The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-08

OF ICuLllDeElauut N1u., VIA SneSA pedke
and Ohio canal, during the last week,
63 boats laden with 6,765 tons focal.
In Boston and New York the news
papers are complaining of the style OF
coffee served at the restaurants, and
they think it would pay some one to
start new restaurants upon good coffee
principles.
1t is stated that the paper money now
in use in Italy was made In the United
States. This country has certainly ac-
qulred widespread. reputation AS a
successful manufacturer OF paper cur
rency. C-C ug
One result ofthe war is said to be
that Washington now contains nearly
double the population it had in 1860,
and that the public business done there
IS smore than twice as large.
AT Fourth of July celebration in
Marion county, Ill, a young lady offer
ed the following toast: "The young
men OF fAmerica-their arms our sup
port, our arms their reward; fall in,
men, tall in" ra..s.
The "Dominion of Canada" may be
regarded as having begunits existence.
The Queens proclamation was made
on May ed, declaring that Canada,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were
united as this dominion, and nomina-
ting the Senators who are to be sum-
mOued as the "Senate of Canada"
Philadelphia has "increased as rapid
ly in population and houses us New
York" The source of this prosperity
has been her manufactures. Thep
liar advantage for manufacturing pre-
sented by Philadelphia has been the
low rate of wages.
This low rate is accounted for partly
by the lower price of food, but chiefly
by the cheapness of house-rent. Houses
have been cheap for several reasons.
Philadelphia has room to grow, plenty
of brick clay, store of lumber on the
SusqIehanna, and excellent lime.
Wages also react on house rents.
A board, to consist OF Brevet 1t Col.
John G. Herod, surgeon; Brevet Mai.
]. J.Marsh, assistant surgeon; and Brevet
1t. Col. Woodruff, assistant surgeon,
have been appointed to assemble atYYest
Point, n. Y, on the 10th instant to ex-
anime the ephysical qualifications OF the
members OF the graduating class.
onthe completion of this duty re-
port of the proceedings of the board
will be made to the War Department,
and special report in the case OF any
individual thought to be wanting in the
ability requisite for military service.
The same board will continue in ses-
sion until it has examined into the
physical condition of all newly ap-
pointed cadets who may present them
selves.
The price of flour ought to be tending
downward. "A New York paper states
thatin that city California wheat, which
recently sold there fol- So go a bushel,
will now hardly command 50. Aus
tralia is said to be overburdened with
wheat awaiting freight 10 England, and
England is sending cargoes of Califor-
mia wheat to the United States. The
crops of America are coming on finely,
and the plenty now appearing every:
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flour to a reasonable rate.
"Charlie,. my dear, said loving
mother 10 hopeful son, just budded
into breeches. "Charlie. my dear, come
here and get some candy" 81 guess l
won't mind it now mother" replied
Charlie, i've got in some tobacco"
A resident of Dewitt county, Texas,
gives gloomy account of the times in
that section OF the State. He says that
stock cattle. are selling at So head,
cotton, ginned and baled, at the gin 10
cents, and that land is at nominal
price. ra
1t appears that there is already pro-
vision for female suffrage in Kansas in
certain cases. The women vote upon
all questions pertaining to the schools,
and on the question of granting local
| licenses for the sale of liquor. The sat
isfactory operation of the new form of
suffrage in these particulars has doubt
less had much 10 do with the creation
of so widespread sentiment in sup
port of woman suffrage generally in the
State.
! According to recent enactment in
Great Britain, as we learn from the
New York Medical Journal, no medi-
cal student can be admitted to lectures
until after successful examination in
| the higher branches of an English edu-
( cation, and, also, mathematics and the
! Latin language. The examination for
| his final degree is not had until after
! a. do tIn MT
/ of lectures, or three winter and two
summer sessions, including in each
session all the branches of medicine,
with physics, botany and general his
tory.
An article in an Alexandria, Va,
paper, understood to have been in
spired by Judge Underwood, apologies
for the release of JEFF. Davis on the
ground that he had been imprisoned
two years without trial-that Congress
had made the crime for which he was
indicted bailable offense, and that he
/ and his counsel were ready to stand
trial while the Government was not
ready. Judge Underwood processes to
quote the words ofChief Justice Chase,
that he could not have acted otherwise
than he did.
One of our Western exchanges says
eve notice in .an Indiana paper the
marriage of Mr.. Thomas n. Lyon to
Miss Mollie Lamb. Another scriptural
prophecy in process of fulfillment.
"The lion and the lamb shall lie down
together" and after awhile "a little
child shall lead them"
The Sultan of Turkey is making
rather starting preparations for his
July visit to Paris. His suite is an
Enounced as consisting of five hundred
persons-three hundred women and
fifteen eunuchsi &C., &c. Whether
these ladies and gentlemen-ws mean