The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-15

'te-tS NY tols MAY lana as, O c1pita4on
AZ ons pa seneers Between October i,
1854, and NOvemberl i, 1856, OVERSIZE, 900.
There are SO many and so good coun-
.erfeits of the national currency of7all
denominations, that General Spinner;
United States Treasurer, advocates
placing the inscription Of the Bank OF
England notes on our greenbaclzs: ITO
counterfeitfs DEATH"
Fffty Poles, compromisedb by the reyo-
luton, and fearing to be hanged or sent
to Siberia, took refuge In a l1natic asy-
lum in Warsaw, where they have safely
remained ever since, maintained at the
expense Of the government from which
they were hiding. ~, i
Over 100000 barrels of apples have
been shipped from Michigan, this sea-
son, and there brought s. so a barrel, or
nearly million and a half of dollars.
An equal amount has been received in
that State this season for both peaches
and grapes. i;eItir' tie ,iltate
Miss Laura Keene had a benefit at
Louisville last week, and during the
performance a bouquet, inclosing pair
dants, was thrown to her. .,ii
a member Of the Tennessee LeRfsla-
ture, when offering bill the other day,
to pay his colleagues and himself in
gold, stated that HeYery thing Is now
bringing double, or TRIBE, or fourble,
which IL brought few years ago.
Mr.. Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield
Republican, mentions as an excellent
feature Of banquets at San Francisco,
Etthe serving OF hot beef tea, with just a
smack of claret In IL, as q constant re-
freshment during the evening"
Richmond papers speak with pleasure
OF the improvements in progress in the
burned district.
The eWhat Cheer d ouse," a hotel at
san Francisco, offers its guests the use
OF well-chosen library OF five thous-
and volumes.
the common house flies died, and none
were TO be seen after the epidemic had
prevailed short time.
"Are you a Christian Indian 9'' asked
a benevolent gentleman of one of the
Chippewa tribe. mo, sir, was the am
sweri 81 whiskey Ingen.n RI,
1t Is said that the Buena Vista Vine
yard, in Sonoma county, California, is
the largest in the world. 1t consists of
5000 acres, with 272, 900 vines planted
previous to 1885, and zoo, 600 planted or
10 be planted this year. Last year the
yield was 5000 gallows OF still wine,
10000 bottles of sparkling wine, and
1900 gallons brandy. There are 5000
fruit trees, and large varieties of
grapes. -. - or e q
Gen, Thomas F. Meagher is at present
acting Governor of Montana.
The Minnesota gold regions Weld
quartz whichlg gives 500 to the ton.
The People is the name of a new rad
ical evening paper to be published at
New York. - -iti ln 1ail.s
Appalacha Is suggested as an appro-
pirate name for the new Indian terri
tory, west of the Mississippi.
The Sandusky, Dayton and Cincin-
natl railroad has been placed in the
hands OF a receiver, and will be sold in
January. =.
English omnibuseS have been estab-
lished, which run from Jerusalem and
and Bethlehem to places in the neigh
borhood. T,ss II
The st. Paul, Minnesota, people
grumble because they have to pay IS
per barrel for flour, when wheat Is 9O@
90 cents per bushel. ety5 aa itrzF
A French chemist says that If tea be
ground like coffee before hotyVater is put
upon it, 1t will yield double the amount
of exhilarating qualities.
Ground was broken ut ST, John, N.
B., Thursday, for the extension of the
European. & North American rail-
road from st. John to Bangor.
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was
Briscoe, convicted of embezzlement.--
a fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind" 5.lsz sfl,'
During October there were shipped
South from New York S4,029 pounds
sporting powder, $50, 372 pounds shot,
1851 $50 caps, 174,760 cartridges, /, ala
guns and pistols. $50 is5i. - -
The GerInans I'm Texas During theWar
A letter from Texas says: The Ger
mans of Texas-and there are some
ffty thousand of them-were loyal to
the Union almost to a man. Many
were torn away by CONSUMPTION, many
had to accept this Office or that to es-
cape CONSUMPTION; or to support their
families; but y German seceBsionist was
a curiosity. The Teutonic phlegm was
as TOdleben's earthworks to them du-
ring the war silence more vigorous,
an inactivity more mastery, was never
known. In mass the Germans OF
Texas held themselves, as far as they
possibly could, aloof from the whole
thing, and-waited. What astonishel
the Germans Of Texas on the restora-
ton Of the Government, was the AmeFia
can-born loyalistB manifested so little
enthusiaBmlinc comparison to what they
themselves felt, forgetting that theirs
was the reaction from moro intense
reticence. When the Federal army
entered Austin, a man was dis
ceFned high mp on the dome of
tho GfoTNtfFNN HnFNTR A.
the Stars and Stripes were given
there to the breeze. A German1 To
escape conscription he had lain for
eighteen months in the cellar of his
own house, even his nearest neighbors
supposing him to be away in the Con4
federate service. If he did not have a
right tovary his position by another on
the Capitol's highest pinnacle, flag in
hand, 1 do not know who had the right
Had the case been submitted to me,
however, I might have hesitated in ia
vOr of, another German, who had for
the same excellent reasons, toiled for
two years on his little farm, dressed in
gown and deep sunbonnet,
as his wife's sister come to stay with
her from a distance during the absence
of her husband In the Confederate
army. Heaven bless the Germansl By.
their devotion to American liberty they
were really fighting here the battles of
oppressed people in their own Father
land. 90fi5ts ;f ~ 55iT5-e
.,The genuine old Teutonie pluck"
sung by the poet, I understand now bet!
ter than ever before.
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The lLisslssiPpI I.egislatare IuSulted.
The jackson correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, gives the following
glimpse into the prejudices of the men
who are now endeavoring to restore
AIississippito her place in the Unionsa
"a terrible fre[brand was thrown
into the Lower House 4 few DAYS since.
N the shape of colored soldier, with
ais bayonet, to guard 9 criminal who