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

PosTlNGs:-Did you ever see anything walk
without iegsS Yes, a rope-walk.
The lobster is without doubta posthumous
work Of creation, for it is only red after its
death. 40
Mr.. Buchanan is said to have been rather
vexed at Bedford Springs on hearing m angry.
mother scolding her crying baby; upon which a
rather pert miss wittily remarked that it was
nothing strange to see stormy mother have a
squallY child. d.
ONE OF The RISING g Observation-Disclosures, if a
small boy is called a lad, is Improper to call a
big boy ladder?
Steel your heart, said an ex. President to his
son (who was going to Europe;) you are now
going among some ofthe most: fascinating of the
fair sex. had much rather steal theirs, said
the promising youth.
{, The case that lawyers most easily get up is
appears.
a lawyer, reading 4. will in a country village
the other day, incidentally mentioned ''her
heirs and successors" upon which. a yonng
gentleman Of forty five, rather harl Of herring,
remarked: Dear me, who ever heard of hairs
and scissors being in will beEore?''
a lady in Belfast, ireland, after questioning
the children of a charity school about what the
wife of king or emperor was called, asked,
What is the wife of a duke calleds A drake,
exclaimed several voices.-2:N 7. Post.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

In two wards in Albany, it has been ascer.
tanned that three hundred and ten liquor shops.
are in full blast, most of them, too, exist with.
oct license. 1t is estimated that not less than
nine hundred such shops can be found in that.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

It Is now stated that Dickens win not come,to
this cOontry-not enough money offered. ssss
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

Nh. CoRwIN says that he is the father Of the
Republican party. The Louisville Journal hopes
that the old gentelnan's next child will. be an
Improvement, but thinks it must be confessed
that he occasionally spanks his rather ugly brat
with right good will.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

TnE physicians in New Orleans, finding bust.
ness dull, have been shooting each other, with
the idea, probably, of reviving surgery practice
sa'little. Between Doctors E. Chopin and j,
Foster 9 feud has existed for a long while. It
is now both professional and political, but cou.
msneea two years ago in a disputsiover a gun
shot wound, was continued by play at fisti.
cuff, afterwards bya hostile meeting, and re.
Gently led to interchange Of pistol shots over a
petty case of aneurism. The doctors had lust
Jeff the hospital, where they had been wrane
liugOE the granting Of a patients discharge.
TaE Niagara Falls correspondent. Of the Ham.
ilton Canada Spedtatoreays that Blondin came
near falling week before last, when he had Col.
cord on his back The rope was.nearlyy1 pulled
from under.hin as he was passing a spot where
it was fastened ~ guy. He mentioned the.
u ctwhenE he landed, and tRislcorroborated the
story Of woman who said she saw man.. sit.
Ding apoug tbelshrubs,on. theIAmerican shore,
jerk q guy twice, just as. Blopdip was passing.
the .spos where it Joined the rope The crowd.
attonce turned.to end the man in the spot. she
j. pointed ont, butt be had escaped lynchiue BY
disappearance.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

THE Buffalo Republic says that on the N. Y.
Central Railroad, last Tuesday night, there was
some of the quickest travelling that ever occur.
red on any railroad. The Cincinnati express
which left Buffalo at IL P. NJ, on arriving near
Town Line, fifteen miles distant, coold go no
farther in consequence of fire In some wood
piles on the track. The engineer, Matthias
EFhardt, backed up, the train to Lancaster,
switched off on the other track, and started
again. At Town Line he met the mail train.
y from New York city on time. Having lost con-
, siderable in, backing up and changing tracks,
Z Erhardt determined to make it up. again. And.
he did. He made the run from Town Line to
Rochester, JvtyJaur miles, in sizty minutes.
made too stops and took in mood and sOater at
Batavia This was overa mile minute, and
s the fastest time for the number. Of miles ever
accomplished on any road in the Union thattwe
ever heard of.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

:
JAN DEWEY PRlsoNERs EscAPED.-
Saturday evening, as Mac Fristoe, the jailor,
vas about to give the prisoners confined, their
|snpPer dock them in cells for the nights he
was struck on the! 6Sck Of the head with a
heavy piece OF tiron BIZ desperate character
known as Timber Jimmy, Knocking him
senssless Brown prisoner who does chores
about the Jail was also knocked down. The
gang, twenty-five in number, then rushed up
the stairs, and eight Of them succeeded in ma
king their escape, and al would have flown had
ttnot beensf servants girl who closed theup,
per door and locked it. Those:that did not es:
cape, furious at being b4fiSd, Teturnedlto mur~
der FTistoe, bntg Brownsha dragged him-into a
cell and protected him Until assistance arrived,
and the imPeriled man vas rescued sHe is
badly injured but wisrec0Her. Timber Jim
my did not escape Dick Flenming, jim
CassidayS Jno.S Wider, Aaron Dearth, John
Beyely and Henry Winfield ,are amung those
who escaped. 7- -
jim Cassiday was rctak ken yesterday morning
under peculiar circumstances. ItswilI be re-
menlbered he was imprisoned for beating his
parents and yesterday morning tbeE police re-
ceiSed word that Jim was again at his old tricks.
fhey went to Oaksstreet, Above Eighth, where
old man Cassiday resides, and found Jim tied
hand foot and neck, by!a prominent cityo officer,
neighbour for again attacking his father and
sisters with stones and ta4clu6.S He was taken
back to his old quarters.-O. State Jour. 9th.
- - = SSss
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

oSE James S. Mccormick, formerly orCin>.
cinnati, who had his life insured in Liverpool
for $4,000, and whose death was announced a
few months ago. has turned up in Texas, en-.
gagged in sheep distinguishing ''pulled the
wool" over the insurance company
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

ThE N. o. Pic, is delighted toSthink the fever
hasn't yet visited New Orleans 1t says bust E.
ness promises to be good, and altogether crows
Justify like tie jolly little cock it is.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

Arouse Philadelphia "blood, !" in frolicsome
htPp1lmor, decked himself in the swelling hoops
and gay aounces of a female friend, and paraded
the public streets. He was taken in out of
the wet, and the steel hoops of his skirt ex.
changed for the iron bars of cell.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09
MARRIED

on the tn inst, the resdenes 6fthe brides father
elen Cove Monroe county, o. ,ATtsALEXANDER LAUGHs
1LNs OF Wheeling, to Miss IIsErrE LANPtEG.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

"a COMPANY of CreOles has been formed in
New Orleans, after thegmodel of the celebrated
French corps of zouayes. "A lieutenant of the.
zonayes, who served in that capidity in the.
Crimean WARTS at the head of the organization.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

TnE general agent for the western States Of
the Etna Insurance Company, of Hartford, re-
ceives compensation larger thar that of the
President of the United States. The Hartford
Times says his commissions annually range
from $4,000 to $50, 900. The insurance bust
ness must be very profitable to pay stockhold.
ers ten.tO fifteen per cent dividend, and agents
such enormous salaries
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

TnE Rev. Mr.. spurgeon hasn't a very good
idea of newspapers. In his recent discourse ho
said he cared not how they attacked him or at.
tempted to combat his doctrine, be would come
out all5the stronger; but when the Press began
to praise him, then he felt the necessity of Dr.
vine support to keep him humble. The obser-
walton seemed to please his hearers.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09


whom we. receive Geographic dispatches, goes
pretty much on the principle Of the Jackass
;, when he ate the thistles. "Anything to Gil
uPTn., sid that melancholy looking animal and
;sapy thing TO all up" echoes this illustrtoGs
eolaborer Of the ,illustrious De Sanity, when he
arranges the newspaper dispatches. Having,
blown out the Nova Scotia 'biuea noses, and
having nothing else at hand, the agent an.
nounced, morning or two since, the arrival in
- New York of
Honk Grantley Berkeley, ithsceiebrated English
hunter and sportman This gentleman has
visited the United States for two purposes; his
first design is'to proceed TO the West to hunt
the elk, the antelope, tho buffalo, and the other
animals which hold .undisputed. possession Of
our extensive Prairies and forests -
ai1s Though the dispatch, of which the above is
. ,asPecimen, made abouttwo stick fulls, it was
-. regarded as incomplete. The age and physical
condition of the celebrated sportman were not
given, nor were we advised as to whether his
excellent mother was aware of his ABSENCE.
The omission was amply atoned for however,
BY the important information that "the elk, the
antelope, the buffalo, and other animals, hold
undisputed possession of our prairles and for
oests. :" The reading public might have "busted
saiHignoFance this point, but for the timely
lrelief of the discerning agent -
tf4 We try to watch the agents advertising
dodge, and nip all attempts in the bud, but we
- are some times taken IN by the trick For in
stance, the following appeared in dispatch day
before yesterday morning, dated Freeport M.
: - FaWkes' steam plow5is here. Also new ma.
chine BY Vandoren Glover, Chicago, this lat
--.s ter. besides plowing deep bitches, Teaps grain
and stacks II, and mows grass.
80 Now Fawkcs, and Vandoren, and Glover arc
alligood fellows, no doubt, and have good in
81 d 2ventions, but iftheir machnes could, .'plow
deep bitches, reap grain. stack it, eat it anddi,
gsstit, the telegraphic column of daily news
paper, would hardly be aeproper place to extol
their merits The teegrapht we fear, is coming
to a "base use at last" After all the trouble
and brain work that has been employed to chain
down the lightning and teach it to speak, it
ought to talk to better purpose than it some
times does at the bidding of the agents of the
Associated Press
F
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

TuE'new divorce laws have brought to light
quite number of unhappy cases in England.
Formerly it was extremely difficult, and even
impossible, without great expense, to sunder
the bonds of matrimony, and of course the ap>
plicants were few, but now there is quite a rush
for the desired freedom and the torrent of ap-
plicants not only continues, but increases, So
that seven judges are found inadequate to the
discharge of business
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

Agent q die -tsso6iatsd Press Though
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-09

SMALL FARM on the hill above NlaFtiGsye, o .b,av.
- on II hne orchard, good house. barn ana ht6s
out bindings Terms OF sals:-Twsnty per 0 I
70 SUIT the purchaser. Possession given
Stely. Tor feTthtr particulars enquire ~ y
zsepaS-3H$ WA. RROYSN; Iyhse3i;,b. " {.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

gay- Science has her heroes, not less than war,
which annihaes all that the former has done for
kind. 1t is something to be celebrated in either sense
of the word, and Dr. L. J. CZAPKAY, one of those
distinguished eXiles who accompanied Kossuth in his
flight to America, has attained iu the estimation Of a
majority of men, hat high position graduate of
the University Of Pesth acknowledged by the authori-
ties ofthe famous Josephinian Institute OF Vienna, he
had already started upon brilliant carcerin his native
land, when the War of the Revolution broke out and
the young practitioner at once enrolled himself upon
the side Of his countrys defenders History has al
ready done Justice to the services which he rendered
on that occasion they have been indorsedby his Gen
eral, as well as by his companions in arms, until no
doubt can remain as to his merits. So well convinced
of his skill were those among whom he had cast his
lot On this side of the Atlantic that the Philadelphia
College of Medicine cheerfuy accorded him diploma
and the honorary title 0f A. f. His skill and efficiency
in the treatment Of the certain branch OF diseases TO
which, without regard to the sneers Of disappointed
rivals he has devoted himself have bcco2le so widely
known as to need no further Endorsement Thousands
have been preserved from irrerievable destructonby
timely resort to the services of Dr.. l.. j. Czapkay
whose office is at the Medical and Surgical Institute in
Sacramento street. opposite the building of the Pacific
Mail steamship Company, San Francisco. mr2O
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

tempt to rescue a fugitive slave has been
tried in the District Court, and the jury have
returned verdict of guilty.
SwINDLNG IN THE CHARLEsrowN NAVY
YARD.-Simultaneousl with the retirement
of Commodore Stringham from the Com
mand of the Charlestown Navy Yard, Ger
tain developments are made which implicate
j. a. Bartlett-who for three years has filled
the post of confidential secretary to the Com.
modore-in series of fswindling operations in
which not only the Government, but numer.
Gus private individuals and firms have been
victimized. The amount of his swindles has
not yet been ascertained but It is large. He
was recommended to his position by Henry
Ward Beecher, lie has enjoyed the un-
qualified esteem and confidence of the Com
modore; been foremost in the religious edu.
cation of the sailors and marines in the Navy
Yard; he was an efficient and, to all appear
ances, consistent member Of the Young
Mems Christian Association and took an ae-
tive part in the prayer meetings held in the
hospital at Chelsea.
In Placer county. George Savers has been
sentenced to the State Prison for six months,
and to pay fine of $1,000 for dealing a
game of monte.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04
Toys and Fancy Goods.
WATER CURE AND MOTORPATHIC
ESTABLISHMENT
Electro Chemical Baths.


DFg. BARLOW ,. J.SMETF-GRADUATE
~ Of the New York llgieo Therapeutic College
has opened first class Water Cure and Mortorpathc
Establishment in Sacramento in the large and pleas
ant house formerly occupied by Mrs Tilden on Sey-
enth street, between | and J.
The establishment is the first the Pacific coast
that combines all the advantages Of llygienc medical
ton and Is equal to any in the Atlantic States or E-
rope. DR.. Smith, with his family, resides in theinst
tuition, a1d pains expense vii be spared make
il pleasant and health-restorng home for invads
Those suffering from diseases of the Eye, Bronchial
ana Catarrhal affections, Diseases of the Heart, Lungs
Liver, Kidneys, Dyspepsia Constipation, ApopleXy,
Fits, Paralysis, rheumatism, Neuralgia, Fever and
Ague, and Fcvers of all types Putrid Sore throat,
Group, Scrofulous Diseases Piles, Prolapsus, Inlam-
nation of the Bowels Chronic and Acute Diarrhma,
should try the advantages of this Institution before
taking poisonous drugs and the chances
/ of recovery.
The arrangements of the Institution are particular
y adapted to the successful treatment uterine dis
and displacenents curyAtures of the spne etc
/ Women anticipating confinement will be furnished
with pleasant apartments and the best medical ant
surgical attention and nurses in the State and every
conveniencecalcuated to render parturtion easy anC
natural
There is gymnasium for rlades as wella gentlemen
ELECTR0-CHEMICALB BATHS, so valuable in Grad
icating poisons, both mineral and vegetable, and in
the treatment Of Rheumatism Neuralgia, etc. will be
administered to patients without extra charge.
CANCERS cured by an entirely new process.
BONE SETTING.-Dr Smith is the only one in Cal
ifornia possessing the art of Bone-setng
fully practced by the celebrated Dr.. Sweet Of Con-
necticut.
A limited hummer of peraons desiring physiolog-
ical diet can be accommodated.
DR.. Smith will attend patients in any part of the
city.
Thomas Ill., late of the firm of Ill., Wooster Co..
viii take charge of the busnes' department
TERMS-FOR BOARD AND .rREATMENT-S3O
CURED
Consultations free, verbal or by letter.
Letters Of inquiry promptly answered. and circulars
sent on application. BARLOW J. SMITH, NJ. d.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04
TELEGR.APHTC.
OVER THE STATE LINE.
San Francisco News.

San francisco News.
SAN FRANc1sco, June Sd.
The rates-of passage by the Garrison line
of steamers to-day are First cabin, Sl57 so
second cabin $685. steerage, $45 so. These
rates include the passenger tax.
The number of letters carried away by the
Overland Nail to-day was 1882.
This morning, man named Joseph Petty
was found dead at the What Cheer House
He came to the hotel on the 2sth of May and
has been very dissipated since. He died from
taking strychnine. He was about 40 years
of age.
The bark Nelson arrived to day from Are
quipa, South America, touching at Honolulu.
She brings, from the latter place, dates to
May 5th.
The Hawaiian Legislature adjourned on
4th May, after session of nearly five months
the most tedious ever known in the King
dom before.
The Advertiser says that q. Troupe Mich.
olas, late acting British Consul General for
the Hawaiian Islands, being attacked with
symptoms of insanity, sailed on the 4th OF
May for England, via Bremen, under guar
dianship. During the temporary vacancy,
VIM. L. Green has been recognized by the
Hawaiian Government as the acting British
Consul.
The schooer Kamehamsha arrived at Hon
olulu on the 9th April, with 2S of the sail.
ors belonging tothe ship South Seaman,
which was wrecked on the French Frigate
Shoals
The second mate of the brig Oahu had
been convicted at Honolulu of stealing, and
sentenced to six months imprisonment and a
fine of sixty dollars.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04
[OvER THE NORTHERN LINE.l
LecOmpton County Convention in Te-
hama.

RED BLUFF, June Sd.
The Lecompton County Convention met
here to day C5l. Z. a. Stevenson was ar-
pointed chairman The following named
gentlemen were elected as delegates to the
State Conventions j. Fatham, Chas Cochran,
J. C. Bradley, NJ. Belts and E. A. Steven
son. A motion to instruct the delegates to
vote for Denver was laid on the table. s.
Butler j. S. johnson, N. Martin, j. L. Jack
man and S. Allen, were elected delegates to
Assembly Convention. As delegates to Sen
atorial Convention, Capt. Martin, J. c. Tyler,
J. NJ. Belts, L. NJ Chandler, and j. Fatham
were elected.
The Convention adjourned till o'clock to.
morrow morning. Denver will probably re
ceive three, and Latham two, out of the five
Tehama sends to the Convention The Sen
atorial delegates are for j. Logan. Assem-
bly, delegates are for Col f. A. Stevenson
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04
MNfyaFlIIe.
ap192ms PARK & WHITE, San Francisco.
~ One of the most pleasing, az the

~ One of the most pleasing, al the
same time effective remedies for Dyspepsia, and all
other diseases arising from morbid condition of the
stomach and liver, is DR.. Hostetters Btters. 1t not
only removes the disease from the system but by Civ
ing tone to the organs Of Digestion aids them in their
functions All who have tried it acknowledge its eX-
cellence and superiority and We therefore commend
it to the sufferer DIR. Hosteter's Btters, as tome,
is too we'll known to need praise. It Is therefore
scarcely necessary al this time TO do more than direct
attention to this preparation, Shch is certainly
qualled by any before the public, satisfied are
that its widespread reputation must prove sufficient
to satisfy all Of its excellence relief and remedy
for all diseases of the stomach.
knowledge is gained by experience, and, though
have heretofore dealt very little in medical prepar
atons, compelled, in justice u the manufac-
turers, to say that IOstett9r's Stomach Bters has
been the means of curing of attack OF
dyspepsia, and has removed pain in the stomach in
very short ttime.-PittS5urg Gazette
Sold by Druggists and Liquor Dealers everywhere.
Il. WIDEMANN, Agent,
Marysvle.
ap19-2mis PARK & WHITE, San Francisco
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04
Murder Trial at Carson City.

GENOA, June Sd.
The trial of VIM. Sides, for murder by the
peoples court, at Carson City, is still in pro-
gress Several witnesses were examined
yesterday and the case rested by both sides.
The case will probably go to the jury to-day.
The evidence goes to show concusively that
Jessup made the first assault.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

DAsnAwAYs-Thisso society hold a meeting
this evening at the hall of the Warren En-
CINE Company. We learn that all the docu-
ments necessary for permanently organizing
the society have been received The public
are invited to attend the meeting this eve
ming
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

Meeting AT RED BLUFF.-In the Red Bluff
Beacon appears a call for meeting to be
held at that place on Thursday next, by the
citizens of Tehama county. to take into con-
sideration the feasibility of removing from
ther midst all Indians now residing in fami-
lies
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

RATES OF PAssAGE.-There is an immense
rush, says the Telegram, for passage on the
steamers of the 9th inst. The rates of pas
sage in the Mail line are-saloon. $l75; first
cabin, $3.50; second cabin, S90 steerage, $40
On the Opposition line-frst cabin, $3.50 :;
second cabin, 500; steerage, $50
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

INDIANs.-Wm. p Mayhem, says the Red
Bluff Beacon, informs us that Indians were
prowling about his place on Deer Creek,
Saturday night, but owing to a regular guard
being stationed there nightly, they were not
able to do any damage. One shot was fired
at them which caused them to decamp imme
diately. The Beacon cautions the farmers to
look to their interests and keep sentinels
constantly about their fields.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

THE San Francisco News learns from
correspondent in Tehama county, that there
seems to be a split among the Lecomptonites
in consequence of the result of the late pri-
mary election held there.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

TRAVELLERS in passing through Pitt River
Valley, are frequently obliged to run their
horses at full speed in order to get clear of
the swarms of mosquitoes which swarm about
their ears
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04
REFERENCES :
To the Public.

DIR. SMITH, having established first class Water
Cure and Motorpathc Institution in this city, and
feeling gr at interest in the of such In
stituton, based upon natural and rational principles
of the healing art shall take charge of the business
department. DIR. Smith is graduate of a regularly
chartered Medical College, thorough Physician by
nature as well as education, and can assure those
who consult him and adopt his treatment, that they
will rejoice in the Inspiration Of returning heah and
verify all that is said in his favor.
THOMAS HILL,
Late Of Ill., Wooster Co.
Sacramento, March 80, 1859. Lmh3l-3m-d&w
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

THE Lecompton party in Tehama county
met in Convention, yesterday, for the pur-
pose of nominating county officers, and cleo
ting delegates to the State and District Con-
ventions.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-04

INFANTRY COMPANY Captain Flint's Com
pany of the 9th Infantry, are located at the
mouth of Appleton Canon, about six miles
east OF Red Bluff, Tehama county.