Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-06
WEsT-VmGnIA NEWS.

Cal BaEtoa DesPa-dy Of HsE-isoR county
has sold his coal lands near Clarkzburz, 70,
the sum of two hundred sud ffty thousand
doIIsrs. The TsSeraPA If that place think
he nay nov be called with Prspriesy :
wealthy aaa
4eeoEaing to ths SANG Pspsrtbs tOvn @
Clarksbarg Is IooEiag 1p considerably II
the way of business and business prospects
Il says:
The morals Of our people are good- We
| observed fzss Sabbath morning aud Sab
bath night rhat the churches were crowd
ed We scarcely ever see = dra1kz1 man
! or hear Profaus Gr ehseene language used
We are about the right ssrt cf Peeple here,
and na1 eaa DO vel st saY kind Of bzsi-
ness among Us, and there are gsod open
inzs.for almost everything you could in
sEI1E- 4 mErchaat rAitcr could do we'll
A man win capital could make = large
wholesale and retail family grocery store
pay exceedingly we'll TIE fact Is a nan
can make almost any business proiiAbls IN
Giarkssurg at this tine.
We copy Alsa the foHowing item from the
Ts5egTaFE
PRoNoTIoss Is TzH I2rz ". Va veLs.-
4ajor. 2, q. Brown hss been Commission
st Lieut. Col, vice B 5. Narthcott, re-
zigned Captaia VIII Barley has been
commissioned 4sj7r. wee g. 4 Brown,
promoted. Both gentlemen are good Of
dcers.
s5me member Of the Fighter family is
always giEiag troabIe OF IN trouble in
Marion county. We are at q loss to know
hoW many items and incidents connected
with them We have recorded since this var
began The last F4amoEs Eat5oaeL coz
tsinz tie following:
4soTaz REsEL SzoT.-Soug days ago
3 man named Joseph Manly, q brUrher-T1-
Law OF the Notorious John RiEhter was
arrested By the soldiers on s1spiei5u Of
having been concerned IN the murder of
Ar- SEigsr- While under guard at Mann
Iag1ou ne attempted % escape and zzs zhot
il the leg. The ball entered few inches
above tie knee aud pEodleed a wound
which may prove mortal. Ee WAS taken
home o. sled last Wefnesday.
Ths prospects for making maple sugar
this yesr among the farmers are reported
in the National as unusually good We
quote:
Our country friends are making large
calculsious On this being ''a good sugar
year" They say that As We have had 80
much Snow sud hard freezing, the maple
trees VII arun" very rapidly, and rhe
ssehaciae d1id viii yield al unusually
large proportion Of sugar and molasses.-
Oar cWn experience Is u accordance with
this opInion; hence, We advise everybody
that has sugar camp to make prepara-
tons 70 improve the sugar seasoa wAich
viii soOu be here.
Tie Well=burg Hs-GL5 anticipates big
river some tine 6ef0re long. TIE iadics-
dons are thus set forth:
4 high riveris predicted tais Spring b7
those Who hsEe been obseracF of the
freaks az the Oaio fer the last half century
or mere, a1d those haFing property liable
% iuQHdatIon or destruction fr0a that
cause, shoold be careful 10 get Il oQs Of
harms way before the present soo=,
which covers vide extent Of COUNTY.
runs Of IN water Tia iadicstorz lust
nov are very favorable for rapid aad gen
eFaI rhsv.
The sane paper also contains he fol-
loving paragraph.
By private letter trun Lieut. J. 3.
Briggs, Of the 18th West Virginia IuTsntry,
~ u.
Who is an occasional correspondent OF the
Re-aLd, has been promoted Sergeant Major
OF that regiment. We are always hopuy
70 note the sdvaucemeuE of our Brooke
eoGnfy boys, and no dO1bt that this pro
molten Is well earned and deserved
they are uaLi1g considerable efforts in
Brooke county to 6I their quota which Is
z nea- Three hundred dollars bounty Is
being paid, and one or two agents are At
work in this city and elsewhsrs getting
recruits. Mr. Geo. G. Orr, ef Eoliday1s
Cove obaned several here last week. The
Rrgtd thus suns up the pay OF recruit
nov:
STee Ao5u FOR SoLouaHG IF therg
Is anything that pays bstter than soldier
ing. IN the way of wages, for daily or
weekly labor, We don't know what it IL.
Look st It: Recruits for the First Arrr7
Corps who must be veteran soldiers, re
ceive the following for one yszr's service
Regular Government bounty. SIoU
SPecfaI----.-.-. .---.-----.--.----..-..-- 800
Local oo0aty aty--------------.----- 300
Monthly pay, for Tzar------...- Is2
Clothing, not less thau-----.-.-. $50
Rztina- lowest rats Of boarding zoo
TotaIconPeusatio1t for one yzar SE2A1
OF this ancUut S655-uore than half
Is paid il advance, betore the colder leaves
hame-euough to support .hiz family for
| the year ne viii be absent These EerT
liberal Inducements are attracting the at
ISertio Of veterans aud nav tRe5 can De
existed AT the Provozt Aarsh6Tg Once,
they ara reporting theusaTss f1r service
| a. a very liberal rata
Il Oaio county is going 70 do rightly
in the way Of ashoaaty II Is nigh time the
machine was ruaaing. Another sort OF