Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-13
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| A correspondent wishes to know the origin
of Lynch Law. He answered, that it
Is said to have originated in the stern con
duct Of James Lynch Fitz Stephen, when mayor
or warden of Galway, in Ireland. lie arrested
his own son for committing murder, tried HIM,
sentenced him, and had him hung before ms
own door lest he might be rescued by MOB
I Lynch law" in this country issnpPosed to have
ORIGINATED in Piedmont county, Va, where GER
tain Of sound Judgment had To DC selecteu
as impTomptu Judges on account OF the absence
of proper legal tribunals One of these umpireS
was termed Judge Lynch. at last, because 50 re-
uarkable for integrity and rigid lmPartlailty;-
In the course of time, all summary and popular
processes of the kind were classified under the
head of the mandates OF Judge Lynch
The same correspondent wants to know if
! freedom of speech is as common in Great Brit
ain as in this country. The editor says:
Freedom of speech is common in Great Brit
nin-almost as common as it is here But 1t is
| the necessity of a monarchicai form OF govern
Inent that its sovereign should be held in re-
sDect and not treated with the heartless mis-
! representation we sometimes indulge in toward
our chief magistrate.
A lady named ANNA" wants to remove the
frecklcs from her face. She, ofcoursc wants to
do it eGectuay, and makes inquiry as to the
| DeSI Hleluuu. Inc IeGlpC gwen uei 10 biis'
! There is great variety of washes designed TO
remove freckles. Persons of fair complexion,
and those whose hair is red, are most subject to
| freckles, especially the portions of the body
most exposed to the air. In the spring, owing
| to n variety of causes, the skin is peculiarly
sensitive. The heat of the sun then draws out
drops of moisture which do not dry up as
! pediously as in the summer. These drops con-
centrate the rays like convex glass, and thus
| act powerfully ON the Tete muLpjghii. The car
bon which 1t contains is thus half acidihed, and
/ this substance, in such state, is always of
dark color Sometimes this darkness is depOs-
| tied in small spots and sometimes it is diffused
generally over the skin. In the one case it
produces frecklesi in the other tan, morphew,
Isunburn, &c. A weak dilution Of sulp huric acid
is useful in removing Greckles.
In answer to "Adrienne," who appears to
have become tired of the bonds, the following in
formation concerning the present status of the
divorce law in Indiana, is afforded
The Legislature of Indiana has altered the
law of dixorce in that state. The amended law
requires the bona tile residence of the applicant
in the state for one year, abandonment for one
year; service of ten days, or publication thirty
days ms cad of fourteen; mo withdrawal of the
petition, if the defendant fife cross petition
The court viii decree alimony as circumstances
shall render just and proper. divorce on nc
count of the misconduct of the wife now gives
the husband the same title to her property as il
she were dead. There is also section author
izng the opening of DEGREES in certain cases
within two years, as to the custody of children
and allowances OF alimony, but not SO us to re-
marry the divorced parents.
a young man signing himself Lex" wants
light on the popular opinion that deformed peo-
ple dwarfs, &c, are generally mentally and
morally ugly. We think that there is something
in the old opinion, as well considerable in
this contrary one:
We conceive you to be wholly mistaken in
your philosophy. We see no reason why plain
or deformed people should be cruel or malignant,
peevish INSCRIPTIONS. Those mental char
aeteristics have little to do with the physique.-
Your theory is the mere elimination of dis
eased fancy, and is daily contradicted by the
evidence Of common facts We have known
homely persons and deformed persons who were
among the most amiable in the world.
Some "Disputant' has been sendinSthe Mes
senger n muddy argument about pleasure. tits
criticised thus:
Your argument about pleasure" is entirely
too metaphysical. We prefer plain common
sense. Pleasure, to each of US, is that which
possesses us with agreeable sensations. Some
Hindoos find pleasure in rolling down hill,
confined in barrel studded with nails. Pleas
ure to Greenlander is vast kettle, forever
SlnLnerlilS Will DOlleu seas tlGnSuTe 10 u MUS
selman is u world of HouriS, and no exertion.
"Charley Pitt" is anxious TO know if it is
really true that ladies can distinguish married
from a single man. "Charey" is told that
The ladies do pretend to say they can distin-
guish, at sight, married from single man;
but we doubt their ability. Blnckwood says:-
1.-The fact of matrimony or Relationships writ
ten so legibly in mans appearance that no
ingenuity can conceal it. Everywhere there is
some inexplicable instinct that tells us whether
an individual however unknown to us, belongs
to the one the other category" Still, We dis
pute the position.
Here's a solution which, it seems to us, would
be at least fully equal to n dose Of Glauber
| salts;
/ We have heard of the use of vipers for the
purpose named. We remember reading OF
French author who maintained that Eng.
lish women "suiIocated vipers in wine, and then
drank the liquid, in order to preserve their
health, their plumptitude their good spirits, and
general juvenility." 1t was NJ. Baiiau who held
this doctrine.
as woman equal to man." is standard
question, so we are informed, down in the Red
WAmuS school houses in winter evenings, The