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The imposing ceremonies attending the
inauguration ot the uew State of We9t Vir
ginia are fully detailed in our local col.
umns to-day. To tlio3e details we refer
our reader* for the particulars attending
the outside display. When the military
and^civil procession had arrived, accord
ing to programme, in front of the Lindsley
Institute, the temporary capitol of the New
State? ami mingled itself with the vast
assemblage, _that filled every available
space within 9ight or sound of the capa
cious platform, Senator C. D. Hubbard call
ed the multitude to order by inviting
the Rev. J. T.McLure to address the throne
of Grace.
pbaykk OF MR. m'lurk.
Almighty God, who ruleth supreme over
the armies of Heaven nnd the inhabitants
of the earth.?Who art the King Eternal,
immortal and invisible?; wBo raiseth na
tions up, aud do.11 cast them dowu again,
and maketh them subservient to Thine own
good pleasure. We come before Thee at
this time, to acknowledge Thy sovereignty
over us: to acknowledge Thy power and
Thy right to reign and rule within us, and
to reign and rule over this nation. In Thy
wise and holy dispensation Thou bast sent
Thy judgments abroad in this land, and
Thou art clothing families iu sack-cloth
and in mourning. Thou, Great God, hast
done it. But we acknowledge Thee in Thy
goodness and in Thy mercy, even in the
war that id now devastating the land, and
we humbly pray, that, as Thy judgments
are abroad iu the earth, we and all the in
habitants of this land, may learn righteous
ness. We adore Thee that Thou art a
prayer hearing and a prayer answering
God. We have come before Thee day by
day, pleading that Thou wouldat gruat us
u boou we ure now, this day, to be put in
possession of. While we beseech Thee, at
this time lhatThou wilt grant Thy rich bless
ings on the President of the Uuited States,
and all the members of the Government,
Civil nnd Military, upon the whole Govern
ment of the United States, we pray that
Thon wilt, at the same time, grant espec
ial blessing! on the new State now to be
added to the constellation o.f our Stars. aa
u". a.r, !? Thy good providence. We come
together here to arraogo Its Oov.rnmeot,
and to Institute all Its civil proceedings
that are neoessary, we pray that the God
who rules und reigns supreme above will
ackooweledge our acts and will bless us
in itr administration. And grant, we pray
Thee, Almighty God, that this State, born
amidst tears and blood, and fire, und des
olation, may long be preserved, and Iroin
Us little beginning may grow to be a might
'inda power that shall make those who
come alter us look upon it with joy and
gladness and pride of heart. We prav
:hat thon wilt grant this day. to be with
those of our friends who are patriots in
the held. And it, this day, they are en
gaged to battle, anil are in the midst of
strile and death, will God Almighty fight
tor them and espouse their cause, aud Kiv?
them victory. Will God Almighty be pleas,
ed to crush this unholy rebellion, speedilv
to accomplish this, our purpose, and give
to us peace instead of war, and order in
stead ot confusion.
Pardon our sins! Hear us in our pray
ers lor Jesus' sake?: Amen.
oov. i-rirpoint's valedictory.
Gov. i'eirpoint advanced to the front ol
the platform and spoke as follows:
Mi/ If I low Citizens:?According to the
act of the Congress of the Uoited States
and ol the General Assembly of Virginia,
\ est Virginia is to-ilay numbered one
among the United Stales of America ?
- .".1"..cou,P??s one of that glorious
constellation of States which makes up
our great and glorious nation. By these
same acts my official relation with you
closed last nightat l2o'clock, and I should
do injustice to my feelings, my fellow,
citizens, on the present occasion, did I not
acknowledge the profound gratefulness of
my heart to you and to all the people that
are loyal, that compose this State, for the
honor and forbearanco that I have received
at your bands.
i wo years ago, lacking two days, in the
dark hour of our section s history, when
wo looked in each other s faces aud were
ready to ask what would be the next event
to threaten the destruction of this na'
tionaud or this section of the State, sur
rounded by strong arms and brave hearts
you conferred upon me the official relation
that 1 have occupied to you since that time.
My tellow-citizens, i confess that then
hung over my heart the darkest pall that
ever shrouded it. We were entering upon
the fearful experiment, unskilled in the
government of state or the nation. Prov
identially, or from circumstances, I sun
pose, my fellow-citizens acting with me, for
toe want of abetter, placed me in that po
sition. 1 confess I could not see far ahead,
and i saw no person arouod me that could
see far ahead. I resolved on this, that
from day to day, andjevery day, relying on
my Great Master for diviue protection and
direction, I would do my duty, fearless of
consequences, and leave the resnlt with
God. (Applause.) My fellow citizens, it
. is not for me to say what that action has
been. A part of it is the history of the past.
Step by step we have progressed, relying
ou the Great Author of our existence lor
protection, and seemingly, without unauim
lty or counsel. Step by step, as events de
veloped themselves, this New State of
West Virginia has b;eu brought iuto ex
liteoce, severed from the Old State, and
to-day itenters upon its career as a separate
and distinct State of this Dnioo '
my fellow-citizens, as mv last parting
word. I desire not on the present occasion i
to brood over the past, I desire to look for.
ward to tbe future.
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WHEELING, WEST VA.
Monday Morning, June 22,1863.
The Inauguration ol the New
State of West Virginia.
God guard onr flag, arid keep each star
f-'a.-h stripe as bright as new they wave,
Still make it lead oar rauks iu war,
Still float above each patriot** grave.
Death to the traitor that would dare
To trail it through the dust of shame,
All holiest hetrt* its lot will share
Aud follow it to Death or fiuoe.
\oa are all acquainted with the circum
stance* and the history of the past that
haa brought your Sew State into ex
istence?that has formed you into a dis
tinct community. And my fellow citizens
I would to God that I was announcing to
you that the rebellion was crushed out and
that you could repair to your homes and
engage in the peaceful vocations of lite, in
developing the resources ol your New
Mate, in cultivating the arts of peace, and
doing that which will be calculated to
raise her to her proper position as a proud
young republic among the republics of
this nation, lint my fellow-citizens I can
not congratulate you that any such pro3
pect lies before you. The same coaspiru-^
tors who inaugurated this rebellion for the
purpose of depriviug the workingmau of
his rights in this natiou, for the purpose
of carrying out the great idea that, the
workingman was only on an equality with
the slave and ought not to participate in
the Government of the whole country,
those same cunspirators are to-day with
their armies on your southern border, even
threatening your neighborhood and peace
ful city, overrunning, carrying fire and
sword, scourging the citizen and his prop,
erty and appropriating it to their unholy
use. ou still have to stand forth and
bare your breast and face Hie storm in
subduing this rebellion for the purpose of
perpetuating the institutions of Washing
ton. of Jefferson, of Adams, of Hamilton,
of Madison and of Marshall, won by the
strong arm of your worthy revolutionary
sires, transmitted to you as a legacy?the
legacy of freedom?the freest people?the
happiest people on the face of God Al
mighty's earth.
Sow my fellow-citizens, the question
arises before every one of you, are we to
bow like laggard cowards before these
men who have drawn the sword to deprive
iih of our rights, or are we going to rally
round that old time honored Hag?(ap
plause) these stars and stripes, and swear
upon the altar of our fathers' graves that
we will defend the stars and the
stripes and the institutions of our revolu
tiouary fathers as long as we have breath?
I"6 ae" ?f We9t Vire',nitt ! ^ke from us
that flag, which represents our rights and
the rights of the American citizen through
out the nation, tear it down, substitute
ihe bars and stripes which repreient sla
very as tha foundation of their govern
ment?that deprivation of the laboring
man of his rights, and what has the world
left worthy a freeman's ambition. [Cheers.]
My fellow citizens ! I should like to con
tinue this strain of remark?but I do not
want to weary you Time admonishes me
that I have perhaps detained you too long
already (cries of no ! no! go on ! go on!)
> uu must pardon rue, my birth place the
birth place of my father and mother are
all here in West Virginia. All my rights
and all my interests and all my associa
tions and all that I have are here with you.
God, in his Providence, has called me to
auothei field of actiou I g., to Virginia,
lor the purpose ol doing what I cttn do
there to suppress this rebellion?to restore
liw and order?to secure tne rigtus of
freemen iu that saored soil. Relying upon
His mercy?uparn His kindness?I shall do
all that 1 cau whether that be much or
whether it be little, to encourage my fel
low citizens, and suppress this unholv re
bellion. I leave with you. my friends, all
my relatives, all my property, much or
little, for your care and protection. If all
these are destroyed in the conflict, they are
gone, and let them go, so only tint the
country is saved. My only exhortation to
you is, lose not your sacrci liberties.'- f Ap
plause.] Fight as long as a mouutair. pre
sents a site for a battery?or a grotto re
mains to acrvo as a rifle pit. Never aban
don that flag (pointing to the splendid
banner that overhung the street.) Never
yield the right of a freeman. My prayer
now to Almighty God is that lie may givS
you wisdom . that He may give the ollicers
Th. Twle?,e,? hy y?" couduet
knn?l?H?i i wisdom and
courage to do whatsoever
VhZJV , *-?f lhtm- Uue ^isolation
rhave in leaving you, that you in casting
amoug you have chosen a man earnest, ca
pable, faithful who by your support will
guide you better than I have guided you
Ibat IS my consolation: and my fellow cit
Inr",8'^ ?OU,,or Ioi,g 'orbearnnce and
or a determined support, and under Ins
banner or under your own bauner of West
\ irginia rally, rally, and never give up the
ship. Make your motto like that of the
immortal I.awrence, who, when his body
Was pierced with wounds, with his dying
breath cried "Don't give up the ship!" Iu
ny official capacity I must bid you an of
ect'ouate farewell day, assuring you
h?? <l>e sympathies otrnv
nature are with you, and I hope there is in
lure" \t "V?i' "? B'?rious n"l! ? happy lu
lure My desire is to see West Virginia
Mal lhmr lh1 ?',acklt"3 that shackle man
May she from this small beginning to day
Brow ,o be the proudest State in ulUhe glo
r^*y of States that form 'the na
' I,WI" now introduce to you the Goy
have the bouorV pre^ngTyou HoT
the State of?wZVhe-e'-eCled (Jovcr?or oI
mi atateot \\ est Virgiuii. (Three clu...?
were g.ven for Governor I$oreman ) He"
a man worthy of your confidence, I have
known huu from his boyhood. Ue is i?
..tk r,au*e ns ,ruc ?s steel. [A voice?
?Thai s the kiud we want."] 1 bespeak for
m^ b?eUr"^eDt SU?Porl' aud that God
m^stration.""- "irect ^ '-"is ad
Three cheers were proposed and given
fur Governor Peirpoint, who, as be retired
?O bisseat, bowed his acknowledgements.
Gov. Boreman then, the tumult of cheer
log having subsided, spoke as follows:
novKKSott borkman's imai*ouaai
h.v the unanimous Totce' o" her^ nenn? f
dence^Jug1 reposed*Jo
pride and pleasure ?nV . L18 dlly with
lhat 1 have taken in them "but 'VT"
tiug the most an^nix.v celebra
tory of t?is peop?eP ?U3eVeDtin Wa
tbe 'SJ^?SVggf ?r>e.f
do, I an, not unaware of ih. out to
sibility that it imposes on me^T'
Of ^%HniTn,^:ndm??enr
whose experience is as limited
bun who now addresses vm. ?f
|Searrous c^S^he "?
bad a sepVrate Stata^ifstence ^tIV f"!
Of oaEftTapp?e'0aae*en^ntrS' 88 "
state of pupilage ? a
equality of legislation fa m nnd ia"
page o? the Statute boolr tber hid ? eVet7
J?St majority i? the Le^laC -g
original Constitution of the State, and
have clung to it with the utmost tenacity
ever since; tbey have collected heavy taxes
from us, and have spent large sums in the
construction of railroads and canals in tbe
East, but have withheld appropriations
from the West; tbey have refused to make
any of the modern improvements by which
trade and travel could be carried on from
the one section to the other, thus (renting
us a.* stranger.': our people could not get
to the Capital ol their Siute by any of the
usual modes of traveling, without going
through the State of Maryland and the
District of Columbia. Tlie East and the
West have always been two peoples. There
has been little intercourse between tbeui,
either social or commercial. Our people
seldom visit tbe Earn Tor pleasure. Tbe
farmers do not take their stock, grain, wool
and other agricultural products there to
sell; the merchants do not go there to sell
or buy; the manufacturers have no market
there; indeed, we have had nothing to
do with the Eastern people, except that
our Senators and Delegates have gone
to Richmond to sit in the Legislature,
and our Sheriffs have gone there to
pay in tbe revenue as an annual trib
ute from this sectioo of the State for the
inequality and unfairness with which we
have always been' treated by them. Our
markets, our trade and our travel are North
and West of Virgiuia, through natural
channels, or those constructed through the
enterprise of our own people, or such
weans as they could procure. The moun
tains intervene between us, the rivers rise in
tlie mountains and run towards the North
west; and, as it to make tbe separation
more complete, Eastern Virginia adopted
the fatal doctrine of secession, while the
? est spurned and rejected it as false and
dangerous in the extreme. Thus nature,
chip commoroa, travol, habits, nasuctauoua)
and interests, all?all say that West Vir
ginia should be severed from the East.
And now, to.day after many long and wea
ry years of Insult and injustice, calminat
ing on the part of the E ist, in an attempt
to destroy the Government, we have tbe
proud satisfaction of proclaiming to those
around ua that we are a seperate Stale in
the Uuion.
Our State is the child of the rebellion;
yet our peace, prosperity and happiness,
and, not only ours, but that of tbe whole
couutry, depends oo the speedy suppress
ion of this attempt to overthrow the Gov
ernment of our lathers; and it is my duty,
as soon as these ceremonies are closed, to
proceed at once to aid the Federal author
ities in their eflforts to stay its destructive
hand. ?I do not intend to insult your loy
alty or intelligence by discussing before
you to-day the dogma of secession. Its
bitter fruits are to be seen all around
us. It is like the poisonous Upas
tree that blight3 and withers every
thing that comes within its inHuence. We
have seen and telt enough of it to know
that It is fraught with evil, and that con
tinually. The politicians of many of the
Southern States, baviug an inurdiuato de
sire for place und power, ><nd it becoming
apparent that the great North West was
""proving and increasing in population so
rapidly that the controlling influence of the
Government was soon surely to be with the
free States, and that the South must sur
render power which they had so long ex
erted to a majority of the people according
o the principles ol our Government, thev
became desperate, and determined if
they could no longer control, they would
destroy the Government.? By fraud nu,j
falsehood, and by incendiary speeches, they
influenced the public mind in the South
and induced them to believe tbat they were
suffering great injury from the General
Govern,neni; that the rights of tba South
""L"rl ?ulf disregarded, but trampled
under foot; that Mr. Lincoln was a section -
? 1 resident, and that bis election wus the
crowning act of insult and injustice; that
Stttution, they lusidiously taught the
Faithless doctrine that peauable secession
was in consonance with the Constitution,
and absolved ihem from all their obliga
lions to support the Government All this
uud much more of a like character thev
taught until they succeeded in prevailing
on the authorities in many of the States to
embrace their doctrine and attempt to car
ry it into executiou, and thus tbeyinaugu
jated a war of rebellion, and have prosecu
ted it for over two years with a zeal and
w?rthy of a better remise. It has
assumed fearful proportions, aud it de
mauds all the energies of the Government
authorities aud of the loyal people to de
lea! its ruinous purposes.
Uuderthese circumstances what course
Should the loyal people of West Virginia
pursue? I|ut before, atate J we
meTfiat t?'i StH,e "ml il *eeras to
me that the positiou of our people in the
beg,Qning?f the troubles, and their con
union since, have uot been understood by
out friends arounds us In the commence
aSouth esc difficulties we were part of
a Southern State, whose convention pars
ed an ordinance of secession, and this fact
inclined many to sympathize with the
South without reflecting whether it was
ngbt or wrong. We were situated be
ween the South and the North, and in case
of a collision it must necessarily result
if wR?Ur?|WOU>m bC cohtca,ed territory; tbat
if we adhered to the Union the South
would deal with us much more severely
than if we were a part of a Northern Statf
^ uODe 1 not attempted to secede
and that we would be. what we have since
. ?? tr"thfullJ' called by many ?he
great ''breakwater" between the North and
those in rebellion in the South. All these
STw "T WeiB"ed ond ""idered by
lib., we determined, with a full belief o^
^.r?Lr?Uu 0<r?ur> ftnJ what has sinoe oc
urred, that the Government was too good
Us which *nVW thPri?ht3^ immunU
ties which we knew we were enjoying were
too precous to be surrendered on the nn
gs* zi
"gain if once commenced: and we have
not been deceived, Our State hi?
Jit oor co?ot? I, nu w?? nnd J"
gaunt hunger stares many fumiliesof heln'
tz,
: ?^-?as5rjf gag
they have stood by the Government!
s r
traitor ""empt to prevent some
Shall we obiecTtW08! hU ja3t deaerls ?
-<3 the resuUor the actsnfYh'3 d.e3tr0Jed
there Vre\tlTwho"""^
stop the war and makepeace?' Tf we^sulp
the war on our part will &at ?a'te p!a1 '
unless we submit to be rufrilby the re?el8'
or- to a separation - of tb?' Onion ? 11 w?
could no! consent to gi?t up onr Govern
ment in the beginning aai thus save our
selves the war, but deteruined to 8ght I
out to Ihp bitter end, sbal we now submit,
to the humiliation and dilgrace of permu
ting the anccess of the rebellion and toe
loss of our Government? <In behalf ot the
loyal people of West Virginia I respond to
all these interrogatories with an emphatic
no?no?never! We want no compro
mise : we want no peace, except upon the
terms that those in rebellion will lay down
their arms and submit to the regularly
constituted authorities of the Government
of the United States. Then, and not till
then, will the people of West Virginia aigree
i to peace. We have done mucb and sut
fered much'already, but we will do more,
and suffer on for years, if need be, rft,."er
than consent to a dissolution of the Union,
which would be nothing less than a sur
render of the last hope of human liberty
on the face of the earth. .
Fellow-citizens, I now come to what is
more particularly the purpose of this ad
dress; ?nd that is. to state to you those
rules of action by which I shall be governed
during my term of office:
I shall co-operate with the Federal au
thorities in all those measures deemed
necessary for the suppression of the re
bellion. While the war continues 1 must
uecessurily be engaged.in attending to mili
tary matters, and to the defence of the
State, and it may not, therefore, be ex
pected that I shall give mucb time at pres
ent to the internal civil policy of the State;
but even amidst surrouuding difficulties
and daugers they shall' not be entirely for
? gotten.
I shall do wbate*e?*n??y b? in my pow
er during my term or office-wnarMM itio
agricultural, mining, manufacturing and
commercial interests of the State. And
it shall be my especial pride and pleasure
to assist in the establishment of a system
of education throughout the State that
may give to every child among us, wheth
er rich or poor, an education that may lit
them for vespectable positions in society.
And to you gentlemen of the Senate and
House of Delegates, T shall look for aid and
assistance and for the exercise of a liberal
policy in these times of trial; and I feel as
sured from your known intelligence and pa
triotism, that I shall receive your cordial
co-operation and support in the discharge
of the duties of my office.
Fellow-Cilizeus, we are about to part
with him, who has for two years exercised
the office of Governor of Virginia in our
midst. And I here express how highly are
appreciated, not only by myself, but by
the whole loyal population ot the State,
his purity and ilddlity, and the ability
with whiob he has discharged the arduous
and responsible duties of bis office. We
regret that he is to leave us, but we have
the satisfaction of knowing that he is go
ing to a new and important field where his
ability and patriotism are still to be devo
ted to the good of his country.
II l shall only be able to discharge the
duiies of ray office with as much satisfac
tion to the people and honor to mysett as
my predecessor, 1 shall expect tlie apruba
tion of a geuerous public. I 6hall, no
doubt, often do wrong, this is the lot of
man; and while I shall always do that
which honesty of purpose and my opiuiou
of the. good of the country dictates, I shall
expect you to exercize that indulgence
which is due to a public officer under
the surrounding circumstances.
After the conclusion of Gov. Borcman's
inaugural, calls were made for Ex-Senator
Willey, who sat in a conspicuous position
near the front, in response to which he
wasted forward-l?y? Gov. Peirpoint, who
introduced him sujiug:
Felloio Citheni:?With pleasure I pre
sent you, uot th#rWille? *tw?"^?neiit, "but
Mr. Willey *
SKMATOR Wttt.Bv's RPRKCH.
Mr. Willey said,
b'elloir Citizen*:?1 did not see it on the
programme at all, that I was to address
you. And I certainly appreciate the fact
that you have been upon your feet a loug
time and must be wearied, and I shall re
spect that fact. Nevertheless, since you
have not only tlite Willey amendment, but
Willey also before you, I will undertake
to make a suggestion or two?not in the
regular line of succession, fir I am a kind
of outsider, and you being ull outsiders, it
will be all in place, I reokon, [laughter.]
Holding no ofliee in the world?being free
and independent?I shall expect to express
myself just as 1 think proper on the pres
ent occasion. [fjangbter.] Now, Fellow
Oiti/.ens, what we have longed for and la
bored for and prayed for. is a fixed fact.
IKnf Virginia ia a Jixtd fact! She is one ot
the Union of these States. [Good, some
bodyr said.] I don't know whether the
State has been placed on the new banner
or not, (A voice?Yes,) but wheu it shall
have been placed there, I feel in my heart
to appeal to my fellow-citizens, anil espe
cially you who carry arms, to swear be
neath the brotd heavens to day and be
neath the old flag, that it shall never be
struck therefrom. [Tumultuons cheering.]
lu mingling with the people?in circula
ting abroad?I have sometimes momenta
rily caught the fata) feeling of desponden
cy?bjtt it was onlySor n moment. And 1
have been pained, at times, that others
were under like iutluences But, fellow
citizens, where is the cause for despon
cy this day? It was said when we com
menced this enterprise in regard to the
New State, "Yon will never succeed."?
Unt we did succeed, and we are in a new
State to-day. Some, perhaps thorough
Union men, looking at the dark clouds
that lower overour political horizon, think
sometimes that it is doubtful if we succeed
in restoring peace and unity. But we
shall succeed. My heart was touched
when those beautiful little girls (poiuting
to the 35 little Misses representing the dif
ferent States of the Union) sang our na
tional hymn:
Triumph we tuuit,
For ourcanse it I? jnnt;
And this be oor motto:?
In Ood is onr trust."
[Cheers.]
Fellow-Citizens:?If God is for us, as I
believe He is, the artifices, the power and
schemes of oor adversaries shall be brought
to nought. But, as in the fate of the hu
man race, who all come into existence
through pain and travail, so hjstory shows
that states and new political organizations,
from the time of the organization of socie
ty until now, come into existence through
convulsions?through revolutions-through
blood and through fire. The history of
our own existence as a nation verifies this
fact. We may expeot it. And, fellow-cit
izens, we look over our barren fields?we
look abroad on thelparcbed pastures, and
upon the withering verdure now?but the
clouds are gathering behind us. God, in
his good providence, is enllecting, in his
store-house, the rich treasures of rain
which, ere long, shall be ahed abroad over
oor fields, and that which looks like deso
lation now will bloom and grow green
again; and when the thunders cease and
the showers are over, we aball have fruits
and a rich harvest, and our hearts shall re
joice again. Many times, fellow-citizens,
when oppressed with the atmosphere, the
thunder-clouds come to relieve us; the
voice of God speaks in the tempest; the
tempest prostrates our buildings, and
spreads desolation io Us track, but it leaves
a purified atmosphere behind..
So, when this political shower shall have
passed ???', ? bright and glorious politi
cal sky shall shine out apain over us, nnd
on the blue field of our country's banner
we will see the little star of West Virginia
beaming out to glad onr heart3 and B"l?e
our destinies . forever. (Cheers.) why
should we despond? Is not our cause ju?1'
Are we not a people who appreciate the
truth? Are we not fighting in the cause of
freedom and human liberty? Fellow-citt
zens, where have we any cause for despond
ency? Who are our adversaries? With a
bad cause, with a country already partial
ly depopulated, with their resources about
gone, who are they that we have to con
tend with? Si* millions of men?brave
men I know they are, because they are
bone of our bone and flesh ol our flesh?
but they are misguided by malicious men.
And in addition to the fact thut their cause
is unjust?that the truth is on our side,
look at our resources. Why should we
despond? Six millions against us, partial,
ly overcome, already giving evidence of
their desperation. What have we to offer
to them? Twenty odd millions?with re
sources twenty odd times greater than the
South. Are we not as brave men as they?
As intelligent as they? Have we not a
hundred fold their resources? Why should
we despond? With a righteous cause
ten men to one?with tenfold resources?
with God for us and our own strong arms
to aid us, what is the reason we should
have even a moment's temporary despond
ency? There is no cause for it. We shall
triumph at last.
Fellow-citizens I will not detain you
any longer?(voice?go on?all day if you
want to.) Well my-ilear friends I could
not talk to you all day. Iam uearlybro
k*.u Jowo. 1 Uave been skedadling lately.
[Laughter.] I hope you will give to your
retiring Governor?f know you have given
?your parting respects. [ know you will
follow him with your prayers and sympa
thies. It is not^i new field to which he
goes. It is u part of the same old field be
has been cultivating. It was too big and
it has been divided, and it is just having
two Western Virginia Governors instead
of one?one in the East and one in the
?Vest. V'our new Governor, give him the
aid of your honest hearts?your warm
sympathies. Stand by him, support and
encourage him.
Fellow-citizens, I have been in the habit
of talking sometimes against our armies
and generals in the field and against our
national administration. I quit it about
two weeks ago (laughter) and I don't in
tend to renew it until the war is over.
[Applause.] Our Union is at stake, our
liberties are imperilled. The national fab
ric is on fire, and craven is he who ot this
hour instead of rushing to the rescue stops
to quarrel about whether they are pouring
the water oo right or wrong. Let lis put
tbe fire out no matter who does it or how.
We must sustain the administration. Wo
cannot get along if we are to quarrel
amongst ourselves. Let these difficulties
be settled after the war is over. Now
is the time to help. Fellow-citizens I
thank you for your lUtteriog attention. I
say God bless you: God bless our old
Governor: God bless our new Governor,
and especially God bless the State of West
Virginia. [Cheers ]
Gov. Peirpoint coming forward said :
Fellow Citizens;?I think it is fitting on
the present occasion that I should propose
to you to give three chcers for West Vir
ginia.
Three cheers were given with a will.
Gov. Poirpoint (resuming): Now I pro
pose three cheers for tbe United States of
America.
These three were given with the most
vociferous enthusiasm.
The singing ot' "Ji Pluribus ITnum" by
the little misses and the playing of the
Star Spu^s1*"* u-nocr Oy the band, con
cluded the ccrcmonies of the inauguration
of West Virginia into the Union as a new,
free and independent State.
PROPOSALS for /IACADAM1ZIHG.
SEALED PEOPOSALS will be received by tbe uu
dersigued ;until Tuesday, the ?8d Inst., at air
o'clock p. iu., for furnishing 1,000 perch o! good qual
ity ol btokeu limestone, to be delivered aud spread
on Main street from Jefferson street to Jonathan's
Out. AUo, for ICO perch, to be placod and upread on
North stieet from Main to Market streets. Also, lor
352 perch, to be delivered aud spread on Fifth street
from Zaue to Lindsay streets. Also for 83G porch, to
be delivered and spiead ou Pirat street from Market
to Chapllne streets, and on Chapliue from First to
Pretttou streets. HKNRY SHARP,
junlO 3t Street Commissioner.
Sheriff's Sale.
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURN -
TURK.
BY virtue of au order of the Circuit Court of Ohio
county, rendered at its spring term, I86tt. in cer
tnin caudes therein pending, I will offer for sale at
public auctiou to the highest and best bidder, at the
residence of Rev. D. W. Fisher, ou 4th street, city of
Wheeling, on Tuesday, June 30th, 1803 The follow
ing valuable household lurniture, the property of
Hanson W. Chapllne, viz: Dressing Bureaus, Ward
robes, Chairs, Hall Rack,Tables, Stands. Washstanda,
Ue Isteada, Looking Glasses, Clothes Pre<s, Mantle
Clock, Louugeaud Matrass, Kitchen 8afe, Ac., Ac.
Terms of Sale?A credit of four months, the pur
chaser giviug bond with approved security, said
bond bearing interest from day of sale until paid.
Salo to commence at i0 o'clock a. m.
ALONZO LORING,
junlO Sheriff of Ohio county.
TRUSTfiE'8 SALE.
BY virtuo ot a deed of trust, executed by William
McConanghey. on the first day of April, 1859,
aud dulj recorded iu book 13, page G5, Ac., of the Re
cord of Deeds, in Marshall county and State of*Vlr
glula, I will, onth ? 21st day of May, 1863, between
the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M., at
the front door of the court-house of said couuty, sell
at public auctiou the following described tract ot
land, to the best and highest bidder therefor, that is
to say, a tract of land containing two hnudred and
eighty acres, more or less, situate in the said Mar
shall county, near to the village of Cajzieronrknown
at the home farm of the said William McCouaughey,
and on which oe then resided, adjoining the lands of
Judge Thompson, Jesse Cain. Samuel 8. Kittle, Jas.
R. Bell and David McConaugliey, conveyed to me by
the said William McConanghey. in trust for the ben
etit of cerialn ot his creditors. The said tract of land
to be sold on a credit of six, twelve and elghteeu
months, of equal payments, with interest from the
day of sale, the purchaser to give approved security,
and the title to be retained until the purchase money
is paid.
This tract of land is in a high state of cultivation,
22S acres of which Iscleared, two good bearing orch
ards, aud two comfortable dwelling bouses and other
necessary improvements thereon.
DAVID McCONAUOHBY, Trustee.
I have giveu my consent that the Trustee shall
make sale as above of said property.
apr20-4wdAw WM. McCONAUGIIEY.
4^ The above sale is adjonrned to the 15tti of
June, 1803, at 10 o'clock A. M.
my23 DAVID M'CONAUGHY, Trustee.
0f" The above sale has been postponed until
Monday, August 3d. The sale will then
take place at the front door of the Court House of
Marshall county, between the hours of 12 and 2
o'clock. junl6
Auction Sale
AT
Harper's Ferry Armory, Va.
GOVERNMENT SALE.
ON TUESDAY, JUNE EOth 1863, commencing at
13 o'clock, noon, precisely, will be nlJ at the
Harper'* Ferry Armory, Va., the following
CONDEMNED ORDNANCE and ORB.
NANCE STORKS, VI*?
10,000 Torn Iron Castings.
10 " Iron 8hatting, Pnlieys, BeTel Wheel,, 4c.
10 " of Wrought Iron. "scrap."
8,000 Musket and Rifle Barrels.
34 Iron Forges.
20 Steel Faced Anvils.
3 Force Pumps; 1 Draw Polishing Machine.
9 Tilt Hammer*; 1 do. small: 1 Fire Engiue.
4 Store* 1 lot Goal; 3 Proof Beds.
1 Drop Hammer; Tempering Forga.
?1 Fao Blasts; Lot Fire Brick; Lot Tools.
1 Wagon; 1 Cart and sundry other goods.
TERMS-CASH in Government fnnds.
DANIEL J. YOUNG, Ordnance Agent.
By order Brig. Gen. JAMES W. BIPLEY,
Chief or Ordnance, Washington, D. C.
J. B. CANNON, Auctioneer. JnnlT
NEW ADYEETISUM'-NTS
I1HE ADJOURNED COURT OF IN
jL QUIRY, composed of Ciipt*. Smith, llandlen and
Boudy. of the 5Ur Regiment Virginia Militia, will
meet on Monday, June 2*2,1863, at 9 o'clock, A. M.,
in the Qonrt House, to hear and decide upon such
Applications as shall be brought before it.
The Surgeon and Provost Marshal of the Regiment
will be in attendance
By order of Cot McCluney.
Juu?2 lty S.g, HILprkth, Reg'tl. Clerk.
for sale.
MY RESIDENCE in Bridgeport, Belmont County,
Ohio. There is about '2% acres of ground,
part of it planted iu fruit, some of it bearing now: a
good well of water aud necessary out buildings on
the plnco. Terms low, aud payments easy. If uot
disposed of before, the 1st of August, I will lay it
out out in lots aud sell them in that way. Auy. per
son wanting'a good home, or a good investment,
would do well to ?ecnre this property.
TflOi. O. CULBERT80N.
Wheeling, .Tune 22,1863-taul
Quilled ribbon trimminu, as
sorted colors, received by express to day, at the
Variety Store of D.if 1COLL A BRO.,
juu22 1C9 Main Street.
B
ITT, I
h, 1SC3.J
UGLE TRIMMINGS AND BUT
TONS, received to-day at the Variety Store of
D. NICOLL * BRO.,
jun2g 109 Main Street.
STEEL AND JETS, BELTS, BUCK
ELS aud BREAST PINS, received to-day at the
Variety Store of D. NICOLL A BKO.,
jun2*2 109 Main Street*
Headquarters 24fH Bbiqadk V. M., >
Wheeling, June-22d, iSt>3. j
General order, No. 7,1S63.1
I. For general information, the followiug extract
from the orders of the War Department of the Uni
ted States, dated 9th June, 1S0.J. and General Order,
No. 2, of Mitf. Gen. W. T. II. Brooks, commanding
the Department of the Monongahela, of the 10th of
June, 1803, are announced:
War Department,
Washinoton Citv,
, June 9th,
I Order (Extracts.)
I 1st. The Department of the Monongabela will-em
I brace that portion cf the State of Pennsylvania
1 West of Johnstowu, aud the Laurel Hill range
J of mountains, aud.- th? Couutiea of Ilancock,
Brooke and Ohio itf the State of Virginia, aud the
Counties of Columbiana, Jefferson aud Belmont, in
the State of Ohio.
Brigadier Geueral WilliamT. II. Brooks is assigned
to the command of this Department, Headquarters
I at Pittsburgh.
2nd. A Department Army Corps of Volun eers.
Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry, to bo designated
the Army Corps of the Monongaiiela, will be en
I rolled aud orgaulzed iu accordance with regulations
J of U. S. Service for the protection and 'defuse of
public property within that Department, and will
| be mustered into the service of the United 8tates to
Horve during the pleasure of the President or the
J continuance of the war.
The Company and Field Officers of the Depart
mental * orps will beprovisioiiallv commissioned bv
the President.
1 They will be armed, uniformed and equipped, aud
wliile in active service, subsisted aud supplied, as
other troops of the United States
I Cavalry Volunteers may furnish their own horses,
to be turned over to the United Statos at the ap
praised value, or allowance will be made for the
time of actual service at the rate au horized bv law.
The Government will mount picked Cavalry to the
extent that horses can be furnidhed.
J The Department Corps will uot be entitled to
I bounty and canuot be paid until Congress tuakes an
I appropriation for that purpose.
3rd. Volunteers in the Departmental Corps, may,
at their own requeat, be transferred aud mustered
into the service for three years or during the war,
and upon such transfer and muster they will be al
lowed the pay aud bouuty authorized by the Act of
Congress to Volunteers for three years or during
tne war.
Volunteers In the Departmental Corps will re
edrvic"1 l? enrollII,8nt and drRft fur general
recr,,iti"g. ami organizing or
> olunteers for three years or iluriugtbe war, is to
be stimulate,! anil encouraged, the officers to bo ap
pointed and commlssbneil by the Governors of the
I respective States.
The enlistments herein specified aud transfers
??'"'i Departmental oervic, to the three years
servlLa must be reported to the Provost Marshal
tori 1111)Lirf, .5a' thB reaIJec"ve States aud Con.
Sm 1 .u v,. receive appropriate credit
uudor the Enrollment Act of Congress
4th All tlio troops with n tl.is Department will
be under the command of the General commanding
the Department, with the usual Department 8t?IT
J * * * e ?
IJRSP".0'" ???"<>>?? tho onemy are uot to
mj.r >.?"? y geomapkical lines of the Depart
ment, but may extend to adjacent territory lis in
the judgment of the Commanding General maybe
expedimt to resist or pursue the enemy. *
> olunteer Companies and Regiments orsaniyml
I !?iP,?rtC'8 no'withiu the Department of the Monon
I ^ ?^a ,uay ^e attached for temi>orary service to
lSte?AISJ,CorpB5 tbe Monongahwltt id ^SereS
* * ?- - *) *
By order of tho President.
tS'Bned' K. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
IlrADgOAETEttS DKP't. Of TUB MoNUNGAUKI \ .
I m> , PirrsnuaGH, Juue lttth, 1SG3 f
DeT.artmeI?tr',8,'',d hereby ,,8Sunie" ??"'and ?f the
suS^uom orfdto,rsDe|,,,r,me"t 1,8 '"""'unced in
, ;.J5S!5fL?Majors,.
Hsadquartkhs Dkpartxmt Of Tite Mosonqahkla I
General Order, No. 2.J 1",t,"bur8, June 10,1803.
month. Pro?l?ination calling for six
St a DePArmen,a?&r,;1de ,h? ^
sssiSsgs
psstspsi
homes, where they can rmmmL Ju l*8 80nt, *? their
Hon, undisturbed. Thev ?fupa
swsss
peMafefiggs
imve to wait tho action of Con^res" <1,7 not
cu instances can these rroous bf trV,,.? . "? clr"
I other Ueimrtment transferred to any
B DavK?, a. A!gd.Q"U-JAMKd 8- " HKAT.
I " ?? jun22
_ WANTED,
a *"?-* good
standing. She 80,"? 3""lnS hidy of like
fond of i r ?? twenty years of age
Ject. Addr^OTtluL^O, Wealth nol
town, Belmont county, Ohio. *
STRAYED
A ^LX,wUher,ellow?,,,t18,h '"V- n
.'Usoono on his rumu A?mT?S?V ?n 600,1 uar? a&d
paid for his ret?u?> Mr McK??t/eWard, w?? ^
"'.Sg1 ""d Qui icy Streets. ?*' ,Ile Corner
Wheeling, June 20,1SC3. at
24rmTRwiIli;~7
Special Order.} heellug, June 19,1803^ f
Z?lJ'if Dri^" '*?
tt*te^for ina'ngunuion ",e ''"nP?r?VCapitol'or
A Me 4,h ?n Monro<' Str^t; precisely^
BTD0Ar?x.?of?T, A.AriKGae0-JAM|-38-WH"4T. '
L_" Juu2(j
The 35thl
20th June, 1863,
4th July, 1863,
THE DAYS WK CBLBBKATK
A.""I; wV3:"'8 y0U Wm ?"> material to do it
1st gold chop.
sasstaas
Jgnote:001^
10 r'port
Inm Deufnf
? Assorted Ck
ot Brums.
drens' Carria
? Sutlers Not
8 Stationery
'^fWssWsSfs
/ D. NICOLL A BRO.
No. 143 Main Street,
Ha? a large aud desirable stock of
CARPETS,
WALL PAPER,
|f OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS,
RUGS, WINDOW SHADBfl., *c>|
OF ALL GRADES,
| Together wlth^ great variety of
FURNISHING GOODS,
| Which will be sold for cash much
BELOW EASTERN PBICJSS.
| Those In waut of Goods, will please call and ex
amine my Stock.
J. C. HAKBOU R,
J?prl6j No. 143 HA IN STREET.
ABB. BOBEBTSON, M. D.
_l gi _ DKNTIHT,
143 Market St.,
CZ/H fff WHEELING, V
aug3
SB. E. a. WINCH ELL,
Office M ce 1*5 Market.St
WHEELING, VA
A IATHKBEALIMPKOVEMENTSINTUEART
A_ that have ben thoroughly teated will be prompt
It adopted at this office.
Price# aa low as good and permanent work ?as
tie produced. All operation! warranted. doclO
~S. B. BU8HPIELD, Jr ~
Surgeon Dentist.
No. 23K Monroe Street,
my16 _WHEKLINQ, VA.
removal;
PARTRIDGE has removed liia Gallery acroM the
street to the store-room formerly occupied by
Ileiskell A Swearingen, first door above Uobba &
Barnes.
Having fitted up the building on Maiu street, in
connection with the one in its rear on Water street,
he has now oue of the most complete establishments
ot the kind in the country. jmilO
~ REMOVAL.
DR. E. A. HILORETH,
HAS removed his office and residence to FOURT I
8TREKT opposite the Court House. JunO lui
POCKET CUTLERY.?Woatenho'.m's fine Pocket
Knives at old prices by
' jnnO JOS. GRAVES A CO.
FOR RENT,
A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE, with Store room
attached, two doors below Pryor and Frost's ou
Main streat. [junft lm] OLIVER PRYOR.
Proposals Tor Grading and Ma
cadamizing.
SEALED Proposals will be received by the under
sigued, until Tuesday,jthe 23d inst., at C o'clock
P. M., for furnishing 1400 'perch ot good quail* y of
limestone to be placed and spread on Zane street in
the 7th Ward. Also for grodlug and filling said
btreet; estimated excavation about 1600 yards.
. Proposals will state separately the price for Ma*
cadamiziug, per perch, aud the grading and filling
per yard.
Bids will be received for a part or the whole of
the Macadtuiizing.
For further information enquire of mysoll or .1.
M. Bickel at his Store on Market Street.
HENRY SHARP,
junlS 4t Street Commissioner.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE BLOODED STOCK,
HORSES AND CATTLE.
I T>Y virtue of"au order of the Circuit Court of Ohio
| C~J county, rendered at its spring term, 1863, in
certain <:auses therein pendiug.,I will ofi'erjfor sate at
public auctiou, to the highest and best bidder, at
the farm of A. Wilson Kelly, ou the Wheeling, West
Liberty aud Bethauy turnpike, in Ohio county, which
farm is now occupied by Wm. T?dd, on S&tunlay,
the 27th day of June, 1S63, the following valuable
blooded stock, the property of Hanson W. Chapliue,
to-wit:
Two Blooded Colts, between 2 and 3 years old.
Oue Blooded Mare and Colt.
Two three-year old Blooded Colts.
One Bay Mare.
Three Durham Cows.
Oue White Durham Cow, with Calf at her side.
. Terms of Sale?A credit of four months the,
purchaser giving his bonds with approved security,
said bonds bearing interest from day of sale until
paid. Sale commencing at 10o'clock A. M.
ALON'/.O LORING.
junlO Id Sheriff of Obiocouuty.
Boarding.
SIX MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE can be
accommodated with first class boarding during
the ensuing session at Mrs. McCOY'S, "Russell
House," Monroe street, opposite the Court-House.
juulG 7t
$5 Reward.
rOST. on the evening of the 17th iust.,a MEMO
J RANDUM BOOK, containing accounts valua
ble to the owner ouly. Any ono finding the same
will receive the above reward by leaving it at Kra
mer's Hotel, ou Maiu street.
juripst* K. YELTER.
WANTED,
RECRUIT*, for Capt. Robert Hamilton's I- depen
dent Company of Exempts Va. Infantry. Clo
thing, rations and pay the same aa other volunteers
IfeP* 8- wrvice. Apply to Capt. ROBERT IIAM
ILTON, at the Atheneum, Wheiiug, Va. junl? lm
^ MONTH X I want to hire Agents in
* every county at $76 a mouth, expense*
paid, to sell my new cheap Family 8ewing Machine.
Address. g. MADISON,
mayl2-dAw3m-smp Alfred, Maine.
. A MONTH I We want Agents at 160a
tJpUVJ month, expenses paid, to sell our Ever
lasting Pencils, Oriental Burners, and thlrteon other
I new, useful and curious articles. Fifteen circulars
sent free. Address, SHAW A CLARK,
mayl2-d&w3m-smp Biddeford, Maine.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, )
Cleveland A Pittsburgh Railroad Co.,
Cleveland, May 25tli, 1803. )
A SPECIAL MEETING of the Stockholders of
this Company will be held at its office iu Cleve
land on Wednesday, the 1st day of July next, at 10
o'clock A.M. on said day, to take into consideration
the propriety of increasing the capital stock of the
Company to an amount sufficient to allow of the con
version ot its mortgage bonds. The Transfer Book*
will be closed from June 25th to July 2d.
_my30 30d E. ROCKWELL, Secy.
COMBINED
Reapers & Mowers.
PRYOR * FROST, 21 and 23 Main street, wish to
inform tlie farmer, of thia vicinity, that they
liave a limited number for this season of
Wood'. New Combined Macltiues,
Weighing about 700 pounds; very light of draft, anil
warranted to be a very superior Mower as well as
Reaper; steel cutter bai, and easily managed. The.*
machines gave the most unqualified satisfaction last
season, and every machine Is now lully warranted.?
They are perfectly adapted to our hills aa well as
the level bottoms. Also, our celebrated mod unriv
aled two horse Mower, the lightest draft machlneiu
use. Also, a small number of the Hubbard two
horse Mowing Machine.
lun'i PaYOR k PR08T.
1'aovo.T Marshal General's Omci, I
Washington, D. C-, May 22d, 1883. |
A LL MEN who desire to join any particular Regi
J\. ment of Cavalry now In the field, are hereby
authorized to present themselves at any time during
the next thirty days to the Board of Bnrolraent in
their respective Districts. The Board shallexamiue
them, and determine upon their fitueas tor the ser
vice,and if found to be 0t, the Provoet Marshal of the
District shall give them transportation tickets to the
general Rendezvous, at the Headquarters of the A.
A. Provoat Marshal General or the Stale. As soon as
they praaent themselves at thia general Reudtivoa*
'.hey shall bs duly mustered by a mustering and dis
bursing officer, and paid by him the bounty allowed
bylaw. JAMES B. FRY,
mjgS lm Provoat Marahal General.
INDIA RUBBER AND WOOD PIPES Just received
at the Variety Store of
mylB D. NICOI.I. ft BRO.