The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-01

nAfkeu IN the grocery business. From
D Chicago he wentto Arkansas, and became
. q prominent politician In that State, ,anL
V was elected 70 the State Senate, aud wa
at Little Rock during the troubles few
years ago between rival State factions,
John had a son whom he called PHILLIP
y Doddridge, In honor Of his mothers illus
trlous master "PhiL" was naturally d
: bright boy, aud his father was anxious
!, that he should have the advantages Of
some education. II was against the laws
!. Of Virginia for negro To be allowed "a
!, enter q school or 10 be taught by d white
man, so John had TO- DO satisfied with i'm.
e parting such instruction Us his own crude
learning would admit. At this time the
Meade Collegiate Institute" named after
Bishop Meade, and under the patronage q
the Episcopal Church, was as prosperous
! as 1t ever was--which 10 not saying much.
Among the attractions OF the school were
. series Of lectures by DR.. Coffin. John
Dawson had an idea that these lectures
would be . good thing for his boy. so he
went TO Prof.. TOmpkins and DR.. Coffin
and got their consent that Phil. should
hear the lectures-provided he kept we'll
back toward tho door. ] remember, as II
yesterday, the day when little Phil. come
! slipping into the hall and squatted on the
Inst seat he came to. The room was large
and the class small but that did not prevent
the discovery Of Phil. sitting back In
remote corner. Blank astOnishment was
depicted on every face at the sight OF this
strange apparation, aud the students, in
place OF giving their attention to the learn.
cd Doctor, cast side.long glances toward
this outrageous innovation on ali their
ideas Of the fitness Of things. The end Of
this matter was that Phil. was deprived Of
hearing these lectures even from back
scat. reCite thisincident merely 10 show
how deep'seated the prejudice was against
colored people, and what q strange hold
the peculiar institution" had on even the
people who really had no interest Of any
kind whatever in It. Butwe should not
wonder much at this when we consider
that the law made II an indictable ofiense
TO ciicnlate documents antagonistic to
slavery; when such papers as the New
York Tribune were prohibited the State
under penalty, and that the people were
therefore, compelled TO take their political
inspiration from such men as the Ritchies
and tho Wises, and their religious instruc. |
lions from the BledsOes.
] called on my old friend and EMPLOYER.
Mr.. j. g. Jacob, Of the Herald, and md |
pleasant talk with him, In speaking IL
old times in Wellsburg, Il would be impos. |
sible to overlook the editor OF the Herald
a man who has probably done more 10
mould public opinion since his connection
with that paper, than any persona Brooke
county. In the long.ago, the Herald, In
connection with the Wheeling ISTELLI-
GEScBR and a small band Of followers.
represented the anti.slavery sentiment al
this section. Mr.. Jacob might be- called
the Moses who has led his followers
through the wilderness, and more blessed
than Moses OF old, who was only permitted
TO view the promised land from Pisgah's
heighth, he has been allowed TO possess
the country. 1t took nerve in those DAYS
TO stand up in opposition to the iherained
preludices OF the masses and the denun
clations OF the ruling men Of the State.
But this small band pursued the seven
tenor ottheir way" and now they find the
opinions which they commended for are the
dominant principles OF the people. What
wonderful change a few Years have
wrought! The same people who reviled
ami persecuted these men are now willing
TO do honor to those Of them who are liys
ing, and OF those who are dead are ready.
70 "gather up their sacred ashes into
Htstory's golden urn"
In looking over the Heard SEQ at the
head OF the editorial columns lie Stars
and Stripes-which were planted there
Immediately after the firing on Fort Sum.
ter. Mhen that event occurred and when
everything appeared 80 uncertain, Mr..
Jacob sent to the type foundry for a cut
OF the flag. In consideration that the or
der came from Virginia, the ioundrymen
sent him four, and without charge. The
writer hereof had the honor to adjust one
OF the flags in the place it now occupies,
and to place under 1t the legend, Mailed
to the Mast" That flag has floated there
ever since. No halyRrd attaches to Il,
and it is, emphattcally nailed to the mast
Long may it wave" The firing on Fort
Sumter was an event that even Sstirred
lever in the blood Of age." remember
venerable old farmer, a prominent citizen
Of the county, when he came into the
Herald Office alter his paper, and read the
account OF that occurrence, the tears chas-
ed each other down his ilrrowed cheeks
as he expressed his indignation and his
Willingness, i need be, 10 take up his rifle
and defend the flag.
While we may think that Wellsburg has
not kept pace in some essentials with the
progress OF the times, we must say that in
everything that goes to make up a moral
and enlightened people she Is abreast OF |
any town in the State. The contrast In
this respect between the Wellsbure OF 10.
day and tho Wellsburg OF the times we
have been writing OF Is very marked. The
splendid public school building now af-
tords facilities for educating the youth that
were never dreamed OF in the Cliys OF the
little brick school house in the upper end
OF the town, where joe Naylor, with
ferule and birchen.rod, ruled with undis.
putea sway; or the small room above the
market house, whsre BILLY" Patton
taught the young ideas how to shoot"
And there is the new Hudson House,
presided over by our afable friend Brown
l1agan, an elegant structure, with all the |
modern improvements, and every comfort
that the most exacting could wish. Con- I
trast it with "The Travellers st,"-the
log tavern kept by WIN. Burgess, with It's |
high hickory pole In front, Significantly |
surmounted with broom, It's rude bench |
on the curb and It's sign which informed |
the weary traveller that here could BIO |
found Entertainment for Man and Beast"
AT that day this was he tavern Of the
place.
"The1 village Statesmen talked With look, pro.
ARI news much older than their ale wen. round"
For the past year this has been a tenn.
perance town, and the people appear so
well dissatisfied with the experiment that
they propose 10 try 1t again the coming
year. DR.. Caldwell, the efficient Mayor,
has brought down upon his devoted head
the anathemas Of certain individuals for
the strict manner In which he has en-
forced the ordinance, but he appears to
take 1t very complacenty, and think the
citizens will endorse hiscOurse at the pend.
ing election. HOS. II