Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-01
The Boston IN Riot.

Il winch reneclS the highest credit upon them, re-
main firm il their determination 10 maintain the
supremacy of The laws. even by an appeal TO bull
4 lets and bayohets, il necessary.
1t will be seen by our dispatches that in file ex-
animation of the fugitive, aquibble has Ueemrais-
ed as TO the time ut wh.clihe left Wit inias some
one swearing that he hns been in Boston longer
than The writ alleges. This may or may not prove
a material point. The Abolitionists will no doubt
make The most of ii, as they seem 10th TO partwtl
| the runaway .snigeer.',a -
Tie National Inteiigencers commenting on the
Reoerend scolnlrels and hYpocrtes, sucll as The
odore Parker, whoihaye instigatetl this riot, says
It's noticeable hat amongst The parties arrested,
aud Of those WHO placed their lives or liberty in
jeopardy during this riot, there is not tosbe found
4 the nameof dny of the individuals who were most
conspicuo IS IN lntlamipg lie popular mind at the
public meeting. Such men. when they have pro-
ouced tnmult, generally manage 10 keep Them
selves out of The way of all harm. Tie uewspa
ners of the cityof Boston, generally and tie great
body of lis people, as we judge from the energetic
course OF the police, stand up nobly for The main
tenance of the law. The Gourier,,'s in a few
brief lines, appeals moslearnesliy ioi citizens
promptly and eflet tpally 10 arrest this mob spi1it
4 'sEet the laws of the country be maintained, tit
of the publicpeace receive rebuke that vii as
them that their old power of doing mischief is
atan end! No more mobs; no more violations of
law; no more tumulis 10 disgrace onr.city and our
State. As long IS we profess 10 live under o gov
eminent of:laws, let us take t,ligent care that
none among us shall perpetrate an Outrage upon
public authority
1 Fin the Presbyterian Genera. Assembly (new
schooD at philadelphia, Thursday, May 2bth, the
committee to whom Were deferred the slavery me-
MORALS reported unanimously against taking any
artion in e.matier. The report was adoptedsby
exclamation and without debate.
4! Rev Albert Barnes, chairman of the Committee
on Bills and oyertures, reported that eighteen
memorials had been handed in upon The subject
OF slavery, and in regard to these the committee
offered the following report:
4 'an reference totthese memorials and oyertures
Il he committee recommend that IN nsfnuch as we
6elleve thai the present aspect of Divine Proy-
4 dsnce the consideration of the subject in this
General ssembiyi is undesra Bile and mex pedient;
and lnasmpch as the memorials do not ask for any
tnodlheation5 or renewal OF tire testimony borne by
previous assrmblieS in regard TO the system and
practice of slavery existing in tins country or
Ivr any Expression OF opinion as 10 the sproptr
course 10 be pursued ly future assemblies Here
ipre TINS assembly take no acti0mtn the subject,
The report was accepted and adopted lmmedi-s
ately without debate, a few voices only voting in
the negative.
DlPLoMAMIc CosTuME.-lt appears from recent
developments, tlatthe administrationhas lust dis.
i patched a messenger 10 the Ambassadors Of the
United States at Paris, Madrid and ST.. Eetersbure
With Official dispatches, and that This messenger is
70. touch at the Hague, at berlin, and at Yienn
10 communicate the exact Interpretation in Wash
lngton at The present lime of the circular of June
last on the subject Of diplomatic costume. 1t
VIII D seen that this programme compartments all
the leading courtscn the European continent
as allusionais made to present crisis, it seems
very likely That some important alienation is about
TO- be made IN the instructions relative to tile
diplomatic costume, but what it is we are not in
formed. 49, $50 se iiea g = s4s5si s.,
| "A CuRIous VGRpIcr--Alrs. Wills was Shot by
eil unknown p rson near San Jose, California,
some weeks SINCE. Public suspicion fixed mon
man named Duarte as tile murderer, and a few
days after Mexican, Senior Higuera up,n seeins
him near his ranch, deliberately shot him tnroue
the head killing him instantly. An inquest was
held, and The coroner's jury found that Duarte
came 10 his death by being shot by one Ricardo
Highera- that the jury believed him to have been
the murderer of Mrs Wills, and that he was shot
bssHtguera under the conviction that ii was his
duty to rid the world of sucl, a monster. ts.55
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Hon. w. o: PREsroNl-Th Asheville IN. C.)l
Spectator says: This yeiy distinguished gentle.
man, the inspired orator, finished scholar and
ietotician, spent couple of days in this Mace
last week, on. his way to his native place, AIing |
don' Washington county, Virginia. He stoned
win William Williams, Esq, whose lady is a near
relative OF Mr.. Preston. He is in feeble health. |
ana uses crutch5 10 assist him inwaikins. Mr.J
Preston is one of The few now living who adorned
the Augustan age of American eIoqaence.
sREsREcr no Gel. CliAMBERs.-At a meeting of
The several underwriters of ST. Louis, on Wednes-l
day. refolutipns were adopted expressive of their
sense OF the loss sustainedin the death of Col.
Chambers, late editor of the ST.. Louis Repub-
llean.i They resolved 10 attend his funeral in al
body Resolutions of similar character were |
adopted by the Board of Directors oil the Pacific |
Insurance Company, "A aneeting of the members
OF the Bar of ST. Louis was also called, 10 adopt
measures appropriate 10 the melancholy event. s
II7A late English Paper makes the ,followingl
statements: sum sf250, 000-a sum that would [
nave iba'ttten parish churches, asum that would i
nave constructed two hundred and fifty schools,
OF stoteu Two bundled and fifty Libraries
actually been sqaandered on the ventilation OF the
westminster Palace. Tins almost incredible fact f
rests uIoa lhs authority of Mr.. Peto, one of The
Icontraetots for the erection of the Palace.
% The Sonthetn Methodist Conference has ds.|l
tennined transfer the missionary headquarters of
church from louisville, KY. to Nashville, Tenn.
The hitter beng the place at which the Book Com
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