Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-08
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Union Meeting at Falrnont--A areut
crowd Of4PeOpIessThe Weather In.
The Union HTen-A SecesSiom FiSG
tatGed OH the court House nnl TR.
zen. Zen Down Misunderstanding Ia the
Natn-Ep tells ONE .tOut-Spo-
Ken Trutha'i--AS Secession Mob Iry
10 H0otDONVIl the Spen keRS-A Free
ifgSiht. ia,, and I'd. .. High Old Tine-AId-
1Ss-13n mp Ih0mph0m Orders out the
Mllltnry-Nob0dy Hurt-The People
20 H0me, and Order ReiSns Again
From the Special Reporter for tho Iutsrligeucer.]
-, RAIRuoSr, May 9.
This was Court-daY here, and had been
set apart for u great rally OF the Union
men of this county. And there was a
great rally of them, notwithstanding
the inclcmency of the weather. as the
good deacon said when thaukfng theiLord
tor being present at his class neetine.-
This morning dawned with a fair prospect
of sunshine which disappeared about
noon in trowning clouds thAt poured their
garnered tullness down, and tried tlcir
best, bHt unsucccssfully, TO throw cold
wafer ON tue occasion, as they did on the
people The deceptive appearance of the
morning, however, had hten sufficient TO
bring the people into town, and hy noon
an immense crowd had gathered about the
Court House and ON the streets. MouOu.
gallH :onnty sent upR large delegation,
which came into town with hRnun and bun
ners flying, eliciting cheers from tile inn
mense mnss of Union men, and curses, not
loud hut deep, from the few secessionisis
scattered here and there. Itwas evident
there was considerable feeliugin the crowd,
and this was heightened by THE raiising of
secession flag on the Court House about
II O'Clock. This piece of bunting had
not hoated TO tue breeze very long till it
became evident that it would be torn
down. The old farmers Gf the surruund-
ing country eyed it Indignantly, and paced
the street like Gagged bensts; for they are u
l"w-abiding people, and the flag was rails.
by order, or at least with the consent of,
the county authorities, and they heSitnted
about milking an assault upon it. But
this was too much for human nature, and
1t soon became apparent Tint the flag
would be torn down, and the biggest kind
OF rnw tmngurntel; so the Court, with
its accustomed discretion, ordered the of
tcnsive bunting TO be removed and it came
down amidst the cheers of tile crowd.
II was expected that the Court would
organize and give way, as is usual here
on such occasions, Dnt no; there was "a
concerted determination tO break UP the
meeting, pOssible, and tile Court went
ON with its business. The crowd collect
cd in the street in front of Ben Flemlng's
hat store, and after dinner an effort was
made 10 address tlicm from mr. elevated
porch. Me- PierPOints asSeuticd the porch
and beEan To- a sailresst .tiiE people, and his
appearance was the signal for slvOlIev of
vile and abusive epithets from 81 mob of
secessionists, some forty or fifty, perhaps,
who had congregated on the outside of the
crowd. This the Union men diJn't like to
stand, and series of scrimmnges hogan to
sway the crowd back and forth, and threat
Ell n serious fight. The secessi6hists tried
to get up row aud draw the crowd away
aud fora time partially succeeded. But
tile people would listen to Mr. p, and they
returned to the charge, hoOtiug and croan-
ing, so TINT it was impossible for the
speaker to be heard. They had threatened
for some days that AIR. CHrlile should not
speak, and ns he dill not come, they were
resolved TO vent their blNckguariism ON
the other speakers. Mr. p. spoke some
time with most telling effect, dealing the
hlackguurds the most terrible blows, while
they hOoted aud groancd, aud lhe Union
men :checred. The uproar Mt length be-
came SO dcafcning that Mr.. P. dcsi5Ted; he
having. however, accomplished his object
iu drawing the crowd together.