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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-29
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OEPIuE oPTHB CHTBP SIeNAL OPPTuER,
WASHINGTON, D, O., October $3.50 e,N,
PROBABILITIES,


OEPTuE or TIE CHTBF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WARRINGTON, D. O., October $3.50 P.M.
PROBABILITIES.
On the lower lakes and thence over the
Middle and Eastern States northerly to
easterly winds and partly cloudy wealth
er. In the south Atlantic States prevail
ing northeasterly winds and fair weather;
possibly, occasional rain on the coast.
In the Cult States northeasterly 10
southeasterly winds, and in the western
portion Of the gulf cloudy weather. In
the Missouri Valley and northwest threat
ening weather and light rains, extending
toLake Michigan and Illinois, with south.
easterly winds, and to Lake Superior
with brisk northeasterly winds. Warn
ing signals ordered for Duluth.
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TEsrINa srEAMnoAr po1LEns.
The Mexican Border Troubles.

RAID OF TEXAS RUFFIANs INTO MEXICO.
New YORK, October 2S.-A special
from Washington says that telegraphic
advices have been received there Of a raid
over the Mexican border q few days ago
by gang of American marauders living
along the Rio Grande, on the Texas side.
The sole object Of the raid seemed 10 be
to plunder, and when thu Mexican off.
GERS attempted to impede their progress,
the ruttlans murdered Alcalde and several
hlexicans, and then set fire to and CON-
pletely destroyed all the houses in the
town. During fight which ensued, two
ot the Americans were killed. Steps have
been taken by the military authorities
along the border to arrest the entire gang
in order that their lawlessness shall not
go unpunished.
APPOINTMENT OF A FRONTIER coMAiIs-
SION.
The Matamoras Bulletin (offlciaO Of
Monday announces the appointment by
the government OF q Frontier Commis.
sion, to visit the Rio Grande and investi.
gate the charges against the Mexican
officials of completely in cattle stealing
on the Texas border.
II is understood that Cortiua has two of
the best lawyers in this city engaged in
preparing defence from the charges
against him. 30.
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A Chiv6lrous Kentuckian Gets his
Deserts.

CINCINNATI, October 9s.-At Licking.
ton. Ky., Saturday, William Thomas pur.
sued his wife to the house OF Reighbor-
ing woman for the purpose Of whipping
her. The neighbor expostulated with
him, when he commenced upon her, and
her son, a boy Of 10 coming in, shot him
with revolver, killing him instantly.
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We would not be surprised to find the
!STELLEdENCER insisting that the 5th OF
November is not the proper day for the
Choice ol Presidential electors In this
State Register. .- r.
Yes; flour candidate should be beaten
TeshAll insist that the fifth was not the
right day, just as you did in the matter Of
the August election for Congressman In
this district
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- apples are wormy this year, and
SSsPes mIldew, and ducks eggs addlc,a
S.aSI S'sGea corn be lodged, 1t may all be
V''0sd TO the unhAllowed influence of
S,. St; iIi'ton's Life Of Victoria Wood.
uuN Tribune, September II, 1871.
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disease has broken out in this city. Many
horses in public and private stables are
down. -
CAMDEN, N. j., Oct. 2s-The horse
disease is spreading. Twenty new cases
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The Register don't know anything it
can do with our legal correspondent who
writes about the Congressional complica.
tIOn but to snecr at him. Ifit could an.
swer his argument the, Register would
uOt find it necessary, to sneer at him.
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OAinE inE Philadelphia Star notes it as a fact
SSSsS'yed SSsS there that dyspepsia and kin
T,u IioH ,s,I; diseases have increased in proper.
SSn nUa WIN the extension of the street rail.
way Of that city,
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Steamer Umpire sunk.

CINCINNATI, October 2S.-A Chronicle
special reports the sinking Of the steamer
Umpire between Evansville and Cairo.
No particulars yet received.
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President Grant Congratulates Pres
ident ThleFs.

PARIS, October 2s.-A cougratulatory
dispatch has been received by Theirs
from President Grant, on the progress Of
Republicanism in France, as shown by
the recent elections for vacancies In the
National Assembly.
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An Official Letter Of Thanks TO EN-.
peror william,

peror William.
New York, Oct 9s..A SPECIAL telegram
from Berlin says Minister Bancroft LAS
written Au acknowledgment to Emper.
or William, wherein he says no Is charo.
ed by the President of the United States
to thank bis Majesty Ior the great pains
he has taken and the attention shown In
the case growing out of the dispute be,
tween Great Britain and the United
States concerning the North Western
boundary. The litter closes with assur.
anse OF continued friendship and good
many.
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,,;aS ,;AccoEDlNo to the biographical dicllou.
stNn,Sn t'Snu established rules, Mr.. Froude
Iuou.u mSSU pronounce his name lrood; but he
"SACS 1t rhyme with proud,
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b,a aHE ua., Greeley paper at Anderson, Ind,
TbnS"V tn SVpe ,I out aud now supports Grant.
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The Parkcrsburg Journal reports that
Aon' JOIN j, DAVIS is expected to make
On OCONoR speech there before the cleo.
linn
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My DEAR SIB your favor Of the oath
inst, saying THAT n change in the Indian
policy OF the Administration, IS reported
to be contemplated, is just received. Such
q thing has not been thought OF. II the
present policy towards the Indians can
be improved in any way, l will always be
ready TO receive suggestions on the sub
ject, but ifany change Is made, it must
be on the side Of civilization aud chris.
tionizaLi0n OF the Indians. do not be.
lieve our Creator ever placed different
races Of men on this earth with the view
OF having the stronger exert all his ener.
gies in exterminating the weaker. Ifany
change takes place In the Indian policy Of
the government while I hold my present
office, 1t will be on the humanitarian side
OF the question. Very truly yours,
[Signed.l U. s. GRANT.
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BY TELEc GRAPH.
PRESS REPORT.
Exclusively to the Intelligencer.

10y the Western Union Line.
once Northwest cor. Of Main and Monroe Sts.)
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The Presiden,,s indian Policy.

PHILADELPHIA, October 28.-George
q. Stuart, chairman Of the Executive
Committee of the Board Of Indian Com.
missioners, on seeing in the papers the
report that President Grant contemplate
q change in his Indian policy, addressed
him note, to which the following reply
was received.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON !
October 90. 1872
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SPREADING RAr1DLY IN MAINE.

BANGOR, October 2S.-The horse dis
case is spreading rapidly, and the larger
proportion Of all the horses in the city
arc more or less affected. Six horses
have died here OF the horse disease, and
other fatal cases are feared.
PHILADELPHIA, October 2S-The horse
disease broke out here today. Forty
cases are reported.
PROVIDENCE, r, l., October 2s.-Thc
horse disease has become almost univer.
sally prevalent here, probably not one
quarter ot tho horses beng Tree from II
a lew cases have resulted fatally.
TTTusvIL1E, Pa, Oct 2s.-The horse
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-13
ARTICLE XII
EDUCATION.

!. The Legislature shall provide, by
general law, for a thorough and eff
cient system Of free schools.
:. The State Superintendent Of Free
Schools shall have general supervision
OF free schools, and perform such other
duties in relation thereto as may be
prescribed BY law. lin the performance
Of any such duty imposed upon him BY
the Legislature, be shall incur any ex-
Penses, he shall be reimbursed therefor:
Provided, The amount does not exceed
five hundred dollars 10 any one year.
3. The Legislature may provide for
County Superintendent, and such
other officers as may be necessary to
carry out the objects OF this article, aud
define their duties, powers and compen-
satioD.
4. The existing permanent and in
vested School Fund, and all money
accruing to this State from forfeited,
delinquent, waste and inappropriate
lands, and from lands heretofore sold
for taxes and purchased by the State OF
Virginia, if hereafter redeemed, or sold
10 Others than this State; all grants,
devises or requests that may be made
to this State for the purposes Of educa-
ton, or where the purposes Of such
grants, deyises or bequests are not
specified; this States just share Of the
literary fund Of Virginia, whether
paid o7e- or otherwise liquidated,
and any sums of money, stock,
or property, which this State shall have
the right TO claim from the State oil
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ARTICLE XIII.
LAND TITLES.

]. All private rights and interests in
lands in this State derived from or
under the laws of the State OF Virginia,
and from or under the Constitution
and laws Of this State prior to the time
this Constitution goes into operation,
shall remain valid and secure, and
shall be determined by the laws in force
in Virginia, prior to the formation of
this State, and by the Constitution and
laws in force in this State, prior to the
time this Constitution goes into effect
2. No entry by warrant on land in
this State shall hereafter be made.
3. All title to lands in this State,
heretofore forfeited, or treated as for
feited, waste and Incorporated, or
escheated to the State Of Virginia, or
this State, or purchased by either OF
said States at sales made for the non
payment Of taxes and become irredeem-
able, or hereafter forfeited or treated as
forfeited, or escheated to this State, OF
purchased by it and become irredeem-
able, not redeemed, released or other.
wise disposed OF, vested and remaining
in this State, shall be, and is hereby
transferred to and vested in any person
(other than those for whose default the
same may have been forfeited or re-
turned delinquent. their heirs or de-
visees), for 30 much thereof as such per.
son has or shall have had actual con.
tinuous possession oil, under color or
claim Of title for ten years, and who, or
those under whom he claims, shall
have paid the State taxes thereon. for
any FIVE years during such possession
or If there be no such person, then to
any person (other than those for whose
default the same may have been for.
feited or returned delinquent, their
heirs or devisees,) for so much of said
land as such person shall have title or
claim to, regularly derived, mediately or
Immediately from, or under q grant
from the Commonwealth OF Virginia, or
this State, not forfeited, which but for
the title forfeited would be valid, and
who, or those under whom he claims,
has, or shall have paid all State taxes
charged or ehargeable thereon for five
successive years after the year 1865, or
from the date Of the grant, If it shall
have issued since that year; or if there
be no such persons az aforesaid, then To
any person, (other than those for whose
default the same may have been for
feited or returned delinquent, their
heirs or devisees,) for 80 much of said
land as such person shall have had
claim to aud actual continuous posses
sion OF, under color OF title for any FIVE
successive years after the year 1865.
and have paid all State taxes charged
or chargeable thereon for said period
4. All lands in this State, waste and
Incorporated, or heretofore or hereaf
ter for any cause forfeited, or treated as
forfeited. or escbeated TO the State of
Virginia or this State, or nur.
chased by either and become irredeem-
able, not redeemed, released, Transcend
or otherwise disposed Of, the tile
whereto shall remain in this Stat. iii
such sale as 10 hereinafter mentioned be
made; shall BY proceedings in the Cir.
Gull Court Of the county in which the
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SCHEDULE.

!. 1t shall be the duty OF the Presi'
dent OF this Convention Immediately
after its adjournment TO certify to the
Governor Of the State Of West Virginia,
an accurate transcript OF the Const itu.
ton and Schedule adopted by the Con.
vention.
2. Upon the receipt of such certified
transcript the Governor shall make
proclamation Of that fact, and shall
annex to his proclamation a copy OF
this Constitution and Schedule, all Of
which shall be published for the gen.
eral information of the people in such
manner as he shall deem most expedi.
ent.
3. The officers authorized by existing
laws to conduct general elections shall
cause elections TO be held at the sever.
al places Of voting established by law
in each county, on the fourth Thursday
Of August, 1872, at which election the
votes OF all persons qualified to vote
under the existing Constitution, and
offering to vote, shall be taken upon
the question Of ratifying or rejecting
this Constitution and Schedule. Such
votes shall be by ballot. The person
voting for the ratification OF the Con-
stitution and Schedule shall have
written or printed upon his ballot the
words For RATIFICATION, and the
person voting against ratification shall
have written or printed upon his ballot
the words For REJECTION"
4. The said election shall be conducted
10 all things according to the provisions
OF the Code Of West Virginia, and the
amendments thereto governing cleo.
itions, except as is herein otherwise pro-
vided.
5. The Supervisors OF each county
shall assemble on the fifth day, Sunday
excepted) after the said election, and
proceed to ascertain the result OF the
same in the manner prescribed by the
sixty-second section Of the third chap
ter Of the Code Of West Virginia; and
and it shall be their duty to certify the
result, without delay, to the Governor,
stating in their certificates the number
Of votes given in their respective COUP
ties for ratification OF the Constitution
and Schedule, and the number given
for rejection.
8. 1t shall be the duty OF the Gov.
ernor upon receiving the said certi-
ticates. or sufficient number thereof,
to enable him 10 ascertain the general
result, TO declare by proclamation the
aggregate vote in the State for and
against the ratification OF the Cons,itu-
ton aud Schedule; and if il shall
appear from the said proclamation that
a majority Of votes cast are in favor Of
their ratification this Constitution and
Schedule shall be operative and in full
force from and including the fourth
Thursday Of August, 1872.
7. On the same day, and under the
superintendent OF the officers who shall
conduct the election for determining the
ratification or rejection Of the Consttu-
ton and Schedule, elections shall be
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county aud district for which they
shall be respectively elected.

county aud dlstrict -IOI WHICH 'hey
shall be respectively elected.
8. The came person shall not be
elected Sheriff for two consecutive full
terms; nor shall any person, who acted
as his deputy, be elected successor to
such Sheriff, nor shall any Sheriff act
as deputy Of his successor; nor shall
he during his term of service, or within
one wear thereafter, be eligible to any
other Office. The retiring Sheriff shall
finish all business remaining in his
hands, at the expiration Of his term !;
for which purpose his commission and
official bond shall remain in force:
The duties OF the Office Of Sheriff shall
be performed by him, in person, or
under his superintendent.
4. The Presidents OF the County
Courts, the Justices of the Peace,
Sberifs, Prosecuting Attorneys, Clerks
of the Circuit, and OF the County Courts,
and all other county officers, shall be
subject to indictment for malteasance,
misfeasance, or neglect of official duty,
and upon conviction thereof, their
offices shall become vacant.
5. The Legislature shall provide for
commissioning such OF the officers
herein mentioned, as it may deem
proper, not provided for in this Constl-
tuition, and may require any class OF
them to give bond with security, for
the faithful discharge Of the duties OF
their respective offices.
6. 1t shall further provide for the
compensation, the duties and response
bilities of such officers, aud may pro
vide for the appointment Of their depu-
ties and assistants by general laws.
I. The President of the County
Court, and every Justice and Constable
shall be a conservator OF the peace
throughout his county.
s. No new county shall hereafter be
formed in this State, with an area OF
less than four hundred square miles !;
nor with a population Of less than six
thousand nor shall any county, from
which a new county or part thereof
shall be taken, be reduced, in area,
below four hundred square miles, nor
in population, below six thousand. Nor
shall any new county be formed with
out the consent OF a majority OF the
voters residing within the boundaries OF
the proposed new county, and voting on
the question.
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lands, or part thereof, are situated, be
sold to the highest bidder.
s. The former owner Of any such
land shall be entitled to receive the
EXCESS of the sum for which the land
may be sold over the taxes charged and
chargeable thereon, or which, If the
land had not been forfeited, would have
been charged or chargeable thereon
since the formation OF this State, with
interest at the rate of twelve per centum
per annum. and the costs OF the pro-
ceedings, if his claim be filed in the
Circuit Court that DEGREES the sale,
within two years thereafter.
6. 1t shall be the duty of every own.
er of land to have it entered on the land
books of the county in which 1t, or a
part of it, is situated, and to cause
himself to be charged with the taxes
thereon and pay the same. When Tor
any FIVE successive years after the year
1869, the owner of any tract OF land
containing one thousand acres or more
shall not have been charged on such
books with State tax on said land, then
by operation hereof, the land shall be
forfeited and the title thereto vest in the
State. But it, for any one or more OF
such five years, the owner shall have
been charged with State tax on any
part of the land, such part thereof shall
not be forfeited for such cause. And II
any owner of land so forfeited, or OF any
interest therein at the time OF the for
FIXTURE thereof, who shall then be an
infant, married woman or insane person
may until the expiration of three years
after the removal OF such disability,
have the land or such interest charged
on such books, with all State and other
taxes that shall be, and but for the
forfeiture would be, chargeable on the
land or interest therein for the year
1868, and every year thereafter, with
interest at the rate ten per centum per
annum and pay all taxes and interest
thereon for all such years, and thereby
redeem the land or interest therein :;
Procidsd, Such right to redeem, shall IN
no case extend beyond twenty wears from
the time such land was forfeited.
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ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENTS.

| No Convention shall be called
having the authority to alter the Con-
stitution Of the State, unless II be IN
pursuance Of q law passed by the
affirmative vote OF a majority OF the
members elected to each House Of the
Legislature and providing that polls be
opened throughout the State, on the
same day therein specified, which shall
no, be less than three months after the
passage OF such law, for the purpose OF
taking the sense OF the voters on the
question of calling Convention. And
such Convention shall not be held
unless a majority of the votes cast AT
such polls be in favor OF calling the
same: nor shall the members he elected
10 such Convention until at least one
month after the result Of the vote shall
be duly ascertained, declared and pub
lished. And all acts and ordinances Of
the said Convention shall he submitted
10 the voters OF the State, for ratlIica
ton or rejection, and shall have nc
validity whatever until they are ratified
.. ANY amendment TO the Constltu
ton OF the State may be proposed IN
either House of the Legislature; and
if the same, being read on three several
days in each House, be agreed to on It's
third reading by two-thirds OF the mem
bers elected thereto, the proposed
amendment, with the yeas and nays
thereon, shall be entered on the jour
nails, and it shall be the duty Of the
Legislature to provide by law for sub
hitting the same to the voters OF the
State for ratification or rejection, at the
next general election thereafter, and
cause the same to be published, al
least three months before snch election
in some newspaper in every county in
which newspaper is printed. And il
a majority of the qualified voters, voting
upon the question at the polls held
pursuant to such law, ratiiy the pro.
posed amendment, it shall be in force
from the time OF such ratification, as q
part OF the Constitution Of the State.
II two or more amendments be sub
United at the same time, the vote on
ratification or rejection shall be taken
on each separately.
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ARTICLE IN.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

|. The voters OF each county shall
elect Surveyor oilands, Prosecuting
Attorney, Sheriff, and one, and not
more than two Assessors, who shall
hold their respective offices for the
term OF four years.
, There shall also be elected in each
district Of the county, by the voters
thereof, one Constable, and if the pop
ulation of any district shall exceed
twelve hundred, an additional Con-
stable, whose term OF office shall be
four years, and whose powers as such
shall extend throughout their county.
The Assessor shall, with the advice and
consent Of the County Court, have the
power to appoint one or more assistants.
Coroners, Overseers Of the Poor, and
Surveyors Of roads, shall be ap.
pointed by the County Court. The
foregoing officers, except the Prosecu-
ting Attorneys, shall reside in the