Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-17

NEWS IJEMS,

that Mr. and Mrs Breckenridge were the hand
soonest couple at the inauguration.
GExgRAL CAss sends back the Mexican trea-
ties, with long letter, explaining the causes of
their rejection. The administration have mott
fled Mr. Forsyth not to enter into any further
negotiations for another treaty until properly
advised.
VERY mysterious murder was committed
near the town of Mexico, Missouri, on Tuesday
afternoon, oath ult. Capt j. w. Ricketts,, liv.
ing short distance from the town, was found
lying dead in the road near his own fence, with
two loads of buck shot, some SO in number,
through his body, several of which had perfora-
ted the heart
COUPLE of gay young ladies. mailing from
Springfield, Mass, have been astonishing the
natives" in Cardenas, Cuba, by unusually jolly
habits. Asuspiciousold chap overhauled them
recently, and found un-mis- take.able evidence
that they were masculine! They called them
selves Josephine and Clara Carter. They were
Carted out Of town.
TAG New York Day Book, the organ of the
late Pierce Administration in New York, is turn.
ng States evidence. 1t is giving series of
revelations" in which the Presidents Private
Secretary, Attorney General Cushing, and other
contracting powers" are implicated to an
unpleasant degree. 1t boldly charges that
system of brokerage has been carried on in and
about the White House, by which those who
wished to reach the Executive ear, were COM
PEELED to pay toll. 1t charges, moreover, that
the recent decision of the Attorney General in
the New York Brick Church property case, was
flay knF1 A..
to shell out
JoHN G. SAKE, the humorous Vermont Poet,
has been lecturing in Baltimore, to the great en-
tcrtainment of the people. lie is described as
tall and athletic, standing over six feet in his
stockings. A man of the world before he be-
came man ST letters, his address is frank and
easy; he has great conversational powers and
tells story inimitably. He is just such man
rs Christopher North would have welcomed to
his heart of hearts-just the man to have fig
ured in the Noctes with the Ettrick Shepherd.
THE Canadian Government is making efforts
to abolish the free banking system, and also
pounds, shillings and pence, and substituting
dollars and cents.
AccoEprNe to the official reports of the asses
ors, the number of children of school age in
Kentucky, in the year 1865, was 2s9, 1874; Of
whom $4,000 attended public schools, leaving
1893 who did not
THE North Carolina Legislature has imposed
a tax on bowie knives each person who indul-
ges in the luxury being required to pay tax
for privilege. Shrewd Legislators flow tho
State Treasury will swell!
Ar wedding party in Lebanon, Ohio, one
evening last week, guest dropped a pistol from
the pocket of his overcoot as he was taking it
of a young lady picked 1t up, when it was
accidently discharged, killing Mr.. Frederick
spOhr instantly. The wedding party broke up
in disrnay, to accompany the corpse home. The
deceased leaves wife and three children.
IThas been proposed 10 hold convention
representing the various railroads lying be-
tween the Mississippi valley and the port Of
NorfolI, for the purpose of appointing a COM
mission to proceed to England, and endeayor
to prevail upon the the proprietors of the new
monstersteamship, now building on the Thames,
to bring her, upon her first Transatlantic trip,
e to the harbor of Norfolk. The 18th Of April,
or thereabouts, has been mined as the time of
holding this convention, and Lynchburg, Va,
as the place
Col FRENoNr is said to be actively employed
in getting up history ofhis expeditions of late
years. Wearo not informed whether this in.
ciudes his late expedition to the White House.
BE seems to have been showed under on that
memorable occasion, aud to have just emerged
from the drift
A PzostA, NJ, correspondent of the Spring
field RepHblican writes 1.-The southern coun-
? try is to be our market for grain this season.
A contract for 100, 600 bushels of oats for Mex
leo, has just been closed at 65 cents, delivered
on board steamboats, at st. Louis Corn at this
port, IquCte at soc; wheat, 81 to 1928; mess
pork, &908; lard, 1876; hams, l2c"
Is the list of recent failures which we copied
from the New York Iadspeadent day or two
since, was the firm of Thomas & Lathrops, pro-
prietoFs of the Buffalo Commercial Adrsrtiser.
Their liabilities are said to reach the enormous
samof $1,000 The establishment was one
Of The largest in the State, and had long enjoy.
ed such degree Of prosperity as seldom falls
s TO the lot of printing offices
TnE Methodist Society at Warrentown Va.
israising funds by the performance in the church
Of the scriptaral dramaof Joseph and his breth.
ren.
: I. busy time Of it before the summer is out, if
the report is true that the Secretary Cas- M
tends 70 present in his report 10 Congress,
detsiled CEMENT Of The wrongs inflicted on
stse pefsans and property Of our citizens BY
other Il is estimated Ten millions of
dollars would not make good what our citizens
h4ye been illeeally plundered OF by the petty
6lA1cllie oos9efihg on our seas Hayti alone
s-that is the negro chiefs that have ruled it for
.tael2st hare robbed on the high
- bg 6pta force American Vessels toithe
anouft % tEo OF three hundred thousand dol.
'iiarsst ,hicas reige ilss neyeriRanI manner,
l5esl o6taiutds eyen eskod byaou goFefns