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VOL. XII. WHEELING. W. VA. MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 12. 1864. NO- 203. mnD AND PUEUBUD SY EOT, | ILDIMOli iV. X. corner of Onincy and Main-Sit. TERMS: Billy, (by mill, payable in adrano?,)' $3,00 By the Week ... 18 Iri Weekly,(peryear,payable In adTanoeO? 6,00. fTA. Jrertlefam dope on rtaaonalbc term*. 1.U adTertliementa froma diitance, or from Iran dent ooitoman, mbjjt be paid In adrance. KITIKKLY VtUETABLU I ?o AI.C0H01.iq PEBPAHATIONS A FDRB TONIC MKDlClSK ! ! DR. HOOFLAlQj'S (?email Sitters PREPARED BY ! DR. O- IMI- JACKSON, PRILADELPHIAt PA. WILL effectually cure Liver Complaint, Dys pepsia, Jaundice, Ohronic or Nervooa Debility, Diseases of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from s disordered Liver or. Stomach, such as Con stipation, Inward Piles, Fullnoss 01 Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn Disgust for Food, Fnllnsssor Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or. Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, 8wimming of the Bead, Hurried and Difficult Breathing. ^Fluttering at the. lieart. Choking or suffocating Sensations when in a lying posture, Dimness of .Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Qkit, and Eyes, Psiu in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, Ac., Sudden Flushes ol lieat, Burning in the Flesh, Qonatant Imaginings of Evil, and great Depression of spirit. And will positively prevent Yellow Fevor, Billions fever, Ac., Ac. They contain NQ AL00H0L OR BAD WHISKY. They will Cure the above Diseases in Ninety- | nine cases out of a Hundred I Induced by the extensive sale and universal popularity of Hoofland's German Bitters! I (PURELY VEGETABLE,) Hosts of Ignorant Quacks and unscrupulous adven turers, have opened upon suflering humanity the flood-gates of Nostrums in the shape of poor whisky, vilei; compounded with fi^Jurloub drugs and chris tensd Tonics. Stomachics and Bitters. Beware or the innumerable array of Alcoholic preparations in plethoric bottles, and high-bellied kegs, under the modest appellation of bitters, which iuatuad of curing, only aggravate disease, and leave the disappointed sufferer iu despair. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS Are not a new and uutried articlo, but have stood the test of fifteen > oura trial by the American pub lic, and their reputation and sale are not rivalled by any tdmilar preparation. The proprietors nave thousands of Letters from the most eminent Clergymen, Lawyers, Physicians, and Citizens, testifying, ol their own personal Knowl edge, to the beneficial effects and medical virtuesof these Bitters. DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO STRENGTHEN YOU! DO YOU WANT A GOOD APPETITE T > DO YOU WANT TO BUILD UP YOUR OONBTITU TION ? DO YOU WANT TO FEEL WELL I DO YOU WANT TO GET RID OF NERVOUSNESS t DO YOU WANT ENERGY t DO YOU WANT TO SLEEP WELL? DO YOU WANT A BRISK AND VIGOROUS FEEL ING ? If you do, use Hoofland'B German Bitters] From J. Newton Br own, D. D., Editor ofth$ Ency clopedia of Religioxu Knowledge. Although not disposed to favor or recommsnd Patent Medicines in general, through distrust Ol their ingredieuts and effects, I yet know of no suffi cient reason, why a man may not testify to the benfit he believes himself to have roceived from any simple preparations, in the hope that he may thus contrib ute to the benefit of others. I do this the more readily in regard to Hoofland's German Bitters, prepared by Dr. 0. M. Jackson, of this city, because I was prejudiced against them for many years, under the impression that they were chiefly an alcoholic mixture. I am indebted to my friend Robert Shoemaker, Esq., for the removal of this prejudice by proper tests and for encourage ment to try them, when suffering from great and long continued debility. The use of three bottles of these Bitters, at the beginning of the present year, was followed by evident relief, and lestoration to a degree of bodily and mental vigor which I had not felt for six months before and; had almost de spaired of regulating. I ther t*'* 'ml God and my friend fo*directing me to th nseoftnem. J.Nk ^N BROWN, philadelph. VjJune 28,1861, IMPORTANT TO SOLDIERS! Those havintr Friends in the Army We call the attention of all having relations or friends in the army to thoyaathat "Hoofland'sGer man Bitters" will cure nine-teuths of the diseases induced by exposure and privations incident to camp life. In the lists, published almost daily in the newspapers, on the arrival of the sick, it will be noticed that a very large proportion are suffering from debility. Every case of that kind can be readily cured by Hoofland's German Bitters. Dis eases resulting from disorders of the digestive organs are speedily removed. Wo have no hesitation in stating that if these Bitters were freely used among our soldiers, hundreds of lives might be saved that otherwise'would be lost We call particular attention to the following re markable and well authenticated cure of one of the nation's heroes, wboee life, to use his own language, "has boon saved by the Bitters." Philadelphia, Aug. 23d, 1862. Msssas. Joints k Evaxs:?Well, gentlemen, your Hoofland's German Bitters has saved my life. There is no mistake in this. It is vouched for by uumbers of my comrades, seme of whose names are appended, and who were cognisant of all the circumstances of my case. I am, and have been for the last foui years, a member of Sherman's celebrated battery and under the immediate command of Captain R. B Ayers. Through the exposure attendant upon my arduous duties, I was attacked in November last with inflammation of the lungs, and was for seventy two days in the hospital. This was followed by great debility, heightened by an attack of dysentery. 1 was then removed from the White House, and sent to this city on board the "State of Maine," from which 1 landed on the 28th of Junu. Since that time I have been about as low as any one oonld be and still retain a spark ol vitality. For a week or more I was scarcely able to swallow anything, and if I did force a morsel down, it was immeniately thrown up again. I could not even keep a glass of water on my ?tomach. Life could not last under such circum stances; and, accordingly, the physicians, who have been working faithfully, tuough unsuccessfully, to rescue me from the grasp of the dread Archer, frank ly told me they could do no more for me, and.advi .od me to see a clergyman, and to make such disposition of my limited funds as best suited me. An acqaint ance who visited me at the hospital, Mr. Frederick Steinbrown, of Sixth street, below Arch, advised me, as a forlorn hope, to try your Bitters, and kindly procured mo a bottle. From the time I commenced taking them the gloomy shadow of death receded, and I am now, thank God for it, getting better. Though 1 have taken but two bottles, I have already gained ten pounds, and I feel sanguine of being per nutted to rejoin my wife and daughters, from whom I hare hecird nothing lor eighteen monthtf; for, gen tlemen, I am a loyal Virginian, from the vicinity of Front Royal. To your invaluable Bitters I owe the certainty of life which has taken the place of vague fears?to > our Bitters will I owe the glorious privi lege of again clasping to my bosom those who.are the dearest to me in life. very truly yonrs, ISAAC M ALONE. We folly concur in the truth of the above state ment, as we had despaired of seeing our comrade Mr. Malone, restored to health. JOHN CUDDLEB ACK, 1st New York. GEORGE A. ACKLEY, Co. C, 11th Mahie. LEWIS CHEVADIER, Wd New York. I. E. SPAN OIL 1st Artillery, Battery *. J. B. FaSEWBLL, Co. B. 8d Vermont. HENRY B.JEROME, do do HENRY T. MACDONALD. Co. C, 6th Maine. JOHN F. WARD, Co. E. 6th Maine. HERMAN KOCH, Co. 11, 72d New York. NATHANIEL B. THOMAS, Co. F, 06th Penn. ANDREW J. KIMBALL, Co. A, 3d Vermont. ? I0HN JENKINS, Co. B, 106th Penn. Bee that the signature cf "0. M. JACKSON" is the wbappib of each bottle. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. NO. 031 ARCH STRKKT PritMp<a Office and Manufactory, J0NJS8 A EVANS, tg'c.M.M, *0. U. Jackaon * Co.,] Pmoruroaa. ***!" ,*lM? holding nearly double SP*004*.*! par bottle; half doten,S6. Small Hie, 1U per bottle; half dozen,**. ' . FOR. PttKSIDKST, iBKAHAM LINCOLN, "U OF ILLINOIS. . FOR. VICE-PRESIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON, llr ' OF TENNESSEE. PRESIDENTIAL electors. FIR8T DISTRICT. JOHN H. ATKINSON, of Hancock County, 8ICOHD DISTRICT, EDWARD 0 BUNKER, of Monongalia. THIRD DISTRICT, B. 8. BROWN, of Jackson. XLKCTORS AT LAROK, ELLERY B. HALL, or Marlon. W.E. STEVENSON, of Wood. Union State Ticket. rot GOVERNOR, ARTHUR I. BORKMAN, of Wood County. 8ICRETABT OF STATE, GRANVILLE D. HALL, of Harrison. . AUDITOR or BTATS, J. M. McWHORTER, of Roano. TREASURER OF STATR, CAMPBELL TARR, ot Brooke. ATTORHir OHIlAl, BPHBAIM B. HALL, of Marlon. CONGRESS, C. D. HUBBARD, of Ohio County. Great Dillon Meeting In St. Loula ?K+Jolclng ovar the Recant Vic tories. An immeose Union meeting was held in St. Louis a few evenings ago to celebrate and rejoice over the recent Union victories of Admiral Farragnt and Major General Sherman. Several stirring speeches were made; among them one by G. D. Drake, the principal portion of which we oopy :? Mr Fbiends: Having only five days ago, in the city of Chicago, delivered a speech in relation to the just-opened Presiden tial canvass, which was published in this city this morning, I would have been glad to be excused from so soon appearing in public again. But it seems to have been laid upon me as a duty to say something here to-night; and as, from the outbreak of the rebellion, I have acted upon the principle of avoiding no duty to the cause of truth, of Liberty, and of my country, and as my purpose is to adhere to that principle till the rebellion dies, if my life should so long be spared, I come before you to-nigbt to say only a few words; which, however, I intend shall bo to the point. At first, let me mingle my rejoicings with youra over the glories of Mobile Bay and Atlanta, and unite with you in sending words of honor and of cheer to noble Far ragut on the sea, and glorions Sherman on the land. [Great cheering.] They have written their names at once on the page of American history, and in the hearls of America's loyal people; and of them it may be trnly said? "Thou art both Freedom's now, and Famo's; Two of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die." [Tremendous applause ] But while we remember those great chiefs, let us never forget the noble officers and men under their command. Such heroism, such enduance, such fortitude, such pluck?to uBe a plain buf comprehen sive Aoglo Saxon word?as the army under Sherman have exhibited in an almost con. tinnous battle 5f four months, history, an cient or modern, makes no mention of.? [Cheers.] Every man who has fallen in tbat nosurpassed campaign has died a hero; every man who has lived through it lives a horo ; and, living or dead, the loyal men and women of this nation honor them, aad will honor them for all time to come. [En thusiastic applause.] 1 say the loyal men and women of the nation, purposely to indicate whence pro ceeds the rejoicing rfVer the splendid achievements of our Amy and Navy. For you know, and every man in the Northern States knows,?knows since the Democratic Convention was held in Chicago, if never before,?that there are multitudes in those States, who, instead of rejoicing over Union victories, gnash their teeth over them, [cries of "that's so," "true," &c.] would rather to-day see the Union flag trailing in the dust after our defeated armies, than to see it waving in trinmpb over Atlanta; nay, would rather see the rebel flag flyiDg over the Capitol in Washington, tbau the Stars and Stripes over Richmond.. [Cheers.] Need I say to you, or to any man who knows anything of the-present state of our country, tbat they whose sympathy with and encouragement of treason have put tbis foul stain upon the American character?the first that has ever de faced it, except the rebellion wbicb they are cheering on make np tbe Demo cratic party? Need I say that, last week, tbat party,; by its representative men, in and out of Convention, assembled in our neighbor city, Chicago, and in every form of disloyal and seditious speech pro claimed hostility to tbe Government of their coutttry, in the war it is waging for tbeir country's life? Need I remind you that that party demands a cessation of that war, when tor tbo nation to (ake a single backward step, or to pause for a day in prosecuting tbo war, is to acknowledge lis defeat by a fifth part of its numbers, and to consign itself to eternal disgrace before the civilized world? Need 1 point you to tbe certainty that any exhibition of vaoillation or weakness on our part, now or hereafter, would lead to tbe recognition of the rebel confederacy by France, and perhaps by England, and our consequent involvement iu war with one or both of those countries? Need I direct your minds to the infinite outrage upon our war worn and heroic soldiery, of dragging them back from the 'theatre of tbeir resplendeot and unequalled triumphs, to await tbe issue of negotiations with rebels, when the rebel chief has impudently anounc ed tbat it is useless to' approach bim with any propositions for peace, except on the basis of the Independence of the South? Need I remind you again, as I have many times before, tbat tbe whole end and aim of tbe rebellion is to erect an Empibb or Slavbby in the South, with tbe purpose of its ultimate extension over this whole continent; and that nothing can avert that dire result but the complete and perma nent subjugation of tbe f&belB, and the to tal and final destruction of the institution ofSlavery? [Tremendou^ and long-con tinuad applause.] All these things lie be fore as, as plain as ths noonday sun in a cloudless sky to every, man who has eyes to gee. And it is equally plain tbat oot sMe of tb? Democratic party there. i?. not a man or -Woman) io the United States, who dejjfcel or would coosent fo any act on thri1 part of our Government, whioh would give up a single inch of the country to slavery, or falter for a single instant in urging the war to a successful issue. [Great ap plause.] The great truth stands inefface ably written oq the page of oar country's history, that the Democratic party is the party of rebellion, treason and slavery, and no human effort can erase that record. [Applause.] He who does not see it is wilfully blind?he who will not see it is a traitor to his country and to liberty, [cheers,] and is so for the sake of slavery. Renewed cheers.] Between that party and the loyal men of the nation a trial of strength is now to be made, which I believe, before God, is to decide the fate of this country for all future time. I can see no ray of light penetrating the thick darkness which is to settle down upon our land, if treason is to 8ecure_ ascendency through the Democratic party in the oomlng election. It matters aoj, that General McClellan, their candi date, has led the armies of the Rpubltc against the rebellion ; it matters not that he has declared that] "our cause must never be abandoned," and that "the Con stitution and the Union must be preserved, whatever may be the cost in time, treas ure, or blood." Give bim full credit for | sincerity in those declarations, made in 1862, and yet what do they amount to in 18G4, if he suffers himself to become the candidate of a party which avows its af filiation with treason? [Cries of "noth. ing," "don't trust bim," 4c.] And If elected by suoh a party, what would those declarations bind him to in I860, when be should assume the reigns of government? Would not his party, fluBbed with triumph, and confident of the permanence of its rule, if once the South coald be brought back with slavery, laugb to scorn his for mer patriotic words? Would not the ready answer be?We did not eleot you on your platform of 1862, but upon our platform of 1864, and you must Btaud upon that?? And does any sane man believe be wonld not stand upon it? ["No. No."] And standing upon that cowatdly and treason able platform, can any patriot doubt that bis administration would pnll down ruin upon our country, and blast every hope of the votaries of Freedom in the whole earth? And now, my friends, I can see but one choice left us in this great emergency, and that is, whatever may have been our past preferences for men, to Bupport that can didate for the Presidency who has been nominated by the great Union party of the nation. [Great cheers.] I make no con cealment of tbe fact that I could have named some other person, whom I would have preferred before Mr. Lincoln, as the bearer of the Union standard in this elec tion; but tbe patriots of the country, through their delegates in convention, placed it in his hands, and, like a true sol dier, wherever I tee the standard, I follow. [Rapturous applause.] I am tbe devotee of no man. All that I have, all that lam, is for my country. [Cheers.] Had the loyal men of the nation, in their collective capacity, entrusted the leadership of our cause to Fremont, I would have marched under his banner without an instant's hes itation; for in bis hands it would have been the nation's ensign, committed to bim by tbe nation, and he should hvae bad my prompt and cheerful support. Uut as a Missouriau, represented, in common with all the Radicals of Missouri, in tbe Nation al Union Convention, by duly appointed delegates, I feel bound iu honor to lay aside all personal objections and prefer ences, and give the whole strength of my support to tbe candidates presented by that body. [Renewed applause and cheers. ] I denounce no Union man tor differing from me on this point. He is not accountable to me for bis action; nor am I to bim for mine. I suppose him to be aotuated by patriotic motives, and 1 know myself to be. Let others do as their sense of duly demands; I will obey my sense of duty; and under that lead, as tbo contest is now shaped, I am for Lincoln, Johnson and the Union, against McClellan, Pendleton, Peaoe and Disunion; and may God defend tbe right I [Tremendous, enthusiastic and long-continued cheers.] So much, my friend*, in brief, for tbe national aspects of tbe pending contest.? But I beseech you not to forget that here, in Missouri, we have another battle to fight at the polls, which is even more important to us, in reference to our Slate interests, than the tbe issue of tbe Presidential elec tion. The whole future of Missouri is bound up in tbe State election, which is to be held on tbe same day as that for Presi dent. 1 look forward to that day as the most momentous which has occurred in Missouri's history, except tbe 18th day of February, 1861, when her people decided at tbe ballot box tbe vital iESue of ber adher ence to, or secession from, tbe Union. We have before us, in the election of tbe mem bers of a Convention to revise our Consti tution, two tremendous issues?first wheth er the curse of slavery shall be immediately removed from our soil; and second, and bardly less important, whether hereafter rebels, traitors, bushwhackers, and bandits shall, in the enjoyment of tbe elective fran chise and the offices of tbe Slate, stand on an equality with-her leyal citizens. [Cries of '.'Never," &c.] On the first of these great issues, I need bardly say to a St. Louis audience, that my voice is Down with Slavery in Missouri, instantly and forever I [Enthusiastic cheers.] Oa the seoond, I say, disfranchise rebels, traitors, bushwhack ers and bandits I and proclaim your unal terable purpose that iu all coming time loyalty shall govern Missouri! (Tremend ous and prolonged cheering.) IIow Horn Shoe* are Made toy Ma chinery. Tbe Providence (R. I.) Press has an in teresting account of the manufacture of horseBhoes by machinery in that city. This is a comparatively new branch of industry, involving some curious processes, and it will be remembered that tbe introduction of the machine made shoos recently crea ted an excitement among tbe journeymen horseshoers. The Press Bays: "Perhaps tbe manufacture of most inter est, from its novelty and completeness, is that of horaesboes. In almost no branch of business has machinery made a greater change in tbe cost of production and in tbe perfection of workmanship than in tbia manufacture of horseshoes. The sboes tnrned onr in tbia factory are as much superior to the old hand made shoes as modern cotton fabric ia to ihe product of tbe hand loom. And ao muoh has tbe in troduction of machinery cheapened the process that machine made ahoea can be told by tbe too at about the same price as the raw material, "Ihe- process of macofaoture is not long, and notwithstanding the employment of ?ome most iogenious machines, ii not at all complicated. The iron, brought to the yards in pigs, is first paddled to ertraot all the impurities left by the melting process. This consists in placing the iron in ? fur nace where it is brought to a liquid Mate, and there repeatedly stirred and worked with a long iron ladle till the most af the impurities have found their way to ths top, and have been removed. The mass is then allowed to cool, and during tha?ool ing is worked by the ladle or p?ker into lumps, which are taken while yet red'hot to the machines in which the puddling is completed. These can be best understood by supposing an immense pair of shears, with one side stationary and the other working upon it?the blades of the, shears being not of sharp steel, but of heavy, broad, flat masses of iron, so arranged that the lump or half molten iron, when brought from the puddling furnace and placed npon the platform formed by the lower half of these great shears, will be oom pressed repeatedly and with the greatest force by the upper half. The mass of iron is turned in every direction under the enor mous pressure of the upper arm of the machine, till all the remaining dag and other impurities are forced out and the mass formed into suitable shape to be rolled out into bars. The preswre to whioh it is subjected is so great that, as the outer layer of the iron is gradually cooled and forms a hard crust, the crust is broken, and streams of the molten metal pour through the cracks and down the sides of the cooling maBS. "These puddling and rolling processes are, to one unaccustomed to seeing the working of iron, the most interesting parts of the manufacture. The works are run throngh the entire night, and this is the best time to see these processes to advan tage. The huge buildings, with roof and rafters half lighted by the lurid glare ot huge masses ot molten iron, the workmen with faces now in darkness and now flush ed by the sudden and ghastly light of the opened furnaces, and the weird and vary ing light npon the neighboring trees and houses, presents n scene of strange inter est whiohluightly attracts groups of gaaers. "The iron, after puddling, is again heat ed In a furnace and taken to the rolling machines, where, by being passed through a succession of rollers each smaller than the preceding, it is reduced to bars of the size suitable.to be at once made into shoes. "Besides the iron which is thus pre pared for use in the establishment, great quantities, designed for the market, are puddled and rolled into bars of about the thickness of a man's arm. '?The iron prepared for the manufacture of horseshoes is next cut into lengths, and the making the grooves and punching the nail holes is done npon the straight bars before they are made into horseshoe shape. The punching machines, of which seven or eight are used, punch the holes in a shoe at two blows, and one machine, tended by a boy, is able to trim off by a single stroke of a knife, the rough edges lett by the punches. . "The bars thus prepared are taken to tne horseshoe machines, of which there are six now in operation. In these they are placcd upon an iron table, upon which is fixed a core or dil projecting above the?ur lace of the table, and having its edge so made as exaotly to fit the inner edge of a horseshoe. An arm in the shape of aU is then driven forward and forces the bar to bend around the core into the exact shape of a shoe. A steam trip hammer then gives the shoe a number of heavy blows,between which a jet of water is driven by the ma chinerr upon the shoe, and the forging is complete and the shoes ready to be packed and sent to market. These machineB re quire the attention of only two or three men each, and the shoes are turned out at the rate of eight a minute. It is intended to erect, as soon as possible six additional horseshoe machines, and when that addi tion is completed the works will be capa ble of turning out ahout twenty tons of shoes in a day. About half that amount is now made. "This manufacture of horse-shoes by ma chinery has grown up within a very few years. Seven or eight years ago, when the manufacture was first oosnmenced, it was considered a doubtful experiment. It was hardly thought that shoes could be made by machinery capable of enduring as hard service as those made by hand. But the experiment has succeeded beyond the ex pectations of the original movers, and the establishment has grown in that time to its present enormous proportions, with a can gtant demand for its manufactures beyond its ability to fill." Grant's Earthworks around Peters burg. A correspondent of the Springfield ^ (Mass.) Republican, writing August 30, gives the following description of tho works constructed by Grant's army around Petersburg: "After all the descriptions given of this battle-centre, there are probably few at the North who have a correct idea of the position as it is. Even old soldiers familiar with siege operations, coming here from other points, have been surpri sed at what they saw aud what they did not see. The extent of ground occupied is enormous. On this the excavations and embankments (allsystematic and cor rect to tho eye of the experienced engi neer) have the appearance to a causual observer of incompleteness and confused irregularity. There is no well-dehned chain of works with finished front, as at Bermuda Hundreds, to be seen from any ooint along the parapet stretching away in either direction as far as the oye can reach There iB no succession of para lels and saps clearly tending to a promi nent objeot of attack, as on Morris Island sand waste. Tho whole country for miles about seems dug up and shoveled over, with no other purpose than to make as many heaps and as many holes as are possible in a given space. There is a long line of low rifle pits for our advanced vldettes. Baok of these thereis a strong er line of embankments before a wide trench for the picket reserve. There are bomb-proofs, huge hemispherica heaps of earth and logs like a New England po tato cellar, in the outer line for the vl dettes to crawl into when shelled by the enemy. There are bomb-proofs in the the second line for the pickets. There is a larger bomb-proof for the pioket head quarters; I write from tbat. lhere are covered wayB, long trenches to proteot passing soldiers from rifle bullets, from the yideitte pits to the reservs, and from the reserve to the war. Along, these covered ways are small bomb-proof dodging holes in the ?ido walls, like bank-swallow's nesto. Then there are graves. Away at the front a single^rave on a barren sand bill; two or three graves under a solitary tree; half a dozen graves in a row on the plain; low mounds of yellow clay with head and foot boards of ammunition or cracker-box covers, rude ly marked with the name and regiment orthe fallen soldier, and the date of his death. A strange place for burial. No rest even in death. The roar of artillery and the rattle of musketry shake contin ually the dead sb3ier's narrow bed. At times even his clayey covering itself is torn from above him,as though he bad no right to sleep while the war went on. Sinee I sat writing hero a rebel shell has struck and exploded in the very centre of a Pennsylvania soldier's grave, but a few yards to my front and right, and opened it anew, as if to call its inmate again to arms. '^The lines of vidette pitts and of picket trenches are so . crooked and complex that it requires careftal observation tode cido which is for friend and wbioh for foe. They seem to run all ways, right and left, forward and back, over one bill and around another, through a ravine, now almost touching the works where are seen the rebel canon and the rebel flag, and again widely divirging therefrom. A battery faces tbia way?that is the ene my's A battery faccs the other way? that is ours. Yet they look as If both were in the same entrenched line. Other batteries are seen right and left; still oth ers in the rear. Covered ways run from one line to the other, from one battery to the nexl, from one covered way to covered way ugain. Bomb?poofs are everywhere and so are the soldiers' graves?a cluster here and another just beyond. The brave fellows were buried where they felL" A CARD. DR. il. II LEE?PHYSICIAN, BURGEON AMD AOOOUOUKIt?thankful for put favor* would respectfully Inform hla friends ana the public generally that be li it ill doing busloew at In. old stand, Main street, near the Suspension Bridge, where he will oe happy to attend to any business In hla Une that may be entrusted to hla care. Night calls promptly attended to. Dr. Lee la a graduate of the Bclettc Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and has been Tarloaaly engaged In the practice of hi* profLUion for the last fourteen years. Dr. Lee Is now prepared with all the necessary apparatus for the Medical application of Electricity in the treat ment of Obronlo diseases, to which he would Invite the special attention of the afflicted. So perfect is the "Healing Art" of the present day (as practiced by Kclectfcs) that few need despair of receiving per manent benefit 11 they cannot be perfectly cured. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. All communications strictly confidential. Onr practice is safe, certain and prompt, tearing no mercurial taint In the system, but cleansing reno vating audstrengthenlog thegeneral system, acting in unison with Nature's unerring laws. Wbuuki, Wist Ta., Dec. 4th, 1863. To all whom u may concern: We. the under signed members of the Wert Virginia Legislature, take pleasure in saying that we have known Dr. Kiobard U. Lee many years previous to the break ing out of the Rebellion, as a successful and ener get Ic practitioner of Medicine (of the Eclectic School) both In Kanawha county Va, and Oalia county, Ohio. O. BLACK, Senator 7th Dist. W. 8 DUNBAR, M. II. D. JOHN M. PILKLPU8, Pre#. Senate. % Office one door south of Kramer*? Hotel, ] Main street. Ladies wishing to consult the l>r. (if they prefer can cali at room No. 89, Grant House, and Mrs Leo will take plehsure in accompanying them to the office. Oan be found at tbe Grant House at night. augfri-dAw RATIONAL MEDICINE. Dr. THOMAS J. KIINER WOULD respectfully inform the citiaens of Wheeling and vicinity that he has permanently located in this city for the practice of Medicine upon the Ra tional or Eclectic System. He has been engaged in the practice of his profession for a number of years, and has been eminently successful In the treatment oi all varieties of diseases, both acuta and chronic. Dr. K., as heretofore, will devote a good share of his t'.me and attention to the treatment of all chronic disease* of both sexes, such as Consumption and all varieties of Lung Diseases, aU Diseases of the Throat, Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Mercurial and Nervous Diseases, Rheumatism, Scrofula, every variety of Blood and Skin Diseases, Epilepsy, tumor, Wens, Spinal Affections, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Ileart Affections, Diseases of tbe Eye and Ear, Ac. Those peculiar to Females, viz: In flammatory Diseases of the Uterus, Painful Irregu larities, Leucorrbea, Prolapsus Uteri, and all Ner vons Diseases to which they are subject. Diseases of Children carefully ant rationally treated. Med icines mild reliable and agreeable. All communications strictly confldentlaL Night calls cheerfully and promptly answered. far-Office and residsnce one door west of Louis Abllng's Uot.l, Third street, near Reed A Kraft's Drug Store. Centre Wheeling, W. Va. Office hours from 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. REFERENCES. Prof. B. P. Payne, gteubenville, Ohio. Dr. W. D. McGregor, " " Dr. Q. Arnold, Cambridge, Ohio. Prof. 0. H. Cleave land, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dr. 0. A. Melchlmer, Van Wert, " Je27-lydAw A Desirable Farm for Sale. r|>HK undersigned offers for sale an excellent X Stock Farm, in Ralls county, Missouri, contain, ing 640 acres?100 under cultivation?on which there is a small frame house. The land is within one mile of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, two from Monroe Station and sixteen from Hanni bal. A never failing stream of water runs through it. The land is high and rolling and the country healthy. It adjoins the lands ot Wm. Booker, for merly of St. CNirsville, Ohio. Persons desiring any information respecting the above land are referred to Amos Osborne, grocer, Bridgeport, Ohio. If not sold at private sale before the 1st day Of October it will then be offered at publio sale in Hannibal, Missouri. I have also 625 acres Lead Land, In Washington county. Mo.,some IS miles from Potosi. auggMm* JOHN JONES. 10. U. BOOTH, J. O. JELLY, WfOf BATTKLLE, JoQH MCL*I!*S. BOOTH, BATTELLE & CO., , [Successors to Conrad Maier,] DSAT.KR3 IB FAMILY GROCERIES, BOAT STORKS, PRODUCE, yRESII AND CURED MEATS, LAKE 101 AND CANNED PRUITS, Ac., Ac, Corner of Monroe and Water Streets, WHEELING,. W. VA. IN connection with the bouse there Is a Wharf Boat, and it Is the design of the firm to do a forwarding and Commission and Storage business, 1 act as Bteamboat Agents and furnish all desirable lntormation pertaining thereto. Jyl3-0n^ MjWBOOIM! new tonus1 JOHN ROEMER & CO. HOB. 31 * 33 UAIH STREET, Centre Wheeling-. r X have iust received a large supply of Bleached . . and Brown muslin, good quality at 37l?c. 200 pieces of the beat Prints from 40 to 60. 100 piec?8Plaid Shirting flannels from 76 to 1,26. 200 pieces red, white and yellow flannel from 60 to 100. Also, a choice selection of fine Dress Goods of a! most every description 8hawls, Cloaks, Balmoral Skirts, Cloths, Cassimeres, Mens' and Boys' wear "* every description. Carpets. Oil Cloths, Ruggs, to, at 40 per cent, less than factory price. A large lot of 9>4 and 10?4 Bleached and Brown Sheeting at reduced prices. AU oTwhich will ha sold wholesale and retail less fchm the New York prices exclusively for net I cash. Call soon before purchasing elsewhere and I oblige, 1 ?spB JOHN KOKMIK A OO. 1 A BBLfl. EXTRA NO. 1 LARD OIL, for sal* by 1U MoOABK, KBAf? A 00_ jnylS and K11D, K&AJT A OO. w] PROPOSALS_FO? FORAGE. omMw quASTBRMABTiat oman, \ Dipuniia o? wm* Ytasnna, >? OmnmDjT, January l?th, lik.J SBALKD PROPOSALS a duplicate are In Tiled bj the undersigned ?* aupjlyin* the Qaarter maeter'e Department la t" Virginia at Charleeton. I Ins, Weet Va., and the Una oT the Baltimore and Ohio Clarksburg, Oration,New Croak, tinsburg, Harper*e Ferry, Berlin, Point and tooled In* Hagerstown and Frederick Oily, Md.; or either of tkooe plane, with Hay, Oorn, Oata and Straw. Bid* will bo received for thedellvery ofthreo thou sand (8000) bueheis of Corn or Oata aad fifty (60) lone of Hay or Btrmw and opwarda, and mnet be ac companied by a copy of this adTertiamnent. Biddere mnet etate at which of the above named potnte they propoee to make dellreriee, and the re tea at which they will make dallwerla* thereat, the qoantitiee of each article propoaed to be deliv Bred, the time when eald delivery ahall bo com menced and when to be completed. ... All deliveries mnet be promptly made within the time and for the qoantitiee propoeed and accepted, to insure prompt eettlement therefor.' The price mnet bo written oat in words on the Mfe. The particular kind of deecriptioa of oata, corn, hay or straw, proposed to b? delivered, moat bo ?tiled in the urotiossls Corn to bo pat op in good stout sacks of about two bushels each; Oata In like sacks at about three bushels each; the aacka to be fundahed without sxtra charge to tbeGoTernment; the Hay and Straw lo be securely baled. All articles offered uadec the bida herein invited rill be subject to a rigid inspected by a Uorern meat Inspector, before being accepted. Contracts will be awarded from time to time Lo the loweat reapooalble bidder, as the inter ests of the Government may require; and payments sill bs made when the whole amounts contracted lor ?hall bate been delivered and accepted. No bids will be considered from parties who have (ailed heretofore to comply with their contracts. All proposals moat be accompanied by a guar anty, signed by* two responsible persons, that n case the bid is accepted,Lo or the* will, within [he time named, execute the contract for the sams, with good and sufficient sureties in a sum equal in unount to the amount of the contracts to deliver forage proposed, in conformity with the terxus oi this advertisement, and in case a bidder shall fail 10 enter Into the coiitraot they to make good the 11 (Terence between the offer of said bidder and the text lowest responsible bidder or the person |p whom he contract may be awarded. The responsilility of the guarantors must be shown >y the official certificate of a United Btatee District Iudge or Attorney, Collector of Customs, or other levernment official, known by this office. All parties will be duly notified of the acceptance )T rejection of their proposals. All proposals must be made in duplicate, and bs tccempanied with the oath of allegiance of the par ty or parties, unless it has already boon plaoed on He in thia office. No bida except in the form prescribed, will be re ceived and only from producera or parties regularly mgaged in the business. The full name and past office address of each bid* ler must be written in the proposals. Proposals must be addressed to Captain A. V. Bar ing er, Chief Quartermaster Departtnent of West Virginia, Cumberland, Md., and marked "Proposals or forage." Blank forms of bids, guarantees and bonds may >e obtained on application to this office. FORM OP PROPOSAL. [rows, 0OUHTT AMD BTATX.J [DAT!.] i I, the undersigned, do hereby propoee to furnish tnd deliver to the United States at the Qaarter naster Department at?; , agreeable to the terms >f your advertisement inviting proposals for forage, lated Cumberland, M<L, IStM, the following articles, vis: Bushels of Corn, in sacks, at per bushel >f fM] fifty-six pounds. Bushels of Oats, in sacks, at per bushel >f [32J thirty-two pounds. Tons of Baled Hay at per ton of 3,000 pounds. Tons of Baled Straw at per ton ef 2,000 pounds. Delivery to commence on or before the ??day of 1664, and to be completed on or before the ?day of 186?, and ? pledge myself to enter into a written contract with the United States with good snd approved security, within the space of ten lays after being notified that my bid has been ac septed. Your ob't. servant. Dapt. A. V. Baxjuhqxx. Chief Quartermaster Depart' ment of West Virginia, Cumberland, Md. GUARANTEE. We, the undersigned, residents of in the 3ountyof??, and State of ?, hereby Jointly tnd severally covenant with the United States and guarantee in case the foregoing bid of be ic^pted that he or they will within ten days after ;he acceptance of said bid execute the contract for ;he same with good and sufficient sureties in a iurn equal the amount of the contract to turaish the forage propoeed in conformity to the terms of kdvertisement dated 1864, under which the >id was made, and in case the said shall fail to ;nter into a contract as aforesaid, we guarantee to nake good the difference between the offer by the aid and the next lowest responsible bidder, >r the person to whom the contract may be awarded. Given under our hands and seals thia day of 1864. Witness: I hereby certffy to the best of my knowledge and belief the above named guarantors are good and lufficlent as securities for the amount for which thsy offer to be security. To be certified by the United States District At torney, Collector of Customs, or any other officer under the United States Government, or responsi ble person known to this office. All proposals received under this advertisement will be opened and examined at thia office on WED NESDAY and SATURDAY of each week, at 12 M. Bidders are respectfnlly invited to be present at ihe opening of bids, If they desire. A. V. BARRING ER, Captain and Chief Quartermaster. Jan22-tf Department of West Virginia, U. S. Marshal's Notice. The United States va 1 In Rem. in a case of for The Real Property of Wm. [ feiture and confiscation T. Higganbotham. J \\J HEREAS, at the spring term 1861. of the Die Vf ti ict Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia, at Wheeling, the Attorney of the United Statea for aald district'filed an information against the real property of William T. Higganbot ham, deecribed In aald Information, alleging in sub stance that said Higganbotham has been engaged in the existing insurrection against the authorities of the United 8tetee since the 17th of July, 1862, that at the time of hie becoming so engaged, he was the owner of the property in said information men tioned, and pra>iogthat tho said property may be confiscated and sold as forfeited to the United States. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the mooituri un der the seal of the said Court.to me directed and de li veied, I do hereby give public notice to all persons claiming any interest in said property,or in thepro ceedsthereof, to appear before the Judge of the Dis trict Court of the United Slates tfor the District of West Va. at Wheeling,on the 12th day of September, A. D. 1864, (if the same shall be a day ef Jurisdiction, if not, on the next day of Jurisdiction thereafter,) then aad there to interpose their claims and make their allegations in that behalf. EDWARD M. NORTON, -U. S. Marshall for ths District of West Va. BEN J. H. SMITH, U. 8. Attorney. aagW Public Sale or Valuable Land. IN PUBSOtNCB of tb. last will and testament of Daniel Steenrod, I will sell at public sale oa HONDAT, the 18th day of September. 1364, at the Court House in Wbeelloc, to the hlgheet aad beet bidder, the tract of land which is eltoatad on Big Wheeling Creek in Ohio noonty, near the (arm oa which Mrs. Oranr Urea, aad ad j ulna the land of Reosforth aad others,aad is the same tract of land which Thomas Paull and wife, now deceased, eoa veyed to the said Daniel Steenrod, by deed dated the 11th of November, IMS, and recorded In Ohio coon* ty in Book No. 81, and containing per said deed 126# acres. THE TERMS OT SAL* ARB: One fourth of the purchase mosey is to be paid la cash, and the rsei doe is to b. paid in three yeare by three equal an nual installments, with interest from the day of sale till paid, and to be secured by a dee) of tram on the land. ThI" whole tract will be a*Id la one body and by the acre. The land will be Bold subject tottrepreeant leaae to Stork A Bbbert, which ex piree ou the Bret day ot April next, when rnmraainn will be given. I ? ?Tm? andeew warn, Administrator of the estate of Daadel Steenrod. L'cdiiw ?' I ai laiuiim and Children?for sals by *" ' 14 J?U KDK0ND BOCXHra. TgPMg QJ tt Bttl V * *?feBSE: ...$2 on 1 ou "IlUlIUU t? iWAlCI ? The Weekly Intelligencer Will nontitn txirty-two eotmna, MfUy AIM wit tndat?lli?l)|Mt? IbM I?Ung theUrs?*,W*? u>d cheapest Ntnptper 1b tbl* McMon of eoastir WEST VIRGINIA Business College, AT WUBKL1KO. cowncriiiT C X. KITOHOOOK, AT BO. USfc main bukit, (Hornbrook'a Building.) |yOpm for Student* daj and ertain|. l^HK p?rpoM of tkU im?tilutioa i* to loatrvct JL yo"ng men (and women loo) in the principle* rhich govern the correct transaction of pecuniary imlii?i.inil In I rrrrr'i-'r^r ?? BOOK-KEKP1XO, tripped of iu absurd verbiage and ancient pro Ixlty and intricacy, and adapted to the modem node of doing business, especially in the Dnlial itates it the leading subject of attrition. Its uw?, rhich are aa exact, unerring and free from excrp iou ae thoee of natnie and comprised in very few rorda, are first made familiar to the student, who rho ia then conducted through acouree ot practical k>ok-k*eping, in numerona aeteof booka ia great ariety of forma, till he thna acquire* a mastery of heart which enablee him to apply It with facility o any kind of bnaineea. A W&1T1MQ SCHOOL B open day and evening, attended by both ladlee nd gentlemen, where, without entering for the foil ourse, a good hand-writing can be obtained in a AR1THUKT1C, nd ita application to all manner of OOUNTINO-UOUSE CALCULATIONS, aeeive the attention their primary importance dr tands. The atudent will be made acquainted with fveral modea of calculation not fbund in booka, mdtng gr?*atly to the abbreviation el hia work. There to open to the atudent alao a couree of # BUSINESS SCIKIfCK >mpriaing Political Economy, Commercial Law and lagua, Finance, Banking and Currency; alao maxim r eminent Buait)tee Men In regard to the boa tethoda of conducting bnaiaeea aacceeafully an roiding failure. Inatructlona in the above subjects are interapcr i with maxima and inculcationa tending to the rmation of high character aa men and citlxena. The oourae of inatruction ia intended to bo aa >mprehenaive and thorough aa that of any of the ommercial OoHegea, while the expetiae to the etu tntia much lean, I.1. H. begs leave to refer thoee to whom ho to txknown to the officers of the banka In Wheel!ag id Bridgeport, and eepecially to hia atudenta. TERMS, Ac. For the full course above Indicated, including the Tiiaite blank booka for Book-keeping, the charge 10, payable on entering. The tine aauallj re uired for the coarse fa from two to three montha ; ut the atudent ia not limited In time?he may amain aa long, and return aa often, aa he pleaaea. Jm* TRUSTEES9 SALE, F THK NEWSPAPER PRINTING ESTABLISH MENT, KNOWN AS THE "REGISTER OFFICE'' ON 8ATURDAT, THE 1TTH SEPTEMBER, 1*44 AT THE FRONT lXX>R OF THE COURT HOUSE FOR OHIO COUNTY; [ N pursuance of a Deed of Trnat from Arnold L Trowbridge and Owen D. DoWney, to me, bear lg date the 16th July, 1801, recorded in the Re order's Office tor the County of Ohio, in Book 46, jlio 392, at the front door of the Court House, for >bio County, on Saturday, the lTth September, 1864, ommencing at 10 o'clock, A M, I shall eeli to the lgheat bidder at public auction, "the printing reaaes, engines, typea, materials and fixtures, tool a nd implements of any and every kind whatsoever iow contained in or belonging to the printing office nd bindery," then known ae the "Union printing nd publlshli g office," and aince known aa the Her later printing and Dubltahiua office." TERMS OPS ALE.?The one-third ol the purchaea ocney in cash, and the remaining in ?iual i natal aeota, payable In aix and twelve montha after date, rith intereat from date; or if deaired, the purchaeer naj pay the full amount of the porchue money in aah. For the defetrud or credit iastalmeuta, the mrcbaaer to give bonds with approved personal Se curity. JAMES S. WHEAT, ang!5 te Trustee. Valuable Property for Kent. r> LET ON GROUND RENr. for a term of yeara, about one hundred and fifty feet of the prop irty fronting on Main street, and running back tbout one hundred and thirty-two feet, and known ? the Z?ne Homestoad property, im mo J lately lOrth of aud adjoining the Hornbrooic baildinga. rhis property wiB be rented in suitable bulling ota, and embraces aoffld of the best unimproved >roperty in tne city. V. R.ARMSTRONG, Jo8-tf Trustee of E-ullv A Z%ne. Holler and Engine and other Machinery tor Kale. A T THE WHEEL FACTORY, East Wheeling, t\. opposite the Creek, one 3d inch Fine Boiler, feet long; one Engine, S in. ft. atr jke, in ;ood running order; 33 ft. in. Shading and Pul aye and Belting one Spoke Machine, one Tenant Qg Machine, Belting Machine, and Wneei M actua ry for fitting up wheels, and Saws, Ac. For further information enquire of the undtr. igned on the precnieea. augll-tlilaepO* F. HATES. Property for Sale. Houae now occupied by J. Landfried, Main re The Houae now occupied by Peter French, Water treet. Alao, the Dwelling Houae now occupied by T. H. jogaa, Main a treet. North Wheeling. The above will be aoid low and on reasonable erzna. Apply to L H. WILLIAMS A CO., angl7-30d* Monroe Street. 3AYALEY HOE3ES WANTED. OFFICE ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER, I Whxxliso, Wxst Va., June 30, 1S64. f OPEN MARKET for the purchase of Cavalry Borses will be continued at Wheeling, West Va_ One hundred and fifty-five dollars will be paid for all horaea paaaed by the Board Of Inspection. apKciricAYiona. "All horaea for the Cavalry aervice must be sound In every particular; from (16jfifteen to (16) sixteen handa high, and not leai than (6) five nor more than (0) yeara old; in good Sash; compactly boilt; bridlewiae; of good action, and free from all de Payments to bo made in "Certificates of Indebt edneaa" for eight horaea or more. By order of Lt. Col. J AS. A. EKIN, Chiaf Q. M. Car* Bureau. J. O. FA ENS WORTH, jeSO-eodtf Ca^t. A A Q M. Excelsior Planing Mill. HAVING fitted up my establishment with th Latest Improved Machinecj, I am now pre pared to furniah at my office in BRIDGEPORT, the ane that was formerly occupied by Stewart and Keeline, Rough and Worked Boards, Flooring, Weather-Boarding. Doors, Sash, Shingles, Shelving, Oornice-B.iarda, Shatters, Monldtngs, Palings, Pan nel Stuff, Frames, and Building Material* Generally. All work delivered free of charges at the Cleve land and Pittsburgh R. R. Depot, and alao at the Baltimore and Ohio nod Kempfield R. R. Depots, ixceptiug tolla. CP""Orders promptly attended to. GEORGE KEELINE, [Formerly of the firm of Stewart A Keeline.l BmoiwtT, Belmont Co., O. je0-6m? Ladies' and Children's SHOES! ? AT ? GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.^ WTISHING to doee out oar a took of LADIES' YY AND CHILDREN'S SHOES we will sell them at GREATLY REDUCED PAIGES. Call and see for yourselves. H. A 9. ROSEXHEIE, Corner oTSprigg Houae Alloy and Main St., augl3-lm* .WHEELING. W. VA. McCABE, KRAFT A CO., Wholesale Druggists, ?O. II MAIM IT., WHMLINO, WEST TA. LABOB ANB OOMPLKB ABSORTMBNT Of - " Whit. I,?il. A Unjfoaba l"t?? r~rr " ?l" ? ? ? 9 J I ?