Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-25
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BEvY OF the principal fashionable ladies in
Cincinnati, appeared on promenade, few days
since, without hoops, and with robes descend
ing sclassically straight Il
Mas. STowE is deyottng her time in Paris to]
tie translation, in English, of lrsourtlVas "a
Marriage '-sIsove in Welded Life She has
been married twenty years, VIC believe; but it
seems that she was quite unable to realize the
point of the subject until her familiarity with
Frehch lia bits and customs rendered It delicious
ly manifest, We hope her husband is satisfied.
Married women in France enjoy peculiar priyis
leges. Il
TUE latest Tonne, in Paris, Is a certain female
VidOcq, who, for twenty cents per day, Furnish
es any wife with written diary, embracing the
minutest account of her husbands calls, move
ments, conversations, lovc.maRings, and dis.
bursements of every kind during the twenty
four hours.
PRor. LtsBlo, it is stated, has succeeded, af-
ter numerous experiments, in producing gas
from wood. He ascertains it to have a fifth
more power than coal gas. Any species ofwood
may be used for the purpose, but it must be
well dried. The rapidtty of its production espc-
cialiy commends it, as itrequires but one hour
for retort to afford 860 cubic feet, while coal
gas retort yields but 100 in the same time, He
thinks the amount of gas allowed to escape from
wood now unused would suffice to supply the
worldwith light.
CoRoNeR CoSSEY writesa letter with very
injured" air, to the leading papers, asking
them how they can treat him so wrongfnlly as to
publish accounts of,the interviews OF their re-
ports with Mrs Cunningham -Burdell. The
Coroner says he is ready and prepared to meet
and refute the charge that he caused Mrs c. to
be stripped in the presence ofmen, and asks the
Press to hold its tongue little.
A gentleman, just arrived on the train from
Boston, one night last week, was garroted as he
was proceeding down Broadway, ~ Y. carpet
bag in hand, and was robbed Of his money
($s5O) as well rs his watch and carpet bag full
of clothing. An alarm was given, but the rob.
bers escaped with their booty before the police
came. Business men should make trips to the
city of thieves and robbery, by daylight With
proper watchfulness, their chances ofreaching
a hotelin safety are tolerable.
An Indiana editor says of rougue who lives
in his vicinity: "The rascal has broken every
bank and jail, and We have had in this
.cchntry for the last ave years 2
QgRES yicroRIA appointed tloSnty tho preach
ers for Lent, each Of whom'is 10 deliver one
sermon before her. Her Majesty evidently be-
Iieyes "that in the multitude ofcounsellors there
is safety"
'rHB investigation. of the stoughton (NIass)
wife poisoning case goes on. The testimony so
far, duplicates Briggs inextricably. tits shown
also that Briggs intimacy with Miss Drake was
carried so far as to sit with his arm around her
waist in presence Of lis wife, giving great Of:
tense to the latter, and leading to hard wordson
beth sides. Briggs is a shoemaker, not over
well to do pccuniarily.
Some of the most fiery of the South Carolina
Journals are deuouncing Gov. Aiken for his mo-
ton, at the close of the late session of Congress,
for the customary vote of thanks to the Speak
er. We think that this is a very Unnecessary
expenditure of indignation. Gov. Aiken is, we
understand, polished gentleman, and he no
doubt conceived tie idea that tlle act Of cour.
tesy in question, coming from himse!, would,
uudcr the circumstances, have in every way, n
favorable influence, whilst it could not possibly
be productive of any injurious consequence,
either to South Carolina or to tho country.
MoRxING PARr1Es-A Cincinnati paper of
Thursday says:
Morning dancing parties, on the New York
plan, are finding their way out West. There
was one in full blast Mt Col. Murston's, Newport
yesterday morning. Doors closed, blinds drawn,
and gas lit. a distinguished party present, aud
most spirited enjoyment evince,l.
The fOrgeries of F. A. Mcknight of Buffalo,
through length of time which give him rank
with Huntington. He is besides very rcspccta
bly, connected and had the reputation OF man
of wealth. The method of his forgcries was
somewhat peculiar. He kept n bank account
with John R.. Lee & Co., and was in,the habit
Of drawing checks, eachforsix hundred dollars,
dated some days ahead, and after getting them
certified across the face thus: "Good,-John
r. Lee & Co., they became bankable, and with
these he would raise money at other banks,
generally at the Bank Of Atti:a. The checks
were drawn by him with theiworis sSix Hun.
dred' in the middle ofthc line, and space be-
fore the figures after the dollar mark. After
the check was certified, he would fill in sonc,',
or "twenty," in these blanks, making the check
$1,000 or $4,000, instead of 5000. In getting
these checks discounted he would exact the
promise that they should not be put in circula.
ton, but he be allowed to take them up in per-
son. In this way, he sometimes had out, as
much as A, 900 of these certified checks as al
tered at one time, when the real certifying was
only $500 When they became due Mcknight
wonld take them up, and by his own process,
alter them back to their original value by era
siyes, and pay them back to John r. Lee & Co s.
Bank.
THR HESA INSURANCE CoNFANY-We call
attention to the advertisement of the Rtna In-
surance Company, by which it will be seen, that
this oldand well established company is among
the soundest and most solvent in thelnnd.-i