The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-14
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CnARIEsroN, AnriI 8, $50.


Tueslayh ISEEILleEScEg has come %
hand, viii itS filf for thc qSt ( 4nitAl.
anime day" however, e rafher 4 short
voyage Gross the Atlantic even In 9
CniSfd6f.l\ w WV v
But the Capital Is safe. II has wealth.
cred the storms, rounded the points, made
the harbor, and secured sAtc embarkN.
tIon. The offices and officers are now all
provided for-upon tic whole quite pleas
antly and satisfactorily. The Governor,
Secretary oil State, Superintendent Of
Schools, Adjitant General, and Superin.
tcndent Of Weights and Measures have
otflcGS II. TIE OK BANK 81 the est Build.
ing, formerly 1herealdencG Of Ben. Smith,
Yesterday, We had quite u dCmonstra.
ton, "brcalSing grnundb0n the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, !" opposite tliis city.
The military were out, tho big gun WIS
fired, and other big Enns made speeches,
and thG first shoycIfiI Of dirt was shovel.
ed by the Governor. The speeches were
by s. A. Miller, J. II. Nash and 7. B,
Swan, EsQrS., by Attorney General Cald'
well, Capt! II! D. Parsons, and the Cover
nor. a big crowd was out-though not
so large asTat the reception Of "the' Capt.
tai " $40 ~ rF.g .t1'
A noticeable feature of all the speeches
was the contemplated mingling Of moro
varied interests and ideas, through the
railroad, and tho consequent notifications
produced On the physical, social, intel
lCCtual, and financial characteristics Ofthe
country. Everybody seemed TO expect
them, 10 be- preparing TO accommodate
themselves tO,thenl, and TO contemplate
them without active resistance, IT moi
gladly.l d! 80 ~ l,H1. t n
ALI this appears true, 50 long as tue
railroad isthe idea most prominent. But
tic moment It's effects become more Tisl'
bic, and leading features Of tho progress
Of which 1t Is but the symbol, and some
times 0nlyitfIe accompaniment, are seen
there Is decided and active protest. II Is
not TO be denied that there Is IN old Indy
in this community, who thinks she
can sweep back the Atlantic, with her
broom-those who suppose they can NULL
~ tho FNcenth Amendment prevent t4e
negroes from voting, and perhaps drive
them from the country. Nor Is y Y 9e
denied that this element has banded Itself
together in somewhat formidable secret
order, whose members dare not say, under
oatll That II has hot contemplated not
simply evasion, for That Is hardly denied
anywhere, but unlawful resistance to the
execution Of the laws. It does not yet
appear that It's force Is directed against
whites. Bit Of its existence, Of its mi.
mus, of its unlawful and, in the end, i'm.
possible aims, there Is no question. Nor
does there appear 10 be any question
that II Carried Inst falls election In this
county.
Dy the way, Charleston lius been great.
" bothered about the military now here.
At first, thinking the Governor had sent
them, she received them with q very sour
sc0wi. Finding out presently TINT It was
not tho Governors llofngs, she was com.
pIGtcly non. plusscd for q while, and didn't
know What kind Of face to make up ut
them. AT length, asccrtaining that their
rcal object involved III individual who
made himself obnoxious TO trcason-to
rebels, ut lClst--by his official position and
individual opinions and conduct during
tic war, they begin to smile ut the blue
coats-out Of ono eye, ut lcast-and make
very prominent use Of them In their tcs.
tiyitiCS Really, the military have seemed
a great convenience To the Charlcstonians.
7 don't know as ] ought 10 tell how one
Of the department clerks, on recent &C.
casiOn, was apparently captured, not by a
blue rOdi, hut by blue dress.