Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-03

will be read aud commented each recur-
ring New YearIs Day, in coming ages.
as has been aud will ever be, the Daclara.
ton of Independence on the fourth of each
July, and grateful people will forever
say, "God bless Abraham Lincoln ~
A CoSTETE1Ps, Quite an excitement
has arisen amongst some of the parties
concerned with the Catholic Orphans. Sum,
per, which came off on Tuesday evening nj
Washington Hall. From the point of view
at which We have coguizauce of the mat
ter the,whole8tr seemed 10 turn on a
Misrepresentation of remark made by
bishop Whelan on entering the Hall on
Fuesday morning aud while the prenara.
lions Tor the evenings entertainment were
going on. Seeing Two national flags hang.
Ing nsar tue platform he remarked that the
occasion for which the hall had been hired
was wholly disconnected with ali ideas of
political difference; il was TO be purely
charitable occasion, for the benefit of Or.
Phan 0hlluren, he therefore thought it
"ouid most conduce to the success Of the
enterprise ii the flags were to be remove !.
rms was as we hear, Immediately objected
to by the gentleman who acts as Agent
tba+ az = a - :, 49, "'l' VINO declared
warmth was aFoussd on ether STA o ImS
was, however, quite ailayed, and supposed
IN T W. 'SHoSSa ~ mutual explanation early
first ~
Since that, as we further leo,n The mat
ter has got into other hands and great
deal OF ado has been made of the affair.
many threats uttered and nnseemly mennces
can form judgment. nsi.bor sia" as c %e
Slain entire exemption from indiscrset zeal;
, Ir :, sne one was unduiy sensitive about
other was DISPOSED to eybib;, oannes, me
viceable energy which might have ;mn osr
itled the public peace without countervAil-
lug . luEsn'" rs Two wrongs never made
-, 's : '''s' y 1N"r'oay'
ino matter 70 which the Press Hllpdes in
tue nee ABOVE article, was great deal talked
ABOUT through the city on Tuesday and
"euneSuay' and IN fact, has been ever
since up 10 THIS time. We, did not propose
20 ot'ng II into print ourselves, feeling
certain that it was about as well under :
stood already by the people from so much
TAX about IT. as it would be were we to
take 1t up for publication. Besides, it is
an exceedingly delicate matter to drag into
print anything Of ::politico-ecclesiastic
kind, inasmuch as it leads generally. to
Protracted and bitter elimination, as.is al.
ways the case in all dispute wherein reli.
giOn even remotely is an element AS the
matter, however, has been taken up on the
one side and for theoue side by the Press,
and as several parties more or less directly
concerned, have requested US to state the
facts, we will do so as cousisely and as re.
lia6ly as possible AS we gather them, tho
material points are these: @
p On Tuesday morning, at the time and on
tho occasion spoken of by the Prsss,
Bishop Whelau demutred or requested 1--WE
hear both words given) that the two large
national flags which hung over the
stage of the Hall should be removed
prior to his occupying it that evening"
This demand or request (whfchever it was)
was refused, first, by the Janitor of the
Hall, second, by the Agent of tho Hall,
third, by the Trustees of the Hall. TO ali. Of
whom the demand or request, in success
sion, bad been made, Some warm words
w0.upders,aud, passed between the Agent
and the Bishop in the Hall, the former, as
he himself, says, being excited and indfg-
uant TO think that the latter should pre-
sumo to ask the authorities of Washington
Hall to do such thing as take down the
National Flag at time like this, when ii
was permanent fixture in the Hall. and
had been used uuobjectionably, and even
approviugly, by all the parties, who ON
many occasions and for aliikipds Of object.
had occupied the Hall, for nearly a wear
past. The Trustees, gu their part, wrote