Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-23

WHISTLER n or out of the city, :. ,a
The election can continue but oaiel dag.
Mob Law in Arkansas,
The Memphis Appeal Of the 18Th inst, contains
anaccount of public meeting held in Gnttenden
county, Afk., on Friday last. with view 10 the
expulsion 81 certain notorious characters fromthe
county. The following, among other resolutions,
weTe adopted: $3.50
sReseslsd, That Joseph Abels The leader Of said
class, lave the county before 8 o'clock of the
18th INST, that George De witt, Carol Dempsey
James Baker, Nick Dyson, Robert 1. murphy,
Frank iWhitby,s Reuben Abels, WIn. p Farmer,
aud Bowler Cooke, peFs ms composing said clase,
leave The county by the 10TH instant.
Resol1ed, That ifsany of the persons heretofore
mentioned are found in This county after the time
herein specified for their therefrom, they
must abide by the ccpseauen noes. ~ e - - Z
,Resofved. That.we, The citizens aforesaid, here
by pledge ourselves each 10 the otherS ito insist
upon AID csIry out The above resolutions. e.
The proceedings of The meeting were signed by
some forty persons. The Appeal publishes them
and says:-
nThe account We have is, that after the reading
Of these resolutions, Nix. Tally was called upon TO
address the crowd, meeting, and VIII e doing so
confronted and denounced by Dr. John De-
With, at the same time holding his hind IN his
bosom. de was Immediately shot down and killed,
bylFally. with double, bafrelled shotgun, the
.alls taking effect in and below the throat. ] he
sffal has created gteat excitement, and we learn
Thai several of the parties were IN the city last
night, making arrangements 10 demolish The
house OF Abels, which we learn is to be attempt
ed this morning.
j; may be proper here to state, in justification
OF those nc, have taken tiesteps indicatelln the
resolutions that Atheists a man Of bad Iepute in
his neighborhood, and has been charged of sundry
Offences against the good order and fair fame of
lhe community, in which he lives. ssss
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hPREsBYTERIAss GEsERAL AssEM1LY.-This body
(old SCHOOL, eommencediis session in Buffalo on
the 18Th inst. The Commercial Advertiser COM
denses the history and present state Of dEis very
Influential church, as follows: sq sse - -
This venerable body held its first meeiingain
Philadelphia in 1859, when DR. John W itherspoon
peol the signers of The declaration of Independ-
ence, preached the opening sermon, and Dt. John
Rodgers of New York, presided as its first Mode
raior. The Presbyterian Church at that time had
des2til IS ministers, Synods and II Pfesbytefies.
We learn from the published minutes that there
are now in connection with this. branch of the
PIesbyterian Church % Synods, i43 PIesbyteries.
2a79 churches5 q % ministers, 595 licyntiates and
candidates 2l9 1858 commnnica1ts. These I43
Pfesbyteres cover the entire territory of the Un-
ted States, except portion of New England.-
TwosOf these PFesbyteries are in the Indian TeI-
Ttory. IN Texas, IN Caliiornia, lin Oregon, 2
IN ChInas 3 in Northern India, scattered over the
vast plain of The Upper Gahges. sssE
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H-Two men were recently con9ieted,of man
slsnghlel in New Orleans. The Court refused 10
adInit the testimony of aiHoman whiehiwas offered
for the defence, on The 5glound that she has lived
for four years with of lie prisoners as his wife,
thcughshe was mt manned TO him. and that living
a. his wife she must be considered 10 be his wife
ana vas mol, lnsieloIe, a competent witness: To
.pls I1llng o. Tue SoaIl 'sas ta-
hen'' and me case was carried up TO the Supreme
Goprs fhat tribunal sent the case BACK 10 the
Dsttiet Court ZOE new 'sal, beng OF The opinion
that the Judge OF the District Court erred in re-
eoncuoine Is competent 10 give testimony either
III OF against 1.-THE man she lives with. s. ~
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The Hisslse AFFAIE.--e considerable sensation
naxlng eesn cTsalsa by a statement that MI Crit
tendsn was Kissed IN the Medical Convention, at
the Ward trial, the Louisville times gives thefol-
lowing as The true version OF the aaair.44.a i.
On MI crittetiden's entering the hallsil which
rom pslng hels, some 9aade
a Il " as SHfssG 70 Inc ELECT
o: be requested 10 tsks.the RESIDENTS chair air,
which was then filled by another gentleman
81 I .i.e Ef & S Tas
q issss mars s 81 81 &
r., 80; = y
etttoNitulne auNeftfse IN Inc 1ndla apolS pHpers
inst the onndation We isof the binding wili be
up andinsreadiness for the corner stone by The sd
"wednesday che i6th) Of Jiriy next. Tie Grand
Lodge and Grand shs,, ~ 3, -