Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-02
Loorre,nondence Of tae wheellng 1ntellIgenesr.l

CHICAGO, Sept "a, 1858.
IHes8rs. EditOrs:-0ne sees and hears so muc'
when travelling, that he hardly knows what I
put down for public reading, and yet SO little
sufficient magnitude or moment, that the sam
difficulty arises. But here l am in Chicago
having been walked up to look at it from sleeI
ing car, in which 1 laid my whole horizontal :
six feet BY the way, these dormitories al
grand arrangements for the "sick and sore, " an
disbursed the required four "bits" for bertl
with eager readiness. laid me down, however
full of pity for my less fortunate yellow Crit
ters" in the cars s'preYious before" mo, VII
sat bolt upright on narrow seats. perpetual
asking each other the distance to the next st;
ton. This Chicago, l fear, has actually grow
more wicked than when j saw it last. 1t muc
resembles the Vanity Fair of Bunyan. If ever
other house is not lager bier" concern, +
like to know what the sign is up 5for-and the Z
the places of amusement and wic6ednesS, dedi
Gated to all the vile gods which bad men wo'
Ship seem to abound on every street. As a
offset, however, churches are being erected ever
year. and the Gospel is no doubt preached i
its purity, and its precepts humbly practisedb .
hundreds here of whom the world is not worthy
Many of my old acquaintances here, asked H.
in reference to the state fleeing upon, the sui
iect of slavery in Virginia. This, with som
persons, is the all engrossing theme, and the
conceive the whole world outside and beyond
be similarly enchanted with the topic. The
remind me of little African prince, VII
governs a little, unknown tribe in the dark IL
gions of Fezzan, inquiring of an English trave
er, many years ago, what the king OF England
said about him nowadays. 1t may be, however
that every question is to be superseded by tn;
one, and if my voice could be heard above tb
din, 1 would counsel moderation, prudence, an
patience; no recriminationS or reproacheS, and
prayerful reliance upon the God of Nations.
But overlapping every other subject, is the
great Senatorial combat between the two cham
pions of the respective parties Lincoln anc
Douglas you hear of constantly, and the
Douglas and Lincoln-in the street, hotel carr
it is all the same. gentleman in the cars, Ell
tertalned my unwilling ear with history
the whole matter, extolling his favorite with tn
most extravagant laudations, until he provoke
passenger behind me, of another ilk, to dis
pute his positions, and was compelled to yici
half of my snug seat that my neighbor migL
approach his antagonist n little nearer-and
it they VENT mean in loud Scords. NJ
auricular organ was Salutcd anon by most ster
| torian aconsticy, (new wordD and listener
laughed in sympathetic gnffaw, and interfere
with most inharmoniouS impertinence, and il.
language not the selecteSt, that 1 inwardly
sighed, 80 carry me back, &c. But my gravi
ty, believe, procured me creditor ultimate
ly and suddenly one of the gladiators rcfcrre.
the whole conclusion to me, and asked me if !
did not think that Douglas would be electedS
With reach of thought that was not at all ap.
preciated, replied, that if he got votes enough,
he would. The election for members of tn
Legislature takes place early in November, anu
fancy that my prediction will then be verified
"Hard times" is all the cry wherever I hav'
been.-I assure you, good IntelLigencer, thati
am to believe all hear, and part of which
see, the West has never seen such dolorous
times. No employment, no money, no crops
this, they tell me, is the destructive trio. Their
natural Consequences follow, BANKRUPTCY, wretch.
edness, and painful forebodings. Property
mean landed-is very low, and he who has spare
money, and wishes more, would do wellsto buy
now. 1 have none to sell, and give my advice
gratuitously. l am going down through the
letter Of similar charcoal sketchings, picking ur
any "unconsidered trife" that may interestyom
Ieaders-until when, adieu. SIMON.