Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-13

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telegram" in our columns, to the effect that
the democratic members of our legislature were
assembled in conclave to take into consideration
Gov. Wise's recent letter TO the society of Tam
many, in New York. 1t is due to our readers
that we should explain the said Telegram" by
telling them that the othersday the Gov. wrote
a most extraordinary letter, considering that
it was him that wrote i0 to the said society
Whatever the members of the legislature may
conclude about the Governor, We must be per-
mitted to say that we have sort of half de-
fined liking for his Excellency. He is always
SO exceedingly piquant and refreshing in all that
he says or does, and withal he is so eccentric,
(partly from nature But more so from careful
study He is just as likely, if not more So to
turn up all contrary from what his last speech
or his last letter would have led body to ex-
pect He is ore of those lnminaries which defy.
all known formula for ascertaining their orbits
at any given time. a few months ago he was
rushing around the country, meeting some
Southern Governors down IN North Carolina, to
devise.a plan for dissolving the Union incase
the 'Black Republicans" should turn up trump.
To-day he is sort of selfconsttuted Atlas, and
takes upon himself the duty of prescribing for
Tue lOl llS
nesses, and of being as mild and as patriotic as
the humblest "Rett Wamus" among Sherrard's
retainers in the mountains.
All this is strange-'tis passing strange! Can
it be possible that the Governor is edging
around quietly, but ambitiously to the frigid
side of Mason's and Dixons line? 1t squints
that way, most assurdly, just now. 1t is Ia
mentable fact, but the truth must be told, that
If Gov. Wise goes on getting converted at the
rate heshas oeen doing, Tor the last few months
back, before s5S shall have winged its flight,
he will have bccomea regular, rip staving, Gar
rison abolitionist; in which disgracefnl event. we
shall be obliged to get the loan of somebody's
musket, or perhaps whole batch of the State
arms, and drive him from the Gubernatorial
chair. We lament the degeneracy ofhis chival-
rous Excelency more than little-but what's
the use-for see here what he writes to the
Tammany boys aboutthe Lecompton Constitu-
ton:
Instead ofso submitting this proposed Consti-
tuition by the mere agent, the Convention, def
erentially to the principals, the organized SOW
ereign People, there was usurpation, with
holding from them of fair, free, full.and equal
election to choose or not to choose their own
Constitution of elf-goyernment Nt0qs er parte
At icGs dU onone side it toas in gnrabIing phrase
the foul ''Head8 min and tails you iOse;' the
Constitution toas obliged to be adopted, with the
clause or without the clause; the vote was
bound to be 'tforthe C5astitution;" it was all
pro. and no con-; and We say that was no sub.
mission TO nm election at all.
Can our solemn neighbor go the figure above
Indicated: we have landjble curiosity tie know.
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EXCHANGES AND New PuBLIcArloNs. Through
the poteness of Messrs. Stephens Bros, we
received from the publishers, Messrs. Crosby,
Nichols & Co., Boston, two interesting volumes
Ono of which, entitled Mabel yaughen, is
especially worthy Of note. The other is a most
valuable little sort of rdde mecuna-conlaining
thousand little wants and necessities of every
day information, which renders it truly inval-
uable
The January number of the Southern Liter
dFy Messenger is on our table. The Messenger
is an honor to the State aud to the South. Some
of its articles are of the highest order.
The Stylus- Bethany Cotlege-for Decem.
Der, is also before us It contains an address
delivered by n. Richardson, Esq, of this city,
before of the literary societies of that insti
tuition, besides several other interesting articles
The Aeqlieo= CAir1trgieal Repiep, j. B. Lip
pincott Il CO., Phil'a. Among other things, it
contains'an interesting memoir of tho late Dr.
H"llihen, of this city, whiehswe transfer to our
columns this morning, We judge it is from the
pen of his friend, DIR. Gardett
The Atlantic Nontdty, for January, we re.
ceivsds some time ago. wehave already express
cd our unqualified admiration, of this Journal.
Besides these, we have received other new
works, which demand at ,odr hands more ex-
tended aud critical notice than we have time and
space for to-day. sl
An INDErESpRSr oFrlcR lHolDEa--4A Post
Master from the interior of the State, sending
us a list of Subscribers, writes to this Office un.
dor date ofsJahpafY, 18th, as follows:
Although P. NJ. under this administration.
approve of the principles advocated by the
Wheeling Intelligence.
People, among them, ourselves, have pretty
muah considered that such athing as a liberal,
independent office holder, was a myth,-a some.
thing of the "has been" butnow exploded or.
der, but we are glad to have our belief stageer.