The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-03

3sDAYz MORNING, n
measure of Congress has challenged
| such universal assent in all llquarters,
1t is notanticipated that any ma1erial RS
amendments will be carried, and the
States will be invoked to convene their
| Legislatures so as to secure Its adoption
| bv loyal States. thus stimulating con-
current action by the States lately in
rebellion." d, d.sz4a ~
Another Washington correspondent
says:
the following as the probable vote,
New Jersey, and Senator Dixon having
gone home to look after the interests OF
his colleague in the coming election:
In favor of the report-Anthony,
Brown, Chandler, Clark Conness,
Cragin, Creswell, Edmunds, Fessen-
den, Foster, Grimes, Harris, aendeE-
son, Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, 81. s.
Lane, Morgan, Morrill,, Nye, Poland,
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague,
Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull, Van Win
kle, Wade, Wiley, Williams, Wilson
and Yates. r=rr flgH-
Against-Buckalew, cowan, Davis,
Doolittle, Guthrie, Hendrleksl Jstan John
SOuR
Riddle and Salisbury. is
Doubtful-James Fl. Lane, Of Kan
sas. --
Absent-Dixon and Wright.
Total-For, 81; against, IL; doubtful,
/; absent, 2. sEE.li. 81
In the House it was thought that one
hundred and thirty votes can be had
polled against it, while the only man
elected in the North as n Republican,
who is believed to be adverse to it, is
Raymond, of New York. General
Grant to-day expressed himself in fay-
or of the programme, as he thought 1t
odious. A copy was shown to the
President last evening, when he re-
marked: "why they have backed
down there is no colored suffrage in
it" He; did not, however, express
himself any further upon the matter,
and gave no indications as to how he
would act in reference to it.
1t is well known that the only way
Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri
and Tennessee have been held in the
hands of loyal men, is by the disfran-
chfsing of Rebels, and it is also a mat
ter of record that the disfranchise poll
cy was inaugurated in Tennessee by
Andrew johnson, as Military Govern
or. 1t is the intention to pass the mea-
sure in the next ten days, and to urge
the various Governors to call their
Legislatures together and ratify the
constitutional amendment at once.
Artemus Ward speaks at n Fenian
Meeting and Tells n Thing or Two
by Way OF Joke---He Puts the
Points OF the Case Right End Fore
most. .Hg
The Town HILL was jam full of peo-
pie, mostly Irish citizens, and the en-
thoosasm was immense, They cheer'd
everybody and everything. They
cheer'd me.
'tHurroo for wardl Hurrool"
They was all good nabers of mine,
and answered in pleasant voice,
neen, och hone, aroon, Cooshla-ma-
Creep These Irish remarks being
received with crate applaus, I added,
"MushlerI AIushler ~
"GoodI Good!" cried Cap. Sping-
Ter, who desires the Irish vote for Conn-
ty Clerk; "that's fus' rate"
''You ee7what I'm drivin' at, don't
you, Cap2" I,snid.
"Certainly."
"Weil !" i answered, "I IN very glad
you do, becaus 1 don't"
This made the Finians larf, and they
said walk up onto the speakers plat
form, sir.
land and her iron heel, and itwas re-
solved to free Ireland at onct. But it
was much desirable before freein' her
that large quantity of funs should be
raised. And, like gen'rous souls as
they was, funs was lib'erally contri-
booted. Then arose an excitin' discus
sion as to which Head Center they
McRo6erts. There was CRATE excite
ment over this, but it was finally re-
solved to send half to ono and half to
t'other.
Then Mfr. Finnigan rose and said
we have here tonight sum citizens of
be glad to hear. 1t would fill our
hearts with speechless joy to hear from
a man whose name towers high in the
geological and wax figger world-from
whose pearly lips"-
T Says 1, go slow, Finny, glo SOW"
-"We wish to hear" continued Mr..
Finnigan, Moderntin' his stile summit,
"from our townsman, Mr.. Ward"
beg'd to be declined, but 1t wasn't
mouse. I roseamidst perfeck uproar
said we had convened there in
meetin' as understoOd 1t, or rather in
body as it were, in reference to Ire
land. If know my own hear, every
one of us there, both CRATE and small,
had an impulse howin in his bosom,
..and consequentially," added, "we
will stick to it similar and in accord
ance Herewith, as long as spark OF
manhood, or the people at large. That's
the kind Of man bep
Squire Thaxter interrupted me- The
Squire feels the wrongs of Ireland
deeply, on accounts of havin' onct
courted the widder of Irish gentleman
who fingered in loathsum dunjin in
Dublin, placed there by English tav-
ern-keeper, who despotically wanted
him, to pay for a quantity of chops and
beer he had consoom'd. Besides, the
the Peace. t'Mr. Ward" he said,
syou've bin drinkin." You're under
the inflOo'nce of Ticker, sir ~
Says I, esquire, not drop of good
Ticker has passed my lips in 10 years"
[Cries of "Oh here now, that won't
VI at is troo." I said. "Not drop of
good Ticker has passed my lips in all
that time. I don't let it pass 'em. 1
reach for it while 1t is goin' byiD says 1.
tSauire, harness me some mOreW
. t'Ibeg pardon, :" said the Squire, "for
the remark; you are sober, but what on
airth are you drivin' att"
"Yesw said I; "that's just it. That's
what I've bin AKIN myself durin' the
entire evenin'. What Is this CRATE
meetIn' drivin' at2 What's all the
CRATE Fihfan meetins driyin atalIover
the country?
My Irish frens, you know me we'll
enuff to know that didn't come here
to disturb this meetin'. Nobody but q
loafer will disturb any kind of a meet
i'm. And if you'll notis 1t, them as are
upito this sortof thing alters come to a