Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-14
Zee CAMPAIev Is IlL1Nols.-We once saw

Senator Cass, in the u S. Senate, III the most
approved rough-shod style: He made the fur
fly atoyery sentence from the occiput of the
venerable Michigander He is a man that
doesn't, mince words but "talks right out in
meetin' when he is reused.
We see that he has been making speech at
Chicago, on the merits of the Douglas and Lin
celn campaign. In the course of the speech
occurs the following concerning Mr.. Douglas in
Il1s56. He said that Douglas had himself stated
in 1856, that he had stricken clause out ofthe
Toombs Bill requiring the proposed constitution
| to be snbmitted-to the people. - : Z
ment? 5sSs E
Mr. Trnmbull-He made it in the Senate of
the United States and it is reported in the Con-
gresslonal Globe; and, sir, if you are a Douglas
IMAM szrf.g-sgf .7..sss :. #7-4 ~.
Same Yoice-I am, SIR # 8s5t
Mr.. Trumhull-And YOU want to satisfy YOUR
self that bewas in the plot to force a Constitu.
ton upon that people? l. will satisfy Yon.--
I(Cries of good, good; hit him again. and cheers.
will cram the truth bowman honest mans
throat until he cannot deny it. (Renewed
cheers) Andto. the manwho does deny it, Il will
cram the lie down his throat till he shall cry
enough. Tremendous cheering) ID 4rei ~
1t is preposterous-it is the most damnable
effrontery that man ever put on to conceal a
scheme to defraud and cheat peopleIout of
their rights, and then claim credit forit. (Cries
Hurrah for Yrumbull, hit him again, down with
all such men) That is not al--tny Douglas
friend-that IS not all. myself humble rs |
am, and making no pretensions .otherithan to
have performed my duty to3the State that has
honored me by plaeing mein the Senate, to
the best of my ability pointed this out two
years ago. Crhree cheers Cor TTumbull were
given with great enthusiasm.) stated that it
was aiittle too much to call a Convention in
Kansas before knowing what was the wish of
thoipcople, and then allow the fifty-two men
whichwere to compose the Convention, accord
ing to that biIltot putanysortof a constitution
upon the people, without allowing them to vote
IIupon.it F.5g5 gftizsti5 i5zi- Tt,3fi as55., ftz
/ a Voico-Whatid did Douglas saysto it, nj
| Mr.. Trumbull-WhatG did he say.S d He was
silent as the grave andtvoted for tthe5bil (Ap-
plause2 Itpassed the Senate but was defeated
in the House. Mind you, now, this was before
the Presidential election ,(Cheers and laugh
ter0 1t was before the thunders of the Ere
mont vote had rolled down to Washington and
trightenedthe men that were there (Applause.)
1t was before the free people of Illinois had
swept tho plunderers from the State Capital and
installed in their pieces free men and the friends
offree men. (Renewedapplause.) Itwould not
do to risk that policy much longer. daughter
and applause.) jag9t niae i9gtaia,qasi5 g
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VINO CONSERVED THE IDEA OF AN AT1ASTIc
FELEGRAPH ?--The Cincinnati Commercially makes
good showing in behalf of Z. G.. Curtis, foun-
der Of that paper, once resident of this city,
to the paternity of the idea OF submarine
telegraph between Europe and America. On
ransacking.its files it finds tho following from
Mr.. Curtis pen: aia' i.sszz2e5 g'tt q ..9He.
From the Dollar weekly ~
The idea ofextending or communicating mag
netic telegraph wires under water, was first
discovered by our cotemporary of the CONNER
ctqL 1t IS in successful operation in Maryland
|-LCtacinnGti Enquirer. =
The idea Of, extending the magnetic wires
under water was published by us i@ this J1dper
taco or three gears ago. Since when the project
has been tried in Europe, and now, according to
our contemporary, in one of the United States
Our petition to the last Congress of the United
States for the full benefit of the invention, was
referred to the Committee on Post Roads, &C.,
and early next session it will be acted on. If
powerbe given to form a Company, the magnetic
wires will be extended across the ocean next
summer, on the same principle that they are
now across rivers and straits Wires, rightly.
prepared, can be as easily extended across Lake
Erie or any other Lake, or the Atlantic, as they
can be oyer land, and we believe with more per-
manency. s. I've shall take still further steps to
easier than for as to childish that ace first dem
onstratez that the extension of the natguetic
telegraph u2der a0ater soas feasible 15''.t.3
OxFoRD PRIzEs The following subjects are
proposed for the Chancellor's prizes, at Oxford,
England, for the ensuing year, viz gr7g5 si..lf
For latin TcrseL-s India orientalis.p 5.a Is
For an ERgiiSlS Essay! The effect produced
by the gold of Atnericaon the greatness and pros.
perty Of Spain" 90 eq o ts1t 81
p.F6r a Latin Essay -''Q uatenus fnbulae Gre
dendur sit dc Argonautarnln cnrsu lnaritimo?P
The first Of the above subjects is intended for
those gentlemen who on the day appointed for
sending the exercises to the Registrar of the
university shallnot have exceeded four years;
and the other two for such as shall have exceed.
ed four, but not completed seven years frolnthe
time Of their matriculation b. - i Iii
Sir RoGER NEwDlGATR's PR1zE2For the best
composition in English verse, not limited to fifty
lines, by any Undergraduate who, on the day
above specified, shall not have exceeded four
years from the time of his naturalization: Luck
now It is required that the poem shallebe in.
heroic couplets. 'RE p! ~
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