The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-07
rebel Waierloo = tho ItanaWha va.

Rebel Waterloo In the HnnnWla Val
ley.
We are permitted to publish the fol.
towing extracis roma letter ton gen.
tleman Ia Il city, written 81 ifiend
in the Ehnawh4 vallty IA
,BEAh sR;-. Never haa ltesion -
csiyed such D signal aud damaging
rebuke In the Kanawha Valley, % Il re-
ceiyed yesterday. Never since the war
mot even when Lee surrendered, were
there as many long secesh faces as at
present. They are "routed, horse, foot
and dragoons.n They tried their old
trick, by which they achieved apartial
triumph last year, drumming Union
iasn'who did npt like the rebellion but
loved rebels. But, alag for their causel
it wps no gol
Morris for Senate, Patrick and Wyatt
for House, were the conservative" cam
dIdnteS, ipiedg6d TO repeal the oath bill (;
vote down the constitutional Rmend-
ment, and abolish the law requiring
rebels lust returned nom the army 10
take . certain oath before "suing out
Dix for Senate, Mcwhorter and
Mairs for House, were the Atr1ightout
Union candidates. Every effort was
made. The old Doctor almost exceeded
his early efforts at lechoneering, but
his failure was complete. n,
/ think may say that we have beaten
AT every township Tone q not heard
from) by such majoritieB aB 2to IS, q 70
AZ, 81 TO II, 100 70 o., lin Charleston &c.
There was not much challenging Of
votes. Some Of the old aristocratic
ssrebS" assumed 70 go II on their "dig-
nity, !" but a slight admonition from one
or two Of our Soldier boys" who had
recently dofed the blue uniform and
donned the citizens costume, soon set
tied the "suffrnge question: 50 far as
they were individually concerned. One
ex.lawyeF, exjudge (presiding 1ustice)
ex.aristocrnt and ex.Febel, walked in
with the mir Of o "knight' OF the olden
time and asked forthe "laWN@quite a
number Of his coInpeerB watching the
reSult.) The "lAWl' was handed him.
After rehdingoVe the oath fegcribed,'
he remarked in a dlctatorIal tone.
~ cannot take that oath, and de-
ntuRd TO vote"
"You cannot vote unless you take
this oath, = replies Tom. alfa9lcJN \
"Why not?n
"Because you are one Of the men the
oath was made for" says Tom.
Elk --sw walked out, clonChing his
teeth, muttering s6mbthihg about
"b0kus government" or "bogus legts-
lature," followed by those who bad
been watching the issue.
But tho browning act Of the day, and
the hardest stroke upon them, was the
delivery of very able and we'll elab-
GRATED opinion OF Judge Polsley upon
the application OF VIM. A. Quarter, q
returned rebel, 10 DO admitted 70 the
tbhr." This was TO be the pioneer case
amonEa lot Ofrebel lawyers ola dozen or
more who had engaged the services OF
Ben. Smith and Geo. w. Summers ?; and
never since the "Hend6le Riu Case"
have those men made such desperate
efforts. They exhausted the authors
ties for precedent and their ingenuity
for sophistry and their eloquence for
sympathy, to carry their point. Some
twelve or fourteen hours were consumed
In the argument. But all would not
rebel rel was i informed that abs applIca.
ton was rejected" for hereasons there
In set forth.
Tho Judges opinlonwill be published,
although very lengthy.
We have a Captain Smith, lately from
the army, who answered from time tC
time the arguments Of Summers and
Smith, and did SO In q mastery man
nef. Yours, truly, -.