The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-21

reason he sued the Board. Ifhis cali6re
is made up Of any weaker metal than
that of 'Cognoscius," we certainly pity
his misfortune. James B. Elliott was
erased without any show of an investi-
CATION.
As to "charges and fair trial. by the
Board of Registration, we never heard
such thing mentioned before, and for
our part we never believed there was
any man, Radical or Conservative, that
was fool enough to suppose the Board
of Registration ever gave such thing
as fair trial to any man notified to ap-
pear before them. We are sure they
never prepared, or even suggested
charges against man in Barbour coun-
ty, much less give him fair trial upon
general notice. The very idea of a
fair trial by such Board is preposter-
ous, and repugnant to the spirit of the
registration law. Whenever We have
anything like fair trial given as, then
will the days of Radical rule in West
Virginia be numbered, ard the Radicals
know it. But we are forgetting "Cog-
noscius."
Mr.. McClaskey'a and J. n. B. Grim also
come in for a share Of bis SUPERFICIAL
slang; but the principal charge against
them is that they voted for the ordi-
nance OF secession, and sympathized
with rebels. If that charge is worth
anything, it ought also to hold good
against very large proportion of the
Radicals of Barbour county, and es-
pecially so, against our Radical office
holders A large pro portion of our most
| I'D f,r+ ha
in 1861.
Major Fenelon Howes, member of the
Board of Registration, was not only an
ont and out rebel in 1851, at the COM
mencement Of the war, but also attend
ed the Richmond Convention and was
admitted to a seat in the same, upon
ticket given him by the aforesaid Sam.
Woods. Alter the Convention, lie re-
turned to Barbour, and attempted to
raise a rebel company, but failing to ac-
cOmplish his design before the Union
forces came into Barbour, and finding
Yankee plundering was likely to pay
him better, he very readily, Chameleon
like, changed his color from gray to blue.
For his distinguished serrices, he succeed
ed in electing himself member of the
House of Delegates. McClaskey and
Grim voted for the Ordinance of Seces-
sion. Howes attended the Richmond
Convention and attempted to raise a
rebel company; which of them is at
least the most patriotic, you may easily
determine--the man who only voted
rebel, or tho man who acted rebel.
The idea that "the people of West
Virginia will not submit to commit the
lra of fn
as the Barbour delegates is decidedly
rich, coming from the source it does.
John II. WOodford, sen., whom Howes
defeated for the House of Delegates, by
erasinG the names of voters who wanted
to vote for Woodford, is as far above
Maj. Howes as regards loyalty and pat
riotism, as Washington was above Ben
edict Arnold. But as to the people hav
ing anything to do with the political
power in this State, we are ignorant.
We do not think the people have any
say in the matter. Since the enactment
of the Registration laws, ell the political
power of the State has been vested in A.
|. Boremau aud his miniOus, the regis
trars; and we should think the people
are prepared for almost anything, after
| having suffered the entire government
| of the State to remain for three years
in the hands Of sHch men as now occupy
the executive and legislative depart |
ments; and it would not surprise us to
see them suffer it to go into the hands
of almost any renegades, or, in the
choice metaphorical language of Cog
nO>ciOus," of any ''rotten drift wood"
| that might be cast into the state of po
! litical revolution.
AS the Intelligencer'S Barbour cores
poudant has gone into the antecedent
history of the Barbour delegates. per-
haps he would like to know something
of the previous character of representa-
tive radical men of Barbour, and especi-
ally, of the registrars. In addition to
what has been given in regard to Fen.
Howe's, we are reliably informed that
very soon after he changed his color
from gray to blue, and while stationed
at BelingtOn as captain of a company,
he went out and engaged for his COM
mand considerable quantity of whisky,
and ordered the same to be delivered at
camp near Belington where he would
pay for it. The men from whom he pur-
chased the liquor, not suspecting any
unfair play, according to contract, de-
| livered the liquor into camp, when TO
their astonishment, Howcs, under the
laws of war, cOntiscated the whisky to
his individual use, and unccrmouiously
ordered the liquor sellers out Of camp.
Some time ago, by some means, another
mans sheep got into the Majors flock,
and of course were sold by the Major
of course il was all accidental on the
Majors part, especially the selling.
We hope. when the noted Howes gets
settled in Wheeling this winter, that lie
will be supplied with mutton, as he has
peculiar fondness for sheep-meat.
We need say very little rs TO +. &. w.
Ford another member of the Board Of
Registration, as his wiry hair, fiat nose,
and thick lips sufficiently indicate his
origin.
The record of Mat. Showmo, the re-
manning member of the Board, has here
tofore usually been kept by the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Barbour County,
entered chiefly upon the criminal docket
and order book, to which we refer the
extremely loyal" for further particulars
as to his character. We can not con-
sumo more time at present with other
members of the radical family, but at
some future time, for the benefit of
"Cognoscins" or any other person of the
African persuasion, we shall be happy to
continue the comparison of pedigree.
We think it useless to notice the article
! from Barbour further at this time, as
we have shown that it was in the main
false, and that the charges made against
the Barbour delegates can also be PROV
ed against great many Radicals. The
fustian about Sam Woods is only re-
hash of what is said about him in sever
al bills in chancery filed against him in
the Circuit Court of Barbour county
during the war by would be noted
Radical lawyer, who was during the
war sort of semi-bushwhacker, aud a
Confederate currency broker, and who
also furnished the ideas digestsd in the
article by "Cognoscirs"
We suggest to "Cognoscius" that the
next time he atteApts communication
it would he better for him if he would
first ascertain facts to begin with, and
not go quite so much by guess. We
also commend to his careful considera-
tion the old adage "Know thyself.'