The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-09
POLIrICAL PARAGRAPHS.

Hon. b. V. whaley and B. B.
French have gone into the claim agent
business at Washington. Mr.. Whaley'
who was formerly member of Con-
gress from our Sd district is an indefat-
igable pusher OF claims through the de-
partments. His energy in that line is
well known.
One Ofthe best things Petroleum V.
Nnsby has said is, that the belief i'll the
odor OF the negro leads the Democratic
party by the nose.
On leaving office, Mayor Monroe is
reported to have remarked that''this was
the fifth, and, undoubtedly, last, time
he had been deposed from the Mayor
atty OF New Orleans"
The Wisconsin Legislature has
passed resolution to amend the State
Constitution by giving the right OF suf-
frage TO women.
Beverly Nash, the colored man who
is accused of being a Copperhead, is
having a spicy correspondence with
some of his colored opponents in South
Carolina. Alexander Williams thus
winds up Il savage review of Mr..
NasE's political wanderings: "In con-
clusion, 1 will say, that you have
brushed Calhoun's hat, Webster's coat,
and Henry Clay's boots"
Concerning the Presidents man
sion, a correspondent of the Boston
Traveller thus makes revelation: "Does
everybody know, 1 wonder, that Mr..
Johnson had his memorable veto OF
the Freedmen's Bureau bill printed on
a large sheet, in coarse type, and cheap
ly framed, to hang in the ante-room of
day; and to me. seeing it first this
morning, it seemed like the defiant
banner of my policy hung on the out
er wall"
1t is said that the minority of the
Supreme Court, and one or two of the
majority are very anxious to avoid any
action on the reconstruction question.
The position in which they now stand
before the country is extremely morti-
Tying to some members of the Court,
and they will use all means in their
power to prevent the question from
coming before them.
"A dispatch to the New York Com
merciat, from Washington, says Mr..
Colfax will devote the greater portion
Of the recess to lecturing in the vari-
Gus States, with view of obtaining the
Presidential nomination, Sin case it
should not be found necessary to NOM
mate General Grant, who will be Sc
lected only as a last resort" The same
dispatch says at least dozen Congress-
men are intriguing for the nomination.
We are glad the Senate has con-
firmed the nomination of Gen. Rous-
seau, of Kentucky, to be Brigadier-
General in the regular army. He
earned that distinction, first, by his
noble and firm adherence to the Union
cause in the Senate of his State, before
fore the war broke out, and next by his
brilliant military services during the
war.
The Chicago Tribune says that so
tar as it can recall, Senator Sumner
never originated practical measure,
though he has arrested or impeded the
passage of many LJt'I
The Charlottesville CVa.) Chronicle
has a sensible article on the Connect.
cut election, in the course of which it
saws: :
the South as usual fly of at the helve
about the Connecticut election; let as
| not Jdtt back AGAIN IN hope upon the
Democratic Purity" re hdpe suffered
sufficiently by decisions Of tbs sort in the
last tlCo years.
The Connecticut election is "a good
thing-provided the conservative men
OF the country North and South learn
the proper lesson from 1t. tbs a ue1-,
bad thing. " IL leads us dnetD into The bod
| Of Gte Northern Democrdcy." Neither
the Democratic party, nor President
johnson, nor the SupreRle Court is 1oiJro
to De Of any service to the South.