Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-29
from the Philadelphia American Of ye..srday.l

From the Philadelphia American yesterdayl
NorEs AND QUERIEs FOR WORKING MEN-The
federal government has recently made contract
for $3.50, 600 worth Of Scotch water pipes, which
are now in course of being delivered.
The Galveston & Houston Railroad Company
has just made contract in Belgium for II, 800
tons of iron.
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad has
just made large contractin England for railroad
iron. 4
The shipments Of gold from New York last
week amounted TO s 1 ,a6l lao 4e.
The total shipments from that port, for this
year, have been $19,4OO,847 40. =.
If we had made our owniron, could VIC not
have retained all this gold I!
If the demand for gold had not existed, should
welhave had the financial crisis Of the last and
present year? =
Had there been no reason for such a crisis,
would not confidence have prevailed throughout
the community, enabling men of activity and
enterprise to obtain the loan of money at mode
| rate rates ofinterest? = u G
Had such men been able to obtain money at
such rates, should we now see our mills and
furnaces closed, and our mines abandoned?
Had our mills, furnaces, and mines been kept
in motionswould there not have been steady
demand for labor ~,
Had the demand for labor increased, would
not wages have tended to become higher, even,
than they before had been5 go "a
9Had our workingmen united, two years since, in
the Discriminate not to give their votes for any
man for an Office, whether high or low, who was
not in favor of protecting the American laborer
against all assaults that might be mad uponihim,
would there not be, at this moment, an abuns
Edance of employment-giying the workman
tair day IS wages for a fair days work2 o tSs
Had they done so. should we have sent abroad,
IN the last two years, little short Of hundred
millions of dollars in gold, TO besemployed in
paying for foreign labor, while our oSsn work
mt Vera-D nriShincy af hor1o
- Not having done SO, what their present du-
ty to their wives, their children, their country,
and themselyes2s fs4y4
Does not that duty require that they should !.
refuse to vote for any man whose past history
does not furnish conclusive evidence that he is
honestly in favor of such a tariff as win enable
US to make our own cloth and iron, and keep
our god at home2 ssta s-essFg
The LEAnAeE OF EHE ATIASTIc GABLR.--The
Hartford Times IS not satisfied with the manage
nnent of the Atlantic cable, aud propounds the
following queries: gA8
|. The despatchfsays: IstsfIsY
"The directors were to meet in London the
day the Niagara sailed, to discuss future action.
Shares fnctnated from ESQ to $500, with nu.
merous Transactions
b I. Why. when there are such large owners of
the stock who reside in America, should the
owners take particular pains to s'meetto discuss
future action" after the Niagara had sailed!
q And, since shares are knocked down from
almost par 6, 0OO)to as low as &48O, why
should there be numerous transactions, and
who is buying lin the stock3 The public would
like q little information on this point. ~
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ANOTHER IEsTAScE or TIE EFFICACY OF Box.
HAyE's HoLLAsp BTTEERs-N. ~ ,Poindsxtef,
at unionsoffice; September, 18th, 1854 saws,
Some weeks since, being seriously Affected
with pain and uReasiness at the stomach, loss of
appetite, and At times strong sypmtoms of dys-
pepsia, WAS indneed 20 try your Holland
tttsFs, and feelit but an act Of justice to the
article as well rs for the good Of those who
may be affected with like arrangement of the
sto mach, 10 state, that fine use of one single
bottle OF this medicine proved of incalcnla6Ie
benefit having q esd tine stomach from all sense
OF depression, and removed every symptom of
dyspepsia! Ifwould also remark, that two other !
members of my family, who were afflicted in d
similar manner with myself were entirely "a