Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-13
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Clarksburg, Va, Oct. IL, 1858.
BlltoTs lntettigenccr:-I promised you on
my departure from Wheeling, that / would write
you, should anything of interest occur on the
line of my travel My first stopping place was
Moundsville, where 1 found q large congregation
of lawyers, from all the adjacent country, at
tending on the sittings of the Circuit Court
but as your own reporter, who was in town on
the same day, has given you the minutes of
proceedings up to the day / left, and that, too,
infinitely, will pass on to Cameron, where i
arrived on Wednesday evening. Here the usual
quiet OF the town was undisturbed, save by the
excitement attendantupon protracted meeting
which was being bcld ut a school: house on the
bill, just back of Fitzgerald s Hotel. The Rev
Mr. Ford, formerly Of the North street NJ. E.
Church, OF wheeling, was conducting the cere-
monies and preached an excellent sermon from
the text, BE sure your sir will find you out"
a large number of the citizens of Cameron have
Joined the church since this revival has been
going on, among them many of the wealthiest
and. most inHucntia The meeting is held ut
the school house at night, while a prayer meet.
ing is held at the house of some memberof the
church, lin the morning.
From Cameron l next started for Warrington,
a quiet little town about IL miles west of Fair
mont Nothing extraordinary tits natureever
rutles the surface. of things there, and were 1t
not for the jovial character of some of the boar
ders OF the village hotel, the stay of twenty.
four hours to which the passengers are subject
ed, would be irksome in the extreme. As 1T,
was, however, the evening spent in the Hotel at
Warrington, was one of the pleasnntest ever
spentinm my life Acrowd of the village boys1got
together to listen to the droll remarks of one of
their number an employee ohthe railroad.-who
commenced the evening entertainments by sing
ing allsthe negro melodies extant-and finally
wound up with a parody onsthe hymn. YOn
Jordan's stormy banks stand, which ran thus:
"on MouOngahe banks 1 stand, *. y ,sss55
And view the tish creek o'er,n Sc.
and following thisup with the following parody
on the first verse of "When i can read nv title
clears"
''w1enI can shoot my rife eleas
III bid farewell to Lager Beer
Andlye on pigeon pies"
Very appropriate to this region, inasmnch as the
people do considerable neutrality-suspicious. are
tolerable thick, and not drop of Lager in the
town. s.
Some little excitement was occasioned in !.
the town by. the report that a man had been
severely wounded in a drunken fight near Far.
mington. I did not learn the parties names.
butt seems that they got into a difficulty about
nothing in particular, came to blows when one
drew q knife and stabbed the other in the
abdomen, so severely that part of the entrails
protruded. didInot learn whether he was
dangerousl injured or not, but it was generally
supposed not.
Grafton was my next stopping place. Here
nothing new is going on. Tho Grafton Hotel.
kept by Mr.. Resley, is under; much better man.
agernent than it was a few months ago, and the
cheerful smiles of Mr.. Gregory as no welcomes
his guests, show them at once thattheir comfort
Shall not be overlooked. There isfsome talk of
project fol, lighting the town with eastwood
ITS cltlzens having proposed erecting works for
the purpose, the gas to be manufactured from
Rosin foil. It is as yet but talked Of. no
decisive steps having beenta taken. "a heavy frost
was on the ground here this morning; and some
ice was formed Jack Frost is early, in. his
visits perhaps he does not intend making
long stay. will write you again what news
may be CLEANED from Clarksburg.s - IS
Yours, &c, n
THE Maeoupin Ell. Spectator states that IN
Q case brought before the Circuit Court in that
county the costs amounted to 1857 81 besides
q loss OF time and contingencies, and thescase
was Withdrawn Ct length by the parties without
q verdict. was all ahonfc hill