Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-04

and Wisconsin, perhaps. Illinois sends an unbro-
ken delegation we believe This
result gives to the Opposition the next House
by large majority and totally prostrates the
power. of the Administration in that branch.
So much for the fate of Lecompton. We
have an idea that such juggle will never be
tried on the American people again, at least not
soon. Here's the query that did the work.
If $4,000 people are enough to let Kansas in
as Slave State, why should it require 90, 900
to let tin as Free State
TIE New York sporting men have a Gre
union" on the tapis in honor of Aaron Jones,
the English prize fighter and engineer of Hee-
nan in the recent bout with Morrissey. The
latter
''With EigOr of muscle and grace eomblnedl"
has in the most gallant manner volunteered to
appear on the occasion to give it additional ecIat
Jones is represented as being quiet, intelligent
person, and fine specimen of the old style Of
British boxers He has fought seven battles,
and by those who are just beginning to bark
their knuckles in the manly art is looked upon
as the Bayard of shoulder hitters 1t may be
interesting to readers to know that the rapid,
vigorous style of hitting, which characterized
Mr.. Heenan's early efforts in the late contest, is
known as hurricane fghting!"
PEccoLoMrNI has taken for herself and her
family pew near the altar in ST. Stephens
church, in Twenty street. New York
The neice of cardinals and popes as she is called,
was once in fair way to become lady abbess
in nltnlian convent. Bntthough diverted from
SO sanity career, she still maintains her devo.
ton for the religion of her ancestors. The
spread of Romanism, as manifested in the num-
Der ofyoung Protestants who attend St Stcph-
ems since her arrival, is said to be quite alarm
ing.
The hardest rap the spirits have received for
some time is the very inconsiderate arrival home
in New Bedford, last week, of a young man Who
was believed to have been lost in the wrecked
bark Wade ten years ago. For a long while his
afflicted governor" has been conyersing with
him in the spirit land, the last message, through
medium, being to effect that she was among
the saints. and a crown of glory was awaiting
his father!"
DIR. MACKENZIE IN the last number of his pa
per, has an article called 'Great Mems Descen-
dants," in which he incidentally reviews the
married life Of the late Duke of Wellington, and
that of his second soa, who lately died. The
Dukes family did not amount to much-seemed
to have been rather feeble every way The
Doctor then goes on to consider the singular
fact that very many of the great men of the
earth have never been represented by mail heirs,
and large number of them we're altogether
childless.
We quote what he:s says on this head:
1t is somewhat singular that very many great
men, in ancient as well as in modern times hive
either left no male children. or are now repre.
scented through the female line or by collateral
connexions. In our own land, the name of
Washington stands foremost. uewas childless
So were Madison, jackson and Polk. Jefferson
is represented, through living descendants, only
by his daughter. Aaron Burr had a daughter
but no son. Gen. Winfield Scott had daughters
only. President Buchanan, Washington Irving,
and many others, distinguished as statesmen,
soldiers, men of letters, &C., have never married.
1t is the same way in France. Gnrneille, Ra-
cine, and Moliere we're childless Voltaire was
unmarried. Napoleon is represented only by
his nephew Gnizot and Theirs have no child
rem. In all other countries of Europe the same
rule seems to obtain. Shakespeare, Bacon, New
ton, and Locke left no male descendants Mil
toms family consisted of two daughters Ben
Jonson left no male heir. Pope, Fielding,
oNuoIIelt1 toleFles oleete3 ADDISON, B0llngbfoke
(St. john, johnson, Goldsmith, HaYley, Cow.
per, John Wilkes, Chancellor Thurlow, and
long array of eminent literary and legal men
We're either unmarried, or had no male children
bytheir wives. The great Dukeof Marlborough,
the Wellington of his day, lost his only son cal.
", and his Duchy descended to his daughter,
by act of Parliament, finally going 10 her
nephew, the Earl of Sunderland, when the
Churchill family thereby became superseded by
theSpencer. Lord Hills title descended to his
nephew. Lord Nelson's to his brother. Lord
Lynedock, Lord ReresFord, Sir c. Napier and
others, left no sons. The great Lord Gives
titles have descended to the Fowls family
through his daughter. And the newIy-mads
Lord Clyde, better known rs Sir Colin Camp.
bell, is an old bachelor
In literary men, this want of succession is
very apparent. To the names already enume.
rated here wO easily could add others Of mark
and note Reginald Heber left no son. Both
of Lord Brougham's daughters are dead. Lord
Lyndhurst has no son. OF Thomas Moore there
is not now any descendent; all his children
died during his ownlife.time. Byron and Scott
are represented only by the children of their
daughters. James Montgomery was unmar.
ried. OF artists, the number who have no
direct descendants is unusually large tits the
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