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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-16

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B8- A NOBLE woRk roR wolRS.-Thel
labor of preparing hospital bedding and
bed clothing for the sick and wounded SOL
diers of our army, dsvolyes principally
upon the loyal women of our country.
The cold winter is fast approaching, and
our soldiers must be supplied with many
things which cannot be furnished by the
Government. Through the q. S. Sanitary
Commission. the way is open by which the
wants of the sick and wounded Of the army
can be ascertained and supplied. .s-
An offceis now open ia this city, under
the direction of the o. S. Sanitary Com
mission, for the accumulation Of contri-
buttons previous to their assignment to
places of need. St'iiflii .,,. So
win the ladies of Wheeling and West
'ern Virginia, of Eastern Ohio and Penn
sylvania, unite with US in this labor of
mercy2 Organize societies, solicit mate
rial, and make up comforters, sheets,
shirts, drawers, pillows, &C., and forward
to this Office. Read what the President
and Gen. Scott say: Hs af '-,,.st
The Sanitary Commission is doing
work of great humanity, aud of direct
practical value to the nation, in this its
time OF trial. 1t is entitled to the grdti-
tude and the confidence ofathe people, and
trust 1t will be generously supported.-7
There is no agency through which volun-
tary offerings of patriotism can be more
effectively made. A. LINCOLN,
l4iH WINFIELD SooTT.
Circulars giving full particulars of what
is needed can behad at the office, No. 1861
Main street. 'laioa hee r" 70
Donations should be direetedto o. S.
Sanitary Commission, care DR.. CD. Girls
void, l054 Main street, Wheeling, Va.
D. S. Frncker, Receiving and Disbursing
Agent. -. =
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Interesting News!
Anew Oil Wei Just 1. discovered Dis y

But n Small Amount Required for ey-
cry one to take a Share.
EUery so cents inpested sOitl yield 81 ,OOrth
IN ApyANoE OF TINS NEW HIGH TARIFF.
100 CASES OF NEW 3 SPRING g 4ISt AND SUMMER
have Just been received which the subscriber is able
TO sell for less than half their original value,
Besides many other goods received, he will only
mention $50 pieces Of silk of all the latest styles at
all prices some as low as so cts per yard worth at
least 81 and some Plain Silks rs low as $40 per yard
25 pieces of Plain Black Silks for Dresses and Man.
tillas. ti1ll 2fo ~ f7s
Dress Goods alargc and varied assortment. Some
Travelling Dress Goods for only Sc per yard, worth at
Lawns and lawn Robes, plain and figured Bereges
and Berege Robes. ti,iti fisaL ~ ~ 4nl
Double width grey, black and white Bereges for
shaRls and busters; some worth 81 for only 90 cts
: ciiaIifcs aud Delaines, Ginghams and Ghint1es,
T large stock; some "a dark French 0hintzea, for
l6c Per yard worth at least SIC, and Light ChintZeS
p, SHAWLS-l0oC Grape shawls all eoIorsI from 10
30 dollars piece; 20 Twisted silk shayls, NV
styles; 100 Stella ShAWls, some as low a. 81.
a. sIlk and G9sh busters and ooafs, at AZ Priott
French Lace Mantlcs OF all tho latest styles.
large stock OF Bmbroideries anil white Goods.
iIHbO0 dosJbad Hose some worth 15e, for 6M etJ
PAlasCIS, Hoop SKIRTS and corsets, large stock.
0QMRST1CS.-Rast colOreA Prints, (wRFranted,)
for 70, 81 and sc per yard worth l2zz 10 and 90
widths and qualities. Irish Linen and Linen Table
Cloths at all prices. i'-if ~
CARPETS sTr7s pieces ofIngraln, 8 ply and super.
j Agood aSsortInent Of Boyi, Ready Made Clothing,
ofWhicE have been sought for casE nom Importers,
Apd'will bssold At greatly reduced Pri9ss BY
ana 1877 Main ST., Wheeling, Va.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-16
AmERIoAN YOUNG 1ADY1sm.

Mr.. G. Kohl, a German traveller, who
has described more than half the civilized
world, has recently written what purports
to be an account of the young ladies OF
America, Our lady readers will not prob
ably agree with all he says of them; but
nevertheless, we suspect they will. read ey-
cry word with great attention and interest,
As for readers OF the other sex, We recon-
mend them to believe nothing Mr.. Kohl
says, unless it is substaptiated by their
wives, sisters, or sweethearts. - ", ~.
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their labors. In the public popular lee
tnres, which are so admired in the cities
of America, the ladies almost entirely set
the fashion, A ecturer who displeases
them is ruined man even though he
were backed up by an army Of mem If,
on the other hand, a handsome, smart
lecturer, full of anecdote, gain their favor,
he can make his fortune with few courses.
For what the fashionable ladies of one
place have heard those of another also
wish to hear, and such a lecturer receives
invitations from the most remote towns.
sla4 LITERARY LADIES. asgbai
The town libraries, museums, obseryaL
tories, and other public scientific institu-
tions-localities inwhich among ourselves
only bookworms, antiquaries, and other
originals are seen among the sdudhs-are
visited by crowds of Indies, who flutter
through them. They are the terror of IL
brarians and friends of literature, who
wish to bury themselves in their studies.
To please the ladies atsuch public institu-
tions in the United States must, like the
ladies themselves, assume a very elegant
garb, and much money must be laid out
for striking curiosities. which are speedily
brought into Wretched condition by the
numerous uuBers, anu -Oy tue Iaules ulRs
ging valuable specimens with their parasol
ferrules. Very naturally they bring with
them to these consecrated spots their
beaux, and carry on their flirtations there,
as if they were at an evening party. They
take the observatories by storm, and COM
pei the polite astronomer, who is prevent
ed from making serious observations, to
point them out Jupiter's satellites or Sa-
turns rings. But even in the presence of
the planets, which should fill them with
sacred awe, they do not break off for a
moment the thread OF their fiirtatious.-
Unhappily-and this is even worse-these
lovely ladies have interfered by focks in
the labors of literature. The European
discovers on the banks of the Ohio or
Mississippi an astounding number of cele-
brated poetesses aud romancers whom he
never heard of before and this American
crinoline literary cohort constantly pours
fresh water on old tea-Ieaves, and swamps
the book market with fearfnlly insipid
beverage. At times, too, they make their
as street preachers, and always
play great part in the intrigues of the re-
ligious sects.
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THE POOR HUSBANDS.


1 In America this terribly degeuerated
rever ence for women, which might be call
ed more truly pampering and spelling, is
naturally felt most by the husbands, who
have entered upon lifelong slavery. If
a lovely American girl sinks into the arms
of a man, TO be bound to him for life, she
does so much in the same way as she
throws herself into her easy chair. Mar
riage is her pillow, her sofa, on which she
intends henceforth comfortably to repose.
Upon it she confidently throws all the bur
den of her cares and troubles she regards
the husband as her factotum. who has to
provide for all her wants. he must pro-
cure her house according to her fancy,
he must furnish this house exactly as she
wishes it, he must arrange and administer
kitchen and cellar, and even go every
morning before breakfast to make the me-
cessary purchases for the days meals
Even in Washington you may at times see
senators, statesmen renowned in the world,
and influential in the papers, hurryiug to
market at an early hour, with a basket on
their arm, and carrying home salad, green
peas, pastry, strawberris; OF. other vegeta-
BILE produce. sa al. -
Even farmers wives often hold them
selves much too high for business of this
sort, and scenes of the following nature
may be seen at market. A young farm
er's wife once saw sitting in little one
horse chaise and holding the reins. In her
elegant dress she could not, ofcourse, be ex-
peCted to go into the dust aud confusion of
the market, so she had sent off her hus-
band. He was busy among the stalls, like
a swallow collecting insects for its young,
and presently appeared again laden with
all sorts of boxes and parcels. These the
farmers wife, naturally, could not take on
her silk lap, so the husband had to hold
them carefully in the chaise.
The author says in conclusion aiI
az have mainly kept in sight the upper
strata Of society, which, however, sink
very deep, as will have been seen, in Ame-
riea. need hardly add that in this great
land, though it is extremely uniform, there
are many shades of character among rich
and poor, in towns and in the country, in
70 which cannot enter so, fully. as / could
wish. There are entire districts-as for
instance, in the smaller towns of New
Englahd-~here the female population,
although somewhat infected, by the eener-
al tint, is most respectable, pions and do
mesttcated. Moreover, this pamperine OF
the women, which l have criticised, has
its good side, as, for instance, this: that
American men who display 50 little innate
reverence for old age or for talent, or for
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other things elsewhere highly esteemed,
have in their wives atleast something they
venerate, and which, under given circum-
stances, may hold them in check"
Need we say to our lady readers, who
have carefully perused Mr., Kohps criticism,
that we don't belisyea word of itH
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LNULII-E3 U0uDIE IuE ID0Ve
49rYearly Advertising on reasonnbie ternls aeoor.
ding 70 the space occupied and the changes
ers. to be paid for IN ddrdHoe
business Cards not exeeedinghVe lines SO peryear
or s. for six months, but for shorter period nothin
VIII be counted less than a square. lsfi7
The privilege Of Annual Advertising is limited to
the AdTertisers' own Immeiiats business; and all
advertisements for the benefit of other prisons a.
well as All legal advertisements and advertisements
ofRueton sales and real estate, sent IN by them muS.
be paid for Mt the usual rates e a. = fsi7ss5
directions. viii be fhserted until forbid and charged
accordingly. - = - 20
Notices Tor Political Meetings to be charged In all
cases at fnll rates = t5II.-l $50
Marriages, HOticeso Of Funerals, andannouneements
Of sermons, so cents each. noyII-'69
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rARMERs' DAUGHTERS.

Even the farmers daughter looks exact
ly like denizen of the town, reads ro-
inances, insists on dressing in silk, and
dresses her hair with artificial French
flowers in contempt of the natural chill
dren of Flora. Ladies' in the larger towns
are so proud Of their pale, interesting COM
plexion, that they disguise and try to drive
away the natural roses on their cheeks as
something coarse aud vulgar. They veil
themselves carefully from the beams of the
burning sun, drink vinegar, aud employ
other artificial means to develop still fur
ther the moonlight on their faces. An
Englishwoman, or any other fresh beauty
arrived from Europe, resembles among
American ladies the, accompaniment of
flutes BY a key-bugle.
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s.NAKwE1l. F.y.cAMPpEI1.l oEO. a. rIsoLE.
MAXWELL, ,CAMPBELL&TINGLE,
Wholesale Grocers 3
NHasf' -AEp-yn1s 5Ha
COMMISSION MERCHANTS

n MOI WnIh SIsS W heeHMByV Vus -
h.. li .r HAVE NOW IN STORE -a
$50 bbla. Prime N. o. Molasses, .s.
125hlf. bbls. do siii-f $50
22O hhds. fully fair to primo N. o. Sugar.
l25 bbls. Cr., ,Granulated, Pow'd and Cofeo Sugars
10 :" Brune's Golden syrup. ~ q
25 " New York do
800 bags good fsir to prime Rio Coffee
SO pockets Java Coffee. -H 5fH
IS boxes Nat1 If u lump Tobacco
46 do various tandArd brands 6s Tobacco.
10 1S os.s, SS .Hunts2.,, d2 do 1@: 12: DO do
10 do sDon Quixote" Ns do -l.l
s5 hlE. CHI. Y. H aud G. p. Tea.
35 do .0OlOng and POuehoug Tea: H'r
100 bbls No. 3 Med. and Lg. Mackerel. r.r.,
so s' Tar, large size.
l6 tierces Rice. s1iI sz5st.,, 5i4. y . lfssI
Pepper, Pimento, Nutmegs, Gloves, Cass
Mustard, Ginger, Indigo, Bt-Carb. Soda, 'e
Salaratus Soap, Candles, Wash boards, d tkets,
Tubs, Brooms, Nails and all other ar H. les en-.
braced In the Grocery line. tfe r-t mh2
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JAS. NJ DILLON, 5nF.
.sT Eo.lo7 Market street. q :
PLUMBER AND GAS FITrER,
~ s. ESnnnnPr -

.I.II. y UiI I-Ii3 y AhDTlUH sI1N.IUlI f74-'
BRASS FoUNDRX. i.i;
nEALER IN WROUGHT IRON, GALVANIZED,
IL aud all aiEes Of Lead Pipes, shss' Lead, Brass
GuAges Lin and Forcs Pumps Links, Hose, Antlfric-
ton Metal Bra1eer Tin, Zine, Anthony, crneibels
Galvanized lightning Rods, InsulAtors and Points.
AGENT FOR THE MRNEELY BELbS. Aquednct
Pipes constantly on hand. lEr
Cash paid for Copper, Brass and LEAD.
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On board the steamers, and in other
modes of communication throughout the
country, the ladies have every sort of priv
ilege. On the railways they exert Wig
orous right of appropriation over the gem
tlemen, even should they have taken their
seat at the last station. On many occa-
sions, such as at theatres, in the galleries
of the House, or wherever there may be
anything to be seen or heard5 the "lord OF
creation" can never feel safe in his seat,
however early he may have taken posses
sion oft Ifanv one tap on his shoulder
and whisper into his ear the words of ter
ror, ga lady" he must spring up at once,
and is swept aside like dust by the crino-
line, to seek another seat where he can.
And yet it would be possible TO endure
all this and NOSE, if the ladies united with
their authority graCiousness and apleasaut
show of gratitude, and If they, the petted
and the 6kdSees, did not regard all the SER
vices and indulgence of men with such in-
difference, and as tribute necessarily
theirs. Generally, however, they behave
as if the men did nothing but their duty
You may dislocate your spine in picking
up something n lady has let fall, or, like
Raleigh, lay down your coat before her, so
that she may pass dry-shod over puddle,
and rarely will you be rewarded even by a
smile. All this robs the weaker ser of
its sweetest charm, the gentle and ifresista-
BILE power by which it elsewhere enchaius
and thralls the heart of man. Among us,
the stronger being bows TO woman, andthe
weak darling, conscious of her need and
support, rewards him with her gratitude
But, in America, Fridolin does his duty
like negro slave, aud, of course, now and
then, grows weary of theraffair. 1t is not
-unfrequent to hear the chivalrous Ameri-
cans, when out oftheir wives earshot, iu-
dulge in the most awful declarations of
rebellion. $40
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TIoY YwHBELBARRows& &CARTS
q ffesh supply just Fe0elE6d q 'ina gt5
mh22 D. N1coLL BROS, 100 Main 81
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.4aiIg gntelliaenrer
TERMS oRIADVERTISING,

TWELyEsoLD LANES or NoNPARm, CoE oNE scH,)o
LESS, MAXI A SQuARR.f
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ALL AMRRIOAN WOMEN BEAur1PU

4
Our traveller begins by remarkfng that
our domestic institutions produce singu-
lar sameness:
That beauty, however, should become
democratic is a remarkable fact for the OBJ
server. The fair sex in America has not
only the same universal feelings, impulses
and passions, the same education aud re-
quirements which they have obtained from
institutions all of a like pattern, but also
the same charms. There is greater ma
tional family resemblance among Ameri-
cHn women than among those of any Euro.
pean country. The general affinity in
manners, comfort and social value has had
such an effect on the type of beauty, that
they all appear to have issued from the
same mould and school. American salon
filled with ladies resembles hyacinth-field
in the sand d-gardens of Berlin.
Clumsy, coarse features, striking defor-
mites, original and characteristic ugIiness,
are found neither among American men
or women No one could dream, there. of
asserting that le laid e'est Le Jedu The
great majority of women are moderately
pretty, very passable, or pleasingly pretty.
Still their charms arc concentrated more
in their features than in their demeauor,
figures, or coSporeal shape. a classical
UuSbf TOuuueu hIulsi anu Mell ucNclupeu
limbs are the greatest rarity among them.
You may gaze on hundred and not discov-
er:one shapely waist. The effeminate man
ners of these anything but Spartan repub-
lican ladies, their horror of bodily move
ment and physical exertion, produce neg
lect and decay of the entire muscular sys-
tenn. Walking the open air is something
quite unusual with them, for in their coun-
try, where there are no footpaths or prom
enades, they move about in carriages, and
rarely on horseback. The rest Of the long
day they spend, after the fashion of ladies
in Eastern harems, on softly cushioned So
fas, or in their fayorite rocking chairs by
the fireside. Full beauties a Ia Rubens are
never found among them, and equally rare
are those gracefully, well+rounded, elastic,
Junonic forms, which may still be seen in
Italy aud other European countries. The
ladies Of Kentucky alone offer an excep-
ton to this, but the rest all resemble tu-
lips, in whom only the head delights.
Their faces, too, are pleasanter through
the delicacy of the outline than in the coll
or or expression. Their complexion is
hardly ever rosy, and rarely lively and
fresh. They are all somewhat pallid, like
jealous romance readers among ourselves.
They seem 10 be hot-house plants, and
their entire education and formation in
the fashionable ladies' academies is on the
forcing system. These pretty, delicate,
pale faces are met with not only in the
capitals, bat far away np the Mississippi,
in the new settlements, and in the prairies
among the Indians.
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II. INCOME Of this Company Is DOUBLE that OF
any other Fire Insurance Corporation in the
United States! 10

FIRH AND INLAND NAVIGATION
gGS accepted at terms consistent with solVeney and
fair profit.
EftsridIatkeatiOH gtesn 70 0IHfifTaHegqf DWELLINGS,
aHd C6Eteats for tSTRs efOAs % EUe years.
ThsprOErsss Of this Corporation has been stable
.nAppinisrrupted through seasons of financial sun
tkne And stern or periods STentfal IN exempt from
sweeping e0naagrafiOns and maritime disaster. Be
NJ bag established, cash basis, tho troubles OF
thseret system aeet MS In no material particular.
During Ekard times' the security Of reliable Insu
anec an imperative duty-the ability Of property
hOllsrs tOsustain loss being thea much 1elSened.
Policies Issued without delay, and an business at
tended to with dispatch and fidelity, by
n. @. ARTHUR, Agent,
once over the Bank of Wheeling.
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THE worn mRLEGAST.p y

The American ladies have also received
into their everyday English language
many other French expressions which the
English employ rarely, or give very diff
ferent meaning to. Thus, they have re-
markab.e propensity for the term "ele-
CANT" 1t has grown one of their favorite
words. which they incessantly repeat, and
whose broad and various application is no
little Characteristic Of them. English ladies
generally apply this word, borrowed from
the French, to articles of luxury, to pro-
duets of the lower branches of art. where
it is in its place, and means so much as
"pleasing in exterior and form.p English
ladies would never think of expressing
their pleasure with things of greater inter-
nal value, which must be gauged by a
higher standard, by employing the trivial
expression every elegant" Only Amert-
can ladies do this; they describe as elegant
the toilet and amiable behavior of their
beaux, equally with the garish furniture
of room all glistening with ormolu and
enamel. For the pretty verses an Rdorer
lays at their feet, they have, too, no higher
praise than that they are mvery elegant,
very elegant indeed" They also call the
speech OF high standing political orator
Every elegant A flower in garden bed,
the fragrant lily, or the regal rose, is only
called by them "an elegant flower" Even
picture by Rafaelle or Correggio receives
in the outburst of their enthusiasm no 9th.
er attribute; if they return from Switzer-,
land and are asked what they have seen
amid the Alps. they praise the .telegant
scenery" of the mountains. This unlucky
word, and the more unlucky predilection
for the elegant, which is met with at every
step among American ladies, is so deeply
rooted in them that they have extended
the territory of the word 10 extraordinary
lengths, both upwards and downwards.-
For instance, going downwards, they will
talk of an f'elegant dish" they have eaten !;
and going upwards, what We CALI a good or
classical taste, and is generally character
ised by them as an "elegant taste.n
LADIES Is PUBLIC.
The Americans, comparing themselves
with other nations, are very proud of the
fact that t'ladies" hold SO high a position
among them. But to obtain this reputa-
ton aud praise for their country is often
attended with very unpleasant consequent.
ces. The ladies tyrauuise over the whole
land, and interfere in everything. They
can in no way be escaped, and a man can
scarce ever dispense with their protection.
Everywl ere they take the first and best
places for themselves and their proteges.
That they should play the prominent part
/ :. = nd -r,aTs do 1fta hide
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!. F. A. BRENTLINGER & co.
DedA Pharmaceutical and Prescription store in No
Isl Market street, where they viii be pleasedto
serve those who may feel disposed to call. Their
Ing physeIana cannot tail to give con-
hdence to all.
Physicians and Druggists requiEiuE pharmaceuH
cal and chemical preparations for their own dis
pensng. offnlI and uniform strength as by the q. s.
PharmapiA, can have them prepared At the shortest
notice, we being now provided with all necessary
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DENAND AND sUPPlY OF WON

. t.z DEMAND AND SuffL1 VI MoAENs Il.
The necessity for female society runs
through the whole history Of American
colonization side by side with the Indian
wars. At a later date the "Pioueers of the
westn who crossed the Alleghanies and
settled on the Ohio aud the Mississippi,
wanted wives, who at all times have been,
and stilI are. a rare and valued article in
the United States. Just as the first emf
grants attracted them from Europe by all
sorts of promises, the later emigrants re-
turned to the eastern cities. chiYalrously
paid court there to young girls, and work.
cd hard 10 fulfil their promises This, in
in my opinion, is the main basis of1wo-
mans position in America, and she has
been pampered, caressed, dressed in silks
aud eatins, till she gradually became the
tender, pretty, delicatei capricious, fash
ionable puppet she now is.
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INDEPENDENCE OF AhRRIcAN WONEN. :
The intercourse of American gentlemen
with these pretty, pale, elegant ladies is
so long as they are nnmarFied-of7a 4 nature
that would not be tolerated in England
They stand on far too bold and confidential
footing for our notions. English parents,
it is known. grant their daughters far
more liberty than the French do, who
keep theirs in q convent until it is time to
marry them Among the Americans
where the republican spiritiof independence
Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-08
NEW PICTURE GALLERY.

a. EEeCf SN has opened New Picture Gal
30 lery, in the
ODD FELLOWS HALL BUILDING.
Cor er of ID and Third Streets,
Where he viii always be in readiness to wait on
who may be pleasedto give him a call
E1- None but First Glass Work done, and char
moderate,