Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-15


FINN the date thereof.
TaE LArEsr DopoE.--we dave found Il out =,
l,t. Many paPes have Unsettled in conspieuon,,.
o,t Olther advertising COLUMNS in latge tyne. tn.
lire ,fOw.a.days,''- without 4a6lhst exnl.1a,o.
;, word. This mysterious line htoyes to he ths
title Of book about to be Issued by an Easteln
,tblshef What nextf
DrAouR1T, who signs himself .oAh Es..a,,,
Man." hoists the following ticket in the Riebnona
Engnitet:
70. GOvEHS0R-HrsRr A. wtsE. Of 4eesnae
county. ~ 81 ss-s.--
FOa LlEurESAsr aoVEESoR-JoaATHAx NJ. BRs-
vr7T, Of Lewis county.
70. ArfoRaEr GEsesAL--wiLLu,P Rococx.
sfRichdaond city.
HEALTH or wnErLsNe--c aoLkHi.-som. OF orr
Suntry exchanges speak yefy hasshly of the
Wheeling papers. because. as is alleged, they do
&. give cortect inforationin regafti 10 the health
Of the city, and pa ticulafly in leratd 10 The
r1ount of Cholera prevailing. We admit the ey-
isnt wan, of information Oh the part OF our con-
tsnporares IN the county, bnt we do not admit,
lie justice of their censufe OF the Wheeling SrkSs.
Some OF the papers in question. the last of which
We have seen ale the Sc. GlairseiRs ChrOniel. and
GssTHstg TfSets, charge lis with wilfully nd
cininally suppressing the truth, and thus d~eoy
ing people ffom the country into town, TO contrast
LBsise and incur DEATH, In this, they cav. We
are aided the business nlenoit the city general
y, who are afraid that they might lose their conn.
ty custom, aud the 'sixpenses of their country
tisnas, if the Truth were told. Nov this Is ali,
simply untrue. Indeed it could only be true on
The superstition that this city is composed of sell
Of Srstches nore netcetlaty aud more hear,less
;bsu we think our worst enemy will pronounce US.
We hare ouISelf been afflicted of late sufficient
. have been frightened into Cholera aud death, il
st had not learned 10 bear affection with some de-
F:e ofErSgnation; and we have dear friends in the
city and away isom it, whom no earthly consider.
Eions could induce US to lull into false security:
ad as God is our judge We shall tell the truth in
Rgard 10 the health the city so fat as we know it,
So far from having withheld the truth on this
subject ttom our readers, we have, to cornhtence,
published the monthly report of the Board of
HeaIth--~hch We will heie remark, can be the
only authentic exhibit Of the mortality, as well as
the only correct account of the pres aillng diseases
lnthe city, We have, moreover, stated in unmis.
nseabe terms the condition of the health of the
city aSnear as We could ascertain 1t, and with n
sinceIe desire neither TO extenuate or exayperate
and those who are 20 severe in their structures
on the Wheeling papers, will look in the InteM.
f'Heer OF last Tuesday. the 18th inst, they will
and IN an article making some suggestions 10 the
Board OF Health and our citizens, The following
paragraphs: 600
I'VE would suggest the Pfopriety of weekly re-
ports Of the m0raity lathe city. Let the health
% The city be as bad a It may, our citizens al
hons' and those sulouEning abroad, want.to Know
tle ruth, from an authentic source, aud not have
HsIt minds appalled, by the exaggerated lepoIts
SsHy circulated in the neighborrg villages. These
reports do our city an injury, ana though many Of
Them are extremely ludicutous, YET they are eresdi
" picked up and circulated, IL moi believed. A
weekly rrroIt from the Board of Health would
pace The matter in q proper light. and many who
ee now deferred from visiting our city. would be
nee 10 do SO. when they see the truth plainly told
Tat Considerable Gvlosst of siekness ,o,o eists
ge are tree 10 Gdstit. and: tk0t HlGay deaths from
esosra hors occurred is true, 6gt zoe 6tlsre &c does
MOI sztst az epidemic.
I'VE are frequently asked why we do mot pub-
lsn t6e daathS occurring in the city, and ia reply
WOULD say, that We publish all that are handed in
y our otdce. 1t would not be wise in us, to pub
r
y, ,Ut IN our next paper we would have TO make
'hem alive again"
his article was copied into The Argas, and the
asxt morning the. T.Hes = G6set.e and the Young
A'sHeOs contained articles of similar import
That the Board of Health have not adopted these
suggestions, is not our fault. Neither the citizens
Of Wheeling nor the communit, abroad can ever
Nno" the extent of disease and death in the city
until the report of the hoard of Health sppears.-
Il me Town contained but;a few bundled inhabit-
an's' and was Remote from all great public thor
0uShiaFes' We might. by going from door TO door,
ice and know Tor ourself and give our readers an
account every morning. But il place OF $4,000
iahabilants, trayersed by railroads and receiving
Tie l'Dvsl of the river, it is n,aniies,ly ipossbls
J" Us iodo SO. What then are we to do? Shall
We adopt. and give the endorsement OF whatever
'efasatoa for truth we possess to the vague and
contradictory reports on the streets7 By so doing
We should surrender every particle Of Judgment
and common sense, M! let the Board Of Health
10 as they are doing in other cities, report once Of
%ice week, and accompany their reports with
'uch suggestions TO our citizens as may be mecca
Saty for the preservation OF their health. Such
houlu noNS q tOkCc Nu8c4 SSSOhtA-
ing In no other way would have. Let this be done
and our country friends will know the tIuth--and
mai Truth cannot begin to be as bad as the Appalling
minors which are now afioat iii the country, and
which represent our city as little else than vast
eaa'nei house. Thus, this courss. while ityould
'e gratifying could not fail to be highly beneficial
10 our citizens.
And now as TO the present amount of Cholera
and Other sickness in town. The report Of the
hO0td of Health on the FIRST Of this month, records
e" deaths from Cholera during the month Of lns
once that time there has been much sickness in
""n' but, with pretty extensive sources of infcE'
~'ion. and in a poai,ions where all startling tn
'0fs are likely TO reach ifs we cannot state tbs
number of cases Of choleTa which have occntres
"'ee that time, OF The number Of eases " 1or
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