Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-03-28
LONE DEPARTMENT:
77 MORNING, MARCH IS, 1858:

5.oynAY MORNING, Nation =. 49,
5:;5555 Tos THE Tnos. swASs!-THnEE
TarfE CAla nr Usrox LrSE, AND THREE CHEERS
EaErss FOB rnA Tur Tuos. SWAMI FIFTY EIGHT
.oE WHEELING BRAG PIrrsBuRGH PACKET,
Lr'Hrs'! .6,.Dt steamer ThOs. Swami left Gin
The n's p,id,y morning at lo4 O'clock on he.
sianat on f t.on, Louisville to Wheeling. About
Tegular IMP Inv; n" the Allegheny, one OF the Drag
he same ''nI .a,s left the ncinnati wharf, with
Pittsbptsad P'Ie,eunatiOn and full preparation 10
beat tie s"'I "-6s of running. How she accom-
gain %aas s nnrpose let the sequel tell
Plished nsi P' s,l over 100 tons of freight anu a
The SWanu =. f passengers, not having departed
lsFgs nuu sn<et from her arrangements to acoomo-
p an! Fssps s. and travel OF the line, and having
sts Inc n n,sn,rations for racing The Allegheny
n'ds no P. had but small amount oil freight
Pn the ..oo1ted at from 10 10 25 TONS had but
snous ..sorers, and, we are informed discouraged
eT P- t.a, corniug on board, warning them that
me- ,. fully determined to race as the piles Oh
Lro,s. &c, on board attes'ea'
iosn' HL0 Nm started with very small amount O.
ir Living for supplies on the usual wood.ng
lle' Ct ,nt fonnd on reaching them that they had
PiaS s II been engaged by the Allegheny. With
~ s..,fDl odds against her, the Swami pursued
pes CAV and made landings, and met with
le' - r., =. fiIlows.-Landed at Maysvllle and
s 90 freight and passengers. and took coal
80 ,ov: wooded at Rome: landed at Ports
0A ~ r,oOton and Guyandotte. and discharged
~ and freight: landed at Coalport and
-. .o,l fats III tow: landed at Parkersburg,
Ne .,,rner and Sunfsh, and discharged paSsen-
I'D fright. wooded above Sunfsh. All this
80 Allegheny was leapiug madly, like wild
.esr the Swami, boiling Ond kissing at its ut
sa.,,Ds.a. and making only about one half Of the
~, n,nea landings. and yet, at 9 o'clock and 20
[,rtex the Swami came in to port with all her
,,born beauty, Fifty Eight minutes ahead Of the
lLeghsay.
I Although the Thos. Swami has thus gained such
;,o;I triumph, we do not consider this trip, I'M
], tbe disadvantages above mentioned, as well as
i new machinery, sill working Stiffly, as a
4 of her utmost speed, or that of the other boats
4 the Union Line. But it IS enough to convince
. Pittsburgh boats that We have beaten them,
IA that We can beat them still more completely.
bev might as well hand over the "horns," and
N their caps 10 Wheeling and the Union Line.
DIED Yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, JOHN
,lJNHAM, editor ofthe WHEELING ARGUS.
The deceased was for several years the editor of
Democratic paper in St. ClairsviIle, Ohio, and
me to this city some three years ago, since which
lie he has been the editor Of the Argus. For
Seral months he has been gradually declining
In the effects of the slow wasting disease, the
lhsumphon, Of which he died, though until re
snlly, we believe, he has been attending to his
itoral duties.
Pens onally, we had but limited acquaintance
h the deceased, circumstances. which the sancity
{ death teaches us to fo:get, having terminated
u short personal intercourse, which from acci-
E BIT more than any other cause, was never re-
WED To others, therefor: belongs the task of
VIC Sud4l UC SldllnCu " uSdI
'se who knew him intimately speak Of the most
nmendable traits in his character. The grave,
lich eItinguiSheS every resentment, closes upon
deceased without an unkind remembrance of
s 10 lingef around it, and with the utm ost de
: on our part TO concede TO him in death, what
Heed we never denied to him in life-talents,
dueatlOu, and an imprisoned energy as the ad-
Ocate of the principles he espoused, we extend
his bereaved family our sympathies.
Hewill be buried, at his request, at st. Glars
le' and his funera! will leave his late residence
Alan street, on tomorrow morning at 9 O'Clock.
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