The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-04-27

tions for patents of nobility. Congress
NAV be safely trusted to save Us from
an Empire, for while that illustrious
hoav continues, neither "Ghristisn civ
iIiaation" nor any other sort Of civil
izstion" can long survive the wasting
effects of it's influence.
But the Imperialist is an "oficisl Or
eanF' It has been designated as the
mouth-piscs of the T. C. /. o. Now
what this pondcrous quartette Of cspi-
tails may stand for the In.periaist does not
deign to say. 1t loftily limits itself to
mysterious hints and suggestions
of the existence of a vast mil
itary organization-a kind of COM
nromise between the Ku-klux
and the z Clampus Vitis, with possibly
a faint flavor of the Sons of Malta-ex-
isting somewhere, controlled by some
body, aud aiming at something, but be-
yond the tantalizing inde6niteness Of
inuendo, there is neither local habita-
tion nor name given to the ugly, airy
nothing represented by T. C. ]. o.
In its capacity of "oficial gazette,'
the Impaidlist publishes q. list Of
orders to certain chiefs or mag
mates of the T. G. /. o. commanding
in the Provinces, as the various
States are called. Centurion, Ducorion
aud Pro-Consul are among the titular
designations used in the orders of the
I. C. l. O., and these classical digni.
taries are darkly deputed, commanded,
exhorted, entreated and permitted to
act in sundry incomprehensible ways,
for the attainment of divers inexplicable
purposes, all in the line of their duty,
which seems to be humbug chiefly, and
in the range of the orders objects, which
seem to be mostly nonsense and inanity.
AS matter of local interest we submit
the following order from the "official
gazette" T. c. 1. o.:
7.15.7. Pro.consul of the Province of
West Virginia, is hereby ordered to i'm
mediately report the condition of his
province at Headquarters. Any further
neglect of this important dnty will be
followed by his immediate retirement.
By order. TIO.
1t is certainly not altogether clear
from this order, who the "Pro-consul of
theProvince of West Virginia"is. Upon
the theory, however, that the T. C.
l. o. is composed in part of the e Clam
pus VitS, we have no difficulty in loca-
ting the Pre-consul.ship in Doddridge
county and in investing his High
Mightiness EPHRAIM BEE, with the robes
and dignities of that station. And yet
that gentleman would be the last who
could be charged with "neglect of duty"
where the interests of the Z ClampuS
Vitis are concerned. Surely EPHRIAN
is joined to his idols too
closely, to slacken his zeal for a !
moment in the great cause
to which he has devoted his eminent
talents. And yet ifit should be ss-ifby !
any possibility this great pillar of the
order has become shaky-let us implore
him to resume his ancient steadfastness
in the line of duty. Let him promptly
report the condition of his Province,
which, if bad, we hope he may so i'm
prove, that every individual member
will soon be of the first and highest
standing, strengthened and invgorated |
by an unquestioned liability for oats"
We suspend the perusal of this mum
ber of the Imperiali8t with our opinion
of the concern considerably lowered. 1t
savors strongly of the hugest possible
humbug, and we predict for it brief,
though perhaps a brilliant, career.