Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-14

TUE News EY THI MAtLs.-"ATore failures"
is the stereotype healing now, in almost all our
exchanges. 1t makes a Sensation" heading
good deal more Of n one than ono Of the New
York Ledger advertisements The telegraph,
each day now, gives US the skull and bones
phase of the mercantile distress-that is, mere
announcements of heavy crashes, and the mat
comes along with all the sinews, muscles. veins,
arteries, aud the general integuments which
ramify through the cause aud effect Of each fail
ure. Thus, the telegraph tel;S.'us that Bowen 4
3IcNamee, or Corning & Co., have agent to the
wall" then the mail, waiting for particulars,
tells US all who will go to- the wall behind them.
and in consequence nf their having gone 4Iso
how many poor will be thrown, like ponr Oliver,
upon the charity If the Soup houses this winter
in consequence of the letting down of the lEa,-
pers and other such firms, whore thousands
were employed.
Our Southern Exchanges, despite all thcir
chuckling about their, sound condition aui
their learned cxpOut iings about the advantages
of Cotton and Rice state nf society, are be-
ginning to wear rather lugnbrioms faces, as they
record the failures of -..~1, institutions as the
VI DUuLu GAIullhH- an IICOlieN' ''"A' %.
like signs in dry "e->i.a,- fail in failing times
The protest Of those two great railroads-tie
Ny. d Eric and the Illinois Cen;ral-nro among
the huge items in the Eastern papers yesterday.
The Herald disconrscs long al d loud, and with
its usual bombast and emptiness, upon the
matter. Tie Illinois Central made general
assignment, as holding their charter from, anoth
or State, they were liable to attachment by the
creditors in New York. It is supposed that
nothing can save the y. Y. & Erie road from
sale.
The Bank of Kanawha, We see by our cX-
changes from that quarter yesterday, has, after
making show of vitality in retlceninsi its notes,
finally yielded up the ghost in good earnest
Its assets, to n large amount have been removed
beyond the limits of Virginia, and the Gov
ernor has prohibited the bills or notes of the
Bank from being received in payment of any
money due tn the State. The President of the
Bank, IN IcttGr To IrIu - ,l,at tho
Bank has retired three iiiths Of its entire circU
lation in the past five weeks.
POLIrIcs are Qnotcd as low as stocks, il any
thing lower; no body cares anything about the
elections. Notwithstanding the Georgia papers
Democratic parade the following with consider
able gustO.
Brown, the Democratic candidate Cor govern
or, is elected by about ten moYarea mGiority!
The democrats have carried both branches of
the State legislature by large majoritics
In tine sixth congressional district, Jackson,
democrat, is elected by t,ro thomSamd m4jorjtyi
The congressional delegation stands six demo-
Gratis to two know-nothings-a democratic gain
of one.
The delegation is MS follows:
LIST district, James l.. Seward, democrat.
2d do Martin j. Crawford, democrat.
Sd do Robert p. Trippe, know nothing.
4th do Iucius j. Gartrcll, democrat.
9th do Augustus K. Wright, democrat.
9th do james jackson, democrat
7th do Joshua Hill, know nothing
aLh do 4 II Siepcns lIemocrat