The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-06
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Having recently seen measurements
osolle o. 30 card ~ M ned 5Sslta.
l-fes.s1EerS permit le tie Eb6tty - =
1ells l0itls BIZ 0ily O. sugee a on his
octs If1IIF oolsHR IN The opIIli1l
o. eDeQ1 TIE Ssl1-GuuouDee4ea car 1tlss
that the Convention should nGDIna1e :
follow thai either be or any c4l5eEzs6s-
disr-Who cana out al IA Uar = 1ouIl1l
in Limb as he vent in, IS necessaEily the
only man for Tie place. We hare
among Us some soldiers OF equal de-
serving and equal elFnoeiflll- who wen,
less ioS5 u1Atss-Enen Who came ont
manned Tor lIfe ana telllrrefi FINN ~
active pursuits open 70 tfleEn vrlls5 flseyy
enteEs9 me- amy N llile al sIeEeTSls
OR equal gratitude, these ElenfIy an
Pea4 % as for something more. IIlEFa
aze many soldiers Who have his kisylE-
q calm upon The geusrusi1y OF orr
peoples and geBeT7lly We shah ind
them The las1 opuf themselves for
Uerc+- Esut zs n Is always = wise policy
70 tsE The Office seek the man: 80 i :
nor more than ever = public duty to
seek out thOse most deserving. and If
eApabfel bs1OV on them Whaaever
BENEFITS the STATE has 70 confer. Tins
II believe, p Il ought TO BE, the dis
pEal&aon Of 14lour Ioyal people, As one
dleTly deserving. with dne eaFAelty and
unaffected E1odestys I beg permission 70
name IN this connection, Cap4 Thnlnas
A. Aaulsby, Of FairmOnt, present re-
nordeR, II / mistake not Of 4arfon
county Who Is vel known. not cirlyr %
West FuEiuta soldiers hut civilians, as
the Organizer and commando Of one Of
the finest batteries Of The West Virginia
amy. All testimony cOncars that that
army embraced no drawer, mo1e unsel-
Gsh and devoted soldier than Captain
Aanlsby. In ons OF The disastrous re-
treats OF our army douu the Valley OF
OF Virginia. il was his msfoE1ane, In
Nartinsb burg. 10 FeoeiEea rebel kali In
his thigh inl5sting . wound Of such a
p1tnfol ana dangerous character as to
prossrAfe him Tor many months and To-
tally disable hmm for the remaiuiler of
the var. BE has not va been able to
discard the crutches, and mnst ineEita-
b1P be . cripple for life III nav not b
that through an unneserEed statement
OF hEa condition made 70 the War De-
paEImeD11 IS soon Is he EaS able 10 do
So The Captain WAS mustered ont, on
acC0nut AZ tbs Cartaint5y that he would
never again Be NJ for duty, Instead Of
being kept under pay while helpless
from his wound, as other soldiaEs were,
IN IKE circumstances. Whether this
WAS through 3 bluudeE, OF willing IN
jas1ice, on the part Of the War Depart
n1e1ts Il urGs an injustice from which
/ there vas no appeal.1 One more fac4
( worth mentioning: There Is NOT the
( slightest alloy OF eae0ppeEss in Captain
{ Mauisby's composition. BE stands BY
his guns uoG As faithfully Is he did IN
Z the army.
These are facts in brief but even the
Z conscientious they suggest would not
Justify placing this gentleman in the
him, 81 he were deficient In business
opacity Because good admInistra-
tion Of government demands that
this shall always be zths drst aud
Indispensable requisite As one who
has known CaPE AIaulshy long and
JTe4ls say unt1esta f5ngfT, that for The
bushes ne Would Be- ea73ed upon 70
transact As STATE Treasurer, he has 4
decided genius, and Certainly has no
superior IN the STATE, either In natural
or aoq uired abilities an that direction.
10 ala WhOknoW him personally. Ihave
sad much InOrs than Is needed, and 10
. them ! only beg to refer an oGherS
Without the knoWIedge OF The gentle-
and Without TIE faiutes8 wish 10 dis
paraEe Tie Claims or capacity or any
one else, write simply 70 he end that
In nominating soldiers on the STATE
tscksf sc may not only do lustioet TO orr
c1use, bat may do jnstiee betEeen sol
d1eTB Gbemseiges-fOT while the writer
hereof has NOT the b0nOEable die1ine1Scu
OF having been = soldier, he trusts he Is
an1 VIII never be les, every faithful
and deserving SoEDH's FEuSD.
wheeling Angus 4ta.