Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-06

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Eoyerwhe heIming, To be sure, there are Sc
\ csSsionistS here, hut, a in your city, they
are tolerable scarce, and by no means con-
! hdent. In some fewlocalitieS of the cOuu-
" there are a good many, in others every
thing Is for the Union man namch
Maxwell. who attended the meeting to-day
| from the Southern part OF the county, says
he was stopped by crowd of them armed,
who, however. allowed him to come on,
hui fired vollcy after he had gone by, MS
an expression Of their wrath But the
county, on the whole, is largely Union
strongly and determiuedIy so-for The
Union men hereinre stern men who will
tight ifit be needFulto maintain their lib
critics. AL they want is the mems to de-
Itend themselves, the will to do so they al.
ready have.
To say that Carlile is immensely popn-
lar here, is bat a feeble expression Of the
feeling for him.. His fearless course just
suits the Union men of this county, and
you may jadge from that what kind of ma.
ltertal they nre made Of Il have heard
/ more anil stronger q Union talk here tod II
/ IN s0nvsrsatton tlian could be heard in
In Wheeling in week, ana it seems hard
to realize that people could entertain such
sentiments, and express them 80 freely.
here In n place that is very generally sup
| posed TO be 50 strongly for secession. But
titfts undoubted that there has been very
remarkable change, or rather the waking
up OF the sentiment about this place with
IN the last year, and that change Is greatly
for the better.
/ have endeavored 10 find out vlnt
Judge Summers Is about, but can CLEAN
nothing deihite. 1t IS said here that he
is speaking for,the Union in Kndawha, hut
II is not certain. Hughes, of Randolph, it
is said, signed the ordinAnce. His ccnnty
IS represented ms Union. So is Upshur.
conTersed wits q merchant from Buck
hanuHn, WHO says that their delegate
who voted for the ordinance nnd came
homo seccsstonist) was elected as a
Union man. SnwNs Woods, of Barbour,
Cyrus Hall, of Ritelie, passed through here
on his way home, yesterday morning.
Secessionlst, of course, but elected rs Il
Union man. He and Leonard S, of Wet
gel, would make good tenn. learn
trnm brother of Mr.. Bnggcss, (Union
delegate from Lewis,l that the report of
the burning OF his dwelling by incendin.
ries, on tho night of his return from Rich
nond, IS correct. He sustained consider.
able loss. That act very well expresses
the status of seCessionisLs in this pnrt of
the country. In the main, theY.aFe cnm-
posed of the style of men who could DO
such. "a deed us that. l saw young man
NJ Grafton, who had just returned from
MonigomeEyi had gone there, wins told,
IN search of nm office, and like many a
man has done before, came back without
one. The story was certainly true. for he
looked wOG-begone A Home Guard was
organized last night at Grafton. The
Union men there arc very largely in the
pFePonterance, and very wide awake,
too, and it is said they are all over
Taylor. There has been compnny OF
Union Guards nFganizpd here. ntlmbering
Folsessstxty fteTenTyl 'FFtIeFg vfsr Misc
a uniformed company here, comma ntied by
Col. Vance, now p. NJ. here, nniority Of
which is Union. AT Bridgeport, where
Ez-Gov: Johnson, thcirecognized leader of
secession IN this county, resides, it is said
there are three Union men to every seces-
slontst' and BridGeportis is regarded as the
strongest secession community inth0 Coun-
ty. ll.docstuOt speak very well for their
strength if'this Gc true.
The news of the reaction in Maryland is
received hero with much satisfaction, and
VIII have a powerful effect. There Is much
inquiry us to the feeling in Wheeling. The
rumor with regard to tho Custom House
got out here tOo-and another that troops
- ~ '''iS S'suJ oeeu stationed IN Your. city
by the Government. Another report here
was that Judge Camden had been to Pits
burg to- huy arms, and that while there
they had put him in Jail. The people here
seemed very 10th to disbelievc it. They
didn't want to, perhaps
But thisletter already exceeds all hounds,
and wll.cut it short hy saying thnt at
this writing the-rain is still pouring down
AS III there were going to befa second de-
lugc. fFS'EfS Ess
Just say, however, TO the Union men OF
Ohio county. and OF the Pnnhaudle, don't
be discouraged about Harrison county
she is all right, or will be on the lsth of
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