Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-12

Central Unlo h0llfOa0 uIne t1Dle5Is passenger
leave Wheeling at 9 A NJ. and reach Bell Aire
lust before the cars leave for Columbus. Thisis
d great improvement; for the Necessary delay Of
three hours, heretofore, was to most persons 3
loonsideEablG annoyance azs.5z.sssss.
n Concerning the road, must.say That It is in
excellent order now. The cars AreyeTy comfort
able, the officers exceedingly gsptlemanly, and
the engineers 50 .far IS one IS able to Judge,
Iperfectly qualified for their positions. The
county through which you pass Is undoubtedly
of the most interesting kind, and through the
center of one of the prcttiest and best eultiva-
ted States in the Union:
At GAINESVILLE we stop to dine, and you may
be assured that the dinner is as good as isserved
latany railroad station in the country. Besides
you have an abundance of time to eat It in, and
smoke your cigar ieisutely afterwards, which Is
not the case at IN places, assure you The ei-
ty of Evansville contains about eight Thousand
people, and Is celebrated for its MANUFACTURES
and hospitality. It has not been my good for.
4 tune to remain there any length of time, but
have heard 80 much Of the kindness Of the peo-
pie that 1 have NO desire to doubt It The city
is ON the banks of the Must ingur river, and Al
the head of navigation for steamers Of small
size. The railroad company hare erected very
handsome iron bridge at this point, and from it
you have very nice view, Of the mills and man
ufactories scattered round The river is small;
4 tbs true, but have always thought its pretty
stream, especially as It empies intosthe Ohio at
the beautiful town of Marietta, where there are
also quite a number of beautiful ladies Gagged
up in the Seminary, that in time they may be-
come ferocious enough to tear to pieces the I'M
offending hearts Of the other Sex.
After eating hearty dinner, smOkinga nice
segar. and taking good look mt the bridge and
river and manufacturing houses, ,one is in quite
good humor for another ride The cars run
gloriously now, for this part Of addsquite
settled, and the scenery gets more beautiful as
you approach the center of the State In
deed, 1 thought that the woods and feldsGever
looked prettier anywhere than along the line of
the Central, on this occasion lis true that the.
corn was not In flouTIshng condition, nor the,
wheat worth talking about, and the oats almost
worthless; stu, We know that if Ohio hasa far
chance she can't be excellod in productive farms
and web cultivated lands, anywhere. She isan
example to our State, that should incite us to
more careful culture, and more abundant crops
than we are at present benefited by,
| fear you would not be interested In de-
scription of the towns and the country between
GAINESVILLE and Columbus; though, do assure
you that there are some places on the road, that
would please yon astonishingly, could you look
on them as did, in the calm of June after
noon, nellowed into stiffness by the great tears
of weeping sky. It may be that I'm judging
of the country by contrast; for when last pass
ed over the Central Ohio railroad, the snow was
thick upon the ground, the trees were 1eafess,
the air cold as Greenland, and the track 50 Inn
pedcd by dTifts that We could scarcely mako ten
miles an hour. More than that there WAS no
place to dine or sup either, and the very serious
consequences, was that We were compelled to de-
priye all the country round about q, the few
Scotch herring which had accumulated in the
numerous grocery stores for tho especial use Of
quilting parties. So you will see without much
that that trip and this one are quite diff
ferent things
We reached Columbus about o'clock in the
afternoon, after delightful ride; for the extra
ordinary pleasure of which, we were undoubt-
eoiy inoeoteu 10 Capt Isaac MORROW who' per
maps IS one Of inc most etneaent railroad men in
the west Andt must not forget to mention Is
mat we had also the very agreeable company OF !
your friend Capt Richard Geary Of the Go
Daily FACT with US; who Is too good l
fellow not to be very considerable acquisition
% any travelling party. Besides, "Dick" is very
sallant-so very gailant-that instead OF re. t
In town 70 furnish me wlth some notes H
u Columbus he very accidentally got into the !
country, where some fascinating young ladies
we're supposed to live Isay supposed for there &
nay have been some business to call him out of +
own, and the business may have been-as
yell it eoald-where there happened to be some ,