The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-09
VOL. ID.
THENATIONAL CAPITAL.
,rw.s DONE IN THE METRO
POLLS YEsTEKDAf.
.,sd EIections-COi. wilson anu
'o,,p.-rhe Army Il li-Nhat
packard is Aiter-Ths ""
man Who sma'hcd jack
sons Cabinet.
,s,ondence OF the Register.

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,.,m the fourth California district-"ig-
.;,ton is a Democrat, and the contest
~, Pscheco, Republican. and the SIT
ting member-Pacheco. whose Ch's'isn
ma hiss sll the mellihuous sweetness OF
C..uIe, il Romeosldo He is handsome
,,r,,w and his person as well as his
,smo is suggestive of love and dueIs' and
r,,iets and moonlight meetings, and sll
,ls. is most romantic and most be-
vi,chipg. He ls said too, to be direct
l..cepdsnt OF some old Hidslgo of Spain,
..,r.c,ed to the silver and golden fields OF
tho EIdorado OF Mexico ltslso stated that
,Ln noble blood that courses in his VEINS
ma. never been tainted by any vie |
Argl1-Ssxon mixture. 1t Is also assert
81 mat, unlike most scions OF noble an
r..trsl trunks, his is not sn empty name |
sr5 lineage, Out that he has golden du-
~s,. hy the bucke.ful! II all these store- |
.,,Js are true, It would really seem 10 be |
c-uel 10 send go great social attraction |
from The festive scenes OF the capital, anu
j, wou d be unpsrdon able, except that
.Hove'er 1t be, 1t seems 10 me,
"TiS only noble TO be good;
Kind Acts are more than cOrOnetS,
Aud simple Iaith than noble ood.
-. At least, thinks Wiggirton. and the |
majority OF the Committee on Elections
therein cOncurs.
But the case is peculiar in this: Ps-
clrco received ,lO4 votes, against
lylO8 .or Wigginton-only one ajorlty
h., 10000 votes. But the exceptional
features of this case don't cease here.
The committee were sgreed thai one
yo.. should be transferred from Nlg
g.a;on 10 PacAeco, giving Pacheco ;hree
majority. They also agree tha: i've
votes were Illegally csst for Wigginton.
Tas.. puts Wggnton eight be.
hind. They sIso were unani.
ulus that P.checo had received
eigh, illegal vetes, making their votes
a.l... Tie majority claimed that tour
more or twelve IN al, Illegal votes bad
been cast for Pacheco, VII ch gave Wig
clinton iour msjJrily. Tnst WAS tue
I.,us TO which the debate was reduced.
G. rfeld paid the committee the COM
u linen! of saying that the reports snow
81 ,bs, "iud!cisl criticism does not always
rln in the groove o! party Tne
minority claimed also that six moro vote:
should have been stricken from Wig.
g.rton. As Illegal. The House discussed
ih,Guestion 81 length, and OF course. with
= good deal of zeal. for there Is nothing
which so much warns the blood ot the
members Us contested election. wig
g,a.On was seated.
CONTESTED SEATS.
The Acklsn- Darral case from Louis.
isqa, will be reported soon. The ma
+ ,ri,y report Is in favor of seating Acklsn,
ID D,mocrat. This will nearly complete
T., contested e.ectlon cases, l imagine.
Wns, will be done about the Frost case,
from S.. Louis, Is problematicsl. There
SO contestants $50 tor tae seats oi
Ruuey and CsIn, darkies, from South
CtrOhns.
COLONEL WILSON'S BILL.
Colonel Wilson. from the Committee
on Foreign Affair.", reported bill to
exempt steam vessels engaged 10 run
n!n-from the United States TO Belgium
AMI back, from the payment Of tonnage
illegally assessed. 1t created good deal
Of talk, and Conger allowed himself TO
v,t excltci. Mr. Wilson's equsnmity
w,s unrufllei sud be insisted that "it the
government came into the posses SION OF
property by fraud, accident or mistake,
in yiOla!iOn of 3 treaty It's honor is
p,e!ged 10 respect, no American would
hesitate TO make restitution" He stated
,hs, the Secretaries of the Treasury, of
S,s.e snd the Attorney General, all con-
Cured in the opinion OF the committee.
Mr.. Wilson's argument was that OF
lswyer before court, thorough, concise
and TO the point. The whole amount OF
the refund will be about $1,000. BY the
consent of Colonel Wilson the bill was
recommitted to the Committee on Foreign
AFsirs. although Butler tried 10 transfer
ito the Appropriation Committee.
THE ARMY BILL.
Bsnuings' Army Bill is very distste-
lal 10 the srmy officers of course, and
has particularly riled that Old-man-not-
s'rsid,o.cuss, TecUmseh, who says it is
the dsmuedest piece of idiocy, ever a.
TEMPTED. Banning says the trouble with
Sherman is, that the bill propose 10 turn
out two or three dozen fellows he has on
b., stat. whose only occupation, as Ben
q, the evil-eye said, WAS 10 put two |
Jumps OF sugar on table, and bet rs to
which would attract fly first.
WHAT PACKARD LOOKS LIKE.
Packard is seen on the street every |
Gsy. He looks like prize-fghter and |
shows unmistaksble marks of pluck. He |
i, i,,upposed to be waiting 10 give Hayes
round, after Williamson Is appointed |
o.he coveted position of Collector Of !
Customs Of New Orleans, 20 which posi- !
ro0. It IL believed Packard is resdy TO |
slide dowa.
HOW SHE USMADE A CABINET.
met 81 s lunch the other day, the
once well-Enswn Mrs. General |
Es.on, who is again becom- !
iLg famous through the interview I
Of the Post. She is wonder
t4l old lsdy OF eighty, full of the grsc,s
sud wit which OF yOre made her the (
NOS. wonderful woman OF her dsy, and |
ore who had more of the brains OF the !
country dancing attendance upon her /
tusn any Of the stars of Washington, /
ps,. or present. She has the exceptional
uo;oriety OF having broken up Old Hick- |
o-y's Cabinet OF which her husband wss
member. See whst 3 woman csn do !
without suffrage! Old jackson swore, !
10Y the Eternal that she should be vis- |
tied aud recognized by the families Of
The Cabinet officers, or they should re- |!
sign. They declined, and resigned. |
There was some scandal attaching to her,
said now TO be utterly false. When she |
Was seventy.fve years old, she married |
81 Italian dsncir master only nineteen
Years Of age. She was then well of. |
Itslla's son converted all her property 70
hss own use and waltzed Of TO Italy with
8 granddaughter OF his wife, and left
Mrs. Eston, like Arisdne, deserted. She
soon recovered from the shock 10 her
youthful affections, but the Pecuniary
less has ever since hsmpered her. Verify,