Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-24
BALrIMoRE, AuFtst 70 1888.

stblown out'' condition as me WITCHES ""'o"
nurnped Tam O,sbantes and be quite as 10th TO
+sl,h;s t,I. ;f ;ndeeI he have any tale to tell.
Tho Ra1t;mone and Ohio Railroad, over which
have again lust passed-its stupeDdouscesS and
sronden,--is.gS subject already worn threadsbare
bv IN. ntolidc pens and loquncious tongues ofour
,,;vr,+orv countrymen. Dickens damns us for be-
;or the most loquacious people in existence, and
bop. this trait maynot suit the taste OF the great
dehneator Of modern humanity, am, neyerthe-
less free to admit that it is the key to that char
acter which soon wears out the novelty of the
greatest wonder. The American gives such large
vent to his enthusiasm that his stock of one arti-
Gle is soon exhausted, and its place must be sup
piled by another-the stimulus must be renewed,
or the excitement flags. In this way, wond sue
ceeds wonder, until our greatest wonder is what
shall be the nert wonder. This road anGs won
derftil, but have, unconsciously, almost ceased
to regard it with any feelings Of establishment.
Napoleon's feat of crossing the Alps, was every
considerable in its way, but We ultimately find
that he crossed them upon q jGckass, and notupon
either an Arabian steed or an t'lron Horse" and
the question is whether this stubborn fact dimln-
ishes the greatness of the achievement more than
it elevates the revied donkey. At all events, it
knocks into pi that glorious conception IQormed
principally from French pictures and inflated
French writings,) of the imperious and dazzling
hero-a sort of a combination of Mars, Appolla and
Aurora-dashing through the clouds. Yet, L can
not say that the transition brings no regret. al
most wish that the fellow who enlightend me was
with the learned pedagogue who first told me tina
the Rainbow was nothing but Homeopathic dose
Of water cutting up sunbeam to see what it was
made of, and that it was by no n cans
.'Mtdway station
For happy spirits TO aht betwix tho earth and Heaven
OF anything of that kind.
The transition from the imaginary conceptions Of
the terrific grandeur of the Baltimore Ohio Rail-
road, to a realization of the sober reality, may not
be so iisagreeable, but it is hardly less complete.
You may not feel that you are travelling over the
American Alps on jackass, but you do feel that
your horse is quite as docie and far more manage
able. You can sit on him, snooze on him, spur
him or pull tight rein upon him, and he obeys
you as 'horSe that knoweth his MASTER Wheth-
er he speeds along the very verge of awful preci-
pices through richly cultivated valleys, the cat-
ter of his hoois and the snort OF his nostris send
back glad voice which tells you all is well; and
whsre mountains, rohed in eternal veIdure, lift
their SUBMITS above the rushing stream that flashes
and roars in dizziness of distance below, the same
cheering voice, swollen into mighty echo, as
sures you of safety, and a speedy termination OF
your journey. Even the cattle learn 10 look famil-
iary upon him he dashes by, and the hardy Irish
man, who has hewed out pathway for the huge
critter, losses back his head with mingled al Of
admiration and indifference, and with his pipe Ee-
tween his teeth mutterS, "You're not such terri
i Bile bas!e aflher all.'
Something too much of this The road is now
in excellent running order, and the utmost care is
exercised by all who have anything to do with ii:
management. The train on which was pas,
senger, came through without detention.
Almost the only topic OF conversation in The cars
and along the road, was the Cholera in Cumbei.
land. Anxious inquiries, and some very poor at.
tempts at indifference among the passengers in re-
| gard TO the destroyer, which were answered BY
frightful stories, and ominous whispers from groups
collected around the different stations greeted us
continually between Wheeling and Cumberland,
and put man of ordinary sensibility in no very
pleasant mood. At Cumberland ste. ped out o
the cars with feelings such as might be sup.
posed 10 have who expected greeting from that
gum old gentleman with long crooked carving.
Ito which we are all invited,) and who gives hi.
guests dig in the ribs with Come, you e want
ed, sitp often, fear, in many cases, before they
quite ready TO go. The first thing that attract
ed my attention, was man in the streets, making
ater;ible noise with crowd around him. Suppo-
sing it to be some poor fellow in the collapsed state
Of the disease, made incontinently for the inside
of the hotel, where was much relieved to learn
that the fellow was only 'tearn, tathe.ing drunk.
This relief, however, was but small, when was
asked very politely, whether tho yelOt0 feDer had
Gb4ted any in WheeLng! 1 was somewhat reas-
sured upon rejecting that when such reports could
travel currently, that our friends of Cumberland
might be much represented. was sorry to learn,
however, that though the reports were much exag-
gerated, they had real cause for alarm.
In addition 10 the deaths you have already pub
lished, three more persons died on Saturday
among wi om was Mr.. Cleor, clerk in Johnston's
Drugstore. John G. Hoffman, IN old citizen, was
not expected TO live. A great many of the citi-
zens had left town with their families and large
number came with us on The train 10 Baltimore.
On Saturday, am informed, that all the stores
except six, were shut up. The disease was be-
lieved to be abating, and as it is conf ed princi-
pdlAI " luG AOHCA phAbOl lOWuJfduu WSulu-
er is now very pleasant, sincerely hope that its
entire disappearance will be announced in few
days.
The order of Printers strikes was somewhat re-
velsed here yesterday. 1t seems that number of
the printers are banded together in Topographic
cal Society, and the employers complain that they
have taken too much authority into their own
hands,-so much. indeed, that the proprietors of
some of some of the papers felt that they were
losing all control over the mechanical de partment
of their business. Against this, the American
struck. A portion of its printers left, but anoth
part Joined with the proprietors, against the
mandates Of the Society. Yesterday some of the
printers who remained faithful to the proprletors,
were violently assaulted by the other psrty. The
affair has created quite nm excitement in the Typo
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