Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-03
THE INTELLIGENCER.
NEWS sUMAI.NRY.


TIM retival at Portsmouth. ohio, terminated
in weeks. debate between Rev. Mr. franklin
and Rev. Nr Merrill, on the SUBJECT Of baptism.
There was high state of beIIiserent excite
ment, ard Rev. Mr. Merrill was publicly pre<en-
ted with a SEQ dollar gold watch by the party
that eonsidsred him ths vie1er. His Re-. op-
ponent arose to say that he eSaected his re-
ward in heaven, bat was PrersPlly hiSsed down.
Which party was Baptist and which pedO Bap-
list We are not told. The revival stepped when
the water controversy commenced, as Christian.
ity ard sectaEian .wrangles never go hand in
hand.
Mr.. j. SHIw, of Niagara, c. W, having fired
upon and wounded some seamPs who we're
.hornins" him on the night of his second mar
riage, they had him arrested for the murder Of
his first wife. Her body WAS exhumed, and a
post mortem examination showed she lad died
from natural causes. The next night after, they
set fire to Mr.. Shaws barns, which we're destroy
ell. lie is evidently marked man, and had
better remove TO scme other neiehbo,hOod.
A correspondent Of the New York Times cs-
tirates that twenty-ihTee thousand Mormons
persisted OH the Plains when attempting to reach
Sat Lake City 10y hand-cart trains 1t Is GER
tain that vast number persisted, and that the
sufeIings of the survivors were awful, bnt that
more than two thousand died is an incredible
statement.
LAST week Cincinnati printer found $3.50
in bills Rich beyond his most sang gnine hopes,
he Immediately put on a sub" and determined
to rusticate in the country for month or So
Who shall describe his chagrin when after all
his arrangements we're made, he discovered that
the bills were counterfeit!
\ fierce controversy is going on in the the
church papers Of England, relative to the so=t
Of gloves it is lawful and cxpedient for Bishop
to wear! At religious meeting lately, the
Bishop Of London stood on platform wearing
a pair of bright yellow riding gloves, ar act
which has scandaIized the llisciplinarians.
A New Orleans book, written by New Or
leans man, and published by New Orleans
printer, is pulled in the New Orleans papers,
The True Delta says that its appendix contains
n list of the names of all the rich marriageable
ladies' ard gentlemen in this and adjoining
States, with the amount Of solid rhino possessed
by eachi
Mr.. ExGLrsH, of Indiana, felt hurt by some
pungent remarks of Senator BrodeTicS, concer-
uing his trickery, and called on Mr. B., and
asked him to retract. NJ. Broderiel,' response
was: ',Cst ont efmy '7fy, you puppy" Mr..
English obcyed.
A bill has been introduced into the Minneso-
ia Legislature TO exempt actual settlers from
process of law for the recovery OF debts contrac-
ted before becoming citizens Of that State. a
fine opening for men who wish to get clear Of
| ,l,.t. 1.hfe
TnE Eighth National woman's Rights Con-
ventiun will be held at Mozart Hail. in the City
Of New York, ON the l3 h and 18th ofMay next
All the ''big guns of the faith are expected to
reverberute on this occasion till the public
deaieneC.
A bill making the receiving passes from rail-
way companies or riding upon railroads free of
charge by members, ofthe Legislature, bribery
aud punishment according to law, has been re-
ported to tie Seilaie nf Wisconsin.
a wise mun ought 90 hope for the best, be
prepared for the worst, aud bear with equaLi.
nifty whatever may happen.
WHEN PREsIDESTs DINE.-On Davy Crock
ctts return to his constituents, after his first
session in Congress, a nation OF them surrounded
him one day and began tOimterrOgate him about
Washington.
What tirae do they dine at Washington, Col
onel:' nsked one.
why said he. common people, such as you
are here, get their dinners at ore o'clock. but
the gentry aud big 'unS at three. As for rep
resentniiVeS, we dine at fonr, aud the aTistocra-
cy and the Senate don't get theirs till live"
We'll, when does the President fodder ask
ed another.
old Hickory exclaimed the Colonel, at
tempting TO appoint lime in accordance with
the dignity Of the stati"i',J old Hickory, well
he don't dine till next dayl"