Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-07
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Howate you of for spirits2 Don't LODI aslast:
my query has no referenceato the compounds I'M
agineato descend in right line from the Juice 81
grape nor to enanations Of the less poeic rye and
potatoes mean only the spirits Of the jus, mad.
perfect, which are sunnosedto have Leen seizsd Of
iate with an extraordinary itch for mundane eos
sip, far beyond any desire of the kind CUSTOMARY
lhem IN the flesh, SINCE for its qualification Iey
are found selecting companions, whom. in their
gtosser stale they wonld never have sought for their
iighiest hours of social relaxation saw this Iron,
my obseryationof certain media, Il believe. how
evet' that they Anglcise the word and cali them.
selves metlia,na) who profess the most familiar M
tercoutse with the worlhiest worthless of our old
en- time, the lu'chets of whose shoes we ordinary
| MORALS conld not think ourselves wortliyto un.
loose. do not know indeed how these favored
ones may be when specially inspired, for L have
! not attended any OF the sittngs; have never had
piano bear upon my breast in token of friendly
sympathy, or table rush TO my aims, as per stage
direction, in gush of affection, nor truth to tell
have any desire for this wooden love, nor respect
Tor the spirits who can find no more sublime
method of manifestation. Yet these things have
| been greatly sought after here for some months,
and haveaome personal friends, W HON love and
respect III tull belief in, and they think, COM
nunlon with, what they consider the utterances
of the spirit world.
Rev. Mr.. Amber gave US religious dis
course on this theme, in which, after series of
broad assertion fnd vehement and sloppy decla.
nation aided by gestures quite as wide spread,
though by no means as forcibie, as those of Don
oui4ote's windmill, he decided himself TO have
proved the w hole matter Beyond shadow of doubt
Then closing his eyes, he announced himself 10
have taken his stand upon the Mount of Prophecy
tile Geographical position of which mount he
dad not think itworth while 20 define 10 his hear
ers-the general idea seemed 10 be that of the mo-
cess described by the 'Malchioness" 10 her friend
DICK S~iveiier, for making champagne out of lem.
on peel and wa,er--id est--'syou mus, make he.
iieye very hard indeed. if you don't il will be rath
ct nat" The Rev. prophet certainly did make be-
lieVe Ue7y hard, but failing somehow to create in
MS audience an equal amount of this lanlable
ambition, the Rev. Ambler's PAGES were voted de.
ctuediy Tdckang, save by few disciples who had
previously learned to "comc up to the rack, fod-
ner OF no fodder" His views from this Mount OF
prophecy, represented by the narrow stage of Ris-
icy varieties, we've that the bloody cross of Ca
tholielsm was disappearing, being rushed down
some abyss IN The bowels of the mount, by nm
angel bearing banner of stripes and stars. After
this finale he poked his way to chair, seated HIM
sell, and commenced series of manipuiations of
MS forehead and legs. which latter expressed their
sense OF spiritual presence by responding in a sue
cesson oil jerks, something after the fashion snG
Gabriel RavePs dying struggle in the Brazilian
ape. He then opened his eyes, cast one mel,ing
farewell glance upon us, and was seen no more. =
This is the first and last of my spiritual experen-
ces, and the last public fort made here FOR the
Enlightenment ottte .'maney- headed.''
TIE thermometer is so high up here ms 10 be
down on long speeches, and perhaps fortunately
so, OF The diminishing in tie Senate on The petlion
offered by Mr.. Rockwell, of Mass, would proba-
by have Teen pitched battle OF three day speeches
or essays, as they feliciiousy styled by essrs
Badger aud Dawson. The sharp, shooting yest.r
day was between Messrs. Butler, of S. O.. and
Sumner, of Mass. Sharp it was, and as usual in
Tsuch cases the personal feeling ran rather higher
than the pnttiotic. II his long been the iie a of
the ultra Southerners that New England rows
rich solely by their labors. without thought OF IA
iigue on herown part. In the same class of dein
slons IS one of their having fought the Revolution
SOLITARY and alone.,' Something of this sort
brought MIR. Sumner to his statistics, aud to sum-
muning also the shades from Lexington and Bun.
kethiil 10 "form The picture of his scene The
necessity OF this remin 'er Mr.. Butler very nlig-
nanty rePelled, and justly loo, for be is n chivaI
| rous gentleman, though fiery. and would sooner
give. than take, odds atany time. am in that
happy state OF iupartialitY in these disputatons
ihnt can mud both parties right and both wrong
at times, and should have felt Mr. Summers sim.
PIE t'Ay' in the vote forthe relief of Mrs Abigail
Stafford, precautionary petitioner, more eoauent
than any contributions of his oratory towards The
fame OF the heroes Of his native State. Mrs. Stat.
lord is native of Natick, little town nine or ten
miles from Lexington, by the route taken by the
Americans on the eve of the battle Her father.
Henry Smith, spent The night in securing The coun
try on horseback TO call his neighbors to aras when
| the design of the Brtishwas suspected, while his
daughter, some nine years old, hell ed her mother
run the pewter dishes then used into bullets
Forty of the family fought on the field of Licking
ion, and Henry Smith died from the wounds there
received. This family further contributed 10 the
need of the amy in food, clothing and forage and
impoverished themselves for the common cause
| The Revolutionary committee of the Senate re-
ported joint resolution for gratui,y of $4,000,
with an amendment for interest, according to the
L SSSsS'.' ,Not'ASu at lhe outset Oh the govern
ment for such cases, making it about $4,000. Mr..
Sumner did not vote aganstit-neithsr did he vote
for it. although he stood by the clerks desk,
while his name was twice called. The ghosts Of
ossian's heroes smiled in grim approval of Homerc
chaunts in their honor, but when angered, cow
ardiy shake their shatowy spears in impotent
wrath; thus the bards reaped glory, from the in
spring themes furnished by the admired defunct,
and got no harm from any dspleasure they might
feel at seeing their descendants asking bread. Z 3.
Mr. Rockwell of Mass, voted for Mrs. s:afford,s
bill. rs
The House went earnestly into nrivate hnsiness