Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-21
PARAGltAPHs.

THERE is an old law which says that "Gonteh'
is the true philosophers stone.n Brown says
1T is very iikely-for nobody has ever found
$ either one or the other.
Tng hanging of three men in st. Louis on
the 18th ult-, was well attended by the press,
> but the awful scene was too much for Kirk An
! derson, the reporter of the Republican. When
= the drop fell down be went too, and was borne
off in a fainting fit.
LUCINDA SHESAxDOAH o 'BRIES, daughter of
a Rochester, y. Y. widow, is lass Of peculiar
itatiinities" She has Hoped with colored
barber named Charles Allen, alias Wilson, and
her mother is in great tribulation concerning
her. She is described as thick set girl, wear
ing 1nouslin delaine dress. the prevailing color
i in it being blue, with a GreeA and blue check
sun bonnet
i \ Youxd man in England lately had needle
to penetrate his breast and enter his heart,
breaking short off and leaving nearly three
quarters Of an inch of steel in the muscles. To
/ extract the needle the surgeon laid bare the
surface of the heart, aud the portion of the
needle was draw n out with forceps Infamma-
] ton had set in; bnt it is regarded as most
| uncommon operation, and singular accident,
| showing that the heart itself may sustain n
sharp wound without death Immediately fol-
lowing.
TuE BDLE.-Dr. Hall, in hisjournal of Health
/ for May, speaking of the importance of inhab-
iting houses in their structure aud situation fs.
vorable to health, refers in the following manner
to the Bible.
"THERE is more sound practical hygiene, on
the subject of healthy houses, in the fourteenth
.rI..F&- :-.;.:--.I ILIItty
than in the skulls of all the health commission
ers and common councils of all the cities in
Christendom."
/ SUNDAY WoRK.-In New York-Rioting in
the 18th Warl-Germans One man killed.
Z In Observation-Disclosures ammo the Orl0pemen.
Several wounded.
] In Misunderstanding, growing out of "polit-
/ zeal difficulties" Revolvers used freely.
At Seguine's Point-Rioting, in opposition to
! the hospital there. Oystermen repulsed.
! At Coney Island-Rioting on board steam
Ter. General fisticuffiing.-N. ]. Express.
! HU%PuREY MARSHALL describes the American
party as "a broad and quiet river that takes its
noiseless way through the plain, diffusing fer
tility and beauty on all sides, aud losing itself
only in the expanded ocean Of the nations veal!
! An eX-Know Nothing friend Of the Louisville
Democrat says, that, according to his experience,
| it is like county road he once Travelled, which,
at the start, was broad and plain, straight and
smooth promising pleasant jsurney and spec
dy arrival at the desired goal, but soon began
to twist around fences aud wind through the
woods, becoming less distinct Mt every step, I'M
| til, at last it ended in rabbit track, and ran
into the ground.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, noticing
the case of poor old woman in that city who
had applied at the hospital and couldn't get in
thinks Hospitals ought to be hospitablc."
TuE trial of the Hon. Mr.. Preston, Mr.. Bal
litt the Democratic candidate for Appellate
Judge, and others, charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons at the late election, is now in
progress at Louisville, KY.
WE and the following among the births pub
lished in the Sacramento State Journal, brought
| by the Star of the West: In Mariposa, Wednes-
day, May 9th, the wife of L. P. II. Smith, of
son, and on the following FriGay, of another son.
| Query-Are they twins?
LIcESrrousxEss OF SrocKuoLN.-Bayard lay
| lor, writing to the New York Tribune, says -
Stockholm has been called the most licentious
city in Europe, and, have no donbt, with the
most perfect Justice. Vienna may SurpasS it in
the amount OF coningal infideIity, but certainly
not in general incOntinence. Very nearly half
the registered births are illegitimate, to say
nothing of the illegitimate children born an we'd
| lock- OF the servant girls shOp-girlS, and
seamstresses in the city, it is very safe to say
that scarcely one out of hundred is chaSte,
while, us rakish young Swcdes have coolly in
Spectacle pareniage, pi 6eiSngng to the middle
class, are not much better. The men, OF course,
are much worse than the women, aud even in
~ VIC SSGo lcNeI vi GACGSSlfG
debauchery. Here, the number of broken
down young men, and blear eyed, hoary sin
ners, is astonishing. have never been in any
! place where Righteousness was so open and
avowcd-and yet where the slang of sham
morality was SO prevalent. There are no hou-
scS of prostitution in Stockholm, and the city
would be scandalized at the idea of allowing
such thing. A few yours ago two were estab-
lished, and the fact was no sooner known than a
virtuous mob arose and violently pulled them
down!
1t is but fair to say that the Swedes account
for the large proportion of iegitimate births by
stating that many unfortunate females come up
| from the country to hide their shame in the
capital, which is, no doubt, true. Everything
that have said has been derived from residents
of Stockholm, who, proud as they are and SEN
sitive, cannot conceal this garing depravity.-
The population of Stockholm, as is proved by
statistics, has only been increased during the
last fifty years by immigration from the coun-
try, the number of deaths among the inhabitants
exceeding the births by several hundred every
year. l was once speaking with Swedo about
these facts, which he seemed inclined to doubt
but" said |, "They are derived from your
own statistics"
"Well, he answered, with naive attempt to
find some compromising good, "you must at
least, admit that the Swedish statistics are rs
exact as any in the world!"
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