Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-18
From Richmond.

The Richmond Wing of Monday last tn
18th instant, has the following articles of
interest to our readers.
Speaking of the recent order Of Presi.
dent johnson abroga,ing all legislative
enactments since the 18th of April 1851,
the Wing says:
How far the private interests of the PEG.
pie may be affected by the abrogation Of all
the legislative enactments subsequent to
the 18th of April, 1851, it lie impossible
now to foresee. There is every assurance,
however, that justice will be meted to ali
persons, and that no one will suffer dstri.
ment in person or property save those who
have incurred It by active and obnoxious
leadership ip the attempt to destroy our
nationality. Litigation will prevail 10 an
unparalleled extent, aud the legal ftater.
nifty will thrive as they have never done
before.
The Presidents declaration will, of
couse, naturally shock the ultra advocates
of State sovereignty. They will regard it
90 the finishing blow to the cherished doc
trine in which they have been educated,
and an assumption of authority on the part
of the Federal Governments forsbodin9 an
ultimate Centralization of power in the
hands Of the President, which they have
ever regarded with holy horror.
But the mass of our people have accept
ed the resqlt Of the war as complete over
throw of the State Sovereignty dogma, aud
will, therefore, raise no captious objection
to the Executive Order while others who
have repudiated the secession theory will
rejoice at any constitutional method of
bringing the State within the pale of the
Union again. The idea is beginning to
prevail quite extensively In Virginia that
no State has the reserved right to break
up the National Government; and, enforced
as that unWhoIesome doctrine has been by
the results Of the war, it IL not probable
that We will hear of much rehabilitation
against the order. ofthe President.
SOme'uueasinsss will be caused by the
instructions to, the Attorney tfGeneral 70
"libel and bring 10 Judgment tConfibcStion
and sale, properly subject to c0nhscAtion,' u
but the recent speeches of the, Rresident,
in which he has evinoed disposition e
be lenient to the unfortunate and misgui-
i ded masses in the South, should go far tC
remove the appreheusions of the people
Moreover, We t&Ve'fo6sOn TO believe that
the conhBoation lekislatioHtOf Congress
will be essentially modified in time to pre-.
vent any Wholesale diBpossessl0n Of the
heretofore disloyal owners Of property IL
the South.
letorPrise is once more beginning 10 :,
manifested in Richmond. The ruins q
the recent ERE ere gradually, being. cleared
away for the erection of new and fine,
buildings. s8 q7q4kt
transform nation of the negro from The ron
dftion of 4 slave 70 that q 4 freedman. M
not, as far as We can see, broken the bond,
Of society, or upset anything. The soSisi
world Wags as usual, if the political iiS 4
little changed aud in commotion. III
freed negro does not presume on any extra
. pewly acquired importance; does mt 80 ~
/. his former master or mistress by the NO.
and demand back pay for a life snSnt =.
seEVi1ude. Nothing Of the sOfEshas ocepr.
req, nor 10 expected TO occur. The nevros,
-leose VINO have chose to leave the domi:
cIs oil their former oWners-bRve VoS5
4 Aoont their Own business, while those Tho
prefer 70 fematn are receiving the nav n
, nlFea servants they will NOT be allowed
!, ~ ~ inc bread of idlehess.g Freedom
though great thinR, does moi ,ennStjfy !,
. n'geO white man after = - :
DICK Turner, an ofhcial Of the Libby
i fE'son under the Confederate rsgisas, and
/, Who' Tor alleged cruelty 70 Union priso6,
eEsi was serving out term pfisolilGry con,
hnement in the sane prison, escaped frou
his cell sometime between Thursday mid
9 night and daylight Friday inoraiog, ant
Z got away without being observed 81 III,
Q guard.
9 The most Immediate, and at the sam,
8 time the most satisfactory relief that IN
+. been NRatdea the poor Of RiclifnoS,6 Il 81 !.
q cheap bread which Il nov bei1g dlseEsS -;
by the, militNFy authorities TSSHHH J - 3.
: upon thonsands Of loaYes have besH .i1s,
& pat at six and AqOatter cent? IbicS !. ~.
simple ooat of the flour aud ~ hSSj = y
o dsa' Actual, suffering, in hQo,lFe ~. ~ y; y.
II stances, has been miIigated. and No. ~
g support Afforded families VIC aid es ~;