Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-12

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AS0Tnra (sLgxc) sHor AZ snGNnnp rRoN
TnE ORoAx.-It has now become our painful
duty every few days, TO make note Of the pro-
sress Of Tho ambuScade war, which the ill-iavOr-
Of, ill.conditioncd and ill.bci,aved Organ next
door, has commenced upon ih5 honorable rep.
rcsentativc elect from this congressional district
We have but tIie preliminary manifestations Of
covert. yet determined intention, to annihi-
late ShcrrurtI, root and branch, as far rs his
future In politics are concerned. We aant all
our readers 10 inakc note Of this bchiutl-the-
bash warfare, and see If it docs mt turn ont
as &c have said, Gre the term for which SherTard
il elected cancs to close. II ShcrraFd ever
comes before tho people OF this district again,
for any Office whatever, Il will be, not with tho
support Of The Organ, butin opposition to it,
This may appear strange TO many Of our read.
ersWho remember, no further back than last
Spring. tho honiod phrases il which the illustri
ons Organ was wont to chant tho praises OF
SherTard. But the era Of an undivided brother
hool has passed away and a new regime now
obtains in the camp. Wc might in general terms
explain the whole matter, by saying that it is
one Of those wars which all over the world set
in between the ISIS aud tho Ours; butt Is more,
which Shcrrard has promised the people, can fully
reveal. Our readers Eay, however, rest assured
that thcrc is a gulf great gulf deep and i'm
passable like that which INTERVIEWED between
Dives aud Lazarus, between shcrrard and the
Organ. On this matter VIC are speaking calmly
and adyisedly, and every one who reads may
count, and, if need be. bet high upon what We
say. aEIA
We have said this much BY tic way Of OK.
planning the third attack of tho campaign. which
appeared in the Argus of Saturday. in which
It again holds, orseeks loholdup our Congress-
man in a iaundiced and distorted mirror 10 the
gaze Of tho people Of the South eastern portion
&c the district This itGloes under, the guise of
administering reproof To us, for talking about
some Of IFS nomadic constituency down there,
Who, like che tribes Of the Russian StePpes
;quat here awhile aud there awhile But this
is all put on on the part Of tho Organ it cares
mot stivrc for Tho .'gray backss-not yet for
the ..red wanusee, /" but would fling them aside
as did the hunch backed Richard his Bible,
~ hen Il had answered his ambitious and unholy
ends Through the transparent, we might say
transpicuous, hnmbug Of anxious prctences
aboutthc civilized statusof liewild Chamois who
inE1abit tho mountain crags and gorges it links to
put enuity between tue taxable and respect.
able people down there. and their fayoIite and
indefatigablc patriot here whom it is their pleas
ure TO honor.
But as we said before, tits our mission. to cs-
pouso the cause Of those who have no helper,
aud if Shorrard but conducts himself in n
modest and dignifcd manner during the next
two years, VIC will bear hand towards rescuing
him from falling a prey TO the envipus maws of
the wicked Organ and its board of direction.
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MoDEnS FISAECEMNG-Ecea operations III !
BdltimOr6.- gentleman has posted the WASH
ington Star zap 10 the last Baltimore bank
'.wrinklon Of tho times, as follows Viz:
customer Of q bank has draft from New York
TO pay. He draws "current Baltimore I
bank parer-lrom the bank. that being all they /
will pay, and gets it shaved. at . per Ccntun by /
a broker. An agent Of the bank buys it back
again Of the broker in an hour afterwards at /
per ccntum discount With such operations in /
their reach, it is not TO Lc expected that banks
that have so crampod themselves by speculation
asthat they refuse 10 pay specie for all demands
against them, viii ''rcsauc" until public opin-
ION forces that course upon ucn, or conpels i
them 70 close entirely their at present bnt half
open doors.
REFuTATtOs OF Az UxForSDED Ruaon.--wc
publish, in another column Of this mornings
paper, card, signed by largo number of
prominent and heavy business citizens. On
this list great deal Of the wealth, energy and
s-.e-r--:-- E .l,S5s'syt - represented, although
il is but due lorus 70 mention that tho card
was gotten up on Saturday evening, in a short
time, and only those easily accessible were visit
ed ana solicited. They are however representa-
tive names and amply sufficient to Oyerwhc!m
and crush out any Of the injurious surmising
and gossip which has gone abroad relative to
any or all of ourscity banks.
Confidence is jewel above all computation
these trying times, and the busy minded news
,nongers who tamper with ii, arc guilty Of MS.
sassinating not only the credit of those directly
concerned, but OF Indirectly wrestling the bread
from out the mouths Of the dependant poor.
Stand together, should be tho word now:
shoulder to shoulder, and column to column,
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LITERARY EKrENPRrsks.-TIle New York Her
aid predicts that the present revulsiOn of finan-
cal affairs will be the death Of hundreds of lit
crary enterprises. Il says:
.'Harper's Weetly will be likely to lose half
Of its subscribers, and Ha1perSs Magazine can-
not expect to fare any better. As for our neigh
bor-the Nsle York Letgsi-=we give that paper
six months to die ont altogether; perhaps with
careful nanag euleuL The proprietor may prDtract
the agony to twelve months; but It canIiet last
j longer.
Before 1887 we had plenty Of literary period
icnls with eXtravagant circulation aud apparent
IvtsxceIlent prospects They all died oil, how
ever, in the crisis; and their SUCCESSORS of to-day
wiIl share the Same fate