The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-24
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county, sends usa copy Of a threaten
| ing letter received by him few days
ago, warning him that his life and
property would not be safe affer given
| time If ne did not heed the warning and
leave the locality. Mr.. Birkett says
that other citizens have received simi-
/ lar documents. The rebels OF that w
cinity are supposed 10 be the auth Ios.
| of them, the design being to rid tH lsil
selves ofthe presence of the most Ouen-
| sive Union men. We do pot suppose
that our friends have any great Oeca-
sion for alarm. People who write such
threats seldom execute them.
The Parkersourg Times, of Mon
Iday: Is ..perDftted TO publish the fol,
lowing extract from a letter. written
By Hou. c, D. Hubbard 10 a friend in
thar place, explaining his course in
regard 10 the extra pay OF Members oil
Congress-:
1.-THE money was returned into the
Treasury because / was not willing to
admit the right OF members OF Congress
or any other agents OF the people to in
crease there own salaries by their votes,
l had voted for the bill under protest,
| because their was coupled with it, in
such a manner that they could not be
separated, the proposition for equalizing
I the bounties of soldiers, measure not
perfect in itself by any means, but ap-
I parently che best that could be obtain
/ ed-which thought Just and right,
and the good of the country required
should pass at that time. And l was
of opinion that II 1t did not pass then,
il would never pass, and have since
eeen no reason to change that opinion.
Under these Impressions voted for the
bill, but l was Unwilling that my vote
should be considered as sanctfoDing a
! principle TO which was opposed, or
| that had been Influenced in giving
that vote, by the fact that was benefit
/ ting myself in so doing. twas my de-
terLninatiOn, therefore, from the first
not to use any part OF the increased pay
for my benefit"
We have received a catalogue of
Allegheny College at Meadvi!Ie, Pa,
for the current collegiate year ls66-67.
we ind in the list OF students the fol-
lowing names from Wheeling and
/ vicinity: Jacob Thomas Stone, Geo. a.
Armstrong, Geo. w. Dillon, Edward s..
Dillon, Thos. W. G. Doyle, and Ohn "A.
and Joseph E. Wright from Washing
ton, Pa.
The Richmond Dispate6 is laboring
earnestly with its readers TO convince
them that extending the elective fran
chise to negroes does not make them
eligible to Office. Is 1t not a general
principle in common law that an cleo
tor is eligible to office, and do not the
prescribing of special qualifications for
President, Vice President, Senators, &C.,
show it?
II. Riyes Pollard forwarded the fol-
lowing warlike telegram few days
ago:
"GoRDoNsV1LLE, April 10, 1857.
ITO Thomas II. Wynne:-You are
damned thief and liar. Pay dishon-
ored drafts this day and arrearages of
your bOnd, and cease to retail your
cowardly lies and gossip about me,
OF will cut your tongue out and grind
you TO dust by exposing your tbieving
and Villainons transactions with Yam
kee companies. l am on my way back
20 Richmond. H. RIvEs POLLARD"
On returning to Richmond, Pollard
Was arrested, ana had to give 81 900 Sc
cnrity to keep the peace for year.
"A Mobilian being informed that
his ticket in lottery had drawn a
prize, consisting of no less than TWEEN
ty-eight articles, wrote to his New Or
leans correspondent for the particulars
of his good fortune. Inreply, he learned
that the number OF articles was thirty
pint of bitters containing twenty
eight ingredients, and the bottle and
cork. .laH
-"Do you want to marry n negrn?"
used to be the question to arouse the
indIgdant thunder of universal "NoV'
from the Democratic party. Now the
same party, If asked the same question,
winks, CYCLES and shippers, Eyes, we
do want to marry the negro vote of the
come at last;" but freedom and educa-
ton forbid the bans.
Rev. Henry Woods, for five years
pastor Of the First Presbyterian ChHrch
at steubenville, has resigned his charge
and goes TO Washington College rs
Professor Of Lauguages.
The Mccoy murder trial is going on
at s.eubenville, but the Herald does
not furnish the public with any partic-
ulars developed.
-In the Circuit Court OF Pocahontas
county, Judge N. Harrison decided, a
few days ago, two Important points: lst,
That the suitors' Test Oath, required of
rebels, cannot be evaded or avoided by
a transfer or assignment: OF the debt TO
u loyal man: that such a transfer, in
view of such evasion. Is both a fraud
npon the law and on the debtor. I'd,
That the recent decision Of the Supreme
Court OF West Virginia In the case OF
e1 Pdrte PdceRnd Hunter, makes it OBJ
ligatory upon every. Circuit Judge in
the State to require the test oath Of at
torueys at law. g VI
Take Notice Everybody Interasted.
There will be one more meeting on
Saturday evening, at the Court House
easements, upon the subject of the
Mount Wood Cemetery, for the purpose
of raising sufficient funds to put the
grounds in good order, and OF cutting
down the hill from the National Road