The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-17

War Rev. MIR. kniek { rbacker's Appeal
and the A gric ultural CoiIege-Detrois Post
Omce-NeVS Post Master, aud the Martyrs.
DC.
DETROIT, May Is, 1889.
Nh. EDITOR On your next flying visit TO our
goodly city, you will be amazed a. the many
changes that have taken place since you were
here-only a few months ago. l will not stop
for details TO any great extent. The old DR..
Hurd block on the corner Of Woodward Avenue
and Congress-St. has given way to a new, large
and elegant double store now occupied by Camp
bell l. Liner-the Scotch Store" The promn-
ent place they so long occupied -" Smart's
block" on the corner of Jefferson and Wood.
ward Avenues, has been RACED to the ground
for the space of loo feet on both Avenues, and
workmen are now engaged in rearing the new
block. which is 10 be more elegant in style of
architecture than the Waterman block on one
side or the 'Desnoyer' on the other. Workmen
began yesterday TO demolish the brick house on
Grswod-St. adjoining the County Court House,
where new block is TO go up by Buh i Butler.
One or two other buildings in the same block are
TO be built this season.
Our new Custom House and Post Office is pro-
crossing slowly-the workmen having agreed to
trust uncle Sam for their pay until July, rather
than be out CT employment. This is the result
of bankrupt {. S. Treasury through the cor
rupt and prohigate extravaganza Of the General
Government.
Our Dutch billiard player Hans Seerieter has
challenged Phelen to play another match for
$4,000 aside, which the latter declines upon the
most frivilous reasons-the real one being the
fear Of losing his laurels.
This being Anniversary week" in n. Y, the
proceedings in tho \. Y. papers are read with
much interest. Those of the American Tract
Society attract the most attention. BY system
of drumming" and making honorary" men,
bers during the year, the society is again found
TO be largely in the hands of the conservative
interest, and it is virtually made an engine for
slavery propagandism. If you will read the pro-
ceedings in the n. Y. Tribune of Thursday the
/ 9Th, YOU will see specimen of regular TamIna.
nv Hall pro slavery, bear-garden locofoco meeting.
1t is rich, to emenate from pretended Christians
battling against the sins of this world. The SO.
ciety not only refused, as last year, to instruct
the publishing committee to issue tracts against
the sin of slavery, but actually refused to allow
anything to be said against the re-opening of the
Stare Trade, DR.. Van Pelt said "God told
Moses that if the children of Israel wanted
slaves, they were to go and buy them of the
brethren"-and the society adopted this doctrine
for the children of Israel, of the church, who
live in the Southern States-it they want slaves,
90 and buy than of the African heather. Hence
the society refused to allow the publication com.
slave trade How long will anti-slavery men of
the north contribute literally to sustain such a
Tract Society.
The Crowned Heads are in muss. 4 war
that promises to be fierce and destructive has
broken out between France and Austria-which
are both grabbing for poor Italy. We may now
roll up the map OF Europe and await the result.
II will be difficult TO tell how it will look when
new map is made. can see no choice in the
fight, and only hope the people will take advan-
take of il for their own benefit.
The people OF the State will cordially thank
you for publishing the bold and manly appeal of
the Rev. c. w. knickerbacker, of Lansing, to the
members of the STATE Board OF Education reIa
ting To the Agricultural College, and its ecclesi.
astical management. The board should meet
the question boldly and promptly by removing
all grounds of complaint. The public sentiment
Of this State wants no secarian State Institutions
and will not tolerate any such narrow minded
bgotry as has been practiced in the case now
made pubic. Ii the tender consciences of the
faculty points to any such policy they had better
retire at once, for let it be persisted in, and the
popular sentiment will be made manifest az more
rags than one, before many years roll round. A
sectarian wrangle, or its attempted monopoly as
a prosolyting machine once shook the very
foundations of our University. Let that be
warning.
III. y. Walker has got the scalp of Post Master
O'Flynn, as Griswold has that of Van, at Lansing.
Walker entered upon his duties couple of DAYS
ago A. Ten Eyck, who was once sent to do
the agreeable to the black King Of the Sandwich
Islands, il deputy, and the Seitz boys are rein
stated, much TO the JOY of those doing business
with the Office, for O'Flynn had very inefhcien.
set of small Irish clerks. Walker has made
clean sweep of the anxious Irish democracy,
who swarmedin the p. o. building under O'Flynr.
They declare and swear that they are ali abused
and prosecuted nation.
A. soon as O'Flynn's head fell, tho Detroit
Herald went up" ike kite-and the Z" only
Democratic paper" in Detroit is no more
The Ere. Press asserts that O'Flynn was re- |
moved on charges, but this is not believed to be |
rue. Ii was a stroke of policy in which he had |
o be sacrificed to accomplish certain ends, and |
he has warm sympathiser in the person Of Bob |
Davis OF Oakland, who knows how it feels. to |
ose head CAMPUS.
A SORE PCSIsHgENT.-We see it stated that
N Alabama editor who nominated Gov. Wise. of
Virginia, for President, innocently wrote letter
o that person inquiring his views on certain
estures of the slavery question. The victimised