The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-06
REPLY TO .BROOKE."
Indignant Defence, and Counter
Charges.
Editors of the Register

Charges
Editors of the Register.
NV attention has been called to All ar
ticle in the REGISTER, protessediy on
County Courts. but the real intention OF
which appears to have been to make 4
personal attack on me. have reason 10
believe that | can locate TIN. gushing
writer but should say anything that Is
not spplicable u him, he may remain
contentcd with the fact that | have failed
+, ,inrIe him out, and AIN speaking OF
another person.
His remarks on the proPriety OF pei
I -,p, following. and being set apart Tor
different occupations, IS III exact accord
ance with nv views; and this Is why our
| .Iudprs should not BIZ selected from I'M
educated and ignorant men; but should
be men of sagacity, trained IN law rs
well as men of integrity. But he carries
his nrinciples too far. There Is no rea-
son why a man may not transact ms
own business if he wishes to, and exercise
the RIGHT of collecting his own notes, IN
preference to cntru>ting his financial
affairs to an irresponsible, iourth-cIaSs
lawyer.
His remarks Of personal nature and
Of a certain suit, are not true. | do not
accuse him Of wilful lying. but that his
tongue is 80 accustomed to miSrep"r'cnta-
ton that il has become automatic and
will not forsake its cunning. The declar-
alton in that case was almost copy from
n high legal authority, and has been pro-
,,,,,,ncri sufficient under the laws of the
State, by gentlemen capable OF maintain
inc respectable position in higher
c,nrts. 1t was sent by mail to the clerk
of the court, and 10y him properly filed IN
the case. 1t appears To Sung TINS astute
writer that his scuuty income Wa
not increased by my patronn:" |
will presently show that if he had had
II Thought above his present necessities,
he could not have expected such thing.
But there are other things which 1t
might not be so well to forget. In the
wear 1861 he attempted to act the soldier
in = kind of safe way, in parts where
there was no fighting. He and other kin
Irrd spirits formed home guards, and this
sunposed writer was elected to Il small
nfira i'm one of those honorable bodies.
At this time they were on the most lntl-
mate terms with negro near Bethany,
who was noted as liar and Il thief. 1t
i, true. this negro did then and does yet,
publicly pray in church, with, and Tor
his white brethren; but it was well known
that he had robbed the preacher and
was alwas looked upon as bad negro.
This colored cOnfidant and co-workcr
told them that he had seen wagon load
If Guns boxed up, arrived from the South
and 90 to my house; and that | had cast
bored out and completely constructed a
cannon myself and had it there too.
That is what is referred to, when speak
inc of doctors being blacksmiths and car
pcntrrs.) They consequently assembled
their forces to the number ofone hundred
and fifty men, and in violation OF sacred
obligations in my absence, at the hour
of midnight, approached my residence.
And I am informed that this writer was
one of them, who, by their footsteps and
very presence polluted my house. They
searched my drawers and most minute
rrccs>es. for muskcts and artillery, ana
succeeded in purloining some articles,
useful in war, but better suited for times
Of peace, and they there also acted IN a
manner which gallant brigand' would
Scorn. NV spring house was next visit
/ ed and robbed, and after committing
4 other thefts and dcpradationS, they left
/ to arrest AN old man of seventy and pill
LACE his house. on the sole ground that
he was "A Democrat, He was an old, re-
sp"ctcd settler, man of pi"ty and gen
tlcman in every sense. This writer, If |
locate him right had knclt with this old
gentleman around the same altar, with
his hands on the Holy Evangelist, and
before his God, and was promised hjs
protection and friendship. From whence
came his warning voice and KIND advice.
How did he soothc the sorrows of this olc
mans heart, and share his dangers? by
the disturbance of him and his family, III
the sIumbcrs of might, by drunken
armed rabblc. with the intention Of ear
rying him oil and casting him into 4
/ filthy prison, to be- forgotten and die "
want Now he thinks he should rcccly
our patronage Does he, with pu~llan
irnity imagine men have nn vlndlcauN'
/ Qualities to be disturbed by the insults O
( their families and the robbery OF then
! houses? He would have learned lrSs"'
on this point had | caught him near th'
| Confederate lines | believe IN rewards
and punishmcntS in this life. W hiI' The
law of love may do among saints. when
we come to deal with the wicked AND
perversc world. il is an eye for an cy"
md n tooth for tooth. some who were
engaged in these cowardly acts nave peer
very unfortunate; some the eternal shades
of death have shut down in everlasting
torments; others. as the Almighty set h'
mark ON Cain, that he might he known
So has he marked them with u meal
countenancc, and this fellow, if whiskey
does not cut his DAYS short, or friend
support and care for him in his declining
wears, will vet lie nj your gates, the dog
lick his sores, and worms and lice prey
upon his carcass.
No one pays me FOR this correspondence,
o,d my time will not be- further occupied
with il Our personal relations are of Il,
GENERAL interest. and will not feel it in
Cumhrnt on me to give him further no
tice.
ALFONSO THE TWELFTH, son 81 the
ex-Quccn Isabella, who has been pro
claimed King of Spain, was born on I ~
2sth of November in the year $50" ~ u,
has consequently passed the seventeenth ~
wear of his age. He WAS baptized ~
ionso Francois d AssisSe Ferdinand il
Jean Marie de la Conception Gregolre
His Holiness the Pope was one OF th'
sponsors Thy proxy and honored lIa
bella and her family by permitting tn'
infant to have his own name, Jean Marie
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