The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-26

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munication between Charleston and
other portions of the State is slow and
| tedious. An iniquitous mesure could be
set afoot and put through before the peo-
pie knew anything about it. Even the
| lvnxeyed vigilance of the press would
not avail. Charleston might vote away
| Wheelings money before Wheeling had
chance to raise her voice. Wheeling
objected to the spirit and practice OF the
thing. So did other considerable por-
tions of the State. In union there Is
strength. The objecting sections united,
and were strong enough to carry their
point as far as the Court of Appeals.
There were other objections-notably
the round about way of getting TO
! Charleston. 1t struck the average intel
lect as the height of folly to set up the
| Capital in place that had to be reached
via Cincinnati or Richmond. Among
other things this let the tax payers in Tor
considerable extra mileage. You see the
case was bad one. 1t was very much as
though we were obliged to go via Boston
to get to Harrisburg. For his support OF
the Capital removal measure Governor
Jacob has incurred the displeasurc OF u
faction of his party. The Governor
take to be a man after the Davy Crockett
order-who first knows he is right and
then goes ahead. He is fine looking,
digniiied, unobtrusivc gentleman. With
these qualities it is rather wonderful !hat
he should ever have met with political
| prcferment.
LOOKING FOR BEAUTY.
For general consent Wheeling is not II
beautiful city; but to me there is u beauty
in her many workshops with their cease
/ less driving hum, adding to the nation :
wealth and atlording honest employment
/ for industrious thousands; in her fleet Of
well laden river packets, that go and
come with the hours; III the general air
of plodding industry that pcryades
everything and everybody. If one looks
/ beyond the pent-up city, surely there Is
enough of natures beauty and to spare.
Across the river, on the West, the hills,
rich in many colored verdure, rise like
stately sentinels guarding the lowlands
beneath; spots of deep-dyed green re-
heved bv lighter hues and exuberant
wild mustard in full flower, make up the
/ splendid tapestry of nature.
On the East mills again-and
such hills "rockribbed and an
cent as the sunW And then the
! golden bazUned sunset l never saw
| lovelier. 1t takes hills and wales, high
! lights and shades to set oil sunset, and
! here are all the requisites. Now the
man who cannot look upon such scenes
as these and be filed and thrilled il titto
be hanged. Nature will charm the soul
if the soul will but submit to it. "To
him who in the love of nature holds
communion with her visible forms sne
speaks various language; for lhs gayer
/ hours. she has voice of gladness, and a
smile, and eloquence of beauty; and she
! glides into her darker musings with u
/ mild and healing sympathy and steal!
away their sharpness ere he Is aware
Brother Bryant, 1 have to thank you
for that. 1t expresses my sentiments eN-
actly. If YOU had not written thus, |
would. Now | come to think Of it, |
would have used your very words If you
had not first filed caveat.
MOUNT DE CHASTAL-A BURIED rRIMA
DONNA.
The visitor TO Wheeling ought to go
/ to Mount de Chantal the convent lying
/ Just outside the city, If only TO hear Sis
/ ter Mary Agnes sing. | do not know
that everybody is thu. favored, but who
ever may go in rs good company as your
correspondent did, | think would not be
| denied.
Sister Mary Agnes is musical won
der. Philadelphia society folk oftwenty
years ago will remember her rs Louise
Guilbcrt, the attractive centre OF an ad-
miring circle. Her charming voice and
brilliant mind won this position for her.
! The years have not broken her voice nor
| dimmed her intellectual brightness.
She sings two notes higher that Parepa-
! Rosa ever reached. | heard her sing a
Swiss echo song, full of beauty and of
melody, with all the power ard dash of a
prima donna. Clad in her conventual
garb, recalled for a few short moments
from Il living dcath-dead to the world,
vet living in the world, singing the
worlds songs songs rs though she never
had been dcad-she, seemed the sombre-
clad and resurrc.ted ghost of being
passed away. | coulG not throw oil u
feeling of melancholy, though livelicst
strains were ringing in my ears.
a few l.
ABOUT THE PEOPLE
| of W hecling IA | have found them.
| They have al the old-time Southern hos
pitalty added to the Western vlgOr.
Once the properly accredited visitor
crosses the threshold of their doors he
undergocs a metamorphosis. No longer
a stranger, he is mndc to feel himself at
ease. lie is bathed in their generous,
overlooking kindness. He sees at once
! that he has fallen into good company.
He is surrounded by well-bred men, and
charming women, who would adorn and
grace any society. Refined, intelligent,
cultured, they form circle such Us one
rarely finds. In their homes | see no
prctentious display of wealth, such rs
shoddy delights to put on, but every evil
dencc of a refined and cultivated aesthetic
taste There is no glitter or glare; there
are no labels to show what everything
cost.
There is plenty of wealth in Wheel
iag, but it does not deck itself in gaudy
attire. In this it sets an example that
might be followed with profit elsewhere.
There are other things conspicuous by
their ab>ence-pinching poverty and
squahd wretchcdness. They may be
! here, bu. | have not seen them. The
working people are orderly, well housed
and comfortably clad. l have found no
slums as we have in Philadelphia, no
crowding into pest holes and charnel
houses. This, | assure you, was not the
least pleasing of all the pleasing things
/ / have seen in the new capital Of West
/ Virginia.
THE CENTENNIAL.
Wheeling will be well represented At
the Centennial Exhibition. The pro-
ducts for which she is famous will form Il
Inca "a 4 a., ro.t iva n. ri nj h. dIsnlpV y :