Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-13

nAnGurre an elephant brigade on the sl.
treme point Of Au infant needle.
When the manager Of the Museum came
sat 10 lecture upon his great natural curl.
osity, there WAS immediate silence, aud
Wheu tbs case WAS uncovered, revealing the
quarter TO tull view, several very old yea.
tlemsn hin.ed. Alasl they remembered
the time when-bat no matter noW-no
matter now,
Ladies and gentlemen, says the mana.
ger, pointing SOlsmnly TO his treasure, "lhe
rare aud beautiful cola which you now be.
hold WAS well known to our forefathers,
who stamped the figure Of Liberty upon it,
IN order to show the world that this is the
onl! country where a man is At Liberty to
deal 10 slaves By way Of financial speculA.
ton. This rare cola disappeared as SO on
as the Liberty | speak Of seemed TO be en-
lArEcd, nor will IL reappear in this country
again while there aro so many brokers
ahead"
On quitting this admirable moral eIbibi.
Iion. my boy, did not return to this city,
but went Immediately down to Accymac,
to attend the great unon meeting. Acro.
IN &c, my boy, has at length deierrined tha,
tdis war shall be vigorously carried on,
eyen II 1t takes several public speakers TO
say soi aud the conduct OF Aecomac, 10
calling a meeting for such purpose, re-
minds me Of chap once knew in the
Sixth Ward.
lie was a respectable family chap who
had formed a partnership with all Lis
neighbors for the express purpose Of Ia
king entire And exclusive charge oil their
business for them, aud eyinced such deep
interest in the most private affairs OF his
friends, that absence did not conquer their
love for him. Oae Sunday there was u city
missionary at the church be attended, who
imPored the aid and prayers OF the con.
gregation in behalf Of poor but piOus
family who were starving TO death around
the corner. "Hev any tracts been lefI
with our suffering freuz ?" SAYS the respect,
able chap, rising in his pew and pnchiug
bis chin thoughtfully. yes says the
missionary sadly, Eve sent them some
tracts on the immortality cf the s,ul; out
horrible to relate, they gained no 0rsh by
them" The respectable chap, who was a
broker by profession, was much moved by
this revelation ofhumAn drpravily,and says
be tOR bald headed chap in the next pew:
"Brother Jones, you must attend to thi.
sad case III the morning. We must re.
member our fellow beings 10 aillic,iou,
Brother Jones. Early to morrow you must
take some bread to this suffering iamily.-
II you have no bread Of your own, Brother
Jones, says the respectable chap, feeling
ly, "come TO my shop and Ill will sell
you some for this charitable purpose -
But Brother Jones proved to be grievous
backslider, my boy, aud said be had an en-.
gagsment to go TO HobOkeu on the morn
ing in question. "very WE'LL" SAYS tue
respectable chap, wheu he heard this,
"then | will arrange it in another way
Tell cur starving brothers aud sisters to
have faith, says he to the missionary, 10 a
heartfelt manner, land they shall be fed,
even as the rawlings fed my old friend Eli.
jah." So, the day be called meeting
Of brethren to pray that food nigh be sent
to the suffering ones, and they used up the
entire English language Ia prayer TO such
au extent, that when the respectable chap
topped oil with beneGiciiOu, be had TO
introduce some Latin quotations. They
had just finished this noble work Of Chris.
tiau benevoencs. when the missionary
came teariag 10, and says: "Tt's all over,
they're all dead; the last child starved to
death half Rn hour ago j." The respectable
chap stared At him agbast and says he
"Did you tell them TO have faiIh2' The
missionary cracked peanut, and says he
"VerilY, | did; but they said they couldn't
have faith on empty stomachs.' The re.
spectacle chap pondered awhile, and says
he: "It they didn't have faith, my frens,
the whole matter is explained We, ut
least, have done our duty. We have pray.
cd for them, rrens-we have prayed for
them Aud the brethren went home to
their dinners.
Public mass.mect:ngs, my boy, to help
a struggling country, are like prayer. meet
ings to aid the starving poor; The intention
is good, but the practical serefE resulting
therefrom is not visible to the naked eye.
There was a large meeting at Accomac,
several new liquor shops have been opened
there recently, a1d the speakers were as
eloquent as it is possible for men to be
wheu advising other meu to DO wha. they
don't care to do themselves. A chap OF
large abdominal developments wac speci.
ally fervil. Says he: "Let US show 10
them as is tyrauts and reveling in the ago
uieS Of dOwn-trOdden Europe, that this
Republic is able 10 put down all enemies
whatsoever, without interfering with any OF
the inslienable rights OF those who, though
our enemies, are still our long.lOst breIh.
ren. Frantic applause Shall it be said
that twenty-five millions Of people cannot
put down eight millions without ipjuring
those eight millions2 [Shrieks of appro.
baton, and cries of "tbat'5 sOr1 No! II
thousand times no We eight, not 10 injure
the South. not to interfere With them,
which is our own flesh aud blood, bnt to
sustain the Constitution rendered sacred
By revolutionary gore! Overwhelming
enthusiasm The creatures which is try
ing to break up this here beuifrent Gov.
ernment, ask US what We are fighting for.
ten? GrievOus beings what question is
this DO they not know that we are fght-
ing for that 10 this unhappy Struggle We
that our purpose, would say, in prose
cutting hOstilities is to-is to-Do IT? or
course it Is"
This speech, short, terse, and to the pur.
pose, was gloriously received by everybody
except sfriendless chap, who said he didn't
understand the last clause; and be was i'm.
mediately sent to Jail for daring to be SO
traitorously obtuse.
Though the General Of the Mackerel Bti.