Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-01-12
THE NEWS,


Lieut.. Col. Bragg has resignedhis commission
in the army, and is to retire upon plantation in
Louisiana. He will beon hand in any future
war, when his country may call for 'alittle more
grape, Captain Bragg"
Prince Albert has drawn upon himself a thun-
derbolt from the Times, for daring to forget the
object for which he was made Prince consort IN
afi1ing his signature to petition of the Horse
Guards, complaining of curtailment of their
rights, and seeking for their restoration. The
New York Times remarks in this connection
These are dangerous times, and until they pass
by, ALBERT would be far pleasanter and safer
among the pet pigs and poultry Ofhis FrOgmOre
frm-yard.
The first Monday in June has been fixed upon
as toe period for the assembling the Democrat
ic National Convention.
The snow at Richmond was fifteen inches
deep at 0 o'clock on Saturday night, and still
showing. The storm commenced on Friday
evening.
Tho Sandrrsly Register says the Bay is cover.
edwith ice one foot in thickness and that be
yond the Bay, over the Lake to the Islands, the
ice stretches in one solid plain, affording safe
highway for teams and persons to the main land.
The denixens of the "SisterS" aud tho BASS"
and ''Put.in-B Bay" Islands, are now seen in the
streets almost daily-a state of affairs which
does not occur every cold season. The Lake
we learn is still open to the eastward of Kelleys
Island, as far as the eye can stretch; but closed
with ice, the wator is tenantless except to great
aock4 ofducks which have the seaall to them
solves.'
The late snow storm began at Norfolk, at o
clock on Saturday evening and continued nearly
the whole night It had rained previously du-
ring the day. So severe was the storm, says
the Transcript, that the Bay steamer was una
BILE to leave until Sunday morning.
Five bodies have been brought ashore and bu-
ried, fromth wreck of the schooner Excelsior,
lost at Carnegat Inlet. One of them, passen-
ger, named anthony Jervis, is said to have
wife in New York. The captain says that they
got out of fuel, and that all hands on board, ex-
eept himself and mate were frozen to death.
The citizens of Savannah, at the call of the
Mayor, met in public meeting on Friday last, to
give expression to the feelings occszioned by
the d .ath of the Hon. John N. Berrien.
There are 500 miles of streets and 1000 miles
Ofpavements in New York. The Tribune csti-
mates the cost of freeing these latter from the
snow that fell on Saturday at $4,000.
The Rev DIR. Choules Baptist preacher Of
some eminence, and pastor of church in New
port, R. l., died in New Yorkon Saturday night.
A violent snow storm occurred at Leayen-
worth, Kansas. on the oath ult., and the Their
ppometer, it is said ranged from 20 to 80 degrees
below zere. Fears were entertained of much
suffering among newly arrived emigrants, who
are poorly housed for the season.
At what purports to have been a regular
meeting OF the combined councils Of the Nation
81 American party OF the city of Richmond, held
on the LIST inst, John Minor Bolts was recon-
,nended as the choice of the Convention for the
Presidency. The Wing (Americsnl says of this
nomination: THAT it is clear, unequivocal,
and shameful Misrepresentation of the opinions,
sentiments, and principles of more than nine
teen twentieths of the $500 American voters of
this city"
The American Colonization Society, will hold
It's annual meeting in Washington, on the 18th
oftho present month. j. H. B, Latrobe, ESQ.,,
Of Baltimore, the President, is expected to pre-
side, and the principal address win be delivered
by the Hon. Geo. p. Mash, the late American
Minister at Constantinople.