The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-08


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CAPT. JOIN LIsT's death caused a
feeling of very general regret and sad
ness yesterday throughout the city
No man i'll our midst was more gener-
ally known, and no one, perhaps, had
fewer enemies or n wider circle of warm
personal friends. All his characters
ties were those of a social, generous and
impulsivc man, and he was noted for
his readiness to engage in all enter
prises ofn business or benevolent char
acter. We are sure that he was not Of
ten appealed to in vain for any object
of charity. During the war he was one
of several who bore II prominent pnrt
in the giving and the working ncccssa-
ry for the good of the Union cause.
Away from home Capt. List will be
missed almost as much as on our
streets. His acquaintance with the
steamboat interests mt all points along
the shore was very extensive, and
among travellers and shippers he enjoy
ed wide spread popularity. The boats
in port yesterday displayed their flags
Mt half-must as IL mark of their sincere
respect for his memory. As business
man he was prompt, energetic, bold
and sagacious. For the last four years
he had been engaged in heavy and cX-
tensive business connections, and his
success was i'll no small degree due to
Ii % nj, nnfn
untimely end fell with the weight and
suddeness of heavy blow upon his
immediate circle of friends. Among
citizens generally it called out spon-
taneous tributes of heartfelt regret
His funeral IS appointed for tomorrow,
Sunday, afternoon.
The sad manner of Capt. Lists death
is properly made the occasion fora gem
ernl nnimadversion on the loose and
irresponsible manner in which firearms
have recently been handled in our
midst. Citizens have, in consequence
OF it, given vent to pent-up apprehcn-
sions entertained for some time past, as
to lust such accidents. Men who rush |
round the streets with loaded guns,
hunting up offenders, ready TO fire any |
instant when their halt is not obeyed, 1
are very dangerous and Unenviable so /
journers. 1t seems to us ineXcusable, /.
Tint in city men should have orders
TO fire on fugitives through the streets, |
under any circumstances. n loaded .
muskct in the hands OF II druuIICnor- 4I.-i
turiatcd patrol, is terror to every
peaccable resident, and is restraint
upon society that is little short of intol- |
cradle. All the ends of pence and quiet |
can be preserved by less dangerous
methods. Better that scores ofoffenders
from ordinary military discipline
should escape than that shot should
ever be risked on the streets. We hope
that hereafter we shall hear no more
balls whining in the air, on the Island,
or on the outskirts of the city, and still
less TINT we shall hear of the discharg-
ing of gun upon the streets under any
pretext whatever. The whole practice
is demornlizing and dangerous in the.
last degree.
p. S.-Since the above was in type
we have received the following order
from General Duvnl, for tho prompt
issue of which he is entitled to the
cordial thanks of the entire community.
H'DQ'Rs. DISTRICT OF WIIEELING,
DEPT. OF WEST VA,
Wheeling, w. Va. july 18th, 1868.
General Orders, No. 4.
The sad affair of last evening, which
resulted in the accidental death of one
of tile highest esteemed and most wOr-
thy citizens of Wheeling, and the
wOunding of an efficient and valuable
officer of the u. >, Army, has, with sur
prise and modification, brought to the
notice of the General Commanding, the
fact, that many unauthorized parties
have made it II practice to ioiter in the
city with loaded fire arms; it is there
fore Ordered:-that, hereafter the City
Patrol be Kept on duty duringall hours
of the night, to arrest and contine all
soldiers not on duty found behaving
disOrtlerly or carrying fire arms; and
that not even soldiers on duty in the
city will be allowed to load their arms
without special permission from the
Commandnnt of the Post.
Tho distressing accident heretofore
mentioned has proven that many gull
" offenders had better escape than one
innocent person suffer, therefore no
guard or patrol on duty in the city of
wheeling will hereafter be permitted
to discharge fire arms i'll the streets or
houses under any circumstances what
ever. BY command of
BRIG. GEN'L DUvAL.
J. II. RIDER, y. y. q.
IT seems strange that there should be