Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-22
q. F...ea.,....Ex-s.--Tll.. 60 b cana-

teTeting kind, and b-oaght out, ia sdsisiea 70
god dezl Of s7eeosatioz sosrse matters Of mo
Iaeat FOR Tie eopszi-ztio'a of oslE rltizeasv--
Wheeling, IN former fines, bore the REPUTATION.
of discreet. Hids-aFai1ecity. totss n ttleeoun-
els q the nation and the State Almost iI.sur-
nggntAble diEseaIties were oyeroGse in obtzin-
ing the national road he@s In3s15. her energy
s-as t1ssne 81 conversation 10 tfte East She OBJ
t4issi ttsrsz1 atfa-t, tArcugh her hills. aud the
Ilsnf-net Of that Rad. togeter With the natural
commerce of The Ohio riises, gaze her Starting
cut capital These Bs-e her len talents. andt the
se9leI has Shown tsst she did not hide them in
a napkin, but BIZ her iadomisatle perseverance,
ard energy sil- Obtained series Of valuable
legislative faTofSEt RIehnoad No torn in the
wes4 obtained banking faeilitieson 50 liberal a
scale Her merchants and tTadesmen Of srnail
means, but who boregood business regulations.
were enabled speedily 10 turIs their notes intoeasl
and 70 rapidly and systemaiiealiy transact their
business One after one. ncE roads rrere opened
up into the surrounding country. aIIofrhieh ia
creased her trade The numerous little towns
on the Virginia and Ohio side All booked TO Iyhee-
ling as the;r metropolis T5eir goods from PHI
zJeIphis by the PennE. Ira,-ia canal were slip
ped At PittsbnTg 20 Wheelingi 50 #s-e the gooes
hauled out n road teams from Cumberland Il
was tine great center on the national road be-
t~e.n the East and West People bound East
from any where IN this section Of country, came
to Wheeling; from the toxins up and down the
river, and from those IN the surrounding coun-
tFy- Taetovn grew constantly, not 70 much in
rsi id populatiOn as IN sold business and wealth
Fs.s-- - u. - 80
rad era a graf work was supposed 10 have
been accomplished ia getting the road here
That the rad has, II, one sievE. been benefit no
one can doubt, but il hasheTerr easized the ex-
PeetatiOEs Of cur citizens. In making This road
y WIS always IN contemplation TO form coaaec-
lion with come corresponding road through Cen
tTaI Ohio. and through read never built up any
pace Of Itself; neither Is It reasonable or philo-
~opbieal to suppose it could. Instead OF uniting
ti,e surrounding towns by closer interests, It
proved a great centrifugal measure. Instead Of
trading with Us. As before. tbetow1s openednPa
baltimore trade This Eas esninentiy the case
With the towns along lifeline Of the railroad The
towns above rs, after the completion Of the
Pennsylvania Central rsiIroad, tad iLeir goods
shipped TO Pittsburgh. and from thence by steam
b,at railroad doTEn t!le ri-er These improve
nsnts, Ofcourse, seriously integfsTed with our
tr4de merchants did not recruit their stock frosn
Wh@-iing. formerly, for they had almost equal
facilities Cor sending East a gradual rsvela-
hon Of these faetS have prejadicsd The peop!c
sreatIy against tie Bzltiaers aud Ohio road,
md 1t only needed the Benasood tTaus=etion 70
the fseling. ard TO lead Wheeling
. repudiate the Obligation into xbieh she lad
=nteEed lEita the Company.
But leaving tout. OF the account the usisdl0irsgs
If tiis Company, It 81 great mistake TO sup.
pose that the BeuWood Termination materially
Influenced our trade. In al probability we
you'd soon have had bridge here, and the
trade would lave been through one. Just As
Insignificant 10 u then, As it Is now The value
# the Baltimore road IN any time view of II,
never Amounted TO more tsszn tiist of an ease !
nent to and from oar oEn market It depend
u wholly Gpos oslEseives OF what value itshouId
be 70 Is Ina word, cur oszn internal resources
we're 70 be the measure Of valuation five
suffered ourselves to be deluded 10 Wild dream
about IFere4sed trade without. having frat
prepared our only true basis Of. commerce,
we have bat justly lad our eyes opened to The
fart We vii pat the case ia this uay. sup
pose hat Philadelphia had reckoned herself m
70 the belief that sac could compete with New
York, and had not little By little, laid the four
datioa of ihe immense manufacturing Interests
she nox possesses, what would have been her
eouiiitionz She would have sunk into insiisnifi-
eanee- Ses York has al the advantages Of
commercial site over her; and plia rsai-
zetI the faet and IN time tosayeheEsef, set about
and turned teE mind to a magnificent scheme Of
manufacturing. which to-day eilatles hes to hid
defiance to any city in the Union.
Like many Western cities, We we're afflicted
with : longing TO make ourselves a commercial
terminus To build railroads, was the Tagc.
something ike that of Capt John smith 5 men
'-se dig gold, wash gold and refine gold
Tine debates is1onr Council show that we made
had job of 1t. Between issuing bonds to the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh. the baltimore and
Ohio. Marietta and Cincinnati and the Hernpfield
railroads. Ne have resemblel, on small scale the
French ersait SIobler system. With the ex-
eeptioaOf the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad,
they have al Glien SHIRT; aud as the Mayor
stated, VIC even our revenue on the bozscis
issued to them from. our negligence in bargain
making The Aarietta and Cincinnati company
think perhaps they viii be able to meet the inter
est payments after the payment Of January next,
while the Hsmpfeld diselains any expectations
in the future al AL
The consequences Of this state of afiairs is that
the Council and our citizens are no little embar-
rassed, both IN uniad and pocket If 1t was only
one payment, il would be nothing; but it is the
prospective accumulation that troubles them
Two hundred and ilfey thousand dollars worth
of bonds have been issued TO the Hempfeld, and
enough have been sold to make the semi yearly.
interest 81 $50. and when they arc all sold, our
yearly tax win be the snug sum of COO Il
is.,o be reeelleetsd, too, that nouecf this money
was in truth due until the road was completed