Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-23
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waiting for movements in the interior.
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PARAGRAPHICAL.
MA new private banking establishment is to be
started at Georgetown, ID. c., some time soon.
QjaThe steamer Pawnee was snagged and sunk
twenty miles below Memphis, Tenn, on the sth.
little whole number of deaths by the Reindeer
explosion up TO last Saturday was 30. ~.fa
ITS Fowler had his pocket picked Of $50 at the
Louisville post-ollce last Monday.
llrMayor Perry, of Albany, is not dead as re-
ported, but seriously ill.
u-J-They have piece of embroidery at Boston
over 100 years old.
Uj-Miss Baldwin of Virginia, niece of Presi-
dent Madison, is teaching missionary school in
Athens, Greece.
uJ-Mr. William Mckenzie, an old and much
esteemed citizen of Paducah, KY, died board
Il steamboat between Louisville and that place n
few days ago. .......
uJ-Alount Auburn Cemetery, near Boston, is to
be further adorned by the erection of granite tow
sixty-two feet in heighth, the highest hill in
the cemetery. -.r,.., a.. .,.. -....-
B-Hon.. Joseph R. Ingersol, our newly appoint
cd Minister to Great Britain, sailed at noon last
Saturday i'll the Arctic, for the scene of his future
duties.
Q-J-Mrs. Sinclair, late Forrest, has returned with
her sister TO this country, and is in Boston,
Geo. Vandenhoif also came i'll the same steamer,
the Niagara. a....H r4 a-.r.
NAvAL.-The U. S. steam frigate Powhatan,
Captain VIM. Mervine, got under way on Thurs
day and proceeded to Hampton Roads, whence she
sailed on Saturday for N. York, previous to her de-
parture for the Mediterranean. t5ff .gsF
| THE LAST RoBEsrIERRE-The last representa-
tive of name celebrated in the annals of 1893, NJ
Isdore Justin de RobeSpierre, died in June last at
Santiago de Chill, where he had been established
nearly go years.
| SALE OF TilE "SovEREIGN OF THE SEAs."-Nfr.
Donald Mckay has sold the clipper ship "Sover
cgn of the Seas to Messrs. Berend Roson, Jr., &
Co., of Hamburgl, for one hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars lstr- sF.. ID, Ffs.,l a.E- ,I.s fr.a.s
u-PNIr Barring is the lion nj present in Boston,
a public meeting has been held, at whichit was
decided TO tender complimaty dinner to him, on
behalf of the merchants and mercantile houses of
Boston. -.,.g.5..4H
little recent Academic on the Erie Railroad oc
casons much Indignation, Gross careessneSs
The part of the driver of the freight train is said
to have been the cause of the accident. He has
ubsconded. ,... .E., TEL. ruaauH
QrJsThe churches and citizens of Augusta, Ga,
have contributed S125 10 the National Washington
Monument, and Mr.. Richard Wall, OF Baton Rogue,
La, has collected $3.50 from the citizens of that
place for the same purpose. s.
u-J.The Leonardtown Beacon states that some of
the farmers in that section have commenced seed
ing wheat. BY the Goth, the operation will have
been very generally begun. -. ....
MA correspondent of the N. York Spirit of the
Times tells of friend Of Ills having caught fish
with an ordinary steel rat-trap '''i'r'f'
B-Anothcr newspaper to advocate the cause of
"down- trodden Cuba,' is about to be established
in New York. Senior Tolon, whose name figured
rather conspicuously in the Lopez foray, is to be
the editor.
INV. Earl Arnold, recently chargedwth the
eE.bezzlement of 900 from the Suffolk bank at
New York, has been honorably acquitted OF the
crime by the board of directors.
1.-THE editor OF the Howard Gazette has seen q
specimen of tobacco raised by Mr. Freedom Hips
ley, residing in that vicinity, which measures feet
inches in length. w LEIg I'll -f
MA correspondent of the New York Tribune,
writids from Newport, X. l., censures the pract:cc
in which he says the ladies there indulge, of veal
ing enormous diamond rings at morning calls, or
on the occasion Of evening parties.
1JHThe whole number of Africans, orrpersons of
African descent, now on the western continent, is
reckoned ut 12,370,0o0. Ofpthem about seven
millions are in slavery in the United States, Brazil,
and the Spanish and Dutch Colonies. The re-
mainder are free. ,--- rtrs y - 1a,.l4a
l-j-In the good old town of Wethersield, Con-
necticut, il is the custom to toll the age of every
person who dies. Last week the bell, one OF the
largest in the State, tolled one hundred strokes
at the death of Mrs. Ayrault. Mrs. A. has never
exhibited marks of unusual age.
Tue POLES IN AMERIcA.-Promptedb by the love
of their country and national feeling the exiles
vi oNSi oiAtyb u A,S"
York on Aug. Is, 1852, and after a thorough dis
cussion of their common interests, united them
selves in body, under the name Of sthe ASsocia-
ton of the Polish Exiles in America"
u5-The Erie Railroad Company have Il, 600 tons
of iron arrived and on the sea- for the second track
which is being pushed with vigor. The entire
iron needed for the Canandaigua and Niagara Falls
Road has been shipped and large portion of it re-
ceiyed on its way to Canandaigua. The road will
be completed to Batavin, this winter. The force
on the line is very large. '' -
1.-THE death of negro and white man near
Famville, Va, recently noticed, is said to have
been caused by the fool hardness of the white
who (being drunk walked to the end of aplank
which had been loosened for the purpose Of reno
val, and which yielded to his weight, tilted and
caused him to fall. The negro fell in attempting
to save the white man. "g 80 ''ti'i
fore the Mayor yesterday, with the object of going
fence. The Mayor said
Have you any real estate 7ioh a hsslis sts sItr
No, sir. isss .,,Isil>s .-I.t,i.,.E- = .-taseIh,p
Any personal property2 a ralK -
No, sir. ttc7 fliis atiHp 2 -.lzssaf -,-isA ~
Any money! i"f'ts -, i' Z
No, sir.
Amy business7
No, sir AK s.s1.isf 80 jl2 u,,..l zit.s, uf
Are you a housekeeper7 ~, .. 'l5
No, sir. 5,e n az * t5Is.- I'D .f.i Il
The replies not being satisfactory, the gentle
man was permitted to retire without assuming the
responsibility.