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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

But why prolong this .ehearsal of the
exploits Of loyalty" Everybody
knows that in this State it has
corrupted ali grades of So
ciery with its presence; that
ii has filed our public places with tho
worst wretches that ever escaped the
haudcuff, and made law-givers of
thieves, and rulers of periured Scoun-
drels.
Eqnally clear is its record in national
politics. 1t has destroyed our form of
government, and given us the bayonet
for the ballot and the sword for the
judicial tribunal II has wiped out ten
States, aud is now comprising the de-
struction of more. 1t has thrust repre-
srntatives from the Congressional halls
because of their politics. and it has
made RadicaliSm the only condition of
represen alton. II has made the nation
bankrupt, piled up debt that mort
WV NHN''N Hpn'N' oSlpiIT WI i'''
pie, and is now increasing that debt
rapidly and fearfully in furtherance of
its madness and its folly. Ii has clad
the land i'll mourning, robbed every
household of its pride, and made wid-
dowhood and orphamaSe universal.
1t has iuauGuratcd Il perfect jubilee
and carnival of crime. Ii offers its daily
sacrifices Oh the shrine of murder. 1t
robs its victims hourly. 1t swindles, it
forses, it burns at very opportunity.
1t has made seduction fashionable, rape
popular custom, and to worse and
nameless crime it has added the sanction
of the pulpit and SEEENo HOWE.
Such in lief is American loyalty"
sentiment that reeks in infamy, rots
in prostitution and riots in all filth and
impurity. Is it to he wondered that
this republic rushes 40 rapidly to it's
ruin?
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

pass all laws they deemed proper-and
those other were belligerent powers we
have alluded to. The case involved the
validity of the Acts of Ssquestrasion,
by the Confederate Congress, of debts
due by Southern to Northern CT liens
which the Court would not sanction
while it admitted the existence as We
have stated, Of those ordinary nsagGs
and rights appurtenant to and Ordina-
rily accompanying the conduct of hos
tilitias
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12
Pari.Kxuosition,

The following cable telegram has just
been forwarded from New York to
Messrs. VIM. Sumner & CO., of this
city: ~
sPlRIs, June %, ls67.-At the Paris
Exposition the Wheeler g. Wilson Sew
ing Machine has been awarded the high
est premium, the only gold medal for
superiority as sowing machine for
general purposes, over eighty-two com,
petitors. Howe received gold medal
as an inventor, not for machines"
The sewing machine interest was
fully represented at Paris, every ma.
chine of any prominence before the
world being Oh exhibition, making this
the greatest triumph ever achieved by
any sewing machine, and certainly en-
titles the Wheeler i Wilson to the en-,
viable position it has so long held, tk'
best s.wigJ machine IN the rOr!d.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

4 Prussian engineer at the EXPOSE
ton exhibits a railway invention which
attracts considerable curiosity. The OBJ
iect is to save the power gained in de-
scent, now lost in the friction of the
brakes, with wear and tear, and use it
in an ascent. To do this the engineer
has attached to the locomotive two very
heavy fly wheels. Going down hill
they act as a brake, and the force they
gather will carry the train up an equal
rise, less the friction. Here a model
train loaded with water runs off, and
the force of the tiy-wheel carries the
train back to the place of starting. In
this way a short railway, taking coal
down an incline, from the pit mouth.
for example, could be worked without
any power but that gained by each de-
scent of the train.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12
Triumphs OF "Loyaliy."

BYRON. in describing the death OF
one of his robber heroes, finishes HIM
with declaration to the effect that he
left "a single virtue linked with thou
>and crimes" Barring the virtue"
The same phrase would aptly describe
The operations OF that.peStiferouS con
densatinn at all infamirS, latter-day
loyalty" OF all the cheating, swind-
ling subterfnges behind which villainy
ever skulkcd or corruption ever rotted,
that same word ''luyalty" j. the great
rst the mcancSt and the worst. There
is not an act in the catalogue of crime
..hich it's vataries have not committed,
or over wkich its protection has not
been thrown. There is not Il vice which
Il has not fed. pampered and concealed.
There is not q passion which ii has
not fostered, developed, and guarded.
1t has destroyed the sanctity of law, by
affordins immunity to the lawless. 1t
has brought morality into contempt, by
its encouragement of all immortality
and impurity. IL has degraded religion.
by making all virtue aud all righteous
ness dependent upon its decrccs-decrees
that have east out goodness from the
communion table. and cOnsecrated the
worst of wickedneSs. deprayity aud in
fanny. There is no corruption and no
yillaiuy but has its ''loyar representa-
tive and exponent. BUTLER has made
theft Il truly "loyal" virtue; his interiors
Of the class of FURGUsON and FARMS
WORTH are familiar illustrations OF
the "loyalty" that crops ont in mid.
night knaverics and grand larcen-
les. Bloated bigotry, barbarity and
corruption are the surface indica-
tiOnS of BHOwNLow's loyalty" his
braialcSs imitator, BoREMAN, Is pro,
digiOus success III the character of !
"loyap sneak, skulking by stealth tU
the pillage of the treasury puPpet
instrument ia the hands OF designing
knayes; breaking down the liberties OF
the people that partisan interests may
thrive, and sowing seeds of universal
discomfort and desolation, that "loyal,
ty" may prosper. A A"loyap forser went
from Berkeley county to the peniten,
tiary scarce three weeks ago; another
from Kanawha county, awaits the same
proud destiny. Visions of the whipping
post and the county Jail are nightly Hit.
ting before the gaze of "loyar goose
thief in Wetzel county; and u distin.
guished politician of Marshall exercises
the ghosts of villainy more than quar-
ter of century old. by the potent spol
of "loyalty."
During the war, loyalty" stole horses
in the Greenbrier Valley, smuggled
whisky and dsfrauded the Government
in Jefferson, and robbed the ruins ol
honses that il had burned over the
heads of women and children, upon the
hanks of the South Branch. A reverend
"loyalist" preached against African
slavery from our pulpits, sold white
men into the worst servitude of the sub
stitnte and then swindled young man
hood ont of the price Of its blood and
liberty.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12
ADDITIONAL LOCAL,
One More Grand Concert

At Washington Hall. Three hundred
children will give their last Grand En-
hihition of Sabbath School Music.
Secure your tickets early to-day, SO as
to get u front seat. Great applause was
given to the three hundred children.
Come and get full taste Of the chill
dreu's last cOscert for this season. Tick
cts at VIM. II. Sheibs Music Store, l39
Main street, Wheeling. Admission 35
cents. Reserved seats. so cents.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12
POLYANDRY.
A Woman With Three Hnsbands-
She Divides Her Charms Between
the Last Two.

A correspondent at Monroeyille, Hu-
ron county seEds US the following bit
Of romance in real life, the facts OF
which, though perhaps too briefly rela-
ted, yet contain enough to point a
moral" if not to "adorn tale" Onr
correspondent writes:
''I1 the year 1859, an old man John
Wilson by name) and his wife came in
to this (Hur0n) county, from Canada,
bringing with them an adopted child
named Margaret. Shortly after coming
here, the girl became acquainted with
and married man by the name OF
Edward Gray. Gray, after living with
her u short time, repented his course,
and becoming tired of married
life, went into the army. Having
survived the war, he took mp his resi-
dence in Tennessee, where he was liV-
ing at last accounts. The wife being
thus freed from all restraint by the alb
sence of her husband in the army, be-
came a common prostitute, and endeav-
ored to procure living by hanging
around the camp then located at Mon
roeville aud Norwalk. Becoming an in
telerable nuisance, she was finally
seized and tarred by command of the Of
ticer then commanding at Monroeville.
The result was that she left here and
sought her old home in Canada.
She had not been there long before
she made the acquaintance of Il man by
the name of Eli Doane, whom she mar
ried. After living with him a sufficient
length of time she became the mother
of pretty little curly haired girl, who
was christened Alice. About this time
she became acquainted with a young
man from the State of New York, by
the name of Edward Teeter, who had
thrice jumped the bounty and eyaded
the law made and provided in such
cases by escaping to the "Queen's Do
miniOns."
Learning that he WAS about to come
back to "the States" OIL visit to his
mother, she sought and obtained per-
mission of her husband to accompany
him across the border to visit her foster
parent, living in Huron county. ln-
stead of VISITING his mother, as pretend
ed, he came on here with her. After
staying here about three weeks he
swore ont a license Che must have per-
iured himselG and was married. So
things stood for about ten months,
when child was born to them. When
the child was about two weeks old,
husband No. . turned mp in search of
his wife and child.
Contrary to expectation, and we
might say to human nature, lie was
willing to play second fiddle, and he
continued with only share of the wo-
man whom lie considered as his wife,
yet had no more legal right TO than
husband No. ).
This state of affairs not suiting the
sense of propriety of the foster parents,
with whom they were yet staying, legal
advice was sought, which, coming to
the ears of the two, caused them to
smell larged sized mice, and fearing
an investigation, they decamped to
parts unknown-wife, two husbands
aud two children
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

The Hartford CoSrdRt, published un-
der the classic caves of Yale College,
says it is remarkable fact that, out of
more than one hundred graduates, no
oRe has expressed a determination to
be farmer. The idea that tilling the
soil is low calling peryades the North
eru MUD quite extensively. =
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

A female in Kansas, who, after years
of long and patient virsinity, succeed
ed in trapping husband, has named
her frst-born Benjamin Butler Stevens.
just think of any one going through
the world with such a string of names
as that. 1t would be only natural for
him to marry q negro, and to subsist
himself and family by stealing spoons
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

Quite a number of women, most Of
them old maids, have issued call for a
convention, stating their object to be
''to gain true knowledge of the nature
and attributes of men, We respect
fully suggest to them that they are not
going the right way 10 work Why
don't they get married:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

Two school teachers in Indiana fell
out and had fight. A great crowd was,
of course, the necessary consequence.
4 nervous individual came up, in
breathless excitement, and inquired of
o wag the cause. Why" said he, "they
fell out about spelling the word bird. y
One said 1t was byrd" and the other
coutended il was "burd.r
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12
The Radical Je. emy q IddIers.

They arr telling ugly stories about
the behavior of WILSON and KEIIEY
during their recent canvass of the South.
We know il is perfectly awful, but the
Inssips do say that these distinguished
gentlemen actually lodged their hotel
hills--played the 'drad-heat' and the
JEREMY DuDDLEE." and left their
landlords unpaid and their bootblacks
unrccompensrd. They preached the
Suhiirlc doctrines of universal brother
hood and the exalted the majesty of
umadmltcrated "loyalty" but failed TO
ScIJle for their bread. their bacon and
their ratiOns of rum.
Of course such vulgar matters could
not hr supposed to engage their atten-
tion. hut Vet il looks rather awkward
that gilt-cdsrd loyalty should be so
diStrrssingly hard up, and that the rep
rcSentativcs of national puri V and
patriotism should be reduced to the
bill dUd"ing expedirnts 0f gentccl pan
perisn.
The following extract from the New
Orleans PcdyHRe reveals sOuic sad facts
in regard to The conduct of the "mis-
sionurirS" while in that city. If the
Mobile landlords had been thus slighted
We might attribute it to the undue
has,e with which KELLEY left that city,
but his leaving his New Orleans host
in the lurch cannot he so readily ex
planned:
The Finance Committee of the Com
mon Council, yesterday received from
acting Mayor Heath, for approval, sew
eral bills incurred in the reception of
Senator Henry Wilson, of Massachuset
and the Hon. W. ID. Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, who. during their stay here, were
fcasted 10y his Honor and other prOmi-
nent gentlemen. The hOspitalities of
the city were not formally rendered 10
these honorable gentlemen, nor were
the mCnbcrs of the Council called upon
Ia participate in their reception, and
no one imagined for moment that the
city would be called upon to pay the
expenses incurred by the gentlemen
who We're 50 eager To do the hOnors on
fhe occasion.
The following are the bills Submitted:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

The Finance Committee endorsed the
MAYORS communication as follows:
A. the city authorities had no palt III
rhe reception of the above gentlemen,
who were received by the Mayor solely
on behalf OF faction ot the cOnmuni-
~. the claim is disallowcd.
GEORGE CLARK,
Chairman Finance Committee.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12

A stranger in New York allowed a
new made friend to measure his chest in
a bar-room, and shortly after found he
was immeasurably sold, when lie went
TO take his meney from his breast pOck
ct and could not find it.
Albert Collins, young man. was
killed by lightning on Thursday, near
Milan, Ohio. The orm arose while he
was riding, and he took shelter i'll 4
barn, which was struck soon after he
entered it.
The Salt Lake Jideits charges that
Wells, Fargo & Co. are putting their
old broken down stock OH their stage
route, ON purpose to be stolen by Indi-
ans, with the expectation of getting
three times their value from the Gov
ernment.
The Governor of Illinois vetoed mo-
nopolJ bill because he saw 70 reason
Why the eorporators had any more
right to manufacture all the cheese in
Mclean county for. ten years than they
have to eat it in the same length OF
time.
The Ohio Democrat State Executive
Committe have made extensive arrange,
msnts for the approaching campaign
with appointments for many prominent
speakers. Judge Thurman will open
the canvass al Waverly, Pike county
on the 9th of August.
Frank Taylor, once clerk III the
Cleveland Post-office, and who was sent
to the penitehtiary for purloining let
ters, has received a pardon from the
President. The pardon was granted or
account of former good character and
service in the army,
Formerly when negroes voted in New
Jersey, . candidate sent to an old ne
gro preacher two barrels of nice pOta
toes. Next meeting day he exhorted hi.
bearers ON the duty of voting, and tia,
difference between Wings and Demo
Gratis. He told the story Of the receipt
Of the potatoes, and added: "My bred
eren, some tell you vote for de Wings
some tell you vote for de Democrats; ba
tell Won vote where you get de tatRrS,'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-12
LEMON.
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fciGI Sole PrUprietOrs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-12-26
remember the Poor.


The following article from the Gettysburg
Compiler, is doubtless appropriate to many To-
caIi,ies: and it is hoped that the sentiments
uttered will meet with warm response:
Winter is upon US with unusual severity
Deen snow is upon the ground, and we hear
the merry Jingle of the bells as the sleighers go
obeerily by. The air is piercingly cold, and as
we gaze on the pasSers-by who are protected
bv warm clothing from its chilling influence
our thoughts turn to those who arenot so high
~ favored-who go shivering along our streets
clad in rags-whose cnpboards are empty, and
upon whose hearthstones no cheerful fires are
burning. To them winter is a dreary season.
The times call for enlarged benevolence.-
Charity can discover numerous worthy objects.
We bespeak for the poor of our town the gen
erous consideration Of all who are able to con-
tribute to the relief of their wants. The holt
DAYS are rapidly approaching. Your tables
will groan under bountful supply of good
things. Your homes will be gladdened by the
JOYOUS shouts of your children as they rejoice
over the testimonials Of your love which your
money has furnished In the hour of your
iov. think of those who have nothing to put
upon their tables and for whom Christmas
brings no precious gifts. Think of those whose
parental love is as strong as yours, but whose
purses are empty.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-12-26
How the Money Goes.

It is stated, by persons who have the opPor-
tuuity Of knowing, that the miserable impeach-
meut abortion has cost the Treasury the enor-
nous sum ofhalf million Of dollars-for wit
nesses brought from ali parts Of the country
and for printing. No wonder General Butler
objected to an inquiry as to the amount. The
Investigation, however, cannot be smothered-
the people who are heavily taxed will insist
upon knowing the cost Of party malevoIenoe'
ere they cast their votes.
In the discussion of the deficiency bill one
item Of which is S7,S5O,OOO for transportation
Of the army. it was aptly remarked by Mr..
Brooks that so long as four millions governed
e,ubt millions of white men in the South it
would take o large body Of troops to keep the
country ouiet and Mr.. Wood reminded the
House that the expenses Of the reconstruction
measures were yet in embryo, and that to carry
out the system Of Congress will require twenty
times the amount already appropriated. The
President Of the United States Estimates the
cost at t,Co hundred millions, whereas if the
States had been allowed to resume their posi-
tons, not one cent would have been needed
from the National Treasury.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-12-26
VIRGINIA.
The Reconstruction Convention.

RICHMOND, Dec l9.-In the Convention the
judiciary committee reported adverse to declar-
ing void debts contracted since 1860 for the
purchase of slaves, on the ground that the Con-
veuticn has not the power to impair obligations
Of debt, which must be decided by the civil
courts. The report was tabled.
The report Of the committee on printing,
giving the convention printing to the proprie-
tors of the New Nation was adopted. The
following resolutions Of inquiry were adopted:
One establishing houses Of correction in cities
Of over lO, 00inhabitants; Of establishing prl-
mary schools in districts where 80 children can
attend and grammar schools where 200 can
attend; of clothing the Governor with power
to remove political disabilities when he pardonS
criminal; Of requiring all voting to be done
by ballot resolution requesting General
Scho6eld to abolish distinction on account of
color in public conveyances, and apetition ask
ing the same thing Of the convention, were re-
ferred AreSolution to require the Legislature
to impose a capitation tax Of 81 on all over l6
years, for educational purposes, was tabled
resolution that the convention have no
ground for apprehension that the liabilities of
the State will not be met was referred. After
some debate relative to drawing pay up to the
recess, the Convention adjourned. A commit
tee Of three members of the Convention, APP
pointed by the republican caucus, proceeded
to Washington to-day to see about recouStruc-
ton, including the matter Of the convention
forming new State government.
richmond, Dec. 2O-Iu the Convention a
resolution was introduced asking Congress to
retain all volunteer officers now in the freed
mems bureau service in Virginia until the State
is reconstructed. After debate, in which it
was generally agreed that the bureau had
proved itself beneficial institution, but had
some bad men in it, who ought TO be mustered
out, the resolution was defeated-yeas %, nays
40.
The convention reported bill Of rights and
two articles Of the constitution. The only
change from the old bill of rights is a clause
making allegiance to the United States govern
ment paramount to that due the State govern
ment; referred The convention adjourned to
January ID.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-12-26
Congress-.

Tn two Houses took recess on Friday last,
the 20th to the Gthof Jauuarynext, leavingva-
rious matters affecting the interests of the mass
es Of people unsettled The only measures
passed upon were Of surprising malignity and
mischief towards the whites Of the South and
the District Of Columbia.
The President allowed the black bin, provi-
ding for negro juries in the District to die with
out honoriug it with a vetoe The ten days
allowed to prepare his message Of coudemna-
ton did not expire until Monday last This
VIII leave Sumner an opportunity to so into
the WOO. business with more vim than usual,
upon his return TO the Senate.