Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
Gen. Grant to the Ohio Union Soldiers

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MILAN, ITALY, April 81, 1878.
Muior Charles d. Miller Secretary Society Of
the Soldiers and Sailors of Licking County,
OMo:-
Dear Major Your cordial invitation for me
to attend general reunion OF the veterans OF
Ohio, to be held under the auspices of the So
ciety of The Soldiers and Sailors of Licking
county, at Newark, on the 22od ofJuly, is this
day received. It always affords me pleasure to
attend at the gatherings of the soldiers aud
sailors who periodically risked their lives for
the preservation Of the country, and it would
afford me special pleasure to meet with those
haiing from my native State.
But the Atlantic will be between Us at the
Time otyour proposed reunion. This is the
first opportunity of my life to visit Europe,
aud will likely be my last. There is much
here to see which l have not seen, and I de
sire to remain to partly accomplish the tour
which l had marked cut for myself I trust
the veterans Of Ohio will have most auspici-
Gus reunion 90 the coming occasion, and that
none of them will ever feel disposition to
apologize, for the part they took in the late
struggle for national existence, nor for the cause
for which they fought With great respect,
your cid companion, u. s. GRANT.
AN IMPRESSIVE SoENE.-A dispatch from
Atlanta says:-The fraternal delegates from
the General Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copa Church, Rev. G. D. Foss, D. D., of New
York, and Hon. VIM. Cumbsck, of Indiana,
were received by the Conference at 10 o'clock,
Bishop Paine presiding. They Wero introduced
to the President by Gov. Coquitt. Bishop
| Paine then Introduced to hem the Bishops and
the Conference. Dr. Foss delivered an elo.
quent address, in which be expressed the kind
ard iratcrnal feelings Of the Methodist Church
to the M. f. Church South. He was followed
by Mr.. Cumback 10 an address full of sympa
Thy and earnestly hopeful of a final and com plete
union OF the two great branches of Methoiism
Both speeches were frequently applauded. The
venerable DR.. Lovick Pierce responded in 6
few words, which were heard With profound 10
terest. He is LOW ninety four years old, and ar
active member Ct The Conference. BishoE
Paine also spoke in reply ia terms of warm
welcome and sympathy. The speeches created
a profound impression. The Conference and
delegates were ir perfect harmony. A com
muuication was received from the Wesleyan
Methodist Conference Of Eogland expressive o.
hearty fraternity and cordial sympathy. |
was read and spread on the minutes. The me q
unanimous feeling Of cordiality pelvaded tb
entire Conference and The large conc0rrse o
spectators. The iraternal messeng ers bsv
been received with open hearts, and their mi.
sion will be productive OF lasting GOOD.
FISH MURDER The Potomac river il no
The only body Of water which teaches by it
history the evils of reck less and indiscriminst
fishing. More than one section Ct the United
States has been completely deprived of immen
| food resources by the cupidity Of those who iv
| ed along the banks of its rivers. The decline O
| the fisheries of the great lakes is alarming
! In Michigan and Wisconsin, while more than
l25 OOO, 00O of white fish havs been placed in the
lakes within the last four years, and the grestel
amount within last the two years, the numbe,
caught have steadily diminished. And if the
decrease is allowed 10 continue in a few years
the capital employed in the fisheries must be
withdrawn, and large number Of laborers be
left idle. So many different jurisdictions control
the fisheries of the great lakes that il will be diff.
| fcult to obtain Uniform laws for the protection
! of the fish, but an effort is being made in this
be successful. If in the fisheries Of the great
| lakes the size of the mesh of the nets and the
seasons and days Of the week in which they msy
| be cast, can be uniformly regulated, an excel
lent precedent would be Established by which
the Potomac fisheries might profit. But the
problem hero is so much less complicated than
in the case of the Ia es that it is something of
slur on the shrewdness and energy Of Mary
land and Virginia to imagine that they will wait
| for the suggested precedent Legislative pro-
lection and srtifcisl propagation Of the shad and
herring may again revive the glories Of The 20.
tomac fisheries. It will take time for the fisheries
to recover under the besttreatment from thesuic.
dsi policy Ofthe past but beyond relieving imme
way better sustain his character as such, than
by endeavoring to re-estsblish business which
will offer an ever expanding field for indus
trious labor, and will supply all classes with
Oh cap and nutritious food.-Wash. Star.
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