Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-29
THE INTEL.LIGENCFR
NEW PUBLICATIONS

Inc taTeFs of our publishing friends East
nave accumulated on our hands lately bevond
our ability to examine their several mcrits.-
we live in hopes, however, that some of these
days we shall be able to so perfect the arranpe.
ments- at which we are. aiming, that we shall be
enabled to make judiciously and carefully writ
ten book reviews feature in our paper.
From the Messrs. Appletons-through their
agent here, Mr.. Jas. G. Orr, We have received
the 9Th, 10th, and 1lth volumes of the Abridse
ments of the Congressional Debates. Also
the 9th volume of the new Cyclopedia, and the
two volumes Of Benton's Thirty Years in the
Senate All these works, as those know who
know anything about them, are exceedingly
valuable, and deserve extended examination and
review, to do them justice We shall endeayor
to devote some attention to them ere long. In,
the mean time those who are interested in this
class of publications can have free access to
them, for examination, at Mr.. Orr's, who seems
to be well pleased to have people constantly ex-
amining the contents of his shelves
From Mr.. j. S. Redtield, New York, we have
received the following valuable works: tsTrench
on the Study of Words" on '"rhe English Ian
guage, past and present." on 'The lessons in
Proverbs on ''Bible Revision" The Ma
ti0nal Zntelligencer some time ago had a review
of Trench on Words, pronouncing itone of the
greatest works ever issued from the press. So
far as we have read, We coAcur heartily. It
certainly is good work.
Sometime ago we gave an extended extract
from the advance sheets of the translation of
Michelets new work entitled GLAMOUR" The
work bears examination very we'll There is
throughout tone of earnestness, ofaffectionate
tenderness, that compels US to believe II. Mich.
elet thoroughly honest, and devoted to his task
with the sole purpose of doing good. We be-
!ieve that this book is destined to work an inn
Portant revolution in some phases of modern
society, and to stimulate inquiry in the right
direction. The style of the book is varied
sometimes dealing in purely physiological facts,
and again exuberant with poetic imagery, and
full of the subtlest philosophy. 1t is work
that should be carefully perused and calmly
judged We give few extracts, which may
serve to give the reader slight idea of ITS char
acter:
To commence with that which most affects
people nowadays, money, must say that
have never seen rich bride who was in any
way tractable tits not long before she begins
to display inOrdinatc pretensions, and claim the
right of spending her marriage portion, and
even more. So that the man who thought his
fortune made, soon finds himself reduced TO
poverty, and obliged to plunge into the quick
sands ofspeculation.
Twelve years ago, set up this axiom which
every day acquires additional verification "Tf
you wish to ruin yourself. marry a rich wife"
There is even greater danger than losing OF
your fortune, it is that of losing your former
self, of changing the habits which have made
you what you are, which have given YOU all
your force and originality. In what is called a
good marriage, you become something like a
hanger-on to woman a sort of fprime-eonsort
or queens husband, as it WERE
A beautiful, very beautiful widow, all amia
bility and goodness, said to some one: "Sir,
have fifty thousand liVres years, and quiet and
| unworldly habits. l love you and will obey
you. You are my old friend; tell me ifI have a
rich"
"Is it then crime to be rich?"
No All that is here meant to be conveyed
is, that the woman who marries man poorer
than herself is rarely willing to be guided by
him. She will not adopt his ideas, his ways of
living, and his habits; she will impose her own
upon him. If she do not succeed in turning the
man into woman, disputes will arise. The
sweet and impercepti5lc blending of two lives
into one will not take place. The grating of
the wife upon the husband will be impossible;
there will be no marriage, in fact, On the con-
trary, when the wife is the poorer of the two
she is rich in amabilty. She loves and trusts
and these are not trities But are these all p
No; third something is wanted, and this she
cannot always give. She must understand the
man whom she loves.
Are the adultery of the woman and the adul.
terry Of the man equally guiIty9 Yes, as an in.
fidelity, violation of VOWS. No, in a thousand
other respects.
The treachery of the woman carries with it
fearful consequences-thato of the man does not
The woman does not simply betray her husband;
she yields up his honor and his life; she makes
him gossiped about, ridicued, pointed at, Missed;
she puts him in peril of death, of either killing
a man or remaining butt; it is almost as if she
let en- assassin into the house by night.
He will suffer moral assassination all the
rest Of his life, never knowing whether her child
is his child, obliged to rear Gand provide for
doubtful progeny, or to amuse the public by a
trial, which, whether he gains or loses, makes
his name byword and "a jest
1t is folly to say that the woman has no more
responsibility than the man. He, by his actiyi-
ty and strength, supports the family; but she
is it's heart. She alone knows its mysteries
She alone holds the secret of domestic happi-