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triLMlXGTO!y.
JULY 25
XScALJNTELLlCEriCE.
Tbe City Affairs.
' The major 'assumed the functions of tis office
efiterdaj morni Jg at nine o ciock, ana vas Ter
I j with the regulation of difiereatr affairs
during the entire day. The board" of commis
: ioner9 met earlj In the " morning," and erVin
gession for some hours. . : L : a Uu
There was nothing. rery unusual to denote the
change" The sun did not stand still, as it did
on one occasion for Joshua, either; e?e the
ether heaTenlj bodies gmllty ; of rudeness ;r
BibehaTior. It. thundered, -rlignteneKT fand
rftineJ, hat it did the same on Sondaj;. I'There,
-aa no chanee uoticed in the ' conductof men.
Ererj one seemed quiet, and disposed to look
mainlj to their own affairs and let . tfialaw do
." te game. - " L -
la the afternoon the police met at the major's
cSice to receire their instructions before going
on dutj. This the;wCTe iuformed in fully,
aJ there need be no"-fear pow of any difficulty
arising from a proper discharge of it as giren
' to'them bj the major. " Ererjlhing hayiog the
least bearing upon their office in the new rela
tion was touched upon, and in a plain and i sat.
isfactorj manner. The first of these guard
were put upon the streets at seTen o'clock last
e?eniog, and hereafter it is intended that at no
time will'the citj be without a force on duty
luGcient to meet any and all requirements
It was pleasiDg to notice that tbejetteets were
giren immediate attention. Negro Vroxkmen
were put upon them early yesierday,; and, had
made d&ery agreeable improveinentvas far as
they ent. The sewers and; guttersbesides
f other places that the armj street cleaners 1 aye
overlooked, were opened for the first time, ; as
the Vermonter. would say, for quite a spell.';!
The work has commenced and it is earnestly
hoped and expected that :not only will aj new j
broom sweep clean, but i that ii will, lik old
"cognac, improve with age, - and that under-this
; administration there will be " safety for the
ciiiien and prosperity for the community."
City ProToat Court, July 24. I
Without Passer. Three soldiers were sent to
. their commands for being absent without pas
ses, j
Selling Liquor. Michael and Andrew Fitjger-
aid, keepers of a store on Market street, between
front and second, were charged with : selling
liquor to soldiers, and selling . also j .without a
ptrrnit. Their stock of liquor was' ! confiscated
and they ordered to the citj jaiL-';(
A Rogue. Edward Hajnes, a negrojthief was
also sent up to the city jail for stealing L-z-
Deserted. W.' Freeman, &l deseVter fronix " the,
37th U. S. C. T., was sent to the county jail;,
o ' ' - -. ; t
To be Relieved. By an order from the ad
jutant general's department at Washington, ' is
sued some time since, all officers and soldiers on
detached or detail duty, are required to report
to their commands, if. they be. serving outside
the department to which their commands may
be attached. Under "this order several impor
tant changes will be made here, among -them
that of Capt. Lanning, of the 16th NewjYork
heavy artillery,1 in charge of the ordnance de
partment, who, it is understood, will be relieved
to-day, when he will rejoin his regiment' at
Washington. Il is rumored that Maj or Pierce,
the district provost marshal, belonging ;to " the
eame command, is to be also relieved under. the
same order. : " J.iA Y.I -tJ .
The Laroist Yet. The 'largest1 amount of
tarpentinebrought to thislmarket, at one timeT
the present season' arrived by raft on Sunday
' afternoon, aqd contained one hundred and eighty
barrels. It was consigned toAlfred Alderman,
i Esq., Naval Store Inspector So it comes along
! belter by degrees. '"After a short ;time this .will,
! be a much commoner occurrence if the turpentine
? manufacturers axe to be relied on. They report
everj one as going or goae to work in the upper
. -districts. -. .. r " ;.r
Yask.ee. all the Time. Seeing, no doubt,
S the quautity of money to be made by the man-
ufacture of turpentine in this regiotr, a number,
of seamen, deserters from the Lenav'e,-ave gone
into the business, and were heard of , at work on
j a plantatioa about twenty miles above here.--r
This may look to be a singular fieak,c but the
' old tavs," being yankees, have an eyeto:bu-
siness as well as seafaring. fr.;
ExrEcfxD To-Day. The : steamship Arladen,
J Capt. Crony, the successor of the Louisa Moore
j on Ilarriss k Howell's line,J between this place
J and New York is expected to arrive to-day. ; This
j vessel was transferred to' this line to mget .the
i increasing demand for freightage fromT here to
Ifew York, as her accommod-itioDS in this line
; - ,are much larger, she having about the same
; tonage of the Euterpe. - Her cabin accominoda
; : ftons are said to be Very fine. ;
; " " " " 1 '' f . ::
:v Right Foot Foremost. The : major yester
day aulhorize'd amtn, who had charge of-ihe
matter in former days of mayor's rule, to have
the market house swept out everyjndrning here
. after. This is ine only .way it can be 'relieved of
the filthy condition it' is row in, unless' the lot
' of loafers are kept out o. it. A dpctat man
? v tild not be. seen. there heretofore. ; j
s AGAiy. Blessed and happy are people every
where during this warm ! weather, if they are
lucky in irettin?'their share of the rain that falls
here
w . o o , i .
eful. Another heavy one came along jesters
wtod, -ana 10 au appearances irat ac
cepted by i, aother earth as one of her 'peculiar
Dieasiagstt.t ijl'o o..
.. DiscHijtaisa FmUxxsl-t t will be s matter
ot interest, to persons, who.irant to. safe. their
money, and . who at the same .time, are; fondtf
discharging fire-arms, to learn that it Is a jviola-
UBn.w an protnace to be, guilty of this offence
within city ;imits. s It is besides a dangerous and
unnecessary practice and there should a stop-be
'3 T.
'c,ac-i tit w;k
Thb Fibst Tsli5.The first train over the
Hummgioo, unarxotte and 'Rutherford rail -
road, since the occupation of this city by I the
federal troops, ' arrived yesterday from' above
and will leaveon an upward trip Co-day, but at
4- S J
Expzctkd 4 to ABftirBActrng Rear ' Admiral
Sadford, of thenaWis now on a tour of inspec
tion" of hig command, havinr been heard from at
Beaufort on Sunday. r.He is expected to'arrive
atthisstaUon (otday. . i " ;
PsRsoALIiis .many friends will i no doubt
hear with regret that Lieut; Commander Phelps'
-eujor oiucer oi tne navy, at tnis station, is now
confined to his bed by sickness. Jle was thought
to be improTingihoweverVyesteray. , : J'-
21
MAGisxaATafs MjEiTrjio,'-J. Shackleford, Esq.
chairman, calls a meeting of the Special lagisu
4 a., t A XT t T - ' ' . l 1 i. " i r
nines ui iicit xianuyer couuiy, at tnt i;iiy uau
on Friday next the ,20th inst. LT - - :: I
' " r PUBLIC MEETZKG. .
' WiLitiKGTON, July 24th, 1865.
-;
A.'M. WaxDElXrr Esq.- - nr::l7 ' ' ' : -1 "
Siri: The undersigned on behalf of the polored
citizens of Wilmington, request you to address us
on the subject of our position in the f community,
on, Wednesday erenJug nextthe 26thlinst.; at 8
o'clock,- at the City Hall.
Yours,' respectfully,
v : a i: ALFRED HOWE,
-:ti : -ma-sctn.Lf a:
r ; ' '';;' j; a Norwood
:y . .Il-.- AIH:EyANS,
or.
July 24th.1865., r
To -Messrs. - Alfred Howe, jAMEShficuu., J, G.
NOjBwbop and'A, Evaits 1 1, j
Sirs : I acknowledge with- pleasure the receipt
of your note inviting merto address the colored
people n Wednesday etening, at: the City Hall;
and accept the invitation in the, hope (hat some
good may be accomplished thereby. i "t '"
l ain, yery truly, your, friend, ;
, . a. M. WADDELL.
STATE ITEMS;
0
A Shooting Affair. On, Wednesday eyeri
ing, a notice of which was given iin yester
day's""? imis; adifficulty occurred on South
Front-st, near Hough & Cos corner, between
the police apd some colored soldier who Were
kicking up- a row in which a policeman shot
one of the Soldiers, who, ; we! are very sorry: to
hear, died before they got him to the hospital.
This . disturbancer being quelled the Provost
Marshal sent out a squad of his guard to pick'
up and return; to camp, all troops in the city,
both white and blacky not found - on duty
They were pretty successful in finding quite
a sprinkle of : them abeuti. the circus and the.
theatre When they had all they could find,
they'started to camp with them, and the crowd
of "prisoners being so much larger than the
squad, some of the colored soldiers attempted
to escape, when they were fired upon by the
guard and, we learn, three, of them instantly
killed. tfewbern Times, July 2U I
." Row at Kinstoji. On Wednesday after
noon, as the train 'stopped at the depot in
Kinston, some white - soldiers on the' train
made a raid on the. 0. S. Bakery, which- is
very near the depot, under the charge of col
ored; troops. - The guard stood their ground
but were nearly overpowered ; when" the ear
gineer blew his whistle for the breaks to be
cast off, the assailing party stampeded forthe
cars, leaving the guard in quiet possession of
the bakeryJL.- There was no excuse for the as
Vitult'r andwe should' not hate blamed I the
colored guard, if they had sent some leadf.n
messengers after the cowaidly assailants
Xewberk; Times-July; 21 1 ' ; : u i , . ,
At a meetib'g of the members of the North
'Carolina life Insurance Company, held at the
room of the Secretary, in this city, on the 3d
inst.v the1 following gentlemen were elected
directors ol the company for the ensuing year t
Charles EJ; J ohnson . W. II. r McKee, C. B
Root, W.i'H. Jones, H. fW. Husied, P. F.
Pescued, John G. . Williams, P. Battle,
Everarxrilali, W. S. MAseh; Quentin Busbee,
Albeit Johnson, R. H. Battle. , ! f. !
At a sa Sequent -meeting of the Board Dr.
'Charles fi Johnson was elected President,
and 'RIi:j Battle, Secretary. RaltStandard,
July 22. : j v
0'
' :.-.. From-Havana. i; .
. From Havana we have dates to the four-"
tcentH instant : The report that Capt; PageV
the late conimander of the Stonewall, has of
fered bis service to the:Mexicn Government
is contradicted. 'V He ' has itakeacominand -fit
the Ptarmigan, bound for Glasgow, and la to
devote himself to themerchnnt service., tome
efficers of the Confederate naval service have
entered the Spanish navy. V The report is con
firmed that Gen. Breckenridge and Colonel
Helm have gone to England.- The pelebrated
hWvR runner Zenhine or Frances is to-be
called ; the Cienfuegos ; and is to ply between I
the port of that name ana: Havana, r cue
been -.borigbt by. a company for that purpose.
The reports from Ponjinica continue to repre
sent that ftno : islanders arr endeavoring to
leave their homes, lonte Christi.andPMerto
Platu have been evacuated by the SpaniMTls.
The failure of the crops at: Sagua la Grande is
reported.! -. - ' !. ;. -
-i: - . . ..... .!
A but jher at Lyens his been,, fined 19
francs anil coats ibr Ave?gh;ng ;with a piece ot
meat the apervith which it waft enfelppedv
-. ; r- ' 3 : " "" ' m - : : "c 'tin -i
- - '-.. -' - . . .i .. j.
C A bvOt-. black in Richmond tne omet ujr
' - t i. i rn 5n t!ip most at ,
pousueu negro b uai ci - -iV: if-J
proved style. 'Ebony was delighted "with hi
pedal improVemcnt. ,
lai lt " -.-.- , r
m . i rH.'HrKT li' mmm. e k iii ill mm m m. wr w
-ZtZJLHitQX: niri'-rilAVf nn- 1
liUW JERSEY AJfl A PORTION
-,tlX'
Immense Dcstrncliou off
: Property.
Ac.
l S HEiiYi re, N;j Monday. JuIt 17
A-heavy storm set in here vesterdav aft-
wo, causing ine most extensive flood known
in uaeae parts since the year 1811. , ;
Along the line of the Raritan Ririi; fi-u
of grain and meadows are SO C'nn1ctTv AaiwI.
ed, - and ithe'f damage - must hA nnnr.
dently greafc' J :.X fl
,Sv Jlouses. and barns are nearly submerged
andTenees. and railways : are 4coznpletely tost
'VAfc'Middlebrooka brid "
aaderminded and caused the smashing up of a
freight train-at 1 o'clock this morning on the
New Jersey Central railroad. 1
of .this disaster, twelve Il20
1 into the flood, and. a number of cars
containing cattle,, sheep ahd hogs were piled
-! Many of the animals were 'saved from the
wreck only to find: a watery grave. - '
I, The flood at present nrevents the amnlovi
eesof the road from clarina: awav the debris
and the bridge remains iimpassble.. . I ,. i
jujiitt.Kvn.Li6, i. ., Aionuay,uuiy i .-JxL.
About two hundred feet of the road bed of
the Sooth 'Branch Railway - near the bridee
across, the Raritan River is washed awav hv
the freshet,-causing a suspension in. the ran--
ning ef the trains .i v ;:-'. ; ; J- t
f The water , is now tailing' , . " t
c. i. i . PniLDBLPniAV Monday, July 17.
The rain of y'esterday . caused a severe fresh
et in theK SchuylkiltrRTver causing great de-
strnction of property.; " -r " ; -
river- have been "carried away.c ? ': 4 'i r4 !
. A 1 i. . ' r j . . . t . "
ixuiuuuuse Bicauowswe overnowea. J . i;
The trestle-work on. the. western side of the
Chesnut-street Bridge is!irried away, ? " "
. j.n ocnuyiKiu caBair js paoiy damaged.
Several bridges along the Wissahickon have
been carried M ru - .r ;vi:i .
,-The streets of Manayunk ars flooded. - 1
I Several mills areflooded, and a number of
canal, boats. wrecked. .r,,. : x t; , ;
The, track of the JSIorrissistown , railway t is
under water, so tnat the trains cannot run.
'-"Navr Brunswick, N: J.Monday.' Julv 17-
i i-lVe have been visited by a heavy freshet in.
the ICaritan river. '.c rr . ... ? , -
The lower part of this. city is under, water.
Thejrise in the river beganbout two d'clock
this ' morning; and it .rapidly roseien feet
above ,high. water, mark,1 but is novr slowly
The Delaware and 'Raritan canal U broken
at seyef at places,""and several daya must close
before navigation can be' resumed on'it'again.
-s- -A number of boats barges, and lumber-rafts
have J)een carried away
"The amount of damage cannot be very well
estimated dt the present time, but it" will be
considerable i ' 0 a i.s-:.,-''.;;..
The boat-yards have also suffered consider
able loss bythe freshet,; c-.': 1 ,-.
SliBBGNDER OF THE BAM STOXE-
WAll.
IV) I-
"roll ? ' . ; "
The Official Coesiiondence
The following correspondence has just taken
place in relation to the "Stonewall;" - '
MR. TASSARA TO MB. SEWARPNO. 34. 1 ;;;
' Translation. . : ' '
- The undersigned Minister 'Plenipotentiary
of? Her Catholio Majesty - has the honor to
brine to the knovvleiige of the Honorable, the
Secretary. of State, that, agreeably ;to official
communications which he has received from
Madrid, the order has been given to tbe Cap
tain General of Cuba to deliver the war. vessel
Stonewall" to the person "whom the srovern-
ment of the United States may commission for
that purpose, the due Jormahties intervening.
. i " Li? "it. . i i l . '
in tnus acung.uie guvei nuieiii. oi ner raajes
tv iudges that the reasons adduced in the note
of the 30th of May last, are not suieient to
found the right of revindication which that of
the United States believes it has over the fore-
mentioned vessel. - Animated nevertheless by
the same noble and loyal sentiments which it
has showa during .the four years of the war
nappuy lermiiiaieu iu wis cuuniry, lb omits
entering into a 'discussion without object, and
the Stonewall is placed at the disposal of the.
government of the United States. ,
-VYitti reierencs to tne security ior tne ex
penses to the commander of the Stonewall of
sixteen thousand -dollars which sum having
been 'considered as the sole and especial cause
of the surrender of the vessel, it is .believed
,that the government .of . the United States will
not refuse to reimburse it ; ' it being under
stood, nevertheless, that this is not a condition
for the ''delivery of the otonewal, which de-
ivery is and must be considered absolutely
unconditional, ic 'oj .-j.it0.vL'.r;v -
The undersigned avails himself of this occa
sion to reiterate ; to the honorable Secretary
of State' the assurance of his highest conside-
ration.- i k:,.;--:
; r i ft -rk c i -S-- GABBIEL G. TASSABA ..:
To f the. Honorable, the Secretary ; ot State
oi the United States, &c. . ;.; .-.; -:-t:
MRSEWABD TO MR. TASSAKA. ;. 4 4
' Ji Department op State, ) "
WASHrsroTO July 17. v;
The undersigned, Secretary of-State of the
LUnited States, has the honor, to acknowledge
the receipt of a note which was addressed to
him on the 14th mst., by 31r. lassara, minis
ter plenipotentiary of the Queen'of Spain.' In
that note Mr. Tassara informs the undersigned
thatther Catholio Majesty has ordered j that
the armed steam, vessel called the Stonewall,
wbicXhaa.beenthe. subject of. previous cor
raponderice betweenlhe two c shall
be delivered Hip to the$govment bf theiUni-.
ted States, ana fhat this 1 decision ' has "been
snade f with a ivaiverof discussion3 upon the
question whether thedemaaofcthe;United
Sta tel. eould be. maintained upon strict jprjn.r
cible or international ,Taw Mr., Tassara has
be-5nlileased "also toassufe the undersigned
.that the surrender has been ordered en thej
UiJiauuuuilJX
- . . A -
I pwna the mutual good will which hxs
tVYuT preT&uea between the two coantries
I V . rl4VU u o,Mnsurrccuon .which
nas cereioiom so greatly disturbed the rela-
tions bf the United States
foreign cowers. J The -
ts wiia many or tbe
H?drs,n BtU
nleSpain will receive
- '. -
lurtner informed that while
Unitcd.-Stetet, ss they have hereto.
i Py. n muemmty or 5IU.UCKJ,
Hieamount of the expenses which the CapUia
frinCa,r,arn,?
sion otheiStoncwalL, ret that th ntrr.n.
ucr is tendered without making it dependent
on sncn rembursement as a condition.
.1r tassar s communication has been sub-
mined to the President of the United Stat.an1
Mr. Tassara that the order Will be prompt-
O n iu. Viwui k tW IU1VI UI
j tiwcn iwr me urmsmsr awav oi ine stono-
Wall' irom HTnrn trxl fn Iks ..i'mImima-
ment or the sum of sixteen thousand dollars
to the Spanisk government. It only remains
to be added that this government appreciate if both be admitted as political truths,, is es
equally the promptness, the liberality and the sential to tbe salvation of any individual sou!,
courtesy which marked the nroceedin?. of her . -.J r ifr.hfkt;jiTn
Catholic majesty s government on this inter- What has any chuteh to do with loyalty or
esting subject, and that these proceedings wiU treason! In re-ard to iny particular clergy
nave a strong tendency to confirm -and rxr- Afi... :. r hn .t.tA
petuate the antient and traditional friendships
ofthe two nations. - v : .
The undersigned avails himself of this o.
sion to offer Mr., Tassara renewed assuranees
01 his highest consideration. . -
V WILLIAM IL SEWARD.
To Senor Don .Gabriel Garcia Y Tassara.
minister plenipotentiary, &c., &c; &c u ,
Meeting; of ,tlm Stockholders of
iSSV.iV11 a840";"!!-
road toninauy. I
. ."r.wvV- xwaigu auu a8-
ton ilroad . Company met on yesterday at
thai Jnmnanir'a n-Pita in 4l!ii mi ' .... . I
the Company's office in this city.
non Jonn 11. Uryan was elected chairman
of the meeting, and Mr. Carter B. Ilarrison
was requested.to act as secretary. ! ,: ':"
V ' DrlT. KJ;A,' ICrudup,'-State Proxy, presented
the ' following" instructions which he had re
ceived from tbe Governor. v ". -
ci: r".-. a--State op North Carolina, ) ,
.;' . ,. Executive Department, -
-u . -Raleight.N c;, July 20, 1SC5.
To Dr. E: A. Crudup. State' Proxy :" -. " . ,
Sir : In the meeting of the Stockholders of the
Kalelgh and Gaston Railroad Company, to be held
this day? you are instructed to state that no stock
will be represented but such as is owned and held
by persons, who are excepted from the fourteen'
excluded classes of the President's Amnesty Pro
clamation of May 29, 1885 j" and farther, If a euffi
cient amount of stock, not owned and held bv the
excluded, classes, ia not- represented to justify ac
tion in accordance with the charter of the com
pany, then- and in that' case the state will tako
-.charge of the Road and conduct its operations for
the present. Of course, Stockholders who have
been pardoned by the President will be entitled to
be represented. I i ? - "(
Very respectfully, W. IIOLDEN.
The committee on proxies was instructed to
inquire what amount of stock was represented
in accordance with the instructions of the
State I?roxy, , - ; .. j :
jDuring 'the Committee's absence the reports
of the 'President and of the Committee of Fi.
nance and Inspection were read and approved.
These reports represent the road to be m good
condition coniparedwith ot&er roads in the
south..- - - .; -... . .. ;1
jt The Committee "on proxies reported substan
tially, that under the charter, the majority of
.the stock was represented ; but that there was
not a majority of the stock represented in ac
cordance with the instructions of the Gover
nor to the State's Proxy. : ;; :
Dr. Crudup then stated that pursuant to his
instructions'' there "was ho other alternative
but that 'thfe state must assume control ofthe
road.' He intimated a willingness,1 however,
to wait awhile, as he thought that the Stock
holders, by . conference with the Governor
might , obtain a modification of his instruc
tions. , He announced also the following gen
tlemen as Directors on the part of the state :
K. Wi Lassiter, Granville W. D. Jones, W.
S. Mason, Wake. . . ; -v
.The report of the Committee afld the re
marks of the State Proxy elicited a lengthy
discussion, , which resulted in tho passage of a
resolution appointing a committee to confer
with His Excellency, and adjourning; the 'hieet
ir.g until the 4th ol August -next. A'afyh
Standard, July 21. . . ;
CHI'RCII RECOlSTUCTIO X.
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Rev. C. F. Deems. 1D, to Iter. Abel
Stevens, Lli, f.
: ' Beaufoet, N. C, 9th June, 1883.
Rev. and' Deat Sir : After a long inter .
val the Methodist' papers from the north be
gin to i reach us. The great ; question enga
ging your attention, seems j to ba the : union of
your Church with, the Methodist Episcopal
Church! South! ' We have. not discussed this
r w ' - w - -
matter, but I believe that generally, it is not
desired on'our side. Recent events, howeter,
make - true the words of your; article ia the
New j York Christian: Advocate of May 25th,
that there is not another subject before your
church of such comparative importance."
' "Seeing, how deeply the northern Methodists
are stirred, and 1 how fail your papers are of
this subject, -1- venturei - on the score of our
old acquaintance and because' the . only article
1 have seen fiom your pen, is an indication of
goad feelingi to show you .mine opinion..
I must "promise that no member ot the North
Carolina Conference, or of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, is responsible for anv
sentiment or opinion I write, nor for the spirit
and style of this communication.: At the tame
time L may say, that I know every prominent
layman in, almost every county ; of my n state,
and all the leading ' ministers of the" whole
southern church. - Ai: - ' " !
' - Our first wishI think is, that our church
might be left alone, to do the-work of spread
ing scriptural hohness oyer the lands vve have
occupied. .' But it the northern church i9 truly,
desirous of a union with "us" such are the cir
cumstances to wmcn no intelligent man can
be ihatteotive, that-we -must ' meet the ques
tions which yeu seem desirous to press upon
usand the..;inportance. of whiehi we : cannot
md6r:yaluef,-: &'Z-ii?'iii i-C
:For any hope of success ? lorovertures from
your church, there' are'eertain'thmgs in my
iidgmenU which you must noi do, and cer-
f tia other things which yOo niay and 1 should
doi-supposing the tpromottou of peace- and of
Christ' glory, to bee thtM;iaUn ii.s ? t
church
with Voilence nor with" a plan w hfch" is to rer
qoire of either to yield convictions in regard
P2ICC FIVE CEXTS
to
certain Dosilions ! which have heretofore
been the subiect of nnection between us.
the discussion of which can never bo profita
ble and never fail of irritation on both tides.
The only objection I make to your
is yoor teeming endormcnt of Mr K
programme, which is t3U : that Tour
articles,
ewman a
m... k
Ihould make overtures rotheMrthodut Episco-
nl Church. Soutli. o two crneral condmon
unoualifud lvallv ta (he General Gorrm -
1" acapnia of the aitislicery
I ' .it . 4
I honcltlv UKeva tliit rou will waMO your
time th n .nrh brprtare. Thn c!ll
never be detected htr ottr Chunk as a C&urch:
iJ 1 .i... tn(nr rllti.
cal issues with which the church . as a church,
i nt k n v,r ..?;;,.n anil noi or
I . .l-!-. .- . 1 . " ii.
politics. We bave stu4lou?Iy kept party pol
itics from our church, ajid by Col's graco we
tnain an A. VT 1. A Af llmeA HAinnil CTOfl
jecije. tet it 5 frcciyi cranteilhat when a
..ujf'u ,VA,irt'nf hU
country of the crime or treason, he eugnt to
be excluded from the christian church, still
it may not be a question lor tne.paruenur
branch of the church tq which ha belongs, to
determine. who is so gu4lty; and, no man wha
loves civil or religious freedom ought to allow
tiiTvtssTf tii hi ft mml)ir nf k church which
t.?aim itself Aj1 nrivileee ot auctioning.
or tbe prerogttive of determining his loyalty,
( . '..i ,.r rr,,.mnn.
in'Volwiiiir the negro, wht not in Christ's namo
a ?he did buryeir.esd ? - Slavery, ;s it
"v T .. . . . .
existed in the south seems to to at a perpetual
end I - Why let the negro in tho abstract, or
tbe negro m the, concrcict sepsrato, trelbrcn r
When the American. Jipoiimon. oocieiy.uias
of dissolving be'auRe its work is done why
demand of us subscription to'an opiniorr now
utterly useless for practical cTectf - xho de
luge is ovcra; uo.bavo reached Arrarat. .
Having landed, do you iih t shako hand?
Then, why . revive, or attempt to -keep alive
discussions of an tc-dilu via n rfucstions in re
gard to some debataLto . point tuching tho
naval architecture of thi Ark? J ,
.As to the ncro in thejebnercte, why should
tlio great Methodist. Episcopal Church, nlono t
of churches, keep itself fdivdtd oa him? Let
him go or let him .-jstay fa he will. Tlio re-1
ports of your missionaries show that ,bc will I
likely go from you jindj from us, even if we
keep up two churches in the south. Ono o(
your missionaries informed me -that bo had
buccecded in inducing the negroes in one of
rcceueu in inuueing iio inlaws in one oi
cities to "secede" (torn us, and playfully
led tint in'afew wjcclts they "necoded
ax you and joined tlve African Methodist
our.
addc
from vou and joined
Episcopal Church. For.thc sako of peace and
of the neCTO, do not let
us quarrel about hi
Irr - I-
to us with a proposi-
preferences.
'. ,Vou r.ced riever come
tion thai tbe blacks are
o bo members ot tho
era oi the -1
:es, to bo 1
suitors' of '
same annual nd general conferences
the pastors of our families and the' sui
our daughters. No melhodist in the south, .
r.eputablo for piety," culEuro or position will
8Ubinic to ic. . ,, , ; ...
Do your people really
love us as brethren?
Do-'theV sincerely desire that two denomina
tions identical in doctrioe and nearly in dis
cipline, shall make a compact ' corps in tho
sacramental host of i God's elect ? Are they
more plulanthronists thaii ncgrophilists ? Are
thcy.'more christians thah fanatics ? Are they
so long bighted that they prefer the perpetu
ating of a church that 1 has great purity of
doctrino :and power, of j orgauizatiou ttfoio
ephemeral partyisra ? Then let them concur
in the surrender of a forceless and uselcsj ab
straction." " :'-,'"J.: y. r '.
And, if you. wish us to unite with you, a
you cannot compel it with the bayonet., wiu it
I by christian love, Let your papers cease to
use expressions which ie euitors know must
exasperate U9.- Let xn tell .the northern
methodists kindly and. firmly, that if they at
tempt to crowd their chujeh in up m tho south,
whether we will or no, instead of securing i
union upon a oasis oi iiair concession
. r m m
aud
equ?l rights, Ihey will be responsible fo
ating a conflict in which animosities wi
r cro-
mositics will La
engendered which ail chfistians must deplore,
and will , inflict.an incalculable ; damage upon
methodism everywhere jon this continent.
Such a course would drie all the. respectable,
cultivated, and pious, out cf the pale of moth
odism,and leave a refuscjany christian church
ought to by ashamed to gather. - . 1 '
. Let better counsels prevail, and such bh bo.
come true godliness. ( Lit your people remem
ber that we are not seek&ig you, you aro seek
ing us, and shou!d approach us at least not
ofieasively We caiinof,be won by any im
pertinent taunts, such as soma of your writers
indulge, as' though we needed what they call
"purging.", ; ,:.r. .. t f , ;
Come to. us, if come ynu must, in tho spirit
of love. If ever our f h irehes do Income
united, it wHt be at what to many bn both
sides will be an immense sacrifice of feeling
and prejudice, and to some probably, aluioJt
.f Pnn,cP,e.' - Certainly Jt will be so upon our' '
side. V e can be . won but not coerced.' Wo
are free in our re'iionj and sensitive ia eur
calamities. Offer us method nm, a church of
free power, a 'Joving fraternity . of disciples.
Drop polities. Do jrh wflh swords. Up with
olive. branches.' .Down with partisan banners.
Up w ith the cross. Acknowledge u t to bo
what we know we are, your eouib in evirv
I christian sense. Then come with your hoarta
m your nanas.., remaps .we may bo united. .
I can pledgeno man , and no portion ofthe
church. I know what we will not do, I can
hot promt 8C what we will do. I write purely .
in the interest of the . religion, of love and I
earnestly pray that, north and south, our lead
ing men may be clothc4 wth the meekness of
wisdom and .the . churches crowned with tho '
beauty of holiness.; ; J . . ...;x
, Come amOrig u, not as emissaries but aa
visiting brethren, and 'jou will be received.
To yourself personally, brother . Stevens, I
weuld renew the invitations of years gone by,
if the war bad not left raehouidess and home
less. But I cordially invite you to my field
of iaborand'. should, 'bo' happy to rcnw the
intercourse which you i jiade so agreeable;
JIir memory ot days before these calamities,
and in the love, of Christ Jef us, the' King
Etjcrnalr Immortal, Invisible,; tbe : only wiso
God our Saviour, to whom I trust we are both '
right loyal; I am, your brother, &c., Ac.
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