Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-06-27

TIE man who writes local notices for the col
umns of the St. Gainesville Gazette and Citizen,
isa bad egg" and is not capable of incubat-
ing any thing good. He visited the Masonic
celebration at Bcllair on the 9th inst, and in
his account of that affair, he takes occasion to
write and publish a base, ungentlemanly and
hlJyohe}y attack on the Masonic fraternity of
Wheeling. We extract two paragraphs:-
brethren were present from Elizabeth Town
-Suniish-W oGdStieId-Mt. Pleasant-BarncS-
s. ClairSTilic, &c, &c, but as we have said be
Ire, "H0t oas from the city of Wheeling" We
wee not 4 little amused at hearing the repeat
e~liaquiry BY TIE Brethren: "NNhat is the rea-
sou there are no bTcthern here from Whccling:"
Bot As often as tue question was asked. it was
Cay answered with Il smile. The outsiders at
tenton was arrested, and the query passed
Trough the crowd of 1000 to 1000 persons,
where's the Wheeling Masons?' Even the boys
go; at il, butwe shall not here insert the shrewd
remarks of the rising generation, some Of them
were cliMchers.
Although our young sister would have been
glad to taken by the band her brethren of Wheel
las, she does not feel dishcartened, she has been
highly h9nOrcdb By the fraternity from elsewhere.
"W'H VT tlAL OUT brethren OF w nCeIlliS lcel u
dissatisfaction in her treatment of the Masonic
Maternity on this side Of the river, who have al
"Ays turned out in rain or shine to aid them in
eysFy celebration they have ever had. We arc
l.iy aware OF the bitter opposition of a portion
o. the citizens, Of that city, to the growth ofim-
pToVement on this side of the river, but we hoped
these narrow contracted, selfish feelings, might
have been kept without the walls of the Mason
&c fraternity. How much credit they may have
secured for their city, by this cold treatment of
the brethren on this side of the river is not for
Us TO say. They viii, no doubt. find that out
Themselves
We have not time at the late hour at which
We write, to rcPel these charges as they deserve.
lhe attack was uncalled for and unnecessary, as
unnecessary as was the sentence in a recent
speech of 4 railroad man at P~arkersbure. when
speaking Of Western connections. arguing as to
the necessity of forcing the establishment of
TAG Hooking Valley Road, even against the wish
s oi the citizens Of Ohio, for, il not established,
"'! would be compelled to accent the Ohio riy.
eT t"eiEe miles, TOWARDS WHEELING!! to
connect with the Marietta and Cincinnati Road.
1.-THE writer above had taken the trouble to ask
'' any intelligent Mason living in Bcllair, the rca-
son why the Wheeling brethren were not present,
he would have got the desired information, and
10 doubt communicated with pleasure. The
4asons of Stcubenyile had resolved to celebrate
ne anniversary Of St. John the Baptist, and
H'a Issued invitations to the Lodges of this city,
some time before the Lodge at Bellair had given
a'Ieast any public notice of their intended ccle-
''a'ion- The Masons of this city had deter
'l'Aed on going to the assistance Of their .breth,
len Of Stcubeayillc; and when the time canc
az VINO could leave the city dil go, and they
'''ag back with them an account of a good time
aud good treatment. This is the only reason
Why the Nasons of this city did not visit Bell
ar and it would be a very hard thing to con-
vince ;he fraternity in Steubcnyillc, that the Or
DiFo Of this city were unwilling to answer a sig
aai from their brethren in Ohio, when they stood
"a need Of help. The editor of the Gazette is
U"e CT the proprietors of the town of Bellair,
%a was probably there more as a Spectator
.aaA as a Mason, and hence his disappointment
IN not seeing a host of people from Wheeling,
s-as ne might have been engaged in selling lots,
Slis his brethren were occupied in advancing
u' divine principles of their Order.
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