Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-01-24
FOREIGN ITEMS BY TIE LAST
SIEE. A NIER

STEAMER.
A HRRoSE.-A Berlin letter says-The allied
cause has Just been deprived of the services of
fair young Amazon who longed to do battle
against the EOskov. The daughter of the ODER
hoff- Marshall of Baden, Is years old managed
to get clearof her fathers house, and to arrive,
! per railway, at Kehlin mans attire and smoking
/ aNSegar. Here she was arrested in her further
/ progress, and conveyed ANONYMOUSLY back to
the seat of parental authority.
! a ROYAL MARRIAGE-A marriage is spoken
tof between the Duke of Ga'abria, aged 90 on
the 18th January, and heir to the throne of the
Two Sicilies, aud the Princes Marie Sophia Of
Bavaria, sister to the reigning Empress of Aus
tria, In October, 1871. On the other hand, a
report has been current that the King of the
Two Sicilies had turned his eyes to Princes
Charlotte of Belgium as a most desirable con-
sort for his heirapEarent.
! FREScn MAYoR's HoRRoR OF CARD-PLAY-
: ING.-An order of the Mayor of Bagneres de-
clarcs that, taking into consideration that it is
the duty OF the municipal Authorities to prevent
the disastrous results of card playing, he there
( by mterdicts the practice in the town; but, as
the bathing season attracts number of Stran-
: gels to Bagneres the prohibition is suspended
! from the st of June TO the 18th of October of
each year-.Stects.
Double Suicide IN BEL6ruM.-A fearful case
of double suicide was peEpetrated late on Friday
evening the 18th ult, on the railway near Ant
werp. \ man and woman, well attired, and
I supposed 10 have resided at Brussels, placed
themselves across the line and were cut to Tie
ces by the train The engine driver having per-
celYed smart shock on passing the spot, re-
ported the circumstance at MahneS, whence a
Geographic notice was Immediately sent back TO
NieuX Dieu, and upon examining the line the
two bodies were discovered
The Porte of St Martin is preparing the
Orestrs of Euripides for representation, t1anSla-
ted from the Greek by Alexander Dumas The
tragedy is to be presented with the minutest at
tentiOn to the accessories of the Athenian scene
in costumes and furniture, and N. Clesinger, the
sculptor, has modelled the groups in clay to be
initiated by the chorus.
An Italian newspaper states that native of
Savoy, who was condemned at the age of forty
one to the FEench galleys for life, has lust been
liberated, at the age of l2I. 1t is said that he
had little property in Savoy, the interest ON
which has been accommodating exactly 100 years
The old fellow enjoys perfect health, although
he stoops so much that his face nearly touches
his knees
SPECIE PAYMESrs IN RrsslA.-Mercantile adj
vices from st. Petersburg of the 18th inst, con-
! tain the significant announcement that the bank
had limited the amount of their cash payments.
"owingto the scarcity of bullion but they had
not ceased issuing cash entirely. This will ex-
plain the urgent efforts recently made at Berlin
and elsewhere to issue a loan on almost any
terms-iimes.
+ Madame G. Sand has just had a comedy ac-
cepted at the Francois, entitled l. IrresoLm-
When read before the committee, the numbers
were equal-four favorable, four against--in
which case, it seems, the iberality of the regula-
firms uiynC the flptiSinI, H.
The plan of gettingup an Austro- German in
duStrial exhibition in Vienna, for the wear 1859
appears now to have been abandoned; and a
grand universal exhibition, after the models of
London and Paris, has been decided upon; but
it will probably not take place until the year
1860.
/ Baron James dc Rothschild has given 5000
bread tickets, each for Il two pound loaf, TO be
distributed among the poor by the Burcn1x dc
Renaissance of the different ACCOMPLISHMENTS of
Paris.
Hamburg is in state of excitement in conse-
quence of tho arrest of book seller, named
Campo, who has been sent to prison for pub
fishing work by DIR. Nehse, which has been
suppressed by the German governments.
Monsignor Talbot, the 'Cameriere Segreto''
who used to introduce British subjects to the
Pope, has gone to South America on an apos-
CHICO, pro tenn.
N. Scribe proposes TO lay aside the pen that
he has used tor thirty years so much TO the de-
light of thousands; but we (Ga!ignanD must,
in truth, add, ne has worn it to the stump He
promises one more comedy, to be called La Der
Mere Piece.
The gaming houses of Aix-les- Baines, in S;.-
voy have just been suppressed
On the 4th uttino, there were 5ocases of chol-
era at St Petersburg, notwithstanding the cold
ness of the weather
Mde. TagIioni has just Quilted Vienna for St.
Petersburg, after a stay in the former capital of
twoluonths.
The Belgian papers report that VI Jehossc,
the sculptor, of Licge, has discovered in cup
beard Of the Vatican library, fresco head and
bust of Charlcmagne.
The marriage of Mdlle Cruyelli, whose name
it appears is CruyeI, With Baron vigier, ex-peer
of France, has been posted at the Marie, of the
LIST ACCOMPLISHMENT.
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