The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-17

Jury OF old memories compensate the
South for casting its fortunes with q
party everywhere In the minority
where 1t has not shed Its seedy clothes
and ppnt ON, the robes of Republican
RICH hteousnes Z If, in order to- Feausei-
tate its fallen fortunes, the Democracy
ofthe North shOnld have TO follow the
example of Connecticut, and make
leaders and standard bearers of men
that three or four years ago they burned
In efhgy as Abolitionists, what would
be gained byEan4 alliance with them
that is not already assured by alliance
with the dominant orRaniEatiOn2s asa
Miscellaneous ParRSraphs. =
Mr.. Beecher can not go on the Ply.
mouth excursion up the MedlteEra-
mean. uBonnen insists upon having the
manuscript Of the new story and Bee
cher is pressed for It. In order to meet
this 7'pfeSious engagement ,1s the Ply
mouth pastor must remain at home,
and go torithen Holy, Land, dc, some
other time. -oii II oGi.iIl2i s'by5 or ~ ic97i
hlfi;Irs-
Says q london correspondent: "Give
meR Yankee for findingra comfortable
seatin Parliament. The other evening
the eye OF recognition cast over the
peers seats; might have discovered
Carleton Of the Boston JoEraa5 COM
fortably seated between the Prince of
Wales and the Bishop of Oxford, quite
asEmpch al, home, with his dFess coat
and white crRvat, as either Of them.
Indeed, American cadrfespondents are
getting: the reputation OF, being in
league with allE the Potentates of Eu-
Eopesslg bIa5s, 1d4.a zliiasui IA T-,s4sIz :
In an English railway car, aIshort
time since, an individual who persisted
in smoking cigar after he,had been
requested not to do SO. twas summarl-
ly elected by the outraged passengers.
The aggrieved smoker caused the arrest
Of one of his ,assailants, and charged
him with assault and battery. The
Magistrate, before whom the case was
tried, decided that the smoker had
given sufficient provooation for the as
saulE and he was doubtful If he would
not be- compelled TO lock him up for as
sault and battery in putting smoke In
other peoples faces.
The ISTaelite, published IN Cincinnati,
says We need no personal Messiah.
What benefit could we expect from any
Messiah2 We do not wish to go back
to Palestine, or to submit to any king.
What good can. We expect from a son of
David2 We are the children of the
house; we go to no steward, need no
guardian, require no mediator, and
Heavenly Father, We are of 1srael:'s
- A.
]. Edgar Thompson, President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
also of,theNational Railway Conven-
ton, has issued a call for the re-assem-
bling OF that body, at the st. Nicholas
Hotel, New York, on the Sth of May.
The object of the convention is to pro-
mote the mutual interests of the rail-
way corporations OF the country.
There is now very little fractional
currency in circulation below the de-
nomination of dimes, and. as the coin
age OF the new five.cent pieces goes on
actively, they will soon be entirely
Cancelled. Congress should authorize
the coinage of dimes. This is kind
of currency contraction that would
meet with no oppositioni for no matter
whatopinlon people may entertain re-
garding the curtailment Of greenbacks,
they unanimously indorse the superce-
dure Of the abominable fractional cur
rency. 4,i5aT r'|5 -..r.. II -.
While the Woman's Rights ConYen-
ton was in session at Albany, horse
car was crowded, There entered se-
we're looking female. An old gent rose
to give her seat. "Be you one of those
w0man-righIersi" he asked. 81 be, I"
replied the ancient. "You believe a
woman should have all the rights Of a
man, do you2" he inquired. Eyes, 1
do,c was the emphatic answer. HThen, ,"
said the man, t'stand up and enjoy
them like a man, and she had to
stand up. a = u q 81 -
In order toarrive at a correct knowl-
edge of,the opinions of the clergy of
Massachusetts on the question Of pro-
hibItion, the Rev. Edward Otter
man addressed to all of them circular,
to which 962 declared for prohibition,
Sc for license, and were in doubt. or
the 56 for license, % are Roman Catho-
lies, II Unitarians, and 8 Episcopalians.
Qf.the Orthodox Protestant and Uni
yersalist pastors, not onein tifty faVors
license = To s-'-'is sg-' . ssIis = es4g :
The next point OF interest for the uni
versal moving Yankee is our newly ac-
quired possessions in the Northwest.
We can safely conclude that it will not
be many years before that region will
wear another appearance and assume
q real Imp portaneeo IN the eyes OF the
whole world. What enterprise will do
in developing Its resources will be done.
Already the Pacific Railroad people
have new ideas given them, and new
prospects opened, by the acquisition of
this new country, It's relations to the
trade, of the East, and the bearing its
will have on the Pacific
Road and its branches a lvh
e sDnT Is'E1h suJ - i,5sE - ~ a, in-rl-
e The New York Round Table lndulges
in the following criticism Of ofpreyaIIing
fashions: - = I
We cannot say that we greatly adj
mire the contour of the most fashiona-
BILE garbs we have hitherto seen. The
extraordinary ascension of the ehignon
Is, we think, aphysiOgn nOmical blunder,
asIWellt as Objectionable Otherwise.
There Is certain caricature of haughtt-
ness I'M Its eject which Is not only a
little ridiculous, but more than little
unladylike. Astrained effect Is quite
unacceptable with this species of eoi6Hre
sd look astif the. young ladies had falI7
en- into the hands of wild Indians, who,
Commencing with the waterfall In its
old legitimate place, had seal lped it up
TO the crown and left It there. The
short dresses too, ara less graceful than
the trains, although far more sensible,
with r. precipitancy " hich has q very
whimsical effect to- the unacCustomed
eYe.SS ,i.-sti1siII Ifisf1 g1tsc 70 "a Iaalfsfo
= % slsr ss.if isai5 tl- no 3. fs=s---. -;
While many are predicting a gloomy
future for our country, some Of our
TEans-A Aflantie cousins send ms words
Of comfort and announcement 7-An N.