The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-04

tyOL Inc FnymeutO OF heDel Wal
Claims, 6c., Is Moderately
Cheerful.
cosREDRrT X RoAps. I
WIoH Is IN THE STATE uP KENTUCKY, 7
Joon %, 1878. J
The Corners though cast down by the
totle faleyoor uf the Potter inyestiga'
shen, 10 not entirely discouraged. There
Is yet balm in ,Gilead. Troo, We did
expect to hev Hayes out and Tilden and
Reform in, by this time, and Bascom ex.
pected 10 hey me and Deekin Pogram and
1Saker Gavitt all DRAWN saleries ez
Fedrel ofisers, and Nv course Their Is dis.
appointment
But we are not goin about eE men with.
out hope. We hey the House now, and
will hev the SENT, beyond doubt Then
we shell fall back on our Southern war
claims and the penshun OF confedrit sol.
jerry, and hope 10 be able to infuse some
life into the Corners by them means.
The Northern Dimocrisy are pledged to
US witch is unnecessary, q they never did
dare, and don't now, 10 refooIe Us Nv the
South anything we want. They can't get
along without US, and therefore, We are
certain OF watever we may ask for.
We hev taken 4 careful inventory nv
wat We kin depend upon when this is
fixed. There are sixty citizens nv the
Corners which served In the Contederit
army, for longer or shorter periods. Ell
they IA penshund at say 500 yeer, that
piyes Bascom n reyenoo nv Sc, 900 q yeer,
Wat the whole Nv EN- will waste in per-
yishuns and cloze, will be made up by the
Captins and Kunnels witch git a higher
penshun. II Is safe estimit to put down
Rascom's receets from this source alone
at $4,000. I suppose l must go in ez 4
private soljer, eE never got higher than
that, though may squeeze up to Lei.
tenants penshun on the strength Nv =
Kunnels promise that shood be Lei
tenant Of I ever stood FIRE without run
min.
But this ia mere drop in the bucket.
our-bills for property destroyed by the
Federal army will make Us all rich.
Deekin Pogram he'd II horses stolen by
John Morgans command, witch ken be
charged to the Federal Government
with great propriety. A regiment Nv
Federal caualry wuz chasing Morgan, and
they retreated thro the Corners. FL 1t
hadn't bin for the Federal regiment Nor.
gan never wood hey come this way, and
the Deekin wood yet hev he'd his HOSES.
l bleeye the Deekin only claimed one,
when the ravishin happened, and that
wuI mule, but now that he Is likely to
be payed for em 1t hez crowd tn twelve,
and all OF EN- elegant blooded horses wuth
at least $500 apiece. Then Morgan's
command camped into field Nv the
Deekin's, wich wood hey destroyed the
wheat ef he he'd any sowed onto 1t, for
wich be must be paid. He hez lively
bill fur fences and barns destroyed by
Morgans men, enuff eli he gifts 1t, to take
keer nv hisself all his life.
Kunnel M'Pelter hez claim for build.
ms and lenses destroyed, and HOSES and
chickens and things taken when he wuz
with his regiment with Forests COM
mand, wich Nv course he shood be paid
for. They wuz took, at the same time,
by Morgan's men, in conscience nv the
invashen nv the State By Federal sojers.
All the citizens hev claims, all made
out, to be presented the minnit the Dem.
ocracy git control Nv both Houses. We
estimate that our loss in niggers alone
wuz over $500, 900, all Nv witch We must
hev, with interest, and damages also for
the loss Nv their services to date.
Hevin full faith that we shell elect an
other Dimocratie Congris, and KNOWN
that ef we do, this matter Nv penshuns
and payment for property destroyed is q
ded sure thing, / am content not TO insist
upon Tilden and Reform.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
Cheerfnl.