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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12

Miss ArabclIa Smith Travels and
Talks--She Respects Men According
as they are Married and Singlc--Sho Q
Attends aLevee mt the White House.
You cannot think how mortified have
been since came to Washington. told
you what handsome presents had bought
for Captain Augustus Adolphus Leonidas
Smith. Well, thought it would please
Aunt Morrison, and so 1 showed them to
her. "Why, child" she exclaimed, "you
must all be fools in New York, TO make
such things for u soldier. Catch our South
ern girls at such nonsense. You should
have made him some good Strong flannel
shirts and funnel drawers; (she speaks
pretty plninIy, does Aunt MorrisonO and
you must not send him these, or he aud
you will both be laughed at.n With that
She whipped out of the drawing with
the presents, and l have not seen them
since.
i am real sorry for Lucy welles. She
had attached small gold charm to her
hair watch guard, with her first name en-
graved on it, md the words e Faithful to-
before it. She said itwould be so romau-
tic to have that found near to dear Gus's
heart if he was killed.in battle. And 1t
would have been, wouldn't it? I.inenn 10
have the presents back again, for if Gus
canuot wear those slippers know q young
gentleman who can. Aud he'll almost
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12

R5-SPEcL4L SOTIcEs Double the above rates
AS-Yearly Advertising on reasonable terms aecOr-
ding to the space occupied and the number changes
made.
AlladvertisementsfrU frUm transient persons strang
ers- to be paid for in ddrdHog. -
business Cards not exceeding lines SO per yeSr,
or Sc for ak months but for shorter period nothing
will be counted less than a square.
The privilege Of Annual Advertising Is limited 20
the Advertiser own Immediate business: and all
advertisements for the benefit of other prisons as
well all legal advertisements, and advertisements
ofaucton sales and real estate, in by them us-
be paid for at the usual rates. =4sE
G3-AdversieementH not accompanied with TTitte.i
drectiOns will be inserted until forbid ,and charged
accordingly.
Notices for Political Meetings to be charged in au
Gases ut full rites.
Marriages. Notlcesof Funerals, and announcements
Of sermons, so cents each. noTll-59 e'
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
NEW YORK Is ARMS.

How gay New York is with flagsl The
stars and stripes aoat on the fainting AIR
in the warm highways; the shopwindows
are full of prints of martial character
soldiers, iremen, or corps Of eccentric cos
tune, Ellsworth. Scott, Greble, battles and
charges, Tomkins and Sig Bethel. There
arc little Zouaves led by nurses aud old
light infantry men, abdoraiuuus and spec
tacled, ON the tTonoirs. All the cleric tribe
arc in gray or blue glories. There are tents
in the public squares, rows of sheds in the
'splaces," wherein are soldiery quartered
who came hither on their way TO the seat
of war; placarls about books of tactics, IL
lustrated with staring red and scarlet Zou-
ayes in impossible attitude. [0hl dear
me, how tired am becoming of these i'm
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
Missouri lIiningCO Company.

Incorporated Feb. 22d, 1881.
CAPITAL STOCIx.................S5O 10000.
rIlHIs COMPANY is PoRMED FOR THE PUR-
Il pose of advancing the great mining interests OF
purely phlanthropfc motives in initiating this
terprisc. We believe that the stock be made to
pay large dividends, and at the same time real
good accomplished and greater progress made in de-
VelOping and making known the astonising mineral
wealth Of Missouri. than by the Of five times the
amount Of our capital invested in any other business.
We shall make the office Of our Company
plete mining bureau Of the mineral resources of tho
State. We have power under our charter to pur-
chase and sell mineral lands wherever located in
Missouri. Great inducements will be offered to cap
italiss aud mining adventurers, 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 us statement
of the sne, describing the kind of minerals their
lands tho number Of acres the location and the low
cS price they willing to take for said lands.
Wo shall work only such mines rs pay largely, but
shall open and prove most Of the lands wesell The
the office of the Company, Main street, northwest
corner of Locust, over Merchants hank entrance
No. u Locust street. All who feel an nertBt In ths
business, aud have money, will do we'll to call and
subscribe. Those wishing stock, living out Of the
city, secure IL by enclosing ten pgr cont Of tho
amount wanted TO the President or Treasurer.
DIRECTORS:
Henry D. Bacon, Esq, Matthew Butler, Esq,
Alfred Clanp, Esq, LIB: Hnrwood, Esq7
JoSepli Lathrop, Esq. B.M. Lynch, Esq,
L. v. Dogy, Esqa Joseph Payne, RsqY
lleuIy ". DhCOn1i 81 -t-eL u. W .bORy.
~ BUTLER, Treas. ALFRED OLAPP, Pres't.
Tho above prospectus has up to this date been
published In only one of our leadug papers for ten
days. No extrR efforts to get stock taken have been
made; yet the public so well appreciate tho sound
ness Of the enterprise that over two hnndted thous-
and dollars of the stock has already been taken. We
would briefly state that the shares S25 each, paid
In full without further liability; transferable by de-
livery; registered only when dividends are received.
Any person having money to spare. can, by the pur
chase OF shares in tho Missouri Mining Company
make an Investment that will pay largely, and hold
stock that is readily converted into cash with0utloss
All communications to the President promptly
answered. ft9aAtf 20 u rnh50-d&w2m
st. Louis, No., March %, 1861. 4.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
ACTION.

One thing may mention-the relations
which were almost jeopnrdized by the use
of language and the adoption of tone
not provoked by England are in a much
more satisfactory condition. Another
the party of action are gaining ground,
and General Scott will be forced to move
onward, though he will do as little as he
can till he is ready for decisive work.
Still, these movements will auuse the
public, aud may possibly produce some ac-
tions of greater Importance than it is in
tended. sIcClellan's column is this day
moving on toward Beverly, and if Wise
holds his Virgininns together there, there
must be collision. II does not appear to
me that Beauregard will be directly attack
ed at Manassas. The real base of opera
tions is from Fortress Monroe and Hamp-
ton on Richmond. OF this more by and
by. The civilians and the military arc, of
course, divided in council. Tue former
are for Immediate actiouj they want to
walk without legs.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
ROADSIDE SOLDIERS.

Another change which / observed on
getting into the railway train on Tuesday
morning was the appearance of many men
in uniform among the passengers. They
were on their way to the camps, and be-
longed, apparently, to Il respectable class
of citizens-steady, staid people, without
the swash-buckler, gallant, bravadO air of
the Southerners, but probably animated by
n proper amount of puguacity. When last
travelled this way the train WAS filed
with Office seekers
As the carriage approached Baltimore
the signs that war was in the land, and
that we were in an enemy's country, thick
ened, aud evinced most forcibly of all the
immense magnitude of the change which
has taken plnce since first journeyed to-
wards the capital. There are many rivers
and watercourses which. cross the line of
the railroad in the valleys between the un-
dalating woodlands aud pleasant fields of
Ma: :yIand. These are traversed by bridges
of wood or causcways on piles. AT each
bridge the white tents of an encampmcnt
CLEANED through the trees and foliage of
the bank, and groups Of armed men turn
ed out to take II look ut the train us it
passed. Their presence is signiticsnt.-
Sentinels are on duty and pickets are
thrown out as if in face of an enemy, and
by these means communications are kept
open with Washington. Al Baltimore it
self the evidences of military occupation
were more striking. For miles on the
Northern side of the city, camps crowned
the knolls and and hills, and close upon
the river the tents were so thick that one
might imagine the city was about to be
invested by an enemy.
From Baltimore to Washington the
camps increased in number, aud as the I'M
finished dome of the capitol came in view,
and the spires and domes of churches and
public buildings rose on the wooded shores
above the Potomac. the rays of the setting
sun lighted up the canvas cities whose
denizens were keeping watch and ward
over the seat of the United States govern
ment; aud from thetdark highlands across
the river, ou the soil of Virginia, other en-
campments cropped out from the dense
| green; and on all sides fo0ted the Stars
and Stripes, visible even in the distance on
land whence their expulsion was promised
long ago to the faithful.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
PUBLIC cENsuRE.

The invective which was formerly direc-
ted against universal suffrage and coguate
institutions is now apparently employed
in denouncing the corruption of conuac-
tors, and evil at the War Department. aud
one journal openly speaks of "swindling
aud plunder' as agencies and results not
unknown in the transaction of business
there. There is also much unsound ad-
vice rendered or forced on the authorities
respecting the plan of the campaign, and
writers who are quite ignorant of war or
its requirements demand that the Gener-
ais shall Immediately push forward to
Richmond with nm army which has neither
transport, artillery nor cavalry adequate to
such an operation.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
ilggntelltgtnftt
TnRMs oF ApvERTIsINe.

TwE1vE soIID LrIs OF NoNPAREn, (oa osr racH, J on
LE5s, XAKR SouABE.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12

itations OF my excellent friends, ia which
little is successful, except the bagginess of
the brceches and the color of the uniform. J
Advertisements Concerning arms and
equipage meet the eye in all directions
There is crowd around window in
which is displayed secession oficer'sca
and as it is all stained with blood the ex-
hibitor is justified in saying, as he does,
that the owner was killed This is t'rel-
ic;" there is a strong feeling for relics in
the States.
New York is up in arms and eager for
the fray, even though there is much loss
and great suffering caused by the war
See, for instance, that assamblage of wn-
men, young and Old, some with children
by their sides or infants in their arms, be-
fore that large house. These are wives
and mothers Of volunteers, reduced by
their absence in the wars to dependence on
charity, and awaiting their turn to come
before the distributors of the fund raised
in New York for the purpose. The ap-
peHrdnce aud dress of mnny of these wo-
men would lead TO the belief that they did
not belong 70 the class usually exposed to
such trials. l could not judge of the JUS
tice of the expression on my mind, that
the ladies are not as busy in cartridge ma
king, l;nt scSping, and uniform sewing rs
they ure down South; bat dare say they
are busted with works of charity as much
as their fair sisters.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
Interesting News!
A New OIL Well just Discovered!


Epery 40 cents invested 10;u yield 81 north
IN ADVANCE OF THE NEW HIGH TA1IPP.
100 CASES OF NEW SPRING AND SUMMER
,lNO DRY GOODS T1 "
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
all prices, sono low 80 cts per yard worth at
least 81 aud Plain Silks low ms 3Ic per yard
25 pieces of Plain Black sinks for Dresses and Mnn-
tillas
Travelling Dress Goods for only SC per yard worth at
least 2Oc
Lawns and Lawn Robes, plain and figured Bereges
and Derega Robes.
Double width grey black and white Bereges for
shawls and busters; some worth 81, for only 80 cts
c6allies and Delaines Ginghams and Chintzcs,
n large stock; some ~ dark French Chtntzes, for
l5c por yard worth AT least SIC, and light ChintZes
at 25c per yard. -a---- --A
SIIAwLS-l0O Grape shawls, all eolors, from to
so dollars piece; 20 Twisted silk ShIwls, new
styles; 100 Stella shl~lI, some IS low as 81:
silk aud Cloth busters and CloaIs, at all prices
for Ladies' and Misses. l1s.-- al .Tt
French Lace Mlntles of all the latest styles.
largo stock OF Enbroideries and White Goods.
500 doz. Ladies' Hose, some worth l5c, Tor bI4 els
pair. .se.i
D0MESr1CS.-Past colorel Prints, twarranted,)
for 10, s and GIc per yard, worth l21%, 10 and &c
per yard. BleaGhed and unbleaChed Aluslins Of all
widths and qualities. Irish Linen aud Linen Table
Cloths Mt all prices.
CARPETS-IJ pieces OF Ingrnin, 3 ply and super
fine Carpets Rt all prices.
A good assortment of Boys Ready Mado Clothing,
and many other goods, TOO numerous to mention all
of which have been bought for cash from Importers,
ALEX 1EESNiAS,
ap2 1877 Main St, Wheeling Va.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
NUMBER z
Jas. MAxwELI. T.J.cAMPBEL. r. TTNoLE.
MAXWELL, ,CAAIPBELL&TINGLE
Wholesale Grocers
COMM ISSION MERCHANTS
No.6 Main ASt..VheelinR. Va,


HAVE NOW IN STORE
950bbls. Prime N. o. SIolssses,
125 hlf bbls. do 4'
220 hhds. fully fair to prime n. o. Sugar.
l25 bbls. Cr., GranulAted, PoW'd and Coffee Sugars
IS Brune's Golden Syrup.
IS " New York do
500 bngs good fair to prime Rio Codee
60p0ckets Java Coffee. f Htit
IS boxes Satl Ii. n lump Tobacco
IS do various standard brands Sc Tobacto.
Is do NJ do do lOs do
10 eAses ''Hunters', as rs do
10 do "Don ouirotep 6 do l4-a
95 hitch, Y. u aud @. P. Tea.
IS do 0oloug and Pouehong Tea
100 bbIs No. 8 Med. and LIZ. Mackerel. g
so g Tar, large sizc.
Is tIerces Rice. $500
Pepper, pimento, Nutmegs, Gloves, Cass
Mustard, Ginger, Indigo, Bl-Carb. Soda,
Salarntus, Soap, Candles, Wash boards, B cketB,
Tubs, Brooms, Nails, and all other aFti, les en-.
braeed in tho Grocery line. mh2
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
DIR. RUssELL,s LAST LETTER,

Curious aud Imstructive ReEectIons
on the Chnn&etIiRt has Dec urred Ia
the North During his Visit South--
His Notes by tho Way from New
Al
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12

lust RECEIVED AND FOR SAVE.
O small lot Of BuckWheat Flour and Corn Meal
sacks tor family use, by
nnvlO LIST. M0RRIRnN h -CN
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12

TRY THE LIQUID RENNET.-.
i makes the cheapest dessert that can be man
and the hesithie5t. Only IS ets q bnttls. 9 d
E. B0cBIEG,5Agt,
APPS Odd Fellows Hail Drug Store
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12

HOSIERY.-Lsadies. Misses and Childrpp's
IL Mems and Boys Hosiery, Of all qualities and
p %yio COOPER sBvsRNEY.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-12
Assets, january Il 4 1890

The INCOME Of this Company is DOUBLE that
any other Fire Insurance Corporation Ia the
United States.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20

For professional and business cards, lin
Guiding the Daily paper,) not exceeding
five lines, for IL months, $l5-without
paper. $40.
The privilege Of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business; and the business Of an
advertising firm is not considered as inclu-
ding that Of its individual members.
Advertisements published at irregular
intervals, 81 per square for each insertion
Announcing candidates for District or
State Office, $40; for Parish office, $40;
City office, S5-to be pa,d in advance.
Al: advertisements for strangers or tram
sicnt persons, to he paid in advance.
Advertisements not marked OH the CODY
fox specified time, will he inserted till
forbid, and payment exacted.
Marriages aaI deaths will be published
As news; obituaries, tributes Of respect, and
funeral invitationA as other advertisements
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20

4 Scrap t1ons Hs*tory.-It is cir
cumstance somewhat remarkable that
Virginia was the eighth Of the thir-
teen to give its adhesion to the Fed
eral Constitution in 1887, and is now
the eighth State Of the South to Sc
cede from it. But what is more, her
recent reluctance to leave the Union
was only equalled by her original
aversion to become a part Of it, un-
der the Constitution that was presen.
ted for ratification. The Convention
OF 1857 was composed of members, a
majority of whom were elected to re-
ject the Federal Constitution; and it
was only after the clause declaring
that 1.-the power granted under the
Constitution, being derived from the
people Of the United States, BE- re-
sumed by them whensoever the same
shall be perverted to their injury and
oppression, and that every power no.
granted thereby, remains with them
at their will," was inserted in the or
dinance Of ratification. that six or
more Of the majority opposed to the
measure consented to vote for IT.
Even with this accession Of strength.
the Constitution was carried only by
a vote of eighty-nine to seventy-nine.
Charleston Courier.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20

Canada asdMe Confederate States
The Toronto Leader, referring to the
war between the Confederate and the
United States, remarks:
Canada is part Of the British
Empire, and no matter what our SYM
pathies may be, we have no right to
do anything that would in the reno
test degree commit England to one
side or the other in this unfortunats
civil war. Nor viii any such thing
be permitted. As the Southern Con
federacy is by almost universal ad-
mission. sure ut last to take it's place
among the nations of the earth, there
is no reason why Canada should give
it cause OF entertaining bad feelings
against US.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20

Senator Hunter, Of Virgima, in /.
speech IN Congress abcnt q year ago,
estimated the annual exports Of the
slave States at two hundred millions
of dollars; freight paid TO Northern
vessels on these exports, fourteen
millions; freights paid to Northern
vessels on return cargoes, seven
millions; freight paid same in the
coasting trade. twenty millions
frei ght paid same in the coasti66e
trade, twenty millions: manufac,
lures by the North consumed by the
South annually, fesr hundred and
eighty Millions Of dollars! He then
shows that
At a moderate estimate, between
three and four millions of the peeple
OF the Northeastern States owe their
subsistence entirely to the commerce
OF the South, but for which they
would be compelled to starve or emi-
CRATE He shows almost that seven
millions of the inhabitants of the
Northwestern States are also suppor-
ted by the market for their products
afforded by the South, and that. the
money paid by the Northwestsrn
States for the products Of the North
western States is obtained mainly
from the South and he thus shows
that a large portion Of the popola-
ton OF the Northeastern and North
western States is sustained by slave
Labor Mr. Hunter then proceeds to
show that the operation Of protective
tariffs, and even tariffs for revenue,
have thrown the agricultural States
of the South, who, being the chief
consumer of the protected articles,
have paid the increased price into
the pockets Of the Northern produ-
GERS.
1t is to compel us to continue this
tribute to the end Of time that the
North pours down it's hordes. ,fss
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20
NO. So.

/; Alice, Tslbat Blaad hol,aas yoa ,ot, 70 his
heartr ~ - j =
The joyful ssrprise was too much
Tor bef asee0saesd fsme. She lay
powsfisss il my sakuk1 and : fa;9t
Puisation aleae ted that sh> was
alive. At intervals she opened her
mild eyes, and gazsd tenderly on nv
face; h1t wAsn she tried ,te sn.eaf
her words died away IN sighs. 7saw.
when it was too late to reetifv NV
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20
a ASSOCIATIONS
NJ Il S o MIC.

W A s o N7C
SHREVEPORT LODGE off
~ and A. II. No. lis, meets
every Friday at "a p. NJ.
joins w. JONES, W. 81.
J. II. BEownlee, Sec'y.
Shreveport Chapter of r. 4. II. No. 10,
meets on the End and 4th Monday Of each
month, at ZAP NJ JIG. MCWiLLIAMs.
7. G. Waller, Recorder. III
Shreveport CovucN. r. and s. N. No. $.
meets on the lst and Sd Saturday of each
month, at "a p. NJ. EMMETT u. CRAIG.
Henry Levy. Recorder. T.'.G..M
Place Of meeting, at the Masonic Hall
OH Texas street, over Mayors office. no24
Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-20

ATTORNEYS At LAW.
b. L. HODGE.
Attorney at Law.
IDtee orev CAilders + Beayd's Store
Cor. Texas and Spring sts.,
nl-1yd SHREvEPORT, La.
L. N. MUTT, !
Attorney at Law.
Office, corner Milan + Market Ssreets
| SHREvEPoRr, LA.
Practices in Caddo, Bossier and
Deooto. nlO-1yd
LEON d. MARKS. THOS. G. POLLOCK.
MARKS + POLLOCK.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
Shreveport, La.
4 RACTICE in copartnership in all
the courts held in the city of Shreve-
port, and in the parishes of De Soto
and Bossier.
Office on Market street near Milan.
n3-d-y.
RobT. }. LOONEY. SAM'L WELLS.
LOONE Y f. WELLS,
Attorneys + C0xnsclors at Laac.
w ILL practice in the Courts Of
Caddo and surrounding parishes, and
in the Supreme Court at Monroe and
Alexandria. Office on Market street.
near the Postof1ice, Shreveport, In.
nl4-1yd
EMMETT ID. CRAIG,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
ofce' opposite Post Office,
SHREVEPORT, LA.
VIII practice in the Courts Of
Caddo. DeSoto, and Bossier. ld1y
j. G. MONCURE,
Attorney at Law.
SHREVEPORT, La.
Office soi<A l.. M Nxtt, corner of
Milan and Market streets. n2Ad-Iv|
ASSOCIATIONS. |
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-23

ToRTrREs OF THE FRENCH PRISONERS IN
CHrxA.-The feuilleton of the Moniteur gives
some frighful details of the tortures TO which
some of the prisoners in China We're exposed
before their death. NJ. d Escayrac de Lauture,
chief of the French scieptfic mission in China.
escaped death by miracle three times he was
threatened with execution, and some red
buttoned Mandarns gave orders for bed of
straw 10 he laid in the middle of the Court,
lin order that the blood of the barbarian
might not suliy the SOIL The approach OF
the Allies frightened the exectttoners. After
haFtng given the prisoner blows with their
fists and the fiat of their sabres, hn was tied
with cords, his legs bent up to his chest, the
arms against his legs, and the hands and feet
bound together, and wooden wedges driven
between the flesh and the ropes. All the pris-
oners, treated in the same manner were
I placed III carts, with points of nails sticking
through them. and driven over rutty roads
/ After travelling n this way for twenty -four
hours they arrived at Pekin They were con-
yeyed for five hours in the streets i'm the midst
of an immense coneourse of people who's.
sanguinary rage could with difficulty he re.
/ strained; after which they Were placed in tht
prisons of the city. separated from each other
! aud chained i'm IA room amidst thieves, incel,.
+ diaries and murderers. M. d Escayrac re
manned ia "A cell until the Chinese became ter
riiIed by the victories of the Allies Accord
! ing 10 information which he received, Coione
! Grantlchamps, NM. Dubut and Alder, wer
killed on the 18TH while defending themselye
! against those who endeayored TO take them
/ The Abbe Duluc and an English official ar
said to have been beheafied in the Tartar cam
| on the 2lsi, Mt the affair OF Paiy.hya- Ho
Mr.. 30 why, the correspondent OF the Times
and Mr.. De Norman, secretary 70 I1ord fsigil
, appear TO have suffered most 81,