Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-12-29


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sApHEDa aoRNlNa DgcRABER e 1850
.sIIss. News Items. - -
The Indianol9 eTexasJ Balletit has hoisted the
names Of Il. II. n. Hunter Of Virginia. for Presi.
deat, end Hosatio sey mduf, Of Nes York, for Vice
s, President. = ~. 3 s,..,is K 3fass
We.leafnby dispatch from Washington that
the whole subject Of slavery will be brought be-
lore The Supreme Court Of the United States this
winter. in The caseofAIr BOOTH the abolition edi-
tosvho was convicted IN the o. S. District Court
OF aiding in the sseape OF fugitive slave, aud ha-
9 BesscoEpus. This is one ofithe most interesting
aud important cases ever brought before the Su-
plene Court. -
IN the London papers brought by the Asipswe
fndq brief announcement Of the death of Rev.
Robert Montgomery, the poet. commonly call Sat.
ilns Montgomery. II 81 .Ess s., - IS .
s e hes recently become the practice in New York
fOEths friends Of the bride bring presents to her
at the bridal day, and a room in the house where
the eelemony is performed is specially set apart to
display these giits. The most extravsgant presen.
tations ore made, but it is limited that in many ca
SEQ they are metslys "temporaFy loans's Tor the
sale Of display! These gifts vary in yaids trem
IRE Thousand dollars, and in some Instances of lae
It said their value is at least twenty Eve thous-
and dollars.
Prof Vim. Porcher Miles, who served through
the Norfolk epidemic aud is now Mayorof Charles
= ten, s. g. hes forwarded $50 70 L. L. Brickhouse,
Of Norfolk, to be distributed in presents TO those
patients be attended.
.P.sP. r, DeGland, one Of the oIlest and most
respectable brokerS Of Boston. died on the night
Of lhe asa insl.s.ss, s s4-se. IA :.
According to the PARIS correspondence iof the
aignql LHtslig the cost Of the eastern war
greatly exceeds one million Of dollars per day
This is indeed enormous. 56
The Cincinnati Gisstte says the indications now
aTothal upwsrde OF four bundled thousand head
of hogs will be killed this seeson.
The store Of Jeffrey & Sons, Of Broadway, was
parObOed on Sunday morning, of Iaces, silks, &C.,
. to the amount Of $4,000. The goods were alter
sNsEda found by the police in an adjoining store,
vhitheF they had been removed by the burglars
preparatory 10 being carried OF. The thieves es-
capped
II 10 now thought that the pretended news Of
the death Of Robert Schuyler was hoax. prob
ably to avert suspicion and investigation in some
qusIteE. -
Judge Dorsey, who under the old Constitution
was Chief Justice of the Court Of Appeals Of
Maryland, died at his residence near Ellicots
Mills on Wednesday.
late number Of the Collegiate Mirror, publish,
ed at Holly Spriugs, Miss, announces that the
honorary degree OF ''Mistress of Ars'' has been
confered upon Alrs. Hale aud Mrs Sigourney, and
publishes the letters Of Acknowledgement written.
by these ladies' This sa notable sign of the times,
as indicative Of Moman's rights aud titles.
Cincinnati Gazette saysthe number of stu
dents the principal collegesof the West is un.
usually large. More young men of the West are
purtuins course Of study thansever before.
Dir. Rrnest Yun Heennger, the author of a new.
sIstemof musical notation, committed suicide at
Washington, on Moniay. by shooting hlmgelf
ia the head with aspistOl. He reft letter all
dressed friend, lnwuich he stated that. had he
been successful in Introducing 10 the public his
new system, he would have been spared this last
act -,s,
$50 Louis Lucien BOnapartes who has married NO.
man ofiufetiOt condition, wishes 10 have his mar
Eiase nuiIifed by the Court Of Rome.
A resolution has passed both braaches of the
General Assembly OF Florida, authorizing the in
hahitants Of West Florida TO vote upon the propo-
Sitous OF seced,ng from that State and uniting
themselves with the State OF Alabama. Ii has
notyet, however, received the sanction Of the
Governor.
The sales in the New Orleans cotton market
on the 18th instant, heavier than ever record
ed before for single day. They amounted to
over $1,000 bales. What is not less gratifying 10
planters and sellers, says the Picayune, they were
sold. too, at an advance Of cent per pound. ID
Information has been receivedel at the Navy
Department, says the Star, showing that the inju--
ies. sustained ny the ..Roanoke.' when recently
launched At Norfolk, were not al all serious, and.
that this fne specimen of architecture will COM
pare favorably with the other new steam frsntes.
ItisStated that some uneasiness is expressed as
TO the safety of the U. S. f.igate Potomac, which
sailed from New York for Havana about month
ainces None of The recent arrivals feom there have
mentioned her
an Opal breast-pin. set in circle of diamonds.
Ito begiyent lady as Christmas present, which
Copt between $1,000 and So, 600.
REIUsAL TO RECOGNISE WA1KER.s GOVERN
nENr.-The refusal OF the President 10 recognise
ne Government established by Walker is said to
have beeu decided and definite. iMr Marcy re.
futed to giant Nc. French an interview. stating
that the persons who had overthrown the Govern,
uent Of Nicaragua were not Citizens. and until
there Should have been some popular recognition
or confirmation Of their authority, the United
astatescoud not recognize Col. French, nor any
one else, as Minister from the new Government.
:, sEsrEacE Goa MuRpER.zz-at Louisville, tEy.l .
= on Saturday last, Judge Bullock pronounced SEN
tenceOt deathupOn George Bennett ICr the MUIR
deriof Thomas Mullen. TheexecutiOnwas order
Cd to be carried into effect ON the Isl of February,
but an appeal has been Ia ken to the Court of Ap-