The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-05
me Rebel Element on the Border
HoU linton Men are PeFseeused.

The AGDDA INGu1EuL On E4E 0DLNGL--
How Union Men are Persecuted.
We taks'the following extracts from
private letter written by an tnfsLh'
esnt gentisaan IA RalstEh eoaHtJs tei'
Stste. Tea gentlemen b this ely
H 1 ana passing through q severe ~ ~ ~ ~
here, lodatsd as ] am In Eos ~ -
y the worst affected region q =, tl,,,sey,s5s
Stats. When came here li.'ss = X, ~
J olnsst,s. MonoV,gFAs scarce, a3o - :
lsSSraa acafferinE co1BidRft1te N -
county in sS;abiishipB my onsllpsssss' ~
Darties were very kind esPeeIaS 49,, ~.
rsboIs. who had i'i,4 fS,,f Il
ths leading men IN, tbe. eolp3ttSS. S9 ~,
I 5ad not been here long untAk1 saH bow
J 1Ii1iT5 were Working. The rebels NeEe
I continually throwing ALI sos' !lIlss ~
! tlllsai ole ia. tina way Of tas4eBaI asllaoE
4 ne. q arsinE tba. Sale as q. 6datoFQs ana
aysry ofEicaf as An iBnoEaptfoob gnsy
! looked upon, ms AZ, q C1slSey-gtl
which IEaAItyr WAS put 1e3 sEeFe i.ai ~.
taken in Snppoaipg mo = DSlst0Es. ~
OoppeFJseGd, There Was 70 esl'1 -
Tho did Wing blood IN me peEs
They faI lked1 truly with me on AZ SUD SUD
iantS. until. I VIA psEfeCsly satisned
that tlleE,Nsrs not the kind OF nen 10
rllo this on any other State One OF
thsir leading men remarked 70 me one
Ciny that II ne, bad the power ne womb
c,litIIe throat OF every Union man IN
me county, and then Pile them up and
burn them. Believe me, this man
spoke the seDtln4snts ofths great mass
Of rebels, The Union party here Is
vyfthons any ORGANIZATIONS and the
rebels have been taking advantage OF
this To- SOW the seeds OF di5cord among
them, and so faF suceeeded as 70 come
yery near eleckipgFa pretended Union
man 10 the Legislature last fall They
keep up an organization Of Knights OF
the Golden Circle" and their leader Is |
a rebel Major named Rudd, imported |
fronI old Virginia. he has often boast |
ed to me that he held the. highest rank |
in the order bat one, ana ne lrled 70
persuade man, who bad been SUM
moned 70 appear In the o. 8. Court to
answer to some suit growing out
OF the war, not to pay any
attention to the Government, but II
they tried to force him 10 go, he, MAI
Rudd, would bring an armed force sur
fiCient to protect him. Again this same |
man declared that he honestly wished |
the United States would become In
yolyed in a war with some foreign ma
ton; that he would shoulder his gun
and ioin any power In a war against our
Since j have turned
against the rebels, and am now working
to unite the Union party in d solid
body, the hatred and prosecutions OF
these men towards me knows no
bounds. They say they intend TO run
me out of the county, but poor fools,
they little know the kind OF man they
are fooling with. Imay be assassina-
ted, or I may die like any other man,
bat to run or leave this county before
nm ready. HeveT. We have no free
school in town, but have a school house
owned by a joint stock company, of
which am one of the largest share
holders, but the rebels have majority,
aud have employed this Major Rudd
for u teacher. Through spite they sent
my children home from school few
days ago. Now 1 am denied the priv
ilegs OF a school for my children, still
I am not out of heart, but have conf
dence In Governor Foreman, and be-
lieve he will do whit he considers his
duty In protecting the true citizens of
the State. What adds to my crimes,
In the eyes of these rebels, Is the fact OF
my being a member of the Methodist
church and my buying a lot and giving
it to the church on which to erect
house of worship.