Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-27
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BALTIMORE, June %, 1860.
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by what sent you last night by telegraph,
that our distinguished friend William
Montgomery, Esq, is inclined to take
very conspicuous part in the proceedings
of this Convention. Scarcely q day has
passed since the opening, that he has not
got up an excitement of some sort or 9TH
er. This is all natural to William, aud he
could no more live without it than fish
without water. He is constitutional
rowdy, and | might parcnthctcnlly re-
mark, that in every other respect he is very
unconstitutional, and delights in brOils
and wrangles. Yesterday evening, nj
most the first thing after the session had
been resumed, Bill got mp and signified to
the President TINT if he had any more
changes to make in the tickets, that he
wished that he would deliver his to him
through some other hands than those of
the Chairman of their (Pa,) delegation
whH is Hon. Josiah Randall-innsmuch rs
he (BilD had missed getting his hereto
fore, except through outside hands. He
was going on in this way with other re-
Elections upon the chairman of his dclega
ton, when Randall suddenly appeared
down the aisle within few feet of Bill,
geSticulating and talking in the most vio-
| lent manner. l could not hear word he
said, but knew it was something violent,
| for Bill, high above all the din of sur
rounding excitement, cried out in his
stcnturian tones to the President, to send
| the Scrgcant-at-ArmS to take this imper-
tincnt old man away. The Chair mean
while raped inccssuntly with his gHvei,
! but to no purpose. a scene of the Wild
est and most indiscribablc disorder pre-
! vailed from one end of the house to the
other. The people in the three tiers of
! the galleries, men, women and children,
and the delegates on the floor, were all
! standing on their tip-tocs, eager to see the
fray whatever it might be. After calling
loud and long many times to "Mr. Presi-
dent, Mr.. President" Hon. John l.. DNw-
son, of Pa, got the recognition of the
Chair Turning around to Bill Montgom-
erv, he proceeded. at first in a low and
calm voice, but gradually rising and ma
king it more emphatic, to say that the inn
/ Eputations which Montgomery had cast on
! the chairman and himself (as Inferred
were false in every respect, and were un-
called for and ungentlemanly in the highest
! degree. This made another outbreak ot
excitement, and the confusion again was
worse confounded, Bill sprung up on his
bench, shook his fist most SavHgely, roar
cd, growled, shook his head and turned
blood reu IN Iue tace. NObOuS COuIu uS"'
a word. I thought heard him swearing
like trooper, and damning Dawson and
Randall up hill and down, but couldn't
make out an ineligible word.
: OF course, in the midst of such q scene
/. all business was out of the question en-
tirely, and there seemed to be no way oI
adiournins except to break up and go out
for no ono could be heard for motion OF
adjournment But at last some one did
interject into comparative momentary
lull, n motion to adjourn until this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and it prevailed by al
most unanimous vote.
As soon as the Convention broke up
I there was q general expection that the
difficulty would be renewed on the hOor
but it was not. The members passed out
and umopg them Montgomery. When ht
bad got about half way down Gay street
J. however, n son of Randall's came up tc
+ him, and sans ceremonie, struck him square
in the face, on the nose, drawing th'
claret quite freely. Montgomery was no
staggered in the least, but only infnriatet
like mad bull, and accordingly he deal
/ Randall a sousing right-hauder in thu
breast, which knocked him clear bacl
against the wall, and gave him sense o
/ s"gonenessv in the region. offthe stoul1Sh
Y0n know what trim hammer fist anI