Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-26

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pB- ASTATBNENT RRollsA. 3. SrRIcrtH.
Some three or four weeks acc. v.r. -
formed BY what We considered excellent
authority that A. E. strickie, Of Ohio
Sanitary Commissioner, appointed by Gov
Dennison. had disposed of goods to Nj
S. Rhodes a merchant of this CITY. vbict,.
goods were donated to the soldiers BY utbe
patriotic ladies of America This looked
tous like very mean ADD raseally piece
OF business aud We 50 characterized tt
We soon afterwards received letters from
friends of Mr.. Strickle representing that he
was pure man and disinterested patriot
utterly incapable of the act charged. BE.
ing exceedingly anxious to set Mr.. strickle
right we proceeded to make inquiries and
discovered that certain. clothing marked
'dOnated to the soldiers by Mrs. Albright
Of Cambridge ohio,n had actually been
disposed Of to Mr.. Rhodes. We of cours.
could not retract a statement which upon
Investigation appeared to be true, and We
thought no more of the. matter until =ve,-
terday when a letter from Mr.. strfckle
himself was placed in our hands, by Major
DArF OF Gen. R0seCrans, staff. Mr.. strickl.
says that hesBas appointed in connection
with other gentlemen by Gov. Denpison IN |
look after the condition Of tho Ohio trooDs
and was entrusted with the distribution Of
about 81 500 worth of clothing which was
duly and satisfactorily delivered. He then
comes to the main point as follows:
at now remains to be explained how
tho misrepresentation has occurred. The |
answer - simply by mixing uppublic and |
private business. Some 10 or 90 DAYS be- |
lore received the goods at Columbus. |
when ! was Mt Green Spring on my Way |
from Rompey Imet man took to be \ |
Pedler, with couple OF bundles in which |
were some drawers and shirts. offeredI
him nifty cents piece for some of them |
winch nc accepted, although then had
some three or four more in my trunk than
lnen needed, part of which had been pre-
uOusly presented to noe. But being actu-
ated by the same principle that i6,lnced /
the merchant, Rhodes, to trade his shavls |
for them, Thought 1 had as good right
as any one else to buy good bargain. /
mad no suspicion of anything wrong, did
not open them only to examine them at
Sne sid. until got tQ. 4Yleeling, and then
did not notice anything to arouse my sus-
Pieions. supposed the title good and of .
course considered myself bound to make il
good. shall have TO ask you to take nv |
word for this part of the transaction, at
present at least, as don't suppose it
PROBABLE inst now to find those who were
present at the time got the goods, as
they We;e strangers to me.'' szlsis =
Dir. Strickle, in conclusion, makes the
following suggestion, which, we presume,
is intended for our consideration
"rhere is one principle by which too
lew, at the present time, seem to be gov
srhedI viz: to be as diligent to guard the
reputation of our neighbors as to exhibit
an sxpertness in destroying that which we
may not be able to replace
That is very well and very truthfully
said, butwe only stated in reference to
Mr.. Strickle's transaction with Rhodes,
what he himself acknowledges to be true.
We are no Seers We could not be ex-
pected to know that Mr.. Striekle had met
aud traded with the pedlar. We stated
that goods, evidently intended for the SOL
diers, had been disposed Of to. the adyan-
t"go of an individual whose duty it was to
look after these soldiers interest. 1t
looked to us like rascally transaction,
and NE considered it our duty as public
journalists to say so,
In conclusion, We haye only to say that
some very excellent gentlemen have testi-
fed to the good character of Mr.. Strickle,
and to tho truthfnlness of his statement.
He has had aud still retains the confidence
of Gov. Dsnnison, and Major Darr, who is
acquainted with the gentleman, thinks
1.-THE statement satisfactory, aud trusts
that Ne will feel called upon to give his
statement to the public in such way that
the matter may be understood in its pro-
per light.p We have done SO.
B-DEATn OF A SoLD1ER.-The name of
the soldier whose death by accident, We
announced yesterday morning was VIII
liam Grosehort He belonged to Captain
shOcksy's company, 9Th Virginia Regi-
ment, aud resided at RitehietoWn, On the
evening of the 2lst, an engine was run
ming out the Northwestern Road from Par
kersbarg. The engineer suddenly heard
scream, and felt that the engine was