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VOLUME X. WHEELING, VA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7,1861. NUMBER 55. IIJiNTKD AND PUBLISHED BY C A MPBELL & KPDERMOT, | iXTEIiLlCENCKR BUILDINGS, .V. K. earner <J Quincy and Jtain-SU. TERMS: 0?ily.(*?y mail, payable bi adrance>). ?$6 U/ tbe Week - ?? ? 10 I r ri.\i*.*?kly, (per year, payable in advance,)..?.... 3,00 | AdrertUingdme on reasonable term*. All advertisements from a distance, or frutn transient | citjr cu?totuen>, luiut he paid In advance. ??????? INSURANCE. T TO TH08B WHO WISH TO BE | i isr stj n K r> AHAINST A LI. CONTINGENCIES. i (Ml K|IIOM KIIKHPRANCB COHPAIV V [ of Nhw Turk. C*??? i.'?rini(ereryJollarpaid In) ........ ...$1,000,000 ?? CMtlaxeat 500,000 The Ur^rat Cwh Capital fur tlio amount of ruk o ii* odicelu the United States. W. F. PETERSON, Agent. ,|MIKI ,VSllRANCKCO.)OPTIIE VAL- I L LEY-OF VIRGINIA. 1 Casu Capital (paid in) ~... - ?....... $300,000 Much the large*t Uuh Capital of auy office chatter- I e-1 by Ibis State. c*-F(roaud Inland rtaka taken on the moat rea-1 taii*l*l6 term*. l,n<??ix|aiUbly adjusted and promptly paid by W. V. PETERSON, Agt. Mil K CONTINENTAL INSURANCE 1 COMPANY, of New York. Ciia Capital (paid in) $600,000 ?Ja?h Contingent Fund (over) ?..... 37 6,000 1 a this office the aMurcd participate In tho profits Without Incurring any rl?k. W. F. PETERSON, Agent. IllIK Z.TXCimitKO KOSB A. PIKE I INdURANO* OOJIl-ANY. 1 Out CiritAt . $100,000 MT. K.HKTKUSON.Jr., An?iit. fjrOrer $2^00,000 of Cash Capital represented by I bi* old and well .*tabll*hed Agency, whereevery loas 1 h tb?t abovo office ha* hoen promptly paid in Wheel uc. bel'Hro it wai due by tbe terms of tho policy. *' W. V. PETEltSON, Office next door to the 31. AM. H ank, jyT,'tf?ly Main ? t. W heel | Insurancc Co. of Hartford. | 1 NOOBPO rtATEl) 1810. Capital & Surplus, $2,191,100.02.1 Tbe INCOME of this Company Is DOUBLE that of *uy other Fire insurance Corporation in tho United State*. Attests, January 1, 1RGO. C ?*h in hand,A Depoaitesili Hartl'd Uanka,|234,448 48 Ca*h intromit, and In hand* of Agent*,?. 1?io,2*?7 78 o'. ITreM. Notes, aud accrued internet,... ...76,900 00 U.S.SW<cks,6perct. semi-anuual interest,... 168,760 00 It-ai ??tate unincumbered. SH Money due tbe 0o? secured by Mortgage,..?..454 76 I. A llud.C'lCo. It'd*,Opr.ct.seml-au. int., 11.089 00 lt.il- Iteceivable, amply secured,-.... - 7,0*0 60 Other Miscellaneous items, 17,844 W 216 State B'ds.214,6 AO pr.Ct.seml-an. iut.,224.Ks2 1j7 Hood* 0,7 * luperct. iut., annually,?.$19*M)00 00 Share* Railroad Stock, 92,10400 hi " Connecticut River Co. 8tock 1,260 00 iii ** W'aterhiiry Bank 44 6,.UK) 00 ?' Stafford Springs Bank 41 .6,800 00 .ni 44 Providence, K. I., 44 44 .........1,87200 16 ** Jersey City, N.J^ 44 44 ~.1^00 00 200 " IbMton, Mas*., 44 44 ....... JO,600 00 .lim " St. I*?uls, Mo., 44 44 .......31,60000 W7# " Hartford, 44 44 242^0000 ?S3) 44 New York, 41 " 6l1.*25SS |iii ?? N. Y. L.I. * Trust Co. " ...?2?*260 00 I'M) ?? U. S? Trust Co. I tank Stock- -12,100 00 TOTAL ASSETS, $2,194,100 02 LI \I1IL1 TIES.?Unsettled claims not due,$179,957 65 Upwards of $1.1,000,000 ?II Losses bare been paid by tho ACtna Insurance Co. In the ps*t 41 years. FIRB AND INLAND NAVIGATION Ki*ka accepted at terms coii*l*teut with solvency and attention giren to Insurance of D WELLING S anJ Cbatents for terms of one. to Jive peart. Th? progress of this Corporation has been stable a ad ualntermpted through ?easons of financial snn sbine aud storiu or peri???l>ieTentful in or exempt from ?we*>pingcoadagratl?>ns and maritime disaster. Be u,cloug?i?abli?hed.oua ca*h basi*, the troubles of tbe credit -viteiu affect u? In Mo material particular. During "bard time*'* the security of reUablo Insu xtico I* an imperative duty?the ability of property holders to*u*tain Ions being then much lessened. p.diciew ls*ued without delay, and all business at t eu.led to with dispatch aud ffdellty. by N. 0. ARTHUR, Agent, Office ovor tbe Bauk of Wheeling. po Pennsylvania Insurance Co. OP 1'ITTSUUIIUU, PA. $300,000 ?MHE al?oreComjianles haxlugappolnte*! theunder I M-neil their Agent for Wheeling,and vicinity, O.I 1.1 re*pectfully solicit the patronage of the pnblic. .<>?i4 Oirapanies are well known to be first claas offices. Ail |.*4es promptly a<Uosted. N.C.ARTHUR, Agt. kep.10 Office over the Bank of Wheeling. INSURANCE. Mnn Insurance Co.orWhccllng Office at the Savings Bank of Wheeling, No 03 M?la St. THE ABOVE NAMED COMPANY, h?ring been Inlly organised. Is uow prepared to Uko risKS kt l,?we*t con*Uteiit ratiu, on liulMlngs, Machinery, K'jrniture, aud Stocks or Merchandise, and ^ ? 1 I nicer* attending the transportation of Mercnan ?I ... on divert. Seas. Lakes, Canals and Railroads. \l>pii<*stions for In*uiance will be promptly ai lende.1 to by tbe President and Secretary. . . The p*tronageof the public Is respectfully solicited 9. P. 1IILDRBTII, IIENRY K. M8T? Secretary. President. DIRECTORS, . r __AaM C. D. llosBian, Caturuii Hsss, Tho?. 11. L. D. Wait. . , . . Opportunity Is still ?fl?mled to thoso who wish to ubwribe, as the subscription book remains open at lis <%>isptny's office. myx?-y insurance . The Fire&Marine Insurance Co. OF WIIKKLINO. IXOORPORATBD IN 183T. ?IUKKS RISKS AT TIIK LOWKST RATKS ON I liniUioK* or all kin J*, Steamboats, ITuruitureand M?rrhau<ti4e,aud again* t *11 dangom attending the Trtu?p.irtatioa of Uoodsou rivers,soas, lakes, canals t? I railroad*. K W. IUaituca, 8ec*y. Iliwrnr On wait, pres?t D1RBCTOR8. J C Achoion John Donlon, Rob't Morrison Cringle, 8. Brady, 8am*l Ott. l??n l Uiub, Rob't ratterwn, *4" Application* fur Insurance will be promptly at to by the President and Secretary. jtii'H.WI '-MS U?T. aOBT. MOftftUOIV. W.?.tO?A? ?0.?*?uw. B.DAVnrVOKT. LIST, MOKHISOIT & CO., Wholesale ftrocei a A. Produce Dealers .V*i.70?n4 80 \V>utling, Fa. y* 'l???!iro to *tateto the friends of the late Brmt ??? I to thu tr??le rally, that voare in p*msession ?t tb- mxt ample facilities for the transaction of a WM?aL.t)ruc*ry and Produce Business. ? are <li>t?riiiini*>l to execute all orders entrnsted c*rt? with fidelity and proraptuuss, and on the ?>*?t f*tir*l4e tor ma. Your ob't servant*. revolving fire arms nine., C.lhluta <*. Shot Qui rit.rtf or 1150; 1U1; 185T; 1?5S. COL. SAM. COLT'S ?i^r?ss3.? [Rl ARMS HANTO 00., JfertTard, Om*. r/lnfi MAJtTl.KS, strlla Shawta ?11J inn Umbrellas, h Prinas. OOOPKR * SRNSRNRY. BUSINESS CARDS. ALF'D hughes, m. d. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN HAS ASSOCIATED WITH IIIM, IN THE PR AC j tkeof medicine, bin sister. EfJlA C. IIuqhes, M IK, ft Rwilntlc of the MPenn Medical University o 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," who will devote her atteution exclusively to Obstetrics and the Di?ease* of Females aud Children. my2U,60 OFPICE HOURS. Morning,7 to 9; Noon, 1 to 3; Evening, 7 to 9. OPPICE AND RB8IDEKCE: Corner of Fourth and Quincjstreets, below the 1st Presbyterian Chnrcb. J. BOON JPLUIIE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, N. K.Cob. Mostbob A Fourth Bra. (OppotiUth* Court House,) WHEELING, VA N. D.?Will practice in the several Courts of thir and the iwighltorine Counties. ^-Particularattention will be given to the co| ectionof claims. nov20?1/ m. puMpuatT. w. a. Fojrnmxr I. M. PUMPHREY & SON, OotxixuiwMion -1JD Forwarding Merchants ? DEALERS IN ? Wool, Flour, Bacon, Provisions, anil Produce Urncrally. No. 70 IVInin Street, Janl?ly WU EELINO, VA. S. G. ROBINSON, M A NU FACT IB KB or WINDOW GLASS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in PAINTS, OILS, SASH, DOORS, LIME, CEBIENT, PLASTER PARIS, AC. No. 75 Main Street, Jy4 WI1 EELINO. VA M. RE JILiXjY, Wholesale Dealer in GROCERIES, Porflgn and Domeatlc Wines and Liquors, Nos. 65 A 67 Miw STBr.tr, my7?ly WHEELING, VA J. A. METCALP, COMMISSION MBllCllABiT AND MANUFACTURER'S AGENT FOB tub SALS OF Nails, Window Glass, Cincinnati Soap Iron, Flint Glassware, Lanl Oil I, Steel, Green (Unaware, Lime, Springs, Printing l*aper, Plaster Paris, Axlea, Wrapping l'*per, Cement, Ro*in, Wooden Wane, Starch. Together with many articles of Pittsburgh and Wheeling manufacture. No. 50 Paxton'a Row, Matin St., norl7 Wheeling, Va. EDMUND P. ZANE, ATTORNEY AT LAW ? A N D ? Commtuioner InChaatsry, OFFICE: Corner of h\mrth and Monro* tire fit, WHEELING, V A Will practice In the ccnrts of the adjoining counties and give particular attention totbecollection of claims. . iiotIO?ly CLARK L. BANK. 8. F. M1LLBB C. L. ZANE & CO. Importers and Dealers in Foreign <C Domestic Wines and Liquors, Manufacturers of I*iire Cntnwbn Winen, Qcinct Stbbbt, betwbbs Mais A Mabkbt Sts. WHEELING, VA KKKP constantly on hand Brandies, Scotch and Irish Whiskies. Jamaica Rums aud Cordial*, Choiro Old Rye and Rourbon Whiskies. SepSP?ly G. WTTiTifXM BBE8S33TG, 8H Market Street, OLD POST OFFICE BUILD IK WHEELING, VA. Grocrrik9, Liquors, Winks, Skqars, and Forkion Produce Gkskrally. febi4.tr W. T. MEEDS, Book Bin der, ? AMD ? BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURE It Intelligencer UuiHingxor.Quincydt Main its. A LL DESCRIPTIONS OF BLANK BOOKS LULEl. J\. and made tn order, printed heads if required. Magazines. Manic and all kind* of printed mattei bound In the best and mo?t substantial style at rcn oable prices. All work gunrsnterd. no*20*68? NEW FIRM: f |UIE UNDERSIGN P.D H A VK ASSOCIATEDTIIEM X Mires together as a firm, under the style Maxwell, Campbell & Tingle FOR T1US PURPOSE OP DOINO A Wholesale Grocery GEN'L COMMISSION BUSINESS At No. 68 Main-SL, in tbo room formerly occupied by Dakrr Jt Hopkins. We respectfully solicit the thoattention of tlieTnulo J AS. MAXWELL, late firm Paxton, Donlon A Co. T1I08. J. CAMPBELL late with List A Howell. GEO. R. TINGLE, late with List * Howell Jan+s&S. X. W.PAXTOJf. JOUJf DOXLO.t. 0. OGLES AT PAXTOK, DONLON & OGLEBAY, Wholesale Grocers, PRODUCE & COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Nos. 52 and 54, Main St., noel W Heeling, V?? j7 C~. HAHBOUB. ^ WhnUsalc rf Retail DevUr in CARPETS RUGS, OIL CLOTHS Wall Papei, Curtain Materials, | And Uphol*tery Ware ofevery description 143 Main Street. WHEELING. VA. 49-Om and Mahogany Framed Looking Glameft n hand ami made to order. sep9.'69 T. H. LOGAN & CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, WDKKLINQi VA. ' HAVE remorod to their NEW W ARK ROOMS, No 47 Main Street, sad No. 8 Quincy Street. f*r*Main Street Entrance, next door to Baker Hopkins. Qnincy Street entrance near the Bait. R. R. Depot, and ?barf. DRUGS. PAINTS, OILS, MEDICINES, VARFISIIES. BRUSHES, WTNDOWGLASS. PERFUMERIES, WHITE LEAD, PATENT MEDICINES, Ac. Offered to the trade. In city and country, at law prices and otth*btgiqualUf. Cash and prompt customers are inrlted to call. a pi ,'5 9 T. H.LOOAK. B. H. LIST. C. D.HBBBA LOG AN", LIST & CO. (Suceessortt* T. H. Z+g*?4 0?.) Wholesale & Retail Druggists BRIDGE OORNER, MAIN STREET, Wheeling. V?. ARK prepared to ?apply goods of nnperiorqoalit at low prices, to all those who may find it con Dlant to make their pnachasee at the "Fridge Com i?ilLr|ntc?iijentM ADVK- j* DIJMC times' It 1? useless to dictate to business men ?bout advertising. We have seen one borse traders and third-rate merehants .h ? ,W7" dogmntic "?lr assertions tba advertising don't pay." But when ? look at the fact that they languish in poierty, while a single advertiser in New or pays $31,000 to one newspaper in one year, and grows rich at it, we cml scarcely credit the assertion. There are those, among the shrewdest ?nd most successful, who advertise with renewed leal jU8t when others get scared and quit. wc have jost Lecotue acqimint. io',oiut' Business is very ull in Philadelphia, manufacturing estab ?sbments not making expenses, some wholesale d.alers have gono Into liqnida Uou.and others are selling at retail; but in some of the Old retail stores the crowd] of buyers is tremendous, three or four deep at the counters. A correspondent of " ^ ork PnI"r says of this fact: '!! note a curious coincidence touching this matler-those who advertise the most are soiling the most goods. I noticed the same coincidence in 1857. I remember vanous men who in that crisis kept them selve from failing by extensivendvertising That expedient brought them customers enough to put them out of debt. People make the grand mistake of assuming that in "mes like these nobody has got any money. No mistake could be greater.? Money can be had for almost anything a ?nan has to sell, by extensively advertising To make the application: The Inltllijtn. cer has a circulation several times greater ban the accustomed circulation of papers in Wheeling. It, advertisements are all ^Ve believe now is the time A Highly Interesting Letter. \ira\C',, T?, -'?? h-u o"1 llVVviyf C??v?r..?lo?,; |Kr.m thePhiladelphia Pre.,.] J3lnw "nless at the head of nn uriny." This was not uiy lirst endeavor to obtain a passport, nor was it mr last failure. For some months f had felt the necessity of sssfesatatsa tsasi fo"lk8s' T ,m3,8r0rt fr<"a "*e'iniond to ffor llin!'C|' "?t get to Fortress .Monroe, h/.^r "'"s l'J 6cek Inf'Jnuatiou at ofth*Tr r*? 60 'enim'aKcr. the Secretary of the Treasury was written to. He re plied that I could obtain a passport to mountwl behind'n trooper, waving a'vrhil'e * - J;, 1 und, ,l d not go; 1 had no idea of Playing neutral or target in a skirmish J-"1'-',' ft"1 nd I could get t.. Nor folk, Gen. linger, the officer commanding with?th^ti h,a(1 n? communication with the fortress, and could send no one ? linil been on the anot I iniirht cradlrf'l I'! *nd SH|'P<!'1 u,r"!' n,any oth er, did, but I was forty miles souih or to's^ie Fin*Hbn? t? T,h ?PP??uoitie3 Ir rri.H F'nn,,y. ' decided to take the nn. ly route open, through Tennessee and Kentficky lt was long and circuit?,, and ! would havo no esrort; but it was probably my Inst chance before the close of the war. After the battle of Manassas la^hm"" 0,rth? W" Depwuneiit re laxed sufficiently to givo roe a passport and I started home. As well as I remem ber this was the form: CONFEDERATE STATES OK AHEK1UA. WAR PKPAKTXftNT. Mis* Jane Smith has permission to Tirit Narhrflle on hi? lionur u a man that he will not reveal any thing he may hare learned, to thu disadvantage of the Confederate States, for the purpose of publication. L. P. Walkcr, Hecretary or War. The laughable confusion of gender re sulted from its being a printed form, and the Secretary was too busy to notice or correct the mistake. This form left mo at liberty to communicate any information verbally, or in any way not forpublicntion. A "Yankee" never would have left this loop-hole. When I got my ticket to go the first few miles at an insignificant country depot, the agent asked for my passport and scruti nized it with care} but after this I was not asked to show it on the route. When I parted with the friend who had gone as far as he could with me, I settled myself comfortably in my seat and looked around at my companions. There was the usual assortment?gentlemen of forty, im portant and fussy old ladies, young girls who hunt in couples, traveling mothers with fretful children, and indifferent hus bands, nondescript men, and talkative women. Just as 1 was congratulating my self on the few passengers nnd tho possi bility of having a double seat?and every one knows what a luxnry this is?an old | Irish woman entered, with a little boy with the dirtiest face marked in furrows by bis tears, who looked at the seat and at me, so. I tnrned the seat back, and she sat down. Soon tbe child rambled off, and the old woman disappeared; when I fonndshe was really gone, I was lost in conjecture as to where she hod gone. She had not gone oat from her seat, 1 knew; I looked at tbe window, but the sise forbid any solution of the question through ;it. I was still pus sled, tbe cars stojped, and I heard a snore apparently from under tbe car. I looked over the seat, and there she was, fast asleep on the floor. 1 noticed after this that it was decidedly tbe old woman's preference, as she would soon slide down from her seat at every change. At Lynchburg I got my baggage checked to Nashville, but they were not equally considerate with the owner, for my ticket was only to Chattanooga, 158 miles from Nashville. Here the characters of the passengers changed somewhat, for we had the addition in one car of a number of the members of tbe Fonrtb Alabama Regi ment. Nearly all the party bad been It Manassas. Of conrte they were nol I ?lie worst cages, for, although many were in crutches, none bad lor a limb; hut heir etises were horrible enough to make heir fellow-travelers realize some of the ieligbts of war. One 6ne young fellow md been struck by a ball in the elbow It bad passed out, tml struck a large nerve n its progress, and, in consequence, he ?as the most ncrvons man 1 ever saw. He could not bear the slightest touch any where on bis person, nnd he kept his feet, lis head, and the uninjured hand wet uli :he time. J leave bis case to the scientific, ant this was bis account. It was pleasant ;o see tho attention paid him by bis com ?ades; in Tact, the greatest consideration ?as shown them all by the passengers. Al though tho cars were crowded, there was 10 difficulty in getting a whole seat for inch of them, ladies SUiading up to accom modate them. A wounded soldier demands ;be sympathy and attention of all, and the gentleman who went to Manassas as a lurse, and returned because bo said they ?ave bin] "Yankees"-?o nurse, was an ex-" optional case, for the {rounded prisoners n Richmond met with every care and at ention; and whatever sins tho South is -esponsible for neglect or tbesc is not tmoug tho number. Some of the populace it first usked them insolent and taunting questions, but as soon as tho officers heard 1 they were rebuked, and the sick removed lutof the way. Ono poor fellow cried out :o a number, "You would not dnre, non?i if you, to speak to me thus if I was not vonnded and in yonr power." A rebuke [hat silenced tho men, and compelled the ?espect of nil who heard him. Others, ess brave, or more quiet, would simply :over their heads with the blanket that ind been thrown over them, and make 10 .answer. One of the- Fire Zouaves, it -vas said, who had lost both of his legs I md one arm, was being vcrj carefully lift id into an ambulance, when ho lifted his inly remaining limb and cried, "I came lere haling yon, and I'll continue hating foul" I am inclined to think this man ived. Any one with such a supcraband >nce of energy could hold death at bay 'or some time. I managed my journey with so milch Jexteritv, that I crossed all the mountains >t night, and so missed the finest part ol ;hc scenery. This first night I looked iu rain from the car windows. The darkness {.ivo 110 sign of our passing through tho ong tunnel, for it was dark alike, nnd the jnly knowledge I could have had of our passing over tho mountain, woold have been of a sudden dcscent over a precipice. This we wore saved, and I passed safely ?nd unconsciously over. I met a very pleasant gentleman this night, who hud iieeu nt the battle ol Munassas, as the cap lain ot a company of two 1 He heard the Bght was gingon; "he knew it was to be t free fight, nnd he wanted to be in it, so ihore were two young soldiers who wanted to go, and he headed them and they set ilf" As they neared the field, the road liccame lined with flying men, all reiterat ing the same cry, "The day is lost; the United States soldiers will enter Rich mond j" but when lie reached the scene |to_tide had turned. Davis bad just made Hw appearance, and shouts ot welcome ind triomph were going hp from the Con federates. lie found ho was more needed among Iho wounded than among the combatants, IO he gave his attention to them. On the Bcld he found u beautiful hair watch ibain, ho said, with a medallion, contain ing two portraits of the same lady, the case was marked "E. N. Throckmorton." Where is the poor fellow, and who was this young girl ? Speaking of spoils from the field, some ono asked these Alabamians If they bad any mementoes of the day. "I have one," said one, "and I am ashamed to tell it; it is tho arm-hone of a Yankee." When we reached Bristol it was near morning, and when we changed cars there were so man v soldiers from Bristol stopping there, iu consequence, I believe, of an accident the day before, that I passed through the cars two or three times without getting a seat; there wore plenty unoccupied, but they were taken by "gentlemen," I was told. Southern politeness in traveling is proverbial, nud, in peaceful times, inav jtistify its reputation when passengers are few and conductors can better attend to their duties; but, until I left Chattanooga, I did not meet a conductor who was, in the slightest attentive, nor a gentleman who treated a lady with anything but profound indifference. Finally, I stood out on the platform, waiting for the conductor, when a lady obtained me a seat. Here another mcuil>er of tho Irish family come and sat down by me. I was willing to give ray Beat to the old woman, for she, in the fir.s^ place, had a right to it, and then, her age was a sufficient plea for her ; but I cannot say I entertained nny very agreeable senti ments toward this neighbor. She was, I should judge, perfumed with boiled cab bages, and decorated with a superabund ance of Jibe dust from which we sprang ; she was nry sleepy, and, every few min utes, her dirty whito bonnet would come sweeping over my face on its way to my shoulder; tbeu she had a pleasant way of sitting ao as to occupy two-thirds or the scat, and looking at me with amazement and giving n groan as I desired her to turn around and give mo more room. Probably sho thought me as impertinent as I thoogbt her disagreeable to my olfactory nerves. The portion ot Tennessee wo passed through this morning wns very beautiful, rolling grassy hills and beautiful woods; purple asters, the highest I ever saw, grew almost in hedges along the track I saw in the woods n most beautirul Sower; we were passing to quickly too see it well, but the great scarlet spike looked unlike any thing I had ever seen. We expected to reach Knoxvillo at twelve, and connect thero with the Nashville train, but when we wero ten or twelve miles from the town, we found that there bad been an accident on the down train, and a freight train lay shattered on the road. When we reached it we were forced to leave our car, and walk about a quarter of a mile over a very stony field, and take another train on the other side of the ruin. This delayed useo that we reached Knoxrille an hour and n hair too late for the train; and were com pelled to remain there until twelve the next day. The town was crowded. I was told I could not get a room anywhere. I was, however, waiting on the portico of a bnilding for the omnibus to return, when 1 was told I could get a room there; so I went into a long hall, extending down the middle of the house, with small rooms on each side, all apparently filled with men lying on beds, or tilted back in chairs. As far as I conld discover, there was no parlor in tho house. I was shown into the room. It was, 1 confess, different from any I ever saw before. The floor, which was perfectly innocent of any acquaintance with carpet, was black in irregular spots, some older and dirtier than others, making a brown and black mosaic of the rough planks. The furniture consisted of a bed, table and chair; these were all covered with dust. The bed seemed to be straw, with a very decided sink in the middle. Words will fail to describe the sheets and pillow cases; their color seemed worn into them?and such a color as it wasl I can say uothjog of the original pattern of the basin and pitcher, for their grimy coat concealed it effectually. My retreat from this apart meut was decided. I sought better for tune somewhere else in the town. As the omnibus drove away, I gave a look back ward, and there were the whole family of my Irish friends, sitting in a group, some on the ground, some on the steps of the platform, surrounded by boxes, bundles, and baskets. By the aid of some coolness In telling the landlord of the hotel to which I went, that I mint have accommodations, after he had told me that the house was filled, a fact corroborated by many who were wait ing in "the parlor roomless, I got a. very pleasant room with a young lady whose husbaud had started with his compauy to the Kentucky border, from Knoxville. I found there was considerable excitement here; the town was alive with soldiers, many having already left for Kentucky. As I sat there, just before supper, con gratulating myself on my superior accom modations?for I soon fouud I was better olf than most of my companions?Mrs. A.'s husband returned, and I was turned out. I then found I was to share a bed spread ou tho iloor of a private parlor for auother lady. This evening I met n young Southerner, whose ideas concerning the final peace ar rangements deserve record. He thought the war would virtually be over in May. That Lincoln then would propose a re union to the South, and invite her back ; this she would decidedly reject; then lie would propose a separation, the South pay ing a proportion of tho expenses of the Government during tho war; this she would reject with indignation; finally, after some parleying, she would be recog nized as an independent power. This view, he said, was original, and I agreed with him that it was, for I have heard many prophecies, but none like this. I beg bis pardon if 1 have not stated his views cor rectly, but I thus understood ?hem. It seems to be the general opinion South that this war will be a short one,and May, 18G2, is given as the limit; by that time they ex pect, through tho force of their arms, and the influence of their cotton, to force the United States Government to a recognition of their independence. England is looked on as a powerful auxiliary in bringingabout this state of affairs, for although they have no reliance on her sympathy or kind feel ing, they feel that sho is wide awake to her interests, and wants cotton, and likes a low tariff, to say nothing of her willing ness to see her young and powerful rival shorn of some of his strength by a division. We left Knoxville the next day at twelve. The first persons I saw on entering thu car were these Irish people, looking for seats; d&cr they secured theirs I found mine, at ^respectable distance, thinking "they stop at Nashville, nnd I am secure to there." This illusion was soon dispelled, for I had the pleasure of sitting behind them from Chattanooga to Nashville, and found thoy wero going to New York! \Vo reached Chattanooga, and I saw nothing of this region of country, passing among the mountain*again at night. IIere,~ for the first time, I found an obliging and gentlemanly conductor. I tound, to ray chagrin, that the checks had been changed at Knoxville, and one of my trunks left nt Chattanooga, and I shonld be obliged to wait a day longer at Nash ville for it. My only consolation was that some of uiy companions would get a day's start of me, and I would have boiled cab bages no longer; but in tho gray of the next morning one of them said to me, "Sure isn't it too bad! he has left ono of uiir trunks, nnd we will havo to wait a day for them at the next place we come to ?what's the name?" "Nashvillo," I told her with a silent groau, repeating to ray self? "What In written ii written; our fate Co mm to us whether wo atrire or wait, Whether to it or trora it we fleo." A Long Story Briefly Told* There was a certain king, who, like ma ny Eastern kings, was very fond of hear, ing stories told. To this mnuscmcnt he gave up all his tune; but yet was never satisfied. The exertions of all his cour tiers were in vain. He, at last, made a proclamation, that if any man should tell him a story that should last forever he would make him his heir, and give him the princess, his daughter, in marriage; but if any one should preteud he had such a story but should fail?that is, if the story did come to an end?he was to huvo bis head chopped off. For such a prir.e ns a beatiful princess and a kingdom mauy candidates appeared; and dreadfully long stories some of them told. Some lasted a week, some a month, some six months. Poor fellows! they nil spun them out as long ns they possibly could; but in vain. Sooner or later thoy all came to au eud, and, one after another, the unlucky story tellers had their heads chopped off. At last came a man who said be bad a story that would last forever, if his majes ty would be pleAsed to give him a trial. He was warned of bis danger; they told how many others had tried, and lost their heads; bnt he said he was not afraid, and so he was brought befor the king. lie was a man of a very composed and deliber ate way of speaking, and after mnkingall requisite stipulations for time for bis eat ing, drinking and sleeping, be thus began his story: ?'Oh, king I there wa3 r nee a king who was a great tyrant. And desiring to in crease bis riches, he seised upon all the corn and grain in his kingdom, and put in an immense granary, wbieh was built on purppse,as high as a mountain. "This he did for several years, till the granary was -juite full up to the top. He then stopped up doors and windows, and closed it up on all sides. ??Bat the bricklayers had, by accident, left a very small bole near the top ot the granary. And there CAme a flight of lo custs, and tried to get at the corn; but the hole was so small that only one locast conld pass through at a time. So one lo cust went in and carried off one grain of corn, and then another locast went in and carried off another grain of eorn, and then another locust went in and carried off au other grain of corn, and then another lo cust went in and carried off another grain of corn, and then another loenst went in and carried off another grain of corn, and then another locast went ia and carried off another grain of corn, and then another locust went innnd carried off another grain of com, and then another locust went in oad carried off another grain of corn, He hud gone on thua from morning to night (except when he was engaged at his meals) for abont a month, when the king, though a very patient king, began to be rather tired of thelocnsts, and interrupted his story with? "Well, well, we havo heard enough of the locusts; we will suppose that they have helped themselves to all the corn they wanted. Tell us what happened af terwards." To which the story-teller answered very deliberately: "If it please your majosty, it is impos sible to tell what happened afterwards before 1 have told you what happened first.'' "And then ha weaton again? "And then a locust weht in and carried off another grain of corn, aud then anoth er locust w.'nt in and carried of? another grain of cora^ari: then another locust went eatrtfccl ^off. anoUier grain of corn." Tbo king listened with unconquerable patience six months more, when tic again interrupted him with? "Oh friend 1 I am weary of your Ipcusts! (low soon do you think you will have done?" To which the story-teller made an swer? "Oh, king, who can tell? At the time to which my story has come, the locusts have cleared away u small space, it may be a cubit, each way round the iusido of the hole, and the air is still dark with locusts on all hides. Hut let the king have pa tience, and, no doubt, we shall como to the end of them iu time." Thus encouraged, tlie king listened on for another full year, the story-teller go ing on still ns before. "And then another locust went in und carried off another grain of corn, and then another locust went in and carried off another grain of corn, and then another locust went in aud carried off another grain of corn," till at last the poor king could bear it no longer aud cried out? "Oh, man, that is enough! Take my daughter I take my kingdom I lake my anything ? everything; only let us hear no more of your ulioininable locusts 1 Aud so the story-teller was married to the king's daughter, and was declared heir to the throne; and nobody ever expressed a wish to hear the rest of his story, for ho said it was impossible to como to the oth er part of it till he had done with the lo custs. The unreasonable caprice of the foolish king was tltiis over-matched by the ingenious advice of this wise man. P. C. HILDRETH & BEO. 5:t Main Street, Wheeling, V*. 'wnOLKSALK DKALKKS IN Kail Rod, Window Glass, Maryland Lime, liar Iron, Printing Pa pur, Common Lime, Nailri, Wrap. Paper, Flour, Sboetlron, Planter Tariff, Shanghai Matches Wire, Laud Piaster, Suit, Cast Steel Cement, Wooden Ware, Ac. Agents Tor Uows'a Improved Counter aud Platform - ... Scale*. The night tt Market Price paid for Ragt, Flaxseed Ginseng, .Scrap Iron, ?fe. JyH F. A. BRENTLINGER & CO. Bko lhavktosay that tiiky iiayk open cdti Pharmaceutical an4 Prescription Store in No 151 Market street, where they will be pleased to serve those who may feol disposed to call. Their long oxperience and known accuracy in compound ing physicians' prescription* cannot tail to give con. fidenceto all. Physicians and Druggists requiring plmrmaceuti cnl and chemical pre|?aratious for their owndii (tensing,offnll and uniform strength, h* by theU.8. Pharinapla.cau have them prepared at the shortest notice, wo boing now provided with all necessary apparatus. [octlS] K. A. IIRBNTLINOKK* CO. NEW GOODS. W. D. SAWTELL & BROTIIER HAVE JUST RECEIVED T1IKIII SPUING STOCK of CloLlicw, Casslmeres anil VcHtlngM; Also, a general assortment of Guutleiueu's Furnish ok Uoyda. apl W. D. hAWTELL. G. 0. SAWTELL W. D. SAWTELL & BRO. Manufacture? nml Dealers in CLOTHING, No. 9 Monroa Street, | Jan4 Wheellnff, Vn. JAS. M. DILLON, No. 107 Market Street. WHEELING, VA. PLUMBER AND GAS FITTEH, AXD BRASS FOUNDRY. DHALKIt IN WROUGHT IRON, GALVANIZED, anil all sixes or Loot] Pipes, Slice4 Lead, Brass Cocks and Valves^ Ste?tui Whistle*. Stcnm and Water Gusges, Lift and Force Pomps. Littles, IIoso, Antifric. tl?n Metal, Brancer Tin, 'Zinc, Antimony, Crucibcli?, Galvanised Lightning Rods. Insulators and Points. AGKNT FOR THE MENBELY BELLS. Aqueduct Pipes constantly ou ItaniL Cash paid for Copper, Brass and Lead. SPOTSWOOD HOTEL main street, RICHMOND, VA., Built in 1859, and Furnished equal to any in the United Stales. JOSEPH H. CRENSHAW, Proprietor. THEODOR E W. IKENNIGER, \ Supt. and Manager. J mhl4-ly* Fancy baskets, Shetland Wool, Tidy Cotton, I'earl Sldeve Buttons and Stud*, Embroidering Silk, Small Palm Fans, Crochet Braid, White Nhblas, received at D. NICOLL & DUO'S aug5 Variety Storo. H OBBBTBAR N ES ~ Would GALL ATTENTION to tbelrassortment of Fancy articles, consisting of Medallion, Landscape and Parian Vases; Bohemian, white, bluo and gilt Cologne Sets; Plain and Gold band Tea Sets; Toy Sets; "flsper and Cigar Holders; Motto Caps: Etegere Ornaments; Card Receivers, all sixes and aha|>es; Fancy Candlesticks, Match boxes, Jewel boxes ke.t suitable for boautiful and elegant pres ents. . ..." .. )? ? . dec20 Wheeling Window Glass Manu factory. [IIAVB PURCIIAHKD A?D BEFITTED Tim above Manulactory, at a heavy expense, and !?? [nAVK PURCHASED AND REFITTED THE above Manulactory, at a heavy expense, and be ing now in successful operation I am rally prepare*] to make and furnish Window Glassof any sfxe want etL In quality of Class, Wheeling Glass is not ex celled 8. gTROBINSON, 75 Main st.. septlB . Wheeling, va. ? rpOY WHEELBARROWS 4. CARTS 1 a fresh supply just received at wh22 D. NIQQLL k BRO's. 100 Main Si The best and safest worm MEDICINE can be found at Odd Fellows* Hall Drugstore. B.BOOKING. Agt. t*M SALT.?900 bush. Pittsburgh Extra No. 1, 300 ? Ohio River Salt Co. just received and tor sale by aug27 M. RBLLY. ALEXANDRE'S KID GLOVES?All sixes of both white and colored, received this morning by [>n231 OBO. R.TAYLOR. INDIGO*?1 case beet quality, Just received and for sale by faug27) M. RBILLY. TERMS OF WEEKLY. One Copy per Year, $1,00 " Six Months, -??? 49* 1HTABUBI.T Of ASYAHOS. , i : .j The Weekly Intelligencer Will contain thirty-two column?,' mostly filled with aholco and carefully prepared reeling mAttaSj*mbr? clog all gubjecta?thna making it f&e Urgtrffand bee Dollar Newapaper In this section of country. UX'LOTT. mSMMI-OIT. ?*. B. HiU. SAM'L OTT SON & CO.. iOllNI WR FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES, Adaptkd torvbry bbakcii of vrhore a correct aud durable 8caleU required. Counter Scales or Every Variety. PORTABLE & DORMANT SCALES ..... kor-stores. HAT A Nil CATTLE SCALES. Warebome Si. TranBjjortmtioii ge?lei? Scaloa for Ornin una Flour?Boles for Rallroada Scales for Coal Dealers and Miners?Oottoireiitf. Sugar Scale*?Farm and Plantation Scale#? Puet Ufflco Scales?Banker. and Jewel lers Beams?Weigh Mastsra'Beams, Ac., Ac., Ac. AH of which aro warranted in evory particular. > Call and examine, or send for an illustrated and descriptive circular. N. B.?These Scales have aU tUel ixartwflS, which purchasers will find upou examination is not the caso vrith other Scales offered for sale in this djQ&'wMcn are represented to ho ?at good M Fairbanks." A Scale.with cast iron bearings cannot be durably ac curate. SAM'L OTT, SON & CO., Agents. wnoiJtsAUc pxalxxs nc Hardware, SadcUeryHardware,&o? Cor. Market * Monroe its., opp. llcLure Ilou?e, nij-4 Wll?.Hng,V?. Missouri MiningCompany. Incorporated Fob. 22d, 1881. CAPITAL STOCK $500,000. riUIIS COMPANY 18 P01UJKD YOU THE J>01t I poi?u>r advancing the groat mining intorwtaol our State. Wo do not proTeaa to be rovanrcd ?y purely philanthrope motive* In initiating this oil-. urprlsc. Wo bollove that the stock can he nnule to nay large dividends, ami at the name lime more real tToJd a?ompll.hod and greater progreM made In de veloping .nd making known the astouishlngmlnwal wealth of Missouri, than by tho u?o of Ave times the ninonnt or onr capital Invested In any other busineas. We ahall mako the alllce of our Company a com Slt'te mining bureau or tho mineral reaourcea or tne tato. Wo Travo power under onr charter to pur chase and aril mineral Unda wherever located In Sllmwnri. II rent Inducement, will be offered.to cap italist* aud mining adventurer*, who doalre to pu? chase and work paying mines, by dealing with tnla 00We*re3Imectfblly aolldt tho attention or ail who have mineral lunds Ibr sale to send us a statement of the same, describing tl.e kind of minerals binds, tho number or acres, the loMtlott?U^ u>' low est cash price they are willing to take for Sdid lands. Wo shall vrork only such mines as pay largely, but shall open and prove most of the lands wo sell. The books for subscription to the stock aro now open at tho ofllco of tho Company, Main street, northwest corner of Locust, over Merchants* Bank, entrance No. 21 Locust street. All wbcfecl an interest in tills business, and have money, will do well to call and subscribe. Those wishing stock, living out of the city, can secure It by enclosing ten per cent, or the amount wauted to the President or Treasurer. D1RKCT0R8: Henry D. Bacon, K?l., *??"*?" Alfred Ciapp, Esq., L.B.Iian?ood.Ksq^ ?? M. Lynch, ttg* L. V. Bogy, Esq., Joseph Payne, Esq., T BU STXX8: M. M^SSRSST' _AT.VRELDCf.AP^W. Tho aboro proipectna has up ?o thla data been publUhed In only one pt oar leadlug paper* rotten .Uy?. No extra effort, to get .tock wken have been miuio; yet tho public so well appreciate tire tooud nosa oV the enterprise, that over twoj??4n>d> aud dollar, of the stock l.a? already beentaken. We would briefly state that the share, are $25 each, paid in roll, without farther "ability; livery; registered only when dividends are received. Any portion having money to spare,.can, by'thepur chase or share, in the Missouri Mining Company make an luvortjuent that will pay Ur>j,jjr ?*"'/jU"? stock that Is readily converted T All communications to tho President Promptly answered. mhaO^AwSm St. Louis,3Io^ March 22,1861. Interesting News! A New Oil Welfjust Discovered But a Small Amount Required for et cry one to take a Snare* Every GO emit invttled will yield $1 worth IN ADVANCE OF THE NEW HIQH TARIFF. 1 nn CASES OF NEW spring and summer lljt) DKV GOODS have just been received, which the aubacrlher ia abl. lo sell for less than Iiair their original value. TWnMi-ti many other goods received, he will only nSon IW p"?ces or SUTct all the Ut?t at,*. at all prices, some as low as 50 eta. per yard least fI, aud some Plain 8llks as low as37c per yard. 25 pieces of Plain Black Silks Tor Dresses and Man ? tl Dress floods, a largo and viu-ied assortmeut. Soms Traveling Dress Goods for only 8c per yard, worth at '^wns anil Lawn Robes, plain and figured Bereges ?"iLuMT-'dt^grey, blacked -hlle Ber.g~ for Shawls and Dusters; some worth $1, lor only 60 cts ^ClnUlfes and Delainea, Olnghatna and a tarse stock; some 4-1 dark French ChlntMa* for 15c per yard, worth at least 37c, and light Cblatsei ?'s^i^OO Crape ?*awU, 60 dollars a piece; 10 Twi.ted 8 Ik Shawls, Hi r stylos; 400 Stella Shawls, "omeos low as ?1. _ Silk and Cloth Dusters and Cloaks, at all prio** f0PreMhBL?c? Mantles of all the A large stock oi Embroideries 600 do*. Ladles' Uose, some worth 15c, for &J4 ct? TOirKOTlC&-F?irtrah^ widths and qoalltles. Irish Linen and Linen Table 0 c'aRPETS.?7rjiecea orlngrain, S ply and rapar fln; B~dy ?^C'nji and many other goods, too nomeroasto mentlon^all or which have been konght for cash nmn Importer., and will bo .old at greatly ,p2 137 Main st^ WheeUng, Va. E.Hayes & Co. KJunxvAcrrxxxa or LIGHT CARRIAGES AND HARNESS ^VmosTtetlieCustom House, Wheeling, Va. AIwaj? oSw Carriages of snperior workmanship, wanan ted to give satisfaction. Al~, work built to oriar.o the latest styles And moat Improved pattern^, at the lowest market rates. my'S?'y Saddles, Harness,Trunks &c. WHOLESALE * RETAIL. JB. SHKPPARD, No.lal Main 8corner U7w,!Sw1ii^tfuiiy?U^'?nUont<> ,to?k'?a | trn>tbya53t?entionand prMOptna^ to mailt Savings Bank of Wheeling, ojjia, i/aJn-SL, between Mmne mi OUtm. Money received on transient deposit fMIJSS# "iortP HILP^WH, Traamrtr. faitS*.