The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-06

"EOUKTH OF JULY. The day II
toxn was very quiet, all the noisy P@o
pie hzviDg gone TO the retired solitudes
Of HE country By rail, by steamer, By
omnibus, by carriage, and, the poorer
s,ass. on foot. The sensible folks and
those 100 poor 10 get away-in both o.
which classes il is orr good and bad
r5rtGas 20 be ranksd-sat al home il
tzs coolest Of costumes and voted
Fourth Of July" n humbuE.
There was only one drawback to the
pie- nlc- by steamer. which gas the IN,
certainty OF getting 10 the appointsd
grove before the next rise In the riTer
snt the probability Of passing she sum
uer on = sznd-bsr. As i was, how
ever, the 81. Naryis and Glz6EoE both
I1s second 20 Crszap's Grove. The DAY
saz passed, as 1t always = passed al
p.e-lsics, In playing "CopenhsEeD," In
dsnrlrs, &c Bat the principal delight
WIS sz E,erieneed when returning 70 the
,-ity. Is the boats then grounded. The
6lsszow ran on the gravel at Iht
saF Immediately below the mouth
Of .he creek. The services OF .
f-T-y bSzt were necessary TO gel
her precious freight on dry land
4 the wharf The st. Aarys stuck
fsst a. BOggs' Island, and a this WI
ling, about 10 A. NJ Is lying there still.
towards Of three thousand persons
IS ere aboard Of her. During the night
some went ashore in the yawl and
walked up TO the city-some went down
TO BsllaiF-and The majority remained
aboard tiIl Daylight when they COIN
rneaced getting ashore, and, as late as
twelve o'clock yesterday, dusty, trowsy,
tired la-ses and SWANS we're seen streak
ing IL for home with empty market
Dsskets on arm, and declaring they
would never go TO another picnic.
The Tempgars, we understand had u
very dry time at AOundsville, but they
hsd no trouble getting home.
Tbs various German pic-nles were
coDpIets successes a ie-DIc Is of
TaDgemenls for quenchinR abe thirst
iudncsd by violent exercise in the open
zir-a fact which the Germans thor
oughiy understand.
Tue various private pic-niCzs, 80 far
as We have learned. were all that they
were Intended to be.
A II gives some insight into the do
iugs OF I portion OF the c-uicers, We
appsud tue following letter from Mar
flnsvills:
TIE ilh, at MartinsyilIe, was observed
vsFy generally; Ibs stores were all
pIacs. The L. Z. Sabbath School join
ID with the lsJ Presbyterian Sabbath
School, and went 70 the grove adjoining
the town. The BaptlsI Sabbath School,
from Wheeling, Was- brought up from
Lhs wharf by the feTrybOat, and here
joInsI With the BAPTIST School. and re-
paired to the same grove The time
pas7sd away pleasantly, tbs scholars "i
lbe different schools mingling together,
aud each contributing 10 the others en-
joyn3eut. Fortunately there was no III
feeling engendered, Hs has so often been
a - am . kt.
children because one school was larger
than the other none OF those petty lit
tie chickering's and rivalries which Chris
tiau IN parents have here SO often fed
their children, and particularly few
days prior 10 the 4th Of July. After
dinner, the citizens generally to the
number of i've hundred or over, turned
ont. L.-.---..a.r.
The greater portion OF the NJ. E. Sab
bath School here went down the river
TO Lockwood's landing. They were &C.
cOmpanied by the ST. 4. School oil
North Wheeling. Through u misun-
Leratunding of their Committee (if they
had any they did not know where 70
stop. when they made their first land
ing the children and allwRlked quite u
half mile in order to get to the woods,
and when once there saw tnat they
wonld have to find some place better
suited to them. They returned to the
boat and came back to point neal
Lociswood'E landing. The residents
thereabout chained their pumps 80 that
the pic-nicers could get no water; 50
afGer n little while they 1.-THE residentsl
sold pump water at i've cents per glass.
The stenmer Glasgow which took the
party down grounded just below the
mouth of Wheeling Greek Luckily
the MHrtTnsville ferry-boat had just
gone 10 the wharf, and seeing the stu
alton went to their relief, and safely
landed the tired, worn out party at Mar
tinsviIle al 10 7. NJ. USo,