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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
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Commencing at ~ OieLlS m =. 1U
N Inc fnnt door II the t.Tn,. ~
co1nty West Virginia, In habi 3 u
III iighest biddef, The real s.L1J
~ nbIeb Mary 3. BrntOn DE
ssy: TIE ~
The sspih half of III No. 20 srssb ~
addition commonly kn0sp a m ~
ton" fnOniing on ihe J~,h.slsS2
and taiDgthe ncItbS ~ "A Nr1s
Wc.t corner 81 TgeDiyfdIlb Lsle1
icss however, 10 much ~ n.",yI ~
herefofDne conveyed % One IsnAbEl
said Nary .. BintOn and b1a-rl ~
0ctoisr ~. 1865, and n0s mpsdakeI
aStbe Clerk Of the COun'y ,yyI.b nss(
- I,,nk bs. at page or 49, ~
yIAnalad as follow .s.HS
nffbe half li 90 L,kEl
sers L"s.ae I'm thf eat 49, tsSsl
ming tIn ~ ssf.H ISL ~ ~
~ sss.th linz OfihS tsl -
wild ,Is sf,h H. vel hpe kY
tpSsereSf. and fnam themes q a
Sssin%laT: =, ., ,,,a d. % sxsaaS1
twoetoy brick dTal nioSsdsss,dd ~
IEnaS AZ mncb more tbefee MSG
mogfy,ana ,ar IN cash On tbe
residue tbesa0f paysDse - he df 80
IN ono and two se>.., - rarrbss1SS
Interest from that DAP rne,s go
MOS fos the defcrred pg,serin stts,,eS4
~Tifb uerOnaI security VII ~ IN uk ~
sneciai CsumLstgsi ~ he
CIV - no be ntsined u"fs
N fhe purehase mOpet,' rREp Rlp's
siseL"
STATE ov wEu yInnIsii ~
I. Thomas II. Darr:h; oslSss So
| hereby certify thai = byBd 3D.
Commissioner has gi.eMS deence.shY
required By law 1r,saSnIIsH DA
! june %, 1855.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS.
Notes Gathered From Here and There ON
the Political Current.

sNoANH AANAS AhN NV ~
the Political Current.
Doddridge county Democrats talk Ofrun-
ming Judge Stewart for the Legislature.
There will he q Republican mass convcn-
ton at Elizabeth, Writ county, Saturday,
July 3lSt.
A Republican Convention of Mason
county will be held ut the Court House on
Tuesday, August 81.
4 mass meeting of the Democrats of
Richie county will be- held ut the Court
House ON the seventh day of August.
The next United States Senator for West
YirginiaS should be Hon. W. l.. Wilson, mem
Der Of Congress from the ID diStrict.-POcu-
hOHtIS Times.
Mercer County Democratic Convention,
which had been called to meet on the 18th
Of July, has been postponed by the EXecu-
tive Committee.
Republicans of the Fifth Senatorial Dis
Mason, Jackson AMI ROane) assemble in
convention, Mt Mason City, Mason county,
on Monday, September g..
Squire Maxwell and John Hall have an
nOunced themselves in the st. Mary'S
Oracle rs candidates for the House of Del
egatcS from Peasants county.
The name of Mr.. NJ. IL. Davis, of Har-
rison county, has been suggested for the
Democratic nomination to the State SEN
ate from the Third Senatorial District.
The Democracy ofGilmer will convene at
the Court House, Saturday, July -, 1856,
for the purpose of appointing delegates to
the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial
Conventions.
mass meeting of the Democrats of
Jefferson will be held at CharleStown on
July 30, 1SS6, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the Congressional convention
to be held at KeySer, August 18th.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Summers county has called another con-
yentiOn to be held ON the 1Ith of August
next, when they will endeayor to appoint
delegates to the Congressional convention
some more.
The object of the Columbus conference
to route the Democrats, first by turn
ing the State Republican, and second,
when that was found to be impossible, land
nobody doubted that it would be found sol
to fuse with the Greenbaek and Prohibi-
ton element, and run in a conglomerated
mass of back number politicians and mod
ern cranks. The expose had its desired
effect If a bomb-shell had exploded in
their midst during the proposed conference
it could not have thrown them into great
er CONSUMPTION. The only consolation
left them till they get a new scheme, is
that best laid schemes o. mice and men
gang aft aglee." The fact that Republican
leaders find it necessary to resort to such
schemes to get the Democrats out of power,
makes us yell and throw our hat in the air
for jOy.-RaadOph Enterprise.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22

IN our issue of July 20 q proof error Oc-
CURED in Hon. JNO. BRANSOS'SrcSOlutiOn
introduced before the Democratic COnyen-
ton ut Weston, making the resolution
read I'VE desire IN assurance of his patri-
otic purpose to continue to enforce REFORM -
instead of I'VE derive an assurance Of his
patriotic purpose to enforce REFORM 5 it
was introduced.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
JuIy 18th I>,1

Beginning at 10 "',l'Fk a ~. qli 81 Tls Z
ton AT the lrDul ,lHpr ilh" tom a.. d :
county, the follow Ing hrarl.l ~, -
that is la say: All that rcnaln Iarrs ~
lot numbered |, ia ~luan 4, 10 Nuah la
ditiOn Ia the said eats al Nhr,Ius, All bal
as follows: Beginning on llr nT' sl
Twelfth street at n paint W let AL { n
east Of EDtl street. thvu,r ,rJs lrIy ~
north side at said Twelfth stHst . " u
Iu,r,nS. th.nnn ~"a.'b"HUHp ~ ngt' r
saidTWclth street a. iurl anil a IH.s M
wcstwardly aud parallel viii fsIft csl
feet and d inches. thence sgihasrIF a.
allcl with llnli street - l"t aui : IB.sssl
beginning: being the same prFs7 stis
conveyed to the said Mary Il ,Huf "a
beth T.. Dewey Hni h,T husband Is sg q
Oh the llih day al April. I>.1
TERMS OF SALE Sl.lD ~ VI m1l ~
the purchaser may elect, cab w AT aes
the residue IN two equal iu'taIIiE'HA tsI
y aud u months respectively iDE1 n III
sale. with Interest, The pur hasI r4 %
for the deferred miscellaneous, GNI ~GEs
payment Of the samr 10y 4 do,i 81 ult Eal
property, and insurance lu lhr sIsaHi 90
than 81 90 On the building
HENEY v U"G
SP'iL"glsN
! hereby certify that lnHl WITH -
been given by the snid sIscal nAnSEni
required 10y said dccp".
THOMAS " BAEEiA, -
W. II. HALLER, An'ti"nc1f
WHEELING, June 1,tlI, ls~l ~
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22

/ The fort. 6. Stradthaus.
> Dutch church. :. Block houses.
3. Lutheran church. \. Great gun.
4. Lutheran cemetery .. St0ckadcs.
}. Dutch cemetery. 10. Six city gates.
In 1870 Killian Nan Rensselaer,, Il pearl
merchant of Amsterdam, organized 4 COM
pany that secured Il tract OF land extend
ing back forty-cight miles from the river
and south of both sides of the river for
twenty-rour miles. Killian was the largest
shareholder in this company, and it was
not long after that he squeezed out the
others. In the same way other PATRONS,
rs they were called, Stakcd of tracts OF
land ON the Hudson, living rs Ieudal lords.
In 1864 the town was captured by the
English, and in 1856 Governor Dougan
granted Il charter for a city to the people
of Albany. This is the event of which the
bi-ccntennial is now being celebrated.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22

THIS is the day appointed for the MEN
AGER menagerie ut the Neil House ut Col
umbus. But the show has gone \ glim-
mering. While to-day the sun is shining
in his perennial splendor and the June bug
is melodiously singing on the sweet potato
vine, the heart OF the Republican boss is
filed with an unutterable sadness. He
has n'r-away, woe-begone look upon his
face and Is heard ever and anon to sigh
''Alas, it might haze BEEN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
MORRISON'S SURPLUS DEsoLu-
TION.

The MORRISON surplus resolution has
been undergoing discussion before the Sen
ate Finance Committee, but the I've
10 DC left i'm the Tr~~-~.y Is llHeIy To be-
inoro,E,eI BY this committee nom $780,
600, 900 to $50, 100000.
A reserve of 500, 900, 900 would seem
sufficient to meet all ordinary contingent
cies that might arise. But it would be
better to nave the resolution pass the Sen
ate in this amended form han to have no
action at all taken. 1t is plain that some
thing should be done. There is no reason
whatever that the people should be paying
So, DOC, 600 yearly interest, almost 500, ;
600 a day on bonds which they have
money in the Treasury to
pay, and still have Il reserve of
800, OOO, 900. Would keeping this money
lying idle and paying the b~OndhOlders in
terest, seem to be 4 policy in favor Of the
people? or in favor Of the bOndhOlderS?
There is no reputation about this for
those who claim that paying the bonds in
silver would be reputation. Of the SlT5,-
600, 600 surplus in the Treasury, Sl56, 600, :
600 is in gold coin and bullion, and more
is still coming in, enough to pay the bonds
rs fast as called.
The people of the country demand that
the Senate pass this resolution, and espec-
tally do the Democrats ask for it, as it is
one of the pledges Of their platform. That
Wall street is fighting so strongly against
it is no reason that 80 conservative n meas
ure should not be passed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22

THE Republican who received one OF
MENAGER's confidential letters, is heard
calculating: Had this thing not been eX-
posed, to-day | might have been happy in
Columbus, the city of the BOOdlerS. Con-
fnnnh the lnrkr'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS.


At a meeting ofthe Democratic Executive Com
mittae for the First Congressional DiStrictof West
Virginia, held At ClarkSburg, July Is lSS, twas
ordered:
That a Conventions Of the DemOcratsOI the hrst
Congressional District Of West Virginia be called
To meetat Clarksburg. West Virginia. ON Tuesday
the 9Th day Of September, lSS6, for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for Congress in said
District, and for the transaction Of such other
business a. may come before the convention; and
that the several counties in said District be re
ouested 10 send the number Of delegates follow
;ry In Ssi1 Convention.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
STATE SENATORIAL CONVENTIONS

ForErH pIsrEIcr-At Sistcrsyille, September .,
at 10 \. NJ.
FIFTH pIsrRIcr-At Point Pleasant, July =, at
II A N.
SIXTH DSrRIcr-At Huntington, August N, at
10 A. NJ
EIGHTH DBrRIcr-At Anderson, September ;
at I'm.
NINTH DsrEICT-At Charleston, September ,
TENTH ~DrrEICr-At BuckhannOn, July -, at
10
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
Sale Of Valuable Real El,,

10y VIRTUE or TIE NTnuElV ur7I
ID in ne, 10y u dcrnr 1T TEE Nun. ga ,-l
Wheeling, made "u The sab d., Hla a
a suit in chaurcY thrn'iu I.u.rL. -
Mary IL. InCrnlt Wa riUIIlNnaf AZ
CraCral AMI Others N,n. defendant, ID
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
~i'"DAf' AUGUST >,

commencing al 10 O,clocka N I'M
described property, that is IN ~ tt
RINK. situate on the come, IE
Market streets, in the civ ~ vSIios
county. State Of West Nirginis| "heG Il
the hxtnres pertaining therepb,S o
names therennto belonging. AMI e c
TERMS OF sALE-Uurkal IVA,
money or ~ much more A. rbrrr@ u ~
TO be paid cash on the day f ~1jr
payable IN six months with in,. ANU
sale. the purchaNcrgiVinr hi,h HgSf
personal security, and the till nj
deed of trust given as addition" !
jyli il sWT
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
NELLIE GRANTS

NELLIE GRANTS MISFORTUNES.
On the morning of May n, 1874, in the
East Room of the White House, occurred
the wedding of Miss NELLIE GRANT and
Mr.. ALGERNON SARTORIS. Miss NELLIE
was then in her nineteenth year, and was
the idol Of her soldier father and the pet
of the social world around her. The sons
and daughters Of the greatest men of the
country had been her associates and few
were entering life with brighter hopes than
she.
But in this wedding a shadow fell.
Though she was 50 greatly devoted TO Mr..
SARTORIs, General GRANT and her friends
looked with gloomy f~orebOdings upon the
marriage. The old soldier said: Rather
than have any public comment I yielded
consent, though witha wounded heart"
The glOOmiest f~OrebOdingS OF the friends
Of this favored American girl have proven
true. After twelve long years of sorrow,
neglect and abuse from her heartleSs Eng
lish husband she, nearly h~eartbrOken, will,
it is said, return with her three
children to her once happy home.
During the past two years,
SARTORIs has not paid one cent towardh her
support and she has been dependent upon
money sent her from her relatives in this
country. He has no business, and spends
the annual allowance of E7OO from his
fathers estate in riOtOus and questionable
living in London, and when the sum is
gone returns again to his sorrOwing wife.
This is the same sad story that has been
told over and over again of h~igh-Spirited
American girls, who in pursuit of some
phantom of ambition, have given their
lives to some gay Ortitled foreigner, only to
find in q few years their cherished hopes
blasted, and the ''heart's roses but ashes
and dust" But the story of NELLIE
GRANTS misfOrtunes seem sadder than all,
when we contrast her condition to-day with
what il was when, surrounded by her
friends, she stood in the East Room of the
White House, and joined hands with Mr..
SARToRIS and took the vow thatlasts eth
death do us part"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
r.,rsd,y ,he pa IA, Of JIlJ ~

Tharsday. the ga day Of jay w
commencing at ~ O'Clock 4 \. ~
Srribcd real c,latr on Little boII4
Point Mills station, IN the iiealSH
i'm Ohio county, ". Va, l"Sh IE"
land which are bounded a. blu
Ginning at "A stake corner " N,ilAE
with his line north ~ cAd = 'nT5
stone i'm the line ~ Jp,Trh Nhis-i
the same nOn! Isl, eat 10 " :
thence with the month line % y" 4
,Hith 3Sl.o west ~ 30 pole va /
north aI,o west ! pole 10 The d
second beginning at a ,ighf % ih' -rII
the IIempiicld milrDad ipiinrL n 4
SIssiOn aBJ ]. ~ Bell tbrnor -slL III. Z
ROLES Ia a stone OB the nnnh ~
Leading from RGney'. Point WN'A
,bcncp with said rlni ESfh -
thence north 53I5o caa T. E1ls -
east n tDIrs; thence north - a. Z
Stone thence leaving The ran % 4
N pOles "a a beech tree rI'Ip, 81
~ BIO roles 10 d stone. ihchfr ~
noLe., thence south D. pOl'' " y 4
The third beginning az ihg '-,s ~
wet with sabi railroad " lny .'a.sr y
longing 10 lhs .aid milfpal ~"
with The line ~ .ali vi ~ osr"
- sjsgOn: thcnGc niih sb -
In a Sugar tree stump 0f hnUi 90 "
s,styLI line Ia A stone oUrnH y d
fence; thence north ~ o 'li4is -, J -
ginning, containing GSrt', > ~
the coal bank. AlD the paI 80
coal under the farm Of j. 800 4.
properly to any extent ~ ag
old as : whole Or b J%% .tiiS q e,
nancy and a. much NOR, H' w -
e %er. o I pay IN cash and ths u Te,s,f
the day Of sale, to 10 'os'' G ! II,
the property. y
IuEg
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
Thursday. the 18th DAY. o,

commencing AT 10 o'cl"ck an rS
real estate, owit: The tmd I'll IN
the waters of Little Mhrrllng d.,
district, In Ohio county. Anorr -
farm" bounded by the lanl>g ~
Ray, Jas. II. MHtnn. T.. \ Her ~ {
and containing l9 agr,>. muar ~ ~
And 10y virtue "t NlId dr,d, Mi.
nnnIinn nn ILu nr-unn- w ~ =
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
FARM FOR SALE

The subscriber will sci,
property lear the City on Etadetr,
Acres on Big Wheeling Cneylhgs h&
from the city. Land very Ley fRrs q
OF Good Fruit: Water In FvS,eL Lar
tages and Cold Well Waisrfy hsl
Fences; plenty OF LimcstnDs Si IS
gain. can q,
lylSe4gh Office. liza !. D. MSs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
W. G. BENNETT, Chairman.

Being Que for every 100 votes ca1 for Governor
Wilson in ISL, and one for each fraction of 80
and over.
W. G. BENNETT, Chairman.
J.. V. BLAIR, Secretary.
SECOND DISrEICT-At Heyser, August p, at
II An.
THIRD DrSrRIcr-At Coal Valley, September l,
at A
FOURTH DISrRIcr-At Point Pleasant, August
n at 10 4. NJ.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
TRUSTEES SAT-
Ohio County Land and NM ,,

by NlRrlE OF \ DEED up ~
ID Assignment. made Ia NM MI y
susanna VI. Castor. HI wiG. =, 'ESg \
dated on tie ID day 81 TrLT,,I Nv . y
corded in the oficv ut The Ill " : I
Court of ohio county. ". "a IN
pages jo2, &c, will >cllalpuii ~gl 'Si
PREMISES. uu @-sE III
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
dorSal.
SALE.
V,Iu.hIc Cltv p,,t.-n

lily Business Proper,v
The Business Property nov aatftt.,
d Chapman, No. l2l5 Main "supdHS
residence Of John Zoeckler Ssueet sns
Fulton, are offered for al uesseasa s,N ,
ply TO LOUIS e sr,rror e.
No ea ,LcNs 4
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
Trustees Sale Of Ohio Count Rna

DY VIRTUE OF \ DIED ~ II
ID by John NJ Pnttrf and AIMS }
wife, Ia me ~ tpu,;c' dated NIB y
March. lSNi, AMI rr'oni"l 90 W Z,
Clerk Of the County IUun"i uhn
In deed Of trnst b-sk r. pagr ~ y"
public auction on The pr,mla. 80
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
COMMISSIONERS silL

oT,ry or WEST vIEGJSlJar }, -
= ObD, Gjiy 81 "be'h"b
Court Of Whcfiit.s .t.-Lrl
Missouri !. BdDlDn, So! Np' &, "A
next friend, az.
".
Mary J. Cots and other ,s,.lhbJ
Pursuant 70 the AUTHORITY 10
DEGREES IN above causs. %, :. ~ y
iss5, aud the other on JaHns1 &s
denimed special CGmmis'"'"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
SATURDAY. the 18th Dav otI

commencing nj 10 o',ln,G aa ~~
real estate. situate nj Point Nil,
Hcmptlcld railroad, ~ N,id rn,k
and county, Ia Wit The Point Nm
consisting of alrul - arms ui I.rfI
the lands Of G. ;. Trrril. Jo,,rb
Potter, Vim. lliggN aul olhrn WIN
ing houses, store r,sIm. griI mill 49,,
thcrin, with the water pryiIrg,, 10,
nanccs thcruunt0 BELONGING. 'A
Each at said tracts "i land vuL
whole ar IN parcels Ia ,uir purLF,r
lEliNS "f SAlE "H"ihiri 81 o. 81
money, AMI ~ much m"u g. To, gurs,.,
elect Ia pay. IN cash, AMI To- n-lT
equal annual iu,talmru,. With NJ
from the day Of SALE. Ia lr SWIM, b,
trust on the property SOLD ITLln
jyl5
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
Trustees Sale de Capiil,
Corner of Market and sis,.,,s
in the City of whsli,.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEN
y by John X. Hanilan and IEuT /.
Ian 10 me ~ trustee, daIUl On ",lAaaES
cember, A. u. lNSj, AMI nIo,LtA We ia 7
the Clerk of the County Consd y u
W: Va. in deed Of tnlSt ~ ia
$50, will sell. At public anr1.'S h41Lgs \
Of the Court House Of Ohin q De-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22

The sale of ia" farm sl.ar u-g.I
iourncd IL THURSDAY. The !srL pp 81. !.
and the sale at the aluyr ulUtal lrf -.
adjourned tu SATURDAY. The 3li tu sI,
Sale will take place "u the pBulS>
jusLSgi IT, JUNIr T..I
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
Aerr advertisements.

uTANTED-ACTIvE AGENTS TO SELL
w Mining Specialties. Big money in COM
mission, or salary and expenses paid. Address,
IN. p. S. F. & NJ. Co, Box lis, Newport, KY.
iy22egdb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
DROBATE OF WILL.

Unicc of the Clerk of the County Court, Ohio
uuuly, ". Va.
In the matter of the probate of the will of Kate
have admitted Ia probate Il paper writing puT-
porting Ia be- the will of Kate Culkly, deceased,
bearing date on the lSt day of April, 4. b. lSSi.
ne it appearing from u petition and AN affidavit
filed with me in my Office that Mary Coukly,
Jerry COakly, Patrick Coakly, Timothy Cuakiy,
Bridget O'Lcary. John O'LCury, Ellen CoaEly,
and Hannah Cuakly, are nuu-TcsidcntS of this
i'm the City OF Wheeling, in the county and State
aforesaid. on the 9TH day of August. 4. u. 1856, at
10 o'clock II. M, and do what i necessary To pro
tCct their interest in said matter.
Published the first time July ;, l>>i.
GEORGE HOOK ClprE
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
GENERAL AGENTS WANTED

For the States of Virginia and West NiF-
giniO practical canVaSSCrS Ia sell our goods
through local agents, &c. Will offer liberal in
duccmentS and Il cash paying buSincS to the
right men. Address Capital city Malleable Iron
TO-, Albany, " Y. jylqrc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-22
d. O'EEEFFE, Attorney.
DUBLICSALE.
curt House, on
Saturday Morning, July 2Ith, at 10 O'Clock,

the Ferguson property, on Main street, between
TwcntySCcund and Twcnty-third streets. Fifth
ward; - feet front. running back to the ALLEY.
iulgi ". II. llNLLER, AuctiOnCcr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-12
NoRFoLK's NAVY YARD.
An Explanation Of the Removal of q
Tablet and Men Demanded.

An Explanation Of the Removal of a
Tablet and Men Demanded.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lin the House
to-day resolution was introduced by
Mr.. BOutelle, of Maine, calling on the
Secretary Of the Navy Tor information
concerning the truth or falsity of certain
statements which have appeared in the
public press As follows:
First-That the commandaut OF the United
states navy yard a. Norfolk mas caused nom
orable inscriptions heretofore borne on can
non captured ny the United states military
or naval forces TO he Ohiitcratc0.
See ,nd--Jhat he caused 10 be removed from
the dry dock tablet placed trere at the time
it was reconstructed, and bearing the in
scripuon: destroyed by the Rebels in 1852 /:
rebuilt by the United states government in
1853"
Tbird-That because of his protect against
the removal Of this inscription, the Superin-
tendent in charge OF the work OF rebuilding
has beon removed from bis positiOn. and per-
son who engaged ~ military service against
the government appointed IN hls place.
F0ugth-That. in disregard OF the grateful
recognition OF the services, sacri6ces and sur
ferngs Of pOrsOns honOrably discharged from
the militars or naval servic Of the country, a
number OF such persons have been dism iesed
FROM employment in the Norfolk Navy Yard,
and their places filed bY men who fought
against the government. during the rebellion.
II these allegations are found TO be true,
the Secretary OF the Navy Is directed TO
inform the House upon whose order and
on what authority and in pursuance OF
what public policy, II any, such inecrip-
tiOns were Obliterated and such persons
dismissed from the service.