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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-09
Tic Darien Canal,

Reports from tho Darien Exploring
Expedition haYe been received to Februa-
ry 9th from which it appears that two
surveying parties have, returned from the
preliminary work allotted to them. The
Gulf of Darien has been partially survey.
ed, q large part of the triangulatlon has
been finished, and the shore line and other
typographical monuments are now being
filled in. Accurate tidal and meteoro.
logical observations have been made and
the average rise and fall Of the tide has
been ascertainGd to be less than two feet
Tho barometriCal changes arc said to be
very slight, the average height Of the mer.
curry at sea level being thirty inches, The
thermometer ranges from sOVenty-eight
to elghty.six degrees Fahrenheit, The
AtratO river, which flows northwardly
and Cmpties into the Gulf Of Darien, has
been surveyed from Its mouth to its juno.
ton with the CaCarica river, and found 10
have width Ofhalf n mile and depth of
channel from 4a to 1870 feet. 1t Is stated
that vessels Of the largest size may BIO
navlgated for distance Of forty.five miles
from tho Gulf Of DariGn to La Iona, q
small hill, about two miles up tho Carca.
RIGA river from lis junction with the
AtratO. 1t is also asserted that on
the Pacific SIDE the navigation is
open Tor n distance Of forty miles
from the Gulf of San Miguel, and
through She river Tuyna to Chipogana.
Between the two points mentioned, dis
lance Of tlAy miles, It Is asserted there is a
low dividing ridge Of hills, not exceeding
four hundred feet In height and Of but lit.
lie width, 1t is alleged that Commander
Seltridge has found u feasible route. In
reference TO the exploration of the route
Of the DarlGn Cana, it my be mentioned
that no confidence should 10 placed in
any report but those based on actual
surveys. At many points along both
the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts access
can DO gained for twenty to forty miles
into the interior, but no line across tho
dividing ridge has yet been discovered.
The surveys made in 1852 and 1868 both
give q practicable route for canal nearly
across the tSthmus, with the exception Of
the rocky divide, anl here the difficulty
will have 10 DO surmOunted. As for as
recent reports arc concerned, 1t Is evident
that the writer's Of the letters arc entirely
too SanGuine,
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AMERICAN WOMEN.
What an Englishman Thinks Of
Thnms n

tAems EtNst
Mr.. W. F. Rae, after travelling through
the United States as correspondent Of
the London Noes, has written abook en-.
titled westward by Rail-" He thus sets
forth his opinion OF American women:
From points about which travellers diff.
fer 1t is q pleasure to turn to one about
which there has been, and must be perfect
unanimity. The beauty Of the women is
without the pale Of controversy. It can
not be likened TO the beauty for which
English girls are deservedly and universal.
lyadmired; for which Italian maidens have
been immortalized on canvas or in verse
for which the sp:ightly damsels Of France
and the coqucttish ladies OF Spain have
won applause, and by means of which
they have won conquests, II l were to
select d particular locality in the United
States, / might truthfully compare the
type Of beauty predominant there to that
Of q particular country in the Old World.
But America is o world in itself, Within
the bounds Of the republic Of the West
are all climates which give diversity to
Europe, from Rome 10 Copenhagen, and
from London to Madrid. Where climates
vary, female faces vary also. In New
England may bc seen those delicatcly
chiseled features and transparent COM
plexions which in Europe arc character
istic Of the iacinatlnS beauties Of the North
In the Southern States the imperious
and indolent Spanish women, with their
amorous eyes and raven hair, have been
reproduced at o distance Of many thou
sand miles, from Andalusia and CASTLE.
Lot tho traveller cross the continent till
the Pacific slope is reached, and there tho
soft and delicate beauty Of Italy, COM
bined with an intelligence wholly Ameri-
can, and o physique wholly English, de-
lights and surprises him. Nor arc good
looks the sole dowry OF American girls.
They arc more French than English in
the acutenesS with which they argue.
They are passionateIy fond Of the frivoli-
tics Of existence, yet they follow with in.
terest the course Of the grayer
topics Of the day. On political
questions they arc ready to take
sides, and they discuss tho issues involved
in q controversy with zest and under
standing. Their patriotism is not o pro-
Preston, but a passion. The intensity Of
their devotion to their country impaired
superhuman vigor TO the struggle when
North and South faced each other in bat
tic array. The women Of the South were
the soul of the Contederacy. Thewomen
of the North saved the Union. If the
women of America were moro kindly dis
posed toward England, the relations bet
tween the two countries at this momen-
would be more cordial and more secure"
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The Berlin MissIon..-Somebody
Going TO be Disappointed.
WASHINGTON, D. G. March 7, ".

HVAuuTNuTOSJ. n n MoPnl, y vi
"N''''N'' oN, - ~ " y -
IL seems tnat delea!eu congressman
VINO arc 9Vorse 10 retiI1ng 70 private ne,
arc not always sure ot continued puDIc
employment, even lhougn tley nave maue
what they considered 20 DC ample pro
visions Tor themselves IN TINS IatIer TO
spect. Intls, when secretary flsn sent
down TO Congress last session areSoiulion
to have the salary OF tho Berlin mission
raised to Slf,O0O q year and tile mission
Itself changed'in name, in recognition Of
the political changes which have been
caused by the Franco. RUSSIAN war,
several astute members Of tho House For
eign Committee made tho extraordinary
discovery TINT this action would create o
new Office, and would legislate out OF his
present position our representative at
Berlin, MIR. Bancroft. This Information
was communicated to the White House,
together with tho suggestions that Ban
croft being an inheritance from john
son, and having nothing In common
with the present administration, it would
be a good stroke Of policy to let him be qui:.
city legislatcd into oblivion, and some good
but unfortunate Congressman who had
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
BULLETS FOR EUROPE.

Lead IS wanted in Europe. Send over the mil.
lions Of bottles Of new tangled hair cOIorers that
''renafn over and can't be sold here. They ore
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Cristadoro's Excelsior Hair Dye.
The lead.saturatcd and sulphur,saturated nos.
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facilities for manufacturing It is to-day the
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in the world, and deserves be, for safest
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On Saturday the Arkansas impcachcrs
Of Governor CLAYTON, reported that they
were unable to obtain sufficient evidence
to warrant them in attempting to prepare
articles Of impeachment, They therefore
Offered o resolution for the abandonment
oftIe proceedings. 1t is now understood
that Governor CLAYTON has finally de.
clined the position OF United States Sena,
tor, to which he had been elected. This,
It is believed, will harmonize the Repub.
lican party in the State, and II is likely
that Senator Med DONALD will be reelected.
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ACKLEY, Iowa, March 8.


Editor IatslligGncer. gg
Why do the heather (Dem.) rage and
the people imagine q vain thingg Elated
by temporary success, the Democracy Of
West Virginia are making unwarrant-
able efforts to disseminate and inculcate
their "damnable heresies" They compass
sea and land to make one proSelyte, and
when he Is made, he is ten.fold more the
child Of hell than before. Having re,
moved from the State, ] consoled myself
with the reflection that l would not be
annoyed by Democratic misrule, nor be
compelled to endure tho disgrace Of a
Democratic triumph. But was much
surprised, and my INDIGNATION greatly
aroused on receiving n prospectus" in
the interest Of the leading Democratic or.
gan OF Wheeling, with an indirect invita-,
ton TO subscribe for that paper so t'full Of
all subtlety and all mischief that enemy
OftNll Righteousness, that child Of the
DEVIL" the Wheeling Register. l didn't
decide to subscribe. Respectfully, &C.,
4..H A STIRSCRIRER
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ArRoJEcT for electing Bishops to of.
flee tor four years Is entertained by a
certain party in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The 1tt1olist newspaper dis
approves of the scheme, and says: "All
the signs show that tue Church is not dis
posed to listen to call for four years
Episcopal term. In the Episcopacy
rs now organized, they see stability; but
in the office subjected to the distractions
ola quadrcnnial election, nothing but {
quicksand."
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DIED.

FERRELL-on the ssh inst, ut $50 O'Clock A.
n, John w.. infant sou OF James Ferrc1, aged
Smonths and days. aa
The mineral viii take place this (Thursdayl
afternoon at o'clock, from the resIdeReeof hii
iGther, corner Of. Main and DIylaion street,
Centre Wheeling. Friends Of the family are in
vited to attend.
ANDFRSDN-In this city, Wednesday alter
noon, March 9Th, 1871, at O'clock, Thomas An
derson, aged years.. son Of James and Catha
rinc Anderson.
Funeral from the residence Of bis pareats, OF
Market street, between First and Second, Centre
Wheeling, this afternoon at O'Clock. Friends
Of the family are invited.
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Southern West virginia as Tobacco
Region. -
FrOm thr LuWlsbnrg lndependent.

From tho LOwISburg Independent,
Mr.. q. W. Grouse, living tUw miles
southwest OF Fayette Court House realiz.
ell $0G2 from ono acre in tobacco. The
best quality Of this lot Of tobacco brought
$9.25 per pound in the lug. Some Of our
people are inclined to sheer at the poverty
OF Fayette land, but where is the blue
grass acre that will ever get in sight Of
Mr.. Crouse's Fayette acre? Tobacco
Is to BIO the staple OF Fayette. Her soil is
peculiarly adapted to the weed. In the
western market, FayCtto tobacco stands
ut the very head of tho list as fine tobac-
co, and even at the Lynchbwg Agricultr-
raj Fair, Fayette tobacco took the first
and highest premium, proving that West
Virginia lands are superior even to those
of the old State, for the production Of
fine tobacco. ra..t..
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Mr.. Summers Health.

A private letter from Washington,
dated yesterday, says: "SenRtur Summer
looks very well, though little pale; but
he has been weakened by the extreme
pain OF his attack. He las been careful,
and Is rapidly gaining strength. This Of:
ternoon he walked out for the first time
since his attack, and seemed the better fol
the fresh air and sunshine.
ut was, believe, exactly twenty years
on Saturday, since Mr.. Sumner entered
the Senate In all these years, with the
exception Of the time during which he
was disabled by the Cowardly attack oil
Preston Brooks, Mr.. Sumner has been in
his seat on every day Of every session
taking no holidays during the session OF
Congress, and enjoying such Uniform good
health as to allow him to attend uninter.
ruptedly to the important affairs which
came under his care.
"During his illness, Mr.. Sumner has
been made to feel how widespread, zen.
eral and earnest is the peoples esteem for
him. Letters by hundreds came to him,
from strangers as well as friends, and from
the distant parts Of the country as vel
as from his own State, asking anxiously
after his health, urging him, with alec,
tomato remonstrance, 70 take care Of him.
self, and expressing, often in touching
language, the deep regard which is fell
for him. ST..
ut was proposed, I hear, BY some Sen
ators, whose partisan zeal carries them tC
great lengths, to displace 8Lr. Sumner
from the Craftsmanship Of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, which he has held
since 1868; but this scheme llas no
strength In the Senate, and will not sue.
coed. But It is limited that an effort will
be made so to reconstruct the committee
as 70 make II unpleasant to him. It Is
doubtful whether this plot will succeed.''
m Z Rbst. M IGE'
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ADABnLER in literature and tho fine
arts, who prided himself on his language,
came upon younster sitting upon the
bank Of the river angling for gtldgeons,
and thus addressed him: Adolescence,
artthou not endeayoring TO entice the
ttnny tribe to engulf into their denticula-
ted mouths barbed hook, upon whose
point Is affixed o dainty 0llnrementg'
mo" said tho boy, "Tm q islin'."
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THE fellows who get up lotteries al
ways seem to be lucky, some way OF
other, Tho wife Of the old sinner out In
Hamilton, Ohio, whogot up ono to rattle
of an opera house won the first prize, the
opera house in question, while he got
away with the principal money prize him.
self The blanks went round among the
tirkct.buyers beautifully. :.
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A scoPFER, who has been contending
that he could not learn from the most
careful reading OF the papers what GOOD
the scientific party Of Mount Washing.
ton Is doing, was dumfounded when he
learned that they hal discovered "a
snowflake Of heretofore undescribed
form"
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IT,is.now. thought the Craftsmanship Of
the Committee of Ways and Means lies be,
tween Hon. VIM D. KELLEY, Of Pa, "a
high tariff man, and Gen. GARFIELD, Of
Ohio, twhois understoodto be q moderate
tariff man.
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cEMERAL NorIcEs.,

MOTTO E.-THE WHEELING
In Savings Institution having, by DEED n,
Trust dated the 26th Of February. iSTi, and nn1
OF record In tho Recorders ONCE Of this cOnntv
conveyed TO me.Rll Its property, real and perSoS
al, stocks, claims, and demands, whether H.
bond, note, bill Of exchange, acCSunt or Otbs:
wise, In trust TO secure oil debts and lIabllIIs,
OF tho said Wheeling Savings Institution, eoSSi
" and without proferonceto any one or more ~
them over the others:
Notice Is hereby given to all persons indeb,.d
TO the said Institution that the amounts Of hi.
"a and to ali PERSONS having eISiSs aG sGsE
said Institution TO present tho same for GdirV,
rnept without delay at the ONCE on Monroe SfIsS,
lately occupied by II, which will DO open tor H.
purpose every day, Sundays excepted, until n,
thcf notice, from ten to twelve o'clock 4, II W.
: f6Il8 DAtIEE LAMB, TfaitsS ..
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THURSDAY, MARCH 0, 1871.

CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE is in Washing.
ton, in comparatively good health. lie
will resume his place on the bench in a
few days.
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TIM editor Of the Barnstable R.iriot,
having received q banE.noto delector. re.
turns thanks, and m6destly asks for some
bank notes upon which to test Its accu.
racy.
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pATCHELOR,s HAIR DYE.

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TREES AND SHRUBS DELIVERED N TnE
CITY WHEN DESIRED. 1

NEW ORLEANS SUGARS. %.
In 80 hhds. fully fair to prime, new crop
Just received and for SalGby n. REILLY.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-11

WAR NEws.-The Herald cores
pondent has arrived at Vel sailles from
Paris. He reports that the city isnow
quiet, and the people really satisfied
with the armistice. Some attempts to
pillage were made on Monday, but the
disorder was soon checked by the ma
tional Guard, many of whom, however,
filed their own pockets. The streets
are constantly filed with disarmed Mo-
biles and sailors. The latter retired
from the forts with great reluctance.
Uneasiness is succeeding the exulta-
ton in Berlin caused by the fall Of
Paris. Funds are depressed, and there
is no confidence felt that the terms OF
peace will be accepted by the Bardeaux
Assembly. Incessant exertions are
making for the resumption Of the war,
the plan being to re-equip the armies,
overrun the whole of France, and re-
duce it TO submission by a savage and
relentless campaign.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-11

The exposition made by Messrs.
Dawes and Beck in the House of Repre-
sentatives on Monday of fraudulent ac-
ton Of the Post Office Department in the
great Chorpenning swindle, in which the
Postmaster General is implicated, must,
il would seem, result in the lmpeach-
ment and retirement OF that officer.
The offence Is too rank to be overlook
ed. The fact that Mr.. esswellbrought
his former law partner, Mr.. Earle, with
him to Washington, and Immediately ar
ter his appointment installed him as
First Assistant Postmaster General, and
that soon afterward Mr.. Earle lett That
place Lad opened law Office as solicitor
Of claims against the Post Office Depart
ment. has long been felt in Washington
tO be u reproach and public scandal
But however wanting in propriety such
a connection between the judge and the
advocate was deemed and seen 10 be, 1t
was difficult to emphasize the facti in tho
absence Of knowledge respecting special
cases. II was easy to see how readily
corrupt relations, could be established,
and how easily the public TREASURY could
be robbed by collision, even when II
was impossible to fix the charge ofguilt.
We called public attention to this ex-
traordinary arrangement of the new law
uTIn ITOtl htIyl llhuiShiotOiy ~AsS.
ii was established Washington. But at
that time no scandalous practices result
ing from it hap yet been revealed. I'm
til now the business of Messrs. Creswell
and Earle has been quietly going on,
the one acting as attorney and the other
rs Judge, without any public exposure.
All at once an astounding piece Of thew
cry is arrested Just at the point of its
contamination, in which those two gem
tlemcn appear rs tho chiafnctOrs. What
othor transactions of the same general
character have been .'ithertn compleeed,
or what others are neditated, we are lelt
to conjecture.
Eno'igh is disclosed in the exposition
Messrs. Dawes and Beck to settle the
case of the Postmaster-General and his
partner in the most peremptory manner
We cannot suppose that it admits of any
other solution than that, having inllict
cd this additional disgrace upon Con
Grants Administration and the Repub
lican party, they must on y retire to the
places whence they canIe.-N. Y. San.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-11
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.

PUBLIC MEETINa.-On Wednesday
evening last, meeting of the citizens Of
Smyrna was held at tho Town Hall, for
for the purpose OF taking measures to
secure the erection somewhere in the
vicinity of Smyrna, Of the First Glass
Peninsula Boys Academy" proposed to
be erected by the Wilmington Confer
ence, somewhere on the Peninsula.
The meeting WAS organized by APP
pointing Jas. r. Clements, Esq, Presi-
dent, and Jos. II. Hoffecker, ESQ, Sec
rotary. Able addresses were delivered
by DIR. Uric and Rev. A. Rittenhouse. of
Smyrna, in favor of the PROPOSED move
mont. A subscription list was started,
and before the meeting adjourned the
subscriptions amounted TO 81, 160, as fol-
lows:
James w. Spruance guaranteed 81, 900
from the lot-holdcrs of Spruance City /;
(Mr. Spruance also offers six acres OF
ground in Spruance City, as site for
tho Academy y DR., b. S. Gootee, $500;
Worden & Evans, $500; james Il. Cisn.
ents, $3.50; James HOfecker, $3.50. The
balance was subscribed in sums of from
$40 to 800. The meeting adjourned 10
meet on Wednesday evening next, al n
o'clock.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-11

Coal OIL LAMPs.EAs coal oil light IL
more us'd in this community than nny
other light, and MS accidents are liable
to occur from its use to those who do not
understand the nature of the fluid and
its proper method of trea ment, the fol
lowing rules may be of practical inter-
est and value to many of our readers:
l. Never turn the wick down low I'M
der any consideration. This is the great
peril, because the cotton of the wick be-
Games hard and carbonizcd, actually
charcoal. When the wick is turned
down this charcoal or crust remains
burning ut read heat. Now Mt the
edges of the-xicS, within the tube, the
vapor rushing out, strikes
M on this red coal, takes fire, ignites the
oil in the lamp, and the explosion fol-
lows.
2. When you wish to put out the light,
it being mt full head, blow one quick
forcible, breath, directly upon the Chin
ney, wait an instant, and then turn
down tho wick To stop the disagreeable
smoke from coming out.
3. Keep the top of the wick trimmed
clean every day.
4. Keep the plate with the little holes
intirely clear of the black refuse matter
which falls on it from the burning wick.
-Er.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-11
NEWS UF THE WEEK.

Rev. DR.. +. T. Fitch, Professor of di-
vinity at Yale College, died ON Tuesday
night.
Mrs. Myra Gaines won her celebrated
New Orleans suit, and the lawyers are
now suing for sl27 900 counsel fees.
An association for the relief of the suf-
fering French, composed of ladies, was
organized at Boston on Wednesday.
At Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday,
William Schallenberg, convicted of wife
murder, was sentenced TO be hanged on
the 18th Of May next.
Hon. Henry a. Davis was elected u.
5. Senator from West Virginia, on the
Slst ult., to succeed Mr.. Wiley, on the
4th Of March next.
At Carthage, Ohio, the child of tin
ner named Eager died from the effects of
morphine, on Tuesday,. Each OF its par.
snts accuses the othor Of poisoning it.
In the House Of Representatives of
Arkansas, OH Tuesday, articles of inn
peachment against Lieut.. Gov. Johnson
We're indefinitely postponed by a vote of
48 TO 30.
In the Legislature of Missouri. on
tuesday, bills were introduced proyid-
ing for a Slate Constitutional Conyen
ton, and consolidating the CITY and
county OF st. Louis under one municipal
governAient,