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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-18
Our MuundsViIIe Letter.
MouNpsyILLE, August Il, 1874

MouEDsvILLE, August II, 1874.
Editors Of the IntelllGencer:
As the time approaches Tor our camp
meeting things begin TO appear lively In
Moundsville. Tent holders have, during
the past week, been busily engaged In
cleaning up the ground and preparing
houses Tor the reception oil families, and
to-day and tomorrow many will take
possession Of their nicely arranged tene-
ments. was on the ground last Satur-
day and was surprised at the improved
APPEARANCE OF THE CAMP.
Some eight or ten new buildings are in
process oil erection, several Of which are
an ornament TO the place. Many were
hard at work and things presented
lively appearance. Twas impressed with
the fact that 1t was surely pleasant to So
iourn thus for q week or two in such q
pleasant grove. And l wonder that many
more do moi come every year from the
city of Wheeling, il Tor no other object
than the pleasure Of camping thus in the
woods. BY this we mean not that this
should be The leading object in attending
camp meeting, but VIC think that even
this would not DO an unworthy one, and
1t would no doubt be a great deal more
worthy than that which impels the ma
iOriiy TO come. l doubt the propriety Of
camp meetings as q means oil grace al the
present day-ths day Of ChurChes-but /
will not say word 10 dGtract from the
good that may be done. The groves no
doubt were
GODS FIRST TEMPLES,
but since so many magnificent churches
have been erected all over our land, and
such ample accommodations are pre-
pared for all who could 60 10 church, it
Is q question as TO whether we should re.
pair other places for public worship. But
The camp meeting at Moundsville Is per.
manent institutions almost part OF the
place, ard Is so proverbial for the good
order generally observed on the ground,
that the objections urged against any such
meetings in other places cannot be urged
against this one. l hope much good may
be done.
Our Second Quarterly Meeting was
held on Saturday and yesterday at the NJ.
L. Church, Rev. W. H. Morton assisting
as Presiding Elder. lie preached three
able sermons. The sermon Of yesterday
especially was no ordinary effort, and
was listened 10 by
A VERY LARGE AUDIENCE.
About fifty teachers were examined or
Friday last by the County Board of Ex-
aminers, and to-day they will meet again
but as to how many will appear before
them at this time am notIprGpared to say,
hear that the inhabitants Of the LOlcer
7oDn, or at least some Of them, have al
lowed their fighting propensities TO get
the better Of them, and during the last
week we hear oil several pugilistic en-
counters, the results OF which were black
eyes, bloody noses, &c. Now this may
do Tor the Lower Town, but We Of the
Upper Ward take no stock in such. We
are peaceable and kindly disposed one TO-
ward the other, and would not for the
world risk such encounters, for fear o.
personal injury, We arc Quakers on the
fighting question.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-18
Home..School..Church.
bal. ooNcLusIoN.

HynoptIs from three lectures on Education by
DR.. Mayer, Jewish Rabbi In WheelIng-Prg.
pared for the IntellIRenccr)
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-18
TRgsTEEs SALE OF TRIADEL-

Special Commissioner.
VI. u. HALLER, Auetloneer. iYM
, 1874-08-25

Opinions OF tho leading newspapers In Boston,
New York. Philadelphia, Oincinuah, Louisville,
and Springfield (a1ass. In regard to tho desooh-
n,ont in tho Deoolor scandal mado by Mr. Moul-
ton's statomont, aro published In another part
Of tliH Balo. We tako pleasure In saving that
much injustice WIS dono to tho New York jour
nals by tho Associated rresa dispatch protend-
ing to eiyo tho purport Of their Judgments aud
tint tho olitcisma which have appeared In these
columns OF tho assumption that tho reports woro
tolorably accurato woso perhaps too severo.
Not ono Of tho Now York morning papors fox
ccpt tho World, which has n worry limited inllu-
once, and has lont what 1t las to plyna-
out'l Church) considers TINT tho innocence
of Mr. Deochcr has boon established. ALL Of
them, with tho QUO iuconsidorabto exception al
ready noticed, front Mr.. Moulton respectfully.
Outside OF Now York, thu great prepoadoranco
Of sentiment Is against aEr. Boecl,er. Many very
respectable journals decide that tho caso las not
boen proven; not more than half-n-dozon III
tho whole county hold LIT. Boochor blamoloss.
As being the only expression OF tho popular ver-
dict TINT wo Gun llopo ever to got, tho comments
Of tho press iii this case are peculiarly interest,"
ing and valuable.
, 1874-08-25

The moral OF the defeat OF tho proposed Ohio
Constitution at the lato election Is, that tho
people Of ths stato s7i not utter its organic law
unless the urgency is very great, and unless they
feel thatitisao; moreover, that Constitution, to
bo acceptable to the people, ahould not be bulky,
unwieldy document, but TINT It should conslat Of
d few simple, fundamental principles, universally
intolnghlo. There are now three great Statesin
which Constitutions proposed within recent timo
have been rejected. In 1867, tho people Of Now
York defeated proposed Constitution. In 1868,
Michigan did similar thing. Tho Pennsylvania
Constitution was adopted because Of tho over
powoling public necessity. In Illinois, a similar
necessity led to tho adoption OF tho present Con-
stitution. In tho reluctance of a people to
change their Constitution there is healthy
conservative spirit which, On thu whole. Is
mattor to congratulate ourdelves on especially
as, in thia age Of tho world, tho tendency ia
rather to change too much thau too uttlo.
, 1874-08-25

specified In tho CONTRACT, and tho result Of their
investigation they yesterday presented to tho
Board Tlloy report that tho prices olaimod. al-
lowed, mud paid crccod by from 2 to LOO por cont
tho pricos named in the oontraot. Tho compar-
ativa statement will 10 Of interest. All tl,eso
bills aro suppoBed to bo examined by tho Com
nittoos tint report thom correct, and With III
ortlor for thoir payment. Inveatgatton, however,
shows that tho examinations lavo boon very
catelosa and negligent, or made without any ref
oronco whatever to tho contract. Unwilling my
longer to voso for tho payment Of bills Of tho
corteotnoHs Of Which they had no evidence, and
unwilling to voto agaiust tho payment OF bills
which might ho correct, thoy made 4 personal
examination to aotsfy themselves. mud then
furnished tho facts to tho Board. Mr. roriolat
claims, howovor, tint tho contract pricca yary
according to tho quality of goods furnished.
Tho scalo Ia sliding one, and tho contractors
say TINT the bent qualities hive boon orlorod for
tho Hospital md 1nsane Asylum. h1essrs
Ciough and Doguo Lavo not notod thia latuo-
tlon fu their schedule. However, It Ia still q
question whether tho best goods gro always
furnished for tho highest prices. 1t Ia unfor-
tunato that tue DoAr roforrod tho mattor back to
tho Hamo Committees that Aad originally audited
and directed paymont Of the bills. Tho exhibit
certainly requires all explanation.
, 1874-08-25

Tho managers Of tho Canada Southern Aosa
have projected another international bfidso
ul,ch will cross the western International branch
pt tho Niagara niyor just below Black Crock, To
gbIch q ehort line will be built from StoSeus-
vile; then run along Grand Island Il distance OF
about Z miles, and cross the eaatorn Ameri-
can branch to tue main land, uear Tonawanda,
there connecting with tho Eric and Central.
The bridge, it is announced, will be finished in
August, 1876, aud will take tho roa1 around
Buffalo inatead Of through it.
, 1874-08-25

Mr, Sidney Doboll, whoso death is reported
Wis morning. hold certain unaotancd position
IN tho world OF letters. He WIS au suthor Of no
mean p.eteusons indeed, his pretonsions woro
nuch moro considerable than hts results. Ho
began lfo AZ wiuo-merchant. He dosortcd
this ignoble pursuit to outer tho service Of tue
muses., In 1850 he WAS hailed AZ now poet, aud
from that day to Ills death nado no great adj
vances towards famo. In 1871 he published a
deflsnco to Bismarck. Grant, aud Gortachakor,
which gained him some Temporary applause. but
nothing more.
, 1874-08-25

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, 1874-08-25

bio by securing Endorsement and recognition Of
It in high quarters. To thls ona, Victoria Wood
lln|l mud hcr clique worked upon Deoc'ler and
Ti'tou will, tho Inducements of certaIn damag-
ing revelations tloy sllroatenod to mako. They
havo fa.lod utterly and misorabIY alu tho OK
poaion which i,as followed tl,oir mining opora-
tions caught them with tic oshot vlclims. aud
has ubivorcd thair movement to atomH.
Tic eocond blessing Which will come from
this scandal will bo Of aluwor growth, but 10
morally cortain. It viii work revolution In
Bido tho churches Of all denominations, Affect
ing Tho relations Of ministers and their rcopie.
As tho New York 0bse'per. that old, consersa"
tive religious authority has aptly stated, 1t will
hasten tho time whom good but SILLY women will
no longer run after n minister hoca,lso lie makos
thom fool good, and 1t will do away with tho nb-
aurd assumption that minister must necossa-
ry DO At, abba md devout man because le eau
mike thcHe atIly women fool good. 1t will haso
tendency to establish Limitations Oh pas
toral vista By restricting them to specific
csaoB. Tho pastoral visit Ia at oost but ro]lc Of
old times, and 1t should bo adaptcl to tie
changes in tho church as other religious prac-
ticos hayo bcou.. As churches, especially tn
largo cities, aro now constituted aud admin!B-
torod, the Clergyman who gives the proper
thought and time to tho preparation Of his aer-
mons, who attends tho yaroua wockly meetings
Of businaus and prayer, looks after tho chari-
tics Of Ills church, attends tho sick, arrlcs tho
living, and burioH tile dead, haa no time for pas-
! toral vieitationH It will Furthermore teach tho
old old story. tint sycn ministers arc human,
aud suppress tho tendency to idea!zo them and
eloyato thon to heights above the world It
Will put dampcr upon this running after tho
minister. It will lowor him to tho common
! standard Of Il man among mon-a teacher among
scholars, not D Baint among sinners. It will
base ldoas Of human lifo upon human imporfcc-
tlons; aud, when this ia accomplished, tl,ore
will 10 losH Of man-worshp md moro Of God
! worship iu the churches.
These sro some Of tho llnlngs to tho cloud Of
this scandal which now looks so dark, and both
those who believe in 1lr. Beecher's Innocence
and Liz guilt may congratulate themselves that
such IL tho casc, and tako courage. Innocent OF
guilty, tlore is no danger 10 DO apprebented to
tho cause Of morality and religion. When the
reaction comes. It will be Wholesome and be-
netcent.
, 1874-08-25


Recent proceedings in tic Fronch Assembly |
demonstrate that there is at least ono plslis- !
mentary body Which DO can more inlecorous
than tho American Congress- aud that, too, in 4
country proverbia! for tho courtesy Of the poo
p1o aud their devotion to etiquette. Upon tho
occasion to which we reior II. Schnlcher, Re-
publican Deputy, rose aud referred to decara-
tion III previous speech by II. d'1stria. and said
TINT. if any Of his party had beard It, they would
hayo treated it as they deserved. II. FIstria be-
lug abBont, another Noyallst. IL. davardie. main
tained the words for him, whcreupon II. bchul-
oner rctorted: "Thon you arc liar." This was
followed by explosions OF Indignation from the
Right and tho Centre. Tho President called tho
Offender to nrdor and would not allow any further
personalities. ". schmlchcr claimed Ao
had boon personally lnsultod, but II
II. Gavardio would Withdraw tho words,
Gavardie refuaud to do, whoreupon II.
Schnlcher maintained tho lie. Several minutes
were then devoted to q general bandying Of lies
and epithots all over tho Assembly. the Presi-
don't meanwhile pounding Lis doak vigorously
with hta Official maLlet, and acroaming IN choice
French at tho tnrbuleuts. At last tho principals
got anotnor opportunity at each other, and the
following colloquy ensued:
II. dc davard'o-Wel', maintain tho words ufod'
~ 1,,..' ~, a.. s.sa '
| Of the Assembly,
NJ. schnlcher--1 ma!ntaan also the lo eave you.
1suf.I i, y nf
AlT NV "Asn n,ntn.,, ~. ,,, l.. ,r,.r
, 1874-08-25

ptopriotors Of anthracite coal-mnea IN PENN
sylyauia laye agreed to atop work for week or
ten days, with d view to advancing prices. Dur-
log this time $4,000 mon will be Idle. Tho pros-
pectiyo profit to bo derived from tho decrease in
production will probably bo shared by tho mir-
ers and tho propriotorH yet 1t has been sutll-
ciently proved by experience that gain OF this
sort to workmeu IL at the best delusivo. Tho
habits Of dissipation which aro engendered by
voluntary idlensss arc ll-paid for BY small pocu-
mary advances.
, 1874-08-25

should not ba AZ large az in tho country. Tho
roBult Of tho labors Of tho Convention WaH
Constitution which scarcely ono man in thou
Sand found disposition or leisure to road. Tho
dooumont would cover four oloBoy- -printod pngea
OF The TRIBUNE. It's very 1ongth WIS NIL argl1-
tnont against 1t. Tho pooplo had boon dlsgustod
with tic dcbates Of tho Convention. and, whon
tho CANVASS began, they would neither hear nor
road anything about tho new Constitution. Thoy
had boon roading about It in tho newspapers till
they woro perfectly nausoatod Journalists
found that the articles thoy wrote on tho Bub-
joot Ind as mich effect on tholr subscribers as
80 many blank columns would have had. Tho
good people Of Ohio began to entertain kind
Ut hatred against tho Constitution whtio 1t MAS
in process of formation. And 10 thoY voted It
down. Tho defeat wau holped by Tho temper
at,co people. who foarcd that tho separate pro.
vision "for 1icenao" would be carried, and, AZ
tho only way to dofcat tho liceuso clause, thoy
votod agnlnst tito Whole Constitution. Unof]cial
returns from thlty-threo counties gavo not ma-
jority Of $4,000 votes against tito now Consttu-
ton 1t was estimntcd that, 1t tho Bamo proportion
was observed throughout. tho defeat would sur-
pass tho wildcat prediction. In tho citiea tho
moyemant met with groater favor than In tho
rura1 districts, probably owing to tho fact TINT
in tho clties tho whole anti-tcmporanco party
was willing to swallow It entire for the sake Of
| carrying tho licouso clause. Tho majoritics
against tho now Constitution worc In most coun-
tioa appalling. We hero give few Of them:
| lfaj0ritY against
, 1874-08-25

News from spaiu this morning iH Of bo1ne 1n'-
portancc, There ia a crisis IN tho cabiuet,
the roaBous Of which and tue probable outcome
ire considerably left to conjecture. Iho slr-
upius affair, it appears. is still ground for
:ontontion between our own aud tho opanl6h
Government. We nro represented Oh being iarln
Ind dignilod, and tho spaniardB as vaciiiating
md troaehorosa. Tie State Department aaems
% have acted with some forethonght In not max
ug = proclamation Of our 1oMg-suacring.
, 1874-08-25

Wyoming election, Sept L: Fox Delegate In
Congress- William p. steo!e Democrat; Joseph
N. Cary, Republican.
1t appears that Dudly @. Donison, though
opposlng po1anl'a re-olcctlon, in Vermont, does
not cousent to be himself the opposing Candidate,
mud no new choice had boen lnado at laat ae-
counts but correspondent Of tho Boston Jour-
nal writoa:
1 huye thought It tho bolt1 short-lived affair,
hardly Of cunBonenre enough TO be dguihed with Tho
But ttauspires snat now, week aiker tue Convc1l-
tiou hat nonlnaod poland the divergence IL wido
as ~ na
they may bs ablc to lnd ore II thuy mean husincdst
aud they probably d. All adviccs from thy disasectud
to"arl Judge ponl1 4n ata ready aud anxious to 30
organized uXaiuBs him.
--Tbe st. A1baus Messenger remarks:
Itia tace not geueray known IN Vermont that tho
1is back pay but nis Increase Of salary 4uder TO
grab aw, aud ho tho only Vcrlnouter who dd IT.
As to n.ct dors sn n 70 rars
yate e whilo the Second District proposes u return
the veteraso defender Of the salAryiucraass TO hs Old
hoda 0f profit, II not Of honor.
Tho Democrats Of Arkausas who voted for
BROOKS for Governor, IN 1879. will this year vote
for Baxter for Governor under tue now Conati-
tuition. of tho Drooks-Oiayton pian Of caul-
paign the Little Rock Gazeae says:
The address Of the Republican State Central TOM
m n:,, ,Ae ,aer m Il e uonst,ni;onaI conyso
iho partisan eudeayora to secure lo agsnvy Ct this
4ce for reporting f1f e 1s ~ IT, " .
Assueatsd Prsss agcnt Ut 81. Louis in
regard 10 event. aud aIairs ~ III Arkansas aud noT
s eaMora ~ tn nv i soyrrod to epnservatam md
tutes p'oas ,. nj, romIno 10 ,nnou.tratn Tia en,t
Ylrtnous w @ .n,r,., farth If In R*.]t.u nian IT
teetnoss " ~ III, Ntt a. antt,ri md dntnrm,od IN
tia satau.o conference Ut Hot Springs.
IN 1anstaa ruI M oapuoit % Mosti1l.p ia fur concrsra
nave uou"oaso1 =, $50 4'", ,".4:1'. ~
hin. Az Congressional aspirsnts (of tho Demo-
cratic party) III Georgia arc uot allowed to attond
lie Conventions, tho nomueo was Informed by
,ortor. oyor in the Fourth Illinois District in
.,1ch cayo, tho nominee would l,aye uoIpsd
connt tho votes after bargaining for them.
Georgia elocts Legislature, Oct, Il, and
Concressue.,, Nov. 8, and In each case Ia sepa-
rata iosuo. a. stated hy the Savannah Nctos. VIZ:
Tho people Of Georgia should resnouber that thrro
ere b,1t two isauss III 1Ls ca1apaigu Quo ~ soeia
, 1874-08-25

4 part Of tho large manufacturing establish
nent Of tho studobaker Brothers at South
Bend, Ind, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
Tho damage III estimated at 100000. Tho
5tudebakors have aomathing more than local
reputation. They we're once extensively adver-
tised by gentleman prominent in American
politics, who said thnt he would as Lief own
shares in tho Crodt-Mobiiior as in tho stude-
baker concern. The gentleman reforrod to has
since departed public life. His memory ia pre-
served by suuday-school associations; but his
nalae is merely an echo In the halls OF logisla-
tfon,
, 1874-08-25

Deplorablc as the immediate results of tho
Deecher scandal may be, tloro can bo no doubt
that its ultimate influence will DO for good,--an
assumption which may bo made without refer
epce to the question Of Mr. Doocher's Innocence
or guilt. The expose baH been thunderstorm
which WIS uocosaary to clear the moral atmoH-
phore, aud wo have no doubt that, when tho
atorm has passed over. the sun will como out
brighter than ever, aud tue air will 10 clear and
wholesome, instead Of heavy with smoke and
da1npuoss. The relations Of man to man. aud
woman to woman, aud man to woman, will DO
moro definitely axed aud jealously guarded
than ever before. Or there is no virtue extant.
Thta is the silver lintng to tho cloud. Thoy arc
only tlmorous aud sl,ort+aiglted people who 900
III this groat social upheaval lastlng danger to
morals aud religion, or permanent injury to tho
Church. It eau mako no rlght-mindel peraon
swerye from llis some Of duty. It can make 10
wrong-miudod person my Horao.
IAis scandal has already fulfilled ono Of ita
missions. It has rent tho abomiuable Freo-Loye
movement into fragmontH aud scattored it to the
wiuds, a holt from heaven could not hayo done
tho work moro thoroughly. This Is all the more
grateful from tho faot that It haH seemed hitherto
impossible to compass its destruction. It haa
grown und fourishod like fungus upon Spirit
ualism aud the Woman-suffrago movement, and
its damp, unwholeBomo growth haa boon favored
by tloir shade. II it shall eTontuato that eltAor
Of theao movements alao suffor, 1t is pona'ty
whioL might long ago havo boon foreseon. The
blow camo noue TOO soou. Froe-Loyo had pro-
erossed with rapid strides. From small aud
dark beginnings. 1t sprang up with astonishing
raptdlty. The protest against It was 30
feoplo that 1t soon boldly courtol publicity.
Drazen womon advocated 1t upon tho public
platform, aud equally brazon men publicly au-
nouncel their right aud intention to practice It's
toaohlngs, aud thor did 10 without lot or hin
| ileranco from the.law. Newspapers wsre started
expressly to advocate 1t, aud had unrostrloted
circulation, 10 that they scattcred the poison fur
anu near, The Mansfield, aud Woodruff, mud
| olaAu woro types Of q considerable clnHs who
bud boon tolerated 30 long that thoy aoon do
tor,ainod to oyossldo society, torco their prso'
tloas upon people. md make FEss-1ovs rsapeats'
, 1874-08-25

It Ia not m unexpected piece of ncws, yet it
must be mortifyinR to Mr. Joc lodiio' that tho
.uciont Democratic Convention. called to moot
It Springfield to~day, promises to bo peculiarly
a1g,nal failure. Mr.. Lcdlio aud llia feeblo COLI
ledcratos havo tho Pyrrhio dance az yet. Where
las the pyrrhic phalanx gono? Probably not
ar off, It will 1oitor about tho HtraetB Of Spring.
held tomorrow,
, 1874-08-25

ole6c oaah, And 9o>5o seller sopsou'bor. Corn
WAS quiet and no lowor, closing al o15ko cash.
ami 85ha aollsr October. Oats wore dull and
1@1}4o lower, oloslng at 1910 oasl, and ssAo
for September. nyo WAS quiet and atoaay at
74c. Barley waa dull and 'soak, closing At Bog
B0o gollor septombor. THO hog market was
quiet but firnior, Sales ut $6.00@7.80. Cnttlo
were III light demand aud unchanged shoep
werQ dull.
, 1874-08-25

Mora from kentucky. The Hon. Mr. Morrow,
pjaBterer, called tue Hon. hlr. Boyd a"d-dliar."
After . careful examination tho three bullets
found in Mr. Morrow woro seen to correspond
exactly with thrco empty chambers iu Nr.
Boyds revolver, and tho latter @entleman's
honor il publicly yindlcated.
, 1874-08-25
CQU NTY CONTRACTS.

During tho tesaton Of tho Board OF County
Commissioners yesterday, Moaars. cougL aud
Doguo produced something Of sonsation by tha
presentation OF the rosulta Of All examination
mado by them Of tho bills paid during the last
thsoo montIa tor grooorios furnislod tho AlmH-
honHo aud HoBpital. Thoso bills had afl beon
examined by tho 0olau,ittoos Of tho Board, md
passed. anl paid. Tho contractors arc Mossra.
JaneH Forsyth l. Co., tho firm ':onasting Of Lii.
James Forsyth and Mr. o. +. perloat. AleHBra.
Doyao aud Clough have boon requested tImo ami
agaln to explain how 1t was TINT tue oontract
could be honestly tille1 at tho pr'coa bid. At
lass. they personally compared tho bI!s mado ou'
aud paid during t4s last three months With thosa
, 1874-08-25

A Cuban paper complains that brigandage in tho
island ID no tling but urges that tho pros-
eut il all admirable opportunity TO stamp 1t out
So 1t is. 1t is also Al admirable opportunity 10
stamp out the ingurroction, not hitherto ac-
compiished. Ent the presence Of 81, 600 volun~
toers on the ialand ought to etface any recolleo-
sion OF the few hundred olhor thieves and mur-
derers roaming at large. 1t looks like atrainiug
at 4 gnat aud swallowing camel.