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EASTERN LOUISIANA.
THIRD ARTICLZ.
lawing made a faint endeavor to describe
hidauoements offered by Western Lolsliana
ob I grants here, I will now give your read
as some idea of the equal advantages existing
ia Eastern Louisiana, or that portion com
pmihing the parishes of St. Tammany, Tangipa
bsa, St. Helena and Washington. I might
say, indeed, that the advantages here offered
emeel those of the western part of the State,
e there are certain obstacles, which I have
described in my former articles, to be overcome
there that do not exist here. The soil is not
as fertile, but can easily be made so; the esi
mate is as healthy as any in the South, and
the means of transportation are multifarious.
The land, generally speaking, is billy and
abounds with the finest of timber. The rivers
aie all navigable and empty into the Lakes
_ lntehartrain and Maurepas, and the inex.
hlgltible supply of game and salt water fish,
present combined attractions to the settler
that are unparalleled anywhere in the country,
aad which require but the magic touch of labor
to bring them from their present embryo state
intolife and activity.
IT. TAM.MANY
lies Immediately back of the city cf New Or
leans, and fronts on the Lake Pontchartrain.
Its position, indeed, is such as to ultimately
maske it the vineyard and vegetable garden of
this great metropolis. It is entirely free from
verflow and any of the contageons diseases
prevalent elsewhere at certain times in the
year. Its water courses, as I have said, are all
navigable, some of them really en n ing in
their crystal like meanderings, and no one born
or raised in the piny woods or knogring any
thing about them, can fail to picture to himself
the musical sounds of these transparent waters
as they'glide placidly along through the tall
magnolias, pines, poplars, elms and other ma
Jostle trees, commingling with the familiar
notes of the many birds, whose songs are heard
from morn till night. Nature is here in all its
loveliness, the beautiful works of God are
witnessed on every band, indeed the poet can
here ind ample theme for his magic pen.
The principal enterprise now carried on here
is the timber business. There are saw mills
everywhere in the parish, and the timber is of
such Sne quality, that the farmer has no more
trouble In disposing of it than to fell it and
haul it to the mill. The charcoal business is
another principal enterprise, being carried
on by nearly every settler here; every day
may be wu schooners loaded with this article
euting u our basins; some of these seobon
wre, in fa i epend entirely upon this trade
and areonaged in nothing else. The turpen
ftin an·'io~ bnsiness is also a very profitable
enterprise, all having a ready sale in New Or
Inle.awbere there are several moss manunfac
tcai and houses engaged in the sale of tur
pentine. All the sand and brick need in build
ing and other purposes, are also furnished by
the farmers along the different rivers, the
Tehefuncta and Bogue Falays, from Madison.
villa to the Abita Springs, some three or four
miles north of Covington, affording the finest
maltall. The live oak and cypress, so well
adapted.to the building of schooners, yachts,
etc., is also plentiful on these rivers ; there are,
in fact, very few tracts of Government land
upon which thousands of feet of this timber
-leesnotgrow. There are one or two shipyards
in thit parish doing a good business, and those
here in New Orleans are kept busy sometimes
building vessels for the lake trade alone.
The cattle here do well but not so well as on
the western prairies of the State ; the milch
sow, however, does remarkably well, in fact
there is a larger quantity of milk and fnlooer
quality of butter obtained here than possibly
.any where else in the country-any one avail.
iag himself of the Wednesday or Sunday ex
euasions to Mandeville, Lewisbnrg, or Madi
senville, can judge of this fact. Butter is
seldom sold in New Orleans for less than fifty
cents per pound, and milk is generally sold at
ferty cents a gallon, and when it ia shown, as
-ass been, that this part of the State is better
adapted for these articles than any where else,
it is well worth consideration.
The fruit raised here is also a matter worthy
S f eeoonsideration. The grape, peach, apple, fig,
and orange, do remarkably well; the grape
and peach being the most abundant and better
adapted in this climate and soil. Governor
Blenville, in 1720 or thereabouts, first disov
erod the grape in its wild nuncultivated state,
grorwing In small quantities on the shores of
Lake Pontchabrtrain; and witl, his unceasing
owve for the wine, the manufacture of which
his race now boasts of being the leading na
ties, he promptly forwarded some coutings of
the vine to France, where it has been propa
gated by skilful hands, and, generations after
wards, is brought back here and planted on its
native soil to be cultivated and become a meost
valuable product. Knowing this, might it not 1
be safely asserted that eventually St. Tam
many will compete with that great people in
the manufacture of this artiole I It ceetainly
rsequires but a little capital to accomplish this a
ead.
There is another article obtained here that
eanot be too highly eulogized, and which t
merite equal consideration, and that is honey.
Every home you enter, be it ever so humble, t
yea will will find numbers of hives all filled
with this vegetable Juice. A farmer in this t
perish, not a thousand miles from Lewisborg, i1
has already obtailad two silver medals at the ,
agriusaltnral fairs of bthis State, for the best. a
* qallty of boney and finest hives; and now
competition in the prodnetion of this article v
bids fair to become exciting at our next State t
fair, should there be one held.
The prinaeilpal eoaps of the parish are corn,- 1
a?.,' rseawes%-r't
ri, e ottoa eannaaelaxalsedtwithoatanan
labor and erpenas than in the alluvial lands of
' the tMililsppL There e I believe, no one in
the parish devoting much time to their culture
- save for their own use, but a little expense and
labor would put the land in a condition san
clout to raise large quantities. It La a Wrell
known fact all over the plaeries of Alabama
and Misslsetppi that pine straw makes a very
good fertiliser, abd the matter is enlisting the
attention of farmers here; but there are many
ibe different modes of fertilizing the land here
me that renders it as good as anywhere else, uad
d as the articles used in the formation of these
mg are nature's own produotions, there is necessa
m' rily no expense or labor in preparing them for
Ps- use.
ht The population of this parish speak prinel
Sd pally the English language, and the commu
teo nity is self-sustaining, depending on ]ew Or
ye leans but for very few articles of food, and they
no are as quiet and. peaceable as anywhere in the
ot United States..
The roads here are national highways. The
nd tall pine, and other majestic trees, form a shade
n during the hot summer weather, and furnish a
ud refreshing breeze that makes one feel as though
rs he were passing through some enchanted lane
now and then the rustle of the wind through
x' the trees produces an effect upon the ear of the
or traveler that is indescribably beautiful. There
are several springs through the parlib, the
y* water being so cold in summer that ice is never
or thought of. The Abita Springs, before men
tioned, afford great attractions to the visitor,
being remarkable for their healing powers and
their beautiful location. Many persons have
r- been known to obtain permanent cares from
D. the use of these waters often in diseases of
ly long standing. The property of these springs
of is principally iron, but they are strongly im.
m pregnated with salpher and other ingredients.
There are other springs no leu remarkable in
1 their properties, butas it occupies too much
11 time and space to detail them, I will leave the
In subject to some one better able to write upon
m such matters. Suffice it to say, that with little
F- expense and labor theyniight be made equal
If to any of the great springs of Virginia or Ken
re tucky.
11 TAKGIPAIIOA,
a- like its neighbor, lies immediately back of New
ar Orleans and fronts on the Lake Pontchartrain.
rd It differs from St. Tammany only in its com
ts munication with Now Orleans, having the New
re Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad tra
in versing the entire center of the parish. The
Tangipahoa, its principal river, is one of the
re most beautiful streams in the South. Its wa
la tere are as clear as crystal, and as cold as ice
of the whole year round; there are places on the
re river that are perfectly enchanting, and for I
id bathing purposes is the most delightful stream
is that can be found. The fresh water fish Is
4d plentiful, and the woods surroundiog are filled I
,y with all kinds of game, the wild turkey and
It deer being a common thing to hunt. Here the
a- independence of the farmer and the cheerful. I
le noes of his household are unsurpassed, and were I
n- it not for the accursed state of our impover.
le ished and oppressed Louisiana, no more pros
r- perous people could be seen on the face of the
c- globe. Some years ago, when it was my ples.e
r- are to take trips up the Jackson Railroad upon
I- the invitation of these open hearted people, I
y would have been better able to draw the pic- t
te ture of the true happiness prevailing, but un
f- fortunately, as with every other parish of this
ir State, the energy of her farmers is fast droop
t lIng, and their overtaxed homes are quickly
11 psasing into the hands of their merchants and
m, bankers to cover mortgages thereon, cease
e, quences of the misrule that has been sweeping
d away the commerce as well as the agriculture
ir of the whole Stateduring the last seven years.
Is I stated in the concluding part of my pre
io vious article that what we most needed here
)4 in order to aid us in bringing back our
waning prosperities was immigration, and I
n cannot but reiterate 4 here. My purpose in
h writing these articles Ta chiefly to further this s
At cause, and should I live to see this great ne
ir cessity flow into our State, I shall feel well re
Y paid for my voice in the matter; but while I I
- feel. justified in deploring this sadcondition of
c- affairs I cannot permit myself in this articleto
I- dwell any longer upon it--it is a sickening
is subject-and although the clouds of adversity
y seem darkest now, I cannot but picture to my
it Imaginative brala the silvery lining behind
's them. It is said that the darkest hour is just
sr before the dawn; let us hope in God 'tis so in I
, our case.
I was speaking, Mr. Editor, of the country
y surrounding the Tangipahoa river, and I stated
1, that the woods were filled with all kinds of
e game; here, as in St. Tammany, the farmer is I
ir self-sustaining. You can enter into the hum
,r bleat home of the pioneer and you are treated '
r- at his table to a banquet of the finest fish and -
i, birds that can be seen. The butter is extremely
if delicious, and its quality Is the best; here too
g the grape is cultivated in good taste. I might I
h refer to several fine vineyards but, for fear I t
- would faill to do them justice, I will say noth
f ing for the present. Honey is also obtained in L
- large quantities, and in fact every vegetable,
fruitand flower, that can be raised anywhere
a is raised here. t
t I said also that the oNew Orleans, St. Louis f
t and Chicago Railroad passed through the
- oenter of this parish, and I might also add G
Shere that on both sides and within from two C
v to four miles of it there are plenty of govern. g
a ment-lauds. The timber on these lands is ,
adapted for any purpose, there being an Ini
Snite variety. Cotton is raised in large quanti.
a ties but in very few places. Yet, nearly every h
farmer raises enough for his own use, as all of I
the poorer classe, and in some eaees the rich, a,
Smake their own clothing. It is no uncommon
Sthing to see their busy wives dyeing the cloth o
into all the colors of the rainbow. The log
wI ood and other barks used for this porpose H
abound in the neighborhood.
The peach here, like in the former pariah, is
very fine and is cultivated to a great extent, gi
the large free-stone being a most deliolous a
frolut. The soil is similar in every manner to n
that of St. Tammany, nad the limat is the
Of Beantifal in name, beatital in nature, it
Ina is endowed like it.s eighbors just do
re seribed, with all the wants of the farmer. Its
id representatives to our old time legislatures
I- must have been guided by the spirit of Christ
11I lanlty in bestowing upon it this name.
ma This parish is divided from the Lake Pontoh
7 artrain by the parish of Livingston and is
te immediately yest of Tangipahoa and Wash
iy Ington parishes, running north to the State
re line. Its principal streams are the "Amite"
d and "Tiokfaw." There are several postoffiees
ie in the parish, the miet prominent among them
-. being "Greensburg," the original location of
ar the United States Land Office. There are
several fine saw-mills through the country,
I- and the timber businessis carried on here with
t- the same activity characterizing it in the
r- adjoining parishes. Cotton is raised here in
y greater quantities than in any of the other
e parishes, as also are all other crops. In
deed, it is difficult to make a distinction be
e tween this parish and its neighbors. Th(
e climate, soil, water facilities, and the disposi
a tion of its people are so identical that it would
ix be invidious to draw the comparison. With
the same remarks applied to Washington
b parish, whose position is immediately east of
a St. Helena and south of the State line, I will
conclude my article on Eastern Louisiana,
a trusting that what I have feebly attempted to
r portray will not have been in vain, but be in.
-trumental in attaining that one great need
,Immigration. ORLazAs.
Bishops Pelliser and Manuey.
A dispatch from New York announces that
the Freematn' Journal has a special telegram
from Rome stating that San Antonio, Texas,
has been made a diocese, and Vicar General
Pellicer, of Mobile, named as first bIishop.
Also, that the Rio Grande district of Texas
has been made a Vicariate Apostolic, with
Brownseville as headquarters, and Rev. D.
Mannuy, of Montgomery, Ala., its Bishop.
This information, with the exception of the
names of the See over which Bishop Pellicer
is to preside, and the Vicariate Apostolic to
which Bishop Manucy is assigned, we had the
pleasure of imparting to our readers in our last
issue.
The Montgomery, Ala., Adrertiaeand Mail of
the 9th'pays the following tribute to one of the
newly-created prelates :
VWe most heartily congratulate Rev. Father
Manncy on his nomination to the newly I
a created Vicariate Apostolic of the Rio Grande.
He has justly won the promotion-by a-faithful 4
and fearless discharge of responsible, and at
many times trying duties, and we hope he may
wear his new honors long and well. But re
gret for the loss of a noble man, a good citizen
and a devoted Christian pastor, tinges our
joy with a dark shade of sadness and spontane- 1
ously invokes the somewhat selfish wish that
he will prefer to labor on in his old sphere, nor I
leave it for other fields, however inviting. It I
will be hard to fill his place here, either in I
society or in the pastorate, for the affections of
his people will go out after him, and cling
lovingly around him for long, long years to t
come.
THE " (ECVRE DE ST. PACL.'"-At the
Congress of the French Catholic Commit
tees, which was held in Paris in April last,
the subject of the Catholic press came
undet discussion, and a report was read by
Canon Schordoret on the duties of Catho
lices with regard to tle preae. Sirce then
the ideas embodied in thisl eport have as
sumed a more dtfinite shape, aLd the con
gregation or confanterairy, styled the
" t(Evre de St. Paul " Iasn established two
houses at Lyons, in order to bring to the
assistance ol the Catholic press the personal
devolion of the religious lire. For the
object of the association is to co operate 1
not only by prayer for the press, and by
Masses offered by all the priests who be
long to it, but also by the material help I
contributed by writers and printers who
will devote their lives to this work. The
project has received the blessing of his 1
Holiness, and the approval of several i
Bishops, amongst others of the Bishops of
Nantes and Roseau, of the exiled Vicar
Apostolic of Geneva, and of Mgr. de Segur I
and especially of the Archbishop of West- 1
minster, in the following terms : " I heart
ily bless the work of the Apostolate of the
press for the spread and defence of Catholic
Truth."
The Most Rev. H. W. Manning, Archbishop
of Westiluster, is not only a man of great
piety and learning but also of wonderful i
energy. Referring to the immenno amount of
work he accomplishes in a day the London
Tablet says :
A German ecclesiastic, who has been making 8
a short tour in this country, and who on Sun
day last followed in the train of His Grace the
Archbishop, from theearly Mame in the Italian
Church to the sermon at Eden-grove, was pro
foundly astonished at His Grace's unflagging
energy, and vtthe indomitable spirit by which
he was enabled to perform such an extraordin- t
ary amount of work. Our readers, who are p
not strangers to the beloved Archbishop, and
to whom his unwearied devotion ia well known
will learn with pleasure that a distinguished
foreign ecclesiastic was constrained to pass a
high eulogium on His Grace's wonderfrul exer- P
tions of Sanday last. In the morning He
Grace celebrated the 9A. M. Mass at the Italian h
Chorchb, and presided at a breakfast which he at
gave to a temperance league. About mid-day a
he opened new schools at Hampatead, and no
sooner finished his work than he started for
Tower-hill, where he addressed a temperance
meeting numbering upwards of 20,000 persons.
At the conclusion of the Tower-hill meeting
he drove to the Chareh of the 8acred Heart, ai
Halloway, where he sang Poatifical Vespers ca
and presached to a crowded congregation for o0
nearly an hour. His labors for the day were eo
not yet completed, for no sooner was service in
over than is Grace addressed snother tem
perance meeting held in the suhool-room of
Een-grove. Our readers will perceive that at
His Grace was not idlelast Sunday.
By friendship I suppose yeou mean the
greatest love, and the greatest usefolness, hi
and the moseet communication, and the a
noblest sufferings, and the most exemplary be
aitbfualownes, sad the sevrerss trutbh, and
--e -ate nI
it " ~ A DrreathecU l legeerst.
ti- - f [1r"tauiesge Tlbuas. I -
ts lew people know how deeply indebted
se United States is to Russia for kindly
services during the war. It has often been
It- vaguely whispered that Russian influence
e.rvented the armed interference of France,
b- and perhaps England, in behalf of the
i South. We are enabled to lay before our
readbra trustworthy information, never
Sbefore published, in support of the truth of
as this rumor.
" When Governor Curtin, on the eve of his
as return to this country, went, in his capacity
m as Minister to Russia to take formal leave
of of the Emperor, the latter closed the con
versation substantially in these words: * I
re wish, sir, that you would, upon your return,
express my hearty thanks to the American
th people for the reception they have given
te my son, the Grand Duke Alexis." This,
in it will be remembered, was shortly after
General Grant had refused to return
Alexis' call, and the latter had left
n- Washington in disgust. Governor Curtin
e' noticed the Emperor's failure to send
id thanks to the Government as well as the
i. people. He supposed, however, that it was
Ida slip of the tongue until the Empress bade
him farewell in almost precisely the same
words. "I shall be happy," said he, "to
n carry youear Majesty's thanks to my Govern
)f ment and people." " I sent my-thanks,
11 sir," the Empress retorted, "to the people
a, -and only to the people." Governor Cur
tin afterwards complained of the slight
that had thus been publicly put upon the
SGovernment he represented. He was in
- vited by Gortachakoff to a conference on
the subject. Three books were brought in
from the archives of the Foreign Office.
The first contained an autograph letter
from Napoleon III., asking Russia to join
it with England and France in breaking up
n the Federal blockade and guaranteeing the
independence of the Confederacy. The
letter asserted that England had already
promised her co-operation, which was pro
'- bably a lie. The second book contained
is the Emperor's reply. He flatly declined
h the alliance proposed by Napoleon, and
declared that, in the event of any European
interference in the war, Russia would
actively aid the North. The third book
e had within it copies of the sealed orders
r given to the Russian Admiral who, as our
o readers will remember, brought his fleet
e into New York Harbor during the war.
The orders directed him to proceed at once,
with his whole available force, .to New
York City; to remain at anchorage there
of for some time; and, in the event of Euro
e pean interference with the blockade, to put
himself and his whole force at the com- 1
r mand of the Cabinet at Washington, and
promise abundant and speedy reinforce
ments. While Governor Curtin stared,
1 dumbfounded, at-these unexpected proofs 1
t of Russia's steadfast fidelity to the Union
V cause, Gortschakoff said to him : Perhaps I
you can appreciate now, sir, why the Em
peror and Empress sent their thanks to the
people who have honored the Grand Duke
t Alexis and not to the Government that has
r insulted him. We saved your country, and
t now your President insults our representa
i tive. It is too much." Curtin quite agreed
f with him and the interview ended.
9 We have every reason to trust the gen
tleman from whom we have received this
story. It will probably be found substan
tially correct, although there may, of 1
course, be errors in detail.
rnteresting to Young Ladies.
[N. Y. Irerald.J
The nuns of the Order of the Presentation
who are to take charge of St. Michael's
school for girls, on Ninth' avenue and
Thirty-first street, sailed from Queenstown,
Ireland, on the 22d nit., in the City of
Paris, and are expected hero to morrow.
The Sisters of the Presentation devote
o themselves exclusively to the cause of
, gratuitous Catholic education, and have
long since established for their Order in
Ireland, in connection with this all-im
portant work, a national reputation. The
o origin of this religious community is traced
to a rather romantic incident in the life of
Miss Honora Nagle, who was born in 1728
at Ballygriffin, on the banks of the Black
water, in the county of Cork. Her family
p had wealth and social position, and she was 1
, sent to Paris to be educated, where she re
mained after leaving school, entering with
e all the ardor of her nature into the frivo
a loss amusements of the gay capital of
1 fashion. In thekpring of 1750, Mise Nagle,
then just twenty-wo, was returning in the
early morning fromn one of the most distin
guished salons of Paris, and as her carriage
rolled along the still almost deserted street
her eye was attracted by a crowd of people
of the poorer class, who were standin be
fore the unopened door of a parish church,
e waiting to be admitted, that they might
b hear mass before going to their day's work.
The hard lot of these children of toil made
a deep impression upon the generous heart
of the young Irish lady, and made her
P painfully aware of the vanity and useless
ness of her own life, and with noble im
I pulse she resolved to seek at once some
f object worth living for and to devote her
self exclusively to it. With this view she
returned to Ireland, and first opened
schools for poor girls in Cork; but finally,
in 1777, she established the Order of the
Presentation, whose special mission is Ca
tholic education.
There are at present fifty convents of this
Order in Ireland, and the schools of the
Presentation rank among the very best in
the land. The Rev. A. J. Donnelly, the
I pastor of St. Michael's church, in this city h
went to Ireland last winter for the special
purpose of procuring the services of these t
ladies for the education of the girls of his
prisrh. o
A specious convent, adjoining the school-.
house on Ninth avenue and Thirty-first t
street, has been fitted up for them, and t
withlin two weeks after their arrival they
will probably have under their charge
every girl of school age in the congregation.
It is also quite probable that they will be
invited to open schools in other parts of the
archdiocese. We may, therefore, safely m
conclude that the introduction of the Order i
of the Presentation is a really important T
event in connection with Catholic education
in New York. to
to
A Georgia negro was riding a mule along gc
and came to a bridge, when the mule stopped to
"1'll bet you a quarter," said Jack, "I'll make la
you go ober dis bridge," and, with that he m
struck the mule over the head, whibch made El
him nod suddenly. "You take de bet, den,' In
said the negro, and contrived to get the stub- of
born mule over the bridge. "1 won that quar
ter, anyhow," said Jack. 'But how wili you
gthmosey p sked a man who had beem
mapr~e-n 5
  - . Nw Trrke eesusa's Jseamal.]
bd It seems to us cruel to Catholic senti
Sy ment that we should be asked, not one
ne time, nor twice but almost each recerrilg
ase year, to deny t6at our Holy Father, Pope
e, Pls IX., was ever a Freemason.. Still, a
the we have reaeelilvemany requests within the
our last few weeks, we suppose it is not out of
rer pisee once more to show the shamelessness
of of the charge. - The Holy Father himself,
about two years ago, in his humility, in
his speaking of other calumanies agidst him,
Ity mentioned .this outrageous ebarge. and
se said: "Thanks to the care of the Mother
in- Immaculate, I had, all through my youth.
* a tender-regard formy religions'dties, and
rn, never had the temptation to wander into
an societies forbidden by Holy Church I"
en The baseness of this falsehood, of the
is, Holy Father ever having been a Freema
ter son, comes from the fact that membership
rn in Masonry was, and is, forbidden to Cath
eft olics under pain of excommunication; and
in that, in him, it would suppose not only a
ld falling from the Faith, but a vile hypocrisy
he -because, from his tenderest youth, he
as was constantly an aspirant for the holy
de priesthood.
ne It was a vile invention of Mazzini in
to 1847-48, to circulate the story that Pope
n- Pins IX. was a Freemason. So foolish was 1
:s, the fiction that its promoters, when asked
sle when he became such, fixed the year 1808 I !
r- when Giovanni.Maria Mastal-Feretti, now
ht Pope Pius IX., was not seventeen years
be old! Freemasons will acknowledge that a
n- youth of that age could not have been a
in Mason. But, moreover, it haippens that 4
in was the very year in which, in October, at c
e. the hands of Monsignor Incontri, Bishop of f
er Voltarra, he received tonsure, thus enter
in ing the Ecclesiastical Estate.
Ip The absurdity of the allegation in regard
is to one who has the history of his life so
ie counted for, year by year, from his early t
ly youth, did not need the good natured de- I
- nial of the story distinctly given by the t
id Holy Father. And, this notwithstanding, i
d we have a photograph of Pope Pins IX.
d circulated through Europe by Jews-from c
6n one of whom we happened to get it-rep- s
d resenting the Pope in the insignia of at
k Grand Master Mason ! The PereHardonin c
re carried his-skepticism as to all historical s
ir monuments to a culpable extent; and so
st was condemned by the Holy See; but, a
r. truly, he seems a more foolish errorist who t
), accepts any document on merely human n
w authority, without half a dozen caveats lest b
e he be deceived. 2
t The Pall Mall Gazette, in that tone of
benign sarcasm and pathetic cynicism in d
d which it has of late spoken of crimes and n
accidents, tells this little story : "An tl
I, inquest of considerable importance to little ti
`e boys was held in Birmingham, on Tuesday, A
0 on the body of a child named Dalby, killed ti
s by a stone thrown by another child named e
- Reeves, aged nine years. It appeared by I
e the evidence that Dalby went out of the w
:e house where he lived on Saturday last to ii
is play in the street. His amusements were, ii
d however, interrupted by a severe blow on h
'- the right eyebrow by a stone thrown by n
d Reeves. So severe, indeed, was the blow,
that little Dalby died in great pain on the
following day, and a postmortem examina- L
s tion revealed the fact that death had re- o
salted from congestion of the brain, caused a
if by the injuries inflicted by the stone. An- n
other little boy, however, named Baker, tl
who witnessed the oceurance, said that si
Reeves intended the stone, not for little a1
Dalby, but for a boy 'who had been splash- of
ing him with water,' but whom, in aiming ti
the missile, he unfortunately missed. The ft
jury therefore returned a verdict of homi- ti
cide by misadventure, and this verdict tl
must be most gratifying not only to the vi
boys of Birmingham, but also to the youth- T
fol population of London, who are frequent- it
ly, when pelting each other with stones4 re
e unwarrantably remonstrated with by G
strangers having a morbid dread of being ai
laid prostrate by a misdirected piece of cl
flint or granite. The verdict in the case of tc
young Dalby shows that boys who indulge b;
in the sport of stone-throwing in the streets cc
have no cause for apprehension if they sc
happen to kills passers-by. It is only when re
a boy kill an intended victim that he is of
liable to punishment. It is, however, to
be hoped that Reeves, and, indeed, all
other little boys, will use sparingly the C
frightful privilege they enjoy, and not N
destroy more innocent persons than is ab- P2
solutely necessary to give zest to their
i pastimes;" - cl
at
THE LABO QUESTION IN ENGLAND.- hi
° The relations `,etween capital and labor is ja
t England are at idently not satisfactory to as
° the mass of workingmen in that country. re
Forty thousand miners assembled in the in
old Cathedral town of Durham, nominally is
to protest against a proposed reduction of of
their wages, but in reality to denounce the CI
° system under which they live, is an inci- as
t dent of singular significance. The English ds
are essentially a slow moving race, not re
much subject to those sudden excitements nc
which lead to revolutions in Continental sc
e countries, but they have ever exhibited a na
dogged resolution in seeking the redress of pa
their grievances. Discontent has smoul- gr
dered during many years in the north of is
England, and seems likely to be fanned Ja
into a flame by the struggle which the cap- ar
italists have unwisely challenged. In the bu
past generation the discontent of the work- an
ingmen was easily suppressed because they
were ignorant and possessed no organiza
tion, but the power to-day wielded by the pai
trade organizations has no example in the spa
history of labor.- It-is not reassuring for PIn
the domestic peace of England when forty pot
thousand of the hardiest workingmen in e,
one county assemble and publicly denounce Mo
the system of class government under ste
which they have hitherto lived. Even the
throne was not respected, and these forty
thonusand toil-etrengthened men inquired, as
Why if the times were so bad the wages of the
royalty should not be cut down That abe
question shows the existence of a danger- On
ous spirit. The old traditions of the mon
archy have lost their sanctity, and they
must now expect to be weighed and exam- oi
ined, and if found faulty to be cast aside. =
The evident drift of this labor movement is Al
toward republicanism. The people want
to exercis, their legitimate influence in the
government of the country, and have come -
to the conclusion that the absorption of the
land by a few noble families is an infringe- a
ment of the natural right of man-that is, 1
England is approaching the French Revo- Vi
lution. The people want back their share a
of the national domain.-NRew York Herald,
598. 7.
·l!.!;,.,f Se 'emy
na noble workb
nd oif J;1tn of the
pe terdt 'its ,
a eand iek dlldearl
he Of thse. 294 emam
of the White Star line, tN
we the foot of-Marke Vii
If, foot of Twenty-third ma
in One child-among others
fm, l eafets of i kerosepU
ud which bad deprived it oM the
oer eyes, :estng them forever
b, in the sunlight or sleeping they
ad the protectin of an rtle.
to This child was but four yesas of Se
otherwise very comely- an
be usual intelligence. He said the
a- was " buly !" and his beaming fe ae
Ip pressed his pleasure better than his Wrbl ,
h- There were also several .. easlef&
ad disease that drew towards their vi
a sympathetico attention of all behilders.
my The usual bountifully supplied taleb
e were spread for the mothers, who.partl o
ly of the feast with rare appetites, s_-my be
inferred from theviands oonsmab . Assoc
in them were a barrel of boiled tii --a-du
ie quarts of milk at breakfast; 8& pounds of
as boiled and roast meats, 200 loaves brra
td 40 pounds of butter, half a barrel of sed
S1 crackers, half a barrel of sgar, and a
w quarter-chest of tea at dinner. Five hu.,
re dred pounds of ice, a gift of the Washing.
a ton Ice Company-making their eontrkib,
a Lion 10,900 pounds in all-were eonau-k
it during the day. So endeth the irtsen
It excursion. The fourteenth will take plan
Of to-morrow.
Alsace has lately offered a shining ea
d pe of the brotherly feeling that unitest*
t- nations on the common ground of Chri.
y tianity, whilst in all other respeets
- remain at daggers drawn. On the 6th
1e the fourth anniversary of the murderqu
f, battle of Relobsoffen was celebratedd.-.t
Worth by the inauguration of a Catholie
a chapel and of a monument erected to the,
'- soldiers that had fallen on both sides. On
a this occasion France and Germany had een
n curred in ofering charitable gift. A large
l sum of money was subscribed by French
0 Catholics towards the erection of a chapel
t, on the ground thathad been wrenched froa
o them; the German emperor supplied the
n metal for casting the bells, and the Arch
It bishop of Munich sent a contribution of
2000 francs. The Germania regrets to And
the name of the King of Bavaria " con
f spicuous for its absence " among the list of
donors, whereas ashort time previously this
I monarch had offered 20,000 francs towards
the building of a Protestant church in Ca
o tholic Alsace. The ceremony of the 6thi of
, August was conducted by Father Fishober,.
I the priest of the Alsatians of Paris, and an
I eloquent commemorative address was de
V livered by Father Joseph of Geneva. It
o were much to be desired that-oelebrktibna
D like the one of the 6th inst. should soothe
, if not allay, the. feeling of bitterness ans
hostility that has existed between the two
V nations for the past four years.
SA Joint Committee appointed by the l
Legislature of Virginia to consider and re
commend to the next Legislature such:
I amendments to the State Constitution as.
may be needed, has been in session during'
the summer, and has agreed upon seversl
t suggestions, the more important of which
a are: 1. That the ancient " Bill of Rights "
of the State be restored 2. That a capita
I tion tax, not to exceed $2, be collected
a from all persons voting at the State eleo
- tions, such tax to be applied exclusively to
t the support of schools. 3 To restore the
viava roce system of voting at elections. 4.
To authorize the Governor to veto any
item in any appropriation bill. 5. To
reduce the number of members in the
General Assembly, have biennial sessions,
and authorize the Legislature to granat
charters for the government of cities and
towns. 6. Amending the judicial system
by the abolition of a large number of petty
courts. 7. To regulate the general tax for..
schools so that it shall supply only the
revenue needed in addition to the proceeds
t of the capitation tax.
1 A gentleman who has been Unilte dLtems
a Consul in China for many years writes to a -
t New York paper giving his views upon the
pending war between China and Japan.
He regards sueach a struggle as an absurd
chimera. - The distancehi betweiiien Shalsi
and Nagasaki is about 400 miles. China
has no navy to speak of. Her heavy war-..
junks are utterly unfitted for maritime
n service, their £onatrneleodum sasmeatm-.
rendering them useful only for pollee duty
in the rivers and on the coast. Her army
is a most whimsical absurdity pihbe status
of a soldier is contemptibly low, and the
Chinese capasity for fighting armed adver
maries ridiculously small. The "niney
day" threat against Japan, therefore, he
regards as mere bravado, likely to-resalhla
nothing. At the same time Japan is
scarcely better prepared for the strife. Her
navy is in embryo, and, though the.Ja
panese nation is more combative and ag
greseive than the Chinese the art of war
is but little understood. The strength of
Japan is her insularity. The two nations -
are in the ludieronus position of chained
bull-dogs; they cannot reach eabch other
and content themselves with barking.
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put up by Moears. J. & C. Magulre, of St ILoen., and
specially their Cundurang. Bitter, xtract of ota.
Plant, and Saraparilla Tonlo, have gilaed a wile
popularity, and are now extesively use by many t
our beet phyalcians in their datly praetles MMrs.
Morrison a Woodward, eernor or Canal and MxaglUo
streets, are the Southera agents.
Any one desirous of securing the services of
a good teacher, can do so by adseig AJ. M.. ear of
the OTta oaoe. The appilena is a Cathelle, stS 1s
ableo to teach French, oegliabh, Germanr Latin and
Greek.
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olce.
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