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The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
W0men's Rights In England.

They have their Abby Smiths in Eng
land, too. A lady of Hendon, in that loyal
country, has just gone through her annual
experience of allowing her goods to be
seized for Queens taxes rather than sub
nit to taxation without representation"
And while her case is bad enough, it does
not compare with an outrage recently in
iicted upon poor Mrs. Richard Jones, Of
Welshpool, in Wales. The husband Of
Mrs. Jones, it seems, is pauper, and is
supported in the workhouse, while the wife
earns her living as cook. She has re-
fused 10 support her INDECENT husband, and
the guardians of the poor lately summoned
her to pay the expense of his residence in
the poorhouse. She maintained that. un-
der the married women's property act re-
Gently passed by parliament, she had
right to apply her earnings wholly 70 her
own use, as by the terms of that law q
wife's earnings are her separate property
out the Court held that the law did not re-
lease her from the obligation of supporting
those who "have a fair natural claim upon
her" That is to say, the law allows a
woman to have her own wages, except
when judges shall decide otherwise. Mrs.
Jones has, therefore, been compelled to pay
Is. I'd. per week toward the maintenance of
her husband. Women's rights are making
progress in England, bnt in some way the
judicial authorities seem inclined to assign
added responsibilities to added liberties.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10

A gamin blacked mans boots at the
post-office few days ago. After the opc-
ration had been performed, the man in
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
UNDER WHAT INELUENCEc

The New York Herald of yesterday il
commenting upon the Presidents Mcs
sage, says
"The Presidents Message shows that h,
is under the Methodist influence. He i.
known to be an ostentatious, if not an alto
gether orthodox, member CT the Methodist
Church. Since he has been in the White
House we have observed a tendency to sur
round himself with Methodist clergymen
to be much under the guidance of Metho-
dist bishops, to appoint the favorites OF
Methodist prelates to important places and
10 send Methodist priests wandering
around the world al Government expense
when they needed rest from their spirit
nal iabors. Now, President Gran, has too
much common sense, We should hope,
and is too much of soldier and
practical man to fall under the
influence of any quality of priest
be it Methodist or not. The danger of this
position may be understood if we suppose
linn as much in the company Of Jesuits or
Franciscans as of Methodists. How this
country woulG resound from the forests of
Elaine to the shores of Lower California
with invectivesupon "the proselyting spirit
Of Rome and 'the dark influence of the
.esuits' and ''tEe attempt TO revive the
l:orrors of the lnquisition' and the perse.
cutting fires Of Savoy. With what feryor.
with what vehomence, with what denunci-
story rhetoric, with what direct applca-
1ion of the terrible imprccations of Holy
Writ would the clergymen of the Protest
ant Church denounce the Pre- sidcnt who
was influenced by the priests of the Church
OF Rome as President Grant is now by the
priests of the Methodist faith. To show
to what an extent this courting religious
influence by a President and politician
NAV reach, read the extraordinary speech
OF Bishop Haven, the Methodist prelate,
who, in Boston, the other day, proposed
that Grant should be nominated for third
term.
The indecency of this exhibition, if we
may use the word without personal ohense
in speaking of a clergyman of a respecta-
lle Church, consists not alone in the bring
ing of religion into the unhallowcd waters
OF politics, but in the evil that it will ne
cessarily infict upon the Church itself.
There is no maxim OF free government
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
Corn aS q Substitute for Coal,

The Iowa papers are suggesting the ap-
preparation of aportion of the snpera-
bundant corn crop produced the past sea-
son as fuel. They say that the corn
possesses only a nominal value; that there
is no market for it, that it makes very
good substitute for wood and coal, which
command moderately high price and
that the farmers, having such vast stores of
it on hand, would save by buying wood
and coal at prices now demanded. They
don't seem to have heard of the numerous
European countries where not enough grain
has been garnered to sustain the lives of
the people, much less keep the animals
from starving. Don't burn the corn
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
THE COMMERCIAL ANXIOUS.

The only rights we possess which tn
MORNING HnnALD considers worth hgh~
inc 70. are those that originated with nen
who signed their names with Y. How
did John Hancock sign his name Gould
not George Washington wrie? Were
the leaders of American Independence
illiterate ?-C0mmercidl.
The Commercial seems incapable OF COM
pretending seme questions. Our revoln-
tion, originated no right it simply
guaranteed the right of Habeas Corpus
Trial by jury, Parliamentary representation,
&c., and those customs of freemen which
subsequently were codified into organic
law, and called a constitution. We defy
the Commercial, to point out a political
right, in its nature fundamental, which
has not its roots in the far away past. We
will not be deftly dragged into false posi-
tion, the Commercial, and held up as an ad-
vocate of ignorance. 1t is all very well
for our neighbor to sneer Let them meet
our statements and arguments.
l. Prussia having the best educated
population in the world, is dcspotism
which menaces the peace of Europe, and
contains more iniidels proportionately than
any other county in Europe.
II. Sweden second in education is more
thoroughly detached than any christian
county in the world.
III. More revolving and horrid crimes
are committed in proportion to the popu-
]ation, in New England than any other
sections of the country
". Southern Delaware although low in
the scale of education, crime is almost
totally unknown among her white popula-
ton.
V. Industrial education stands first as
the preseryatiye power of society, mental
last.
VI. Penal statistics prove tAat the ordi.
nary education of our schools do not check
the growth Of crime.
stand up fairIy-give facts, figures, and
argue your case manfully.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
4 Strange Dream Regarding the Ma.
than Murder.

A correspondent of the Richmond, Ind.
1eleg ram writes as follows:
At the request of gentleman of thi.
city, have put in writing the principle
circumstances of a dream that happened
some time ago. About the hour of two
o'clock in the morning, the gentleman was
suddenly frightened out of his sleep by
lhe apparation Of man springing with
desperate force through the window at the
foot of his bed. He must have ascended
by means of the low kitchen ro.f to the
chamber window, and thence sprung into
the chamber, carrying the lower sash with
him. As he bounded into the room he
uttered cry of dispair, which disclosed
him with his mouth partly open, from
which perhaps all the upper teeth were
missing. His head was quite large and
strong, the forehead rather low and broad.
and Tie eyebrows We're heavy. The i'm
preston at once fl shed upon the dreaming
man that the violent intruder was the as.
Sissin of Nathan, wealthy Jew, who had
been murdered for his gold in New York
city some weeks ago.
Imagine the very great surprise Of the
narrator of the dream, when about fort
night afterward, there unexpectedly walked
into his Office the identical person whose
presence had occasioned him some very
unpleasant thoughts few nights before.
The stranger asked for some employment
for day Or two which was given him.
He is described as man of apparently
great strength, and 1.-THE as leopard. His
step was elastic and his movements were
rapid. He was of easy, fluent address,
evidently cool, self-possessed, and full of
pluck, and was respectfully dressed in
suit Of black cloth and black slou,h hat.
lie had not long been at work when he
asked if the gentleman used tobacco, and
it was then, and not till then, that the
manner of asking for it disclosed that,
perhaps, all of his teeth were missing from
his upper jaw. His Identification was
then complete, and nothing more remained
to he done except to ask him some SEEM
inaly unimpor:ant questions, the first of
which startled him Just the least bit.
"Werc you ever in New York ?" he
was asked.
"Yes," came the response.
How long sincc?'
"About three years ago, since which
ime l have worked in Philadelphia,
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
Miscellaneous Notes.

A gamin blacked mans boots at the
post-effice few days ago. After the ope.
ration had been performed, the man in
Quired:
What do You charge, bub?"
"Tcn cents" said the boy, grinningly.
"All righ.-here" and the man handed
cut a new stamp, the boy scrutinzed the
same for moment, and said:
Give me two fve-cent nickles, will
YOUR
"Whv, this is just the same" persis-
ted the man.
Don't be Ginning all day give me
the nickles; want hard money, l do; l
amt mo- Cy. Pershing, anA don't you for
@et it,
The man smlingly did as desired, and
was soon lost in the crowd.
Gen. Geo. 3. Mcclellan, accompanied
by Commissioner VIM. Wood, of the
Board of Education, visited the Normal
College in New York city on Monday
morning. In an address delivered before
the students the General gave some very
interesting accounts of Egypt, from which
he has recently returned. Among other
things, he stated that the present enlight-
oaed ruler Of tina. country had established
high school for women, containing over
1000 students, similar in many respects to
the Normal College.
Mr.. Carlyle attained his SOth birthday
on Saturday last. The Boston Globe gives
this account from a private letter of some
preparations which had been made to com
memorate the occasion: "An address is to
De presented, signed by so persons in Eng
land and Scotland a gold medal to accom-
pany it will have CarIyle's head on the OBJ
verse and the : > AMI few words on TIE
reverse. Copies Of the medal in silver or
bronze are to be presented to public repos-
itories, and the subscribers if they wish,
are 10 have one each. The names are, if
possible, to be restricted to so, as an ideal
number on the occasion. All is to be Sc
cret till the day arrives, and on no account
to get into the papers, as perhaps the old
man might Lave nothing to do with it if
there was any investment in the bank of
newspaper rumors connected with it,
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10

c carer than that between Church ana
State there should be complete serara-
ton. This separation should be in fact as
we'll as in name. 1t is not enough for our
Constitution to lay it down as law, If our
Presidents, who support and defend the
Constitution, break it in practice. Presi-
dent Grant has done more than any other
President to transcend this salutary law
by surrounding himself by a Methodist
Court and showing that his administra-
ton never fails to respond to the influence
of Methodist priests.
To this influence we trace this wanton
throwing Of this SCHOOL lirebrand into
our poliics. We repeat that this is not
only danger to our Government, but to
the Church itself We hold Methodism in
high honor. Il has done much towards
the civilization Of this New World. 1t
has brught into religion life, courage, sim
Gerry, tolerance, and freedom, and reso-
,ute driving on and on towards religious
aims that we see in no other Protestant
faith. No greater calamity could befall
this Church, its honored prelates and its
devoted members, than for its priests to
attempt to control the administration of
the country.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
STRUCK BY A WATER.SPOUT.
A House Destroyed and Some Of Its
Inmates Killed.

A letter from clergyman residing OF
Harkers Island, N. c., gives an account o
of terrible hurricane which occurred there
on Nov.l0. He says that during heavy
gale which prevailed on the day in ques
ton large water-spont, which formed Out
at sea, struck the island at l:3O IN. A
pilot-boat and canoe which were in it.
track were picked up and dashed to pieces
on the shore, and fishing camp on the
beach was totally destroyed. A house in
which a family of twelve persons were
gathered was utterly demolished. The
roof, bedsteads, furniture, trunks, books,
bedding, clothing, floors and the very sills
of the houses were all ground as in mill
and the fragments scattered for mile
across the island. At the moment the
whirlwind struck the house, its inmates
were unconscious of the impending danger,
and were pursuing their usual avocations.
Two of the children were killed. The
body of one of them, little girl, was found
at distance f15O yards from the site OF
the house, ank that of the other, boy,
about 100 yards from the first. Two other
children were badly wounded. A little
girl Of twelve years, who was sitting on
trunk in the upper story, sewing on dress
escaped with slight inj uries, but the gar
ment was torn into shreds and the trunk
was carried 100 yards by the whirlwind
and broken into fragments. In the wake
of the storm, large pine trees were found
lying in opposite directions, and oak trees
were uprooted and carried far away. The
family referred to were left entirely desti-
'ute of everything, and they have no means
Of replacing what they have lost Contri-
buttons for their assistance may be sent to
Rev. c. G. Darling, No. Ill East Twenty
fourth street, or to Mrs. Walter Edwards,
No. ITO East Twenty-ninth street, N. Y.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10

Baltimore, Pittsburg, and other eastern
cities"
"Where are you going"
"To Indianapolis, and thence over the
Union Pacific road to California"
That evening he bought ticket for In
dianspslis, and that was the last seen OF
him in this city.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10
THE HERALD.
WILMINGTON, DECEMBER 10, 1875

The Commercial chooses to call the HER
AID a "Bayard paper 1t were nothing
to be ashamed Of if it were so:-but the
Commercial is informed that Mr.. Bayard,
neither directly, or indirectly, influences
the HERALD; its opinions are those Of its
editors.
The Morning herald., 1875-12-10

iAE MORNING HERALD ls punlshso
every morning ,(Sundays excepted, and de-
!, vered in the city Of Wilmington and sur
rounding places for six cents per week
rayable to the carriers. Mail subscriptions,
postage free, three dollars per annum IN
advance.
O'BYRNF BROS, Publishers,
No. 500 shipley Street.
Wilmington, Del.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-14
ehangesof Text Books.

Runner says the newly elected Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction is
counted as favoring the introduction
of BANCRoFT's> Pacific Coast series Of
school Books, and We understand the
school book ring are confident that
the State. Board will. at its meeting
which takes placeon Che Sd of Decem.
ber, pass a resolution changing the
text books of the public schools. On
this subject the following, from the
Schoolnaaster, is of interest:
AS the Legislature, will convene on
the 9th of December, the Board of Ed
ucatiOn would show becoming respect
for public opinion by deferring action
until the Legislature had time to con-
slider TN prppriety, of changing the
law in reference to the manner Of se-
lecting text books. If action is post
poned until the adjournment of the
Legislature there will be some new
membersswho may change the entire
action of the Board. Gov. Irwin will
take the place of Gov. Pacheco; Supt.
Carr that OF Supt. Bolander; Rous-
seau, tl1at of Kennedy; Bolander, that
OF Denman; Dunbar, that of Craw-
ford; and -, that of Kelly. AS the
retiring members, Pacheco, Denman,
Kennedy, Crawford and Kelly were
active supporters Of the proposed
changes, there will probably be vio-
lent opposition to any, postp9nement;
though nothing would so effectually
relieve these members of the charges
brought against them as willingness
to trsnsfer the responsibilitylof ymak-
ing chsij8es TO persbhs elected by the
people since the public discussion of
the questioAs insolyeaa I ! 77l541
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-14

were cast against the proposition.
Probably 1000 Of the Catholic voters
of the State refused to cast. their votes
against the present school system of
the country and they were wise in dos
ing as they did. They comprehend
that it is to the public schools that the
children of many Catholic families
are indebted fortheir education. They
also remember that though thesparo-
chial schools of their church afford free
educational facilities in the lower
branches the higher studies can only
be obtained at the expense Of tuition
fees, while under the free school sys-
tenn of the nation the opportunities
for free education extend from the pri-
mary grade upward through the high
school to the college door. But adj
mitting this and conceding that the
degree ofintelligences istoee high in
the, United States to permit the slight
est tampering with the public school
system, we all know that the question
will be dragged into politics. There
is no proposition so Impractical but
will find enthusiastic even fanatic
supporters and therefore this ghost
should be exercised at once and for
ever. The people are afraid of it and
will trust no candidate who does not
stand square on a platform contain
ing plank similar to that in the
platform of the Democracy of the
State of California which is. as follows:
s4The school system and fund of this
State are, under the guarantee of the
Constitution, inviolabie, and we are
opposed to any diversion Of the fund
to any purposes except those ordained
by the Constitution"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-14
The Guibord Affair.


The conclusion of the Bishop of To-
runto to end further difficulty about
the GUIBoRD affair by cursing the
ground in which he is to be buried, is
rather wise than otherwise. 1t salts
sfies the zealous living and in no way
affects the remains or the soul of the
, bones of contention. GUIBoRD was a
member of the Roman Catholic
Church, but in his lifetime was also a
member of some institute on the
shelves of which were books that had
fallen under the ban of the Catholic
clergy. He owned a lot in the conse-
Grated ground Of q catholic cemetery.
He died, as all Christians and sinners
must, and his body was refused burial
in the soil made holy by the blessing
of the. church. This happened six
years ago. The body was buried else
where, and remained as quiet as the
circumstances would permit until a
few months ago, when the friends of
sthe deceased determined to take up
the remains and bury them in the
family lot in the cemetery. This was
refused for the same reasons that pre-
vented the burial there at the time OF
deaths The Bishop has prevented
much discussion, and possibly blood
shed by yielding consent to the burial
and cursing the ground. This is right
enough and proper enough 80 far as
quieting the discussion is concerned,
bat there are other points that might
be considered. GUIB0RD owned the
plot in which he was denied burial. 1t
is fair to presume that its value was
enhanced by the act, of conservation.
Is the church justifiable in depreciat-
ing q thing below the value she fixed
upon it? If consecrated ground has
money value over unblessed soil, are
not the bones of GUIBORD entitled to
the full enjoyment of their owners in
vestment? There fsaaOtherp point that
may attract the curious. The remains OF
Mrs. GUIBoRD rest in the lot purchased
by her husband. She lived and died a
devout Roman Catholic. 1t cannot be
that the Bishop will curse the ground
in which the dust Of the good lady
rests. 1t is remarkable that in this
age of liberality and enlightenment
an incident like this GUIBoRD affair
could transpire.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-14
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

rFH TAEW zN 4 Faak8gel 81
Edward Barron has resigned the
Presidency of the Consolidated Vir-
ginia mine, and r. H. Falls has been
elected in his stead to I'll the vacancy.
A San Francisco dispatch dated yes
terday says the rain has had some eff
feet ON stocks as well as on the race.
Onlysa small crowd was present at the
informal session, and only light bus
mess done. Il
The abandonment at sea of the Mic
araguan ship Uiguero, 800 miles from
Callao, is reported. The captain and
crew arrived at Callao prior to the
oath ult. The Liguero was bound from
Buzzard inlet to Callao withs,a cargo
Of lumber. V'f tshSN
Sheriff Stone, of Ventura county,
reached San Francisco yesterday eve
ming with Manuel Vallega, sentenced
to the State prison for seven years for
manslaughter. q asa5iaasss ass. s ff.
IA San Francisco dispatch says yes
terday afternoon Captain Nelson, of
the schooner Bay City, picked up, off
Red Rock, the body of a man appa-
HlbJ yCaAo Va ttsCs : .lGl. II -I4.f5I
w. Mills, District Attorney of Con-
ira Costa county, has presented to the
Supreme Court the application of the
people exrel. Attorney General vs.. $.
II. Grinnel, Judge of the Fifteenth
District Court, for peremptory writ
of mandate and review in the case of
Mrs. Gersbach, charged with murder.
Her paramour killed her husband at
or near Martinez, and was convicted
therefor; but she has been tried sew
eral times and on each occasion. the
jury failed to agree. The jurers of the
county have been about exhausted,
and the prosecution made o motion
for trial of the case in some other
county, but Judge Grinnel refused the
application on the ground that the
motion should be made by the de-
fence. The defence did not care to
make it, hence the District Attorney
brought the case before the Supreme
Court, which took the matter under
advisement.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-14
EASTERN NEWS.
The U.f.ea state. and Italy

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Baron
Blanc, the newly appointed Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary of Itary, was to-day present
ed to the President by the Secretary
of State, on which occasion he made
the following remarks:
Mr.. President: / have the honor to
deliver to your Excellency the letters
whereby His Majesty, the King, my
august sovereign, has deigned to ac-
credit me to you in the capacity of
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary. The duty of represen-
ting my august sovereign In this
great Republic is the high mission to
which / shall devote my most earnest
efforts. tits very pleasing to me to
inaugurate this mission by bringing
to your EXcellency testimony of His
Majesty's sentiments of friendship,
and if / entertain the hope that my eff
forts to accomplish it worthily will
not be unsuccessful, this confidence is
based upon the friendly disposition of
which your Excellency and the gov
ernment over which you preside have
given repeated evidence to my coun-
try, and upon those national sympa-
thieswhich. exist between the United
States and Italy. take the liberty
of invoking your Excellency's good
will as regards the fulfillment of my
duties near you. 1t shall be my chief
object to merit, and my desire to OBJ
tain it,, To which the President re-.
piled: "Baron: receive you with cor
diality as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of His Ma
jesty the King of Italy. Your honor
able antecedents are not unknown to
US. They cannot fail to inspire conf
dence in representing that favorable
disposition of your sovereign toward
this country, of which we are well
aware. TRUST that during your mis-
sion there will be nothing wanting on
my part to show that that disposition
is heartily reciprocated.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-14

Aramble through the orange groves
of this city and vicinity and informa-
ton received from different sections
of the valley indicate that the orange
cropywill this year Delight. The grove
owners tell us. they will not gather to
exceed half a crop. The product win
however exceed half that Of last year
on account Of the increase IN the ernnm-
ber of trees that have reached bearing
age. The quality of Los Angeles Or
anges will be superior this season as
on account of the small number on the
trees they will be much larger thau
usual.