Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-29

come dead drunk. The same remedy, l
am assured, is sovereign against rattle
snake bites. ] can assure the friends of
those gentlemen were amply fortified
against any amount of dew or rattlesnake
poison before they got to the end of their
whisky, so great was their supply. By
tue Memphis papers, it seems that If that
institttion of blood prevailed there as in
New Orleans, for 1 read in the pnpers as
went along of two murders and q shootin
affray rs the incidents OF the previous day.
contributed by "the local" To contrast
with this low state of social existence
there must be very high condition of
moral feeling, for the journalI was readirg
contained an elaborat. article to show the
wickedness of any one paying his debts.
and of any State acknowledging its liaLil-
tiles, which would constitute an indivitlu-
al, pGde meeum for Basinghall street
AT Humboldt there was what is
called a change of cars-a process that
all the philosophy of the R9soR eonld not
have enabled him 70 sentinre without some
loss of temper, for there WAS whole Kos
mos of Southern patriotism assembled at
the station, burning with the fires of liber-
ty, and bent ongoing to the camp nt Union
City, forty.six miles away, where the Con-
federate forces of Tennessee, aided by Mis-
sissippi regiments, are out under the green
wood tree. Their force was irresistible,
particularly as there were numbers of re-
lentless citizenesses-what the American
papers call "quite crowl"-Rs the advan-
ced guard of the invading army. While
the original occupants were being COM
pressed or expelled by criuoline-that all
absorbing, defensive and aggressive article
of feminine war reigns here in wide
spread, iron-houna -circle-I took refuge
on the platform, where made in an inYol-
untary way, good many acquaintancss in
this sort: ''Sir, my name is Jones
Judge Jones, of Pumpkin county. am
huppy to know you SIR We shake hands
efFectionately. "Colonel, '(Jones logwittr,)
'allow me to introduce you to my friend
Mr.. Scribble! Colonel Maggs, Mr., Scrib-
ble." Tho Colonel shakes hands, and inn
mediately darts of TO circle of his friends,
whom he introduces, and they each in
troduced some one else to me, and, finally,
1 am introduced to the engine-driYer,
who is really an acquaintance of wall
uC, for lie is good enough to give MO
seat on his engine, and the bell
tolls, the steam trumpet bellows, and we
move from the station an hour behind
time, and with twice the number of pass
enGers the cars were meant TO contain.
Our engineer did his best to overcome
his difficulties, and we rushed rapidly, if
not steadily, through wilderness of forest
and tangled brakes, through which the
rail, without the smallest justification, per-
formed curve and twists, indicative of
desire on the part of the engineer to con-
sumo the &, eatest amount of rail on the
shortest extent Of line, Ny companion
was very intelligent Southern gentle
man, formerly editor of newspaper. We
talked of the crime of the country, of the
brutal shOotings and stabbiuss which dis
graced it. He admitted their existence
with regret, but he could advise and sug-
gsst no rspseays ~ .rops;liee have r5sll-
ed in upon us, so that we can't Muster
them" SIS the law powerless z" Swell,
Sir, you see these men got hold of those
who should administer the law, or they
are too powerful or too reckless to he kept
down" "That is reign of terror-of
mob-ruflianism2" "It don't hurt rcspecta-
blepeOple but Iagree with you itmust
be put down." "When,-howw ~ "Wcll,
Sir, when things are settled, we'll just take
the law into our hands Not man shall
have 81 vote unless he's American born,
and, by degrees, we'll get rid of these men
who disgrace u.s.; "Are not many of your
regiments composed Of Germans aud Irish
-Uf foreigners, in fact? ayes, Sir"
did not suggest to him the thought which
rose in my mind, that these gentlemen, if
successful, would be very little inclined to !
abandon their rights while they had arms
in their hands, but it occurred to me as
well that this would be rather poor re-
ward for the men who were engaged in
establishing the Southern Confederacy.
The attempt may fail, but assuredly have
heard it expressed too often to doubt that
there is determination on the part of the
leaders in the movement to take away the
suffrnge from the men whom they do not
scruple to employ in fighting their battles.
If they cut the throats of the enemy they
will stiAe their own sweet voices at tho
same time, or soon afterwnrds-a capital
recompense to their emigrant soldiersl
A Card from MIR. Arnold,