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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
A Hasty Marriage and An Angry, Unre-
lentinE Parent.

The circles of society in Philadelphia have
been interested the past few days BY the
presence at the Lafayette Hotel OF newly
married couple, whose union is associated
with some romantic features. J. Carroll
Barney, 4 gentleman said to be known
in New York, journeyed to Cleveland,
about three weeks ago to transact certain
business. His affairs were not sufficiently
arduous to preve1t his taking part in the
frivolities OF Cleveland society, and several
Invitations came 10 him at his hotel. On
Thursday, January 18th, he was present
at german given by a lady of social
prominence, ard there he was intro
duced TO young lady with whom he wallzsd
several times. They parted that night to
meet again the next day and The next. 1t
was clear case of love at first sight, and
the trolh was GIFTED before Sunday had
passed. The f. ,wipg Monday, January
22d, the young ady became Mrs. Carroll
Barney. Opportunity favored the sudden
determination Of the lovers. The parents
of the young lady were absent in Florida
and she was staying as guest in a friends
house. There Wss no stern parent to watch
her footsteps, or fond mother to bid her re-
fleet; beside, the years of her life scarcely
numbered seventeen, while her lover and
husband is deep in the thirties. They left
Cleveland for New York, and passed the
first few days at the ST. James Hotel.
Letters were written on both sides 10
parents, and extremely angry replies came
by return mails. The venerable papa of Mr..
Barney became SO excited that the son and
daughter-in-lsw deemed it wise to remove
their quarters TO this city. On February 4th
they registered at the Lafayette Hotel, and
many people acquainted with Mr.. Barney,
jr., called 10 see him, and came away de-
lighted with his wife. The state of affairs,
however, soon leaked out, especially as the
unlucky bridegroom is dependent altogether
on his father for funds. Mr.. Barney, sr.,
made his appearance at the hotel last Tues
day, but the tears of his new daushter-in-
law and the protestatious of his Benedict
offspring neither wrung his heart nor his
purse-strings. Mrs. Barney's mother wrote
in kind manner, but the ship of the new
household is still beating about on the waves
OF uncertainty, for Mr. Barney, sr., remains
obdurate. On Saturday the young people
moved from the hotel TO lodgings somewhere
in the city, where they are awaiting events,
which may be hastened By the mediation OF
friends. A number of society people left
cards at the hotel
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The REV. aEBEs NEWTON
Awaits with Christian Patience the
Time for ElIs Compiled eSiudicaIion.

NEW YORK, February 1.-THE Tribune
says that the Rev. Heber Newton is busy at
his home IN Garden City, l.. in preparing
for publication the series of sermons on the
Bible which he preached recently. He said
yesterday that there WAS an error in the
printed report of the sermon last Sunday.
He was speaking of friend of his who had
passed ten years in translating the Old Testa-
ment into Chinese. "Had nv friend
been wise," he added, che would have
let the Old Testament wait. Mr.. New
ton said yesterday that the sermon
was "hastily thrown together" and he
did not remember the precise words; he had
no manuscript OF the sermon. The expression
as printed was: Let the Old Testament CO."
Il am naturally sensitive Just now" Mr..
Newton added yesterday, "tO any further
misunderstanding OF nay position. To uone
OF the harsh and cruel criticisms of my
clerical brethren or some OF the papers have
| given any answer, trusting to the
full report Of my sermons, that will
appear in few days, to vindicate me
from these rssh and impatient charges
10 be following up my course of
sermors with any further discussion of the
subject, especially in the spirit of the re.
mark which | was supposed to have made
last Sunday, would b. worse than the original
ohense. The mistake WAS the most easy
thing imaginable. The point was making
WIS that it was unPhilosophcal and con-
trary 10 the true idea of Christianity 10
cause the other races 10 pass through the
identical preparation for Christ which the
Jews had had. The true biblical idea is that
God Is guiding and teaching all nations;
lhe law of each people was a school
master to lead unto Christ. The sages
aud teachers of China ara Gods ssrv-
ants whom he has sent, rising up
early and sending them to guide the mind of
China along the lines of its own nature
toward Christ. The Christian missionary
should go to China, first with the New Tes-
lament and with the gospels first of the New
Testament, and seek to interpret their life
and thought BY the story of Christ; or, in
other words, TO present Christ TO them as the
completion of their own ideals. In this.
sense it was that remarked that the wise
missionary would say: Let the Old Testa-
ment wait for the time being. 1t will come
later on when the Chinese want to know the
story Of the preparation of Israel for Christ"
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The people Of the lowlands Of Arkansas
and Mississippi where the levees have not
been repaired are almost certain 10 be iuun-
daled. The vast body OF water now pouring
down upon what we already have precludes
the possibility of escape from calamity as
widespread as tha which last spring attracted d
the attention Of the whole country.
The Ohio il falling at Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati and Louisville, but ,is rising at
Wheeling and rapidly at Evansville. All
the Kentucky rivers are running out, add
the Tennessee and Cumberland in this State
are falling rapidly. The rivers of Indiana
are rising, and those OF Arkansas, and the
Mississippi is rising slowly at St. Louis, aud
the Ohio rapidly at Cairo. Some fears are
entertained that the latter place will be in
undated, aud the city authorities and The
officials of the Illinois Central have agreed
to cooperate in raising the levess two
feet. The river here rose ten irches yester-
cay, al Helena eleven, and at Vicksburg
ten, ara the Red river rose six inches at
Shreveport. The Maumee river has over
flowed it, banks again, and Toledo is flooded.
From New York and P, nnsylvsnia we also
have accounts of rising rivers and roaring
fcods, and altos ether the situation NAV be
described as a very wet one.
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The Cincinnati Commercial Gazet< very
sensibly suggests that Vine and Walnut
streets, in that city, be lifted above the food
line, that the people may be saved from such
cstastrophes as the present very destructive
inundation in the future. II says that
this improvement would return its cost in
a short time is obvious. That it will be
made Is unlikely. While the food is on, II
cannot be made; when the water has sub
sided, it will not be urgent, and owners will
take the chances Of its not happening sgain
IN th cir time; not realizing, by the paying
Of money cut of pocket, The depreciation of
their property by thIs insecurity. 1t il were
Chicago, the whole work would be ;mme-
distely orderfd, and the cost would be re-
urned to The ownsrf, and the whole city sd.
vanced by the improvement, while our own.
sTs wait TO zee if the flood will happen again,
and see their property steadily depreciating.'
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WIRE WAITS.

Chicago, February 17.-An inventor OF a
rope fire escape, who refused to give his
name, tried his apparatus on the corner of
Halstead and Madison streets, sustaining
fatal injuries.
Chicago, February IA Plattsmouth, D,
Neb, special says fire occurred there this
morning which destroyed SIX business houses.
Aggregate loss, 200; insured.
Albany, February l7.-George Dawson,
formerly editor of the EUening Journal, OF
this city, died this morning.
Pittsburg, February 1.-THE Coal Opera
tors and Miners Committee, appointed lately,
will meet the 22d instant, VIII it is expected
all differences will be satisfactorily settled
Chicago, February 1.-THE relief fund oI
the Board ef Trade and Produce Exchange
has reached $500. Some of it has been for.
wsrded 10 Ohio river points.
Waterbury, Conn, February 1.-THE
$4,000 which the Rev. Lawrence Walsh has
just sent to Irelaud is for Land League pur-
poses, and not in aid of the sufferers from
famine.
Hartford. Conn, February 1.-THE re.
mains of EK-Gev. Edwin d. Morgan were
inferred in Cedar Hill Cemetery this after
noon. A special train conveyed large
number of distinguished citizens from New
York 20 Hartford.
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IN JAIL FOE DEBT.
An Aged Couple AFFLICTED with Disease
Held I'm . Csnnectteat Prfson for
Pftfful 6uD.

The Hartford Conn correspondent of the
Boston Herald writes on the 18th instant that
the special debate of the session occurred
this afternoon to release from the Bridgeport
jail Minot Banks, aged seventy -four, and his
sister, Polly W., aged seveniy-fye, who are
imprisoned for debt at tAe instance of Moses
Ogden. The fermer in 1853 borrowed sl22
from Ogden. He paid interest regularly for
several years but failed at Others, and the
interest uas compounded three or four times
up to May, 1877. Then Ogden required
Banks and his sister to give another note
jointly and severally for $500. In 1878,
soon after getting this note, Ogden
,ued them both asd got Judgment
for $3.50 0S. Ogden bought at the
same time q Judgment against Banks for
$l6l 25. May l3, 1878, Ogden, sheriff and
others went to Banks and his lister and de-
manded payment Of the amount due, on the
alternative of taxing their property. They
were frightened and signed an absoluts deed
Of their homestead TO Ogden. They also
look lease Of the property aud retained, as
they understood, the right Of redenption
flthin three yezss on Z ymep< of 80 -
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ROOM FOR A ROW.
The Latest Phase i'm the HaskelI-TOwn-
shend Affair - A Quarrel That
May Result in
Something Serious-The Tariff Bill
Practically Abandoned by the
Republicans in the House.

WAsHrSeIoS, February 1.-THE Ways
and Means Committee this morning prscti.
caliy agreed TO offer motion in the House
next Monday to suspend the rnles and pass
the bill 10 reduce internal revenue taxation
in terms similar TO the bill which passed the
House last session, but is now pending in
the Senate with its load Of tariff amend
ments. the committee will probably m axe
the bill substantially a copy ef the internal
revenue provisions agreed upon by the SEN
ate. One member of the committee re-
marked, after ils adjournment this morning,
that it is very likely that the House tariff
bill would not be heard from after Monday
or Tuesday
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THOMAsSON- On the 9th of February, IN For
rest City. Ark, ANNIE 1NonAssoN, wife OF J. p
Thomaason.
The writer Of this wishes to pay tribute to the
memory Of dear departed friend; but memory
viii, while life lasts, continue TO enact tribute,
which win ever be paid with ''recolections pain
fully pleasing" The fragrance exhaled from .
crushed flower will be embaimed In the hearts
which enjoyed its sweet perfume. Nature formed
her person in the finest mould, all in compete
symmetry and proportion, and the beauty Of her
features expressed the beauty of hsr sentiments,
while duty and propriety of conduct were ever her
prominent traits. She was adorned BY feelings Of
kindness and BY the love Of the beautiful in the
emotions Of her heart. Ts act always right was
her guiding rule. in which she was ever aided by
. quick perception and . clear Judgment, and the
love Of goodness Afforded her q luxury in is prac-
tice, making her happy and at the same time Civ.
ing happines to those she loved. She was mem
Der Of the Presbyterian Church. and departed this
life In full faith that the Redeemer would welcome
her % 4 happy lie eyerlasting: ae:H.
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HE sympathy of the whole country,
heavy as has been the draft upon it the psst
ton days, will 20 cut in unslinted measure to
the people OF Braidwood, ILL.,, who to-day, as
the dire result of dreadful and unlocked
for accident, mourn the death Of perhapI
more than 100 of their fathers, sons ami
brothers The details Of this calamity,
which we publish in another column, are
heartrending. They tell of the vain s'srch
OF an anxious wife and mother for her hus.
band and her sons, of the wall Of
the agouized living over the fate of
the dead buried under hundreds of acres
Of debris, and the anxiety and super
human efforts OF the men, the companions
and friends OF the smolhered and drowned
miners, even 10 recover their bodies. The
nature Of this accident, the audiences Of
it, the scope Of it, sweeping away nearly a
third OF the available working force of
mining village, is appalling, and proves
that with all our science and care, our skill
aud knowledge, Nature is still superior to
us, and most superior when 10 her simplest
moods. Three hundred men burrowing hun.
dreds Of feet beloW the surface of the earth
are caught by a swelling tide Of water and
the wreck Of hundred acres. Death could
not come 10 a more forbidding form. They
were literally buried alive.
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And Are Now Out OF Banks, But Have
SO Far Done But Very Little
Damage.
The Ohio Still Receding at Cincinnati
and Louisville, But Rising
at POmerOy.
Destructive Overflow dt ToIedO and Along
the Upper Maumee-Floods in New
York and Pennsylvania.
for the Relief of the Suf.
ferers at JeffersOnyille and New
Albany Pouring In.

CAIRO, ILL, February ia heavy snow
storm prevailed here this afternoon, and the
weather is very cold. The river is still ris.
ing, and lacks five feet of being as high as
last year. The City Council and Illinois
Central railway have arranged 10 highten
the levees two feet and strengthen them in
weak places. As yet no anxiety is felt, but
should the Mississippi continue to rise as
rapidly as to-day, the outlook will be rather
Encouraging. 1t is hoped the present cold
snap will have tendency to check the rise.
The Iron Mountain railway discontinued
running trains between Cairo and Charleston
to-day.
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Russia, with all her faults, knows row to
treat diihonest fnanciers A batch of seven
IS at present en- route for Siberia, convicted
Of having emb' zzled the fuuds OF The St.
Petersburg Mutual Credit Society. They will
have an excellent opportunity for reflection
and contrition while at work in the mines
There lie no chance for shallow sentimental
l'y there. A lhief is thief, no matter what
his social status may have been, nor whether
his friends 'psy him out of trouble" Every
convicted culprit is pnnished In Rnssia.
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KENTUCKY.

LOUISVILLE, February 1.-THE river this
morning began slowly to recede. 1t is now
forty-four feet three inches. The fact that
the water is going away so slowly is to the
advantage of property submerged. No new
casualties were reported this morning. There
is great sense of relief that the worst of the
food is over. The greatest interest is felt
in news from other places. The weather is
cloudy and quite cold. 1t is trying to snow,
but is too cold.
There has been considerable fear of an
epidemic following the receding of the
water. DR.. E. s. Bell, one of the oldest and
most distinguished physicians of Kentucky,
says: u see no cause fof alarm. The only
way in which an epidemic could be produced
would be by spell of hot weather before
the bsckwaters have sVbsided or while there
are still pools of water r-maining on the
surface; but this, OF course, is improbable,
almost impossible. Ii it were May now, I
should predict terrible outbreak Of sick
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The New York Evening P5stydiscussing
he position taken by Mr.. Trevelysp, the
i'ish Secretary Of State, on the condition of
Ireland and the success of his oppressive and
r'pressive policy, points out peculiarly of
his position that is common TO all Euglish-
men who 60 to Ireland TO hold office-that
Irish experience apparently produces no eff
feet on it whatever. Each Englishman, when
he takes up he Irish question, treats it ss if
the particular experiment he was going to
Try upon Irishmen had never been tried be-
fore; the fact being that every means of
bringing Ireland 10 reason, except good gov
ernmsnt, has been frequently tried. Press
prosecutions as means of making Irishmen
behave themaelves-tbst is, stop numbering
landlords, bailifs and policemen, and getting
up riots and outrsges-have been tried for
over a century, and have always ended sim
ply IN making the criminals more popular
than before, and giving increased weight to
their talk. But Mr.. TrevelysD, with all his
perspicuity and good sense, and anxiety TO
do right, evidently looks on his judicial pur-
suit OF the Irish editors and orators as a new
aud originsl device, which is sure to destroy
one OF the chief incentives to crime.
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BROWNSVILLE, TENN.
Movement 10 Establish . Pablfc Lfbrsry
-PersOnal and General

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
BROWNSVILLE, February l7.-Col. VIM
Sandford, leading lawyer of Covingtop, wa,
in town this week.
DR.. J. W. Hughes, formerly of this place
now of Birmingham, Ala, has been spending
the week here,
Messrs Goodloe & Buchanan, Of Alamo
Mr.. L. ". Jones, of Trenton, and Mr.. r. J.
Lowe, OF Birmingham, Ala, all members Of
The legal profession, were here this week 1t.
tending Chancery Court.
Prof. Zera Semon, "the wonder worker
and ventriloquial emperor" will give a series
of performances at Maun's Operahouse nsxi
week. commencing on Monday night, the 18th
instant.
Steps are being taken to establish public
library in our city. The movement was in.
itiated by the friends Of the Brownsville
Female College, but the use of the library
will not be entirely confined to that iustitu.
ton, and the public generally is invited 10
subscribe to this enterprise. Our town has
long felt the need of something Of this kind
and we believe it will succeed.
Among the numerous legislative bills nov
pending, we feel especial Interest in the bill
prohibiting the sale of obscene literature in
the State. 1t is to be earnestly hoped tha
it will be passed and become Law, and that
the ruinous and contaminating literature
new scattered broadcast will be done ava,
with. The railroad commission bill and tn,
bill to prevent State officials from receiyins
and using fare passes are also heartily in.
dorsed here. x.Y.z.
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STILL RBcEDiNG.

The river is still receding, and al 6 e%lock
pm. was forty-four feet at the head ~ the
canal, from which point the estimates of
these dispatches have been, and will be,
made during the continuance Of the f1ocl re-
ports. Indications point to q steady cantiu-
ued fall, an agreeable feature of which fact
ls Ia at less danger is done by such fall than
had been anticipated. The dsy has been
gloomy and disagreeable and last nishrs
RAIN continued until too cold to fall longer.
1t asfollowed by desultory sort of snow
fall, which, at O'Clock pm. has
increased until the ground was COW
cred. AT this hour the snowfall
continues; Inc air is raw and chilling. A
lew families persist in remaining in houses
on the point, and the change OF weather will
not only affect them, but increase the lsSors
OF the Relief Committee, who have TO sup.
ply them with coal as we'll as with food and
clothing. High winds have been one of the
disastrous features to-day, causing damage
by their own force, and the added intensity
OF the waves causing house TO topple over
which has hitherto resisted, but there has
been no life lost to-day. When this is said
the chapter may be closed. So much has
one day been like another this week,
each filled with fell disaster OF wreck, ruin
and suffering. The light of blessed cbSrity
Is the only illumination 10 the somber
shadow that has rested over the city. This
charity has been free, generous and unstint-
ed, not alone among home people, but from
all sections have come offers of aid. Some
have been accepted because it would have
been ungenerous to decline the aid terdered
in such manner. The response, thanks, de-
clinatIon, suggestions given 10 suffering sister
cities less able to help themselves could be
sent in return, and in such cases this has been
done. Among the donations from abroad
to-day was $1,000 from Harrison GRAY, a
planter at Natchez, Miss; $1,000 from the
Chicago Board of Trade; $1,000 from 81. j.
Jewett, of New York; $1,000 from c. c. Bald.
win, Of New York, for the Louisville and
Nashville Railway Company, and many
smaller sums. The city is still in darkness.
The gasworks are not flooded, but The pises
are filed with water. 1t will be a week,
probably, before regular supply will be
furnished again. In view of this fact, Mayor
Jacob has ordered seventy men sworn as
extra policemen.
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SPICY lETTERS.

THE HASKELL. TowNsH END CORRESPONDENCE
THE MATTER NOT SETTLED.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE Star
furnishes the correspondence that passed be-
tween Representatives Haskell and Towns
bend since their passage at arms in the House.
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In A STILL hour
Two Learned Men Have q. Talk and
Come 20 . Commoa ConeIusien.

There can be no question ss 70 that" said DR.
P, who iz prominently connected with Q GER
tain hospital, TO his friend, the House Surgeon as
the two sat having Q smoke and quiet chat in the
reception-room late on q recent stormy night-"no
question at all" Ever since began practice in
that little country village you've heard me spssk
of, away up near Lake Ontario thirty years ago,
have felt, in common with all other physicisns,
the need of . reliable platter. There are 70 many
diseases-if. indeed, the majority do not come un-
der the rule-for which good external applica-
ton is better than remedies poured into 8 pa
tents stomach.
That's so. Doctor and to show you my faith In
your theory, may say that Eince have held my
position here have opposed the idea Of dosing
people, except in cases when we were at our wits
soothing application, II the patient needs any
thing, combined with rest and good nurzinx. win
do the business, save where cases Of accidents re-
quire heroic treatment"
81 say, Doctof," !" said the other, you can speak
of IL, or not, Just as you Ike. but in my private
practice. when I want anything Of the son, uss
BEN5oN's CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER It's
proprietary thing. Of course but Il is by All ODDS
the best plaster have come across. It q scieu
tifcsly prepared. quick in taking hold sure 70 re
lieye where relief ID possible. and neat - wsx 70
handle isiust the perfect flower Of al that has
ever been done In that line. happen to know,
TOO that il is being npidly Introduced In the prin-
cipal hospitals of London, Pxzs szd other lead
ing citiesin Europe"
You needn't fret, my a1snd,r laughed the
House surgeon, over the chance Of being caught
in an act of professional hetorodoxy, for We use
other city hospitals We ind It 20 much better
than linfments lotions, ETC., that the bottles are
actually getting scarce in the house"
Benson's Plasters are prepared from an improved
formula by distinguished pnyxicians and chemists
70 meet want felt for jean You VIII not be
uine "a CUT the word CAPCINE- Price, Is eenk.
Seabury d Johnson, New York y
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ness. Their Office is in the Partlsnd block,
and warehouse on the corner of Clark
and Taylor strssts. HerOer. c. Aver, the
head of the firm, il said TO have recently
disposed of his foe house, but few suspected
that it wss 3 necessary step. The fret es'i-
mates place the liabilities at $4,000, 900.
The accounts were kept a; the Union Ma
tioual Bank