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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

he MAS, and of course were precluded by the 9Th
article, from examining into the truth of SCOTS
allegations.
Thus we have given the proceedings in full, so
far ashley canb gathered from the history of the
times. The only evidence conflicting with this, is
;Wiikinson's own, found in his published book,
whichit seems that the court would not admit
and did not believe as it only found Scott guilty of
,.ne6feer- Ike utnot gentlenanly conduct. The
merited insignifcance into which Wilkinson sank
iustifes ScotPs charges, and the constantly bril-
liant advance of Scott from "glory to glory, con-
stitutes the proud monument Of his innocence and
integrity.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

PROM THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
MATTERS IN CUBA.-The Journal of Commerce
has the following information from 'tgentlemal:
from Havana"
On.the 9Th instant fifteen persons, all Creoles
were arrested in that city, of whom ten are male
and five females. In their dwellings were discoy
cred II, 600 cartridges, twelve demijohns of pow
der, and twenty arrobes 600 lbs.) of lead.
On the 18th the arrested parties were examined,
and three of them sent to the Cabanas fortifca
ton,
Dr ring the week ending August 18th gool
many young men were arrested, and Others invite
ito 90 to Spain. They will be permitted to return
when they obtain diploma of loyalty.
These events created quite stir in the Govern
ment Offices, and evinence of alarm.
The Journal also gives extracts from No. 8 o.
ala Voc del Pueblo !" which, it is alleged, is prin-
ted and circulated in the island of Cuba. We
should require very direct and complete evidence
that such paper is printed and circulated there
before quoting from its columns, and this for two
good reasons: First, that accounts of the tyranny
and watchfulneSs of the government, even to ex-
ercising "police Surveillance over every Creole
family being true, the publishers of such pa
per in Cuba could not escape detection. The
thing is moral impoSSlbility. Second, that the
morning press of this city was imposed upon in
lust such matter prior to the Lopez invasion.
They simultaneously published certain alleged rev.
dictionary pr0nuneiGmeHtos said to be extensively
circulated and mystenously posted up on. various
places in Cuba, prefacing such documents with an
editorial aragraph-furnished, of course, by the
concocters of the forgery-decIaring that they had
seen the originals of said false docu
ments, when the fact subsequently came out that
the papers were an invention of certain parties in
New York, and by no means originating in Cuba.
The parties to that barefaced fraud had the cum
ming to take copies of these documents TO the
on Sunday evening, when probably every respon-
sibible editor was absent from his sanctum. The
fac siaiLe character of the simultaneous publica-
ton, editorial paragraph included, of course put
evening papers their guard, and it was easy for
us to avoid falling into the same erfor, but it de-
stroyed our confidence in all representations about
papers publishedin Cuba.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

TAKEN orr.-Foote, the actor, whose talent lay
in minicry, even in his early days, had knack of
initiating Gen. Blackeney, in the shrug of Shout
ders and the lisping of his speech, for which the
General was remarkable, so that it grew a common
tonic among his acouaintances who used to say,
"Come, Sam, let us have the general" A friend
atlength acquainted Blackney, who sent for Foote.
sfSir,'' said he, 81 hear you have an excellent
talent at mimicking characters, and, among the
rest, find have been the sub ect of your rdicule
40, sir" said Foote with great pleasantly, 81
take all my acauaintances off at times, and what is
more particular, Ioften take myself of y,
q Cad sou said the other, "pray let US have a
specimen
his cane, and making short bow, left the rooom.
The general waited some time for his return but
atlength, ON inquiry, found that he had really tG
ken hnseIf of, by leaving the house.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

The IntelEgsneer is the name of beautiful dai-
" sheet, issued on Tuesday last at Wheeling, Va,
by Messrs. e. b, SwEARINGEN and o. l. TAYLOR
the latter being well known as the printer, who
owes no man anything 1t is wing In politics,
published al 100 year, or ten cents week. ana
we'll deserving of success.-Pitts6wgh Dispatch.
But we do owe some men something. We owe
many-what Hal owed Fallstaf friendship, and
YOU, brothers Foster & Allison, among that number
of creditors; whom we shall epdeavor to pay in
part at least.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
whiE Prospects in PennsyIvnnfa,

The Philadelphia North American, says that
the Mass Meeting of the friends of ScoTr and Ora
HAM at Harrisburg, on Friday, was a grand and
glorious affair. Many thousands were present,
from various sections oftha Commonwealth, and
but one spirit-a spirit of enthusiasm and conf
dence-pervaded the vast aSSemblage. Tha Amer
lean adds:
ait is evident that the right feeling is rapidly
making itsway among the masses of the citizens of
the noble old keystone State,' whose voice in the
momentuous contest of the country, will be, as it
has been in many previous one, final and deci-
sive. tAs Pennsylvania goes, SO goes the Union,'
has become proverbial with reference to Presiden-
tal elections; and the excitement in favor of Scott
that is already distinctly manifesting itself, indi
cate on which side of the field she will be found,
in the struggle in November next
ga remarkable fact worthy ofspecial notice, is
the participation in the meeting of several promi
nent members of the Democratic party. This,
however, will doubtless be denied publicly by our
opponents, even while they secretly believe and
grow uneasy over the news. But, that itmay not
lack confirmation, we will state that the we have,
within day or two, learned from source worthy
of entire credit that large numbers ofmen, in eve
ny section of the Commonwealth, who never be-
fore voted Wing ticket, are openly declaring
themselves for Scott. One of the leading and most
intelligent merchants of our city, whose business
relations extend into every part of the State, and
embrace citizens ofboth parties, has recently re-
ceiyed lettets from different persons resident at
rious points in the interior, stating that in the i'm
mediate districts of the several writer's changes of
political sentiment such us we have referred to,
have occurred in instances ranging from seven up
to twenty in the knowledge of each; and that the
same effect is rapidly multiplying itselfin all di-
rections. ~
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
ANOTHER ISLANDER REFUTED.


The Norfolk Courier publishes the following let
ter, addressed to gentleman in that city, giving
denial to a remark said to have been made by
General Scott in a conversation with Gen. Wade,
of Ohio, and which has been recently blazoned at
the head of nearly every democratic papez South,
for political effect. Thus every charge against the
old hero is falling to the ground, and his enemies
and defamers will soon be compelled to abandon,
altogether, these despicable attempts to make po-
litical capital. Here IS the letter: f.i.-e 5....
e5uY WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 1852.
SIR: had the honor to receive your note of the
18th inst, stating that at the head of Democrat
ic paper, published at Elizabeth City, N. c., called
the Democratic Pioneer" is the following: "l
WOULD SOONER CUT OFF NY RIGHT HAND THAN LEND
IT TO THE SUPPORT OF sLAvERY."-Gen, Scott, to
Senator Wade.
All team say of the above is, Cwbat have fire.
quently said of it since it has been floating about
in the papers that General Scott never made such
a declaration to me or in my hearing, nor did l
ever say or pretend that he ever did, and believe
it to have been fabricated with view to prejudice
the Southern people against the old General
And permit me to add, that the morbid sensitive
ness of the Southern mind, on this subject, rem
dered it peculiarly liable to such impositons; and
Northern demagogues knowing this, will not fail
to take advantage of it.
rflV Very respectfully, yours,
z W4nE
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
TIC FiIbnnferlInrnin % WorIE,


The hardness with which the laws of the un1-
ted States against yiolatonsof the law of Nations
andof our own country have thus far been en-
fol ced blythe judicial tribunals before which per
sons have been arraigned to answer for their mis-
deeds in this respect; the impnnity, in word
which such outrages against the laws have hith-
erto experienced, seems to have encouraged the
conspirators against the peace of their own coun-
try as well as that of the Spanish dominions to
renew their inrigues tending to the same enter
prises as last year inveigled so many improvident
and misguided young men to slayerytand to DEATH
Forthep resent abstaining from any comment Of our
own upon such proceedings, we shall only ask
the attention of our readers to the following no.
tees of this subject by our contemporaries
FROM THE NEW YORK EXPRESS.
The exciting intelligence from Havana, received
by the Crescent City, has produced profound
sensation among the Cubans resident in this city,
and large class of citizens who have frequent
commercial intercourse with fgem of the Antilles /"
The SO called Cuban Junta, whose heads are I'M
derstood to have planned the ill-staned Lopez ex-
petition, will probably be conyoked again, and
on all hands it is more than likely vigorous and
renewed attempt will be made to Estir up new the
Numbering elements of rebellion. We already
hear much of certain "secret publications" Hcon-
fidential circulars'' and patriotic "pronunclaml-
entos," emanating from whom nobody seems cler-
" to know, doing the desired work at Havana.
Hence the numerous arrests and impnsonments Of
which we are advised. go ~
These being the facts in the case, it is well to
conclude at once that the Lopez tragedy Is to be
played over again. sEThe fools are not all dead
vet" and we have no doubt enough of them may
be found, here and there, to Try over again the
pitiable experiment of makinga Rebellion in q
country where there are no Rebels-a Republic
where there are no Republicans. They do SO now nc,
with Their ewes open to the consequences. The
Moro Castle, the ganote, and the square of Abratt
pant for new victims they will have, if the warn
ing voice of Crittenden and his companions is no
heard by the infatuated enthusiasts who still hul
the delusion that Cuban Independence is only tt
be achieved by foreign invasion.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

" There is food for thought in the following
paragraph from the NiyerpooD European Times:
tfAs regards England, public sympathy, it is
needless to say is enlisted on the side of the Dem
ocTatic candidate. Nor THAT GEN. PIERCE IS
CONSIDERED THE BETTER NAN. Far Otherwise
He is merely accepted as the nominee of that great
party in the Union who desire to push the princi-
pie of free trade to It's utmost imits.''
OF courSe the public sympathy of Englandis en-
listed on the side of the Democratic candidate
OF course our great commercial rival across the
water prefers the success of the party in this coun
try, that will play into her hands-aid her in
breaking down our manufa ctures- Frustrating our
industry and opening our portsto the products Of
British ingenuity, capital and labor. Nothing im=
aginable Is more natnral-bnt, that there should
be found among us party ready toipromote this
ignominious hardening away of our independence,
and to surrender the incalchlahle advantages that
win accrue to us If we but encourage the national
genius for mechanic and manufacturing pursuits
S strange beyond comprehension. England may
well despair of imposing such a policy on General
Scott He has British lead enough IN his body to
make him Watchful Of her artful and selfish diplo-
macy.-L anehbiHg RngiRiaR.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

rTwe shall be necessarily absent during the
next week, at Brooke Circuit Court and must
the indulgence of our readers until return.
So soon as the fall terms of our Circuit Court are
over we shall be better enablee to perform our du-
ties to our readers.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

The Ta1lahasse Sentinel gives s e. eth. tie Rep
. ssats ssssP5 F ss5s %s51
tam ni him. IN Zen. Scott and will .nao Gen Pi
a and agree with you as to the pi'
souences of his election.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
VIZ. H. GRANBERRY, Esq.

The Norfolk News Democratic paper publishing this
we se sincerely glad that this denial has been made
public and would like all false issues on either side
scattered to the winds As to ourselves we have new.
not suffered charge appear in though we
can readily imagine how has been believed by others
We commend the remarks above Of the Norfolk News,
Democratic as wen worthy the attention OF orits
temporaries
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
FROM THE BALTIMORE GLITTER OF SATURDAY.

We learn from New York that all the prominent
managers of the Cuban expedition are now in that
city-not the fighting men, but those whose heads
planned the invasion, and whose purses paid the
expenses 1t is q fact thatthe Juntd has heen dis
soiped, as was reported when the disastrous result
of the Lopez foray was known. Should the mex
steamers advise us of continuance of the arrest:
and consequent excitement at Havana, depend up
on it there will be more work on hand for the
United States Marshal in the New York district.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

HowA.-The result of the election in this Stateis
highly encouraging to the Wings. Heretofore the
Democrats had both members Of Congress and all
the State Senators except four, and all the menu
bers Of the Lower House except five, but now the
Wings have elected one member of Congress and
have almost annihilated the Democratic majority
in the Legislature. s.
/ lMYsTERIous DISAPPEARANCE What is become
of Kossuthl We have looked over our English
papers IN vain for some typographical allusion to
his whereabouts and movements, present and; to
come, but are mot able to discover the femotest re-
ference to him, save only and except four lines in
d Liverpool paper, chronicling his arrival there
under the nom de guesye of g Alexander Sniit =
Can anyof the numerous revolution mongels IN
London or Paris, who look after the g sohcitaryi
9f the peoples in their cores ondenee with q
city paper here, give us lightg4N. y. Mzprsss.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
W.. II. GRANpERY, Esq.

The Norfolk News, "a Democratic paper in
publishing this letter, says:
We are sincerely glad, that this denial has been
made public and would like to see all false issues
on either side scattered to the winds. As for our
selves, we have never placed any reliance on the
truth of the report, and have not suffered the
charge to appear in our columns, though we can
readily IMAGINE how it has been believed byotherg.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
l am sir, very truly yours,

Gen. Scott answered my note on the morning
of the 9Th of June, IN triting, which answer, la
en- in connection with the conversation of the
day previous, was completely satisfactory.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

story has been going the rounds in tho Democratic
pers to the eject that Senator Wade Of Ohio had stated that
Cen Scott had said to him that Cso would cut on
his right hand than lend 1t to the support Of slavery As
VIC expected this statement turns to helan unqua
ned isehood tits strange that editors do not perceive
the proprety Of being guarded fnot truthful, in
their statements their eharaeers They should not give
Names or al least not real ones, II they viii hbrieate
we have ofen heard that he great art oflyng toe
as not to be eatehed it, Unfortunately for the eject
this and similar reports is picked at head quarters be-
fore fairly gets into le We give below Seuator wades
letter on the subject happy at being able to say that
Gen Scott does not like Mr. Pierce, have to como into the
papers attempt vncate himself his ACTS not
done in eorner.' 5..-i.1- a.-L SEs
WASHINGTON, August Is, 1852
had the honor to receive note Of the
stating that at the head OF Democratic paper published at
Elizabeth City en- C0 called the Democratic Honeer is
the following; u teoild sooner cut Of my right hand than
lend Il 10 The support of Scott to Senator
Wade. E-.rta
An say fthe above is Chat have frequently said
OF since II has floating about In the papers) that Gen.
Scott made such declaration to me or in hearing
did pretend that he ever did, and
i to have been fabricated with view to prejudice the
Southern people against the old General And permit to
this subject rendered peculiarly to such imposons
and Northern demagogues knowing this will not fail TO take
r WADE .
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28
CENTRAL Ohio RAIL ROAD.

The following are the Directors of the Central
Ohio Rail Road, elected last Tuesday for the ensu
ing Yenr:
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We owe to Gen. Scott almost all we have of a
military system, That which we usewas Gas has
been seem first introduced by him at Buffalo
There he with it in three months converted Gen.
Browns division into men that could not afterwards
be beat He had then only personally taught it,
but in 1S1415 it was regularly adopted for all our
army, by board of officers, of which he was Pres
ident. In 1921 he published itin sYo., under the
title of " General Regulations for the Army" In
1926 he published his ts Iutantry Tactics.'' In
1926 he drew up for the War Department "a plan
for the Organization and instruction of the 1phole
body Of the Militia of the Union ?. and g a System
Of Infantry and Rifle Tactics" In 1885 he pub
lshed by order of Congress, a new, edition of the
latter How well his system works has been seen
IN Mexico, through the armies formed under it,;
Certainly; we wemuch to w est Point and its sci
entfic instruction but West ONT owesno little of
whatit is to Gen. Scott Its he In reality, who
has given to our army that admirable spirit, that
high gentemanliness, that character, that extreme
efficiency, for law and that love of duty,
which distinguish it even more than its science,
and make it the finest bodyof men in the world
1t appears, too, sngularly enough that he may be
placed among the earliest pioneeH of the Temper
ance Refoma For he published in 1921 a long
tract az columnsl in Walsh,s NatiqaaL Gazette Of
Philadelphia, proposing plan for restricting the
use of ardent spirits in the United States. Hewas
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led to this idea by the mischiefs from i6isa=e
sTm S winch m s9 he h had to coatendin gotsasg
sional information. 1sAope' torpofe..
THE BLACK HAWK WAR; rhE cuoLt.,
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-11

DAYLIGHT
/ Namely, the coming of day. could not Sas
/ it to he sure. for my dying friend covered my
eyes tightly with his shoulder blade, but [ knew
it from the noise Of people going and coming in
the street. Suddenly I heard steps and mems
voices. could not understand what said.
for It was Polish, but heard sound if ths
coffin was being moved. 81 No doubt" thought
I, they wiz look for the dead man, and soon
deliver me - and so they did, but in way that
had not expected.
Some one beat the dead or dying man, with q
long cane most numerically, that he sprang
up and stood upright on his legs before the bed.
Ny unfortunate person received also some Of tho
blows, which were so hard that l could not help
crying out aloud and jumping up behind the
dead man. As looked about me and saw every
thing by day light perceived that the room was
full ofmon, mostly Poles The blows had been
dclt out by the Commissioner ofthe Police, who
was experimenting the burial of the gatherer.
The latter still lay dead in his coffin in the ante
room. The evening before, several intoxicted
Poles had been ordered to remove the corpse into
what had formerly been the Po-tur's-room, but
.hey had thought ct to put it in my ante-room
instead and leave one Of their drunken compan-
ions 20 keep wa.ch. The latter had probably fall
len asleep, and awakened by the noise 1 made in
the nfels,, had gone iusinctiveIy 20 my bed, and
thore SLEPT away the fumes CT liquor.
The adventures Of that horrible night had such
an effect onrne that I fell into burning fever,
which lasted seven weeks long. Even now
thanks TO tie Polish instruction l am no
lon~cr Commissioner cfJustice at Breezwezmcisl
-. 7 cannot think Of them without shudder-
ing. Yet 1 like to relate them. They may
arnrse some and instruct others. 1t is not well
70 fear what y7e do not believe.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-11

By the dim light of an old lamp, placed on
small table at one side, l saw The murdered tax
catherer laying in his coffin, on the floor in the
middle Of the ante-room, Just as | had seen HIM
the evening before, only chat this time the dark
stains Of blood on his shirt, which had before been
hidden by the hearse cloth were in plain sight.
I tried to collect myself; to convince myself that
this apparition was only hallucination Of sight.
I approached IT. But when my foot struck
against the coffin, which gave out dull sound,
and it seemed as II the corpse tired to move and
open its ewes, my consciousness almost disappear
ed I fed with terror bacliuto nlyroom and tum-
bled head-long into the bed.
In the meantime loud noise proceeded from
the coffin as if some one were raising himsefwith
much difficulty, and then falling down again !
thought that the tax-gathpg1r must have arisen
from the dead. hearda dull groaning, and soon
after saw. the figure Of the murdered man stand
:; Al, lo,,-o,- Of ,r,r- roam halIipc - a.
doorpost saw il Staggcr slowly into the room
and then lose itself in the dark. Whilst my in
credulity tried once more to deny all that had
heard and seen, it-was rcfutcd by the ghost, Or
dead man come to life again, in the most horri-
ble manner. For the latter, large and heavy as
he was, laid himself down on my bed, right
across me, so that his back touched nay face, and
hardly left me room to breathe.
I cannot conceive, at present ofhow escaped
alive, for my fright was mortal. must have
lain some time in a fainting 1T, for when heard
the clock strike again, and supposed it would be
one o'clock, the wished for end Of the ghostly
hour, it was two o'clock.
Let one imagine my dreadful situation,in COM
arson to which all the misery in Dante's hell is
nothing. I had not the strength to work myself
out from under the corpse, andif had had the
strength / should not have had the courage, for
now perceived plainly that the unfortunate man
had. after the first bleeding Of his wounds fallen
intoa deep swoon and been taken for dead, and
was now awakened from his fainting fit and
wrestling with real death. 1t seemed as ifhe could
neither come to himself, live, or die and was
to be the death pillow of the tax-gatherer.
Several times was inclined TO regard every
thing that had happened to me since my arrival
in Breczwezmcisl as horrid dream, but my
consciousness of my misery, in all its detail was
too great Yet should finally have convinced