Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-12-28

goId, anu was so DeaVy tnaI the party
had great difficulty in removing it from
its resting place and bringing it into the
upper air. The adyenturers were ena-
bled, by means of their axes, to sever the
mass into portable pieces, ladened with
which the party turned their steps home
ward, having themselves to walk the
greater part of the way, to give relief to
their burdened animals. The whole
amount of gold was brought to Helena,
and Mr.. Edward Parsons calculated that
his share Of the treasure amounted to
about S2l coo, the whole bulk being at
least $l00,6 900 value.
Swiss MATcHMAKING.-It is the gener-.
hl custom in Berne, says Swiss writer,
that the lovers father should play the
woorer TO the parents OF the bride. He
frequently goes to them and says: my
lad likes your daughter l suppose you
have nothing much against it, that will
suit you?'' Or sometimes he goes in
more elaborate fashion, as the case of the
father WHO knocked one evening late at
window, begging the old people to look
out, and then began ''It is Gods will
that my boy and your girl should come
together. have had to make up my mind
to it, and SO will you; but / should ike
to ask what dover you mean to give her
about thousand pounds l fancy ?"
81 approve the MATCH" returned the
other party; "but can't think of giving
her more than hundred. pounds"
sfYou don't mean it z" said the other.
''Indeed l do; not one halfpenny more,
and even that is too muchi7
"Then," replied the former, sit is not
Gods will that the two should come to-
gether. The Lords purposes are un-
fathomable, and His ways past finding
out Good night. No offence, hope p
"Quite the reverse" said the other,
and quietly closed the window.
Rev. DR.. a r. Thompson, of New
York, in aid Of the Society for "Re-
claiming Fallen Women and the Mid
night Mission" took the ground that so
cety, which calls itself Christian, are
ranged in two parties, one the fallen wo-
man and the other her betrayer. He has
the entree into society; nobody thinks
any less Of him; young men will be wild
they say, and there is his victim she
goes to hell before her time, and she goes
to hell with the help of other women,
who do.swhat none others can do to make
her recovery impossible. They viii not
give her chance 20 reform, they will not
speak to her, nor countenance her, how
ever repentant she may be. Christ re-
ceiyed the woman, (named in his text)
and said to her the words that broke her
bands of sin and made her woman a.
gain Read the story of Christ and the
woman in the temple, and read his reply
to her accuserS. What is to be done
with this social evil, the docter asks.
Anything, everything, to come between
the beloved Of every father and mother,
and such ruin as is possible to her. This
Society had relieved over FIVE hundred
women, and many has been restored to
usefulness in society.
Child KILLED BY CAT.-A lady liv-
ing near Dayton, Ohio, went out to draw
water from spring about one hundred
yards distant, leaving her child a few
months old, in the cradle, scarcely had
she shut the door when large cat, which
had never exhibited symptoms of vio-
lence before, attacked the infant, and in
fiicted so many wounds on the head and
upper part Of the body that, although me-
deal assistance was speedily procured,
the unfortunate victim of feline ferocity
died shortly afterwards. This is not the
first case Of the kind we have been called
upon to notice Of late. And upon sever
at former occasions we have laid the un-
fortunate occurrences at the door of the
parents. TIE child after the attack
Of the cat, presented horrible ap-
pearance. 1t was gashed and covered
with blood, which flowed freely from the
nnmerous wounds, while great pieces of
flesh had been distracted by the vora-
cious feline brute from the face and body.
1t is impossible to picture the agony
of the mother when she discovered the
fate of her infant She passed into hys-
terics, and for long time it was feared
her reason was affected At last accounts
she was Utit Of dauger.-DdytCn Journal.
R1rrRAIIsN has been q fruitful theme of late
both in this country AID England. Much that
has been said and written has tended more to
aggravate than relieve the irritation between
the coutending parties. Every ray of light from
a responsible source should be widely spread,
IN OTOeT TO counterGct the lalSe reports atOat.-
Among the recent deliverances on this vexed
question made public are the views of Bishop
Clark, of Rhode Island, who was present at the
Pan Anglican Council in England Speaking
of ritualism, he says he saw its Developments
in the most extreme and extravagant form, and
he thinks the half has not been told US. He
never dreamed that an Episcopal Church should
have in its services clouds of insense, genuflex-
ions, absolute prostration of the people on their
faces in the aisles, the ringing of bells, move
men;s to and fro, all combined to make certain
ly most beautiful scene, but something as un-
Ike Protestant worship as can be conceived
This system. he saws. means the doctrines of
if anything. If it does not mean
that it is simply farce. The Bishop believes,
however, that boy choirs, surpliced choirs, how-
ers on the altar are not and should not be consid
cred ritualism. The advanced views in these
respects make It desirable and indispensable to
bring the service of the Church home to the
masses of the people, to make them more at
tractiye.
NV York MUNICIPAL ELEoTIoN.-John T.
Hoffman was reelected Mayor of New-York
on the Sd inst, by an overwhelming majority
over both competitors The vote stands in
round numbers as follows:
Hoffman (Tammany Dem.) SO, 600
Wood Fernando Wood Dem.l $4,000
Darling (RepublicaD) $4,000