The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-18
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AWrfteF In q san EEAnclasos PAPFES
,noyed by q vision of jenrneyihk by
railroad from New YORK % that city,
:, 21s miles, in I'VE Days and nine
hours, e1clairas, Then farewell our
isolations fareWeII sea sickness; fare
well a seventeen days basking in the
seethtng tropics; farewell the Isthmus
and its feyers and good-for-nOthing i'm
zpudenk P0pu tati0D; farewell the Jail
like confinement and monotony on
shipboard-adieu old quaintanees,
but never fFiends-We VIII bid you all
a most willing farewell when the rail.
road IL completed. Then will be liter
ally inauguEated our year of Jubilee.
The subject fsffulf of poetry, but can
the poetry of words equal the poetry OF
acts aGSeeu In. the rushing up through
the snOW.clad, grand old mountains, Of
the iron horse, our literal eioudseom.
pellfnR JoTe, and Post laureateS OF
seienee and progress" ~ tit-3 q
Count Bismarck, who Is sometimes
rude, has made an apologize explana=
tton. in the North German Parliament
In reply tora sharp rebuke from a
member, he said: 'fYou should con-
slider that one who has for Eve years
been engaged in political contests, in
which he has lost his health to attain
what has been attained, Is easily ex-
cited. You do not know in what man
ner your opposition may AFFECT my
political action. You are not acquaint-
ed with my struggles, nor with the
general political situation, and you do
not know how difficult it is at present
to treat with foreign governments when
one Is not certain Of the support of
Parliament - 7la.
After this candid confession, Count
Bismarck will have no difficulty in
paCifying all parties. When he fails in
any scheme, his excuse will be that bis
nerves were out of order; but when he
succeeds his patriotic zeal will be jus
titled, and Prussia will be glad.
Anew York paper excited some lit
tie commotion the other day by pub
fishing Especial" telegram from
Europe, announcing that Bismarck had
'ideEdadedp an explicit and categorical
explanation from Louis Napoleon Of
hisimotives and intentions in arming
France, Not the slightest hint has
yet been received confirming this intel
1Igence, and the same Journal is now
Suggesting. as an explanation, that the
meaning Of the original may have been
tiisu Understood, and that the Prussian
Minister may have freq ueStsd or petit
toned" for certain Information which
cit Is courtesy to grantH Very likely.
The same SenterprisIng sheet had an-
other dispatch, stating that the Prin-
cess Of Wales was at the point of death,
| in consequence of a surgical operation
| which had become indispensable.
| Though week has elapsed, this piece
of news also lacks confirmation. Spe-
cfal kilograms from Europe will newt
ably be regarded with general distrust,
unless more care is taken to make Them
accurate and reliable. The high tariff
kept up by the Company is admira+
bly, calculated to. screen tmpositions OF
this kind. i.5a
The financial troubles in England
which last year eliminated in a
'crisis," do not appear to be over yet.
Private adyices give gloomy picture
otthe present state of things there and
the general feeling is that, putting i'm.
provenlent out of the question, no one
can see Wnen tnatterS Will cease TO grow
worse. The gigantiorailway system Of
Bdebenture bonds, which is one of the
controlling interests in the market, is
sadly rotten. The immense concern,
The Great Western, with an annual
revenue of two millions sterling, is I'M
able to pay one sixpencs dividend on
Its debentures due at the end of the
year, or to get penny's credit; and
other roads are in a worse state, not
paying their working expenses. The
distrnst seems 10 be widespread in
connection with every thing in the shape
OF stock companies, whether of rail-
ways mines or anything else; and
shares by the ship load, some of them
very good too, may be had for as many
shillings as they once cost pounds.
There Is a.superabnndance, of money,
the rates of interest are extraordinarily
low, but discount Is unattainable AK
cept upon security enough TO satisfy
the most extortionate usurer. This is
simply the result Of an universal dis
trust and lack OF confidence arising
from the betrayal of the public trust by
leading financiers. They are in deep
water, and have themselves to thank
for it.