Year: 1869

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BILLS INTRODUCED.


By Mr.. CHARLTON: A bill legal
izinga mill-dam across Buffalo at the
town of Warrington.


By Mr.. VANCE: A bill relating to
the summoning of juries in Mineral
county for the next term of the Circuit
Court thereof.


Mr.. FLICK, rising to a privileged
question, sent to the Clerks desk an
anonymous letter addressed to himself,
threatening him with personal violence
on account of his slanderous remarks
about the people of Wheeling. He said
that after the appearance of the articles
concerning him in the city papers yes
terday, he had intended making an ex-
PLANTATION, but knowing that if There
was any disposition to do him injustice
he would have been perfectly power
less, he did not carry out that intention.
He should not have said anything about
this matter if it had not been for the
reception of certain anonymous commu-
nlcations, and for remarks that appear
ed IN The papers this morning, for re-
marks made by persons in high politi-
Cal station, and the fact that those pa
pers, perhaps little sore over the re.
ception given the proposition of Wheel
Ing, had, as he conceived, done him
great injustice.


He had endeavored at that time, as he
always did when satisfied he was in the
wrong, or had done any person an in
jury, to put himself right and bad
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his remarks. He had got only partially
the benefit of that apology in the pa
pers. He did that because he believed
his remarks would be miscosstrued.
He had made as it seemed to him what
amend honor required, and having made
that, had nothing further to say. But
the report of his remarks in the papers
placed him in wrong light before the
ladies of the city, and he desired to ex-
plain what was said in that connection.
Injustice had been done him in the re-
port made. He had stated in argument
the reasons for his vote, and these did
not appear at all. After he had stated
his position, smarting a little under the
gross attacks which the Legislature had
received at the hands of different parties
in this city, and under a recent
communication in the IRtelligenCer in
regard to Parkersburg; smarting un-
der an article in the REGISTER referring
to the Legislature as calamity" and
the assembling of this Legislature as
ono calamity following close on the
heels o. another; smarting under this
attack, and not knowing that the In
telHgenCcr, or any citizen of Wheeling
| of hot al
disayowed it; smarting little under a
recent statement in the REGISTER, not
great while ago, that some members of
the Legislature had been complaining
that they were not admitted to the So
ciety of Wheeling, that the people here
were little pal Sicular about their as
sociations, and intimating, at least, that
the members of the Legislature were
not fit subjects to be admitted to the
parlors and the society of the wives and
daug "srs Of the citizens of Wheeling,
-smarting under these attacks and re-
plying to that article he had used the
language employed by him here, which
stands out in bold relief, in a very of
fensiye manner. Now in using this lam
gHage he did not intend to cast any re-
Election whatever on the ladies of
Wheeling; and if he had unintention-
ally done so, he begged their pardon for
the offence. Smarting under these
things he repeated, and also under the
fact communicated to him just before
rising to speak, that charges had been
brought against the advocates of Par
kersburg that they had been corrupted,
and that the Parkersburg lobby was
corruptiug members-a statement under
which the member from Monongalia,
(Mr. McClaskey) had altered his pur-
pose to support Parkersburg-in the
heat of the discussion he did use lam
guage fer which he was sorry at the
time, and for which he amply apollo
gized-the benefit of which apology he
was Lot to get.


He would not have alluded to this
matter at all if it had not been for these
anonymous communications. The let
ter read by the clerk came to him
| through the POstoflice. That cOmmuni-
cation called him a brute. The Intel
Hgencer had called him q brute, too. 1t
was true Crazy Jimmy (Booze Leazure)
had been sent to him with placard on
his back stating he was hunting for Mr..
Flick; but this letter came from another
source. A gentleman in high official
position in this city said to roommate
of Mr.. FliGk's that the latter would get
his head smashed if he was not very
careful. Knots had gathered on the
street corners and made inquiries into
his physical capacity. One man wanted
to know whether he could whip him or
not. These things were not confined,
as the morning paper led us to Infer,
to the low, degraded portion of the
city. He knew that one of these gen.
tlemen occupied a high position, and
the handwriting of that letter showed
it was not written by one of the low
degraded creatures to be found in any
city, but was evidently written by a
person used to WELD pen and who
knew how to handle it. He might
have given provocation for this, but
didn't believe he had. In regard to
the inquiries after his health and
muscle, he had been informed by the
State Treasurer this morning that it
was rumored about the streets that he
had contemplated leaving the city. He
did, before this communication reached
him, but after that he concluded to re-
main to-day. But he would say to these
people inquiring after his health and
muscle, that he had one good right arm,
and one that was crippled from awound
received while fighting the rebels as
private in the Yankee army. That arm
was not of much account. Further
than that, he told these parties that
outside of legislative hours he was gem
orally to be found at the Grant House,
room sc; and further than that he should
leave the city probably this evening;
that he would be at the depot about
dark and should return probably
Monday morning little before day
light and go from the depot to his hotel.
He would alse tell them that he didn't
consider himself in any great personal
danger. He simply intended to leave
the city on a matter of business. He