The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-18

EnAAadelphIR Convention.
hsrtrGct frOHtthe ReUtSed HeTston Of the Caucus
Proceedings.
Mr.. Raymond, of New
York, said he presumed he was not
guilty of any undue assumption in sup
posing that the resolution was
aimed. in part at least, at him. He re-
garded II as a menace; and far as it was
menace, and as such directed against
him, he regarded it with no other feel
ing than one of utter contempt. He was
not responsible, personally, profession
ally, or politically, TO the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, nor to the delega-
ton from Pennsylvania, nor to the
Union members of Congress assembled.
In caucus or otherwise. He held his
position in the Union party by favor of
his constituents and by appointment of
the National Union Convention. When
either of these authorities saw it to eX-
pei him or, to exclude him from the
party, he would give heed to the exclu-
sion, for he recognized their authority.
But the action of that caucus in regard
to his membership of the Union
party was a matter of entire
indifference te him. When the
Philadelphia Convention was first
summoned, he believed it would have
a good effect in rationalizingt the Union
party and In placing its action upon a
broader and safer basis. He had never
concealed the conviction that unless
the party was thus nationalized and
llDeralized, It would be shortlived, and
power would pass from it's hands to
those of its opponents; and he had there
lore looked with favor on the call for
the Convention. Whenever he saw rea-
son to change his opinion as to its OBJ
ject and effect, he should act according
~. If 1t should become apparent that
1t wns intended to break up the Union
RATtV and throw fhe. nF fI1p
South into the hands of ''rebels and
copperheads,n neither the Times nor its
Editor would support it. But a news
paper is compelled to discuss all the
phases of public affairs, as they arise,
from day to day-without waiting for
subsequent development. He branded
as utterly false and slanderous all inti-
nations that his course was prompted
by a desire for office-saying that he
had never asked and would never ac-
cept any office at the hands of the Adj
mtnlstration-and asserted his purpose
to be governed, in his action upon each
question as it might arise, by his own
judgment of what was just and wise.
.=.- ..-ft A--S-S-s-----
Important Liability OF
Confederate Omeers for Private Pro-
peFty Seized by them During the
War. .t.a.,..i
JuuB0 OaI1IODeIl- yesterday rendered
a decision, involving points in which
all who fought for the ''so-calledn are
directly interested. aq
1t appears that in September, 1881,
Captain j. NJ. Hawkins, who at that
time was acting as military conductor
on the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road, took from Mr.. Craig, who was
on his way North, the sum of $3.50 in
gold, In accordance with standing or
ders from General Foster that all yalu-
able articles should be taken from per
sons passing through the lines TO the
enemy. Shortly before the close of the
war, NIr. Craig filed bill in the Chan
Gerry Court against Captain Hawkins,
then absent in the South, for the recov-
cry OF the sum in question. When
Captain Hhwkins returned, he demur-
red to the bill, on the ground that he
was acting under orders from Generals
Foster and Anderson. On this account
the bill was Withdrawn and amended
SO as to include the latter in the re-
sponsibility desired by the act. A sec.
ond demurrer was then entered, based
on the plea that the money was seized
as matter of military precaution, and
that the act was in accordance with the
recognized rules of civilized warfare,
The decision made by Judge Campbell,
yesterday, snstainS the demurrer, on
the ground that the Confederate States
we're to be regarded as belligerent, and
that the defendants were justified in en-
forcing such measures as were justified
by the laws of war.