Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-20
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Among the applicants to the council commit
tee of Cincinnati for wood at half price, was
man who is estimated to be worth, in hard cash,
So eco or s5O,oOO. The wood being for the
observing poor, his application was, Of course,
refused.
Preparations are making in Washington City
for two Inauguration Balls on the 9Th of March
The bark Express, which arrived At New
York on Thursday last. from HaVana, reports
the whole of her crev badly frostbitten.
a colored man, named Brown, was arrested in
Philadelphia. last week as fugitive, being
claimed as the property of VI Cached, Esq,
of Bal,imore-
oxing to the ice in the river, the stock of Oys-
ters in Philadelphia is very limited, and the
price has advanced from 20 to p per cent in
consequence.
An English lady residing in Philadelphia,
died few days ago from fatal mistake IN an
apOtIiecary, in giving her the wrong prePAra-
ton
The revolutio nary claim bin has been defeated
for the present session of Congress, by an
amendment adopted by the Senate
The credentials of Gen Cameron, a Senator
from Pennsylvania, were presented on Friday
last The Senator Himself was present, and re
crived the congratulations of many friends
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Evening Post, reports that Mr.. Cadvalla
der, Democratic representative from PennSylva
MA, was shot at on Saturday night whi,S wax
ing in the street with friend. The llaiI passet
close 10 lis head.
The i've negroes-a grandmother. mother
and three sons. (ibe eldest 10 and the youngeSt
Ia}-who kiile,I their master, the late George
Greer, IN Prince William county, Va, on Christ
mas eve, were dnIy convicted, after tIial last
ing two days. They are sentenced to be hung
in thirty days.
An entirely new route. over which journey
from the Carson Valley to Salt Lake, WAS INSIDE
in only seventeen days. has just been discovered
The distance is said to be three hundred miles
shorter than any route previously discovered
In the Legislatures of Michigan and Indiana,
hills have been introduced repeating acts pro
hibitins the sale and manufacture Of SpirituOus
iquors.
bin has passed the Wisconsin Legislature
excluding negroes, uiulzttoeS In ianS and black
persons from OSlIi WITNESSES III tiIat SL'A1e.
The Norfolk papers chronicle the death OF
WA. Maxwell. L L D.. and of p. P Mayo,
E>q.-They were botEr-1obIe sons Of the .-Old
DUuinior' The former died near Williams
burg on the 10Th instant
The refusal If Capt Hartstein and the OBI.
GERS of the Re>olute to come home in the British
figate Retributi.n, it Is said was made at the
instance of Minister Dallas. who thought the ex
,eu$e needless
\ bill has been introduced in the In'iiana LIE
gislature to increase the salary of the Governor
from 81 500 to $4,000.
Dr. Samuel seoliay. an eminent physician OF
Jefferson county. Va, died on the 1lth inst,
aged 80 yearS.
The Chinese in California have built ho<pi-
tai in San Francisco. They have also theatre
of their own.
The gas has been shut off from the street
lamps at New Albany, Ia, in consequence the
scarcity of coal
Sixteen murder cases are on the docket for
trial in the cri uiaal court Of Louisville.