Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-01
THE INTEI.LIGENCER.
NEWS SUMMARY.

~ clerk anu boDk'Reener IN Q well known
hardware Arm at Rockford, ILL.,, has been detect.
cd h henbezSline the funds Of his employers ID
Alsrge sHlount-probRbly upwards Of s5,OOO.L.
The young han has \ wife and l1nily. He had
charge Of the books and after abstraetiue cAsh
from the sales WCOld make his eutrlts on the
books to correspond. lhthisway huge amounts
were purloined and fraudSip Oihgf ways have
been discovered. lie was pOssas "a ofeOasider.
able property, which he made Ovet, d The irm
20 secure their loss, and has aed the cSaplry.--
So we learn from the Rockford Republicans, .i
Carr BESSEr Of the late brig Cornella, hSsS
been arrested At San Francisco, and held to bail
on the charge Of having scuttled his vessel at
sea, having first robbed her Of $4,000 in silver,
which he shipped at Mnln,alan for San Francis.
co. The treasure Ii said to be buried near Cape
St. Lucas, tOwhich some vessel has been sent
for its recovery.
TnE Change Of the tariff, at the last session Of
Congress, greatly reduced the revenue Of the
government At the next session. it is more
than probable that Congress will find it neces.
sRry to Omuke another change, with view to in.
crease the revenue
A Pensioucr named Shaw, keeping Il sort Of
tavern in Niagara, lost his wife by death few
weeks ago, and, two days afterward, married
the servant girl employed about the house 1t
is said that the girls five strappng brothers
made him do it by pointing five pistols a; his
heart. Nevertheless, the pOpulace, in their in.
dignHtiOn against him, demolished his doors and
windows and set fire to his stables
Az accredited agent having full power to act,
is said to be in Washington, for the purpose Of
offering the United States Government Sonora,
chihuahua, and Lower California, at u fair valu.
alton. Should this beitfuc, and bargain be
struck, our dominiosns'Nili then belt the cOnti-
nent from east to SeSf, with as large seaboard
upon the Atlantighs Pacific ocean.
TnE astatioR sfoused in Italy by the trial and
execution oG,ufsi0i and Picrri, appears rather
to Increase ashan diminish. The second letter
of Orsnit6the Emperor. Which was written be.
fore rbgysttempt, vas duplicated by orsini, aud
a copEIiS said to be in the hands of Slrdinian
EtlitSF, who hns demanded the privilege Of pub.
lisSmS it. This privilege will no donbt be de.
spjcd, on account Of remonstrances from Austria.
1t is stated that within the last twenty-five
years the Baptists in the United States have
made clear gain of 6,565 churchos, 1924 min.
isters, and 59j, $50 members, being an annual
increase of $50 churches, l92 ministers, and
26,52g members The increase for tae last ten
years has been much greater in the Southern
than in the Northern States-thc greatest in.
crease having been in Virginia, Alabama, and
Missouri
The 0ncida q. " Annual Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. assrmb!rdat Coop.
erstown, on last Week. Bishop Amcs, of In.
diana, presiding, in the place of the late Bishop
Waugh. The Conference was well attended, aud
there was prospect thu: the session would be
one fgrca, harmony. On Friday, Bishop Ames
addressed the young candidates for the ministry.
Ills remarks were spoken OF as having been
most appropriate and effective, and calculutcdto
do much good. The reports From the several
districts pre<ont large increase oi church mem,
Der; AID probaj;,n"rS during the past year.
Az attempt is On foot to introduce Northern
or Yankre aad iOto the rivers Of Alabama.--
The iire.eaters are terribly indignant, as they
may well be. Eli Thayers scheme is nothing
to this.
II is said, that whcu Mr. Buchanan, =, late
interview wiki Nj Douglas reminded him of
the fate Of certain political rebels in Jac&sOn's
time, Douglas replied with insulting significance,
jackson is dead"
Tur COURSE Of Senator Green, Of Missouri, is
unQucsiionably disapprovcd by large majority
Of the people of that State lie viii disappear
from the public service as soon as his conStu-
tents can get lin out. ThcuccErrh ho will be
"L"i1C Grc,m"
rnr subscription to pay Lanar;inc'S debts is
failure. His debts are said to amount to more
than three millions OF dollars.
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