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Year: 1877

AN AFFECTIoNATE WIFE.-SOme days
ago a woman made daring and snc-
cessful attempt at rescuing her hus-
band from the Uvalde Jail. The
prisoner had been sentenced to the
penitentiary, and his wife rode into
town on horse which had ON a mans
saddle, and a Winchester rifle fastened
to it. She dismounted near the Jail
hitched the horse, and went to the
jailer and implOred him to let her see
her husband before he was taken away.
1t seems that the prisoner was expect
ing her and had cut his shacles, keep
ing the chain in place, however, by a
string, so as not to be detected. The
iailer being merciful man, hearkened
to the Woman's opportunities, and
went with her to the jail. As soon as
they entered the cell the prisoner
snapped the string asunder, and his
wife, who was a muscular woman,
seized the jailor and held to him like
grim death until her husband succeeded
in getting out and mounting the horse,
when last seen he was making tracks
out of town with his rife in hand ready
for use if attacked.
Year: 1877

The attention. of the public is called
to. Section 81 of the Revise Act passed
by the last Legislature, which reads as
follows: ......


'eThat it shall be unlawful for any
notary or recorder or sheriff to pass any
act of sale or donation without seeing
that the taxes are paid, as per receipt
exhibited and stating in the act the
payment absolutely of all Sta te and
Psrish taxes twelve months pa st, due
upon the property described in the act.
That any violation of this provision
shall make them and their sureties liable
personally for all taxes due upon the
property.
Year: 1877

Here IS an excellent remedy for coughs
and cold. Simmer one pound of honey
n IA fhe comb and the iniegaDf six lemons
together. Skim and when nearly cold
add one gill Of juniper berry gin.
Year: 1877




The old woman looked up and
blinked at him out of her almost shut
blue eyes. II have done that over
and over again-tbe pain goes, and
then it comes back Mother Ursule's
cures are sure, but then it is 50 tar to
seek them. Ah! wi al il is to be
young !" i'tn4 afl


Look here, Barba to-day go to
Nixon, but tomorrow, if / can, l
come back to kerion to settle nv af-
fairs it will not be much out of my
way TO seek Ursule and get you a
charm against your pain"


The old woman shook her head.


"She will not give it you. | must
seek her myself if the charm is to
work. would not sit here suffering
if another could do my errand, for
UrsuIe never fails. She is powerful;
she can change the wind she can
soften the heart of the proudest maid
en- and make her say yes. Alb, she
is wonderful woman"


Here Barba crossed herself, either
for protection against the witch or as
an act of faith.
Year: 1877

The Raleigh IN. g. O5serper, which is
among the most respectable and candid


Bourbon organs of the South, is not disposed
to make a MARK TAPLEY of itself and be
happy under the most adverse circnm-
stances but, on the contrary, assimilstes
more in mood to PoE's Raven, which
croaked "Evermore We took occasion a
few days since to extract from its
own columns paragraph which fore
told, with prophetic solsmnity, that
tho negro race would come to compara-
tivoly speedy end" and it referred to " its
fate ~ being fixed beyond question" We
took occasion to suggest some Of the
agencies by which its fate is being fixed
beyond question" in reply to which il
takes ocoas ION not to disprovs the justice
of our suggestions-but TO lay slander and
Year: 1877

A BILL was introduced into the Senate
yesterday to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to grant registry for foreign
built vessel, to be used by the Woodbury.
scientific expedition, which will be substan-
TALLY, when put in commission, floating
college. The bill has been referred to the
Committee on Commerce, and, as no sub
sidy is asked, IT is to be hoped that ii will
be speedily passed to law.
Year: 1877

ELSEWHERE will bc found the sad an
nouncement of the death last evening of
Col. TIMOTHY LuBEY, Water Registrar and


Superintendent of the Washington Asylum.
He had been seriously i'll of neuralgia of the
brain for several days but was pronounced


better yesterday morning, and his sudden


death last night was therefore surprise
to his grief-stricleen friends Col. LUBEy,
q native of New York, came to the field


during the late war with one Of the regi-
ments of that State and served until its
close, having carved for himself name on
the scroll of military ihmo. Since the close


of the war he has resided in Wash
ington. During most of this period he
has filled various positions of public
trust with marked fidelity and ability. He
has always been q conspicuous and active
member Of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie since Its organization, and in this ca
pacity he was the attached and firm friend


Of the Union soldier. Perhaps no other
man among us had more friends in this
class His administration of the Wash
fngt0n Asylum has been exception,
ally humane and successful. He was
q hithfnl and true member of hi
party, a sound Republican, and {
time and unselhsh friend. Though pos


ses~sd Of positive opinions, which he wa
svsr rsady to detsnd, he mover allowed hi
poIisieaI or religious visws to Interfere with
or mar his personal hiendships He wa
clothed with that charity for the opinions
Of others shat he claimed from them for hi
own. He leaves q widow, who viii receive
Year: 1877

THE Post seems to be dissatisfied with
the style in which the NATIONAL REPUB-
LIcAN is being edited. There is no ac-
counting for tastes, as the man said when
he kissed his COW. five have any one thing
to congratulate THE. REPUBLICAN on more
than another st is that it's style of editorials
is not that of the Post We could have had
that style If we preferred II.
Year: 1877

mol MsN can now stand up in the face of
the gold-king and declare for the honest
silver dollar of our fathers without having
the dirt OF Wall street and its chifoniers
hurled at him. The Hon. STANLEY MAT
THEws is now being slightly besmearcd
from that quarter. aTe or any other man
who is in favor of honest money, and the
dethronal of the gold-king, can afford this
temporary inaiction. The dirty crusade
will soon be over.
Year: 1877

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF GEORGIA.-I have used Simmons Liver
Regulator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by = temporary arrangement Of the liver, for
the last three or four years, and always, when
used according to the directions, with decided
benefit think it s q good medicine tor the
arrangement Of the liver-at least such has been
my persoual experience in the use OF 1t.


HIRAM WARNER,
Year: 1877

A discovery that will rank among the most
important in astronomy was made at Washing
ton on the night of the 10th inst, by Prof.
Asaph Hall. The planet Mars, since the in
venton of the telescope, has proved more con-
venient for examination and there is more
known about it than any other celestial object,
not even excepting the Moon, since of that only
one side is ever turned toward us. Venus,
though nearer us than Mars, is never seen to
as great advantage. All who have studied
the characteristics of Mars have been struck
10y It's similarity in many particulars to the
earth; such as having continents and seas
frozen poles where the progress of Winter and
Summer can be alternately traced; day OF
about the same length as ours; an atmosphere
over portions of which clouds are fitting. But
the one thing in which Mars was supposed to
differ totally from the earth was the absence
of moon. That reprOach is now taken away
from the red planet, thanks to the twenty-six-
inch refractor at the United States Naval
Observatory, and the labors of Prof Hall. At
the present time Mars is in a better position
for close observation than has been the case for
several years. The refracting telescope of the
Observatory is the best instrument of its kind
which has ever been turned toward the sky.
Yet in the hands of less experienced and alert
observers this discovery would never have
been made. For, strange to say, the existence
of a satellite of Mars had not been suspected,
while the traditions of modern astronomy are
rife with specuatiOns as to such companion
to the planet Venus. The question now is, not
whether Mars has satellite, but whether it
has two.


This great triumph, which will go down in
to history along with Herschers discovery of
Uranus and lie Verrier's prediction of the ex-
istence and place of Neptune-is purely Amer
lean. 1t is not the first triumph of the great
refractor whose object glass is probably
the most perfect piece Of workmanship
that Alvan Clark g. Sons of Cambridge,
Mass, have ever produced, for that instrument
signalized its entry into the field of research by
determining the number of the moons OF
Uranus. That though important to astro-
nomical science, was not discovery with any
ultimate bearings. The fact that Mars has
one or more satellites will be hailed as new
proof of the nebular hypothesis, as their sup
posed absence had been urged as one of the
weaknesses of that theory. The discovery will
make such noise in the world that possibly
it may get to the ears OF Democratic Con-
gressmen and bring blush to their cheeks
when they remember their niggardliness in
cutting down the appropriation for the excel
lent work of the Naval Observatory.
Year: 1877

ing himself, and had got the worst OF the bar
gain He "cursed the day on which he married
ga strolling actress" and having "picked up "
his mnrchioness from the mud,' and made
her out Of nothing, he insisted upon being well
paid for the service and the sacrifice. lie drove
her on to sing and to earn fortune, that he
might spend it "and when the petitioner ap-
"proached him with gracious and amiable
swords, he repulsed her brutally, saying that
she bothered him. AT last came the notori-
ous scene at st. Petersburg The diva bowed
and smiled her adieu to the crowded theatre,
and left the 1Ower-strewn stage, triumphant,
but sick at heart, to drive home with an angry
husband to a cheerless supper. There was q
loud and vulgar quarrel, shameful accusation
and blow and the woman ran shrieklDg f0r
help through the corridors Of the hotel. There,
in the midst of an excited tbrong of servants
and strangers, the unhappy union came 10 an
end forever. The Marquis, on his part deny
ing in general terms the charge of unkindness,
accuses his wife of the gravest injury that a
woman can do to her husband, and the Court
finding her guilty of this offence, accedes to
his petition for judicial separation.


The lesson of this melancholy case lies on





special dangers, yet there is nothing in it in
consistent with the cultivation of the domestic
virtues and the opera-house in our own time
has furnished some shining examples of conJu-
gal affection and purity and honor But the ca
reer of a prima donna, petted by the public,
fattered by the great, thrown into close rela-
tions with various strange men, and unable to
select her own associates. is beset with extra
ordinary temptation, and the husband is fool
and a brute if he do not take extraordinary
pains TO guard against them. Under such cir
cumstances to treat his wife with merely the
ordinary Indifference and GOODNESS which are
apt to spring up between married people whose
tastes and pursuits are unlike, is nothing less
than a crime-the very worst and most dan
gerous form of cruelty. He must pursue her
wandering footsteps with untlring patience
and tenderness, and to compensate for the
loss of those salutary home influences which
she will probably never know until she is too
old to be greatly touched by them, he must
be watchful guardian and perennial lover.
If he cannot be this, and yet will marry an
opera-singer, he is either knave or an idiot,
or most likely both.
Year: 1877

"He that has burned himself with hot milk,
elbows on cold water" This homely Russian


proverb is satire on the military operations
in Bulgaria. The facility with which the Dan
ube was crossed Tirnova surprised, NkOpolis
stormed and the Balkan scaled Overheated
the confidence of the Russian staff War;


they said, was such an easy thing to those
who were well grounded in the rudiments
They had only to collect their pontoons and
wait for their supply trains, in order to enjoy a
promenade across the Danube; they had only
to appear before a fortress and it would be
theirs they had only to threaten a mountain de-
file and their cavalry would be caIteling through
the villages beyond. While one Turkish gar
rison was cooped up in Rustchuk and another
in Silistria, the Widdin and Shumla armies
on either flank would be beaten back and
crushed, and Ghourko, like a hawk, would
swoop down upon Adranople and set all the
pigeons of Constantinople into flutter. The
Turks were brave, but they had not learned
the science of war. a maddened bull might
attack an engine with its horns but could
not throw it off the track I; nor could the
courage and desperation of the Turkish SOL
dicrs prevail against the complex machinery
of the Russian military system. Their ad-
vance from the Pruth to the Danube might
have been slow their forces might not
have the mobility of the German Army ;
but they left nothing to chance, and were act
ing with the absolute certainty Of a machine.
When all the mechanism of a superior mill
tary organization was brought into action.
when every cog was in play and every wheel
in motion, the result could be demonstrated i'm
Year: 1877

The private life of the prima donna piques
the curiosity of society as sharply as the
domestic affairs Of kings and queens and the
secret chronicles of imperial palaces. When we
have dropped a metaphOrical tear over the
woes of Margherita, when our heart has warmed
at the winning ways and pretty little boots of
the Daughter of the Regiment, it is impossible
to go home and straightway forget all about
the fascinating creature whose joys and sorrows
we have made our own. For whole evening
she has reigned queen over two or three
thousand people, and she will not be dethroned
by the turning out of the gas. Elsa was lovely
when we had our last glimpse of her as the
curtain fell but how will it be by daylight 7
Does she pour ont the coffee for a real Lohen-
grin at breakfast Is her life all love and
flowers and smiles and music and diamond
bracelets!


Never, perhaps, has there been divinity of
the stage in whose fortunes the American pub
lie took so keen an interesta 5 in those of Ade
lima Patti. We have chosen to look upon her
as a conntrywoman of ours (Which she is mott,
raised by the prodgal fayors Of heaven to
dizzy height of glory, where all the world lay
prcstrate at her feet /; and in our admiration
of her career there has been mingled sort of
patriotic pride, half-deiined impression that
she is one of the choicest products of our free
and fertile Republic. The recollection of that
November night, eighteen years ago, when the
beautiful little figure first tripped upon the
stage of the Academy of Music, and amazed
the town with the loveliest Lucia that ever
rejeiced our eyes, has never lost its freshness !;
and although it is more than sixteen
years since the young girl left America to cap
tivate London and Paris and st. Petersburg
the personal regard with which she inspired
the people among whom she passed her child
hood and made her earliest fame has suffered
no dmnution. The stories of her private unhap-
piness with which gossip 30 long busted itself
were heard, therefore, in tins country with par
ticular concern, and the scandal which has now
reached the fullest possible publicity by the
action of Paris court has nowhere created Il
more painful sensation than in America.


The brief decision and the complaints of the
two parties in their actions for divorce are the
only documents in the case that have been
published and the evidence. whatever it may
have been, is suppressed But it is easy enough,
from p.errlsal of the complaints, to get at the
history of this miserable marriage. 1t is usual
TO assume, when a match is made between
money on one side and rank on the other, that
love has not been consulted. This is an un-
fair inference; but if there was any affection
in this union-an alliance zealously promoted,
it is said, by the Empress Eugenie-it appears
TO have hardly outlasted the honeymoon. The
Marquis OF CaN, according TO his wife's
story. began very soon to display a bad tenn
per and n hard heart. He believed that he had
committed an great act of condesccnsion in sell
Year: 1877

The Judgment of very clear-headed OBJ
server ON the state of feeling among New
England Republicans is given in our letter
from Windsor, VT, and it deserves attention.
Ii cannot be denied that majority of the party
in Vermont is displeased with the Southern pol
lev of the Administration, and it is probable that
the same feeling of irritation or distrust, or
whatever one ought to call it, extends through
the other New England States. Certainly it Is
pretty strong in Maine The disestablishment
order is also unpopular, not merely with the
"oilce-holders' ring" but with the country
voters who have never suffered under the
tyranny of a Custom House, but have been
used to thrust the trouble and expense of
political campaigns upon the village Post
master finding him upon the whole a reason
ably faithful and intelligent steward. Perhaps
they Will like the order still less whens sthey
are asked to pay the whole cost of setting up
their candidate for the next election. But
even Civil Service Reform rules cannot be
made elastic enough to fit all communities
and all conditions of public wealth and
morals. The order which seems needless in
Vermont may be of vital importance in much
bigger and wickeder places.
Year: 1877

Thomas II. Harding, finishing a bad way OF
living by an attempt at murder and his own
suicide, has furnished a terrible story which
points its own moral. Perhaps it was for
tunate for the community that he ended his
life, since in case he had been tried for his
murderous assault he would probably have
made q successful defence on the ground of
insanity, and it is not desirable to have that
kind OF insane people among us.
Year: 1877

employees in this car were not hurt, strange
to say, and even some blooded pigs that
were being shipped by express were nm.
harmed. The baggage was not damaged.
at all. The smoking car then came along,
plun9ing downward, the rear end raising
up and allowing the next passenger
coach to go under it. and then the next
car went under this last coach, and the
rear ends of the two last coaches resting
on the bank. There were three cars thus
wedged in, one on top of the other. A
lady crawled up through hole and got
on top of the smoking car, with p child in
her arms, and got down on the roof of the
next car, where she left the child. She
then returned down into the smoking car
and brought up another child in the same
way, and next helped out an old lady
from the same place. helped her down
from the car myself. Out of that hole
which she had left, we took five or six oth-
ers, among whom was the conductor, who
was badly wounded, while se11fal persons
got out themselves without I'd. AL that
we helped out were severely wonnded.
We then went into the car and made q
thorough examination, but found nobody
but dead persons of whom there were
four or five, By this time II began to
grow little light, so we could see better
to work. Up 10 this time we had feared
that the cars were going to tip over, but
we now saw that they would remain up
right. We got under the rear Of the top
car, as well as under the other two cars,
and released four more that were fastened
in. We used rope to pull them out. A
corps Of physicians and train wreckers
now arrived from DesMoines, and they all
went to work. with will. The physi-
clans especially deserve the greatest credit
for their untiring efforts to relieve suffer-
ing. They did noble work. The ladies
in the sleeper also rendered efficient serv-
ices in assisting the wounded. A girl
who was pinned fast in the wreck was
finally released from her dreadful situa-
ton. About eight O'Clock we counted ten
persons in that pit. We had to cut out
the side of the middle car in order to
rescue several persons. There was more
loss of life in this car than in any of the
others, except Barnum's. Eighteen dead
bodies were taken out last night when we
left. There were thirty wounded, four or
five of whom will die. cannot describe
the terrible scene and do it justice in any
respect. No one can realize such situa-
tion unless he be there to witness it, and
even then he cannot picture it to others in
all its vividness of detail as he himself
viewed it.''
Year: 1877

A woman about thirty years of age, who
is evidently deranged, was found wandering
around the streets In the neighborhood of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltt-
mere Depot, last evening about s o'clock by
Officer Cannon of the Second District. She
Is a medium sized woman, and tolorably
we'll dressed. When arrested she had carry
ing in her hand large travelling bag. The
Police say she 10 stranger.
Year: 1877

The Public Night School will h. opened
by the Board of Education Tomorrow even
ing at Z O'Clock, in school house No. 9, at
Eighth aud Wollaston Streets. No person
will be admitted as pupil who is under 10
years of age, or who is in attendance at any
day school. The admission fee will be one
dollar for the term.
Year: 1877

In the Credit Mobilter case OF the United
ststss against the Union Pacific Railroad
and Others, argued some time ago, the Court
was equally divided in regard to the deci-
sion. Some additional facts having been
presented, rehearing has been ordered.
D1FFBRENCEs WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR.
WAaHINeroN, Nov. 1S.-The proposed
caucus committee of Republican Senators
to wait on the President to ascertain whether
the existing differences cannot be adjusted
have not yet made their call. They constder
It as rather delicate mission, and 1t Is
understood that steps have been taken to
learn whether 1t will be agreeable to the
President to receive them. Y.s al 90.


As soon as this important preliminary
information is received the committee will
carry out their plan. The President will
hear what they have to say, but from inti-
nations they will find he is not disposed to
abandon his position, though he may agree
to some notifications as to the details.


THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT.


The Committee on Ways and Means, after
conference with the Committee on Appro-
priations, directed its chairman to report
resolution to adjourn on Thursday, the 22d,
at 6 P. N.


Both committees are of the opinion that
business is in such state that by fixing
that by fixing that date all can be disposed
Of They find tho executive departments
not yet ready with the estimates, and nothing
can be gained by delay.
Year: 1877

"Hath dog conscience?" quoth the corporal. "I had had this dog for sev- eralyears, and had never, even in puppy hood, known him to steal. Neverthe- less, on one occasion he was very hun gry and in the room where was read ing and he was sitting, there was with. in easy reach a savory mutton chop. was greatly surprised to see him stealthily remove this chop and take it under the sofa. However l pretended not to observe what had occurred and waited to see what would happen next. For fully quarter of an hour this terrier remained under the sofa with out making a sound, but, doubtless, enduring an agony of contending feel ings.

 Eventually, however, conscience came off victorious, for emerging from his place of concealment. and carrying in his mouth the stolen chop, he came across the room and laid the tempting morsel at my feet. The moment he dropped the stolen property, he bolted again under the sofa, and from this re- treat no coaxing could charm him for several hours afterwards. Moreover, when during that time he was spoken to or patted, he always turned away his head, in a ludicrously conscience stricken manner. Altogether do not think it would be possible to imagine a more satisfactory exhibition of con- science by animal than this; for it must be remembered, as already stated, that the particular animal in question was never beaten in his ife.-Journ0l o1 IScieuce