Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-16
Hox. BILL MISUNDERSTANDING Letter

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Fdecency, has the man.no mercy, even2 II was
once thought that "our own" Gov. Wise had
gone stark mad upon the matter Of letter writ
ing; but, really, Montgomery "out Herods Her
3D." Never did Wilkins Micawber, in his palm.
lest day 8, display SO quera6le azpenchantz
for exercising his epistolary talents as does this
doughty PENNSYLVANIA Congressman. Wewould
like to think that Mr.. Montg onnery would attend
toalword of advice even from so humble an
individual as ourseif Did e:ttlink he WOULD
we would candidly and warmly adjure and con.
jurc him tothrow. aside his pen and quit scrib=
bling letters to every. whiskey dis:ier or whisky
seller, or even drinker. throughout his district
He certainly is making himself ridiculous in'the
eyes of his very best friends. Can he not,
then, see the policy of at once dropping the
penS ,.gFle oaHs
gq a9 Of sys Letter; .s caused e The xEitsFs
And the sad truth conveyed in this little dis
itch Mr.. Montgomery has ncreason 7or right to-
ignore. 80 st re aiaa 81
The Washington Examiner publishes the LETT
ter in question, and very significantly asks, us
it a forgery?" knowing full well that 1t is not
q forgery. Really" says the Examiner, "Mr.
Montgomery is too good democrat to write
such ailetter," and therefore it advises its demo-
cratic friends mot to be Influenced" by the letter
until it is asccrtained to be no rhoorback. To
those conversant with the violence of the Er-
Gminer' 8opposition to Mr.. Montgomery previous
to his selection at the primary meetings of the
district this irterrogatory and would be thought
surprise, is evidence of most cool and deliberate
wish and purpose to slaughter Montgomery
right out The 'suggestio .J1lsT' the lOgicians
reckon as even more .powe. fol method Of ac-
compliShing roundabout purposes than the
commonly practiced ''SuppressiO- geri" We in
fer that the sEraminex intends kicking in the
traces unless Mr.. NJ. comes out and denies the
whole thing, which the Examiner knows full
well he cannot do, the letter having been pub
lishedIin the Recies0, Mr.. MS especial Organ.
This letter of Montgomery S is addressed to
the Republican Committee of Vigilance of Fay
cite county, and displays Ongthe part, of Mont.
gomery, decided inclination to conciliate the
good will Of thatparty. But @illthat committee
oEsthat party listen to the lurings-the billing
and ceOing of such time server as Mr. Mont
gomery has, beyond all doubt, proved himself
Ito be? Certainly they will not, judging by the
tone in which his advances have been met by
his home opposition press. He has deceived
his first friends--then his new found or Anti
Lecompton friends, and now he seeks, for TEN.
Porary purposes, to VSheedle n support out of
those whom he has so lately betrayed.
The dignity and hest interests of the opposi-
ton in that district alike preclude any compro.
mise in this matter. -
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Hen HANDED" RuFFIANIs1 N, THE CIrT OF
BALrINoRE,---Tna all probability, outside the re-
gion of Pandemonium, there does not move
about more general spirit of sullen, blood.
thirsty INSTRUMENTATION than in the city Of Bal
timOre. Insthat city. OF, last Friday, the Office
of the Baltimore Dailys Erehangs, a repu-
table first class journal, was formally invad-
ed by gang of notorious outlaws, who pro.
ceeded to kick, bruise, knock down the inmates,
editors, reporters, employees, &c. and to smash
things generally, after thepreyalent Plug Ugly
fashion of Baltimore rioting. All this occurred
in the midst of one of the principal centres of
business, and was occasioned by the exposures
Of some of the doings of these plundering
scoundrels. 5s Vssz
We su6join an extract from the general 7ac-
count of the scruPe, as given in the Erchamga.
| About the hour ofeleven in the forenoon, our
countingrGom was invaded by gang of motto.
rious rutFians and outlaws, long the terror and
the curse of this c0mmunito, who after unsuc.
cessfulIy demanding, as officer English had done
before them, the name of the reporter who had
furnished to this paper the oLnoxious article,
proceeded without further ado to make
an indiScriminate attack upon persons and
property in the office Our furniture was
broken, and our books and papers hurled about
in every direction. 0nr book -keepcr MIR.
Eward F. Carter, formerly of the American Of
| flee, a gentleman well known and widely respec-
ted in this c0mnupity, was violently assaulted,
was struck and kicked, and pistols pointed at
him with an exhortation on the part ofthe leader
nf the gang, to his followers-to shoot. A lad.
named Warmly, employed in our Office, bare.
| ly escaped similar Nr worse treatment by leap
| ing from the window. Mir. William b. Muse.
gentleman of this city, in nowise connected with
this paper but who happened accidentally to be
linthe office at the time, received severed blow
on the forehead from a-rufian named Madison.
who presented pistol to his breast, and was
only prevented from shooting, by the timely ar
rival and prompt interpoSition of Cartain 10.
1seph Mitchell of the police, TO whom under Gods
i Providence, both ATr. Muse and Mr.. Carter ars
probably indebted for their lives.
! Concerning the general state of law and or.
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