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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-01

FOR SALE.
T5HE seFHRRE MILE HOUSE, On the NationAl
repair and has nine acres Of grounds attached. me
above Z well known as desirable location for
private raIdaHcq q public house. or Q market glf-
den. Any person deslE0ns o. pleasant location for
any Of the above purposes can have al necessary
InfdrmafIOn Is 70 terms, &C., b. calling On
: II : llTrLIa.
aug2O In At the West WhseIng YeEiy.
R16 A MONTHS 4 want 70 hire Agents IN
Dr. every county q So 3 month"; eElenses
q san ny new ehesp Family seEIng .,acline'
may12-d&H3n-smp Alfred, Maine.
Q6O A moNTH : : We want Agents at 500
.GpOU month eEpense9 paids TO sell cur EyeE
l15flnE Pencils Oriental Burners and thirteen JILL
new useful and curious articles Flffeon cTculaf9
ssnt ffea. Adiress SHAW 4 CLARE, .
z Enay1z-d&W3mssnp BiddefoEds Maine
, 1863-11-07

NJ. JOHN VANW0RT, OF AuEelius Mich writea:-
After sufertnK from harp, tack1n4 Cough uutl
VAS thought past all cure tiled JaYne Expecto-
we'll tnpRh and henrfy
, 1863-11-07

The Russian Government has lately given
orders for the building Of tWo hundred IRON
c1:d gnnboate, on . new model, especially In
tended fcr the defence Of Cronstedt. their
construction has been confined to six differ
eht dockJards- Thirty five are to be butlt at
the octu ya1d, on the right bank oftha Neva,
Al St Petersburg twenty at the New Admi.
reltJ folty at the Isle. Of GaneyK, near the
mouth Of the Neya; sixty at Cronstadt; tsen-
II fiEe at Abo, and twenty at Bjsrnbbrd. Each
calibte, placed on tie certse Of the deck. TIE
Admiralty some time eiuce offered prizs for
the best 4 ethod Of protecting this gun, and .
Lieutenant Of the Rustiau navy has Invented
q system which Is Considered by the Rusaians
tar superior to anything that has been tried
In England OF America.
= new class Of gnnboats, to ba built Iron
ard to hc amor: plated, will shortly be com.
beat fleet at Hasiar. In these vessels the
twin ecrew rrIcciple r Ill be applied.
large ta1get, twelve and a 6alf feet broad
and ten feet high, constructed of eighteen
inch thick teak, faced rith four and a half
inch iron plates, to represent the sides Of tha
Warrior, has just been completed at the Wool
wich dockyatd In England, and Ia. to be
to1Talded to Shcehu1Yness, for series OF
experiments IN tie pIese1 CO Ct tbs ordnance
eelect committee, to test the efficiency Of tbs
.0olounoer Armstrong muzzle, loading gun.
lie ia get has been In hand about six months,
The deAign having been more than once
changed By order Of the Admiralty, and It has
EoW been fitted upon large platform COM
poEed Of balGs Of timber, which will be tloated
some distance out at eea upon tWenty-four
emp:.l casks: The platform and about two
feet Of the target will be submerged Tor the
els Of The monster gun when brought to bear
sgainst that portion Of an a1mor-plated vessel
under the water line,
, 1863-11-07

ltfom tho Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 31st.1
On Saturday last, President Davis reviewed
the troops at Mobile, Alabama Afterthe pa
1ade he retired to the Battle House, where, In
balct ny, and delivered o b,ief address to the
citiztLs and soldiers. He congratulated the
people uEon the fact, which be assured them
re ttlt ~ be the fact, that our cause ls no ia
2 TT aer condition than It was q year ago. Hay-
ing Just come rom the scene Of the great ba.-
should Rot refer 10 that, and though it could
not be expected that he should all1de to CON
templatsd movements, Il get he Was happy to
ssy that The brave yictora OF that bloody field
stood ready OF anxious to strike the blow
Which aso sh9uld leenIs tho complete fruits Of
He could say uore-th.t he believed that
they Would strike that blow, ard that Rose.
c1ans' unw1c1dly legfone would be DESTROYED
or d,iven for rsfage to the Ohio. The same
epi1tt animated our armies elsewhere, aud all
they needed was to be properly seconded By
Yankees back to their beloved Boston, orany
othtr place from. which the return might be
more dif1cnlt. He saw before him Texas
regiment, Hhoza thfnEcd ranks reminded him
too Ininfully Of their situation, cut off from
the homts to which they ehoald look for
rec, oite, AID Of their deadly conflicts upon
many aaeld where they bad fought as Texans
chter. Such Gesda as theit's we're never in
Vaip, and would surely secure to the country
the inestimable Prize for which they are cor
tee ding, and themselves honor and renorn.
There, too, were Alabamians, who be falt
sure were worthy the name which Ind been
imnofta1ized on 10 many battle fields in Vr-
ginia, Tennessee and Mississippi. Aud here
ne referred to the youthful color.bearer at
Chickamangu, who planted within thn enemy's
bar1icades hts regimental flag, pierced with
eighty three bu]leis. and Its staff shattered,
The President had the pleasure Of promoting
him for his heroic conduct, and such was his
mocesty that In presenting his hag to the
President lie appeared quite unconscious Of
, 1863-11-07

Taier vile College, Maine. writes: "
as emtnerty beneficial remedyI's ~ ~ "eA
, 1863-11-07
n Grand System OF Swlu ding.
From the Wheeling Intelllgencer, Nov, lst.1

- e~A-A AAAe " 4N%Au4 AAtGAISEuEEi, NOV. 4Hk.j
a fe7 days SGD ne advertised for the Gov-
c1nment ia our columns tbs sale Of several
tens Of old lion at Horper's Fe-ry-the
"recss Of The magnificent arsenal that once
existed there. Several Of our iron men went
on to attend theeale. We are informed By
one Of thtm Who hsa returned, and who
booglt considerable amount Of the iron Of.
fe1ca for eale, TINT On reaching the Ferry be
ard bis companions were at once approached
By set Of erecnlstoEs WHO had arrived In i'd
vance Of them fTom WaehFreton, Baltimore.
Philadelphia and other places, to see II they
Wou1d enter into .'1log" to cheat the
Government and divide the profits Of the
10 fern u "ting" Of oil the buyers On tbs
groo-d an3 appoint certaIn ones to bid tue
non up to ee1saln price, cay half what it
They we.s then to let It 60 to some one Of
Their number, and the Government being thus
pp 2 second time. and every purchaser was to
bid bis highest fg a1ee, the hiehest'of course
getiIug "tbe lEcn. The difference between
what tie t-on was bought at from the Gov.
eminent end Rnat It sold tor the second time
to one or more Of the membcrs OF tile s'ring,,"
nas 10 90 paid u dividends to each member
bad been bought for $4,000 ft5m the Gov
e11ment, ard put up egaiu and struck of to
the ling" E1rcha. :r, or purchasers, for
$lGo,clo there would, Of course, be $4,000
to divide, the Pl1cha:ers getting their share
Of the dividends along with the others. Tbta
1ascal]y game onr Wheeling men wopldn't.
60 Into, p1tferrlug, as they told these blood
suckeIs, to giye tue Government the highest
price that the lion was worth. And they did
pay good prico for the iron bought-filI az
much Is It Nas worth, and in dc:ng SO set IN
example to the unp1incipled cormofaats
around them that mutt hare bcan ret.eshing
to their deprayed ideas of business t1ansac.
tion.
1ne yillians actually had the hardihood to
tel the buyers from Wheeling that the game
they proposed was the common one;pracfIsTri
at oil eales Of the kind, a1d ga7e that as one
reasoa why It should ha entered into at the
Ferry. II this Is 20, and ne have no doubt II
is. the attention Of responsible Government
ctlcials eyeryWhere ought to be directed to
the fact. .
, 1863-11-07

Ihe French Iron Clads In = Storm,
tfat1s tOct. 1b) Correspondence OF the r.ondon
Army and Navy Gazette.1
IT appears that the rolling Of tha fnnn,
plated French t1igates Was even heavier fh,7
stated In my last letter. md that the Norman.
ofe WILL have to be docked. She Law liEe for
n the trough Of the aea, which made clea5
preach over her. The only person who could
remain on deck were the Captain and the men
at me helm, who were sheltered In shot
proofs. HE crew WAS al belo Y in the 1atar.
neht compartments, where they were nearly
ellueo. N such precarious situation VIA
1nis vessel that the Napoleon thought the
only way ot saving her would b. to take her
In tow. She consequently sent rome bg the
TallsInaE, and the Ta1isman broke her hoTa
In trying to get on board the Noruaudie. not
that N tuch q sea my rope could have stood.
The Norma1die Was quite ungoyern,bIe. and
driftt d toward the shore. upon which. hut tor
q change OF current, abe must have ultimateIv
been thrown Below nearly everything had
broken loose and xas folio wing the movement
of the vessel, which all but completed cir.
Gle as each Eea struck her eluggish aide. The
shot were shaken from their lockers, aud
rolled about the lower decks, intiicting injury
on the Lien, several Of whom hsd fractured
lin b..
In Couronne seems to have weathered the
st! rln better than the other trig2tes, and 1t Is
ssid that the Solferino and Msgents, the two
1arger vessels not plated at stem OF stern. did
not ro1 nearly SO heavily as their smaller
companIone.
The Commission must have felt like Palicu.
rus In the storm, when the worthy exclaimed:
.Ren! qat;na1l tamil cin1ernns .thsrd nin5i.n
The squadron is expected to put to sea
again in few days for further trials.
, 1863-11-07

PROVOST Marshal NrGEST SUPERSEDED
81 GEN. HAxEs.-Co1- Robert Nugent, Acting
Assistant Provost Ma1thal General OF New
York, has been superseded by Brig. Genera!
Hayes ofthe regular artillery, but will remain
in New York for come days, in order to
acquafnt his successor folly with the duties
If the office. Accompanying the order. was
a letter trcm Provost Marshal Generl FrY
conp1lnenting Col. Nugent very highly on
The the efficient manner In which he had per
fol Imed The arduous duties Of his Office, Col
Nugent, by the consolidation of his regiment.
1otes his rank as Colonel Of volunteers. He
army, and will, probably, soon take the field.
Gen. Hayes viii, probably, arrive here to. day
ard, upon assuming command Of his new de-
ra1tment, will eetabllah. q chlet recruiting
bureau in this city, In order to concentrate
ard pre- mote the efficiency ef the recruiting
eystem.-N. r T1ibun: Sd inst.
, 1863-11-07
TlsmfGefr ofn Naval Officer for 6x1-
treating a Seaman, /

14e Navy department nus JUST Issued q
general order stating the resnlt of}the naval
general court .martial recently assembled It
Philade1phls, and which tried Acting Volun-
teer Lieut.. J. ". Kitteridge, OF the Navy, on
the charge Of maltrea!ment Of AMI ordinary
seaman subject to his orders. The specfHca-
ton Get forth that on Or about the 18th day of
June, in the year 1868, on board. the United
States steamer Wamsutta, In Sapeto Sound.
Acting Volunteer Lieut.. J. ". Ki,teridge'
being then in command Of the steamer, NAL
treated George T. Hughes, an ordinary sea-
mau, subject to his orders, BY striking hin In
the face with his list, stirling him in the
mouth with q loaded revolver, and otherwise
.inflcting Illegal puniahment upon said
Hughes; 1t which charge Kittefidge was
found guilty, and sentenced BY the court to
be dismissed the naval service. This sentence
having been approved, Acting Volunteer
Lieut.. htteI1dge is accordingly dismissed
from the service, and will hereafter cease to
pc lega.d1d as IN officer Of the United States
Navy. Secretary Weller, In promu]gatiDe
tbs order, says: "Ths Department.: trusts
TINT this e1smple will have the PROPER effect,
both On tie officers and seame1 ot;the navy,
admonfahing the one That tho law framed Isl
the purpose Of protecting eeamen from
"anton or tyrorrous abuse Of authority shall
not be violated with imprniiy, and giving
seanen to understand th5t, while they find
their officers held to strict account Tor the ex-
eretse o. authority, they, In their turn, will
be expected to discharge their duty, and con-
form to tie requirements Of discipline NTH
Te1a1netH and cGeeffu1nessH -
, 1863-11-07
GENERAL BEAUREGAKD
GREEK FIRE.


The following IL IN extract from private
letter to q gentleman Of New York, dated
Fort Wagner, October 10, 1868.
.. I.opened one ofthe unexp1oded magazines,
and dug out lot of Us villianp1s con:
pounds as Mr. Beauregard ever complained
Of First was little box containing sui.
phurtc acid, In tubes about eix Inches In
length by one third Of an inch In di4meter,
aud by 1t 4 box marked fire bottleso on
the inside of the cover Of which was card Of
" diTect1ons.n Taking one OF the bottles,
and preparing It according to the direction. 1
pitched 1t at some hing hard.
The experiment was perfectly successful
The bottle burst, The contents Wera ignited,
dently contained camphene, -gnnpowder and
chlosate Of potash. To day found another
Of their :" fire bugs" which consists Of tin
can holding about a quart, In the centre Of
which IS suspended smaller can. The inuer
can contains powder, and the space around
It Ia filled with cotton and tulren:fne. A
time fuse communicates from tue outside
with the inner can. Being little suspicious
Of the fuse, first emptied the fluid by means
OF small opening at the top, and COM
menced my Investigations BY Irregular ap-
proaches" " from the bottom. Cutting through
this seized the "little joker" ard twisted
off its neck. Finding that the fuse, Left plen-
ty Of margin for lodging, brought ons out
and got up some fireworks at rebel expense.
It exploded, throwing the cotton fur Or five
yards around, and covering the ground with
tire. don't see how Mr. Buregard can COM
plain Of " Greek fire - after this.
, 1863-11-07

Few. A. W1DERG, Of Nikuugeu, Hanover, writes.
tena Tso Eas rsouoied sish "a obstina:o Cough.
aas eLrtly hls health through The nse Of
DF. JnTue'8 Exnectnfaut" '
, 1863-11-07


For long time the importance Of East
Tennessee to the Confede1acy seemed to be-
unappreciatcd. Not until that country fell
Into po3s eeston Of the enemy was Its incalcu
liable yalne realized. Except What was far
lively obtained from Kentucky. the whole
see and ihe contiguous counties of. adjoining
8tates- The product Of corn in that region
MAS very heavy, .andAo portion Of the Con-
e tderacy equal in extent, afforded as large q
supply Of forage md winter pastursge. The
armies was rot Only Important In itself, but
1t WAS Important sleo in respect to the con-
tiguops country which 1t protected. 4 great
lire OF railway IVES secured, continental in
Its dimensions and In Its value. The a1lfnes
and lead mines Of Virginia, which produce
all the sa1t and lead used IN the ConfsdesaeY,
we're protected 70 long as East Tennease was
ours.
But the evacuation of that region, and Its
surrender vi .hout single battle to the cne-
my, has lost Us au these advantages. The
railway is broien mp, and there can be 40
communication between Gen Jones at Br1s-
tol, ard Gen. Broeg 1T Chickamauga, Nlo are
less than ore hundred and fifty miles apart,
exct pt By a circuit Of twelve hundred miles,
through Petersburg, the Casoliuas ard Au.
gu.ta: The hogs Of East Tennessee; :; ahoraicg
now being slaughtered for thc Yankee armies.
The vast corn crops and forage supplies Of
that department. sufficient to winter aIi lie
iye stock Of the Confederate armiea, are be-
ing fed to the fifty Thousand horses and mules
belonging to the, forces Of Grant. The ealt.
md lead works Of the Corfederacy, and the
numterless caves OF Southwestern Virginia.
from which immense supplies ofea1tpetTe a-e
obtained for the Ordnance Department, are
row inntrent1y threatened by the close pre-.
6erce. Of hostile armies. requiring the pre-
sence Of heavy forces Of our own for their
Tic task imposed by the loss Of East Ten,
neekee upon Gen. Samuel Jones, commanding
in Southwest Virginia, Is oaerous. Between
She Yankee Generals, Ayeril Ia the direction
Of Cheat Mountain, ard Burnside threatening
from Knoxville, he has line Of more than
six hundred miles to guard: The task Is rem
dered donbly arduous through the thorough
disorganizatlon Of the Kentucky and Tennes.
zee cavalry, who have been carousing, pIlfer-
irg and ekulkirg In Southwestern Virginia,
uEder the non discipline Of the Kentucky
Generals, to whose tender me1cies the people
Of that country have been turned over ever
tince the war begun.
Though the Kentucky Generals, who were
intlusted with the protection Of that impor-
tant country, gave it to the Yankees without
battle, and although Cumberland Gap was
eu1rer dered without shot by Mississippi
B1fgadier: of WeetPont training, tine country,
We arc glad to believe, is not lost. At the
last moment the Government seems to have
awakened to some sense OF the Importance Of
East Tennessee, not merely as the back door,
, 1863-11-07
A CHAPTER OF SOUTHERN
HORRORS,


On Friday evening last q gentleman arrived
In Phils sdelpbIa who has recently trareled In
many PARIS Of the South. In the tour he
parcel through considerable part of Geor-
gia, Nor tn Carolina, aud Eastern Virginia.
Less than eight eay5 since he was in Rich
mord. He passed through Rebellion dis
glised. Tie following b1ief recital Of hor.
rosJ, or most Of them, fell under his per1onal
observation:
No less ttan five attempts at 1egro insur-
Fclitn have been made IL Georgia since the
month Of July last. AS terror to the slaves,
some were shot, others Rang, and seven OF
pregnant Il male.
Many children hsve died from want of the
COMMON nectesosies o. life. Old and tnf1rm
mtn ard women lave o!eo died, their deaths
having t:en hastered By the rant Of proper
nourikhment.
In Richmond, Virginia, women to the num-
b:r Of i've hundred or more appea1ed In the
streets, demanding bread or blood. One
houte, with stores for tie rebel army, was
broken opep, and The women srcceeded In
obt7inirg some provisions to sustain life o.
little longer; -The people Of Richmond were
Of :tfe wealthy class remaining. Many of
them had reached Wilmington, North Caro-
lin, ard 1unnirE tie h!ocEade, are now out
Of harms Way In Europe. Considerable mum.
,bers Of u1ion p1tsorerB are daily starving to
{sseIs dsa1 mscs ms1y who Jet cling to life are hope
During tie second bread riot three women
were thot, one Of whom died from her
wCurds- In her last moment she upheld
little croEs-the emblem Of her Christianity,
WoIn next to her hea1t-and taking tterefrom
a oiniDutfye American flag, made Of silk,
Wrapped 1t On the outside Of the cross and
ktsted 1t, when hcr head fell upon her breast.
SheWas dead. Il
Abont twenty eight miles from Newbero,
n. c., our informant enw 81 emaciated moth
er digging little gave, In which abe buried
81 itta1 nearly tro yesrs old. Her despair
MSS truly heaft-rendipg. Her husbo1d and
son were coni ic1ipted into the rebsl army.
SIZE believed her fon was Killed at the battle
ef Malvern Hill He belonged to the North
Carolina 7tb, which, che says, was composed
Eet11y oil Ct boys, ecEe Ct them mot over
fourteen seaye old. She bad understood her
husband had cscaped North. Oar Informant
Kss touched by the grave scene. He gave
the woman come Confederate scrip and made
little head. board for the graTe, on which he
drew the following: SSa,r:d to the memory
Of Sa1lie johnson, aged twenty one months"
= The mother could not read. he explained
what be had placed on the little board. and
Ehe expressed great gratitude and burst into
Hood Of teare. Size, no doubt, though: he
WIS rebel soldier.
: He further says that counter rebellion is
Lot far distslf, when the leaders Of the
Southern Confeaeracy, If they do not escape
the county, Will be made to bite the dust.
, 1863-11-07
JUDGMKNT not Confessed.

The assumption Of the JEFF. Davis organ
Ehen, in the pleutitude Of its biilingsgate,
It charges the officers of the Sanitary Com
mission with an abuse of their trusts, and
fails 10 call forth reply from the gentle
men assailed, Is Of a piece with the general
conduct Of that disloyal sheet. It bctrays
the methods By which It has convicted the
President cfa violation OF the Constitution,
the Republican party. Of disloyalty, the
army Of merciless brutality, and the peo-
pie Of q desire to; exterminate the South.
But Tint method won't win. That the
men who have given more than two years
Of their time to the service Of the sick and
wounded soldiers OF the Federal army,
without compensation Of any sort, do not
turn back TO kick every whelp that barks
at their heels, surely is no confession that
they are does!..'
, 1863-11-07

letoH IAe 81. LOUIE Democrat. tth tn5t1
we EMO" not what may be the result Of last
etectaon In this State and for any
thlpg more tnan present PURPOSES, ne do not
much care. The very decided victory for the
Radicals IN st. Louis, and the heavy votes @
they appear TO hare secured in alI the mnre
loya! Districts OF the State, settle the Question
Ct Misson1is political future. In St, Louis
the Radicals have the citadel OF political DOW.
er in the State, without which no nsrfv In
Missouri can hope for PERMANENT sucesss Il
ie the centre Of inauence--the heart Of the
.kyetem politically, as we'll as finauci.1Iv
Their large mnjorittes in the loyal coun,iea
and particularly among the soldiers, establtsh
the fact that their party preponderates iarge]v
amor loyal citizens, and must sooner Of
souri, grows mole loyal it must grom mora
radical The. Rad}csl party, therefore. epjovs
the immense advantage Of being upon the as-
ctDdf1g ware,
Whether, tskipg tho entire vote cast In this
State On last Tuesday, the Radical ticket viii
prove to have ns1ority or not, it is yet In.
pcseio1e to tell. although the returns 30 far
received point to that conclusion but wheth-
er such be the case or not, we a1rea1y hare q
sufficient knowledge OF the Tote giren Il,
know, with absolute certainty, that with a
friendly national Administration, OF with one
which would have stood impartial between
the partlts, the Radicals would have carried
the State BY heavy preponderance. If the
shameful alttton which was effected be-
tween the Conservatives or copperheads aud
the rebels has trfnmpked, t1king the entire
State over, It's victory is owing solely to tbs
assistance It has recei5ea from the national
Administration, through its chief representa-
tivein this State, the commander Of the de-
gaftment and the Governor Of the State.
This sid is but temporary. Nothing Is better
fettled by the vote given In Missouri, on
Tuesday last, thun that Missouri ,ci1 on. year
4saee g're itssote TO Ae Radical candidate Jor TIE
Presidency, or for that candidate ,cho Is adopted
0s its Representatives in The coming contest bV ~
Radical Onion el<,Eens, unless Indeed that can.
dictate should prove to be -tir. Lincoln, IN
whom the best friends he has ever Ind In Mis-.
eou1i, have had their confidence considerably
e5aken by his course OF dealing with our
afalrs. We indeed look upon no State in the
Union, North or South, as more secure for
the Radical Presidential candidate than Mis-.
tour1 It is as certain to give it's vote for
such candidate, as the sun is to riso upon the
day Of election. We have not failed materi-
ally in any Of our calculations respecting the
politics of this State, aud ne wish to put the
above on record.
, 1863-11-07
ADVICE TO co ePERHEADs.

When the people will not vote the Cop
perhead ticket at an election, lay the con-
sequent defeat Of that ticket to the vote Of
tue soldiers WHO were sent home by the
P1esidedt to interfere with elections.
That's the dodge. And when it can be
proved that one hundred invalid soldiers,
at home On sick furlough, have voted, just
say and swear that henumber was clean
fifty thousand, and that the usurpe.'
and "ty1ant" LINCOLN, gare each one Of
them money out Of the treasury 10 defray
his expenses That's another dodge. But
be sure to conceal the fact that soldier
does not, by bearing AIMS. lose his rights
as citizen. :
Perhaps We carry Goals to Newcastle, in
rendering this advice to Copperheads.
Probably our readers may remember to
hare seen in the Copperhead journals
that this course has been generally adopted
II it has not been it will be. And why
notf 1snot lying the strong card in Cop
pexhead policy? Without it, what would
the party do9