The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-17
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of f"Walrussia," Qate Rus
sian America) to the United States may
be the cause OF our present cold aud
backward spring. Very likely; the OF.
tempt to Americanize so large an ice
berg could hardly fail TO havs cooling
effect on the balance of our territory.
1t is already understood to be the
purpose of Jetf. Davis to set to work
writing 6OOk-giving a history of the
Secession movement, the Southern
struggle, and his own adventures from
December, 1860, to May, 1867. Davis
will probably be able to make out an
excellent case for himself, showing that
he has been political sage, military
hero and a apatient martyr. If, without
being pretentious or egotistical, he
would make clean breast of the whole
matter, and expose honestly all his eX-
periences and knowledge, his book
would be n really valuable ontribution
to the history of the times. But it is
already pretty generally known that
his administration was extremely un-
popular in the South, and that large
portion OF the Southern people attribute
the downfall of the Confederacy to his
incompetency.
A curious statement is made on the
authority of Robert ]. Walker, which
is that Russian America was offered to
the United States, under Polk's ad-
ministration, for nothing, and refused.
Further than this, the Russian Consul
at New York says that the failure of
the Fur Company rendered the terri
tory real incunbrance to Russia, and
that the opportunity of throwing OFT the
burden will be felt as great relief. If
it is true that Russia has found this
country burden instead of Il benefit,
the good which we hope to get from it
may be legitimate subject for study.
"a new thing" literally, "under the
sum-" Solomon to the contrary, has
been discovered with reference to the
art ofprinting, or rather of re-printing.
1t is known as the Heltotype, and is
designed to reproduce books, newspa-
pers and engravings by Photographic
process, which does away with type
andlype settlers. An impression OF, a
page Is taken by camera and then
transferred to a metal plate. This plate
is Immediately immersed in an acid
solution, " hiCh eats nway from the sur
face all but the impression left by the
camera, thus producinga perfect stereo-
typelplate ready to be used in striking
oil printed impressions. Foreign maga-
zines, books and pamphlets out of print,
etc., may in this way be reproduced
with great profit to the publishers, and
pictures and engravings would become
cheap and abundant. The time occu-
pied is only four hours, and the invent
or expects to improve with repeated
experiments.
1t is difficult to determine from the
Chicago papers the exact municipal
importance which that city ought to
occupy on this continent. 1t is gener-
ally regarded as holding to the rest of
the country the combined relations
of Paris and London to Europe
One paper suggest ed not
long since that the Worlds Fair
be held there, as being the proper conf
mercial, financial, social and locomo-
tive center of the globe. On the other
hand, an evening paper pretends that
Maretzek did not snub that city by
Withdrawing his intended operatic sea-
son, but that "the true lovers of music
in our midst coul,: not conscientiously
give their support to troupe consist
ing of so few recognized artists" 1t
would appear, therefore, that Chicago
has to wait until lovers of music in
the "midst" of other cities have "re.
cognized" the artists, before it will con-
sent to listen to them. This severity of
opinion and aesthetic dependence is
unworthy of the great city of the BrGg-
dingnags. -.--r.r'
A Minnesota paper-the st. Paul
PresS-is exuberant in its relish tor
Minnesota air, earth, and water. Men
in Minnesota are worth far more than
men farther south, because they can
produce more. "The fat soil of the
prairie, and the clear waters oflake and
stream, the picturesque landscape and
the glorious sky, the gorgeous bloom of
the fruitful summer and the serene
splendors of the jocund winter, all
combine to lavish the Opulence of ma
ture, In her most generous mood, on
those who come to dwell with her in
stances, we can hardly believe that the
reports of famine in the southern part
ofthat State are true. Ifso, each ofthe
sufferers ought to be provided with q
COPY of the st. Paul Press, and thus
made ashamed of himself for being
hungry and destitute, in the very face
of such richness. a
The Memphis AVdldnche is not de-
lighted with the prospect OF the visit of
Judge Kelley, Senators Nye, Pomeroy
and others. 1t wants people 'to think
of such men addressing the people of
the South" Itwants to know if South
ern pride can lower itself enough to
listen to such foul brains and fouler
tongues and hearts ? Surely, surely
I'VE" have not reached this depth of
degradation. In its cheerful way II
also alludes to them as "political
skunks," dirty crew " whose ancestors.
like their descendants, were enpaped
in the dirtiest and most LamnohIe mart
of a nefarious traffic. And it fnnnfres
with its usual amiability, If spoon.thief
Butler, the old cock eyed Beast, was
not sent with them-etc. and so on for
nearly a column of adjectives, epithets,
and frothy abuse. The AUdLunchc, like
the yellow fever and cholera, must be
one of the penalties of living in Mem
phis. a-
The eight hour difficulty in Chicago
is not yet settled, and business remains
oI,DOSt ot a stop6stjll Tho PeDUbIirnn