The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-18

WETZEI CaUNTY, WEST. VA.
MAJ 18th. I-S..
2ditgr 0i tise Register;
Thinking n communication from ouE
--rIion of the country would interest
vour many readers. | have taken the
rask upon myself % fnrnish you few
tens respecting The progress Of affairs
here. Cearr was IN session mere week
before lasl- and he docket sas cleared
OF a large amount on business: but the
chief ropie 1f interest here vas he SIT
ing NJ the Bsari of Registration. when
mes as the Csurt House last Monday
week. After taking their seats on tho
bench. thev announced their readiness
70 hear WY jhe Democrats sf WetZei
should not ne dlsfranchlsed. There
sa. A large number OF the latter pres
-nr. being Summoned "a prove their IN
noe-nce b-iurr Ghis august tribunal.
4ruane- them there We're sixry--igtIt
from Bur,1H Township, some uf them
having 70 come a distance NJ -ighty
miles 10 ret here Among them were
several federal soldiers against one
of whom tho only ener9e III dls4oyaity
xSs thas he had told the Registrar 5
father rha- he would @..e him ID be-
fore lr would cote for him. But II :
supposed. ewing ~ some rather IN
1i.Ssant rrImor= that were ariOat through
;awn 10 Ehe effect that perhaps Il would
De inconvenIrnt - have ~ many u
-his class around Ii once that-ths -sc-
used were --nJ hsme ~ Adss< without
r-,..l. But the outrage Of taxing men
rrpm their homes at rhIs busy season of
-ls. YEAR. when .sIeIr farms demand tlelr
attention. and seeplng them on expense.
vii nur Oe :or.nTten -oon 0y those Who
have >gIIero.i 1y me Infamous pruee-st-
ms.
pur tT-r1d Reuben Martin vasOu hand,
AMI expiaine,l Nv his b-nighted bearers
-he sCIr,r anu intent III that a'r law. and
-e,-earrtiiy assDresi rs that ne mad - ne
sbing 20 dew n makIn d1 it-hav-ng
---veli II rh- LsgIsiaturs when II vas
made e.. He delivered himself ~ MS 1e-
marks II 4 peculiarly lOud aud tT1nging
zone. whirn come rude and unmannrriy
-uS- said r->-IB bleti the ~ ualklng oI an
odd G-o1s-. some vIsnesi IN test Reu-
brrl'- AQUATIC skill. ami proposed that
NJ be put n the wafer 10 see Il ne
could initiate the easy snd graceful
srvi, II the aforementioned ill-omenrti
bIri. -rr which our Grand Jury
found u. possessed such pc
cuilaE haukering. II really seems that
lS>oc,aIIOu with Our Radical officials
rngenders = disposition "a appropriate
anv ,ous. article that may rorae n their
g1y. II yOnld 5e but t3Ir IN presume
rhaT II Justice conid Ne done the n
=titutiun n Moundsvillc would hOid The
major portion Of our last Legislature
rlr coming season. AZ east. the p-ODie
~nuld Ct-sJ -asy n The assurance That
-hrir personal effects. such as rarpet-
sacks Uvarrnsrs. hogs, geese Sc. would
not 9e so apt to ne spirited rom their
places df safe keeping. The board.
OWING - ~ much testimony be-
ny prosurei. iiSfranchlsed bar
seven ont II al hat had 5een
hroughr before them. To give YOU an
idea oi che prec-esiings- viii mention
one case. Ar. B. T. Martin. ore Of the
oldest aud most respected citizens of
his comfy vas summoned here 20
answer me charges against him. He
proved a -tannch character for Loyalty
during the entire war nv large num-
Der OF the most respectable witnesses
AMI men whose character for loyalty
Was unuue-tioned. But AL this testl-
-ronv Was .-t aside for in. testimony N
one witness. who testified that a .etter
hai been Diace,i N me pusJntfic- during
rh. war. directed - Mr. Martins son n
Highland county Il Vas enclosed n
IN snveiopa addressed 10 an officer N
-ilr UnIon army NJ Grafton. The let
-er. however. We forwarded 70 Major
Dsrr AZ Whe-iing, vno fOund nothing
conrrahSud n IL Is Il proved 20 De
trnm Mr.. Martins wife 20 her sOn- Mr.
NJ vas nsyraeisei AMI stricken from tne
lis, OF registered voters. such things
will asr De borne by the people Of
This county much longer and It . time
that Governor Borrman understood
lE. was q soiiier during she most OF
the war and risked nv life an neariy
-cor- Of occasions for the preservation
OF the rights of American citizens. not
vhaI they be oppressed and ground
down by q tyranny morr arbitrary anu
unenduring than IS exercised by Ene
crown heads of Europe Every one
Who witnessed the proceedings here.
.hcthrr Republican or Democrat I'M
le-s Ne was sunk 80 low n ra<ficai de-
praviry that h- had neither sense nor
.hamel went away disguised with the
miserable farce they say enacted here
N our midst. But I have tre>spassed
TOO nuch on Iour space and will close.
Yours ruly. Quill