Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-27

mere guess " ork, fever or cholera would have
been more likely suggested
eannot tell WHEN this letter will reach YOU, as
the gentlemen,at the Post Office inform me that
no mails ifon any direction had reached here since
yesterday morning. x.
rFroma Correspondent OF Inc Home Journai
The Hditor. n-chief.
The Editor in .chief-tl,at is To say the edittr-
Is man ofmany acquaintance. 1t is a cause Of
wonder, bothto clerk and devil, how he can res
member so many names and faces, He does not
remember them but upon all his yistters- pnd
they, dloi, in at the rateof one a; minute-he be-
slows kind OF ciyiiity, which is emphatic bnt
general, insinuating thong hlnoncomnilting 1.-The
must no q man is, he says, LET me see,
now do you spell your namea1 And this sort of
manGuyernig is strictly necessary. For consitlerF
"a Young gent man who had a piece. of ,poetry
IN per, the year before Iast, comes 10 the
city ana calls upon. The Editor. To that young
an era. Hissoai bounded within him when lhs
saw them IN PRINT. HeShowsd them exultinply
10 ms mother, sent a copy to his sweetheart, ana
handed them round on the sstoop'' OF the village
store, and has thought better of hmsefeyer since.
IoPhs Editor the printing of those lines WAS no
event at ALI He has forgottsnt them and their luz
THOR ~ 81 that Young gentleman leaves tie office
nnae[ the iull conviction thathe is dearto theed-
itorial eyes, and,wor mistake of all-welcome3
to the editorial sanctum. ThisiS brought about
by no hypocrisy onlthe Editors part. Bload and
general. ctyility does the business, and does IT
quickly. ~ - 9s.S - =: : s-l.5se 3 =
Editors. 1t keeps him supplied with facts and IDEAS
but It cramps the free, expression of his onini-
ohs Can an Editor write quite freely OF an Snl-
thor, an arttst r:politician whom he cordially
shook by the 1hand Yesterday and will meetats
dinner this evening? Human nature is human
nature. That the Editor isauttefiy incors1pable
by money. we know; but he is not moot apaiiist
ths GREATER potency Of feeling winch isa
pity. AZ sIis ~ -. 9.
The Editor looks'upon all things subjects. e.
vents, and persons in the light of .talerias for
articles. A$catastrophe which makes the town
shudder, IS ITO HIM n'eatnre.' He;says he .tegrets
10 learn, or he is spained to annohnces but he "a
not, as an Editor-pained in the least; no more
than an undertaken Is panied to bury ma a in the
highest style of fashionable anguish. HIS business
Is with The grave, audit Is his Business odoit
sraHely The Editor, anon, is .rejoiced 10 be able
To state, or as had the extreme Satisfaction Of
ascertainlng beyond doubt and IN uch assertions
his sincerity is perfect; for the pride and Joy OF
the Editors heart is to- be the t6rst TO comlnuni-
cate 10 the pubic ansimportants piece of ineli-z
gence Eagerly he scans the rival sheets 10 see
they have an mixing olthe matter, and how sliea
he Is TO let his readers know, that lust NJ M
Der we announcedin advance OF all ouricOtcmpo-
ranes! aud with what terocity of delight 'all
our contemporaries are .enabled AUTHENTICITY 10
contratict the statements which were SO os,en.
tauously parared in aanorning paper 5sfoifs-sa
The Editor rather stumbled into his profession,
business. 1t is taught at no school,. sNo,fatberi
says, Lo! my son shall be an Editor. nutus the
uuck takes 10 The wafer, as the Jew 10 kes to mon-
ey-lending as the game cock tukes to fighting, SO
the predestined Editor takes TO types and para
graphing; and the impulse winch bore himnntut6a
nfoession. never ceases 10 act strongly upon him
De IS tn OF his occupation, and never ashamed OF
u. de petceiyss the PROMISED atpsragraph from
aiar. de snufs IL IN The oir. He sees tin win
dow He catches it in lie night, and plays Aea-9
ven he may not forget 1t IN the mtrning. II he
takes pill, lie thinks Pill-Iak,ng IN the United
States would besa 'magnifcentisn Dject;,, and 50
1t would IL he cuts himself with razor, itsuy-F
gests Of seFyttious,on the beard movement. And
he IS prone to ask, whether you have any obec-
ton 10 his giving publicity 10 thatremarkaDleia TACT
Yet the Editor desperate as lie TO public
something II don't know, always Keeps back mart
oil his iniorlnation; and there is an under.curfent
OF "hghly interesting intelligence that seldom
gets into print. Editors OF the audaclous species
have made their fortunes by tapping this turpd,
but fertlizlns stream. esAS
TIE EDITOR has his delusions as we'll as the sub
Editor He thinks he creates public OPINION
whereas he only reflects it. The man who runs
ahead of an advancing throng seems TO lead il, ana
does lead it as long as he runs ioere they cant to
go; but let hin turn corner which they do not
want 10 turn, and he finds himself running alone.
NO one conversant with our political history, can
lbeignorant that, in influencing votes papers are
Singularly impotent, aud particularly paners HIGH
are very ably ccpdncted. Another deIusion of the
Editor is, to suppose that the eyes of the country
isup9n his paper. He little thinks that The loud
eSt thunder That ever deaiened New York, died
away among the Jersey hills, and was on y heard
81 among the Highlands. The editor, too, is sub
lect to decisions with regard to his citculatlon.-
he hugs the thought that if his Calculation is very
small. 1t is select and that lie goes reely5ln The
fteentii Ward, and is read under chandeliers and
lies on Centre tables, which latter. perhaps, he
does occasionally. 1- - r.
III the olden time, when Kings were demi-
gods, hedged about with splenlor, which at once.
and
persons, 1t happened, now and then, that a peas
ant became the inmate OF ascourt, confronted ma
Jesly face face; saw him eat, drink anu so 10th;
heard linn talk, swear, snore, Sneeze, ct cetera
Extreme used 10 be the establishment of The peas-
ant, alter he hi d overcome, in SOME DEGREE the
awe Inspired by the august presence, to discover
mat the puissant monarch of a realm, in whose
hands were the issue OF life and death, whose sin-
was wealth, whose ilown was ruin, whose word
moved arinies, and whose wliim decidedlths fate
OF nations-was reilly, after all, very much like
people i'll general. Not less is the Management Of
the constant reader,3 when chance makes him
intimate with King of the modern kind-tle re-
sponsi5le editor OF asleadiilg newspaper
Learned, lie is not. The. printing Office sends
ten men TO the editorial throne while the college,
sends one; and there editors in this country
prosperous and renowned, who know graminnr
only by instinct, who owe their spelling /, l,ht.
coMlposltor, and have no idea on what narfto look
ior hamtschalka. Noras the Editor wiser than the
average of men, nor more given TO reflection, nor
more likely to lie correct IN opinion. II lie were
he would be in. constant danger Of turning that
awkward corner justireierred To- and fiuIins him.
selt without followers He would be ever ieinpt-
ed to tell his reader what they ought TO tie told:
whereas, the art of editing solely IN
them what they want TO he told. Hence, there
are but two Editors likely to achieve astrkine sue
cess. One is the man who in ms opinions, habits
aud tendencies, represents a large class; and sl.
other is he who utterly sinkFihe tlian IN the
Editor, and devote his undivided atten tion 10 the
study of the public, whose prejudices he fiatters,
whose desires he Anticipates, whose opinions he
you continue your subscription to a paper which
neither spatedyour prendices, no anticipate your
desires, no echoed your orinions. Upon the " hole,
tie Editor is good fellow. He has his faults.
works hard and init..1 does n 81 n..a..