Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-03-28

! 4 Congregation Of Drunkards.-A cores
pondent Of the British Standard, Congrega.
tional, says; At the present time know of
church that has been broken up lately from
this very cause, drunkenness, nearly every
member being charged with the sin of intem-
perance, not one member daring to exercise
discipline upon another for fear of like ex-
posure on himself; and owing to this cause,
for some months past, the Lords Supper has
not been dispensed"
rA-W. T. Shaw and Benz. F. Miller have
started 4 new paper at Huntington called the
Workingmen's Advocate, which seems to be
under the fathery care of Shaw. The second
resolution passed at a meeting organizing the
new concern has the Bell and Everett motto.
{" the Union, the Constitution, and the en-
forcement of the laws" and the third dis
countenancing fraud and corruption in what
ever shape it may present itself"
R9~The Arkansas Convention, after vot
ing down an ordinance of secession, agreed,
as compromise m, asure, to submit to the
people two propositions, one secession or
dinance, the other resolutions Of a Union ten
dency. Upon these propositions the people
are to vote in August next The news of the
rejection of the secession ordinance was re-
ceved at Fort Smith and Van Buren with
great rejoicing. The Convention also appoin-
ted delegates to the Border State Convention.
TYite Murders in 81. Louis.-The city of
ST. Louis is acquiring most unenEiable rep
utation for the frequency of its wife-murder-
srs-attempted or actually perpetrated. But
few days ago a man was arrested there up
on the well-grounded charge Of bribing a
physician to poison his wife, the mother of a
Young infant; and the St. Louis papers of
Monday contain the account Of yet more
shocking instance of mans barbarity to help
less women. A brute named Patick Welsh,
becoming incensed with his wife, who was on
the eve of bearing him a child, attacked her
savagely with a heavy iron poker, beating
her until her extrenities were fearfully bruis-
ed and dislocated. Not satisfied with this, he
actually thrust the poker down her throat,
tearing and lleerating the tongue and flesh
/ QreaQ1qllYy anu lhSh AC1, ACaHI4S L4S NICtlHA
unconscious. She was taken to the hospital,
where she expired in great agony a few days
afterwards. The unborn infant died the day
before its mother. Welsh has not yet been
arrested.
The Cathedral in tie City Of Aerico.-This
gorgeous Catholic edifce Is said to be the
most oapacious structure for worship in Amer
ica Its 500 feet long, 420 feet wide, aud
capable of holding $4,000 persons. The ed
/ ifce is thus described:
"The building is not in conformity with
arv order of architecture, although remarka
bv imposing. The walls are built of un-
bewn basalt, but the front is covered with the
most laborious carving, while massive pillars
rise up against the wall for the support of its
lofty towers. The interior is gorgeous almost
beyond description, though the decorations
are more remarkable for costiness than taste
The cher is formed of rare carved woods,
and deliberately covered with gilded images
The high sltar, raised from the floor of an ell
ovated platform, exhibits profusion of can
d-e.ri,Es crosses and other ornaments of SOL
ii eold or silver, and crowned by an image
oF the Virgin decked in Jewels estimated al
tbs value Of more than S2,5O0,O00; and all
other parts of the church are a perfect Will
derness of columns. statues, shrines, foUlss
&c.