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Revival nj wesley Chapel.


EIlon Intelligencer.
The revival inWesley Church continues
with unabated interest, crowds Of people
from every part Of the city continue to
attend, Notwithstanding services have
been held every night, for over five weeks
yet the interest grows, and frequently
the ,hrong is 30 great at the church, that
many have to return home, not being able
10 secure even standing room.
The most remarkable feature Of this
meeting Is the endurance and perseyer.
ance Of the pastor, Rev. w. Z. Rippey,
during the. entire five weeks, he has
preached or lectured every evening, with
The exceptions OF two or three, and be
now seems as fresh and ready for work a.
in the beginning. The eloquence Of this
man as n preacher and his excellence as a
pastor Ia Just beginning 10 be felt and
appreciated in Wheeling and as he be-
comes more widely known the interest in
his meetings grows and appreciates. The
class OF persons joining Wesley Church
since these meetings began, Is all that
could be desired, already seventy-iiye
have expressed conversion and over
eighty have connected themselves with
the church, many Of them heads Of fami.
lies, and prominent persona, living in the
southern part Of the city. And the end
is not yet. M.
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Tar prolonged illness Of the Hon,
p,Oi,uiu +. Wade gives rise 10 seriou.
,nn,eben.ions that hewill not recover. In
~, " orler Of nature the brave old states
n,Dbu nearly run discourse. Born in the
s,,l ,,ar Of the century, he is now well
,I,,Dcrl IN hia sevenLy.eighth year, and
,,piIly nearing the limit beyond which
bsl few Of the most robust and vigorous
Al aen can scarcely hope to pass. Until
D,o,lratel by the disease from which be
!, nov suffering he was man Of remark.
al, Intellectual and physical vigor, and
receplly that he was taking most
conspicuous and aggressive part in Ohio
poIitir., that upon the announcement oi
ii. .eriOns illness his countrymen were
surprise, to find, on consulting the bio
graphical dictionary, that he is almost an
OstOsenarian.
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traded, l believe that that man lies.
[Great Applause Isay il for them, and
ifthere 70 man 10 this world that says
that any man on this side Of this House,
or the President, or any man for the
President, made trade hope he will
exhibit the trade and let the scoundtel
who made il or authorized II be lashed
naked through the world. Applause.l
But / believe the man who alleges that
there was such trade Ia either deceived
and fooled man or q liar. Applause.
Let us have done with this nonsense
about trading Presidencies and selling
Presidencirs. What man here had Pres.
idency Tor sale or was in the market To
buy Presidency. Laughter. Let the
man who has such wares for sale show
them and not thunder in the index but
lei the body Of his work show he has the
manufactures he proposes TO sell. In re.
gard TO what has been said about the
withdrawal Of troops from Louisiana, I
disclaim for one, in so sar as my dlA-
claiming goes for anything, that the
troops we're not withdrawn as matter OF
policy or conciliation. They were with
drawn rs matter oi constitutional duty,
and as such l defend the withdrawal.
[Applause But the evils which have
followed and the truculent spirit
exhibited by the same gentlemen
in Louisiana is poor recompenSe for
tie efforts Of our people TO restore to the
whole country the spirit Of peace and
conciliation. Applause on the Republic
can side.
Mr.. southard-Willt the gentleman say
what the trucnlent spirit
Speaker Randall, In q low tone Of voice
from the Clerks desk-Punishing the
guilty.
Mr. Garlield-The persecution, the base
persecution, which is following the mem
bers Of the Returning Board in the city
OF New Orleans. Contemptuous laugh
ter on the Democratic side.
For the hour or two that this personal
aud political skirmish lasted the scenes
in the House were OF highly excited
character. The members on the Repub-
lican side seemed to enjoy keenly the
internecine war on the opposite aide OF
the chamber and were most eager in en-.
COuEhBeUbnt Oi hikeLt Illb auu utueE
antagonists whom Hewitt had on hand,
and Conger was constantly and irrepres-
sibly on his feet seeking opportunities 10
send poisoned arrows into the enemys
camp.
The remarks OF Mr.. Garfield were de.
liyered with even more than his usual
earnestness and vehemence, and the ap-
plause which greeted them from his own
side Of the House was hearty and sponta.
neous. But with all the confusion and
excitement OF the scene there was an en-
tire absence Of any dangerous element or
bitter party feeling. Il only seemed TO
be peculiarly relished and enjoyed as q
pleasant contrast to the daily dullness Of
the sessions Of the House.
Mr.. Reagans amendment was rejected
and Mr.. Clymer's agreed 10, and the bill
was reported TO the House, but without
final action.
The House adjourned.
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'-lHSr Iaiellisencsr;
10 reference to the GOmpli cation be.
,sesn the officials and em ployes st the
,APIIol and the militia companies, who
have been drilling In the Armory, noticed
- The evening paper, the facts are simply
'ae'e The Governor gave us the permia'
''oa to use the armory for drill pur-
poses, The employees pstitiOned Adjn-
IAh! usneral Wood 10 elose the armory
aSlln'l us. lie did so and we are oat
IaI' he did In the absence Of the Cover
eo'' As for disturbing the officials We
~ are not aware that the deniEens OF the
STATE House are 40 labOrious IN the dis
charge Of their dutiCs "a to work IN the
.Nehlng., the time nj which the drill
Akea place. Putting us out perhaps
saves Tue Janitor a little trouble and We
Eue's lhlts WhArs the matter.
sMooLY Zoo.
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A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
Trial OF II Woman and Her Para
m0nr Tor the Murder 0i Her
Aughann

Husband.
GESEsEE, N. Y, February ll.-An
extraordinary demand for accommoda-
tions 10 this village during the coming
session Of the Livingston County Court OF
OYER and Terminer is being made by
people from all parts OF this county, the
expectation being that either William
Pearson or Mrs. ]. =. WIlhey, or both,
will be placed on trial, charged with the
murder OF J. Bradley Withey, husband ol
the last named prisoner. The crime al
legged was committed year ago, but the
prisoners have had their trial postponed
from term 10 term. The circumstances
Connected with the case are these j. Brad.
ley Whitney was farmer, living near West
Avon. His family consisted Of his wife
and four children, the oldest seventeen
and the youngest two years Of age. An
adjoining farm was owned and occupied
by William Pearson. He had wife and
four young children. Withey had good
reason 10 suspect that Pearson and Mrs.
Wilhey we're on terms Of Illicit intimacy,
anil this fact destroyed the peace OF hia
family. ,Oa HE 29tll OF December, 1870,
during n quarrel that arose from this
cause, Willie Whitney, aged fifteen, became
enraged at his father and shot him, de-
'slroying The sight oi his right eye.
Whitney had been soldier inthe late war.
and al Gettysburg the sight Of his left eye
wa destroyed by u flying fragment Of
shell, The shot OF hiS son, therefore, left
hin totally blind. II also prostrated
hiuI for several weeks, so that lie was
unable 10 TO get about. During that time
Pearson was constantly in Witheys
hOn,e, in company with Mrs. Withey.
When wilhey became able TO go about
the house, he demonstrated with hia vile
on her conduct. On the Sth Of February,
1877, he was taken suddenly III. and died
ina short time under very suspicious cir.
Cuulstanres. The body was buried, how
ever, without any investigation being
made by the authorities, but public feel.
Ing ran high. A few days after the death
Of Wilhes, Pearson disposed Of his pro-
Perty aud disappeared, his family being
Ignorant Of his movements. Shortly after
hi. departure Mrs. Withey left her chill
dren with relatives and also disappeared
There was no longer any doubt In
The public mind that murder had been
committed, aud Coroner Patterson order.
Ell Withey's remains to be taken up, and
an invesligation was made. Evidence
Nas discovered that was considered sufli'
eientto warrant the finding Of n verdict
ASAin't Pearson and Mrs. Witley. They
were traced aud arrested shortly alter
SAnl. and brought 10 this place, where
They have been Ia jail ever since, await
InE trial. Willie Whitney, in the mean
time, hSs been tried and convicted for the
steadily assault on hiS father, and Is now
serving long term Of imprisonment
Psnitentiary.
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Scott County Railroad Taxes.

ST. LOUIE February ia Deputy U.
IS. Marshal has visited Scott county aud
served on the County Judges seven alter
native writs OF mandamus commanding
them TO appear before the U. s. Circuit
Court In ST. Louis on the third Monday
10 March next, and show cause why they
should not be commanded to levy a tax
to pay Judgments against the county OF
It's railroad bondI. The judgments in
these seven cases amount TO $4,000
Similar proceedings are pending sgains
other counties which have defaulted the
interest on their railroad bonds, and the
course which the Court will pursue at thI
refusal Of the County Judges 10 levy tht
tAxes IL awaited with interest.
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Mrs. DeshIer,s ChnrItIes.

COLUMBUS, February lS.-Further in.
quiry shows that the following public
6equeats were made by Mrs, Jno. Deshler,
who died yesterday. Fifteen thousand
dollars to the Charitable Board Of the
Presbyterian Church, twenty-five thou
sand dollars 10 the Columbus Benevolent
aociety, Eve thousand dollars to the Or
phanG Home at Hamiston, forty.tiye
thousand dollars and family residence
valued at thirty.fVe thousand dollars,
for the Establishment OF the Columbus
art gallery, and one million dollars for
building and support OF the Columbia,
law library and lectures, :
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BALTIMORE, February 1S,-Mother
Theresa, OF the Order Of Carmelite Nuns
died in their Convent 10 this city OF
Monday evening, In the slSt year Of her
aga and the 6lst year Of her religion
Mother Theresa was known 10 the world
as Miss Mary Hlnnah SeWell. Her Ia
thsr was Colonel seWsll, Of the stat Of
General Warrington.
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Ohio Legislature.

COLUMBUS, February 1S.-In the House
bills were introduced as follows:
To provide that in cities Of the second
class treasurers Of school funds shall be
paid compensation not exceeding one
per cent.
TO engage In the practice Of dentistry who
Ia not regular graduate Of some dental
To stay the collection Of debts or exc
culion from six 10 eighteen months, &C.
cording 10 the amount Of debt.
1n the Senate, House bill to reorganiEe
the Ohio Penitentiary was passed.
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them through the ptess by telegraph.
No, have not time TO inform any one
newspaper exclusively, but will transmit
II through the Associated Press"
So II any Of our readers wish to learn
anything further Of the interesting cere-
mony, they will probaly be able TO OBJ.
tain Il by peruSal Of the regular dis
matches.
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Tar bill for an income tax TO be re.
.,,,.J BY The Committee on WSys and
Men, Of the House OF Representatives,
S,o,iJ., that all incomes up to $4,000
: tr.,,np,eI; all incomes Of more than
ssO,o and les. then $4,000 are to be
',,.I . per cenlumi and all incomes Of
nol, than $4,000 are to be taxed 8 per
,,,,ulu, The amount which the tax will
,,i., !. estimated at from slO,OOo,OOO to
,linOOOO year.
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IhG4tteILqettrtr.

!, lbe meeting Of the Western Nail
,''o,i,tiop. held at Pittsburgh yester-
a., n,ilvw ,grecd to stop two weeks more
" W w,,ch. in addition to the number al
..,i, !. agreed on, which expires on the
18Th inst.
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Too RAp 40 De TGuE.

PHILADELPHIA, February lS.-In the
investigation into the case OF the loss Of
the Metropolis today, several witnesses
testified to having heard the Captain, after
the wreck, say that he had been told by
Mr.. Limit, one OF the owners, that II lie
had any accident not TO make any half
way business Of il. II he made a wreck
he should make good one. This tesli-
mony Ia corrobortive OF that given by
Paul J. White, engineer, and A. W. New.
ton. Captain Ankers will probably be
examined tomorrow.
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WAR NOTES.

England has called out q portion Of her
militia and, the two corvettes in American
waters have been ordered to join the
Mediterranean Squadron.
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ITALY.
An Intimatlon from Catholic
Powers In Relation 10 Papal
SuccessiOn-piuSl lN'S Wealth.

ROME, February 1a.-Ambassadors Of
Catholic Powers have jointly intimated
to Camerlengo that II some Cardinals
known for their incorporating spirit,
whom they named, were likely TO obtain
the sutirages Of the Conclaye, the Am.
bassadors would be compelled TO oppose
their election. Camerlengo has found in
the Pope's desk sealed packet with In
structions for delivering Il into the hands
OF his successor. He also found 100000
scudi, the distribution Of which probably
Is designated In the Pope's testament.
The Pope's wealth altogether is said to
amount to 12OOOO,OO6 lire, which is
mostly in the hands Of the Rothschilds at
Paris.
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Weather Indications.
Wan DEPARInEHT, !
WAHIHOToH, D. @, Feb III a. ~

: WH1lIHVEV"IU % " I'VE II ~
FRoBABHIIIEs.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley,
warmer, cloudy and rainy weather, east
winds and falling barometer.
For the Lakes, partly cloudy weather,
increasing cloudiness, and rain or snow
areas, variable winds mostly from the
east, stationary or higher temperature
and generally falling barometer.
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Capt. Merryman's Report ON the
Metropolis Disaster.

WAsuISGroN, February l3.-Captain
Merryman, OF the Revenue Marine Ser.
vice, having been ordered by the Secre.
lary Of the Treasury 10 investigate the
wreck Of the Metropolis, reports that the
Fragments Of the wreck are unusually
small aud her rot,enuess is 50 apparent
that there was but one opinion as to her
unseaworlhiness.
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EIsH-MAoKEREL, Nos. ], 2 and 8
IL In Barrels, Half Barrels md Kits LGko Hsr.
Iingin Hall And Quarter BEErllS. Halt Water HST-
IinE IN RATtA and Hall Barrels. In IlorS and
1900 and 1Bil Main u,
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.

TO THE DAILY 1HrELLleENcER
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-04
Wise Items.
Obstinancy is the heroism Of littl

Obstinancy is the heroism Of little
minds.
Never marry but for love but see
that though lowest only what is lovely
William Penn.
Respect the result of lifetime,
whereas silly act often wins one O
reputation.
Imipiety takes woman out of hel
sex as we'll as out OF her place there
is dash of the bearded lady in every
she-freethipker.
Nothing is beneath you if it is in
the direction Of your life nothing is
great CT desirable ifit is off and awaw
from that.-Emerson.
1t IS a most important lesson and too
little thought of that we learn how to
enjoy ordinary life, and to be able to
relish our being, without the trans
port ofsome passion, or abe gratifica-
tion Of some appetite.-Steele.
A man displeased with the world is
never satisfied with himself.
BE severe to yourself, indulgent to
others and thus avoid resentment.
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WOODSTOCK, vT,, WEDNESDAY, SEPT, A, 1878

word was applied TO all who were
familiar aud inlimated, aud finally
obtained tho meaning which 10 nov
predominant 10 IT,
"lIomely" once meant secret and
familiar though In the time Of Milton
It had acquired tho same Sensc as at
present,
"lncense' once meant to kindle not
only anger, but good passions as well
Fuller uses il In the sense OF "to incite'
"Indolence' originally signiiled q
freedom from passion or pain, but now
implies condition of lapguld non
exertion. "Insolent" was once only
"unusual,
"obsquious" implies an uomanly
readiness to fall In with the OF an
other; but in the original obsequlum,
or IN tho English word as employed
two centuries ago, there was nothing
OF this il rather meant obedience and
mildncss, Shakespere, speaking ofa
deceased person says;
"IIow many holy aud obSequious tear
Hath dear religious love stolen from mine
eye,
As interest OF tho dead"
"Property" and "proprie'y' were
once synonymous, both referring to
material thing, as the French word
"proprietc" does now Foreigners do
often catch the distinction at present
made in English between the two
words, and We know a French gentle
man who recently meeting with some
pecuniary reverses, astonished his
friends by telling them that he had
lost all his "propriety."
A poet is person who writes poe
try; and according to the good old Gus.
tom proser was aperson who wrote
prose, and simply the antithesis OF
poet. The word has now a sadly
different slgnifiction and it would
not be considered very respectful to
term Addison, Irving, Bancroft, or
Everett ''prosers.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-04
Josh Billings Humor.

An enthusiast IL an individual who
believes about 4 times az much az he
kan prove, and prove about times az
much az enuybody else believes.
Nature seldom makes phool, she
simplify furnishes the raw material,
aud lets the teller finish the job to
suit himself.
Young men, learn to wate; if yu
unnertake to set a hen before she IL
reddy yu will lose your time ann con-
fuse the hen besides.
When yu hev bored the bulls eye
set down and keep still folks will
think then that yu kan hit it emmy
time oou hev mind tu.
don'i rekollekt ov doin ennything
that 1 was just a little ashamed ov but
somebods remembered it, ard wuz
sure once in a while to put me in mind
ov it.
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TRUE LovE.-Rev. Robert Collyer of
Chicago says: 81 think the average
novel is making miechief in the aver
age mind in its pictures of true love.
1t makes the tender grow and CLAM
our which related natures feel when
they meet, true love. 1t is no such
thing; it is true passion, that is all;
blessed power purely and rightly used.
but no more pure love than those little
hooks and tendrils we see in J1ne on
a shooting vine are the ripe clusters of
October. For true love grows out of
reverence and Difference, loyalty and
courtesy, good service given and taken
dark days and bright days, sorrow and
joy. 1t is the fine essence ofall we are
together, and all we do. True passion
comes first, true love last. 1T is sown
a natural body, it is raised spiritual
body;' and SO it is written, The first
man is of the earth earthly. but the Sec
ond man is the Lord from heaven d.
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WHOLE NO. 1870
No Preferred TO Walk.

"She's pretty hot, ANT she 7" said a
backwoods passenger addressing the
engineer Of Mississippi steamer that
was racing with another boat,
80 no, !" responding tho engineer, as
he hung an additional wrench on the
safcty,yalye cord 10 stop the steam
from escaping
~ reckon we'll overtake that craft
soon,' pursued the stranger,
"Thats about IT," returned the Gu
ginocb giving the cords another twitch
and halooing through tho trumpet to
the fireman to "shoye her up
"Ono hundred and nlnety'Gve,"
hummcd the passenger looking first
At the gauge aud then at the boilers.
"That's about where she's rusticat-
ing put in the engineer
Then the passenger ran his fingers
through his hair nervously, and
walked about the decks for few
minutes, when he came back to the
engineer aud observed;
"IIadn't you better leave that boat
goi"
"Can't do il. Must pass her."
"But s'posen' We should blow upr
Well," said the engineer, as he
peeped through the guard to see how
fast he was going, "if it is the will Of
Providence Tor the boat to blow up,
wen have to stand by IT., Then he
hallocd to the fireman to roll up an
other cask Of bacon and to mix plenty
Of rosin with the coal, and give her
little more turpentine and oil.
The next moment there was
splash in the river: but before the
yawl could be lowered the man had
succeeded in reaching the shore, and
halloed out (:
$50 on with the race, guess I'll
walk |"
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But it has plenty Of work and room
and honor Tor tho man who has tho
grit aud gumptIon 10 be q somebody

SoRPTuRAL CAsEs OF lMMERsi on
We have IN our city q colored barber,
who IL u very enthusiastic Baptist, aud
frequently engages in theological dis
eussions, ! approached him ono day
while cntanglcd In ono oi these dis
ousslons with an old German from the
country, Tho barber had evidently
been advancing rather strongly the
doctrine or practice Of immersion,
"Wcll," said tho German, II joost
don't remember but three places In
the Bible where immersion Is mon
toned at all-only three places The
first was where tho Egyptians were
pursuing tho lsraclltcs through the
Red Sea, and the Lord caused the wa
tcrs TO flow back on them, and they
were all immersed, The second place
was where the Lord commanded Noah
to take all his family into the Ark, al
ter which Ilc caused It to rain for
forty days aud nights, and all those
outside the ark were immersed, The
thirdplacc was where the Saviour
caused the devils to so into the herd
of swine, aud they rushed down a
steep hill INTO the sea, and they were
all immersed"
They only reply the barber made to
this was, "Yas! yas! yas y Edit
ors Drawer in IIarpers Magazine for
September
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-04

The members of the various church.
es throughout the United States are
requested to give thanks, some time
this fall, that the census shows that in
all this broad republic, only six men
know how to play lawn tennis, and
four of them have publicly confessed
their shame and swore of, and the
other two have been equally divided
between the insane asylum and the
penitentiary.- Burlington Hawkeye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-04

ST.. NICHOLAS for September is per.
yaded with the spirit Of the season,
and the delights and doings Of Sep
tember days are we'll represented on
its pages. Near the beginning is an
interesting short article on Mackerel-
fishing, with fine picture showing a
fleet Of mackerel-boats; My St.
George is strong. exciting story of
the sea, admirably illustrated; and we
catch n glimpse of the beach in Wal
ter Satterlee's picture BY the Sad Sea
Waves. There is, also, good story
by Emily II. Leland, entitled How
Lily-toes was Caught in a Shower,
with capital picture by Jessie Cur
tis; and series Of very funny cuts,
called How He Caught Him, repre-
senting a queer fsherman's difficulties
with his catch Other good outdoor
pictures are scattered through the
number, and the lnstallments of Miss
Alcott's serial, Under the Lilacs, con-
talns a large and beautiful brook.
scene by Thomas Moran. Several
we'll known writers aid in furnishing
the other contents. Published by
Scribner g. Co., New York at So
yea,