Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-02
rRoM RICHMOND.
Regular Correspondence Of the IH'ellls'"'e'.l

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RICHMOND, June %, 1915.
-. Tina since. | think not more tnau
,l-as or four weeks some journal pnoliSns, =,
Eastern Virginia whose name DO noI .5i,ori.
ha bcinp greatly at loss, suppose LOT cuIs.'
nj matter, took occasion TO allude 70 t.io mo.
oG the Gnbernotirial SuccesSion' anu " ;aI,,
oa,,tIy have no doubt, ventured antcipa'''E'JL,
.t. .,,ra,.;cn of the opinion and wish, "nlen
il Thought TO be common among uie I'D
tbe Sta1e that Honest John Lelchef
80 nav, e,overnor II less than "eeh W
aS tho apnearance of this article at least |"
~ other Democratic journals siSniled . 81 3s
auprnbntiun of Bctcher's nominauou a..
i the ayidity eqnaled, with whicn :'1,i'd
,J;to,s siezed upon this subject, wheh Is
eu.'o' IifS,It 10 account for-these genue'
mon being actuated not so much by desire -
n,opote Mr.. Ietcher's gubernatora' prospeo',sI
a. b,, n wish to impart something Piq"'"t
Ri. columns for which, for some tiine P'9:.'
tl,ere has not been a superaounoahce oi l',a..
nj. The Richmond South was qnlle eAt t.o
Over the prospective election, 0i one -
risws resnond so synpathetically To us wv
Talbo,,nisTn The Enquirer, which was NOT eN
nected 10 express any views upon tne su"yeee
bef,re the marty fiat had gone forth, much less
than signify opeaIy prediction for Letcher'
or anv one else at this early day, IN one OF tnose
dull bungling partisan recltauohs l3, VIM.
Is now famous earnestly protested agc' t
anFr off
nsTtv and such deviation from urne-n0i-
arad Democratic rule" as the nomination, oy
f,restollment. of Dir Letcher would be- 4hc
E,0yire7's article of course, made no llnpTGs'
sion except TO promote the cohVicl"h L''u' -
charge preferred by Ridgway, VIZ tnht 'i i
ED1Hircr's p elerence was alrcady se''leu "a u
bebolf of Charles James Faulkner, was just ana
,rne and the Democratic papers in town and
country all followed the South. Inc mater
now seemed likely TO end, and ere now the
South aud Mr. Letcher's other supporters
Tvould in perfect quietude, have been con-
eliminating each other aud themselves ON me
prospect of an easy victory for thell iayoritei
the Enquirer would have been steadlly iaylns
under the asgiS of secrecy and concealment OIL us
mines. by which 10 utterly blow up Letchef
and his party, had not Ridgway-thnt taorh
in Democracy's side--eveT prickng, and some
times quite rensibly, too, just cast one OF MS
bombshells into Letcher's camp, which though
done sportingly, Was quite as eiec,'e as u iIS
author had been actuated by the bitterest mat
ice Of foe. The effect of Ridgway's shot Is
hardly describabIc-the camp in which not long
since there had been seen only peace ana que
tude and mutual congratulation, is now scene
of terror and confusion Pryor, 10 use Ridg-
WAYS own expression, drops Letcher IKE u
hot potatoe,n and manifests quite diStaste loT
Honest JOHN as he attempts to apologize lor
the "Indscretion" of man 20 years 81 age
The EsgRircr says sin tOtidem verbs. Amen
Ridgway,n evidently much pleased with so hea-
w blow to Mr. Letchcr. IT appears that Mr..
| Letcher, about eleven years ago, endorsed inc
sentiments and subscribed to the publication OF
lecture of DR.. Ruflner, advocating enamel
patton and abolition in Western Virginia. RIdS-
way having discovered Letcher's connection
with the matter, noticed it in an editorial last
week and adduced facts establishing, apparently,
Mr. Lctchei's perfect coincidence with the views
of an abolition lecture, and this is the cause OF
the CONSERVATION among Is friends IL Is due
TO Ridgway to say that he manifests much CON
triton for so completely manning Mr. Letcher'
and be utterly disclaims any intention of Seri-
ously hurting so many people at one shot, and
that almost u random one. Ii remains 10 be
seen whether Sir. Letchcr will explain this af-
fair satisfactorily, for which there IS only one
means-viz: the plea of misrepresentation I'M
less hc can offer that, his prospects for occupy
ing the chief magistracy of Virginia are utterly
worthless. have thought it not inappropriate
to notice this fletcher affair." which has coca
stoned so considerable an excitement in pOiu
cal circles in Richmond, aud this excitement
seems not likely to cease inmediately-the
Wing containing no less than four articles IN
its Issue of this morning this subject and
the Enquirer. two or three-I am inclined to the
opinion that there will he some more interesting
developements yet-Nous VerrO1s.
The negotiations between the United States
Agricultural Society and the Central Society OF
Va, have been finally concluded, ana the TWO
Societies will have their exhibitions coniunc-
lively in this city. The last exhibition of the
q. S. Society was held in Philadeldhia, and Is
said TO have passed off with great eclat. 1t is
to he hoped that Virginians will have sufficient
patriotic pride to so exert themselves as to rem
der the one TO be held in their own capitol, at
least equal to the exhibitions the Society else
where
Two men, hitherto highly respectable in char
acter, were arrested last week. charged with
causing the death of negro woman by whip
ping. It is alleged that the woman died7the
day on which she vas punished, but physicians
are not decided whether the chastiscment was
the cause After a hearing yesterday before
the County Court of HenicO, the men were re-
committed for further trial.
The preparations for the Monroe obsequicS
still continue on grand scale The pageant
will be grand one. and it is not uniting that
the patriot who had during life. the esteem of
the world, should be honored posthumously by
the canitnl IF his native State. FRANK.