The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-14
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"A petition to the United States Sem
! ate for the rejection of Governor Swami
as Senator from Maryland, is being
generally signed by the Union men of
that State. 1t asserts the illegaIity of
/ the Legislature which elected him.
The Richmond Enquirer beseeches
the Legislature of Virginia to do,some-
thing before it adiourns, as it huston
the I'd of March. 1t accuses the MEM
bers of vacillation, timidity and want
of energy: in providing for the domes-
tic and political affairs of the State.
The management of the State canals
and the State debt are the principal
subjects for solicitude.
The New Orleans rebel press gener-
ally favor the idea of convention for
amending the State Constitution. They
look upon reconstruction as Indefinite
lypostponed, and think they may as
well go ahead on the hypothesis that
the present status of Louisiana will be
eventually accepted.
The Louisville (Ky.) Courier takes
the Democrat of that city to task for
having said: 1--WE shall support no
Confederate officer or soldier for Gov
ernor of this State, mot, however, on
account of his record, but because it
would look badly outside of the State.
The Courier says that this lands the
Louisville Democrat outside of the
Democratic party; that the Confederate
othcers and soldiers are worthy MEM
beers and an important element of the
party, and that nobody who turns them
the cold shoulder can continue to be-
long to it.
The Richmond Tunes, in a eulogis-
tic editorial upon General R. E. Lee,
nominating him for the Goveruorship
of the State, concludes as follows:
''There was time when his splendid
genius had hurled army after army of
federal invaders, broken, defeated and
demoralized, from the soil of his mother
State, and when our success seemed as
sured, Erumor attributed to this great
man the modest admission that he
craved no higher honor than to be the
Governor of Virginia. Until he speaks
we trustthat no inferior man will dare
to outrage public opinion in Virginia
by venturing to solicit an office which
Lee may not feel authorized to de-
cline.''
A BACHELOR was out in the rain the
other day with shabby and leaky UNI
brella. He was chided by a married
friend for not having a wife to mend it;
but replied that he would rather have
dash of cold water now and then,
than run the risk of getting into hot
water. The wretch had Just witnessed
the matrimonial Union of Mr.. Acidunl
IdrtaVicuul to Miss Curb0ndS ISodii, i'm
mediately resulting in an efferves-
cence.
"A mountain member of the Ken
lucky Legislature, who dotted on the
Louisville Journal, and was to be found
reading it every morning when the
House assembled, was observed to al
ways lay it aside when motion was
made to dispense with the reading of
the Journal of the House. Finally,
however, feeling that he was imposed
on, he rose and said
"Mr. Speaker-I've set here in NV
seat for morn n week and submitted to
the tyranny of this House. Somebody,
every morning moves to dispense with
the reading of the Journal" and I've
lost every paper I've bought for a
week by it,and no man has ever moved
to dispense with the Democrat or Com
nteTcidt; and, Mr.. Speaker, 1 won't
stand it any longer. Mr.. Speaker"
The remainder of the speech was
drowned in the universal applause that
followed.