The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-25
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AP1cture drawn by one Who Is n real
An eyewitness, Colonel Donn Piatt,
of Cincinnati, gave recently ut Dayton
the following striking description of a
brigadier-general not very well known
to the public rorhis fighting propensi-
ties. Colonel Piatt, who did serve cred
itably in the war, said: ,.i rs
'sWhy,. do you remember, 1nylfelloy
citizens; thnt previous to the late war
TINS Clement L. Valindgham was a
brigadier-general? remember it, for
saw him. happened to be in Dayton
when the Governor of Ohio, on special
invitation, came here to inspect the
military and naval forces Of Afontgo-
merry county. [Laughter1 oh Vou
needn't laugh; twas abig thing; indeed,
may say it was immense. An indie
Pendentcompany of fthirty men, trussed
up like woodCoCks prepared for the spit
and Brigadier- General Clement t..
Nallandigham and staff. Why, it struck
me that thestyle and name should have
been Brigadier.G General Clement Il.
Nallandigtudendam and staff:
Laughter. Thisw was the military: as
1or the naval force cannot say. sup
pose upon the 'ragin' canhwl' you Ind
| a show about us imposing as the briga-
dler-general. was standing on the
balcony ofthe Phillips House when the
General came sweeping round. ~
I saw him but moment. 97t Fl
Methinks see him now ia
! With bombshells worked /. pom his thil.
And war upon his brow.' :
He was on tremendous charger,
and Ind his breast stuffed ont lilSe n
wet-nurse, and his behind like a bunty
TITLED rooster, His epaulets dazzleSl
the eye, his fearful sword banged to and
fro, and wide as your, streets are, they
We're not Wide enough for HIM. He
came on, caltering, caracollinR and
cayorting. He scared woman with a
child in her arms, on one corner: he
upset IN apple stand on the other. And
believe, tntoIa n glorious future. How
secure our country is with such
defenders, thought /. Great Glen
valiant ClemI ride on to glory, An!
my friends, the vanity of human
wishes. The war came; and did
Glen, like JOBS war horse, smell
the b9ttle afar Yes, my friends, and
Immediately rain into tho tall grass and
washed on the paint. And when he
came out his swelling bosom had yflted
his Dubious Behind Ind collapsed; ali
tne pride, pomp and circumstances oi
glorious war had disappeared, and tiC
iate itrl trlgaOler-General Clement i. Val.
Aminndab Sleek, the angel Of peace
Tho yillanous saltpetre, digged from thC
bowels of the harmless earth, and explo.
4 ded iii shells, makes many an angel o
peace, who wns before brave As JiIliii,
/ Ctesar-on parade" 55,sIss =
Will not some one in Dayton send
to the illustrated papers IL likeness o.
this redoubtable general and his
staff. h, 1ss4 IN -
| WENDELL PHlLL1rs' LAsr.-Nfr Phil.
lips gave his new lecture, siThe South
Victorious, ~ before the Fraternity In
Boston, Tuesday evening week: The
argument in5thIs is brief: freedom /,
I nothing without tsuffrIlge the president
has not given suffrage to the freedmen,
theretore they are not free but slaves
and the South is victorious. Mr.. Phil.
lips salu the most extravagant and
absurd things in his usual eloGuent
manner. Here are several gems or thC
discourse -
"He dhe PRESIDENT arranges with til.
southern halt-convert, iind he( 1.-THE presi.
dent) makes himsel fthfee quarter! rebel
m order that they may be one Quarter
] Union. And this is the Inouthpfece d
the North. This is the official voice ol
! the nation.N Ie 5liH IN II ~ II
s'The republican party has snol.eu.
! We have heard its voice. There has MOI
been q single republican convention
| that hnS not tndorSed the president
Z Why, the republican party doesn't ex.
ist. There is specter walking over
the country In its shroud, but there is
no such party. It hasn't existed since
the Baltimore convention, when it Jgfiis
f'buried in the will of Abaraham Lincoln.
/ deny the existence OF any political
force entitled to the name of tii1 rtsDub-