The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-09
NEWS OFTIEDAY.

WIsE's BoMDAsTIc LETTER.-Henry
A. Wise, says the Richmond correspon.
dent of the New York Tribune, is again
tioundering in an address of thirty
pages of foOlscap, closely written, ad.
dressed to General Grant, appealing
from the decision of Gen. Terry MS tC
the e.tl1 tE'insier OF his property in Nnnse-
mond county, abandoned in 1862 to the
treedmen's Bureau. After defining Inc
rights and duties of secession, and ac-
Khowledging his being CONQUERED. he
says: .Ihere is no need of nv tnkinp
the oath OF allegiance to the United
Sothtes. am not, never was, and never
mean to be II foreigner to them. Under
their iegis | claim TO be nm American
citizen, and free, save those bonds Of n
prisoner of war. Ium not free to swear. u
He denies the right to contiscate, as by
the parole which he received from Gen.
Grant de was directed togo TO his home
Mhlch ne now claims lie is excluded
from, 1t being occupied by government
paupers. He stntes, ''I had detinitely
made up my mind to advocate emnnci-
| patton. / had also determined TINT my
cmldren should never be subjected to
TINS humiliation" The whole paper is
made mp of fluent bombnst, for which
noted.
Although the animns of tile great
body of the people of Virginia is becom-
ing excellent, there is yet a spirit of
treason abroad that must he closely
watched and rigidly repressed on the
first Indication of its becomint. active.
or IL Will become dangerous. Fostered
Dy tne lnSlnuntlons of such Journals as
the 1tHcS and L5MttctiH, and strengthens
ed by such exhibitions of malice nnd
latent treason 81 Oh
and Lyons Mt the late meeting. this
spirit cannot be considered dead. or
even harmless. The RHllciiH not long
since announced that Virginia must
now vote for men unObjectiOnuble to
the United States, but that after while
she could vote for whom she pleased.
Here is the secret of the whole matter. :.
Ihese men while grOaning under the
burden of being Obliged 10 obey the
laws of the United States, as made bv
nankeeS, console themselves by look
ing forward to the time when the statute
bo0k. shall have been revised by the
chlValry, and thus he once more in
consonnnee with their ideas. This is
their whole purpose. They have mere
~ transferred from the battlefield 10
the Legislative arena the contest the nu-
ton had considered fought. Herein lies
our danger, and nowhere can il be seen
ginia. -
MEETING OF RED NIEN.-The Great
Council OF the United States of the Inn
proved Order of Red Men, will meet in
Baltimore ON Tuesday next, the 18th
instant. 1t is understood that delegatns
from nearly all the States will be pres-
snt, including those from the Southern
States; many of the ntterhave not been
represented for four years past, and the
TlEfEnnRn n Unt
session of this year, will doubtless he
nilIed with much joy by their brothers
IMPORTANT TO BOEDHoLDERs.-Th
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
ordered the following ruling; When
the decision No. I4O was made. tbe 3 On
bonds issued under the act of .Jnna IN
is04; hnd not been put into the market
Salu bonds should now be Included in
the il, Ast OF United States securities, 10 be
deuncted from bank capital, under the
section of the revenue laws.
THE LATE GENERAL JENKINs.-It is
untrue that Governor Curtin Ind 1nade
reqnisitiOn upon Governor Peirpoint.
of Virginia, for Gen. Jenkins, indicted
for the burning of fChambersburp. Gen
Jenkins was not indicted for the offence
hls death occurred, and was duly chron-
lcled IN the Chambersburg and other
papers, some weeks before McCausland
ALEXANDER DUDLEY, of Richmond.
whose pardon was Withdrawn and sub
sequently returned to him, was a blus-
tering individual, who, after gettine
his own pardon, talked nysteriousIv
aDouL the ring" and insinuated that
money WINS used TO secure the coveted
0LlSOIntInT ElR1k 1t.
was Withdrawn and he was called on for
explanations, he was unable to estab-
llsh any of his allegations AffeT. no
ing mortified considerably, his pardon
was returned to him and he left Wash-
ington wiser man.
NEw-BoRN LOVE FOR SoLp1ERs.-on
Monday the members of the Eighty
sixth Illinois regiment held their anni-
versary Mt Peoria. Colonel r. j. Ineer-
sol, the cOmmandant, made a speech.
and paid his respects to the men now,
protesting TO be the best friends of the
soldiers. He said: "This is not a DO
lttical meeting, and yet 1 cannot for
pear saying word or two about the
soldiers friends. There are men here in
our midst pretending to he your dearest
and best friends. They belong to n Marty
some of whom Il will not say ALI were
not your friends when you were fight
ing the battles of your country. T'hey,
laughed AT your wounds, they sneered
nj your scars; they Knocked the cornsnS
OF your comrades; they prophesied
your defeat; they hoped for YOUR dis
grace; they prayed for your oyerthroy,.
and deathj they despised the cnuse fo,.
which You were battling, they were the
allies of your murClerers. Now Won
have reached home covered with oISrv.
You are welcomed DV the trIIf ,nSSs12rIn = :
the North; you are radiant with success
ana the very mon of whom have bear,
speaking crowd around you and saw
they We're your friends BeVvnre az
them nlll They do not want to heir
you; they want you to help them
When they come, tell them that Won
Caln nave no confidence in their sinceri-
OF silver, the price of your blood. teII
them To go and follow to the bitter en,j
the example of their illustrious leader. -
a Mosr extraordinary case has inst
been brought TO light at Coly in somor-
setshire. An eccentric power has actu-
ally in his possession, at this moment
the unburied corpse of his mother. who
ule1 SS nYe years ago. When she died he
had n leaden collin made, with n glass
pli1te ING. set inso ns to show her fnce. This
time to time he goes there to look iinn,1
the face of his mother. The case n fTi6rSIS,
the nearest parallel to the man in Lon
don who kept the remains of his two
wives in similar way for many wears
IN q bedroom in his house at Portland
place. VI 'l''ii"
WINE PRosPECTs.-Iohn Z. Morti-
mer, the great wine man of Cincinnati.
saws he will lose nbo,,t r,,,o sFtI,l.e !. >.