The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-02
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WHEELING WEST MONDAY MORNING OCTOBER q 1865


two boats continued to run with little
or no Interruption, till tho Eagle, built
by Messrs. Booth IL Co., took the place
OF the WO0iiSide as a mail boat. 8yG
The Al5ealdrlo ran until the Spring
of 1862, when the Express was brought
out by the owners of the AtLemnrLe, nf-
ter which the two companies owning
ted and becilme what Is known as the
Wheeling and Parkersburg Packet
Company. -saa l1|tss. ~ tt
These two fine steamers, provided
with nl1 the modern improvements
which have made steam navigation
cheap, profitable, swift and safe, as
well as tho most comfortable and pleas
ant method oftravel for those who have
leisure to enjoy n trip, now represent
tho Parkersburg trade ut our landing.
The engines of tho EHOiG wero built up
on new style, which, 1t was thought,
would add greatly to the economy of
fuel. 1t was an experiment, and like
oil experiments to which successful is
sues come, cost considerable time and
a great deal of money to bring 1t TO per-
fection, but the same tenncity OF pur-
pose which built up the trade forwhich
she was designed, Overcame all difficult
ty, till in the heccononicnl use OF fuel we
presume she stands without q rival.
These boats, built AFTER long experience
OF its wants, could be nothing else but
what they have been-a perfect success.
Tho regularity of tho packets wns in
terrupted for short intervals by the i'm
pressment of the Express into tho Gov
ernment service. During one of those
/ trips she was sunk, but finding that she
had sustained no serious damage, asuc-
cessGul effort was made to raise her, and
the necessary repairs having been made,
| she will soon resume her regular trips,
During the war these Boats have
brought an immense amount of agri-
cultural products to the city. Their
registers show large passenger list,
averaging, we should say, II hundred
aud tifty passengers per day.. We are
not much surprised at this, however,
when we know the men under whose
genial auspices the people find Them
selves travelling from day TO dny. To
these Ineu, nnd'to those who have pre-
ceded them, md, infnct, all who, hive
! from time to time assisted in build
| ing this longest and most important line
of Communication, and who have con-
tended with difficulties, the history of
which would fill n volume, Wheeling
owes the large md prosperous trade
which she now enjoys over the whole
length of river controlled by these
bouts. ist..is.l lr
Some very ungenerously claim TINT
we owc much of this trade to fortuitous
circumstances; that Pittsburgh having
become the great centre from which riI-
'tIiates extensive lines of railroad which
carry her manufactures to all parts of
the West and South, independent OF
the river, has practically given up all
claim to such river trade as ought
legiiimntely to come to us, and has
ceased to be ill-natured towards us in
our attempts to build ourselves n name
and n place. But it would bo n legiti-
mate question to ask, who gave us a
communication that kept us in perpet-
Iial readiness to derive advantage from
any fortuitOus circumstances that might
arise, even five could safely admit the
proposition? We deny, however, that
with all their numerous avenues of
trade, Pittsburghers are whit the
more inclined TO leave us in the peace
able enjoyment of any trade, however
legiimRtely. It may belong to us, If she
can by any means whatever draw it to
herself. tits true, that for the plst Year
or so Pittsburgh has paid but little Mt
tentiOn to the traffic within the limits
of the Pnrkersburg and Wheeling trade.
She may hnve thought 1t scarcely worth
looking after, and neglected 1t on this
account; ifsO. we conclude that she has
speedily discovered her error, for this
season Inns found her energedcally en-
gagged in trying to secure the trade
again. We mhy say, then, that il be-
hooves us to he on the alert, and guard
jealously the trnde thht our steamboat
Inen have brought to our doors. In
naming tho following gentlemen us of
ficers on the boats mentioned, 1t will be
understood MS having reference to the
time the bOats were in the Pnrkersburg
trnde.
or the first Courier, Capt. Roberts;
Clerk, J. G. Jelly. In 1858 John Null
rine became her Clerk and continued
4. Il
Capt. j. @. Jelly; Clerk, w. Pancost!
or the BdYdrd, Capt, ]. @. Booth; Clerk,
O.. II. Booth. OF the second Courier,
Capt. j. IT. Roberts; Clerk, John Null
rine. or the Liberty, Capt, @. III. Booth;
Clerk, c. Muhleman. OF tho Aibemdrle,
Capt. jack Harrison; Clerk. John Null
rine. OF the lPoodSide, Capt. G. II.
Booth; Clerk, c. Muhleman. tOr the
Eagle, Capt. G. ii. Booth; Clerk, c.
AIuhleman. or the Express, Capt. Jack
Harrison; Clerk, John Murine.
. These gentlemen, in connection with
those already named in our article, nre
the men who have built up tho Parkers
burg trade. There, are a number of
shorter lines of steamboat trade to
which we shall devote another article.
IIeroInes and Their GrandmOtIIers.
[FFun Die COrnhh AfdOdEine.l II
Why do women now-n-days write
such melancholy novels? Arc author
esses more miserable than they used TO
be a.hundred years ngoR Miss Aus
tens heroines como tripping into the
room, bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked, arch
and good-humored. Evelina and Ce-
celia would have thoroughly enjoyed.
their visits to the opera, and their eX-
petitions 10 the masquerades, II it had
not been. for their vulgar relations.
Valnnconrt's Emily was little upset,
to be sure, when she found herself all
alone in the ghostly and mouldy castle
in the south of Franco, but she, too,
was naturally a lively girl, and on the
and presence Of mind. Miss Edge
.NyOrIlI'S hnrOineS were Dlensnnt md