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

For fReidenfal iexPenses % the quarternrasteEis
den lftuieut three hnnAFe6 aXty.ftVe thousand and
thirteen dollars and eighty eents fJ1 49,
For transportation ef the army and its supplies
fRb million tn hundred aud fty -four thousand
hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty-one
cents.
Por transportation OF Ofieers, baggage, fifteen
thousand three hundred and EtXty-seyen dollars
For purchase Of dragon horses, two hundred and
nfnety-seTen thousand three hundred and thirty.
I'VE dlolRFs.
For clothing camp and gREEison eauipage, one.
fnfif5a, three hundred nne my thousand one hum
6red and my one dollars and thirty eight cents
Por current expenses Of ordnance seFyice, twenty
Thousand oilars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, inelu
ding horse equipments for all mounted troops four
hundred thousand doilars. -
For Manufacture Of arms, sixty thousand dOllaFE.i
For increasing the manufacturing capacity ofths
national arInOry, dfty thousand dollars ri
For purchase Of sunPoNier and lead, forty thOH7
sand dolsrE.
ForPuvciase orarI1er5 horses, twenty flye tlop-
sand dollars
For hire Of HuATtSrH Tor troops Of store houses TOR
the safe keeping Of military stores Of grounds for
summer eantonments, and for temporary huts, ons
hundred and hfty-eight thonsandtWO hundred and
eighty-three dollIrs and 0ighty-One cents.
Sec 3. And be Il further enacted, That all Appro.
priAtiOns and all provisions Of law herein contained
applicable to three years volunteers sha apply u
two years. volunteers and all other volunteers vhts
have been may be received into the service Of th
United States Tor period exeeOdng three Tn0utlnl
Approved Iuly II, 1851. iis -nias5I
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-11

December 1855, y faras the same or may be a-
piled 70 the pTVVisi6s Of this aet aud not lnoonHs
tent tlsseVffh. arelisreby revived q Ee-enactel
Sex IL AID - Il farther eaetoi, That, 70 defF4g
m tbe e4pAnSes that may 8ttendthe execution o.
this ac the Of two hundred thousand dollar OF
% much thereof as may be necessary be aud the
q hereby appropriated to be paid out q any
money u The TEea5lFy not otherwise appropriated
Approved, July Il, 1851.
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Approved, July 10, 1891.


AZ AcT % provide for tho payment q the militia
"a volunteers called IntO lie seEiee Of ths UEi-
~ Stnfes from the time they were called into
ssrEiso 70 he thirtioth day a June, eighteen hun-
-dFe1 SD slxty-ous-, =
n a anaefpi by The seIII3p and tIpuse Of Repre-
.1fafiV59 n ~ United stsass q Ai4stiea % Con
49, a,eulbiei That there Be AnA heFeby & 8pprO-
prfEtei out Of any money In the Treasury not 9TH
SrVfis the sum Of Eve milliols ssFoa
hnndroi apd5 Sixty thOuslnd tgilaFs, or - much
theraof - nay be naeellEJ, 70 enable the Govern
Is1t % nay the militia and volunteers called into
~sTViee u de United Etates. being additional
is1ouut -ipoairsi sf1t tie dsclI yelE ending Jans
.thiFfllth. eighteen hundred and slxty%o1e-
ApproSei. duty IA 1854.
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w4asEw, Wyoming Co., N. Y, Oct. 81, 1855.
3, DEAR .: 4 am using your cathartic Pills In my
practice and find them an excellent puTgative to
cleane de system and pHiity ne fatalain5 Of tie
6iooei- III no its,lg ~ JOHN g. AEACllAM, NJ D.
Corr patton, CostIyeness, Suppres-
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Dropsy, Paralysis, Fits. etc:
From Or. y. u, KaHghB, Montreal, C0ndds.
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proelhimin II for the benefit Or the multitude who
suffer from that complaint, which, although bad
enough in ITSELF Is the prOgenitOr Of Others that are
worse bellows eoSpaeSJ TO originate In the liver,
but your Pills affect that organ and eprs the disease
Fpps Mrs. z Suart, r1lyHeiaH and Rid,qife. 5oEOH
md one or two large doses of your pills taken At
the proper time eelient promotive Of the nat
updt fecTefiOH when wholly or partially suppressed
and also very efeet,aIto eieanss the H6tade and q
pei tVprRS. They are much the beet plIysic Ne
have that recommend no other to my patients
From he Ret lD+.. Hd.BktS, Of The AIstiod9t
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fPgElIC-SO. II ~ q
An ACT forsflui and remit tht dudes ol arms I'M.
~ - ported b. StateS.
8B. ftsunasted b. the Senate and House q Repre-
eutatIves q the Uniied States OF America IN Con-
EFOEs AEsn1abIod That the Secretary Of thefreasfy
- a1l ne D. hereby uthgfLed nd directed 70 re-
Ifund aad rsuie the d4fie NJ iiapoSts on All arms
n ifSy last, Or which may Be imported before the
afSf isY6f January BeEt, yJr for the account o.
any state; PEoFided TIE seeIetaEyo ne 1feailTy
soi flItIl Tor he nse u the trVops q any STATE
1hich u ~ may be engaged IN aidilF @ tslPPEoe.
Tie fniuTTeetioh nov e1AtinE aghinst the Waited
Approved, July IL, lsdl. -. -
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Your with gTeat respeoi.. I'D. W.iPRABLE,
Clerk Of Steamer Clarion.
RI1Ilons DIsorders-Lirer Corn lalnts

~ EFom Or. TIFrOd0rs Bell, Or Neg York City.
purpose as an aperent but find their beneficial ef
fects upon the Liver very marked indeed. They
have In my practice proved more eGectual for the
cure of bilii6uS c0BptdiatS than amy one remedy
can mention L sincerely rejoice that 1--WE have at
length puTgRtive which Is worthy the confidence Of
the profession and the pe0pla. l1lrt.JEtF
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4hr0ogk TleEstS 70 ali Polnts In the West, North
Gnd East - PAoe1fed = ths olies No. 81 Water
nsEt door % sPrEg Hosss, Whosling. Va and
fSeisEf eos.lssss vii Be- made atIovs,s slits -
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Tort stGil6s. - q m nAIInf0S. Agent,
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in. MeCuLIOUoH. Prsadene TO
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As u Earnily PhyEiCl

y FFola Or. B W. tlfrtl7Figfl, heg OTle1N9
Your Pills the prince OF purgcs. Their excel
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Headache, Sick Headache, Foul stO
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4 Gee . And D. n f1Tfber enacted; That every peE
son who shall BEL pPofnted aaisiAnt pa ll,
a. the time % he appOlntment, be not les thlyn
tWouty-one years Of are nor more than tNentF-.1E
lgeara; ahd that pSgTiUus to bis appointment ~
pby1leli, usutal aud moral qaAiinelttons al1il 2
board Of payulsters appointed for that purpose by
Tie Secretary of the Navy md under such regila-
tto19 ~ he may prescribe. =fe
See & And - Il further enacted, That the anuu-
Al pay Of assistant JmasteTs shan b - follows Wis
ON duty at Se fdI the HTst Ve years AFTER date o.
commission, thousAnd three hundred dolAEHi q.
ter fys IeALs frgH datepf s0nmissiqn, one Thousand
5 a. rs ye yssrs amer date Of
commission, one thousand dOIiarj; after frs year,
from date Of eo1Eaissiou, one theusand two Lundrs'
dOIlaTs-
aTs years after date Df commission, eight hundred
ollaEsi aftgE ere JeaE fE0rn date Of one
tho6szhd dollars; lnd Wben attached 70 vessels for
- seFJice, each aS.iitnt shall Be entitled
toune ration per day.
see 1 And be Il further enacted. That froul anil
afeF the passage Of This act no Commanding oncer
q any vessel n the navy shall be required to per-
form The duties q paym1ster o. ASSISTANT pa1rnas-
tar; and when such eflee SHAH become yae4nt, ~
death Of otherN1se, IN ships u forei Sta
tioui or on the PalAe coast Of the United States,
geuiJt 6llcgr present may make acting APP
p0lntmkht q aug n person 10 perform the dufies
until anothcr paymsstsE or assiItant payHRstef
shHii repoft Tor dafy. Any person peFfoEminE ibg
duties master or assiEtlhf payster in aeeor-
entitled 70 receive the Fay q such grade whilst -
acting. q
&c. s. Aud u e further ebAcfed, mat each 49,
siEtlut shan, upon his aPPOntmSnt enteF
into bonds in the amount Of ten thousand dollars.
with a leAst two god and suleient securities, for
fheli ffhflI FeFfuEEnnee q his duties and that
sistlnt psyuaEteEs shah have rlnk and precedeuee
with assstant sal eons not passed. and that al HP
Tolntulents 70 al SAeahcies IN the corps OF payul
tiers shAn b. made by regular promotion from the
list Of assistant PayHiasters-
See G. And be Il further enacted, That within six
months amer the expiration Of tbe present insaiTreo
tIou the corps Of aymastels Ard assistant Paymas
tsFs shall b redaeel 70 the nulaerUf seventy-ive
IN the WHOLE tssss
Approved, July II, 1851 7
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-11

washington, y. g, ith Feb.7 IsbJ-
SiR; have used your Pl III my general and hos
pital practice ever since you made them, and cannot
hesitate say they the host cRthartie employ
Their regulating action the liver 10 quick and de-
eided, consequently they are an admirable remedy
for arrangements iOf that organ. Indeed, have
seldom found of billioRf diSeqSs obstinate
that It did not readily yield TO them.
Prnternally yours. AL.ONZ0 BALL, ". D.
Physician of the Marine fIospital
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e Pu1AsxI IIopsE, sGvannal, Ga. Jan. G, 1850;
uONoEEp SIR: should be ungrateful tor the relis'
your skfI has brOugh meif did not report my case
tn you. A cold settled in my Limbs aud brought %
exerueidtfnS Re1Tdl0ic pdiRS which ended In oroH's
Theiim1tim. NotW1t hstRndips. j had the best o.
physicians the disease grew wore and WOrse, unui
by the advice Of yoF excellent agent IN Batinore'
Or. Aaekense,I tried your Pills. ThCir effects Vefs
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IN. ATEE: Your Pills are the paragon of all thatiS
great in medicine They have cured my little daugh
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hild proved fncnTRble for years. Her mother has
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pies on her skin and in her hair. After child
cured, she also tried your Pills and they have
cured her. ASA MoRGRIDGE.
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From Or. Ed,rdrd ,Boyd, Baltimore.

DEAR bro AYR: cannot answer you ,Oh0t com
plants have efcd with your Pills better than to
say that lse eser treat ,C RlrEgqifrs medicine
my daily contest with disease, aud believing as do
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sDysentery, DIarrhoea, Relax Worms
FL sins From Dr.. g. Gree,tef oEteaso.
Your Pills have had long trial in my practice, and
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hare err found. THEN Alternative efert upon the
liver makes them an excellent remedy, when given
in small doses for bili0li vaeHteTB and diaTTA0d.
Their SugareoatinG makes them very acceptable and
convenient for the use of women and children.
Dyspepsia, Impurity OF the Blood.
From, Req! i Y Himes, Pastor Of .4dreat
isl!H :ai Church, Boston. .ai5
DE. Arm: i have used YOUR pills with extraorii
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an Auf % ptO,sSS or shs asppOistiasa. Of Asia.
taat Psynas.sts Ia The Navy.

Bait S6skted b ~ ssnats and Hoose 81 RSprv-
sGntAtVos q the United Ststos q AuaEiea IN On,
gfeas Allamhlod, That tie Grade u assistant pay
ne..et n TIE Raw q TIE uted State ee aaa ksfe
" y eIll1lllhO1. ana that ron and 9fter The pa.
go g ~ 90 ne PEsidsatYf TIE vpissd STATE,
naLlppel3t alIstsnt flpn1time 9 tina.
W not lIeettlnS thlFty-alK d uOmbel.
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N B-snhscT received and forwarded by
4, .. BBDIbLTof; Agent foFHheslfng audVleinity.
Specimen EneEASiRga and Art journal can b seen g
tho Post oalee. = -------- = doe19
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r ~. H.. 49, ~, PITIsHURG, Pa, May l. 1855
DR. j. C. AVER. Sir: ] have been repeatedly cured
Of thu worst headache ybUdy can lATs by dose OF
two of your pills. 1t seems to arise from foul sto
mach which they cleHnse at once. H-'is
With OFpat Fasnant- I'D. ". FpRARIE
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0FFlcIAL,
I LAWS OF THB CNtrKb STATS.

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SIS "a YER2 IS
CATHARTIC PILLS

3 A RE YOU SICK. PERBLE AND COMPLAINING
IN Are you out OF order, with your system deFHng
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Statements from leading Phydeians in some Of the
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Prrssns.s h4.,i a4ot tt4t
From Fortrardi1g Merchant of ST. Louis,
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DE-, Arm II have used your Pills with extraorii
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!, sExkzz Gamma, Baton Rouge, La DIT. S. 1858
DR. Ans: baye been entirely cured, BY IooI
Pills OF RhsHldtic Goals painful disease thai hau
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Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road

in. MCCULLOUGH. President.
y. Il. siYERs. Gsh't Ticket AEt: n0yo
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~ Most Of the Pills in market contain MerehIy,
which, although valuable remedy in skiiltul hanst
Is dangerous IN public pill, from the dreadful ei,s
quences that frequently follow its ineantions -
These contain no mercury or mineral sup''eN>'
whatever,
Price as cts. per Box, or s Boxes for 81
- e72s Lowell, Mass.
For sale BIZ A. O. GOOD 4 Co; and By all Drus'
gists. augll-ly-sn
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Iu C.L.DERBY, Actuary @. A.sAJ, =
s4s BEoiDwAT, NEw YoEk.o
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-19

MAD'ME VARIAN's CoNCERT.-The Concert
last evening was not attended by an audi
ence at all commensurate with its merits.
It is hardly enough for us to say that we were
happily disappointed; for Madame Yarian
possesses a voice which will compare favor
ably with any that we have listened to in
this or even more pretentious cities, for a
long time. We do not refer merely to its
natural qualities, but to those which have
been brought out by rigorous study and
cultivation. The descending scale is the
greatest difficulty to be encountered by aspi-
rants for the favor of the critical ear, and
being judged by this, Nadine Yarian may
certainly rank among the first and most ar
tistic vOcalists of tae day. Her voice is a
fine soprano of considerable compass and
remarkably clear upon the upper notes. We
were not present during the whole evening,
but to our taste the encore which followed
"McGregor's Gathering" and which we be-
lievcd was entitled "The sylph," and the
Aria from Trauiata, were the gems of the
evening, always excepting, however, the
Star spangled Banner. Madame Varian
either possesses exquisite taste in the adorn-
ment of her selections, or else everything
which she executes appears perfect; and we
hope that full house may greet her this
evening.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-19

SAD AccIDEET'-Last evening about five
O'Clock, Mr.. J, DOwnie, the pa er, met With
an accident which may resu fatally. He
had recently purchased young horse and
while driving him down Superior street
above the Square, the horse took fright and
ran furiously round the corner by the Post
Office, turned in upon the sidewalk, and the
wagon struck one of the iron posts with a
force that shattered the whole forward part
If If. Mr., Downie was thrown out violently
and fell upon the side Of his head. He was
Immediately taken up and carried into DR..
Beelwjth's Office. Several physicians were
in attendance and though no careful exam
ination was made, It was their opinion that
the skull was probably fractured. At the
end of an hour, Mr.. D. was conveyed to his
home, still, Of course, continuing insensible
LATER.-We regret to learn that Mr.. Dow
ME died from the effects Of his wound about
o'clock last evening DR.. Thayer, his
physician, informs US that the fracture was
much more extensive than was at first sup
posed. The bone above the eye was entirely
crushed in, and the fracture extended to the
base of the skun.
Mr.. Downie was a man universally res
pected by all who knew him. He has
ranked with the first Of our Scotch citizens,
and the loss which they have sustained win
not soon be replaced. His age was abOut 40
years.
The blow fell with terrible force upon his
family when it was announced that the in
juries would prove fatal. They have the
sympathy Of the entire community in their
melancholy bereavement.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-19

PosITIvE INFoRMATIoE.-It is the pleasant
est thing in the world to have something
definite to depend upon. For instance:
Once a week, the Metropolitan Penny Whis-
tie comes out with something like this;
owe have received the most reliable and
not instant to-b -be-dou5tsd information
that Fort Sumter will be taken tomorrow
morning at 81 o'clock. Our informant is
just from Charleston, is in the confidence Of
the Southern Government, and has moreover
seen the preparations which have been
made"
On the other hand, the New Amsterdam
True Blue announces
" Fort Sumter will not be attacked. The
most implicit con tdsnes may be placed upon
this statement, which.we have directly from
gentleman of high rank in the South Caro-
lima Army"
So is at once apparent that it does not
make a particle of difference Whatsoever
course is finally taken, as we know all about
it beforehand.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-19

B- We call attention to the advertise
ment in our columns of the " Participation
Insurance Companies and specially that oI
the Continental Insurance Company repre-
sented by II. F. Brayton, and to the follow
ing article from the New York Independent
which no one having property to insure
should fail to pursue
"This company is out with o statement oi
its condition at the close Of the year, as usual,
in which we see a Verifcation of what we
have on several occasions predicted, name-
": that its system Of doing business, judi
siously applied, tends to stability and relia-
bility, by law as inevitable as the law OF
gravitatiOn.
Amid the chaos which has prevailed in
underwriting spheres, it is no small credit to
the management of this company, and no
inconsiderable proof of the inherent strength
of the participation system, that it has
steadily maintained its steadfastness to
usages which have been, until quite recent
ly, admitted BY all capable underwriters 10
be essential TO the security of INSURER and
INSURED, and to a tariff Of rates which was
claimed by the same parties with equal una
nimity 70 be indispensable TO the integrity
of the business.
'Cempetion is the life of business" This
is maxim that we accept as one of the vital
promoters of enterprise in this country; but
that is a sad perversion ofthe sentiment con-
tanned in the maxim which inaugurates
mere senseless opposition or rivalry destitute
of all business calculation, and which, as we
see, results in the death of business, by tho
annihilation Of those institutions against
which it is aimed, or the exhaustion and ul-
innate suicide Of those who adopt it.
The Continental Insurance Company,
with answering faith in the principles of
equity and security upon whiohit is estab-
lished, redoubling its energies in the course
Of its deliberate adoption, and free from those
hysterical fears which have led other COM
panes, during the past eighteen months, to
surrender the principal safeguard of their
business-renumerative rates-through fear
of being overcome by the enterprise or reek-
lessness of others in the business, has held
steadilyIon its;Way; discharging with prompt
ness its bonds of indemnity in cases Of loss !
adding to its guarantee fund considerably
more than the ratio of its increasing line of
risks and, after dividing to its customers
three-fourths of all its net profits, affording
TO its stockholders liberal compensation for
the use and exposure Of their capital; and at
the close Of the year 1860, year of unusual
disaster Dy nTey alJer having pald much
larger amount for losses than ever before dur
ing any one year, stands sound and firm and
unimpaired in every item of its organization
more popular than ever before, and more
deserving Of popular favor than ever be-
fore.
This is what we call an INSURANCE COM
PAEY. Several other companies in this city
have adopted the Continental system during
the past two years, and they need only to
observe its iniexible adheranee to rules and
rates 1--WE hope their own wisdom mas already
led them to do this) to secure the Continen-
tal's success.