The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-16


week. It is estimated that Miss WEST.
ERIN had received half million dollars
for acting, though she had very little
when she died. She was always gener-
Gus and ready to aid those who needed
aid. She has been in bad health for the
past six months, and about four weeks
ago favorite niece died, whose loss
p-eyed upon her mind and hsstened her
death. Her last words were, "Rest at
last"
SUNDAYS Cincinnati Enquirer gives
the following account of the condition
of the two Wheeling steamers sunk at
that place by the ice:
"The work of building bulkheads on
the Calumet was progressing favorably,
and 1t was eXprcted to bring the
Champion No. alongside last night
when It was thought she could be raised
IN q few hours if the Ice above did not
interfere.
The Andes was in the same position.
She is listed to starboard with the water
in the after cabin. The break is very
bad one, extending from the after hatch
to the stern. It is about two feet wide
and forty long. All the freight which
could be reached was removed yesterday.
The work Of getting ready to pump her
out Is progressing, and, II the Ice nolds
of long enough, may be raised.
Both the above boats are in great dan.
ger of being cut down BY the next move"
Both of the above named boats were
insured, the Calumet for $4,000, and the
Andes tor $4,000. The Calumet was
cut down and swept away.
An Earnest Appeal from an Ex.Con-
federate for the Obliteratiou OF War
Issues.
Editors of the Register.
lam an ex-Confederate, having en-.
tered the the military service of the
Confederate States IN 1861 and having
remained in that service until the last
gun was fred at Appomattox. During
this whole period there is hot one mo-
ment as to which l could say at that
time or since that timeI never "coun-
,cnanced, counseled or encouraged those
in armed hostility to the Government OF
the United States.
After consulting with q large number
of gentlemen whose experience during
the war was identical with my own and
with their full concurrence-indeed with
their hearty approval and earnest solici-
tstion-I have determined to write q
short communication, not in the interest
of any aspirant for political preferment;
but solely in the interest of the Demo
cratic party of our State.
The war engendered much bltterne ess
and ill-feeling between the belligerents'
and If we had succeeded in establish
ing the contederocy no doubt there
would have been not only disposition,
but an attempt by legislation to prescribe
those within the limits of the Confederacy
whose sympathies had been with the
cause of the Union.
The Confederscy was overthrown, the
Union was preserved, and it was natural
that many of the Union men OF the
State were unwilling to admit into the
administration of the government those
who had so recently been in arms
against it. When, however, they be-
came satisfied that the Confedeiates had
IN good faith submitted to the legitimate
result of the war, renewed their allegi-
ance to the federal government and had
accepted the existence OF the new state
as n fixed and unaltsrsble fact, they
did all they could to place the Confed-
crates upon an equal footing with them
selves and 10 return to them all their
rights. >,
We are indebted to the earnest and
persistent efforts Of the Union Demo-
Gratis for our relief-to the unsel6sh labor
of such men as Col. D. d. johnson, Hon,
J. N. Camden, Hon. Lewis Baker, Hon.
Okey johnson, Col. w. b. Hogemsn,
Hon.T. B. Kline, Hon. Frank Hereford,
Hon. Daniel Lrmb, Hon. b. H. Smith,
DIR. A. K. Summers, Capt Andrew Will
.on Dr SINGER Patrick, Hon. II. 6
Davis, DIR. j. q Thompson, Hon. A. b.
Fleming. Hen. r. q. Barr, Judge JEFF
Samuels, Hon. II. 5. Walker, and many
others of the same class.
1t was with deep regret that l have
read several communications teuding to
revive the anImosities Of the past, which
we had supposed had long since had been
consigned TO oblivion.
As soon as our relief had< been &C.
cemplished and the duration OF
the Democratic party established
our Union allies at once gave US . fair
proportion OF the offices; At the last State
Convention the Union Democrats, with
great magnanimity, accorded TO us ma
iority OF the places on the State ticket.
In the organization Of the present Leg
islature the same spirit was manifested.
The Speaker Of the House, the President
of the Senate, indeed almost all the OH.
cers of both Houses, were Confederates.
Shall we be less magnanimous, less just,
than our Union associatesf
During the last State campaign every
Confederate who participated in the can
vass. declared that 80 far As the old war
issues and the issues collateral thereto
we're coucefned, .rhe dead past had
buried its dead"-that there was then
bot one test Of admission to the Demo
cratic party--is ne a Democrat nov,
earnestly solicitous for the success OF the
csussf No matter what be had been IN
the past, no matter If he had remained
unreconstructed, no matter if he had
voted for proscripsive laws; if this single
question was answered satisfactorily, taat
answer vas . bar 10 an investigation of
l. -. conduct a lL,n fadsrata lInlOnlst or