Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-23
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WELLzBURd, Va, AprIs2d, 1857.

MELLsBCRd, Va, ApFil29d, 1857
EiitOTs LRtelligeEeSr
Lest many Of the readers Of your truly 4nlu-#
able paper may be ignorant Of OnH position
geographically, PLEASE ten them 70 place their
finger upon the map just where the thriving
city Of Wheeling is located and trace the sinn-i
ouS Ohio TN H0ld Buffalo" arrests the eye
thar, night thar where that noisy little stream
Pours its impid waves into the sedaie bosom Of
the Ohio, stands the modest town Of vs. ellsburg
once yelePt Chariestown, il honor Of Charles
PratheE, pioneer Of W eSteTn Virginia, who's
hoBored remains have long since been gathered
home 70 his fathers
Our town occupies portion Of the rich aIln-
Eial bottom which extends along the Ohio river
for about three miles, when It Is rather alb
Tuptly terminated by bold roek-riBbed hills
Having no railroad facilities, except the C. j.
P. 2 r extension, on the opposite side Of the
river, and being cursed with = class Of monied
Shylocks, who etsrnally act npou the offensive,
and shave the unfortunate with stony-hearted
disregard ofany thing bat the pound Of flesh,
ron may rest assured that orr town has not
Withstanding her many natural advantages,
fallen fAr behind her sisters In the Taes for sub
Stantial greatness
Guided by the selfish policy Of few money
To=shiPperS our town has truly become an an
tiqRAted specimen Of Western Virginia toxin,
resting supinely in the lap Of q thousand natn-
rnl advantages, presenting the anomoly of capi-
tai without energy, and enterprise without cap
itAl II Is true, that we can boast of one cot
ton factory, two paper mills, and one grist mill
AL ''driE" by steaml and it Is also true that the
grand old hills behind town are filed to re
pletion with coal Of the finest quality, which
can be delivered ~ the mills for about four cents
per bushel! and where a Few machines are
putting away the long summer days, the air
might be filed with the WhiSsing Of the spindle,
and the elangor Of the mighty forge. while
from out thousand cbimneys would arise the
thick yOiumed smoke
Such may be the case when the present gene
ration Of dull, prosy automatons shall have
passed away, to be forgotten in q fortnight, and
men OF enterprise have come 70 dwell among us,
TO give employment 70 thousands, and build up
for themselves, by tact and honesty, substantial
fortunes among the eternal hills that surround
our ancient town.
We have also one of the finest steamboat
landings on the Ohio river; boats from the 'huge
leyiathan" down TO the little ''dinkey," If they
once get above the head of navigation, /. g.
Wheeling, can safely ride here in deep water,
and captains and owners can fellcitate themselves
that they are in snug place to wait for a
freshet
The lands back Of our town are under high
state of cultivation, and are worth from $50 to
300 per acre; think Of that ye jewellers in the
crowded city where the dim gas light licters
along the dark damp pavement; serving only
7
The political horizon just now is little clou-
dy; and storm is appTehended; as is cTinced
By the corrugated brnVEs and haSfy tread of
the leaders Of the Democracy IN good old Brooke.
Il seems that one Of our high fnnctionaTies has
had the screws placed upon him, By his would
be masters; but know the man as well as they;
he IS game to the back bone and will come out
ahead mark my wOrdsI Democracy Is tOle-
rable good thing in some ways, but when the
leaders thereof deem It advisable TO drive with
a scourge in one hand, and jug in the other, a
Plebian will sometimes kick up muss. and the
shanghal's viii rule awhile sin course"
Great is Pan Handle Democracy"
'Mons Rollin, !" the wizard, has been perform
ing her TO attenuated houses for "few nights
only; average cash receipts Sl,O9 per night
the worthy professor having obtained his circu-
lars from the Herald Office on "tick, feeling nm
able 70 iguidate the printers claims upon his
pile, "TamOsed" between two days; whereupon
him with the moustache," who aforetime so
completely flayed and served up Judge ThOmp-
son, sgvore BIZ his beard that all strOlling Inn
posters and lawyers should pay in advance or
the Herald perish. in thus maintaining its own
dignity. y. B. When Gabriel's dander is up
something's coming; chair perhaps, or aspicy
paragraph at least
Assignments are all the rage here just now :;
men from the sleek inSinuating operators in
thousands, down to the laborer, who closes out
his creditors on ten dollars; this Is most ini-
quitous law, and gives great scope for scoundrel-
ism 1t IS kind Of legerdemain BY which .
man. honest or dishonest, may secure, in the
event of failure on his past, just whom he plea
ses. Away with such law, let the poor who
deposit few dollars with such men come in and
share the fragments "pro rata"
This county is rich in Indian lore on every
hill top, and IN each grassy valley is written .
legend Of the oldcn time; and with your per-
mission viii in some future epistle attempt TO
render you an account of some Of the deeds of
our forefathers, and their willy foes the red men
Iremain yours CrTrzEs.