The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-02-27
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No. 9.

ana the custody OF her children.
She had beer ned into mar
liage with one who was known to
be a lunatic his father had COM
mitted suicide; his brother was in
lunatic asylum he himself had
been year at a timein the asylum:
and had often been confined in a
straight-jacket. He had assaulted
his mother, and beaten his wife so
that her life was constantly in dan.
ger, till at last, being unable to en-
dure it longer, she fed to the
courts for relief. She had no money,
however ker husbands family were
rich, and yet in the facesof all these
terrible facts, it looks. as though
now the poor woman would be en-
tirely driven out Of court. Verify,
verify, we have almost reason to
curse the day when this atrocious
plea was first admitted to our
courts, and the memory of the law
yers who concocted the legal infa.
my, which has done more to defeat
the ends of justice, than all the es
capes, and all the legal bubbles
from which our community has
suffered. This plea should: make
the name of Polly Bodine stand
aceursed in the calendar, for hers
was the first case in which it was
admitted TO opr. courts. ...-..
Notwithstanding the general de
preston, there seems to be quite a
stir in art matters the National
Academy is open with choice and
excellent collection. By the way, I
saw. something last week, which
landed me back something more
than a quarter of a century; it was
an old daguereotype, or rather a
new edition, of the old dagurer-
reotype, such as some Of the
gay old fellows used to have
Of their sweethearts, nearly forty
years ago. The new and improved
daguerreotype, is the invention Of
G. Frank E. Pearsall, the eminent
photographer of Brooklyn, a gentle
man who ranks at the head of his
profession in this country, and
whose improved, OF I may say, per-
feet photograph, has never been
surpassed. One OF the great fea-
lures Of his invention is the resto,
ration of old and faded pictures,
imparting to them a beauty and
permanency far SURPRISING their
original excellence this discovery
is invaluable TO those who have, on
these old-time pictures, the faces of
those whose voices we shall hear no
more we have seen them fade
away year after year, till not q
shadow remained, but Mr.. Pear
sail can summon these spirits from
the deep, and give us our loved
ones again. The pictures l saw
were exquisite specimens Of art,
and supply a want which has long
been felt; it can never supplant
photography, but for cheapness,
beauty, and the rapidity with which
they: can be supplied, will be found
a convenient adjunct in these hard
times, which will make Mr.. Pear
sail genuine benefactor to the
public.
Another pious defaulter in the
person of Augustus IL. Turney, the
teller of the Bank of North Ameri-
ca; for almost ten years he. has, by
ingenious manipulations Of the
books, covered up a defalcation of
one hundred thousand dollars. He
was model of Christian piety, a
jealous worker in the church, and
his integrity in all that time was
never even suspected by his asso-
ciates in the bank of which be has
been an officer for twenty-five years.
The shock produced in our social
circles is not less than those we
suffered from the defalcation OF
Gilman and the perjury of Case.
Another bright and shining light
disappears from the west end, while
Sing Sing gets a new addition to
that useful and exemplary class,
which, thanks to the discipline and
tact Of MIR. Pillsbury, is now pay
ing it's own board bills, without
further expense to the State. Young
Donohue, the great overcoat thief,
who nearly ruined his father, who
was one of the most respectable
tailors in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty
to six indictments for grand lar
ceny, and will go to States Prison
for at least ten years. His plan