The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-17

May 10, 1866. )
Editors Of the Register:
Since my last, have been III poor
health which will account for my long
silence. At present. l am laboring under
an old periodical disease called spring
fever" or chrome laziness, but hope ere
long to he able TO report coAvalescence
if the weather should Prove. favorable
The destruction Of the wheat crop in
this section is a fixed fact number of
fields have been plowed and sowed in
oats or planted in corn. Last fall the
prospect for good crop III this county
never looked more promising, and even
so late as tile month of February the
farmers were inspired with some hopes,
but the unruly month of March, accom-
panied, as usual, with drenching rains,
sudden freezes AID chilling winds, did
the thing, and the result is an entire
failure of the farmers taYOrite crop. In
this township, so far as have observed,
the farmers viii not realize, on an aver
are, the seed sOwn last fall, and be-
lieve this is the prevalent opinion IN re-
gard to other sections throughout the
entire country. There is but little old
wheat in this section, and the people Will
either have to import it from abroad or
adopt the ultimatum of close nipping.
We would have good prospect iUr an
abundance of fruit if We could get rid Of
the catterpjIIaTs which are destroying
the bloom Ealv,cu the Catterpillars
| and the radicals it seems that the inter
| ests of this State viii be materially at
fected for the present. Messrs Editors,
| have been watching the movements OF
the disuniOn party in this county for
some time, and / must confess that
unless one is thoroughly acquainted
with their secret movements 1t is the
hardest thing imaginable to find them
out or ascertain their strength III conse-
ouence of their hypoCritical pretousions.
| Two weeks ago the radicals IN this town
shin were ali in for President Johnson 5
reconstruction policy they were down
on the registry law and the constitution.
al amendment, &c. But, Oh, mighty
change has come over the spirit of these
people within the last ten days. They
have discovered within the last few days
that the constitutional amendment is
not such an "orful thing" as they at
first supposed it to be- and that if the
amendment is not carriefet the coming
election the rebels will henceforth rule
the State. On the strength of this they
have gone to work, might and main,
to carry the amendment in this county
They have at last assumed bold front
| h.N IN ho ii
cut epithets OF rebel, copperhead, but,
ternut, SC, to drive voters into their
support; but it appears that these nick
names have lost their charm aud will nc
longer suffice to drive timid men into
their ranks. Now, whenever these texts
so often adverted TO, fail to have their de-
sired effect, they will resort to some
thing else that will. They have now
a report in circulation amoug the voters
IN this county about au "orful rebellion
CONG on in some Of the back coun
lies" 1t is represented here that the
returned rebels in some of these coUntie:
are mobbing aud driving out the sheriffs
registrars and other officers of the law
It is also represented that. these mobs
are headed by armed rebels from tht
State Of Kentucky. These reports, o.
course, will have some effect among the
voters here, especially among those thai
are weak in the conservative faith
Now, Messrs Editors, it does seem to m'
that there is snothiDg too mean for these
radicals to take hold of to advance theil
cause or carry out their designs.
tbey cannot drive voters into their sup
port by tantalizing ythem with th'
names of rebel, copperhead, Sc, the.
will then try to work upon their preju
aices by holding up to their view rebe
rssistance TO the law, armed mobs, &c
Th.se are the texts used by them t
drivs timid men into their support
Tbes. are the epithets they feed upoI
R By ~ Ss SssR s1s oy as SaRisf to H s
. ton ns one ne which in all probability, wi
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