The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-18

the violated bonor of the State into eir own keep,ns
by depospg ,hose who have attempted to barter her
brthright in the Union, End electing others
10 I'LL their Offices. This will be done 30
soon a. may be consistent with order and pro-
priety The people throughout the State will be
warned not TO give aid and comfort to the treason Of John
Letcher and the usurpng Richmond Juna by paying any
more taxes into the treasury OF Virginia. Confederate
States of America but will be required TO pay all State
taxes to the proper officers shers and their deputies Of
the Old Dominion, the Virginia. United States Of Amer
CO. 1t is quite probable that Mr. Perrepoint Of Marion
City, will be Provisional Governor, and II almost
tain that Mr. Garlic will be elected TO the Senate the
United States TO fiji the uDexpired term Of Mason
Hunter who viii be his colleague has not yet been fixed
The members Of the Convention considerably exer
cised about the State debt They shrink from setting
on new career with the odium of reputation, and yet
feel their utter inability TO stasger along with such load
OF debt that owed by Virginia. BESIDES the greater
part OF this debt contracted for railroads EASTERN
Virginia. of which they here have derived only slight
cidental advantage Some scheme will be adopted, how
ever by which the holders Of the viii receive all
the benefit OF the assets justly pertaining TO them for the
people in this region honest well brave
termned If you had them In convention as have
and looked around the br0nzed faces Of those
the inland snd mountain countless you would have felt
sat!sed that Henry A. Wire, Who II has been said was
TO be Bent hher TO que The Dsur ec,ion, would ud
quite another affair from mis- military exploit Harper's
Ferry When ne recaptured that famous point from Cap
There are yet In some Of the counties upon the Kara
wha orays made by secession scouts and ourders and
good Union hunted down and plundered
by irresponsible parties but this will not last long
would never have been commenced had Auch men as
John Jauncy, OF Loudop; A, II Stuart of Augusta aud
Geo Summers, of Kanawha, been true TO their in
srcts ar followed the guidance Of their judgment
vsorug and bastard chivary of such demagogues and
uat>rs Jas. NJ Mason-a man concerning whom II
nigh &c difficult TO determine whether he was more re-
bic IN public life for stupidity arrogance Sure
an that If the majority Of Union members who were
returned to the Richmond Convention could have fore
seen The desoatlon and mourning which was TO be
brought upon this state by making IL the guard
post Of the treason OF secession instead of yedng
the opportunities of such men as Wise and Mason when
they were attempting a Procrustean unauimty they
would have followed the noble example of Carle-re-
TUNED TO their homes and raised the banner Of the
Union Garlic 10 the leading spirit OF tots Convention,
snd people gather around him with something like
family sflecton He liz in the prime OF life, with iue
open spirited cnunenance, olive complexion black
aud eyes, and lips with q compressed expression VIII
denote nfexibe purpose
The City Of Wheeling might be beautiful as well as
thriving place but for the coal smoke, which gives
dney appearance just II is festooned with flags of
every description-excepting the secession embems
The ladies gave strawberry festival last evening"
proceeds TO be applied to the families OF az
sent soldiers The ladies' achieved quite success and it
WAS pleasant to see them conscious of beng en-
gagged in q patriotic cause, and giving delight TO
those present ss well as absent. If Southern Virginia
could only understand the spontaneous uprsny In West
Virginia. IN behalf of the Union and the stars aud
Stripes they would certainly abandon AL idea of sending
Vice here to coerce his fellow citizens in this quar-
whether these peope-plan hut sensible
and brave-had not preserved P6rer patriotism than
their
In locking over my letter. prior 70 enveloping it, it
Cured to me that had made too slight auson
ladies festival 1t was really refreshing, coming fro
the DIN Of arms where nothing savorpg OF peace
or heard to meet with such fresh and joyous
was gathered here. There s perhaps, point Virginia
where society has been less shocked than has here
by this outbreak Of civil war; yet here away
one correr Of the state between Pennsylvania Ohio
there are cases Of separation between father and
and brother and brother. But am wandering from the
fair There was end Of bouquets and flags and among
the latter two trophies secession flags taken a. Phpp
by the Fist Virginia regiment and presented to the
ladies' The smaller Of the two riddled with bullet
holes. They were repulsive looking rags by the
our Star spanged Banner But the secession flags
repufve had only TO turn from them the ladies'
for ali that attractive. II would be invdious where
many beautiful ladies' gathered single out any
bright particular star for comment, but my memory will
often recurfor "a thing Of beauty joy forever
to the lovely Mrs. B-,a youthful widow, and her
panion, Mrs NOM. 1t was, perhaps later than Ell.
quette would justify before left them:
For who to sober measurement
Times happy heenees brings,
When birds OF Paradise have lent
l Their pOmape ~ w