Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-12-13

..ssW. HEELlN G. Va. 49,
THuRspAy IokNlNa. DRoENBRR Is. 1855.
me oaacial vote Of virginia.
y = Friday las. was thesday appointed By the Legs
Istuts Tot an oaieia count Of the votes gwen in
Nay last tll State officers. The members of the
Senate accordingly repaired to the hall Of the
sdsuss oil Delegates In short time afterwards
they returned TO ,het oven hall, when Sit. Thomas
+, .,epaitel aud Lieuensut Governor Leake announ-
err the election by the ne,pl- Of Virginia Of
BaNaY A. WBE as Governor.
80 :, RL,sHA w. McCoaAs as Lieut. Governor; and
,zr4sz WILLlss r. BoctcK Attorney General, for
+ a.. four years finn the Istday OF Janusty, 1856
In tbeHouss, Messts. ::romlin9 and Thomas. the
NJ jsjul committee appointed to count the votes made
the following Eep'rt:5
For NJ WISE, whole upmbrr Of votes. SO 2IS
For Sir. FeasR9yA ~ 800
'.s'i' Msioiity lot Wise 1891
80 sEas ~: AEsoenas ssst. 500
-''N aFsf Nj Hsals ,972
~ n s MojoI,y for MocOnas.. 1856
gsi POI SIT. iocock ..... .ss SOB
Foe Mr. Patton -. ..-.... ....:-.I 1888
S.oI ssi.si tty iat Boeock. 1885
sMvssIs. WE, McG"MAs, and Beeoek, having
maj MY, ~ere declared duly elected for the
tern psssssibed by the Constitution.
Il IS not the custom iM this Sa'e 10 have a for
NAL Inauguration. The Governor elect will, on
the issl Of January, take the oath OF Office in the
Council ehamber, and enter at once upon hS
ut,es. without speech or any sort Of ceremony.
The Lieutenant. Governor elect, being also
swosn IN the Council Chamber, will take the chair
ef the Seuate as presiding officer.
re News Items
An extra mail for California aud Oregon will
he dispntche,l,by the steamer st. Louis, which
sails finn Norfolk, Va, with the ninth regiment
nf U. S. Infantry. Connection will be made at
Panama, on the Pacific, with the steamship Ore
gon. also an exta steamer, which will sail imne-
,lissely for San Francisco.
On Monday very persons thronged the
- < llsries the Hou-e of Representatives., we'll
80 gas The obhies ant rutund1 Of the Capitol, much
), interest being manifested by them concerning The
eIee.iOn 81 a Speaker al the House, but they de-
2pared with their curiosity unqualified, that body
as zh.ving lOr the biIty ninth time. f'Isl om'ke
a,choIee Of prrssdng officer.
zvaIi sstot.d that the residence Of the Rev. Peter
TrimGl. near DunnsvlIe, Essex county. ",
entllr Consumed by fire OIL the night of the Sd
inst, The building a large double frame;
aud before the fsmiIy we've aware Ofrheir danger,
e. s, thr EOnf was falling in. They barely escaped
with theft lives. The loss is $4,000. of which
some S., $40 were insured in Baltimore.
AteIeRraphc dispatch from Philadelphia an.
noupces the DEATH Of A. a. Simmons, Esq, of the
6rm ofswain: 4ne d Summons. and joint pro-
prissr the PhiladeIPhia Ledger, and BAltirnere
q sua- He had been i'll only few days, Of bilious
fever, and died yesterday morning. The deceased
was we'll known IN Philadelphia aud Baltimore,
where he hld been engaged with unprecedented
success ia business, having amlssed large for
tune.
Lieut.. Col. SAMUEL Miller, of the U. S. Marine
Corps, uied IN Philadelphia Sunday, aged 81
years. The deceased sn,er fed the service in 1905,
and greatly distinguished himself in the wax of
1911, ard also In the Floriis In 1874 lie
rtla ed in command Of moving battery, and, It
ST. L-onard's Creek, Nd, was f.r time enabled,
witt; his limited E'ree, to imHe1e the advance of
the British upon OUT capital. He vas seen fore
most among the chosen f. " no stood and fell on
I, the disastrous field Of Blalrns1uTg, where N COM
rand OF the marines, with the gallant Barney, he
i,oT, the brunt OF attack from the entise British
- line a,d though desperately wounded, he still
maintains. his hr4 upon the Advancing columns
IL Upon the Canadian frontier also he acted a noble
part When asked y his commander whether he
c,ubl takea ceram balters po, ted on elevation,
which was cutting the American forces topieces.
he lnodesIlY rrplLed, 81 will 'ry.' He did try,
and was ssccsssful. aud TUNED its fire upon the
eIemy. TIE crease to which he has at last fallen
"a victtm he contracted durins the Florida VAT
For several years past he has been stationed at
The PhilaitIpha Wy Yard.
Outing he year 1852, IN Boston, persons have
been b1rurd . death. 30 drowned, ami about so
kll.rd by various accidents. such falling out of
windows, being run over. &c.
'Fne receipts al tie ennsYvania State Treasu-
nv lurns the year ending OIL the ftst of Decambrr,
were So, $780, 47l.tI, and the expenditure IS, 1885,,
Gus. SO.
he departure Of Rachel lor Havana. as we learn
from the Charleston Evening NstUs, has been de-
tzrre till the next IMP Of The Isabel the 18th
INST, her baggage having faiied to arrive in time
faE the steamer Of Fuesrsy.
During the year 1854, one bundled and ffy
1--we .nsn were hung the United States for mur-
def. OF. this nun'tsr only seven could resd and
i75EWTi,e.
.Mr. Gid Jugs. of Ohio. is the oIdes, member of
tie House of Represents yes He enteIed Con-
,s;sss iu 1886. ~.
Nublit, who murdered old Mr.. Eavis, in Me-
Duwell county,N G.. about year since, and who
was convicted. but appeaIed THE supreme Court,
where the decision Of the Inferior Court ives sus
tanned, WSs pe-Sentenced and ordered to be hanged
on the i4tE inst.
- FiIsr Lieut.. Daniel NJ yBeShooyrI, FIRST reEi-
us.nt farsilf-Ey imtSrcond Lieut. raymond Pair
sySs1 f artillery have TeSiYn.d