The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-17
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1t il said that Hon. John A. Bing-
ham Is preparing articles of impeach-
ment against Mr.. Johnson, and will
charge him with aiding and abetting
the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln.
Schuyler Colfax has been added to
the already long list of nominees for the
Presidency in 1868. His name appears
at the head of an Indiana newspaper
as its choice for that high office.
John G. SAKE has said many good
things, but few better than the reason
he lately assigned for moving from
Vermont to New York city, that he
might hnd an opportunity to vote the
Democratic ticket" h
The Peoria Transcript tells the fol-
lowing story, apropos of the Chicago
Tines recent political somersault: ga
man was tmbibing raw eggs once upon
time. In swallowing one a chicksn
chirped as it went down his throat.
Says he, 'Ah, my little fellow, you
Sp0keto0 lateI''' gss. i..,l, -,
The st. Louis Democrat gives the
following as one of the results of the
Radical victory in Missourk "Every
business man and property owner can
judge gewhether the Radical victory has
or has not been a benefit to him, from
the single fact Missouri State bonds
jumped eight per cent. in the New
known" Hr
Hon. Charles D. Drake will proba-
bly, be chosen by the Missouri Legisla-
turet succeed B. Gratz Brown in the
United States Senate. He is an able
man, and fearless Radical. al
GSShalI Az, k& l.,
die ?" asks a quondam Democratic
newspaper. Such question at ..post
aportem," says the Chicago Republican,
with the corpse Of the deceased in
CHASTITY reality, lying in full view,
seems very much out of place. The
only pertinent questions on such an oc-
casion would be, of what did it die, and
who killed itH 9f
One of the editors of the Louisville
Courier has been to Brazil; got natural-
lied, but is back home again. He saws
the .'South, poor, ruined and desolate
as she Is, is worth a hundred BrnZils
yet.'' - =
The Boston Traveller says:-The
two colored men who have been elected
to the State Legislature will take their
seats under the most favorable auspices.
The House is almost exclusively made
up of their political friends, and they
Will receive courtesy and kindness
from all. They will not only be repre-
sentatives of the Districts from which
they come, but upon them will devolve
the far higher and more responsible
duty of representing race about en-
tering on career OF citizenship.
Boston gives 5000 Republican ma
jority, Philadelphia 5000, Cincinnati
5000, Chicago 5000, st. Louis $500,
most of the interior cities of New York
considerable Republican majorities, but
New York, the centre of more rascality
than all these places combined, casts
toFty-seVen thousand Copperhead ma
jority! The fact includes its own ap-
propriate commentary. Is,..s
"A German journal says that An
drew johnson must be considered
master of oratory. He has, probably,
BY his speeches changed the votes of
100000 men.
THE New York Tribune says the Of
fetal returns of the vote in Iowa will
show the Republican majority in that
State to be nearly 10000. 1t
"A Buffalo gentleman in London
lately saw upon the walls large post
er, bearing the following startling in
scription in huge letters: "For Presi-
dent Of England, JOHN BRIGHT" The
bill looked like an electioneering pla-
card, but closer inspection showed that
it was simply an advertisement of the
title of an article ina current number
of one of the cheap newspapers which
have such enormous circulation in Lon
non. There was not, perhaps, much
importance in this fact, yet It was
circumstance of considerable signiti.
canoe, asshowing the direction in which
the public thought of England is NOV
ing. T. s,5L..-a :. -. ..,'2i