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NUMBER 54. VOLUME X. WHEELING* VA., SATURDAY MORNING, WilNTKl* AM* rUBMSIIKD BV CAMPBELL & M'DERMOT, | l Vn Ll.lliKS?KU BUlLDlNtil, X Lama if Quint*a?d Jfeu-Jt*. T E U M S . 0JllI.(b; nuil,paytM> 111 adtancj. g. Ibr 10 rri.vr?ki7, u>" payable io ad ranee,). tfio jg-AJwtWag don. oa reaaooabla tvnu. .411 ?lr<Tti.enienU from a diaUnoa, or frosi tranaient titj casleeen* muitU paid In advauco. INSUBANCE. TO THOSE WHO WISH TO BE I INSURED AOAINST A I.I. 00NT1NUKNCIKS. , j.|IB|IIOMK INBt'EAIICK COMPANY CM C?rlTAfc(e*er7 dollar paid In) $1,000,000 .. C>ietliigeut Fund (o)utt 600,000 ru U/K~l Caab Capital fur tbe amount of rlik o ?? .fflceiti tlia (failed Htmtea. W. V. PKTEB80N, Agent. >illlKI?I*WRA(ICKcb.|OII"riIK VAL- I | LBV OP V1HQINI A. 1 CUM CtrtTAl.(p?ld id) $300,000 lUcb lb. large, t Caab Capital of an/ oSe. cbarter ,j ij tbi. Stat*. jy-K.r.and Inland rliki taken on the Boat rea term.. umu equitably adjtuted and promptly paid by w. V. PKTKKaON, A(t. .iill K COIITINRNTAL IltSUlt AlVCK I 1 CilMPANY, of Mew York. ...? Ojmui (paid In) ..... $600, >.h Coatinpcent Pond (orer) _ 876,000 I <o this offlce the aaaured participate in the profita s.Uwot incurring any rink. W. P. PETMRSON, Agent. ?jlflB LYSCHBOflO HOSE 4t KIRE I I imurahcm 001CPAXT. 1 CtH ClfTTAX 1100,000 W. P.PKTKRS0N,Jr, Agent. fj-Orer $2,800,000 of Cash Capital represented bj I bu uM and well eaiablished Agency, wh?re every loaa I ? the above offlce baa been promptly paid in Wheel- I o'. before it waa dne by the terma of the policy. W. P. PBTKRSON, Offlce next door to the M.IM. B auk, jyT/SO?ly Main at. * heel Insurance Go. ofHartrord.| INCORPORATED 1819. Capital & Surplus, $2,104,100.02.1 n* IVCO V1K of thla Company la D0UBLK that of any other Fire Insurance Corporation in the United States. Asaets, January 1, 1800. Cuh 1 n baud, A l>epoaile*ln ilartt'd Bankaj$234,448 48 tjAibiu transit, and lu hands of Agent*,... .100,^07 78 s.Troaa. Note*, aud accrued lntereat,~. ...76,900 00 U..-<.:!tock*,&perct. semi-aunnal iuturedt,... 160,760 00 ?c*l Katate uu Incumbered......... 76,996 00 UiMjr line the Co., Hecarod by Mortgage,..._w464 75 -Lk llud.C'l Co. B'ds,0pr.ct.acmi-an.iut.,11,089 60 Bill* lleceivable, amply secured........ 7,040 56 Otter Miscellaneous items, 17,W4 60 lU.state B'.U, 2^, 6 A 6 pr.ct. iemi-an. Int .,234,882 26 1W lk>mL<0,7 A10per ct. int., annually,...$19{M>00 00 tiT iLare? Hailroad Stock, ,.Wi,l(U00 r) " Connecticut River Co. Stock....?1,260 00 ifi 44 VVaterhury itnuk 44 .. 6,900 00 i) ?* Stafford Spring* Bank 11 5,300 00 3* ? Providence, R. I., 44 " 1,87200 IS ?4 Jersey City, N.J., 44 " 1,600 00 3.W M I kid ton, llaas^ 44 44 ...30,600 00 aw 44 St. Ionia, Mo., 44 44 -11,600 00 Z374 44 llartford, 44 41 24^300 00 ISJ9 44 New York, 44 44 ....-681,380 00 1J0 " N. Y. L. I. A Trnst Co. " .26,24000 1M 4? U. 8. Treat Co. Bank Stock 12,100 00 TOTAL A38RT8, $2,104,100 02 LI A UILITIES.?Unaettlodclalma not due,$179,967 66 Upwards of $13f000,000 Of Loaaea have been paid by tho JStna Insurance Co. I in the psst 41 years. FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION ti?ka accepted at terms consistent with aolvency and fair profit. AptcialaUfntiomgiven tolmauranc40f DWKLLltrQS aad (XnUntsfor term* of on* tojivt year*. The progre?a of thla Corporation has been stable ta>l nninterrupted through seasons of financial aun ikfno au>l aUrm or periodaeventful in or exempt from iwceping conflagration* and maritime disaster. Be mclongeaUblUhed,on* caah baaia, the troublea of th* credit ajrateu affect ua In no material particular. Daring '?hard tlmee" the security of reliable Insn iocm la an Imperative dnty?the .pbUlty of property kalders tosaataln loaabelug then much lessened. Policies Isaned without delay, and all business at t?a4ed to with dispatch and fidelity, by N. 0. ARTHUR, Agent, Offlce over the Bank of Wheeling. Pennsylvania Insurance Go. OP PITTSBURGH, PA. 'pi!T. above Companies havingappointed the under L "Uned their Agent for Wheeling, and vicinity, reapectfully solicit the patronago of the public. ?tJ-IOtiapanies Are well known to be first class offices. 411 \ymc4 promptly posted. N.C. ARTHUR, Agt. atp.10 OIBce over the Bank of Wheeling. INSURANCE. .Ulna Insurance Co. or Wheeling Office at the Saving a Bank qf IVhulivg, No 03 Slain St. TUK ABOVE NAMED COMPANY, having been lolly organised, ia now prepared to take rinks u lovMt couaiatent rates, on Building*, Machinery, faraiture, and Stocks of Merchandise, and against U dangersattendlug the transportation of Merchan dise on divers, Seas, Lakes, Canals and Railroads. Applications for In?uranco will bo promptly at UsJed t4> by the President and Secretary. TIm patronageof thepnbllo is respectfully solicited ?. P. HI LDRBTH, IIKNRY K. L1PT, Secretary. President. DIRECTORS, 0. D. IIOISAKD, Jou* L. nOIH, CnauriAS Hun, Taos. U. List, L. P. Wait. opportunity Is still afforded to those who wish to 'Ucribe, as the subscription book remains open at Company's office. myi*-y INS PHANCE. The Fire&Marine Insurance Co. OP WHEELING. IKOORPOBATED IH 183T. ?PARES RISKS AT THE LOWEST RATES ON I Hull dings of all kinds, Steamboats, Fornitureand **rcbamli?e, and against all dangers attending the Tr?a?p>rtation of Uoods oa rivers, seal, lakes, canals ?l railroads. * W. fftasnro, Sec*y. Haxar Cravolb, Pres'l DIRECTORS. 1 C Acheson John Donlon, Rob't Morrison ? Cringle, 8. Brady, 8am'l Ott. 5?'l Lamb, Rob't Patterson, Applications for Insurance will be promptly al lied to by the President and Secretary. JU2H, 'S3 '??* ttsT. eo?t. xoaaisox. w. a. loo am IMmtlW. I.DATIWN1T. list, MOBHISON & CO., ^boleaolo Grocer a A. Produce Dealtra -Va*.:0 t*J SO JfMta-An Whftling, F?. *> K'iiro to statu to the friends of tho late firm, j* to the trade generally, that we are In possession ^?ni.Ht ample facilities for the transaction ofa ??^WUeOrvvery and Produce Bnsiness. to execute all order* entrusted > ir c tre with fidelity and promptness, and on the * u* Uvurable terms. Your ob't servants, ? LIST. MORRISON k CO. ^^?Ilng. January Id. tM0.| Jan7 COL. 8AM. COLT'S REVOLVING FIRE ARMS pl"oU, ItifUa, Carbine. * Shot Gum 'mm op MM; 1844; 1UT; ISM. AHM3 UAVR NO RQUAL8 Ilf *QUALITI ira adopted bj JhoArmjaixl Jf.TJ Vhioii *,*?**! ??aU put. for repair., from all mp?l the Hardware trad. generally 'akjitVirb arms MAwra oo? Hartford, Om%. gaje Shawls, Berege Shawls, Umbrellas, thai Uwesi Cash PHrn COOPER * SENSfcNRY. BUSINESS CABDS. ALF'D HTJGHES, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Has associated with hi si, in the pkac ticeof medicine, his sinter, Eliza 0. ncausa, M D., a gnulnate of the "Penn Medical University o Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," who will devote her attention exclusively to Obwtetrie* and the Disease* of Femalesaad Children. my29,6Q OFFICE HOURS. Morning,7 to 9; Noon, 1 to 3; Evening, 7 to 9. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE: Corner of Fourth and Quincy streets, below the 1st Presbyterian Church. J. BOON M'luiie, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oppics, N. ILCoa. Moxao* k Focarn Srs. ( OpptxUiO* Comrt llouse,) WIIKELINO, V A N.B.?Will practice in the several Courts of thh and the neighboring Counties. .?^-Particularattention will be given to the co| i action of claims. novUO?ly k. ruxpnasr. w. b. pujiphbet I. M. PUMPHEEY & SON, Commission ? and ? ForwardingMercliants ? D8ALKR84N ? Wool, PIovary Bacon, Provisions, and Produce Generally. No. 70 Main Street, Jsnl?ly W1IEKL1NQ, VA. S. G. ROBINSON, MAOTPACTL'BEB OP WINDOW GLASS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In PAINTS, OILS, BASH, DOORS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, AC. No. 75 Main Street, Jy4 wheeling, VA M.REILLY, Wholesale Dealer In GROCERIES, Porflffn and Domestic Wines and Liquors, Not. 66 k 67 Maw Stuxt, my7?ly wheeling, VA J. A. METCALF, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND MANUFACTURER'S AGENT P0B THE SAL* OP Nails, Window Glass, Cincinnati Soap Iron, Flint Glassware, Lard 0111, Steel, Green Glaasware, Limo, Springs, Printing Paper, Planter Paris, Axles, Wrapping Paper, Cement, lloiviu, Wooden Ware, 8tarch. Together with many articles of Pittsburgh and Wheeling manufacture. No. 00 Pazton's Row, Main St., norl7 Wheeling* Va? EDMUND P. ZANE, ATTORNEY AT LAW ? AND ? Commtsitoner in Chantery, OFFICE: COmer of Flmrik and Monroe street*, WM EELINO, VA Will practice in the ccnrts of the adjoining counties and give particular attention tothe collection of claims. dot 16?ly CLASS L. eaice. a. p. atixaa C. I.. ZANE & CO. Importer* and Dtalert is Jftrrrign A Domestic Wines and Liquors, Manufacturers of Pure Cntnwbn Wines, Qoizcct Street, betweeh Maix k Market Bra. wheelino, VA EEP constantly on hand Brandies, 8cotch and v Irish Whiskies, Jamaica Hum* and Cordial*, loice Old Rye and Bourbon WhUlde*. scp27?ly G. WILLIAM REESSING, 88 Market Street, OLD POST OFFICE BUILDIK wheeling, VA. QuoCMRirs, Liqdobs, Willi, Sboabs, A Nil Foreign Pboduob Gemeeally. W. T. MEEDS, Book Bin.der, ? A*? ? BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER Intelligencer Budding,cor.Quincy rfMain sis. A LL DESCRIPTIONS OF BLANK B00K8 tCfBl A and made to order, printed heads if required. Magazines, Music and ail kinds of printed mattei bound In the best and most substantial ?tyl^at rea oable prices. All work guaranteed. nov20 68? NEW FIRM. r,1IIK UNDERSIGN KD11A VK A880CIATBDTn*H L nltofteth?r u a arm, nodor the ntjl. Maxwell, Campbell & Tingle tor tub r0RP088 or doing a Wholesale Grocery GEN'L COMMISSION BUSINESS At No. 58 Maln-St., In the room formerly occupied by Baker A Hopkins. We reaped folly not Id t the the attention of theTrado J AS. MAXWELL, Ute firm Paxtoa, Donlon A Co. T008. J. CAMPBELL, late with List A Howell. GEO. R. TINGLE, late with List A Howell Jan4-'69. ?. W.FAXTO*. JOBSDOnOV. O. OOLIBAT PAXTON, DONLON & OGLEBAY, Wholesale Grocers, PRODUCE & COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Bos. 52 and 54, Main St, norl W heeling, Va. J. C. HAEBOUE. WKOualt 4 Retail Dtvler in CARPETS RUGS, OIL CLOTHS Wall Papei, Curtain Materials, | AndUpholstery Ware oferery description 143 Alain Street. WHEELING, VA. AQHHlt and Mahogany Framed Looking Glasses n hand &iyl made to order. sep&.'69 T. H. LOGAN Sc CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, VnilLIHO, VA. TT ATK remored to tbolr NBW WAREROOMS, No ii 47 Main Street. and No. 8 Qnlncy Street. ,VM*ln Street Entrance, next door to Baker Hopkta*. Qainey Street entranc* near the B*lt. R. B. Depot, and aharf. drugs, paints, oils, MEDICINES, VAKFISIIKS, BRUSHE8, WINDOW GLASS. PERFUMERIES, WHITE LEAD, patent MBDIOUiES, Ac. Offered to tha trade, In Hit .ndr.wntty.at lota prut I and of the Uil qualMy. Caah ana prompt cntaam are Invited to call, apl/60 r.H.looft. B.s. List. o.B.ncaai Ii O G A N, LIST & CO. (Auaom-tte T. II. Logan* Cn.) Wholesale & Retail Druggists BRIDGE CORNER, MAIN 8TREBT, WheelinR, "V" a. ARK prepared to supply goods of nnpertorqnalit at low prioea, to all those who may find It con nieal to make Uiotr poechaaee at tha "Bridge Corn ADVEIlTIfHSU IN DU1.I' TIMKH. It is useless to dictate to business men I About advertising. We bare seen one-1 borse traders and third-rate merchants who were dogmatic in their assertions that "advertising don't pay." But when we look at the fact that they languish in poverty, while a single advertiser in New York pays $31,000 to one newspaper in one year, and grows rich at it, we can scarcely credit the assertion. There are those, among the shrewdest I and most successful, who advertise with I renewed ical just when others get scared 1 and quit. We bave just become acquaint ed with a case in point. Business is very I dull in Philadelphia, manufacturing estab lishments not making expenses, some wholesale d.nlcrs have gone into liquffia tion,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 a New York paper says of this fact: '?1 note a curious coincidence touching this matter?those who advertise the most are I selling the most goods. I noticed the same coincidence in 1857. I remember I various men who in that crisis kept them- I sclvo from failing by cxtenslveadvertising. That expedient brought them customers enough to put them out of debt. Peoplo make the grand mistake ol assuming that in times like those nobody has got any money. No mistake could be greater.? Money can be had for almost anything a man has to sell, by extensively advertising it." To mnko the application: Tho Intelligen cer has a circulation soveral times greater than the accustomed circulation of papers I ill Wheeling. Its advertisements are all conspicuous. We believe now is the time to advertise. The Science of Medicine. Letter from tlie Great I -.alolan* Sir Uenjamlu tlr..die-Inter testing Comments on tlic s> stcnu. |Frotn flielfew York Albion.) Dear Sir:?You desire me to give you mv opinion of what is called Homoeopathy. 1 can do so without any great labor to iny selt, and without making any exorbitant demand on your patience, us the question really lies in very small compass, and what I have to say on it may be expressed in very rtw words. The subject may be viewed tinder differ ent aspect#. Wo may inquire, Brit, wheth er Homoeopathy be, of itseir, of any value, or or no value at ull. Secondly, in ? ?at manner does it affect general society ? and, thirdly, in what relation does it stand to I the medical profession? I must first request of you to observe that, whatever I may think at present, had originally no prejudice either for or against this new system: nor do 1 believe that the members of tbe medical profession generally were in the first instance influ enced by nny feelings of this kind. The fact is that the fault of the profession for the most p.>rt lies in an opposite direction. They are too much inclined to adopt any new theory or any new mode of treatment that may-have been proposed; the younger j and mere inexperienced among them es pccially erring in this respect, and too frequently indulging themselves in the trial of novelties, disregarding old and estab lished remedies. For myself, I nssureyou that whatever opinion I may now hold, it has not been hastily formed. I have made myself sufficiently acquainted with several works which pretend to disclose the mysteries ol Homoeopathy, especially that of Hahnemann, the lounder of the Homa-patliic sect, and those of Dr. Curio and Mr. Sharpe. The result is that, with all the pains 1 bave been nble to take, 1 have been unable to form any very distinct notion of tbe system which they profess to teach. They all indeed begin with lay ng down, as the foundation of it, the rule that rimilia rimilibu* curanlur, or, in plain hng lish, lhat one disease is to be driven out of the body by artificially creating another disease similar to it. But there the resem blance ends. Hahnemann treats the subject in one way, Dr. Curie in another, and Mr. Sharpe in another way still. General principles are asserted on tbe evidence ol the most doubtful and scanty tacts; uud the reasoning on them for the must part purile and illogical. I do not ask you to lake this for granted, but would rather refer you to tbe books themselves; being satisfied that any one, though he may not be versed in .the science of medicine, who possesses good sense, and who has any knowledge of the caution with which all scientific investigations should beconduct ed, will arrive at the same conclusions as myself. But, subordinate to the rule to which I have just referred, there is "oth er, which by some of the Homeopathic writers, is held to be of great tmportaoM, and which is the more remarkable of the two The doses of medicine administered by ordinary practitioners is represented to bemueh too large. It is unsafe to recourse to them unless reduced to an al most infinitesimal point; not only to the millioneth, but sometimes even to the bi - lloncth or a grain. Now means. Suppose one drop ot liquid medi cine to be equivalent to one grain, then, in order to maintain the millionth part or that dose, you must dissolve that drop in thirteen gallons of water, and administer only one drop of that solution- while, in order to obtain tbe billionth of a grain, von must dissolve the aforesaid drop in UT.OU hogsheads of water. Of course, it 13 plain that this couldn't be complished, except by successive dilutions, and this would be a troublesome process. Whether it be at all probable that any one I ever undertook to carry it out, I leave you to judge. At any rate, I conceive that there is no reasonable person who would not regard the exhibition of medicine in so diluted a form as being equivalent to no treatment at all. But however this may be, I may be met bv tho assertion that there is undoubted evidence that a great number of persons recover from their complaints under Hom oiopatbic treatment, and I do not pretend In the least degree to deny it. In a, dis- 1 ronrse addressed by myself to tbe students or St. George's Hospital, inthe year 1838, I find the following remarks:?-There is another inquiry which Bhould be always I made before tod determine upon ?he adop tion of a particular method of treatment; what will happen in this case, if no remedies whatever be employed, if the paUent be left altogether to nature or to the efforts of liis own constitution ? * The animal system is not like a clock or a steam engine, which, being broken, you must send to the clockmaker or engineer to mend it; and which cannot be "P1"^11 otherwise. The living machine, unlike tin works of human invention, has the power of repairing itself; it contains within itself its only engineer, who, lor the molt nart reauires no more than some _ slight assistance at ourbandE." This truth admits, indeed, of a very larp application If the arts of medickie and surgery had never been invented, by far the greater number of those who suffer from bodil) illness would have r<y^tred Mverthel?3 An experience*! and Jadipmus medica practitioner knows tttU very well; and considers it to be his ^iutyi 'n ." majority of coses, not ?o much- to interfere by any active treatment, as to take care that nothing should obstruct the uaturnl process of recovery, and to watch lest, in the progress of the cose, any new circum stances should aria? whichvwould make his active interference necessary. If any one were to engage in practice, giving Ins patients nothing but a little distilled water, and enjoining a careful diet, and a prudent mode of life otherwise, a certain number of his patients would |>erish from the want of further help; but more would recover? and Ilometeopathic globules, are 1 doubt not, quite as good as distilled water. But this does not acccuntfor all the suc cess of Homecjeopatbyi In this c?"DlV there is a large proportion of individuals who have plenty of raofcey, combined, witti a great lack of employment; *nd it is as tonishing to what an extent such persons contrive to imagino diseases for them selves. There is no aaimal machine so perfect that there may not at times be some creaking in it. Want of exercise, irregu larity as to diet, a little worry of mind - these, and a thousand other causes, may occasion uneasy feelings, to which con stant attention and thinking ot them will give a reality which they would not have had otherwise; and such feelings will disappear as well under the use of globu les as they would under any other mode of treatment, or under no treatment at all. What I have now mentioned will go far towards explaining the success of Homtfi opathy. But other circumstances occur every now and then, from which, when tliey do occur, it profits to a still greater extent. JIumanum e*t errare. From, the operation of this uuiversal law medical practitioners are not exempt, any more than statesmen, divines, lawyers, engineers, or any other profession. There are cases in which there is a greater chance of too much than too little being done for the patient, and if a patient under such cir cumstances becomes the subject of Hoinoco ? pathic treatment, this ?? it all, he actually derive# benefit from the "^In a discourse to which I have already allu led, I thought it my duty to offerthcfollow ine caution to my pupils:?"The first ques tion which should present itself to you in the management or a particular case is this- Is the disease one of which the patient may recover, or'is it not? There are indeed too many cases in which the patient s con dition is so manifestly hopeless, that tho fact cannot be overlooked. Let me how ever, caution you that you do not in any instance arrive to hastily at this conclu sion. Our knowledge is not so absolute ivnd certain as to prevent even well-inform ed persons being occasionally mistaken on this point. This is true, especially with respect to the affection of internal organs. Individuals have been restored to health who were supposed to be dying of disease in the lungs or mesenteric glands. "It is a good rule in the^ practice of our art, as iu the common affairs of life, for us to look on the favorable side of the ques tion, as far as we can consistently with reason do so." I might have added that hysterical affections are especially a source of error to not very experienced practi tioners, by simulating more serious dis ease ; seeming to resist for a time all the efforts of art, and then all at once subsid ing under any kind Qf treatment, or, just as well, onder none ftt nil. No", " ><? should so happen that a medical practi tioner, from want or knowledge, or from a natural derect or judgment, makes a mis take in his diagnosis, and the patient whom he had unsuccessrully treated aftewanJs recovers under the care ot another peti tioner, it is simply said "Dr. A. was mia taken and it is not considered as an> thinc very remarkable that the symptoms should sub-ide while under thocaro of Dr. B. But if, on the other hand, the recov ery takes ploco nuder the care of a llo miBopathist. or any other empiric, the cir cumstance excites a much larger portion or attention : and we really.cannot very well wonder that, with such knowledge as tbev possess or these matters, the empinc should gain much credit with the public. So Tar the practical result wonld seem to be that Homicopatbv can be productive or no great barm ; and indeed, considering it to be no treatment at all, whenever it is a substitute for bad treatment, it must be the better of the two. But there Is great harm nevertheless. There are numerous cases in which Spontaneous recovery Is out of the question ; In which sometimes the life or death of the patient, and at oth? times the comfort or discomfort of his existenco far a lontr time to come, depends on the prompt application of active and judicious treatment. In such cases Homoeopathy is neither more or less than a mischievous absurdity; and I do not hesitate to say that a very large number of persons have fallen victims to the faith 'he/ r.0nP?h^vinL' it, and to the consequent delay in having recourse to the use or the proper remedies. It is true that it very rarely happens, when any symptoms show themselves which give swexsasiafe > is do*e, the case being advanced beyond the reach of art. That the babit of resorting to nomoeo uathic treatment which has prevailed in Mine parts or society should have occa sioned much dissatisfaction among Ulc their lives in endeavoriog to make them .eWwell acquainted with du.?sil In the wards fc? 53 Sc??n ^'r^T? have assumed a more P*infol or dangerous amount of anxiety and responsibility, in favor of some Homoeopathic d octor, who, very probablj, never studied disease at , uli. But it cannot be helped. .In all times there have been pretenders, who have persuaded a certain part of the pub lic that they have some peculiar knowl edge of a royal road to cure, which those of the regular craft have not. It is Ho moeopathy now; it was something else formerly; and if Homoeopathy were to b? extinguished, there would be something else in its place. The medical profession mnst be contented to let the thing take its course; and they will best consult their own dignity, and the good of the public, by saying as litUe as possible about it. The disoussions as to the evils of Homoeo pathy which have sometimes taken plac? at public meetings, have quite an opposite effect to that,which they were intended to produce. They have.led some to beliovo that HomiBopathists are rather a persecu ted race, and havo given, .to the system wliich they pursue an importance which it wonld never have had otherwise; jnst.as aoy absurd or fanatical sect in religion would gain proselytes if it could only make others believe that it was an object of jealousy and persecution. After all, the harm done to the regular profession is not so great as many suppose it to be; a very large proportion of the complaints about which HomoBopathists are consulted being really no complaints at all, for which a respectable practitioner would scarcely think it right to prescribe. There was a time when many of the medical profession held the opinion that not only Homoepathy, but all kinds of quackery ought to be put down by the strong arm of the law. I .imagine that there are very few who hold that opinion now. The fact is that thing is impossible ?as it is plain that the profession cannot do all that is wanted of them, by curing all kinds of disease, and making men im mortal?such an interference with tho lib erty of individuals to consult whom they please would be absurd and wrong. As it now is, tho law forbids the employment in any public institution of any one who is not registered as being a qualified medical practitioner, after a due examination by some of tho constituted medical authorities, and it can go no further. The only effec tual opposition which the medical profes sion can offer to Homoeopathy ?3 by indi vidually taking all pains to iiCfljd, on their part those errors of diagnosis by Ejien ns of which, more than any thing else,! the pro fessors of Homoeopathy thrive and flourish; by continuing in all ways to act honorably with the public; at the same tirao never be induced, either by good uature or any mo tives of self-interest, to appear to give their sanction to a system which they know to have no foundation in reality.? To join with Homuaopathists in attendance upon cases of either medical or surgical disease, would be neither wise nor honest. The object of a medical consultation ts tl.o good of the (inbicnt; nn<I WO cannot supposo that any such result can arise from tho interchange of opinions where the views entertained, or professed to be enter tained, by one of the parties as to the na ture and treatment of disease, are wholly unintelligible to the other. I am, dear Sir, yours, Ac., B. C. Brodie. TIIB GREAT EASTERN DISASTER. Terrible Scenes on Board?Thrilling Narrative of the Voyage. Fatukit Point, Tuesday Oct. 1, 18C1. The following in regard to tho disaster to the steamship Great Eastern is taken from the.English papers: The Great Eastern left her moorings in the river Mersey at i.V o'clock on Tuesday, the 10th of September. Tho pilot left her at 4 o'clock. She immediately put on full i speed, and all went well with her until 4 o'clock on Thursday, when, a strong breeze prevailing, the aft tackle of one of the for ward boats on the port side became un hooked, leaving itsuspeuded by one tack le. The Captain endeavored to steady the ship while this was rectified, but found to his surprise that she would not answer the helm. The fact was, though it was not known at the time, the rudder-pin was broken. The fore staysail was run up, but the wind immediately split it into rib bons. The fore trysail was then run up, but it was blown awa}*. The paddle en gines were now stopped, and tho boat lashings ordered to bo cut away, when the Great Enstern once more started on her course. The passengers then went down to dinner, and from that moment commen ced a chaos of breakages, which las ted without intermission for three days.? Everything breakable was destroyed.-? Furniture, fittings, services of plate, glasses, piano?all were involved in one common fato. It now became known that the rudder was unmanageable. About six o'clock the vessel had to be stopped again owing to two rolls, of sheet lead, woighing several hundred weight each, which were in the engine room, rolling about with every oscillation of the vessel with fearful force. These having been secured, anoth er start was made, when a tremendous grinding was heard under the paddle boxes. The shaft had become twisted, and the floats were grinding against the side of the ship. The paddles were stopped, and thenceforward the scene is described as fearful in the extreme. The ship rolled so violently that tho boats were washed away. The cabin, beside undergoing the dangers arising from the crashes und collisions which were consiantly going on, had ship ped, probably through tho port-holes, a great deal of water, and the stores were floating about in utter confusion and ruin. Some of the chandeliers fell down with a crash. A large mirror was smashed into a thousand fragments, rails of bannisters, bars, and uumerous other fittings, were broken into numberless pieces. Some idea of tho roughness of the night's inci dents may be gathered from the fact that the chain-cables polished themselves bright with friction on deck. A spare riding bit gave way on the cable deck, and knoeked a hole through the ship's side. Two oil tanks, also on the cubic deck, were so much damaged by another concussion that 200 gallons of fish oil contained in them ran into the bold and caused, daring the rest of the unhappy voyage, a most intol erable odor. The luggage of the passen gers in the lower after cargo space was ly ing in two leet of water, and before the deliverance*of the ship was effected, the luggage was literally reduced to rags and pieces of timber. Twenty-five fractures of limbs occurred from the concussions caus ed* by the tremendous lurching of the ves sel. Guts and bruises were innumerable. One of the cooks was cast violently, by one of the lurches, againtst the paddle box, by which he sustained fearful bruises on the arms, putting it out of bis power to protect himself. Another lurch drove him against one of the stanchions, by which concussion one of the poor fellow's legs was broken in three places. The baker received injuries of a very terrible charac ter in vital parts; and one' of the most striking incidents of the disaster was this poor, brave man, crawling in his agony, to extinguish some portion of the baking fear which at that moment had caught re. On Thursday night the gale was from the southwest, but on Friday morning it had turned round to the northwest, and the ship was drifting an unmanageable log in the trough of the sea. Shedid not ship much water on deck. It was soon discovered what was the matter with the rudder. The pin upon which it turned had broken off three feet above the point where it entered the stern of the ship. It was wrought iron, ten inches in diameter?and the iron;appeared, thoroughly good. breaktAg at that particu lar point where it appeared tho strongest, which was one of the most curious inci dents of the disaster. It was now found necessary to rig up some kind of steering gear. A spar was thrown o/erboard with the anchor-fluke attached, which dragging in the water behind the ship, might bring her bead to the wind; but the swinging of the rudder made it useless; and a plan was then suggested to the Captain by the passengers, to which the escape of the ves sel is probably attributable. It was to pass two orthree turns of chain cable around tho rudder-pin, immediately below the point at which tho breakage occurred, and secure it with wedges and small chains. By pull ing either end of this chain-cable, a circu lar motion of the pin was produced, and a connection being effected with tho usual chain attached to the rudder, and a tempo rary wheel rigged up below the deck, a shift was made once more to proceed, but the screw of the vessel, upon which the lo comotion now depended?hardly a vestige of the paddles remaining?soon stopped, being fould by tho rudder, by which tho rudder was prevented from veering more than was necessary to steer the ship. All of Friday vras occupied with |thcse arrangements. The ship had drifted up the west coast of Ireland, out of tho ordi nary track. On Saturday night the brig Magnet, of Halifax, hove in sight, hauled alongside, and lay to for the purpose of rendering assistance. Sunday, at 2 o'clock, the Great Eastern got under way, tlie rudder was found to act, and tho vessel proceeded at the rate of nine knots an hour with the screw alone. She met the Persia the next morning, and signalled her to come uuder tho lee, which the Persia did. Out circumstances were such that the Great Eastern's engines could not be slackened, and the Persia made off, probably under the impression tfcat foul play was intended by tho Great Eastern. An attempt was made at an explanatu?i? but tho Persia was too far ofT. The Great Eastern continued her course ou Tuesday morniu?, and reached the Head of Kinsale, where she stopped lour hours to arrange her tackle. She sig nalled the shore, but no notico was taken of her. At 4 o'clock, she arrived off Cork, and a small steamer came off to assist her, and the harbor was soon renched. As the rudder was sufficiently repaired, the ship would proceed to Liverpool soon. Our informant states that it is almost impossible to exaggerate the anxious state of feeling which prevailed while the fato of the ship was doubtful. Thero were several clergymen on board, aud religious services were frequent. The demeanor of 'the passengers was sufficient, apart from any signs of disaster around, to signify the distressing nature of the crisis. A meet ing was held in the saloon on Tuesday, aud resolutions of n pions and congratu latory character were passed. The passengers expressed gratitude to the commander of the brig Magnet, and complimented Capt. Walker and the offi cers and crew of the Great Eastern, for their indefatigable exertions. Some of the proceedings, however, were of a less pleasant character, severe com ments being passed on tho condition of the ship,' her strength of paddles, and the way she was ballasted. NEW GOODS. W. D. SAWTELL & BROTHER HAVK JUST RECEIVED TIIEIK SPRING 8TOCK of Clothes, Caailmerea and Veitlng>| Also, a eunernl assortment of Gentlemen's Furnish tig floods. apl W. D. 8AWTELL. O. O. 8AWTKLL ?W. D. SAWTELL & BBO. Manufactnrers and Dealers In CLOTHIN G-, No. 9 Monroe Street, Jan* 'Wheeling, Vs. JAS. M. DILLON, Ho. 107 Market Street. WHEELING. VA. PIiTJMBBB AND GAS FITTER, AHD BRASS FOUNDRY. DEALER IN WROUOIIT IRON. GALVANIZED, and all sixes of Load Pipes, 8beef Lead, Brans Docks and Valves, 8toam Whistles. 8teamand Water Bnages, Lift and Force Pomps, Llulcs, Hose. Antifric tion Metal, Brancer Tin, Zinc, Antimony, Crucibels, Salvanhced Lightning Bods, Insulators and Points. AGBNT FOR TUB MBNEBLY BELL**. Aqueduct Pipes constantly on hand. Cash paid for Copper, Brass and Lead. oetlO ' SPOTSWOOD HOTEL MAIN street, RICHMOND, VA., BuUl in 1869, and Furnished equal to any in Vu United States. JOSEPH H. CRENSHAW, Proprietor. rHJSODORB W.HG5NNI0ER,! Snpt. and Manager, j mhl4-ly* Fancy baskets, Shetland Wool, Tidy Cotton, I'earl Sleeve Buttons and Studs, Embroidering Silk, Small Palm Fans, Crochet Braid, White Nubias, received at D. NICOLL ft BRO's aug5 Variety Store. HOBBS & BARNES OULD CALL ATTENTION to their assortment . , of Fancy articles, consisting of Medallion, Landscape and Parian Vases; Bohemian, white, bine ind gilt Cologne Sets; Plain snd Gold band Tea Sets; roy Sets; Taper and Cigar Iloldsrs; Motto Oops: Btegere Ornaments; Card Receiver*, all sites and ihapes; Fancy Candlesticks, Match boxes, Jewel taxes Ac., suitable for beautiful and elegant pres >nts. dec20 Wheeling Window Glass Manu factory. [HAVE PURCHASED AND REFITTED THE above Manufactory, its heavy expense, and be ing now in successful operation I am rally prepared to make and fOrnish Window Glass of any sue want id. In quality of Glass, Wheeling Glass Is not ex celled S.orkOBINSON,75MaInst^ septlS Wheeling, Va. rnOY WHEELBARROWS ft CARTS J_ a fresh supply Just received at mh22 D. NICOLL ft BRO's, 100 Main 8-j T~ HE BEST AND SAFEST WORM MEDICINE can be found at Odd Fellow.' Hall Drugstore. B.BOOKING,Agt.' xaht TEEMS OP WEEKLY. * One Copy per Year, Wi00 " Six Months, ?? 4?-iKYAHABtr in Abvahc*. The Weekly Intelligencer Will contain thirty-two column!, mostly HUM *tth 3holce and careftilly prepared reading matter?embra cing all anhjecta?thul making It tha largeat and baa Dollar Kowapapar In thli iactton of ccontry. SAM'L OTT. MOaflAK t. OTT. WM. H. HItL SAM'L OTT SON & CO,. AGISTS FOR FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES, Adapted to every branch op business where a correct and durable Scalels required. Counter Scales or Every Variety. PORTABLE & DORMANT SCALES FOR STORES. HAI AND CATTLE SCALES. Warehouse d& Transportation Scales* Scales for Grain and Flour?Scale* for Ball roads? gcalee for Coal Dealer? and Miner*?Cotton and Sugar Scales?Farm and Plantation Seal en? Post Office Scales?Bankers and Jewel lers Beams?Weigh Masters' Breams, All of which are warranted In every particular. Call and examine, or send for an Illustrated and descriptive circular. N.B.?These Scales hare all ttetlbearifiO***which purchasers will find upon examination Is not the case with other Scales offered for sale In this city, ^bich nre represented to be "as good as Fairbanks." A Scale with cast iron bearings cannot be durably ac curate. SAM'L OTT, SON & CO., Agents. WBOLZSAUI DEALERS IK Hardware, SaddleryHardwaro.&o Cor. Market k Monroe stsn opp. McLurc House, niy4 "Wheeling! "Va. Missouri MningCompimy. Incorporated Feb. 22d, 1861. CAPITAL STOCK .'$500,000. rpniS COMPANY 18 KOItMKD FOB Tim CUR I pose of advancing tho great mining interests o! our State. Wo do not profess to be governed uy purely philanthropic motives in initiating this en terprise. Wo believo that tlio stock can be made to pay large dividends, and at the same time more real good accomplished and greater progress made In de veloping and making known tho astouishing mineral wealth of Missouri, than by the use of five times the amount of our capital invested In any other business. We shall mako the office of our Company a com flete mining bureau of the mineral resources of tl*j tato. We Tiavo power under our charter to pur chase and sell mineral lands wherever located la Missouri. Great inducements will be offered to cap italists and mining advonturers, who deslro to pur* Chase and work paying mines, by dealing wl|h this ^WtTrospe?*ft?lIy solicit tho attontion of all whe have mineral lands for sale to sond us a statement or the same, describing tho kind of minerals on their lands, the number of teres, the locati cm. SSI"; est cash price they are willing to tako for said Wo shall work only such mines as pay largely, but shall open and provo most of the lands wo sell. The books for subscription to the stock. ar? now mw*n at tho omce or tho Company, wain street, northwest corner of Locnst, over Merchants' Bank, entrance No. 21 Jjocust street*. All whefeel an intorest In this business, And have money, will do well to call and subscribe. Those wishing stock, living out of the city, can sccuro it by enclosing ten per cent, of the amount wauted to the President or Treasurer. DIRK0T0R8: Henry D. Bacon, Esq, Matthew Butler, Ksq, Alfred Clapp, Esq., L. B. Ilarwood, Ksq., Joseph Lathrop, Ksq^ B. BI. Lynch, ESq., L. V. Bogy, Ksq., Joseph Payne, Ksq., TEU8TE18: Henry D. Bacon, L. Y. Bogy. M. BUTLER, Tress. ALFRED CLAPP, Pree*t. The above prospectus has up to this date been published in only ono or onr leading papers for ten days. No extra efforts to get stock taken have been made; yet the public so well appreciate the sound ness of the enterprise, that over two hundred thous and dollars of the stock has already been taken, We would briefly state that the shares are $25 each, paid in full, without further liability; transferable bv de livery; registered only when dividends are received. Any person having money to spare,.can, by the pur chase of shares In the Missouri Mining Company make an Investment that will pay largely, and hold stock that is readily converted Into cash without loss All communications to tho President promptly answer*. mh30-a*w2m 8t. Louis, Mo., March 32,1861.- ? Interesting News! A New Oil Welfjinst Discovered But a Small Amount Required toje ev ery one to take a share* Every 50 cents invested will yield $1 worth IN ADVANCE OF TUB NKW IIIQn TARIFF. 1 f\f\ CA8ES OF NEW SPRING AND BUMMER 1UU DRV GOODS . have Just been received, which tho subscrihor Is able to sell for loss than half their original value, ? Besides many other goods received, he will only mention 160 pieces of Silk of all the latest stylos at all prices, some as low as 60 cts. per yard worth at least $1, and some Plain Silks as low as 37o per Yard. 25 pieces of Plain Black SUksfor Dresses and Man *^Dress Goods, a largo and varied assortment. Some Traveling Drees Goods for only 8c per yard, worth at ,eLawns and litwn Robes, plain and figured Beregea WDonl?,legwIdthMK?'y? black and white Bereges for Shawls and Dusters; somo worth $1, for only 60 cts ^ChaHh* *ml Delaines, Ginghams and Chintzes, ssaa ;&&&&&: styles; 400 8tellA Shawls, some as low as ft. Silk and Cloth Dusters and Cloaks, at all prloftl for Ladies and Misses. French Lac Mantlea of all the lateatitylee. A large atock ol Krabrolderlea and White Goods. 600 do*. Ladlca* Uoh, aomo worth 16c, for ct, "Slraaola. Hoop Bklrta and Coraeta, a largo ?'<**? DOHKSnCS.?Paat colored i'rinU, (warranted.) lor 10, 8 anil IVXo per yard, worthies, 10 andto per yard. Bleached and unbleached Mnallna of all width* andqnalltlea. Irtih Linen and LlnenTabla Clotha at all prloea. . carpkts^?75 plecea of Ingrain, Sply and roper "llL rroS'^SrtmentorBoya' B?dy Made Olothlnr, and many other goods, too numerous to mention, all of which have been bonght for cash from Importers, and will be sold ,pa 137 Main it- Wheeling, Va. E.Hayes & Co. MAVUrACTUUU 0* LI6HT CARRIAGES AND HARNESS; LOCATiIOW IN THB ATHHKA!D? KhBK'- Building,corner Market*John atreeU SjoSJtheCuttnin nmiu, Wheeling, Vi- Alwaya on hand Carriages of superior workmanship, warren ted to give satisfaction. Also, work built to order, o the Utest styles and most Improved patterns, *t the lowest market rates. mylfi?ly Saddles, Harness,Trunks &c. WHOLES ALK t RKTAIL. JB. SHKPPARD.No.lJl Main Btr~t,oorner ^w?^?5mif<ill atunttonUmy^,^ treat by atrict attention and promptneaa, to merit ih lie patronage f.;-* ?omptly done, and tn a pro j'b.-bheppard. 181. Main Street I M.-rgF-y-fM'lr.-. Savings Bank of Wheeling, tyUx, HdfirSt-, Mama Mammtmd Vftttn |iPSr?gP SAM'L P ailfPaE^H, Tr^anrcr.