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NO. 6.
ing in Brussels on what she consid
ered a miserable allowance of £400 a
yew* .
On his arrival in Brussels he stayed
at the Hotel Bellevue, the best hotel
in Brussels, anil addressed a letter to
his wife, who was living in the Rue de
Waterloo, asking her to consent to an
interview. It was impossible that, ns
an Eeglisli member of artistocracy
she iould object to grant an interview
with her husband, although they had
been separated for so many years. He
told her die sequel of his life after he had
Separated from her. Mr. Loftus’ wife
Iarouis of EIv, has had his domestic L-tenod to th e history with patience as
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Lrcumstances revealed to the worli
Lid it would have, been well for bi
(ind for his own family if he had con-
ealed his sorrows in his own breast.
In 1*51 Henry Loftus held acorn-
luis-ion as lieutenant in Iicr Majesty’s
Life Guards, and was allowed by his
fmicio, the Marquis, £800 per annum,
tie was very handsome, about six
feet high, with large blue eyes, black
eyebrows, and was an exceedingly well
built man. At a ball given at Lady
iPalmerston's ho became acquainted
with a Miss Adeline Montgomery,
[whose father had been ehief attache to
Britisli Embassy in Paris. After
i few months’ acquaintance they were
harried, and Mr. Loftus sold bis
uminission and went to reside in
Brussels, bis income being too small
o enable him to live in England in the
Itv le to which he bad been accustomed
V;or to his marriage.
About fourteen months after his
i irriage his wife gave birth toabcau-
iful child, who was christend Em-
neline Montgomery. They had a
smdsome house on the Rue Madeline,
nd mixed in the first circle of sidety.
They often dined with the king and
fuoen of the Belgians at the palace of
be King. They became acquainted
pith a Baron Steiner, a young and
indsome Belgian, who wrote beauti-
il lovo sonnets, and was at the same
ie an accomplished musician. Mr.
oftus occasionally visited Paris, and
Diuetiines made short visits to Lon-
Baron Steiner was, like Dean
5" ift, n great admirer of female beau-
but only in the attract. Mrs.
[*oftii3 was a handsome woman, a
tery fair representative of the highest
Ttyle of English beauty, and, in Baron
Steiner’s leisure hours, and they were
many, lie composed some very beauti
ful sonnets addressed to the beauty he
much admired. He wrote them
urtly for amusement, and partly to
gratify the vanity' of Mrs. Loftus.
In Augusta, 1869, Mr. Loftus,
iftcr a short excursion to Paris, re-
jturned unexpectedly to Brussels, and
found tho Baron Steiner in the
Browing room with his wife. The
Baron was half intoxicated, and, under
the influence of the champagne he had
ll»ecn imbibing, he showed Mr. Loftus
|lhc last sonnet he hud addressed to
wife. It was an impassioned son
net, and L >ftus, tore it to pieces, and
Picked Steiner out of the house. The
Baron, stung by the indignity, chal
lenged Mr. Loftus to mortal combat
l.dr. Loftus accepted the challenge—
■seconds were obtained, and in the sub-
Jluirbs of Marines, which is situated a
l/e.v miles from Brussels, they met.
■Tiicy used pistols, Steiner was shot
[through the brain, and lay dead on
I tlie field.
Mr. Loftus returned with his sec-
lond to Brussels. He informed his
[wife of the result of tho duel. She
[heard of the Baron’s death with com-
[po'Ure, but she burst into a flood of
St ars. In a defiant tone she said to
bor husband, “ It is better we part.”
A deed of separation was drawn up,
and Mr. Loftus returned to London.
Mrs. Loftus remained in Brussels,
gave up the house they had occupied,
llmt hired a less expensive house, and
her daughter Emmeline was her espec
ial care. As tho mother grew in
years she became incapable of control
ling her passion. On two occasions
slie hcarld at her daughter a carving
knife, which, fortunatlv, missed her. will lie a
5\ lien Emmeline Loftus arrived at his occurring
it was told to her by her husband.
Loftus was leaving, having .-tnted
unfortunate daughter was
well provided for, and drawing in.
strong language a picture of his misery,
his wife asked him if he would live
again with her as her husband. Mr.
Loftus told her it was impossible un
der the circumstances. There was no
possibility of bridging over the chasm,
and their misery they must both carry
to the grave. Mrs. Loftus did not
believe in this, and as Mr. Loftus had
no evidence against his wife in refer
ence to any improper intrigues with
Baron Steiner, she commenced a suit
against the Hon. Mr. Loftus for a
restitution of conjugal righrs; and, un
der the peculiar circumstances of the
case, seeing that Mrs. Loftus had com
mitted no crime of which the Divorce
Court could take congnizance, Baron
Penzance had no alternative but to
reinstate Mrs. Loftus in her original
marriage rights.
A JUVENILE ESEXT.
eighteen years of age she left her home,
and proceeding by train to Ostend
[took the steamer for Dover, and three
sours subsequently was alone in the
great city of Londou. Here she ob-
ained a situation as a governess. In
hiptcmher, 1870, she was walking in
Regent’s Park, Loudon, where she
made the acquaintance of a gentle
man forty-four years of age, as she
i was seated on one of the iron seats in
[the park.
It was an eventful day for her. She
[was absolutly tired of the situation she
[had taken. It was a very handsome
j man that accosted her, though not a
1 young one. He proposed marriage.
) But before the ceremony had been
(performed she was installed as his
j unstress in Hans place, Sloane street,
i London. During the time that she
| was confined to her bedroom by sick
ness, her lover, finding her keys,
opened her writing desk and discover
ed some photographs. As ho wrs
examining them he discovered one
that was unmistakably the photograph
l°f' ll8 w . lf f• .He rushed into the bed,
rr, w,t >? ll J's photograph in bis hand-
land frantically inquired who it repre-
I uted. The girl was very low at the
time and said it was the picture of her
te her .’.ml thW x homshe had quarrel-
nn > your father,” he
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rral name to her, living with her
the name of Henry Houghton.
after her recovery it was
mir! i a divorce should be im-
fflediafely sought for, and Lord Pen-
“uce, being acquainted with the facts,
< J ne ‘ ^ r- loftus having ob-
largei accession to his fortune,
provided handsomely for his daugh-
end was not yet. He
revived to have an interview with his
whom W "V U 1 H in Brussels, and to
whom, through his bankers, he regu-
lyljr foniwled the amount ogreedon
iS ^P^tion. JBy the
death of the Marquis of Elv and his
i £l?nnn t ^ Cr 1,6 .had become worth
£15,000 a year, but his wife w
The Ku-Klx outrages were bad en
ough—how about Anii-Klu-Klux out
rages ? We find in The Spent of the
Age, published in Ra'»igh, N. C., an
important letter from Charles E. Tay-
ler, Professor of Latin in Wake For
est College. We will repeat as suc
cinctly as possible the story told in the
communication of Prof. Tnyler. He
says that last Christmas, D. S. Ram-
sour, a student of seventeen years of
age, came to his room and told him
that a warrant was out against the
said student for conspiracy and mur
der. Ramsour explained, “with
much feeling and youthful ingenuous
ness,” that some time before he had
with a few companions ridden a few
miles in the night, and returned with
out molesting any one. “ This was
done,” says Prof. Tayler, “ an that
spirit of frolic, or desire for adventure,
whi' ,, i would lead any boy of his age
to do the same.” On the night of
December 30, 1871, the College was
surrounded by U. S. troops, and the
lad taken from the hall of his deba
ting society, and hurried off to Colum
bia, 8. C. He was kept in prison
without trial until April. Then the
charge of murder was struck out of the
indictment, and then Ramsour, by
advice of his lawyer, plead guilty to a
charge of conspiracy, i. e., he did not
deny riding with his companions on
the night in question. There appears
to have been no evidence that Ramsour
committed any crime whatever, and
“ conspiracy” is a very loose and in
definite word. Ramsour, however,
was sentenced to eight years confine
ment in the Penitentiary, and fined
8100. He is now in the State Peni
tentiary at Albany; he will be dis
charged, unless he dies or is pardoned,
in April, 1880, when he will be twen
ty-five years old, his hopes of an edu
cation all gone, his whole life blasted.
He is a member, his father is a deacon
of the Baptist Church, and Prof.
Tayler hears witness that “ his conduct
while a student was most exemplary.”
We wish that those of our readers
who have the good fortune to live un
der a government of laws and not of
soldiers, would consider carefully the
case of this unfortunate hoy. There
is no evidence that he has done any
thing criminal. His trial is repre
sented to have been “a farce” — to
him the upshot of it has been nnd
ill lie a tragedy. A few cases like
ng in Sew York would be
pretty sure to breed an insurrection
more or less general according to their
number; and yet a newspaper here is
not permitted to speak a word in favor
of common justice nnd the simplest
mercy without being violently charg
ed with disloyalty even by such benev
olent men as William Loyd Garrison,
Wendell Phillips, Fredrick Douglare,
and Gerrit Smith. It is curious, is it
not?—N. Y. Tribune.
The Turkish Mails.
I wentacros3 the Bosphorus the other
day to Scutari, hired a saddle-horse,
and took a ride into the country. As
I was leisurely trotting along I was
startled by a yell like an Apache war-
whoop. I looked up and saw a dense
cloud of dust through which could bo
seen some men riding at a gallop. I
at once recognized his Majesty’s mail
train. I drew up my horse in a con
venient place and waited for it to pass. -
I don’t know how the post drivers drive
when there are no spectators, but when
they see travelers ahead they put their
beasts into a gallop, and, with flourish
ing raw hides and terrific yells, assume
1 every appearance of precipitato naste.
* They dashed past me and in a few mo
ments were out of sight in my rear.
There was the “ tartar” or route agent,
as we should call him; the “ surrahji”
or driver, who did the whip flourishing
and yelling, and a half a dozen or more
horses loaded with mail bags. The
driver and horses are changed at short
stages, but the tarter performs a feat
of horsemanship that would prove
rather severe to a novice. He rides
from Scutari to Aleppo, without stop
ping for anything but change of horses
and meals. This is a ride of ten days
and nights, during which he gets no
sleep except what he can get in the
saddle, with his horse picking his way
in the dark over a rocky pathway, or
a breakneck ledge, or trotting or gallop
ing, if the condition of the road ad
mits of it. There are several things I
would rather be than a tartar in the
Turkish postal service. I said the
tartar rode to Aleppo. I think he goes
clear through to Bagdad without
change, but I am not quite sure of this.
The post for Bagdad and way stations
leaves here weekly. It is punctual or
not, according to the condition of the
roads. It is safer than our own mails,
for it is the commonest thing in the
world to send specie by post, and I
never knew of any being lost If it
should be lost the Government is re
sponsible for it to the sender, In
dangerous parts of the road the post
has an armed escort. The government
has lately introduced the money-order
system, and its provisions extend to
every office in the country. The post
also is a sort of parcel express, which
is a great accommodation to the public.
—Cor. Bouton Globe.
From the Savannah News.
THE DILLON TRAGEDY.
Removal and Subsequent Burial of
Young Dillon-Statemcnt of Mr. Dil
lon’s Wife.
Patricide—A Man Named Cur
tis, a Wife-Whipveb, Kili-ed by
his Son.—We learn from the Rich
mond (Kentucky) Jteguter of yester
day that the coroner’s inquest over
the man Curtis, killed by his son in
Madison county, brought in as verdict
that the shooting was done in neces
sary self-defense, and acquitted the
boy of all blame. The Jteguter adds
to the account as published that Cur
tis wrs worth some forty thousand
dollars, and has been in the habit of
late of getting drunk and beating and
mistreating his wife and daughter. On
Tuesday night last he gave them an
unmerciful whipping and otherwise
mistreated them so cruelly that the
young son Tom told his father that if
he repeated it he would kill him. On
the following morning the father
began his brutality again, when
the son went up stairs and got a pistol
and told his father he must desist.
Curtis, the older, at oace started to
ward his son with a knife, when the
latter fired, inflicting a slight flesh
wound. The father then turned and
fled. The son pursued, firing as he
followed. The third or fourth shot
took effect in the neck when the father
fell, when, it is said, the son still ad
vanced and shot the father once or
twice after ho was down. Death en
sued iii a few minutes, when the young
fled and has not since, been
man
seen.
A Bit of Saturn’s History.—
The planet Saturn, being now fovoro
bly situated for observation, is watch
ed with the greatest interest on ac
count of the recently discovered fact
that the inner dusky or semi-transpar
ent ring has disappeared. Saturn has
always oeen one of the most interest
ing planets to astronomers. When
first discovered it was thought to con
sist of three bodies, the largest being
considered the center of a system; but
in 1655 Huyghens made the announce
ment that the planet “ is surrounded
by a thin, flat ring, nowhere attached
to its surface.” Then came the dis
covery that the ring was double, nnd
finally Sir William Herschel discover
ed the satelites “ like pearls strung on
a silver threadand in 1852 the
transparent ring, now invisible, • was
made out. This remarkable series of
discovers, considering the distance of
the planet from the earth, has sugges-
tep for Saturn the title, “The marvel
of the marvelous hearens,”
Boring for Whiskey.—In the
1860, the steamer South Bend,
m Cincinnati for the Arkansas river,
with six hundred barrels of whiskey m
and two hundred casks of brandy on
board, was run into and sunk some
fifty miles from Memphis. Recently,
Capt. John Cowden, after boring eleven
hundred and twenty-five times found
her under an accumulation of twenty-
four feet of sand and about sixteen
feet of water. It is supposed her
cargo is unproved by age and will be
worth a hundred thousand dollars.
An Experiment in Mechanics.—
Max Adeler tells the following: “We
do not remember that we ever told
the story of Parkinson’s gunboat
Parkinson was in the navy, ami dur
ing the war he conceived an idea that
he could build a small and light gun
boat which would carry a heavy gun,
so that expeditions could be under
taken up shallow rivers. The depart
ment gave him permission to try the
experiment, and he built a boat in
accordance with his theory. The first
time she went into action was down
in the waters of South Carolina. 1 h
commanding officer of the troops upon
one of the islands sent Parkinson up
stream with his craft, with orders to
fire at a certain fort. Parkinson pad-
died up for about two miles, and then
loading up his one great gun he aimed
at the rebel works. It was very sin
gular, but entirely true, that the boat
was so light that the ball in the gun
remained stationaiy, while the boat
was fired away from it two miles down
stream, where it lit among the Union
troops and killed three privates and a
corporal. The ball was afterward
found in the»stream exactly at the spot
where the gunboat stood.”
A Mysterious Assassination.—
On Sunday evening, Mr. Charls Lane,
of thefirm ofLano & Co., wool deal
ers in Boston, and residing in Han
cock street, Dorchester district, heard
his door bell ring and went to answer
it, when he was, immediately shot in
the abodoinen by a man outside. The
assassin pulled his umbrella over his
face when he fired at Lane, and then
ran away. Mr. Lane screamed, shut
the door, locked it, and went upstairs
and lay down on tho bed, telling his
wife he was shot. She at once obtain
ed assistance, and the doctor arrived
in a few moments. He administered
te to the injured man and began
prolnng for the ball, but without suc
cess up to 1 o’clock, a. m.
Mr. Lane said the assassin was
large, well-dressed man, but could not
imagine who it could be. The victim
of this assault is about sixty-seven
years old, a very wealthy mmi, and
prominent bank director, and bis r
sidenco whore he was shot is but three
doors from the police station.
Since tlie recent tragedy iii the Dil
lon family a variety of rumors, have
been afloat in reference to the parlies
concerned as to the condition of Dil
lon, Sr., and the disposition that had
been made of the remains of the de
ceased son. These reports were so
contradictory that but litue reliance
could be placed on them. We are now,
however, enabled to lay before our
readers a concise find correct- account
of the events following upon the un
fortunate affair.
Dillon, Sr., gave instructions to an
undertaker in this tity to bring a cheap
coffin to the office and take the body to
a farm of his, about five miles from
the city, for interment. The body was
placed in the coffiin with the same
clothes the deceased had on at the
time of his death. The coffin was
placed iu a hearse and the undertaker
proceeded to the locality designated,
taking with him a negro man to dig
the grave. When just beyond the
Relay House,
TIIEY WERE MET BY MR. DILLON’S
WIFE,
In a carriage, who demanded the
corpse. This was refused and the dri
ver of the hearse was ordered to pro;
ceed. The party continued on, closely
followed by her in the carriage, hut
before the place desiguated for the bur
ial was reached she hired a wagoner,
whom they met on the road, to pro
ceed with her, as she was determined
to have the bod}’. On arriving at the-
ground the undertaker had the coffin
removed, and left it iu charge of the
negro, named Isaac, we believe, who
had been employed by Dillon, Sr., to
inter the remains. The undertaker
having performed his duty returned to
town. The mother with the assistance
of some colored men, who were attrac
ted to the spot and who sympathized
with her, succeeded in getting posses
sion of the coffin, had it put in her
wagon, and she then started to return
to town, taking a different road.
They had proceeded several miles
when they were overtaken by Henry
Tow, Deputy Sheriff, with other par
ties, who demanded the body, in the
name of the law, at the instance oftDil-
lon, Sr. She at firstdedined to give if up,
but finally yielded to the force of cir
cumstances. Once more the direction
was changed and in due time the farm
was again reached, the mother still
following. The body was then inter
red, ana the party returned to the
city. At eight o’clock the mother,
taking with her assistants, drove out
to the place and
HAD THE BODY DISINTERRED.
The coffin was then put in a wagon,
and moved rapidly towards town. Con
siderable time was occupied in aceoro-
dishing this, and they did not reach
ler house, corner of State and Mont
gomery streets, until half-past two, a.
m., Saturday. On Saturday morning
she had a very fine coffin ordered, and
the body was removed from the other
and placed in that.
THE FUNERAL
Took place yesterday morning, at half
past ten o’clock, from the residence of
the mother, and was largly attended.
The remains were buried on the place
of Mr. T. J. Walsh, situated on the
Middle Ground Rond, a short distance
from the city. This information is cor
rect as it was furnished by tlie mother
herself.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED MAN.
The reports that Dillon, Sr., was
suffering greatly from his wounds we
learn is incorrect. He is said to be get
ting along very well, audit is expected
will he out in a few days. He is at pres
ent at a house out on tlie road known
as the Relay House.
TnE ABSENT SONS.
The rumor that the other sons, who
are absent from the city and who had
been telegraphed for, had arrived, is
incorrect. One of them (Benjamin)
is in Montgomery, Alabama, and a
telagram was recsived stating that he
sympathized with the family, but was
unable to travel on account of sickness.
The other son is in the interior, near
Marietta some where, and may be in
the city this week. Three other chil
dren are in Europe, and one, a mar
ried daughter, is in Canada.
irrr and wisdom.
Old maids are called “ belated sis
ters.”
Misery loves eanpany, and so does
a marriagable young lady.
“Bobby, why don’t your mother
sew up your trovvsers?” Cause she’s
at the vestry sewing for the heathens.”
When a draft passes through the
bank, does it givefthe clerks cold ?
Game is very plenty on the Pacific
road—that is, euchre and seven-up;
What is society nf|/>r all, but a mix
ture of n.ister-ies and miss-erics?
The answer o the-. 4ftion, “ What
is stnouse wiiKofica ixtby ?”■ is V^Yelll |i
comparatively quiet,”
“Oh, Emma, don’t laugh so hard,”
said a younger sister of five years,
“ you’ll break a blood-steamer!”
A patent for a “ snoring preventive”
has been applied for. It consists in the
application of a clothes-pin to the
nose.
“ Come out here, and Til lick the
whole lot of you,” said and urchin
to some sticks of peppermint candy in
a window. ... . ,
When lovely womans dons a “ Dol
ly,” and finds, too l»te, men don’t ad
mire it, she’d better try some other fol
ly, and to a circus rider hire it.
Beautiful is the ' lore, and sweet is
the kiss of a sister; but when you hav
en’t a sister handy, try a cousin—or
any other lady if she’s young and pret
ty—it isn’t much difference.
Somebody says “ a wife should be
like a roasted lamb, teuder and nicely
dressed.” A scamp adds, “ and with
out any sauce.”
“ Say, Jones whafe the matter with
your eye ?” “ Oh, nothing, only my
wife said this morning I’d better get
up and make afire;! told her to make
it herself.
■ “ What shall I do,” asked a mil-
lionair of his physician, “ for a tight
ness in my chest ?” “ Join some char
itable institution,” said the doctor.
A little hoy three years old, gave a
reason for his infant brother’s good
behavior as follows; “ Baby does not
cry tears because he doesn’t drink
water, and he can’t cry milk.”
Of the many Poles immigrating to
this country, it is remarked that a
very large percentage are journamcn
tailors. This is doubtless owning to the
mutual attraction between the needle
and the Pole.
Mrs. Partington says she don’t see
what they want of a grand jury. She
thinks that.a common jury is grand
enough as her husband felt so grand
when he was on a jury, that nobodv
dared to speak to him for a mouth
afterwards.
Anna Dickinson says that “ there is
no work a man can do but that will be
better with a woman at his side.”—
How about currying a kicking mule,
asks a contemporary.
Tlie fair maids of Switzerland prac
tice the air cure, not only by breathing
the pure mountain atmosphere, but by
sitting on the slopes in the costume of
Eve. The scenery of Switzerland is
greatly admired.
The Washington Chronicle annouuc-
Guano Deposit of Peru.—Harry
Meiggs, the great railroad operator of
South America, has discovered, on the
main land of the west coast of Peru,
the most immense deposit of guano
ever seen anywhere. The deposit is
said to extend for several miles along
the coast and reach far inland. The
Chincha Island have heretofore been
considered the richest in guano pro
duction, but this last discover}' shows
conclusively that this is of much better
quality and much easier to handle than
the former. Millions upon millions
of tons can be dug cheaply and trans
ported to all parts of the world at a
much lower figure than heretofore.
This valuable fertilizer will no doubt
be used much more extensively in this
country, as well a* Europe, as the price
at which it can be furnished will place
it within the reach of all. This dis
covery alone is worth more to the
Peruvian govejnment than all the
money they are to pay Mr. Meiggs for
constructing railroads.
A Strange Tragedy.—The Nord
is responsible for the following account
of a horrible accident which has just
happened at Moutrouge, a village near
Paris: A. M. Dumas, residing there,
an agent of manufacturing chemists
in Rouen, has kept for the last three
months a black ape, which had been
brought to him from Africa. It was
M. Dumas’ custom every evening be
fore going to bed to take a glass of eau
saueree, into which he put a little orange
water. The monkey, which was in the
bedroom and saw him do this, is be
lieved to have formed the purpose of
repeating the act. M. Dumas had just
received from his employers a specimen
of nitric acid which he was to sell to a
retail dealer in Paris. After having
opened nnd exaaiined the bottle, he
prepared his glass of sugar and water,
went to bed and fell asleep. The
monkey then poured the contents of
the bottle into the glass and retired.
Feeling thirsty during the night, M.
Dumas rose and swallowed the poison.
He died shortly afterwards, having
suffered the most excruciating agony.
The Siede adds to what is given above,
that when the neighbors came in the
monkey was seen with theetnpty bottle
in his hands.
TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION,
Burning of the Northern Ohio Insane
Asylum—The Seamstress Roasted
Alive—Six Hundred Lunatics Loose.
The Northern Ohio Lunatic Asy
lum, situated at Ncwburg, Ohio, sev
en miles from this city, caught fire at
1 o’clock to-day, caused by sparks
from a small furnace used by the men
in tiuning the roofs near the dome of
the building, and the flames spread so
rapidly that the whole structure was on
fire before the engines, which had been
telegraphed for to this city, could ar-
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Terrible Sentence.—Thq Rev.
Oial Oialsen, a Norwegian minister,
was beheaded on the 20th of Julv, at
Tromsoe, in the extreme north of Nor
way. Ho had been convicted of
having poisoned his aged father, and
having assassinated liis three illegiti
mate children, no was arrested at
the instigation of his former mistress,
Bertha Hilgren, and in consequence of
his strenuous denials of guilt, subjected
to the torture of being deprived of
water for three days, and once for
twenty-four hours he wa3 chained to
the wall of bis dungeon in an erect
position. The sentence finally pro
nounced against him was, that for
twenty-four hours he should be exposed
to the pillory with his hand nailed to
the board of infamy, and that he should
then have his right hand chopped off
and liis head cut off with an axe.
Upon hearing his doom, the unfor
tunate man fell on his knees nnd im
plored the audience to shoot him, in
order to put an end to his misery,
Nearl" 4 4_ **■ ’ 4
rive and 3tay the progress of the
flames. By: four unlock the njoiq or. he
old portion of the building was com-
pletely destroyed, nothing being left
except the walls, some of which have
already fallen. There were about six
hundred inmates in tiie building at the
time of the fire, all of whom are said
to be safe. A number of these have
escaped and are now at large. AH
those who could be secured were lock
ed up in churches and other places in
Newourg, until I letter accommodations
could be provided, which is now being
done by placing as many as possible
in the House of Correction, city prison,
infirmary, and jail of this city. Per
haps 400 will lie furnished temporary
quarters in this way. The casualties
are confined to the attaches of the asly-
lum and citizens of Newburg. Miss
Walker, seamstress of the institution,
was roasted alive almost within reach
of friends, who could Tender her no
assistance on account of heat and want
of proper facilities. Beuj. Burgess,
who went in the building to bring out
a relative, lias not been heard of, but
it is hoped that he is still safe. A
boy, name, unknown, had a leg broken
and was otherwise injured; he will
probably die. Several others were
sadly burned. It is believed that
three or four are lying in the debris,
which is fifteen feet deep, and will re
quire time to get the bodies out, if
over. The extreme east nnd west
wings of the asylum are not entirely
destroyed, the walls being in good cbn-
ditiou. They can and will be speedi
ly repaired. The culinary depart
ment, laundry, dining halls, engine
room (mostly sew), Vte not damaged.
The loss 1 is not known, but will ap
proximate to three hunrtred and fifty
thousand dollars. There is said to be
Curious Statement About a
Member of Congress.—It is said
that a gentleman who represented one
of the districts of Philadelpha in Con-
has disappeared with considera-
e property belonging to two widows
and one or two other persons. The
statement is that the gentleman afore
said became attorney for tho ladies
and persuaded them to p’a-e in his
possession their stocks, promising to
return them dividends. He made one
or two payments of the kind and then
disappeared, since which time nothing
has been heard of him or the stocks.
The amount of money involved is
about $20,000.
Joseph Wampler, a boy of thirteen
years, hung himself in Rockingham
county, Va., on Thursday, for having
been corrected by his step-mother.
The yacht Dread-naught won the
ocean race of two hundred and forty
miles in twenty-five hours and five
minutes, beating the yacht Palmer.
A couple from the backwoods of
Tennessee arrived at Naahvfllo on
their bridal tour, and, on calling for a
room, were shown into the elevator,
which they iu their innocence took for
a bedroom. When the servant, who had
gone for some matches, returned, he
found them partially disrobed, and
expressing their dissent at the closeness
of the roopa and scanty sleepingaccom -
modadons.
es that the President lias recovered ^^ twenty thousand people w. -
from his recent attack of malarious nessed the executlon of the cnramal -
inf niluiciwl ns fn irlthfli. 1 * 1
A New Idea.—Fashionable society,
if we are to credit that very “ Jenkin-
sy” paper, the •* Home Journal,” has
adopted n great improvement. Either
through excess of insipidity, or lack of
intelligence, society has now found it
necessary for its members to know
each other by the sense of smell.
Hence the following fragrant para
graph published in all seriousness:
Ladies and gentlemen of the fashion
able world always adopt some particu
lar perfume, which in time becomes,
as it were, a part of their person. The
greater the refinement the more deli
cate this favorite perfume. From a
host of new extracts we select the fol
lowing as the latest and most refined :
Mathiola, Meadow Queen, Wild Flow
ers of India, Crown Bouquet, said to
be Queen Victoria’s favorites; Haw
thorn Bloom and Butterfly Orchis.
All of these are entirely new.
How delightful the idea! How
convenient for young ladies expecting
particular visitors before opening the
door to put their noses to the keyhole
and detect dear Jones or that hated
Smith, by his odor. Or for Charles
Augustus, prostrating on his boarding
house sofa by the excessive heat, to
rely smell the guests as they come
down stairs, thus discriminating accu
rately between darling Angelina and
the gorgon, Miss Snip—“ Chawley,
are those the Hauton girls in front ^f*
“Thunder, no; don’t you know the
Boodle scent. Take a strong whiff of
it.” “ Ah, yaas, Boodle, by Jove. r
fever. We are not advised as to wheth
er it was a plain drunk or a compli
cation, but we never heard either of
them called a “ malarious fever ” be
fore.
Up in Vermont a letter is trying to
find “ the man who has the Tiiurrow
bread Dearuum cattle. I am not sear-
tin o’ the rite enitiouls of his name.”
Josh Billings says; “ Give the
devil his dues, reads well enough in a
proverb; but what wifi become uvyou
and me if this arrangement is carried
out?” '
■ • J I
A young man in town asked a young
lady her age, and she replied: Six
times seven and seven times three ad
ded to my age will exceed six times
nine and four, as double my ago ex
ceeds twenty.”
The young man said he thought
“ these girls ought to be stopped from
school they’re a-gittin’ too dingnation
smart.”
An intoxicated man saw two cars
passing him the other evening with
red and hide lights in front and rear.
His fuddled brain comprehended col
ored lights, andiie-was heaid to say
to himself/: 'Must be pretty sick—
sickly here, they are running drug
stores around on wheels.”
A Tale of Love.—One quiet day
in leafy June, when bees and birds
were aU in tune, two lovers walked
beneath the moon. The night was fur
so was the maid; they walked and
talked beneath the shade, with none
to harm or make afraid.
Her name was Sal and his was Jim,
and he was fat and she was slim ; he
took to her and she took to him. Says
Jim to Sal: “By all the snakes that
squirm among the brush and breakes,
I love you better than buckwheat
cakes."
Says she to Jim, “ since you’ve he-
P n it and been and goue and done it,
love you next to a new bonnet.”
A SHOCKING SUICIDE.
The Tallahassee Sentinel of Satur
day has come to hand, in which we
find the following particulars of a very
sad occurrence:
One of tho most shocking suicides
took place in this city on Thursday
morning. Mr. Pace, of Jacksonville,
with lus wife and.two children, ar
rived in this city on Wednesday, and
stopped at the residence of his farther-
in-law, Mr. Damon. Mrs. Pace has
been suffering from mental aberation
for some months, but her condition
was known only to her hifsband, and
, lierf b tftis city not only to'
see lier relatives, bid in tlie hope
ft
no insurance.
the change of situation might have a
beneficial effect on her health. The
night after her arrival she gave indica- -
tions of mental disturbance, and re
quired the care of her husband and re
latives duriDg the greater part of tlie 1
night. Towards morning she got
tranquil and slept, and those in chargo
thought they might leave her. About
seven o’clock, however, she arose, and
going to the kerosene lamp deliberate-;
ly unscrewed the burner and poured
the contents on her head, saturating
her hair, neck and shoulders with tho
fluid. She then struck n match and
set herself on fire. This was done so
stealthily that her movements did not
awake her husband, who was asleep in <
the room with her, but the screams of
the unfortunate woman at once startl-.
ed him, and springing from the bed he
dashed some water about her, and afy
ter a short time succeeded in extin
guishing the flames by the aid of the
bed clothes, not, however until the un- .
happy victim was terribly and fatally
burned. When the fire was put oiiti
she gave as a reason for what she had
done, that her head was burning, and,
she thought that if she poured the.
kerosene on it and set it on fire it
: would cool it.
Besides her external injuries she in
haled the hot breath of the flames aS
they enveloped her face and head, thus,
dding greatly to her sufferings. She
lingered until yesterday morning in‘
great agony when death came to her.
releif. The lady was one of the most,
estimable persons as a wife, mother
and daughter, and the deepest sym
pathy for her family and relatives in.
this sqri dispensation of Providence is
felt by tlie whole community.
An
Animated Corpse-Electrical Ex
periment with a Dead Body.
The professors and students of the
Medical CoUegc at Columbus, Ohio,
lerformcd some experiments on the
Jody of Jon Barclay, hung Friday for
the murder of Charles F. Garner.
The body was stripped of its clothing,
and at thirteen minutes to one o’clock,
thirty-seven minutes after death, the
students began operations. The elec
trical instrument used was one of the
most powerful known. Two currents
of electricity were used, one placed at
the lower extremity of the body, and
the other drawn along the arm, neck,
face and breast. The effect was won
derful ; the eyes opened, the face drew
up as if in pain, the mouth jerked to
one side, the arm raised as if to strike,
and the fist clenched. The limbs also
raised and the toes and fingers worked,
and once the body also turned to oue
side. The arms were next laid bare
and a current of electricity introduced.
The whole system seemed to respond
at once, and the movements of the
body were at times violent.
At four minutes to two o’clock the
electricity was removed and faint ac
tions of the muscles could even then lie
observed. The body was afterwards
left until ten niiuutes after, three,
when the electricity was again applied,
and the •"tiscles of the body still re
sponded uS before, but with less force.
The breast was then opened and a cur
rent passed into the heart, but it gave
no response - It was carried to the
hands nnd feet and all responded as
before. The heart was then taken out
and found hard as muscle and full of
blood, the lungs not congested, the
brain very healthy and free from any
congestion whatever. At eleven min
utes after four o’clock electricity was
again appli and a good response was
had; at eigtileen minutes after five a
flint response was given, and at fif
teen minutes to six, five hours and
thirty-five minutes after death, the
strongest current that could be applied
failed to move a muscle.
From the Cincinnati Commercial,
Outrageous Election Frauds iii Plilfa-'
delplifa—Over Fifteen Thousand'
Fraudulent Votes Discovered.
The great frauds in Philadelphia?
arc daily coming to light in the form'
of exact information. The following 1
document has appeared in print
“ To th 3 ttefoim Association of I‘ltila-
delph ia:
“ Gents—In the official count of
votes for Governor in the Fifteenth.,
ward, it is represented the vote for
Governor was as follows: For Ilnrt-
rar.ft, 4,490; for Bu.'kalew, 2,893;’
maj. 1,597. The undersigned judges
of election signed no such return or
paper. The true vote for Governor
was as follows, they having signed the'
same: For Hartranft, 4,490; for
Buckulew, 2,895; niijiriiy, 1,397.
By exposing the above fraud* you will;
oblige the friends of reform iu thc >
Fifteenth ward, and show how our re
turn judges alter the returns to suit
thc-ir own partisan way of fixing up'
election returns.
“ Respectfully yours.
“John Prithk, .judge 1st div’u
“ Jar. Nash, Judge 2d div’ri
“ J. Murray, Judge 7th div’n.'
“ Philadelphia, Oct. - 11, 1872.
Two hundred votes were'counted
more than polled, iu edch ward. Iff
twenty-nine wants we have 5,800
fraudulent votes, but the Nineteenth;
ward polled 1,500 fraudulent votes i
the Twentieth 500, tlie Fifth 500, tho
Fourth sold out to Hartranft; the?
Sixteenth 500, tho Seventeenth the
same, etc. The f'rai dulent votes and’
false counts in Philadelphia amounted'
to 15,000.
true if you love me as I love you, no
knife can cut our love in two. Says
Jim to Sal: “ Through thick and thin,
for your true lover count me in, I’ll
court no other gal agio.
Jim leaned to Sal; Sal leaned to
Jim, his nose just touched above her
chin, four lips met—went—ahem—
ahem! And then—and then—and
then—and then. Ob, gals beware of
men iu June, and underneath the
silvery moon, when frogs and June-
bugsarein tune, lest you get your name
in the papers soon.
. a husband-can readily foot the bills of
a wife who is not afraid ef being seen
footing the stockings of her hnshaml.
Mutilated Currency—Hour to
Redeem it.—Many persons must fre
quently have on hand mutilated cur
rency. They can easily have it re
deemed without troubling the banks.
From a letter recently written by
General Spinner, explaining the act of
June 8th, we take the following: “It
is the duty of every postmaster to reg
ister, in the manner prescribed by law,
but without payment of any registra
tion fee, all letters containing frational
Impression of a Georgia Editor.
—Mr. J. T. Whitman, editor of the
North Georgia Citben, writes to his
paper as foUows concerning his impres
sion of men and things in South Car
olina:
Arriving at the Tugalo river, we
bad6 farewell to Georgia, and upon
the opposite bank set toot upon the
soil of South Carolina. The young
folks of the crowd raised a yell, when
informed of their whereabouts, and
gave three cheers for the old Palmetto
State—and a beautiful State it is, with
good fare, good cheer and good people,
notwithstanding its political difficulties
and national drawbacks. Poor South
Carolina!—our heart is made sad
when we remember how terribly she
is cursed with iufernal Radicalism- -
how her proud, chivalrous people are
forced to submit to the rule of the in
or other currency of tho United States , iV . . ., ,
delivered to him for mailing to the k™ 08 ^ ievin 8
Treasurer of the United Statel for re- the lazV- ienorant nezroe8 ' " ^ a
demption. Postmasters and others
may forward defaced and mutilated
currency to this office for redemption,
and receive return either in new cur
rency of drafts on New York, Boston,
Philadelphia or New Orleans, without
risk or expense, and with no loss of
time beyond that required to convey
and count their remittance.
The largest vineyard in the Southern
States is said to be one near Fay
etteville. N. C., containing 100 acres,
on which there are 7,000 vines, chiefly
the Scuppernong.
the lazy, ignorant negroes,
contrast is her condition to-day, with
her negro legislators, her negro judges,
her negro juror, compared with the ® n i,
time when ner laws were mode and ad- bu
ministered by such giant minds, such
pure and incorruptible statesmen, as
Calhoun, McDuffie and Pickens. God
hasten the day when Carolina shall be
herself again—when she, as of old,
will be one of the brightest stars in the
galaxy of States—when negro suprem
acy within her borders will be a thing
of the past
Presbyterian property in Philadelphia
is worth $5,000,000.
Another Nathan Ji.vsterj-Strange Mur-'
(lor in Indiana.
Henry A. Armstrong, a well-knowff
citizen of Madison, Indiana, formerly
one of the proprietors of the Marine
railways, came to liis death about 11
o’clock last night under circumstances
that rival in mys'ery the celebrated
Nathan murder case of New York 1 .
The evidence before the Coroner’s jury
disclosed the fact that Armstrong hntl
not been living amicably with his wife 1
for some time past. During the last
two weeks he lms been at New Albany,
Indiana, where a few months ago 1 hff
purchased an interest in the Pottery
Works of that city. Armstrong un
expectedly returned home last night,
took off his boats, left them in the par
lor and went up stairs to liis wife’s
room, where Mrs. Armstrong saj-s he
beat her and abused her in every man
ner, finally dragging her down stairs.
At the foot of the stairs she scream
ed and he released her. She went up
stairs immediately and presently she
heard a pistol shot Armstrong was
found by a neighbor lying outside the
back hall with a bullet hole just at the
corner of the left eye. Upon examin
ing the body, the forehead was f mod
to be covered with bruis e. One of
his hands was somewhat cut and torn,
showing that the deceased had been
igaged in a violent struggle. The
diet passed upward and entirely
through the brain. If the wound had
been self inflicted, powder marks would
have undoubtedly been found, which
is not the cns?. That the case is one
of murder and not suicide there can bo
no reasonable doubt. The most mys
terious part of the affair is bow Arm
strong got in the house. That be was
inside is proved by the fact that the
body was found without boots, and tho
boots were found in the parlor. The
coroner’s jury have not yet returned a
verdict