The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-30
PARKERsBURG LETTER.
Narrow Gauge 10 Charleston-The
Custom House-An Acoustic GrOWl
n. a. d. Railroad Tax Case-A ju.
dicial straw.
PARKERsBuRa, November q.


Correspo ndence OF the Register.
You asked me to let you hear from me
occasionally. hereby let you, this once;
can't answer rs to the occasionally.
dropped down on this burgh Satur-
dsy, on what BUSH ess Is my business,
not your business, and I'm sure the pub
lie will not seek to make 1t its business.
The clang of the court house bell in
the evening, drew me thither, to IND \
crowded house, Hon. w. Il. Chancellor,
presiding, with q magnificent array OF
Judges, Colonels, Governors, lawyers
SC, talking narrow gauge, from
hence to Charleston, OF whom were
the lusty octogepsrisn, Col. Smith,
and Gel Cunningham, OF ksnawhs; Col.
Hsnsler and Judge Brown, OF Jackson
Judge LOOMS and George Stevenson, OF
Wood: OF the Standard, ct cetera.
The speeches were SO saRguine and con
fident that / tried to buy ticket over
land 10 the Capital IN future, but was DIS
disappointed, as only bona tide lmmi,
grants sre expected TO invade the THIRD
district by this straight and narroW way
at least for yet little while. But real
ly if enthusiasm goes for any
thing, this meeting augurs success,
and the enterprise may De
accounted we'll on to its accomplish
ment.
Today, took IN the Custom House,
the 6utIdrng of the city, which, approach
ing, my friend pointed to saying "this
is Parkersburg's share OF the universal
steal from the people, and why shouldn't
we as well rs other towns have custom
house without customs 2" "a quarter
million monument is y nice thing any
where" said /. 40 be sure" sald he,"lt
so,.swhy not 2" "Well argued" said l,
and mounting the iron stairway, We en-
tered TIE U. SCOUT room, here acoustic
qualities are as remarkable rs
those OF Wheeling coal bank. The
room is finished in elegant style and
workmanship, but its depth being equal
to its width, say about thirty feet from
ceiling 10 floor, the architect manitestly
had in view, as MS chief object, the per-
petuatlon of sound and echo. 1t IS SIM
ply excruciating for an anxious listener
to try to gather any sense or meaning
from an earnest speaker Grating IN this
hill. The speaker eeems whole battery
OF elocutionsl Gs'tling guns, belch-
ing forth, singing and splstterine
sound and articulation indlscrlmlna teIy
in every direc,io l, which, echoing and re-
echoing from every quarter, everybody
in t &c hall seems to be belsborlng every
body else In the same tone with the same
unintelligible jsrgon.
But newspapers want news. Well, on
my VISIT Colonel Bob White was bob
bling behind stsn1, and by dint OF such
stray echoes SIS my eager ears could In
terp ct, gathered that the
plucky Attorney-General was asssail-
ing his United States honor with
tae inequit lbleness, the multia-
robustness and the heteroclitical nefsrl-
business of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Compsny's bill praying for an ID
junction, inhibiting the Auditor from
telling certain districts what taxes were
DIRE thelI from said company, and to-
morrow, l presume, Colonel Bosgess
will show the court what irreparable In
jury said company will sustain If SAID
Auditor be allowed TO let said districts
krow what taxes said company is as
sesscd with in their behalf.
If tie courts expressed opinion IN re-
gard to State legislation Can be taken as
any Indication, | observed a straw,
to-day, which may show which way the
Judicial wind is gong to blow in tins i'm
porlsnt case.
In his remarks Col. White stated that
the bill attacked an act OF the Legisls-
ture. "And why shouldntit," remsrked
His Honor; "ninetee n-twentieths OF The
acts of the Legislature ought to be at
lacked" Which obrervation struck this
gentle visitor rs not very altitudinous
exhibition OF judicial dignity from one
who "sitteth to Judge by the law" But
do you quote: "Relent thou, &C., with
hasty Paul2 l make amends. l wii
not. brethren, that he was" &c. With
which apology l sign myself
SKIPPER.