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The sun., 1871-11-18
Trashy Books aud Music in Sunday
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Schools.
There is hardly any other subject respect.
Ing which 90 ruch folly and bad taste are
shown as in the preparation of Sunday.
school music and Sunday school books.
When we remember that the impressi.
llo minGs OF millions of children arc
more or less toned and warped by the
cruCe music and pcrnicious books which are
imposed upon them in Sunday schools this
subject becomes one of exceeding importance.
Imagine the tlab5y souls aud vul gar imag.na
tious which children must have who are
brought up ON such Sunday school slop us
this:
"otovs! Nc strong IN Jrsu.,
Al Jesus wrongf' " u Ioarru
nHh eh,.cl. saw, AMI plane.
"omaidens! live for lr-us.
Muo was = n,tiI p s.ht
Be paueit 1ure and gentle.
Ana peg.sC gr-Ct Vss a.
Ths hymn was re, nily sung to tune cor
respond,ngly dotcstable,l by cio.r Of thou
sand Sunday school children, AT the Brook yn
Rink, on an occasion whcu only music of n
higher character ami OF greater excellence
and usefulness tLsa is usually taught in
Sabbath schools was to be gwen. On the
SAME occasion a hymn containing those
stau1as was sung, Us another hi gAer Char
acter specimen
we tcld u thl m La' q no Lord Of Hos',
And We tear rot man nor fevui
Eoi oar CAP. A. uluIsr Gp-ru- % u "a. coasts,
To ictcnd his critch from evi'.
Ana the choir of angcl' with 'ong awaits
For oaT cNtts q has SfoF'a tlc ,r,zeA gates.
And bu.stthe bars oI mon"
These samples do not exhaust the tr..
umphs Of the Inventive genius OF the Sun.
day school muse, as witness the following
comfort for cripples
"Tae eoSra SHa esS "a. =. eS9se IA cy 'o' glory
cYf'S 4! M N bts .:,'f 81! g sria is ~, ~
"He always 5itiss raveiv.
Aud ,coin mol those v o nave to beg
One can so to heaven VIA a wooden LEG"
This is indeed cousolng, but we are afraid
il is not orthodox. PAUL SAYS that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom OF
heaven How then can wooden substitute
for flesh and blood inherit itr We suspect
that before the author OF the above hymn
can make lis calling and election SUR. "
he will have TO show that one can 90 to
heaven with "a wooicn head.
Too many of our Sunday-school books
are as inane, sapless, aud silly as the above
specimens of Sunday. y.school hymns Those
who write them know nothing about boys
and girls, nor human nature nor human
life. They assumc that there are only two
classes OF children extant-the execrably
sanctimonious and the unqualiGedly wicked.
Their good girls are always too sweet to be
wholesome, and their good boys are usually
50 mean, sneahing, hypocritcal and detest-
able that one OF them could not survive half
an hour in n playground filed with real
boys. lie would be and ought 20 be incxo.
rably put % death. The wicked boy of sun
doy school literature is as great a carcature
as the good boy. He goes on for years con.
hitting all manner Of atroc.ous crimes ard
then, in the last page he is suddenly con-
verted, anil goes straight 10 heaven for Do.
ng something which no decent boy would
be guilty Of doing Il is time Sunday school
libraries wero purecd Of such villa.noas
.tuT
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Yesterday the first race WAS between W. II
McMahon's ch. m, Grace BsrtIam and b. Dlnie.s's
D. m. ToTsY, for 1900. una heats best three in
dNe. Previous to starting, Grace Beriram was the
faYor,e three to one, and won tie race easily In
,tree straight heats. Tho secoad race was q match
FOR 500 mile ro,ts hcst thrce In Owe, in lar~ces
Mt"gep. G04rEe sIp-t1s D.; r., WaIas4- ssa va -
Bones b. Z, Rock OF Ages. William won the race.
winch was one sided AFFAIR. The great uuhu.sa,d
race OF l7ft Monday between tie Aucrio an Gin and
", II. Allen dd not come on No valid rca. N oDuIl
De assigned for the loslpuneWent IL was Gt..j.
announced that !, would taAe place tomorrow w,;4.
ont ful.
Match s. oo rue heats hes, thrse In ave Grace B,r
tram 10 hafL,ss an4 II4sy 90 WA-un.
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M4lc" Slu' ruu.1fS a.st thee No dyc n harness
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ono heat ...,,,...,, a ~. t;ls
} ,r. ..t, ,..,..,.s.,., 90 laJ SU,.a
lerr Nlll be m interesting race at Fleetwood To-
~, lWmedatsB afler tho race between Amer,c n
Nttt ami logsT, Oe.WeeA Eli. WL4ppe'ss. ia. Fox,
Dr. Cooks sco,cn MAID. and z. KsYlsr's ., g. FoAG
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set, n the close Of cur greet rebellion should
afford modcl for othcr no'ious No one can
doubt the wisdom OF the course pursued here,
and IL France should now initiate IT, there viii
not he five years hence a single Frenchman who
will not rejoice nt tho f,ct.
The sun., 1871-11-18

TIE frturns received at tie Census Burelu
show that there are in the United states 90, $40
people who are blind; and Of these % are deaf
and dumb, 70 insane, los idio'c, . deaf, dumb,
and insane and II who are deaf, dumb, and idi-
orc, as wen ns blind The total number e M
sane persons ia the Union ia 81, . ,, of whom
6,353 are found in Now York tho largest number
reported in any State. on,y arr rcportc
insane in Nevada, while California has LAO, n
very large number in proportion 10 tNo whole pop-
nlation. The little District Of Columbia has 40
crazy Inhabitants, a sad evidence of the deroral-
izing influence of Congress The def and dumb
IN all the States aud Territories number lj,s22
Anl the idiotc 2l5-1, according to the censu,
statistics, though 20 ia doub,ful if IN have been
included in the latter olas, who are entitled to
.Ae distinction.
The sun., 1871-11-18

-'--..i.-~ --'--i.'-',- -.v-
dents among u' have addressed to President
IwERs and to tic National Assembly petition
a'kIng the pardon Of kossBL, ono of the leaders
Of tho Commune. We trust that this petition
Wiif be eAce,usL ae example seE by tue Uuited
The sun., 1871-11-18

Tho Tucson (Arizona) citizen in its issue
Of Oct rs saws that the United States Grand
Jury Of that Territory adjourn I'd the day before,
having found III irdlctmcuts--lOs for murder
aud three for misdemeanor.
The Ctiscn also prints the prcscutmeut of the
Grand Jury, from which we mako the following
extracts:
awe nnd TINT TIE habit OF b"asuy drunkenness
has generally prev sled with few marked exceptions
among The officers commanding At Camp Grant,
Camp Goodwin, aud CamO Aplcie. where tie
Apache Indians hav' lcen 'ed : that the rut'O1s
issued at these camps TO tue indians have reqnent7
been insufficient tor their support aud uuiustly ds-
trihuted, sometimes ZONES being iseuet instead oi
meat TINT one Quartetmaster OF the United States
said lie made surplus Of 12,OO0 pounds OF corn IN
issuing rations to the Indians ut Camp Goodwin.
ave nnd that commanding ofioor wnile com
mauding at Camp Apac he, gave liquor 10 the Apache
lndians and got beastly drunk Nith thsn from
wlnskey belonging 10 tine Hospital Dopar mont Of
the United STATES Government; also, that another
officer Of tie Uuitcd States Army gave liquor 10 the
said Indians lt said camp; tnnt officers o 1e United
Stites Army At those camps where the In '1ns ur'
fed are IA the nsol using their Official position 20
break tac ch1stiuv OF tNe Indian women.
I'VE find that at taWu Anlrhc. While the Apache
mand NJ 'es of th,t camp roid ha' ul ot annu-
ntou 20 one OF the worst ofthp lndans r'r turkey
Tor tie use nf his own table, and he furnished the
post Interpreter am uunuOn II trttc N tie Ia ians,
and also distributed guns to dd Indians"
WHAT a commentary on the army under thG
administration Of President GRANrl
The sun., 1871-11-18

For the accommodation o. persons rending NJ
town Advertisements for THE svN viii We received At
sri regular rates at the uptown advsrtsemeat once
Cd Ia wett Thirty second street. at the junction OF
Rtoaoway aud sixth avenue. IRON b A. NJ. to y p. N.
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GOV. uon.uau sot Contemplating suicide.

AIDVT, Nov. l5.-I0-Tc IS n tr0-u NNaI-TV
.a toe Isgort OF me,lu- u..N-er Ne G.'e.,ot
and Democratic senators 10 rr1y 20 cogHr 70 .t,t-
lr. cNN Tor m extra sts.Iuu o. t.c T. .f..' t,
Inc Cove nor Wls a. h's res .". . a.. fiF 90
atd naI o. ShoN tdSe Of 81. : pye osse-u"t .''
ostlgu
The sun., 1871-11-18

Nr TrrDrrIcE DorGrAss WAS TIE r.
publican candidate for Assembly in ,hc Second
District Of Monroe county. Tie Official re,uras
are .s foiioNs:
got. seees-ffn
wUle,- ,r-m . or Lord opsir ...... sisG
sc.I..... l-ct.,.... .s5 4 -sl~.- e. l.... 40
hem. mrj........ 1b Den. mai ......., 1,ls6
over srx hundred Republicans voted tor SoGiD-
NrR who did not vote Tor Frlpruck DorGLAss.
What do tie colored men Of New ! ork think Of
Rochester Republicans?
The sun., 1871-11-18

If any doubt existed ns to the desire os lho
people Of Texas for good system Of popular
education, it is set at rest by tue journals Of
,ha. State. which, fIum the lyel, Jaat';c,te 70
the stand and sober Pioac Boy are all eager TO
prove their friendship i1r this, the surest aid to
good government. A system has been estab.
lished, and althou gh its faults many il ia the
best that has yet been proposed for the Lone
star State. aud will undoubtedly prove bless
irg. For the support of tue schools all the pub
lie lands Of the STATE are set apart aud one-fourth
of all the taxes raised are to DO applied TO the
same purpose. The salaries Of teachers are not,
as in other states left t. be ived by ignorant or
parsimonouS trustees but the law provides that
the amount Of monthly compensation shall IN all
cases depend upon the grade of the teachers
ccrtlGcatc Holders of third-class certificates re-
ccive .55; Of second class coo; Of first class
tllo. The latter when serving principals, re
ceve from sl25 TO .l5O per month.
Perhaps the best feature Of tn, law ia that it
compcls all persons between the ages of six ard
eighteen to attend school at least four months IN
the year. This clause. which provides that tho
.ruaut shall he fined, viii doubt be- modified
by the next Legislature - as 10 exempt very
youthful husbands and wives, Of whom there are
many hundreds In leXls, especially in the newly
settled districts. A few days ago the School
Commissioners OF ono Of the eastern counties re
cc,vcd n touching appeal from lady Of seventeen
whom they had mulcted according TO law for
nou-attondancc during the year. al have a hus.
band 10 care for" SAID the Young delinquent, =" a
child to nurse, clothes TO wash meals to cock,
and house to X ep Ia order. lfyou make me
attend school another year, everything will go to
ruin"
Surely the authorities will not close their ears
arainst this sensible statement OF the young
matron; nor ca, they, as true patriots, insist
Gron making the fir appellant pay for tho prvi-
lcgc Of serving the State in her appointed
wav. If they be good men they will hasten to
urge their representatives in the Legislature to SO
amend the School law as that the wife aud mother
shall not he forced 10 neglect her home duties la
order 10 become proi-ieu. in synt4N and trigo-
~ ma.
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FOR PRESIDENT
Cur $attt Srauhliu,
DIR. HORACE. GREELEY.
OF CuAPrAoUA.
The New Assembly.

. Aud thst cd ftisnf. - s,gs srd hiand.
O,S LAtsf lfsuslu. ~ arttas
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-16
THE ANCIENT RING.

A man who wished to buy a handsome
ring, went into jewelers. in Paris, and de-
sired to see some. The jeweler showed him
a very ancient gold ring, remarkably fine
and curious on this account, that on the
Inside of it were two little lions claws.
The buyer while looking at the others, was
playing with this; at last he purchased an
other. and went away. But he had scarcely
reached home, when first his hand, then his
side, then his whole body, became numb
and without feeling, as if he had had a
stroke Of palsy; and it grew worse and
worse till the physician, who came in haste,
thought him dying. "You must somehow
have taken poison" he said. The sick man
protested that he had not. At length some
one remembered this ring; and it was then
discovered to be what used to be called a
death-ring, and which was often employed
in those wicked Italian States three or four
hundred years ago. If a man hated an
other, and desired to murder him, he would
present him with one Of them. In the in
side was a drop Of deadly poison, and a
very small hole out of which it would not
make its way except it was squeezed.
When the poor man was wearing it, the
murderer would come and shake his hand
violently, the lions Claws would give his
finger a scratch, and in few hours he was
a dead man. Now see why 1 told you this
story. For four hundred years this ring
had kept its poison, and at the end of that
time it was strong enough almost to kill the
man who had unintentionally scratched his
finger with the claw; for he was only saved
by great skill on the part of the physician,
and by the strongest medicines. | thought
when l read this story, how like this poison
vas TO sin. You may commits sin now, and
for the present forget it; and perhaps ten or
twelve years hence the wound you then, so
to speak, gave yourself, may break out
again, and that more dangerously than
ever. And the greatest danger of all is lest
the thoughts of sins committed, and the
pleasure we had in committing them,
should come back upon US in the hour Of
death.-Dr. j. McNedi.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-16
LOUISVILLE.
F1rst-CIass FOrgers.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 15.-Three men giving
their names as J. w. Sweet, C. Hunt and T.
Walker, stopped at the Willard Hotel, in
this city, on the Sth inst, and visited bank
e1lquiring about exchange on New York.
Sweet bought of the Franklink Bank a
draft on the Traders and Drover's Bank,
New York, for $500. The other two men
disappeared last Sunday. Sweet left the
Willard this morning and registered at the
Gait House as Geo. w. Mcdonald. He
went around to the telegraph offices enquir-
ing for dispatches for Sweet and for Nc
Donald, and left orders at the Postoffice for
his letters to be sent to the Con-
tinental Hotel, Philadelphia, and was
about to leave for the East when
he was arrested by detectives Bligh
and Gallagher on suspicion of forgery. In
his trunk were found large quantity of
letter-heads of the Sd and 9th National
Banks of New York, various kinds of inks,
pens, ETC., large check-boOk of the State
from the National Bank of the Republic,
New York, to Sam Brown. OF Buffalo, in
regard TO deposits, etc, and letters from
Jno. Smidt & Co., Louisville. All the writ
ing was taken out by some chemical pro-
cess, except the heading and signature.
Geo. Mcdonald, alias J. W. Sweet, alias
Sam Brown, is about thirty-fve years of
age, five feet, ten inches high, sli IN, light
complexion and hair, full light brown whis-
tache, slightly bald on top Of head, of gen.
teel appearance. Hunt, alias Fowler, about
forty-tive or fifty years old, stout, with black
whiskers sprinkled with gray. Walker is
about thirty years old, stout, and genteel in
dress. The latter two have not been seen
since Sunday, but are supposed TO be in
New York to carry out the plans of Sweet
there. Sweet received a dispatch to-day
that the draft sold on the New York Bank
hand not been paid, and the Bank here tel
egraphed the New York Bank not to pay it
until further orders, as they are satisfied
there is fraud somewhere. This is regarded
as one Of the most important arrests made
here in long time. Hunts real name is
believed to be Bridgewell aud Walker to be
his son. The parties came up from the
South where they have been operating re-
recently.
The Library Lottery.
The local sensation here is the public
library drawing and concerts which take
place tomorrow. The excitement was up
to fever heat and when it was discovered at
= o'clock that every ticket in the hands Of
agents in city had been sold, and no more
could be had, and that the main Office was
definitely closed for all business last night
in order to get ready for the drawing,
the eagerness to obtain what were not to be
had was prodigiOus, and two or three prices
were offered for tickets. Thirty-five thou
sand tickets, amounting to S350,000, have
been sold, and the prizes to be distributed
tomorrow will amount to S192, 500, the
money for which is on deposit in the Citi-
izens' bank.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

Seven Thousand voters have registered al
Memphis. .-.H ..--...
A lager beer brewery will shortly be es-
tablished at Lawrenceburg.
The disease called measles is prevailing
quite extensively at Franklin.
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
willreduce rates on cotton eastward on the
first proximo.
There is considerable excitement
throughout WAYNE county on the subject
Of the Memphis and Knoxville Railroad.
Geo. Batey, Esq, living near Lavergne in
Rutherford county, killed Berkshire hog
last week which weighed 574 pounds net.
Bishop Quintard is expected to visit St.
Paul's Church at Franklin in few weeks
TO administer tie Holy Rite ofconfrmation.
The Chattanooga Times suggests Col. j.
Burch Cooke, Of that city, as candidate
for the vacant Supreme Judgeship in Aug
ust next.
The work on the Custom House at Knox
Vile goes on steadily, and its beautiful pro-
portions are eliciting warm praises from all
visitors.
Joseph R. Dillin has sold his place near
Smyrna TO Mr.. Nelson for S35, 900. sThis is
one of the finest farms in Rutherford coun-
ty, and is well improSRhS
The dwelling house . Dfovirs--laHefEin-
ney, three and half miles from Athens, to
gether with most of its contents, was de-
etroyed by fire lately.
The Knoxville Iron Company have CON-
pleted the repairs of their machinery at the
Rolling Mil, and resumed work Wednesday
night, the 18th inst, for the first time since
the late accident.
At Memphis Judge Trigg has ruled that
all forfeitures that were entered in pursu-
ance of the action of the Grand Jury which
was discharged by Judge Emmons at the
last term, be set aside.
The commissioners of the Memphis and
Knoxville airline railroad have issued a
call for the stockholders Of the company to
meet at Bolivar on Monday, the 1st Of
January, for the purpose of organizing by
electing directors and other officers, and
preparing to begin work on the road.
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itself to make demonstration to satisfy the
people. The Senate refuses to allow an in
vestigation to be made, although it is charged
by Republican Senator, on The floor of the
Senate, that widespread corruption and ex-
travagance exists to-day In the public
service; and now, when Mr.. Curtis is on
the eve of reporting upon some plan which
is thought to be requisite, ont comes the
cry that the commission is failure.
Presidential OpiniOnl about Certain
Journals.
The President is understood to have
lately said that the opposition Of such papers
as the New York Tribune, the Cincinnati
Commercial, the Springfield Republican and
the Chicago Tribune, did not affect him. as
they would not dare to bolt on his nomina-
ton; and he said their Republican readers
would make them swing into line before
the Presidential election.
Congressional Committee Clerks.
The question governing the appointment
Of clerks to Congressional committees, was
looked into to-day by the select committee
on reorganization of the civil service. A
bill will shortly be reported, showing what
committees require clerks, extent of the
service required, and fixing the compen-
sation therefor. 1t is the intention of the
committee to make general inquiry into
the clerical status of all branches of the
government, properly grading this branch
OF the service, and fixing the remuneration
of the salaried officers in proportion to
their responsibility and services rendered.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

FRIDAY, Dec. 15.-The House was call
ed to order at 10 o'clock, Speaker Richard
son in the chair.
THE CONDITION OF THE STATE.
Mr.. Chester introduced a resolution,
which was laid over, in regard to the condi-
ton of the State. 1t is in the nature of a
pleasant satire on the report of the Judi
ciary Committee, submitted by Mr.. Martin
a few days ago, on the same subject.
GAMING THE SPEAKER.
Mr.. Cheatham, rising to a question Of
privilege, in the following neat and tasteful
remarks presented Mr.. Speaker Richardson
with an elegant gold-headed cane:
Mr.. Speaker Richardson: The members
Of the House of Representatives of the Leg
islature of Tennessee over whose delibera-
tiOns you have presided during the session
now about 10 terminate by constitutional
limitation, have imposed upon me the
pleasing duty Of presenting to you in their
name, this cane, as a slight testimonial of
their appreciation of you as a man, and their
esteem for you as a public officer.
The duties you have been called upon to
perform as the Speaker Of this House have
been arduous, delicate and perplexing. In
the ardOr and heat of debate, members hur-
ried on by an honorable and laudable EMU
latiOn for success-excited and stirred BY
the conflict Of opposing opinions, sometimes
transgress the line of parliamentary debate
and discussion; yours was the duty, with a
firm, courteous, but steady hand, to check
those mOmentary ebullitions Of feeling which
usually attend generous and noble natures,
and preserve the order and decOrum Of the
body. This, together with many other re-
sponsibie duties, you have with dignity,
p-omptness and ability discharged. You
have, sir, been faithful sentinel ever at
your post, trusted public servant, always
where duty called you. / speak the un-
broken and unanimous voice of every mem
Der of this House, when say that it is with
pleasure we tender you this token Of our re-
spect, esteem and affection, and say 10 YOU
that the kindest regards, the highest esteem
and warmest affection Of every one Of us
will follow you in your retirement TO your
home, with the earnest and sincere PRAYER
that when the twilight Of your life shall
come, to let memory stray to this occasion
and to this tribute.
THE sPEAKER's RESPONSE.
Mr.. Speaker Richardson responded as
follows:
Mr.. Cheatham: | accept this beautiful
cane with the deepest emotions Of gratitude
to you and each member for this evidence
of their partiality, and desire to return
to you my most profound thanks for the
complimentary references to me by you in
discharging the duty assigned you in this
matter, and to the members for the motives
which prompted them to make the present.
III cinaa .rOf1 baxa caav, -, ,iI,,.lo q,
the manner in which | have discharged the
onerous and responsible duties Of the pre-
siding officer Of this body during the ses-
sion, feel that it viii not be considered in
appropriate or an act OF vanity on my part
for me 10 say that while ] know that many
Others who have presided here have filed the
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NEW JERSEY.
Execution of q Parricide.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 15.-The ex-
ecution Of Jno. Ware for the murder Of his
father took place at Camden, n. j., to-day
about noon. Ware maintained stolid de-
meanor and exhibited no agitation. He
wrote a confession last night which he
gave to his counsel and in which he says
he killed his father because he i'll treated
his (John's) mother-he accuses several
witnesses who testified on the trial of perjury.
BE signed paper for the delivery of his
body to the surgeons, but this being op-
posed by his wife the body was surrendered
10 her after execution.