Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-02
THlNGSIN PnlLADELpnIA.

i1toet Shtt,--A MI. w ~. huuNuH, OF Ets :
tUsi, Ia ubIainrd serltc, % damage at Phit
ade phia, On "Wednesday, against John 5. Du
Sole, editor OF the Spirit OF the Tunes fora
lib i contained ina paragraph OF one OF the
reporters. connecting HIM With the muir
der OF the Castnrr Idmii! IN New jersey, two
or three years ago.
Meeting Of me iu'toritiss. THE police
committee olth CITY Councils, the c minis
.ioners Of Southwark. NJrthera Libsrii's,
5 ring Gir1n, kensington, Moyamsng, Pen
aad Richmond, were Ia met Yesterday alter
noon IN Philadelphia, Tor the purpose OF de-
vlsing means tor preventing the recurrence of
the dangerous and disgracrlui fire riots with
winch they have lately been cLfsed.
Erpeditious- Ihe large steamboat build
IN al the ship yard OF Mrssrs Bir-y & SON,
at hensngt,n Philadelphia. for The Potomac
riNer, the ledger states, is now IN such
state OF lorSarlnes, that the enterpri>ing
biiidera intend launching her in about Two
weeks.
die,caHtis Enterprise The Pennsyiya-
nt.n states thlt the Philadelphia merchants
have determined upon building no les, lhan
tour lar2e propeller ,ieamsh ps, To Ply ee-
tween that c.,y aud .liiieeent pIrIs abroad.
THE WONDERFUL CANARY BIRDS.
We irara from tht New York Courier DIES
Flats Uais, thII the accounts which have
btea given OF Spinelto's exhibition ia Br at
way, are f-4t exaggerated. tn. most aston
lsAihg examples OF what can be accompi ishel
By hunIa p1lieace are presented These
cd1ary birds, amounting 10 some thiry or
tor Y Ia a cage. come forth at the call al heir
master ana : through with u number o. ex-
rreIses ths IN IS! Surprising One OF them sits
upon Chair auj ,noaes pipe another
stands upon has hsat onatttsr All .ul,s IA in
liant sleeping ia d cradle anO,her dauct IA
pom the u5at ropes Others represent Ndpo-
icon and his MIrshaiis on hols back a,d in
costume ; 9th. Is the death ot Mo rshal Ney;
and finally, oh- ontucis tn Imperial cdrriage
containing Napoleon AMI ad a.. camp. II
Witnessing all these marves, The spectator, in
the midst oi his establishment cannot hat b,
touched with pity Tor these poor lit,le crea-
'urcs, who have been trained b. The haud OF
man 20 such acts OF duciiiiy and obedience.
"REMINISCENCES OF ASHINGTON.
AIR Peter Caltora, respectable bookseller
of Richmond, Virginia, writes to the Repub.
lican, as follows
In the sprn5 OF 1877, when Gen. Wash.
iuglon was leaving Ia Presidential chair, and
returning "a Mount Vernon, The seat OF gov
erdmeut Was then IN Philadelphia | was en-.
ployed IN to- S'o,e OF NJ, George Heating.
BOOKSHELF IN Baltimore, as a rlerk 4 s!ior,
time Prev His 10 the p-riOd of which | am
u1W speaking, Mr. h-aiing roised a company
o. utcuajlrTs, an /. through ms dndarss. /
wa, made ur,rrly 5 gent ui tlr Clmnany.
II was announced that Gen Washington. ON
lus way TO .dount Vernon, vas % pass through
Bilum1Te, ami nv company ordered 10 meet
and escort mm through tie dts Ceptsin
hrailugs company Was III only company
that Turned oNt on tAa; occasinu
Oar company met Gen Washington about
a mile from HE (thrnl town Of Blllimara.-
he was escorted To his lodging, at tie Light
Street " Folutain lam" Dmiug HE ii,nr we
wrfe IN the long tJlm OF he hotel. we were
aH lhtroiuced 10 Gen Washington and he re-
eeiTed ia with that Kindness which was al.
NAYS naniirs rd in his character shall nev.
e. forget n shak OF The hlni which the
Graefal gave me. Soon afterwards. com.
uenced the business o! booksslhng IN the
i.fwn OF AlrA4ndn4, thea a parl ui Tir.in.
l-Goi bless oil Airgiuia) | reerived or
d.'s IRON Gen Washing on f,r b,oks. STA
l'nary. 61c, during the line | ,,os in bust.
ness there. 90 tbs / h OF July, l799 Gen.
eril Washington was Invited TO diuner.
made up by subscription. and given at Spring
Gariril, the lsush, the song went round. but
observed that, although Gyn W. smiled. he
nevcs su.hed