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DEATH OF E. ". STEPHENS, ESQ.

Many. of our citizens who know
how much the city OF Wheeling
is indebted to E. ". STEPHENS, Esq, for
the prosperity Of our iron trade, will
learn with great regret that his busy
lie was terminated by death yesterday
afternoon al the residence OF his SON
E. W. STEPHENS, Jr., in New Albany
Indiana. Mr.. STEPHENS has bee for
several months Frustrated by paralysis.
About a week ago be received another
stroke Of the disease from which he
never rallied. His remains will be in.
TERED in the Allegheny Cemetery to
morrow. He was one OF the earliest
and most enterprising OF the iron man
uiacturers OF Wheeling, and was
largely identified with the business In
,erests OF the city about fifteen years
ago. A more extended obituary will be
published in few days.
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PROCESSION WILL FORM PROMPT
LY at 5 O'Clock. on Fourth sire et, the
right resting on Monroe street.
GRAND Marshal-P. q. Jacob NJ. Bickle.
Assistant Grand MarShal>-G. W. Franz
helm, John Cariin, J. Melvin Richards.
ROUTE OF PROCESSION
Down Monroe to Main, down Main TO
First, up First 10 Chapline. up Chapline TO
Webster. down Webster tn Market, up Mar
ket John. up John TO Sixth, up Sixth 10
Quincy, down Quincy 10 Fourth, up Fourth
to Union. down Tn on 10 Market, up Mar.
ket 10 Washington, down Washington to
Main, down Nam 10 Madison, thence
across 10 the FAIR Grounds. whsre a short
address will oe delivered by Z. G., y. Rich
ardSon, after which the procession will be
dismissed.
Parade music by Was, VILLAGES and
other bands.
Birch's Co,illion Band will furnish
dancing music.
No Intoxicating beverages will be per-
mitted on the ground.
Dinner and other refreshments will be
provided for all who desire.
Admission 10 the grounds, - cents.
Tickets can be procured at Henry Sea
mons Water street: II. 4. Cthmans News
Depot, Market street; c. Housers, Market
street Jacob Langfried, Main street; VIM.
Hastings, G.. W. Kennedy, Joseph Wolf,
=. ID. 1ippett, 4. II. Foryey, D.WOods, Peter
thinner, C.J. Meyers cigar Factory, Mar
ket street W.
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From the Writ County Democrat.l
The Convention.

One OF the greatest objections which
is being urged against the holding OF a
Convention by its opponents here at
the present time, is that the Constitution
can be amended by the Legislature
without the expense Of holding Con-
vention. II our friends and opponents
will candidly and calmly consider this
proposition for moment, they will see
its fallacy and will have to acknowl-
edge that they are wrong. The Legis-
lature is composed ola Senate and a
House OF Delegates, which must have
two different and distinct sets Of officers
atall times during their sessions. Should
this method be resorted to to amend our
Constitution, each branch of the Legis-
lature would consume as much time in
debating upon the propriety of each
amendment as would be taken BY the
Convention, and at almost double the
cost This would be upon the initia,ory
discussion OF the proposed amendment,
and then comes the advertising Of it in
the papers throughout the State. After
this the said amendment must again go
back to another Legislature, and more
time must then be taken up in discuss
ing it; when, if passed, it must be sub
mitted to the people for ratification or
rejection.
Now, gentlemen, you cannot deny
that all this formula must be gone
through with, and that it will be at a
great expense to the people. While
this can be done by Convention in
SIXTY days, you would have the time Of
two, three or four sessions OF the Legis-
lature taken up with it, and run the
State to far greater expense than would
attend the holding OF one if not two
Conventions. Is this the manner In
which you propose to save the people
from oppressive taxation? Wesuppose
il ia but it will not suit the party which
came into power pledged to reduce the
expenses OF our State Government as
speedily as il could possibly be done.
We certainly think the opponents OF
A Convention should find some better
reasons for opposing the measure tnan
the one spoken OF above
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Roane County and the Cenventfon
RoASR COUNTY, w. VA,
July Is, 1871.

July 10, lcil.
Editors Of the Register:
We well recollect, in the spring OF
1866, when the war closed and the Con.
federats soldiers returned home to the
land Of their nativity and the bosom Of
their families, after an absence Of four
years, engaged in . cause they verify be-
lieved then to be Just, their condition
was truly deplorable. Many OF their
families, through the misfortunes o.
war, were reduced to a suffering comb
ton. Discouragement met them on
every hand. 1t mattered not how much
was justly due them from their neigh
bors on contracts made previous to the
war, loyalty had forbidden the collec-
ton of such debts, BY acts Of the Legs
la,ure Also an amendment to the
Constitution declaring them aliens TO
the Commonwealth Of Wet Virginia,
deriving them Of the rights Of citizen
ship, had been adopted, and their in:e,
riority to the negro was recognized by
the Constitution Of West Virginia. All
this was done 10 drive nom the State
the rebel population and it was urged
BY many to confscste The remainder OF
their property. The indignation was so
great against them that many feared
their lives. Property was seized on
every hand and judgments rendered
against them for the loss Of property
sustained by the loyal portion OF gu. Cit
zens. However unreasonable and un-
lust, many claims of this kind were
enforced in our country.
There was no sympathy for this I'M
fortunate class, save from the Constltu-
tional Conservative party, who did all IN
their power to alleviate their forlorn
and distressed condition, and even suffer,
ed in many cases by being disfranch's-
ed themselves for opposing the unjust
tyranuical amendment to the Constitu-
ZION, placing themselves in a position
inferior to the ignorant negro. Since
the power has been wrested from the
hands OF the Radical party, AID a de-
termined effort is being made to restore
the Government TO its ancient simple.
ity and purity, to give to the oppressed
citizens of our State a Republican sys-
TEN of laws. some OF this unfortunate
class have forsaken their true friends,
and gone over tothe ranks OF the enemy,
giving them aid and comfort in their
great struggle against Constitutional
liberty. 1t is no wonder the Radicals
are amazed at their Inconsistency, for
once persecution and prescription have
had the desired effec; on few within
the bounds Of this county. We are
happy to say, that Notwithstanding this
singular feature in the course ofhuman
events. we expect 10 carry the county by
an over whelmlng majority for the Coz
stitutional Convention, on the fourth
Thursday in August next.
FARNgR
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From the Ohio Statesman, Gath
TIE NARROw.GACGE.
Cars for the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad on Exhibition In Column.
bus-A New Era in RaiIrOading.

The attention OF railroad men gen
orally is now directed to the practicable
ty and economy Of narrow-gauge tracks.
A few days ago we noticed the passage
through this city of several locomotives
for the Denver and Rio Ora nde railroad,
which is of three feet gauge, and which
is to extend from Denver to Ell Passo, q
distance Of eight hundred and fly miles
sixty miles Of track being already laid
from Denver. Yesterday TWO passenger
two smoking and two baggage cars,
built Tor the same road, commanded the
admiration OF all who visited them dur
ing their temporary detention west OF
the Park stree; bridge. Tney were
built By the Jackson and Sharp Com
pany, of Wilmington, Delaware, ard
are being transported TO Denver under
the care OF Mr.. A. Carey. They are
finished IN the most modern style, with
water-coolers, saloons, etc, complete.
They only differ from other tiue cars in
their size, weight and gauge.
The narrow-guage passenger car is
six feet four inches wide, or three feet
narrower than the coach in use on the
gauges OF tour feet and eight am
one-half inches. 1t will seat thlrty-iour
passengers, making a dead weight OF
only four hundred pounds 10 each pas
seuger; while the larger car, seating
finy persons, on an average, carries a
dead weight OF 20 pounds to each. En-
tering the car you find double seats to the
LETT till you reach the centre, where you
encounter the water coolers; beyond
that the single seats are on the right
and the double ones on the left. The
cost OF the narrow-gauge car is about
$1,000, against 5000 to 5000 for the
broad-guage.
Each smoking car is eighteen feet and
six inches in length, by seven feet in
width, weighs 6120 pounds and seats
twenty-five passengers. Each baggage
car weighs $3.50 pounds.
1t is claimed that cars can be run on
tnree ISel gauge a. the Edte VI tuIEt.-
FIVE or forty miles an hour with safety.
We have seen it stated that on rail-
road in Wales, with a gauge Of only
tventy.three inches, a speed Of forty
FIVE miles an hour is attained With
equal safety, the advocate Of the mar
row gauge claim that it is preferable on
account Of economy, the expense OF
building and equipping the modernized
road being but little more than one-half
the cost for the broad gauge. A thirty
FIVE pound rail is used instead of six
ty-four pound, and the quantity Of grad
ing is materially reduced. The cost of
the Denver road has been
about $1,000 per mile.
The narrow gauge cars in this city
Yesterday will be the first Of the kind
in use in the United States. Several
other companies have ordered similar
rolling stock for use when their roads
are built-one in Massachusetts, one in
Arkansas, one in Pennsylvania, one In
Georgia, and two in Ohio.
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TUESDAY, JULY IS, ls71.
READ Attorney General Spices let
ter in relation to the proposed Constitu
tional Convention.

A STATE CONVENTION for the reor-
ganizs,iou Of the Conservative party in
Virginia is to be held in the city Of
Richmond on the 30th of August.
There has been no Convention Of the
party since 1867, and the relaxed party
discipline has brought forth at various
times a number of Independent caudi-
dates" who have divided the strength
and thrown the election into the hands
Of the Radical minority. 1t is hoped
that some plan may be devised for the
avoidance of this evil in the future.
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DIED.

sTEPHENS-At New Albany, Indiana,
July u, E W. STEPHENS, formerly Of this
city.
His remains will be taken TO the Aieghe-
ny Cemetery for interment, on Wedne>-
day, 10Th inst.
TRACY-On Sunday, July ., 1871, AZ y
NJ, at the residence OF her father, john A.
Brown, Mrs. SARAH A. TRACY, vile OF W III.
Newton Tracy, aged Sc years
Funeral at P. VI. Friday, 18th inst.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
appointed by the Governor, under su-
monty OF the Act to take the sense OF the
people upon the caIl OF a Convention for
GganinnS the same, passed February y
81, commissioners 10 superintend the
taxing OF polls in Ohio county hereby give
notlce that polls will be opened al the usual
places OF Young In said county on IN 9th
the sense Of the voters of said connfy on
the question OF calling Convex lion TO
alter the Constitution OF this State.
A. ]. PANNEII.
John b WILSON.
JOHN bishop,
fyN Commissioner
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DIVIDEND.

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West Virginia. has this day declared a
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Secretary.
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New-York tribune., 1871-11-16

Reviewing the mortality among tho Demo-
cratic candidates for the Presidency, and the
bad state In which the Democratic party DOW
finds itself, The Evening Post suggests as two
men still remaining TO the Democracy, and
worthy of the highest honors, Charles OConor
and Samuel J. Tilden. All the credit it awards
these gentlemen for their admirable conduct
during the Reform movement, 10 deserved.
We should, indeed, be disposed to go further
than The Post has in expressing the hearty
thanks of all good citizens to Mr.. Tilden. Mr..
OConor has long been out of active pollhcs,
and he has reached time of life when be
might titly regard appearance in his present
role az the appropriate elimination OF great
professional career. But Mr.. Tilden is the
Chairman of the Democratic State Committee;
he is by nature and by lifelong prac-
tice an intense partisan politician; ne
could look only to the Democracy for such
political honors as the future may have In
store for him. Yet he deliberately resolved on
purifying the city government at the expense,
as even then seemed probable, Of great
party defeat, first enlisted Mr.. OCOnor in the
work, himself devised the means by which the
Tammany Ring lost the key Of their position
in the Controllers office, and therefore fairly
deserves honor for all the brilliant successes
that have followed. We do not think Mr.
TIlden is likely to be the Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency but we should regard
it as q good omen for the future OF the cOnn-
try if 80 great and dangerous political or
ganization should resume the habit of nOml-
mating such candidates.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-16
REpENT1Na OF OTHERS SINS.

The General Committee of the Custom
House ewing" of the Republican party in
this City held meeting on Tuesday evening,
and reioiced exceedingly Gas was fit) over tho
result of our late Election. They resolved
that " the Republican party can, and by right
sought to, lead the van in the battle OF Re-
"fOrm," and further
Resolved That we have the right to proclaim the Re
publican party to be the party Of Reform and we mean
TO do 30.
To "prooldim the Republican party the
marty of Reform will be an idle vaunt, an
empty flourish of Accommodation, unless
we proceed to make it such. We regret to
find no evidence in the programme of this
Committee that it has any purpose or wish to
reform any abuses but those which are or
may be laid at the door Of its political edver-
saries. Not hint is given in this Commit
tees manifesto that any Republican OF the
approved stripe ever did any wrong, or that
any abuse exists, any robbery has been COM
mitted, but such as may be attributed to Dem
ocrats, or to such Republicans as are not ad-
vocating the reelection of Gen. Grant
Is this the fact Do these gentlemen sup
DOSE that the rascaliies and robberies perpe-
trated in the CsrOlinas and other Southern
States by functonaries who stole tho livery
of Republicanism thereby to be enabled to
steal generally, can or'will be ignored In the
Presidential contest before usf VIII they
say, I'VE had no part in those rObbories :"
So may Messrs. Willers, Nichols, Bristol, &C.,
on the late Democratic State ticket, say with
regard to the kindred rObberies Of Tweed &
Co. yet those rObberies defeated them. Po-
I;t;nol koroadnas d0 NOT CaOn0t unAka mica
determinations they sweep all that StSnds
in their way. It viii prove naked imposd-
bility to limit the consequences Of the recent
upturning in this City to a correction Of the
abuses committed by one political party.
Take for illustration the recent defaloaiOn
Of Paymaster Hodge, stationed IN Washington
City, whereby almost Half Million Dollars
are lost to the Treasury; The People win IN
SiSt on knowing how It was rendered possible
for this man to rob them 30 enormously. He
is said to have for years been drawing at will
checks for $4,000 and like sums on the Treas
ury, payable to bearer, whereof he squandefed
the proceeds in stOCk-gambling. Eow, we arc
not in possession of the facts which Ak the
responsibility for such abuses on this or that
Department or Bureau; we do not say
that the Treasury or the Paymaster-
General is In fault; but We DO insist
thst some one of HOdge's superiors should
have resigned or been turned ont Bre this
One mans rascality Ought not to supply ad-
eduate reason for 90 staggering . rid on the
| hard earnings of the People. Either we are
paying o multitude of CODtrOtlsr6, AaditSEsj
&C., &C., for sham service, or sosiSSodS onght
to suffer for the facility with which Hodge
New-York tribune., 1871-11-16

The newest phase of the Fisk-Mansfield
scandal is funny, even if it is disgraOeful. The
irate Helen, who knows more about the dark
tricks of Erie than is safe for her discarded
Fisk, brings action for Libel, and incidentally
makes affidavit that the gallant Colonel has
stolen away her colored Ganymede, one King,
and made him swear to allie about her. In
these affidavits we have the whole nOdus ope-
randi of the gorgeous Fisk, jr. There is his
elegant chariot taking away the faithless young
colOred servant, who dazzled with vision of
Erie luxury, wages galore, and nothing but swear
ing to do, turns against his mistress and becomes
the Obedient tool of the man who is more
prosperous in his suits at law than suits in
love. Then there is the Abigail of the dis
tressed Helen, who tells the relentless Fisk
to his face that he ought to be ashamed OF
himself, so he had-as if that brazen face had
any blush left under it. And, to crown all,
we have the spectacle of this person, who as
suInes to be a decent citizen, appearing In
court to be held IN bonds in the amount OF
$4,000, to answer the charge in which he Is in
volved with his lost Helen, her black boy, and
her femme de chambre. No wonder that Erie
feels harassed before its time. But wait till
the Legislature meets!
New-York tribune., 1871-11-16
SOMETHING TOO MUCH OF THIS.

We hope no harm has befallen the young
Grand Duke Alexis. We shall be glad TO see
him safe in our harbor, and subjected to the
cruel kindness of our committeeman His fam
lily have always been civil to the United
States, and the embassy of Capt. g. V. Fox,
in 1885, was certainly treated with the great
est courtesy and consideration The reception
by the Court was surpassed in heartiness and
sincerity by that of the common people
When Admiral Farragut subsequently visited
Russia, he was also received with great dig
tfnctiOn, though, of course, with no such ex-
traordinary hOnors as those WHICH had been
paid to the representatives of the nation. For
these reasons, it is altogether proper that the
EmperOr's son shall be made kindly welcome.
But great nation standing on its head is
not an impressive or edifying spectacle Still
worse is it to represent our country In that
attitude when the fact is that profound in
difference as to the advent of the youthful
Romanoff prevails throughout our borders,
and the only places where any anxiety is felt
as to his arrival are the Committee-roOms
haunted by the gentlemen In blue ribbons, and
the newspaper offices where reporters are strug-
Cling to make copy. Day after day the world
ia told that an intense and devouring interest
in this trivial matter is felt throughout the
country. The illustrated papers are full of
degrading witticisms and caricatures, represent
ing the entire feminine population of the con-
tinent as palpitating with unwomanly eager
ness to see this rather uninteresting young
gentleman This is all as false as it is vul-
gar. There has been some little harmless dis
play of vanity on the part of the eminent
citizens of the Committee; but such is the
nature of Committeeman. There is more
squabbling for tickets among people who have
no right to them than is agreeable. But
among people in society there is no emotion,
no struggling or elbowing, and only the most
languId interest felt in the whole affair.
Every morning some newspaper, devoured
with o desire to say something upon the
event of the day, tells the people of New
York what they are to do, and what the Grand
Duke will think of them if they do MT do it.
Does it ever enter into the Gveried souls
of these toadies to reflect that the peo-
pie of New-York will do nothing at
all about the matter, and that it is a matter
of no consequence whatever what the Grand
Duke thinks of them Our own self-respect
is the only thing to consider in this connec-
ton, and that must inevitably suffer from this
foolish cackle.