Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-31

Wa have correspondent Who lives, enjoys
liberty, and pur,uss happiness Ia New Castle
not that New Castle to which some d,ncniei in.
diViduAl once carried eoais-bnt New Catle "a
post.borough, capital Of Lawrence Co, Pa, on
the Shsningo river, a, the mouth ofNeshannoek
Greek, and on the Beaver and Erie canal, %
miles n. ". W. ofPiu'burgh" [Tiis Lipp,a.
eoit.l This correspondent wrote us a letter
partly on business. and partly on purpose. lie
writes with a most yeraeiols pen, and as we
have perused bis communication with interest
We beg to make few extracts
lie is Of opinion that "welEel" makes -
great blow about that old town, Morsantown,'
ard regards it, compared with New Castle,
= small potato place, at the same time considering
"Ihal man welIel" 4 sort Of unobscurcd hum.
bug. Every mans house Is his Castle" said
somebody but as ancient place Is Morgan.
town is not a New Castle by any means, thinks
our friend.
Twenty years ago, New Castle was a villlge
oils or 20 houses; now il contains : 900 inhabi-
unts. II has l9 churches, and school houses,
one Of which will hold 300 and another 400
seholrrs. This largest was built at cost Of
$4,000, and is constructed on the plnn Of the
Wheeling Seminary. There are three machine
shops, two iron works, two foundries, aqd one
large blast furnace; two steam Touring mills,
two saw mills, three breweries, and planning
mill-all in successful operation, particularly
the breweries, [From which lat remark We
infer that the good people have passion for
'lager.'l There is a cemetery overlooking tho
town, laid out with great taste. Nothing ex.
hibits people better than their graveyard. II
well filled, it hints eloquen,ly at Doctors and
patent nostrumS:: II well tombed and cared for,
It tells Of the wealth, taste, and moral intclli
genee Of tho community Lawrence county,
ofwhieh New Castle is the capital, is celebrated
for corn, wheat, potatoes, and big crops Of Black
Republicans on election days
The town is lit with gas and four newspapers,
There arc four railroads building one Of which
twill be running by the Fourth Of July
Where it is expected to run, and how, dePO-
uent saith not Probably in such fast town
as New Castle the roads are endowed with pow.
ers Of locomotion unknown as yet in this slow
portion Of tho moral vineyard
"Dayard TayOrleeturcs here nextw ednesday,
the receipts to go to the benefit of the Reading
Rooms. Our citizens expect great treat then"
lof what sOrt-will Bayard "stand treat" to
the "lager," or is it to be feast Of reasOnl
B-By the way, why couldn't Bayard come
down into this smoky latitude and give US a
little Laplandsh talk'l
Our correspondent concludes his cpistlS by
naively observing that If he could write like
'wetIel be would write letter for the paper"
but as he can't-why, "therc is no use Of talking
about it." He promises, however, that il we
will come up there some time next summer, he
will "shOw all the sights Ilhe Elephant of
New Castle" so that we can set it down for
certainty that New Castle is a fast place"
We shall certainly 90. New Castle is just on
the track Of our next summers tour. We shall
lecture there too, for the benefit Of Mount Yer.
non, IL the dear old concern has not been paid
for berOre.then-subjsei, Lager, aud the Dutch,
their mutual relations and affections AZ for
"Wetzel," we reckon he will take in sail when
he meets this northern squall In the language
Of the poet, we may ask,
whsre'i M,rsAn,ovn' nouhlr.
Gene ginntringi