Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-03
LLOcaI Correspondence of the wheeling 1nerigencer
Farm WeQtder--l toonzigdt H5alhs-.7no croDs,
FTuit, 6c.-Berries- Municipal Officers. DC,

N'U' oHO'-- OetTteS- AhHH5ctPdt CDEceTS, de-
MoUNDsvnIE, Va, July 31st, 1858.
1leSsrs. EdItOrS:-Ss intensely warm is It
hero that business is altogether SUSPENDED
throughthe day. and thn hinaris ara fa,s4,.ell..l
to do theirp!omenading, &C., after pale Cynthia
shows herself above the horizons, there is moth
ing to modest them but the bowls of dogs
when nothing gives any perceptible signs of
love but the yerdant ocusts whose branches
wave so gracefully over the domes of the houses.
We were agreeably favored onfyesterday by
very fine shower of rain, which made every
thing look healthy and life like.
The wheat and oats which looked so prolnis.
ing, have now been harvested, and every one is
sadly disappointed, for their is not more than a
half crop. The corn is thirsting much for rain,
and, perhaps, will have to succumb to the heat
if it don't receive it. The fruit, we can say
with certainty, will not be worth gathering, SO
insignificant is the amount.
The place, however, of part of the fruit will
oe well supplied by the unusual large amount of
berries in. this section. Over which Gt would
not do to omit saying there have been several
tlstlcutts between heroes and heroines, the lat.
ter generally coming out second best.
Camp meeting is the general topic of CONVEX
sation here, though once in n while we have
disqusition on the right of the people to make
their own institutions, towhch do not direct nv
attention, having matters of MAJOR Importance,
such as an evening walk, a morning drink, and
midday sleep.
Under the present town officers we have none
of that rowdyism which We were won, to have
IN former days, which speaks well for the pres-
ent municipal authorities.
These fine nights seem peculiarly we'll adapt
ed to that natural loving which the poet describes
so naturally:
i1s S' o '35% as;sss ssa
AT least some of the town officials sought it as
such, and on Monday night undertook to accom-
phsh ms hendiSh purpose by a resort to the
most lDhuman means. He has since left for
parts to US entirely unknown.
Some away and not exchange their cares,
Losing the advantage of a Sirtuous station.''
There is not much doing in the money mar
ket, save an increase in loans and a demand for
specie. Yours, &C., O. s. r.
Sewers SToRM IN KANsAs.-A Fort Leayen-
worth correspondent of the ST. Louis ReDubEi.
con, under date of July 10th, says that one of
the severest storms known in that region was
experienced on the 18th, aud travelling through
the territory was suspended The road to
h'ckapoo was completely submerged, and all
land communication with that part of the Terri
tory was cut of The Stranger has also over.
lowed and done much damage along its banks.
Old farmers say that corn viii be high this fall
These incessant rains have rotted thousands Of
bushels IN the ground, and the crop will be yery
short. In Missouri the same is the case. and
the oat crop in that State will be a complete
failure.
BINGHAM, in concluding his article about the
Iatslti9snesr, in yesterday mornings paper,
asks the following question
"Can it trpthfully affirm that no one has re-
Gently stopped patronizing its q
It may be, for aughtwe know, that some one
has discontinued his paper recently, which any
man has Alright to 90; but we know of no ono
who has done so on account of the course we
have pursued. Can the editor of the Times
say as much, "truthfully'T "Aye, we suspect.
there's the rub