Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-12
TnnE October number Of the q lnerican Col.

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Past; Sketch7Erom Real Life; NotaLost Forever:
Editors Table; The Ninge Beauty.
TIE whole matter of the magazine is Of
high aud most unexccptionablc order We
think that Prof Richardson's address is one Of
the best things of The kind that we ever read
1t alone is worth the low price of subscription
(Sl,50 to the magazine. We commend this
magazine to readers everywhere, who admire
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Thar genial writer in the Boston Transcript,
''Uelicon,' and the as" oil the New York hide.
pendent, who is conresscdly Henry Ward Bee.
cher, are in the midst Of discussion OF the
question as to whether female birds sing
"HelicOn" says that it is the testimony Of the
Boston dealers in singing birds that female birds
do not sing, and that the fact is confirmed by
the testimony of writer's on sornilhology. He
adds that his own long and careful observation
and study Of birds in the orchard, the field and
the woods; is corrohorativc OF the same And
he swcepingly winds up with u positive denial
that female birds are song birds or singing
birds, in any such sense as the male cage birds,
or field and wood song birds, such as the lark,
the nightingale, the thrush tl,c Lobolink, &C.
On the other hand, OK , " in the Indcpcndent,
says that the ':thc writer in the transcript may
be wise man, but lie is mistaken about the
birds. Female birds often Sing, and most Of
them sing more or less
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OK our first page this morning, will be found
a number of extracts from our exchanges, coll
lated and published by US for the purpose of
showing in what light the murder Of Broderick
is viewed by the country, SO far as an express
sion has been given. These clips are but spcci-
mems of many more Of the same sort on our
table-but they are enough 10 show how un-
mistakablc is the general sentiment that the
bitter and untmely end which poor Broderick
met, is directly attributable to the train Of per-
secutions which the Administration set in mo.
ton against him last winter, in order 10 crush
him out, because, simply, that lie would neither
DC bribcd or burd into its LccomDton policy.
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MucH ofthe pure IiQuor2 that is sold, bought
and drank, now a1days, is as bad asa, pestilencc
In regard to the hdniteration of whiskey, tho
analysis of someo OF the beverage has developed
the existencei in it ofstlle poisonous constituent
of Cocuos Indtcus in the proportion Of two
grains to the pint tits a deadly poison, and
is considered fatal to the human life in ollantts
ties of from five TO ten grains. The leathiof a
man from drinking whisGey in Pennsylvania led
to the investigation.
The two ferocious Democratic Organs here
nre still dumb about that article ofathe Rich.
I"onds -IF6igs. They don't know what to do
aboutit 1t completely non-plusses themes
peclaliy the young one. They can dog us very
Justify for such remarks, as long as they think
we rest under the udium of heresy-but now
thatit squnts as if icy were getting to be
the hcretics, they think it prudent to halt for
further adviccs.
The people Of Louisville, Ky, lave been
much exercised lately BY a ghost, which is said
10 have appeared nightly at the corner Of Eigth
street and Broadway, in that city Hundreds
ofPeople have watched for 1T for several nights.
but on these occasions the spirit invariably dis.
appointed the assembled He only condcscends
to exhibit to individuals, anG,will have nothing
TO do with mobs.
sone-ofthe great gunsof British literature
are engaged on new Serial, entitled, EVERY
body's Journal It is started in opposition 70
IAN the Year Round" aud "Oncc Wect."-
The title is not so happy, as is that of either
OF its rivals twill include in its list of contri
butors Capt. Wayne Reid, G. A. sala, Samuel
Lever, Gerald Massey, and others.
"A correspondence of the London Star, writing.
from Paris, says ossuth was in Paris Sep
TENDER 18th, and all the Journalists of every
color and degree paid him a yisit5in the hope Of
learning what his intentions, aius and views
really are. 1t cannot as yetbe known whether
these are in favor Of immediate action, or whc.
Their they incline towards taking time to consider
TnE Gooperstown, Pa, Jo'tyylaz says that tho,
storms which prevailed some two weeks ago
did great damage to the hop crop, and estimates.
that the growth of 1859 Twill :tal short Of that !.
of last year at least one:third. This aud the
burning of the lager beernanufactory are very