Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-25
FROM LONDON
Foreign Correspondence Of tho Intelligcnccr.

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sta,,d;',,r In,'S.' 't'". . s'eGcSs'o" Oh Hngc
,.h;ion ,I,;'.I MUGS iol INo ol our senses,
Ing inc UIhutiiGf S6nT az sI"t.'leu III near
%o"0r, w N'"">' = '''Fh' IN fapt
from the earth IN the held near us, he
whlrled Ill circles over our head, making
melody as ne went ana hlllng the AR with
ms sweet clear tones. Ihe sun had gone
Gown ana tne long lWl'ight set IN when
we reacheu inc IlltIS ,I narrow street lcaoing
TO the church. lhcre IN hrm straight
rows, bordering the broad walks OF tins
ola rnsilc DMfylhE Sronho, STOOD tue yews.
Alter the ola French style, thcy had been
cut and trimmed into hugs cones and sug-
gcSted the l"ea OF hle OF scntlne9s keep
ing grim watch over the Sleepers below
and around. Most grotesque they seem
now, rs through unsclentlhc clipping,
they have lost their intended regularity of
form. There is no other tree or shrub
planted in this yard, and the number OF
| ia V1rinuSlV PSfin01fpI Hbn Cr,,Ur
lous old Clerk, whom we called to open
the church for US, said he made out lO7:
and pointed out one near the building, as
snrc to be 200 years old. let inc secure q
relic from th0t said |, and anticipated Al
little, the trimming shears carrying away Il
| little twig for my foreign collection. Into
the church we walked and looked Curl
Onsly into the bOX-likc pews, the little odd
galleries, went up the old oakcu stairway
to the choir and down the stone aisle to
the old stone font where the rustic babies
had been christcncd for many ages; long
before our eyes saw the light. The chime
OF bells upon this church are famous, but
we did not hear them Passing out we
seats for men, and opposite, ''frec seats
for women" and near the door another,
''fcmalcs are requested to take Off their
p0tcRS. The ''pattcn" is, | must explain,
a rustic invention Of the sandal species TO
raise the foot out of the mud and protect
the shoe from wear. Ion can imagine the
noise score pair of such wooden feet
would make coming into church. Stand
ing outside, the chatty old clerk, wishing
doubtless to make the most of his commits
sion, and just title 6ter-y, began to tell
us what they used to do there when he
was a-boy; how II man by the name OF
Raikcs came there and marched the chill
dren, &c. lie referred US to the school
master, Mr.. Pulling, in proof of what he
said, and we sat down on the old tomb