National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-12

years ago. Another remarkable fact IN cOnnec-
wife have lived together, very harmoniously, for
slNty-one years, having been married May II,
lsia and are stll In fair health and able TO DO
good days work.
The st. Paul Press says "Ar the old Demo
cratic Influences, in Virginia, with the Richmond
the estabilshment Of free schools in that state.
A large proportion OF the members OF the Demo
cratic party are bitter and uncompromising enc
miles Of free schools, and they glory in their
The winona (Minn) Rspubiiean states .lhat q
petition to President Grant, asking the appoint
ment Of Associate Justice Miller TO the seat on
the supreme bench made vacant by the death OF
chief Justice Chase, was circulated among the
O'Ilrieb, assistant United States district sttor.
ney, and received the signatures Of nearly all the
members Of the bar Of that city.
The Richmond Dispaich says that "the inteili-
gent Yankee fought TO secure las he has In New
York; the privilege OF seeing his children sent to
school with negroes and hts wife and daughters
seated by negroes at the theatre and the opera
and hotel! The intelligent Yankee fought to
give TO the million Of ignorant negro votes In the
south the power to elect Resident over , ne
generation, and his and their children In the
| next generation"
Mr.. 1. II. PUTNAM, an able and persuasive
colored gentleman, has elaborated a complicated
scheme for settling the freedmen on home
steads and giving the planters capital 10 work
with, aud binding the two races together In
good Will, and giving pension TO every Confed.
| crate widow and orphan, and liking things all
up In truly beautiful way. But, Ike other
patent ready.made milleniums, the plan IL TOO
lovely by half, and so is likely TO fail entirely.
DIR. WILLIAM PRESCOTT, OF Concord, n. H., the
historian Of the Prescott family, Is able to take
short walk. upon the street BY the aid OF
ctutches, after a confinement Of nearly three
years. In August 1870, while reading from a
was jostled from the curo-stone aud fell, break
| ing some part Of the thigh socket, and his sur
geons thought II almost Impossible that he could
| recover, as he was eghty-two years old, and his
great age and the severity Of the fracture seemed
to preclude all hone.
HERE lisa "gamer advertisement from Wa.
very, Iowa, paper; "Ali persons are hereby no.
tiled not to trust my husband, John Boyer, on
| my account, rs shall pay no debts OF his con.
tracing Tue said John Boyer left my bed and
board because refused to give him deed OF
my property. shall try aud get along without
using his credit, After he has wasted HI sub
/ stance In riotOus living we may sing
| Wen all drink stone blind,
When JOhny comes marching home"
SARAH BOYER"
MAJOR WELLS J. HAWKS died recently at his
residence In Charlestown, West Virginia. Major
Hawks was q native OF Massachusetts, but for
than ny year. he mad Ssea =, A. cssn n
war he entered the service OF the Confederate
States, and upon the promotion Of General Jack
son became member Of ms sian, oommissaIy iii, @
II will be remembered that Just before the
death Of General Jackson he was heard to say
quickly "a. 7. Hi, prepare for action; tell
| Major Hawks to send forward provisions Tor the
troops"
HERE IL a curious story OF the slavery times
which we pick up from Western Carolina
newspaper. In the gold-mining regions Of
Burke county lived an Industrious, well-to.dG
free colored woman, named Nancy Boyce, She
| was engaged to marry Jack, q slave, and In or.
der TO have everything pleasant she put her
hand In her pocket and bought him OF MS master
But she was shrewd enough to take bill OF sale,
to be utterly worthless aud q perfect sot. But
little need was there for Nancy TO go TO the
courts for relief by divorce. She owned her
who carried him on to the far Southwest, 10 that
the sharp Nancy was never bothered by him
again. Husbands have been badly sold before
though not In this particular way.
The Northwood murderer, Evans, now in th,
New Hampshire State prison for killing hi
niece, GeorgiAnna Lowering, still stoutly pro
tests his innocence OF that and all other crime'
laid 10 his charge. When irst taken to thu
prison he asked the warden for the privilege oi
praying and groaning. The warden told him hS
might pray In secret unceasing, but no shouting
or gToanlng would be permitted. The old snne
processes TO believe that he will not be hung
lie tells the warden that his so-called "confes
sion" was put In hts mouth, and that ho is th'
victim OF q conspiracy, mueh-abused man
wnom the Lord will not permit to bo hanged
Time will show whether he is correct on thi
last point.
A SOUTHERN letter-writer has discovered sub
llmlty In Jefferson Davis, and writes TO tn,
Macon Messenger that "Thore Is something i'm
| pressively sublime In the contemplation OF this
Wonderful man amidst the ainlctions OF adver
slty." 1t would seem dlfilcult to an ordinarl
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