The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-08
GROSS AND NET WEIGHT OF SHEEP.

The usual estimate of gross and net
weight of fsheep is, that the dressed car
cass will weigh one half as much as the
gross weight, and therefore when the
sheep are sold ut say five cents n
pound alive, the price is equivalent to
ten cents n pound for the meat, sinking
the pelt and the ofIal, so that the butch
er If he could sell the carcass Mt cost,
would still have the pelt rough fat,
head, &C., fora profit. Hence it Will be
seen how it is that mutton in the car
cass is often quoted in market reports
at less than it appears by live stock re-
ports to have actually cost. e
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.ConservafIvc'' NeWspapers-nnd the
ssConserVative'' Programme in West
| Virginia. E4e lF
From the Richie Press.
That remarkable change has taken
place in tile character of the papers that
are published in West Virginia within
| the last few months, cannot have es-
capped the observation of any one who
has had an opportunity of observing.
During the war not more thnn one or
two papers i'll the State We're distinctly
and uuequivocally disloyAl now there
are one half perhaps of all that are pub
lished, that are disloynl. I'D.
| 1t Is moreover n significant fnct, that
the number of disloyal papers has in
creased very rapidly within the last
three months, and not less significant
that they are all engaged in the effort,
and by the same means, to conceal
their real character they all pitch on
the same note, and all play on the same
| Instrument; the harp of thousand
strings.
1t Is perfectly Obvious not only that
they are all engaged in the same OBJ
ject, but also that there is amongst
them concert faction, n perfect un-
~
sued for the accomplishment of u con-
current purpose, and that they have an
ultimate purpose which they do not as
yet dare to lvow what TINT purpose is
we shall attempt to develops; as also to
strip these papers of their disguise,
and show them up in their true charac-
ter.
These papers disguise themselves un-
der the name conservative, and profess
their object to be the organization of
conservative party; and to show the
necessity of this, they assume that
everything that does not chime in with
their views is radical, revolutionary,
extreme, and therefore dangerous.
Their real purpose is to reorganize
the old democratic party of the anti
beLLttn times the party that in tho name
of democracy taught political heresies,
aud incalcnlated political principles
which eliminated in an effort to over
throw the only really democratic gov
ernment upon which the sun is permit
ted to shine.
And why is it necessary to reorgan-
ize that party7 manifestly in the first
place because it has been disorganiZed
by failure in the aforesaid diabolical
attempt upon the liberties and rights
of mankind, but particularly, because
the power of the State has passed into
the hands of theloyal men, who periled
life and fortune to support republican
government, and perpetuate human
liberty.
Thus those wicked and unprincipled
politicians, who had been accustomed
themselves not only the right, but also
all thequalifications, and fitness t0rule,
have been superseded by loyal and
faithful men, and hence it is to these
men most desirable object, to rein
state themselves in power, which they
can only hope todo by reorganizing the
old democratic party.
But why do they not come out direct
with their purpose 2 simply because the
events of the last five ryears are yet
fresh in the memory of the people, and
the name democratic, like the rebel
grey, has lost its power to charm on nc
count of the bad associations connected
with it.
in disguise, tnat the word conservative
has also lost its power, by reason of
like abuse, and that the word radical
has in measure lost its terror, by
reason of a similar misaplication.
Our people have been in school for
the last five years in which they have
been taught to distinguish principles,
and not 10 be scared at names.
The name dboLitiOIliSt used to be the
favorite epithet with these so-called
conservative gentry of the present day,
when they would brand an individual,
or a party with peculiar infamy; but
now, for this, they have substitututed
the term radical, hoping to make it in
a like manner serve their purpose.
Now that we may clear up all the fog
which they have manufactured and
thrown around the subject, in order to
mystffy it, and mfslead loyal men into
the support of their views, we propose
to lay down few plain and undeniable
propositions.
lst, There are two, and but two; polit-
ical parties in this country; the loyal
and the disloyal.
I'd. The disloyal, or rebel party, con-
sists of men ofsome considerable talent
and cultivation, but reckless of princi-
pie; who were formerly the leaders of
the dominant political party of the
State, and their dupes. This party,
led by these men, about the year 1861,
went into rebellion against the general
Government and melted everybody
they could to take up arms for its over
throw.
Sd. The loyal party consists of those
who stood by the Government in the
hour of its trial, and yindicated its au-
thority. In doing this they restored a
government to our State when that
government had been .abrogated by
| traitors, and afterwards organized, in
legitimate manner, the new State OF
West Virginia, and now WELD the po-
| litical power OF the State, thus making
them the ms, whilst the rebels are the
outs.
It's in order to reverse this state OF
affairs and convert the ms into outs, and
the outs into ms, that their great con-
servative efforts are to be mnde. This
is the immediate object but the ulti-
mate object is to enable these traitors to
undo all that the loyal men have done,
even to the dIsorganization of our
State, and in its reunion TO the territory
of the eastern oligarchy that was, and
that yet aspires to be, in order that we
may have an opportunity to display
our beneyolence in building up. their