Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-27

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lpf, - a,,; RleR&oIp, Feb. 23d, 1861.
4 81 am sursythat you will be amused, With
ionsportion Of the proceedings in the Con-.
ysutton here to. day. mean that portion
IN which Leonard 9. Hall, the distinguish.
i ed delegate from 1wetzel, county, took part.
He affected to be imne1sely indignant at
| the dispatch in your paper, Of Thursday
last, when, in all your life, you never saw
aman more tickled with having got into
print in any shape or In any light. He
4 gave out, however, that he was going To
lemolish your reporter the 6rst Thing to.
DAY, when the Convention should meet.
And so' after prayers, he lifted up his
voice, BRAT sending your special dispatch
70 the Secretary's desk to be read. Then
ne proceeded TO pay ftnnmerable left
handed eOmpliments 70 the LntslEigcneer.
IL was en- Abolition paner-it had de.
fnon nneed slavery,as q sin@fti bad turned
the AMMAN die upside ld0Rh-l1it had Killed
on all the decent politicians, and sent
clemens and Hubbard to this Convention
on an Abolition platform of its own max
btug. In fact, it was the most terrible
print IN the State, AS he had found out TO
ms sorrow. In the course of'his remarks.
l'Se 0onhced Clemens and Hubbard, and
Clemens, on tue Instant interrupted and
tbOunced him. and you never snyy A moor
creature take Wnter faster. His riomsroIe rII
\ WAS so. cracked; eonceited, non sensicnI:
and murderonsly ungrammHtical, that the
President told him twice to tiLke his seat.
and the last time made him do it, much 10
the relief OF the Convention, by whom he
4 IS esteemed the most perfect specimen oF
muttonheadtsm ever sent to this city by
any constituency, IN any portion of the
Suite The Douglas men here, on account
Eof his course, have stricken him from
their caucus roll; and all of them, us I
learn, have but one common sentiment of
lcontempt for hts treatment Of bis Uuion
il'colledgues from the Northwest.
Wheeling Is getting to be we'll repre-
sented here. Mnjor Good and Jacob
HOrubrook arrived to-day, from Washing
ton, and hear that some others will be on
to-day or tomorrow. There is great Gu
riosity to see the Convention, / tell the
Major, however, that suspect It is not al
curiosity that Is bringing so many Douglas.
democrats to this point ut this time, espe-
ctally IN view of consultations hear of in
reference to our spring Congressional elec-
tion. have heard the following gentle-
men spoken of as possible candidates fora
nomination by the Douglas men Of the
district, viz: Messrs. G. McPorfer, Of Ham
cock Campbell Tarr, of Brooke, Major
Good, Of Ohio, NJ M. Dent, OF Mononga-
liza, and w. g. Brown, of Preston These,
linhddttiou to Messrs, Wiley and Clemens,
already spoken Of, will give the Union
men ample material TO choose from. Who
of all Of them shall it be Z That is IA
questiOnN1hieh will be time enouGh,to
pess inpont when the Of the. s ttte ,and.
q sfsa3A ~ y y s,q.sla3i lssa G -
1 Alnppg the nj ~ 81 i Iiton ieflisrS Ss5f
IN. the -
hands, have heard none that nieased mt,
/; better than, one or.two sent by your towns
men, Judge Rry,to Mcssrs. WILEY, jack
SOM and iothers!l Il such letters RECEIVED
here that are effectually lyrevealing the public
sentiment of the State, and turninRthe tide
completely against the secesaionists. :,
he t0llowinR reSoluti0n was offered in
the Senate to-day: EsfE 5ii - d
"ResQtped,T by the General Assembly of
4 Flrglpia, that by GLOWING the Federal flag
TO he raised over the Capitol, OF VIRGINIA,
that State denies the right of the srcedIno
States to their position.n Ta
The resolution was offered bT, O. B.
Ftnney, of Accomae. How does it suit
4 yop? would vote for it, quick, If Twas
n member / hope all the disunionists
| Will interpret the waving of the stars and
stripes over our CapitOl,just as Finuey
does oedtai 81 aia5b aaa G.
! r. sGH fitia77 F-7-st4 s.q4r 4f-
THE following report OF the personal
debate alluded to in our correspondents
letter, we find in the Richmond papers:
Il IA - PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS.
Mr., hall, of Wetzel,. arose. 10 mako n.
persOlal explanation. He proceeded tn
state that he bad been represented ,s saw
ing, in the remrks which he submitted
on Thursday last, that the whole North |
west WAS unsOuud upon the Question of
slavery, and that they did not represcnt
the sentiment of Virginia. He did not |
IN those. remarks, intendsto include the
\ whole Northwest, or aEy considerable nor.
\ tlona but to the two or three thousand
Lincoln voters. There are gentlemen up. |
on this Hoor who are supported and elected |
upon platform drawn up by MIR. Camp |
| helli editor of the Wheeling EaIelIigeHecr, |
an out and out Republican paper. and
among thems were AiF. Clemens and Mr. |
Hubbard, of Wheeling. ~ - IN oiI
Ma GtRNEAs interrupted Mf. HALL with |
ttheinquiRY: DidI uuderstfudi the delegate
from NHPtEel 70 assert thai Itstood5 Iipon a |
| platform dictated by the editor or the
wheeling hrtelligenetIF i ~
AE.l HAIL. You understood me to say |
AR. CLENEHs. 1 desire a categoricsl
Ma; HALL. The editor of the Inielliger..
esFs laid down the platform and advocated
1.-THE same platform upon which you
IEuns :. 1H ,saisai-Ni'5 \ fsa1 SiIlo'f
Nh cLEEEsshgaiu demanded an answer
AE. HALT That's all you viii get from
The PREslpgST here interposed, and tn-
LED ont of order any remarks about. the |
eonsisteney Of gentlemen before they car !
here. ~ -
Ma. HALL said that he had been denoun.
eed ms misrepreseutiug, iu-tis remarks OF !
thursday the sentiment Of the NorthW
HIS reply was that he feared those who |
thus denounced bin, represented hut ,too |