The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-24
Letter from noundsvIIIs.
MoUNDsvILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, I
July 10, 1857.
Editors InteLEiqeneer

AIoUNDsvILLE. WEST VIRaINIA,l
July l5, 1857.
Editors InteLligeneer
1 see by last Mondays Register one
brazen OF a rebel has pitched into some
radical Official. A part of his eptstle
relating to school fund, ETC., may all be
true enough, for what know or care.
What most interests me. Is that a man
so low in the scale of honesty and
morality should think of abusing his
betters. We who are acquainted with
his antecedents know just how much
az heft " to give TO his vile slanderous
tongue and pen. l shall just point out
few of the redeeming traits of his char
acter. Some years ago this paragon oil
honesty represented this county in the
Assembly at Richmond. Many impor-
tant measures were voted on con-
siderable amount of corn. juice was i'm
bibed. Some members returned from
Richmond in them times, SO flush in
the way of cash that they were able to
start into any sort OF business. Prevl-
Gus to that time they were not celebra-
ted for having an over stock of the one
thing needful. From that time down
TO the commencement OF the rebellion
this great man figured pretty eXten-
siyelY as Militia General. Immedi-
through our town with the Ohio
troops, the first that passed, this great
man sent an order to Major Barry, the
agent for the Railroad Company, order
| ing him not to allow any troops to pass
over this road. This order is at the
depot in his own hand write. This
same man had the oath OF loyalty ap-
piled to him until he knew it by heart.
| He was an acting justice Of the peace
at that time; hecould swallow the oath
OF loyalty as of old he could drink
Richmond corn Juice. At the time he
/ Inh nd ha 10 rEya Of tnUalfU
he was heard to say to a venerable
| looking old reb. Chat has not been
blest with a fluency of speech that
most men are possessed OFF, at the time
/ OF the fall of Nicksburg, This is the
hardest blow we have received yet.
We will have to have another Bull Run
victory or we go up" And even to Inc
present day he claims Richmond as his
| capitol. AT the commencement of
work on the penitentiary, this same
| man who attends to every bOdy's busi.
ness but his own, told one of our best
citizens. Capt. d. R., that one peniten-
| tiary was enough for Virginia, and he
would not contribute anything towards
purchasing the land which our good
citizens donated to the State for peni-
tentiary purposes; at the same time
hattering himself with the hopes of
selling his vegetables to the warden
feeding couviots.
Taking his record for the last ten
wears, as what he might do in the next
ten, it might be we'll enough for Major
Bristor to take him in as the keeper of
the key of the money-boz. As old
stumps are general decayed ut the
roots, thought 1t my duty to push him
over into some hollow and let him have
time to reflect upon the life he has led
from youth up to the present time. How
worthless and depraved! defy him to
produce one single instance OF any sort
where he has befriended the poor or
made the heart of an orphan glad.
Our neighbors know about how good he
has been to one poor boy he has raised;
il the boys head had not been made as
"bomb shells" are, It would have been
cracked long since with a hoe-handle.
He seems to have rod in soak for some
body at the penitentiary. In his re-
marks in Mondays Register he speaks
OF contractors having stone measured
twice. believed there was one case of
that sort-a certain man in Mounds
Vile, hauling stone at one dollar per
perch from the depot, came little con-
tidence game over the superintendent
to the amount OF one load, and as soon
as the trick came to the superinten-
dents ear, am informed, he notified
that party he could not haul any
more stone there until he made
public acknowledgment and reim
bursed the State to the amount OF
ueE AOS6 AZ LIS Vase AAO IOuNAOL
spoken OF as principal measurer for
that concern, l am credibly informed
that his EeXcellency A. 1. Boremhn has
a letter now in his possession from the
Clerk OF the Court for Raleigh county,
setting forth the character OF this said
convict, as being of the very besii
speaks of him as being sober, moral
and honest man. What compliment,
an honest man-"the noblest work OF
God" oh, that could say as much for
some other folks. As an evidence of
his honesty, Mr. Rodgers, the Clerk of
Raleigh county, says his sentence WAS
procured against him by his own oon-
fession OF being caught in bad COM
pany, but not one line or word OF evil
deuoe proved his completely In the mat
ter in which he is charged.
If remember right, at the time of the
attempted burning of the prison build
ing last winter, this man, T. Chess
Crawford, was one that distinguished
himself in extinguishing the fre, and
more recently in the attempted assas-
sination OF Capt. BigRs and the three
guards, this same convict risked his
own life in defence Of the Captain
that he could be bribed TO do a wrong
when he has shown himself an up
right, honest and brave man by every
act since he has been a convict, and the
evidence OF Mr.. Rodgers as to his life
before he was SO unfortunate as to be-
come a convict. Ihave often heard the
old adGe, "measuring my corn in your
half bushel." -....-
I can only compare this unfortunate,
noisy old Reb. 10 what was said when !
the ID was shearinH a hog-"more |
noise than wool" Yours, &C.,
STAND FROM UNDER.