Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-20

ter with impatience. The people of Kansas are
in ferment. An explosion may take place at
any moment. An extra session OF the Leglsla-
ture is talked of, and also general convention
of the Free State party, to decide upon the pest
policy to pursue in reference to bogus pro-
Slavery Constellation The affairs OF Kansas
are yet far from settled.
The Nebraska bill is working most beauti-
fully.
Letter from Ihe Disbnnded Volunteer.
SURPRISE PARTIES.
SAINT NICHOLAS HoTTELL, Nov 10, 1857.
EdlytuTs of the Sunday Times;
Solomon sed thar was nuthln new onder the
sun, and so | spose the old wiseaker was not
onackwainted with the mater of surprise parties.
Prehaps the Kween of Shebar drapt in on him
unexpected, when she cum to Jerewsalcm with
great Kumpany;" but then she brung with
her cloves, nutmegs, cinnament, rOobies, and
plenty of tin to pay for the board of herself and
trends? Modern surprise parties is conducted
on meener plan. They are nuthin more nor
less than sekrit conspirrysees to etc fammaly
outer house and hum Forty or fifty yung men
and wimmin, suddenly invade the peaceful man
shin of an onsuspishus naybur, hop ontcr his
perwishins like flock of locusses inter patch
of gardin sarse, and arter devourin eyry thing
etabul, and dieiestin thar stealins with danse,
off about midnight, leavin his without brekfist
A'AN
darters and Sarvents in state of distrackshin
borGerin on hystcrix. By way of addin insult
to injury, the yung forrigers acktilly tOrk of
thar explite the next day as a capital joke.
Wunst and wunst only, jined in mOrror-'
ding expedishin of this karrackter, but you'd
better bleye was hully ignorant of its desine
and purpus. In my yuthe hev robbed peech
orchards and water million patches, and ben
cort at it and damned, but never felt hate so
| mean and stTeekcd as did on that OCkashin. If
| it warnt burglary, it cum onrighteous near it.
The Sene of the outrage was lonely kuntry
residence; the evenin was dark and spooky, and
nuthin was wantin to kumpleat the felOniuS as
peck of the affair excep skellenton KEGS, dark
lanterns and pistils. The inmates of the dwell
lin was so struck all of heap with astonish-
ment that it was Unnecessary to mock elm down
and tic en-. They stood around pale and help
less tryin to do the perlite and consillyatin,
while about twenty of the gang pillidged the
pantries and selar, and ovcrhauled the winter
stores of the establishment. Anuther detach-
ment laid the cloth, and then line was formed
| from the kitchen to the parlor to hand up the
grub And all this was dun under pretense of
Savin the iammaly trubble. Hevin sackt the
kitchin and store rooms, and sot out vittals,
wine and coffee enuff for small army, wun of
the invaders tuck the cheer, and the hull conf
dence party seZed the hives and forks and pur-
ceeded to walk inter the cold turkey, ham, tung,
mihCn pies, mum ll1ue OTeu, anu CeteTy, ueCiaT-
| in all the while with thar mouths hafe full of
plumber that they liked to be naburly The
pecpul of the house was kindly invited to jine
in, but in course they coudent taste n mOrsll.
1t was RELY melloncolly to see thar miSabul at
tempts to look happy and hospital. PayShents
on monnyment Smilin at GREET but fecbly eX-
presses thar cDndishin. Tcers stud in the eyes
of the children as tue pies and cakes disappear
ed, which the payments, feeriul Of givin ofense,
attribyted to the collie. The oncy BAN to my
ackusin konshense is that | fetched nuthin. |
he'd frakwently. skoured the kuntry for pervish
ins in the Crimeah, and never felt emmy skrupel
about forridging upon the enemy, but this mite
attack on a .dcfenselcss naybur was outer my
line.
After the feed thar was frolic. 4 yung fe-
male plunderer dumped herself on the music
stool, opened the panner, and begun to play a
quick walsh In five minnits the tables was
sot aside, the foldin doors jerkcd back, and the
buildin, witch was frame, and not filled in with
brick, was lingering TO the motion ofthirty parcS
of heels, like miners tent in CalifOrny airth-
kwake. The dust flew outer the carpets, and
the whitewash blisterS on the sealin busted inter
an artitishal Sno storm, and two pOoduls in the
basement hogan to howl, ondor the idee that the
floor abuv wos Gavin in, but providenshilly the
Deems and rafters diddent kulaps. The par
Cecdins wound up with general shaSSay crazy
and hans round, arter witch the kumpany tuck
thar leyc, reInarkin that they had past deIite.
fIl evenin and prommynaded to thar huns.
These surprise parties, am informed, will be
very fashinabul among yung peepul doorin the
winter; but l think eff was fammaly man, L
should keep bull dogs in the paror, a safe
guard agen en-, and have a Slnc-bOard over the
frunt dore, with the subsekwent inskripshin:
~ Warming Surprise Partes-Beware Of the Dogs
Unexpected geerins dispersed with Revolr0rs
the shortest motifs!
persoom this would be sufRshent, onless the
soshi supprisers should organize as artillery
kumpanies and determn to carry thar neigh
boris houses by storm. Holdin to the old no.
shin that evry mans dwellin is his cassi, and
shouldent be seized upon either by strattyjim
or force, remain as formally,
Yours, allus, DlsBAXDED VOLUNTEER
Mr. FuRxEss.-Mr Furness, the young gentle
man involved in the Mrs. WoOdman affair, the
Police Gazette..says, sis very snowy and tidy in
his dress and never fails at night. before retiring
to put his pantaloons in stretcher. This is to