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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31
For Rent.

A THREE.srORY BRICK HOUSE, on the first of
"a April, 1853 It is situated on the east side OF
Market street opposite the second Ward Market
house, No.Z Occupied At present by Henry Hess
A. Broc ~ store For further particulars enouire
OF ROBERT LUKE
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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

The return of Gen. Fosters expedition
to Newborn, N. c., whence they set out,
and the immediate visit of the Geueral
himself to Washington to ask for reinforce
msnts, are very suggestive examples of the
way the war has been conducted ever since
it commenced. The great trouble has been
we are never prepared to follow up any
victory. Sometimes our Generals with
large armies at their disposal, have lacked
enterprise to follow the enemy, or have
been too eager to sit down and count up
the sPoils. And still ottener, perhaps, the
force assigned to any given work has been
too small to reap any benefit from success,
and after spasmodic effort, has been for
ced to retreat or be overwhelmed by mum
bers. Our army has been divided into
driblets, as though continual small drop
pings were enough to wear AWAY the rebel
lion. This was the case with Gen. Fosters
expedition. As far as it went it was per-
feet success. The enemy were defeated in
every engagement, aud an important line
Of railroad communication with the rebel
wa Wv SAf 0Ab VIC AlG NuEOWu
back now to the position we we're in before
the expedition started. Before this time
the rebels have repaired their railroad and
telegraph, aud the summing up of the
whole matter is few days hard marches,
q few hundred lives lost-and nothing
gained. Had Gen. Burnside been success
ful, the attention of the rebels might have
been occupied in that direction, and Gen.
Foster proceeded without mach molesta-
ton on his march to Weldon and Rich
moud. But we ought to be prepared for
any emergency. The success or failure of
one movement ought not to depend on an
other It's of no use to bewaiI the btuu.
dsrs now, but it is strange we do not learn
moro from the mistakes of the past.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

THE latest "Le Toilet, /" the fashion plate
of Paris, announces that in the way of
dresses, elegance is somewhat sacrificed
to comfort, and with reason. For the
most part, ladies' dresses are high necked
waistcOat-waisted, tolerable long, and
moderately crinolined. As to material,
wOollen and velvet are the most recherche.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31
Election Notice

oETIcE FIHH MARINE ISsunASc. corpAr
or WHEELING, Dec 9Th, 1864
l'HE STOCKHOLDERS In this Company will LoId
An election Tor nine Directors to serve for the en-
suing year on Monday, the 9Th day Of January 1853
between the hours OF nine o'clock A. 81 and tYT1
o'clock P NJ, according to the charter.
dseZS R. W. HARDING Seciv r
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NOTICE.-Tbe r.9nI.- .--,--, :

EiE~. AOTICE.-The regular animal No..
- ing OF the Stockholders ofthe SAVING RAJ
81 nhsslinE for the election Of Directors ~ bsi5
&c.. ne ht , % 1h1r.ay afternoon, Dan l. lssSj
dec2s-td SIP. HILDRETHS. TTs..,,-.,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31
VACCINE VIRUS.

A LARGE SUPPLY just received at the odd Fell
"a loS hall Drug Sttre.
decsO & BOOKING. AGENT.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
For MartinsYiIIe Festival.

'RNHE STEAMER PATRICK HENRY will leave the
landing this evening At half past six O'Clock with
passengers for MaTtnsyl. and returns at suitable
hour. Passengers will belaudSd directly at the door
ofthe Festival Hall. dec3I-lt
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31
ZOE ClneInnnfI.

H.. The new and elegant Steamer LIRER.
~ No. ?, Captain ]. <. BooTH win Ies1a
:. q -,-I--I a above on Saturday next JsuuarS A
a o'clock P n. For freight or passsas anti y
d.saS4d JELLY : MANNER -. :
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NOTICE.

TN connection with the Book and Variety Business,
will commence receiving from this date all the
Daily and Weekly Eastern aud western Newspapers,
Magazines, new Novels, &c, &c For sale at pub
llsners prices by JOSEPH GRAVES,
dec3l No. 50 Monroe 81.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

worry SETS OF HAIR, NAIL AND TOOTH
Odd Fellow Hall Drug Store
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

Brushes and Combs, for holiday nressntS Al the
Oo 5 LelloW Hall Drug store.
.ose1. L-.ls 81 -rs z hooking. Agent
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

FlALNcY CHINA PUFF BOXES, together with a
-, Ill assortment Of Pun Roxey a. al prics al the
Ol ~ Fellow HAL Drug Store. ~
aeeIl z. BOOKING, Agent.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

Sg LILO SETS oP HAIR, NAIL AND TOOTH
deel1 X. BOOKING. Agent.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31
FRESH TEAS,

FlNE ToILsT SETS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS
"a. At 81 the Odd Fellow Hail Drug store.
-SeS1t I -faral + BOOKING. Agent.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

A New York letter writer goes into
spasms over the late cold weather and
skating. He says: At Central Park
another page of our murcurial life opens
-'love on skates, beauty on skates
the beast on skates-brown curls floating
white hairs streaming. in the frosty air
liquid laughter and registering shouts
flashing eyes and rosy cheeks-skaters,
riders, drivers, ramblers-all gone daft.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

iANGY coLoNGE BOTTLES, German, French
stAna American, at the Odd Fellow Hall Drug
s.oLe. aecll - Z. BOOKING, AGENT.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

PERFUhERY OF ALL KINDS, LacIiots and Toilet
H., 49, large variety 1t the Odd Fellow Hall
0Le8 store dee17 Z. BOOKING, Agent.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

idatf tEIAYAHA CIGARS AND CIe3AR STANDS,
either for immediate use OF holiday presents, at
the Odd Fellow Hall Drug Store.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

"We hope that the CONSERVATIVES and
democratic portions of the Legislature will
go to Jefferson City prepared to agree upon
some plan which looks to the gradual
emancipation of all the slaves in this
State. We shall never have peace until
this Is done. Propositions for an amend
ment of the constitution, providing, sub
stantially, that all slaves born after the
hrst day of January, 1865, shall be slaves
until they arrive at the age of twenty. Eve
years, and no longer, TALL those born before
that period being slaves for iifel aud that
they shall. as a condition, after arriving at
the age named, ut once leave the State,
never to reInrn, would, We believe, satisfy
the owners of slaves, and they have right
to be consulted" ....'..r ~.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-31

a 6ET MORE LEEr q thoss spisndia cLora
NSO Retail Store
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01
The Eruption of VeScuviWs.

sHocKs-A GRAND SPECTACLE.
The correspondent of the London Times
writes as follows from Naples, under date Of
December 10, in relation to the violent erup-
tion of Mount Vescuvius: ...... ..
From Naples little is seen excepting those
grand columns Of smoke which rise gigantic
ally into the air, and which, according to as
close measurment as could be made, were
from the lower mouths at
10000 feet, and that from the upper crater at
5000 feet in height. Our streets are free
from the dust of the mountain, and though
for some time after the sun rose it appeared
to be in state of eclipse, yet to witness all
the wonders Of the spectacle it is necessary to
leave the capital and visit the site Of the dis
aster. ..-.... ....
From the confines Of the city to Tore del
Greco one passes between two lines Of curl
Gus population who have turned out to see
the crowds who flock down to Tore del Gre
co. The wind blows off the mountain due
north and south, SO that, until you just gel
under the column, you are not exposed to the
showerlof dust which falls thickly and con-
stantly, almost binding one and certainly mo-
conducting to easy respiration. On arriving a
the devoted little town, which numbers by tn,
by, $4,000 souls. found the place, except a
the station, almost deserted. Every heus,
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01
Delnsions as to sayonet wounds.


The popular idea of soldiers in bayonet
charge. struggling hand to hand and face to
face, with fixed bayonets, is likely to be ex-
ploded, like many other delusisns. We find
BY referring to Guthrie's Commentaries on
Army Surgery, that these struggles never oc-
cur. We quote from that eminent authority:
"a great deluson is cherished in Great
Britain on the subject of the bayonet-a sort
of monomania very gratifying to the national
vanity, but not quite in accordance with mat
ter Of fact. Opposing regiments, when formed
in line, and charging with fixed bayonets, ne
yer meet and struggle hand to hand and foot
to foot, and this for the best possible reason
that one side turns round and runs away as
soon as the others come close enough to dc
mischief; doubtless considering that dscre-
ton is the better part of valor.
Small parties of men may have personal
conflicts after an affair has been decided or in
the subsequent scuf1le, if they cannot get out
of the way fast enough. The battle of Mazda
is usually referred to as aremarkable instance
of bayonet fight nevertheless the sufferers,
whether killed or wounded, French or Eng
lish, suffered from bullets, not bay onets. The
late Sir James Kempt commanded the brigade
supposed to have done this feat, but he has
assured us that no charge with the bayonet
took place, the French being killed in line by
the FIRE of musketry, a fact which has of late
received a remarkable confirmation in the
published correspondence Of King Joseph
Bonaparte, in which Gen. Reguicr, writing to
him on the subject, says:
"The First and Forty-second regiment:
charged with the bayonet until they came
within fifteen PAGES of the enemy, when they
turned, ct pzlrent la .frttle. The second line,
composed of Polish troops, had already done
the same" ........
| Wounds from bayonets were not less rare
in the Peninsula war. It may be that all
those who were bayonetcd were killed, yet
their bodies were seldom found. a certain
fighting regiment had the misfortune one very
misty morning to have large number Of mer
carried off by a charge of Polish lancers, ma
| = q.
ny being also killed. r... ,.
The commanding officer concluded the!
must all be killed, for his men possessed ex
actly the same spirit as part of the Frencl
Imperial Guard at Waterloo. "They Nigh
be killed, but they could not by any possibili
ty be taken prisoners" he returned them a
dead accordingly. 4 few days afterward
they re-appeared, TO the astOnishment Of eve
~ body, having been swept of by the cava
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01

was abandoned, and, as proving how rapid was
the flight, melons andother articles still hung
suspended outside the windows. At the sta
ton there was a vast crowd Of persons, some
Of the last lingering inhabitants, with beds
and other articles of furniture, anxious to be
off; Others consisting Of the Bersagiiera and
Nationals, who remained to guard the place,
for misfortune is no protection against the
herds of thieves who just at present drive
thriving trade in the neighborhood.
The first thing which strikes the eye is the
blackened appearance of every object, the fine
dust which had fallen in heavy showers, ~
ing four and d half inches in depth in the.
streets and On the tops Of the houses. soms.
of these were cracked horizontally across the
fiat roofs, and others perpendicularly, but it is
not until you turn off to the left, little be-
yond the station, that the full amount of the
damage is to bo witnessed From this point,
ascending the mountain, & number of houses
are past which have been most materially in
jured, from 400 to 500 in all, and reduced to
certain extent unsafe.
The roads and the streets by which you ap-
proach the principal point of interest are in
many places opensd; and at one place there
are two considerable cones and several smaller
ones indeed, in many places there are indi-
cations of the crust of the earth giving way
to the subteranean fires. The principal of
these cones is an elipsis, and both at first s,nt
out body of lava, which threatened Tore
del Greco with rapid destruction.
Last night the view which presented itself
from my window was very grand; the black
column rose majestically, and was then carried
off by the wind far over the sea, while forked
lightning, as it were and brilliant lights, such
as those of Roman candles, played about the
crater. This morning the volumes of smoke
are rising and rolling one over another in grand
involutions, while the eastern sun behind
them gave hues which it is difficult to des-
cribe: Beyond the pail which hangs over the
sea it is impossible to see anything except
when an opening is made by gust of wind,
and then one sees picture of Sorrento o,
Capri hung in the centre of deep black
cloud.
Dec. II. Vcsuvius, though still active, ha,
much diminished in violence-a fact to be re
gretted rather than otherwise, as the proba
bllity Of earthquakes increases. Yesterda,
morning several violent shocks were felt, ant
still greater damage inflicted on the town ant
neighborhood. am just going over, but shall
have no time to report to-day. Another per
son has been killed by falling into the lava
which rose on Monday morning to the heigh
Of twenty-eight palms. .....-
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01
History of n StrengtA-Sceker.

history OF a StFcHStA"SceAcEs
DR.. Windship, of Boston, narrates in the
atlantic Monthly for January, under the cap
ton of Autobiography of a Strength Seeker"
that his first determination to be gymnast
arose from desire to retaliate on school
mate with whom he had quarrel:
Returning home, began the study of
anatomy and physiology, and in the Autumn
of 1854 entered the Harvard Medical School.
The question of the exteHt to which human
strength can be developed had long been in
vested with scientific interest to my mind.
now informed my father that l intended
to go through series Of experiments in lift
ing. He was afraid should injure myself
and expressly forbade any such practice on
his premises. To crafty him, gave up test
ing the question for whole year.
But the desire re-awoke and had fire.
qucnt arguments with my father in the en-
deavor to overcome his objections.
"Look at that man." he said to me one day
pointing to large, stout individualin in front
of us-"you might practice all your life,
and never be able to lift as much as that big
fellow"
"Let me construct lifting apparatus in the
back yard, and / will soon prove to you that
you are Mistaken" l replied.
Finding that was bent on the expeii-
ment, he at last gave Eeluctant consent.
It was now the August of 1856, and I was
in my twenty-second year. My first lifting
apparatus was constructed in the following
manner. I first sank into the ground hogs
head, and in the hogshead -four barrel,-
Then lowered to the bottom of the barrel a
rope having at the end round stick trans
versely balanced, about four inches in dame
ter and fifteen inches long. A quantity Of
gravel nearly sufficient to bury the stick was
then thrown into the barrel; some oblong
stones were placed across the stick and across
and between one another, and the interstices
filled with smaller stones and gravel. When
had by this method about two-thrds filled
the barrel, taking care to keep the axis Of the
rope in correspondence with the long axis of
the barrel, judged I had sufficient weight
for a first trial. I now formed loop in the
end of the rope over the top of the barrel and
put through it piece Of hoe handle, abou1
two feet long; and standing astride of ths
hogshead, and holding the handle with ont
hand before me and the other behin6-itraight
ened my body, previously little fexed-
with mouth closed, head up, chest out ant
shoulders down. succeeded in lifting tn
barrel, containing a weight of between four an
five hundred pounds, some five or six inche
from the bottom of the hogshead.
twas no great feat, after all, considerin
that had been for FIVE years gymnast.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01

ry, and had made their escape in the retreat
of the French army through the woods. The
regiment from that day obtained the ludie-'
rous name of the Resurrection men,"
The siege Of Sabastapol has furnished ma
ny opportunities for partial hand to hand bay
onet contests, in which many have been kill
ed and wounded on all sides, but ! do not
learn that in any engagements which have
taken place. regiments advanced against each
other in line, and really crossed bayonets as
body; although the individual bravery of
smaller parties was frequently manifested
there; as well as il the war Ofths Peninsula:
Times.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01
4 rough, clstomsF.

The correspondent Of the n. 7. Tines,
who accompanied the late accommodating OK
pedition from Cairo, tells this tough story Of
a federal and rebel scout.
Carson is one of the most daring and SER
viceable men in the service. A short time
since, however, he met an individual who is.
to great extent, his match. While on IN
excursion to Benton, Mo-, while since,
Carson captured rebel desperate named
johnson, who Is noted for his utter reckless
ness, his invulnerability, and his hatred Of
Union men. He has been mauled, and stab
bed, and shot, in hundred different brawls,
to an extent that would have cost the lives
of five score ordinary men, but he was always
out again in week or two, at the furthest.
Once, it is said, some of bis enemies determ-
ined to kill him, and with this view set Ere
to log upon which johnson lay in drunk
en- stupor The log was entirely consumed,
and so, to a considerable extent, was one of
Johnson's sides; but in week or so he was
around, fighting, swearing and getting drunk
as usual.
When Carson captured him at Benton, he
took advantage Of favorable opportunity,
Jumped into his saddle and spurred away
Carson drove after him, and after chasing him
about mile, gained on him considerably and
ordered him to halt. johnson paid no atten-
ton, and then Carson fred at him with his
revolver, sending the ball into the tanks of
his horse. The next ball took effect square
in Johnson's back, and even this seemed to
have no particular elfect-horse and man still
thundered on as ifimpervious to bullet. Put
ting the revolver back in its holster, Carson
drew his sword, and once more called upon
johnson to surrender. "Never to Cd
id Lincoln son Of b-h," was the defiant
answer. Carson waited until there was
long piece of straight road ahead, and then
driving in his spurs, "bore down" upon the
fugitive. Just as his horses head passed the
saddle of the other, he drove his sword through
Johnson's back, and giving it an upward turn
threw him headlong to the ground. Refining
up he returned, and cut him across the hesi
with his sabre, and then putting his pistol to
his breast, fred, in order to put johnson ou,
o: his misery. supposing him dead, he left
him, after asccrtaining that his sword had
passed "clesn through" his body.
Yesterday word was received that johnson
had just been arrested for some deviltry, and
is now in confinement at Cape Girardeau.
According to all accounts, he was just as hear.
ty and full of mischief and treason as ever
Carson speaks dsspairingly of the matter, but
says that if he ever gets another chance at
johnson, he will! cut his head off and carry it
some fifteen or twenty rods from his body!
If this fails to kill him, he thinks the case il
beyond his reach. The above facts in relation
to johnson are strictly true.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01

Doar reader we have fallen upon hard and
trying times, and mon are sometimes subject
ed to fierce and terrible temptations. Fraud
and embezzlement from sources most confled
in, they tell lis, was never so frequent as du-
ring the last few years.
Let US rember the lesson which the time
teaches, and also remember that the house
builded on the rock is the only one against
which the winds and the storm will not pre-
vail
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01

30, Warren, my dear, dear husband, am
SO glad you are come, have 80 wanted to see
youn Of p ...a
Augusta Ross met her husband at the Sit
ting room door that night. and her fair soft
srms were about his neck, and hcr soft, sweet
lips close to his cheek. 81
"What did, you want me- 80 for, darling ?"
taking her up in his arms with a thought
which he could not tell at his heart.
80, because Pve been laying out plan to-
day. And then in her impulsiye
fashion Augusta Ross toldher husband that
she wanted to break up housekeeping in the
city and go off and settle down in soue dainty
bit of cottage in the country, and reduce
their expenses to thousand a year.
ut would be better for the health of both"
she insisted, "and they would be as happy as
two bees in clover"
What has put this into your head, Au-
gusta, my wife ?' asked the young husband as
she paused.
And then, drawing her face down to his
while the bushes and the tears chased ovel
| it, Augusta Ross told her husband of the crime
of which she had read that day, and of the
great, unutterable dread and terror which had
seized her'heart, and of the prayer that sht
had uttered, and the resolution that she had
made.
And Warren Ross listened in strange
wonder and awe, and then he bowed dowr
his own head till his wife could not see hi
face, and whispered in her ear the temptation
which had well-nigh overcome him that af
| ternoon. 49,.
40, Augusta it was your prayer that saved
me !" he said as she clung shivering to him
And. kneeling down, they thanked God, ant
the lesson of that day made them each bette
man and woman for the rest of their lives.
The next week Warren Ross gave up hi
house in the city, sold most of his furnitare
paid the larger part Of his debts, and went tt
live in a cottage in the country, and he ant
his were happier here than they had eve
been in their city home.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01

CtrIt is said that Gen. Scott's few weeks
on the ocean really had a wonderful effect
on his condition. The swelling in his legs
has almost entirely disappeared, and the
vertigo, not long since troubled him, with it.
He now walks with far greater ease and com.
fort than ere embafking on shipboard.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01

0TThcre are said to be sixty-seven rebel
families at the Donegna House, Montreal.
and on the receipt of the first news from En-
gland, concerning the seizure of Mason and
S.idell, so joyful were they that a supper
was given by them at the house, costing
$1,000.