Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-26


BosroS, Sept. 81, 1857.
Editors Intoliigeneer:-I arrived in the me
,rpnoIiS of Yankee land on Monday last
since which have been improving the Tine, 10y
studying geography Of the place, aud consider
or that | am progressing finely, as ! expect to NC
able to tell, within another week how got III
here and thus be enabled to find the way ont
Only those who have visited Boston can form !
correct idea as tn the vast difference there IS be
tween Imagination and reality, when applied ia
tho crooks and turns" OF human life. You
veil doubtless, remember the story OF the tar
mer's old SOW, which is fresh in the mind OF al
most every one; how she tried 10 get INTO tue
corn field as usual, through the crooked holio"
log. but owing to her place OF ingress having
been discovered aud the log turned so that both
ends were outside of the field, she came out at
every time she entered the log, upon the wrong
side of the fence. Well, just so it was with
YOUR correspondent ON the day alter his arrival
in this city: wishing to find ia certain locality
distant only few squares, he enquircd OF a
gentleman the way, and was told to Keep StJd'gat
i in the direction he was then going, and he
/ couldn't miss it." Thanking the stranger for
!! the information, your correspondent pursued
his way endeavOring to conform to the instruc.
tons ms near as possible, only avoiding running
into the houses, until lac was drought up stand
ling in the next square, by the street he was on
coming to terminus, and about five others, dit
TO- IN the llaIG- pI''tN AOStASf
the world like a star, the buildings representing
I the points inverted, the sharp ends turned to,
wards the centre which represent the square.
Here indeed was puzzle; but alter taking
general survey OF the premises ana having Sc
iected a street that seemed to run nearest his
course-that lis to say Sfotrted i'll that direction
there being no telling where the other end lay,
he struck out and walked rapidly for the space
of half an hour when-imagnc his curiOnS Aen-
sations-hc found himself standing just wheSe
he started from, opposite his Hotel. Not being
exactly satisfied with the terminus of his cX-
p!orations, but feeling little spunky, your COR
respondent made off the second time with feel
ings of determination, which must have been
plainly depicted upon his cOuntenance, that he
could and WOutd find the place he was in search
of This time lie asked information of another
gentleman, who pointed in the direction he was
told to 20 before: kept ON until satisfied that he
had gone too far; then turned to go back by
another way, walked briSkly for u considerable
length of time, following the streets so long as
they didn't turn round faster than he could, I'M
til all at once, he was brought to halt dorm on
the t5aGrf, and about half mile beyond where
he desired to go. Having thus had a little of
the conceit taken out Of him, ne began to feel
quite gentle and subdued, and thinking that
tue next best thing he could do would be to re-
turn 10 the hotel and take fresh start on the
morrow he began to retrace his steps, wonder
Boston again, could ever find their way into it
nov, or if. they should get in how would they
ever get out. But to tiud the hotel was the
next difficulty, and proved to be one equally as
great as that experienced in getting away from
it. This feat was accomplished by ascending the
steeplc Of the State House, which is elevated
far above the city and surrounding country, the
daily resort of hundreds of persons. Descend
ing from the capital, your correspondent soon
found the Quincy House, where he was satisfied
u remain until the next day, before venturlng
out again.
am Of the opinion that one of the greatest
difficulties here must be in constructing the
houses so as tomake them conform to the streets.
If you should doubt my Judgment, just get
map of the city, and take n look for youself-
Or. If YOU have not got one convenient, get
sheet of paper, and cover it with cork screws
and fish hooks, which win give you a general
idea Of the run Of the streets.
After the failures of the second days efforts,
was not willing to start out again without
some rcl;ahIe information at command, and nc,
cordingly borrowed of one of the accommodate
ting clerks, the map of the city, belonging to the
Quincy House which is good stiff card of
about 16 by 30 inches; with this under one
arm, and stout cane in the other hand, with
which to keep off the ragged news boys, and
other itinerating vendors of small wares, your
CORRESPONDENT now saliies forth daily, feeling
IuilE 1TluSu GtlulHpCu W. 10y
that may be likely to arise His first visit of
moment was, of course, paid to the Mecca OF
New England, Bunker Hill and its monument
which, rs you are aware is located IN Charles
town, u part, in fact, of the city OF Boston.
found the monument TO be all, and even more.
than had anticipated; it is, in fact, something
solid and sublime, and will point out to unborn
generations, that are to arise in the far distant
future the spot made rich by patriotism s'rlch-
est blood, on the 18th of June ITO. ms
shaft, constructed of immense blocks Of hcwn
granite, rears itself aloft 10 the height OF TWO
hundred and twenty-one feet, and is assembled by
two hundred and ninety-tiyc steps The cap
stone weighs about two tons and a half The
corner stone of this ObeliSk was laid by the inn
mortal Lafayette, on the 1Tth of June, 1928,
at which time an address was delivered by Dan
iel Webster. TWAS completed some Tune IN
the year 1912, but the ceremonies IN honor oI
that event did not take place until the lIth OF
June, lS43, which occasion, as all are aware,
called forth one Of Mr.. Websters greatest ell
forts
From the top of this monument, the view is
grand beyond conception. Boston, with the
numerous cities and towns III its neIghhorhood,
lie snreatl out in all their confused grandeur be-
Meath the beholder, whilst far away in the dis
taut west loom up the mountains of New lamp
shire one of which, visible from this nOnu-
ment, is the highest point Of land in New Eng
land To the east, we look down upon the Ma
Wv Yard, and out over one OF the hnest harOors
in In, world. upon whose surface ilOat vessels
IF iii classes aud from all nations Here stand.
ing beside the visitor, are two small brass field
nieces which constituted one haif al thc entire
! fsM artillery possessed by the colonies of
North America, at the commencement of the
war Of independence With my hand upon one
of these little things, small in SIZE hut great in
! commemoration, Hooked down upon as should
iudge. at Lsast ono thousand of the heaviest and
finest pices Of artillery possessed by any nation
4 on the earth. What changed
Descending from the monument, passed
/ down to the Navy Yard, entertaining desire to
see what Uncle Sam was about in that quarter.
The Yard is about one mile i'll length and con-
| tains some sixty acres, upon which stand nu-
1 -. I.,.o.n ,,.,rI. clnr,s and ntl,nr fin. ht1ilh.