Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-12


-HGElAee Condition OF things In n Ieh-
;, 1.-r s4.-, monds, -
f All the world knows that We cafe very.
little what becomes Of the Richmond rebels.
Yet Notwithstanding the news from there
is really distressing. Auarchyis is breaking
out in the streets. Their cursos Seem to
have all come home to roOst. The city5iJ
sort of a hell where the devils are ply
Ing their work very vigorously. But bet
ter than any comments of ours is the fol-
lowing article, descriptive of.the condition
Of things there, taken from one of their
papers-the Richmond E1amaa of the
9th instant=-not yet week ago.
1.-THE -rowdyism now rife in this city has
become iptOlerable, and demands immedi-
ate suppression with tho high hand. Acts
OF brutal violence, vulgar rufianism and
gross indecency are OF momentary occur
renee in our streets, The most orderly
citizen, and the most delicate lady are ex.
posed to outrage and insult. No mans
life even, is secure in broad daylight on
our most public thoroughfares. To sur
round, knock down, bIuise and maltreat
has become the pastima of the rufiaus
that thropg our payements. The eYilmust
be suppressed, or else society must sur
render its authority to brute violence. We
must disorganize the social system, resolve
ouselyes into savagcs, and prepare for pro.
lection by the most effective weapons of
self-detence, or else we must assert the
power of the law upon the persons of the
ruthans and yagabonds that inlest our
streets and alleys. @
"Aore vigilance should be
required of the police, and larger con-
stabulary employed. Every street corner
should be manned by policeman In uni.
tormi armed to the teeth, whistle in hand,
prepared to rally {. .dozan colleagues In the
instantfOf disturbance. The license mo.
ney arising from the rapid increase of grog
shops would seem appropriately employed
in invigorating the police. If these fur
uaceS OF hell-fire are allowed TO dispense
at every corner what not merely intoxt-.
Gates but crazes, surely the revenues which
they pay into the city treasury should be
expended in protecting the valuable lives
which they iIDperil, and in restoring the
order which they disturb. The city, by.
tolerating thousand dens of iniquity and
passion, owes the duty, to its population of
afordiug it protection from tho dangers
and outrageS thus engendered and pre-
pared, The time has arrived for vigilance
and summary reform, or else rufiantsn,
theft arson, drunkenness and murder
will.soou. claim the city as their exclusive
preserve.
In another column Of the Examiner We
fnd tho following extraordinary statement,
on which it is not necessary to remark at
all:
."A few nights ago, tho gamblers of Rich.
mond held convention in this city, aud,
after the fashion of 'the noble refrigera-
tors of Congress, transacted their 6usi-
ness in secret session. W. are informed
that one hundred aud fiftyimembers of the
gambling and plug fraternity were pre-
sent: that tftY lt0HSaHG dollars trsre Dotea
and sHbseTi6ed to as a fund 10 carry lhe nert
eleetioR for ligy6r; aud that thecaudiiate'
nominated as likely to unite the'Rambling
aud rowdy interests of Richmond isda mi.
grammatical grocer and lvhisksy-1ofH of the
n0me ef Darid y. SaundsTS Woafe yefy
much Of the opinion that, If matters are
not speedily bettercd in Richmond, the
gamblers, plugs, and the retired and un-
sayory whisky dealer they propose as their
candidate Witi-be in the hands OF Yfgf.
lance committee befornthe date of the next
municipal eleetion.gI .f-s.r s q
From -IInrrIaRn C1ountw