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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-25
Tnr ANEnIc.s TnAcr socIETy.--Ne hnyc re-

THE ANEmcIS TRACT SocIETv.-Wc haze re-
ceivel from tie American Tract Society, cir
cular, which sets forth a verbose story about the
moral, religious and political trou}les and per,
plexities of the society at this present time
We are asked ina round about way, to lend our
influence towards the eventual cxtrcation of the
society from the non-paying snap into which
they have fallen. We don't propose to meddlc
with clerical matters; we find it all we can do.
to keep within I,aiI;ns distance OF secular mat
tors these tunes, and for this reason, shall hut
barely mention the sum and substance of this
trouble of tho American Tract Society. i APP
pears. that at the great annual meeting Of tue
Society, last Spring, in New York, some of the
brethren whose zeal was long ways ahead Of
their knowledge, took it in head, that the arena
of tract discussion might be favorably extended,
byIettine loose the penny.a-liners, whodO up the
tales about good boys and girls, upon the inevl-
table slavery question. After much deltberation
an anti-slavery book was agreed upon, and along
with great many other such original and inter-
esting works. was put to press. In the mean
time, tile runior about the doings of the Tract
Society came to the cars of the far down South
crners, and Immediately great cry arose in
Israel, the echo of which caused the tract socie-
~ TO drop the new book like hot potato. The
circular reads somewhat like one Of Old Kinder.
hooks political n,anifestos, and we should notb
surprised &c it was penned by some member
of the Van Buren, family. The gist of it, how
ever, we learned to be, that the society, fearing
= collapse in their revenues had deemed it adj
risablc to suspend the publication, and to re-
urn to the old orthodox tracts about balls thea
ers and circuses, which are much less delicate
md much more profitable subjects.
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EnrR a.

SEVERAL desirable Country Residences within eight min
~ utes walk OF the Market House. The houses are
and we'll arranged for convenience and comfort each
ing SIX rooms and cellar, with pump of excellent cold
water IN the yard, and situated command dnr
view OF the city well the several miles beoH
ana ahording all the advantages of rctrc, country
dence, and easy Of Good garden plOts with
lent fruit trees be had if desirable I6quir. oT
, STONE + THOMAS
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-25

a IKE yua afflicted with Scrpflla otcIrs ~ Tue "
any other eusaneous eruption The kinF Vs. Brent
nIcrs Fluid Extract Of SarsnparL AMI Dandrnn. Thou
sands have used it, AMI highly spoken by PhyseaH'
ana druggists everSwhsEe whohave used their prae'e:
lort6e iast tenyeara. Great 'Here Phys'
clans and Druggists by addressing "A few lines to
l. BDCRING,
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UTILIZING M1RBLE IIFONKS.
EVANS & STANLEY,

EVANS g STANLEY,
Den Iers nd Ma Ia cturer- in EOieiSn md
Domestic UnEbIe
4 FEW doors below Bank of Wheeling, MhIn
~ Wheeling, Va, keep constantly hand and nianu's
re to order, every style and description Of Monument All
Mantes ia any quality Marble aud any esire, style
workmanship.
EY- great variety of Photographic designs. uhIc
work will be executed may always he found the shop
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-25

ORESERNE your Teeth. Sweeten your Breath, SeghITn
I, SSr p'gns which YOU can only do by using Dr.
'o se sSf enlyat K BookINGS A r. wssSs
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DIR. NJ. DE WALLETS
.,n,nr L. rnEnInInInA DII

These pills have the private practice of the
Proprietor the Hospitals of of France, for many
years. meeting with unparalleled successgvinE the great
Is. misunderstanding where other remedies fail.
They act as charm in correcting rrcguINry and OBJ
strnctons producing regular return Of the monthly dis
charge.
mild and gentle stmuiant They produce agreeable
exheration and happy influence both mind and body
Pregnant females, those suPposInE themselves so, are
cautioned agsns; using pills. they will produce
although under circumstances injurious to
the most delicate. For sale by
jan1S LAUGHLINs BUsHPIELD.
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N0TIHE

LII persons having claims against the estate Of James
I,;chArds decd to file the same, duly
nccong to law; and knowing Themselves in
5sStej viii please call and immediate paymentto the
49, iI.S' Cned JAMES NJ. DILLON, 2
u'. 80 4 S,n Executor.
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Ssbtei viii please call and immediate the
unders gned. JAMES III DILLON1
scn24-3m EHeS9s94.
Cure of Dropsy in the Legs and Feet.
I9OR the benefit Of friends and those suffering rom
u disease, would that by using two bottles OF HE
BRENTIINGES Fluid Extract of SHrSapdrla ana DatHt
lion and three vals Of his Lniment have been enabled
10 throw By my cTutrhes which have had in use some
three months able .lE with as much ease as
Sast and IngS d. SULLIVAN,
Proprietor of Columbus HO eli Ga.
E. ROCKING, General Agent, aud for sale BY 90
sep2l I. Il LOGAN . W.
! GRO WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE. for sale ut
| srH94 FUNDESBERG ALIENS.
GRO. IIUerhaves Holland Bitters for sale at ,.,,
BBI. Deolerisce Alcohol, for sale at ,>.,s
= GRO Old brown Winsor Soap, for snleat
y n"l"7 '''s' ''V'9' FUNDENHERG & ALIENS.
sep9I Washington Hall, Wheeling, Va.
The Last of this Season
WE have opened to-day another lot Of improved Enam
w eled Alright Fruit Jars, and the last ia we WIZ
have Call early at the lOnss Furnishing store
s.np8 No. lis Main st.
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GOODS.

-.ET VARIETY GOODS.
Ladies' aud Gents Six Llse This. Cashmere Gloves
Hosiery every description Egnss Laces SILK and Linen
lIdk White Goods, nhroderies Window DraperY, &c.
The public respectfully invited cali and ex-
anime our stock. determined to sell cheap, and
will be constantly receiving goods resident
bier in the East Remember the place. 1885, East side
Ais ssni street. Wheeling Va 3 osaorpvp m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
walkers Condition.

The late advices from Central America repre-
sent Walkers condition as rather hopeless
Spencer, the agent of the Transit Company, had
captured or retaken all the steamers on the riv-
err, ard placed men aboard of them in the name
of Vanderbilt. Walker was thus cut off from
all assistance, and when recruits arrived in the
steamers Texas and James Adger, not being a.
BILE to get to him, they gladly accepted Spencers
offer to send them back to the United States
There has been some severe fighting at the city
of Granada. between portion of Walkers men,
under Col. Henningson, and the Costa Rears.
The former, though suffering greatly for want of
provisions, maintained themselves until relieved,
killing large number of the Allies and losing COM
paratively few of their own party. The Chief
himself at the date of the last accounts, was
at St. Georges, with about six hundred men,cut
off from supplies and surrounded by the enemy
Terms had been offered him and his surrender
was expected. General Mora, President of Cos
to Rica, had issued proclamation to the effect
that all of Walkers men who wanted to leave
might desert him, and they would get free
passport to leave the country unmolested. They
were deserving as fast as possible, escaping from
Puenta Arenas to Greytown. If these facts are
correctly reported the next news from Nicara-
qua will probably announce the termination OF
Walkers enterprises.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
The Great Snow storm.

We learn from the newspapers received since
the Railroads were opened, that the great snow
storm of the 18th January, extended from Cana
da to South Carolina, but its fury was confined
to the Atlantic seaboard. Beyond the Valley OF
Virginia the snow was comparatively light, and
the regular transportation of the mails was very
slightly interrupted. From Boston to Raleigh,
n. c., all the features of the storm were the
same. At every point it commenced Saturday
night and continued till after dark Sunday. In
New York city, as here, the storm was rot only
the most violent within the memory OF the pres
ent generation, but was also unparalleled in the
severity of the temperature. The lives lost by
freezing is unprecedented we record this week
notices of fifteen or twenty cases which occur
red ip Virginia. We have heard OF no case OF
the kind in this county, although at Deerfield,
on the night of the 22nd nit, the mercury fell
to "a degrees below zero.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
1aDyPPISFNENT.i


The superiority of American inventive genius
not only over that Of oar progenitors, but indeed
of all other nations has become too tangible to be
disputed 1t was notorious at the Worlds Fair
In London, that the Americans far outstripped
all Others in the useful inventions which they
supplied We beat the English in'vessels, rail-
roads and manufactures by power. We are
beating them in the scientific arts of Chemistry
and Medicine, as we have long beat tie rest Of
mankind. a new and practical proof of this
assertion is shown in tile fact that the principal
remedies of the allied armies of the East arc
furnished from the laboratory of our own coun-
tryman. D. j. G. Aver Of Lowell is filling or
ders for immense quantities of his Cherry Pee
toral and Caihartc Pills, for both the land and
sea forces in Turkey. His medicines have been
tried and approved by those inpower who have
found them the most reliable which they could
procure for the exigencies in which they are to
be empoyed.-N y city Times.
Feb. lit
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

ENGLISH AND CHINESE HosrILITIEs.- last
foreign steamer brought intelligence of hostili-
ties having been commenced between the Eng
lish and Chinese at Canton. The immediate
cause of the collision is represented to be the
forcible seizure of some English seamcn by the
Mandarin authority, and insults subsequently of
iered to the British Consul This may be the
proximate proyocation for resorting to forcible
measures; but there is good reason for supposing
that other and more impressive objects are in
tiuencing the British. That government has
never been satisfied with the manner in which
t..eir iast contest with the Catlayans-known
as the opium war of 1S46-was closed.
An American merchant of standing and infiu-
ence, Mr.. Cunningham, is wantonly murdered,
and cur Commissioner, DR.. Parker, goes up to
Foo Choo to ask why they did it; and thus far
the only thing that has been done toward repa-
ration, is that American merchaststhere refused
to pay any export duties till the murderer be
given up. The other day French missionary
named Fourcade was terribly tortured, and az
forwards butchered. Louis Napoleon has
French fleet on the coast OF China TO demand
and enforce redress. John Bull, without the
blood of any of his citizens being split, throws
shot and shell into the great Southern Chinese
city.
The recent bonbardment OF Canton, by Adj
mral Seymour, is but another act of the Eng
lsh drama in the Orient. whose conclusion is to
be the cross of Saint George floating over Gnu
san.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
Congress-.

MONDAY, January, 2G.-Senate.- bill es-
ta6lishiDg naval depot at Brunswick Ca, and
Iappropriatng 100000 for the same, was pass
ed.
Hoase.-Mr. Chester wrs brought to the bar
to give reasons for bis absence. when summon
ed before the Investigating committee. His rea-
sons being satisfactory, lie was discharged from
custody
The bill to increase the pay of the officers of
the army, was passed.
TuEsDAY.-Senate.-The Indian appropriation
bill was debated.
House.-Mr. Campbell. of Ohio, from the
Committee on Ways and Means reported an a.
mended Tariff bill, which, he stated, will reduce
the revenue $l4,OG0,0 900.
bill giving each branch of Congress the
control OF its contingent fund, was debated with
out action.
The subject of the submarine telegraph was
referred TO the Committee on WAYS and Means.
WEDNEsDAY.-Congress met and adjourned
without transacting any business.
IHURsDAY.-Senate.-T death of Mr..
Brooks was announced by Messrs. Evans. Hunt
err and Toombs.
H0use.-Ihe death of Mr.. Brooks was an
nounced by Messrs. Keitt Quitman, Campbell
ofOhlo, Cllneham and Savage The last named
incidentally justified his attack on Sumner
which was evidently distastefuI to his listeners
The usual resolutions were adopted, and both
houses adjourned.
The members then formed in procession and
followed the body Of Mr. Brooks, which had
been brought to the Capitol, to the COMPRESSION
al Burying Ground.
FRIDAY.-~Nothng important in either House.
SATURDAY.-Ditto.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
BIackwood's Magazine.

Contents of January number: l. Scenes OF
Clerical Life.-No l. The Sad Fortunes of the
Reverend Amos Barton, 2. Mrs Barrett Brown
ing-Aurora Leigh, 8. The Athelings.
VIII, 4. New Facts and Old Fancies about Sea
Anemones, 5. A Christmas Tale, 6. Routine, {.
John DeCastro: A Quaint Rechaulie, s. Maid
Barbara, g. European Politics.
For terms &C., of Blackwood and the four
British Quarterly Reviews see advertisement on
another page of this paper Unlike most of the
Magazines of the day, these Periodicals lose lit
tie by age, yet the American publishers propose
to furnish all of them for 1856 and 1857 at the
exceedingly low price of S14
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

RECRUITS FOR WALKER-New York, Jan. 20.
The steamer Tennessee sailed for San Juan
this afternoon with about 210 recruits for Walk
or in Nicaragua.
On the day previous the vessel had been board
ell by the United States Marshall. Ex-Consul
Fabers was arrested and held in $4,000. Hall,
Lawrence and Others were also arrested. Quite
large quantity Of warlike instruments were
found on board the Tennessee, and seized by the
officers. The United States District Attorney has
placed his mandate upon the steamerand would
not permit her to depart until he became per-
fectly satisfied that the neutrality laws would rot
be violated by letting her go.
1t seems, however, from the above despatch
that the Tennessee was permitted to SAIL Tie
examination of the persons arrested was to take
place on Saturday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

DEATH or PRESTON S. Brooks letter from
Washington on the 18th ult., says "The sud-
den death of Hon. Preston S. Brooks has caused
deep feeling of regret throughout this entire
community. lie was a man universally beloved
and esteemed, and his decease has left void
here not easily TO be filed. Mr. Brooks was at
tended during the illness which terminated so
lamentably by his friend, Captain Corrie. Last
evening he was suffering under an increase OF
phlegin, and requested Captain Corrie to hand
him glass of mustard wafer to cause vomit,
which he swallowed. The attempt to throw OF
the dose produced strangulation, and he died in
Captain Corrie's arms four minutes after stran-
gulation commenced. His death was as easy as
an in.nnt's."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
Mr.. Seiss, Sermon.

We have received pamphlet copy of the SER
mon preached at tile dedication Of the Lutheran
Church in this place, on the 90th of November
last, by the Rev. J. A. Seiss, of Baltimore. The
sermon is one of uncommon power and clo-
quence and will doubtless be much sought after.
1t is for sale mt the Office of Baylor e. Baylor and
the store of Piper & Funkhouser-price twelve
and half cents copy,or ten copies for one dol
lar. The proceeds Of sale will be applied to the
Church debt
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
Spring Hill, Jan. II. 1857.
Wind. please copy.

ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS
The Archbishop of Paris was performing re-
lgious services in the Church of St. Etenne,
when he was assassnatcd. The assassin step
ping forward and lifting his cape, plunged Ca
ITALIAN knife to the heart of the Bishop, exclaim-
ing Down with the Goddess" an expression
which he afterwards explained to refer to the
doctrine Of the "Inmacnlate Conception" The
Bishop fell TO the pavement and instantly ex-
PRED. a sister of charity, who had observed
the movement of the assassin, attempted to throw
herself between him and the Archbishop. and
was wounded in the hand. Verges was former
ly priest in the Diocese of Meaux, but had been
suspended for preaching against the dogma of
the Immaculate Conception. He was in the in
of June, and on that occasion receiy-
ed the murdered prelate in his arms, The gen.
eral opinion is that he is deranged. The crime
created deep sensation at the Tuieries, and
on all classes the same consternatien was APP
parent
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

DIsUYIoN MOVEMENTS Yankees have ta-
ken to the business of our hot-headed neighbors
of South Carolina and are holding conventions
for the dissolution of the Union, Immediately if
not sooner At Worcester, Mass. an assem-
blage of this kind has been had. at which letters
were read and speeches delivered, and appropr.
ate resolutions adopted. The prevailing senti-
ment was that the continuance of the Union
was an mpossibilty-that white hireliags and
black slaves could not live under the same form
of government. We wish these gentlemen had
made this discovery little sooner, before the
morals and politics of the South had become SC
deplorably debauched by intercourse with the
North Rich. Wing.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
The Boon Chileren.

Our citizens will be pleased to learn that the
celebrated Boon Children, whose entertaining
performances gave such general satisfaction on
their previous visit to Staunton, will visit this
place again in few days. There number
has now besn increased to five, which will of
course give additional attraction to their enter
tainments. The WOrcestsr Transcript thus
speaks of the Company.
TIE BOOK CiiILDREy.-We are pleased to an
nounce that these talented children, whose elo-
cutionary powers and correct delineations of the
most difficult passages of English classical liter
allure have been the wonder and delight of thou
sands on both sides of the Atlantic will visit
Worcester again on Tuesday evening of next
week. upon which occasion Lora Gordon and
Anna Isabella will appear in the difficult char
acters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, and Lora
Gordon will read an entire act of Bulwer's La
DIV of Lyons" impersonating all the various
characters in that portion Of this beautiful play.
So rich, rare aud intellectual IN entertainment
ment is seldom offered to the citizens Worcester,
and those who can appreciate talents of the high
est order, who would encourage modest merit
and crafty a taste for intellectual pleasures at
the same time, will be sure to attend tho next
entertainment offered by the Boon Children.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

JppaE WATRoUs OF TExAs-The Hon. John
c. Watrous, United States District Judge for
Texas, has, it appears, been guilty of such dis
graceful conduct, that there are two memorials
now before the House of Representatives, asking
for his impeachment The Senate of Texas al
so, at its last session passed preamble and res
olutions endorsing charges against him which,
if true, show him to be alike disgrace to the
bench and human nature. These resolutions AS
sert that he has been guilty of outrageous viola
tons of law, that his behavior is uniformly bad
that as man he is immortal and as a Judge cor.
rupt, and that in ''his Court, a party's success
depends altogether upon his employing tho IA
vorites Of said Judge as the party's attorneys"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
TOT We Opcctdt0T
To the Citizens OF Augusta County.

1t has been reported that recent post NOR.
tenn examination and dissection instituted by
me, upon the body Of a colored girl, was con-
ducted in very unprofcssional manner, making
it rather subject of sport and merriinent than
a theme of useful investigation, by inviting the
public, together with the young men and lads
of the vicinity, to witness the tragic scene and
participate in this kind OF revolving, sordid hilar
ity and matchmaking at the same time the
heart of one of our sages relent at so unwarrant-
able procedure 1t is hardly necessary for me
to say the assertion is q base untenable falsehood
destitute of the slightest coloring of truth, ema
mating only from those, il not openly avowed,
enemies of mine, are nevertheless regarded by
me as adyersaries in disguise, and are using ev-
cry subtle art in casting the darkest shades of
infilmy athwart my professional pathway-char-
acters more to be dreaded than the Virus of
Varoa, the germs of Cholera, or the Venom of
the Vipera Elegans, vel Sic Polonga
Having been solicited by my uncle to institute
an autopsia, and report to him the pathological
LESSONS of the case, felt it my duty as well as
province to satisfy the demand, and for the
of which sought solitary and Sc
cuded spot But just at this tiuncture it was
runored that had disinterred the mortal re-
mains ola negro man belonging to Mrs. Mills
and was concealng his body for dissection, and
not wishing to incur the dspleasure of Mrs
Mills and family threw off all manacles of Sc
crecy and admitted the curious-at the same
time using all civil and persuasive means to sup
press visitors, and more especially the young
men, and of the enormous amount of the latter
class, reported to have been present, think
too will complete the category Now he who
1oS known of bnt ono sn0ln narallel casa hos /
science that many of our master minds have
as Hippocrates, Sydenham, Harvey
md Physick, together with q host of bright, lu-
minaries in the medical armament, who have
shed many ray ofjoy in the saddened hearts
If those doomed to suffer the pangs Of disease.
B. II. KIBLER.
Gr..;,,c. I'LL Inr IL 1917
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
A neseryed Comnliment.

The Viadicator pays just compliment to the
Postmaster ard his Deputies at this place, for
the expeditions manner in which they worked
through the immense pile of mail matter on
Tuesday the 9th ult. Honor to whom honor
is due"
Sorry we cannot say as much of the exped-
ton of the official who CO rres the mail froufthe
ears 10 the Post Office.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04
IupoRrANr FROM MExIco.-Meu Orleans. Jan

IMpoRrANr FROM MExIco.-MeN Orleans, Jan.
Picayune is in receipt of advices from
Tampico, Mexico, to the 18th inst.
A battle had been fought on the 9th inst, be-
tween the Revolutionary forces, under Gen. Gar
cia, and the government troops, in which many
lives were lost on both sides, but the govern
ment forces claimed the victory.
The American Consul Mt Tampico has sent on
request TO the Collector of this (New Oreans)
port, asking that revenue cutter be sent i'm
mediately to the scene for the protection of the
American residents Of the place and their prop.
erty, as the revolutionists threaten topllage the
town
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-04

FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT augusta Ga.,
FEB. 1.-The Sunday morning train ON the Geor-
gia railroad, 'met with o frightfu accident il
miles from here. About forty passengers were
more or less wounded. Gov. Johnson of Ten
nessee who was on the train, had his arm broke.
Two ladies were seriously injured. The partic-
ulars of the disaster have not been obtained.