Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-30

the negrcss Lcvinia, and of the editor
CooDeTss CIar6S6urg Register and vet, thi
un,SGSnPulous person who disgraces III
Salt ,l 'f'"l department of the Register. en-
ueAforS, by SuppresSiOns of truth un6 i'm
plicationS OF talsehood. to send forih -, H. H.
country the impression thar am Tho NJ,
principled and blood-thirstv wretch +,
lncltc nurdcrous. scrvilc insurrection
una place III the hands of the slaves tn,
implements of death. So, Mr. Editor ~
CvGPeT Ct"ThsGWTy Register, you know
"hu Know, anu everybody i'll the count,
SHOWS tnat no man, wcmmn or child. liv.
ing or dead black or white. bond or Froo
ever did or will see the knives end
reN9lYers, which you imply, in a manner
no less cowardly than false. were in Dns.
session OF the negroes, and furnished bv
niE: ~, 30 much for the third sentence.
me next sentence OF this paragraph
renting 10 the summonins and testifyipg
~ tne persons named, is rigidly and scru-
nutously true. do not charge that it is
oIten!l99noily so; but presume it is IN
oversight. The next will pass, cxceDt thnt
II VIII be observed the word .ihcr.'' Mt the
conclusion of t,is ifGiic1sed. which means
uou0tiesS, t!lnt though the evidence wns
not sufficient to convict Sarah. the Slave
VI a!'eh, 1t waS sufficiently abundant to
convict some one else, probably me. Tho
statement Ill the succeeding sentence =
correct, showing that the editor of tho
| hcy'4ter IS liable to Swrrvc from his notr-
Eil orbit. But what does he mean wh,n
nc goes on 10 say that the story of Lcvin;,
"'a 5" connected and straightforward as
!" create thc impression on the s.6Ng;gnnyery''
,,l"t II Wis true? (Fity it didn't make
Ia. III, preston on the courtY Why. YOU
coH"FGlE sneak of the Register. will tell
: w "At 70" mcnu, and see, whcu v0u
Fe;'u lHl$' II some little mOrscl of con-
SclSEcc Goes not say, Amen to it. You
thought. sir to CRAFTY a little sordiI n,n,;I
" anu lEJnrc me. by sending ont INTO this
and surrounding communities. tl,rn,,,,v, ,to
."ia1lha % ToUr filthy sheet, the lurkiuo
l"SiAaatioas contained i'll this scntcncc,
tllt' though the evidence before the cuurt
was WI" lHsili!iclrnt To convict me- yet was no
i"S' iu'itE What says that iulinitcSimnl
conscience? Pleads gm;lty. does IL? nnt
what IS the result which the Editor csnnnt
give !'il next week? WIry, tf.a, The no.r
Gin ., Sl'!Nc Lew. wh"is much nearer heaven
Ina" '''' REGISTER man, was diSchurgc,i-
NJ" Else /" o"ld 1t result when there WAS ,
II" G"hFlc'in% evidence save that of the re
ii:eaS' which have said had been rendered |
worthless, and Of her master who ALWAYS /
!
McSSrs Editors, will lac brief as possi- |,
nl". | could not be briefcrand render thai
Justice which ] promised in the hcginnip,s
tEhaPs owe an apology to Yourselves
ana to the public who may pcrusc this. I +
am the last man III desire to bring :.uyi
merely personal affair before ,!.c rli,lic.
D"t the charges preferred against nc in :,
pNhslc PRINT are uf so crave 81 character,
i!'"' surely. even il ii do not become. a
matter of public interest lo know whether
ih"E he lru: or not, j; l.: huy inst thai I
WI" d" NOT desire 10 stand il a false no.
sutton before my fellow citizens. should be
fntc theIni more especially at this pc.io.l
wien the p"niltar mind is so much iu-
nAmcd. For attempting do do mhn1 am
represented as having done, John Rrown,,
was i'MnE What. then, would no: de-
serve. If the charges against nc cor!d bc
lii the ncighborino counties
the J@rkal. ere alrt::,dy homling and gnasil-,
in@ their teeth for their prey At Booths
vile, Worthinginn, and other points, in
lamma1"ry speeches have been ml.lr. in
which have been held up to popular view
rs Il second Brown, who is placing in lii"
hand OF the insargent negro the revolver
and bowie knife. the instruments OF tic;,1h
10 hc used i'll cutting the t!!rNats- nf his uu-
offending nciehbors. u
And this has all grown ont of m insig
1lllr&nt article in still more insignificant
sheet ana is just the result intended 10 hr
nr"dnccd: for lies. like Snow-hallS. tho
more they are rolled the greater they gi',w.
OAe more word and have done.
should not have troubled you iiczsrs. Ed
tors. with this. had been permitted ,N rc-
Dig to these charges through the Medium
through which they wCr" pr0;nulgatr,l.-
Is. the NlHn, " no when he was u r.,,,,ji,l.,to