The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-11

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| Pennsylvania al q very early period pu
into these mountains her charcoal iorget
her distilIerles, and finally hor machin
shops, aud 80 there has arisen a rough clao
made homogeneous by the me chanical In
dus!ries. But West Virginia, with prob
ably remarkable mineral contents, hs
scarcely touched the rim Of it yet. Rail
roads are advancing into that country
especially along tho Ohio river line, ant
and her civilization Ia to come from Ohio
which, which has lanked her in the west
ern march. II! 4 .,,l e, Z 4 3 f
Tho people in Wheeling expressed q
doubt to me whether tho mines and mann.
iacturers amounted TO much In West Wiz.
ginia compared to TIE agricultural and
mountaineer population. In that State q
man can be Lost and starve before be can
lind his way out. There are places where
the lanrel brush, az 1t Is called, makes nm
almost impossible wilderness, and during
the early portion OF the war, bands oil Con.
iederate soldiers would lose themselves in
this laurel and sit down and cry as thew
trled to make their way out; men who
bad known all the contentious OF battle
would give way to loneliness, superati.ion
and hunger. This State is US old aa Penn.
sylvania in exploration, but through
slavery its induttrltB were kept back and
never made various till after the rebellion.
Wheeling is lees truly a Virginia town
than ParkeraburR. The former lies in the
little Pan.Handle Of Virginia, with Penn
syiyania countiea Ia eerftsd array behind
1t. These Pennsyivanians, more than any
other people, have given Wheeling its mo.
chanical character. The social civilization
Is probably more in favor OF the Virginia
tuwns. Inc Panhandle, 1t is said, was A
term first given in satire by member Of
the Virginia Legislature, who called the
eastern shore OF Virginia the Spoon. II Ian
dle. The counties Of Virginia lie east Of
the Bay, and above them is the Delaware
and Maryland peninsula, like the handle
OF pan tull Of meat or with the lid on II.
At this moment u railroad is being ran.
idly advanced along the banks Of the Ohio.
and other railroads will follow I'D the
rivera, 50 that it will not be long Tbeinre
West Virginia has rail wherever she has
possstsions. Salt, oil, iron, lumber, coal.
ssphsltum, and what else we know not, liz
IN that State, whoes resources are not even
known to her politicians. .yft - -.
Whatever detects exist In the American
civilization OF the present, 1t cannot afford
to let one Of them expire, and have suh.
stituted for it the virtues of n mprslv
pastoral society. Between the adyaucin,
spirit OF this country and the ahephsrd's
snd cottager's virtues lisa mental war. The
railroad which we spend so much Of onr
time abusing is the apgsl to open up tbi.
wilderness. The eye Of faith can vet See
large cities Throughout this country, and
the valley OF the Ohio is almost sure TO be
tho moss populous manufacturing district
OF tho Western World. Starting irom
Pittsburgh, the Ohio to CINCINNATI, and
even further Cd, will ultimately do the
larger claen OF manufacturing for the United
States. Important towns Will fill this river
valley hardly out OF sight Of each other.
In time tho wilderness parts Of Kentucky
and North Carolina and Tennessee. and
perhaps South Carolina, ALEC will be ree-
cued. Itwould appear that tho thickness
OF the coal eeams on the. kapawha river.
where they have been exposed at several
points, average something like forty feet.
The Pittsburgh people anticipate a decay
OF their coal resources, and the Penneyl.
yanis rsilroad is working up the Moaonys-
hela river, and will soon croes the Baiti.
more & Ohio Railroad, 3.77. -
d Almost every person with knowledge
OF mineral resources, who has enteYsd
West Virgins, has returned very saneuine
OF iis future, provided tho political condi-
tions can be made reasonable. Those poli.
teal conditions must include the smother.
ing out Of the land titles. No eociety can
have any durability where there is NOT a
clear understanding OF the owuershin nj
the land. It is in the power OF the political
authority to compel 6 clsau sale to be made
OF the land in the mountains OF West Viz
GINA. 1t is seldoE, that the feuds and ven.
dettas were carried on as they are in the
neighboring parts Of Kentucky. Kan.
lucky was tho frontier county OF Virpinia
and when il set up for itself the inhabifan,a
lost to some extent the older restraints of
civilization, while West Virginia, with her
sparse population looked to Ba1d Richmond
and Washington for example. Where the
manufacturing system is allowed to cnn.
tinue without insane jealousy, much nj
which is q remnant OF the old eere,a;on
spirit, railroads will ascend such riypra a.
the Big Sandy and the Guyandotto and
cross over into North Carolina. III. -
some fehnsylVanA men possess valu.
able charter for railroad to the vicinity
Of the Pound Gap, starting from Cincin.
natl. Cincinnati, indeed, should derive
the greatest benefit from the resources OF
West Virginia, as Bhe Representa- that point
on the Ohio nearest to the Northwest in
the transportation and manufacture nj
theRe mineral resources. Cincinnati has
become more OF a railroad center in recent
years than formerly. Her great tuinre
will not only be in merchandise, but mus,
be in the manufactures. To that end il ia
OF the utmost importance TO Cincinnati
that the enormous country in her South
should become advanced in the knowl.
edge and use Of tho ordinary comforts and
refnemenss OF life. A great trouble with
the Southern States to-day, as customers,
is their Indifference, except in certain dia.
tricte, to the tastea and aspirations passing
over the rest Of the country. The manu-.
featuring and artistic spirit is kept alive by
the e1ttavrgance, so to speak, OF the PEG.
pie. That is 10 cay, il q man buys & carpet
instead Of whisky, and spends 6is money
in ornsmsnting his house instead Of bel.
ting 1t away on horse race or a cotton
option, be becomes better customer in
proportion as he IL a better citizen, s: n.
Nothing will civilizs so like the msnu.
fac,ures. Wherever they have gone anoth.
er spirit has come over the society. We
are too early for art to affect US much, and
l observe In those countries where mere art