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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-04
Interesting News!
A New Oil Well Just Discovered

But Small Amount Required for ev
cry one to take n Share.
EUery so cents INFESTED t0iU yield 81 ,Oorth
IN ADVANCE OF THE NEW HIGH TARIFF
100 CASES OF NEW SPRING AND SUMMER
lOO DRY GOODS
have just been received, which the subscriber is able
to sell for less than half their original value.
Besides many other goods received. he will only
mention $50 pieces of Silk of all the latest styles at
all prices rs low as so cts. per yard worth at
least 81, and Plain Silks low BIC per yard.
25 pieces of Plain Black Silks for Dresses and Man
tas
Dress Goods large and varied assortment. Some
Travelling Dress Goods for only &c per yard, worth at
least 20c
Lawns and Lawn Robes, plain and figured Bereges
and Bercge Robes.
Double width grey, black and white Bereges for
per yard.
ChaIlies and Dclaines, Ginghams and Chlntzes,
n large stock; some ~ dark French ChintZeA1 for
l5c per yard worth at least SIC, and light ChiASzeS
SIIAWLs-i0O Grape shawls, all coIors, from to
so dollars a piece: 20 Twisted Silk Shnwls, NJ Y
styles; 400 Stella Shawls, some slow as 81.
Silk and Cloth busters and ClOaks, at all prioth
Tor Ladies and Misses.
French Lace Mantlos of all the latest styles.
largo stock OF Embroideries and White Goods.
500 tloz. Ladies' Hose, some worth 15c, for 6<ctJ
apair. a4-s.t sy5F
DOMESTlCS.-Fast cOlOred Prints, i(warranted,)
for 10, and &C per yard, worth 12l3, 10 aud 90
per yard. Bleached and unbleaohed Muslins Of all
widths and qualities Irish Linen and Linen Table
Cloths at all prices.
CA3pETS-I5 pieces of Ingram, 8 ply and super.
fine Carpets at all prices. .--
A good assortment Of Boys Ready Made Clothing,
and many other goods, too numerous TO mention, all
of which have been bought for cash from Importers,
and will be sold at greatly reduced prices by
ALEX, HEYMAG,
Rp2 13T Main ST., Wheeling, Va.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-04
Missouri MiningGOmpAny.

Incorporated Feb. 22d,3 1851.
CAPITAL STOCK..................S .S5 10000.
TVNHIS COMPANY is FORMED FOR THE PUR-
i pOso of advancing the great mining interests of
our State. We dO not profess TO be governed by
purely philanthropic motives In Initiating this
terprise. We believe that the stock be made to
pay large dividends, aud Mt the same time more real
good accomplished and greater progress made in de-
vclopinl5 and making known the astonishing mineral
wealth of Missouri. than by the of five times the
amount of Orr capinl invested in any other business
We shall make the Office of our Company COM
pleto mining bureau of the mineral resources of the
State. We have power under our charter to pur-
chase and sell mineral lands wherever located in
Missouri Great inducements will bo offered to cap
itnlsts and mining advcnturcrs. who desire to pur
chase and work paying mines, by dealing with this
We respectfully solicit the attention of all who
have mineral lands for sale To send statement
OF the samc describing the kind of minerals their
lands. the number of acres the location and the low
cash price they willing TO take for said lands.
We shall work only such mines rs pay largely, but
shall open and prove most Of the lands We sell The
hooks for subscription tn the stock now open ut
the office of the Company, Main street. northwest
No. 81 Locust street All who ee an interest in this
business. and have money. will do well to call and
subscribe. Those wishing stock living out Of the
city. it by enclosing per cent. of the
amount wanted to the President or Treasurer.
DIRECTORS:
Henry D. Bacon, Esq, Matthew Butler Esq,
Alfred CIapp, Esq. l.. b. IlnrwOOd. Esq.
Joseph Lathrop, Esq, Il. NJ. Lynch. Esq,
L. " boES' ESQ rpusrrvsc Scseph f@Sne' ESQ.,
Henry D. Bacon, L.v. Bngy.
NJ. BUTLER, Treas. ALFRED CLAPP, Pres't.
Tho above prospectus has mp to this date been
published in only of Ieadiug papers for ten
tnys. No efforts to get stock tnken have been
made: vet the public well appreciate the sound
ness of the enterprise that two hundred thous
and dollars of the stock has already been taken. We
wOnld briefly state that the slnreS are S25 each paid
in full without further liability; transferable by de-
livery; registered only when dividends received.
Any person having money to spare can, by the pur-
chase of shares in the Missouri Mining Company
make an investment that will phy largely and hold
stock that is readily converted into cash without loss
All communications to the President promptly
answered h30-d&w2m
St Louis. No.. March % 1861.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-04
KAXAwHA c. H., Va. Oct. %, 1861

KANAwHA C. H., Va. Oct. 90, 1861.
.Nessys Editors:-Incloscd find the result
of the election in this county on the oath
inst. viz:
For New State l,O39, against l. MAORI
ty for New State ,O38.
For COnvenlion-James II. Brown, GAL,
Lewis RufTner, 584, and Benjamin II.
Smith, Ago. Browns majority over Smith
462, and over Ruffuer 357; Ruffner's ma
jority over Smith ll5. Brown and Rutfner
elected.
For Congress-Frost TAG, Blair l9G, and
Haymon 30.
G. Slack is elected to the Senate without
opposition.
At the bottom of this communication,
which is signed "Union," occurs this Curl
ous sentence which seems to have been
lugged in rather awkwardly:
The Press is the only Virginia paper we
get here. A SUBSCRIBER.
Taken in connection with the vote of
Kauawha on the new State question, this
last sentence looks as if the author of it,
intended to indulge in quiet bit of sar-
casm at the Press expense, as it is known
that that paper, if it has not opposed the
new State outright, has endeavored to
"damn by faint praise.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-04
ssM.1wEL1. r.Jc4MpBEtt. GEO. R. rrSGLE.
MAXWELL, ,CANIPBELL&TINGLE,
Wholesale Grocers
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. s MIN St, wheeling, Va.

HAVE NOW IN STORE
$50 bbIs Prime y. o. Molasses,
125 hlf. bbls do
22O hhds fully fair to prime N. o. Sugar.
l25 bbls. Cr.. .Granulated, Pow and Coffee Sugars
as Brune's Golden Syrup.
rs '' New York do
300 bags good fair to prime Rio Coffee
90 pockets Java Coffee.
% boxes Natl Lf lb lump Tobacco
As do Observation-Disclosures 5s Tobacco.
Is do do do los do
10 cases Hunters rs do
10 do "Don Quixote" rs do
95 hlf. ch. Y. II and G p. Tea.
S5 do oolonE and Pouchong Tea
100 bbls No. 3 Med. and Lg. Mackcrel.
90 50 Tar, large size.
Is tierces Rice.
Penper, Pimento, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cass
Mustard. Ginger. Indigo, Bi-Carb. Soda,
Salaratus, Soap, Candles, Wash-boRrds, b ,rkets,
Tubs, BroOms, Nails, and all other arti' les cm-
DHced in the Grocery line. NH
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-04
Daily gntelligtnfFr
TERMS OF ADVERTISING,

wELvE SOLID LINES OF NoNPAEE1. CoR ONE INCH, oa
LESS, MAKE SQUARE.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-04

Upwards of sI8,OOO,OOO
u LOSSES have been paid by the Etna Insurance Co.
in the past II years.
FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION
Ri-k- accepted at consistent with solvency and
fair profit.
lttsntiou girsH 10 EISurdHcEof DWELLINGS
and C6aIsHis for terms Of one TO fve years.
The progress Of this Corporation has been stable
nl ,,nnterrupted through seasons of financial
hine and storm periods eyentful in or exempt from
sweeping coniagrRtions and maritime disaster BE.
ny long established Ona cash basis, the troubles oil
thR credit system affect in material particular
During "hard times the security OF reliable Insu-
ance Is an imperative uty-the ability OF properly
noIders to sustain loss being then much lcssencd.
Policies issued without delay. and all business at
n. C. ARTHUR, Agent,
Office over the Bank of Wheeling
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15

BrSps' SESsE OF D,NeTR. The power OF
intc,rr OF actual danger. and the free and
c.sy bo!dne.- which result. from II, are by
10 mean. uncommon Many birds seem to
have a mos, correct notion oi . guns range,
and while sTupulou'ly careful to kssp oe-
yond IL. eoufns their care to this caution.
though the moe, obvious resource would b
% AZ rsh, away out Of Sigh, and hearing,
which they do no, choose TO do. And they
sometimes appear TO make even an o-tenta'
iiou. use Of their power, fairly putting their
VT and cleyerne-. IN antasoni.m TO tha, Of
man, for the bene6i Of their fellows.
lately rad an account. by . naturalist IN
BraIil. Of an expedition he made 10 one Of
the Island. Of the Amazon 10 .hoo; spoon
bills, isisc.. and other Of the masniheen
rallatorial birds. which were mos; abun'
dant there. Ills design was complete
" bafled. however. BY . wretehed h,,le
sAndpiper that preceded him, eon,in'
ually u,t'riDe bis ,ell.,als cry, which
aroused all the birds within hearing.
Throughout the day did ,hi. individual bird
continue IL. .elf.imposed duiy Of sentinel Of
others. efrcciuAlly preventing the approach
Of the fowler to the game, and ye, manas-
Ips to keep on, Of the range of his gun.
TGosse'. Romance Of Natural History.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15
Salt and its 0Mces.

SON. modern agricultural writers have
doubted the necessity OF giving animals salt,
The following remarks as 10 the eject OF
salt upon health, by Professor Johnston.
nav be rsli-hed by those ~ho .,ill pot salt
in their own pudiips.. and allow their cat
i!s little now aud then
The Wild busalo irequsnts the sal, lieks
Of Northwestern America the Will AMI
ma!s in The central part. Of South Africa
arv 4 sure prey TO the hunter who eOnceal'
himself behind u salt spring and our do.
nestle cattle run peacefully to the hand
that oasrs them . taste OF this delicious
luxury. From time iumsmorial, j, has
BEEN known that, without salt, man would
ui-ersbly perish and among horrible
poni.hmsnt,. entailing certain death, tha,
Of feeding culprits on saltless food is said TO
have prevailed in barbarOSs times. Mag.
go,s and eorup,ioa are spoken Of BY an-
cent writers as the distressing symptoms
which .al,less food ensenders: but no an.
eien, or unehsmieal modern could explain
bow such suasrings arO.s. Nov We know
why the animal Graves 'al,-why /, suffers
discomfort. and ~by !, ultimately falls into
disease IL salt is 70. time withheld. Up.
ward. Of half the saline matter Of the blood
(75 per cent. consists of common salt, and
a. ,hi- Is partially discharged every day
through the skin and the kidneys. the ne
ee-sity Of continued supplies of to the
healthy body become sufficiently obvious.
The bile also contain. coda a. special and
indispensable constituent. and 50 do ali the
eariilse-- Of the body. S,in, the supply Of
sal,, therefore. and neither will the bile be
abe properly to AssIs, the dig ,.tiOu. nor al.
Low the eariilase' to be ouils up again IS
las; as the, naturally waste.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15
winter Care Of Cattle.

Awri,er TO the Germantown Telegraph
give. the following as his mode OF winter
ins stock
How many farmer. there are Who, to-
ward. the close OF winter. complain OF be
iur .hor, Of fodder and are compelled to
purchase hay a, high prices to carry their
stock until pasture time. know from ei'
psr,ence What thi. 10, and End 10 does not
raw. There are two Gauss and also Two
remedies for ,hi. state Of things, VIA Too
heavy a stock and too ~as,sfui feeding. For
The former the remedy is obvious; Tor the
former the remedy 10 obvious; for the lat
ter. a great mary farmers have not We, dis
covered preventive bu, 80 on in the old
~.y Of feeding IN common square racks IN
the yard. either eOrn.fcdder. straw or bay.
Hrrs /. where the loss occurs, and did every
farmer know The grca, gam there would be
in u.iiiag ~ everything be feeds. instead OF
feeding 70 whole. there would bs no more
complaints Of " short Of fodder" have
,rici Il and end can winter is' A'ad Of
eaiil, on csi fodder, rAsrs iosiy rr'li'r'd .hr'
hal lag yca-. and what i' more. keep them
in better order feed IN the yard, IN
trough. ,iI fee, long, eighteen inches deep
and two icei wide a, the top. slopins to one
foot at the bottom. Ny cattle eat IL up
elean-harS bats. Eal, arUd al T. and one
ordinsry bundle Of fodder such s would
- generally given TO steer AZ one neal
-lA,u an animal whole day.
Another advantage is, my manure sall
short, easily handled in the spring when !
heap il Up under the sheds, and am not
bothered BY the long corn stalks all through
IL. Cattle prefer their fodder cut. aud wall
ca, i, more quietly. The same saving may
be accomplished in the stable. by cutting
ha, icd to horses, COWS, e.. They '0o1
learu to like ii better than long hay. and
then they can waste none. Let every Tar.
msr Who ha. no, uisd il. and who has been
worried to know how 10 get bic cattle
through the winter rightly without eayins
h.y. try this plan. and II be does It right.
h. will never regret the outlay for the cut
ter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15

lie Who receive. . good turn. should ne,.
r forge; it-who does one, should never re-
member 10.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15

Prentice says discretion is the saIt and
fancy the sugar Of life; the one preserves.
che other sweetcns IL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28

LOOK Our FOR CoUNTERFEITs.- "A gen.
tleman of Monroe, North Carolina, has for
warded to the Commercial Bank of Colum.
umbia counterfeit ten dollar bill on that
institution 1t Was received by him from
q man who wanted bills of large denomi-
nation, as he said, to remit by mail. He
made several efforts to make an exchange
of this kind with others in that place, and
it is therefore to be presumed he is we'll
supplied with bogus bills.
This counterfeit is new bill, letter A,
No. 355, dated February 10, lS49, and
signed B. D. Boyd, Cashier, J. A. Craw-
ford, President. The paper is too light in
color. The yignette is Liberty with cap on
pole, a spiuning.wheel on the left, and
anchor on the right side of the bill, instead
of the coat of arms of the State, as in the
genuine bills. The letters TEN are prin-
ted Oh the face of the bill in red ink, where
as the genuine bills have no red letters
The bill is altogether unlike any issue Of
the Commercial Bank-Guardian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28

have been Overbearlng and dlctat0rlal, ana
men fit only to rule in bar.rooms have borne
supreme sway by the mere force of oluster
in either House of Congress. Whether
there really existed peculiar charm in the
home circle of the Southern gentleman is a
problem we cannot decide, but there is no
doubt that it seemed charmed to many Il
Northern man and woman, who under It's
influence we're transformed as if by magic.
And so it has been that both in public and
in private life the South has been supreme.
Shall we not admit the true reason of this
Southern success? Shall we not own that
| it was due to force of character, to will, de-
termination, and skill, on the one hand
and to an utter want of tone, self.respect,
and proper sectional zeal, on the other p
Such is the truth The spirit of domina-
tion engendered and nourished on the
plantation, amid real slaves, was boldly
transplanted to the social circle, and ezer-
ted against the Northern men who served
the State. Within these few years, certain
practical Southern arguments, of the true
plantation stamp, have somewhat stiffened
the Northern backbone, and we are not so
utterly subservient as we have been Still
there is long interval, in point Of tone,
dash, pluck, character, between the people
of the two sections. We at the North have
yet to realize the full extent of our past
degradation, and We have yet much to un.
learn before we acknowledge, as men and
as citizens, that "Southerner" is not name
to copjure with We do not even now be-
lieye how completely the Southern soul is
absorbed in the love of domination. Even
so lately as last December, Mr.. Seward, in
addressing the New England Society, found
hope for the Union in Senatorial salaries
paid by the United States, without taxing
the South to raise the money! Politician
as he is of long standing, he did not know
that, to the Southern mind, bonds like this
were as ropes of sand when opposed to the
lust of power. AS the things which are
seen are temporal, while those which are
unseen are eternal, so material things stand
no chance as against that absorbing sen'i-
ment of the Southern soul which knows no
middle ground between rule and ruin, and
is willing to endure all things rather than
yield up dominion. But since that speech
was made, even Benjamin and Yulee have
given up their comfortable chairs, their
eminent positions, and, save the mark
their handsome salaries, in obedience to
the demands of passion swollen by long
indulgence, and irritated by defeat. Let
US not, then, undervalue he Southern
character. Itpursues its great aim through
all difficulties, and literally at all hazards,
and nothing but sense of our own dignity,
a sedulous cultivation of self.respect, if we
have it not, can ever prevent the yielding,
couciliating, trading, deferential North
from again falling prey to the bold, defiant
dictatorial, domineering South.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28

THE FORMAL SECESSION OF Texas
A correspondent of the New Orleans Cres-
cent writes thus from Austin, the capital of
Texas, on the 18th inst. The italics are
those of the writer:
"Texas went out of the Federal Union
this morning bright and early. By "a count
of the votes cast at the election for the pur-
pose of ratifying or rejecting the ordinance
of secession, the result so far is a majority
of %, ,459 The majority will be increased
as the additional returns come in, for the
counting and registering of which provision
is made.
"On the counting of the votes and the
making known the result, the President of
the Convention, O. NJ. Roberts, arose and
said: i pronounce the State of Texas a
free, sovereign and Independent nation, 50
declared by the voice, and will so be up
held by the arms of the people, The thun-
dering of cannon and general rejoicing of
the people attest the supremest qualification
of the citizens of Texas at our deliverance
from free negro bondage and our emergeuce
to the condition of freemen again. Gen.
Houston at one time declared his perfect
willingness to abide the result of submit.
ting the question to the people; but now
he is moody, silent, disooutented and dis.
posed to bring on difficulties. He may be
acposcd By the Convention, and a patriot
placed IN tie Executive Chair Of State
1t IS probable that he aoiW Ge."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28

as it requires There is not an unemploy-
ed Irishman who would not gladly enlist in
the cause, and there are thousands of ma
tive Democrats eager for the same service.
And, should the Lincoln administration pro-
ceed to make war upon your commerce,
you can find at the North any number of
ships and men ready for letters of marque
from the Southern Confederacy.
1t is whispered here that Major Ander-
son intends to blow up Fort Sumter before
he evacuatcs. If he does, hope you will
hang him higher than Haman and [ trust
the news is true, received here this after
noon from Washington, that Gen. Beaure-
gard will not permit Anderson or his band
to depart except as prisoners of war. That
is just the proper course, unless all the Sou
thern forts, including Pickeus, are surren,
dered at the same time. The Tribune ad-
mits that the surrender is not made as po.
iitical concession, but as a military neces.
sity; and that is equally "mournful and hu-
miliatiug." 1t is the part of Gen. Beaure'
gard to make the most Of the victory.
There is to be very soon general migra'
ton of dry goods houses to the South, in
consequence of the Morrill, tariff and the
revolution hope the Southern States will
inquire into the political autecedents Of
those whom they permit tc settle among
them Just now. New York merchants are
responsible for the success of the Republl,
can party in this State. CAVALIER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28

a@ The editor of the Baltimore Chris.
t;an Advocate while travelling in the North
was in the neighborhood of the home Of
John Brown. He says: "Opposite Bur-
liugton, in the Adirondack Mountains, was
the home of John Brown. 1t is wild,
rude region, we'll adapted to the production
of such men as he.
"Since his death, large sums Of money
have been raised for the use of his family.
To them the amount procured is large wealth
but it should represent to them the blood of
father and husband, and be appropriated
with the decency that would screen from
other eyes all appearance Of satisfaction.-
As it is, the Browns are quarreliug over
the money, and have invoked the law to
decide the proportionate rights of widow
and children. Of such are the Messiahs by
whom the Abolitionists promise to redeem
Southern society from its lower civilization!'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28

A DILEMMA.-Old Abe's administration
is lust now in most woful fix. Ifcoercion
is attempted towards the seeded States, the
Border Slave States will 60 out of the Un-
ion, and the country will be lost. If pa.
ciac policy is adopted, the Chicago platform
will 60 to pieces, and the Black Republi-
can party will be broken into fragments.-
The Presidents position may now be liken-
ed to an intoxicated individual, who was
one very cold night holding on to spile on
the edge of the dock, and thus moralized:
"If hold on here" said he, 81 shall GER
taiuly freeze to death, and if I let 60 I shall
fall in the water apd be drowned"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-28
How a Spire Fell.

Such mishap has recently occurred to
the English town of Chichester. The
cathedral there, though by no means a.
mong the finest in England, was old and
interesting. 1t was begun some eight hun.
dred years ago. The tower was built about
the year 1900, and the spire, placed in the
centre Of the building, rising to height of
two hundred and seventy-four feet, and
surpassed in altitude by only two other
spires in the kingdom, was added about the
year 400.
Now, spire erected nearly century be-
fore Columbus set foot on American soil is
entitled to some veneration, and therefore
its fall is worth cbronicling; for fall it did,
and that on the 2lst of February last. 1t
appears that the tower had for some time
shown symptoms of danger, and during re.
cent reparations made in the interior ar
rangements of the cathedral, it was discov
cred that this danger was much more Sc
rious than at first supposed. On the 18th
ultimo, cracks and crevices appeared in the
piers. Immediately after the Sunday ser.
vices on the 18th, bodies of workpen took
possession of the church, and by day and
night worked to strengthen the tower
But the immense weight Of the spire was
too great. A terrific storm occurred on
the night Of Wednesday the 10th, which
shook the tower, but the efforts of sixty
workmen appeared still to offer some posi-
bility of ultimate success, when, at half
past three in the morning, they left the
building. At daylight they returned to
the task, but now the spire tottered. At a
quarter past one p. m, the workmep were
all ordered out of the cathedral, and quar-
ter of an hour later the tower and spire fell
to the floor, but with little noise, forming
a mass of near six thousand tons of ruin 10
the centre Of the church, and carrying with
it about twenty feet in length Of the nave,
and as much of the transept and choir
"The spire as it fell" says an eyewitness,
sat first inclined slightly to the southwest,
and then sank gently into the centre Of the
building. The appearance of the fall was
that ola large ship quietly but rapidly foun,
deriug at sea-" Fortunately no one was
injured by this catastrophe, but the people
of Chichester are inconsolable over their
architectural loss.