The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-07

We trust II VIII turn OGt tnat our Own
mechanics have been able 10 compete
successfully with rivals from abroad.
THE First National Bank of Fair
monI,whieh has a capital OF $500,
shows deposit line Of IS, I5s 70, sur
plus ofsII, 1850. and q discount and
exchange OF 1868 so-aIl Of which IS
very fair.
Tag Comptroller OF the Currency has
written a letter 70 the Finance Commit
tee OF the Senate recommending an in
crease Of one hundred millions Of ma
tionaI currency for the purpose Of
eaualfzfne the issues to all States and
territories according 10 wealth and
population; giving TO those now with
ont or short the first chance, before any
IS issued to those which have received
their full share under existing laws.
Po..er- or Ilse cincinnati Conn
meFciaL
The death of this gentleman, the
senior editor and proprietor Of the co1s-
saeYetal, has already been noticed in our
columns. The CoaHeJaGI OF Thursday
contains tribute to him, conceived
and expressed in fine taste, from the
pen Of Sir. HaIstead, we presume, who
has been the principal editor under Sfr.
Potter for many years. Mr.. Potter was
a self.made man, and was fair exam
pie of What temperance, prudence and
energy viii do for any man moving
even in the humble walks of life. He
rose from n cierkship in the Office Of the
Commercial to its ownership and CON
troll. He was once joUrneyman print
or. having learned bis trade in the office
or the Jackson HissfssfPptan, then
edited by the now notorious POOte.
3fr. Potter wore himself out in his bust
ness, such was his care and anxiety for
every issue ofthe paper. his life seems
TO have been literally consumed by the
discharge OF the duties that necessarily
weigh upon every proper newspaper
manager. II was his custom TO see the
last proof sheet before leaving the Office,
mostly after two o'clock in the morn
Ing. ,g5sF
ain his business management he main-
tanned an iron discipline, but that rig
which he exncted Of others, was but
what he himself performed his IN
tolerance OF negligence was happily
tempered by tine sense Of justice, that
made his appreciation OF an ambition
70 do more than the appointed task,
right generous. He was. in the true
sense OF the word, THE EDITOR of the
Commercial: not writing largely for It's
columns, but thinking what should he
written, directing, supervising, decid-
ing every thing, from the substance
aud temper of leading article 10 the
style or advertising; and from the
barring of a great public question TO
the judiCious turning OF a sentence.
When at last his thoughts
turned 10 himself, and he set about OBJ
tanning rest and relaxation, in the hope
Of regHining health IL was too late. he
had temporary relief at times. but ln-
Sidious and Irresistible advance OF dis
ease upon him became marked. his
sdTerings were intense, but ms they
were harder to endure his patience in
creased, and there grew into his char
meter great charity for all men, and
Christian tenderness and hOpefulness,
appearing in kindliness Of manner and
sentences ofEpeech, giving daily and
touching beauty 10 his life.
BY the lakes and the mountains Of
the East, and on the pFaiRies and by
the rivers Of the West, Mr. Potter
sought In vain the RESTORATION Oh MS
shattered health, attended everywhere
by his devoted wife, and maintaining
always his indomitnble resolution and
cheerful hopefulness. On the 18th of
December last, he LEFT US, TO try as
last resort, whether there were healing
influences in the Southern climate. He
visited New Orleans and Havana, but
even the soft airs Of the Gulf were with
out help and consolation for him, bro
ken and wasted as he was. The diff
Guilty was organic, the heart being af-
fected, and despairing of obtaining even
Temporary relief by further travel, he
turned his face homeward. On the steam
or coming up the Mississippi he was
more seriously i'll than ever before, and
It seemed he was even 70 be denied the
blessings that home has for the sick
and weary, and the happiness of look
ing upon the faces Of his children once
more. NerTing himself for u last eff
fort, the fickering life fingered, and he
arrived heTe-on Monday morning last,
and Frightening for few hours under
all the sweet Influences of home, CRATE
full to God for that boon, and facing the
mystery OF the future with calm cour-
age, he passed screnely away, and is at