The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-19
JOHN s: cARLIIE IN
CLARKsBURo.
DEMOCRATIC OUTRAGES.


cLARKsBURa, W. VA, Sept. 10.
Editors InteElige1eer
This has been an exciting day in
Clarksburg. The people from all quar-
ters came into town to hear Hon. John
s. Garlic, speak. When the fast train
arrived in the morning and II was ols-
covered that he was not on board, fears
were entertained that he would not
come as 1t was learned that the Balti-
more train failed 10 connect with the
| Parkersburp train at Grafton. When
the way train at nine o'clock arrived
without him, the anxiety was increased.
At eleven O'Clock a dispatch was re-
ceIved from him at Grafton, announce
| ing that he would come on the 2:45 mail
train, and the people all concluded to
| wait. In the meantime the Democracy
had Gen. Green Clay Smith, from Ken
lucky, on hands to speechify for them.
He began to speak about one and
half o'clock in the Court House,
and was still speaking when MI
Garlic arrived, although not one
fifth of the people in town were
paving any attention to him, being en-
gagged in transacting various kinds OF
business. As Mr.. Garlic came within
sight of the Court House, the crowd
outside began to gravitate to him, and
he was Justify cheered by a thousand
voices. BY the time he had reached the
Court House steps he was surrounded
by dense crowd of one thousand per-
sons and urged to commence speaking.
He refused 10 commence until General
Smith had concluded. Some of the
leading Democrats were consulted, and
information was received that General
Smith would conclude in lew min
utes. After the lapse of several min
utes, Mr.. Carlile began speaking at the
pressing solicitation OF the crowd.
Whether Gen. Smith had concluded or
not, this deponent knoweth not, but the
crowd left the Court House Immediate
ly, and the better sort of the Democracy
came out and gave Mr.. Carlile patient
hearing, and the irresponsible ones,
assisted by some unrecoDstructed rebel
soldiers, prepared to get up a regular
muss. Mr.. Carlile had spoken but a few
minutes, until an auctioneer mounted
box on the opposite side eff the street,
under pretense of selling Peter Funk
watches, and ouIroRred the bulls Of
Bashan, intermingling his vendue with
kind of political speech, or rather po-
Iitical abuse OF Gen. Grant and the
Radicals. He was applauded by about
twenty of the "unwashed," who, under
tho influence of strychnine, whisky and
wine, instignted by few cowardly
leaders of the party, outyelIed SO many
devils. The street in front of john
sons auction store and DIR. Carr's drug
u
continued for some time. Some Union
men Mt length thought the matter was
carried far enough, and determined to
out stop TO it. They at first tried
friendly remonstTance. This failed.
They were met with threats, and a
manufacturer of bad whisky drew
big knife and flourished 1t, and then 1t
about meeting with deserved punish
ment, but some OF tho older citizens
counselled tho unfuriated Union men
not to go into extreme measures Sew
eral arrests were made, and tenn
porary quiet restored. The auC-
tioneer was bound over to keep
the peace, but returned to his auc-
tioneering and noise. During all this
time, and amid all this tumult, Mr..
Garlic kept on in the seven tenor of
his way" and Notwithstanding all the
confusion, he had all the time eight
hundred or IA thousand auditors, among
whom were many of the latter sort OF
power, replete with logic and elo-
quence. After Mr.. Garlic had spo-
ken two hours, Mr.. Walker, Democrat
ic candidate for Congress, took the place
of the auctioneer, and after he had con-
tinued n half hour, Mr.. Garlic conclu-
ded when the air was rent with such
deafening and prolonged cheers that II
drove Walker into the Court House,
whittier he was followed by few of
tho faithful, but it being near sunset,
the large portion of all parties went
home.
Taken altogether, this has been glo-
rious day for the Union cause in aar-
rison county. We heard many say
that Mr.. Carlile's speech was worth
ono hundred votes to our country
The demonstration made by The
Democrats clearly evinced the law
less and revolutionary spirit of that
party. Quite II number of the rebel
Democracy were hurrahing for jeff.
Davis. The older loving law abiding
Democrats will leave the party.
have not pretended to give you any
thing like report of Mr.. Carlile's
speech. / feel incompetent to do this,
but do not believe ever heard bet
ter one, aud there Is not one speaker in
n thousand that could have kept a
crowd together ns he did under the cir
You may be assured that
he is host and the union people of West
Virginia are fortunate in securing his
services for the campaign. He will GER
tainly do us much good.
In conclusion, will say to you that
we are determined to elect our county
ticket and give every man on the State
and District tickets II majority. Our
Union men do not say they will carry
the county, but they simply and deter
minably swear they Iciu carry it.
RUSTICUs.