Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-19


eiple, and of unstaiued integrity of character.
He entered Congress from this, the Sangammon
| district after Lincoln had lost his seat by on
posing the Mexican war and supporting the
| Wilmot proyiso. He acquired good deal of
popularity by advocating the lard grant which
led to the completion of the Illinois Central
Railroad, and was reelected two years ago.
i When the Lecompton fraud came up he took
ground with Douglas in opposition to it, and
his minority report, as ore of the Committee of
! 10, will long be remembered as one of1the ablest
and most important documents connected with
that struggle. He returned home in very feeble
health, but was unanimously nominated forire-
election. His career is ended, and when he de-
parts there will be one honest, upright and pa
\ triotic member less in our halls of legislation.
The ARRESTED SLAYER. OF the ketch Broth
ers, the Charleston, S. c., Courier says, her pa
pers are all in proper form, SO far as has been
discovered. Capt. Gage states that his voyage
was a legitimate one, and that the cargo, of the
Brothers wasintended for parties doing a regular
commercial business on the Coast. When fallen
in with by the Marian, theketch gave no evidence
of her nationality until the sloop-of-war fired
gun across her bows, when she hoisted the
American ensign. On being boarded, she was
found in charge of Capt. Gage and seven men,
all the crew being Portuguese, Spaniards, &c.,
two of whom claim to bepassengers. Her cargo
consists of scantling, plank, wooden spoons,
boilers, bricks for furnace, forty water casks,
spikes, q lot of sponge, beams &C., and about
$4,000 in Mexican ounces; which being such
articles as usually constitute the outfit of a
SLAYER, she was seized and sent home The
Charleston Mercury is indignant at the seizure
of the ketch. 1t says the seizure of vessel
on suspicion is new feature introduced into
our criminal code to suppress the African slave
trade and continues a5j
ga man may intend to murder another, but
so long as he docs not do it the law holds him
not to be guilty Of murder. But here leta man,
by any indications, manifest desire or inteh-
ton to trade in African slaves, and he and his
crew and vessel are seized, brought across the
Atlantic, and the men thrown into jail, and tried
for their lives as pirates. Is there any slavery
equal to this in the whole range of criminal
jurisdiction? Such an atrocious novelty in law
may win the pleasure or appreciation of Boston
fanatics, but no jury in South Carolina, we are
satisfied, will ever enforce it. We are glad,
however, that the law is bearing such brilliant
fruits While England imports her coolies and
France her African emigrants, our fleets are en-
gagged in the brilliant and peculiarly American
crusade fplaying police, and interfering against
Americans engaged in trade between foreign
countries"
Coz. R. NJ. Hoe, of New York, inventor Of the
celebrated cylinder printing press, is about to
construct a carriage to travel over any turnpike
or good country road, and to be propelled by
steam. The first is intended for himself to ride
out and in between his place of business and his
country seat, about twelve miles from the city
of New York. 1t is expected that the carriage
and propelling power will not cost more than q
good pair of horses and coach, and travel over a
fair road at the rate of two thirty per mile
This will prove great public convenience, be-
sides the saving of horsefesh and oats.
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Ar the dinner in compliment to Mr.. Bcdinger,
recently given at Charlestown, Va, Daniel B.
Lucas, Esq.,, responded happily to a,call upon
him, and interspersed his remarks with the fol-
lowing apt quotation of song Suggested by
its performance by the band) which portrayed
in few words the hold which the guest of the
4 day had upon the affections of his friends:
| "eh Henry Is 1t Won dear, safe, safe at home;
They did not tell me true DEAR they said would
heard you at At gate and
Making music in the lovely midnight gloom;
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THE Irish papers contain an account of the
gigantic harvest home on. the estate of Mr.. Pol.
lock, in the county of Galway. About 1900
persons (only one half of his seryants) were lib
ierally entertained in tho Home Farm Stealing,
at Lismay. The roof covers nearly two acres
! IF land, and the building was lighted with gas.
I The extent of this gentleman's operations may
be Judged by the fact that he has 1900 acreslin
green crops, and 900 of grain, with about q 600
head of cattle
TnE courtroom in Danbury, Conn, was
crowded on Thursday to see justice done be-
tween lady and gentleman from westport, the
former claiming 10 have been damaged $4,000
by 3 kiss from the later. Some seventy Wit
uesses were present The breach was. finally
healed without the aid of lawyers, much to the
chagFin of numerous sympathizers on both
sides.
Nh LrrcnER's prospects for. receiving the
nomination are becoming more aud more certain
Jas the time for holding the Convention draws
near. on.every hand the people in their primary
meetings are expressing their decided preference