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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-24

THE Richmond Dispatch, in noticing
the late Cleveland Convention, says
that it twas a highly respectable, but
NOT a large or an enthusiastic body"
which is to be construed as a very sar-
castle remark. II further speaks of the
Convention rs follows:
at met in peace, listened to few
speeches, adopted an address and a
pliltiorIn, neither of which is worthy of
special mention, and then adjourned.
The members were evidently out OF
their element. They did not know
what they ought to do, and exhibited
no disposition to ttshow fight" to the
Radicals. They did, however, declare
that they We're ready to ego in" again
to put down any resistance that might
be made to the lawfully constituted
authorities, whether III the East, or the
West, or the North, or the South. We
credit them with this much, and let
them pass out of sight until Mr.. John
son shall cali for them"
Wejudge that the remarks ofthe Dis
patch are not far out of the way, taking
the following from the Cleveland Her
AID. a sort Of johnson paper, to be
true:
"The work of the Convention having
been accomplished, the delegates have
gone home. Their pebble has been
thrown into the pool of politics, and the
waters have closed over it with scarcely
ripple. Its assembly here created no
enthusiasm, and but little general in
terest."
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LETTER FROM MAJ. j. H. BRIsToR, AC-
CEPTING HIS NOMINATION. FOR THE
TREASURYSHIP. ~
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IN nO0 POPLAR BROOM HANDLES,
IUtUUU 1O0Ibs Broom Wire.
~ Tvufna On,
and for R7Ie i1y CHAS. II. BERRY.
Tvs TIF' No IL q 70 Water st
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y. @. ARTHUR, Agent for paying pensions.
0Inee, NO. AeLnns House. being the same
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-04-13

The Civil Rights Bill a Law.

The Civil Rights bill, which passed the two
Houses Of Congress by very large majori-
ties, and WAS returned by the President with
his disapproval, has become a law notwith-
standing, The bill was taken up with the
Presidents objections, in the Senate on Fri
day last, and was passed anew, by Il vote Of
80 ayes 10 Is noes, 1t was sent to the
House on Monday, with a statement
Of the Senate vote. The vote in the House
on passing 1t anew, in view Of all the pre-
vious proceedings, was. yeas l22, nays IL
over two-thirds of the whole being in the
affirmative. The Speaker then announced
the passage Of the bill as follows; 1.-TWO
thirds Of the House having. On rcconsldera-
ton, agreed to the passage OF this bill, and
1t being certified officially that the Senate by
a similar majority has also agreed to it's
of the Constitution Of tie Uniteo States,
declare that an Act t, protect all persons in
furnish the means of their own vindication,
has become law"
As the veto gave unbounded delight to
every rebel and every rebel sympathizer and
apologist in the land, when he heard Of it,
SO the passage of the bill, over the vetO,will
awaken grateful emotion in the heart Of
every one who went heart and hand for the
cause of his country during the rebellion,
and believes that civil liberty is now under
the solemn provisions of the Constitution,
the declared right of all men Except those
condemned for crime) throughout the boun-
daries and jurisdiction of the United States
and thai So far as the law can effect it, that
liberty shall be secured to him, without any
regard to race or color. or to his previous
civil statues in any State of the Union.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-04-13

Tue REWARD OF LOYAL SERVICE 1t is
not often now adays that we find any thing
We desire to copy in the editorials of the
n. Y. Times but the following from re-
cent leader in that paper on the Connect
cut election, embodies some sound doctrine
on the subject of civil rewards for military
irvices.
Neither indiscreet political utterances nor
the subscription to what may be called an
extreme party creed, can blot out from the
memory of the Union majority of the North
the recollection of services such as Gen.
Hawley rendered to his country as soldier
in the Union army. Even had the past re-
cord Of his opponent been more entirely In
accord with the strong sentiments and IN
yielding Purpose which carried the nation
through its perils. Gen. Hawley would have
bad considerable Roadway in the present
race. His enlistment as private in the
ranks showed that be was willing to do
tough and what might be thankless duty
for months, or, peradventure, for years, be-
fore he should reach even an ensign's COM
mission. His heart therefore, must have
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charge that, unless some State can have. and
exercise the right to punish somebody, or to
de ny somebody civil right on account OF
his color, that its rights, as State, will be
destroyed 1t is manifest that, until this
bill can be passed. nothing can be done to
protect the freedmen in their liberty and
their rights. Whatever may have been the
opinion Of the President at one time as to
good faith requiring the security of the
freedmen in their liberty and property, it is
now manifest, from the character of his OBJ
jeciions to this bill, that be will approve no
measure that will accomplish the object.
That the second clause of the constitu-
tional amendment gives this power, there
can be no question. Some have con-
cluded that it gives the power even
to ccnfcr the night of suffrage. |
have not thought 50 because have
never thought suffrage any more necessary
to tie liberty Of a freedman than of a nom
voting white, whether child or female. But
hi- hbcrty under the Constitution be is en-
titled L., and whatever is necessary to secure
1t To- him he is entitled to have-be it the
ballot OF the bayCnet. ii the bill now be-
tore Us, anl wIich goes NJ further than
~ r,cure civil rights to the freedmen cannot
be lEszcd. then the constitutional amend
menJ declaring freedom TO all the inhabi
tanis Of the land, Is a cheat aud delusion.
| cann,t better conclude what have to say
than. III the language Of Mr.. johnson, on
tic occasion OF the veto Of the Homestead
bill, when, after stating that the fact that
the President was Inconsistent and had
changed his opinion with reference to a
great measure and a great principal was no
reason why Senator or Representative who
acted understandingly should change his
opinion, he said
81 hope the Senate aud House OF Representa-
tyes, WHO have sanctioned this bill by more
than twO-thirds majority, will, according 10
the Constitution, exercise their privilege and
power, ard let the bill become a law of the
and according to the high behest of the Ameri
can people"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-04-13

SENATOR EDxuSDs, 1t seems, narrowly
escaped losing his vote on the repassage of
the Civil Rights bill, by temporary alb
sence from his scat. OF course nobody
would have supposed his absence to be in
territorial, In any case but still it would
have been decidedly awkward and unpleasant
had he failed to record his vote ON
matter which the State was watching with
such interest. /" Perley'' Of the Boston
Journal thus describes the vote in the Sen
ate:
The Clerk began to call the roll. and the
cheerful aye" of Governor Anthony was
followed by the decisive ''aye' Of Gratz
Brown, and then came the hesitating mo"
Of Mr.. Buckalew. 1t was pretty well
known in advance how each Senator would
vote, and many checked their lists without
waiting 10 hear the response. Mr.. Dixon
was called once and again, but there was no
response. One vote was not forthcoming.
But soon Mr.. Edmunds, the new Senator
from Vermont, also failed to respond. He
had been told by friend that McDougall
would speak an hour and half, and
had gone out to get some refreshments.
Mr.. Henderson of Missouri voted aye;
Lane of Kansas voted no; McDougall no,
and then the Clerk called Mr.. Morgan
There was a breathless silence. Ave" res
pended the Governor, and there was an in
voluntary shout of applause, which could
not be repressed. while several New York
Representatives crowded around him to offer
their congratulations. The result was no
longer doubtful; and when Mr.. Wright's
name was called, and the Invalid, who had
feebly walked in, had taken his seat and
voted no, not soul appeared to care-the
victory was won Before the vote was an
nounced, Mr.. Edmunds came IN and voted.
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Ghe free Rress.
GEO. w. & G. C. BENEDICT.
EDITORS AND PRoPRIEroRs.
FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 10. 1866.
THE wEEKLY FREE PRESS.

TIE BURLINGTON WEEKLY FREE Pass is pup
lished every Friday morning, and contains the
latest news reports Of Boston markets and Cam
bridge Cattle Market full State, County and local
intelligence well selected Miscellany. &C., &c
No care and outlay will be spared to make it re-
liable, interesting and valuable family Journal.
The circulation Of the FREE Press exceeds that
Of any paper in the region, and it is therefore, an
unrivalled medium for advertisers.
We desire to give additional attention to the To-
cal Of the various towns in this and adjoining
Counties, in which our Weekly has a numerous cir
eulstion. and .hall esteem it favor II our readers
will forward any items of interest.
TEENS OF THE WEEKLY FREE PREss-per year 81
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been enlisted IN the cause and his subse-
quent promotion was the legitimate victory
Of loyal devotion and steady endurance.
These are claims to political reward
which cannot be easily set aside.
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The authorities differ as to what the Pres.
dent viii do about the Civil Rights Bill
"Perley" saws Mr.. johnson says he will not
execute 1t if he believes it to be unconstitu-
tional Oilers say he will. A test case will be
made up tor the Supreme Court, but it may
b Two !; ars ie.ore it can be reached.
Tie ciief Jere6t OF the law, however,
docs not depend on the Preside nt's official
action.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-04-13

Thursday the 18th has been designated as
the day on which the Senate will pay funer-
al honors to the late Senator Foot. Eulogies
will be delivered BY Messrs. Sumner, FEES.
sender. Poland and Others.
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TESTIMONY.

MORRIS SULLIvAS-Resides in williston: was
neighbor Of Mrs. Griswold; last saw Mrs.
Griswold the night before the murder, between
and O'Clock; Edward Call was with her;
she was putting up some bars to the pasture;
went to her house next morning about s o clock;
had borrowed a wagon of Mr.. Potter and went
to return 1t; went away and told his wife there
must be something wrong, as Mrs. G. who was
an early riser, was not to be seen: went back;
when going up TO the small kitchen door, the
boy called out from up stairs, asked me to let
himlout; saw q stick over the latch Of the door
leading up stairs; let the boy out and he came
down; saw blood on the kitchen doorstep; asked
him where the old woman was; boy said he sup
posed in bed; asked him what the blood meant,
be said he supposed the old woman must be muir
dered witness knocked and bslloed and got no an
swer; went round the corner of the house to her
bedroom and knocked. without answer; sent the
boy to call Mr.. Baldwin and other neighbors;
Mr.. Fox lifted window and looked in, saw blood
IN the kitchen; we then sent for Mr.. Chauncey
Brownell; he pushed open the kitchen door and
we went in; searched the house for Mrs. Girls
void and could not find her; searched outside;
after while Mr.. Fox found the body in the calf
stable; she lay with her head to the north, part
ly stripped, with some old bedquilts wrapped
around her; the most blood was on the south side
of the kitchen; bloody tracks OF a man without
boots on were all over the floor; a couple of
sheets were thrown over the blood on the ioor;
the sheets were bloody. Some one found a
piece Of knife on the floor. Witness did not
see il.
POtter's family and Mrs. Grswold we're not
on very friendly terms.
On Wednesday or Thursday afternoon pre-
vious saw q man with Potter-a stranger; they |
were north Of my house, going north; met
them about one or two O'Clock; they were riding
10 box wagon; Mr.. Potter was driving his
bay mare; don't know when Mr. Potter came
back. Witness can't say as he has seen the
man since; has seen q man in jail supposed to
be the man, but can't say whether or no he is
The man; man with Potter had light colored
'oat and hghtikh colored hat on; didn't notice
whether he had whiskers or not. It was a
month or more after that witness saw the man
u jail; thought he resembled the man; but
ould not say IL be was the man or not
Cross-szGmined by Mr.. Roberts-Can't say
whether saw Potter coming back that day or
lot. Witness house is across the road; Potter
night have come back without my seeing him;
ant say when Potter brought kitchen stove
rom Essex; it was before the murder. Have ..
wed there nine years; know Mrs. Griswold
ome; she was . quick tempered woman, and
hen mad would say almost anything; used to
,old the servants; witness once had difficulty I
18th her; never knew her to come to blows in
~ such difdculty. Have known Potter 10 or /
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Hon. WIN. V. REYNOLDS, ! Assistant
Hon. Stafford COLBY. {Judges.
THE GRIsWOLD MURDER

AFhlL I'm
The Griswold murder case opened this
morning at 9 O'Clock. The court room was
crowded with spectators. The prisoners
were brought in, Potter taking seat within
the bar near his counsel, and Lavignc, who
is mIddlesized young manwith thin
black moustache and beard, sitting near the
prisoners dock. A jury was secured with
remarkable ease, considering the wide pub
licity gwen to the case. From the first pan
el of twelve, fire were taken, who had not
formed or expressed an opinion on the case
From the next twelve four were taken. The
rest came more slowly, some being fremen,
some prejudiced one or two were peremp-
torily challenged; in all, forty-two were
called before the jury was filed, as follows
THE JURY
NJ. n. HosFoRD, SIMEON NJ. MEAD,
FRANCIS E. GALE, HNAS SrRAGUE,
JosEPH BEAN, GEo. ALLEN,
DEAN HosFoRD, +. Z. WILccx.
WV. SASDERsoS, Truman FAY,
CHRIsTIASVAsVLEIT, DAVID B. Thomson,
The Clerk read the indictment, State VI.
Charles II. Potter and John Ward alas
Jerome Lavigne, for the murder of Mrs.
GrIswold, in Williston, on the morning Of the
2Sth of August last. Plea, not guilty.
States Attorney L. B. Englesby opened
the case. Exhibiting a large chart OF Mrs.
Griswold's house and place, he detailed to
the jury the circumstances which he SAID
would be proved to them respecting the muir
der, most of which are already known to the
most of our readers. He said the prosecu-
ton would show bad feeling between Mr..
Potter and Mrs. Griswold. They would
show Layigne and Potter together and in
conversation on several occasions preceding
he murder. They sho uld prove that the
morning alter the murder Lavigne took the
cars ; that in conversation with an express
man In the express car he showed blood on
his pantaloons and drawers, and related
story of a fight with some parties in which
he said he had used his revolver and billy
that he returned to this region lew weeks
after and took cars at Charlotte; that he
was disguised and shrank from observation;
that when arrested at WinOOski he had on
him revolver and billy, a vial of chloroform
and an eye patch that he attempted to use
his pistol on the officer and that he men
toned in conversation circumstances which
could only be known to one concerned in the
murder.
The witnesses for the State, some dozen in
number, were called up and sworn:
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Chittenden County Court.
APRIL TERN, 1866.

Present-HoS. JOHN PIERPOINT, Chief
Jnstirc
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Jail or the Grand FURY Room | noticed when
brought him up that he rattle a favored
in his left eye; noticed that he had the same
kind oian eye when | saw him in Jail the man
told me he was going up to try and buy
horse which Mr.. Potter owned; thinks he was
over feet high and weighed between l3j and
$50 pounds.
Re Direct-I had fair view Of the prison
er at the jail.
The Cont adjourned until . o'clock this
morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-06

New NJ. E. CHURCH on FOURTH
STREET.-The Fourth Street ConRrega-
ton at their meeting last night, resolved
to proceed at once with the building of
their new church. Il is estimated 10
cost forty thousand dollars, including
the value of the material in the present
building. We understand that the plan
adopted contemplates the erection of a
very stylish structure. The present
building is the most capacious in the
city, but lacks many OF the modern
conveniences. It has served its day,
however, very satisfactorily, and for
near half a century has been the head
quaFters of Methodism in this section.
From its fold have gone out the six So
cieties of that faith in this city, and
also the congregations al Martinsville
ana and bI1dgePort, oh1o, as Wen as the
on this side. The present membership
of the Fourth Street Society is three
hundred and eighty-four persons.
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RoBBERY.-A man named Francis
Kierner, was brought before the Police
court yesterday on charge OF grand
ing twenty-five dollars in gold, and
twenty-seVen dollars in gTeenbacks
from Reinnrd Myer. The case was
heard and the prisoner remanded.
Francis Myer and Alex. Wallace were
recognized to appear before the next
session of the Circuit Court to give
testimony, in The sum of fifty dollars
each, when an Indictment will proba-
bly, be round against Kiener. u
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WE were shown yesterday by Mr.. 81.
B. Jerauld, the operation of 4'Rogers'
Patent Plate, Pan and Cover Lifter,''
designed for use about cooking stoves
and wherever else such articles are
used. Il is certainly the most simple,
complete and neatest implement for
accomplishing the purpose we have
ever seen; and will commend itself to
every one who may witness its opera
tons. Itcosts but a mere trifie, and will
save the price in a very short time by
avoiding broken dishes and burnt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-06

RELIGIOUS RBYIyAL.-A protracted
meeting of upwards of two weeks du-
ration closed at the Disciples Church,
in Bellair, on Monday night last, the
result in that time being 50 additions
to the congregation. The revival was
conducted under the auspices of Rev.
II. S. Glazier, the pastor in charge, and
Rev. Mr.. Carleton, of Gonne1lsvilIe,
Pa, assisted by Mr.. Hall, of the Disci-
pies Church in this city. The denomi-
nation now numbers In BelIair about
ITO members. They have commenced
TO build n large and elegant Church
edifice.
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CRY CoUNcIL.-A special meeting of
the City Council was held last evening
at the City Hall; a quorum being
present. NJ g. ~. i-frssfI ffr5 ri7ytfsl
The first business transacted was the
opening of the proposals for LID
perches of boulders for paving the
wharf. The following were the bidders
john Nolan, ofthis city, at s. per
perch.
o'connel & Baker, of Beaver, at 1915
on motion of Mr.. Forbes, the propo-
sails were laid on the table until the
extmeeting. l-.s'sy ~. -. &
The contract to furnish limestone for
matchmaking was awarded to Joseph
Marshall, at 81 so per perch.
The following bids were received for
constructing asewer on John street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth: ]. W. Boring,
$3.50, complete: James Bodley, S549, Is.
w. II. Mayberry, S2,25 per running
foot, and $20per 1000 brick for receivers,
and extra charge for delays occasioned
was awarded to Mr.. Bodley.
A=resolution instrueting Health Off
Ger to discharge all men in his employ,
and have the work done IN his depart
ment by the Sanitary Committee men
until further ordered by Council, was
passed.
A resolution instructins the Commit
tee on Streets and Alleys to employ
counsel to determine whether the alley
4 known as "Sprigg Alley" belongs to
I the city or not, after being amended, SO
that the expense shall not exceed ten
dollars, was passed by Second Branch,
and laid on the table in the First
Branch.
A resolution instructing Street Com
sioners to reset the curbing in front of
a. n. Phillips and others, in North
Wheeling; and also on Chapline street,
between lst and End, was passed.
/ Mr.. Britt, who was elected to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation
i of Alexander Laughlin, sent in his nom
acceptance, where0pon the First Branch
elected AR. James n. Ewing.
i On motion the Council adjourned.
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POLICE ITEMs.-John Davis, for in
decent exposure of person, was brought
ing and fined five dollars and costs.
The same individual WAS also charged
with assault and public indecency and
was fined therefor i've dollars and
costs. -s....g
John West, for using loud and pro-
"a 1ane language and assaulting one
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+ PIoNIcs. The complimentary picnic
Wheeling Female Seminary comes OF
this morning. The party start to Cres-
sap's Grove ON the Hillman at ~
O'Clock, A. NJ. ~, - II s.5ll-ss =
The First Ward Public School gives a
PICNIC to the scholars to-day. The ex-
cursio nists start ut aio'cIock this morn
ing. They go to Rodeher's Grove.
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DIR. T. ]. KIsNER.


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