The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-24

the DOht. In the lore part vi tHS
/ boat was Capt. Mcclure, chairman OF the
! Transportation Committee The Captain
/ looked severe and stern, yet calm wlthals
which plainly indicated that he wa,
ready to be inundated, il such thing
was necessary. As soon as the boat
/ landed the above gentlemen proceeded ut
once to the Hale House, where Governor
Jacob was stopping, and he was present.
ed with the following formal letter:
OK BOARD STR EMMA GRAHAM,
May Dist, 1875.
Cor. j. j. JacOj, Charleston, w. Va:
DEAR SIR-The steamer Emma Gra-
ham is now at the public landing at
Charleston subject to your orders, for the
purpose of transporting the public prop
/ erty and the officers OF the State Gov
/ ernment of West Virginia to the City Of
Wheeling, as provided for by law and
agreement. You will please not detain
/ the boat longer than necessary for the
service rs pruyiso is made in the boats
| charter agreement not to be delayed AT
/ Charleston exceeding twenty-four hours
after her arrival, without additional
i compensation.
Yours respectfully,
John MCLURE,
Chairman Il, charge Of Transportation,
THE GOVERNORS DEPARTURE.
Governor Jacob lost no time in making
/ his arrangements 10 get on board the
boat, and within half an hour after her
arrival at the landing he was seated on
| the hurricane deck, quietly enjoying
Havana, and calmly viewing the excited
crowd of people on and about the land
ing The departure of the Governor
didn't cause the ChaTlestonians to open
their lackrymal glands to any great eX-
tent, and we opinc the Governor was not
sad There was no embracing, hand
shaking and all that sort of thing. The
Governor quietly walked down to the
boat, and that was the end of the
matter. In the meantime, the com
mittee, Capt. Mcclure and Judge Coch-
ran, who were in charge of some very
kind Charleston gentlemen, visited the
Hale House and Capitol building, and
looked about the city generally. They
were the observed OF all observers, but
stood the gaze of the populacc with COM
mcndable dignity.
HOMEwARD BOUND.
At II o'clock the Emma Graham cut
loose from the Charleston wharf with all
the State officers on board, except John
:. Cole the State Librarian. The boys
on the landing commenced firing the
cannon. Why this was done "no felah
, h., b..r 4 INF nl
for u loud lamentation of grief, or as re-
joicing over the departure cf the State Of
fcialS, looking upon them as good
riddancee, We have not been able to find
out. The Graham, under the manage
ment of her excellent officers, made good
time, and by seven o'clock FRIDAY even
ing she entered the Ohio river. At
Point Pleasant, +. Wills Wilson, Esq,
of Charleston, got on board, he having
accomplished his object in getting stay
of proceedings from Judge Moore Of
the Court of Appeals on the injunction
matter, and who was very,anXious to get
to Wheeling TO have Mr.. Long, Clerk OF
the Court of Appeals, enter it up on the
docket. About this time Captain Nc
Lure and Judge Cochran remembered
that they had few photographs OF the
proposed Capitol building to be erected
IN Wheeling, and immediately pro-
duced them for inspection by the State
officers. Nothing WAS said about these
nice pictures when the boat was at
Charleston, but we suppose the commit
tee forgot all about them ~. If they
had been produced and shown to
Charleston people, they would have had
the same egect as Haunting red flag be-
fore mad bull.
THE FOURTH GOVERNOR.
There were great many ways to
vile away the time in coming up on the
boat, but none proved so fertile AS the
Hon. Patrick Delay, isnitOr of the State
House and known rs the ''fourth Gov
ernor.' He is an accomplished
Irish gentleman" and what he
don't know about everything,
is not worth knowing. He regaled the
party with numerous stories of II miracu-
lous nature, on various subjects, the truth
of which hs was always ready to vouch
for. Just before the boat hove in sight
of Blannorhassctt Island, piece of
ground which Col Aaron Burr made
historical by his little game, all on board
assembled in the ladies cabin, to hear Il
song in the Irish language by Governor
Daley. Pat had suggested this was the
proper place for an Irish song, and all
on board agreed with him. Alter wait
ing for sometime Pat failed to come to
time. His reason was, that his music
book was in the Capitol, and
the Injunction prevented him
from bringing it along. We might add
here that Janitor Daily was the only
State official that left the eI-pcrmancnt
seat in style, having been driven down
to the landing in II barouche while the
Governor and other State officers walked
down.
COMMITTEE OF WELCOME.
The Emma Graham arrived at Parkcrs-
burg at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
and there the "scat of government dis
embarked and took in the town until the
hour of departure for Wheeling, which
was I o'clock in the evening. During the
day the citizens of Parkersburg showed
the *voyagers" every attention, and did
everything possible to make the
time pass agreeably, and it did.
Captain Mcclure having made
the necessary arrangements, the party
left on the steamer Chesapeake for
Wheeling. Everything progressed fine
ly, and IN good hour the passengers re.
tired to their respective "bunks.' About
three o'clock Sunday morning, the Chesa-
peake was boarded by II delegation
from Wheeling, and soon there was
sound eff "reverly BY night; by this
we mean hearty welcome extended
BY the citizens of Wheeling to the mem.
bers of the State Government. This
escort came down on the steamer Hudson,
and consisted of the following gentlemen:
Senator A. J. Pannell, chairman; l.. ;.
Jordan, member of the House of Dele
gates: Thos. J. Blair, John h. Hall and
james A. Dunning, members of City
Council; Major g. W. Franzheim, Capt
Andrew Wilson, James NJ. Todd, Lem.
Busby, and George K. Tingle.
After eycrvbOd WAS thoroughly arous-