Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-02
FRONI .RIoHMONn.


Especial cor1espondspee Sl the Iutelllgsneer.l
A ARevolutIonRry-S -Scene..The Tempe r
OF the MOl--Letter from WetEel
County.
RIcHNowD, Feb. 20, 1861.
Ny last letter closed with the mention
of q report that was in circulation OF the
streets, viz, that an Indignation meeting
was 10 be held nsthe course Of the even
ing, at which Samuel Mcdowell Moore, of
Rockbridge county, was to be burnt in
etfigy and held mp to public execration for
his strong Union speech iu-the convention.
Sure enough that turned out to be the
programme. Tho cseressioniststo to the mum
Der of hundreds, turned out in the streets,
with an etIigy in hands, aud transparency,
both ready to be lighted on signal. On
tue transparency were written words TO the
effect: that we denouuce the traitor Moore
1t WAS intended to parade the street with
this. And accordingly, about eight in the
evening an immense crowd was in the
streets and on the eide walks in front of
the American Hotel. where Moore boards.
The talk was all about the cIFigy and the
transparency, md Moore. the trnitor. And
the swearing and fuss un'l demonstrations
were Tery exciting. But it soon termed mo
that there was td lie no elEigy burned nor
any trdnsparancy ~ araded. 1t was dis
covered that there was to be another side
to this demonstration, and that iG the two
indignities were offered there wOnldi be
such an uprising of popular Indignation as
had not been seen in this city for many Il
i6uor nnV 1fhn lnoHaPs- ofs
had got wind that the thing would not do.
and thltpl thoughts Inbont (thsP and
Transparency must be chOkei off. Viii,
great difficulty this was done, and 1t
Was Yohly iIesttdl stbtuas sits ~ sirjteRs
OF Mir. o. Jennings Wise, Que of the
editors of the Enquirer, who held the
crowd nj bay, with speech, while some
parties in the secret made way with the.
ethgy. l'nt disposing ofthe eifigyrfid not
dispose of their plans fur the evening.
They formed themselves into an immense
mnss, should think from thousand TO
fifteen hundred strong, and came uD here
to the SpottswOod House, with a bnnd at
their head playing the Murseliaise i,t the,
most exciting and flIrioso style. Before
leaving the American they had played, tho
,,it"gnt's :, March" in compliment to Mr.
Moore. as soon rs they had settled in
front OF the SpotsWood, and filled nm ali
the space within good hearing distance
they set ilp most riotons yells for .II0l-
combel' "HOlcombelI-n noted secession
member of the Convention. and whiIom
Professor in the State University-most
r"btd for disuniOn. HOluonbe was mot
present, and they soon found it our. and
when they did they commenced Yelling for
various other parties, and family Dickin.
SON, of Prince Edward, ind Anderson.
OF Boutctourt, responded, both making in
tan'matory anti=Union Anbeals. which
were icheerell in the right and wrong places
without sense OF system, just ns "a freak
! looK possession OF the mob 10 whom
thty were addressed. One thing was
n"tceaole IN their cheers, and your report
er was not the only one who noted the
fact, and that was when there WINS nnTs
thing said about tho rigLts aud interests or
sl"Teholders, which wns the burden of
much OF Sir. Anderson's speech, either mo-
cheers or the tNiutcst ones in the world.
came up from the crowd; and on the out.
skirts, several times, groHns or defisiVe
gnnaws wonld come mp, showing. as was
remarked by several spectators, that that
mob was ripe for revolution, but not on
the slavery question more than Any other
question. 1t was turn out of the fan.
bourgs of Paris-a regular .r93" demon.
strntion in the inripiency of the French
revolution, having no guiding star EXCEPT
desire for civil revolution and military o.
cltement, and consequent change in inii-
vidual fortune. amused myself by sit.
ting mt one of the windows and looking
down on the crowd as they5 Rbuod
shoulder to shoulder in dense MAS
presenting ia sea of upturned faces"
cleaning and gIaring from un ler tho
gas lights, many OF them, like so
many begrimmFd demons. II was a
melancholy sight to look on in free gov
ernment. And it spoke language of re-
proach upon all our. boosted nineteenth
century appreciation of liberty. tbat
amounted to painful moCkeEy.; Ian anus
ing, episode occurred at the wind pg I'm. II
the term amusing is allowable at ali In
connection with such n sceue, and III vss
orcasioued' by the inimitable Hail. cf
MetEel county, who. like the Iout tinfd,e
play, always steps in at the farce. With
OUT a cali, without u bid Of any kind,
without a person in ALI the crowd below
knowing that Hall WAS above, OF even that
s1eh man existed, mp he stspOed to the
window and commenced Mt the ton of his
voice. The crowd elled, HWhose that9p
"hold on, there's smother fellow at The
Window dc. Hall replied, .si am Han.
from Melzel." '.NhOse Hall, from HVetSelI,'
yelled SOUND of them And so the srepe
went on =hntit Hall got good started. And
such start. And worse again snch a
speech you nerer heard. Grammar suyas
40 where and poor GOmmnnsense, the yery
CommonestS0rt, was remOrseles Ily slaugftL
cred in every sentenve. No report could
do Il uP 10 .'phrase genteel orthoGghts mn
heTn,H lt was and would be esin spite Of
all 'tinkering that the pencil Of twin broth
er reporter could give 1t. its oRu eariea.
ture. IL ought, however, to ha4e6 been on!