Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-02-17

tOral railroad passes close southwark of the
mansion, which is thus reached in about an
hour and half from the city" Electoral"
railroad! Filty-three miles an hour!! Now
lust what an electoral" railroad is to be, IS a
good distance ahead of our comprehension, but
If it is railroad with n5ines that run by cleo
trio fluid, on rails of creased lightning, thou
sand miles an hour would certainly be a slow
coach. According to ga Spinster" the inaugu-
ration of the 5oth President took place yes
-terday in the Hall of the Constitution" which
'occupies the eastern half of the North Capitol"
entered through nave, connecting with the
White Capitol" The Presidential votes are
counted by the Senate and House in joint ses-
sion; the president has levee for business Ior
one hour at noon, twice week, and there is a
State reception once month at the Government
House," and.a great many other remarkable
things that it would astonish the readers of the
IntelLigeneer to know, are in store for US in the
2lst century. We have not time. space or in
clnation to extend this notice; but must conclude
with the consoling and well digested reflection,
that wits, poets and fools are "born, not made"
We sometime since copied from the Watch
man and Reflector, religious paper published
in Boston, an Al ticle headed "The Broken Heart
edp The sketch was written, it was said, by a
missionary at Ceylon, who had visited Harlow
Case and the woman with whom he eloped from
Sandusky, o., and affirmed that the author was
with her at the time she died. 1t now turns
out that the thing is hoax; that the story was
written by woman in Boston, who had read
the letter published from Case, some time since,
describing the death of Mrs. Francis, and also
the death of her child at sea. The hoax has
served its purpose to lacerate many heart con-
nected by kindred ties with the parties concern
ed, and the lady who wrote the story has had
many compliment for publishing a falsehood.
1t is difficult to understand why papear of the
character of the Waterman and Reflector, should
admit in its columns such heartless production.
RRMARKABLE RETRIBUTIoN.-A Han Robs his
OUn House, and is Shot.-The Milwaukee Sen
tine1 says that, recently, the Treasurer of the
town of Erin, Washington county, whose name,
we believe, was Whaling, was shot dead, while
attempting to rob his own house. 1t appears
that he had collected some twelve or fifteen
hundred dollars of the town tax, and left home
in the afternoon, telling his wife that lie should
be gone all night. Toward evening, travelling
pedler applied at the house for a nights lodg-
ing. The wife at first refused to admit him,
but finally yielded, with much reluctance, to
his request. Some time in the night, the ped
Ter was awakened by the noise of men breaking
into his room. Taking them for robbers, he
drew pistol and fired at them. One fell and
two fed. Lights being procured, the dead body
of a man, with blackened face and otherwise dis
guised, was fonnd upon the floor. Upon fur
thes examination, it proved to be the proprietor
of the house himself, who had resorted to this
stratagem to steal the tax-money collected, and
had met 1ilh this terrible retribrtionl