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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-12
Notions and Fancy Goods F.!
State Commission Notice
Notice to Loyal slnre.orncr..

TIME COMMISSION APPOINTED ny THE
Secretary of War, under the 24lh section
OF the Act Of Congress, approved February
Z4th, lSo4, and Section II. OF an Act approved
July 2sth, 1855, in respect O slaves enlisted oT
drafted into the military service OF the United
S 5LatesSs hA2lng assembled 1.-THE City of Par
keTsburg, West Virginia, on the twelfth day
Of December, 1856. and duly Organized as per
directions nom the War Department, do
hereby give notice 20 all Whom IL may Con-
Germ That said Commission will sit in the
CITY OF ParkersburK, West Va, on the 18th
as may be necessary al the same place, for the
completion OF All business Part4ining to said
Commission Claimants for compensation
under the said Acts of Congress, are respect
fully requested TO forward their claims win
the required proofs, as promptly as may DO,
sion, Parkersburg, West Virginia
For the Information of thoss Interested We
iesPecIu ~ invite their attention to the fol-
IIaNlns Lhsuucuons received from the War
-Finst- No claim will be entertained unless
y Is shown that the Slave enlisted, or WAS
oIaIled, III the Stale for which the Commits
sion is appointed.
Second. No claim win be entertained
Nnen the ownership OF title TO the services Of
the party enlisted, Is based upon a sale OF
transfer made subsequent to tie drafting or
enlistment OF the slave.
Third. Executors, Guardians and Trustees
must ME with claims made in behalf of the
p aIlss they represent satisfactory evidence
authority 10 act for such parties
Fourth. Claimants Will be required 10
oessignais me regiment and the company In
pensatioII, - rived.
Fifth. Parties claiming compensation for
more than one servant, or slave, enlisted or
drafted as a soldier, must dle a separate and
olhunct claim for compensation, in each case.
sixth. The claimants valid titie 10 me
slave at the time OF enlistment or dram, and
the claimants active loyalty during the war
must be established
MILrOS.P. AMISS, Pres't of Board.
ROBrT. s. BROWN, Memb. of Board
decI5-3m
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OF Marshall county. Massachusetts,
and New York have the same right to
the territory that Virginia has. And If
adherence to the old grant gives this
terrltoEy TO Virginia, then the same
authority extends. her right to the
lands within the original parallels as
far as the Pacific ocean. What author
ity then, had, or have Virginians TO
assert that their territory extends no
further than the Mississippi? Ii the
charter of 1909 fixes the boundary upon
which they claim the Graders Tract, ~
Qndiana,) or the "Vandalia Tract"
Ulinois,) what right does that docu-
ment or any other give them to restrict
II within "metes and bounds" not
specified in the original papers?
Inc fact is, this narrow strip of coun-
ny IN dispute, properly follows the fate
ma out ambitious greed wrested il
from Its nominal assignment, and Dos
session, supposed to confer a title DER Sc.
has given color, and perhaps force, to
its present geographical allotment Ii
would be injudicious, doubtless to
press the claims of our State to a legal
adjudication, though there could be no
question as 10 the final issue. But the
task would be such an endless one, and
the question of jurisdiction SO intricate,
that no living man could hope to see
the end. But these historical facts
OuBuL 10 enter 4hIScly INTO the drku-
ments of the Panhandle petitioners,
and ought to be spread out with dis
tinctness before the Legislators who are
to act, or should act in the premises.
In 1883, Mr.. WEIGH, a member from Bel
Belmont county, on heopposite side OF
the Ohio river, introduced into the Ohio
Legislature bill for the purchase of
these counties, and in the resolutions
assumed ''that the acquisition of the
aforesaid territory by the State of Ohio
would be greatly conducive to the best
interests of the citizens of the counties
sought to be acquired" Since then, no
effort has been made in that direction,
and whether the people there preferred
to be attached to Ohio is to us some
what doubtful. But the present move
ment is for connection with Pennsyl-
vania, and is in every respect the natu-
raj direction for the Pam Hand e to take.
1t only needs a legal sanction TO con-
summate a sympathetic connection
which exists largely in fact. The free
school system of our State, more fully
established and tested than theirs, is
not the least argument for the present
generation of citizens there. The pro-
grsssivs spirit of our people accords
more largely with their instincts and
history. In these, and other particu-
lars which will occur to the mind read
lily, the people of the Panhandle are
carrying, and long will carry, a NAM
moth and crushing load; and that SO
long as they are attached TO the nom
progressive and fossilized inhabitants
of the other parts of West Virginia, who
still demonstrate the blighting curse of
slavery, which though scarcely ever
anything more than nominal, has new
ertheleSS so enerYated and emasculated
them that they will necessarily feel its
effects for years 10 come.
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The RevaIunIion of Lands.

The following is a part of the state
ment furnished by the Auditor to the
House Of Delegates short time since,
showing a comparison of the new val
uation with the old. The statement
showed the number of acres and the
value of the town lots and buildings,
but to enable US to get it into our col
umns we omit these. It will be seen
that it gives the whole valuation of
land in each county, and the average
value per acre, first under the old val
uation and then under the new.
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DestItution I'm north Carolina.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE prevailing
stringency is so great in Pitt county, n.
c., that the people recently compelled
the sheriff to burn up all his writs and
executions returnable at court, refusing
to be elected from their homes, as be-
ing unable to paw. Destitution is evil
dent all over the State. The legislature
has passed a relief bill postponing to
print the debates for twelve months.
The negroes in the State are suffering
by the exploits of band of regulators
who have made oath to dispossess every
negro in the State of his property, and
with that end in view were stealing
their homes
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Wanted.

A GEHTS-ST5 TO $50 PER MONTH.
"a everywhere, male and female, 20 Intro
dues Throughout the UniUed States, the
ENUINE IMPROVED COMMON Si.SHE
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. TTbis ma
chine will stitch, hem, iell, tuck, quilt bind
braid and eInbTOider in a most superior man.
ner. Price only SIS. Fully WARRANTED for
nye yesn: We will pay 5000 for any ma
chine that VIII sew q stronger, more b-auti-
the Elastic Lock Stitch" Every s.scond
s1tch can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be
pulled apart Without tearing il We pay
agents nom t15 10 s2l0 per month and expen-
ses, or a commission fn0m which twice That
amount can be made. Address
SECOMB & CO., Cleveland, Ohio.
CAUTION.-Do not be Imposed upon by
other parties palmIng on worthless cast-iron
machines, under the same name or other
wise Ours is the only genuine and really
practical cheap machine manufactured.
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NEW YORK, Peb. ia special to the
Commercial says that Sanford Conover,
the detective who fabricated the testi-
mony complicating Jeff. Davis with
Lincoln's assassination, was found
guilty of perjury.
It is thought that a compromise bill,
embodying the chief features of Ste
vens' and Banks measure, will be
agreed on in the House on Wednesday.
Mr.. EIliot's bill viii probably be the
basis, as 1t combines both the civil and
military rule.
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NEW YORK, Feb. ia special from
Washington to the Post says: Mr.. Bing-
ham will submit new reconstruction
proposition, providing that when the
States lately in rebellion shall adopt
the Constitutional Amendment and
are agreed to equal suffrage, they shall
be represented in Congress. Until they
do this, they are to be under martial
law. To get in this proposition, the
House must vote down the motion to
recommit. Mr.. Bingham thinks that
ifa square vote be taken it will pass.
The report that Secretary Seward and
Stanton will soon leave the cabinet is
Giscredited.
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Fire.

ner, Cass and Kinzie street was de-
stroyed by IRE last night. Loss about
81, 0OO- Insured for sic, 600 in the Home,
of New Haven, Conn; Home, of Gin
cinnati, and local Companies. The
principal losers are Page q Sprague,
dealers in oil and varnish.
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Report of the New orleans Riot Com.
mission.


NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE report of
the majority of the New Orleans Riot
Commission is published. 1t says: In
view OF the facts proved, we are con-
strained to say that the time has fully
arrived when Congress should inter
tere, and should SO legislate as to Sc
cure to the people of Louisiana, u Re-
publican form of government. The
condition of things existing there cam
not continue consistently with the law
or the peace of the loyal men. Since
the surrender of the rebel armies, the
rebellion has assumed another form,
and now controlled the Government
through the same agencies that led
their armies in time of war. That Con-
gressional action should be had, is set
tied by fact, not opinion, when
men are driven from their houses
and their lives threatened and property
destroyed; when in business they are
prescribed; when recent rebels hold all
places OF trust, and having power 10
use it, to Cypress and punish men be-
cause they are and have been loyal
when the whole body of colored men
who have never hinched from duty as
radical loyalists when then days were
gloomiest and the dangers greatest in
the time of war, are prosecuted by sys-
tenn, hunted like wild beasts and
slaughtered without mercy, and with
immunity, there is no room left for
doubt that some legislative remedy
should be supplied. These are matters
of fact and not of opinion, and in our
judgment but one course can and should
be pursued, and without hesitation
or delay, according to the judgment of
all who have felt the presence of the
rebellion and have stood firmly and
fearlessly for the Union when treason
was nearest to success; whose judg-
ment, given upon oath, is based upon
facts within personal experience; who
give opinion resting upon knowledge,
and speak of what they have seen and
known. The present government of
Louisiana, existing wiIhout sanction
of national law, should be suspended
by act of Congress and q provisional
government established and main
tanned by military power until the
time has come when Louisiana is con-
trolled by loyal men, and may be re-
turned to her former practical relations
to the Union without endangering
security and peace.
The report is accompanied by bill
providing for the appointment OF off,
GERS for the new organization by the
President, and provides that rebels
shall be enfranchisd by going through
a naturalization process, taking out
papers from the United States.
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BY THE CABLE.
Advioss to the 9th of February.

LONDON, Feb. e-Eyening.-Consols
closed at 9l1<; 20 coupons of 49,, Tx;
Erie, s92<; Illinois Central, sOzs.
1t has been officially announced by
the Cable Company, that on and after
the first of March, the rates by the-Cable
will be reduced one-half.
BERLIN, Feb. e-Evening.-The King
Of Prussia has closed the Diet, and
thanked that body for the cordial as
sistance given him, and hoped for
German unity, pointing ont the neces-
sity of permanent peace at home and
abroad. The Kings speech was enthu-
siastically received by the people.
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Frnm Forf Laramie.

Fort LARAMIE. Feb. s.-Col. Caring
ton, with the Headquarters of the 18th
Infantry, Maj. Morris commanding the
escort, arrived at this post today, from
Fort Phil. Kearney, en- route 10 Fort
Mcpherson, his new Headquarters. On
the 7th, while riding pack to close up
the train, Col. CarrinSton's revolver
struck his saddle and discharged it,
wounding him in the thigh, the bail
passing near the fermeral artery. On
his arrival, Surgeon Schen removed the
ball, saving amputatiou.
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BALTIMORE, Feb. II.-Three ferry
men and three passengers are supposed
to have lost their lives on the ferry boat
that capsized in the harbour last even
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CAIRO, Feb. 1.-THE J. c. Swan from
st. Louis for New Orleans, arrived at 9
P. NJ, the Clifton, from Memphis TO
Cincinnati, at p NJ, and the Julia,
from New Orleans, at II P. NJ.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-12

THE Egyptian Parliament are discus
sing the prOpriety OF the manner of adj
dress to their Viceroy. The question is,
which is more parliamentary-"My
adored MASTER" or my august sover-
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CINCINNATI, Feb. I.-Thermometer
S0e. Il was down to 109 this morning
at o'clock, and yesterday it was down
to zero at the same hour, and on the
hills outside of the city from to s. be-
low zero. ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-12

CINCINNATI, Feb. Il.-T.P. McQuilan,
formerly connected with the Cincinnati
Press, died yesterday.
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CHICAGO, Feb. Fin the Supreme
Court this morning a new trial was
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KuvIvmLE. Iowa, Feb. 1O.-ThC
Marion county treasury was robbed
last night of over $4,000.
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MOBILE, Feb. 1s.-The IRE last night
caused a loss OF $50, 0OOi insured for
S6OO. 600. Origin of the fire unknown.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-12

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-THE st. Charles
leaves in the morning for New Orleans.
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MIR. bingham ON Recon.truetIon.

Various petitions and memorials were
and the House adjourned.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-06-28
Mrs. Partington and Suffrage.

The conversation had turned upon
the popular and absorbing topic, ex-
citing the feelings of the circle with
the pro and can view oft when, in
the midst Of q fierce remark as a re-
joiner as hard as a brick was tremL-
ling into form on the other side. Mrs.
Partington raised her finger. There
was immediate silence.
"As for Universal suffrage" said
she, with smile as tender as the last
beam Of expiring day upon a faded
landscape-"As for universal suffer-
ing, don't see why they should suf.
er more than any other SEX
"Who !"said DR.. Spooner. looking
ever lis spectacles.
The Universalists," said she.
"And certainly there is not half so
much danger if their doctrine is tine.
as I'm sure hope it is, for the sake
of many who have nothing but the
goodness Of God to depend upon.''
But" said DIR. Spooner, with an
emphasis upon the word as though
he were about to enact it, and butt
his meaning at her;;''I mean the uni
yersal gift Of suffrage-allowing ev-
cry man to vote whether black or
white"
She paused like a riIl interrupted
BY leaf, gathering strength by the
interrupting, and breaking triumph
antly away.
u don't see," said she, '.why they
shouldn't do As they are mind to:
if they don't they ought to be made
to by corrosive measures. think
the gift Of suffering belongs most nat
urally to the woman; but as for vo-
ting that is another matter"
There was dignity in the delivery
Of this profound opinion that would
have done credit Judge Bigelow,
and it took the entire evening to pick
the meat of it. Ike was engaged at
his spelling lesson. drawing profles
of the crook nosed teacher on tho mar
gin of his spelling-book.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-06-28

A certain member Of Congress from
one Of the Western States was speak.
ing one day on some importan, ques.
ton, during which sat brother men,
Der, his opponent on the question,
smiling. This annoyed him very
much, and he Indignantly demanded
Why the member from - was
laughing at him.
81 was smiling at your manner of
making monkey faces. sir" was the
reply.
80, I make monkey faces, do /?
Well sir. YOU have no occasion to try
the experiment, for nature has saved
you the trouble -
The hammer was heard, amid roar
oflaughter.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-06-28

4 writer in the Boston Post says
that beet sugar, especially under our
present tariff, can be made in this
country to the best advantage by
large manufacturers. He says:
To make beet sugar proftably re-
quires heavy capital, costly machinery
and high order of chemical and
mechanical talent. 1t is manufac-
turing business, intimately allied with
agriculture, like the production of cot
ton and wooden fabrics. Farmers can
not set kettle in their boiler houses
and make sugar to compete with q
well-appointed factory with any better
prospect of success than they would
have in attempting to weave their
own shirts, or have looms in their
back kitchen to compete with the
products of the great establishments
Of Lowell and Lawrence"
The productivencss of the beet in
sugar has been largely increased by
improved methods, and the cost of
production has been materially lessen
ed. He gives the following statis-
ticts.
The average per centage Of sugar
obtained from beets in France in 1910
was about four and q half. In 1865
it was seven. A gain in twenty-five
years of more than fifty per cent, on
the yield of l84O.
In the States Of the Zollverein,
manufacturers obtained an average of
5 100 per cent. from beets in 1910,
and 8 54-lO0 per cent. in 1865. A
gain ofnearly sixty per cent. in twenty
FIVE years.
The higher the per centage Of sugar
obtained. the smaller, ofcourse, is the
amount of bee's required to make a
ton Of sugar. Thus in France it took
lnorc than twenty-five tons of beets
to make ton of sugar in ls4o, while
it took but little more than fourteen
tons to produce the same amount in
1865.
1t required eighteen tens of beets in
1870, and less than twelve in 1865, to
make ton Of sugar in the States Of
Zollverein.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-06-28
General Longssrees en Recenstruc.
tiOn.

General Lsngssrees en Hecenssrnc.
The following is the text Of General Long.
streets letter upon reconstruction, in reply
to = communication addressed to him by
John NJ. G. Parker:
New ORLEAxs, La, June 3.
Your esteemed favor of the 18th ultimo
was duly received. was pleased to have
the opportunity to hear Senator Wilson, and
was agreeably surprised TO meet such fair.
ness and frankness in . politician whom !
have been taught to believe uncompromis.
ingly opposed to the white people of the
South.
have mnturely considered your suggest
ion to wisely unite in efforts to restore
Louisiana to her former position in the Un-
ion, through the party now in power" Nv
letter Of the 9th Of April, to which you refer,
clearly indicates desire for practical recon
struction and reconciliation. Practical men
can surely distinguish between practical re-
construction and reconstruction as an alb.
stract question. l will endeavor, however,
With renewed energy, to meet your wishes 10
the matter. The serious difficulty that ap-
prehend is the want Of that wisdom which
is necessary for the great work. l shall be
happy to work in any harness that promises
relief to our distressed people aud harmony
to the nation. 1t matters not whether bear
the mantle of Mr.. Davis or the mantle Of
Mr.. Sumner, so that may help to bring the
glory Of "pcace and good will toward men. y
shall set out by assuming proposition
that I hold 10 be selfevident, viz: The
highest Of human laws is the law that is es>
tablished BY appeal to arms.
The great principles that divided political
parties prior to the war were thoroughly dis.
cussed BY our wisest statesmen. When ar
gument was exhausted resort was had to
compromise. When compromise was una
vailing, discussion was renewed, and expe,
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-06-28

dients we're sought but none could be found
to suit the emergency. Appeal was finally
made to the sword, to determine which ol
the claims was the true construction of con
stitutional law. The sword has decided in
favor Of tha North, and what they claimed
! as principles cease to be principles, and have
become law. The views that we hold cease
to be principles because they are opposed to
law. 1t is, therefore, our duty to aband on
ideas that are obsolete, and conform to the
requirements Of law.
THE HIGHER LAW.
The Military bill and amendments are
e-offerings. We should accep. them as
such. and place ourselves upon them as the
starting point from which 10 meet future DO.
litical issues as they arise.
Like other Southern men, I naturally
sought alliance with the Democratic party,
merely because it was opposed to the Re-
publican party. But as far as ! can Judge,
there is nothing tangible about it, except the
issues that were staked upon the war and
there lost. Finding nothing to take hold Of
except prejudice, which cannot be worked
into good for any one, ii is proper and right
that should seek some standpoint from
which good may be done.
IMPRAcTIcABLE ISSUES OF THE DEMOCRACY.
If I appreciate the principles Of the Dem.
ocra.ic party, its prominent features oppose
the enfranchisement Of the colored man. and
deny the right to legislate upon the subject
of suffrage, except by the States, individual
ly. These two features have a tendency to
exclude Southern men from tha. party; for
the colored man is already enfranchised
here, and we cannot seek alliance with
party that would restrict bis rights. The
exclusive right of the States to legislate upon
suffrage will make the enfranchisement Of
the blacks, whether for better or for worse.
fixture among US.
1t appears, therefore, that those who CRY
the loudest against this new order Of things
as public calamity are those whose princi-
Piles would fix it upon US without a remedy.
Hence it becomes us to insist that suffrage
should be extended in all of the States, and
fully tested. The people Of the North should
adopt what they have forced upon US; ard
if it be proved to be mistake, they should
remove it By the remedy under republican
principles Of uniform laws upon suffrage.
If every man in the country will meet the
crisis with proper appreciation Of our con-
dition, and come fairly up to his responsi,
bilities, on tomorrow the sun will smile upon
happy people, our fields will again begin
to yield their increase, our railroads and riv-
ers will teen with abundant commerce, our
towns and cities will resound with the tu-
multi Of trade, and we shall be invigora.ed
by the blessings Of Almighty God.
! am, sir, very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant.
JAMES LoxGsrREEr.