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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
auestions ana Ans1vers.

Prom Noah's 7Taes Gad Rttseager for
this week We eollate the following ques-
tons sud GnsBers:
Q1est;SE-Ny lover has left ms-he
whom thought 20 tTusl Ny heart Is
breaking. lam tired Of The world. aud ]
wish 20 enter convent which, hear, Is
the asylum Of those Who are disappointed
Ia love. CAn ron tell me something Of
eOnVeuts, what the inmates do 70 pass
their tine, and the principal ones in New
York;
Aafp0.--Y0l are eltisely TOO hs4idi-
ous, Mas Dksolate, to be sincere People
40 more joke when their hearts are break
ing than when their teeth are aehing-aDd
that, He respectfully submit, would be
ieat (yes, two feet) beyond the human et-
paeity. We apprehend that you have no
heart 70 fracture, Miss Jocosity, and that
the Article which thamps beneath your
patent railroad WhaI-d' ye-eall-'emsi and
which you complaeentIy imagine Is the
emotional representative OF your affections,
Il nothing bat ealIous bree-pamp des-
igned 70 keep your blood 10 proper eircu-
latiou. When It gives way your friends
will ind Il BeeessaEy, for grave reasons, 70
Converts are places where the weary of
common life sseInde themselves from the
| fFivoIities OF the world in order - Wor-
| ship With . more intense devotion the au-
thor Of their sOufs immortality. They
i pass their time in selE-denyinR pursuits foE
which Ws fear you have little taste and less
inclination. As for the number Of con-
vents in New York. We believe there are
two, bnt really our more Viyaeious wPys
Of life have led Us 50 rarely 70 indulge In
/ gIimPses IN their austere direstion that We
confess TO a melancholy ignoEanee upon
the subject of their locality. But take
i our advice, Desolate, aud aif one man Jilts
thee. love another" Care uAught for
.envious tittle-tattle,u but be honest, af-
fec,ionate and fAithfuJ, and leave the rest
10 Providence for, as Hamlet says 70
Ophelia, @Be thou as ehaste rs ice, rs
tpare rs snow; thou shalt not escape eal-
nmny.r .,.
meaning two children, B insists that q pair
of twins means four children G agrees
with A that the expressiou applies to two
/ only, bat thinks the word pair is superfiu-
Gus Which do yon consider eorreetz
AnsWer-A i'pair of twins" no more
means four individuals than . ''Pair OF
lpAntaioonsn means tWo set Of ''unmeqtion-
Itioaablesn Alvin e one Of two fndivid-
mails born II one birth, and pair Of twins
mean two such individuals,
QUestioH-Ifa volunteer enlists for three
years and dies in the service, is his widow
/ entitled 70 The 500 which he would have
received had he lived to serve his time
outl i5h
Ansra-Yes; the law Of Congress, Of
July 72d. 1861, SaySi ,tAnd the widow. il
there be one, and II not, the legal heir, Of
such as die, or may be killed in the service
in addition 70 all arrears Of pay and all
IoWanee, shall receive the sum Of one hum
dred dollars. =
Qpslti0a-What is the value Of taxable
property in the loyal States7
AnSpr2The assessed value Of taxable
property Of the loyal States, including
Kentucky and Missouri, exceeds twelve
Thousand millions Of dollars.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

TIN news from ths expedition 70 Aeeo-i
nasis cheering Tboso IN arms lay down
thelt HeApens aud ask for protection. Wills
thSiphablisatlt oyfally 66ltthsittElEhl o.
UaiOu troops Ehsls aro gratifying re-.
a suits, and similar win b The result % AZ
rcit every setflon Of ths soath, Is lhs
Rsagti tslslI senilans successfully % q.
sall ne suPttmasy q CUE laws.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

Tar Government at Washington declares
Mason and SIidell t.contraband of war"
In this respect. then, they are placed on
the same footing as the slaves of rebels.
This is new phase of the NEGRO equali-
tyn doctrine.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

pIsItSouisREp K0ulaskians speak Of NJ.
Thomas Hart Clay, tAe eldest sou etHsury
Clay, q TIE probable successor Of BsoekIR.
Elage: TAeisyslty Of Sc, Clay Is without
stain oE EepFoaeh.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
a ChoIko In Time.

We learn from correspondent with
Gen. Stones column that
sThe boys have nick named the army
contractors in general 'Shoddies,H aud
when any OF these persouages make their
Appearance the cry Of .Shoddyl Shoddy Z
goes mp from all parts Of the camp
Which suggests 70 Haaity Far this
pleasing little thing
II a Shoddy
Meet Shoddy
A.tAking Of his frye,
And Shoddy
Ohokes Shoddy
Need anybody cry2
On the contrary. quite the reverse
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

TaE right man in the right place atlnst,
James N. Mason nAmblssadoFn in Fort
Warren.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
ela,auan,t slf4.ucase--Interesi-

The j ss0n and slfdsu Case--Interesf-
ing COErespondenees
The folleWiag letters isl their own
aLosDos, nov. 10 1851.
..Hsa B1lail h Se,sard. Sex IF St&t Il
y.
4DEaE Sm-The commander Of the
Br.tist steamer Treat has laid before Her
Nzieat s ninisteFsa statement Of the tos-
chile q ling of several passengers from said
vessel ~ Captain wilkes, OF The United
States loop oE-war San Jaeiuto- What IN
: the detil possesseI Captain wilkes To go
and ID att Didu't be know that 70 be
the2veE1 hing shat his government would
not AID y British vessels 10 do With Amer.
lean Vazsels, aad thai our refusal 70 aban-
don tho factiee led 70 the var Of 1872 -
By All he beef in Great Britain. if you
don't . ogise for this indignity offered 70
oar hag ne shall be down on you % know
the reas6n Why. Her Najesty's ministers
are pArilc1laEiy annoyed that Capt. Wilkes
. should lave 50 h@ exceeded his instrne-
tions iast At the present time, when We
have Iittle pitching iRtO each other about
belligersnt rights, breaking bloekades,
the Snpply IF cotton, and so forth. Lets
hear from you. What are you going TO do
about q
BY lhe Eay, while have pen in hand
that Was ,psEy clever manceuTre Of Com
EaoIoee 1spoat's At the stack on the forts
At Port Rsysl. The fact is, there Was ma
val geni1s 10 il. If We bad only thought
Of doing % a. Sebaslopol We might have
saved our ships from good riddling-
lake the cppQttaaitJ 70 renew. &e-
sP. s. Re y1uash tal1en 5 any Sea
Island cotton from those Confederate Fas4
sails, send it aloug- Wen pay more for it
than cousin Iap- B.
sHIEH1HaToH. Nov. 18Th, 1881
NJ Dear H6A6raBLt Bun Yours Of
this date Is just in BY Telegraph, via
/ Behriag : Straits and San Francisco. YOu
say tkAt Captain Wilkes took several pas
sengers from the British steamer Trent.
So be did. He took SIidell and Mason. the
very tEo fellows that We have particularly
waSteA. What in the devil possesses you
TO ask as 10 apologize for doing the VeEy
thing 0Ree which you have done 3 thousand
times, and claim the right TO do just when
yO1 please? The truth is, II was . new.
case for our captain, and having no In
! struetons. be cast about for pEeeedents,
which be fouad in the time-honored prae-
tiee OF the British naval commanders l
dba't know where be could have found a
safer example
On tie whole, you may consider that We
apologize. shall look after the cotton
and see that you have the preference over
Nap, II you SfFer higher price than be
Il take occasion to renew, &c, &c.
awe IT SFWERp. Sec of State
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

THn destruction Of the long and costly
bridge over the Cumberland river, just
north Of Nashville, viii make It no longer
possible % rush troops through at ratirUad
speel from Manassas % Bowling Green.-
They must stop atiNashyifle, change cars,
ana be fstrisd hrefUss a deep siyer. With
very Inadequate means Of transportatiou.
Supplies, wagon trains, ARTILLERY. viii have
70 be sent aeroai ia the same way. But
he moral erect Il far greater than The ma
tsrtai, inasmueh As II has created a feeling
lag Of insecurity sad sisFm among thS RIB
Sli. There are enemies IN their midst, and
shsy Do 10 tknsR Rhom % trust.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

a Ellra 0lf hnE. ~ kssp eaeh Etar
80 arr = flfEh1 - - Ghsy UHJa5
HtlEata IFlali en- Ealn % ERS
fili Sat atOTs 90 pltristis EEBVas
800 - ~ fllitnF fliEt u1l1l4 dEFS
TotFll q thfca1h - d1st e $500.
lnh1lsIt halEf1 ~ ~ yill thafs
An1 GIlOu = % DpafA - E1na-
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

ARreema.oa who is no. fee MasOn-
James N. Mason. the Ambassador:
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
On Tie contrary. quite the Reversed

AZ irrnption OF Yankees is threatened 81
Beaufort The frst these South carolini-
ans know the town will be laid out in COR
ner lots, Seward street crossing Lincoln
Avenue, and both bordering on Cameron
Square. There viii be newspaper aud a
patensnedicins store, a steam fettyb1at,
ana Hsnfs Ward Beeeher will be sdyertis.
sd % giss lecture on the relations Of
fsseaOn - slavery . civilization,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
ale occasion to renew, &C., &c.
l.Wr. H. SEWARp. Sc. % Sc

AWN- II. SEWARD, Sec. OF oEate-
up. 8. We are in doubt here which was
the more eie1er-caPtain wilkes nRb6ipg
Of Siidell and Mason, or Commodore Du-
pontIs futerseeting circles before the forts
u P6 Royai. How much are you going
70 ps5 a Tor keeping Mason ont of Eng
iandfe W. HIS"
aLoNDoS, Nov. 10, 1851.
HRoa. RIlian II. SsEGrd, SeeTefgEg, &c.
.YourE OF this date il received Her
Majesty's ministers say ALI right, We on
" wanted TO give little soothing syrup TO
The AnIatto Confedsracy. Quits about
Mason. az
II avail myself, &C., Bull"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

John siidell, late Q. 8. A., was 50 nam
ed from sliding down waser-sPout, once
on q time, 70 escape from mans house,
where he had no Cproper) business. So
the newspapers say, anyhow. This occur
rcd when be was youugman living In
New York. He was called stids-weli, but
Whsn ae went South he changed It 70 Sill
deli, for short. BE won't fiud any friend
II wAter-spout nj Fort Warren. We hope
the NEXT time he has anything to do with
a spout be viii 60 up it, instead Of down,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

f,fap Rtofs are expected ia Augusta,
ca hon the szasposatSd and suffering
people there, BFssastaE spsealsilenI
bare esoitsa Ihem.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

MOTTO for Geu. Sherman, 'in DiEie's land
[ take my stand.r
Possible military bands for Gen. sher-
The powder used at the bombsrdmeut of
Beaufort-Dupont's.
Fleet arrival and feet departure. Beau.
fort, S. c., Saturday, Nov. 9th.
Our feet at Beaufort seems to have been
met at the landing with flying color"
chiefly assorted shades of black.
What will soon set the rebels at Beau
fort in a pncker ?-one assorted cargo PEI
STmHosss.
Though the Federal troops arrived at
Beaufort in transports, it is not STATED that
the Inhabitants left in any such manner.
Instead of cutting the threats Of the
Northern hirelings, the BEAUFORT contra
bands only euttheir stieks, aud hung their
bundles on them.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

NJ. NAnrtx FARevHaR TUrrEE was re.
Gently thrown from his carriage, and sus-
tained fracture Of one rf6s- Exehaags.
Ills 70 be hoped hs Will get we'll as soon
IS psssibis, for he will uaaOpbtualy put ia
hit tIt1s darlns his eonRasment Ia grind.
log out aptpystblal Philosophy"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

- Ths bsst d Of Eh6 SSssoaiS Foft War
Fin on 1smsH.tl. Nasen-'lAmhasIAdot.g- :.
We would Be glsa % lss some more 81 che
iSans seTt "lFy u c9,'
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
By THE GOVERNOR.
a PROGTAMATION.

"HRRKAs. InfoEmatton has been Aid before ne
w that on the night Of The Soth Oeto6eES lS6lt
EM- BRAKE and GEORGE BLAIR, residents Of
the eoanty Of Lewis Sere mnfdeEed 1n1eE eirsqrn
RtRuenl AZ great AkAoeity. aud WILLIAM q. RIER-
ron. EV6CH CUNNINGHAM anI CHRISTIAN
SIMON, are charged With aid offence,
nov, therefore, !, REASEIs Il. PulPoIST, Govern
or a virginia a. authorized by law do hereby oder
A REWARD OF THREB HUNDRED DOLLARS for
the apprehension and securing In jan o. the sid
WiLlfEm O. PieFson. Enoeh Cunningham and Chris
tlan Sfm61, or ONR HUNDRED DOLLARS tOr the
arrest ard delivery q any one u then.
49,, Given nnfeT my hand. and the Les sal Of
LIS the C0uulonWellIh ~ The City 81 v heeiing,
l--J thls 1RthSday Of November, 1851, and In the
eIEhty-sixth year Ct the Commonwealth.
?. a PEIRPoISr,
BY the 0Susrnoe: >
LA H1gANs,
DESCRIPTION.
Wa g. Pi.rson-Blaeh5ra heavy built, light
eonapIsxton. sd abSat Is ysaEs-
Eloch CuualnEhan-RaIhaE slender, light eo1a-
pIe1foR, aeod about - yeaEs.
DAbees hbo1t 5 yeSrS old n0Tzse-Std nv
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22

OF coatss he won't stand 1t, but We are
anxious 70 know just how aud when he
proposes TO qdrfys back the iayader.,g &c.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-22
ITDa he Ciasnnati aasltfa-l
The Price of HoRS

We are in receipt of 3 communication
from al inteIligeut gentleman, 10 Indiana,
in which he charges that the depression IN
the price Of hogs in the result Of amer
esutiIe monopoly or IN other words q
combination OF pork packers against farm
ers. Those who are acquainted with the
history Of the pork trade In this city viii
regard this as very singular charge, in
asmueh as the most active competition,
has, in every year, for the last twenty
years, carried prices mp 10 the very highest
that could be touched With even the aP-
pearanee of safety. In all this time, VIC
are safe in saying that two dollars were
lost TO the one that vas made. Compare
lively few have escaped from the wreck.
Some have grown rich in the trade, through
prudence; but for every one of these, sew
eraI bankrupts can be counted.
Coming 10 the present time: Last season
the average price of hogs in this market
vas within 4 fraction Of Sc 90. That WAS
A pretty round price, to have been paid un-
der the operations of REORGANIZATION audit
proved a ruiuous price, for the average loss
on last seasons business was not less than
fifty per cent. Now packers, smarting un-
der the losses, are naturally cautious. II
is proper that it should be so. But there
Is no combination. 1t requires nothing Of
this kind to depress prices. The latter
have given way under the operations Of
the laws of trade. Hogs are now selling
az So 20. Products are correspondlngly
low in all the markets Of the country. No
combination here could bring about this
stats of things. Il Wonld be simply im-
possible 10 produce this result By ertthet-
N means. II is he natural effect Of the
laws Of trade
If our correspondent can see any way to
dispose Of provisions so rs to get 81 80 for
hogs, which is the price he thinks they
should bring, he ought to go into the bu-
siness At once. So much tor the present
Now as to the future. The condition OF
the trade may be thus briefly stated -
Should the war continue a year, hogs At
So per 100 lbs. net might be very dear. Il
is the opinion Of packers that. with crop
such as can be turned out by the West, and
the high freights that are expected TO pre-
vail, 50 long as river navigation is closed,
investments At the price named would be
more likely to make loss than profit
II on the other hand the Southern mar
ket should be opened in four or even si1
months, large profits would be realized.
This is precisely the "situatiOu." If
feeders are so disposed, they can take the
war risk Itiso impression that farmers
who are capable of curing meat properly
had better kill aud pack their own hogs
They cannot, At the worst, lose very heayt-
IL. They may realize large profit. BE.
sides, the adoption Of this policy would
prevent the pressure Of heavy supplies OF
hsgs upon the leading markets.
, 1861-07-01
Camp Disease worse than Battle.

In the ctimean wy, England lost 33,84s
2 2G58 only were killed In action, and !, ISL died
Of wounds. Bnt 6.298 died OF disease In the
camp hospitals. 13 GOO were discharged incura.
bic, msny Of whom, no doubt, subsequently,
died. To every one taken wounded to the
hespita1e, twelve we're taken there sick, and
among the wounded disease was often the sec
ondary condition, so that Of this class those
who died. fell victims more frequently to pre-
vious disobedienee to sanitary lar than to
: wounds received in battle. In the first seven
months Of the Crimean campaign, the Eng
lsh troops died In ratio Of 90 per cent, a
year.
In the French army, the statistics are no
lees appalling. In four months, there were
47,D0 cases Of typhus in the hospitals, Of
which g. third werefa In the twenty months
Of the camraign, there were 1893 coo cases Of
iuva1idism, less thau onefoufth of (which were
from wounds, the other three-four{hs being
cases Of disease. About 5000 perished ID
battle or died Of wounds received there; but
$1,000 died Of sickness, and 65,000 were dis
charged for il1ncss, q large proportion Of whom
probably never recovered.
Our own experience in the Mexican War
IVES Of The came character. Among our troops,
tttre perithed at the seat of war 1885, and
l2,252 we're discharged because Of illness. or
these last, many died on their way hom ;, and
many more after they reached there; so that it
was calculated by those who were most likely
to come 10 an accurate estimate, that our en-
tire lofs Was from II. .0c0 to 1900. But there
we're billed In battle and died Of wounds only
1,54s; the other 13 600 to 16, 900 perisbed from
disease,
Like causes produce like effects. We have
sent into the field an army not less already,
Probably, than lot, GOO men. Already, the H.
va]ided men begin to straggle home; already
the ranks are thinned to fill the hospitals; a.
ready, insufficient hospitals, inefficient medical
attenca ance, the want Of proper medicines, the
want Of trained nurees, the want Of general
hygenic organ uization, are sending men from
the hospital to the grave, instead Of returning
them to the field. 1t Is the sure beginning Of
q certain end. The causes which will produce
it have, as Jet, only had time to BOW the seeds
Of the drcad harvest that must be reaped here.
after. With Summer heats, with more active
service, with forced marches, with exposures,
with the excitement and turmoil Of battle, the
imprcvidence o1 raw troops, the insufficient
and ill., cooked food, the pfiVations from hasty
attacks or hurried retreats, will be brought
into activity aud combination all those sub
tie il fueEces ont Of which outraged nature
produces pestilenco' to spread through
canpe, and penetrate Into every tent, as
insidicusly and per7adingly and as secretly
as an evening mist.
1t is to meet and ccunteract this state Of
things that 3 Sanitary Board Of Inquiry and
Advice has been created By the Government,
at the suggestion Of the Acting Surgeon
General Of the United States Army, DR..
, 1861-07-01

GLAZE JAcKsoN's .CoNsp1RASy-WHATW Was
KNOWN OF IT IT TExAs.-It appears that the
treachery Of Governor jackson and his friends
was well understood at the South even before
it: developments in Missouri The Houston
(Ttxas) Telegraph Of the 14th inst. has the fol-
lowing: -
Reliable Intelligence, from the very best au-
the1i.y, has been received to the effect that
MlssLuri Will soon be in revolution, and that
Governor Jackson calls upon the South for as.
sista1cc. Ho wants all the men and arms he
car get, and must lave them Immediately.
Til, rc Is no doubt about this. The fntelli-
gance comes to us from SOURCE which can
Lot be questioned, though, for prudential rea-
sons, ne are not at liberty to say from whence
We receive it. Here is q field opened for our
fighting men-one in which they may do good
service, not only to the Confederate States at
large, and to Missouri particularly, bat also to
Texas. With foe 20 much nearer home, it
will not be likely that Lane or Montgomery
Will visit Norlhtm Texas. Let Texans, then,
aim snd to horLe, and fly without delay to the
succor of Missouri
, 1861-07-01

The editor Of the Lancaster (PA} Examiner,
In letter to that paper from Washington,
tells the following good story Of General
Scott: = -.
II the storm Of war that is nox pouring fu-
y and destruction upon the South, not the
least proof that the hand OF Providence holds
the helm is the gratifying fact that Whitfield
ecott. the comm1nder:in-chief Of ths Federal
forces, although beyond The Tar meridian Of
Life, stu preserves !rnshaken- mind fult OF
ca'mness ard deliberate Judgment, to aid IN
the tn11 Vindication Of the Constitutional an.
thor1ty Of the Federal Government, and the
maintenance Of the Union In Its integrity.
must give an Incident let alp from the War
Departments . day or two ago, that Ia strongly
tchbrseA I16tic OF his cooIness snd9 powerful In
gepuity. IN military akili. - -
;. 6erelal DAY s aGo The General Tas called up
oo.by Visgintao, Hhom be recognized a. an
old acqraihtanse Tho visitor, ertakIng his
Feat, isrk]y acknowledged bis allegiance to
lie Southern Cooftdtrasy, but presumed that
as be came asn messenger Of mercy, he nj ,ht
safely Claim By the courtesiea Of war q friend
.lF4rrstok t:op- Upon snt ASSURANCE Of entire
s:fify, he told BIZ story thrs. e an In ale
tg'auen rItb the; ;Conf; f;de7a*e Arpy. to WHICH
Fave literally supplied mfz', and nooeY, md
:,u* ard 1t ret jnstjsy fnd tucp ri e.
sik.s1ce to the Ncr.hern Invasion, my individ-
, 1861-07-01

"a fense OF honor and personal retpect tor:
5our l1 military E7eatness .mpel1ed mo Is hazzrd
frankly ten you IT, Il ~ asn q 'c eontnirase9s tg1s
2 P4tIanE yong e<<a4saination, there Is ono who,
~ ze.t egqiar ltergals, without suspicion or a.
IN, 'F.>trs your camps aud communicates
m1'n 5our officers. From my own personal
Ledge he hss, under the gnise Of patriotic
devotion TO the Government, removed every
OBSTACLE, aud Is be has thoroughly perfected
nas pisns, God only knows af Whist moment
taey sE.I may Pat them into execution and you
The Central gratefully thanked him for his
G1endly devotion, and asked description Of
h's treacherous murderer, which was given
him ia detail. After the departure of the
chiva'ric Vuginian, the General, insteai Of
being shocked appalled, Or foror:at1ack, mers
II tlDt!ed, which to his Secretary Was incom
;p1eheuMh1e, Who anxiously inquired what 1t
al meant Z The Generals reply was sThat's
Bob sgaIn he is beginning to 1uurd II ne As
he did in Mexico. Bab's se2d 6p5, tnt be
60 .ofttn unnecessarily troubles ny friends
that he 1nnEt stop it"