Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-08-01

"The zeal of the Iatelligencer in support OF the
war coupled with the fact that one of its editors
was by birth an Englishman, had exasperated al
miral Cockburn violently against the journal ana us
proprietor and being unable to capture the obnox-
ious editor (who was still in North Carolina with
his family, he determined to burn down the print
ing Office and its contents which purpose, however,
he was prevented from executing by the entrea.ies
of the females of the contiguous houses, wnich
would have been censuped with the office building,
(the men of the families being absent with the
troops) But the Admiral vented his spleen on the
printing materials and other property IN the pulu
ing. He had the library, of several hundred VOL
umes, removed to the street assisting himself IN
the work. and burned threw all the types ana print
ing material out OF the upper windows, and broke
and destroyed all the presses, thereby infiictng
loss on the proprietors of some thousands OF dol
lars, and then departed"
Ingersoll, in his second War, gives us another
glimpse of this i" Harlequin Of Havoc" parading
the Streets, laughing at the terrified women who
were imploring him not to destroy their homes.
Never fear" he said, "you shall be much safer
under my administration than Madisons. BE
sure" said he to those who were destroying the
types of the National Inteligencer, THAT all the
Cs are demolished that the rascas can no longer
abuse my name as they have done"
Mr. Gales was formerly Democrat, and support
ed jefferson, Madison and Monroe, enjoying in
high degree, the confidence of the two last. On
several accounts, he had the misfortune to differ
with jackson. He became warm advocate OF
Henry Clay, and ever after was an Underwriting ad-
herent of the Wing cause, supporting all its Presi-
dental nominees even down to Fillmore, the LETT
handed iegatee of tho remains of that party.
His intercourse with the leading men for half
century gave Mr. Gales knowledge possessed by
few who could so we'll analyze the motives OF men
and deal fairly with them. He was frequently So
licted and pressed by eminent statesmen and others
to publish his recollectons of his own times; and
it is exceedingly to be regretted, that he did not
mould into printable shape more than he gave the
public within few years in the columns of the In
telligenc6r. 1t was always his intention to do So
but the necessities which generosity entails, as we'll
as the quickly recurring needs of business. inter
fered with the fii!fillment of the project. Such
work would be one of the most entertaining and
characteristic autobiographic series Of historical re-
minscences pertaining to this country and its loss
is, perhaps-n view of the period and the eminence
of his contemporaries second to that Of the
destruction of Charles Thompson's notes and rem-
niscences, embracing the private history of the
movements of the Revolutionary era.
In concluding, we desire to add to the public
sympathy our respectful coincidence to the family
of our late venerable professional neghbor, to his
surviving associate, and those who have grown gray
in faithfulness to the fortunes of the deceased.