The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-07
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Correspondence Of DlspdGeh. ....,..,
WHEELING, May 81, 1870.
The hospitality Of the good people Of
this city has been handsomely illustrated
by their entertainment Of the clerical and
lay delegates TO the Council, which has
Just adjourned Most were guests in pri.
vate families, while some citizens who
were not in condition to have company ut
their homes entertained ut hotels. If q
single one OF our hundred and thirty dele.
gates paid reckoning, VIC have been I'M
able to ascertain the fact. There Is, In.
deed, but one sentimentas to the kindness
of this people, and their generous hospt'
tality will not soon be forgotten. Feeling
allusion was made TO the subject by the
Bishop in his parting address 1thas been
always said, and we suppose truly, that
there was n large "Unlon element" in
Wheeling during the war, and that there
arc many Radicals now in the city; but If
We have enemies there they have queer
way of showing it. To say sooth We do
not know, except in the case Of two, who
were old acquaintance, the politics Of q
single citizen VIC met We took some
pains, by the way, to ascertain the pre-.
vailing sentiment in West Virginia as 10
the possible reunion Of the State. While
few seem disposed TO commit themselves
absolutely on the question, many thought
that If put TO the vote reunion
would be carried. The people, they say,
want to come back; the politicians, for
obvious reasons, do not
The two Episcopal churches in Wheel.
ing arc beautiful edifices. Both are Of
gray stone, and Gothic, and both have
been built since the war neither, indeed;
is yet quite finished ST. Matthew's is
very spacious, sombre enough without,
but within cheerful as well as elegant. It
has no side galleries, itself an important
condition OF symmetry, while recessed
Chanccl, with oval enclosure, deliberately
carved rercdos, lcctern and pulpit, COM
plcte hne effect. Tho vestry room Is on
one side Of the chanCGl; the organ, q CAPT
tal instrument, on the other. The entire
cost of the church Is about $4,000, the
fund necessary TO its completion being al
ready in hand. st, Johns, in South
Wheeling, is Il smaller building, having
cost something less than $4,000. In
oil its appointments Us fine aspecimen Of
church architecture as the diocese con-
tains. 1t appears that both tue Wheeling
congregations are particularly well pleas
ed with their present reCt0rs-St. Mat
tlicw's with tue Rev. G. George Currie,
St. Johns with the Rev. IL NJ. Benton,
Jr. The latter has been but a few months
in charge, so that the fruits Of his lAbOrs
are scarcely yet apparent; the other has
been encouraged by nearly seventy con.
tirmations within tho nine months last
past ..... .Esj H.. .l.. ...u 90
Roman Catholics are very numerous In
Wheeling. They have two or three large
churches, one Of them exceedingly impos-
ing in appearance. No religious Cdifce in
the city, however, Is handsomer than the
new Methodist church, just erected at
cost OF some ST., 000.--.,l-.,.-.s7.-.--...s.--s.
It's manufactures Of glass and iron con.
stitute the wealth Of Wheeling. Situated
as 1t Is on the Ohio river, in direct water
communication with large portion Of
the United States, including some Of the
best iron regions, and enclosed by hills
pregnant with excellent coal, 1t wants no
condition of success in manufacturing.
When all the nail works arc in operation
10000 kegs per week arc turned out. The
entire valley of the Mississippi Is furnished
with this indispensable article by the sister
cities of Wheeling and Pittsburgh. I
The cheapncss Of coal-eight TO ten
cents per bushel at retail-causos is ex'
elusive use in dwellings as well as factO-
RIGS, so that dark mist constantly over
hangs the town and blackens everything
within It's reach. The inability 10 keep
ones hands clean for three hours together
Is no small disadvantage of residence here.