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In. EpIroH :--Ihavc mounted " Pcgasus;"
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L-JitD.

the 18th lust. GEonGG DEAL, of
this county, in the il III year OF his aye.
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WILMINGTON.
NEW HsOGkS FOR NOVEMBER


NEW HfOGEAS FOB, NOVEMBER
The Minister'S Woons. by Harriet Beccher Stowe.
Old stone Mansion, by Charles j. Peterson.
Lizzie Glenn by L. ). Arthur.
The Good Fight, and Other Tales, by Chas. Reade.
The Money King and Other Poems, by j &. Sake
larry Lee with Eight Illustrations
Sketches Of Prominent Candidates for the Presi-
dency in 1850, by b. W. Bartlett.
The Students Hume
Four Years Aboard Whale ship, by William B.
Whcclr.
Paror Charades and Proverbs, by Annie Frost
Germuinc. by Edmond About.
Sixth Series Of Surgeons Sermons
Memoirs of Robert lIouln, Ambassador Conjurer
and Author.
The Tears of Jesus of Nazareth.
Wild Scenes on the Frontiers, by Emerson Bennett
The Empire of Russia. by John 5. Q. Abbott.
A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek,
Latin and Modern Languages.
The Corner Cupboard, with 1000 illustrations.
The Sea Of Ice, or Arctic Adventures
Leaves from an Actors Note Book, by George
Nandenhoff.
Gold Foil Hammered from Popular Proverbs, by
Timothy Titcomb.
The Sword and Gown, by the author of Guy
Livingstone.
Also. large collection of Miscellaneous Read
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Nov. IL, 1859. Wilmington, Del.
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THE GIFTS,


which given with the books. consist Of Jeweiry,
&c. of the finest quality and Of the best manu-.
facturc, and valued at the manufacturers
prices, and comprise large variety of
Ladies' and Gents Gold and Silver Lever Watches,
Eight-Day Time pieces and Bronze Clocks,
Ladies' elegant black or plaid silk Dress Patterns,
Silver.pIaed Tea and Coffee Sets,
Cake, Fruit and Card Baskets, Tea and Table
Spoons,
Butter, Fish, Bread and Fruit Knives,
Elegant Sets of Jewelry. for Ladies, including
Bracelets Breastpins and Ear Rings to match,
neatly put up in boxes.
Costly Sets of Canoes. Mos aic Florentine, Coral.
Garnet Turquois, Luva, and every variety Of
Jcwelry.
Gold Lockcts ofal sizes foy Miniatures, Hair, DC.
Ladies' and Gents Gold Pencil Cases, with fine
Gold Pens.
Gents Diamond pointed Commercial and Engross
ing Gold Pens, with Silver and Ebony Handles,
in boxes.
Ladies' Gold Neck, Chateains, Watch ard Guard
Chains
Gents Gold Fob and Vest Chains.
Gents Sets of Cameo, Mosaic, Forentine, Enam-
eed and Engraved Gold Stads, Bosom and
Sleeve Buttons Cluster Breastpins, with opal
centre and gold chains.
Pearl Pocket Knives, Port Mon naies, Cabas and
Purses.
Ladies Breastpins. Ear Rings Finger Rings, Cuff
and Chcmissette Buttons, Gold and Silver PEN
ellis, Crosses Belt 81 des, etc, etc ETC.. of over u
Thousand Varieties, varying from SO cents to
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GEREIT SMlTH.-The Utica Observer Of the
10Th says that Gcrrit Smith, though very
duangcd, is notViolcnt. lie lis suffering from
bodily as well as mental Illness. In the
asylum he occupies The room once ttnant,d
by the Hon. John NJ. Niles formerly Uuit,d
States Senator from the Safe Of Connecticut
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Indian summer.

A sad heart in sObbing breast,
Whose birds have fed that sang for me,
Is the sweet golden robins nest,
That swings in silence on the tree.
There stands the sere and withercd briar,
Counting the red beads on its stem,
Tor snow will qucnch its leaves Of fire,
AS death will blanch checks red like them
No bud to bloom--no hoax to sing
No flower TO greet the eager eye
No oriolG with sunny wing
No song between us and the sky.
Geo. ". Bangay, in Ere"iag Post.
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PHILADELPHIA.
EegsS! EGRS.! EEleS!!
r.aA.cs' and Chi.aren's wear

Those purchasing early Will have the benefit Of
a larger selection. Besides the above goods, We
have linc assortment Of
BUFF.1LO ROBES, GFNTLEMEN'S Fur
GLOTES mt COLLARS.
The prices for all these Goods are at lower
figure than they can be bought any wnerc in the
city. FAE!EkA x THOMSON,
SIS MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
n B.-FUNS altered aud repaired and FUR
TRIMMINGS made to order. nov L., '59-i2w
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" The Ecrniog BDllctin figures up the
coal business Of all the Pennsy lvania mines
this side of the Alleghcnics, making the total
product for 1889 thus far i Gj2,Ul9 tons,
against 1913 515 tons last year. The
increase is already S48 l+5 tons, with pros
poet of its running up above million pf tons.
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PLATFORM SCALES.
NF EVERY DESCRIPTION, suitable forsE-,,
oRaroads, &c. for Weighing Hay. Coal, II
Ore and Merchandise generally. Purchasers run
10 risk every scale is guaranteed correct, and it.
after trial, not found satisfactory, can be returned
without charge.
Ia FACronr at the Old Stand, established for
more than thirty-tivc years. ABBOTT & co
Corner Of NINTH and MELON Streets,
Sep, 10, lSj9--3m. PHILADELPHIA.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-03

10Y. DANES OS w WAsHINGToS.-Ihe following.
is a striking passage from the address Of Gov
Banks, on Washington's Birthday
"lIe. (Washington) shared the sorrows of all
whose fortunes are mingled with the destihies
of government. Such chasm between that
which is accomplished, and that which is posi-.
bic; such cTedulity at moment and skepIi-.
ciSm at another; such confused interminglings
of caprice and wisdom, that the stontest heart
quails in time before its gigantic burdens. Ono
should he armed with the tongue of aspS and
the hide of rhinoceros, to defend or endure.
How its tortures have been borne VIC see in
the history of public men in all ages. Cato and
Bruins exemplified it 1t was that rather than
the arrow of death that struck down the repre-
sentative OF his house, which led Burke to say
that all of life was not worth peck of refuse
wheat. Two things desire to see accomplish
ed, said Fox, with quiyering lips on his death
bed-peace with Europe aud the abolition of
The slave trade; but this, his last wish, and the
alor of his life was not gratlied Every one
remembers the bitterness with which Chatham
repeated Oxenstiern's remark upon the wisdom
Of government
II would give ten years of my life, saii Can
ming, at the close of his career for one ofofcial
power. The violence that attended the last
moments of Gastlereagh, Peel and Bentick,
though resulting from other causes, bore with
it sorrow deeper than that brought by the
pang of instant death. Had but an hour more
in the Senate, said Calhoun, in his last agony,
i could accomplish greater things than in all
my life;l and his conipairiot, The orator and
statesman, who sleeps by the sounding sea near
the shores of Plymouth, died not of disease, not
7oflabOr, nor ofyears. Were it not the common
lot of all, it would appear strange that, with
such success in all works, this sadness should
have crept upon the character of Washington
But it is the badge Of mortality that marked
him as one of the family of men"
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KhT & EhP MhhHEhETlRY

SADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS, &C.
WHOLESALE sS RETAIL.
SHEPPARD. No. IEI sa!n 81 eornrr a. T-plor SFIl
- coniinue 70 keep on aEd large and eeuplsfr
scrttncnt Of al articles m lie line consisting ofad
tirnt-ueEs SaddA and CuafEc Harkess Tru1 L.,
Vaieef CARPET Bass sates els, Collars HImiF wlrs AZ
lUoald TcEertfuy call ssivntion ny and trust
6Y ssrst attention and PromPtnsts. 70 sr eoEijEuaLts
All kinds Of repairing ProEP,iy Asrs ard In NJ ,,r
manner. }. SFrri.rSru
s-pfp 15i Nsn Sc.
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BIT S S g. @ a M p 3 ELL
Ne. S5 MnIu street.

.s, HATS! HATS! HATS!
TITE VIII iuaugurate the Fall and Winter by ex-
w hTbiting, ON SATURDAY, NOV. s, our Improved
Patent FLEXIBLE SILK Hat and intend to oner
prices the wants OF the general co nu-
nuy OurIAs, well knOEn, OF the best manuiae-
tur. aud have POPULARITY OF STYLE which distin-
El Icn as superior all others and pt es on ex-
aminatjon will be found the keenest competition
60 - ,tbsrn BLISS CAMPBELL,
noY5 No. So Main st.
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HE hrIa Of Sheppard Morgan is this day olveA
BY mutnal consent The hGs'nes OF tie frn viii b
settled BY sheppard. rhoss ndsbted hrul are
respectfully tqsesteit 20 call nd those
hAy.Hs Aeeoanis against Will phase pTegen tlIsT
settlement J. IS. sHFPPARD.
sept Ion ,1sss. cHAs MORGAs
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w. .
The Louisville Courier has a column of "Wit
and Wisdom by way of ridiculiDg Prentice's
column in the New York Ledger 1t is gotten
up by "U. B. Darned, ESQ. aud sometimes has
pretty good take-otf. For instance:
TmE violet grows low and covers itself with
its tears and Of all flowers yields the sweet
est fragrance-such is humility.-G. ID. P.'s
bisdom. i9 N g.
The cabbage grows high and covers itself
with its own bugs and of all yards yields the
sweetest sour kraut-sich is life!
L&sT week aman bought goods in one ofthe
interior towns of Indiana, and offered forged
check in payment. a constable nj hand whose
name was Cash, promptly arrested him. The
rascNl's check wasn't cdShed, but he was.-G.
d. P.'S hnlf teitty column IS t ID
Next week man nnmed Counter was thrown
into jail in nn Indiana town, charged with pass
ing bad bin. The charge was proved false
aud Counter whipped the officer. So the bill
was good, and Counter-Jft Ts
! correspondent of ours states case in which
We ung lady refused for several days TO see her
lover, and then set a big dog on him Certain
| ly there was something in common between
them then. She was obstinate, and he was
doggelL-G. d. P.'s half witty column. ~
| corresponds I of ours states case in
which q young man refused for several days to
sec his loveress, and then set little cat on her.
Certainly there was something in common be-
tween them then. He was an an feline wretch,
and she was pussy-cuted. [Joke obyiousl
Ix Texas, man, stone-blind, is said to have
been appointed to the bench. He may make
an excellent judge. Sill, the fact that justice
! is blind, is hardly good reason why her min
| isters should be SO too.-G ID. F.'s hdlf ,citty
column.
By private dispatch to the Cincinnati papers,
we learn that the "stone" has been removed,
and that the judge can distinguish Democrat
from Do Nothing. So that joke is held in
abeyance for another blind judge.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-03

VrvIgR, the horn player, is as famous for his
wit and practical joking propensities as for his
musical talents. The latest good thing recorded
of hun is the following Like all artists, he
lived in a garrett of which he is not always able
to pay the rent. His landlord gave him warn
ing, in consequence of the sleeplcss nights FRO
d2ced by the musicians horn. There was no
help for it; out poor ViVieI must go, but not
without revenge. The very day of his eoRge
he carried up a calf in its infancy, and, by the.
time his congo expired, it had grown nmostintO
a bullock The key was given 20 the pr0Prie-
taire, whose amazement and CONSERVATION may
be conceived No means Of getting the animal
alive down six flights of narrowsstairs had been
Invented, and SO the slaughter was compelled to
take place in the garrett, to the utter disgust of
the other lenants-leading to innumerable law
suits against the landlord, who is quite beside
himself. and threatens destruoti0nto Vivier in
consequencc.-[N. Y. Post
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!. :, ;! CHARLES W. GRAHAM,

CHARLES W. GRAHAM,
= UCCR ss - & n q a N EsFANHER
rHE unser'Fned would iaf7rn the citizens Of Wheeling
aad vicinity ih4t having PgTeiase tie Drug and Pre-
fcTrtru store, formerly oNnsd y Dr. James Tanner
vii euEtinEe 10 CARR tie Drug busrgss In All is
branches. lie uosf respectfully socis eortInuanee sf
tie uhlc patronage which has eralfT
extended toA'ds his old aud vel known estahlshn
II Will be bis am 20 keep eTery1ntE. the puFsa tind
and At The lcEett price, usually be fur
Disaed Drug sHtahifrlrBUEt .---
Iedelnsa. CHARLES ". GRAHAM
No. 20, cor Main and webster 5ts.,
uylS Centre
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Important to Females.

TOIsRAsES ol females exclusively treated by Dr.
Remedies for female derAnEements, from 81 70 TO-
Relief guaranteed AL Consultation and letsI
strictly cop6ental Patients from distance PROVIDED
with board, nursing and exclusive attendance. Mecnes
sent by mail Ladies PTlTSs s st Rev YoTk
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Standara Readine
.. ROON M'LURE,

TT-ORN At l. A w.
IYa lcWheeIInE, VR.
OFFYOP NORTHEAST corn or lhONR06 AND
= FOURTIESZS, OPPOSITE THE COURTHOOSS
Nm win the several Courts Of this aud the
n-ISbbSras Particular attention wiz be 70
he collection Of claini. noN4';SnNSn-
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WHEE
THE INTELLIGENCER.

Apaper at Middletown, IN. J,) of the 93d
inst, announces the death OF two colOred wo-
men, Aunt Kandas, aged 1903, aud zylphy
Schanck, aged 1l9. Old Aunty Schanck dis
tinctIy remembered the snffeting soldiers creep
ing in the brook and springs to qneTich their
thirst in the memorable battle of donmouth-
She heard the shrieks and groans of the dying
and could portray wildly, in her uncOuth way,
the incidents connected with those, times that.
tried mems souls. She said that when about
fourteen years old, on one occasion her master
found the British approaching, and to save her
he threw her under brush heap. The enemy
advanced, killed her master, burned the build
ing, and left her undiscovered in her peculiar
position. A most remarkable fact in the his,
tory of these women is that they had always
been acquainted with each other; the eldest one
remembered the birth of Aunt Kanllas, and they /
were both inferred in the Good Luck Burying
Ground in the same week, and only day part.
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Gov. BANKS or WAsuNGroS.-T following.
is Striking passage from the address ofGov.s
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-11-24
A WORD IN SEASON.


The time for renewing nearly our entire list
Of subscribers is at hand. Will not our nu-
merous voluntary agents, who have heretofore
exerted themselves in behalf of the Era, see
that the list is kept up this year? We some
Edays since addressed a circular letter to each
OF them, and we earnestly hope the appeal
therein made will meet with their hearty re-
spouse.
Please bear in mind that the Era is sustained
solely by ats subscription list, and which can
only be kept up by the active efforts of our
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: We should be pleased to have every sub
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GOOD ADVICE.

The New York Day Book, an ultra Pro Sla-
very paper, has since the election seen fit to ad-
nit that the Democracy overdid their Harper's
Ferry falsehoods. But if that paper had any
other than prudential reasons for the advice it
now gives, it would not have originated the un-
truth that the National Era published accounts
of the Harper's Ferry outbreak, without COM
ment or condemnation. This calumny was
greedily caught up by the Washington States,
with the Era before it, and yet neither that jour
nal nor the Day Book has been moved by a
sense of honor and veracity to correct the state
ment. The following is the article from the
DAY Book in which it cautions the Democra-
cy" against " a superAuity of naughtiness," in
the matter of eliminating its Republican oppo-
nents. The Day Book is for moderation in all
things, even in the manufacture Of false and
scandalOus reports against the Black Repub-
licans" 1t is all we'll to victimize the leaders,
but the Masses as a matter Of policy should be
spared. The Day Book says:
1t admits of no doubt that the 'Republi-
cans have achieved substantially victory in
our State election. They have carried the Leg.
islature by large majority, thus making sure
the reelection of William II. Seward to the
Senate, and secured portion, if not ALL of their
State ticket. 1t remains to be seen whether the
American split ticket, made up of names
upon both sides, has not succeeded in carrying
off votes enough to elect the Democrats upon
it. This is all the Democracy can hope for
and it must be confessed it is but small item
for consolation. We confess, however, that We
are not disappointed with the result. Before
the occurrence at Harper's Ferry, the Demo
Gratis presented no tangible or wel-de6ned is
sue against the Republicans but the moment
that occurred, all the stump speakers and half
and-half Democratic sheets in the State, all at
once had a hobby. They made the most alb
surd and extravagant charges against the en-
tire Republican party, accusing all, without
distinction, Of completely in the Harpers Ferry
conspiracy. The Republicans were some
what frightened, and lost no time in redoubling
their efforts for victory. They charged that an
attempt was made to fasten false charges upon
them, and to prosecute them for what they were
not guilty Of 1t cannot be doubted that this
feeling actually sweled the Republican vote,
and the consequence is just what we expected,
a victory for their party.
"If the Democracy had made a judicious use
of the events at Harper's Ferry-if they had
shown that while few of the more ultra lead
ers. such as Seward, Sumner, Hale, &C., may
have had some hints or cognizance of them,
that eyenSthey did not favor the plot, but that
this could only be fairly charged upon Gerrit
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-11-24
A SELF.DENYING ORDINANCE.

The Richmond Enqureradvises its Virginia
friends to deny themselves lhe pleasure of be-
ing present at the execution of John Brown.
1t also warns Northern people that they will not
be permitted to come into tee State in crowds
to witness the sad tragedy, since, under the garb
of spectators, organized batds might go armed
in order to rescue the prsoners. We think
that the advice of the En3uirer is good, and
that even the threat though scarcely consistent
with law and liberty, may be salutary. No
person of humane sensibi6ties can desire to
witness the dreadful event AS to the appre
hended attempt at rescue, <ge presume that ii
originates entirely in the fears ofthe Virginians
but, at any rate, good citizens will give no couH
tenance to such an enterprise by going to the
scene Of execution for the qualification of un-
worthy curiosity.
The Enquirer says
We would advise all persons to forego the
pleasure, if such it be, of Witnessing the execu-
TONS by staying quietly at Tome and protecting
their property, as well as avoiding an unneces-
sary risk of their persons by going to the exc
cutions. Especially would we advise Northern
people to stay away from Charlestown at the
times Of the executions excursions Of large
bodies of men will not be permitted, and, if
persisted in, will be prevented by actual force.
Nothing would be easier for a rescuing party
than to go to Charlestown as spectators, carry
ing concealed weapons, and, in the confusion
of a large crowd, to attempt the rescue. To
prevent the possibility of such a result, and to
protect life, while executing the judgment of
the court, very large boty Of troops will be
on duty at Charlestown on the days of the exc
cutions. These troops will protect the execu-
ton of the sentence of death from interruption,
and will execute summary punishment apon all
persons attempting rescae. In such duty,
many innocent persons might be injured hence
we would advise all TO remain at home"
The advice to the shareholders to stay at
home and protect their property is especially
appropriate. II is also no able as an admis-
sion of the weakness of a community which
tolerates Slavery. Troops gre called out from
Richmond, two hundred mil off, composed of
mechanics and merchants, Sho have no slaves
to protect, while the shareholders in the imme-
date vicinity are advised to-stay at home
Could stronger argumest in favor of intro.
ducing more free white labGr into Virginia be
needed ? If the Old Dominion were sprinkled
over with manufacturing tokns like Richmond,
Petersburg, and Wheeling her SHAREHOLDERS
and their families could sleep in peace on the
plantations, even with the-sad consciousness
that at no distant day those plantations were to
give place to small farms, cultivated by white
labor