The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23

and heard here. Last Sunday the Rev
DR.. Van Dyke, OF New York, assisted
in the service. Pew rents in the Church
Of the Covenant are not at panic prices,
/ eat in q pew OF three seats which rents
for $3.50 year, and there are more
costly ones.
Mr., camden's return to the senate
gives great satisfaction to the men who
have sat with him in that body They
iind him genial and companionable aud
they like to talk with him, particularly
on business questions. One not of his
party said 10 me that II Senator Cam
den had gone into railroads twenty
years younger ha would have become
one OF the great railroad men OF the
country This opinion is based on Mr..
Camden's success In what he has pro-
jecled in the railroad line, coupled with
his general success in what he under
takes Another remarked that Mr.
Camden Ia regarded as one Of the most
capable and clear-headed business men
the senate has seen, and some OF the
politicians are surprised to discover
how much they don't know when they
talk business with him.
In q chat with Senator Camden about
his railroads and state development in
general no said that the first years bus
mess Of his interior systom paid all
fixed charges and made some money be.
sides, in spite OF the fact that tho road
was new aud hardly in first rate rum
ming order, and moreover had to accept
its share OF the Baltimore 4 uhio's In.
ability to handle PROMPTLY its immense
and fast increasing traffic. The senator
recalled recent occasion when Presi-
dent Mayer OF tho Baltimore & Ohio ac-
companied him along the new road and
was SO surprised with what he saw that
he remarked that II he had not seen the
evidences Of the deYelopment--coal
mines, coke ovens and saw milla-he
could not have appreciated what has
been accomplished, Senator Camden's
system will presently he ready to turn
over to the Baltimore e. Ohio two hun
bred loaded cars day, marvellous re-
suit in so short time. This is entire
" new business Tor the trunk line,
created out OF the rawest OF raw ma
terials. Senator Camden has no doubt
that with the one hundred high grade
locomotives and tho new freight cars
the Baltimore & Ohio has ordered 1t
will be able 70 give satisfactory atten-
ton to this growing business.
In the war department, in one OF the
private rooms OF the secretary and in a
small safe Is tin box with broken red
seals which contains three interesting
relics OF the late unpleasantness. These
are the waterproof coat, broche shawl
and spurs worn by Mr. Jefferson Davis,
sometime president OF the Confederacy,
when he was captured. The where
abouts OF these articles is known tofew.
When came upon 1t accidentally ! was
curious to have look at them. The
moth had been there before, particular
" in the Waterproof garment, which has
in It such rents as the enyions Casca
might have made. Tho shawl, black
with gay border, is better preserved,
and the tooth Of time has not bothered
itself with the spurs. Tho box was
sealed by Major General scho6eld in
1868, and nobody could toll me when
the seals were broken. That was TWEEN
ty.five years ago, which seemed long
time to the lad, born ten years later,
who stood by looking on the relics as
though they had come down from
Marston Moor. The war OF the rebel
lion seems very remote to our young
people. When you get we'll back Of
personal recollection the centuries do
not mark themselves distinctly in the
perspective, and the difference between
a century and decade is not sharply
defined. / asked why the Davis relics
we're not placed in the National Museum
or other public repository where they
could be cared for and seen. A clerk
said he understood 1t was because it was
feared that the exposition of them might
give offense. This thought would never
have occurred to me, and l cannot think
there is much in 1t.
There are West Yirginians and others
in Washington who look to SEQ our
Cousin Joe Miller the next commits.
sioner OF internal revenue. Employees
OF the bureau would like to see 1t so. Il
is argued that MIR. Miller has record
OF good service to bank on, besides be-
ing personally much liked by MIR.
Cleveland, who is showing a disposition
to have about him the men most agree
able to him. The weight of opinion Is
that Secretary Carlisle will insist upon
having Kentuclsian at the head OF the
internal revenue establishment, in TACT
that this was settled with some other
things before he would consent to g
into the cabinet. The Kentucky dis
tillers are understood to agree entirely
with Mr.. Carlisle. The probability Il
that very few know anything about
these matters as yet and these lew arc
keeping their own counsel.
The black Arab of the Washington
streets is decidedly picturesque char
aeter. He Is himself and has no desire
to be made over One OF them was
blacking my shoes at tho Baltimore .
Ohio station whom, without any regard
to his client, he began conversation
with his chum.
mo more Bowery Club for me-hat
nui1 O dat. Can't search me no mo,
The other artist said there was 70
heap O. fun dar" and the searching
didn't bother him. Curious To know
what the searching meant, l suggested
the ready razor. =.
Oats II, but 1t doan mako no diff
funce. Cuts niegah dar every Mon
day night. sometimes two. De goeI
lookin' fur II and dc finds 1t. l doar
have 70 50 tono Bcwery clHbfur no cek'
walk"
This artist knows enough to lew