Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-14

of yourselves, no more of your moral purity,
here or hereafter, than to defile and debase
yourselves thnsl Rise Mt once, o sunken NOR.
tai, in the highftoned dignity Of moral princi-
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WASHINGTON PA.) CoLLEcE-we haverecciy
ed catalogue of Washington College, Pa, from
which we learn that l25 students are now in
attendance at that institution. This college is
now, as, we suppose, most of our readers know,
under the direction and patronage of the Wheel
ing Synod of the Presbyterian church. The
authorities of the College seem to think in their
Catalogue, that this gives them increased adyan-
tages. ..,-.
We notice that the commencement exercises
begin on Sept 18th, with a Baccnlaureate SER
mon, and end on the 18TH a4s ~ 5a a. In,
The graduating class numbers 90, 8 of whom
arc from this county, viz. Messrs. Geo. E.
Boyd, C.. a. Dickcy, w. B. Faris, HaForbes,
and Thos. Lunsford.
Thelcatalogue, in itsmechanical execution, is
credit to our friends of the Exporter office.
THE RnYMERs AND THE CADGE.-We4 were
afraid, when the bright intelligence flashed over
theland, of theprobable success of the Atlantic.
Telegraph, Ethat the whole of the rhyning tribes
would reakEforth at once, and play Macbeth
with sleep. And so, indeed, they are. The cri-
sisis not probably yet reached, although we are,
consoled with the reflection that Mr.. Upper has
already, donehis worst. Of whose hymn or psalm
upon the Oceanic Cable, Prentice of the Louis.
vile Journal remarked, tlatnoT Telegraph could
stand such strain. -.,..,. ~
OUR STATE, democratic papers continue to dis.
cuss Mr.. Letchers soundness on the Slavery
question. The Charlottesville Exponent says
that Virginia is losing her claim to be consid
cred the leader Of the South. 1t believes that
Virginia is the Soundest Slave State in the
Union.". She is a strong pro.slayeryy Stata.''
It regards AR hetcher as sound, but shadow
ofsuspicion rests upon him. 5a5asa
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Gov. WIsE,-The Fairmont VI,gintan, dem
ocratic organ,) is down upon Governor Wise
1t says it hates trcason and loathcs double deal
ing-therefore it is for etcherand against Wise.
1t says that WiSc has deserted the party, and
will never again be Democrat 1t says he
will be in the ranks of the opposition next
year.
A FETE or MrxoRy. Ar. Abel Matthews
announces in the London papers, that he will
recite throughout from memory alone, the
Twelve Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, com.
prising 1866 lines. The exhibition was to
to begin Tuesday evening, July ~, and continue
weekly until.ehded 3 a15 dss9
+<sEpstn----
Thar MESSAGE, of the Queens, still fingers.
Signals passing satisfactorily to and from
Ireland4zbut no "6xingsp ready yetto turn the
lightning into any account In the meantime
let the dear public worry along through these
sweltering dog days rs coolly as possible Well
get themessage by and by,-perhaps.
T1NE OF DAY IN THIS VICINITY -Appleton's
Railway Guide states that when it is exactly
noon in New York tits just "a minutes past
eleven in Wheeling. Pittsburgh is ,ur next
meridional neighbor. She being onr minute
behind US. Strange to say, Charleston, S. e.,
is,our next. ,--f5sl.,s.,s ,-.--a
That W1eLRss ISD1yIDuA1.-=Mr. Barksdsle,
member OF Congress from Mississippi, who lost
his Wig in the Keitt-Grow row in the House.
has been making speeches in favor of filibuster
Walker, sustaining him as the rightful Presi-
dent of Nicaragua. 800 @ +, - I'll,
THE worst move that Senator Douglas and
his prominent political friends in Illinois have
recently made, was in making demonstrations
otjoy over the defeat of Frank p Blair. There
were many ardent and able young men in mi
nois who sympathised with both Blair and
Douglas, and who cannot now fail 10 be among
the btttcrest opponents Of the latter.
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IT is clear that Kentuck may be set down as
among the Democratic States. The gains of
the Democracy throughout the State have been
considerabie. It is probable that the South
will be "solid" for the modern Democracy here
after The Democratic gainsid the Seventh
Congressional District of Kentucky Mt the late
election, everlast year, was one thousand and
fourteen.
AIpANI S SCULPTOR -Palmer-is busy upons
statue to be called The First Grief
It represents a4little girl sorrowfully looking
upon an empty birdlsnest-the whole being !
Translation into marble of Longfellow's words,
There are no birds IN last year's nest,r -
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-IsE esGl .saI 4AsAEex.--.sAA= Lhisting machine
has just been inyenteti sbyi6 genius. in Seneca
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