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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-07

! A sLlGIlr fire occurred at the residence
Of Conrad WilIhidc on Sunday last caused
by one of his children stepping upon a
match and setting fire to window blind
No damage was done save the burning OF
! the blind
A NEW choir has been organized in the
Moravian church, this place, under the
leadership of Conrad Willhdc. Thus tal
they have made rapid progress and sing de-
lightfully. The basso profundo is w. A
Hahn.
a WAGON and couple of trunks filled
with female wearing apparel were badly
used up at the depot one day last week 10y
the horse taking fright at the cars and run
nisg away. Fine linen, &c, were scatter
ed every which way.
OUR towns.nan W. Ian Martin is gain
! ing considerable notoriety as a sign paint
cr. He painted one for j. a Gcrnand x
Co., cigar manufacturers of Gracchan
which certainly was a good job.
SERVICES were held III the Morayian
| Methodist and Brethren churches Sunday
last, also in Mt Carmel Catholic church,
Rev. Arnclt of the NJ. p denomination
preached in the Hill church in the evening
SEVERAL wonderful snake storic:
reached town last week. "Thc boy" Nc
Alec says he killed black snake WhicI
measured fourteen feet in length and ter
inches IN circumference. Several rattle
snakes were also killed.
Commencement exercises at the College
and Sistcrhool takes place on the las! week
of this month. OF course Il large Grove
will be in attendance, but we have moi
heard whether any extras will be intro
duccd save the regular commencement cA
erciscs
MAJOR Harry Sheets, the venerable de-
cipic Of Franklin, reported dead some time
ago by several cNrhNngcs, called to see II
the other day. The Najol is just from The
! South, but has no marks Of buiIloIjng OF
his person.
JouN Henry Freeze, better known a
Harry, we are plcnsc,l to note has secure.
situation in first class furniture c>tah
! li,hmcMt in Hanover Pa, and left for thai
place on Monday last. We hope Harry
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-07


por,ant case was decided by His Honor,
john 4. Lynch, last week, in this county.
Last Sunnmcr the Sisters Of Charity of st.
,Doscphs Seminary, near Emmitsburg,wcrc
assessed by the assessors, upon BOB acres
of land and improvements, $40, 500; live
stock, $3nl1; furniture, $l0,OSS; total
amount 500 ,.335 The Sisters OF Charity,
through their attorney, Charles W. Ross,
Esq, appeared before the Board Of Control
and Review and asked them to strike the
assessment from the books, which they re-
fused TO do. An appeal was taken to the
Circuit Court from the action of the Board
Of Control and Review. The matter came
up last week before the Court, who dccil-
ed under Act of 1876, Chapter 2GO, Section
., that the property was not subject to as
sessmcnt and valuation. Mr.. Ross APP
pcarcd for the Sisters OF Charity and John
G. Mottpr, Esq, appeared for the County
Commissioners. Ihc County Commission.
crs, through their attorney, Mr.. Mottcr,
will take the matter to the Court of APP
pcais, and should the decision OF our Court
be sustained, over $500 900 worth Of prop
crlv of this character will be stricken from
the textbooks of our unty.-Eram!ner
DrCoRATIoN DAY. We were in attend
ancc at the decoration of the soldiers
graves in the National Cemetery at Get
tvshurg On "Wednesday Of last week, and
were really surprised at the immense
throng of visitors from various parts Of the
country who were also there Several eX-
cursion trains arrived shortly after we got
there, from Washington, Philadelphia and
other places and the crowd was estimated
their utmost capacity and those who came
late found great difficulty in securing &C.
commolatons. Lunch houses, however,
wcrcin abundance and there was no search
ty of food tora.l. The decoration cCrcmo-
mics took place in the afternoon and Of
course the vast lhron@ OF people all assem-
hird in the beautiful cemetery Ia witness
them. The procession though I,madc
fine appearance and the several bands
played dirgrs whilst the children and Old
soldiers ,trrWcG flowers on the graves OF
their fallen comr0dcs IEr cemetery
looked beautiful and TO give Il d"acript ION
Of it would be absurd rs it would take q
p'orc experienced Journalist than we to
rive even Il miAulr account Of it, lbp,"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-07

GOOD OFFER.-Wc will sell a
splendid eight stop Burdctt Organ bran
new, and guaranteed for five years, for
BIO, and give twenty music lessons in the
1bargain. Call soon and secure this great
bargain If
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
Results OF sh. Russian Victory.

Suleiman Pacha's desperate attempt to
storm the Shipka pass and his disastrous
failure is the greatest event of the war in
Europe, IN immeasurable calamity to the
Ottoman cause and proportionate advan-
tage to the invaders. 1t belittles the battle
at Plevna, not because the losses were
greater, but because the strategic conse-
quences are infinitely more important. At
Plevna their victory had for the Ottomans
no other advantage than the strictly mega
tive one that it enabled them to hold the
ground they held before and continue their
defensive attitude. For the Russians it had
no disadvantage save the actual losses OF
killed and wounded in the battle. 1t did
not disturb their communications and did
not compel them to abandon any position
essential to their operations. Rather it COR
rected their operations by showing that ex-
travagant movements were dangerous. But
the defeat of Suleiman Pacha has relieved
the invaders Of an imminent danger, in re-
gard not merely to the troops in the pass,
but to the possession of the pass itself For
an invader to be able to hold the position he
has taken has the positive effect of victory,
ahd so differs essentially from the repulse
of an assault made upon an army that
is charged with the duty OF driv-
ing an invader out of the country.
Its effect upon the Turkish operations
must be greater than can be Immediately
apparent. 1t reduces their effective force by
at least ten thousand of their best soldiers
1t wastes the prestige of their finest force
1t is, perhaps, not too much to say that it
has broken the morale of Suleiman's army.
1t is the calamitous consequence Of the
vigorous move to drive the Russians into
the Danube, which began with the removal
OF Abdul Kerim, and it goes very far to de-
termine that they will not be driven into
the Danube this year. Moreover, the num-
Der of battles like this that the Turks can
fight is not great, and they could not afford
to waste single chance. They have now
dangerously lessened the number. Iti not
perceptible what there is to prevent the
Russians crushing Osman Pacha, already
distressed by their cavalry, and, his army
beaten, the defence Of Constantinople be-
comes fatally thin.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
THE JAPANESE REBELLION.

YOKOHAMA, August Ii, 1877.
The rebellion Is entirely broken, but thsro VIII
probably be irregular skirmishing tor long time 10
come II Is also admitted that there may possibly be
one large final engagement though 1t Is not expected.
The insursent bands now retreat before every ad-
vance Of national troops and abandon strong
tions without u struggle. The whole rebel force g
confined within q limited aroa N the Province OF
Hinea large portion Of the national army has
Withdrawn US Dcng longer needed IN tho field. The
Emperor returned from Koto 70 the Capitol In Toxic
July 30 with the Empress and court All the branchc
OF tho governm ment arc now operating In Toxic Noh.
nQ has bocn heard OF the rebel leader Sagio for tive
months; whether he Is dead alivc s unknown. The
returns of the OF japan tor 1875 give the popu
asion at 49, 625 67a Japanese industrial exposition
will open on the 2lst of August In q ediacs
erected for that purpose In the Park OF Myeno In
Tokio Annual rcpcit,ons OF the exposition are In
tended A severe storm occurred July 2s along the
japanese coast. There wore many wrecks and consd-
erablo loss OF lfe Ships from America, Germany and
Denmark we're lost Much newspaper comment
has been excited In consequence OF u warning ro-
oeved by the Freuch journal pnblishcd ia Yokohama
from the French Minister for tho reprod uctcn there
OF a satirical article by Edmund About, from the
Nneteenh Century of Paris. Tho Minister is suid
have threatened suppression or the deroson OF The
sditexs
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
The Governors Visit.

There was period in the war when the
Governors of the Northern States met to de-
eide upon a common course, and there was
time when the Governor of North Caro-
lima, happening to meet the Governor Of
South Carolina made remark which has
become historical, and these meetings had
excellent results; but there is no reason ap-
parent why the present band of Governors
should travel around the country unless for
their personal pleasure. They have been
received by corporations, have looked at
the Permanent Exhibition in PHILADELPHIA.
have seen vessel launched at Chester. and
will soon pay visit to this city, on the in
vitution OF the Chamber OF Commerce. All
this is proper enough, and every one will
be glad TO learn that Governors have time
to travel and to see States different from their
own but what other than personal gratifica-
ton will be accomplished by the travelling
combination is hard to ascertain. No great
political service is now to be performed
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

The Holman Opera Troupe appear In Buffalo this
week.
Nacauey's Theatre, Louisville, opens on tho 18th of
September.
Inc Lngards, with 'On the Brink" are making
successful hcadway In New England.
Madame Teresa Carrcno, the we'll known pianist,
has been engaged at Gilmore's Garden
The Philadelphia critics compliment George knight
on his successful production Of ssOtto.r
The Rochester stage managers this year TO dis
penss with the usual blood -th undsr' style Of
drama
Mr.. Dun has signed, 1t is ead $50 600 contract for
the exclusive performance Of Tho Danites' in the
United States by Mr.. and Mrs Mckee Rankin and
Louis Adrich
meeting Of the theatrical profession will take
place on Monday, at one o'clock, at No 10 Union
square, TO depore the death and pay tribute TO tho
memory Of the late Ben De Bar
Nj. Ludwig Ruben has been making tho engage
mt nts for the concerts at the Philadelphia Exhibition
Among tho artists engaged by him Madame Pap.
penheim and Miss Emma Thursby. the latter singing
webcr's 'Invitaton valse" with great acceptance
Wednesday.
1t is not yet understood where the Wagner Company
will appear. Al tho Academy OF Music there
obstacles, and Is possible that the manager Will DO
drvon to Booths Theatre. The musical organization
however, IS complete and those who appreciate pure
likely to have Il somewhere during the fall
season.
Managers Of arst class theatres often make mis-
take 10 thinking that really good orchestra Is not
matter Of Importance. When the curtain falls the
audience need relaxation, and well selected music,
not severe but sufficiently popular nts In tho right
place. But 1t requires = good deal Of common sense
TO know just what suitA
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

that nobody will be rich enough to afford
the expense. The fact that the new Nor
mon chief inherits a great fortune, which
he will be tempted to use as other wealthy
men use theirs, will hasten that invasion
OF fashion which is incompatible with
polygamy. The efficiency of this remedy
depends on the fact that only the
wealthier Mormons have plural wives. That
a large majority of them possess only
one is evident from the figures of the last
census, which show an excess of males IN
the population of Utah. In 1870 there were
Al, l21 males and only 1865 females in that
polygamous Territory, which is conclu-
sive demonstration that large majority OF
the men have not more than one wife. Even
with one wife apiece there are not women
enough in the Territory to go round. If
there are some Of the rich who have plu-
rality Of wives there must be q larger
number of the poor who cannot get
even one in community where the
males outnumber the females. A majority
Of the Mormohs are not polygamists, and
cannot be in the present proportion OF the
spend acquire taste for Gentle social
lite polygamy will disappear before the
expense Of maintaining one fashionable wife.
The railroad has brought the Mormons into
such near connection with Gentle customs
that they could not long have been resisted
even by the despotic authority of Brigham
Young; and if his son, who inherits his
wealth but lacks his ayarice, shall prefer to
live like gentleman and court the society
Of cultivated people. his example will be SO
contagious that it will cause social
revolution.
But this natural tendency is no reason
why the government should not make short
work with polygamy. The tendencies to
which we have alluded operate with full
force in all civilized communities and yet
bigamy is a not infrequent crime which our
laws punish with relentless severity. There
is much stronger reason for Furnishing it in
a community where it has taken deep root
and calls for extirpation.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY AUGUST 81 s77-wTH

middle of Africa The holding OF the Ex.
hibition does not depend upon France
alone; for if the present war should
entangle other nations, such as Eng
land and Austria, or if Germany that
big neighbor Of France, should quarrel
about the Notifications of the frontier, the
arts and industries of other countries would
remain at home. Nor is an extensive
European war the only danger OF the Ex-
hibition, for politics in France are stormy,
and no one can say whether q revolution
will not follow the elections this fall.
Every one hopes that this calamity will not
happen to this Exhibition, but its postpone
ment for another year might not be unfortu-
nate for this country The United States
have missed an opportunity of repeat
ing in Paris the grand display of
their inventions, productions and manu-
factures which they made last year
in Philadelphia. Our government has not
appropriated dollar for the purpose; its
own superb collection has been given to the
Smithsonian Institution, and the country will
be represented only by individual exhibitors,
who are expected to appoint their own COM
missioners. 1t thus appears that the i'm
preston we made at the Centennial
will not be emphasized in Europe.
Many of the advantages we then
gained will not be improved, and our
trade will suffer material loss by our indif-
ference to the opportunity. There should
have been a bridge over which all that was
best in the Centennial Exhibition could
have been carried to Paris, but we fear it is
now too late to build it. Still, little may
be done at the next meeting of Congress.
and if the kings and emperors should con-
clude to have general war next year, or if
the legitimists, republicans and Bonapartists
should create revolution this winter the
United States would have ample time to
remedy the blunder they have made.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

which could give Importance to the assem-
blage. and it is to be hoped that the worthy
gentlemen will not permit themselves to be
made show of by designing politicians,
Aldermen and other people, who al waysjump
at the opportunity of obtaining notoriety.
We trust that when they come to this city
they will be received AS what they really
area respectable party Of Governors on va
cation-and that the Jack Bunsbyism which
often makes our hospitalities ridiculous will
be more honored in the breach than the OBJ
servance
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
The G.mbetta Prosec ution.

Probably the French Ministry already
regrets its proposed prosecution of Gam
beta. 1t was u step that certainly never
originated in any proper conception that
the law had been violated and that its asser-
tion was necessary not even in a cool view
of an advantage to be gained over an adver-
sary Irritation, the loss Of temper and q
willingness to make the law an instrument
against an opponent these were the sources
from which the purpose arose and in poll
tics the player who acts on all of his own
ill regulated impulses playsa short-sighted
game.
As the government proceeds in this case
the ground gives way beneath it. 1t pro-
posed to try the republican orator for
exciting the people to hatred against the
government" but on that charge he was en-
titled to jury, and the Ministry was afraid
a jury would not see the case SO clearly as
might Judge who hoped for promotion.
Besides, it could not prevent the publication
of the proceedings, and it feared these
would make tremendous campaign docu-
ment for the republicans. 1t abandoned
that ground, therefore, and proposed to try
the orator for insulting the President. On
that charge he could be tried privately
before a judge. But the banquet at which
his discourse was pronounced was private.
He had not, therefore, violated the law in
speaking, and that ground was abandoned.
But the speech had been published. They
who had published it should be tried, and
Gambetta, who presumably furnished them
their copy, could be accused as their accom-
plice. TO such an attenuated form is the
official vengeance already reduced, and if
the government that has initiated this per-
secution does not already regret it it is
wanting in common sense But if it does
regret it that hardly mends matters, since
it has not the moral courage to abandon a
case of this sort once undertaken. 1t
would be sneered at for cowardice by its
thorough" supporters and laughed at by
the whole country. Such possibilities it
dare not face.
The most remarkable feature of this event
is that the speech on which the prosecution
is based is noteworthy for the almost Judi
cial calmness of it's tone and the absolute fair
ness of statement by which every part of it is
distinguished. It's most important points
are published elsewhere. There is scarcely u
harsh passage, save when the orator endeav-
ors to characterize the Bonapartists; and in
that passage if his words are sharp, it will
be agreed by every one, except the Bona
partists themselves, that they are strictly
just. 1t is in everybody's mouth in France
that what is imminent is u coup dftdt There
is little concealment of opinion, and as lit
tie disguise of speech on this point Yet
Gambetta says I'VE must not depart from
strict observance of the law. We must
watch our opponents to see that they do
not depart from it, as do not believe they
will. But that is not point to be exam
ined here. We will do no one the injury of
believing that he intends illegal acts" If
an orator thus moderate is prosecuted for
violence of speech the government sadly
needs pretexts for applying the repressive
machinery OF the law.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
The Arrival Of the Oyster and Mos
quito.

The Arrival Oh the oyster ana MOS.
quito.
Mature" said the Englishman, as he
surveyed the Swiss landscape from the Mat
terhorn, mature is an internally fine thing,
after all, and there is considerable truth in
the remark The invention of the oyster
alone would justify even higher praise than
this, but when We consider the ingenuity
with which Nature has djus.ed the habits
of that exquisite fish to the wants Of men,
cold approval is changed into wonder. II,
for instance, the oyster had been created
wild animal, like the bison, Nature might be
Justly accused Of acting with malignant and
tantalizing purpose; but its tame DISPOSE
tion is one Of Its greatest merits. Another
example Of the order which exists in ma
ture, but one which Paley forgot to mem
ton, is the adaptability Of the oyster to the
seasons. 1t is well understood that oysters
can only be eaten by intelligent per-
sons in months which have an r in them,
and in this connection we find remark
able proof OF the adaptability Of means to
ends. Had she SO chosen Nature might
easily have placed an II in only one month,
but instead of that she placed that noble
letter in the names Of eight months, omit
ting it from four months only, and
those by singular coincidence the
very months in which the oyster is
most watery and thin. Thus, whether he
be raw, fried, scalloped, stewed, broiled,
panned or picked, the oyster furnishes
fruitful theme for the optmist. II. W. En-
erson, however, atfirms that Nature never
gives any OF her blessings, but always sells
them; and here we approach the darker
side Of lite--one Of those gloomy mysteries
which cause the heart of the pessimist to
throb with JOY. This is the tact that the
arrival OF the oyster and that of the mos
quito are almost simultaneous. What secret
sympathy exists between beings 80 different
in their tastes and characters is unknown,
but 1t seems to exist. Just ut the period
when the oyster leaves his beds Tor our
pleasure the mosquito enters our beds
for our punishment Some philosophers
are OF the opinion that pleasure can
only be appreciated by the contrast
with pain; but it is difficult for the common
mind to appreciate the theory. Nature re-
mains inscrutablc, and we can only put the
best Interpretation on her acts. Suppose
the oyster were as small as the mosquito
how many oysters would be needed in o
stew7 Suppose the mosquito were as large
as the oyster-what would not be our mis-
cries? Here we see the benevolence Of
Nature again beautifully exemplifed tor
though the mosquito and oyster come to-
gether they do not depart together. The
one must soon vanish, while the other will
remain till May, according to the Darwinian
doctrine Of the survival OF the fittest. Let
us then endure with patience brief evil for
the sake of lasting good, and agree with the
late Mr.. Pope that whatever is is right.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

THE GOVERNMENT has at last vigorously gone
60 work tO suppress the Ncz Pcrces. Large re-
Inducements OF cavalry and infantry have been
ordered to the front and we shall probably hear
the last of Joseph and his band within tho next
couple Of weeks. This IL the proper course TO
be pursued. There is no use in sending small
dctuchments to bc slaughtered by the Indians,
who are better armed and better shots than our
noldiegs. r~Ew Vy
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

MIR. CORNELL preserves a mysterious silence
in regard to his position, but some information
is promised by HIM soon. The ofiice-holders are
dying to hear from him and ii Is cruel in him TO
keep them waiting No one else takes much in
terest in the thing.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

A NAvN. BATTLE may possibly take place in
the harbor some time to-day between large
force Of deputy sheriffs, under Shore Inspector
Ferguson. and the garbage feet. The former
have chartered a steamboat and fast yacht.
What preparations the garbage squadron have
made not known. They may dump their
cargoes on the yacht and the steamboat for a
change.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

The MASSACHUSETTS RAILROAD conductor
who ran train into crowd Of people, killing
four persons, was probably jealous of the other
sections and ambitious to show what the Bay
State could do in the disaster line.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

SOUTH CAROLINA is proceeding steadily
against the Infamous ring that plundcred her for
many years. Indictments have been found
against a large number of officials and ex-
officials, one OF them being United States Sena-
tor Patterson. The accusations include every
crime, from petit larceny to forgery, stopping
short only al murder.
The New York herald., 1877-08-31
America and tho Paris Exhibition.

Whether there will be an international
exhibition at Paris next year is matter of
grave doubt; but the French, with COM
mendable enterprise, proceed as if it were
certainty. They are erecting magnificent
buildings, money has been appropriated for
great departments, and the fine arts, which
were too much neglected at Philadelphia,
are invited to assemble in their glory
These preparations, however, may be made
useless, and the Exhibition of 1878 may
vanish like Aladdin's palace when 1t was
lifted up from China and set down in the
The New York herald., 1877-08-31

WALL STREET YEsrsED,r.-IAe stock mar
ket was active and EGvaae~& during the earlier
part OF the Gsly, aGu FELL siS ss4In before the
elcse- tssAh erensl and eisss& xr futls Gov
.rrmsn5 eun,its were q'rie1 md steady States
iull and riiiiuinis higher Money call was
quc5et an 3 1. pGr aend. ebss5ng ar the latter
n-rzre.