Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-18


The San francisco Herald of June 10 gives the
following cheering account Of tho Fapid strides o.
that city to commercial greatness apd geHerql
prosperity, ECO
In almost every quatlsr ofthe city new sruc.l
lures are in process OF erection, und before the ex
pralion of the present year San Francisco viii
have II ale stride in the march OF impfoVemrlit7
unprecedented IN The i;t9ty q, any Gc ~ Tue
geous marls and palatial residences, caIo at The
nresent moment boast Of mere magnlfcgnt slruc-
lures lhon adorn the Seels Of THIS nlunE city on
Abe Pacific Coast A few years pgo ilofenlnr so,
of tents and huls, SC tleIel about on Yhe SAM:
ihilIs, marked Tile site Of THIS now ropuEons ana
nouriSlbg city, mud s'unilrrnIl anu oscatonailya
solitary whoier gdel In and ont OF nhnIHOr Where
now NAV be seen daily fleets olnnUie clippers aud
magnificent ocean steaWers. The busy hum Of
ceoseless toil and The thistle oil trade aud cIpmetce
ore Iiow 6eafd jipon the, once deserted shores,
ldnIa continuous stIean,ol life pouTs tlltpugl The
ponulous thoronphiaTes where six short years ago
The solitary Mexican or lhdlan piouneu h'f WY ~
silence American enterprise was ilIe magic wand
10y which these wonders were ellected-A neFlonn
enletpfise conysAtd desert waste into lie great
commercial emboriUm OF the Pacific, in nIspace oil
time so short that etc there was all opportunity 10
reflect tho CITY stood forth in oil lis gincfui pro.
mo,,;ons 4 century had passed slSwly away and
RENE was still cluster oil hlIls' eTeoleu wllhouI
regard elNer'to beauty or convenience. III hVe
! or six Years San Francisco, slough twice laid IN
nShps as en- n r nfoprtsSed as TO he able 10 claim
The tile of first. class city. 10 the lIelhenlOus
cunhaglntions with which we have Ieeli visited,
more than anything else, do we owe those Sohu
,TmclmTas which nTnnn,ent every street, and are
substantial enough 10 resist moi only the action OF
lire but II respectable cunnonnds. Hnu we nol
hsen in,,ht Lv hitter experence 10 prIze Solidy
and srctIritv II il moTu than pTobnble that The
| flimsy architecture which has gained iOf new iOtR
such an unenyable notorsly, would chnIacterlEe
most Of our odifces, and the slightest item1r winch
| an eorIhonokei might create, would he SAllicien
| IN tup. In ruins III. work OF years, and occasion
a more dreadful calamity than the IHoSl ulSaS'IolS
;.nnAppfatioII. But in our anxiety 10 credit build.
| inos ,vich womb hi nfoO( against every dasunliy
| A iudiciuus commngliny OF the Wlife cum dotce Is
Observable in the architecture Of all our fote re-
cent structures, while they will hear comppIlsonn
,n,,nt IF benny md obaStenesS Ol design With The
ms, crj-Ltapd etIifcIs in New York, HIeI imMeA-
snfably snDerlor 10 them IN durability aud 9lEcngL
/ In the lower part Of the city quite luTee NUMBER
nj stores are in process Of erect on, aud leapS OF
building materials ME piled up IN cvely direction.
In fact i'm every quarter oil tue city where there is
reasonable prospect Of The peIlnnhencH Of the
grades, the work Uf improvement X solDs OH ana
cnnitalis,s ME investigating teir surplus lneanS IN
| ,.nl estate. giving eniploynentto huhdltdsOf me.
Eohanics and aborets, dud contributing 10 tile gen.
erol prospcrly. Iii The upper parts Of The city
also key.tol new brick dwelling houses have Ie-
! Gently been erected, but not byany me1ns 10 lhe
extent which they would II The grade question
was once and forever settled. Almost all The space
burnt over in the late fire hus been covered III
rev frame houses. In fact, the smoke had hardly
cleared OF, when men were employed cntrying the
ma, erals 10 the gIOuhd for the purpose Iebuild
ing The day alter the fire three rev uses were
erected, aud one OF them occupied. II was by
such energy as lnis that San francesca has attain
ed her present eIninence-itis ny such enersy thai
j She will continue TO flourish. .
TnE SECRET is out at laSt We know all about
the "Know Ncthings." TLey lad thtir origin IN
Scotland, and must have lmmIgTaled front there
else why does Shakespeare put these words into The
month OF Lord Rose, in lis lradgedy Of "Alnc'
Ibeth2" .-.ar t..
"AIas, poor countryI SlmGSt ahSid TO know i;3ell,
II cannot be called our nlotler but our gravel
Where nothing but who KHotcs Nothing, u seen Ia
smile"
The "Krow Nothing ills inferred frPm this,
slo.d A No. | in those nays. Only they wfTe seen
10 smile!
A GEM.-trhe following LeautiGul epitaph upon
mn infant speaks 10 the hearl;
Boneatli this stone, In 6weet repo'e,
Is laid mothsr's dearest pitdei
flower that scarce lad walked TO life .....
And light and beauty, ere II died,
4 God, in his wisdom. has recalled
Tho precious boon Ills love had glveni
.'. Ard though the casket mOulders here,
The gem is Sparkling now III ileavon.