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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-13

TorKrA, November ia BIZ neetisg
was beid here last night b u Denocnse
to slorily over the sIeetiea. 81 Geo. VI.
Click for Governor. Hf. Giick - sooee
the speskefs, and ths toes q hh speseh
was tbst his election - n0e . pofeeco
triumph; thst ~ was sleetsd y Eseshlt
cans as veil - DemocSsts, sod thet saD
fact would be remembered through BE -
ministxati00. ~ 49,
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Nof ElioihIe.

Reports have reached here. that OHsra,
colored, elected to Congress from the sec
ond North Carolina district, Is lnellSloie,
having been born In canada ana never
having been naturalized.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.
A Monroe Cesnty Citizen Issssntiy
Killed.
Special 10 the Register.

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LEwnpuRa, West Va, November ia
sad accident occurred near Fort Spring
Depot, in this county, on Friday, which
resulted In the death Of Mr.. VIM. A. No
Mann. former Sheriff Of Monroe county.
hadRSRs.sons handRSRfs..ass that lm.Sa mr. MISann h.d ..a's
vicinity Of the rock quarry n bIs., bII TN IN ne
charged, one Of the rocks from whlnS I
sirlek him on the head, resulting In si
moa instant death. The decesssd
n akei refuge In the midst Of pile on Inm.
Der, s9t u seems that bis person ~. 'r' ~
en.iny emu eorsred from the blast Hs va
III VII, hs hsnd savernd bis loss In the com m nifty
a % number M Of felt lie leaves q we and
hsiors hi, death b'dren. Only q ~ days
mon his life for bad secured 2 policy
tunl insurance Conn., nv IN 'he 'a"e'
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4, JOS. Dufiesne had his left arm torn from
He shoulder by being caught in a machin-
belt in Woonsoeket, Il. l.. yesterday
@trning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-13

NERvousxEss, debility, and exhausted
vitality cured by using Browns Iron BIT
ters.
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MnLvrILx, MAss, Novenbsf liza cd
Iisiop bstveee too fright ts.fns - ~
New Yogk snd Hew EaGiso1 knijeoeo -
night, near this pls0, resalee1 y - -
frsek foe sssaai bosn. No isjusiOJo ~,
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Bossoy, Ma, Eeyembu 1l-lss cAas
year aljmcny in hss ssft leains( ~ Mr.
bsnd. she veil kncvn acsnf. Z g.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-13

The title of the hand Iomest officer in the
town is awarded to a commodore who re-
sides on Connecticut avenue, near the
English legation. He is about 53 years
old, but has the flesh coloring> and bright
ewes of %. His hair and beard are soft
iron gray, and his figure as erect and agile
as in hls midshipman days.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
The Coming Encampment.

There has probably never been an Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army to which the mem
bers Of that Order looked forward with such
keen interest as that which is shortly to be
held in Baltimore. Many circumstances
combine to make it the object of special
attention. In the first place, it is the first
time that Southern city has been thus
honored; and Baltimore, it viii be remem-
bered, although never the actual theatre Of
war, gave our volunteers their first taste of
Rebel lead That is an event in her history,
however, Of which her good citizens have
always been ashamed, and for which, indeed,
the good citizens Of that day were not
responsible. Their worthy mayor now
Massachusetts troops and did what lay
within his power 10 give the Boys in Blue
a safe conduct through the city. But, what
ever it may have been then, Baltimore is to-
day as loyal city as there is in the country,
and perhaps the most hospitable to the
stranger within her gates. Long ago the
sears of the war healed over, and in the
ranks of her crack militia regiment the sur
yivors of both armies now march side by
side. Federal Hill, whose guns once com
manded the town, has lost its grim aspect
| and to look at its grassy slopes you would
never imagine that it had ever been aught
but the charming city park that it now is.
! If any OF the veterans who hurried through
/ Baltimore that eventful spring, just twenty
wears ago, should attend the Encampment
next month, they will experience some diff
Guilty, we imagine in finding the old land
marks.
But it is not alone because Baltimore is
historically interesting that so much concern
is manifested in the coming event We
must ascribe it in part to the current belief
that there is a fine old favor about Mary
land hospitality which is not TO be found
elsewhere, and which the members Of the
Grand Army are impatient TO test for them
selves. And indeed the citizens Of Balti-
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
A Good Old Rebel still.

We find the following extract from
recent speech by Jefferson Davis, Esq, going
the rounds of the press:
at is false-utterly false-that our peo-
ple ever did treat prisoners with cruelty,
and [ want the fact known as 1t can be
shown"
The MIR. Davis above referred to is the
gentleman who once figured as Presi-
dent OF the Southern Contederacy, and, Of
course. he ought to know all about the
treatment which Union soldiers received IN
Rebel prisons. 1t is scarcely possible that
any atrocities could have been perpetrated
upon them without his knowledge, and his
declaration that they were never treated
with cruelty, has, therefore, all the force Of
an official denial
It will doubtless surprise many OF our
readers to learn that the sufferings which
our soldiers are popularly supposed to have
undergone at Libby, Belle Isle, Columbia,
Ander.onville, Charleston, and other South
ern prisons had no real existence; but, then,
this is not the only shock that public cpin-
ion has received concerning the events of the
war, and those, for instance, vino accept
Senator Hampton's statement, that God
alone knows who was right" in that un-
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

Isore on their part, seem equally impatient
to afford them an opportunity. They have
put their purses, time, and labor at the dis
posal of the Reception Committee without
waiting for a request to "stand and deliver"
and we observe that ex-Rebels and ex-Union
men, Democrats and Republicans nabobs
and plebeians, are SO mixed up in the matter
that it will be impossible ever to sort them
out again. And really that is just as it
ought to be, since there is no longer any
Mason and Dixons line to trip up the feet
of the stranger. In our last issue we in
dicated in general way the character of the
entertainment that is preparing for our
veterans, and there is every prospect that
the reality will far exceed our predictions.
It only remains for us to say that THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE will pitch its tent
along with the rest and do its part towards
enlivening the occasion.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE length of time that has elapsed since
the Phoenix Park tragedy without the dis
covery of any reliable clue 10 the identity or
whereabouts Of the assassins, forbids the
hope that the miscreants viii ever be
brought to account for their brutal crime.
The British authorities have exhausted every
available resource III the endeayOr to unearth
the cOnspirators, and there seems to be good
reason for believing that the latter were the
agents of some agitators' organization, and
have been provided by it with a secure asy-
lum. 1t is scarcely credible that they could
have eluded detection without such assist
ance, for the police were on their track
within few hours after the commission of
the crime, and the telegraph was employed
to put the authorities of every town in the
United Kingdom on the lookout for them,
and it is not surprising that the Lord Lieu
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

ALTHOUGH THE NATIONAL. TRIBUNE
rests its claims to public favor chiefly on the
intelligent and effective support which it
gives to the interests of our ex-soldiers and
sailors, it may safely challenge comparison
with any weekly journal in the country
in its general news features It aims to
present in an interesting form a complete
record Of all the leading events of the week
at home and abroad, so as to render it
entirely unnecessary for its readers to con-
suit any other newspaper for secular intel
ligence, and its contents, instead of being
caFelcssly thrown together, receive the most
thougtful consideration at the hands of
skilled and experienced editors. Recog
nizing the fact that large proportion
Of its readers are farmers. or at least men
who arc interested in agricultural pursuits,
it devotes . considerable share Of its space
to topics connected with the culture Of the
soil, and we venture to say that a mora ably
conducted department than that of which
Professor Saunders has charge cannot be
found in any American journal. We
allude to these characteristics of THE Ma
TIoEAL TRIBUNE, not because our sub
scribers have failed 10 note them, but in
order to bring them to the attention Of
those who hesitate to subscribe On account
of their inability to bear the expense of
more than one paper and fancy that it does
not print The general as well as the pension
and Grand Army news of the week. The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE contains all the news
ana the subscription price is only one dollar
per year.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

In for,pdrding his subscription for THE
NATIONAL. TRIBUNE from Laurence NGSs,
Gen. GEORGE S. Merrill, Commander Chief Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, says:
"The bold advocacy of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE of the rights of the soldier ELECTS my
hearty approval Keep on as yo@ hare begun,
and do not consider your 'cOrk accomplished
unta euery soldier arho is entitled TO pension
receiUeS it, and eUery soldiers acidoco and epery
soldiers child are prOvided for By the Gorern-
gent. (!SiGned) GEO. S. MERRILL"
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

ONE of our Democratic exchanges alludes
to the annual appropriation for pensions as
"the most monstrous and audaciOus steal
ever perpetrated on a government" and
adds that the worst of it is that the proper
and fraudulent claims are so mixed up that
it is impossi BILE to attack the job without
appearing to begrudge those due to worthy
men, This sort of talk only evinces the
woful ignorance under which some of our
editors labor in regard to the subject of
pensions. If the pension appropriation is
"a steal" who are the benefciaries of the
theft? Certainly not the pension attorneys,
for the fee which they are permitted to
charge for securing pension is regulated
by law; and as clearly not the officials of
the Pension Bureau, for they are paid fixed
salary If the pensioners themselves, it is
they can be accused since they can only
draw their pensions upon the presentation
VI lCs5Sh plOOA tAi'N eAANy eR@S NAA'i'A~N& ~ -
place on the pension rolls. Nor do we see
upon what ground the assertion is made
that the proper and fraudulent claims are
mixed up. If there are any persons now on
the pension rolls who have no right to be
there, our cotemporary should make known
their names, in order that the roll may be
purged So far as our knowledge goes no
such evidence exists, and we do not believe
that our cotemporary had any facts upon
| which to base its vindictfSe charge. So far
from being "a monstr0us and audacious
steal" the annual pension appropriation bill
simply provides for the payment by the
Government of amounts due under existing
laws and in settlement OF claims whose
validity has already been carefully adiudi-
Gated. 1t would be quite as reasonable to
denOunce the payments On account of inter-
est on the national debt as "steal" as TO
characterize the payments on account Of
pensions as such. But there are none SC
| ignorant as those who wont learn.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE one all-impOrtant measure now be-
fore Congress is the Pension Appropriation
bill. which provides for an increase in the
clerical force of the Pension, Adjutant-
General and Surgeon-General's Offices. Every
applicant for pension, as well as every
person who IS entitled to one, but has not
yet filed claim, is personally interested in
the passage Of this bill, for its effect will be
to accelerate the settlement of claims more
than fifty per cent. THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE will faithfully note the progress OF the
bill in both Houses, and those who wish to
keep posted in iegard to it will do well to
send in their subscriptions without further
loss of time. Price one dollar year.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
No READER of the Grand Army Depart

No READER of the Grand Army Depart
ment of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE can fail
to have observed the rapidity with which
the Order is growing in every section of the
country-the South, CT course, excepted.
New Posts are being established daily, and
a most wholesome activity is noticeable
everywhere in the work of the several De-
partments. All this is extremely gratifying.
1t shows that the noble objects of the Order
are more thoroughly understood and appre-
ciated than ever before, and that the suspl-
cion entertained by those who were Ignorant
of its real character that it was mere polltl-
cal organization, has been effectualy dis
PEELED. We sincerely trust that this auspl-
cious outlook for the future of the Order will
continue. In our Judgment it is the duty
of every ex soldier, whose circumstances
admit, to connect himself with the Order,
and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE will always
stand ready to cooperate with 1t IN any
Good work which it may decide to under
take.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

happy conflict, will, doubtless, readily credit |
this last declaration by Mr.. Davis
1t may not be out of place, however, to |
consider what this declaration implies. If
it be true, it necessarily follows that the
descriptions which our returned veterans
have given of their experiences in Southern
prisons are shOckirgly erroneous. Instead
of being exposed to every storm that visited
that section, the inmates Of Andersonville
must have been lodged in commodious bar
racks; instead of being compelled to go
about in rags, they must have occasionally
received change of clothing; instead OF
being put on starvation rations they must
have received the same fare as the conteder-
ate soldier; instead of being deprived OF the
means of Stacking their thirst, they must
have always had access to plentiful supply
of pure water; instead of being shot down
like dogs whenever the intolerable heat
forced them to cross the dead line" IN
wants carefully attended to by competent
surgeons and faithful nurses; instead Of be-
inc subjected to the tortures of vermin, they
must have been provided with the means of
securing cleanliness; instead Ofbeing tempted
to risk their lives in order to escape the hor-
rors of imprisonment, they must have been
quite content to remain amid such pleasant
surroundings! 1t is pretty hard to believe
that the tyrant Wirz never existed, but We
have the word of NIr. Davis that Union
prisoners were never treated with cruelty,
and that certainly puts the butcher in the
category of myths!
And yet when one recalls the appearance
of our poor boys when they came North
after an exchange of prisoners, it does seem
rather hard to credit his assertion. They
were in rags; they bore the marks of pain
and suffering; they looked like skeletons
| thew seemed to have lost all their strength
and courage, and they ate as if they were
| famished. Some of them, too, brought back
relies with them-dumb witnesses OF the
tribulation they had undergone. few o
them had kept diaries, and the experience:
which were there set down were of the sor
that the martyrs of the Dark Ages endured
at the hands of the InQuisition. Had any
one ventured at that time to pronounce thei1
stories false and declare that they had re
ceived only kind and consideTate treatmen
from the Southern people, he would have
been pronounced either lunatic or a knave
With Mr.. Davis, of course, the case is diff
ferent AS the head of the conspiracy t.
destroy the Union he was in a position t.
know what was done with the prisoner
captured during the war, and when he de
clares that they were not treated with cruelt.
it would be presumption on the part OF an.
Union soldier to contradict him! Neverthe
less, we cannot help wishing that this unre
pentant Rebel, rather than the Union soldier
had been compelled to undergo the treat
ment which the latter received within til
stockade at Andersonville He had perhap
then spared us this last exhibition of atrociou
and monstrous mendacity.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

q single session at which they did not petit
ton for them, and the Sun very well knows
that not since the surrender of Lee has there
been such general rejoicing among them
as followed upon the announcement that
their demand had at last been granted. But
il is folly to expend our ammunition on such
eowardly slanderers as the Sun. If 1t
chooses to fly in the face of history, it is
not history that will suffer from the en-
counter
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE slight opposition which was mani
tested in the House to the passage OF the
nationaI-bank charter extension bill, shows
+b,+ aro, o,r greenback friends recognize
the danger of disturbing the banking sys-
tenn of the country, althouh they may not
perhaps be willing to eoncede, what the
.,neriencs of every business man has proved
to bs a fact, that it IS the safest and most
reliable that the country has ever had. Let
II. hope that they will be equally reluctant
70 meddle with our present system of
internal revenue taxation.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

tenant of Ireland should ascribe the failure
to apprehend them to the withholding of in
formation on the part of those who have it
in their power to put the police on the right
track. Indeed, this Withholding of informa-
tion is even more shameful than the crime
itself, and is calculated, we fear, to make the
British government more distrustful than
ever of its Irish subjects. There can be no
question now that the repression bill will
soon become law, in spite of the parlia-
mentary agitation against it, and that it will
be vigorously executed. Whether its effect
will be salutary or not, remains to be seen.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE SENATE, as already noted, has
passed the bill to establish an intermediate
appellate court for the purpose of relieving
the supreme bench of the immense amount
of business which is now sent up to it from
the lower courts. The decisions of the court
are to be conclusive upon questions of fact,
and writs of error to the Supreme Court for
reviews upon points of law are to issue only
where the amount involved exceeds $4,000.
The effect of this limitation will be, of course,
to relieve the Supreme Bench from the con-
siderstion of petty cases and expedite the
consideration of important questions, the
pressure of business before the court being
so great, at present, that it Is Two or three
years in arrears in the rendering of opinions.
The condition of business before the Pension
Bureau, however, is even in more unsatis-
factory shape. At the present rate of adjust
nentit will take between five and ten years to
dispose of the pending claims and the claim
ants are certainly quite as deserving as any
whose appeals are before the Supreme Court.
Common justice, it seems to US, requires that
Congress should at least pay as much atten-
ton to the needs of the Pension Bureau as
to those of the Supreme Court, and it will
sadly fail of its duty should it adjourn
without authorizing the increase of clerical
force which Commissioner Dudley has applied
for
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE New York Herald announces the in
tention of Mr. Bennett to make ample pro-
vision for the support of the widows and
families of all the brave men who perished
in the Jeanette expedition. This is a
simple act OF justice, and nothing more than
the ordinary considerations of humanity re-
quire, but we are glad to know that the
proprietor of the Herald has acted with such
promptness. The Government, unhappily,
takes its own time in pensioning off its
crippled defenders.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE will contain
full reports of the special features of Decora-
ton Day ceremonies in various parts Of the
country, and comrades of the Grand Army
who wish to inform themselves concerning
the affairs Of the Oder should send in their
subscriptions without delay. THE Ma
TToNAL TRIBUNE is the only journal thai.
pavs special attention to the collection aad
publication Of Grand Army news.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
Official Organ of the Grand Army.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SIXTEENTH
NkTToNA1 FNCA1TPNTST G. 4. r.,

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SIXTEENTH
NATIONAL. ENCAMPMENT G. \. R.,
BALTIMORE, Mdrca 81, 1882.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
SIR: an so much pleased NTH the fearless
advocacy Of the soldiers Interests pursued 6y
gsur paper thGt hare taken a apersonat interest
IL. issqodacing it into this Department. / fur
taer desire TO make 1t the OFEECIAL- oRGAN.oF
THIS COMMITTEE, and aciH furnish yOu aceekty
miik 50 much OF This committees correspondence
az .i! tc interesting TO our comrades throughout
IL. asuaiyy scho intend Uisiting thiS city on The
ec-o~ien If the assembling Of The National En-
csapmeat, IA Jane ncrt.
Yours, rery truly,
WM. Z. w Ross,
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
Chairman Erecutice Committee.

WE are under obligations to many of our
ex-soldiers who have voluntarily undertaken
to canvass for subscribers 20 THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, and we trust that the great sue
cess they have met with will induce our
readers generally to follow their example.
Remember, the longer its subscription roll,
the greater will be its influence and Its
ability to advance the soldiers interests.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

GUITEAU's last appeal to the public is Of a
piece with all his previous utterances. 1t
seems to be second nature with this vulgar
wretch to blaspheme, and his mind paay be
aptIy compared to sewer through which a
stream of putrid thought is constantly flow
ing. Sewer gas is not a more deadly poison
than the vaporings Of his deprayed intellect,
and his removal" now soon TO take place,
will doubtless be a source Of intense satisfac-
ton to disguised public.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

The next few weeks will be the most
interesting of The present session Of Congress
to those who are concerned in pension legis-
l.st,on, and TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE VIII
csnt4:n full reports Of all important meas
ures and discussions. Subscribe at once
only one doll&r per year.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27

THE readers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
will confer an especial favor by forwarding
promptly accounts of Decoration Day SER
vices. In our next issue we shall devote
considerable space to the memorial ceremo-
nies, and while our regular staff of CORE
spondents is larger than that Of any other
journal devoted to soldiers interests, yet it
will be impossible to cover the entire field
on Decoration Day without the aid Of our
readers. Comrades in every Department
will, we feel assured, oblige US by mailing
at the earliest possible moment accounts Of
the services in which they participate.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
Gle e2.1gafiam'1 Eribmne

TrI VALIDITY OF PUBLIC DEBT OF TIE UNITED
STATES. AUTHORIZED law mciUCNG DEBTS INCURRED FOR
rAynENr OF PENSIONS EoUETlsS FOR SERVICES m SUP
PRESSING KsURRecToN REBELLION, SHALL NOT aE CUES
TIoNEo'-SEc ART. XIV, CONSTITUTION Or TIE uNITt9
STATES.
The National tribune., 1882-05-27
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