The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-06


The correspondent of the Glasgow
of Lewis, in the Hebrides, says "the
women do all the heavy work. They
dig, delve and hoe; they carry heavy
lOuds of manure TO the fields, and in
the peat season you may see them all
day carrying creelsful OF peat from the
bog. You will often see man trudg-
ing along the. road beside II woman,
hut the creel is always on the woman's
back. II they come to river or ford,
the woman crosses first, deposits her
creel on the other side, and then returns
10 carry the man across. only saw
this once but the farmers tell me II is
thing of everyday occurrence When
the creel is empty, the man sometimes
slings it over mis- own shoulders, and
then mounts upon the back OF the
woman who carries them both
across together. This, am, told Is
the only occasion on which, by any
chance, you see creel upon the oAck
Of man. The woman In the rural dis
tricts here is, in fact, u beast of burden,
aud men, in looking out for wives, look
largely to muscular development. "A
story is current among the English
speaking farmers that illustrates this
conception ofwoman's mission. In the
middle of ono peat season, when labor
WAS much in demand, man who was
supposed TO be confirmed old bAche-
lor,T suddenly married. a friend met
him some days after. What for DID
YOU take woman like thatf" said
the friend. "Did you no hear, replied
the man, ''that.my horse was dead f"'
Ex.CoMaIssIoNER oULD is furnish
ing some evidence which may perhaps
be of value to the committee on the
treatment ofprisoners. He has writ
ten another letter confirming his previ-
Gus statements in regard to his prOpo-
sition for an exchange of prisoners. He
says:- ,.r
ttI offered early in August to deliver
all the sick and wounded prisoners we
had without requiring equivalents for
them. l would have made the otter
earlier, but for the fnct that some con-
siderable time before. 1 had made an
offer of exchange, man for man, to
which l could get no response. l
waited for u response until early In
August, and falling to receive one,
then made the offer above named, ut
the same time urging haste on the! part
of the United States Government, as
the mortality among the federal pris-
.Oners was very great. During the fHll
again and again urged haste, giving
the same reason. l informed the fed
eral. authorities that Il they would send
transportation for $1,000 men TO the
mouth OF the Savannah River, would
furnish that number Of sick and
wounded, and that would fill up any
deficiency with we'll prisoners. L did
not require a corresponding delivery ol
our PRISONERS, though l expressed the
desire that they might be sent"
GnNTs fVNt h &
matter, and declares that he will prove
every word by federal testimony.
-YIcroR HUGO, having failed to save
IA living Emperor by writing letter in
his behalf, is endeayoring to aid in pre-
serving the memory of dead repnb bli.
can citizen by the same means. The
editor OF la Cooperation, French
journal, having opened subscription
witha view to offering a medal to John
B,own,s widow, applied to Victor Hugo
for the aid of his name in the project,
and received the following reply:
"HAUrRvILLE HOUSE, July 3, 1867.
'ISir: Ny name belongs to all who
would make use OF il to serve progress
and truth. ~. ~
"a medal to Lincoln calls for a medal
to john Brown. Let us cancel that
debt pending such time as Americs
shall cancel hers. America owes Johr
Brown a statue as tail as that Of Wash
ingtOn. Washington founded Ameri
ca, John Brown diffused liberty
al press your hand. ls
500 "YIcToR Huao.n
A PETITION recently presented to 8
Buffalo court was rejected by the judge
on account of "inegible writing" Bad
handwriting, it is generally supposed
is the sure indication of great genius
but there can be no greater fallaCy. Tc
write legibly can never Interfere with s
mans chance to gain fame, whilst tc
write illegibly does interfere greatly
with success In a printing Office. Peo,
pie who write for newspapers should
remember that good writing and good
sense, a plain hand and plain words
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