Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-05
lAIIsOEhLANRous -NRWs.
a SOLDIER writes q Us thus from CLARK,

"A soLDIER writes to us thus from Clarks
burg, on December Both:
"You willvery much oblige many friends
IT you will give us some reasons why tn,
troops at this place are not paid off. W,
have not been paid since the 30th OF Apri
last. Since that time paymasters havI
passed through here on their way to pa,
OF the troops at Buckhaunon and other
places"
THE rebel house ofrepresentatIves ask
JEFF. Davis whether passports have been
granted young men in the confederacy
on their arrival at the fighting ags, to leave
the country. They mean to insinuate that
Davis has favored some ofIhis personal
friends. ;
THE mail from Sherman's army, by the
Arago, reached the New York Post Office
at 81 O'Clock on Friday evening. and the
last letter of more ,.than two Hundred
thousand was despatched by the Erie line
at a the next afternoon. 1t took fifteen
men highland day to cancel the stamps. This
was the largest mail ever received at that
post. Office.
In New Orleans the weather has been
bitterly cold, and the theatres have been
well patronized. Acorrespondentsuggests
that this is an instance of cause and effect i:
"Many young gentlemen dwelling in board.
ing houses at fifteen dollars per week (6res
not included) felicitate thePselves as they
warm their toes at the registers of the va.
rieties' or the Academy that they have
saved at least twenty. five cents on the diff
ference between the price of admission and
the cost of bucket Of Goals.
AHoUsE on the Fifth Avenue New York,
was sold last week, furnished, for $95, 900.
Petroleum bought it-part of the profits of
three millions, last year, it is said.
IT has been proved by experiment at
Alexandria that damaged hard tack and
hay mixed together and subjected to a
considerable pressure of steam, which re-
moves the mould and sourness, makes
excellent foodfor cattle, being both fstten.
ing and nutritious. a great waste of bread
and hay is thus avoided.
TIE Providence Journal, speaking of the
cruel treatment of child by it's mother,
says: The child certainly should have the
careful attention of some one, or it will be
prematursly added to the kingdom of
heaven, and thus perhaps permanently
separated from, its kindred.
JUAREzi the president Of Mexico, invites
emigrants from all parts Of theworld to
come and enlist in the armies under his
control. He5ofsra from $1,000 to $4,000
bounty according to rank, the bounty to
be paid in-lands which have belonged to
parties who have proved traitors to their
country, and whose estates have been con-
fscated. Juare zwants soldiers and wants
them to- bring their arms with them, as
want of arms is one of his greatest troubles.
u WASTE OF AMMUNlTIoN.-How. much
ammunition is wasted IN battle, and how
many muskets in the hands of incompetent
or cOwardIy men are actually useless, the
following official report of the condition of
the small arms picked up on the field OF
Gettysburg strikingly illustrates. The
statement has been published before, but
we give it again as one of the strongest
arguments in favor of change to breech
loadi0g guns. With breech. leaders it
would be impossible to get in more than
one charge at a time; and man could tell
at glance whether his piece was dis
charged or not:- II.
Of the whole number received (27 1879
we found at least $4,000 of these loaded;
about one.haIf of these contained two
loads each, one. fourth from. three to ten
loads each, and the balance one load each.
In many of these guns from two to six
balls have been found with only one
charge otpoWder. 10 some the balls have
been found at the bottom of the bore with
the charge of powder on top of the ball.
In come, asmany as six paper regulation
csltber, .58 cartridges have been found, the
cartridges having been put in the guns
without being torn or broken. Twenty
three loads were found in one Springfield
rife. musket; each load in regular order
Twenty two balls and sixty.two buckshot,
with corresponding quantity of powder
all mixed up. together, wereifound in one
percussion smooth- bore musket. IN many
Of the smoOthtbore guns, model Of 1912,
of rebel make, we have found wad of
loose paper between the powder and ball,
and another wad of the same kind on top
of the ball, the ball having been put into
the gun naked. About six thousand OF
the arms were found loaded with johnson
& Dow's cartridges; many of these cartrid.
ges were about half way down in the bar
rels of the guns, and in many cases the
ball end of the cartridge had been put into
the gun first. These cartridges were
found mostly in the Enfield rife musket.
TIE FLORIDA CAsR-APoLoGY MADE to
BRAz4I.-Portious of the official CORES.
pond snceof Secretary Seward with the Bra.
lillian charge d'aRairs at Washington are
printed. The important itemsare that Mr.