Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-10-02

I'll long after the hour for the commencement
OF the concert. Mr. Haley did not Gomez
ITO be Concluded in our Next.
PL1RIMAGEs IN FRANcH.-A correspond
ent OF the London Times gives the following
account of what is going on III this line Of |
Things; "What is now witnessed in France
taxes US back, not merely to the days of the |
more pious among the later Bourbons, but
even to tue Middle Ages, and 1t unfortunate
iy supplies arms to the scofier, and excites the /
rldlcule OF other nations. In Italy, once so |
superstitious and priest-ndden the pranks of |
the pilgrims in France are contemplated with |
wondering amusement. |
The French clerical journals rejoice in the |
retrogression of their country. we ave retur-
ing, LIE Monde lately wrote, I'VE have a. |
ready returned, not eighty years back, for it Is |
scarcely eighty years back when, following Vol |
taire, people scarcely belIeyed In God; not $50 |
years back, for then, owing to Jausenism, they
hardly believed in miiticles; but to three or fo
centuries ago-to the lime Of Christian feivr
ne ohton lately said that since the pilgrimage
to the tomb ofSt. Martin of Tours, ii seems
AS II our Catholic Deputies were more directly
protected by Mary One hears of nothing but
pilgrimages, and apaper called the Piigrinu has
been started to record them, and to celebrate
the miracles which ON seem to be of frequent
occurrence. In this paper lately read tina
the Nlsmes pilgrims, . 900 in number, received
| from their bishop the pilgrims cross and accom-
panied him to Lourdcs, where they met LOO
pilgrims from La Roche. and the 900, we are
told, abandoned themselves to transports of love
anu iaith. 'rhe pilgrims says the organ of
those pious people, relate to us the four mira
cles they themselves Sdte-the paralytic woman
relieved, the lame woman who left her clutches
| at Lourdes,the deaf and dumb woman who heaIs
and speaks, the blind person who was able to see
ane procession of the pilgrims with torches
There are various shrnes TO which these nil
| hoe Il
Ing to be Iourdes, La Salette, and Paray-le-
Monlai, and papers of the class that | have
quotou from dwell with delight upon the incl
dents OF the journeys, upon he special manifes.
tatiohs oil grace, upon tho admiration the pil-
gtlms inspire as they pass through the towns
WIN thelr red crosses over their hearts, and
thelr rosarles OF large beads, upon their raptures
auu ecstacles and hystefcs, and upon the electric
shocS which runs through them at the cry of
zee GORE Dame de LoTtteS" Viz Pie fY,"
Every 'dy ehvies their happiness saws lie
feterm, the perfume Of Lour,les Is upon them
anu men say to each other, No. France il moi
"'a', Since liel faith cannot he killed. 1t WAS
az idray-le-Monial That Marie Alacouue asserted
she had an interview with Jesus Chri 81 and tho
conversation which passed has been published
III pamphlet by one of the writers in the Uni
eGs. lie erection of church on the summit
OF Montlnartre gave rise TO stormy scene In the
Assembly The Bill authorizing IL originally
sad /. should be dedicated TO the Sdcre Cplr
ae Jesus Christi 'to invoke upon France, and
part icularly upon the capital, Divine mercy and
projections; but the majority of the Chamber re.
fused to adopt that FORM"
NORTHERN PACIFIC RoAD.-Holders Of
ponds oil the Northern Pacific railway are nat
uraiiy anxious over the probable effect of tn,
suspension ofJay Cooke x Co. on the value O
the bonds.
For the benefit ofthese bondholders, and allt
therslhterested in the completion OF this grea
railway enterprise, We append the statement of
samuel Wilkerson, secretary Of the Northern
! Pacific railroad;
The secretary, speaking of the suspension O
Jay Cooke & Co., its financial agent, said Ii,
, had no doubt of future of the road. 1t Womb
De constructed. There were those support Ing
IT. who would not allow it to be abandoned.
Tho board of directors alone represented mil
lions. The company had not dollar of unpai,
paper up To tue present time. Not note O
theirs was ever seen in Wall street, and not
: bond was hypothecated by the company ,conse
quently the company had no liabilities hang
= lug over 1t that might descend without warn
u ing The Interest of the compan y's bonds wa
:, not due until the LIST ofJanuary next, and
y would then undoubtedly be met. That portiol
u OF the road already built WAS earning NOR
~ than was anticipated from it. That portion G
:, , 1t running to the Red River country had al
l. ready deve Hoped fine carrying trade, He be
5, lieved the road would be hindered more n
0 hostile Sioux than by financial reyolulior
n Neither force, however, could prevent the sue
y cessful completion Of the road.
'r Two Of the members Of the firm OF ia
Cooke Co. were directors of that Northe r
A. Pacific Railroad Company. The result will !
81 that the work of construction will be somewha
retarded. 1t is more than probable Congress
Of viii be asked to grant an extension OF tn
VI years 10 the company, beyond that alread
III grained, to enable it to complete the road n
II such enterprise was ever before attempted b
ie private capitalists-that OF constructing raj
= road 200 miles in length. across an ansettla
u continent. Congress should have come to the
"a aid by extending credit TO the undertaking.
T. would have done SO but for the demagoyical or
: that corporations were grasping the entire dc
~ main and overriding the rights of the pee
10 pie. -
III The rolling stock is as follows. Locomotiy
~ engines, "; passenger cars, 1G; baggage an
az mail cars, Q; immigrant and dumps, 25, pla
d. form freight cars, Lib; box freight cars, 3s
~ Total cars, 1910.
Nv Inc road being in process of cons truction, n
:, account OF It's earnings can be given.
at The expenditures have been as follows: Su
le yeyors SlO9, 1874; construction, SIP POO 600 ro
ling stock, $90S.S3S; tools, machinery. an
NJ stock supplies, 1855, S3l; harbor improvement,
at Duluth, $245,5o6 Total, ST., sol, s74
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