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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1872
Page
3
A Hastings scholar delivers a prize poem on death and memory, envisioning Moses in Moab. The verses describe silent processions, angels guarding graves, and a noble poet honored beneath marble and stars, reflecting on grace and divine mystery.
The obituary recalls Simon Lang the last Gretna Green priest dying April 24 near Newcastle upon Tyne. It traces Gretna marriage history from Fleet era evictions to rogue ministers like John Murray the clogger and Scott at the Rigg. It highlights Pasley a famed, stout priest and Robert Elliott who married thousands before 1839, before noting the Lang brothers’ long careers.
A historical reminiscence recalls Simon Lang the Gretna priest and his era of marriages and smuggling. It notes his son William Lang, now set to continue the family line as Gretna preserves its priestly link into a third generation.
Congressional action centers on delaying final adjournment with substitutes and amendments on June 1. Senators Bayard and Windom push adjournment for June 4 or 10 while discussions on the steamboat bill and the sundry appropriation bill resume amid sharp exchanges over administration policy and potential extra sessions.
The Senate debated responses to hostile remarks by a Massachusetts senator and Missouri senator Schurz. Calls were made to unite behind the Republican party as the lifeboat of the nation. Adjournment timing and respect for party loyalty dominated further speeches and procedural moves.
The Senate failed to adjourn and later concurred in a House amendment extending the session to Monday June 10. A resolution set Monday evening as the final adjournment. Bills on land sales, ports of entry and delivery, and public coal lands faced votes or referrals. The session recessed at 9 45 PM with no pressing business.
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