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WELSH AMERICAN NOTES. [BY OUR SPECIAL C0RKE9P0NDFNT.1 WILKES BAKKE, OCTOBKR 8. The Rov. Peter Koberts (a former resident rf J)owlais), pastor of the English Congrega- tional Church of Scranton, Penn«., resigned ,?un d av t?%,en- the pastorate of the Church on Sunday even- ing, October G. and is just now notorious on account of the ease in court between Alias Husalioc and himself. He seems to have good frip'H1:4 at New Haven, Connecticut. A disiwtch from New Haven to the N,.w 1'1: I W', referring to the scandal, S3), that many of the persons with whom the rev. gentleman became acquainted while he was studying at Yale were greatly shocked by the r6elatlons of the breach of promise suit. J here is a Welsh lady in that city who is well acquainted with Pastor lloberta and .Miss Ilusa-I.!o", and was much in their com- pany six or soven years ago, when they were in Se* llaven. She travelled to Wales with JI iss Husaboe when the latter went after Mr. ltobertu, and was the not too willing hostess ui .M iss llusaboe at her home in Tenlw. Sbe cenipletely exonerates Jr. Roberts, and ,'har, .11i"s lImaboe with being a most repulsive and masculine woman, whose age is between tifty and sixty years. She SliP. further, that Jligs Husaboe was a rook in the employ of illrs, llenrv Fariihaiii. ia,. was at that time well-to-do, having land in the West, and Mr. Roberts was a poor JnlI, The Welsh lady says Miss llusaboe was fascinated with the handsome young theologian, and had an ambition to lie a minis- ter's wife. She began to furnish him with concert tickets, and it is believed she advanced him money oil different occasions. When the Welsh lali, wa. informed of the action of Church in refusing to accept his •esignation she was over joyed, and she believes that the pastor is being persecuted. The president of the Cambro-American Society has called a meeting for Friday evening, October 10, at 7.30, in Room 52, Welles-builcting. for the purpose of arranging a plun to welcome Sir William Thomas Lewis, the well-known Welsh coal magnate, and Owen Morgan t," Morien 'J, the Welsh his- torian and special representative of the Cardiff Irestem Mail, who will shortly visit this city. Ohristmas Evans and E. Nicholas, of krth1' 'tydtil, Wales, were, says the Record of October 4, in Plymouth on Thursday and were entertained by Superinten- dent James if, Davies. of the Plymouth Yesterday the,v camc to W ilkes liarre and wcr" met hy Inspector U. N, Williams and Superintendent T. It. Jones, of Hazleton, ex-mine inspector, and D. H. hiw3nk Lansfovd, and were shown about the city. The. left for Scranton last evening, and wiii be the guests of Superintendent Benjamin Hughes, ol the i). L. and W. Collieries. They ivill tii,i loavc to join the Iron and Steel .InstitUt. now in Philadelphia. )11'. II. Y. I:ees. of this city, has received a letter from Owen Morgan (" Morien"),special correspondent of the H'extern Mail, who ac- companies the Steel and Iron Institute now in this country. lie is known as a historian the world over, in the letter Morien oap We are three hundred British and one hundred and thirty Hermans. I am as- tounded at the magnitude, culture, &0., of tile great cities of America, and above all I am touched to the heart at the evidence I have seen of the affection you all entertain for Britannia, our common mother. Cokmibia, all hail! Thou daughter of the mighty mother, sitting on the great throne of Western Europe, thou hast shown what I the people' can do. We had read of the Atlantic, but never fully realised what it meant until we were crossing it. In the senne sense we never realised the glories of America until now. We have only just entered into this great realm of marvels. All the inhabitants of Philadelphia seem to have been brought up at the Court of Louis XIV., and seem to have sent their best, both ladies and gentlemen, to meet us on the banks of the mighty lJelaware River, J heir charmingly decoratedst..amer mad" us think of the stately barge oil which Cleopatra and Mark Antony floated on the Nile. If it be possible, 1 shall come before I return home to visit the Welsh settlements of Wilkes liarre. Scanton, \o." The eisteddfod to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Ootober 10, is the first ever held in theState, and, indeed, it may be safely said in the South, which is a positive proof that the South is becoming populated by the Wdab. The eisteddfod will be presided over by the lion. David Richards, president of the Knoxville ironworks; ex-l'ostmaster-General Thomas L. James; Professor William ap hdoc, of Chicago; the lIon. H. Cloy Evans,of Chattanooga; and other eminent Welshmen. The services of a celebrated lady harpist of Chicago have been engaged,who will render the soul-stirring airs of the Ancient Britons. The Rev. J. Gwrhyd Lewis, of W illies liarre, for- iiitrlv of Ton, Ystradyfodwg, will be the adjudicator of the essaysand poetry, and Pro- fessor W illiam ai ) Madoc of the music and recitations. It promises to be an event of unusual interest, and will be attended by a gathering of at lea.t:OOO Welshmen. (in September '-?7 John Harrington, of Ashlev, Penna., came home from his work, I and discovered his wife in the embrace of a young Welshman, named Evan Davies. He mad" a rush for her, but she succeeded in getting out of his way to a neighbour's house. The woman, however, returned, with a shot- gun, and made an aim at her husband, who was engaged washing himself in a tub, he only having just returned from the mines. 1.uc1,il:, the hot was wide of its mark, only two shots striking the man. The wife was arrested and committed to gaol, and was there lI'o da s, when her husband relented and withdrew the charge of attempted murder; ¡he wa. thus released, and once more returned to her home. Evan Davies, the boarder, in the meanwhile having made himself scarce in the neighbourhood. All seemed to go well for a week. Your correspondent met Mrs. Harrington in an adjoining town a few days later. Sh", in a joyful tone of voice, regaled liitn with the intelligence that she loved Davies, and that they were about to go home to Wales, away from Har- rington and the people of Ashley. Davies did not appear to be over 25 years old, while the woman seemed to be ten years old, She informedyour correspondent that, though sfc- had lived with Harrington for four- teen years, yet she was not his wife, as the marriage ceremony had never been per- formed between them. She further stated that her alleged husband had maltreated her on Saturday night, after she had been libe- rated from gaol, and that she would not live wi;l< him again. They were going to cr""ton, frol11 which point they would take the Delaware, Lackawanna, aud Western tram for .New York, and from there talie voyage for the Rhondda Valley, Wales. They are both Lat ives of Wales, but have spent several years in the nited tates. Mr. J. h, Bird, late keeper of a restaurant on Main-street, Plymouth (a former resident of Cwmaman, Aberdare, and known as a dog fancier and pugilist, having fought hun- dreds of battles on Llanwonno Mountain under the cognomen of Ted Bird), has a curiosity. It isainongi-el atiiinal, half dog, half cat. The nose and eyes are those of a terrier dog; the ears, hair, and claws are a cat's and the tail is like that of a dog, It is healthy, and is a pet in the household. The v,-racily of this story can be vouched for by li. Nicholas, of the Dynevor Anns, Merthyr lydhl. who was with your correspondent when the dog was exhibited. Nicholas is at present visiting friends in America,

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