Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

DLSttHCtLOH OF Color IN the CUthOttc ChuTch.
There Was quite Il large turnout on Sunday
November the 9th, of the ROman Catholic
societies of Baltimore, to participate in the
remOnlrs attendant upon the laying OF the
corner stone of a building designed TO lie used
AZ SchOe' and s>yl ylum for colored orphan chill
dren, 10 be under the control aud direction of
the Oblate Sisters of Providence, all of whom
are cOlOred. Archbishop Spaulding delivered
a briet address, during which he said there was
M distinction OF cnlor IN the Roman Catholic
Church, aud he rrjOiced to zee Americans,
Germans, aud Irishtntn carrying out by their
action the true princi Plies of that Church. 1t
is a mooted question, said the Archbi-hop,
whether the colnred people OF the Roman Cath
Oic filth shnuld have separate churches, or
whether they should remain, as now, IN the
churches in which they enjoy c0Mmon privileges
with all the CIthOicS. Heretofore they have
met at the same conmunian table. and have
participated, he said, in the same sacraments
and ordinances of that Church on terms of per
feet equality He thought that perhaps in
some localities, by reason OF their increasing
numbers il may become desirable to gather
them into churches of their own. During the
course OF his remarks he incidentally remarked
that when he was q student at college two of
his classmates were coored youths, and one of
them was his particular friend.
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The following comes from Oregon "A re
cent discovery ia Amrha City, came near ere
ating a, formidable bone excitement as that
described by Truthful } ,mes A much de
composed skull wI> unearthsd by ditch dig
ger Taking that practical view nf the occur
renee whch distinguishes the settlers of our
Western coast, the discOverrr, Instead of apO>-
trnphizlng after the style of Alas poor Yor.
lex, took his own hat off put the new found
skull in it, and repaired to tho nearest stream
to pan out The dirt in the skull may be
said to have caught his practicsd eye. Nor
was he mistaken in his surmise: the result at
the pan was a yield OF $l2 in gold. Imms
diately he formed u stock company to buy w
all the old graveyards in the vicinity, and va
riOus head-~tOnes and fnot-hoards that marked
the resting place 0t half-tOrgotten pioneer
were Staked out and prOspected. just abou
the time, however, that the stock was to h'
put upon the Portland market, some scientific
gent examined mOre closely tho fragments q
the gold yielding skull, and aSccrtained that i
had originally belonged TO a buffalo. As the
chances Of di covering other places OF sepul
{ ture of that quadruped seemed remstc, th'
stock was for the present Withdrawn from
market by judiclous friends. The discovere
does not however, credit the buffalo theory
aud wants to dig up the remains of then
Eastern fellers that came here long ago Will
more money than brains.
They have neck tie soci. blss in Montana
: Every lady, upon entering the door is requr
r ed to give the doorkeepcr an envelope contain
ing neck tie made of the same material a
f the dress she wears that evening; to be mad
in any conceivable shape, and trimmed as Ii
0 chooses. Every gentlemen pays, fifteen cent
$ at the door and receives check for a neck
tie, and afterwads the neck ties are distribute
. check-holdcrs. After receiving bis new al
ticIe of dress each gentleman commences