The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-12
Result OF sne Aftempted Assassination
of bismarck.
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES OF DERLlN CLOSED

The Herald's Berlin correspondent dis.
cusses from that point the recent attempted
| assassination Of Prince Bismarck, which still
continues to be the allabsorbins topic OF in-
terest there, and he says no one outside OF
| Germany can realize the amount Of intern.
perate, angry language used By the official
press OF Germany against the ultramontanes.
The pietistic Ereuz. Zeitung so far forgets
itseIf as TO see in tue Kissingen affair not
only ssthe finger of God in the salvation OF
PRINCE Bisn,arck's lie, but also 10 the per-
| hitting the deed to be attempted" Again
tn. Mons Mira. Protestant sheet considers
that son the 18th of May the Divine seal
| w,s nlacpd nv God on the May ecclesiastical
lnwsr What the Norddertsche AHgemelne
Ze;t,no has in mind when it considers The
:. gloomy day Of Kissugen will be glorious
morning In the history of the world" l am
unable to say. The ultramontane and the
social democratic parties will certainly not
mark this day with white stone IN their an"
mails: for it has given the Government the
lopp-wished-for opportunity of taking the
offensive against them son the whole line"
The Norddcutsche Allgemeine Zeitung fan
cied that "Germany, the pious nursery, had
been transformed into q Roman murderer's
depv and Frankfort paper, which gets its
inspiration from Berliu, could say without a
blush that sit had come to pretty state OF
things when the old man Of the mountain
could sit in the Vatican and from this throne
command murder and assassination when
ever he chose An official of the empire
who has drawn upon himself the dlssatisiac
ton of the Pope is no longer safe OF his life
even in the midst of Germany, and cannot
take the waters at a bathing place without
being guarded by military escort"
"The thought is grand one," answers
the democratic Frankfort Zeitung, "to To-
0OO, 900 lighters for civilization come about
II, 900, 900 'papal gendarmcs hansmen,' wait
inc to execute the orders received from the
Vatican"
But if we are to believe the NorddeutS2he
AAgemetne Zeitung then the Jesults are at
the bottom of the attempted ASSASSINATION.
as they have been, we suppGs2, q: nc r2o:
OF every political murder Sincc The develop
ment of the Order. Such, 1T least. ~ lie
popular logic. The first comparison OF hull-
man by the Berlin papers vas WIN FRANCOIS
Ravaillac, the murderer 81 stlns Henry ~.
and to support the comparison thc G0'@-
deutsche Allqemeine Hetin3lg brought ~ en-
tire column Of quotations from tle Wolhs
of celebrated Jesuit writer's to prove that,
according to the tenets held bY them. assassi-
nation was in some cases iustiilaG!3 inu Tor
the good Of humanity.
Following close upon these att3cfs q Inc
press the Government opened upon the %
tholc party, and the RESIDENCES OF TnanJ OF
the prominent leaders Of Catholic societies
were searched and seized CT documents and
papers.
The place of meeting of the Berlin Catho-
lie GeseiIenverein union OF Iourneymen(
the house of Vicar Spiritual Councillor Mu-
Ter 1.-THE father Of Catholic societies IN BeriD)
were searched, proving that the Govern
ment suspects the existence OF conspiracy
against the Empire. Ind these police IN
qusitions have been followed, quick as thun-
der after lightning, by the temporary closing
Of the Catholic societies in Berlln. Inc
Reictsun-e!Gc7. of the 2.8t instant contains
the following order:
On the basis Of paragraph of the ordi'
nance of the 18th OF May, 1850, respecting
the prevention OF abuses Oi the rlSnt OF as
sembly and union, tending 10 ieoparulAe ie-
cal freedom AID order, the following socic-
ties are Temporarily closed by the Police Pre-
sident OF Berlin
First-The catholic Society o. .soUrney-
men (Gcsei!enYarcin) OF: this city, with the
l. The Academy Of tie ,.e4e.icnveren.
>. st. Canisius's Union OF Young Iaster
Workmen.
8. st. Eduards Society of Masters.
!. Society of Apprentices.
All of Berlin.
Second-The St. Bonface Society, with
the following societies in connection with 1t:
|. Boniface Students Union.
3. st. Bonitace Union of Independent
Catholics.
5. Union in Honor of the Holy Family.
All in Berlin.
Third-The Plus Society Of He-lin.
1t is hereby h.oI.:nC % pubic notice that
the participation IL any o. CT2ac Sotiei!e5
will be punished by Z line OF troTa ave 10
fifty thalers, or inI'rls0nn.ciiT liom c!snt
days to three months.
Berlin, July 81, 1874.
The ki>singen event has proved one thing
very clearly-that Bismarck, though popular
with the majority, has bitter minority
against hm-a minority which he treats in
very high-handed manner. The ultramon-
tancs and the social democrats sail for the
present in one boat. The official papers style
them "die schrdrzen" and "die r0thcn -
the blacks and the reus-and charge them
with melting the people against the existing
order Of things. Two editorial leaders OF
these parties are at present undergoing I'M
prsonment for publishing articles attacking
the Government. Majunke, the editor OF the
Berlin. Germanid, is in prison on the P'0t-
Zensee; Mr.. SoDuemln, the editor of the
democratic Frankfort Zeitung. is lnelrcerated
in the vicinity Of this city. Dozens OF cases
occur every week ia which social democratic
assemblies are arbitrarily closed by the po-
lice. A workingmen's festival was prohibited
at Brunswick few days ago. Two meetings
were suddenly closed in Berlin on the 14th
and 18th instant by the police.
A number of threatening letters have been
received by Prince Bismarck, specimens OF
which we give below. One is from Hano-
yer, without date, and reads as follows:
sour Magistrate and Collegium
have sent you an address of congratulation
that the bullet did not strike you; but that
YOU may not believe this to be the true feel
ing of the people, say to you that thou
sands wish the bullet had been better aimed,
on account of the many crimes you have
committed.
GONE FOR MANY AND SOCIAL DEMOCRAT
Another letter, with the postmark Salz-
burg and dated the 18th of June, reads
"Birmdrck: we Catholics nave just READ
that you had been struck by bullet; but,
unfortunately, it did not do you much
harm-a fact which is regretted very much
by the Catholic clergy-and We want to tell
you beforehand that if war were to break
out you would be the first for whom bullet
would be cast, for ne Catholics have to
thank you that, sooner or later, war and re.
volt will take place among the people. You
are not worthy to occupy the high position
you do in the Reichstag. Take care, for