Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-11-12

T-ef; beam 30 feet; hold feet inches; CO bin
f,or 81 feet wide She has two engines OF p
il. cylinders and feet s;roke-four BOZ ers IS in.
IN diameter and Is feet 'ong, aud al extra boiler
% feet long anu So ins. in diameter, for supplying
the Doctor and steam a:tachn,rul 10 wotk the
carstan-
The hull was built by MesSrs. Wilson, DunIe
w L &C.; cabin by Hsnrs & Beam; machinery
by Phillips. She will be Completed about the LIST
OF December.
Tuz COsXoPoLIrAN Arr AND LITERARY Asso-
cfATrox--The friends of Literature and the Fine
Arts are specially referred to the advertisement in
another column, Of ,he "Cosmopoiilsn Ant ans
Literary association" 1t is IN institution which
sords excellent fsciifties for obtaining the best
Magazine Literature OF the day, AMI secures TO
every member The chance of obtaining the most
magnificent Paintings and Statues produced by
the best artists OF the OLD and New Worlds. Il
Will be remembered thai Powers world-reDo ned
GREEK SLAVE was among the several hundred
statues, psintiuss, &c. distributed among tue mem
Befs 81 the last anna n distribution. The 2ia1 OF
membership is this: The payment Of IS makes any
person member, fer which ne viii set the full
hetuG VI utA tlIOhG! IN ahI Vi GhC iotiS"ihS
zines Enieker6oekrr, Putnam, Harprr, Bhck-
aoOoa, GrGhaH, Diekeas' HoussAOid Words, Ga
Geg's Lasly,s Book, LitteLs Lining Age. Besides
ihls. each member will receive ticket in the au-
nDal dtstribuu n Of the splendid WORKS OF art
TIE n=1t annual distribution will take place
on The sIst ef January, and will comprise col
lection or several hundred OIL Paintings, Statues,
Bls R=fiets, BronErs, &c, by the list artists in
the world. Among the collection Is The ''GenOa
Crucsfx," carved in ] single block Of Ivory, the
original cost of which was $4,000; also marble
1usts OF " ssaington, Fraaklin and Webser. by
H,pAx POWERS.
The enterprise is divesteI of the Lottery fea-
tuIe, hitherto So Objectionable in Art Unions, as
it will sen that every member ge:s. at the start.
the fail value of his money. The high character
Of The Association : sufficiently indicated 10y the
tOliowgin notices:
From The pen OF Mrs L. oakes Smith
'.HsvIng recently learned something of The char
and objects OF the great Western enterprise,
called the stCOsmSp0EtGH Art ASSOciGtiOn,' " hich
is beginning 10 attract much public attention,
WISH 10 say word in its behalf. | hitherto
confcuuded It with Gift Concerts and Biiou Lotie-
res, ali OF which beidg but a modification OF the
d. mora IIzng system Of gambling, was not in any
way disposed to CO ntenance- vas mistaken IN
this ant 50 | doubt not are many, who, If better
acquainted with tue merits Of the case, would
gladly JON the Association. l satisfied the
Board OF Managers, and the ActuarY, G. L.
Deroy, Esq. are men Incapable Of Lending them
selves 10 any species OF fraud, and their position
in tie COMMIT nify IS guarantee to the public,
that all Is in good faith. Further, Hook upon the
enterprise as pubhe beneiaciIon, in distributing
through the cnu ntry works OF the higher Literary
and Artistic kind, and thus hFiring ca higher
culture amongst the people, for Tie ternStare such
that no one can lose, but essentially ain By 3
membership"
From Gov Hyrou II. Clark o. New York
ain reply 10 yours of 18th inst, desire 10 Ssy
that lee! highly honoEed with The appointment
as HONORARY member oftbe Cosmopolitan ArAs
c.allua, aud yeI. cordially accept the sauleS
Very respectfully, &c,
.'MYR0N II. CLARK "
"WitA the hes; wishes for the success of The
institution, and me prosperity of tie West,
I am respectfully yours, a. Il SlGOURNEY."
al Trust the Association will be eminently
successful. lis s-ry liberal inducements con-
!BaYARD TAYLOR"
''Weven' to say inst no similar OF equally
useful project for the distribution of the products
Of Literature and Al vas ever devised IN this
coaafy. John 6. SAKE"
OLIVER l. TAYLOR is the Honorary Secretary
FOX Wheeling, and will receive subscriptions for
membership, and viii take pleasure in furnishing
Illustrated Catalogues tfsee of charge desc1P-
tive Of the Stslu1Iy. Paintings, &c. 10 be distub-
uted on The 3Izt of January neat
Tu1r oruEn RoAD.-The Pittsburgh and
Cleveland Raliroad extension from WeIisviIIs 20
Bridgeport, opposite Wheeling, IS being pushed
iorEsId vIth eomm=ndabls energy. lion sufi-
cizni for the tEack the sntire IenSth OF the road
has been purchased, and, seEen-le nths OF the
work ON tie road completed. This rad, which IS
located through S;eubenville, viii place our citi-
zsns in connection with the Central 04io and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads G; n heeling,
the pittsburgh and Cleveland At Weltsyille. and,
opea up connection with the Central PrnHsyi-
wanna Rsilosd, &c. The work IS going on quiet
trtr' -u-rteticsTiy.- SfrVbfnriHe HrTalL.