Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-11

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o. the first page of to-day's paper, we print
letter for n. P. Willis, descriptive of tour
over the Baltimore road In another letter, la
ter than the onejwe.have published, he gives
description of ride which he and Prescott 4
Smith, and Thompson, of the Southern Litera-
Ey Messenger, took on the "cOw-catcher =
The dayfSvus "a lvery hot onc-heat at 90 in I
the shade-andg of course, the "bIack iron seat
upon which the rambling Willis sat, was hot,
and appealed fundamentally TO his anxiety TO
see tie hoTse.m forward Well, the horse
did move off, and here's the way he describes
the sensntiun-from the reading Of which, We
have determined. to have Mr. Ford put us ont
on the Catcher, !" the very next timcwe go over
.,the road:
!, Behind glided the streets and people of Mar.
;tinsburc and the hot airalong with them, for
10 our exquisite delight it grew cool enough in
F.. the second or third minute. Smoke, clnders,
and secondhand atmosphere, were all famed
TO ;he rear With the accelerated speed, the
rush Of air was strife ofnnSeen carcsseS, my
f Rad Of soft fingers stroking Eack the hair mp
,nne's temples and pulling gently at the corners
of ones beard like shampooing By the daugh-
te,s Of EoIms-(a little imaginative. perhaps,
but remember, there were thee authors on
I the cow-catcher,) viii lethe handkerchief with
=. which endcaYored to blow my hose, was SO
: forced up my nostrilS as to make me SneeZe.
p, The 'sleepers," braces across the raIl-track,
1T first separate and distinct, confused into
solid plank. Cow after COW came in sight, and
the next instant, had narrow escape Of our
Acknowledgement bosoms-pig after pig, ddeHn
-ide2a q cks of sheep, grazing horses, drunken
men, and Irish children. What u gauntlet OF
accidents runs common cow-catcher, to be
sure!
But to be thus telegraphed in ones hat and
boots, strangely removes some Of ones preju-
Lices. The way we jumped chasms and skim
med ponds-popped across rivers and cleft open
hils-shot into caverns and under mountains,
ard spun away on the other side as nothing
had happened Skirtcd precipiccS and rounded
bIuftS-a at the same pace, and with no man
ncr of recognition of mortal mans common
rhudrance and obstacle. Why, it amounted to
"a flight of fancy" 1t was thought travel
ghost flitting-angcls Grant going, Cor, rather,
adams Express" before the fa)-a realization,
in fact, of two Of my once imaginative
questions in an early poem:
Are We thOught.rapi1: Can ye ny as far
AS instant as a thought
TO which any rider on the cow-catcher of
the Baltimore and Ohio" would now answer,
''YeS-sir-ec!"
The HEMpsGeLD SUBSCRIPTION, IN WASHINGTON
County, PA.-A number of gentlemen residing
ut Caudur, in Washington county, have formed
Themselves into committee of interrogation,
aud have put the following queries to the candi-
dates of the Democratic and Republican parties,
touching the subscription of that county to the
stocl; of the Hcmpfeld Railroad Company.
The nterrogatorics are as follows:
l. Did you vote for, or favor the county sub.
scripton to the uempfeld Railroad Company?
,. Are you, or have Yon ever been, holder
I'fSgD DO s t t9S coupons or bonds of the county
jmstahle in making the late levy
purposes?
/ Do you believe are equitably, morally
legally, or in honor bound, to pay the Interest
road to Greensburg?"
.. DO YOU approve Of the resolutions PASSED
by the anti tax ccnYcntion, held in Washington
on the third day of May laslY
D The Commissioners who issued said Bonds
declare that there WAS an expressed understand.
ing between them aud the President Of tho
Company at the time of their issue; that tbcv
were not thereby oh!igating the County TO nay
the interest before the completion TO Greens.
burgh. Do you believe that was correct
view OF the Act of Assembly, and that there
vas 40 authority in the act Of 1852 to bind
the county for thc interest before said compile.
ton?
7. Do you believe the Legislature have power
under the State and National CONSTITUTIONS, TO
TAX the private property OF Washington County,
20 build Railroads in Virginia
&. When You are qualified 10 ''Sunnort tbc
Constitutions and laws" do you swear 10 sup
port them according to your own understanding
ct them, or according to the decisions OF the
.. VIII you join in an effort to procure legis
iatlOn, whereby there will be no legal remedy
for the collection of said interest until the com
pletion as aforesaid; and would yon oppose the
passage, Of any law which would place the tax-
PAYERS in worse condition than they are now
r correspondence between the two candidates
lo1 Governor Of Ohio, Hon VIM Dennison, .Jr.,
and Judge fanney, is Published, by which it
appears that series of public discussions be
tween these two gentlemen will probably take
place sometime during the campaign. Judge
Ranney invited his opponent to address Joint
meetings ut place in each Congressional