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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-28
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.
SATURDAY, July 25, 1868.
SENATE.

Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Dix, member
| of the Senate.
On motion OF Mr.. Farnsworth, the
House joint resolution providing for
the publication of the Governors in
structions to Boards of Registration
was laid on the table.
Mr.. Farnsworth, from the Committee
on Internal Improvements, 6c., re-
ported back the Senate bill to incorpo-
rate the GreenbrIer and Tygart's VAL
ley Railroad Company, recommending
its passage, and on motion of Mr..
Wright. it was laid on the table.
Mr.. Zinn, from the Committee on FL
nance and Claims, reported back the
House bill to authorize the Board of
Supervisors of Harrison county to levy
for certain sum of money, recon-
mendlng that it do not pass, and
the Senate refused to order it to Its third
reading.
on motion of Mr.. Wright,
ReSoEVed, That the Clerk, Assistant
Clerk, SeTgeant-nt-arms and Door
keeper receive tho same mileage as
the members.
On motion OF Mr.. Farnsworlh,
RESOLVED, That the order of the day
fixed for the 10Th of August next, for
the purpose of locating the Capitol of
the State, be postponed until the 10Th
day of November next.
Mr.. Humphreys, by leave, intro
duced n bill to authorize Margaret
Erskine and others, to borrow money
upon the Salt Sulphur Springs, in
Monroe county, West Va, at eight per
cent interest, which was read twice
and referred 10 the Committee on the
judiciary.
On motion of Mr.. Farnsworth, the
vote by which the House bill to amend
the 4,h and 9th sections, chapter So,
Code of Virginia, was ordered to its
third reading, was reconsidered and the
bill referred 10 the Committee on In
ternal improvements, &c.
The following bills were passed:
Senate Bill No. 81: Authorizing the
payment of Company B, 25th Regiment
House bill No. 3: To provide for the
division of Braxton county into two
assessment districts; and
House bill No. 10: To provide for the
division of Ritchie county into assess-
Adjourned until Monday at lc
| o'clock NJ.
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The Great Fresheu In mary1nnG.

In addition. 10 telegraphic reports, we
have private advices of the terrible
destruction of property and loss of life
caused by the great flood in the City of
Baltimore and neighborhood, last Fri
day.
Ellicotrs City and the little hamlets
of houses between Sykesville and be-
low the Avalon Works, have shared
heavily in the devastation; Ellicott's
City especially, is left a complete wreck.
The beautiful model Cotton Factory, the
Granite. is swept away. The loss of
the Maryland Union Company's mills,
one mile above the city, IS very heavy.
The extensive establishment, one mile
below the city, Gray Manufacturing
Company's Factory, and known as the
Patapsco Factory, suffered very con-
siderable damage, while the fine dwell
ing and beautiful residence of the Su-
perintendent, Mr.. Hugh Bone, (well
known by many in this city,) was en-
tirely swept away. Mr.. Bone and fam
lily saved nothing but their lives, every
thing else Is gone.
All along the banks ofthe Patapsco is
wreck and destruction, piles on piles
of trees washed up by the roots, the
remains of building materials and
roofs, fences, detached pieces OF saw and
-four mills, and dead animals. At the
Thistle factory and Leicester it seems to
be depot of the wreck. Many elegant
stores at Ellicotrs city, we'll stoc-
o5 with gaDaroI marChandisa ware
washed entirely away, those especially
in the vicinity OF Mr.. McGowan's hotel.
This is q narrow kind of raviEe under
the railroad depot, where tue water
cnme in with tremendous rush and
carried everything with it, SO rapid and
so impetuous that even the old rock
built Touring mills of Mr. Gambrill,
after standing many a flood in other
years, fell in ruins and went down
amidst the rush of waters.
Many have lost their all, as regards
this worlds goods, but the situation of
entire families with their houses wash
ed away, some of them in circumstan-
ces ofcomfort and retirement,-old res
idents who had raised and educated
ftheir families in the valley, their names
and their places gone, makes it truly
heart rending.
The correspondent who furnishes US
these facts adds that no ono can fully
appreciate the extent of this dreadful
calamity without visiting the locality
and witnessing as he did, the desolation
wrought by the flood.
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FoUR O'CLOCK, P. N.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Prayer by Rev. Currie, oft the Episco-
Messages from the Senate announced
the passage ofvarious bills.
Mr.. Mahon presented the petition OF
Jesse Carney, of Jackson county, ask
feTred.
Mr.. Fleming, of Harrison, offered a
resolution directing the Sergeant-at-
arms to pay no per diem to any member
after his leave OF absence has expired.
Adopted.
Mr. Gregory, by leave, from the
Committee on Claims, &C., reported a
bill to locate the Capitsl at Elizavilles
Kanawha county.
Mr.. Jacob offered resolution direct
ing the printing of 500 copies of the
registration act, as amended, for the
use of the members of the House and TO
be distributed among the people.
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"nne Curreucy.-

The silliest resolution in the Tam
many Platform is the fifth, which de-
clares, "One currency for the Govern
ment and the people, the laborer and
the Office holder, the pensioner and the
soldier, the producer and the bond
holder" What this plank afhrms, all
these classes already have. All internal
taxes are collected in paper money F;
salaries to ofRce-holders are paid in
paper money the only currency which
any person receives for his services or
his products, or spends from day TO
day, is paper money. Not one man in
thousand possesses dollar in specie.
That has ceased to be currency, and
has become a commodity. 1t is sold
now at varying values in currency, just
like barrels of potatoes, boxes of straw
berries, or kegs of nails. To make gold
and silver currency again would be to
bring back specie payments. Every
thinking man would be glad to see
such transformation. The puzzling
question is, how is 1t to be accomplish. I.
ed? " hen it is, than a paper dollar
will be worth as much as a gold dollar,
one being convertible into the other at
will. But the Democratic party pos
sesses not more power to create such
conditions than any other political
organization; indeed, its policy of Iiqui-
dating the public debt would make
specie resumption impossible Chicago
Republican.
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RICHMOND, July T.-Rev. Reuben ].
Herdon, who was in jail at Orange G.
H., charged with the seduction and
murder Of Miss Mary Lumsend, es-
capped last night. He left a confession
OF the seduction, but denied the muir
der. It is rumored that $500 reward IL
offered by the Governor for his capture.
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Rev York Cattle szarAct.
NEW YoRR. july q,

Receipts for the week 5.O73 beeyes;
II. 40 sheep and lambs. and IL. 81 hogs.
BREvEs-Markct tOlerable active and
firm; average quality, fair: extra liza
171<c; prime 161<a17c; fair to good 16a
161zc; ordinary I5a15Hcj inferior 1Sa
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Active and mod
crate offerings, closing strong at Ha1c
HoGs-ModerateIy active and firm at
La1<c higher; sales 1000 head at 1Oa
1ONc for light to common: 105Sa10Hc
for fair TO good, and 105Sa10kc for
heavy corn fed.
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OARADA.

OTTAWA, July T.-It is estimated
that the fire in the woods this season
has destroyed, in the Ottawa District,
standing pine lumber to the value of
81, ,OO0, 600, and the woods are still burn
ing. The boats on the Montreal route
are generally detained by the smoke
on the river.
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ALBANY, July 27.-The counsel for
General Cole, under Indictment for the
murder of Hiscox, to-day obtained q
writ OF habeas corpus, retnrnabl6 be-
fore Judge Hageboom of the Supreme
Court tom orrow. The object is TO pro-
cure Coles release on bail.
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JULY N-FLoUR-Firm and Quiet.
GRAIN-Wheat-Firm for choice;
lower grades irregular. Corn-62aS7c.
Oats-52a55c. Rye-$1 10.
PRoyIsIoNs-PoEk-F and quiet
at S2s 90. Lard-Nominal. Clear sides
-167<a17c; shoulders 12Ae1Se.S
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nire. nnn Wanther

PIrrsBURaH, July 2.-River / foot
10 inches and falling. Weather cloudy.
Mercury $40.
fallen inches since Saturday; feet 2
inches in the channel. Weather cloudy,
partially. Thermometer $50.
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PENAsYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-The body
of Samuel ]. Nicholson, missing since
Friday. was found in Schuy!kill rlVet
with marks of violence and his watch
and money gone.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27.-The Demo-
crats of the Seventh District, In conyen-
ton to-day at Loudon, nominated j.
n. Thomas, of Clarke county, for Con-
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ST. PAUL, July N.-The Philadelphia
excursfonists have arrived well and
happy, and commence visiting places
OF interest to-day.
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BALr1,roRE, July H-Four more
bodies, TWO men, one woman and q
child were recovered to-day at Long
bridge.
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Mr.. Boggess obiecting, the resolution
went over under the rules.
BILLS PASSED.

A Senate bill legalizing the opening
OF a certain road In Berkeley county.
a Senate bilEmaking an appropria-
ton of $50, 600 to the Penitentiary, after
being amended so as to make the ap-
preparation payable out OF money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, the sum to be applied to the COM
pletion of the south wing of the build
ing.
a Senate bill legalizing the execu.
tlon, acknowledgment and recording
of certain deed in Monroe county.
A bill to provide for the changing OF
the boundary lines between certain
counties in the southwest end of the
State.
A Senate bill requiring sheriffs and
county treasurers to pay over to town
ship treasurers all monies collected by
them for the school fund.
A Senate bill authorizing Margaret
on the Salt Sulphur Springs in Monroe
county, at 8 per cent. interest.
a bill requiring owners of mill dams
on the South Fork of the Potomac river
in Hardy county, to build slopes to the
same for the passage of fish.
On motion of Mr.. Ferguson, of Cab
ell, the House took recess until four
o'clock in the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reassembled at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Heermans moved that when the
House adjourn it be to meet tomorrow
morning at o'clock. Agreed to. The
motion was subsequently amended $50
as to make the hour OF meeting TX
o'clock, motion to reconsider having
been adopted, and as amended adopted.
Mr.. Mann offered resolution prOvid-
ing that the pages be paid 81 so per day
and discharged.
Mr.. Heermans moved to amend by
making the compensation $500 per
day. Agreed to.
AS amended the resolution was
adopted.
Mr.. Heermaus, by leave, introduced
! bill to repeal so much of the act OF
1867, known as the fish law, as relates
to Cheat river.
Mr.. Heermans offered a resolution
authorizing the Committee on Revision
to employ a clerk and page. Adopted.
Mr.: Armstrong. by leave, introduced
bill for the relief of John Jefferson,
late Sheriff of Marshall county.
Mr.. Fleming, of Harrison, moved
that the Clerk be instructed to furnish
members of the House with 100 printed
copies of the bill for the protection of
religious assemblies. Agreed to.
Mr.. Heermans moved that chapter %
| of the Code to be taken from the table
in order to commit to the Committee on
Revision. Agreed TO.
BILLS PASSED.
| A bill for the protection of religious
A bill in relation TO suits on certain
official bonds.
Adjourned until ~ o'clock to-mor-
| row morning,
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RsT
NATIO NAL BANK
pes.gnn.ed depository .. s

Designated Depository u. 8.
s2c9 0Go
4o'UVO
Money received on deposit; Exchange
CoIiectiOns made and proceeds promptly
Interest on Special Deposits at the rate of
FOUR per cent per annum where the de-
post remains six months, and FIVE per
cent, II for one year.
Accounts OF Merchants, Manufacturers,
Bankers and Others solicited.
Revenue stamps for sale in sums to suit.
: constant supply of n ew Fractional Cur
rency, and ], 2 3 q &c coin, Kept Tor the ac-
cominodation OF depoSiIOTs and the public.
GEO. X. WHEAT, Pres't.
marl3 GEO. adams, CaSh'rs
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DINNER PILLS.

AIIpe1sons of bilious habits, after eating
or drinking too freely, will ind great RELIEF
In the use Of Dr. Roback's Blood Pills; they
AID digestion by stimulating the stomach,
thus avoiding the pain, nausea, sour erueta-
Sold b. all Druggists everywhere.
jyI3-2mG&W
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The Peoples Bank.
OFFICE, No. So MAIN ST., WHEELING,
" W. Va. Money received on deposit, In
terest paid on special deposits.
Notes and bills discounted. Exch9nge
bought and sold. Collections at home or holE
abroad promptly attended to.
John Reid, Christian HesE,
John HRndlan, John Vockler,
Sarn1 ]. BOYD, Richard Carter.
Andrew Wilson.
JOHN REID, Pres't.
JOSIAH F. UPDEGRAFF. Cash'r. myS
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Shoenberger & Co.'S Horse Shoes.
1nO KEGS MACHINE MADE HORSE
= PC. HILDRErH q BRO.
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July 27.-Market generally dull.
GRAIN-Wheat-No. 2 Chicago at
81 go; No. Milwaukee at 81 %. Corn
$50 for sound shipping. Oats-7411c.
EIGHTS-NOminal
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"LoCK LEVER" RAKE.

Teeth made of refined steel spring wire.
The very best Hay and Grain Rake for the
least money. Manufactured by
my12-wtt PRYOR BOYD q co.
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A bill for the protection of religious
assemblies.
A bill in relation TO suits on certain
official bonds.
Adjourned until 71& o'clock to-mor-
row morning.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-04-15
"on the Whole Satisfactory"

"Our special telegraphic correspondence
this morning presents very full view Of
the election fields of yesterday and the
day before 1t is on the whole, satisfac-
tory."-Press, ApriE 8.
Glad to hear it. Let us see whence the
Press derives its satisfaction, The Demo.
Gratis have carried Connecticut by large
ly increased majority.
Michigan has declared against the hith-
erto pet measure of the Radicas-negro
sufrsge-by from 10000 to 10000 ma
jority.
Cincinnati has gone partially Democrat
lc at least Last year the Radical majori-
ty in that city was nearly 5000.
Sandusky has given 800 Democratic
majority.
Evansville, Ind, has gone Democratic
-hrst time Ill urany years.
Milwaukee gives l 500 Democratic ma
jority 4; gain of 1000.
La Crosse has sided with the Demo
cracy by majority of 100.
St. Louis, for almost the first time in its
history, has given Democratic majority.
Leavenworth, Kan, elected Moorhead,
Mayor by majority of from 400 to 500.
We might multiply these successes al.
most indefinitely -Er.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-04-15
WHY TS TIP

For nearly three years JEFF. Davis has
been under arrest, and under the indict-
ment of high treason" for endeavoring
by force of arms, 10 dismember the Union,
and take the " life of the nation and all
this time his case has been under the per-
feet and exclusive control of the Republi-
can party and yet, though persistently
urged by his counsel, he has not been
able to secure a trial, aud is to-day at
large on bail.
Although the trial of Davis, for treason
against the government, the life of the
nation is put off, from time to time, upon
one excuse or other, the trial of johnson
for treason against the Republican par.
ty" so far as in the power of Congress,
will be rushed through without giving
him time to breathe. Why is this? Is
treason against the . best government the
world ever saw, a less offense than trea-
son against the Republican party? Is
the life of the nation of less consideration
than the life Of the Republican party ?
From the acts of the party leaders. we
are forced to the conclusion that they re-
gard it so. For they may endeavor to
cover it up with other issues as they
please, it is too apparent to be concealed,
that if Johnson is convicted and removed
at all, it will be for political offenses
against the Radical party.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-04-15
Abuse of Germans, Irish and Catholic

Abuse of Germans, Irish and Catholics.
Whilst the RAIDS of the Pennsylvania
House were rushing the Registry bill thro
so disgracefully on Thursday evening, they
became wild with frenzy and belched out
their love for the nigger and hate foreign
ers without reserve. On Friday, in the
Senate, whilst Thorns' Philadelphia amend
ment was under discussion similar scene
took place. John Hickman, of the House,
declared that San intelligent negro was
better entitled to'the elective franchise than
the Irish Catholic" Landon, of the Senate,
is reported as saying that ''the negro is
better entitled to the elective franchise
than an Irishman :" and Fisher, of the
same body, from Lancaster,is charged with
declaring the democratic party was COM
posed of bog-trotting, ignorant lrishmen,
and swag-bellied lager beer Dutchmen."-
These blackguardism and falsehoods will
answer as excellent finger boards to point
out to the people of Pennsylvania the true
character and design of the Registry bill
an Infamous measure concocted for the
express purpose of disfranchising not only
the naturalized citizens Of the States but
every man who labors with his hands and
is poor.-PatriOt.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-04-15

$1,000 per Minute J! is about the amount
of taxation which the people of this coun-
try are paying to support the rninous poll
cy of the Rump Congress One hou-
and dollars per minute and what for =?
Not to promote prosperity-or a reunion
of the sections-or the re-establisment of
trade and commerce-or the old kindly
intercourse of the States but to enable
corrupt party to keep power in the gov
ernment, by expressing white people, and
clevating the negroes to be the ruling
power in the State But for this there
would have been, long ago. a thriving
trade, as of old, between the North and
the South, peace, prosperity, and happi-
ness. Instead of this, Northern labor is
idle-but the TAXATION of Northern
industry is active. If you like
this state of things. sustain a corrupt
Congress in keeping it up! If you do not,
help US to put it down. This is your
only chance, Ifyou are under the heel
of the African, it is your own fault, and
you will deserve no pity
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-04-15
Breaking up of the North Carolina Congo
Convention.

Oc1>141S5 6p Va I11S 1dTOuud OOu5O
Convention.
A correspondent writing from Raleigh,
N. c., gives the following, as the closing
scene of the Mongrel Convention of North
Carolina
A Mr.. Littlefield took the chair and
gave out "Old John Brown lies moulder-
ing in the ground" two lines at time e,and
the whole congregation sang it after him
Then the whole concern advanced to the
chair, singing and dancing and shouting,
They rang the fire-bels while the consti-
tuition was being signed, till half the citi-
zens turned out supposing the town was
on fire, and broke up in an orgie impossi-
bic to describe.
Among the features Of the proposed con-
stitution are the following
That whites and negroes shall be forced
to attend the same schools.
That whites and negroes shall be drilled
together in the militia-probably whites
officered by blacks.
That white children are to be appren-
ticed to negroes.
That marriage between whites and
blacks are to be legal.
The worst criminals are being pardoned
out of the penitentiaries, that they may
vote the Radical ticket.
Accidentally taking up Frank Leslie's
paper the other day, my eye fell on the
following sentence.
"The whites in the South being COM
pared to negroes, numerically two to one,if
they are ruled by the latter, why-they
deserve to be. Is there a sane man in the
United States who does not know that
nine ont of ten of the white men of the
South cannot vote at all? And those the
intelligent, the upright, the honorable and
the true While almost as rule those
who can, or rather those who do, vote, are
the base and the peJured.
Another thing The Radicals pause at
no measure which will insure their success
and our ruin. For instance, the negro
Harris, member for this county, was nomi
mated for Congress and would unquestion-
ably have been elected, but he received
orders from Washington, accompanied by
thousand dollars, to decline the nomina-
ton, which he did. There is nothing Rad
icals dread so much as to see negroes sent
to Congress Even the saints in Boston
could not stand that.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-04-15
Speech of Governor Seymour.

No lover Of sound, logical reading, can
take up one of Ex-Governor Horatio Sey-
mour's speeches and lay it down until it
has been perused from beginning to end.
He Is one of the very few statesmen that
the present generation can boast Of He
spoke at Bridgeport, Conn, last Friday
evening, which doubtless accounts for the
Democratic victory in that town, when the
Radicals claimed just before election $50
majority. In his speech he said:
"The Republican party must, to keep
in existence aud hold the power, retain
control of the ten Southern States
What is the result to these ten States !?
3,000,O 900 of negroes, who do not know
what Constitution is or where the City
of Washington is, are making Constitu-
tions and aspiring to represent States in
Congress. This is very serious matter,
and leads to very serious conclusions.-
When the Constitution was framed, it
was decided that every State should have
equal representation in the Government,
but the party now in power have made
sham States on the Western plains,
States which have not and may never
have the population required to entitle
them to representation as States. In or
del to have control in the South, they
maintain military governments there, con-
trary to the Constitution of the country
Having done that, they were next com
PEELED to strip the Judiciary of its power,
and lastly, to this present attempt to drive
out the Executive under circumstances
that disgrace the land.
"Take up the party history that has
led 10 this result, and you will see that
originally it was not in the least contem-
plated by the members of that party
They were shocked beyond measure when
it was charged upon them. | ask You,
men of Connecticut, can you afford to let
this go on? 1t is business question:
question in the consideration of which we
should lay aside the passions and preju-
dices which are so natural to all of u.s.
| stand before you tonight to say that
which is true and right Dispassionately
| implore you to come to this question,
giving it the attention it deserves, and see
if you can afford, whether you be labor
ers or capitalists, to uphold policy which
has brought upon you such a load OF
taxation, of slavery IN your efforts to sup
port and educate your families, destroy
ing your reverence for all the ancient es-
tablished maxims of government.