Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-15

ningham to bail As degTier TesoTt, her
counsel, Mr. Stafford, applied to Recorder Smith
in the Court Of General Sessions, but he refused
as decidedly as Judge DAILY had done So Mrs
Cunningham goes to the Tonbs. and wiES
probably be removed in a few days to heryfad
cell The Grand Jury were discharged TiiEh0lt
taking her case into consideration That body
win consider her case in September.
DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Milestone, \.
J.. on Sunday, which destroyed a large distille-
~. with its contents, comprising some $4,000
worth of grain and high wines Several of the
men employed there had been or q spree. and It
is supposed that they accidentally set the Pisee
on FIRE. The loss is estimated at s40,0o0-no
insurance. tavern house directly Opposite
was also destroyed with loss Of S2,000-in-
sured for 81 200, and dwelling next door was
also burned
LATE and important intelligence from Utah
reaches us by the way Of California. New dis
sessions were arising among the Mormons, and
Brigham Young assures the Saints that ifthey
will stand BY him, he viii be President of the
United States in less than ten years An unre=
Ienting warfare was being ged rfsin't the
apostste Mormonz, and scenes of violence were
Of daily occurrence.
Coux1xRFErT Dollars are in circulation in Bel
timorc. The pieces are made of tin, of the size
Of the new issue, and galvanized, an are easily
bent between the fingers. But these are not
the only spurious coins. There is one OF the
date of ls52-an imitation, the appearance of
which is calculated to deceive even a close OBJ
server; but has not ''the ring of the true metal
\ BRIDGE across the Coosa river, on the line
of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad,
took fire on the night of the 23d of July, and
was entirely consumed. Incendiatism is sup
posed to have been the cause The bridge is
said to have cost over sixty thousand dollars.
PLowIxG by steam, an important subject 70
farmers, is claiming considerable attention in
the United States In the vicinity of Chelmsford,
England, successful experiment of the kind
was made a few weeks since, in the presence
of large number ofpersons engaged in agricuI-
ture.
The famous bogus Burdell baby, and its moth.
or, Mrs. Anderson, were on Wednesday evening
taken from the Bellevue Hospital to Barnum's
Museum, where they will be exhibited until pub.
lie curiosity is satisfied. Both mOtherand child
are doing well.
JAMES Ross SSowDES, director of the mint
publishes his estimate that the gold and silver
coin in the United States doesnot exceed $780,
OOO, 900, admitting, at the same time, that Mr..
Guthrie's estimate of s25o,ooo,Ooo may bcnear-
er the mark.
TnR barkeeper of the Howard Hotel, q. "
who has been living like prince for the last
bof, ITaIcI,
at the Lower Police Court, on charge Of embez-
zling from time to time some $4,000 from his
employer.
Augusta Cuxx1xGHAM was sent for By her
mother Sunday evening, to visit her at the house
in Bond street, but she refused to go. The sight
of the premises 50 unstriugs her nerves thatshe
does not wish to go near them.
A NATIoSAL TIEGSEsGIvIEG. The suggestion
contained in the following paragraph from the
St Louis Htelttgeneer, WIN, we loubt not, meet
with hearty response from all sections of the
country:
A real millennium seems to he extending over
the United States. To the boon Of almost uneX-
ampled good crops, enjoyed from the Northern
Lakes to the Southern Gulf. and from the Allan
tic to the prairics of the Kaw and the Great
fl1llty 10 cITlCn laOOI WileTGHGE
it has applied its sturdy hand to the plough, we
are permitted by kind Providence TO add the
priceless blessing of general health. Men are
not only furnished with plentiful harveSts and
wc!l-stored larders; but they arc also blessed
with that abundant health which permits the
full enjoyment of the bountics of nature.
Nowhere in the United States has there pre-
vailed, this year, any serious epidemic. Chol-
era, yellow feyers, typhoidS and all the host OF
desoIating diseases that have scattered woe in
their path during the seasons past seem to have
been baniShed, this Year from the land. The
weeds of mourning, that used to lend their
sombre hue to every section of the Union, are
now bleached of their blackness; and the cOlors
of emerald and brown-of the green grass. and
of the fipening Sheaves-take their place; and
evoke the jocund pleasures ofaflushed dhap-
py life.
Never have we had such general national
health. Never have we had such uniform good
crops. Never have we had such good prices of
products. Never have we had such amount of
precious metals in our country-tlle basis of all
sound commerce. In fine, never before has the
nation seemed more peaceful, happy and pros
porous. It well becomes US to have one general
Thanksgiving Day. simultaneous throughout the
Union, to acknowledge those accumulated and
manifold blessings Why Should not p .Sident
Buchanan appoint this year, by common Jlsent,
a National Thanksgiving Day? 1t Won be
happy innovation-+and would be universally ac-
guessed IN Dy Inc STATES, we are sure
TaE PorAro Pesr.4 Remely.-In many
places the potatoe vines arc infested with raven
Gus bugs. Mr.. j. Myers writes from Whitehall,
n. Y, July "a, a remedy, as follows:
ION the 18th instant / discovered my potatoes
affected in the same manner, and Immediately
caused them to be thoroughly busted with slaIzed
lime and plaster, which was repeated two or
three times while the dew was on, which has eff
fectuully cleared them, and the tops are now
looking as fresh and green as ever. Ashes no
doubt will answer n good purpose in the absence
of lime. Plaster consider of less Importance
have great faith in this experiment, and advise
every one to ties. il Immediately who have pota-
toes Affected
WHEELING AGENCY FOR THE SALES OF
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