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Announcements of marring?? .uil deaths, and notices off relirions character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis A HEBEL SOLDIER AT THE (?RAVES OF FEDERAL SOLDIERS. Address of Editor Watterson, of Louis ville, at the National Cemetery !? Nashvl?e, Tennessee. Mn. PHE?IDENT, FELLOW-SOLDIEBS AND FELLOW-CITIZENI? : I should not have ventured to come hero to-day-I should not trust myself to speak in this presence, if I wore conscious of any sec tional or partisau feeling that may not t?o honor to a citizen of the United State?. It would be an affectation in mo if I should ignore the exceptional circum stances of my conni;,,, or fail to he guided ju the discharge of the duty you have assigned mo by a recognition of that cir cumstance. Herein, it bas seemed to mc, lies all that is good or fit in the occasion which bringe us together. "On tbe li brary wall of one of tho most famous writer? of America"-I use tho words of one of the most famous writers of Eng land-"thero hang two crossed swords which his relatives woro in the great war of independence ; tho one sword was gallantly drawn in tho service of tho king, the other was tho weapon of a brave and honored republican soldier.'.' Tho nol le service bas been given us to cross in the everlasting peace of death swords that were crossed in the death struggle, proud of the undoubting spirit which carried them in life ; proud of the fortitude and courage which sustained them to thc end; proud still, though sor rowful, of the tragedy which made them flash the p'.^wess of .our ero, our country and our race throughout tho world. The .lay will como when the picture of the soldier who worn the gray will hang Bido by sido with that of the soldier who wore the blue, and bo pointed to with n glow of honest love nnd pride by a common progeny. The day has already come when the animosities of war, growing less and less distinct as tho years have passed, Bhould disappear altogether from thc hearts of bravo men and good women. I can truly say that each soldier who laid down his lifo for his opinions was my comrade, no matter where ho fought. We aro assembled, my countrymen, to commemorate the patriotism and valor of the brave men who died to savo the Union. We stand upon consecrated ground. In the deep SCCIUB?OU of this hallowed spot there is nothing to disturb the mind or inflame tho heart. The sea son bringa its tribute to tho scene ; pays its homage to the dead; inspires tbe living. There are images of tranquility all about us: in the calm sunsbiue upon tbe ridges ; in tho tender shadows that creep along the streams; in the waving grasa and grain that mark God's love and bounty . in tho flowers that bloom over the many, many grnves. There is peace everywhere in this 'and to-day. "Peace in the quiet dales, Made rankly fcrtilo by the blood of men ; Pcacein the woodlane! and the lonely glen ; Peace in the peopled vales, Peace in the open se?s. In all our sheltered Days and ainplcstrcains, Peace where'er our starry banner gleams, And peace in every breeze." Tho war ls over. It is for us to bury its passions with its dead ; to bury them beneath a monument raised by tbe Amer ican people v American manhood n..d tho American system, in order that "the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that the government of the people, by the people and for the people snail not perish from the earth." There ?B no one of us, wore ho ?ho ono cloth or tho other, come he from the granite bills of New Fugland or tho orange groves of the Mississippi valley, who bas not an interest for him self and for bis children in the preserva tion and perpetuation of our republican system. It is a reciprocal, na well os a joint interest ; and, relating to thc great est of human affairs, it ought to bo a sa cred interest. The most obstinate of par tisans, tho most untraveled of provincials cannot efface or obscure, still less disputo, the story of heroism in war, of modera tion in peace, which, written in letters of living light, will blaze forever upon our national tablets. The occasion that brings us herc has this significance: it is illus trative ; it tells us that wo have come to understand that there could be no lasting peace, nor real republicanism, whilst any freemen's rights was nbridged, or any patriot's grave unhonored. Tbe freedom of each and every State, of each and ev ery citizen, is nt length assured; and there remains no longer so much as a pretext why the glory of the past, marked by the graves of all who fell tn the battle, should not bo the common property of thc whole people. Tho old feudal ideas of treason do not belong to our institu ting of our epoch. Their influence in public ?utai rs, bas been hostile to our na tional unity and peace. Our future is to be secured by generous concessions, for ours was a war of mistakes, not of dis graces. There was an organic question left fa tally open by tho authors of our consti tution. There was a property interest madly entangled with the moral nature pf tho time. There was no tribunal hav ing power to determine tho issue. It is, perhaps, little tb say that, had tho people foreseen nil the consequences, they would not have resorted to arms; but recent ex perience shows us that they would have "triado supreme sacrifices for tho sake of peaco. History teaches us that wars are more or less th? subjects of misconcep tion und mischance It is rare indeed, if ever, when all the right is on tho one ?ide and all the wrong on the other. In our caso, and i take Yeavo to speak for both< sides, wo have much to deplore, nothing to make us ashamed. Assured ly, the world has never aeon terms so lib eral extended to soldiers beaten in civil hri.il . ~- I---a. -t__?:-1 c --., v. ..../..ii ouv.li t.Uwwi|uu\.ci a Iv. tu sanguinary revenges during the progress of tho strife. It ls necessary to remind no one of the conduct of Grant and "herman in the moment of their triumph. The conflicts of this present hour cannot shut out from the hearts of grateful men the spectacle of that dismal day, when, ming above tho passions Of victory and 'ho ruins of conquest?, tho chiefs of tho armies of the North remembered not mtre Jy that tbay were soldiers and mon of houor, but that they were Ameri cans. It was our Leo who naid the honors of war tb your Kearney, When the body of Morgan was borne to its last resting-place, soldiers of the Uuion as wmbledby chance on tbe public square in Nashville, stood, solditr-like, uncov \m. ** tne"" /allon adversary passed. When McPherson fell a thrill of sorrow w?ntnV>ng the whole confederate lino. I ik'ovo' *?"dav? that tho assassination ol Abraham Lincoln is lamonted in tho Botith hardly less than in tho North. I know, ray friends, that narrow winded and embittered partisans will say ?ere is nothing in all this. I know thal theorists will doclaro that great rcsulU .re not reached through thc affcUions. ] ?rn ready to admit the caprico as well ni }no insubatanuality which belong to in nuenceaof tho sentimental sort. Buteverj '.ne of understanding must bavo ROmr. jx>nd of feeling; and I maintain thal uiogc touches of manhood, of notu.e, ol .orrow, of pride, of generosity and pity WI>ich make the whole world kin, tell us .Poclfically and with emphasis that w< of one family, and should bo of on< household forever. It is not a milter of faith and hope, bat of experience and ob servation, with mo, proclaimed on ai i occa sions these dozen years and more, that the people of the North and South aro one people, thoroughly homogeneous, differing only in those ext?rnale which, all tho earth over, distinguish several communities. That which is wanting in us is less of self-love nud moro of love for our country ; a deeper, sincerer devo tion to tho principles of civil liberty which are bound up in the system uuder which we live; a self-sacrificing tjpiiif where the honor of the nation is at stake. To sectionalism and partyism we owe our undoing. We shall owe our restoration to nationalism, and to nationalism alono. The man who was a confederate, and is a nationalist, must feel when treading tho floor of Faneuil ball that he is nt home. In every part of the South the starry en sign of the republic must be not only a symbol of protection, but ihe source and resource of popular enthusiasm. Above all, the cabin of tho poor man, whatever his color, race or opinions, must bo a freeman's castle. lu the North, consti tutional traditions must revive ; in the South, the old inspirations of tho Union. I declare here to-day that the South, moro especially the young manhood of the South, yearns for national fellowship. It stretches out its orme to the national government beseechingly ; it entrenta tho North not to build up a national spirit which shall in word or thought proscribe it, or those who aro to come after it. Tho present generation of Southern men is in no wise responsible for thc acts of the last. It has no antecedents except thoRo which illustrated its sincerity and its valor on the battle-field ; ita fidelity lo its beliefs; its fidelity to its leaders; its fidelity to itself. These aro but so many hostages to the nation at large. Instead of stigmatizing it, the victor in the fight should throw over tho South thc flag of the republic; should place in front of it the emblematic eagles of the State; should fold it round from tho dark and the light with tho instinct of maternity, tenderest of its crippled otTspring. To the young men of the South the country must IOOK for the resurrection of the South. They should carry no dead weights either in their hearts or on their backs. Tho work of physical liberation, which is happily ended, is to be followed by a greater, a grander work-the work of moral emancipation. A sagacious statesmanship, even more than a generous magnanimity, points to this as thc hope of tho white man and the black man ; thc real restoration of the Union ; the true solution of the problems of life aud Ir-.bor raised up by the mighty vicissitudes pf the last fifteen years. It is not my purpose to speak of current nnlitiml ?RRiio?, except those which arc always current, which are above all par ties-our whole country, our whole people-the glory of the one, the integrity of the other. Those of us who stood in front of the battle, who Buffered and endured, settled the account between ourselv3s long ago. We may quarrel never BO much, as honest men will and as honest men ought, about the things of to-day. That is republicanism which gives each man the right, as it imposes upon each the duty, to speak bia mind out freely, to make his wants known subject neither to bayonet nor ban limited only by tho injunctions set by God upon the sincerity, no less than the courage, of all men's conviction. In the party senso, we may quarrel to-day and fraternize to-morrow; what boots it? Thero is no one of U3 who doea not know in the core of hi* heart that, us mattera of fact and truth, such quarrels have no bottom to them. They* make us angry, abusive, ungenerous. As a rule, the warmest and truest natures are, for the moment, most intolerant. The most charitable, the most magnanimous of men, believing themselves in the right, believing all who do not agree with them in the wrong, becomo unyielding, ard even bitter. It is an attribute of simple earnestness. Those who possess, it should prize it, and, after tho event, weigh its conclusions with discrimination. Let a counter-interest come between, let a common grief, and lo! the mist rises. Those who worship the same God, who kneel nt the samo shrine, who breathe to Heaven the same prayers, who sing the same songs, in whoso mouths the inspira tions of holy writ and tho precepts of Anglo-Saxon freedom are as familiar as household words, can afford no impassa ble gulfs,' cannot seriously nud perma nently bo estranged. Tho dead who lie here: tho dead of all the battle-fields, tho dead of the South and the North, comrades at last in the immortality of tho soul, can leave us, do leave us, this lesson only : That we aro Americans ; that we are republicana ; that wo aro blessed in our conditon ; that we should cherish it and one another, for God*s sako and for the honor of tho flag I The poet put it inversely when ho wrote : "I (hink in the live3of most women and men There's a time when all might go smooth und oven. If only tho ?uuu could find ont when To come back and bc forgiven." Alas, it is the living who must go to the dead for instructions. The brave hearts that lie about us hero havo nothing to ask of us. They aro everlasting, now. They kuow all. They are moved no longer by the fever, tho worry and the fret, the error and the folly, the laughter and tho tears of this poor world. They need seek tho forgiveness of none of us. They earned ?heir title of the ever-living God on tho field of battle. I would put upon ibeir graves thu* inscription which marks the rcsting-placo of two brothers in Virginia, who fell on opposing sides, "W hich waa right, God knows ?" I care not to know. I do know that all of us illOUglib U? vrei? ilfcul , ?uu, ???ii?g lia x do, I would visit, and revisit, these buriel placea, not to illumine the torches of the pnst, but, by humiliation and prayer, to draw from those mystic forcea of .'./.th, which move us wc know not how, Borne token, some guiding light, for the future. I hopo, my friends, that, though speak ing in the general, and making no effort at display, I put the case with plainness. All otos here are neighbors. We know each other fairly, well ; wo are moved by tho cvery-day promptings of our lot; ?orr?? "ryyi so ruo ill. We ought not to desirous ceremony like this to oe impos ing, or grand, or in any way ostentatious, Ho would be a poor maker of phrases who could not turn it to recount. I come to you, come back io yon, who wont hence a boy, but who has preserved tho instinct*, with the traditions, of a youth whirl os yo? will ?ornomber, can not bo brought to contradict what, in my ma??ro manbood, I have tried to say. I J- .?ped, when you called me hither, that I might contributo a little to the era of good-will, conceiving that its only valno i would be its sincerity ; for I need but rc i pent myself-ever since you knew mc ! to do honor to the patriotism and valor i of those who died to save the Union, SratiUulc ami respect to those who have ved to save it. War or no wat", we arc ? all countrymen, fellow-citizens ; \nd it i* L no mawkish sentiment or idlo rhapsody f which seeks to bring us nearer together. , Tho day of thc sectionnlnt ia over. Thc i day of tho nationalist has come. It hus i come, and it will grow brighter and 5 brighter, dotting the land, not with bat I ! tIo-field", but ecbool-housea in which our chit di?, ., instructed better than ourselves, will learn to discern thc shallow arta of tho self-seeking dema gogue, who would thrive by playing upon men's ignorance nnd passion. Wo have seen wlthiu tho last few week* how a little generosity in tho fountains of our political existence has warmed the hearts .of men and elevated tho tone of public affairs. This tells us simply but truly that party lines uro not, and ought not to be, lines of battle, separating men committed to deadly strife. It tells us that we, thc people-acting as a nation should bo sufficiently independent, be cause sufficiently enlightened, to detect the true from tho false in our leaders and in our system. There arc few of us who do not know instinctively the truth. Wo are constantly deceiving ourselves, con stantly and consciously allowing our selves to be deceived, by circumstance and special pleading. I shall not pre tend that it is possible for us to escape this infirmity of human nature. That which I plead for, which I have pleaded for all my life, is that wo shall bo gov erned in our public interests by the samo fair-minded and self-respecting principles of conduct which good men bring to their private walks and ways. Fellow-soldiers of tue Uuion : I cannot close without thanking you for the op portunity your generosity has given mo to speak in this place, and on my native soil, for your country and my country, for your flag and my" flog. Tho Union is indeed restored, when thc hands that pulled that flag down come willingly, nnd with full hearts, to put it up again. I come with a full heart and a steady hand to salute the flag that floats above mc-my flag aud your flag-tho flag ol the Union-thc flag of the freo heart's hope and home-the star-spangled ban ner of our fathers-the flag that, uplifted triumphantly over a few bravo men, has nover been obscured, destined by God and nature to waft on its ample fold thc eternal song of manhood freedom to all the world, tho emblem of the power on earth that is to exceed that on which it was said the sun ucver went down. 1 had it in my mind to say that it is for us, the living, to decide whether tho hun dreds of thousands who fell on both side: during the battle were blessed martyrs tc an end, shaped by a wisdom greater thar ours, or whether they died in vain. ] shall not admit the thought. They die not die in vain. The power, the divin? Sower, which furrowed the land by battle olds, sowing it deep and broadcast wit! sorrow, will reap thence for us, and foi tho ages, a nation truly divine ; a nntipr of freedom and of freemen ; whose toler ance shall walk hand in hana with reli gion, whilst civilization points out U patriotism thc many open highways w human right nnd glory. Tho Astor Family. Speaking of tho dissipation of our firs families, it is to bo noticed that an ex ception is found in the Astors. Thi house has never had a fast young rann The special weakness in this family i found in its idiotic character. Wm. j h "tor's youngest 6on, Henry, waa recent ly mulcted in ??nono for an assault on child. Henry is partially idiotic. II was kept at the farm nt Rhinebeck, bu contrived to get away, and married int a queer family. He was in the habit c "preaching" in the kitchen, and on on occasion a child laughed at him, where upon he struck her in a violent maunei The result was aa action for assault, an the jury, in view of the wealth of th family, gave a verdict of $20,000. Thi is tho heaviest damages on record fe such an offence in luis county. Th Asters at first, as it is said, uctermine not to pay it, but on second thought the reached a different conclusion, and th judgment was satisfied. The great Aste estate is now in the hands of William other sons, John Jacob and Willinn The former is a leading proprietor an director of the Delaware and Hudso Canal Company, which is tho heaviest < our coal corporations. It is now in grei t' ??ble, irs 3tock having declined $6 (per share of $100) since last March. ? a director Astor has to bear part of th difficulty, nnd tho decline in ho mark? value of his stock is estimated at nearl a million. The company is now thrca ened with bankruptcy. John Jacob's brother William has bee spending thc winter in Florida, but wi return as soon as tho Northern climate sufficiently mild. He has improved h Southern opportunities by joining a M sonic lodge fi' "ncksonvillc. In doii th?B he follows the example of his gran father, (tho originnl John Jacob,) wi was in his day a noted member cf tl fraternity. Old John Jacob was of social tunij nnd was fond of both billiar and theatricals. Ho loved to attend tl Park theatre, of which he was thcowi.? His brother Henry, tho noted bntchi owned the Bowery, and thus tho sc theatrical fifitabliphments of that d were in tho hor . of this pair.. Jol Jacob's son William differed in thc points from the old man. He was n social, and I never heard of his givii oven a dinner party. Ho was not a tl atro goer, while, far from joining a lod{ it may be Baid ho never joined nnythi except tho ranks of married lifo. 1 never was a member of a political par nor of a club, nor of a lodge of any kit He never joined a fire company nor church. He never was a director it bank or insuranco company ; never v in tho militia : nover did jury duty, ? nover had any marked friendships. T fact is be was the most striking negnti this city ever produced. All he did v to collect rents and invest his mou Only as tenants could mankind beco of any valuo to him. As a matter family prid?, hu mided to ihecndowmi of tho library, and his BO:IS arc now another matter of family pride) erecti a grand altar in Trinity Church to memory.-Cincinnati Gazette. KEEP YOUK PROMISE.-A boy b rowed a tool from a carpenter, prc laing to return it at night. Beforo ev inglio was sent away on an errand f did not return until late. Beforo go he was told that his brother should that the article was returned. After had como home ho inquired and fe that the tool had not been sent to owner. He war> much distressed to th bis promise had not beon kept, but1 persuaded to go to sleep and rise cs and carry it nome the next moral By d?ylight bo was up, and ?owhero' tho tool to be found. After a long frtiitleiM ??earoh he sot off for his uzi bor's in great distress to acknowledge fault. But how great was his surpris find tho tool on his neighbor's doorsU And then it appeared, from tho print his littlo bare feet in tho mud that lad had got up in his sleep sad esr tho tool home, and gono to bed aj without knowing it. Of course a who waa prompt in his sleep was pro I when awake. Respected while ho li i he had the confidence of h's noighl i nud was placed in many ounces of t and profit. If all grown persons fe this boy did there would bc a good n \ tracks of bare feet found some of t \ bright me minga, and what piles of b I and toola would bo found nt their < . ora' doora 1 'scene lu tbe Northern Presbyterian Assembly* Ou Tuesday last, when tho subject of tho restoration of friendly .relations with the Southern Presbyterian Church was uuder consideration in Chicago, in thc General Assembly of the Northern Pres byterian Church, tho following scene oc curred. Tho Chicago f?mes is the paint er : Kev. Dr. Vau Dyke, in thc course of a speech against making any further con cessions, though ho said in substance that ho voa opposed to the Into war, al luded to a statement which had been nado in thc city to tho oiler t that a dele gate was in Chicago from the Southern General Assembly, and that this Gen eral Assembly had refused to receive him. This was not true ; but a distinguished divine of South Carolina was v:-iting the city, a man whom ho bad lc .od as his own soul, mid he moved that tho Kev. Dr. Plumer bc invited to address the General AsGcmbly upon the subject of ro-union. To thc discredit of tho mem bers the motion was not unanimously carried. Tho invitation so churlishly accorded procured a response whicl must be characterized as extraordinary. AU eyes were turned toward a cyno sure under tbe gallery, near the main entrance A little gentle clapping of hands in that direction disseminated no infection beyond the narrow immediate circle. Slowly tho group separated, and through tho friendly breach thus formed strode a majestic figure. As tho grand vision dawned upon tho upturned faces of the Assembly resistance to its charms was impossible ; generous impulso over came tho heat of prejudice und courtesy paid voluntary tribute to tbe highest type of manliness. The applauso arose and swelled, mid waned again ; then waxed higher and more fervent as the royal form went on down thc aisle, and as the gallery caught tho first glimpse of Iiis ndvaucing figure, ladies and gentlemen rose en masse and cheered and cheered again, while the pent-up emotion of the scene found vent hore and there in un checked tears. Thin mun might hnvo sat for Michael Angelo's Moses. In Italy, some of tho landscapes are admired becauso they so remind the beholder of Claude Loraine's pictures. Dr. Plumer io a Uviug sculp turo of heroic moid. As he stood there facing tho ?/sembly, calm and rigid, ono could noe resist the fancy that tho statue of a patriarch or a prophet, a Moses or Elijah, would have such a personification. Abovo the average height, symmetrical in proportion, straight and firm, he pre sented the rare and beautiful spectacle of perfect old ago. His hair and beard are white os tho purest snow; the latter waved about upon his breast like a flow ing vestment. " His bair lies thick and undulating, in lines of statuesque grace His eyes aro bright, as with a conscious ness of being near euough the Gate of Light to cutch a reflection of tho glory from within. His features, aspect, stature, expression, gesture-for already his curving arm commanded a thrilling silence-all spoke a man of power, strength, and g.r.ce. At first, his voice was low but not indistinct. Tho volume increased with the increasing unction of his thought, and os he proceeded all eyes were rapt upon his, for brief ns was his speech the Assembly recognised tho first true orator who had stood before it. What be said must bo read in full. How he said, that pen would be indeed pre sumptuous which would attempt to dc scribe. Tho spectnelo waa one never to bo forgotten by those who saw it-as.a spectacle of tho grandeur of age, with no trace of its weakness : of the tenderness of age, without imbecility; of the elo cuehc? of age, with undiminished fervor delivered over a register of cadeneo mel lowed by a tremor in harmony with tho snow upon his head, but vivified by a dynamic power in harmony with the .valor and sanctity of his aspect. Let not any reader omit tho perusal of what ho said. He pleaded, as Paul in old ago would have pleaded, for charity, love, and brotherly good-will. Ho pleaded that tho present might be used to brighten Lau future and hide the post. "By what this Assembly docs to-day," bc ex claimed, "Christ will be greatly honored -or dishonored." Ho had been told of one who had so excellent a memcry that ho never forgot anything. "I have read of one who bad a still netter memory Archt'.ihop Cranmer, who never forgot anything but injuries. May God in ll" mercy g.ve us all such memories." But thc appeal was in vain. WHAT Ult. VAN DYKE 8A1D OF D I'LUMBB. There ?a a vcncrnblo luther belonging tb that branch of thc Presbyterian Church iiv this city-tt man whoni 11 love as I love my own soul-and it has been reported iu this city, I .VHS confronted with it nt a dinner table only thrco days ago, that ho carno hore as a delegate from the Southern Assembly and we would not receive him. Sir." I take it upon myself to say it, and if I am wrong lui. thu brethren correct me, if thc vene rable Dr. Plumer-God bless his white head-if ho had como to us with papers or without papers and said : "Brethren, I am authorized to represent tho South orn Assembly in this body," wc would have received him with open arms-[ap plauso ; "that's so,"J-with unanimous acclamations ; and his face, as ho would have sat hero upon this platform, would have been to ns like the faco of an angel, shining, as tho faco of Moses shone when bo came down from communion with God upon the holy mount. And now. sir, I pledge myself, if Dr. Plumer will come forward and say ho is authorized to tako his scat as a corresponding delegate from tho Southern Assembly in this body, ho would be received. [Ap plauso.] DR. PXUUEB'S SPEECH. Rev. Dr. Plumer : Nu, sir. Sound as cends, not descends. I shall be heard. I wish to say, first, of ail, why I am ia Chicago. I am hero entirely on social iccounts, and would have been herc if thia Assembly had met in San Francisco. I ara not here to-day to do anything touching this business, or any other busi ness, except to preach Christ's gospel, and see some of ray friends before I go The second remark I wish to mako is, sir, that I fully and cordially estimate tho embarrassing condition in which I ara placed. If 1 say anything I say it solely for myself and on my own account. I am not deputed hero by anybody, by letter or otherwise. - And, thirdly, I wish to say that it: my heart I do glory in the truth conveyed to me In his last letter by one of my old teachers now in heaven. It is this: "I would not give one -hour of brotherly lovo for a whole eternity of contention." [Applause.] That is my sentiment. God In His mercy grant that we may all reach that conclusion. Ono hour of brotherly love ls worth a1 whole eternity of btri?? and blckerir";. Now, sir, God Ii Hi? providence-a providence that no *n on earth dalma to understand-has raided np Presbyte rian churches North and South. The Southern Churoh covers a vast area of territory, and has great interests of im mortal HOUIS-4,000,000 people who arc not dying out ; it was said that the col orod race would dio out ; it ia not dying out. Tho iaat census shows au increase, including the decade during tho. war, af ten per cent. It ia going to live; wc have great interests there ; we need help. The Southern Church, through ita As sembly, has invited all the world to como uud work in tho field and do good. Can't wo do something that shall profit these people ? Sir, if getting on my knees, if lying on this floor aud allowing oil men to trample on my body, would bo the menus of saving tho soul of one poor black man or black woman, when any other course pursued would jeopar dize tho interesta of that soul, I would lie down on the floor. (Applause] I ask br ithron to think this matter care fully over. You nay you can do some thing; you ?i?.o done something. God bc praised for what you have done : but cau't you do more? Supposo you wee to treat tho Southern Church as three honored brethren in your church have urged-ono in Baltimore, one in Phila delphia and one iu New York-that you should treat it tho way you treated the Waldenscs: givo them funds, give them means, and ask them to employ these moans in building up tho cause of Christ; and for every dollar they expended there would bo good results, blessed resulta. Wo honor your missionaries and servants there ; wo love them. Dr. Mattoon was the companion of my own nephew, who boro my own name in the mission in Siam ; lie is my friend ; books that I havo written are "class booka in that in stitution. Can't you help us ni this thing? Suppose, brethren, by the grace of God, you wero enable ? to say what will at once forever silence nil contests aud bitterness, can't you say it ? I would givo anything if you could. And ?ct you must judge for yourselves. Wo ave workers there. Why there is a gen tleman here from Tennessee who knows how all these things work. Ho is on the committee who reported tho resolutions -ho knows how it works. I seo a brother herc who lives thirty-six miles from me, in South Carolina. He knows how it works. Cannot something be dono? Ono brother says the time is not yet. Mr. Moderator, did you over know an old wound or an oid soro to got well by lett'vg it alono? It is uovcr done. I know not what tho voto of this house shall bo; but one thing is certain-Jesus Christ will this day bo greatly honored or dishonored by this body ; and this body must judge whether its action is to honor or dishonor tho Saviour, and not I. Another thing I wish to say is that this body will candidly, I have no doubt, to day vote as it has done hitherto-candid ly voto what it wishes to say. It will bc understood ; it will bo settled. I would love to see these hindrances removed in my time ; but there will be a good many things done after my head goes down to the grave. And if God denies mo that privilege, bo it so. Can't you do it? There is not a nina in the Southern coun try who does not dc?ire fraternal rela tions on terms equal and honorable. [Applause] Thero is not a man in the Southern country who wishes this body to humble itself or abuso itself before anybody. But this is true : If I havo stated, Mr. Moderator, that you aro not a gentleman, it is due to me-it is more due than it is to you-that I should say that I ought not to havo used these words. JApplause.] Wc ask no regrets in tho sense of repentances ; nobody asks that. There is not a man in the South that would esteem any man moro if he were to humiliate himself. That is not it. But, sir, I might say if Dr. Dixon bad aaiel of the Moderator something un handsome, I might .truly Ba} to Dr: Dixon, "I am very sorry, Dr. Dixon, tbnt you said that of the Moderator ; I regrot it-I do uot repeut it." Can't you say that? One thing is clear; If tho resolutions reported by your commit tee are rejected, it will bo understood everywhere, North and South, and it will be a finality on this whole subject. Now, slr, I beard a conversation day before yes terday about memories. Some ono said "bat a mau had an excelle.it memory that he never forget arvthing. I hail read of a better mcmoiy than that; it was thc memory of Loni Archbishop Cranmer, of whom it is said he never for got anything but injuries. [Applause.] Oh, what a memory that must bc, to cherub everything that is endearing, and forgot and forgive fj God in mercy give us all such memories. [Applause] Bonn Platt on Morton. Donn Piatt, in his Washington Capi tal, givei a racy description orono of tho very worst of men in the United Stat?s. His name is Merton. Donn says : "God might make a worse man'than O. P. Morton-but ho never did. "The combination of sycophancy, sin and demagogltun has never been equalled and cannot be surpassed. "He began life a Democrat, and all that, he says of that organization is the only sort of Democrat he developed. He joined tho party of progressive humani tarian ideas when that party showed it self to bo in the asceudaut, and his belief in human progress is measured by majori ties nt tho bauot * x: Ho has no faith in God, man nor uiorton. He has abili ty enough to know, but not pride enough to despise himself. He is ono of those monstrosities created ai long intervals for Bomo unknown purpose, that goo: about torturing humanity. A few merv demons of that sort would make tho hu mah ?ace, like the devil-possessed swine rush down steep places and perlai through genoral suicide. "Nature put a warning mark upon hi; countenance. Looking upon it, scientist are startled with the fear, that, cominf from the monkey, we might yet. with al onrhrnin return to thc brute Iiis j<\v is that of a buil-dog ; his mouth recall the sculptured sntyr of tho Greoks whei the eager sensualism of the goat wa m;. 3 J human ; his nozo is a muzzle, whii his eyes have tho trc-r-h.-r-us glare of beast of prey. "Ho iz enc no woman can love, no ma can trust, no child can reverence "His associates are thieves, his friend are demagogues, his political support ai negroes. "Ho ls a sycophnnt and a flatterer witt out being weak. H? h*?? a brain of Ul usual power, that without culturo is pu to the meanest uses. Possessed of th highest courage, he irrigues with th skill of a coward. **** Irant was i power he fawned,Uko a ?niel and fla terreel like a courtier. And noir that gentleman occupies the Executive Mai sion and holds tue patronage upon whic Morton lives, he bullies and whines 1 turns. "If any result would reconcileonetotl terrible blow struck nt tho conscience < the nation, the confidence of the peop in the ballot, by the cc anting in of Presidential candidato defeated at tl poll1-, lt is to see so despicable.a dem gogue as O. P. Morton disconcerted at grioved by his own ret-. It is a retrib t'on that shows that tho laws of Gi cannot be violated with impunity." "-When a father d?corera that 1 i boy has been Using his ruzov to sharp a slate pencil, his faith that ho is to thc father of a President is tempor?r! i eclipsed by his anxiety to find thc b ' and a lath. .SOUTH CAttOUNA'S CAPITAL. Ita Past Glories and Present Seediness. CXiriftpon?enc? 0/ thc ttyring/lcld Jirpublican. t COLUMBIA, S. C., May 18,1877. South Carolina bas sinned deeply and riuflered terribly. That remark may be rather trite, but to any Btroller over this unfortunate town it speaks with fearful force. Before the. var Columbia was one of thc most tasteful ind charming inland cities in tho Un'on, with broad streets, fine old shade trees, and imposing build ings. lu people wero cultured, high toned and aristocratic, with all the graces and faults of Southern chivalry'. The State Capital, intended to ho tho finest building of tho kind on tho continent, lacked only a fraction of its cost to com plete it; tho State College was in the full tide of prosperity, aim was thc best educational institution in the South, while the wealth and pride of tho State centered hero for its home. When Sher man's army marched northward from Savannah, the soldiers could not spare Columbia. I do not blame them ; it was part of the punishment of tho State for forcing on tho war, and tho city was to tally destroyed, A few of tho public buildings, notably the capitol and college, were Bparcd ; but thc business blocks and nearly nil tho private dwellings were con sumed. It is a curious fact that among tho few residences envd was tho old family mansion of Wade Hampton, who is now trying HO hard as Governor to re deem thc State. Hence to-day there is very little that is attractive about the tr .vu. It is a fair-sized village, vory cheaply and plainly built up, with herc and lhere a modern-looking block of stone upon its main thoroughfare. A listless, sleepy, apathetic air pervades the streets, and thero seems to bo little or no business save what is connected with the Legislature, which is now in session. I went up to thc Capitol this forenoon, and strolled all over it. Tho architectu ral plan is decidedly imposing ; but owing to trio war and subs?quent misfortunes it is in a pitiable condition. Tho main building was rrised, ready for tho roof, and then thc work was stopped. A cheap, unsightly roof of unpinned boards, cov ered with tin, baa been put on it, rind the legislative chambers have been fitted up, und ure now used. Thc material is a light, fine-grained granite, and tho grounds aro filled with huge blocks of ?tonc, hewn and unhewn, columns, cop ings, etc. I counted 24 huge monolithic pillara., nearly all (luted and finished, and ready to be set up. Tho Secretary of State, Col. Sims, told mo that at the timo if thc burning of the city thero were aver il.600.000 worth of Tennessee nnd itatuary marbles all ready to bo put in place upon tho building that were en tirely destroyed! They were packed to gether in wooden structures upon tho grounds, and when tho soldiers burnt tho iheds the marbles became so calcined as to bc utterly worthless. As an example ?jf tho unreasoning, foolish methods of thc negroes when in power, I give n sin gle instance. Tho architect had secured, af course at great espouse, n single block of unhewn stone that was over 60 feet long, intending to have it dressed for a column. His ambition was to have one monolith in the building thnt was longer than the obelisk of Luxor in tho Place de la Concorde in Paris. It lay in tho yard with tho others, and p.omo members of the negro Legislature, desiring to pro curo a cemetery monument for one of their fellow-members who was dead, oc cured tho gift of that stone, and wheu they had obtained it were obliged to break it into three pieces to get it away I Scores of stones of tho size they reduced it to were scattered over tho "yard, but no, they must destroy tho valuable mon olith rather than take what was suitable for their purpose. When Gov. Hampton took possession at the breaking up of the negro L?gislature, tho building WAS in mch au unwholesome and horrid condi tion that he was obliged to employ a gang of men to clean away thc filth. I attended tho session of tho 'L?gisla ture to-day, and wish I could photograph for your readers all I saw. Tho South erners must bc like the Greeks in their admiration for fino physiques, for most of thoir officials aro spLmdtd-looking ann. The speaker. Gen. Wallace, is a tall, portly mm, with a dinooth, full, rcsoi_..nt voi'.-u mid a strong, courageous faco, soffc onod by a very pleasant smile. Tho loft ?ide of the chamber (looking from the speaker's chair) is composed of negroes, spmo bf them nearly while, but many,as black aa though just from the Congo. The right side is occupied by the whites, most ot them serious, earnest-faced mon, with no signs of ngliness or dissipation anywhere about them. Tho question before the body wits on appropriating money to pay the interest upon tun largo consolidated' debt, and. I witnessed tho closing of thc delia*I was surprised at tho fine voices and cosy oratory and correct English of tho negroes, and equally surprised nt the lack of pith and logic in what they had to say. They did most of tho talking, jumping up and airing their elocution continually, but thc weight of thought was all with thc whites. The resolve, I am glad to say, passed by a large majority. TII?B .finan cial qucation is an exceedingly difficult oho here. Tho debt of tho State hoi been, within a few years, piled up tc something like, a dozen millions, witl nothing whatever to show for it; tbej havo boen robbed and skinned by thc carpet-baggers and their minions ; bul their cr?dit always ranked so high hefort tho war that the old Stato priuo make them anxious to pay every honest clain that is held against them. At 1 o'clock thy tj-c-ii-v.o /iluti ia M unite with tho House in electing an Aa soci?t? Justico of the Supremo Court It proved to bo a scacon of fraternization for tho Democratic candidate, Mciver received every vote. . In tho nomi nat i n? Hpecchcs I heard Hamilton, the negro who, though' a radical, came over carl; from the Chamber'aiu Legislature, ani baa remained ever since. He is a full blooded black, with n square, strong heavy-jawod, unintellectual face, and i evidently very proud of his will and hi independence. Honnblm with greats defects of grammar and more of a plan talion accent than the other negroes, bu thero was a kind of bull-dog grip to hi sentences that closely hold tho Hoti3< Gen. Gary of Confederate cavalry fam made quite a brilliant little eulogy of th candidate, containing some very ?Jaintil cut and deftly put sentences, Later I called on Gov. Hampton, bein introduced by the Secretary of State, found him emphatically a large mai Ho has a largo frame, a large head, ac talked as though he WAH a man of lar? heart. I expected to detect a little i that Southern vanity bf manner whit his speeches during his recent trip ' i Washington would lead ono to infer 1 had, but confess ? ?did not Bee a t.ra?e it. In early manhood he iftust havo bet strikingly handsome, and etill retail msich of it in spite of tho frosty hair ai deep caro lines whicb thickly intersc caen other over his face. Ho began 1 apologizing for keeping rue waiting, si said: "I have of late been represent At Washington as refusing to seo tho n I groes, and heneo, when there ia any dou (n .committee- of colored men went in just before mc) ? always give them the prece dence." He talked very freely about the condition of affairs in the State1, and it seemed to me very sensibly.. He said it waa bad policy as well os had principle to intimidate or oppress the negro in any way. The only true course was to con ciliate him. On the (?nestion of educa tion, he favored equal appropriations for both races ; because, as ho ullcdged, they wero too evenly divided in tho State to make co-education practical-neither race wanted it-and because they were not upon tho same intellectual plane, and couid not study together to advantage in tho samo class is. He thinks the young negroes are moro precocious than thc white?, but os they grapple with advanced studies I" ?y have, as tho jockeys say, no staying power. He has no objection to negroes occupying any position for which they aro fitted; out thinks the North must bo convinced that as legislators in South Carolina they aro more than a failure. Ho said that he knew them through nnd through, had always been their friend, and they knew it; and. while they made excellent laborers and skillful mechanics, ho had yet to see tho first ucgro who ever originated or inven ted anything. He expressed his appre ciation of the kindness of conservative Republicans in Massachusetts toward him, and especially of tho Republican. Toward evening I visited his family man sion, referred to abovo, a very largo edi? fico of cut Btone, occupying n whole Bqunre, and tastefully, rather elaborately, laid out. The Governor lost his ?laves by tho war, his lands and homo by debts and high taxes, and is poor. Tho people of thc State tried to make up a purse to buy back his homestead, but he forbade it. He is certainly trying to do right, and wo shall nil watch his course with groat interest. Tho old Stato University, tilt prido of tho whole South, is, at present, practical ly a high school for negroes, and its buildings and grounds aro in a sadly dilapidated condition. Thc negro Legis lature havo actually paid-covering it up ns a beneficiary iund-r-$20 a month to tho negroes to induce them to attend the Behool, and got only about CO to avail themselves of its privileges. Yesterday they elected a now sot of trustees, and it is boped that under different manage ment it may regain something of its old prestige. No man cnn forecast tho futuro of this State. Tho problems they have to face hore aro gigantic, almost terrible, and have become so marred and tangled by party hate and race bato that it will take' wiso and cool heads to solve them ; but at present "hands off" should be the demand of cverv fair and Hennihla min. Tho best elements from beth races aro coming to tho front, and, as long as they sro honest and fair, they must bo encour aged in their work. I have written the abovo just as it hrs como to mo to-day, and, I believe, with out any prejudice whatever, I am glad to testify to the courtesy which I havo everywhere received. Though coming uncredited, and as a Massachusetts Re publican, I havo been welcomed with a cordiality and interest that wo bustling Northerners rarely take time to bestow. _R. H. M. BRUTAI,MURDER AND SWJFT JUSTICE, -Lost Friday morning beforo daybreak Mra.'C. C. ChnmbliBs, of Stewart county, Ga., was murdered "by three negroes. They first fired tho fences and drew hei < husband away from tho house, and then proceeded to tho house to rob it, and were met by Mrs. Chnrabliss, a beautiful woman, aged 18, armed with a gun. One of the negroes, Jerry Snead, took the gun from ncr, and lodged its contents in her head, causing death instantly. Thc negroes burned tho corn-crib and, fled, but were pursued .aud captured. Je ny admitted the deed, and implicated . hi: companions, Stephen Abram and Wm. Booth. They were brought to Chamhliss'i house thet afternoon, and, it was minni monal y decided by about 800 whites one blacks present that they should be banged A gallows was erected, and the murderen hanged.with trace chitins.- Tho coloree {?articipanU iii the lvnching throw thi ifeless bodies into u held to rot, and witt Seat difficulty tho. whites persuade* om to permit their burial? The culprit] mot their fate jeeringly, glorying in. tin deed, and taunting .their ?ieoutiopersk J cotton rope was first used on Stepha Abrams, but it broke, and he asked* tb crowd to get a stronger one. No otho rope conldTiO'fbund, however, and .traci chaiiirt'.vero ur.cd. -T- '"?*** ' ? !>lr ? FnANCE.-Tho issue: ofro, circular b, tho new Do Broglie ministry, cxplainin, to tho prosecuting attorneys throughou France that Marahnl MacMahon has "in terve.ned io arrest tho progress of radies theories incompatible with tho peace c society," sufficiently shows tho thorough ly reactionary purpose of tho new cab; net. Of course, a government winch feol called upon to arrest thp spread of thee rles will not long hesitate aa to tho meat by which to carry its onda. ? It is a gent .ino triumph bf military despotism^ au the p'caco bf Franco ia. wot worth a BO a? 30, 60 or 90 day;. Under theso ci cumstances, the French' exhibition < 1878 will proceed with great" difficult; The American preparations for partie potion will certainly receive, a decide check, and perhaps had better bo give up entirely. Tho fact now cording clea ly to tho' Surface, that tho Bdnapartls aro i likely to get moro good out of ti revolution than tho royalists, docs n improve tho prospect of peace Ma Mahon has, without a warning, precir tated a" prosperous'country into revol lion, and' nvCo?itutcd>^?v nui. ?ir ??SIM and probably more violent counter-rev lution._iit, _ THE TURK AND 'AMERICAN.-B Roebuck, M. P., wanted to know in t House of Commons tho other nig "whether American conduct to tho r men bad not been as atrocious AS ar thing of which tho Turk bad bebn g,u ty?" "Our godly ancestors, who 1 Englnnd for freedom's pake, the morai they got to America drove boforo tb the poor red man, slaughtering lim w their muskets, running him through w their swords, burning bis wigwam, a actually starving him to death. Hi the Turks dono moro? [Cheers.] A are we going in our crusade of human to p dd ress tho Amoi lean Government i say, 'Your conduct to the red man is ai as we humane peoplo cannot in any y pc^u^, and we intend ic go tc war ? yon because you have been inhuman GRASSHOPPERS.-One dollar per bu el is what the Minnesota law allows grasshepppers caught in that State,] ' ?iona!-to-tho: 25th of May'; 00 cent* bushel from the 20th of May until 10th of June; 25 conta per bushelf i the 10th of Juno until tho 1st of Ji 7 and 20 cents per bushel from the la ; July to the* 1st of October. There i ni BO bo paid by the Stato in tho H i manner tho sum of 60 cents per W 1 for 'riny and ;all grasshopper egrt* ' nnd destroyed by any porso?v The i I crnor will-'appoint A suitabb ?" per? I each township, a resident, to ,u)rforn ; duty of measuring and -paytag-ai! b t ties. .?' *a?\l .lirnft?."^ We oompcllwJio require cash- payments for jiurcrtisiUK order*-? bf Executors, Administrator? ?lid other '.?noiarie? ncUcc^*^ monoy .x.jn?? with tho order :. Citation*, two Insertion*, .... |8.09 -f&fPQRito&Br^Otf&Iimt&^M* U.-der" tu lOUSlfW attention, communications must bo accompanied by tfce (ruo name and add rm* of ?hs '? vrlttr. He jeeted manuscripts will oct bo returned, unices tho : neewaa o' stamp? a/e furnished to repay the postage . tlicroon. 43* r?2 aro hot responsible for th? ric irs and ?jlulouf of our correspondents. All communications should bo acdrcsscd to"Kd itors Intelligencer," audall checks, drafts, money orders, 4c., should bo made payable to thc order of E. ?. MURRAY A CO., Anderson,H. C. {?oiierai News Summary, - According to Senator Dawes, tho ?Republican party is BO sick that it munt either change ita raed ici no or buy u coflin. - Niles G. Porker, 6x-Stnlo Treasurer of South Carolina under the carpet-bag administration, is now manager of a metal hotiso in New York. His qualifi cation probably was familiarity with brass. - Gov. Robinson, ot Now York, may safely be Set down as tho champion vetoer of the century. He refused his signature to no less than 60 of tbe bills passed by ibo recent Legislature, and will very likely troat a good share of the hundred or more left on his bands at adjourn mont in lb? samo way. - The Robert IO. Lee Monumental Association, of New Orleans, has suc ceeded in obtaining funds nearly mili cent to erect n monument in that city to tho memory of that illustrious general. It is proposed to erect tho monument in Tivoli Circle, which is the centre of the city, and thc most prominent und con spicuous placo. - Miss Hadlock, of Newport, Vt., mel iu the street a man who bad circula ted derogatory stories about her. She hud prepared herself for the occasion. First, sho took popper from a pocket and throw it in bis eyes. Secondly, she took a rawhide ."u.ii her bustle and struck him several times with it. Thirdly, sho took a rotten egg from a band bag and smashed it in hiB face. - The Philadelphia 7??i?says: "Gov. Wade Hampton is expected to visit Auburn, N. Y., on the 20th of this month, to attend a reunion of the Shields Guards of that city, a military organiza tion named after General Shields, who commanded the Now York Volunteers and the South Carolina x-a?uiettoefl !n the Mexican war,, mid who was an inti mate, friend of Gov. Hampton's father." - They used to talk about Grant's in numerable kinfolks-tho Dents, the Ca seys, tho Kramers, tho Corbins, and the so-fortliB," said a disappointed Kentucky office-seeker thc other day, "but he couldn't ii ave been ns bad otf in that respect as Hayes, whom, to judge from his list of appointments, you would nat urally Bitpp?se to bo kin to every d-d one-horse Republican in the State of Ohio. - Ben. Butler, it is said, has resolved to take himself and his fortunes to Col orado. New England ?B by for too small and too inconsiderable a place for a man of bis wido embracing .'sympathies. In bis now homo in tho Centennial State be will devote himself to the pastoral occu pation of sbeop shearing, abandoning for tho nonce the political warpath. It would not, however, bo astonishing to sec the gent?o Bon B. turn up i w Washington a full fledged Senator. - The Indianapolis Sentinel, sneering at Grant's European reception, says: "The living present knows that Grant consorted with thieves, that he was tbe defender and supporter of conspirators, that ho girdled the Louisiana Returning Board scoundrels with"bayonets, while, the perjured crew was plotting frauds with which to reverse the will of tho American people. . The Atlar'ic ocean, wcro ita waters soapsuds, could not in a thousand centuries wash out the etainB from Grant's record. His friends should let him rest and rust." - The Marmons double once in six years. They now number 150,000. They. have thirty incorporated cities, three million dollars' worth of irrigating ca nals, 858 school houses, 12 newspapers, missionaries in every nation in the world, 20,000 militia. G .cotton and woolen fac tories, 600 miles of railroads, telegraphs all over the Territory, and temples built and being.built enough for all their peo ple to worship in. Besides, missionaries send, them 3,000 emigrants every, year, and their elders baptize many hundred native Indians ?nd receive them Into the Mormon church? - Whittcmore, ex-cadet peddler,and larcenous carpet-bag legislator of South Carolina, has marched without impedi ment into the bowels of Massachusetts, ?nd Massachusetts feels ?very oiok. But Massachusetts ought not to bo discour aged. She got rid of Whittcmore once before, when he had been caught swind ling, by making- him chaplain of a regi ment inuring, the' war. j' Why not ordain, him now.nst .a missionary, and lot him Bteal awhile away to Kemper County, or apy ether place whero a good artieleof preaching is needed, and where there i?n't - much lying around that un could pickup?-N. K-Tribune, - Tno first big gun bas just been cost . at tho South Boston Foundry, r.' twelve - inch riflo gun, being tho first one mado for the government of the'United States'. Tho weight of this piece of ordnnnco when ; finished \ will be ^about 90,000 pounds, aoiLH;, will carry,a projectilo weighing about 700 pouuds". ' Tho ordi nary chargo of powder in firing it will be from 110 to 140 pounds, with whick tho projectilo will pierce a solid moss of iron from twelve to fifteen inches thick, ai a distance" of ljOOQ yards. Tho gun will bo made of cast iron, lined with s wrought iron cored - tube, and when fin ished will bo Bent to the proving ground ai Sandy Hook, to bo tested, and-if found to be, satisfactory, will bo mounted in one of the fortifications in New York harbor. Gem Benet, Chief of th?- Bu reau of Ordnance; - Col. Brispin, tho ordnance constructor, and other pomi nent ordnance officers, will witness tho casting on Wednesday. This gun will be made on a ayatem which has been thoroughly tested ia this country on guns of smaller calibre, which have been found to equal any gun'made abroad. Tho work upon it was commenced nearly n year ago, and the greatest care has been taken to select proper metal to boused in its construction. - Tho. English countryman cannot vote for member of Parliament unless his rent is taxed at ?12 a year, which Eradically means that ho must occupy a nu so worth ?16 a year, or $80 rent. This disfranchises, not only laborers, but small tradesmen, .the curate or clergy man, the school-teachsr, tho dissenting minister, and almost everybody "but own ers of farms and the w?althi?r profes- ' sional clsss, who altogether constituto a very small part of thoEngliah rural pop ulation. Tho movement to extend tho Buffr'ago or enlarge tho county franchise, as the 'English express it, is constantly gaining force, and probably will come to its result within this generation. A ?argo meeting wss.?^c-?ijuy hei? at Lon don of delegates stjut'.up from , these country districts by tho disfranchised ; clares-Sn unprecedented assembly of laborers' del?galas, &500 in number, con vened at the expense and en the motion I of their own conatvtuon?ies, John Bright addressed them, and a ?coro bf eminent members of Parliament Bat on the plat form. Mr. Briant's speech was of couruo unanswerable, ip. favor of the extension of the ?affrago to the fifieen or twenty millions of pcoplo now, dinfranchiscd, , which includes not mero rural districts, ? hn% many towns of from 10,000 to 20,000 'inhabitants. This question is intimately related to that of local government re I form, which must be guided by popular shift-ago when ihn suffrage once becomes popular. '?'?.?.