Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-03-18

After an ominous delay Of about three weeks
the Mayor of Pittsburgh has worked himself NJ
TO The Bridge letter. which he promised hisreadels
some time in February last. Aslwe, expected the
excitement produced by ,beholding the esmaster-
piece Of arr' prcdIced a "Sudfen and complete
prnstration. The long looked for letter occupies
some Two and a, half columns of the Journal,
and is,certainly most instructive document 10
those wishing TO become familiar with Billingsgate
and desitous of improving their knowledge Of ynl-
garity.o AsYankee and a mule drover appear to
ave been The boon Companions and bedfellows
of the; Mayor of Pittsburgh on his upward trip and
we can EASILY conceive how the chief mos istrate
OF the great city surrounded by such society, was
led TO misconstrne the woods of the poor innocent
boys, who were. doubtless amusing themselves at
the antics of the mules on the lower and npper
deck Of the Keystone State. The first part of the
letter is devoted 10 the examination of the Rail
Road from Grave Creek to Wheeling and.to a
strenuous effort TO prove that Wheeling is out OF
the travel line and cannot be sustained &c. The
Mayor evidently considers himself doubtless as
part OF his Office dadfetus jiuare, and according
ly when he has exhausted the subject by running
through, he, turns back aud calls on his Yankee
who responds 10 his "open sesame" and enter
talns us with his best specimens of down-eastern
eloquence. Having exhausted the Yankee and
actually caused him to throw away his secar Ids
gusted doubtless at the rancor of the Mayor the
poor Yankee gives under and ma keS room for the
muleteer who readily responds to his companions
call, and entertains the Mayor with the history or
his mules excitement and his perspiring Efforts
10 keep them quiet, lest they should Stampede
we are at loss to know what were the exact
intentions oil the semi-aSSinines, whether they
wished to land in search of provender or whether
they paftookalnerely of the general excitement ton
board tie Steamer at the sight Of the .sgrcen bot
tie" or whether they had become dissatisfied with
the full blood asses and braying on board, and
preferred the possibility of finding half-breeds ON
shore, the chronicler does not determine la'ia
Certain it is, however, that these poor animals
were inan excited state and heneeforth they will
take their place in history Through The kindness of
the Journaaong with the Heroic asses the past
The historian too, will be remembered and SO long
as balaam and his ass and Sancho and his ass, are
called to mlnd. by the pages of Holy Writ and the
glowing chronicles of the knight Grant OF Ger
vantes,S SO long will the Mayor of Pittsburgh and
the mplesnthe Yankee and the muleteer notibe for
gotten. We cannot take issue with the statement
as TO the number of boats at our wharf, as we ney
er KEPT count of such 1ings and we have only to
say that we do keep our boats lying idle at our
wharf, hut Immediately upon their arriyals,we I'M
load, reload and send them off on their way We
do not keep boats rafting day fer freight
as they do at Pittsburgh in order 10 make the num-
Der appeariIarge The Mayor found dozen bows
or SO at the wharf who exclaimed, pointing 10 The
Swami is The craft that can " ak round rf tbe
Keystone State,' and was much surprised TO ftii
hfca
should have something better to think about. 30
Did neoer occur 10 the 1Crte,, that HE Mayor of
Pittsburgh might hGDe been better, employed hqn
in istss4ing TO The n9ise of The "dostn men nd
boys eaR eolors;''. andin attertOads5 giving them
PLaesip his Jour4ml2 We think that he night with
considerable propriety have had some reflections
'Ehlch-wouid- have saved the reading of this low
Gf truel history of the epithets of sidozeu men
and boysof all colors.' He either insults the taste
of his eadersin surprising that fish market epithets
and general BiIIingsgate would be acceptable to
them, oE else he shows himself utterly deficient in
the appreciation OF the, proper contents Of what
should be dignified and high toned Journal
Some little hoy spit down on the keystone as she
was passing hader the Bridge at which Captain
Stone almost boiledoyer, but remained the stgen-
tleman sill and left the Wheeling folks sole vic.
tors in the strife of blackguardisn." We are Llau
that Captain Stone preserved his equanimity and
did not boil over and sorry that in the strife
oil blackgnardism," the "dozen men and boys OIL
all colors" came off 'victors. We doubt not how
ever but thatt contest was long and dubious and
we should have Teioieed had the victory irenanedl
with tn, Mayor. the Yankee and the muleteer.-l
The Journal has the charity, however, to inputel
these actions to The rlfians and blackguards Of
Wheeling, most of whom, we may inform the
Journal are late imports from Lis region and baily.
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After some snrtnises about the bridge the Mayor /
learns with decided feelings, from Wheeling
paper that Virginia had refused The right Of way
at whichhi 'fnoble rage is extreme. Aftericon
selling himself with the reflection that Pittsburgh
has the control ofthe matter by means of h er re-
ln which the Journal is vastly in er-
ror) the Journal comes 10 the only sage and com.
conclusion in his letter, namely eds
relishfor further spinning out of pery DUH notes.
T. 5: 10 the letter shows that the Mayor has
been-s'ek, (which regret11 though we cannot be
at any one getting sick after compiling
such Pq1apSeatng spinning of"very dullnotes." |
We once heard OF DR.. Brandreth getting very sick
and sending for the entire medical orps of Phla
delpha tosald him. When they were all present.
the Dr.in gssping, trembling tones told them that
he had taken by mistake. oneiof his oton pill s,
Perhaps tiie Mayor read over his Every dull notes."
aud that4ike the Dr., he was thereby thrown int
the ''Sudden and complete prostraiion'' OF which
he inloms US. We agree with. the Journal that
''he gould not by proxy write out the notes of
epartot'coresroadenee kethis., Certainly not
None bat myself could have done it. - ~ @'t
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GIN pALAcEs.-Among the numerous Gin Pala- |
Oesin Manchester, England. there are two which
attract the attention Of a passer by.
In the WiadoW Of one of them there is large
painaeIo Coat'of' AIMS with the words--ssNemo3
mortallum omnibus boris sapit." The otkeeii' has