Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
pramatnre .hlatrimonY.

PIematnre
Prematuremair ges aie among Tie greatest evils
of the times; aud 1t Would not bsja bad meain
these days eioIm. If an IN hurry
society," Reiein Stitnted. soW=l days, people leap
into the magic he ciIele with 10 nl0fe conSidera-
ton than they would paTtlk esef a dinner-llttle
thin kipg that p hen onee N, tkeY are there until
theiEend cones YHefsis butI itae, soma times no
mutual anal SIS Of liions nd COMPARISON Of
taste and dtIectioRSs They scen to aney thai, II
thete are any the fatal ordlan knot,
which can be seldom cut aud never untieds will
haImonize all.
The numbers who have eltthis truth-ihe num-
beEs suit feeihgft to their hearts c6re--aIe IN
colcnlable. They recognize tas the greatest ms
takeof their lives: The chainiS not to- them dSilk
SeR.opes bat cable OF rOus tlat ghfeRs around
Them more and noEe. cEns hing 81 hope and energy,
Substituting hate Tor love, aud eating out with It's
rust the very inner life of The soul.
Boys and girls now many 10 4 greater extent
than ever before, insteado of waiting till they be-
come full grown aud matuIei men and won en.-
The young dandy, as soon SIS he gets out OF short
tickets, and finds little tulZe gatheIsd on his
upper hp-anl the young lhlSs, as sooa as she
emeTges from the NURSERY and abbreviated lruckS
think theYare qualified TO assume the most sol
empIe possibilities ol. life, And so II s.PaH and
s'nan wont consent. they post Of TO some GIetna
Green. and there take Obligations they will never
cease bitterly to repent.
Marriage should ueVerbe The IeSul.. of lancY.-
The ballroom and the evening party rarelY llryel
op real Character. Under The exLileraling inln-
ence tie dance, the glare Of lights. and the
merry Sqnib and Joke, The dISSolu:e Young man
may appeSr amiable, and the siaternlY Scol love
able. Matches made al such places, or undeE
Slma. circumstances, are not OF the class tia or
leinated in Heaven. They mole generally are
conceived 10 the opposite place, and bring forth
onlY lnlqultY. The true way TO lean each other
is 10 do 1t at home, in The paIIoT, in the kitchen,
\ ufiFI atf n
result OF these unonsIn The almost daily divorces
that are taking place, in the running away hnS-
bands, leaving their wives and children to statve,
and the eIopement OF wives. Not only this, but
we with eSS 1t in the broken spirited men made
old m the prime OF life, struggling on for more
food, and clothing anu shelter; and in women,
cross, dirty, slutlSh, and wrinkled.
1twould be quite impossible for us to depict
faithfully The multitude Physical and moral evils
that result fEom those sinful aliauces-lpr sinful
they are. They ruin the body, corrupt the mor-
ais, and Stultity the mind And the result does
not stop WITH husband and vile. 'Fhey are the
children; they partake of the feebeness and vices
oil Inc parents, 10th physical aud moral, and go
out INTO ;he busy world sluntsd aud gnarsd. God
pity them.
We would not be understood rs speaking a
galnst the Institution Of marriage. Ii is holy,
beautiful and benefcent. Bullet every QUE take
his mate OF none. Let not the brave eagle pait
with the stupid owl, nor the gentle dove with the
CARTON Glow. Like should have like. II glo-
rlnus Slghtto see two old people, who have weq-
theIed the storms and basked in the sunshine of
life together, go hand in hand, loving and truth
July downthe gentle decIiyity of time, with no
angels nor Iealousies, nor haiEe5s garnerel up a.
galnst each other, aud looking with hope aud Joy
10 The everlasting youth of FeaVen, whey they two
shall beone forever. This is true marriage-fori it
IS the marriage Oispirt with spirit. Their love
sl@oven into wool Of gold, that neither time
nor eternity eau SeVer.-Ihe Eclectic.
FEARFuL ExcouNrER.-Tne ST. Nicholas Hotel
was on Saturday evening the scene of another
trightfuI encounter, similar TO that enacted about
year ago when Colonel Loring, Of Mississippi,
lost his life. ItappeaTS that shortly before nine
O'Clock on the evening named two of the board
ers, Capt. j. Wright and ar. R. S. Dean, were
seen talking together in an excited manner in the
saloon, and suddenly Capt. Wright drew from his
pocket a Cowhie, with hitch he struck Mr.. Dean
IN the face. Instantly the latter drew from
sheath which he earned under his vest large
bowie KNIFE, the Llade ofwhichhe plunged almost
10 the hit III the side of lis antagonist. The
wounded man Immediately dropped the cowhide
ana attempted to geta but was followed by
his antagonist, who again wounded him in the adj
domen. LIEUT.. Stage, OF the Sth ward police, hap
pened TO be present, and, as Mr. Dean was ma
King another thrust with the knife his adversary
caught him by the collar and prevented the fur
therInhlctlon of violence. Capt. Wright soon
Tell exhausted from the loss of blood to the floor,
anu was conveyed TO his room, where he was at
tended by several physicians, all Of whom pro-
nounce his wounds to be mortal. Mr.. Dean, in
making the third thrust with the knife, cut him-
sell severely IN the thigh and was also conducted
| TO room in the hotel, where the wound was
dressed by surgeon. He, as well as friend of
bus mined Montgomery, WHO witnessed tue alrsy,
are under nrrest, ana will be kept in custody until
an examination shall take place. TIE whole af-
Tray occupied but few moments, aud was con-
ducted So quietly that many who werein the sa-
ioon az ule were unaware OF lis occurrence until
1t was over The quarrel, it appears, grew out of