Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-06

is order To correct the erroneous reports in
circulation in regard to the ''mu&" at Washing
ton Hall on Saturday night, and which some
rersors nrc circulating eyidc"tly with view TO
tie injury cr our worthy City Sergeant, we
publish Ike facts rs we understand them.
\ company travelling the country under the
rainc of Isarsonti, as Turkish Masic;aEs, andwho
were recently giving exhibitions in Pittsburgh,
were performing ut Washington Hail. They had
l,ii litt>burgh forgetting to5Pay their bills
which were forwarded to this place, and an exc
cl.io,, placed in TIE hands of onr City Sergeant
to levy ON their property, and al Close OF the
exhibition ON Saturday night, he proceeded to
'r lis duty under the Lar, which terminated in
st general eight, and tlc filming Of one oftheshOw-
rseu I, the srHount Of $40.
TIE Magicians owed this office Il small bill fol
alva=.i.ing. Abont the time we thought their
Performance would be over, we went to. the Hall
.ar ;he purpose of getting our money. Wcprc-
>yutad cur lii Ia the man WHO had contracted
fgi Tho work. and was assured thathc had notll-
ing to 10 with IL, and directed Us to the Trcastl-
rer; we then presented cur hill to tle Treasurer
and va. assured dat he kadnothing to do with
it, and was directed to the Magician performing
on the stage; we then went behind the curtain,
and 'Fas assured Ihat lie had nothing in the
world to do With it. aud that Henry, the treasu-
reT, was the person 10 20 to. We then discov-
cred that ;ley were set of sxindiers, and went
ont among lie audience, for the purpose of leay-
Ing the Hall To proeureaone legal process against
them For some reason, we went behind the
curtain again, where We E9;,nd our worthy City
Sergeant and two police officers. The officer
was complying with the directions of the law in
tic execution Of the wit in lis possession. lie
was courteous in the performance Of Isis duty,
nut ne was insuited by dic men Mes,aycr and
liery, wl.o denied The validity Of his writ, and
Re iStSd him in tic performance of his duty
The ma. Henry was then arrested, and the ma
;ciao, for M improper Interference with the otit-
GERS, was also arrested Ia the excitement OF
tn moment, and as we thought, an attempt to
break away from the officers, one Of tue show
men received n pretty severe knock on the fore
head with cane, and another got the weight Of
petty heavy fist on his head.
The c!ainr. out Of an atiolult to collect which,
tic difficulty grew, followed the showmen from
Pittsburgh aad it was not for license or Hall
'ent as represented The Chin is yet unpaid,
a. arr also.ths claims of the Wheeling printers.
The officers done nothing more than their duty,
and were using more than common courtesy,
HH'il they were resisted, and then had to use
fosec.
It might be proper in this place, to state that
the naa who performs the magic tricks, and his
wise, claim that they thought all bills had been
promptly raid; that they were engaged for six
months by Henry and Mestayer to travel the
country: and that they were to Ray all charges
AMI divide the profits and that they had been
led to believe that al bills were paidofE