The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-16
pARKRRsBuRo LETTER.
Correspondence otthe IntelllgOneer.
PARKERsDuRo, W. VA, Aug. 10.

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WEATHER AND CORN CROP.
The simple, inexpensive adjective
hot conveys but faint idea Of the ter~
rlble rampage that our thermometers
seem 10 have INDUCED In during the
last four or Ave days. Since old Sofa
partial elIpse he seems 10 have red CUB
led his energy and wrath; and hurls his
rays upon US poor morlRls with fero-
city as destructive to Bupefflu0us adj.
pose % were the miracles Of an aveng.
Ing providence upon SenacharIb's host,
Every thing 10 pArched aad Wllted. Pas
turAge looks RA though destructive
simeon had swept over II; and unless
we get rain soon, the corn crop will be
nearly ruined.
business PBosPRors.
In business matters everything seems
very dull. Apathy rests upon every
enterprise and trade has almost become
one OF the mementOes 0fLhe past. This
condition OF things will probably con.
tinue until the fall trade begins when
We look for q brisk run OF business. Oar
business men are taking fresh sncour-
aRemOnt from the proposed erection Of
Rolling Mill, which some Marietta gen.
Llemen are now contemplating. They
now have under consideration propo.
Bition extended them by the citizens OF
this city and will probably return their
RnRWer 10 three or four days. Should
II be accepted Il will do much 10 en-.
courage trade and revive all kinds Of
business.
THE RAILROAD HRIDoE.
Work on the railroad bridge here,
over the Ohio, 10 progressing rapidly,
me land piers are nearly finished: the
hrst river pier 10 up some thirty feet,
and the foundation OF the second 10
laid and the Golfer dam Tor the third
has been successfully placed In posi-.
ton. The present low stage OF water
Affords q hnO opportunity to push
things' on this work, and the energetic
engineer seems determined to take ad-
vantage OF It. From the massive con-
structlon OF these piers, should Judge
that this bridge will, when finished, be
one OF the most elegant and substantial
structures In the country. The engi-
neer says II the stage OF water Ia favor.
able TO his plans he will have all the
piers, six In all, far above high water
mark this season.
LOCAL PoLITICs,
! notice In yesterday's Register that
observer perpelrates q column and
half Of highly perfumed English,
and performs some ludlcrous IT.
erary gymnastics Ia his efforts to
galVaniZs the Democracy Of this
place into life again. It won't do,
observer" should be close Observer
OF events 10 attempt any such herCu-
lean task. II Is hard 10 revive de-
funct body after life has been so long
extinct. The days OF miracles have
long passed away, and to perform such
q feat would eclipse every miracle mem
toned In holy writ. observer dwells
long and eloquently upon that meeting
Of the conservatives 10 take into con.
sideration q full, free and fair regIstra-
ton OF the voters Of this city, The
meeting Is matter OF the past and /
Will not occupy your space with any
further mention OF 1t, only TO say that
IL was gotten up TO prejudice the minds
OF our people against our worthy regis.
trar, Mr.. John Ebert, than whom there
Is no more worthy, patriotic, upright
and conscientious man In Wood county
Because John Is performing his duty
under the law the Democracy are ter.
ribly agitaled, but I imagine that they
have walked up the wrong customer
when they try 10 iujure his reputation
and bellttle his usefulness In this COM
munity. observer makes some
ahreWd observations In his letter, but be
must apply his guessing faculties with
u greater intensity before he fixes the
authorship OF this or my former letter,
WILL only say that Mr.. Hutchinson
never saw the letter unless he has since
seen 1t In the INTRLLIGRNCER. 1 re-
peat that his arraiRnment OF the De.
mocracy upon that occasion was the
most thorough, searching aud effective,
that ever listened to, and the FACT
that they came over to his plat.
form In the passage OF their
resolutions, mas placed the Democ-
racy OF this county in q decidedly bad
FIX, and In direct opposition 10 The con-
cerIed policy OF their party In the State.
And, 10 ibis connection, we would
suggest TO Observer that he Is not en-.
tirely happy In his hair-splltting defn.
lion or the words UNIVERSAL and i'm
PARTIAL The legal acum,n OF his
mind, which his letter reveals and
which lta supposed authorship would
lead one TO- believe, might suggest q
technical difference In the words; but
In the political sense and In the sense
used In dat resolution they are syn.
onims. Pope says:
"rhs uKfrsfI1l Cause
AcB not by partial but By general laws"
II 'OoServer' is correct then Pope was
a fool, and Observer 10 entitled to the
highest niche In the Pantheon of fame.
Jim ASHMAN.