Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-06
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MEMS ITEMS.
THE local editor Of an exchange publishes d
punning market report, in which he states
that s'tin plates are Cat, lead heavy, iron dun;
-Eakes not much inquired after, champagne brisk,
.shnbarb and SIENNA are drugs starchis stifIen-
ing, and paper is stationary. There is no life
in dead hogs, but considerably animation in old
chess
THE number Of Spaniards residing in Mexico
is estimated at more than 90 600, representing
capital of nearly $15o. 600. 600. and engaged
prominently in all the great industrial undertak-
ings Of the country in mining, agriculture,
trade and banking.
They viii stand q chance to suffer some in
the approaching war.
TuE casa of Lee vs.. Moss, for the title toa
piece Of land worth four dollars and half. was
decided at Yorkville, S. c., last week for the
plaintiff It had been three terms on the docket
and the costs footed up $500.
Goy1RxoR GARDxEh of Massachusetts,, has
been taking Mr.. John Prince, recently of the
Secretary ofState's Office to task for saying that
his Excellency was an 'nnmitigated liar" The
! Springfield Republicans intimatcs that il the
i
have expressed a similar opinion of him, he
will have his hands full.
TUE obscence community huddled together at
Salt Lake is likely soon to demand share of Mr..
Buchanan's anxious consideration, and perhaps a
touch Of power and ball. The latest advices
] from the Mormon headquarters fully confirm the
rumor that in January aparty Of Mormon dig
nitaries, acting under the advice of Brigham
/ Young, bnrglarionsly entered the offices of the
Court. and carried away all The papers belong
ing to the Supreme Court, consisting of reeosds,
dOctsts, opinions filed away, together with nine
hundred volumes of the laws, furnished by the
Federal Government for the use of the Territory
of Utah.
| The annual election for Mayor. Aldermen Of
the City Council for Richmond, Va, took place
on Wednesday, and resulted, it is understood,
in the complete success of the regular 'Whig
and American" ticket, except in the case fsome
few Democratic Councilmen
TnE latest confidence game in Boston is this
little girl falls down; breaks small stock of
candy falls to crying; crowd gathers, round /;
Subscription is takenup little girl goes on her
WAY reiOicing-to fall again in the next street,
and be again rejoieed.
TIM wife of AIacalister, the celebrated magi.
clan, now deceased, is about to assume the ina.
| gic wand" left by her husband, and give public
exhibition of those wondrous secrets her hus-
band died possessOr Of: She makes her debut
in ST Louis
HRScEPoRrH, we cease to marvel at any
news, mo matter how startling, or unlocked
for,-frOm Nicaraguu, for right in the face Of
the previous advices, which prepared us all to
hear Of Gen, Walkers total humiliation at Ri.
vas, the published accounts and correspondence
brought by the last steamer announce not only
the repulse of the enemy from that place,-but
the allies being in retreat, battle near by
resulting in a complete victory for the fllibus-
tiers.
Ar the dead letter branch of the General
Post Office, Washington, during the quarter of
the year which expired on the first of April,
about two Thousand dead letters have been open.
ed, which contained money amounting in the
aggregate to little over SI1 900, and already
jseven-eights of this has been restored to its
owners. The number of letters, as well Us the
amount Of money shows considerable falling
off over The returns of previous years
TnR news from China as contained in the Eas-
ter papers is not very ineligible nor connected,
but we CLEAN enough to show that the aoal.
goes on,-and that the Americans are gradually
getting more and more mixed up in it. A cor
respondencc is going on between Commissioner
Yeh and DR.. Parker, but to what end, does not
yet appear. The British Admiral would seem
to have made great mistake in beginning the
light before he had sufficient force to enable him
to follow it up.
0SE of the first official acts of Lord Napier,
after the presentation of his credentials, was to
urge upon the Administration o-operation= with
the French and British governments in the hos.
tile movements against China. And upon the
receipt of the last intelligence from England.
this urgency became 50 frequent and positive us
to claim the attention of the President and Cab
met in recent cOunsels on the subject. Upon
full consideration of ali the facts, and after
such celebration in Cabinet, the President
has finally decided to sustain the position taken
by Mr.. Marcy to refuse the appointment of a
special commissioner; to decline any entangling
alliance with England and France in their poll
cy; and TO maintain perpendicular neutrality.
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BAPTISM OF one HuxDRED Monuoxs.-A sim
gulaT, and it may be added, most disgracefnl
scene, took place on recent Thursday evening
at Chesterfield On the outskirts of the town
runs narrow stream among the fields, called
tho river Rother, over which, on the Hasland
road, is bridge called Stony Bridge. About
one hundred or one hundred and fifty persons,
Chiefly women, are scattered on the verge Of
the water, waiting for the appearance Of the
call TO each other from the opposite sides, and
crack jokes of q most indecent and shameless