Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-11-29


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HEMPTiELD RAILRoAD.-on Monday last the an
nual election held for officers of the Hemp6eld
Railroad. The election. was held at the office of
the Treasurer of the Company in this Borough, and
resulted in The selection OF the following named
gentlemen, .yiz: NESTS. r. T.. Conrad, (Presi.
dent) and Daniel Deal of the city of Philadelphia;
c. NJ. Reed, and WIN. MeKennGn, of Washing
ton; AMI Hugh Brady, of Greensburgh, Directors.
Two of these are new members-MeSsrs. Brady
and Deal-who were elected in The room OF
Messrs. Painter and Neal. After the election of
tho officers, President Conrad submitted report
bywhich it appeared that the affairs of the road
are IN a flourishng condition, despite the tempo
rary delays that for time attended its operations.
We may, also, mention, in connection with the
matter, that & deputalion from the finance commit
tee Of the city of Philadelphia were present at
meeting of the Board on Monday, aud expressed
themselves os very favorably impressed with the
information they had received, by observation and
otherwise in regard TO the character OF this highly
important improvement These gentlemen made
their head quarters at the ''YaLentine House,
where they were called upon by large number
OF our citizens Washington Examiner.
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pChapmau, the yeritabIe Chapman who was
enioued 10 "Ct6w, Chapman, Crow!" Chapman
for many years the leading Democratic editor from
Indiana, has started new paper at Indianapolis.
and calls il "Chapman'G Chanticleer." He PRONE
is4s Independence in politics, and it appears from
the following article in the first number Of his pa
per, that he has no very favorable opinion of the
present Administrations: 49,. 81" y
TuE NATIONAL ADMINISTAATIoS.--We were at
Washington soon after the Inauguration OF Frank
lin Pierce, and remained in that delectable city
some Eve or six weeks-during which time we took
several of the higher political degrees" Some
notes Of our pilgTimogei still remain in our mind,
antEe shah from time 10 time put them on paper,
so soon as I'VE shall issue two or three thousand
sheets per week. In addition to the knowledge
derived during our sojourn at the Federal City
by the way, not our tlrSt visit there--we,
have since spent some time IN Philadelphia, New
York Cincinnati, and other towns of lesser note.
We have some knowledge of what the Judgment OF
thinking and business men, as well as pSItizan
leaders, Is, in regard tothe conduct, so
Leen developed; of the President and his Cabinet.
That knowledge we shall give to our readers as
soon as we have enough to make 1t an object 10
do so. We pIomiseS IN advance, some very rich
dGveI6Rmehts, anu our honest readers will pTobH-
bly, b.. surprised when they get them.
At present we have Ouly To say this: Mr.. Pierce
was elected President under peculiar citcum-
taken up in preference to political leaders neither
Of whom cuulda command the popular confidence
sufficiently to justify their nomination by the Bal
tlmuue Democratic Convention. This supposed
involuntary nominee was supported with unan-
Unity unexampled in our Presidential annals
REom the day of the nomination till that of the
electiony public 6dsncer public hope, and pub
lie expectation were more highly exalted than eY-
erbeiote, not excepting the era Of George Wash
ington. Wings had hope and confidence, as we'll
as the Democrats, to an unprecedented degree
and the electoral vote was almost as Proportional
Iy large as that which IS said TO have bsen giTenbY
the French people in favor of the nephew of the
great uncle. a. lsg f.s4s
The great question interesting TO all parties IS,
will the public confidence, hope aud expectation
iiTTelation 10 President Pierce be Eratifed Or dis
appointed If it be grdtified Welt 1t II be DIS
app siBted the fall Of Mr. Pierce will be great in
proportion TO- his original elevation in the pubic
esteeln. IT will he snch tumble asour IolltiCs
never Witnessed before, except partially, perhaps,
in the case Of Aaron Burr. si5li5 sA2'i 81
The administration has thus far been very BUSH
ly engaged in partiliOning thesPolls; and IN some
instances not very satisfactorily 10 those II tired
hardest To please. The management IN this re-
spect So far as New York is concerned, hes fuirly
divided the Democratic party leaders there Ito say
nothing of the rank and flel into factous who
hate each other with perfect hntTed-a really muir
tlerous hate. But this is comparatively nothing at
presentt SO easy for those in office 10 say that
oil this grows out of disappointed aspirations for
oHice-and q great many people despise Office
seekers, as they ought 10 be despised. We shall
see what it will all come to.
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