The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-24
Our. Boston Correspondence.
fairs al the Inb-Wendeil Philips
Fred Dougias.-The Eight Hour
Movement -Fenianism-T ON the
.Rampage-Amusem sc.

pleasure of contributing to your va''
BILE paper semi-oceasional letter. no.
this "remote, ancient aud reSpectaoio
CITY. ocrastination-which copy books
affirm to be ''the thief of time'-has un'''
today interfered to prevent us oe'"s
written.
The "Hnb of the Universe" the Mod
49,, Athons " the "Home of the Literati,"
~ whatever else we may denOminate 1T,
hos been in q state of extreme agi tation
far the month past, -"Pre-em inently no.
ted,"-as George Francis Train remark
ed. ;"for minding every-body's business
except its own" it has displayed an I'M
usual activity in this direction recently.
Your columns, if remember rightly,
n short time since contained the sum
and substance of WeHdell Philips last
speech here, in which he attempted to
create ill-feeling and foment discord still
further among the sections. Since his
departure, we have had several shining
lights of the same quality. few days
since, Fred. Douglas came. ayowcdly to
deliver an eulogy upon the character
OF JUe ldlt tuICl II
audience assembled to hear it, when to
the utter surprise Of the uninltlated, at
terra few very bald remarks on his pro
fessed subject, the gifted African veered
about and began most rabld ana IN
temperate attack upon his successor, Mr..
johnson. Doubtless remembering that
his white coadjutor had preceded HIM,
he endeavored to "Out Herod HerOd' IN
abuse and vituperation and to a certain
extent succeeded In other respects, he
followed closely in the path Of his prede-
ccssor and the beaten way of the radical
party The old charges of disloyalty in
the President, were preferred, his dis
position to assist the reOrganizing states
in getting their rights in the Union de,
nounced and q general assailment OF all
the acts and plans of the Admlnlstra-
ton, entered into.
From what have seen,I Judge the po-
litical feeling here to be in spirit and ac-
cord with this harangue, and that the re-
construction policy, or in fact any plan
or policy almost of Andrew Johnson
will find numerous opponents here TINS
winter.
The other questions of Il political ma
ture, besile those touching upon the
inevitable mig, agitated here at pres
emf, are the proposed reduction of labor
ING hours for the masses or eight hour
movement" and that pet project of our
Milesian brethren, Fcnianism. call the
first a political questiOn-using tho word
political in its narrow sGnse-bccause al
though apparently looking to nothing
but tho amelioration, socially and 9th
crwise. of the industrial classes and seem
irgly of character not likely to awaken
any party strife over it, it nevertheless
has had its place and probably will for
sometime hereafter enter into the polltl-
teal campaigns of this State. 1t was a
measure strongly urged and ADVOCATED by
| the Democratic party in the last guber-
material election and still is retained IS
q watchword among them. What ITS
| final determination is to be we may not
venture TO predict. Certainly the last cleo
| ton failed to settle it here and it is still
an omen question for half starved, over
worked operatives and plethoric, unbe-
lieving employers to wrangle and grow
bitter over OF that other already con-
siderable and rapidly growing institu-
| ton, "FclaniSm," | have not much to
communicate.
The Centres" of this city were
/ strengthened pecnniarily, if not other
wise, by Trains lecture before them, a
few evenings since. Music Hall, IRON
turrct TO foundation stone"-that IS
from cockpit to parquette-was filled by
an enthusiastic and vocilerous audience,
who were highly amused, if not instruct
cd, by the orator
By the way, did you ever see, or hear
Train-I mean George Francis, OF course
If Won haven't, your acquaintance with
natures works is incomplete; there's yet
one specimen of humanity, ditlereDttrom
all others, which you have not us yet en-
countered He is Il marvel. A man la
boring under the rather unenviable no.
| toriety of being The most egOtistical and
impudent individual in the universe, he
is yet a person of very quick perception,
| Of q occasional good sense, and of the most
persistent and iudOmitable energy. His
last three qualities YOU have doubtless
seen instanced III his past career; of the
first two mentioned let me give you an
illustration Getting mp before an audi
encc here, in Boston, recently, he men
toned incidentally in the course OF his
remarks. that he was native of this city,
born strictly within limits and for
that fact" continued he, Il wish to apol
ogize. Iregrct constantly that my eyes
first Opened in sUch miserable cOmmU-
nifty. | only find comfort in rejecting
that ouT birth places are not of our own
choosing, hut are determined altogether
hy the whereabouts Of oar maternal an
ccStor on that interesting OCCASION and
so on, continuing to disparage aud be
labor tho unfortunate city, dcnomlua-
tine It's commerce a sham, its iDstitu-
tiens humbugS, and denounciDg its soci-
ETY. as a piece of mere organized hypocri-
sy that deserved to he swept out of cNis-
tcncc. And all this in the face of an as
sembly of residents ofthe city under con
sideratiou
His speech hcloio the Brotherhood"
here, announced rs a lecture upon The
termination of British misrulc i'm Ire.
land was of 4 somewhat wandering
aud deSultory character. ndulging in
many Strayings and deviations for the
purpose of hitting his own enemies. and
redros>ing his own grievances as we'll as
those of Ireland He evidently was i'm
high favor with the greater portion of
his audience, most of his remarks being
received with uprOarIOus wells and bowls
from the HihcTnian element present
Amusemcnts here this winter have
been varied aud plentiful. First among
theatrIcals, "kean" aud his wife. with