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THE TELEGKAPH
MACON, FRIDAY OCTOBER 16, 1868.
The Slave Trade.—'The Charleston Mer
cnry, in an editorial article, shows that out
of 38,776 negro slaves imported into South
Carolina only 2000 were brought in by the
Carolinians. • • ,
Connecticut.—Governor English was in
Washington on the 8th. He represented the
Democracy of the Nutmeg State in the best
possible spirits, and the Radicals correspond
ingly depressed. He had an interview with
the President in the afternoon.
The Congressional Election.—This elec
tion, as we are informed, has been postponed
by act of the Legislature till nest February.
We have not seen the act, of the act prescrib
ing uniformity or ballots. We hope our At
lanta cotemporaries will produce them for the
information of the people.
EQUALITY, SOCIAL AND .POLITICAL
General Grant, according to the corres
pondent of the Independence Beige, whose
letter was published yesterday, declares that
the North has “ decreed the political and so
cial equality of the blacks and whites in the
South.” But a greater than General Grant,
the God of Nature Himself, has prohibited it.
This is the first direct announcement of social
equality we have had from an authoritative
exponent of Radical politics. Even the
Tribune has heretofore" ridiculed and de
nounced the idea that the Republican party
sanctioned any such dogma as the social
equality of the races. The Radicals, says the
Tribune, demand only equality before the
law—a legal and political equality merely.
Grant, according to the Independance Beige,
is the herald of a new and advanced revela
tion of “liberty, equality and fraternity, dem
ocratic and social.”
To carry out, in defiance of constitutional
law and in violation of the whole republican
theory, the politicalequality doctrine, the Na
tional Treasury has been bankrupted, and
the trade and financial and social condition
of the country kept in a condition of perpet
ual disorder and derangement. Who can esti
mate the positive loss to the Government and
the country indicted by this attempt of the
Radical party to compel the Southern States
to recognize and establish the political equal
ity of the negroes. Nor is half the mischief
yet apparent.
There is hardly a reasonable doubt that in
the perpetration ot this violence upon the
South a course of events has been initiated
which at no very distant day will eventuate
in the emasculation of our whole republican
system, the loss of the public liberties and
the repudiation of the national debt. The
States which have lent themselves to the work
of degrading the Southern States in order to
degrade the suffrage, will learn to their sor
row that they, too, must be brought under
the yoke and made to conform to the South
em pattern.
But all this is the mere .beginning, if the
Federal Government is to push its conquests
still further, and, advancing beyond political
equality, undertake to establish the “ decree"
of a social and fraternal equality of the races.
Nearly every public disorder and trouble in
America has sprung from that all-consuming
passion of the North to prostitute the Govern
ment from the simple constitutional ends of
government into purposes of (so-called) reli
gious, moral and material reformation and
improvement. Not content with the grand
office of a common protector and conservator
of law, order and public justice—it must be
used to assail slavery and intemperance—to
build roads and bridges—establish banks,
schools, colleges and hospitals, and foster and
promote this and that business by bounties
and protective tariffs. The North never had
any idea of a Government which should con
tent itself with plain, constitutional func
tions, leaving the work of social, moral, and
religious and industrial reform to the volun
tary action of the people.
But wemay well say that this last “decree” of
the North, as set forth by General Grant, in
volves the most difficult and expensive job
they have yet undertaken on behalf, of the
Government. To establish universal social
equality with the negro! Who will count
the cost of the undertaking ? The voice of
Nature must be stifled, and all the instincts
and tastes of the people be revolutionised.—
It is a great thing to be at the head of an ar
my, and to have plenty of bayonets at com
mand, but we cannot see that Grant’s bayo -
nets will serve any substantial purpose in
this business. They may enforce-edicts to
compel the admission of the blacks into
churches, theatres, schools, railway cars,
steamboats, etc., but unless they compel the
whites to enter and divide occupancy, they
may still fail to produce the desired social
amalgam.
In short, the whole idea is absurd and im
practicable, though perhaps not more so than
other political schemes of the Radicals al
ready on foot, If Grant really entertains the
nptions attributed by the Independance
Beige, the country is only just on the thresh
old of its troubles.
HOX B." H. HII.Ii OX THE POLITICAL
> ■ V.*^ V. SITUATION.
New York, Oct. 3, 1S68.
To the Editor cj the Herald:
In the Herald of this morning is an article
headed, ‘•Southern Democratic Leaders in
New York,” and among the number my own
name is mentioned.
Allow me, first of till, to say I am no party
leader; never have been, never expect to be.
Allow me, in the next place, to say I did
not come to New York to “drink wine or eat
fine dinners,”and have not been so engaged
I came North to ascertain, if I could, the
exact temper, views and purposes of the
Northern people, and the probable result of
the political contest now being waged. To
one who has studied and learned to admire
the system of American government, Federal
and State, limited and reserved with harmo
nious boundaries fixed for each by plainly
written constitutions, the examination has
not been encouraging.
Shaken to its foundations by a criminal
war occasioned by a fanatical discussion
about the rights and capicities of some sav
ages imported as chattels for speculation from
the jungles of Africa, the question now is,
whether these savages, being now confessedly
free and certainly greatly improved by South
ern masters, this great system of government
can again be made harmoniously stable and
the freedom of the white race maintained
and of all races perpetuated ?
I find the Republicans meeting this great
question by proposing to “maintain and per
petuate” measures which are “outside of the
Constitution;” which avowedly seek to dis
franchise and degrade white people for no
reason but that of a vindictive hatred of
section against section and wbicb pretend,
in the most unnatural way, to elevate tbe ne
gro by leading bim, ignorant and credulous,
promisingly to equality, but really to ruin,
as tbe butcher tempts with his bundle of hay
deluded sheep to the slaughter pen.
I find the Democrats meeting this most
palpable insanity of the Republicans by ex
hausting all their powers upon a cent per cent,
argument about bonds, gold and greenbacks.
I find the capitalists more insane than the
political leaders, taking sides with the Re
publicans in this issue, and are lavishly spend
ing their means to maintain and perpetuate
measures which subvert the Government and
destroy the industrial energies of the country
in order to make the Government stable and
its resources ample to pay their bonds. Min
isters ot religion are executing their noble
commissions as peacemakers by abandoning
the gospel and urging their hearers to join
day keeps their peisons, their property and
their lamilies in danger of pillage, rape and
burning ?
Of what value ; is it to the North to force
upon the South Governments which will en
able deluded negroes to select for South Car
olina and Georgia Governors and Represent
atives from Vermont and Massachusetts ?
You say General Grant will be elected.—
Possibly, so. I cannot fix a limit to fanatical
infatuation.’ If he shall be elected and shall
administer the Constitution according to his
oath he will have no more cordial supporters
than the Southern people. If he shall admin
ister the Chicago platform, as be stands
pledged contrary to his oath, he may find
submissive subjects, but no honest supporters
at the South and no free constituency in
America.
The South asksnothing but what the North
promised—equality under the same Constitu
tion. Georgia asks no power to make a Con
stitution for her internal affairs, or to change
that Constitution, which is not conceded to
and exercised by-Illinois. TVill a President
chosen from Illinois concede'that claim ac
cording to the Constitution, cr will he deny
it according to the Chicago platform ?
With a pledge to carry out the platform,
without even an allusion to the Constitution
either in the platform or the pledge, will the
people of America risk the rights and the
freedom of every man merely to confer an
empty honor on one man, however great.”
B. H. Hill:
Negro Legislators and Office-Holders
Georgia and Texas—Cotton—Galveston
Ship , 170,000 Bales—New Democratic
Organ In Houston.
Humors of the Southern Situation.
From the Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Gazette and Comet.
A good illustration was given recently in
this parish by a negro, in a speech on negro
equality, as follows: “My friends, God a
mitymade de white man white. He made
de black man black; no body can’t make’em
nuffin else. Yon know de turkey be roost on
de fence, and de goose he roost on de ground.
You pull deturky off a fence, and he get up
again. You crap his wings, but some how,
or nudder, he guine to get back on de fence.
Now, you put ae goose on de fence and he
fall off, he don’t b’long dar. Now dats white
man an nigger; whiteman roost on de fence,
nigger on de gfound.”
From the Oktibbeha (Milt.) Jfetet.]
One of the Radical candidates for the Legis
lature iu Choctaw county has a little boy
about fourteen years old who fell in love and
engaged himself to one of the neighboring
girls. His father learning the fact, hunted
the young man up, gave him a good whip
ping and sent him home. The little fellow
started on his way crying and met one of the
the work of maintaining a policy wfiose j neighbors, who inquired what was the mat-
only fruits in the past here been, and whose ter. The little fellow replied that his father
Grant—And Then.—Assuming Grant’s
election as a certainty, the New York Herald
thus looks beyond tbe 4th of March:
“But what will be the policy of General
Grant ? In adhering strictlv to the Con
stitutional Amendment fourteen ho will
leave the reconstructed States to settle this
disturbing question of negro suffrage for
themselves; and if so, within a year or two,
by the law of gravitation, the vote of the
black laborers will be in the hands of their
white employers from Virginia to Texaf..—
But this amendment says that Congress
shall have the power by appropriate legis
lation to enforce its provisions, and the
Congress elected with Grant may thus un
dertake the reconstruction overagain of the
States reconstructed and which are now sup
posed to stand on the same footing as New
'York and New Jersey. What then? Then
we may look for a reconstruction of parties,
beginning with the clashing and disintegra
tion of the diverse elements of the Republi
can party in Congress and ending with the
restoration of the Democratic party to power
on a new and substantial foundation. At all
events, we expect that the musson of the
Republican party will be ended with Grant’s
administration, and that after him a new
Jjarty wifi come to the front, and that the
present Radical faction will disappear among
the things of the past.
Gen. Sherman writes a letter to the “Boys in
Blue” at Philadelphia. He does not believe that
an officer wh» is In the army for life, and expects
to servo under different administrations, ought to
take an active part in politics, but he begs that no-
one “will doubt his respect for, and absolute con
fidence in Gen. Grant.”
JIr. Henry Carter Lee, great grandson
of Light-horse Harry and nephew of General
Robert E. Lee, and Mjss Sallie JJ. Johnston t
niece of General Joseph E. Johnston, were
recently married at Abingdon, Virginia.
only fruits in the future can be riots, hate
and bloodshed. Amid all this Babel discord,
of political and moral confusion of the North
ern people, I find but few who seem to re
member that there is a written Constitution,
and that those who are chosen to administer it
must be sworn “to support,protect and defend
it.” It is most significant that in the whole
Chicago platform and the letters of accept
ance from the nominees thereon, this Consti
tution is not mentioned nor even alluded to. Its
builders remembered there was a negro, but
forgot there was a Constitution. I have heard
and read long speeches from the notorious
(called distinguished) political leaders, who,
I do believe, have never so much as read the
Constitution, and most certainly have not
read its history nor understood its meaning.
Statesmen have abandoned the Constitu
tion ; clergymen have abandoned the bible;
and the people are losing both freedom and
religion. Nothing in the North—not even
its great cities and wonderful material devel
opments—stands out so prominently to view
as this startling truth.
If the Union can be cordially restored and
the resources of the country thereby be de
veloped, this Government will be able to pay
the existing debt, even if three times as great
as reported. In this contingency there need
be no debate as to whether the debt shall be
paid in currency or gold; for then tbe credit
of the Government will be restored and cur
rency will be equal to gold.
If the Union cannot be cordially restored
and the resources of the country thereby be
permitted to be developed, the existing debt
will not be paid; nay, not ten cents on the
dollar; for in that event the resources of the
country will be consumed in a process of sub
verting the Government, and some other
Government which did not contract the debt
will take its place, either in the form of Red
Republican anarchy or a military dictator
ship.
How can the Union be cordially restored
By returning to the Constitution.* How will
the government be subverted ? By the Amer
ican people deciding to “maintain and per-
perpetuate” a policy outside of the Constitu
tion. Inside of the Constitution a Union
freedom, increased prosperity, restored credit
and bonds payable. Outside of the Consti
tution Union, freedom, prosperity and credit
will perish together.
The reconstruction policy of Congress has
cost hundreds of millions already. It has
lessened the productions of the South one
hundred millions each year of its existence.
It has depreciated the value of Southern
property to one-fourth its value in 1866. It
will cost the Federal Government hundreds
of millions more to “maintain and perpetu
ate” this assured success,” this wholesale de
struction. It will lessen the productions of
the South more than one hundred millions
per annum, and, wickedly enticing the poor
negroes from the fields of plenty into loyal
leagues of hate and into armed companies of
death, will for years desolate the South
Can you maintain the Union, promote
prosperity, restore good will, stimulate
philanthropy, modify Southern temper, re
strain “rebel outrages” and pay tbe bonds by
“maintaining and perpetuating” such a
policy ? But I am told that the victorious
North is ready to fight again and millions of
boys in blue” will march under their great
leader, General (then President) Grant, and
“make the conquered rebels submit to this
negro equality and social ruin.” You will ?
Bravo! But stop,.courageous fool, answer
me; how will that restore the Union and pay
the bonds ? It is so brave for these, well
equipped and after a long, hard straggle, to
conquer one poorly equipped and then boast
about it and call tbat one a coward, and so
magnanimous to crush that one and force
him to accept an equality with the negro
which the Northern States repudiate for
themselves. Stop all this new form of
treason, and stop the miserable policy
of reconstruction which is its fruit.—
The South wants peace. She is im
poverished and needs it. She was prom
ised it on terms of equality if she would
surrender, and is entitled to it. She has kept
her Appomattox bond in good faith, and
every Northern soldier is, in honor, her
endorser while she keeps that bond. Will
they join and will their chief lead the politi
cians in this negro assault on the pence of
the South and the honor of the North.—
Take away these carpet-baggers and send
us the laborers, farmers, machinists and
capitalists ot the North by taking away this
miserable reconstruction jiolicy which sends
us the first and keeps away the last. We
have peaceful, fertile, cheap houses for 30,
000,000 of Northern people who will come
to help us build up the country whose sky is
the brightest and whose fruits are the sweet
est on the earth. But we have no place for
a white carpet-bagger who come3 to take
control of the negro and breed hate and
strife to get office.
Among your hundreds of thousands of
readers are bankers; brokers, millionaires,
merchants, skillfnl accountants and learned
gentlemen. Can you induce them to consider
and solve the following problems ?
How effectually can the Union under the
Constitution be restored by measures outside
of tbe Constitution ?
had whipped him because he wanted to
marry.
“Why, my son,” said the neighbor, “I
would not care for that—plenty of time in
five years for you to marry.”
“Yes, but I do,” replied the little fellow,
blubbering, “I have got a chance to marry a
white gal now, and the way dad’s going on
I’ll have to marry a nigger.”
Beast Butler’s Case.—Tbe independent
Radicals ot Butler's District held an oppo
sition Convention, in Salem, on the 5th, and
run Richard H. Dana, Jr., against him. It
will gratify the outside world to know that
some of the Radicals, in Massachusetts, are
beginning to doubt the moral elevation of
his character. The Chairman of the opposi
tion Convention, on taking the Chair, re
marked :
The opposition to Gen. Butler is not based
entirely upon his pernicious political opin
ions, but upon the following grounds, which
tbe Speaker read: Because he was self-
willed, arrogant, headstrong, domineering, of
violent temper and bitter hatred, intractable,
implacable, unconciliatory, his great govern
ing passion seem3 either to rule or ruin. 1
friend, if you submit; an enemy, if you re
sist. He is persistent, unyielding, bold, bent
upon his own way, upon all hazards; artful
and adroit. In private life, not without gen
erous qualities; but in public life, knowing
no scruples, of great abilities, not troubles
with modesty, devoid of moral sensibilities,
of keen wit, but abusive and violent in speech
and declamation, with his faculties all sharp
ened and acute.
Richmond, Texas, Sept. SO,. 1868.
The action of your Legislature, in unseat
ing the negro members, as they were consti
tutionally ineligible,meets the hearty approv
al of all that I have heard express any opin
ion on the subject, and it is a staple article
of conversation here.
Laws to be obeyed, must be enacted by
body whose character and intelligence com
mand the respect of the governed, and they
must be enforced by men who know the dif
ference between sheep-sorrel and a sorrel
sheep. Those, who, but yesterday, obeyed
the rod of a master, are not the material to
make and execute laws for the Anglo-Saxon
race. A case in point, occurred in an ad
joining county not a great while ago.
young gentleman, of good character, found
negro in the act of skinning a stolen veal
Thinking a good constitutional flogging
would be fully as efficacious as a berth in the
county jail, the young man administered it.
This was unwise, and I am not trying to jus
tify it fully. A warrant was issued for the
young gentleman’s arrest, and the Deputy
Sheriff, in whose hands it was placed, sum
the righ|f of holding office. A perfect pan
demonium reigns there supreme, and Me-
phistophiles, in the person of the demon
Brownlow, grins in fiendish satisfaction, con
templating the carnival of lawlessness and
crime.
Notwithstanding there is a well furnished
executive mansion at Austin, his military
excellency, Gov. Pease, boarded out during
the sitting of the Convention. The latch of
his door was not hung on the outside. It is
thought hi3 excellency adopted this little
ruse in order to avoid bringing his sensitive
nasal organs in too close and frequent con
tact with the Hon. Mr. Ruby and other mem
bers of the Convention, of African descent,
and de African scent.
Mr. Ruby, represents Galveston county,
and is a mulatto from Belfast, Maine.
He is a gentleman of gigantic self-impor
tance, whose political aspirations are by no
means of pigmy proportions. He is aiming
3t nothing less than the Lieutenant Governor
ship of the Lone Star State. That is pretty
towering for a new comer, is it not ? He ri
vals your distinguished man, Bradley, from
Sing Bing. Do you not think he does ?
If we ever have an election, it is likely that
Ruby will be accorded the candidacy, but he
How long will it take to pay the public
debt by expending hundreds of millions to
destroy the industry of the country, and in
maintaining by the bayonet a policy outside
of the Constitution, which thefbayonet, ne
groes and false courts alone established ?
ITow long will it take to improve the tem
per of .Hie Southern people bv continuing
that 'policy Which alone has disturbed that
A Rainy Sunday in Macon.
From the Griffin Star.]
We were recently caught over Sunday in
Macon on a very gloomy occasion. It had
been raining for several days, and the sun had
not made its appearance for the same length
of time. “The streets were deserted, no trav
eler in sight,” and general stagnation and
gloom overshadowed the city. We sauntered
into one of her magnificent Churches, and had
the good fortune to listen to one of Georgia’s
most eloquent Divines. But he he had a
beggarly audience, in point of number, by
which we discovered that Macou very much
resembles Griffin, in one particular—its piety
is more apparent in fair weather than in foul
—in fact fine cloth are essential to the general
development of Church going Sunday Chris
tianity.
On this occasion the clergyman selected a
subject which gave him an opportunity to
severely thrash out the delinquents of his
flock who could not brave the inclemency of
the weather to avail themselves in his minis
trations; he gave these fair ■ weather Chris
tians a wholesome and well deserved castiga
tion, but inasmuch as they were not there to
hear, we suppose it did not disturb their
equilibrium to the extent ijt. otherwise
might. \ " ,
We couldn’t help thinking that’ it would
have been better taste to have reserved this
discourse until he could have got hold of the
culprits, and in the meantime give us faithful
ones, who did turn out, a few consolatory if
if not complimentary words of encourage
ment The discourse was, however, able and
eloquent, and we felt that “where two or
three are gathered together” they may have
a good time as well as a multitude.
In the evening we strolled about some, and
noticed many magnificent residences, which
are the abodes of luxury and wealth, and we
hope happiness.
Macon is slowly and substantilly building
up, and improving her already large and
beautiful limits. The new warehouse just
completed, opposite Byington’s Hotel, is a
grand affair, costing about eighty thousand
dollars, and covering a vast space. It is
built by a joint stock company of solid
Macon capitalists, and it is thought will
seriously affect the business of the old vrare-
houses of Third street. If they can “buck
against” the popularity and capital of
Hardeman & Spark they will prove to be a
heavy team, surely.
The Hollingsworth block, just completed,
in the same locality, is also a remarkable
large and well constructed block—In fact the
finest, to bo so large, that we know of in the
State. We noticed several other new build
ings in process of erection, and many other
indications of increased and increasing pros
perity in our sister city, which we were glad
to sec. We also received very kind at
tentions, as usual, from the Messrs. Browns,
of that peerless hotel, and from those clever
souls, tbe Colliers—father and son—of the
elegant Lanier House, which they have just
taken charge of. Macon is a solid, substan
tial, hospitable and refined community of
people, for whom we entertain profound re
spect and the best wishes. May we not in
dulge the hope that however it may at times
befoul weather outside their doors, it may
ever be fair within—whether in the mansion
of the proudest or in the humblest cottage ?
will not get votes enough to secure the office.
He beat Judge Bell, who once occupied a
seat on the Supreme Court bench in this
State, for President of the Loyal League.—
That has turned the poor fellow's head.
Cotton is arriving pretty freely at Galveston
and Houston, but only few sales are effected.
Galveston expects to ship this commer
cial year 170,000 bales. But before its close,
she will, I am afraid, have to lower her fig
ures considerably.
A new Democratic daily made its appear
ance at Houston about the first of this month.
Its editors may not know how to “keep a
hotel,” but no one who has seen a number of
it, doubts their ability to run a first-class
daily paper.
Last week we had a couple of “Northers,”
an unusual thing this early in the season for
this latitude, making fires feel very comfor
table, night and morning. Par Fois.
“Back Woods,” Oct. 5, 1868.
Editors Telegraph : Will some one of your
numerous readers inform me where I can pro
cure a few bushels of Boyd’s genuine Prolific
cotton seed. Also, do you know where I can
procure lime for agricultural jiurposes fresh
from the kiln.
Will Mr. B. MoBatemnn, of Byron, Houston
county give us the results of his one pound of
cotton to the hill.
The late northeaster has done much dam
age to the cotton crop.
She Democratic Meeting at Pitts
burg Yesterday.
Special Diepatch to the^Cincinnati Enquirer j
Pittsbtrg, Ea., October 5,1808.
The great Convention to-day was the
largest and most imposing demonstration
ever seen in Western Pennsvlvania. The city
was full of strangers,- and all the notables of
the Democratic party participated in the
mighty procession of the campaign. Like
an immense caravan, men and banners, wound
through our streets, avenues and by-roads.
Nothing equal to it was ever seen here. It
waB supposed that the great Republican turn
out, a lew-weeks since, eclipsed the'Buchanan
show of 1856. 'The procession occupidtwo
and a half hours in passing a given point.—
It is estimated that lull twenty-five thousand
people participated in the proceedings of the
Convention.
Hon. George H. Pendleton, Richard Vaux,
Heister Clymer, Edgar Cowan and General
McCalmont made eloquent addresses, all at
one time, on Allegheny Commons, where the
column baited. When speakingcommenced
the rear procession had just started. The
day’s display wound up with a grand torch
light procession, miles in length. Public and
private buildings were beautifully illumina
ted, also the newspaper offices. Vaux said
Pennsylvania was the battle-gronnd, but we
bad won the fight and the great contest, as
far as the result was concerned, was over.—
The Radicals never anticipated such a dis
play. Prominent ones concede the State
after the show of to-day.
/I Foreign News.
Madrid, October 1 Tbs Provisional Government
is organized with Prim as honorary President. Aguirre
is acting as President. Eibero and Vigo Armigo are
appointed Vie*Presidents. Fignerala, has been made
Minister of Finance. It is said that Moro, formerly
of Bravo’s cabinet, has given in his adhesion to the
Provisional Junta. - ■ —— — 1
Sagista, Revero, Roseagan and Agato, have joined
the ministry.
London, October 8.—The committee appointed by
the last House of Congress on the subject of the land
laws in Ireland, will report at as early a day as pos
sible.
An explosion occurred to-day at Bamesley, in „
building used for tbe manufacture of fire-works. Tbe
building was utterly destroyed. Five were killed and
seven wounded.
An old and weather-worn trapper was re
cently seen sauntering along the main street
of one of our Western villages. Pausing in
front of a little meeting house for a moment,
he went in and took his seat among the con-
gregation. The preacher was discoursing on
the text of the “sheep and the wolves,” and
having evidently been drawing a contrast
between the two subjects, says he: “We who
assemble here from week to week, and do
our duty and perform our part, are the sheep;
now, who are the wolves ?” A pause, and
our friend the trapper rose to his feet:
“Wa’al, stranger, rather than see the play
stopped, I will be the wolves ” The preach
er was vanquished.
Right Sind, of Preaching.
Dr. Gilly 'related the following anecdote,
which was told by a well-known Irish char
acter. Thaddeus Connelly, who used -to
spend much of his time in wandering through
Ireland, and instructing the lower clases In
their native language. “1 went,” said he,
“one Sunday, into a church to which a new
incumbent had been lately appointed. The
congregation did not exceed half-a-dozen,
but the preacher, delivered himself with as
much energy and affection as if he were ad
dressing a crowded audience. After the ser
vice I expressed to the clergyman my wonder
that he should preach so fervently to such a
small number of people. ‘Were there but
one,’ said the rector, ‘my anxiety for his im
provement would make me equally energetic.”
The following year Connelly went into tbe
same church; the congregation wa3 multi
plied seventy fold. The third year he found
the church full.
George 'Whitefield once admirably stated
exemplified the position which the
and
preacher of the Gospel should occupy in
times of great political excitement. Lord
London, October s.-As the time for tbe election
approaches, tbe interest and excitement increases.
Xne Liberate are contesting the boroughs heretofore
hopelessly Tory. Many working-men's candidates
are m the field.
Gladstone will be defeated in Lancashire, but will
undoubtedly be elected from Greenwich, where he is
also a candidate.
With one or two exceptions, the Liberal candidates
oppose the Irish Chnrch bill.
Paris, October 8.—Later advices from Brazil claim
a victory over Lopez, who fell back on Ascension,
where the Brazillian gunboats are soon expected.
The Federal steamer Wasp has gone to Ascension.
Madrid, October 8.—Prun was received with un
bounded enthusiasm to-day. The crowd in the streets
was so great that many persons were crushed to death.
Havana, October 8.—Santa Anna, for reasons not
transpired, has been ordered to leave Cuba.
Madrid, October 10.—The Provisional Junta-has
issued its programme, guaranteeing many reforms,
including administrative decentralization, universal
suffrage, religious liberty, freedom of the press,
right of public assemblages, radical changes, educa
tional system, jury trials and equality before the law.
London, October 10.—The leaders of the Junta
have a monarchical preference, but will yield if tbe
people pronoanced for a Republic.
Naples, October 10.—Another eruption of Mount
Vesuvius is threatened.
Madrid, October 9.—The Jnnta has reduced the
import tariff one-third.
Don Jnan, Isabella’s cousin, has resigned his pr -
tensions to the throne in favor of his son, Don Cari 0 s .
General Pavia’s wounds are painful, but his reeo
ery is probable.
Madrid, October 9.—India will bring a bill before
Casty abolishing slavery in tbe Colonies at tbe ex
piration often years.
Clare, wlien a candidate for office, knowing Indians?
From Washington.
Washington. October 8.—L. C. Adams, a Confed
erate soldier, who killed a Union soldier in Lexing
ton, Ky., for which he was sentenced to the Dry
Tortugas for ■ life, and which was commuted to
twelve years in the Penitentiary at Concord, N. H.,
has been released by the President, on tbe recommen
dation of Holt, supported by Schofield.
Gen. Thomas is expected here to-morrow.
Gen. Gordon Granger, who commands the Depart
ment of the Cumberland during the absence of Gen.
Thomas, will have hte headquarters at Memphis.
It is stated that the committee appointed by Con
gress to examine into tbe feasibility of bridging the
Boston Harbor, will report adversely.
Evarts has returned.
Revenue to-day. 8239,000.
Gen. Dyer is relieved from duty as Chief of Ord
nance, pending the trial.
Gen. Mead’s report of the Camilla riot was handed
to tbe President to-day. The character of tbe reiffirt
has not transpired.
Gen. Stemmer, commanding Fort Laramie, is dead.
Gen. Sherman asks for more troops to fight the
:t HS»
lotte by.* railroad accident. H.
to-morrow. Bxtenzive r *&cfL#v"'
have been made Wepa ««on, fo,
Portsmouth, N. H., October * ^
South Boston, whipped Thos K-ji'" 0 * 0 - Sedl,
for a $1000 to-day, in ninety-S"
very severely punished. t0aBl b-
San Francisco, October
earthquake were felt to-day at stir , !io< *s of
atmosphere afterwards
Augusta, October 8.—The
the Fifth Congressional District Con 11111
to-day, to nominate a
consequence of the aetion of the r.,- , Con ^
pomng the election till February L Utor
make no nomination for the present ****
John Qrnfacy 'Adams has been • -
Democracy to visit this city iavUc 3 by
Newbern, H. C., October 10 -T„ .
between Gen. Miles and Gov. Hold.
the latter states that a box ofarms^^®7
| 5: i-
found In this city, supposed to belong 0
htical organization. The arms refemd fa
in a house used for the meeting,
and were concealed in a coffin c Lai0a W
posed to contain arm*. hawri’J? 7 ?* 1 '^
theeountrybypromi’enrR^Sr^"
Baltimore. October 10.-The ...T.
Kimberly Brothers v». Butler on »1 ° f ^-'l
vacate the warrant* a* a breach of Bn£5? 8 '
Ji. 0 n n ^ PriVlleKe3 ~ Ca,WD « for Butler
the others—was argued all day. Th» ^ crif ‘fa
tinues next Saturday. “ e c;j
New York, October I0.-The P. „
Kss. uict have aominate<i
From Louisiana.
New Orleans, October 8.—The Lm „
the Senate amending the Registmir.11* 1 ' 4 **
biddingRegUtrars goingbeyoTd the
yesterday in the House. Writ* of * T’
fore the Courts daily, in **%*£*?'£
registration to persons naturalized "***
Seventh District Courts, inclusive tie Tl:ri «
July, 1858. Mandamuses inwall such J- !:1
peremptory. There are scrml th ou S “f «*»
ralizations in this city, and Registrar^ s ,“ tiait 5
governed by the decisions of th* 10
registration to each applicant, neeMtfSi? ref ®
Hite writ in each case, notwithJt£2?£!?** ,ei
behalf of the Registrars, -hat the EUUd
cases will be taken a* conclusive inth-R?
Court. _ Judge Cooley stated that a certifia^
rahzation issued from this CoimhadtiL* 0 ^ 5 -
Judicial decision, whose correctness R. ? 5** ° ; “ r
right to question. Some
standing, still persisting in a ref„«i ’ aot,,i:i -
and fined for contempt of court A LnmV**
cases will be before the Cornu to
how much influence the opinion of Mr.
Whitefield would have with the masses,wrote
to him, asking his aid in the comiDg elec
tion at Bristol. Mr. Whitefield replied that
in general elections he never interfered, hut
he would earnestly exhort his lordship “to
make his own particular calling and election
sure.”
The venerable Dr. Humphrey once remark
ed in a lecture: “In selecting your partners
for life, first choose persons of naturally
good dispositions—persons that are naturally
cheerful and gentle.* You will, perhaps, ‘
surprised,” he added, “to hear a minister
the Gospel put cheerfulness and gentleness
before piety; but I am of tbe opinion of
Baxter, who said that the grace of God could
live with persons tbat he could not.”
Many a child goes astray, not because there
is a want of prayer or virtue at- home, but
simply because home lacks sunshine. Achild
needs smiles as much as flowers need sun
beams. Children look little beyond the
present moment. If a thing pleases, they are
apt to seek it; if it displeases, they are prone
to avoid it. If home is the- place where
faces are sour and words harsh, and fault
finding is ever in the ascendant, they will
spend as many hours as possible elsewhere.
Let every father and mother, then, try to be
j happy. Let them look happy. Let them
talk to their children, especially the little
Yours respectfully,
‘Old Fogy.”
Murderous Programme.
STARTLING REPORTS FROM ARKANSAS AND
LOUISIANA—THE WHITES TO BE EXTERMI
NATED AND THE COUNTRY LAID WASTE.
The following reaches us in a letter from
gentleman from tbe section alluded to.
The revelations are indeed startling, and one
could scarcely believe them but for such
facts as those brought to light relative to the
arms now here awaiting shipment to the Ar
kansas Loyal Leagues
“The counties of Chicot and Ashley, Ar
kansas, and also the parishes of Carroll and
Morehouse, Louisiana, were thrown into in
tense excitement on the 30th of September,
1868, by tbe startling facts being divulged by
one of tbe carpet-baggers or Loval Leaguers
that on the night of the 1st or *2d of Octo
ber tbe said carpet-baggers, or Loyal Leaguers,
were to make an attack on the following
places: Grand Lake and Lake Village, Ark°
then to rob the same places of all arms
and ammunition, and take such property
as they needed. Then each mob was to mur
der all that did not belong to the Loyal
League, and destroy everything they could
not use. And they were to start westward,
showing no mercy to any but Loyal Leaguers.
They were to march west to the Bayou Bar
tholomew, there to form a junction, and
then to divide their forces and devastate the
surrounding country. But fortunately the
great midnight murderers of innocent wo
men and children has been informed against
by one of their own Loyal Leaguers, who
had not lost all respect for God and the
down-trodden South. Tbe citizens of the
country, being apprised of the fact, held
themselves in readiness. The excitement
was so great, and everybody making prepa
rations to meet tbe midnight assassins, that
they had,not made their hellish attact up to
0 o’clock A. M., Saturday, the 3d.
The above goes to explain for what pur
poses the five thousand cartridges were laud
ed on Island 02, a few days ago, shipped to
Colonel , who is known to be a noto
rious carpet-bagger. Island 92 is only ten
miles below one of the points of attack.
[Jfemphis Avalanche, Oct. 7.
The Union Pacific Railroad now runs daily
trains to Black Butts, 793 miles we&t of Omaha.—
The road is eroded to within sixty miles ot Sait
Lake, and is Building at the rate of seven miipg a
day.
The “Little Election."—To-day there will
“ke place in Delaware what is generally termed
the ’little election.” Itis for the choice of inspec
tors and judges of election.
A Vrry Sensible Movement in Boston.-
Boston ladies are forming a protective associ
ation to regulate the servant girl, nuisance,
- - ,, .... T——— each member agreeing to hire no female who
temper Since the surreflder, and which every is not recommended by her last mistress. ’
The Prospects in Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Age of the 5th says:
The Radicals no longer disguise their ap
prehensions of defeat in this city. In fact,
they “give up” their entire city ticket, and
are now only scrambling for some of the min
or offices that are to be voted for. On Thurs
day last the Evening Teleprapb, a Radical
newspaper published hereabouts, said, “there
is great danger tbat the Republicans will not
carry the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday
next. There is at present a strong probabili
ty that we will be defeated.” This “strong
probability” has now been reduced to an ab
solute certainty, and none of the Radical
leaders really believe that they nave the ghost
of a chance of succeeding on the 13 th inst.
The Democratic column is moving on to
sure and certain victory in Philadelphia.
Nothing can now prevent an overwhelming
Democratic triumph to-morrow week. The
Democracy are jubilant and enthusiastic—
the Radicals are despondent and dispirited.
The bottom has tumbled out of,the great
Radical cplonization tub, and all their, well-
laid plans’ for, cheating the people have
been thoroughly exposed, aSd have subjected
their authors to public execration. ’
It seems almost Impossible for the best teachers,
to Weed as much ontof a boy as the little rascal
takes in. • . • 1
ones, in such a way as to make them happy.
She Parmer and the Students.
Some waggish students of Yale College
few years since were regaling themselves one
evening at the Tontine?’ when an old farmer
from the country entered the room, taking it
for a bar room, and inquired if be could ob
tain lodging there.
The young chaps immediately answered in
the affirmative, inviting him to take a glass
of punch. The old fellow, who was a shrewd
Yankee, saw at once that he was to be made
the butt of their jests, but quietly. taking off
bis hat and telling a worthless little cur that
he had with him to lie under the chair, he
took a glass of the proffered beverage. The
students anxiously inquired after the, old
man’s wife and children, and the farmer, with
affected simplicity, gave them the whole ped
igree with numerous anecdotes about the
farm, etc.
“Do you belong to the church ?” asked one
of the wags. • i
“Yes, the Lord be praised, and so did my
father before me.” •
“Well, I suppose you will not tell a lie ?”
said the student. ’ ■
‘•Not for the world,” added the farmer.
“Now, what will yon take, for that dog?”
pointing to the farmer’s cur, which was not
worth his weight in Jersey mud.
“I would not take twenty dollars for that
dog.” . .
“Twenty dollars 1 why, he is not worth
twenty cents.” . '; \
“Well, I assure you I would not take
twenty dollars for him.”
“Come, my friend,” said the student, who,
with his companions, was bent on haying
some capital fun with the old man, ‘now,’
you say you won’t tell a lie for the world, let
me see it you won’t do it for twenty dollars,
seeif this won’t
tempt you to tell a lie,” added the student,
producing a small bag of half dollars, from
wbicb he counted small piles on the table,
where the farmer sat. with his hat in his
hand, apparently unconcerned.
“There,” added the student, “there are
twenty dollars in silver, I will give you for
your dog.”
The old farmer quietly raised the hat to
the edge of the table, and then, quick as
thought, scraped all the money into it except
one half dollar, at the same time exclaiming,
“I won’t take your twenty dollars. Nineteen
and a half is as much as the dog is worth;
he is your property.”
A tremendous laugh froih his fellow-stu
dents showed the would-be wag that he was
completely “done up,” and that he need not
look for help in that quarter; so he good-
naturedly acknowledged himself beatj insist
ed on the old farmer taking another glass,
and they parted in great glee, the 1 student
retaining the dog, which he keeps to this
day, as a lesson to him never to attempt to
play tricks on men older than himself, and
especially to be careful how he tries to
wheedle a Yankee farmer. i
Chase is preparing to start on his Southern circuit.
It is stated that Schofield has again postponed the
Dyer trial to the 19th of November.
Capt. aim’s Report on the Camilla Riot.
Washington. October 9.—Capt. Mill’s report de-
vclopes no new facts regarding the Camilla riot. The
report concludes: “From what I could learn the
colored people and whites were peaceably disposed
towards each other. In my inrestigaton of this mat
ter I was materially assisted by Maj. Howard, and
upon my arrival at Camilla, the citizens of that place
appeared desirous that the occurrences of the 19th
inst. should bo investigated. Up to the date of my
visit here, no action had been taken by the civil
authorities of tho county: nor had inquiries been
held over the bodies of those killed.
Gen. Howard endorses Sibley’s report to Schofield as
follows:
“Sir: I have the honor to forward to you the affi
davits sent in by Gen. Sibley, with regard to th* Ca
milla riot.’"
The General says that “no action whatever has been
taken ky the civil authorities at this date (October 6)
towards! bringing the guilty parties to punishment,
and no inquest was held upon the bodies; nor inves
tigation had, except by this Bureau, and Capt. Mills..
by order of tho Commanding Officer of the District of
Georgia, whose report hadbeen furnishedtothe Com
manding Officer of the Department of the South.” He
further says: ' * It is not believed possible to bring the
guilty parties to punishment through the civil author
ities of Mitchell county, they being engaged in the af
fair and justifying it; and it is thought that no unbi
ased jury conld be found in that county. 1
General Sibley makes no further remarks which
relates to this riot; but simply submits tho affidavits,
together with a private letter from an officer in
that county, who makes a special request of him, that
it be not published.
The Governments of the United States and Eng
land are engaged on a naturalization treaty.
Revenue to-day S255.000.
Geo. A. Trenholm, once Secretary of the Confeder-
ate Treasury, is a delegate to the Triennial Episcopal
Convention at New York.
Death of Gen. Cobb
ew York, October 9.-Gen. Howell rvu
ia,while conversing in the
Avenue Hotel, fell dead at
without premonitory indisposition a&
From Virginia.
Richmond, OctoberS.-John Perkins, an tx-lOtm
sohher, from Massachusetts, who came to YLrSS-
the -econd New Hampshire regiment, will ht w,
to-morrow at Portsmouth, for rape on .Mi«s Fori
Bens. Jefferson, negro, and his accomplice. V-,
held the mother of the girl while Perkin*
her daughter, and was also to have been hunger.'
row, had his sentence commuted to imprisomn*-''-,
life by the Governor.
A negro has been sentenced to the penitentiary' •
two years for attempting to violate the Penan*,
widow of an ex-Confederate General in Sou:h«H* Vr
. Richmond. October 9.-John Perkins was
in the jail yard at Portsmouth, Va., to-day, for a b
lation of Sarah J. Ford. He walked to the soEj
firmly, and after the prayer of the clergyman Tu fe.
ished, he addressed the crowd saying, he cipecteia
a few minutes to appear before God, and declmi ^
his final statement on oath, that he was innoec:; it:
did not know whether Sarah Ford was a manc:*c-
man. The drop fell at 1 o’clock. Perkins died into
minutes. A detachment of tho 20th Infantiy ni
present to preserve order. Perkins was froa Wake
field. New Hampshire.
Flour shade firmer. Wheat dull. Com excite! ui
8@-I better. Pork firmer at 2912J& Lard qciet.-stem
19}a@19j& Turpentine firm at 43@43}& BosiajniK
common 2 50@2 60. Freights dull.
New York, October 9.—Cotton at noon warn::}
active and a half cent better: tales 4!W Ukit2
cents.
Flour active and a shade firmer; Soutlca tank
steady. Wheat lower; white Michigan 255. Cent
excited; mixed Western 116@1 IP; white lS-lia
yellow 122. Mess Pork 29 00; other proretas la-
changed. Carolina Rico dull at i£i[. £ogar
Molasses nominal. Freights—grain lowen cctu:
“nchanged. Governments strong; l$62’s 1% Seri
arolina’s, new 65; Virginia’s, new 5i. Moneysteaiy
Sterling dull, but firm at an advance, closing a; :-,J
9}£. Gold quiet and steady at 39J4. Southern 3c;i‘
strong.
Particulars of Gen. Cobb's Beats.
New York, October 10.—Yesterday morning Ci I
'Williams, of Florida, accompanied by a Baptist dcr I
gyman, called on Gov. Cobb. An annimatedconreni-1
tion occurred between the minister and Gov. Cota.— I
The Gov. and Mrs. Cobb were taking leave j
guests on the stairs leading from tbe parlor te it
office. Gov. Cobb sat down on tbe stairs, when fe I
C. observed a tremor of his body and a contracting I
the muscles of hte face. The attending physicians cf I
the hotel were called, but before medical recs-t; |
could be administered the Gorernor was carried in’J
tho reception room and in a few moments win |
corpse.
The Camilla Affray.
Washingaox. October 10.—Sibley’s, report as I* - 1
lisbed in the Chronicle covers seven columns, ft* |
There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day. for the on 'y affidavit, in which the whole story is told, iitii:
first time in three month®. of Munford S. Poore,the other fourteen are frox A’-
The local elections in Delaware resulted favorably ? ersons atta oliedto the Radical procession,
to tho Democrats.
Chief Justice Chase wiU leave for Savannah next
week, to hear several important cases. His presence
there is rendered necessary by the death of Judge
Wayne. He will then hold Court in Raleigh, North
Carolina, unless called to Richmond to hear the t . „ , , _ ,
Davis trial. Judge Chase will take no active part in Scandalous Canard
politics; but continues in his opposition to Radical Montgomery, OotoberlO.—TheLegulitum*iu w ‘
excesses, and has no doubt Mr. Seymour will admin- j journ at 12 o’clock to-night. _
ister the Government on Constitutional principles. I ^ ews reached here this morning of » ttrr ™ 8 f
Washington, October ;i0.—The President directs I outrage in Russell county, being the muriM «
freedmen.
Schenck and Morgan have given intimatiou th;-
they will not recommend a session on the 15th t- c
Jtccent local elections in Delaware indicate » Be3'
ocratio majority of 30C0.
the Secretary ofthe Interior to restord to Louisiana I tlle IoyaI Probate Judge and Clerk,
the statue of Washington brought North by Butler. Resolution* were offered in the House callmsw-o
Geo. H. Moore, Deputy Collector of Internal the Governor to declare the county under martial L*
Revenue and Collector ofthe Third District of North an< * tr f°P s to to sent there at once. ,.
Carolina, has been arrested for neglect of duty and lath* Senate a resolution was offered reiuinu?.---
allegcd defalcation. Moore gave bail. The case will I G° vernor to offer a reward of $5000 for each
be fully heard on Monday. gaged in the murder. The Democratic members -A'
Edward A. Pollard is here, applying for access to Rested that it was wrong to denounce people wit-'*;
tho Confederate archives. . I a hearing or a trial. News has been spreabng ~-
The statement of Mr. Seward’s contemplated mar- evening thrt the whole report was false, aod
riage is untrue. | ofthe alleged murdered men are hurt- TheGoves-
Gen. Conlin has been relieved from duty as Bu- I received a dispatch stating tbat there was not H -,
til 11 (?nmMlICCIfinow in *. -E w A . I rtf til in tlin nllaivnJ Tllft IcHolfi
reau Commissioner in Tennessee, and is ordered to
report to Gen. Gillum for duty. Col. Thompson, of
the second artillery, relieves Conlin.
of truth in tho alleged murders. Tbe whole tu-S j
was a trick to make capital for the Northern op
tions. ■ • '
General News.
Great Democratic Meeting In Bedford, Pa.
—McClellan’s Ovation in Philadelphia—
Kxcitement and Close Reckoning over the
Key Stone State—Chase not for Grant and
Colfax—Melancholy Affair In Boston.
Hayti.—Havana, Oct. 5.—From J or L e )
Prince we have advices to October 2d. J ■
Haytian man-of-war, Loleta, has anw** .
Petite, Gonaive, from New York, wuh a la =" j
cargo of arms and ammunition. Si:e
Bedford, Pa„ October 9.—An immense Democratic full complement of men, mostly HajUS 11
meeting is being held here. One hundred and fifty I groes, some English and French officers, a-
crowded wagons and carriages and many mounted I a complete naval outfit. On her arrivri 5
men entered tho town. Tho meeting is tho largest attacked- the rebel cruisers Sylv“ B
ever held in Bedford. | Libertee; the former was wrecked ^
Philadelphia, October 9.—The McClellan oration latter burnt by the crew to prevent th
last night was very grand. Tho General’s speech con-1 lrom falling into President Salnave s
tamed no political allusions. The latter had left’on board the G» e ®u
Washington, October 9.—Intense interest is felt in bombard Mirragone. Before leaving he to* 5
tho approaching Pennsylvania jstato election. The | aboard three hundred additional men,
Democratic canvassers Claim the State by fifteen
thousand majority. Tho Radical canvassers say they
will carry the State by ten thousand.
Washington’s Servaxt in Milton
*.-0»
Last week an actress in New fYork re
ceived one of the most elaborate boqueth
ever thrown oh the stage in that city. It was
in the shape of a ship under full sail, the
figure head being made quite a creditable
likeness of the lady to whom it was given';
The rice birds of Georgia have declared
war on the caterpillars that are devastating
the eottoh fields, and are doiiig' ’effective
service ip their extirpation. ’• .
„ ... , .... | Friday last an old negro whose head ^
Chief Justice Chase authorizes a contradiction of f Jth . traded at the store
the statement that ho will vote for Grant and Colfax. SPf 1 “ id he ***
Boston, October 9,-George L. Richardson, of the Mr The de*
firm ofPage&Richardson, in a fit of insanity, out the ei p,bty-mne_years old la. J J. pis
throats of hte two children. One of them, thirteen f®™ him how he happened to kno
years old, is dead. The other may recover. Richard- a S e so Because, sal ^l r
son has disappeared. He wa* much esteemed, and twenty-one years old the J Iar * , i( Jd
1 died.” “What ‘Mars’ George?”
the. clerk. “Mars George Washington,
at San Domingo, unite in a letter declaring that I Plied .the old negro. “‘When he movea '
tranquility exists, and commercial transactions hare Washington City to Mount VcraOf
been subject to no interruption, and have largely in- me my choice to go long with mm ^
creased. where I was. I concluded to stay, * ^
Chicago, October 9.—A schooner was tank .off sold ine to a man named Miller. ,}
Muskcgan, Michigan, to-day—fiye lives lost. I broke, and l was put cn the block anu ^
New York, October 9.—Dolan and Wagner.fought to Jerre Lea for $350. He had a 0
thirty-two rounds in a, room, in Williamsburg, to- this place near fifty years ago, ana "i vjc
— ^ ' ; «ro, brcheqttew"? •
° to rm 01 J 11 ’
day. Dolan bit off Wagner** thumb, which was de- OStler in it.” This oldnegro.
dared foul and the fight was awarded to Wagner.
Savannah, October 9.—The up freight train on the I George Chandler, six
Central Railroad ran off the track at the S9 mile post )> Milton' Chronicle. ’
last night.. Fourteen cats were smashed tip. ,No
one hurt: The road is clear to-night.
Weather very rtld with light rate.
Ne w Orleans, October 9.—-A ] ight frost was reported
atyicksburg last night. The. weather is •quit* ceol
’here. •
' Columbia, October 9.—Great disappointment caused
by tb e rftm-arrival of John Quincy Adams at Colum
bia to-day, as expeoted. He was detained at Chor-
tory, is now working on the
Georffe Chandler, six miles from this
i mom’
A Country schoolmaster begsnonei ^
ibg the duties of the day with p I sa ^
usual; but after prayers he went np bi3
asked the little boy why he hadn :>
eyes during the player, when th ® P oy the pi-
ly rebpohdU “We are instructed m th
ble to w«tch as w$U as pray.