Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-28

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DOUGLAS AND LtNcoLN At @GHARLEsToN-
Fourth De6ate-The last hand to hand encoun-
ter, between Messrs. Douglas and Lincoln,
marked down in the programme ct the starting
out, came off day or two ago at Charleston,
illinois, Il was.a big demonstFati6n We seeib
the papers. Crowds of men, women, children
and sucking babies, came together in every sort
Of style imaginable, across the prairies. They
come in carriages, in wagons lin go carts of ali
kinds, on horses, mules, jack asses, and on foot.
We'readthat
Mr.. Lincoln spent the night at AIatt0on ten
miles distant, and was escorted thence by the.
entire tOton in wagons From Charleston there
went forth; to meet him large delegation, and
with 1t the pleasantest feature Of the occasion;a
large wagon covered with canopy, vas decor
ated with blue and white cloth, festoonS of
leaves and 1wreaths ofIfowers: Inside were
thirty.one young ladies, dressed in white, on
their heads blue velvet caps with wreaths of
green and asilver star. Each youngladv waved
white banner, with the name of a state upon
it Behind was a young lady on horseback,
bearing the5 banner s'Kahsas-IiVvill ,bezfree'i9
II may remark in passing, anEnnfortunate
declaration for young lady.) Following her
were thirty one young men on horseback The
wagon containing the young ladies bad \ upon
one side the words "Lincoln, 0glesby, MarShalL
Craddock; on the other, {4
.sWsasyaTa the Star of Empire takes It's way.a
The girls EEo to Lincoln, their mothers did Clay
As the procession arrived and made its way
through the dense crowd, the young iadieswere
greeted With,immense cheers, to which they re-
Sponded by the waving of their banners. Mr.
Lincoln, in his reception speech, gracefully
alluded to this pretty spectacle as "a basket Of
flowers. Mr. Douglas, too, spent the night at
Nation, and came over with his friends. A
wagon with thirteen young ladies' met him in
procession, and these were followed by thirty
one ladies on horseback, attended by as many
gentlemen. Obi how fearfully dusty candidates
and caValcades were when they arrived infront
of the hotels. The two wagons have mem
toned were drawn upon the grounds, where the
most intense enthusiasm was manifested at their
appearance. 1,,sy's1,..7 =
What fools the ''dear people" do make Of
themselves in such matters. Here we see they
come togetheEat every sort of inconyeniencelto
themselvesto hear their two champions contend
which shall be next Senator We're taking it
for granted, as we presume most people do who
know much about politics, that Messrs. Lincoln
and Douglas don't care the toss of copper
about these crowds-nor about what they pre-.
tend to have at heart so deeply. Mr.. Douglas
wants to be reelected to the Senate for two or
three reasons not the least of which is the place
ITSELF But he also wants to be put ina place
where he can command terms with the Demo.
cratic party, and either make his oSn future or
break that Of his enemies That's what Doug
las wants. Everybody who has read these
speeches of his and watched the way in which
he has "wired in and wired OUT about his pop.
ular sovereignty measures knows that all he is
after is the political interest of. Stephen "A.
Douglas. And just so NO might say about Lin
I. u
as Douglas and has also the additional merit of
being gentleman. But when you stripall this
fuss and demonstration away out in the Suck
or State, y down to the bare bone Of its merits,
you find it to be the strife of couple of place
men after position They have no business on
the stump because the people do not elect u. s.
Senators, and because they have no right to cir,
cumscribe the choice of Legislators who are allow
ed thewhole wide State to choose from. Yetit is
the Intention of these two gentlemen and their
friends to hem down choice to their two
honorable selves This of course is setting
very bad as well as q very ridiculous precedent,
A. couple of sorry individuals would Douglas
and Lincoln be il, even after all their. wind and
sweat, their party friends elected should ballot
for some other persons. The verdict of the
country would be-"served them right.
THE CoWNa F1eRT.== have before alluded
to the coming pIgilistic encounter that istotake
place between those two champions of the ring,
MOrrissey and Heeman. Heeman is called the
Benicia boy, and has a trainer all the way from
Europe, named Aaron Jones, who, by the ac-
counts in the sporting papers, is very sauguine
of the success of his pupil in the approaching
trial He says that he never, in all his eucoun-
tiers, whether in the ring or .withthe gIoyesSmet
with a more scientific boxer, while his great
activity enables him to avoid his opponents re-
urn in surprising manner. The fight, he
THINKS, viii not prove protracted one, as he is
confident that Heenau's great muscular strength.
activity and science, will speedily bring the bat.
tie to- an issue in his favor. Heeven goes so far
as TO express his belief that there is no man in
existence, either in the English pugilistC ring
or in this country, who can successfully com.