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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
JOHN IT. LAKIN,

[SNcceeSor to Wheeler { Iakin.l
WTILL RECEIVE AND HAVE ppEEED PoR
w inspection on Thursday, March 29tl, q new
aud we'll Gelccted assortment OF
Cloths, Cassimeres and vestingsI
Also complete assortment Of fGESTLEMES'S Fur
SISTIISG GOODS
The patrons OF the old srn and tho public in gen.
stock bcfru making their purchases as intend sUiI
ing at small pyofit5to cash and prompt purclaserp
Thankful Elr the patronage bestowed upon tho old
srm, solicit continuance of the same for til. new
establishment. JOHN T. LAKIN, Merchant Tailor
mh2s-+wd No. lO2 Main st.. Wheeling Ta
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
Assets, january L, 1858.
sl,5o6.3S7 Ss

TOTAL LIABILITIES; - ---1111--
Unsettled claims not ,luc..... .sl73g26 81
EE-LOssns EluitAbiy jus,cl aud promptly paidr5su
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
24yste1.y aud Invinci bility of t24c Ye1-
low Fever,

II aysteTy and Irwin l bi1ity of t2Ac YeI-
low Fever.
Concerning the yellow fever in New Or
leans, tue Bee of a late date observes:
"Thc yellow fever has broken out in
New Orleans under every conceivable VA
riety OF circumstanccs-wheu the streets
were clean aud when they were filthy
when the river was high and when it was
lowi after prolonged drought and in the
midst of daily torrcnts-when the heat
was excessive and when the temperature
VAS spr:ng-lkc aud pleNsant-when cxca-
vatiOn and disturbances of the soil had
been frequent, and when scarcely Il pave
ment hSd been laid or building erected
If the disease is endemic and indigenous
"a point still in disputc-all we can say
is, that research, inquiry and sngncity are
baEted in the attempt to trace its cause. It
comes without warning, and goes we
know not whittier,
almost the only fixed and unbeatable
fact connected with the disense is that its
prevalence is Simultaneous with the heats
of summer, and that frost is its deadly en-
emy. From these frank acknowc edge
ments it mny be understood how exceed
ingly limited is our knowledge of the sub
ject. Although most deeply interested iu
it, and, although for halt century tho
most prominent and learned physicians
have bestowed labor and investigation up
it, they have fniled 10 establish beyond
controversy single fact that would
prove of clearly practical utility in guard
ing ag"iust the approach of the destroyer,
or in cutting shortits ravages.'
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
concerMIns ero,vtng ola.

In the August number of tha, best of
Magazines, the Eclectic, there is u highly
readable article taken from FSaser's .Naqa-
zinc, called 'CoNcERNlSG GRowING OLD."
1t is written by some English clergym an,
and aside from some OF its clerical pcculi-
"rit'es, has much that Is philosophical and
instrnctive.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
Choice First Class Insurance


E0-ca.l Capital $o0ooO0 aI,toluto and unmpa;rc.l
WIN i sTKPLUs Up $5OG,3ST SS.
And the prc.:iseot Us yea;s SUCCESS aud experience
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02

FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION
Risks accepted At consistent with solvcucy and
fair profit.
E6Irca' attention girsn 10 Insurance of q LINGS
and C"''e'ns for terms Of one to, fire gears.
The proEres" Of this Corporation has been stable
AnANnnssrrMpted through seasons of financial sun
She and storm "r periods evealfu in or exempt from
swe%rlHE c"',tGratpn7 and maritime Lisastcr. Do
the cIrr system affect VI in no material ,,articnr
During hard times the security Of reliable Insu-
rance IS an imperative uty-ttc ability of property
A'!''Fs to sustain loss being then much lessened
folis!s' 5<Snei without delay. and nj! business at
tended 70 with Dispatch And fidelity. hv
y. C. ARTHUR. Agent,
Oifce over the Bank Of Wheeling
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02

Very LIKE A wHALE.-The New Bedford
NcrcUrg of this morning has the following:
THE Prince of Wales is now on trial in
the loyal colonies which were first attach
ed to the British lion. Il he yields we'll,
we Should think he would be good fur ~
thousand barrels"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
luxury & Economy Combined,

20 r2R CENT, oY THE COFFEE SAVED AMI CLEAR AND
RELIGIOUS BEVERAGE OBTAINED ~ MINUTES.
FE'uE CELEBRATED BUCKEYE COFFEE POT
1 Pntcntc'! Nov. I'D. 1885, He-iSSUcd April s. lSGO
tho most perfect: economical and Ec;umtc arrange
ment over introduced to tho public. uliuElCt uTt4
and t"r S'r Ia Wheeling. only 10y NcSbi;t & Bro, No
4" Nam street Centre Wheeling, VII. %hn have AN
exclusive right for Ohio County. The Buckeye CUi-
Ice iOt possesses advantages not found i'll OthOr in.
Tcnti"ns Of the kind The infusion is uttaiuel by
displacement. instead Of boiling the ground Coffee
Sn rs consequence Grly the desirable qualities Of
the drug are ObtIincd making ono of the most deli
CouS beverages t0n that ia rr9 from the bitter
1nd soluble principle which il impaired to tho Co!-
zee ny by continued boiling, AMI when viewed upol
IL" scor" OF economy it haA equal. The Iiuckeye
Coffee Pot has been thoroughly tested and wherever
1t has been used il las hccn hailed 18th universal 10y
single trial will convince any
We also continue to manufacture and keep con-
Stantly on hand. the best and complete assurt-
nicnt of Tin and Sheet Iron Ware to be found in the
city which will Boll wholesale or RETAIL at tho
very lowest figures Japannei. EranelIed and II0l.
low Ware Brass and Copper Kettles Coffee Mills Tn
be cutlery, &c. &c. We manufacture the hest self.
sNoing Fruit Can everinVeuted, every being per-
tectly mir tight and secure.
We will always keep OH hand the best md most
approved Cooking Stoves for eithur coal or wood
Our Stoves all of the Iutcst improvement and of
the hest design. and at low price "a any other
house in the city.
We particularly invite Country Merchants, or
those buying for Cash. to give us call before pnr.
chasing elsewhere, as they will find it to ho their ln-
JohHing Of ovOry description in mr. lire ~ rrs,.
ness done in the bUs style aud tho reasona-
ble terms.
Remonher the place. No. 4O Main Street. Contre
Wheeling Va. [je1jl NESBlrT & BKO.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
Hats and Caps!

Court Of said county, the first Monday in July 1861
The Northwestern Bank of Virginia, plaintiff,
David Mccartney, and, WIN. T Meek. defendants.
bill aSlinnt tho sail Mccartney and Mock And it
appearing by said satisfactory evidence that the said
defendants nre not inhabitants OF this Commons
wealth. it is ordered, motion nf tho 0intE thnt
they appear hnre within Inuntl afIor the pub-
catan OF this order, and do what is necessary pro-
tect their interest, and that this order bs published
once week, forthwith, for four weeks succcssivoly
in some now 5paper published in tie city Uf Wheel
ing and posted Mt the rhnt door Of tho Court House
of the county ut the next County Court thereof
Tie object of the original and amended bill in this
cnse, is to ccc"vcr of the said Mccartney debt Tor
$1,000 and interest thereon and TO attach and ecII
certain lands of tho said Mccartney, in the county Of
Wetzcl conveyed to hi;;, by J. H. Lockwood and ].
L. Snyder. by deeds recorded in Deed Bouk. No q pa
ges 19, 2lJ FL anil 2O2 OF said WcfzoI county aud
TO Set aside loOl therefor from tho said Mccartney
20 the said Neet mentioned in the said amcnic hill
IeSte FRIEND cox. Clork.
J. L. Fry, p. att. ie5-ltU
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
ROOT CROPS.

On no account should farmers neglect to
grow some kind of root crops for stock feeding
next winter. The question as to which is most
etc, is one of mooted opinions; but all con-
cede that as a general feed, carrots are most
desirable. The farmer should decide what he
wants the roots for, and if for feeding to horses
and mich COWS, then grow carrots if to feed
with corn to fatten cattle, or for sheep, then
grow parsnips; if wanted to assist in the
healthy growth of young stock, or for produc-
ing milk for the city market, then the beet
will be most desirable. So think we, from our
own practice, as well as from the records of
writer's. At any rate, whether carrots, or
parsnips, or beets, we hope every farmer read
er of ours, every one who keeps a cow or a
horse, will grow more or less of roots for next
winters feed to his stock.-Ohso Farmer. go
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
n STEAL THAT FRUIT.

"Nonsense steal !-why I am only taking a
few of these nice strawberries, and just a hand
full, or a quart or SO of these cherries. They
are so much nicer than we have at home, or
can buy in town. You wouldn't call this
stealing, would you ?" Yes, ace do, and the
nncanest kind of stealing. The person that
will steal fruit, will steal anything else, only
give them a chance, where detection is not
probable. "Fruit is nothing" says one but
while they take it, they forget that, very like
", the bread in his house, the carpets, cloth
ing, etc, belonging the owner, have not cost
half SO much care, labor and money as this
choice fruit; nor are they as much priced
Don't steal it. IF you want, go and ask for
some, and if the owner has to spare, ten to one
he will give you liberty to gather what you
want. Young people should be carefully eau
toned by those having charge of them, to avoid
this sin of fruit taking. Nothing is more ag-
gravating to a person, after years of care, and
money expended, and Just as the fruit is ready
fer use, than to have it flched from him by
some wandering transgressor. Look upon it
as a trivial affair, if you can, but it certainly
is c~ontemptibly mean, and community ought
to frown down any freedom of the kind, perpe-
trated in any neighborhood.-Ohio Farmer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
TEE JAPANFsE IN THEIR HoTEL.l

The appearance of our national guests, as
they appeared to the reporter of the N. York
Herald, when he was introduced by Comnan-
der Lee, at Willard's is thus described. 81
They appeared in every variety of posture
and disorder on the floor and beds. Some
we're almost as primitive in appearance as
their countrymen at home when in the-act OF
taking a bath. The bedrooms are too crowd.
ed. -Four, and in some cases five, are quar-
tered in the same apartment, and owing to the
beds taking UP the greater part of the space,
there is very little room indeed left for them
to move about in. They complain ofthe beds
being in their way, and only lie on them be-
cause there is not enough carpet space to al
low them a, place on the floor Commander
Lee informed me that great difficulty was ex-
perienced the first night in providing accom-
modations for them. They would not lay
on the beds, and they applied for sixty blank
cts, one each, to spread over the floor and
sleep on, and on the floor they mostly passed
the night.
nEndeavors, however, have been made to in
duce them to conform to our habits. But
what utility is there in this, when the people
themselves have a disrelish to do so? / can
imagine a Japanese, feel ng by no means COM
Portable, either, in body or mind, when seated
on our chairs or sleeping in our beds, when he
has hitherto been always accustomed to SIT on
his heels on matted floors. I noticed, as in
Japan, that they all allowed their straw slip
pers to slide off their stockinged feet before
entering a room. In one of the rooms I was
presented with a native drawing, and a piece
of manufactured native cotton. Those of
the occupants who were not packing or an
packing their baggage were seated on the car
pets, around small, metal braziers smoking.
braziers were partly filed with a fire of
prepared charcoal and the pipes were of the
common Japanese sort, with tubes made Of
reeds, about two feet long, and small, brass
heads of a thimble shape. When my friendly
guide opened the doors and looked into the
rooms, all within directed their long eyes and
shrewd,' intelligent physiognomies toward us,
smiled, and in several instances uttered a few
words of their native tongue, and came for
ward to shake hands with me. They have,
without exception, very large p%erceptive fac
ulties. They see and remark upon every thing
before them. They are small made men, and
do not average more than five feet four inches
in STATURE rH svar
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
PACKING EGGS TO KEEP.

Eggs are now abundant, and of course sell at
very low prices. In August and September
they are scaece and command high prices. It
is, therefore, good policy to pack away a suH-
Gent quantity for the wants of each family at
the present season. The practice in which we
have been quite successful, Is to procure a tight
barrel and some fresh lime; slack the lime by
pouring on water, and in quantity untirit be-
comes of about as thick a consistency as ordi-
nary paint; pour a little into the barrel, then
lay on a tier of eggs with the small ends down;
pour in sufficient of the lime prste to cover the
eggs, and then lay another tier, again pour on
the lime mixture, and SO continue until the
barrel is full. Set the barrel in a cool, dry
part of the cellar, and the eggs will be just as
good in August as when they are put down.
Ohio Farmer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
PROTECT YOUR v1NEs-srR1pED BUGS

As the season is approaching when that-pest
the striped bug-will its depre-
dAtions on the vines, perhaps some of the read
ers of the Farmer would like to know a pre-
~ventive. Take lumber, one-half inch thick,
eight inches wide, and cut it into lengths of
eight inches; then nail into boxes without
either bottom or top; then set over your hills,
and you are ssfe- IF your vines are scattering
in the hill; your boxes will need to be larger.
Keep the boxes oa until the 7ines get so old
that the bugs will not trouble them. Scotch
snuff, sprinkled over the plants in the morn
ing, when the dew is ON, is good; but, if there
comes a little shower, it washes off, and then
you have to go over them again. The boxes
are best, and if taken care Of they will last for
a good many years. I have tried them, and
know they are safe. The cost is a mere trife,
and you are saved a good deal of trouble and
vexatien.-Correspondent Ohio Farmer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06

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desire that the advertiser would meet her at
her own house, the following evening, and
giving him the directions of her home. She
trusted her sister would dispatch the note
without opening it, thereby not discovering
the change.
In the morning, the other posted the mis-
siye without discovering the trick played
upon her. 49, T
Evening came, and anxiously the sly plotter
waited in her own room the ringing of the
door bell; she had told nc one what she had
done, but had resolved to have the fun to her
self. At length it came, and hastily slipping
N q fancy costume, she descended and opened
the door There stood the man upon the stoop.
She requested his wish, and he, supposing she
was a Servant, inquired for "Leonore,y the
name she had adopted. ar rrr ~
"Walk in, sir" And she conducted him to
the parlor; she entered with him, and after
closing the door, she tripped to where he had
seated himself on the sofa.
Simperingly she %murmuled, $50 love, you
have come"
"Good heavensr" he exclaimed. "What do
you mean?"" . as1fs -
"Why, love, do not look so a~stonished." =
"Astonishedi Good Heavens! the girl is
'Nackl"
She laughed a low, malicious laugh, Is he
started up.
"Why, what IS the matterf'
"You she fendi Did you write that note?'
"Well, Auguste, what if I did? I am ready
to give up all for you-surely you will accept
me?"
care you crazy? Marry a negressf Go
away! he reared, and rushed for the door, as she
advanced toward him. His yells brought the
family down stairs, among whom was the VIC
tim Of the plot, all stared in astonishnaeat at
the scene. At last he reached the door; he
opened it, and rushed forth, but before he
could clear the stoop, the mischievous girl had
seized a pail of cold water, placed in the hall
for the occasion, and he received the contents
upon his defenceless head. Wet through to
the skin, he ~scampered down the street, and
was never heard from again.
Amidst shouts of laughter, the originator of
the affair, whose face was black as a colored
persons from the burnt cork she had used to
carry out her purpose, told the whole story,
and now but -werd is necessary to cause a
shout of merriment over the cold bath of the
advertiser for a wife. The sister was cured;
she never attempted to answer a "Matrimoniar'
again. ~
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
A REMINISCENCE.

During the Administration of President
jackson, there was a singular young gentle
man employedin the public service at Wash
ington. His name was G.; he was from Ten
nessee, the son of a widow, a neighbor of the
President, on which account the old hero had
a kind feeling for him, and always got him
out of his difficulties with some of the higher
officials, to whom his singular interferences
were distasteful.
Among other things, it is said of him, that
while he was employed in the General Post
Office on one occasion he had to COPY a letter
of Maj. FL, a high officer, in answer to an ap-
plication made by an old gentleman of Virgil
mia or Pennsylvania, for the establishment Of a
new Post Office. The writer of the letter of
ten used classical language; in this letter he
said the application could not be granted, in
consequence of the applicants s'proximity' to
another Office. When the letter came into
G.'s hands to copy, being a great stickler for
plainness, he altered 'sproximity" to smear
ness to-" Major 81. observed it and asked G..
why he altered his letter. "Why," replied
g. i'because 1 don't think the men would IN
derstand what you meant by proximity
"Well," said Major H., "try him; put la the
proximity again." In a few days a letter
was received from the applicant, in which he
Indignantly said: "That his father had fought
for liberty in the first, and he himself in the
second war of independence, and he would
like to have the name of the sceundrel who
brought the charge of proximity or anything
else wrong against him" "There," said G.,
Hdid I not say so?" G.. carried his improve
ment SO far that at last Mr.. Barry, the Post
master General, said to him: 81 do not want
you here any longer; you know too much"
Poor G. went out, but his old friend, the
General, again got him into another place.
This time G.'s underwent a change. He was
one day busy writing, when a stranger calling
in, asked him where the Patent Office was. ID
don't know" said G.. "Can you tell me where
the Treasury Department is?" said the stran-
ger. "No," said G. "Nor the Presidents
House, "No," said G. The stranger snail
ly asked him if he knew where the Capitol
was. "No," replied G.. "Do you live in
Washington, sir2" said the stranger. eyes,
sir" said G.. "Good Lordl and don't know
where the Patent Office, Treasury, Presidents
House and Capitol are?" stranger" said G.,
az was turned out of Office for knowing too
much, don't mean to offend in that way
again. I ana paid for keeping this book. I
do know that much; but if you find nae know
ing anything more you can take my head"
Good morning." said the stranger.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
WINTER ARRANGEMENT, 1860.
BALTIMORE g. OHIO
1850. @E5z5Es55E5Ez5@Z 1850.
R ailroad.
Great National Route

Terminates at Washington and Baltimore on the
East, and Wheeling, Benwood and Parkersburg on
the West, at which places it unites with Railroads,
Steamers, &c., for and from all points in the
WEST, SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST.
02W@ VRSdms
Leave Wheeling daily at 1885 P. M and 1910 P. NJ.
One Train leaves Parkersburg daily at 500 P. NJ;
Direct connections are made by these Trains
FOR ALL THE EA STERN CITIES.
This is the only route to Washington City.
Passengers by this route can visit Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston, OF the cost of
a Ticket 10 Boston alone by other lines.
TThrough Tickets to the Eastern cities can be
procured via Washington City, at an additional
charge of two dollars. taa go
Time as quick and fare as low as by any other
route. Inquire for tickets via the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, at any of the principal Railroad
Offices in the West. -=....
.r E. F. FULLER, Gen1 Western Agent.
L. M. COLE, General Ticket Agent.
W. P. SMITH. Master Transportation. STIFF 81.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06

There are many persons who give them
selves a great deal of imaginary trouble, quite
as useless as that of the man who was afraid
he had lost money by the failure of a bank:
GAS soon as L heard of it, my heart jumped
right up into my mouth. Now, thinks I, spo
sim I've got any bills on that bank? 1 IN gone
if I have-that's a fact. So I put on my coat
and started for home just as fast as my legs
would carry me; the fact is, [ ram all the way.
And when 1 got there, I looked keerfully, and
found that I hadn't got no. bills on that Bank
any other. Then / felt easier"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
~cURE.FoR CUoUMBER BUGS.

water Apply this solution to the cucumber
plants, taking care that all parts of the plants
are well covered, the under, as well as the mp
per sides of the leaves, and the stalks. This is
a sure cure. The strong odor of the Aloes is
disagreeable tothe bugs and invariably causes
them to Avamose the ranch" It is also acurc
for the depredations Of almost all the bugs
that infest young plants. qG51sLEY
The Aloes can be procured at almost any
ounce.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06

s@-esMy BRETHREN" said a good old back
woods preacher, "Tm gwine to preach you a
plain sarment, that even wimmen can under
stand. You can find my text in the first five
verses of the two-eyed chapter of the one-eyed
John" It was sometime before. it was per-
ceived that he meant John l. chapter 8.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06

A popular divine tells a good story as a hit
to those kind OF Christians who's are too indo-
lent to pursue the duties required of them by
their faith. He says that one pious gentleman
composed a ffervent prayer to the Almighty,
wrote it out legibly, and affixed the manuscript
to his beG-post. Then, on cold nights, he
merely pointed to the document, and with the
words, "Oh Lord? those are my sentiments
blew out the light and nestled amid the blan-
kets. ~ TO-
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
Splendid Farm for Sale.

0NE of the most desirable Farms in the County
~ of Ashland, containing first rate buildings iu
Guiding dwellings and ortshouses-the best kim
soil-weIl watered, ana an ample supply Of timbe.
for fuel, fencing, lumber, &c., and within q sholG
distance of the Town o. Ashland, win be sold at q
figure lower than any Real Estate has been offered
within this county for years 1Forphrticulars apply
to - ], J.. JACOBS.
At his Once opposite the hank
Ashland, March 2, 1853. e Ia 39t
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06

A Coop Doa.-A worthy German sued his
neighbor, a gentleman from Erin, for kill
ing his dog. In the course of his examination
the. German being asked what was the value of
his dog, replied; cash. for ter dog, he vas wort
shust nothing at all; but ash, Pat vos so mean
as to Kill him, by tam, I make him pay de full
value of him" -