Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-05-20
NEWS ITENIS

IHE plantation and negroes belonging to the
estate of the late Andrew Hodge, was put up
at auction, at New Orleans, on the 9th instanr,
and knocked down at S225, 900. It was consid.
cred great purchase.
Tue extensive saw mill belonging TO George
Moore, situated few miles above Courent, Lou
isiana, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
evening of the 18th. There was no insurance
IN the property, and the loss is stated to be not
ar from $4,000
DIR. KEENE, formerly Of Kentucky, but for
FEARS past, an extensive cotton planter, died at
his plantation, in Louisiana, recently. He was
a man of great wealth. DIR. Keene was pupil
of the celebrated DR.. Rush.
Gov. Pollock has signed the bill for the sale
Of the main line of the public works, and it is
now law. The notice for the sale is to be ad-
vertised within ten days, and the sale itseli
will take place within forty days from this
time, unless adjourned for want of a sufficient
bid
Is northampton county, North Carolina, Mr..
Boon has obtained $3.50 damages from Mr..
Scull, for persuading him into marriage with
a young lady against the wishes of his friends
OK the 1st of April wheat was selling at San
francisco at five cents pound, which is the
regular commercial method of measure. That
il equivalent to SO bushel as we measure
here
JUDGE VoNDERsMITH, the alleged pension forg
or, was committed in default of 10000 BAIL
There are fifteen indictments against him.
THE proposition to erect monumental Bos-
ton to the memory of John Howard Payne, the
Sweet Home" seems to meet with much favor
in that city, and several wealthy gentleman, it
is said have promised to contribute for the pur-
pose.
The Legislature of Minnesota has made an
appropriation of $40, 600 which has been placed
at the disposal of the Governor, to recover the
four women alleged to have been captured by
the Indians and carried off in the recent Indian
disturbances on the frontier.
In consequences Of the length and severity Of
the winter in Northern Michigan, various re-
mote districts destitute of provisions for the
people and fodder tor the cattle, so that both
are dying Of starvation. A meeting has been
held in Detroit, at which it was resolved to
raise $4,000 for the relief of the sufferers
0NE of tho witnesses in the Cunningham
trial, who was called to testify relative to the
appearance of the wounds on the body of the
murdered man, has attended fifteen hundred
post mortem examinations within five years;
about one day.
The Common Council of the city of Boston
aas appropriated $4,000 for music upon the
Common semi-wcckly during the coming warm
season.
Tur vein of coal underlying the city of steu.
benvilIc has been pierced and found to be over
six feet thick and of good quality.
A destructive fire occurred in Chillicothe, o.,
m Tuesday morning last, consuming an entire
row of frame buildings The exact loss was
not known, but the supposttion was it would
reach $4,000.
The California fillibusters, under Col. Crabbe,
Who Invaded Sonora, have all been captured by
he Mexican troops, and the whole party, sixty
ia number, sentenced to be shot
A MINE has been discovered upon the farm
of Mr.. Joseph A. Hall, in Maury county, Ten
nessee, which promises to be very rich in the
production of gold. Considerable excitement is
felt in that section inregurd to it