Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-06

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do2 He could only offer the respectful
tribute of an occasional sigh or a glance of
modest sympathy. At SWindleburp. as
every one knows, the train stops ten min
utes for refreshments. Engenius delicate.
y offered the afflicted lady5a cup of tea.-
She declined but in a low, musical yoica
murmured the words "a glass OF stout
Eugenius hew to procure il for her. AS
the train approached London, be endeav-
ored to soothe her mind by other unosten.
tatious little Civilities. In accents of deem
compassion, he asked her commonplace
questions. Would she like the window
uP3 Might he offer her the loan of his
railway rug The rug was accepted with
silent gratitude. Presently the train. rolls
into the London terminus.
Our young friend leaps. from the. car
riage iporder to procure a cab for his for
Iorn companion. He has barely1Eecoyered
his balance when u sWhrthY. gentleman,
dressed in the height of fashion, With a
dattened nose and slight cast in the eve.
seizes him by the tbroAt, and communi-I
Gates his intention pf sfastaut dyIdg him
into custody on charge of inahlting the
unprotected female who had been his fell
low-trayeler to London. Eugenins re.
members little more beyond a dreadful row
his hat Knocked over his eyes amidst the
plaudits Of au indignant mob-the inter
ference of puzzled policeman, who be-
lieyed the asseyerations of neither party
and the final surrender of all the money
in his pocket to the swarthy man of fash
ion with the imperfect nose, as The shortest
mode of effecting his escape from the
clutches of a braceof conspirators.
A WEEPING PRGsoNBR.
Emotion may not be feiRued. vet its
source may be very different from what
lockers -On imagine. A jail chaplain strove,
day after day, to awaken culprit con.
demned to the gallows to some sense of
his miserable condition. All seemed in
vain. One night, however, on taking
leave. the prisoners manner changed.
There was some slight exhibition of feel
ing; the clergymeu's hopes revived. He
paused, spoke kindly to the man, and ask
ed him what was on his mind2 The man
burst into tears, and, grasping the others
hand exclaimed in broken accents, "Sir, L
should like to have a good bcllyful of vic
tnals afore die ~
APATHETIC PREAcHEn.
Once upon time, ut country church,
theclergyman, an earnest, ,excitabie preach
er, CHANGED, in tho middle Of his sermon.
to throw a tenderly pathetic accent into u
sentence that was totally devoid of any
thing approaching. to pathOs---a plain, sen.
sible announcement of solid facL-the
distance from Jorusalem to Jericho in Eng
lish miles, or the number of years occu-
pied, according to the best authorities, in
building the Second Temple of Jerusalem.
The earnest, excitable man heard the ac-
cents of his own voice and was much NOV
cd. His voice trembIed more and more,
his eyes grew moist; it was a chance that
hc did not entirely break down. Immc-
dlatRl 81 three young. baSies iRs ths Sqpite,si
pew pat their handketehiefS TO theirieyes;
the Squire blew his nose violently; 6ea-
Wy dragoon, who chanced to be staying
at the Hall, was sensibly affected
several females in the back benches
sobbed audibly; an elderly sipnster
groaned; nineteen charity school chill
dren thOughtit prudent, on a sign from
tue school-mistress, to rub their eyes with
the back of their hands, aud the church
wardens nudged eaoll other in the ribs,
and endeayored to look solemn. "WhaCs
Hecuba to him, OF he to Hecuba?" But
in Hecuba's case there was tragic sub
stratumi there was really something to cry
about. All that was needed was the i'm
agiuatiye power to realize the patllos of
the story. In the case of the earnest ex-
citable preacher there was nothing, so to
say, to go upou-it was literally "uo1 et
ProetereG nihil!" A statistical fact was ut
tered by the merest chance in touching
accentsi the utterer was melted; his audi
ence was melted; action aud reaction fol-
lowed; it was mercy that the quiet coun-
try church was not startled from its pro-
tpriety by an outburst of frantic hysteria
from trsnsePtl nave and aislss.
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Letter from Washington.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press.)