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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-04

Gold closed in New York yesterday at
l4Ss
General Grant is at Wilmington, N o.
attending the wedding of General VIII
sen.
delegation OF Indians from Nebraska
are in Washington for the purpose OF re-
Da1inx a treaty with the Government
a fire at Yonkers, n Y. yesterday, de-
stroyed property 10 the amount OF httS
thousand dollas.
During the last month there were TWO
thousand applications tor pensions
When the army disbanded last summer
applications ranged from four TO SIX
thousand per month.
suit was commenced IN New lofh
yesterday IN the Supreme Cont by
James Maddox against Secretary stan.
ron for false imprisonment. He lays his
damages at 100000
Niue and 4 half millions OF dollars OF
prize money has been paid by the Gov,
eminent thus far. Unadjusted claims
viii swell this amount to fifteen millions
Of dollars
Certain transactions Of government
discussing officer, in-TsXas are TO be in
y,-,igated by . mi.t,ry board 10 cenvene
IA Washington. lmmenae frauds, in which
prominent civil olii,rr- Of that State are
said TO lie implicated, are expected 10 he
unetrthed
General Palmer addressed meeting Of
soal thousand megro.a at LouisNjIlc Ca
new Years day
Beneaic, y Sons store, IN Cleveland,
vas robbed Oh the night Of the "a Of Fe''
eral thousand dollars worth of fur.
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ssubscr ption Prices.
Telegraphic Summary.

ID closed in New York yesterday al
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For Sale.
Valuable Property for Sale.

A FIRsT=CLASs OAK IANNEHf {,
y situated on the bank of the Creek in East
Wheeling; is two story brick building, 60 by
SO feet. with bark shed attached. Its capacity
for tanning is 5000 hides per annum. The yats,
ieeches lines bates pools, hide mill and en-
CINE. are all in prime working oraep ans T. IN
the business. Cause of selling isto close the es
tate of R. Lewis, deceased,
For further particulars apply TO
JESSE P. LEWIS, or
NATHANIEL LEWIS
Wheeling. Dec Is, 1865. executors
iecl6-lmd
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5000 REWARD
!. urNDRED DOLLARS RE-.

nNE sstJNDRED DOLLARS 8E.
~ ward viii he paid Tor the apprehension and
delivery at the Jail OF Ohio county, Vest VT jr
Scribed County Prisoners. who escaped il com
panv with six State Convicts from the Jail Of
bhio County at Wheeling, on the evening Of the
2Sth dsy OF December, 1865, to'wit;
.bout 80 years. feet l0i inches high-dark
hair with eoatee--dark complexion and is very
,..lhatlve, late n resident OF Chicago Illinois
formerly Of New York.
JOIN, " sssey alias John Wesley Btd'ccU. aged
hsir-r, whiskers-fair ConipleXiou-high
cheek bones aud deficient in front teeth, form
srly resided at Chicago Ill
JOSEPH SEYBOLD
Sheriff Ohio County
WHEELING. Dec 9Th 1865.
dec27Iw.
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THE ANIMAL MEETING of
L the STOCKHOLDERS of the WHEELING
and BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY will be
held at the Office Of the Company, on TUES
DAY, the 9Th day Of January, 1866, between the
hours Of 10 and 3 o'clock, for the Election OF
Nine Managers. to serve for the ensuing year,
dec25-td I. SWEENEY, President.
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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

SENATE.-A petition of certain Sa-
wings Banks of Rhode Island asking
that Savings Banks without capital
shall be exempted from the income tax
was presented and referred to the Com
mittee on Finance. A Joint resolution
of the West Virginia Legislature, set
ting forth the claims of that State a.
gainst the Government for troops fur
nished during the war, was presented
and referred to the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs. Mr. Poland introduced
a Joint resolution to be proposed a. an
amendment to the Constitution adccla-
ring that no person who has been or
shall be engaged in rebellion against
the United States, shall ever be allowed
to vote or hold Office in the United
States or in any State. 1t was referred
to the Committee on Reconstruction.
Resolutions We're offered by Mr.. Hen
derson declaring the powers of Congress
in reference to the Southern States fa-
vOring negro suffrage, and directing
the committee to provide by law for
the re-eStabliShment of State govern
mentS in the Southern States on the
principles set forth in these resolutions.
They were ordered TO be printed and
laid on the table. The Joint resolution
fixing the basis of representation was
then taken up. Messrs. Morrill, and
Wilson spoke in favor Of the resOlu
ton. Its further consideration was
then deferred until tomorrow. The
Senate soon afterwards went into exec
utive session, and at its close adjour-
ned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE ES.-The
Senate joint resolution appropriating
fifteen thousand dollars to repay Miss
Clara Barton for expenses incurred in
searching for missing Federal soldiers
was taken up and passed. Mr.. Bout
Well, of Massachusetts, from the Com
mittee on Reconstruction, submitted,
as a minority report, the views of him
self and Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois.
This report declares that the people of
the State of Tennessee shall allow ne
gro suffrage before they are admitted
into the Union. 1t was ordered to be
printed. A resolution was adopted
calling on the Secretary of War for all
orders and papers relating to the con-
dition of the freedmen which are in |
possession of the Freedmen's Bureau, |
and that have not been already sent in.
A bill to facilitate postal and CONNER
cial intercourse between the different |
States was reported back, with amend
ments, from the Judiciary Committee.
The consideration of the bill was post
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Personal AND POLITICAL.

S. r. Mallory, late Secretary Of the
Confederate Navy, has been released
from Fort La Fayettc, in which he was
imprisoned, last summer.
Great gains have been made in the
recent town elections in New York. -
The World says a complete political
revolution has taken place in that state
1t is said that John W. Forney is
a candidate for L. S. Senator to succeed
Hon. Edgar Cowan. There will hardly
be geese enough elected to the next leg
islature to bear this "Dead Duck" upon
their dOwny wings to seat in the L.
S. Senate.
Gen. Rousseau and Gen. Green Clay
Smith, both of whom fought valiantly
in the late war, are members of Con-
gress from Kentucky, and though e.
lected as "Republicans," vote on all
the issues now dividing parties. with
the Democrats.
Says the Age: "Some of the "Re-
publican" journals in announcing the
nomination of General Geary for Gov
ernOr, are recapitulating his immense
services, in the .feid, as a military hero.
They have not, however, got as far
back as the period of his service in
California as "Alcalde." Won't they
enlighten the publicupon that subject?
Or shall We?
A fair for the relief of Southern
sufferers is to be held in Baltimore, as
soon as possible after Easter. Contri-
buttons for this humane object can be
sent to Charles w. Woodward, 523 Mi
nor ST., Philadelphia.
Rev. Alexander Campbell, the
founder of the sect known as the "Dis-
ciples of Christ" and popularity de-
nominated "Campbellite Baptists," di-
ed, few days ago, at Bethany, Va.
Bishop Campbell was an eminent
scholar, and one of the greatest contro-
a or nf
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IN the Senate at Harrisburg, on Fri
day, I'd inst, Mr.. Browne offered the
following resolutions which We're pass
ed by party vote:
"WHEREAs, Hon. Edgar Cowan, Sen
ator of the United States from Penn
sylvania, has not, nor does not now rep
resent truly the majority of the people
of the patriotic state that elected him
in the paramount issues growing out of
the recent rebellion, therefore:
Re$Otred, That Hon. Edgar Cowan,
Senator of the United States from Penn
sylvania, be and he hereby is requested
to resign"
In older times, we heard vast deal
of the slave drivers whip being crack
ed over the heads of Northern men,
bers of Congress. Now, it is the radi-
cal whip which is presumed to carry
terror in its crack. OF the nineteen
gentlemen who voted for these res0lu-
tions, doubtless each one holds himself
peculiarly fitted to occupy the position
he desires Mr.. Cowan to vacate.-SOH-
ettSet Herd2d e. Wing, Rep
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THE TWO CONVENTIONS.

The Democratic State Convention
which was held on the 9TH inst, came
off very harmoniously, though largely
attended from every portion of the
State. Its proceedings were conducted
In decency and order; its presiding Of
ticer behaved like a gentleman; its,
members treated each other courteous
ly and respectfully; and its nominee
spoke the speech of an orator and a
statesman. Per coatra, the Disunion
Convention I'VE call it Diamion, be-
cause it refused to endorse the Presi-
dent, who desires the restoration OF the
Union, whilstitpraised Congress which
is keeping the Southern States out Of
the Union) which assembled on the 7th
inst, was a most disorderly and dis
c0rdant gathering Its proceedings
were marked with a spirit of conten-
ton aad acrinony, rs between the
friends Of the different candidates, as
well as between the uphoiders and the
opposers of the Presidents policy; its
presiding officer acted in the worst pos
si5le taste in delivering harangue in
favor of his candidate for The nomina-
ton; its members accused each other
of attempts to gag" and of a viola
ton of pledges, and Of fraud and trick
cry; and its nominee stammered ont
some mesenseless platitudes, ,creditablenei-
ther to his political honesty, nor his
claims to craftsmanship. All we ask,
is, that the people viii read the pro-
ceedings of both conventions and judge
concerning them without prejudice.
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OUR GOVERNOR.

o mean jec'T! "kepablicans,' as
we'll as Republics, are ungrateful. How
rudely have our fondest hopes been
blasted! How sadly have our brightest
anticipations been disappointed! Oar
readers well remember how confident
we all were that we would, before long,
49, r,o-.a,.,,l... :, T,-,1e,,-I tn, =
'i-' y q w - i''' Al -
mon League had telegTapned that aii
+l,+ ,,-os, ,,-,,, ti,,cr p, ty,;.o,E r,.., +,e+
tre ,,ou.,. should 90, ,,,roa4 tao+ e,dgorJ
county bod ;rs+r.e+ad r. dala.,s}. -
tho Ranphlican Convention for tho
r1o,or.l,lo Tobr Co..ro Tnb, b;r,.aIf
assured ps that all that WA, necessary,
IN Give us the honor Of furnishing The
State with the next Governor. was for
+bo Ponub,icars of tho counfv tn say
+bat ba sborId ba the man. Basides he
bod racaived ever so many letters from
naarIv every conn+v in the state pledg-
ING him support and as for PhiladeI-
nhia no informed H. thai the deleaa-
tion from that city would ne nearly u
nanimous for his nomination. Al!
how deceitful is human nature.
This world is all a aeeting show
For man illusion gwen
70 oa5ss..eekers serve to show.
They'd better be ia heaven
Well! Its all over ana III the ian
guaSe OF the immortal Shakespeare,
there's no use IN crying over apiiI2d
milkw Oar "G0vemor'-oh. how
we blush 10 tell it-coaId muster but
Jour votes iH the convention, 10 VII:
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MILITARY EET7EEUGS.

Whilst the thousands of brave men
who bore the heat and burden Of the
late war, deserve our admiration and
esteem. the "buncombe" Brigadiers
andgassy Generals with which thearmy
was so horribly afflicted, merit only the
contempt, and excite, simply, the dis
gust, of all who estimate the soldier at
his true worth. Far be it from Us to
include in this category, all of the high
er officers Of the army. We intend no
such injustice. We refer solely to those
fiashy, tawdry, garish, big-plumed,
specimens Of Congressional Brevets,
who smelt the battle afar off and whose
exploits were performed with the blood
less point Of the pen Of the army cor
respondent for the sensation newspa-
pers. In recent number of the " Y.
Tribune, we find our notions upon this
subject so well expressed, that we trans
fer a part of the article, as follows:
Blessed be the man of sharp pen and
bold thought, who will write It's the
history of Military Humbugs-Whowill
tear off the buttons and lace from adven-
turers and show precisely what manner
of men they are, and whence theycame,
and how if happens they are allowed
to wear stars like those resting upon
the shoulders of Sherman, Sheridan
and Grant. We shall see in that day of
Judgment, that the honor of America
has, too many times, been traded off and
bestowed unWorthily, and made a thing
of merchandise and unworthy prompt
ing"
Military Humbugs! Let them beck
posed. Let the TFi5une's coming "man
of sharp pen and bold thought" come
soon, and by all means, let him fin
ish his work before the closing of the
Gubernatorial campaign in PennsyIva-
mia.
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PRAISE FRO9G SIR EGyBERT.

The excellent character Of Mr.. ely
mer, the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, compeIs commentator from his
bitterest political opponents. For in
stance the Philadelphia HSgujyer says:
"The DemocraticC Convention of Penn
sylvania transacted its business with
ttledifficuIty, and has, perhaps, placed
in nomination ahe best candidate that
could have been selected from the ranks
of the party. Mr.. Clymer is a gentle
man Of excellent character and OF fine
abilities. There can be no doubt that
he will do credit to the Office, should it
De his fortune to be elected"
Again, the Philadelphia Press, flied
with venom and malignjty toward the
Democratic party, a~ it usually is, feels
constrained to speak, in terms OF praise,
OF the Democratic nominee. II says:
at gives Us great pleasure TO bear
testimony to the nigh personal charac-
ter Of Hon Hester Clymer, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor Of Penn
sylvania. General Geary may we'll say
that he has a ''foeman worthy Of his
steel" Occupying positions exactly
the reverse on all the great questions Of
the day, these two representative men
viii uuuntle-, CuuOurt thu canvass jn
that spirit which should characterize Il
great controversy between principles
that are eternaily and unequivocally
hostile"
When the leading newspaper organs
of the Republican," party are thus for
ced to endorse the character of Mr.. Cly-
mer, it were a work Of supererogation,
to defend him against the puerile as
saults of the "small fry" that will,
doubtless, soon begin to nibble at hi.
reputation.
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New YORK, March l0.-The Express
this evening says that several confer
ences have taken place between Secre-
tary Seward and Sir f. Bruce, British
Minister at Washington, on the Fenian
movements. The latter has been aSsu-
red that no violation of the neutrality
laws will be permitted. Should events
demonstrate its necessity, a proclama-
ton will be issued on the first attempt
to violate the neutrality laws, warning
all engaged of the consequences.
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GRAND DEMOCRATIC REVIVAL,
Thad. stevens Earthquakes Coming !

Hurrah for the ground-swell! a gen
eral uprising of the people in behalf OF
Andrew johnson and the Reunion De
mocracy, is going on over the country.
For instance:
At the municipal election in Troy,
n. V, a few days ago, the Democratic
candidate for Mayor was elected by up
wards of 800 majority. Last fall the
Republican ticket had several hundred
majority in that city.
At the charter election in Ithaca, n.
Y, on the 7th inst, the entire Demo-
cratic ticket was elected with an aver
age gain of 122.
The Democrats of Utica, \. V, have
elected nearly their whole ticket, and
made large gains.
The charter election at Cairo, H., on
the 9th uIt,, resulted in the election of
the Democratic ticket, by majority
averaging from $50 to 325, gain Qf
about 800.
Ellenville, \. y, has elected the
whole Democratic ticket, by 265 major
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New CUMB'D, Cumb'd Co., Pa.
August II. 1860.
LlSq.::


DEAR SIR:-Iaving been absent and
just returned, have the honor o. find
ing your two letters, viz: That OF the
26th uit., covering your excellent letter
of S-J J-, and that Of the 3d inst,
from COnnelIsville. The subject matter
of both. and OF the letter enclosed. has
been yarefullynoted, and for the fratern-
al lmannerOf its presentation / feel deep
~ indebted to you.
| feel assured you viii bear me testi-
mOny, that / have never personally as
pired to the honor Of the Chief Magis-
tracy Of the State Of Pennsylvania, for
which position YOU have the kindness
10 indicate my name; and further, that
when Il has been subject Of rnnVcrs5,-
ton, that / have instinctiVcly Shrunk
from the responsibilities it devOlves
upOn its pOssesSOr. | have never been
an aspirant for that honorable position.
I never have, directly or Indirectly,
given ycOnsenttO anyperSOu or party
70 use my name for it. Therefore,
am perfectly free from any e1taRqiiaq
0IijuglceS on the subject, and frankly say
to You, that if the nomination and cleo
tiOn were laid at my feet, would still
feel my inability to fill 50 high posi-
ton with that exalted capacity and
sparkling intellect which is 80 eminent
~ desired in the Executive chair. I'M
DyeSSed lcith the considerations IN ,rhich
Ihure inst giuRced, to lrhjch / al0y SY-
Beradd, the WEALTH lcith 1rJ5ich Il SEAMS
necessary for the candidate to possess IS
not mine, / must, therefore, At PRES
ENT, deciJ5e ~ be c0RSidcrsd callaj-
d0te.
Ihave been a lifelong Democrat, and
amstill a Democrat in the truest and
most ample construction Of the word
and meaning Of the term. without any
prefix or affiX whatever, maintaining
all the immutable truths which under
lie thesuperstructureO our form Ofgov-
ernment, inall theirlength and breadth,
/ height and dcpth-nOt as mere abstrac-
tions, but a. active, positive yitalities,
invigorated by the greatest intensity OF
patriotism.
This letter has been written in haste
. for your own inspection only.
Again thanking you for your many
kind expressions, | have the honor to
he truly, &c,
traternally your,
J. W. GEARY.
2. ). Enclosed is Mr.. Jenkins letter.
Come and see me soon.
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a CARD.
anCc

To the Editor of the BEDFORD GA
that it
has been generally reported that per-
mitted my name to used as a candi-
date on the Republican" ticket for the
Office of Justice Of the Peace, | take
hismethod of cOntradicting thisreport.
/ am Democrat, have always been a
Democrat and will support the Demo-
cratic ticket in the future.
Bedford tp., March IL, 1866.
DAVID POINTS.
THE above card confirms our own O.
pinion of Mr.. Points fidelity to the De-
mOcracy. The AbOlitionists have en-
deavored to injure him with his Dem
ocratic friends by placing him upon
their ticket, and we are glad that Mr..
Points has check-mated them in their
move.
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THE nomination of John W. Geary |

The nomination of John W. Geary
suits us exactly. We are always in IA
vor of Democrats for important offices,
and if a sound Democrat, like Hester
Clymer, cannot be elected, we, of course,
prefer slightly decayed one, like Gea-
ry, to an old Republican" like Ketch-
am or MOrehead. 1t is well enough to
have two strings to our bow.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-03-16

GOV. CURTIN and the State Trea>G,
rer have gone to Washington for tir
purpose of pressing the passage OF
law to reimburse Pennsylvania for tnr
amount of money expended for the re-
cruiting and equipment of troops d''
ring the late war. Thisclaim has hung
in Congress during the entire pres2n,
session, and ii would be well for Itt
people of the different Congression@.
districts throughout the Common
wealth to urge on their Represent,
tives the necessity Of securing the iNl'
mense amount Of money now due "
the State.-LuRcaMer H7tcIiqeRccr.
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A ssBROKEN DOWN DEMOCRAT"

The Disunion party are SO scarce of
material, that they were compelled to
go to the ranks of the Democrats to get
timber for a candidate for Governor
The only trouble with their selection
is, that they did not make it from the
live Democracy, but culled out the rot
tenest of Dead Ducks a real, used-up,
brOken-dOWn Democrat, who had no
show for further promotion among his
late political friends. Gen. Geary has
been a Whig, a Democrat, a Know
Nothing, a Democrat again, and now,
for the sake of being a candidate for
Governor, pretends to be a follower OF
Thaddeus Stevens. What he will be
ifheshould beelected, we cannot prOph-
esy; but we should not be astOnished
if he would play John Tyler, on a small
scale. Such is his character, at any
rate; 'every thing by turns, and moth
ing long" We are pleased with his
nomination, because, first, we think
Clymer will beat him easily, and sec
ondly, should he be elected we have
great hopes that he will turn Democrat
again about the time he writes his first
message. We find the following letter
in a recent issue Of the Harrisburg IT,
egrGph and re-publish il for the benefit
of the curious:
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HARRTsBURG, March Z, Il

HARRISBURG, March Il, 1866.
Editor Gu2ette:-You will excuse me
for not writing my accustomed letter
ere this, when l inform you that my
services Were called into requisition TO
assist in preserving the morals of our
legislators during the memorable week
which has just closed. What with the
two political conventions which assem-
bIed in this place during the past seven
days, and the desperation to which the
Disunion Members and Senators have
been driven by the course of the Presi-
dent, we Harrishurgers have had our
hands full in keeping our streets free
from bTaWEand preserving the peace.
But thankstO Barney Campbell and our
efficient police, nothing serious happen
ed us, and low, since the last rural pol
irician has taken his last gin cocktail
and departed, order reigns once more
in Warsaw
Your readers are, doubtless, fully adj
vised as to the doings of the two con-
vention, which met here, on the 9TH
and eth. in-;. The issue between the
two parties at the coming gubernatorial
election is toldly and clearly defined.
Mr.. CIymer, thc Democratic nominee,
stands upon platform squarely endors-
ing the Presidents restoration policy.
Mr.. Geary, the "Republican" candi-
date, is placed by theconvention which
nominated him, upon a Di~njo3 plat
form, with anyquantity of negro planks
in it. The Geary platform endorses
Congress and refuses to sustain the
President. Thus, Mr.. Clymer becomes
the Johnson candidate, whilst Mr.. Gea-
ry is placed in the position of antagO-
nism to the President. What makes
this issue the clearer, is the fact that
FOrney, the enemy and deiamer Of the
President, was Geary', principal Iugle-
man III the fight for the nomination.
Mr.. johnson Will not be likely to favor
the election of q man tn The Governor
,hjpof PENNSYLVANIA. who wouId nrob.
ably draw his political aliment from a
dead duck"
hill bo- baan introduced in fbe
Hou.e to extend the time for the com.
moncement Of work unon the CoonaIIs.
willie and Southern Pennsvlvania r r
! have not seen the bin but under.
stand that 1T give, ths aon,pany tbre,
years additional in which to commence
operations upon their line. 1t has pass
ed the House, and am informed that
both Messra. Armstrong and Ross, the
members from your district, voted fol
tho hilI I cannot n,p,prab.t,I +hai,
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WHO would be a DisuniOn Dead
Duck If any there be who desire to
bear this new political appellation, let
them follow the lead of Stevens, Sum-
ner, Wendell Phillips and Forney, the
first three of whom the President of
the United States denOunces as Disu-
ionists, while he scornfully styles the
last named, who is their fugleman, a
'EDead Duck!"