The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-16

ItARA.-1 e9Lefddy WEE LAo SSSShA nv
last days sale of personal property Al
the Cruger farm. The crowd IN attend
ance was not so large as on Thursday
vet was all that could be expected, con
sidering that public curiosity had beer
pretty well satisfied the day before, and
the leading items ofpToperty disposed
of. StIll there was great deal of para
pheranlia of one kind and another re.
naming from Thursdays sale, and the
whole day was consumed in crying II
OF TO the ''highest and best bidder" II
would be impossible to enumerate the
odds and.ends OF old trumpery that were
put up for bids. It seemed TO us that
everything lying round loose, was
brought into requisition, and even the
old lichen-spotted stones intended, It Is
said, once upon a time, for a monument
of some kind, were struck OF and turn
ed to better account than has been their
wont for generation or SO. Werather
liked the idea OF seeing such
lot of old rubbish efectually cleaned
out. II had apparently gained all the
advantage that age WAS likely TO give
H..
TulIness OF time. The greenbacks, new
as they are, seemed TO take to these old
antiquities very kindly, and certainly
gave them some very datteriDg ,testi-
moniais OF affection. Our friend, Nc
Conn, the auctioneer, as well as Mr..
Smith, the manager. have n right to
congratulate themselves upon the gem
eral run OF prices obtained. Judging
from some of the bidding we should
say that the passion Of the multitude
Just at this time runs largely upon sec
ond hand clothing and superannuated
furniture. When feather beds half a
century old bring SI.05 per Id. tick and
al, and copper kettles made by TnbaI
Cain, or somebody else away back
there, bring iSl5, and a pair Of fire irons
1926, we should, think IL somewhat
reckless to turn the edge of 30 keen q
market with anything fresh or modern.
That famous and ubiquitous individual
known as the sold Clo.n man ought 10
have been on hand with his entire as
sortment, Including all the cerements
of all the mummles, to the end that he
might have seized the opportune mo-
uient to have closed ont his stock and
retired upon his lAprels. We fancy
that in all his experience never before
did he have a chance in this region o.
SCOT and smoke 70 see semt-centen-
nIal carpet, called, by courtesy, a
Brussells, sell at 81 10 per yard, and
sixty-two yards of it at that. The YER
dict was that both the carpet and the
buyer were we'll sold. But there Is no
telling who capered nimbly over that
venerable mating In years agone. John
Doe and Richard Roe, Tor once forget
ting their traditional antaRonism, may
have stretched themselves NJ full length
side by side, upon its ample breadths
some chance night when the baro-
NAL mansion was crowded. No doubt
Henry Clay trOd upon every foot of Its
warp and woof in his time, as he swung
the ancient madame through the giddy
mazes OF a Virginia reel. sA 4
As on the day previous, we found very
little in the auction business below
stairs To interest u.s. So we assembled
once more to the old garnet to mediate
like Hervey among the tOmbs, and
search the rubbish piles ofthe be.dusted
and be-littered apartment for historical
manuscripts. The assortment had:ap-
.parently been pretty well CLEANED, and
nothing Of special interest in a local
way met our eyes. But among the
remnants we found the following letter
from an old citizen of Wheeling to Col.
Shepherd, the publication of which
will show to many of our younger pop
ulation bywhat agencies and influences
the National road has brought to this
city. The letter is addressed to Colonel
Shepherd at Washington City by Ar
chic Woods, Esq, who was at the time,
we believe, President of the North
Western Bank, and is as follows;
Col. Shepherd,
DEAR SIR: Yours of the I'd inst came
to hand this day. l should have wrote
you frequent, but supposed every week
you would return home. Some time In
January there was u Joint Letter signed
~
recommending you as proper person
to superintend the making OF the road {.
This letter was addressed TO Gen. Jae'x-
son, our Immediate representative we
at that period supposed him irienf.I lY TO
the road coming to Wheeling; (bV.t have
since learned he Is not) we believed he
would lay the letter before t.ne PresI-
dent as soon as IL was kn own when
the road would be establD,ned.
Ihave not been able to learn whether
the letter has been given 10 the Secre-
tary. 1 think wrote you at the same
time giving you information of what
was done. Ialso wrote Judge Ruggles,
apprisIng him of orr wish, but have
not heard of that subject since. Doctor
Rolfe made application about the same
time for the same appointment.
have write n a letter to Mr.. Clay
and Judge Ruggles and have sent IL on
with this mill, which Is signed by a
number hope you will finally sue.
coed and be able to accomplish your
wish. shall attend TO your business
in Banbs. Mrs. Shepherd Is well, was
the other day, and believe your busi-
ness Roes on as usual.
II Commissioners are appointed to
lay out the road from Washington to
Jas, McCoy's, will new ones be appoint-
ed or will the former ones act?
As you have spent SO much time and
N NJ fNfner mr. tho FnaH shnafnaAa
1 would see it out. You Will receive
great applause amongst some and in
deed almost all OF the people here for
SO doing. Some of our people have
been rigging our neighbors above, and
saying that our Imbasidor does not
subsist on the same terms that theirs
do, dc. ''''
1 am, sir, your esteemed friend.
zsi9z' ARUHiD WOODS,
Wheeling, 12Ls March, 1916. ".
N. B.-Mr. Zane has written and a
number have signed the Joint letter
sent to Messrs. Clay, jackson and Rug
giles. never could learn whether the
other letter to the same on the same
subject was received. 4rtss ,7.sf
Going back a few years later than the
date of the above document, We tind
the following letter from New Orleans,
interesting now to those whose memo
rIes do not run back TO the days OF fiat
boating tiour TO New Orleans, and TO.
those times when steamboats, were un-
known on our waters. Tit'
NEW ORLEANS, July 81, 1901.
DEAR SIR-A. boat arrived yesterday
from Wheeling, which Ihe hands on
board say belonged TO MIR. Clarke, OF
Wheeling, and that out of three boats
which he started under the care off
Mr.. Davis, Two have been suuk-one
above and another a little below