New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-13
PERSONAL.
TERRA FIBMA.

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delpbia They came to this country twenty-five or
thirty years ago, pennyless and penurious. BY the
closest calculation and by hard work. they accumulated
about SIS GOO. Last fall the old man cent for two
grandchildren from Germany proposing to adopt them
into lis family He treated them kindly but his wife,
who is said TO be stalwart, ugly gorgon of woman,
compelled the young girls to perform arduous service,
sncli as quarrying stone, working the farm, and
other dutier for which they entirely untitled.
Their food, too, az prepared by Mira Easaw, was Of
the most uuwhoesome and unpalatable character The
grs-s,raDgcrs in our country and unacquanted with
our laws-were afraid 10 enter complaint and there
fore, submitted to the most inhuman treatment until
week or ten days ago, when they escaped from the
house, and took refuge at the house of a German
barrier They then disclosed TO him all that had trans
rired and stated that between December and April
last, Mrs Eassw had no less than four times endeav
cred % persuaded to fire of heirtenant houses.
Th tenant house is ole of the Oldest in Germantown,
and Mrs Easaw told the girls it was hardly worth
pairing and that ii might well be burned down. Of
ferng them as All nducement fire the house, the sum
of $50 This they of course refused to do. Mrs.
Easaw told them they would escape any serious pun
ishmen, detected and arrested that she and
her husband would swear them ont. She said she
receive $500 insurance from the Germantown Mutual
Insurance Company, which would enable her to build
two stores on tie cite it occupies The above fact,
were detailed by the barber to the police of German
town, who questioned the girls separately, and found
both told the same story. Mayor issued warrant
for the arrest of Mrs. Easaw the charge ofincng
or counclng the girls fire the building and on Fri
day evening last she was held the charge at
Court. The girls fully exonerated their grandfather
from any share in the matter.
The freedom of the City of London presented
10 Capt. NJ Cliutock X. NJ on May 10, in admiration
Of his dauntess spirit exhibited in repeated efforts to
rescue 1873 of bis ellow-counrymen and in testimony
of bis having, after many years Of unsuccessful SEARCH
ascertaned the fate of the intrepid Sir John Franklin
and the officers and of the Erebus and Terror in
the Arctic Regions. The members of the Court, as
well as the great officers of the Corporation, their
State re- es, and the Council Chamber i'll which the
presentation took place crowded in every part,
considerable number of fashionaby ladies being
prescn in addition other visitors and the usual
cupants of the place. witness the interesting
moDy.
The london Spectator says that there il a ruInor
abroad about the forthcoming matrimonial alliance of
the heir apparent to the British throne with Princess
full Of erudition inform that all the particulars of
this union have long been determined arranged, in
fact at the time of the nuptals of our Princess Royi
with young Prince Frederick William of Prussia It
was then settled we are given to understand, that
there should be double marriage" between the
Royal families of Great Britain and Hohenzollern;
such double marriage as was seriously contemplated
century ago by the then monarchs of England and
Prussia, but unfortunately broken Off at the eleventh
hour.
MIR. Rarey gave his final exhibition in London on
the 26th ut, The house was crowded, and the per.
formance satisfactory.
In Spain the Marquis de Mia has brough, before
the Cores proposal for the abolition of the usual bull
fights which take place in Lisbon during the Summer
months The motion has already passed the Peers
and TIE probabilities that it will be carried in the
House Of Deputies The measure, however, it is re-
ported meets with great disfavor among the people,
who extremely adverse TO being deprived of their
accustomed annual amusement, and quite a large num-
Der of petitions have been presented in favor of the
continuance of the bu-fghs. In Portugal, the ends
of the bulls horns are carefully padded waich dves,s
the "spor" Of great deal of the barbari,y nsepars-
bic from il in Spain. 1t is TO be hoped the relic of
barbarian may be swept away.
Boston is famous for its devotion TO high art. A
musical entertainment to take place there on Tues
day night at the Academy Of Music" and one of the
attractions of the occasion to be- the appearance of
Gen. Tom Thumb, who had taken box for the even.
ing He was 10 drive the stage in his carriage
and enter his box over the front
Some years ago n man was tried at Boston for |
stealing sheets Of bank notes from The engravers and
forging the signatures One of the notes used as eyi.
dence Of 500, on the Blackstone Bank After |
ward this note could not be found, though thorough
search made through the documents Of the Court
and II was then supposed that the late Clerk had by
accident placed it in the wrong Indictment Last week
however, this missing bill passed through several
banks, but its character finally became known when
offered at the Blackstone Bank Ii appears TO have
been fret changeda the Charles River Bank The farts
were given TO the police they at once identified the
bill as the one used in the Gaze spoken of. An in.
vestigaon resulted in the arrest of a man who had
been employed in arranging the old indictments in the
Municipal Court, and of another man as an accompce
1t is said that Tommy" the representative of
Young japan" now with the Embassy, gave "a quiet
hi to civic funeoDary in Philadelphia. last Sunday.
Tie msgnate trying to chat with him at the Con.
unen,al Hotel and at last told the youth that hc had
venerable female relative who desired to converse
VIVID nm In the Dutch language of which he knows a
little Tommy said, Z" Yer we'll, | 20 see her now"
Ills visitor grayey told him, "Not to-day; in this
Christian country no one pays visits the Sabbath"
Tommy KNOW ngly responded, "Ah, why you pay me
visit on this day here 2"
The meanest man in the country il in Noble County
INDIANA. Having procured divorce from his wife