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A TERRIBLE SECRET.
An English Grcemoom Story The Sk,dl
ofa Murdered Woman.

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An English Grcemoom Soay-- The Skm
ofa Murdered Woman.
There Is a story told In English green-
rooms for Tie truth OF which writes Celia
Logan IN the New York Diqoatcf) can
not vouch. Ii Is to the effect that cer-
tain carpenter, long time ago, MUIR
dered his wife by driving nail into her
skull, He fed, and, the better to conceal
his identity, became an actor. He rose to
eminence, and the whirling OF time and
the wheel of chance brought him to the
veryvilage in which years before he had
killed bis wife, whose murder, however
so the story run had not been suspected,
her long black hair concealing the cruel
wound from which no blood had flowed.
The part was Hamlet. Whatever
memories the place evoked, he had sufIi-
cien, mastery over his feelings to keep
them hidden. The first scene of the fifth
act came on. The theatre stoed on what
had formerly been burial ground, and
the property man had not to SO far for
skulls, but just dug a little and brought
up dozen or more, and at night tossed
them into the trap for The gravetiggsr TO
shovel ON the stage. He handed u skull
to the Hamlet, saying:
Here's a skull now hath lain you in The
earth for three-and-twenty-years.'
Whose was IT.?
Gravedigger-Thiss same skull, sir, was
Yorick's skull, the kings jester.
Hamlet took the skull, saying:
.This,'-
He turned pale aud staggered, for the
skull had left on it one long lock Of black
hair. Handed 10 him upside down, the
lock fell back, revealing d nail in the
skull. The actor recognized itas that of
tile woman whom he hail murdered just
tweaty-three years before. Al this mute
evidence Of his guilt coming frum ths
grave to confront him, the actor lost his
presence ofmind and his senses.
In his insane utteraices he revealed his
terrible secret, and was only saved from
punishment by his fellow actors hushing
him up and hurrying him away. He
never recovered his reason. and died In
madhonse. raving Of the nail in tlieskull.
About thirty years ago a story was
written by Prenehman on this same
CHASTITY subject, laying he scene IN private
life IN France, and making the perpetra-
tor of the deed woman. It had agreat
success. and to this day Is occasionally
revived, aud goes the rounds Of the news
papers, but old English actors insist that
1t was founded on the incident In thea-
trical life which have just related, and
which did translire on the British stage.
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BITS or WISDOM.
To owe Is human; to pay up. divine.

To owe is human; TO pay up, divine.
Avoid that which you blame III others
Never turn blessing around 10 see
whether II has dark side 70 Il.
A difference 81 taste IN jokes Is great
strain on the affections.
Men are frequently like iea--the real
strength aud goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been IN hoi
water.
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MOUNTAINS IN THE MOON.

n W
II Is an ascertained fact fbat there are
threeciasses oflunar mountains. The first
osthese consists oflsolated, separate, dis
tinct mountains of n very curious chaTac-
ter. The distinguishing characteristics Of
these sempuntains il this They start up
from plain quite suddenly. On earth it
Is well known that mountains generally
go III ranges or groups; nut we find these
isolated lunar mountains standing up en-
tirely apart, never having been connected
with any range. The one named Pico Is
1900 feet high; this mountain has the
form Of an immense sugar loaf; aud II our
readers can imagine fairly propnriioned
sugar-loaf9 600 feet In height, and ihem-
selves situated above II, ~ rs to be able to
look down upon its apex, they viii have
an approximate idea the appearance Of
pico.
There are many other mountains SCAT
Tered over lie mooIl's surface, and these
mountains not only stand apart from each
other, hut, what Is still more remarkable,
the plains on which they stand are but
slightly disturbed. How singular. then,
the influence which shot the mountain up
5000 feel, aud yet scarcely disturbed the
plain In the Immediate neighborhood.
The second ciass of lunar elevations
consists Of mountain ranges. Now, this
Is tile principal features Of the mountains
on earth. This phenomenon Is also
found IN the moon, but there Is the ex-
ception; only Two principal ranges are
found, aud these appear TO have been
originally one range. One i called the
Appenines. II Is SO we'll seen that, just NJ
the line Of livht is passing through the
room, you viii think II il, generally
speaking, crack In ITS surface; but a tele.
scope Of ordinary power will at once
manifest II 10 be n range Of mountains.
The lunar AppeDines may be- compared
with the loftiest range Of mountains upou
earth. IL Is $1,000 feet high, and there is
another still higher, rising 5000 feet
above i:s Iase. III this feature, then. the
moon corresponds with the earth, but
with this difference, what Is the rule on
earth Is the exception III toe moon.
CoaPFLLEp TO ADvERTIsE. Tho
man has been found who could do all tho
business be wanted 10 without advertising.
aud has been compelled 70 advertise Vt lsst.
Ile lives 10 Florade. and bis advertisement
il hendcd "Sheriifs SALE Prom the Sc
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PREMIUMS

New subscribers (aprlying CARLY for the year
1871 may have, without charge. the numbers for
the last quarter of 1876 OF such periodicals ~
hey nsay subscribe for.
Neither rfcmiums 20 subscribers nor discount
. ciui,~ eau be allowed uuless the money i re-
mitted direct % the publishers. No premiums
given o. clubs.
? Oirrulars with ,urther particulars may bc had
on application.
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Al Barclay St. New York.
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TRANSFERRED:

huSii Js oltOhChf f's@' - -
YANcEyyILiE, n. G; July Goth. 1877.
Mr. Editor viii you please publish the
above list OF members of Company +. N.
G. Volunteers serving in the war with
Mexico, thirty years ago? | believe ]
have given ESQ near rs can,) the names
Of all the living, and only ask you 70 pub
lish 50 that ifomiss:ons are made The at
rention ofall the survivors may lie called
to the fact that it may he important they
should correspond with me. II any
names are omitted so soon as hear from
parties will publish fulilist ofCompany,
Tho's ]. Freeland, (now engaged on the
Hillsboro' Recorder WAS member OF my
Company aud think was discharged on
accouniof white swelling il one of his
legs-I hope lie will publish this list for
Information. Respectfully,
GEO. WILLIAMSON,
Capt. Com. r, N. 9. Vols.
(The above Company left for Mexico
one hundred strong. Probably, not more
than twenty five now survive. We would
be glad to supply sucli omissions as occur
in the above list; and will also lie glad to
publish Information concerning other
companies from North Carolina TO Mexico.
Company X. was largely recruited in Or
ange. aud list of the survivors of that
Company will supply an existing want.
ED. RECORDER.
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woMAN,s ATTRACTIvENEss

Personal attractions most girls possess
at any rate in sufficient degree TO render
them attractive to somebody, for although
there arc standards Of beauty, yet these
do not prevail with all persons. There Is
something wonderful In the difference Of
aspect which the same face wears TO diff
ferent beholders.
Probably the philosophical explanation
of this IL that what Is hidden from all
others becomes Immediately and i'm
stinctively apparent to the eye of love.
How can moderately good-looking girl
increase her attractions? By culture. She
must cultivate her mind. An ignorant,
iili,erale woman, evenif she attracts at
t.ntlon, cannot retain the interest of IAN
intelligen. man. she must do this 10y
reading. by study, by reflection, aud by
familiar conversation with the best and
most highly educated persons with whom
she comes la contact. But the heart
must be cultivated rs well as the head.
.ofall things exclaimed a most elegant
and refined gentleman, after nearly alife.
times familiarity with the best nciety,
'of all thngs give ineasoftness and gentle
ness Ina woman A harsh voice, n
course laugh, triIles like these have sud
denly spoiled mnny favorable first i'm
preston. The cultivation nf the heart
must I've real. not feigntd. A woman who
studies toappcar, rather than be, good
aud generous. seldom succeeds IN
deceiving tile other sex In these respects.
She who IN trutl, seeks earnestly to pro-
mote tle happiness Of those around her
Is very apt 10 obtain admirers among
men.
Above all other requisites IN woman
Is eonscientiousness without this one
touchstoneo Of character, no matter what
her charms asd requirements, she canno.
expect 20 command the lasting regards OF
any man whose love is worth having.
Two acquaintances meeting 90 wet day.
one greeted the olhc= with: "Besaliful
rain this . Fetching things out Of the
ground Second frind. diseonsolately:
,IIope noi. sir, hope not; got two wives
there. cir.
Doadwood gambler 10 correspondent :
IL am blackleg. and you know IL; hut
never take advantage Of mani mean
miner working for stake Traders
and merchants are my game. II can
bleed freiahter | do 30 without the least
compensation. never resort 10 violence
tae knife. pistol. or black jack. While |
would rather steal than receive the money
Is gin, mover leave man pern;lcss."
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CLUES.

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BLACKw0oDS
Edinburgh Magazine.

The British Quartetl.es give 10 the reader well
dgesied information upon the great events IN
c0nlempofancous history, and ceniain mastery
criticisms on al that i fresh and valuable IN IT.
terature, as well as summary ui the trinmrhs
~ science aud art The wars likely 10 conyulse
all Europe will form topics for discussion. that
win be ticarrd with athornnghness and ability
nowhere ei,e to be found. Rlarkwooh's Maga-
OF the Highest Literary Merit.
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From the Milton Chronicle,
MUSTER ROLL

I'm PART Of Cdpt. GEO. WILMAMsoN's
Company (F) AZ 9. Yohmtecrs, IN II,a'
soih Megico, 1847.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
THE VOTE.
Report of the Joint Committee of Com
Gress on the Counting of the Electoral
VOte-The Proposed Bill

Report of the Joint Committee of Com
gress on the Counting of the Electoral
VOte-The Proposed Bill.
WASHINGTON, January lS.-In their re-
port submitted with the bill the committee
say they have applied the utmost practioa-
BILE study and deliberatiOn to the subject,
and believe that the bill reported il the
best attainable disposition of the difficult
problems and disputed theories, arising
out of the late election. They speak of
the difficulty of reaching Q conclusion, and
they dealt with abstract questions, so far
as they are necessarily involved in the
legislation proposed. The report implies
that legislation may be had on the subject,
in accordance with the constitution, but the
committee think that the law proposed is
inconsistent with few principal theories
upon the subject.
The bill is only directed to ascertaining
for the purpose and in aid of the counting
of what are the constitutional votes of the
respective States, and whatever jurisdiction
exists for such purpose the bill only regu-
lAtes the method of exercising it. For this
the constitution gives warrant, and there
fore the law proposed iB not inconsistent
with that instrument. The committee re-
| gard as of far greater moment that the will
Of the people should be lawfully carried out
than the question of who shall be President
for prescribed term. They, therefore, en-.
/ u66NOEoA w AoAE anu
measure. The legislature and judiciary
are represented in the tribunal in equa
proportions. The composition of the judi
cial part of the commission looks to q selee
tion from different parts of the republic
while 1t is thought to be free from any pre-
pOnderanoe or supposable bias, as the add
tiOn of the necessary constituent par
of the whole, in order to obtain an unevel
number of commissioners is left to a
agency the fnrthest removed from preju
dice of any exiAting attainable. 1t wOuli
be difficult, if not impossible, the committe
think, TO establish tribunal that could b
less the subject of party criticism than sue
q one. The committee felt bound by th
highest duty to let no bias Of party feelin
stand in the way of just, equal and peas
full measure for extricating the questio
from the embarrassments that ct preseE
surround il. The committee conclude ]
follows:
In conclusion, we respectfully beg lear
: to impress upoa Congress the necessity Of
speedy discrimination upon this subject.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS
AUGUR's QUIBBLEs
AN ADMoN1T1oN REQUIRED
Especial TO the New Orleans Republican,

WASHINGTON, January Is, 1877.
One encouraging feature of the Louisiana
controversy is seen in the fact that the
statesmen here who have the case under
consideration have of late made Louisiana
laws and presidents a special study, and
are thoroughly informed in every phase of
the case; consequently the complete recog-
milton of Governor Packard, already pre-
figured by the Presidents partial recogni-
tion, is near at hand. 1t is only question
of time, and very short time at that.
The leading Northern papers are giving
an unusual amount of space to the Discus
sion of Louisiana affairs. This mornings
New York Times contains the following
editorial:
General Augur, now commanding the
United States troops at New Orleans, seems
q little disposed to bubble over his in
struotiOns, and to give the Democratic
claimant, Nichols, the benefit of any doubt
which can be extracted from their Ian
gusge.
General Augur was very plainly told by
the President that the lawyers who came
together at the call of Nichols and desig
mated Themselves as the Supreme Court Of
the State, could not be recognized as such,
and that Mr.. Packard, being the legally
elected Governor of Louisiana, must be 80
recognized; but General Augur persists in
forcing the maintenance, not of what diplO-
matists call the Statt quo ante bellltD,, but of
the state of things as 1t was after the Mich
oils revolution.
"The White Leagurs hold the courts, the
mortgage office and the police stations,
and the Representative of the United States
has used his influence to have them left un-
disturbed till he receives more explicit in
| struotions.
considering how easy it would be, under
existing circumstances, to precipitate riot
and blsodshed in New Orleans, this very
scrupulous officer can not be too soon ad-
monished that the recognition of legally
elected Governor excludes the possibility of
admitting that usurper of some of the
attributes of that position, can be dealt
with as having any official status what
ever" D. D. c.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
The Sannre Committee.

Senator Howe's committee completed its
labOrs yesterday, so far as taking testimony
is concerned, and will leave for Washing
ton this afternoon at five o'clock.
In conversation with q representative of
the REPUBLICAN last evening, Senator Howe
said that as the funds of the committee had
become exhausted, it was impossible to
make the investigation complete. As to the
parishes, however, which had been under
consideration, the inquiry had been very
thorough, especially in the cases of
Ouachita. East and West Feliciana
and East Baton Rouge. There had
not been great amount of testimony taken
as to Morehouse, but that which had been
produced was very suggestive. In reply to
the query as to how the committee would
be able to make a report upon an incom-
plete investigation, the Senator replied that
they would take the parishes which had
been subjected to their inquiry ss a basis
If the committee found that as to those
parishes the Returning Board had been
justified by the facts in its conclusions, it
would not be unreasonable to suppose the
board had acted justly in regard to other
matters which the committee had been un.
able to investigate. If, on the other hand,
the committee found that the board was
not justified in their action as to these
parishes, then their report would probably
take the same view of the other actions of
the board.
Quite an interesting incident occurred
yesterday afternoon in Senator Wsdleigh's
committee. Amy Mitchell, widow of Isaac
Mitchell, who was murdered by the bull
dozers in West Feliciana parish, was placed
on the witness stand, and held her father
less babe while testifying to the killing of
her husband, which she witnessed. After
Senator Mcdonald had Cross-examined
her he proposed to his colleagues to
raise a little purse for the widow
and started it with q five dollar con-
tributiOn, which Senators Wadleigh and
MCMILLAN covered with an equal amount.
1t was done 80 quietly that the
reporter only learned of it afterward, and
of course was not intended for publication.
It is, however, one of those acts which
mark Senator Mcdonald as at heart hu.
name gentleman although an earnest Dem
crat. 1t is too much to expect that Senator
Mcdonald will join with his Republican
colleagues in their report; but one thing ia
certain, he will never sign report which
does not admit that some fearful crimes
have been committed in Louisiana during
the past year, and which have not yet beer
| punished.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
saakerpeare B etOre Deai nules.

Probably an actor never addressed q
more attentive assembly than that which
filed the basement of St. AIMS Church
last night, while Mr.. G. w. Jones told the
story of the Merchant of Venice" in q
very quaint way. Mr.. Jones is short and
stout, his face is round and brimming over
with good humOr, and his whole appear
snee bespeaks the comic lecturer. After
the applause that greeted his first appear
anoe apOn the platform had died away, no
other sound, except the noise made by his
own feet and hands disturbed the still
ness Of the room. His humorous
points, for he rather caricatured Shakes
peare's drama, elected marked bnt silent
approval, aad even the lecturers own
voice was unheard, and would have been
unheard II he had spoken, for his eongrega-
tiOn neither hear Dor speak. He is also .
deaf mute and a teacher in the New York
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. He re-
GENTLY graduated, after four years of study,
IN the Washington College for Deaf Mutes,
and, in addition to his skill in communi-
eating by the established digital signs with
persons afflicted like himself, he possesses
wonderful power of mimiery. His mother
was an actress in the Old B0wery Theatre,
and under more fortunate circumstances he
would, unauestionably, have risen TO emil
nence In the same profession. His gestures
are so illustrative that It is not difficult Tor
q person ignorant of the sign language ueed
BY deaf mutes to interpret maah OF MS
meaning,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
The Rivers.

During the past week the Red river has
risen eleven inches at Shreveport. The
Mississippi has fallen nine inches at New
Orleans and five at st. Louis, but has risen
seven feet at Cairo, fifteen inches at Mem
phis and two feet at Vicksburg; it remains
frozen at Keokuk and above. The Ohio
has risen six feet at Cincinnati, and is now
rising at Pittsburg and Louisville. The
Cumberland has risen eight feet at Nash
vile. The Savannah rose eight feet at
Augusta during Sunday and Monday, since
when it has fallen six feet.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
Mixing the Question.

Mr.. Goode intends good to the lawyers if
he has not a design to increase notarial
fees. He wishes to make March 4 day Of
business, it now being dies non, but only
in the country. If this were law it would
require decision of the Supreme Court to
settle when note was properly subject to
protest if the place of payment happened
to be in the country, and the Ter loci eo''-
traetws in the city, or vice versa.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

Never before we're there so many hungry
ofiioe-seekers as have gathered around the
seat of Nicholas mock government. For
one single city Office, it is told, there are
some six score applicants; and many others
are claimed as prizes by small legions OF
patriots. Deosyed book.keepers, bankrupt
merchants, veteran bummers and 'cOusins"
innumerable are presenting claims upon
the Democratic government" for recog-
milton, and the chief IN dismsy hides him
self from the torture of these bores. 1t
must be coasoling for him to reflect that
Governor Packard's full recognition will
shortly relieve him from, and again dis
perse, this swarm of locusts who would de-
YOUR all that is left of the public substance.
The truely inward convictions of the
Democratic editors as to the outcome of our
political contest is manifested by their in
terest in the legislative vote on the Sena-
torship. The bslloting at Odd Fellows.
Hall never provOkes comment, but the
fuctuation of the vote at the State House
is daily the subject of speculation and COM
ment The Democratic editors find it
easier apparently to deceive the public
than to deceive themselves.
There is very general inquiry as to
when the Democratic Congressman from
Louisiana are going to attempt the feat of
pushing the levee bill through" as was
confidently promised by the Washington
specials at the beginning of the session.
Speak up, E. John Ellis.