American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-12

mcnt Of his guilt But dying in the commu-
Mon of the Church of Rome, for he, too, was a
Catholic, doubtless, his Father COnteSsor is in
possession of sufficient information to establish
his guilt. and therefore to corroborate and JUS
tify the otherwise unwaIrantable insinuatons
of McCurry respecting Mr.. n. But if Mr..
Now Ian was entirely innocent Of any conneX-
ion with the murder of Paul Roux, as we tru-
ly believe he was, then the confession of Me-
Curry manifests Il degree of dopravity rarely
exceeded, and an enormty in crime difficult To-
imagine. Or, that being very weak man,
young and unpractised in wckedness, he was
under powerful controlling influence; yet an
influence short-sightcd and heartless in re-
markabIe degrees and it is well there is in the
world an ecclesiastical regimen, adequate to
such cascs-!Or it is not to be denied, that eve
ry Church is not invested with authority to
pardon such SINS and give the assured hope OF
salvation to any departing soul, unless il be
thoroughly cleGpssd from Giles and blood" and
all iniqHity.
1t may be asked, why has so much been
sand about this matter, and why is it thought
necessary to insist so pontedly upon the injury
done to the reputation of the late Mr.. NoNlan?
We reply: because we regard the tendency of
the confession as calculated to unhinge the
tired and established principles OF propriety,
morality, and reiglon-and because the cul-
prlt, aided by some more competent hand, has
bercaved the widow of the stay of her life. and
rendered her utterly desolate, in robbing her
oil that, which, although insufficient to staunch
entirely the flow Of widowed grief, yet which
sweetly mtigates the poignancy Of affection,
and in its degree, tends to solace the broken
heart, as in o0scurity and loneliness it broods
over its irreparable loss, the legacy Of husbands
unsuliicd name! BALTIMORE.
The GREAT Ten MILE RACE OVER THE
BEACON COURSE. The New York Morning
News gives the following account of the great
ten mile race, as well as the two mile walking
match, and the foot hurdle race, which came
off over the Beacon Course on Wednesday af-
ternoon, with the thermometer standing at
80 degrees:
For the walking match but two men who had
entered appeared-the North Star of Canada,
and James Van Dine. The first mile was won
by the North Star in ST.; Van Dine being
hundred yards behind. The second mile was
also won by the Star in 81, and of course he
took the purse. Van Dine performed the dis
tance in 1859, and would have made better
time, bat he partially stopped at the end of the
first mile. He was not in fit state to rum
having badly liberated sore throat.
At about ) l2 the men were called for the
ten mile race-the delay being caused by the
unwillingness of Jackson to run while the heat
was so excessive.
VIM. jackson, Gildersleeve and Robert Will
liams (the Welsh Bantum,) were the only men
who presented themselves for the start. At the
word "Go" from Mr.. Geo. Spicer, off they
started, Bantum taking the lead, and maintain.
ing it to the end of the first mile, and coming in
about two yards ahead of Glderseeve and
Jackson, who were running nearly abreast,
Jackson a little in advance. Time Of first Id,
l:l6, Of first mile, 5:23.
In the first quarter of the second mile, Gill
dersleeve and Jackson passed the Bantum, and
came in at the end about yard apart, Jack
son leading, The Bantum stopped at the end
of the second mile. Time, 5:37.
Third mile, Jackson the same distance ahead
Of Gildersleeve. Time 5;33.
In the fourth mile, Gildersleeve appeared to
labor, and Jackson came in ahead in 5:3s.
The fourth mile, Gildersleeve was evidently
falling off fast, although he came in only a
bout yards behind Jackson, Time, 5;35.
The sixth mile, Jackson came in nearly an
eighth of mile ahead Of Gildersleeve Time,
5:37.
The seventh mile, Jackson increased his dis
lance from Gidersleeve to nearly quarter
Time, 5:45.
At the end Of this mile, finding it was no
use, Gildersleeve, much to the surprise and
modification Of his friends, stopped, and Jack
son performed the rest Of the distance alone
Eighth mile, time, 5:l9; ninth mile, time, GOT;
tenth mile, time 5:56. Total time, 5G:29.
Barlow's time last year was 54:2l. Jackson,
after being rubbed off and dressed, was Just as
fresh apparently as before he ran, although he
complained of being feverish. Gildersleeve
says that in the fourth mile he was seized with
a cramp i'll the side and breast, and that he
could not get rid of it or run bit, and that
finding such to be the case and knowing that
there was no third person in the race, he
thought it useless to kill himself, and gave up.
lie attributes the pain to injuries received by
beng kicked over by horse at the hurdle
race.
The Foot Hurdle Race came off next, and
very amusing and interesting bit OF sport it
was. There were fifteen hurdles, three feet
three inches high, in quarter of mile, and the
hrst in the race to take the purse OF $40, and
the second $40. Seven runners started for the
trst heat, viz: Geo. Seaward, Hiram Horton,
Edward Jones, William Bell, Robert Williams,
Robert Murphy, John Emil y and - Hawkey.
At the word, off they started helter-skeler,
leapIng and tumbling over the hurdles; but
who took the lead it is impossible to saw