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Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
OBSERVATORY IN NEW yopg

a oommitiee Of the New York Chamber Of
Commerce made a report TO that body. which
was adopted, recommending the establishment
ofan Astronomical Observatory on some con
spicuous site in the neighborhood of New
York. The Board commend The subject 10 the
consideration and patronage Of the mercantile
community. The plan submitted by the
Committee suggests that the proposed Ubscr.
'a'ory should be placed under the control OF
the Trustees Of the Columbia College. tine
active management 10 be in the hands of an
executive committee Of five, Of which the
Pfesdsntoi The College, its Professor of As.
'ronomy' and the Astronomer Of the Obscrya.
tory, should be membcrs.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
TIMELY 10 those r,ed,.oo.cd I,

TIMELY WARNING 10 those predisposcd 10
Consumption! The weekly retords Of Death and
the vast amount that die of Consumption, should
convince ollihat no time should he lost ia procuring
something 10 aires, The Hydra headed monster in
duc season. before IL takes hold Of the tender mem.
branes Of The Longs. aud causes ihem To disease
THIS timely caution may be the means Of sparing
many from the shadows Of The Grave, and plncing
within their reach a Remedy that Tens Of Thou
sands have used heioie them many who are living
monuments of health 10 he present. Is il not then
n blessing 10 the C~onsumpiive that there is a med.
icine that " Ill remove their ufliciion NJ restore
sound health. This is TO be found in The timely
use Of DR. Duncnn's Expeciorppt Remedy. q Medi-
cine prepared expressly for Diseases of The Lungs
and the premoniiory sympit ms of Consumption
Those WHO are afflicted with n Cough. Cold .Hoarse,
ness aud Snrcne $ Of the Throat. Bronchitis. Spit.
ting OF Blood. Pain in The Breast and Side. Difficult
~ Of Breathing. &c. should not delay procuring This
MEDICINE until it is too late
For lie by d & II b MARSH, Wheeling, Va.
nov 10
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
PIANO FORT rs.

a N ASSORTMENT of superior Grand Action
~ Piano Fories, in elegant Rosewood and Ma
h"gnny cases, ibis day received from one Of the
best eastern manuia, tories. and will be offered at
private sale. for a few days only. 10 The citizens Of
Wheeling
These Pianos ae richly finished. embracing all
the late Improvements 10 action, and combine light
a6d easy touch with mellow brilliant tone. Cit.
zens in want ofn Piano have now a rare opportunity
e sci, ctIne n tine instrument. For sals until Tues
day or "Wednesday OF next week al The Virginia
IIulcl. nov Is q.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
TOO MANY LOVERS WILL PUZZLE A
MAID

Young Susan had lovers so many that she
Hardly knew on which to decide;
They all spoke sincerely and promised to be
All worthy Of such a sweet bride. then
In the morning she'd gossip with William, and
The noon would be spent with young Harry,
The evening with Tom; so amongst all The men,
She never could tell which to marry.
Heigh no! I'm afraid
Too many lovers puz lie a maid.
Now William grew jealous, and so went away.
Harry got tired of wooing: -
And Tom having teazed her to fix on the day.
Received but a lrown for so doing;
So 'mongst all her lovers, quite left in the lurcl,,
She pined every night on her pillow,
And meeting one day a pair going to church
Turned away, and died under a willow.
Heigh no! I'm afraid
Too many lovers will puzzle a maid.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

REMARKABLE.-A genllepon in New Jersey
nenf Phuedelphia. had been for n lone time sick
ana was treated ~ ihr usual way Tor on nnccfon nj
Tie lungs by Two eminent physicians. unnl the dis.
ease assumed snch a malignant lorm that they de.
r'','o use pn''eni had a coniifmeI consumption
hat medicine could d. 10 more, eoJ lac ,,nsi d,o !
lis breath was 80 III cted Ivy The disease tina, n,
one could stay IN his rom but n short time A
ih . Stage, when all hope had 1ed. a friend gay hin
a bottle Of Wrsiaf's Balsam Of Wild Cherry declar.
ing hat NJ any rate u could do him no harm. III
iopk u nfd grow much better. lie continued III,
use OF d. ond by using three or four bOules va.
completely cured.
For sale by DfJ CRUMBACKER. 173 Man ST.
also by PRYOR g. PAUL., IC4 Market 81.
NV 10 In
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
MISSIONARY ITEMS.-THE NESTORI.
ANS OF PERSIA

Rev. DIR. Perkins, the distinguished mission
ary' IN a recent letter represents this people as
increasingly anxious for instruction. and foI
something better than The mere lorms of reli-
gion. The D%airyman's Daughter, translated
INTO Persian, is read, he says, with great de-
light. tie speaks also of the very great plea
sure manifested by the HISTORIANS in the Eng.
iish method of singing, which many of them
are practising; and earnestly recommends all
missionaries to make themselves pref tents ia
the art of sacred music.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

COL. DAVENPORTS MURDERERS Eek.
ECUTED.-On "Wednesday, Oct. 29th, John
and Aaron Long and Granville Young, in ac-
cordance with their sentence, were executed
on Rock Island. About 5000 persons were
present. Previous to the fatal drop, John,
the elder Long, fully confessed his guilt, but
asserted that his brother and Young were in
nocent. A feeble attempt was made to res
cue them, butt was soon suppressed by the
resolution OF the officers with the help of the
guard.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
Extract from Ingcrsolls History of the War.

Extract from lngcrsoll's History of the War.
Nothing was wanting to his amazing tri-
umph, but That Wellington instead OF Packen-
ham. as was at first Intended, should have
headed the invasion of louisiana. that Jack
SON might tear from the 6roio Of NdpOteon's
.conqueror he idureis Of Waterloo"
The N. o. Bulletin spoils this historical
flourish by calling attention 10 the awkward
circumstance that the Battle of New Orleans
occurred several months before the Battle OF
Waterloo!
Locoioco CongreSsmcn have stultified them
selves a thousand times by attempting to ex-
alt The ''hero of two wars at the expense OF
history.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
THE MECHANICS SATURDAY NIGHT

THE MECHANICS SATURDAY NIGHT
Now wife and children let's be gay,
My work is lone and here's the pay
Twas hard to earn, but never mind it,
Hope reard the sheaf, and peace shall bind il
Six days I've TOLD, and now we meet
To share the welcome weekly treat,
VI toast and tea, of rest and JOY,
Which, gained by labor, cannot cloy.
Come We, who form my dear Greside-
My care, my comfort, and my pride:
Come now, let us close the night,
In harmless talk and fond delight.
To-morrow's dawn brings blessings, peace.
And each domestic joys, increase
To him who honestly maintains
That course of life which heaven ordains.
For this and every blessing given,
Thankful, well bow the knee to heaven;
In Gods own house our voices raise,
With grateful notes of prayer and praise.
Sweets the tranquility of heart,
Which public worship doth impart:
And sweets the field, and sweets the road
To him whose conscience bears no load.
Thus shall the day, as God designed,
Promote my health improve my mind;
On Monday morning, free from pain,
Cheerful I'll go to work again.
Our life is but a heightened week,
Through which with toll for rest we seek;
And he whose labor well is past,
a joyful Sabbath finds at last.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
MONEY VS.. MESNERISN

MONEY VS.. MESMERISM-We under
stand that a couple of cnterprising mesmeris-
ers met with quite a mishap at their exhibi-
tlon OF this place on "Wednesday night last
At one point of their experiments, they under
took 10 mesmerise the arm of a subject, (who
was one OF our town boys,) and apparently
fixed it upon the wall; whereupon something
OF this sort occurred;
Nesm'er.-CTo the boy.) Take down your
arm, sir.
Boy can't.
Mcsm'er.-(To the audience.O The young
mans arm is mGgHctiscd. Will some gentle
men be so good as to request him to take il
down2
A Spectdtor.-Qn an i%ronicai tone.) Take
down your arm. Johnny.
Boy can't, sir.
Wesm'cr. If any gentleman will putdown
a halt dollar near the subject, if he Is able to
pick itup he may have it, and | will return
the money.
Here a gentleman put down ii half dollar
ana two Others a quarter each.
Mesm'er.-Now, sir, pick up the money and
you may haze it,.
Johnny stopped down, pocketed the cash
and walked off in triumph. lie was unmes.
lncrised.'
ChorioftryriHc va AdUocafe.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
CORN AND CORN MEAL COOKED

licre can be no safer position assumed. i'm
agricultural economy, than that there is a
most important saving effected by cooking
food. Science has long since demonstrated
the fact, that quantity as well quality, is high
ly essential TO the preservation of health.
hence the c%orOlIary is irresistible, we think
that both corn, and meal, of whatever dcscrip-
ton, as well as oats, barley and every other
species Of grain, is greatly increased in value
by cooking when used as a food Tor stock
This viii he more manifest, admitting the
first position TO be correct, when we state the
obvious aud wcll-known fact, that corn. by
boiling IS increased two hundred per cent. i'm
bulk.-com meal, three hundred per cent
that IS to be more explicit, a bushcl Of north
em corn, after being steamed or boiled. will
measure three bushels. A bushcl Of corn
meal absorbs in the process of cooking. or
rather requires for the accomplishments OF
That object, nearly five bushels of water-c-
nough OF the liquid being taken in or absorb
ct, TO increase its bulk from one bushcl to
iouranda half. Every pound Of meal. there.
fore, will make fou aud a half pounds of
mush. These facts. we think, should 90 far
towards aiding the Introduction Of cooking
oodasa common practice, as they certainly
exhibit disadvantages in a strong light.
Maine CdfiUdtoT.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

The Cincinnati Atlas has an account of a
Yondrous Type Setting Machine, from the
Aigemeine Quitting. Although it is not the
first OF April, we cannot see those two names
in juXtaPosiiion without thinking of the moon
hoax, or the manufacture Of a living animal
out ofnothing.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
SPECK.

Iro ner daily pdpers have recently been
started III New Orlcans,-the Delta and the
Commercial Times. Both Of them are very
handsomely printed, and written with spirit.
The Delta aboumds in jokes, &c, after the
manner of the Picayune, and the Times isun-
usually full of detailed and we doubt not re-
liable commercial intelligence.
BY the way the Picayune has recently been
enlarged 1t loses none OF its piquancy and
pith, but continues to be. what it has ben for
very many years, one of the spiciest, pleasant.
est, most courteous and most popular paper.
i'll the country.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
"oH. WHAT A ROW,AA wosb;nc,o

"OH, WHAT A ROW!-A Washington
letter, published in the Tribune, states that on
Saturday an unpleasant Traces took place in the
Union Office, between Major Heiss, one of the
proprietors of the Union, and a Mr.. GRAY cor
respondent of the Charleston Mercury, and
denominated by Father Richie as AN "unna-
turalzed foreigner The gallant Major came
of first best, having applied u cowhide some
what vigorously TO the shoulders and neck of
MIR. Gray. The latter had been forbidden to
enter the Union office, but it seems minded
Mt the prohibition. Hence the Majors
wrath and co Wilde.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
ARTIFICIAL

ARTIFICIAL QUARTZ.-A commumIca-
ton was recently read before the French a
codemy of Science from Nj. Tibelmen, mining
engineer, and joint director OF the royal man
%uiactory OF Sevres, announcing that he has
succeeded i'll making an artificial quartz, equal
in every respect TO the natural crystal. This
process is of great simplicity. 1t consists OF
the evaporation in damp air of silicic ether.
The crystal ;hus obtained is very hard and
transparent, and scratches glass. This dis
covery will give courage To those chemists
who are OF opinion that even the diamond
may be artificially obtained.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
ChoriottcgpWc VA Advocaie.
THE INHABrTANTS on THE PLANEr

SATURN lecturer on mesmerism and
claifvoyance lately put a man in a clairyoyapt
state, aud sent him TO tiIe planet Saturn which
ne described in a name which would make
Herschell astonishcd at his W ignorance
He was then asked, do you know that Saturn
Is lnlidbitedF to which he replied as follows:
The people there are very different from the
people on this earth. They are very beauti-
lui aud more Intellectual. They have very
high iorcheads, aud their symmetry is perfect.
ihelt SKIN IS so clear aud transparent that YOU
canalhost see the blood as it circulates Hiro,
the veins, There is no sin there:thcy are IN
acquainted with strife and bitterness-tbey
worship God with willing hcarts/all, as one.
There IS no sickness there, because they ob4y
the organic laws Of their nature. They live nine
OF ten hundred years, and die Of old age when
the system has worn itself out" IL this b. 50
VIC are content to take Saturn as the nextstaoe
~ our existence towards ultimate prrfects
bility.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

We'll wager you..Mr. editor of the Cincinnati
Union a rambo TO a cow S horns that Mr.. Doc
little the southern editor who broke a mans
leg with a horse pistol did not get frightened
out OF his wits by a horse kick, when he was
crossing the mountains, while you was fright
ened so bad the wit has not stopped coming
out vet.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
SP FACILITATING

The merchants, or a portion of them, are
full of speculation. whats the price oil
flouri' How will hogs go?' These are tn,
interesting topics just now. And they alb.
sord no little attention aud study, we can as.
sure you. Take an example. Passing by a
friends store the other day, we thought we
would stop in, and enquire after his wile's
health. On entering we found him standing
before the stove. Both his hands were pres
scd on his temples; the lines of his face were
heightened; his eyes fixed; and we concluded
Mrs. - was ahont diving. "Hows your
wite!' we asked, after the usual situation
No answer. Poor fellow, thought we, his
heart is too full to speak. And Tor a minute
he stood thus, touching our kcenest sympathy:
when suddenly down went his hands-the
muscles OF his face relaxingan his eyes look
ing clear and bright; and he exclaimed-"We
have cleared S500!' We were fairly taken
aback. He had been absorbed in a flour spec
u~lation. But determined not to be outdone.
we pressed our question-"How's your wife.
My wife" he repeated. The poor fellow
forgot he had one-but remembering at last
''Ohl my wife. Poor woman she suffered
much last night; | fear she will not last long.
though the symptoms are better this morning.
We asked-"what's the price of ilom?' But
not hearing the answer, we left, concluding
that he was "A wise man-wise for earth and
for hereaiter-who avoided am habitual specu-
lating spirit as the very bane of all generous
feeling.-CH. Guz.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
MPoRTANTTo THEBLIND.-Tbc Bos

ton Medical Journal proposes to transplant
the transparent coInea from young animals TO
the eyes OF blind persons who have had their
cloudcd corrcas dissected out. This has been
done by DIR. Plauviez, of Jillc. lie took one
from a dog and placed it upon the eye of a
girl who had lost her sight by the small pox.
and she was thereby enabled to perceive light,
but no objects.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
MICHIGAN

The Detroit Advertiser of yesterday saws
Felch and Grecnley are unioubtcdly elected,
but their majority will be less than at any
time since 1910. The Wings will probably
have l6 members in the House. and possibly
three IN tie Senate, but probably none.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

WINTER.-A gentleman from the western
part OF New York says the snow was three
inches deep at Utica on Sunday morning. 1t
will also be seen by a letter in another colu-
mn, from the neighborhood of the Catoctin
mountains, in Maryland, that the ground, on
Sunday, was also covered with snow there TO
the depth of several inches.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
TIE MACKENZIE BOOK.

Vie Lives and Opinions Of Benz Franklin
Butler and Jesse IInyi. by William l. Mac.
kenzie; The Groves of Barney. by Mrs s C Hall;
Living Age series No l; The Authors Daughter, by
Mary Hewitt; Alice May and Bruising Bill Zoraida
or The Witch of N~aumkeaa; Meiollak The Lone In-
dfan OF The Mcgniloway. by a Member Of The Sui'
FOLK Bar. Just reed his day and for sale at
ROBES Book and Slsiiosary Store.
nov ID cor Main & Union SITS.
mi IF o WANT SOMETHING GOOD.
" Agnes Serle or Who shall he The Heir. by
Mise Ellen PIckertne; Only Daughter. Mansfield
Park. Stories IS Waie Roo, by w III Maxwell; Just
received and for sale by w ROBE.
nov Is
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
PLUMP AND PLAIN.-A Southern Eai

LOT makes the following frank announcement
1--WE shall not support any man for office
short OF Ten Dollars, besides his annunciation
fee. That's what tho lawyers charge for attend
ing 10 an assault and battery case, which is a
light and lovely occupation compared with
that oi editorially attending to a candidate.
case. To say nothing of the awful wear and
tear OF conscience in this peculiar branch OF
our business"
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

Some of the papers Of New York and Phila-
delphia are disPuting whether or not Ole Bull
is a humbug. II is too hate. Bull has alrea-
day got what he wanted and is of.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
FROM RIO JANEIRo.-By the arrival

FROM RIO JANEIR0.-By the arrival OF
The brig Cervantees, Capt. Taylor, from, Rio
%yaneiro, sailed Sept. 10, we have received the
Journal du Commerce. of the llth Sept. from
which we extract the following item of news:
owe have received positive information
that the English transport Resistance, from
Gibr Far, with a battalion of the 18th regi-
ment 900 Infantry destined for the Cape OF
Good Hope, has received orders to proceed
forthwith TO the Rio de la Plata
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
STOCK JoBBING IN NEW YORK.

The New York correspondent of the Nation
al intelligence writes
The Stock Market is in an agitated state.
The solid and substantial stocks, however.
from day to day, vary but little; but the FAM
cieS, as they are termed, are the sports of a
gambling system, and often the ruin of am en-
terprizlng class OF young men of sanguine
temperament. In other countries their stocks
Indicate, III some measure, the conditions and
prospect of their public affairs: not SO i'm the
United States, but especially in the city of
New York. Ii is an every days transaction,
at the Brokers Board, for men to buy and sell
large amounts of stock when is known 10 both
parties that the seller has not at that time one
dollars worth of stock under his CONTROL
These sales are made payable and deliverable
IN a given number of days. These are gam
ping and often ruinous contracts.
Let me give you an example. 1t is a very
common thing for brokers and others, having
the command of a large capital, to purchase,
while ii is low, all the stock i'm market of
some particular company. Having done this,
they contract, as above, for more than the
capital OF the company, and then run il up to
any price they please, knowing the impossi-
bllity oi the seller 10 deliver what he has con-
tracted TO deliver. This is what is termed
"cornerfrg him" and the poor devil corner
ed must pay the dcliverance. Example:
Norwich and Worcester Railroad has been
selling all summer at about 65. Within a
lew weeks, capitalists have "cormcrod' q
number OF the bears and this day it sold al
$50.
MOI investments of importance are making
at this IN More than nine -tenths of the
purchases that's are made are purchases of the
character above described.
The New York correspondent OF the Phila.
delphia American says
Another severe turn of the screws was Civ
en- to-day, and Norwich and Worcester were
put up TO 80; and Long Island 10 50, making
Tor the former a rise offs per cent in two days,
Inns must have created an active transferring
OF balances from one bank account To another.
The bull clique are sweeping in the spare
cash OF the small fry OF the street most
remorselessly. The parties to this move
ment, which has carried every thing before it,
are SAID to be, Jacob Little, (of course the
head and 'front.' Richard Schelt, Rawdon &
Groesbeck, VIM. Baston, andS. o. Mead and
VIM. Labdell, of Boston. 1t is generally
believed that the clique held five millions of
iancies. Whoever they are, they have most
successfully managed this operation. 1t is
seldom, however, that these concerns result
prohiably To all concerned. Some one or two
sell out quietly, and then the market tumbles,
like a burnt out rocket, and then those who are
lett III lose in the falling of the market more
than they have gained in its rise.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

The attention of he musical world of Vince
ling and the circumjacent v~icinage, is directed
10 the advertisement Of Pianos now for sale at
the Virginia Hotel. They are from one of
the large embellishments in Albany. n. Y.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
A CONVENTION WAS bcId AZ yvmio,u,

n CONVENTION was held at Williams.
port, Lycoming county, Pa, on Friday last,
Tor the purpose of consulting on the WAYS and
means and the most feasible route to the con.
nection OF the Improvements of PENNSYLVANIA
with those OF Western New York, especially
the Erie railroad,
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15
WARMING DWELLlNGs.-Bv the in

WARMING DWELLlNGS.-By the i'm
proved methods of warming houses lately in
!roduced and adopted in Philadelphia and N.
York, the awkward fire-places and expensive
mantels heretofore in use will soon be entire
ly dispensed with.-Quite number of houses
have been erected in New York. during the
present season, without any fire. place-a flue
Tor the kitchen and hot air furnaces being all
that is required. The expense of introducing
this furnace into old dwellings will be saved
IN fuel in two or three seasons, while the saw
ing IN labor, carpets and furniture is immense.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

A YOUNG LADY kILLED.-A Young
lady III Lancaster county, by the name of
Hersh, or Hershey. of the age of seventeen
years, was killed, whilst returning home from
a quilting party last week. The horse took
fright and threw her off.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-15

An advertisement in the London Times
runs mus; "The art Of courtseying taught i'm
iour lessons, for one guinea. from the receo-
ION courtesy to that most in vogue in excel
lent society