Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-09-23

the genius of the Crystal Palace could discourse
10 us in such Homenc strains on a boot, orPro-
Press dry advertisement into a bit of immortal
composition, or change shoemaker into an ar
list, or translate the wares of his work from the
category ofthe finite 10 that Of the infnite3
Hide your diminished heads, ye old Fogies-
and remember hereafter to be more reverent n
lyo-r demeanor towards Progress.
We will not say how the fact is but we would
suggest that all this comes of-or if you like the
phrase better, is the mere Development of General
Jackson's hanging up Father Riddles boots as
looking glass to reflect his glories.
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ITOurconesponden inclines most too much TO
the picturesque, and colors most too highly for
tire practical, though the main features Of his COM
munica;ion are correct
e Closing tho Stores at an Early Hour.
As tn euuestion in reference to closing The
stores and business houses at earlier hour in
the evening than has been customary, has been
considerably agitated, it may not be considered
presump'nous for me to say few words in ref
erence to so laudable object.
It's a well-known and undisputed fact by oil
who have had any experience whatever, that the
clerks and statesmen in Wheeling have long been
tasked far beyond their abilities, beyond custom,
and beyond precedent. And what has been the
Tesult2 Where is the fruit of their labors? Where
is the impress they have left upon the sands of
time OF the monuments they have reared TO their
memores7 Where are they? Go search the safe;
the boxers office or the vaults of the banks, and
there upon the face of the musty dollar you will
find their history. But for conscience sake, open
- Eoo md
Wheelins's page blank; you will find no names
to deck or acts of greatness to shed lustre over
the past. The tale of gold and dust, the dull
routine ofsweat and Toll will be your only enter-
tanment. Let it yet remain sealed; open ii
not, unlessit be to register name worthy of its
sacred pages. But alas, where is that name?-
Why is it that Wheeling thus stands out isolated
and alone from the 'world and the rest of man.
kind in point of leaning, Literature and re-
nown7 Where are her Franklins, he; HerschelS,
or her Newtons3 Where is that long list OIL
lustrious worthless who should deck Wheeling's
constellation. Alas, where are they? Like the
autumn flower, they have been nipped in the bud,
they have been smothered TO death in apple OF Dry
Goods, or drowned in a molaSSes hogshead, or,
perchance, sufocated in a sugar barrel. Some
such dire calamity certainly has befallen them
But again, may ask why SO little spirit for the
cultivation of the beautiful, for the refinement Of
taste and the improvement of morals? The an
swer may soon be given. 1t is simply this; the
fault lays with those who. should seek for better
things, the older business men of our town. The
young man is scarcely emerged from the she'll of
childhood, until he is placed behind the counter
where he remains from daylight until 10 or IL
o'clock at night, then tired, worn out, depressed
in body and in spirit he rolls over between pair
ofdirty sheets, to be preyed upon by host of bed
bugs and mosquitoes until he can no longerre-
Sist its influence but consigns himself to the arms
OF Morpheus, where he remains for fey hours,
perhaps dreaming of happier Gays, until the head
of his employers cane, ss it beats against the
shutter, wakes him from his slumbeH and sum-
monses him again to business. l-lI
Thus days, months, Yeas unconscious pass,
without adding one iota 10 the store of the mind,
the benefit Of his country. He cares for moth
ing; cutivaes but that Unsuitable thirst for the all
mighty dollar. He picks up the morning paper,
gances quickly over the markets, the failures, and
takes particular notice whether the editor has Civ
en- him puff, or who has been his favorite. Hav-
ing satisfied himself upon these points, he daShes
the from him as trash and goes gan to his post
Thus he tolls, till his head becomes whitened by the
tolls OF many winters. He lays himself down to
rest with, perhaps, single tear dropped to his
memory, and the next gale thar sweeps by bures
him forever in the tomb of forgetfulness-nnd thus
the end of Wheeling greatness.
But, gentlemen, this Is an age of improvement;
we bave seen and felt with blush of shame the
influence of the past. Let this be new era in
the history of Wheeling Clerks. The matter has
now been agitated, carry it through or at once
diopit forever; accomplish your object, and you
will establish precedent by which you will be
governed for years. Drop it, and the same thral-
dom which has bound you and your predecessors
for years will still incease. Cast it OF at once,
or at least make The effort 1t rests entirely with
yourselves If you fail, in the language of one of
old, at shall be none the worse for you" But
you need not fear. know there is not gentle.
man in town Cthough much as he may love the al
mighty dolla) who will not grant at least so small
bOue. Il they do not, there is then yet another
means, another impulse to action. This being
done you will have made one step towards reform,
the next will be our Library. Then we shall at
least have the foundation and the corner stone on
which to build. Then shall begin TO dawn the
better day in Weddings history. Then shall she
emerge from her hiding place and take her place
among the cities of our land.
MARKET STREET.
BBy the late accident on board the steamer
Bay State, Mr.. De Wolfe, of Illinois, who was q