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- ' •*; ;A' • V r ' - ,■ . •• 'J/ X~K c HE HQRtHEAST 6E0RGIAN, ElTESO/iBTEBTWLlDI . ! w. ■■«*>*» it On« A*. «*« M*#*,**! (iy ,-iMcoitcnt Insertion, ”n.r-4«0-Ufer - L k ny tint# nndntnnn•ontfc* tnl contnet* «UH*« ***** EVERY DESCRIPTION OP [roB ‘W’OBK [executed at the shortest JtOTICE. * k the Toronto L«*J«‘ it 2 romance is a divorce court. ember of the English S°hllltr.gy 4tM from HU Wife, and Aftof «rda Fells la lore irttt Hi» UR IA most extraordinary oeae has n* Lntlv been heard in the Court of nvorco in London before Lord Pen nice, the Judge of the Court The ion. Henry Loftus, the nephew of P i f V Rfl-EM - i t U A. Ki if in* Sear Sack Man’s ■ | j B Censure, but 'Reserve Aaim 25w/r Judgment.” i. ATHENS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 25,1872. 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 * - . . if WtQO fftlJ+n kn«k^ IiAi. Ixirknnil B* ' Q 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 ^ • Jr* ^ hitherto disguised 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- THt NORTHEAST GEORGIAN, ly,;; PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY* BY T. W. & T. L. GANTT, proprietors, AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANStM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Office* Broad Street,- Granite Row. 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