The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-17


among us! Thus we see that this party
of great moral ideas" becomes mt,
ting example Of the old saying tha'
"C1rses, like chickens, come home tt
roost." They cursed us for having the
audacity to differ with them as to the
proper position Of their "colored breth
rem" and now we curse them for theil
extravagsnce, villainy, corruption and
wickedness.
From the Buffalo independently
Sheriff Wade has made o requisitior
on Governor Boreman for soldiers to aid
in collecting the taxes from the loyal
tenants ON the Bruen survey. Little
did these good Union men think, two
years ago, that they were to be driver
Mt the point of the bayOnent, to obey
the laws they fought SO bravely to sus
tain.
from the Shepherdstown Register.l
The reports that the wheat in this
section was getting seriously Injured BY
rust we are glad to learn have been
very much exaggerated and that none
or very little injury has yet been sus
tanned. s,. sit ~ tE
The corn crop in this section is com
ing on finely, and our farmers are in
pleasant mood at the prospect before
them.
We are informed that the cherry croI
is very abundant this season. Large
Quantities of early cherries have been
brought to town for sale, ut ten cents
per quart.
Tho following list shows the whole
number of votes polled in the various
townships of this county, at the lats
election, as handed us: Averill town
ship %, Bolivar SO, Chapline 80, Shep'
herd "a, III. Ferry 6S, CharlestOwn 13
Osborne 28-total 267. The last vote
polled in the county prior to the wal
was upwards Of 1900; and at these two
precincts (Shepherdstown and Chap
line) 675.
; Joseph Addison McCoul was born IN
Berkeley county, Va, and was for years
previous to the late war, an efficient
officer in the regular army of the United
States. On the breaking out of the wal
he still followed the old flag and was
present at the first Bull Run battle
Finding the war was waged for the ne
gro and not for the Union he left the
army, and has since then been engaged
in the collection of Government claims
in connection with WIN. S. Thompson
of Washington city. Just previous tc
his death he was elected Magistrate ir
Sharpsburg, Md. He was the friend
and class mate, at West Point, of Gener-
al Sykes, Major General United States
army and General Barney Bee, Confed
crate States army. A writer of no mean
order, he was considered a thorough
lawyer, and known to be by his intimate
friends q man of fine culture, literary
attainments and warm, generous heart
We learn his body was found in the ca,
nal near Harper's Ferry on Monday OF
Tuesday last. Whether he came to his
death by foul means or accident has not
vet been ascertained. His father is
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia, and the erratic and
somewhat dissipated life led by his son
produced by continuation of circum.
stances, together with the melancholy
manner Of his death will doubtless
wiring the heart of his aged father. Re,
qniescat in pace.
From the Berkeley Uuion.l
The corner stone of the new Metho-
dist Episcopal Church (colored). in this
place, will be laid next Monday, June
18th, with Masonic ceremonies. The
exercises will commence at 10 o'clock.
The Lodges of the neighbOring towns
have been invited, and we presume will
be well represented. Appropriate ad-
dresses will be delivered OIL the occa-
sion.
Speaking of the trial of prominent
Radical official of Berkeley county, for
forgery, the Union says:
Last week Aaron Burr Steinmetz was
tried and convicted for the forgery of
three bonds, each for the sum of three
hundred dollars, and purporting to
have been issued by the Board of Su-
pervisors to soldiers credited to this
county. We gave statement of the
facts Immediately after his arrest, and
that statement was fully sustained. The
jury in this case fixed his term of inn
prisonment in the Penitentiary at two
years, though in all candor we must say
the jury did not do their duty, for he
shsnld have had at least five years.
Truly, "if there be anything beyond
the foreknowledge Of God it is the YER
dict of petit jury" He was also tried
on charge of false pretense, for OBJ.
tanning money from the county on the
bond Of Barbara johnson, widow Of
Moses johnson, deceased; convicted
and sentenced to two years servitude in
the Penitentiary. @ -. r..