Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-10

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h!lowiug anocdoie of this iaiO eminrnI md gifted iu
lIviduai nay be relied OF rs AUTHENTIC:
The public his Ol eady becn made acquainted
with the fact that Mr. Sergeant Sparkle during The
lime he was keeping his Terms, with n view to he
called To The barr was employed as parliu Jury
reporter. Young Splnaie (fpr such he was Ihenl
vas on his duty in The gallery Of the Houss of Com.
nons AZ an early hour of the morning. after a prJ-
.rncied AMI important debate. when n division OF the
House took place, Ihe result Of which was lmked
i1r with considerable anxiety throughout the conn.
Try. The avenues To the House were cro,Yie / 9TH
strangers, and egress down The narrow staircase by
which strangers reached The gallery la the old
House of Commons was ntK la an impo~silIlIty.-
The hour of publication Of Journal 10 which he as
liiacl ed was fast approaching, and Sparkle. know.
ing the importance Ia hts prupreIors that the con-
rlusion OF the debate and the drvisiun should DO
early before The public had recourse To a feat that
surprised and nsiOnisiIed thpse WIN witnessed it,
lie climbed over the blluStraje III the stairs which
communicated from The old smoking room v ith The
strangers gallery. and suspending himself by the
hands lhereirom, dropped iniu The members' lobby
below, a height Of from sixteen 10 eighteen feet, a.
midst a crowd Of Senators. So suddenly was The
affair accomplished. and So feet Of foot was the pei /.
lOrmer, that lie escaped caption 10y any Of the mym.
Idpns OF the sergeant al arms. and reached the office
IN safety aud triumph. When Mr. Sergeant Span.
ke Eat m Parliament for FInsbury. the occu rrence
was irquenlly related by The late Mr. Wright. an
ola and well known messenger OF the House, who
was an eyewitness TO the transaction. and who gen.
orally pointed out the hero To strangers whom curl.
osi'y nightly brought to S S cphen'. Chapel.
ILLINOIS MoNEY.-We extract The following
from The Springfield correspondence Of The Missouri
Republican:
o Yesterday Thomas MaIher, Esq. as President
Ct The Stale Bank, delivered 10 his Excollency. Gov
Ford, Two millIcns and fifty IhousaR4 dollars ofour
Stafa Rnnls nnd fuAeL.-lu-- ,,,.Io. IL oyss,
Of the ai putting The Stale Bank into liquidation
So som rs tie members return from their Jackson
vile spree. which will be on Monday. the fact will
be communicated TO The two Houses, who will
ihereuTon appoint a day upon which they will as
semble ia The Hall OF Representatives and destroy
The same. This will creaie u new era in the fnan
cal history OF the State Of Illinris. IL will be the
comment Of a reduction and liquidation Of her State
debt. And if followed up by proper Legislation. Nm.
Irammelled by sectional jealousies ard party excite
meni, wIl result IN the further red lciiUn Of n snll
larger sum Of our Safe debt.
The Shawneeiown Bank stands ready to liquidaie
a million OF the debt npon terms advantageous TO
The Safe, and without asking on The part Of the
Legislature The slightest favor in return. II The bill
Of DR. Murphy. now befJre the House, succeeds
The above sum is irrecoverdbly lost 10 the Stale. II
on The other hand IL ~ defeated, and the chartered
rights Of this institution preserved, instead Of being
uncOnsliiulionslly violated by The aggrarians ia lhe
House, The Stale as we'll as the creditors Of The Bank
will be eventually projected
No adjournment will in my opinion take place
before The first Of March, n then. Many have
found heir way into The Legislature without know.
ing how, and believing that u will be he last time
they will ever get n pull at the puJljc CRIB. sro
anxious 10 stay a. long as possible. aud swell their
pay 10 the largest omou1t."
MYALIsM The following IS from the last ia.
maica papers
The negroes have set up what they term 'Myal.
ism' a series Of religious. maniacal. and riOious dan.
css. These are in,enpersed with Sings. The most
popular Of which il "Iohn Baptizo in De Riber -
Sixty four warrants we're issued on The 26fh Of Sep
tember Tor The apprehension Of as many blacks. %
The parish Of 81 James the ramifcatious of this
doctrine have extended from The Spring EHaie 20
The Moor park, embracing 2 circuit &C sixteen plan
iations. The negroes attack al WIN attempt %
restrain their antics. A. Moniego Bay "Obeaism"
has been Incorporated with "Myslism.' THIS " ne.
gro witchcrait onsrafsd on religious auatcisu,