The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-02-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

INDIcATED-the thermometer, at Montpe-
lier, vt, few weeks ago, forty degrees below
zero Pretty cool that.
ALL the principal rolling mills in the vicin-
ity of Pittsburg are in operation and doing
large business. So says the Er C2lroutcle
THE New York WdrM denies the statement
that there are much greater number than
usual Of persons in that city out Of employ
ment.
An officer at Fort Sumter called the other
day and subscribed for the Charleston .Nercu-
~, to be mailed to the Fort for the nert three
months
GoLD has been discovered in Arkansas, fif
ty miles east Of Little Rock In sinking an
artesian we!l several fine Jumps were discov-
cred, and the dirt yielded twenty five cents to
the pan.
DR.. G. SEYMOUR Of Litch6eld, Ct, died
on the 2eth ult, from the effects of the Ma
tional Hotel disease at Washington contract
ed four years ago. So says the Hartford
! Times
4 BOY named Francis Weaver. in New
York, was accidentally shot on Friday even
! ing by his younger brother, who was playing
with pistol The ball entered the boy 3
/ brain
a CAVE, two thousand feet deep, has re-
Gently been explored near San Domingo, on
1 the Tehuantepcc route. It has at some time
/ been inhabited. as several broken jars have
been found i'll it.
! No LESS than 80, 900 bales Of cotton passed
through Worcester week before last, toward
Lowell and Lawrence, crowding the freight
cars on the various Railroads All this cot
ton came from Memphis. Tenn, By railroad.
j ONE day week before last in Writ county,
Va, a son Of Aaron $. Buble, about ten
years Of age, accidentally shot, with rifle, a
playmate near his own age The ball entered
the boy : shoulder and shattered it III such a
dreadful manner as to cause His death III 4
few hours
/ The total funded debt Of Philadelphia is
$50, 9G2, 4Os as near as can be aScertained
During the past year the sum Of S9b4 600
has been added to this debt The deficit III
the finances Of the city is $36o,000 The
revenue provided by the last tax rate was not
sufficient for the expense Of the city.
.oHN ELLIS, resident Of Chaptico dis
trict, st. Mary ) county Md, accidentally
shot and killed his wife On Saturday last
They had been playfully swapping at each
other pistol which was supposed to be un-
loaded, when finally the weapon was discharg
"a while in the husbond' hand and the ball
entering the breast Of Mrs Ellis caused her
almost instantaneous death.
Col. LANDER. who constructed the Over
land Pacific Wagon Road has resigned his
superintendency Of the Indian Affairs. He
was appointed Superintendent during the
Mormon war, the salary having beeu increas-
ed to induce him to accept the office. He
constructed the road and, unlike most gov
ernment agents, returned handsome balance
Of the appropriation to the Treasury.
THE annual report Of the State Superin-
tendent Of Common Schools III Pennsylvania
for the year ending June 4th, 1860. shows
that there were then ia the State II 81
schools, containing 81 n male and 1885 female
teachers; 3l4,667 male and 264. 249 female
scholars the average attendance being 366.-
96l. The number Of schools required is 4e4. 4
and the number Of scholars learning German
is 6753
IT Is reported that according to the new
census, the population Of the SIX seeding
States which have passed ordinances of Sc
cession is as follows
Free Slaves Total
South Carolina, 3OS, is6 4g7, ,ls5 so5, 81
Mississippi, 4o7 ,55l s19.6O7 Ss7.15S
Florida. 81. $50 $500 l45. 1894
Alabama, So, 40 435,473 955.el7
Georgia, 6l5,336 467, ,45l / ,Os2. 30
Louisiana, 354n45 342, l66 666. lSO
Total, 1881 647 ,. 265, 72l !. 543, 36S
HENRY TAYLOR, who resides in Alexandria,
Va, has been unable to sleep for several
months, in consequence of unearthly noises
in the wainscotting Of his room On Friday
night something ST tuck his bedpost, and
the next morning, candle in hand he rnm-
mayed ia the recess behind the wanscotting
formed BY the caves Of the building and
found the bodies Of two children, Infants, |
cased in lime and wrapped in newspapers.
No clue to the mystery has been elected
The Portland Me ID Daily Advertiser Of
Jan. 30 says The master Of brig just ar
rived at this port from Havana, reports that
on the day previous to her sailing, about 10
a. M, small brigantine, from Charleston,
came IN past the Moro Castle with the Pal
metto flag flying, Or rather the stripes with