Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-16

Miss Murray, an EnglishHoman and one of
Queen Victoria's Maids of honor, who travelled
through the United States about a year since has
published her impressions in a book Which bears
the title of Letters from the United States,
Canada and Cuba Etshas been republished i'll
'thiscountry and extracts have already appeared
in the public papers The author likes many
things she sees herc-tltc people to whom she
has introdueions the climate, the schools and.
other public institutions; slavery itself-eyery-
thing, in short hut the i'll bred familiarity, nasal
pronunciation, andthin, dry figures of the Ameri-
cans, who are too lean for her standard of health
and accordingly move her compassion. Writing
from \ Newport, on the 18th of August, she says:
There is certainly great beauty and refine
mcnt OEfeature among the mass of the people,
but it isaccDmpained by fragiiity oflook which
raises painful feelings. As far as can Judge at
present this is owing partly to hereditary causes,
partly to actual habits. The excitement and anx-
ietieS ofbusiucSS life in a new country probably
entail constitutional tlelicacy upon the children
of parents so eagerly occupied aud the Scdcnta-
ry city education and pursuits of the young of
the last and present generation, uuEavOrabIe TO
oat of door interests and anusements, do not
harden and strengthen nerves and muscles.
u am already tempted 10 controvert the as
sertion Of American ladies, that their generally
delicate heath: is To be attributed to climate
They may have scverer winters and warmer
summers than ours, but these arc accompanied
by the advantages OF less damp, and of brighter
sunshine. Ihaye not had an hour too warm for
exercise during any part ofthe day, for though
the stiS is brighter, it does not always beam So
flriousiy as. with us. The climate of iMasSachus-
etts seems to me a charming one, and believe
another generation will discover its merits, be-
cause Ecntertain hopes that the children now
growing up willacGlire more hardy habits
The evil am speaking of cannotbc rcmedied in
a day; ana In. md american ladies' are at this
mai % ;s,s i'. a, wiz, m.nS S =" nat
pursuits atthcir Ignorance Of these matters S
ut once the.cvidencc and the cause of their lack
#ofphySicaI strength
Nritino from. Boston ,hont tbs same limo
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gaFSs if1ehas she mas matte IN New Eag!and, and
suggests thata cure may be found nsthe reStn-
ration OF t.1es lax, Of. rf,,,,o-eniti,rn
ar
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i"",, ~, ,,.i,1 IN 80 t''.s
A. - NJ anu ''Nt si''!, 10
WV 1''e. :, Nus ~ iloMe S:l" II Is
NJ r., "'' nv 't"', ''''a ottt
in his grave when. eight ears a~o he boroht.
his pretty place Now, with the revivifving in
Hucnce OF his farm aud garden (although nc does
nos aSe up ms lSl su.esl nc LOOKS -
arr Jr NJ tbn tti.nt; sGni ILL., ~ t,r,
plant all the sick despeptia men and women of
New York and Boston into gardens and fields, be
tore iS would admit that this pleasant climate Is
- III i'l'
Fdcntarys cmploymcnts are the real criminals and
that something is due to the laws of inheritance
even. N t'''s ulle entail country.
Vn a journey hials about this time to Mount
washington, the following comparison between
New and Old EHg!aad is drawn:
'Frhe difference between us appears to be that
our higher classes have more principle, elegance
and refinement; the woman more energy and
activity, and the men more athletic am,lsrmcnts
while our middle and lower classes are less highly
eaaeafe Up perhaps harder, altaGngh IN some res
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+At -A'oany' on November u MISS Murray pc
comes an inmate of Goycrnnr Seymour's house.
1t was in the midst of the election in which ne
,ros sacon,l tn r, f,r Tho otfi., of Gov
"' : oSSo'',' 's ~ Wv O,''l, >',,
eFheE Oh new 1orN' anu was "ellen ny MS com
PeutOr, Alyrom {. Clark Miss Murray becomes
Interested in the election, admires the calm in
difference of ber tost 70 rc.,It and hi. ..troe.
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o ' rom weak "'"'''lo"' mere sac oess'hS
again to speculate on the slavery question, and
comes to the conclusion that the emancipation
oF tho hIocl man hoe bon, ,,ro,,.,+,, h., ,.bool
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ING 1'e save tF:'''e. observing stl;''--
II, when 9 sufficient number had been i'm
ported. their labor had been materially rendered
tof less value by the Introduction OF others, sla
very would quickly have abolished itself; but
auti-Slavcry laws checked the natural course of
Providence.
At Albany she learns to ike the American
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