Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-24

dent Of the New York Herald, nfter prehcing
his letter thus
Probably in no pl.ee in the United States is
the Sabbath observed in more rational manner
than Ia Kansas
Goes on to iIIustrate the modus operandi of
religious ObserTances in LeaYenworth He tells
US that
Sunday morning is rather dull to the working
classes, but the afternoon and evening of the
Seventh day affords them much enjoyment
Horseback riding, buggy driving aud long strolls
into the country form their chief source of
amusement on the Sabbath afternoon. Horse
hack riding is more extensively practised here
than in any city in the Territory. Even the
ladies travel on horseback, and on Sunday even
ings especially hundreds of the fair sex nay be
seen riding along the banks of the broad Mis-
souri, The road to the fort is q fayoTite one for
the pleasure seekers; but the Pilot Knob road
offers still moro rare inducements From the
summit of this hill, which Is about two miles
distant, magnificent view Of the surrounding
country IS obtained On the north and on the
south the muddy waters Of the Missouri may
be discerned away in the distance. On the west
Is an immense area Of land, unsurpassed in
beauty and fertility, while on the east you have
= splendid view Of the Missouri bottoms and
the more elevated country beyond.
On Sunday evening the citizens amuse them
selves in various ways The Germans, Of whom
LleEe are NOT Is IN THIS city, considering thai
they constitute about ona-fourth of the popula-
ton, generally resort to gardens in the suburbs
where immense quantities of that harmless
beverage tyeiept lager is imbibed. At the
Peoples Garden there IS q dance every Sunday
evening, in which many Amrican participate
From the way the Germans enjoy themselves
on Sunday, one would imagine that they lived
but for that day. They take their wives and
children with them TO these gardens, and under
the influence Of lager beer and instrumental
music ailare made happy and contented. When
the ball room door Is thrown open then the
Teuton is in his glory. With his wife for
partner he whIrls around In the galop at rail
road speed, and never stops until the sound of
the music has ceased At the conclusion of
each dance the bali room is deserted for the
balcony and garden, where the dancers fortify
themselves for the next set by imbibing y little
more lager. Thus the pleasure seekers oscilIate
between the ballroom and the gardens until the
hour OF eleven, when all retire for the night. It
IS rarely that any disturbance takes place at any
of these gardens At first the Americans were
prejudiced against them, but now they begin to
tolerate them with much grace, and It Is seldom
you will not find them enjoying the fun as veil
IS their Teutonic brethren. 1t is thus We pass
away the Sabbath in Leavenworth City.
Yes, and it is thus the Sabbath will PASS
away from you, Mr. Correspondent whoever
you are. It is thus that in generation or two
perhaps, such thing IS Sabbath viii become
an obsolete institution. Once let the Sabbath
fall into desuetude, and instead of q day of rest
it viii become, ike other days, day of work.
As it IS now, 1t is the great bulWark of labor
against capital Capital is greedy-iz ever on
the alert for new sources of gain. Let the
Sabbath lose its moral and legal restraints, and
our ponderous machinery in the work shops,
our busy roll on the streets, and through the
high ways and by ways of life, will commence
to go on IS on other days. When that day
comes, it viii be q dirge and farewell to the
health aud happiness Of the already hard push
ed workers The Sabbath is the great civilizer
of man. It does more to promote the highest
interests Of the United States than can well be
expressed. Suppose We were to become ma
ton of atheists, the hum Of the machinery Of
all the factories would go with ceaseless toll al
seven days alike, and every working man would
be driven around by the pressure of an invisi-
bic necessity, ike mule in mill, al days
alike.
The real danger to the poor manis that by
degrees, the pressure of ayaricious capitalists,
and the stringeney of competition viii compel
him to open his shop or pursue his work and
l1OOE seven IA = tlSIeAu Oh SIX 10 get Iue same
amount of remuneration, and not fall behind
his naghbOrs who start with him in the race of
life
Ifs man works withOuta Sabbath, be viii
wear ont either body or mind, and soon send
him into the grave as consumptive or into the
madhOuse as a lunatic. If he spend it in the
saloons for drinkiugo or gambling, he will often
have squandered both his time and money in a
debauch. and be unfit for work until the week
is halfover. This course viii lead of men who
might be the best workmen and in time the
richest citizens. After all, therefore, the most
qniet and domestic Sabbaths in places andoccu-
pations into which man can enter with his
wife and children, are the best and happfest,
apart from al considerations of religion.
PARALysIs REsvrr1Se FRox- TOsAcco Trx-
FOrrEn.-Within few years past Tin fol- has
come into very general use, in the place of pa
per, as an article in which to put up chewing
tobacco for general use. The change VAS con
yenient and the new article grew into favor