Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-07
NEWS SUMMARY.

SoLDrERs at NeWbern, N. O., say that the
only way any liquids will be able to reach
them in boxes from home, ie to mark them
"Dayis' psin!killer." In that case the in
specting officers don't confscats and drink
them up. me ,.T E
TAH Cincinnati people are waginga fierce
quarrel against their gas companies on &C.
count of the enormous charges, and Mr..
Samuel Pike promises to make them better
gas for less than half the present charges.
eTHR Missouri Legislature is trying to fix
q legal consideration for solemnizing mar.
risges. Two dollars is likely to be the SUN,
the "anxiousand aimless" demonstrating
against high prices as tending to lessen
their chances for ease and usefulness.
SBRAToRs WADE AND CHANDLER violent.
~ opposed the confirmation ofGen. Meade
oe mOjeE seUOEOI ia tho regular army, and
there were Eve votes against him-the I'M
Iplacables, who tolerate no man who dares
to disagree with them in opinion,
SoMR unpaid soldiers at Portland, Ind,
mutinied recently, killed saloon keeper,
and fatally wounded another man. Twelve
months pay was due the soldiers, and they
said their families were starving. They
are under arrest.
THB following fgures give the public debt
of several of the loyal States as reported
by the official accounts:-NeW. York S2s..
72O, ,724, Peusylyania $39,379, 500, Massa-
chusetts So, 1898, ,972, Ohio ,$l3, 500 ,75l,
Illinois $l1, ,179, ,514, Maine So, 1877 500.
Connecticut So, 900 900, Michigan So, ,45l,.
I29, Wisconsin $2,6OO,OOO, Vermont ST.
642,s .,...--l-..'I =.
A NICE young man at Cleveland gave his
income to the assessor at several thousand
dollars, paid the tax, and had the pleasure
Of seeing his name in the lists among the
nabobs of the country. On the strength of
this he courted wealthy mans daughter
and married her. Then it was found out
that he had no money, and had sold his
mothers watch to pay the income tax.
A RIvE.YEAR old boy in one of the Syra-
cuse, N. T., schools, made liberal distri-
mates, from bag which ne brought to
school. The medals proved to be gold
coin, aud investigation showed that the
boy had found the bag secreted in an old
clock, and that his mother aud another wo-
man, who had been living upon public
charity, were the possessors of Sl400 in
gold, which they had secreted in their
| shanty. 1t took some time to hunt up and
recover the little fellows disbursements.
s a GREAT trade with Matamoras, Texas,
one of the ports which supplies the rebels
with goods, has grown up at New York
During the month of January, 1864, the
number of clearanCes for WAtamoras was
only 4, while this year in the. same time 1t
was %. The shippers give security equal
| to twice the value of the merchandise, that
1t shall not fall into the hands of the en- :
emies of the United States. Articles con-
traband of war are not cleared under any
circumstances The amount of the bonds
given on che Matsmorss goods alluded to
is million and a half of dollars; and OBJ
legations are lot to be cancelled except on
certificate of the United States consul at
Matamoras that the conditions of shipment
have been fulfilled. All the vessels are
registered as British, in order to avoid
seizure by rebel privateers. A steamer
which proposed to clear for the Rio Grande,
was letely seized on suspicion that she was
going to aid the rebels, and the matter is
to be Investigated.
GEN. GEoRGB. q. THOMAS has done him
self great honor by declining money tes-
timonial planned by his friends at Cincin-
natl. He advises that the money be given
to disabled soldiers and the widows and
orphans of soldiers. he prefers as his re-
ward, he says, "the appreciation of the
government and the people,"
GEN. RosEcRAEs has written letter in
respect to the battle of Chickamaugs, in
which he shows that the enemy there were
over 10000 strong-half as many again as
he had, aud that they lost one fifth oftheir
number, or nearly 10000, He says:-
"What we attempted we accomplished
We took Chattanooga from force nearly
as large as our own, and held it after the
enemy bad been reinforced by as many
men as we had in our whole command"