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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-12-29
THE BIBLE IN MODERN LANGUAGES.

But perhaps the very best proof of the.
ability for reading is afforded by the fol.
lowing facts in regard to the Bible We
find recorded sixteen translations of the
Bible into modern languages between the
fourth and fifteenth centuries, copies or
fragments of most of theee translations
still existing in such repositories of MSS.
as the Vatican Library, the British Museum,
the libraries at Oxford and Cambridge, the
Bibliotheque du rationale, and elsewhere.
Ae early as the fourth century Uiphilas
translated the New Tests ment into Gothic
Ia critical edition of which has been edited
in Germany and in the same century the
Scriptures were rendered into Armenian
by Miesrob. Versions into Anglo Saxon
of portions or the whole of the Bible were
made by King Alfred, the Venerab Bede,
and Hlfric, the latter declaring in the pre-
face to his translation that it was done
into the vernacular "for the edihcation Of
the simple, who know only that language"
Says Mabillon: "Otfried, Ia Benedictine
monk) composed his harmony of the Cos.
pels in French, in the ninth century, to
crafty the wish of a noble lady, who de-
sired him to undertake this labor for the
purpose of providing the common people
with a manual of sacred reading" In S07
ChArlemagne caused the whole of the Bible
to be translated into French, and in the
twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth ceutu.
ries upwards of sixty different versions
were made of the whole or of portions Of
the Scriptures. The Book of Job and the
Psalms were rendered into German about
$50, by Notker Labeo, and versions were
also made into that language in the
elev enth and fourteenth centuries by
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
Before Congress.

The Presidential question liz once more be-
fore Congress. There is no getting away
from that fact. IL IL before Congress, and
the very circumstance that it X there, and
Is undergoing discussion once moro shows
that 1t was not finally settled before, us we
have been constantly assured that it was.
II Is up for discussion, and must ulti-
matcly be brought TO vote. No ono can
discuss IL and no one can vote on II without
Indicating his sentiments on one Of the most
important questions which will ever have
arisen. In debate or by vote every one will
show whether he Is In favor OF condemn
Ing or OF sanctionng fraud, forgery,
and perjury. Judge WILLIAM STRONG,
whose vote made HAYES President, comedies
that HAYES was not legally elected, and
that he put him in merely ON the strength
OF fraudulent returns We look upon vote
In any manner, directly or indirectly, to
sustain the action of the Electoral Commits
sion. rs equally bad with the worst acts in
TwEED's whole career.
A to the particular plan proposed by Mr..
BLAIR we have no preiudices in its favor.
We do not look upon 1t as the best that
could be devised But we do want 20 have
nil the facts investigated and officially de-
clared, and then, in our opinion, there need
he no embarrassment in getting rid Of Dir.
HAYES.
Until the investigation Is made it is use
less to waste time over what is to be done
aftcrward. With all the facts, TO which we
are assured access is now open, fairly spread
before the American people. we believe a
public sentiment would manifest itself so
strong that it would lift HAYES out Of the
White House and set him down in Ohio; just
as it has sometimes happened in the West
that a tornado has taken man up bodily
from one place and set him down in another.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
Our Worthless Navy.

The Hon. RICHARD W. THOMPSON, HAYES
Secretary of the Navy has sent to the House
Committee on Naval Affairs n statement Of
the present condition of the navy, and also
his views as to its improvement
Mr.. THOMPSON agrees with The Sun that
our navy is just about worthless. Though
over three hundred millions of dollars has
been spent on it since the war, there Is not
now a single vessel in the service of any
real value for fighting purposes. We have
not an irOnclad whose armor could not easily
be pierced by the projecties of guns atloat
by the hundred in foreign navies. We have
only twenty-nine cruising vessels, four OF
which are despatch boats and one of which,
the Wyoming, has Just been pronounced UNI
seaworthy, while another requires repairs
which will eat up a quarter of million dol
lars. Out Of eleven ships awaiting repairs,
at n cost Of nearly million and half, four
are too rotten to be serviceable, and Of the
others one has been condemned as utterly
worthless, after thirty or forty thousand
dollars had been spent on her Nearly
thirty ships are good for nothing except to
break up. The monitor Puritan will not
float when her armament is on board, and
the vessels in process OF construction are
rotting away on the stocks.
| This is the condition in which Mr. THOSIP-
son finds the navy SEcoR robson turned
over to him. He, however, refrains from
stgmatizing his predecessor as the cause of
so disgraceful a state of affairs. Yet as MI
| THOMPSON knows, and as everybody knows
who has studied the subject, we have spent
enough on our navy since the war to
make 1t one OF the most formidable in the
world, whereas in reality it does not bear
comparison with the navies Of some of the
inferior South American States Yet SEcoH
robson is still at large enjoying his
money.
Both Mr.. THOMPSON and Mr.. WHIT
THoRNE, the Chairman Of the Naval Com
mittce, advise al annual appropriation OF
from two to three millions Of dollars &c
gradually create a new navy. But they
propose TO waste the peoples money. We
do not need n new navy. Bad ms tho one We
have is, it Is sufficient for our purposes
The day of navies Is over, and no fleet We
could construct would be equal to the de
fence OF our vast coast line.
The wise thing to do Is to sell our old tubs
to the highest bidder, weed out every un
serviceable ship, sell all the navy yards
except one on tho Atlantic and one on thu
Pacific coast, reduce the naval approprla
lions fully two-thirds, and employ tho dozel
or 30 vessels which will remain to do tn
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Another Moral Failure.

ISAAC p. CHRIs1IANCY, one Of the Senator'S
from Michigan has finally come to be
mere tool of the Fraudulent Administration.
Better things were at one time expected of
CHRIsTIANCY. He was elected over ZACH
CHANDLER, the regular Republican nominee
for Senator, by means Of bolt among the
Republican members Of the Legislature and
1ho votes Of pretty much all the Demo-
cratic members.
At the outset OF his Senatorial career Mr..
CHRIsTIANCY affected unbending indepen-
hence Of character and a special adherence
lof frauds. This lasted down to the close Of
GRANTS term. He lifted up his voice against
corruption, and 1t was announced, seeming
ly on good authority, that tho inilexible
Senator would set his face against counting
the eight votes Of Louisiana for HAYES. Ii
dc ever contemplated doing this, his courage
oozed out at the last moment, and he went
with the majority.
A letter from wcll-informed Republican
In Michigan tells us that from the hour
shhIsrIANcY showed the white feather
HAYES marked him for his own, and that
no mas purchased him by allowing him Ia
control the lions share Of tho Federal nat.
fonage in the State" Our CORRESPONDENT,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
Mrs. Tiiton's Confession.

We publish in to-day's Sun brief but
complete confession Of ELIzABETH TILToN
Of her guilt with Henry WARD BEECHER.
This confession fully justiles the wisdom
of BEEcHERs counsel in the scandal trial
In taking care not to allow Mrs. TILToN to
testify in court. At that time there is no
doubt that she would have commenced her
evidence by denying the whole story Of
guilt; but she must have broken down in
the cross-cXaminatiop and confessed the
truth before she got through.
The statement she now makes is undoubt-
cdly true. IL agrees with all the evidence
Ia the case, and furnishes the only satisfac
tory explanation Of the otherwise marvel
lous and mysterious expressions Of BEECH
Frs letters. A. a matter of positive teeti-
mony, its value is Of course, diminished by
the fact that Mrs. TGLroN has before con-
tradicted herself respecting this subject /;
but no intelligent person can examine the
whole case without coming to the conclusion
that the facts are SO.
HENRY WARD BEECHER is an adultcrer,
porjurer, and fraud; and his great genius
and his Christian prctences only make his
sin the more horrible and revolving.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
SNAIL H.iTES ne JUDTCIdLLY INYEs-
TIGITED?


To THE EDITOR or THE DANvIbLE News
Sir. am greatly Obliged by your defence of my
action in trying To deliver the country from the
obstruction to tho revival Of business MS well MS
from the Disgrace OF the Hayes usurpation. II
will be one of the incredible things to postcrity
thnt the mon who solrmnly denounced the
llnvno fraud ON the 3 Of March, 1877. became
tp.Tuuiy Hirt. NhO dung to IL IN 1873. ana that
,nl Ter thCT oni Vsluuh thr rg, l'uIly rIrrlrd
Government. Nor can Hnv one doubt that with
hia rcariv-d fined nhd fixed policy IN opera
tom. Hu.or ed Hs II w'uli b' hv the Will Of the
who'd p"nplr. our hu- - would already have
revived. immigration uhVH bn"n resumed. taxes
been er"t'y du ID. and the corrultion SIS
rnl mDnOI olIs's who have ruined the country
W. their rNturtiUn. ana who II II hold hi. ear
niXai here. hc"n driven out OF Washington. =,
:, The reduction OF tic expenditure in Now
pairing tle efficiency uf thu rullic SERVICE aud
the gradual reduction 81 state TAXATION to two
inaugurtt"d. shows what the lawfully clprtc |
President wound have DOM here. AMI shows,
also why he has not been permitted to como
Tho distinct ssuc which tho state Of Mnry-
land now makes with the intriguing politicians
n Congress ~ whether this shall continue.
They must. therefore. show their true colors.
II will not avail for the city press, for the most
part owned by monopoiists and lohbnrs, to
nf"t to dcrldc the movement. II is, md cd,
hut whist NJ 10 keep tucir courage up Can
the grcat stcklcrs for states rigts opcnlydcny
10 Ul' Ntnlc OF Mhfylhhu inc lcglslhtlph she asks
To cNprdi an action to give effect To her el"c-
tural votcY True. they are the men WHO havo
secretly mndr dead set upon any member sus
pect'd OF intending To- introduce bill for this
ohlcci, and 10y such pressure have hitherto pre-
vented the presentation of such n hill.
But the people are making themselves heard
aud there will bc no longer any difficulty in get
ting the bill introduced. This done. the indus
try md earn stncss displayed by these gentle
men IN preventing its Introduction shows that
they know that they will have 20 vote for IL when
It is introduced. This was the course Of the
politicians OF the same stamp in the Legislature
OF Maryland.
| denounced. in the columns OF the Ur on,
the Electoral bill when il was passed MS Il sur
render of the popular rights. and charged that
this II the men who put that bill through now
prevent the appeal to the court which that bill
itself expressly reserved the right TO make?
Yours truly, MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
WAsHINGroN April TO- 1873
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
The Te,as-PaciGc Investigation.

Mr.. MORRISON Of Illinois having made
minority report from the Committee on Pa
yific Railroads, in which the title of the
Texas-Pacifc 10 nn important part Of the
property which it proposes by the pending
ill TO mortgage was seriously drawn in
question, resolution providing for an in
scsst,ggatlon YES Introduced by Mr.. HEWITT
and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
10 this resolution Mr., DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
pf this city on Friday last spoke in behalf OF
Tho swindled French bondhoders of the
Memphis, FL Paso and Pacific, and on Sat
nrday the representative OF the Texas-Pa-
rife was heard. 1t appears from Mr.. CAMP
BELLS statement that Mr.. Justice ALIUNDE
BRADLEY heard the case on which the re-
neiver of the Memphis FL Paso was APP
pointed in Newark, " j.. where he sat az
In and for the Western District of Texas
The subsequent proceedings under which
Tour mortgages We're foreclosed by procure
ment Of the receiver are alleged, on the
eide Of tho French bondholders Of the Mem.
bhis FL Paso, to have been equally irregular
we take It for granted that the company
will urge the committee TO decide in favor o.
D searching investigation, and to go to tn,
House for all the powers proposed IN The
HEWITT resolution.
Leaving out Of sight all questions relating
L. the security Of the Government as guar
nntor of interest, or Of the purchasers Of thu
endorsed bonds, what kind Of an open, ma
tional highway AS Col. SCOTT is fond o
describing it-would be that road Of whicl
eight hundred miles from the Mississippi
h. the Rio Grande, was liable 10 be judicial.
wrcsted from the company at any moment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
VAIL STREETS LiTEST FURRY
The Suspension OF some OF the Small Inde-
pendent Stock Exchanges.

Tho stock market was sitter yesterday
than for many month past. and as all the little
spectators seemed to be imbued with bull
ish feeling the picayune stock exchanges SUI
fered heavily. Early In the day certain of these
houses refused TO operate in Union Pacific.
Northwestern. and other very active stocks. be-
cause Of the rapid jumps they were making.
and it was soon rumored that some of them
were in trouble. Then there was a rush
Of nvc-dollar operators. and the picayune
dealers were kept oqsy paying ouf ~ m" RInal
street closed ,hcir doors and posted placardi
announcing the suspension OF business until
to-day W. +. Comings Of so Broadway soon
followed suit. and before the close II business
Motteay 4 Britton Of 10 Broad street refused 10
accept further orders. although they did not ac,
tunly susuenl. There We're rumors, that Todd
a Go. and j. f. Pepper Il Co. were also embar-
rassed. but these houses kept open until the
close of business Evans CO. had 600 ac-
counts. representing about s. each on an aver
age. and Comings was involved about $1,000
The latter was formerly member OF the stock
Exchange. The troubles OF the pcayune deal
ers We're hailed with delight by members Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

DEAR Mr.. Sun You are always willing to
shine biz people, won't you please shed some light on
the troubles oil little hoy Ia Just tell you all about IL
My poor mamma told me ought to save all the money
could AMI put It In the bank. So could have II when
got To be- hg wanted 10 buy ycucipcde AWFUL hud.
but then thought II would he Ia have mSlrN when
got hg e. buy pony carriages ant goat wagon. ani "A
circus, so put all money in the oriental saving
Bank Ouc dan they shut the hank up hut told me u !
would not bother them they would give me all nv money
back didn't look IA the windows to see Il thoN
werc counting out the money bat >e,tcrda, my mamma
sad she IN luk tlcN unlA COINS o. give me
2uceut- Tor every dollar. AMI Keep the I.st WcmscN
J. that ughtf II took dollar from boy and said
would back when he wanted H. aud hen he asked
for II unl, HIM ~ cents know what would hear
about telling lies aud stealing. AMI know what would
get Lsies Bg people do mighty strange things. but
boys don't YOU ny To do like them, and don't Put money
In the savings bank Boy DtroslTpG
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
How the Moneu Punch Wipes out VIrginla's
state Debt.

The Moilett register has been in operation
I'm Lexington for nearly four months. The
amount 81 tax for that time Is $40.
This is n monthly average Of $3.50 or an
average OF 500 for each register the whole
number Of registers being nine.
The cOs' Of the liquor thus sold and taxed
amounts to t25.979 n year. This is about four
per cent. on all the taxable property, real and
personal. OF the whole county. II is more than
road taxi for roads. schools. ana carrying on
the county Government. II is about thirty
per cent. on the taxable property OF the LeNing-
ton district.
Now. herN is scope enough for rcadiustment.
II we can stop this drain upon our wealth, all
other burdens will be hut as a drop in the
Virginia drink whiskey as We do. the Moifett
register will bring into the Treasury 81 100000
or II the money paid for the whiskey were APP
piled 10 the debt we would wipe 1t out-con-
soils coupons, peelcrs. and all-in three years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
Jay Gould 10 Congress.

Pity the sorrows Of this poor Jay Gould,
Whose trembling pocket brinsshm 10 your i"pr
Increasing strength has made the people hold,
until they threaten to depete his store
Credit Mobilier friends are few at last.
The bosom Of reform has swept the land,
Gone are the lordly ,tealngs OF the past,
And closed is l,sislauon's lavish hand.
Your humble servant quito pile llas made
By stocking cards and winning prudent bets,
Now, ON his profits would YOU start raid
BY forcing him to pay his honest debts
when Congress on the waters east its bread,
Itaskcd return but after many days
Yet now the loaf must be in sight, tbs said
Lest in the sequel no base helot pays,
II should he clear 10 Congress nj "A glance
That thus to force the payment of the loan
Would spoil splendid system Of finance
The neatest and completesl ever known.
II your petitioners cash is conAscae,
whercwith he now cnriches self and friends.
or put in pawn 10 reimburse the State
The richness oi the speculation ends
If corporations thus shall cease to rule
Nor public purse be- used Tor private gain
Your humble servant pushed from on his stool,
No costly lobby longer can maintain.
Then cease oh, cease this sanguinary raid.
Nor let the people soon resume their powers
Or poor, rich Gould may perish and be LAID
To rest beneath the tallest OF tall towers
Chcke ring Hall to.morruW night Eli Pc rkink Adj
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

Despite the temporary lull in Europe,
peace is not yet assured. 1t appears that BIS
MARCK considers Congress possible, provided
England and Austria consent TO the rctroccs-
sion Of Bessarabia and the extension Of Russia
in Asia as far az Erzeroum. II is difficult 20
see how England can accept such compro-
mise after tho assertions laid down in Lord
SALIsBubYs famous note. In that note she OBJ
iectcd To the whole Of the treaty Of san Stcfano,
and would take nothing short OF the uncondi-
tional submission Of the entire document 10 tho
powers II she now agrees 10 leave the pro-
visions relative 10 Armenia and Bessarabia un-
touched. on condition that Bulgarian autonomy
be- modified. she will in fact be consuming TO
tho very demands that she has 50 strenuously
resisted. Nothing in the attitude Of the BEA-
CoSsfIELD Government Justiilrs the opinion
that il will swallow it's own words lust yet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

enawod the tolls that we're being drawn arouna
the sleeping l'on. personal relations of the moat
intimate AMI beautiful character may bo sun.
posed To have existed bctwecn the two nnimois
The grcrt service which Childs so mo,icstlv ma
effectively rendered 90 Grant. won for tho
famous obituary poet the lasting cstcem n,
the President. From being almost straneers
the two great men Immediately became
the closest If friends. Childs's reward for
thwnrting thc dosig is of the wicked Is known
to everybody Grant, and Grants 4 distinguished
friends hnvn frequently honorcd tho dinner,
and receptions Of the simple hut benevolent
poet, and CI'rn ia no man in America TODAY
who rnior- moro intimate a'qunintinco with
the grcVt'et ri american Generals than George
WASHINGTON Ch.lds. Ev"n Tony Drcxcl haa
constuil shared with his friend the sunshine
Of Grants affection.
II IliAu y. r-hhurnc was Grants political
creator. GaorLr Washington Childs was his pre-
server. and should have such credit IA his say.
ing deeds deserve.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

Tho whereabouts Of Receiver Henry L..
smalley as yet unknown HIS friends say that his
behavior in xpecedy going away from town and re
naming for some time has been noticed only since he
ccved many important trusts conhded to him by Judges
westhrook and Donohue t is snid that he unable TO
stand prosperity his reccNcrship Of the Joint
prnne riv III Bumherger and lIyams Mr Hyams, one
Of the partners says that the suit u for an accounting of
the iont interests IN real estate operations dur
ing the past ten years Mr. HNams has uled vouchers
That his accounts show that Leopold Bumherger over
drew his share 10 the extent nearly sJOUO during the
time they connected IN business
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

Yet another step toward making right tho
grea' wrong Of stealing the Government from
the people was taken in Congress yesterday.
Mr. DLAIR's resolutions. az passed by the Mary
land Legislature. were duly presented in the
House. GARFIELD objected to receiving them
or referring them to n committee The debate
as to what should be done with them occupied
the entire morning hour 1t is to be- resumed
to-day. The full text Of Mr.. KrNiNELL's bill for
trying and determining HAYES S tile. introduced
into the House yesterday, will be found IN to-
DAYS SUN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

Mr. John Levi. n merchant of Hyde Park.
Pa came to New York on business last week and regis
tered in the Cosmopolitan Hotel lie was found on Sat
urday evening on Coney Island wadng IN the breakers
friend took him bnck To the hotel and yesterday his
son came York aud took him 10 pennsyy anna II
Is thought that the temporary arrangement was caused
hy dragged quor given 10 Mr. Levi he was not robbed
when found he had nearly all the money that lac had
when he started from home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

assures us that the Republicans Of Michigan
are indignant nj CHLisrfANcY, and are pre-
pairing to elect Legislature that will thrust
him out Of the SENATE on March I, 1881.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

TwEED's misfortune was that he was n Demo-
crat Ithc had beena Il. publican he would have been
living aud candidate for President with bright pros.
poets oi gctuns the nomination -Ht'rtfufg Panet
TwErD's crimes pale into !nsignincance COM
pared with the great crime OF the installation in
the Presidential chair of a man who was not
elected President. TWEED stole money from
the people OF New York; while HAYES and his
co-conspirators have robbed the people Of the
United States of their most valued right-tnat
OF having for their Chief Magistrate a man
chosen by themselves. The Great Fraud will
bc remembered long after TwEgD's career shall
DO forgotten.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
Mr.. Field ON wh,tslaw Reid.

Ono of our reporters called yesterday on Mr.
David Dudley Field and asked him whether there WAS
any truth in the statement Of the Tribune that he had ad
Nised William VI. Tweed not 10 make restitution Mr.
Field replied Ofcoure there is no truth in H. II is one
OF Whiteaw Reid lies lie Is false Us he IL Nenaln
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
a Dull Texas Town.


Menardville il DUH blue rs indigo and fiat ms
i0uner san saba avenue presents the appearance of
by street in country village, There 10 not dollar to
be had Everybody busted, and looking as solemn u
ackass IN graveyard The lawyers all starved out and
leltbu1 ono, and he looks like walking skeleton
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16

pur~~t-s- tss'itut--Bsrnum'f Circus. Matinee
urosa,ssy rh-atr--The ENiies.
no~-ry rh-ntrc-Boy Detective.
haoth's Ihentrr-Ex,es
tuth AN...- rh-atr--Un,ie Tons Cstin
Iifth Avenue tsat- rrostdieit.ton.
srand Opera u".~--sttucs Om
tsitssor~~ ssn rd-s- pkr i- London crcns Mot no.
N~s> N"rL Aquarium Broadway aud Eta -
Miles q trd-a-feah
National thrstrs-Kip Van wiukis
rark Theatre Our Aldermen.
STANDARD Ihratrr- rcar ui SAVOY
Nan tr"n~i~~o rrtnstrri- -Htotlway and 2oth a.
Theatre t"suIq"-- Variety.
Too, Pastor. 3D.. Opera House Variety MtuneA
u-toa Squar- Theatre Celebrated case.
NeaitnrL's Theatre Diplomacy.