Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-04
From the Reporter of yesterday.

l~ Prom the Reporter Of yesterday.
Oar borough on yesterday morning was
the theater of one of the most serious, and
at the same time, disgracetul ARRAYS that
have ever taken place within it since our
recollection, being nothing more or less
than street fight, in which pistols were
freely used, and a number OF innocent per-
sons, who were in no way responsible for
the disturbance, were seriously hurt. The
facts of the case, so far as We have been
able TO gather them, appear to be as fol.
lows: .. @ tHj.
The old Ringgold Cavalry, having re.
enlisted, were ordered to this place to re :.
crutt, and accordingly reached here on
Monday under command of Captain Myers,
and were chiefly quartersd aE the Fulton
House, to await the making out of their.
fqrloughs at Wheeling. Ia the course Of
the evening, some OF thsmj PsrhAl IL ia.,
famed by liquor, passed to and fro along
our streets making boisterous inquiries
for certain persons, of Che toWa whom they
charged with maltreatiDg some members
of their company, at an affray which took
place in Hillsborongh afew days before
the election last fall, aud ntterinR fierce
threats against the latter in case they
found them. The two persons against
whom they seemed to be specially indip-
nant, were Benjamin Brady aud John
Lenox, and brought face to face with them
during tue evening, through the intervention
of third parties no violent collision was al.
lowed to occur. % yesterday morning,
however, about eight O'CLOCK, Lanox, who
blamed young man named Alexander
Cotton for having pointed him QUITO the
soldiers the night before. came up with
Cotton In company with a soldier on the
east end of Wheeling street. and cOmment
ced beating the former, for having brought
him into trouble with the members of the
troop. ,af.,- -..7.,....=.. =......,... III
The report soon reached the Fulton
House, where most Of the cavalry were
quartered, that soldier was Involved in
fight going on down street, and some
of the men rushed for their reVolvers aud
started to go to the rescue of their sup.
posed comrads. Lieutenant Hart, whose
version of the affair we are giving, says
that when the men started for their arms
be ordered them to stay back, which they
did-that he proceeded down street, un.
armed and alone, for the purpose of quell-
ing the disturbance, and taking away any
of his pen that might be Involved in it,
that passing down as far as the hat store
of Mr.. Kuntz. he inquired of him what
was the difficulty, and that the latter being
somewhat excited, they got into contro.
versy as to the responsibility Of the sol-
diers for the distur6RnSe-that while they
were engaged In the altercation, Philip
untz, brother, made an attack upoa
him, and he was immediately set upon by
two or three other persons unknown to
him. and beaten AID kicked most unmer.
cifuily, He, was badly cut above one Q.
the eyes, and otherwise bruised about the
body by kicks and blows The scdffls.at.
tracted q considerable crowd, and st least
stx or eight shots we're fred, some by one
or two soldiers who wers farther down
street, and some by Benjamin Brady who
was also engaged in the fray. Consider
ing the number of persons il, the street.
is strange that nobodytHas killed on the
spot. -as .
"A son of John D. AiiKAhan, a lad Of
some ten or twelve years, was shot through
the left side aud carried home, where Ia
new lies In "a critical condition.
Mr. David Wolf, Who was In the meal
shop Of Benjamin Brady, nearly Opposite
where Hart and his antagonists were an,
gagged in the tight, was. shot In the groiu
and so severely ibiared that he had to be
hauled home in q wagon Though hi,
wound is considered dangerous, Ne Iearr
that hopes are nseEtainsd of his sgrecover1
~ ARS1PSpP4esnt4 tLtOFtsl4seh istRpptnR& &ou
the pavement 10 the vicinity Of DR.. BIaoh
ley's Drug Store At the time, was stroc.
. by ball in the vicinity of the knee. bul
We have not learned whether his wound Il
, severe or not.
We also learn that shortly after the az
J fray was over, and while Brady was Of
, his way home, just IS he turned down. thl
west end OF Beau street towards his fasi
dence, two or more shots were fred 1t III
} by soldiers on the Fulton House pavement
bnt without effect sea s4aetI 5ssGi
: For this wauton outrage upon the peae
! OF our town, impeFillipg the lives Of on
citizepsi aud resultt6g In; serions. it, ID
fatal lel9ry % innocent parties, somebod
> is responsible, and whoever the partie
: are, soldiers or eiti1sus-they should IS
. at once arrested and held % answer foF Is
offence. The difficulty We s6bpose.s !, :
. be traced 70 the affair at Hfllsboroukb.
: (which We have already referred: but. the