, 1866-01-01

Wa0de1eQ. Tie shoots Miss DaYtqu and at-
te1npts to commit suicide. The lady lies In d
to recover.
LOVE AND REVENGE.
Now venture to predict that this e1Aspe-
rated lover will not be allowed to escape un-
punished whenever he IL brought before le-
gnl tribunal 10 answer Tor his crime. A
Washington jury might believe woman in
uocent OF all wrong when she kills man
whom she wished to marty but who preferred
V make his Own choice. But we Of thls little
@e neneEe tAia matter Of lore, about which
PPt.as Pnc1s ana 4onatae~ have many fine words to
u ntG 81;st ~ seen IN nrpsaie sort of thing. may
pc pc inifg %iiI r. iike3y to do .Knss recoyers
some service il the establlsthiiGlN establish RI New York
Sing. As !, long rs individuals VIII a9e
disappointed in lore Tevenge Themselves
in this manner, and are declared Insane,
and therefore not responsible, We shat1 have
ihose affairs In abundance. Let lovestck
derer, and we shall have no more OF them, un.
le<s at yery rare intervals. Many years ago
the courts of England declared that thsre was
no responsibility for any Outrage committed
under "mentnl aberration.' So frequent be-
came crimes under this plea, that 1t was nee
Offending lnnntlc- When this Was done the
pnblie morals we've speedily imploved.
MANS INuUMAN1TI TO WOMAN.
hare recently been put 10 possession Of q
story In which unhappy wives may be Inter.
estcd. Some four or five months ago To-
man appeared at the water-cure Establishment
at Cleveland, Ohio, In charge of q boy four o.
five years old. She lived among the servants,
and YVES noticed to1 her nttcntftn to the
the "Cure" became interested In her, and
learned that she was the vito Of wealthy
citizen of New York. who desired divorce.
Being q devort Catholic, she could not con.
sent to divorce, but offered to ngrce to a
separation. This was refused By her husband,
IN Bloomtnsdale Asylum, charged With
being " "hopelessly insane" Etectine
her escape, she made her way to Toronto.
whether her husband traced her. Assuring
her that his love had returned, he induced the
woman to return to New York No sooner
was she here than she vas again consigned to
ond time, she reached Cleveland, where she
engaged herFeH rs nurse md attendant for the
child previously mentioned. Her husband
placed detectives on the track and she was
discovered two weeks ago, while IN the act Of
fleeing to place Of safety. She has been
brought back to New York, and is this time
confined In another asylum,
An persons with whom she came In contact
during her four months stay at Cleveland, de-
clare that she never displayed auy symptom
Of insanity whatever. The story as told by
herself, was that her husband wished a divorce
n order that he might marry again. She re-
fused to be divorced, aud hence his determfn.
ation to enforce compliance with the demand.
She alleges that money had procured the Ger
tihcates Of physicians upon which she WAS de-
clarcd insane, and that money Was lberally
used In every direction where 1t could further
the desired object. have the names Of the
Al f1%+4:1 u IL,
without hearing the other side Of the story.
BEHIND TUE SCENES.
With another story Of incompatibility OF
character. For some months 1t has been
limited that Mrs. Olive L. Deli1le, better known
Is Miss Ollre Logan, was not leading life OF
matrimonial bliss. A long time ago took
occasion to refer to the letters Of that lady to
the weekly papers Of New York, as being un-
was not surprised to learn soon after that the
infeliclties Of married life had fallen to the
lot Of Mr. and Mrs. D. Last week the better
half Of this uuconEcuial pair fled petition
for divorce and stated the grounds for the
application. 1t seems that both nre equally
desirous Of throwing of the yoke, as no op-
position has been made to the petition. It
sons will then be rendered less unhappy than
they are at present. Mcantimc. the fair Olive
continues her engagement at tho Broadway
Theatrs, where she phys Laurn In that nbom-
innblc production known as '' Sam" We arc
continually fed with promises that Sam
to reappear, after his failure ut London. But
eam continues to flll the house. and the judi
cious manager sees no reason for substituting
anything else ut present.
CHRISTMAS.
The people OF New York kent the 18th fay
ofthfs month rs close holiday. We snspcn-
ded business on Wall street md elsewhere,
We decorated our churches and many of our
private houses and VIC made all our children
happy. On Saturday there was remarkably
dense throng On Broadway composed Of per-
FOES engaged In their purchases for the night
befo1e Christmas. From Canal street to
Union Square the sidewalks were packed as
have rarely seen them before, and fully one
half Of the promenaders were fastening store
the holidays. It would he idle to enumcratc
the articles one could sec in hand. The scene
reminded me Of tho sackfng Of q row Of retail
stores 1t fire under the auspices Of our now
extinct valuation department. The markets
were specially lthrouEed, and the demand for
poultry was equal TO Tint exhibited By Sher-
mans army In Its march through the south.
Christmas comes, but once year, md oil class
es OF onr citizens were determined to make
the most Of It, though all did not view 1t in
the same Light. There arc certain gentlemen
on Chatham street who do not hold Christmas
as day to be reyetenced. It isto them only
source Of profit, and they make good their
belief By keeping open shop On that day.
Though Christmas Is not included In their lit
Of holidays they are not slow to take udvan-
tage Of It In selling gew-gaws and children's
gifts to those who nre outside Of the synagogue.
Al rHEsco MERCHANTS.
Strangers who visit the metropolis for the
first time cannot fail to be struck with our pc.
cular modes Of transacting business. Broad
why abounds in merchants whose stock In
trade Is contained IN small basket, and
walk. I have friend of an iuquiring turn Of
mind, Tho, one day, counted two hundred
and eighty five Of these small dealers between
Trinity Church and the New York Hotel. It
is nne Of the peculiarities OF this business that
nearly all the dealers are engaged in the same
denly in tic hands Of one o. two hundred
men: The day after the assassination Of
President Lincoln, two hundred men and boys
were selling photographs Of the martyr. Two
days later they were vending the photographs
Of the assassin: When the death Of the lat
became known, It seemed as II q crop Of men
had sprung from the solid earth to sell for
cash the portrait Of the Puritan featured Bos-
ton Corbett. And so with each new excite
ment the wit OF painting by sunlight furnish
es support to many persons.
Any newly invented toy finds Its way On tho
same morning In the hands ofthcse Al ffesaoes.
A week ago there was battalion Of men and
boys engaged In vending the poisonous play-'
things known rs Il Pharoh's serpents." Two
days later appeared small bail attached to
. string Of gum elastic. Both these b9nRsnne
of the commercial arts are Of some Other
and / predict the :aPgaT's day as1ires, What