The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-01
ACARD.
That collision at ClarItsburg.

BonAl difficulty between tne eul1VE VI tno
IslsHam and one Jackson, clerk ut the
Walker House.
MT. jackson is somewhat Of stranger
In our town, and so far as know, has
maintained respectable character up to
Iris trouble. The editor has been here
for about thirteen months. Ihaye heard
up To this affair, no imputation upon
his character in any respect whatever.
The difficulty grew out Of something
sent from this place TO the Register oil
your city, which, In the opinion Of our
editor, was an attack upon him, TO which
he replied in what might be called mere
IL q "squib" or notice In the local column.
He felt assured from what he knew that
the correspondent Of the Register was the
party 10 whom he made illusions In his
columns. BE, no doubt, supposed that
the "liberty OF the press" gave him the
right under the circumstances TO say as
much as he did, and that no one had a
right to molest him for 1t. We may
therefore very easily imagine how our
editor would feel when accosted in rude
and bullying manner at so public q place
rs our postofice is, at the time he was
assaulted. 1t was neither the place nor
the occasion TO demand an explanation,
retraction, or TO have settlement OF pr:
yate differences, Our editor might well
have taken It that ho was attacked by
some ill.bred and ungentlemanly person
TO whom no courtesy was due. Our editor
has a known place Of business, where he
may be found at all seasonable hours, and
there he might reasonably expect to be
called upon for any explanation, DC.
Mr.. Jackson Is in fault Gb inttio and
struck the first blow, at the 2. o.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l am frank to cay
that the editor OF the Telegram has few
enemies about town. There Is not man
In it that Ia without enemies. a great
philosopher has substantially said that
The best evidence Of mans worthlessness
and uselessness il the fact that he has no
enemies. II 1 were to tell you why the
editor OF the Telegram has enemies it
would be an emphatic compliment 10 his
intelligence, energy and manliness; but !
will not now burden your columns with
the "history Of few facts" Among the
few las / believe) OF the enemies Of the
editor OF the telegram is "G. W. s." to
whom l wish now to pay my personal
compliments and will close. "G.W.S s"
Is a sneaking, skulking coward. The
signature Of "G. g." would naturally
suggest that those letters were the
initials OF somebody's name, and We
Immediately ask ourselves whose initials
are they2 And 1t so happens that very
worthy and well known citizen signing
the initials OF his name would.sign G. W.
s. It is universally known that"G. WIS.,"
holds opposite views in political and per.
haps some other matters, from the editor
OF the telegram. But G. w. s. comes
forward and says he is not the writer Of
the letter. Sum it all up We can but con.
clude IL was sneaking cowardly attempt
to shirk responsibility and suspicion,
by signing.G. w. s. and thereby ayerting
suspicion by having 1t thrown upon an
innocent party. We will venture to say
that your correspondent dosen't begin
any part OF his name with single one OF
the letters signed. We regret also to be
compelled to say that &c. W. s." in add.
ton to his attempted deception, and his
cowardice adds the character Of a man
who Is very careless Of the truth. Your
correspondent and G. w. s. presumes 70
state lust what occurred without any IFS
or and's aboutit. II G. w. s. was pre-
sent and witnessed all that occurred,
he lies willfnlly and maliciously; il he
was not present at the time Of the
difficulty he ia culpable for not ascer-
tanning TO some extent the facts in de-
tail before he attempts to write detailed
account OF 1t. Now. l shall run hastily
over the last section OF G. w. SIS. article
and see how 1t tallies with the truth. II
is not true that the clerk Of the Walker
House asked the editor of the Tee.
gram "as gentleman to explain" &c. II
is not true that Mr.. Jackson "knocked
the editor down several times" and just
as many as he intends TO include in the
term Several" that many mot SOS" he
tells at once. "The editor tried 10 open
his knife;" that's another one-"but could
not;" that's another one. "Mr. Jackson
kept him busy defending himself" that's
another one. "The next time you tackle
me you will drop" that's another one.
ale again dropped the editor" that's
ditto. "Mr. Jackson kindly invited him
out on the pavement" &C.; ditto. "ME
Jackson seems TO have the sympathy Of
the people;n that is another, and the most
presuming and bold.faced OF all. Each
has his friends, but sympathy of the
people" is too much spice for the pudding
in that instance. &c. W. S." article
bears on is face its own condemns.
ton. From it may be gathered, pos
sibly, one fact, viz: That the alter.
cation began somewhere outside OF the
postoffice, and ended in the postoftice and
that Mr.. jackson was going to the post.
office the editor from it, and that Mr..
jackson kept the editor SO busy after he
began on him, that he hadn't time to open
his little knife, Sc, therefore the Eight
must have been brisk and continuous from
the time 1t began until it closed, but in
this he contradicts himself. And how
could Mr.. Jackson have "knocked down"
and dropped" the editor so many times,
sprawling fat every time, OF course;
chucking him against .lamp.posis, tele'
g.aph posts, stone steps, pavement, &C.,
and yet the fight have began outside and
ended in the postotiice-when the knock
ing would all have to be upward in or
der to get from where the fighting began
to where be says IL ended. In the lang.
uage OF a great modern statesman "1ts
too rotten thin"
Repeatedly,
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