Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-17

An indictment against George Yarney for carry
ing away fixtures pertaining to the really was
turned BY the Grand Jury "not true biliy, also
an indictment against Mary Ford for larceny, Ie-
turned .not a true bilt''
II This week viii be devoted to erminal business
and the civil docket will be takennp on Monday
next. * g $ .a5st, F5,5..5ssi Go a..
1ss yEIocrExi or TINE wlap.- Professor stoddaIi.
in lecture recent delivered upon The hurricane
in Knox county. Ohio stated that in one town
grove Of oak. tees was almost entirely blown
down. TIE trunk of one of these trees was about
three feet IN diameter. & Assuming, however, its
diameter TO be but two and half feet. force or
$4,000 pounds would be required to break,it.-
i The surEace OF the Tree exposed 10 the action of
The wind was about 1000 feet which would give
a pressure by the wind of a pounds per square
foot, or velocity Of not less Than III miles per
honr, which, is nearly fourth the initial yeloei-
" of a cannon ball allowing the height of the
hurricane. orwhirlwind, 10 have been sixty feet.
the whole force exeTted at time along its tack
was about five thousand million pounds. OF
working power equal TO more than half the steam
power of the globe. .Issl 9 itissifils7s
GfIa Boston. ON Saturday, ss the venerable
John Hancock, Esq, nephew OF Governor John
Hancoek of Revolutionary memory, now nearly
eighty five years was standing infiout of alman-
sion. looking Of the new ehuIch.neaTly opposite.
s ne lost his balance and fell over backwards down
the afeaibetween very low ironsfence and the
house. distance of about six feet from the side
walk. He wns taken into the basement window
and subsequently conveyed in a state OF insensi-
6iiity to his residences where he now lies in crit
kieal state. Is. E, ~ L a 49,
Coz BEaToa has IL formally announced IN his
oTsan, the ST. Louis Democrat. that he is candi-
date for reelection to Congress from the ST. Louis
district, and is also candidate fol the U. s. SEN
ate. at the election which is to be made by the
Legislature next winter So he takes all the chan
ces OF keeping a seat in one of the Houses of
q Congress. Hew viii be member,of the House il
thepeople of ST. Louis agree; but he will readily
give that seat1up if The Legislature of Missouri
win elect him to the q. S. Senate. -,
.FsE-frsas4i- $500
e ANoTHER NV, SrATE.-A bill to provide for the
admission Of Oregon into the Union as . State,
has already been reported in the q. S. House of
Representatives and the legislature of Oregon has
taken preliminary steps towards the calling con-
vention to form constitution. This is lookineto
the admission Of Oregon as State in 1855, by
which time it is presumed there will be the le-
9uisite amount of population in the teuitoryto
entitle Tito the new honors to which tits now
aspiring. ,9s
slARAnRoAD Across sou1n AMERicA. The AL.
bany Evening Journal says, that Allen Campbell,
ESQ, who surveyed and superintendent the con-
,strnction Of several railroads in South America,
has been engaged 10 make a RECONNAISSANCE Of
projected route from Mendoza. on the base Of the
sAndes, 10 Monteyideo, on the ATLANTIC. The dis.
lance Is about coo miles, and with the roads al
ready built west of the Andes, will create rail-
road communication across the South American
continent, broken only by that chain of noun
tains. He has commenced the survey.
onITuARy.-The deaths of Two distinguished
Englishmen are announced by telegraph from Hall
fax; the Marquis of Angiesey aud Lord Cockburn
Henry William Paget, Marquis of Anglesey, was
born 1888. He served with distinction IN the Pen
insulaE war, was member of the Canning Cabi-
net, and was sroug advocate of Catholic emau-
cipation. Lord Gockbntn is known more as
literary character. His last work was Life of
yeffreys he Is better known y his Life OF Charles
Lamb. efsf4s.55
laLT.Thete Is an eccentric and very worthy man
IN Rockefeller who enjoys the blessings of a long
life end good health, and who has made prepare
lions full the final dispositions of his remains
when death shall have removed the animating
principle elsewhere. He has procured his coffin
and placed 1t under his bed, thus making his final
house constant monitor on each returning night,
that he Is one day nearer he retreat, which is to
afford the body when life's ftfuIdream is over.
49,
TnE Richmond Dispatch says. eve were pain
ca yesterday to h at Of thedealh Of Mrs. Susanna
Pleasants, window Of the late Gov. James Pleas
ants Of Goochland, and mother of the late John
Hampden Peasants, and of MIR. R. Ii. peasants.
Of Tie Post. She had reached the venerable age
Of eighty three years.
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Powers Mn1. ExPLosIos. Of the powder
mills Of the Messts. Dupont, near Wilmington.
Dell exploded on Saturday evening last. slightly
ininring one man. Its stated hat another blew
up on "Wednesday. bal what damage was doaeis
not known. l,s1-,,. ;.s4s
1.-two hundred and iEiIty five ready made
collins were soldin Philadelphia on Tuesday, by
auction at prices ranging from so cents 10 so.
Most Of them. IL is said. were bought for lie New
York market.
G1sA Convention. Of gonEnesmen Cigar Makers
dfe in session at Syracuse. New York They are ,
sbontaElanging asanfE Of prices according to the
report Of the albany CohTentioa.
Aeeosding to the Philadelphia Ledger money
worth ffom ifteen 10 eighieen per cent? with
very reliable stock collateral, and merchants have
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