Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-05
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP
SENATOR RUsK DEAD All in Washington
were horror stricken this morning by tho an
nouncement, per telegraph, of the suicide Of
Senator Thomas j. Rusk, of Texas, by shooting
himself through the head with rifle, which &C.
Cured at his home on the 29th Of July ultimo
As yet no particulars of the circumstances un.
der which this awful event took place are known
to the public of the Atlantic States Those who
knew him intimately-and none knew him thus
except to love and revere him-will alone fail
TO De surprised at the event Previous to his
advent IN the U. S. Senate in 1916, he was dis
tinsuished almost alone as pioneer soldier, in
which capacity his courage, good sense and I'M
varying urbanlty won him universal popularity
In Texas, where the remarkable powers of his
expansive mind were then as unknown to
the public as elsewhere, except to the few
who witnessed the proceedings of the (Texas)
Convention of 1915 to form State consultation
In the Senate Of the United States his acauisi-
ton OF great fame as statesman was as slow
and regular, as sure. Daniel Webster, shortly
before his death, repeatedly pronounced his to
be the greatest intellect among the members of
that body, and such was the opinion of him held
oy the leading minds in this city from that day
TO this lie had rs great antipathy to oratorical
display as to partizan politics, which induced
him ut all times to eschew oratorical demon
STATIONS upon mere political subjects, though
always firm, and faithful as the most faithful, to
the principles and measures Of the Democratic
party Among the leading politicians Of the
party, more especially in public life. it was
generally conceded that in case of protracted
contest in tho next Democratic National Con-
vention over the Presidential nomination, the
choice would have been most likely to fall upon
him, as being obnoxious to no interest in the
party, and most confded in by all
We knew him well throughout the last nine
teen years, and never knew any other public
man to be more entirely unsclfSb, so conscien-
uous IN all his thoughts and acts, public and
private, or to possess more traits of character
such Is win for their possessor the confidence
and esteem, and, indeed, the ardent affection of
men OF mind and abiding personal character
As father, husband and neighbor, he was
loved as few men are
In early life he frequently gave way to un-
governable temporary spells Of dissipation,
wherein be lost his usual command over him
sell Later, however, he gradually gained con-
troll over his passion for such outbursts. until
they had become very rare with him. While
In them, his friends often feared that he would
inJure himself with weapons, and were careful
rs tar as possible to keep them out of ais reach.
Ills wife died some eighteen months ago, and
thus the strongest chord binding him to life was
snapped. He grieved over her death like q child
Il avoH !,
Affecting him daily more and more though few
indeed, were aware that the loss of the sharer of
all his early toils-the best and truest friend he
ever had, the soother Of all his troubled mo-
ments, tic object of his purest and most deyo-
ted affections for twenty-five years or more
bad broken his heart; for he loathed parade in
such matters. as in all things else That in
nj OF undue excitement under such circumstan-
ees, be should have committed suicide, does not
surprise us. lie leaves 10 ADLER American
statesman behind him, and the world will never
behold more conscientious and upright public
man.
SoHErHISG FOR The LADIEs.-Yesterday
morning we took occasion to examine. at
McGregors $, on Seventh street, near Louisiana
Avenue, the Ten Dollar Sewing Machines now
being exhibited and vcnded there. and have IL
expres.our belieftha the inventor has produce,i
the article which Is destined to reyo!utionize
the economy Of most 90 the households of the
country. That il, TO do away with half the
seHing by hand now necessarily pra,t;ccd in
nearly every American family We are ia
miiiar with almost all the sewing machines IT,
use, none of which, except this one, are sold at
rates likely &c bring them into universal reauisi
ton; from 500 to $3.50 being more money than
three fourths of all the families Of the eountrv
Can conveniently appropriate, even to do away
Tor the most part with the labor Of its female
members with the needle-certainIy with sufE
Cont OF that labor to make the balance
pleasant past;me, rather than the irksome task
Of the females life
knowing The prices Of other machines for m.
same purpose, until we examined this Of Wat.
con closely, we could not conceive how il
can be sold for ten dollars Its remarkable
simplicity, however, explained the fact at once
There Is more true genius apparent in its in
Sehtor application of simple mechanical prin-
ciples In the simplest conceivable WAYS. to nm.
duce the effects desired, than we ever before
cav developed in machine of any descrip;iop
IT Is, therefore, rare triumph of the human in
teiiect, and as such, should he examined crit.
cally By all who take pleasure in NOTING tho
progress vi the world liz the really useful arts
It's interior working parts must be seen in potiop
to comprehend how completely the inventor has
IN Its arrangement, supplied the place of mat,
ter by mind or, in other words how great his
triumph has been il making little and very
simple machinery perform services which, in all
other machines We know critically, are only
secured by the use Of a much greater variety
and complication of parts
without the treadle, it is little affair that
can easily be put into box a foot square and
hish. on the right hand side is small cast
iron wheel four or five inches in diameter "a
ny-"heei-with light handle, by which motion
Is gwen TO the machine when the sewing is done
without the treadle and the foot-wbicb NAV
be used or not, at pleasure.
This fly wheel is on tie main shaft nnon
which is bolted or cast the main cam tina, orer.