Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-19
soNE Of our exchanges are suggesting TO

loyal to the Union. II ne LOOK me oAtu
of Office, he would fulfill its obligations Mt
any hazard, and the secessionists would
soon understand what they had to expect
If the authority of the government was
assaiIed. The administration is now ut
terry poWerless for good, and what little
ofinfuence was left in 1t has been demorz
al1zed by the withdrawal of GenECasa at
this jnncture, and for the reasons which
he assigns. Let the President turn over
the power which he lacks the resolution
70 administer to one who has nerve and
he moral courage which are necessary to
,onfront the treason which now stalks nG-
kbuked over the land.
iTHE Washington Constitution, in notic-
the resignation of Gen. Cass, says
avoid all miSconstrnction or misstate-
Int of the reasons which caused this
Int, ne have taken pains to ascertain
true cause. It is not that Mr. Cass
Tered from the President in regard to
portion of This late message. On the
at question of coercing a State to re-
in in. the Union by military force, the
lsident and General Cass were perfectly
!. led in. opinion. The difficulty arose
the fact that Mr. Cass insisted that
naval and military force should be-
immediately to Charleston to rein
e the forts in that llarbor, and the
eident was of the opinion that there
no necessity for any such measure. in
er;to secure thefoFts against attack.
j, az Londoni Court journal Says: ttWe
ieve.that, since his return from Cans
e the Duke of Newcastle has devoted
:, siderable attention to a plan for con
Il dating. all the North American colonies
:. B one confederation. This is a project
tch has been urged on the attention of
II Colonial Office more than once /, and
haps the personal knowledgeth Duke
acquired during his recent visit across
ATLANTIC, has made His Grace more
nest in this matter than wonld other
a lie have been the case. The idea has
: IN favorite one with many whose SO
: position and official experience entitle
! ir opinion to every reapect.
+ Ion. w. D. Kelley, elected to Congress
> the Fourth. District of Pennsylvania,
g lived, a few days ago, from the Repub-
s. e as of Springfield, Ill, barrel of
y bat, in payment of wager which no
made while speaking in that city alta rat
ification meeting. In the course Of his
address he said: 81 wagar yon ton Of
coal against a barrel of your wheat, that
Pennsylvania will give more majority for
Lincoln add Hamlin than Illinois will?'-
Pennsylyan!a did give q larger majority,
and the speaker is reminded of the wager
8bysits payment.
LAST Sunday morning Thomas shahan
Of Whitehall, vt got upat FIVE o'clock to
meet his sweetheart at Fairhaven, where
theywere to be married atnoon.v In cross
ing ariyeronhis way thither, he was drown
ed. Hisexpectant bride waited in vain for
some hours, until finally instead of a
happy lover she embraced corpse. her
grief was frantic, and her suspicious were
directed against a discarded and jealous
sutton, bntshei is thought to beinnodent.
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FLORIDA was coded to the United States
by spatntobout forty years ago. in consid-
Grafton Of the sum OF S5,o0o,Ooo. The
costiof the Seminoleswurw was $35, 200, 900
aud the lives of 60 officers and i, I2o pri-
Yates, besides 10 officers and $40 pri-
Yates wounded. The whole valuation of
the fractious State is only $4,000
600, andlyet her!people complain of being
maltreated and they will secede.
/ a London letter says the report from
Windsor Castle now is that II. r.. H., AL
bert Edward, will be allowed to marry
whom he pleases. The story of his be-
3rothel is untrue. The ladies in. this coun-
trywho danced. with him, were it not for the
British Constitution, might be remember
eddy the youth when he begins to think
of housekeeping. 5a4ses
a disease called the horse cholera is
prevailing in Bradley county, Tennessee,
nast6e8eftlzeas have lost near /. hundred
Head within the last three weeks By this
fatal disease: Very few survive an attack
of il. No remedysh4s been found forts
cnre',yet. The hog cholera is also pre-
yailing, and Killing a large number of
hogs. Onelman lost about $500 worth.
s4tfsfsz : : : - &
TIE Newspapers do not thrive in Geor-
gia in these times The a 4qnta American
and the 1oeomeiirs were discontinued a
short time since, and wthe Contsderaey,
published. at the same place makes. the
following announcements
VI The Daily Gohfederdcy1 has failed TO
reach subseribers5 this week toEetlie rea-
son. that such is the stringencY of the,tiinea.