The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-06-28


THE Virginia Legislature adjourned
on Friday last after brief session of
five days. There was very little speech
making, and all the proceedings were
emph1ticHlly of IL business charactcr.-
All the measures required by Governor
Peirpoint were adopted without much
debate. OF these the most Important
was tho act restoring the elective
franchise to persons disqualified by the
third article of-the new Constitution of
Virginia. Voters possessing the other.
requisite QUALIFICATIONS may vote on
taking the Presidents amnesty oath. to
support the Constitution of the United
States, and also to sustain the emanci-.
pation policy of Congress. The other
Qualifying oath pledge fidelity to the
restored Goyernmer of Virginia as
Established at whc, ing, in June, 1861.
Provided, however, TINT the person
excepted from the PresIdOMt's Amnesty
Proclamation shall not be permitted to
tvote. iI.s .it., .f,s.l
The Richmond Republic, speaking of
the qualifying oaths, says that they in
,yOlved che Overthrow of slavery and
States rights, and adds:
It is eminently proper and eminently
wise, now that they have received the
coup de grace from the war, that, they
should be put5bey ond the hope, of rasIlr-
/ rection by this Important Act of As
Sembly. Tho net requires of the peo-
pie their acknowledgement of the de-
mise of these two institutions. In TAX
il ing the oatlis IT. prcscrfbes, tile people
assent to recognize and assert their final.
demise. Be it so. Let these things Of
the past die. Letthem sleep the eter-
nal sleep of death. Let the people take
the oaths, and thus drive the Inst nail
III the coffin of slnvery and secession.
4 .. ------4-o I'D.
THE last glimmer of the Rebellion
I dies out with the surrender of Calves
ton.- There is nothing left to be taken
or surrendered. The old 1tag once more
}, floats in undisputed authority from
Maine to Texas, and peace rests upon al
our borders. 49, -.s-,ss<s - 50.
The proclamation issued by the Presi-
dent, simultaneously with the official
announcement of the news, reopens all
our ports to foreign and domestic COM
merce. The inlnled Into OWLS of war and
the restrictions upon trade which neces-
no longer, the nation may now safely
y address itself to the work of reorgan-
izing the vast interests which have fall
On into decay. .ist,isI J.
4 THE London Spectator, abiding to n
recent wedding ceremonial, remarks:
The weddings of tho RothschiIds1 are Ire
becoming state events, md the whole;
family appear to hnVo attained "a posi-I
j ton. somewhere between that of peers
and princes. Tho nnrriage of Miss
EYelina de Rothschild, second ,dauphs
4 ter of Baron Lionel, to EertliTitIiCi.
second son of Baron Anselm dc Roths,
ichild, of Vienna, was celebrated IN
Wednesday in the presence of n circle
such MS few peers could gather together
The tonst of Che bride and bridegrooln
was proposed by Mr.. Disraeli. that I'D
the foreign guests by the Duke Of som
erset, and that of the bridesmaids bv
the the, Lord Chief Justice. The papers are
full of the splendor. of the scene, and
some OF them report the speeches at full
length, we suppose with the permission
i OF the family whose privacy is invaded.
The only point in them worth repeating
4 was the Duke of Somerset's. who sniSI
the family had succeeded where nations
j the nntions." liI l}ssl Iii -,
nRak A.