Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
MAsn1seroN, Nov. 20. 1855


| tween this time and the assembling of
Congress, but few of the members of the
House have made their appearance in this
city. In regard to the organization of the
House, think my last letter sets forth
pretty fully all the candidates for the diff
fcrent offices. --latest rumors have set
down Sherman for Speaker; Hoffman or
Underwood for Clerk; Weston & Coombs,
or Defiees, of Ind, for Printer. The minor
| officers, as said in my last, are very
doubtful, except the Postmaster, which is
generally conceded to Lewis Clephane, for
his services as the Secretary of the Re-
publican Association of this city.
a case of scdition came up on last Fri
day evening, before two Justices of the
Peace, in this city, upon peace warrant.
y DIR. Van Camp, of this city, charged DIR.
Breed with uttering scditious and incen-
diary language, calculated to disturb the
public peace, and excite slaves to rebel
lion. DR.. b. was required to give bail in
the sum of $4,000, for his good behavior
for the term of IL months, and Mr.. S. j.
Bowen became his surety. The reports of
the trial give nothing definite rs to what
was actually the Doctors language. lie
denied all the words imputed to him,
and the testimony conflicts in many par
ticulars.
A gentleman related to me an anecdotc,
few days ago, about a rich STAKEHOLDER
| in one of our adjoining counties, which, to
my mind, is too good to be lost. 1t an
pears that the aforesaid gentleman en-
ployed a carpenter to do some work, and
after he got through, the gentleman told
the carpenter to go up on the top of
his house end clean out the rain spout
The carpenter told him that he reckoned
he could let one of his negroes go up and
clean it out. The gentleman replied
''He might fall down and kill himself.
and then should lose thousand dol
lars J" This speech made the hero of the
jack-planc and snw, rather wrathy, and
with great vehemence replied: You
wouldn't care if killed myself in clean
ing out your r0in-spout, because you
would only lose the dollar-and-a-half n
day, and if your negro were to fall down
and kill himself, yOu would lose thou
sand dollars. Don't you think that am
worth more to my wife and children, than
your negro is to you?" After the carpen-
he Indignantly left the gentlemun's service.
This is what we call {" free labor excm-
plifed."
On Sunday last we had another military
display in our city. About 500 soldiers
arrived here during the day on their way
to CharlcstOwn. Governor Wise is deter
mined to have Il full force out on the occa-
sion of hanging Old Brown, but we appre-
hend that there will not be much danger
of an attempt to rescue him.
Thanksgiving Day passed off quietly.
The theme of the discOurses, in many of
the churches, was appropriate to the day
but in two three of them, we regret to
say, Old John Brown and the Harper's
Ferry invasion was logged into the pulpit
We thought that the newspapers had GER
tainIy said enough about it, without clcr-
gymen giving the finishing touch.
The States, of this city, is still on its
disuniou hObbie. After paying its respects
to the newly elected members from Mary
land, whom the States denounces i'll the
hardest terms, it goes to dissolving the
Union. and has even fixed the time. in the
event that the Republicans carry the APP
Or3EnEGh hii Presidential election, il says:
1861, light the dome of the Capitol, the
present Union will be among the by-gones.
The bond of cohesion will be severed for
ever"
Timid people will please make note of
it. Prepare!
The democracy have put forward the
Hon. I. S. BoCOck, of VA, as n candidate
S''N OAllSS VI N0pGAhSTJ DuI VIC Inlnh
with very little show of success. 1t will
be recollected that this gentleman once
went in for IL dissolution of the Union. MS
the following extract from theC Congress
S!0"dI Globe will show. In the House,
January 10, 1856, Mr.. Bocock, addressing
himself to the Republicans, said
When, in your platform, you come for
ward, and say that your institutions alone
are entitled to the protection of the Gov
ernmcnt aud that ours are to be discoun-
tenanced and restricted by its action, then
you lay down Il sectional platform, and
array yourselves into sectional party.
You put US beyond the pale of the Con-
stitution, and go" force as to fight you Ly
ere'y far and honorable means; and ,co
shall do IT.
"Mr. Giddings and others.-Agreed!
90 it," '''''
The Union loving Democracy propose
this gentleman. who, in the above IAN
guage, "vows himself disunionist.