Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-30
NEMs ITENIs.

Sucu is the scarcity of fuel in Louisville, that
on Sunday last the main halls in most of the
churches were closed, and religious services
were held in the Easements.
IT Is reported that Senator Sumner intends
visiting France shortly for the benefit of his
health.
The stock of cotton in Mobile, the 18th
inst, was 100000 bales. All the warehouses
and vacant lots in the city were occupied, and
still there was not sufficient room.
FIFTY citizens of Mobile, last week, subscribed
$780, 900 for the completion of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad
A MAN named john Cotton, who was found
guilty of manslaughtcr in the second degree, in
Yazoo, Miss, was sentenced to fifty gears i'm
prisonment in the Penitentiary.
NIcARAGuAs meetings, to aid Gen. Walker,
to be held in New Orleans and Memphis during
tho mast rraaL
FirrY-sIx inches of snow has fallen this win
ter in the vicinity of Galena, H., by actual
measurement.
Tue tax collector of Emanuel county, Ga,
has run away with all the funds of the county
collected this year, amounting to about $1,000
DURING the storm of Monday week, the spire
ofthe Chapel street church, New Heaven, Conn.,,
yielded to the heavy wind, breaking square off
at its connection with the belfry. 1t broke
through the roof, swapping or two of the
heavy trtlsses like rye straw, depositing mass
of ruins upon the floor and galleries of tile au-
dience room. 1t is supposed $4,000 or $4,000
will be required to repair the damages.
Mus. ELIzABE1u w. WHIT, widow of the late
Hon. Vim. Writ, died at Annapolis, Nd, on Sat
urday last, aged u years.
T. P. BARNuM, of New York, is reported dan
gerousIy i'll in London, from a severe attack of
pleurisy.
MISSIONARY TO JAPAN.-The Baptists of this
country propose mission to Japan. j. Goblc,
who visited that country with Commodore Per-
ry, brought hume native Japanese, with whom
he had been studying at Madison University, to
fit him to preach the Gosptl in Japan.
FlvE PERSONS FRozEN TO DEATH.-From the
Galena Courier we learn that man named
Crowley, with his wife and four children, for
lnerly residents of Galena, few nights since,
started out from some place between that city
and Dubuque, to take sleigh ride, but getting
off their road, and not knowing where they
were, they could not find their way home, and
were found next day frozen to death.
RuMoUED DEFALcATIoN.-rhe Augusta, Ga,
Chronicle, publishes rumor, alleging that Mr..
Patton, agent of the Marine Bank of Georgia, at
Columbus, is defanlter to heamount of $780,
O0o Mr. Patten has resigned the agency, and
his resignation has been accepted.
FrRE-On the 10th inst the Female Acale-
my at Abingdon, Va, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is quite heavy. A fine piano, valu-
able philosophical apparatus, and an extensive
library were consumed.
Fsuir K1LLED.-The Louisville Courier says
that many of the fruit growers Of that vicinity
are apprehensive that the severe weather ofSun-
day night the 18th instant. killed the fruit buds
of most of the peaches aud pears. When the
thermometer reaches as low point rs twelve to
fourteen degrees below zero, it is said to be q
pretty well established fact that all the iner va
rieties of fruits are killed
A Cool SPoT.-Tt is stated that at Oakland
Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
the thermometer, on Thursday last stood at SO
degrees below zero. Quite cool spot, that
AYouNo woman in Salem, Mass, has been
in cataleptic state, for upwards of two weeks,
being to all appearance destitute of sensation,
in deep sleep, only manifesting life by the
beating of very faint pulse
EGxvsx negroes confined in Harris Edmund
sons, jail, in Virginia, and awaiting Transport
tation south, escaped from confinement satar-
day night and have not since bee heard OF
Their value was at least $4,000.
The,citizens of Battle Greek, Mich, without
distinction of party, held an Indignation meet
ingssa few days since, to censuTe the action Of
Their POSTMASTER, who refuses todistribute Re-
publican newspaper to club Subscribers, unless