Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-22

EemluuS u6 Ol u liLtle Slory-- l4 1nefe WAS q
man, out in Iowa, sat down to play a game
of checkers with another man, Inducing his
friends around him to lend him the change
necessary for stakes. BE played and be
played, aud he lost the first game. Then
he played much more cautiously, and lost
the next game. His friends commenced to
grumble; but, says he: Don't you worry
yourselves, boys, and I'll show you cute
move, pretty soon.' So he played, and he
played. and he lost the third game. Don't
be impatient, boys says he; you'll see
that great move pretty soon, tell you
Taen he played with great care, taking a
long tine to consider every move, aud, by
way of y change, lost the fourth game
Close attention TO what he was about, and
much minute calculation, also enabled him
to lose the fiGth game. By this time, his
| friends had lent him all their change, and
began to think it was time for that great
move to come off. Have you any more
chsngeF says he. Why, no. says they
Them says he, with great spirit, the time
for that move ] was telling you about has
come at last AS he commenced to rise
from his chair, instead of continuing to
play, his cleaned .out friends bethought
themselves to ask bin what that famous
move was? Why says he. PLEASANTLY,
its to move of for little more change -
AT the conclusion of this quaint tale, my
boy, tue Border State chap fled grooming
to his quarters at Willard's stuck five
dollar Treasury Note under the pillow of
the other Border State chap, and immedi-
ately took the evening train for the West
Such Is the story they tell, my boy; but
I'm Inclined to accept it merely as a work
of fiction, with truthful moral. Certain
it is, that as strategy increases, small
change grows scarcer, aud l. is the general
| opinion that no small change is needed in
military matters.
In company with patriotic democratic
chap, who cnme up from New York for the
| express purpose of seeing that the negroes
of the Southern GOnfederacy were not per-
mitted to inform our forces of the move
ments of the enemy in contrayentton of the
| Consultation, 1 made Reconnaissance in
force, on Monday, TO the festive Shenan-
doah Valley. On our way thither, the de-
mOcratic chap was greatly bitten by mus
! quitos, for which Aejnstly blamed the black
republicans, who are trying to break up
this Government, and on our arrival near
Winchester, we stumbled upon phlegmat-
ic fellow man ia II swallow tailed cont and
green spectacles, who was seated on "A stone
BY the roadside, reading the 'tImPendfng
Crisis" The democratic chap passed on,
swearing, to the nearest camp, but paused
before this interesting student.
"Well, old swallow-tails," says !, affa-
bly,, "what are you doing in this section.?''
He looked ut me with great severity of
countenauce, and says he: II have come
here, young man, to agitate the Negro
Question; to open African schools; and,
peradventnre, TO Start u water-cute estab-
lishment."
"What for2" says |.
"For the love of my species,' says he,
sagGly, "and for any little contract in tie
way of red breechcs and spelling books
that may be required for the rt tclafmed con-
trnbands?"
Was this a case of purely disinterested
philanthropy Perhaps so, my boys, per
haPs so; but the old swallow-nits re-
| minded me of a chap once knew in the
Sixth Ward. He was high-toned moral
chap OF much shtrt-coIIar, with voice
that sounded like a mosquito in the bot
tom Of IA fish horn, and a chin like a creas-
ed npple-dumpling. Years before, he Ind
married a Southern crinoline and talked
about the glories of slavery in polished
and high moral way but US there hap
pened just then TO be a chance for him TO
run for Alderman on the Abolition ticket,
he experienced change of heart, and ad-
dressed a meeting on the evils of human
bondage: "Nly friends" says he, patting
his stomach in a heartfelt manner, 'I once
lived at the South aud owned slaves bnt
never could ] feel that il was right. My
pastor would say to me: These mem
shYes are black. You say but have they
not the same feelings With you, the same
fehtutes-oniy handsomer p felt this to
be so, my friends / commented to appre-
ciate the enormity of holding human souls
in bondage"
Here n susceptible venerable maiden in
the audience became so overpowered by
her emotions, that she placed her head in
tue lap of a respectable single gentleman,
and faihted away. =
My friends" continued the high-toned
moral chap, 81 could not bear the stings of
conscience; my nights were sleepless, but
] slept during the day. There was ]. pre-
tending to be Christian, yet holding men
and women as chattles Heaven himself
was outraged by it, and resolved to make
a sacrifice for the sake of principle-to
cease to be a slaveholderi I called my
slaves together: 1 addressed them pater-
nally and piously, and then Fl Here the
great, scalding tears rolled down the cheeks
OF the orator, and the audtenae sobbed hor-
ribly ~ bade them be good b3ys and
THEME" ~. :. ''s... /. :
There was a movement of the audience
toward the door. Men and women went
out silently from the place, exchanging
covert glances ofsmothered agitation With
each other. Ouly one person remained
with the orator. II was ah old file with a
blue umbrella, who had occupied a. back
seat and paid breathless attention 70 all the
Iperformances. After the others had left
the ball. he walked deliberately from his
seat TO where the high toned moral chap
was still standing, and gaaed Into tile face
of the latter with an expression OF nnmiti.
gated wonder. Then he. walked twice
around hirn; having done which ne con-
fronted him again, bumped the fetuIe of
his umbrella on the floor, aud says he
well ~ The old file paused aninstant,