Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-17
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CHICAGO, l4tn Dec, 1907
We have some snow at last, and already
the sleigh bells arc heard, and pretty faces
iPeeping out from warm hoods may beseen
4 flying past our windows. But it is not
q probable that the sport will last for more
than daysor two, rs thessun is cOmmen-
eng to slime more warmly than is con-
ducive to the interests of such as have fur
robes, fine horses and handsome slcighs
In fact, there have been but few weeks
of cold weather for three years in Chica-
go. We not intheleast annoyed al this
change in affairs, and are rejoicing to see
! d.feel4 the pleasant ys.7-zsz--s-a=
The Brown; cxcitement-slim as it was
has almost passed away, aud we hear of
a conservative meeting, such us has been
held in the Eastern cities, to be called in
this place In reality, there are in Chica-
go but few "nigger' sympathizerS. We
have about so churches here, and we be-
lieve that only two or three held ''Brown''
services on the day of his eNecution.-
There was but one flag drapcd in mourn
ing, and SO far rs our knowledge went, it
was snecrcd at by the sensible portion of
the community. Illinois is one of the true
States, and though she may not see fit to
be ridden over by the Democratic Party
n party that must either rule or attempt to
destroy-she will ever be found foremost
in the ranks of that Grmy whose end and
aim are to sustain and defend the Union of
these Unitcd States.
As you are aware, the celebrated J,ns-
pertz case has come to an end The trial
has occupied the court, off and on, for
about two years, and resulted in his ac-
quittal. We have never seen the man, but
from some cause or other he has created
an immense sympathy his behalf. He was
within three days Of the gaIlows once before,
! and I'm n tGn roJj Of tho yorJ;ct ~,
the 18th, it was impossible to conjecture
what the verdict would be. The jury hung
for Ga hours, and at last agreed TO Ncquit
| the prisoner, upon the construction Of one
paragraph i'll the Judges charge. The de-
fence was conducted by exit Governor
McComas, and Van Armon, and was UNI
4 questionably handled we'll. SO great a
! sympathy had some of the ladies in The
city for the criminal, that it is now pro-
I posed that if he will open Millinary store
he can make his fortune. Nothing like
being man among the fair sex.
/ Navigation is closed for the season. but
contrary to anything ever known before,
exchange has come down at season when
it always goes up. We are not able to
assert as fact that it has never boon SO
low in December, before, but we are sat
lShed that half per cent, the present rate,
is low enough for almost any city. 1t is
more than probable that you are advised
of our direct mail to Liverpool ria. Port
land. The pouches are made up Mt the
Chicago Office and unopened until they
reach the other side. This fact, together
with another most important ouc-thc
shipping of large amounts of cotton by
Chicago, instead of New Orleans, rs here
tofore,-go to show you that we are not
sleeping even in this ';mud hole" as one of
4 your expressive correspondents calls the
Emporium of the West
Our city has been full of music for some
time. Italian Opera ut metropolitan
Hail." and English ditto at "McVickers,"
not to mention all the concerts that are
and have been on hand as usual at this
season We are At heart opposed to Itnl-
ian opera, because we have an inherent
dislike to patrOnizimg everything that's
foreign. If our people would but throw
the same encouragement in favor of the
American opera that they universally cx-
tend to the Italian and French, we would
after While have such music as we have
heretofore not known. We heard PGroai
in NOTa', a few evenings since, and had
not the opera been Il most familiar one to
US, we would have been as mnch bored
as some persons who sat next us, striving,
with the aid of their ''lbrcttos" to follow
in the wake of the Italian vessels Let us
IiHc -AheFICAn music: anu cease paying
double price for9 fourth rate importations.
But if these foreign singers will come, let
them learn to sing in our language, and we
may be more inclined to hear them. 1t is
certainly easier for few to learn the
American tongue than for all America TO
become proficient in Italian.
} But then Operas are like dresses and
clOaks-thcy arc of no account unless they
have crossed the ocean. Our ladies must
have French hats, &C., &C., and our gem
tlemen must drink French brandy, and our
daughters must learn to sing Italian. So
it goes, and no wonder that the Europeans
find good cause to laugh at u.s. More than
this, the English language is not good
! enough, and we must be driven into vast
ing years of our lives in attempting to
learn smattering of French and a "lager
beer style of German. Does not every
man OF brains know that the Anglo Saxon
is the language of the world? And shall
we but half learn it, that we may devote
the rest of our time to Il language that on
~ exists in Il state almost as large rs Ohiol
; y lady asked us some weeks since, if we
f could speak French, and seemed startled
;. when we told her we had scarcely learned
to speak good English. She did not re-
collect that if n man is capable of writing
and speaking good English, he has ac-
compllshed all languages, as it combines
the whole of them
Now we do not wish to be understood as
] discouraging learning of any kind, but we
are opposed to this thing Of sacrificing a
real necessity to an artificial want In
other words, we are opposed to speaking
: French before we can write passiblc En-
tghsh. Strange as it may seem, we know.
and can convince any one, that many la
dies are educated in French at this time,
who cannot write n page of Anglo Saxon.
without an error in every line Now, for
| your own sakes, young ladies. do try to