Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-31

n .''.''...'.... 1905
.ERe .Pan-psndle OF. vlEEIRIs-Ph p
EoalF6Fmntion-PiabIIsO b OSlhion ana
Returning LOya1ty-BethGhy COL
Iege.
Prom the Nsw-EOrk Times, March ., 1855.
LA GRANeB, O., Wednesday, Feb. a. res.
a. tTBA pasEtR8 days IhA1sspe VfalBfdoke
County, Virginia, lying opposite, and l3ing
well up in that stprong usually designated
the Panhandle" It is q region Reii
worthy Of study al this umn6ment. Sand.
wiched between; ;Pennsyf fT&nia and 0ffb, il
has all the physical chataeteIistics and
some Of the moral chaEacteristics of both.
Toward, the river, as every one knows the
county presents a chain of hills, usually
from $50 to 400 feet high, their faces cut
with numerous EAviues, Nud a river br
creek having hewD passage through eV-
cry few miles n TDWardE the interior the
country rises gt6dually; tho1g q not into
Fan even piateapx, as might be expected;
but into steep and. High htIls, ID S6m9 Il kses
las beau tifdlly rounded up to their SUBMITS
as If they Had been turned IN b lathe; more
commonly they consist of long, steep, Iug-T
ged ranges, as crooked ss the original lOs.
bra himself. -, In, Summer, 1 take it. no.
thing could bemore gracefully picturesque
than those bills, especially when their
bases are washed by the numerous streams
which wind among the hills and drop into
the Ohio. There is just woodland enough
to add to the effect, thoagh not HaHl6i4Ht to
make the picture ss sombre as many parts
Of the country further north. Most of the
hills are nearly bare up. to tRelF tnits,
fCAhd many Of fGheses slFe under cultivation at
the height gilmore than 400 feet above the
river, yielding ffty, Sixty, or even seven.
etysfiVsbpshels,of of cornto the.scss .sa
No this Beapty Of landscape Is added
great fertility of soil, wherever susceptible
of cultivation consists of layers of
clayey shale, sandstone limestone and
coal. The last named crops ont ab1ndi
Hntly by the river side' aud along the raEine
and idges, as one goes into the iaterior.-
One or Two Of those beds sEeeVisible to the
eyezaboTe. the water courses hut Tllesrll
that on. boring down, to the depths of
about zoo feet coal of a Eost excellent
quality is obtained, it being nearly pure
carbon, and very well adapted 10 the man
ufactpre of pigiiEon, the upper beds having
aoousiderable proportion Of sulphRrin them
But for ordinary domestic uses, the posessor
of q twenty acre lot is morally certain to
be able to strike the black diamonds within
/ g few feet Of the surface. The article now.
seIls for eight or ten sceHts per bushel, ,.Or
twice its former price,. Emestons is suffi :
Icieutiy abundant to fertIize the soil and
render the country capable of furnishing
immense quantities of dairy prOducts.i
At present, the Inhabitants turn their
attsntiop largely TO the raising of sheep.
For twenty years the farmers of this portion
of Ohio have been going iato this branch.
of agricultural Industry; but those on the
. =.
take hold oft: FHe,war, By reducing the
lsupplyiot labor and gteatly enhSnetng the
demand for WOOL has impaired = aadeci ded
letimulds to wool growing in West Virginia,
whose people. are returning to the pastoral
Ilstate, so often..sungs by bards of thelpast
century as the golden age Of 'innocsues.
Whether5a pastoral life Is or isyaos so very
gniieiess and lunseiEsh, it Is Undoubtedly
true that Hooks of sheep feeding on hill
i side add much 70 the beauty of ctbeI scene
aud iucFeassslhs fertility ofthe soiI.i -
The inhabitants boast that no more
healthy region exists than this part of Wei
4 VirgtaiS; =, There are no .stagnspt waters
or sswampA TO be, found. The prineipal
stresm.1 BnfAlo teFeeks j. in passing -four
:: miles of airs liqe, performs a Journey of 20
! nilss, and faiIs nearly 200 feet. II leave its
i brgWfiug rapids aud falls, its sinuositie.
! Rnh loop t5the imssinsi io6 ofslQpfjresd
ers. No fevers and agues are known il
thAt;spaEt7ofthe EouRtFy, ami thu ''otdes
Inhabitants" had reached maturity VkAt
this couhtry ytRaS IN itsi earliest infancy.
LAud, before the war, ranged in priot
: from $40 To. $40 per acre; at present from
II $40 70, SI0O s. according To oimproFameniS
IB6d- -situSIio1s Batth9 oilimSniash6s JUS
I begun To- fufesF the FARMERS, th6uES som,
/ Fbodpgs were made nlsnecsssfnIly four o.
I've years ago. Itappsars that certain pei,
!. s6nss have been ont "prospectfng from thu
East, and tSfeEedI tp9 either purchase ol
lease lands, the which has made the inve
nttes lo9k = good deal rnortel brightly, il
Ropes th4tzlDAd mRE strike lie. .nt4With tn,
tSturn Iof SpriUs,HShall expect tOaIsee 1
!. goodly number of attempts Hadefo pas
; TO the dFesrgaE oapa, or the Earth
d centre, Al present the highways, ,are &C
:. muddy thatit Rslld, be slmSoss "a In possibl,
10 Accomplishments
: TIE villages on the Virginia shore, Al
well aslhsf dtrt3roGaGa4e far from being
p i.tpEn,r hGgiipg,s been 4oIndsd Ions kbsf6rt
Wheeling. IShaspFobsblya oPalation o
90a PEI IONS. Oue-hslf of the houses ar,
) Substantial aud comfortable the rest Ar
iAT6SS A6d Rtkr8 IIaia1 1tnSid Arahei
tabolt the place that speaks iR for the pub
bIIc spiriti0f the people. =. HaFdlyS fdad o
! igtdeaalk is,Psysd;s thong seeiss6f tdle fsl
i1oWS are constantly seen Tl0ltsFipg at tn
. Io0Ensrs- or Ia the .sIOres.sa Bat n LtrutI
many OF the settlements on this side of tn
river YFenot aFhit better, aud in som
} the sf6Venlfnessis such al could haxdE
g hESe eetsd 10 hdd on this side Of th
= zlAAantiesza hardly % be exceeded any
where. The river towns are Al greatly Il
!, I naed of Sehntrd q - - bi4s: I1.sl Siiss q
& =. Rsthsnyi The seat of Bethany CoIlegt
land the home Of the celebrated Alexande
II CampbeI, professof, preacher, Enth64 coz
trovsCSE7hs1Eand recognized lsad6r Of
Denomination of Christians, who number