Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-21
NEWS I1,EMS

EFoLltueAtnellS anu ft4hclSlA we uOfnOteS y
dime, or if any thing, some old bill, and an
amount about one-third short of the just
amount. - s.sss.s.. .4s.asss.ss,.
TnE commissioner Of the general land Office
claims that where the price of land is raised by
bidding, a lind warrant cannot legally laid,
consequently all those WARRANTS laid son such
land (and the excess paid in money! must be
taken up. and the money paid instead, viz; one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. The de-
cision will tend to reduce the value of land war
rants. a'sas
Mn FRED. BLACK, who issin Now Orleans,
just from Honduras. has brogght SONG Ip99gpiti-
cent specimens Of the plantaiu tree, the growth
of'tHat productive regtops for the purpose of
demonstrating the practicability of converting,
by an easy aud cheap process the fhre of the
lplantain tree into hemp. These fbres have
been carefully examined by good judges, andno
doubt is entertained, it is said, of theiradapta-
biity to the purpose. When properly prepared,
they can be wrought into strong and durable
cordage, Irvine, rope, cables and bagging.
TIE New York Tribune tells US that farmer
in Illinois on the Grand Prairie, where wood is
not to be had and wLero coal Is worth thirty
cents bushel, and corn the same, got outof
fuel while the roads were. so bad that he could
not haul coal, and inthe emergency of the case
tried burning corn in the ear in his stove in
place ofc0al, and found that itnot only succeed.
ed, but that it was actually cheaper to burn
corn than coal, and that it not only makes hot
fire, but cleaner one than coal. 5s'ae
Acorrespo Of the New York Post sends
the following query to that paper. 5
'.Why did the Pennsylvania legislature elect
Simon Cameron over j. w. Forney? Simply
because they preferred SimORy to- SF0Fney.ca-
tioll. /" s2s5a.1f.'
An idea of the amount of letter writngin the
United States may be inferred by the number OF.
postage.stamps sold, which duFngthe last year,
was one hundred and fifty millions, i.
a curious case of arbitration has come before
Sir John Patterson, at the Privy Council Office,
London. A dispute has arisen between the re-
representatives. of her Iajesty the Queen, on the
one hand, and the Representatives ofshis Royal
IIiehness the Prince of Males, us Duke of Corn
wall, on tue otueTS M reIgTeIICs " revenues
of the under sea fisheries the coast Of Corn
wall. Some idea of the difficulties which will
attend the solution of this knotty point may be
formed from the fact, that the documents which
arc to be submitted extend so far back as 800
years before the birthof Christi
THE most reliable accounts from every section.
ofthe country give encouraging hopes for Al
bountiful harvest The growing crops from.
one end ofthc country to the other arc reprcs-.
ented as looking remarkably fine.
A NUMBER of Gypsies are encamped in the
neighbofhood of Pittsburgh They have a
number of fine horses, with them; wonder if
any one has missed any lately.
Mr. J. CLARK, foTrperlyfof Darko Co., ohio
and now editortOE the Hannibal tNIoJ Dso,oerata
cowhided, recently, the keeper of hotel IN that
place, by the name of Ray, for circulating re.
ports derogatory to. his character.
TIE Boston Journal notices atleDgth a sue.
cessful missionary establishment among the.
Affghans, who are believed by. many to be a
portion of the ten tribes Of Israel. They claim
descent from King Saul, through agrandson,I
named Afghan. Their legends describe the
capture of the ark of the covenant by the Phis
LISTENS, the amounting Of Saul by Samuel, the.
battle Of David and Goliah, and other events OIL
Scripture history, which they claim as their
own.
THE pork operators in Louisville, KY, have
realized heavy profits the past season. One
house has cleared not less than $soO,00o; an
other 5000, 900; while the profits of anotherwas
$4,000, and several others from $780, to
100000.