Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-15
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Correspondence OF the wheeling In.ellgeneer1
LYK1xs Co., X r. July 4th, 1857.
| This day, which to all the citizens OF the Cnl-
ted States is so glorious-so respiendent WIN win
flying banners, brilliant professions, oeanttol
/ ladies, 1re-crackers and ginger bread, IS to us
| here nothing more than hot sultry, monotonous,
calm day, which renders person very uneom-
Portable, no matter what he tries do with hlmSeh
The woods are too full of gnats and buGs-the
heat of tue sun and the total absence Oh any
breeze preclude the idea of ride over the prai-
RE, and SO We are compelled to lounge about inc
cabin and patiently await the coming o. the
shades of evening. !,
Il In spite of the warm weather, people viii oc
casionally allow themselves to become excited I;
! their angry passions TO rise, and even go so Tar
MS to pitch into EACH other with total disregard
of all the laws of pfopriety and health. The
people OF the Territory not connected w'th any
Of the parties" engaging in these little mare
ups" maintain philos0phic indifference TO the
whole affair, and stranger would hardly sus-
meet that any thing unusual had occurred in the
4 Immediate vicinity were he not to ask dlrecty
about it. We have had reported, within the
I past few weeks, some five or six deaths by vlo-
ience, caused principally by the parties getting
/ into disputes about claims. The Tragedy ehaci-
/ cd in one of the most crowded streets oil Lea
venworth city, on last Monday, the 29th ult,
| however, will probably cause more than usual
excitement and secure more attention from the
papers, as it has already created considerable
excitement in both political parties. It Is not
i to be expected that the people abroad will hear
an exact account of the affair, just as 1t hap
pened, when persons i'll the city at the time
could hear stories directly contradicting each
other, from eye witnesses My version OF the
story is this: 1t was the day of election for
City Councilmen--two men of opposite parties
! got into n squabbie about vote. 3r. Lyle our
county clerk, being familiar with both parties,
passing by at the time, stopped and asked what
| was the matter. No. 4, free State man. standing
on the opposite side of the street, walks over
and remarks with an oath, Its none OF your
! business Words passed, which ended in No.
kicking at Lyle, who stepped a little out OF the
/ way, whereupon he laid his hand on Lyle S
shoulder, drew him towards him and plunged a
bowie knife into his back, cutting the large ar
terry of the heart and killing him Instantly. He
| fell on his face and never spoke again. In the
mean time several pistol shots had been hired by
the first parties none of which took effect, cN-
cept one which entered an adjoining store, struck
young man on the wrist and glanced oil, leaving
the impression on the young mans mind that he
was actually dead, whereupon he babe his com
panionS an atfectiOnate farewell. Much to MS
modification, however, he revived in short
time The murderer was taken iii custody i'm
mediately, and it was reported round town that
some were in for hanging him without Judge or
Jury This created great excitement among his
friends, and some were fearful another general
outbreak was at hand The excitement lasted
pretty much all night. The Jail was guarded
lest the prisoners friends should run him off,
and men patrolled the streets all night. Things
uuietcd down on Tuesday. The trial proceeded
slowly, but without disturbance, and when
left ON Thursday the excitement seemed to have
subsidized entirely. Mr.. Lyle was general IA
Yorite, and his death is mourned by a large cir
Gle OF friends He had young wife, to whom
he had been welded only four months. When
she heard the sad news, she tainted away and
went into spasms, which ended only with her
life She died day or so after the death OF her
husband. This is the saddest part of this hor.
rible affair.
In my opinion, the heaviest part of the sin of
this sad affair should be put upon the head of
our free soil Mayor, over whose election our
free soil brethren made such ridiculous blast
in their organ published in this city, few
weeks since. His policy from the first was to
compel the pro-slavery Councilmen to resign,
by opposing themin every thing they attempted
to do. They being conscientious men-swOrn
to attend to the interests Of the people 10 the
best ofetlieir abilities-when they saw that they
would not be allowed to do any thing, of course
resigned Hence the election. aud the fuss, and
| the murder, and disturbance generally.
Gov Walker, Ex-Gov Bigler, of Pa, and Mr.
Perrin brothcr-in-law of Walker's-togcther
with several other distinguished men-have been
attending the land sales here
Quite number of fine speeches were deliv-
cred on Tuesday last, and general good time
i was enjoyed by all. Walkers speech, especial
lIy, pleased all parties. But for all this, they
nearly wound up with general row. y little
chap by the name of Foster, from OssHwattamic
was called on, and mounted the wagon for the
purpose, he said, of saying few words in de-
fence of that mnch-abuSed Topeka Constitu-
| ton. He made some bold assertions concern
/ ing persons not present, but when he alluded to
Col Coffee, who was in the crowd, he was call
ed liar Neutrality-suspicious. were drawn, and
parties not relishing the peculiar smell of pow
der scattered out-all was confusion, and in less
than two minutes more blood would have flowed
freely. At this critical moment the commits
S;oner of the land sales informed the crowd
that the sales would be stopped, and chang
ell to ST. Louis, If the disturbance was
not queed Immediately. This had the de-
interested to allow little fuss of this kind to
stop the sales. There are plenty Of men in
Kansas yet whose hearts are not at all too good
to deluge these lovely plains, with the hearts
blood of their country men, ard If their mean,
selfish, grasping natures would allow them to
throw aside interests and act out the sentiments
they are constantly expressing, they would soon
revive the old bloody times, and draw good ho-
nest citizens into fresh difficulties. As it is,
besides it being against their interests, they
have the majority of the people of Kansas against
them, and they can never again humbug the
people into shooting each other.
Gov. Walker has told us plainly what he in
tends to do regardless of party preiudices, and
fanatics begin to see that it would be more
severe business to raise distur bance now than
it was last year. SHATnERs-
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