Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-09-19


OF an act 81 wicked as Islander Of the dead.
Some body has set story ailoat in the pa
per- that Samuel kiIkham whom many of our
citizens Will remember a. a teacher at gram
mar had recently died ia Ohio of dclcriHm ire
mus II isa wicked Islander on the dead Mr..
hirkham has been dead ior several years Mr..
H. Winchester, the principal oi the Frederick
Female seminary, SAYS be- died in New York
in May, 1913, oi pulmonary disease. OF which
! had long been suffering. There was nothing
I IA has ic to warrant suJh story ih,t he died
otherwise than the good mau dis s.-Baii. San
REPEAL.
1 Some Of the Free Trade journals affect to he
lie,e that the Wing party is relaxing in It's
demand Tor the repeal ct the British Tariff
Nothing csn b. more mloundcd. The cry
still rings throu. hoUt the length and bmadth
OF the land, aud will never b. hushed but in
victory. The oppressive and destructive
character OF the war waged by our Southern
master, sgains, the free industry of the coun-
/ tiy - every day rendered more glanngly man.
/ iirSt. The Wing press has studiously refrain
! cd from agitation, aud will continue to do so.
| The subject ~ kept before the ewes of the peo-
PIE, aud discussed calmly aud temporarily.
and with the determine ton To avoid any az.
itation or excitement that might hasten or
heighten the inevitable evils of the govern
neut policy. Bot not the less are those evils
appreciated. The Bill is not yet in operation
the character of the fruit is judged only
from the poison OF the bud, vet even now.
enough - felt To convince the people of the
deep and deadly wrong that has been done
them.
The foes of domestic labor are engaged most
indus trlously in disseminating lalsehoods.
some Oi them ol the most extraordinary char.
actcr, on the subject. The task of correcting
all the wi!iul misststcments uttered by m-
scrupuloUs party prints, would be as inter
minable, AMI almost as loathesome, as reno.
wing tie caterpillcrs from our lin,lens in the /
summer time. We trust the people TO the l
facts. II Pennsylvania. hanging as she does |
at the breast at lie tariff and drawing from il |
her streams OF lie, can bc weaned from il by |
idlsehoodS so gTo.s. aud which are contradict. |
ed by all the facts around u she merits the /
calamitics which await her But we know |
better La this state there j. not, beyond the
immediate Sph &c 81 government influence Two
opinions on the subject OF the tariff Our iron
AMI coal regions and the agricultural sections
WHICH Iced them, are unanimous IN idvoT OF
repeal and the State will as certainly give a
majority against Bocoiocoism AT the next
election a. that the election will take place.
Repeal repeal - upon every banner, AMI
lht - rugs over very bil aud valley ian the
Old keystone. 80 general Is tlie feeling, that
Janus-hccd democracy in the interior affects
to promise the people repeal by the admin
istrati0n party. But the trick is a stale one. I
and will not now succeed. The party every |
where denies the possibility Oi repeal by the |
b9coioco party; and instead of extending such !
promise, threatens further reduction of /
the duties on iron aud coal The I.oco(ocos
OF Pennsy lvania could not il they would. and
would not il they could modify the tariff. IL
will be rcpealrd-but il can be by the Wing
arty aione.-Pha. North AmericaH.
We clip the following from an eastern pa.
per. 1t may be Of some service to glass men.
GLASS CUTTING AT a meeting of the
Royal Polytechnic School OF London, DE-. Ry-
an illustrated a method Of cutting and boring
glass by common iron instrument >, employ
aug, however, solution OF camphor and tur-
pentine, INSTEAD al the usual prcparat ions,
such as emery, s1lphate of copper, &c. By
keeping the instrument muistened with the
Camphoratcd turpeutine, the Doctor showed
that glass might bc cut and bored as readily as
any OF the metals. This is secret well worth
knowing.
THE POLK AND DALLAS BLIGHT
a gentleman who has visited large portions
ol the mining region OF SchuylkIll county
| states 10 the Miners Journal that il Is really
/ distressing TO witness the change that has Ia
Ken place within a few weeks. The busy
hum % industry in the villages and at the Col
leues IN the erection of buildings and new
improvements, is almost hushcd--large mum
bers OF men are collected in knots and wan.
derng about unemployed, some Specializing
on the luiurc, others calling IL "whig pan
ic' and a large portion heaping deep and Bit
ter curses on the heads of their betryers.-
"A gfart -.
was TO be seen. II is indeed sad and sudden
change North Amcrican.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.--One Of the nris.
J oncrs in the Penitentiary, whose name we
have not learned, attempted TO escape on sun.
day night by some means he got out of his
b cell, iron which his absence was discovered
, about 9 o'clock Search was immed;atcl,
, made. aud after some tine il was discovered
thst he was IN one OF the sewers, nearl,
walst-deep in water Two prisoners wer,
T sent ~ pursuit Of him. one with a lantcrn.-
{ The latter was knocked down aud the lipht OF.
tinguished; aud the other was cot several t;rn,..
: about the thigh aud leg with a knife. but not
{ dangerously. The fugitive was finally secnf-
$ ed, aud recoudncted 70 his cell.
OBNlTHOLoGY.-Mr John An5pbon
/ the sou OF the distinguished American nat.
uTdlisl, has recently arrived in England. fo
tlir purpose Of taking drawings OF some spe.
e'nens Of Amercan animals ~ the collection,
90 iiis countft, IA order 10 complete the work
on the qu4dnpeds Of America. The sseei
mens required arr principally thosr from De
territories OF the llud>ons BAY coehpany. ana
those brought home by The expeditions RI
rarch Of q north. west paIg.. one specimen
~ thc British Mus uin Is Supposed 10 be- nn
iquc.
II TREASURY CIRCULAR Thc Socret,,.
Of lhe Treasury has issued 8 circular i'm reo,cl
GO lhe transit through ale territory of tl,s n
States OF exports lor @nala 10 be shipped 10
ionlgn conuines. All sacb goods are 10 h,
exported in one year if0m Zoe date OF imporia.
Ton. and when exported 2 - pee cent Is de-.
ducted from dBwbl, x.