Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-27


in making the sale the Secretary of War APP
pointed as agents for the purpose, unqualified,
inexperienced and incompetent men.
f. That provision for and management of the
sale, were so negligently, carelessly and iniu-
CliciOusly made, as to induce a successful com
binatiOn against the Government exclude all
competition, and bring loss to the Government.
That John G. Mather, agent of the Department
of War for the examination and sale OF the
Fort Ripley reservation after having already
Joined a combination for the purchase OF the
Fort Smelling reservation, acted, in making such
purchase in violation of his official duty, and
against the known policy of the Government;
and that as to him and Richard Sche rep
resented by him as agent and Steele and era
ham, who complicated in the sale with
him, with a full knowledge of this official char
acter, the sale of the Fort Smelling reservation
was at the time, and is now void.
THE SuERIFFALTY ONCE MORE, AND FOR THE
LAST TnE.-The agony has come at last. The
sun of Waterloo or Austerlitz, or some other
terrible rout, has risen upon the prospects ofnot
less than four candidates for the hangmanship of
this bailiwick. Ere the sun goes down, the
long disputed Shertfalty will be among the
fixed facts, and several Of the contestants
among the trans fixed specimens of glorious
war" between this and dinner time, there
will be shaking among the dry bones con
corning that floating vote which will be held
as a reserve corps. There will be nothing like
a heavy forenoon vote to strengthen the knees
and the prospects of each candidate. vote
before dinner will "do good like medicine,
votes after dinner But still, for all, hundreds
of votes will be held back until the middle O,
the dav These votes will be cast by people
who are choosing between the least of the evils
people who have Il decided preference for
some one candidate, yet will toregO that prefer
cncc, if they see better chance to make cen
tire shot-a home thrust against some candidate
who is especially obnoxious to Them Among
five candidates, the vote Of this county will he
badly cat up at the starting out, until the peo-
pie get an idea how the thing is running. If
the tide commences setting in in favor Of one
man, he will be, in all likelihood, singled out in
few hours, as the man upon whom his party
should rally. Out in the country, except where
they have learned town tricks the case will be
different. The country people, while not more
fixed in their preferences, ave less susceptible to
motives Of policy or cXpedicncy. Have not 80
many axes To grind generally. They will 20
in lust as their business allows them, and cast
their vote, regardless OF who wins.or loses
There is no doubt but this is the honest true
and open way to do voting. We don't like to
see people hanging back, seeing who is 10 win.
We like to see men have an opimon-have
preference, and go boldly aud express when the
occasion arrives, without waiting to see if per-
chance the majority may think likewise.
The candidates to-day for the Sheria'ty are:
Hubbard, Cvhig,) Dorsey (Amcrican,) Irwin,
CNhig,) Colts, Independent Democrat) Bedil,
lion, (Nomncc Democrat)
The Cerkshp of the Circuit Court is the
next biggest bone of contention. There have
been announced in our columns the following
candidates, viz: Loring, (.ibcral Dcmocrat,D
Swearingen, (Old Line Whig,) Bonham, (dittoD
Chaplinc, Clitso,) DR.. Chapne, (thc last
namely we see by the Arg"s has withdrawn.
The candidates, therefore, are now Loring,
Swcaringcn and Bonhan.
For the County Court, Mr. .Ino. MaConOch,
(Old Line Whig,) has 10 opposition.
These are the most important offices to be
filled today The party lines have been drawn
pretty distinctly during the last few days-b"t
still, quite heavy vote will 90, like kissing, 10y
personal frvoriteism.
All we have to say to everybody is, vote with
out reference to cXpcdicmcy and next, vote
early.
pporr,sS -. RIssi,-N letter from St Pc