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NEWS.
A burglary was perpetrated at Weaternport,
W. V., on March 21st. The store of J. S. Jame
son was entered and the safe in his office blown
open and rifled of its contents. Among the arti
cles stolen were two registered Government bonds
of $10,000 each, $2,600 in cash, $500 of which
was in gold certificates; $4 000 worth of stock in
the national bank of Piedmont, a pocket-book con
taining between twenty and thirty thousand dol
lars of promissory no.es. The latter, however,
was found in a yard a short distance from the
store.
Mr. Schorn, the yonng man who cut off his
moustache with a penknife and shot himself with
a rifle, died at the Imperial last week at the very
time we had supposed he was recovering. Had
he cut off his moustache with a rifle and shot him
self with the penknife, he might have recovered.
As Macauley says, “Reversions are sometimes the
salvation of a nation.”
On the 25th inst., Capt. George Locke’s saw-mill
on lake Preaux, in Calcasieu Parish, La., was
discovered to be on fire, and although every effort
was made by the bands, some twenty to twenty-
five, to stop the five, the entire mill and planing
machine house were consumed also, nearly one
million feet of good lumber, stacked for the pur
pose of drying, preparatory to being dressed, and
several thousand feet of bill lumber, placed on the
wharf for shipping.
Captain James Eads was in Jacksonville last
week making an examination of the river with a
view to ascertaining if the channel at the mouth
can be improved. He submitted a report yester
day to the Mayor stating that with the jetty Bys
tem from twenty to twenty-four feet of water can
be obtained at a cost of $1,750,000.
At Eastville, Northampton county, Va., yester
day morning Sidney Pitts and A. P. Thomas
fought with pistols to settle a dispute. Two
rounds were fired by each, and they stood only
6 feet apart. Pitts was killed and Thomas re
ceived a ball in the head from which he will prob
ably uie.
The women’s hotel, built by the late A. T.
Stewart, was opened yesterday evening to special
ly invited guests. Mrs. Stewart and Judge Hil
ton were present to receive the guests. About
three thousand persons visited the building dur
ing the evening.
At Montreal, the jury in the case of Joseph
Charlt, tried for the murder of his aged father, by
cruel and brutal treatment, brought in a verdict ot
assault with intent to kill. He was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
Four men met a horrible death on the Iron
Mountain railroad, Missouri. They had concealed
themselves in a close car containing cotton, hav
ing provisions and tobacco with them. When
near Piedmont, smoke was discovered issuing
from the car, and on opening it the cotton was
found to be on fire and the four men suffocated.
It is thought that they accidentally set fire to the
cotton by a lighted pipe or cigar. No one on the
train or at Piedmont recognized either of them.
In Newark, N. J., on the 1st inst., James Ab
bott was stabbed and seriously injured by his step
son, William M. Abbott, while sitting with his
wife and William, a boy of sixteen years, at sup
per last night. A dispute arose between him and
Mrs. Abbott. It is sta.ed that Abbott offered the
lady violence and that William sprang to defend
his mother. Abbott directed him to keep quiet
and take his seat or he would knock him down.
The threat enraged the boy, and seizing a knife
from the table he caught his step-father by the
throat with one hand and with the other plunged
the blade into Abbott’s neck.
In New York, on the 1st inst., a man named
Cady was passing through the hallway of a house
on Roosevelt street, on his way to the street, he
was attacked by five young men, who surrounded
him and threw him on the floor. Cady, with
great presence of mind, took his money out of his
pocket and held it in his hand. One of the ruffi
ans held his hand over Cady’s mouth so that he
could not cry for help, and the others searched
his pockets and became very indignant when they
found nothing worth taking. Someone suggest
ed that perhaps Cady had some rings on his fing
ers, and then it was discovered where he had hid
his money. But they found it impossible to make
him open his hand. “ Let’s cut his throat,” cried
one man. “No,” interrupted another, “let us
bite his hand till he opens it.” This suggestion
met the approval of the robbers, and they gnawed
Cady’s hand in turn until he was conquered by
pain and let the S10 for which he had fought so
pluckily fall on the floor. The money was quick
ly seized. One of the assailants has been arrest
ed.
The Society of Modern Spiritualists held their
thirtieth anniversity on the 3d inst., in Republi
can Hall, Thirty-third street, New York. The
meeting was very largely attended. In front of
the speaker’s stand and along the foot of the plat
form were arranged flowers and plants. Over the
Chairman's seat was a banner with the words in
scribed in gold, “Anti-tobacco Army. Purity,
Health, Progress and Happiness.” To the left
the redemption of legal tenders. It is also pro
posed that the rate of interest shall be gradually
reduced, and provision is also made for suspend
ing the operations of the sinking fund.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The public feeling at the Capital, regarding the
Eastern question, is still unsettled and savors of
war. England is alarmed at Russia’s successes in
Turkey, and is opposed to the treaty of peace pre
sented for ratification. Russia continues to pur
chase war material in Germany. It is argued
that if the English Cabinet really desire peace, a
pacific solution may be found. The public, how*
ever, regard England’s proposition as a new proof
that the Cabinet has decided upon war.
Lord Odo Russell, the British Ambassador at
Berlin, telegraphed to his government, that Prince
Bismarck has requested him to state that Germany
would not participate in a conference of the pow-
era without England, and that he can not under
stand how a congresss for the revision of European
rights could be held, when England, one of the
chief contractors, was absent.
The Roumanian minister of foreign affairs writes
to the agent of the government at Vienna that
Prince Gorschakoff had declared to Prince Gheka,
the Roumanian agent at St. Petersburg, that, not
withstanding our clamoring, Russia’s decision in
regard to Bessarabia, was irrevocable. Russia
would not bring the question before Congress nor
consent to another power doing so, as it would an
offense to the Emperor. If she could not make us
give in she would take Bessarbia by force, and
armed resistance would be fatal for Roumania.
The dispatch concludes : “ Notwithstanding these
threats, we persist in our refusal to yield.”
The Roumanian agent at Vienna, communicated
to Sir H. G. Elliott, April 3d, a dispatch from
the agent at St. Petersburg, recounting a conver
sation with Prince Gorschakoff, who said : “ Is
it true that your government intends to protest
against the article of treaty which provides for the
communication of the army in Bulgaria with Rus
sia through Roumania? The Emperor has ordered
me to inform you that if you have such an inten
tion he will order the occupation of Roumania and
the disarmament of the Roumanian army.”
The agent replied that Russia should have
treated with Roumania, not Turkey, concerning
the passage of the army, to which the Prince re
joined: “ We did not choose to have anything
more to do with you, on account of your conduct.
It is important that you should know that we in
sist upon a free passage through your country,
and that you should inform your government of
the Emperor’s declaration Your government
must plainly state the decision.”
A Hasty Trip to Our Ga., Seacoast.
After a pleasant trip over the W. & A. E. E.
with clever Dick Hargis, a sixteen hour run
took iue to Station No. 1 on the Macon and
Brunswick E. E., there I was met by Mr. Phil
lips, a genial landlord and mail contractor on
the line from there to Darien. He seemed to be
doing a very thriving business.
Our route lay by Champney island, at present
owned by Capt., A. S. Barnwell and cultivated
by him as a rice plantation. It contains nearly
one thousand acres, of which one hundred and
sixty remain in native swamp and forest, requir
ing nearly two hundred dollars per acre to levee,
ditch, clean otf the timber, and put in cultiva
tion.
You can see at once the value of rice lands.
Capt., Barnwell has seventy penitentiary con
victs leaned from *he State, who ore very humane
ly treated by him. I spent three days on the
island, and saw that they are fed with plenty
of wholesome food, performing their work with
alacrity. The vigilance of the foreman—Mr.
Jones—and his guards, has prevented the es
cape of a single convict during their fifteen
month’s occupancy of the island. There is not
a case of sickness in the camp.
The island produces the finest of sweet or
anges—I had the pleasure of plucking some
from the trees myself. Capt. Barnwell has
ubout five hundred trees, some of which are just
beginning to bear. His faith in being able to
raise them is such that he has seven thousand
scions for transplanting this fall.
Mr. Lee, of the English nobility, owns an
adjoining island which contains a tine orange
orchard, but strauge to say most of the trees are
of the sour variety, and are consequently worth
less.
This, however, is being speedily remedied by
planting the sweet, and cutting out the sour,
and by grafting the limbs of the sweet upon the
stock of the sour.
My final place was Cumberland Island, twenty
five miles south of Brunswick, a favorite resort
of many Atlanta people. Its waters abound in
fish, fowl and oysters—the land with deer and
bears; and if you want these delicacies nicely
prepared, you cannot do better than to get
either Mrs. Eoberts or Mrs. Buckley to super
intend it,
Mr. Eobert has a pretty place at the landing
with a fine view 7 of the sound, and near fine
oyster beds, etc. Mr. Buckley is nearer the
Atlantic beach where visitors can fish, hunt and
bathe to their hearts content.
Your representative was placed under obliga
tions to these gentlemen, both of whom promis
ed that they would subscribe for the “Sunny
of the platform were some six or eight classes of j South,” for the benefit of their summer visitors.
children, with their respective banners, represent
ing the pupils of the Progressive Lyceum, On
the platform were:—Dr. R. T. Halleck, Professor
S. B. Britain, Mr. Andrew Jackson Davis, Mr.
1. G. Withers, Mrs. Mary A. Davis, Mrs. J. Vin
cent Brown Mrs. Pauline A. Wicland, Mrs. Nel
lie J. T. Brigham and several others. Professor
Justin Juch presided at the piano.
In Indiana, the other night, two young men
went to a prayer-meeiing for the purpose of cre
ating a disturbance. One was struck by light
ning and killed, and the other was so scared that
he immediately experienced the change desired
by the exhorter.
Swindling ms Bride, Elect.—In Pennington,
N. J., Miss Ida Yard hail James Y’an Pelt, whom
she had been about to marry, arrested on the
charge of obtaining §llfl and $50 worth of jewelry
from her on false pretences. They were to have
been married the next week, but Miss Y'ard’s
biother became suspicious and went to New Bruns
wick, where Van Pelt resided, and discovered that
he had a wife and child living there. He was at
Miss Y'ard’s house when the brother returned, and
on being accused of his deceit at first denied it,
but subsequently made confession and begged to
Pleasure seekers should by all means take
Cumberland Island in their route. S.
Pius IX. anil the Jews.
The Jews’ quarters in Rome was one of the j
most wretched and dilapidated. Soon after the
accession of Pius IX. he gave orders to have them
made more habitable. As a thank-offering, the
Jews presented him with a chalice that fer two
centuries had been preserved in the Ghetto. In
receiving the deputation the Pope said : “ I accept
your present, my children, with pleasure, and
thank you ; and on your part accept this little sum
and distribute it in the name of Pius IX., among
the poor of the Ghetto,” and he placed in their
hands a hit of paper, on which was written, “Good
for one thousand crowns,” with his signature.
Some days after, the Holy Father passed by this
quarter, and saw a man nearly lifeless stretched
on the pavement- He left his carriage and ap
proached him. “It is a Jew,” cried the people,
and no one offered assistance. “ What do you
say,” said the Pope to his attendants; “ is not he
who suffers one like ourselves ? We must help
him.” He himself raised him ; assisted by the
prelates who accompanied him, he conveyed the
poor man to his own carriage, drove him to his
THE ROMANCE^OF HISTORY.
K HO. 4.
BV W. W. WOODSON.
The King Maker.
Had Henry YI. possessed the warlike spirit of
hia father, it is extremely doubtful whether any
prince of the house of York would ever have
mounted the English throne. Henry IV., the first
of the Lancastrian sovereigns, by the dethrone
ment and murder of Richard II., had usurped the
crown that belonged rightfully to the heir of York.
During hia own reign and that of his valiant son,
the ousted princes had made no effort to assert
their claims ; but towards the close of the reign
of Henry VI., many circumstances conspired to
induce them to press their valid right to the
throne.
The reigning prince possessed not a single qual
ity which could inspire respect or secure esteem
in that turbulent age. He could lay no claim to
that dauntless courage and military ardor which
had shed such lustre over the short but glorious
career of his father. As he was pusillanimous in
war, so he was weak and vaoillating in council.
He was wholly under the control of his Amazonian
spouse, Margaret of Anjou, whose imperious dis
position had iA-iven from their support many of
the staunchest partisans of the Red Rose.
The discontent of the Yorkist nobles at length
broke out into open rebellion, and the head of
that house took the field with a powerful army.
He gained a great victory over the royalists at St.
Albans, and a parliament being summoned and
convened, declared the title of the Duke of York
to be certain and indefeasible. An accommodation
was entered into, however, by which it was stipu
lated that Henry should retain the crown during
his life, when o it Bhould pass to the heir of the
rival faction. This arrangement was readily
agreed to by Henry, but his indignant queen loud
ly protested against the injury done to her young
son, and collecting a numerous army boldly took
the field in defence of his rights.
In a great battle fought at Wakefield, she de
feated the enemy with terrible slaughter; the
aged duke of Y'ork being himself among the slain.
His title to the crown passed to Edward, his eld
est son, a young man of great valor and enterprise.
It is doubtful whether Edward would have been
able to rally ’ from the bloody defeat which had
been infliett d bn his party had it not been that
Richard Nevil, the powerful and popular earl of
Warwick threw himself into the struggle.
With romatic courrage and indomitable energy,
this valiant earl upheld the sinking cause of Y’ork,
and bore aloft through many reverses, the white
rose of his ■jketion. When young Edward, crush
ed by defeat, would have resigned himself to des
pair, Warwick cheered his drooping spirits and
urged him on to further exertions, till (he goal
was won and he had placed on his head the dia
dem of England. Seated upon the throne and
supported by so powerful an adherent as the earl
of Warwick, Edward had nothing to fear from the
deposed and imprisoned Henry, or his exiled
queen. Warwick was now dispatched to the court
of Franee to solicit for his royal master the hand
of a princess of that realm. The earl succeeded
so well in his delicate mission, that he gained the
consent of the princess, and some preliminaries,
looking to an early consummation of the marriage
were entered into. While thus engaged in the
interest of the sovereign he had seated on the
trone, the startling inteiligence reached him that
Edward had contracted an alliance in another
quarter. It was long before the proud and sensi
tive e - 'T'dit a renort so hurtful to his
own ’none* and the fair fame of ms king. It was
nevertheless true.
While Warwick was negotiating the terms and
conditions of his marriage at the court of France,
the young and impetuous king chanced to meet
the lovely widow of lord Grey—Elizabeth Wood-
ville. This lady, as virtuous as she was beautiful,
spurned the dishonorable proposals he made to her
and the infatuated monarch, with the inconside
rate passion of a boy, ottered to share his throne
with her. The offer was accepted and the mar
riage was accordingly celebrated.
Warwick, burning with indignation at the af- j
front that had been put upon his honor, hastened j
back to London and warmly upbraided the king j
for his treachery. Edward angrily retorted, and |
the injured earl determiued to drag him from the j
throne and reinstate the imprisoned Henry. He
formed a conspiracy with some of the chief nobili
ties of E’j. .land, and going over to the continent,
formed <■ . .alliance with Margaret and her son
prince L ward. This alliance was cemented by a
marriage between the prince and his own daugh
ter, and Warwick entered entered as warmly into
the cause of Lancaster as he had ever done into
that of York. Having arranged with queen Mar
garet a pi -u ot invasion, he returned to England,
and from his own retainers and the partisans of
the deposed king, collected so numerous an army,
that Edward did not dare to hazard an engage
ment. He therefore retired from the kingdom,
ami took refuge with his brother-in-law, the duke
of Burgundy.
Warwick now released Henry VI. from his
gloomy cell and reinstated him upon the throne,
thus earning the title of king-maker. But Ed
ward having obtained some aid from ttie duke of
Burgundy soon lauded again in England. The
renowned earl, trercherously deserted by his j
trusted allies, while fighting valiantly, fell glori
ously on the bloody field of Barnet.
A LETTER FROM CHINA,
Famine in China.
returned.
be lorgivon. lie was arrested on the eharge of house, and did not leave him until consciousness
false j retensfs aDd was brought to Trenton by
Constable Davis and lodged in the county jail. He
had been vtsilirig the Yards for about two years,
and was engaged to an elder sister of the prosecu
trix. But she died about a year ago and he trans
ferred his affections to Miss Ida. He will be tried
at the May term of court.
Hon. Alexander Stephens introduced a bill on
the 3d instant entitled “ A Bill for the Financial
Relief of the Country, and the resumption of spe
cie payments without injuriously affecting the
business interests of the country.” The bill pro
pose 1 - that gold and silver shall be increased in
the Treasury until it reaches to §1,000,000; then
redemption of legal tender notes is provided for
until the coin in the Treasury is reduced to $50,-
000,000; then there is to be a funding in foi.r
per cent, bonds till the coin fund again reaches
i $100,000,000; then coin is to be used again for
First Scriptural Drama.
According to Mr. Hone (in his work on Ancient
Mysteries), a Jewish play, of which fragments are
still preserved, in Greek iambics, is the first
drama known to have existed on a Scripture sub
ject. It is taden from Exodus, and represents the
departure of the Israelites from Egypt under
their leader and prophet. The principal charac
ters are Moses, Sapphora, and God in the burning
brush- Moses delivers the prologue in a speech
of sixty lines, and his rod is turned into a serpent
on the stage. The author of this play is Ezekiel,
a Jew ; and Warton supposes that he wrote it after
the destruction of Jerusalem, to animate his dis
persed brethren with the hope of a future deliver
ance, and that it was composed in imitation of the
Greek drama at the close of the second century.
t Kinkiang, China, Feb. 13th, 1878.
To Tir'Z ^otroa Sunny South,
Atlanta, Ga., U. S. A.
Dear -Sir and Brother:—You have perhaps
heard of the mighty famine which is now raging
in ihe North of China. Hundreds of thousands of
Chinese, meu, women and children are starving of
hunger and perishing of cold. They have no
food, no money, no shelter. . To such a strait are
the poor wretches reduced, that some of them feed
on the dead. Parents have been known to kill anil
eat their children, and the strong to overcome the weak
and devour them to satisfy their craving for food.
I appeal to you to bring these facts to the notice
of the Brethren and others kiadly disposed, to
ask them to contribute their mile towards the
fund which is being raised for these famine strick
en Chinese. Any sums you may collect, remit
me through a Shanghai bauk or business house.
Receipt will be acknowledged in the “ Shanghai
Evening Cornier.”
1 remain fraternally yours in F. H. C.
William R. Hauler,
Dist. Deputy for China.
James W. Norris, the leading juvenile man at
theChesnut street Theater (Philadelphia) during
the .4# iqns of 1875 and 1870, died of consumption
at Lexington, Ky., on the afternoon of March 20.
The deceased was born in Lexington, Ky.. in 1850,
and was very favorablyjknown- He leaves a wid
ow, a pleasing actress, Josie Batcheldor. He had
lately been traveling with combinations, Bartley
Campbell’s being his last professional engagement.
Miss Ransom, of Washington, has sold her fine
portrait of Gen. Thomas.
Answers to Correspondents;
Leon says : I am engaged to the dearest little
woman on earth, and we have talked over the
matter of fixing a date for our marriage. I, of
course, insisting on an early day; yet she per
sists in placing the date some months hence—al
most a year in the future. Now, we are both ef
mature age, and not likely to prove fickle in our
love affairs. I am in easy circumstances, and
able and anxious to take care of the wife of my
choice. With all these points in my favor, do
you think a long engagement necessary or advisa
ble ? I love her very dearly, and have reason to
believe that my love is returned. Then why
should any law or rule of society prevent our
immediate union, or prevent her from fixing an
earlier date for our marriage ? True, I do not be
lieve in hasty merriages ; yet, on the other hand,
do you think long engagements necessary when
the parties are satisfied they can live congenially
together—what think you? 2nd. Can you
tell me anyth?ng of the early history of Vinnie
Ream ? A party oontends with me that she is a
negress, while I say she is a Caucasian. Now
which is right 1.... Our sympathies are certainly
enlisted in your behalf; and we think your argu
ment should prevail with your fair betrothed,
provided she is not actuated by some unselfish
motive, pertaining to others, which you wot not
of. Should she remain impervious to your plead
ings, improve the time by studying her disposi
tion, and endeavor to find out her true motive for
delay. We doubt not tis a lauhable one. Long
engagements, although not advisable, are not
always pernicious to happiness. They are the
test of constancy and affection. If she is all your
fancy pictures, cultivate patience, and the future
will bring its reward.
Miss Vinnie Ream, the sculptress, is a Caucas
ian, at least we have never heard otherwise.
We suppose the report that she was of African
blood arose from the circumstance of her hav
ing been such a pet with the extreme Radicals
of the White House soon atter the war; at the
very when they had adopted the negroes also
as their special darlings.
Reno. These are our rules : Select a party from
the correspondence column who suits your fancy;
write a letter to the same, enclose it in a blank
envelope, stamped, place that in still another en
velope directed to the editor of this paper, and we
will send it to the party designated, and then we
hope the fates may favor you in securing an intel
ligent, agreeable correspondent.
A. B. says. Dear Sunny South, I have been a
constant reader of your charming paper for some
time past, and must say that I consider it the most
complete and interesting of its kind that is pub
lished. With much pleasure I read the answers
to correspondents ; and since every one seems to
have such unlimited confidence in your advice, I
venture to ask the following questions, which I
hope you will answer immediately : 1st, Will you
be so kind as to give me the address of several
colleges where the parlor boarders are taught eti
quette, music and Spanish—a real finishing off
school. 2d. When a gentleman calls for a lady to
escort her to a ball, church, walking, riding, etc.,
which should propose starting, after having set for
some time? 3d. When passing your plate at
table to be helped, do you remove the knife and
fork or allow them to remain in the plate
1st. There are a number of colleges in the South
which may be termed “finishing schools,” and in
which especial attention is paid to Etiquette,
Music and French; and practical lessons arejgirca
regularly in the art of entertaining company.
Andrew College, in Culthbert, Ga.; Miss Bald
win's Seminary, in Hampton, Va.; Prof. Ward’s
Seminary, in Nashville, Tenn.; Patapsco Female
College, near Baltimore, are a few that occur to us
at this moment. 2d. Under the circumstances
specified, the gentleman should propose starting.
Y'et it is admissible for the lady, if her time is
limited, to suggest the lateness of the hour as an
excuse. 3d. When helped at the table the second
time ’tis advisable to retain the knife and fork in
your hand, as they sometimes slip off and on to
the floor, causing much embarrassment. Such
little points in etiquette can he managed so quiet
ly, eveu gracefully, they fail to attract attention
or provoke comment. ’Tis not what we do—'tis
the manner in which we do it, that renders us
conspicuous.
L. M. says: For months I have read your valua
ble paper; am highly pleased with its informing
contents. Especially am I delighted with Mrs. M.
E, Bryan’s “Wild Work” and the Answers to Cor
respondents. I should like to ask one or two
questions. Sometime since I wrote a note to a
young lady acquaintance, asking permission to call
and see her, but did not state any time. Should
the young lady have answered or not? Up to this
time I have failed to receive a response. I am
also very much interested in the matrimonial lot- j
tery. Please tell me something about it, and very
much oblige your friend aud subscriber to the wel
come Sunny South... .1st. The young lady cer
tainly owes you a response to your note. Common
etiquette demands a notice of the same, either
favorable or unfavorable. Your writing to her was
gentlemanly. ’Tis just as little as she can do to
prove her claim to be treated as a lady by answer
ing promptly. 2d. We shall endeavor to give you
some information pertaining to the matrimonial
lottery very soon.
Bertha: According to promise, we give you
this week the |significauce of precious gems and
their applicability to certain months of the year :
January—Garnet.
Constancy and fidelity in every engagement.
February—Amethyst.
Preventive agaiust violent passions.
March—Bleodstone.
Courage—wisdom and firmness in affection.
April—Sapphire and Diamond.
The first—free from enchantment, denotes re
peutance; the last—laith, innocence, virginity.
May—Emerald.
Discovers false friends and insures true love,
June—Agate.
Insures long life, health and prosperity.
July—Ruby.
Frees from evil passions and sadness ot minds.
October—Opal.
Denotes hope, and sharpens the sight and faith
of its possessor.
November—Pearls and Topaz.
The first—purity, gives clearness to physical
and mental sight; the second denotes fidelity and
friendship.
December—Torquoise and Catseye.
The first—prosperity in love; the latter possesses
the virtue of enriching the wearer.
According to ancient mythologists, all the above
stones possess the charms ascribed to them, pro
vided they are presented as a birthday or bridal
present. Otherwise they cannct be said to hold
good, especially if purchased by the wearer.
About Women.
Mrs. Thomas E. Bramlette, widow of the late
ex-Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky, and her ac
complished daughter, are spending a few ahys in
Saratoga, as the guest* of Mrs. E. H. Walworth.
The annual commencement ef the New Y'ork
Homcepathio College for Women takes place at
Steinway Hall, on Thursday evening, April 4.
Twenty-six ladies will then receive the degree of
M. D. Select music will enliven the proceedings,
and ex-Lieutenant Governor Woodford will deliver
an address. The college is on the corner of Lex
ington avenue and Thirty-seventh street.
The “ tie-back” no longer restricts the motions,
though it is true the shape and size of the trained
skirts, or dressy polonaise, afford as yet but little
freedom.
Mrs. M. A. Bridge from Florida, is now lectur
ing in New York upon the scenery and society of
the “ Flowery State.” She tells wonderful things
about the beauties of that region, its bountiful pro
ductiveness, its magnificent flora, its splendid
scenery, etc. Her voice is pleasant and musical,
and her handsome eyes and features are as eloquent
as her tongue, especially in the more pathetic
passages of her lecture. By way of variety she
occasionally relates an anecdote illustrative of the
religious element which enters so largely into the
composition of the negro population ; and she
gives a ludicrous account of the popular belief
formerly existing at the South in regard to the
people of the North, as erroneous as some of the
Northern prejudices against the South.
Mrs. Faulk, commonly known as “Granny
Faulk,” died at her home, about three miles east
of Troy, on Tuesday night, at the advanced age of
106 years. She was among the first who settled in
this section, and for forty years was a resident of
Troy. She was undoubtedly the oldest person in
Pike connty at the time of her death.
Mrs. President Hayes is in Connecticut. A
brilliant reception was given her Wednesday night,
(3d inst.) by Mrs. John Shellito. The next day
she and her family attended Parson Heron’s wed
ding.
Grace Greenwood, according to a correspondent,
is little and round and lively, and has crimpy
waves of hair pushed back from her smiling face,
a predilection for light ornaments, dresses on
which ruffles, fringes and laces marshal their
forces, and a generally bonny appearance provo
cative of good humor.
MRS. TILTON RELENTING.
The New York Sun of the 1st inst., says :
“Worried, weary and desiring to escape further
notoriety, Mrs. Tilton and her mother, Mrs. Morse,
went to dwell in what may be called the outskirts
of Brooklyn. They avoided the church and lec
ture room, and even denied themselves the conso
lation of the Friday evening talk. Mrs. Tilton is
penniless. It chanced that Sherman, who has a
warmer heart than his legal trickeries would at all
times admit, had a spare $10,000 in hand, which,
“on dit,” was recompense forced into his unwill
ing palm by the gratified and pastorial client. The
income of this is said to be applied to the need and
necessities of Mrs. Tilton, it being considered
hardly the fair thing to allow her to suffer. In
addition to this, Mrs. Tilton has given music les
sons here and there, and at one time kept a pri
vate school. Some few weeks ago, for what reason
no one seems to know, Mrs. Morse yielded to
Tilton’3 desire to some extent, and brought about
a meeting between her daughter and her son-in-
law, without the consent, connivance or knowl
edge of the former. Of the details of that meeting
it would be absurd to pretend to know ; but it is
known, however, that then and there Mrs. Tilton
told Mr. Tilton distinctly that she would never
live with him again. There were no lawyers, no
friends, no children, parties to this consultation,
and all report, aside from this, is a simple fabrica-
tion. When the parties separated it was distinct
ly understood that the children were common
property and subject to a common discipline, free
to be called by one or the other as seemed best for
them, and such has been the constant habit. In
view of Mr. Tilton’s strong desire and the rapid
growth of the children, Mrs. Tilton's extreme de
bility and Mrs. Morse’s conversion to the doctrine
of reconciliation, judges of human nature in gen
eral and observers of Tilton in particular, are con
fident of an ultimate scene of forgive and forget.
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