Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-30
THE INTELLI GENG GER.
17I0AY MORNING, MARCH 80, ls57.
=DEATH OF DIR. HULLIHRN

DEnTH OF DIR. HULLIHRN.
rrr PcSEpNL YESTERDAY From early yes-
,.-f,, morning, persons were going to and from
's,.r,t. residence Of Dr. HuLLnEN, to take their
sosI IooS at the corpse. The body was laid out
ii, front room, dressed in citizens clothes,
.,,I cac!oss.l in very handsome metallic coffin,
r,,;,g glass window. The appearance of the
nornsc was almost entirely unnatural; tho eyes
had sunk greatly; the face was emaciateti; and
.h,at the mouth were red.fever sores, contrast
IN, with the bIoaslless flesh about them.
lf.e- dinner the crowd commenced COLLECTING
in iargc numbers, and long before 3 o'clock III
sidewalks bc:weoa Quincy and M0nroe, were
deaseIy racked. On every facc there was an
EXPRESSION OF feeling for the general herCaye.
nent aud the virtues and fame Of the deceased
were ON every tongue wherever little groups q;
threeor four were heard conversing. The great
Gathering was no formal cercmony--it was the
heartfelt nibutc OF the city to man who was
cndcalcd to them MS relative. The Cathedral
bel! announced the hour, and soon after COM
mcuccd tolIing. Prior to this, religious services
wee held in the room. a little aftcrtHe CORPSE
was lifted and placed in the healsc. An i'm.
Iaensc corttge OF omnibusseS, hacks andscarria.
yes, followed after; and after these again. the
citizsRs on foot The procession wound slowly
up the hill to Mount Wood, where the remains
ucrs deposited by the side of son of the de-
ceased.
We have heard. the number in attendance at
TIE funeral, yatiopsIy estimated at from four to
six thousand.
We s"Gjoin the various resolutions passed at
different meetings on Saturday.
tribute n Respect 10 tae .Hemory Of Or. s. P.
UnttiheR.
At a meeting Of the Medical Faculty Of the
city OF Wheeling, convened at the Office of DIR
lnFgh ot Saturday evening, the 2Stt inst, the
following preamble and resolutions were t,nani
motI>ly adopted:
We have received the unwelcomc tidings of the
death Of DIR. HrLLInEN: whilst We cordially
give our sanction to his eminent rebutatioiI MS
= practitioner, in a collateral branch of Inc
profession, VIC feel il to DC due TO his memory.
t'at in orr associated capacity, we should pny
last tribute To his departed worth Wed
have all been associated with him. To n greater
or less extent, for the last twenty wears; and
whilst we acknowledge the genius which in
srirel-tIc enthusiasm which warmed md
the Judgment which directed his professional
carce-, we can also bear testimony to that
generosity of disposition and no6lencss OF
character which prevented INN, at alltiIncs.
from doing any act of injustice to those with
whom he WAS associated BE il, therefore
h6s0treJ, That in the death DIR. lIuLLIuES.
his profession have sustained great loss, and
that the community, Of which he was so lisii,,.
gu~lied Il member, have Suffered calamity. of
The extent of which, time alone can mako them
fully sensible, IS
EGsatreA, Thatin the person of DR.. HuLLnES,
we recngUlze a man, who actnatcd by lautlablc
ambition, has succeeded by his own exertions,
IN raising himself TO an abiding and cnviable
reputation among his brethren, and that lie fnr
nIsleS striking Illustration Of how little true
genius is to be controlled by adverse circum-
Stances.
Acsoire3, That ne symPatliEe will. tho whole
community, atal that VIC especially condole with
have sustained. d
Eesottcd That we wiiladopt the usual badge
Of mourning, and attend his funeral, ina body,
tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Hesotrcd, That a copy of these resolutions be
furnished to the family Of the deceased, and that
they be published in the papers of the city.
NJ. II. HOUSTON, Chairman.
!. s. Tom, Secretary.
AZ a meeting of tho Wheeling Hospital As
Socia'ion, called to express their feelings the
occasion Of the death of DIR. S. p. HuLLInES, it
was, on motion,
Rcsoleed, LIST. That the members Of this cor
poration express, collectively, their individual
sentiments of high regard for the late DIR. S. p.
llrLLlnEN, as an cnterpTi>ing and useful citizen:
OF admiration for his exalted abilities, aud emf
nent success in his profession; of esteem for his
llberaIity, benevOlence and hahitunl kinrlncss:
their grateful acknowledgementorhis Invaluable