New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-22
WHOLE NUMBER 2498.
proved. that would end the difficulty at

In reply to this, DR.. Niccols saws:
| "o can not make this recommendation
10 our Assembly for the reason that we are
sui OF the decided conviction that it's
act'on 1or tho last four years, so fully cited
| TO you IN our communications constituta
sufficient grounds for fraternal correspond
ence.' Dr.. Niccols then reiterates: call acts
| and dellveranees OF the Northern as
sem ones OF which You complain are wholly
null and void, of no binding efficacy as
judgments Of the church we represent or as
rules OF proceedings for its presbyteries and
| church sessions; that in so far as thew
or any of them can be supposed to impart
any INJURIOUS imputations upon the present
| character and standing of churches and
members of the Southern Assembly as,
| Christians or Presbyterians, such an ap-
plication of them would be unjust to you,
and would be disapproved and regretted
| by us; that the acts and deliver
| ances of the the Northern assemblies.
| OF which you complain. were made
| IN peculiar times and under strange aod
exclting circumstances, when the passions
| and feelings OF men were profoundly moved;
| that as acts of assemblies which we do not
represent We can not sit in Judgment upon
them nor express any opinion as to their char
acter; that we feel competent to express the
desire that they be considered by you in tho
same spirlt OF charity and Christian forgive
ness which we trust those people whom we
represent will exercise toward anything to
when they may object in the proceedings
OF the Southern Assembly" To this. Rev MIR.
Brown replied: THE grievances of which We
complain and which we desire to see re-
moved, lie entirely back of the present.
anu an adjustment which entirely ignored
the past is unsatisfactory"
This virtually closed the controversy
The GrasshOpper..
ST: PAUL. May 2l.--The Pio,.ssr Press
publishes dispatches from o. considerable
number of localities in all parts of the State.
relative to grasshoppers. There are no
grasshoppers IN the district devastated by
them last year nor in any part of Min
nesota, except in very small area. and in
comparatively small numbers, confined to
the group of counties and the great bend
OF the Minnesota river.
The Regatta mt Charleston.
CHARLESTON, S. c., May 2l-The whole
city gathered rpon the water front today
to witness the great four cared race of tho
spring regatta. Six shells entered, and the
fact that these included the Palmetto and
Vernon crews, which represented re
spectively Charleston and Savannah at
Saratoga last year. gave great interest to
the race.
The crews came in in the following order:
Carolina first, Electric second, Vernon
third, Queen City fourth, Couper fifth
The Palmetto boat stood q good chance of
winning. but was swamped when tho race
was nearly completed
The regatta concludes tomorrow with
yacht race, tor which there are six entries.
PrObabillties.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal Officer, !
Washington May 2l, 1875, 4:3O P. M
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States.
falling barometer. warmer southerly winds.
partly cloudy weather. and occasional light
rains.
Cotton.
NEW YORK, May 2l.-The following is the
comparative statement of cotton tor the
week ending today: