Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24

In the course If r-cHIt sermon,
| Mr.. Talmage said ''he saw some poi1-
| ticians present whom he knew, by
their b;oodsbot eyes and lecherons
lips, would go down 10 where all liars.
thieves and whoremongars g', thai
eternity where Tweed and other poll
ticians 60. lie had he I'D tn at Tweed
had taken a steamship and gone away.
He hoped that When they were out
some fifteen hundred miles from Liv-
erpool they would let him off in life
boat, and give him pair of oars 81
that lie might work his passage" A
little of the Lords prayer, after that,
sound, strangely.
The Radical leaders at Washington
ara taking an early start in their prep
arations for the Presidential campaign,
and III response TO the call of Mr.. E.
D. Morgan, Chairman of the Repub
ljcan National Committee, that body
will meet in Washington, January Is,
fix time aud place for holding the
National Convention next year. IbI"
promptuess i'll getting ready l. not
wholly a matter of enterprise with the
r. publican party. 1t ls move for
safety and to satisfy the gen ri curl
osity of those Immediately intereste
| as to the strength of d tferent factions.
After the extraordinary pipelaying
for third term which the Presidt Mt
has INDUCED in, Republicans as well
as the rest of the country are anxious
fot ventilation of views. Pronabiy
r. publicans who are opposed t" a
third term Will favor AN early Conven-
ton, for the longer Grant is allowed
the manager ent IF the party the bet
tee be can fix Things for his ren"m
iuation. Yet Oh the other hand,
B:a'ne has been tying to "utbij him
on the kunw Nothing issue, and Grant
might gain sons thing from coming
before. his party While his prestige III
this dodge is fresh. It is going % be
very pretty problem, which the
Democrats can nff ,rd to watch &C.
| r.n-ly without helping to solve it.
Contrary to public expectation, the
iu,v N tn" case of Thomas W. Pi
pr, at Boston. disagree d, nine fol
conviction al q three 'Or acquittal. The
case has often been described aud al
!ud, i to. Ga on" Sunday in last May
! VI sbei H. Young. Il Child less than Elk
| years Old attended the Sunday school
at III; Warren Avenue Baptist Church
! After the school was dis1oioSt d the
child was suddenly missed by ne,
| friends. \ saroh found her after &
i short time, i'll the belfry of the church
unconscious, aud SO badly wounded
by blows IN the head that she soor
dltd. Piper was sexton of the church
AMI was shortly after arrested, charg' 6
with the murder The evidence is
WI oily circumstantial, and the situa
ton exceedingly mysterious. Since
the murder of DIR. Parkman by Prof
Webster. parhaps no instance of muir
/
ton, or of proof to overcome al
doubts CT the truth. When the girl
was found, the people being led by
hearing her cries. the door of the bel
try apartment was locked, aud The key
could uot be found. 1t was ufterward
shown that Piper had in his possessiur
the desired keys. He has claimed to
prove an aiibi during the time wbeI
tue child must have been killed. He
was, III fact seen by parties in and
about the church so frequently during
the hour that he account for himself
it seems, to satisfaction of part ol
! the jury. There are probably blu
! few WHO will doubt that he is guilty,
In view of the whole situation, it j,
sc"Iceiy surposable tina; the doub'
will not sooner or later be cleared nj
and the Murderer of Mabel r. YudLe
| be proved guilty of the crime.