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Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27
Horrible story Of Destitution, Misery and
Crime in Boston.

a few days AGO, constable II. J. Jones
discovered in cellar in Stllman Place. a
family who were living in 4 state of misery
hardly credible Their subtcrrancan apart
mcnt, which was not over ten feet square
was occupied by man, Hi wife, and a
daughter about Six years Of age. The fur
niture of ihc room consisted Of miserable
apology for straw bed iinprcgnatcd with
filth and laid On the floor in the corner Of
the room: there were no sheets blankets
or quilts, and the only covering for the oc-
cupants was few old dresses, torn into
sbreds The remaining furniture in the
room was broken down table, 4 chair, mi
nus back, a broken pitcher and saucer and
a spider The floor was covered with filth
of the most disgusting character. There
was not particle Of provisions in the house
of any kind The dress Of the mother con
sisted Of piece Of calico in part strung to-
cether with wicking. and the little daughter
had on a simple shirt confined at the middle
and a shawl over her shoulders.
The father Of this wretched group, short
time since, while drunk. broke his wrist.
which was properly set, but The next day be
got drunk, forced the bone from its place
and not having beer attended to, i has knit
ted together 20 as to deiorm the limb. a
son Of these parents i at the State Reform
School for stealing and daughter at deer
Island f1r the same offence. The remain
ing daughter was sent out BY the parents to
beg. II she obtained any money it was
spent in rum, both parents being drunk for
the most part Of their time. When the of-
icer entered the cellar, the little daughter
had in her arms kitten which she was
pressing to her bosom. Last night the
whole family were taken from this horrible
den to the watchhonse a. they were leav-
ing the husband remarked to his wife that
she had better put nail over the window
or some one would be getting in q taking
the things They will probably be sent to
the House Of Correction, and the child L
Deer Island. Boston Irdrclcr-
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27

ton or Shreveport, IT. eastern, and San Die
20. its western terminus.
To wait ten years, as Hon Mr.. Gyinn
proposes, for California to construct her road
by the middle route. through Walkers
Pass" would Be to throw away tic interest
of a large capital during this surplus time.
and the immense income which would in the
meantime be derived from the road in full
operation between tile two oceans.
In word, the route by which Railroad
can be constructed in the shortest time and
at the least expense having its eastern ter
minus in the Atlantic States, and its west
ern on 4 fine harbor Of the Pacific ocean.
within our own territory, becomes ques-
ton Of such Importance to tue perpetuity
of our institutions, and to the cause Of free
dom itself, that no sectional, party, Or local
interests, shonld for moment have any
weight with the only power capable Of de-
ciding correctly On its mcrits-the Congress
and President Of the United States.
The committee submit the following reso-
lu.iolls:
Resoircd. That from all the information which
has hccn obtained ~ To the best location lnr a
Railroad, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
having IFS tcrmIni within the limits pf the United
States. that indicated III the foregoing Report a.
the Southern Route, l. far preferable tn any which
has yet been made known to the public.
Resoired. That the President or tho United
States, be and he il hereby respectfully requested
to take such steps a.. il His judgment may seem
best To a survey to he made Of The route for
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, from Til Paso
TO The junction Of the Gila river and the Colorado
of the West. and thence to San Diego. in time to
lay the results before Congress at it, next session,
with the reports "a the survey Of the other routes
proposed for the road.
RrSolrca- That m agent 70 represent the inter-
ests Of the Southern location and "a make
known tn the public it, real merits tn appointed.
whose duty ii shall bc 10 urge upon Congress anil
the Executive. a careful examination III the I'll
Paso and San Diego route. and To communicate
with capitalists both in tile United States. Eng
land. and Oh the continent Of Europe i'll relation
to the sanlc.
Rcsoired That the committee or correspond
and such agent bc directed 70 communicate
frequently with each other, tar the information of
the citizens Of this country who may bc called
together AZ such times and places a. said commit
tee shall appoint.
The expense Of constructing the road i thus
estimated:
GOO miles from III Paso 70 Colorado, Sls-OO00oo
200 Nj Tie CHA tu San Diego. 6.GDu.rOU
GOO H SanDieso to San Fran ~, s,oO0,oO0
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27
THE LIFE GUAGE.

They err who measure life by years,
With false or thoughtless tongue;
Some hearts grow old before their time;
Others are always young!
'Tis not the number of the lines
On Lies fast filling page;
'Tis not the pulses added throbs
Which constitutes their age.
Some souls are serfs among the free,
While others nobiy thrive;
They stand just where their fathers stood
Dead, even while they live!
Others, all spirit heart and sense
Theirs the mysterious power
To live, in thrills OF Joy or wo,
A twelvemonth in an hour
Seize then the minutes as they pass
The wool of Life is Thought!
Warm up the colors-let them glow,
By fire or fancy fraught.
Live to some purpose-make thy Life
A gift of use to theei
A joy, good, a golden hope,
A heavenly argosy!
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27
Total.
Sla.nnO.0nO

Through the facilities afforded by the uaviga-
ton Of the Colorado. III the transportation Of ma
terials the road, it il asserted, can he completed
IN Eve years from it, c0mmencement-in which
respect It would have greatly the advantage of
time over the contendng routes.
Among the resolutions adopted BY the meeting
was one requesting the President To cause sur-
very Of the proposed route to be made In time ID
lay the results before Congress nj it, next session
The meeting appointed Col. Magruder agent to
urge the Importance oi the enterprise upon Con-
gTess and the executive. and To communicate with
capitalists III the United States and III Europe on
the subject. All our latest adviccs he was about
to leave san Diego lnr Washington.
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27

Mas. PARTINGroN on DfsEAsEs-"Dis@
eases il very various" said Mrs. Partington,
AZ she returned from street door conversa-
ton with DR. Bolds The Doctor tells me
that poor old Mrs Haze has lot two buckles
On her lungs, 1t i dreadful to think Of,
declare The diseases j. % various, One
day We hear Of peoples dying Of herrnitage
Of the lungs, another Of brown creatures
here they tell Is Of the elementary canal
being out Of order. and there about the te-
nor Of tie throat here We hear Of the neu-
rology in the head, and there Of an embar-
20 Oh one side Of us we hear Of man be-
ing killed by getting pound Of beef in biz
sarcofagus, and there another kills himself
hy discovering his jocular vein Things
change u, that declare that don't know
how to subscribe for any disease nowadays.
New names and nostrils take the place Of
the old, and ! might a well throw my Old
yarb bag away"
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27

a LovEEfs OBEDlENcE.-Beautiful
gorgeous was the sunset ky. The last notes
Of the summer birds fell upon my ear a.
they retired to their resting places in the
green forest. and everything whispered Of
love, a. stood with my love in beautiful
garden, regaled BY the odor Of thousand
flowers. Gently ! drew ny arms around
her delicate waist, and was about to impress
a kiss upon her lip. when he looked Hie
saucily IN the eyes. and with smile upon
her countenance she said, Don't and j
don1el. iAmcyican PyizE TaIc.
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27

Mr. VIM Ely and his wife lately died in
Lee county, Va. the former was l05 years
old and the latter l07. They had been
married three-quarters Of century
Washington telegraph., 1853-07-27

Some fellows say, when Adam cot tired
of naming bis numerous descendants he
said, ''Let all the rest be called Smith"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-13
6l,066.l30.
w hole debt


The message of Gov Bell Of Texas is
largely Devoted ,o'h" support of Of the Pa.
ciic Railroad. The Governor recommends
The EI Paso route. The Galveston Journul of
l7Ih ulI. had learned rom gentleman
direct from lhe cities above that the yellow
fever was sweeping off The inhabitants in
alarming numbers The Mexican popuIa.
iion especially were carried off like sheep
with The rol. having no (anh in medicines
and prescriptions of physicians. no sooner
were they attacked with the epidemic than
they resOned 10 charms and senselcsS cere.
monies. The garrison ul Brownsville had
suffered severely. Col. Webster and Lieut.,
Dugan had died A, last accounts The gar.
rison was bu, three hundred and fifty strong.
The Western Texan says The 5,h Infantry
Regiment, under Col. Looms, left San Anio-
MO on the 3lst Of Ocl to take up their line
of march for the RIO Grande.
NEBRAsEA.-The 81. Joseph Gazette oI
the l6ih inst. contains call sgred bv near
800 CITIZENS of Buchanan county, Mo, in
favor ol convention n, 81. Juseph, on the
8lh Of January next, Of all persons IN favor
OF the organization and settlement of Ne.
braska, $50 as 10 concentrate public opinion
upon this all Important subject, that is deem
ed essential to the security Of the Pacific
Railroad from our borders. and to the in
teresI and prosperity Of our country" Thu
Gazette says The whole frontier Of Mis-
souri, and Iowa bordering on Nebraska arr
aroused on the subject, A perfec. en.husi
asm pervades the masses in favor oflhe or
ganizaIiOn and settlement Of Nebraska.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-13
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Delivered to the House of Representatives and
Senate Of tie United iStates--Jeing The
1hiny-third COngress--dt 12t o'ciock,
Tuesday, December 6, 1853.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-13
Rates of AdVcrTisiISR q ,

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Every subsequent insertion, 80. =; 20
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One half column, one year, -: 20 OO
Three-fourths of a column, one year. +: 26 co
One column, one year, so on
U'Advertisemens not having the number Of in
sertions marked on copy will lie continue Inti
forbid and charged accordingly.
J'Casual advertisers must pay in advance.
BJOb Printing, of eveYdescription i'll
be executed with accuracy and neatueSs.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16
Matters in Washington. f,e-gs
The Washington REPUBLICS city corresponds


says I'm -
THE Attorney General has played hob with the
calculations of those who hoped to get nibble at
the treasury through an entire change Of the
parties engaged i'll the construction of the exten
sion OF the Capitol On Saturday he rendered his
opinion on the points su omitted to him in this con-
nexion from the War Department, which was such
as to induce the Secretary of War to remove the
ban hanging over the further prosecution OF the
work; which was resumed this morning, 10 the
great Joy OF Washington, by the three hundred
hands whose daily wages had thus been stopped.
The selection of the Harrodsburg Springs, with
two hundred acres attached, for the site of the
proposed western military asylum, in preference
10 the Blue Licks, gives eminent. dissatisfaction
to the friends of the latter locality now in Wash.
lngton. Some of them cannot realize how it
comes that General Scott didn't cotton us much
10 the Blue Licks on this occasion as before the
residential election. The ways are insisting, in
TACT, that the Generals mortal aversion to these
same Blue Licks settled the question in favor of
HaTrodsburg at 100000; though the Licks afore-
said, with four hundred acres attached, were offer
Tor SSO,O 1t seems TO be estimated that the
iarrodSourg site is worth in open market some
$4,000. II SO, Uncle Sam has come of better
IN this trade than in the purchase of site for the
Memphis Navy Yard, having to pay only twice as
much as the property is really WORTH However,
fifty thousand, here or there, is mere circumstance
to the Government in the matter Of getting the
very best possible location for such an establish
ment.
That terrible trio, Messrs. Guthrie, Washington,
and Burt, have not only appointed Mr. George
Mumes, of Maryland, (who was decapitated by
Mr.. Forney, it will be remembered, being found
guilty under the indictment for Whiggery,) to a
cerShip i'll the Third Auditors Office but they have
just had the temerity to violate the Office hunters
code by renStatIngin the otic MesSrs. Scott,
Winter, and Beatty, Wings, removed few days
since.
Messrs. Boynton, of Ohio, Clark OF Wisconsin,
and Greene, of Maine, were sworn in to-day as
clerks in the Pension Bureau.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16

VIRGINIA is the next State to hold an Election,
and the only one before the first Monday in Au-
gust next, when Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana
Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas follow, while
Tennessee votes ON the first and North Carolina
on the second Thursday i'll that month. The
most significant contest of the year will be that
between Col. Benton and his adversaries in Mis-.
souri,. -e-
In Virginia, the most conservative State OF the
Union, Democracy of the Mason and hunter
type, will nave things pretty much as it sees fit
the Congressional Districts having Just been re-
nodded so as to giveit every District. (The mana
gers don't seem to understand that excessive
strength in party is more perllous than weakness,
though not so diSagreeabe. They will have rea
son to wish they had fewer Membe in the next
Congress before they are through with it.)
Most of the Membets of the late House will be
Reelected except Mr.. Strother, (Whig) whose Dis
trict has been overset, and is now Democratic,
and Mr.. Richard Kidder Meade, who has either the
promise or lively hope of South American
Embassy. Messrs. Thomas H. Bayly, John Letch-
er, John S. Caske, Thomas S. Bocock, Charles
James Faulkner, Henry a. EGmundson, Paulus
Powell, John S. MillSon, and Fayette McMullen
will pretty certainly get back again. One out OF
the lot may slip up, through some loose screw OF
other, but the balance will get i'll. Ex-Goy. VIM.
Smith, (known as Extra Billy from the enormous
sums accorded him by P. NJ. Gen. Barry as extra S
on his Mail ContracD will get the upset Wing Dis
trict. Mr.. Kidwell, of Marion Co., is the Demo
cratic candidate in the Wheeling District.
Mr.. Charles James Faulkner was formerly a
Wing, and as such elected 10 the House from
Berkeley Co., and to the Senate from his District
Two years ago, he was Union stump candidate
for Congress, against Hon. Henry Bedinger, (Dem.)
who had opposed the Compromise. Mr.. Faulkner
succeeded, and soon after declared himself o
Democrat on the assumption that the Democrats
of the North were more favorable to Southern
Rights and hostile to Agitation than the Wings
We rejoice 10 observe that such patriotic devotion
is not 10 wait to the next world Tor lis reward since
that would BE- equivalent 10 getting no reward a
all.-N. Y. Tribune.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16

r"
ADAPTATION OF COMPRESSED AIR TO STREET
CARRIAGEs.--The Paris Correspondent of the New
York Times has the following interesting re-
marks: :, ~ i
The Presse says that it has seen upon the Chamns
Eiyses, carriage containing two persons. pro-
coed for twenty minutes, the full speed of horse.
bymeans of cylinder of compressed air. of ~
small volume that you might put it in your pocket
The inyeator thinks he has obtained a PRACTICAL
plangof utilizing compressed air, and has discovl
cred means of COMPRISING it, to merely nomi-
nal cost. Apaper on the subject has been read 10
the Academy of Sciences Nj. Julienne pronost.
to adopt the principle to carriages and street veh
Giles merely, to which it may be applied with i'm
mense economy and perfect SAT ty. With small.
cylinder, party of two or three may take an air
ing at the Bois de Boulogne at any rate of speed.
from walk up to gallop. An afternoons ride
Will cost perhaps a france You will have no hay.
or oat bllt TO pay, nor any coachman to remember
LOT you VIII do your own steering. Depots of CYL
inders VIII be established in lsquartefs of Paris:
you Will purchase one or two, and when exbansl
tedof ar, you will send them to be renewed. "A
very slight alteration in the present STYLE of car
RACES is required to adapt the new principle to
them. ltwould not be expensive even to bnild
new ones, owing totheir simplicity. M. Julienne
does not make public the means BY which he con-
centrates the air, and twill be safe to wait till
we can see. before we believe, Immense sums
have been expended in experiments upon the COM
preston air, durng the last twenty years, but
no practical results have ever been obtained
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16
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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16

a PRUDENT CLERK.-It was custom in early
days in Pontiac which the merchants were wont
to consider ''nore honOred in the breach than the
obserrance,' for the young clerks to collect after
work hours in one another's stores, and amuse
themselves by cooking eggs, oysters &C., .and
cruelty devouring the same'-or in more polite
phrase, "by securing them about their persons %
Late one cold night, Mr. M having occasin to
TO Detroit in the morning, found his head clerk
entertaining small, select but jovial company OF
his comrades over pitcher of punch and line
dish OF poached eggs-scrambled eggs they were
literally when they heard the key lurn, and the
well known foot steps of the approaching owner;
but all to no use-they were caught, and Mr.. u.
mildly remarked TO his clerk, "Well, SO you are
ealing up the eggs are you!'' "Oh no, sir,'' was
Of thet rotten ones" The explanation was per
iectly salislactory.-DetroitA dpertiser.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16

This Court met on Saturday last at 10 O'Clock
a. NJ. The grand jury was called and sworn,
being composed of the following persons: Thomas
Sweeney, Foreman, Jacob Cooling, Benjamin
Kelly, H. w. Chapiine, John Knote, Thomas
Johnston, jr., Neil McNaughten, John Goshorn,
James R. Baker, James H. Stout, Fergus Smith,
Samuel OFT, James Baker, Oliver Pryor, Samuel
Irwin and Mason NJ. Dunlap. The jury retired
and having performed part of their duties were
called into court and adjourned until to-day at 9
O'Clock. The case of Sarah Ritz VS.. Michael Ritz,
on habeas corpus, was taken up. This was an
application of the mother, Sarah, to obtain the
possession of her infant child from the defendant
who isits father.
The Court reserved its decision until today
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
During the quarter ending the 31st of March; the
receipts into the U. S. Treasury were as follows:
From customs, SIS ,2Os,498 u; lands, 1926, o3o-
IS; miscellaneous sources, s170,l05 so; loan OF
1s4T, (reasury notes funded,) S2,450-total, &c.,
603,065, The expenditures for the same period
amounted to s10,338,SS2 Oh, including S2,57l,-
176 Al for the Navy, 50, 114.O91 &c, for the Army
and Notifications, s4,1s751O as for civil, miscel-
laneous and foreign intercourse, and s9s7, eOG &C
for Pensions and the Indian Department, the bal
ance being for interest the public debt and the
redemption of loans, &c.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-16
From Baltimore.


May IS, P. NJ.
There were nearly one hundred persons arrived
here from Wheeling in the last train of cars. The
increase of travel and business over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad is now very rapid. Large
amounts of freight daily arriving and departing,
and tits gratifying TO learn that the Company is
prepared 10 do business with dispatch.
The southern trade with Baltimore is gradually
increasing. conversed with southern mercha nj
few days ago, who had been in the habit OF
making his purchases in the northern cities, but
recently changed to Baltimore. He was astonish-
ed to find that goods could be had here as good and
cheap as in New York. He says he likes the
character of the Baltimore merchants and feels
more congeniality of sentiment with them, and
will in future make this his market. He advises
that his southern friends should make the expert
ment also. The institutions of our city and state
are assimulated to those of the South and south :
ernerS may feel perfectly at home among us.
1t is gratifying to learn that the business of the
Baltimore and Charleston Steam Packet COMPANY
is rapidly increas ng. The Palmetto is now un-
able to take all the freight offered. The new
steamer of this line is going forward towards COM
pletion.
Business continues steady.
Flour dull-small sales at s4,slas4,s7. Red
wheat 11Oal14c; white do 116al2O TO 127cts.-
White Corn 81, yellow SO cts. Oats 4oa44cts-
Rye ssa92cts.
Provisions are quiet-Mess Pork SIS, 5Oas16.
Beef do Sl5al6. Sales Of bacon shoulders at 81
sides saS 3-s; hams l0a12a cts. Lard 93alO3cts
in bbls and kegs. Cheese scarce and in demand
at 94a1Octs. Butter l4al7cts in kegs. Rice duller
Sales of 100 tierces prime at 4 3.Scts per Id.
Cotton dull at cts. decline since last week.
Sales of 300 bales. Stock 450O bales.
Coffee dull-Sales of $500 bags Rio at 94a93cts.
stock on hand $4,000 bags. Sugar dull-very
large arrivals. MolasSes unchanged.
Whiskey 22a23 cts per gallon. w.