Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-02

Apop1lar lecturer at Chicago lately advocas
ted with some plausibility, the drinking and
dancing customs ofothsr countries, as a means
of promoting social Intercourse, aud, adding TO
the animation and grace Of general society To-
this the Congrsge tonal. Hefald makes theE1ot.
loving forci6ls and truthful reply:
.SThe valneSo social life has been duly nIagz
initied tits of far less tnomentsthan domestic
life. That man should please and eptertSins
| his neighbors and acQnaintances for few mo-
nents or hours, it may be, while he is with
them, dwindeS into fnSigniicance bYsthez side
of the question whether be, makes happy the,
lcompanionsof his life, and the children whose
veal time and eternity dependsmuch.
on his influence. That a woman should be fns.
fclnating atsthe social party, 3hatis it eompared.
with shedding the Alliance ofsloYeand Kindness
t2on husband and children of her family2 Any
social life that would interfere with these most
sacred home duties, will prove curse not alone,
to the family Immediately affected, but to So
cietysn large We shall oweTno gratitude to-
him who Shall so solve the social problem as to
disturb the happiness OF the fireside." a
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IN'readiag over "Ffeneh on, words (Which
we noticed at length, lately,l one finds some
curious origins for words now quite common.
Concerning the-word ''rummage''5 VIC. are told
that s'ltmeans, in the looking for one thing to.
overturn and 9unsettie greatsmany others 1t
is a sea. term, and sgnifed at first to dispose
with such orderly. method, goods in the hold-o
la ship, that.the.e should be the greatest posi-
tole room,. or.'roomage y. There is a curious
derivation for the common word of salu,ation
fhna IL on
Aoh-ahsyah, originating in their having heard
in the early days of the fnr. trade a gentleman
named Clark frequently addressed by his
friends, CLARK how are yon?" This salutation
is nowgnpplied to every white man, their own
language affording no appropriate expression.
Their language IS also peculiar in containing no
oaths or any words. conveying gratitude or
thanks.
Afrolicsome Southernervisited a hotel in Ner-
Ger street, New York, the other evening, and
treated" some agreeable company he found
there, to wine. When the Rabelais quarter Of
an hour came, he found the price too high
The housekeeperz shut him up in a room and
said he Shouldn't go out until all demands were
liqpidated, whereupon he fonrished bowie
knife, she tainted, there was sudden. rush and
fiutter of silks and crnoiine, and cry of "mur-
der, and, finally, a:policeman. The Southerner
was putin cell in the Station House, and care
fully kept until morning, when he paid the de-
nands against him, and was delighted to think
there was to be no police court fuss, about the
imatter. he has since been searching for his
bowie knife.
TnE Albany Statesman, in, discussing the
Hnlatterzof conditional pardons, speaks of an
instance where convict was. required to go to
california, some friends agrceing to the conill-
ton on his behalf, and promising to furnish the
money necessary to defray the expenses. The
amount was raised by subscription, some Of
fccrs of the prison contributing thereto, and
the next steamer that sailed after his release had
him on board. The Statesman adds, under a
name different from that by which he was
known here, We frcquently.see honorable men
ton of tho pardoned convicts in the papers OF
San Francisco. He has acquired wealth, posi-.
ton and influence, and is apparently much re.
spected by the community in which he lives
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A TRIAL of. the recently patented Improvement
Eof locomotive engine--that is nagnetizing tic
wheels TO increase their adhesion 10 the track,
and obyiate the necessity OF giving the, locorno-
tive such enormous weight, was recently made
uPonfthe Fitchburg Road, near Boston, with
very satisfactory results. The improvements it
lis claimed, can be attached to any locomotive at
little expense; an'l.can be applied aud kept in
order Gy any engine man of ordinary intelli.
gence.
We see that our distinguished and rising
young friend, Geo. NJ. Porter, Delegate elect
from Hancock county, has taken himself wife,
from among the fair daughters Of Washington,
Pa, the love of his college dayswc presume.
$50 that the Panhandle now sends an unbroken
married delegation to Richmond. Tho happy
lady was formerly, Miss Sarah Lewis daughter
| of the late Rev David Lewis, of Indiana Co.,
PA.
| TIE GREAT REpGpLI6 MAeAzlsE.-The Sep.
TENDER number fully sustains the reputation Of
this somewhat ambitious candidate for popular
favor. Some of the. articles are characterized
by much ability, and its list Of contributors