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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-20

I-I4bLAIIllI Cl = E1YYEIt1IIN IEN
III AVE now received their entire SECOND STOCK OF
IL SPRING SUMMER GOODS recently selected in
New YORK by sample otherwise from g most recent
arrivals and elegant designs of the They would beg
here tn cali the attention buyers their
Of Dress Goods and Embroideries, which variety
beauty Of style, combined with moderate prices cannot he
very complete.
We have now opened beautiful assertneat Of Spring
and Sammcr Dress Goods, consisting Of
Aich Rlounced Grenadines, 7..s- ~. rlalH
DaJaderc Rlounced ReTcEea,
BaYsd-re Hioupeed Silks,
Striped aud Fiorneed OrEsndies,
apS HElSKHLL 4 SwEARIEGEN,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-20

SHEET MUSIC.
am constantly receiving and keen OIL hand large and
choice collection Of Sheet Also Instruction Books
! ior every kind OF Instruments now in u-e
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MISCELLANEOUS.

1EnsIc nni .TIns7.nI Husirns n; ems, CntIery
nnd Variety. SsooSIH,
NO. 1875 MAIN STR EEsr.
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VI NHEEIING VA. TUESDAY MORNING.
BUSINESS CARDS.

BUSINESS CARDS.
= 49, DREW & DRAKE.
/ (Saacessors 10 s. D. Esodr9ir, Agr't9
I NO. 5 WASHINGTON HALL,
u OF articles ,,saliy kept in , first class FAMILY GRO.
CRY together viii te choice and selected brands Of
JNO. d. NJ. CARR,
| INEALER in Western Land Toxn and City property,
II Land Warrants, and Agent for the sale Of city proper
" Particular attention paid the location aud transfer
s-Saies s.: j lornb'oos'' Row." Up stairs
JOHN HOWELL,
pEALEl. II
BOOTS, SHOES, DC,
No. Iz2. IIGiu 81.
s. o. HARPER d SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
AISSu SSufFsA, fGFAft6fS, f6fs, SSb bbtiAApTF tiApEF S5S S&5tS2oDS
Ne.12s Mainst- corner Of Union,
" = .W Va a. EDWARDS & BRO, i8I3 -,
GROCERS.
Of If"lEe. ANA lfonros streets,
OPPOSITE THE MCLUkE HOUSE,
Every variety of sSe1riss IN Specs ~ SanaI,s
Wines, Gin, As Tobacco, Cigars &C. &c. constantly
@. p. BROWN,
DEALER IN CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWEL
RY AND FANCY GOODS,
no. lo9. Eornbrook s Building,
NIniD ST, wheeling
CLOCKS aud WATCHES cdrstuttg repdtred
MATTHEW -NcNABB,
DEALER II
GROCERIES, FLOUR, MILL
Feed, Corn. Oats and baled Fay.
OPPOSITE THE 2n GasEgn "E'SFH SFEEE
highest Cash Country Produce
j. G. COLLINS,
Grocery, Feed and Produce Store,
No. $50 ILnrlscI square, West side.
1EEp constantly d G4d al EaSs 81 r5e such as Oats,
IL Corn, Bran, shorts, ship stuEs ete Flour Corn Meal
kinds together complete assortment of Family Gro
paid for corn, oats, Faz.eed, Dried Fruits,
Sheep Skins, hides, butter, and poultry. apl2
j. NJ. NJ + ~ DIN LS Q o.,
LATE TIIPLETTs, NIcFADIN col
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
30 IS lETsT' ST. I.SnIs, 90 IS%AHiS5.I NO. S''tNF'
ORDERS for Lead, Hemp, Provisions, Flour, Grain, &C.,
" solicited and promptly nys2s sSse@9d. %S
J. J. ANDERSON Co, bankers, St. Louis, Mo.
JOHN L. HARGREAVBS !
UN HALL. BUIIsDE N CaS,
So NAtS srREEr, WHEELING, va
Wholesale Retail dealer In Paints, Oils, Sash Doors,
WINDOW Glass, Looking Glasses,
brushes, &c, Sc
LJAyING purchased the entire stock o }. A. Vincent,
IL and made important and heavy additions, trust by
constantly keeping good assortment and selling tnoder
my friends and the public generally. CAL at my new
store. join L. iIAEGREAvEs.
w. & ]. STEWART,
STOVES, GFS FSATEk, EI.0G6-H IRONS,
6SC'. Sc'
WHEELING, "a.
.sTEWART G CALDWELL,
MANUFACTURERS
COPPER, TIN, AND SHEET IRON WARE,
s.......-----s..-s.!SY..IE IiJSLING.-N VA.
Wholesale Paper Warehouse
NAN ST, NElR QELNCYST
LAMBD1N, GILBERSoT & CO.,
IL end DS Ees S the
III Ing PaprTsr
'''-" "AIs ar6 TR1rr1So,
CANDLE PAPER.
DnUOoIsIs, coTTos FACTORY AyR nAHDwAEs FAFSn
To which they invite the attention Of purchasers sPl'
vEN1 T1AN BhIN IDS
George Roberts,
1oNrrSUEs to manufacturing to order (shoesaIa and
y, 'a'' YENiTIHS wiNDow BLINDS
of every cOlsr and size, and at Eastern Pr!s;a;.:
These Blinds are superior to every other kind oil "naoN
Sg-cail and examine specimens.
\. B.-oId blinds reraintsd, and trimmed equal
I. M. PUMPREY.
Sc COMMISSION
MERCHANT.
Eo 20 MAtE sREETT NEARLY OFPosIIE MS OLD sTAsp.
Wheeling, Va
Is 80 List Howell Wheeling, Va,
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LOCATED
Corner Baltimore and CHARLES streets,

BALIINUHE, II u
INiIs Institution h ia prosperous and Gour-
! isEE condition. Twice during tie last years
It Leen necessary obtain larger apartments for tue
cotnroaon Of tho Increasing number students, repre-
sru:ing nearly every State In the Union.
Ii ui"s one Of the most conspicuous and desrA
hv located buildings In t:u city. The ucnmodi-
nrsIy arranged, spacious and oicEauty furnished.
Tine advantages and facilities here offered young
desiring qualify ttnsclI properly for HE various
the Counting Room, 10 obtain 2HornUgh pruc-
'icdl Busiess Education generally, unsurpassed In
nny particular ~ sni!ar establishment In tie
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~ : 4 q.
SSTONE :. THOMAS fake pleasure In anneaneIag that
they are nSw In receipt Of their fall Ct Fail aud
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28
War ikl the Caucasus Resumed!

A report from the Russian Minister of
War declares that the truce concluded with
Scbamyl during the Turkish war expired in
May of last year, and that operations against
the Circassians have been resumed along the
whole line of the Caucasus. ......-.s..
Letters from ST. Petersburg mention that
it will be the beginning of April before the
Emperor Alexander sets out on his journey
to Nice and either on his way or his re-
turn, he will visit Napoleon at Paris.
81 The ratification of the treaty signed be-
tween Russia and Persia, on the 5th of Jan
uary last, were exchanged at Teheran on
the 10th of the same month. This treaty
cedes to Russia very large tract of land
on the frontiers of Turkey, and situate be-
tween Bayazeed and Nashenivan, giving to
Russia complete command of the strategic
road from Trebizond, on the Black Sea, to
the Persian frontier by Erzeroum. Russia
has been endeavoring since 1928 to obtain
the concession which Persia now grants.
It is added that orders were Immediately
sent from St. Petersburg to construct line
of fortresses on the ceded territory.
The Brussels Nord publishes the details
of the concession granted by the Russian
government for the great network of railways
to be constructed within ten years, at an
outlay of f45, 100000 sterling. The condi-
tions are substantially the same as those
already announced. Among the contracting
parties are Barring Brothers, of London, and
Hope & Co., of Amsterdam.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28

IMPORTANT DECISIoN.-The decision of
the Court Of Claims, formally sanctioned by
Congress in the case of Mrs. Reedside, Wild
ow of the great mail contractor, would seem
to determine question which has caused
great deal Of controversy. This question re-
latcs to the payment of interest on the in
debtedness of the government. The practice
has not been uniform. In most cases inte-
rest has been refused to claimants, but occa-
sionally 1t has been done. The theory of the
executive officers is, that government is al
ways prepared to pay its debts, and that
claimants are not entitled to interest on their
dues, because, if payment has been delayed
they alone are responsible for the delay, by
not having established their claims to the
satisfaction Cf those whose duty It was to
pass upon them. But the usage of the gov
eminent scontradicts this theory. Instead
of being always.willing to pay, the accounting
officers are never ready, and never willing.
They always interpose obstacles and sub
terfuges to keep people out of their honest
dues, and never pay out money except when
| it cannot be avoided, and then it is done
grudgingly, and as if it came out of their
own pocket, and the claimant was knave
seeking to depredate on the treasury. II the
Court of Claims was an independent tribunal
whose decisions were final, we should antici-
pate great advantages from its proceedings
and even now when they are subject to the
revision of Congress, the public derive con-
siderable benefit therefrom. In the Reside
case. Justice, long delayed, has been done to
suffering woman, and the decision of the
Court must constitute precedent which the
executive officers will not feel themselves at
liberty to disregard.-Bu9alo Advetiser.en
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28

Letters were received yesterday from
Monrovia, via England of the 18th of Janu-
airy, from which we regret to learn that Sc
rious difficulty had occurred at Cape Palmas,
between the colonist and natives. OF the
causes of the outbreak we are not informed,
but the letter states that considerable prop
erty had been destroyed, including two large
native villages situated on the verge of the
Cape, and several dwelling houses belonging
to the colonists. OF the colonists only one
death is mentioned The natives lost seve
raj. 1t is also stated that Mount Vaughn
Mission station, with it's school houses, was
destroyed. These belonged, to the Protest
ant Episcopal mission, under Bishop Payne.
We hope that this report is incorrect or ex-
aggerated.
The Cape Palmas colony, from its founda-
ton in 1884, has been singularly exempt
from all violence from the natives, or diff
Guilty with them of any kind. 1t is to be
hoped that the present disturbance is but To-
cal and will be only temporary. Cape Pal
mas Colony was founded by DR.. James Hall
of Baltimore, anil that gentleman sailed for
Africa few weeks since, in the new packet
ship Mary Carolina Steven. DIR. Hall is
very popular in Cape Palmas, and his arrival
will be most opportune. f
We have also files of the Liberia Herald
to Dec. Is.
The Herald of Dec. II publishes in full
the text of the treaty of commerce and nav
gation recently signed and ratified between
France and Liberia. M --. .-... ....
Another number contains description Of
tour in the interior by the editor, in COM
pany with the Rev. Mr.. Seys, from whence
we hope to make extracts.-C Commercial i'd
Ueiiiser.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28
The U. 5. Navy.

The annual register Of the Navy of the
United States has recently been issued
From it we learn that upon the active service
list there are Ga captains, 9G commanders,
AZ surgeons and "a pursers ranking with
ieutenants, 311 lieutcnants, 43 passed as
sistant surgeons and 81 assistant surgeons,
"a chaplains, IL professors of mathematics, "a
masters in the line of promotion, and "a
passed midshipmen. There are 80 midship-
men arranged according to their merit as
graduates Of the Naval Academy and there
appears to be l45 now at school and on pro-
baton in Annapolis, divided into four class
es. There are 80 boatswains, 40 gunners,
43 carpenters, and 80 sail-makers. In the
Engineers department there are II chief en-
gineers, "a first assistants. IS third assist
ants, 20 second assistants, IS third assist
ants-in all 90. We have 10 (permanent) J
navy agents within the United States, and l
Temporary at London, Barring, Brothers &
Co., and we have at home and abroad 13 ma
val store keepers. We have 3 naval con-
structors stationed at the several yards, a
hemp agent in Kentucky, coal agents in Penn
sylvania and Maryland, and agents for the
preservation of live oak and other timber in
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississip-
pi. Within the past year there have been
II designations. % deaths, and dismissals.
On the reserved list there are 30 captains,
80 commanders, 63 lieutenants, II masters,
and passed midshipmen. Under late law
of Congress, these have an opportunity to
appear before the court of inquiry ordered
at Washington, and show cause why they
should not have been removed from the ac-
tive list by the late Retiring Board.
Our navy appears to consist of 10 ships
of-the-line, 13 frigates, 10 sloops- s-of-war, 8
briggs, 10 schooners, screw steamers of the
first class, / of the second class, S side-wheel
of the third class, steam tenders, and 5
store ships. The Home Squadron is com
posed of the frigate w abash and sloops Sar-
atoga and Cyane; the Pacific squadron, o
frigate Independence, sloops st. Mary's
John Adams, Decatur, and steamer Massa.
chusetts; the Mediterranean squadron, o.
steam frigate Susquehanna, frigafe Congress
and sloop Constellation the Brazil squadron
of frigate St. Lawrence, and sloops German.
town and Falmouth the African squadron
of sloops jamestown and ST. Louis and bria
Dolphin; the East India squadron, of steam
frigate San Jacinto and sloops Portsmouth
and Levant. On the Lakes, we, have tn,
steamer Michigan The steamer Merrima,
/ seems to be on special service, and not O
the Mediterranean squadron. The steam
ship Supply is absent after camels, and tn
Release has lately returned from an expedi
ltiou after sugar cane. dora I'd bisq 81 llllis
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28

IL The following transaction related bv
the N. Y. Tribune of Saturday, is a stroke
If policy 50 fine that few will be able to dis
cover any difference between it and mean
ness: l i-n'i
We have already stated some of the facts
regarding the conduct of the Postmaster at
Franklin Mills, Ohio He is evidently q
poor creature of Mr.. j. w. Gray of Cleve-
land, and iiistigated by that person, he has
refused to deliver the Weekly Tribune and,
we suppose, other Republican newspapers,
70 subscribers, unless they came into his
hands specially directed. This Postmaster
gave, as an excuse, that he did not; intend
TO write the names upon the papers without
being paid for it. Upon this, our subscri-
bers in that quarter offered him a fair ,emu-
aeration, to which he responded by fat re-
tusal s'to distribute any Black Republican
papers that he was not obliged to-" The
Franklin Mills people then bcthoyght them
Of a way to bring this high and mighty gen.
tleman to his senses, and determined to have
their letters and papers directed to the
neighboring Post Office at Earlville. This
made very large hole in the income of the
Franklin Mills Postmaster; and he and Gray
having put their heads together, hitupon the
notable scheme of abolishing the Earlyille
Post Office. The Postmaster-G General has
done just what this precious pair told him to
do, and the Earlville Office has been discon-
tinucd, to the great damage and inconven-
ience of the people of thatvicinity, who had
committed no ofense in the world, even
against the so-called Democratic party.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28
An old Rogue Caught.

A Check Clerk by the name of Bassitt at
the freight house of the Mississippi & Mis-
souri, K. r., in this city, was arrested on
Monday noon, under the following circum-
stance: 'o' r'".
For long time articles of baggage and of
freight had been missed from the cars and
freight house of this Railroad, and none
could tell who was the thief This annoy
ancc became so frequent that it aroused the
Agents of the Company, to concert meas
u1es to detect the offender. lf. n -eGt
Messrs. Pinkerton & Co., Detective Po-
lice of Chicago were invoked, and they at
o,:ce laid plals. A trunk containing ladies'
shoes, over-coat and other articles, was pre-
pared, with list of every article so marked
that it would at once be recognized. This
trunk was forwarded to Rock Island by Ex-
press. There it was carelessly thrown upon
a car load of corn, and brought to Daven-
developments. About o'clock on Saturday
evening, the Detective, while lying pancake
fashion in the yard Of the Depot, saw Bas-
slit enter the car, and select such of the
goods from the trunk as were most conven-
lent, putting on the overcoat, and stuffing 1t
within with other articles. The next Mon
day morning measures were taken to pounce
upon him and his spoils, but before this was
done he slipped trunk and valise upon the
early train going to Chicago, and sent them
forward, while he went out to Cedar river,
returning at noon, when he was "nabbed."
A telegraph to Chicago stopped his trunks
on their arrival, and in his baggage were
found number of the articles with the pc
cular mark of the detective" upon them
Among other things found was q letter from
his sister, written in an elegant style, rehear.
sing some of his former crimes, rejoicing at
his escape from Muscatine Jail, and earnest
y imploring him to lead new life, and try
to regain a lost character. 1t seems that he
is an old rogue, and was in precisely the spot
where he could piilage without fear. But
the ways of villains are dangerous. especially
when old Pinkerton-o Of Chicago, is about
Bassitt was held to answer, aud committed
for want of bail.-Daceaspo,t Democrat.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28

LIKE MASTER, LIKE MAN.-Not many
months since it happened at Benicia, Cali
fornia the headquarters of the United States
troops, Capt. Jones, a Virginian by birth,
was ordered to that point, whittier lie went
accompanied by a faithful body servant, nam
ed Joe. The Captain was startled not long
after by the news of Joe's having shot an
other negro. AS soon as he was brought
forward into his masters presence, he stern
ly asked him how he dared to act as he had.
Joe seemed at first cast down, but rallying
himself, and looking the Captain full in the
face, replied -"De fact is, massa, dat ar Mig
ger Was one of dem New York free nigvers
He suited me, and 1 had to take high Sudron
ground wild him. .g55s tar:3 zssn
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-28
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, }

.sa4ah EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
LEcoMproN, X. IT,, Jan 2lst, 1857.
To the House Of Representatives, Kansas Terri
tory.
GENTLEMEN: In reply to your resolution
of the 10Th instant, which was received late
on the Goth, requesting me to furnish your
body with statement of my reason for not
commissi ming William T. Sherrard, Esq, as
Sheriff of Douglas county, | have the honor
to state, that while am disposed to accede
to any reasonable request from the Legisla-
ture, | regard that matter as subject of in
qniry only from the Territorial Courts.
Prior to its announcement to me, the ap-
ment of Mr.. Sherrard was protested against
by many good citizens of Lecompton and of
Douglas county, as his habits and passions,
rendered him entirely unfit for the perform
ance of the duties Ct that Office.
There was no intention, however, on my
part to withhold his commission; but in con-
sequence of the absence of the Secretary of
the Territory, it was delayed for several
days, during which time was informed by
many respectable gentlemen, among whom
were those of the county tribunal from
which he desired his appointment, that Mr..
Sherrard had been engaged in several drunk
en- broils-fighting, and shooting at persons
with pistols, and threatening others. have
since been informed that these facts are no.
torious to the citizens of the place and can
easily be sustained by proof Should the
contrary be made clearly to appear, no one
will rejoice moro heartily than myself.
But it is my desire to be distinctly un-
derstood, that | will commission no one la
boring under such charges as would impair,
if not entirely destroy, his usefulness, or
whose passions and habits would render un-
fit for the proper discharge of his duties, or
which might in any manner endanger the
peace of the Territory.
am instructed from the source from
whence derive my appointment to pursue
this course of policy. The true interests of
the people Of the Territory require it, and it
is sanctioned and approved by my own
judgment. JNO. w. GEARY,
..e lc Governor of Kansas Territory.
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From Texas.

The San Antonio Ledger, of the 14th inst,
the following account of an attack by large
body of Indians on mail party between
Fort Davis and Fort Clark:
T.. 6 A letter from the postmaster of this city
dated the 18th inst, from Fort Clark, men
tions that the mail party from Fort Davis
seven number, had been attacked on the 1st
inst, at Howard's Spring, by body Of
seventy Indians. -Four of the seven were
killed; the others got away but only one
succeeded in reaching Fort Clark. A de-
tachment was Immediately dispatched under
Lieut.. McIIaskie, who found the two men
left behind, and the Iodies of the four men
killed, which were fearfully mangled. The
mail box was broken open, and the contents
taken away with the exception of two letters
1t is thought that many of the letters taken
were of Importance.
The Lavaca Herald, of the 18th, has the
following: 4l r
owe learn that an outrage of desperate
character was about being perpetrated in
jackson County, which resulted unfavorably
to the aggressors. 1t would appear that a
number Of armed men, with faces blackened,
visited a1man's house for the purpose of NAL
treating him. The party approached the
house, feigning the voice of a negro, to en-
tice Osgood out, on the pretense that his
master was sick in the timber hard by. Os-
goods wife detected the cheat, and warned
her husband not to go. He, however, went
with his shot gun placed upon his left arm.
When out several rods fir IN, tho House, he
received blow ON the right shoulder, in
tended for his head. He then used his shot
gun and brought fellow by the name OF
Wash. Boring to the ground. The other
parties fled. -. ...., .... .....
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WHERE Is HEe


Where is the proud and handsome form
That used to linger by my side?
Graceful and tall, my partial eyes
Were ever turned on him with pride.
Where is the fair and thoughtful brow
The blue eyes' ever beaming bright
The loving smile that thrilrd my heart,
And filed my sweetest dreams by night?
Where is the hand that sought to guide
NV lonely path along through life
The arm on which thought to lean
When storms around my way grew rife?
Oft oft, when he was i'll, I've brought
Cool water for his burning brow,
And fann'd the fever from his cheek,
But oh where does he linger now?
And remember once when he
Seemd lying at Deaths dismal door,
(How dim his clear blue eyes had grown,
Life's fleeting pulse was almost O'er;)
How heavily his cold arms lay,
About me, as l fondly press'd
Warm kisses on his pallid lips,
And drew his cheek against my breast,
My tears fell on his face like rain,
His cold hand lay so still in mine;
III not forget the words he breathed
Until the stars shall cease to shine,
Where is he now? often ask
My grieved and almost broken heart
For, o! tits agony to feel
Our paths henceforth must lie apart
Whose voice.will ever be like his?
Whose eyes can ever be as bright?
Whose smile can gil this aching heart
With loves calm, holy, beaming light?
Some holler face and fairer hand,
With broader lands and wealth Of gold,
Has won him from the trusting heart
Whose love for him could ne'er grow cold.
And since tits SO, 1 may not grieve
The loved ones round me with vain tears;
But still, perchence, he'll turn to me,
When further down the vale of years.
Dim shadows, crowding round his path,
Have chased hopes brilliant dreams away;
Then still to me how sweet 'twould be
To cheer his hours at close Of day.
Beneath the light of those deareyes,
What else could be as sweet to me,
As fondly on his arm to lean
And hear his words of melody?
Forgetful, then, I'd ever grieved,
LIES loneliest hours would quickly glide,
Till sleeping in the arms of death,
They sadly placed US side by side.
W ALBANY, February, 1851.