Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-06-21
NAMES OF AND
AnTYT UNS

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after child is born, the next matter OF i'm
rsbdFtanee Is to give it q name; d puZIling subject
Of c6hsidoration very often, for some anne be-
come stale and oven lndicrous, and we do not
like 40peTpctuate them in the family tree. In
Puritan times there was Vigorous effort made
.SD Introduce the Scripture names, and the world
IN England was for one or two generations in
So habited by Isaiahs, Jeremiahs, Nathaniels and
obidaihs; but they did not take; and now they
: an, associated with can't and hypocrisy. On the
stage they represented the Praise God.barb6nes
@oEdranSti enter ainmen A few have resig-
ted the tide of popular opposition but even
against many Of those who have survived, the
tide is very strong; Peter is almost driven out;
anditisSs curious fact, that no Pope has ever
chosqntO goHbyathe name ofzPeter, although
Zach brides himselfin being his successor, and
invariably chooses his own reigning name AZ his
election. Few Peters now have moral, courage
TO cdIftktir thildrensPetcr. @ /
Tho press too has been running muck against
IDhn,f1rR long while, and it will succeed 1t
first EIstenss itself on q foOtman, a groom, or a
pot-boy, and, by thus vulgarisins il, lowers its
reputation There Is perhaps no real intention
of perSecuting a. name in so doing; II is merely
for mepials, In literature, just as there arc char
-actefistic names for heroes and heroineS; and
= seEeFy noyetreadert knoWsb y Instinct that when
ssa John ahdias Bertrand arc introduced in to q
tale, the Bertrand is moro like to be the hero
.thAnfthe John James also is now pretty thor
ouElyasSauIted and especially by Transforming
tssh lame into Jcsms, that ridiculous mode of
,sshron0uncing It so prevalent IN Scotland and the
kunorthof Epgland, wheretheyst ilc continue to nur-
deEEnglish with most outstretched conscience
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. more optrageously than they
do &C in some southern provinces, swher0 Il al
zrhost q foreign hnguagc.
Peter, James and Johf-oniy think ofiti Il is
worthy your serious Consideration There is a
deAaseta gainstt these three names, though once
.yona time they stood foremost in Christendom.
and Gothic names,ithe names of the northern
barbariahs who pdesolated the empire ofthe-IIo.
-manlwotldr are howiu-th scendant-the.n nam
"a of those sturdy, brutc-foresmsp who carried
'boars heads aud gtifins' heads on their crests,
and priied themselves in having theireshields
supported by brute beasts. These are the men
badfna1ne and reputo and to this day The gentle
tmeh Of Christendom rejoice In the ~ferocious
Z-7heldS the daggerS n dtlgbloodY hands ufthe
crest and The shield . th9 Rroudcst evidences of
rank and family
A foW old Bible names i ustll inlrepUte as
David aud Daniel, and Mary and Elizabeth, in.
slden times twas Eisheba, (Aaron's wife, and
I'm SIN holds as good & place as iEit Were
gothic OF barbarian, but Mary suTpaSses allioth
q names ia University; itbelongs not only to
women thrngh9ntan Christendom, but even TO
men, Wh0 Bear itasa second name. Thus for
instances thes Queen Of SPANS name Is Mary,
observation-disclosures e. Mary her motheE name
fslafyy mdgFelhas sRanEf S1laFyShere
upeiesld Ell se11tins children arc MafyA, In
I'D a4thereyal hnlY Of Spain, male andfana-
Is are MaFysNift aeGfclymRcepton, This
devoboh u