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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-02
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CONGRESSIONAL

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WASHINGTON, May l.
Mr.. Blair of No., called up the bin
which had been recently reported from the
Committee on Military Affairs, authorizing
the appointment of board on fortiica-
tons, to provide for the sea coast and 9TH
er defences of the United States and other
purposes.
An abstract Of the bill. was published on
the Gath of April,
Mr.. Blair explained its provisions, and in
response to question said it suspended
the appropriations for Notifications already
made, provided that the money shall be ex-
pended upon such works of defence as shall
De recommended by the commission pro-
posed to be created by the bill
The consideration of the bill was post
poned till Tuesday week. g,s
Mr.. Dunn, of Ind, from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported bill for the
better organization Of the Adjutant Gen.
erals department.
Mr.. LoVejoyi of Ills, from tue Committee
on Territories, reported bill to render
freedom national and slavery sectional
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the State of the Union on
the Pacific Railroad bill.
bill was reported from the committee
on Ways and Means to-day amendatory of
tue act to provide for increased revenues
from imports. to pay the interest on the
public debt and for other purposes. Ap.
proved on the 9th of August last. 1t al
lows such portion of the tax as may be ex-
pressed by any State or territory, or the
District Of Columbia, to be paid and salts
fed in whole or in part by the release of
such State or Territory or District only
executed to the United States of any IL
quidated or determined claim pertaining
thereto of equal amount against the United
States, provided, than in case of such re-
lease such State, Territory, or District shall
be allowed the same abatement of the
amount OF such tax as would be allowed in
case of the payment of the same IN money.
which shall be continued rs APPLYING 10
such claims of States for the reimburse
ment of expenses incurred by them in en-.
rolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying,
arming, equipping, paying and transport
ing its troops employed in aiding to sup
press the present insurrection against the
United States, as shall be filed with the
proper officers of the United States, before
the Both Of July next, and in such cases
the abatemaut of fifteen per centum shall
be made on such portion of said tax as
may be paid by the allowance of such
claims in whole or in part, the same as the
iual settlement aud liquidation thereof had
been made before the Both of June.
Adjourned.
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From the Daily Expires, Lancaster, Pal
"CHElIlCAL WRITING FLUID"

ave are indebted to Msssrr &. Barr Co. for
supply of Laughllns BuShaelds Ink, an article We
have been using exclusively for the year past.
at Is manufactured at Wheeling, West Virginia
by firm whose loyalty never for moment waVered,
and to whose patriotism the highest compliment we
could pay would be to say that 1t Is a. genuine, IS
free As unfadlng and permanent as their Ink, with
which We make this record.
eve use Ghls FLUID because, aitsr being torment
ed with many other black devices, We have found It
superior in every respect any Other either foreign
or home make, aud hence pronounce 1t the best and
most reliable In the market"
LAUGHLINs BUsHRIELD, Manufacturers,
Sold by ]. G. Orr GO. .
Reed + KrAf,
Jos. Graves.
Wal. p. McKelVey,
And Book Sellers generally. mil
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BxECUTOR,s SAFE.
VALUABLE HOTEL FoRsAr,F

NJ BY virtue Of the power vested In me As Exec-
ii utor Of the last will and testament of William
-. Miller; deceased, will Oner for sale, on the
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-02

sB- CLEProMASIA.-This is the name
given to stealing from dry goods stores.
when the stealing is done by people of
wealth. In Broadway there are several
wealthy ladies who steal because they
"caut help itp-because they've got clep-
tomania. They are closely watched when
they enter Tifany's or Stewards, and all
articles they steal are paid for by their hus-
bands. When poor woman steals to
give bread to her children, the cleptomania
becomes larceny, a complaint treated by
fine and Imprisonment. We have heard Of
victims of clePtomania in this city.
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-WoMEN AND SIKs.-Gentlemen haV-
ing "dressy" families are entering upon a
purgatorial era. Everything in the silk
line is following the example ofsecesston-
"goiug up For plain gros de nap, that
last year went begging Mt eigbty-tive cents
a yard, the retail price is now dollar and
quarter. Two years ago silks were so
cheap that sewing-girl could spread her
self like. the wife of merchant prince
They are now so high as again to become
the property of comparative wealth alone.
Expectations this season have been very
light, aud even these have consisted main
~ of sample styles. New fancy silks are
few and far between.
So decidedly upward will be the future
prices, that a lady hitherto Boosting a
wardrobe filled with silks alone, will be
likely to find it necessary to content herr
self with three or four, while many who
have previously worn silk upon holiday oc-
casions, must fall back upon the honest
stand by IN mousseline de laiue. An this
sort of thing is passed by unheeded by old
bachelors. These lucky fellows find NO
cause of misgivings in the case. But to
heads of families the thing is very differ
ent Dear silks make expensive parasols
aud high priced bouuets, as we'll as dres
ses. To the spectacle of father with
wife aud six daughters, more or less giver
to fummery and splnrge, the prospect i
slightly different from that presented to III,
view of bachelor. The latter has to pa,
an enhanced price for his broadclOlh, unl
10 per cent. more duty upon the linen tina
forms his dickeys and wristbands. But il
the uOn-uecessity for the purchase ofdres
goods his pocket book enjoys an immuuit
that in these times must be extremely con
selling, even to man just "crossed in love.
a young gentleman, some six weeks ago
committed suicide because young lad
refused him the privilege of paying he
board bill. Had he fOreseen the immens
advance in the price of female toggery, b
might now have been sane man, indule
ing in ''lamb aud spinach"
About all this, however, there is on
glorious satisfactiou-that people VIII
Wantto patroniEs Frenchand English work
shops must help Secretary Chase by pay
ing Tor the whistle upon which they pipC
when the war ceases the impetus given I
American industry will be 40 imme nse tbs
manufacturers are already taking good chez
at the pleasant prospect.
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fee house keepers 10 pay their licenses in
four installments, was passed.
A large number of licenses to keep cof-
fee houses were then granted aud the
Council adjourned.
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SercMade to Gen. PreMliSs.


hhe HetIS wn0t ne saw ana Suffcre0s
WAsHINGroN, Oct. 15.-Gen. Prentiss, to-
night was complimented with a serenade.--
He graphically described the scenes through
which he and his fellow soldiers, taken pris-
oners at Shiloh, passed He said he had
come TO use harsh language when speaking
of the demons Of the South, whose conduct
towards our troops was characterized with
murder and barbarity. Col Jordon, asst
Adjutant General to Beaurcgard, was the
only rebel from whom they received the least
courtesy. So help him Heaven, those who
prosecuted him and his comrades, should
never escape retaliation in full at his hands
The negroes are the best Union men in
the South. The returned Shiloh prisoners
who had sufficient clothing to cover their
nakedness, do not number fifty Nothing
in the way Of garments was furnished them
by the rebels; besides this they were sup
piled with the most disgusting food.
After fully describing the unkind and Of
fensive treatment they received, he inquired
Of his many listeners what they now thought
of this boasted chivalry.
The people of the South are determined
There is perfect reign Of terror, and every
sentiment for peace is instantly sti1ed. He
said he found Union men bearing arms
against our government, hut they were com.
pelled to do SO at the bidding of their mas
ters. The white race to-day in the South
are in worse condition than were the blacks
before the war, The rebel government has
more men in arms than the North think
They fight well. Their cause ia desperate
They do not ask for transportation and for
comfortable supplies. They are compelled
to take the field with or without food. It is
time we should go to work without gloves
We punished them more at Antistam than
many Of us suppose. The prisoners had op
portunities of seeing the large numbers oi
wounded who were carried South on the
trains, besides the strgglers. As to the
Libby prison, twas palace, compared to
the ones in which they were confined.
Gen. Rrentiss hoped there would be nc
hating till we crushed the rebellion. Hang
the leaders, and grant amnesty to the delu
ded victims Some one in the crowd in.
quired what they think Of Linccln's Eman.
cipation Proclamation. Man. Of the officers
with whom he conversed, bIasphemously
condemned it, saying it was damnablc and
could never be enforced, but he (Prentiss,,
responded toSthem: if you say you never
can be conquered and that you are bound
to whip US, what harm can the proclamation
work. He would declare everywhere tina,
the Proclamation would end the rebellion
sooner than all the battles fought. He was
applauded throughout his remarks.
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About Postage Stamps.

Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT. FINANCE OFrIcEl
WASHINGTON, Sept. 80, 1862. (
SR:-The recent demand by the public
for postage stamps, under an erroneous i'm.
preston with regard to the law authorizing
the issue of postage currency" has entirely
exhausted the surplus stock, and the Depart
ment is new dependent upon the daily man.
ufacture to meet the acquisitions of postmas.
ters. Sales of stamps must therefore be re-
stricted to such as may be needed by the
public for pre- payment of postage, the or.
dinary demand at any Office being the guide.
And inasmuch as the unadyised use Of
postage stamps as circulating medium has
soiled or defaced them in greater or less
degree, and evil persons, taking advantage
of that circumstance, have put into circula.
ton stamps which hare evidently been used
in prepayment Of postage, every.postlnaster
is instructed to treat as unpaid any letter
placed in post Office for mailing which may
be covered with stamp at all soiled or de-
faced, or which has apparently been used in
payment of postage. Such letters will at
once be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
This Department has repeatedly, by spe-
cial letters and official announcement declar-
ed its opposition to the sale and use of post
age stamps for currency, foreseeing the re-
suits of such course on the part of the pub.
lie. Respectfully yours.
8 A. N. ZEVELY,
Third Assistant Postmaster General,
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The Most Extraordinary March
es OM Record. 20
Correspondence Of the. Baltimore sun.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The late marches
roesGen. Stuart and of Gen. Pleasanton, as
reported froa Harrisburg (the first ninety
six piles in twenty-ipur hours, and the last
seventy eight miles in the same time), sur.
pass anything of military record It is sta
ted in General Halleck's, work on Military
Art and Science that Caesar marched the le.
gons from Rome to the Sierra Morena, in
Spain, at the rate Of twenty leagues day.
In the campaign of 800, Macdonald, wishi
ing to prevent the escape of an enemy, in a
single day marched forty miles, crossing riv.
ers and climbing mountains. Clansel, after
the battle of salamanca, retreated forty miles
in twelve hours. In 1914. Napoleon, wish.
ing to form a junction with other troops, for
the succor of Paris, marched his army the
distance of seventy-five miles in thirty.six
hours. On the day Of the battle of Taiave-
ra, in Spain, General Crawford, fearing that
Wellington was hard pressed, made forced
march with three thousand men the distance
of sixty-two miles in twenty-six hours. In
1903. Wellngton's cavalry in India march
ed the distance of sixty miles in twenty-five
hours. 1t is said that the English cavalry
under Lord Lake marched seventy miles in
twenty four hours.
As general rule, says General Halleck,
troops marching for many days in success
sion will move at the rate of from fifteen to
twenty miles per day. In forced marches,
or in pursuit of flying enemy, they will
average from twenty to twenty-five miles a
day. Only for two or three days in success
sion, with favorable roads, thirty miles a
day may be calculated on Where marches
beyond this occur, they are the result Of en-
traordnary circumstances.
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bic obstacles that politicians would persuade
the ignorant, that black men will leave a
climate they love for one they dislike: a So
cieiy where they are at least tolerated, f3I
one where they are hated; section where
all mechanical labors are put into their hands,
for one in which they are excluded fron all /;
from where they may be blacksmiths, car
penters, masons, coopers, to one where they
may not even carry the hod, or blow the bel.
lows, or push the drudging saw! There is
more danger that water will run up hili 4!
Every thing dissuades the black man from
the North! The climate pinches him. La.
Dor disdains him. Social prejudices exclude
him from position. Tho bitterest political
animosities restrict his civil rights to min
imum. Even religion and philanthropy pre-
fer to offer him inducements to colonization
rather than to help him where he is.
On the other hand, should liberty be CIV
en- to the black man, there would be de-
mand for his labor in the South greater than
ever before. And upon fair scale ofwages,
he would labor with vastly greater fidelity.
The first effect of emancipation would be, to
withdraw from field labor vast number OF
women, who, instead of being beasts of bur-
den. would remain at home, in the appropri-
ate duties of wives and mothers. Their
places would have to be made good. This
would tend to draw laborers from the North.
The black man, for the most part, can give
only unskiled labor. This labor is far bet
ter fitted to the rude husbandry of the South
than for the mechanical and agricultural in
dustries of the North.
Every single circumstance tends to show
that no fear was ever more unreasonable than
that which evil-minded politicians are zeal
ously diffusing among the unreAecting por-
ton of Northern laborers. And it will be a
good and wise task for every true patriot to
reason with his neighbors whose prejudices
have been excited. aud to show them that
Emancipation, while it is an act of sublime
National Justice, will not disturb the indus.
trial economy either Of the North or of the
South. Whereas, the direct and inevitable
effect Of Slavery in the South will be to drive
increasing numbers Of black men into the
North.
Slavery keeps up competition with
Northern cheap labor. Emancipation will
destroy al competition, and leave white Ia
Dor in the North without impediment
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Impresnability Of Harper,s Fer

fit be any consolation to the public
to know that this important position is now
impregnable against any attack, let them
take assurance to that effect The three
heights are securely fortified against all
peradventure. The AK brigade has for
three weeks been clearing away the woods
on the submits, fire has been called to do
its work in burning up the brush, and bat
teries now frown from every eminence.
The work Of fertilization still continues,
and this morning, as was cautiously pick
ing my way down the rocky and precipi-
tous heights. I encountered a team of
twelve mules tugging and straining every
muscle in dragging huge 80 FOUNDER
Parrott gun up the crest coutept N.Y.
self with giving you the comfort that Har-
per's Ferry will never again pass out of
the hands of the nation Cor. " y
Times,
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Democrat would not prefer to act under the
inspiriting appeal of Gen. John A. Logan,
and Gen. John A. McClernaad of Illinois
than to allow himself to be wheedled into
the breckenridge ranks by fac.le politician
like James B. Nicholson, who seeks to ob-
tain seat in Congress by using his past
professions Of regard for Douglas, while he
disregards the last advice of that immortal
statesman to his friends, to barish all par
tisan feeling and unite in support of the Ad-
ministration in It's conduct of the war. Has
it ever occurred to you, Mr.. President, that
nearly all the splendid intellects Of the Dem
ocratic party in its better days are now ar
rayed against the present sympathizers with
treason in our midst, and that what IS now
called the Democratic organization is officer.
ed and led either by discarded Old-Line
Wings, or by neopytes born of the present
excitement, without record that is not
stained with all the corruptions that pollu,-
ted the Democracy during the days Of James
Buchanan I need only illustrate this re-
mark by the names Of Lewis Cass of Mich-
gan, David Tod Of Ohio. Joseph Holt Of
Kentucky. John s. Henderson of Missouri,
Andrew johnson Of Tennessee, Dan'l S.
Dickinson and John A. Dix of New York,
DR.. Muhlenburg, Benjamin Champneys,
William Wilkins, and John G. Knox of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, this is con-
test for country, not for party. We are not
to vote on Tuesday next in favor Of the
Tax bill, the Emancipation bill, the Confis-
cation bill, or any Of the other measures of
Congress. These are now laws of the land,
and cannot be repealed. The truly loyal
citizen, whatever his objections may be to
the policy Of the Administration, can best
prove his loyalty by trusting the Admins
tration. Mistakes have been made, but
those who are to correct them are not in the
ranks Of the sympathizers with Secession
Observe, Sir, that in the Administration and
Cabinet of President Lincoln there are gen.
tlemen who are known to have opposed con-
fiscation and emancipation, but, like good
patriots, they have yielded to the emergen-
cy, content that the experiment should be
tried. The best way to confiscation, and, If
you please, although that is not among the
probabilities, 70 arrest emancipation, is to
put an end to this wicked rebellion, to sus-
tain the government in suppressing it, to
hold up the hands Of the President, and en-
courage our Generals and our soldiers in the
field, and to vote the unconditional Union
ticket on Tuesday next.
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A sHoEr AHswEH-0ne Of the enrol
ling marshals the other day, received =
strong hint from q down town female.
Stopping at the lady's house he found her
before her door endeavoring to effect with
a vegetable huckster twenty per, cent
abatement in the price Of a peck Of toma>
toes
Have you any men here, ma'am!
The reply was gruff and curt, No;
Have you no husband, madam
No.
Perhaps you have son, ma'ams
Well, what of it?
l should like to know where he il.
Well, he ign here.
So | see ma'am. Pray where is he.
In the army, where you ought 70 be.
The marshall h.stened round the COR.
ner. He didn't further interrorate the
lady.--North Americos. -
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DISCOVERIES AT PoMpEIr.-A correspon-
dent of the London Athenaum, writes on
August 9th. last that on that day bakers
house in Pompeii was excavated, in one
corner which was found heap Of silver
and copper coins, to the number of about
1--WE hundFed, which had seemingly been
tied up in . little bag. At the same spot
were found two large shears, and soon af:
teTvards house mill ofthe ordinary des-
criptiou, together With a little heap of
corn, the grains ofwhich were blackened
and somewhat shrivelled but yet fully pre-
serving their shape, a very little diminish
ed size. In the next apartment was found
the metal shovel with which loaves were
placed in the oven; the oven itself, the
mouth of which was closed with . largo
iron door, not on hinges, but cementsd at
to the faces of four large slabs which for
med the mouth of the oven. The door
was removed, and We were rewarded with
the sight of the entire batch of loaves, Just
as they we're deposited in the oven, 1888
yesrs ago. They are eighty two in num-
Der, and are all, SO far as regards form,
size, indeed every characteristic except
weight and color, precisely as they came
from the bakers hand. When it is recol
lected that up to the present time but two
such loaves have been discovered, one Of
them imperfect, the interest Of the discov-
cries will be fully appreciated.
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The 7th Maine regiment is on its way
home to recruit its strength and numbers
It has been in ten ard-fought battles, ard
numbers only one hundred and seventy ef-
feclive men-threc hundred and sixty inclu-
ding sick and wounded.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-10-25

An immense number of music boys are be-
ing instructed at Governors Island, New
York. preparatory to active service in the
army. They are from fourteen to nineteen
years Of age.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-10-25

Our railroads in every direction have now
fnll employment. Never have their receipts
been as large. Their old debts are melting
away like snow-fakes. The war, by its dis.
tribution Of money in such immense amounts
in every section, is cansing great revival
Of trade. The passenger traffic, including
the movement Of our troops, is unprecedcnt
cd. Stockholders will now unite their mus
ty bundles Of engraved certificates, and pre-
pare for fat dividends.