The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-03

81. r.
1T Sicklan, Tyler County
Jno W. Nay, Moundsviile.
r. Parkinson, Cameron.
" Pipes Cameron. ...
Jas. f.. Reeves (-ec'yD. Fairmont-
j. ". Ramsay. Clarksburg.
y II. Storre, TriadelphIh.
j. q. SIidger, Cameron.
+. q. Sheppard, Preston County.
A. g. Todd, Wheeling.
II. J. Weissi. wheeling.
Jacob Young. Wetzel County.
-. Bates, Wheeling.
DIR, John C. Hupp of Wheeling,
chairman of the Committee of Arrange
ments, being called upon by the Presi-
dent, said:
Address OF GREETING.
8n. President and GeHQemen:
feel extremely gratitied iu meeting
you'on this OCCASION. As lchRirmnn OF
your Committee OF Arrangements, IL is
inv pleasure, as well as my duty, in
behalf of the profession and citizens,
TO tender to you their respectful snlu-
tHtious.
We are happy in being honored with
this your first seni-Rnnual meeting.
You have come up here from the
muuntains' slopes and from the valleys
of our young and prosperous State AS
COnserVatOrs and administrators of ali
our sanitary knowledge.
You are each individually comInis-
medical skill, humanity, and IA life OF
self denial-cOmmiSSiOHe TO stay the
pestilence, TO 90 and ''hedE the SICK"
Governed by the principle that the
"Association of persons engaged in the
same pursuit facilitates the attainment
of their common object" you have or
QumiIed II society for the promotion of
your mutual Improvement and the cul-
tivution OF good fellowship. i
This SDpiptV with its officers and
members, is the beginning OF Il perpet-
uHl succession, instituted by the Medi-
cal Profession or West Virginia "for the
protection of their interests, for the
maintenance of their honor and respect
ability, for the advancement Ot their
knowledge and the extension OF their
usefulness" ... ...
Laudable purposes these when in
spIred, as You are, by the Purest mo
lives and having views of the widest
range of bsnetiCenCe. The State has
vOnchsafed to this Society no power to
execute its mandates, nor mill 10 ask for
any: but on the contrary il must and
igtU rely on the union, enthusiasm
and scientific labors of its members"
Trusting that your deliberations will
be characterized with that true spirit of
harmOniousness, and taking the live
liest interest in the great cause in which
we are all embarked, l greet you with
Il welcome, warm, cordial and sincere"
l am directed blythe Committee oil
Arrangements to make the following
announcements:
The meetings OF the Society will be
held in the HouSelof Delegates in the
Capitol building, commencing Wednes-
day, Oct. 2, at = o'clock, p. IN.
The Committees of the Society will
meet in the Senate Chamber in the
Capitol building, on the floor below.
WannREHaN lot ~.
Governor BOreman on behalf Of The
State, and Mayor Sweeney on behalf OF
the city, will address the Society words
Ufgreeting. '-fa. ..t = yst H'
Excursion TO the Fair on Wheeling
Island, Thursday, OcI. Sd, o'clock
y. III. ~
Private reception Thursday evening,
Oct. Sd, from S to 10 o'clock by Mr.. and
Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Ii. Cummins.
On motion of DIR. Young, of Wetzel
the reportNvAs accepted.
The President then addressed the
Society as follows: 1T
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Gel,tIemcH Of the Medical Society o.
West PTginid: tT-
1t affords me great pleasure to well
come You on this occasion to our city.
IL is source of personal qualification
that have, by your Kindness, the
privilege OF addressing you at this first
regular meeting OF the Society since its
organization. trust, as we from time
10 time meet for medical consultation,
ioF mutual Improvement and free pro-
iesslonnl lnlerconrse, we shall lind the
interest in The meeting increasing; its
numbers gradually becoming larger,
Anh everything in the interest OF Ihis
society moving on prosperously and to
Tue satisfaction OF all.
This is truly "a world OF iDondeES, and
"n age of progress. The mariners
compass opened the gates of the G reat
Waters, and with it for guide, the
mariner steers his course through the
i"gs Hndistorms OF the ocean, to distant
ihhus, win the same certainly and safe
~ mat The landman travels from place
To place on dry land. aef-Et II
Ihe steam engine of Wait, applied
Wy Fnltou, 10 the propulsion of boats,
u lnuchinery on land, and finally ID
the movement of railroad cars, is tti.
umphing over distance and establish-
lug intimate connections between dis.
Ilnt sections of the same country and
"l the globe; The spirit or enter
rrlse' once 50 limited, now ranges, over
All the earth, carrying with it religion,
commerce. civilization, the ref narnanTS !
81 literature and OF Ihe arts.
by Telegraph thought is convened
with tue speed of lightning. We can
now converse with friends in distant
cities, aud even across The Atlnniic
Ocean, with the same facility that NJ
eau talk with persons in adioiuiuu
rooms in our own honses. In n bust.
ness point of view, time aud distance
Srs almost annihilRted. A merchant In
ew York can order goods from Lon
unn IN the murnipg-hRva-T them snip.
PED aud on their way 10 ibis country
III the evening. Yes, this Is an age o
progress. For
me Eofiu Is breaking froIII its IRON Chafns
Ata lhSe'' anthtruSghns 10 6s freeIiI :
Freedom Is the watch word all over
Tue earth Abraham, Liucoin,r by his
f'uclanaiion, gave freedom to four mi.
''''iis OF bundmeu. 1t WAS the Urowniup
ki"ry Of his administration, ana historS
VII record 1t as the great philunIhroDiI
"ei, as the great achievement OF tii,
nineteenth century. GRussia and RrsZi
are following in his footsteps, and nII
"IIions VIII try TO initiate his exaInnIe
VINO can tell what our children vii
mehoid in this new, mountainous and
thiuly populated State OF West Vir,
stnia? Thrown into existence hy nj.
tnetS soulitions of the war OF the reb4I
Hoh she Ia noNG free State, and canitsl