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VOLUME 7. G, V"A.,WEDNESDA^MQB.N1NG. JUIAr 13. 1869. NU MBEll 275 lUTSfNTBSS CARDS. " iv. Attorney at Law. Ufa.t A'lWiA-.fc'wi C-truer Monroe and Fourti Sired*, (up stabs.') vvw W K.T rjg. V A A L F R E D H u G HE S , M . D. " HOMEOPATH C PHYSICIAN . \Vric? AN"I> RESIDENCE at the corner of Fourth and \ J ijj.i.rystrecU, below the Firm Presbyterian Church, a*?,ck Hours:?Morning,from 7 to 'J Noon, " 1 "8 Evenings, 14 7 "9 SAM'Ij p. wheeler, attorney at law, S?. 150 fOOBTB STREET, WHKELIN'G, VA. J. boon M'LURE, v ?[' 1' <) It N hi V A '1' lj A W , Whcrllu", v?. ny.-h'y V"/< ru-k.I.s'r rortS'mc of mo.vhok axd yorerusrs., oppos/tp tukwukt house. N\ it. *V'il! i"* i:? the several Cmrts of this and ilie ,| .i jr:Particular attention will be Riven to I,.. .".vJrvTi.in of claim*. -*av3i>-i vriAHinw J. li. rOBLKTOSi TH. MKLV" PENDLETON St, MKLVIN. .VTTO IIX K Y S AT LAW, Ufllce, Over. Sac ilanii of Wberlins, Wheeling, Va. rf\ ttenrfregularly the Superior and Inferior Courts o Hi./oSe, Hancock and Ohio sounties. ovS:ly W. & J. STEWART, MANUFACTURERS OF A1.L KIN'DS OF SfOVKS. 4JRATES4, S'B^U^IS t'aitin^M for Thretliiug i?Snchine?, &'c?. ?_Vc. SOf-TU KASTCOR. MARKKTSQtJARE,( RRIDQEOORS KR.) WHEELING, VA. &TJ2WAlir ~&~CALD WELL, MANUFACTURERS OF COPPEK, TIN, ANI) SHEET IRON WARE IjFPKH yyWVRKEToQtJARK. WHJilEr.ING, VA JOHN S. WRIGHT, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In CABINET FURNITURE, sren as ?iofriM, ^haim* Looking OlnsecM, Clock** BiiUS'L'BADS, STANDS, <&C., No. 154 Main Street, waaaE52i.ffiv?, va. t HAVE just received a new andelegantstock of allkinds L oi desirable furniture, consisting of everything known i ? ;he trade, including the patent lounges, rcelining chairs, t *enc!t -ofas, kc. Gail at 154 Main street, immediately op j, ..?:!i?,>M.;,.?nd. [mh2S:ly] JOHN S. WRIGHT. J. C. 1 LAKBOU H, whmi.ksaLK anI> KBTAIL I>K A I.KB IN* carpets, RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, Wall Paper, Curtain Materials, And Upholstery Ware of Evcrv Description, NO. 240 MAIN STREET, WII EEtI1VCS, VA. :!t ami Magogatiy Framed Looking Glasses, on hand and made to order. sep9 C. BAKKtt. w. C\ WEIGHT. BAKER & WRIGHT, Wholesale Dealers in TOBACCO, SNUFF & SEGAR3, Ko. 58, i^lnin Hirer!, *&--y W M K E1JN(lr V A. S. AVERY, 7 Whclcsnle nu?i 2Cc>a!l Hat and Cap Manufaetxtrer. NO. 146 MAIN6TRF.KT, Wheeling, Va. hand the largest and best assortmentof Hats and f'aug of nfj .p:- !iti?*s anil sizes. jnll GKSORGE B. WICKHAM, AUCTIONEER COMMISSION MERCHANT, Ifo. 180 Market Square, ?..c ,, ? WHEELING, VA. i-r h of Dry Goons every evening; Furniture sales every Wednesday and Saturday mornings, at S o'cIock A. M. Fairs of Real estate promptly attended to. f*2?ly BLISS &, CAMPBELL, IVo. S3 ITf?in Street. HATS ! HATS ! HATS ! "V^Ewd! inaugurate the Fail and Winter seasons by ex * ? hibiting, t)N SATURDAY, NOV. S, our Improved PatvRt Self-Adjusting Flexible Silk Hat, and intend to offer s?t prices that shall meet the wants of the general commu Mty. Our Hats. it is well known, are of the best manufac ture avdhave a PECULIARITY OF STYLE which distin guish them as superior to all others; and our pri es, on ex amination, will be found as low hs the keenest competition enn mak them. BLISS & CAMl'HKLL, '1"v'? No. SO Main St. P. C. HILDRETH & BRO., M A X u r A C T U R E R S' A GENC Y NO. 0:3 MAIN STREET, Wheeling, Va, For the sale of Norway Nail Itod, V.w.c Wash-boards, GalvM Iron, Window Glass, Sheet Iron,' 1 Printing l*ap-r, Wire, f H.mnet Hoards, Zinc, Axles, Wrapping Paper, Sheet Copper, Smith's Rellows, Ac., Ac., Ate. Th:Juirhest market i?rice paid for Rags, Flaxseed, Gin 3orap iron, Ac., Ac. dec'iO-y A.C. L. C. coon A. C. GOOD & CO , wholesale and retail dealers in ' 'r"S=, Meiiidncs, I'aints, Oils, DyesiulYs, Perfumery, Patent Afediciues, Ac., I'on.vf;/: v.i/.v iroxnoE stimkts, IVhvcliU};, Vn. "? rtXr.Z? "Vy r,>ce'v'n" :nMitinns to our already GHO. W. JOHNSON, ^ 'tf'LK.>ALii AND RCTAIL MAXL'FACTCRRR ANI> DEALER IS Copper, Tin & Sheet Iron Ware, ^*0- 179 Hxirkct Mqunrc, WHEELING, VA. A 3 on -'.ai l t largo assortment ?f the above wares ;.-trt,c,,1-*r attention ^iven to Job Work of Every de p-1' Cl;':" :is Conductors and ValHes for Houses. Co]? i u?es hi itie to order on short notice. Sheet Iron work r J li ?at work, Mill work, Elevators, ?'i ! s :i "* Thre-ddni? Machines. A large assort J-'PiiuncI Ware.Stove3,C:tstf.Ugs ami Hollow Ware. ? I4Ill,frn!!'l?,,% ,,'kst Lampi for burning Lard or waste - l,,v?-'iite?i; Drass and Copper Kettles of all sizes, ' ?ys on han'i. I am prepared to till ail orders for the ?. I- on trie most accommodating terms. ' ? GEOKGK W. JOHNSON. ST. CHARLES HOTEL. T. B: p. Ingram, Proprietor. Vor. ITZntti nn<! IVnll Mt?., - WH?,< HI OH HON U. VA. EDMUND P. ZANE, A r T 0 R X E Y A T L A W , ?omTnissioner in Chancery. Ivice, Corner of Monroe ami fourth Streets, v>fTf WHEELING, VA. . Pr^cllr-e in the Courts of the adjoining counties atm give particular attention to tiie collection ol ?us- novlfr-ly THE INTELLIGB^Ffe* -1 IIlii PRESIDKNCY IN 18GO. NcLena, Corirln, Cameron, Bank,. 11KAS0XS WUV TITEV won't DO. [From a communication in the New York Express.! Judge McLean, of Ohio, is now seventv-fonr years of ago. New Jersey is his birth place, "?t his father settled permanently in Ohio at ?[ very early period of his life. llL- labored 'under the disadvantages of a defective early education ?i'dpl; ' c engaged in his legal studies, wrote in the Clerks office at Cincinnati for pecuniary support. He began the practice of law at Le banon, Ohio, in 1807. lie was elected to Con gicss in 1813, as a Democrat, and supported the administration of Mr. Madison. lie was re elected the succeeding session, and in 1811} was made Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and sat six years upon that bench. In 1S22 he was appointed Commissioner or the General Land Office, by Mr. Monroe, and in 1823, Post Mas ter General. In 1820 lie was made Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, by < ien. Jackson, after having refused the depart ments of War and Navy which the President had tendered him. m I he superior morals, the enormous learning and experience, and the steadfast integrity of Judge McLean no one pretends to question.? lad he received the nomination in 1S5G of the Republican Party,he would in all probabiiityhave been elected to the Presidency; as, in the event of his nomination, we have "reason to believe the nomination ot tne American Party, whose weakness was then palpable, would have with draw n in favor of Judge McLean.. lltit the advanced age of this gentleman phy sically unfits him for the cares and responsi bilities of the Chief Magistracy. He would be seventy-six years of age at the time of the in auguration, and it is not unreasonable to ques tion the propriety of electing any man to oilire at his period or life, which already exceeds the average age or the days of men. To suppose man at "his best state, could es cape the infirmities incident to flesh and live to the age of eighty with a mind and constitution unimpaired is a barely possible case. Nature has been extremely chary in furnish ing exceptions to this law, and the question of age has constituted rather a formidablu,\>bjec tion to other public men of the country, several years the junior of Judge McLean. We believe Mr. Franklin was sixty years old when lie sign ed the Declaration of Independence, but the average ago of the signers was only twenty seven. We scarcely see the neccsity or further allu sion to the antecedents of this gentleman. Hon. 1 homas Corwin, or Ohio, is now sixlv fivo years or age, in vigorous health and ener getically prosecuting his profession at the bar. Like the preceding gentleman, he has risen to distinction and influence without the prestige of birth or fortune. In early life he was a promi nent representative in the Ohio legislature. In 1S01, lie was elected to Congress, where be con tinued until 1S40, when he was made Governor of Ohio. He served in that capacity two years and was succeeded hy Gov. Shitimon. In 184o', he was elected to the United States Senate, and remained in that body until 1850, when ho ac cepted the position of Secretary or the Treasury in the Cabinet or Millard Sillmorc. Ho was again elected to the next Congress, 1S58. Air. Corwin is a deep, original thinker, an eloquent and forcible speaker, an able statesman, and as true a patriot as lives in this Union. Hut a total absence of executive talent, ;the want of decis ion, firmness and promptness in action, would unfit him to be the standard bearer iu the great army of opposing forces. Those who know him best and appreciate his noble qualities, most know .that lie could win no laurels in that posi tion. His antecedents, as Secretary of tile Treasury, furnish singular evidences or the truth ol this position; just as hearing in the Senate of the Uniaed States, proved his admirable statesman-like qualities. The question regard ing penal duties was brought before him for de cision at an early period, after he became the chief of the Treasury Department. The Collec tors of the various ports pressed the matter on his attention with extraordinary energy; but the Secretary vascillated and delayed his final action on the subject, until one week bo fere his term expired! His Assistant Secretary not concurring in his chief's decission, retained it three days more, berore sending it to the Custom Houses. It was therefore impossible to have the accounts adjusted and passed before the term of Mr. Corwin ended! The first act of the fir>t hour of his successor was to annul the whole proceeding! Similar examples concern ing the difference between the Secretary and the Commissioner of Customs, delayed the decision or Mr. Corwin upon other matters, connected with the customs and it was not until the^Com missioner resigned, a few weeks before the close or the Fillmore administration, that a. favorable decision was rendered in boliair of the officers. The Gardner case, with which the name of Governor Corwin was associated a few years ago, would seriously embarrass his prospects for the Presidency. 11 would be revived and used with all the force a malignant opposition could devise; and, while we believe that no stain of Jishonor can possibly attach to his name in this connection, there are thousands who would use these few gritty grains to mar the brightness of his character; So true it is, that evil has a greater universality than good. The appointment to office of his political friends, as he was about leaving his position in the Department, after many months of importu nity, and who were immediately displaced b3' his successor, is very characteristic. In view of these antecedents, might not the people inquire how long would it be berore the fruits or victory could be experienced, did they succeed in exterminating the corrupt Democra cy, under the lead of Mr. Corwin? Hon. Simeon Cameron is about sixty years of age, and is also a solr*educatcd man. He served in a printing office in Washington, D. C., and at Ha. ? isburg, Pa. He had charge ol'a newspaper at Doylcstown, Pa., ami edited one in Washing ton City at the age or t.venty-two. He has de voted hitiiself to llailroad interests and to Hanking institutions, lie established a Bank at Middletown, Pa., in 1837. He had been Cash ier or two banks. President ol two railroad companies, and Adjutant General of the State, when he seems suddenly to have been smitten with political ambition ! lie was elected a Sen ator in Congress, in 1845, and served to '40.? lie was re-elected in .'57 for tbo term ending in 1803. He has very appropriately been placed oo the Finance and Printing Committees or the Senate. Politically, Mr. Cameron is as well suited to officiate with one party as another. His ante cedents for the last twenty-five years show that ^felias acted with alljiwjLu^Uotjjoafal^, .Whigs, Americans anil Republicans, always adhering with the principles of the last party, with whom he coalesced. He is certainly a vory compre hensive politician; and skillfull inaction without extraordinary ability, lie is adroit ami knows ic/io to use and the time to move. lie is an amiable and rather generons man; indeed, his means, it is said, have suffered some little re duction from his generosity to some of the Pennsylvania legislators ! He is said, however, to be rich and a very indefatigable and jealous politician, lie proposes himself- for the next President, but how far this preference will be endorsed, by the opposition, it docs not require a Philadelphia lawyer to determine. Hon. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks is a man of more thought, more philosophy, more genius than nine-tenths of the public men of the pres ent day. His early advantages were limited to a common school education. lie served in a cotton factory in Waltham, Mass., in which his father was the overseer, and afterwards learned tlie trade of innchiuest. Mr. B inks' aspirations were far above that position and being attracted by dramatic representations he was soon offered the profession of an actor. Politics, however, more successfully captivated him, and he turned his attention to lecturing, and in editing the villiage newspaper. lie tirst held oilicc,iu the Boston Custom House, to which he was ap pointed as a democrat, under the administration of President Polk. In 1S4U, lie was elected to the House of Rep resentatives in Massachusetts anil entered the roll as a "machinist." The next year he en tered the profession of law. In 1851 lie was chosen speaker by the union of the democrats and free soilers and thus ovei threw the Whig power in Massachusetts. He was President of the Convention to revise the Constitution of that State, and in '52 was elected to Congress. It was in this his first Congressional term that lie abjured the democratic party. He voted for taking up the Kansas Nebraska bill, bn opposed and voted against its passage. In 1S54-, lie was re elected to Congress, by aid of the Republican and American votes; and was made Speaker of the Mouse after a contest of two months, in which over one hundred ballots were cast. His election was the result of a plurality vote, as the standing rule of the House required; At tlie close of (be term lie received a vote o! thanks lor bis distinguished abilities as a pre siding olliccr. While a member of the suc ceeding Congress, ho was nominated by separ ate Conventions of Americans and Republicans for Governor of Massachusetts, to which office tie was elected in November, 1807. Gov. Banks iias evinced in every deliberate ns;3ffibly, high qualifications as a presiding officer. He i-;, too, but a young man-, not over 40 years. Hellas extraordinary familiarity with parliamentary law?is prompt in decision anil readiness to act. His speeches in '00, in behalf of the Republi can nominee, acic more el'eolive than those of any public man in the country; and be3"ond all question he is to-day, the strongest Republican in the free states. The constitutional amendment in Massachu setts, ratified by Gov. Banks, which keeps the adopted citizen from tile right of suffrage for two Veuk* nficr tho natnrrvHr.atioji, .it has been supposed might injure hi:n with the German population, which constitute a large portion of the Republican vote in the North west, and some of the leading Republican presses counselled against it. But, he will go into the Convention with all the New England States, and if any one could secure the nomina tion for the first office, he would undoubtedly be most likely, because most available. But, Mr. Banks stands on a Northern sectional plat form. llow do we know? There is his record! We have demonstrated, as we think, (in a pre vious letter,) that no man under the Heavens can be clected to the Presidency who is found there. JIo would drive.oil all the conservative elements of the opposition, and firing a third party into the field. A purely Northern organ ization upon the exclusion of Slavery from every-Territory, and ils extinction from every Slave State in the Union, cannot possibly triumph at tho next election. This must bide its time. The Republicans caul never elect any man without the aid of tile other wing of tho oppo sition. There are now four Southern States of this Union, with demonstrable majorities against the Democratic party, who are anxious to unite with the organized opposition of.the North.? Shall they enter? What we need is some na tional man to redeem the country. A man who through good report and through evil report has "cried aloud" against Locofoco tyranny and mis rule, and "spared not!" With such n man every element of the opposition should be willing to unite, and thus lead our hosts to vic tory ! Hancock. N. Y. City, July Gth, 1S50, P. S.?Our next will refer to Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, and Hoii. John Bell, of Tennessee. y. s. UOYLK. MlhDMll'JK OOULK YLE Sc C 59 Second Street, ciisrciisrisr^TX, o., ?13! POSTICUS OK FOREIGN" LIQUORS & WINES; ?DISTILLKltS OF? Alcohol, Cologne Spirits, t'nniplicuc, Itumiug and of 'JTia i-putitxc* Manufacturers of every description of Domestic Liquors, Wines, Cordials and French Bitters. Have constantly on hand various gra<lcs of pure KCOUKESOIV AIVI* llVfi WI9a.?*KY, PEACH and APPLE BRANDY. Alto, BARATARIA and NEW 1j.NG1.aNU RUM, Ac. Solo manufacturers of the celebrated "ROSE" WHISKY. A (rent Tor !?'. OOUMC'S JAPANESE HITTERS. [np7-ly T. II. LOtiAN. C. D. HUBUARDj ? (t. 11. LIST T. H. LOG AIM" & CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, WHEELING, VA. HAVE removed to tli. ir NEW WAREROOM3, No. 47 Main St. and No. 8 Quincy St. Main St Entrance, next door to Baker A Hopkins. Q-ilney St. do near B. A O. It. R. Depot and Wharf. DRUGS, PAINTS, OIL*, medicines, varnisiies, brushes. WINDOW GLASS, PERFUMERIES, WHITE LEAD, PATENT MEDICINES, Ac. )?Tercd to the trade, in city and country, at low prices and of the bt*t quality. Ciixli and jtrompt customers are invited to call. ap!9 15 Carboys Sulphuric Acid, 10 <Io Muriatic do 5 do Nilric do 8 t!o Anna Ammonia, 2 do Sweet Spts of Nitre, At je17-dAtr LAUGH LI NS A BUSH FIELD*;?. BANK OF Wil R'KI'.f mil ird^rf^T-' *?WBB*x?V*0SAinnos: M?8p?ctarieiD^,t?.TJS52t,Bt Depo,lt- mte.^,lon [.Exchange on l?" SAM'L P. iriLDRETH, TreT.lffer."' ?ST' VKS^4 Sl'i-lIiN'O IMPOUTATIONS, 1850. ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO. IXPOBTKRS and JOBBKkS OF Straw 8.u??,, Ruche ?u,1 ' Wo. 237 Baltimore St between- CIIAKI.es and 1IAX0VEH gTKEETS, ta Warehouse ON THE DSLARUE PIjAN. T> UTjK AND FINISH OUR J3NTIRK STOCK OP vtvp ML i^the'o'oVurVTy^1,^'"''^'- 8,ocl! U?<" stamped (device fum'sh ? their own wrappers ?-? tk.HsT: ?.bt.?0I01IS0S: I^BST, Jl?R!ti.<o\ & CO. Successors to r.l,:t 4 Howell mid II K List wiwlesai.* anoca,, ivoDuw^UHna Nos. & bO, Main Stujjkt, -"*.0 most ample tacilltles for the tMnsuSwinof"'JS6?S3lon of tlie WHOLESALE GROCERY and PKOUIJCB business January 1st, 1S59. ? a,OIlKISON & CO. 18?Yrtr^LL,'85? JIANUFACTt'liEKS, Arenow prepared to offer to Jobbers and Wholesale Dealers A LARGE AND FRESH ASSORTMENT OK pmbrella s AND parasols, at tiieir warehouse ?NO. 13 WA'iiKKN STREET _mhUlyd41mtu.4w KKW YOKK. geo. K. WHEAT, ~ (l.A'n: \V4!EAT A CIIAPMNl;.) iVo.ao MOKKOSarSKET, WHEEMKC, WUOLKSALB DKALBR IX FANCY GOODS Shirts *'',TTOf,S' BRMUE8, threads, HATS CAPS . ^* , r""oai'-r>- i Gloves, Cutlery, Clicks sll ' l '-'rru""-'r.vi Patent Medicines, Paper School antl BiaiiK Books, Stationery, ^ ?OoLiiij; Glass*??, JSC. Rugs, Ginseng, Jieeawtx, Feathers and Flaxseed ^ anted. mhio notice ~ ~ X -r?Y. the purpose or conducting a general 6?-v ,or COMMISSION & FORWARDING BUSINESS, Giving specWI attention to the purchase and sals of ' Wool, Hour. Ilncou, i'loviHions, &c., &c January 1st, 1S59. !. M. PUMPHKEV. GO- PA R TNERSPIP. M. PaV?IIRKY. w ? W. B. PUAtPIIKET. I. M. PU1IPHRE7 & SON, t'ominisxioii uud Vonrarding 113erelinms,' dealers IS WOOL, FLOUR, BACON, PROVISIONS, AND P RODUOE O E N E K A I, L V No. 70 ?.I:iin Street, Ji'nt mrEELixG, j-1. GREAT attraction. \VA rCHES, CLOCR sjjj? WELR V, Fnncjr fioocl?, Notion*. Watch nnd Clock nnd (Jloclt Oil, &c. WIIOLIiSALK AND liE'l'AIJj. tAM NOW in receipt of -ny first Spring Stock unsnr ll:APV ? fr "F^-Urv, EXCELLENCE VAItlKTV anj "mh21 -olic-Ii an examination; J 1 j- T. SCOTT* 157 Main St s. e. mtfmoi/mr. ~ ~TT,.,.?*Y ? . JAMKS COUNV.'KLL. s. E. BILBROU"GH & CO., iVorth wct corner ot T&lrj &- CIn-?n?"t'y,8 ST. LOUIS, MO. GENERA I. I. A.N I) 4 RE All ESTATE A G H X T S 1??AC.BRS I.V LAND WARRANTS, stocks, iC. PARTICULAR ATXIiNTlpN PAID TO ENTEItlXG GltADU ATl:l) I,.VXDS. ESTA13J_,IS1-IED ISo-i. I'N MlaSOURI ^S?2SS???5 s?S55SKSSS??r^? cuptc.1. in surveying and SX ^oe'" ml.n-ly. s. E. BILBI^QUOH Si CO., L. SATXT LOUIS, MO. T. SWEENEY &. SON, , (SfCC^SOriS TO SWKKSKY k IS Ml J,.) M A NUFA OT DRER3* OF FLINT GLASSWARE, C,'1Ua'Ci,,^Tc%l^,LT"vo0irnn',0,-> No. OJ, MAIN STREET, - ?z ' ' Miihelix-o, Va. A =e^'ed at'0' ?f 'llos<; cl"-'"P Gum Round Combs jus .nylO I). NlCOI.i, 4 IIRO'S J Variety Siore. '0 W 'W wwte.-- j Great Western Insurance and Trust Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. CHARTER PEHI'ETUA].. CAPITAI, S500.000. , TjUKE INSURANCE, 01 Stores. Dtveiiiues, I'ubUo Build I Ings and Merchandise generally. Limited or 1'erfietual. Marine Insurance, on Vessels, Careo, Steamboats and j Freight to all parts of the world: also, Inland Insurance on Goods to all parts of the country. Chap. C. Lathkop, President. 1* Orfgory, 2d Vice I'rej't, I Wii. Daulino,-Vice President, Jas. V'HiciiTjSec'y tz Trea's. DIUEOTOHS. Chn*. C. Lftthrop, Win. Darlinjr, Alex. VhUlden, Thor. L. (lUljespiet j I*aac Tlazlehurst," Jas. P.. Smith, John C. Hunter, Hun. Henry M: Fuller, F. Tracy, Job:: 1!. Nojrdef, John I?. M'Curdy, James Wright. Jor.uh J. Slocum, Alfred Taylor. Losses Equitably Adjusted arid Prcmptli/ Paid. Applications for Insurance will he promptly a*tended to at the "Bank of Wheeling'1 fro?u0 A. M. to tt o'clock P- M.? and before and after said hours r.t the olHce of tlie Com pany over the "Bank of "Wheeling" ly N. L. DORSKY, Agent, jelS-ly Whceiinir, Vn. ALBEMARLE INSURANCE COMPANY or CliA liLOTTSVfliiiji, VA., CAPITA L. S4:00,000. PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE COMPANY 4 ov I'lrrsiiiRnti, fa., CAPITAL 6300,000. COMMOXV'EA J. Tit INSURANCE COJII'aJ\ Y 7 OV UAKUISBUIIG, PA , CAPITAL 6300.000. Quaker City Insurance Company Or PI1ILADKMM1IA, PA., C A *? e T A 1j $500,000. "MIE above Companies having appointed the undersigned 1. their Ag??nt for Wheeling and vicinity, woul5 respect fully solicit the patronage of the public. Said Companies are well known to he llrst class oflices. All losses prompt ly adjusted. N. C. ARTHUR, Agent. Office over the Citizens' Deposit. Hank, feb5-y Wheeling, Va. The Insurance Company OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA /CAPITAL. $3no,or>C?all paid in and invested, with s*ur plus, will take Pire, Cargo and Marine risks. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. 53^* Office next door above M. A M. Bank, M-?in street. W. V. PETERSON, Agent. ?REPEKENCKfc? J. R. Raker, Tallant?% Delaplain, Titos. II. List, I), Lamb, Norton. Acheson & Co. M. Nelson, 3. Bradv, S. C. Hake.- & Co., List <fe Howell, O. V/ lleiskell & Co. iar.2t> CHOICE FIRST CLASS INSURANCE ?OF Tilt:? Incorporated 1819?Charter Perpetual. Casii Capital $1,000,000. ABSOLUTE AND UNIMPAIRED, with a wuttpa.ajst ??? ?5??,.t8r.ss. And the prestlgeof US years successand experience. ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1S58: Yashin hand and Depositesin Hartford Banks, $3-13,123.69 Cash in transit and Agents' hands.... 166,372.1-5 Money due tl e Company, secured by Mortgage... .5,4IS.04 Real Estate unincumbered 47,053.42 Bills Receivable 85,177.18 MAKKKTVALUE. 102 Bonds 6.7 an-110 $>cer.'. ? :tereat, annually,102,ut)0.00 657 Shares Rail Read Sto 54,446.00 50 do Connecticut River Co.Stock 1,250.00 50 do Stafford Bark 44 5,0-0.u0 50 do Waterbury Bank 44 5,600.00 86 do Providence 44 44 1,'0 00 2800 do Hertford " 44 ] 99,<00. CO S9S5 do New Yolk 44 44 50??,Cfi2.ro 1.1 do Jersey V-''* 44 41 l,425.i;0 loO do UnTEed States Trust Co. N. V Stcck..lO,l?OO.oO 150 do New York L. I. and Trust Co. 44 ..2-2,500.t?u *lJttG,8S7.&S Total LiabiiiltCH; Unsettled claim": not due $178,626.84 Lowes Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid. UPWARDS O !?' sn ,000,000 Of Losses have been paid by the iKtuu Insurance Co., in the past 3$ year*. Fire &, Inland Navigation Risks accepte d at terms consistent with solvency an . fair profit. Especial attention git en to Jnutiravee of DWELLINGS and Co:iItitbi^/or term#of 1 to i> year*. The progress of this Corporation has been stable and un interrupted through seasons oi financial sunshine and storm o?* periods eventful in or exempt trom eweepinir conflagra tions and maritime disaster. Being long estttdisncd on a cash basis, the troubles ?f the credit system uttect us in no material p-trticular. During 44har 1 times" the security- of reliable Insurance an imperative duty-- the ability of property owners to sus tain loss beingtheri much lessened. Policies issued without dalay, and ail business attended to with dispatch and fidelity, by *Uu!S.'3J il a BRKTSS, Agent, Oflice at the Saving's 'Bank of O bet ling. feblD-daw-tlll Jan. 1st, '09. IW*?UtilANC;R THE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COM PANY OF WHEELING: ' incorporated 1SS1. TAKES risks at the lowest rates on Buildings of all kind*, Steamboats,Furniture and Merchnatiisc, and against all dangers attending the Transportation of Goods b'n rivers. seas,lakes, canals and railroads. BIRECT0R3. SauiM Ned, * Win. Fleming, Henry Crangle. R. Craugl*, S. Brady, Rob't Morrison Dan'lLamb, ? RobtPattersrn, 8an:l. Ott. fcOBT. CRANGLE,Pres't. R. W. IlARaiso, Sec*y. Applicationsfor Insurance will be promptly attended to bv the President and Secretary. Wheeling, J an. 2S.1S53. HOME FIHE ANO M.ARIN E7T INS ITRANGE GOV PA N Y. [0KF1CK NO..4 WALL BTHEET, N. Y.] Cask Capital. $747,87244 Stabilities Jr,J,C77 CG THIS Company is o-arned and managed I>v some of the wealthiest and heist merchant*In thccitv .iTNt w York. Kur particulars umiuir.; of w. V. PKTKilSON, jnS Accntfwr Wticd'.n)* .mil vicinity. "star paper millT T. C. M'AFEE, PAPER MANUFACTURER Printiny.J'tiper, Ilag ami Strata Wrffpninut Bonnet Boar a if, iC't\, kept constantly on hand. QUINOY, NEAii, MAIN STP.HET, WHEELING, VA. tST CaVSU FOR RAOS. jc17 EIjI P. NORTON, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, NO. 3 9 NASSAU STREET, NSW^TOHK, mltl 1yd&1mtwAw ^Khe Citizens' pfijwisvt Bank ot w n C! /?, r.. oAMK open TromO o'clock a. ?.iintilS4 r.tock r. M. !>?? .13 count days?Thursdays lt? o'clock a. m. 12**" Money reccfvivl on transient lUpbtit. ? Jnt6f-e#t paid on pp rot it I ilepvsit*. %3ir~ Collections made and proceeds promptly retained. DIRECTORS: Jwob Berger, ? J.N. Vance, Jacnh Hornb'ook, G,TV. Frahzheirii. Warren. Cooper, J K. Uot>ford? Geo. K. Wheat, Chester 1>. Knox. J. R. DiOK&Y, Cashier. Ai.kkkd Cals?wkli^ Prcs't. j II. B. HOPKINS. l:.)KT. Ill i.T.. TFoS. W. ATKlNsO.* Sl^RIJNTG, 1850. JVJEW ANM CilKAl" SPRING AND SUMMER ja SZ?i <3T3 <H_:?a?v7?CH . HOPKINS, IIULt &, ATKirrson, 253 BAiyi'iaibitK sfitkkt, BAt/M!?OUSi, Respectfully invite the attention of buyers to their 8 P II I N G S T O C K Of Rritlsh, French and AmerS *::n Dry Goods. We have tak? n great : ains to s?"l rt a Stock suited lo the wants c*f Southers and .Western M? sehants. which WE II'III. SELL LOW TO SAFE AND PJlOXTT Ruyers. Oar Stock is very large, ami embraces such sin assortment a.- will enable a merchant t.? buy of u*, TO Tin: HKST ADVA XT AO 10 'lO HTMSKLK. all the poods he may need in our lin- . In all-thine? w?t shall try to consult the interest of our custom..*: s. Orders 5-nt to u-i shall be carefully attended to, and goods dis patched promptly. j febld* HOPKINS, HULL x ATKINSON. W. A. EDWARDS & BRO., Corner JItirXrtiant} Monroe St*'., opposite JTuLurt House. ?WHEELING, VA., HAVE just received another large lot or the following* Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, &'?: , which they oiler to the trade at the lowest xnaiket pvices: Pure Pi net Ca.-tillion & Co. llandy In J-j casks. Fine Sigr.ettc Brandy? H ??'? )a cn^ks. do do do &n-l 1-1.; 4* | Cognac, Ginger and Ch-nv 1*randy. Port Wine, Sherry Wine, Madiera Wine, Claret Wine, | Muscat Wine, Malaga Wine. California Sparkling Champaign. OSd Family Rye Whisky, Sl:ir do Monongahela do Magnolia do ReCtiiied do Scotch Ale, Rrov.n Stout. Tobacco, Cigars. Sardines, Salid Oil, Groceries, ifro. All orders entrusted to our care will receive promj t attention. |feblt?] W. A. EftWARI.S k RRO. WH2SLWR1GHT," MUDG3 &. CO. "Wholesale Paper Dealers, no.i t, f lATiovicri;s'l.in-.F/r, t orucr oi German, BALTIMORE, MI) ? a rri.i. assortment of PUNTING I'Al'KHS, News-aud Hook; Colored Papers o ail kinds, Stra'Y Hoard-; Hinders,and Trunk. Hoaids; Ronnet Hoards, White and Colored; Printer: Cards and Cure Hoards,in every variety; 'Tissue and fchoe Paper; I'.ardivaio and Manilla Pa'pct; Press Ronrds. A full assortment o French Folio Post, Packet and le tter Paper, Marble Paper, Post tllliceanti Hank Kn? ejopt; U ,ij Pajiers, ull kinds; Sheathing, Tac!: and Spice Paper.-; Printing ax! Writing Ink". Alum, nieachin;:-l?or.eis. , Paper of ev cry description made to order. f?.l,lG--ly C. 11. SIjIN GLUFF & CO., WIIOJ.to.iU: i?kAl.! !ts IN HATS, CAPS cf .STRAW GOODS, No. ;tOS Blislismort' JIETWJ-SHX J./JjElyj V cC HOWAUJ' STJUSkTS, Mi 10 BSAB-'riJItolti;, lliu. * NEW ? IRlvI." " ~ I npUH undersigned have associated themselves together I J. as a firm, under the st;- k- ?>f MAXWELL, OAMPBBIXi Sc TINGLE, Fur the purpose of doing a \YIti)I*EviALE liliOCi.ltY t? GESEUA L COJfMlSXfi^l.u-,;^, at No. Main St., in the room formerly ocecpied by Hak^r & Hopkin*. We respectfully solicit ti.?- attention cf the Trade. J AS. MAX tVKLIj; of late llrm of Paxton, Donlon A Co. THOS. J CAMPHK! L, lai- with LUt *v Howell. GEO. R. TINGLE, late with hist & llowell. jan4 DT C. 1\ BEo"\vnsr, 11 s m a b w .vi n s?: fc'fi', EALERin Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Fancy Goods, Ac., ,tc., Wholesale and Retail A vent l?--r the sale of the CKLKHHaTI-.D AMERICAN WATCHKS, manulactured by Apfi.kion,'i a.icy ic Co., aiso A.mntlorti.e WHEKUER A WlLifuN .-11 WING MACHINES, aonounc s his return trom New Voi'k with a coi.iplele ?s sortmeiit of everj' variety of j>oods in his lii.c, which will be c He red at prices to compete with- any -house in the country. Please call ami examine beloie purchasing; else where. ?eplC-ly. SADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS, ?c. VVHOI.KSAI.K <V- ltkTA.li;. T B. SHEPPARD, No.131 Main St., c?o uer *?! Union, will ! ft ? continue to keep on hand a large.and complete as sortii.ent of ail articles in his line, cti.sl?t:n^ of Ladks* end | Geiitleiuep's Saddles, tine and Coarse Itarkess, Trui ks, i ValiceF,Carpet Rags, Satchels,-Collars, Nanus, Whips, &c. i 1 would respertfuiiy call atlehtion to my stock ?n.d trust hy strict alient;o:..aiui pro:nptnti;s, to merit a coidinuiit^e oi" the public patrr-nacf. All kinds oi" repairing promptly ?lor.e, cud In a pr *?t r manner. J. ?. SllFPPAKO BeptfO. _ _ lf5l Main St. (DBS A!*. IT5<> 1SCJ A<"V, ?\\71IOLESALE ANJ> Rf 'i All. Manuin* tr.i? r of Saddles, T7 Hrldivsi'Hnriubs and Trunks, and <iealer in al'lai'ti clesusually kept by Saddle)s. lugs leave to ii.-ft-im the ]?ublic that he has opened, at Miilr. St., c? r. Market Alley, wheve he will be jjlad to see any persons wanting any of the above articles. As heintends ii> makegoe?t.n <?? k and sell at fair priced4 he 1h?j ?-s to obtain a liberal fhii're ol public patronage. Parl'n t h r attention paid to oidex'CmI pairing tlor.e witfi difp'nti'h. ?i p?S*. work, and repa CHARGES W. GRAHAM, ? ? r 11 ?J E MS ?> H T J! A m ES '8' AKHEB. ^Uii undersigned would inform the cj' r.ens of Wheeling JL and vicinity that haying purchased the Dreg and Pre scription Store, formerly owned by'lir. James Tanner, be will continue U.? carry pn the l^rpg bus:;.ess in all lt3 branches. He inert respectJully-solt^ifs a contiurnr.ee of thy public patronage which has heretolyr'* beCatc libtrally extended towards this c.hl ar.tl well known, efciablishn.er.t. It will be l?is aim to.keep everytJiii-gi ol the purest kinxl and at the lowest price, usually to be found in a well fur nished Drug established.t. Prescriptions carefully compounded from the purest of Medicines, CHAltLES W. GRAHAM l\o.v2l>, cor. Mhin.'and Webstei StSi, my 19 Centre Whseling. METCA LE JiOUfeE, (l-ATE UONl'OR HOUSE ) COli: MA IN AND M A3JIJSON STS. just oi'j vxiri:suisPbsgTox Jijudge, AVHEELIKG G. T. METCAXT,. PROPRIETOR ripins old and well knot. n house has been Ie;ased by me . X for a term of y? ars, and has been thoroughly relit ted. Its accommodations are ol the best order for passengers ar.d travelers, either by public or privatecorxve* ance bav ins extensive stabling attached. (CAii-Dj J . A.METC ALF. (Siicceafdr to P. C. ini.lrtih'A Co.1 COMMISSION MBHCHAN'! A XI? MANUFACTURES' AGENT For the sale of Nails, Window Glnss, Ci?icSu?*JrSo'a"f? Iron, l-lint Glassware, Latvl Oil, Steel, Gret n Glassware, lJme, Springs, Printing, -Paper,- Plaster Patis, i Axles, "Wrapping Paper, Cum nt, Rosin, "Woollen AVnre. Starch, Together with many urticl.es of X'ittsturg, and..Wheeling manufacture. No. f)G 1'axtor.V Row, Ma!n >t. je'2 U'hffliay. Vr?,. iACE GOUl>H ?te KMRitUlHhRlKg.?Our siocu. *--i th. :.e a goods is lar^?e amVcomplete, compVisirg many riovii ties; Point Lace t'etta, Valenciensti-s Seii>, lion.'.irn fcetls. Lace Inserted SfcttS, PdmpatlGin S. t:5; Salis ami Jacconct -Hand?, Flouiacii4t*5,-.Ldging!? ?M?;h'?i nlii-r9. a]>^ ? lll-.IfeKr l.L A "SWEARINGKT-. ~f\ HHLS. Novelty 31 ills White Wheat Pair, IC Flotir. u D? " choice ac^icle,- now landing from st? aui> r W r.cdaide, an?l for sale by GEO. ADAMS. layll? No. &? Main -St. RF.FINEp FUGaTiS.?loU barn Is Crushed, Pow'd and Granulated Sugorif, for sale by mvtiti MAXWELh, CAMPRELL A TINGl.F.