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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-23
weather Report.
WAR DEPARTABNT,
OFFIcB or TUE CHIEE sIeHAL OFRIoER,
WASHINGTON, d, O., Aug. 22-7:8O ?. n.

WGsnmaToN, D. O., Aug. 29-7:SO Pm,
SYNOPSIS FOR TwENTY.FoUR HOURS.
The rain which prevailed Monday
morning in Nebraska and nortbwards Is
now conhed inlIowR and the barometer
has risen in Minnesota. The area Of high
pressure which was then advancing up to
New England, now extends to Michigan
and North Carolina and the low. baro-
meter which was on the coast, has been
apparently hid TO the southwest Tho
temperature has been highest In Tennes.
see and southwards. Fresh and brisk
winds In the northeast and southeast hay.
ing prevailed along the Atlantic coast.
Cloudy and threatening weather have
cleared away in tho middle and eastern
States, but continue with rain from North
Carolina to Florida. The telegraphlc
communication with Southern Florida
Is not yet restored, hut II Is probable that
the storm must be In progress OIL Its
northeast coast. Smoky and hazy wealth
er continues on Lake Erie and Michigan,
southwark to Alabama and Texas and
the barometer has fallen during the day,
decidedly from Lake Ontario to Michigan
,'iJ PRoBABTLTTTEs. D 'N I.
Light local storms are probable for to-
night in Illinois and westward, and the
area of the low barometer with threaten
ing weather will be developed over the
| Lower Lakes. The rising barometer
with casterly winds will profile continue
on the middle Atlantic coast Cloudy
and threatening weather will probably
continue on Wednesday in South Allan
tic, with increasing cloudness southwest
ward TO Texas and q severe storm on the
| CulT coast %
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-23

10y tlio Western Union Line.
Oacs NOrth.Wslt cor. o. Main and Monroe At0
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-23

Tuition has been reduced from so IN &IN pet
session Boarding from ~ TO 81 per week IN,
nee tuition 10 sons Of Ministers or the Gospel
NJ all denominations.
For further particulars apply fur l0tdQgue "a
Prof. Ia LoIF, Secretary r,h gAtSEfl
RS v. X. PENDLEroN. President, -
Iyi7 Bethany, West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-23
MTEsT VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
1S71-72.

The last Catalogue shows an attendance 0t lfl
Students al this Institution. Five distinct De:
pattments OF Instruction, with NIL corps ol
competent Professors.
The Ancient and Modern Languages; Mathc'
nAtiCs, pure and applied; Psychology, Ethics,
Political hconomy, Logic, Rhetoric, the Sciences,
&c, &c, carefully and thoroughly taught Prac'
IicAl Chemistry, and Physlca, Illustrated by ap'
ptopriAte apparatus. Special advantages for the
ltudy OF Gc0logy
4 good Library. Extensive Cabinets Of Min.
erAlOgy, Geology and Cunchology: togCthCt with
many specimens In other departments Of Natural
History. Fine bnlldlngsi beautiful aud healthy
lOCAtlOn; good society.
FAIL TERN begins September Bth. Winter
December 9Th. Spring, March 9Oth. Commence
ment June goth.
boarding nom a. TO a per week. b.
Tuition. from sis 10 $A per year.
For further particulars, inquire Of
ALEX. MARTIN, President
leo M6rgantovtn, West Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-23
CHARLES LACOBUs. Am.
DETHANY COLLEGE.
The thIrtIeth session Of thIs Institution will

II =
The thIrtleth session Of this Institution will
commence on
Monday, 25th September, 1871,
and terminate on the 18th of juno, 1872. It 10
TOmantiCAlly situated In the midst OF the heautl
lul and healthy hillcOuntry Of the panhandle '
Of West Virginia, easily accessible by railroad
Or river, and surrounded with the most favorable
Influences for student life. has property In
endowment, Buildings, Apparatus, Library, &c,
Rcnlty and furnish facilities for thorough edu.
CatiOn Of the very first order.
AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS
are provided for both pnbllo and private board.
lng, and unfurnlshOd rooms will he let 10 students
wfO wish To board themselves.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
The African Niagara-A Visit to the Falls
of the Zambesi.

The last number Of Petermanns Mittheil-
ungen contains an interesting description
by Herr MOhr, of visit to the Victoria
fail, on the Zambesi. 81 attained the OBJ
ject," he says, sfor which 1 had made so
many sacrifices, after innumerable difficult
ties and endless trials of patience, on the
morning of the twenty-first of june. To
proceed any farther-an undertaking which
1 had often contempIated-was, unfortu-
nately, impossible. The length of
the fall is nearly an English mile; it is 400
feet deep, and the cliff over which the water
flows is from $50 to 800 feet wide. The
stream above the falls flows from north
northwest to south-southeast. To
the north of the fall, and parallel with it,
lies thick tropical wood on a peninsula;
its soil is covered all over with the foot
prints of buffaloes, rhinoceroses and ele-
plants. Nearly in the middle of the stream,
close to the fall. lies Garden Island, where
its discoverer.. DR.. Livingstone, landed and
planted small garden with useful plants,
which, however, have been DESTROYED long
ago by animals and weeds. The most i'm
posing view of the fall is from a point at
the extreme east of the western peninsula.
The greatest mass of water comes
from the west, the least from the east; the
two unite under your feet, and the COM
bined stream flows on in channel only 270
feet wide, between dark precipices.
The North American Indians call this kind
of phenomenon the face of the Great Spirit
smiling over the waters"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
Garibaldi on German Bravery.

Professor Lazzarini, editor of the Corriere
di Sardegna, who lately visited Garibaldi
in Caprera has just published an account
of his conversations, in which he says:
after we had chatted about the political
and national position of Italy, Garibaldi
returned to the affair at Dion january 2l),
and gave me some particulars about the
combat, doing justice, at the same time,
to the heroic courage and firmness of the
Prussians. We had,' said the General,
thirty-six pieces of cannon, and yet, in
spite of terrible fire, the Prussians adj
vanced slowly. 1t must be confessed that
the Prussians are the best soldiers in the
world. Never have / seen In such mar
row space SO many dead bodies as at Dion.
You may form an idea of it when tell you
that in about the area of this chamber 1
counted fifty three corpses.' Reverting to
the present situation of France, Garibaldi
added: Believe me, it will be- long before
the French pardon the Italians for coming
separate the cause of the French people
from that of the Chauvinists. The selfish
rabble and the Chauvinists both required
lesson, and the harder it was the more salu-
tary for the country. AS to the manner in
which l have been treated personally in
the French National Assembly will say
nothing. At Bordeaux 1 was not allowed
to speak-but do not complain. am old
and infirm, but should be glad to see that
fanatical thirst for supremacy annihilated
which always was, and is yet, the main
source of the misfortunes of France. With
regard to the Italians, they must not lose
pens, for if they again fail in the task set
before them, they may take sponge and
wipe out the name of Italy from the map
of Europe.'r
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

The Philadelphia Register gives the fol
lowing details of some narrow gauge plat.
form and passengek cars: "Billmever &
Smalls' platform cafy for this narrow gauge
road are of two sizes, sixteen by six and
twelve by six, mounted on twenty-inch
wheels, and weighing 1000 pounds and $500
pounds respectively. A curious and very
important fact has developed itself in their
manufacture, viz: that owing to the supe-
rior strength of body allowed by the
shorter length, while the sixteen feet car
can carry but 10000 pounds of freight, the
twelve feet car carries l0,500 pounds. The
Dox car, twelve by six, weighs 1000 pounds
and carries 10000 pounds.
"The passenger cars of this road are made
by the jackson and Sharp Company, of
Wilmington, Delaware, and of the follow
ing dimensions: Length, thirty five feet;
width, seven feet; over platforms, forty
feet inside, six and half feet; height in
side to centre of dome, seven and a half
feet; height from rail to top of car, ten feet
two inches. Running gear, eight wheels of
twenty-four inches; and this is furnished
with peculiar journals and housings, so that
the floor is actually only twenty-seven
inches above the rail.
"The seats are arranged for two passen-
gers on one side the aisle and one on the
other, and are of usual width; but the aisle
is narrowed three inches. The car holds
thirty-fye passengers, against fifty-three
held by the cars of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and weighs when empty
$4,000 pounds, against 5000 pounds. the
weight of Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany car"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
A SAD LITTLE STORY.
The Mocking-bird's Song that was flushed
from the Nashville Banner


A very curious incident, illustrative of
the power which can be exercised over the
animal creation by kindness and careful
training, occurred but few days ago at
Scottsville, Kentucky. The sister of Officer
Harry Mansfield. of this city, had raised a
mocking-bird which she had taught to 90
and come at her call, and which, in return
for all the kindness bestowed upon it, ex-
hibited a peculiar fondness for her. Last
Monday week Miss Mansfield was taken
i'll, and, to while away the tedium of the
sick room, she had her little pet brought to
her bed side, and day and night it cheered
her with its sweet carols, bringing to mind
many happy thoughts of field and meadow;
sunshine and song. AS her illness grew
more alarming, and day after day brought
no relief from suffering, the warblings of
the little songster rather served to annoy
than to please her, and so, turning YEARLY
on her pillow, she said to HIM: Birdie,
hush, you worry me-" Strange to say, the
words seemed to be understood, for imme-
diately the song was hushed, and the bird
retired within himself, as it were. On the
next day the lady died, leaving, it would
seem, a command of silence upon the bird
which will never be broken, for, although
several days have elapsed since, and every
effort has been made to induce him to sing,
he refuses to respond with song to any lips
but those OF his once loved mistress.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
A Railroad Blessing.

An experiment of interest to all travellers
has recently been tried on one of the
English railroads This experiment con.
sists in what Is known as the lunch basket
SYSTEM" devised by well known firm of
public caterers, for the accommodation of
the travelling public who have no oppor-
tunity to obtain refreshments on long Jour
neys. The contractors furnish baskets of
an easily portable and compact size and
form, well stocked with material for a com
Portable luncheon-that is to say, half a
fowl, ham, bread and butter, cheese, salad,
a pint of claret or other light beverage,
plates, knives and forks, glasses and nap
kins-the price being three shillings. The
baskets, which are made for the purpose,
are provided with every necessity and con-
venience, and inside the lid is affixed a
printed card requesting that, as no deposit
is required nor charge made for the use of
the conveniences in the basket, all the
articles will be replaced in their proper
positions, and the basket delivered up at
the end of the journey. American railroad
managers would do well to follow this ex-
cellent example. Lunch baskets furnished
with the materials for a comfortable meal
will be accepted as a most agreeable sub
stitute for the saloon system
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
ale,,, Orleans gspltblitaa.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
-
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
THE WIND AND ROSE-AN ANCIENT
APOLOGIZE.
By JOHN G. sAxz.

"A little red Rose bloomed all alone
In the hedge by the highway side,
And the Wind came by with plying moan,
And thus to the fiowret cried:
''You are choked with dust from the sandy ledge
Now see what a friend can dol
will pierce hole In the tangled hedge
And let the breeze come through"
Nay let me bel am well enough"
Said the Rose, ip deep dismay.
But the Wind is always rude and rough,
And of course he had his way.
And the breeze blew soft on the little red Rose;
But now she was sore afraid,
For the naughty b0ys-her ancient foes
. Came through where the gap was made.
az see," said the Wind, when he came again,
And looked at the trembling flower,
You are out of place; 1t is very plain
You were meant for a lady's bower"
"Nay let me be ~ said the shuddering Rose
!" No sorrow ever had known,
TIL you came here to break my repose;
E Now please to let me alonep
But the win of the Wind is as strong as death,
And little he rocked her cries
He plucked her up with his mighty breath,
And away to the town be flies.
O, all too rough was the windy ride
For Rose so weak and small,
And soon her leaves on every side
Begin to scatter and fall.
Snow, what is this ," said the wondering Wind,
As the rose in fragments fell;
'This paltry stem is all find
am sure meant it well"
ait means just this-that meddling friend,r
Said the dying stalk, sis sure
To mar the matter he aimed to mend
And kill where he meant to cure"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

Ever since the fall of the commune of
Paris, the French police have been sedu-
lOusly hunting Felix Pyat, the editor of the
Vengeur, and one of the principal members
of that body. So far, Pyat has, however,
maintained his hiding place in Paris undis-
covered. Suspicion was for some time at
tached to certain house in the Rue DIES
Martyrs as being Pyat's place of refuge, and
it has often been visited by the police in the
hope of catching HIM. In the kitchen of this
house is cistern or well, the covering of
which the police have always removed to
peer into the water, but, disappointed in
their search, they have as often turned
away. 1t is now declared in Paris journal
that this cistern was in reality Pyat's hiding
place, to which he habitually resorted when
pursued. The upper part of this cistern,
which is of large size, contained water, as
also did the lower part, in such manner
that the water flowed ON turning the spigot
But in the centre of the cistern was a vacant
space large enough to admit man. Here
was the refuge of the hunted man.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

The following story is told concerning the
celebrated KOh-i-noOr captured in India:
"The Koh-i-noor was captured in this
cheap way: In 1919 that well known dia-
mond became part Oft the spoil of the Anglo
Indian army. on the conquest and annexa-
ton Of the Punjab, and being then estimated
at 81 $50, 600, there was great joy over such
prize. Without consulting the army, Lord
Cough and Charles Napier, chiefs in COM
mand, audaciously presented the great dia-
mond to Queen Victoria in the name of the
combatants. 1t was not the generals right
to rob the army by bestowing the greatest
of its spoils Of war upon the queen, nor
ought she to have accepted it without seeing
that the soldiers had been paid for it. From
that time the Indian army have not received
a shilling for their capture of the Koh-i-noor,
and Victoria has retained the gem as her
own personal property, instead Of placing it
among the crown jewels belonging to the
British nation"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

Thomas Jefferson wrote of Marie An
toinette: "This angel SO gaudily painted
in the rhapsodies of Burke, with some
smartness of fancy, but no sound sense,
was proud, disdainful of restraint, indig.
nant at all obstacles to her will. eager In
the pursuit of pleasure, and firm enough to
hold to her desires or perish in their wreck.
Her inordinate gambling and designations
with those of the Count d'Artois and others
of her clique had been sensible item in
the exhaustion of the treasury, which called
into action the reforming hand of the ma
ton; and her opposition to it, her infexible
perverseness and dauntless spirit, led her
self to the guillotine, drew the king on
with her, and plunged the world into
crimes and calamities which will forever
STAN the pages of modern history"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

open her eyes, look with wonder on those
around her, and appear greatly mortified
lest she had done something unseemly
during her trance. On being reassured OF
the contrary, she would resume her work
where she left off. Wonderful to relate,
she retained not the least remembrance of
what she said or did while in this state,
and, more wonderful still, when she would
60 into the next trance the connection of
ideas would be resumed, the links of the
broken chain Of thought united, and she
would talk and converse on all that took
place, not only in the Immediately preceding
trance, but what had occurred in any of
her previous and similar states
A careful examination of the case was
made by DR.. Hubon, including the history
OF the girl, and of all constitutional de-
rangements which had affected her, as
nearly as she was able to give Them and
these and the apparent symptoms con-
vlnced him that her disease was a natural
one He found two operating causes of
violent arrangements, which he considered
sufflclent to disturb and convulse her sys-
tenn to any imaginable degree-obstinate
and habitnal constipation, and amenorrhea.
Attacking these with proper remedies, he
soon secured the improvement of his pa
S sen. n eon nsf 1apld return normal and
The singular manifestations in her case
We're, in some form, the result of super
abundance of electricity, for it was discov-
cred, while the knockings, etc., were most
frequent, that they ceased at night, while
she was in bed, if the legs of the bedstead
were insulated from the floor by glass sup
ports. Tables, also, which were generally
threwn about, were quiet if their legs were
placed in glass cups. All the facts in the
case correspond to the usual manifestations
OF spiritualism, but their control and cessa-
ton under intelligent medical treatment
indicates their natural origin. Since the
recovery OF the girl she has lived "at SER
vice, without any return Of the phenomena
described. Her death, which occurred on
Sunday last, at the age of twenty one, was
from consumption, which disease was, we
understand, entirely unattended by any
unusual OF phenomenal manifestations, and
as wholly disconnected from her former
illness.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
Postmaster General Of bis trusty messe

Postmaster General Of his trusty messen-
Anything, Mr.. Secretary
"But what would you like most ~
Then William told the story of his and
Rachers troubles-how he was afraid she
would be Sold how he loved her dearly.
and how he licked still hundred dollars
to buy her.
/ The old Postmaster General took off his
specs, wiped his eyes, and then put them on
1 again. Then he fumbled in his pockets.
"Five-ten- twenty-thirty,v he counted,
and then he handed William hundred
dollars"
Too happy to live, William started for
Judge Stewards.
Here, Master john" said he, with his
eyes all aglow with joy, 'there is the thou
| sand dollars; now | want Rachel. T"
my God William, you don't tell me sOin
exclaimed the Judge. why, sold Rachel
and sixty dollars, to go to Mobile
| .When is she goingp asked William,
nervously. 9
ssShe's gone already-went Yesterday.
She'll be in Lynchburg in three days, by the
boat" n
Broken-hearted and crushed in spirit
William hurried back to Judge Mclean, in
Washington. The Judge heard his story.
Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun were
in the Judges room, and they both took
deep interest.
"Let's raise the money and send William
after her." said she generous Webster.
.'He would be seized dozen times as q
fugitive said the Judge, 'and they'd sell
him, too"
an send my private secretary said Mr..
Webster, and SO he did.
There was no telegraph then, nor cars,
but the Secretary took to the Potomac river
boat, and with $1,000 contributed by
William Jackson's friends in the depart
ment, overlook Rachel, showed Mr.. Cal
houn's letter indorsed by several Virgini-
ans, bought her and brought her back.
Calhoun, Webster and Judge Mclean saw
them married the next week.
Our head waiter, Robert jackson, after,
ward waited on Webster and Calhoun in
their old age at the old ''Indian Queen
Hotel" in Washington, now called the Me-
tropolitan, where, in 1884. he met Mrs.
Joseph G.. Luther, present habitue of Con-
gress Hall, on her wedding tour. Mrs.
Luther took Robert to Swansey, Massaehu-
sets, instructed him, and few years after
ward he made an engagement at the Union
Hotel. During the winter he catered for
those eccentric bachelors in New York, Mr..
T. H. Faile, Mr. Edward Penfold, or Mr..
Robert McCrosky. Only the former sur
wives. In 1868 Robert became the head
waiter at Congress Hall. He caters for
New Workers. in the winter at No. 206 Wa
verify place. Robert has perhaps the largest
acquaintance of any one in Saratoga He
knows old Presidents and scions of royalty,
knows distinguished savans, poets states
men and historians. He lives in beauti-
full vine-clad cottage on Washington street,
in Saratoga, where the guests of Congress
Hall frequently call upon his wife. who is
one OF the neatest hOusekeepers in Saratoga.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

A correspondent of the Glasgow Herald
transmits the following curious incident:
"On Sunday last l had the pleasure of wit
Messing a most interesting ceremony, which
desire to record for the benefit of your
readers. While walking near Falkirk, we
observed two bees issuing from one of the
hives, bearing with them the defunct body
of comrade, with which they flew for a
distance of twelve yards. We followed
them closely, and noticed the care with
which they selected convenient hole on
the side of the gravel walk, the tenderness
with which they committed the body, head
downward, to the earth, and the soficitude
with which they afterward pushed two
little stones, doubtless in memoriam.' Their
task being ended, they paused for about a
moment, perhaps to drop over the grave of
their friend sympathizing tear, and then
they flew away to their hives"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

- Some of the prettiest morning wrappers
are made of white cashmere, faced and
trimmed with quillings of pink, blue or pale
green silks. The newest 0verdress is COM
posed of three separate pieces, joined to-
gether by large fans formed Of silk and
lace. The fashion of wearing the hair
streaming down the neck is increasing,
many of the girls at the seaside adopting It
instead of braids and puffs. A very favorite
fan is that made of violet wood, which is of
dark grayish brown, over which SPRAYS of
violets are painted. The odor is as delicate
as that of the flower.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
The vermilionville Advertise,. saws

Cheering reports of the crops come to us
from all parts of the parish. The cotton is
doing well, and promises a large yield.
Many OF our planters will commence pick
ing cotton about the middle of August.
Mr. Jameson has a splendid crop, and can
boast OF having brought the first open boil
OF cotton to this town this year. The cane
still continues to improve. We were shown
two stocks OF cane yesterday that were
really beautiful-one coming from Mr.. d.
A. Cochrane's place having twelve joints,
and measuring four and half feet in
length. The other was from Mr.. William
Campbell's place; it had ten red joints, and
was four feet long. These stalks OF cane
weighed three pounds each.