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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03

THE Buckhannon and Clarksburg
papers are still going it on the Capital
question. Better hold up little, gem
tlemen, or the ubject will be exhaust
ed before the Legislature comes togeth-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03
Doyle's Patent Pullev RIoclr

ON HAND AND FOR SALE AT MANSrr.
~ factnrers prices q Ton SIS; Ton Ss0- ~
Ton SO; Ton $50. One man can Faiss' o1s.
I9onS5anu pounds, and the weight viii stand
aL any point. Extra 6heaveS Tor the aiIove
hi TSi;S, on hand. CHAs. h, BERRY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03
Election

TIME ANNUAL MEETING OF ,rETu
Il stock holders OF the North western Viz
ginia Agricultural Society, for the election Of
held on Saturday afternoon. DECEMBER : n
Two clock, in the City Council Chamber
nON21-td q, BAIRD. Serratarx-
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HorSa far Sale

A DAPPLED GRAY HORSE FoRsAT.E
"A About ten years old; a safe famIIy bnG-
gy horSe-will work double or singles AS T
nave no special use for him, ! am DESTROYS of
selling him low. THOS. HORNBROOK-
uCl--L M IN Enf. sir.c.na
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To Gardeners

+ WILL RENT Ny COUNTRY PLACE
Li ne II January for one or more years. IL NOT
SoIu before. II Is in good state OF cultiya-
ton, four miles from the city. Apply 10
so,-,,-, THos. HoRNBK0oK,
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Notice.

T HEREBY WARN THE PUBLIC THAT
1 my wife, Sarah Phillips, left my bed and
BOARD this morning without any iust cause
debts Of her contracting. '
-, - ARTHUR NJ. PHILLIPS, JR.,
noN%S-2t- Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03

rebel editor and his friends dare not
meet their issue, and that they fear to
go before our foreign born citizens upon
the antecedents of their leaders.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03
Pocket Book Lost

CONTAINING A SMALL AMOUNT OF
" money and two or three receipts. Sup
House and John Eckhart & Sons Hosiery
Store.
ANY person finding the above will confer
office. dc9-1ie
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with the ..Ercat anal
as.nn.N,s

Dissatisfaction with the ..Grcat ana
C;OOIi'' \. j.
a correspondent of the Missouri
Democrat, telegraphing from Washing
ton, says:
There is growing anxiety here
among Johnson men that the President
should abandon some of the positions
he has held so stubbornly. They evil
IDENTIFY feel annoyed at his course, and
really having the good of the country
ut heart; are declaring openly and earn
estly that something must be done
which Will insure the speedy settlement
of our trouble, and that as one policv
has not succeeded some other must be
tried. The pressure brought to hear
upon Mr.. Johnson by those who have
been his real friends has been and is
very great, and their impatience with
the President is rapidly increasing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03

The IMMORTAL N.''-We received
a call from this quenchless philosopher
last Saturday. The whole world knows
him. He is the great cosmopolitan of
the century, and has probably Travelled
more dead-head miles, and made more
market house speeches than any living
human being of the past, the present,
or the future. Notwithstanding he has
been continually martyring, and as
Stunning "the pressure" since he left us,
there is no perceptible change in his
personal appearance. He is as beauti-
tiful and lively as ever, and, we NAV
add, ms clean. His riuglets are about a
foot long, and dangle from his weather
beaten phrenology with all their tragic
abandon. The eyes of the prophet still
glare with that deathless inspiration
that fills him to his shirt collar, and
occasionally they roll and dance under
meath his stormy and craggy brows
like headlights on stcrn-wheel boat
lost at sea. He is fresh from Aberdeen,
Miss, and is on his way to Washing
ton. He brings us copy of the Nash
Vile Press, in which we find the fol-
lowing paragraph:
J. N.-This immortal philosopher,
whose patriotic devotion to principle
has led him to assume "the pressure"
even to martyrdom, on any and every
occasion, passed through our city yes
terday ON his way to Louisville, where
he will speak this evening, and demon
Strate that both sides We're right in the
late war. Thence he goes to Cincinnati
TO be manacled, and from there to
Washington to reconcile Andy and
Congress. He will address the citizens
of Nashville again on December Goth.
from the steps of the Court House. and
mt night in the legislative hall, when he
will Join the Radicals and Couserva-
tiVeS in bonds of love and peace.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-03

LsADlEsS' LIST.
Anderson RachelJ Johns mrs CarlIne
Aires Mary \ Parker Ann A
BoieS SalR I.aiShley Hannah >
Burns Mary \ Lane Virginia
BroiSlet Johanna McGce Mary I
burnett Leoina MCGEE ReGecca
Carney Catherine Maxwell Susan &
Crawford RebecCa Mason FINELY
CeSiger Louisa Masters Eliza
Conorr Mary Meldron mrs + A
Cann miss Osborn mrs A r
Daily keZiah O'DOncnell Cathren
Greer Anna a O'Hara Mary
Galloway Sarah o Place Hntipe
Graham JENNA Reed julia Ann
Sreen Mary y Rohle Hickey
Harding Eliza II Smith Maria
Hennet NJ Smith SallieN
hltchcock sarah Sharp Mary G.
Harris Mary II Smith Jennie
Hughes Annie SlV Rarharv
Hogge Mary Summers mrs ND,
rowan Armies Sweeney Mary
Hayins Sarah Strain Ella Ann
Aumon Matiday Walsh Annie NJ
Henderson Mary Woods Mary
Johnston Hattie NJ Young Mary
jackson Bell
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

The Columbus Journal is respon
sible for the following shocking digs
By oua SPoRTING CoNraIBuroR -
Tne Union candidate in the Flltll
District is good WALKER, but hI
couldn 90 fast enough To beat fID.
pLER iIILL on the run.
THs NlSrn DIsTRIcr Tho FINE
FRocR OF tue Capperheads is all &c II
aud TO @" by tae Smiusky Regis
ter,
"Ohe MOORE uIf1rtuaa.e"--in the
Eleventh District,
What killed the johnson party
pcR ,pk
One Wari that hasu't heeu hear,
fro,n since the olectioa--DrHpiN.
The reliaucu OF the Democracy il
tho Eight Dlstrict--a broken REID.
Three hundred English ladies' hav
had u deer huat ol Elk noor.-EE
change.
Haneoeg county can beat that -
More than tl,st nunb Der have heen ol
dear hunt Tor years, and they ar,
determined not To give it up till the!
lriDg one TO bay aud fetch him down
Those who succeed in getting til
dears Gnd it mighty dear business il
the long run. r.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

Brcv. Brig Gen. j. r Lewis, As.
sistant Commissioner OF the Freed
mems Bureau Tor Tennessee, has
transmitted to Gen. Howard u report
of the operations OF the Bureau in
that State, for the quarter ending
September 30th Gen. Lewis reports
that during July, August and Sep
lember, 5,064 rations were issued to
PSI refugees and freedmen, at a cost
OF S95f The number of rations is
sued in September was much larger
than usual, in order to relieve the
suffering caused by tie cholera, then
prevalent 1t is believed that there
will be u sufficient harvest in the
State to supply the wants Of all, but
in the towns there is transient pop.
ulation OF freedmen who have no
interest IN the crops, who have but
little claim on the local authorities,
and who, il overtakcn 10y sickness in
the coming Winter, must suffer much
destitution. Eighty. one schools for
freedmen are in operation. having an
attendance of S,260 pupils. There
have been no hospitals or dispense
tories instituted under the auspices
Of the Bureau during the quarter,
the efforts of the Bureau agents hav-
ing been directed toward securing
for the freedmen the equal benefit of
such aid as is rendered to the whites.
Neither the civil authorities nor prl.
vate benevolence have done much
for the destitute and sick excep. at
Memphis, where, under an arrange.
ment between. the civil authorities
and Gen, Fisk, much good has been
done in this respect, The hospital
Tor the freedmen, which was put in
the charge OF tie civil authorities,
has been well conducted, at q cost to
them OF tour thousand dollars per
month. AT the last session of the
county Court, the authorities appro.
priatcd twenty five thousand dol.
lars for the support Of the poor, ir
respective Of color,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26
iMpEAcHMENT oP rIIE PREsi-
DENT.

Hon. Thomas Williams, one of the
ablest lawyers of Pennsylvania, q
member Of the present Congress
promises to prefer charges Of i'm.
peaohmcnt against the President
Andrew Johnson has been guilty of
high misdemeanors, and with Viii.
llams and Butler in Congress 1t will
be strange if he shall not be made to
answer Tor them. If completely in
the murder of sixty loyal citizens oi
New Orleans can be fastened upon
him, it is enough to remove him from
Office. General Butler prefers the
following charges against the Pres
dent:
1. Wrongfully using the power o.
appointment, and disregarding tb'
lprerogativcs ofthe United States Sen
ate in the appointment oil men whom
that body, in pursuance OF Constitu
tional authority, had tried and re
jected.
II. For declaring peace in the in
surrectionary States without the con
seut of Congress.
Ill. For corruptly using the par
doning power.
4 ~. For failing to enforce th
Civil Rights Bill.
V. Fer completely in the New Or
leans riot.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26
Something for the rublic to Know
Nnimn of InNurnncn SiOck.

from the Hartford Caurant July 20 1866.
"PLGnix has dropped less pei
cent. than any Of our other ccmpa.
mics. Their entire losses at Port
land have been settled for S37, 500
The market is very finn, at Slj0 Did
and no sellers
From the Hartf I'd Couisnt, Sept % ISGG.
Insurance stocks are dull and ian
guild, with one or two exceptions -
The Phoenix Stock is firm at SlSl
to SlS2
FRI m the Hartford Corra I, Oct, 5, 1866.
Fire Insurance Stocks are NOR,
active, and marked improvement,
in prices are perceptible. PhnniX
Fire is held very firmly, SlS5 being
freely bid, with no sellers. The rise
in this stock has been gradual and
steady, having been based upon its
intrinsic merits, and not upon spec
ulation. The policy of paying quar-
terly dividends being firmly estab.
lished, and the steady increase OF
business, with judicious manage.
ment, has created confidence in the
community with regard to this in.
stitution, which cannot be easily
shaken. The probabilities are that
the Stock will steadily appreciate
to $500. The.usual quarterly divi
dend of three per cent. has been de.
clared, payable October lst.
Compare the value Of Pbehix
Stock with the stock of other compa-
nies doing business in the West and
South. and note the position it occu.
pies.
j, NJ. HANLIs, Agent.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

Major General Sheridan has trans.
mitted TO General Howard, Commis
,ioner Of the Freedmen's Bureau, q
report OF the condition OF the freed.
men in louisiana, for The quarter end
ing September 80, 1866 The Cen
eral states that the prospects OF the
cotton crop are gloomy, the contln
ued heavy rains of August and the
early part OF September, together
with the appearance OF the army or
cotton worm, in many portions OF
the State, having seriously affected
the interests, not only of the freed
men, but OF the entire population OF
the State. Many OF the employers,
whose entire crop has been destroy ed.
will not he able TO pay their employ
ces, and there appears 10 be general
desire TO get rid of the responsibility
OF any longer maintaining the eln
.ployces, every pretcXt being sought
tor dIscharging them. Many OF the
freedmen Who engaged TO work FOR 4
share Of the crop, will be left not on
ly destitute OF the means ol support
during the Winter, but will be III deb
TO the owners OF the land Tor supple:
advanced 10y them in Summer. Com
Iplaints are frequent that the freed
men, alter having labored faithfully
from the date OF their contracts, Jan
uary lsl, lSG6, until the crop wa,
ready to harvest, are being discAarg
cd and driven away, ostensibly Ol
the ground OF having been insolcnt
There are ireqGent reports OF cruelty
10 the freedmen, particularly in til,
north western parishes. Men =,
through the country at night, dis
guised, and take the freedmen iron
, their homes, and whip and otherwis
maltreat them. Il0micides are fre
Iquent in some localities. Sometimes
they are investigated by coroner:
jury, which justties the act in som,
instances, and releases the perpetra
tors. In other cases, when the proc
comes to the knowledge OF the agen
OF the Bureau, the parties are held t,
hail in q nominal sum, but the trial o
4 white man for the killing OF Il freed
man can, iu the existing state OF so
ciety ia the State, I've nothing NOR,
or less than u farce. The total sus
ipension of the issue of rations vii
cause much distress among 4 limtc,
class OF people in the State. Th,
wives and children of those men who
entered the service of the Unitct
States after the capture of New Or
/. leans, and who were killed or hav,
died, in all charitable appropriation:
| by the parish authorities, are exclud
cd, aud it is not seen how they Cal
support themselves without aid from
the Bureau The location of home,
steads by the freedmen is progress.
ing favorably, but it is questionable
whether the freedmen will be allowed
to remain peaceably upon the lands
The contract system, rs adopted by
the Bureau in the State, has proved
10 be well adapted to the interests OF
both the planters and freedmen.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

A colored man who had lost an
arm in the service of the country was
challenged by the Democrat stationed
at the Xonia polls for that purpose.
Turning to him and holding mp his
stump, the tan soldier Of the Kepub-
lie said, with fiery eNrucstncss, You
did not challenge me ON the battle.
field" This reached the Democrat 5
vital spot. He challenged no more
wounded soldiers that day.--Xenia
To, chlis HI.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

Since the 22d Of February last the
American people, and for that mat
ter The world, have heard much o.
Andrew Johnson mostly, though,
through indrcto JoknSOR lie La.
since that memorable day or shame
run through several editions oil him,
self zach edition revised AMI correct
ed IN such manner ns TO leave the
poolle Ia no doubt as to what he
was-the result of the elections show
that Spceche. without number al
most, he has made, the pith of which
was 81, Andrew Johnson" He
Wanted himself that lac had been n
tailor, an Alicrman--of his native
village mind you--c,c. He delight
ed to say that he was a humble indi.
,idual--oi the uriah IIccp order, we
suppose.
He was not ambitious for lac had
been tailor and from that up to
President. He didn't want power
that wns plain enough, for had lie
not the army and navy in his hands
aud couldn't he proclaim hims elf die
tator. lie didn't aspire for lie had
his oil of houors and was humble
individual.
The Americans honor self. made
people. and admire them rs such; ;
yet while they do this they 40 not
like to be obliged to etcrnally hear
nf it. Particularly in the case Of A..
j. when bis actions and language
show that lie was never half made,
lie he sclf.maie or got up to order
A man who is continually Dragging
of his exploits, his goodness, his
smartucss, his piety, his honesty, his
modesty, or his humility may be
set down as the exact opposite oI
what he claims TO bG--as al IDIOT .ol
knavc.
Charles Dickens in one of hi,
hooks describes the peculiaritic'
OF one of the characters, which i:
applicable to the present time. Had
IL not been written some time ago, Il
might he thought that he had seer
Andrew johnson and chosen him foi
his "Josiah Boundcrhy, OF Coke
town. The extract Is -
"a big, lond man, with a star
and metallic laugh. a man mad,
out of coarse material which seemed
to have been stretched to make 81
much of him, a man with grea
puircd head and forehead, swcllc'
veins in his temples, and such
strained skin 10 his face that it scemeS
to Aoil i.is eyes open ard lit hi!
eyebrows up A man with perva
ding appe rance on him OF being in
1ated like balloon and ready t,
start. A man who could never sulll
ciently vauut himself Il selfmadt
man. a man who was continually
proclaiming through that brassy
speaking trumpet Of u voice of his
his old ignorance and MS old power,
ty. a man who was the Bully Of
hua Hiy'
/; not that the Humble Indiyid.
ual exactly.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

Accounts OF the severity of the
late storm on the Southern coast in
dicate that the loss OF vessels and
likes will be very great The schoon
er Odd Fellow put into Savannah on
the 10th, N distress, having encoun-
teied the gale. She reports that ON
the 9th int, she was in company
with live disabled vessels--two total
wrecks, floating bottom up. The
bark Priscilla, from New York for
New Orleans, put into Charleston
on the 18th, ana reports that from
The 81 inst. to the 9Th inst she was
continually in sight OF vessels disa,
bled Or wrecked and deserted,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26

johnson and the Copperheads are
bound to carry New York. Certain
pcrsous from Washington have visit.
el Nov York City 10 see about elec
ton matters in general. They go to
tie National Banks that have Treas
ury deposits and say:
"Yuu have the advantage Of keep.
ing The public money, and we ask yol,
on your part, to help in raising Il
fund TO DC used in carrying the ap
proaching election Tor the Democrat
ic candidates
Naturally il they refuse, the public
money will DC taken from them. Are
not Johnsonites and Cops. splendid
workers.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-10-26
ruE REsHL FLOR 70 REEOLU-
IIDNiZE MNRYLiND.
The baltimore American says:

There is evidently an CHoIJ DclhS
made, and made by the same parties
WHO engineered Baltimore city into
the nineteenth of April riot, to in.
augurate in our city another civ
Il commotion, with its accompnn
wing horrors and probably los OF
life. They arc begging, bcsecching
and imploring Governor Swami to
arrest the Police Commissioners, just
the same way as they hoodwinked
MAYOR Brown, aad led the Police
Commiss toner's into their criminal
follics in 1861. The distinguished
leg u gentlemen who "has pledged
his life to the work" is now as II
was then, the principal manager ol
this movement, and those who co
operated with hun then are co oper'
ating with him now.
The object Of removing the Polic'
Commissioners is to put in other
who will appoint judges of elections
who will disregard the Registry, law
and permit rebels to vote who are III
! i'ranchised by the Constitution OF tn
State. The American says Of th
man who are engaged this plot;
We warn Gov. Swami that he is i
the hands OF dangerous men. The.
are not rcpontant rebels nor whipped
rebels. They escaped punishment
before by their cuuning. and will koe
out OF all personal responsibility now
They are men who are by nature reb
els, and who seek to use him to re
store to power the same men who
under the cry Of "Reform, attempt
ed, and succeeded in prccipitatina
the State into rebellion against thC
Government.
Gov. Swan has visited Washington
to consult with the Presidcnl, bu
what he was advised to DO, has not
vet come to light. However it is
rumored that johnson has promised
to assist him with troops in his ut
tempted usurpatioa. Ifit is done, th'
affair will be serious for three thou
sand soldiers Of Maryland and the
loyal citizens have agreed to stand
by the Police Commissioners to the
hitter end. They have at the Union
headquarters ia Baltimore, \ large
lot of arms which are under q guard
of loyal soldiers to prevent rebels
from getting them.
These Commissioners were elected
by the Legislature OF the State and
are loyal men. They are determ.n'
ed to enforce the Constitution OF
Maryland which DISTINGUISHES rebels.
They have the law, Constitution,
and the loyal people on their side
and will do 1t. Gov. Swami was
elected by the same Legislature that
put in office the Police Commission.
ers and vas then considered loyal
man. Since he has gone over to
j Johnsousm he has landed with the
rebels. lie now wantsnto be u. $.
senator and knows that he cannot be
without rebels are allowed to vote.
We presume that the matter Will
not be carried to great length, as
the loyal people of Maryland have
The Constitution and law with them,
If the President sees lit to force reb
el ballots in Maryland into TIE ballot
box against the law of the State by
national arins, il will lead to serious
trouble. 1t will be usurpa,ion OF the
most glaring character, and one up.
on which Congress will act promptly.
The loyal people OF the North will
stand hy the loyal people OF Mary.
land.