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The Greorgia ^W'eekhy Telegraph and Jprimal &c Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACOX MAY 31, -1870.
took to Vo nr Account*:
There are bat four nfbre day* “> flrat of
3™Ten all subscribers to this paper who
h“e not paid in advance mast be discontinued
We are under obligations to the great body of
onr patrons who have promptly squared their
accounts at our request; butthere are sUU a few
in arrears and some of them among the wealth-
iest men in middle Georgia. We are confident
they will miss their paper just as much as any
body, but the payment is a small one, therefore
they’neglect it. We can, however, show no
partialities in the enforcement of the rule. Onr
honor is pledged to keep no name on the sub
scription books not showing a balance to credit;
and therefore we must discontinue the paper
unless they make an advance payment. We
hope every one will attend to it forthwith. We
do not think any intelligent man or woman
within the range of our circulation, can afford
to do without the Teleobafh. and Hessen-gee.
A Sbot From Greeley.
The New York Tribune, of the 23d, says:
“ Governor Bullock presents his arguments
against the Bingham Amendment to the Geor
gia bm and the points of his quarrel with Mr.
Joshua Hill, in a long letter, of which the no-
ticeablo passages are given elsewhere. In the
quarrel the public have no interest, and it is
rather impertinent in Mr. Bollock thus to thrust
it upon public attention. The point of the ar
gument against the Bingham Amendment seems
to lie in the fact that its adoption will pnt an
end to the official career of Governor Bnllock
and the other members of the present State
Government. Governor Bullock asks ns to be
lieve that such personal fate will be the death
of Republicanism,in Georgia. Really we can’t
We have a little too mnch faith in the ultimate
triumph of trno principle to be easily convinced
that the lifo of the party depends on continued
office-holding by any parlicnlar man.”
A Radical KuKlnxcr-Inciting to As*
sasslnation. • ^
We call the parlicnlar attention of Forney
ing from^tho'Nei? YbTfrefe«18S9?.i° *h®. follow-
a Radical paper. The editor should at once be
arrested. We have never read a more deliber
ate or explicit suggestion of the assassination of
a loyal man. We almost shudder at the writer’s
cool audacity in putting so diabolical a proposi
tion in print. We demand bis instant arrest and
trial by court martial. Let his threatened vic
tim get Forney to write another ten page letter
to Congress and incorporate this paragraph in
it. It cannot fail to arouse the loyal heart of
the country in his behalf. Read and prevent
your blood runing cold if you can. Horrible!
horrible! horrible!
John Russel Young, of the New York Stan
dard, nominates Dana, of the Sun, for Coroner
of New York city. He thinks the man and the
office would suit each other singularly well. As
a specimen of his reasoning we print an extract:
Mr. Dana prints an indecent sensation news
paper, for instance—and think of the “sensa
tions” that would come into his exclusive pos
session ! In the matter of private letters, what
unrivalled opportunities! What rare columns
of exclusive and interesting information! What
chances to invade stricken households, with a
trail of familiars as a “jury,” andwrito up the
furniture, the bed-linen, the plate, the pictures,
the jewels, the packages of letters in secret
drawers, the conversation of domestics, the un
guarded words of the woe-begone survivors!
Bach advantages are priceless.
Now let’s see how Dana strikes back. We put
our money on Young till we have heard from
him.
Preparations poe Taking The Census.—Gen
eral Walker, Superintendent of census, is send
ing out millions of copies of the census laws,
schedules, Ac., preliminary to taking the census.
According to general instructions assistant mar
shals will begin the enumeration of their subdi
visions Juno I, and continue it without interrup
tion till tho work is complete. Intermission of
work will be sufficient cause for removal. No
graver offence can bo committed than to divulge
information acquired in the discharge of their
duty.
A Discussion op Polyoasit.—The sermon of
Dr. Newman, of tho Metropolitan Methodist
Church, of New York, on the subject of polyga
my, delivered several weeks ago, having reach
ed Brigham YouDg’s dominions through the
columns of tho Herald, the reverend doctor has
received a challenge to come to Salt Lake City
and deliver tho same discourse in the temple.
It is proposed that one of the saints shall reply.
A large audionoa and perfect security are prom
ised. Dr. Newman has accepted the challenge,
and proposes to leave early in August.
Old Cotton Mather was a sample Paritan.
The New York Times resurrects a letter from
him, detailing a plan for the capture of William
Penn, and the sale of him in Barbadoes for
“mmme and sugar.” The letter was signed :
“Yours in ye bowells of Christ.” Mather wanted
Penn captured and sold, that “the Hbrd might
be glorified, and not mocked on ye soil of this
new conntrie by ye heathen worshippe of
Quakers.”
The Rev. “Gin and Milk” Smythe, sometimes
known as Charles A. Smythe, has started a
church of hia own in New York city. He
proachod Ins first sermon Sunday morning, and
' “the congregation, composed of about 100 peo
ple, received their pastor with partially sup
pressed cheers.” Which raises the presumption
that they had been testing some of the hair of
the same dog that bit Smythe.
The Finnegan Fizzle.—The so-called battle
of Huntington, wo suppose, winds up this cruel
Fenian farce, and we hope will consign to scorn
and contempt tho miserable leaders who have
betrayed the Irish into thin inexcusable outrage
upon the peace of Canada. The men who get
np military expeditions which can possibly re
sult in nothing the but useless sacrifice of life
and property, are entitled to death by martial
law.
Wonders or Architecture.—Translated from
he French of M. Lefevre, to which is added a
chapter on English architecture, by B. Donald,
Now York: Charles Scribner «fc Co. This is a
small 18 mo. volume abounding in pictoral illus
trations, and interesting statistics of ancient and
modem architecture. A very interesting pop
ular work, as we should juilgo.
As a man and his wife, residing in Keokuk
county, Iowa, were returning, one day last
week, from the funeral of. the last of their three
children, who had died of scarlet fever, a thun
der storm came np, and just as they were enter
ing the gate of their dcsolatod house, the light
ning struck their carriage. The man was in
stantly killed, and his wife is now a raving ma
niac.
A Diversified Agriculture.
Speaking of the policy ,of an exclusive cotton
culture in the South, the New York Tribune
says: “If in January and February the plant
ers of the South could have met in.conveutions,
talked the matter over, and agreed to plant leu
cotton and more of something else, they icould
have controlled the price, and held it at a quarter
of a dollar and over.”
Vve have little doubt that if the Southern plan
ters could combine in that way and carryout, in
strict faith, the policy agreed upon, the price of
cotton might be raised to twenty-five cents and
beyond; but we very much doubt the practica
bility of any such combination, and should doubt
the policy of it if it were practicable.
But- one thing is dear beyond all reasonable
controversy, to wit: that to tho extent that the
cotton crop is swelled, to the ’sacrifice of food
crops, the planters undermine their own for
tunes in four ways, viz: v < •
• 1. By increasing the crop of ootton and so
diminishing its price. In this way thoy proba
bly get no more, or very little more, for. their
increased crop, with inadequate food supplies,
than they might for a diminished crop with full
supplies of grain and forage.
2. By creating an enormous and unnatural
demand for Western grain and provisions they
add to the price of those products about as much
as their policy of unnaturally swelling the yield
of cotton takes away from the price of that ar
ticle.
3. They tax their agriculture, not only with
the enormous freight expenses upon these food
supplies, but with the oost of the additional fer
tilizers they are compelled to purchase, as a
substitute for the barnyard manures which would
be collected and used if they raised abundant
grain crops and kept up a good supply of well
fed stock, as it would be sound economy to do.
4. They harrass their sm all. supply of stock,
wear out their wagona, lose their time, pay
heavy interest for loans and advances, and vex
their righteous souls in a great many other
ways, in the pursuit of this big ootton crop
policy—all which they would save if their first
quest on the plantation were the production of
food.
We undertake to say if the most prudent and
intelligent man among onr readers will take his
pencil and figure a little under these heads, he
able to sustain ihe’
policy; and we don’t believe it can do so for
any length of time. On a crop of 250,000 bales
(say 212,500,000 pounds cotton,) supposing th6
difference between the prices paid for tho last
crop and the crop before, to nett two cents a
pound, the loss on that quantity of cotton would
foot up $4,250,000. That, or something like
it, was probably the loss under the first head—
the decrease in the price of cotton from the in
creased product.
Under tho second head, let us suppose Geor
gia imports fifteen millions bushels of com,
and wo think she does that. Now, com last
year at this time was worth $115 in Macon—to
day it is worth $1 55; and there is a difference,
if we mistake not, of $2,125,000 on com alone.
And what shall we say about meat, with a dif
ference of a cent a pound against ns, whereas
we venture to assert that if the South produced
her own meat, Western bacon would be five
cents a pound less this day? And then there
is all the other food and forage which we bring
from the West and North, in pursuance of a
polioy, wherein we are practically laboring to
put tip the price of everything we buy, while
we labor as practically to put down cotton, the
only thing we sell. Then, under the third and
fonrth heads what a vista of enormous losses
opens before ns; but we have no time to follow
it. Try your own bands.
Georgians, think how busy our agriculture is
in cutting its own throat! Think how every
consideration . of common sense clamors for a
diversified agriculture. *
New Parties.
The New York Horald of the 24th, which for
some time past has been diligently suggesting a
merger of the democratic organization into va
rious somethings else has the following:
No Name eor it.—The Charleston News is at
a loss for a name for a new party. It discards
the title “anti-radical” and don’t like that of
“citizens’ party” or “citizens’Reform party.”—
Better term it the “no vote party.” You will
then come nearer hitting the mark. The fact
is, there are now but two parties in the country
—the democratic and the republican. The is
sues at the next Presidential election will be
fought nnder these respective banners; and all
the South has to do is to discard all meaningless
names, get used to the term “democratic,” cul
tivate the negro vote and follow the example of
the State of New York—if it wants a democra
tic national administration.
There is practically bnt one qne a jion before
tho country, and that is a government inside
or outside the constitution. This proposition
embraces every thing of importance before the
people, and upon it, there is a clear and heaven-
wide distinction between the two parties. The
Radicals are confessedly outside the. funda
mental and every other kind of law, but such
law as is the diotate of their own passions, re
sentments and cupidity. They acknowledge no
principle of government, except the will of the
majority, as expressed by a Supreme Congress.
That is the whole story of that party. On the
other hand, believing that snoh a plan of gov
ernment can lead to nothing bnt misery and
mischief to every body, the Democrats raise
the standard of the Constitution and a strict
construction thereof. These are the issues—
the most stupendous which can ever be ad
dressed to freemen. They involve the fate of
the country and the liberty and security of
6Yery man and. every lawful interest in it.
If any brother is so weak as to be deterred
from joining the democracy on such an issue,
by an ancient hatred of the mere name, his
case calls for medical treatment and dry nurs
ing. The venerable etandard nnder which that
old party has so often triumphed, and will eo
often do it again, cannot be changed or lowered
to meet his scouples. The Amerioan Democracy
mnetxe-eetablish the American Constitution and
Government, or they are lost forever.
Col. Mebriam, U. S. A., commanding at Fort
Bliss, recently started for San Antonio, Texas.
On the Concha river, he encountered one of
those terrible water spouts by which-Western
Texas is so often visited. His wife, child, ser
vant and five men were drowned. He alone was
lived.
Bakes County.—The Grand Jury of Baker
County, in their General Presentments on the
first P3ge, give an encouraging report of {af
fairs in that county.
Meat More Profitable Than Cotton.
The Winnsboro’ News, of the 24th instant, In
an editorial displaying sound wisdom .and good
practical sense, says:
Commissioner -Wells, in bis last magnifioent
report, proves by statistics that tbe number of
sheep in the United States has decreased 25 per
cent within a few years, being less by millions
than in 1860, while the number of sheep-eating
men has increased by millions. Recent investi
gations prove that this same alarming decrease
has also taken place in the number of cattle and
hogs in' the United States. The consumption
of meat is far in exoess of its production. With
onr immense immigration continuing, the de
mand for meat, for years to come, is obliged to
exceed the possibility of an adequate supply.
Every consideration of interest, therefore,
should urge onr land owners to pay immediate
and continued attention to the raising of stock.
Thomas Jefferson was a great stock raiser, as
well as a great farmer, and the inventor of the
modern plough. He with great shrewdness,
employed herdsmen to attend to his stock, exclu
sive of all other business. It will always pay to :
do so. Why do our planters not import shep
herds and herdsmen from Scotland ? Let them
not dream of making as much by cotton as by
stock raising, for several years; for the high
price of meat is not accidental, bnt due to an ex
cess of demand over supply, that promises to
outlast, by a long time, tbe temporary scarcity
of cotton.
The impression gains ground in St. Lonis
that the burning of tho Republican office was
tho work of an incendiary. The total loas was
$160,000, with $1ih>,000 insurance.
Tbe Georgia Press.
The editor of tbe Sandersyille GeorgiarC apol
ogizes for lack W effitorial matter by saying he
has dysentery. He has been to Savannah, re
cently. - ' -j>|fi frirftft-r 1 itfcdA*: 1
There was a good rain yesterday at Talbotton,
which seemed to be general all over the county.
Thick clothes were comfortable next day.
Mr. Charles Mcrtz, an old and respected citi
zen of Thomasville, died Wednesday.
The Thomasville Enterprise under the head
“What is to be Done ?” says : There is a great
cry for corn in this section, and it can not be
obtained for lore or money. The corn-sellers
in the country have become alarmed, for their
oat crops, and eat off the supplies of com, lest
they should fall short of sufficient supplies for
the farms. Com is high here and everywhere,
but our wise farmers have all gone teeth and toe
nails into rhe ootton business. Suppose cotton
falls and yon have do 00m next year? What
then ?
Why the bankrupt court, and being sold out
lock stock and barrel, of course.
There were fine rains, Wednesday, at Colum
bus and Augusta. At Columbus some hail fell.
Tho Columbus Sun is satisfied the city coun
cil will subscribe $500,000, or more, to a road
from Columbus taRome or Kingston.
Mr. D. Averett, a merchant of Columbus,
lost a daughter, aged fourteen, a most lovely
girl, on Monday night.-' She died very suddenly.
On the 12th inst. Mr. A.’s son, aged 12 years,
died just as suddenly.
In the first boat race at Savannah, Wednes
day, tho “Queen” won in 7.46—a mile stretch.
In the second race, the “King Cotton” was the
victor. Time—7»20.' «•/ T-. , _ ."q ari - -T •*
~ The following is a list of the losers by the
Einstein forgery, at Savannah, ay far as known.
The entire loss is set down at $70,000:
Merchants’ National Bapi, $16,790, endorsed
by Meinhard Bros. A Co.; also, $7,000, endorsed
by G. Gemenden; Ketchum & Hartridge, $250,
endorsed by Meinhard Bros. This same house
holds two notes for $1,400 each; endorsed by A.
A. Solomons & Co., and it is known that one or
both have been altered, from $400 to $1,400.
Bltrn & Meyer, from $1,400 to $5,000 on paper
discounted by them. Jacob Tries, $900 on note
endersed by Meinhard Bros.; L. Fried, $2,000,.
on note endorsed by Meinhard Bros.; L. Fried,
£2,000, on note endorsed by Meinhard & Bros.;
J. T. Rowland, $2,000 on paper discounted;
Mayer & Co., from $1,000 to $1,500 on dis
counted paper; Savannah Bank and Trust,
something near $1,000. This note is said to be
genuine, thougliVhe parties,n-canlhat.it is a for T
David R. Dillon, a small amount, not known.
Besides this a note for $2,000, with A. S.
Gibbes’ name on it, has been discovered, and is
also a loss.
Tho gaming table is said to have swallowed
the money.
The Sandersville Georgian, of Wednesday,
says rains have been passing about that country
but in general the county is dry. Crops have
not suffered from drouth however. We are
satisfied that section had a fine min Wednesday
afternoon. 2-
Messrs. Yarborough and Huckabee, of Augus
ta, young gentlemen of the mercantile persua
sion indulged in $5 worth of kicking and shoot
ing Wednesday afternoon. Cheap sport, that
We find the following correspondence in the
Constitutionalist, of Wednesday:
Augusta,' Ga., May 21,1870.
To Col. J. II. Taylur, A. A. General, Depart
ment Georgia.- :
Sir : It is a matter of controversy among the
legal profession of this city as to whether the
General Commanding has complied with there-
qust of the Georgia Legislature relative to the
stay of executions on all matters prior to June,
1865. I have concluded, therefore, to apply to
headquarters .for positive information on the
snbjeot. If snoh order has been issued it will
come within your knowledge, and the informa
tion is respectfully requested from yon.
Very respeotfully,
John L. Elis.
Headq’es Military Diet, or Georgia,)
Atlanta, May 23th, 1870. )
Respectfully returned to Mr. Ells. I have not
approved and shall not approve the resolution
within referred to. Alfred H. Terry,
B. M. Gen’L
The Valdosta Times, of Tuesday ,says: There
has been no rain in this section for many days.
Gardens are burned np, and seed planted in the
gronnd have scarcely moisture enough to sprout.
In counties north of this, there has been no.
rain since March. The com crops are standing
it finely so far.
Rome is'fb have a steam saw mill in foil op
eration, in ten days.
The Marietta Journal says :
Com is growing finely. Cotton thrifty. Wheat
excellent, promises abundant harvest. Good
rains Tnesday ancT Wednesday above and below
here.
Passenger trans will commence to run regular
ly from Dalton to Selma, on Jnne 1st.
From all points on the line of railroad from
Chattanooga to Augusta, we have reports of
heavy rains this week.
Greensboro is cursed with the presence of a
lot of Gypsies who have been thieving and
swindling right and left.
The Griffin Star says Col. C. Peeples, of that
place, is seriously ill with inflammatory rheu
matism.
The Atlanta Era says:
Fatal Accident on the State Road.—Yes
terday afternoon abont 3 o’clock, as Mr. S. W.
Thornton, a coupler in the employ of the State
Boed, was in the act of getting on the tender
of the switch engine, New Hampshire, his foot
slipped, and the unfortunate man, falling be
tween the cars, was literally cut in two.
Mr. T. had his life insured in the Georgia
Mutual, of this city, for $5,000, but not being
able to make the first payment, the policy was
cancelled several - weeks ago. —...
The Atlanta Son, of yesterday says:
Maoon seems determined to have Mercer Uni
versity. Her people have resolved “that the
Mayor and Council of the city of Maoon are.re
quested to tender to the Trustees of Mercer Uni
versity a suitable site for the buildings needed
by the institution, and subscribe ($125,000)
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars,
payable in the bonds of the city, provided the
said institution is located at Maoon; the site and
bnildiDgs placed thereon to revert to the city if
said institution is ever removed to any other
place.” But the Trustees, before deciding the
matter, will count np the doetor’s bills.
To which insinuation we reply with this item
from the Constitution, of same date. “Trade
was brisk on Broad street yesterday evening.—
Echols sold several mowers and reapers, and
William Wood four coffins."
The Cowart Honse, Atlanta, occupied as a
boarding house by Mis. Jones, was burned
Thursday morning—* total loes. House insured
for $5,000, sad furniture for $1500.
The Constitution says:
We learn that daring the present w&k, Chief
Justice J. E. Brown purchased 240 sores of
land in Gordon county for $9,000.
The Oathbert Appeal, of Thursday, says
rains have been abundant and general through
out that seotion.
There was a furious rain and hail storm at
and around Oathbert on Wednesday. One farm
er had a heavy mule shelter blown down, s val
uable horse killed, and a mule badly crippled.
Three other animals were cut out and saved.
In an altercation at Cnthbert the day of the
recent fire, Daniel Taylor, a negro, was shot
and killed by Wm. Freeman, a white man.
The Albany Hews has the following items
Terrific Hail Storm.—Newton, Baker coun
ty, was visited by a severe hail storm on Wed
nesday afternoon. From information it must
have been very destructive to cotton and corn.
It fell in stones the size of an egg, and in such
quantities that buckets full were easily gathered
some time after the storm had passed over.—
We have no report of the damage, but fear it
was serious.
A Glorious Rain.—On Wednesday afternoon
the clouds “colligated” and torrents ponied upon
tbe parched earth. The rain came in the nick
of tame, and was abundant. It was a great
blessing, and we are rejoiced to learn extended
many miles.
The “Wend Democracy.”
The New York Commercial Advertiser (Rad.)
s^a: r -
The Democratic majority in the State Is over
eighty thousand; it is over twenty thousand
without New York. Indeed, it is claimed they
have carried the State without the aid of the
foreign vote in the oities of tto State. This
faot alone speaks volumes for the vitality of the
Demooratio party. Republicanism seems to be
palsiedtdmost everywhere in the State.
We commend these figures and tbe Adver
tiser’s opinions to the Radical pup-suokers and
hirelings who are eternally'soreeohing between
each mouthful of official rations—“the Demo
oratio party is dead.” Thoy know they lie—un
der a mistake—when they call it a corpse.
But dead or alive, nothing inspires them with
livelier fear than this same Demooratio party.
A skulking sneak-thief don’t fear the approach
of a policeman more than do these Radical
chaps the movements of tho Democrats. They
know that when Democracy moves it is right
against them and their strongholds, where, like
the robber barons of old, they hsve entrenched
themselves and stored their plunder. It is the
instinct of Democracy to grip rogue3 and plun
derers by the throat without ado, and shake
their ill-gotten gains from their hands and pock
ets. The mission of this lively corpse is to
punish all tyrants, and especially all mean,
smali-souled, cowardly tyrants, such as Radical
ism naturally breeds. They are to be inconti
nently kicked and enffed ont of the high places
into which they have bullied and swindled them
selves, and put to making atonement for their
evil deeds. No wonder these loyal howlers are
always calling Democracy dead and pelting its
imaginary coffins with stones. They know that
only when it is coffined, sure enough, will they
be safe. We can hardly blame them; for, un
til that day comes, they are living with ropes
around their necks. The New York Democrats
that shown them, too, how detuned unpleasant
that may fceoome when stretohed too taut.
Organs, big and little, bad better go back to
“rebel” and Ku-Ktux outrages for texts. Tbe
“dead Democracy” becomes rather a sickening
■abject when illustrated a fa New York. ’ “ l ;‘‘
A Point of Clmrcli Etiquette* « .
The New York Journal of Commerce, in
noticing the rejeotion by the M. E. Church,
Sonth, of the offer of union fromjthe M. E.
Church, North, says:
The Southern M.JE. Conference Jhave decid-
Northem branoh. “This determination will be
less disappointing to the Northern Methodists
than if an opposite coarse had been expected
by them. The proposition made by the North
ern Conference, was of a character, that evi
dently anticipated rejeotion— if it was not put
forward expressly to be rejected. Judged by
those rules of etiquette which apply as fully to
religious as to secular matters, the offer of the
Northern Commissioners could not have been
accepted without some humiliation and loss of
self-respect npon the part of the Southerners
In declining it they but acted as the dignitaries
of any Church in the world would act under like
circumstances.
The instructions given to the Commissioners
from the Northern Conference directed them
first to “confer with the late Commission from
the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church”
with a view to a union, and afterwards to nego
tiate with “similar Commissions from any Me
thodist Church that may desire a like union."—
The colored Methodist Church is here mention
ed by name and pnt first as the principal object
of Northern solicitude, while the great Southern
Church of the same denomination is only hinted
at in language which could not fail to be con
strued in the Sonth as an intentional slight.—
Had the Northern branch intended their over
tures to be rejected, they conld not have
phrased a set of instructions more direotly cal
culated for that end.
The Memphis Conference could not bnt re
gard it even as something more than a breach
of etiquette. They could not but feel ag
grieved that the Northern Chnrch should seem
to desire to effect a union with tho Colored
Church Sonth to tho exclusion of the great
Southern branch. To the latter it appeared, as
a matter of course, as if the Northern Metho
dists were trying to break up tho fraternal rela
tions which unite the white and colored Metho
dist organizations of the South, and they could
not be expected to do otherwise-than Tesent
such an effort by the unanimous action they
have taken.
If a reunion of the two great sections of the
M. E. Chnrch is ever to be effected, it can only
be done through the Southerners in terms suffi
ciently definite and. courteous, and free from
any semblance of political purposes. Tbe re
cent attempt was so awkward, and tbe failure
so bad, and the feeling left brand in tbe South
so very unpleasant, that wo do not cherish the
expectation that the broken Church will be re
joined for years to come.
Gens. Grant And Hancock.
The version published by the New York "World
of a curtreply recently made by President Grant
(through Gen. Sherman) to an application by
General Hancock for a change in his command,
has led to tho publication of the following cor
respondence, wnich is said to be a copy of let
ters on file in the War Department. Though it
does not contain tho precise language of tho re
ply as given by the World, the spirit and pnrpoit
are the same :
Headers. Armies of the United States,)
Washington, April 14, 1870. )
Gen. T7. S. Hancock, Commanding Depart
ment of Dakota, St. Paul, Minn.: ;
General—I have laid your dispatch of the
18th, from St. Lonis, before the President, who
authorizes me to say that yonr wishes and claims
for the succession to the command of the Mili
tary Division of the Paoifio, made vacant by
General Thomas’ death, were fairly considered,
and also yonr preference for tho Department of
the Missouri, in case of a change of commander,
were also known to him, but he has ordered
otherwise.
< The President authorizes me to say to you
that it. belongs to his office to select the Com
manding Generals of Divisions and Depart
ments, and that the relation yon choose to as
sume towards him,officially and privately,absolve
him from regarding yonr personal preferences.
The order announcing these changes will be
made public in a very few days, and they will
not tonch tbe Department of Dakota or the Mil-
litary Division of the Missouri.
I am, with respect, yours truly,
W. T. Sherman, General.
Headqurs. Department op Dakota, f
St. Paul, Minn., April 27.)
General TK T. Sherman, Commanding Army
of the United States, Washington, 1) C.;
General—Yonr letter has been received de
tailing the reasons the President gives why my
claims to a more important command should
not be regarded.
I intended by my dispatch to ask for a Divis
ion, if the existing Divisions wore all continued,
otherwise .for the Department of tho Missouri,
if changes made it practicable, not as a favor,
but as a claim to & command to which I thought
ray rank entitled me.
As the President leads mo to believe that be
cause I bare not his personal sympathy my pre
ferences for command will not be regarded,
notwithstanding my rank, I shall not again open
the subject, but will add, in conclusion, , that I
think it is an unfortunate precedent to establish,
that military rank in time of peace, especially
in the assignments of general officers to com
mands of Divisions and Departments, shall not
have the consideration hitherto conceded to it.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Winfield S. Hancock,
Major General, U. S. A.
The people of the United States are just abont
sick of the name of Bullock. - One can’t read
anything from Georgia which is not coupled
with Bullock.. Washington has had such a dose
of Bullock that if somebody would only extin
guish Bullock, wo dare say the capital would
cheerfully take up a subscription for that ‘ ‘some
body” as a national benefactor. A Senator re
marked last week that Congress had “Bullock
on the brain, and that Bnllock had Congress in
his breeches’ pockets. ” The idea is a little mixed,
but ’twill do to express the general feeling npon
the snbjeot of Bnllock. It is said that Bullock
has gone to Georgia and will break out afresh
in that State. This makes ns wish that there
were ho such things as newspapers, post offices
or telegraph stations in Georgia. What candil
date for a glorious immortality will take this
Bullock by the horns and give him his quietus ?
The people are yearning to erect a national mon
ument to somebody, and tho man who will ex
punge Bullock is the man they want.
Northern and Sonttern, Presliytepiaas.r
Lewisville General Assembly.
Reception of the Northern Delegates.
Cordial and Loving Speeches.
Wo copy from the Louisville Courior-Joumal
of Thursday the following highly interesting
report of the reception and speeches of the dis
tinguished delegates from the Philadelphia Gen
eral Assembly: —.aitfq 01
resolutions or the general assembly of the
PRESBYTERIANS OF THE NORTH.
Whereas, The' General Assembly believes
that the interests of the Kingdom of our Lord
throughout the country would’ be greatly pro
moted by healing all unnecessary divisions, and
Whereas. The General Assembly desires the
6peedy establishment of cordial fraternal rela
tions with tho General Assembly of the Presby
terian Chnrch of the United States, cofiamonly.
known as the Southern Presbyterian Church,upon
terms of mutual confidence, respect, Christian
honor, and love; and
Whereas, We believe that terms of re-union
between the two branches of tho Presbyterian
Chnrch at the North, now happily consummated,
present an auspicious opportunity for the ad
justment of relations ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That a committee of five ministers
and four elders be appointed by this Assembly
to confer with a similar committee, if it shall be
appointed by the Assembly now in session in the
city of Louisville, in respect to opening a
friendly correspondence between tho Northern
and Southern Presbyterian Churches, and that
the result of such conference he reported! to the
General Assembly of 1871..
Resolved, That with a view to the furtherance
of the object contemplated in the appointment
of said committee, this Assembly hereby con
firms the concurrent declaration of tho two As
semblies tfHch mbt in the city of New York last
year, viz: “That no role or precedent whioh
does not stand approved by both bodies shall be
of any authority in the 7 re-nnited body, except
in so far as such rule or precedent may affeot
the rights of property founded thereon.”
Resolved, That two ministers and one elder
of tho committee appointed by this Assembly
be designated as delegates to convey to the As
sembly now in session in Louisville, Ky., a copy
of these resolutions, with onr Christian saluta
tions.
J. Trumbull Backus, Moderator.
Cyrus Dickson, Permanent Clerk.
The Moderator invited the delegation to seats
on the stand, receiving first Dr. Backns, who
addressed the Assembly as follows;
ADDRESS OF REV. 3. TRUMBULL BACKUS.
-..Mr- J^ft^r0i«7- l &i^2%rSr' , A¥se^bTy‘oflhe
Presbyterian church now held at Philadelphia,
at an early period of its session, passed a reso
lution, whioh has been read to yon, appointing
a committee to wait npon yon with reference to
them. It might have been in due form bad
they simply sent you these resolutions in the
ordinary way, but they wanted to pay a mark of
respect to you, and appointed the committee to
come before you in person, and present their
Christian salutations and state before you the
spirit that animated that body.
I feel it a very high honor and a very great
privilege that I have been appointed upon this
mission, and as I stand here I feel at home in
this body. I look arouud me and see those with
whom I have been associated in my ministerial
lifo, and in the great work which calls you bore.
I see not a few with whom I entered that minis
terial life, living with them,, eating at the same
table and sitting in the same class-room, while
we songht to prepare ourselves for this work.—
Therefore yon may well know that I feel at
homo among you, and that your honor, your
happiness and yonr prosperity I feel to be bound
up with mine.
I need not, with these resolutions before yon,
undertake to speak of reunion. We did'not
come here to propose organio union;, we-are
not authorized by onr Assembly to do so; and
we are well aware that the time has not yet
como. But we have hoped that a conference of
brethren in mutual respect and in Christian
honor and love, might open a door by "which
this step can bo taken. And, sir, I feel that
there is so muoh tree piety in this chnrch and
in that to whioh I belong that *we cannot meet
without devising means which will attain this
end. And now, sir, may grace, mercy and
peace rest npon you and this whole audience
over which you preside.
Rev. Dr. Vandyke then came forward and
spoke as follows:
- . *: *. * - \ .:il - foil HlW■ • .' ill. : ..
ADDRESS OF REV. HENRY J. VANDYKE, D. D.
Mr. Moderator and Brethren—"VYhen-1 came
into your city audbeheld your rapidly increasing
growth and numbers, I thought how rapidly
peace brings plenty ont of the chaos of war, how
prompt are the instincts of commerce to provide
for future development; and I thought in my
heart that with such a bridge, with such strong
foundations connecting the North and the South
with closer ties, what should be the ties existing
between the two great bodies of Presbyterians
which we are appointed to negotiate between.
Sir, I confess that I am somewhat embarrassed
as to how I should proceed with my remarks. It
would be manifestly improper for me, in the
position which I occupy, to argue a question be
fore this Assembly; yet sir, I am exceedingly
anxious that every member of this Assembly
shall understand the true nature of the paper
before you, and if in the warmth of my feeling
I seem to speak out of my province, I throw my
self entirely upon your kindness and Christian
forbearance.
First—Wo are not here to make propositions
for an organio union between' the Churches.
We are not authorized to say anything npon that
subject, for we recognize the faot that neither
of the two bodies is prepared for the considera
tion of such a subject. We da not contemplate
an organic union, but something, higher, better,
without which a union would be a dead form.
What wo contemplate is a union in'the spirit
and in tho bonds of peace—a union which your
Master and mine prayed for when He stood with
His foot on the threshold of the holy of holies
and besought the Father that those who were
given to him might be one. -Sir, if these two
great bodies of Presbyterian Christians in the
United States can be made one in spirit, it will
send dismay into tbe ranks of onr common ene
my, and make more joy in heaven than the re
pentance of ninety-nine sinners.
I desire, in the first place, sir, to notice that
that paper does not propose to make an inter
change of corresponding delegates. We are
prepared to take that step, so far as I can judge,
and we come now to see, first, whether or not
you are prepared It only, proposes to appoint
a committee on each side to see whether we are
prepared. I desire you to notice next that it
neither makes nor asks any humiliating conces
sions. We"do not comehere to cry peccavi, and'
we do not ask you to do so; for I tell you that
Presbyterians can’t be reconciled in that way.
There is too much militant blood in them for
that. Their convictions are too deep and clear
for them to do so. I do not want you in any
way to humble yourselves before me, and I will
not consent. that the body which I represent
shall do such a thing; but let us humble our
selves before God and stand up face to face be
fore the world.
In the fourth place, that paper recognizes
tho existence of difficulties between ust—diffi
culties which stand in the way of even bd in
terchange of correspondence; and it proposes
a plan for their removal—a plan whioh L think
is consistent and scriptural, and promotive of
onr common good. It is the plan proposed by
the apostle Fanl, in the YI chapter of his epistle
to the Corinthians, in which he says:
“Dare any of yon, having a matter against
another, go to law before the nniost and not be
fore the sa nts ? Do yon not know that the
saints shal judge the world ? And if the world
shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to
judge tho smallest matters ?” Shall we then go
to the court of Cresar ? .
We have appointed nine men with especial
reference to their adaptation to this work, and
we aBk you to appoint ajmmiler committee in a
similar spirit, to see if all these difficulties,
.growing out of the questions of jurisdiction and
chnrch property, with all matters pertaining to
the past and future, can be settled in a Chris
tian spirit, and report the same to the General
Assembly.
, {J 1 ® fifth plaoe, I desire yon to notice the
faot that, preliminary to entering npon these
formal negotiations, and with a view to the
removal of all obstacles on all aides, tbe Gen-
eral Assembly has passed a resolution, whioh
deo^ares that no rule or proceeding which does
not Btand approved by both bodies shall be of
any authority in the reunited body, in go far
as such rule or precedent may affeot the rights
of property founded thereon.
Let me say, in regard to the concluding
clause, that it refers to ~
iuuu ui mo uoaro, it means simply 1
that, while we didn’t intend to repeal history
or the aots of the Assembly, those acts which
our Southern brethren considered offensive and
dangerous to them are deolared to he no longer
inforw. -They creaitaply laid upon the shelf.
If the aet of 1865-6 were in existence we could
not offer nor you aoeept any negotiations,
therefore, in a spirit of Christian kindness, we
have declared them no loDger in force. And
now, Mr. Moderator, I wish to say that I have
been familiar with this whole movement on the
part of the Philadelphia Assembly from its very
inception. I think I understand it as thorough
ly, with the intellect God has given me, as it
can be understood, and I would say as one
reason wby I am connected with it that I believe
it has been brought forth in kindness, baptized
in Christian love and designed solely to promote
the oause of Christ and the great Presbyterian
Churches of this land. Tbe unanimity of the
Assembly as now constituted is remarkable in
many respects, and to some, perhaps, surpris
ing. But to my mind nothing in the proceed
ings of that Assembly has so far been so unan
imous as the adoption of the resolutions now
before you; and the entire unanimity with
whioh both the Assembly and tbe Committee of
Delegates have acted convinces me that it is
not the work of man bnt the work of a better
spirit.
God, Mr. Moderator, is accustomed to pre
pare the hearts of his people for the events of
His providence. Yon and I have often noticed
in the case of old experienced believers what a
mellowness comes over the heart as they are pre
pared for their departure. We call that ripening
for heaven ; and I believe a similar mellowness
comes over the hearts of Christians to prepare
them for similar events which is the beginning
of heaven on earth. ■ I believe spih influences
have guided the Philadelphia Assembly to send
ns here.
And now, sir, after these few explanatory re
marks; allow me to say that I have endeavored
todisoharge what hasbeen the most difficult duty
ever imposed upon me. Iam perfectly aware
tliatl have discharged it in meekness, bnt I must
add at the same time, paradoxical as it may seem,
that it has been a delightful duty. It is delight
ful because it gives me the privilege of standing
here and'speaking to this Assembly, and to acj^.
dress you as its Moderator ; because it gives me
an opportunity to look upon your faces, many of
whom are familiar, and . all of whom I respect
and honor. It is delightful to me because it en
ables me to occupy, in some bumble degree, the
position of a peace maker. And now let me say
that when I stand in yonr presence my heart has
yearned towards yon with a - fondness whioh is
insuperable. My heart has yearned towards
yon with the fondness of a son whose father
and mother have quarreled, and who clings to
his mother, and with warm affection desires to
see them reconciled without stain or dishonor
to either. Now, is this feeling peculiar to my
self? There were other tears shed and other
hearts that beat with a quicker pulsation when
hearts anxiously waiting yonr response. And
now, if there be not a full fellowship of the
Spirit, let ns at least demonstrate to those we
represent that even if it be not possible that
our union be closer we shall at least recognize
each other as independent Christian bodies.—
And though we go np as different tribes to pos
sess the land, let ns go np as Israelitiee; Mid let
the banner over us be the banner with the cross
upon it—the banner of King EmanneL
Dr. Vandyke was followed by Hon. "VY. E,
Dodge, who spoke as follows:
ADDRESS OF HON. W. E. DODOS.
Mr. Moderator and Christian Friends—I can
not say, like my brother who preceded me, that
I fee’ at home on account of fraternal relations
hitherto existing between ns, bnt I have no hes
itancy in saying to yon, as I look into yonr
faces this morning, that I do feel at home be
cause I am in the midst of Presbyterian breth
ren and Christian brethren. "When I had the
honor of this appointment and returned to my
hotel, I told my wife I was expected to leave
for Kentucky, and that I hesitated about leaving
the duties end responsibilities then resting up
on me. She said to me : “Husband, this is
God s calling ; go bear the love of this Assem
bly to tbe Assembly of the South, for God has
called yon to the duty.”
My brethren who have preceded me have re
ferred to tbe unanimous vote on the these reso
lotions whioh we bear you, but it is hardiy pos
sible for'us to convey to you the feeling of that
vast assembly of six hundred delegates and the
galleries, who, not satisfied with the unanimous
Yoto, broke out, contrary to all tho rules of the
Assembly, in one universal demonstration of
satisfaction that the Assembly at Philadelphia
was sending sentiments of love and affection to
its brethren assemble in Kentucky.
And now we are here,, dear friends, to say
that we bear from the Northern Chnrch to the
Southern Chnrch love, affection, Christian
and Christian confidence. And now
that'the clouds of onr darkness have passed
away, and light begins to break, letus, animated
by Christian sympathy and love, strive only to
excel each other in the cause of the Divine
Master. As we stand looking over this broad
land, this mighty field of love and labor, let ns
not engage in altercations among ourselves, but
nnite hand in hand and heart to heart in build
ing np the canae of Christ.
We are all Presbyterians, and if we cannot be
a unit let ns have snch kind and friendly rela
tions that we shall be ready to sympathize with
each other and side with each other in advanc
ing the cause of onr Redeemer, “forgetting the
things which are behind and looking to those
that are before,” and the prize of our high call
ing in Christ Jesus. Let ns look to the great
reward that is before us. Let us feel the re
sponsibility resting npon us; let us labor and
pray that the spirit of God may descend npon
our churches and upon ns as individuals, thus
softening and warming our hearts, that we may
forget, in the fullness of our love, our former
dissensions. We have taken this journey of
sixteen hundred miles nearly, to stand these
few moments before you, and to say that we
love you, esteem yon, and hold yon to be our
Christian brethren—that we have no nnkind
feelings in onr hearts:
Permit me to say, as a layman and as a North
ern merchant, that in looking over the Sonth we
merchants remember the relations which form
erly existed between us, and we would love to
have them renewed, not from any selfish motive,
but that there may be cordiality, confidence and
love between us. Now that God in His Provi
dence has united the world by the swift rail
road and the swifter telegraph, should we not
pray that the North and the South be united in
one grand unit of American citizenship, rejoic
ing together and building np this heritage on
earth. -t 5 . a-iti *: .
May God bless you, sir, and this Assembly,
these men and women, with the spirit of peace,
loveand joy in the Holy Ghost.
RESPONSE or REV. R. >L. DABNEY, D. D.
Gentlemen of the Delegation—It becomes my
duty, on behalf of this General Assembly, to
reciprocate the kind sentiments which yon'have
just given expression to. I know that I can
with safety express, on behalf of my brethren,
a great pleasure and satisfaction for the kind
and courteous terms in which you have ac
quitted yourselves of your task. I know
that no. Presbyterian can look back to
our co-operation of many years without
feeling of sensibility. The words of peace
are indeed sweet, venerable words; and it
would ili-beoome any brother, much leas any
minister in Christ, to feel otherwise than that a
spirit of love and Christian amenity should
prompt us in the reception of assurances of
your kind and Christian regard. Whether it is
consistent with this great obligation that we
should be united is the question presented for
our consideration. Wo are not insensible of
this lesson of the Apostle when ho says, “the
fruits of righteousness are sown in peace,” and
that ho further says, “the wisdom whioh is
from above is first pure and then peaoeable,
cheerful and easy to be entertained, full of mer
cy and good fruits, without partiality and with
out Lypocraoy.” The Assembly has heard the
very cordial and generous sentiments and dec
larations whioh you have made, and I have no
doubt will, through its own appointed voice,
give answer in an equally respectful and cordial
manner. "T-.SSvaK
With every assurance of our personal consid
eration, we would affectionately invite you to
remain, as spectators, with us, in the considera
tion of the interests of Zion, as long as yonr
convenience will allow.
At the conclusion of the remarks of Dr. Dab
ney, Dr. Robinson offered the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That this body, duly appreciating
the marked courtesy and kindness of the Gene
ral Assembly now sitting in Philadelphia, i
commissioning of brethren so peculiarly accep-
table to us a delegation to be the bearer of its
resolutions to the Assembly, will take into care
ful consideration the preposition presented by
them, and that, in order to proper deliberation
tind care npon so important a matter, these res
olutions, together with the message and exposi
tion of the delegation, be referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Correspondence with instruc
tions to report at the earliest possible time, rec
ommending an answer to the proposition.
mw Condition ®r Georgia . -I
Prospects—Inducements
gratlon. *>
Extract from a private letter from a Ctu,
yer, in Georgia, to Ms father, in thi, cUtT 1 *!
This country is filling up rapidly -
keen, and a very good olass too. so gT 1 V
nuflr>1 ner Mnullv 4c* kma. “*■ T...
get here the better it will be for von^f hi I
ties coming South for the purpose ^
here travel half fare over the Southern rJf^l
or most of them. All those that h a «‘"S
here are doing well, so far, except on«\>
who knew nothing about fannies '>]
men had better not come, unless thev L. HI
tal, and plenty of it. But men wWW ^ 1
capital, knowing how to nse it, and are J-HI
work, can do, afl things considered, betu, EI, l
than in any country known of. \’ s ‘ _r |
who has been here since 1865, remark^ 6 Hi
CAn' Brow. RnnepBRfitim .1) tv... It, I
is a surer crop, and never winterddfk^H I
oats and rye. Com does well, but don't vi u
acre as much. This is a very backward ,
yet our Irish potatoes are in full bloom ™
is headed out and in full bloom. Garden da
plentiful, so are strawberries. We sowwwH I
****** ««* VAA.J uajx, Name e^ertreC I
does there, he can’t help doing better. He * j
expect disappointment, and bad crops t ^ 1
hero as any where, butin no place on earths ? I
grow such a variety. If liis wheat rusts
fails, it never winter kills here, he can ri
com and sweet potatoes, and make a pood
on tho same ground. One great nustakA 0 '*
Southern planters make is this: they folio ^
same old rule, plant eotton and purchase
thing else. Any man who does so win
hard, and live, and die a poor man. Those ■
follow the opposite rule are, without exeeJhf
doing well. They are out of debt, have civ’
hand, and plenty to eat. They are th« ~rS
class who had anything when the war wm a?
Chicago Times. T(l
Work It Out.
Wo copy, from the Philadelphia Ledger tfc i
following arithmetical problem, with an ia%
tioh to “cipherers” to work it out:
A liquor agent of a New England town
tbe office for one year, .at the close of which)!
gave the following statement of his *
viz:
Amount of oaah received upon assuming
the office.. jj-i I
Value of liquor received at same time i; .4 j
Cash received for sales of liquor during
thevear , ictifl
a——. r -.a u^uur nought daring
Amount of salary of agent..
Value of liquor on hand at the end of the 1
.1 J®"— £ I
Does the agent owe the town or does the ton]
owe the agent ? and how much? 1
Alexander H. Stephens.
A letter from Crawfordsville, Ga., the la, I
of Horn Alexander H. Stephens, says: I
I spent the day recently with Mr. Stephan, 1
at his residence here, (Liberty Hall,) ThhkJ
an unassuming country house—a white f.-mj
building, erected with an eye to comfort sa j
convenience, which end its proprietor has mx I
successfully attained. It is the cosiest, coo:* [
most inviting bachelor’s retreat I ever visited-]
opening upon a grassy lawn, unusual oaks.h]
casts, etc. I found Mr. Stephens looking
pale and emaciated, reclining in his invalid chu 1
and intently discussing some law points in I
murder case with a legal friend. Though a-J
tremely feeble, when interested or excited he ]
would sit np erect, his remarkable eye wodi I
sparkle with its old fire, and he would addral
his hearers in an animated and always courat I
ing strain. It is his oostom, when the wMtht I
is fine, to sit in his easy-ohair in his veradii, I
and, as he converses, wheels himself slowly I
back and forth by a convenient arraugema: I
which costs him but little offort, arid, as he says, j
exercises and strengthens his arms and cheat j
When the snn gets low he calls for his cruets I
and hobbles slowly over the lawn and ihrosjl
his Well-kept garden, in which he seems mu I
interested. Having bnt a partial use of ha I
legs, Mr. Stephens walks with difficulty on Id
crutches. He says his hip is dislocated, ini
thinks he will never be able to lay his crutch*
aride.
What the Telescope is Doing.—Qno of Ik
largest telescopes in the world, it is wellkncm
is owned by the Chicago University. The if I
tined work.of this wonderful instrument is kj
make, in connection with nine chief obeem I
tones of Europe and America, an entirely ta I
catalogue of 250,000 m*ra, determining Ik I
right ascension and declination of each pardcu- j
lar star, so that by observing its position, a 1
tronomers may, in far off ages, be ? ble to pit-1
nounce authoritatively on its motion, and XI
declare in what direction it has proceeded I
through the illimitable voids. At tins nomad I
it is slowly and surely performing its sublim I
work, and furnishing those far-off astronoma |
the data upon which to base their eajculatica]
respecting that mighty problem, tho direct:
lion of the snn through space. '
When this is solved, data wil' also hi
abundant for liJCating the position (f the g^l
central sun,, around which million^ upon mil
lions of other suns, popularly dtoominatal
stairs, do, in all probability revolve. The lahffl
being divided among the ten principal oj
seryatories in the world, Will make the shtff
of its falling to the Chicago observatory, -’V]
000—upon each of which the most cirewl
observations will be made and recorded. SI
will require about ten years to aceompi
this stupendous work, and when it is 4*1
we may expect some most important r
nomical discoveries.—The Index.
Hew Higgins Gently Broke the Sw
Prom the Galaxy.
“Yes, I remember that anecdote,’’ the S*1
day school superintendent said, withiheaf
pathos in his voice and the old sad look iaj-jl
eyes. ‘‘It was about a simple creature udsJ
Higgins, that used to haul rock for old Mfll
by. When the lamented Judge Bagley trippl
and fell down the court-house stairs and br»J
his neck, it was a great question how to bi®|I
the news to poor Mrs. Bagley. Bat fii*|
the body was put into Higgin’s wagon *m*|
was instructed to take it to Mrs. B„ but
very guarded and disorcet in his lauding
and not break the news to her at once, out*
it gradually and gently. When Higgle
there with his sad freight, he shouted tui *
Bagley came to the door. Then he said:
“Does the widder Bagley live here?
“The widow Bagley ? No, sir!” .
“I’ll bet she does. But have it your
way. Well, does Judge Bagley lives be!*' |
“Yes, Judge Bagley lives here.”
“I’ll bet Be don’t But never nui. r
ain’t for me to contradict Is the Judge u-
“No, not at present’ 1
“ I jest expected as much. Bean*,
know—take hold o’ suthin, mum, for 1 * jj
going to make a little communication, I
reckon may be it’ll jar you some. bPJ
been an aocident,” mum. I’ve got iw ,1
Dangers or thi Bra.—An English *1
Trade has just been startled by the re*w* ^,1
investigations into tbe condition of B< *rgl
vessels. The great age of many of tlw ,
employed not only in the trans portitR®
uublo cargoes, but of passengers, wm
ally alarming feature of the report m** I
Board. ^
Eighty years and over was a oom’fJL#1
The report addnoed this as a proof of
struotibility of tbe marine. Bn* r ? een M4 ail|
on the British coast have proved
more in another direction. In the anj“r pi
winter of 1863 there were 930 wreck*pi
same season of 1866 there were 790; )|
total number of wrecks in 1867 M
1859 there were 343 ships destroyed <a,gl
coasts in one gale. It is not to be |
a moment that these were all properly
manned and loaded, and it is known “r j
were chiefly the oldest. We mention w’m
tish instance, but the same ttcXsi yl
marine of other countries. At til
very painful experiences of the last »* ^1
should awaken the public mind to
subject, no as to induce some systems
ed of insuring perfsei arrangements
proceeding to sea.
Convicted or Murder.—At
Com! last week, Jeff. Nisbett and II
son, colored, were tried and eonviot ^ t\
murder of John Jordan, oolored, for ^
T. C. Nisbett’a plantation.