Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-25
Correspondence Of the wheeling IntellIrcnser.I
BErHANY, Va, April %, 1857.

lcoue,pondsnes Of the wheeling InieillseneeFI
BETHANY, Va, April %, 1857.
lfessrs. Etlitors Of Iatelligeneer:
It is common practice among stump speak
srssg they first, begin to canvass their par
ticu96F districts, TO .sdefnes what they are
pleased 70 call their position" We are not
awprs tliatthis is tbsolVtely Necessary upon tlIe
part of letter writer's yet. we are somewhat
disposed TO believe, that It would add much to
the interest of newspaper correspondence, were
the practice geaoFaIIF adopt sEeasofsthy
We conclude thus is, our people have become SO
much sssimilated 70 the steEsotyped shapes Of
political fummery, that they are unable to app
preciate any thing uhiessit ,fashioneda itarthe
Ygood old paths our fathers walked ii" We
have concluded, therefore, in the commencement
of our correspondence, to fairly define our po-
sition, as this about all politics we will be
able to get into our letters, aud we desire to
make them as popular as possible We will
commence by calling tie readers aEte6tib6 to
the following old and trite sayings, which are
generally Conceded to be closely akin tor thati
classof inexplicable problems very
denominated nxi0ms: LIST. That fu-
man nature is the same everywhere. ~ 3D. That
mankind is the greatest study of man. Sd,
That College is amicrocosmi IA wOrldaih min
inture, and therefore, presents one of the best
fields for the study of human character that can
possibly he obtained. e az.l5 ,ssi ,:.ss
Now, since human nature is the same every
where, our geOgrdPk ieGL position will not inter
iere with our 0lea position" neither will the
smallness of ourVillage abstract from the great
ness of our purpose, and SINCE to s"kTioY thy.
self is one OF the wisest maXims Of antiquity,
,k.el
the hccotnpii of this, it will therefore be
ourimind TO keep you posted in relation to the
affairs of our Ok llege world, BY which means we
hope to unfold manySof tho secret mysteries of
human nature, thereby increasing our knowl.
edge of that wonderful animal sometimes styled
the ygenus homo It might be-. proper just
here TO state, however, that we should have used
this term in the plural number, for we have, in
this particular locality, not only different spe
cies of the same race, but we think there is ey-
cry reason to believe that there nre number of
distinct 1steeE.. I'VE 80 not mean TO be under
stood, by this, rs making an effort to contradict
the.Bible account, that We;are; oil the children
of Adam and Eve,-we only wish to suggest,
that It might be possible for nov races 10 haye
started since TINT time as il is altogether proba-i
bic, in this FIST age, some Tonld not be satisfied
to submit to the old fOgyism of such antiqn6ted
personges. -. 81 tFs.i4s '. 4S2s'a .'zsl 20; s'1ri !!
h Having now "defined our position" We will
state, briefly, some of the differences oCsthese
wonderful bipeds, and give the name by. which
they are designated ssz..i.:s rss5 a. .i4eial
The'first cIass-the Hoi Atfst0i--live in the
rich ana exuberant territory Of Upper tend11l''
This position is held sacred, andis surrounded by
t'titlcs, degrees s.paSswords.n, and "signs,"
SO mat mo- "6arbariani!is allowed to enter. The
seniors" of whom there isa greater number
this year than usual, though we are Of opinion
that this is about all they canIay claim toG-rnay
FanFnFl
main. There are others, however, who stand
upon their dignity wonderfully, and whose
claims "a. some imP0rtdHcs must not be over
looked: such as editors, speakers, etc. 2 AZ pOT-
ton Of the citizens, also, belong to this class,
rather through Uecs&sity; however, than other:
wise; for there could be no greater destruction.
to their HliTes; their fortunes and their sacred
hoRors,n than to bring down upon their heads
the nnathemas of the aforesaid worthless. The
second Class--the direct antithesis of the one we
have mentioned wears the Supbonious cogno-
men ofSstI9oi. Bitr5a1oj.' These occnpy n more
humble position by assignment, but in practice
rise even higher and sprsdd li6itteF 1--WE mean
certain opes) than the most celebrated Hpi.S :
This class is mAdG up from the Tefitss of. the
first named. THERE'S also 4 third class, more
forlorn still-the ruEgus prcfaiitn, who arenot
allowed EVEN so much as to touch tic GARMENTS
Of the Hdia and are permitted only to ieish they
i'could be- in the presence of the BtrbGF0is.-
oCAlleTeE hlOnE between these classes are the
t'BullF Heads CatIsh . Suckers and Gsmall
frys,'of all descriptions, from tho real genuine,
I'Codfshsn with the ,qTisto, tackled on, down to-
the; 'Minnies' aud 'I'adpoles; 2 whose business
Is to furnish bait for the big unS" to nibble at
Thus you see Messrs. Editors, 7t6atlwe have q
general assortment of material with which To-
work. and if we do not succeed in eliminating.
from this mass of humanity, some clover thiDgs,i
the fault will be in usathat's all
Rnt yrill rOyJ, IN disturb. tho
equilibrium which is existing among tho differ
ent particles; we win wait until alter Friday
night, at which we understand a general turn
out Of allthe 'oisn ISL TO take place. to witness
q splendid Ifzzirot at one of the Societies "a We
expect some rare Developments in t6osMaY Of
fashion and speaking. No doubt the .Ameri.
can Eagle win have every eather pluck from
his wings to aid some youthful erinl satellite to
travel faster towards the star of his destiny
which is always the,star Of our country, Tin
course But we will not anticipate. In our
next We may make some startling develops;
mentsy - Yours, ss'as On the cOHSER.7
W. ,,,ar, nor the lassfEeueeisFr;silt. 3 -
Msasya Editors I'll notice. the following lines
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