Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-18
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MEssRs EDITORS Warm weather IS once
more with us The snow is rapidly disappearing,
and wethinl it time For nearly three months
we have not been favored with even glimpse
of the dirty face of oldsmother Earth. Sleigh-
ing has been so much in vogue that ut has be-
come wearisOme. Farmers now begin to bestir
4 themselves with the prospect of Spring, and
prepare for a lucrative agricultural season.
! Let all who desire. to secure to themselves
permanent and honorable homes; to transmitto
their children a goodly heritage, secure to them
pecuniary and intellectual advancement, wend
their way to Nebraska. We hayea soil in fer
/ tility, unsurpassed; and our progress towards a
complete and permanent educational system, is
no less than the most advanced of the older
States. A man by bringing his family into this
Territory, BY no means takes them beyond the
advantages enjoyed at home Our settlers are
an active, energetic class, mostly native born,
and the larger portion from the Eastern and
Middle States. si
The Legislature adjourned on the 18th. But
little was accomplished during their session.
Their legislation was wholly local; passing and
attempting to pass bank charters, all Of which
were vetoed by the Govcrnor-tyyo only of the
charters passed over the veto The CAPITAL bill
expired on the hands gifts friends, leaving its
procurators III an unenviable position before the
people. No general laws were adopted, and it
is a question in some minds whether the Terri
tory is not the worse for the legislature having
assembled.
| Greedy SPECTATORS from the East, made bold
and unblushing attempts to corrupt the mem.
bers, and it is said succeeded butte well in se-
curing votes. Such is VIGOROUSLY the case with
the two banks chartered. Retribution is, how
ever, in the hands of the people, and they will
have it. Wildcats cannot thrive in our tuidst !;
and this, the Tecornah and Desota banks will
discover to their detriment and to the peoule's
advantage. Gold and substantial paper, or no
money at all, is the motto w.
A PrcrURE OF NAPoIEov. The personal ap.
pearance of Napoleon in the last days of his
power is thus described by Lamartine:
''The empire had made him old before his
time. Gratiticd ambition, satiated pride, the
delights of palace, a luxurious table, Volup-
tuons couch, youthful wives, conIplaisant mis-
tresses long vigils, sleepless nights divided bet
ween labor and festive pleasure, the habit Of con-
slant riding, whichmade him corpulent, all ten
ded to leaden his limbs and encrvatc his facul-
ties An early obesity overloaded him with
flesh; his cheeks, formerly streakcd with mus,
cles, and followed by the working of genius,
were broad, full and oVcrhanging, like those Of
Ohio in the Roman medals of the empire. An
excess of bile miDgling with the blood gave a
yellOwatipt to the skin, which, at ,adstance
looked like yarnish of pale gold on his conn
tcnance. His lips still preserved their Grccian
outline and steady grace, passing easily from a
smile ton menace. His solid, bony chin formed
an appropriate base for his features His nose
was but n line, thinand trl sparent The pale
ness of his cheeks gave greater brilliancy to the
blue of his eyes; his look was searching, unstea-
dy as a wavering fnme--anI emblem of inquie-
tudc; his forehead seemed to have widened, from
the scantineSs of his thin black hair, which was
falling from the moisture of continual thought.
It lnightbe said that his head, naturally small,
had Increased in size to give ample scope be.
tween his temples for the machinery. and com.
bination of mind every thought of which was
an empire. The map Of thefwOrld seemed to
have been encrusted ON the orb of that reflec
tive head; but it was beginning to yield, aud. he
inclined it often on his breast while crossing
his arms like Frederick tho Great tan attitude
which he appeared TO affect nableany longer.
to, Seduce his courticrs and his soldiers ny the
charms of youth, it was evident he wished to
tasrlnate them by the rough, pensivc and dis
dalntlil character OF himsclf-of his model, in
his latter daysl .Hemoulded himself, MS it were
into the statue Of Reflection, before his troops,
who gave him henick-name of Father Thought.
tul; he assumed the pose of Destiny, Some
thing rough, rude and savage in his movements
revealed his southern and inslllar origin.i The
man of the Mediterranean broke out constantly
through the Frenchman. His nature, too great
and two powerful for the p1rt he had to play,
OverhOwcd on all occasions He bore no re-.
Escmblancc to anysof the men around him. SUI.
perior and altogether different lie was an off.
spring of the sun, of the sen, and of the battle
Itield--out of his element even in his owntpa-
lace, aud stranger even in his own empire.
Such was at this period the profile, the bust,
and the external ysioguonly.of Napoleon"
ExTRAoRDISARY CAX1Se INsTlScT-The most
remarkable instance Of instinct or sagacity in a
dog tllNtwe remember to have heard Of occurred
in Eairhnven few days since, audit was this
Two children. between the ages Of five and seven
| yeaTs, were playing in the middle Of the street
in Fairhaven, when an unloadcd wagon, without
a driver, and drawn by a runaway horse, was
seen approaching at furious rate. a large dog
cross between the Newfoundland and lnastiif
breeds, who was lying near, saw the approach
ing peril, and going to the rescue of thesuncon-
scious innOcents, took up by their clothes in his
teeth, first of the children, and deposited the
little thing out of dangerson the sidewalk.anti
then returned and took the otherand also placed
1t In safety on the walk. As the wagon was
passing, the dog made d spring ut the horse.
and tried to seize him by thenoSe, hut failed to
stop him. We have these curious facts from a
gentleman whose veTacity is inquest iOnnhle.-
Who shall say that the brute creation is devoid
OF rational Intelligence after thiss-SeSO Bedtor
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