Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-21


AsPuYstclAx being calIedto young lady who
was indispOseI, wished to feel her pulse, at
which, Flushing with that false shame which is
an almost infllblc token Of the want of true
modeSty, aud apparently dreadiHg that the doc
tor should touch her naked arm, the ci,aste
creature drew down the sleeves Of her gown
close to her hand. The physician percciying
this, Immediately took up the flap of his coat,
and entirely covering his own hand while he
affected to feelher pusc-''A linen pulse, mis-"
said he, should always have woolen doctor. y
';.IoRDAN'sa hard road to travel" butit will
soon be improved, as a bridge is now being con-
structed over the 'River Jordan" the line Of
the Catasagua and Fnglesville Railroad, in Penn
sylvania, which is said to be the largest of the
kind in the United States. 1t is 100 feet long,
and is built entirely of iron-the spans being
! supported by heavY iron towers one hundred
! feet high.
n is given out that the Surrogate has read
\ through the vouminous testimony in the Gun
iDingham- Burdell marriage case, and IS now en-
I gagged writing his opinion. Unless the illness
/ with which he was attacked, probably in con-
seguence of excessive labor during the hot wealth.
err assume serious aspect, we shall probably
| know whether to call the woman Of No. 81 Bond
street Mrs. Cunningham or Mrs Burdell before
the end of the week.
| LATELY a gentleman of Chicago was acconpa-
/ nyng two ladies 10 the panorama of the Attic
Expedition, when, in crossing Market street, he
stepped on hOgShedt hop which hew up Gas
HOOPS will do,) and struck him across his not
! very handsome nose. Good heavens, ladies y
he exclaimed, (which Of you dropped that Z"
,TuR Utica ~. w HeriIi says three indg-
mcnts have been obtained nndrccordcd, amount
ing in the aggregate to S45, 900, in favor Of the
! Ontario Bank against the Black River and U tea
Railroad a levy was made by Deputy Sheriff
Klinck on the rolling stock Of the Road. The
Judgements are understood to be for notes over
tdue, and endorsed by several of the directors.
4 Az unknown girl, about twenty years Of age,
] threw herself ON the track of the Germantown
i pa, D Road, in advance of the train. Thursday
morning, and was torn to pieces She stepped
off the track rs tho train approached, and then
4 on it again, when the train was too near to be
stopped. II was an evident ease of suicide
PuXcH holdeth forth thus-HG alaniry forbids
calling the ladies by hard names, but without
meaning to impngn the orthodoxy of their sen
timents, we must say that so long as thew allow
themselves such latitude in the article of crino-
Ilinc, they run an imminent risk Of being spoken
lof as Latitudifaridps
FATHER HuGuEs Catholic priest at Hartford.
is doing good work among the Irish. He goes
about to the low groceries of nights, learns the
names OfTiotous men, and publishes them from
the pulpit on Sunday. he hopes, in a measure
to stop the drinking and fighting.
a RAmRoap Convention is to be holden in
i New York on the LIST Of September next, for the
purpose of discussing all matters relative to re-
ducing the expenses Of railroads. and il advisa-
bic, to arrange national trial OF railway ma
chinery, to occur about November.
TnE Navy Department has invited proposals
for the transportation Of goo tons Of coal from
Philadelphia to Hong Kong, China. This coal is
for the use of the U. S. steamers attached to the
China squadron.
TnE tobacco crop in some parts Of Maryland
land Virginia is said to be very poor, on account
OF the wetness Of the season. This has caused
the stalks to grow very ranS, without i proper
Tomato growth Of leaves.
LosD NkPisR is urging upon the government
the sending of more vessels of war to the coast
of Africa, to assist in suppreSsing the slave
trade. By the Ashburton treaty We sgree to
maintain eighty guns there, while at present we
have but g.
FIvE eargoeso of slaves have been recently Ian
ded in Cuba. The arrivals are alilsst constant,
and the slave trade is now more active than for
many years before.