VI IK, I MA, WEST. 



given voluntary aid to tlio late Southern Oon- 

 liould bo a fiti/i-n of tin- State, <>r 

 permitted tO VO ''.<>i\ therein, was 



Mibmittcd t the voters for ratification or re- 

 ;i tor township officers on 

 l:h of May. The Republican Slaty Com- 

 mittee, in their address to tho people, said: 

 ' We loi -k only to the adoption of rano a policy 

 as v. ill (rtainly secure to us the legitimate re- 

 dcarly-bought victory by which at 

 the last lovaltv triumphed over treason on tho 

 Tho total vote given was 39,457. 

 The majority for the ratification of the amend- 

 ment was 7,217. In October an election was 

 held f<>r Governor, at which the total vote given 

 ;o,960, of which tho Republican candidate 

 vcrnor received 23,802, and tho opposition 

 candidate 17,158. Republican majority, 6,f>44. 

 iceessfnl candidate was Governor Arthur 

 J. Boreman, who was thus reflected. Three 

 Republican members of Congress were also 

 I, which was a gain of two. The Legisla- 

 ture of tho State is politically divided as fol- 

 lows : 



Senate. Honse. 



Republicans 18 45 



Democrats 4 11 



Republican majority... 14 34 



A largo proportion of the population in tho 

 southern counties of the State have, by the 



itutional Amendment, been denied every 

 civil and political right. They are excluded 

 from the courts either as suitors or attorneys. 

 The Governor, in his address to the Legislature 

 at the close of the year, commended tho increas- 

 ing prosperity of the State, and recommended the 

 repeal of the usury laws, as repelling capital and 

 enterprise. Tho revenue reports exhibited a 

 gratifying financial state. Personal property 

 itKTe;ised over twenty-five per cent. The new 

 valuation of real estate shows a very great in- 

 crease over tho old. The Governor recom- 

 mended energetic prosecution of the work on tho 

 Insane Asylum and Penitentiary. He said tho 

 report on free schools shows gratifying progress 

 in tho work of education, and he urged tho most 

 liberal legislation in support of the schools, and 

 the provision for tho Agricultural College en- 

 dowed by Congress. lie advised the Legisla- 

 ture to provide for a speedy geological survey 

 of the State, and to encourage immigration. 

 Tho message concludes with an argument in 

 favor of ratifying tho amendment to tho Con- 

 stitution of the United States, as it was tho 

 absolute duty of Congress to take control of 

 the Southern States after tho war, and, under 

 the circumstances, tho terms of restoration pro- 

 posed were not vindictive or unkind, much less 

 unjust. In his opinion, a greater magnanimity 

 Nraa never shown under like circumstances. 



DERDE< !. \KLES C. 767 



The amendment to tho rYd.-ral Constitution, 

 article. 14, was passed in tin S. mite by 15 to 8, 

 ami in the Ilou- 11. 



VOX DKR DEOKEff, Baron CHARLES 

 GLAUS, a celebrated German explon-r, lorn at 

 11, Brandenburg, in 1833; killed by tho 

 natives while ascending tho River Jubi, in 

 AiVica, October 1, 180.". He !! 

 family of high rank, his father, Krnc-t Von d-r 

 Decken, being one of tho brave German ! 

 in tho I.ritMi service at the battle of Waterloo, 

 and afterward holding some important position-, 

 at the court of Hanover. The Bon received a 

 good education, and early evinced a strong de- 

 sire to travel. Having joined the cadet corps 

 at the age of sixteen, he entered the Hanoverian 

 army the following year as a lieutenant in tho 

 Queen's Hussars. IIo availed himself of his 

 < >f absence to travel through Europe, and 

 in 1858 made his first endeavor to penetrate into 

 Africa, but was prevented from crossing the 

 desert by an attack of fever, which compelled 

 him to return. In 1860 he quitted the army 

 and soon after embarked at Hamburg for Zan- 

 zibar, with the intention of joining his country- 

 man Dr. Roscher, in an attempt to reach tho 

 great Nyassa Lake. Tho murder of Dr. Ros- 

 cher compelled him to choose another line of 

 research, but the impossibility of obtaining 

 guides made it necessary to return to Zanzibar. 

 A second effort was unsuccessful, from the de- 

 sertion of his men, and the mutiny of his 

 soldiers, though he acquired some useful knowl- 

 edge of the country. In 1861 he projected an 

 expedition to examine the great mountain of 

 Kilimandjaro. He determined its mineral con- 

 stituents, in connection with young Thornton, 

 the geologist, and made a number of important 

 observations on its altitude, temperature, lati- 

 tude and longitude, which he afterwards pub- 

 lished in one of the British scientific journals. 

 The following year he made a more extensive 

 examination of the mountain, ascending to tho 

 height of 14,000 feet, and fixing its altitude at 

 upwards of 20,000 feet Returning to Europe 

 in 1803, he was awarded a gold medal by the 

 Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain, 

 and tho Guelphic Order by the King of Hanover. 

 Thus encouraged, ho employed his own private 

 means in fitting out another expedition, for the 

 purpose of ascending one of the rivers of tho 

 Somauli country, into the interior of Africa. 

 The vessels for this purpose were constructed at 

 Hamburg, and transported in pieces by ship to 

 Zanzibar, where they were put together. After 

 overcoming many discouraging obstacle? 1 , ho had 

 ascended the Juba about 380 miles when his ship 

 was wrecked, and soon after himself and 

 companion, Dr. Link, were murdered by the 

 natives. 



