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MORNING APPEAL. Sl'SDAY JfLT 1, 1877 SUNDAY READING. Nothing illustrates more forcibly the abso lute freedom with which the middle and higher classes of England discuss, and the pa tience with which they listen to, questions of creed and faith than The Nineteenth Century. Its list of contributors embraces some of the very foremost names in England. The June number, which is at hand, contains a paper from James Anthony Froude, a continuation of the True Story of the Vatican Council, by Cardinal Manning, a paper entitled The Soul and Future Life, by Frederic Harrison, and an article on Disestablishment and Disendow ment, by Rev. A. H. Maokonochie. Now here are four articles freely discussing religi ous questions from the distinct and opposing standpoints of an Oxford student (Froude) who has severed his relations with Alma Ma ter in order to be absolutely free to investi gate and criticise all religious works, acts and teachings especially the New Testament; a Cardinal of the Roman Church, whose emi nent learning makes him an authority of the first-class even at the Vatican itself ; a famous free-thinker who boldly questions the exist ence of a soul and discusses from the Positive standpoint tho assumption of a life beyond the grave ; and a clergyman of distinguished position in the Established Church, all occu pying the pages of the same magazine. It is as if each, in his turn, were heard from the same lecture-desk. We propose to make a few extracts from Mr. Froude's paper, which is entitled " The Life and Times of Thomas Becket"; and if we can spare the space, to also make some extracts from Mr. Harrison's paper. statement that "Among the earliest, efforts of the modern sacerdotal party in the Church of England was an attempt to reestablish the memory of the martyr of Canterbury. The sacerdotal party, so far as their objects were acknowledged, aspired only to liberate the Church from bondage to the State. The choice of Becket as an object of adoration was a tacit confession of their real ambition." From this he proceeds first to review the con dition of the Church prior to and during Becket's life and times, and, next, to show whit manner of man this " object of adora tion " was. Quoting from Nigellus, a monk who was contemporary with Becket, he tells us of the custom of selling benefices to the highest bidders, (as commissions in the Eng lish army were lately sold.) Referring to the fact, that by the terms of these sales it often happened that mere babies were appointed bishops and archdeacons, he says, (quoting from the monk), " Infants in cradles are made archdeacons, that out of the mouths of babes and sucklings may be perfected praise. The child is still at the breast, and he is a priest of the church. At an age when an ap ple is mure to him than a dozen churches, he is sent to dispense the sacraments' But this cunning, plain spoken and sarcastic monk fur nishes us with a most remarkable specimen of the facile arguments and glib excuses for doing in the name of the Church what is most convenient and desirable to be done by the parties interested, in the following biting por trayal of the manner with which the partisans of faulty churchmen palliated the faults of their patrons. Says he : He 13 a John the Baptist for sanctity, a Cato for wisdom, a Tully for eloquence, a Moses for meekness, a Phinees for zeal, an Abraham for faith. Elect him only, and he is all that you can desire. You ak what he li:is done to recommend him. Granted that boundless. His expenditure was enormous. How the means for it were supplied is uncer tain. The revenue was wholly in his hands. The king was often on the continent, and at such times the chancellor governed even-thing. Ha retained his Church benefices the arch deaconry of Canterbury surely, and probably the rest. Vast sums fell irregularly into Chan cery from wardships and vacant sees and ab beys. All these Becket received, and never accounted for the whole of them. Whatever might be the explanation, the wealthiest peer in iiiigland did not maintain a more costly household, or appear in public with a more princely surrounding. Of his administration his adoring and ad miring biographer, the monk Grim, who was present at his martyrdom, draws a more than unfavourable picture, and even charges him with cruelty and f erocitj'. ' ' The poisons that he slew," says Grim, " The persons that he robbed or their property, no one can enumer ate. Attended bv a large company of knights, he would assail whole communities, destroy cities and towns, villages and farms, an i, without remorse or pity, would give them to devouring flames." In view of the discussions brought on by the presence on this coast of Col. Ingersoll, these authentic reviews of church life and church men will, we doubt not prove of in terest to our Sunday Readers. As we mis trusted, we have no space for any extracts from Harrison's paper. THE LI XDERMAN B US I NESS. And so Dr. Linderman is commissioned to prosecute an inquiry into the management of the Mint and other Federal offices in this i city. There are investigations and investiga i t.ions. We trust the Director of the Mint ' wiil make this more searching and effective than his first, which, as Pinney says, was a farce and a whitewashing adventure. This one is at least to have the advantage of open ness and publicity, so far as it may go; and Dr. Linderman is empowered to choose his two colleagues. The Chronicle repeats what it has said before, that it will do anything to anticipate the result or to cast suspicion on Mr. Froude's article opens with the j the motive of this inquiry. We regret, how- ever, that so good a man as Air. Alvord should have refused to act as one of the Com mission of three. His name would have in spired a confidence in the investigation that is not to be expected if the majority is com posed of friends of the ring; for it is never to be lost, sight of that it is not merely the Su perintendent of the Mint and the Collector of Customs and the Internal Revenue officers are to be overhauled, but the entire Federal ring and the ring's Senatorial protector. In this view of the matter there would have been more perfect assurance of a thorough investi gation had the President himself, say on the recommendation of Booth, appointed the Commission. The reasonable supposition is that the Secretary of the Treasury appointed Linderman. But both Sherman and Linder man are close friends of Sargent, and it is not a popular idea that Sargent favors an ex haustive investigation. Nothing short of this will satisfy the public, nor pass muster with the press. A ring investigation can have only one purpose, and that, to prevent exposures. It is an old trick to break down the prosecution by securing the friends of the accused to conduct it. We trust Dr. Linder man will not fall into the trap which the ring j will doubtless set for him. We find the foregoing characteristic mass j of inuendo and perversity of statement in the San Francisco Chronicle of Friday. It means, i if it means anything, that Doctor Linderman, j a Democrat, is going to do a dishonest tiling in order to shield certain wrong-doers. Now ' we must confess that we are not an unqual- j iCed admirer of Doctor Linderman. With all : RACERS GOING TO ENGLAND. Says the Sun of June 22: Col. Sanford has brought from his stud farm, in Kentucky, a number of bright two year olds, four of which he has shipped by the steamer Idaho for England. The young sters are three bays and a chestnut; Cataract, bay colt, by Glenelg, dam Niagara, by Lex ington; Dancing Master, bay colt, by Glenelg, dam La Polka, by Lexington; a chestnut filly, by Bay wood, dam Earring, by Ringgold; and a bay filly by Glenelg, dam Ulrica, by Lex ington. They are as beautiful specimens of the thoroughbred as were ever foaled; and for size, bone, bottom, substance, and finish can hardly be matched. They are, perhaps, the largest two-year olds of pure breed ever seen in New York. Cataract is a rouser, 15 hands high, long in proportion, large boned, muscular and heavy. He weighs 1,000 pounds. Dancing Master weighs 935 pounds, is 15 hands high, strong and promising. The Haywood filly, the largest and heaviest of the r ... .. v. 13 i i . i, .... .....v .'-, ff weighs 1,050 pounds, is immense in hip and stifle, and is longer than Cataract. The Ulrica filly is a beauty, 15 hands high, and weighs 995 pounds. They were all foaled and raised on the celebrated North Elkhorn stud farm, and will give English horsemen something like a fair conception of the possi bilities of stock breeding under a Kentucky sky and on Kentucky soil. Two of the colts, Dancing Master and Cataract, have been en tered for the Epsom Derby, Doncaster, St. Leger, and Grand Prix de Paris, for 1878; and the fillies are in the Epsom Oaks for that year. Mr. Sanford also brought from Ken tuck' a fine bay filly by Glenelg, out of Grecian Bend, by Lexington, which is to go into August Belmon'ts stable. New York, June 30. There is considera ble excitement about the newspaper offices in regard to the strike at the Tribune. It is alleged, on one hand, that the office has hundreds of galleys of standing matter, but must succumb at the end of a few days. The Tribune appears with ten pages this morning, and with a prominent advertise ment for forty compositors and eight proof readers. The Tribune officials say no diffi culty is apprehended in future, a3 no union men will be employed. Many printers are in the streets, bar-rooms, etc., but apparently all good natured. The Sun says Rooker, foreman of the Tri bune composing room, started for Florida yesterday, having first, it is said, transferred his share of Tribune stock to his nephew. At 8:30 last evening there were 13 men and boys at work at 82 frames in the Tribune compos ing room, and a solitary youth sat in the proof room comparing copy and reading proof at the same time. Ordinarily eight men are required for this work. It was rumored yesterday that Jay Gould had sold his Tribune stock, and the retrench ment proceedings of the trustees on Wednes day last were forced by the retirement of the Tribune's financial backer. It is also said that Whitelaw Reid's contracts as editor will expire on the loth of November, and that he moved for a reduction in order to get an other engagement. JfEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mexican Veterans, Attention ! You are ordered to appear at the Governor's office in the Capitol building, Carson, on the morning of July, 4, 1877, at half-past 9 o'clock, sharp. By order. E. Z. Zabriskie, Secretary. GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JUJLY! IN 03LH.So3NT CITY. PROCESSION, ORATION, POEM! ORDER OF PROCESSION: Aid. GRAND MARSHAL. Aid. GOVERNOR AND STAFF. BAND. Company F, Carson Guards, N. M. Warren Engine Company, No. 1. Swift Engine Company, No. 3. V. & T. Hose Company. Mexican Veterans. Union and Confederate Vutcrans. Carriages for Chaplain, Orator, Poet and Reader of Declaration of Independence. LITTLE GIRLS' BAND. School Children of Empire and Carson. Civic Societies. Citizens in Carriages and on Foot. MASON & CO., lie has done nothing, God can raise sons to Abraham out of the stones. He is a bov, you say, and too young for such an office Daniel was a boy when he saved Susannah from the elders, lie is or low birth you are choosing a successor to a fisherman, not an heir to Cassar. He is a dwarf Jeremiah was not large. He is illiterate Peter and Andrew were not .philosophers when the- were called to be apostles. He can speak no English Augustine could speak no English, yet Au gustine converted Britain. He is married and has a wife the apostles ordered such to be promoted. He has divorced his wife Christ separated St. John from his bride. He is immoral so was St Boniface. He is a fool -God has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. He is a coward St. Joseph was a coward. He is a glutton and a wine-bibber so Christ was said to be. He is a sluggard St. Peter could not remain for an hour awake. He is a striker Peter struck Malchus. He is quarrelsome Paul quarrelled with Barnabus. He is disobedient to his superiors Paul withstood Peter. He is a man of blood Moses killed the Egyptian. He is blind so was Paul before he was con verted. He is dumb Zacharias was dumb. ' He is all faults, and possesses not a single vir tue God will make his grace so much more to abound in him. Concerning Becket himself,' Froude, after reciting the fact that he was Chancellor of England, under jllenry Platagenet (in the Xllth century) furnishes to the adorers of that " martyr " the following picture of him : In his new dignity he seemed at first likely to disappoint the archbishop's expectations of him. Some of his biographers, indeed, claim as his perpetual merit that he opposed the bestias curiae, or court wild beast3, as church men called the anticlerical party. John of Salisbury, on the other hand, describes him as a magnificent trifler, a scorner of law and the clergy, and given to scurrilous jesting at laymen's parties. At any rate, except in the arbitrariness of his character, he showed no features of the Becket ot Catholic tradition. Omnipotent as Wolsey after him, he wa3 no less magnificent in his outward bearing. Hi3 dress was gorgeous, his retinue of knights as plendid as the king'. His hospitalities were and personal purposes of his own; but we do not believe he is at all susceptible to the baser temptations and more sordid purposes of life. When, at one time iust prior to the suspension of the Bunk of California Superin intendent La Grange took the responsibility of making some advances of bullion to that institution there arose a difference between Linderman and La Grange;. The latter, w hen his superior officer reported adversely to his action, promptly tendered his resignation. Then there was made manifest in San Fran cisco a most splendid demonstration in the Superintendent's favor. A petition, signed by all the m st inn':! ;it ial and respected business men in S.iu Francisco was sent to Washington praying that the resignation be not accepted. Sargent presented this peti tion to the President and it was acted upon with cheerful alacrity. The Secretary of the Treasury immediately telegraphed to La Grange that his resignation was not accepted. In other words, the Superintendent was sus tained in his disregard of the authority and mandates of the Director. Now is it in human nature for such a rebuke as this to be relished ? Is it not to be supposed that Lin derman feels a certain sense of resentment toward La Grange Would it not be natural for him to feel cool toward Sargent, under the circumstances ? And yet the Chronicle plainly hints that Linderman will be supcr- servicable in covering up any rogueries he may detect in the management of the Mint. The fact is evident in every line of the fore going that the Chronicle is convinced that La Grange is an honest man and that the most searching investigation will fail to show as much as a speck upon his fair name. And so it attempts to blacken the character of the Commission, in advance. As to the propo sition that Newton Booth and President Hayes should have acted in unison to cast aspersions upon Sargent and his friends the same is worthy of Mr. Pinney's organ. San Francisco, June 30. Some weeks ago, it will be remembered, that the Custom of ficers here seized a lot of liquors and cigars that had been landed from the school-ship Jamestown, on her return from Honolulu without paying duty. The matter was com promised by allow ing the otticials to whom the goods were consigned to pay a fine equivalent to the duty, and causing the goods to be re shippeu to Honolulu on the Jamestown, there manifested and returned here, paying regular duty. It is reported that the goods are not on board the Jamestown, which is expected shorrlv to sail for Honolulu, and the customs his knowledge of Mints and Mint business we j officers are ignorant as to their whereabouts, think he has too manv hobbies and crotchets ' It is also stated that the customs authorities at the time of the seizure of the above-men tioned goods were in possession of informa tion to the eilect that the Jamestown had on board several thousand dollars' worth of con traband goods. Being a United States ship, she could not be boarded and the goods seized, but a strict surveillance was main tained over her until she sailed for Vallejo for repairs. It is strongly suspected that while there the goods were smuggled ashore. The following sentence has been imposed in the case of Lieutenant W. W. Fleming, Twelfth Infantry, convicted of conduct un becoming an officer and a gentleman, in appropriating funds entrusted to him by prisoners : "To be dismissed the service of the United States, and to be confined at hard labor, at such place as the proper authorities may j direct, for the period of three years, and to ! be further confined at such place until he pays to the united states a line ot fei.uw, provided that the whole period of confine ment shall not exceed five ears. Also, that file crime, his name and place of abode, shall be published in the papers of the State whence he came. The Secretary of War, in promulgating the decision of the President, who approves the sentence, designates the State penitentiary of Iowa as the place of confinement, and directs that the sentence shall take effect June 30, 1877, from which date Lieut Flemming ceases to be an officer of the armv." LINE OF MARCH: The Procession will form on Carson street, right resting on Musser ; advancing up Carson street north to Sophia ; then west to Minnesota; then south to King ; east to Car son ; south to Sixth ; countermarching, up Carson to Washington. Line to move Promptly at 10 o'clock A. M. Citizens, along the line of march, are requested to dis play their bunting. IX COREETT BLOCK. NORTH CARSON SIREfcT, CARSON CITT. ACVAbi. yHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALERS Vi ohooehies, Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Canned Fruits, Butter, Lard, Grain, Coal Oil AXD ALL. ARTICLES USUALLY KEPT IX A FIRST CLASS STORE Of the kiuj of mercantile business In wtiich thoj ar en-aged t'-tr Orders taken and Goods dellvered'Ta TO ANY PART OF THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE f Carson, fay 5, 1876. MASON A CO. A National Salute Wiil be fires in the Morning and Evening, and a Federal Salute at 12 o'clock M. THE NEW FAMILY MARKET, ADAMS HOI.KE BLOCK, Two Dera above Gibson & Dealy's Saloon. Will open TO MORROW (Thursday), JCN'E 21st, with a fine stock of the nicest Foreign and Domestic Vegetables, Fruit and Direct from the orchards, and a large assortment of the lineal FRENCH, AMERICAN AND ENGLISH CONFECTIONERY, Etc., Etc. je'Otf McCOIViEIK & CO., S TOO AXD MONEY BROKERS, RATHSONE'3 EXCHANGE, (LatelEathbone & Winston's Exchange.) BEST STOCKED BAR Most Commodious Gaming citr. Ball In Carson Northeast corner of CARSON AND PROCTOR STREETS, CAItSOX CITY. NEVADA. MINING STOCKS Bought, Sold and Carried on Margins. novlif GEORGE W. KITZMEYER Kone but the choicest Wines, Liquors and Havanas1 FRED RATHBOXE, Proprietor. Carson, May 5, 1S77. FAMILY RESTAURANT, New York, June 30. The Sun says edito rially : Since the Bank of Commerce reduced its capital from 10,000,000 to S5,000,000, no single banking institution in this citv can compare with the Nevada Bank of San Fran cisco in point of magnitude of capital, or in dividual wealth of its stockholders. French Indifference to Religion. I notice that Frenchmen are decidedly anti clerical. Rarely is a pious man encountered here, although one often finds men who re spect religious forms and comply therewith. When this is the case it is generally owing to female or family influence. 1 am satisfied that the church in France has no doctrinal hold on the mass of the men. Were it not for the ceremonies of baptism, of marriage and of funerals, wholly subject to the will of women, the church system would vanish. If French men wish to get rid of the church either in the family or in connection with the state, thev must contrive some way to satisfy the senti ment of women in these directions. I push my observations on this point a little farther. This anti-clerical of anti-religious sentiment prevails among the peasantry, which is rather curious, as the rrench peasant is supposed to be ignorant, superstitious and easily led by the priest. He may be ignorant and super stitious, but he has been educated and trained out of reliance upon the priest through a pe culiarity of another kind. The press has had nothing to do with it, nor has any system of instruction; it has come about through the passion for owning land. Paris Correspon dence New York Post. CORNER OF Carson and Telegraph streets, Carson City. HAVING FITTED VP Restaurant rooms at the above named place, I am prepared to accommodate my customers and . generally. D. KAISER. Carson, July 25, 1875. CARSON CITY BREWERY, King streat, Carson City, JACOB XS. Xj US IX, HAS JUST RECEIVED LROB stylos oi STOCK OF TUB LATENT rj1HE PROPRIETOR. VERY" BEST QUALITY OF LACER BEER Orders promptly Made on the Pacific Coast or anywhere. attended to. The saloon is constantly supplied with the finest brands of WINES, LIQUORS XND CIGARS. JACOB EXECf. Walnut Chamber Suits, Beautiful Parlor Suits, Elegant Sideboards, Wardrobes, Bookcases, Writing Desks and Tables of all Kinds. The above poods all come direct from Eastern manufac tories, made of so'id walnut, and have the m.nt dvtirable oil finish. I have also on hand a lajve variety of Camp Chairs, Parlor, Office, Diiiinjr and Kitchen Chairs, Lounges, Nprlnif Beds, Mattresses, and Pillows. decStf GEORGE W. KITZMFTrR A Stitch in Time ! Don't Throw Away Your Old Clothes ! S 1HHRD, THR M 1ST il Clothes Cleaner iu tins State, has resumed T .. . 1 .1 1 t3 GIVE ME A CALL, janltf THON killful CI business in !. old stand, on Carson Street, next to Rail's Stare. 7 Work done Quickly aai Cheap, Carsea, May 22, U77I