The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-01
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m account oil their secession from the Holy
Mother Church.
The following Judicial Sentence Of the
Madiais, embodying statement of the offen-
,es whereof they were found guilty, was trans
ated for the ". Y. Tribune from the Uniuers,
leading Catholic journal OF Paris. The
Tribune states that its accuracy is not and
will not be disputed: -
"Considerng that the penal laws, ngreehg
with the interpretations as crime punishable
by the civil authorities;
Considering that francesca and Rosa Ma
dial, born and brought up in the Catholic re-
ligion, have, within the last four or five years.,
religion which they call Evangelical
That Francesca Madiai availing himself of
the lessons in the French language which I've
gave young man of 20, endeavored, though
without success, to detach him from the Cath
oc religion; gave him, in concert with his
wife, prohibited copy of the Bible in French'
and in Italian
That he has made to other persons propo-
sails tending to show the superiority of the re-
ligion called Evangelical to the Catholic re-
ligion, counseling such persons not to hear
the priests, reproving the worship of the Vir-
gin Mary and Of the Saints as an idolatry, and
especially turning into derision the pious Gus
tom of burning tapers before the image of the
Holy Virgin, rejecting the doctrine of the Re-
al Presence in the consecrated Host, charac-
terizing as insult towards God, intercessions
by the Virgin and the Saints, rejecting the
authority of the Supreme Pontiff, saying that
the observance Of feast days, other than Sum-
days, and abstinence from certain ailments
were inventions Of sinful men, saying
that in the sacrament of the Communion, the
transubs tantiation of bread and wine is not
true, that Confession is useless, because it is
made to man and not to God
| To make young girl of twenty, who was
in their service, abandon her religion, the Ma
diais taught her to read, so that she might
understand the books which they gave her,
such as the Bible translated by Diodat, and
the Book of Prayer. printed in London by the
Society for the diffusion of the Christian Doc
trine, in which it is said that Purgatorv and
the worship of Images are ridiculous inven-
tions.
Considering that what has been said by the
defence on the subject of liberty of con-
science and Of religious tolerance is foreign
to the question, seeing that the first is not
attacked when citizens are called to answer
for their external acts, and that the second is
protected, instead of being violated, when one
preserves another from danger of seduction
and abandonment of her religion.
The Court declares that the crime of mpi-
ETY. has been committed by the Madiais in the
way of proselytism-and it condemns Fran
cesco Madiai to fifty months Imprisonment
and at hard labor, and Rosa Ml;iiai to forty-
five months Imprisonment and to fine of
300 livres-and at the expiration of their p IN
ishment to three years surveillance by the
Police.'
AS an evidence Of the excitement in the
Thirteenth Ward, instigated by the Catholic
opposition to Free Schools, we note that
nominating meeting of the Democrats, last
night, of that Ward, Messrs. Piatt & Reilag
were nominated for Councilmen-the for
mer had 377, the latter 2l5 votes. Mr.. Bag
got, supported by Protestants, 60 votes. DR..
George Doherty, Catholic, was named for
School Visitor.-Cin. Gazette.
| REDEMPTION OF U. s. STocK.-Mr. Guth-
rie, Secretary of the Treasury. has given no.
tice that the per cent. stock created under
the provisions of the act of Sd March, lS43,
will, in pursuance of the terms of its issue, be-
redeemed at the trea sury ofthe United States
on the lst day of July next, at which date in
terest thereon will CEASE. Holders of that
stock desiring to receive the principal and in
terest accrued thereon previous to the lst of
July next, may transmit their cert fcates, du-
y assigned to the U. States, by mail or 9TH
erwise to the Treasury Department, g. drafts
in their names for the amount of the prin-
cipal an interest up to the date of receipt will
be remitted, payable by the assistant treasurer
most convenient 'ssc them,-Wheeling Int.
| -Ns..asA-a...,
I>Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroads.,
1t was found upon investigation that no
power existed authorizing this company, to
construct the southern extension Of their road
down the Virginia side of the river, and it not
being likely that the company would soon get
the necessary legislation from Ohio to enable
it to 10 so the Board of Directors, at their meet
ing in Wellsville on Wednesday, passed the
following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the speedy completion of the
Wheeling extension Of this road, is in the o.
pinion of the Board of great Importance to
this company and will not admit of further
delay;-and whereas, also the season is now
SO far advanced, that if the construction OF
that work is to be prosecuted with efficiency
the present year, the location should be speed.
lily made and the work commenced:
Therefore, Resolved, That the legal embar-
rassment attending the location of the Wheel
ing extension of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Railroad by this company on the Virginia
shore, and the difficulty of procuring from the
State of Ohio the necessary special legisla-
tlon for that purpose, rende the location of
the Wheeling extension on the eastern shore
of the Ohio River Lneapedient
Resolved, That it is expedient to proceed to
the final location of the Wheeling Extension
OF the Cleveland and Pittsburgh R. R. and
putting the same under contract on the Ohio
side OF the River as soon as the right of way
can be procured and the sufficient funds are
to justify the letting of the same,
Resolved, In the opinion of this board that a
reliable suhsc ri ntion of e nm u,o,,ll