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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29
The Louisiana Returning Board
Law.

AlW.
(Rspubu.bVd from the IEtCllIsSucsr Of November
l4;h.
Five persons, elected by the Senate
from ali political parties, shall be the
returning officers for oil elections. With.
In ten days after the closing OF the cleo
ton these returning officers "shall meet
in New Orleans to canvass and compile
the statements OF votes made by the
Commissioners Of Election, and make
returns OF the election 10 the Secretary
oEState," md within thirty days after,
the Governor must issue commissions TO
all officers declared by them elected.
%lnsuch CANVASS and compilation the
returning officers shall observe the fol-
lowing order: They shall compile first
the statements from all polls or voting
places at which there shall have been y
lair, free and peaccable registration aud
election. Whenever from any poll or
voting place there shall be received the
statement Of any Supervisor Of Reeistra.
ton or Commissioner Of Election, in form
as required by section twenty.six OF this
act, on affidavit OF three or more citizens,
Of any riot, tumult, acts OF violence, in
timidation, armed disturbance, bribery
or corrupt influences which prevented or
tended 10 prevent a fair, free and peacea.
Bile vote Of all qualified electors entitled
to vote at such poll or voting place, such
returning officers shall mot canvass,
count, or compile tho statement Of votes
from such poll or voting place until the
statements from all other polls or voting
places shall have been canyassed and
compiled.
1.-THE returning officers shall then pro.
coed TO investigate the statements Of riot;
tunult, acts Of violence, intimidation,
armed resistance. bribery or corrupt in.
auences at any such poll or voting place,
and Il, from the evidence OF such state.
ment, they shall be convinced that such
riot, &C., did not materially interfere
with tho purity and freedom Of the cleo.
ton, or did not prevent sufficient mum.
Der Of qualified voters from registering
or voting to materially change the result
Of tho election, then, and not otherwise,
said returning officers shall canvass and
compile the votes in question with those
already canvaased and compiled. But il
said returning officers shall not be fully
satisfied thereof they shall make further
examination; and II they become con.
WINGED that the purity and freedom OF the
election have been materially interfered
with, they shall not canvass or compile
the statement Of such votes, but shall ex.
clude itirom their returns; provided that
any person interested in said election
shall be allowed hearing before the re.
turning officers within ten days"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29

Harper's Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

----I NWKN y NC ITt49'
M.rper'G Hakly should 10 In every hmll,
throughout the land, n purer, more Interesting
higher toned, illustrated paper is not pub
llihed In this or any other eounuy.-CommeTcid
Bulletin, Bosten.
The fGkIiy Il the only illustrated paper Of th
day that IN its essential eharscteristiOi Il recos
nifed a. national papsr.-Broo.iyn Edcs.
The leading articles In HdfpeF'i R,eAy on politl
cal topics arS models Of hIEh:toned discussion, ant
Its pictorial illustrations are often corroborauv
argument OF no small force RIamineF and CAroa
tets, N. Y.
The HUky has to stiIl larger degree distaneei
oil compositions rs an illustrated Newspaper. 1t
editotltls are among the most able Of their kind
and lis other reading matter 10 ut once learned
brilliant and amusing. It's illustrations are abun
Iant and OF rare excellence. chrfsifdH Advocate
n. Y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

lW4 nSsTats hoase i E 5 Al tsii oaiss =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29
AnInquiry Answered.
Elton rn..lllsspcn. DAN'O0D' WV ~


will you please inform one Of your
readers 1T this place, the particular stat
ute or section OF law wherein the County
Court has been constituted Returning
Board, with power to throw out illegal
yotes "aHd count rOteS nerer pOlled." Byso
doing you will confer favor upon an
ANXIOUS lNQUIRBR AFTER TRUTH.
Ii"1nquirer" will refer to page 1854 OF
the Acta Of West Virginia for lS72'7S
he will find 10 Section 80 that "in all con.
tested cases the County Court shall be
the Judge OF tho election, qualification and
returns Of its own members ando fall cour.
ty and district officers"
,iAgain, on page 1856, section 81, he will
find that "though, illegal votes be receiv-
I'd or legal votes be rejected at any place
Of voting, the returns Of the votes taken
at such place shall not be set aside for
that caasr, but It may be shown by pro.
per evidence before the final judges OF
election for whom such illegal votes or
any OF them we're cast, or for whom the
legal votes which were rejected would
have been given and 30 far only as
10 so shown the returns shall be cor
rScted."
Enquirer" will see by the foregoing
extracts tina: the County Courts Of West
Virginia arc virtual Returning Boards,
and, furthermore, by referring to the ex'
tracts from the Louisiana law in an
other column, he will see that they e1er'
else q power not conferred upon the
Returning Board Of that State. In Louis
lana il tho Board find the returns yi.iat.
ed, they mus. throw all the votes out,
good and bad, bu. in West Virginia the
County Courts can rovise and amend the
returns-that ia, throw out illegal votes
and put in legal votes. =
Thi. is Democratic provision in our
IVES. Virginia statutes. We did not re-
fer to it rs complaining Of it, but simply
as showing that the Returning Board oil
Louisiana i. not an internal machine oil
kind, got up by Radicals without
warrant or precedent OF law. The Re
turning Boards Of the Southern State
seem to be necessity growing ont o
negro outrage. The barbarities prac'
ticed in tho canvass just closed, show tina
bu! for some check on the White Linert
they would o1tirpAte Republicanism
from Southern soil in the va!
that the Duke Of Alva, OF infamou
memory, attempted to oztirpate here's
in the Netherlands, by murder and ex
patliation. g.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29

THE growth OF iron manufacture in
the West Is well illustrated in the case Of
Chicago, which is situated remote not
only from the iron mines, bu. also from
coal suitable for the purpose. Oithe ten
Bessemer steel worka in the United
States two are located in Chicago, and OIL
the 1900 tons Bcssemer steel rails
made in tho country last year, $1,000
tons, or nearly one.third OF the entire
amount, were made in Chicago. The iron
industries have 200 establishments, EN-
ploy 10000 workmen, and manufacture
to the amount Of So, 100000 annually.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29

the Boston Adratiser, says:
"Let the Republicans OF the South be as.
sured that they can do their party and the
country no greater service than by insist.
ing en- a fair and open canvass Of all the
votes cast, and speedy declaration Of the
Pasult y
, 1876-10-14

The reported purchase Of Okhotskand adjaccnt
territory In Siberia blythe Unitod States Govern
lncnt will give fresh interest to tho following
extract from Thomas v. Kuox's "ovcrland
:. AZ we approached Okl,otsk fog. hank shut out
tho land fof an hour or two but when u lifted we
Yened between tl,e sea and the town. hut did not
church was a prominent object anu formed IN c1-
eellcHt landmark. With my gasa l surveyed the
line Of coast where tic surf was breaking, but was
access!blo 10 a ehip like tho ''Yarlag." Dcacend-
tng the shlp's sldo after We anchored, found tho
III and went down ave of six fect Geforo aljsl.t.
ihg. Keeping the bcacous carefully In line, VIC
rolled over t6u the bar on the top of high ware,
Mnny years ago Okhotsk was tho most Important
Kamschatka and llaesian America were brought
lossk sitka and other ports undot Russian eoasrol,
Muny alips for tic rAcflc ocean md oklsotsk Sea
were built there. was shown the apot where
ana sts dseTsk" and Gi it, ssfins e
tsi 9as ssaaxe ers sn agt sa'sss
plots.ion Of ths hEetls Ocean, A. ono Tine tc
fotak; but tho ahalownrss Of ths water On tho lar
was great disadvantage, III oil sh'ps drawing over
twelys fsot were unable t. % cn.eI; T%enty years
'atter place and n1ovcd to Nicolayerek. Ths pop.
alation. wlisa formerly exceeded 1000, isn6w
lspaSnik, o.. Governor They row the pilot.
when necdcd, ttAyol on courier or other service,
guard tho warehouses, And WHEN not wanted by tue
Government thuJ labof and set drunk for then,-
selves. Tile G0tornor Wns ~ uht!yS oS Poland,
and 1t struck mo a q curious fact that tue IL.
paynkg Of kauschatka, uhi)lga, and oihossk
, 1876-10-14


dust about tl,ess days T. ls lot only natura',
hut highly appropriate, wl!ou two mctl ulcet, t0
have word ur TWO dn tho political eltuatton.
avenue ear yesterday anu sat down hesIdu q
kcet.lookiug Old gentlemen, 1t WIS all right for
hlm to ask:
WWeil, how's Inllanar'
What III thunder do know about ludlanaln
shouted tic old man. II never lived tlere-I
WIS never in tho Htatc"
I" It's going tn 10 pretty close, guess, re-
marked the man, though seeming 1cAs interest,"
cd than before.
"WIat's going to 10 closet" yelled the old
nlon.
VThe elcct,on.'
"What elcctlun3'
stWhy, tho State clecttouIpk
aWh3t do know about 4 Suite election in
Inlianat" cried thu old man. "Wlo do yuu
take me for, S!ra''
"Why, thought everybody knew there was
State election lii lhdjala," humbly observed
tho other.
"Mhat busincss had you to think so, slrl
Do you suppnse nil tue rest of mankind tillnks
as yul, dol Do you run thls whole c0,lntryi"
"Ncycr mtnd,n observed thu u,at, US lie set
tied back; ~ didn't know but that you took
All interest in politics."
" You l,ad no right 10 think 50, stt,-not tho
shadow OF right, sirt Snrposo sl,o,lld gct
Into cur aud asls you how 1ntlfana was9 HUw
quick you would knock lne down, sir!"
"Nn, ! woutdn'tl"
"Tlleu I'm llar, am ~ shouted tho OLD
man, trying TO pull of Ills oycrcoa.. Thero
would huv9 been a row had not the other man
hurried out OF tic cur.
, 1876-10-14

Lona?n DalIY Adra.
Halt dozen steel corvettes are forthwith to
10 added 10 tic nayy-aWlft, well'arlned ycs-
scla-to scrve as cru1scra. For aoH,o time past
favorable eye, boing tougher ahd altogether far
lcas liable to fracture thaii ison and now the Ad-
1niralty has taken the bold step of concluding .
contract Tor bu!l!ng s'3 war sfips ot iiis material
Clyde, aud u l'o rcaAy for service, with their
engines on boartl, Within two years, 80 VIC may
expect that, for some tmo a. least, wc shall
lear no mora about tho snirbulidtng industry
III that district being in a depressed condition.
These coryettes will not serve in any lcet
along With blg irOlI-cla4s, but urc de-
sIgneu. especially for foreign service IN Chinn
md tho Pacific, 4S also for CTu{AiuE Iii
, 1876-10-14

their strength. At tho loo. Of each Of the Hills
Tint diversity tho snriaeo Of tho atrccta Of
raria tthern nrq thlrly-onc ot thcse lsll1e),
M cxtra horse Is olwaya in Waiting to aid IN
lraggtnE, the heavy ,voallclc np The asecnt.
Nor fs tho moral eide, sD I, speak, of tho
lorscs,, training neglected. Tho pairs, once
formed, oro never scpa!atcd save In cnsn of
accident or s!clkness; they occupy the Fnn.e
stall nnt foed from the same munger divided
by Partition into two compartments. They
thus bccome almost d unit IN gait, movements,
and impnaca, mil being n,waya 'drivc, by tho
sa'ne caaclmnn, they ret to understand per-
feetly l!is words and n,os!ona. BY thi9 syatem,
and powerful aoilnals havo bccon,o almost
pruycibia1. Tic. ease with which they
thread their wny through crowded streets, en-
sulnbercl with vehicles, tllrongcd with foot
passengers, aud IN many tnstnnccs scarce wider
than QUO Of our narrow alleys, 4n1 tlle rcadi-
ness with which they stop at word, aud at M.
other start again, nrc simply fnaryclpue. Next
to THO pettca carriage lIursca of tho rich, tho
on,nibus horscs Of fnrls arc certainly among
the most favored OF the equine trlbe.-~ppsn-
eotrs for October.
, 1876-10-14

had those around him, with ono
hnppy as lie was l!!naeH. Gicomvv INV =, ax,kecption u
soAr VI Mcfrtrcnt, ls X ycxcd AZ ~ ~ unsu1'
Ee Kay Mil'lo he was 40 sad, sloW1y 1sn etouH
lead bit, and threw sort Of s,,r,a!Ie sHasIed NJ,
Jig ian I'll agnn tat sa,nM1o sam M DS1 ksp. viz sa
ilnll turnetl upon hin, with look ths. M
ho ot suffering Ut Of dertstou. nr ,,aai n might
nosh, ,lappy WINGED under tit. ps'1ssh sYph u
Will another of those tlait-r ~ oo Erected
Elanccs. Twas too much ff""aaeetmpaou,
ecnt, llc apprhaclle1 Gloomy, an5 anv5SFhg hl,
~ lnol.t close to bis ear, cried ont ' l!aey
SAY you, vinegar cruet, eateu enmrt,Ia t1,aI,aaenly
aai,t taste good, cha" ulpony i9ra,ae i1Inna,!a tb,t
II ahot, turned ils head quickly, ipth anS t,o opu
aown again a. though ho had dotse n soms,h; asa ta
,osav Tou.n fathSE not hayo done look ~
sS es}onshmenf ne,'c"e snrcny " one ot reet .a
voluntarily ills hand Wet went Ms fase. Il.
OF Ills neck and look l*$ ~ % tho b&k
mixed with hope. Ho rapidly t,,rn,i t i1etlsf VI.
this way and that two or tl,Tpc na tira nh he'd
look Of relief waa mixed with ,lan@nne,, @ an!l ths
he again jumped up, and grasninpr graipuS. ~. Ilsa
Happy hc shoo 1t heartily say(u. ~ fand Il
boil on rny neck which I've nurartl ~ g's as,
\ week. Thank yon." 'fou'ro Ms,oo sg!tos fe'
said llnppy ID dry MANAGEMENT, .siu, ~, sGs.SoNsH
you BnecrtnR at MO fort" III yasn't .,es pst YEN
w9s,n waa tho reply aud tIcn, a. 1sse iIss. this
deniy la8tou upon him, 10 continued i. H.. at4
mado mo laugh In spltc Of tnyscii onl pot Jaa
TUG circumstances II tnay hnye becn q "u ~ uEdes
efckly smltc." Then there was rrreodIst hot u
merrtment In that car whcrcat In hung n,a grt1s
wondered, and gloomy was gloomy M 1"oue'a noa
, 1876-10-14

WhtLkHuN BEtttLc SLVAuV"l' ,..h
Some mystery llas cyGlopcI Tue recent 4e3a
Of wcll-known lady, tho Eister-ln.laH o.
poor, holding office at court. 1T has loR co..,
out that the r,isnors, which during the ~
twenty months iIuve connected tha !aart h.. ~.
with that Of cGrtRin captain In ller Ma]rs,1s ~
Rruy With whom sfe Was sall to Lave III! ~
homo at tho conclusion of q visit Of msnHs x
Of tho royal family at the house Of thc Teet
question, WAS only correct III 50 fur tlat gus VI
accou,pany the officer In soMthing whlch osA. :.
very lilio IN olopenlcnt. This rash slsp. %1
ever, as It now appears, lad fur fta obeet mt'
the annoyance IL her husband, the paai;,s p|";s.
detectives employed by the latter having rs,s!,
cd conclusive proof Of the norli iEaHehs,1;m, ,,;,a
moral Innocence OF tho unhappy lady ~ e. tes.s: ~
to the very gallant olllect who thus d ~ s. h's
to ruiu tIe reputation Of Tho Sister u @ ea,ss
and friend. Unfortunately thc truth ssi .',s s' m
to light too latc. With the stigma lesuhs hrh "A
llur iia,no, tile punishment u lirr oa ,'S.n -
Last month, Just bcfort her 'catb tGe ea' al
the neurcst city, some fifteen miles uIsI t4an ii
her friends and aluno In sotns obscure III IL
breateed her last. 1t IL only }Hst IAN 4Sm,tci
scandal should be laid at rest WIZ W ss,s.
OF her who II dead; bdt just low lal s'as n,ss
lal Is deserved, It is righteous aIiy ,on ~ # Is:
clear, and hope tlat The duty i'as pss" ~
utrfGrnOu.
, 1876-10-14

prevalence Of tho famine In AlgIcrs he proposed
the formation Ut society Of "hhmanc nsittro-
pophaEihtsn 10 intru,ltlca tho custom Of eating
human flesh; eyery member wRs to hold llslnself
rcaly 10 sat!aly tho wants Of tho f.'odcss
Arais, mil ho offered to. bccorno tho first
victim. This proposition l,n renewed d'tr-
Ing tho siege vi faris N 2 ~ some, me,
whit modified firm. AL the males of W aud
over were to no slaughtered and s"ltcd for
provisions for tho garrison, thus ceonotnizng
the other stores of fool. This plan he defended
with great artlar and ingenuity. "You arc over
vrcred In 1ret." "Dut, then, yo,. nro very
lean" ssNeycr mind, would do Tor Friday. y
Ho Ind, indeed, Eotio so fAr ns to lcatgn =
special guillo,is,e for tho accommodation Of
those who wore to be converted into food, md
lad TI provided for IN TX working horizontally,
$50 that there should be nothing ignominious
IN the death of the vlctlm.n
, 1876-10-14
THE CHICAGO

TINT carly stage Of decomposition when tho
body Bwclls to nm ilnust1hl size. Some. how
ever, could only hnve been dead n short time,
sslfreucd. Va lad not ,trealnca w!snt fearful
havoc our two batteries nt,l tho cavalry
attack Ind mads on Friday, Tho de-
fcat Of tho scrvlans must have boon mitch
enemy Ind left Ills dead and wo,lndcd Ichinl,
what terrible tormenss they must have endured,
lying among, c9rpars sana derived ol all con,
sb:q sh. ,t AZ hava Gp @ ns dygT pHy g1pns s ami a
been lost in tho empty aIr. Near an Adlntant
lay two photographs, whicl, mist have slipped
from his dying hand; one represented tlle dead
man, but In the uniform OF q Russian Major or
trcsses, prominent nnsc, and light co1orc,i eyes
The photographs hali been takc,i III Moscow; on
?he back Of tho mans Rtood iii pencil, Nleolay
Kutnotf. l know not in what relation tho worn-
or bctrothcd, It IL certain his lust thoughts wcrc
Of her. Not far from him 1ay the body Of an.
other officer, his right hand pressed on his
breast, where the splinter OF n shell had ttitn
Gn gpesns sss H1 aIsaf Iona stf4Gs Ms s@ca @
his faec. which hatl the untnistakable Russian
tyre, being distorted from ps,in. It was with
difficulty that the paper was removed from his
hand. was letter, without any dnte, IN cy-
r!llIe writing, asd cvldcnly iron, u cni!d's hand
Col. Mchmcsl, who was o.ieo In tho Russian SER
vice fhc ia n Csrcassfan from DiaghcAnn. SUBJ
Jcctel b. Russia more than 0ity years ago) and
Understands Russian, translated the letter into
Turkish, anl then ono OF our Cossacks, n Pole,
who had bcot brought up IN Franco, gave nc
the contents III French us follows:
DEAnssr FATHEn: DC good cnongl'. dearest
been away mother wceps continually, and rho
dreams nvnry night that thon licAt dcnd Under a
tree. Como TO us, dear father, for mother has be-.
CONC 20 pa1o, md ~ always crying. i am tcty
Eool, 10 that she may not cry still moro and whom
thou comest back viii ron,aln good, and mover 10
natlghy agaln. but thott mist conc soon father,
and mhst kfss mother, TINT she may buco,nu Fci
nl.nin. NIL nlnn Liza fhH litita NinEn.
, 1876-10-14
Tho Vintage In tEanec'

PuftA L%(E. =. 1,,.n ah1rf
tho ylstage, too. Thesc lneessant rans r, Pas ss
Tie vintage and rot tho grapes on H. a;sos M ~,
then there 4 the 9hyilo1;sra ; {int1I {Wi,t1hI u ls.
fAuro, Vtcc.prestdcat Of t'e Conn, .,,n IN his lut
pnSlis t speech "tat accursol Iassst e. o :" 30 s
continues to spread like spot o. u . ,sre AZ w
cloth. was talking recently to ~: . "1So,nss
merchant hero, and he saia To- = r.. now. lhe
Soa s9ata Il aass a. orc S Il tha sssis nxsits
@ tho yiues on every i!i ii soutlStn f5sa@ aas @
we are now Obliged TO usg ui,, M'hIH h;IaH.ulerly uss.
grapes grown on p!alps, wniva ,.ivaers III wuikatt
quarters, Used. The problem a. ,1,aA'T ou -
never again sec il rru!su tA.Ss sth Wnsa lns,
wines, those tfM5 ord4Masmne surI wlues afs ~
longcf made. The v!auyarls xs.St,,s xsn'iaIsrs."
have been devastated by the phy'1oA''~
, 1876-10-14

Tho omnibus hurses Of rarls arc almost In
varlabIy anlnals Of exceptional stxe aud beauty,
strong white aud dappic-gray stations, selected
with great cnrc in the market Of Normandy,
perhe, or Brittany. They aso well led, cuTe-
nibus llas ten hurses belonging ~ It. These
tcu lorsrs 10. out every dayi thus, during
tho fourteen honrs service. tho horses asU
changed Ave tunes. Hclng thus ca1efully MALL
long ycars Of seEvttr. 1t Il not uncommon t0
soc horses that Laye been III tho keryice ot the
Company for fifteen years, and they kra still
capable OF go!pg through thelG regular aaily
task. Great care u za1an not " ogerstsufu
, 1876-10-14
Death Of q l'arisIan Celebrity.

There dle.l rcce.lily Vt Parls one of the most
amusing anu harmless cclebrities, N. Gayse,
long, ih!u, bopy.tatc4 man, With streaming
whi,o hair, eyes poerlng Into vacancy md u
black cont descending to Ills l,ces, inost familiar
u ail WIN prumtnltlel thr fu'aIs A0yal. Ilo
only pleaded u1le rasr, alul loslni. that left the
bur. liz married Mile. Aloreau, q n,Mor port,
u whut Larnartiav du.l!ratcA copy Of yeraes,
nnA to'l to poetry, Ills lrst iocn. betug;
"vlo Bulyide,h 1,1V t!nes, followed Ivy "TLc
Alolupnslotle," describing the brautles Of u
sIpgla lahsuags fer all lhc people uf tho earth.
.'Thr CaIvuryot Kings" and .s>rhu Uurga," ur
last nun, whlpll was Is: ,0UU Lines III length. lie
was politician also, aud at every election III
rps,aa sfts @ ea,siate% d aSas:, u stsapss 4o 10
say. receiving mfst patlsnt lsaAflnss
, 1876-10-14

FTOE41fNcs voHFNW,
1t was OH n Governor Strcet+ar. llc cut III .
rear Garner, with his elbow resting, OH the win
tlow-xtll and Ills head resting ou hts hand. lfe
appeare.i absorbed In unpleasant thoughts, hnd
turned Ills hts.d neither 20 tue right h0r to tiio
lvit .yIctlIcF beautiful ladies' nr uucUuth EacIl
Jasscti BY lin, Thciavsgoruting sunshine ehccFel
iot bis spirits, nor did the varyiDg street scenes
receive glu1sce of recognition. Or South llail1
street there entered the cur u Jolly rnliirGing
huluor, and on lks best u terms Slth lbs world
and tie Inhabitants thereof. Happy touk seat
nearly opposite Gloomy, and wltl hIs tuu seon