Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-03


THE SORROWS OF WERTER IN THE SnADE.-A
g,at deal has been said and sung about the ro
nance Of an occasional excursion into the coun-
hy-especial!y when said excursion combines
initany thing of an adventure. Thewholc
intentiOn and point in this item, next to filling
up certain space in this column, is 10 say, that
Vereaized most wildly, last Friday night, that
while an exclusion may be eminently adventur
Gus, it may also be entirely unromantic. Kit
Carson and Fremont have regulations us path
finders, but all their Investigations were conduc
ted by day light, eide the life of the latter. So
we're those of Bayard Taylor and Baron Hum
S'lat Ours differed. We chose darkness-not
tecause our deeds were evil-for while our PEE
eunary affairs were slim, no attachments had
YET been served. The trip was voluntary. And
Nse 1t may be proper to say, that we started
aIier hight, which it will be observed increases
Tue Intensity Of the adventure. Our eyes, nat
aaiy good, from long habit of writing unpaid
gr articles for this column. were dim. Fur
ae'more, the Moon, or rather the horn of if,
Which hove been in sight the night before, was
@'i,iblc-the stars were also non est, and our
eyes ashefore observed, were but Indifferent
'lRIna'ieS. We might heigl,ten the effect by
APPEALING to tile reader to think of what a con-
ellion clay road must have been in on Friday
mga' last, after the rains of day or two before.
i'Oe laconic, wcwill say that they were s'Sith-
w form and void" and darkness, real, Egyp-
,unla-'n'inight darkness broodrd over them
would be no more than just concession to
human weakness to say, than when three miles
WI We stopped-we debated inwardly the qucs-
u09' 10 go, or not to go.r Like a jury ON a
AN question, We hung; but twas only for a
-'0asnt The ancient superstition of "never
'''' back on Friday startled us, and the off
r'PSe iclt sensibly the force of our decision.
all the events of Flood and field, of that
'sal, space and time fail us here to speak
VII be found recorded, in our private diary,
% now We stopped at various houses, borrow
"a candle, match, and finally how we found
''a wh" wasiwiling to trust TO us u Tin Ian
.'a How one of the two, in that buggy,
lat 'i'at lanthorn in his hand, lead the horses
u carried the Ianthorn-how that the other
'sa''' the baggy-whilel his pedestals, at each
,l'e>S'vc effort, sunk fur, very far under
l.o1n.; and finally, how in that private diary
p'S'a illusions are made TO the Sorrows OF
,,'eF' as being Insignificant, when compared
~. wa ue srigfs of the writer, during that long
'>l dismal night
a, AVER Nkws,-Fhc river continues to fall
', Wy with feet water.
.a' arrivals of boats since Saturday have
.@ 'ne Forest City, Ghevoit, A. g. Mason,
,' SUES Wood, Buckeye State, Orb. Moderator,
,.,' commerce. from Pittsburgh; the Clifton, In
\, ,I "a Quaker City, wenona. ]. Il. Mailman,
= noi@es, Bay City, and Yorktown from Gin,
-'u u and ports below; the Emma Graham
Sr w. lanesville; Stephen Bayard from suutishi
Ssabepvils. : Ns' -
rS departures were the Forest City, Clifton
s ssA@ City, j. H. Mailman, Wenona, MAJ
Se,s s,'s' Lay City and Emma Graham TO Pitts
50 A. G. Mason. James Wood and Com
ciss ~ 10 st. Louis; Buckeye State aud Orb fol
IA I'naa'; Chcyoit to GAINESVILLE; Stephen Bay
Cav I" FS'kcrSburg; Silver Starto, Galip6lis and
Toy o to Stcubcnvflle.
he Fvs S.eCinnati Gazette of last night says;
ID I've, liver Is now receding rapidly, bnt there is
segS. luce s. OF water for theiafgest class stea.
pSasaat. = Weather Is clear and cool, but 9uit'