The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-05

time than the so-called Democracy" in
this State. All the time the people ne
pudiate them, disguise their princtples
as they may and as they do In many OF
their nominatio Ions Untn every aangsf
81 q reaetionary period nas g 4
tilssed away Il Is onr boupden duty as
tfnly apprecidtiye Union men TO suffer
no let MP In our efforts, 70 relax IN no
particular necessary to keep out OF
power and influence the party that
opposed the war and that pro-
nopneed Il q failure, and that you'd
have compromised with rebels IN
arms against the Union. We can
not safely allow any county IN any
of the loyal States, and least OF al
along the borders, 70 fall into the pos
session Of snch men. Wheeling mas
her influence when the result goes over
the wires Just as larger cities nave
1argef infi6enee upon the pupiie sem
ttmeut Of the COUNTY. Ihefei219r gre " ~
should discharge our duty !nly on on
that part of the tield tnat ia a;s,s ~ snr -,
This we can only do by the same SOFT
of vigilance, determination and energy
that enabled our noble armies 10 move
forward on the enemy BY regiments
brieades and divisions, all true 10 their
own separate trusts, ~ ~,
Our rst duty then, Is nominate goou
men Tomorrow night and Afterwards
10 lOEHdLA 1890 AA~SeH-@S---S
elect them. "3f
The War between chill and SPAIN. /.
The 18th OF November marked the
commencement of actual hostilities be
tween Chill and Spain, The first coils
ion being an naval engagement. A
correspondent of the New York Times
writing fiom Panama, under date Of
.22d 1lt,ygives nm account of it, from
which II appears that the Gillian vessel
Esmeralda, corvette Of 900 tons, car car
ryfng Is guns, "a and 80 Founders, and
1913 men, engaged the Spanish dispatch
boat Virgin de Covadouga, carrying
three rified guns, one 81, and two u
pounders,aIid 1856 men. The ieorrespon-
dent says: -
Fifteen shots were fired, at a distance
of little over half mile by the EstaeF=
aida. nearly all of which hit the Virgin,
and one OF which dismounted one OF
her guns. The Virgin threw nine shots,
but her guns were so badly served that
the EsmerRlda did not suffer the slight
est damage. The combat lasted twenty
minutes, when the Virgin hauled down
her flag, and was taken possession OF
by the Esneralda. The Spanish vessel
hadE1 tgoa men Killed itnd fourteen
wounded. Eight ofiieefs and one hun
dred and fifteen men were landed ana
sent to Santiago, the capital, together
with the correspondence OF Admiral
q TThe EsnieraIds was comrnanded by
John Williams, an EnBlishman. Her
executive officer is an American by the
name of Thompson. Both have resided
a long time in Chilli. All the officers
have been promoted, u =. - y
BESIDES This, the Chilinos have had
another little naval success. The span
ish ship Revolution, which was olOee-
aiding Tome and TaleahUano, kept a
launch out with forty men and one gnu az
TO watch the movements OF small Chill
no vessels near the shore. The Chllino5
armed a little tuRboat called the indie
pendencia to watch the launch. One
night the little steamer, In an apparent
ly careless manner, fell in with the
launch. when the latter fired; her gun
across her bows. The steamer doused
all her glims and stopped. The SPAN
iarLls came alongside and DoaEuea,
when, to their great surprise, they were
Immediately gobbled up by double
their number. The launch, with her
forty men, was taken into the port Of
Afanleand delivered over totbe authort-
ties.
These events have caused The Chilli
nos to be much encouraged, and given
them greater confidence in their ulti-
mate success against Spain. The pa
pers say, also, that trade, which was at
\ stand-stiu for some time, IN cOnse-
dueuee of>tlie movements OF Admiral
Pareja, Inns rapidly improved, and YES
sells lake away cope: and other pro-
ducts from the minor open ports with
almost rs much regularity as before.
The revolution in Peru, by which
Chilli confidently expects to gain an al
| Iy, is another cause of great graduation
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