Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-11-27


not e1termuate manklnd, that humin life shall
never be taken as punishment inflicted for
crimet but the highest punishment FOR crime shall
Ut Imprisonment Tor life in The penitentiary.'
-75i- .5ysSE 8 ss5s PER plE4.. s55ss
A resolution that Delegates 10 this Convention
shall receive per diem Of four doIlars,-was
adopted. ~ fFs gSag5al
''7=7 Present Aspect of Portsmouth.
= a correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, wri-
ting lrom Por!smouth under date of the 22L inst,
gives the following gratifying account Of the re-
turn Of health and business to this lately afflicted
city, is
The clouds that so long and so late have hung
this city and her sister Norfolk, have atength en-
urely cleared away, aud the bright sunshine of
health and hope has ogaln resumed its wonted
and joyful influence. arrived here This morning
from Baltimore, and would not make move Of
business, put pen to paper, until had fully sat
isfel myself the state ofthe health of the city
and its surroundings. Consequently spent the
whole of the day in trnverSing every district, nook
and corner Of both cities conycrsed with numbers
Of every class and condition, and can positively
assert that there is net now, nor has not been
cEe OF fever for long time in either city, save
one in Norfolk a week ago, and which was super
lnducedby tie grosse-t exposure and neglect. In
deed, neither was ever more healthy than at this
time. |. as Baliimorean, having no possible in
cterest, save sympathy. state this fact to be de-
ps ndei upon by all @ho wish to visit, or refugees
desiring 10 return. do so, too, more particularly
as Baltimore, for the lastweek, has been ieluged
with statements entircIy AMI foulv false. Let the
timlI throw of their loubIs--they have nothingto
fear.
Both NoIfolO and Portsmouth are quile lively.
particularly the latter. Business is actively revvinS
goods Of every description are covering the side
walks the markets are tlirongetl and OIL this side
number Of new brick buildings FL piliy advanc-
iER. TO be sure there is but one hotel in each
city open, but that is owing to the death Of the
late pTOpTelors, and for no other IeHSOn. tiow
ever, the tIavelug public will soon be relieved Of
this Inconvenience, as | shall show before |
close. The only unhappy feature that presents
itself to the strangers eye, is the almost universal
:ableS OF the ladies', almost every one you meet
eing clad in the hHbmentS OF woe, and wearing
her pallil faced and in her blued eye the mel
anchoiy traces Of bereavemenS never 10 be forgot
ten, OF the lielt OF he lost joys 10 he rtstOret.-
Are you, indeed, citizens otBaltimuTe!" said ne
old lady. no had lost her husband. son, taug hter
and servants, as she pleSSed my hand; ''dh, we
shall never forget that dear city; we never pay
her back, FOR without her we should have had "a
mine added 10 pestence. Meean only pray for
her.
is gratitude 10 the Bay Line Of Steamt rs admIIa.
ton OF the companies every tongue; and If all
the prayers that aTeAnd have been offered up in
behalf OF the president, directors and officers Of
this line Of boats shall be Tec,td ed in Heavens
high chancery, they will never need to pray tor
themselves.
4 found Mayor Fisk.ed the Portsmouth Tram
Sciptat the post duly, though the fever had Turn
edgtey as facial hair, but his spirits were good On
the utter side OF tie river was not so fortunate
every body connected with The Norfolk Beacon
being dead, save Dir. Gatewood, and lie Offers The
establish m=nt for sale.
On the breaking out ofthe pestilence Portsmouth
contained population ID Goo, of Whch 1900,
minimum. have died, and about $500 are yet a.
ming the missing. c., have not returned. The
population OF Norfolk, al tie same period,
la9QQ, oGwlich oyer 1900 have died, and there
are still nearly 5000 not ,returned. deSoIatlon,
all things considefed, far exceeding in its result
theEEsat plague Of London,
had just tlms TO mai he brief visit to the Navy
Yard. hsSteamer Princeton lies under the shears,
in ing oriouS lltuse, the sight of her painful,
as recallIns the sad Renaissance of the explosion
OF the "Peacema keE, - and the death of7haf of
President rYlefs cabinet. The sOop.of-
Plymouth IS IN the dry docS; the Rattan lies OF in
The StIeams ready to be IlYged and 10 90 into
mission; the frigate ST. Lawrence is still The re-
ceIVnR and dag,shln OF the Station, the PennSyl-
Vinla having; halthe fever on bIard. The Roa-
nOke' one oil the SIX new mammoth steamers, has
the reat potion OF her ways under her mud will
be- launched between the 18th. OF DECEMBER aId
the ISt Of JanuaIy.reThe launching or SO noble n
ship Is an eveut OF great aud general interest in
tblsSieinitY 1the yard tcIeatvs quite gala. and
night IS cs'eaTaletl with ''wIns and waSSaiI,''
'Fhe other new irgate, tie Colorado, is on the
StockS-no WORK being done upon her.
Some outcry has been made at COmmodGfe Nc.
ke-TeT's appointing Captain Almsteud, late com
mandidg the pretty Little steamer Engineer, his
second clerk, becausss iorSOoh, Capt. Or does not
belong 70 the dominant party mud happens 10
have opinion Of rss own. He was Ie:Wel from
the Navy list al his own rsquesti is most excel
lent and worthy officer. an eXpstt natht maticlan,
and has for q long time had the adjustment Of the
etrono1neieTs coming Into this port, He b;ugsft0
liis duties capacity aud much experience derived
tom ta,niu'IllY with The business oil the w ash
i19tOn and this NAVY Yard; and Commodore Nc
kesNtf had both Judgment aud justice enough TO
know aud TO appreciate tie value Of such man
over one whose principal Recommendation was
being "a good Democrat
stated above hattie travelsi would soon have
no IeasVn "a. complain Uf want Of suitable ac-
concentrations in this city. The deficit IS to be
made good by the new HASyluM Ocean House,
whahis Ispidy fitting up IN style unsurpassed
by ANY house IN the Union. as ! know from my
OWniTayeed observation, sud will be thrown open
to-the pubFc on OF about ChrisSMas.
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MIsslsslPFf CONGRESSIONAL ELEcTroN.-The re
poIss fronn jackson, Mississippi, were erroneous in
sayinRg that The Democrats OF that State had elect
ed all their candidates for Congress. Mr. Single
ton, in the fourth district failed 70 be s elected,
and is succeeded by William a. Lake. The "Auleri-
cam candidate, and who, during the canvass. as
uea's tatotnel BY the ..'aISsissippian," had the
boldaess TO decIass isopp sttua to the Nebraska
oct. The Democrats elected the Con. ressmen
frona the other ioaT districts ashasibeeu previous
~ reported