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Tour of the corresponding Editor
PHILApxLPrA, May 8, 1871.

PHILADELPIA, May 8, 1871.
The continued sessions Of the Annual Con.
ference of the A. NJ E. Church have been Of
much Importance. We were introduced to the
BODY on Monday, and had an opportunity TO
show the value to the general field of the NEw
NATIONAL ERA. friendly resolution was
passed unanimously. We hope to have the
pleasure of meeting those pastors, and other
ministers, in the course of the ensuing summer
As the cause of enfranchisement goes on, our
friends everywhere will realize ase and more
the useful inf uence exerted by this paper in
the rights Of the people, as free American citi.
zens. We are all aiming at one end-the els-
walton and consequent happiness Of the whole
human race SO mote it be !
NEw YORK, May Il, 1871
The meeting Of the New Reform League, in
Steinway Hall. on Tuesday, was q success
The attendance was better than We anticipated
A fee Of afty cents was received at the door,
which, of course, had the effect to keep away q
considerable number Of persons but there was
large audience, even for such an immense hall
The proceedings were spirited from beginning
one of the old antislavsry days, when free dis
eussion and incisive measures raied the hour
and those high emprises were formed that have
since resulted in the abolition of American
slavery.
The annual report Of the League, by Mr.
Powell. editor of the National Standard. is a
very able document 1t covers the entire
ground Of practical national reform. OF course
there will be some differences of opinion as to
certain measures, now proposed in the nation.
but the main issues are OF such q nature that
the friends Of true progress must eventually
harmonic upon them and ensure their sue
cess. The advance made by the National Gov
eminent in the treatment of the Indian ques-
ton is one of the most encouraging signs of the
times. The exercise of the power % the nation
in this direction gives promise of similar good
in other quarters. 10 grapple thus with every
evil, is, finally, to overcome it.
The speeches made at this meeting by our
friends Wendell Phillips, Lueretia Mott Henry
Highland Garnett, Julia W ard How, Mrs. Dssis,
Mrs. Tappan and others, were we'll adapted
for usefulness. II cannot be that sueh words
of truth, uttered in the spirit of truth will be
lost upon the people.
Other movements connected with our cause
in New York look encouraging, TheT'lterary
and musical reunion in behalf of The Standard.
at Union League Hall. Tuesday evening, was
completely successful A more useful affair OF
the kind could not well be conceived. Ii was
- every way credit 10 all concerned, exhibit.
ing an array of talent. tact, and refined social
qualities, of the very highest character. This
is charming way of doing good.
We shall be able only to commence oar work
10 New York, preparatory to future operations.
In a day or two we go to Connecticut, hoping
20 be able to make thorough canvass of that
State
~ IA ID
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A Progressive State.

At the session which ad journed a few days
ago the Legislature of Michigan has added to
the measures which had already given the
State q marked and honorable prominence
among the members Of the Federal Union, and
which still further illustrates the enlightened
and progressive spirit of her people. 1t is an
act establishing compulsory education in the
State. Every child in Michigan between the
ages OF eight and fourteen must attend school
not less than three months in each year, and
under its operations ignorance must disappear
from it's borders. No such melancholy spec
tacle as child of the State, "who can neither
read nor WRITE" will be known after the law
has had time to produce the fruits which must
result from it,
But this wise and statesmanike measure is
not the only step the State Of Michigan has
taken in advance of most of the other mem
bers Of the Union. She was the first of them all
to abolish the barbarous penalty of capital
punishment; the first to establish and endow
system of free education, extending through
all the grades of inttutions of learning, from
the common to the normal school, and ending
in one of the best universities In the land
the first to abolish the time honored Star
Chamber inquisition, known as the Grand jury
System the first to enact a temperance law,
based on the sound principle of holding the
liquor seller and the landlord who rents to
him for that purpose, responsible alike for all
the damage that may result from the practice,
and condemning and Furnishing the guilt of
drunkenness; and, finally, the first State in the
Union to repudiate the old political organiza-
tions and to establish the Republican party.
State which has been pioneer in all these
sound measures of reform, and which is still
influenced by the same intelligent and wise
policy, has great future before her.
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ment and its fidelity to the republican cause.
It Is true, the difficulties arising from tbese
sources do not necessitate bloody revolution
indeed, they agitate more or less the whole civ
ilised world, our own country as well as others,
though in less threatening shape, and there
need be no apprehension that they will lead to
violent uprising and bloodshed of formidable
character. Full liberty and ample scope for
their solution are the best safety valves.
Agitation, discussion, experimenting under
the protection Of republican institutions will
do much of the work, and We expect that, as
In many other respects. we shall set the ex-
ample to other countries. The French might
certainly act on the same principle, if it were
not for the insurmountable obstacle opposed
by their own unfortunate disposition, their in
capacity to comprehend the very rudiments Of
true republican liberty. Their lawless spirit,
that prompts them to achieve by revolution
that which ought to be left to free development,
the tyranncal disposition that assumes to lay
down laws, to regulate and decree in matters
which concern only the choice and convictions
of the individual, only serve to aggravate the
conflict. All these elements of discord will re-
main active and continue to create disturbances
which will defy all merely material forces.
1t is this knowledge of the French character,
derived from the experiences of the past, tina,
| leads us to look on the future of the French
republic with as much apprehension as sorrow
over the delusions of q people, which even iu
its errors, inspires more pity than indignation,
when we remember how for ages it has been
the victim of misrule and despotism.
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The Columbus Georgia. Sun thiLks that IN.
area that has been or will be plan. ced in cotton
in Georgia is fully equal to what was plaptsd
last year. Many poor fellow next wear will
be over supplied with cotton, which will be
very cheap, and will have to buy corn and pro-
visions at high prices. Such farmers will soon
have to shut up shop. The cotton crop oils
will probably be not less than 4,6O0, 600 bales,
the largest crop. with one exception, ever
raised. The capitalists who have been supply.
ing the credit upon which these great cotton.
planting operations are based will not fnd any
special encouragement in helping the planter
under the unfavorable conditions that are
rapidly developing. Yet, in spite of the most
earnest warning from the Southern agricultural
journals the cotton culture is increasing. The
Cuthbert Georgia. Appeal prints the following
IN this connection:
1--WE place in nomination the names of Messrs.
Corn and Bacon as being the most suitable
candidates for the Offices Of Peace and Plenty
for the year 1871. Hope they will be
unanimously supported, especially by planting
friends"
We wish We could indulge the hope of the
Appeal! but We fear the cotton msnis, with
the present generation of planters, is well nigh
incurable.
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The leaders Of the rebel Democracy differ in
their opinion as to the best~sy to get rid of the
reconstruction measures o. Congress according
to the degree of common sense they possess.
While FRANK BLAIR and his reckless and an
scrupulous followers declae that they must be
overthrow by violence, if iced be, the moment
the Democracy are in powe, the more cautious
and timid Of them advise pilder means, hav.
ing the semblance of LEGALITY TO render their
proceedings less hazsrdousto tie party.
The purpose and plan of this latter class
are represented by such papers as the New
York World, the Mongopery (Ala.) Adver-
tiser, the Boston Post, &c Not all Of these
papers are honest and fearless enough to declare
in plain terms how they htend to overthrow
the work of Congress in rstoring the Union
and establishing equal ans impartial suffrage.
But there Is now and thenone of them impru-
dent enough to disclose aeir secret purpose
The Sedalia Mo- Democrat has been telling
tales out of school 1t this incautiously boasts
of the way it is to be done
"To say that the Democracy intend to accept
these reconstruction meaures as hnallty is TO
assert what every well informed Democrat
knows to be false. Weintend to purify the
supreme judiciary of th country, and then
bring these Radical iniqdties before the courts
and have them set aside. This is the purpose OF
the Democracy, and therfis no need to disguise
it, and it is right"
This scheme for abrogatag or nullifyng the
reconstruction measures Of Congress involves
the pecessitV of reconstrIl,tinp the Supreme
Court of the United States, and that mean
that by hook or by crook--by fair means OF
foul-enough of its members who believe thoss
measures constitu tional and binding must be
removed to give the rebel Democracy a major
ity of the court That done, this parked Judi
ciary tribunal will declare the emancipation
proclamation. the acts recmstru citing the rebe
States, the civil rights, aud other enforcement
acts all unconstitutional, and that the amend
ments to the Constitution were passed and ap
proved through violence and fraud, and are
therefore. 4" null and void :" This is the pro
gramme of the Conservative branch of tn,
rebel Democracy. The other faction led by
the revolutionary BLAIR, will not stop to &C
complish their plans by this slow process, i
they are able to control the party. They viii
resort to violent means without scruple aud a
the expense of another civil war to accomplish
their ends. 1t is hard to decide which branch
| is the most dangerous and wicked
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ThE question of inviting foreign immigra-
ton is, or has recently been, under discussion
in the Texas Legislature. A bill for appoint.
ing and paying a commissioner or commission
ers of immigration, with an agent in Great
Britain and one in Germany, was sought to be
amended by MATHEW GAINES, colored Senator
from Washington county, by having an agent
for Africa in addition to the other agents, upon
which Senator G. T. RUBY, also colored, de-
nounced the attempt of Mr.. GAINES as bun
csmbs. Mr.. GAINES has been engaged in de
Tending the position he has taken, and to our
thinking, quite successfully. His is the side
of right and justice.
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The efforts Of the rebel Democracy of Con-
necticut, aided by the Tammany robbers, to
cheat Mr.. JEWELL, the Republican candidate
for Governor, has turned out disgraceful fail
ure. We announced, or tried to announce in
our issue next succeeding the election in that
State. that the Republican party had achieved
q complete victory there in the election Of
Governor and State officers, a majority of both
branches of the Legislature, and three out Of
the four members of Congress. And such was
the truth. But the Democracy had too much at
stake in retaining control Of the State, and had
expended too much money to insure the triumph
Of their party to give it up without a struggle.
They resolved to defeat the will of the people
by the preparation of such frauds as were
necessary TO secure the election of ESoLIsH
In pursuance Of this knavish scheme the Demo
cratic registrar of the town Of Cheshire sub
tracted twenty three votes from the Republican
candidate on the fraudulent and lying pretext
that they were cast by men about whose quail
dcation to vote they affected to discover some
doubt after they had been received and counted
10 the town of Enfield. package of seventy six
Democratic votes we're reported as ninety six,
making difference in their favor of twenty
votes more. In the Fourth Ward of the city
OF New Haven, where JEwELL received 579
votes, they resorted to the clumsy and shame.
less cheat of stealing 100 of bis votes aud put.
ting in their place package of 100 votes for
ESaLIsH, the Copperhead candidate.
These frauds having been discovered and
charged by the Republican press of the State.
the Legislature took the matter in hand upon
assembling at the beginning of this month
They appointed q committee to investigate the
charges, who discovered proof that even the
Democrats dare not question. Of the entire
truth of these viliainous frauds. They so re-
ported to the Legislature, aud that Governor
JEWELL was elected by clear majority over
ENaLIsH and scattering, of eightysix votes.
and all the rest of the Republican ticket by a
much larger majority. The Legislature has
therefore, declared the Republican candidates
all legally elected. Thus ends one of the most
barefaced and rascaly attempts to cheat the
people out of their right to elect men of their
own choice, that even the rebel Democracy have
been guilty Of They have only added new
ignominy to their already infamous reputation.
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S0UTd CAROLYN

A correspondent of that Conservative Jour
nal, the Cincinnati Commercial, writing from
Columbia, s. c., says:
" Within the past ten days there ha, been four
cold -blooded and atrocous murders by the Ku-
klu1 or by masked men, and if not by Ku-KIux
then those belonging to that organization should
stop wearing masks SO that they can be dis
unguished from other villains The fact of
these four murders we know to q certainty. and
If Others yet come to light, it need occasion no
surprise. Of whippings and lesser outrages
there has been the regular weekly average with
no prospect Of elimination"
"a whole family were cut down in Chester
held county week ago last SUNDAY night
consisting Of an old man, his wife, aud daugh-
ter. Inc man name was Milton, and he was
tax collector for that county Masked men
came up to his house at O'Clock ia the morn
ing called bin out, shot him, and then when
his wife and daughter ran out to plead for bis
lie, they shot them also. Mr.. Milton died on
Monday, and while he was being buried his
wife died. Miss Millions leg has been ampu
tated, but she cannot recover The wound is
mortal. The murder Of this family was q most
atrocous affair, and as yet, | cannot learn that
there were any palliating circumstances lam
told by those in authority here that it was done
simply because Milton was Republican,
The other murder was equally atrOcious.
That happened last week in Clarendon county
One Peter j. Lemons, a negro, was cOmmLs-
sioner of that county. About three weeks ago
he was warned by the KluKlux to leave the
county by certain date 1t seems that he did
not comply and hence his death. He WAS riding
in his buggy on Wednesday of last week, and
when within two and half miles of Manning.
he was fired on from thicket, and his body
was fairly riddled with buckshot. They entered
his head, body, legs, and arms, killing him, it
is supposed, instantly. 1t was in the daytime,
and his dead body was soon afterward found.
This murder came near leading to civil war in
Clarendon. Three hundred negroes armed
themselves and threatened to take vengeance.
The whites armed also, and for while Manning
was in state of siege. parley was held on
the part of delegation from both sources
and peace restored by the disarmament Of the
negroes
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TIE best reply that can be made to the dis
honest charge Of corruption and extravaganza
against the Republican party is to remind the
Copperhead bravadoss that, though we have
diminished the taxes at the rate of $3.50, 0o0,-
900 yearly since 1867, We have paid of the
principal Of the debt thus created to destroy
the Government $22s, 600. 600 under GaASr's
Administration still paying it at the same
rate, and that we have diminished the annual
interest on that debt full $l2,0Oo, 900 g year.
What more do the traitors expectf
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At a meeting of the street railroad managers
of Louisville, on Saturday, it was agreed that
it was useless to try to evade the enforcement
by the United States authorities of the claim Of
negroes to ride in the street cars, and decided
it was best to avoid serious collision by open
ing the cars to them. This affects the business
of the road considerably, many white people,
and ladies especially, prefering to walk.
Let them walk awhile they will come to
learn that a negro is no more unfit to ride in
car as a free person than as servant, In
which capacity no objection was ever made to
his riding. Its his being free that hurts.
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WE call the attention of those of our readers
In Washington who are desirous of obtaining
q knowledge of either the French, German, or
italian languages, to the advertisement of Prof.
CALAIS THoxAsN in another column. Mr..
TnoxASN comes to this city highly endorsed by
German colleges and men of note in foreign
countries. He also bears paper showing that
he has undergone an examination 1t the Uni
vsrsity of South Carolina, which speaks 10
high terms of his ability. Read bis advertise
ment.
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Our Workshops in England.

During the financial year ending June 3Oth,
1870, the people of the United States imported
from Great Britain manufactured products TO
the value of 1916, 22s, 783. OF this amount
1913, $50, 900 were for cotton goods, for WHICH
we sent the raw material to England to be
manufactured there for us, paJJing the freight
both ways to tie foreign shipper. Another
Item Is the nice sum of $50 ,665.32 for iron
and steel manufactures which We could have
made at home. For woollen goods, which We
can also manufacture, we paid Great Britain
Sal ,234, 900.
Thus the whole value Of the goods We i'm.
port amounting, as before stated, to S3T6, 228,.
1888, is made up. To make these imported
goods, employs 100000 workmen annually
We send the above sum in gold every year to
pay the wages of these 800, 900 foreign labor
ers. Is there even free.trader 80 revenue
reform mad as to deny that ii would be q
great benefit to our laboring population to do
this work and receive this vast sum of more
than 1916, 100000 in gold or its equivalent in
greenbacksY
As it is, our workshops are in England for
the manufacture Of all the articles that make
up this vast amount, and We or our merchants
are sending over every month the gold to pay
RI. operatives who do the work. We have
the laberers and the skill to do it ALL Why
should We not2 Simply because of the change
able policy of our Government in regard to the
tariff, resulting from the clamor of free-traders
about our over-grown, purse proud, thieving
monopolists." Capitalist dare not invest their
money in an enterprise that free trade may
ruin the next month or the next year. Shall
we never have stable policy in regard to this
great question of protection to our OWE iudus-
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of the country. This is that protection has
done to make labor respected, the laborer indie
pendent, the country strog, and the people
prosperous and happy, AID this policy. and
with it our national prosperity and progress,
is the condition of things which the free trade
spectators are laboring to destroy.
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IAN ingenious Hartford man has discovred
new use for the Connecticut wbite-fsb, which
are caught by the million on the Connestieut
shore, and used to manure the fields He pre-
peree the hsh In some pickle or preparation o.
which they are made as palatable as sardines.
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ku-Alax Ouirages.
FLORIDA,

Senator Osborn has received Information FROM
Florida that Mr.. Mahoney, Republican mem.
ber>of the lower house of the Legislature, was
killed in Lake City on the 26th of April The
reports are that quarrel was provoked to Sc
cure an apology for killing him. He was of
Southern birth and a Confederate soldier, but
some time ago joined the Republican party, and
was elected TO the Legislature in November
last. The Senator also has letters positively
asserting that about the time of Mahoney's
death three men appeared in Tallahassee for
the avowed purpose OF assassinating Governor
Reed
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John Chnaman being asked to take a
drink, said; NO. whiskey make Chinamsn one
tirst-rate fool" The poor heather Chinee
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05

for his upwright dealings with ths
Indians. Being honest, he could not be
called stoel Penn. Cincinnati has
been made culiarly famous by its
pen, having been settled by the descend
ents of Ham. philadelphia, its capital,
is capitally laid out in regular streets. A
large amount of capital has probably
been laid out to produce such iine sp-
pearance-a good deal of work has been
done sson the square" there. Pete
Roleum is the well-thiest man in the
State. He owns several ile-lands and Ia
supposed to be descendant of the Bore
bons. In fact, he says he has been on
Bourbon" Mrosrn.
Oregon is so called after Mormon
gentleman named O'Regan. It is chief
ly noted for being the residence of slow
the poor Indian" and his family. They
depend principally on scalpiDg for a
livelihood, and barely manage by so
doing, to ssmake both ends meat" Some
one who has observed their mode Of
fourishing tomahawk says 'sthey must
do a fourishing business !" though not
very sharp they are noted as hair raisers-
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A Great Bargain.

HVHE FARM KNOWN As "FARMoUNT
II Lake" is offered for sale at SIC, 900 in coin
81, 1000 in hand and the remainder in six equal
annual payments, with interest from date The
tract is in good shape being nearly asquare, con-
tanning about 6s0 of rich soil; and is diver
sifed with forests vast, fair lawns, lordly oaks,
and willows sitting by the lake, the woodland and
prairie so alternating as to make it one of the
most attractive places in the State 1t is situated
on the west side of the Willamette river, within
half mile of Albany, which is known being
in the heart of the best agricultural portion of
Oregon. The location is healthful 1t has good
stone quarry, about 100 acres under fence, two-
story frame barn with shedding 90 feet square a
large and handsome new house two-stories high,
thoroughly painted inside and ont. the large cup
boards and book-c ases being fixtures, and the
house having under its whole length good dry
cellar. In addition to theae there is neat we'll
house, wood-house and all other necessary cut
houses. There is meadow, large pasture. or
chards, garden, &C., DC. It il susceptible of be-
ing divided into four farms, all of them having
good soil, fuel and rail timber, and three of them
having stock-water.
For particulars address J. C. Mendenhall, Esq,
Albany, the nndersign ut Portland. .
as J.. QUINN THORNTON.
Feb. 14th, 1S71-24v3. Attorney at Law.