The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-04
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.


A wealthy admirer Of Rev. henry
Ward Beeeher has offered to furnish
that versatile clergyman with all the
capital. he may need 70 start n nav In.
dependent of his own.
They have a mail route now from San
Antonio, Texas, to Chfhpahna, Mexico.
They run three coaches together, with
three mules abreast in each. Ittakes q
little over two weeks to make a trip.
Representatives FarnsEorth, of MI,
nois, b about 70 speak upon political
topics In North Carolina and Eastern
Georgia. NV. Langston, an able col,
ored lawyer OF Ohio, has also len fol-
an extended speaking tour At the South
Ex-Goy. Boutwell, Will make his nrst
speech a. Lesburg, Va.
The German RepnblIcan General
Committee OF New York have formally
resolved 70 withdraw from the Repub-
Iiean party, unless the State Convention
win agree TO the repeal Of the excise
| Law and the statutes requiring the OBJ
fseryRncs OF the Sabbath day. They IN
tend TO unite all the German Repub-
leans OF the State with them IN this
movement.
Boston stilI continues to be in hub
hub about the nquorIaw. Various de
vices are eontrived to -get drink, .
and yet avoid the penalty. Cinb-houses
have been opened on peculiar prinei-
pie. Each member has q kind OF post
ofiee-Iike box, Of which he keeps the
key. But enthusiastically he leaves
a little card inside, and when he wants
something refreshing he walks into the
Eeiubsroom, unloeks his box, and 10, II
Is therel
Among Lhe singular reasons assigned
lry suicides for cutting short their lives
is the following, given by man who
recently hung himself In Pans. In a
pocket Of his eoat,Was written paper
to the following effect: 81 have lived IS
years entirely unknown in the world;
my life has always been TO me prob
tenn, the solution OF which disputes
the. Z am going to try and solve 1t in
another world, which is just rs un-
known TO me as the one quit, but
where IshaIl find, as I have been told.
what have vainly sought for In this
the realization of my dreams"
The Postmaster General has given an
opinion against the validity Of the
practice which has prevailed on many
railroads, of carrying letters relating to
the business OF railroads outside Of the
mail, without stamped envelopes, but
simply marked Railroad Business
Free," he holds that it IS his duty to
compel all officers and employees oil
railTOad corporations, rs wen as other
mail contractors, 70 pay upon all letters
GOT relating to freight or cargo at the
same time Conveyed, the same postal
tax on mailnble matter as is paid by
the public generally. l7a
The price OF -four and wheat Is yield
! ing rapidly to the laws OF trade, which
take elect however. tbroughvery cir,
cuttous means. It coniihues 10 decline
partly from the favorable crop reports
but largely In consequence of the liberal
receipts from San Francisco, direct, OF
by the roundabout way of Liverpool.
The ship George Peabody reached New
I York on Wednesday, from San Fran
cisco direct, with nearly twenty thou
sand SACKS OF wheat, androtheE freight,
The steamship Virginia, from Liver.
pool, brought back nearly fifteen thou,
sand bushels Of California wheat which
was subsequently Brought here by the
higher prices which prevailed.
Amusement has been made in the
Good TempIar lodges of Massachusetts
to give more serious character to theil
meetings. at the annual meeting OF
the GrandLod a resolution was passed
dfsconrnging aud even prohibiting the
occasional practice Of dancing in tn,
lodges, and at public meetings held I'M
der their auspices, and the officers Of
the Grand Lodge, in conformity Will
| the spirit of this resolution, have is
/ the evenings for their meetings which
Will not conflict with the religious meet
iUgs oEtheir respective neighboTho0ds
that they may secure the ireer attend
anee Of religious persons, and urging
en- the lodges to keep In mind, as they
become strong and numerous, their de
i pendence on the Divine blessing for all
permanent success. 5-Ros ~
Its delightful to find how much rea
sympathy with distress there is in thu
world. All that is needed is something
70 bring it ont. One touch lof !natarl
makes the whole world kinl Just nov
our exchanges overflow with condo
lsnees witt Mr.. AT. Stewart, on tn
diminution of his income, -Lastyeari
was over three millions,-bnt thisiyea
II las fallen to a little over seven hun
dred thousand dollars. 50 sudden
downfall naturally touches the tender
Lest cords; of the human heart d To see
m9n thus reduced in single year fror
Eat1ueuce 70 steady receipt OF tw,
Thousand dollars day,-is certafnl
heart-rending. But the beneyol encs, q
our people Is boundleRs, and Mr.. Stew
art must be comfoFted In his mIsfoT
times by the briny tears which sytnpa
thizing friends all over the land, ar
shedding over his fate. i.sGrssi I'll
The Je,gis6 Messenger has a. SENSIBLE
ARTICLE on funerals, the views espresso,
in which are applicable beyond the sec
Ito which they are directly addressed
It is pndeniable that the popular ten
denCySt to extrayagant display prevalen
sineethe indatio OF our currency ha
extended to matters in which all exces
siye show is unseemIy and improper
An extrapagant funeral ia notmsrel.
an empty tri6uts to the dead, but It q
not uncommonly robbery ofthe living
The lssSen1e especially objects tOlthi
show Of carriages by whichit has conn
70 be deemed necessary to- follow
hearse to the grave; and calls attention
20 the discreditable fact that In mani
Etnstauees, half Of these carriages go 4
the cemetery empty. It thinks, very
Justly, that those who desire to ride q
tfnusEals, should do so at their own ex
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