Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-04
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And follow ii to Death or Fame.
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Interesting reading matter will be found
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The Copperhead Brethren ut steu-
h.nviite Taken In andDespoIled-{
The other day we copied from the Wells.
burg Herald an obituary notice of two pa
pers which. are yet alive, although, we may
saw. in dying condition. One of thepas-
pcrs was the SteubensilIe Courier, cop
nerhead concern that was planted before
the election on the upcongelial soil OF
Jefferson county, as an experiment.. The
publishers aud editors were Messrs. Done
hoo and Steep, from Washington Pa, l.
was hoped by the copperhsad fraternity in
and around steubeasilIe that a weekly
newspaper in the interest of their persua-
sion might be kept going a.that town, and
gradually expand, but their hopes, ii not
entirely blasted, have been badly dashed
Il appears by posthumous copy $50 to
speaky oftthe Courier, dated December I'd,
that Messrs. Donehoo and Steep went over
the river and badly despoiled the over
confding brethren.
The melancholy facts of, the case are
thus stated by the posthumous copy ofthe
Courier alluded to-:
The Courier will, for some time, be sus-
pended, Justice TO those who have, in
any way, assisted in the establishmenttot
this journal, as we'll as those who, contid4
ing in the integrity OF Messrs. Donehoo y
Steep. advanced funds with no. sparing
hand; to place it on an independent basis
demands that an exposition of the Conduct
of-Donehoo & Steep shall be made. We
understand very we'll the meaning OF the
words we use. With plainness OF speech
and much regret, but with no fear OF con-
sequences, we proceed to the exposition. 4
Those meniwe brought here to estab-.
lish a. Democratic newspaper They reri
ceiged large bonus. TheJ collected. sew
eral hundred dolldrs for subscription and
advertising. Protesting an intentton to
remain to conduct the paper Ito make
Jefferson county them home; they sue
cessfnlly posed on the Democracy, until
that imposition was about to eliminate IN
omen detection. ws+AltaAssa= med Mr..
Donehoo as q man of high intelli geheet ard
cultivated department.. We YET believe
that If Steep had not been such a.compIete
Iago, Donehoo would not have fallen into
this fraudulent Transaction However, they
left the office. FtEn - ~ ~
The grief of the man into whose hands
the debris of the Couritr has fallen, ap.
pears to be inconsolabls. Forgetting all
other matters, he has pretty nearly occu+
pied his entire space with indignant lam.
autations of the way the pure minded and
too trustful Democracy have been taken IN
and done for. In the course of another
article on the late personelle Of the ceav-
Ter, he thus breaks out
You were. not atone, Mr.. Crisis, in your
happyienorance of the late editors OF the
Courier. There were two of them, sra moi
one! Donehoo, John DonehooS OF. WASH
fngton. Pa, was one of them-Stesp, VIII
liam NJ. Steep, of the same State, County
and Town. was'the other Par mobile fra
tres! Steep bad a steep head, 1t ran to
point,-a steep throat for good whiskey
a tongue stepped with falsehood steef
pocket to hold other peoples money. His
conduct here showed how well he wa
steeped in petty meanness and rascaitty -
Donehoo, the good nstured, genial, bnl
timid and pliable Donehoo, became stepped
with Sleeps intrigue. They were indeed
two steep gentlemen. The poet spoke "a
them both when he intimated that a man
might lose his brain by putting s6Hlethf
in his mouth. This applies to D. nehoo---
to. Steep-hardly. His brain would be
very hard to fnd. Does anybody pas
whiskey bills in your par. OF the world y Y !
Persons interested here Ia the C0uF1ef
seem to think that Donehoo. and Steer
must have left unpaid their doggery ac-
counts. They have not examined the mat
ter, but they suppose the nights aud days
spent in wine and luxury by these gGs
chaps cost more that they could pay:
Such revelations make the slender foot,
hold OF corperheadism In the Steubenyill,
region more precarious aud gloomy thar
ever. We greatly fear that the effort tc
plant the banner that fannts only thirty
four stars in that deluded region of puoou
ditional loyalty has been brought into iri
remediable disrepnte. We cAnnot think
however, that our ancient friend DonehoC
has been partfesps crimiats in any persona
dishonesty. Much against his tucliaation
ne doubt, he has been made proIidentta
instrument In bringing the bad eause il
which he has embarked to sudden grief
slssi
It's some amends for the ridictle which
has been 50 unsparingly heaped BY GER
tain foreign presses upon Mr.. Lincoln,
that the London Spectator fensEof the
most respectable journals in Europe,
finds occasion, for the following words
about him:
"Mr. Lincoln has been. tested as few
governors have ever been tested, and
though he may not always have risen
fully to the level of q great emergency,
he has seldom failed q display noble
impartiality, a great frtauess oe purpose,