The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-27
GENERALITIES.
The Moral Of the Whipping-post.

The Wilmington Del.)I Commercial of last
evening says
1T appears that among the convicts in the
Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, at Phila-
delphia, there are one hundred and eighty-three
natives of Delaware. Besides the State in which
the prison is situated, only three others, all bor-
dering on it, send so many. These are New
York which has 4S5; New Jersey, 2S4: and
Maryland, 293. Considering that New Jersey is
more than five times as populous as Delaware,
and that it adioins Pennsylvania far more
closely and on a long line, it seems to us that
the number from this State is immensely dispro-
portonate-certainly three times as great, all
things considered, as that from New Jersey. 1t
is reasonable to conclude that this is simply
one of the results produced by our convict
jacket, badge OF crimeI system, which is de-
signed to (and works admirably quarter our
criminals upon neighboring communities"
Terrific Hail Storm in Southern Virginia.
The Norfolk, Va, Journal of Saturday has
the following
On last Monday afternoon the section of Prin-
cess Anne on the bay side of the county was
visited by most destructive hail storm. Our
informant states that the storm commenced with
a thunder squall, with heavy wind from the
northwest, which soon changed to southeast
and at first the hail stones were about the size
of marbles. The wind then lulled, but the size
of the stones increased to that of hen eggs, and
at last many of them were as large as an orange.
The extent of country which the storm traversed
was about two miles in width by about three
miles III length, and the crops of corn, vegeta-
bles and fruit were almost entirely destroyed in
that area, to say nothing of numbers of panes of
glass broken. In some localities the hail stones
beat through the roofs of the houses, and the
outbuidngs being less substantial, had their
roofs beaten entirely in The storm was so
severe and the hail so large as to beat the corn
down, and the stalks in many places were cut
up into small pieces. The sweet potato vines
were riddled, and the section over which the
storm swept presents mourntul scene OF ruin
and desolaton
NIormonism in North Carolina.
Mention has already5 been made of the fact
that two Mormon elders had been proselyting in
North Carolina, and that they had managed in
two counties to make one hundred and thirty
converts. 1t is said that the people seem to be
deeply imbued with peculiar doctrines of the
sect and to have full faith in their leaders.
They have sold off their property, whenever
practicable, and will make a fresh start in the
land of promise. Some of them, being unable
to dispose of their lands, left them rather than
be left behind. The men seem to be entirely of
the industrial classes: stout, sunburnt farmers
and would be an Invaluable acquisition to any
community. The women, with one or two eX-
ceptiOns, seem to be entirely destitute of per
sOIal charms, and if the universal reports of
MoImondom be true, they will, in many in
stances, be destined to become hewers of wood
and drawers of water for more favored ones.
COwhiding Affair in Washington.
The Washington, d. c., Express of last even
ing contains the following:-
A CAV Lothario, who dspenses cocktails"
from behind the bar of the "Oyster Bay" re-
ceived a severe cowhiding from the irate mamma
of one of his tlames on Saturday evening last. |
II appears that "Al' is a married man, and has |
for some months past, forgetful of his marital
duties been attending picnics, etc, with young
girl of respectable parentage, who resides in the
northern part of the city. The girl, VINO seems |
to be perfectly infatuated with the ebon locks of
her pretty "whlsky-slnger" has been fire.
ouently demonstrated with by her relatives and
friends in regard to her intimacy with 'Al., but
without effect. AS above stated, the matter
eliminated on Saturday last, when the young
sport received good cowhiding from the angry
mother, and would have gotten much better
one if Lieutenant TAFT had not interfered and |
escorted the parties to the Central Guard-house,
where the Justice fined the assailant 80 which |
she willingly paid in consideration of the salts
faction she had received.