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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

The New York Times gives the following
account of the action of the house of bisll-
ops IN the deposition of Bishop McCoskry, OF
Michigan on Tuesday last
The discussion of the question must hive
been very brief, Judging from the short pc
nod OF time that elapsed before the final de
cision was reached. The doors were then
thrown open to the public who were invited
to witness the impressive ceremonial of the
deposition o: a bishop of the church The
scene WAS an exceedingly solemn one. Be
side the pulpit reading desk sat the venera-
BILE gray haired presiding bishop, benjamin
Ii. Smith, of Kentucky, bent and decrepit
with extreme old age. holding in his trem-
bling hands closely written page of legal
cap. Beside him stood the tall, long haired
sharp-visaged bishop of Minnesota, Henry
H. Whlpple. The other members of the
house stood i'll the front rows of pews, with
partially bowed heads. while tho presiding
bishop read the following act OF deposition /:
bheT'd', Right Rev. Samuel Allen McCoskry
blsh"p OF the diocese Of Michigan, has in com
municAtion under his proper nand, hrAriur
date OF May 2j, 1879. declared that he docs i'm
anu rellbqul-h his Cfiicr a b'shup o the Prut,s
taht Episcopal church IN the United states, and has
requested tha ms resignation and rsliuqu snmeui
MAJ DO acted upon by the bishops of said church
lat the earliest convenient season, upon such
anu manner Oi hutce AS may be thOug ht best
b. he presiding bishop :" and
Uhtrsas, The said bishop has abandoned his do
cese, and ieft the territory Of the United States
Shllo grave allegations touching his moral char &c
terekistod thereby declining to promote any in
vestlgation OF the allegations aforesaid and
Uhufds, No action of the said bishop ia the pre-
mlses, which action he has himself INV ked can
make effective his voluntary resignation, rrlin-
qulsim. nt and aban uhnent OF hi, sacred office
except ht hls deposition from the same and
"hereas, Al meeting Of q majority of the bish-
ops OF tho Pfoiestnbt Episcopal church In the
United States, eN rcising jurisdiction in the same
c"nsened In tho cIty ( New York, September g.
lr'7, the following Resolution was unanimously
adoui-d. 10 wit
Resoircd that the said Samuel Allen McCoskry
is hcIoby deposed from the sacred min stry and
lOn all the onl,es thereof and that the presidin<
bishop ls hereby requested and authorized To prn
noun o and record sentence OF depus ton ani to
give due notice thereof
Now, therefore, he II known that l. BepI,inin
Ellsworth omith, ID. ID by divine permis,Iun tish
Op ot the diocese Of Kentucky, and presiding bish-
op Of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United
States IN conformity with the OF this Ie-oIu
Ton niore cited, declare and pronounce the said
Samuel allen Me- o-kry depnsed from tho holy
ministry, and from ali the ufices thereof in ihs
name OF the Father, Son and holy Ghost. Amen
BBrJAmIS Is. sMITH,
Bishop of Kentucky, Pfesiding Bishop
While Bishop Smith slowly and falteringly
read the foregoing document his voice trern
bled with emotion, and a general air of sad
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20
The Yellow Fever Sufferers.

The Reliei Committee of the Chamber Of
! Commerce of the City o! New York, insti
tnted to aid sufferers from yellow fever in
the Southern States, while gratefully ac-
know!cdgine answers to its appeals to the
extent o: sos O00, adds the following urgent
r'quest Tor increased gifts:
Great. noble and generous as are the DO
nations sent to us and to kindred s~cieties
and orsaniz ,;ions thr0ug hout the Country,
We beg to state. IN language a. strong ~ It
can be expressed, that they are wholly in
sdt qnate to relieve the pressing needs of
that portion OF our beloved country suffer
ing from the present scOurge ant plague
Its abatement IL not yet when it subsidies
or Is over we have only to excite
your iurther sympathits bv calling
your attention to the iatherless and
motherless children left desoatc and 10 the
condition Of thousands of men and women
dependent, ready and willing to work for
their da'ly bread, but deprived of all uppor-
tunIty t. do 80 until irust comes t. remove
the epidemic and revive the Courses of trade
and commerce. The Master oi Lille has
blessed our country with most abundant
harvest>, and throughout the land, except
IN the region OF this scUurgc, the future ~
more hopeful than the past.
We appeal to our people here to
add to or double what they have already
gwen ont OF their abundance to provide Tor
the Imperative needs Of the plague--mit.cn
cities oi the South The appended telegram
from Memphis fully illustrates the charac-
ter OF the needs at the infected places
We have. at this date lieptember ~. 800 sick
To provide Tor and 10 100 we'll people t. feed. The
avrrag" Increase OF cases Is luJ and tho average
dcaths lt0 per day No signs OF abatement OF lever
thong the weather has turned culd aud we have
hopes that the back Of the epidemic has been broken
The total dairy expenses oi the Howard A., l,i.tpn
AMI II EiuA' Relief Comm ttoe about SiI Ouh.
We have on hand about - az. enough for about
i've days. C"ntrl utiuus are ,mius IN at present
nt the rate oi nh ut g. dn per day. whoa ma, de
crease mt AN, moment. |. the fever cunfiuups ono
month longer hs si- knly, with gradual abatement
wIIhin that time we VIII need from $50 uuto san-
hpi and about three hundred THOUSAND ratitus. We
Inecd r., mattresses blankets sneet5 and pillows
evrTy day To replace thlse Il, ru, ell daily by urd-r
OF tho Board Ol Health, and oI which persons have
died. We have been helping aui are stlll helping,
Grcuada, Bruwusv lie ana iicrnnndu ana hayeralIs
from other adj tc,nt points. VIII ch daily IN
crcnsing. II these calls and the increase ar. not
greater than they have been the above amount OF
money AMI number ~ IA ions would satisfy IN,
wants Of the people until the epidemic is over.
We need the money To pay i"r ply sicinus. rurs,s,
me ticncs and mcdica! iupples for the GONZALES
ceGts.
A IL Lsngstan. President Howard Association
q. a Fisher. I hartman CitiZoIs Relief ommittee
Il. \. Goodyear. Acting Mayor. J. NJ keatiny
Editor, Memphis Appeal Committee
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

the southern provinces, and cOnduce to
health. contentmcnt and longevity, when
once the infantile diseases are surmounted.
But the principle of natural selection ope-
rates severely there on young children.
In the right wing Of the Trocadero there
are hiteeI small rooms devoted TO French
ethnographic exhibition. lt shows the
progress OF this nation towards civilization
from the prehistoric period. when men lived
entirely In caves and holes scooped out in
hiiisides, and carved rude images on the
tusks OF elephants which then roamed in the
Jungles OF Western Europe. Here skulls of
very remote period may be seen, and there
Is but little difference to be found in the
skull OF the Troglodyte of that time and the
Uranium of the better sort Of ape. The ar
tistic aspiration, scientific theorists tell us.
proceeded from the superior quality of
the brain. In the EQUESTRIAN period progress
toward civilization made long stride. Liy-
ing In habltations resembling those of beavers
ana defended from .heir natural enemies.
the carniverous beasts, by the water that
eh'ironed them, our ancestors took up Sc
dentary habits and occupations. Their
waffle huts, constructed on islands and
oams. 0eclme to some extent workshops.
and when the locustrians quilted their water
defended houses to live on live terra firma
they had acquired habits Of sociability and
mutual dependence. The food on which
they lived amid the lakes was piscatory. no
better food for the brain, scientists tell us.
Inc carly Gauls left the deepest traces Of
their footprints on the upward path towards
civilization in the graves of their progeni-
tors; by them implements of bronze were
manufactured the altar became the meeting
place OF the tribe professions were organized,
and IN Druidical rites those gimmerings of
science and philosophy which were casting
light on the Gallo brain were brought into u
locus. A literary element was brought in
oy the high civilization oi Rome, which next
came upon the scene. The church, as in the
time CT the Druids, was the synthesiS of art,
philosophy and science. As compared with
pagan antiquity, Christendom was very be-
nlghted under the Moroyignian and Carlo
vlgnian dynasties, but an inspection of this
ethnographic museum will convince many
that the darkness of that era has been over
rated. In .he fifteenth century the drama
began to evolve itself in the passion PLAYS"
and mysteries" We find in this section
seven scenes painted on one canvas. The
actors placed themselves before each in sue
cesslon, to maFe time and place cohere until
they had got 10 the end of their play. Those
curious to know the infancy Of the modern
drama should inspect the stage accessories of
this exhibit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

BY request OF the Spanish minister at
Washington, Mrs. Julia c. K. Drrr's fine
sonnet on the death of the young queen of
Spain, published originally in S-riJner's
Haqa>ine. has been translated into Spanish
by the Spanish consul at Baltimore and pub
lishsd IN "Las Novedaits - The sonnet
has also brought Mrs Dorr the honor of
the personal thanks OF King Alfonso. We
give it below
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

ny THE AUTHOR OF 'sosGs OF RILLAEsEY"
Suggested by four lines N B4ntinxs colIsctlop-t,
the air of "Ihe Rejected Lover."l
On Inn sfallen's fairy Isle,
Amid the blooming bushes
We leHnt upon tho lovers sule.
And listen 10 the thiusnes
When first sighed L. sec he smile,
Aud smiled 10 soc her bu-hos.
Her hair was bright as beaten gold,
And soft as -plder's spinning,
Her cheek outrlOOm-d the apple old
Tnat set our parent sluniUg,
And In her rye you might behold
Ny ioys aud grlois beginning.
In lnnisfallen's fairy grove
hushed my happy wooing,
TO listen To the br"Ddlng dove
Amid the branches couing,
But oh how hurt those d urs Of lOre,
How long their batter rusingl
Poor cushst thy complaining breast
With woe like INNS Is hesyinQ
Wi h thee | mourn fruIttess quest;
F0rah with art d.ceiving
The cuckoo bird has roboe my nest
And left me wildly grievinx.
London Spectator,
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Advice 20 the ladies.

unwary bellies
NLo, day by day, the fashionable round
W diss patton treai, stealing from art
The b pSh Eliza owns. 10 hide a cheek
Pale an desc ted-cume ana learn OF me
Hos u he ever booming. young and fair,
And il shHnt cost ou red cent,
tive 10 the miud Improvement
Ih Il is 20 say, fourth page
Of III pa er, te ms : 10 = wear in advance.
NJ discount to clefg ~ men. Let the tongue
BE su CT 20 the heart and head,
And give it 4 rest occasionally,
Withdraw non ct, smoke,
And IT y with Q lie foot oft as the day begins.
The sleepy down or velvet lawn,
Or pay from TrUvatore
On au Oio- a-hluned cnaIn.
kise vita tn lara aud with the lark 10 bed
The breath OF nights destructive to the hue
OF evers flower tina. blows Go - the field,
Ana asa the humnIe 0aisy why II sleeps
Soon as the sun departs 1t will tell you
IL s to preser q is complexion
AND keep It's breath pure and sweet
That II s'u!d drUop aud ali its freshness lose,
Compelled TO taste the rank and poisonous steam
Oi l. idnISht theatre anu morning bal,
OF to sit uut on the sto p with yrunk man.
q sc To repV-e the solemn hour she claims
And the + ont gate Will csuyou Dless'd.
On, there Is charm
winch mUTDng has, that gives the brow of age
A smack %. NUuth
Aud mlkts tae lli- oi youth,
shed per eI'Uniss exquisite
Precisely Nnat ua want, you see.
And shat "G pay your druggist big money for,
tNceit prihsp-. The SIN .ck OF yOut
Winch he viii he only too glad to give
For LothIug.
Burlington Hairkeye
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xERCEDEI.

U lar young queen. who lest dead to-day
in thy proud palace DER the moaning sea-
With still white hands. that nevermare NAV be
Lifted To pluck LIES roses bright with May
Lutte is 1t To you that far away,
here skies you knew uot bend above the free
Hearts touched with tender pity turn 10 thee.
And Tor thy sake shadow dims the day,
But youth and love aud w"manhood are one
:, though across sunderins seas thor signals ily;
Young loves pure kiss. the Joy hut lust b-gun,
The hope of motherhood, thy peoples cry
thou iair child was it not hard To die
And leave so much beneath the suiNmer sun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

DR.. Casper, of Berlin, Prussia, has calcula-
ted that IN that country the age of 20 was at
tanned by AZ clergymen in 100 by 80 law
yers by Is artists by q professors, and
"a physicians. DR.. Madon, in England in
comparing the average age of celebrated men
Of different classes, found that naturalists
lived 10 years philosophers, sculptors and
painters, 20 lawyers, 60 physicians Gs ::
clergymen. G7.
The following tables shows the average
duration of life in several professions. busI-
nesses and occupations. derived from series
of extended observations made by persons
who interest themselves in this sort of STA
tistlcs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

The TALMUD--An article published in the
EiinJlug Eerier spoke OF the Talmud as the
most irresistible organ ever forged for the
subjugation Of the human will. The writer
went on TO give summary of its contents,
but no summary, however ample, could give
any adequate idea of their general charac-
ter.
To the Christian of the Aryan mind the
change is as bewildering as 1t is oppressive
when we turn TO the interminable doematic
subtleties and refnements which seem to
have furnished the 1almudic theologians a
lifelong and unfailing delight On the Sab
bath lamps may not be lit with cedar moss
nor with unhackled fax, nor with floss silk,
nor with wick of willow, nor with weeds
from the surface Of water, nor with pitch,
nor with wax, nor with castor-oIl, nor with
the deiiled oil Of hcave-offering, nor with the
tail, nor with the fat" Nahum. the Median,
We are told, said that they light with cooked
lat but the Shgcs say, whether cooked or
uncooked, they must not light with il" We
read with simple aInaZement the comment
"When one slaughtered the Passover, but
not for its eaters, or not for those numbered
TO eat II, for uncircumcised and uncean per-
sons" He is guilty" For its caters aud
not for its eaters? For its reckoning and
not for its reckoning For circumcised and
Ibl tltdu hilu
He is Free 'lie slaughtered it. and it was
found blemished. 'lie is guilty" 'He
slaughtered it, and it was found torn in se-
cret ale il tree. "IIe slaughtered it,
and 1t became known that its owners retired
from it or died, or became legally unclean"
He is free. because he slaughtered 1t with
lawful permission" Not less wonderful are
the precepts for everyday life aud practice.
"A woman must not go ont with an eyed
needle. nor with signet ring. nor with
spiral head-dress. nor with Il scent-box, nor
with a bottle of musk and, if she go out.
she is guilty Of n sin Offering So SAID Rab-
bi Meier. The Sages more considerably
"absolve the scent-box and the bottle OF
musk The casuistry of murder is more as
tonishiDg. The intention of the criminal
was Ito smte his loins, and there was not
sufficient force IN the blow to cause ueath in
his loins. and it passed to his heart and there
was sufficient force in the blow to cause death
IN his heart, and he died Z" "Ile is free"
We may perhaps he amused, as well AZ amaz-
ed, as we read thnt "his intention was to
sinite him in hIs heart and there was sufii-
clent force in the blow to cause death on his
heart, and 1t passed on to his loins. and there
was not sufficient force in the blow to cause
death on his loinH but be died." ale is
free >
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

From the New York Times.

REMARKABLE CAREER OF THE EGYPTIAN RULER
ESTERPRIsING But THERMOMETERS CRAFT,
DIMoRALITY AND CRUELTY-A BETTER DAY
FOR EGYpT.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

The nobls manner in which the Howard
Association has come to the front in the
fever-stricken South. raising and dl ,tribut-
ing funds and provisions among the victims
OF the scourge. securing nurses and pruvid-
ing for them, AMI Drawing the terrors of
the disease in behalf of suffering humanity,
has called the attention OF the couatry to
this noble organization. Its origin dates
back TO 1853, during the worst visitation OF
yellow fever ever known in this country.
In New Orleans. that year, the clerks of
II merchant devoted themselves to the care
of the sick, and IN short time the
little band was joined by other young
men. They adopted for the name OF
their society that OF the celebrated English
prison philsnthropist. On every appear.
anco of the pestilence it has heroically met
the disease with hysicians nurses medicines
and every other means available. At the
time OF the rebellion 1t had grown strong
in numbers and means, but the war i'm
poverished 1t, so that now 1t is obliged to
accept contributions. 1t has multiplied.
and now has branches IN nearly every i'm
portant city throughout the Southwest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

Burlington Ha,rkeye spell parsnips. "
said South Hill teacher. "G-i-n,' hOwled
the biggest boy in the class, "thero's your
gin nan, nan, there's your nan. there's
your gilman, shug, there's your nan,
shug, there's your gInanshug, ger. ger,
there's your shugger, there's your nan
shugger, there : your glnnansugger-""Fur
mercys sake exclaimed the horritied
teacher, a. soon gs she could catch her
breath. what are you doing ?" Spelling
par nlDs." said the boy, an that's only
one OF 'en. but he says IT'S the boss" She
told him be needn't spell the Others
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

THE ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL ANNEI-sTRAN
FL WING IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA AND IN HUN
oARY-THE FRENCH AND THE AMERICAN
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS, ETC, ETC.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20

While Bishop Smith slowly and falteringly
read the foregoing document his voice trern-
bled with emotion, and u general air of sad.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-06
THE CAUSE.
Heartrending Wall from a Hard
Money Organ.
From the N. Y. Evening Post.l

From the N. Y. Evening Post.l
It now looks as il the democratic
party, which had to make a great
to inHationists at St.Louis in
1875, is about to yield to them entirely,
and give over its name and influence to
the fIrtherance oftheir schemes. Senator
of Ohio. n OF the most
prominent candidates for The next dem
ocratic nomination for president, has re-
treated step by step from the hard money
position which he occupied so conspic-
uously in 1873 and 1874. and was found
voting tor all the initiation measures
passed by the senate at the recent SEES
sion. The democratic conventions OF
two New England states have accepted
one of the most extreme OF the imitation
lists demands. When, then. in the demo-
cratic party, will this movement stop?
Western democrats will no check 1T.
Southern democrats will not check it.
The democrats of Pennsylvania are al
ready enrolled in the column. DO the
democrats of New York and New Jersey
think that they 4 gam a hearing II
they cry a halt? Can Bayard. Herman and
Mcpherson check a movement in which
there Is so overwhelming a majority
against themP
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-06
ot'iNc W iooat,
TRUSTEES SALE,

WHEREAS, George W. Mccormick and Liz
w Zie Mccormick, his wife,, by their certain
deed OF trust, dates the Eth day OF April ID,
1876, and recorded III the recOrdtl' > Ollie" OF
Ldala yttte county. Missouri. III book No. 10 al
pag. Ji5. conveyed to the Undersigned, trustee,
thu following described real estate, situate and
lying IN said county of Laiay cite, Missouri, to-
wit: III south II II of the southwest quarter oil
III" northeast quarter of section number twenty
four .2b the southwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter OF section number twenty-five t25) the
northwest quarter Of the southeast quarter. the
southeast quarter OF the northwest quarter, the
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and
the southeast quarter OF the southwest quarter oil
saIdsrrtion number twenty-five t2i) all III TO wnship
number fort mine (i.i and range number twenty
Sin (2G) which aid deed ofIrust WAS made 10 Sc
cure the payment of two certain proM!ssury
notes, in sad deed described, with power OF
sale IN case oil default In the payment of either;
and, whereas, thu note therein described for
s1.s 7i-l0o. and interest, payable to one Martha
+. Reed, has become due, and default has been
made in the payment oil the same; now, there
tore, notice Is hereby given that /. the under
signed, the said trustee, ut the request oil the le-
gal holders of said note Will, i'll accordance with
The powers and te ms of SAID deed Of Trust, pro-
coed to sell the estate above described, or 81
much thereof as may be necessary, at public
v,niue, to the highest bidder. for cash in hand
in said county OF Lafayette, and state of Mis-
souri,, on
THURSDAY, AUGUST -, ISIS,
between the hours of nine o'clock III the fore
noon and live o'cicck in the afternoon OF tina
day, to satisfy said mole and the interest there
on, together with the costs OF executing thu
trust.
Given under my hand, this June Il. ISIS:
JOHN W. PRINCE,
l IN ttNf
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF MISSOURI, I
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE.
In the Probate Court OF Lafayette County, state
III Missouri May Term, I'D day-June iO,ls.s.
John ChrisTnan ana Joseph NJ Chrismsn. exec
uiors OF Joseph ChrisInun, deceased.
NOV cone George o. Feagan, Reed and
~ Campbell. Fletcher 4 Fell, james Good
win, James Goodwin 4 Son, Richard G. Boo
ton and Aidridge Iorder, assignee OF K. Deather-
age 4 Co. creditors pi The Sald deceased, by their
attorney, an'i proves 10 the satisfaction OF the
court that there WIS error in the description OF
the real esiaie IN the petition therefore, died by
that the said creditors have leave 10 file iIncnd,d
petition.
Now at this day come the creditors aforesaid,
and present their amended petition Ira. ing for
an order for the suls oil The whole or so
much of the real estate OF said deccas-
eel as VIII be sufficient to pay the debts due 10y
said estate, AMI remaining unpaid for want OF
sniiici.nt assets, accompanied by the accounts,
lists and inventories required by law IN such
cases. On examination whereof II IL
ordered that nll persOns interested in the
estate of SAID deceased, b. notified that applica-
ton IA aforesaid has been made, and that unless
the contrary be shown on or before the first day
OF the next term OF this court. 10 be begun and
held on the l2th day of August. 1873, An order
will be- made for the sale OF the real estate in sal,
! petition described, or 30 much thereof As shall
he sufficient to pay the debts due by said estate.
And II Is further ordered that 4 copy hereof be
published IN the Lexington Weekly lnteiilgen'
Ger, n newspaper printed IN said county of La
iayette, tor tour week, successfully, the last IN
sertinn To- lee at least iour weeks before the com
mcncenirmt of the next term Of this comr,
WM. 7. CANNON,
ielrir Jutrr pr prphufp I uurt
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