Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-07

export duties on Qtton. The Houstor
Telegraph states that the Government iii
per. cents are selling from I35 to lsO; and
adds that the fifteen million loan, for Decu
liar reasons, is "Worh ninsfv cents IN speei.
in this market" IL is strange. indeed
that our people should be going all abou,
Richmond hunting aucifnI Investments
leaving our Government stocks to be mo.
nopolized by foreign Capitalists. 1t is quite
probable that the fifteen million loan mas
already passed almet entirely into, he
hands of foreign holdtrs, who have already
seen its peculiar advantages, and proceeded d
upon the suppositionthaf it must be safe
investment in any contingency. @
The Examiner Publishes extracts from
the Augusta, Ga, ptpers, as late as the
2sth ult. Among thssitaps is card from
the enrolling ofsoet st Augusta, notifying
the people that s.eSep7 able- bodied negro
man betwes( the ages St tsigbteen and fif:y
must be impressed for tie defence of Au-
gusta." He calls upon The ciizeas 9in a
spirit of patriotism to coma forward and
furnish their slaves fu Vhis emergency,
and thereby avoid tke inconvenience and
hardship which necessarily attended an
indiscriminate impressmeat." .s---
. Among the local items'iu the Examiner
we notice the arrest of John Hancock, of
Mass, ''an alleged YANKEE spy" within
the rebel lines. Also, thA following con-
corning Gen. Lee:
TaR PoRTRA1r OF GENERAL LEE.-The
life size portrait Of GeEeraI R. E. Lee,
painted by Mr.. Bruce, of this city, and for
the purchase of which, asa State painting,
bill is now pending in the Legislature,
was yesterday raised to ! position in the
House of Delegates, to the right of the
Speakers chair. All the effects of light
and shade have been considered in the se.
lection of position for the painter, and
1t is believed that all the requisites have
been combined. The painting attracted
much attention, aud'during the session of
the House the hall was throDged with Wis
itors, who had good opportunity of
studying the grandeur Of the whole tout
ensemble of the portrait.
The Examiner publishes lot Of resolu-
tiOns passed by Companies Il, 1 aud K,
18th Virginia Infantry, in which the SOL
diers of THESE companies resolve never to
give up fighting for their independence.
From the resolutions We quote the follow
ing 4r5 vs.--.. aa
ResotUed, That we ridicule, as absurd
the idea Of reconstruction, for we believe
re. union would subject US again to the
government of that sectional maiority
which is confined to the abolition States
and which is alike a stranger to our insti-
tutionss feelings aud habits of thought as
people, and foreign to our territory. sl
RsSOtVed That while we earnestly de-
sire peace, we believe the present channel
for diplomatic intercourse, as established
by custom and law, are sufficient for all
practicable purposes. and that when the
Government of the United States lie prepar.
ed to recognize our independence and right
to govern ourselves, no difficulty will be
experienced in the two nations Oommunl
eating with each other.
ReSolUed, That we pledge ourselves to
resist every attempt, whenever aud wher.
ever made, to repudiate the public debt
that we consider the Tesourceslof the conn-
try equal to its payments, and we earnest.
ly entreat ourfriends and relations at home
to gives full faith and credit to our Gov
ernmeuti and to lend it every possible aid
and assistance. 5za e a
ReSolVed, That we respectfully recon-
mend to our comrades in arms to renew, in
this dark hour of the war, their pledges to
their country and their firm resolve, under
Divine protection, never 20 submit to the
Government of the United States.
ReSOlVed, That in the great aud good men
Generals R. E. Lee, j. E. Johnston and G,
T. Beauregard, we recognize the highest
military capacity, and-in their ability and
patriotism we have unbounded confidence.
The Examiner makes the above resolu.
ton the text for gushing laudation ot
the soldiers, and in the course of the arti.
Gle contrasts their tone with the whines Of
the stay at homes who are simpering peace
in an, underhanded way. Itsays:
1t has been inspiring, almost affecting, to
see those veterans in rags, bronzed by war
and weather, assembling around their
camp fires and sendiug forth words of en-.
couragement to their fat and lazy fellow
lcitizens, who have never marched mile
nor pulled a trigger, nor misseda meal OF
nights sleep through devotion to this
cause. Some. who had NO good will tc
our struggle from the first, used to call il
"a rich man'swar and poor mans fight
| yet it is the fighting poor men who have tc
keep up. to the mark, who have to en-.
courage and stimulate aud goad those
non 6ghting rich men into resistance and
endurance to the end-who have to shou
to the rich men occasionally, Do not b
disheartened; there is no dapgeri endure
yet little. while; the cause is not los
/ while we keep the field, with Lee at oul
head. Think of it; the soldiers of forty
battles appealing to speculstors, exemptE
and "bomb. proofs to endure little long
er the hsrdships of war No wonder it il
often said the best men in the land are il
the army. % 4.-, L.,arI
keen thrust at-Jeff. Davis, whom the Ez
aniner cordially dislikes:
In short, tits on the soldiers, and or
them alone, we can rely for bringing al
things right, and keeping them right
They will now be stronger, more hopeful
and will be more obviously the controlling