The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, December 09, 1868, Image 1

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.... L.^^^1' ??. F. TOWNK8? KI>iTOR. * 1. IIQSi Xn'r. u4 AmmUU Ult*r Rvticimiti Two Dollars pw annnm. ADTCRTittRmtirra inserted at the rate* o ene dollar per square of twelve. Minion tin* (tbia aiaed type) or le?a f.ir the first insertion fifty pent* oacb for the second and third insor (two, nod twenty-five cent* for subsequen iueertione. Yearly tontrwb will he made. All adrorUfbaaentr oust bare the nuinbe ?f Insertions marked V?n them, or they will Ik inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unless ordered other wine, Advertisement will invariably be " displayed." Obituary notice*, and all matters inuring t< to the benefit of any one, are regarded at Advertisement*. SJL. .1. . _ .. Jli Kentge of Gov. R. E. Seott. Dki.ivkrkd, NOT. 80. 1808. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and oj the House of Representatives : lit accordance with the requisition! oY (lie Constitution to Iny Wfore you information ol the condition of the Slate, aud recoinmond lo your consideration uch measures as may he deemed necessary oi expedient, I ahall proceed Ic perform thai duty as brivflly a* circum stances will permit, postponing to a fu? lure opportunity the discussion of all questions not directly connected with la .:.JL .1- fy a uivmiuiiiIIHIHIIUU ui 1110 ^luvvriiiiivvu, The ini?rv?| iloct rout I mm himvii Iran 'w *o brief, Miid the detail* counseled with lh? organization of the new branch M of public eervtea have occupied w much time end at tent ion, mi to Icmk but little opportunity for the considers* tion of mnttern of m more general char Meter, many oik which were fully di?cosed iu my uiesrage at the special aeaaion. The Act providing for the assessment and taxation of property ha? received considerable atlciitioii, and the organ< ? ization of the Auditor's Departmeul hae progressed > n? rapidly as circum taneea would permit. Great care and caution have been necessary in select' ing the officers to whom will he entrusted the execution of the tax law ; but it i* believed that the appointment- made, and to be made, will give efficiency and success to tliiv important department ol -the Government. 1 shall lay befotv you, at the earliest practicable period, the complete assessment of the proper tt of the Stale, which will atloid il?? neoessary tm-t* Tbr tnX tt<>n. The estimate of the Auditor f ? tlw contingent fund may np|M-ar large, but it sltortld Iw tetttentWred that the As aessor'n book*. l-innki attd other fornv for the whole State, are to he provider out of this fund, trot only for tire as aessment which is about to be tirade but for that which will have to be mad< previous to tire Convening of ilia Gen ml Assembly in 1800. Tire orgntrixation of the Auditor' Department. and the successful com plelion of tb? first e?>es-ment df pro|i erly, will involve a Urge amount c labor nix] sonic unususl expeodilurei but a* the *n*uH aimed at is rno?t d< irable, 1 recommend dial the Legish ture will afford every facility for lb accomplishment of tho ol ject. Dy reference to the report of ill Comptroller-General, it a ill be aee that the entire bntid>-d debt of tli State i? 407,300.27, oontuting i f?4low?: Three per cent, stock, payable at the pleasure of the Stale $38,884 t 8tx per cent, fire loan, payable in 1870 314,468 < Six per cent, stock new State House 1,776,000 ( Six per cent, stock and bonds funded debt... 1,282,071 ! Five per cent bonds, fire loan 484,444 I Six por Cent, bonds, Dlue Kidgt Hsilroad .. 1,000,000 Six per cent* bonds, new Slate Capitol.... 611.600 Making a grand total of $6 407,306 Interest due on the entire debt July 1, 1808.. $356,204 Interest due January 1, I860 150,214 ' Tat at interest $514,418 This Is not the interest on a cap debt of $6,407,806,27, at six per cei hut ike reason is obvious, aa a port of tbe debt is at tkrn per cent, and other portion at fire per cent. fn addition to the foregoing inte paying debt, there ie a doming dot *|>0,000. in the tbape of bill* rec able, authorized by tlte legi>Ut which are nrailable for taxes, and wl will all be probably abrorbed by a| eat ion to thai purpose during the j en I quarter, tbee giving but Utile to (lie Treasury In the way of eur funds. This is lha last auartcr of collection for 1007, under the a* ment by the military eomm under, U trW learn tbe entire eoUeodom 1908 available for tbe purpeaes o< Treasury. Thry would here I iMMt etlleeted, bm for the dlffien attendant nprn pettfcg $T.e new tar operation, tbe eollectione ondar w will eewwenee in January next. Under tbe new law, bringing ? * class of property on the lux list, at it* bena Me valuation. Including much of . what nas been heretofore exempted and Mill larger amount entered at nominal f value, at a moderate estimate, there will i be not lees than three hundred million? > of property aa a bwsis of laxalidht This, t at * ver; low per catiinge, will affor-J abundant terenue to meet tbe ?u?rent r expense* of tb? State, the interest on ita ' funded debt, and a considerable margin i for the establishment of a sinking fund. ]a this connection, 1 would reocm |. mend that a law be pasted providing for the levying and collection of taxes i iu Counties to meet their local expend* iturca and the salaries of their ofBesm. This will enable them to make such i improvement* in the why of roads, r biidge* and public buildings as the taste and public spirit of the citizens t may dictate, without drawing from the i public Treasury moneys to defray tbe i expenses of local improvements, in > which the citizens of *.he Stale at large I have no direct interest. i 1 be comptroller'* estimate of expend I it tire* for (lie cm rent year aujounl to i #480 706.18. exclusive of in'erest, i #830.092 38. which includes that on a Ction of the deht for '.ho quaitsr end* j _ Octolier, i860, making an aggre- l gate of #820,490.15. < In iba report of the Comptroller | General you will notice the items of | what is considered as the war deht of I tbe State, ftgMepnftav *-!??,* J 5.80; t and of credits due tbe State from Slier- i iff* and Tax Cpllectors, amounting in i tbe aggregate to #76,664.87, which he < recommends may be sunk and dropped i froiu tbe accounts of the State. I 1 would suggest that the Chairman I | of the Committee on Finance of tbe i Seiiate, and the Cbwitman of the Com i i mitlee of Ways and Means in the I liou-e, be associated with the Comp? i | (roller in investigating and determining i what claims originated from the prosecution of the war. * i : 1 tecoinmend to your consideiation i the propriety of pa?ing a law for the | funding of the iutercvl on the State f deht up to July 1, 1808, to avoid the necei??ilv of forcing the bond* of the S'ate on the market at a ?aciitce. I have evegy confidence ia the ability of , the Treemrjr to meat iU |mn imr ilet'l W"tt OecUHIB" iln?*. , 'I lie f dlowing is a list of the assets I of the Slate on the 31*1 day of October, 1868: % . Shares in North-eastern I Kailroad Comna.iv ... #120.000 00 ~ ~ ^ " w ' * - - - - ? Share* in Spartanburg and Union Bailroail f Company 250 000 00 . Share* in I'eudlelon Railroad Company .. 42,500 00 n Share* in Greenville and i Columbia Railroad ? , Com pan v 433,000 00 ,f Share* in Blue Ridge l( Railro.-.d Company ... 1,919,000 00 Share* in Columbia and , Hamburg Railroad e Company 42,200 00 Shares in Cberaw and ie CoaUfield* Railroad ? Company 200,000 00 |S Share* in Inured* nail ? Road Company 50,000 00 Share* In South Carolina Railroad Com pany 24,000 00 ^ Share* in Charl**mn and Savannah Rail Q road Company ..... 270,000 00 Shares in 8oulh vreetern Railroad Rank 6,000 00 Share* in Keowe* and * Tuckaaeegee Turnpike Company 6,000 00 61 1,754,600 00 n The report of the Treasurer to thu Department, and herewith transmitted, thow* the operation* of the Treasury from the 1*1 of May to 31 ai of October. 1868, making the amount on hand at H the former period and the aggregate ol ' * - - _ . 4 1 Af A*VA OA ? _ J " subsequent rtctipm evoo.oio.oo, nuu tbe expenditures 409,088.76, leaving balance of $26,285 07 on hand'at lh< 2' making up of the report. I would alao a*k your attention t< the accompanying letter frotn the Tieaa ~ urer, indicating a want of clerical forct ^ in hia office, by which itc business i l*' retarded and the settlement of account "' i delayed. llon 1 recommend to Ike Legislator* tba *?* tome early action be taken to preven the Courts and officer* of the Bank c rtal the State from wasting and ibbapply >ng its assets to the payment of costs c *'*' Court, attorney's fee*, and the salarie ,,r*v of officers and agent*. If the bolder >?>ch of the Fire Loan Uo,.d* are determine ?pli I to pursue the polietr of diaparsgmg tli >rc? credit and resources of the State, wlie hi it must be apparent to them that n r*nl Stale in the Union is more solvent, < h? has a fairer prospect of promptly mee >6M" ing all her liahiiilie*, they should I *n<L .compelled to carry on this litigation i * their own expense. I have reason t f the believe that not lea* than sixty ibot t,f Pn sand dollars in gold baa beau squaode hies e' s d made Away witk for tha laLn law offioers and agents wb? are perf<>ru Inch iog wo neoesaary duties, foei of ?tt)roe who an employed for (He purpose tvery bringing the ciedit of Ihe SflM in K diarwbme. and for oib?r objects of i equally questionable propriety. Tfce | holder* of the Fir* Loan Hood ?hoii d J be plactd on (he name footing ea oth r I creditor* of (he Sta'.e* end (hey sheud * t*e held account able for nil datsagee t ;e I State tin* auataimtd or mny u?U?l i their unwarrantable litigation. 1 respectfully refer yos to (he no- * oompanylng report of the Superintend < ent of Education, for the progre** mele i in executing (he Act to provide for (be temporary organisation of (ha Kdnca- I lional Department of the State. Much 1 of (he difficulty attendant upon initialing (be eyelets has been oveicome, and i I nave reaeon lo expect thai, duting the | session, I will be enabled to transmit 1 for your information tucb etatiitice an 1 will ntford a baaie for future legislation. I The subject of Magistrates' Court* ! w?? treated at some length in my for- i mer message to the General Aarcmbly. P 1 would again earnestly call your alien- || lion to this important matter. No di* I crimination has heretofore been made 11 net ween gmmi and pent larceny,Dor lint 1 ?ny precise limit been fixed for tbe guid t snce of Court* in ench eases. A i wide latitude he* accordingly been | given to the discretion of Magi*- i Iratee and Judgea, and in conse- i cjuence our jail* are crowded with I |>et?y offenders, at an enormous ex- t Cnse to the 8iate. Indeed, it bae 1 en tbe heaviest item of charge upon I the Treasury. I would respectfully i unw*"? ?H~* ?*--* ' , >o Magistrates in all cases of petit lar* ceny and simple assault and battery, I and misdemeanors of similar grade; t giving, however, the accused parties I the right of appeal. Also, I would re? commend the establishment of a fair and reasonable fee bill, at reports have reached this office of unreasonable and < unjustifiable exactions of Magistrates and Constables, front tbe poor and ig norant, in casee where by a little effort, tbe matters in dispute could have been amicably arranged. Cases have also 1 been brought to my attention in which it is alleged that prosecutions have been instituted for malicious purposes, and Executive interference invoked as a tentedv for injustice. If litis loose and profligate ad minis; ra'inn of law is not sn<t the offender ln*IH to m rmet aecouiiiai>i:ii 1, tn? cmfu ni jw < tice, instead of being a shield and a protection, tnay become an engine of oppression and wrong to the people. i transmit f?-r your consideration tlie repotl of the Regents of the Lunate Asvlum f?r the year ending November 7. 1808, covering the repot Is of Dr. J. \V. l'aiker, the Superintendent anf l'hysu-ian, and of John Waties, E-q, the Treasurer of the Institution. Tin report of (lie Superintendent show* thai at tb? commencement of the year, the number of patient* wa? 187; and that there were received daring the rear 82 making a total of 200 ; of this number 11 have died, 2.-have been removed, 2 eloped, n?nl"?0 have beeu di-sUst-g-oJ cured?total 00 ; leaving in the Amy. lorn at preaent 204 patients; of which 107 are males, and #7 females. Paying patients. 02 . pauuera, 102. .Tin report and accorttpantmg tables exhibit a very favorable condition of affairs; showing tbal 01 per cent, of ihot>n ad milted nave been cured, whle only 4 per reul. of those nnder treatment have died. Among those receive! were 25 colored persons, who were, with tew ex ceptions, in great destitution?three of them exhausted from diseaae and want of attention. Four of their number died, 1 eloped, and IS were sent home cared ; 1. however, relapsed, and of bis own accord returned to the Asylum. For more-than twenty years, colored persons have been admitted to the ben eflis of the Institution, and have enjoyed the advantages afforded, and such as facilitated their cure and contributed to , their comfort, as is now the case. The Asylum for the education of the r l)e?f and Dumb nnd Blind was ra or I ganixed in November, 1866. at tbo Ce? ; dar Springs Asy lum, SpnrtanburgCoun i ly. and was operated very successfully until the close of the fUcal year on the > 1st ofeOctober, 1807. The appropria tion being then exhausted, the furthei s exercises of lite In-tituiion were surs pended, and the pupils sent to their re 'BL- I X. * ?pec:>ve llOtlie*. in* lucnuun 19 hi nduiirnble one, the btrihfings Urge urn t oomuiodioos, end to avoid ilo-ir goinj I to decay, ! concur In the recommende ?f lion heretofore made, that authority * should be granted to rent or lease th f buddings, so that he may avail himtel * of any opportunity that may presen a itself of securing a tenant, who will pro d lect the premises and keep ibetn ii e necessary repair until the finsnees c n the Slate shall justify the re-orgsnian 0 lion of the Institution. >r The condition and affair* of the Per 1 itenliary are now undergoing investrg> w .lion, aud when the gentlemen co iduci ?i ing it have submitted their report, o will take an early opportunity of tram ? - inittiog it for your information. r The report of the Faculty of the Un ' veraity of South Carolina has be* *- transmitted to the Trustees of the Inst )'? i hi ion. now in session in thi>- city, ft ot newtnch as they have referred it to *b select oq amittee fJt examinit ?i m there are several questions of im? wrtance to the future welfare and proas x??ity of the Institu-ion likely to be m-ught under discussion, I have deem ?d it advisable to await tfae action of Jte Trustees, when I shall make it the lulj.ct of a special communication. In olredivnce to the joint resolution aflhe Legislature, requesting the Executive to take such action as may be ncessAry for garrisoning the Important towns in the Slate, 1 entered into correspondence with the commending (^snersl of the Military Depaitment, which resulted in stationing detachments of Federal troops at various foists where disturbances were appreended. My thanks are duelo Itrigtdier-General Bnmford, commanding he District, for hit prompt attention o my suggestions, snd hit disposition o co operate with the civil authorities o the full extent of his power in the >reservstion of the peace. The railroads whose bonds ere guaranteed or endorsed by the State, have [ sen furnished with a copy of the con rarreni resolution notifying (hem that unlets provision* in made by (bum to pay interest dee and past due by Norember next, legal proceedings will be nstituted again*! them. No answer >aa aa yet been received from either of hero, except the accompanying letter rom the President of the Greenville Railroad Company, giving a very eat* -factory account of the proepecl* and condition of the road. rom endoraementa of railroad toruis VH i? follows : South Carolina Railroad bonda, payable in 1868, aecuied by first mortgage $2,003,312 40 i^barlwelon and Savannah Railroad bonda, payable in Maroh, 1877, socured by firat mortgage 606,000 00 North-Eaatern Railroad bond*, payable March 1, I860, secured by firat mortgage 02,000 00 Lauren* Railroad bond*, payable in 1879, secured by firat motl-*]ifiWWrOTrrg ami Onion nnn flflReilioad bond*, pavable in 1878 and 1870, secured by firat mort gage 350,000 00 Greenville and Columbia Railroad bonda, payable in 1881, 1882, 1883 and 1880!.... 045 471 21 Of the endoraementa upon the Oreenville and Columbia Railroad bonda, $700,000 ia under the Act of 1861, and $203,848^80 ia under the authority of the Act of 1860, pasted for the purpose of enabling the Company to pay the interest pad due ana to rail tiue prior to tiia first January, 1868, upon coupon*, and upon the mortgaged and guaranteed bond*. This guarantee it upoq certificate* of indebtedness. The tiding MSfJfr J?1' which there U no lien, the company surrendered three dollar* of demand for one dollar of bonda. I encloae a communication from Dr. R. Leboy, Health Officer of Charleston, in reference to the establishment of a quarantino station for that port, t? which 1 respectfully ask your alien lion. I would respectfully call your attention to the remarks in tny last ineasagi in referenoe to the organization of tin militia, and renew my recommendation on the subject. The Adjntanl*Gen* ral's office cannot be organised unli some action is taken by the Legists tore. I would respectfully reoomroend a worthy of your consideration, the pn priety of demoting the munificent dom tion of the Federal Government to lb establishment of an educational ii slitute in Charleaton, for instruclic in agriculture, mechanic arts, and tl ! higher branches of scientific and clas? . cal stud tea. The buildings and groum . connected with the Citrdel Acadenr . are admirably adapted lo the purpose It lias been suggested that there w , be some difficulty in disposing of tl lu.Crtra tlm Courts of Equi { previous lo the first of January neit.1 kimply submit the subject for jo f consideration, a* 1 have not sufficie n information to justify me in otferi If any recommendation. ( Herewith ie transmitted iUt?mt of the pardons granted since my acc ii rion lo office, and the reasons iheref >f In all oasee. I have decided in accoi anee ?ith my conticlioos of the rot of |be application. Many of the st i tences which were mitigated or pard< i ed, were the penalties inflicted t?nde foitner code, and I have f*-It at tibe I in many of the cases to take that f i. into consideration. It is nty painful duty to bring | yoi r no-ice a condition of affairs m eertain portions of the 8tate, which I J. peratively demands your gravnat o s. * i le i at ion. Violations of Inw, and c a ragra upon persons and proper!y, b id been perpetrated by vicioue and i principled men; with a recltle-snv* end ferocity which, ehiletbey ban brought affliction and anguish to ibe bnromi of bereaved families aad friends, have cast a shadow upon the fair fame of the Commonwealth, mortifying and pain* ful to all who arti jealous of her repu'ation, and which will require of you the prompt adoption of the most efficient measures fur its ample viodica tion. Hon, James Martin, a Representative in the General Assembly from the County of Abberille, was murdered on tho ftth day of October iaat. He was on bis way homeward from the Court House, aud was puisued by a gang of ruffiaus, by whom he was assassinated in the public highway. Mr. Martin was an intelligent and patriotic ci.ieen. singularly inoffetj-ive in languags and deu>e?nor, and all tba circumstances connected with thin outrage, mark it aa a cold-blooded assassination. Hon. B. F* Randolph a Senator from Orangeburg County was assassinated at Ilodgea Station, near Cokes bury, Abbeville County, on the Ifib October. Mr. Randolph wan on bis way to addreae a meeting of bis fellow citixens, and upon the atopping of the train, while on the platform of tha car, was aaeaseinaled by three ruffians, who had evidently been lying in wait for tbe purpose ; and notwithstanding there were a number of persons present, including tboee connected with tbe train, the a>sassioa were permitted to leisureU mount their horses and escape.? r. nmuuipii *.? . . ... , , views, of great force of character, and exercised an extensive influence upon public sentiment. Notwithstanding that be was studiou.lv courteous and liberal iu his iulercourse with his fellow-men, the additional infhmy, aa in the case of Mr. Marlin, was attempted, by sheer fabrications and falsehood, to blacken his charac ter and defame his memory, as a pal liation. if ifbt justification, of bis murs dtr. Other instances of violence and outrages of the most revolting character, in portions Igefleld, Abbeville and Newlierry Counties, have been ra ported to this Department, but promi neuce has been given to the assaasina IWtnunS Yr?Tru-iV Timotai ? I.uige ressula li??? i'i*" for the apprehen?iop of thesa murderers, some of whom are known to be refu gees and outlaws from adjoining States, who availed themselves of the political excitement as a cloak for their chemes of rapine and inurder ; but such is the condition 01 society in meir lmmeuiaie neighborhoods, thai neither the promised rewards nor the strenuous eftait* of civil offlftrs, have accomplished their arrest. They are fully armed and raouuted, and boaat of the extent and power of their organisation. And a somewhat prominent individual, who iu himself under heavy bonds to answer the charge of complicity in the murder of the lamented Kaudolph, has had the hardihood to publish an address 10 the Executive, threatening atili further out' couragfng evidence 'oT VtifaeiefinrHdbu of journalistic morals, it may be mlntiooed that this covert threat of aseaasi nation has been published end republished without *a word of censure 01 i dissent. > The turbulent condition of affairs ir the localities to which I have caller vour attention, cannot and must not bx > longer tolerated. A Government un ? able to enloree its laws and protect it i citizens, is a mockery and a sham, mer s iliog the scorn and contempt nt its op i .ponents, and unworthy the oonfideac I and support of its friends. It cannc i administer justice through its courts, o collect its revenue by taxation. A reir * edy for these evils, which strike at th ? very foundation of the State, ahould I t promptly applied. The law muat b le made supreme. The most arrog i must be taught to obey its behests ; it n humblest assured of its protection, ta The general electiona having pa**e< i- and the political issues involved, wbic U so ffereely agitated the country, baviv iv been determined for a considemb period. il it iltioullj to ix no pen idi ill the community may be indulged in be much needed respite from the pa*?io ty end excitement* |o which il ha* no lot ? been subjected, and that our peoy ur may be enahled to turn their ailvn:i< ml to the development end improveroe ug of thuir material resource*, which ha beeu no badly impaired and oegleeti ml It givee me much pleanure to state it ?#* assurance* have been received, be br. previous and subsequent to the electir rd* from many of the iuom prominent m >r t cf the State, heretofore in active op{ id- aitiou to the Covemnient, of their on- gret at the occurrence of these outrag r a and their detestatiou for their authc rty an well M of their determination Ml yield a willing obdience to the Com tntion and lawe, relying upon the pea to ful exercise of their rights at tbe ball in box to remedy whatever they m kn- deem objectionable in them. Thin < nn terminal ion ban exerted, ami cannot I ml continue to exert, a favorable influet ave upon the prosperity of tbe State?tri nn- quiliaing it* people, simulating kn um 1 L' -Ji-j-fJJ Iji'ii-J." I --g-a?k ?^^B iwlrjr, And gi*tt?g ehnr?ct?f and credit ^^B Vo its enterprises. fltcogmaing with ^^B pleasure thwfl evidence* of returning ^^B good feeling. and WUbitif to reciprocate ^^B every indie *tl<?n of an approach to ^^B friendly nUtiom, ! would reit?f*t? the ? I recommendation* of my I act menwge. > Bfl in faror of a liberal police on the part of the Legislature In reference to the B removal of political disabilities I While upon tha subject of oar paat ? difference*, I would lake occasion to *k prepa. lit* hope that national politic* fl will orcttpy hereafter a much laaa promioanl phniikm in the affairs or the |R State an J. in the mind* of the people than heretofore. Political issue* bav- IB ing been determined fur y??-* to eoine, at le^at, there is but little propriety la j^B keeping up political agitation. And fSB especially do I regard secret p rlitical ^B organiaaiiona deliimental to the com- |B I inunity.if not entirely nut of place in a B free (Jovernmenj. Wi.b every facility Wmh and advantage of ftee discussion, car*. gig tied fipquentIy to tbe very extreme of ^B license, the ahriuking from the light of .9 day to meet in mid-night oonventicle** j|||| would seem discreditable to a people :^||| proua <n mew intellectual energy. An K armed organisation, styling iberaaaivae H the In Klui Kino, uniformed end H uaasked, by their eeeret meetiage end i mid-night atroaiiiee upon peaceable and unoffending eitiaea*, end obstrustinff I the Inns, Itave inaugurated a reign of ,.1 terror in tunny neighborhoods. Italia* lions of i lie *e?ret societies of Europe duiing the middle ages, they are with- I -iLu ujt><>>. ,j iuftifllyttinB. In those days their poaeraoTvEeir veuve ancv *? re directed against the turbulent |? nobles and barons, who defied the laws and oppressed the people. Their object whs the attainment ot justice, not the I acquisition of political power. -Their EH victims aere not the law-abiding aud the lowly, but the bold, bad men who trnmpied on right and outraged ha* manitv. Their symbol* were the dag* I g<-r and the cord, lit emblems of their terrible authority and their mode of eieioi-ing it. Hut even in those dsvs I of ratline and murder, the responsibility P of this unngerous power waa deemed so questionable and hazardous, as to 1 lead to its iii)i|ir?>sinn. . . , the existence or formation of secret political societies is grea<lv to bedepreCatCU. mrj ?,t? s ' f ? ? ing and distrust and centres of irritation and excitement. Pecresy is but too freiqueiil'y the coeert for crime, and irresponsibility an incentive to ils perpetration. Organization* will heffrl counter organisation* and diMm>ionit and dislutbancea will b? fomjnted and perpetuated to the iiH?rru|iii<in of the peace rid prosperity of ihe neighborhood. t lru*t that every well wisher of peace and progress' will discountenance the fuiibcr continuation of (bete secret poliiicHl cliques. Trusting in tli? beneficent protection of lb* Almighty Ruler of th? Universe, in whose hands ate the de?iiuie? of nations, and who has vouch-safed na ?ucli abundant evidences of Hi* loving i k'l dur urltuerafltrni*" ?tiO" fn-ncwcuiiijj-, ' and to this end that they may b? gui(!?d and governed hy that wisdom, shore ways are ways of pleasant news, r and all Iter paths are peace. 11. K. SCClTT, Governor. ' Ecei.E-i.\arrtc.*L. ? R?v. Dr MeCmh, the 9 us w Kugi'cli President of piineeton College, ia a which lie rnarde Inst week he. * toys the National Christian A*oci?ti?ni ithl that an ecumenical Council of Chris* tians (meaning orthodox Prolcsl ant Chnfehes here, in KnghWrd, France sn 1 throughout thc.eotiVhiefA]! would be held in tlieCity of New York during (he aotUran of # next year. The object of the meeting woUtl he to procfrtae harmony and good ^ feeling among the denomination* of pro* jj feseing Ch istiana every where. l>f*cuMi*ons le were to be held upon the great leading top ice which are now agitating or may then j agitate the religious world. It ie not to he ,|, confined exclusively to the clergy ; although ,g some of the greatest ele^nl names in |w ekrit(i-AitoM Would he inoluded In the roll it of guest*. Lord Shaftesbury had promised a to l>? presentdeclaring that nothing would o? gi?e Mm gi*vAt -r plMtvrt than to meet ao -,g many exnelleut |?ers?a? In ao good a cause, tie Various authors and journalists of Knrnpmn on fame had alao ?.e?n Invited and were exot priiird to attend, S a* , ^ , t' kl ? Ouua O. o. ffoWACkt has Issued hi* / itli 'or*'cr l,f<,*''liug f<>r the discontinuance of the Firesdravn's Bureau after January I. e(i" with the ricfpliita of the alueaitonsl d-m p trim* ut and the o?ll<-otloti of money due f# soldiers. The military oflQ-ers will lie re1<w lieved and the civilian* ?lll be discharged|fs with the exception -if fr-.in six to ten ogre rs l0 and elerka in ?acl? State, who will f-e reili i taln-d l? conduct the residue of bnsine*a~ ?4 The (?>llow|i g officer# will be allowed In 0| lb la Stale: Aaeistaal eommleeloner ami lay Otdef auperintcndaot of schools; one MM. 1#. horsing oflleer fer educational department t?ut i and payment of olaima; two aganta foe tee 1 ptvm-Ht bounties; two assistant superan inUudeuts t f schools; three elerka in 1 [Wai3?.