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VOL. I. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE; WITH CHARITY FOR ALL. No. 19 TOOMER, WH1TE.PL^ASANT 4 CO..} SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1876. f Price SI 00 » Year, Payable Quarterly in 1 Advance. Singlo copies ** Cts. Nunday School 1'onvrntlon.- A mass meeting ol the Baptist Sabbath Schools met iu this city, according to previons notice given by the Iustitnte, on the 27th ultimo, at the First African Biptist Church at 2 o’clock p. in. The meeting was opened with singing by the Schools, after which prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. J. Campbell; fol lowed by singing. The opening add res was delivered bv Rev. Alexander Ilirris. After stating the object of the meeting the speaker referred in a brief manner the great action ol the Baptist State Convention, iu organizing a Snuday School Conven tion or Institute which he claimed to be if not greater equal in magnitude to any act of that Convention; he also made some allusion to the origin of Sunday Schools, speaking at some length . i regard to its existence in the days of the patriarchs and prophets, and urging a continuance of the same; he also made some strong and touching appeals to parents and guardians of children to encourage and assist in building up the Sunday Schools. Mr. C. L. DeLamott *, Supt of the 1st A. B. Sabbath School m id* some remarks on the progress and condition of-the School which was most encouraging. Remarks ot tne same nature were made Dy Mr. Lisbon Bing, Snpt of 1st Bryan Baptist Church Walburg street; Mr. Wm. Ford. Supt of the Bethelem Bap tist Church; Mr. Henry Browu of the 1st Bryan Baptist Church. These reports were followed by singing by the scuools, alter which miscella neous addresses were delivered by Mr. Peter Houston, upon the importance ot Sunday Schools, aud the necessity of parents taking more interest in that im portant work. Mr. H. A. Williams also gave bis views on Sunday Schools, en couraging teachers aod children iu their good work. Mr. J. H. Brown then made some interesting remarks,iu which he stated the necessity of the teachers ol the Sunday school meeting once a week to acquaint themselves with the lessons for the coming Sabbath, and also to give an account ot the classes under their charge. Rev. Mr. Harris, Chairman, then made some remarks on the importance of Education. Rev. W. J. Campbell then moved that the schools iu mass meeting assembled, hereby endorse the action of the Bap tist State Convention whioh was carried unanimously. A collection was then taken uy to pay the printing exp uses, followed by singing by the school. Benediction, aud the Convention ad journed. Committee on Miouteg—Lisbon Biug, J. H. Browu, C. L. DeLamotta, Chair man. From Mississippi. Jackson, March 28th, 1876. Editor 'tribune: Your sterling little sheet continues to come to the hands of its subscribers in this part of Mississippi regularly o u Thursday morning of each week, and its clarion notes are heard and doubtles 8 felt wherever the Tribune is known and read. To Mississippi Republicans the poli tic tl horizou is brightuiug iu bo’h S'ate and national matters. Factions iu the party here are fast giving away to a healthy union of interest and policy aud ere the State Convention meets will present one united and unbroken front ready to march into the approachiug campaign, and on to victory. The as surances from Washington that Sena tor Morten’s Mississippi resolution will p iss has given a fresh impatous to pol- iiical affair-. “The war Governor" is the favorite candidate here and our Suite Convention will doubtless instruct for him. What “we ol the South" want is not so much a hard or soft money platform, as pro- tec ion to loyal voters and fair play all around. Lieut. Gov. Davis was on the 23d inst. removed from office and disqualified, afier having resigned ou the 16 b. Some dissatisfaction was felt by leading Re publicans because Gov. Ames did not appoint bis successor before the Act takiug from him that power became a law. Honorable T. W. Cardoza, State Su perintendent of Education, resigned ou tbe 22d aud the charges against him were withdrawn, aud the whole Demo cratic par\v siauds today in the position ot having compounded a felony. Oh ! virtuous Democracy. Sleek. The Wilmington, (N. C.) Post has a long account of the whipping of an old colored man and womau, who were suspected of killing hogs, by five white youug men. The parties were stripped and tbe lash well laid on. After suffi ciently punishing the old folks, a youug woman, who was about to become a mother, was sttipped upward to tbe waist and held to the floor, while burn ing sealing wax was dropped upon her body in a hundred different places. A physician certifies to the latter fact. Suva the Post: The upshot of this whole nutter is plain. These ku-klux scoundrels are the veriest cowards on earth, and they should be dealt with in short metre- If it is necessary for the protection of the lives ot colored people, or to save them trom the constant outrngos committed upon them by these “ra j .h boys” to kill aud destroy their persecutors and tor- I men'ors, let them be killed and des* I troved, and that without hesitation or delay. If the law fails to administer with evenlianded justice by ku-klux officers, and uothiug else will save even women from beiug burnt alive, let negroes try the same ou those who per secute them. It is a game a- which both sides can play, aud the whites have vastly moie to lose than the negroes. Let tho negroes prepare to defend themselves ami wives and their laimlies by every meaus at their command, aud let the whites, who have au.vtbiug at stake, beware!—Atlanta Republican. Paddle your own Canoe. It is manifest that we, the colored peo ple of the Uuited States, must, for the lime being, paddle our own canoe, or go down stream. We are dealt with and ever will be dealt with according to our condition rathar than according to our color. Color we cannot change. We don’t wish to chaoge it if we could, lor God gave it us, and it is pleasing in His sight; but our condition we can change aud ought to change as fast as possible. But it is a work we must do ourselves, by tbe help—the prayers aud gilts—of our friends. The school, the pulpit and the press are the canoes in which we may make a successstul voyage to the haveu of social recognition if we but jump iu and paddle tor dear life. Sup port your schools, support yonr church, support your o.vn paper. All these things you can do by Indus ry, sobriety and frugality. Doit. Paddle your own canoe, aud when the current is stroug agiiust you, your real friends will surely get behind you and push.—National Monitor. W ELDON & GOULD, Dealers in Pianos, Organs, and Musical Merchandise Generally, No. 35 East Bay street, opposite Post Office Jacksonville, Fla. N. B.—Churches supplied with Organs at lowest possible rates and on the most fa vorable terms. Send for circulars, mar 4t P-J c~~7j 2 j fl-L'' -C. t k.>C< t *