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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08
Destructive Fire.

A fire occurred on WeIlsstreet last night
about 19 o'clock, destroying Nos. II, IS,
10, II and 10. They were all frame build.
ings of poor description. Loss about
$4,000. During the progress Of the fire,
ALr. Trainer, a fireman, was prccipitated
from a ladder and seriously injured.
Several others had narrow escapes from
death by the falling in Of roof.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08
MAINE.

of Gov. Chamberlain.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 2.
Gov. Chamberlain was inaugurated last
evening. All the State officers and o
large number of citizens were present.
The Governors message pays deserved
tribute to the memory Of the late Senator
Fcssendcn. 1t Is quite lengthy, and much
Of 1t Is devoted to the financial matters of
the State.
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LETTER FROM MISSOURI.
by a citLzen Of OHIO County.
COvspoudsaes Qr&s late2l0eaetr.

COITegfoaatllee Qr LAe 4ateAtgeHeer.
HIrlRDoRo, JKFFRRsoN, Co., Mo-, 4
December 81, 1869. I
Across the continent" seems to be fash.
ionable, and q tripfrom Boston to Oregon
would place me, II out Of the world, yet
not out Of fashion. / reckon myself demi
mode finding, as / did, a bustling little
town ofover thousand inhabitants called
Oregon, the county seat Of Holt county,
Missouri-just now like q hundred and
more western towns, the "centre Of the
continent" This has been my western
limit on the present "swing."
A trip of over ten hundred miles further
made before the iron horse had forced his
way across the Great American Desert,
good evening, desert, your day is over
satisfied me until the poor Indian has
lowered the black flag.
From the time studied geography at
school, and read over and over again q
glowing description of the missouri Ter
ritOry," by which name most Of the coun-
try west Ofthe Mississippi was called, my
desire has been TO see more of this Great
West This was but strengthened, and
my opinions bettercd by u ramble among
its mountains and over It's plains Of a year
and half. And remember with
what eager interest l was accus-
toned to CLEAN over the papers
when in the East for descriptive items
concerning this Western country. And
often in looking over 1t since, l have wish
ed for the pen-not the heart-of u Rich
ardson, to describe scenery, by myself in
describable, and TO depict the truth con4
corning o country waiting to receive the
over-worked millions of the earth. This
may give you hint of why l write you,
modestly asking your readers to sift out
every grain Of presumption that my cores
pondence may happen to contain.
Allow o word or two further in regard TO
Southern Iowa. 1iucE Of which I would
describe Is in Ringgold county, where /
spent some time. This Is probably IN
average county; and while It differs not
much from counties joining 1t in Iowa,
yet somewhat from those joining 1t In
Missouri, every county of which has It's
popularity. Iowa Is not so. All Is good
farming land. You cannot farm on the
iron ridges in Missouri Yet as good
farming land can be found in Missouri rs
In any State Of the Union; and plenty Of
such Cor all who come. am not writing
In tile interest Of any emigration bureau.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08
CHICAGO.
Death sentence Commutod,

CHICAGO, Jan. Z.
Daniel Walsh who was to have been
hung to-day in this city for the murder Of
his wife, Rose Walden, has had his scn-
tence commuted by Governor Palmer, to
imprisonment for life. A dispatch was
received from Springfield yesterday afler-
noon telling the officials to prepare for
his execution as the Governor would not
interfere, but about nine o'clock last night
another was received announcing Commu-
tntiOn
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& BRO,
NO. SO MAIN STREET,

WHEELING, W. VA.
Wholesale dealers In laF and Sheet Iron, Norway
Iron and Nall Rod, Cast, Shear and Spring Steel,
Nails, Spikes, Anvlla, Ylses, Springs, Axlcs, Hot
Presscd Nuts, Washers, Wagon Hubs, spOkes,
Pelloca, Smith Bellows, Sledgrs, Plaster Paris,
Nc Pins Ultra Lime, Common Lime, Cement, &c.
Grateful for the liberal patronage bcsiowed on
the Old firm OFF. @. llildEth 4 BRO, would 70.
specially ask a continuance 0r tllG came to the
new 1rm. .-
WHEELING, jan 1, 1870. jSni
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FOR 1870.
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A Daily, ssnl.wseGly and weekly Republican
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DEVOTED TO
NEWS,
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AGRICULTURE
COMMERCE. AND
LITERATURE.
NEWS,
LITERATURE.

THE DAILY NTELLIGKNcRR, cstaBllahed
moro than seventeen years ago, has been rOcog-
nlzed for years as ono OF the best and most Inhu-
ential journals OF It's class.
It Is published every morning Sunday OK.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08
KANSAS.
Negro Lynched by Mob ut AtChc-
son,

ATcIIEsoS, Jan. Z.
On Friday last, Patrick Cox, well.
known farmer of this county, was shot
and dangerously wounded by u negro
named johnson, who was arrested and
lodged in Jail in default of 81 500 bail. On
Tuesday night, mob of people from Mt
Pleasant and Walnut townships camo to
the city and took johnson from fail and
hung him. The outrage is bitterly dc.
nounced by the press and citizens general.
ly, and strenuous efforts are being made
to ferret out the perpetrators. Tic City
Council passed resolutions condemning
the action Of the mob, and ordered the
city attorney to assist tile county attorney
in the prosecution of persons engaged in
he aftalr when caught
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Commercial and Financial.
New York Money and Stock Market.
New YORK, JAM,

New York, JAM.
Wall street was excited to-day, and tho Long
Room crowded with brokers eagerly bidding for
stocks, under which prices advanced sharply A
still greater excitement Is prevailing In the Gold
Room and fluctuations are frequent, mainly IN
an upward direction. The cause assigned for
this buoyancy and activity Is the prospectIyepur.
chase OF some Of tho West india Islands, and an
increase In the volume OF tho currency; but there
is no donbt that tho return Of some prominent
clique leaders TO tho street is the real explanA.
ton. Tho indications point to a sharp revival Of
speculation In Wall street and important move.
ments In the future.
nounced.
MoNEY-Steady at I per cent on call loans,
STERLMq-Quieta at l0Sx x6l0SK.
GoLD-Flrmer; opening at 19Ix; closing at
l92H9l2A. Carrying rates 1-S2 per day. Clear.
Tho CoHuHercial says tho bulls, undCtcrred by
tho aasco OF September, have again entered the
ring under tho leadership OF FisE. Augusta Bel.
mont purchased 100000. Ho was followed by
q leading merchant, who invested $9,0OO,OOO Jay
Gould, y Is said, also put In some a. 900 or
SS,0OO,00. Other operators bought up 81, ,000, 900
or SO 900 900 more and arc still buying In add.
tion 70 the purchase by Jay Gould, Nj. Fisk has
bought largely, European brokers have tcle.
graphed their agents here TO buy freely, with the
ayowcd purpose OF bulIlng the market.
(fnYRlNMpE1 IknNFl- ledn0np
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baltimore Mariet.

baltimore, Jan. Z.
FLoUR-FaIrly Actirc and amer torlowgradesi
prices unchanged.
GRGN.-Wheat- -FIrm At 81 8Sfli 46. Corn
Firm and higher; white 9&6a6c. Oats-stcady
PRoyrsIoSs1 Easier aud prices weak, but noml.
nAlly Unchanged.
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River and Weather.

CINCINNATI, Dec. ..
River risen 10 inches; 90 feet five inch
os In the channel; weather cloudy; tller-
mometer 20 degrees.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
BY Cable Telegraph to tho 1ntelllgcnccr.
ENGLAND.
Unfavorable Accounts of the suez
Canal-Charles Dickens PO.
litical Creed.

LONDON, Jan. q.
A correspondent of the Atomiag Post,
from Isnalia, says anything drawing
over fifteen feet Of water must be tighten.
ed in order to pass through Suez Canal.
Dredges, &C., so obstruct It that the pass
age Is hazardous. The company declines
to take any risk whatever, It requires
mint Of money to keep the work in order.
Charles Dickens made another speech
at Birmingham, last evening. In the
course Of his remarks he alluded to the
fact that o former speech Of his had been
misunderstood, and he would therefore
take this occasion to restate his political
creed. He had no faith in the people
with small p governing, but entire faith
in the people with large p governing.
BE had infinite trust in the masses-none
whatever in the so-called ruling class.
Sharp Criticism of Gov. Hoffman.
Sir Curtis Hampton has written a let
ter to the Tines, ridiculing tho anti-repu.
diGtioc declarations in the annual message
OF The Governor Of the State Of New York.
He takes occasion to remind Gov. Hof.
man that 1t Is owing to his action that
Fisk has control of the Erie Railroad, and
therefore he is responsible for that fraud.
Music for Mrs. Stowe.
The Pail Mall Gazette, to-day, has IN
article animadverting severely on Mrs.
Stoves defense Of her true story Of Lord
Byron's life,
A Long Task Ended.
The trigonometrical survey ofthe Uni.
ted Kingdom, commenced by General
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SPAIN.
Reception of the Cortes at the Royal
Palace.

Reception of the CorteS at the Royal
Palace.
MADRID, Jan. 2.
On the occasion of the Feast Of Epi.
phany, yesterday, the Cortes proceeded in
a body TO the Royal Palace, and were re-
ceived by Regent Serrano. Senior Rive
ros, President of the Cortes, made an id
dress to the Regent, in which he declared
in the name Of all the deputies, that
through unity of action alone could the
victorious revolution be completed.
La Rlitica says all idea Of q dictator
ship has been abandoned. The ministers
refuse to withdraw their designations un-
less programme of policy Is definitely
formed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08

TUNPoWDERl GUNPoWDERl II
tSTA. living Kay the exclusive Agency in this city
hIs5 !, I Da Font Powder Mills, / have always on
p6Vdt1 "a SS5iue large supply Of all kinds q
Vic RIssA sA1nSiastnted nI Of the above named mills,
mstle f.CtS.v tvSSaet, SS, IN whole, half and quarter
aud w. Aihning Powder, In metal ke0R; Patent
slls IS;L, tEooi Safety Fuse for Blasting. For
stisS% nal SS,a discount WIN bo given TO persons ord.
nIS nIS,''Su nee 10 steamboats, aud caFs.
N, REILLY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08
Election Disturbances.

Election disturbances arc reported in
Alicante, Aleoy, Huesee, and at other
points. This city Is tranquil.
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accommodate large class Of readers who want
a more frequent visitor than tho wEHKLT, and
who by reason Of the cost or for lack Of daily
mails do not find themselves suited with the
DAILY, We issue the Semi. Weekly LRtell0taeT.
1t contains few advertisements and nearly all the
reading matter Of the Daily. twill be found
very acceptable and interesting paper. It 10 Is.
sued every Wednesday and Saturday morning;
and IA mailed To subscribcrs At tho following ratel.
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TIE WEEKLY YINTELLGENCBR, published
every Wednesday, Is especially adapted TO the
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including the Wheeling Wholesale Markets and
Baltimore Cattle Market; selected articles polIti.
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A large share of attention Is given to the noWS
Of West Virginia and the nsIghboring counties Of
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-08
A Long Task Ended.

The trigonometrical survey ofthe Uni.
ted Kingdom, commenced by General
Ray, in 1888, ended this week, with the
completion Of the surveys in Scotland.
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HrIIBoRo, JEFFERsoN, Co., Mo-, I
December 81. 1850.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08
A Destructive Fire.

On Tuesday morning between two and
three o'clock destructive fire occurred at
Beck's Run opposite Hazlewood, Pitts
burg, resulting in the destruction of
sixteen tenement houses. The tenements
were double houses, each two stories high,
and occupied by the miners employed in
the works of the above firm. They were
built in a row, there being a space of six
or eight feet between each house.
The fire originated in house located
about the middle of the row, and the
building being of frame, it was soon
cnvelcped in flames, the family occupying
the house having scarcely time to make
their escape. The fire did not confne
itself to this building, but spread rapidly,
and at one time it was feared that the
whole row of buildings and those in the
immediate locality would be destroyed.
This was prevented only by the super
human efforts of the miners, who, as soon
as the fire was discovered made prompt
efforts to extinguish it.
Attempts were at once made to tear
down the buildings in the row next to the
house on fire, but this proved unsuccessful
They finally succeed, however, in tearing
down small one story school-house, and
this left sufficient gap between the
houses to prevent the further spread of
the flames. Although the fire spread
very rapidly, yet, through the exertion of
the miners, no one was injured, and all
the families-save the family residing in
the house where the fire originated-suc-
ceedcd in saving che greater part Of their
furniture.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08
Three Cbildren Burned to Death.

Particulars are to hand of the recent
catastrophe near Cambridge City, Ind, by
which three children lost their lives. 1t
appears that Thomas Van Syckle, who
lives two miles west of Brownsville, on
the Connersville pike, was in his house
with the Assessors making out the proper
returns, and left the house to go to the
barn; at the same time the Assessor de-
parted for neighbor's residence.
They had not gone from the house
above twenty minutes when it was dis
covered to be on fire. Mrs. Van Syckle
was away from home, and the father well
knew his dear children were alone in
the house hence he made every exertion
to reach them before the cruel flames
would devour them. Rushing into the
house, he gathered the youngest, about
eleven months old, and carried it into
the yard. AS he was raising it from the
floor, another, aged about five years,
rushed towards him, and he tried to reach
for that one also but fierce flame rush
ed between them which drove the child
back, and Mr.. V. took the youngest
child to the yard where it soon died,
having already breathed the flames until
almost suffocated. On rushing back,
nothing could be seen of either the child
which he had at first seen, or the one
three years old, which was also in the
house.
Mr.. V. was driven from the house by
the fire, which had then grown furious
He, along with those who had gathered
from the neighborhood, thought to secure
the bodies Of the children before they
were entirely consumed, and begun tear
ing down the house, which was of logs.
They succeeded in getting out the bodies,
but they were then defaced and almost
solid cinders Everything in the house
was entirely consumed 1t is said one
thousand people soon gathered around to
look upon the frightful scene and assist
the sufferers .....
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08
The Wyn0ekie Mystery,

The mystery Of the disappearance of
the three children of Joseph Wyble, Of
Wynockie, i'll Passaic country, N. j., and
which has occupied considerable public
attention for some weeks, was solved on
Wednesday morning.
1t seems that man named William
Ramsey, with companion, was walking
through the wilderness in the morning,
about two miles from the hut of the
Wybles when their attention was called
to large flock of crows ascendinga and de-
seending at a point near the foot of
mountain. Proceeding to the spot they
discovered, near large shelving rock,
the three lost children of Joseph Wyble.
Their bodies were considerably de-
composed, but still recognizable. Their
wan, pinched countenances give unmis-
taxable evidence that their death had been
caused by starvation. The bodies of the
two younger children were found under
the shelter of the shelving rock, while
that OF the oldest was found about ten
feet distant, The bodies were also slightly
injured by the crows.
1t is now quite evident that all sus-
picions against the parents of murder
were without foundation, while at the
same time it is somewhat strange that,
after the deligent searches made for the
children, and the rewards offered for their
recovery, they should be found within a
distance Of two miles from the house.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08
A Good Season.

The past season has been most pros
porous one for farmers all over the land.
While business has been dull in the cities.
and embarrassed, the fruit and grain crops
have been abundant beyond measure, and
it looks as though our country friends are
to have all the money this winter. If so,
we assure them that they can find no
better way Of spending small part of
their spare cash than putting it into a
suit of fine new clothes from the great
clothing establishment of Wapamaker &
Brown, Philadelphia.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08

The Supreme Court of this State has
recently decided, in an appeal taken
from the Orphans Court of Philadelphia,
in the matter of Barclays Appeal, that a
partial payment on account is an unequiv-
ocal admission of present existing debt ;
but where such payment is relied on to
take the debt out of the bar of statute
of limitations, it must be clearly shown,
first, that partial payment was made,
and, secondly, that it was on account of
the debt sued on
The opinion was delivered by Judge
Sharswood,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08
Rsag~ Eunice Redman. the daughter of

Ra~ Eunice Redman, the daughter of
a Jaskson county, ILL.,, farmer, was ava
kened the other night by peculiar noise
under her chamber window Peering out
she saw a man slowly ascending ladder
which he had placed in position with the
evident intention Of entering her apart
ment. Being Il young lady of spirit and
resolution she instantly decided on her
course Of action. Keeping out of sight
and very quiet until the man was some
fifteen feet from the ground, she leaned
out, grasped the top of the ladder and
instantly threw it over. The fellow gave
a yell Of horror which awoke the male
members Of the family, who, on rushing
to the scene of the midnight disturbance,
captured a stranger with broken leg and
having upon his person sundry burglars
tools and deadly weapons.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08

RGg~ An exchange makes the following
statement, which if true, is herd on the
congressman
There is lot of Bohemians in Wash.
ington who make precarious living by
writing speeches for illiterate congress
men. They write for any party and on
either side. One related recently, in
great glee, how he had prepared speech
for an honorable member, aud few days
after was employed to answer his own ar
gument by gentleman in the opposition,
which he did with decided success, This
is not a joke but an absolute truth. There
are some members of Congress who can
neither make nor write speech apd can
not spell some of the commonest English
words. Such are not only q disgrace to
themselves but to every man who voted
for them.
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08
DeTFH DR.. CYRUS Ramsey of New Yo,

Deg' DIR. Cyrus Ramsey of New York,
married a beautiful girl, one of his patients,
three years ago. She induced him to
make over to her half of his property,
worth some $72,000 then she went to
Cuba for her health. Soon afterward
her mother wrote that she was dead.
The corpse was forwarded to the doctor,
who buried it in Greenwood The
mother then came on, showed her daugh-
ter's will, and entered into possession OF
half the doctors property. Since then
the doctor has learned that his wife is
still in Cuba, and that he has been i'm
posed upon through a spurious corpse.
The case will come up in the courts,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08

The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury for February lst, shows that the
total outstanding Indebtedness of the
United States is 5000, O,856,816, being a
decrease for the month Of January, Of
nearly four millions of dollars.
This goes to prove that, the income
tax might be removed without doing any
harm to the government.
A smaller monthly decrease of the
debt, with removal of some of the
taxes would be more to the interests of
the Country and would be no damage to
the national credit
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08

THE Speaker of the House at Har-
risburg, pronounces investigating COM
mittees farce. No doubt he speaks ad-
yisedly, as he has had experience on diff
ferent committees, and the public will
generally agree with him, as usually these
committees are mere whitewashing con-
Germs, who seem to think their duty lies
in concealing what wrong they may dis
cover, instead of making such evil known,
that the perpetrators may re ceive their
just dues.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-08

Be4p a riot occurred at Birdville Mis-
sissippi, on the I'd, between negroes and
whites, growing out Of Il youth named
Farmer shooting and wounding negro
who assaulted him, which at one time
threatened to involve the whole section in
bloodshed and strife The negroes, who
were armed, forcibly took Farmer from
the constable and threatened to kill him
and burn the town A messenger was
dispatched to Columbus for the assistance
of fifty armed men, who returned in the
train, and who arrested seventy-fve ne
groes. The others fled At last accounts
quiet had been estored.