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Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

Then the amount of trade that would find
its way TO tine Railroad from the northwest
OF its terminus at Wheeling, would be vastly
greater than from any other point than the riy-
er, were the terminus at Parkersburg. Al
most all northern Ohio would prefer this route
both for travel and trade, to that of their ice
bound Lake and Canal.
IL is thus seen that the trade Of the section
of the State of Ohio tapped at Parkcrsburg is
less productive than that tapped at Wheeling.
Is less fertile and capable OF producing is =.
Then, before We come to the river tr1lc. we
must look al the Chdncesof extension thfouch
thc State. There is an existing charter for a
rail road from Wheeling to tue interior %
Ohio, aud thence tapping the Lake a, Maumoe.
Flat road can BE- constructed a. chcdp. if not
cheaper, tlBn one can b. made over ans other
route of the sam, length in TIM State. With
no deep cuts il need not exceed a Grade If one
and o huff degrees. IL twill take the travel of
q large part of the State, AMI carry off much
OF tho Lake trade, as wen as the heavy ;rde
OF The interior. embracing The richest aud
most productive portion 81 he STATE. which
viii have no other OF convenient outlet. On
the contrary, should the Stat, OF Virginia Weld
TO the P1rhcrshmrg mania. lac State Of Ohio
will not for many years gran other Idil.road
charters 10 compete viii, lrr State works. and
the railroad must there stop. Butcycn sl,oulI
she do il, tlc construction 81 a rail-road into
the interior Of tie Stale viii be attended with
as much expense as the worst portion of the
road cast Of the Ohio. The extension Of the
rost to The interior, from the nature Of the
%countro, is scarcely practicable.
But 1T would appear that the President Of
HE Company has turned his attention TO Gin.
cinnsti, and proposes a road from opposite
Parsersburg to the Queen City. The citizens
.os Cincinnati must feel greatly Hatte red by his
stseniions,ss they could ma, supgose he wo,,d
seek that route uness from. pure affection s,v
the people. The distance from Psrker.bvys
20 Cincinsesi b. River is 2G3 miles. and "a
rcil-roed frcIn there 10 Cincinna,; mus, c,os.
streams, and winderovnd IL IL runs with the,o
any dis'ence. IL iistelcc by rail rad would
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

c. The Constitution, organ Of the Cal.
hoon wing ot the Democracy at Wa Mn.
ton, brosdlS hltunstes that il VIA S,moele ~,
the Panthlg ~ Cosszrcss, with IN. E,,s,,;,,
Organ We predict that IL vii, uo, ~ 80
di.t1te before either House.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

CALLING SPIRITS.--At the close of the
first evenings performance of ''Antigone." in
Dublin, a loud call was made for the author.
The manager had at last to explain. that the
worthy Sophocles a added some two nSusand
years ago.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

The Argus of yesterday republishes our let
tcrs TO John Tyler for the 18th time within the
last two years. ltnust b. very troblcsome to
set them up so much, and we will pay half the
expense OF getting them sereotyped il he will
the other. The editor is nightly mistaken if
Inc supposes the publication troubles us. Had
he never done anything worse than write let
tcrs TO the president, his interest in kingdom
conn would be worth forty percent more than
il is now.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

STEAMER SWALLOW.-A letter TO the
Journal OF Commerce under date of 10Th Estates
that we have succeeded in putting our chains
under the steamboat Swallow. and placing our
tinbcrs, and hope to commence raising her in
a few days"
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

MARSHALL-We learn That democratic
Musholl has reelected Col. Pdniotf. The able
and Efficient wing who has 50 often represent.
cd that county by % votes.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
NEWSPAPER SVBsCRlpTIoNs.-Th

NEWSPAPER SUBSCRPTIONS.-The
new Postmaster General has prepared instruc,
tions todeputy ~postmasters, under the new
post office law, which goes into operation on
the LIST Of July next. The Limitation Of the
ranking psivilege Of postmastcrs has cut of
the usual mode Of tIannmitting subscriptions
10 pspem.-The following method is therefore
substituted, BY the Postmaster General, as a
provision for the transmission Of money,
much preferable TO that now in use. We ex-
tract IT from the synopsis which the n. Y.
Herald gives Of the letter of instruction:
Money for newspaper subscriptions not ex.
ceeding Sl0in each case, may be paid to a
postmaster for the purpose of being paid to the
publisher of newspapers at any other office.
Tbs Z. Nj. is, in such case, to give 10 the per-
son paying the money, a receipt therefor, and
TO advise forthwith the Postmaster, who is to
pay said amountofsuch deposit. Upon pres
entation OF this receipt, the amount is to be
paid over. The Postmaster. receiving the
amount is to debit himself herewith i'm his
account, and the Postmaster paving that
amount - TO credit himself Herewith, i'm his
account OF contingent expenses.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD,

AN<nAA
lcosriSuxp.l
We have vtCforth. above what we conceive
TO Be one soundana good reason, why the tel
minus Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
should not be farther soath than Wheeling |;
viz; tlat even should il b., manufacturing
couii not he done at its terminus, and the
great mass OF ihe western travel b. the river,
would b. compelled to pass by the eni of the
Rail Road and leave it To the right until they
arrived at Cumberland. We now proceed to
state other proofs that the location to this point
wosld be more servicable TO tic Company and
to Ba.iimorc, than were it made to Parkers-
burg.
The ~firstobjcct of interest and consideration
is the National road, now completed nearly to
the Mississippi, through the great states of
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. The average OF
stOss daily arriving in Wheeling over that
roud is three, and the avfagc Of p~assengers2l
a. such times as the ri4r is navigable, most
OF these passengers arjfrom the interior o
oino and Indiana. The average of loaded wa.
CONS per day is about Tn, mostly laden with
tobacco, flour, &C.. coming east, and with
merchandise going west. AT three tons to 4
wagon 30 tons are daily furnished for a Raj
Road. This coincs from the adjoiningcoun
ties OF Belmont, Guernsey and Nusktngum
and would be sent nsinly to the tanal, as 1
cheaperchannel oftradc, in preference to beine
shipped down the river to P~arkersburg: ~
would all take the Rail Road where no tran
shipment required, as would be the case al
Wheeling. Ii may be said that a similar roaC
would be constructed to tap the National road
and connect with the Rail Road at Parkers
burg. If 50, it must be done at great cost
necessarily involving heavy tolls. The dis
lance from Wheeling to GAINESVILLE is rs miles
from Petersburg to GAINESVILLE By any practi
cable loute, 81. The lowest estimate of cos
for a TOAD equal 10 the National Road, over tina
routais l2,000 dollars per mile, one million
ninety two thousand dollars. The distance
then frosn amy given point ia the interior {
OlAQ to the terminus of the Rail Road, woul
be Increased sixteen miles, at cost of oye
one million of dollars, while the distance from
, Cumberland 10 Parkersburg, and Wheeling
compare by the Rail Road, would be as fol
lows:
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
VIRGINIA
Samuel Spfiss's adm. Complainant.
Lewis Walker & others. DTssdsnn.
In the Ci,esit Superior court ef Law anl Chanesry

URSUANr 10 q decree Of the said Court. p
j nOunced ia the shove samed csuse. or
10Th day OF February ls45. the undsnigned, 4
deputy for Peter Yssnsll. sheriff Of said cosniy.snd
acting as commissioner in ihis behalf. viii ssfi On
M'~day, the second dsy Of june lS4S. at public
aucIisn. 10 the highest bidder. at the front door Of
the court hohse Of Ohio county; lets numbered
thirteen. fourteen, fifteen and sixteen. (l3. IA, Is
end 10y in square numbered fourteen GA y in
SPrigg d Riichie's addition TO South Wheeling.
commonly known ss Richie town.
The above named lots or o suficiency TO satisfy
The compliments demand and costs Of suit. will be-
sold on q credit Of SIR. fuelue. and eighteen months
from tho day Of sale, in equal i~nstalments. the
purchaser or purchasers giving bonds with good
security, bearing interest from he day Of sale, and
The title TO be RET ained as a further security. until
the whole ofihc purchase money be paid,
wv MITCHELL. Deputy Sheriff & ecm'r.
.pPR6 I'm J&F
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

MORSESTELEGRAPH.-NVe learn from
the Washington Constitution that Mr.. Amos
Kendall has returned from his visit to New
York, and lIat he has failed to make a s%ltislac-
tory contract for extending the line Of tcle-
egraph from Baltimore to New York.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

Difference in favor of Wheeling route Is ms
Aggregate of ascent West ON the
Cumberland and Parkcrsburg
route, 1912 II.
Wheeling route thro' Virginia, 342l #.
Aggregate of descent West on the
Parkersburg route, 1851 #.
Wheeling route 1921 #.
Making 1911 feet less ascent and descent on
the Wheeling route than on the Petersburg
route. The Company then would lose l6
miles in carriage from Parkersburg to Zanes-
vile, Is miles in increased distance by Rail
Road, and increase their aggregate of grade
io7i feet. Of course increasing very materially
the cost Of constructing the road.
Now let us see their gain or loss Of trade in
the adjoining counties in Ohio, because the
trade of the vicinity Of the Railroad terminus
is a certain trade to the road, and is of value
in proportion to its quantity. The following
counties are accessible, and would send their
trade entirely to the Railroad, if constructed
to Wheeling, viz;
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.-A correspond

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.-A correspond
ent of the Boston Daily Advertiser gives the
following information:
"On the morning Of Tuesday, the 9th of
May, the Sun, throughout Newfoundland,
Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
New England, New York, New Jersey, and in
the eastern partof Pennsylvania, will rise Par
TALLY eclipsed by the Moon. a partial eclipse
will also be seen in the greater part of Europe
and Asia but the eclipse will be centra1npiy
within the arctic circle. Atno CITY, kr-
lea will the beginning of the eefiI ISL
BILE, and greatest observation onf w
foundland, Prince Edwards, CapN
and part of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
In Boston, the eclipse will end about twenty.
eight minutes after sunrise; in New YORK
about eleven minutes, and in Philadelphia
about six but at Washington and all place;
west and south thereof, the eclipse viii END
before the sun is above the horizon"
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
BEN JOHNSONS BURIAL PLACE IN
AnPEN IN

BEN J0HNS0NiS BURIAL PLACE IN
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.-The words. %
"a Zen j hisCn!' inscribed ON the W n ar
Poets corner, remind us that Johnson though
not housed in the corner, lies i'm the AbbeS
in the north aisle of the cave and a curious
story IS told as TO The grave. The Dean of
Westminster rallied the poet one day about
his burial in the Abbey vaults. al am too
poor Tor that, answered Johnson " and NO
one viii lay out funeral charges upon me.
NO, SIR, six icet long by two wide is too much
ior me two feet 10y two will do for what |
want You shall have it," replied the dean
and 80 the conversation ended. On tho no
cts death a demand was made for the space
promised, and a hole made in IL eight feet
deep, and the coffin therein deposited Upright.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

Mcssrs. MASON &TUTrLE. No. lbs Mas
sau Street, are our authorized Agents in New
York City. They will receive Subscriptions
and contract for advertisement for the Time.
and Gazette.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

A letter received i'm Philadelphia fromS. III,
kneass, Esq. of Car,hagena, dated March 26
says
The party from your city mich contracted
with George NJ. lotion, to make the Canal
from Carthagena to Magdalena river, arc quite
dissatisfied with their contract. They com.
plain that they are placed in a false position
III consequence Of misrepresentation as to
the character OF the soil TO be excavated, a,
well as OF the laborers they would have &c
employ on the work. Aftera close application
of their powers TO the work for five months,
and suffering severe pecuniary loss, they are
about TO abandon the enterprise, not without
strong complaints ON the manner i'm which
they have been deceived by the misrepresenta
tons OF those with whom they agreed in tn,
US. Indeed it was impossible for the part,
to proceed unless a largely increased price
were given. This was not agreed to, and al
abandonment of the work on their part mus
take place"
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

Other produce and consumption of mcrchan-
die is in like proportion. The counties adj
jacent 10 Parkersburgh are:
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

VIZ ia
S-muol SPrigge ndm. Complainant.
ra In C~hancery.
Shadrnci' s Weldin g. others, Decs.\
URSUANT to q decree pronounced by the said
Col9 in the above cause. on The Goth day of
February f8fS, The undersigned, q deputy for Peter
YarnallI erf ofsaid county and acting as Commits.
sinner in This behaIGwill sell on Monday tho second
day Of June 1915. OF public auction. 10 The bighss,
bidder al The front door Of The Court house ofOai
county. lots numbered seventeen and eighteen III
and 49, in square numbered eighteen ISL il.
spIigg u Riches addition 10 South Wheeling,
commonly known as Richie Town.
The above named lots will be sbld ON 4 credit of
SIX twelve and eighteen moalhs. from the day Of
sale. IN equal insialmenls; the purchaser or purcha-
sefs giving bonds with good security bearing interest
from The day OF sale .ond The little 10 be retained as a
further security.nnul The whole Of The purchase mon.
.ey is paid | w MITCHELL. Depaiy Sheriff.
aP 20 I'm J& + 6Ommi sS:oner,
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

DIED
On Thursday evening. the oath Mle., Mrs.
CAFHARlNE DECAMPS, daughter osaLohn
Graham, Esq, of this city, imtlN1 0tf e1r of
her age.
Her funeral will take place to-day (Satur-
day, from the residence Of her father, at three
o'clock, p. NJ.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
UNITED STATES HOTEL.-Tnis house

UNlTED' STATES HOfEL.-Tiis house
lns, INDEED, been most thoroughly altered,
changed AMI renovated, and promises to be,
under The superintendent ofNlessrs. Mitchell
Mcdowell one ofthc first hotels in the Union.
A great part of ii has been rebuilt, all papcrcd
ani painted, and every article Of furniture in
ills new, AMI of the very best kind. We
looked at their different rooms yesterday, and
found near IA hundred new and superior
beds, all precisely alike in style and furnished
as near uniform as the size and purpose ols
rooms would permit. The dining room and
table has al the co~nvenienccs that could b.
asked, and those of tn best kins, that will set
offs very rich looking table. They are now
open, although their house is not yet compile
ted, Tor the reception of company, and we
prophecy, that those who visit them, will
c'eaire to proiong their stay.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

Rev. X. n. BROWNE, Pastor Of the Associ-
ate Reformed Presbyterian Church, in Pitts
burgh, which was recently destroyed by the
confiagration in that city, will preach to-morl
row tSabhath) morning, at the Associate Re-
formed Church, services commencing at hall
past ten o'clock also, i'll the evening, at hal
past seven o'clock, in the Methodist Episcopa
Church. The public generally are respectful,
inrised.. April 20.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

RAISING THE WlND.-We learn that
nc Phoenix Bank of Hartford. (Conn.J was a
lew, days since relieved Of $4,000. by an
individual who left as collateral a package
winch he represented to contain a large amour,
OF New York broken benk bills, and TO have
been sailed by the State Comptroller. lie
made a small opening in one end of the pack
sge, showing the notes, but stated that II the
saves broken, the notes would cease todmw
interest. The officers Of tho hank bol;c ved
the ysrn, and fcIkcd over tie mom~V like aooj'
easy souls. So
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

PORTLAND.-The second trial TO elect a
Mayor OF the city 81 Portland, (Me. } on We'd,
nesday last, resulted in ,le election NJ w;
Phalct Greedy, (Whig,) the present incumbent
by 3Oo majority. The vote was. for GreeIv
100 Clapp. (Dem) 636 scattering. g
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
SATURDAY. APRIL 20. isas.

VOLNEY B. PALMER. is our authorized
Agent for receiving Subscriptions and Adver.
,isem"nis for the Wa.elins Times and Gazette.
His offices are =
rs State Street. Boston.
- Ann Street, New York.
90 Pine Street, Philadelphia.
Corner OF Baltimore and Calvert Streets,
Baltimore.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

AWEUL.-rhe Cumberland Alleganv (Md,
newspaper announces The feat of lsdy in ,tsit
grass sroWing region, who presented her In.
pounds ~ birth IVY
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26
COMMERCIAL RECGRp.
RATES or
OHIO.

CORRfCTED nv
~. Il. DORSEY, EXCHANGE BROKER
~
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

aNOR THE BOYS-A few loyes Of small Tow
u Carpenter Tools, a very superior nricle.-
Jasi received by a. Il HoRNBROoK
aS27
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

SPRING IN ENGLAND.-Passcngers by
the Great Western state that the season was
unusually cold when they left England, and
every thing very backward. Ii was excessive
iy Dry there, as here, and what was most sin
guldr, no rain had fallen in London Of any
consequence, for about six weeks prior 1.-THE
departure Of the Great Western. Early i'm
March, there was a driving snow-storm in
London, such as they had not witnessed there
foT many years.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-26

O'""nn Numbers ~ The Delaware Lottery. Cln,, os
W % 70 % is 20 Sc 50 10 8 ~
Low est pfiLe 81.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-05
FROM CHINA.

The Swedish ship Zenobia arrived at New YORK
pn Friday morning, from Hong Kong on the 18th
December.
The Marquis DE FERRIERE, Secretary of the
French Legation, left Macao on the 10th OF Deem
per, for Paris, MA Bombay, with the treaty nego.
lated by M. LAoRENEE, for ratification. The Am
lassador himself was to embark soon for Manila.
There are further complaints of the frequency OF
biracies in the Chinese seas, and good deal OF
lickness prevailed among the British troops
! There was furious tempest at Manila on the
tight Of November IL, in which several vessels
we're lost. The town of Nueva Caceres sustained
Auch damage, most of the houses being destroyed,
Including that of the Governor, who had narrow
ecape for his life. In the town of Tayobas more
than 500 houses were destroyed, and the rice crops
vyrc ruined.
The following paragraphs are copied from Bonn
bay papers:
GA fru accident occurred at Indore the 18th instant
Several thousands Of Bahmns had been assembled at the Pa
lace receive gifts the festival of Gunputee. They
descending staircase in crowds, when the
structure give way and in the rush and crash which ensued
one hundred and ninety-four lives lost
g On the ID ultmo Tankeewall small town the river
Gambia, wa stormed by column of about 200 balloons, who
sticks and stes in their daring attempt carry off what pro-
visions they ud find in the village The inhabitants made
stout counte assault with cuass and muske deadly
weapons than the monkeys could command In running
contest nearly 100 captured, and since sold several
here and sem by their antics to have already forgot the
old cause Of thar captivity"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-05
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.

The Lynchburg Virginian says g So far as we
can Judge from the signs around us, the election in
Virginia this Spring will be conducted with less ex.
element than for several years past. There seems
too, in various sections of the State, to be less har-
mony in the selection Of candidates than usual-a
remark applicable to both parties. In some of the
strongest Wing and Locofoco counties and districts
there is so much dissension and distraction as to
threaten the defeat of the dominant party in each,
though it is possible that these symptoms of dis
cord will disappear the day ofelecton approaches
BY the abatement of what the Richmond Enquirer
expressively styles The nuisance Of ercessiUe COM
nsfifion."
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-05
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.

The Dover IN. H.) Enquirer has returns of the
las election from nearly the whole Of the State, and
informs us that the result, which is as accurately
known now it can be before the votes are officially
counted, is that Gov. STEELE is reelected by ma
1ority Of from FIVE to seven hundred if the scatter
,ng votes are all returned, and if they are not, he
may fall below the lowest Of these numbers. JOHN
WOODBURY. is defeated, lacking at least 900 votes
% On election. The Democrats, as usual, will have
q frge majority of the Senate and House. The
vote throughout the State is very lcht. reaching
hardly to fory-fve thousand, and If the wings had
turned out and thrown the vote which thew could
and ought to have thrown, they would have carried
the State. full Wing vote would have defeated
three if not four Of the five Councillors, eight or nne
OF the twelve Senators, and returned forty or ftv
more Wing members to the House Of Represents.
lives, which would have given the Wings MAORI
~ that body, and Of course, secured every thing
A complete victory was within their grasp, but they
neglected the opportunity of seizing il. While il is
now too late to lament for what might have been
done, it is hoped that they will profit by experience
and not again be found sleeping at their posts The
Enquirer adds that, since the election, the Loco
foco papers are quite pleasant reading. Such ex-
cuses as they make for losing some five six thou
sand votes in single year, show how little they
expected such a result, and how prodgiously
frightened they are at it. Their majority, instead
Of icing from five to ten thousand, as il has been,
almost invariably, for the last dozen years, is now
cut down to 500 land if the Wings do their duty,
il viii be nothing at all at the next trial"