The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 29, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, March 29,1866.
The Civil Rights Bill.
It ?will be remembered that, when
the State Convention first passed
upon the Constitutional amendment
abolishing slavery, that body refused
to ratify the second clause, as invest?
ing Congress -with too much power.
It will, moreover, be remembered
there we? a sharp correspondence be?
tween Gov. Perry and Mr. Seward on
the subject, and that the latter re?
buked the action of the Convention
as querulous and captious-that there
was no cause for apprehension from
the action of CoDgress.
Well, what have we presented to
us, to-day, in the "Civil Rights
Bill," as it is called, but the begin?
ning of that action which the mem?
bers of the Convention feared. Mr.
Seward may have been deceived him?
self in relation to the extent that
radicalism would push its mischievous
designs; but it is certain that our
people were the subjects of a great
deception, whether intended or not.
But as the telegraph despatch we
published yesterday informs us of
the almost certain veto of this bill by
the President, it is to be hoped that
again will the wicked schemes of
these arch-agitators be frustrated.
Since the above was written, we
have received some of our back mails
from the North, and we find some of
the New York journals discussing the
constitutional auth?. rity to pass such
a bill. The New York World has
some admirable remarks on this point.
That journal, in speaking of the con?
stitutional amendment abolishing
slavery, and which has been adopted
by all the States which have com?
pleted their action on this subject,
says:
"It is obvious that the authority
conferred on Congress by the second
ction of the amendment is founded
n, and measured by, the declaration
freedom contained in the first.
*j?reerloni which tho first section
?lar?sT the seoocd empowers Con?
gress to maintain; and it confers no
other power whatever.
"The liberation of a slave by pub
authority docs for him precisely
more nor less than private
ission by a master. It merely
the master's ownership. The
tee merely prevents the re
on of that ownership. It leaves
freedman, in respect to all civil
.ts conferred by State laws, just
re he would have been left by a
of manumission given him by
master. The complete cancella
of all claims to ownership being
the sole object, and therefore the ex?
act limit, of the authority conferred
by the amendment, Congress cannot
overpass that limit and assume other
powers, without transcending its au?
thority. But the Civil Rights bill
assumes, to guarantee to all persons
'of every race and color'-that is, to
all negroes-'the same right in every
State and territory to make and en?
force contracts, to sue and be sued, to
be parties and give evidence, to in?
herit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and
convey real and personal property,
and to be entitled to full and equal
benefit of all laws for the security of
person and property as white citizens. '
These are matters which have always
belonged to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the States. TJuder the jurisdiction
of the States they still remain, unless
a transfer is made by the amend?
ment."
The World argues the point well.
The amendment referred to, of
course, was intended to operate on
slaves, and beyond cancelling the
claims of ownership, it conferred no
authority on Congress. Previous to
its adoption, there were in the United
States, in 1860, nearly 500,000 slaves.
In all the former slave States, and in
most of the free States, they were
subject to civil or political disabilities,
by reason of their race and color.
To pretend that the emancipation
amendment changed their condition, j
Jarged their rights, is siinply
they were free before
amendment having
the Southern slaves,
oon Congress no right to
civil\ condition ci the
loraien free negroes .throughout the
country. V
Tim Richmond correspondent of |
the Petersburg Kept .ess slays : Whis- ;
pcrings of a financial crajsh in Rich- j
i mond greet the ear. 'j Dull, very I
dull," lias become so moncjtonous that
lits rejection is spoken of.
Jtimes have been foretold,
ctraordinary living, big fehows, etc., j
^ye done it all. Richmond is full of
>f all kinds. Somet|hing must
? These hard
fHigh rents,
Slandering the Dead.
Radicalism not only slanders the |
living, but would cast obloquy on tho
memory of tho dead. Thc Presby?
terian Herald, a religious paper, so
called, published a statement, last
week, to the offect that but one white
man, outside the family circle, at?
tended the funeral of tho late Gen.
Wade Hampton. It is well-known to
all our citizens, that a more malig?
nant falsehood never was penned.
The funeral was very largely attended
by our citizens. The New York
Watchman indignantly contradicted
the statement last week, and in its
last issue has the following para?
graph:
' . A distinguished Presbyterian cler?
gyman, of national reputation for
learning and piety, was in our office a
few days since, and happening to
glance at the item, said that he knew
that to be a falsehood, as he was at
the funeral himself, being a theologi?
cal student at Columbia; thnt the
services were held in the Episcopal
Church, and that a number of persons
of very high respectability were pre?
sent."
We venture to say that the contra?
diction will never appear in the jour?
nal that uttered the slander.
->.
WHAT THE UNITED STATT.S MUST
PAY IN Two YEARS.-Mr. Schofield's
speech in the House of Representa?
tives at Washington on the loan bill
contains the following interesting
statement :
"What is the amount of indebted?
ness to be met, and when must it be
met? To this question, I invite the
careful and earnest attention of the
House. I shall give the official state?
ment ot the amount of our total in?
debtedness, and also of that portion
soon to become due. The amount, of
our public debt on the first day of
this month was $2.711,850,000. Less
than half of this amount is funded.
Within the next three years, $1,600,
000,000 of this debt will fall due. and
will be presented at the counter of
the Treasury Department for pay?
ment. Thatpayment most be prompt?
ly made, or our paper goes to protest
and our credit is broken. I hold in
my hand an official table, showing the
amount of our indebtedness that ma?
tures each half year for the next two
years, which, after a word of expla?
nation, I will read.
"There waa on the last day of Feb?
ruary, 1866, a portion of our debt in
the form of a temporary loan to the
amount of 8119,335.194.50, payable
at the option of the lender after ten
days' notice. It would hardly be fair
to reckon that whole amount as pay?
able within the first six months, yet
as it may be called for at any time,
and is the least valuable form of loan,
it must be added to the statement of
indebtedness soon to be met. With
this explanation, and supposing the
payment of this loan to be demanded
within the next six months, I call
attention to the facts exhibited in the
table.
"Between this day and the 30th of
June next, we must pay, in addition
to the regular expenditure of the
Government, $138,674,874.82. Dur?
ing the six months ending December
31, 1866, we must pay $47,665,000.
During the six months ending June
30, 1867, we must pay $8,471,000.
During the six months ending De?
cember 31, 1867, we must pay $350,
000,000. During the six months end?
ing June 30, 1868, we must pay
$369,415,250. During the six months
ending December 31, 1868, we must
pay $287,564,482. So that between
this and the assembling of the next
Congress there must be paid over the
counter of the Treasury, besides the
ordinary expenses of the Government,
81,201,890,607.62."
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
has authorized M. W. Grand Master
Orr to draw upon their treasury for
the sum of $1,000 in aid of the Grand
Lodge in South Carolina. In addi?
tion to this, considerable sums have
been donated by the New York and
Pennsylvania Lodges in behalf of
local lodges in Columbia.
CARGOES COMING.-The Courier
says that, according to private advices
received in Charleston, there are at
least sixteen vessels bound for that
port from Liverpool.
The Rev. Dr. Raysor, writing from
Barnwell District, S. C., under date
of the 16th, communicates the fol?
lowing pleasing information:
"The freedmen are doing well in ;
our country. They have ceased their
wanderings 'to and fro,' have made j
contracts, settled down, andar? work-1
ing with energy and spirit. They are j
quiet, orderly and well-behaved, and
we aro all hopeful of the future.
From present indications, I think the
usual cotton crop will be made in this
neighborhood, together with an abun?
dance of provisions."
The Galveston (Texas) News says
that tho best informed merchants es?
timate the amount of old cotton in
that State at not more than 12,000
bales. In some portions of the State
to^^^^^^im becu planked,
AN IMPORTANT LETTER FROM THE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON THE
NATIONAL FINANCES.-Mr. Hugh
McCulloch has addressed to the
Chairman of tho "Ways and Means
Committee in the United States
House of Representatives, a letter
dated last Friday, in which he says
that unless Congress should grant
additional powers to tho Secretary,
"it will be very difficult, if not im?
possible, to fund the interest-bearing
rr>tps," and that he regards it "as a
matter of the greatest importance
that the powers of the Secretary
should not be strictly defined."
If, for example, the Secretary
should be prohibited from selling
bonds below par, it would be easy (as
the market in the process of funding
must bc liberally supplied) for the
enemies of the Government to form
successful combinations for keeping
I the bonds at such a price as would
! prevent the negotiation of them. On
the other hand, if the authority of
I the Secretary in this respect is not
limited, no such combination would
be likely to be formed.
In my opinion, the best way of
keeping the bonds at a premium, will
be to leave the Secretary unrestrain?
ed in the sale of them. Against au
unrestrained power it would be dif?
ficult to form successful combina
! tiona. A limitation of the authority
of the Sacretary in this respect would
be very likely to prevent funding. I
do not, therefore, favor such a limi?
tation, and should regret to have the
committee respousible for it.
In regard to the other important
feature of the bill, the authority to
withdraw United States notes, I have
merely to remark that I conceive it
to hn of vast importance to the busi?
ness of the country, the welfare o?
the country, and the credit of thc
nation, that such a financial policy
should be adopted by this Congress,
as will prepare the way for a return
to specie payment. When this can
be brought about, will depend upon
tho conditiou of national industry
and the trade relations between th?
Ignited States and foreign nations,
it is not desirable that specie pay?
ments should be restored, until that
restoration can be made permanent
by increased industry and a propel
adjustment of the trade with Europe.
The tendeucies now are all in thc
right direction, and, if they shall bc
adjusted by judicious legislation, ]
shall be hopeful that the currency o:
the country may be brought up tc
tho specie standard without a large
reduction of it.
Tho following is a letter receivec
by the Charleston Cour?ei:
CHICAGO, March 13.-Enclosed yoi
will find a list of prisoners of wa:
who died at Camp Douglas, Chicago
Illinois, belonging to South Carolin;
regiments. For further particulars
date of death, disease, length o
sickness, location and number o
graves, address
E. S. JORDAN,
Box 2,625, Chicago, Illinois.
J. Breding, Company D, 24tl
South Carolina; Abe Cox, Company
A, 16th South Carolina; E. Edmund
son, Company A, 24th South Caro
lina; J. F. George, Company E, 24tl
South Carolina; C. Holeman, Com
pany F, 19th South Carolina; Rober
McKee, 1st South Carolina Battery
S. W. McKee, Company G, 24tJ
South Carolina; Dove Mayers, Soutl
Carolina Regiment; W. R. Rice
Company F, 24th South Carolina; H
L. Smith,. Company R, 16th Soutl
Carolina; William Summary, Com
pany D, 24th South Carolina; F. A
Timmerman, Company K, 24th Sout'
Carolina; T. L. Turner, Company E
10th South Carolina; J. D. Walkei
Company E, 24th South Carolina
M. Wallace, Company H, 24th Sout
Carolina.
The above is eopied from th
official records, and the bodies ca
be disinterred and sent home, if di
sired. E. S. JORDAN.
From a list of tho dead Confede?
rate soldiers buried at Newman, Ga.
we find the following from Sout
Carolina:
J. S. Saunders, Company D, 25t
South Carolina Regiment; C. L
Davis, Company C, 2d South Care
lina; W. F. Brice, Company I, ls
South Carolina; R. Willing, Con
pany H, 7th South Caroliua; Joh
Starling, Company E, 2d South Carr
lina; W. A. Langley, Company L
16th South Carolina; J. M. McClanc
Company I, 19th South Carob'aa; J
Brittle, Company F, 16th South Care
lina; J. M. Randall, Company I
16th South Carolina; L. M. Ho wei
Company F, 24th South Carolina; ,1
J. ('ope, Company B, 24th Sout
Carolina.
A WRONG RIGHTED.-Dorrance A
water, a Connecticut soldier, a pr
soner at Andersonville, managed t
make and bring home with him a ro
of those who died in that prison, tl
only copy in existence. He lent it t
the War Department to bo copi?e
and, on regaining it, he declined t
give it up to the Secretary of Wa
on the ground that it was valuable 1
him as private property, ?c. Fe
this, he was tried by court-marti
and sentenced to the Albany Pen
tentiary for two years, and was final
released by President Johnson.
f Newark (New Jersey) Journal.
TU? Political Situation.
The New York correspondent of
the Charleston Courier says:
There are sonio mysterious move-1
ments in progress, and as yet only j
partially developed, of a chango in !
the policy of a part of the Demo?
cratic party. Coming on the heels of
Senator Stewart's conversion to radi?
calism, and thr article in Raymond's
paper, the Times, in favor of qualified
negro suffrage, it suggests that the
politicians are finding out that the
so-called conservative position is not
tenable The proposed change of
front on the part of the Democrats is
foreshadowed in the New York Lead?
er, the organ of the Tammany or War
Democracy. In a leading article, it
remarks that the question is being
seriously discussed among certain
prominent Democrats, whether it
would not be politic to commit the
party in favor of suffrage for all ne?
groes who can read and write. The
position taken bj- the leader is ex?
plained thus:
"That as the Democratic party has
regarded negroes as inferior to the
whites in every requisite of manhood,
we now give this race a chance to j
either reverse or sustain this verdict
by aiding to confer upon them every
possible right. If the Democratic
dogma be correct, the negroes will
soon demonstrate their incapacity,
and all the philanthropic agitation
which now takes the place of legiti?
mate politics and sound statesman?
ship will die out of itself or be killed
by the incontrovertible logic of facts.
On the other hand, if experience
should prove that thc negroes are in?
telligent and capable of participating
in the affairs of the nation, of course
the Democratic party is bound by its
patriotism and its principles to frank?
ly acknowledge its error and admit
thc political equality of the blacks."
If this, then, is to be the policy of
thc Northern Democracy, the events
of the past teach nothing. 1 have
supposed that if anything has been
conclusively demonstrated by party
history, it has been the fatal conse?
quences of compromising with prin- ?
ciple and temporizing with the enemy, j
It was only when the Democratic
party abandoned consistency and at- i
tempted to compromise with Aboli?
tionism, by adopting Douglas' squat- j
ter sovereignty dogma, that it lost its 1
strength aud prestige. Now, in spite
of this warning, it is proposed to j
give way again to the aggressive ?
spirit of fanaticism, and abandon the
old Democratic doctrine that this isa i
white man's Governni?nt. And the !
only argument advanced in favor of
this faint-hearted policy is that its
adoption will take the wind out of
thc radical sails; as ii, forsooth, the
monster did not fatten upon just such
food as this. If the Abolitionists
secured the triumph of their cause in
18G0 through the cowardice of the
Democracy, are they likely to be dis
mayed in 1866 if their opponents j
again fall hack before them? 1 can j
safely make the prediction that if !
Democratic politicians do betray the
principles of the party in the way
herein proposed, they will split it
into fragments, for a large portion of
it will not be led further into radical?
ism, even if thc triumph of the or?
ganization can be achieved hy such a
course.
The political campaign in Connec?
ticut is vigorously pushed by both
parties, the Democrats flattering
themselves that there i<* a chance of
their success. James E. English, the
candidate for Governor, is a wealthy
man, and is spending money (a potent
agent in New Eugland elections) with?
out stint. The Democrats have se?
cured an ally in Eli Thayer, formerly
the Free-soil member of Congress
from the Worcester (Mass.) Distrie'.,
who is making speeches for their
cause in Connecticut. The election
takes place early in April, and will
indicate what progress Democracy has !
made since thc resident quarreled
with the radical wing of his party.
AFRICANS IN SENATE GALLERY.- j
An effort is to be made in the Senate
to classify the auditors who visit the
galleries. Reserved seats for the
Members of Congress and their wives !
and families are demanded by some .
of the better-halves of Senators. !
whose, olfactories are offended by the j
African aroma. Besides, even when
the colored population are kept sepa- j
rate from white folks, it is found that i
the canaille, or common people, mix
up among tho Senatorial families, so
that it is difficult to distinguish the
commonality from th?; aristocracy.
The ladies complain, and the Senators
therefore request the Sergeant-at- j
Arms to classify folks, but that officer |
don't feel authorized to comply with
the request, so says Senator Riddle, j
who offered a resolution, to-day, di?
recting a place to be set apart for the
distingue. Somebody objected to the i
present consideration of the subject, ;
and the resolution goes over until
Monday.- Washington Correspondent
X. )'. Times {Republican.)
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CABINET CHANGES.-It is rumored \
at Washington that Mr. Speed is '
about to retire from tho Cabinet, and
that Mr. Stansbury, of Ohio, will
succeed him as Attorney-General.
The Savannah Republican has, by
order of President Johnson, been re?
stored to its owner. Colonel W. F.
Sims. A Colonel J. E. flays, of
Massachusetts, had taken possession I
of it.
?U the prisoners in the jail at New i
Rtm?, North Carolina, some fifteen in :
From Washington.
The Second Comptroller of the
Treasury to-day decided a matter of
great interest to Southern claimants
for balances due them from tho Go?
vernment.
General A. B. Eaton, Commissary
General, addressed a communication
to the Comptroller, informing him
that certain persons residing in the
Confederate States during the rebel?
lion, and who had a domieil in said
States before the civil war and during
its continuance, now come .and de?
mand of the Government balance?
which they allege wore duo and pay?
able to them before the civil war be?
gan. The Commissary-General asks:
"Are they entitled to these ba?
lances?"
The Comptroller replies that tho
claimants are not so entitled, nnd
that the laws of nations, the laws of
Congress and the decisions of the Su
I preme Court justify this opinion. He
proceeds to say that whilst the war
j continued, the claimants, in the eye
of the law, were regarded as hostile
I characters, and their property, as
j enemy property, liable to seizure and
! confiscation; and this hostile charae
! ter attaches to both persons and
I things, until, by the action of Con
' gress or of tho Executive, it is wholly
removed.
He quotes from authorities to prove
the right of *he Government to seize
enemy prop? ey and appropriate it to
its own use, and he declares that debts
stand upon the same grounds as other
property; that the authorities estab?
lish the right of the United States to
the debts due a Confederate enemy
at the time the war commenced; that
they also prove that, in -a legal point
of view, tin- claimants were enemies
of the Government of the United
States; that these debts never having
been reduced to possession, but
always having remained as balances
in tlie Treasury, caunot now be with?
drawn by claimants, except in viola?
tion of law, for the title of these ba?
lances, jure, belli, must be regarded as
divested from the origiual owners,
and transferred to the United States
Government.
Whether this decision will hold
good or not, upon presentation to,
and revision by, other officers, re?
mains to be seen. The Second Comp?
troller's decision is final, unless the
Secretary of the Treasury, upon re?
quest of claimants, shall refer it to
the Solicitor of the Treasury for revi?
sion. A matter of such importance
as this will surely take that course.
The President is granting but few
pardons, and nearly all are under the
thirteenth exception.
By direction ot' the Secretary of
the Interior, payment of pensions to
loyal Southern pensioners from the
16th of August, 1861, to the date of
completing proof of loyalty, was sus?
pended whilst awaiting the Attorney
General's opinion as to the right of
these pensioners to payment of such
arrearages. The Attorney-General
has now given an opinion that these
claimants should be restored to the
rolls of the Southern pension agen?
cies, and they will, therefore, receive
their pay.
Upon a mere superficial view, it
strikes me rather forcibly that this
decision of the Attorney-General is,
in principle, directly in conflict with
that of the Comptroller of the Trea?
sury, which I have set forth in the
beginning of this letter, and I have
not the slightest doubt that Attorney
General Speed's opinion is sound law.
If Southern creditors, claimants for
balances due from the Government,
shall prove their loyalty during the
late civil war, there is no reason to
doubt that they will receive their pay.
There may be vexatious delay, but
the claims will surely be paid, if
pressed in the right direction.
j Cor. Richmond Titnes, 2-?th.
A SIGNIFICANT LETTER FROM THE
PRESIDENT.-As showing the position
of tho President on the subject of j
opposition to his policy of reconstruc- j
tion, the Natio7ial Intelligencer of Sa- '?
turday publishes the following corres?
pondence:
POST OFFICE, HARTFORD, CT.
March 22, 1866.
SIR: I am now engaged in publicly
advocating the election of James E. ?
English as candidate for Governor of :
Connecticut, a gentleman who is open- |
ly committed to the support of your !
veto, to the defence ol' your speech i
of thc 22d of February, and of your
policy of restoration in opposition to I
the disunionists of Congress.
I am opposing the election of !
General JosephR. Hawley, who open-1
ly disapproves of your veto and your
22d February speech, and declines to
support your policy, as opposed to
the radical majority in Congress.
If ray political action is not fatis
factory to you, I beg you to receive
my resignation as Postmaster in this '
city.
I have the honor to remain as ever,
vonr friend and obedient servant.
E. ti. CLEVELAND.
His Excellency Andrew Johnson, Prc
sident United States.
THE I'KESIDEST'.S ENDORSEMENT.
EXECTJTTVE MANSION,
March 23, ie?6.
Your political action in upholding
my measures and policy is ap?
proved. Your resignation is, there?
fore, not accepted, but is herowith
returned.
ANDREW ?JOHNSON.
Local Items.
Mortgagor and Con Tey ancos o? Heal Es?
tato for sale at this office.
No MAILS.- JWe have been without Nortb
! C?n mails for two ?lays. We do not know
j the canne of the interruption.
CASH.-Our terms fur subscription. u.i
J vertisiug and job work are cash. Wc l??p
. all parties will bear this in mind.
Tnt WEEKLY GLKANEK.-The regalar
publication of this paper will be postponed
a few week.-. Persons desirous of (sub?
scribing, will please forward the tn one \ at
once. Terms $4 a year.
THE BURNINO OK COLUMBIA. An inter
I ostini; account of thc "Sack and Destruc?
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.." hu
i just been issued, in pamphlet form, froni
the Phoenix steam power pres?. Order.-?
can be filled to any extent.
j Di:, it. W. GIBBES, Sn. We learn from M
i letter from Havana, in tin: New Orleans
j Times, dated February 25, that Dr. Gibbes
! was at that time at the Nie of Pines,
j where he intends settling with his family.
The lovers of turtle soup will have an op
j portunity of gratifying their appetite to?
day, by calling at Mr. Fanning's restau?
rant, on Assembly street, nearly opposite
the new market. By-thc-way, he has ex?
cellent soup every day.
i We have received from Messrs. Towu
; send & North a copy of the "Elementary
j Speller and Header" published in Augusta.
I Ga. An examination of its contents will
j prove, beyond mistake, that it is a South?
ern production; but whether or not it is an
improvement on the old '"speller,"' we aro
not prepared to say.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
,F. H. Clarkson A Co.-Com, Hay, Oats.
Furniture at Private Sale.
Nominations for Mayor and Aldermen.
E. E. Jackson -Kerosene Oil.
Daniel Hughey-Mule Stolen.
Apply on Main Street -Booms to Rent.
- - - - - .
A tender tete-a-tete loses half its charms,
if thc sweet words of either party are not
mated with a fragrant breath. Sozodont is
thc only article that will assure this de?
sideratum bj- keeping the teeth speckless,
thc gums healthy, the whole mouth pure
and undefiled, lt literally embalms tne
dental substance, preserving it from decay,
' through life. Use it daily. Will find* it "a
pleasure. t
INTERESTING TO RAILROAD COMPA?
NIES.-The following extracts from a
letter tiddressed to an assessor of in?
ternal revenue by the Deputy Com?
missioner are of interest to assessors
and railroad companies:
Section 122 imposes a tax of five
per cent, on all dividends and profite
of such companies carried to the ac?
count of auy fund or used for con?
struction. As it was found to be im?
practicable for railroad companies to
state their net gains as often as a di?
vidend was declared, this office has
not insisted upon its being done, but
requires such statement to be made
once a year, this being as often as the
accounts of the company are settled.
One return during the year, on form
No. 65, should show the net gains
and profits over dividends declared
for the entire year, and the tax should
be paid on such profits. It will be
observed thpt the amount of profita
used for construction is subject to the
tax of five per cent,, the same as if it
were added to surplus or contingent
funds.
WESTERN EMIGRATION.-The tide
of emigration is setting strongly
Westward this spring. The Kansas
City (Missouri) Journal of Commerce,
of the 8th inst., says: "The emi?
grant trains, of all sizes and descrip?
tions, from two to a dozen wagons,
loaded with household goods and ag?
ricultural implements, many accom?
panied by small droves of cows and
young cattle, are pouring through
our streets, wendiug their way South?
ward and Westward to the inviting
lands of Missouri and Kansas. In
the course of half an hour, while
coming from Westport into the city,
we counted twenty-two wagons with
their freight of furniture, farming
tools and children. At this rate the
usual length of the migration season
would -ive to South-western Missouri
and Loath-eastern Kansas a popula?
tion that will soon double the wealth
and production of those sections."
It is gratifying to note that, ever
since Henry Ward Beecher made a
study of the doctrine of eternal pun?
ishment, his views on national affairs
have become more conservative. In
his "green and salad days," ^before
his judgment ripened, hewas'^i red
hot radical, and given to very eccen?
tric notions on morals and theology.
But when the subject of hell-fire was
presented to him, although he ex?
pressed some doubts as to its literal?
ness, yet it effected a happy change
in his politics. He evidently made up
his mind that, although there might
be no such place as hell, he had bet?
ter shape his conduct so that he would
never go there if he was mistaken.
We commend this idea to Stevens,
Sumner and Greeley. When they
feel uncharitable and malignant to?
wards their neighbors, let them con?
sult Beecher on hell-fire, and govern
themselves accordingly.
[Kew York World.
The total packin^'f h^^W?
West, it is Mipposedj^^^^yyf^Sirf
tween 1,600,000 un?jM~
uearly 2,600,000