Show E EDITO D I 1 T 0 R RIALS I 1 A L THE ROBBER VASQUEZ tie THE capture of tiburcio Tir burcio vasquez the notorious california bandit the murletta most successful since joaquin murietta murletta and his band near los angeles the other day is a matter of general rejoicing in that state this capture it is expected will breakup break up the last band of mexican 1 guerillas guerrillas gu erillas which have long preyed upon the tile southern counties according to the california papers i vasquez was born at monteray I 1 and is thirty five years ot of ae age 0 in youth he was considered rather a spoiled worthless fellow than a desperado but he soon developed a spirit of lawless lawlessness nes in 1857 and 1859 1839 he was sent to the penitentiary afterward he joined with procopio plo pio and formed a band of robbers procopio plo pio was shortly after captured and he is now in prison vasquez yas was sent to the penitentiary again in 1807 1867 and discharged in 1870 A new band was organized and robbery and murder were re commena ed last spring another band was organized by vasquez and much plundering and many autra outrages es followed the tho tres pinos trag tragedy egy august last first made vasquez notorious throughout the state and filled it with horror when a number of citizens were murdered latterly it is said he had no special band and only one constant associate chavis a half indian and half mexican a worse man than vas Nas vasquez quez he is reported to tip have been very liberal to mexican families paying generously for every thing he and hig hi associates had of them and frequently giving the poor a ten or twenty dollar piece by this means he in made A de many friends and could raise a gang gaug promptly to aid him in any special expedition the california legislature empowered cowered the governor to use in capturing vasquez and governor booth boeth offered ered ored for him alive or 2000 for him dead and the present month if taken alive or dead harry morse of alameda county was appointed ct to endeavor to rid the state of vasquez and to engage men to assist in the same vasquez was eventually captured by sheriff rowland of los lios arl Ari angeles pies ples and a posse at the house or of greek george in the aliso canyon in the calunga range eight miles st from lios angeles vasquez is five feet five and three quarter inches high has black hair hain dark eyes and with one ene exception generally regular features his left eye is slightly sunken he always dresses neatly and well most commonly wearing a black sack coat white shirt and narrow rimmed bobb nobby y PI hat he has small and ele eie elegantly gantly shaped feet which he encased encases in fine boots vasquez desern descended ded from a stock whose sole object in life appears to be to exist without work wine cards and women bome n are his three cardinal vices he robbed to indulge in these was generally smiling and anci good humored over his plunder ings and is understood not to bacq have committed murder except when drunk when taken lie he hys was wounded in five or six places THE GREAT centennial AT the great centennial meeting held on the of mareb at philadelphia ad echla pennsylvania the following I 1 spirit stirring lyric which glows with the fire of youth as well ha ag genius was read the venerable and distin distinguished 0 unshed eli IC K price I 1 ia 3 its author he is a member of the society of friends and a philanthropist widely known and universally ver sally saily respected though nearly eighty years of age and in the first rank of the legal profession in the union and crowded with business lie finds enough time to write poetry to expose in a most able and thorough manner the fallacies and absurdities I 1 of carwins Dar wins theories concerning the el evolution of species clemand cies eles sand saud and to write other works of a philanthropic and scientific character an invitation to the centennial celebration of 1876 in from lakes to guit Gult front frond sea to sea seat come all ye sons of liberty at sacred eane fame relemo the flame of independence holy come from each valley vailey I 1 bill a ard aad rd state H our nations birth kopele to celebrate brate A Cent gone relight the fires I 1 here k kindle by our G grand old oid sires res here they framed the declaration i that made the tha col coi colonies a nathon their wro urs mals mans rights to tho the world s i freedoms flag to the winds unfurled ried I 1 I 1 I 1 hero here freedoms bril with i olid loud acclaim rang out gut peals la Li bertys nar nat name e again agata well weli eli sing fair freedoms songs well wull all fol toi forgive give cao cac each h others wrongs well weli meet again as Biot brothers bers hers meet each greet gret gre t each as patriots greet again agala wea well sear abear that bau ban bauner banner ner high well we meet no more id ift battle cry I 1 our strife henceforth shall only bo 0 chos greatest in prosperity I 1 0 1 hence irence shall we make tb the the peoples altho bealtho we aitho tho the peoples health the length and breadth of this G great reat land well strongly ukly nily bind with iron band baud and here oever we may icam feam ream roam there shall we tind tina a welcome home tho people goo the country great will conquer evry adverse salt sait for union and fraternal peace pledge a love that neer shall cease whilst eer oer seaward sea ward flow v long as the sun in hearen heated shall gig glow peace shall be our ur nations story etory one shall shail be our Count rys glory wory peace 1 worthy of triumphal car cary hath victories greater than thard war wan i god of peace I 1 thy preservation keep keefus us ever one EU K PRICE in regard to the cede centennial fi n lat ial tle the washington star of a recent di dato date j 0 says the centennial executive E xe committee of washington consisting of mrs montgomery blair biair mrs judward beale madam berghmans mrs gen sherman mrs gen chipman mrs gen naton eaton and others have issued an appeal to the women 1 of tile united states tates in n behalf of the centennial celebration asking for their cordial operation cooperation co in order that the oc caslon easlon may to be made maae worthy of the american name and anti the tile greit great event it commemorates AMERICAN PILGRIMS i I 1 A PAR rau PARTY TY of abou abod flOO roman catholic pl pilgrims igims emba embracing 1 P 1 about 30 ecclesiastics and 70 laymen abre were to stait start start from new yorki yorks york last saturday on the french steamer fereira pet ret petel perel eite eire re for havre on bu their way to lome iome the main ca cabin blu bin of t the lie ife jer per efge eive was vas altered to allow nilow the erection of an altar for the use of the pilgrims oon lon their passage this says a bew row york paper papers is the first gilgi pilgrimage image of the sor bor sort t ever brider undertaken taken by ho iho I 1 faithful in this cott coti country and jt had its origin in a letter written by hugh murray lof lor of the popes pope br brigade gader and published hed hi lri h a eato cato catholic 1 periodical of new york about fifteen months ago the goal of the pil pilgrims grims will v ill be the basilica at rome bome beneath which the bodies of the apostles peter and paul are said to be buried burie dand and to this the pilgrims grimsell will sIll go to beg the delivery of plus pius IX 11 I 1 the committee of management appointed for the enterprise mare are judge paul ae B theard of new orleans patrick i farrell of new jersey ja james m es B falley of lafayette ind 11 mathias rohr hohr editor of dr of buffalo and w dr E miles willet of memphis AL tenn with john J D Ji heiles eiley Kelley jun of new york as business maua maup mangeri maugeri gerli among those accompany accompanying in e the party the following are named bishop doelger Dw elger eiger of ohio ollio at present bishop of the diocese of hort fort wayne indiana accompanied accompanied hy by his vicar general I 1 the rev bev v father julien benoit tile the ivr very y rev bev A darwin superior general of the order of holy cross south bend indiana Indi ana aua rev bev H J anderson of the catholic in new york rev bev father dekleya dea Doa ieya leyn leya professor in the college of st francis franeis r u c xavier new york father dealey acts as the depre representative tentative of the catholic union of newyork new york and arid also as the delegate of the thu alumni sodality soda Boda lity of francisco do de xavier rev A J Corr corrigan wan gan of f seton hall college and brother of bishop corrigan of newark father thomas breheney Bre honey of the diocese of scranton pa mr ir mcgoveny McG eveny of memphis E 0 keete of toronto canada a number of the the vicar generals from various parts of the union leading citizens from ch chicago leago new york and other cities rev father H murray of the kingston hingston district of canada and brother of the chevalier hugh murray the pilgrims were to adopt blue as the uniform distinctive color of their pilgrim dress with the badge of the sacred heart worked in red worsted the gramme pro of the pilgrimage includes a f visit to panis paris for one day a reception there by the archbishop cardinal guilbert who is to bestow his benediction upon them in the churn of notre dame des deaf vieto Victo ires a brief visit to lourdes and the grotto and the depositing in of a banner in the basilica visiting various shrines in rome and the neighborhood a special audience with a reco reception eption by the pope popa to come off if possible on the anniversary of his pontificate leate durin during the first week in june a bene benediction tion from his holiness and rid the presentation to him of contributed in divers sums by various bodies churches and private individuals in test testimony of their devotion and I 1 in n commiseration of his reverses 11 ss 11 the alie tile presentation it is said will conclude the pro gramme and after having paid their money and received the old gent lemans blessing and being thus made lighter in pocket and spirit the pilgrims will be likely to have a jolly time in europe andon their way home CIVIL SERVICE REFORM hon john bright dip MP writes to mr nir dorman B eaton president of the oili civil service advisory board washington C DC statin stating 0 that the opening of the civil service bervice ineda in england has met with general approval and after the experience of some years it would now be impossible to go back to the old system the present plan I 1 is s considered just to all ali classes arid is calculated to supply more capable men nien for the various departments of the public service he hopes hobes that the good sense of a tiie tile A melcan american people will enable the civil service commission to complete the proposed reform I 1 in n this country the civil service reform in england I 1 opening the service to public competition aims to secure manifest ability and general competency rather than to encourage n nepotism f pot favoritism and class dl distinction tine and therefore is more I 1 likely to insure efficiency in tl the ie public service thia ehla and integrity are the two all ali important qualifications in a public officer or a more private oili officer elt eit herfor tile the matter of that i r compulsory Ebu EDUCATION cAtIoN camion compulsory education seems to be advancing generally both in the old and in the new world the sentiment evidently becoming more prevalent not pot only that every child born into the world has a right to a modicum of education but that it has no right to remain ignorant or uneducated and that it is the duty of the state to see that every child has the opportunity of obtaining at least a rudimentary education and does not neglect that opportunity 11 mn 11 ax AN IMPERIAL CRIMINAL A an 11 eastern excia exchange uge takes a view something like the following of th the imperial felony which is reported from russia there was a woman in the case prince nicholas nephew I 1 of the emperor of russia stole his mothers diamonds and hung bung them upon the neck of a french actress and now the nephew of his uncle is to have the same law measured out to him as is measured out to the loafer who robs a pawn shop of a paste necklace to adorn the neck of his mistress what a cold coid country russia would ba b for the genteel thieves that rob american railways and swell c cashiers asli asil lers that rob banks and officials that ning ring 1 peoples hard taxes frola froia from the tho treasury if there is one law for the rich and the poor alike practically as well as theoretically in russia then that country is far in advance of some others that call themselves civilized THOSE DECISIONS tim THE fourth of july is the great distinctive holiday of the people of tile the united states why because it is the birthday of the nation tio on each and every recurrence of that day the patriotism 0 of f american citizens bolls boils over and finds expression in divers manifestations of rejoicing and in almost unmeasured laudation of early Arne amerlean american rican patriots of the founders of this republic and of the principles constitution laws and government ern ment of the same it appears to us lio ilo however vever that many of the most mouthy and frothy ot of patriots on that day dayas as well as at other times really forget tile the nature of the event commemorated by and on that day that great event was the formal act of declared d rebellion or insurrection awain again against 0 of defiance flance of and of separation from the most enlightened and most powerful government on the earth that day dayl the original fourth of july MG 1776 gave birth to one odthe of the most notable documents ever written being a decla lation tation ot of facts fact sand and principles which were held to justify that rebellion or insurrection and the consequent birth of the republic of the united states of America and put forth too 1 not only as a justificatory step out of a decent respect for the opinions of mankind but manifestly as a guide a standard a basis of fundamental principled ples pies by and which the new nation was to be established and perpetuated a sort of infallible magna charta for the people for all time now although a long train of abuses and usurpations a history of repeated injuries and csupa eions were the exciting and impelling pe ailing circumstances which alile h led to the separation of the american colonies from frem great britain yet the following are declared to be the fundamental principles authorizing and justifying that separation and the establishment of the consequent republic cc we hold these truths to be selo self evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with ce certain arta in able rights that among these are life ij liberty berty and the pursuit of happiness that to secure these night rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just po weis wels from the consent of ef the gover goven governed ned that whenever any form of government becomes destructive truc tive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government laying its foundation on such principle and organizing its powers in such form as to them shalli shail seem most like ly to enil effect act their safety and ba happiness allness prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light ligh tand and transient causes and accordingly according ay iy all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable lerable suf than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed but when a long train of abuses and usurpations pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism it Is iq their right it is their duty to throw government and to provide now new guards for their future 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