Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-24

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ment, and to vindiCate the fair fame o
those officials who may have been upjustII
q ;used Of malfeasence, the thing that Il
| .'anted is strict and speedy squaring o
accounts.
DUEL BBTwEEH THE EDIToR OF TIE RICH,
MoED RxAMmRR AND TIE TREAsURER OF
THE REBEL STATES.
From the Richmond whig, August 10.
The chiYalry, as we'll as non. .combatants
for the first time for many day, were
thrown into an, excitement this morning
by o rumor that a hostile meeting had
taken place between John n. Daniel, Esq.
of the Richmond E1dmiNeT, and E. o. El.
more, Confederate States Treasurer. The
current report is that the meeting took
place at half past five o'clock this morning
on Dilps farm, two miles north Of the city
Mr.. q. Riyes Pollard, of the .Exdniiner,
acted as the friend OF Mr.. Daniel, and Lieut.
Thomas Taylor, Of South Carolina, as the
friend Of Mr.. Elmore. The weapons used
il is said, were. the ordinary smooth bore
duslling pistols; the distance ten PAGES.
Only two stots we're exchanged, Mr.. Daniel
being wounded at the second fire in the
flesh part of the right leg,A few inches
above the ankle, His wound, though mol
dangerous, is said To be very painful.
Inc grew OuL Vi
which appeared In the local column Of the
Examiner on thef1s instant, headed, Gal.
legged Defalcation in the Treasury Depart.
ment-Astonishing Developments" :.
The paragraph announced that the ar.
rest of Detective r, w. Boyd, on the
charge of attempting to bribe Detective
R. B. Craddock "into silence in respect
to certain facts concerning high official
of the Treasury Department, had resulted
in bringing to its development ia defalca-
tiou in the Treasury, said to be of a very
large amount" Craddock reported to
higher authority, and was instructed to
ask ten thousand dollars for the suppress
sion Of the fact that he had seen the "high
Official playing government funds away at
faro, and the gamblers beating him out
of immense sums" Fy
1t is stated on the street that Mr.. Elmore
addressed note to Mr.. Daniel, represent
ing that public rumor uDjustly pointed to
him as the "high otficiar alluded to, and
requesting the insertion of paragraph in
the Examiner disclaiming any allusiou to
the Treasurer. Mr.. Daniel, report says,
ther correspondence resulted in q challenge
from Mr.. EImore, which was accepted. .
TIE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
Prom the DAnvtlle Monitor
So far as we have heard from the North
Carolina election, Randolph is the only
county that has given o majority for Hol-
den. The vote stands Vance, $780, Hol-
den, s63; Holden's msjority, 24S.
We had hoped there would not be single
county in the State that would exhibit SO
little appreciation of their own State po.
sitton and honor as to give q majority
against Vance. But Randolph is the
county where, in 1861, two energetic Off
cefs, after q full canvass 70 raise y0lunteers.
GAilsd, not Ionly- % EaiBaA COMPANY, hlt did
not even gaIvaniEe one single deAd fesi-
dent into . living soldier. - 60
VALUE OF REBEL BONDS.
From the Richmond Examiner, August II.
To The Editor ofhs Examiner:
Excuse me for taking the liberty of ad-
dressing you, but as am one of the suf-
feriug community, require information
through your valuable paper. The ques-
ton is simple. Many persons of limited
means have laid their money out 10 Con.
federate bonds, but received certificates OF
deposits until such time as the Treasury
Department could issue the bonds. When
calling for them the teller refused to give
hundred dollar bonds, but tried to force
upon the community single bond, let the
bond be thousand dollars or upwards,
Now, Mr.. Editor, thought it was optional
with the holder of the certificate whether
be took thousand dollar bond or bonds
of hundred dollars each, which, in the
latter case, a person could dispose of in
such an amount as he wantedj but ii he
receive a single bond, be- must dispose OF
the whole amount, let the sacrifice be
what it may.
A gentleman called at the Treasury De-
Epartment to have his bond altered into
hundred dollar bonds, stating that he had
been to Major Wood to pay his tax, and he
refused to take the bond, as it was too
heavy, for him, and the teller refused TO
reduce the bond so that he might pay hil
tax. n A CITIZEN.