Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-10-14

foraL1dIng iGes 10 "OSlu - -, dovs
+, then REQUIRED from thirty TO forty , SaI
- travel to Philadelphia. Then Inc @s;
800 = &c the town were simple and deVo'"
J c,bo, refinement which now marks thei'
rho natural dimensions of belle Mel'
-, ,bon screwed. by the aid ul m'l'lne'
INTO n decnnter like shape, posSers,s,"s -
Their comeliness nor sentrhty. fa'Se "e ca
All NOT decnrAe the head--talse TEEN III
rho mouth: nor was the vinegar oarfe' =
bansted TO reduce them to proper SIZE
Female apparef appeared as nature 'ii I
them, and were not loved me 'e's .,d
inc so.-In those days, 1t could moi We s%'D
of \ man that "taIlor male nv"
corsa no was often seen dressed III pa"
&c t;obt leather unmentionables, ana 'n ne
surmounted by blanket eapote' nc
moral. or religion. ofthe people cannon DC
defined. They had, 1t Is true 'dg'o ~
lions OF such things, but they were Oh :"
on;oercnt a character as easily 10 be set q
s;Je when placed in opposition to uielr
oIoa.pre ar their interest. There was hu'
one church, and after resort 10 nus I"
was no uncommon thing 10 pass the re
mainder of the Sabbath evening IN dancing
or whist. 1t then contained at most ou' I"
few hundred people. , ~
4 Now "look upon this picture" We
are comparatively. wealthy moral l"Sn
ionable people Our town 10 bul III It" III
f,ncy-.is prospecting and will 60 on 10
prosper. Its citizens are nntell'9en'' Gu
terprising and industrious. Ate'ery cor
ner and at every nook, houses. gre ana
smaU. are built up, and flushed before
Won are aware they are commenced. Real
nroprriy has advanced at an astonishing
raoid rae. Houses are gong up III
, every direction Of 'Ckonean'7 h'ui an"
. from the magnitude Of the buildings l."
, width aud regularity Of the Streets and
. the delightful view aifIrded OF the river and
, adjacent country, the hill must become Il
lcharming place Of residence. The court
p house, estimated to have cost fourteen
p thousand dollars. is handsome edliice.
f., and reflects much credit on the architect
who designed it, The market aud town
houses, erected al a cost of $4,000, and
, nearly finished, - another ornament of the
q city. Ofoiher public buildings, the Pres
: byterian and Ep scopIl churches take the
: next rank-aud il Methodist church IS nuw
b beng erected. the one heretofore used not
, being large enough for the congregation.
r The Catholic Cathedral, as you see it, Is
the mere shell Of what II was designed IN
he. and ia very uafdac3m sf'nr. Il
was originally intended to add two wings
h 10 tho present building, To give 1t shape
2 and proportion. This design, am told,
has been reImquished, aud 1t IS now the
intention of the society to erect another
= srurturO near The scte Of the present one
fl which Is to be demolished. The Baptist
, church is an uncouth building, although
e put up at great expense. II has been per
verted from It's rigItfil uses. can be of lat
4 lie benefit, and ought to be taken down.
In other public buildings the town is def
cient. A college edfice has bee erected
four stories high, IN which liberal French
education en- be acquired. More regard
should, however, be plid to educatio
neutrality-suspicious. for which has beef
hbrrally made by government.
! ST LoIlS contains about 6]09 mlmbI
tants, and the state. probably, 10000
No probable e+tInl,te cln be formed of the
amount of ca ,,ital employed in us trade
81 II may be sufficient Ia say, that 1t - the
\ depo, from whence citizens Ofthls, md the
(. ing t3s recc We their suppl g oil
necesSR and luVuues-lOr which they
dispense their money literally. 1t Is here
that the wealth arising from the Fur trade
is concentrated, and here. they obtain their
onnual supplies The greater part Of the
T riches derived from the lead mines on the
, upper Mississippi, fall into our lap. IN ex-
, change for our commodities III Is select
ed for the most favorable place E1r tho re-
, pair of steam boats, and many annually
. visit Us for that purpoSe-although It Is
q but twelve or thirteen years since the first
of these vessels, rudely constructed frou
4 keel bout, gllded into our port. Ii is be
coming the resort Of tie re ldeuts OF the
South, who ohuse to spend their summers
in less glowing climate than their own.
Useful manufactures are establishing dai
ly. To crowE all. health, that great boon.
has been enjoyed here, for several years
past as extensively as in any other town
oflhe Union.
d Imperfect as This sketch is, you cannot
hut see, aud acknowledge the advantages
/, ~. Louis possesses. Its course is onward
Nothing CHI retard tie advance ia wealth
ano population.
II may excite your Eympathy when you
are told, that, in the short lapse Of twenty
years, property has almost entirely chan
ged hands--the rich have become poor, g.
tho more fortunate have succeeded n thor