Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-02
WHEELING. ". Suburban MORNING- 4

{. presence on the platform OF oar youne
countryman, Rev d. D. Northrop, aut
I wetcoined him asa brother abstainer. the
people sCOWIa hare the youthful divine
speak for himself, which be did in n voice
whose marvellous power and sweetnes;
penetrated every part of the building. and
held the moving throng spell-boumd till
its close. Next morning the League gave
4 breakfast meeting at g A. NJ, in the Lon
don Coffee House, LudgAIe Hill, which VIC
nttcuded, md heard interesting zrecrl,s
from various gentlemen. Geo. Cruik-
s!1anks, ESQ.,, in the Chair. But irav;,
%iready occupied too much space with on
ly a glimpse of the meetings.
On Friday night Exeter Hall was again
crowded, to hear the Oratorio of the Cre-
alton. The performance was magnificent.
and think never before so fully realized
the peculiar beauty and expressivencss of
the instrumental Accomplishments as then
OF quite another order of entertainment
we were witness lately, one coming from:
far down in the scale of societv--tho
ch'mncy stceeps' holiday. The first of this
month brings this relic of pagnuism, for
such Hone proves its rigin to lie, and
groups OF sweeps, or make believes, not
in ordinary SCOT, but in most g,lulv, fam
'"stic dress, male and female, old and
=
and dance-a free exhibition of Jack in
the Green" with collection solicited. II is
one of the few old.time customs lingering
yet in Merrie England, but fast dying out
with May Fairs and other rude outdoor
sports, once rc6oent of ofdissipation and the
source of much crime.
In the show window oE the Office of
.'the Field" corner of Wellington Street.
Strand, is now an object of intense Curl
os!ty 10 the crowds that pass that tceming
thoronghEIr". 1t is no less than nn impor-
tatiOn from the American prairie of the
identical ''Bugdlo, hunted and killed"-so
it reads-by Hon. Grnntley f. Berkeley!
There in Il niche, covered with IL white
snrtac", to throw out in stronger relief
this lord Of the prairie, stands magnifi-
rent creature like life, only so still, stuffed
and preserved for his owner by we'll
known firm in Oxford Street, particular
account of whose capture one can find in
the Field. have, perhaps rdShiy, un-
dcrtakcn to chronicle passing cvcns.-
Sometimes they come, not custing their
shadow before, and in such rnpiditv as
makes one despair of overtnking them.
For the past week we have seen all Eng
land in II state of excitement, politically,
orm Il threatened abuse or stretch of pow
'r in the House Of Lords-and ndirnatiun
meetings are the order of the day. The
lristocratc Lords are threatened in turn, |
md reform demanded by the people,
Nhcn, too such evcns arc transpiring ON
he continent in Southern ItuIy-Glrn-
'"ldi, Chief Director, as sends panic to
he French Boursc and fear and loss to
he English Exchange. Sicily is in rebel
ion-RussiH beginning to show her hand
gain in Turkey, and so there are plenty
+ rumors "foat. Yesterday mornings
aper brought the news OF the sudden
cath of Theodore Parker at Florence, on
ne s eTening fH1iITge of MIN lrtonuAsr 10 tue cx
ltins Apostle. who says 81 have fought
ne good fight,-I have finished the
ourse.' a. D. ~