Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-11


since the Montgomery Lazcar fight began. It
would take keener philosopher than We pre-
tend TO be, TO say which Of the Washington
papers displays the strongest signs of anguish,
or which has the best reason to be in trouble.
The Examiner is in sore distress, and sadly
down in the mouth at Lazcar's defeat and Mont
gomery's nomination. 1t gives the nomination
the decided cold shoulder, aud mutters most
lugubriously at the rccreancy of s'protsased
Democrats" The Recie,e has been kicked and
cuffed and driven about-made to chaw and
rechaw its words so often, aud has been run
into such dismal corner ofinconsistencies, that
its case is truly pitiful. The Tribune and Re-
2'irter meet with such insuferable disappoint-
inents in all their projects of nominating iona
than Knight and keeping up harmony in their
party, that stole philosopher would excuse the
occasional outbursts Of deSpairto which they
give vent. The Tribune Of this week Icomes
down, in long lender, on tour own Mont
gomery," in style that is both savage and
furious, while it points itskeencstsatire at those
weak-backed, chicken hearted Republicans of
incorigible little Greene county, who persist
entity refuse to enter into nomination for Con-
gress. 1t shows up Montgomery's deceitfu
trafficking for votes, reconnts his many acts of
hypocrisy, and insists that no man of honor
ought to support hun Though somewhat less
furious in its tone, yet the Exporter still rubs
the Democratic nominee down occasionally
With patience and perseverance that is truly
commendable, il still calls on Montgomery to
explain hon it is that lac forfeited thirty dollars
per day, every day he was absent from the last
Congress, as he had asserted in various speeches.
But it meets with about the same success in
getting reply that Hotspur supposed Glen.
dover would in calling spirits from the Vastly
deep. mo ansseer GET (in large caps) as regu-
larly heads an PARTICLE, each week, in that paper,
as though it were part and parcel of what might
regularly be looked for.
We have said the ReUie1o's case was a truly
pitiful one-so tits; bat we doubt whether it is
much more so than that Of the Examiner 1t
scarcely knows how to open its mouth, tor to say
anything against democratic nominee Gas Mr..
NJ is) would, according to its ownpartY morals
professed in times past. be ''hat perjury as ever
was committed" 1t and the party it represents
(rather that branch of the .partY) havn't even
any thing to hope for. Montgomery, they ever
have opposed, and he would be about as accep-
table to them as he would be TO the friends of
Jonathan Knight. From what we can learn
through private persons from those parts, as
well as from5the disposition of the papers of the
district, we iuagine there will be. an immensely
of cross firing on the congressional ticket at the
coming election. The Republicans who now
profess friendship for Montgomery, do so from
no dislike of Knight, and hence, mag still be
persuaded to come over to the support of the
venerable old Quaker On the other hand such
democrat as now oppoes Montgomery, most
heartily refuse to listen to anything like ever
voting for him. They can't be persuaded ever
to have anything to do with him. In consequence
of this state of affairs, the Repic,o party, altho
protesting the utmost confidence inthe election
Of their favorte arc, nevertheless, not altogeth.
or without doubt, and we think they have rea-
sonable grounds for doubt. One thing is GER
tain, had the Republican party united harmoni-
ously:o a candidate, Montgomery would have
been badly beaten this2all AS things stand,
the result may be guessed at, but with no great
certainty.
LADIES EQUESTRIAN CoNvENTIoN. The Ladies'
Grand Equestrian Convention, which had been
so extensively advertised, and which excited so
much interest among the fair horsewo,nen
throughout the country, took place on wednes.
day last at the Union Course, Long Islcnd. in
thep presence of vast concourse Of people,
minority of whom were ladies' There was from
three to four thousand persons in attendance
andsso far as the receipts were concerned, the
managers of the affair have every reason to be
satisfied.
Busmess ~ Nrw YoRx.,-o1r latest New
York papers say that the city is beginning 10
present unmistnkable indications of a revival in
business. The crowd of strangers never was so
great, and most OF them apparently on a bust.
ness visit. The places of amusement are sought
for with great. eyidity, and there is a general
aspect of eheerfulness The newspapers indi.
cate that the busy lnarts of commerce are like.
ly to be thronged for months. to come.
CoURTEsIss BErwEES EDIToRs-The editor of
the Chicago Herald says of his brother editor
of the TSnss--the latter being the organ of
Judge Douglas-that when he stated that he
could produce letter written by Mr.. Cook
containing the language osthe extract he lied
lied in his heart, lied deliberately lnaiciously,