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Year: 1873

rank. His discourse cannot be called a SER
mon, though it had text as a fgurehead
1t was not an exposition of Scripture truths,
but it was an exposition of the designs of the
Catholic pilgrimages from this preacher s
standpoint He is evidently not favorably
impressed with them. They are not UNDER
taken alone by the ignorant and the super
stitious. The noble and the learned of Eng
land as well as the poor and illiterate Of
France engage in them. There must be o
reason for this. What is it? Mr. Froth-
ingham thinks he has discovered it. At
the bottom IL is political-it means the
restoration of monarchy in France and
the preservation of monarchy in England
through the power and influence Of the Roman
Church. That Church is despotic. 1t has
no sympathy with republican government
There is great essential difference between
republicanism and Romanism. Mr.. Frothing-
ham honors the Church Of Rome for her hu-
mility, devotion and self-conservation; but
her purpose is not to lift humanity to higher
aspirations, to inculcate broad, sweet charities,
but rather to overthrow repnblcansm and to
establish great Catholic empire, and therefore
he was opposed to it and he would have others
like minded with himself.


Per contra, DR.. McGlynn thinks the object
of the Evangelical Alliance is to obstruct the
progress Of the Catholic Church-the Church
that raised the ancestors of these delegates
from besotted savages into civilized beings,
that gave their countries saints and intellectual
giants compared with whom these Christian
young men and old men are mere toddling
infants. The Doctor wished TO raise at least
one voice here to proclaim that there are
hundreds OF millions of true Christian hearts
that cannot be weaned from allegi-
ance to the Catholic Church-that
Church which the Evangelical Alliance
vilifes as superstitious. These men have the
hardihood to call by the name of superstition
the religion of the one Holy Catholic Church
that has given them all they possess Of
Year: 1873

NEW CANNAN, Conn, Nov. 10.-Mrs
Joseph Selleck. a widow owning and oc-
cupying alone small place In this town
was brutally murdered this morning with
kerosene and the body nearly consumed,
and the house was on fire when discover
ed. An axe with blood and hair, a small
piece Of skull and brains, and an empty
kerosene can were found In the room with
a large pool Of blood on the carpet and
floor. a hole had been burned through
the floor through which the charred re.
mains Of the body had fallen into the Gel.
Ter. The skull showed two cuts with the
axe No suspicious so far rests on any
one. No motive can be conceived Of ex,
cept plumber as tho house has been ran
sacked,
Year: 1873

WunkeIlnB anu AulEbAuB LUZ ware


There are q lot Of idiots In this country
who would like 10 see the United States
declare war against Spain, or Cuba, OF
Santiago de Cuba, or somebody or some
place. They are not particular who OF
what, 90 that we declare war. The Chi
cago Times is one Of these idiots. 1t de-
nlnds instant and destructive war. II
has an editorial article headed "Wipe
them Out" which begins in this strain:


"Every man, woman and child of this
broad country is foaming with rage over
tho insult to our flag; and shivering with
horror over the record Of flendish mur.
dGrs. There Is not man in all these Uni.
ted States, who owes allegiance to the soil
upon which he stands, who Is not thirst
ing for instant and complete vengeance"


We think we know several people in
tho United States, and, for that matter,
right here in Wheeling, who arc not
thrsting Tor vengeance, either instant or
complete.


ludeed, the more the facts begin TO
leak out about the Virginius expedition,
especially since we have seen RYAs's let.
ters, the more reconciled people feel TO the
shooting Of the crew as freebooters and
hl1Ibusters. When the excitement cools
down this view OF the case will be more
widely taken than It is now. This coun-
try cannot afford to spend either blood or
money about such q crowd Of marauders


Notwithstanding the rawlings Of such
papers as the Chicago Tines VIC have no
serious upprchensions that the country
will be drawn into war with any body
about the Virginius matter. We think,
however, that there Is slight danger OF
something Of the kind, and that this dan.
ger, and the antidote thereto are very con.
cisely expressed in last nights Cincinnati
Commercial in the following paragraph:


The real danger that we may drift into
war with Spain exists in the Presidents
notorious propensity for annexation. The
safeguard is In the conservatism OF the
Secretary Of State, the only man immedi.
ately connected with the administration
OF our Government who knows anything
OF History or law, or who was not before
the war both obscure and unimportant.
Year: 1873

The San Francisco Alta of May 1st, pub
fishes an interesting letter from Olive Harper,
relating to her experience on Il trip across the
continent Among other things the follow
ing, touching her views about babies, is wor
thy of reproduction:


t'At Sacramento handsome young Jewess
came on the train, with q beautiful baby, six
months old. I love babies. I hated them
until had one of my own, and ever since l
have loved every baby have seen. | don't
care for dirt or cries, or anything. A baby
to me is the divinest thing On earth, the beau
tiful flower of the rough human plant. The
eyes, and sweet purity that so soon becomes
clouded in older Ones is still in the face of
the infant that can only speak with inarticu-
late murmurs and cooings. The little dim
pied fingers clasps yours so trustingly now,
that so soon will, with the rest of us, grasp
for gold and gain. So this lovely babe
reached out his little pink fingers to me, and
cooed bis pretty pleasure, and dimpled his
cheeks as took him in my arms. The proud
little mother told me the father had never
seen his baby yet, and she was now going to
meet him at Palisades. Then she took him
and laid the waxen cheek on her snowy
breast, and his long black lashes dropped
over the blue eyes, and he slept while her
fond eyes rested on him with such devotion
as only mother can feel.


sat and watched her, and thought Of all
the ties on earth, that of motherhood is the
divinest, the nearest Heaven. Even the little
birds are conscious of his holy bond, as well
as the widest, fiercest beast that blood-thirsty
roams the plain. The very plan of creation,
of birth is divine. From the little ripened
seed that drops from the plant to swell and
grow in beauty and tenderness, to strengthen
maturity, through all classes of bird, beast
fish and plant, and every living thing on earth
or in the water, all are created alike. The
plant gives its ripened seed to the earth, and
with its gift its mission is ended. The bird
rears her young-her mission is finished, and
she is happy; the tigress rears hers with
tenderness born only of motherhood, and she
is gentler and is happy; and there is no un-
reasoning animal on the face of the globe
that does not receive the divine spirit in their
motherhood The woman whose heart does
not respond to infantile tears or smiles, pains
or pleasures-whose heart does not grow ten
der toward the clinging grasp of helpless
baby fingers, is not worthy the name of wo-
man ~
Year: 1873

An important decision has recently been
rendered by the United States Supreme Court
concerning the obligations Of railroads in
connection with the dead-head system:
'Heretofore it has been customary with all
railroads to print on free passes of every
kind disclaimer against liability for dam
ages to the person accepting. The Supreme
Court of the United States has, however,
just rendered decision which invalidates
this stipulation, so far as regards that large
class of passes granted on account of freight,
as for instance, drovers tickets to return
home free after having disposed of their cat
tie. In these cases the court held the con-
sideration to be obvious and the exceptions
on the back to be Of no effect The decision
does not include the ordinary complimentary
pass on which no consideration is apparent;
the sum of it being that in all cases where
consideration, of whatever sort. is given for
the ticket, the company is liable for damages.
The opinion is of general public interest
Year: 1873




do not make little of the pleasures of life,
but / condemn the regret at losing them. Let
us bow to the storm as the flowers do beneath
the rain, but let us not PROSTATE ourselves,
but straighten up after it is over, refreshed,
washed, stronger. Another thing Mr.. Beecher
wished to condemn was the mourning and
repining Of the old, of those who are finish
ing life, who find fault with everything that
is, and praise everything that was. They
live in the past and do not see that glorious
future so near them. 1t is one of the reasons
why want to be cut off in my health and
strength, when think that may come to
that when l can sec nothing in life but its
past, when everything loses its pleasure; !;
when shall hate little children because they
make a noise. l believe, as the Roman
Catholics do, in a purgatory, because have
seen it; for where is it if not in that house
hold where sits the man who is wasted and
gone, and who is burden to all? You look
away from him when you would think of
him. He is withered, he is not ripened and
full of sweetness and gentleness and loving
kindness. What more wretched than to see
a man on the verge of this life, hanging to
the body, grasping with his gaunt and trena-
bling hands at the things of this life, blind
to the celestial glcries of Immortality just be-
fore him.
Year: 1873

The English tongue is fast becoming the
language of the world. In Siam, the king
has just established two English schools for
the education of the sons of his mobiles.
These future Asatic aristocrats are to be able
to converse with and be able to read the liter
ature of the people of England and of the
United States French may remain the Ian
guage of the courts, bCt the commercial
tongue of the world is undoubtedly the Eng
lish, and the knowledge of it is spreading
with every fresh port in Asia and Africa open
to commerce, and with the advent of every
English speaking traveller or settler in Japan,
China and Egypt. In Japan it has already
been adopted as the official language, and q
century hence the people of that country will
be able to read and appreciate the works of
English authors as we'll as if they had been
born in London or Boston.
Year: 1873

A,scheme is now on foot for running
tunnel through the Rocky Mountains. This
may seem prodigious enterprise, at first to
the casual reader, but the parties who have
the matter in hand are sanguine of the most
complete success. For some time past gen.
tlemen have been investigating this matter,
and they have arrived at the conclusion that
the project is feasible in every particular.
The idea is to tunnel the mountains from
point about one mile below Black Hawk to
the Middle park, running in northwesterly
direction. The tunnel to be run will, it is
presumed, cut many rich veins of gold and
silver, and thus great mining interest be
developed Money for the prosecution of
the work is furnished by English capitalists,
who are sanguine of the ultimate success of
the enterprise Some idea of the magnitude
of the task may be gathered from the fact
that the tunnel, if completed, will be twelve
miles in length. 1t is intended to make it
large enough to be used for railway purposes,
the Middle Park, it will find its most conve-
nient route to the tunnel.


1t will be called the Sierra Madre Tunnel
Company, and the incorporation papers for
its organization have already been filed.
George W. Heaton, ESQ.,, a gentleman we'll
versed in matters of this kind, will have bu-
siness charge of the operations of the COM
pany.


We hope the company will he successful
in carrying out the great bore. 1t will, un-
doubtedly, be one Of the biggest things in
the world, and, if they can make it work,
will prove that man knows no obstacle in ma
ture Rocky Mountain Neecs, May 21st.
Year: 1873

There may be nothing in a name,
but there is undoubtedly something in
a color, at least in the ''trooly ioii' city
of Philadelphia. As everybody knows,
the people of that city are Just now
much exercised about the proposed
Centennial Celebration. The ladies
even become so much interested that
they formed q ''fema'e branch of Cen
tennial Commission and undertook
to solicit subscriptions for the general
fund of the Commission, and have been
going from house to house engaged II
the good work In blocking off the
city for daily work, it appears they
deemed it best to .'confine the colored
committee of the womcn's branch to
those wards which are most thichEy
populated with the people OF their
race" At this restriction the colored
committee took great offense, and
issued a remonstrancc, bitterly COM
planning of the exclusiveness Of the
white portion of the female branch,
and taking the ground that they agreed
to work in common with American
women, not as "COlored Centennial
Women" there being no such body in
existence.


Upon discovering that their ward
was ASST ned them as Il distinctive dele
cation, and that every ward in the city
had it's own ward committee, they i'm
mediately conferred with the secretary,
and reported to the executive COM
mittee their Inwillingness and ina
bility to work i'll any fixed sphere,
being ignored in their respective
wards, and they do protest against
any such injustice because of Ameri-
can prejudice, which ought to have
outlived itself in this hundredth All
niversary."


1t seems that our Northern friends
do not like the taste of the cup they
prepared for their Southern brethren.
The equality and minglinG OF South
ern whites with negroes seems right
enough to the Northern eye, but the
equality and mingling of Northern
whites with negroes presents quite
another and a different aspect. We
frankly confess that We feel little or nC
sympathy when We see these people
caught i'll the snare they set for others


The Northern people forced negro
suffrage and negro equality upon us IL
the South at the point OF the bayonet
thinking that they would never be
troubled with it. They were mistaken
and it matters little to us if they be
forced to driri. the bitter cup to its
dregs.
Year: 1873

1t is well for the peace OF mind of
President Grant that he is so supreme
ly Indifferent to public opinion. If it
were otherwise "the rapid transit OF
thought and matter of thepresent day
would doubtless Overwhelm him with
the complaints and murmurs of dis
satisfied communities. One Of his
later prOvocatiOns to public indigna-
ton was a request to the Governor of
Texas to release two Indian chiefs now
confined in the Penitentiary at Hunts
vile. The people in that State have
become greatly excited over the mat
ter, and justly too.


1t seems that these "nolle red men"
having been caught in one Of their
many murderOus acts, were brought
before the State Court of Texas and
tried and convicted in due course of
law, just as if they had been white
men, and sentenced to he hung. At
the request of the President, the SEN
tence was committed to Imprisonment
for life some year or more ago. Since
then, their tribe has used every effort
to free them and, as Il final resort,
sent two chiefs to Washington to see
the President i'll their behalf, where
upon the President requested the Gov
ernor to grant Il full and free pardon.
This action on the part Of the Frcsi-
dent met the disapprohation of the
people and of hcLegislature OF texas.
The Legislature indeed went SO far as
to pass resolution formally request
ing the Governor net to comply with
the request of the President


1t is said that the ,eopje on the
Texas frontier, who are exposed to the
ravages of the Indian tribes II which
Santanta and Big Ire" belong. q, not
appreciate the wisdom Of the Indian
policy pursued by the President. But
it matters little to cur phleGmatic
ruler what the people in Texas or any
where else may think about him or
his DOlicy
Year: 1873

sets, and so will the iron projections
lists of Pennsylvania. Indeed, we al
ready find the Boston Globe, thorough
going Radical, and the Philadelphia
Agc, thorough going Democrat, oc-
cupying common ground in their
opposition to the World, and urging
that tariff for revenue being neces-
sary, the question of protection is a
merely incidental one.


The opposition further South is based
upon the detestation Of the mode of
raising money by the system of
Internal Revenue taxation. If we
have free trade, the Internal Reve-
nue. system or direct taxation must be
resorted to for the expenses of the
Government. Hence the disinclina-
ton to accept the issue as presented
by the World.


AS we have had occasion to say here
tofore, we think any effort to form new
party, or to put forth new issues, is
at the present time, i'll advised. We
have something else to do just now.
We believe in the principle of Free
Trade, but we are not prepared to say
that it is the only principle worthy of
being one of the tenets of the Demo-
cratic Party.
Year: 1873

The New York World has taken
strong ground against any new organl-
zatiOn, maintaining, that the old name
and the old organization of the Demo-
cratic Party, pure and simple, is amply
sufficient for present purposes. The
World does not, however, by any
means maintain, that the party ought
to be bound by the traditions or prin-
ciples of the past, except in SO far as
they may be expedient in the present ;
on the other hand, it maintains that
the party is essentially one Of change
and progress, and that the principles,
traditions and experience of the past,
are valuable, only in SO far as they
teach us how to act in the present.


Cutting loose in this summary manner
from all entangling alliances, the Wortd
insists thatsthe Democratic Party shall
go before the country upon single
issue, to wit: Free Trade.


As might have been expected from
such a course, the World has made it
self a target for attacks from all quar-,
ters and without regard to party atfill'
ations. The manufacturers will, to G
man, be opposed to it in Massachu
Year: 1873




Il would possibly hav, been well for
General ifillcm, even though Federal
officer, to have remembered the mes
sage of the King OF Israel, Let not
him that girdeth on his harness, beast
himself as he that putteth it off.


The General, some two weeks ago,
sent word to Captain Jack that he did
not intend to leave the Lava Beds
until he carried him and his tribe with
him. Up to the present writing
General Gillem has not been able to
secure either the Modoc Chief or his
tribe. In fact, it is admitted, we be
lieve, by every one, at least by every
one outside of army circles, that our
boasting General has been outwitted.
if not whipped, in open fight.


The kilograms inform us that occa-
sionallv the Federals take a few scalps
and that occasionally the Indians take
a few. Each side now keeps its tally
in scalps Captain Jacks scalp, how
ever, still rests securely on his own
head, and the indications are that it
Will be some time ere it bangles at the
belt OF General GiIlem or of any other
man. Ii Gillem had only fought like
he dragged the campaign would
have come to an end ere General Davis,
the hero of the Ebenezar Creek mas
sacre, took command. It would have
been Il rare sight to have seen the
dashinS Gillem pulling off his harness,
hung all over with rceking scalps.


These boasts do not read well when
they get cold. They remind one of
Pope and Hooker.
Year: 1873

1t lies there a.one-it is rusty and faded
With patch on the elbow, hole in the
But we think OF the brave boy who wore it,


and ever
Look on it with pleasure, and touch it with


pride.
history clings to it-over and over,
We see proud youth hurried off to the
With his form like the oak and his eye like the


eagles


How gallant he rode in the ranks Of the


'Gray."
1t is rough, 1t is worn, it is tattered in places
But love it the more for the story it bears !;
A story Of % courage in struggle with sorrows
And a heart that bore bravely its burden of


cares;
1t is ragged and rusty, but ah it was shin
In the silkiest sheen when he wore it away
And his smile was as bright as the glad sum-
mer morning,
When he sprang to his place in the ranks OF the


"Gray."
There's rip in the sleeve and the color IS tar
The buttons all gone with their glitter and
'Tis thing of the past, and we reverently
Away with the treasures and relics of old
AS the gifts OF a love, solemn, sweet and un-
Are cherished as leaves from a long vanished


day
We will keep the old jacket for the sake of the



Who rode in the van of the ranks of the
Shot through with a bullet-right here In the


shoulder,
And down there the pocket is spin.e7eo and


soiled
All more, see the lining is stained and dis


cOlOred!
Yes, blood drops the texture hath stiFened


and spoiled.
1t came when he rode at the head of the col


umn,
Charging down in the battle one deaalest
When squadrons OF focmen were broken


asunder,
And victory rode with the ranks of the


Gray"
It's memory IS sweetness aud sorrow COM


mineei
To me it is prec:ous-more precious than


gold,
In the rent and the sho hole volume is writ


ten,
On the stains on the lining is agony told.
That was ten years ago when in lifes sunny


morning


fray,
And the old coat he wore and the good sword


he welded
Were all that came back from the ranks of


the 'Gray.
The patch on the elbow and the hole in the


ride,
For gallanter heart never beat than the


loved one.
Who wore it with honor and soldierly pride.
Let ME brush of the dust from its tatters and


tarnish,
Let fold it up closely and lay it away
1t is all that is left of the loved and the Lost
Who fought for the right in The ranks OF the


Gay"
Year: 1873

before has hourished, we cannot afford
expensive luxuries. And if it be that
we have subjected ourselves to fine
and Imprisonment for a few delicate
compliments to Judge Bond, we can
not expect to go without cost for ex-
pressing our opinion as to Judge I'm
derwood. 1t may possibly be safe to
say that we concur in the opinion of
the Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir-
ginia that the purchase Of property at
an enormous sacrifice by a Judge I'M
der fraudulently procured and issued
decree of his own Court is enough to
shock the moral sense of every honest
man. Not to put too fine a point
upon it, we rather think the man who
does it is scoundrel. There now, if
that be libel, make the most of it Mr..
Solicitor Cantwelll We are immense
ly intimidated.
Year: 1873

a State Convention in the interests
of the colored Sabbath Schools in this
State will be held in this city some
time i'll May. An excursion down the
river is talked of as one of the features
of the occasion. The day of meeting
Will be announced in few days
Year: 1873

During tho fray she seized an infant,
scarcely year old, by the legs, and
commenced an indiscriminste striking
with it at any and everybody that came
in her way. Another colored woman
came to the rescue of the child, but was
badly beaten by the british creature.
and every attempt at approach was
warded off by her swinging the infant
around in most merciless manner, A
policeman arrived at the scene in a few
moments and arrested the first one he
came to, which unfortunately proved
to be to one trying to get the child
away from the drunken woman. When
the policeman walked away with the
first woman the one with the child
began anew her indiscriminate fight.
and by this time the infant was seen
to be nearly dead. Another woman
tried to demonstrate with the brute, and
begged her to relea,e the child. Instead
of doing 80, she turned on her and
swung the infant high in the air, and
made demonstration as if to strike
her, when her husband landed her one
between tho eyes, telling her to the
ground, thereby succeeding in releasing
the child. The most remarkable part
of the story is that the drunken woman,
who had so nearly caused the death of
the infant, and in 80 british manner.
was not arrested.