Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-06
NEWS 1n,k.Ms

the way from the Atlantic States for San Franz
cisco.
/ SoNEDopY says there IS decided difference
between perseverance and obstinacy. One is a
strong will and the other Is strong won't
sLools OF about 80 tons has BEEN built and
launched at the penisentiary in W etumpka, Ala.
She is called the coquetts, and is designed for .
! fishing smack at MOBILIZE She IS entirely the
result Of convictlabor.
TnE fastest time on record is said to have
been made by the Lady Kate, in a ttotdng
match on the ice at Chicago, I'll, theother day,
she having completed the last mile int2:20. !.
! THE grape culturein California is large and
/ increasing In ten counties 1e, 75T, 225 pounds
ofgrapes were produced last year, and this year
the total will be fourteen millions. From this
crops the city ofBos Angeles make 15O, 900 gall
Ions Divine and q, 600 gallons Of brandy.
On the 9th February, VIM. Godfrey, ESD, Of
Pee Dee,s. C., received letter which had been
mailed to him on the 18th January, 1885, Mt
Clio post Office in Marlboro District, about
90 miles from the former place heletter had
been 10 years and days on Its route, and con-
tained $40 bill on the Merchants Bank, at
Pee Dec, with requsF to retgFn the amount in
United States Bank bills, So says the Pee Dee
Herald"
THE Post Office appropriation bill has been
finally adopted with an amendment providing
for a regular mail service, infour horse coaches,
between the Mississippi and San Francisco.
Two soldiers deserted from Governors Island,
New York, the other day, and subsequently
took the cars Of the Albany and Boston R. r.,
but were put off because they refused to pay
their fare To be reyenged, they. placed rail
on the track; in order to throw off the train,
near Charlton. Soon after an engine under full
Espeed struck the rail. carried it some hundred
feet, doubled it like hoop and threw it to one
sidewithout damage to the train. The men
have been arrested for the diabolical decd.
The Detroit Adeertiasr learns that five muir
derers, who were sentenced for life to the State
Prison of Alichigan, at jackson, effected their
escape together on Monday night. They don't
hang people for murder in Michigan, though by
the time these fellows commit few moro MUIR
lders it ispresumed the Wolverines will takesa
thew view" 6fcapital punishment
BEFonE next winter it is highLy propable that
the Great Eastern-that immense steamship
now in progress of construction, and nearly
completed in England-WiI have made her first
"trip to the United States. It is understood that
there are only two ports in this country that
have a sufficient depth of water to accommo.
Edate her mammoth proportions-Po Portland, in
Maine, and Norfolk, in Virginia. One or the
other Of these she must select.
Tug income derived in Great Britain from The
consumption Of tobacco was, last year, upwards
of e39, 192,943, the duty on which was moro
than s., 1920, 900. This return is independent
of cigars, which was about el5o,oOo
Mt r, BUTLER, Georgia timber cutter
went to Savannah, a short time since, TO sell
timber, and was takensick, and, it was thought
idied. His remains were deposited in coffin
and sent home. On opening the coffin af1erits
arrival, he was discovered to smile Medical
assistance was Immediately obtained, and it i.
said that he is fast recovering. He was in his
coffin nearly three days!
IN the United States Senate on Monday, Mr.
Cass presented the joint resolutions of the Mich
igan Legislature on the subject of Slavery in the
Territories, and gave his views relative to the
doctrine of Instructions The judiciary Com,
IImittee reported their opinions as tothe proper
reconstruction. of the Congressional Compensation
iactl that when a member is elected after the
COMMENCEMENT of regular session, his com.
Hpensation does not commence until the time 81
his election
A HEAVY wholesale house in New York, it is
STATED, has adopted the use Of the magnetic tel
Eegraph, to communicate with one of the reliable
mercantile agencies; on the occasion of the en-.
trance Of q customer. Thus while one clerk is
displaying the goods, another steps to the 'in.
fstrument," to enquire the Character of the Gus
TONER, and obtains Information which enables
them to dealswith him according to his safety
EiHthe way OF credit !. e - - IS s.i4ss
aBBff6sPs6tas Of he new
papels tits q be called The South.
sTnR Richmond EraniHs r saYss!E5tt Gas,
Is select as the Representative 81 the North.
west in+the new Cabinet and no o ne can doubt
that he is aitrne exponent of the political senti
nentIof't that powerful section Of tho confads
racy. lllgIa l.l.8sI
DuRISu the proceedings in New York in the
flibuster case, aex. Consul sFntensa q
read his defence, in which he attempts to implf
cate certain prominent men connected with the
passed Administration in the Mosquito gram ga
and Colonel Kinney Genital American projects
Agigaptie enterprise Of vast impoft lance iol
the commercial interests of England has just
been decided upon at Gonstantinople. The
Porto has anthOrizedsthe construction of a rail.
way from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates
This railway, according to the ideas of those
who planned it, is destined to become the great
route 70 British InSlia by the way of Persia.
TaE western boundaries OF tue new state 6f
Atn1ssota, as preseribedby the bin which has
Just passed tho Senate, are the Big Sioux and
tho Red Rivers which divide the present terri
tory into two nearly equal parts Il is stated