The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-10
a CaptIVntIne ConnGry

Editors IIlteiEigeHeeT: 81
Indulge me once more in a short arti
Gle on shat unsettled questionable
location of the State Capital. am q
native OF the State OF New York. and
have travelled over many of the States
before and during the war, and there
are very few locations for city, In any
of those States, pfefefable to Buckhan-
non. have seen every place from
Baltimore to Wheeling, and there Is no
site which can rival Bnokhannon, ex.
cept Martinsburgs in this State. All
the obstacles , and delaya in transit
from Clarksburg 70 BuckhRnnon have
arisen from the want of two bridges on
the route, and then the delays were
only temporaFy,q55,An Anyone might say,
that n number Of hourishing business
towns in New York were inaccessible
and fully equal the eoTreetasss OF ne
reports about sBUckhdRlozl. IL Is ad-,
mitted by strangers Who have exam :
ined our forests, that the Trees are
not axcelled by any in the United
States, except, possibly, in some parts
of California and Oregon. 1 have heard
It admitted that they were not excelled'
by any East of the Rocky MOUNTAINS.
The poplar trees which have been de-
stroyed in clearing the land, have been
and are now worth in lumber from SO
to $50 per thousand feet in New York.
Black WalnutA have formerly heensde-
stroyed which would have furnished
lumber equal in demand and value to
mahogany. Black walnut lumber g
inch has been quoted within eighteen
months in New York city at $50 20 500
per Thousand. The oaks, black val
nuts. hiekorfesi chestnntsi poplars,
beeches and NAPLES, and the wild cher
~ trees are magnificent. There is black
walnut timber used in building about
Buckhannon, that would be priced in
in New York for the most costly
pianos and organs; yet the quotations
in Baltimore are for Indiana black wal
nut. This lumber and the rich veins of
coal now lying useless for the. want OF
the means of transportations are great
sources of IDeutth and prosperity locked
up from tRe State. Inithe last place
the delay in the location of the Capital
has turned many immigrants away to
other States. From Hew York and New
England hun dreds and thousands have
gone to Kansas, Illinois and Missouri.
Some Were inquiring about West Ylr'
ginia, but have been repealed by the fact
that the most inviting section for lum-
Der. minerals, manufactures and graz
ing was destitute of the necessary rail-
road facilities. Men have gone 70 less
saIubfions climates and 4Bettleds among
uucongenial communities because they
did not wish 10 be deprived ofIhe con-
veniences and advantages of railroads.
saw In a New York paper that hun
dreds of thousands of dollars had been
invested IN Eastern. Virginia along
the line Of the railroads. And yet
Buckbannon, in Upshur county, West
Virginia, is q central point between the
North and the, South, and. the oentEe OF
the great mineral region Of the United
States. know the class OF persons
who have gone TO the Western States,
and TO Eastern Nlrginia, and I know
that Upshnr county contains many tuz
4
aud customs are far more congenial'to
the Northern people than those OF East
tern Virginia. Not only have We lost
valuable immigrnnts by this legisla-
tive delay, but some some OF o0r best
citizens, from this and adjoining conn
ties, have become dishsartened and
have gone TO enrich other States with
a treasure of intelligence, enterprise,
and integrity, which we can i'll afford
to lose. Upshnr county Is unsurpassed
forspure Whter, 1t sWould pay many
who are suffering diseases induced by
water impregnated with mineral inn
purities 10 come here and quah the
pure element. There Is not n county
in the State which, In proportion TO its
wealth, population and facilities, has
done as much for common school edu-
cation, These are plain facts. bat II
consider Is is the dnty of true friends
to the State7to call the attention of the
people to these facts. We have within
onSseiyesthe elements. oeswealth and
prosperity, and excellent opportunities
for promoting our own welfare and the
general good OF this glorious Union.
Ard 1--we fail to make e. timely inn
provement OF our advantages, and thus
fall behind our sister States in the race
to the goal Of national wealth aud pros-
perity; we can apply the language of
CassiuB to ourBelyes
aTha IclIn dear Brutus Is not In cur 8taT1
But1n otIrSalreI thar We are unde rlinBEs !
s@ess 800 e. s. BRONSON: I