Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-26

LelleT3, who ne descIOeu ~ ~ taIl muWl - NuF
Spring md Summer season ui lille, Fever unnB IN
the discharge Of bis work"
What could have induced Mt. Baylor 10 un-
derabe and carry through The nrduous work ol
conyng these letters, Is question tog tile specu.
niioh Of The curious. II Is Certainly rare olu
documenl-pTobably the onlyoue Of the KING 10
The United States. a comparison with The PRINT
ed letters shows theI manuscript 10 be EemaTka'
bly accurate copy"
Tug ISDVsrRML RrmBiTIoN az FARIs'-Ihe
British House Of Commons have voted fifty lhous.
aud pounds sterling lor expenses 10 be incurred
fort management Off the British department oil
The Universal Exhibition ut Paris III 1864, Mr..
Btisht having objected to some Of The particular
purposes to which lnTge portion Ol thesum was
to be spplisl, Cos, fOrinsIauce, eleven thousand
two hundred and flty pounds fer travelling expeh-
SEES Of ogents,) Mr. Carle OF the ministry, answer
ed that the whole sum was much less than had
been incurred by the French Government ior the
Exhibition in Lonloni aud II lie British show Ot
Paris contributed to diITuse anoug The French q
knowledge off the benefits they would derive from
more extended interchange with the English, he
should think the sum, though large, had not been
misapplisd. , o.. . .....5 -6.ig s,....aass
The greater part of Europe is preparing earnest.
ly TO make suitOble figure Of the Exhibition,
which has taken the strongest hold ON French
pride and concern. We may hope that the United
States will not be backward IN the worlds III
yulry.
ASISDEPEspEsr.u ASplDErg,- Mr., James Henry,
Of Dickens county, Ala, who occupied seat in
tie legislature olthutSlate last year, has annOunc-
ed himself ns The wing candidate iOr Congress in
the Ivth disiuol. He is not 10 be permltedi
though, to "walk over The field" as we perceive
by the following communication in the West Ala.
baman:
MR. EDlToR.--I am candidate for Congress
ngoinsl Jim Henry. am from Bass PrecincI
situate lying and being in The northwest corner
IT Piokens county, where no ONT lives within n
oTcumleIence Of Anybody else, l shut myself up
| in room last week, with John Bass (be sue and
don't pint his name without the ~ and myself
os delegates, aud held caucus, in which 'hIee
seveEdl balloiings, | was unanimously nominated
Jim'S opponent. Jnhnnocepls the honor, and will
be in the Geld "tuuny the war" You're, with
out COS II OTuss,) JOHN w. BASS.
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Pas. EMPTIoN Rl0nTs rs Kansas AND NEBRASKA.
-AuoIney General Gushing has lately given an
opinion on pre-. emption rights in Kansas and Ne
| sraska. lie holdslhal tile act Of Congress give
lpeempiion only in such Of the lands coded NY The
Indians US ate not required Grst 10 be Offered oil
public salrI that the lands coded under tue con'
dniun Of being dtSt offered at public snle'nre nc
more opened 10 presumption by act Of Congress
than was The milir ny reservalionnt Fort Leaven.
woiihj that those lands cannot be taken up 10y set
tiers under clam Of prescriptions and that suol
coims will be void in aw,Ond confer no right OF
which to demand patent from the Commissions
Of Public Lands; moreover. it will be the duty o
the President to maintain by force The plighteC
fifth OF the United States in this matter.
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A TIA PARRY "A venerable matTon If Nohl
Adams, Mass, SO Yeas OF eye, gave an "0l,
Folks Tea Party" few days since, and amonl
the guests who were present were four ladies o
the respective ages Of Sc, SO, so, 80, and thre,
i gentlemen Of IS. 80, IS, making the united age
Of the eight persons tincluding the hosIess) 6i'
Yeas, an average Of 81. Six Of these persons owl
faims on which they all in one neighbOrhoot
Of less tbnil mile squure-and have been resi-
.
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LAwLESsSEss IN ST.. LOUISVILLE 81. Louis Re
publican of the l6thlh inst, says there has no
been night within the last week since the lat,
riot when the dagger has ilot drank the blood Of IL
victim. The police Office for several nights pas
has been The receptacle Of bleeding men who have
had the knife put to them. The dens Of iniquit!
in the cily--bnd enough under ordinary circum
sancss--lave recently been stirred up by The wtTs
passions, and tue streets every night ats infested
with bands OF reckless men in pursuit Of difficult
lies, aimed to the teeth and eager for an offtay
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Mp. wlLLn.-A correspondent of tue Boston
Transcript who recently visited Mt. Willis at Idle
wild, above West Point on the Hudson, says;
"Willis is on invalid and suffering grently from
hemonhnge and cough, yet not SO Ill MS had beef
led to suppose iIOm the accounts that have reach
ed US OF late. He is able TO ride on horseback
still, and trust that many years are before him
improved physical condition and his usual menIa
activity He hos only ceased writing the "ldle
wild Papers" 10 commence another series Of aTtl
cles in the Home Journal on different topic"
ExTRAORDrNARY REsULr.--At a recent meeting
Of one of The French agricultural societies, curl
GUS fact was related. A farmer stuck pea in
potato, and planted them together, in March last
The pea produced stock which was covered with
pods, and the potato gave eleven healthy tOOts.-
The farmer is of opinion that bytbis system it is
possible not only 10 obtain two fold crop, Lut to
prevent the mllady TO potatoes.
| CHEsAPkAKE AND Ono CANAL-The National
lntellisencer says that this work is now in good
condition throughout its entire length, and is bet.
ter plepa,edto resist flood than at former pc
md Vsyv lille butiness can be done on the ca