LUTHERANS. 



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commerce of the city for the year was upward 

 of $500,000, (100 ; 4,406 vessels were entered 

 and cleared at the custom-house, with an ag- 

 gregate tonnage of 8,126,319 tons. Tin- .n 

 s of steamboats for the year were 8,650, 

 t. V- > .~>'J I'"'' Hio previous year, embracing 

 8,000,000 tons of river-trade. Tho ex- 

 coastwise amounted to almost $60,000,- 

 A large number of sugar-refineries were 

 in operation during the year, and the manu- 

 facture of cotton-seed oil, oil-cake, etc., was 

 i\t.MM\,!y pursued. Two extensive cotton- 

 mills were also in successful operation in the 

 city. 



The following is a statement of the ninth 

 census for this State, taken during the past 

 year by the United States authorities, as corn- 

 with the census taken in 1860 : 



LUTHERAN'S. The Lutheran Church Al- 

 manac for 1871 (published at Allentown, Pa.) 

 gives the following statistical view of the Lu- 

 theran Church in North America in the year 

 1870: 



The American Lutherans, according to the 

 Church Almanac, are divided into the following 

 organizations : 



1. General Council (Allgemeine Kirchenter- 

 sammlung). It comprises the Synods of Penn- 

 sylvania, New York, English Synod of Ohio, 

 Pittsburg, Texas, Michigan, Union, Canada, 

 Augustana, Minnesota, Illinois, and the Eng- 

 lish District Synod of Ohio. The German 

 Synod of Iowa has not yet joined the Council, 

 but sends delegates to its meetings. The 

 Synods of Tennessee, and the Concordia Synod 

 of Virginia, also are in friendly relations with 

 the Council. The General Council was formally 

 organized at Fort Wayne, in 1867. According 

 to the doctrinal basis (articles 8 and 9) the 

 General Council recognizes and professes the 

 doctrines of the unaltered Confession of Augs- 

 burg, in their original sense, as fully agreeing 

 with the pure, unadulterated truth, the sole 

 rule and standard of which is the Word of 



