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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
OUR BABY.

To day we cut the fragrant sod.
With trembling hands Asunder,
And lay this well-heloved of God,
Our dear, dead baby. under.
Oh. hearts that ache, aud ache afresh'
oh tears so hlindly raining
Our hearts are weak, yet being flesh.
Too strong for our restraining.
Sleep, darling, sleep. Cold rain shall ste ~
Thy little turf-mAd dwelling.
Thou wilt not know, 50 far below,
what winds or storms are swelling.
Aud birds shall sing, in the warm spring.
And flowers bloom above thee.
Thou wilt not heed them love, but oh!
The loneliness without thee.
Father, we will be comfOrtcd
Thou vast the gracious giver;
We yield her up-nOt dead, not dead
To dwell with thee forever.
Take thou our child. ours for a day,
Thine while the ages blossom,
This little shining head we lay,
On the Redcemer's bosom.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21

In the course of letter to the hulspgi-
dent, Oh the subject of his marriage, Father
llyacinthc says:
- Unswervilgly faithful TO the principles
of the CathCic Church, | feel myself iu
no manner bound hy its abuses and am
profoundly convinced that amongst the
most faulty Of these ahnsus are perpetual
vows. The fall Of Luther lay not in that
pure and pious marriage in which his cX-
ample ought to be followed hy the larger
number of those who load him with male
dictions il was solely in his rupture with
the legitimate traditions OF the necessary
unity Of the Church
"I will ever submit myself to the laws
of the Church when am not called upun
to recognize as such what jesus Christ.
speaking to the Pharisccs of tbs ancient
people, already designated MS the com
mandments of men which made of uu
effect the commandments OF God Ma.
thew, xv, 6.9l It is fully admitted that
celibacy is not All article OF faith; IL ought
/ to be acknowledged that ii is NOT even d
matter Of Catholic discipline, but merely
| Of the discipline OF the Latin Church
Even at this hour, in the East, the Catho
lie clergy are married, with the full appro
baton Of the Holy see. II is true thH
such marriages must precede and no
follow ordination; hut this r. 'stric,ion
besides being full of objections, is withou
meaning in the eyes of sound Judgment
and does not the less establish. In all il
strength, the principle that in the mind q
the Church there exists no real iucompatl
biiity betwe,n the two great sacramelts d
ordination and marriage"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
Union League Robhed.

The Phila. Bullc'R Of Thursday week
ing, has the following For "a period coy
ering about Two years, article of various
kinds have been pnisscd from the Union
League House. The matt.r WIS finally
brought TO the attention Of Lieut. Ellis.
and Wednesday one Of ;Ac employees of the
establishment, ramej Charles Mason,
was arrested. The house of Mason, in
the upper part of the city, was searched
by the police. In il were found II large
quantity of whiskcy, wine and cigars,
spoons, knives and forks, tunh'ers, &c.
The value of the property recovered is
about 81 600. Mason was aria'gncd he
fore Alderman Smith, and was he'd for a
further hearing. In the investigation OF
the rohberies it was e,idunt inst uthel
parties were implicated. In the floor OF
one of the rooms was found an lnreniOusiS
contrived rccepticle for the storage Oi
articles, and this probably has been used
/ for hiding away the stolen articles unit
| they could be removed To Other places.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
The Viele Abduction Case.

DR.. NJ. X. Lewiston was arrested on the
Hamburg steamer at Hoboken, Thursday
night, charged with having assisted Mrs.
Gen Nele in the abduction of her daught-
er. lie was taken before a magistrate
yesterday but refused to make any state
mcnt in the absence of Counsel. The OIL
Ger making the arrest says he saw the
former Mrs. Vielc's baggage ON the vessel
but saw neither her nor the child, but
thinks they were on the vessel and had
hecn concealed by the steward. The
steamer sailed Thursday night.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21

The Grand Lodge of Odi Fellows Of the
United States met in Bt timorc Tuesday.
Furty-one Grand Lodges and thirly-lour
Grand Encmpments were represented,
one hundred and twenty-seven members
bciug present. The reports Of the Grand
Sire and Grand Secretary were read,
showing a most nourishing condition of
the Order. The Grand Lodge degree was
conferred upon Hugo Waltheim, District
deputy Grand Sire for Prussia. The
election Of Grand officers was made the
special order for Tuesday afternoon.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
Masked Murderers.

In Rutherford county, Tenn, a party of
masked men went to the hou-e ,f Henry
Miller, colnred, ON Sunday morning, and
shot him dead. Two of the men raised
their masks and We're rccoguiz 10y u
colored woman, but have tsctIcl arrest.
Millcr's offence was too .reat an intimacy
with a white woman.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
Mormon DabolIsn1.

Philip Clmgnon Smith, an ex-Mormon
bishop has made affidavit, in Utah, charg-
ing the massacre of company Of emf
grants at Mountain Meadow, upon the
Mormon militia. The massacre has been
attributed to Indians, but Smith sweare
that it was perpetrated by order or the
Mormon authorities.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21

Al Biltmorc, on Sunday night, an at
tack was made at the Northern Central
Depot upon delegation from Washing
ton, who were going to Baltimore to at
tend the Soldiers aud Sailors Convention.
Several bricks were thrown into the ranks,
and one Of the delegates was severely i'll
iurcd Ou Tia. Il. ad.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21

A despatch from Wil'.ington, n. c.,
says that two men named Gilchrist and
McClennan had difficulty at a church
meeting, on the 18Th Instant. Meeting
each other next day, Gilchrist shot Me
Clennan. The latter put four bullets into
Gilchrist's skull and then fell dead.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
VOICES OF NATURE,
BY BAYARD TAYLOR


the TREES.
Barrenly mtirmtir through manifold branches
Answer the billOws that tumble ashore,
Bldasoni Or strip IN the march Of the seasons
Who are but sport Of tie Winds nnd no
more.
Shadow we give them where once we were
holy,
Lintel and beam for the being they stole ;
Service for sacrifice. litter for garlands,
Use Tor the beauty they granted soul.
Desolate cold, il thc shell 0f "a Dryad;
Still are the dances, the Oracles duniU,
Playmates uf old. we are sighted As stran-
cers.
Sil0fn sf OR honor in ages to come.
THE RIVERS.
We are loud and silent. we hasten and daily
We bless and waste, as in days that are
We dance an the hill side and sleep in the
valley,
Nv tn rocks ~ cradle. ihp reeds asa bed
but ihA tynlrhs Of our fountains leave Them
untenteG.
And the God Of the sirenni "a gone from
his urn
The term of our human beauty is ended
And its liquid graccs shall never return.
We bless and waste. we speed in our courses,
We urge aud pilot, We cheer and call
We wander and widen, with ietierless
foftts;
SERVANTS ard i6tcts and lords n an
The pulses Of life IN our vcihs urhrukpn,
The movement Of life In the tides we l'Juti
Still bind us to men with secret token.
Nnd keep MS kindred, though none adore.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21

The n. Y. Herald allite"stiycly talks
of "beer and blood in Berlin.n
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21

Nashville Banner calls the Kentucky
horse Lexington "the greatest sire this or
any other country has produced" That
editor foigets the Father Of his Country,
We fear.
In paragraph on vacations the
Christian Union says: sit strikes us that
society is 70 arranged that the American
young lady mas II pretty easy time of IT,,
compaicd with her brother"
The best definition OF scandal given,
according to Arthur Hell S, was that Of
the It tie girl VITO described il thus; mo
bo Is docs I ot ng, and everybody roe' on
telling il cryWhcle." That is better
than dictionary.
"A man arriving home at IA late houl
little worse for too mach supper, hat
less and 90 ,tless, was asked by his ihdig'
nint spouse
Where's your hat and coat r.
"Sent 'em, my dear (hir), 10 the Chica
20 sufferers"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER.
An Interesting Incident---Where it was
First Sung, and who Adapted the words
TO Music.

An Interesting Incident---W Where IL was
First Sung, and who Adapted the words
to Music.
Editors baltimore american: GENTLE
MEN-l read with rare pleasure your arti
Gle of Sept. 18th about the song Of The
Star Spanglcd Banner" and | only regret
the omission of one or two important his
lurical facts.
Al an encampment on Gallows Hill,
near the Rope Walk, in this city, just af-
ter the Battle of North Point, and when
the dread of another attack was imminent
there were two young actors named Du
rang, who with their father and mother,
belonged to the dramatic company of this
Ohe Holiday street) theatre, (and who
we're alike clever in music and in acting),
a manuscript copy of Francis S. Keys new
national song was read. Ferd. Durang
Immediately applied himself to adapt il to
music. During the day he discovered a
suitable tune ina flvOrte air called "An-
acreon in Heaven" He played il over
aud over again, sung it among enthusi
astic shouts, and afterwards, with his
brother Charlie, sung II for the first time
iu any honsc at Holiday Street Theatre,
aud as the papers then most truihfully
declare, 'wih the most unbounded sue
cess.
Kindly notice my emphatic claim that
! the Star Spanglud Banner owes its glOri
| Gus melody to the taste and patriotism OF
an actor, that il was sung first By that ac-
| tor, Fetd. gDurang, and first upon any
stage at Holiday Street Theatre, Baltimore
| by Ferd and Charlie Durang.
! MIR and Mrs. Durang were from Ian
cas- er, Pennsylvania. From lSOs to ls!C
! they and their children were employed
chiefly at this theatre in the same compa
ny wi,h the elder J,ilerson, and strange
to say, paycd In 1910 with Master Payne
(Juhn Iloward), who afterwards wrot,
"Hune Sweet Home"
Very regardiully, j. 7. FORD.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20

MEMPHIS THEATER AT the matinee
to-day Percy Roselle will appear in
Weayers drama entitled the Boy Detec-
tive. Master Roseile is youthful actor
Of remarkable ability. He will appear
in the following characters: Butts"
the boy detective; Jack Halyard," a
sailor; Piggy Stubs" newsboyi Sir
Laurence Belvidere," fop; Old Jacob
Battersea," Hudson boatman; and
Mother Cronin." The Boy Detective
will also be presented this evening.
BRoox's OPERA House. = Manager
Broom continues to present fresh attrac-
tons at his popular theater on Jefferson
street. Among other stars will appear
Nellie Georgia, cantatrice, and Nellie
Zegrino, vocalist. Broom's grand matt
nee takes place at two o'clock to-day.
J. NJ. Ward, Irish comedian; Walter
Bray and Miss Lizzie Warren, new at
fractions. will appear on the boards.
OLYMPIC VARIETIES. Manager Buch-
anan has engaged number of new and
popular sta performers to appear at the
old Washington Street Varieties. To
night a grand bill will be presented.
The programme contains many rare at
fractions in the vocal and terpsichorean
lines. New stars have been engaged
and will appear in rapid succession.
Everybody invited to attend tonight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
FOREIGN.

ROME, April 20.-The Italian govern
ment has minated its objection to the
introduction in the Geneva conference
the American claim for consequential
damages, and has instructed its repre-
sentatives to oppose its consideration in
the conference.
LONDON, April 2O.-Persian advices
state that the famine is increasing in
Tehron. Destitution is widespread, and
it is feared that with the approach Of
summer the epidemic, which abaied
during the winter, will again appear
Numbers are perishing daily from want
a9d exhaustion. From all parts Of Per
STA a similar state Of affairs is reported.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
NEW YORK.

New YORK, April 2O.-At a meeting
of the central committee Of German
Liberal Republicans last night, it was
decided to send six delegates to Gin
cinnati to represent the Germans OF
New York city at the convention, with
instructions to vote for the strong civil
service platform. A committee was
appointed to draft an address and call
a mass meeting OF the Germans Of this
city, in order to popularize the Liberal
movement.
A public reception will be given to
Father Govazzor this evening.
Four girls and three men were ar
rested Wednesday evening In Church
street, near Canal, upon the complaint
of Carl Hoffman, of Cincinnati, who
had lost $500 in railroad and United
States bonds. Yesterday afternoon tbs
prisoners were discharged, there not be
ing evidence sufficient to hold them.
1t seems probable that Alexander Ma
son, of this city, will be selected as stake
holder in the 0'Baldwin-Mace match
being acceptable to both parties.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
A Rrace OF EnrthquaI es,

The late California earthquakes which
shook up the entire lower California
coast at the rate Of three hundred pei
day must have returned last night, judg
ing from the shaking of the bluffs and
the rafting of personal property through
out our city at twenty minutes to two
O. clock this morning. AT that hour to a
minute the trembler crept beneath
the city and bumped himself, On
Madison street, in the third stories
of solid stone buildings. the effect
was pleasant and delightful. The
wave or shake came directly from
the southwest, and the vibrations or the
rocking backward and forward contin-
ued about FIVE seconds. An interval OF
ten seconds interviewed when second
attack came on, not quite so violent as
the first, but sufficiently so to arouse the
sleepers and cause preparatory move
ments to be made by the occupants of
buildings to vacate the premises. Fur
niture acted as if it had attended the
Dolly Warden ball, and was practic-
ing a back step and balancing
with the stoves that tilted backward
and forward as they ratified in the
most unmusical manner. The shocks
we're the heaviest felt in this city for
years. No noise, however, accompanied
the shakes, proving that we merely oc-
cupied the outer verge Of earthquake
wave, which must have spent its force
out somewhere in the far Southwest.
Birds in cages woke up and squalled in
most unmusical manner, while the
twenty thousand dogs which keep watch
and ward along the banks of the Missis-
sippi, Wolf river and the Bayou Gayoso,
set up a furious barking and bowling
that was kept up in the most successful
manner for half an hour. the scientists
of our city are respectfully invited to rise
and explain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
iuERIoAR PRKse ASSOCIATION, VIA 8. =. Il
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
apecfAls 10 the Ledger.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Gen. Banks
called on Secretary Fish yesterday and
had long conference on the policy OF
the Government regarding the claim for
indirect damages. The Secretary as
sured General Banks, in positive terms,
that the President and Cabinet were
thoroughly united in support of the po-
sition taken by the department and
that, so far as the executive was con-
cerned, there was not even a possibility
of the Government receding from its
present position. He desired Banks to
communicate this information TO the
House foreign committee, which Banks
represented at the Cabinet meeting which
followed the interview. Fish communi-
Gated to the President and his colleagues
the substance Of the conference, and re-
ceived their unqualified assent to what
he had said.
Charles Francis Adams, our repre-
sentative at the Geneva Conference,
sails from New York on Wednesday
next.
The TribuDe's special from Washing
ton says strong lobby, representing the
owners of the Alabama claims, has been
in Washington the last few weeks at'
tempting to influence the Administra-
ton and Congress to withdraw the OBJ
jectionable parts of the case. 1t is hard
now to find any one who does not think
it would have been wiser to have omitted
them.
The Times special from Washington
says it is now very generally understood
that the Government insisted upon main
tanning its original position for the sole
purpose of securing the arbitration OF
the principle involved. The decision,
disallowing the claims, would really be
of more advantage to the Government
for future emergencies than any dam
ages.
The House Judiciary committee is pre-
pairing another disability bill, which will
contain about 1900 names, and will
probably be introduced on Monday if
ready.
A delegation of the Professors of the
Agricultural and Mechanical colleges
endowed by act of 1862, are now in
Washington suggesting more liberal
provisions, additional land grants, etc.
for their support.
No special Specification is attached to
the interview between Secretary Fish
and Banks, from the House committee
on foreign affairs, on the subject of Pc
tiers resolution for the withdrawal of the
claim for indirect damages. 1t is not
thought the result of the interview will
prevent the resolution from being re-
ported to, and favorably acted upon by
the House, in which event the President
will, doubtless, accept the action of the
House as expressive of the popular
opinion on the subject, and act accord
ingly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
TIE DANGER OF IT.

There is danger that the Liberal Re
publican movement is growing too fast
and getting too big. It's growth is rapid,
and for new party, perfectly marvellous.
The fear is that its swelling proportions
may defeat Grant at Philadelphia. That
would spoil everything. That would
ruin theCincinnati movement and lay the
Democracy out cold Wehave observed
on several occasions a disposition on
the part of several influential Liberal
papers to sneer at the Democracy. This
iusolence proceeds from one of two
causes. The sneerer either supposes
that the Liberal movement is strong
enough to stand on its own legs, or that
the Democracy have no alternative but
to select between the two wings OF the
Republicans, not doubling the result.
This is neither lair nor safe, and is a
dangerous matter. Democrats admit
that they cannot elect a President oil
their own, but they hold in their hands
the balance Of power, and as between
the Republican wings, the victory is al
their disposal. However, we have con-
fdence in the discretion of the leaders
of the Cincinnati movement They
know that they have not progressed SC
far as to be able to make the contest on
their own account, and rely upon an
army of three million Democrats now
dimly visible in the background waiting
for the order to march The time is
near at hand for the initistory step to be
taken that will, we believe, overthrow
the military government at Washington
aud bring it back to the control of th'
civil authority, when the courts of thu
country will be free to administer thu
law as it is, and when legislators viii
fear no executive ostracism.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
HOW ARE cRopsi"

We hear little from the country as to
the progress people are making on their
farms. We presume, however, that it is
about as usual. We regard the fact that
we hear little or nothing OF the old com
plant of the difficulty of makink con-
tracts with laborers as a good indication,
Capital and labor are adjusting their re-
lations by law above the wisdom Of
mantle law of necessity. The laborer
is adapting himself to the new relation
he has assumed, and the proprietor, from
the necessities of the situation, has come
to know just what he can and what he
cannot do AS time passes, the two ele-
ments will blend in greater harmony
and to the mutual benefit of each. We
have seen no statements as to the breadth
of land likely to be devoted to cotton,
nor estimates of the per centage of loss,
on account of the Presidential and other
elections. As this is to be year Of
great excitement, and as the laborers
are all voters and politicians, it is
certain that much of precious time
will be devoted to attending political
meetings. Nine-tenths of the negroes
are for Grant, and they will be required
to subordinate all else to his cause. We
suppose that planters have thought of
this and made their calculations accord
ing to their deductions from the facts.
Upon the assumption of the correctness
of the premises, it is logical to conclude
that the breadth of land ordinarily de-
voted to cotton will be diminished. OF
course that will diminish the produc-
ton. Meantime, the people, and par
ticularly the merchants, would be graft
fed to know how the planting interest is
progressing, and what are the material
facts likely to affect it. The interior
papers would do good service to the
public by keeping it informed of such an
important matter and everything Of in
terest connected with it
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
ASTOEISHED.

At Washington they say that the sig.
ni6cance of the New York demonstra-
ton of Friday evening against the re-
election of President Grant is supported
by such formidable and eminent array
of Republicans that establishment is ex-
cited instead Of ridicule in Administra-
ton quarters. Some of the most san
guine friends Of the Cincinnati Conven-
ton hardly expected that three or four
hundred of the men foremost in the Re-
publican ranks of the State of New
York would be found to be officers Of the
first mass meeting of the presides tial
campaign in the Liberal movement; but
such is the fact. With one or two ex
ceptiops, all the wealthy Republicans il
New York city who subscribed literally
four years ago for the election Of Gran
are now opposed to him, and they ar
determined that nothing shall be lef
undone to carry the States of New YOrl
and Pennsylvania against him"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
PHILADELPHIA.

PAILADELpHIA, April 2O.-shortly af-
ter eight o'clock this morning murder
was committed on board the brig Citadel
which arrived from Newcastle England,
ON Thursday. Two men named W. G.
Marshall and Schmidt quarreled while
scraping mast, and renewed the quar-
rel after breakfast. Marshall struck
Schmidt, who retaliated by plunging a
knife in Marshall's body, The latter
died in half an hour. and the murderer
ou.onIad
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-20
A,,e,,n,ed suicide.

AURORA, Ill, April 20.-Mrs. Frank,
an elderly lady in West Aurora, this
morning, in the absence of her family,
locked herself in the house and set fire
to the same in four different places, and
resigned herself to die. Attracted by
the smoke pouring from the windows,
the neighbors burst in the door, when
they found Mrs. Frank nearly suffocated.
She stoutly resisted being taken out, and
expressed disappointment that she could
not have perished in the flames. The
cause of the action is not known.