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Adctr?M of Bishop* Atkinson, Lay
and (Quintard.
To ou*" Brethren in th* Southern Dio?
ceses : In resuming our seats in the
General Convention of the Church in
the United States, we have taken a
step in advance of those with whom
we have been for some years associ?
ated. We were aware that we ventured
much ; but we were prepar ed to ven?
ture much, in order to secure the
re-union of the Church, and to obviate
the evils which were likely to grow
up in the absence of frank and per-,
son al conference.
It seems proper that we should nov/
make known to yon what has hap?
pened during this memorable session.
We demanded no formal guaran?
tees. The assembled Bishops offered
us no pledge save that of "their
honor and love." As a house, and as
individinvls, they welcomed us with
cordial greeting.
There has been in the House of
Bishops a careful avoidance of what
might give us pain. Painful things
were sometimes spoken, but even
then the speakers used studied mode?
ration and self-restraint. The results
arrived at are as follows:
Bishop Lay, although he held that
the erection of Arkansas into a diocese,
and his election as diocesan, were valid
acts, preferred to waive that question.
By the calamities of war, the Church
in that State has been so enfeebled
that it is no longer able to exhibit an
organization. He, therefore, answer?
ed to his name, and was received by
the House as Missionary Bishop of
the South-west.
In the matter of Bishop Wilmer, no
official documents were before the
Convention, and the case was com?
plicated by an unhappy conflict be?
tween the military and the ecclesias?
tical authorities in the State of Ala?
bama. And yet, after an elaborate
discussion, his consecration was rati?
fied on conditions not hablo to objec?
tion, unanimously in the House of
Bishops, and with only one negative
vote in tho House of Deputies, which
vote was subsequently withdrawn.
The Bishop elect of Tennessee was
accepted with great unanimity, and
consecrated without delay to his high
office.
In celebrating a thanksgiving, the
Convention abstained from disputed
topics, and confined its expressions of
gratitude to the mercies which we
recognize in common, viz : peace in
the country and unity in the Church.
In devising means to provide relief
for sufferers of the South, the action
of the Church was marked by sym?
pathy and delicacy.
In establishing a system for the in?
struction of the freedmen, our advice
was sought, and Episcopal authority
duly respected.
In general, while the Bishops and
other members of the Convention
have in no wise denied or concealed
their sentiments on the questions,
political and social, brought by the
war to a practical solution, they have
not required of us any expression of
opinion on these topics. They have
carefully discriminated between the
political and the ecclesiastical aspects
of these questions, and have confined
their expressed judgments and their
action to the latter. They are content
with the assurance that we render for
conscience sake allegiance, honest and
sincere, to the Government of the
United States, and will teach others
to do so.
We see nothing now to hinder the
renewal of the relations formerly ex?
isting in the Church.
We feel bound to acknowledge that
we have been greatly indebted to
many of the Bishops for the warm
fraternal feeling manifested by them,
and for their generous exposure of
themselves to censure because of their
efforts to promote peace ami unity ;
nor ought we to withhold our convic?
tion that the great body of the House
of Deputies have deserved well of the
Church, because of the manliness with
which they have encountered reproach
and perhaps subjected themselves to
suffering in the cause of peace and
holy moderation.
In conclusion, we desire to record
our deep conviction and our reverent
acknowledgment that the results now
related are the doings not of man, but
of God. Our profound gratitude fe
due to Him who, as we trust, in this
?>erilous juncture, has interposed ef
ectually to heal the divisions of the
Church, and to calm the passions
which threatened to rend it asunder.
THOMAS ATKINSON,
Bishop of North Carolina.
HENRY C. LAY,
Missionary Bishop of the South-west
HOUSE OF BISHOPS, )
Philadelphia, Oct. 20, I860. ,
In all the statements and conclu?
sions of the Bishops of North Caro?
lina and the South-west, I most heart?
ily concur ; and with them desire to
record my deep convictions that the
results related are the doing, not of
man, but of God.
CEAKLES TODD Q 'JINTAHD,
Bishop of Tennessee.
American finance-Our Indebtedness.
The mysteries of American finance
are becoming gradually clear. It is
now confessed, and there is no dis?
credit in the confession, that the
authorities of the Federal Treasury
were afraid to reveal the whole truth
while the war continued, and the issue
remained uncertain. The facts, even
if thev could have been exactly ascer?
tained, would have been too alarming
for publication under circumstances
so critical, and the statement has
been reserved accordingly for the
hour of success and confidence. Tho
Americans ewe just $600,000,000.
That, allowing for a few outstanding
demands, is the amount of their na?
tional debt, and it represents simply
and exactly the cost of their war.
All that tlnsy spent upon the war they
borrowed. Not one penny of the
charge was defrayed ont of the taxes
of the year. The revenue raised from
taxation was ah consumed in the ex?
traordinary expenses of civil adminis?
tration incidental to the contest,
leaving the actual cost of the cam?
paign to be met by loans. By a rough
approximation, it is computed that in
the four years of fighting the army
cost ?530,000,000, and the navy ?70,
000,000, aud that is the whole of tho
account.
The next question concerns the
revenue by which tho future expendi?
ture is to be met, and here also we
are f urnished with definite statements.
The Americans calculate upon raising
by taxation an annual income of ?80,
000,000, which, they say, will not
only pay the interest upon the public
debt with all other charges of the
year, but leave a surplus of ?10,000,
000 beside. * * * *
Nor is there any reason for doubt?
ing that tho Americans can, if they
will, sustain the taxation which these
estimates assume. Their resources
are enormous, and their energies in?
exhaustible, but the prospect, fer all
that, is a very serious one. We are
about the best taxed people in the
world, and yet we ?have never in these
times raised ?80,000,000 a year by
taxation. In the years 1855-'56 our
expenditures exceeded that sum, but
?75,000,000 was the utmost that
we paid, leaving the rest to be bor?
rowed. The Americans are even yet
unused to the full weight of heavy
taxes. They have never yet raissd as
much as ?30,000,000 from "internal
revenue ;" they only estimated their
receipts at ?25,000,000 in the last
year for which accounts are made up.
All through the war their taxing
machinery was extended and strength?
ened and improved, but they were so
new to the business that it never got
into order or produced much result.
In 1861, all they raised by taxation
was ?9,000,000 ; in 1862, ?11,000,
000 ; in 1863, ?26,000,000 ; in 1864,
?34,000,000 ; and in 1865 they ex
peoted to obtain ?42,000,000. These
figures undoubtedly show the resolu?
tion of American financera to pay
more and borrow less, and they ex?
hibit, too, a steady rise of income
Tinder the application of the system.
Still, it will be observed that even in
the very last year of the struggle the
results only gave about one-half of
the revenue now anticipated as the
ordinary produce of a year. In other
words, America, now that the war is
over and the excitement has subsided,
must accept and continue to endure a
weight of taxation double that which
was imposed in the heat and impulse
of the strife.-London Times, Od. 14.
WAR STORIES.-Among the Con?
federate prisoners at Point Lookout,
Maryland, there was a cocoanut
headed, coal black little contraband,
who had fallen into the Federal army's
hands at Gettysburg. Upon being
told that he would be released if he
would take the oath, he swore he
wouldn't, and actually stuck it out.
The prisoners, for amusement,
drilled the little darkey into repeating
a number of answers to a number of
odd questions, which brought master
contraband out one day in strong
relief, much to the general amuse?
ment, and much to our hero's own
astonishment at the effect his answei
produced.
One day the officer of the guard, a
new comer, finding "contraband"
among the other prisoners, the only
one of his race there, said: "Why,
you black little rascal, what the devil
are you doing here, I should like tc
know?" To which quoth Cuffee:
"I'se pris'ner war, sah." "Well,
who are you, any how?" said the
officer. "Contraband" got up, gave
him the military salute, and said:
"I'se de innersent cause ob dis un?
natural an' fratisidal contest!"
[JVe?c Orleans Picayune.
Tn? Man wit? na? not Slept Sine? 1951* .
'xliere is a man in this city, to make
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to KTXLZIA Sfc&rJF, KfiU AitWJ ?Ulr ta i?u
nient since August, 1851, over four?
teen years. He resides in the town
of Buffalo, Putnrtm County, "West
Virginia, near where he was born,
and where he has spent the most of
his life. His business here was to
bring the remains of Mr. Joseph An?
thony, son of Mr. Asa Anthony, who
died in Buffalo, in consequence of an
accident by which a leg was broken,
and not from typhoid fever, as has
been erroneously stated. The name
of the sleepless man is C. D. Saun?
ders. He is in his forty-sixth year,
and has a wife and seven children.
He is a tine patriot, and served in the
Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers until
mustered out this Spring.
He visited our sanctum yesterday,
in company with Mr, Anthony, ami
from his own lips we derived the facts
regarding his extracdinary constitu?
tional pecrdiarity. He possesses a
candid, open countenance, which goes
far to impress the hearer with the
truth of his statements. He never
feels fatigue, even when working day
and night. He says he once worked
on his farm forty-two clays successive?
ly, putting in thirty acres of wheat,
and during the same period worked
all night, hanging up his tobacco crop
and husking corn, without a moment's
sleep, and at the end of the time felt
as fresh and vigorous as on the first
day. He served in the Shenandoah
Valley, and was in General Hunter's
army during the celebrated raid on
Lynchburg. When the soldiers were
leaning against trees and dropping to
the ground from the terrible fatigue
of the march, Mr. Saunders felt no
need of rest, but with the exception
of hunger, was as active and ready
for service as when he set out.
He took part in all the heavy fight?
ing in the Valley under Sheridan, and
was in the battles of Cedar Creek,
Fisher's Hill, Winchester, &e. He
was at last attacked by chronic diar?
rhoea, and was sent to one of the
Philadelphia hospitals, where he passed
last winter. Here his constitutional
peculiarity attracted the attention of
the surgeons and nurses, and a watch
was set upon him. He was closely
observed, night and day,. for fifty
eight days, but was never detected
asleep, and it was then concluded that
his account of himself was true. He
made an excellent picket guard in the
army, and years ago he worked on an
Ohio river steamer as night watch?
man, being able to do duty in the day?
time, and earning double wages. His
appetite and digestion are excellent,
and he requires rather more food than
an ordinary man of his build.
We have heard of persons sleeping
continuously a sort of lethargic, mor?
bid sleep, but the case of a healthy
man doing without sleep is a rare one
indeed, and almost incredible. There
is nothing remarkable in Mr. Saun?
ders' appearance, except that his eyes
seemed a little watery and slightly di?
lated. It is possible that he is a hum?
bug, but we give the facts as he related
them to us. We should say that Mr.
Anthony, whom we can vouch for as
an honest man, is also impressed with
the truth of Mr. Saunders' story.
[Rochester Ex}jres$.
JOHN MITCHELI,.-A telegram from
Fortress Monroe brings us the glad
tidings that this gentleman was cer?
tainly released from imprisonment on
yesterday, and had left that place for
Bichmond. Upon this happy event
we congratulate not only him, but all
those who cherish the inestimable
rights which are guaranteed to Ame?
rican citizens by the Constitution, but
which have most unfortunately been
too frequently denied to them during
these last few years.
But why does the President hesi?
tate ? Why does he not throw open
the doors of that fortress still wider,
and give freedom undor parole, if not
absolutely, to Mr. Davis and Mr. Clay ?
For retaining the latter in durance
there is not, there never has been,
any decent pretext, and President
. Johnson not only does violence to the
r feelings of the people, and to the
. principles of common justice, by hold
. ing that high-toned gentleman in
confinement, but he is affixing to his
own character a stigma which he will
' find it difficult to remove. We dislike
to find fault with the President at the
i very time that we are praising him,
but we never think of the cruel treat?
ment which has been so ungenerous?
ly inflicted upon Clement C. Clay,
. without feeling our whole nature rebel
' against the grievous wrong which has
: beer done to him, and to the honor
of o country, by the undeserved
: and unmanly persecution to which he
; has been subjected, when himself
: exhibiting a sublime confidence, not
only in his own innocence, but in the
good faith of the Government.
[yew York News.
Farm Culture.
One of the most attractive pursuits
??iong the many presenteu tu inc ?
residents in the immediate vicinity of {
Charleston, is that of farming, and it
is much to be hoped that it -will meet
the early attention of those who may
be in a condition to embark in it.
For years before the war it was suc?
cessfully prosecuted, and contributed
much to the comfort of our people,
and much to the profit of those en?
gaged in it. It is equally important
now, and must be equally profitable.
Many of those who will come to the
South in search of fortune, will prefer
employment aear the town. It will
be more ready to their hand, and will
give them the protection of the city,
known to be healthy, from the sick?
ness which is supposed to prevail in
s-.immer through the rural districts.
From this cause there will be, doubt?
less, labor in abundance ; and the
profits of such pursuits can scarcely
be questionable. The lands are easily
cultivated and exceedingly produc?
tive ; the city affords an abundant
supply of the best manure at little
more thar, the cost of hauling ; the
seasons au long enough to admit a
succession of the crops. Hoots and
rye in winter ; potatoes, beets, car?
rots, spinach, lettuce, and the like, in
spring ; corn and grass in summer
can all be successfully ci?tivated in
succession. And, taking this into
consideration, it is doubtful if there
be lands on the seaboard North of the
coast of Georgia, where so much can
be produced to the acre.
Of these abundant products much
will be required, and at remunerative
prices, by the city ; but for the surplus
there is a scarcely less profitable mar?
ket at the North. The season here is
at least six weeks in advance of that
of New York, and for all early veget?
ables, therefore, and melons and
fruits, there is the certainty of ready
sale, and the equal certainty of fancy
prices in the Northern cities. To
these markets there is ready access
through the lines of steamers now es?
tablished. The facilities for transpor?
tation have never been so great as
they are now. These facilities are
still to be extended. To the lines al?
ready established, other steamers are
to be added. Still another line is in
prospect to Baltimore, another .still
to Boston, and whatever may be the
surplus products of our farms, there?
fore, there is little question of its
ready transportation to a profitable
market.
Such are the pecuniary considera?
tions in favor of the enterprise ; but
to those who have a taste for horticul?
ture, there are few places where it can
be so readily and pleasantly indulged.
The climate is pleasant, and admits
of an endless variety of products.
Yeget&bles, fruits and flowers flourish
as they seldom flourish elsewhere ;
and to persons of means so liberal as
to permit the indulgence, there is in?
ducement enough to the pursuit,
without consideration of the pecuni?
ary advantage to result from it.
[Charlesion IVeie*.
MB. DAVIS' FAJ?XLY.-A Montreal
correspondence of the Le Canadien
imparts the following paragraph:
The children of Jefferson Davis
have been for some time in Canada,
as is well known. The two boys are
just now in Chambly, and about to
enter Lennoxville College. The young
girl, nine years of age, is a pupil at
the convent of the Sacred Heart,
Sault-au-Recollects. Last Sabbath
several Southern refugees went to see
her. They brought with them the
Federal General Cochrane, whom they
introduced to the girl, telling her that
he was a friend of the Southern cause,
although circumstances constrained
him to fight in the ranks of its ene?
mies. The child, looking to the
General, answered: "I shall believe
that you are one of the friends of our
cause when you shah have obtained
the release of father." The General
was deeply moved with this answer,
and promised the child to use all his
influence on behalf of Mr. Jefferson
Davis.
SMVGOLXSG.-A suit of clothes was
taken awav from a prominent gentle- j
man of this city the other day, for the i
reason that they had been manufac?
tured in Canada, and brought to this
side to avoid the payment of duty. J
"We arc also informed that agencies
have been established across the river
at Fort Erie and Windsor, opposite ]
Detroit, representing large houses in l
Toronto and Hamilton, for the sale
of ready made clothing, and to take
orders for clothes to be furnished by
such houses. A very large traffic is
carried on along the entire frontier
in this kind of merchandize, and the
oiucers of the customs will have to
keep a sharp lookout to protect the
Government and our own tailors
against these frauds.-Buffalo paper, j
LfOrdL Palmerston.
The death of Lord Palmerston, at
the ripe age of eighty-one years,
though sudden and unlooked-for at
this time, can scarcely be regarded as
unexpected. On several occasions
within the past twelve months, wc
have recorded instances of brief ill?
ness that indicated a breaking up of
his remarkable physical powers. His
political career ranges through more
than half a century. Henry John
Temple, Viscount jPabnerston, was
born at Broadlands, Hampshire, in
1TS4. He commenced his education
at Harrow, studied subsequently men?
tal philosophy under Dugal Stewart
at the University of Edinburg, and
finally graduated at St. John's Col?
lege, Cambridge. At the age of
twenty-two, he represented the Bo?
rough of Bletchingly in the House of
Commons, and the following year,
1807, was made a junior Lord of the
Admiralty under thc administration
of the Duke of Portland. In 1S0O,
he succeeded Lord Castlereagh as
Secretary of War in the Percival
Cabinet, and from 1811 to 1831 rep?
resented the University of Cambridge
in the House of Commons. In 1822,
he attached himself to the Canning
administration, and was continued in
office by the Wellington Cabinet on
the death of Canning; but abandon?
ing the Tory party in 1828, he retired
from office with Mr. Huskisson and
others, and joined the opposition. In
1830, ho was appointed Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs in the admi?
nistration of Earl Gray, was out of
office between 183-1 and 1835, during
Peel's brief administration, but be?
came once more Foreign Secretary,
under Lord Melbourne, retaining that
office until 1841, when Sir Roberi
Peel was again called to the head of
affairs. Five years later, he resumed
the Foreign Secretaryship under the
Russell administration; but was sub?
sequently dismissed, having incurred
the displeasure of the Court while
strengthening himself with the Eng?
lish people, by refusing to submit his
despatches to ministers of foreign
courts to the revision and inspection
of Prince Albert. A little later, he
became Home Secretary in the Aber?
deen Cabinet, and in 1855 was called
upon to form the ministry which
came in towards the close of the Rus?
sian war. Three years later, that
ministry was overthrown, on the
ground of deferring to the wishes of
the Emperor Napoleon, by bringing in
j "the conspiracy murder bill, ' soon
I after the Orsini attempt to assassinate
I the French Emperor. The Derby
Cabinet followed, but was speedily set
I aside, and in little more than a year
Lord Palmerston was again called to
I the Premiership, which ne held, with
' constantly increasing popularity, from
185 J until the day of his death,
\Bal' 'more Gazette.
A NEW VERSION OP 'ENOCH AHDEN.'
The St. Louis Republican relates a
singular incident which lately oc?
curred at Carondelet, Missouri. A
Mr. G., four years ago, went away to
tho wars with General Price, leaving
a wife and two children. Hearing
nothing from her husband, the wo?
man, after a time, yielded to the
sympathy and love of a neighbor, a
Mr. Turner, and married him. Fresh
olive buds were added to the family
wreath, and everything went smooth?
ly. On Monday last, however, the
original Mr. G. entered the domicil
of the happy Mr. and Mrs. Turner.
After the first surprise waa over, the
three calmly seated themselves to
consider the anomalous position of
; the parties towards each other. After
a full exposition of their sentiments
? the two men started down the street,
I leaving the lady of their desires to
make her decision uninfluenced by
either. When the two returned, the
lady announced that she had chosen
to cling to her last love. Mr. G.,
though evidently disappointed, ac?
quiesced, only claiming his children
as blood of his blood This claim
could not be controverted, and the
father and children quietly and sadly
bade adieu to the woman they had
known as wife and mother and de?
parted for the South.
SAVANNAH.-The Savannah Herald
reports that at no time in ten years
has there been greater commercial
activity in Savannah than prevails
now. The trade of the city is now on
a sound basis, the exchange of the
staple products of the State for green?
backs and merchandize. The trade
of almost every considerable southern
city is now very brisk.
The records of the city of Williams
burgh, New York, have been destroy -
j ed; a most serious loss. Law-suits
have already been caused by it. There
are a number of cities and counties in
the Southern States in a similar con?
dition.