The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-29
PrIee. In lhe UnIte,I stntc..
THE STATEMENT or THR LoSDoS TIA,
st tCOHVISpDNnRAyT

THE STATEMENT OF THR LONDON TINES
CORRESPONDENT.
The regular correspondent OF the
London 1TBlcs writes from Newport:
",rhis is so largely a letter OF filcts
and figures that IL will not be innppr0-
prtnto to furnish you with an addition
TO tho vital statistics which / sent
somc weeks ago. Some OF. the DnDers
occasionally give way TO lamentations
over the eXtrnvng1nt habits of the prO-
pie, which they attribute to the use or i,
paper currency. No doubt ono Is mt
TO ltnger with less attachment over n
greenbnck stiff with grease and dirt
than over piece OF gold, and Il often
greatly promotes personal cleanliness
70 70 Eet Tlu OF the filthy slips OF paper
which constitute the only money Ameri-
cans have known for four wears. The
matter was worse before tho tfrnctionoI
currency was introduced, for then
Postage-stnmps were used as money
ana 1t wns not always easy to part with
theihi IN consequence of the gum ON
the back. For n long time past, how
ever, notes for MS small n sum ns fhIn,
cents (lSd.) have been in circulation.
ana the stamps have consequently dis!
appeared. During the war the prices
OF every commodity rose, and trades
men apparently find It to their interest
70 Keep them where they are. The GU
rtous circumstance Is, that nobody
seems to be seriously inconyenienS,ed
by the expense OF living. The hotels
are always full, and rulnous as II Is to
live in them in New York, the stranger
must go to n watering place to see n
system of high prices flourishing in
full glory. Here, for instance, at New
port where 'all the world of America
comes ut this season OF the year, the
unavoidable expenses are such that a
rich man In England would feel some
reluctance to pay them. In the hotel,
ior Two rooms, decorated with furni-
ture which must have been brought by
the hrst settlers, and never mended
since, the chnrge Is $40 n dny, (E4.) Sum
posing the guest makes himself content
with n sort of closet far awny above
enrth rs a bedroom, he can get off for IS
n day. (&1.) His meals must be taken
at tables common to the whole COM
pany, md If he is particular on the
subject of cookery he will yery soon
starve. There Is no doubt n variety Of
dishes, but US they all taste precisely
ollEe through being cooked nthe oven,
proDaDly It Is immnterinl which the
guest may choose. Supposing he takes
pint OF cheap wine, (claret or Rhine
,wEine,1 no Will have to pay SIS. for It.
~ ISle Iln', ~ notnlng cheaper than this to-
20 llnd ut to touch. Should he wish to
!ake drive In tho evening, his bill will
include nm item of IS (Ei i2s.J for the
Nehlele-a trap not a whit superior 10
inc stlTs' to and from railway stations
IN provincial towns. The servants must
pe Ieed heavily, or tho guest may hewh his
own wood md his draw own water. Vet
Newport is crowded, and there Is mnniS
testify large sprinkling of that class
OF persons who in England arc aOe1s-
toned TO travel In third-class carriages
and put up at lOdging-houses in back
streets. The display of dress would
astonlsh q fashionable European milli.
ner, lsometimes, with good reason, al.
though a lady's wardrobe costs nearly
money enough to buy cottage and n
piece OF land. Men are not much bet
ter on, since suit of clothes which no
one could wear in london without feel
ing abashed, knowing he was outraginr
pubic propriety, costs here a hundred
dollars tG20,l This, indeed. Il the most
dlsagreeable part OF the expensive iIfe
nere-you get nothing for your money.
ad bad loou, Indifferent wines, poor lotiis-
lngs, cost more than the hest of every
Ihlng would cost in England. Let any
man 60 into n decent dininp-house In
sew sew oFk; lDelmonlco's or The Maison
Doree, and he Will not get n plain din
ner for less thRn s. (GI.l He might get
a better one at n club In London, or eycn
At q restaurant, for IS. or AZ. In noInf
OF lnctI II the people are not nll rfci,
mere mere they ought to be, to enable them 10
i've properly. It's probable that a far
laL ger proportion of current income Is
expended hero than in Europe, where
saving habits prevail much more OK
tensiVely thnn anywhere In America.
except In New England. There the
ground doesnot yield its riches with
out labor and trouble, and money Is
hardly earned, and tho simple and 'fFu-
gal habits OF the people have not mn
nergone much change since tho Pilgrim
Fathers laid the foundation of the set-
tlement. ~ nj
Travelling Is not expensive, hut it Il
impossible TO conceive anything more
dtsag agreeable; In the railway exten-
above, 1t would be we'll II the AmsrSS
cans would mako provision for com
tort and safety as well as cheapness.