The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-28
INV YORK. LETTER.

NSCA tu u Nirulcnt tOruN""'hFHCe OF
UHtHU" MRrrI"EcS----A C"CEncy's
Idea OT the John NOR
riNs"y rs Faro HNukcr.
NEW YORK, Dec. -.
Tho external disngreeablcness of the
metropolis and its internal agreeable
ness have been fully inRuEurated Nv
natnr" and society. HcncofurIh we arc
to have murkN skies, miry streets,
SluSh- covered sidewalks without. bril-
liant drawlnE-rOomS,r elegant entertain
monts' ana gorgeous displays within,
Our prosperous citizens have deter
mlucd 10 make themselves luXuriouSlv
comfortable until the fair, bright DAYS
return, when they can promenade So
curelN i'll the sunshine, and arr their
carriages in tho park. Therefore socin-
hlhiN is Ia he made science and an art:
ana all that wealth, and taste, and Cul-
tnrH can do to elevate and refine and
swccIcu it will be earnestly and zeal
ously done i'll our preteutious hollow
ctIy of Manhattan.
FIFTH AVENUE
is constantly discussing the weddings
that have been and are to be. Wed
lock has broken ont Nlrulcnily i'll that
fashionable quarter, and so many per
sous have been attacked that no ancient
gallant nor accomplished illrt OF many
seasons is considered safe. Women
whose ages II was extremely impolile
10 conjecture mentally, and men whose
SrmUluuce of freshness aud viGur il WAS
Iudl~vrUct 10 Investigate, have been
walking the way of HNmUn so GriSklV
that the coy virgins who are just "Out,"
and the Srli-cuuscIOuS youths who are
CultiVutiug u feeble mousInche, are all
in Il trem ole lest their turn comes next.
This i regarded as the promising
and fortunate season for cOunubinl adj
ventures, and they who fail 10 find
cou>oTt now, may live long before they
have as many opportunities again.
Managing mumuaS are ON the gIII UIUe,
10 ftfty-uInIh street, for eligible
matches; and If they do not make their
daughters miserable, il is not surely
any fault of theirs, since no rIlSc, nor
tact, nor effort is spared to that end.
HNMENEAL SACRIFICE,
or a part OF il, l witnessed the other day
III thu Avenue, as l was taking an
after breakfast stroll. Before one Of
the most handsome mansions of that
splendid thOTuuEhiuTc l saw IA youthful
aud comely bride with several brides
maids, all :titired in white satin, lace,
and Sc-fiowers, getting into car
r!ages; and with them the bridegroom,
old enough To he a grandfather, but
made up mOrerCIreIuliy than any actor
at tn" HroudwaT theutcrS. From his
appearance he must have been Il rOue
and dchnuche who, after living long
lille of RIGHTEOUSNESS, had doubtless
locked about him TO see if any girl was
pure and pc-dcut enough to become
las wife, and found her at last, the
more's The pity. His qualifications, l
presume, III tho eyes OF Ecr parents
were the reputation OF "A man of fashion,
with fashionable vices, OF course, aud n
] a H....
iruuEard, 81 gambler, II seducer, and II
>coUndr"l ia various ways; but these
are slight faults compared to the two
great virtues mentioned. And, then
no mortal can lie expected to Ice perfect.
The party seemed a very happy one
as II drove away 10 Grace church. Its
members looked radiant, and smiled
swee.!y; and, unquestIonally, there
were those who enVled them. Perhaps
am Il trltle Saturnine: but could not
help thinking there was Il reverse side to
me picture that had not vet been seen,
My imagination went beyond the pa
geaut, behind the present; and il caught
a painful vision OF the future; of a desc.
late though splendid living; of a disap-
pointed and wretched wife saekin:
sympathy and love where nature
prompted and society forbade: of dis
hoHor, ana remOr>e, and agony OF
spirit; OF children that knew not and re-
vered not their father, growing up TO
p"TPetunie tn" ills that ever arise from
iuAnTU"Uious marriage, and have on
earth no end.
saw all this, and the white robes
grew sUIied and sable Mt last, and the
orange flowers wiIncTcd. and the fresh
sweet face Of his new lphigenia be-
came care-worn and premutuCely old,
and there was stain upon her white
brow did not Wish To look at, and
turned away from it III plying pain.
\ DENT MONDE WEDDING
occurred her. the other day. and was
HuEu..ed with the great doar and un-
doeT OF the aEe-mOncy. \ young
man OF wealthy IATeut.t.c. but, strange
to say. q E~mU-I OF one OF our second.
possibly third, families, became dcSpcr-
hteiF euuupred Of "A young femme de
yhttSlr residing in Houston street. He
!aELsne8 whatever means he could OBJ
tain upon her, aud seemed in ceaseless
dread that she would leave him. To
prevent this much-to- be-desired result,
Il" mad" her his wife, and informed his
parents U! his rash act.
Their surprise and horror NAV be
supposed. They were ignorant what
10 d. II they disinherited their son,
they feared he would be ruined by fall
ing into the lowest designations. They
would nDi accept her OF course and
master from his queen and mistress.
They nnmiiy concluded TO buy the
Young man = freedom; and they did
They bestowed upon him "a certain
sum to travel in Europe; aud as soon
Us ms Governor had seen him depart
on the Scotia, the courtesan entered
INTO an agreement for u stipulated
price to go to California; having given
her written consent to divorce, and
cOni.-ssing to various intideIitieS even
after her marriage rites had been per
formed.
The family breathe more easily now.
but the paieT-familias declares he can
not afford to assist ut many such mar
ringes Of his children, If he would keep
out Of Tho court of bankruptcy.
AN ENGLIsHMASiStID
of America was well exemplitied last
week by tho arrival or Il young cOckuey
from London at the Clarendon Hotel.
and his appearance Mt the office early
the following morning with an Amer
lean rifle he had purchased at home,
and the confidential question: 81 say
now: my d"ah feliah, arc they any OF
the bloody Indians about? ! want to
nav" crack at some of them you
know. bought this rifle to do that
sort OF thing, do you sce?"
The foolish fellow had actually sup
posed that the native Indians of the
lpE"=t huhleN IN the vicinity of Union
square; that herds Of buffalo ronmcd
through Irving Place; and, no doubt,
had fears Of losing his scalp while
walking in Broadway.
Is not singular our cOncoited iusu-
lar cousins across the Atlantic are the
laughing stock of the civilized world.
FRUSTRATED DUEL IN THE Park.
y few nights since, the Park police
men ARE sted there two young men.
who had measured OF the ground and
were standing ten PAGES apart, ready to
IRE on each other with revOIvers. They
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