Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-11-28

nOunIap'S Pennsylvania racket or the GeneTal
,,irertiser,' of April "a. 1T75-printed in PLiln-
1.inbia, more than seventy eight years ago. Ii
-. to US rare trsat. aud we perused its Revolu-
,,rory contents-bteaihing the spirit of '76-wtth
mn, interest We should De glad to have an op-
.,,,upity Of making sore extracts from it. 80
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Fur.-At eleven O'Clock on Saturday night, an
Sam of Ere vns sounded in the streets, which
.,,vsl TO be false. About an hour afterwards, nm
,,ber alarm was heard, which was caused by the
hn,Dog OF stable on the alley running East and
West between Fifth and Sixth streets, East Wheel
.;,, The stable belonged To John Lacy. tricklny
., and was entirely consumed, the flames, howev-
., we've prevented f,om extending to The surround
or bindings by the exertions OF tie Firenen. The
f,s is Supposed TO have caught from candle left
hs,ring in the stable by man who had been in
rt short time before. All the horses were saved.
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W.smxGroS HILE.2This splendid Hall was
oDsaeI 10 the public for the first time on Saturday
evening", TO aCmit one OF the largest audiences we
have ever seen assembled in this city, drawn, TO-
r,,bsr by the combined attractions of them
f,p and Mr.. Turner announcement OF a concert.
The appearance If the room as well as the audi
.a,s was surprisingly brilliant AMI teaut full: but,
l.. regret, the audience regretted, and most certain
/, Mr. Turner will regret that he wasin such bad
condition 10 sing. Ii appeared that lie had con
t,,c,ed very severe cold, the extent Of which he
vas not fully aware until he commenced singing,
.-d as he proceeded with his programme was ev-
iIrut that his hoaTseaes was becoming worse eve
,.-,...d ,,.,I'+b,t - ,youII b.. imnosSihIa
fr him to crafty the expectations Of his audience.
lie Struggled through tie piecessas best he could
and finally, towards the close ot.the programme,
lei, Of in the middle Of a song, with'many apollo
gies. -aa
Those who have heard the clear, fine voice OF
Mr. Richard j. Turner, need not be told that
r. chard was not himself" on Saturday night
Those no had never heard him before, will do
lin only justice by considering that in climate.
0 which he was unaccustomed, he had suddenly
AIKEN cold, that he had been exerting himself vio-i
Emily that afternoon among The line dust and rub
,sh in Tie Hall, assisting to get itin order, ard
ta. he did not know how much his voice was i'm
aired until he commenced singing. twas unfor-
nate that he did not Stop as soon as he discover
j his hoarseness, but, on the other hand, we must
\
sake reasonable allowance for the prompt9gs of
is friends who urged lin TO go on. A large p'r-
Da Of his audience was, Of course, dissatisfied
nj he owes it to himself to make an early and the
1t reputation he can. and we have mistake him
he Goes not do so. A free concert, fot nS ance'
OaI, or as many as could be again collected TO-
ether Of those who paid for admission, would not
ny yindicate his merits, but would be, certain TO
ppeose the dissatisfied. We give this suggestion
d what ii is worth. We have simply stated what
We believe to be the facts, and we have done as
We would have others do TO us.
ARcnEoLoGIc4L.-Open Of another Mound
II Grape reek-Interesting DtUelaPhHsnts-We
lave heard and read considerable, and have seen
onething of the Indian Mounds q long the Ohio
md Mississippi valIes. We,were at one time ia
ailiar with the so-calIed "Murnmotfss Mound at
Crave Creek aud all its contents, and we have no
NOTE doubt that when the mound was dug into,
human skeletons, emblems and inscriptions were
found, and thata race Of beingsiwho lived long
anterior to any race of Indians OF which we have
any authentic history, OF even a plausible ttauit
Ton. buried some of their dead-ptfhaPs some OF
The iIlus,rous ones Of their race-in tbs mound
tan we have thai George Washington was buried
/, count Vernon or thai thousands OF the iniinb-
ilnts of Wheeling were buried in the old East
Wheeling Grave Yard. whose bones we saw dug.uP
aw,ron loads and ovt whose dust We trend almost
Iniy. Neither have We any doubt that small
Ia, stone bearing unknown Characters, about
zbich there has been considerable wrangi'ns' was
olnI in that mound, for we saw it years "go' anu.
ave seen it qite tecentiy aud we're personally ia "a
aillr with the investigations which led tothe first
u5cation descriptive Of the Mound and It's ~, con
suts. That any QUE shonid dispute these iacts,
<. wsiiv long essays, ,burlhened with a snow OIL
earning and scientific research, as some have done
0 prove tina, the persons wto opened This mound
mi gave the results 10 the world, practieed an I'M
'O'lton on the public, shows either great isao-
lance 0; great recklesSneSs. SD -i t-i
Appropos: We copied The other day iTom me
inge Creek paper, rather facetTous desclpllon
Of rather ridiculous attempt to dig into Gnothsf
,ad uaopened Mound at Grave Creek. We knew
lThng Of the transaction fdrtl er than one o. me
5any our editorial friend of Grave Greek. hutilor-
;ssy stated Wesuppose his article was snbs'an7
,l!y true, and for that reason published it, with
oue comments Of our own At least, the incl
eat as related of one Of the party who went from
Lis city, and attempted to take the lead in the
rtole matter. pitching headIong .nto the mound
atloa, system. or auy computation of'the work
stre him, attempting to do ii ali himself in a'few
lirs was so characteristic, that we have no doubt
sas perfectly true, bOWeyepridicu'ou Gus ii appear
II. -.-ss7 s,s.'s'-' 81 .r,s'
We have now learned that D., W; De Has, by
ftom The explorations OF this mound have been
ad still are carried on, hes succeeded, after many
lys hard work with several stout hands, in reach
The centt9, and developing tile charuetet Of its
onstruc, on and nature Of its contents, Web
zen favored viii, a sEetch Of his researches, and
ave now berors rs somso of the articles found in
ae mound, and we give The results, thus far. as
'ncisely as possible. e-ioa % 3, ..,ss
The mound in which these ezPl0satiOHs have
Gen carried on, is the secPpa ~ sEe qGlthe Grave
geek group. and is distantiHR4ogtbeast direeton'
ort one mile from the Mammoth Mound; u Is
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