The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-26


10 help him, to stand by him, and to
vote down q man who never belonged
10 the Mayors council, lnlthOughltime
and again impOrtuued by himself to
join il. The Mayor, in this respect is,
not unlike ancient Antonio, who on the
Ri;ilto, in the flush of his pride, sPat
upon ShylOck's beard, simply because
tho latter was n poor despised Jew, and
yet the next day thereafter, when re-
duced to an extremity, was not ashamed
to go and beg from the same poor, des-
pissed Jew, loan of three thousand
ducats.
There Is a great deal of old Antonio
In the Mayors composition. We shall
SEQ IL he eau play the role this time
with his usual success, Il success of
which he has been heard more than
once to vain-gloriously vaunt himself
Certain it is that if foreign born citi
zsHS will be as exclusive toward the
NayoFas he was once toward them,
and will stand far from sympathy
with him on next Monday Hs he did
from them in the flush of his Know
Nothing pride, he will not be the head
officer OF this city many days longer.
LETTER FROM HAMTLL - HIS Pro
Posed MATCH WITH BRowS.-The New
York Clipper, OF the present week, CON
tRinB the following communication
from Jimmy Hammill concerning his
DTODOStl Thtb WIN w ulttT Drown, .IOF
the championship of America:
'In his Portland card Brown says:
Should he ever win the proud title of
champion oarsmnn OF thirty-four mil
lions OF people, he would not allow an
nBpirant to go AWAY without II race on
account OF IA difference Oftwo miles as
he thinks all races are decided before
three miles uTe rowed over. Now, AS
he is an Rspirant for the championship,
why does he let those two miles prevent
him trying to get that high titIe7
Again, IL no thinks no can beat me
three miles, and he believes that nlI
races arc decided under that distance,
he has no excuse for not rowing
mo the usual distance, five miles, AS
after leading me for three miles, he has
only to keep 'peSging away the other
two miles, and the proud title is his'n
and as no wishes to set himself right
with the boating fraternity and his
friends, l think he will have no diff
Guilty in doing so If he explains il to
them in tho light have Just mentioned.
When l was an HSpirnnt and coveted
the honor OF being champion, and Mr..
Ward held the title, ItOo wished three
mile race, but Mr.. Ward would not
agree unless 1 coupled il with five
milo race. i was little tiniu of the
veteran, as the little cugine (as you
have pleased to call mel did not know
whether he could carry steam enough
lOE n lNb DllJ lpT Iue nOnOF
of the thing tried, and that is the rea-
son that in my last proposal gave Mr..
Brown the Snne chance that Mr. Ward
accorded to me- All the rest of the ra-
ces between Mr.. Ward and myself were
i've miles. a.fl-l.
''Another fact might state is, that In
all my races with Mr.. Ward / never
got anything for expenses but once,
thOuRh L rOwed him two races on the
Hudson at Poughkeepsie. All these
facts can be got in the files OF. the CLIP
per. Mr.. Brown seems to think that if
he had accepted my last offer 10 him, II
would have taken another rnGe to de-
eide who was champion. Now do not
think so. II he beat me the three mile
rice and lost the five, he might claim
tho championship OF three mile dis
tances. II he won both he could claim
all the houOrs At both. and the "Little
Engine" would have to retire for re-
pairs: that In the reason OF my offer to
row both races. As he does not like
that oner, l will row him n single
hve mile race at Pittsburgh,
In May, for one thousand dol
lars \ side, and allow the usual
expenses for coming here; or, will row
him the same distance ON the SchuylIxin
course, for the same amount, each to
pay his own expenses Should he ac
sept this L will send on two hundred
and hfty dollars to cover that sum now
held by you on his account. On his
I'VE thousand dollar challenge 1 need
not say anything, as he was afraid you
might think he was talking large. /
thought 1t rather rough mYself after
guaranteeing him smooth course at |
Pittsburgh. am not good on the
rough, hut have always found that
in sculling races, as in many other
things, n smooth course is best. Shouldt
Mr.. Brown make the race, and IL comes
on at Pittsburgh, he can bring the five
thousand dollars with him, and if he
any Inducements in the way of odds, l |
think he will get y chance to invest !
some OF it,"
TnE agony is over as 10 the eonl shan |