Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-04
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4 E,666et Municipality whitehead aud Sulph9I, 70
give II BODY OF Atmneos, Those sheets IealSnsu
ff tbs Oes Of shoes, are passed under lOleIe paXe
Iins dlamond figured surface. From lhosg Ine
4 SoIes one out By hand, and the 8ayelp pieces te'
qIiEed tORetleot illv shoe gre nu1 l9Ys'pSs,
nales on last The natural adhesion OF lhe Enoi
bef Joins Tie seams. The shoes arc nskS XaIIlsp.
ed and Dhked ia on oven oaPlble,ol holpl ABOUT
two thousand pair, pld healed to about Three nun,
del degrees, Where they remain seven OF slgh1
| houTs This is called the GynloaniElng' process
| by which The RUBBER % hardened.
"a large Quantity Of cotton cloth and cotton han-
mel Is used 10 line shoes, and 10 applied 70 the gur'
face 81 the rubber while Il Is yel 70 sbeglg Not
4 DnFliole Of any OF these materials % lo5l,a The
/ sciaps OF rubber eie.nelled, and Tue bllsol OLD
cloth ore chopped with small quanlllyoi ruOUeIt
aud IOlled into substance resembling posleDnaI
10 form the inner sole. The profits Of This bust.
lness uve 6een somewhat cuItailed Of late ny the
prevailing high price Of rubber, which hos NaIled
within yv0E from twenty 10 SlxtV cenlspor pound
| The demand, however, iS very large. a SPECIES
of FuhbeI.ShOe lined with flannel. 10 extensively
used in some parts Of the country as a substitute
| lot the lealheEn Slioe.
AMEMOANs IN PRlSoN N MExlUO.- koekiNg
! Trt0tmemi.-7On The 4ih ult., ave Americans OI-
rived at San Antonio, Texas, ftom California, bay.
ing come blythe overland route from MuEaIlan,
on the Pacific. Ftom these gentlemsn the San
Antonio Ledger has obtained The following PaElic.
ulars oflhe imprisonment Of three AmstOans:
In the city of Dumngo, Mexico, they learned In
private manner that there &eTe some Americans
inlbe city pTisong aud they alleTwaEdSgOI IieImis
sion 10 visit Item. They found theln lna large
stone dungeon Of so filthy description that II was
almost impossible for visitors to remain in the en-
trance way but few minutes. The Americans
| in confinement were three In number, and their
names and former places Of residences were as fol-
lows; William Shirley, BnOm county. New York;
William Rodgets, Stark co., OhiOi john Games,
| Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, These men
have been in this filthy dungeon four ysaFs and
three months, and during two years Ut this time
they were chained down 1.-THE aOob in total
| darkness, wleIe they could mol see anybody but
tile one who fell them tleir starving allowance.
tue end VI Two Yeas the huge chains abound
their ankles aud wrists hOd tOOrs tbs fs9h of the
bIne, and such was tler horrible condition lhut
htiT chains were removed 10 save iheiI lives and
keep them In misery the longer The flesh Is
party heale,l oveT these wounds, leaving the most
i Notwithstanding seats, which were all geen by The
Ave persons above mentioned. isa
/ They Stale that they were imprisoned on the
charge Of muneIng and TODbng man Of his mo-
/ ney, and they Stale also, that from some facts
which they ore in possession oil, the person who
committed the murder escaped. They have been
luying 10 gel trial, but heating is refused them.
They have written letters 10 the American MING
leT in Mexico several times, and they have reason
IL believe thai lie has never received them.
Our informant learned from many respectable
lSpainau's IN Durango that II was Impossible to get
leyldence TO convict theni and the great mass 0I
i Tile people believed them inlUcent. The YOUNG
est Uf these pISOnsTsj John Gaines, OF DaYton1
Ohio, Is only l1YsOrs old.
The above statement S Of the most reliable
lOhAIGCleI-lheSo PERSONS witnessed it.Wtlh lhsr
nm
Tacty, and some Of them have long been knUwnlo
some Of our citizens Let the alarm be sounded
Ian tho ears OF every AmeEcJn citizen that three OF
llriT bTOlleTs are COuhed without cause, AMI ate
Vanishing with hunger und dying IN chOlns, IN
lUaIhSOms dungeon The citYoGDulahgo, Mexico.
oLD Nick SlcE-CsERvED Hln RlouT). --In Tie
October number Of the KnicketbockeT MasaElne
he tells us how he got SCkj but, betteFyel, how hs
gOtweIli
"Siokness," sayssiE Th1mas Brown, "pullsus ny
tile ears, aud makes us know ourselves" Wewho
are uniformly well-we speakit not without ler'
went thunkfunes' TO The henefclent Power That
has preserved us hitheIlO-cann0t leel the gTaii-
lIude which we ought to feel foTthe pTecio bless
ing of health, without which every other blessing
is as thing Uf nOught. but The Other night Were
taken ILL., "DUCloT," SAID Dame KlicK, 10 Tie
"gOod physician" who was called "lhisls The INST
Iiine since we were married. now twenty ycNrsNnd
| unWaId, that lie ever required tie services oil
"Goo6 Samaritan" The Doclor lel Of The pulse,
commanded running out Of The tongue, took
/ second look, and then aske "what he lmd been
eOlingi"--0sif that was any oil his business! But
we told him unhesitOlingY. We lad been al All
i evening purity aud the refreshments Ot which we
Il had neutrality-suspicious. impTudentN, because the
weather was very sullTy and hot-were Of LlS fol-
lowing naluTei Tread and butter, cup OF coffee,
peaches and cream, three sOTducsi hall vi very
| line muskmullon, six Spanish olives, and two small
gUGlsls of ClIampogne--alltr which, mild cigar.
When we had got homeI and "beoHme aOeu'"
"Sseh 700" II was The very first time we tYrI Ts'
nllEed lhe feVlRg that The people mentioned so
frequently In tie Bible had when tieiE bowels
"yenIned." Also, we had gEent fear of what
might be the prescriptions that IN CabnsliC char
aCleIs, The Doctor was writing Of the table, turn
Ilne over and anon dlabOcal look at his "SuO'
1 iect" A shaved head, a seton IN tile neck, blis.
ter plosteI over the entire "abuUTmal ylsceI,"
were the lsaSt lhOt we anticipated HOWbelt,
none Of these violent remedies were TesoTted to-
A pill OF Two, a small mustard plaster upon The
chest or trunk, (Which Is tile same lhllg) ''TeS'
lored us" in two days u pristine VigoT Mean;
time we were starved. Toast walter, a soup made
lrOm the shadow Of Shanghai chicken boiled
four hours In four quarts Ol wnte constituted our
Diet And the only thing we really lamenled was,
that we had not eaten more when we had 20
chance"
ABour SSAKEs.--Wplker is gteut county for
snakes. a few days ago, Mr. Dill, highly ~.
,psClable gentleman, residing IN The county Of
Walker, Killed, lttaI Cain Creek, III the county
Aforesaid, diamond back Tatesnake that meas
ured six inches between tile eyes aud eleven feet
in length, had swallowed lnWH, and had CapaCi
for Bimllorbulk unOccupied. We are authorised
10 aylhat this Is ths biggest snake ever killed in
the Stale. WehaVe the promise, in q few days, Of
The full particulars Of THIS nOnstsL- Chdbtq (Ah)
paper. rs hlG pc q9
MoDEL CLERK.-YOung man.--"l called TO
see about the cleIkship you advertised as vacant"
OLD Gent,-"Heml have You gold watch and
chain. fast horse, diamond ring, six suits Of
clothes, bull dog, thousand cigars, a ousk Of
OTondy, and on 0ssorlmenL oil caneSl"
Young muD.--"YeS, sir, GOV 'empl."
0!d GenI.--Then you'll suit, My other clerk
furnished himself with all those out Of the till, so
OS yOu're supplied I'LL save the expense" M