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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
5000 Bushels Prime Potatoes.

The Potatoes to DO Of good merchantAble qualify,
to weigh (60) pounds to the bushel, and 70 pc put
up IN good barrels, we'll eOOPeEed, fan head lined,
and in good shipping order. All old marks, except
eueh as pertain TO the o0ntents must be ObutefAtod
and each package must have marked upon IL plainly
and dstietIy the name and address Of the seller the
name Of the article the gross taFO and nett weight
the words az. 8. subalStenee Department" and Eho
date Of the contract
Proposals for the whole or part Of the above win
be received, but proposals must state the quantity
and time in which they can be furnished- Marked
samples Of the Potatoes must accompany the pro-
posaIs aud must be referred TO therein. copy Of
this advertisement q alp from neWsPaper) must
be attached to each proposal.
Proposals must be on blank forms, which viii be
furnished application at this once, and must b0
enclosed in . scaled envelope addressed 20 the nm
dorsigned, and endorsed "ProPosAls for Potatoes"
Payment 10 be made In such funds - may be fur-
nlShed by the Treasurer Of the United States, but
no payment will be made 10 any party until all the
contract made by him has been accepted and do
HVered. -i
The right IL reserved to reject any or all Of the
proposals u such course should be deemed BY the
Undersigned for the interest Of the Government. u
Proposals. must be signed BY the parties thsm'
selves and not BY clerks, agents. 10. "A
. $50 Il- II. TURNER,
nOYb-td Captain and o, 8.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10

afford to temporize as long as you please.
Bat like any other belligerent, he will
grant you an armistice aud negotiation for
his own advantage. not for yours, and he
will negotiate not for Union, but for disso-
luton. do not argue this point. Any
candid, thoughtful man, of whatever party,
must admit that this view of what the
rebels will do is possible. Most persons
will concede that 1t is emiuently probable.
Then say in regard to the Chicago prop
osition; with the King in "Hamlet;"
HLets farther think Of this,
Weigh what convenience both of time and means
may ut to our shape"
va 10 t.If this should fail,
And that our DRIFT look through our bad perform
ance,
'Twere better not esSayed; a-----zga-
Therefore this project should have back or gecond
That might hold ii this should blast in proof"
AlasI since this Chicago plan must fail,
it has no back or second.
When negotiations and all the arts OF
craftsmanship are exhausted, the navy
would be scattered, Withdrawn from the
blockade, and the armies dispersed in
their homes-the treasury emptY-the ma :
tional credit sunk-France aud Great
Britain will have recognized the rebels,
aud even our steadfast friend, the Emperor
of Russia, together with the Sultan of Tur-
key, the Pasba of Egypt and the Emperor
of China will have given over with pain
and modification the friendly nation that
in pusilanimous hour delivered itself to
self. destruction.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
T61redav morning, November 10.

~. .Iec1ion returns come in slowly as
- do,oi,s in the States considered close
and doubtful. Yesterday was a bad day for
,newires. New York and Pennsylvania are
tho noipts toward which every body IS
,ookipe with peculiar interest. The cleo
ton of Mr.. Lincoln is not matter ID
dorht INIT the election of Seymour OF
Fenton in New York sbsOrbs pubic inter-
-. Tbaestimates of the Tribune on oneslde
ond tho claims of the World on the other
Lad ma TO expect very little margin for the
demonstration ticket. The chances are
about as good one way as another we
should say, as at present advised rem
svIvapia is claimed by the Phlladelpnla
Bulletin by 10000 to $4,000 on the home
vote the majority to be swollen to a5,OOo
nv the soldiers vote. This may or may not
he correct estimate. We have but little
doubt however that the combined vote will
give us the State by considerable minority.
We have no further news from our own
State. We must trust to the mails for
what ia now TO come. The State election,
however, determined in advance what the
returns will be. We shall give in proper
tion to our population as decided a ma
iority as Mr.. Lincoln will receive any
wnere. West Virginia is the Vermont OF
the border. Her star shines brighter than
any around her. ~
Maryland has improved her voting since
abe became a free State. Her October ma.
iori,v of less than seven hundred for the
new constitution, has grown to seven thou
sand for the Union ticket, And. SO it will
continue to grow. Copperheadism has
made, as we trust add believe, its last
grand Armageddon fight, there and else
where. and has now no future as polit-
iCal organization in this country.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
The supply Committee OF Richmond.
From the Richmond Examiner, Nov, 4,

The supply Committee of Richmond.
From the Richmond Examiner, Nov. 4.
The Supply Committee of the city of
Richmond have entered into arrangements
by which, after few days, they will be
enabled to serve out to citizens at cost
prices, supplies of not only meat, but ba-
can, lard, butter, sorghum aud other COM
modities now commanding ten prices in the
market, and scarce at that. The commit
tee in view of the new arrangement, have
stopped the issuing of any more tick rts
for meal, and the tickets as fast as they
come in are cancelled. New tickets are to
be issued. This has in part been rendered
necessary by the fact that the signatures
Of the police officers charged with the
distribution of the tickets have been forg-
ed by unworthy persons, who are thereby
made participants of the city's bounty in.
tended for the poor and deserving. We
have not learned the nature or extent of
the arrangement entered into by the Supply,
Committee, but understand that the source
from whence supplies are intended to be
drawn will be permanent throughout the
season, uulsss interrupted By Unforeseen
events incident to any enterprise in these
times.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
Decline and FAN of. the Democratic
Party.

Decline and Fall OF the Democratic
Party.
There is little doubt that If the Chicago
convention had repudiated copperheadism,
adopted patriotic platform, and nomina-
ted sound war democrat or conservative
man on the ticket with Mcclellan, it would
have carried the election. How miserably
thew blundered and failed is well told in
the address of Gen. Dix to the democratic
party, adopted at the convention of war
democrats 10 New York;. ..
For eighteen months after the commence
ment of The war, the course of the demo
cratic party was worthy of its traditional
patriotism, courage and fidelity to the coun-
try. But under the malign Influences
which, since the fall election of 1862, have
controlled the executive policy of the state
of New York, aud, through it, the demo-
cratic movement in other states, its leaders,
with "A want of elevation of thought and
feeling, eminently illustrative of their IN
fitness for control, have lost sight of the
vital Issues involved in the contest, and
have gone step by step from hostility
to the government into hostility to the
war. That the great body of the demoo.
racy are faithful TO their principles is not
doubted; nor is it doubted that they will
assert themselves ere long sgainst the
despotic sway of those who have perVert-
ed the party organization to their injury
and dishonor 10 1863 the party was be-
trayed by its leaders into open opposition
to the act of Congress to Gil by draft the
ranks of the army, thinued by disease and
the sword. Although similar measure
was proposed In Congress in 1914, during
the war with Great Britain, with the sp-
probation of Madison, Monroe, Tompkins
aud Van Buren,, 1t was denounced by the
democratic leaders in 1868 as uuconsti-
tntiOnal and oppressive, thus denying the
right of governmeut-a right universally
admitted by jurists aud writer's on public
law-to provide for its own preservation
by calling on those who live under its
protection to arm in its Defense Thus the
democracy, in the very midst, and, indeed,
at one OF the most critical periods of the
war, were involved by its leaders in the
odium of resisting an indispensable meas.
nre tor carrying it on, placing the party,
for the first time in our history, in the at
titude of Withholding its support from the
government, ina contest to maintain its
existence. Notwithstanding this gross
Misrepresentation of the democratic feel
ing, it was still hoped by those who had
the interests of the country at heart, that
the Chicago convention would vindicate
the tarnished honor of the party by dec.
laraton in fayursof vigorous prosecution
OF the war until the armies Of the ipsur.
gents should be disbandsd., This hope has
been painfully disappointed. They have spo;
ken no word of censnre for the unscrupulous
men who have brought upon the country
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
Tng news from the Valley is calculated

THE news from the Valley is calculated
to create anxiety in that direction. 1t
would seem as if the rebels, 10th to give
up the idea of retaliating upon the Mary
land and Pennsylvania border, their losses
in the Valley, were pertinaciously bent on
forcing an outlet to the Baltimore road
We do not see how they can reasonably
hope to succeed in fauking Sheridan to
any permanent purpose. Supposing they
do cross over into the Mooreield Valley
and thus flank him, and we presume that
is what is limited at, their occupation OF
the country would necessarily be SO brief
and hurried that they could not accom-
plish anything. Perhaps Ewell, who
succeeds Early, desires to play the
same game in the Valley that Hood appears
to be playing in Northern Alabama. Ifso,
perhaps Sheridan may let him, and devote
himself to looking after the ways and
means of preventing his ever getting
home again. Matters must be pressing
With the rebels in their present situationin
the Valley. The country is bare of subsis-
tence, as We All know, and their trans
portatiou is very indifferent. They must
move either forward or back. Sheridan
could not keep up his supplies at stauntornI'
and Ewell fnds, we doubt not, the same
difficulty at his present distance from his
base For this reason we are inclined to
attach some credit to the hint that we may
soon expect a movement from the rebels
in the Valley. 1t seems to be a necessity
of their position.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
Great Auction Sale
ESTATE,
Tuesday, November 22d, 1864.
ss1HHnHsas 10 nHYS NHs;AR RT Ell

TIHE undivided halfOf that me Business property
commencing At the southwest corner OfMOnrOO
and Market stEeet4 and eLtending q Monroe st5ees
WSrret streGt south about 1lB feet inches; being
Lots ., 10, aud part Of II, IN square q nus =
Oners rare opportunity f0r probable Investment.
Iot NO. 100 On west side Of Market BqnAra. 5th
su hssi anti sRIcK sFosE aoGsEs, each
rae LIRGE THREE STORY BRICK BUILDING
and ground on the north. east corner Of Main ADD
webster stFesta 6th ward, fFOntIng 50 fsot Main
street and running back about 81 feet on Webster
street 70 Mont McNabbs line; being part Of Lots
Lot No. Is on the east side OF Main street, 9Th
Ward, improved by TWO SUBSTANTIAL TWO
STORY BRIOK DWELLING HOUSES.
Lot No. 10 on the 1oEth-oaIt corner Of Main and
Division streot.. eth Ward. tg!PEoyed By GOOD
TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
North halt Of Lot 24a the oast side Of EO street,
improved By . GOOD TWO STORY BRICK Dwell
IUt No. rs On the wo.. aIds Of Eo street, corner
q N S9 1ss on the west side Of ChsplDe
street, corner Of an alley and covered with BklCA
~ ~. rs, south-east corner Of Market and
Third streets, fronting on Market quaIe, 6th WaEd!
improved b a TWO STORY BRIOk BUILDING IN
Lot 10. isi, ea..sido OfMarkst square, Ssh Ward,
Iot No. 49, Stea,. corner Of arkO. vnd Sec
ond streets, 6fh Ward. D
PAT Of Lots ms and ll6 fronting IS fSOt on web
stsr stEee corner Of an alley ed r16Ting SSsk
HOUSES, TWO STORIES EACH. 4-I
Lot No 1856 on the west side Of Ch8pli1o strsst.
Part q Lot II, on the wet side Of naln street.,
near North street, .1sG WaFd; hOottRg % fest 90
Main street and running back 1O4 feet and improved
By TWO STORY BRIcK BUILDING.
West halfof Lot No Z, in square - on the Dorth
Iido Of HRmpdan street, f0pTOVod ~ 6OOD TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
Three acres and three rOOd8 o. ground aaJolnlng
the Pork HOuss property in East " hoeuqg5 bounded
90 the east By Wheoiing creek, DoEtn q C9Sstnut
Itrest west b. Baltimore StIoot ana aoatn " 0uney
Itroot. This Z Ane atS for Misunderstanding PuT'
~. a q 10 ana Al on Bow street, near Fulton,
m Ibie6 f5rmsEIY stood the EAgis Paper Mil; also
good manufacturing sltA
III, Norrh western Bank Of virginia WI sell
4 p1bIic auction, ~ the front door Of the CSurt
Homo N the city Of Whoaling on Tuesday, November
~ 1854 commencing a. 10 O'Clock A. n, eli the
.boVs valuable and desirable property.
TERAiB-ODo-t third eash, aud balance in one and
70 yoars, with interest from day Of sala. The de-
lFFSd payments % Be secured By Deed Of Trust
pom the property PURCHASED. and where u - i'm
TUged. . 1lttll1OtOrY IuslTanco upou TIE Improve
tents t0r the beneat q the Trust RuFehaSerSmay
~ larger pgOp0Fti0a OF All ea1h, - thar option.
or further Information apply -
lssp29-td sizl-- -.I--=- -H President.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-10
oct2T-td
Trustees Sale of Real Estate
SITUATE IN THE CITY OF WHEELING.

DY virtue and in pursuance ola Deed Of Trust,
D executed by Thomas Townsend aud Richard
OOWIey, OF Belmont county, State Of Ohio, to Nor
gan Nelson, late Of the city Of Wheeling, DOW de-
and duly Of record in the Recorders once Of Ohio
county State Of West Virginia, In Deed Book No SS
folio S45 TO secure to Francis R. Armstrong. trustee
Of Emily A. Zane, the sum Of II 1sO g. with inter-
est thereon as manifested, BY two several Bonds
given for the same and described in said Deed OF
Trust; VI as Administering with the will an
nexed Of said Morgan Nilsson, deceased, and in Vr-
tue Of the power conferred upon me by the 9th see
ton Of chapter l7S Of the Code Of Virginia. proceed
on the 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1864, q the front
public auction the following described piece parcel
OF land: A part Of what Il known by the name OF
the COtt5 Farm, on Wheeling Greek, within the
limits Of the city Of Wheeling beginning at stake
Baker; thence N. 491o, W. 10 pOleS to the SOeknan
line: thence with said line n. 40 =. 10 poles, 20
Wheeling creek; thsace down said creek and binding
thereon s. 500 80 poles; thence 8. 7O' T. Is POles
Bakers Hne; thence 8. AO1So, W. 10 poles, 70 the
beginning; cont aiming three acres and tWentythree
and one half pOeg described In said deed; except
the following described part Of said land above de-
serbed, that Is say: beginning on the East SIDE
Of Fulton street and on the soekman ltnes now the
Mccartney line, thence N. ago, T. 10 poles 70 .
stake ct Wheeling creek; thence down said ereekS
and binding thereon, g. 609s 4. 44-1O0 poles, %
stake; thence 4Ofos ". 10 poles, 70 stake ON the
line Of F ton street; thence with the east side Of
FULTON street, N 4So, W. So 100 poles. 20 the be-
ginniDg cOntaing one half acre. and which was CON
Teyed BY said Townsend and wife and said CONley
to Marcus W. Amek, by deed duly Of record In SAID
Recorders once In Deed Book No. II, folio %.
1sfrn' u 'As' ''''"' Al CEoIL, +,
Administrator, with the viii annexed, Of Morgan
Nelson, deceased trustee In the above dated deed
nOV1-ts
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The Bread Question at Richmond
From the Richmond Examiner, Nov. 4th.

The Bread Question at Richmond
From the Richmond Examiner, Nov. 4th.
There is no article of food the want OF
which is SO universally felt as bread; aud
there is no class of the business communi-
ty whose dealing is so complained of as
that of the bakers. Wishing to ind out
the real proportion between the cost Of
-four and the price charged for bread, we
decided yesterday to test the matter practl
cally for our own satisfaction. So Wepur-
chased a usual sized loaf at bakery on
Main street, for which we paid one dollar
in Confederate currency. Its weight was
exactly eight ounces-half pound. Say
then we take barrel of -four of one hun
dred and uiuety-six ponds at $3.50
the market rate. This converted in the
usual way-consisting largely of water, salt
and perhaps other materials-Would pro-
duce of bread one third more in weight or
about twenty. six ana half pounds, which
at one dolIar-the present price of losves,
weighing but eight ounces (half pound)-
would produce five hundred and twenty
three dollars per barrel. The barrel itself
ia now worth some three or four dollars
more and may be added so that the profit
on working barrel of -four, costing three
hundred and fifty dollars, into bread, is
one hundred and seventy. seven dollars !
which, allowing Tor LABOR Sdlb auu ULueA
material used in baking, would give clear
profit of at least one hundred and fifty del
lars. This is the calculation on bread
Pies, cakes, &C.. are at much higher rate,
and the profits on them are accordingly
greater.
Bread is necessity with all classes, the
poor especially, and these should be pro-
tected from imposition. Itbecomes con-
sideratiou of some moment whether the
Common Council should not at once pass
an assize ordinance to protect commoners,
especially the poorer class, from the I'M
fair demands of bakers. Most governments
| in the Old World have passed laws regu'
lating their business, and compelling them
to give certain amount of bread to cor
respond with the market price of -four. 10
Paris, where the government takes care
that bread shall never be dear, the assize
is fixed every fifteen days, by order of the
police, and it is also 30 regulated in many
cities on the continent. Assizes of bread
have also been common in our own couu-
try, regulated generally by the municipal
authorities in the large towns, and in old
times through proclamations from the
mayors. We can recur to the time when
we had not only assizes of bread, but when
the prices of entertainment in taverns were
fixed by law.
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w. B. SENSENEY.
u. S. Marshal's Sale.
United States

United States District sr S tSS S:r ss
Jefferson 7. Martin Virginia, At wheeling. Fan
and oInoIs n9sa =, ~: b 5n o9y. ~
Il the United States fog the Distriet Of West ViE-
ginia rendered At Its Rau Term, 1884. at Wheeling,
In the above entitled eause, l will on THURSDAY,
DEoEMBER 10Th, 1864. At the front door Of the
Court House Of Marshall county, West VlTEi.ia,
sell ut public auction 70 the highest and best bid
der, the ira Of land Containing about one hun-
dred acres more or lessl Bltu IO In the forks Of Big
Grave Greek in said county OF MArshall, and In
james Burnley bought Of John 6allaher, and bound
cd ~ follows, 20 wit: beginning at stake in the
month Of Bayou, corner to piece OF the same
fern that was heretofore sold 70 VIM. p Davis
survey, with the several courses and distances
thereto to the center Of large cut In the bottom
made by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
and where the creek now principally runs theDeo
say about eight and half acres heretofore sold 70
RObeFI Alexander thence with said AlexSndeT's
line eastWAFdly to q stake In the field, corner TO
said Alexander; thence BouthWArdly with said
and Ohio Railroad; thence eaStWardly along the
side Of said Railroad TO the original line Of said
survey; thence ea9tWAfdly with the original line,
with the several courses and distances thereto, 70
stake, corner TO aAid Wm. p. Davis; thence north
Wardly with the said VIM. r. Davis line 70 the be
TERHs OF sALR-Pifteen per cent. Of the pur-
chase money in hand, the balance in three equal
Instruments at six, twelve and eighteen months,
with interest on each deferred instAllmentS from
tho day Of sale until paid; the purchaser giving
bond with good security for said deferred INSTALL
ments, with the privilege Of paying all any por-
tiOn OF the deferred payments at the next term Of
this Court.
Sale TO commence at two O'Clock p NJ.
EDWARD II. NORTON,
oct27-td U. 9. Marshal.
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Omelal Vote OF wet1sl County.
NEw MGRTINsvILLE, W. Va, \
'S.- November Z, 1854.

Editors LnteHigencsr:
The following is the official vote of Wet
zRl county:
Governor, s17; Secretary of State, 800,
Auditor of State, 33l; Treasurer of State,
321; Attorney General, 327.
Congress-ssmuel Crane, 4l6; O. D..
Hubbard. III.
STATE Senate-wm. p. Walker, ss6; A.
Hswkins, lie; James Musgroye, a,
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BY J. ". BEACH, AuctioneerI N"
AT Geo. e. WIckhNm'S Auction Store.
To be sold without any reserve or limit price,
England, or some of the most splendid MARINE
SHELLS ever witnessed In this country, with Vari-
GUS other Natural Ouriosties, comprising CoRALS,
CAMEOS, PEARLS, &C., consisting of over One
Thousand Specimens, such as have never before
been offered for sale in Wheeling, and rare OPP
portunity IL now offered 10 the citizens.
The public and the Ladies' in part ocular, are In.
Vited to examine this magnificent aSBortment OF
OURIOSITIES from the dOminIong of Old Neptune.
They are works Of Nature. and no artist that ever
lived could initiate them In shape or colOr-the
wonders and beauties ofthe mighty ocean. Also,
variety Of Chinese Fans, Japanese Boxes, and rare
Inkstands. Also, o variety OF Pearl Head Dresses
and Bracelets. Also, variety Of Small Shells for
LAdes' work.
Terms cash. By order
T. BoYNTON,
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GUBSIBTENUE UEFIUE y. 3. AhMIl
. WHEELING, W. Va, Nov. 9Th, 1854.
SEALED PROPOSALS, must be in duplicate. from
frst hands and from citizens loyal to the United
States Government only, will be received 90 this
ONCE until 12 O'Clock, noon, on TUEsDAfs THE
18th DAY or NOVEMBER, 1864, for supplying for
the use Of the United States Army S1bsstanee
Stores, to bO delivered ct wheeling, W. Va as fol-
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NNILCE mo- D, IS. TAX PAYERS.

oFFIoE COLLECTOR Internal REVENUE,
PIRsT DIST. WEsr VA, WHEELING.
NTOTICE Is hereby given to the tax PAYERS Of
IN Ohio and Marshall counties, that the Special
Iocome or War Tax, asst ssed according to Act Of
Congress approved July 4th, 1864, is now due and
payable at the following Places'
Ht nv otice in the Custom House, wheeling,
from The 10Th to the 25th of November, from 8
O'Clock A, N. until 4 p. ~, or at TrIRdelphia on
Monday, November 9lSt; at West Liberty from 10
O'clock A ~ wednesday, 23d, until O'Clock P. M.
on Thursday, 2ith; at MoundSville on Monday, 2Sh;
Glen Easton TusEdaY, goth; Cameron Wednesday,
SOth, and Dallas Friday, December ID.
II said taxes are not paid at these places and
times or within ten days thereafter, to the Collector
ten per cent. with twenty cents for notice, and
four cents for every mile actually Travelled in serv
ing the same, will be added to the amount Of the
bill. Ifnot paid within the time thus required by
law, the collector deputy Is required to distrain
for whole amount Including other costs. [See SEQ.
%, Act Of Jure Both, 1891
noVQO david Col. lst Dist, w. Va
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TWo and 0ne.Half Per OenIum

1T APPEARING TO MY sATIsFAoT1oN, THAT
majority Of the tax payers Of Ohio county have
misunderstood the advertisement In relation 20 the
halt per centum tax law, Deem 1t but Just 70
EXTEND the time. -
contain viii he SiIoVed on the sFAFE and COUNTY
taxes, TO those who pay AL their taxes, either ct
the times and places heretoioIe aaxsressd IN me az
different townships, or At the sheT1hS OmCS' up 70
'n So 5rio Jay u JOSEPH sEYBoLD 8. Q. Q.