The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-14

That IL SllghlIy FeTbOhaI'
ST. GEORGE, May 0, 1873.
To the Editors Of tho lntclligcnccT.
Your Democratic readers will be invig.
GRATED To learn that We have recently had
a glorious ante 6eLlum regeneration OF ex.
reOels, al the nOmadiC stronghold OF the
rebellion, the Court House Of Tucker
county. Judge BranDOn opened his first
court here, under The new Constitution,
on haugnan's day, to wit, on Friday, one
week since HithCr assembled divers
no,ablps OF the legal fraternity, namely,
T. a. Bradford, A. G. Re.er, and Sam
Woods, from Barbour, @ ]. P. Cresap,
and T. ]. Arnold, from Randolph Gus.
tavus Cresap, A. II Bowman, and J.
IL. Carroll, from Preston; and William
Ewin, p. Lipscomb, and A. q. Parsons,
of Tucker county; all good and lawful
men, duly sworn in sovereign allegiance
10 the memory OF jeff Davis, and to his
heirs and assigns forever. COhered with
these in yoke fellowship are several other
notables, not Of the law, among whom
may DO mentioned Tor bis high Dem
ocratic bearing, and his just con.
tempt and defiance OF the State
liquor law, John r. Williamson,
of Barbour county. may add
that with the hosts OF good
and true men aggregated here, buoyant
with a chivslry resuCtated from the sub
terranean depths Of the last decade, were
TO be seen some piliable unnoticables,
like lost sheep among goats; among whom
as attorneys at law, may be specified
Charles HoOton, OF Preston county, and
S Dayton, Of Barbour. The former OF
these loyal despicables, had the sensibili;
" and discrimination TO both see aud feel
the incompatibilily Of his insuterable
presence among these elect, and therefore
"vamosed the rancho" early during the
term; but am compelled to state that
ex-senator Dayton, with his accustomed
mental apathy, stupidity and insociance,
maintained his rGpulsivG and unbiddCn
presence TO the very last. My slight OBJ
servation enables me TO report him 10
your readers as altogether as dull, stolid
and impassivc us Gen. Grant, TO whom in
looks, Tate, Of the st. George Hotel, and
Charley Hooton aforesaid, to his lasting
disgrace, compared him.
The staid and puritaniCal demeanOr oil
this incOrrigible alien TO the sacred soil,
COnCurring with the murky weather out
of doors, only aided within, as l am hap
ny to vouch, the inspiriting and vitalizing
influences Of genuine Democracy. That
the flowing bowl was well bowlcd from
hand to hand around this joyous Emily
ring, you may Nssuredly depend,
sam Woods struttGd about amidst the
grateful ceremOnials Of this festive rGu-
MON occasion, with imposing, and i'm
pressive impOmposity; and displayed all
the sublimeIy supercilliOus serenity, and
self satisfaction, Of an early spring rooster,
about to make his first vigorous violent
effort to crow. William Ewin's foxy
phiz, beamed with boundless blissiul and
becoming benignity.
Major Roger, II is true looked harried
and haggard, us II on the point OF losing
what few wits he had, and his remarks
were curt, cutting, and Causlic, as the
rusty edge OF an old sickle; but il was un-
derstoOd, that bis mind and spirits were
absent, Illuminating upon the solution OF
certain political axioms, and equations OF
fundamental democratic indOCtrinNtiOn,
to wit; that one southern gentleman is
equal ut least TO dozen northern mud
siIls; and that the sacred soil" has hos
pitable graves for the whole vGrmin race
Of Yankee vandals. The Hon. T. A. Brad.
ford, and G J p. Cresap, who fought but
bled not for the cOniedeTacy, reflected the
sell graduation VI Il Napoleon, who warm.
ing Vt u freSide in his palace at Paris,
was heard to calculate, "ihis is better
than Moscow" In the detail Of hair
breath escapes from the battles they ran
from, they were ruddy with gratitude,
that their wars were over; and big with
anticipation that their lost cause, which
succumDed to the Cromwell energy Of the
Purilsns, was 10 be revived along with
their iavoriie County Court System, by
the brains OF themselves and COassoCiates,
and this, the dead letter Of the late
Liquor Act, TO the contrary nOtwilhsland.
ing Gust Cresap sat silent, solemn, and
supreme, cXemplifying the sell.evident
verify Of the maxim that "a still SOW
drinks deep" ] r. Williamson alternate.
ly, and ConluSedly clustered, bullied, bad.
gered, and Dragged, as became the most
OnspicuOus,-WGll, We will say lien, OF
the occasion. 7. ]. Arnold gOwcd in
the youthful bushes Of innate modpsty,
and whisky, and only occasionally utter.
cd some short sentiment OF satisfaction,
almost as incOherent, and inCisiVe as the
remarkable dictA OF his warrior uncle,
the immortal Stonewall Jackson, Jun
Carroll smiled softly, simperingly, and
sweetly, and showed clean set Of teeth,
but looked as though he would
much prefer TO kiss, than TO bite
Indeed this redoublable "editor and pro.
prietor" Of the Preston County Herald
became so visibly impressed with the
magnitude Of the occasion, that like Mas
by In q bar.room after long absence, he
actually shed tears" and taking with
inContinenE haste 10 his horse, hastened
home through fell and flood TO his sane.
tum, 10 har6lnger forth through the &C.
leclic columns OfthRt journal, tho inter
estIng and magnificent details. Some un.
gracious willing present had tho hardi.
hood indeed, to suggest and affirm that
his premature exit was FASTENED by his
failure as the lackey OF ----, TO
collect the amounts OF tho Harness and
Ogg cases; but this, OF course, Is IN un-
miligated Republican canard. But every
joyful gathering must at last terminate.
On Monday morning, the 9th inst, We
prepared to part from our friends. The
Onptied bottles Of our Democratic ov,.
ton were surreptitiously and promiscous.
ly elected into TatC's back yard. As
public Chronicler, must now take nv
leave Of your readers, as then We took
leave Of st. George. have but one in
cldent to add, which vas all that occur.
red during this festivity to give our Dem.
ocratic friends pain, On Saturday even
ing, alter the close OF the court, a
secret colloquy was overheard among
a group of shabby looking Re-
pu6Iicans, among whom were Adam
Tate Rnnch MAnear. ,IacOh Dnmirp md