Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-15
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We 4uOkG lHC ftOiluWiuS dSNShhA VI
Sell" from the Tribune:
THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
SItiwas announced OH Saturday, on the authority
/ OF an honest looking ptetenjed agent, that The
Fairy Light consisting of three Companies
lofswell.dHlIed, uniformed Lancers, aiisot them
rather good ,looklngs and very respectable young
| women from New lsTsey and Pennsylvania, would
arrive i'll New Yurk yes erJay be duly received nj
he Jersey City Ferry by a military company, per-
Ieim tieir eyolutions with skill aud grace u the
Park, dine at The Astor, and. visit Barnnin's Muse
um III The afternoon. and tee Crystal Palace in
/ The evening. The statement Grated a. decided
sensation IN ulecity aud country about and Tues
daytwas looked for with simpatience by h0usan s.,
who We're detrrmine,i'tp Witness The sight.
Y lie daydawned in be u;ilul style. lnuchsto the
OF Tue aforesaid exnec,ants, who made
/ an early move ior the front seats. BEFORE 10 o. !
cloekthel thrUsg lad assembled in considerable
] slrengtll-the greater portion being women. The
display OF gay calicoss new bonneis, and varIega-
4 ted was truly attractive and Striking III
contrast ;llf the verhehey Of tile lIee.tops AMI
lgreen swatd in the PaEk-althohgh II might not be
a supposed that such WAS tue cSse. AZ various
slswindows and other favorable places fora good
view of the novel caSelcade., appeared those m
more costly and tasmonable allure, deiermtned on
viewing SO strangeia sight.
Tire minute hnnti. Of the City Hall clock had not
REACHED hall, past len, ere great conconrse ufnen
land women hal gathered IN i1cnt OF the City Hall,
crowding the steps and tronging the entire space
lin front of The Hall. Broadway from The City Hall
the sidewalks wilttLose who had come ottt TO see
the FAIRY Light Guard. AT the 70 Ct Cour;landt
street WAS mass Of people estimated 10 number
from three TO five thousand. These were deter
lInine 10 get the frstsyiew Of the FAIRY LanceIS.
InsIersey City large crowd gathered at the fer
ny and in the vicinity of the depots, 10 tile Fee
male LniicrrS mounted on H. rses-drTioe in a
4 train 81 cars! Whenever train apptonched the
l,depots, there was rush among the spectators,
i which only resulted in "a aostponenient OF Lneir
hopes. Ii was atl rIonn belOre ile hopes of many
of them had b. ca postponed sufficiently oenabe
them To break Tie encilalilI ent Ut their fairy ex-
pee aIiOu. AuNeMaIk and all along the route oi
The railroad. tln,re We're ;hrongs alongside of the
Track, watching The Train, 10 catsh hut glimpse
OF lie charming .hetrines of u ", IL told tale.
ASthe minute sIan IN The, dali the CITY tlaii
clock moved on the third quarter of tile hour, tile
ex ,eciation of the multitude almost reached the
expoaing point; ami The echo oil. the intes from
creckcd horm Of Shad merchant was sufficient to
,tthe crowd III mouonto greet the appearance oil
4 the expected military visitrs. At this point OF
time band ofmusic was heard coming np Broad
way, and a .star=spangled banner was seen III thu
same place, above tie heals oil the peo lie, atnn-
cling tDwans The CITY Hall. No.
..TtrY're comeI' the jolly shout, aid the
greal a.semb'age Of men. women. and children
scampered at their highest speed, with great
fnur slI Of parasolS aud hutter OF calicurs. But
the crowd soon learned that they had only arged
upon, surprised, aul surruun led an ordinary tar
setcomnanY. sAtsti o,clock number of hack
men gathered. in the ferry house anl concocted q
small hosx, which sort of article plentitully
retailed during the day.
AT the moment the ferry boat touched the pier, lille
gang of hackmen rushed outside OF the gates, ant
exclaimed that tue boat having on board the Fairy
hight guard had gone 10 !and them ut the foot o
Duane ST., Iii y led the way on brisk run for thai
point, followed by the host. The crowd asst pass
ed up the sidewalks, moved all before II, AID in
: passing througlithe Washington Market on Tie
Nest street Sidewalk, customers and dealers were
caught IN the current and borne along TO the fool
Inf ffnaS RntFx
Light Guard. Finding that ttey had been miSin
formed, and des rmin d not 10 lose tie chance o
tseeing them when they tended in, Courtlund ST.
the crowd made equal astr back again to then
iOrmer position. Meautile, affairs III the PAIL
had reached high tide. The supply of the comet:
was diminishing rapidly.
L Eleven O'Clock came, and no Fairy- IancefS will
IT; and the minute linnd had moved on hall way t,
twelve when il became evident that many in the
crowd had Smrlt either humtug or, dinner, ;inI
from thai lime until O'clock in the afternoon al
hope died out int the bosons of the muliitnde, til,
audience fell away. During the afternoon an un
luslaily large number of persons tthe grenier pro
lportion OF whom were country people, visited nnr
NUNS Museum, expecting 10; enjoy the compan
lionshlp OF the FAIRY ancers there. In the even
ing there was nruslI for adnilnnce tpile Crysta
Palace by those who had not, during the day
learned OF their failure 10 arrive. About the Crys
4 tai Palace great CROW d " as also assembled, bu
upto late hour ii had seennotlng of lie fairies
The agent who had been instrumentation getting
IupfhhiS SAuPEuuSuS lOAG CaliSS . ilor
lei in Psrk row for accommodations for the Fairy
Light Guard. e stated lhe unifo med cotnpalie.
Of girls and their officers wnuli number abouI 80
together with their band of Musicians they mum
bered ia p Tsots; and including invited guest;
there would be altogether about 200 persons 10 bt
provided for. He SAID they would certainly be
there, and in crderto secure-lor the arrangement
he offered pay down for their dinners. hut il
was concluded at Earfs Hotel that they could MOI
j accommodate them conveniently. He further sta
j ted that the young women would on the occasion
lof this, their first af penrance in New York. veal
black Velvet bohiices andS red-motocco, CATERS
! with high heelSl r,rlt' s 55sfs.s,f
| The s.agenr's then went to the aStor House
and made some inquiries relative 10 dinner, bu
never eOucuced an Arrangement. The agenttLei
informed Mr., Bprnuins uf the anticipated display,
and hter having done So, got his FAIRY affair into
pnnt.s The result is know. 5f
The Tribune colGessss hatit5was ,esold.'' and
Baruum publishes two cards 10 prove That he wa.
also slid. The other Nes. York papers ale down
on Gteely and Batnim. The HeraM doesn'l
know whether they bo.h sold the public. The
4 Tribune IN its own defiance, says: the professet
\ agent OF tsrhe Fairy Guard. gave his name a.
Lewis ]. Hall OF HarrisbuTgh, Pa, aud, gave The
MINES tikewiseof she associate (nale) officers o
The battalion, with those of The female subordinat,
oficets. HIS statements and remarks ON many in
fcidenta points, together with his application fo
dinner at tteAstor House, &C., were strongly cal
culated TO repel the idea of deception or troaxinl
on his part. We certainly suspected nothing o.
the kind until Monday, when the failurc TO lieai
father, inducedu us give The caution contained III
Eour last. We had even then nothing but suspi
cion 10 weigh against acts and facts. = &
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HonRIBLE CASE OF CH,Lp MURDER in NoRRIs.
TOWN, -PA.--GREAT ExciTEMENr.-on Saiurda,