The Wheeling Daily Register

The Rads.
They "Hi-hoop" Around the Levee,
Fail in Their Attempt to Fire a Cannon and Drift Southward Towards Parkersburg.

The rank and file of the Republicans were out in full blast last evening. The occasion was the departure of the steamer Courier, for Parkersburg, having on board the delegates to the Republican Convention. The steamer was densely packed with about fifty human souls, part of whom were Democrats, good men and true, who went along merely to see the sport. The steamer was decorated with flags, and a large banner of the Hayes and Wheeler denomination, the classic physiognomy of Mr. Hayes adorning one end thereof, and the round (the horn) phiz of Wheeler, at the other, between which were the words, "Hayes and Wheeler," in large but crooked letters. The good boat steamed up, put the paddles in motion, and tried to back out to the tune of "Gone up Salt River," as played by the Wheeling City band, but it was no go, she was stuck, and a great deal of puffing was done before she pulled off. Once loose, a small cannon in the bow of the craft was attempted to be shot, but (as will the Republican party next fall) fizzled, and a puff of smoke followed. The boat then steamed out into the placid waters of the Ohio, amid the cheers of the small wharf rat, who waded into the stream, to catch the waves, as they receded from the shore. The small fire arm was then successfully fired, and cheer after cheer resounded through the valley as the handful of Republicans floated towards their paradise—lost.