New-York tribune., 1877-12-21
GENERdL NOTES.

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he had married her. prolonged religious service the
Jail held lay this week. and several ministers
prayed and The prisoner turned couple OF hand
springs. stored m the pastors. and allowed his curiosity
to explode IN What DO yon sayl'
The buSybOdes of the Women's Christian
Temperance Association have tit 10 medde with the
management OF the Whittier banquet, and to scolf
Messrs Houghton Go. for placing wine before their
guests They apprehend that the incident may produce
Impression that the hOn0rcd guest Of the occasion,
known in the past ale the world not only as total
abstainer but also advocate OF the great cause 30
dear to the hearts the Christian and women Of the
country had abandoned his lifelong convictions upon
this subject" The ladies scarcely deem it possible that
the publishers in placing vine upon the Of the ban.
quet deliberately threw the weight Of their influence
upon that side OF this great question: but prefer 70 be-
leve that they "thoughtessy followed a custom which
is rapidly being consigned To oblivion" These Boston
ladies ought to have held their tongues for ftte such az
this tends to make great cause ridiculous. II temper
ance j. ever 10 be wrought ont as practical social re
form it Will br by virtue o hard rather than soft
gsh. VIII an amlablc but foolish world ever learn the
lesson
One Of the most interesting decisions in the
records Of criminal pra tee rendered in the su.
prcme Court at Columbus, Ohio, "Wednesday Sarah
NJ Victor convicted Of poisoning her brother, Joseph
Parquet in order to obtain $4,000 life insurance.
wa. originally sentenced 10 be hanged, but
there were symptoms OF insanity the Governor
c0mumtcd her punishment 20 imprisonment for
hfe While she was in the pcniteltilrY her reason
was restored and she refused 10 assent 10 the COM
mutation Of the sentence. Having obtained a writ Of
habeas corpus she asked the court to release her but
the bench ruled tna although che detained in the
pcnitentiary without OF law nasmuch as she
had not consented the commuaton of sentence she
was not entitled TO liberty but was an escaped prisoner
after conviction and must therefore be delivered - the
sheriff and the original sentence be carried ont In
word the prisoner who was trying TO crawl out Of tho
tl.o IoIa of
dercd TO be hanged This was more than she and her
lawyer had bargaiued for A. soon a. she was taken
70 the county jail she opened lI2c,eHlss "a j erIos
and applied for reversal of the judgment ana ot,rt
which she had herself procured. The supreme Court
now rules that the Common Pleas was wrong IN aHrm.
ing that prisoner indet cChseu to colIi''t,"l "a "a
sentence aud decides that MIS- Victor must BE- sent back
10 the pcnitcnti1ry i0r nc
An American millionaire, Mr. Mackey, has
opened the dancing in Of the most beautiful
mansions IN Paris with reception that took the proper.
tions OF count ball The fact makes the morasts who
send letters across the Channel rather uncomfortable
one Of them is surprised to with what rage the
French now throw themselves into the vortex Of AmeIl
can society few years ago 1t was necessary Tor even
the richest American TO be p3tronzcd by noted person
of high French society, who sent out the invitations ana
who presented host and guests TO each ohcr Then the
guests almost felt that they were horOrng tie man
whose champagne they drank. Now, however, all is
changed, and King Dollar has asserted his undouoted
sway over Paris The oldest coat OF arms and the fair
est Of French lilies bow TO him. soon rs he appears
He has no longer need TO seek nroducons, everyone
seeks 70 be introduced him. lie has no longer need ot
a chaperon to issue invitations the post brings him
daily perumcd coronctel bctS asking for the favor q
an invitation 10 BIS next reception There is consoa-
ton however for tho British mora. Americans are de-
clarti to be innatey English" though they Will not
confess IT, Hence is that the American miionarcs IN
Paris adopt the English style ~ housekeeping and have
English comforts English servants. English gray livery,
English cooking and English clothes. II they mi-
tated every thing, the morat suggests, the Ameri
introducing and sluctoning English modes.
The three heroes of the Bulgarian campaign
who are onshrned in the hearts Of the Russians arc
Todlcbcn. GourkO and skcbelef T0dlebcn IS now in
his sixtcth year, having entered the engineer school IN
ST. Petersburg in 1885. During the Crmean war he
Quoted the siege operations against SliStra, and tho
heroic defence Of sebastopo At the outbreak OF tho
present war he was considered old fogy, and was
hevcd in the Engineer Department Of the Minister OF
War When the staff found ont that Pevna could not
be captured by hurting solid regiments against the In
tenchments the veteran called to the front TO CON
duct the investment. GOurkO u IN bis hfleth year.
and had seen service in the Crmea and in Poland before
ne made his dashng raid across the Balkans He COM
nands the Imperial Guard the flower Of the Russian
Army and has borne conspicuous part in the siege OF
P'eyna Sobelcf Is the youngest Maj0TGeneral in he
service. his age being thlrytwo lie won the name Ot
daredevil during the campaign III hhohahd anu ms cA
posed himself rccklessly during the present war on
the evening before the passage OF the D1nube az SIM
for volunteers from the division OF Cosack' under h
command 70 swim the river and recounoltre me oppo'
site bank he plunged into the water 10 the BEAD oi
small party Of ten men, and Succer stuly accomplished
the required work lie always leads ms men asa&ih &
attacked Osman late IN July, and In the Desperate as
saults upon the enemys works early IN sep'emO''
fought like a second Suwarrow
Who says that there is no romance in prac
teal America Who says that the days OF chiyary and
loyc-making are gone. and that this is a world d
ledgers and blue stockingsi Why, the exchange tabs
shows: N) that romance begins early: Tor ehlcSSV
lad Of fourteen elopcd last week with sweet little mis-
OF thirteen ( that IL gets fast; for daShhS nav"
officer proposed TO Washington belle last Iuesday "S
accepted on Wednesday and married on saturday. "
that it is numerous: for woman IN Coventry, Oohhr
swcars that Ike the good wife in Chauccrs tale she mas
had seven husbands, and that they have annoyed Der a.
her HE by turning up after she had every reason 70
supuose that they had been hanged as pirates or c'
of by smallpox (c) that IL is exceedingly uncertain
for Clara" Of Westied, Mass, broke the engaseh'~'
the moment she heard that her bstrothed bad otel
bitt.n by mad dog the ground that it would DE NJ
safe to marry "a who might have the hydrophobiai
M tbat IL Is never too late for it, for misorly farmcrB
Massachusetts,, who confessed Lis ttNeniythrd yeai
hired his ueghbors son 10 md wife ior HIM iusStir.
that she must be young and pretty, ana me asea
brought to the venerable widoWtr an engaging lass
seventeen, who rather than work ont for living. pE
money N tie sweet by-and-hy; lul The marriage ha,
cost old January dear, for besides The conmss9t.ss
daughter. who wpS little Mays senior hy eglt yehh
$4,000 outright before she would consent 10 lea''
roof ANA allow him 10 eujcy Lis honey ymoon
Now that there is a chatter of diplomacy
over the Conditions Of peace between Russia and IniA''
it is worth whis to revert to the circumstances unl
which the war was opened. The Protocol NHi'h W.
signed by the Great Powers early in April Simply Ea,s
the Porte another chance to accept terms when " ~
already rejected. 10 left Russian and Turk N"Np
where they were at the close of tue eVA'e
encc. VI advised certain measures Of a'I
istratiye reform and pledged the Great Powers D" "