The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-13
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/ % Hs nominated In The Third District
! CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 8.
, ktitors Of the IntSlllgOnees.
Having to go TO the . Permanent Feat
10 attend TO some business, / took pass
age at Patkersburg on Sunday morning
last, on the palatlal steamer the Il, II
. Hudson, and was fortunate enough tc
J nave % fellow passengera The courtlyand
genial Judge John ]. Jackson tihi hand,
, some and eloquent District ATTORNEY, Gen
Got, and the accomplished Clerk, JaspeI
, i. Moore, Esq, on their way 10 the same
place 10 open Federal Court, In thelr
society the hours fitted swiftly by, and
huntington was reached almost before
vas aware Of Il. Hhefe was compelled
20 leave the Hudson, and I was sorry to
DO 90, for It Is one Of the pleasures OF life
70 travel on such boat, especially when
II is commanded as now by such accom-.
modAting and courteous officers az Capt
VIM. List and chief Clerk Charley List.
On Monday morning, having TO wait
some time Tor train, took q iaunt
around the city In embryo, to see what I
could see. Huntington seems to be yery
considerably affected Just OF present BY
the embarrassed condition OF tho affairs
OF the Chesapeake s Ohio Railroad, on
the perpetuity Of which ito existence and
growth as city seems to depend. The
Icity has been laid out on q grand scale, Ia
taVorably located, and bids far, when the
soundness OF the railroad is no longer a
doubtful question, and It's western and
southern connections are made, 10 be OF
Considerable Importance.
At 1925 A. NJ. we steamed from Hunt
ington and reached this land OF sunshine
and flowers (as Colonel Smith would ex-
press ~ at about ! o'clock p. NJ We
found vegetation here some two weeks In
advance OF your section, and were greeted
BY the fragrant incenseo OF opening flowers
and budding leaves. Nature seems to be
very bountitul In her iavors TO this valley,
just at this season, and Is decking her In
colors Of beauty and attire most gorgeous
and graceful. h
The Federal Court convened at 8 o'clock
10 the afternoon. Amongst the crowd Of
lawyers from other counties; notice the |
presence OF General Price and Major
Mathews, of Greenbrier, and General
Echols, Of Stanton. The Court with its |
attendant crowd Of lawyers, Jurors, wit
nesses and lookers-on, has filled the |
hotels, and the city presents quite an ami. |
mated appearance. No Grand Jury was |
impannelled, tho District Attorney having
no use for their services. As soon as the |
stalwart Marshal, Major Slack, announced |
the Court opened In due and ample form,
and had invoked tho blessings Of Deity on |
1.-THE United States" IA much needed In |
vocation), Judge jackson announced him.
sell ready for business, and Is dispatchine
1t with such vigor that the Court will |
probably adjourn on Tomorrow.
The main topics Of interest and discus.
sion here arc tho coming contests for an
U. s. Senator to succeed Gov. Foreman, |
and Q Representative from this District 10 |
succeed the Hon. Frank Hereford. Asto
the latter case, from what little intorma-
ton l have been able to CLEAN. 1t appears
highly probable that the Hon. Frank will |
be his own successor. Candidates for his |
position can only be estimated by getting
an accurate and full list Of the Democratic
voters In the District. They are thicker
in number than feas on q NANCY cur,
mo disrespect intended to the cur in the
comparison.) Hereiord's chief opponents,
however, are John E Kenna, Prosecuting
Attorney for this county; @. Philip Sny.
der, late Mayor Of this city, and General
John McCausland, Of Chambersburg motto.
riety: Kenna and Snyder are actively en-.
gagged in q personal canvass of the whole
District, and have had their throats lined
with q patent copper preparation and
their lips covered with asphaltum in order
to drink mountain dew" with impunity
with the "unterriAed and unwashed" Of
the mountain counties, and tho better 10
be prepared to kiss the babies, whose
mothers know nothing Of the significance
Of the injunction, "Wash and Be clean"
The most sauguine Of all sauguine men l |
ever met is the Hon. I'm prospective) John
E. kenna. He walks like a Congress-
man, looks like Congressman, and talks
as if the nantes Of oil departed greatness
had already fallen on his shoulders. The
Hon. Frank had better arm himself for
the conflict and take the warpath at once,
or he may wake up some fine morning
and find his outposts captured and his
fortress In possession OF the bold and con.
fident Gen. Kenna, whose battle CRY
seems to be Victory or (politicaD death |"
As TO the matter Of successor TO Gov.
Boreman, the political horizon is cover
ed with clouds, both large and small.
Some are large and full Of wind-liable
to collapse at at any moment; others
light and ileecy, dritted hither and thither
at the morcy OF the wind Of public opin.
ior. The clouds having the most promi-
nence are johnson n. Camden, Henry s.
Walker and Governor Samuel Price,
The lesser clouds almost cover the whole
horizon, so numerous are they. will
mention few: Judge G. D. Camden,
Jonathan NJ. Bennett, Okey johnson,
Henry N. Matthews, Allen r. Oaperton,
sc, &C., dd infnitum. And here OF late
new cloud has arisen, not larger than
mans hand, but each day II seems 10
grow larger, and Il the greater and lesser
lights Of the Democracy who are seeking
to sacrifice Themselves upon their coun.
try's altar for the sake OF 5000 per an
mum and perquisites, are not duly watch.
iul, this little cloud, named Judge John
J. jackson, Jr., will spread and spread
until they arc collapsed, overshadowed,
or swallowed up by II. 'Ihave not heard
that Judge Jackson will allow himself to
be named for the Office, but have heard
that his name b acquiring some promi-
nence in certain quarters, and SO men.
ton Il. .i;tr fa.y.lH
For tho position Of State Senator for
this district, two names are mentioned,
DR.. AsE Summers, the present Senator,
and William Tell Burdett, denominated
by Gov. Stevenson as "the gushing young
statesman" Rumor has 1t that "Sweet
William" has the inside track, as he Is In
better scent with the Bourbons. Dr.. Sum.
tners does not seem to be in very good
HAN A. A.