Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-18

sibly epgender an inclination to unite the fdulee
cum utile," and tend to Introduce IN conjunction
with an exchange of commodities, an interchange
of ideas, as conducive to our moral as the former
il to our personal qualification and advancement.
I'm our ow n city Of Wheeling, for such trust I
NAV consider it, though neither my residence nor
my county seat; however, in other respects, iden-
tied with my interests end and in its
neighborhood rejoice TO perceive rapid progress
towards The desirable condition have SO imper-
fectly illustrated. In Architecture, we are becom-
riyailed Our Bridge, spanning The. Ohio at stn.
gle stride, and hanging in air, like the
"Spider's most attenuated thread
when compared with the scenery around it, the
weight shstains, and the object it accomplishes'
is entitled to high place in the fine, as well as IN
the mechanical arts and is as ornamental as II is
useful; in itself, an illustration of the union OF
such elements rs are essential to perfection. Inc
poet andthe painter may contemplate Twin emo
lions appertainng TO their natures and peroeptons
MS well as the man of business, and al unite IN
exultation in its rescue from Dissertation, which,
had it been accomplished, would have furnished
the future historian of county. material ior a
chapter that would have stamped on our age, Inc
character given by Alaric to his. The town, 1T
self, increasing in population, wealth, and bnsi-
ness Importance, is fast assuming metropolitan
air. and the taste and desire of the community, for
mental, as well as personal ornament are evinced
by the means of supply, in schools Libraries, stores
and artzans augmenting daily, to keep pace with
the demand. Then too, we are on the era of new
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impulse and full development to our energies and
resources; and, at the same time, bring us INTO m
innate intercourse with those eastern cities " hlch
from their earlier settlement and hitherto superior
advantages of wealth, leisure, and toresn COM
merce, have taken the lead in those aIts ana
sciences which are incompatible with the eSigeh-
ces OF comparatively infant settlements. But We
are SUCH no longer, in most respects and VIII soon
cease to be so in any; for another year VIII so IN
crease our facilities of intercourse in all directions
with cities which, from an earlier development OF
their local resources in few particulars equal to our
own. have hitherto obtained advantage of us i'll
population and improvement thai our maturity
willcome on apace, and with it, no doubt, all the
embellishments, as well as the more solid blessings
of existence. KS is Z. .-' l4-a.-7N'
For the promotion of this desirable object, the
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Union of the intellectual with the substantial; the
newspaper is an important auxiliary. 1t is more
1t is typical of the community in whichit is encour-
aged ard circulates 1t tells its character, well
as its condition; its tastes, well as its necessi
ties; the moral, as well as the physical stamina Oh
population and soil. 1t is tho map on which are
traced our tendencies, and destinies. The chart
to direct the traveller and the settler to safe and
pleasant harborage to deter them from The shoals
and uuicksandS of social degradation. AT home,
it brings TO our sides, it mparts to our house.
hold its sentiment Of proprety, or its tone OF con-
tamination. Abroad. it is regarded as our oracle
and speaks volumes for, or against u.s. In Its onsi-
ness features may be found the indications OF our
prosperity, in a worldly sense, or otherw Use; but III
its general complexion is shown our moral and spir
iual healthfuness in disease. 1t is the protrai OF
orr imperfectons, as well as the chronicler of our
advancement.
Letme hone therefore, that with due allowance OF
columns to wheat, wool, politics, rail roads, steam
boats, and incidents of the times, you will always
keep place reserved, not for such Tyros as myself
though may sometimes trespass on them with an
abstraction, or "reminiscences of by-gone days,
such as yon have been pleased to approves but Tor
contributions from ADLER pens, mcre in accordance
with the spirit of the age, and for udclous selec-
tons from the numerous and well furnished jour
nails of the day, that the interests OF Religion, liter
atre and of all that pertains to mans more exalted
purposes, may be placed on fair footing with the
substantial elements OF his corporal prosperity and
well being. ,.T.t..t..s ..,.
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