Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-01

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YESTERDAY the eeetioa for tie LeeoaPtOu
20ST- he Free State Esen, and One Demo-
GaS reSzizedEOn EOsL1L HoUr aEresP0n-
dat S vel = oGhss, D0tied N-iss1urlans
e0zRiEg oEE- IN the terry bal IN Rnz a eight
and ten lEaIiHS tbe< hnrsS hitehd 0Q the
hank opposite, n fun Sght Of the city. These
pCOelli@ing thai they u voted, and didn't
care uhO bsEu Toese Den. 70 the number
a 6vs Eeze subsequently, aTTeSteS, s0d 4dEit-
ted % Ml-I The PTee Stzte mex hadame&fng
To devise mAS1TS 70 pueTent any more fOm
voting ~eomihg OTE. abolt oOon OfY@s11Ay,
noE that they considered thefr voting TO amount
TO any thine, bat they wi<hed % prevent the
EOIs Il hvoT Of dis CoaSttI7On- While the
Free SeAteUl were holding the meeting. they
heard that "A old nan Vas driven from the pals
or @EhaEEnging = voter Tbey Immediately
marched N \ band 70 The UzSeaOuse OF A b
Miller, and E5re76lV took iheEefom = klse num-
here In ~thed1iriag out Of Free State men from
this city, and which Ue said 70 have been taken
Tom the FREE State men Thus armed they
marched TO the Polls and without interfering
nth the votznZ. proclaimed their determination
70 protect re Free State men In TIER night %
ehaIeage Ina w-sATey men we're not 70 be
found E5T 3 Icte While, sui the Free Stz1e men
marched Any In the maR time the United
States UOoPsin the uburh cftOEu were seat
Ez 6y Calhoun, and SOOn made their appearance
to the nuuber Of about tEO b
RTee State cOmPanT Vas som seen marching
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oniaoGS Inc company marCbed up and Salu-
tad the troops, giving them three cheers and
then marched around toWn, and At dark quietly
dispersed Happily thsge WAS 30 collision
TnSre Eere2j6 votes PoHed, as follows 20 Tor
The Constitution With Slavery; u fr the Goa
~Stituto8 Sitbcat Slavery, and 9 tickets reading
TO hel With the DecomPtO1 Constitution
This city can pol to-day feSlre AHB5rea U0tsz,
for under the eight months restriction, last 0ctO-
Der, there were over eight hundred pOIIdbege,
and nearly two hundred are knOEn 20 have gone
% kic&spco to vote, ouins to the crowd around
the polls here The day, though an intensely
exciting one here, thus passed on without any
disturbances ofa bloody eharseter. excepta fight
or .tEo, of IndiVi5uzk
It's DoE generally understood that the Free
State men viii nominate, and vote foE State Of
feers IN January 4th, (the same day the Pro
SlaEeEy party vote for State officers under this
Constitution, las well a. vote against the Con-
<[AAAEtIAlg lt W. eGAk - AhHG A01aAANAAAA4 = 49,
eepted by congress, they may hIus have eontOl
Of the legislative and Executive Offices Of
the State. and ehGAgs tie Constitution imn0di-
GLSIg. This they are abletO do. for the COnsd-
tuition says only @tthe Constitution may be chan
ged AFTER 1854, without saying 1t shall not be
changed before that time Furthermore, the
Constitution recognizes the right Of the people
to change the Constitution at Gay ting
A Convention Is 70 be held At Lawrence, on
Wednesday, 23d inst, for the purpose Of nOui-
mating candidates under the State Organization.
AT night, Calhoun vas burned m ehg b.
the Free State men, and one man was shot IN :
fray. His name was Eli Moore. His wound Is
man, who made himself obnoxious to the PTee
State men IN the previous troubles
Judge Lecnmpt vas present at the polls, ard
/ heard him say he had voted "for the Consti-
tuition with Slayery." Calhoun was also present
and / heard him say he voted 'for the Consti-
heard frequent deep and hearty curses hre7thed
by these Pn0Slayeg voters against Walker and
Stanton. On the other hand, the Free State
men, even to Calhoun's face, charged him with
attempting 70 deiTaud them Of their rights, and
frequent loud threats, and such remarks as sew
cry man Of them ought to be hung up right of,
coupled with mutteTed oathS, could be heard At
almost every corner.
Douglas speech on the Becompton CORsitu-
ton has created quite q sensation among the
people, decidedly in his avOr.
Next Saturday there IS to be : Free State
meeting, to perfect an armed organization, pre-
paFstoy to the 18th Of January When there nav
be warmer time than yesterday, though all
calm men are Determined TO avert any rash acts
if possible ".
THE Preemasons of Alabama have elected
j. n c. Wiley Grand Master for the ensuing
year.