The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-19

measures 0f war have been taken.1 AT
least they are moi formally and authepti;
cSlBS alhd d6pScds A kEaat 9deal 81
our news has consisted IN tic uttefahceS
Of the Paris and London newspapers; and
other dispatches are not always to be i'm
plieRty and literally believed. An article
in yesterdays Paris Lt5erte suggests n
faint hope that matters 'haSctnot yet gone
so far but an aeconlwodatiAp is possible
this side Of IN actual collision in the
field. eEruH s,tl,t4 yEi..irr
AND nowit is the 0mrksDury ConerSa-
Gst F8icbis griqycdI tpd surprised atttthS
degeneracy that permits the INTEL.
LIGENcER to pass without copying GER
tain personal card that appeared week
or two since in the columns Of tho Con-
sepefgq9f That card was tyrittmb bya
CiaFksBurg gentleman tetfSs6hg fOFths
second time some reflections which he In
dulged as a correspondent Of the IETELLI-
oEScER, touching MI! JohN .. DAVIS.
We did not please copy" for reasons
which may be briefly mentioned, since so
many of our Democratic exchanges are
troubled about It, tftl.i jGJfi
Let us mention briefly some preliminary
facts. Several weeks ago citizen Of
Clarksburg addressed a political letter to
the, readers Of this paper, over an inper-
s6nalsignat6rc d usual. Gp!thut lett& NJ
induIgcd some severe illusions to Mr..
DAVIS, none of them in very good taste, taste
bnt none specially Objectionable except,a a
remark that Mr.. DAVIS "private charac-
teri ,Yss "blacker than big; political
rccord." "This gave offence, perhaps Justly.
MIR. DAVIS being the judge OF how black
his political record was, considered 1t
slanderous to have his character alluded
toas .ssblaeker." This stbe extentcf
OBJ Seorfe eSpond6nt's Sohdnce!s11G taking
notice of this Mr.. DAVIS, as we think, was
unnecessarily u tliin5skilned. He is q
gentleman, as we understand, whose pri-
yate' character is entirely above reproach.
Haicoala lave afforded TO let an atteesk
jdf thlS ihdeahitekind pass Without boaae.
He thought otherwise, however, and de.
naanded the 1ameot the writer y and the
demand being contormed to the usage in
such cases, we gayeitto him. Mr.. DAVIS
demanded tho name Of our correspondent
for the purpose Of holding him to'ia per
sonal accountability We, understand
this to mean ordinarily personal chaS;
tisement. knowing the fiery nature Of
the Clarksburg Chiyaly, we feared moth
ihg IbutblOodshed would bette the &C.
count; and therefore. we looked for
some days. for. a letter Of i.dssspiSi'tsch
giving Gairus the particulars otaey 9
first. class homicideI-a more orailess
"Iatal afEray.%, But the name Of out, corr
respondent seemed to have o soothing In
fluencc on the injured gentleman, and
greatly to our surprise no funeral was an
nounced in the next issue Of the Clarks-
burg papers. About this time We re.
ceived undubitablc evidence that our cor
respondent was still alive Hc wrote q
brief communication over the same sigma.
turc as his first, retracting the offensive
allusion to Nr. DAVIS private character.
This was printed in our columns and we
supposed the matter ended. Presuming
this retraction to have been made at the
instance of Mr.. DAVIS, We owCre somewhat
surprised he should content himself with
such gentle revenge, We were still
more surprised TO see another card
in the Conaerua6re, over the proper name.
In Mr. DAVIS letter to us demanding
the name he said his:purposc was to hold
the writer to personal accountability"
and that 1t was nOthis purpose ITO seek re-
dress by replyOr a continuance Of the sub
joel in any ,oay through Tie columns Of Gpub'
lie ns.pspapsr." With this expression Of Mr..
DAVIS wishes before US, VIC have refrain,
ed from copying the Gnssrcaaots card
or from making any comment n:the sub.
iecL except when obliged to by the allu'
sions Of the Register. We have been sur
prisod that his friends should take such
pains to thus advertise through the,"pub'
lie newspapers" his failure to take the only
satisfaction whIchl knowntotho code o
high.toned Southern gentlemen, and still
noEs sthet, Che editor Of tAs Sq.fl tfos
bkb6id hAkS such laha liemafai GlCut
US because Of our f6rbearance.
Ifthe editor ofthC conssrpdtius Is really
Mr. DAv1s friend, he should have aScer.
tanned beGoFs ptipting thol card I0F dds
cussing It in his columns. that Mr.. DAVIS
did net desire anynswspaper publications
onrthe subject. he having, It Is presumed
found ample satisfaction in other chan
nels. We are satisfied the publication o.
this card in the ConSruatfre was against
M DGvp' wishes, and the editor was
clearly imposed on in the note signed with
Mr.. DAVIS name requesting Its publica'
tion. The ground Of this belief Is Mr.,
DAVIS statement to ID that he Would
not seek redress ''in any way through the
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