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FRANCE.
THE MARsEILLEs POISONING CASE.
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A strange trial has Just taken place be-
fore the Court Of the Bouches-du-Rh6ne
in which every superstition is to be found
mixed with every vice and crime. This
trial carries us back to other times. 1t
brings out before this civilization, of which
we are so proud, heinous crimes, which
prove as great Ignorance as perversity,
and which one would imagine to belong
to The darkest periods of the middle ages.
Debauchery and crime unhappIIy be-
long to all ages, like the passions which
no religious or moral restraint can control.
But the circumstances in which they come
are continually being modified, aud, at the
least, the field of evil is decreased In pro-
portion as enlightenment spreads. !
The trial at AK presents TO us as a
sample a barbarous aud uncuItured spot,
which no current has purified, and where
the g%uiItiest %corruptions of the present
are enveloped in the most shameful errors
of the past.
This man who keeps a poisoning shop
in one of our most populous cities, and
who obtains customers in whose eyes he
is invested with a sort of supernatural
power ; this Mrphistopheles of the street
and the carrefour, who tells fortunes while
exercising bis frightful trade, and who
mixes up confused notions of half-science
with the most ridiculous practices of ma
gic /; the wretched woman, like a locust OF
che lower class, who was sometimes lis
accomplice, and sometimes his competitor,
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%lanies; the miserable women, who by a
fatal decline, went from misconduct to
debauchery, and from debauchery to crime.
who spoke of getting rid of their husbands
as quite a natural thing, and who fonnd
the most lamentahle facility in getting
this service done for them, q sort of enter
prise regularly organized, which made o
deduction for a death more or less prompt,
more or less convenient ; then again the
woman amongst them who burnt a candle
TO the Virgin 10 order that her crime
might succeed and not be discovered ; the
other one who exclaimed, Il do not bother
myself about God, don't let Him bother
Himself about me'-all these perversities,
all this c~reduIity, all this Ignorance which
lies at The bottom of the popular stratum
of society strike the imagination at first
as a fantastic apparition. Y
One would suppose he was witnessing
q drama at the Boulevard, and still it is
neither a dream nor an invention. nor a
dramatic combination it is a sad and
heart-rending reality. This is what may
happen in full modern civilization, not in
an obscure out-ofthe-way locality, but il
Marseilles, the second or third town in
France-at one of the most frequented
and enlightened places on the globe!
Evidently when, after having mysteri-
ousiy accumulated in the shade, such facts
come to the light day, they attract the
most serious attS8Tion of the moralist and
the legislator. We do not wish to 60 into
the controversy which has arisen on this
subject. Some, seiZing on the superstiti-
...;lo - e tLoco o.;D,oo hoyo coiJ ssTb:o
is what religion makes of women, whom
it nourishes with lis teaching p Others,
taking hold of the words which escaped
from one of the prisoners, cried "These
are the sad results of free thoughts"
For our part we reject all such conclu-
sions.
Was it religion which produced the
odlous crimes which the jury of the
Bouches-du-Rhone has just punished2
Who would seriously maintain so? This
trial, on the contrary, only proves ones
thing, that when religion in the minds of
the unenlightened masses disappears, SUI
perstiiion takes lis place, and that there
is no crime TO which superstition, when
united with a perverse hatred, may not
lead.
Neither do we accuse the theories Of
free thought they have not as yet de-
scended amongst the people, and in all
societies and under all regimes, the most
lively faith has never succeeded in entirely
tanning criminal natures. The great cri-
minal in this affair, after immortality, was
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as well as social ig-
norance. 1t was ignorance which sustain
ed, in these souls already tainted by vice,
the monstrous hopes which they allowed
thenSeluas To he carried away NV. IL
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! Brother Fearf'nIly Aycngcs q
Sisters Ruin.
lhc Clnclnnail Enquire. Jane -.

From The Cincinnati Enquire. June -
Thomas Downcy. who was taken TO
New port on Saturday last. from (incin-
natl, upon a rcquisi,ion from Governor
stevenson. charged with committing d
rape npona young woman named Annie
McSilaic. was arraigned before tiayor
buchanan yesterday afternoon. between
three and four o'clock. for examination.
Mr.. Il. W. Nelson. County Attorney.
appeared on behalf OF the Common
wealth. ana the prisoner was represented
by O. W. Root. Esq. Downcy took a
seat by the side Of his attorney, and the
first Witness for the prosecution had lust
been called. when Hugh McSImne. a
brother of the Young woman alleged tc
Il have been raped. who accompanied hen
To the court house. drew pistol from
his poccct. and before any one could in
itertcrc placed it within a few feet oi
Downcy'> head and fired. The hall pass
ed entirely through the prisoners throat
lanicrior 10 the windpipc. and logged in
tic wall of the court room. The wound
produced is very severe one. though
not necessarily fatal. Downcy. after g.
lc"iving surgical attention from Or. thorn
ton. was conveyed to his home. Ne.
Shane MADE no attempt To escape. bu
quietly submitted 10 arrest. and WA,
lodged in JAIL Ills sister. who. il j,
Irlalncd. was outraged hy Downcy soy,
cral months ago. j. cncicntc. The cour
room was crowded with spectators whci
ltic shooting took place. and of cours,
grcat CONSERVATION was caused for few
minutes by The affair.
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the people 30.COO.O00 annually: and that
we demand lis immediate repeal.
Resolved, That the trial and sentence
to death by Il military commission, Of IL
lcitizcn Of Texas. not in the military or
naval service. when the civil courts were
in the nnobStructed exercise OF their
FUNCTIONS IN that state. and in the time of
profound peace. and the approval OF that
sentence by Accident Grant. are viola
liiols OF the most sacred rights of Amer
lean citizens, guaranteed bv their consli-
itniions. State and Federal. and deserve
and should receive. the severcst conden-
nation Of every lover of liberty and con-
lsiitntional government.
Resolved, That the numerous palpa-
bic and high-handcd usurpaiions of the
party in power: their many public and
private acts OF tyranny. trampling under
foot the civil law, and the guarantees Of
the Constitution: their continuing to de-
prive sovereign States Of representation
III congress. and 10 govern said States by
mere military rule. show them to be the
party Of dcspotism. and unworthy the
confidence and support Of free people.
kcSolved. That we extend the right
hand Of fellowship. and recognize as
brethren III 4 common cause. all cOnScrv-
iativc men. not heretofore Democrats.
who will unite with us in rescuing the
Government from the unworthy hands
into which il has fallen. and we pledge
The united and cordial support Of the
10000 Democrats in Ohio. whom we
represent. 10 the ticket nominated by this
convention. and presented by us to the
suiliages Of the people OF Ohio.
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NO. 25.

startling coincidchccs arising in the re-
cords of astorloly. there is no doubt in
our enlightened times that tie believers
in ii. as science. were tic dupcs OF In
aginatiob. As knowledge spread. the
crcduity in its predictions retired into
the breasts Of those whom progress did
not reach. Religion, oo.rcnlightenind
the masses. baniShcd the influence of the
art from civilized nations until at length
the science which once drew the sa,se
and the great 10 is investigation. is let
TO the gypsy OH the roadside and the
charlaian, everywhere TO impose upon
the dupe. still 10 he had amongst the IT,
norant, the foolish and the vain.
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Ay The Massachusetts State consta
lblcs are attempting TO enforce the new
lprohibitory liquor law through the State
Trouble is still feared mt some Of the
large places. The penalties under tho
law are heavy n single sale being ten
dollars. and from twenty TO thirty days
imprisonment: for the second violation
twenty dollars and thirty to forty days
imprisonment; and for any subscquen,
violation fifty dollars and from three TO
six months Imprisonment. with extra in
each case, when fined and paid. The
keeping with intent TO sell Is punished
bt ten dollars fine and twenty days i'm
prisonmcnt. The seller is liable TO all
damages by the buyer, and the drinkcr
while drunk :and any person arrested for
can escape prosecution by
as q witness against the man
from whom he purchased the liquor, are
only few more Of the important pro-
visions.
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PERSONAL We arc pleased 10 notice
the arrival Of Hon. VI. C.. Kerr. Repre-
sentative in Congress from this District.
al his home. lie will be warmly greeted
by ms many personal friends in this city
lie mas been engaged. for some time past,
with the Congressional Committee ap-
pointed 10 investigate the alleged clcc-
ton frauds in Louisiana. The Commit
tee have completed the work Of taking
the testimony. and will be prepared to
submit report at the opening Of Con-
grcss.-N. A. Ledger.
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Sleeping Together.
rlc Laws OF life snvs.

The Laws Of life says.
More quarrels arise bctwccn.brothcrs
between sisters. between hired girls. be-
tween school girls. between clerks III
Stores. between apprentices in machine
shops, between husband and wives. ow-
ing to electrical changes through which
their nervous systems 90, by lodging to-
gcthcr night after night under the same
lbcdclothcS. than by any other disturbing
cause. There is nothing that will so de-
range the nervous system of n person
who is clinlnativc in nerves forces to
lie all night in bed with another person
who is absorbent in nervous force. Tho
labsorbcr will 90 TO sleep and rest all
night, while the climinator will be tumb-
ling and tossing, restless and nervous
and wahc up i'll the morning frctful
pccvi>h. fault-iinding. and discouraged
No two persons. no mater who they are
should habiiually sleep together. One
will thrive and tho other will lose. This
j. the law and in married liic it is dcticd
almost universally.
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COIl.,nt!rtsynS.

WHY Is child that is just beginning
TO 20 to school 10 be pitied: Eccausc it
cannot learn the alphabet without getting
\ Is "a bec) in lis mouth
WHAT is the worst Kind of cducaiion ,
10 be brought up by i policcman.
WHY j. newspaper like wife? Te-
cause every man ought to have one OF
his own.
Why is lady's bonnet like cupola !?
Because ii covers the belle.
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OF The locomotive of M express train
on the II. Paul and 1t. Peter Railroad.
near Monkato. Minnesota. Saturday
morning sunk with the track 10 lie
dcbth Of six feet. completely burying The
driving wheels in mud. The spot is n
very bad one: and much difficulty will
be experienced in getting the locomo-
tive out.
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kailrOad Meeting.

The Mt. Carmel Democrat announces.
that on the 14th day of July, 1859. there
Will be IA meeting in that city Of the
charter members OF the st. Louis. Mt
Carmel and New Albany Railroad. for
the purpose of organizing appointing
a President. Directors. and 10 transact
other business that may be presented FOR
on that occation.
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Two women were arrested at At
ianfa. Georgia. Il few days since, having
III thcir possession quantity of currcn-
cy. stolen mt the Treasury Department.
" aslington, and TO which signatures had
been forged. III. NJ. Turner. the lately
appointed negro Postmaster nj Macon.
has been arrested as an accomplicc.
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0~~T Al meeting Of the trustees Of tho
Peabody education fund. held in New
\ Iork on Thu sday, George Peabody
added S1.00 1000 in railroad and other
bonds. mostly Southern. to the Peabody
educational fund. SO called, and S3s4.COo
in Florida six per cent. bonds and over
due coupons.
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The best piece OF wheat in Fountain
county on the farm of john and James
Ne Manomy. 1t viii yield. ut the lcag,
ciilculation. forty bushels TO tile acre. III
any Of our contemporaries can beat the
crop. well holer nuf.
-Covington Friend.
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GoING ALoNE.-A maiden lady while
IN company The other evening. alluainr
TO her youthful smartncss. said that NJ
six months old'she went alone. A war
present remarked. Eyes, you have been
going alone ever since"
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a TOAST Newspaper barrowcrs.-
May theirs be a life of single blessed
ness. may their path be carpetcd with
cross-cycd snakes and their nights lc
haunted with knock-knce'd eats.
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Senator Hendricks and Joseph T..
Mcdonald, with their ladies. leave for
California on Monday, via the Pacific
Eailroad.
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h~y "Scc. here. mister s,id lad or
some seven summers. who was driven
up q tree by n tcrocious dog. "if yo,l
don't take that dog away I'll cat UP all
your apples"
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a story is told of n young man who
was going West TO open jcwclry store.
When ked what capital he had, replied.
"a crow barr
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There arc sixty-'vc income tax-pay-
crs in Gibson county = the highest, sos 10.
and the lowest. SIT. The iotal amount
OF incomes on which tax is paid is s54,-
2s7.
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fr"What shall do TO keep warm 2,
asked shivcring. slightly dressed lady.
II don't know said n solemn Quaker
unless thee pnt on another brcastpin.
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. AZ JASPER
DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA. ~
CLEMENT DOANE.

OFFlCE-lN COURIER BUILDING oN
WEST MAIN STREET.
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-04
EN-OF- WAR.
Some Big Ships that are BuLIaing for John BnIl

Some Big Ships that are Building for John Bull
The keel of one of the typical frst-class
British war ships of the future has Just been
laid at Portsmouth. She bears the suggestive
title of the Devastation, and along with her
consort the Thunderer, to be shortly COM
menced, will take precedence of all the exist
ing grades in the British navy. Her length
is 2S5 feet, her extreme breadth G2i feet,
mean draft 2G feet, and tons burden 44OG
old measurement. She is to be worked by
two engines of 800 horse power, and her esti-
mated speed is set down at ~ J knots per hour.
She will be able to carry 1900 tons of coal, sui-
cient for three weeks cruise. She is to be
constructed on the genuine turret principle,
without any attempt to unite, by the addition
of masts and sails the characteristics of two
distinct varieties of fighting ships. Being,
then, neither adapted for a cruiser or guard
ship, she is simply floating battery of enor-
nous power She will carry two turrets, and
on each will be mounted two thirty ton guns,
capable of throwing shot of six hundred
pounds weight. Her sides are to be composed
of teak and iron of nearly three feet in thick
ness, constituting an armor plating which is
intended to make her the most impenetrable
ship of any navy, while her armament is
claimed as the heaviest yet attempted. Owing
to the absence of any work aloft, crew of
two hundred and fifty men WILL it is said be
sufficient to work her. She is to cost ST ,45O,-
600 in gold.
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MANY PERSONS ARE SELLING THEIR Gov
ERNMENr BONDS WHILE THE PREMIUM is
STILL LARGE (as the Treasury has promised to buy
thirteen millions an DeceBlber), AND REINVEST IN
THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE CEN
TRIAL RAILROAD OF IOWA, WHICH PAY ABOUT
ONE-THIRD more INTEREST. THE TINE TO
MAKE SUCH REINvES PMENT is U0hile the TreG-
suTy is buying, and Governments are at premium.
THE ROAD DOES NOT RUN THROUGH
WILDERNESS, where 1t would have to wait years for
population and business, but through the most
thlcky settled and productive agricultural counties
in the State, which gives each section large traffic
as soon completed
1t runs through the great coal fields Of Southern
Iowa to the North, where coal is Indispensable and
must be carried.
1t runs from the great lumber regions OF the North,
through district OF country which is destitute OF
this prime necessity.
The mortgage is made to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, of New York. and bonds can be
issued only at the rate OF 600 per mie only half
the amount upon some other roads, Special security
is provided for the principal and for the payment OF
interest.
First Mortgage Bonds for small an amount upon
a road running through such rich and already
well-setted part OF Iowa, can well oe recommended
as perfectly safe as well very profitable invest
ment.
Pamphlets, with map, may be obtained, and sub
scriptions viii be received at THE COMPANYS
OFFICES, No. 80 PINE Street. NEW YORK, and
at the BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, No. A WALL
Street. and in Philadelphia by
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Total amount 10 he issued. 80, ,5OO,-
600 ON IAO Miles Of Road.

Extending from Chicago through Eastern Illinois to
the junction with the Evansville and Terre Haute
Railroad, with which 1t forms the shortest TRUNK
LINE to Louisville and the South), making the
average of Bonds about $4,000 per mile and it is
expressly guaranteed that the bond issue shall not
exceed that sum.
The Road traverses country that assures large
and profitable business; is built and equipped from
Chicago to Momence, distance OF 55 miles, AND
UPON THIS PORTION OF THE LINE ONLY WE NOW
OFFER THE BONDS FOR SALE.
These Bonds are protected with extraordinary
care by registration and otherwise the interest
upon them will be paid out OF one-thlrd the net
earnings and the Sinking Fund, created and set
aside, will provide ample means for their redemp
ton.
They are Officially Registered and Transferred by
the
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Union Trust Company

OF New York, who thus become the custodian OF
these Bonds. IT is CONFIDENTLY BELIEVED THAT NO
BONDS CAN BE MADE MORE PERFECTLY SECURE, OR
MORE ABSOLUTELY SAFE.
1t Isl CAPITAL ADVANTAGE OF these Bonds
that they bear per cent gold interest for 40 years
and compared with per cent gold bonds, the add-
tonal per cent, at compound interest, for thirty
years, would give the owner OF this Bond profit OF
1851 '2S, and for forty years, S200343.
Government Skies might be exchanged with this
result:-S1O,O00 would buy $4,000 Of these bonds,
payable in gold yielding profit in hand, and besides
THE GAIN OF $4,000 PRINCIPAL AND THE AN
NUAL PER CENT. THEREON, WOULD, AT
MATURITY, NET THE BUYER s24,O4lIG ADDI-
TIONAL PROFIT IN INTEREST,".
Prices at present, 80 and accrued interest from
October ].
PsmphIcts, with Maps and detail, and the BONDS
may be had Of us, or OF
DE lEAVEN 81 BROTHER.
Dealers in Government Securities etc.,
No. 40 South THIRD Street. Philadelphia
Having personally examined this entire line OF
road, finished and projected, as well as the country
through which 1t runs, we offer these Bonds with
every confidence in their full worth and soundness.
W. BAILEY LANG 6 CO.,
No. % CLIFF Street, New York,
Agents for the sale of the Bonds. 1872 thstu6t
, 1869-08-09

sandstone underlying bed cones up aad cuts tt
OFT. The aane bed appeats about st1 ules north
west Of Atucn, IN Warren, h-t is fFtustca ta =
smun extent Of country, aud not 90 thick as the
tEa,n hed. II thus appears that this bed Of DOCK
cua!, tEe Ya.ue Of Which cab ecarcely pc over
Estimated, instead Of being coudIfd 70 q
Fua!l roytIon OF Clay County, where Il
w4s a.st discovered, extends IN tho AaIae SOLID
uaas stx miles wtie And thfre or focr feet shict,
4 Distance Of nearly one hundred miles u length
In addition 10 dedpirZ tho northern limit OF this
led OF block coal, Professor Coz uacA most
valuable hody Of coal extending along Coal Cfee5-
IN Fountain County. Il Is found N three sea9s,
the npptr orc belne t1o1. e:sh.eea inches TO fTo
haM 10 nye feet. and the lower ono
ttnm 4tx 10 teren }ctI-anc average
dep,h of the tnzce reIns ranging nom ,welSe
tn fourteen feet. In character II y Of 2 semi-
biCck formation, hut pa1taktng las4el1 OF The c2k-
Ing OF bliuutnoas quality. Prot coz foand traeea
OF Iron Gre throughout the rrgon. bat rot TO sur
ntttnt extent to run tr1uacc. Tue tal1sf0ne
uEhrr.ylrg lh coal IA excellent for building pur.
POSES, and Is ount IN beds fortJe'ght feet thick
TIT limestone Is found III belt on The east s!de
Of The block co1 teatl. throughout It's entl5r
length. to nny extent necessary for nnxfng. IL
arr p!ncc Oh Coal tFctk he tonul vein niae feet
Thick. hut Il did not extend au| EItat ulss2ace
III .htA ihickre-a
On Coal Creck, also extensive veins Of rnt va
TER tLu{ bc found t5 ooE!ns, atd Ia strength Il ID
fully eguai 10 thu kan1Naa hflnr. It has tatFn
ihuIoprh3 fcstch hnh ia gallons OF la!s bs!ne
will srnkc tnEhr! Ut f!tty pounds Of kalt while d
the Kanawhn brine scserty-hrr Enll"h4 ntc r.
4utEc.l. This hrtue n comparatively Irte from tn
rur,lta, hlsu, Anu MNst Prove highly valuable ful
Mr1cAH1ltAhit ruEpotek