# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1855 05 22_S159
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states as the abiding fundamental trait of his Volksblatt that it will be purely political, but never irreligious, never unchristian, he has thereby so characterized the position of his paper that the same, if it remains true, as we do not doubt, to the principle declared, well deserves the support of Christian readers.

It goes without saying, to be sure, that the editor of a political paper cannot always express the opinion of his readers, but certainly often crosses their path. We think, however, that among Christians this should least of all be a cause of displeasure over the paper. Christians do not want to be led by demagogues who accommodate themselves to them, but only to hear, in order to judge for themselves.

The more ruinously the atheistic press here has for a long series of years worked upon the Germans here, the more we regard it as our duty to urge the readers concerned to the support of the "Volksblatt." It has already driven out of many families here in St. Louis the blasphemous and filthy daily papers of this place and has thereby negatively already effected much good. But only a very wide circulation will secure the paper its existence and make it possible for it to become ever more fitted to its purpose.*) May those among our readers whose recommendation could gain the paper entrance consider this and use their influence to procure for the paper as many honestly paying subscribers as possible.

*) The editor gladly admits that until now, in consequence of the lack of organization, many things have got into the paper which correspond as little to its tendency as to the will of the editor. We ask the Christian reader to take this into consideration.

The paper comes out daily and weekly. Out-of-town subscribers receive the "weekly" for the yearly subscription price of $2,00, the "daily" for $5,00 yearly. Orders are to be made at the office No. 46 North Third Street, corner of Pine Street, by letter under the address: "St. Louiser Volksblatt — St. Louis, Mo."

"Das Sonntags-Blatt,"

edited by Pastor Müller in Immeldorf in Bavaria, has, as we see from the last number of this paper of last year, ceased to appear with this number. In its place has appeared "Freimunds Kirchlich Politisches Wochen-Blatt für Stadt und Land." The latter is edited by Pastor Wucherer in Nördlingen. The publisher is Beck there. The price is yearly 1 fl. 48 kr. or 1 Thl. Prussian currency. At first this paper is to be an enlargement of the so-called "Sammelkasten für Heimathliches und Welthändel" formerly appended to the "Sonntagsblatt." As the intention in this enlargement the editor states: "To offer a paper for the awakening, furthering and strengthening of churchly sense and understanding, not only for one country, but for the Lutheran Church of all German lands." He writes further: "Whoever wants to read my political confession of faith, let him open Rom. 13:1-7, there it stands."

Pastor Kilian.

As we see from the "Pilger aus Sachsen," the dear Pastor Kilian and his congregation, which emigrated with him to Texas, have had to suffer there many evil rumors after his departure from Germany. The "Pilger aus Sachsen" expresses itself about this, under the heading "God's Escort!", with hearty regret, and closes with the notice and the wish: "Among other lies was this one, that Pastor Kilian had abandoned his flock on the way! The LORD escort the dear brethren and remain their Shepherd, and may they be His flock also in the new home."

Public Announcement.

Now that all the votes entitled to take part in the election of the candidates for the vacant directorship of Concordia College at St. Louis have come in to the undersigned secretariat of the electoral college, the same hereby makes the dutiful report that the following election result has been obtained.

The most votes were received by the following three:

1. Cand. Neubert in Leipzig, namely 9 votes, of which 7 for the directorship and 2 for a gymnasium teachership,

2. Prof. Biewend in St. Louis, namely 6 votes,

3. Past. Sievers in Frankenlust, namely 5 votes.

To the dear congregations, as well as to the reverend teaching staff at the College in St. Louis, it is now left to make use of the right accorded them, in regard to the addition of a further candidate to the election list and in regard to well-founded protest, within the next eight weeks reckoned from today. The members of the electoral college, however, are then to report to the undersigned as soon as possible the one chosen by them from among the above-named and any men yet to be added. Finally the undersigned permits himself herewith to make the disclosure that Mr. Cand. Neubert has declared in a private letter received from him that, should the election fall upon him, he would not be able to accept it. The LORD grant grace that, through the searching out of His holy will, also in this election the right man may be found whom He has appointed.

Frankenlust, May 1, 1855.
Ferdinand Sievers,
Secretary of the electoral college p. t.

The Northern District
of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of Missouri, Ohio and other States
holds its sessions this year in the Lutheran Trinity Church at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the 6th to the 13th of June.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 21, 1855.
Friedrich Lochner, Secretary.

(Submitted by Past. H.)

World Affairs.

Not without sympathy will our readers learn that the immigration from all those parts of Europe from which people go to the United States amounted in the first four months of this year to scarcely a third of the multitudes that arrived here in the corresponding months of last year. Only 2812 Germans landed in New York during the month of April. The poor among the newcomers get here mostly into the most wretched condition, since in our eastern cities especially unemployment still continues to a high degree, and besides this a quite unheard-of dearness of all ordinary provisions weighs heavily down even those who still and again have work.

But my readers will impatiently ask: how do things stand in Europe, how do they stand in the Crimea around Sebastopol. Well then: from the 9th of April to the last post of the 22nd of April the French and English sent from 500 cannon an iron hail into the city, and daily about 1200 men were killed or maimed, without doing more damage to the fortifications than what the Russians restored again overnight. On the other hand, in the same days, namely from the 16th of April on, one could hear an endless jubilation and cry of joy in and around London: Emperor Napoleon with his wife was namely a guest of Queen Victoria of England. Then there waved on all the public buildings of England's capital the flags of England, France and of the Turk (the crescent), deputations of the secular and spiritual corporations greeted the Emperor with high-sounding speeches, and of cannonading, illuminating and so forth there was for days no end. But let us rather look elsewhere, to where, likewise in the same days, attempts were made to settle the calamitous strife. The peace congress at Vienna broke up on the 21st of April, since the Russian envoy declared that Russia would never agree to a reduction of her power in the Black Sea, such as was demanded by England and France. In vain did the same envoy make a few more offers: the dice fell for war. To Germany and, since Prussia has so far firmly maintained her neutrality, to Vienna you must now look; there, not in Sebastopol, not in the Baltic, whither the English fleet has already advanced again, lies the decision on the events of the future, so far as it can lie with men. The latest news indicates that England and France fear Austria will not stand on their side, but will seek to remain neutral. We can only say, we hope so, we pray God for it. If Austria turns either to the English and French or to the Russians, the strife will be fought out on the soil of our beloved old fatherland — God graciously preserve it from such calamity.