Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-04

the vicissitudes Of war q of our supplies
Of certain articles, whit nay be called
llnxuries, but which the .tstOry of society,
d lall the world over, show 70 be more ne
cessary for the poor eVerthan forthe rich,
4 the farmer grAsps with ReSger Rclntch as
i the most decided speculEor at the golden
lchance, and makes a fotSne out OF few
acres of sorghum cane. AR shOrtsighted
such course is, everybody Jexcept our bu.
collie friends can see. tile prices Of the
necessaries of life are f0ed mp by hoard
ing, the laborer must, tin self. defence" !"
demand higher fee, d merchant must,
sin self defence, add ertain percentage
to his wares; and the poor professional
man-the poor sAlRFied lans-Wh0se saFV-
ices are not in demSd, whose fixed
income bears no proportion to
the increasing expenditue, these are also,
sin self f-defence," forcedo do stroke of
'surreptidous speculstiounntll they too are
as deeply cankered blythe gangrene of
Coyetousness as their nghbors: So the
process goes nn, and 90 ~ nmanly art of
self-defence" finds larger and larger
ring of pupils. But the tuinorfees must be
paid in The end; if in money, q brushing
taxation, under which the frmers. too,
will have to gFoan; ifnot in u3Rey, by the
tion. Nor is this 4Rlii men d5l0t like to
see their fellows Engaged "tn banging the
bread basket higher" as ~ Germans
would say. They do not lie to perform
the antics of a. starving Ionn'as he Vainly
endeaYors to reach the morsa of meat sHs.
pended Just beyond his realh. Men will
never forget this humiliation sud the line
of demRrkation once drawn IN anger be-
tween! the producer aud Consumer, the
agricultural class, secure as tley may deem
themselves in their wealth, their social
position, their family intersa, and their
preponderaut numbers, will fad that they
have evoked storm which the unkept
resolutions of County Court gatherings
cannot lay. arrql as.saa
MISCELLANEOUS IFHIs.
Z The Kzasataer of Oct. "a eyes the fol-
lowing Incident to. illustrate the anxiety
displayed to get hold of greenoaoks:
"One day last week-a quad at one Of
the Yankee prisons had effected an ex-
change, when he was detected by one Of
his officers, In order to save himself from
detection, and his money from tontiscation,
he attempted to swallow the mtes. They
stuck in his gullet, and it tool two strong
men to choke them out of him though he
was in imminent danger of choking to
death. On Saturday two members of Bat.
terry 8, named J. T. Holcomb and Bepja-
min r. johnson, on guard at one Of the
prison posts, were detected IN the act of
trading with the.prisOners and sent to Cas-
tic Thunder" id tlla
Great CONSERVATION has been created in
the War Department by the issue Of an
order subjecting to cOnscriptiOn and en-
all clerks who entered the De-
since October, 1862. The ErGN-
iser states that many OF those liable "bave
taken energetiCally to blue mass and ca
thartic pills."
the RTchmonu ENqtITeT7 o. 0ct6Bas az.
says: sai5 aU
"Fraucis P. Blair, Jr., nephew of the
Yankee Postmaster General, was arraigned
for trial in Judge Lyons Court, Saturday,
on charge OF stealing lot of clothing
from Capt. John Taylor. The jury found
him mot guilty and he was accordingly
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A new prison, to be surrounded by walls
ls feet hign, is incourse Of construction
at Belle Isle, for the. accommodation. of
our brave boys. A saw mill on the Dan
vile railroad is in operation night and day
getting out the necessary lumber -3ta
Q The escaped prisoners from Castle Thun.
der, says the Examiner of Tuesday, who
murdered sentinel on Tuesday morning
in effectiDg their exit, have not been heard
of, aud were still at large last evening.
Mr.. Israel Robinson, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Berkeley, Lieut.. Col. of the
County militia before the war, and del
egate to the General Assembly, died in
Richmond on Oct. 90, in the 44th year Of
his age.
The editor of the Columbus (GsOrgia1
Sun has been shown private letter from
the ply ysician attending Gen: Hood, in which
he says that he will certainly recover from
his wounds. --3-..-..-s ..ttr,,
AS AN illustration of the passion for
gambling in Richmond, it is stated that a
Quartermaster recently lost $40, 900 at a
single setting.
4 saOE44KER in Augusta, Ca, who
charged more than 20 per cent. profit. has
been arrested as g couscript. mfI u5s
n GtN. CHARLES lCLARK has been elected
Governor of Mississippi.
z GIN. IMBoDEN has sent to Richmond 2So
more prisoners. ae @ --f fisii f
AcbNcERT given by one Mad, Ruhl, for
the benefit of the poor, realized $4,000.
Tar swindles of Livingston in sayannah
Georgia, alone, now turn out to be oyeI
$6OO,oOO. -
MICRO woman sold At auction, recently
at Lypchburgb, for the enormous price o
.$6, 900 cash. ~ Al e9
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Prsssnt st+eng tn or the Rebel Armies
Charles HaIlock, formerly of the N. Y
Journal of Commerce, who was homes
enough to go South and join the rebels
has latelygOne to Bermuda on a blOCkad,
runner, and writes to the Royal Gazett'
as to the prospects of the rebels. HI
says - ass5rss4.. -sf o
NThe governments is prOvidently pre-
pairing f0r.the winter campaign. UPOI