Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-19
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precious stones to dispose Of; adding that they
sparkle like the tears of young widow.
ToN b. WALKER, of Louisville, made bet
that he could drink sixty glasses of lager bier
from. 6 O'clock A. ~. TIL 10 o'clock r. NJ, and
he had finished sixty-onc glasses by o'clock,
winning the wager. A living beer barrel.
E.1 C. JubsoN, known as Ned Bnntline.' 3
has beer. converted and reformelby spifitual-
fislnl A spiritual paper, giving an account Of
knees, and melted like childn Ned will make
an excellent apostle ofthe new faith.
BILLY BowLEos, the great Seminole Chief, is
emulating Cesar in the pith and concentration
of his sentences He tells the whole story of
the position Of things between Gen. Harvey and
himself in brief couplet, thus:
II BUY catch, Harneyh hang"
In the Pennsylvania Legislature, on Satur-
day, the bill.to. consolidate the Hempfeld and
CHARTERS Valley Railroad Companies was pas.
sed finally by the House.
TnE dreadful results of the Tat.poisoning, at
the National Hotel, Washington-the death of
at least one of the persons who was boarding
in the house at the time, and the dangerous i'll
ness of host of others, including sundry per-
sons of distinction, (among them President
Buchanan have excited an interest in the
public mind, and given rise. to rumors which are
not confined to the City of Washington. Hor-
rible suspicious are whispered which it is diff.
cult to entertain; yet what are we to inferfrom
letter, said to have been written by one of the
proprietors of the National, to friend in New
York on Saturday, in which he states that t1ere
is not one soord Of truth in The story that
poisoned rats scere found in the eater Of that
house,
LORD NAPIER, the new British Minister, has
no power given him by his government to ac-
cept any amendments to the Central American
treaty, negotiated by Messrs. Dallas and Ola
rendon. Hence he cannot act upon the amend
ments made by the Senate, andth treaty. in
its present shape, must go back to London for
ratification, or bedelayed until authority be seut
to Lord Napier to act in the premises. No
doubt, however, is entertained about Great Bril-
tain agreeing to the amendments
PRESIDENT Buchanan seems to be having
rough time among the oftlce-seekers The New
York appointments are likely to give him the
most trouble, though he tries to rid himself Of
embarrassment as much as possible by throw
ing the responsibility of making selection upon
the Congressional delegation. A Washington
correspondent of the Albany Atlps represents ii
as very important that something should be
done to draw off the Democrats who have Joined
the Republicans
Tue news from Nicaragua, brought by the
George Law. is no latter than that received a
few days since by the Empire City. We find,
however, an item which modifes somewhat the
success of Walkers partyin the San Juan river,
reported by the Empire City. Its to the eff.
feet, that Col. Kinney, who hadarrivedat Pana
ma from Nicaragua. says positively, that the re.
port of Walkers party having taken Castillo, is
entirely incorrect, and that tho Costa .Ricans
still remain in possession at that point
ADvIcEs from La Paz, Lower California, to
the 10th of january, state that the Mexican
General, Blancabte, had declared against the
Government, and had seized all the vessels in
that port It was asserted that he was about
to march for the City of Mexico with force Of
700 men.
NEw York and New Orleans were in direct
telegTHphic communication on Thursday, by
way Of Pittsburgh. A message was sent from
New York ut II, 40 o'clock in the morning, and
the same was received in New Orleans at 1890
o'clock, being one hour and ten minutes ahead
Of New York time This is the first instance
wehave ever known of New Orleans and New
York having dispatched and received messages
in that time.
LATER FROM DEseREE have received a
file of the DISCREET NeioS to December 10. but
VIC are unable to gather much news Of interest
from it, The Saints seem ODE leading a quiet
existence. Their latest dates from the East
were to September on which CaV the mil
left INDEPENDENCE, Missouri. The arrival and
approach of a number oftrains arc reported.
some of the people belonging to which have
been more or less frostbitten.
From the correspondence Of Mormon mission.
aries published in tho Nei0s, we extract some
items to show, the progress of AIormonisrn The
t1rst extract is from aletter written from Pied.
mont:
Since my last communication, dated June
l9, 1865, our laboTs have been tneaStlrabIv blrs.
sed; twenty new members have been added to
our number, and one who was cut off has been
rebabtized.
81 have made considerable progress sclla
linaud Itdlidn0, but for want of practice / can
not speak it without difficulty There are a
few favorable to the work in tllcvalleys among
the Protestants, but our efforts have been incfs
tectual heretofore among the Catholics, vet we
do not doubt but that the Lord will awaken
them soon, and that proud Italy will. yieId IN
her sons and daughters to the Kingdom Of
God"