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HI IIUI .III j|l J. t ..-J'.HA.'jVi I ?" fcaft '?).?? i:3 ?a - >r* ?\\ <r??tl JA ?' -*iXC * y" f- - '' '? 'ffi 's. ??*??<?liii -4 ?M ^ - trrt^Ft -o??i| . -:tJ i'.H.v.H T* r< ;J HPW*U?5 Off* K?J TNG, FEBRUARY 27, WHEELING, WEDNESDAY VOLUME 9 ?? > ? 0<1J Xtl 9*?iO > gv $ stocyrgO "tv * 5COGI&T NUMBER 159 ' 1 11 .'J l'KlNTKD AND PUBLISHED BT 3AMPBELL&M7DERMOT, iSTBLilOEKCBR BCmfalSO?, A". ? war <iT 1*1*1??' TERMBi , n/.(by raaU,p.j?W<> In adrMM,* ,-4i#0 By the Week ? 10 kWrAlj-.d*!-in ?dY?nc*,)?.... tflO f AdrertMnf dum <m nuoubU lirllll. 14dTfUin? lilt! from %4UUoce, orfriga timMUnt lit jr cutooen, miu? t>o (aid 1? (dnan. INSURANCE. isurance Co. of Hartford, ipltal A Snrplns, 412,194,100.02. ? ixcour. of this Compaoy It DOCBLK that of nay other Fir# In?nrauce Corporation In the United SlttM. A?Mti, January Xi 1800. >*h in hood, A Dfp<witMli\ ilartt'd U>nfciiat,44B 41 2ash intrahslt, and inbai*b*f ItaA+.t.JJUpiri 78 ] "" Kwfti<U(? anin^inb* lloa.y "Is. til. Co., Mcurol by iIortj*fe, iiM 75 DM.* UuJ C I Co. D d^?pr.et.Mmi*a. ln|.,n^8? 00 Hilt. fUcvlr.M., amply MC?i?l,....r......J....I1040 M Other Tt.mv 17^U 00 2 u sum u'a^ i o nr. ct. MaU-fto. n ' XBT Uoa<Ul),T * IJiwr ct. Urt, ?nua?Uy,_.$18!,000 00 ?S7 ihuM luTlroad Stack.......... ...... Hit M oo " OaaaKtlcat Rl.w Co. Stock 1.U000 ;z358S " Prorld.nce, k7i? " " l^TlOO imm i*m J*) yll^r^ford, , i ? 24M00Q9 M New Vork, " u 681^60 00 " N. T. L. I. k Tout Co. ?? ........2*150 00 ?? U. 8.Trast Go. Bank Block.....?..12,100 00 '.SiSu?ck*,6 perct. semUuinuei intfeMfct^lfie," S0 00 c - * ttutfl nhl?B^bW(g.ift,^V. 00. total assets, 9s.im.ioo os "" UlLfriUd.-ansettUdcUInu netdue4n?,W 05 Upward! of $13,000,000 Of Loum bare been paid by tbo JEtua Insurance Co. lb the past 41 yaar*. FIRE AND INLAND NAVTOATION ? accepted lit term* consistent with solvency . Hair profit. clal attention fioen to insurance of DWBLLL and OtnUnttJbr terms of one tojlv pears. The progress of this Corporation baa been stable and uninterrupted through seasons of financial ?an ?blne and storm or periods eventful in or exempt from sweeping conQagrations and maritime disaster. Be ing long established, on a cash basis, the troubles of the credit system affect its in no matsrisl particular. Oaring "hard times'' the security of reliable Insu re ace la an Imperative duty?the ability of property boldera to? attain low being then much lessened. Policies iMued without delay, and all business at tended to frith dispatch and fidelity, by . N. 0. AllTHUR. Agent, Oifice over the Bank of Wheeling. spO _ JEFFBRSOS ISSUR1NCE CO. OF SCYTTSVILLR, ALBKMAllLK CO., VA. Actual CaHTAI....^.................. ..........$150,000 ALBEMARLE INSURANCE CO. OF G1IAIILOTT3V1LLB. VA. CAPITAL,................ ^....^...$*00,000 Pennsylvania Insurance Co. of pirrsuuROii, pa. $300,000 OF harkisburq, pa. CavitAt.............. .........$300,000 H 'piIE AboveCompaniM havingappolnted the under* S 1. signed their Agent for Wheeling, and-vicinity, c w mid respectfully solicit th? patronage of tbo public. Said Companion Are wall known to be nmt class office*, k All losses promptly adjusted. N.C. ARTHUR, Agt.1 \t ?w|*30. Offiqe ov^t^he Rank pf Wheeling. INSURANCE. Bpstk 1 lolly ?m. folly otfinlMd; U now propiwd'tbl? Mske ?t lowest coniisteut rates, on Dnildings, Machinery, ? Furniture, An I Stocks of Merchandise, and AgAlnst , all dinner* Attending the transportation of.MerchAn ; Uhe on Rlrera, Soa*. Lakes, Canal* and Railroads. Applications for Insurance will be .promptly At tended to by the President And Secretary. The patrotumoofthepablicjc r*?pectfully solicited. 8. P. HlLDRKTIl, IIKNRY K. MPT, Secretary. President. DIRECTORS, 0. D. lltnitu, Jon li. nouns, Chaistlot Hbsa, Tufts. H. List, L. D. Wait. Opportunity Is still afforded to those who winh ?? nbscribe, a* the subscription book remAlns open *t he Company'* office. roy26-y | TO THOSE WHO WISH TO BB nsr s xj n' IE r>i AO AINST A I.I. CONTINOKNOIKS. [IHBjllOJIR IXSBIIA5CK COMPANY Ato 0*MTAi(?Tery doll.r paid In) L.'J ... ft,000.000 Contingent Fund (oT?r(^, ih'V, 5QO,OOo The largest Cash CApUal for the Amount of risk o my office In the Uplted State#. W. P. PETERSEN, Agent. ? rpiIK iariUR ANCK CO. OF TUB VAL * JL LBT OK VIRGINIA. Cish Carnai. (paid In) . ; #300,000 i Much the largest Cash Capital of any offico charter* rbd by thU Stat?. 4WPire And Inland risks taken on the most rea ' sooAble terms. . ?. , Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid by W. F. PETERSON, Igt. Tiib coxtihental insurance COMPANY, of New York. Oasu Otvrr.it (paid In) ... ?$500,000 Cash Contingent Fund (over) .^^^.^.^..^.^376,1000 j In this office the assured participate in the profits without incurring any risk. W. P. PETERSON, Agent., / r?S LTXQHBURU HOSE AFIRE CM3URAN0K COMPANY. Cash Oiriru. __#ioiM>oo W. r. CBTgRSOX, Jr, Ag?nt.. ?a^?rn.N>OJ)O01 of CaA CfcplUl rapnmtod by thU old Mil nil uUlilUhoJ Ap.ncT. whcro mr; Ion lath.?bu??olDe.hubo.n promptlypaid lii nN|. ? n j, takn It w*? da. fcy tb. t.rraa of th? poller. one. . i k. WW?ly Milii t. ?l Ml -INSURANCE. The Fire&Marine Insurance Co. 0P WltKHMNO. IXOORPORAfED IK UST. '1-t >KRS RISKS AT. TUB L0WKST BATJS8 ON L BhIWIbm or .11 kind* StosinlMWU, ?arnltur.?nd M.rch\n<lU.t ?nd i?t Ml dwwot, uluUnt th. Tr importation of Ooodson rivere, seas, lakes, cauaIs and railroads. B. W. ILlamsto; IWy. Hl*?T Cxjwcu, Pr<*"t DIRKCTOBS. J.O. Achuok JohnDooIon, Bobt Morrtaon R. Cranria, S. Brady, SualOtt. Jan H. *53 ? ? JOUX u?. AOST. aoaaoo*. . .. j^.p-touaa KC4SXS LIST. ' ?'** <- 1 ' ?? \ LIST, MOEBISON & CO., Wlsolee*lo Grocsrs A ProdncsDsalsri xu. 70 x*i*-sL, rrk^ttmg, r*. , We desire to state to the friewh of the Uteflnn ail to the tra-b* generally, that we are in possesetop of the !iuU iv.U|>U facUities far the trensaction of a Wh ?ip? \\t- Grocery-a?1 PixwIa?* Rnsltieee.- " We are determined to execute all orders entruste< Co oar esre with A-lelity- awl promptnees. And.on thi most farorable terms. Your irt?t servants, , L13T, MORRISON A 00. ih?. fannary id. IMn Ian? CA.tfPAION MBDAX3, ? COIN STVLK?Portraits of All the caadidAtee Por mt RBDUCKD PRIORS by . ft * ' I T. H. LOO AN- A CO. And au?3l LftOAN. LIST A CO. C\BRAOKS2T BALM^- ~ O" OlfLKBRATBO FOR COBGnS. COLDS, .te OjKlnninl. K. BOCK ISO, Ag't, ?rB Wtdkn'lUltnilun. BUSINESS CABDS. Axjns HUGHES, It. lJ. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, TTA8 AB30CIATBD WITH HIM, IN TUB PBAC* D,. a rradoate of the "Penn Medical UnWertitjr-.'+t ? Philadelphia, Yteiuiayl**bt*,** who will devote her atiesxtkm exclusively to Obetetrlai and the Di?mw"' of JeftlaU* and Children. mj29,00 omcBHOcna. )fani!ttS,7 to9; Noon, 1 to 3; Evening, 7 to?. OPFICK AND RB8IDBNC*: Cbruer of Toorth and I Qulncy ttreets, below; the let Presbyterian Church. | a. BOOH K'LVRB, ATTORNEY AT'tAW; . N. B<?Will practice In the several Court* of this ; and the neighboring Counties. ! . ^rPartletjlar attention will be given to the eo%, action of claims. nov20?ly ; S. AVEET, WBOLESXIX * OXTAIL Hat and Cap Manufacturer,1 No. 146 Main Street, a WHEELING, VA. Hae on hood the largest and beat assortment ofHaU. and Cape of allqualUto* and sites. . r J anil CYRUS W. FIELD & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ITHOLKSALK DEALERS I!t . ; .] Paper and Paper Manufac turers' Materials. 57 Beekman and 87 Aun Streets, Jr-lyd NEWYOIUL . M.FCM FEEEY. w. B. PC*PURE I. M. PUMPHEEY & SON, Coimnission ? A SB ? Forwarding Merchantu ? DEALERS IN ? Wool, Flour, Baoon, Prowlatona, am, Produce Generally. No. 70 Main Street* Janl?ly WMEBL1XQ, VA. S. G. ROBINSON, MAScrAoroan or WINDOW GLASS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In PAINTS, OILS* 8 ASH, DOORS, LIME, j CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, diC. - ?? No. 75 Main Street, Jy4 WHEELING, VA jyE.REXLLY, Wholesale Dealer in GROCERIES, Foreign and Domeatlc Wines and Liquors, Nba:M"Jk'tt Hun Street, my7?ly . W1IKRLIN0. VA clasjt l. SAXK. . ?.r. m1llkk C. l. ZANE & CO. Importers and Dealers in FkrrHgiCi& Domestic Wines and Liquors, Manupwturers of Pure Oatawbn Wines, i qcuccr misct, unrnx Main a Market Sts. . - wiieelinu, ya i t7~bkp constantly on hand Brandies, Scotch and iv iri*h Whiskies, Jamaica knrai and Cordials, Choice Old Rye and Bourbon whiskies. ? scp'jt?ly T.h.liogan?ico. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, wiikklinq, VA. ' ttaye remor*-d to their NEW wakkrooms, xo. xi 47 Slain Street, and No. 8 Quiney Street. t?y Main Street entrance, nejct door to Baker Hopkins. 4)uinry Street entrauce near the Halt. it. It. Depot, and wharf. DRUGS. PAINTS. OILS, medicines, yarfisiikk. bkushes, WINDOW QLASS.pkhfumkries, f WHITE UHAD, r ; PATENT'jukd1qinks, Ac. ? 1 Offered to the trad?, fa city arid country, at imo prices - and of theiv*f quality. ' Ca>h and prompt cnstomere are invited to fall. ap3,'5P J. o. BAKES. V. o. walobt. BAKER & WEIGHT, wlu4ep|if Dealer* in Tobacco, Snuff & Segars < NO. n\is fitricbt, apv&a-ljrr^w-^'-- -g" - -^"w-'we, a'. willl'am keessing, b8 Murket Street, 0l d POST 0 F:F I 0r B U 1 ldix wii k kli NO. VA. qsocmiu, liqcobs, Winn, sin abb, -and ' . ? porkiosr Produce Gexkrallt. ftbl*-tf ? : ' . w. T. MEEDS, 1 ? akd ? bbaifk book slxuractdrer tnuaiftmar BuiUiif.cor.4 Main *1. All descriptions or blank books i_i.ua. cunl miih. to ord,r. prtotod h?<b It remind. mftgsjnm. miulc and all klwu of ferinttd mittrr bo?? in th. timt a?4 mnn aibrtaotlat atyle at r?A oahlprk.*. All work kmfanuwl,, .\gcTta\Lt? J HATS & CAPS! \\T\ naye OS HAND A VERY la.rob and .1? reU assorted stock of ilata Aad Oape. *hleh we wi jupw of on the moat favorable term*, i All those Anting articles in ot?r line era invited to call iwl excise. as w? wiu sell them lower than they ,*5. \No Disunion! ~ rr vxirop tite preservation op the Unio* have receded a large im of itintajmus lins, CheU, and many other good*, at disunioa price*. A thom'bayinc roods for cash are respect Hilllix HO. 1. HERRINGS.?50 half fctsu, larrre, 19 8>s^ Jost rcceiyed aad for ale by \ cj??c m rkflly. ?Soap. q ljoerine KING. Agent.. ' "i pna.?t<w?1> x adikhwhite and colored l^Srj ?r*-' J. A. METCALP, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND ? MANUFACTURER'S AGENT troa tue sals or nallai-^ * ?'?wrtdowaui^1* Cincinnati Soap of pitthkurgh and No. 50 Paxtonfs Row, Main St., npvlt . Wheeling, Va. ed1cund rzanbi $ ATTORNEY AT LAW ? AND ? Commissioner in chantcry, OFFICE: Onmer of Fburth and Monroe strteU, W ii E E l I N O , v A * Will practice in the rcurf* of the adjoining counties and give particular attention tothe collection of claims. ii,bvl6?ly f.Vl* ,Ol> LETTER FBOM^JOfit^ M. B0TT8. J >, ?? rJL , JT ? 6 '' ?' He Dettottacea teceaiion *ncF- Offers m, ' Plan of. Adjtutsneat. ? . Bichuoxd, Feb. 31,1861; Gnrrtramx:?I have tbe huoor to ae? knowledge your letter of the 13th. Inviting mo ta a "reunion of the Constitutional Union party of the city of Troy.""an3'lb it' dinner to be givenRt the.Xrq*, Home, qo the, 2241011.," wWcti Inm ?drry T* baiii der the necessity of declining, bat in none the le?> oblige^, to, J on, fpr.-jronr>ind re membraaceof mo. ? la a postscript to this invitation you lay, "If J1Witinnor Mini, pray gives us a letter. In tbnfe'ttrar; those ,wHom tbe \n. ~~ j . the ?? irfji whnt I might guy or not, fori baveaiready written^pdjwid enough, It llittaed to and 1 eededTto Satisfy reasonable men in both section* of tl)?. country, that Uhere it no' sufficient reason for tbe condition of thing* tlint tiftw fiitlt ? rfrf; fWhrttYftif rftn.rl. that noWtiikU. ind that atItWtf tonsti tates oae or the chief troubles with which we have to contend. . j' ?* If a caute could he mciftUiifled,' iinfl settled down upon, 11 rented}! could, iinlh lb the multitudipojjs gripvam-es with ?wjilcb thej^have been I6d; tb*believe, by a poniou of tbe public press fo your own section ot tbe country, they; were to be hereafter oppressed; it is not from any pre tent existing evil that they have been^ thus disturbed, but froui apprehensions for tbe future, from which the Southern Suites profess to believe there; is ^'necessity of protecting themselves by a withdrawal from the Union. But for the fuel tbnt has been furnished to the demagogues nud disappointed liciaus of the Southern States, by the Northern press, with which they bnTe been able to mislead iind Influence' the public mind, the people of the South wonld never have known that there, was a per sonal liberty bill upon tbe statute book of any Northern Strtte; for I believe it U not susceptible of proof, that there bus been an instance. in which *<uch laws have heen put into practicHl operation; whilst there is every reusori to believe, they were-intended I partly as retaliatory measures for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and measures growing out of it?but chiefly for local capital, by those who desired the support j of the radicalabolitionists.. I l^Buf f<jr (he fadC,".tii*Uit hn* been rung In tLeir ears, by your own public presyes j for the last year, the people would never ( have been under the belief that there whs a great and formidable sectional-party rained | -tip In the ^orth, with a'determined pur pose of emancipating tbe slaves of U*e Southern States, and burning them loo$e as beasts of prey upon their masters, by | the aid of the "John Browns," with which thev have also been tauftbt to believe by ] Northern presses, the Xor&ejy tions oP heen thus stirred up, the busioeso- o?the coun try would d^ver have been thus interrupt These same presses to wbicbI rofer, have ^'raised a whirlwind," .but bave not since, with all their pretended f (Torts, "been able to direct the storm." and you have no one to thank but them, for all ttte trouble that now afflictsaud threatens the final destruction of the best government that rests uudcr the eye of the Almighty. All this difficulty linsbeen broyght upon us by the unworthy and unholy means that were used by the press and their dupe*, for perpetuating the power of the Democratic party, which not only ffciled in its object/ but was crtrrieds^oo far to be . afterwards controlled, when the psision3(,of men ran Would^t be believed that only two.days Virginia, jn his address,tp tjiat bddy, as sign as a reason why his State had dissol ved be^ cdnuoction Wl(b, her, sister States, that it was the only n^eiins left her tq; pre vent the abolition of slavery in that State,, through the agency of the General Govcrn? ment. That this Commissioner believed this to be true, of course we are bpnnd to be lieve; arid that the ped^ft of? (}<(irght have acted under tbjs,fatal and n*o>t extraordi nary delusion, we have no right, perhaps,, to doubt; btit ,to what source is such a wonderful misconception of the power or purposes of any others than a.mere hand ful of despicable abolitionists to be traced? Search .the ?01 ymn? pfcertain papers pub lished no'i orie thousand miles from'yonr own door (I do not Ihean of Trov), for the Inst twelve months, and you will find it? and it is a burning and a sinful shamp and disgrace, that the peace of our people.'and^ the existence of owr -.government. should nave been thus disieved by the false tes timony thtjs borne -by those who were ready to bear witness ngningt t^eir own neighbors afhTOrtends, tcf whose |>nt~ ronage they arc in^ebud for princely ? for tunes, by publish lug."whatever 'W?s best calculated to 'get \j'p a sensation, scatter mischief t>road'C*q?qver IbtTUpdy and ex- i tend the cfTcriiirtfoirortnefrlfeiues. ' I I call the,p^m?a^pf uo papers?"whom 1 m fotiffliwuvm-' true, then notieneedjpplyUto thfroselres, mid br none will it'be applied to those wlit> nrc responsible for this outrage; tut I repeat tbelicenqousn^s and mjsndjcTtj of. portion of the public press or this _cpun. try is the pwlninni with wtrich" fit Is afflicted; nod next to, that, the greediness1 with which deraagofjaea seise opon it, and u?e for their own base purposes,. winter er amun(tion tlley.*!* thus aopplied with.' But tbeftirti Vs opon us, knd tbo ques tion i?, what can M dooe fbi bur1 nk? Uon? ?,?? .... There are two rocks, opon either of whiehrif we suite,>e must tft fbip.wreck~ ed. The sliip of State is running with a full hend of steam- down n rapid current, with secession .on the one hnnd, and civil war, in some shape, on the other. Caa both be n voided? . Gas we pSIs between the two? Tfcelitoeded States declare most preneoiptoril;, that no compromise will now be accepted?that ?o proposal far reconstruction, car for their restoration 'to the Union, wll? be entertained; that the re cognition. of Lheir Jadepcodeacfiu.^sd f>t tkar. ngMjm iuedi,Ht*UXle ackabwledjM or that war mnst ensue; and their nowunal President declares,, that n "Union with ns" j is neither praetiesM* nor desirable. Be' i threaten* tbit ?il"Vfc0i "smell 8<rtthere''jfMfli em steel."-' I'takeH for fctWS l?ny State "to" inuuV tepaMiW.hirielf^.ini States, when iorightfli i the pdrt of aft tbe otbtri State, however obnoXlo herself to beJ a^frwlU i the people, nor the Qon whatever, let the Co rtaibedfor a mometf not dnljr destroy the existing institutions, b nibilate-the-possibility any other permanent i on the North Ameri that of an absolute ism.: ?' ? On the other hand, recognised, how is civl ?r .95S\(.rv*5WKCr?|; the Sjws, sof>| and utinlsb treason, y the rfjtit of lecfuio# 1 the seceded Sjtates are turrection nod treason, mail be pul down, and I ed,,according to the li' tloo,'or else all govei . 1/ I see but,on? mode.br, I pears to me, it is posiibli^ both of these calauifcW call a convention of all amend the ConitilutidMn) Slates as desire to J' ~ nection with the leave to withdraw, and meul of. separate init not take 'twelve mon|ln ue them shall id feel South it tho fight of institution, and rest of. the ib'lrledged, on get rid of that" Jbc. tuny prove recognised by* t if the United ItcunsMncci leuces be what' t , to be en se it would fabric of our aid utterly an :r establishing government intlnent, than :hy or'dejpot ich" right la not In'some form obligation to Insurrections avoided f for If jMVer pnnlsh 1 the Constilu - U at an end. as It ap steer clear or ,nd thul is, to States, anil to ,o give to such inue tbrir res it government, :e the eiperi enftv It will bring them to 1 be desirable, on condition absurdity of t behave them This will (ton, and avert r at the same the uecessity thousands, or their sense-, and if il.shq they can be admitted ag' that titer will surrendR the right of secession, i selves belter for the,J eate the comtitutionel j' the necessity of civil timu?and likewise sal uf bunging traitors by t of having the laws of the iounlry trampled with impunity uuder too Let them keep the forts, arsenals, arms, ammunition,' revi He cutters. &c., that they have viote tly and with ont tbe semblance o right, unlaw fully seised upon, bnt Require them to be paid for, and if they1 Ire not ready to pay in cash, let them be trusted, but make them utile fair, if they nevh- pay ; they will be glad to get rid of the Iptpense of keep ing tbem, in less than a yeu, and will ask leave to restore them to Ihar rightful own ers; lor these forts are tbejiropcrty of the United States, built 'Ay, ifid held for the beueGt of, tbe United Styles/in common, ill which, as long as tlpy constituted a part of the United SiaLesI they had a cer-. tnia interest, as they badin the army, na vy,.treasury, public landland other prop erty of tbe United States I but tbe moment they left tbe United SIMS, their interest in all its property, otflttry description, as effectually ajtf the same nuro 'Ife/^cjif tllHtoqvf&ffqp* tbe iflf? ,,, Jggg ,"eo hoalnyleState IsVntltled lo any' part ol-tho property bf the United States; ?whilst a constituent part of the OoVcrh ment, they ?re: eqnalli bound fur all its debts, and equally interested in nil its property; but when tin' obligation to ful fill its contracts,and pfovide for the pay ment of its debts, and tp defend its insti tutions ceases,'then the}! are, to all intents and purposes, aliens tola, and to the Gov ernment. and have f<ttf?lted all claim to any aba're of bur lioJor; our glory, on#" greatness, our prosperly and our futifire destiny.! I The plan, gentlamenfrtblch I have here suggested for the aaju taieut of our diffi culties amy be objectlo able to some; but no plau can be devisfcd bat will be accep table to all, and it appears to tne to be the only, one by vrbicli we an possibly avoiil one or:tbe other of t o eviW, either- of which would he calamlt as and'ruinoug ill lb? extreme..Iftbestig sfjiqif sha'Jld ltad to any good result, 1 si ill have reason to thank you for tbe opmrtunity yoa' bave afforded me of ofTerlngjit to you as a fee ble contribution on my part, for the pre servation of tbe work! of oar National Father, on the occasion f the commemora tion of the duy that PrtPidence gave him to America, for tbe b nefit of mankind throughuiit: tbe world, fori withoutI the 'benefit of. bis great atu illustrious works sb<i will have lived for r |bipg. . ' Whether- with -or w thout' cause, the Southern mind ii alar led and ? Irritated, . and it ia a false and un rortby pride that would prevent you fn a doing all that hoaorable men can do, u give assurance that tbey have been derived and misled. Do this aod then euae>"forward id a spirit qf magnanimity patriotism,- and devotion to liberty thi, will crown you witbjmmorial ?bonotyttd'yleld not only all that you are boond tryield under tbe constitution, to the border SWtes that still boM-bn-with ten*ci(y U' the Union, and-' wW> have' no-\Je?irt> tc:co-wperate -with traitors, biltgmnt llieil/W/y add not grudg ingly ""all the securities and guarantee* which they feel tha't'ftfeWfcty-of (ht-'ir in *tllntioos require at yoir bands, and you will have ,dune-.?nr act,that will put to shame those States thai-have acted wifh (O much precipitation aqdso little wUdoto; jou wjll have done OH.act, that will crash out for thg future, abolticn, tctunon, and treason; you will Lave jlpne an act, that Will overwhelm all tbe elemiec. of our on paralleled institution^ j Jpa will bfive-done nn act, that will give joj, and confidence, and trust->to the hearts bf the large bqdy of conservative' add pariblic men in the severed, as well as in tht other Southern States; and yea will' lire dpde an ifct that wiU ultimate!j rec^nitrttc'J 'thU gov ernment at it: wa'?; athole end entire, and for which wosterity-will-bow In, gratitude to Jgnt -JoyaJ ty and devottoa to tHa'Union, tbe Constitution ??d to frdedora. I offer you ai t sentiment that barns within tne, the fallowing to?*t: ? All honor to Washington;?all ionor to the Union, tba work.of his banda; all hon or to ihose - who venerate the one and ap preelatethe other,?and overwhelming in famy to those who would ignore tbe one and deatray the other. I am {till your fetlow-cltiren, at J mean t? eomtinue to be. J*o. M. Borts. To Jonas C: Hewett, Allra^.C. Watkynt, Lewis I/iliie. and othen, committee. - ? ;??? , BtaritJ) ExTttioaoiaAaT.?Mrs.-Black, the iriftsf WHIjMflHck, W this place, wturitMty VlMil ttfll enhm 6ne cntMiren an last Sunday night?two girls and one hoy,-all doing-well, "and each weighing iboat 8 pounds.?Fairmont Virginia*. fJ. JfxiUM \ [BpscUl oormpoodence of the InteHTgenctr] Halt* of Wetzel* on the Hoards agnln ?He Plieli?i Into the Intelligencer "He 1? 0r4?nd |0 Hie Seat. Richmond, Feb. 23d, 1861. T am late that yon will be amased with onecporttoa of tbe proceedings.in the Con vention here to-day. I mean that portion In w.bicU teonnfd S. Ball, the distinguish ed delegate from Wetxel county, took part. Ho affected to be immensely Indignant at the dispatch Id ypnr paper, of Thursday j last, when, la all yonr life, you never savr ft man more tickled with having got into i print In any shape or in any light. He gave out, however, that he was going to demolish your reporter tbe Grst thing to day, when the'Convention should meet. And so, after pfoyers, be lifted np his voice. Brut sending yonr-special dispatch to the Secretary's desk to be read. Then bo- proceeded to pwy innumerable left banded compliment* to the Intcllijtnctr. It was an Abolition paper?It hud de nounced slavery as a sin?it-bad turned lhe-9*nluuidl(?titMtd* down?it KnJ killed off all 'the decent politicians, and sent Clemens find Hubbard to this Convention ou an Abolition platform of its own rank ing. In fact, ft was the most terrible jrint in the State, as he'bad found out to lis sorrow. lathe course of his remarks, be bonnced Clemens and Hubbard, and Clemens, on the intent, interrupted and bounced him. and you n'tfver saw a poor creature take water'faster. His rigmarole was so crAckedi conceited, nonsensical; and murderously uogrammMtical, that, the President told, him twice to tike his seat, and the lasi time made^ him do it, much to thp relief of the Convention,, by whom he is esteemed the most perfect specimcirpf muttouheadisni ever sent to this city by any constituency in any portion of the Suite. The Douglas men here, on account of his course, have stricken him from their cancus roll; and all of them, as T | learn, have but one common sentiment of contempt for bis treatment of his Uuion i 'colleagues from the Northwest. Wheeling is getting to be well repre sented here. ' 'Major Good and Jacob Hbrnbrook arrived to.day, from Washing ton, and I hear that some others will be on to-day or to-morrow1. ' There is great cu riosity to see the Convention. I tell the Major, however, that'I suspect it is not all curiosity that is bringing so many Douglas democrats to this point at tliis time, espe cially in view of consultations The^rot in reference to our spring Congressional elec tion. I have heard the following gentle men spoken of as possible candidates for a nomination by the Douglas men, of tbe district, viz: Messrs. G. McPorter? of Han cock, Campbell Tarr, of tfrooke, Major Good, of Ohio, M. M. Dent, of Mononga lia, and W. G. Brown, of Preston These, iu addition to Messrs. Willey and Clemens, already spoken of. will give the Union mfen ample material to choose from. Who of all of them shall it be? That is a quest)on''Wbieb it will be time enough,!? pa,s/Bponi.J?hen Jitfc.&tt?ofth6.Stite , ,tq ,the members heref Strengthening ? tbejr hands, I have heard none that pleased me better tliau.one or.two sent by your towns men. Judge Pry,-to Messrs. Willey, Jiick 6pn, and others. It is such letters received here that are effectually revealing the public sentiment of the .State, add tnrningthe tide completely against the secessionists. The following resolution was offered in the Senate to-day.4 ."Resolved, hj the General Assembly of Virgioia,'that by allowing the Federal flag to he raised over the Capitol of-Virginia, that State denies the.right of the seceding i States to their, position." The resolution was offered by O. B. Finney, of Acconiao. . How does it suit ypu ? I would vote for it, quick, if I was a member ,.1'b.opc all the diaunionists will interpret the waving of the stars and stripes over our Capitol'just as Finney does. C. Tub. following, report .ot the personal debnte< Alluded to in onr correspondent's letter, we find in the Richmond papers: PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS. Mr. Hall, of Wetzel, arose to mnko a personal explanation. Ho proceeded to state that he bad been represented us say ing, iu the remarks which lie submitted on Thursday last, that the whole North west was unsound upon the question of slavery, and that they did uot represent the sentiment of Virginia. He did not, in those remarks, intend-to include the whole Northwest, or any considerable por> tion, but to' the two or three thousand Lincoln voters. There are gentlemen up. on this floor who are supported and elected upon a platform drawn up by Mr. Camp bell, editor Of the Wheel in% Intelligencer, an out and out Republican paper, and among them; were Mr. Clemens and Mr. Hubbard, of Wheel lug. ?' Mr.;Clkxbms interrupted Mr. Hall with theioquixy: -Did ! uudersUnd the delegate from Wtuel to assert that I stood upon a platform dictated by :thc editor or the Wheeling Intelligence f Mr.,Hall* You atrderstood me to say this Mr. Clkxrhs. I desire a categorical answer. Ma. Hall.. IfcunUior of the Intelligen csr.laid down the platform. and advocated it-^-th'e! satni' platform upon which you ?ran- . - nv . ? Mr. CLSxaxAgain demanded an answer to his inquiry. ... } Ma. Hall. That's all you will get from me. - (Laughter.) "The Prrsidsxt here interposed, and ru led out of order any remarks about th* consistency of gentlemen before they can ? here. Mr. Hall said that lie had been denoun? ced as misrepresenting, in bis remarks of Thursday, the sentiment of the Northwest. His replj was that he (eared those who thus denounced him, represented but too faittifufty the sentiments of their constitu ents. That was what h e com plained of? not that the delegates bsd done anything wrong. It was important that the Con vention should know the truth. He wonld tell the members that dragon's teeth art being sowed, and if Virginia should taken certain position by "the act of the Conven tion, there would. In all probability, be civil war In some por;ion of the Common^ wealth. By. request of Mr. H- the Clerk then read a cppy.p/a Jejegqfttfucwdrtpalch, do the Wheeling Intelligencer, reflectingjupoa the member from. Wetzel, for "misrepre senting" the sentiment of the Northwest. Mr Hall then read extracts from' a pri vate latter from C. W. Russell, esq., o Wheeling, in which-the necessity for new guarantees f?,r.the protection, of,the South ern rtehU was'advocate^.-> Mr. H. said that" if be understood Mf.? Willey, on Thursday, he declariitHn effect that he would never* under anytcircum*i 9taucesr sirn an ordinance ot secession or give "up the Union. j The Piesidest again' interposed, and, ! reminded the gentleman that be whs going' beyond the limits of a personal explana tion. Mb. CLSVBX9 said that insinuation* had been privately , and publicly maik t Against blm, intended to create, the^ impres sion that he was disloyal to the' institu-' tions of Virginia, He regarded, with ln?1 expressible contempt, come from what source in may, any attempt to impugn his loyalty to this Commonwealth. He chal lenged any man to take'bis record in Con*' gress and show from itany vote or speech in Ui eating such disloyalty. He did not desire f to say anything unkind .to the gentleman ; from Wetzel. He could afford to be mag- ? uiinimous, but when; the (Mr. Hall) say* tbht be (Mr. C.) stood upon a platform dictated by the editor of the Wheeling:In*, telligencer, lie wopld hot .presume that he mads the charge maliciously: bat that tie ] lacked information most miserably. Mr. C. proceeded to vindicate himself, and declared that he could not so degrade : himself as to give up oue sentiment of loy- ? alty wnd allegiance to Virginia. Ma. IIcbbabd read an extract from an address published by him prior to his elec- * tion. As far as the reporter could bear? it ? seemed tocontaiu strong Union sentiments. 1 Mr. II. 8<ii(l ho came to the Convention an ' a Virginian in the brpad seuse of the word ' ?aa a Virginian from the Chesapeak to tlie Ohio, and as a* Virginian on both sides of James Ittver. P. C. HILDRETH & BRO.< 63 Main Street, Whatllnf, V*. ' WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Nail Ttod, Window 01am, Maryland J.hne, I Bar I run. Printing |*mp?r. Common Lime, Nails, Wrap. Paper, Floor, Sheet Iron, Plaster Paris, Shanghai Matches. I Wire. Land Plait*-, Salt, Cast Steel a Cement, Wooden Ware.-Ac. Agents for Howe's Improved Counter and Platform Scales. Tht Itighut Market Pried paid for Bags, Flaxseed. Ointr.ng. Scrap Iron, tfc. Jy 13 "Dok'T DSS5ST A3f OLD rUXXft 70S A ?*W FAC*. (OW IVowt.) COL. SAM. COLT'S REVOLVING FIRE ARMS Pistols, Hi Hen, Carbines &. Shot Gum Patssti or 1840; 18M; 1S6T; 1868. 'plIESB ARMS HAVE WO EQUALS IN QUALITY X and finishs are adopted by the Army and Navj of the United States.And the principal government of Knrope; aro uniform in all their parte, are simple, snfe. sure, eervicnble and can be had in one hondre.1 varieties, as well as Cartridges of Po-urder. ball stjd shot, and all small parts for repairs, from all respect able gnn dealers, and the Hardware trade generally Addresa.- Secretary COLTS PATENT FIRE ARMS MXN'fO CO., my9-3in* Hartford, Cbnn. BE.EJf.IXJHOBE, & GO. VK TO SAY THAI TH KTDATK OP* fldeuce to all. - Physicians and Druggists requiring pharmoceu'.l c*l and chemical preparations for their own dJ*-'i pensln-.offuil An<l uniform strength. u by fheU. S. Plrormupta. run hare them prepared at'the shortest notice, we being now provided with Jill nec?uary apparatus. [octl8J F. A. BKKNTLINOEK k CO. E. Haye3 <fe Co. MAXcrAcrcszas or LIGHT CARRIAGES AND HARNESS, LOCATION lit TlIE ATIIKNJtUM. Building, corner Market A John streets, opposite tnp Custom IIou?e, Wheeling. Va. Always on hand Carriages of superior workmanship, warran ted to icire satisfaction. Also, work built to order.of the latest style* and moat improved pattern*, at thq' loyest market rates. ? > myl>?ly * I WM^SHAP FEE, PRACTICAL WATCH .MAKER JEWELEE & ENOEAVEE. ?IOM Ut . Watches, Jcwelrjr,Silver APlated I Ware, FANCY GOODS, See. No. J40 Alain St., *pii CENTRE WHEELING. - I GEO E. WICKHAM, AUCTI COMMISSION MERCHANT Ho. 34 Cor. Market & T7nion-8t?., WUeellBR, Va Strict Arrwmoy Oim re Kmtux ContanuSM Remittances promptly made.* TUB UNDERSIGNEDHAVE ASS.XJIATEDTHR11 selves together as a llrm, under the styl' Maxwell, Campbell &.fjUigle; FOR TILK PURPOSE OF DOING A Wholesale Grocery GEN'L COMMISSION BUSINESS Vt No. 68 Main-St, in U? room formerly occipM by Baker & Hopkins. We respect fhllyeol lei t the the?ltentSo?ief the Trod*. J AK. AlAXWELL, late firm Paxton, tV>6k>n k Co. Tlio?j. CAMPBELL, late with List* llowell. OEO. IU TINOLE, late with List 4 Howell. - , Jani-'W; JAS. M. DILLON, Mo. 107 HlVkettl/Mt, wtr' PLUMBBE AJTD GAS . ? . , i . BRASS FOUNDKB. - DEALEB IN WKOOaHTLROS. OALTASIZ^D and alt rise* of Leatl Pipes, Sheet Load. Braea Jocks and Talves, Steam Whistles, Steam and Wrt?r ;ua*e#, Lift and Jforce Pumps, Links. Hose, Anttfrto tion Metal. Rsncer Tin, Zinc, Antimony, Crati belt, Wnnd^l Lightning Rods, Insulators aha Joints. AOENT rOK THE MEN KELT BELLS. ' Aquednct fines constantly on baifl. Cash paid for old Copper, Brass and I Sew Family Grocery. pHE SUBSCRIBER B0QS LEAVETO AENOUNCE II that he has opened a Family Oroeery and Forefgti Produce a tors lathe old Fust Office ba*M40g?. l*i Uarket street, ncatc thecoma ml yuioc/ ?t-,sadso licits the generous patronage of his Wends ana the P*It wmbTm1/miltul ?dm?c, prim, lh? bMl qulilie. th? nsrket ?ffurd?. A eaperinr *rtKl? of Bottlod Liquet. .n4 WIBM ' "?? ' - '? Ggrman Prodnc*, snch as Prunes. Leo ties. Split Peas, also all kinds of Knts, Oranges and Lemons, ?hol?*W and retail st the lowest rates. Superior Havana and I>omestic Cigar* e?d Tobacco ?f the different erodes, wholesale aad retail at O. W. REBS&ING'S, fsbli-lyd Formerly with Alex. Ueyxaas. One Copy per Year,? ?.' 81,00 ? " ?Six JConthf, ISTJUtUCIT m ABTiSCt. "Cl The Weekly lat^JIg^ncer Will contain tMrty4wtrcolunra?^9Q?5r<lU?d with alkriee and can?ruhy prepared reading matte*?arabra rfn*alt wibj?cti?tbnkBrOtingif^lvgMt and Le? BISSOLtrTIOTT.' 1 TI1IS ' P*rt J ^,*~P.*nODFS. Dec. 12th, 1800. C W. RHODES. On.account of ill bcAlth I kfttv.tUi My tvld bit ' Inteteat In jhe firm of fthodet ? Rrcthrr. to W m. S. Warfield, ltd] chaetfally-rv-ccxntirtd'-tht m* Crm of Rhode* 4 Warfield to xnj old ^d r^ttocs. jsew"sibm1 ' TTE B*Ve Tins DAY VOllMlD A CO-PART, i T* DttihJpuix!ert])?Mm*drKtrTOC?*'tt'Anm!9?' i and will cont lime \he. v fcolwle On^trc. 1*< dnce and Oommtofon bn*fc?? In thebotiM' fcriccrly cc | co^Wb^ Rhode** toother. ? ? ' * 1? ? - *.9.wma. ? . ; :;aS2 EH0DE8 & WARIIBLD, (Sttcconort to Rhode* * Brother.) W WHOLESALE GROCERS, Produce & Commission Merchants, j. decl?-ly ? ' : Bvldccpert^ Ohio. ??? ; ; . nuxs oitBwttx<. umt ap """ CALDWELL ?t GHAtiXM, , (SuccaMOTt to EvVarney,) '' MIMFACTCRERg OF AKJ> MilIU I* All KI5M OF yo. 8 Maik-st., op. B. & 0. R. R* bjepot. WMKEtiKG. SJF "Country ir?iebt>l? and ether* are Invited tu call and vxtuuina our stuck before |?in_Ji^jiiK elM< i Wbefp. Jy3l f Vi.g" VjiJW VfUi-* ' /AS. HAXVttt. T. J. C&HTtttU. OKA. K. 7t*?W. ? MAXWELL, CAMPBELL* TINGLE, Wholesale Grocers COMMISSION HEItedAKTS BTo; 88 Main V?. HAVE HOW IN BTOK1. 950 bbU. Prime X. 0. Molaa**#. 125 hlf. bbla. do ' 1AI Utl. Dull. do 220 Lb4*. fully Calr to print* X. 0. Snnr. 125 bbla.Cr., Granulated,pow'dfAd Coffee Sugars 76 B nine's Golden Syrup. 26 " New York do SCO bags good lair to prime Kio Coffee. ' 60 pocket* Jets Cdffeo. 25 boxes Nttt'l Lf. U> lump Tpbacoo. 46 do various standerdbrands &? Tobacco. 16 do do - do 10* do 10 caaea "Hunters*' Wa do 10 do "Pod Quixote*' Wa ? do V5 hlf. cb. Y. 11 end Q. P. Tee. . r 86 do Oolong and PoucbouR TraJ 100 bbU No. 3 M?l. eml Lg. Mackanl. 60 ** Tar, large else. 15 tierce* Kice.' ? Pepper. Pimento, Nut mega. Clpvee^aae 1 Mnstard, Ginger, Tndigt?, Bicarb; Soda, > H*laratu*,8oap, Candlev.Woab-bnarda. il ?keta, j Tab*. Broom*. Nail*. and all other asO-leeeia 4 *? tt>e Grocery M>?. ' mh2 FALL STOCK. Ilats and Caps for the Million S. AVERY, Ho. 146 Main' St., Wheeling, Va., ! II AS SOW ON HAM> TUB MOST BOKISIVX i XX Stock of Goods in the Hat line, eter exhibited ' In tills market. Hie- ' I P SINCE OP WALES HAT! ? Novr the great leading Hat for young gentlemen, I have In **erT vnrint/(>f color. qual|tjr.ondp?5ce. The Moleskin, Breftt ^^sfilmere Hat, of my own manufoctnn*. and o{ the rnofct celebrated maoufactofieauf New York nad Philadelphia, of the vert lateat style and finest quality i W)rt IfKllNClI FKLT ILATS. ell the varieties or?b*p*s. qunlitie* and colors; SAXuNY WOOL ILATS. made ;of the -finest American. Spauifah and Saxony "Wools ? . JMLEN'S and BOYS'-CAPff. ' Cloth, Caadmere. l'losb and biased, fngn *1*? lowest \ price to the flneat. Children'* Hate and j Caps, benntifully and richly trimmed,just linport { From my experience fa reanuflicttirfng. 'abd the J cure I hare taken in selecting my atick, i* a gnarau ? toe to purchasers that they can be auhed with the ; beat of K>>od#a( tint lowest prices. ' " ' t '49a,lfats made to order on the iprt^tnotiee. ? No. 146 Main-Si* Wheeling. : tar The highest price paid fur S1IJ I'PING FURS, 1. R-icoon. BediFox, Grey Fox. Wild Cat, Mihk, Musk } rat, OppoMUin and Beer Skin*. ' milling, yept. 11. iwn. x. n-.VixVo*. "jon.v'Do.*u>.v. c. oullbxy PAXT0N, DONLOtf & OGfcEBAY, Wholesale Grocers, PRODUCE &, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. IToi. 52 and 54, Main St., nttVl ? * HT luellni, Vo._ Tie Citizen's Deposit Bank or-wn??sLisij. T)ANK OPKS fttOM ? O'CLOCK A. M? DNtll, 1 JL> P.M. 'ftscoiintday*--Thur*daye 10 o'clock a. M. 43r*Money received on transient depart. JnUrtst p-iid vn ryccial tUporiit. 49*CoBectJofie made and proceed* promply remitted DlltBOTOBH: Jacob Berger, J. N. Yaam, Jacob Ifcnlbrook, G. W. Franxheim, . Warren Coopef. I J. K. 06tafbt<V" [fatt-Wly] 5 J i*4> Saddled, Hnraess ,T ranks WHOLESALE k ItETAIf,. J B. RIIKPPAUD.Ha.131 Main Btnxt, corner . ITuloo. will continue to krnin bawl. Itrgeand omnplete assortment of all arttcleeln fif* line, consist ing of Ledlee'aod UeuHemen's Seddlee, flae* Cbarse 09,1 < womld r?epectfnUy call attentloa t*my Stock* and truat by strict attention and prem^Uwa, to merit contimnmco of * Bin. and WWU. vkr, bet, a compute Paper Baiaar. Sm4 tor Oneb. SiSaSs%? ,r ap<My* . . gaper Waralamee.41 Beekmaa at. J. a. HAKBOTTE. i * JtrUa DtvUrin CARPETS RUGS, OIL CLOTHS Wall Papet, Car lain Materials, And Upljolatery Ware ofe*ety4^acriptk)n * li:i MalnStwPt. jKTOOt and Maho^aay Framed Lotf^g^OlnakM, n hand artdmade tq order. . aepft/69. : ; J> r. -?? r. H.tooix. . x.b. tj?r. ? r ?? LOGAN, XiIQT tt CO. Wholesale & RetaltDrtfgglstft BRIDGE CORNER, MAIN STREET. Wh^elina, Va. A RE prepared to supply goods of mtperi'ir quality J\ at low prioea. toall thoeewbomay findltco^v*. ahat teaakotfcoirtmarha-n.it