Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-21

The Marengo Qowa) Visitor saws young
child Int sir 1edrs of age, died with dcttrtU'"
trsnens ot "Brush Run" The father, a short
time since. was sent to Jail for selling whisky,
and during his incarceration, his wife maze
whisky "mcut and drink" for herself ana cnliu.
The wife finally fell down stairs and Killed her-
self and the child was shortlyattcr attacked with
oil the SYMPTOMS of delirium tremcns, with
which it died.
The CLsrela,d Herald notices an exceedingly
we'll executed counterfeit which appears to have
been rushed into circulation, on the Bank OF
Commerce of that city. The particular bill
shown to the editor of the Herald had the
s.name of Penker Handy as President, whereas
ON the 9th Oct, 1s56-the date ofthe bill shown
us-hc was not an officer Of said bank"
JUDGE EDMuNDsoN has decided at Parkers-
burg, Va, the long pending suit between tue
Methodist church North and the Methodist
church South, concerning the properly 10 '"at
town held by them jointly before separation, IN
favor of the church north. The church south
las held possession of it since the division.
TKAScENDENrALIsM.-A' very Ineligible def
nj ion of this word is given by one who is we
think. himself trancendentaliSt. 1t is, he tells
us. the spiritual cognoscencsc of physiological
irrefracibility connected with concutent ademp-
ton ofincolumnient spirituality and ethcraiZed
contention of subsultory concrction.
An eminent lawyer belonging to the New
York bar gives better, though less "hightalu-
TIM idea of the word than this Trancendent-
alism," he says, sis two holes in sand bnnk-
storm washes away the sand bank without
disturbing the holes"
MADAME Ro3ATI, premiere danseuse at the
Grand Opera in Paris has refused an oifer oil
one hundred thousand francs, ($2O,OOOO tor
season at St Petersburgl Valuable legs which
could excite such q tempting indictment
The shipment of silver to the East Indies
from London by the steamer of the 4th was
e95G, 846, or nearly $5,0O0,Ooo, The most OF
this was drawn from the continent in exchange
for gold from England.
\ Louisiana paper gives an account ola fight
on a steamboat between lady and gentleman
over n backgammon board The cause of this
novel ARRAY is nos stated Probably the gentle
man treyduced his fair partner. -LOuiSc'tte
jour.
To be genteel, a Now York lady imagincs she
must be pale, puny, and conSumptive. High
spirits and rose ColOred cheeks are as much ia
booed in high life as baked beans and number
three mackcrel.
A WIDow's DEEAM-A widow said one day
to her daugter, s'Whcn Won are OF my age, yc,
will be dreaming of husband" eyes mann
ma" replied the thoughtful little hussy, "for the
second time"
| An old lady of ouI acquaintance believes ev-
cry calamity that happens to hersefa trial, and
every one that happens to her friends a juds-
mcnt.
Of 46 counties heard from in Illinois, the Re-
publicans elect their whole ticllet in %, the
democrats in s, and l3 elect parE of both tick.
cts.
| The circuit court nj Washington, Ind, has
decided that lager-becr is not an intoxicating
liquor, and thai the Sunday law does not apply
to it,
knowledge is proud that ii knows so much;
wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
Be AT peace with all mankind bu, at war with
their vices.
4 nan is properly said TO oe ''ripe f29 any
thing when he is little mellow,
Marriage is defined by some one to be-two
mods and five dollar prayer.