The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-20
Letter From Rev. w. H. Long,
Agent Of the American Bible
Society.
RICHMOND, Va, May 10.

RICHMOND, Va, May 10.
Editors IntellIgencsr.
I left Wheeling on the 9th Of April
and the next day presented the claims Of
our American Bible Society at Grafton,
where over thirty destitute families were
supplied with the Bible. From thence l
proceeded to charlestown, W. Va, via
Harpers Ferry, a spot, as you know, re-
markable as the entering wedge point Of
the war. John Browns Tort" still
stands; also the naked walls Of churches,
stores and dwellings.
Leaving Harper's Ferry I proceeded
up the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, fam.
GUS for its fertility and for its numerous
raids during the war. Even now there
are u~nmistakable evidences Of the sweep
ing desolation that overlook 1t in the
course Of events. II Is, however, fast re.
operating and Charlestown, the county
seat OF Jefferson, is improving rapidly.
The very field where "0ld John Brown
and his misguided associates yielded up
their life on u scaffold now waves with tall
headed wheat, and will soon be ripe for
the harvest.
preached on Sabbath morning, May
9Th, for Rev. DR.. Hopkins, and we held
our Bible Meeting In the Presbyterian
Church at 4 P. NJ, resulting in raising $40
for the local Auxiliary Society, to which
sum $50 were added from the sales Of
Bibles-all being forwarded to the New
York Publishing House for a re supply
OF new stock. I was the guest here Of
the Hon. N. s. White, whose hospitality
is Of the true old Virginia type.
From Charlestown Iproceeded to Bal.
timore to attend the 44th Anniversary Of
the Maryland State Bible Society, and
then left on the steamer Havana for
West Point, Va, passing en- route North
Neck and Yorktown, spots famous in our
Revolutionary annals. Thence l proceed
ed by rail to Richmond, passing near the
battlefield OF the four days fight, and
also the C~hickahominy swamps and the
famous battlefield Of Seven Pines, and
within q few miles Of the wilderness
scenes.
l have visited some Of the Earth
| Works about Richmond and Petersburg,
but they give no adequate idea Of the
persistent and heroic defense made by
our Southern brethren in their strong.
holds for four years. Forty.six thousand
Confederate dead sleep in the 0akwood
and Hollywood Cemeteries in Richmond.
The American Bible Society, by the cor.
dial invitation OF the Va. State Bible Soc
iety, held its ed anniversary on Sabbath,
the 18th inst. at Az. NJ, in 81. Pauls Epis-
copal Church. The church was crowded
and for two hours and a half the audience
was held in rapt attention by the address
Of welcome by Rev. DIR. Hoge, and by the
truly sublime response Of President W.
Il. Allen, L. l.. D.. Rev. DR.. Gilman, the
Corresponding Secretary, presented an
admirable abstract report Of the A. B.s
society's operations for the past year,
He was followed by Rev. DR.. Taylor, oil
Newark, N. J., with an address Of great
power, who, in his turn, was succeeded
BY Rev. Dr.. Cranberry, Of Vanderbilt
University, Tenn, upon the excellence oil
the Bible and OF the National Society,
Mass meetings were held in two other
churches at s P. N.
Thus closed one OF the most interesting
anniversaries eyer held Of the A. B. So
ciety. w. RI.