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

(which some of US know personally to b
the tact,) for which be (Cox) received {
personal castigatiou with a cane at thu
hands of the Sheriff, we wish you, the
public and the Legislature to know thal
We have nothing to do with that mater OF
any other "feuds" in the county, old OF
young, 80 far as the petition is concerned
| We know that the petitioners had higher
aud nobler purposes to subserye in send
ing their remonstrance to the Legislature
against G. K. Cox taking or holding his
seat as our representative: 1st. We wish.
\ ed to sustain the Union cause, (for which
you have fought. SO ably, amidst all the
degraded and reasonable elements with
which we are surrounded, which makes a
large portion oR the bad "society down in
GiImer county" I'd. Under the circum
stances, we desired. as far al possible, to
sustain the credit of, the county and the
honor of our noble little State, by sending
as our representative an honorable man;
(but the reasonable portion of our $50
ciety" defeated us.l We are inclined to
think, had you read our remembrance and
examined the evidence given before the
Commitlee in reference to the characters
Of the petititiohers, you could not have
given the case the coloring you did in your
editorial.
We san safely say further, in relation to
the petitioners, that but for their energy
and influence, Gilmer county up to this
day would have remained las Cslhoun) in
state of anarchy, without civil law or
any organization. But instead thereof
Gilmer has collected and paid into the
State treasury some SIS, 900 or $4,000. We
n In ooh ~
pass their laudations upon US unless we
merit it, but think it hard that we in our
own paper should be subjected to unfair
editorial criticism, But we do think it is
due to the above named petitioners to give
the above place in your paper.
Yours, &C.,
VIM. b. Snider, Wm. W. Warder,
H. E. Heckart, Danl D. Bush,
Peter Heckart, Dan'l F. Steinbeck,
Preston Sandy, Christian SIeinbeck,
Geo. W. Hensley, Adam Heckart,
Jas. s. Fsrnsworth, A. L. S. Warner.
J. S. W. Farnsworth,
was present in H. Il, Wither's store in
Troy. Gilmer county, West Virginia, when
the principal part of the material from
which flag was made. was purchased, and
helped to pay for it. was also present and
helped put up beautiful pole and supend
to it the above mentioned flag, the stars and
stripes G. K. Cox had no hand in putting
up the pole or in paying for the flag, that
! kuoW of. Some time after it was put up
heard considerable noise and stepped to
the door and saw G. K Cox have hold of
the rope that the flag was attached to,
dragging it up the street in the dirt. No
pole or flag has since been put mp.
DANIEL F STElNBEcK
This day, personally appeared before me,
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said coun.
rty, D. F, Steinbeck, aud made oaththat the
above statement is true; and correct. Given
under my hand; -. "a {.
Feb. 23,. 1865. Ii-'
certify that the citizens of Troy pur
chased the principal part of the material
out of which a flag was made by the wo-
men of Troy. The blue stripe purchased
of G. Heckart aud o. Cox, and paid for it.
also purchased the rope which the flag
was attached to, of the same parties.
helped put up the pole and flag that G. K.
Cox broke down and dragged up the streets
of Troy; said flag remained in the dirt aud
mud in the street until the children Of Troy
gathered it up. G. X. Cox had no hand
that l know of 10 putting up the pole and
flag. further testify that said Cox done
all that he could to prevent the collection
of the taxes of this county, telling the peo
pie that the Sheriff had no right to collect
taxes. He hasSoppOsed almost, if not all
the Union movements made in the county.
ADAM HECKNRT.
This day, personally appeared before me,
Justice of the Peace in and for said coun-
ty of Gilmer, Adam Heckart, aud made
oath that the above statement is correct
and true. Given under my hand this 23d
Feb, 1865. WILLIAM ". WARDER, J. P.
WESTON, February 21st, 1865.
At the request of some friends, whom
1 know to be good Uuion men, of the
county of Gilmer, I make the following
statement:
Shortly after tho ratification of the ordi
nance of secession by the people of Vir-
ginia the citizens of Troy and surrounding
neighborhood were very defiant against
the authority of the State, and made many
resolves and demonstrations; amoug others
| raised a pole and suspended the stars and
stripes. l furnished the chief part of the
material for the flag, but the rope neces
sary to raise the flag, "a common bed cord)
was. as understand, purchased of George
K. Cox aud George Heckart, or rather
Oliver Cox, as George K. Cox never did
any business in his own name.
Afterwards, however, several months
perhaps, on my return to Troy, found the
flag pole broken down, and learned from
the citizens that George K. Cox had broker
down the pole to take of his rope, which
he alleged was not paid for according tc
contract, and for which act the citizens
appeared indignant towards Cox.
With regard to my opinion of the loyalty
of the following named men, TO wit: Adan
Heckart, Henry Heckart, George Heckart
jr., VIM. W. Warder, Daniel D. Bush, Johu