Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-09-26

! FRAUDS IN Wo0L.-Seyeral parcels OF
wool received here from the West have been
ionnd TO have their weight increased and the
quality injured by the iollowin. process -
The fieeces are opened, and the insiles wei
and stuffed with tags of valuelrss wool. and
sometimes even witk dirt; after which the,
are rolled up and pscked in the usual way.
As II Is customary for the dealers here To as |
sort the fleeccs withoat opeaiag thetn IL n |
very easy Tor such fraud TO escape all suspi |
clon TIL it's discovered by the manufacturer
Tbs was the case with some OF the parcels
sent to England last year; aud from that. OF
from some other cause, "a very strong feeling
against ell American wool exists with some
! persons there. Letters by the Cambria tell
story o, manufactured who attended the
large auction sales and brought very lreely.-
There was one parcel which particularly plea
sed him, and he marked a good price against il
on ms catalogue; but on learning that il was
American, crossed IL off at once saving he
would not have IL at any rate yet was much
chagnned, on looking over u purchase the
next day, To find that very parcel among them.
III hdu hilTactcd his notice again during the
progress oi The sale, and not having paid
much attention To lis marks and position, he
took 1t lor another lot, and bid ii olI.-N. y
: Jour. Com
0~s- From first to last, the movements i
, tending the calling into service al the reni
ment of infantry, by this time disbandcd a
Fort Leavenworth, have been incomprchen
slolc, No one thought OF such an order, un
I'll Vt was known IN our streets that the mes
senger was here aud on his way To Jetiprso,
p with II. Then, when the order to jefferson
CITY, so oyster mouthed was GOV. EpwARD
B that no one could tell what he was doing. nm
4 iil all his iayorites for captaincies had beer
supplied, Then, again, there were no order
from Washington for subsistence stores
none lor arins-done for the quaTteT-inaster'
=. oihce-none for that most essential depatt
. ment OF the army, the paymaster-and, wba
Is equally as strangr, none for the cominar d
( ing oihcer at Fort Leavenworth, who. il
mastering them INTO service, acted withou
: authority. The respective officers however
+ 10 whom the duty belonged, furnished subss
, tencc and transportation Major Stuart. an
! bis own responsibility, borrow ed money iron
the Bank, TO pay the men and Major Whar
ton has mustered them into service, withou
authority Two orders only are known {,
nave had an cNIstenCc--Cne, making the ~
QUESTION, and the other directing the men Il
b. mustered out of service forthwith. Befor
4 this was done, we believe aud hope that a,
volunteers received their pay, clothing. trans
1 portation, and all aud ii they aid the pil
IN the Treasury will be lCsscned. by tfes
y foolish acts. at least forty thousand dollars. co.
j. Missouri REPORTER
MR.. SAWYER AND THE TAX LAW
We Sc II stated ia several OF our exchange
=, that Mr. Sawyer, the locOfoCo candidate Ia
= Congress IN one OF The northern districts. i'm
!, speech delivered al Miamisburg r.s,e.
4 himself warmly in favor Of the new Tax Inv
and said that The wliigs dies rved credit for il
passage, for Il was hight and Just! Such 81
o admission from such a source gives Hs no birh
: er opinion OF the law than we had before. bn
b II shows how the tide j. setting. SAWYER IA.
, SONS cunaing, and le feels suii fled tlat moth
ing Is 10 be- gained by opposing the law w
Z Can bring forth hundreds of honest men in IN
opposition ranks in franklin county. who a
. peuly endorse the law as wise, equal aud lust
%. =. Journal
LATEST NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA -
News from Upper California a. lateas the 4.
OF July has been received by letters ~ IA,
New York Sun. The inha biiaDts wrrs gene,
ally Ia favor Of the United States rctsipipl
] possession o. iiic c1uuig. marriages were b.
toniug frequent; new mines were being dis
covered, aud he busy hum a Amcrita0 In
dusiry rs waking mp the INDECENT savapes p,
'he shores Of lhe grea, Pacific.
The best joke received by the last s,e,,,
ship is Mr.. lsreali's dcclamtion ip Nh.
ilouse at Commons. in reply 10 Lori P,ipa,
sion, ilat "ibc United Stajcs az iHc,d lis
lgmceiul desire iUf universal cupirc Vr,,
good iOron EugliSam1n