National Republican., 1877-09-10
PERSONAL.

A MAN named Adrian Perez, who was sur.
paised In the act Of hanging himself In house In
Mexico recently, was cut down and then sent to
prison for having stolen the rope he was using.
THE Presidents reception in Louisville,
KY. It Is said, will throw into the shade anything
Of the kind ever attempted In that city. There
will be a reception at the Gait house for which two
thousand invitations will he ssuei, and during his
night
NJ. .sAINr-GENEsT-his real name Is Buch-
eron-a leader.wrter on the Paris Figaro, has been
Territorial Army for publishing a sensational at.
tack on General BcrthHnt the Minister Of War. lie
Is confined to his house under guard and not al
lowed to communicate with the outer world.
A HANDSOME Cuban lady, young, dark-eyed,
and very beautiful IS stopping at the st. Lawrence
Hall, Montreal. Her solitaire diamond set cost, II Is
said. $1,000 Her father Is well known In mercan-
tile circles She II only child and untold wealth
has been lavishcd upon her. Terrible to relate
there Is great scarcity OF young men at the hotel
WADE HAMPTON has received from some
Iiish gentlemen OF New York, among whom II Mr.
ported from Ireland. The cane Is OF good size. aud
heavy silver bardeau, which displays in the cen
bearing the date 1877. Above the harp Is the IN
scripton. Dioari tiscus ddh ario which translated
reads He adds honor to ancestral hon9rs.s Re
for The II me Rule Governor OF South Carolina"
A FARMER's daughter In Mexico, No., com.
mItted suicide last week after writing very ten,
der letter to her accepted lover. Il can't keen up
this ghost Of contenment any longer, ] shall 60
mad, If am not already. ] tell you this, darling
because know you will forgive me when tel
you that could not think Of dragging you down
to misery with myself / could not marry yol
without bringing you trouble, so have made W
my mind 10 free myself from this world OF care
love you too dearly 10 cause you a minute o
pain" There are few passages In the literature o.
suicide more pathetic than this.
SARAH BERSHARDr has, after two years
labor. mounted her gigantic statue Of Medea foi
the salon of 1873 Standing amid the rocks, Mrdsf
has the poiard In the bosom of her youngest child
who writhes In agony while the other lies at heI
feet and her fiery eye sweeps the horizon In rel
of Jason. She will also show bust Of IAN cni
nent French statesman" Mile BeTnhnrdt fOuat
out IN 1865 that she was q sculptor by correcting
with her own hand n ktatuete OF herself tina
Mathieu Meunier was making he praised her apti
tude and she went TO work nj II. She works II
male costume Her latest hobby Is the collection
| OF gallery Of relies OF the great Rachel
Col. THOMAS A. ScoTT, president Of th,
Pennsylvania railroad, Is described by an Inter
| viewer as "a fnelooking old man, with mil'
| eye rosy, fresh complexion, white hair, with b!
/ no means formidable looking whiskers. He wa
| dressed neatly; a collar fTom which the shines
| had vanished many hours an lpaca coat, whit
| waistc0ht aud dArk!sh pantaloons, with q gIea
dearth Of jewelry, completed his costume. Bl
| above all was the intelligent kindly eye, whiel
seemed to anticipate the quest!oner, aud thus hasei
OH the reply. The plain stliIe and unostontatiou