Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-08
QUEEN VICTORIA s bows seem to be fond

4 QuRES y1oroRIA' s boys seem to be fond
of dancing. Edward Albert in America,
and PtiucesA lfred ut Capsro wereh6p-
Ply only when Gripping Il on the light FAM
tasttcItos: Cape Town papers are soccu-
pied with describing the visit of Alfred,
and his appearance caused as much of a
Sensation there, as did the Prince of Wales
here. The royal features evidently i'm
pressed the Cape Towners. One reporter,
describing 4. r. n, "a, alta bali says
Look whatan air OF thorough high=breed-
ling there is about him. Every feature is a
token of the best and purest blood. Ey-,
iery little movement is the Spontaneous, un-
tstndied action of arefned and delicate
mind. There is no man in the room who
dances with such gentlemanlike ease and
elegance. And yet his eyes do not sparkle
with boyish animation and the. mere ex-
eitement of exercise. There lisa shade
over them, not a cloud, but u grave,
thoughtful shadow, as if at his. early age
he was sensible of the perils in his path,
1.-The responsibilities resting upon him.
Truly be is not born to one of the easy
| walks. of life, and he seems to fcelit.. You
can see that. be is enjoying himself but it
is'iu assubdued, Tranquil, thoughtful way.
that speaks of a mind habituaIly set on
things higLeGithan mere enjoyment" Ono
of the things the young scamp's mind was
set on was putting prickly thtstlessiu Sir
George Gray's bed, aud that dtgnifed gen
tleman was severely scratched upon retir-
ing. The young prince thought it was a
fine joke, butfstr George didn't see it.
The EcIEcr1o MAGAZINE FOR NovEuBER
I-Galilco in deep study, ready to insist
that "the world moves, constitutes one
of the illustrations of this number. Tho
other page contains three capital portraits,
respectiyely-of President Woolsey, ex-
President Day, and the venerable Professor
Silliman, of Yale College, seated in the
pulpit of Center Church, New Haven,
where the Commencement exercises of
the mother of colleges annually OCCUR
The Discourse of Rev. DR.. Sprague on
"Yale College, as represented by its
Trtennial Catalogue is an important part
of the contents of the number A notice
of 'Michelet'sLite of Richelieu, 2 embodies
a sketch of 4thatsmaster minister. "Mind
and Brain" is an interesting article. "The
Natural History of the Ancients"'is read
able. Ofcurrcnt European politics several
articles treat, and the stories and miscellN-
neous selections arc of the best.
THE San Francisco correspondent of the
New York World thus announces the ex-
tiuguishment of one of the brightest Italian
operatic prinaa donna luminaries that hos
ever been in America:
"Madame Biscaccianti, whi1om prima
donna of the Italian opera, has fallen
somewhat in the scale of professional re-
spcctability, rs we'll rs in the estimation
of her former friends. Madame b. has
accepted an engagement with the manage
mcnt of the Atheneum, a cheap place of
amusement, exclusively formasculine pleas
ure-seekers, and where lager beer and
/ other stimulants are served in the auditory
by fashily- dressed young women. of no
reputation. The star of Madame Discac-
cianti's fame has set. She can never
emerge from the social horizon beneath
which she hassfallen. To say the least,
her course of life during year past has
not been unexccptionable."
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