The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-16
had 10 direct the document % her hus.
band. II Is dated:

now, informed you oil an we ittAe - -
cidents that occurred TO Us In our trip
down to New Orleans! i sent 20 you
by Mr.. McCassRt n fan, Us Small tesu-
mopy of nv gratitude for the pollte-
ness and uniform friendship Whlcn
Inexperienced from you and ME. Snep-
herd during my residence in Wheellng-
I shall leave the city. in about two days
for Saint Domingo, where Lam going
on board a large armed vessel as sur,
Reon, The vessel carries so guns and
$50 men. The objeCtof the voyage Is 70
trade with the. negroes in Saint DO
iminRo for coffee DC. As the trade Ii
forbidden by the French and not sup
IpoIted by the American Government,
we expect to have a dust with the
Yours. with the most heartfelt graft
tude and esteem, ..l .
p g You Will see this is intended
chiefly for Mrs. Shepherd, but for the
soul Of me can't remember her ftrst
first name, therefore direct it to you.
The Colonel had good many def
cuIties of one kind and another 10
struggle with, as we should infer from
the scraps OF writing that he has left
behind him. BE seems TO have been
4 LuUAGa ANn1 Gu4A44I HS24hAH@%N----
he was a contractor on the National
road, and didn't always get his money
as fast as he needed it. One OF his
friends at Washington writes him that
he had called on the Disturbing officer
and had been informed that "they
whoever .'they'' meantl had oyerdrawn'
forty thousand dollars" But, con-
tInues the writer, 'after moment he
directed the officer of discounts and de-
posits to pay me, which he did promptly
| for which / very much shank him"
As. still further illustrating the Colo
nel,s pecunIary difficulties, we find the
following letter addressed to General
Shriyer, Superintendent of the Nation
al road, in regard to an advance of
funds in order to enable him TO get.
along comfortably and properly with
his contract: $50 4..li -.ls aidl
WHEELING, November IA, 1919.
DEAR S1R: My present situation in
regard 70 the finishing and completing
of my contract and that Of Col. George
PAUL, make IL necessary to solicit from
YOU that aid which Is absolutely neces-
sary, and which alone will eua BILE me
to complete my engagements with the
Government in due time. Ipresume
about fourteen thousand dollarswiH
enable me TO settle with my nasons,
and also get Mr.. Skinner through with
the road CONTRACT of Col. PAUL. Having
already borrowed at bank all that can
be had, i have now no other alternative
but through you TO obtain from the
Government nj! least the loan necessary
to compile etc the, work. You have viewed
and are able te, judge, about the time
and further srIm that may be necessary
to complete these contracts. The road
will soon be done, and few days VIII
finish the mason work. 1presume thaE
by the 29th day 1t viii all be ready Tor
your final examination, at whicn tims
Ihope you viii be SO good as to attend,
or otherwise your assistant. TO make
the final examination OF this work.
What maker II the more necessary,
great mart Of. the mason work has oeen
gwen to otfIers to complete. Their work
is now done, and should 1 settle with
them, aid after, the work not
be iound sufficient, I should be
the loser Tin their engagements with
me, they are bound to complete the
work, iii every respect, to the satisfac-
ton Of the superintendent.
siderS tion my situation, and giant me
such relief as, in your opinion, Is right
and Necessary. a.- 81.
With Dnuch esteem,
Your obed't serV't.,
MOSES SHEPHERD.
GENERAL SHRIvER, Superintendent
), oChe Cumberland Road. -
AS closing specimen of the Pecu-
mary embarrassment that were ex-
perienced by the Colonel from time to
time, we append the following old
| memorandum, hich Is without date
| as to time or place.
"The following are the terms on which
Colonel Shepherd can adjust his Bank
Ist. To take $4,000 stock at IS per
I'd. To-permit him to sell the whole
mill tract at a credit OF all excepting The
4 first payment, not exceeding six years;
or, should Shepherd prefer IL, 70 release
| the town fiat and back lands, leaving
4 him at liberty TO make sale though on
his own terms, and the bank to re-
| ceiye the notes on deposit, and when
paid TO be applied TO his debt" m 81
Some OF our younger readers may not
know that 1t was once a practice in
Virginia to sell the Sherinalty; that Isl
for the Justice OF the Peace to whom il
fell in regular order of succession, 70
farm 1t out for himself to the best adj
vantage. Here lisa reminder of the old
custom in the following document:
Betgeen Noses Shepherd and William
PerTilte: $50! q a7di =
jacob Whitzae understood from Per-
| rine that he was to give Shepherd 100
for the the Sheridship. The converse
! tod which he ahesrd took place I'M
Wheeling just befsre Perrine was sworn
4 into Office; recollects dist nCtly that at
that time Perrine said he was to give
Shepherd 500, but whether Il was for
| the one year or the two he did then not
understand. Has since heard PerrineI
I'converse on this subject and has dis
itinctly understood that he waste give
Shepherd 100 for each year. sIi=l -
Among other documents found in the
garrett we're bills OF sale OF slaves
bought by the Col. we saw none OF
any sold by him. But It would take a
very considerable book to hold all the
old documents that might be gathered
up in the old, garnet and put in print.
We have about exhausted our avail
able space to-day in the way of specI-
mems, and shall conclude with the fol-
lowing enigmatical and formal letter 70
the Col. from Phillip DoddrIdee:
i q wHEEnIEs, April "a, 1925.
SIR: This day have maiIeda letter
to Judge Caldwell, supposing him to be
at the city. Should he have departed,
1t will be for your interest to take II ont,
open 1t and read IL, and 10 inclose II
back TO him without losing a mRil,-l
also answering the contents 70 me with
out loss ofone day. 1tawln not do 70
delay, nor for you to show the letter to
any person. II I am not answered Inn
medlRteIY, shall proceed TO act in the