Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-10
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II is stated on the authority Of letters from
missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church
that furious war is raging in Liberia, in the
vicinity of Cape palmas, between the coonists
and the natives. Thirty.Seven American hou'
scs and much property are stated to have bcend
stroyed, and twentycigM lives had been lost. -
All missionary md business matters we're at u
stand.
An old Irishman has been lying in Louisville,
Ky, Jail for some time past, for want Of bail, on
n chargc Of stealing some food lie lisa finish.
cd scholar, and was once the professor Of Ma
thcmatics in an Eastern college. lie has bren
living in Louisville for many years, leading n
quiet life without family or friends, and devot'
ing his time to trailing in old iron, brass, aud
similar articles.
VIZ see it stated, though we do not obtain the
figures from mn official source, that on oac day
March SOth) there were in Chicago iorty-sevcr
arrests for drunkenness and disordcrly conduct
six FOR gambling; two for Keeping houses of i'll
fame nine for being inmates of il.amc; one
for larceny four for vagrancy; three for shoot
Ing on Sunday two for using threatening Ian
guagc; and five for miscellaneous oIItnscs; total
70 arrests. Chicago is progressive
| ANoNG the "things thai surprise" her, "Fnn
ny Fern" mentions that two women can ever
byony possibility be persuaded to sleep togeth-
cr" The idea looks .ttrny enough to Fanny
hut really "two women" may make much less
prudent arrangement
Two cx.Prcsllcnts Of the United States wert
at the Philadelphia Opera House one day las
week, viz; Martin Van Buren, and Franklin
Pierce. The distinguished visitors occupied
seats in the boz Of Charles Henry Fisher, Esq
Mr.. Van Buren, looked as bland and cheerful n,
ever. lie was accompanied by Henry D. Gil
pin, Esq.
The Springfield RtpnJliroa says, Hon. Ru
rus Choatc was asked, the other day, what 1t
thought Of Judge 'raney's opinion in the bred
Scott case lie replied, any dear Sir pay
81 80 per volume for the reports Of the United
States Supreme Court, and no power on earth
can compel nc to read them in the small type Of
the newspapers
THERE is a hoy confined in Moyamcnsing
prison, PhilapcIphia, for the larceny Of u hum
ming top, vaIuedat two cents! lie has been
there some time, and his childish screams Of
terror have become so lrightfal TINT he has Mt
length been placed in dark cell at the risk Of
making him Insane. This is brutal. \ Slight
rcprimand surely would have answered the pur
poses Of justice in so trivia Il case.
! GEoGrApmcAL explorations have become 50
common that even the sluggish States Of South
| America have been awakened to the Importance
Of better understanding of their own Cont
nrnt. We notice that, in the Gillian Congress,
sum of money has been granted to explore
the sources Of the Rio Ncgro-a branch of thu
Amazon-nndcr the sn9poSitiOn that II river
communication may exist between the Atlantic
and Pacific
I Hos. wv APPLETON and r. r Forbes, Esq,
committee from the Boston Board of Trade,
recently visited Washington, with view to con-
fer with our government in relation to the China
question The result of the various Conlcren.
ccs satisfied them that the cxpectNtion Of any
active cooperation by the United States with
England and France, for warlikc purposes, is out
Of the question.
/ During the recent closing sittinss Of the
British Parliament the opposition members
seem to have run Lord paImerston through the
whole political catcchism. On the Eth nlIimo,
they took him up on Italy, and required cate
gorical answer to the question whether Her Ma
icsty's Government had made any offer to any
foreign Power to interfere, by force Of arms Of
necessary, for the purpose Of preventing the cS'
Enlistment of Republican institutions in the
South Of Italy, lie answered promptly aud tie
cldcdly, that no communication lrOd hccn made
toany foreign Power that the British Government
would prevent the establishment Of Republican
institutions in Italy.
TIE Illinois Central road is still experiment.
ing with coal burning engines. The early rx'
pcriments were not in many cases satisfactory,
hut the result Of few days experiment with
the "Lucifer," n new engine, were highly So
This engine ran 95t miles with wood at cost
Of $3l TO- and with coIont cost of - a5-
showing saving by the latter Of $22 30. Coal
is very abundant while wood is scarce along the
line Of thisroad, aud the successful Introduction
of cost as a fuel for locomotives is of the first