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bagpipe Learn also to throw and catch little balls

bagpipe. Learn also to throw and catch little balls
on the points Of knives, to play tricks With bas-
kets to initiate the chirrup of birds, and to jump
through four hoops" The practice Of these
fddling and juggling tricks degraded the
profession-a thing that was greatly de-
p1ored by high-minded trouvers. One Of
this class, Grand Riquier, Of Narbonne,
petitioned Alfonso el sabio to exercise his
authority in restoring the gag science to its
pristine dignity. As means thereto, Giraud
suggested the publication OF an edict in
which the poets, the singers Of poetry, and
made no attempt to effect this arrangement;
perhaps he Haw that it lay beyond his power;
nor did any other Prince accept the task from
whence he shrank. So, until Provence ceased
to be the land Of aong, the name troubadour
continued to confound the man OF original
genius and exalted sentiment with the
msrest stroller. This is not the
place for an examination Of the causes that rem
dered the occupation Of the jongleur so profta-
bic as it really proved. We must content our
selves with remarking that the Proyencals Of
all grades were enthusiasts in their admira-
ton OF song, and liberal to excess in their
reward Of singers. Money, clothes, jew
els, and horses we're scattered in profu-
sion among them. Posts and pensions
too, were to be won by proficiency in the guy
science. And there is one instance on record
Wherein q large estate was given for single
composition. Taraudet de Flassans purchased
the manor the name OF which he bore from
Foulqet de Ponteves for piece entitled SIN
structions to Secure One Against the Treacheries
Of LOYe"-COrnhiN
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the entire range, from the loudest stop combins-
tions to the very softest, by the moving OF sin
Gle pedal The organ WAS built by Mr. Hook, Of
Boston, and, at the time it Was used at the Jubi-
lee, was blown by three hydraulic pressure en-
gines It WAS insured for SIS 600. Mr. Morgan
lost valuable collection Of music, which he can-
not replace.
The loss is estimated by A1r: Rowan, clerk Of
tho church, at about $4,000 On the building aud
furniture; insurance, 1000.
A Tribune reporter called On the Rev. Mr. Tai
mage, yesterday afternoon, at No. 287 Quincy
street, to obtain information Of the plans Of hia
congregation for the future. Mr. Talmage waa
very cheerful and communicative On the subject.
He said, IN reply to an inquiry:
"Weu! Its gone up IN 3 chariot Of fire, like
Elijah. Il is quite 3 1oss to Us, but ne shall
rebuild st once on the same spot. and probably
II the same style. We shau worship tonight II
Plymouth Church, and my people and Mr.
Beecher's all come we shall have crowd. Ba-
fore the church WAS half burned, ne received an
Invitation from Mr. Beecher and his Trustees to
use their church in the evenings until we could
rebuild. We had an informal meeting Of
Trustees in the old church, and before tha
service IN Plymouth Church was through they
had received m reply that re would use their
an offer OF DR.. Duryea's and DR.. Cuylera
churches, and half dozen others. We hope,
however, to get the Academy OF Music until We
shall be ab1e to rebuild, for both morning and
evening SERVICE and Committee was author
lied at once to make negotiations. The Academy
is one OF the best buildings now in the city for,
the purpose. but is not equal to our church,
which in oil its arrangements was unsurpassed.
Miss Charlotte Cush1nan, who read in it q short
time ago, and all speakers who have tried it,.
have expressed the opinion that it could not
have been improved in its acoustic properties.
An ordinary conversational tone reached
every person in the house, in which 4, 1000 peop1a
could be and frequently we're packed"
III; Talmage was asked if he thought corfu
gated iron would be used in this new building.
He replied that he thought so. The fact WAS, N
his opinion, that nothing was proof against fire.,
He had recently come from Chicago, and there
he heard Of stone buildings melting like WAX be-
fore the flames. However the fire in the Taber-
nac1e may have originated, he thought it's fate
would have been the same If it had been built Oh
wood or stone. The style Of the church may
have seemed eccentric to outsiders, but he liked
it. man is pleased, or ought to be, With the
appearance Of his own wife, whatever othere
think OF her. So it was With him and his people
in their opinion Of their house Of worahip, Alp
its arrangements were harmonious and con-,
duciye to sociabilitT everything was in circles;
He thought the new house would be nearly a.
fac sinalle OF the old.
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the right OF free speech, to publish free jour-
nal, and to attack Hypocrisy, even when en-
ttroned on the high seat OF the synagogue; and
i the people will permit them to be crushed ont
serve to have the iron heel Of religious despot-
ism again placed upon their necks.
The succeeding vindication Of the alleged OBJ
scenity Of the suppressed number of the Wood
hull Clafin paper, by parallelisms from the
Bible, was after the common fashion Of every
sort Of faith or want OF faith, and was, to put It
mildly, not Of IN improving or q decorous na-
ture. Mrs. Woodruff would warn society against
Clergyman, ZOO of which class; she extrayagant1y
remarked, were. to-day. in this country under
disgrace from CRIMES Of sexual origin. They
hold that it is more honorable, and that they who
profess it are leas dangerous to society,
to steal into houses OF assigna-
tion, doub1o-veiled, under cover OF the
night, and, at the same time, be long-taced,
praying Christians and loud-mouthed denouncers
OF prostitution. The people do not wonder that
they who live in the neighborhood of stagnant
pools Of water and decaying vegetable matter
have fever and ague. But they do not wonder
that so many have moral fever and ague, and
would wonder still more If it were known how
many have dumb moral agne. Nor should this
be construed into justification OF public prosti-
tuition, for it is not that by any means. But it
does mean that, whatever person really is, it
is best for himself and society to be known as
that and not as something else, which he is not.
It will be remembered that Christ said, s'There
is nothing secret that shall not be made known;
nothing hidden TINT shall not be reyeaied." Do
Christians-does Plymouth Church believe that?
HRS. Woodruff closed her appeal to the peo-
pie with the gage OF defiance, notifying Com
stock, Plymouth Church, Government L. Co.,
that the old, Torn-out, rotten social system will
be torn down, plank BY planl timber after tim
ber, until place is given to new, true, and
and justice to ALTO women as well as men
the results OF which can be nothing else than
physical health, intellectual honesty, and moral
purity. The Weekly shall live and be devoted
to this purpose or, if it be crushed, the In
domitable two will travel over the country from
extreme to extreme, speaking in the streets If
debaIed from halls--but speaking, at all events.
Stop their press, perhaps; but their tongues,
never!
, 1872-12-26

/ from us u frank and cordial approval Of every
action performed in accordance with its and our
principles. But the Tribune is nobody's official
advocate. It has no excuses to offer for the
bilier scandal, and abhors the degradation Of the
Civil Service. When Republican leaders are
guilty Of oppression, fraud, bribery or any
other species Of wrong or folly, We shall not
spare them because they ara Republicans. No
party sympathies are strong enough to over
terance.
With these few words Of explanation, the as-
sociates and disciples Of Horace Greeley, sensi-
bic Of their inability to I'LL his place, but
strengthened by his teachings and encouraged
BY his example, take up the burden Of his life.
that in the patriotism Of their aims and the
honesty Of their methods, they shall strive to
copy the llusEious career OF their leader. They
purpose continuing, so far as strength and tiIne
may be given them, the works which he began,
and winning, yet more largely, it it may be for
the great Journal which he has left, untimely, to
his associates, the respect and attachment OF the
same classes Of enlightened and liberal men and
women who have beenits friends through so many
years. They are resolved that this shall be
the same Tribune which fought so brnvely for
Human Freedom for Equal Rights, for the
Cause OF the Poor, for the Advancement of the
Humble, for the Education Of the Ignorant, for
the Succor Of the Homeless which made itself
the laboring mans guide, the scholars compan-
ion. the welcome visitor at the farm freside.
terprises, pushing forward whatever advances
the culture and prosperity OF our country, tend
ing naturally to the party which has been identi-
fed most closely with the progress and glory Of
the Union, but at war with abuses wherever
they may be found, it shall be, what from this
day we formally style it at the head OF the edi-
torial columns, :sThe Tribune, Founded by
Horace Greeley"
, 1872-12-26

The Strength Of q Mothers Love.
The almost superhuman strength and courage
OF women under circumstances Of great peril, or
when the maternal instinct is reused to the ut
most for the preservation Of thoir offspring, has
been recently exempGfed in most extraordi-
nary manner at segano, a small village south of
Milan child Of years, playing near an old
Hen but carelessly covered over, went too near
could reach her, was precipitatcd to tho
bottom. The frightened child ran scream
ing to her motlor with the fenrful
news. The latter, workwoman in the factory,
realizing the full danger of her: little one, in
simultaneously flew across tho court, and with
her eyes fixed upon the water below, pallid,
mute, teeth hard set together, she thought only
OF rescuing her child, and clutching the old
coping of the well, let herself down from stone
to stone until she reached the water, where an
inner TOW of stones gave her footing. The
little one had caught by its clothing to this
jagged wall, and the brave woman, reaching far
over firmly grasped the child, and lifting it FREQ,
with the other she steadied herself against the
damp, slippery wall.
In the meantime the alarm had been given,
and the workmen who had come to the rescue
let down ropes to which the woman was to at-
tach herself and child. But this was impossible
to accomplish without letting 60 of the child
The poor woman could not again bear the terror
OF losing her baby. for an instant and with
LOOK OF paH1ed, hopeless despair thrown upon
those who waited breathlessly for the result, was
about to resign herself to her awful fate, when a
sudden gra sping of the rope below gave renewed
courage to the spectators. The undaunted
woman had made another effort for
hfe, and successfully: Slowly lifting the child
to her mouth, she had taken in her teeth q por-
tlon of the dress and safely held it, until she
made fast the rope to each. This communicated
to the people above, 8 shout went up, as one
more fearless than the rest, at the risk Of his
IN ff,or no4-@,
child. which he accomplished by intrepid COOL
ness and undaunted courage, amid the hearty
bra7os Of the men, and tie lalf-frenzied, hys-
terieal uhrieks Of the women.
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From, the Ne,e York World.
1t has already been meprioned IN commenting
with a white population of s,445,043 have but
5, ,421 churches, while the six Southern States
upon the Atlantic, with white population OF
3,450, ,903, or virtually the same, have II, SGT
churches but apart from this amazing reVe}a-
tion there are other items of interesting ecclesi-
astical information to be gathered from the re-
port. The population Of the thirty-seyen States
is 81, lis, ,64l, and the total number Of churches
for this multitude is 62,522, with q 595, ,542 sit
tings leaving 16, 72o o99 Of our people apparent
" unpTovided for. The truth is, however, that
the population Of ten years Of age and over
amounts to q, 899 $685. which leaves but g. 503 1893
persons Of church age, 80 to speak, who could
find no accommodation should every man, wonn-
taneously moved of q bright Sunday morning to
attend religious worship. Still that as many as
6,503, 1893 persons, or about one-sixth OF our en-
tire population, have no church accommodation
is pregnant reflection for divinos. The aggre-
gate value OF the church property is 3349, ,619,-
the United States Government, exclusive Of the
enormous payments Of interest on the public
debt, are SITE, ,495, ,015.55, or about one-hah the
entire value Of all the church property Of the
gance of the Government that in two
years, we're there no other means Of revenue
but church property, we would be 100000 Of
heathen, without church to our name. In the
Territories and the District Of Columbia there
are $50 churches, with 269,520 Rittinga, and
church property worth 1855, sol.
Coming to particular denominations, the
disciples Of Wesley and Wh1tefeld tower, in
point Of numbers, above al :; the Baptists como
next, the Presbyterians next, then the Catholics,
the Christians (or Canpbellites), the Lutherans,
the ngregationalists, the Epiacopalians, and
the German Reformed, in the order named.
The number Of churches of these and some
other less prominent denominations in 1870,
1860 and 1850 are as follows
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q. . oo,,fort;rr- ao5,e.;o 80 a. ss.sass
that 9rbiie "a +o.Eot i''i3 ~ iio enJ .euhus
IN nronor+on 30 ~ 1t d;d a. M
49, ,tI 1 y It4' 10y - WY
Tha noae s1stty ~ espec.apac.loohlng eolnces.
0Enaee structure The number Of shggches
to oo1ns 10 s ~ & sae nupel lsov Du1
g1easei Ga tnan y T. Was M twenty years ago.
,e 14mug u u tae sno3ocs o1 asocation, th9 cen
g roe1ea US ICY ~ Hoe ra1o ga us or
nsules 1ouy 1otaa pelore US =, 80 ~ men and
NJ Gome.i ooss auo ELLIE, "pthtns a"ay lor Gear M
eat,,,+ +1re a,,n tI'; occ9pa.lon 4 Inc
Is4;aI ~ 3he 17nitn3 statas Oh Inc pop
aSt4t! " Liz oAlleu sotates aIe Qtoues,
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firm Of D. B. DeLand i; Co., Of the Fairport
Chemical Works, Fairport, N. T., died Dec u,
of P1euro- pneumonia with etfusion.
Mrs. Freeman, an old lady living at Crock
cry, q little place near Grand Haven, Mich. Taa
sitting in her arm chair sewing Tuesday after
noon: A rifle in an adjacent bedroom waa
ball passed through 3 partition into the sitting
room, piercing table in the way, and f1na1lT
lodged in the old 1ady's head. She lived only
two hours after the accident,
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Washington Correspondezce Of the Cincinnati 7fues
Your fe11ow-cltizen, Judge William Johnston,
IS here looking after the Piatt claims-No. 2,2O5
IN the Court OF Claims.
The case as it now stands is in the mama n4
Hannah Grandln, administratri1 of John Fl.
Piatt against the United States.
Abram =. P1att had three sons John q. Piatt,
BENJAMIN u; Piatt, Abram s. .Piatt, and two
daughters, Hannah G. Grandin and Nancy
Dunn. Abram s. Piatt and Hannah G. Graudin
Are the only survivors.
John H. Piatt, the ancestor OF the claimant.
had been ComnissarY OF the Northwestern
Army from the beginning of the war Of 1912 up
contractor for supp lies. At this time be lad in
his hands balance OF the Commissariat fund
amounting to 946, 1926.
In January, 1914, he contracted with the Gov
ernment to furnish rations to the Northwestern
ration, the Government to furnish him from
time to time with means to purchase these SUD-
pies-to be accounted for on settlement, which
vas to be made every three months.
~ In = January, 1873, after e1pending the s46,
furnished him by the Government, there was
etin due him over 100000, and his drafts on
the government for over $I40, COO were under
protest for want Of funds in the Treasury to paY
them. Meanwhile the gold and silver in tho
at heavy dlscount-worse still, the enemy had
captured Washington, and burned the Capitol,
AL the banks had suspended, and the country
vas flooded with irredeemnble paper. Currency
vent down and provisions went up, till rations
contracted for at twenty cents could not be
bought for less than forty five cents.
In December, 1914, Mr. Piatt went to Wash
lngton to surrender his contract, and, in COM
panyz with the late Judge John Mclean, went to
Mr. Monroe, Acting Secretary Of War, and e1-
pressed his determination to give up hiH con-
tract Mr. Monroe appealed to his patriotism
not to desert his country in the hour OF it's peril
and assured him il he would go on and furnish
the supplies he should be indemnifed for any
loss he might sustain in 80 doing.
Mr. Piatt kept on till the close of the war Bup-
plylng the army at q cost OF As cent? per ration.
The claim is for the difference between the
price contracted for 20 cents per ration, and the
price paid, As cents per ration. Whist the claim
amounts to in the aggregate is not exactly
stated, but vii be something less than fourth
OF million.
Judge Johnston's effort, when in print, will
read Like . work OF fiction. It will bo . 1acst in
teresting chapter Of early times.
, 1872-12-26

Auburn Wants to erect statue Of Seward
In Seward Park New York should have moved
long ago to put oue up in Central Park.
, 1872-12-26
Nol,ICE3-

The Town Collectors Of all the towns OF
Cook County, have returned their books fon
State and County Taxes for 1871, to the
County Collector least wing Of old Court
House). Taxpayers who have not paid. and.
wish to snve costs, must pay at onoe.
J. s. RuMSEY, County Collector.
, 1872-12-26
MUSICAL,

n corner Van Busen-st. These Organs are
aGKn9Mled4e4 TO be nnEiyalled in excellence Bee III
LnSTRATED CATALOGUE AND TESTIMONIAT.a
GltCULAR. Organs to rant.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-14
LONG FACES.

Alas. it grieves us to the very heart to
see so many of our good friends and neigh
bors going about with fearful eyes and
down cast countenances, since Tuesday
morning. Their faces are as long as rails
since the news from Maine was heard; and
what still more painfully affects us is that
there is no prospect of having those rueful
countenances shortened. The facial organs
Of our friends were precsptibly elongated
by the final news from North Carolina; and
the news from Vermont last week added a
cubit to their length, but the "news from
Maine " relaxed their lower jaws like the
palsied hand of death, and they looked like
they had lost the last friend they had in
the world.
1t is doubtless severe ordeal, to cast off
the old hard shell of Democracy, and come
out clothed in the more delicate raiment
of " Black Republicanism." The change
must be allied to the experience the crab
undergoes in parting with its old SHE'LL
The poor animals only resort is to hide
itself in the sand and wait for a future tide.
We advise our Greeley friends to hide
themselves and wait for coming tide
We don't know that any one will ever rise
high enough to reach them; but they ought
to have some sympathy for their friends
and not continue to harrow our feelings SO
with their painfully long faces.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-14
Republican County Convention.

The County Convention of the Republic
can party to elect four delegates to repre-
sent Cecil county in the Congressional Con-
vention, which will assemble at Towson-
town, Baltimore county, on Thursday
next, 10Th inst. met at Elkton, on Wednes-
day last. The Convention was called to
order, in the Court House, at 10 o'clock;
and w. Scott Price elected Chairman, and
T. B. Hopper, Secretary. A call of the
delegates by Districts showed that the
First, Second, Third, Fifth and Seventh
Districts were represented by delegates and
the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Dis
tricts had no delegates present. After
calling the roll of delegates the Convention
adjourned till o'clock, p. NJ.
The first business in order after the re-
assembling of the Convention was the nom
ination of candidates for delegates to the
Congressional Convention. The following
named gentlemen were placed in nomina-
ton: Hon. J. Tome, DR.. n. 3. Morrison,
Messrs. T. B. Hopper, J. E. Wilson, D. X.
Ralston, ]. G. Crothers, David Scott and
Col. l. d. Davis. The first ballot resulted
in the election of Hon. Jacob Tome, John
E. Wilson, Esq, and Mr.. T. B. Hopper;
DR.. n. B. Morrison and David Scott receiv-
ing tie vote, it was moved by delegate
that DR.. Morrison be declared the fourth
delegate by the Convention which motion
was adopted. A motion was then made by
G. W. Boulder, Esq, that the remaining
four nominees Messrs. D. X. Ralston,
David Scott, J. c. Crothers and Col I. D.
Davis be declared alternates by the Con-
vention, which motion was adopted.
The following resolutions were submitted
by Mr.. Townsend Poole, delegate from the
Third District, and adopted by the Conven-
ton.
Resozoed, That we the Republicans of
Cecil county in Convention assembled do
heartily endorse the nomination of Ulyssis
S. Grant as the Union Republican candi-
date for President of the United States, be-
lieving him to be honest and capable from
his past record of four years, and believing
that his future administration will be as
JusI DIS Las pCCu Vic pdSt, diSO UCluS
confident in the language of Horace Gree
ley, that "He never has been defeated
and never will be.''
Resolced, That we indorse the nomina-
ton Of Henry Wilson as the Republican
candidate for Vice President of the United
States from the fact of his past record prov
ing him to be the friend of the oppressed,
the supporter of all movements tending to
advance the public good, being himself a
working man and the defender of the rights
of labor.
Resolred, That we know but two parties,
the one in favor of the maintenance of the
late Amendments to the Constitution by
which the fruits of the late war can be Sc
CURED and freedom and equality before the
law given to every person ON American
soil; and the other opposed to every meas
ure of advancement or amelioration of the
oppressed.
Mr.. John E. Wilson was then called on
to address the Convention, and responded
in a brief, but pithy and stirring speech,
which was enthusiastically applauded, at
the conclusion of which the Convention
adjourned.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-14
The Registration.

EDITOR WHIG:-Quite number of vo-
tiers were lost in the county last Fall for
want of attention by the committees of the
Districts. Some of the cases then requir-
ing attention were those of young and I'M
married men, not registered, who were
temporarily out of the county at work, but
whose homes were in the county,
There were other cases of persons tempo
rarily absent and stricken from the lists by
the Registers, at their last session, and
whose cases were either not known at all,
or not in time to have their names restored
to the lists.
AS the Registration for this Fall is soon
to begin. some provision should at once be
made for preventing such losses in the ap-
preaching election. So long as the prac-
tice prevails of opening the Books of Reg
istration at times and places not duly and
legally advertised, and making alterations
by putting on and striking off names, there
will be urgent need for careful scrutiny of
the proceedings Of Registers.