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Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-01

Milk is now sold abundantly in New
York city at two cents per quart. The
Spirit Of the Times thinks the recent
introduction Of the Croton water into the
city has reduced the price.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-01

Joseph Chadwick, u GAINESVILLE OHIO. was found
dead in bic bed Of the Commercial Hotel in New
YOrk 9Th ult
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-01

a superhne Saxony coat is a letter Of
introduction better 10 be relied upon
than any satin wove imposition ever
Penncd. Genius well dressed may, some
day be we'll lodged aud well served !:
genius out at elbows viii never do more
Than got the elbows patched.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-01

ERRORS OF TIE PRESS.-A late German
paper give. Iie following rs examples Of conscisn-
iiousness the part OF certain class Of newspa-
perS Whereabouts
1--WE stated lately that Erglishman med,
lodges had invented a cement. b. which.
pieces OF iron could lie med together. 81 ~ To be
as sIrpng Is one -Olid piece. Our statement was
moi e1ncIly currct. The inventors name is JEFF
rev, not Hodges AMI the cement is not for irnn.
hui joins wIod firmly that there Is no necessity
for % ills.
Another case: ..- ...
1--WE mentioned liiely that the town uf McSsioa,
IN Sicily. la! been. d Srryed BY an earthquake -
We feel called upn correct this account. by sta
ling rha' the moi IN Sicily, hat on the Danube
and j. nrt called MrIsInn, hut Belgrade; aud that
it was moi DIES ruyed by earthquake but dread
fu con1Ig grafton had occurred IN It."
We remember story which is match for
these:
a woman hcinr about To- becume q mother. a
wife. AIMED SchweizeT. living in Frederick slreerS
The Sc ryari gone the whole day, and by tho
time he returned the niIur safely over. Wei
sajd hIs MASTER. did you find The midwife 0tlssiy
Oh, yer; hut she does not live Frederick street
hut Yngnr rect, aud her name is MT Schweizer.
but Hausmln; and hes n mid lie either. hut
police officer" The way il happened Ihe
Mrs Sch TeIzar h nj moved frbn h " luig.bgs nnd
the BeghbOu had directed the servant TO another of
rhe SINE profession named IIausnAn. living in va
ger street. Bnd ho had there Stumbled ON a police
officer Of The name. ylUGnian.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-20
PEACE. GOOD WILL, &c.

If il were not for few frrmenting poll''eal
presses, we doubt not that peaceful cam' me
product of universal conientment would reign
throughout the lenglh and breadth OF The Union,
And perhaps the People never enjoyed more
substantial prosperity, or were more gen
orally happy under the mild operations OF our
Republican Government, than at the present
moment. We are at peace with ALL TIRE
WORLD; our flag streams proudly IN every sea-
and is everywhere respected; our Commerce
(o use strong phrase) is ramitying through all
creation; at home the crops are abundant; Ia
Dor meets with a ready recompensei money l.
plenty, compared WIZ P' a y sHe ana ae mas
are down 10 a more reasonable standard thar
during the reign Of the Bank the expenses o
The Government will be less by mlfcas thar
they have been for years and, finally, there are
10 deiaullers TO The Government nowadays.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-20

ling o.sl,,,e of . minorit, 10 The Senate whose mo
tons speeches. and votes are still free Lei me "a,
Tor the minority Of the House Of Representative mat
Under duresse with debate oppressed and votes sup
pressed, that House did its duty. Mr. Tylers per
sonal friends sat tbe,e with W, their votes ana
speeches ia harmony With ours, sufficiently slgnal
ing what ought 10 be done aud nigh, be eApee.au
Accordingly the civil revolution which msfhea VIZ.
wonderful transition Of the hundred days, began ana
ended in that House party, exulting IN what was
called omnpotence in June, broke, by ats own over
action into irreeoucleable fragments before Sepem-
Der, with catastrophe Of irreparable downfall Inc
minority enjoyed the great advantages OF being one
in sentiment, ia action IN the conviction OF righi, au
the sense Of being wronged by despoe majority; dis
cardng all thoughts Of making Presidents while oul
opponents thought most OF that ambitious oo'
icct There were not half dozen Demo
cratic ciucuses of the minority Of the House OF
Representatives that know Of during the session =
Without collision, secret understanding, selfish OF
part, bargain we enough ci the shadows OF com
ing events TO teach that We had but TO wait obv
Gus developments, and bde our time IN open, patient
seadiast adhesion 10 The principles we were chosei
| TO maintain This constituted all the policy we hat
| occasion for Thus managed, with honesty IS IN
best policy, three months Of extraordinary session
did the work of three years of popular struggle b
mere natural cultivation Of the straight iorwar'
! course Of events rghtng themselves. IL was III
doom of an infatuated majority TO destroy their owl
ascendant, while compact minority stood last upo
! the rock Of their well known principles, mere
| awaiting cventualty Further and eternal vigilance
still remains the price to be always paid for liberty
| But the winter Of our discomfort has passed AVA
| during a summer session. and spring opens upon IN
| fall elections with all lis reyving promise. TIT
late extraordinary session of Congress the last o
the extraordinary sessions II has taught lessons %
moderation and economy, which can never be forgot
ten. II has taught the American people that coal
tions are inconsistent with our politics. The peopl
will rccolect with gratitude the session Of the veoes
c. j INGERSOLL.
| WAsmEGroN, d. C Sept -, 1871.
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From Ne .hc,p Yo,L !Sy,

fIsToLs AND GuSs-We learn from the Balt;uor
sun that the neighborhool Of Spring Row n ,Ga
Guy was thrown into state of confusion. If no, 81
oons.ernauon 'he other night, by outcry proceed
ing IRON house IN the row, that a robber .as viii
10 It's walls and endcavoring TO escape The ws,cb.
man happening to be in the vicinity planted bins,l,
at the door, and before the invader appeared sew
"a, o. ue neIgo6ors, armed with every variety Of
weapons except Psixhan guns SC had PLANTED H. ~,
selves upon the pavement TO intercept he re,reo, a.
length TIE door opened and out stepped the o,rder
be was Instantly seized by the wachm,n and fhe 80,
moment became target for whole ormory Of FIRE.
III Will In "niy required pull of the triggers 10
'sso q r'oo,e OF nm Fortunately he behaved YER,
quietly, and being apparently willing TO submit 70 y;
antc mor,em examination, he was discover d To h..
no other than the next door ne,ghbor, WORTHY au
esnmaele gentleman, who, having mistaken a,,,,
'ouse 'or ms own, was cropping about in The A ~
sod thus became the innocent caus. Of .a III
''srm This is one Of the consequences Of bu;,a'oa
: row Of houses exactly alike '''"'s
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A VIEW OF LONDON.

nome was caheo the mistress OF me world, yeti
us Pahesl Gay was not equal 10 Britain 10 power or
dominion; nor can any OF The boosted cities oil anti
quiy-Carthage, Tyre, OF Alexandra; or IN latef
| times, venice OF Nehoa-when their maritlme great
ness was IA IFS glory and their trade the wonder and
admiration oil their respective ages-not one can bear
a moments comparison with London. Brtain's trade
claims the whole habitaoe globe Tor It's operations
Her colonies are placed IN every direction where
man can exist Upon her dominion the sun never
would De required to detail the results Of her mari.
Time enterprise and internal trade upon the aspect OF
'he Guy winch forms the centre Of these mighty epe.
rallons'
Ia population, London is nation in herself the
NUMBER oi inhabitants has doubled in forty years and
now amounts TO nine hundred thousand. In ls43 II
wiz contain Two millions la length. from east to
west, ue houses extend IN one line between five
ana SIX nles, and IN breadth, from north TO south
nearly iour. But If We include Chelsea at one ex.
IRENE, ana BLACKWELL at the other, and take the
breadth from Walworth TO Holloway-and these are
10" Ierta,hy portions OF the Great Ciy-we shall
nave London covering about thirty square miles of
ground! And then her river, bearing upon It's sur.
lace ihe ships OF every nation and her docks-the
East and West India Docks, the London DOCKS. The
Commercial Docks, and the St. Katherine, Docks.
together covering more than five hundred acres
,een,ng wih valuable commodities and one Of them
the west India Docks, capable Of accommodating five
hundred large ships.
10 we POI, OF London alone, in l7l0, there be-
~ S9'o sb'ps OF oUl ,OOO tons BURDEN and manned
W 'Sooo sesmeh IN The same year there entered the
,iOni pI,'sn colonies l6S3 ships; from her
oos ''1uoins coiners, 2o,2O5 ships; from ireland
acc -, "o"' i1iesn countries 1913 which, with
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-20
From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
A FISH STONY

rs hsh stories seem 10 be the order of the doy ius,
now, we have been favored with one that will be con.
Nv. len's'kaoe, and Tor the accuracy Of which
our informant, highly respectable individual i; Iii,
ing 10 Vouch. On Thursday the 7th inst live wbalo
appeared IN The vicinity Of Thorn Point near Milford
Dei', much TO The astonishment of Mr. Thos Clark
VINO keeps the Hotel at the Point The incident ,,,s
novel, and Mr. Clark determined TO make the me,
OF H. The whale appeared TO be aground in four
ieel water, and MIR. G. seizing common cbopnine
axe, hsstened into the water, determined TO exeri
,,ala1 " 'ne utmost TO capture the stranger. He
waded out TO the depth of between three and ra,,r
iee' ana alter no little difficulty succeeded in k,ll,ne
the whale, which measured % feet in length ami ~
ieet IN grih, and from which hc obtained no paons
oil good OIL After The monster was dragged further
NJ ne shore, bundrtds Of the good people Of Tho
neighoorhood crowded down to take a look. and 70
con'mend The daring Of Mr.. Clark By the way. we
oro sssurea mat The public house at Thorn Point is
one o ne pest establishments Of the kind an Dela,yar
ne accommodations excellent and there i abnn
dance OF game IN the neighborhood. '''''-
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An esteemed friend wri es a follows from
Richmond.
have long believed, without designing TO
indulge in any thing like aAuery tina, Thomas
Richie OF the Enquirer,-I like 10 wiite the
name out at length, was The most finished d.
plomalist ofihe age Y gu may be glad to be per
United TO learn in the school of so profound n
master, and II you ever attain his age, YOU may
hope TO put forth the fruits of your tuition No
wonder that he can exercise so magical An in
fuence over the pubic sentiment of Virginia. -
Why, what are all he other editors in this Stale
compared to him 4? One may proclaim Mr.. Cal
houn TO be The most available candidate-but
the next Enquirer contains letter from a
leading Democrat, nfrom some important county
IN The State, who blows up the assump tion sky
h'gh' the nrifer can only find one Calhoun
man IA a thousand. Every body reads the En-
quIrer, at least 10 Virginia, and in a few DAYS
thousands in every part OF the State are re peat
ing the same thing. Does he desire TO be backed
IN circular from different paris of the State
Nothing is more easy than TO accomplish his
ulj' ct. lie makes his wishes known TO Mr.. A
at GoochaDd Mr.. b. at Winchester. and 40
on throughout The alphabet, and resolutions of
approval return ready put up to order. Talk
about The cunning Of Mr.. Van Buren, wby.
without Thomas Richie in Virginia, Mr.. Van
Buren, would not be heard of.
And what chance has The Wing party in com.
batting such an adversary with such an ed;,o,
as Moseley2 A man who has no tact-no IA.
ient-no discretion. A fellow, who il seems.
would have bIackouards-a TO r-ss fu, ,vit-and
violent abuse for talent Who has but three
words IN his vocabulary, "rascal, "scoupdrel y
knave," which he uses on all occasion,
Whose study it would seem TO be IN d,;vo ar
trends instead OF conciliatng public opinion. |
Surely 'hc idea that the Wing party can tn
UNI IN Virginia with such odds against !, i,
wholly ridiculous
Let any one look over the edi,o,;,l .,
The Enquirer of the 18th instant, and mari
MS extreme tact. lie gives pretty hard bIous
nj Mr.. Calhoun, II is true, but he holds
ont prospects OF success even to him af,.,
lS4l He admonisbes him thai he h,s >,
s"eng'n now-and that The restoration. av
mats The word, must take place before am
o'her hicbmond can rigbtfully be peroi,,cd 70
axe the held. But how can Mr.. Buch,o,
'esist his Establishments 2 Your reader. !
soil impeachment" from the Eponirer n. u
''her day, and Mr.. b., trust, among them e
MI. Tyler also, IN some of the auc,es - Il,
enquirer OF The l2ib, comes in for hi. ,h.r. os a
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-20


ANHivERsARY OF THE BosroN HoRTIoULrURAL So
Getty The Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
after splendid exhibition celebrated their fifteenth
anniversary, at the Pavilion Boston, Friday after
noon last, About thirty members were present, AMI
the ee was eminently social and unosentatious. The
sentiments, as will be seen 10y those which we sub
join, were piquant and appropriate and well served
the purpose in bringing out the guests and in cnven-
ing the entertainment
National Prosperty--Cultivaed fields End fruitful
gardens are both the sources and index of national
progress, in all that constitutes the strength OF the
State ahd the happiness of lis citizens.
Annual Festyals-Odrs is to commemorate the
blessings Of Providence upon the industry Of man,
and TO congratulate each other upon the beautiful
gifts Of our common Father.
Fruits and Flowers-The jewelry and poetry OF
nature the gems Of the orchard and the alphabet OF
angels.
The Game of Gardening Something to cut, and
| a good deal Of shopeiing
But no TRICKS in the trade
Except what we take with a .pADE.
Our Sociey-May its member, cluster like grapes
upon their stem, and be filled with the juice Of good
| fellowship.
His Majesty King Pippin-U Mike other kings he
can get meiio,o without losing his dignity
Tulips from Ewes Garden--May we set our face,
against them.
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SPLITS.

Although we have not seen gaming table for some
twenty years, and were not then player. wayet re-
member that the bankers advantage in the game o.
faro depended what was called the spills J" tina
is, when the gambler turns up card equal to the
winning card of the betting against the bank IN
that case, he splits-that Is, takes half the stake o.
his antagonist, who, the card first turned, woult
have been winner. MIR. Tyler, Mr.. Webster, Mr.
Spencer, Mr.. Porter and all the ers, seem to cons
der themselves bankers, and the Government theil
bank.-Giobe Of yesterday. ga
1t cannot be denied that the editor of the
Globe, some twenty years ago, was the friend
and advocate of the Puritan. Yet it cannot be
denied that the editor, acting for 'Mfstfslay
"took half the stake" And il is usdeniably
true that General Jackson was the loser. Whe-
,her or not the editor was player, ii is very
certain that he acted a skilful part In that game
Hi WON. ft ai
As for the impulation that Mr.. Tyler and his
friends "con slider themselves bankers, and tie
Government their bank,o We believe none Of
them ever obtained funds from the Government
without lawful warrant; certainly they never
got money under false pretences, by briberes
forgeries, or population.
None of them, that we are aware of, evel
paid an editor $500 for printing certain ed,o
rails ("personal vindicaions") first in the co
lumns of his paper and then in pamphlet, will
the funds belonging 10 the Gov eminent. Butt
is true beyond contradiction, that Mr.. Webste
once inierposed and prevented the editor Of thu
Globe from abstracting score or two of thou
sands from he 81 bank" And this interpositioI
was the more provoking, inasmuch as the edito
had previously contracted to pay $4,000 to on
OF the tellers for procuring him access TO TIT
The Treaty of Washington furnished an excel
lent preiext, and we need not tell the countr,
how many thousand thrusts the ed or Of lb
Globe has since aimed at The one who cause,
his Weaver speculation TO yield barren har
vest.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-20

"A ifMPERANcE SToHr."-Two Young me, a,.;n
hummng IN their heads" retire late at ni,L, :" ~
Their room in crowded inn in which a. ,'e e"' "
ter are revealed two beds bu, the wind ey,in, ~
mg ,ne gh', they both, instead Of taking, as The,
suPPVseu pea apiece, get back TO bac[ INF, on.
which begins TO sink under them and '''o ono
a. intervals ~ manner very crcumamben, h,',
qu.e impossible OF explanation. Presently one ob'
say, Tom, Somebody in my bed.n
uere!' says the other; ~ so there is in o;,o
d--n him Lets kick lem out " = =" "ihe,
The neri remark was:
Tom, I've kicked my man oyerbo,rdp
Good" says his fellow.toper - &c bo,,..
II ,or % w" outright on the
hen relative positions" were no, apparo,, matt,
The next morning apparent un'ii
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Prom The Missouri Reporter.

n I||ItI From t'e Missouri Reporter.
The communication in another column, signed "A
Friend of Johnson know 10 be correct far as
the Wee Presidency is concerned. Col Johnson Is
not and tcin not be- esadidais for the yiee Presidency,
AID the Of his Ia eonasTioa 10Th that cDee
should be- discontinued.
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wn1un we ma m The Hartford Courant. is no,
only interesting as displaying feature in the charac
ter OF the man, but conveys also lesson in polite.
ness, which, in practice, will be found to produce re-
suits not TO be obtained by harsher means
AT the commencement Of the Revolutionary war
mere iived at East Windsor in this Stale farmer
oil the name OF Jacob Munstell, aged As years. Az.
Ter the communication by water between this mart of
the country and Boston was interrupted by The ros
session OF Boston Harbor by the British fleet. Mum
sell was often employed 10 trans port provisions by
land 10 our army y ing in the neigbborbood of Ros
ton. In the summer of IT'S, while thus empIoved
be arrived within few miles of the canp AT Can,
bridge, with large load, drawn by a stout OK team
In part OF the road, which was somewhat rougb
ana where The travelled pathway was narrow he mel
TWO carriages, in each of which was an American
general ofhccr. The officer in the forward carriacc
when near to Munsell, put his head out of the win
dow, and called TO him. in authoritative lone
" Damn you! get out Of the paihr' MunseI immedi
ately retorted-" Damn you! won't get out of The
Pau--get out yourself" After some other vain At
Temps to prevail hlunsell to turn out the officers
carriage turned out, and MunseIl kept the path The
other carriages Immediately came up having been
within hearing distance Of what had passed and the
oicer within II put his head out Of the window and
said to Munse-" My friend the road is bad and h
- very dhcult Tor me TO turn out; will YOU be 80
good as to turn out and let me pass ~ With ali
my heart, sir" said Munsell /" but won't be damnJ
out OF the path by any man." This last officer was
General Washington
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LooE our roR GILDED DInEs A few ten
pieces, that had been gilded by the galyanic pro.
were passed upon some Of The country folks ~ Gil,
town market as qdarter eagles 1t would be wei.
examine OIL gold pieces with the utmost scrg
when offered 10 pay meut for purchased article.
Phil Sentinel
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Hemy Rain-- Unprecedented Rise Of The Rappahan.
noek--Creat Damages II he Fredericksburg Reeor.
der of Monday last says ;For the greater part of
last week, the rain fell here in torrents. The win
dows Of heaven were opened, and the water poured
down upon till we all had the hydraphoba without
the agency OF dogs. The river rapidly and
higher, we believe, than before within the re-
membrance of that deathess parsonage, the "oldest
inhabitant" Indeed usually placid Rappahan-
mock is almost miniature Mississippi The low
lands completely deluged and It is feared that
much damage has been done 10 the ripening crops.
Immense quantities Of flood wood and timber have
been brought down, too plainly indicating fearful
devastation above Two bridges above Falmouth
are known TO. have been swept away and II is he
lieved thai all have shared similar fate, while the
floating timber indicates that mills have Jared but
little better.
At Falmouth the damage is consider abe-Nr.
Ficklin learn looser to the amount Of scve-
| raj hundreds of dollars. The bridge was in DANCE
rous proximity to the water, but ii stood hrm not
withstandng the tremendous momentum which the
water received in its passage down the Falls. By
the way, the Falls presented for our prosy latitude
| spectacle Of almost unparalleled grandeur. The
maddened water, turbid with the soils OF terra lrma
came rushing down with the widest impetuosity
| ever and anon heavng from lis bosom many a pom
derous trophy Of its desolating march.
Chatham Bridge, opposite this town, Jared worse
about forty feet Of II is swept away. The damage al
the " harves also is considerable. MIR Knox, we be
| ieve, has lost entire wharf, which was but re-
Gently built. Many cellars were literally full, and
the sa esmen at Phillips Sons say they driven
from behind the counter to the top Of it, Where theiI
| customers were, they didn't say.
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ihIsH ANEcDorr-A daughter of the rmcr.I. o..
Gay or Two since, went out on a shopping ,>...
sion, ana returned with small package Of ..J..
which she had purchased.
where did you getthat, Rosy ~ said her mr.r,,
surely buyed II at MIR. Puss IN Wa,bu.
street"
"hr Push And where il bi. store rr,,.
well, rs mol mesllf that rememb,r. the noon.
Der, only III reoolect SAID Push on the dyo,
Boston Mercantile Journal
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CoNrRADicrios--Janes Findlay Harrison
tradicts most categorically that he was the aut
the pItifu statement that Gen. Jackion W.. l.-
lie belongs to The U. $. Army, and feeIs his bon .
stake ~ the matter
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WHEAT CRor--The Ohio Statesman estimate. tl
Prooue' OF wheat OF that State, tho present year %
@o'ooo'oOO bushels. IL Is stated in ono Of the ".
gan papers tina, the wheat crop Of this year wi. b.
iour times that Of the year preceding THIS u...
make 2O,OVOOOO bushcls--leaying IG 900 900 l. A
port