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thunder, but could not utterly drown the
prayers of the living, the screams of the
wounded, and more terrible groans of the
dying!
Col. Fannin fell among the first victims,
but not so the giant Neil With the order
of the Mexican officer, to his men to fire,
our hero stopped almost to the earth, so that
the volley passed entirely over him. He
waited not for second; thrusting hand
into leg of each boot, he rose with couple
of six-shooters, the deadly revolvers, and
commenced discharging them with the quick
rapidity of lightning into the thickest ranks
of bis foes.
Panic stricken with surprise and fear, the
Mexicans recoiled and opened a passage,
through which Neil bounded with the spring
of panther and fed away as if wings were
tied to his heels, while half dozen horse
men gave chase. For while it seemed
doubtful whether the giant Colonel would
not distance even these, so much had the
perils of the occasion increased the natural
elasticity of his mighty muscles. But pres
entity charger Aeeter than the rest might
be discerned gaining on his human rival and
approached so near that the dragoon raised
his sabre for coup de grace. Neil became
conscious of his danger, and hastily slacken-
ed his speed, till the hot stream of smoke
from the horses nostrils appeared to mingle
with his very hair, and then wheeling sud-
denly, he fired another round from revol-
yer, and the rider tumbled from his saddle.
The victim then renewed his flight.
A mad yell of grief and rage broke from
the remaining troopers as they witnessed the
fate of their comrade, and its effect was i'm
rnedately evident in the augmented caution
of their pursut-for they galloped afterwards
in one body, thereby greatly retarding their
progress, so that Neil reached the river be-
fore them. He paused not moment, but
plunged headlong down the steep bank into
the current, and struck for the other shore.
The dragons discharged their side-arms in
effectually, and gave over the chase!
In few minutes Neil, landed and as soon
as he felt satisfied that he was really saved
burst into an insupprcssible convulsion of
laughter, and exclaimed: at will kill me
just to see how astonished the yellow devils
looked when I hauled my revolvers out ofmy
boots %
Such was Col. John Neil-possessing
fund of humor that no misfortune could ev-
er exhaust, and flow Of animal spirits which
would have enabled him to dance on the
graves of all his dearest friends, Or to have
sung Yankee Doodle at his own execution.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-12

~ "You are proud Of your country but
my country is proud of me," said Anaehar-
sis, the Soytbian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-12
"Toot away, you ffer fellow,
Let 'em see how spry you be;
Guess you'll tcot till you are yellow
Fore YOU get holder me-"

Mr.. Lowell's patriotic feeling was as low
as his verses in a different sense, and so it
vas with the whole population of his State.
Daniel Webster sent a son to the field and
Lincoln went too, and both of them fell on
the slippery slopes of Buena Vista, brave fel-
lows and there split all the blood that
Massachusetts, could spare in such an emer-
gcncy. How different was it with South
Carolina. Thirteen hundred of her youth
marched at the first call, under the lead Of
the heroic Butler, honored name, of whom
not NJ 1re than one-fourth ever returned
The Colonel fell at the head of his regiment,
pierced with many wounds, and his followers
were shot down around him on every hand.
And this devotion to country was shown in
a war which South Carolina disapproved and
Mr.. Calhoun had declared unrighteous
We might pursue the parallel so disgrace
full to Massachusetts, still farther and point
to the social condition of the two States
Massachusetts, torn by the widest fanaticism,
with infdelity, communism, spiritualism run
ming riot and rampant throughout her Dor,
ders; her people crazy, her Legislators de,
moralized-South Carolina, on the other
hand, quiet, peaceful, conservative, no mobs
disgracing her cities, no isms affecting the
sober sense of her citizans-but it is useless.
As we regard the two sovereignties, however,
now so much irritated against each other we
cannot help thinking that, if they were to
fight out the Brooks and Sumner difficulty,
he nd to hand, without extraneous assistance,
we should soon see the moral superiority Of
Carolina strikingly demonstrated. The de,
scendants of the Huguenots would thrash
the degenerate sons of the Puritans out Of
tho country PETERSBURG ErDTeSS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-12

aI Ceremony is necessary as the out.
work and defence Of manners.
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Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Its des.
tiny is plainly written in the outlines of its
coast, and is printed on its surface, not less
than demonstrated by its geographical posi-
ton"
The following table probably exhibits very
nearly the exact proportions in Central A.
merca, so far as may be deduced from exist
ing data and from personal observation
Whites ..... 100000
Mixed. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
Negroes 10000
Indians 100000
Total. 100000
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03

eY~itwiI berecollcctcd that CAss1us NJ. CLAY
the vocifcrous and bioodthirsty Abolitionist fail
cd not long ago, in his pork speculations at Gin
cinnati In the Lexington (Ky.) papers of the
10th instant, there is IN advertisement ola pub
lie sale to be held at the residence of CAsSIus NJ.
CLAY, in Madison county, Kentucky, consisting
of land, cattle, farnture-'also, Twenty-Five
slaves, men, women and children, which will be
sold during said CLAv's life"
This is philanthropy with vengence. a
blatant Abolitionist who has made himself no.
torious by sIsndering Shareholders, declaring
that they know nothing ofhonor Justice or truth,
here sells twenty-five human beings, "images OF
Godr-in the cant lingo of the mock philanthro-
pists-as ciattels, on the auction-block. What
scandal to humanity!
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03
WHOLESALE NIARKEr.
wnxElISo, April Sd, 1:

WHsEIIS0, April 3d, 1870.
bri, business doing in all branches The
eeipts shipments by and Railroad, fully
heavy the facilities of transportation accommodate
wehsre change ia tre figures for GrOeeries-
The stocks fair and demand good.
The boot and Shoe trade has uauontcd brisk
ness, salss Ohio Virginia. IaAua Illinois, but
principally sssvs, have been
aud brisk There been considerable activity also, during
the week, In the Org Goods line.
Pig Iron advanced % per Hanging Rock since
last weeks quotations.
There /. a good demand for Shipment for al kinds Of
country produce, at our quotations..
The reader will notice that quote strictly
prices. smaIo;s, generally little from the prizes
here given.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03

B-We were present. yesterday afternoon,
at a private exhibition of musical and scienti,
fic wonder, in the shape of an antomatonperfor.
mer upon the Clarionet and Cornet-a-piston. II
is the invention of Mons. Van 0ekelen, of Java,
was made in Holland, and has been six years in
maturing and tho manufacture. In superficial
appearanceit resembles full sized man. In the
body is concealed a multitude of delicate and
complex machinery, which, upon being wound
up, is made to act upon pairof bellows for the
production of wind, and numerous springs, which
represent the muscles of the arms and hands,
The same machinery affects the actions of the
eyes and lips and the motions of the head and
body. Upon touchinga spring, the gentleman
makes an o5eisance to the audience, his eyes
and lips following the natural inclination of such
an net. Mr.. Van Oekclel then seats himself at
the piano, and accompanies him through the
performance of some of the most difficult compo-
sitions of Beethoven, Won Weber, ect These
the figure executes with facility and nicely,
giving each note of cadenza, and making long
trills that would almost persuade the helrcr he
was thing of life. His performance extends to
thirty-tw pieces upon tue Glarionet and six
teen with the Cornct-a- piston. 1t is one of the
most remarkable inventions ofthc age, and must
have required an amount of patience aud perse-
verance beyond the capacity ofordinary mortals.
=-Ra8teH Journal, Goth =
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03

An EDITORIAL SANCrUN IN P ARIs.-Who would
not be an litor if the pretty picture below were
a reflection of the place wherein he spends so
many drudging hours? We are inclined to
think this description Of a sanctum, a beautiful
fiction drawn By some tantalizing spirit, TO make
poor journalists in this country sigh for such
Paradise. But here is the extinct from Paris
letter, Describing sanctum in that gay CAPT
tai:
Gina large velvet arm chair, with table be-
fore him, sits the Editor himself enveloped in a
plain, dark dressing gown. He is not immersed
in any profound thought, or he may he medta-
ting; for aught we know; but his head rests COM
fOrtabIv on the back Of tue chair, whilst he M-
hales oblivion from all care though the amber
tube of perfnncd Narghillc, standing beside
him. What have we on the table? a large
vase full of flowers-a pile Of tiny oyster-shells
IAN empty bottle of chablis-a china dish with
pears and orangcs-the remains OF. an omelette
soufIie-a silver coffee pot, thick hot cream, and
could he have f6rseen our visit and intended
to envitc us to breakfact? The table certainly
is laid for two; and that delicious, easy, low chair
with its soft satin, wadded back, is actually plac
cd ready for US. How charmingly considcratc!
But soft! the guest is evidently not ourselves
but, whoever it was, has been and gone. Here
are vestiges ofanother presence handkerchief
so fuey snowy, and gosSamcr lies under the Ia
bic; and as we pick it up, our eyes, however
discreet could not help seeing in tiOrid and fila
grcelctters the word nathalie" embroideredin
the corner"
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HITMOROUS.

That's the end of my saisa the tad
pole said when he turned into a bullsfrog
sYeGeni9s viii always work itself through,
said poet when he found his coat was out at the
elbows
f57-A man in Kentucky was so enormously
big, that when he died 1t took two clergymen
and boy TO preach his funeral sermon
Before you commit suicide swallow an
emetic. What You take for despair may be only
aeouple Of pigs feet Try it on.
! why did Joseph's brethren cast him
into the pit2' asked Sabbathsschool teacher of
his class. Because, replied one, silly, they
thoughttt good opening for the young man.
s7gPA witty doctor says that tight lacing is
public benefit, &inasmuch it ldlls-nR all the
foolish girls and leaves he wise ones to grow to
be women. Guess that's a pretty tight hit, at
some. ~
~ Shocks says the prettiest sewing machine
he ever saw was about seventeen years old, with
short sleeves, low neck dress and gaiter boots
R-De Quincy somewhere tells an anecdOtc
of a man, who, on being threatened with an as
sault by eighteen tailors, cried OUT "COme on,
both of you'll "a
fY-A Persian poet says:-'Night comes on
when the ink bottle of heaven, is overturned"
Another calls the evening dew, the perspiration
ofthe moon
eB-A Yankee editor says: The march of
civilization is onward-onward-!ike the slow
but intrepid step of a jackass towards speck of
cats
syYou bachelors out to be taxad, said
lady to resolutc evader of the moose natrimo-
NAL Tagrec with you perfectly, ma'am, was
the reply, 'bacheloris,n certainly is aluxury
sW Excush me, madam, but / would like to
ask why you look at me SO very saYagely. oh!
beg pardon sir! took you for my husband!
sB-Itis SO billy in some parts of Vermont
/ that a little boy who fell of COW shed, the
other day, never brought up till he got in the
next country.
! w%"Always be prepared for dcath.' This
/ was the adnonition of Missouri cider, as he
placed in his sons belt two.bowie knives and
brace of rcvolvcrs.
| w-The editor of the N Y. Dutchman speak
! ing ola drink he once had occasion to indulge
in, said he couldn't tell whether it was brandy
or torch-light procession going down his
throat
s-..AEy brethren" said Swift, in sermon,
there arc three sorts of pride; of birth, Of rich
ics and of talents. shall not now speak of the
latter, none Of you being liable to that GOOnni-
I Ole cLcC.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03

ANARRow EscAre.-on Wednesday morning
last, the hindmost trucks of the last car of the
Express train were thrown off the track just be-
fore crossing the Railroad bridge, and in that
condition the car was drawn rapidly across from
bank to bank, and after running on the ties for
onc-tourth of mile, the trucks again took to the
rail and without attracting the notice Oft any one
on board 1t was noticed, however, by the flag
man ut the bridge The bridge is some sixty
feet high 1t almost creates a shudder to think
of the narrow escape of the passengers in the
last car of being hurled down the precipice.-
CoDncaut Reporter
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03

DALLEY's GENUINE PAIN EXTRACTOR.
VIII suuduc the pain and Inflammation from the sererest
scald twenty minutesaud that 1t
will heal the wounds and ectually cure F
vcr sures-sait Ihpuui-Inaammatory Rhcumatsnt-SOre
and Indamed Bruises-od and Ulcer
sted sSres-seai lElaCorns and BuniOns -Eryslpeas-
sprairs-swellings- Ghiiblaus-bes
Iusectssweled and broken hrcast-Erupions all
other Inammatory diseases where the parts
affected can be reached.
Don't be nereulous about the diseases named to be
cnred by only thIng-but reflect that but positive
properties which Daley salve alone contains and
heretofore enumeratedone fourcau reach alone
the aforementioned disease, Int many enumerated
oueryDo not regular bred hysLcia,ls preserf5e cdio
mel iMtedr.LlyJo scores grdtSerent dtsedSssi
Each box of ESSk DALLEy's PAS RxrRAor0h has upon
Steel Plate engraved Label With the signatures of CIV
CLICKENEI; q CO., proprietUrs, and HENRY DALEY,
manufacturer. An others counterfeit Price IS cents
per box. 49, a'-
70 An orders should be addressed to C. Z: clssner
Co., 81 Barclay street, New York.
For sale by LAUGLYLlSiS, DC BESLtFYELD, Wheellng,'
and Druggists generally throughout The US. yspls
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A snocrIso So =. ruE MEsr.-Me have

A SHocKISG ScESK N TIE WEsr.-We have
already alluded to the murder Of Captain 2.
Stevens, of the Ohio Belle, by imam named
Jones. The Memphis News gives the sequal Of
this terrible tragedy. Abiding to Jones, the
alleged murder, it says:
He. yyas taken abaft the shaft and dashed TO q
stancheon, commencing with the rope at his feet
and winding it around his body IN continuous
folds until it reached his neck, where 1t was
drawn very tight It was then passed around
his head and across his mouth 50 tight that It
stretched the corners of his mouth back cOnSid-
erabIy, cutting them so that the blood run down
his Jaws; and leaving him in the greatest agony
A lady, hearing oflthe manner IN which he was
being treated went below, and begged them, for
Gods sake not to treat q human teing In such a
manner. At her solicitation he was released and
bound fast in an arm chair, and tho chair bound
Ito the stancheon by a different rope. In this
situation hewas left In the meantime cabin
passenger was making himself conspicuous by
Boosting that in California he had helped to hang
over 50persons- he had hung men for as
low sum as five dollars-and if they would give
him a chance, he would soon dispose Of that
scoundrel" AshOrt time Afterwards this hang
man extraordinary" and a friend were missing,
and soon after our informant heard splash
He and some other passengers then went below
to sec the prisoner, but when they had gone aft
they found the rope that bound the chair cut and
the man and chair both gone, His fate can well
be imagined. While bound in the cdair he ac-
knowledged that he had done wrong, and said
that all he wanted was to be. placed in Jail and
allowed a fair trial, and ifthe law hung him he
was willing to die. He said he was the son of
a planter living near Raleigh, in this State, and
that he had been forced to leave home on. &C.
count ola warrant having been issued for his
arrest for having threatened to shoot a man.
Thus has ended a double tragedy, the, primary
cause of which may be attributed to liquor.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03
a The KnieFsFBos q. g a. just issued


has the following capitafstory:
''The Sermon in our February number has re-
called to an Alton dil.) correspondent one which
was preached in Tennessee by a Baptist minister.
When drawing to the close, he said: .Brethering,
am an hoStler, and I must curry those horses
before Ilcaye Here is this high:bloodcd EPiS-
eo1aIian horse: see whats high head lie carries,
and how black his coat is, and soft as silk, bat
he'll kick il you touch hin on his Litany OF
Prayers. Whoa, Sir! whoa! Here is the old
sober dLethOdist horse: Whoal old felowl Just
slip away his love-fcasts and class-mcctings, and
he'll kick till he falls Whoa! you old Shouter!
whoa! All! here is the horse that is ready to
kick at all times: don't you go near his Comics
sional or Penancc: Whoa! Mr.. PoPEl how beau
tif;ll his trappings arc,-his surplice and mitrcl
whoa, Sir! WhoaI and so he went on through
the various denominations When he was near
ly through, an old Methodist gentleman, well
known in the place, offered his services to con
cludc, which was reality accepted. lie said:-
Friends, / have learned this morning how tc
dress horses, and as the brother has passed tive
of them, will take it upon myself to finish thc
work. Here is an animal that is neither one
thing nor the other. He is treacherous and un
certain: YOU cannot trust him: he'll kick his bcS
friend for controversy. Whoa! MULE, who
See, brctheren, how he kicks. 'Whoal you ole
CAMPBELLTTE!-whoa! Here, friends, is an ami
NAL that is so stubborn he will not let me in hi:
stall to cat from his trough: he is so stubborn
that he would not go where prophet wishct
him: he is so lard-mOuthed that SAMSON usct
his jaw rs weapon of war against the Phiiis
tines. Whoa, you Close-Cummunion Baptist
whoar DO you call me an ass! exclaimed the
minister, jumping up:-'Whoa! continued hi.
tormentor; see him kick, whoa! Hold him
fricnds?-whoa' and thus the old gentleman
went on; the minister rantiug meantime unit
he got out OF church. The congregation unani
mously agreed that they had never. seen,an ass
so completely 'curried before
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Ro,,,,-y.zYs...es--Iisy es;oT.,1,,r -Y.rI4iiS,

RoBBEAY.-fes terdsg GOTcEnor MerTiweath-
e., o. Sew Mexico, was robbed Of oTer Eve hum
dred dollars, on the steatueE Tx ubry. The.
money T1s IN bis tunl. IL his statOFoom, and
a4lTifis hf gs Il fih1ef ts iIefbfole panel in,
IL 5dOgs tie gtatesr0pm door, turned the
I'D Il =. ID daily inspected - ~
ilsFl1psvy M - two one of which,
etpt pitetss
~ ~ lala1tS Ialjlt =. g e.il -
stigB Nes stiifIilJ nd qai5tgy peT.a
y KslGig mr.. 9eSl
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New ELENEST OF CoNNERCE on THE 0rACurrA
-on Tuesday of last week, the 18th inst, fat
having descended from the vicinity of Camden,
Ark. We learn that an extensive coal bed exists
upon the Ouachita above Camden, and that sew
eral eaterpising citizens of that place have form
cd n company, who have number of laborers
engaged in mining the coal. It's determination
to estabiisi1a depot for coal on the Mississippi
near the mouth of Red river. Our informant
aequaints us that competent judges who have
ty to be very good and that it resembles in many
respects the English camel coal TqfrisOil6 burg
(Ld.1 Ladepeg,dent.
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ARE YOU SIoK. p

.
Then you can't be cured soon Don't delay until your
complaint incurabe, then when It too late
-Four fths all the which people the church yards,
be cured by Ayers Catarc Pulls, II taken in
Don't 30 dragging through Spring, faint sleepy and list
less because your blood is loaded with bile Don't the
Ieadace Heartburn and kindred disorders because
your stomach is Don't parade yourself around the
world with Pmples Boehes Ulcers Sores and all
or any OF the uneiean diseases Of the skim because your
tenn wants cleansing. Don't chow yourself about lean hag
gard all carea In your Stomach and Bowels need
Strengthening healthy action. Ayers Pills set these
things right as surely quenehes IRE. They purify
the body blood and their functions healthy
activity which you feel quick they taken They
are die one great of this as by
all who their virtues and thousands know them
Take the Cherry sctoraE for Cough andth Pills for all
arrangements requiring aPursative medicine.
Prepared By Dr.J. Cara, Lowell siassachusetts
sold by al Druggists in Wheeling.
a. c. GoOD,k CO., wheelngS 50
fet So, ) Wholesale and Retail Agents. -
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V2ErE or SILVER ColN.-The Director Of the
United States Mint at Philadelphia has given
notice that purchases of silver for. coinage will
be made on the following terms, payable in sil.
yer coins of the new issues Five fraac pieces
at 90 cents old Spanish dollars at I05 ceaits Mex
lean aud South American dollars at 1855 cents;
oct cshts; the same FROM 1888 {: toll s5S, 1t SCI
esntS; German, Swedish, Danish, Norweg land
olsi Freaef crowns 1t 114 cents each; z Grman,
fiorins n cents; .Prussian and Hanoyerian thai
eFs 1t u cents, &nefiean ate,;- best 'niAnufae
ttire5 Rt 1g0a122 cents per ounce, and scluine
British plste Mt lss cents per ounce.
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H-The lIalayette 5iflaa1 .loalnal tells of 40

l5EheI Ialaye ttes tLa1 slaaIHal tells of 40
accident near that city on the Indianapolis Rail-
road %, w dneslay nigh last which resulted
In Z eain instead of a lass of life. a landslide
had occurred, and bcfure the train could e check
"a i6SnmotiXera plump into the loose earth,
throwing It from, the rdcS and causing . sudden
eThouk 20 the cars, but doing no other damage
Among the passengers WAS German woman
Z, sfssOsas tllelast stage Of hatinteresting
ditiOn in which ladies are frequently saidito be
no lore their lords The sudden shock pre-
cipftatedmattsFs and few minutes after the ac-
., sefeut occurred she was delivered Of promising
hoft Tie mother and child seFe tai en- t0a' hotel
sd are both doing well
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ADAMS Premium Dagusrreoypist, has the pleasure Of
informing the citizens Of wheeling that producing by
the aid of elo cenieal agent Anbrotypes unlike those
heretofore this city They fsuct brilancy
bodness and artistic 6nish
every pne, Including artists who have visited the cele
bratsd Eastern Galleries. them se bet hey
erer sas." bftS ef7E zst .seas
Five Medals and Eight Diplomas have been awarded
20 Adams. Remember the Gallery aain Union
street,. dets
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spRIN=G EbHcFIoN.

I'VE charge PrvE DotL4Es for inserting nominations for
Sheriff. be aid iaralaby in sdyaace. PtsOns not eem
plying with this ralr m understand Why their announce
ments DO not aPpear.1
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-03

Fine Cigars and Tobacco.
5000 Zoo Sf Il 9Fsss. 'lGAnsi
2nUO La PrinaTera, large;
2OG6 q ssIinita Cigars;
9O0I Fortuna
l,OlO ISIbcl
e,OO0 No. Principe
9,DOl Jenny Limbs
~ butts EIdoTaio Tobacco;
Virginia
10 boxes L. Towards Lump do;
10 Wales 4 III.
Just received and for sale low for cash by
WA. TAYLOR, No. 16S Main st.
mh12 Sign OF Grand Turk.