Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-17

him Though Douglas has a stronger mind,
Broderick had broad, fearless freedom of ma
ture which the other is entirely without. he
had strong instincts which he was true to-
rooted convictions which he would not yield,
and an absolute stoutness of heart. With all
his faults, he has left in the Senate record of
courage and manliness which many of his COM
peers might study TO advantage.
The Florence correspondent of the Providence
Journal writes-"Are not some of our societies
in America preparing to take ADVANCE of the
new Protestant .-:sstUmary neld which is open
Ing in this part of Italy? Is it not nearly time
to begin TO think about having chapel here?-
There are great many clergymen who would
be glad to pass half year in so pleasant city
as Florence for a small compensation. The
English have for a long time had lecture room
here, where prayers are read and sermons de.
livered on Sunday. They are, however, guilty
of the PROCLAMATION of receiying from each person
at the door an entrance fee of two Tuscan pauls,
or about twenty-five of our cents, and this for
each service. As it costs little more than half
that to go TO the opera, and all the theatres arc
open on Sunday night, have no doubt that
many spend their money in that way. The
Swiss Protestants have also worship here, sus-
tained on the better system of each person Civ
ing according to his inclination and ability"
Tue object of young New York's attention
just now is prina donna, La Speranza,
who makes her debut in La Traviata. She is
described as only eighteen and looks more like
IN English than an italian girl. Her complex
ion is one of those delightful compromises be-
tween brunette and blonde, and will there.
fore satisfy the adherents of both styles O,
feminine beauty. She is a native of Turin, was
selected as the pritna donna for the opening OF
the Theatre Rossini, and there made her debut,
on the 18th of April, 1857, and sang Leonore
in the "Trovatore" with such success that tho
performance was repeated twenty seven nights
consecutively.
The Laporte Qnd.) Herald says that a furious
mad dog was sen in the south part of the county
last Sunday week, which would have bitten the
brother of the editor, AIr. w. H. Powell, if his
faithful bull dog had not intercepted the attack,
and encountered the rabid animal himself
Once afterwards the bull dog interfered, and
prevented horse from being bitten. The mad
dog died soon after in horrible paroxysn.
Mr.. Powell was compelled to kill his faithful
friend, the bull dog, and hard effort it must
have been. We can imagine very few scenes
more trying than the killing of an attached
and brave dog who has saved his masters
life.
SIR JouN BowRlNo, one of the first linguists
in Europe, while speaking of the Pciho, at a
meeting of the British Association recently held
at Aberdeen, said "Hc observed with regret
that in maps and in correspondence this river
was called the Peiho. No Chinaman would
know it by that name. Peiho means simnlv
the river in the nOrth-any river to the north of
the locality where you may then be- The real
name is Tien-sin-hoa, that is, tho river of Tfen-
sin: He would like to see the correspondence
and maps corrected on this point"
A Paris letter says workmen are laborinc
night ann day to arrange the apartments Of the
Empress in the palace of tho Tueries. A bon.
DOR ornamented in the style of the ALEXANDRA
is one Of the surprises preparing for her. An
other is salon, the panels of which will be
ornamented by fullength paintings of the ladies
OF honor. Four of the paintings are already
completed, viz: those of the countesses de
Morny, Wa!ewski aud Persigny, and the
Duchess of Malakoff.
Tug stork spends the summer in Europe and
in the all migratcs to Afraca and Asia. An
English journal informs US that Polish gentle.
man, having caught stork on his estate, put
around its neck an iron collar with these words
upon it, This stork comes from Poland,n and
then setit at liberty. The next year the stork
came back with gold collar. The gentleman
caught it again, and found on the collar, in the
HlG q, language, India sends back the stork
to the Poles, with gifts"
A contemporary remarks that tits quite ovi.
dent patriotism and post Offices do not ALWAYS
exist together. Up to the present date, tho
sum collected in the boxes placed in the Boston
Post Office to receive contributions to the
Washington monument has amounted to only
ten dollars. In Hartford tho munifccnt sum
of three dollars and forty-ono cents has been
way.
IT doesn't do to marry for money and get
drunk on it. twas the misfortune, recently.
of Stephen Avmar of5 Daorborr, ;.