Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-05-15
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TnE London. correspondent Of the New York

THE London, correspondent Of the New York
Herald, writes that the Queen, though report
cd convalescent, is in a very weak state of
health. Sheiisto go Immediately TO the Isle of
Wight
THERE was a very large meeting held in New
York, on Tuesday evening, called for the pur-
pose of obtaining popular expression in rela-
ton to the recent acts of the Legislature, hav-
ing special reference to the Government of the
City of New York These acts were denounc-
ed as tyrannical. The rights of the City had
been infringed, the resolutions and the speakers
said, and the enactments ought to be resisted,
''peaceabiy if we can-forcibly if we must" g
A LETTER from Hamburg of the 10th nit,
says than the day before, upwards of 1000
cmigrants were collected at that port to embark
for the United States. They generally came
from Holstein and Mecklenburg, and the noun.
famous districts of Central Germany.
A DESCENT has been made by the Boston PO-
lice on twelve lottery ticket depots, in six Of
which tickets of the Delaware State Lottery
were found. Seven persons were arrested as
agents. The decent was very successful one.
DNSvILLE, Penn, is at present the scene of
great excitement, relative TO two supposed cases
of poisoning-one of a wife by her husband,
and the other of husband by his wife-the two
alleged PRISONERS being suspected of criminal
connection. The bodies of the deceased per-
sons have been cxhumed, and an analysis of the
contents of the stOmachs is being had. The
parties are named respectively Clark and Twiggs.
THE scotchmen of Cincinnati held meeting
Monday night to devise means to raise money
of Sir William Wallace, in their native country
TIE bill for the sale of the Main Line of the
Pennsylvania Works has passed through both
houses of the Legislature of that State, andawaits
the signature of the Governor
THE fact that the deaths exceed the number of
births in France, and that at present the popu-
lation is actually diminishing, although emigra-
ton has almost ceased, is exciting much discus
sion as to causes and consequences.
TIE Missouri Democrat says that Colonel
Benton has nearly completed the fourth volume
of his condensation of the Congressional De-
bates, and has in contemplation the continuation
of his 'Hrhirty Years. View" up to the present
time, and has been urgently solicited by his
publishers to undertake the work of writing
popular Life of jackson.
LATE advices from Bahia, say that the yellow
fever was raging there among the shipping, car
rying off whole crews.
The crops in GreenviIIe county, Va, are said
to be in sad condition, and the people are pur-
chasing corn for food purposes at the rate of So
and SO per barrel This, in Greenyille county,
one of the richest agricultural counties in Vir-
ginia, is sad state of things
THE late rains have enabled!the Virginia far
mers to get their tobacco into market, and the
Lynchburg and Danvile papers announce large
arrivals there. "A correspondent of the Peters
burg Intelligencer, writing from Lynchburg,
says tobacco that in days gone by he SHOULD
have looked upon as fit only for manure, COM
mands from So to $49."
TmNrTY COLLEoE, at Hartford, Conn, is about
to make an effort: to raise $4,000 among the
Episcopalians of New England, to increase the
endowments of the professCrships, and to gen
orally improve the college. Two now profess
sorships have been endowed within the last two
years, and another soon will be.