The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-30

THE New York Post very properly
remarks that the quick promotion of
sherman to the rank lately held by
Grant, and Of Porter to that of Farra-
gut, viii please everybody, because the
army have in the establishment of
the new rank OF General an especial
and professional pleasure, as it COM
Pletes the round of grades. Hitherto
we have had no rank to correspond
with the highest commands in our
army,
The generals of theregular army now
rank in the order of their names in the
following list: General, Ulysses s.
Grant; Lieutenant General, William T..
Sherman; Major Generals, Henry w !,
Halleck, George G. Meade, Philfp II.
Sheridan, George II. Thomas, Winfield
5. Hancock; acknowledgements, Irwin
Mcdowell, William S. Rosecrans. Phil
ip st. George Cooke, John Pope, Joseph
Hooker, John NJ. Schofield, oliver o.
Howard, Alfred II. Terry, L. o. G. Ord,
OF all these, General Terry, the bril-
liant captor of Fort Fisher, and faithful
commander in Virginia, is the only off
Ger drawn from civil life. All the others
were educated at West Point; but Grant.
Sherman, Hooker, Howard and Hal
J.
broke out, having resigned from the
army after the Mexican war.
fiet
SINCE the final counting of the vote
on the Amendment to the State Consti-
tuition, returns have been received from
Doddridge and Raleigh counties. Both
give majorities ''for ratification" the
former -, and the latter 12I. This
makes the majority for the Amend
ment ross. Cabell, Nicholas and Nc
Dowell, have not yet been heard from.
AT the hour of writing u a. m.) a
large fire is raging on the Island; there
is the usual amount of noise and ex.
element among the firemen. The
steam fire engine has just passed, from
which we infer that the fire is assuming
serious proportions. In this we hope
we are mistaken. Particulars here
after.
OFFICE wEsrERN USIoN TELEGRAPH Co. 4
| WHEELING, w. VA, July ., 1856. ]
Alta meeting of the Operators of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. he'd by teie-
graph, on the afternoon Of DULY 18th, 10 eX-
! press their sorrow ut the death of their late
friend and associate, Samuel N. Hamilton,
ESD, recently of the Wheeling Office ar ID.
Flemming, OF Pittsburgh, was called to the
| chair, and Mr., j. ID. Hoge, of GAINESVILLE, APP
| pointed Secretary. The following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted
| WHEREAS, We have learned with sincere
regret Of the death of our late fellow opera
I tor, Samuel NJ. Hamilton. and while we bow
humbly TO the will of Him who dOeth all
things well, we feel that there is void Gre
ated in our midst, and therefore be II
] ReSOlUed, That in his death we have lost n
\ sincere friend, kind and ger ial companion,
and one whose place will not soon be filled in
! our hearts. I'T
| ResoIued, Tint we tender to his bereaved
friends and relatives our sincere and heart
felt sympathy in this their time OF severe
Resolved, That we drape our respective off,
ces in mourning for 30 days as a mark of re-
I spect TO the memory of our deceased assocI-
nte, and that the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be published in the daily papers,
and copy be presented to the family OF the.
deceased.
tSigned) NJ. H. AIARKLE, Pittsburgh,
a. I. MCKELVEY, Wheeling,
| j. 7. LYTLE, Newark,
EDWARD LAW, Columbus,
I. JOHNSON, Cincinnati,
Committee on Resolutions.