Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-02

result in the establishment of uniforni-
ty of prices for all articles, and place all
dealers upon an equal footing. At this
Exchange specimens of flour, seeds, grains,
and SO forth, might be exhibited, and pur-
chases could be made conveniently and
understandingly. We wish merely to re-
state the suggestions made to- us without
venturing to offer an opinion. but if there
be any virtue in the proposition, the mer-
chants may think of it, aud either reject or
consider, as seems most desirable.
The good people of Washington county,
Pa, have seemingly been smitten, stricken
and afflicted this year. They lost
almost all their crops. and most of them
have been buying their provisions in con-
quence, and more lately they have been
visited with continued succession of
fires and other depredations. We count
up a great number of fire items in the
Washington papers, of yesterday, showing
disheartening devastation of house and
barn property.
We learn that John Mitchell, living in
Robinson township, had his house burned
on Sunday night last. His loses about
81, 200.
The loss falls peculiarly severe on Mr..
NJ, ms he had recently bought a farm and,
Mt the time of the occurrence of the dis
aster, was making strenuous exertions to
meethis spring payment.
Mr.. Jas. S. Cotton, in Charters town
ship, had large barn burnt on Thursday
evening of last week He loses between
fifteen hundred aud two thousand dollars
by the accident. Theway the FIRE resulted
was this:
r. A peddlcr named Patterson had stopped
at the house in the early part of the even
ing, and while in the stable attached to
the barn, attending to his horses, he acct
dentolly permitted the light he carried to
come in contact with some of the hay.
THE dwelling house and barn of Messrs.
James aud Edward Wright, in Peters
township were destroyed the same night.
Nearly all the contents of the buildings,
including a valuable mare, were also
burned. The loss is estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000.
On Saturday night last the barn of Mr..
John Hodgens, situated in CHARTERS town
ship, short distance west of Canonsburgh,
was totally destroyed by fire. There was
large quantity of hay, some corn, and
number of farming utensils in the build
ing, all of which were burned.
a large frame stable belonging to Mr. A.
B. Wolf, in the rear of his residence, in
Washington, was entirely destroyed by fire
on Tuesday night of the present week.
Several adjoining buildings were saved by
the prompt exertious of our firemen and
citizens. The loss is about $3.50, there is
no insurance The fire ives occasioned
by some eviI-disposed individual, for
whose arrest and conviction Mr. Wolf will
pay a reward of $50.
In addition to all this. the Examiner
gives us the particulars of still more ter
rible catastrophe happening at Waynes-
burg, by which two children of Ezra Say
ers, u lawyer of that place, were burned to
death.
In the midst of the excitement attending
The fire, it was aSccrtained, that two of Mr..
Snyers' children, both boys. aged two and
four years, were missing. Search was i'm
mediately commenced, when after n short
time, and whilst the fire was still i'll pro-
gres3, the bodies of the children were dis
covered inside of the stable. in the corner
farther from the door, literally burned into
a crisp! The stable being still on fire, it
was with difficulty they succeeded in
hooking out the bodies, by means of canes
or poles. Their remains were buried, in
one coffin, the same evening, at FIVE o.
clock. The parents of the children are,
we understand, in an almost distracted
condition.
Several of these fires were the work Of
fendish incendiarics, and so far, we be-
lieve, none of them have arrested.
The Press on the Wheeling cOnven-
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN VIRGINIA.
The Republicans of Virginia have issued
the subioined call for convention in the
city Of Wheeling, for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the Chicago Convention.
In view of the difficulties with which Re-
publicanism is surrounded in Virginia, the
language of the call is bold and coura-
geous, and indicates that those who endorse
it have the right stuff in them for n good
fght.-Pitts6urgh Gazette.
This call should meet with hearty re-
Spouse throughout Western Virginia, and
wherever else in that State the really con-
scrvatve and constitutional sentiments
thus set forth are approved Many of the
Southern States land there is no sufi-
cent reason, aside from mere prejudice,
why there should be any eXception) will
undoubtedly be represented at Chicago, by
4
gates, representing a substantial constitu-
ency, will be cordially weIcomed.-Cn
cinndi Gazette.
1t will be seen from the following call,
which has been issued for convention TO
meet al Wheeling Virginia. to send dele