Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-06

below to ignite the fuse. In SO doing, some
powder lying around loose" was fred and the
man lost his presence of mind, through fear, and
was unable to find the ladder by which he was
to ascend, exclaiming at the same time, 81 am a
dead mani" His fellow workman seeing his
| situation, descended to his rescue, and Selling
him by his clothing, bore him to the surface,
reaching it only in time to avoid inevitable
death-the explosion following Immediately,
rendng the ladder to atoms, and tearing out i'm.
less hero is James SIcDermott, an humble indi-
vldual, but who has the consciousness of having
saved the life of a fellow man, even at the i'm
minent peril of losing his own. st.5.
The potatoe crop in ireland promises WE'LL
A letter from Dublin, dated Aug. 10, says:
according to the competent authority of
the Banner of.Ulster, the breadth of land under
potatoes this yearin the northern. counties will
be found perhaps to exceed 100000 acres
Last seasons crop turned out well, ample in
yield; and, as general rule, excellent in quail
ty. Prices kept up to high figure, and the
export trade in that article of produce formed
a most extensive branch of croSs-channel COM
merce. This seasons crop Of the early ,varie.
ties is very superior. We are now on the sec
ond week of August, and yet the prices for
excellent potatoes in the Belfast market are I'M
der those which at similar period of. the sea-
] oOA4 Lie duVSnC Oh IEle
| potato disease. Some solitary cases of the old
disase are to be seen in a few fields in the coun-
try; those instances, however, are so triling as
not to be worth any serious notice. The sale of
superior qualities at I'D. n stone will give some
idea of the healthy and prolific state of the
! CROP -a--ta.,sr.-5-
Two FAcFs.-It. is nothing very unusual to
see white men with tho faces, but the following
is the first record we recollect to have noticed
Of negro in the same predicament. 1t is from
the Texas Item:
There is remarkable negro boy in Polk
county. He has two faces fixed on opposite
parts of the head, with mouth, nose and chin so
full and perfect that it is impossible to tell
which'is the front face, when the body is hid
from view. He is about six years old, healthy
of very sound mind, runs and plays among
other children with as much isprig6tlness as
could be expected from one of hisage ,l
He would make a good platform for poIiti
cal par ty. .7.' s5i .'@ 5.'3egaa ,lts
SENATOR BRoDERIck's ARRIVAL IN CAI1ponL
S1A,-A San Francisco correspondent. Of the
Taunton (Mass) Gazette, writing on. the 34th of
August, thus mentions Senator Broderick's re-
ception in California: sl7qt taf zen etg
IL Senator BrodericS Cor as he is more COM
|
by the last steamer from the East. His arrival
Sas announced by the firing Of guns by his
friends, and he has beengreatly petted by many
who were never considered his friends before. u
The Republicans, who never saw his merit I'M
I'll he became an Opposition senator, are now
loud in praise of his good sense and personal
ability know nothing Of his abilities, but he
is certainly much beloved by large party in
California. Indeed, ] think he is better loved,
more hated, and more feared, than any man ia
- .---l-- --S:O.ss.--- h--ztaeiil I'D
TUE people at Charleston, S, G., have the
Congo Fever a correspondent writes to the
N y. Herald of the slave ship. ~ aosi
= Here she is at our Quarantine station, with
over 800 coal6lqcb Coagoes- :fne Hearty, healthy.
looking, stark naked negroes MS ever cultivated
rice cotton, or sugar In general appearances
they are undlstinguishable from many a Caro-.
lima rice field hand and are worth probably
five hundred dollars round, They are mostly
young, aud only sixty women, the latter how
ever are all married, or oughtto be.p t,s4a Ii
Il, The junction with which the .''coal Black
oangOs, tine,I hearty, healthy, stark naked,
Iare spoken of isextremely rich. $500 be5
lrt. q D==-=4---4- = Se1esA.-- - =
aTnE NewiYork 2aiBaae has summary wayI
of disposing of The history contained lin the 1
Bible On Monday Of last week, speaking oil
some new discoveries on the Nile, remarked
parenthetically, The name reminds US that
Moses has at length been settled and puts in a
remark about "The miserable Hebrew chronolo-I
sgy.'a9sAs the New York, Times remarks:
asi0ur irreverenti cotemporary Settles Moses.
on the.strengthio a supposed discovery of. pot
terry in the alluvium of the Nile, on the apocry-
phal reports .ofiE''dn American engineer and
s'Mussulman Niceroys PSF ls-ls ssf,,5sf5,5.,
q FHE Crockett Printer says that thefhotiweath.
e. is Improving the movements of the lazy. ne.
gPoes in Texas, One of the LATEST crossed the
sandy street.-the other day on n run exclaiming,
'Fore'de sLor,' de grOun' so warm he bite dis
higgers foot clean through 'iocii sHt qa h5qjaa
E TFEEE were two hundred ladies' alta public
Riisseti1g, Indian N. q, called toesss-
brate1 theilate DEMOCRATIC victory in that State.
Tle-sitis arts the hays Eur a iubilae. 5. .,s.ts