Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-27
MORNING LEADER.
Diekens--Rarey--The Thame..

The London correspondent of the Tribune
under date of July 9th devotes the following
paragraphs of interest to Dickens-Rarey-
and the Thames
Since the ISLANDERS against Charles Dickens
have crossed the Atlantic, and his manly dis
caimer did not enter into the details, you NAV
allow me to state the facts Of the case. Mrs.
Dickens did not feel comfortable in the society
of Mr.. Dickens's literary friends, nor did Mr..
Dickens much like the visiting acquaintances
Of his wife; but as long as their children were
receiving their education they remained united
in spite of the difference OF their tastes and
tempers. Toward the end Of last year, how
ever, they peaceably separated, without any
quarrel, by mutual consent, the daughters re-
naming with the father, under the superinten-
dence of their aunt, Mrs. Dickins's sister, while
the son went with the mother. They visited
one another, and remained on good terms. and
nobody found fault with the arrangement But
society, sO-called, began 10 fill the town in the
SpIing; people unacquainted with the domestic
affairs of the novelist thought it strange that
Dickens left his cards at some friends with those
of his daughters and his sisteT-in-law, without
the card Of his wife, society, without inquiring,
got into a fit OF virtue and decency, the most
absurd and most Infamous stories were circula-
ted for three or four days, until Dickens came
out in his paper and slleneed them. There is
not shadow of truth in them, and Dickens's
character stands again as high in England, and
hope the same will likewise be the case in
America.
Mr.. Rarey's career has Unexpectedly been
stopped. He has cleared some Els 600 to f20-
600 by his horse-taming secret, when suddenly
Routledge, the cheap publisher, got hold of a
pamphlet published by the horse tanner in Amer
lea, and printed Il. 1t eoutains in a small COM
pass all the art Of horse-taming; and the sub
seribers, who had bound themselves not to di-
vulge the secret under penalty of $500, be-
came furious, and Mr.. RaTey had 10 release
them from their pledge. in a letter in to-day's
Times OF course his profits will be now re-
duced to minimum, since every subscriber is
hencefoTth at liberty TO practice upon wild hor-
ses publicly and to communicate his knowledge
to whomsoever he pleases.
The filthy state of the Thames is for the pres
ent the subject upon which everybody haIps,
but nobody goes into the history of the COM
plant, which is rather curious. Before ls47, a
statute prohibited any cesspool from being con-
nected with the drains, and thus preserved the
purity of the river, and the manure for tie coun
try. Just as in Paris, the sewage was removed
from the houses from time to time, and on such
occasions polluted houses and streets with the
most disagreeable gases. On sanitary prinei-
Piles, it was somewhat inconsiderately enacted
in ls47 that the eesspools should all be con-
nected with the drains, and their contents car
ried down into the Thames. The relief seemed
excellent, but it was only temporary. The river
became, within ten years, an immense uncov-
cred sewer, and threatens the capital with &
Pestilence. Millions Of money viii be spent
until 1t is purified, and several years must E.
lapse before the nuisance is abated.