Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-18

tain yeOtnanry. nos u peTIeCt E1oSalOHA "A'O"6,
them, and for all their opposition, he will get a
life estate to seat in Congress. But suppose
it wasn't so-Supposc somebody else could get it
whats the use? why change, unless better is
to come Of it? ,Shcrrard's just as good as any
of his style in the district-infnitily preferable
to any of the ambitious junta, who are trying
to kill him off. He don't pretend to anything
very much, us we know of, in the way of
Statesmanshlp-wit it is TO blow up some
brioers agent occasionally, which is a good deal
more of service than any of the hair splitting
members of the junta would do.
Sherrard suits the status of civilization in a
big part of this district to a r.
ADMINISTRATORS MEETING OUT IN INDIANA.-
From the proceedings of theIateconvcntlon held
at indianapolis, to ratify the Presidents Kansas
policy, VIC extract the follo@ing from the In
dianapolis journal:
Mr.. Wallace arose with Douglas resolution
in his hand. And then arose yell that battles
all description. a myriad of hungry tigers and
scared dogs would have been nomore beside.it
than a ''pigs whisper" to the storming of Sebas-
.tppoI. rolling fire of yells for w allace was
Kept up for fully fifteen minutes, during which
time Wallace r.soaateli abte, and---eId no
more. He conldsnot have been heard any more
than if he had been buried under a cont inent of
feather beds He gesticnlated, and smiled and
looked around, andkept at it Yells fori 'Petit'i
from the Bright men, swelled the internal row.
Petit arose and stood beside Wallace and there
his effort ended The pair bowed, talked to
each other, look pleasant. consulted, turned
round and round to their friends, made inettec-
tual efforts to get shout in some spot that was
not crowded with yells and looked very like
couple offigures on Dutch organ.
But that was not ALL At last Petit tried to
speak, gesticulating fllriously. Wallace, with
out speaking initiated his gestures, and went off
in a mad harangue with his arms. The yelling
grew worse Tho storm at the outset had
sweIlcd into steady unintermitting hurricane.
Nothing could be heard but a confused and deaf.
enine uproar that would have shamed n full
grown earthquake. Wenever heard such noise
before, and never want to again. We speak
within bounds when we say it lasted without in
Permission, ten minutes and it seemed anshOur.
AT last Willard adjourned the Convention, i'll
the midst of the row, till half past seven, and
portion Of the crowd withdrew. But still the
noise was kept up.
Nor a VIRGINIA ABsTRACTIoSIST.-Mr McCue
in our State Legislature, offered the following
resolutions-the huppest rebuke ever given to
the abstTactionists of this State:
ResoJrcd That Committee be appointed to
enquire into the question whether President
manage the affairs of this Government.
ResOlred further, That in the event said Com
mittce should bring in an adverse report, then,
and in that case, this House will resolve itself
into Committee Of the whole on the State of
the Union, to decide whether the Freshest
Shu be required to return Walker and his for
ceS to Nicaragua with full indemnity for the
losses they have sustained; and, further, whcth-
on the late election upon the adoption of
Constitution prepared by the Lecompton Con-
tiers of Kansas as would justify disruption of
the Democratic party,
Curious FoRTuconG DEvELoPMENTs.-In the
unusually accurate and well posted Washington
correspondence of the N. Y. Times, we find the
following item of interest:
Whatever may be the faults or foibleS of Gov
ernor Wise, of,Virginia, no one will accuse him
ofinSincerity, or of looking1two ways ut once
Nor will he wink at these eccentricities of char
acter even in President Hearing that Mr.,
Buchanan was accused of having been originally
in fnvorof the submission of the whole Consti-
tuition of Kansas to the people,. Mr.. Wise ad-
dressed him private friendly letter which he
sent on here by his own son. The answer was
SO equivocal aud unsatisfactory, that the Cover
nor concluded at once that the charge was true
and am toldiupon excellent authority, that he
is now engaged in collecting evidences with a
view ofpublicly conyicting Mr., Buchanan of du-
plicity.
LETTERS are,being daily received Attn War De-
partmentfrom persons offering their services as
volunteers in the approach campaign against the
Mormons. Offers are also made to raise compa-
nies, and even regiments, for this service. 1t is
not, however, thought at the Department, that
the volunteer system WILDE adopted tq supprss-
sing the Mormon rebellion, as it is estimated
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by increasing the regular army.
SUSPICIOUS ismENcs. Some of the ST. Louis
papers are. calling for Democratic mass meet.
ting to respond to the (Lecompton) policy Of
the. Administration, and as set-off to that Benz
ton meeting of which we publisheda notice last
week, -but, somehow or other, the CALI not
needed. The work does not go brayely on.
even, in the "Border Ruftian" State Of Missouri
Gov. FIsR pit'ss in his Kansas letter are yo-
ted. mem con. TO be decidedly Dad. The Rich
mond Wing viii make the stCant-asses as fan-
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