The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-19
LETTER FROM 4 NIRGINIAN.
Notes of Travelled hardest
crsburg---N Ound>Y Ilic---S isit 10 the
Peniientiary.
Editors Of the Register.


An monumental traveller, hailiHg
from that part of the Old Dominion
where the James and the Potomac first
break sthe emerald sheen Of grass
and start ON their great journey to the
-cu: | find myself for the first time on
the Plat, of Grave Creek, addressing :.
note of travel to It representative" journal
of West Virginia Democracy. Leaving
the little city of Hinton, whose sons are
brave. and whose daughter, are beautiful,
with the cchoo, of many larrwrlls in my
ear, | came down the c. y .. K. X.
past the Hawks Nest with it, bat
tiing crag, and ii, romance of the
Indian lovers, on I" Pcyt"u =
Hotel whcrcu condemned man would
forget his sentence at the dinner table;
thence to the Falls. which form picture
on mcmory'S canvass. to be It JOY forever.
On to Charleston. the late Capital Of
West Virginia. From thence, by boat,
to Gallipolis. where | found new
in the editor # the BHirtH, and
AN old one in the Mayor. Here,
Tor a day. We brcathcd the pure
air Of Ohio. From this point to
P.rkcr,hurg | Was charmed 10 sec that
all seemed ACTIVITY and hustle Oh both
shores. 1t was difficult to believe in the
continued existence Of Il panic, in
the face of 80 much enterprise.
SUNDAY ut Parkcr-burg was made Il
happy day by meeting with 50 many
friends. There met my old friend Col,
Whether, and Wa, pleased to hear from
lis own lips that he j. It Democrat
Niahy hid the shores of Tia" two grca,
States from our view for half the trip to
Muuud,villr. but when "aawnawuke the
eastern sky the scene along l." B@il'
Ohio was magnificent. Sunrise WAS Il
thing To be remembered. and breakfast
another, but to Il hungry man dinner on
the Andes i, something To makcthc heart
swell through all time. Oilthc boat and bag
in hand, the mausolum OF the burial
Sachcm,, rich in tradition, was the first
object that attracted our attention, and
after "a survey of thi, wonderful monu.
mrut, | proceeded to the Pcnitentiary.
Here Wa, promptly taken in charge by
the urhanc Warden. Captain W. l..
Bridges, and by himself and other polite
officer, of the institution, shown "all
round" The prompt courtesy Of all the
officers OF the Institution, renders the m
,prction of the prison a pleasure. but it
j. not II thing To be done in an hour, or Il
dav. for that matter. have visited the
various work shops and find them all
wonderfully complete, and to all appear
ancr, vastly remuneratiyc. This fact
however, is amply shown from the books
think it Is not surpassed in any insti.
tuition Ofa similar character in the whole
country. In fact the management OF the
prison has reduced the per capita cost of
subsistence lower than that at any other
place in the country, except IN Oregon
alone 1t was reserved for me here to
see thepertcction of bookkeeping, the
monthly reports and balance sheets be-
inc So accurately arranged that an error
of the smallest amount could be easily
detected. | have been shown rs fine
specimens Of buggies, spring wagons and
farm wagons; the finest boots and the
best brogans, all mVde here, as
| have ever seen any where
All kinds of furniture from the finest To
tine commonc-t. The superintendent
ha, recently introduced the manufacture
of cigars of different kinds. All of good
quality. In this branch of business he
work, those, who from some intirmity
are disabled for more rigorous exercise.
In fact, n tar as one can see from "a two
days examination, thciu>tjtution is rapid
~ approaching perfection, and it is one
of which the oldest States might be-
proud. All praise To our Young sister
State for enterprise, and all praise to thos,
who have, 10y their tircle>- energy and
administrative ability done 50 much tor
their State and society at large.
MAN.