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WKDKESIiAT MOK.M.VG. MAT®.
The Daily rrcss.
We publish elsewhere in our columns !
this morning a communication from the
employees of this office in relation to a
statement made by the Daily Prat in its
issue of the Istinst. It will'be seen, by
reference to the communication, which is
signed by all our employees, that they prove
the statement in the I’ress to be unfounded
and false.
When we read the statement in the
Press we sent a not to K. 11. Pughe ihc
publisher of that sheet, asking to ’he
name of his informant We tff it
was due to our employees that thi.- d* • . nd
should be made, aul that *h« •. .tW of
the statement should ■ exposed.
The Publisher of t IW' dr to
furnish the nams ' his , dal in
formant, thereby a»?iu 1/ thi resporj boity
of the charge which had been wale 'hroogh
his columns.
E. 11. Pughe, therefore- on
victed, by the videoc >.f .lot- , jes,
of deliberate tals h<d.
Fanaticism er-si
Under the above tie /nit /illc
Courier, of a i oir and >me
forcible and pertm-mt '■> \u ugh
the views ~ • . t lor
original, they are set forth in the usual
strong and felicitous style of that sterling
journal. It says: “Every one familiar
with current events must be struck with
the strange inconsistency between the
political and private action of the North
ern people. Politically, they are seeking
to crush the life out of the South, while
privately they are tailoring to build it up.
Politically, they are trying to make the
Southern States a desert, while privately
they show that, they regard the prosperity
of those States as a matter of paramount
importance. Politically, they force upon
them a policy which prevents their re
covery front the losses and wastes of the
war, and individually they show an anxiety
that the Southern people should prosper
and grow rich. The Government reduces
the States to military provinces and swings
above the heads of the people the threat
of confiscation, thus erecting a barrier
against the influx of both capital and
population, both of which are absolutely
essential to the rescue of the States arid
people from the ruin which now stares
them in the face. On the other hand the
representatives of Northern commercial
houses are traversing every section of the
South and are found in every town and
city soliciting trade and business. The
people of the North, as citizens, arc eager
for Southern trade, yet, at the same time,
the policy of the Government tends direct
ly to the destruction of all trade by depriv
ing the people of the ability to produce
anything to trade with. So long as the
South is kept in its present condition of
apprehension jmd suspense ; so long as
t he threat of confiscation is held over them;
so long as there is a prospect that the
negro element of the population is to be
made the controlling political influence, so
long will the progress of the country be
retarded, and so long will the energies of
the people be paralyzed.
“If, at the close of the war, the Govern
ment, with the eye of a sagacious and far
seeing statesmanship, had considered the
interests of the whole nation rather than
the means of revenge, a very different
state of things from what wo see to-day
would have been the result. The impov
erished ond desolated South needed every
thing; its' wealth had been destroyed and
its labor system overthrown. It required
capital, population, and labor to revivify its
wonderful productive energies, and these
could only he obtained with the certainty
that the country was not still to bo the ob
ject of Northern wrath, until its political
status was fixed, and it was reduced to cer
tainty that property would be secure and
■ just! taws V,' tuM cover” there could he
out little hope 'b> tin r aeration, of the
t fo.M :ritv i a joyed before the war. Men
at off they knew not wins'. It they Juki
jJmj dared not risk i; 01 business lest it
should iu. the cupidity of tie Gov ■•n
meat and exposo them to further persecu
tions. The abolition of slavery had made
it. impossible to procure the necessary
amount of tabor, and yet the condition of'
the country prevented the influx of popula
tion which would have aided materially to
have increased the production, and ere
this would have given these States some
thing with which to reward the enterprise
of Northern merchants and manufacturers,
whose agents now swarm in every section.
“ Vetit cannot be disguised that thousands
and tens of thousands of the very classes
who are so industriously seeking trade, vote
for the men and sustain the policy by which
the country from which they are seeking
trade is kept prostrate. They do not seem
to comprehend the true state of the case or
the consequences of the political action
which they sustain. They incur heavy ex
pense to send agents to solicit trade in a
country which is desolate at the same time \
that they will east their votes for Thad.
Stevens, whose threat of confiscation de
prives them of millions of dollars' worth j
of trade per annum. It is a remarkable
instance of the failure ot the Northern j
people to find the place where the almighty
dollar was hid. Their usual sagacity has !
deserted them in this instance, and they j
have lost sight of their interests in their
pursuit ol a revenge which was as un
generous as it was unjustifiable.”
Abraham Lincolns Opinion About
the Nkhro.—ln September, 1858, Abra
ham Lincoln delivered a speech at Charles
ton, Illinois, in which he expressed his
convictions on many of the questions
which arc now pending. He said:
“l will say that l am not, nor ever have
been, in favor of making voters or jurors
"•' negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold
otliec, nor to intermarry with white people ;
and I will say in addition to this, that
there is a physical difference between the
white and the black race, which, 1 believe,
will torever forbid the two races living to
gether on terms of social and political
equality. * * I, as much as any other
man. an in favor of having the superior
l>osilion assigned to the white race.’’
Nearer the Tin th. —The Griffin Star,
comiueuting upon an expression in one of
the letters of Mr. Erastus Brooks to the
New York Express, that “ the heart of
the (Southern) people is broken and they
will submit to anything," says:
“ We fear, ‘ Master Brooks,’ that your
means of information iu Atlanta arc not
altogether reliable. You say ‘the heart of
the people is broken.’ We beg to correct
you. The giixards of that portion of the
people to whom God refused to give hearts
is smashed—that’s all. The hearts of the
people of Georgia are made of sterner
• tuff than the Kttlo palpitator that dwells
within the corsets ol' a romantic love sick
maiden. Their hearts cannot be broken
till taken out of their bodies and ground
l»etween the upper and nether mill-stone.
The great heart of thr people throbs re
sponsive to the noble efforts of Governor
.Jenkins to place Georgia squarely upon
the record of constitutional liberty.''
Thk Council ok Bishops. —The Rich
montl Advocate publishes a letter front
Bishop Doggeit. who has been attending a
council of the Bishops of the Southern
M.-th.Kltst Church. It commuuicauw the
following official announcement of the
rvault of tiie lato votes in th© convention,
on the subjects of lay delegation and
church name;
On change of fuuuc, 1,577 votes have
U-en east—yeas 1,168$ pays, 409. The
affirmative vote being less than the ro
.p.ned three-fourths, this qw**=on was
pronounces! lost.
"tin lay representation, 1,570 votes have
Ikvu cast—yeas, l,lf»9; itays, 371. The
affirmative vote being the required three
fourths of the whole, this question was
pronounced carried.”
Emigration to BBAziu-The Charles
ton Mercur* of May Ist says: ‘-The stoam
s!,ip Ac oth America, of the ISrazil line, has !
*aUe<l for Hio, with 240 passengers, mostly
emigrants from the Southern States-lis
are from Texas, 30 from Florida, same
number from Georgia and Alabama.
Three hundred and sixty emigrants for the
same desuiutt ion left Mobile on the 17th
nit., in the steamer Marmion, under
charge of Rev. B. ft, Dunn. The land set
apart for these aud ■other* who may join
them is4o miles by 24. The majority are
farmers from Texas, Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana and I his State, with
their families."
A Alslt to the Totnb of Lazarus and
the Garden of Gctlisemane.
The Rev. 11. a. 11 oik nd is contributing
to the Louisville Courier a series of inter
esting letters from the Holy Land, which
he has been exploring some months
past. AVe present below graphic pictures
of the Tomb of Pozarus and-tlie Garden
of Gdhsemane, which we select from his
letter of March 23d, written from Con stan
tinople : '
THF. TOMB or LAZARUS.
But I digress. The path is precipitous.
■ We dismount and lead our horses down,
j We have reached the tomb of Lazarus.
! We enter by a low opening, and feel our
way down a long, winding dilapidated
i staircase to a .-mail chamber, the walls of
which are partly plastered, partly the
naked rock of the cavern. From this
chamber a few steps lead into a low vault,
I imagine not more than nine feet square.
Therein lay the body of Lazarus. The
closeness of tjie atmosphere limits our
inspection to a mere glance. We retire to
j the larger room, and sitting upon the floor,
Bible in hand, one of us reads aloud, by
candle-light, -St. John’s account of the
miracle and of the Saviour’s intercourse
with those whom it most affected. How
j touchingly simple, how surpassingly beau
j tiful that Gospel sounds when read on the
I spot it commemorates. The past tense
j becomes the present. The scene is not
finished, but transpiring. Right there in
that cell the corpse has been lying four
days, and every day Mary lias been here to
weep. The noise of conversation, as of
many persons above, I began to hear.
A shadow is in the door. It is IPs.
The long-expected and prayed-for has come
from beyond Jordan. His mellow voice,
i treinclous with emotion, hut loud with
! authority, peals down the arched staircase
and echoes among these sepulchral walls,
! “ Jjasaru* come, forth. It goes deep be
yond, reaching into the regions of death.
| Hush !do you hear that rustling ! See !
he comes stooping, “bound hand and foot
: with grave clothes and his face bound about
with a napkin.” Slowly he mounts the
steps. He is on the threshold. Ife has
passed out under the sky. Listen again 1
‘‘ Loose him oral let lain (jo /’ And Laza
rus, the dead brother, no longer dead, is in
the arms of his bereaved sisters, no longer
bereaved. Neighbors gather around and
passionately greet him. Bethany is glad-
The news flies throughout the land.
Crowds come from Jerusalem to see “the
man who has wrought the wonder, and
believe him God.
Reluctantly do we tear ourselves from
the hallowed -place. We go from the
grave to the house of Mary and Martha,
and that of Simon the leper, where, while
Jesus sat at supper, Mary annointed his
feet with costly spikenard, and wiped them
with her hair, and, as the room then was,
even so -today the world is “filled with
the odor of the ointment.”
THE HARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.
We return to Gethsemane, over the
southern shoulder of Olivet, by the road
Messiah followed on the morning of His
triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Our
raps arc more successful this time than
before, for the heavy iron gate soon
swings open with a creak, exhibiting the
tonsured head of Padre Louis, who in
vites us into the garden. It disappoints
at first. There is too much of art, too
little of nature. The happy medium, so
desirable and so rarely obtained, between
culpable neglect and excessive care, is not
found here. The fancy which has already
prepared a Gethsemane of its own does not
at once recognize the claims of this; ob
jects to the imprisoning walls, to the trim
parterres, to the front-yard neatness of the
railings, to the prayer-stations arithmeti
cally calculated, and marked by crucifixes
on the stuccoed inclosure, to the air of
perfect-readiness-for- the - scrutiny-of-con
noiseur-ship in the whole.
Rut the eye speedily becomes accus
tomed to what it cannot alter, and concen
trates its attention upon the olive trees
doubly grand—grand from their own pal
pable antiquity, grand from association
with incidents of which they are the sole
surviving spectators on earth. These
trees are eight in number. Their gnarled
and massive stems, and far-spreading leafy
boughs .give them the appearance of
patriarchs in the attitude of blessing. I
cannot understand why they should not he
as old as the event requires, nor do I desire
to understand, if an illusion lovelier than
the truth is to be dissolved by the expla
nation. I abandon criticisms to erudite
cavilcrs and recline under the foliage of the
largest and most ancieht of the trees—the
one supposed to have shadowed the victim
in His pr trations f Here tl
with ?»nl exceeding sorrowful unto death,
He foil on the ground and prayed, while
Hi iiv'.tj ■ -lent a stone's erst, lienee, too
II hatred himself and groaned the eri
: tr< aty i■ be delivered from the mysterious
mi. Oh, tli - inwm;4t r y of that struggle.
I it wrung tire crimson perspiration from
I His temples and forced the strengthening
succor of anxious Heaven; but its issue
was victory, and its fruit eternal life.
I will not, dear Courier, trespass upon
your patience by detailing my reflections
while resting under tjiat venerable olive,
by telling how with. mental vision I saw
Judas, one of the twelve, come, accom
panied by a great multitude with swords
and staves from the chief pricstsand elders
of the people, and now, after the kiss of
murder was planted on His pale cheek, I
saw the Sou of Man rudely grasped and
led away to Caiaphas, to Calvary. For
once upon the tide I should be borne by
it beyond my intentions —beyond your
wishes. When we were about to with
draw, ltadre Louis presented each of us a
delicate bouquet, composed of roses, jon
quils, marigolds, and other flowers which
he had culled and arranged during our
short stay. I took mine to my room in
the hotel, and by putting them in water
enjoyed their beauty and aroma for several
days. They died too soon, as all lovely
things do, hut their meaning still blooms
in my being, and
‘■Their fragrance hath liiailo
A garilen within me where memory strays
Evermore, with’ faint footfalls, down blos
soming ways.
R. A. Holland.
Meeting of the Freedmen.— In pur
suance to a call and previous appointment,
a considerable number of the freedmen of
this district assembled here on Monday to
htftir speeches from General Sfiptt, Chief
of the Freedmcn’s Bureau in this Statp,
and the Rev. Mr. French, from Charles
ton. The former addressed them at con
siderable length, iu a speech of more than
two hours, in which lie explained to them
fully the relation they bear to the country
as citizens; their duties and responsibili
ties in their new relations, and the neces
sity and obligation of their observing in
good faith all contracts entered into by
them, both with the whites and men of
their own race. He clearly showed to
tiu-u; that their interests and those of the
white men 3 re identical, and that if one
suffers the othe* must also. He wished to
discourage discord n«d ,di lsension among
the whites and blacks, and paired out the
way this end could best be secured.
Tiny were afterward addressed to the
same effect by the Rev. Mr. French, Col.
W. S. Mullins, Judge R. F. Graham,
Honorable A. Q. McDuffie and W. \\.
Sellers, E-q. Marion Crescent.
The New York limes has discovered, a
use for Governor Seward's Esquimaux
bargain ! It says :
We fancy that our Fonrth-of-July ora
tors would almost be willing to pay out
ot their own t—.be's the seven millions
that Russian-America -jsts, for the new
and splendid opportunity it ■ gipps them
for viu torical emblazonment. With wtiiu.
new energy they can dilate upon the vast
ness of our country 1 How they can start
the "bird of freedom’' from the Gulf of
Mexico, and send it flying a.ij screaming
dear up to the north pole ! How they can
descant upon the tropical groves of Florida,
and the ice-fields of the Arctic, and show
that the universal Yankee lords it over all!
The giory ot' such a prospect cannot be
exaggerated : and, in view of it, we must
say that Sitka is cheap !
Singular Results of a Wound.—
The Oxford (Maine) Deritocrat tells the
following story of a man who lives in that
State :
Samuel j J. Wing. aged 30, a soldier, was
wounded in the battle of Spotsylvania.
His right arm was raised at the moment,
and the ball entered near the elbow, pass
ed up and entered the right lung, where it
lodged. Ten months afterward he coughed
up a piece of Lis blouse 1 inch by ) in size,
and a piece of lining M by * inch. _ Two
years and nine mouths after he raised a
piece of bone , bv ! inch, a piece of shirt
11 byarid apiece of blouse 1 inch by If-
He can feel the ball sometimes iu the lung
now. He lias not been able to go trom his
j-oom since the wound until recently, but is
new? improving in health and gaining
strength.
The New Y ork Journal of Commerce,
representing the great commercial interests
of that city, has the following concise
reference to Mr. Thaddeus Stevens:
" This man is a nuisaave to the whole
country, North and South. Such letters
as that published this morning are calcu
lated to do lasting mischief.
North Carolina University. —The
commencement of this University in Juae
promises to be a brilliaut affair. Julius S.
Barlow, of Tarborough, has been chosen
chief marshal, G. G. Latta and W. S?
Pearson, assistants. Ex-Governor Henry
A. Wise, of Virginia, has consented to
i deliver the annual address.
Muzzling the Press in Bichmond.
The telegraph announced a few days ago
1 that General Schofield had served a warn
ing on the Richmond Timed, to the effect
that its editorials, fostering enmity, creating
disorder and leading to violence, would no
longer be tolerated. The following extracts
from an article on the subject in the Times
of April 30, will explain the whole matter:
AN ADMONITION FROM HEADQUARTERS.
The following communication from the
Commandant of this District requires
prominent insertion as well as editorial
comment. Controversy with an official
whose authority is absolute over liberty
and property would be useless, but we can
not, by silence, seem to acquiesce in the
justice of censure which we regard as un
called for and unmerited. The uncon
trolled power of General Schofield may en
able him to punish, but it cannot compel a
Virginia journalist to quietly submit to
what he regards as a clear and palpable
act of injustice. The reputation of the of
ficial in question may forbid the suspicion
of intentional wrong, but it does not affect
the fact, in the opinion of the citizen, that
a wrong has been done :
Headquarters First District. )
State of Virginia, _ r
Richmond, Va., April iff, 1867. j
Mr. Charles 11. Wynne, Proprietor of the
Uichmond Times, ltichmond, Vex.:
Sir—The Commanding General directs
me to call your attention to an editorial ar
ticle in the Richmond Times of this morn
ing, headed “A Black Man’s Party in Vir
ginia, ’’ and tosay that, while he desires not
onlj*to permit, hut to encourage the utmost
freedom of discussion of political questions,
the character of the article referred to calls
for severe censure. Especially the following
words: “It is a proposition which implies
that they are ready to grasp the blood
stained hands of the authors of our ruin,”
arc an intolerable insult to all soldiers of
the United States army, and no less so to
all .true soldiers of the late Confederate
artnv, as they have, long since, extended
to each otlier’the cordial hand of friendship
and pledged their united efl’orts to restore
peace and harmony to our whole country.
The efforts of your paper to foster enmi
ty, create disorder and lead to violence can
no longer he tolerated. It is hoped this
warning will be sufficient.
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
S. F. Chalfix,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The single sentence from this paper,
which the military commandant of the
District makes the subject of especial
condemnation, was taken from the very
heart of an editorial, in which thefailureof
a Radical emissary to build up a party in
Virginia was the subject of comment.
Alluding to Senator Wilson's failure to
secure the co-operation of the Whig party
in this State, we said :
“The insult which this offer conveys,
the ill-mannered Puritan does not seem to
understand. It implies that these high
toned, cliivalric Whig gentlemen do not
properly resent the outrage and crimes
which the Radicals have committed against
their section and liberties. It is a proposi
tion which implies that they are ready to
grasp the blood-stained hands of the
authors of our ruin. And they resent it
with tlie fierce, terrible and implacable
indignation with which an honest legislator
would reject a bribe.” *
A portion of this paragraph is selected
hv the commandant as the most objection
able in the editorial, and censured because
it constitutes “an intolerable insult to all
soldiers of the United States Army,
and no less so to all true soldiers
of the late Confederate Army, as
they have long since extended to
each other the cordial hand of friendship,
and pledged their united efforts to restore
peace and harmony to our whole coun
try.” Now, the sentiment and language
of this extract are unexceptionable, and
but for the persistent efforts of the Radical
party to perpetuate discord, ill feeling and
agitation, we believe peace would have
been long since restored. But, as the sol
diers of the United States and of the late
Confederacy have nothing in common
with the political crusade of Senator Wil
son, we never dreamed that, in ascribing
the ruin amt overthrow of our civil rights
to the Radical party, and in protesting
against a political coalition with that party,
we were offering an "intolerable insult”
to the Federal soldiery. The words "blood
stained” were used in a figurative sense ;
for there is no blood upon the heroic hands
of Senator Wilson, nor is lie sufficiently
identified, by reason of his deeds of valor
daring the late civil war, with the army,
for the Federal soldiery to resent any harsh
opinion which we may express as to his
efforts to build up a Radical party in Vir
ginia*
As the Radicals have inaugurated an
active canvass in Virginia, and as we
should regard their triumph as a greater
curse than war, pestilence and famine, we
have declared our sentiments in the most
emphatic manner. In our opinion the ef
forts of men like Wilson and Conway can
only result in the formation of “a black
man's party” in this Stato—a result much
to be deplored. These men are, in our
opinion, the real ••creators of disorder,
“fosterers of enmity and violence,’' and
obstacles in the wav of that peace and har
. n ny which the soldiers of both section-.
i 00, .liiAmUs Ui i- ' iira to l':oj viliai,
• ry. TU'IV n.n be no real peace in ibis
s-fate while Radical orators mv :ravel's!i g
ii, lacerating the lootings of our people .
every word which they utter. The
diers under the command of General
Schofield do their duty silently, and do
not arouse the half extinguished and bale
ful passions which so long raged in Vir
ginia. Their mission is a totally different
one from that of the men who insult us by
their vociferous rejoicings over a defeat
which brought with it inexpressible an
guish and suffering to every household.
In the absence of specific accusations,
wo cannot reply to that portion of Gener
al Schofield's communication which
charges that our paper has "fostered en
mity,” and “created disorder” and vio
lence. We can simply traverse each and
all of these counts, and submit the issue
to the readers of this paper.
For two years the Times has been read
and its opinions sustained by not the least
respectable portion of the people of Virgin
ia. We might refer to our course upon
every important question which has arisen
since the establishment of the paper, as
furnishing ample refutation of the charges
against us, but the memory of our readers
will bo our best vindication.
A defeated people and those in authority
over theut regard the tomper and conduct
of a journal from such different stand
points, that they rarely agree in their ver
dict.
The teachings of this paper have been
those of a Virginian whose convictions of
duty have been honest, patriotic and earn
est,and our conscience does not admonish
us that we have, in any instance, “fostered
enmity,” “created disorder,” and done
aught which was calculated to “lead to
violence.” We know not to what extent
our convictions of the duty may conflict
with those of Gen. Schofield, and we can
not admit the justice or necessity for the
censure which lie has been pleased to
administer in the shape of an official eom
mun illation,
I'. S. Quartermaster's Orders Respect*
ing Debtor Railroads.
Acting Quartermaster-General Rucker
has issued an order reminding the officers
of the Department that a large number of
railroad companies are indebted to the
Government tor materials purchased on
credit. By the terms of purchase, the
Government is to withhold payment of all
mail transportion dues to these roads, and
apply the same in extinguishment of their
debt. Orders are accordingly issued that
the railroad companies are required to
present their accounts to the Quarter
masters charged with the collection of the
debt, and no other officer will make pay
ment to indebted roads. The following
are the officers at present assigned to the
duty: Bvt. Col. F. J. Cully, A. Q. M.
l>. S. A., Washington, 1). C., for indebted
railroads in the Atlantic States; Bvt.
Brig. Hen. C. H. Gawtelle, Q. M. U. S.
A-. New Orleans, for indebted railroads in
the Ciuir States; Bvt. Lieut. Col. S. R.
Ilamill. A. Q. M. U. S. Volunteers, Louis
ville, Ky., for all other indebted railroads.
The following is a list of the railroad com
panies indebted to the United States for
purchases of military railroad property:
Mempi.it. Clarksville and Louisville Rail
road : Wells V alley • Edgefield and Ken
tucky; Macon and Brunswick; Mont
gomery and V est Point; Rome; Mem
phis and Ohio; Alabama and Georgia:
Nashville and Chattanooga; Tennessee
and Alabama Central; Mobile and Ohio ;
Memphis and Charleston: Alabama and
Tennessee River; Mississippi, Gaines
ville and Tuscaloosa; New Orleans and 1
Ohio; Nashville and Decatur; Western
and Atlantic; Central Southern; New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern; ;
East Tennesse and Virginia; Nashville;
and Northwestern : Mississippi Central;
Tennessee and Alabama; Selina and j
Meridian: Virginia and Tennessee; Wil- I
mington Weldon : Atlantic and North j
Carolina; Western North Carolina; Pe- ;
tersburg; Virginia Central . Orange and
Alexandria; Alexandria, • Loudon and
Hampshire: Manassas Gap; New Orleans,
Opelousas and Great Western ; McMinn
ville and Manchester: Mississippi and
Tennessee: San Antonio and Mexican i
Gulf; Memphis and Little Rock :' Knox
ville and Kentucky; Norfolk and Peters- j
burg.
A Scrap prom the Record of “ Mo
ses Brownlo'”.—fu 1857. in a public
discourse at Knoxville to the Relegates of
the Southern Commercial Convention, W.
G. Brownlow uttered the following as his
deliberate opinion. We give it in capitals,
that it may be read of all men as proof of
his insincerity, and his infidelity to Demo
cratic Republicanism:
”We endorse, uilhgi't reserve, that much
abused sentiment 0} a distinguished South
Carolina statesman, now no more, that
‘SLAVERY IS THE CORNER SI'ONE
OF OUR REPUBLICAN EDIFICE;'
while u e repudiate, as ridiculously absurd,
that much lauded, but nowhere accredited
dogma of Mr. Jefferson, ‘ THAT ALL
MEN are BORN EQUAL. "
If any white Republican who thinks that
slavery waa‘‘the sum of all villaniec,” or
any negro who has been deluded into the
support of Brownlow because he thought
he was his “Moses, can still have faith in
him. it certainly is of that sort that can re
move mountains.— Chattanooga Union. 1
One of the “Loial” Come to Grief.
The Crawfbrdsvillc (Ind.) Review gives
the following account of a " loyal rascal i
by the name of James Warbington, alias j
Rev. James Davidson Sykes,-and Rev. N.
C. Meyers, who was recently arrested in Jay
county for horse-stealing:
Ilis reverendship has flourished in his
career of crime with an unparalleled suc
cess, stealing horsesin nearly every locality
in this and adjoining States. During the
war he was immenst-ly “loyal,” and terrific
were the philippics he pronounced against
Democrats. Asa matter of course he was
the bean ideal among the loyalists. In
Richmond he incited, by his harangues, a
mob of the saints to destroy the Jefferson
ian office and was instrumental in having
quite a number of persons whq were known
to be Democrats mobbed, three of whom
are now cripples for life from injuries re
ceived at the hands of their brutal and
cowardly assailant.-. In August, 1865, this
“loyal” patriot made his advent into #ur
city. when, to use a “loyal” expression, he
concluded to “go for a copperhead ’ by
stealing his property, which he successful
ly performed by hiring a horse and buggy
from Abraham Huff, representing that he
would return next day and stating that he
was a member of the clerical profession, ex
hibiting his license to preach, and that his
business here was the arranging for a ‘ ‘big
meeting of the United Brethren. ’
To better impress Mr. Huff with his
sanctity he sternly reproved some little
boys, who were playing about the stable,
for their profanity. From the hour that
he drove out of the stable with the horse
and buggy Mr. Huff remained in igno
rance of'his whereabouts, until last Satur
day morning, when he learned that the
thief had been captured in Jay county for
stealing horses.from a livery stable in
Huntington. Repairing immediately to
the latter place, lie had an interview with
this caged apostle of “loyalty,” who sport
ed an elegant attire, and wore an air of pu
ritanical dignity that Theodore Tilton might
have envied. For a long time he refused
to recognize Mr. Huff, denied in the most
solemn manner having ever been in Craw
fordsville, told in pathetic and eloquent
language of the vast amount of good he
had done the wicked world by preaching
the gospel, of the great revivals that had
sprung up under his ministrations, in
which hundreds of weather-beaten sinners
had found grace and repentance, and how
that during his life he had never smoked,
chewed, drank, swore, danced or whistled,
but had lived like a true saint. After
listening to his sermonizing, however, Mr.
11., by a resort to a little strategy, suc
ceeded in getting a recognition and a full
confession. He told where he had dis
posed of the horse and buggy, stating that
he had used them for eight months, when
,he sold them for three hundred dollars.
With this gratifying intelligence Mr. 11.
left for Kentucky, on last Thursday morn
ing, to recover his property.
Enforcement of the Military Bill
in Texas. —General Charles Griffin, com
manding the District of Texas, issued an
order on the 6th of April, announcing
that under the provisions of the Military
Bill the local civil tribunals will be permit
ted to try offenders against the law, but
when it was evident that they will not'
impartially try cases brought before them,
the local military Commanders will
arrest the offenders and report to his
headquarters, that the trial might be had
before a military commission.
General Griffin, in his letter to Governor
Throckmorton, of Texas, accepting his
offer of assistance in registering the quali
fied voters of the State, said : "If possible
please favor me with the probable white
and black vote of each county. lam very
desirous to have the laws impartially exe
cuted, and no effort shall be spared on my
part to bring out the full number of legal
voters.in this State. If the citizens accept
the situation, come forward and yield a
cheerful obodionce, there can be no trou
ble.” The Galveston News comments
upon General Griffin’s letter as follows :
“It will be seen that the military power
intends to make no distinction of color in
the appointment of Registers in the va
rious portions of the State. We are in
formed that wherever colored men can be
found in Texas with the requisite qualifi
cations, in those counties possessing any
considerable portion of this population,
they will be associated with the white
Registers, and work in connection with
them. This seems to us to be wholly un
objectionable. If any are inclined to ‘re
volt’ at it, at first sight, some reflection
upon it will convince them that it ought to
bo expected, as following logically and
practically from the enfranchisement of
our colored people.”
Affairs at the Treasury Depart
ment. —The amount of fractional currency
received from the printing Bureau for the
week ending April 21 was V 349,500.
The shipments of fractional currency
during the week was $418.21;:. including
1 0 : ... . i:
it New York nil Boston, ■■■ 40,.iil't t the
Vssistant Tr« u-w at St. Louis, and the
: ■maitider t< the Na-i na! Banks and
others.
The disbursements for the week'are as
follows :
War Department $3,306,965
Navy Department 432,885
Interior Department 655,092
Total $2,394,942
The amount of National Bank currency
issued during the weekwos $49,700, and
the actual amount in circulation at this
date, the currency returned, including
worn out notes, which amounts to $3,607,-
983. being deducted, is $398,95.0,474.
The amount of fractional currency re
deemed during the week is $486,616 45.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day
amounted to $278,320; for the week they
foot up $1,976,942; with the aggregate for
the fiscal year to this date, $224,680,463.
The Securities held by the Treasurer of
the United States iu trust for National
Banks reported to-day are as follows :
For circulating notes $340,610,ft",0
For deposits of public money... 38,100,950
Total $378,771,900
We see it stated that Mr. Haines, Su
perintendent of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road, is about to put sleeping cars upon the
Road for the convenience and comfort of
passengers. We hope it is so, as it will be
a real gain to our people, to be enabled to
go down to Savannah, transact their busi
ness in one day and return, provided they
can sleep by the way.
• It is gratifying to know that the business
of the Road is now conducted with such
promptness and energy as to auger well for
the future. We hope, soon to hear that
the work upon the extension to Bainbridge
is begun. It is only a question of time as
to the full value of the Railroad, both to
Savannah and the public at large. Under
correct management it has a future that no
other road in the South possesses. If the
capitalists of Savannah, and those who
would make a profitable investment, do not
perceive this in time, they may be the
losers in a sum much beyond the amount
required to give impetus to the work of ex
tension.— Valdosta Times.
Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad.—
We were pleased to see Mr. Breed, the
lessee of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Rail
road, in our city the present week. Mr.
Breed has a large lot of iron now in Selma,
aud will commence laying the track to
Jacksonville in a short time. In a con
versation with him, we were assured the
road would be eomple ted to this place dur
ing the present year. Arrangements have
been consummated to push the work vigor
ously to completion.
The Stockholders’ Convention for this
road convenes in Selma, on the 15th inst.
The following gentlemen will represent the
Georgia A Alabama Railroad Company :
Col. Wade S. Cothran, Col. D. S. Printup,
and D. M. Hood. — Rome Com.., 2d.
The extent to which the credit system
has been abandoned in trade during the
past few years is thus strongly illustrated:
In 3SGI J. .Russell & Cos., the table cut
lery manufacturers of Greenfield, Mass.,
gave credit on over three-quarters of their
sales, while in IS6O all but one-third of one
per ceut were for cash. The Russell &
Erwin Manufacturing Company credited
over half their sales in 1859, while in
1866 all their sales were for cash,' Dunier
& Rosher, hardware commission mer
chants, gave credit on fifty-two per cent,
of their sales for 1861, while for 1866 they
credited but six per cent. These facts are
not probable of universal application. The
dry goods trade is still done largely on the
credit system.
Hebrew and Chinese Periodicals in
London.—The London Illustrated \eics
says :
London is the cosmopolitan city. Here
we have anew venture,-the Hebrew ■Ra
tional, dated “Ada I, 24. 562 1 A. M..
devoted to Israelitish literature, history
and polities. It takes a firm stand against
the word Jew, especially when used as a
verb, and as a corrupt appellation and a
nick-name. . From George yard. Lombard
street, we have a (to us) unreadable r ly
ing Dragon Reporter for China. .Japan,
and the East. Colt’s firearms, Ransom s
plows, roval balsamae plasters, and infant
feeding bottles are therein introduced to
our celestial friends.
The New Y'ork correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says: "Among the
latest arrivals in town is General Butler.
There i« "■ood authority for saying that he
will revisit the South, and New Orleans
even, some time in the course of the en
suing summer, with a view of following
up the campaign begun by Senator V i] son
in Virginia. He’says the people down there
are laboring under serious misapprehen
sion as to his views concerning them, and
he is anxious to have them corrected.'
Brunswick.
M e had the pleasure of spending a few
days, recently, in thi.-, beautiful little city
d> the sea, and found that the blighting
band of war had not fallen so heavily upon
her interests as in some other sections of
the State.
Our readers are. doubtless,, aware that
the harbor of Brunswick is the finest on
the South Atlantic coast, and that the
depth of water on her bar is sufficient for
the entrance into the harbor of the largest
draft vessels which navigate the seas. The
city is beautifully located on the Turtle
River (which is a salt water stream and.
more properly speaking, an arm of the
sea), some eight or ten miles from its
mouth. The site is a level sandy plain of
sufficient elevation to give it all the requi
sites for perfect drainage, health, and salu
brity. The present plan of the city ex
tends along the line of the river for nearly
two miles, affording ample wharf accommo
dations fora large and extensive trade and
shipping business, and runs back from the
rit er to the depth of a mile or more.
she buildings and improvements, so
far, are scattered over this entire extent of
territory, and gives to the place'the ap
pearance of a retired country hamlet. The
neat cottages and residences of the in
habitants, surrounded by magnificent live
oaks and screened by dense thickets and
hedges of the native cedar, imparts to the
scene a degree of quiet country life, pecu
liarly pleasing to one accustomed to the
bald straight lines •of brick and mortar
which fatigues the 03-0 in the large cities of
the South.
We met here some of our' old army
friends, who, having beaten their “swords
into plough-shares,” are engaged in the
laudable and, we hope, profitable employ
ment of tilling the soil. Among those
who have taken a prominent place in the
ranks of the material) Reeonstructionists
we were pleased to nreet General J. R.
Gordon, Georgia’s heroic and gifted son,
whose career in our late unfortunate war
has added new lustre to the State’s history,
and won for himself bright and unfaiding
laurels. The General and his family re
side in the city; but his planting interests
are on the Altamaha River, some twelve
or fourteen miles distant. lie lias a large
number of hands employed in the cultiva
tion of rice, and, with even a moderate
degree of faithfulness on the part of liis
freedmen, will make a large crop, as this
article is rarely affected seriously by the
vicissitudes of the seasons.
We were gratified to learn tlsat nearly or
quite all of the “old planters” had re
turned to their homes along the coast and
on the islands; and in nearly every case
their old staves compose the large bod.y of
their laborers. The relations of the two
races are pleasant and satisfactory, and the
freedmen are generally performing their
labor satisfactorily to their emploj-ers.
We also met General Harry Wayne, the
active and efficient Adjutant General of the
State during the war. He is engaged
largely in the lumber and timber business,
and, in connection with an old lumber mer
,chant of Savannah, is doing an immense
and, we hope, a very profitable business.
Both of these distinguished gentlemen
have gone to work with a hearty good will,
and their example should encourage all
those who are crying out constantly about
“utter ruin and hard times” to imitate
their action, and put their own hands to
the wheel if they hope to restore their lost
fortunes.
We found, also, quite a number of old
friends whom we had known in da.vs of 3'ore,
when Brunswick- gave promise of stable
and rapid development under the stimu
lus of the completion of the Railroad to
the junction of the Atlantic and Gulf Road,
and consequent connection with the interior
of the country. The Confederate Govern
ment destroyed this Road by taking up
and removing the iron, and seizing the
locomotives and rolling stock, since which
time the city lias been entirely deprived of
all communication with the back country.
Tl ' ipeful : ust now, of the carlj
completion fth Macon & Brunswick
Load to No. \ « the Atlantic & Gulf
i.l lad which will ;i\ Giem fforfc and
speedy conn . 'tier: '.sit ftavaanah ana the !
North by rail \ la;- e cat' oof iron for 1
this part of the road arrived during out
stay in the city, and we were informed that
a balance sufficient to lay the whole track
to the junction was afloat, and would ar
rive in the course of twenty or thirty days.
The completion of the road to Maeon
will bring to the city a large and valuable
trade and secure the speedy and perma
nent prosperity of the place. Until this
road is completed, her interests must
languish. ITer people seem to be fully
aware of the importance of the Macon con
nection, and are doing all in their power
to secure its success.
In this connection we desire to state that
the city of Brunswick is doing what we
believe to be a v.ery rare tiling in the South
since’ the war: Tney are paying up
the interest due on their bonds in cash.
The holders of interest coupons will receive
prompt payment upon their presentation
to the City Treasurer.
Sterling’s Southern School Boohs.
We had the pleasure of a visit yester
day from Professor Sterling, Principal of
Edgeworth Female Seminary, G reensboro’,
N. C., and who js tlm author of a valuable
series of School Books, which boar the
above title. We have given these books a
somewhat hasty examination, and feel war
ranted in recommending them to the con
sideration of Southern teachers. No branch
of literature should receive a more careful
scrutiny from our people than the elemen
tary books which are first placed in the
hands of our children. The young mind
is extremely impressible, and the bias
which it receive! in early training is apt to
cling to it with more or less firmness
through life. Southern parents should be
watchful, lest the minds of our youth re
ceive false and demoralizing impressions
from the teachings of the Puritanical
South-haters, who manufacture books
with the view of corrupting public senti
ment by instilling their peculiar dogmas !
through the medium of the school-.room, j
We have long thought that the State j
authorities should interpose for the pro- !
tection of our people by prescribing by law
tlie class ot boons to be used in our com- j
mon schools and seminaries. We are glad !
to learn that Alabama has taken this wise '
precaution for the safety of the State, i
and are pleased to Know that Professor
Sterling’s series of books have been strong
ly endorsed by the Legislature of that
State.
The Literary Board of North Carolina,
having control of the public schools of the
State, have also recommended this series
of books for general use in the schools of
that State.
Nearly all the schools in Virginia and
South Carolina are now using these
books, and we doubt not that all the
schools in the Southern States will adopt
them as soon as their merits are made
known.
The series consists at present of the fol
lowing volumes:
I. Sterling’s Southern Primer : Hand
somely illustrated for beginners.
11. Sterling's Southern Practical Pri
mer : Profusely illustrated with hand
some wood cuts.
111. Sterling’s Southern Elementary
Spelling Book : Illustrated.
IV. Sterling’s Southern First Reader :
Arranged to follow the Primer and con
taining easy lessons forjhose beginning to
read.
V- Sterling’s Second Reader.
I. Sterling’s Third Reader: In this
book the most difficult words of each les
son are defined to aid the pupil in under
standing what he reads.
} 11. Sterling's Southern Fourth Reader.
The selections in this book possess consid
erable literary merit, without being above
the capacity of the middle class in schools
and academies.
' 111. Sterling's Southern Fifth Pieader
consists of the choicest gems of literature,
both from American and foreign authors.
It is designed for the higher classes in our
schools.
V e believe this to be the best series of
e ementary school books which has yet
been offered to tlie Southern public, and
we trust that the author will meet with
success in introducing them generally into
our Southern school-rooms.
lu connection with these books, Prof.
Sterling has prepared, upon new, plain arid
entirely practicable principles, a set of
Southern copy books, nine in number, for
the use of schools and academies.
All of the above books are published by
Owens & Agar. 110 William street, New
York, who will fill orders for the same.
They can also be had from It. Sterling &
Son, Greensboro, N. C., wholesale dealers
in books and stationery.
Broun and Wilson.
WHERE IS THE LINE OF DEMARCATION ?
What is the difference between Ex-Gov.
Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, and his ad
herents, and Senator Henry \\ ilson, ol
Massachusetts, and his adherents ? It
appears to us that both are laboring to ac
complish the same purpose, to reap the
same rewards, and advocate the same
mode of attaining the object in view, name
ly, by the Federal Government coercing
the States to change their constitutions at
the demand of a certain party. Both
Brown and Wilson are perambulating the
country, - in reckless disregard of life-time
professions, attempting to whip the people
of the South into the traces of the Radical
wagon with the whip of confiscation.
It is wonderful to us how Gov. Brown
has so soon turned his back upon the able
argument made by him before Hon. John
Erskine, in the United States District.
Court at Savannah, only four months ago,
on the unconstitutionality of the Test
Oath. On the very first page of that
document, we find the words italicised.
The learned counsel had been speaking of
the inviolability, under our form of gov
ernment, of the great rights of life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness, and then
continues :
“Hut if the legislative department of the
Government, no matter by what motive it
may be actuated, should so far transcend the
proper boundaries ichich hare been pre
scribed to its authority, as to invade these
sacred rights, protected as they arc by a law
higher than its enactments, it is the pride
of our system, that an independent judiciary,
whose duty it is to hold the scales of justice
in equipoise, as well between the citizen and
the Government, as bctiqcen citizen and citi
zen, will vindicate the majesty of the law,
and maintain the good faith and justice of
the Government, by declaring all such enact
ments as violate the fundamental law, in
operative, null and void.”
Governor Brown used this language not
four months ago, and now we find him
and his adherents cavilling at Governor
Jenkins for asking the “independent Ju
diciary” to “vindicate the majesty of the
Law and maintain the good faith and
justice of the Government.”
The Yankees, recognizing the weak posi
tion of the Brown school of Logicians, have
determined to send to their assistance the
Wilson school ol philanthropists. The first
diplomatic move of Wilson in Virginia was
to offer a bribe to the old Whigs, to join
with the negroes in erecting a Republican
party in that State. The old Whigs,
however, indignantly spurned the offer, re
membering that Wilson was first elected
i to the Senate by a junction of the Beast
j Butler Democrats and tlie Free-soilers
i against the old line Whigs. They remem
! bered also that the same Henry Wilson
: spoke in the United States Senate in 1855,
as follows :
“We believe that slavery iiTthe States is
a local institution; that we are not respon
sible lor its existence; and that we have
no legal authority to interfere with it in
any way whatever. lam content to leave
slavery to'the people of the States where it
now exists. I recognize the Democratic
doctrine of State Kiglits, in its application
to slavery, as well as to other local affairs,
and, while I have a seat in this chamber, I
shall resist all attempts to encroach upon
the reserved rights of the sovereign States
of the Union ! I will stand side by side
with mv Democratic friends in vindica
tion of the Virginia and Kentucky resolu
tions of 1798-’9, which they endorsed fn
Baltimore in 1852!”
| Thus, we find both Brown and Wilson
engaged in building up a party which lias
thrown off disguise and is now endeavor
ing ter rule the States with the iron rod of
Congress, in direct violation of their life
time pledges.— Montgomery Mail.
from the Springjield (Mass.) Republican.
ueuerai Pope and Governor Jenkins.
Those who defend General Pope’s course
‘..‘-•ward the Governor of Georgia make the
i wme mistake with the General himself as
j to what constitutes opposition to the re
construction acts. The Governor has
neither attempted to obstruct die opera
tion of the acts nor threatened to do so.
He lias expressed die opinion that, the
States had better not reconstruct under
them, but wait till a decision is reached as
j to their constitutionality, or till popular
opinion changes on the subject at the
North. This may be advice; we are
quite sure it is, and that Governor Jen
kins makes an unfortunate mistake in not
uniting with the large majority of South
ern leaders of opinion in advising the
people to improve the opportunity they
now have to secure a return to their
normal political condition, and to repre
sentation in Congress. But the Governor
does not resist the law, does not in any
proper sense oppose it, in advising the
people not to reconstruct. If General
Pope will look carefully over the laws he
will see that the supplementary act au
thorizes and provides for the expression of.
just such opinions as those held by Gov.
Jenkins. The third section requires that
the registered voters, at the same time
that they vote for delegates to a constitu
tional convention, shall also vote for or
against holding such a convention, and if
a majority of the voters are against a con
vention it will not be held. In that case
the present joint provisional and military
governments would continue till some sub
sequent attempt at reconstruction, or some
additional action of Congress. Congress,
having thus made reconstruction optional
with the people, to speak or vote against
reconstruction is not an act of opposition j
to the law. General Pope’s first demon- j
stration in this matter, like his grand |
movement upon the enemy in Virginia, is j
a false one. If he shall remove Governor
Jenkins for any such reason as he has |
threatened it, he will have mistaken his ‘
duty. He has the unquestioned power to
doit. There is scarcely a conceivable act
by which he could exceed his powers, but
the removal of the Governor will be a grave
error of judgment. Opinion in the South, ;
as elsewhere, must be left free. We want |
the South to reconstruct and return to the
Union, but we want it done voluntarily, or |
at least with no further compulsion than
the law authorizes.
Gen. Cobb at theßar.—Theßainbridge
Georgian gives an interesting account oi
the trial oi I)r. Hancock, last week, for the
murder of Martin, the result of which lias
already been given in these columns. In
referring to the speeches of counsel, it says
of General Cobb, who appeared for the de
fence : “Hut it was reserved lor General
llowoll Cobb tp remind us of the better
dai's of American eloquence, and to carry
us back, not only to the times of Clay and
Webster in our land, but those of Pitt and
Sheridan in tbq English bar and Parlia
ment. Certainly General Cobb's speech,
on Wednesday afternoon, might well be
ranked with the ablest efforts cf human
genius. Some of his apostrophes were
tr uly startling, and there were times when
Ins earnest appeals stirred the deepest
fountains of emotion in our breast, and
brought tears from our eyp». The rising
bar of Georgia has certainly a high law
mark of emulation and imitation in their
eminent jurist.”
The New Line of Telegraph.—The
; < ‘‘^. annah , ' v ' H & Herald of Sunday says :
W e are pleased to learn that Mr. J. A.
Brenner, the gentlemanly and efficient
Superintendent of the Western Union
ielegraph Company, who is now in this
Lily, lias commenced the erection of the
line o, telegraph along the Atlantic and
u f Road which is to connect at Live
Gak w ith the International Ocean Line to
Cuba. Xearly three miles were put up
yesterday, and we understand the work
will b° prosecuted with unceasing energy
to completion.”
b)r. Blackburn, who is charged with
attempting to introduce the yellow fever
by means of infected clothing into the
United States during the war, has petition
ed the Attorney-General for permission to
return from Canada and to stand trial in
Kentucky. It is understood that the Attor-
replied that lie had no power
to grant the request.
More Corn.—The Savannah Advertiser
ofMayAd, says: “The arrivals of corn
yesterday were the largest of any (lay this
season. Threevessels came in, bringing
n agregate of 26,000 bushels.”
from thWCohunbus (Oa.) itnquirer.
The Georgia Baptist Convention.
Columbus, April 27, 1807.
SECOND DAY—MORNING SESSION.
IS. Opened with praver by Bro J Har
ris.
10. The Moderator announced the fol
lowing committees:
On Deceased Minister. —Brethren E W
Varren D E Butler. E Dyer, W G
McMichael, B H Brown and J
Harris.
On Missions —Brethren D Shaver, C M
Irvin. DWGwinn, NABaily,SEßrooks
CC Willis and FM Daniel
On Education —Brethren E A Steed, G
A Nunnally, S Boykin, J J Brandy, L II
Gordon P Callaway and T J Adams.
On dominations. —-Brethen II Bucha
nan, W C Gray, G S Obear, M A George,
Asa Marshall, A S Cannet and T J
Burney.
20. Received the Treasurer's report and
ordered it to be printed.
21. Read a letter from Bro J B Tay
lor, Corresponding Secretary of the For
eign Mission Board; also a letter from
Bro M D Robinson, a ministering brother
who was disabled during the recent war.
22. Brother T J Burney was unani
mously re-elected Treasurer of the Con
vention.
20. The Committee on the Executive
Committee’s Report presented the follows
ing, which was adopted:
The Committee to whom was referred
the Report of the Executive Committee,
report that they have examined the same,
and find nothing in it claiming the atten
tion of the Convention. We recommend
the adoption of the report.
Respectfully submitted.
A. M. Marshall, Chairman.
24. Brother Williams presented the
claims of the Southern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary at Greenville, S. C.
25. On motion of Brother Gwinn, the
following Committee was appointed to
nominate delegates to the Southern Bap
tist Convention : Brethren D W Gwinn,
C M Irvin, W T Brandy, II H Tucker,
C C Willis, J O Pitts, J W Pullin, A J
Kelly, J II Corley, A C Edwards, T J
Adams, G H Nunnally, G W Given, T J
Johnson, A S Camlet, E M Amos and M
N McCall, Jr.
20. Brother E W Warren presented
the Report of the Board of Trustees,
which was referred to the following Com
mittee : Brethren G T Wilburn, G 11
McCall, S G Hillyer, A B Callaway, T B
Cooper, J O Ilixon, J II Kilpatrick.
Brother Warren also offered a resolu
tion, which was referred to the same com
mittee.
27. Brother C C Bitting made an ad
dress in behalf of the Sunday School
Board of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, located at Greenville, S. C.
28. Brother E W Warren offered the
following motion, which was adopted:
Resolved. That wo have heard with grati
fication from the Corresponding Secreta
ry of the . Sunday School Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention of the re
vived energy and effectiveness with which
i that Board has recently prosecuted its
I work, and that we give it our hearty sym-
I pathy and co-operation, commending it to
i the liberality and prayers of the churches.
( 29. On motion of Bro II II Tucker, a
j Committee was appointed to express our
gratitude at the munificent benefaction of
Mr. Peabody for the educational purposes
in the South. The following Brethren
compose that committee : II II Tucker, W
1 Brantly, E A Steed, D E Butler, F M
Haygood.
30. On motion of Bro H II Tucker,
amount of twenty-six dollars, now in the
hands of the Treasurer, received from the
Georgia Association for the Bible and Col
porteur Society, was ordered to be paid to
Bro C C Bitting, Cor. Secretary of the Sun
day School Board,
31. Alter prayer by Bro W N Rives,
adjourned till 3 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Opened with prayer by Bro Warren.
On motion of Bro Pullin,
Resolved, That a committee of live bo ap
pointed to consider some plan for.the the
ological instruction of those who are actu
ally engaged in ministerial labors. Breth
ren Pullin, B. Ij. Ross, Nunnally, G. T.
Wilburn and H. 11. Tucker wore appoint
ed.
After some remarks.by Brother Boykin
in behalf of the Child's Delight, the fol
lowing resolution, on motion of Bro. Stout,
was adopted:
Resolved, That we commend to the Sab
bath Schools of Georgia, the Child's Relight,
published by S. Boykin, Macon, Ga., and
ad vise them to take it. ,
After prayer by Brother Williams, the
Convention adjourned till Monday morn
ing, 9 o’clock.
Report of appointments of Committees
on Religious Exercises.
Saturday night—Mass Meeting Domes
tic Missions.
THIRD DAY.
Columbus, April 29.
Saturday night a mass meeting was
held for Domestic Missions. Addresses
delivered by various gentlemen and about
S4OO collected.,
The Educational Sermon was preached
in the Baptist Church Sunday morning
by Rev. J. 11. Cuthbert,]). D., of Augus
ta, from Esther 4 —14. “And who
knowetli whether thou art come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?” The
sermon was chaste, elegant and very elo
quent and was delivered most gracefully.
Convention opened with prayer this
morning by Rev. N. E. Baily.
Minutes read and approved.
The following report was read :
The Committee,"to which was referred
the Reports of the President and Board of
Trustees of Mercer University, have care
fully considered the reports submitted and
highly commend the Lectures recently
introduced and the energy and zeal ex
hibited by the Faculty and Board to pro
mote the prosperity of the Institution.
Your Committee would desire that the
Board should make an effort to place the
Institution above contingencies and re
store to it tlie losses sustained by the fail
ure of the Confederacy.
To accomplish this object tlie Commit
tee would suggest that the Board of Trus
tees appoint at once an Agent to solicit an
additional endowment oftho University
of one hundred thousand dollars in shares
of ten dollars each.
G. T. Wilber, Ch’n.
Messrs. Welborn, Hillyer, Mell, Butler,
Tucker, Campbell, and others, spoke con
cerning the necessity of the Institution to
the denomination. The speeches developed
the facts that before the war Mercer Uni
versity was the best endowed College in
the State. During the twenty years of its
existence it liad graduated over 120 minis
ters. Over one.-filth of the present Con
vention were among the Alumni of the
Institution. It hud lost SIOO,OOO by the
'ate war. Theplan proposed would identi
fy the whole denomination with the Col
lege and almost every one could give $lO
and the SIOO,OOO would be raised within a
year. Mr. Campbell endeavored to have
shares increased without success. United
action was only required.
On motion of Mr. Stout, Mr. Butler
was requested to lead in prayer. After
ward the report was adopted, and a large
number of shares, about 150, were taken.
A number of resolutions in regard to
Agents was referred to the Board of Trus
tees.
The Report on Missions was read by Dr.
Brantly. The Foreign Board is embar
rassed by a debt ofso,ooo, which must lie
paid. The Domestic Mission work is go
ing on well and nearly $40,000 had been
received.
The following resolutions were intro
duced by the committee:
Resolved , That we recognize the claims
of the heathen world upon us fortheGospel
and that we will address ourselves to the
work of meeting the demand with renew
ed energy.
Resolved, That Rev. J. H. Campbell Vie
recognized as our State Evangelist, and
that we commend him to the liberality of
the churches.
Resolved, That we recommend to our
churches the Observance of a part of the
first Lord’s Pay in each month as a time
of prayer for the spread of the Gospel in
alljands, and that collections be made on
these occasions for the cause of missions.
Mr. Campbell spoke concerning his la
bors with this Association for forty-five
years. Mr. Irwin spoke urging the last
resolution. Messrs. Wellborne, DeYotie
and Cuthbert spoke in favor of Foreign
Missions. A collection was taken up by
Mr. lie Votie amounting to $143.
The report was adopted,
The Committee on Education, through
E. A. Steed, Chairman, reported the in
stitutions under charge of the. Convention
in a prosperous condition. The Hearn
school is doing good and Mercer University
has an able Faculty and a goodly number
of students. It is the duty of all as citizens
and Christians to not only enlist energies in
favor of high schools, colleges and Uni
versities, but in favor of eommon schools, j
The denomination should look to the reli
gious future of the country, and to diffuse !
Christianity more rapidly the people should
be educated. Report adopted.
The Committee on Nominations, through
11. Buchanan, Chairman, named Rev. J.
J. Brantly to preach the Introductory -
Sermon at the ensuing Convention , alter- i
nate, liev. 8. Landrum ; E. A. j
Steed to preach the Educational Sermon ; j
Rev. S. P. Callaway, alternate. Report j
adopted.
The following was read by Rev. H. H.
Tucker and adopted by the Convention :
The Committee to whom was referred
the subject of extending Theological in
struction to brethren in the ministry
whoso education is defective, and who,
from advanced years hr other causes, are
unable to pursue the regular course at our
established schools, beg leave to report,
that in their opinion great good can be ac
complished by the adoption of the follow
ing plan:
Let as many brethren as possible, of the
class referred to, repair to Penfield and re- ,
main one month ; beginning on the loth !
of November next. Brethren H. H. i
Tucker and John J. Brantly ha\e agreed
to act as instructors, and it is believed
that brother J. H. Cuthbert, of Augusta, ;
will assist them. The committee have
reasons for the time and place named, but j
it is needless to encumber this report with !
a lengthy statement of them. .Suffice it to i
say that board can be had at Penfield as j
cheap as any other convenient point, and
as two of the brethren who act as instruct
ors will reside there, thev.will heat no
expense l'or board or for "travelling, and
thus the plan be more economical than
AB-Yv besides winch tho library and other
faeilities'of the University will be at our
command. The' instructors will make no
charge for the services. The committee
earnestly recommend that brethren whose
education is limited avail themselves of
this opportunity for instruction.
J. W. Pullum, Chairman.
Dr. Tucker enforced resolution by perti
nent remarks.
The following were named as delegates
to the Southern Baptist Convention to
meet on May 9th:
P II Mell, C D Kimbrew, T B Wilson,
M M Landrum, M Edwards, J H Kilpat
rick, II A Tupper, T B West, J W Caston,
J Fulghum, A C Edwards, G R McCall, II
Bunn, FD Wimberly, D Shaver, J 1 Whit
aker, J H Campbell, J E Robinson, F M
Daniel, J II Hall, S P Callaway, A K Cal
laway, W T Brantly, J H DeVotie, E W
Warren, M J Wellborn, II II Tucker, W
C Gray, B B Robinson, J H Cuthbert, J S
Searcy, S Landrum, L Joiner, B M Calla
way, J W Collins, J J Brantly, L C Te
beau, T Lamer, J H B Underwood, A Gay
ton, W LMansfield, BFTharpe, G W Giv
en, W C Wilkes, D G Daniel, S G Hillyer
D A Vason, J G Gibson, C M Irwin, I, R L
Jennings, S Boykin, T B Cooper, W N
Chaudoiu, T H Ivey, J J Toon, N P
Hotchkiss, 11, C Hornadv, W II Strick
land, B S Sheats, G T Willburn, J M Da
vis, E A Steed, J Martin, J F Dagg, J B
Twittv, W A Hornady, G C Connor, D E
Butler, W II Robert.
It was also resolved that delegates pres
ent fill vacancies.
The Committee on Deceased Ministers,
through Rev. E. Warren, Chairman, re
ported the deaths, during the past year,
of Rev. Radford Gunn, of the Georgia As
sociation ; Rev. John H. Clarke, of the
Rehobotli Association ; Rev. J. P. Lever
ette, of the Mt. Vernon Association; Rev.
Carlos W. Stevens, of the Washington As
sociation, and Rev. S. G. Daniel, of tlie
Bethel Association. Appropriate mention
was made of each.
The Committee urge upon Churches the
sustaining of pastors so that they may give
themselves wholly to the Lord.
The report was adopted. Convention
adjourned to 3 p. m.
# AFTERNOON SESSION.
Prayer by Rev. S. E. Brooks.
The following, read by Dr. Tucker, was
adopted:
Whereas, It lias pleased God to raise up
a munificent friend to the South, in this
her hour of deep distress, in the person of
Mr. George Peabody, who has made a do
nation of two millions (2,000,000) of dollars
for tho promotion of education in the
Southern States; and whereas, the only
means in our power of showing ourappre
ciation of this gift is to express the senti
ments which it excites: therefore
Resolved, That our heartfelt gratitude is
due to tlie Giver of all good for His great
mercy in putting it into the heart of one of
His servants, to visit us in these days of
our sorrow and poverty with liberal and
timely assistance.
Resolved, That we enter on record our
grateful sense to Mr. Peabody’s generosity;
and that we tender to him our sincerest
thanks for his noble bounty together with
our best wishes for his health, happiness
and spiritual welfare, rejoicing in the be
lief that He who lovetli a cheerful giver
will abundantly reward our distinguished
benefactor.
Resolved, That we have heard with great
satisfaction of the appointment of the Rev.
Dr. Sears as General Agent of this fund ;
that we have also heard with pleasure that
he and some members of the Board of
Trustees contemplate a visit to the South,
and that as a part of tlie people of Georgia,
we shall welcome them to our State and to
our private hospitalities.
Resolved, That we are also gratified to
learn ofthe appointment of the Rev. John
E. Amos as Associate Agent, believing as
we do that he will execute his trust with
fidelity and energy.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be forwarded, through Mr. Amos, to Mr.
Peabody, to the Hon. Robt. C. Witlirop
and to Rev. Dr. Sears.
The resolutions were adoped.
The following, offered by Dr. Cuthbert,
was adopted :
That we recommend to our brethren of
the ministry to aid by counsel and instruc
tion, as far as may be practicable, all col
ored ministers, licentiates, and ordained
ministers who may desire to receive in
struction at their hands.
The report of the Finance Committee
was adopted-
The following is the summary :
Domestic Missions, and received
by It. Holman $0,029 18
Foreign Missions 149 00
Indian “ 2.8 CO
General Purposes 10 00
Indigent Ministers 8 00
J. 11. Campboll 45 00
W. D. Robinson 5 00
J. M. Barrow 10 00
Christian Index 35 00
Sunday School Board, collected by
C. Bitting no 40
Total $6,307 03
At the collection on Saturday night two
gold watches were contributed to Domestic
Missions.
(The other collections have already been
noted in the proceedings,
Appointed the next meeting of Conven
tion at Augusta, on Friday, before the
fourth Sabbath in April, 1808.
On motion of D. E. Butler, Convention
resolved: “The Christian Index and
Southwestern Baptist ” deserved the
patronage of Georgia Baptists, and that its
circulation should be encouraged.
Speeches were made by a number of
delegates. Rev. S. G. Hillyer, in behalf of
the committee appointed to secure a Me
moir of Rev. Dr. C. D. Mallory, deceased,
made an informal report, showing that
there was at present pecuniary difficulties
in the way of publishing such a work at
present.
Seventy-five dollars was ordered paid
Rev. J. L. Dagg for services as Clerk.
The following was adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven
tion are duo, and are hereby tendered to
tho citizens of Columbus for the hospitable
and affectionate entertainment which we
have received at their hands.
2d. We also tender our thanks to the
several railroads which have generously
granted to delegates return tickets free of
charge.
3d. We gratefully acknowledge the cour
tesy oftlie editors of the »S‘i«i <£- Times and
Enquirer for furnishing copies of their
papers to the members of this body during
our session.
Thanks were also returned to the Pas
tors of the city who tendered the use of
their pulpits to the Convention, and to tho
presiding officer of the body.
On motion the following was adopted:
The Committee to whom was referred the
MS. ot the History of Georgia Baptists in
the course of preparation by Rev. J. H.
Campbell, report that they have had time
but for a cursory examination of the work,
but they believe it to contain much valua
ble information in regard to our deceased
brethren not found in any ot her volume,
and they' take pleasure in recommending
it, when published, to the patronage ofthe
denomination.
W. T. Brantly, Chairman.
On motion of Colonel Edwards a length
ened notice of Rev. Mr. Lcvcrott, de
ceased, was directed to be written and
spread upon the minutes.
After prayer by Dr. Brantly, a hymn
was sung, the parting hand given, and the
Convention was announced adjourned to 1
meet in Augusta at the time appointed.
liev. Dr. Brantly preached in the Bap- j
tist Church Monday night.— Columbus j
Sun <£• Times.
A Popular Plan to Pay off the
National Debt. —The oppressive taxation
and its injurious effects upon business and
industry is now creating a great deal of
talk and discussion and different popular
remedies have been suggested to meet the
evil. The last- we have heard was this,
proposed among quite an audience of
Indiana farmers, casually drawn together,
and of different politics. It was suggest
ed that, in order to relieve the poople of
the one hundred and eighty millions of
dollars which we are paying on the bonds
in interest, that the whole principle be im
mediately paid off by an issue of a sufficient .
amount of greenback currency in legal I
tender. Thus the debt would be transfer- j
red from the hands of the few who charge j
immense interest for it into those of the i
many who will charge none. It is true the j
greenbacks are not on par with gold, but ;
neither was the money which the bond-
holders originally lent the government. In
i fact the money lent the government was
i then worth only forty or fifty cents on a
I dollar, in gold, whereas now greenbacks
! are double that rate. It was believed, as
! our informant assures us, by the farmers
| present, that the greatest benefit would be
derived front the issue of this largo amount
of currency into the channel of circulation.
They were convinced it would relieve the
depression which now prevail?, stimulate
enterprise, increase the price of labor, and
greatly add to the prosperity of the coun
try. Our informant, who has travelled ex
tensively through the West, is convinced
that nothing would be more popular than
this scheme to immediately pay off the na
tional debt, thus diminishing our taxation
by from one-half to a third, and greatly j
adding to financial ease and enterprise.— J
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Texas News.—The Texas ..Yews,, pub
j lislied at Mount Pleasant, rejoices in the
fact that the fruit in that section is not
killed. They will luxuriate in those parts
upon half a crop.
Lieutenant Seth Griffin, whose bead
was split open by a sabre, in the hands of
a negro sergeant, in the late mutiny at
San Antonio, d‘ e 4 on the loth in.-.t. He
was buried with military honors on the
14th.
The Advertiser, of Corpus Christi, states |
that many persons in Nueces, Live Oak, I
and San Patrucio counties are planting j
Sea Island cotton.
The New 1 ork Journal of Commerce
1 says: The creditors of Mel/en, Ward &
1 Cos. had a meeting last Wednesday, when
a list of liabilities was handed in amount
ing to about a million and a half. The
Trenton Journal says it is supposed that |
the entire assets of the firm are held by
various creditors as collateral security, and j
that the estate will pay but a small per- ‘
ventage upon the liabilities.
Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md., Apiil 25. iso7.
Editors Chronicle <{• Sent lad.-—An I
write, the I irst Regiment Maryland Na
tional Guards, volunteers, now in the
course of organization in this city, arc
making a very imposing parade through a
number of .our principal thoroughfares.
The regiment consists of ten companies,
mustering over one thousand men, most
of whom have been through the late war
It is hoped that within a few weeks, at
utmost, the regiment will be filled to com
pletion, fully uniformed and equipped, and
permanent regimental and company officers
selected. The officers now in command arc
as follows: Col., James F. Cooper; Liem
Col., C. R. Coleman, Jr.; Major, Napoleon
Camper; Adjutant, John Mitchell. After
the parade, they were reviewed by General
Wm. H. Neilson. Maryland will now
have a permanent military organization,
and he a State-
To-morrow will usher in the day of
Thanksgiving, as per proclamation of the
Most Worshipful Grand Sire, James P
Sanders, Esq., of the Odd Fellowship of
the Union, and will be properly observed
by the members of the Order in this
etty. The ceremonies will take place
at their Hall, on North Gay street, at 8
0 clock, and will consist of an original
opening ode, written for the occasion by
Rev. Dr. James D. .McCabe • a prayer by
the same gentleman; an ode written by Mr.
u T* leS 7 B. Brewer, connected with the
Sunday Morning Telegram ” of this
city; an address by Past Grand Master
Henryh. Garey; and will conclude with a
second ode, written by Mr. Brewer, and a
benediction by Dr. McCabe. The cere
monies will be exclusively participated in
by the members of the Order and their
families. A good time to them!
We have had so many mysterious
disappearances of late days, that an allu
sion to them has become a “worn out tale;”
but I am called upon to chronicle another
still more strange disappearance within
the last two or three days, which has
caused no little apprehension for tho safety
of the missing man. Mr. Nicholas Keizer,
residing on Richmond street, left his home
on Tuesday last, and has not been heard
from since. Yesterday the matter was
given to detective Carroll, who, during the
day, ascertained that on Tuesday night
the missing "man was on the" corner
of Wolf and Fleet streets, in a
drinking house, and that a friend pre
vailed on him to give him, fur safe keep
ing, his money, some forty-nine dollars.
The friend has handed the money to his
family, and Keizer remains unheard frotiii
Strange things often happen in these large
cities, particularly with men carrying
about them large sums of ready cash.
Some months ago the firm of Monroe &
Cos., of New York, was robbed of a large
amount in gold checks—by two juvenile
thieves—the boys escaping without detec
tion. The following will be read with
interest by the readers ofthe “Sentinel
“Detective John S. Pontier returned to
this city yesterday evening; having de
livered these juvenile delinquents to the
New York authorities. After committing
the robbery of the gold checks from
Messrs. Monroe & Cos., Packard states that
lie and Clark went to Canada, where they
lived fast; thence to Portland, whence
they took passage to Liverpool. Arrived
in England, the boys commenced a fast
life, drinking and carousing. Before they
left New York they had changed four
thousand dollars of the checks, receiving
therefor treasury notes. In Canada they
had again changed this money into British
gold. While intoxicated one night at
Christy’s Minstrels, in Liverpool, they had
stolen from them the six thousand dollars
in gold checks which remained unchanged;
they had still remaining, however, nearly
one thousand dollars, a portion of the
amount first changed by them.
Had it not been for this mishap, it was
their iptention to have visited the Exposi
tion at Paris, but oonoluding that their
money would not last long enough to
do this, the boys crossed to Havre, anil on
February 12th sailed from that port in the
steamship Celia, for New York, and on
their arrival there, instead of visiting their
relatives there the boys at onca came to
this city, where they remained until tlfeir
money was spont, when they hired them
selves as laborers, and for a while worked
upon a farm. Finding this decidedly hard
work, they beoamo disgusted at length,
and on Monday last tho firm of Monroe &
Cos. received a letter from Packard, stating
where he was, and asking one of them to
come on and bring himself and 00m panion
back. One ot the firm at once eamo to
Baltimore, and, oommunicating with tho
police authorities, their arrest was effected,
and they were f sent to Now York and
handed over as stated above.
An election is soon to take place to fill
the position of Judgeship and Clerk ofthe
newly created Court of this city. It is
looked for with interest by those who have
the welfare of the oity at heart. The Hon.
T. Parkin Scott Is tho Democratic candi
date, while Hon. Reverdy Johnson has
accepted the nomination by the Conserva
tive Union and Radical ( fusion) parties of
the city. We await the returns with in
terest.
Trado is very active in some branches,
but not by any means what it ought to be at
this season. Our Southern friends should
not puss us, but remember ns in their
purchases. We are and have been their
best frionds. Literary matters are the on
ly business in which there seems to be a
stir. I have been reading anew work
from tho pen of James A. Maitland, enti
titled “The Great Van Broeck Property. ’ ’
“The Old Patroon.” Published by T. B.
Peterson & Brothers, of Philadelphia.
This is a most delightful novel, and I
predict for it a large sale. Being a litera
ry man myself, and something of a Feuil
letonist, it gives me pleasure to allude to
matters of this kind, and l'am sure inter
ests many of your readers.
The weather opens good with prospects
of an excellent spring. Fanners generally
look for good crops —the season augurs
well for all of them, with an abundance of
fruit in season, unless something shall
occur to destroy it before maturity. More
anon. ‘ ‘ Baltimore. ’ ’
\ . Senator Dixon was received at his home
in Hartford, on Saturday, by a salute of
thirty-seven guns, and a welcome from the
Mayor. He made a speech in answer, in
which he said the South was in a state of
slavery under the Reconstruction Act.
A. party of workmen on the Knoxville &
Kentucky Railroad, while excavating in
Anderson county, struck a rich iron ore
bed six feet deep.
An immense porpoise, measuring nine
feet in length, was captured one day last
; week on the mud flats about half a mile
! east of Bridgeport, Conn. It came in with
! the tide, and was left high and dry when
lit ebbed. These creatures are seldom
| caught, and they are valuable only for I heir
oil, which brings a good price.
The New York Journal of Commerce.
j states that on Sunday, James M. Brown,
I Treasurer of the Southern Relief Conimis
j sion, received, by telegraphic transfer,
: $4,757 25 in gold, contributions of the
generous-hearted citizens of Storey county,
; Nevada, to assist in relieving the suffering
iof their countrymen in the South. This
makes $45,757 in gold contributed to this
| commission by California.
The Steamer of Fire Company No.
I. —This elegant new steamer made her
debut upon our streets yesterday. Her
rapid journey from New York necessitated
a complete toilet re-arrangement, which the
polite gentlemen of the company were
prompt to do in their eagerness to in
troduce to the public » maiden of oomli
ness and beauty so rare. Tastefully wreath
| ed in rose garlands, the steamer remained
in front of the hall of the Ladies’ Fair all
the afternoon. We need not add that she
was the cynosure of all eyes .—Atlanta
Intelligencer, 2d.
j Good Luck. —The Warrepton JYm
| Index. says that a worthy citizen of
j Fauquier comity has fallen heir to an
estate of $5,04*0,000 in Ireland, and has
j gone to that country at the request of the
j attorney representing the estate, who is
| satisfied of the legality of his claim. No
name is given.
Death of an Aged and Ues:-<e;t.' and
Citizen.- It is with regret w» um.iatmo
the death of the venerable Geo. Kiuloch,
Esq., who, for over half a century, lias
been a resident of Charleston, and who,
for the greater part of that time, has been
one of our leading grain merchants. Mr.
Kinloch was an Englishman by birth, but
having located himself here at an early
age, was a true Carolinian. He expired
at his residence in Meeting-street, at 5
o’clock yesterday afternoon, in the 83d
year of his age.— Char. Mer., Ist.
Well-Grounded Hope for Man and
Beast —Hope of something tp eat V
j From more than one section of our District
we have heard very encouraging accounts
of the wheat crop—or rather of the grow
s ing wheat. And yesterday, a gentleman,
1 all the wav from Laurens, who has passed
i down through Laurens, Abbeville and
' Edgefield, told us that the growing wheat
and oats along his entire route, are finer,
more flourishing, and more promising than
he has ever known them. He says that
the oldest men in most att sections hold
this opinion. —Edgefield (S. C.) Advertis
er, Maylst.
The latter pare of a wise man’s life is
taken up in curing the follies, prejudices
and false opinions he had contracted io
the former.
I The chameleon, who is said to feed on
i nothing but air, has of all animals the
I nimblest tpngue.
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
road.-Passenger and freight trains are
running through to Chattanooga without in
terruption. The bridge over the Tennessee
has been completed in the most substantial
manner, and we hope no accident will hap
pen in that quarter again.
I ersonal.—General Pope is absent'
iroui the city, having gone after his
lamily.— At. Era, 2d.