffn <fc Domestic WINES & LIQUORS, Manufacturers of PURE CATAWBA WINES, Quincy St., bet. Main A Market Sts., WHEELING, W. VA. T7-EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND BRAN* J\ dies, Scotch and Irish Whiskies, Jamaica Rums and Cordial, Choice Old Rye and Bour bon Whiskies. w?p27 NOTICE TO BOOT AND SHOE DEAIiEBS. A RARE CHANCE WTE OFFER FOR 8ALE OUR RETAIL YY Stock of Boots and Shoes, for cash or its equivalent-, together with Btore furniture, fix tures aiul lease of house to first da}* of April, 1867, with the good will and patronage of the l?est retail house In the city. The locution Is No. 1&5 Main street, about the centre of busi ness. Pofsesslon given at any time from 1st of January to 1st of April. In the meantime we have to say to our friend* and the public geneml'y. that we shnll continue to keep a wqll selected Ktock, as heretofore. We have Just received a line lot of Ladles*, Misses', Men's and Children's wear, to which we in vile attention. R. PORTER Jfc SONS. decl-lmd&w Smith's Wheeling Brewery H. DARLINOTON&CO., iSucceswjors to Geo.W. Smith) Maltsters, Hop Dealers And manufacturers of X, XX, Bitter, Kennctt A Champagne Alow, Porter and Brown Ntont, WHEELING, W. VA. WE BEG TO ASSURE MR. SMITH'S OLD customers and the public generally, that we are now prepared to furnish all the different brands or the above celebrated Alt* in wood or bottles, and would r^spectfully call the attention of families to the brand of Kennett Ale which has been Justly recom mended bv physicians for family nv. Hav ing the old employes of the establishment with us, we feel satisfied we can keep up the j well deserved reputation Rained by our prede cessor. All we a-k is a. fair trial, and we guar antee satisfaction. We are also prepared to furnish Malt and Hops of prime quality. I dcc.V2wAwlm I ANCHOR ^BREWERY. EUSTON, McCANN & CO., MAjiUFACTURKRS ok m ALES, PORTER & BROWN STOUT, Malt and Hop Dealers, WHEELING. ?2"Bottled Ales and Porter always on hand. ded-tf Co-Partnership. I HAVE THIS DAY ASSOCIATED WITH me. Meters. T. K. McCann and J. K. Mc fann, and will continue the Brewing business nt the Anchor Brewery, under the firm name of Euston, McCann & Co. ALEX. EUSTON. Wheeling. Dec. 1,1885. d?l Sale of Household Property. THE UNDERSIGNED OFFER8 FOR ?ale, at her residence, corner or Quincy and Market streets part of lier household and kitchen furniture. The house, or such por tion of It as Joins the office or Dr. Hnlllhen is for rent: possession given 1st Januarv. decS-lw* Mlfe. 8. P. HULLIHEN. Proposals Wanted. the'Uniled Firs Company. Plans and ^pecl n cat ions can be seen by calling on the nnder Ri*n'X^ . , ^ JAtt. BOD LEY. nov-2>-tdec9 Ch*n Com. of Fire Dep'rt. ACON SHOULDERS JUST RECEIVED Uy PRYOR, HANDLAN * CO. B SViivfrtlSf aunts. 4 20 rr-^p. d?upu? iiiurih.-Prof. c. L lU? Loos, of Bethany College, wlU nreflch Inthe Disciples Meeting Houae, on Marine street, Centre Wheeling, till* forenoon at ltM o'clock, 'lite public ore reapectltally invltoa to attend. MC**" HAXKSGITIXG DAY."?In WV u-er wjdance with previous announcement. Service* will be held this day at 10W o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church (Rev. D. W. FLshers's). Sermon will be delivered by Rev. Mr. Hamilton. The public are cordlallv in vlted. dec7-lt Public Sale of Government Buildings. AssT Quarter*aster's Office, UJ8.A.,) Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 6,1865. / I WILL OFFER FOR SALE THE GOV ERNMENT Bu lldlngs known aa the "Com missary Warenouses," corner of Fouithand John streets, Wheeling, W. Va.: also one frame shed. situated In Benwood, W. Va-, 100 feet long, 12 feet high and 24 feet wide, on the 27th day of December, 18G5. It. 8. GARDNER. dec7-td Capt. and A.Q. M. BOTTLED ALE. Having commenced bottling ale and Porter at the Anchor Brewerjr, we solicit a trial of our superior Kennett Ale and Porter in ghue. which, for the conven ience of families and shippere, are put up in boxes containing two dozen quarts. Price, f7JS0 per box. S3 allowed for box and bottles when returned, _ _ dec7-lm EU8TON, McCANN A CO. IIOI*S! HOPS! HOPS! LOT OF ENGLISH AND EASTERN _ Hops received and for sale by ec7-lw HUSTON, McCANN A CO. CBANBERRIEN. BBLS. EASTERN CRANBERRIES, IN ,,. store and for sale by R. J. 8MYTH, dec7 Corner Market and Qulncy Sis. PICKLES. ?t rv BBLS. CUCUMBER PICKLES, READY 1U for the table, for sale by R. J. SMYTH, I dec7 Corner Market and Qulncy Sta. The West Virginia Mining and Manufacturing Company. CAPITAL, _ 8125,000 directors: HENRY CRANGLE, JACOB BERGER. President, Vice President, M. W. BURT, A. ALLEN HOWELL W. B. SIMPSON, T. M. DODSON. W. F. PETERSON, Secretary. rpiIIS COMPANY is now fully organized, X and will, in a short time, commence the manufacture of refined Carbon and Lubricat ing Oils, I^amp Wick and Chimneys. For Information In regard to the 8toekor Business of the Company, apply to either of the undersigned officers, or at the Company's office on Main street, next door to the M. AM, Bank S. P. HILDKETH. Treas'r, JOSEPH H. CONNELLY, Sup% i dec7 W. F. PETERSON, Bec'y. Board of Health. T> EPORT of the Board of Health of the City It of Wheeling, for the month of Novem t ber, 1865. Cause of death unknown 1 Cholera Iufantum .. .. 1 Consumption.. 4 Convulsions *.... 2 Cniup .. 1 Diarrhea. 1 Fever Scarlet .. .. 1 Fever Typhoid 1 Hemmorrhaxe of the Lungs 1 Inflammation of the Bowels 1 Inflammation of the lungs. I Killed by a fall I Killed In battle .. .. 1 Marasmus. 8 Premature births 3 hlIll-born 8 26 Of the above there were Under 1 year - .. ?..ll Between 1 and 5 years.. 4 5 and 10 " _ 1 " 10 and 20 M 2 ?? 20 and 30 44 4 " . SO and 40 " .. 0 44 40 and fiO " 2 44 50 and rtO 44 1 44 tW and 70 44 0 ?' 70 and HO 44 .. 0 80 and 00 44 0 25 Mak?~ 17 Females. ?8 25 dec7-3t G. BAIRD, Secretary. WANTED.?BOA IIDING FOR A BOY LK-y 10 years oC age. In a private family, where he will be treated as one of the family. Inquire at this office. dec5 TIIAXKNGITIXfl SERMON.? LS^ Rev. Charles Howard Malcolm will nreaeh to-inormw (Thanksgiving Day) in the Washington Hall, service commencing at 10>? o'clock a. m. Subject: Thankfulness and Courage the duty of our Nation. dec6-2t For Rent. The room now occupied by n. o. ARTHUR, In McLure House. Posses sion April 1st. Also the room occupied by Jacob ? Bro., and a small room in same build ing, on Monroe street. Possesion given at any time. Apply to JNO. M'LURE. JR, ilecOlw* or LH. WILLIAMS. Notice. Al.r. PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE Inte firm of Poole <fc Downs will make payment by the 20tli Inst, to A. N. Johnson, who Is authorized to nettle the name. After that date, on all accounts unsettled, suits will be Instituted without respect to persons. dectf-31? JASON POOLE. For Sale Cheap. > ART OP LOT NO. 9, SQUARE NO. 16, IN Graham's Addition to the City of Wheel ing, upon which Is erected a pood two-story brick house. This property adjoins the resi dence of Gov. Boreinan, on Centre street. For terms, Ao, see Til OS. O'BRIEN, Real Estato Agent. Register Building. dec6-lw 1865 Second Fall Stock. 1866 School Books, Stationery, Wall Paper and Window Shades, 1\ MISCELLANEOUS, JUVENILE AND 1V1 Toy Books. Diaries for 1866. Elegant Family Bibles, Hymn and Prayer Books. Portfolios, Bead Purees, batchells, Pocket Books of the Finest Quality. Letter, Cnp and Note Paper*. Envelopes, Memorandum and Pass Books. BLANK BOOKS, Photograph Albums, Cheap Publications and Pictures, ABC Blocks, Ac., Ac. For sale, wholesale and retail, by JOSEPH GRAVES, No. 30 Monroe street. Dr. E. A. Russell. Quincy St., Opposite the Convent. dec6-6m Lost, or Mislaid. /CERTIFICATE OF LOAN, NO. 1346, FOR \J 91200, issued to me by the Savings Bank of Wheeling, dated June 2, 1865. The public are cautioned against receiving or trading for the same, as payment thereof has been stopped. dec5-3f ELIZABETH DILLOnT Tableaux. mHE LADIES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN 1 Church or Bellair, will give a series of 1 abloaus on Thursday evening, Dec. 7, at the Central Hall, beginning at 7 o'clock. Ar rangements hi?vebeen made with the steam er Zanesville, which will leave Wheeling at 6 o'clock, for persons wishing to witness these I tableaux, from that city. Admittance 35 cents. dec5-3t* West Va. Union Commission * A T A MEETING HELD AT THE FOURTH A. street M. E. Church on Friday evening, 1st inst., the following named gentlemen were elected officer* or the Wat Virginia Branch of the American Union Commission President?Henry K. List. secretary?S. G. Stbvkns. Treasurer?John Bishop. Vice Pre>idents?Judge Wm. A. Harrison, Jacob Horn brook, K*?v. Alexander Martin, Rev. John Moffat, John I- Hoblw, Rev. J. T. McLure, Itev. S. B. Barnitx. Directors?Governor A. I. Bore man, Geo. K. Wheat, Thos. Hornbrook .Tbos. H. Logan. Jno Don Ion, Henry Cranale, James Wilson, E. J. I stone. Col. W. Curtis, David Armstrong, I Robert Morrison, Jas.C. Orr, Dr. A. 8. Todd, > Hiram Armstroog, Jos. Ball, Wm. Hastings Wm. W. Holliday, Augustus Handlan. Jacob Burkle. Samuel Laughlln, Robert Crangle,1 Samuel McClellan, Jacob M. Blckle, Joseph Sevbold, James Panll. In obedience to a resolution adopted at that1 meeting, 1 hereby request the officers elect to meet for organization, etc., at the < ouncll | Room in the City Building, on Thursday eve uing, 7th Inst., at 7 o'clock, p. m. wmTh. oxtoby, dec5-3t Secretary. National Savings Bank. 4N INSTALLMENT OF TEN PER centum on the capital stock or the above tk Is due, and payment should be made by the stockholders Immediately. rT r>^Kl tA deo5-lw Cashier. Notice to Stockholders. By an order of the board of Directors of the West Virginia Mining and Manufacturing Company, the stockhol ders are hereby notified to pay fifty per oent um additional of their stock, on or before the 9th Inst., at the office or w. F. Peterson, on Main street, next door toU.AM. Bank. W. F. PETERSON, JR^ decS-td Secretary. Direct Importation. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED, AND will be constantly receiving, a large supply of French and German Calf shin*, also, a large stock of Hemlock Sole Leather, which we offer at reasonable prices. dee4-3t? BERGER A HOFFMAN. gry (Bopdis. FURS, FURS, FURS. CLOAKS, CLOAKS, CLOAKS. THIRD STOCK JUST OPENED BY GEO. R. TAYLOR, Nov. 20th, 1865. FURS From 820 00 to 9260 00 a Set, CLOAKS In newest and most fashionable styles at all prices. FINE LACE COLLARS. POINT <JAZE SETS. POINT GAZE COLLARS. INSIGNIA RIBBONS. JUST OPENED BY GEO. R. TAYLOR. CLOAKING CLOTHS. FDR TRIMMED HOODS. SPOTTED ERMINE. Black & White Plaid Long Shawls. DRESS GOODS. SHEPHERD'S PLAIDS. MERINOS. RICH BLACK SILKS. FANCY SILKS. PRINTS, MUSLINS. BLANKETS. TOWELS. NAPKINS. RUSSIA CRASH. TbomiMOD'i Celebrated BOULEVARD HOOP SKIRTS, JUST OPENED BY GEO. R. TAYLOR. THOS. G. CULBEETSON, STAR FOUNDRY, Wo. 6a Market Street, WHEELING, W. VA. MA?C?JS8' ^ ^ TON Coal and Wood Cooking Stoves, Parlor Stoves, ITeatlnr Stoves, Common Hollow-ware, Stove Hollow-ware, All of the best Patterns. ARCHES A GRATES, COMMON GRATES, PLOUGH POINTS, Ac, Ac, Threshing Machine Castings, and saw Mill Castings, Made to order, of the best material and at lowest rates. SORGHUM CAKE SUGAR HILLN, MarttrtaFenry pattern* at Martin''s Ferry price* No. 1 (VERY SOFT) FOUNDRY PIG IRON* constantly on sale at lowest rates. Wheeling, April 18.1885. New Books. JUST RECEIVED, "OUR MUTUAL Friend," by Dickens, and all other new novels. Magazines.?Harper's, Eclectic. Peterson. Godey, Frank Leslies. Demorest. Ac., and for rale by JOSEPH GRAVES, No. 30 Monroe street. PARTRIDGE'S GALLERY AND DEPOT FOR Photographic Materials. LIKENES8E8 OP ALL KINDS AND sizett, finished in the best manner, always as cheap as elsewhere. Gem Pictures for Albums, finished in a few moments, at tl 00 per dozen. GREAT BARGAINS IN ALBUMS. Just received the finest assortment ever In Wheeling. PICTURE FRAMES of all sizes at lowest prices. LOOKING GLA8SES, FANCY PICTURES, PORCELAIN PICTURES. All Goods at Wholesale and Retail. nov29 No. 32 Monroe (drtcet. J. HUTCHINGS, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL FAINTER. (Late of the firm of Hamilton &. Hutching?.) Has taken a room over jos. Bell's Foundry Warehouse, where he Is prepared to execute In the very best style, Signs of every description. Flags and Banners, Window Blinds for stores, Transparencies, Ornamental Steamboat work. Landscapes, and Card Writing, in the newest styles. nov28-lm* Centre Wheeling Market. S\S AND AFTER MONDAY, DEC EM \J bet U, 1865, and until Tuesday, May 1st, 1806, there will be held a! the Centre wheel ing Market House, on eveiy Monday- and Thursday, In each week, an AFTERNOON MARKET, commencing at 2 o'clock p. m., and dosing at 5 o'clock p. m. The markets now held on Tuesday and Fri day mornings, will be discontinued during the period above named. ANDREW WILSON, Prest. A. Q. EQFF. 8ec*y. deca-dtlillAltw Home Insurance Company, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. Capital .... *300,000. E. P. HUBBARD, Agent, i Wheeling, W. Va. Office, Main street, Hornbrook's Block, sec-1 ond floor. novSOltf IL LEASES FOR SALE?NOW IS THE time to negotiate for well selected tracts, from 2 to ti) acred, extending 20 years, with one-eighth royally to land owner, with first class derricks erected thereon, some of which are within a short distance of good paying wells. Said tracts are located on all the most prominent runs.tributaries of Dunkard Creek. Also, several valuable leases on "Robinson's Run," Monongalia county, only 15? miles from the river, wlth.five beds or ooal already open ed. Good titles given. These leases will be sold for Cash, or thrown into companies on favorable terms. Address JOHN S. MALLARY. dect-lm Morgan town. W, Va. 0 Q DOZEN LADIES'HAND MADE BREAK Q last 4haw)s; 4 dozen Philadelphia made BreaJr-<Ust Shawls; 4 dozen Ladles' French Concert Hoods. Also, common Hoods, fine Nubia ScarfS, Ac J. 8. RHODE" pusirat Instrument?. Bradbury PIANOS. TWO VERY FINE TONED And elegantly finished 7 Octave Brad* bnry Pianos, with all modern improvements, will be.sold .A.T COST, To make room for new stock. TO PURCHASERS OP KNABE PIANOS; I will commence receiving to-day a stock of the above-named celebrated PIANOS, Which will be sold lower than any really first cIosb Instrument can be had elsewhere. The well-known reputation of the firm of Knabe & Co. fe a sure guaranty that purchasers will be fairly dealt with. The subscriber being sole agent for West Vlreinla,and always having a full stock to select from, can offer superior induce ments to buyers, and fill orders at all times. Terms Invariably Cash on Delivery. JESSE B. MELLOR, ISO Main Street. Almanacs. 1866. Diaries. Almanacs. 1866. Diaries. Almanacs. 1866. Diaries. J am receiving a second stock op Woolen Goods & Holiday Presents, at greatly reduced prices. it reduc goods; The trade will find great reduction in the fol lowing | HOSIERY, GLOVES, NUBIAS, HOODS, SCARFS, COMFORTS, SONTAGS, BREAKFAST SHAWLS ARMY SOCKS, OVER SHIRTS, JACKETS, UNDER SHIRTS, DRAWERS, <fcc. Having bought my first stock before the great advance in goods, and now hav ing just returned with a second stock at the decline, lean satisfy the trade to their interest. GEOBGE K. WHEAT, NOTION JOBBER, 26 MONROE STREET. Almanacs. 1866. Diaries. Almanacs. 1866. Diaries. Almanacs. 1866. Diaries. Oc7-3m-oc34-dec9 CHILDREN'S FurCollars&Miiffs. LADIES' FUR-TRIMMED HOODS & SKATING CAPS GENTS' Fur Collars. SWAN TRIMMING, &C.t <fcc., Ac., D. NICOLL * BBO*S., ocL24 100 Main Street. a. W. JOHNSON A. SON, Manufacturers of Copper, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, f A VINO AVAILED OURSELVES OF all tHe improved facilities, we are better prepared now than ever to fill all orders for any article or work In the above line of bual nen. Vallies and Conductor** made to order. Steamboat work done In a substantial and workmanlike manner. We are now paying particular attention to this branch of the trade, and can guarantee satisfaction in every particular. To Wholesale Dealers we can offer inducements that cannot be found else where. Our stock of Ware Is complete^and HJ the assortment Is full at all times. We keep a stock of the latest and most approved pat terns of Coal and Wood Stoves on band at all times. G. W. JOHNSON A SON, No. 179 Market Square, Jy28 whxeukq . wTVa. Are You Grey? IF SO, DON'T PAY fl 00 PER BOTTLE for "Hair Regenerator*" when yon can ob tain the "Recipe" for making the same, at a cost of only a few cents a bottle. 1 will warrant the Recipe to restore Grey Hair to a beautiful Black, Brown, or Auburn, or what ever may have been Its original color. It Is not a humbug, nor a dye bnta Restorer. R will not stain a particle. It will prevent the hair from falling off, promote the growth, re move all heat, humors and dandruff from the scalp, rendering the hair soft, glossy and of a silken appearance. This Recipe has never been published. I will send it by return mall, post paid, on receipt of one dollar U. 8. cur rency. Address 8. A. EATON. nov2ff-2w? Wheeling, W. Va. Choice Apples. 1/X/V BARRELS EASTERN APPLES. 1UU choice varieties, sound and in good condition. For sale by GORRELL <k OOn nova Corner Market & Qulncy fits. t-A KITS, NEW NO. 1 MACKEREL. In 01/ store and for sale by R. J. SMYTH, nov21 Corner Market & Qulncy Sts. RU8BEL3 AND VELVET HA88ACKS Just received. H. ?. HARBOUR. B1 Prrrbaut tailoring. A. J. APAMH. W1C. K. DITTMAB A. M. ADAMS & CO. FAfHIOXABLB Merchant Tailors, AWD DKA T.KIM IW GENTLEMEN'S FDBNMN& GOODS, No. M Water Street, WHEELING, W.VA. TTTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED AND AM VV reoelvlnji one of the finest, cheapest anil best selected stocks of Fall & Winter Goods ever brought to this market, at Gold Prices selected expressly for CUSTOM WORK, consisting of French, German and Domestic Cloths, of all grades and colors, French, Eng. llsh and American Cassimeres, 811k, Cashmere and Marseilles Vesting*. White, Fancy, Linen, Traveling and Flannel Shirts, Under-Shlrts 1 and Drawer*, Scarffc, Ties, Suspend era. Hand kerchlelk. Pock*. Gloves, Gauntlets and Col lars, Traveling Bags and Valises, dc Our I department of FURNISHING GOODS lsrlcnly assorted. Being exclusively in the Clothing business we can tarnish the above to better advantage to dealers and on better terms than can be had elsewhere We have the most complete stock and larg I est assortment of goods of any house in our J line in the city. We are selling goods lower than any othe house In the city, as we bought our good | when gold was at the lowest. We have a large stock of Ready Made Clothing and we are selling these goods as low as any other house in the trade, without any excep tion. Our connections with the Fast are such that we are able to offer SUPERIOR INDUCE MENTS to parties in need of goods in our line We shall spare no pains to maintain oui reputation for keeping the largest, finest and cheapest stock of goods in our line In the city to which we Invite the attention of CLOB* BUYERS. We buy exclusively for Cash. ??"Special attention given to the filling ot J orders. UNIFORM SUITS | Made to order on short notice. ap8-gm A. M. ADAMS * CO. | New Goods! New Goods AT WHOLESALE & RETAIL. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED ONE OF THE largest Stocks of FALL & WHITER BRY GOOD Ever brought to this city, which I am selling 25 per cent, cheaper than any other hou In the city, and the only way to con vince yon of this fact, is to call and see for yourselves. MY STOCK CONSISTS OP FRENCH MERINOS the best quality fl 60 per yard. COBURG8, a splendid quality, CO cts per yard. SHEPHERD PLAID All Wool, II 00 peryoid. POPLINS, FRENCH PLAIDS, ALPACAS, FRENCH GINGHAM CLOAKING CLOTHS, All Colors. SHAKER FLANNEL, All Wool, only ?1 00 per yard. ALEXANDRE'S KID GLOVES, Only 12 00. Black and Fancy Silks. BLANKETS AMD C0VERLE TABLE LINEN, FLANNELS OP ALL KINDS towels, We are selling at half their value. Shawls, Shawls, Shawls. Cloaks, Cloaks, Cloaks. PUBS, FUBS, FUBS. The largest Block of Shawls, Cloaks and Furs, Ever brought to this city, and which I am determined to sell at prioea to suit the buyer. Call early at M. HFTMAH N. 1*7 Main street. Wheeling. W. Va ratten U gjjc^wch I id octfHkn hats&caps Wholesale and Retail. HARPER & BRO., 1M and 77 UDI ??., WbMllBC We have Just received our Fall and Winter stock of Hats and. Caps, Which we will sell at the lowest New York prices. novlO HARPER A BRO. Wanted. ing Female College. nov34-tf.