Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-13


mond SW6S 20 iwritelain fact he was a cor
respondent of Forney,s PhiEaaeEphid Press-
and SO he began writing.
PresentlyR0 febsf iofieerII just captured
and ont on parole, Lieut. Butler, by, name,
son of the rebel cavalry Gen. Bdtler, pass
ed the door, and saw the correspondent
writing, The outrage TO the Speakers
chair Il have. neglected to mention that,
Mr.. Chester is as black as 8 coal, and ac
companies the negro troops1 was two much
for Lieut.. Buffers blood. Assuming the
plantation air, he shouted "Get out of
there yon did, niggerl" 1" The negro sat
perfectly unmoyed, and continued hisslet9
ter (Which sincerely hope was q good
one) for the PhpRadelg kiqE Press. The wrath,
tul rebel shoutedlagaih, and shoWered down,
abusive sPiIhsts. The negro wrote on. At
last, Lieat.S BGtler thoug kt it wise, after
the established plantatio 6tashion, to pro-
csed further ! and With FensRed orders E6s
the did nigger,' TO get out he undertook
to seize him by the collar. ;ss5 ~ a 49,; 40
In an i6stant the negro, 4eChester.
straightened up ont of the chair Of the
Speaker of the House of Delegates of the
ancient Commonwealth Nof Virginia, and,
duly mindful of the motto OF the, State.
dealt splendid right handler full between
Buffers eyes; which sent the rebel sprawl.
ing down the aisle7 Then, with an eye to.
business, .whichi q specially call OOH For.
ney's attention to, the point, deserves an
increase of salary the negro resumed the
scat ofthe Speaker Of the House of Dele;
gates, and continued hts letter to the Phil.
adelphia jP6esSs i5iaSNt9
Meantime heFebelF recovered from his
suddep confusion, and in q wonderful rush
of wrath went foaming to the nearest off
Ger. "Lend me your sword till cut the
id. nigger's heart ouil% "Pll do nothing
OF the sort responded the. 6hiCer-b6 sure
he was g Yankee, if not from Boston ITSELF
Shut, # you waptllto, try q fair fght, I'll
have ring made for you here, and see that
there's no Interference. You'll get more
dannablY thrashed," he pleasantly added,
gthau ever you were In your life before"
Lieutenant Bntlef considered it, wise, tore.
tire with his swollen eyes; and the negro
wrote OF, ,ip the chair of the SpeakersOf the
House OF Delegates of the State of Virginia.
The correspondent from whom We are
quoting discovered the letter book ofaTren l
holm. rebel Secretary Of the Treasury,
which with many other official documents
had been left behind. He gives several of
the letters as specimens of the methodical,
aqbstantial and accurate way in which
business was done by the rebel Executive
departments. he says: sa-,a l-gal p,
Whoever should Judge Of the insurgent
Organization, from the larchieVes found in
RichmondAnot merely from published
State papers, but from the records Of Con
gress, the correspondence between the De-
partments, the evidence of elaborate and
in NaI /.
would be led, not merely to subscribe to
Earl RusselPs offensive declaration that
the daE-s kses IAda Gopernmenk,
bat imagine fpdee6 Eat that Government,
instead of taking shape amid the confu.
siohs of insurrectiou and civil war, had
been slowly perfected by generations of
carefully bred statesmen. idH'l - f1a
! saw the other day, sneer in some
Northern paper, at the !.!incspaeity Of the
rebel civil rulers" Let us not deceive.
ouFselyes, 4 No people on the globe, have
ever given better evidence than these same
incapable civil rulers" that they were
bred to public affairs, and possessed at
once the knowledge and the capacity to or.
ganiZe and conduct civil government in
the most trying emergencies. The rebel.
lilo failed because ofthe incapacity neith-
er ofiIs civil nor of it's military rulers, b1t
for a. simpler aud more obvious reason.
Their autagonists held too many trump
cards.
z Thez official correspendsnce of Extra
Billy Smith shows that he smelt rat (notl
afar and shrewdly suspected lthaEsome day
the confedeFacy might come to grief
Therefora, he -laYed mp balapcerfOr him-s
sell in Europe. He was engaged in block
aiding cotton. The extent to WhiGh the
rebels we're able; q 70 turn their, cotton into
gold, as well as the magnitude of their
financial operations in England, may be
inferred from the following specimen of.
their letters to- their bankers in Liverpool,
the same house which subsequently al.
lowed, their drafts to go to protest: -. -
TREASURY DRPARTMENT, C.iS. AL IN,
-. .. .'1 e. r. Feb. /. * E,
Messrs. Frazer, TFcuhOIns & Co.. @. s.. De-
P9sftdriEs, Liverpool: tz5.l Ia e. a .5l
SIR; / have the honor to transmit you
herewith q letter from Hon. 8. R. Mallory,
Sec. Nay, os 3lss Mt, addressed 70 Capt.
Jas.D Bullock, G. s. A., instructing. that
officer to pay over to you the sum of $780,.
1000. On the receipt thereof, OF sormuch
Of It as may enable you to make drafts to
the amount of SEQ, 900, 1 have the honor to
request that you will immediately author
ize Maj. R. 2. Waller, q. NJ, Nassau, to
draW upon you for that amount. Enclosed
is draft upon Yen for the same, in your
own favor, To- be charged 70 tho Treasury
and placed to Msi. Walters credit, as soon
as you may be placed in funds, to pay It. :.
Very respectfully KIND -. .5-.,
lz-lh-H 7s .-oilri . 99 A. fpRBHHoLMy q II
Secretary Of the Treasury.
THE RULING GLASS. cla-sIs
On arriving here ! cQuld thipkof but two
Richmond families Of any, prominence in
which cnnld claim an acanaintanca Ona