Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-06-04

WHEELING.-Mr. ErIToR: Your cores
pondent from Bellaire has entirely misun'
dersiood nv remarks upon the trade between
Belmont County and Wheeling. The %
ject Of my article was to show what Bel
mont had gained, and what it might jet gain
on account of its proximity 10 Wheeling =
Concerning the railroads ] only claimed
tina: Wheeling was the means of bringing
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to tht
river at this place; fer it is well known Il
ali who are acquainted with the history o
this road, that were it not for Wheeling in
fiuence it would never have reached thf
river higher up than Psrkersburg. Eonly
claimed that the Bait imo,e and Ohio Rail-
road, mot Whee ing) brought the Centra
road to the river at BelIaire, and that these
influences combined brought down the Cir.
cumbenbus, did not claim that Wheeling
directly influenced any road to the river al
this place except The Baltimore rosd-bui
it was thus the originating cause Of the
railroads of Belmont county A child may
start stone upon the mountain side, and
the attraction of gravity gives it velocity
and power in its downward course. Thus
Wheeling, Iike the child. has stsrted the
movement which caused the various rail
roads to center in this neighborhood; and
the travel and commerce of the nation, lik e
the attraction of graviiation was the COM
pIeting cause of the movement Were it
not for the child, the stone would never
have rolled down the mopnsasns side, ana
were'it not for Wheeling the railroads OF
this neighborhood would have reached the
Ohio river at other POINTS The HempfeId
is not now quite as impoverished as your
correspondent supposes. A late act of the
Pennsylvania Legislature authorizing the
Pennsylvan Central Railroad Company to
subscribe 81 100000 towards the compile
ton of the Hempfeld. The work upon the
road will be at once resumed and pushed on
to completion; and when completed Bel
mont, as we'll as Wheeling, will derive
more profit from it, than any other road; for
il will be the nearest and most direct rout
to the East. and will thus bring Eastern
markets nearer Belmont county than any 9th
er road can possibly do.
'LocaIitems" must rot understand me as
detracting in the least from the vast impor-
tance of the great City of Bellaire; nor
would deprive her of single ounce Of
Belmont produce that she needs. No solid
prosperity will ever be gained by pulling
down one interest to build up another. we
must not rob Peter TO pay Paul. The in
terest of BeImon, is intimately connected
with that of Wheeling, what profits one
will profit the other also. True, we stand
upon different sides of Mason and Dixon's
Line. we are the bond of cement between
the North and South--and we so intimately
unite the two sections of the country.
that we can no longer see the line OF sepa-
ration, we miDgle with each other on either
side of the river conscious that we are still
under the flag of our common country.
The location of Belmont county gives it
advantages unsurpassed by any other county
in the state. No where else in Ohio, can
farmers secure higher prices for all they
have t. sell. than can b. obtained here. The
question for your readers TO determine is
whether they arm king the b-st use oi
ali the advantages they possess Are tn. y
increasing ihe amount of marketable pro-
ducts m proportion to the iucre spd drma nd
How few of your farmers. comparatively
make any exerton TO pot into market any
thing mure than wheat, corn and oats; AID
bow lew are acquainted with the light ex-
perse anG immense profits resulting from
The proceeds of thu Orchard. the garden. the
dairy and the poultry yard. Belmont cOuI'.
ty mas praspered and is still prospering; yet
all this is but little compared to what she
may yet attain if she only makes proper
eXertions to receive it.
The Virginia Sta,e Election is past and,
in this county resulted lin the triumph ol
the Independent candidates TO- members o:
the State Legislature. According to the
Wheeling Argus--Mayor Caldwell,the mem.
ber elect to1he Srate Senate, is free soil
er, and was brought out by the 'aboitionists,
yet in spite of these great charges he re-
ceived majority of 465 votes in The county
So if the Agrus' charge be true freesoilisH
is no, an unpopular doctrine in ..Ohio county
The Democratic organ made these charge:
expecting to blast his fair nome, but the
people knew Mr.. Caldwell to be high ton
ed gentleman, liberal, independent and con
servative in politics, and they were willing
TO trus, their Legislative interests to hi
care. SCRUTAToR.
WHEELING, June lst, 1857.