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JERUSALEM.
Nome Interesting seen., about the
“City of tlie Great lilii*-''—Gen
eral Views or Jerusalem—
Trip to Bethlehem anil
l*ool. ot Solo
mon.
Capt. M. Dwinell, proprietor ot
the Rome Courier, is now traveling
in the East, and writing entertaining
sketches of travel for his paper. We
copy the following letter in reference
to Jeruselem:
Jerusalem, June 14, 1876.
Dear Courier: Since the time it
was conquered by David, Jerusalem
has been the scene of a large portion
of what might be termed the essen
tial vital events in the history of
Christianity, that a knowledge of its
topography and geography became
important to the Christian scholar.
This wonderful city is in the midst
of high, round*topped hills destitute
of trees, exceedingly rocky, yet of
smooth and graceful outline, and
rise one behind the other for many
miles in all directions around. Per
haps no important place in the
world has less variety of scenery.
When you have seen one of these
hills of Judea, you have seen the rep
resentative of them all. The soil on
these hills where it can bo reached,
is exceedingly rich, even to this day;
but Dineteeu-twontieths of the sur
face is covered with either hedges or
large rocks and the few little ter
races that can be cleared of rocks, so
as to be cultivated, are generally
nurrow and wide apart. California
has been truly termed the Palestine
of America, and no other country I
have seen is comparable to it.
Of course, in the land of Palestine
are many large, rich plains; but the
valley of the Jordan is one of the
nearest to the Holy City, and this is
twenty miles away. There has been
no rain hero since April, and yet the
trees, and even the few growing
crops of beans, melons, etc., iook as
fresh and vigorous as if thov had
received refreshing showers every
few days.
Jerusalem is supposed to contain
about 30,000 inhabitants. Of these,
20,000 are Jews, 4,000 Mohamedans,
and the other 6,000 Catholics and
Protestants. The present city, in
side the walls, is only one mile long,
north and south, and a half a mile
wide, east and west. The city is
built on a mountain, or high hill,
and this hill has three summits. The
highest of these is called Mt. Zion, iu
the southwest corner of the city,
where David’s palace was. The low
est is Mt. Moriah, in the southeast,
were Solomon’s Temple stood; and
Mt. Calvary is a little north of a line
between them, and was outside of
the ancient walls. The valleys that,
bound thdhe sides of the city are lo
cated almost exactly like the rivers
around Rome. The Valley of Jehos
aphat, and the Valley of the brook
Kedron, which is a continuation of
the former, form the eastern boun
dary ; the Valley of Hinnom extends
from above the northern limits to
along the western side, then bends
around east and unites with the
Valley of the Kedron,Just beyond
the walls of the south. These valleys
surround Jerusalem almost exactly
as the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers
surround Rome; hut the hills inside
the two cities are not located so sim
ilarly, but if you would put the high
est hill of the city where the Shorter
block is, to represent Alt. Zion, the
lowest one where Mai. Smith s resi
dence is to represent Mt. Moriah, and
one a little higher than the latter at
the Court House to represent Mt. Cal
vary-let this last extend to College
Hill—then have a shallow valley a
little to the east of Broad street, pack
all the Intervening space with gray
stone houses as thick as apples in a
basket, with only little crooked cow
paths for streets, dry up the rivers,
and you would change modern Rome
to the Jerusalem of to-day—except
that vou have too much space out
side of the representative mountains.
The east wall of the city is on the
brow of the valleys of Jehosophat
and Kedron, which are, say 200 feet
deep, witn steep sides and separates
the Moriah from Mt. Olivet. Nearly
opposite St. Stephen’s Gate, which is
near the centre of the east wall, is a
oathway leading to the place where
St. Stephen was stoned to death. A
little further on and after passing
the bottom of the valley, is the gar
den of Gethscmane, the tomb of the
Virgin Mary and the Grotto of Ag
ony. A little down the Pool of the
Virgin, the tombs of Absolom, St.
James and Zachariah, and the town
of Siloam, near where this valley
unites with Hinnom. If you follow
right round and up the valley of
Hinnom, the first notable place is
the Potter’s field, bought with Ju
das’ betrayal fee, and just after turn
ing the southwest corner of the city
wall vou come to the lower p>ool of
Giha'n, 200 feet long by 100 wide and
20 deep—a reservoir to retain the
winter water for summer use. Near
ly a half mile further up is the up
per pool of Gihan, of about the same
size. You have now followed the
vallevs round three sides of the city.
From the northwest corner of the
wall the land rises considerably
higher, and the Russian Convent and
Hospital are located there-large and
fine buildings outsido the walls. In
the last few years the Germans and
Prussians have established claims
also in this vicinity, and the Jews
have put up a good many houses of a
substancial character.
My first trip out was to Bethlehem,
six miles to the southwest. We
crossed the valley of Hinnom a little
above the lower pool of Gihan, which
is now dry, and the large flat rocks
on the bottom are used as threshing
floors, where they are treading out
corn (whdat) with oxen in the primi
tive way, that is, by using no ma
chinery whatever, but treading it out
with oxen. We passed near the
house in the southwest corner of the
city where the “Last Supper” was
prepared, and a little opposite and
outside the city is the tree that is
said to mark the place where Judas
hung himself, and near by the coun
try residence of Caiaphas, the High
Priest, on the ‘hill of evil counsel.”
After getting about a mile from the
wall we strike the plain of Repha
diam, the only plain in the vicinity,
It is about a mile long and a half
a mile wide, A little further on, and
VOL. 2.
two acd a half miles from the city,
is the convent of Elijah, that marks
the place where the Prophet rested
when fleeing to Damascus, and was
fed by angels. A half mile bevoud
this is the' tomb of Rachel,the wife of
Jacob, and off to the north the vil
lage of Ratnah, with its convent,
where Zucharias lived and where
Elizabeth his wife gave birth to John
the Baptist. It scorns to he the
style about Jerusalem to put a con
vent at every authenticated place
where an important event in Bible
history transpired. Along here are
thousands of olive trees, and it is
strange, where the rocks are so thick,
they get soil enough to live on.
Arrived at Bethlehem, built on the
southern slope of a hill. Same stylo
here as elsewhere, of gray stone, flat
topped houses, packed in as thick as
they can be. Said to have a popula
tion of 2,500 aud nearly all Christ
ians.
We soon arrived at the most con
spicuous building in the place, which
is really a group, for the Churcii of
Nativitv is surrounded by three con
vents, "Latin Greek and Armenian.
This church is very old, yet well pre
served and presenting quite a haud
somo appearance. It, was erected by
Helena, the mother of Constantine,
in the beginning of the fourth cen
tury, and is believed to be the oldest
Christian church in the world. It
has no dome, but the roof is framed
of immense cedar beams, brought
from Lebanon, and is supported by
forty marble pillars. The main room
is about 150 feet long by 100 wide, is
high and well proportioned. The
church is used as the common
property of all Christ ian denomina
tions, and the Zealots of the sur
rounding convents meet on this com
mon ground to hate one another, and
tight, even here, at the very place
where the Prince of Peace was born.
A guard of Mahomedan soldiers has
to be kept here constantly to prevent
these Christians from killing each
other. What a commentary is this
on the bigotry of professed Christ
ians.
The Chapel of Nativity is under
this church and is reached by de
scending fifteen steps to a marble
chapel thirty-eight feet long aud
twelve wide. Of course it is not pre
tended that these walls and floors ex
isted at the time of our Saviour’s
birth, but I have no doubt they do
surround the place. Immediately at
the foot of the stairs, at the left, the
place of the Manger, a circular
niche in the wall, about four feet
wide and three deep. Golden lamps
are keptcrnstantly burning before it.
The original wooden Manger is said
to be in the church of St. Maria
Maggiore. at Rome.
About ten feet beyond the Manger
and on the left is the natal chamber.
It is about ten feet long, eight wide
and eight high. A couch cut from
pure white marble, six feet long and
three wide, is on the right as you
enter, and engraved on the marble
over it, are the words “Hie de Virgine
Maria Jesus Christas nalus est.”
Here Jesus Christ was born of the
Virgin Mary. The Greeks, Latins
and Armenians are each allowed to
keep an equal number, about twen
ty, of gold and silver lamps iu this
chapel. Even in this sacred place,
four Turkish soldiers, armed with
muskets and sabres, pace their weary
rounds to protect Christians from one
another. Before this guard was es
tablished, some three years ago, tiie
Greek and Latin Priests had a light,
even in this chapel, in which they
broke up the golden candlesticks aud
burned the rich tapestry and paint
ings that hung on the walls. There
are now some very fine paintiugs
aud rich, golden tapestry on the
walls. In front of the Manger is the
Altar of Magi, at the far end of the
chapel is the chamber of Joseph, and
on the side the empty tomb of St.
Jerome, who spent the latter part of
his life here where he died, but his
remains have been carried to Rome.
We returned to the church above
and spent some time in admiration
of the pictures and statuary that
adorn the walls. There are a large
number of very old paintmgs here
that are not very line specimens of
art, but tolerably good, and consider
ed very valuable on account of their
great age. Most of them represent
scenes appropriate to the place.
Mary and the Child, the Holy Fami
ly, the Magi presenting their gifts,
the Shepherds learning the glad tid
ings of the flight into Egypt, etc.
But besides these there are some very
tine life-size pictures of the same
scenes in gold and silver has relief,
of wonderful richness and almost
adorable beauty. In this church are
three altars, one for the Greeks, one
for the Latins, and one for the Ar
menians, and people were constantly
coming on, and, generally sitting,
but sometimes kneeling, around these
altars, saying their prayers and going
out, while all the while the Mohame
dan soldiers, whose guns are stacked
in the main body of the church, but
wearing their sabre bayonets by their
sides, saunter around with a content
ed air of complacent satisfaction, as
if they were thanking Mahomet that
they are not like other men, even
these poor Christians, that, have to
be protected from one another here,
in one of their most sacred places.
But in spite of the manifestations
of intolerance among the sects here,
my visit to Bethlehem was more than
satisfactory—it was full of joy and
consolation, my faith in Christ and
Christian history was made more
lively and stronger, and, before le< v
ing the church I returned to t ie
Chapel of Nativity, to pray >e
second time and thank God for wl-. t
my poor eyes had seen, and play ■ he
Saviour, who was here first manifest
in the flesh, to guide and protect me.
From Bethlehem we went some
three miles farther, to the three
pools of Solomon. They are about
150 feet square anil 25 deep, built of
heavy rock laid in cement. They
are in a descending valley, the bot
tom of the upper one being a little
higher than the top of thejiext, and
in the same way, the third lower
than the second. They are supplied
from a very large spring some 200
yards beyond the upper pool. From
the lower one a stone aqueduct, made
of cut stone, say two feet deep anil
one and a half wide aDd lined with
harcTcement, winds around the hills
and extends to the site of the ancient
temple in Jerusalem. The length of
this aqueduct is thirty miles, on ac
count of its numerous windings. It
is covered over with rock, but there
are many openings, all along the
way, where water can be dipped out.
The upper and middle pools have
gates by which to let water into the
lower one, in case it should be ex
hausted. The two upper ones are
now empty, but water now flows
from the lower one to Bethlehem,
and until a few years since, ran on
to the great city. Thi3 is a wonder
ful work, and, if really built by Solo
mon, must be 3,500 years old.
SI. D. 1
THE TIMES.
COLUMBUS, GrA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1870.
HOIKING MEETING AT THE KIM
BALL HOLME.
Hon. B. II Hill on National l’nlittr*.
ADDRESS BY THE HON. R. I. MOSES.
From the Constitution, 3d.]
The labors of the Gubernatorial
convention were appropriately closed
with a rousing Democratic jubilee
last night at the Kimball House.
The meeting was announced and it
was also promised that eminent
speakers would take part in the ex
ercises. The crowd began to assem
ble at the hotel very soon after seven
o’clock. The fair sex turned out in
larger numbers than we have ever
seen them at a political meeting, and
before eight o’clock the arcade alone
was filled from one extremity to tho
other with exquisite toilets worn by
equally attractive ladies.
It had been desired to hold back
the speaking until tho convention
had adjourned, in order that all of
the members might hear Mr. Hill,
but by half pasteigbt o’clock the Im
patience of the waiting thousands
could no longer be restrained and the
great Congressman from the Ninth
was introduced amidst an uproar of
cheers that rolled along the street
for fully five minutes.
Air. Hill chose for his subject tho
‘national politics and radicalism.”
Tiie speech was one of the happiest
of his life, and was interrupted every
few minutes with the wildest ap
plause. Iu opening ho stated that
he now felt greater hope for the fu
ture of the country, and for a solu
tion of the difficulties which have so
long been threatening the very life
of our national commonwealth, than
when he last addressed a similar au
dience. The country was giving
some evidence that it was becoming
wearied of the intolerable corruption
which has been spreading its poison
abroad like a festering sore. There
were three elements in tho Cincin
nati Convention: there was a good
element, that is if anything iu Radi
calism can be good; there was a bad
element, and there was what ho
would term a negative element. The
party would not nominate the man
who represented the good element;
were afraid to nominate the repre
sentative of tlie bud, and concluded
to try General Hayes, who represent
ed the negative, the thieves voting
for him through the hope they en
tertained of being able to manage
him to suit their purpose.
Passing to the doings of tho pres
ent Congress, Mr. Hill said that the
work it had accomplished was most
important. To such an extent had
the House proceeded in its work of
reform, the Radicals were
already speaking of it as
the “ex-Confederate House.”
Whether it was ex-Confederate or
not, it was the best House the coun
try had seen for years. In the face
of great obstacles, in the face of the
opposition of a Republican Senate,
they had already cut down the an
nual expenses of the Government up
wards of thirty millions of dollars;
not only that, but they had discover
ed and exposed far more rascality
than he had the time to relate. The
obstacles .thrown in their way were
great. Records and papers which
would have developed far more in
famy than had yet been brought out
were destroyed or left out of their
way, but iu spite of all much good
work had been accomplished. The
stealing and wasting of the Republi
can party, he verily believed, each
year exceeded $100,000,000. They
bad stolen and squandered more
since the war than was sufficient to
pay the entire war debt. He would
not say that President Grant was a
dishonest man, but he was surround
ed by a terribly hard crowd, and
what was worse he seemed to take to
the crowd protty strongly. Another
singular feature about Grant’s ad
ministration, was that an honest man
couldn’t stay in office under him.
No sooner was it known that a man
was tolerably honest than out he
went.
The Republicans were going to
fight the coming battle on the line of
sectional enmity. There wero indi
cations that troops were to be sent
into Southern States to stir up the
people and provoke bitterness. In
the House of Representatives Mr.
Blaine had recently seen fit to make
a savage attack upon the Southern
people. They had been denounced
as murderers, and assassins, their
cruelty to their prisoners was
likened to the horrors of the Spanish
inquisition, and the massacre of St.
Bartholomew. He had repelled
these charges, and at least had
proven Mr. Blaine to be a big story
teller. The truth of this matter is
that not only is the South entirely
blameless of this charge, but the re
cords show that the rate of death in
Northern prisons was three per cent,
greater than that in the Southern
prisons. He knew that some had
been disposed to criticise this speech
of his, but before he would remain
silent and hear his people slandered,
he would have to cease to be a Repre
sentative. If there is a man among
his constituents who can submit to
being slandered as a murderer, and
charged with cruelty, and is afraid to
have the truth told in his defense,
then he is not the Representative of
that man. Since making the speech
he had received congratulatory let
ters from various sections of the
country, and a member of the Eng
lish Parliament had told him in
Washington city, that he was glad to
know that the reports of cruelty of
the Southerners to their prisoners
so industriously spread abroad were
untrue.
Mr. Hill gave a passing stroke to
the Freedman’s Bank, charging its
management with stealing nearly
every dollar the deluded negroes had
placed in their hands.
He complimented Tilden and Hen
dricks warmly, giving it as his opin
ion that the chances were very favor
able to their election. The address
was closed with a hadsome tribute to
General Colquitt and an earnest ap
peal to the Democracy of Georgia to
put nobody but good men in office,
and never let strife or discussion
break their ranks.
R. .J. MOSES.
In response to frequent calls, Hon.
R. J. Moses, of Columbus, next ad
dressed the crowd. His speech was
brief and directed especially to State
affairs and the newly nominated
Governor. He spoke of General Col
quitt as the man, the soldier, and the
patriot, eulogizing him very highly.
Mr. Moses denounced in forcible
terms any independent movement
as against the unanimous voice of the
convention, and effectually illustra
ted several of his points with humor
ous anecdotes.
When he had concluded there were
numerous calls for prominent gentle
-1 men, General Colquitt being among
the number. The hour now being
late nobody Iresponded. Shortly
past ten o’clock tho multitudes slow
ly dispersed, and thus terminated an
occasion that will long remain fresh
in the minds of all who participated.
CONGRESSIONAL.
tiii iioiiav. An;. :.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Spencer the bill
to limit and fix the signal servieo was
taken up aud passed. The bill at
taches the army officers on duty
with tho signal service permanently
to the bureau, and reduces their pay
from that of cavalry to infantry offi
cers.
At the expiration of the morning
hour, the river and harbor bill, being
tho unfinished business, was taken
up, the pending question being on
tho amendment of Mr. Mitchell, con
ferring power on the United States
Circuit Court to condemn such pri
vate property as may bo needed for
construction of the canal around the
cascades of the Columbia river in the
State of Oregon
Mr. Logan, by unanimous consent,
introduced a hill for the issue of sil
ver coin and to make the silver dol
lar a legal tender referred.
The debate on Mr Mitchell’s amend
ment was continued by Messrs. Kel
ley, Christiancy and others, after
which it was rejected-ayes, 10; nays,
21.
HOUSE.
Mr. Hurd, of Ohio, from Commit
tee on Judiciary, submitted a report
in relation to the alleged suppression
by the Hon. J. Proctor Knott, of tho
dispatch from Josiah Caldwell, iu re
lation to Hon. J. G. Blaine. The
report recites the history of the re
ceipt of the telegram, and reaches the
conclusion, Ist, That the telegram
was not evidence as it was not made
under oath, and that it is a well set
tled rule of law that to admit a tele
gram as evidence tho original must
be produced and offered. 2d. That
Mr. Knott had no evidence that the
dispatch had really been sent by
Caldwell. The fact that his name
was signed to it did not prove the
fact it actually came from
him. 3d. That the wliolo sub
ject of securing the attendance
of Caldwell as a witness, was refer
red to tho chairman of the commit
tee, and that it was not his duty to
exhibit to the full committee every
dispatch that lie received on the sub
ject, The committee further report
that Mr. Knott lias acted in gcod
faith and with no error of judgment,
and not for tho purpose of doing in
jury to any man by withholding the
dispatch.
The recommendation is therefore
made that tho committee be dis
charged from the further considera
tion of the question.
Mr. Knott addressed the House,
commenting with much soverity on
tho course of Mr. Blaine.
When he’d concluded,Messrs. Frye
and Hale, members of the commit
tee, replied to Mr. Knott, and Mr.
Frye said ho had signed the report,
but in view of tho evident malice
contained therein, he withdrew his
name, and hoped no Republican
would vote for tiio report.
FRIDAY, AICiIST 4TII.
SENATE.
Washington, August 4.—Tho chair
laid before the Senate tho House
concurrent resolution for adjourn
ment on Monday, and on motion of
Mr. Windom, it was referred to tiie
commit ee on Appropriations.
On motion of Mr. Ingalls, a con
ference on the Osage Indian bill was
agreed to, and Messrs. Ingalls, Ed
munds and Kernan appointed con
ferees on the part of the Senate.
Mr. Logan, from the Military Com
mittee, reported House bill for the
protection of the Texas frontier on
tho Rio Grande. Placed on the Cal
endar.
Mr. Logan moved to discharge the
Military Committee from the consid
eration of the Senate -bill concerning
tho employment of Indian scouts,
and that tho Senate consider it at
the present time. The bill was con
sidered and passed.
Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported bill for tho re
lief of C. M. Wilson & N. H. Van
zant, of Virginia. Placed on calen
dar.
Mr. Windom also reported aud
asked the present consideration of a
bill to pay certain indebtedness in
curred in the construction of the
Now York custom-house and post
office building-objected to by Mr.
Edmunds, and laid over.
Mr. Logan reported from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs House res
olution to provide for the transmis
sion to the State authorities of North
Carolina of copies of certain State
papers of tho commonwealth now
on file in the State Department, and
moved that it be indefinitely post
pened.
At the suggestion of Mr. Merri
man, the resolution was placed on
the calendar.
HOUSE.
Mr. Derrell, of Minnesota, from the
Committee on Commerce, reported
back Senate bill to make the port of
St. Paul a port of appraisement.
Passed.
Mr. Banning, of Ohio, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, sub
mitted the report of the Committee
in relation to contracts for head
stones for soldiers’ graves. Ordered
to be printed.
The River and Harbor Appropria-
tion bill having been received from
tho Senute, Mr. Hereford, of West
Virginia, from tho Committee on
Commerce, movod non-concurrence
in the Senato amendments and asked
for a committee of conference.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to
concur. He hoped that it would be
done, because the Senate had reduced
the amount of appropriations over
live hundred thousand dollars. A
concurrence, therefore, would be an
acceptance of the Senato amend
ments.
Mr. Wilson, of lowa, moved to re
fer the bill to tho Committeo of the
Whole, that further amendments
could be considered and discussed.
Tho House refused to agree to Mr.
Holman’s motion to concur, and he
then moved to lay tho whole bill on
the table, and tho yeas and nays were
ordered. Tho latter motion was re
jected-yeas 46, nays 143.
Mr. Hereford’s motion to non-con
cur aud appoint a conference was
then agreed to, and Messrs. Here
ford, Reagan of Texas, and Burnwell
of Minnesota, appointed tho House
conferoes.
The regular order having been de
manded, the Speaker called commit
tees for reports of a private nature.
Mr. Williams, of Indiana, from
Committee on Accounts, reported a
resolution to givo one month’s addi
tional pay to certain discharged em
ployees— adopted.
The morning hour having expired,
the House wout into Committee on
the State of the Union. At 2:20
o’clock Mr. Garfield took tho iloor in
reply to Mr. Lamar’s speech of Wed
nesday.
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The rnlienltlilcMt Fit}'.
Tho mortality from heat in Balti
more, though in a more southern
latitude, seems to have been as noth
ing compared with that of New
York. The New York Herald gives
some facts which show .that
New York is the most un
healthy city in tho world.
In Paris, which is twice as large as
New York, in a humid climate and
on a plain, the death rate is 22.4.
London is nearly four times as large
as New York. It is n city densely
populated Avith every form of misery
and want, and its death rate is 17.6.
In New York the doatli rate for the
week ending July 8 was 47.65. In
other words, nearly three times as
many people die iu New York as in
London. Nor can this be attributed
to the general unhealthiness of the
country. If we go East—to Boston—
wo find the rate 24.73,
showing that Now Eng
land is as healthy as France. If we
go West wo find the rate at St. Louis
26.92, which shows that the generally
malarious valley of the Mississippi is
much healthier than New York. If
we go South wo find that Charleston,
in a low country also, and near the
rice and cotton lands, which are
famous for malaria, has only a rate
of 26.55, This mortality is largely
among the children. In twenty-five
days in New York city, over two
thousand children under five years
have been buried, and the report
says: “The direct cause of their
death was cholera infantum, caused
by tho extreme heat and want of
proper diet and fresh air.” It is
among the miserable and crowded
tenement house population of New
York that the food for this mortality
is found.
■ .
ALABAMA MIiWK.
—The University of Alabama, at
its recent commencement, conferred
the decree of A. M. upton Judge 11. D.
Clayton.
—Col. D. S. Troy’s opinion is that
the constitution disqualifies any
man from voting who has been con
victed of grand or petit larceny, and
that the Governor’s pardon will not
enable the criminal to vote.
—The Montgomery Bulletin of
Thursday evening says that Ex-
Treasurer Bingham has succeeded in
making anew bond, which was neces
sitated by Pat Robinson withdraw
ing his name from the one first made.
—The Union Springs Herald is told
that the grasshoppers have played
havoc with the fodder crop of Mr.
Johnson, who is farming on the Gil
lespie place, in its county. The
grasshopper is getting to be "dreaded
as much as the cottou worm.
—Tho Opelika Observer says that
Capt. Spratling has resigned the con
duotorshlp of the Savannah and
Memphis train, and Mai. Green lias
appointed Mr. 11. B. Davis in his
stead. Mr. Willie Fowler of Opelika
will take the Alexander City Agency,
vacated by Mr. Davis.
—Dr. A. N. Worthy, of Troy, has a
banana tree now bearing young fruit.
The Messenger says that its leaves
are about four feet long, by two wide,
and that it is curious to see how the
fruit Is developed and protected dur
ing its early state by the husks.
—The Messenger says that the re
vival in the Methodist Church of
Troy continues with unabating inter
est. The church seems to be
thoroughly awakened, and a good in
fluence seems to permeate the entire
community. More than twenty ad
ditions have been made to the mem
bership.
—Mr. John N. Sewel, a citizen of
Conecuh county, was shot and killed
recently, at night, by some party or
parties unknowu. Mr. S. was a
member of the Democratic Executive
Committee of that county. Harl he
been a Radical leader, their Rome
would have howled louder than
ancient Rome did overCmsar’s bloody
shirt.
—Amos L. Moody, the so-called
“independent” nominee for Secretary
of State in Alabama, has written to
the Montgomery Advertiser, saying
that his name was placed on that
ticket without bis knowledge or con
sent, and that he cannot consent to
such a use of his name. But the
Radical papers make no mention of
his declination, and still keep his
name flying.
Indians Destroy a Wagon Train,
Cheyenne, August 3.— Geo. Powell,
hay contractor at Fort Fettennan,
reports that yesterday evening 30 In
dians attacked A. 11. Reel’s wagon
train, loaded with Government stores
for Fort Fetterman, and killed and
scalped tho wagon master, wounded
a teamster, killed four horses and
ten cattle, and burned tho wagons
with contents.
GOV, HENDRICKS’ ACCEPTANCE,
t VIVOROIM AMI PATRIOTIC I.ET
TF.II.
Saratoga, N. Y., August 4.—The
following is Hendrick’s lettor of ac
ceptance, which was furnishod for
publication to-day:
To the Hon. John A. MoClemand,
Chairman, and others, of the Com
mittee of the National Democratic
Convention.
Indianapolis, July 24,1870.
■ Gents: I have tho honor to ack
nowledge the receipt of yourcoinmu
nication in which you have formally
notified me of my nomination by
tho National Democratic Convention
as their a candidato for the
office of Vico President of tho
United States. It is a nomina
tion which I had noither expected
nor desired, and yet I recognize and
appreciate the high honor done mo
by tho Convention. The choice of
such a body ought to outweigh all
merely personal designs and prefer
ences of my own. It is with this
feeling, I trust also from a deep
sense of public duty, that I now ac
cept the nomination and shall abide
the judgment of my countrymen.
Ii would have been impossible for
me to accept the nomination if I
could not heartily endorse the plat
rorm of tho convention. I am grati
fied, therefore, to be able unequivo
cally to declarelthat I agree in the
principles, approve the policy, and
sympathize with the purposes ex
pressed in the platform. The insti
tutions of our country have been
sorely tried by the exigencies
of civil war, and since the
peace by selfish and corrupt manage
ment of public affairs, which has
shamed us before civilized mankind
by unwise aud partial legislation.
Every industry and interest of the
people have been made to'suffer, and
in the Executive Departments of the
Government dishonesty, rapacity
and venality have debauched
tlie public service. Men
known to be unworthy have
been promoted, while others have
been degraded for fidelity to official
duty. Public office has been made
the means of private profit, and the
country has been offended to see a
class of men who boast the friend
ship of the sworn protectors of State
amassing fortunes Iby defrauding
the public treasury and by corrupt
ing the servants of the people.
In such a crisis of the history of
the century, I rejoice that the Con
vention at St. Louis has so nobly
raised the standard of Reform.
Nothing can be well with us
or with our affairs until the public
conscience, shocked by the enormous
evils aud abuses which prevail, shall
have demanded and compelled an
unsparing reformation from national
administration in its head and in its
members. In such a reformation
the removal of a single officer,
oven the President, is com
paratively a trifling matter, if
the system which has fostered
him, as he has fostered it, is suf
fered to remain. The President alone
must not be made the scape-goat for
tho enormities of tho system which
infects the public service and threat
ens the destruction of our institu
tions. In some respects I hold that
the present Executive has been the
victim, rather than the author, of
that vicious system. Congressional
and party leaders have been stronger
than the President. No one man
could have created it, and the remo
val of no one man can amend it. It
is thoroughly corrupt, and must be
swept remorselessly away by the
selection of a Government composed
of elements entirely newand pledged
to radical reforms.
The first work of reform must evi
dently be the restoration of the nor
mal operation of the Constitution of
the United States, with all its amend
ments. The necessities of war can’t
be pleaded in a time of peace. The
right of local self-government as
guaranteed by the Constitution of
the Union, must be everywhere re
stored, and tho centralization of al
most personal imperialism which has
been practiced must be done away,
or tho principles of the Republic will
be lost.
Our financial system of expendi
tures must be reformed. Gold and sil
ver are the real standard of value,and
our national currency will not be a
perfect medium of exchange until it
shall be convertible at the pleasure
of the holder. As I have said, no one
desires to return to specie payments
more earnestly than I do, but I do
not believe that it will or can be
reached in harmony with the interests
of the people by artificial measures
or tho contraction of the currency,
any more than I believe that
wealth or permanent prosperity
can bo created by inflation
of the currency. The laws of finance
cannot bo disregarded with impuni
ty. The financial policy of the Gov
ernment, if indeed it deserves the
name of policy at all, has been in
disregard of these laws, and there
fore has disturbed commerce and
business confidence, as well as hin
dered a return to specie payments.
One feature of that policy was the re
sumption clause of act of 1875, which
has embarrassed the country by
the anticipation of a compulsory re
sumption for which no preparation
has been made, and without any as
surance that it would be practicable.
The repeal of that clause is necessa
ry that the natural operation of
financial laws may be restored, that
ttie business of the country maybe
relieved from its disturbing and op
pressing influence, and that a return
to specie paymont may be facilitated
by the substitution of wiser and more
prudent legislation which shall main
ly roly on a judiciary system of public
economies, and official rotronoh
ments, aud above all, on the promo
tion of prosperity in all the indus
tries of all the peopio. I do not un
derstand tho repeal of the resump
tion clause of tho act of 1875 to be a
backward step in our return to specie
payments, but the reoovery of a false
step; and although tho repeal may
for a time bo prevented, yet the de
termination of tho Democratic party
on this subjeot has been distinctly
declared. There should be no hin
drance put in tho way of a return
of specie payments,! as such
hindrance, says tho platform of the
St. Louis Convention, we denounoe
tho resumption clause of 1875, and
domand its repeal. I thoroughly be
llovo that by public economy, by of
ficial retrenchment, and by wise
finanoe enabling us to ac
cumulate tho precious metals,
resumption at an early period is pos
sible, without producing an artificial
scarcity of currency or disturbing
public or commercial credit, and that
those reforms, together with the
restoration of pure government, will
restore general confidence, encour
age the useful investment of capital,
furnish employment to labor, and
relieve tho country from the paraly
sis of hard times.
With tho industry of the people
there has been frequent interfer-
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ence. Our platform truly says that
money industries has been impov
erished. Onr commerce have been
degraded to an inferior position on
the high seas; manufactures have
been diminished; agriculture has
been embarrassed, and the distress
of tno industrial classes demands
that these things shall be reformed.
The burdens of tho people must
also be lightened by a great change
in our system of of public expenses.
Tho profligate expenditures which in
creased taxation from sls per capita
in 1860 to $lB in 1870, tells its own
story of our need of fiscal reform.
Our treaties with foreign powers
should also be revised and amended
in so far as they leave citizens of for
eign birth in any particular less se
cure in any country on earth than
they would be if they had been born
upon our own soil; and the iniqui
tous Coolie system, which, through
the agency of wealthy companies,
imports Chinese bondmen and estab
lishes a species of slavery and inter
feres with the just rewards of labor
on our Pacific Coast, should be aban
doned.
In the reform of the civil service
I most heartily endorse that section
of the platform which declares that
the civil service ought not be [subject
to change at every election, and that
it ought not to be made the brief re
ward of party zeal, but ought to be
awarded for proved competency and
held for fidelity in public employ.
I hope never again to see cruel and
remorseless [proscription for politi
cal opinions which has disgraced
the administration of the last eight
years. Bad as civil service now is,
all know it has some
men of tried integrity and
ability, and such men should be
retained in office; but no man 3hould
be retained on any consideration who
has prostituted his partisan intimi
dation or compulsion, or has furnish
ed money to corrupt elections. This
is done and has been done in almost
every county of the land. It is a
blight upon the morals of the
country and ought to be reformed.
Of sectarian controversies and in
respoet to common schools, I have
only this to say, that in my judgment
the man or party that would involve
our schools in political or sectarian
controversy is an enemy to schools.
Common schools are safe under
control of no party or 3ect; they
must be neither sectarian nor parti
san, and there must be neither divis
ion or misappropriation of fuuds for
their support.
Likewise I regard the man who
would arouse or foster sectional ani
mosities and antagonism among his
countrymen as a dangerous enemy
to his country. All people must feel
and know that once more there is
established a purpose and policy un
der which all citizens of every condi
tion, race and color will be secure in
the enjoyment of whatever rights
the constitution and laws declare or
recognize, and that in controversies
that may arise, the Government is
not partisan, but within its consti
tutional authority the just and pow
erful Guardiau of the Right and
safety of all.
lain in entire accord with the Plat
form of tho Convention by which I
have been nominated as a candidate
for the office of Vice President of tho
United States.
Permit me in conclusion to express
my satisfaction at being associated
with a candidate for President who
is" first among his equals as a
representative of the spirit of
Reform, and of achievement
and reform in his official career as
Executive of tho great State of New
York. His inauguration will be an
era of peace andgood government.
Your obedient servant,
Thos. A. Hendricks,
You can only be cheerful and happy
wiien you are well; to be healthy, strong,
ylgorous, take Dr. J. H. LcLean’s
Strengthening Cordial and lilood Purifior.
It will renovate, vitalize and enrich your
blood and system. Dr. J. H. McLean’s
office, 314 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Slades’ School for Boys
WILL OPEN First MONDAY in October, 1876.
RATE OF TUITION REDUCED.
Pupils boarding in the family of the Principi 1
receive extra advantages of Instruction and dit
cipline. JAMES J. SLADE,
augl codiw2w Principal,
