Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-05-16
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The Proprietors of the New York Times Of
fer reward Of i've Thousand dollars to any per.
son or persons who will fuanish them informa-
ton which shall lead TO The detection and con:
Viction Of the murderer or murdercrs Of DR..
Harvey Burdeil.
DIR JAMES WEtLNAS of Fitchburg writes TO
friend that he passed the evening of April 18th
with Hon. Charles Summer, in Paris Mr.
Summer stated that he was rapidly gaining
from day to day, and confidently anticipated a
complete and speedy recovery.
Hox. FAYErTR NcNULLES, late II. @. from
Virginia, is said to have been appointed Cover
nor of Washington Territory. This, if true, is
decided disrespect towards the late Admins
tration, which few days before its expiration
appointed to that Office Hon. &Ir. Anderson, the
delegate from the Territory.
THERE are said to be two hundred applications
for the FIRST class Foreign Missions These APP
Pointments are to be taken next Monday.
TaE stock of coffee now in the port Of New
Orleans is said to be the largest ever concentra-
ted at that point in the history of the city The
stock comprises over $4,000 bags
RET. BsNyAMls McPaAlL, Pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Snow Hill Nd, committed
suicide about o'clock Saturday night by jump
into Chesapeake Bay from the hurricane deck
of the steamer Wilson Small His health had
been bad and his mind impaired for some time
Heleaves wife and Ave children at Norfolk.
The real estate workshop of the American
Watch Company in Waltham, Mass, has been
sold to Royal S. Robbins, of New York, for
$87, 800.
d. B. YONDEgsMITu who arrested some
three years since, charged with frauds on the
Pension Bureau, hut abxconded, was arrested at
Lancaster, Pa, on Tuesday, and sent to Pllila-
delphia, in custody of Marshal Jenkins
oS Wednesday, agreeably to previous ar
rangements, the Yirginians celebrated, at James
town, the first settlement of their ancient Col
ony and Dominion An grafton by ex-Prcsi.
dent Tyler, a poem by James Barron Hope,
Esq, religious services by Bishop Meade, a mil
itary display by all the volunteer forces Of the
Underwater section of the State, martial music,
fireworks, and the festivities of the dinner Ia
bic. were the principal constituents of the pro-
grammc
LArE English papers state that the farmers in
some Of the agricultural districts have reduced
the wages of their Iaborers from los week to
los OU. 4HiS IS equivalent 10 Z TeouCIlou IOit
60 cents day to 81 cents
Tue failure of the city of MotreaI to meet the
interest on her bonds due in London, has made
JOhu Bull scratch his head The Montreal pa
pers change the dishonor of the bonds upon the
Grand Trunk railway Company Railway COM
panies have huge pecuniary sins to answer for
in other places besides Montreal.
THERE is a runore dedication of 10000
in the Toronto Custom Honse. a government
inquiry has been instituted.
Tsvsnty-throo head KenUueltiaaS, non, Nor
cor county, passed through Coyingtou on the
18th, on their way 10 Liberia. Their late mas
ter, whose name is Thompson, sends them as
far as Baltimore, where the Colonization Society
will take them under its charge.
THE Western fever in some sections is abating.
The Hardin o., Republican gives the names of
several citizens ofthat county, who have return
cd from Iowa and other portions of the West
with their families, better satisfied than ever
with homes in Ohio
WALxER Evacuated misunderstanding
to private information received at New Orleans,
via Panama, Walker has evacuated Rivas, and
taken refuge on board British man-oE.war at
San Juan. All the probabilities are in favor of
the truth of this report
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