Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-25
Sentence of the NIadiaI.

Sentence of the MadIaI.
The following Judicial Sentence of francesca and
Rosa Madiai, embodyipg statement of the offence
Tor ofenres) whereof they were found guilty, is
translated for the New York Tribune from the Uni
verse, leading Catholic journal, issued in Paris:
Considering that the penal laws, agreeing with the
interpretations of The most illustrous ursts, reeog
nize proseiytism as crime punishable by the civil
authorities
Considering that francesca and Rosa Madia, born
and brought up in the Catholic religion. have, within
The last four five years, been induced 10 abandon it
and embrace the religion which they call Evangel-
ical-
That francesca Madai, avaling himself of the
lessons in the French language which he gave 10 a
young of 49, endeavored though without success,
10 detach him from the Catholic religion gave him,
in concert with his wife, prohibited copy of the
Bible in French and Italian
That he has made TO other persons proposals tend
ing TO shoWsSthe superiority of the religion called
Evangelical to the Catholic religion, counselllng such
persons not 10 hear the priests reproving the worship
of the Virgin Mary and of the Saints an dolary,
and especially turning into dersion the pious custom
OF burning tapers before the image Of the Holy Vlr-
g!n-rejec:ing the doctrine of the Real Presence in
the consecrated Host, characterizng as an insult to-
wards God intercesson by the Virgin and the Saints,
rejecting the authority of the Supreme Ponti, saying
that the observance of feast days other than Sundays
and abstinence from certain ailments were inventions
of sinful men, saying that in the sacrament of the
Communion the transubstantiaton of bread and wine
is not true, that Confession is useless, because is
made TO man and not TO God
That 10 make young girl of twenty, who was
in their service, abandon her religion the Madlais
taught her 10 read, that she might understand the
books that they gave her, such the Bible translated
by Dodat and the Book Of Prayer printed in Lon
don for the Diffusion of the Christian Doctrine, in
which ii is said that Purgatory and the worship of
images are ridiculous Inventions
Considering that what has bee1 said by the defence
on the subject of liberty of conscience and of relg-
ous tolerance is foreign to the question, seeing that
the first is not attacked when citizens called to
swer for their external acts, and that the second pro-
tected instead of being violated, when one preserves
another from the danger of seduction and abandon
ment of her religion.
been committed by the Madiais in the way of prose
lytism-and it condemns Francesca Madiai to fifty
months Imprisonment at hard labor, and Rosa Madia
TO foriy-five months imprisonment and to fine Of
800 lvres-and at the expiration cf their punish
ment 10 three Years surveillance by the Police.
The Tremendous Adventures, and the Mighty Deeds
Rise, Downfall, Life and Death of A. Jacks.
CHAPTER lit was night nowhere, and nowhere
was as dark bottle Of ink in the bottom of well,
and upon rugged throne of petred turtle soup stood
the mighty A Jacks, eating slice of buttered bees
wax, occasionally wetting his pached lips by drinking
fuldica fap-lacks turned over.
Around him stood his courtiers !! !!
Bring forth the whanedoode, and place it on the
hewgag he exclaimed with terrific voice; at the
same time cutting off courer's head with the sharp
edge of an illuminated cotton bale.
CHAPTER 2--The whandooie was placed upon
the hewgage, and A. Jacks descended from his throne
twisted double headed fish into a cork. screw,
drew cork from spectral vial and
CHAPTER 3-Too horrible 10 relate !!!!
CHAPTER One of his ccurtiers named Fuzzyrnk
tum, became ncenced, transformed himself into an
imaginary rhinoceros eternal revenge created
rebellion with remorseless and sanguinary fury, as
sassinated the grandfather of nobody's grandmother
by compelling him to swallow frcasseed candle box
es cross wise.
A. Jacks buried his grandfather, then buried him.
self IN pot of porter-hees up.
CHAPTER 5-A. Jacks became lonely, and in order
to himself sold out his interest in vast estate
which he didn't own, and resolved travel for the ben
eft of his illness.
CHAPTER 6.-He travelled ! J!
CHAPTER 7-He first journeyed to Oliferu, near
Egypt, the ice bound by the coast of Brazil, with
in few miles of Oregon. He then found his long
lost sister, who married the remnant of Egyptian
mummy, in good preservation. She gave the weary
A. Jacks grand FEAST consisting of sewed lard an
fried shoe pegs, and
CHAPTER sand LAsT.-The collation. being ind-
gestibe, The heroic A. Jacks, and all present were
obliged 10 die JEST