Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-06-03
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There was, says the Harrisburg STATE
Journal, no greater outrage ever committed
by Congress than TINT which defeated the
free exchange of newspapers through the
mails. It was done as piece of revenge
because the press almost unanimously advo>
Gated the repeal of the franking privilege,
which so incensed Congressman that they re-
taliated by repeating the free exchange of
newspapers through tho mails. The news
papers of the large cities, which enjoy the
advantages of immense patronage, encouraged
this repeal, hoping thereby to break down
country newspapers, and thus give them
wider field of monopoly. 1t was only rare
exceptions where this was not DONE Now
let the country press unite, and there is no
doubt the next Congress will do what is right
and proper on this subject. 1t will only re-
Guire plain statement to re.estabish the free
exchange of newspapers through the mails
POINTED TEMPERANCE SERMoN.-The
Stauuton Spectator, in its notice of second
sermon on the subject of intemperance, de-
livered by the Rev. DR.. s. S. Roszell, in the
81. E. Church South, in that place, on the
evening of the 25th ut, says:
He spoke of still houses as black fortifca-
tons along the confines of hell-whose archi-
tect was the devil, whose master>masons were
the rum sellers, and whose apprentices were
tipplers-whose fires typiied the fires of hell.
whose smoke, that of the smoke that ascendeth
forever and ever from the pit, and the bub>
bling spirits in the caldron the spirits of lost
souls on the lake of FIRE and birthstone.
He spoke Of rum-sellers as the agents Of
the devil employed as wet-nurses for the
grown-up babies of the bottle.
He admonished the girls nevcr, NEVER.
NEVER, to receive tho addresses Of any
yonng gentleman who was addicted to tin,
ping, however richly endowed with intellect
and fortune, however high his social position.
and however accomplished, handsome and
agreeable he may be-that it would be far
better to embrace corpse-that rather than
lnha!e the breath of such it worll be better.
like the jarksl. to breathe the ef!nvium aris-
ing from the purifying bodies of the charnel
house.
He said he would not allow such to nav
their addresses to his crnmn1e1 horn COW as
she came from pasture, and that, if she would
permit it, he would nut bullet in her head.
give her carcass to the vultnre, and paw the
tanner to take away her hide
Es" The Baltimore Sim referring TO the
recent discharge from imprisonment at New
Orleans of the persons arrested on charge
of treason, or endcavoring to subvert the
government. something of that sort, SAYS
that the case of De Blanc furnishes in it's re
suit a commentary upon the weakness of all
of the assumptions of the Kellogg faction,
and illustrates to what receptions it is capable
OF resorting in order to maintain its authority
and crush out opposition. 1t seems that the
affidavit upon which DeBlanc ard his nine
companions were arrested was by L. T. Mar
tinet, member of the Kellogg Legislature,
who asserted that it was based on letter
signed by five citizens who feared that another
massacre Of colored people was imminent
Those five persons appeared at the examina-
ton In New Orleans, and said that they knew
nothing whatever about the matter. Hence
the prosecution fell through, and the prisoners
were discharged
@ Gen. John b. Gordon made a little
speech at reception given him in Savannah,
Ca, few days since, closing with the senti>
ment: THE heroic dead of both armies, who
fought for principle, and backed their copvic-
tions with their lives. Let both be duly
honored."
Ez~ Fifteen carts, horses, and drivers
passed Fairfax e. H., on the ed, from Charles
county, Md, on their way to Luray, to begin
work on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad.