Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-06

Fort uf Ohio ~ aoOEl u I1AE tiS St'1"'P '''
Fnpont IN Pennsylvania.
rsnt;e.nAn at Saratoga. wishes to bet five
thousand dollars that James Buchanan will be
,1e next President; lie offer, bonus OF fifty
togsrs 20 ans one who will take the bet.
An exchange gives very favorable accounts
cC;,.. ernps in Kansas: says the wheat yield
Vii IL thirty bushels 10 toe acre. Cor, prom
-,as.. !Icnp was sown irsssome places this
,7a,n, ard tllc yield viii be fully equal tu no.
- gentleman publishes card in a PlliIa-
,r!,lia paper, declaring That 'tiva hundred re-
sensible citizens o. that city viii undertake,
>. taeir owu COST to escort: in entire safety, Mr..
IEOols tV Eanada, aud in the event of his sur
,igiss hastiig encounter with Mr.. Bur!ingame,
yf! rrtuIn him IN safety to Washington,
Tie regular correspondent OF the New York
R.s:!t, t.icg;rpi.s hon,- Washington on the Isl
i4,ast:
"t'1- Brooks was sworn in to-day, and rece;v-
e! ;re congratulations Of his friends. While nj
te Virginia White sulphur Springs, Col Brooks
a.; guits Ion having To tnde:E" an intrpduc-
son Ia sgse!a! hundred guests. When leaving
iee!ie'l ier his Till. and was informed that his
fa,rriii is;egt,, Ita, been attended To by the
NltHf 'tffl t-' hf'A SsA S''A :
,s.i,c,l him without. THO taciies waved their
l4,ikc9caiefS il, honor at South Carolina and
hsr ciiVarouS' representative.
Tine Louisville Courier says:
WeiaSg been authorized hy gentleman il
this city. oiI.s9ansiLiity, to 0Ler the following
prop sitioas. II there he any khowNothings
desirion, df stalking their belief mnnn the result
At the election tLcy can be satisfied by calling at
this Office
The following are The propositions
traf-Onc hundred dollars cach, upon BIZ
ti'usR CARRYING the States Of Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan. Pennsylvania, aud WiScOnsin--the
BIS 10 BIZ taken together.
Ssr0s3-0nc hundred dollars each, that Buc-
nnan carries tue States Of Kentucky, Tennessee,
I'd louisiana, and two hundred Goi!a,S that he
Ne,tsted.
II: same paper has the following in regard to
t. siosing OF the Canal:
Naw that the water has been shut off from
~ csnal, that ditch presents daily very inter
eiIg spectacle The bottom is covered with a
ds,'nption of very soft, sticky, Shiny mud, to a
ds5lr varying from four inches to three feet
IA hiS there are constantly large number of
i:27 and boys busily engaged seeking for articles
1T overheard from steamboats,. This labor re-
inireS great deal oT patience, and we suppose
s Fol entirely conducive TO health, especially
shc'r The hot rays of an august sun are iicrcGly
taaing upon the miasmatic mud and water.
Tie Cumberland Civilian gives the following
N'6Cerniug the Mr.. Ayers, who was killed on
the Baltimore { Ohio Railroad, on Wednesday
night last:
During the -stnrm prevailing at that time, n
man by the name Of Ayers, brakeman on one OF
the tonnage trains on the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail-
rad, was thrown from one Of the cars whilst the
irain was in notion and literally cut to pieces.
Those upon the train are Of the opinion that lie
was struck nv lightning, and knocked off the
ears, ~ slight shock WAS experienced by the
e''SlneeT, Others arv disposed to believe that
lie accidentally EEL off, which is most likely the
case. Tue accident occurred near Dntfield' !;
ne?ot The deceased was u resident of Balti-
more"
n Correspondence ofsn exchange paper writ
ing irom Newport, says:
=. We have totlress abnut nine times day here.
t'rsH re Put on dress to dress in. Then NJ e
ISuI lot OF, breakfast. After that we dress for the
S''-Vlen iOT the baih-tlen for dinneT-theD
% Hf me dtye-then for the ball-and then for
sle eeft II that isn't being put through areg-
vi wa! course Ok dignity aud diamonds, then ] am
no ledge OF such performances
HApPsaFs by the assessment of property just
made in St I.onis, that taxation is pretty steep
VI mat slty, being two dollars and sixty cents
VI one hundred dollars! .'s=-
a ra'laSad is talked OF from Chicago to Gal
'Sa'oa--dtstance go miles
Inc degree of L. l., d. was conferred upon
NaaFies Sum.er, at the late commencement of
Yale College
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