Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-12

tTHsURSD AsY .MORNIi
sslsR "a eqsl y n 4ta5l Yo,l55 B5y fsI1
t4e rebels that iildez qgg id,ifsS, our
d military chteftains here, AIaiors Bntstnett
and Mcmahon, have made every. pfepara.
a h9p g spegssstplly foil any al tempt that
Il mig pe dppted 70 capture either men or
II mo tionA 10 this Vicinity.
New Creek, which Tns formerly Of no
"A account, fs 4poW qptte a large, populous
sna thriving settle mentzthanks to- the
i United States Goyernnent The secess
flonist property owners heFeqboEts, ought
g es IsFys thanktql ti il1 for the change, ,Yan-
Eee enterprise Eill make the very hills and
sWamps m this locality productive and
profitable pretty soon; so the scriptural
\ saying of eouti ofzsoii cOmelh Rood5G win
be verified. sst1iai'a.ia;i sfss tzs7'l -
1 8; Among other1peoperty within our mili-i
4 tary limits are about from one thousand 10
1touTteen shundredi mules; all 5c6nfined 10
lone eorrhlsq They are wild and innbroEenv
and4tt Is fun alive 10 see theirsanties when
ltioeeomes necessary to shoe them. Sets
ting on a. keg OF gunpoWder among lot
OF torpid snakes, ID; nothiug4o iki;ih ~
sA4 nave Justreceived EeWsnhat ithei Pay
master will soon beI hereaRud sassI am.
4tigitLy Ly,interested di1thatiindf1iduaI!I in II thiuk
tiwill7drop my PEN close my letter, ,Iaud gol
make upl my RECUuuts9dt dsp0atIt Tia0 u
aa ise Respectfully! rs DAJIsM5es
sa4 -i = - -. $-ss-7 l4-------ift IA
,sdi Remarkable Forgery. ga7.
t9l sef 70 71tlEstt.i E4l isi Iiis5}i,s 81 4. ~ 4
IA Rare Blt OF CrImInaI aEII tOr;y-coI
IT. Sr0gss the JNOtgHrs aSeouFes his own
ial sisIlI Il tSh 6hif sS RsRinSs55XYeRde
From the Phtisdelbhia North Aaaerita6.) n
The tinesseo and strategy of ALonIoe
EDWARDS and other noted criminals are,
matters OF police history. The Eastern,
i'FenltentaFy holds AN. occupant in the
person Os Col. Crpssi who basl proved
himself the Napoleon of his profession
tho brIghtest. star ini tho constellation of
forgers and bogus qtinanciers who have
figured in the history of crime aosi s5a
Tie President Of tho New York and,
Erie railroad receiyes HaiIery of sos 900
q year; ii sum equal to that iibaid Ia the
President of the United States. OtBef
equally brillinnt financiets have been Maid;
IN proportion, yet we doubt If any man In
existence ever pbssGssod greater capacity
for extensive operations than Col Cross.
an minute of the Eastern Penitentiary.
who was sentenced eighteen months 40,
to i've years Incarceration for the crime
OF t0rgeryi after running the gauntlet Of
tho courts IN the prineipal cities Of Europe
and America - ~, ss,,f, ,gf,-,,,,,-,.'t,
- Vt Col! Cross exploits tue tepth5 part
has not been told. 1t WINS he who forged !
pardon for the fnrger, Huntington,
by which that distinguished sculpit almost
90 ~, 5.Lo... Prlspn5 and but
si.,.i. oI tne warden, would
liaye een ioosei upon the coln.
l nIinseii at. Inst and
I1 ltl ! State prison.
y Sol' Srpss 's. I9E locnmeuts by which a
ttEo2n Fr952l vas 1iS 9pitaIned and his
secpEe9 betore the fraud was
getsctsu ana iaSYs ills person De- ned IN cpst0
.st;as .,.sfes iifs sii., ~,
e,,I le nisE9[y. oE tpls lllps strleps culpit is
e9of MeLt ". Known g ge here repeated, SO
s y. - is y SlEer u TINS eIsyls copcerned..
a SI;i, - ~ s'ty tnat on w ednesday Mar
~, wv. M reserved Al an envelope from
tts bs f'o,. ss@L ps.slue 19e envelope bore
49,, otauEon' ~, ana was
Sg 1IIi enclosure
acrstaST, ~ a
.ne hlarsnal
.S:;. 10y uPa pel5ion 20 the
ISSs NJ .or tIle aruon OF COLI
n g !Es tne petition to
y T,lt!9Is =, y. .: qinclais tor signature,
@ SiaI I1 Ele I9 aFdon @ bring
@ - y y where his ser
YlGSs nj were VS. EeqalEeai ~ py the eminent
hhs 99eqment s. was 70 the eyes of the
= y nt3.5nistakaPly t1.5 genuine The
iSlssst ~ 4 eu!ta nave hpng any prisoner in
MS " y SlnqltIrge upon q similar warrant, and
The warden OF the Penltentiary upon the
IKE antnority, l would have opened the
leelEsl iof ms - bOardersSa house,S and
W aili llanas loose The Marshal,
up the petition, and District Attofnav
Cotfey. the Collector of the port, and,aIF
the United States officials; except the