Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-01
WHEF
THE INTELLIGENCEP
of the Wheeling 1ntelllgenoer.
CHARLESTON, VA, June 25, Isl

not 90 yourself the pleasure of making visi
10 thlS charming little town. You wonld hov
enjoyed the trip to ParEersburg amazingly ~, .
Tue lare at the "Swann House;' but it is n uo;
ter OF question If you would have waited Dati
emily for t'00 days for steamer down river
what has come over the Ohio? Really. ono +,
compelled to believe that her glory is denartcd
| was reminded of the National Road. once so
famous and now deserted when stood and
sat, and walked hy the shore Of the Ohio and
prayed hourly, for two days and night thor
some floating craft would dissipate the nonoton,,
of the river view
You need hardly be told that Parkcrsbure is
pleasant town, and until you are married. do
not Visit there; for the ladies are two pretty and
entertaining for bachelor editor. They might
make you an exception. Doubtful The town
Is not so large as Wheeling, though heard a
gentleman tell another, that it soon would he
! lie considered the destiny of Parkersburr n
settled thing. What destiny had not time to
hear. Most of the business is done with and
by and through the Railroad. In fact, the town
owes its support almost entirely to the Locolno.
tlves and what they bring after them 1t must
be pleasant place for residence, and were it
not Tor the possibility of its rlvaling Wheeling |
should say more in its favor
Alter waiting until Sunday morning. we in
uuced steamer, that had come up river to
take us down. There were probably fifty mas
SengerS waiting to get away, besides many that
h2d lett on horses, by foot, and in coaches So
we ttoatcd away at p. NJ. and in the face of n
terrible wind, were lncky enough to make Point
Pleasant, so miles below, in time for the
Charleston Packet. OF Point Pleasant I know
nothing. Some four years since was compclled
to wait there for day or two, and rather than
remain longer, went round by Cincinnati to
Wheeling. hope the town has improved since
then. do not know its population, but il YOU
are interested in the matter, will go down and
enquire into the matter.
We took the "Kanawha Valley" at 9 A. NJ,
and were turned from the Ohio into the bcauti.
lnl rlver that now is rolling on silently under
our window. The steamer was an excellent one
and impressed us as being rather large for so
small a stream. But then, we had nothing TO
do with that, for it did seem that the officers
would know better than to attempt pushing Il
boat of that size through the sand. We left
with lying colOrs. The river was as beautiful
as when we came down it years ago, and with
such charming company. The passengers were
agreeable, and we had every hope of a safe and
speedy trip. But alas for human hopes -
There were more troubles than VIC had ever
dreamed OF.
1t was stone wall here; a sand bank there;
some swift chute next, and We found ourselves
the next morning only few miles above where
we had started. The passengers began To get
angry, and some of 1hem tried it afnot )" while
others, knowing the farmers on the river, hired
wagons and vehicles OF one kind and another
and hicd on towards Charleston. But had de-
terlnined to stick to- the ship. At 'rcd horse
shoals" we were detained for two nights aud n
day, and all the passengers, save two others and
myself, deserted the boat. One Of my compan-
ions was New Yorker, and a coal oil ,nauuCac-
tnrer, with amy amount Of apparatus aboard;
and the other preacher OF fine ability and
| most SOciable qualities. SO we had all the fun
to ourselves. The minister preached one eve
ming while we were at Winfield, and we all
| turned out 10 hear most admirable discourse
entirely ruined by noisy baby He endured
! 1T like Il martyr, and was in as good humor the
| next morning as usual l fear me that the
gOodly citizens Of Winfield will not forget us
| We were wholly quite at home there, aud
dare say that they would be glad to have US
come again.
But all troubles in this world must have an
end. We discharged most Of our freight, and
then came up swimingly until we reached the
shoals about two miles below the town. 1t
was after dinner when Charleston came in view
or when we came in view OF Charleston, and
we were working bravely to get upon the land
| once more, when our steamer went aground
and-staid there. We talked and smoked and
read and took tea, and still we were no nearer
the town. The Minister had left us at the
mouth of Coal, and only my friend S. and my
self were particularly interested parties. We
bore it until dark, and then prevailed upon the
| Clerk 10 pull US up to Charleston in IL yaui.
wish to express my thanks to thy friend, who
is the author Of that noted poem, the last line
of which read in this way
! ''1 said, wilt thou, my love? and she wied"
| wish to say that am under obligations to
/ hi l-nN rf,