Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-09
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ITO the n. Y. POst.I
SUPPLIES IN WASHINGTON.

ITO the n Y. Post.l
| SUPPLIES IN WASHINGTON.
Tha Baltimore railroad is doing much
heavier business than the pubic or gov,
ernment supposed it to be capable of. All
| f.ars of trouble for want of forage or pro-
visions for the army have vanished The
danger of famine or high prices have come
from the lack of enterprise and the dispo-
sitiou of dealers to charge extortionate
prices because the usual channel ofcommu-
/ nication with the North for heavy articles
of merchandise is cut off, Coal still sells
! for ten dollars ton at nearly all the yards,
and oak wood is worth nearly the same
per cord. A cord of wood is not the cord
| of New York or New England by some
curious process the buyer never gets solid
cord for his money, and the trouble neces-
sary to enforce his rights discourages the
buyer from making complaint.
specials to the Philadelphia Press.J
THE RESIGNATION OF oBN. WOOL DOUBTED.
The reported resignation of Gen. Wool
does not seem tn be we'll founded, as the
latest despatch received from him at the
War Department makes no mention of such
an intention.
1t is, doubtless, true that Brigadier Cen
ernl Mitchell, of Cincinnati, has rendered
his resignation.
THE WESTERN DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
The commander-in-chief of the army,
Postmaster General Blair, and the Assist
ant Secretary of War were closeted with
the President during the forenoon to-day.
1t was understood Outside-the informa-
ton coming from n reliable source-that
the affairs OF the army in the West
were under consideration. Fremont has
been succeeded by General Hunter, but IL
is proposed to place GengrHl Meigs in full
command of the Western Department.
General Van Vliet, of General McClellan's
staff, will, it is said, succeed MeigS us
Quartermaster General.
LARGE NEGOTIATIONS.
The Government has just received an in
voice of nearly 5000 bedsteads, through
one of our furniture dealers here. They
are from New York, and are for hospital
use.
THE REBEL ENJOYS.
1t now appears that when Mr.. Sli'lell,
in company with james NJ. Mason, of Viz
ginia, departed for Europe, he took with
| him his wife and interesting son and
daughters. Shrewd men in this quarter,
who know the willy Louisiana Senator,
predict that it is his Intention never to re-
turn; that, SO far from caring about the in
terests of the Confederacy, he is only too
glad to be rid of it; and that, if reverse
should happen to Davis & Co., he will
quietly settle down and cultivate his for
eign tastes, leaving his friends at home to
take care of themselves. 1t is also nsser-
Ted that during his stay at Richmond he
became exceedingly unpopular by his
naughty and dictatorial manner, and par
tirulnrly by his malignant persecution OF
the Northern prisoners. He was never
liked in Louisiana, and thousands of Union
men who have been compelled to espouSe
secession, blame him for driving them into
the conspiracy. This fire in tue rear-ot
which the frery Frenchman. Pierre Soule,
is the leaders, coniiagration that he is
not prepared to meet. Slidell is very
old man-fond of his ease-and has,
doubtless, prepared for the storm, which,
with his peculiar relations to the lending
mOneyed men of Europe, he could easily
do, by clundestinely disposing of sufficient
property to enable him to spend the bal
ance of his days in land to which all his
symputhies has been tending. There is
another reason why Mr.. Slidell will not
feel very anxious to return to the United
States. He cannot leave Europe without
being watched by the thousands of Union
men who know all his purposes; and if he
should leave, the chances are ten to one
that he would be captured and taken back
to the free States, in which he was horn
and of which he has been the most I'M
grateful enemy. 1t is stated that the wild
ow of his own brother, the celebrated Sill
dell Mackenzie, now residing in Norris
town, New Jersey, has stricken the SlideIl
out of her name, and now calls herself
simply Mrs. Mackenzie.
popsnnaI Ttems.
A number of wealthy families of the
United States, who have been residing
abroad for the past few years, have return
cd home to see to their property, which
needs their personal attention in these
times. Other families remaining abroad
are retrcnching their expenses to an unu.