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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-17
From another cOrrespondcntl
West LIBERTY, May 10, 1878.

West LIBERTY, May 10, 1878.
Editors IntellIseneer:
Our town is the seat Of the Wheeling
District Conference, now in session. We
have been over and looked in on the
body. They appointed one Of their
number to report the proceedings OF the
Conference for your paper; therefore I'll
no, NEEDLE in that direction. But l con.
cluded that u pen, or rather a pencil,
portrait OF The preachers present would
be enjoyed by your readers. So l pro.
coed with this very delicate and difficult
task. II l knew them better my
work would be easier. / write as they
impress meas / view them in their
work. By virtue Of his office the Pre-
siding Elder must be sketohed first.
Rev. W. @. Wilson 10, from appear
ance, forty or forty.tive years Of age;
has rather a fine personal appearance;
seems to be timid, and as a presiding
officer betrays sell. distrust. He is cour-
teous and polite, and wins his way by his
pleasing manner
d. a. X. Dix is an old veteran. BE
has seen hard service and agood deal Of
II. he Is not a fluent talker, there Ii q
hesitancy about his speech that is against
him. He Is a safe counsellor and a chris.
tian man; and Is beloved by his brethren.
DR.. A. c. George, we think is about so
years Of age, Is in 4 state OF good preser.
walton, and able for work. he Is Schol.
arly and voluminous, parts his hair low
down and combs II over the top OF his
head TO hide a little badness. File Is an
entertaining talker.
A. Hall Is spare built, and nervous in
temperament. He Is easily embarrassed,
and in debate, under this embar-
rassment, shows at a great disadvantage.
he Is said to be q good preacher. We
take him to be so years OF age.
s. B. D. Pickett Ia a 6gety little man.
He, unlike the man last described, is not
troubled with embarrassment. He trusts
to himself a good deal, Is a clear and cor.
rect talker.
J.P. Thatcher Is a man Of thirly.fve
or forty years OF age. He is a jealous,
good man and an indeiatigable worker.
g. E. Hite Is a young man about TWEEN.
der, has an interesting face, gray eyes and
q broad forehead. We learn be comes Of
Southern stock and he shows II In his
bearing and speech. BE has a pleasing
address.
T.R. Falkner appears very difident and
retiring. We are told be ia q hard student
and does not pass for his real worth. he
Is thirty or thirty.i five years Of age.
W. E. Rippey Is about fifty years Of
age. He is pretty we'll s~prinkled with
gray. &c ia said to be popular with the
people he seryes.
w. s. Rhieldaffsr IL earnest and faith
full, and we understand does good work
for the cause he represents.
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The arm Of Adams& Lucss has this day been
dinolved By mutual consent, Nj. A. n. ADAM
retiring. The buhn0a Of the old irm Will Be st.
tied BY A. N. AdHm1, Hho viii continue n the
old ltAnd, No l227 MARKET street, until October
lsL lSIs, Tor the purpose Of dispostng Of q remnant
Of ,toek retained By him, eondsting Of new Pianos
and Organs also b6FenI good secondhand Pianos
and organ, most Of which have been on rent bat q
short hme-all Of which will DO offered a. the most
reasonable prices and terms.
Mr.. G. Y. Lucas succeeds 10 the buhinen and
AGENCIES Of the various Pianos and orglnl hereto
1ore held BY the old arm, together with SHEET
q The ola stand, No. I'M Market street,
A. N. ADAMa
Wnx1mo. W. Va, Aurl II. is7S' .piS
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WHITING, W. W., AprlT u, 4 e. ,rlg

Ia CARD
In retiring from the arm Of Adams a Lucas, !
desire 10 thank my friends and the public geDeT.
ally for theiI liberal patronage, and nf thIt tho
apis ~~ 4. N. ApAMa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
.WAsrED-srooY MAKERa
II o. b. R-FuNERAL NOTICE

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SALE.

CALDwEILd cALDwELL, AiurTr
J.. G HERvET, AuetIobesk mi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

There Is much to be said in favor Of early
marriages. couple who enter on mar
ried life before their habits are fixed beyond
change, and who develop together and to-
gether carve out their fortunes. are apt TO
be happier than pair who failed TO under
take matrimony until they We're we'll along
in years. Yet sometimes an old bachelor
and an old maid will marry. and experience
so remarkable degree Of conjugal bliss
that they will wonder how they could 50
long have endured single life
II is rather hazardous experiment how
ever. for a man and woman to marry for the
first time after they have reached middle
life. A case was lately reported from Eng
land Of curate who was engaged for twen-
~ years 10 a spinster, hopefully awaiting
the time when he should get living large
enough to enable him TO support a wife in
the way he deemed suitable. At last he got
the salary he 20 long had sought, and led
his bride TO the altar The mature couple
set up housekeeping, amid the congratulate
tons If their friends and the general re-
joiclng Of the parish; but before two weeks
were over they had squabbled and sep
arated. The bride went back to her parents,
and the groom resumed the old routine Of
his bachelor lite.
Thus we see that even very protracted
engagement may not make a man and
woman so thoroughly acquainted with each
other that they shall prove happy in the
cOniugal state, when finally they venture to
enter into It. The unfortunate result Of this
marriage also proves that even the most
estimable persons, conscientious and fairly
unseliish, may acquire views and habits in
a single life, maintained up to forty or so,
which really unfit them for matrimony
They expect too much Of one another and
they have for SO many years been cherish
ing an ideal OF conjugal happiness that
when they actually become man and wife
they feel that they have been swindled.
Their dreams are not realized. and where
they expected to find only poetry they have
to put up with hard prose.
Yet under some circumstances man Is
wise to put off marrying. IT, FOR instance,
he is studying profession, he will usually
do well if he denies himself the solace aud
comfort OF wife until he has got his diplo-
ma. He is not settled in life, and may there
fore reasonably avoid the assumption Of
matrimonial responsibilities, which will
tend to check his progi ess toward the ac-
curing Of his profession.
A Pennsylvania correspondent, who is
studying medicine, asks our advice as to
what he shall do about taking wife:
SIR am "a Young man "a years of age. have he
quently mingled with the opposite ex. but have never
learned u love until u months ago, She
s young lady Of % summers She has social position
Hud what il called education She priies herself on
her reputable birth and high breeding She has loved
once but four years have passed since his decea She
has never since kepl company with any but my
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
No More Money for Ships.

In every one Of his annual reports SIcoR
RoBEsoN had the effrontery to tell Congress
aud the country that the navy was In a
fourishing condition and growing in eff
cheney. He even had the GOODNESS to compare
1t favorably with the navies OF foreign pow
ers, and to boast of the energy Of his adj
ministration OF its affairs
During these years THE Sun persistently
exposed the falsehoods OF this corrupt Sec
Rotary, and showed conclusively that. so far
from the navy's improving under his man
agement, it was steadily getting worse. Mr..
THOMPSON, In his late report to the House
Naval Committee, did not produce one fact
In proof OF the wretehed condition OF the
service which had not previously been
brought forward by THE Sun, to sustain its
charges against SEcoR RoBEsoS. We have
repeatedly gone through the list o. vessels
and pointed out that most Of the navy is
utterly woI thless. indicating by name the
ships which swell the numbers Of the Regis
ter but add nothing to the real strength Of
the service
Yet subservient Congress gave SEcoR
robson over three hundred millions Of
dollars to spend on this sham navy, and sat
by and saw him squanderng fifty millions
on repairs alone, without entering protest.
And now. what sort Of navy does Mr..
THOMPSON hnd2
Twenty-Five OF the vessels are good for
nothing but to break up or sell as rotten and
unseaworthy. Five more can never again
30 TO sea. and are only At for receiving and
store ships Another five are awaiting re-
pairs, but are not worth repairing. Try his
best, Mr.. THOMPSON can only make out the
effective strength Of the navy 70 be twenty
nine wooden cruising vessels. thirteen iron
clads, two torpedo boats, and a few tugs.
OF the cruisers however. one, the Wyoming,
Is OF no account, and eight need repairs,
while large number have their boilers
above the water line, within reach OF al
enemy's shots. and would be of about as
much value in naval engagement as q
Brooklyn ferryboat.
As to the ironcads, not one has armor
sufficiently strong to resist modern pro-
jectiles, and the whole l1t therefore, may
beciphered out Of the list OF available ships.
An ironclad is Of no sort OF use in time OF
peace, and II it is not able to withstand the
powerful guns OF foreign navies it is also
valueless in time Of war.
Our effective navy, therefore, consists OF
about fifteen or twenty vessels only, and to
keep up this insignificant fleet Congress is
asked 10 appropriate twelve millions Of dol
lars, or about three-quarters Of million a
shipl Besides this preposterous sum, Mr..
THOMPSON wishes three millions year to
lay out in the building Of new vessels.
In truth we have no occasion for power
ful navy, and 1t is waste Of money to un-
dertake to build one up II we are ever
called upon 10 defend our coasts we shall
have TO 80 IL by torpedoes, and ships will
render US little help. Therefore, If Congress
has any money to spend on naval improve
ments let II lay it out on comparatively in
expensive torpedoes rather than on enor-
mously costly vessels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

She reciprocaes my aecons but to make an engage
ment feel would conflict with my antcipauons have
commenced reading medicine. which will require four
years tor its completion have nothing but what earn
by teaching Will you please tell me, through your vau.
able payer. what to dOi Nav SUBSCRIBER
II you have fully made up your mind to
study medicine, your best course will proba-
bly, be to remain single until you have n
right to write NJ. d. after your name. II
she is so heightened a girl, she may object
to being students wife and to sharing
your small earnings; while you will need
all the money you can earn by teaching to
pay for your tuition. No man can fit him
self properly for doctor without taking n
course at medical school and attending
hospitals and dissections, and these things
cost money, and separate the student from a
wife. Even when you have got your di-
ploma you will have only just started on
the road to making living as doctor. 1t
may DO ten years before your profession
pays you as much as school teaching does
now Young doctors without money have a
pretty hard time of it for the first few years
after they set out to practise medicine, and
IL they can earn enough to pay their way as
bachelors they do we'll.
II your sweetheart Is q sensible girl and
very much in love with you, she will wait
until you have iledged out as q doctor be-
fore she orders her bridal robe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
GOvERNOR's G4STRONOMr.
How the Widow Potter came TO the Relief
of Newport clearinghouse Keepers.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN - Sir:
Charles Collins Van Zant. or Van Zandt Gov
ernor OF Rhode Island is the eldest son OF
Edward Van Zant who married daughter Of
Charles Collins. Van Zant received liberal
education. has an enormous stomach. and
poetic pretensions. He is about six feet high.
and weighs ut least two hundred and fifty
pounds. Fortunately for Newport boarding.
house keepers. he WIS lucky enough 10 win the
rlch. intellectual and pretty widow, Mrs. Potter,
whose fortune Is believed tO be adequate to Van
Lnnts gnstronOmic capacity. His residence IN
Newport lhs wiie's property Is the Littleileld
mansion. on Pelham street. opposite tho Con-
gregntional church.
Van Zant. in 1858. was n boardor in the Pei
ham Street House, then kept by the late Sanford
his digestive powers, which were simply tre-
mendous. He usually got away with the con:
tents Of four huge plates OF meat and an equal
quantity Of dessert.
Soon after taking up his abode ut this hotel
Van Lant brought thithpr his brother Edward
(now in the New York Custom Housed. who is
the double Of the Governor in form. nose. and
appetite. Feeding Charles Collins WIS "A sad
calamity. but to board the two brothers COM
bincd was heartrending. and old Horton con-
Collins was PRACTISING, law. and was also on the
editorial staff Of the Newport Ne1rs. Mr.. Horton
dislked to say anything in regard To- their
gigantic gastrOnomic nttainments. II Charles
Collins Van Zant Is now u temperance man. he
has certainly experienced u wonderful change.
Bill Wales. keeper of Dutch Island Lighthouse.
in Narragansctt bay, could tell n story Just the
reverse: aud think John i. Darg Of Prospect
Hill, and j Jimmy Watson OF Bath road, Newport.
would cOrrobOrate his statement. II Charles
Collins has become a total abstnincr. shall i'm
medately endorse the Jasper theory. and con-
slider the Coperniean system bosi. DUMoNT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

Our esteemed contemporary, the World,
thinks THE Sun actuated by personal hos
tility to Mr.. HAYES in discussing the Presi-
dental question. This is a total mistake.
We have no dislike whatever to Mr.. HAYES,
except such as we should have to any man
who had unlawfully assumed the Office Of
President Of the United States. We have
seen nothing In Mr.. HAYES, apart from this
cue act, to like or to dislike, particularly
We have no prejudices against him what
ever. he seems to us as near mere no.
body as could conveniently have boon found
Tho great point on which we stand is that
tho choice Of the people, on whomsoever It
may fall for President, should be respected
and carried Into effect. II HAYES had been
lawfully elected, we should be Just as
strongly In favor Of his having the Office as
We now are in favor Of another man. who
was elected, having it. 1t is not for the sake
OF the proposed incumbent that we advo-
cate this. but for the sake Of the people. The
difference between HAYES and TILDEN as a
personal question directly concerns only
two individuals, and is not matter Of ma
tional Importance. But when we come to
the question whether the man who is chosen
or another man shall be President, that
reaches TO the very foundation Of the Gov
ernment The one consideration Is petty
and In comparison contemplate; the other
is vast, reaching millions OF people. and ex-
tending in its influence through an indefinite
period VI time. We dislike Mr.. HAYES, but
We dislike him only AZ we should any man
guilty Of his crime against Free Govern
ment, and only because Of his guilt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
THE GREAT WILL CASE
A Letter from Mr.. Cornelius j. Vanderbilt
why Mrs. In Bau Contests the WIN.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sn: My
attention has Deen called to an article in your
issue OF the 14th inst, entitled Legal. but not
Wise" Few articles contain so much that is
pure and good. | conccdc to il all the honor its
noble sentiments so well deserve. ana not
contestant in the will casc and therefore not
within its purview. | was. but Withdrew under
an agreement by which ! was to receive
sl.0O0OO0 Had this agreement been kept. the
whole controversy would doubtless have ended.
Did the legal gentlemen prevcntit2 was COM
PEELED TO bring nm action on that agreement.
Mrs. La Bau is the only contestant Of the will.
One million dollars was pad to the other sis
trrs- $jOO.O1O in Excess of their lcgacics. Mrs.
La 1Iau was offered the Same advance. but
noby, generously perhaps not wiscly-but in
accord with promise which She made to our
dend mother. refused. saving: " Settle with Cor
neius. and shall ask for nothing" She alono
IL the contestant. and from Il chivalrouS sense
OF love and duty. filing her allegations only
after the refusal OF William II. Vanderbilt 10
fulfil his agreement. and after ample notice.
The present head OF our house fights. there
fore. from choice: on him there is no necessity:
i certainly only from necessity and the con-
ditions which cluster around it, These reasons
seem TO enforce Il continuance OF the contest.
Respectfully. G. j. Vanderbilt.
CRoToN, April 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
Who Would be Safe 2

When the Hon. WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs, the
senior counsel of HENRY WARD BEEcHER,
was interviewed on the subject of Mrs.
T1LToN's confession, he rather pointcdly
declined to interest himself for his former
distinguished client, remarking that it was
disagreeable subject and that he prefer
red to talk about greenbacks at premium
thereby seeming to intimate that he prefer
red that to talking about client at dis
count.
And yet lawyer Of Mr.. EvARTs's expert
ence and conceded ability ought TO he able
10 say much in disparagement Of Mrs. TIL
TONS confession. He could have asserted
truthfully that the persons who had given
most attention to the subject OF confessions
hold them in the least esteem. They are by
no means the strongest possible kind Of
evidence. People have often confessed them
selves guilty just through spite, in order to
be believed as against some one else impli-
Gated with them.
The old Vermont chse is a familiar illus
tration off. the fallibility of confessions
man confessed to having killed a
peddler. He was sentenced to be hanged,
but before the day appointed for the
execution, the peddler appeared alive
and well on the spot. The accused had made
the confession in the hope thereby OF obtain
ing Communication OF his sentence.
Who would be safe II his life or his char
acter could be taken away by the state
ments Of person in the situation Of Mrs.
TILroS?
Mr.. BEECTER should be judged by the evil
dence outside of Mrs. TILToN's confession.
By this let him stand or fall. This is Just.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
The Albany Bribery Cnse.

II is asserted that Mr.. SKINNERs chief re-
lance for proving his charges of bribery be-
fore the investigating committee in the As
sembly liquor case is upon certain hardened
members Of the lobby. II Mr.. SKINNER has
put to sea ON such u rotten craft as that, we
fancy his cause will speedily suffer ship
wreck. Not that the Albany lobby does not
understand liquor bills. and il not an excel
lent Judge Of liquor itself. But when COM
mittee comes u ask its members 10 swear
about it. there will be a general display OF
check and no end OF rye faces.
The attempt to prove allegations Of cor
ruption against members Of the Legislature
by notorious lobbyists. has been often
tried and has just as often failed; and for
the simple reason that il is part Of q pro-
fcssional lobbyists regular business 70
swear his dupes and victims through. as
well as fleece them Of their money. To do
tins is part Of the job he takes in hand
aud II either directly or implicitly enters
into the contract when he receives the bride
money under a promise to put il where il
will do the most good.
However, if any testimony Is obtained
which shows bribery and corruption in this
case, it should be handel over 10 the Dis
trict Attorney Of Albany, who should at once
proceed to prosecute the offenders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
Wife Beating in England.

Much attention has OF late been attracted
In England to the subject OF wife beating
form OF brutality disgraceiully common in
that country. There are portions Of the
great cities. inhabited by the lowest class Of
people, which are known to the police a ;
the clicking Districts" whore the striking
and kicking Of wives by husbands are things
Of daily occurrence, and are taken as mat
ter of course.
According to Mr.. Sergeant PULLING. who
has published paper on wife beating,
Liverpool is especially noted for this kind
OF cruelty. Nowhere" he says, " is the
ill-usage OF woman so systematic as in Liv-
erpool, and so little hindered by the strong
arm Of the law; making the lot Of a mar
ried woman, whose locality Is the kicking
district, simply duration of suffering and
subsection to injury and savage treatment,
far worse than that 10 which mere savages
are used" In London the beating seldom
goes beyond n severe "thrashing with the
flst--a harsh enough punishment, 1t is true,
but mild In comparison with the kickings
and tramplings with hob-nalled shoes aud
clogs, which are SO frequent in Liverpool
and in other centres Of dense mercantile
and manufacturing populations.
Miss FRANCES POWER CoDBE contributes
20 the last number OF the Contemporary Re-
rler long article ON this subject OF wife
torture, as she calls It, and presents an APP
palllng array Of facts to show that it is an
evil 50 terrible and 50 extensive as to de-
mand the most serious consideration Of Par
lament. In the manufacturing and mining
ana mercantile districts, where the popula-
u"ii is crowded, wages are high, though
huct"'t'ng, and the facilities for drink and
wee abound the workers are about as near
oraIes Us men and women can become. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sb: Permit
me 10 call the attention Of manufacturers the Normal
Class connected with the Cooper Institute. This class
supposed 70 deal exclusively with the instruction Of
ti'htrs. but some n the lupil, not w .u. 10 make
ihcir hNin- by that profession, have ahe up practical
designing ~ applied carpets different varieties wall
paper ani china The carpet class has been fortunate
10 secure Tor teacher who II herself rmpuvtd in
one o the ciN iactors and sAhr therefore instruct
them in The my ,rrcs Of putting their designs uu the
hrs ready Tor thc MraNcrs. Ac They the visits
oi carpet manufacturers The " rk of the class always
open L. inspecuo ana the teachers willing % mpau all
Information required. NORMAL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr; |. Thomas
Peppers champion lcaIer OF the world" hereby ac.
cent the challenge 90 Mr Gardiner 10 leap for Al op' on
these conditions VIZ III deposit money 10 boo placed
~ the hands OF The 81 tor u the Sew York ChIlcr
wednesday next AT 10 O'Clock A The lraucr 10 land
upright on the feet, ami not sitting pasture. Mr.
Gardiner thui The ucdcstti- from which ltap
Is Ia Ice taken not Ia bee 90 the h,pht q, Tie
backs o TIE elephants and horse, Mr. Gardiner VIII
please arrange IrVlWiuarir> within ten day after which
time l shall return Co Gac>hurs. inusAs iErrLLs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
Help Them TO go West

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.Sh: Consider
Ing the great distress among the aborng population Of
almost all parts nj the Union and considering the plenty
OF wealth Tor millions In TIL, rich country which cannot
be reached b, the needy masses the most sorelv needed
measure would seem 20 he Ia establish a National For
wardin- Association, for tie purpE u FORWARDING idle
Int able bodied men a. ho~. parts of the land where
they would not only nnd rcnuucratve work. but have
the Chance of rising to Vi>s ani comfort
Il j. easy t. say 60 West" Hat Ia 20 West money Is
necessary ana Therefore the idea great national
Suciatiau the .l-
population over the country seems 10 be "a sound one
In a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sw; appeal
to those who have children to take course whereby
New York streets can he ciecinny CLEARED Of dogs You
cannot take up daily PAPER without seeing some case
"l NdtUp"ht No matter whether dogs lice u,ei nr
NOT nome onsli 10 De allowed AT large. ANY morning.
passing down south fiitn avenue. Nor chi
rn monercl, 90 the block. only Yesterday was coming
down 10 business MhNnA spit dog seized my coat aud
tore the lining Had been chd, with bare lo.s sun.
pose II would lave preferred the less
ImnM hmm