The Oregon statesman., December 12, 1864, Page 1, Image 1

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PlItTl,ANI. I)(!0. 1, 1W1.
Kit. Statesman : I n-ml in ymir paper lust
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published 111 lliu Drcgonittn, Please publish
hi artiule written liy Mr. Pourno in the col
umns nf tliti Sialeinmn, iiml I will pny fur it,
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telvet.
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1), HUT LEDGE.
MISUKI'ltHSKXTATIONS 10KKKCTKII.
Pou.TI.ANI), NtlV. U, 1SG4.
EnlTOK OllUUONlAN !
Allow mo space to show soma of tlio wrorijf
ful methods by wtiiuli thu enemies of the Union
cause hnvo sought tn carry tlioir purnnsc. Two
object will bo thereby effected : '1 ho couso of
truth nml justice will bo subserved, uml I In'
guna will lie spiked which otherwise tuny hcru
nftcr lie used.
Last Spring, Hev. Win. Hubert wrote am
published in the C. Advocate nn article on
" Tho Union of tho piiHtorul uud civil oflicc,"
which wn uuderslnnd to ttuitr heavily against
tine who liml boon very earnest and active in
uppnrt of the Government. Tho article was
approved by secessionists generally, ami it wan
copied approvingly by tho Mountaineer, a sfr
uniled Union tinner, and also endorsed bv the
Eugene llcvirw, anil published npprovingly by
the Albany Democrat, peace Democratic, ulitis
Copperhead journal!!. At the Juno election
Mr. Hubert' communication wan industriously
used tit gain votes fur tho Democratic party.
It wait republished in that vile sheet, the Arena,
just prior to tho recent Presidential election.
Tho political papei'H named took occasion, in
publishing it, In tb'tionuce me, personally, in
terms of bitter scurrility. True, the Advocate
had published a full and unanswerable refuta
tion of Mr, Huberts' misrepresentations, but
thoso papers were very clear of republishing
lliii reply. I call intention tu some of these
false statements. Mr. Huberts says :
" Every elloelivo elder of the M. E. Church
lias, under all Ihosidi'inniliesofan oath, pitini
ised ' tn devnto himself wholly to God and his
work.' Ho has responded alliriualivuly to these
words : ' And do not mend our rules, but keep
(hem ; nbnvo all, if you labor with us in the
Lord's vineyard, it is needful you should do
that part of tho work which wo advise at those
times nml places which wo judge mo t for His
glory.
" These are but n email part of nnr signifi
cant ordination vows. No effective elder onii
bp loyal to them, and at the sauio time be Pres
ident, or Senator, nr Governor.
" And we humbly ask, if a man is false to
these vows, will ho bo true to a Congressional
oatli 1"
Two quotations nro here given from the Dis
cipline. The first is from piije 80 ; the second
from pnges 111 and Oii. " These," tho writer
Ha; s, " arc but n small part of our significant
nrdinntion vows." They arc. no pari of our
ordination tows. The statements are not true.
All I ho ordination vows of deacons nml riders,
with the ritual of ordination, in used by liev,
ISishup Clark in Suleni, last August, in ordain
ing both elders nod deacons, are found in the
Discipline, fr in pnge IS3 to page 204, and the
language tpiot. d by .Mr. lii.lieris ns a "part ol
our significant ordination vows," it nut found
in the ordination vowi, nor in the ritual of or
dination jj Ilow be could so misrepresent the
Discipline nf tho Church, after nti experience
of nicirti than twcnry-livo years as a leading
minister, and how, if be were loyal tn bis coun
try, ho could at such n crisis in her history, put
.-h nch misrepresentations, which he might
wet! hnvo known the e nies of the Govern
ment would use (and which they did abundant
ly use) against those who were laboring, with
some effect, to uphold the menaced nationalily
nml laws, nro questions easier asked than an
swered. If charily would suggest nn answer
creditable to Mr. Huberts' heart, the nnswer
would be damaging to his understanding. A
similar, perhaps may say an equul.divergencu
from truth appears when the usage nml sonli
nieuts of tile Church on this sentiment are
given. Mr. Kobcit snys :
" The idea we oppose is an unusual thing.
In thirly years, only three cases have come un
der our observation, and nil these cases have
been signal failures. One of them was thus
noticed in the Trenton Mate (tazclle of May
3d. Wlfl:
' ' JlKTIIWllST CONFKRKNL'K IS Xf.W J HU
BBY. This body closed its session day belore
yesterday. The subject of Manning puree
running for Congress last yenr was brought up.
Tho Hev. gentleman frankly declared, with ex
pressions of deep regret, that he should not
have accepted the nomination had ho been
aware that n rule existed discountenancing
such conduct.
"' A resolution passed, tied iring that any
clergyman who should hereafter become n can
didate for the Legislature or for Congress,
would receive the general disapprobation ol the
Conference.' "
' There is no reason to dnnht that this is the
universal judgment and feeling of tho M. E.
Church on this subject, in all its bounds."
This is remarkable indeed. " thirty years,
only three cases !" All these signal fail-
ore's ! !" Has Mr. Huberts been ignorant of
the facts llmt Dr Cnrtwiight, Dr. Havens. Dr.
Ijiint. Hev. Mr. Harrows, were elected to the
State Legislature or to Congress, nml served
their country in that capacity and received their
appointments in their own Conference and that
they still retain th dr relation to the Conference
ns men of great moral wollh ! Wits he una
ware that at tho very lime lie wrote his dia'ribe
there were, at least, it member of Conference
in tho Massachusetts State Senate and a pre-
siding elder in Ibe Iowa Legislature I There
is no rule in the discipline against any minister
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accepting a nomination jot iir. i "e
none then. The very-extract given by Mr.
Huberts proves this : for it is said " a resoltt
lion passed the Conference" declaring "that
any clergyman who should hereafter hecomo a
candidate," Jco II any " rule " existed at tiie
time, why pass resolution Intake effect 'here
after t" Mr. Roberts says : " There is no rea
son tn doubt that this is the nuiversal judgment
and feeling of the M. E. Church on this subject,
in all its bounds."
This, also, is language not warranted by the
facts. Let the reader keep his eye upon these
words and observe that Mr. Huberts himself
only a few month befora was reading in the
Oregon Conference, and seeking, ill vain, tn
have the Conference adopt certain " axiomatic
truths," on this subject, which he tuny have
borrowed from the Trenton (Jazette ns far back
as l&fi). His failure to bring the Conference
to approve his views be has not forgotten, to
this day. How then, can he say thnt " this is
" the tinirfrjd judgment and feeling of the M.
E. Church, mi Ibis fuhject, in all its bounds."
Why does he give the misstatements of the
Gazette of more than twenty-four years before
ml say nothing nliout the action of his own
Conference of 1 SC'i I Ho Well knew that l is
own Conference bad twice condemned his po
sition Hi toe ni"i iri.,io I'l-iuic nr niiiiuuiii'eii u
at " the universal judgment and feeling of the
. M. E. Church in all its bounds." He knows
now, that at the session of the Conference
went further and declared the readiness of iis
members tn serve their country in any capacity,
civil or military, when lawfully called to do so.
tn givioc the great principle nf the M. E.
Churrli on (his subject, Mr. liolieris says : "Ln
voidable necessity will cover nil cases nf draft
inir or military necessitr." To represent that
the principle r o-ajesnf llu M. E. Church
will not allow her iniimicrs to volunteer to li(lil
for their country in the hocr of danger nut il
they are drafted, is a grots slander upon one of
the' most loyal churches in the land. In his
temieenteunial sermon before the late General
Conference of the M. E. Church. Ia May,
Itisbnp Morris gives a vastly different shotting
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VOL.14-NO. 41.
of " Ihe universal judg ut and feeling of tho I
church on this subject." llu sins:
The spirit of Methodism is the spirit of
patriotism.
Alter the Smntliorii rebellion bud devi-lopcd
itself in such magnitude that our Presid.'iit bo
cuuio satisfied that there was not power enough
in the army, ns it then existed, to put it down,
he called for volunteers. And who responlled ?
I answer : that, so lar as wi: know, nli churches
did nobly; but it is true, nevertheless, that wo
have uioro than any other denoininatimi in tho
Servian of our country. We have ut least ono
liumlreu thousand church ineniliers who have
been mustered into the service of the United
States; and many of our preachers have also
gone, some as privates, since as captains, and
a great many ns chaplains; probably twice as
many us from other denominations, There urn
t ri'o member nf this General Conference,
ro.uliir ministers, who liavo done service for
Iheir oMiintry as colonels, moving at the head of
their regiments, amid showers of leudeii and
iron hall, leading the van of the host, amid tho
shouting and tumult of battle. These aru un
failing indications that the spirit of -Vcthodisui
is the spirit of patriotism."
Hero is a plain, ingenuinis showing of the
facts, I do not decide upon Mr. Roberts' mo
tives. His statements nro untrue uud ids ar
guments unsound. Both have been unstintedly
employed, (though he was fully warned that
the publication would work evil I do not say
with his approval) by Peuco Democrats and
Secessionists in (ho service of their wicked
cause. Uoth have misrepresented mo and the
church in which i am a minister. Until have
heen uud both will bo employed to injure the
Union cause in Oregon. As an act ol' justice,
therefore, to that church and to the holy cau-e
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III. e worker, I nsk the publication- of ll.is !
r.,u. i ii. n , ..'. ,,l ,.l. n. ti,,
Union papers of the State.
Hespectfully yoe.rs,
THOMAS 11. PKAUNE.
TJIK CHINESE KKIIKLLIOX.
Tim Imperialist have captured tho city nf
N'unkin. slain the lender of the rebels, and cap
tured some of his associate chiefs. Nankin fell
intu the hands of the party of Chinese order
on tho !!)lh of duly. This event is regarded
as virtually ending the rebcl'ion in China, anil
already the English, who huvo given aid to the
Imperialists, are discussing tne propriety of
withdrawing their intervention. The London
Times decidedly favors the termination the
alliance of arms. As to Nankin itself, it w ill
be opened to Inula. Though not named in the
English treaty, the sixlh article of the Ereiich
trcniy stipulates that French siibjeo s should
he allowed to establish themselves lliere as soon
ns it was recovered from the rebels ; and tinder
Ibe "most favored nation" clause In the treat
ies with England and America.subjects of (hose
countries will enjoy Ihe same privilege, Itut
Nankin is far from being what it was in its
palmy days. Fourteen hundred years ngo
N n u kin was a city of palaces anil pagodas, and
its iiihabilunls swarmed like mils. Forn thou
sand years it was ihe metropolis nf the Empire.
Now, says Ihe Times :
"The four millions of which the Chinese
traditions boast have long since dwindled ilnwn
lo some two hundred thousand souls ; the nn
cieiit walls, of which it was said that if two
horsemen passed out at Hie same gate and rode
all day round llrem iu opposite directions it
would be night before ihey would meet, have
for centuries been only mounds and ruins; the
oi'y just captured had shrunk up intu a comer
of that great marshy plain which was once
covered with yamuns nml palaces, and conrls
of justice and officers of Stale, its well as with
the inhabitants of the sa in weaver uud the
warehouses of comuieree. Even tho great por
celoin tower ilsuff, which was the toil of a gen
eration of builders and ariists, hnd decayed to
a ruin, and hud fallen under the barbarous
bauds of the Tne pings. The contrast between
what wo hear of Nankin as it was when torn
from tho Taepings and what wo read of it in its
days i f grandeur, is a striking lesson of the
dcMilalimi which civil war and liad government
may biiug upon tho cities i f an industrial peo
ple, and even upon it land teeming Willi the
elements of wealih ami plenty. Still. Nankin
as it stood in our day was to tho Taepings n
capital, and its loss is the lors of the last sym
bol of a politijtl cause under which they might
attempt to disguise mere rnuliory uml murder.
Mkxii:o. President Juarez issues a procla
mation from Monterey, dated Aug. 1 1 tit. I8t)l.
offering very liberal bounties of laud for Amer
ican and other foreign volunteers who may
choose to lake serf ice iu the armies of the Mex
ican Republic. The homily to armed privates,
cavalry or infantry, is 1. 101 acres of laud ; for
liciitciiiiuls and captains cue-half mure, and
for colonels and higher ollici-r double the
ninount offered to privates. The lauds so ac
quired are to be free from taxation lor a period
of live years from Ihe grant, and all soldiers so
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i-inisim:: tin. ill iifc ihili- ut.- tn-.itru unu vi'iisui 1
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ered as citizens of Mexico. Governors o I Mates
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..u ue.icr.ns in toe repunoci... i.r o, u.e em- ,
powereu to receive eoiisiioeuis. to nuuiiiou ,
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to the general provision for bounties, di-
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tingnished erv ecu are to bu specially recom-
pensed.
HOW Cl)i;itA(IK ID CllMMt.'NICATf II. No
greater blonder w as ever made than that of at
tempting tn render men brave and believing by
addressing them as cowards and inlidels. Gar
ibaldi stands up before his soldiers in Northern
Italy, nod says to them, though I forget the ex
net words, "I do not call ymi to fortune and
prosperity ; 1 call you to hardship, lo suffering,
to death ; I nsk you lo give your toil without
reward, to spill your blood and lie in unknown
graves, to sacrifice all for your country nml
kind, mid bear 110 thanks but the ll'rll dune of
God in heaven." Did (bey cower and go back I
Ere the words had spent their echoes, every
man's will was as the living adamant of God's
purpose, and every man' hand wus as the hand ,
01 1 lesimy. nun iroin toe shock 01 tneir onset. ;
tho Austrian tied ns from the opening jaws nf
an earthquake.
C'AMKr, Train at Washok. The 7'erri
turial Enterprise of 3d September says :
" We yesterday observed the train of camels
in town wlucll lias lieeii used ill paeKing sail
from the desert to the eastward. I Here nro IU
camels in the train and the iniijority present a
useu-np appearaiiuv piuiui in eiioiu. vue m
the largest has some horrible looking sores on
hi hack sores that are so deep as ubnost to
expose the poor animal's hones. Whether this
is occasined by improperly constructed pack
saddles, or by Ihe irritation of ihe salt and al
kali, ne know not ; but It Is sickening In see
even so ugly a beast as u camel in such sad
plight. Suine of the (mailer animals are in
better condition.
-
tV A gentleman who made a trip across the
j couiilry. from lone Ciiy. Heeso River country,
' informs in that ho crossed great number of
I sail plain, from tne to three miles in diameter,
and one that was at least fifteen miles across,
I beinir an unbroken deposit of pure white salt.
On these salt plains no sign of vegetation up-
pears 111-11 her IS llii'te to He seen llie smallest
trnce of animal life. There is not a hare, a
bird, or even a lii.nd to be seen. All is soli-
ttide a painfully silent mineral waste. On the
trip our friend ruffered severely from thirst.
He Was without water nearly two days, nnd
Ibinks being deprived uf water the worst tor
are that a human being can suffer. Territor
ial Enterprise.
17" " What film head your boy lias." aid
an admiring friend.
' Yes." said Ihe fond father. lie'a chip of
the old block ; ain't yna. sonny V
' I guess sn. daddy, 'cause teacher said f was
a young blockhead." .
SALEM,
Tin; statu Aims.
The following explanatory letter from Gen
oral Heed we liml in the Review of Deo. 3:
Statu tn- Okkiiiin, )
Adjutant Uhn.'h Omen.
Salem. Nov. 21, 1801. )
Ed. Eiiiiunk City Hkvikw .Sir; Having
read nn article in your paper of tho l!Mh inst.,
headed "A Startling Proceeding," I deem it
my duly to you a few facts, hoping that yon
will give them publication in your paper :
Tho "five hundred stand of arms" alluded
tn in that article wero one hundred and twenty
rifles, which I send tn your oouu'y for tho use
of two companies of Cavalry, known as com
panies D and E. Since that time I have sent
sixty more rifles, for tho unu of company V, of
your county, all nf those companies huviug
been duly organized under tho militia law ami
are enlilled by tho law to these urms.
With this 1 send yon a copy of my Annual
Report for tho years Idu' i and lrjli-l, by which
yon can learn what disposition has been in ado
of all the arms belonging to the State.
Early in tho year 180:1, I visited your city
for the purpose of organizing the militia. At
that time I called mi Mr. Noltner, the gentle
man who then had charge of the Ileoirw. I
told him my business and asked his cu-opern
tiou, and told him I did not wish to make a
party thing of tho militia law, ami I am not
now awiiru that ho look any stand against it.
And I have, in every instance where I have
urged tho organization of the militia, I n ken t lie
sauio course asking democrats ns well us Un
ion men. to take hold of the mutter. I went to
Judge llaydeii of Poli county.jt gentleman
yon are well acquainted with, ami urged him
to accept of n commission as one of tho field
Oflicers of the 2d Regiment, and assist in or-.
'l"izi.MK '!'B '-
consideration, he informed me that he coubl
ks
could
not give the subject lliu necessary attention,
mid respectfully declined. I also went to Mr.
John C. Dell, a well known democrat of Sa
lem, and tendered him a commission d ily sign
ed by- t!;o Governor and Seer, tary of Slate. for
the ollice of Lieutenant Colonel of the 2d Reg
iment. Mr. Hell, after keeping the commis
sion over one night, returned it, giving as his
reason for so doing, that the cost of tha uni
form uud equipage and his want of time to
devote to it, was his excuse, and that he was
going to San Francisco and could not attend
to it. In several instances democrats are now
holding commissions Col. Parks of Raker,
and Gen. lluinasou of the Dalles, uud many
more who could be mentioned, mid in no in
stance has any company, duly organized under
the law, been refused arms when there were
arms to furnish ; and I will now suggest to you
and the good people of Lane county, as the
companies there are not full, lo join those com
panies in good faith uud draw their arms, and
when those companies arc full, lo organize new
companies, nml I nsserc you that I will use all
my endeavors to procure arms for them, be
lieving they won hi i nt have to n ail so long ns
these companies now tirtauized have wailed
for their arms.
I believe it is tho duty of all good citizens tn
lenru military duty and be ready to defend
Iheir oeiinlry or fireside, should occasion re
quire it. In no instance have I issued nrins lo
other than organized companies; I have no
right or authority to do so, nod if any com
uiauder of any company has done so. it has
been done on bis own responsibility. If dem
ocrats w ill not organize under the provisions of
the law, how can they expect to draw their
anus, and ns long ns you represent the law us
"most odious" can you expect democrats to
comply with its provisions I Hoping that the
good people of your county nml of tho entire
State will look ut this manor in its truu light
and continue to orguuize themselves into vol
uuteer companies us fust us practicable, and
be ready nl all times to discharge their duty us
good citizens.
I u in. sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
C. A. HEED,
Adjutant General of Oregon.
A Co.in UNimtt Tin: Ckinomn'i:. We wit
nessed an amusing incident on one of our su
burban streets lat Saturday. A fashionable
young lily, got ii in tho highest style of tho
m. Miner's nrl, mid arrayed in nil the glory of it
live-dollar u yard silk, a twenty dollar bonnet,
and a three hundred dollar shawl, was muicst-
icallv sweeping along in tho direction of the
Eair Ground, w hile just behind u lilth- hoy was
leading n pet coon. A countryman in a brown
slouched hat and linsey-woolsey "warmus."
came along, followed by n yalbili" dog whoso
nose was scarred diagonally, transversely anil
laterally w ith lh scars of many a fiercely con
tested battle w ith members of ihe raccoon fam
ily . " Tige" no sooner taw the ring Hilled rep
resentative of his ancient enemy tlutii be made
a friiulio dive for hioi, accompanied by a furi
ous bark. Coouey coin reheiided the situa
tion at a glance, Uilleil incontinently, and
sought sunciuarv beneath the ample eireiimfer-
t ., i i . t 'l'i
euce id the young Imly s crinoliiiu. 1 he voting
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01 v screamed, whi e he dog made rapid cr
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to Know what had become of the coon. 1 he
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situation of the young ,11 y w as cr I on and
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cmbarru'siug. She was afraid to move for lour
the Coon would bite, and the uoou deuboed to
leave his retreat until the do had retired.
Finally tho dog was stoned off, the hoy drag
ged the c ion from his hiding place, and the
young lady went her way. w ith n lively con
sciousness of having experienced 11 new sensa
tion. As for the conn, he was instantly killed.
He had seen too milch to live Indianapolis
Journal.
What a L ivai. Suutiibuxku Thinks or
C'li'rKitilEAiis. Mr. A. Aldcrson, of Fayette,
Mississippi, who has long boon known to somu
of our citizens, is now hereon a visit. He has
offered himself to the President for military
service in Mississippi. Mr. Alderson left his
hojne iu October last, finding it impossible tn
remain longer without giving active support
to iue reliellioil. .Mr. AMcrsnu IS n .Marylituil-
cr by birth, nod has resided iu Mississippi for
more than three years, lie says thnt Micro
are yet many Union men in Mississippi, who
will make known their sentiments whenever
it shall be sale to do so. Like all loyal South
ern, he.considers a Northern copperhead more
desounible tbnti a Sontliern traitor, and lie
j t.jr clamor for peuoe has prolong-
1 ei tle mrugglo by encouraging the rebels to
1 ,B r R reaction ucre 111 tli.-ir favor. Ho
aid, ill a recent letter: "It is this treasonable
sympathy nod nind clamor for peace from the
V ullanUiiighttiits nml Wo ids. nml all that class
of politicians III III" Nor ill, that keeps up Iho
rebellion in the South. It lus douu more tu
stimulate rebellion, uudliervu ill.) arm of Irea-
, nllin ,,v ull.r ,. tliisir that ha existed
1 .luring this war, nml the greulest detent ever
j ft.t by the rebel wus the overthrow of the cop-
' iit-tlu-ads al the elections lust fall. Tile fall of
; Vicksliurg. thoueli it shook tho Confederaov
f,,,, ,.,., L.r t circumference, did not deal a
, iieuviur blow against the rebellion than did the
d,.f,.,u (,f Vullandigham." Sp ingleld Vic-
; jlul,l,ciiii.
I
- tV The Loudon Xiiectatvr makes Iho ful
; lowing sinning unuii'siou 01 toe ignorance c
the lower classes in England : "As a rule tin
masses know nothing, tne' Kugli'h peasantry,
I for example, not having an idea ol any geog
, rapby, and the educated veiy little indeed )
yuud a few places, and the general aspect 0'
the map. 1 hey nave very rarely an accural
notion of comparative size even of Europe.'
This n minds one of Carlyle' epigruinnuti -statement:
"Ail English pulilio is ign. rant 1,'
many things; a luuit that should be acknowl
edged, and gradually amended."
A !ndy in Kerksuire, Eng., was rvcenlly
delivered of ber'JIst child, her husband i u
well as could b expeoted.
OREGON, MONDAY, DKCKMl IK 11 12,1804,
Til K I'OHIK 0V (il'M'OWDUU.
At Erith. iu England, on llie 1st of October,
one hundred and filly thousand pounds of gun
powder were accidentally exploded, causing a
report heard at tho d'slnnce of over ninety
miles, and n shock which people living twenty
live miles 11 way tlinugh.tu bo the effect nf nn
earthquake. The gunpowder was contained
in two barges nod a largo and small magazine.
This is perhaps tho greatest quantity ol gnu
powder ever exploded nt one time. Even
Grunl's great mine before Petersburg, which
blew up inlo tho air n regiment of infantry and
a battery of artillery, nnd made a orator as of
an extinct volcano, conlnined only fourteen
thousand pounds. At Erith more than ten times
this quantity was exploded.
It is curious to nmrk tho results of ihe sud
den liberation of such mi immense force as was
contained ill theso seventy tons of gunpowder.
Fortunately, only twelve persons were killed
and about twenty wounded ; hut the terrible
power of such a mass of gunpowder Is butter
shown by the effects of the sudden explosion
upon the surrounding country, llcloiv we have
compiled, from n considerable number of re
ports, the noteworthy pheno uena of this re
markable accident :
At more than two mile from iho spot not
only were doors nml windows smashed in, but
houses were partially desiroved. One residence
was injured to the amount of live thousand dol
lars. Ouu liuudreiTynrdtof river embankment
wero blown away ; fortunately, the tide was
low and the d, imago was lepuired with great
celerity, else n large nml populous region, the
whole of the Erilh and Ilelvi lore district. would
have been submerged. A watchman atGravcs
onil, soiuo miles off, ono of the very few who
saw I'ru 1 11 a distance tho great catastrophe, us
well as beard the awful thumb-rand felt the
shock, Bays : "On turning round I saw, as it
were, a pillar of tire rising to the clo.ids.which
it appeared 10 strike, mi l then spread out like
a hugu fun, presenting n most beautiful and
grand spectacle."
The destruction of houses ami oilier materi
al near the scene of explosion was of course
complete. One report says : "Tho building
that lately covered some acres are heaps of
tumbled earth and bricks ami massive frag
nicnts ol timber; beams of hslf n ton weight
have been blown like feathers across the adj t
cent field." Tho property destroyed iu the
surrounding 'district is estimated nt five mil
lions of dollars. A clock in a house nuven
miles away was flopped by the explosion. At
Woolwich, four miles from the magazine, n
shower of letters, invoioes and other papers,
lell shortly after tho explosion, and nn exam
ination of these first informed Ihe people there
of the scene uf Iho acciddnt. Persons ut that
place report; "Immediately after the calamity
an immense pillar of suioko rose from the spot
high into the air, thick, black and palpable,
with n huge spreading top, ami about n quar
ter of nn hour elapsed before it died away."
In nnd near Erith, two or three miles from
the magazines, for some minutes after (he ex
plosion. "U19 earth heaved ami trembled.
Men were thrown violently from their beds ;
scarcely a house in the. place has n pane of
glass left w hole. At Woolwich, 4 miles distant,
doors, w indow frames, and sashes were smash
ed in, portions of ceiling uud wall were shaken
lown ; ninny persons were violently thrown
out of their beds, and several persons were in
jured. In connection with Iho showers of pa
per a singular cncunisiancu occurred. A lad
named Eaves was standing near tho royal gun
lactone nt wooiwioli, 111 winch lie was em
ployed, nod picked up one of the torn pieces of
paper which lell around him. He found it to
be part of the page of a ledger, iu which his
uncle, a loreman employed at the exploded
magazine, had that'll. nming entered a memo
rundinii. He had nciached bis s'giiaturo at
tin) loot, together Willi llie uuleol the entry
namely. Ootolicr I. Iu4. At Chatham, tweli
ty-fivo miles distant, the windows in the great
workshops wero violently shaken, and doors
wero loiced open.
At I) 'iilford, four or five miles off, one hun
dred uud fifty gaslights iu a large factory were
blown out nt once. The same tiling occurred
ut n police station in Whilechapel, Loudon.
1 he people ol boliaui. eighty miles from I.rilh.
heard 11 muse resembling thunder, uud felt
shock, which they attributed to nil earthquake.
llie souuil 01 tlio tieiiieuilous report spread
veil lurttier, lor it was supposed lo be distant
thunder at n plaoo nineiy-lour miles away. In
the Crystal Palace, in London. some doors were
violently forced open, nnd paintings knocked
down Irom the walls.
The most remarkable effect nf the explosion
was upon animals iu tho largo region around.
The mortality 1111 g canary birds for miles
around was very great ; they dropped from
tn-ir perches ami died ol Ire-lit, or ol the con
cussioii. Parrots wero bully frightened, and
dropped from their perches lo the botisms of
Iheir cages, relusiug to speak for mum hours
Dogs, cats and other animals manifested syinn
units hi iue greatest niarin. ! or many miles
from l.rilli. ihe cattle in the fields, at lirst
struck dumb and nio inuless at Ihe stunning
report, presently set oil in (lie wildest excite
incut, racing nro:. ml the enclosures, nnd could
not be quieted lor some hours, i'wo women's
Messes wero seen to fall at Hoolwich, four
miles off. and a human linger fell nt Deptford
nliout ns lar away. On an estate in llelvidere
two or three miles Irom the magazines, a tun
of glass is repoited insufficient lo replace that
lirnKt-11. All llie churches lor tilled! miles
around, and most of them for twenty miles.
liavo uffered by broken windows nud cracked
walls. A. i. Tost.
M Alt! LAM) A Fit UK STATE.
f.. .1 ,r. .
111 iue swiii marcii nl events wo ran
hardly pause lo note the great advance which
is marked by the final adoption in Maryland of
a ireo oonsiiiiiiion ; inmost Impatient that ev
erytbing is not ut once gained, wo do not take
liouie In ourselves the f-iet Ihul another Horde
State has uf ln-r own free will mid net abolish
ed slavery, thus bringing Ihe line of I lie Free
Htulea down 10 the l'otouino. Maryland Ire
certainly prepare Ihe way for Delaware, who
cannot remain long isolated iu slaviTv-Verily
the world moves, and history is last filling up
its pages with new light and new irovemeuls
ot Ireedom. Ihe victory in Maryland is
moral one, and is a more positive iuiliculioil ol
llie change ul opinion ns to shivery lliau limn
it bud been given to a candidate for ollice.
The President, conversing upon the subject
yosiernuy. saiu.wini 111s usnul Irank homeliness.
"I hail rather have Maryland upon that issue
man inire 11 Male twice lis sum upon tlio I'res
ideiili.il issue ; it cleans up a niece of ground.'
Any 0:10 who has ever had anyihiug to du wiih
cleaning up a pieoo ol ground, digging out
vicious routs uud demolishing old stumps, ran
appreciate tne Homely snmle applied In Mary
land, win-re slavery lias lust hc-n cleaned 0
effectually. The majority 011 llnr ho ne vote is
against the ndoplion of the new Constitution
being 1 1, .'hi in favor, and li!,H.',l against ; but
up to this time Ihe soldier vote cives an addi
tional sum in favor of Ihe Constitution of
making total majority of 7!H small
enough to he sure, but enough to fix il. The
Intelligencer, full of bile and McClellaiiisin
snys "tho majorilic given by Illegal vote ol
soldier" have carried the day, and Itcvcrdy
Johiisou, who won't vote for Lincoln because
lie is not a polished gentleman, turned his back
on his villi slavery record in the United Slutes
.Senate and opposed the Free Co: stitution Willi
vulgar spile. How uncertain are nine white
folks !
Maryland has not only abolished slavery, but
has brushed aside tne piaunnio and dciragng
leal Henry Winter Dans. ho was signally do
feated iu the recent nominations of ton 1,'ni-ni
its for State officers under Ihe new Conlilu
lion, as will as in the bile municipal election
10 ll.iliiuioie. I liomns Nhsiiii, nn mil ami
out Lincoln man, lias been nominateil for Guv
eroor, on I in Ihe i ledum for Mayor ul Haiti
more, I liuiuiiiin, the regular nominee, was
elected by an overwhelming majority over Ar-
hiluild Sterling, Jr.. Davis' "iiideoendent can
didate." If Davis fails nf n ronnmination for
Congress he may thank his own proclivity for
political misclm I lur 11.
TIIK llEItii OK ANTIKTAM.
Copperhead paper refer tn MoClellnn by
the above title, a matter of ignornuoo on their
part.
1 he real hern of Autietam was t iglitlng ,lne
Hooker, who, if he had been support d by Mo-
Clellan, would have won Iho battle and driven
Lee's srmr inlo tho Potomac. Little hud Mo
Clellnn to do do with the fighting on that mem
orable day, and all (lint little was disastrous to
the Union arms.
The battle was opened by Honker nn Ihe nf
rnoon of tho day before, when that gallant
General crossed the Aiitielam with bis and
Mansfield's corps, Hanked the rebel position.
and pushed close up to their lines as darkness
came on. Gen. Hooker that night tent word
McClelliin that the battle would begin nt
daylight the next morning, and that Sumner's
corps, which was to support dim. must be on
tho ground nt sunrise. Moulcllan returned
answer that .Sumner should he there nt that
time. Now mark! Sumner wn not even or-
red lo march I'd! 7 o'clock next morning,
and did not reach Iho field till 9 o'clock, when
the battle had been raging for four hours, and
when Hooker, thrice carrying the enemy's po
sition in his front, had been Ihrice rolled back
by reinforcements which the rebels bad thrice
nt against him llailChut Sumner been scut
ns Hooker prayed and McClellau promised, the
lelt ol I, eo s nnnv would have been routed ero
0 o'clock, and the battle won. Hut MoClcllan
held Sumner back till Hunker' gallant corps,
borne down by weight of numbers, bad for llie
third lime been driven back, and Hooker him
self lay stretciied on Ihe field by 11 wound.
W bother MoClclluti did or did not mean that
Hooker should win tho battle, we enre not to
say, but this wo say, that if he had meant to
prevent In 1 11 he could in t have acted otherwise
lliau us ho did. Coupling his Inexplicable de
lay iu ordering Sumner forwnrd, with the
equally inexplicable refnsnl lo attack Lee the
louowiiig morning, when lie wits urged to dn so
by both Sumner and liurnside, we may well
suppose that Major Key was well informed of
iVIcUlellau s purposes when he said "it was not
the game" to destroy or to budly defeat Lee's
army. That he might then have annihilated
the rebel forces, nud tli.it he did nol, till the
world lino vs. Let us hnvo done, then, wilh
the mockery nf culling' lieu. McClellau the
hero of Auliciam. Keep that honorable inline
for him to whom it belongs gallant Joe I look -
r iV. Y. Tribune.
Tun Siasiksb Twins. We notice that the
Copperheads lire still struggling like inndmeii
In save slavery Irom destruction, by publishing
pamphlet s shotting ils divinity, humanity and
beauty. JNow. what is Ihe use ot slavery but
tling against (ale I What is the use of Copper
heads battling iu slavery's favor f "Slavery,"
says tieneral Kuller. " dies nml Is buried
wherever our iiruiies march." This is perfect-
true. It is deuil and buried, ill Tennessee,
It is dead, but not yet buried in Kentucky.
In Missouri and Maryland, it is dead, boned,
turned In ilusl, and blown lo the lour wimls of
liuuven. O 1 the lino of the Mississippi, where
erst the bloody monster sat embroiled in potv-
el and glory, it has found ils grave. In those
parts ot tho Uuiiledcracy where llie accursed
institution is sun guarded ny rein 1 iiayimcis
it is iu a moibiiiid oomlitiim, nnd but awaits llie
march uf our lumies for il death blow.
Why Ibeu should lbshoii Hopkins, Professor
Morse Ic Co., expend so lavishly Iheir wind,
strength and shiiipliistersiu desperate efforts to
uphold slavery 1 nud why should llie demo
cratic publishing coiuuiittue keep printing
pressse groaning day uml night III luauillau
luring tracts and .document 111 favor of slave
ry f Slavery, we know, was their lower and
butlres once, but it is too far gone lo help
t li u id now. Their devotion to il is like the
love of Davl I for Jonathan with a difference.
N. Y. Times.
TliK UniiiN AH IT Was At the great Pan
uil Hull meeting iu ltostnu, Oct. I2lh, Col. It.
Slneket Mathews, of Maryland, was one of the
speakers. In the course of his speech ho re-
lerred in the cry ul ' the Union us it was, uud
said :
' Gentlemen, this world is never the same nt
set of sun that it was ut il rising (applause)
and any mail who supposes that tin whirlwind
of civil revolution, ol strife, of carnage, id
slaughter, id saetilice, of such heroism as has
been shown on Ihe part of tho North, iu shed
ding the best blood of llie flower of the laud, ol
such munificence as has been displayed by ihe
people of the north 111 pouring out Iheir vast
treasures lo sustain Ihe government I Say, if
any man can suppose that such 11 whirlwind as
this, wilh all Iho heroic circumstances nud un
numbered sacrifices I lint have attended It, can
pass over tins laud and leave il 11s il was before
Ibe storm came, he is either a bud, hopelessly
incapable of being lau"hl, or lie is such an til
ler rebel to God mid man that to talk with him
is a sheer waste of time. (Loud applause.)
I accept this war. I know what it menus. -Don't
you know what il mouii I (Voices-
Yes. ) If 11 ii v ol lou do not, 1 will lell you
w hat il means. It is a loruace lire and yuu are
being purified ; 11 is n trying ordeal and you
are being tried ; it is a great school lor the ed
uction of this people, and IhcV nro being til
nciited. It is God's own predetermined W41V of
milking Iho American comment a Hepubbu id
freemen, without a slave. (Loud applause uud
cries of Grand !' 'Grand !' ")
IIkmaiikaiii.k Pktui paction. The Aurora
Union say ;
J. Itoss Browne, who has been nn a visit In
the Eat Walker Mining District, returned lo
Aurora a few days since, bringing wilh In in
one nf lliu most remarkable petrifaction we
ever saw or heard of. Il is ibut of n piece of
wood about 1.) niche long anil live 111 Ihicknes
nppnntnllv pine which is not only thor
oughly petiilied, but is also thoroughly impri-g
naled with iron, llie nam on one sine ol the
piece is 111 mi nlinost perfect tule of preserva
tion, while on the other side the grain or
grow th of tho wood may be plain y it en wheru
a piece was split off propnbly prior lo its petri
faction. The color ol tins remarkable curios
ity is a bluish black, similar It that of rich iron
ore. It is heavier than the ordinary kind ol
slime met wilh in this cmiutry. nud when struck
with a hammer or piece of iron, rinjs like nn
anvil.
Coi.knho. Wo nro glad, ay Iho New
York Church Journal, to see that Iho clergy
of the Diocese of Mulal have all of them ex
cept, we believe, one w ho is absent ill England
signed n solemn declaration that they will
ot hereaftir recognize Dr. C'olenso ns Iheir
Ilisbop, iu any manner whatsoever, 110 matii-r
what uniy be the judgment of Ihe law birds ol
the Judicial Coinunlte s in England. The
civil power nt home, if it choose to outrage
Ihe religion which it prolesses In defend, may
uiditinue lo Dr. Coleiiso hi salary. Dot It
cannot open to him a single one of llie chinch
es of his former diocese; ami even if it could.
it could not roiopel either priests or pui pie to
attend and witness llie desecration.
I V The exact Union nuijoriiy given al the
Pennsylvania election in October 1 at lust au
thoritatively nsocrtuillod. I'upeis ami lettei
by Ihe last steamer state thai Ihe official re
turns from nil the canities show a Union ma
jority iu the State of ,'i!) on the home ole.
rT In Algeria, n Arab husband, fourteen
year obi, has been senlenced to two years im
prisoiinieul mr Killing ins Wile geu evvlccii,
The wife was llie bigger, and used to beat him.
slid so he cut lu r tliluut. Thev bud Leeu mar
ried Ihiee jrult.
Ml
WIIOLKNO. 717.
Haptihtsin Gkhmanyani) PutmsiA. Tim
whole number of members of the chnrche con '
nected with tin- llaptist mission iu Germany at
tho close of 18(1'.', Wit II.2SJ; lit the close or
fiti'X 12,581. Of tb"so there are in Germany
10,01)2 ; in Denmark, 1 .7.10 ; Switzerbind,2d0 ;
France, 1)1 ; Poland. 170. During the year
.TO removed from the latter place to Southern
Hussia, forming a new branch. Tho largest
church i Meiuel, having 71rt inemher,of whom
,'):I7 belong lo Courland. Tho next in order
'are Hamburg, having G'!)0 member ; Templin,
(141; Ilerlin, 573 ; llositlcn, d0!) ; Keetz. 4l)fl;
Konlgsbnrg, 400. When, say the Christian
Times, ne compare these number with lliu
seven baptised in the Elbe, in 18-11. who can
forbear to exclaim, "Whatluilh God wrought !"
Almost all the largest churches are in Prussia
Ihe residence of nbnnt half the whulo num-
her of members, or innro exactly (i, 753,
N kw DobtiE op Union Siiaiip riioothrs.
The Hiohinond Examiner, uf Oct 7th, say
that the sharp-shooters of Grant's army have
deviled the following plan nf shooting rebels
f;oiii behind a breast work. Two small mirrors
are tn placed upon the butt ol the rifle, that
when the soldier squats nut of tight behind the
breastwork wilh hi back to the enemy, he onn
by elevating the gun above hi bend, brin ' the
tight and the object he desires to hit, in lino by
the rellccllon In the mirrors. They thus avoid
exposing themselves above lilt) breastwork
at nil. The Examiner thinks the plan ingeni
ous but rather mean.
Snakks Uhbu as Watch D,msj. Sii Em
erson Teuueiit, in In work on Ceylon, men
lions 11 coiniuuuicatioii he received from a gen
tleman well known in Ceylon, regarding the
cobra, the grout snake uf India : "Did you
ever hear of tamo cobras being kept and do
niosi looted about a house, going in mid out nt
pleasure, and ill coinimni wilh lliu lest of Ihe
inmates? Inune finnil.' near Negombo, ooh
rm are kept as protectors iu place nf dogs, by
a wealthy man. who lias iilsfuys large ums of
money in his house. Hut this is not a solitary
case ol the kind. I heard it only Ibe other
day, but frum undoubtedly gnod authority.
The snakes glido about the house, a terror to
thieves, bul never attempting to hurt Iho iu
mates."
Gens. Grant and Siikiiidan. General
Grant's appreciation of the victory nt Cedar
Creek is expressed in the following dispatch 1
Cn v Point, October 208 i. m.
E. ,M. Stanloii, Seeretury nf War : I hud a
salute of one hundred gnus from each nf the
armies here, hi honor nf Sheridan' hut victo
ry. Turning w liitt had bid fair to he a disas
ter into n glo iou victory stump Sheridan
what 1 have ulwnys thought him one nf tho
ablest of Generals.
There is no jealousy in Grant toward hi
brother General.
I.yTlut Democratic candidnte for City
Council iu tlti' Second Ward uf Portsmouth,
Ohio, lust week we learn from Ihe Portsmouth
Tribune was n full-blood negro, imim d John
Speed. The negro was beaten by the Union
candidate. The Tribune says ;
" Tho only party in the transaction who is at
all indignant, is Speed, who claims llmt he had
fall shako.' Wasn't itifo'uied iu time oh
do iium'ualinu,' uud 'didn't 'cept mi dut plat
fu'm 1111 how.'" Cin. Cum.
U. S. Sknators from Lou is am a. -The
Legislature nf Lunisaiin held a Joint Conven
tion on llie Kith day of October, and. made
choice of United Slates Senators na'fmlow i
Charles Smith, of SI. Mary's, to succeed Jil
dab ' '. Benjamin, for the term ending In March
next ; nud Hnfu K. Cutler, of New Orleans,
tn (ill the unexpired term of John Slidell.
Tub Tm.KtntAi'H wild, Lin. Among tho
devices used by Ibe Copperheads in Pennsylva
nia to secure the electinn was a report, tele
graphed to all parts of Ihe State, that the
Army of tho Putomao had been defeated and
was retreating, badly cut In pieces; and that
0110 corns in particular, which contains many
Pennsylvania soldiers, was almost destroyed.
IV" A correspondent willing from Polk Co.
furnishes (he follow ing interesting item I
Mr. Kennedy of this ooiinty bn a two year
old heifer whi"b b is never hud a calf, now giv
ing milk. Tins extraordinary result wn
brought nliout by a pig sucking her. The nig
followed her nriiun I all tho lime, nml she dis
plays as much iittacliiueiit for it us if it wn
her own progeny. Sentinel.
i V The Piijaro Times, Simla Crux county,
says Ihul having been misled by the lies iu He
riah s Press, suw-ral Copperheads' iu that re
gion bet all they had 011 earth, uud lost all.
Ihey are ntleily ruined. 1 hat other ear of
licri. ill's w ill be unt tu come off if he goes down
dial way.
I V G r il M ison refuses In allow lliu men
in bo nrrested for heating Moore nl Sun Kriin-
i co. us he is notorious for insulting soldiers.
Moure Is u hitter copperhead.
l'i? There inn umv building for the through
broutl guiigo routes from New York to St. Louis
(1200 mile.) .-)l) locomotives. ?.00l) fri Ight
cars, ami elegant passenger car iu proportion.
lomiiiii. .
LAWS 0? THE UNITSD STATES,
I'ASsril AT TIIK
First Sess'wn of the. Thirty, r.ighth i'ongrtss.
Public No. 83.
An Act for the Relief of Ibe Settler 11 pun cer
tain Lauds in California,
lie it enacted by the Senate nud llonso nf
Hepreseniativesnf the United Stales nf Ameri
ca in Congress assembled. That any nnd nil
persons cl, liming, whether its pre-emplors or
seniors, or iimb riinv grant or tille. nnr nf lliu
lauds inelnd' d within Iho exterior boundaries
of a certain grant for tin- ra udioS iu H110011,
situate 111 the county uf Couira Costa, in Cali
fornia, niiidu to Ilarlolo Pocheco and Mariana
Castro bv Don Jose Eigueroa, Governor of Up
per California, on or about Ibe tenth day of
June, eighteen hundred ami Ihirty-lhree, and
which claim, or two leagues thereof, has heuu
confirmed by lint district court of thu United
Suites iu separate oiou-in , one iu the name of
Horace W. Ciiipi-nii-r, and thu other 111 tho
name of Hufael Soto de Paoheen nnd others,
by 11 decree of said court made uud entered 011
or uboiii thu fourth day of June, eighteen hun
dred nud sixty-two, shall hnvo the right in nil
court to coolest li s correctness of the location
of the lands so continued. W Itbill the laid el
tcriur hiiumbtties, notwithstanding any official
or npproved survey ihereoHiow made or here
niter to be llinde under Ihe said decree uf iu
liriniiiion, and uotnitliitnuding any stipulation
or consent given by lliu district ulinrm-y of tho
United Stules authorizing such locutions.
Sec. 2. And bo il (null, r enacted, That in
ease il shall Im found that Ihe United State
have title lo any of said lands wiiliin said ex
terior boundaries, which have heen settled up
on and improved by soy person, Pi good faith,
under a bona lido claim nl title, such occupant,
and settler upon said lauds so siloatid, shall be
entitled lo cnlcr and receive a patent for one
hundred and rixty acres of laud, including hi
jinprovi-iiicr.t, upon payment, at the proper
laud ollice, of Ibe golerumeul price of one dol
lar uud twenty lite cents per acre, and pioring
that lie wus one of th actual sod bona lido
settlers 1111 sai l hinds, ami liml ninde improve
ments llu reoii befole the pa-sage of tins net.
Sec. 3. And he it ful her enacted, That
this act slnill Like 1 Ifcet immediately.
Appiuvvd, May 0, IdOl.
liOOKANI JOII ritiM ivu
OfsreirJucrlptlon Nf.ATLV.nd I'KOMHTl.Vsiccule
RATM OK ADVKItTIHINIl :
Lennl silvsitlismnila, s ill) p,r t,urs, flrst hiurUoa
$ 1 ,00 emili siil'H,!iU,-nl loii-rtltiii,
l.t-ffnl ini'l nlllrsinlent nlvertlMments mn,tbe prspsld 0
Insure liiNt-rtlnn.
Aiiiiilulilrnoirs'nolkos, sntl sii literltamsnu nlsllns lo
tile eslmt or ,l!Cn,'H person, must li prcpitld, nnkss or
lord ptililishsd by tlx oouiityju)gi,tnd nurKDtsil fce b
'l - pitld liy Mm.
A Irerll'lnti lulls nn) pnlO within ons jo-n from the Urns
irlem imntrnrnjit. w!l I tie I norenBsill. wanty-ttvo per cent, each
jri-sriiriyiiii'titN n,-iH,-cl,-,U.h,-r,-nfn-r.
-r
Public-No. 83.
An Act tn regulate the Admeasurement of
Tnnungo uf Ships nnd Vesaeli of tha United
Stntes.
He it enacted by tho Renato and Home of
Representative of tho United State of Amer
ica iu Congress assembled, That ovary ship or '
vessel built within the United States, nr that
umy be owned by a citb.en or citizens thereof,
on or after tlm flrst day of January, eighteen
niiiidreii and sixty-live, slmll he measured and
registered In the manner hereinafter provided:
also every ship nr vessel that is now owned bv
n citizen nr citizens nf the United State shall
be remeasiirod and registered upon her arrival
nfter said dny nt a purl of entry in the United
Slates, and prior to her departure therefrom, in 1
the same manner ns hereinafter described f
rovided, Thnt any ship nr vessel built within
the United States after tho passage of this aot
may be measured and registered in the manner -provided.
Moo. i. And l)o it lurnier cnaotej, 1 nnr. tne
register of every vessel shall express her length
and breadth, together with her depth and the
height iiutler ihe third nr tpardeoK, wtuoiisnait
be ascertained in the following manner 1 The
tonnage deck, in vessel having three or mora
leeks tu the bull, (hall ho the ccond deok from
below : in all other case the upper deok of tha
hull is tn he tiu tonnage-deck. The length
from the forcpnrt nf the ooter plnnkiog, on ths
side of tho stem, to the aftcrpart of the main
sternpost ol so ew steamers, and to the after
part of the rudder-post of all other vessel
measure 1 on the top of the tonnngo-deok, thai I
be accounted tho vessel's length. The breadth
of the broadest part i n tho nutsitlo of the ves
sel shall he ncocnted the vessel' breadth of
beam. A measure from tho under tide ot
touunge-deck plank, amidships, to tho ceiling of
the h ild (average thickness) shall be accoun
ted the depth of hold If the Vessel ha
third deck, then tho height from the top of th
tonnage-deck plank to the under side of tha
npper-deok plnuk shall be accounted as tho
height under tha spar deok. All mensurment
to be taken in feet and fraction of feet ; nnd
shall be expressed in decimals.
Sec. 3. And he It further enao'ed, That the
register tonnage nf a vessel (hall be here entire
internal cubical oapaoity in ton of one bun
dled cnbio feet each, tu he ascertained a fol
lows ; Measure the length of the vessel in ft
straight line along the upper lido of tbo tonnage-deck,
from tho inside of the inner plank
(average thickness,) at the fide of the atom
lo the inside of the pltnk on tho stern timbers,
deduoting from this length what i due to the
rake of tiie how in the thickness of the deok.
and what ia due to tho rake of tho stern-timber
iu the hiekne of the deok, nnd also what is
duo tn the rake of the stern-timber In one
third of the round t f Ihe beam ; divided Ihe
length so taken into the number of equal part
required by thu following table, aooording to
the class in iucIi table tu wbioli the vussel be
longs: TATILH OF Cr.ARHKS.
Class 1. Vessels of which the tonuago
length according to the above mensurment 1
fifty feet or under, into six equal parts.
Class 2. Vessel of which the tonnage length
according to tho above measurement is above
fifty feet, uml out exceeding nun hundred feet
long into eight equal part.
Clas 3 Vessels of whioh the tonnage
length according to the above lueasunnent it
niiuvu one hundred feet long, and nut excee
ding one hundred and lifly f el long, Into ten
equal part.
Class 4 Vessels of whioh tho tonnage length
according tn the above niensurinciit I above
one hundred and fifty feet, nnd not exceeding
two hundred feet lung, into twelve equal part.
Class 5. Vessels of wliioh the tonnage length
according to Iho above measorment ia above
two hundred feet, nnd nut exceeding two hun
dred and fifty feet lung, into fourteen equal
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tin II. easels ul which llie tonnnge lenglli
according tn Ibe above measurement uj above
two huudred and fifty feet long, into silicon
equal pari.
men, mo Hold being suiucientiy oleared to
admit ol the required deliths and breadth be
iiii; properly lakeu, uud the transverse area of
such vessels nt each point of division uf the
Ii nulli as lollow :
Measure the depth at each point of division
from a point nt a distance nf one third of the
round ot Ibe lieinu below such deck, or, In cue
id a break, below a line stretched hi ooutiuua-
lion thereof, to the upper aide of Ihe fioor-tlin-ber.
nl the inside of the limber-atrake, after
deducting the average thickness of the coiling,
which is between the bilge-plank and liuilior
slruke; lliuii, if the depth at tho midship di
vision uf the length do not exceed sixteen feet,
divide each depth lulu fuur eqnal part; thru
measure the In-iilo liuriiimlnl bread lb, nt each
of Ihe three point of division, and ulso al the
upper uud lower point of the depth, extending
each measure mcut tu the average thickness of
that part of the celling which i belweeu tlio
points ol measurement ; number these nreadtn
in,,,, nlki,..., f n timlturiiitf ll,M I, ,. Iin.mltll All.,.
uud so on down lo Iho lowest breadth ;) multi
ply the second and fourth by four, and the third
by two ; add these product together, and to the
sum add Ibe first breadth and Ihe lust, nr fifth ;
multiply tlio quantity thu uhtaulcd by '0110
limit nf the comiiiiiii Interval between Ihe
breadths, and llie product otiull be deemed the
transverse area; but if the midship depth ex
ceed sixteen feet, divide each depth into six
equal pails, insteud of four, nud measure, as
Uloreiliicolcd, the horizon tol breadths at tho
five point id division, aud tilsont the upper
and lower points uf depth ; nnniher them font
above us bef, re ; multiply tbo fecund, lourtli.
and sixth, by four, and tho third and fifth by
lno; add tli so product together, and tu the
inn add Ihe first breadth and the last, or sev
enth ; multiply the quaulitit thu obtained by
one third of the common interval between the
breadths, and the produot shall be deemed the
transverse area.
Having thus ascert ined the transverse area
ul each point of division of the length uf the
vessel, us required above, proceed to ascer
tain the register tonnage of the vessel in the
following manner 1
Number the area aiiocossivcly one. two.
three, ko . number one being at the extreme
limit of Ibe length at the how, aud Ihe last
number al tho extreme limit of the length at
tho stem 1 then whether the length bu divided
according lo table, into six or iixleeu parts, a
iu clam-s one and six, or any iiileruiedi.tta
number, us in o1 asses two, thru, four, and five,
multiply the second, and every eveu-nunibvreit
area, bv four, nnd the third and every odd
I numbered area (except the first aud last) by
twuj add these product together, audio the
inn ,l,l 1 l,i first nod lust, if thev viidd any
thing; multiply the quaniitie thus obtained by
ouu 1 lit nl of the common interval between tho
mens, and the product will he the cubical 000
leuis of tbo space under the tonuoge-deck ;
divide Ibis product by one hundred, and thu
quotient, being the tonnnge under III tonuago
deck, shall bu dermod lo bo the register ton
nage of the Vessel, subject to the addition
hereinafter lueutioiird.
If lliere be break, a poop, or-anjr other
permanent cloted-in space on the oppur decks,
on III spar-deck, available for cargo, or stores,
or fur the berrthing or accomodation of passe 11.
gers or crew, the tonnage nf such rpaoe shall
be nicei tamed a lullow :
Measure Ihe internal mean length of sack
space iu feel, and divide il Into an even num
ber ofeqnsl pari of which tho distance asunder
shall be must nearly equul lo I boss into which
the length of llm tonnnge. deck has been divi
ded; measure at the middle of II height tho
inside breadths, uamely. one at each end and
at each of the point uf division, nninbtring
lliem successively one, two. Hire, ice ; thru
lo the sum of th nd breadths add loor lime
the sum of the evi-u iiutnlwied breadths ami
two, the ino of th odd numbered breadths,
except tin tint und last, and multiply tha wuulu