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JBH^^p .■]■ to eradicate from the mind
.John his persuasion that
him the
however, lie abrupt- |
JUHUL us o
Ilitl&jßflP kH ‘ this vcutMin American lady, j
hung out the Stars and j
m balcony in honor of tin'
MB an-ogaitt Hribm.ob.-crvittgit.
HBKdin th• •s t roet: “77/ at narftf
Imo down !” .Something did j
u a \vinl\ but it was tlio v;v- j
man- liis la I! being aeeelerat
r»l knack I- 1 of an American j
bohappening to pass by in j
tr the insultingremark.promp
l.y putting John Bull's eye in
i is n 'edloss to add that the
hauled down on that occasion.
—lrish World
s. Swann \h as a V\ holesale
Voek before last, a merchant
ilie (lulf Hoad, nearer to Sa
to Albany, priced goods in
and then went to Savannah
here, lie returned to Albany
cash bill, of nearly eight hun
. with S. Mayer & 1 0., and de
lie had made money by the op
!e trouble is. that the Savannah
have iu •t yet conquered a con- |
a ca.-k of bacon for a half, dol- I
r a box of calico for a mill per j
Their wholesale prices are fui
> their retail prices ought to be,
ill find it out before all their va
ults and stores are reoccupied,
ivannah has lost lire thousand
hition in the last two years,and
further shrinkage it she contin
■ct her golden opportunity. —
Albaft y News.
Il’r iMsu.— The split in the French :
I rartv. arisineLptte of the refusal
► Nnpolgon to y “TjComT
It - hurst, on the occasion of the
I es ajc of the Prince Imperial, con-
I Prince Napoiean was recently
I President of the Council General
I-' a municipal organization of the
The members of the CoritVcil tire
pr'i-ts of the strictest sect, friends
I -wers of the imperial cause, and
k '.heir disapproval of the course of
p 1 they have refused to attend the
P- I the Council General, t ense
ly here is no quorum, and the Prince
i< s the humiliating position of a Bon
i' -uked and dispiscnl by Honapar
ti :.e home of his family. lln he is
f- unblnncv between the career of
y » iuid that of the famous l>nke of
i' who afterwards became infamous
ui.u .—X. F. Herald.
(in England. —The labor ques
ming great importance in Eng
would not at all surprise us if j
to be a “crisis” arising out of [
agricultural lock-out. tlie end
j one can foretell. Newmarket
v of the agitation, and we learn
at at a meeting hold there yes-
Vood. an Englishman for some |
lit iu Ohio, had announced that I
any quantity of laborers now
o would gladly go to England
or fourteen shillings a week.
U shillings may be estimated ill
as about four dollars, we are
the oratory of Mr. Wood was
atben Chinee, with intent to de
,e statement is untrue and al>-
dr Disraeli is really a statesman
Jress himself to this labor qnes
ne graver has been known ..i tuo
Englaud. —A. i • Sti
ZZOI4’. CSAESE3 SUBEBTEZk.
Eulogte* in Congress.
Mr. E. R. IToar. Mr. Speaker, when,
more than six weeks ago, the annonr.ee
ment of the death of the Senator from
Massachusetts was made in his Hall, the
shock was so sudden, the sense of loss and,
bereavement so great, that we felt the
most fitting employment of the time to be
to “commune frith our own hearts, and be
still.” Public business was suspended un
til that lifeless form could be brought to
rest for a few hours under the great Dome
of the Capitol, crowned by the emblem of
that liberty at who|e altar the homage of
bis life had been offered; and then, in the
Senate Chamber, by<Senators and Repre
sentatives, President and Cabinet, judges
and warriors, tlie ministers of foreign pow
ers clergy and people, in the presence of
the great reconciler, Death, were perform- |
fi(l those funeral rites with which the nation
honors those of her sons who have “fallen
in high places.”
We bore him from these scenes of his
public labors to the old Commonwealth
which gave him birth; and there, in the
home ol his childhood and manhood, in
the presence of countless thousands who
thronged to unite in that last tribute of '
respect and affection, the State reverently '
atid tenderly committed to the earth, to i
mingle with kindred dust, the earthly re- j
mains of her foremost public man and best
beloved citizen.
And now that his character and fame
are passing into memory and history, it is
fitting that we, his cotemporaries and as
sociates in the public service, should be al
lowed a brief opportunity to express our
estimate of the man, and ofhis relation to
his country and mankind.
Charles Sumner was born in Boston, on
the Oth of January, 1811. the son of
Charles Pinckney Sumner, who was for a
long time the sheriff of Suffolk County.
JI is early education Avas at the Boston
P-'din School, from which ho entered Har
vard College, and graduated with distinc
tion in 1830. Hit studied law under Story
and (Jreenleaf in the law school of that in
stitution, and was for three years employ
ed to take the place of Judge Story as a
lecturer and instructor in law during the
sessions of the Supreme Court at Wash
ington. He spent the next three years in
Europe, where both in England and on the
Continent lie formed the acquaintance and
gained the friendship of many distinguished
men; acquired a familiarity with some Eu
wmaui, 1- -tux:
studies in literature, history, and jurispru
dence, and gratified as well as cultivated
his taste for art. lie returned to the
practice and study of his profession, in
which he gained an honorable and distin
guished position, chiefly due to his pro
found and extensive learning. lie never
argued many cases, but conducted such as
he had with marked ability and success.
Ho edited the American Jurist.,
thi' twenty volumes ot Vesoy's Reports, and
was the. reporter of three volumes of the
decisions of Judge Story in the first
circuit. His first public perfor
mance which attracted general atten
tion was his oration on “The true
grandeur of nations,” before the municipal
authorities of Boston, on the 4th of July,
1845, which Richard Cobden pronounced
“the most noble contribution made by any
modern writer to the cause of peace.”
lie had voted with the whig party, but
took no active part iti political affairs, until
the great controversy upon the question
of slavery, especially as affected by the war
with Mexico and the proposed annexation
of Texas, brought him into the front rank
of the advocates of universal liberty. lie
declined a nomination as a Representative
in Congress.
In April, 1851, lie was elected to the
Senate of the Un'ted States, for the full
term succeeding that which find been held
by Mr, Webster, and in its last few months
by Mi’. Wintlirop and Mr. Rantoul. llis
election was made by a coalition of the
free'-soil party and the Democrats,Mr. Bout
well, who was the democratic candidate |
for governor of Massachusetts, being elect- I
oil by the same combination o f parties. He |
took his seat in the Senate on the Ist </ j
December, 1851. Ilis first great speech j
in the Senate was in support, of a motion ;
TO Pej't ,i, vuw .' 1 A 7j,
delivered on the 2(>tn oi August.
lie was struck down at his desk in the
I Senate Chamber, by blows upon the head
inflicted by a Representative from South
. Carolina, on the 1 Oth of May. 1556. in
pr ofessed revenge for words spoken in de
! bate two days before. The terrible injury
to the spinal column, which was nearly
fatal at the time, resulted in the malady.
angi+a pectoris, which at last terminated
his life. In consequence of the suffering
and diners caused by this assault, he was
absent from his place in the Senate during
most of the time for four years. He was
re-elected to the Senate in 1857. in 1863.
and in 1866: and died on the 11th of March,
1874, having attended the session of that
bodv tui the day before his death.
Such are the simple outlines of his life;
yet how affluent a culthre, how lofty a pur
pose. how rich a nature, how wide an in
fluence, how absolute a conscience, how
perfect ail integrity, how enduring a fame. I
how render and aifectiouate a heart, belong- >
ed to the m m who filled oitt those outlines
to the full measure of a noble and heroic ,
character 1 ihe only office he ever held
was that of Senator from Massachusetts,
and when he died he was the senior Sena
tor in length of continuous service His
successive re-elections were earned by great
waves of public sentiment; without bargains,
without concealments, without pledges,
i except- those of his life and known opinions,
and without competitors:
l'or twenty-three years the record of his
i pnblic life is the history of the country.
■ lie took part in all the great debates, and
| his name is indelibly associated with all
BA IN BRIDGE, GEORGIA, MAY 14, 1874.
the great results which that period has
produced. And what accomplished results
it was his privilege to see ! How much of
the great work and object of his life was
attained before it closed !
When he entered the Senate there were
but two others there of his political opin
ioL?fc. Before he died he was the leader of
a majority of more than two-thirds of the
body. He came there the advocate of im
partial liberty throQgnout the land, the an
tagonist of slavery wherever it could be
reached under the Constitution. He was
treated as a detested fanatic, tried for
months in vain to get a hearing, and Was
even refused a place on any committee, as
“outside of any healthy political organisa
tion.” lie livid to the adoption of the
tHrtS&MB, fourteenth,ant r fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution, td be the head
of the Committee on Foreign Relations, to
see men of the proscribed color admitted
to seats in both branches of Congress, and
to know that he had the gratitude and af
fection of the race he had helped to eman
cipate, with the respect and confidence of
the nation before whom he had pleaded
that ‘/nothing is safer than justice,” and to
whom he had contended that “nothing is
settled that is not right.”
His first public utterance was in favor
1 of peace, and of the amicable settlement of
differences among nations, which wa3 con
temptuously received as the dream of a
Visionary enthusiast. He lived to see the
negotiation of the Treaty of Washington
and its consummation in the arbitration at
Geneva.
Mr. Sumner was thoroughly and truly
an American. He believed in his country,
in her unity, her grandeur, her ideas, and
her desti>y. He had drank deep from the
sources of American institutions in the
writings and lives of our revolutionary
fathers. He was an idealist and trusted
the future. To his far-reaching vision it
was always true that—
Every gift of noblest origin
Is breathed upon by hopes, perpetual bt'eatb.
His spirit was of the morning, and “his
face was radiant with the sunrise he in
tently watched.” He saw in the future of
America a noble and puissant nation, its
grand Constitution conformed to and con
strued by the grander declaration of 1776,
purged of every stain and inconsistency,
the home of the homeless, the refuge of
the oppressed, the paradise of the poor,
the example of honor, justice, peace, and
freedom to the nations of the caath.
Hi?- personal integrity was so absolute
that no breath of suspicion evbfr ever sul
lied it. 5 !►> n '■* '
u'liv about tin* rnmipuon of Yv asmngton ; ;
1 have lived here ail those years and have
seen nothing.of it.” lie never had any
tracks to cover up, or opinions or motives
to conceal.
You remember well his commanding
presence, his stalwart frame, six feet and
four inches in height, the vigor and grace
of his motions, the charm of his manners,
the polish of his rhetoric, the abundance
of his learning, the fervor and impressive
ness ot his oratory. He was every inch a
Senator, and upheld with zeal and fidelity
the dignity, privileges and authority of the
Senate. He neverseeins to have known
fear. Ilis courage and power of resolute
endurance were conspicuously shown i
his undergoing the moxa, the application
of hot irons the whole length of the spine*
which his physician says wa3 the most
terrible torture he ever knew inflicted on
man or animal, and which he bore without
taking either, because he was told that
by so doing there was a little better pros
pect that the treatment would be effica
cious.
There.ls no doubt that lie died a martyr
to the cause of liberty, and to the efforts
which he would not relax in its behalf, as
truly as they who fell on the field of strick
en battle. The bludgeon preceded the
bayonet and the bullet in that civil war
which began long before 18G1 ; and did its
work of death as surely, if more sloivly.
Os his private life, of his genial and libe
ral hospitality, of the strength and warmth
of his friendships, of his curious stores of
information, of his treasures of litera
| ture and art, of his tenderness and sweet-
I ness toward those who loved and trusted
> lum. there is no time or need to speak in
S this place; on this occasion. But there are
| many of the pure and gen ue, Os the thought
; jM tiuingra
memories of these things.
No doubt Mr. Sumner had defects of
character. I think he had little sense of
humor, and some more, of it might have
been of service to him. He was art orator,
and riot a debater; and if he had had more
of the training of the bar and the popular
assembly, might perhaps sometimes have
made a more direct and forcible impression
upon those whom he sought to convince,
and who wearied with stately periods and
inexhaustible learning. But some of his
faults were closely allied to his virtue?, rind
to the sources of his power, lie was of
dn imperious nature and intolerant of dif
ference in opinion by liis associates, and has
been called an egotist. But all this came
largely from tlie strength of his convictions:
from his own belief in Ills own thoroughness
of study and parity of purpose; from what
has been happily described as liis “sublime
confidence in his own moral sagacity." He
was terriMy in earnest, and conld not nn
‘ Jorstancl how others could fail to see what
he saw so clearly.
It muv indeed be trne that in ad
vancingage. and wh ; !e striving to bear
up and do his work under a
terrible burden of shattered health
and worn nerves, he made judments which
some of us have thought unjust, and
severed associations which some of us
would have gladly seen preserv’d.
But let me say for him. that I believe he
carried to the grave as few resentments, as
little animosity, as rarely is found iu tho
hearts of men whose lives have be ?n pass
ed in scenes of public conflict. I saw him
: frequently and familiarly during the last
TES CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—THE UNION AS EESTOEED.
four months of his life, and wish to give
my testimony to the gentleness and kind
liness, of his temper during all that time,
and to the fact that he uttered no word of
harshness or censure in my hc-bring 'eoa*
corning any human being. It, was Noti
ceable and touching to observe. Tfc la grati
fying to remember, and I think it would
have been pleasanCto him to know that it
would be here remembered of him.
But the time alllowed me is shirt, and I
must not withhold vour attorpoil from
those who are to follow. y „
A high ideal purpose main* r®“*Va func
tion discharged through life * y havering
consistency; austerity, bnt-dv yN fafcftrltv hot
of monks, but of heroes;
sion. l»»t rloo, es far as A- v , >\ oowei /*
nh4 th - . . , Bluff. '
As I stood by the tusn Who
Was my friend for thirty years, and heard
the repeated exclamation, “0, so tired! 0,
so weary!” the old hymn of the church
seemed to be sounding in my ears:
Yes, peace ! for war is needless,
Y'es, calm! for storm is past:
And rest from finished labor,
A ad anchorage at last.
The weary are at rest! The good and
faithful servant has entered into the joy of
his Lord !
AZiBXXS’ AS3IIICAN O*
2&X&SS.S.
A Nevada Munchausen Tells How the
Love Letters of the Grand Duke
Nearly Enkindled a European
War.
We do not know that the following
story in relation to the Grand Dnke Alexis
and his late tour in the United States has
ever been published. It was related by
the Grand Duke himself while in Japan,
to a gentleman whose name, wore it men
tioned, would be familiar to most of our
readers,
No sooner had the Grand Duke landed
in the United States than he was flooded
with letters from all sorts of people
on all sorts of subjects. Embraced in the
epistolary hurricane were hundreds, per
haps thousands, of letters from females—
many the inspiration of impertinence and
dishonesty and many more the promptings
of flagrant and criminal immodesty.
All classes seemed to participate in this
folly—women frithYiut reputation and with
nothing to lose, as well as ladies of wealth
and respectability, prepared to sacrifice
everything. Many of those letters were
glanced over merely and destroyed; but a
large number were, with pardonable vani
♦t* i«» Gia (4ratal D»Vo v.Ujuned &iiure
axamumta£* -.n„. L
els. These letters embraced in no lose than
five packages, were instructed to an order
ly for conveyance to bit. Petersburg, while
the Grand Duke continued his journey
westward; In due time Alexis received a
letter from his august father, announcing,
among other matters, that four packages
had been received from him, but the mes
senger was missing. Alexis at once sur
mised that one of the packages had been
stolen by the orderly, whose purpose Was
ts make them public. Unwilling to have
the reputation of many ladies of this re
spectability tlitis compromised through his
carelessness, Alexis promptly telegraphed
to the Emperor to arrest the orderly al any
eost. and seize t-he §missmg tetters. All
the police appliances of the Russian Em
pire were at once invoked, but the order
ly could not be found within the dominions
of the Czar. He was at length discoper
! ed in a town in Belgium, where he wadse
| renely engaged in making up the letters in
i an attractive volume of 300 to 400 pares,
and the book was on the point of beinriis
sued, for the fellow had made good use?of
his time. No time was to be lost. 3ut
: what was to be done? Russia had Dei ix
tradition treaty with Belgium, and the
Belgian authorities, although willing to ac
commodate tlie Gzar, did not see how tjie
publication could be suppressed. Exas
perated at this state of affairs, the Pair
threatened to invade Belgium at once with
a powerful army, utterly rockier,s of the
peace of Europe, unless the culprit was
surrendered. Alarmed at this extraordi
nary threat, the Belgian King set abolt
finding some pretext upon which the or
derly might be arrested. It was finally ri
ce rt ah', ed that he was printing his_ book
without tile usual license, and fef* was
promptly taken into custody, hi*
i was hurried across the Belgian lrel into
j Prussia, where the agent's of the lmsian
I government were ready to receivj^him.
He was soon iii St. Petersburg, *d in
j twenty-four hours after was on his wtj to
| Siberia, under sentence of a life serviiide
|in the Mines. The next letter from*.he
EmperorinforiiVed Alexis that b!s midp ng
letters,partially printed, had been reeo »r
--• ed, and the young gentleman was adn 1 fl
ushed to be a little more careful of his 1 ive
missive* in the future. Had these let i-ra
been published, a prefound flutter w«!d
have becti created among the fairest if
not the-best of tlie great cities of the list,
arid the volume woiilcl have rriet, of colse.
with a prodigious sale. The crriiig ties
will appreciate their narrow escape-
they learii that they were saved tliri gh
the menace of a general European tar.
and the lessori should serve them through
, life.
Atlanta Herald: Monday evening ss
the abWiff of DeKalb was taking poor Hire
to the airs to be sent to his doom—impr*m
ment for lift—they passed through the pet lie
square of Decatur, and by a crowd in wheh
two men were seen in furious altercate >n.
Though this wretched convict, it would s4m,
had but little interest left in life for maiihe
meekly asked of the Sheriff the privile# of
stopping for a moment. Walking Up t< he
enraged men, he said: ‘‘My friends, hear he.
My troubles began just like yours is and mg
now, and look! here bolding up his h >,d
cuffed wrists—“is the end of it.” He in
diately resumed his march to tbe cars, an i *s
if stricken With panic. Hv- two men to w otn
this timelv w-ruinsr wsr «er's*’atoJ yj .
left the ground without another word.
Srfca Fcurtseatli
A Bill YYnicn Defines the Rights of
OItiZENSE.r in and Out or the United
" Wk I jjaites States.
next called upon for reports, will recommend
the passaged!the: following new bill to carry
teenth Amend ment to the Constitution
concerning citizenship, and to define certain
rights of Citizens of the United States in
foreign countries, and certain duties of di
plbhmtic and consular officers, and for other
purposes. '- £
Bb it enacted, drc.—That for the purpo
ses of this act the words “domicile” and
“reside” are to be construed as implying a
a fixed residence at a particular place, with
direct or presumptive proof of an intent to
remain indefinitely.
Section 2.—That in order to assure to
all persons born or naturalized in the
United subject to the jurisdic
tion thereof, the full enjoyment of the right
to be citizens of the United States and of
the State wherein they reside, it is hereby
declared :
First—That ail persons shall be regard
ed as entitled to the privileges and immu
nities of citizens of the United States, and
as subject to the duties imposed upon such
citizens, who may have been born and are
residing within the United States and sub
ject to the jurisdicEon thereof; and also all
married women Whose husbands may be
such citizens, as against all Powers except
the Power Within whose jurisdiction an
alien woman, married to a citizen of the
United States, may have been born; but a
child born within the United States, of
parents Who are not citizens and who do
not reside within the' United States, and
are not subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, shall not be regarded as a
citizen thereof unless such child shall reside
iu the United States, or unless his or her
father shall be naturalized during the
minority of such child, or such child shall,
within six months after becoming of age,
file in the Department of State, in such
form and with such proof as shall be pres
cribed by the Secretary of State, a written
declaration of election to become such citi
zen, or shall become naturalized tinder
general laws.
Secondly—A child borfi abroad, whose
father may be a citizen of the United
States, residing in and subject to Rue juris
diction of the United States, shall be recnx
•tiiy r.fue ot lt birth, anil* shall foHow.'ar.d have
the domicile and citizenship of the father
during minority. *
Thirdly—The following persofis shall he
regarded r»3 not subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States within the intent of
the said Fourteenth Amendment or as not
residing within the United States within
such intent, namely: First, born or natu
ralized citizens of the United States who
become naturalized as citizens or subjects
of another State, or who enter into the
civil, naval, or military service of any
foreign prince or State, or of any colony,
district, or people foreign to the United
States. Secondly: citizens of the United
States who may be domiciled abroad, un
less registered as hereinafter provided;
commercial establishments shall not be re:-
garded as creating a domicile unless made
with an intent not to return; citizens of the
United States engaged in them may, by
registering themselves as hereinafter provi
ded, preserve presumptive proof of intent
to return. Thirdly: Naturalized citizens
of the United States who may by the terms
of any treaty be regarded a3 having resum
ed their original nationality, or wild on re
turning to their native country may be
convicted of offences against the laws of
that country committed prior to tlieiV ar
rival in the jjUnited States. Fourthly: A
citizen of the United States becoming the
wife of an adien, who shall not reside with
in the United States; but such a citizen
may, on the death of her husband, become
again a citizen of the United States by
residing within one of the States and Ter
ritories, and becoming subject to the juris
diction of the United States and fifing in
the Department of State, in such a form
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
State, a written declaration of her election
. T'lftfcily: A natu
ralized citizen of the United States becom
ing domiciled in the country of his or her
nationality, unless when otherwise regula
ted by treaty.
Sec. 3.—That citizens of the United
States who are, or who may hereafter be
domiciled in a foreign country, may, if j
i adults, within six months after the time j
j of first acquiring such domicile, and if j
! minors, within six months after the time ;
of becoming of age, register themselves as j
such citizens at the Legation of the United j
States in the country in which they be j
i domiciled; or. if there be such Legation, f
than at a Consulate to be*designated by j
the SecretrV of State; the registry shall be |
i made by a written declaration, eigried by
| the person making it, stating in full his '
name, and the place and date of his birth; |
if naturalised, the time and place of his
naturalization, his place of previous dotni- ;
: cile in the United States, how long since j
| he actually resided in the United States,
whether he intends to return, if mar
ried. the name and nationality of his
wife, and the names and ages of his minor
children, if any, and the dates and places
of their birth. The diplomatic or consu
lar representative of the United States, as
the case may be, shall, at the close of each
calendar year, make return to the Depart
ment of State of such registries, in snch
form as the Secretary of State may direct;
and the Secretary of State shall annually
j transmit copies of such returns to Cofi-
I gress;and citizens of the United States of
j adult age, who shall remain out of the ju
-1 r'-’diction of the United States and within
I the jurisdiction of some other pvwer, eon-
tinuously for two years, Shall be held so
domiciled in a foreign country, except a3
hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4—That the foregoing provisions of
this act shall not be construed as affecting
the right of inheritance or succession to
i real or personal property in any State.
Within the territories and within the do-,
main subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the United States, real and personal
property of every description may be taken,
acquired, held, and disposed of By ah alien
in the same manner, in all respects, as by a
citizen of the United States; and a title to
real and personal property of every dia
scription may be derived through, from,
or in succession to an alien in the same
manner, irt all respects, as through, from,
or in succession to a citizen of the United
States.
Sec. s.—That a marriage in a foreign
country between citizens of the United
States, or between a citizen of the United
Stipes and an alien, unless for
bidden by the law of the country in
which it takes'place, may be contracted
and Solemnized in such manner and form
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
State, in the presence of the principal di
plomatic agent of the United States in
such country, or of a consul-general or con
sul for the district in Which it takes place,
and shall be valid to all intents and pur
poses throughout the United States. It
is made the duty of such diplomatic agent,
or consul-general, or consul, on being sat
isfied of the identity of the parties, and
that at least one of them is a citizen of
the United States, and that tho marriage
is not prohibited by the laws of the coun
try, and on being requested to be present
any such marriage, to indicate a time and
place when and were it may be solemniz
ed in his presence, and to be present at
such time and place, and when the mar
riage shall have been solemnized, to give
to each party a certificate thereof, in such
form as may be prescribed by the Secreta
ry of State. At the close of each calen
dar year l>e shall make a return to the
Secretary of State of all marriages so con
tracted or solemnised in his presence with
in the year, showing in the respect to each
party, the name, the age, the place and
date of nativity, the place of residence,
and stich other fact3 as he may think nec
essary. Section 31 of the act of Juno 22,
1860, entitled “an act to carry into effect
provisions of the treaties between the
United States, China, Japan, Siam, Per
sia. arid other 'countries giving certain ju
dicial pow“r to ministers aud nr
in those countries, and for other pur
poses,” is hereby repealed.
Eulogiss oik Sumner,
Last Monday week, the 27th ult., Was
set apart for eulogizing the late Senator
Sumner in Congress, and both -Houses did
little else. In the Senate speeches wero
matlo by Senators Bout Well, Thurman,
Sherman, Spencer, Morrill of Vermont and
others. Those made in the House were
unusually interesting. A Washington
despatch says the most remarkable effort
of all was that of Mr. Lamar of Mississippi.
We quote:
“That a Southern man .who once belong
ed to Hie most ultra school of pro-slavery
politicians, and whose fiery eloquence in
Congress in the memorial winter of 18(51
aideu in precipitating Secession, should now
be among those who were eager to offer
the tribute of their praise to the great
antagonist of Southern ideas and institu
tions, was, in itself, a suggestive fact; but
when, after speaking of that earnest love
of freedom and that hatred of Slavery
growing out of a conviction that liberty
was the birthright of all humanity, which
was the governing idea of Mr. Sumner’s
political life, the orator made his sympa
thy for the Southern people in their dis
tress the text for an eloquent and manly
appeal for union aiid brotherly feeling be
tween the North and South, the House
was drawn into such enthusiastic sympathy
with his words that a spontaneous burst
of applause went up from Republicans and
Democrats alike when he concluded.”
More Alabama Claims. —The historic
vessel which the English government or
dered to be detained after she had been
Aon.- for V *
England has recently paid a fine of fifteen
millions, has riot even yet ceased to be an
apple of discord. It ajjpears that the A1
abama, with praiseworthy impartiality, du
ring her supremacy on the seas, did a good
deal of damage to British as well a3 to
Federal shipping. And now comes Mr.
Anderson in the House of Commons with
this proposition: “.Britain has been ad
judged to have done wrong in permitting
the departure of the Alabama, and lias had
to compensate all American citizens who
suffered by that wrong ; in justice, there
fore, Britain must pay the claims of Brit
ish subjects who suffered in the same way.”
Discussion in the matter is postponed until
after the Easter holidays. Then, if anybody
eisc has a claim, let him send it in. It is
highly probable that no British minister
will in future attempt the joke of prohibi
ting the sailing of a * vessel after the has
cleared out to sea. —lrish World.
Savannah had a twenty thousand dollftf fro
last 6'unday morning. Almost the entire
Dock bounded by Bryan, Whittaker and r
Julian streets and Johnson square was de
stroyed.
Our exchanges from everywere inform ns
that the recect cold snap was very injurious
to the crops, orchards and garden vegetables-
Valdosta Times: “The Patterson fire com
pany, while out drilling last Tuesday evening
ran a distance of something over one hundred
yards, uncoupled their breaks, adjusted them,
attached their hose and suction pipe and
firew a stream in sixty seconds. How is that
frit an amateur company of boys who have
drilled but a few times 7
The Atlanta Constitution announces
sale of an int rest to Mr. N. P- T. Pinch, who
has been on* at its Editors for mo.« wuan a
jroar past.
[Terms, Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
METII ODIST COX FEE EX CIS
| The Great Gathering in t.ouU*
ville—The Bishops.
! From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May Ist.
j The General Conference w hich convene#
| in Library Hall this morniiur will bo presi
! ded over alternately by eight bishops. ii
these are Weil known, it will not bo uccee
aary to give more than a very alight aket«h
of each.
ttte rev. hotvr. pains
is the senior Bishop of the M. E. Churck
Sonth. He is about as old as the coutury;
aud has been a presiding bishop since 1846.
llis form and general appearance have not
yielded as much to the influence of age M
might be expected from his protracted and
incessant labors. His keen black eye baa
lost but little ot its youthful Ere, atid hit
step is still firm. His executive talent it
of the highest order. His magnanimity it
such an to place him almost beyond thi
shafts of envy. His culture is liberal ; hit
reading extensive. In preaching, when he
rises to the “height of his great argument,”
his ascent is such as to equal the highest
aspiration of human genius.
BISHOP GEORGE F. PIERCE.
belongs to a preaching family. He is the
son of the venerable Hr. Lovick Pierce.and
is in his sixty-third year, lie is therefore
in the prime of life, aud we may expect
from him many years service to the church.
110 has been a Bishop just twenty yea nr:
He is a great preacher, a good platform \
speaker, and an excellent presiding officer.
Bishop kavanaugh.
is about ten years older than -Bishop
Pierce, and has been on the espiacopul
bench just the sanie length of time- 110
is a genial gentlemen, a sweet spirited
Christian, and an able minister oftheXew
Testament. A3 Louisville is his home ho
is too Well known here to Require an ex*'
tended biographical sketch at our hands.
“Bishop wigiitman.
is a native of South Carolina, and is about
sixty-five years old. He is an elegant wri
ter and an acciomplished scholar.
preaches with great energy both ‘of
thought and feeling. He often 'overwhelms
a congregation by an oratory at once grace
ful, earnest, original and impassioned. 110
presides with dignity and impartiality.
BISHOP DAVID S. DOGGKTT
is a Virginian. He Is a refined and digni
fied Christain gelitlemen; a scholar of ex
cellent attainments, a preacher of rare me
rit. He understands parlinientary rules,
aud knows well how to apply them.
IS I u UdLl'W Hum. V lIIHRMy lie Is IE7
greatest possible favorite. His mind is
metaphysical in it 3 natural turn and its re
searches. He is probably the greatest
metaphysical preacher ih the convhntio9;
and this is saying a good deal, and yet not
too mueh;for it is not. often that a profouud
metaphysician can awaken and keep up the
interest of a promiscuous e'obgregationjhii
subjects are too abstract to evoke the sym
pathies of liia audience. It is marvelously
the opposite with Bishop' Marvin. The
common people lehr him gladly, and listen
with great pleasure to his discussions.
BISHOP HOLLAND N. MOURE.
was b'crn to rule. His person is command
ing, his will strohg, and his seif reliance
thorough, lie knows the law aud bti
abides by it: lie is solid as granite, and firm
as solid; ho is reticent, cause's him to b#
misunderstood. Ho is a fast and tru#
friend, and possesses under a comparatively
cold exterior & heart glowing with warmth
—throbbing with love to all his race. A0
ho is slow of speech, he has to be heard
often in the pulpit to be fuliy appreciated'.
He is about fifty-nine years old and hai
been Bishop eight years.
BIS IIOI’ JOHN O. KEENER
is a native of Baltimore, Md. He is 4
graduate of the Wesleyan University of
Middleton, Conn., and was, we believe, a’
classmate of Dr. W. H. Anderson, of thirt
city. lie h an original and profound
thinker, and often startles you by the pre
sentation of a subject in an entirely new
light. He is quick in his perception of
truth, and accurate and just yi.his judgment
of character, and Lrbad in lli? views of alt
the great enterprises of the church. Hirf
preaching is full of good sense, and often
abounds with the richest and most beautu"
ful ill hafrations cf Divine truth, so .<*» (*!
"present the very marrow of the gospel,
deceased Bisiiors.
Since the lust General ConferWc®,
Bishops Andrew and Early have died, and
we suppose that this conference will elect
two others in order to meet the growing
wants of this numerous and powerful deno
mination .
We liave said that delegates will be here
from every portiort df this great country
for although the denomination assembling
represents by its title the South, still com
missioners from tii • • hurcdi North will alco
be present, bearing fraternal greetings to
their Southern, and prepared to settle, we 1
suppose, all difficulties between the two
Methodism?! And it: this connection we
must Hot. forget that, the oldest delegate to
this Conference U the venerable Dr. Icvick
Pierce, who bvife fraternal greetings from
the South to Lis brethren in the North, at!
the Gem id 1 'onlVn-tive which sat at Pitts
burgh'. refinsfivnma. in 1 -U. His propo
sition fras rej ' -.d and. w;b gs. at dignity
gird calm Christian •• nru-.-/. he stated to
his Northern l.tvrirren cn the floor of the
Cbmer-mce *{•&;. 'he next- overtures must
come fro'rii them. Do is now in his nine
tieth year, and *:li have the infinite grat
ification of feeing these very relations then
rejected bv the North d<*w offered to him
and his brethren of the South. We hope
that he will be the on* appointed to give
these guests such a welcome aS His fri**
Southern heart and Christian spirit w®.
prompt. The magnanimity of this Con
ference will be teen in nothing aw* than
in the toiiiis on which Lff-JjS?
Christian broth. rboo.t.?n*H be pernaogßUv
established between two churches to riP”-
l»r in and ttrewofcinujt to*
same iu doetrino-
NO. 46.