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Coz. Walkers Proclamation.
W nSIIingiou .!u'y 2l

~ "NhllItnh July /.
The Gevernmem, is in receipt uf Gov.
Walkers Proclamation Of ,le l5.h inst.
to the people Of Kansas.
lie says the character Of Lawrence is
IN direct and open dr!i,rce OF the Terri
;"riaI law, and rcpea; that the lawmu>,
be enforced. lie says further, that the
rebellion Is iniYujtous, nnI such as has
never before di>graccd any age or country,
The citizen, Of krusas, he says, ,unI up
on the brink Of an awiu prvcipico, and
lac WARN. them not to take the ial,I icru
lie ir"riores them not to cornyc, h,in
TO appeal 10 military power, bu, says ,hoy
cannot carry their purpose into effect, with
"ut coming IN open conflict with the
troops of the United States.
The procIum1tiun couc,u.ies thus:
1t vii be my purpo,. if you still pre-.
,iNt to spare ]oodshed rs lar As Yractica
Die, anl subject the icader; and prof C..
tors e this 'rvo.u'jouarr movement To- ihe
punishment prescribed Ly law. iwilIac
company tn" troop, TO lawrence, with "a
view to prevent, il possible any conflict, in
the sincere hope, lhal the revolutionary
movement Contemplated. and nearly ac.
co:npIj>hcd. will hc ahardoncd ere il is
too late. lour kuowIclgo orthc alrgIr-
cy and power ofthe government, II moth.
ng els" should induce Won t. de>is. flom
AL abandon the fatal cu,crpri,c.
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ADV ERTISENENTS

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Gnc square Got i6 lines or less, one Insertion.
u or II continued, f5 cents tor the first i'm
sertion, and 30 cents for each subsequent inscr
ION Sss See Fourth Page for deductions in
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each advertisement, or they will be inserted till
ordered out and charged accordingly.
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TAX RETURNS.

We have been furnished by our present
very efficient Tax Collector for this District,
with statement of the Tax returns for
the last two years, which will be found be-
low. lie also makes some appropriate re-
marks in connection:
MIR. EDlToR believing that a little sta
iieticaI information in regard TO our District,
may DC interesting to some of your readers,
have made Gnt Il sort of rc@apilE lation,
OF my Tax return, with my return Of
Deaths, Births and Marriages. | have also
furnished the Tax return for the year be-
fore last, to show the ircreas" Of taxable
property, and the Increase in the value of
our taxable property, in one year. 1t will
be seen by subtractiHg t,!c return Of 1853
from that Of 1856, that there is IN increase
OF $50 Negroes, the sales Cf $4,000 Dollars
worth Of Goods, l3,O4O Dollars in the value
Of Town lots, and slight increase in other
property. number of people who do not
read the II IS Of the Legislature blame the
members when the Taxes are raised this
IS wrong, they are not always TO blame.
Our General Tax VAS reduced ut the last
session of the Legislature; and yet we have
paid the highest Tax this year, that We ever
paid. 1t is heavy District Tax that has
caused the Increase, and our members have
nothing to do with regulating the District
Tax. Notwithstanding tie increase of
taxable property, our General Tax is S39-
Gle. less than last year, but when the Dis
trict Tax is added you will fnd that we
have paid Sl,722.79 more than last year.
The total amount of our Taxes for this
year is S,0SG.9l of this amount S3.353lUis
left our District for building Bridges, and
supp 1rting the poor. | have made these
remnr,'s for the benefit Of those who may
not be a'e 10 understand my return.
Tax Return fer the year 1855, for Lam
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER.
Published every Wednes lay Morning
BY
W g. M ). 90 RS
HDlroR AND PRoPKEToR.
7 + K NJ s;

ae'a"ce, $500
At the expiration of Six Months, . 2,5o
At the end of the Year, -----...... sos
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i Chapter Of Horrors.
Ciuciruaii, July 81

VIWcINNNll, JNIy II.
4 man named RDhIer Il German, >uau.
g'cd his wife this morning. and killed u
MIR, Horton, of tho firm OF Iiur;ou tE Ma
cey, ;hen set FIRE to the hca-c., aEi finish
ed by cutting his own throat. Hutton
had rcprimauded R9hicr for abusing hj>
vito. lie is not eXne.lc! ~ I'VE.
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Louisville. i[y. july 81.

4 street ncontre occurred this afGr.
noon, between George ID. Prentice, editor
Of the journal, AMI II. I. Dlrrclt, el:tor
II the Courier, growing out or an article
in the latter paper rejecting on NJ. Prem,
tee. Pistols were used 10y bot, rativs.
Mr. PEcmline WIZ s.Lyhtly Mnnn,cl.
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a LOCKER ON,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
BETHANY COLLEGE BURNED.

1t is with feelings of more than ordinary re-
gret, that we announce this fact. The fire was
discovered about three o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and was under such Roadway, that all efforts
to rescue anything from the valuable collections
and deposits which had been for years accumu-
lating inside its walls, were abandoned. The
fire was supposed to be the work of an incedi-
arv. although, so far as we could learn, there
was no particular reason for so suppoSing, other
than the hour of the burning. We believe that
there was fire kept in the chemical room at
nights, and it is barely possible, we learn, that
1t may, by some unknown contingency, have
taken fire in that way. The loss of the mere
building is but trifiing compared with the in
valuable archives, public documents, college
and three society libraries, together with the re-
cords Of each, large and costly collections ofapPa-
ratuses in the philosophical and chemical iabora-
tories. and the many and irretrievabe curiOsities
of the museum All these, make sum total, the
destruction of which is amost greviOus calamity.
The misfortune will be deplored by large
numbers of people throughout the entire eoun-
try. by all those who have and have had rela-
tons or friends there, and by thousands to whom
the institution was euueaTeu " 10 LhOto 1A'N
literary worth. The loss will more especially
fall upon the citizens of Brooke county, who
had more than others, if possible, an i'm
mediate social interest in the prosperity of the
institution.
We rejoice however, to know that the loss, or
rather inconvenience, c be but temporary:
that the hosts of friends which the college has
all over the land, together with the well known
wealth and munificence of those most immedi-
atcly connected with it. are undoubted guaran-
tees that the late building will be speedily re-
placed by one, even more commensurate with
the constantly increasing demands of its patron
age.
The routine of the college will not, we sup
pose, be interfered with, inasmuch as temporary
apartments will be fitted up in other buildings
owned by the college.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
For the Intelligencer
mcoRRUPTIoN

MEssRs, EprToRs-At all events, the Argus
leading article headed as above, of evening be-
fore last, was unkind and uncalled for. It's
clear object attempted by inuendo) was to ere
ate the public belief that our representative the
Hon. S. Clemens, is the man to be suspected of
legislative corruption, and only to be deferred
from it bv the fear of '.Pains and penalties =
That Injustice has been done to MIR. Clemens,
by the attempt, no one, willing to deal fairly
with the character of another, can for moment
deny
Has MIR Clemens shown himself corruptible
official9 No; but has he not shown himself the
single one, and the first amongst perhaps hum
dred, who has moral courage enough to repel
the reward of infamy, and to expose the cor
ruption preying upon our political vitals? Hon
or to him for this if for no other act of his life.
Mr.. Clemens did not, according to the tele-
graphic reports, mention the fear of "pains and
penalties" as the motive to deter him from &c
ccptlng the offered bride; yet so the Argus con-
strues Mr.. C.'S own words y but pointed to them
to terrify tie ''Se0undrer ich0 looUid offer a
bride. He spurned the corrupt Pro.ferer on his
first approach and told him ''he had mistaken
his man." and he hGd mistaken his man, as Mr..
C's conduct shows He acted in such man
ner as to deserve the unbOundcd thanks, not
only of his own constituency, but of every hon
est citizen of the country; and every one, whe-
Their his political friend enemy, WILL in honor,
feel that whether as a man or as Congressman,
Mr. Clemens reputation should not suffer de
traction because corrupt offer was made to
him, when at the same time, by Indignantly re.
fusing the corrupt offer, he proved himself to be
both honest and trustworthy in the very par
ticular in which he is condemned
DIIocFIr
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

SLIGHTLY PERsoNAL.-The last number of the
New York Express devotes few paragraphs to
that callous old Sinner-known asJames Gordon
Bennett--from which we extract as follows:
We are asked by many of our readers, why,
when VIC reply to Wood, we do not reply to
Bennett2
Well, then, Bennett is not worth a reply,
when he turns brute aud blackgunrd His facts
are just rs good as anybody's facts, when he
INDUCES in the use Of such, to him, Injuries
but his blackguardisms and brutaliticS have not
SO much influence upon this community as the
believing of n bull in the streets Everybody
knows Bennett, ard every body knows TAT there
is not white spot of skin on his bod, unlaccr-
ated by somebody's cowhide or Su,-k,-and
hence rs it has become impossible to Ii Il new
place upon his person to inict fresh personal
injury upon him, he has been suffered now for
some five ten years to escape his obi quarter
ly ,astigatiOnS Everybody knows that there
is not hair on his head that has not been pull
led, aud pulled, with IMMUNITY, by persons
whom he has libclled. Kicking, Gaming aud
cutting he, for years and years, submitted to,
with so much of the mcekness of Christian,
that when some have thought Of shooting him
for his vicious fbels upon themselves or their
families, they have been advised, such killing
would not only be murder, but cowardice in ad-
dition. Thus, he has escaped now to a green
old age frow permanent personal injury, be
cause there was new place about him TO in.
iict personal punishment upon.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11


\ DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN THE VAST I
ixarox UxIox AND FoHNEr.-The Washington
Union, in the course of some comments the 9th
er day, Observed
Tint all State lars, ,chsther organic or 9TH
erteise, trhieh prohibit q citizen Of one State
from settling ia another, and bringing his STARE
property ,eith him. and most especially declaring
IL FORFEITED, are direct rioLdtiOnS Of the origi-
nal intentions Of a Government which, us be-
fore stated, is the protection of person and prop
crty, and Of the Constitution OF the United
States, which recognises property in slaves and
declares that the citizens OF each state shall
be entitled to all the privileges and immunities
OF citizens in the several States" among the
most essential Of which is the protection of per-
son and property"
Forney of the Philadelphia Press, extracts as
above and comments to the following effect;
Ii these doctrines are to be carried out in
Pennsylvania, there would not be enough De.-
ocratS len 20 fill an omnibus.
There is not Congressional district in this
State that would not unanimously reject any
man offering himself with such doctrines on his
hammer. Such opinions, fhowever, are in happy
sympathy with a support of the Calhoun mi-
nOrity Convention.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
New Books, Stationery, &c.

JAMES c. oRs No. lii Main St. bees leave to call the
attention of wholesale and retail purchasers OF Rocks
and Stationary to his FAN stock received School
Rocks OF all kinds from the primary the highest College
Classics Miscellaneous Book Gate ESSues Drawing Books,
Copy Books Architectural Books, (nev auhors Aisho-
dist, Presbyterian. Baptist and Christian Books, in
various styles OF binding; Family Bibles worth from 81 to
$?S, Pocket do. of all styles; Dnas Bookkeeping and
RANKS. Jenny Lind Pens, and all TIA numbers Of GotS
famous Pens noS Ink CAruoldsl and Inkstands Of
various patents Music Books Of various AUTHORSHIP
bath Bell Ia late Bocel Albums IN great variety. Toy
Books 5000 Blank Books of every variety; pis-
ries for ISIS, Memorandum I'll styles; $40 Reems
Cap Letter and Note PaPes Of different grades and Gua
ties
GOLD PES.-we wish call especial attention to our
large we'll selected lot Gold Pens. Having disposed
of all our old stock PES offered Is and
WLRRESTED, comprising almost every No of A. Mn-ston
Co.'S celebrated Penn. Having the largest ard bGt select
ed stock OF Pens In the city, those in Of superior
tIcie cannot fail to be Eaised
We would can the ttetio Of e Lldfes particular
to stock OF FANCY STATIONERY which purchased
expressly fer their 8eeomn ation knowing that nothing
Of the kind and quality has kept the
Please call and examine for yourselves.
All of the and everything usually ksptln the Book
and Stationery line nov be had At
JAMES @. oRR'S,
sepI5 IL Main St, Wheeling, Va.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

B. GRAFT BRowN, ESQ, the plucky and able
St Louis champion of "hireling free labor
and vino is accused by the New Orleans Data
of spreading the leprosy of free labor" in Mis-
souri,, has received from the mechanics and man.
ufacturers of ST Louis a compliment OF which
any man might well be proud. The St Louis
Nous Of " Wednesday afternoon, says:
Yesterday a committee, on the part of the
mechauics aud manufacturers of ST. Louis,
headed by Thomas Richeson, Esq, waited upon
Mr.. Brown at his residence, and presented lin
with magnificent gold watch, OF heavy mate
rial and rare workmanship, and chain 10 CORES
pond Il is really one of the handsomest aud
finest watches we have ever seen. Inside the
casing is the following Inscription:
Presented by the Mechanics and Manufac-
turerS OF St. Louis TO B. Graft Brown, as tes-
monial OF their respect for his VI liable services
in their behalf, in the Eighteenth and Nineteeath
General Assembly of Missouri"
Mr.. Brown is the well known Editor of the
Missouri DeBaoenlt.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

y Calls TwIsrEx,-The New York Tribune
has been trying its hand ON the Atlantic tele.
graph cable. Ii Topper broke it, the Tribune
has twisted it, for in recent leading article that
learned journal informs us that at is clear
that if edacity and hibacity, and mutual con-
graduation and dexter-quassatiOn and saltatiOr
and determination on the part of each nation
could have saved the great Anglo-AmeIican
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS classification from dix
in,eeratiOn that its operation would now have
been beyond negati0n."
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
ANoruEK snor AT Our CoNoREssNAN.-Onr

ANOTHER SHOT AT OUR CoNGREsSNAS.-Our
disafCected Organ, next door, has opened out
again on Sherrard, in covert or ambuscade
discharge, iich, although intended to be less
sonorous, is fully, if not more effective and Ia
tai than the heavier ordnance with which
it commenced the campaign some months
ugo. The occasion was too inviting-our Or
gan couldn't resist the temptation to go inland
in it went and drew a fine sight on the most ia
tai spot of Achilles'-not ''the heel !" as of old,
but the moral element in our CongresSmans
nature We call the attention of the Mountain
GERS to this attack-to this whole war upon their
and our Representatives, the fact that while
Sherrard is off in Washington attending to our
interests, and expurgating and purifying tho
body politic-resisting brides, and generally
going about through the Augean halls and stalls
of the Capitol, with shovel in one hand and
a broom in the other-the ill-grained Organ is
at work preparing his political grave. Our dis
affected partisan processes to be disturbed"
he perplexed, how it came that bride would
he and could be offered to STRENGTHENING
thati sauints and smacks badly-and also wants
TO know why it was thatno otherreasen was given
by our Congressman for his refusal of the cor
rupt overtures, other than the '.paiRs and pen
alties' made and provided in such cases. Don't
our Organ know-don't everybody know that
the best men in the world have been thus APP
preached? Has our Organ never read of Chies
Justice Hale-of the Captors of Andre-of tho
American General, whom the King of Great
Britain was not rich enough to buy-and of "
thousand other illustrious examplers, who, like
our Congressman, Indignantly intimated that the
briber chad mistaken his man"
1t is clear as the sun in mid heaven, from this
and other portentous symptoms, that the feud
now raging between the disaffected Organ and
the junta of which it is the mouth piece, and
our Congressman. is daily widening and deepen
ing. As the dignifed Rynders observed, in
Tammany Hall, it is "war to the knife, and tho
knife to the throat" The utter political annihi-
lation of Shcrrard has been resolved upon for
reasons which, like the name of that man who
tempted him with filthy lucre, never can DO
made public. Suffice it, that the wicked edict
has gone forth We, like the sentinel on tho
watch tower, deserted the battle afar off, months
ago, and now that the conflict is waxing 'Houder,
clear, and deadlier' than before, we call upon
the Mountaineers, the "Gray backs" ''the Red
wamuses" and the Wild Channels of the ciifsa
and of the gorgcs to form into line.
To your tents, every man, oh Israel.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
CARLYIl, IN. June 9s Isj2

CARLYLE, IL. June 2s, 1852
have used Prof. O. ]. wood's Hair Restorative and
have Admired its wonderful Effects Ny hair beeom-
Restorative 1t has resumed It's original color, and have
no doubt, permanently o.
8. BREssE, ex-senator, o. 8.
o. ,. WOOD CO., PrOPrietors So Broadway, u Y tn
nc great ~ 4 wife Railing Bstsblfshmen) ia
street. 9. Louis, No And sold By all good Druggists
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

THE navigation season at St Paul, this year,
extended from May 1st to Nov. 14th-19s days
the shortest season on record. The number
of steamboat arrivals was 1927, an increase of
lS9 over last year. The Thermometer at that
city on the 23d stood AZ Il degrees below Zero
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
JOSEPH GRAVES,

FG AIN STREET, CENT Re WIZ ELIN(s.
As on banda splendid assortment of elegantly bound
DAYS. at reduced prizes
PoGTIcAI WORKS. Elegant Books for the Library or
RaToE ANIMALS for 1881, beautifully bound
HOY B Of every variety style and binding; Standard
Editions OF Ih= Rock Of Common PRAYER.
Methodist sL sses5 Hymn Books In great variety
large stock Of Juvezile snd Toy Books, A Cards
FASeY GOODS, TOYS, ke-CabAs, Port MoaaaIes. pur-
.es' Pocket Book, Card Gases, Gold Pens L. German and
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

FRIESD wooD: It long time aerI saw you ct Bliss.
heid before got the bottle OF Restorative which you
gave me an order your agent in Detroit when got
we concluded 70 try it on Mira. Manns hair, suTeS
Wo1ia do and others Of my family and friends, having
messed its ELECTS using and recommending It's use
T. others entitled to the highest YOU claim
Tor 1t Again, very respectfully and truly, yours,
SOLOMON MANN
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

Nd who that sr@y would have restored to for
n mer color o. bald but would have the growth restored
troubled with scrofua seaId head other eupionS
but would be cured with sick headache neuraga) hut
would be cured. 1t will also all pples from
face and skin. Frof. Woods Hair Restorative
this, see circular and aud the following:
ASS ARBoR, November 5, 1856.
PEoT o. J. WOo0-Dear Sir: have heard much said Of
the wonderful effects Hair Restorative, having
been 50 oen cheated By q9aekeEy and qusek nostrums
the category with the one loudly trum
Peed Quack remedies until you Lawrence county
some months since, when
induced the trial Of Restorative in my taiyfrst
by good wife, whose hair had become
reiy white and before xhaasnS of your large bot.
es, her hair restored nearly original beautiful
brown color, and mad thckened and become beautiful
glossy upon and entirely the head she
use ~ not simply because Of its beautifyng effects upon
the hair, but because Of Its healthfu
head and mind Others of family and friends using
your restorative, with the happiet effects; therefore,
sStptesn and doubts in reference its charactar and
value are entirely removed; and and do cordial
y and conhdentially nd Its Who Epud
have their hair restored from white 10y Of
sickness or age 70 original color and beauty young
persons who would have their and glossy
NeTyt uly and gratefully yours,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

Tur Philadelphia Press says that the report
1T III, Nontez is about to contract bril-
iisnt marriages is %; that she proposes, in a
fav- DAYS. to be ca route for Paris, and that her
, d This country for short visit, may be
expected in the spring.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
MUSIC ] Mnsic I

IsT NEW MUSIC, juEt received this roornIpy Tb,,tv
mal5ses Constantinople Quadrles; ouicksteT
anEos5 Ethiopian Polka, QuadrfIe: Anvil Cf-
rus IRON u TroyHtore Duet: Hear Ne Norms: Toe ary
Tone By FtrePy, Sounds EnfHaaeIng; Grutig 3iaIfsr
ny SeS kniAsd Honae5 Our Good Friends; Tnl a Poor
d Batehsori od Ironsdes; Launas Cottage We PTslse
Ahers On dod. lnuTRIJ PAYNE = Co
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

Why is an overloaded gun like an office
holder? Because it kicks nightly when it is
discharged
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
To your tents, every man, oh Israel.

Tng GovERxou's TuKEE MEssAcEs.--Our
chivalrous, hard working and long winded Gov
ernor has inundated the legislature and the good
people of this Commonwealth with three Mes
sages-the reading of any one of which is suf-
ficieut to kill at forty rods, off hand. They re.
mind us of the mortal long firstlies, secOndlies
and thirdies of the old Coveuanter clergy, on
long gone summer Sundays-under which we,
rs Juvenile, sweltssed aud grew deathly weary.
But joking aside, the Governor has done "
good thing, and useful thing, no doubt, for
those "xhOm it may concern'-but few, if any
of our readers, however, are among that portion
of the elect, and we can't think of sacrificing
the patience and good will of nine tenths c
our reading public, by filling up our entire pa
per with the figures and speculatiOns of the
Governor The Governor is an ambitious and
useful man in many respects, and in his owT.
peculiar way-but he has, what the Roman I
called, the "cdcOethts Seribendi,' nigh unit
death
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11

\ LADY, on separation from her husband,
changed her religion; being determined, she
said to avoid his company in this world and the
next too.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-11
NATIONAL HOTEL.
BETHANY. VA.
R. L. JONES, Proprietor.

THIS house has been recently rette greatly enlarged,
and noT ouerStO the travelling community excellent He-
eoL1moiAons. Tue StNbllng Is Of the Character
The Hotel has recently passed Into the hands of f- pres
ent proprietor, who will pains AFFORD the public
The best Of e S q. IsF