Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-24


tsfday morning a horse was heard tramp-
ing about in Woods Run on the BstbaSv
pike. about half mile from Frank Wal.
sers. Agentleman living near. hearing ,bp
noise, and thiukiug II "a little sinpp,sr
walked to where tho horse was. standing
and to his horror found a broken 6ugeysiS
the run, under which, half covered with
water, lay the lileless body of q man
Upon examination, the body proved TO be
that of Samuel Wallace, who resides ON
Short Creek, about eight miles from this
city. The road runs along. close to the
high banks Of the creek, near where the
body was found, It is supposed that Nj.
Wallace had been to the city aud in returns
ing home during the early part of Moa;day
evening, drove his horse over the hank.
and falling upon his head broke his neck
or was drowned. Thsdsssased sdilheid
the lines in his hands, although rigid and
stark in death. The accident is supposed
to have occurred early in the evening, but
the horse had not moved from the spot du-
ring the whole of the night, and after the
discovery of the body and an attempt was
made to uqhtteh him from the buggy. the
animal manifested adecided ,uuWillineness
to be taken away. 5;,-ass,,.; : 80 re
Mr.. Wallace was about thirty ive years.
of age. He leaves wife and family To-
mourn his most terrible death. Coroner
Day was summoned but as there appeared
to be no mysterious circumstances connec-
ted with the case, no jury was. summoned.
B0-SUPERsHDBD.-As everybody knows,
the various shades of scarlet and crimson
with which textile fabrics are dyed or
printed were made from cochineal. Cocbi-
neal is an insect taken in Mexico, from the
broad leaves of the cactus. Dried as they,
are when prepared forsmarkets they pre-
sent the appearances Of corrugated seeds.
Take one of them and soften It in water,
and it will be seen that what Is often called
a ''grain" of eochineai, is an insect almost,
in facsimile of the chronological. inhabi-
tantS Of beds in the houses OF nasty people.
Cochiueal has always been source of
revenue to the peasants of Mexico, almost
as much so as the silkWorms to the COM
mon people of France or Italy. Ordinarily
it would now command an enormous price,
1t is worth less even know than it Was. ten
years ago. The cause of this decline in
the value of cochineal is because of the
discovery Of more beautiful dye, called
aualiue, produced from our native coal oil.
From this coal oil, by tedious process, is
produced this analine, of which, by the
way, single pound costs eighty dollars.
Its diffusiTeness, we believe, e1ceeds that
of any known substance. A pound Of it
would impart pereeptible tint TO a large
pond of water. Analins gives every shade
of purple, from the deepest royal to the
faint lilac, every variety OF blue, from the
pale tint of the sky to the deepest ultama-
rine, and all the gradAtIons of scarlet and
crimson of like beauty. Coal oil, that il
its crude state is as dangerous as gunpoW.
der, and as offensive to the senses as the
odor of pole cat, is one of the greatest
innovations of modern times. =.'te.
n~THE Hon PRlcs OF Coax MHAI.-
wehave heard numerous complaints among
the poor in regard to the manner in which
corn meal is sold, and the high price 1t