Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-25


discrimination to look around and see the Gle
mcntS which make up society-to see how tenn
perancc and knowledge raise man, and how
sensuality lowers him, should not summon sutl-
cient manhood to spend his earnings only for that
which will profit him.
We had proposed to adduce some illustrations
from biographical sketches of men of our own
and other times, as to what love of books will
bring about in the destiny of men apparently
frowncd upon by fortune, but these we must de-
fer until some other time.
TIE News BY THE Enthusiastically, was Of
an unusually interesting character, bringing US,
as it did, the details of the news published in
the mornings telegraph. The foreign news is
exciting, as regards the English financial news
and the advlces from India. In the former case
it is dark and dscouraging: in the latter bright
and cheering. The failure of great firm, hav-
ing extensive American connections, for over
ten millions, together with the Western Bank of
Scotland, the Cityof Glasgow Bank, and a raise
Of the discount to ten per cent. by the Bank of
England, had completely unsettled the public
mind; and accordingly great runs were being
made ON the Savings institutions throughout
England, Scotland and Ireland, so far as heard
from. From all we have read, we should Judge
that there was a complete re-enactmcnt of the
panic scenes in this country, few weeks ago.
The excitement seems to have crossed the chan
mel and seriously affected the ever eXcitable
French. The Bank Of France had applied to
the Emperor for permission to raise the discount
to 8 per cent on 80 day bills, . on 60 days, and
10 per cent. over 60 and under 90 days. They
also mediate applying for tax to prevent the
expectation of specie, thus knocking, as we
would say, the rules of trade into cooked
hat The London Times in taking note of the
rumor conlesSes itself ''astOunded."
From India, as we said, the newsi is good
very good The Sepoys have been routed,
horse, foot and dragons, at aud around Delhi,
and the noble garrison at Lucknow have been
saved just in the niche of time, too. Great sor-
- = -.-,~nesAd Gnr the death of the gallant
General Nicholson. The papers say that the
"baek bone" of the rebellion has been complete
ly broken.
lutely horrible. For instance, here is the head
ing to one column of the Times:
Appalling Increase of Crime.
Double Murder aud Suicide at Port Jeffer-
son, l.. I. F-A
Two Policemen nearly Killed.
James Rodgers and James P. Donnelly to be
Hanged. - E A%klbs
Engineer Holmes to be imprisoned 154 years.
Coroner's InqueSts in the Water street, Will
liam street and Canal street Murders.
More Stabbing, Shooting and Beating to
Death. .l-sr-s- gt.I a s
Interview with Convicts at the Tombs.
The Grand Jury on Carrying Concealed
Weapons.
A Spanish Marine Involved in the waterstreet
Murder.
Terrible Tragedy at Port jefferson, Long Is
a Husband Kills his Wife and step-sOn.in-
Law and Hangs Himself
Such news, all in one day, would surfeit, one
would think, the deyotees of the bloodiest ro-
mances. The papers of New York all agree for
once-and that agreement is, that New York,
just now, is rife with wickedness.