Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-30


the Fast, are thus LETT in the fog as to the pros
Pccts for nesting it with exchange.
From abroad the news is not much. We see
that Spain is in her old out-iawed business OF
anding negroes in Cuba: that is, her people arc
Il must be gratifying, however, to the world to
inow tllat tho Captain General for dccency sake
has ordered an arrest.
The President has returned 10 Washington
The St Louis banks. announced as under the
Gather Yesterday, are bolstered up to-day with
favorable despatch. We hear on the street
nat gentleman, not long crnigrated from our
midst, is largely involved in the fate Of one Of
these firms.
A good piece of news is a further decline in
the sugar market The poor will soon he able
to eat it again 1t occurs to US, however, that
1t will have a brnckish taste in the months of
the spectators.
Tar LAsT DAYS OF Gov. MANUr.-Wc have
seldom seen SO much interest manifested in tho
doings and sayings, in the scraps, odds and
ends Of recollectons, concerning any disin.
guiShed parsonage, as there has been concern
ing the late Gov. Marcy. Papers of all parties
and persuasions vic with each other in adding
something which increases the solid fame of
the great statesman. The great worth of Gov:
Marcy is universally felt His greatness has
impressed itself upon the people, even those
who had never seen him. The Albany AggIs
gathered from the person with whom Mr.. War
oy spent the last two weeks of his life some
very interesting memoirs of how those two
weeks were passed From the reading of the
memoirs one c,,n well imagine the veteran states
man, in that pleasant little rural retirement at
Ballston Spa, surrounded by a few friends and
a few books, iaunting about here and there, cane
in hand conversing with the farmers, mechanics,
teamsteFs aud ull whom lie met lie had "a word
for every one, aud always, ike all great men,
learned somsthing from the humblcst, He was
resting awhile ere taking his departure for Eu-
rope, where, no doubt, IS great, if not greater
honors awaited than had been paid to any latter
day Americans
In these memoirs our attention is first arrest
I'll by the writer relating that
While riding with him TO make a call on the
willow or his old friend. Judge Thompson, al
liied to his connection with public life after his
sTotlfrn. from Europe 't.Ah." replied he. II am
in the last decade Of life. sObricty and pgopriety
IcQnirc that what remains of ite should be de
'oted to my family, myself and to that future
ter, in reply-to remark from AIrs. NJ. Of AL
'fiany, that he was advancing in life anil soon
would reach It's termination, he said, ~ am
aware Of it and am neither thoughtlcSs nm
prepared
The writer next remarks that
The simplicity of Mr. Marcy's manners, his
entire sclEabuegation, charncd, here as else
where, all with whom he came in contact, from
the highest to the hu'nblest. The man who
gave out water at the spring, the porter who
carried his trunk, the .lnbOring man as he hap
.ucned to meet him, had a pleasant word from
linn or prolonged conversation with him.
And but about half an hour before his death b,
said to q man who was moving in the lot nd
Iolning nr. MoOre's, '1f were well, Sir, wonlI
show You how could NOW" He sud to M
that nc loved to talk with iabOring men. Tha
through life he had found great advantages in II
and that often they little knew themselves tn
value OF the knowledge they were communl
-ating. as55
He relates a curious incident that occurrc
while he was Governor
A man, brother Of the member of Asscmhl
f-om- County, called upon him and asSe
him for n dollar. Perceiving that the man wa
under the influence of liquor, Governor ~ sal
to him, "IfI give 1t to you, you will spend
for moru liquor Promise me that you wi
notn said the Governor az ne handed him Il
dollar. "If / do" said tile man, taking u
money, "nlay God kill mo before to-morro
morning." Tho first item which Mr.. Marcy lei
in the Afgus Of tic next morning was an a
count o. Inc ue'lth OF ,e n'al ie ~en.
10 the docN. purenase9 rum w,tt s.i =.
Ga'no more 'n'oA'Sa'''u' t' INV ''e W. ''''N
drowned
Concerning Mr' Marcy loNc oA oo'Ns,
pecially the old standard authors he relates th'
Conversing ono day with him on the subil
of farming and farm life, asked h'n' u u MT
mlIgi"S SO long ~, me- .e SNG,' S y%cr ~
no,nm y, I life "S i've On FTm lie rcali