The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-08
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Tre,nbiiuR In His Boots.

The editor of the PostOtfice, III his pa
per of Friday last, lets loose in some
what curious manner. The raid Near
Parkersburg has frightened him. He
knowns that down in Nicholas, Clay,
Braxton and Pocahontss counties, the
partisan rangers come and so almost at
will. At the mouth OF Birch Greek. on
Elk river, it is a common thing To meet
with graybacks, as here with bluebackS.
He has for some time back been looking
for bold dashes Oh the part of these guer-
rillas. Their entrance into Cumberland
is but specimen of what may be expect
ed everywhere in the interior this sum
mer. He thinks a desperate enemy is
dangerous; thinks it quite probable, in
deed. that West Virginia will be more
annoyed and seriously injured this sum-
mer than any time since the war began;
has fear for this city eveu-a sudden
dash--a concentration of Il force i'll citi-
zen clothing-dreadful Men with
strang faces have been seen, silly men in
exterior, but suspicious men, blood, death
and destruction in their deep set eyes
Two persons have called Campbell's at
tsntiOn to these oil men, and Il gentle
man broke in upon him when he wrote,
by the light of Uncle Sans gas, his Fri
days article, saying: "Archy, for heav
ems sake, things is wrong, take care my
boy, the rebels are going to catch you
and me-" whereupon the Postmaster OF
the Intelhqeacer, with a CHASTITY eounte-
nance, utters: What, what say youi"
"Deserters and Refugees are collecting III
great numbers" answers the gentleman,
down in the interior, close to the exte-
rior; can't give good account of their
business Intentions Highly suspicious!
Desperate characters, III swear! Archy,
| say, have care! Several of them were
asked if they intended carry mails
Didut know If they intended 30 be
members of the Freedmen's Association
Didn't know. If they would pursue the
previous business Didn't know. If
they would stump for Congress-. Didn't
know. Ii they would like to set in the
West Virginia Legislature. Didn't know.
If they would pursue the manufacture of
preenbacks on small currency
Didn't know Archy, l say, cried
ont the man, (and Henry Clay was al
most kilt by that time) Archy YOU and
| had better take care. Lots, lots OF
them suspicious fellows down there!i"
Didn't they try to burn New York and
everything and despiso nothing the
Greeks used to say. Let's follow the
Greeks. says Campbell. Let lis despise
nothing-not even himself III his cow
ardly expectoration. A few hundred
rebel rangers could do the horrid very
easily He merely mentions these things
as a matter of talk.
Thus A. w. Campbell, it is pretty evi-
dent, ever since his dear friend
Phillippi General Kelley was stolen away
together with General Crook, is scared.
Why shouldn't he bel Is he not greater
than Kelley, and greater likewise, than
CrOoki Suppose one fine moonshiny
night, at one o'clock, at the Postoffice,
where he, ut the cost of United States
gas. coal and room, tortures his unwil
ling brain, OF at three, at home, he would
ruthlessly he seized and ordered to get
ready for a ride to Richmond Good
heavens the mere idea is enough to
bring IA cold sweat upon his lofty brow.
Didut be try once, in Missouri, long be-
fore this war, to travel over an untrod-
den cow pathi and didn't it give him a
most horrid rheumatism in his big toe,
so he had to cut his boots open, having
even now sometimes stray pinches Of
that troublesome monster, rheumatism,
not only IN his toe, but also III his crani-
uml No sir, he won't take such trip to
Richmond not he
But, to speak seriously, what a heauti-
ful commentary that article of Campbell's
is on the state of affairs in this portion of
our country After fouI years of war, al
ter spending five thousand millions Of
dollars, after sending three millions ol
men into the field, after erecting new
State Government, after enactng the
most stringent laws against rebels, the
State, according to Campbell, is III a
worse condition than ever. dash may
even be expected into this very city of
Wheeling. Could any more damnlng ev-
ideuce be produced Of the utter incapac-
ity of the persons who have hoisted them
selves at the head of affairs While the
sage at the White House continues to
crack his jokes, the editor Of the POstof-
fee to trim his sails to the breeze that
promises the best harvest while Penn
sylvania Bittinger, without impunity, nm
der the very noses of foreigners, black
guards the Irish, Germans, Scottish, &c;
while the West Virginia Legislature
passes humorous resolutions, the State is
overrun by rebel bands, and, as the Intel
hgencer tells US, even this city threatened
with plunder and sacking
No copperhead in the world can say
more to prove the utter insapacity Of
those who now govern rs, than this Lin
coin Postmaster has said in his Fridays
leader STRAY SHOT
OIL INTELLIGENCE.