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The New York herald., 1866-07-27
POLITICAL.
TTYIoN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

sas S Of f al T. es s o @
delegates large from eaeh win be held c phia
chosen by the electors of the States who the
When our fathers esbshea
and shG ss e he s sss e eSsrs ss
is perpetual and the constitution The Unled staier
Supreme and nnes IN S sa'0 arc
the sh s fsn & ass re us % the =
are soemny guaranteed by that constitution % save which
from overthrow much blood and treasure expended
States from the Union either by voluntary With
Sy secession OF saas nor by he eSe Of e s na
qualified representatives nor by the naoaa government in
Slavery abolished and neither ought to be
The undoubea right peso,b tie quail
acatons OF It's avn electors anu n3 ro"cr right
and voluntary action Of the States in the exercise Of that
The nainainance inviolae the rights the States
he sns 70 % o own % Us
cusseiy subject only 70 the Constitution % the United
fecion and endurance of poiti lbc depends, and
the hs overthrow Of tha system "a and
to republican, government and uce q liberty Each
judge Of the election AMI qo icaion q is
properly chosen and qualified under the constitution
and laws e n and reyO!oa Every patriot shSnla
ca can serve eng No other & purpose Than e e Tho
material interests at home, ana our standing abfua n',a
pps s ss Of the War havne! besn % s ss Tho
and the constitution by putting down The rebeliion
and se xsi having c:sssd snoad also cesss
50 that union hmony ~ saGs a nds esaa ana
tho art Of peace revived and promoted and tho carly
tonai IN the national government ndspensabiy
necessary to the public credit. Al such electors tho
aud in the Distiie Of Coumb who spirit of pxtis,s.
oaai q i. IrS Sasioesi sSs
Union Convention which shall roplAcnt al States and
under the national flag Ao1 SuariI osether upon the
State Of The Union, and to to eisurrs avert public
in the choice Of such delegates -
But delegate win seat in such convention who
does not loyalty accept the national situation, cordially
asss II ne ,so npes aeoye set 91 and Who Is not at
the government OF the United states.
wAsuIscroS June 10, 1866.
A. A. Randall PresidentJ Doolittie. o. II. Browninr
Edgar Sgma, Tharies KNAPP samuel Fowler Executive
We recommend the holding Of tue contention and
Ncsmih. = o''' = ".
In pursuance OF the foregoing call loyal Electors OF
THIS state requested respecve assembly
DrtNs on or before the lrst Monay in August and
to 4, ssasn Spss d "a ba ae s Of august
az transact such other business na
Alaied g unite the loyal citizens OF sustaining
he Administration and In restorng relations
hood among the people of tine states.
BY the ansuagc aud spr OF the call win be perceived
putting down rebellion, and approve of the
their seats and loyal States oa o E Eon n erciaded
from me invitation and are not expected participate in
the preliminary meetings. orto take
Marshall o. Roberts. Joan l. Dix
William H. Astor. Aex r. stewart
Hamilton Fish. Moses 4ayor
Francis skddy. snlnuei si' e.SS
Leonard W. Jerome. Dnnicl Sai@
r. NJ. Blatchlord. Robcr Ss,,
z lndress ,dre" w,,,saur ~ .ncis y. Cutting
r.s, lu.vas ~ a. ,,,sh.. u,an II eh Soieil
A. j. Dittcnhocfcr. y yoan brian; -,
Nav fohk. July ~, I.oi
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,,.t ntl WITH street Rooms en- safe sinRly Meals
guest " % ~ wr Ap
nB LANEAu HOUSE Y wrsr roprrpru srprEr =
- Wy - r. Aui airy Rooms, fronting Reservoir PARK.
~ armies - sihse gentlemen. Table dhate
nEyos HOUSE, ies BLErCKER STREET. NEAR
- bto.dwAy ~ no European rlan.Furnisbed Rooms.
permanent Restaurant attached.
VioNriNE HOTEL az AND ~ BROADWAY AND
Ionune Branch, corner 81 Corandt and West streets
Ncv i0fk, the European plan Pine airy rooms newly
iaTnlsstd psessaui ls1es restaurant
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AllorAic dNlCN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As
ptsp.ct. Ninesecath War.--A special meeting
Q, o,t nv ssoesfn wiz be held room. Halt
Ioort9 treet between Third and Lexington avenues
on Setarey evening" July . NJ clock purpose OF
hfr.na,ng time of holding Primary .eng tho election
% delegates to state Convention be held Saratoga
Springs August ..
VIZ. II. RICHARDS Secretary
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
Who nre They {

The radical leaders must think that
the people ofWest Virginia are the most
credulous and gullible people in the
world They must place great reliance
upon the ignorance Of West Virginians
on they 0onld not dare TO say that the
men who are now lahoTiug for the over
throw of radicalism intend to abolish
the State DANIEL LAMB was one of the
most prominent aud active workers in
the conventions that formed the State.
JOHN HALL was president of the consti-
tutional convention. MIR VAN WINKLE
was one of the most active aud iLhuen-
tial men in both conventions. Mr.. TAFT,
of Upshur, was a member Of the conven-
ton of 1861 All these and many other
original friends and advocates Of the
new State aud to whom it owes its ex-
istence, are now vigorously opposing the
adoption Of the constitutional amend
mcnt ana iaholing to redeem West Viz
GINA from tire evil hand into which It
has ialler., No radical can. without
blushing. look an honest man in the
face and say that these men are DESTROYS
OF reunion with Virginia.
The men who. during the past two
years, have controlled the fortunes of
West Virginia arc different brood
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
Tie street Railway

We trust that all OF our citizens who
tavor the construction Of a street rail
way will be sure to attend tue meeting
TO be held at the rooms of the Chamber
Of Commerce (Union HaiD this evening
Facts and statistics concerning the OPP
GRAFTON of street railways will DC pre-
sented, demonstrating more conclusive
y than any argument we can make
here, the feasibility Of the project. and
the advantages that would fov from its
accomplishment. We have already
talked great deal abous tGo matter.
and are looking 30 the meeting tonight
in hope of seeing something done which
will result in benefit to the city Wheel
ing is far behind her sister cities of equal
size in enterprises of this Kind and
movements intended to secure public
convenience and profit. aud it is time
We were abandoning Our old fogyism
aud availing ourselves Of the various
Improvements tlat modern times have
evolved. Attend the meeting
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
General Harris.

We invite the attention of our read.
ers to an article which we copy from
the Buckhannon Republican in relation
to this man HARRIS who is stumpipg the
State in behalf. of the constitutional
amendment and doing dirty work in the
hope of being rewarded By the Cover
norship next fall. Mr.. TAFT, editor OF
the Republican, was member OF the con-
vention in 1861 that led to the formation
of the new State and has much cleaner
record for consistent unionism than
HARRIS
We learn that, in Parkersburg re-
Gently. HARRIS denounced Colonel d, d.
JOHNSON as guilty of "disloyalty and
said he would have been dismissed from
the service but for the expiration of his
term soon after his disloyalty was dis
covered. Colonel JoHNsoN's reputation
Is too we'll established to be injured by
the rant of such spouter, but HARRIS
is the last man on earth who should as
sail it
II HARRIS wants to be a candidate
for Governor, he would better go home
and stay there, because he will be the
most effectually played out" man in
West Virginia long before the nominat'
inc convention meets, ifhe persists much
longer in his present course He doesn't
seem to know that his more prudent
rivals for nomination on the radical
I ticket have ueeu patting him on the
| back ard putting him forward 10 do the
dirty worn in which he is now engaged
| solely for the purpose Of enabling hin
to completely eztinguish whatever
chances for place on the ticket he may
have had.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
J. Il. GOOD

TEORVEE AT EAW, UEEElE
N corner Fourth ami Monroe st-cts ,ra
same that ,s 1T present occupied u Tuiro
Good april In
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
AN ORDINANCE.

Assessing Tdre9 for the City of Wheeling on
Licences to the Keepers Of OrdinarieS and
Coffee Houses, and Retailers Of SpiritUous
Liquors and Foreign and Natire Zine.
SEC. |. Be it ordained by the Council of
the City of wheeling That there shall be
levied col ected and paid for the use OF the
City, an annual tax, as follows, on licenses
hereinafter mention ed, that's to say
On every license to keep IN Ordinary Hot II
or Tavern in the City. an annual X of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars, if the annual
rental value OF such Ordinary, Hotel or Tavern
do not exceed two hundred dollars but if it eZ-
coed two hundred dollars an annual taZ of one
Hundred and twenty-five on the first tT-O hun
bred dollars, and ten per cent. in addition on the
excess of such annual rental value oyer two
hundred dollars. Froyjded, That for the pur-
pose Of asccrtaining the amount Of said license
| tho assessed value of last year shall be taken
and regarded rs the assessed value Of the pres.
| ent year.
On every license 10 keep Coffee House Of
| the first class that j. With the privilege TO sell
| spiIituous liquors and foreign wines as we'll az
| native wines. potter ale aud beer an annual
tax of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
On every license to -oCpa Coffee House Of the
second class that il with the privilege TO sell
native wines, porter. ale ana beer. not spirit.
uoUs liquors, foreign wines. or any mixture
thereof, an annual taZ Of eighty dollars
On every license 10 sell in less quantities
than five gallon spirituols liquors, wine. por-
ter, ale or beer, or any drink Of like nature not
TO be drank or used At tho place where sold or
1T any house or place Kept b. the person selling
the same, or under his control N annual tdz-
OF tvenTv dollars.
SEC. g Tic s.:i tx -. --r1r case snail &c
paid in I;li before inc license is issued
SEC. :. This ordnance shall b IN foTcc f-cr'
its passage
Passed April in 1856.
apr2l-2t Ii /. TIC- C4t- Ger.
Gnteliigcncor pub 81
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
Thc Re. Union rvI:Ia Vi-gi:.iu

Nothing can Ds more absurd than the
plea put forth by the radical Office bold
srs that if the constitutional amcn3nent
IS rejected West Virginia ill he re-uni-
TED With the old State The use Of such
en- argument sRovs tLe desperate 20
sitIon in which tha radicals have placed
themselves and the iifnculty they haze
in either finding 81 marEiactur.ng al
excuse for their folly It Is SAID tL7t
Drowning men catch Il, ,trav5 but
this pretense that the conservative men
of the State desire aud are striving for
its return tc the Old Dominion. cannot
afford even : straw to prolong the life
Of drowning radicalsm ii th, New
State government presents So many al
vantages and re union would Ue attended
With all the disadvantages that ,aa.cul~
claim aud which SO readily grant, have
not conservative men Just as much iuiey
est ~ preserving the one aRd avoiding
the other as radicals have Besides
this, ii is we'll known that majority of
the people are III favor of the new State
aud it couio not be carried back to ole
Yirginny" even if the question were sub
United today to all the constitutional
voters OF the State The constitution
OF the new State was ratified 10y more
than twenty eight thousand votes, and
b. the most liberal estimate, there are
now less than fifty thousand voters in
West Virginia
The radical leaders know these things
perfectly well. They have not forgotten
them, But they wilfully strive to mis-
lead tue people and divert public at
teution from the infamy of their mis-
deeds. They know that their course
has been such as to arouse pablo indig-
nation; they know that thew have for
feited public respect, they know that
they dare not discuss tho time cpos+iono
before the people, and hence tber rooor.
TO this senseless, silly, and tran snor,.
subterfuge to deceive the unvor,- 90
fasten themselves upon the BODY rol;tio
forever. When they have accomplished
their purpose and secured their power
they will throw eff all cloaks and dis
guises and, defying all opposition, boldly
commit greater outrages than any of
which the people have yet dreamed Be
warned in time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
BE Registered To-day

Voters may be registered to-day OF
this evening in Richie, Webster, Cen
tire, Clay and Madison township. The
books will soon be closed and you will
not be permitted to vote unless regis
tered 1t is not safe to delay attending
TO this matter for another week or day
Go at once aud be sure that your name
is recorded The best and speediest way
of getting rid of this odious, oppressive
and infamous registration act is to de-
feat the radical party and break its
power, 1t is unjust and onerous in the
highest degree; it places needless and
uuiustifable restrictions upon the eX-
preston of the popular will It places
before the Governor of the State power
ful temptations to fraud and corruption;
it is anti-republiean III its tendency and
despotic in its operations, Bat it is the
duty Of its opp"nents t. comply with
its provisions III order to rebuFe the
party that framed it and in this case
as in the cid play. ii is ezpedient &c
"stoCp TO conquer"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
The ConsaitutionaI Amendment.

The following embodies the pet
scheme of the radicals. They hope to
delude the people into the ratification
of the following amendment to the Con-
stitution, so as to drive twenty thousand
persons whose industry we need, beyond
the borders of the State Read it and
Judge for yourself what the consequence
of its adoption will be-
No person who, since the first day OF J une
1861, has given or shall give voluntary aid oil
assistance to the rebellion against the United
States shall be a citizen of this State OF be al
lowed to vote at any election held therein IN
less he has volunteered into the military o.
naval service of the United States, and ha
been OF shall be honorably discharged there
from
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21

the West Virginia Republican had been
brought up by rebels and rebel sympa'
thisers, and that too, by money brought
in part at least, from Eastern Virginia
The Gdzette and National can, OF course,
take care of themselves; but SO lai as
this journal is concerned, the statsinen
of Harris is wholly false, ana we =. -
not the slightest doubt but Wns' ~ "
equally SO in respect to the others. na;r
This vain, conceited aud arrogant on
Oracle" sets his opinions up agallISt
all the world and deHounces everypous
who differs with him in opinion, 40
knaves or fools. A grave and importaIU
amendment to the Constitution OF ILL.
state submitted to the people tor thell
approval. and which requires the no of
Nature reflection, and. the exercise y.
the highest reason in deciding the quoSd
tion. Which is met, not by argument anu
reason. but by the filth OF the mu IS
d e@oo and an attempt is made 10
inti,nidate the honest yeomanry Oh tho
oountrr and drive them in favor OF the
meaeure bv denunciation, in pre-
n ri0 the same manner that the
rebais drove the Union men, at least
manv of them, into the rebel ranks
in 1861 We verify believe if these rad
zeal disunionists had an army at their
command, as the rebels had in 1861, they
would drive every real Union man and
every body else, out Of the State, and
keep them out, until they could adopt
that political monstrosity, the Constitu'
tional Amendment, and, il possible
thereby secure and perpetuate the point
| ical power Of the State in the hands OF
desperate, selfish and unprincipled fac
ton of negro worshippers. These mer
are not the true friends of the negro. lr
orr Judgment they are his worst enemy
and many of the negroes with instinc
tive perception and a good deal of natu
raj common sense, are beginning to SCI
this All these demagogues want, IS Il
use the negro as a means to secure
money, place aud power, and when the!
have accomplished that, then the negro
like old clothes, will be cast off
| Harris, we understand, wants to b
elected Governor next fall; and surei,
what a specimen of the Statesman and tn
| qenflemarI. he would be to represent tn
intelligence, moral worth and politica
character of the people of West Virginia
The people will not elect him; they vii
have more self-respect and regard TO
the character of the State than to plac
at her head the impersonation Of sham
| and infamT.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
Fro1, tho Euci,IsrGoE Eer=tncr
.-r8~rui TE-rrt9.


4 p0r,.uu uf abe pooul" IL tE:- c..rf--
ha>r recently Witnessed scenes in the
Courthouse which We earnestly mona
thlv vii r,~cr ~. % tho ,rrrt;f,,tinu
rt Witnessing again Tor tha fys5 time
since the rebels lied from hero in 1851
the hall irii.a,-I tc -r,4h oDl :,.,+;co
has hen made III. ars,o ror -, csr,:,-.,i
of lofar,aticr LI.clrr,r,I;e,,, "a III
eari:, which ,-5ulI Cierratle nva,, a., h,r
aUst u iui..,u- or the fr.1-;ed ccrrnn
lion, 90 "a house % prostituti0u W.
! speal adv,sedi- when Ne saw. that the
/ moral sense Ot Tlu- community va. lis.
gustad lui outraged BY the diSgrayefnl
ana degrading cTiuhui0us If dCprIvit-
| made ~ Gen Harris IN the tv-D speeches
| which, he delivered 1T this pllCe-0ue on
| The On 1ld the other on the 18th inst
these speeches were distinguished by
nothing but d,MagoguiSm EuIgaritT
and iaISebood
We feel conhdeut that III this Gpiu,ua
No viii tU sustained by considerable
maIcriN II this community.
Harris 2amc here, rs We understood
lor the rhrpOSe OF making a speech ia
tLEor of the Registry law and COusf ita
sio"ai Amendment His speech was Il
mere TRADE of abuse Batch of lie
nuuotatious- hurled at all who choose, to
differ with him in relation TO the meas
ures named All were rebels and rebel
sympathisers who opposed the Coustttu
tlona' Amendment Now this man knew,
II he had any sense at all, that the
Amendment, II adopted. wonld not and
could NOT Keep one single rebel from the
polls put that Is already kept from
'uoIe = '"e present law OF the state;
OF II ''hei words, Just as many men ,in
vote under the Ia" as Il Is now rs
could vote IT the Amendment should be
adopted But notwithstanding that.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
Cars to Trisaeipkia

Aspecial train will leave the depot OF
the Hempfeld Railroad this afternoon at
one o'clock for the accommodation of
persons wishing to attend the political
meeting at Triadelphia. Passengers will
be carried frse. The train will return at
Eve o'clock.
We hope there will be a good turn
out. Several speakers will BE- in attend
ance Let every one who can do SO
make it point to be at the depot pune
tually at one o'clock The train VII.
positively leave at the specified time
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21
u,bsas Corpus Restored.

Attorney General Speed has made a
report adverse to the decision of Judge
Underwood iii relation to habed8 corpus.
The latter assumed that the peace proc
lamation of President Johnson did not
revoke the suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus in the States recently in
iusurrection. Attorney General Speed,
to whom the case was referred has
come TO different conclusion He holds
that wherever the rebellion is declared
to have ceased, there the writ Of tabed8
corpus is no longer suspended, and
wherever the civil law has resumed its
authority, the military power can not be
exercised except to aid the authorities
in executing their decress, and for that
purpose only is the military arm re-
tained in the States lately in rebellion.
The ATTORNEY General therefore recon-
mendri the release OF the prisoner at
Alex. adria and the President at once
order, i that be be discharged from Gus
tody
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-21
coJURr NOTICES.
NOTICE.

The Board of Public Works Of Virgin.
Lawrence T. Bayne, George ". Cs srsfi,
Whiting and Robert W. Latham, late co .rsy1e
ners, under the firm of Selden, Withers g. r. e.
soc cocks and Andrew Wyiie, defts. WINS r.
In the Circuit Court Of Alexandria COUNT
decree of May term, 1866.
It appearing from the papers in this. cou..
that the defendants, John A. English and WI ne :
Buyne, trustees or assignees Of the assets Of ~.
late firm of Selden, Withers and Co., for thu t,e
benefit Of the creditors of said. firm, incind;nnse
the complainants under the deed where's
copy is in the papers Of the cause, have ma
since the year 1860, rendered to this Court ".
any master commissioner thereof, any accom-,
of their transactions as such trustees and &C
signees or of the funds or assets in their hsnJ.
rs such; on motion OF the complainant the
Court doth adjudge, order and direct that tho
said John A. English and VIM. Bayne, assignseS
ard trustees as aforesaid, without DELAY rendes
to master commissioner Of this Court an 40
count of their transactions heretofore reportsd
in this cause, also of the money, funds and A.
sets, in their hands, or control, or which should
be in their hands, or control, as such trustees
for the benefit of the creditors OF said firm. a..
cording to the provisions Of the deed aforesaid
also of the state, condition and value Of apy
property rights and claims vested in said tcl,
toes nv or under the said deed, or any act q,
proceeding in pursuance thereof, not ALREADY
converted into money, or otherwise disposed Of
or realized by said trustees, that the master
commissioner ascertain and report in writing 10
this Court the matters aforesaid, as also what
creditors of said firm of Selden, Withers g. Co..
if any, except said eomplainants, the Board Of
Public Works, remain unsatisfed by the said
trustees, English and Bayne, or otherwise, and
if any other their names and the sums unsats.
fed to them, scverally, together with any other
matter which may be required By any party Or
may be deemed pertinent by himself. The
master commissioner before proceeding to the
execution Of this order shall give notice Of the
time and place of taking the accent, by adver.
tisement. once 4 week for four successive weeks,
in some newspaper published in the city Of
Alexandria, which advertisement shall be
deemed equivalent to personal service of no.
tice. A copy tcste. j. TACE4, Clerk.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
-'- August 4, 1866. ...
Notice is hereby given to the trustee: or as.
signees of Selden, Withers & Co., and all par.
ties interested, that !, as Commissioner Of the
Circuit Court of Alexandria county, will pro.
coed to execute the provisions of the foregoing
Decree on Tuesday, the llth day of September
1866, at my office, in the city of Alexandra
when aud where they are required to attend
Given under my hand the day and year irs
aforesaid. W. y. LAIN,
Commissioner Of Circuit Court,
aug 4-1aw4W Alexandra county
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-21
THE GAZETTE.
tuesday, EVENING, AUGUST p.
CONTAMINATED.
z E. LEE

,tero of g peoples story
soHieftaiss once, and crowned with glory
Sven though the cause he fougRt;for..
Now is lost-no longer sought for
Though its day has closed in sorrow
Bitter day-without morrow.
Though the hopes that once he cherished
Now have fallen, faded persisted;
Still these woes cannot dissevor
Ties that bind us to him ever
Could the land that SO revered nun:
Through those scenes that so endeared h'In,
Soon forget by whom protecIed?-.
Leave him all slone-neglected
No. for now in halls Of learning. :
Brighter fame his name is earning;
Fame, the taunts Of foes defying-
Tame that shall be never-dying.
Happy halls! with him presiding
Hours of study-sweetly gliding
Happy youth! by him directed
Paths Of truth by him selected,
Proud Virginia Aims Mater
Msy fresh honors yet, await her,
LAY her sons to fame succeeding.
While Our Lee theway is loading. .tt:,...'-.
nergetic-onward pressing, -
W in for her, with Heavens blessing.
Such u name and such glory
lis shall live in future story I. 4. 3.