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trious sons and daughters of other countries upon 

 equal terms with ourselves ; but are opposed to the 

 appropriation of pur substance and labor for the pur- 

 pose of introducing into this country a servile race 

 to degrade and cheapen labor. 



Resolved, That we indorse the demand of the Na- 

 tional Labor Congress, for the creation of a Depart- 

 ment of Labor at Washington to aid in protecting the 

 rights and interests of labor as the most important 

 interest of the country. 



Resolved, That we earnestly urge the friends of la- 

 bor in this State to use all their influence, individually 

 and collectively, to secure the election to public office 

 of candidates who are unequivocally committed to 

 the principles embraced in this platform. 



Resolved, That the recognition of any party of the 

 claim of the bondholders, that the national debt is 

 payable only in coin, is a clear repudiation of the 

 national faith pledged in the act making the green- 

 back a legal tender in payment of " all debts, public 

 and private, except duties on imports and interest on 

 the public debt," inasmuch as the national debt is a 

 public debt, secured by the entire property of the 

 nation. "We therefore demand that the national 

 faith shall be sacredly kept, and denounce all parties 

 who would violate the promise on the greenback or 

 in the bond. 



Resolved, That we recommend that the constitu- 

 tion be so amended that the sessions of the Legisla- 

 ture be limited to 100 days, each year. 



The election held the 2d of November re- 

 sulted in the choice of all the Republican 

 candidates for State officers the following 

 being the vote on Governor: Claflin, Republi- 

 can, 74,106 ; Adams, Democrat, 50,701 ; Cham- 

 berlain, Labor, 13,567. The Legislature for 

 1870 stands : 



Senate. Honse. Joint Ballot. 



Eepublicans 29 160 189 



Democrats 10 58 68 



Labor Keform 1 22 23 



Kepublican majority. . 18 80 98 



On the liquor question the majority of the 

 Legislature is supposed to be in favor of the 

 sale of liquors under proper restrictions. 



In 1867 Patrick S. Gilmore conceived the 

 idea of celebrating the return of peace by a 

 monster musical festival, to be called the 

 " Peace Jubilee," and on the 15th of June, 

 1869, his ideal was realized. A wooden build- 

 ing 500 feet long and 300 feet wide was erected 

 for the purpose of holding the immense crowd 

 expected to be present. The arrangements for 

 lighting were ample, the building containing 

 25,000 feet of gas-pipe (over four miles) with 

 2,400 burners, consuming 14,000 cubic feet 

 of gas per hour. A grand chorus organ with 

 1,011 pipes was built for the occasion. One 

 hundred and eight societies were represented 

 in the chorus, which consisted of 10,371 singers. 



The first leading violin was played by Ole 

 Bull, and the second by Carl Rosa, while the 

 total number of instruments in the orchestra 

 was 1,094. As adjuncts to be used in certain 

 pieces, 12 cannon were provided, which were 

 discharged by electricity. All the bells in the 

 city were rung by the same means, and 50 an- 

 vils were beaten by 100 men. The Jubilee 

 lasted five days. 



On the 8th of September the New-England 

 coast was visited by a fearfully violent and de- 

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structive hurricane. Boston suffered very se- 

 verely. Branches of trees were swept through 

 the streets, houses were unroofed, steeples 

 were blown down, the shipping in the harbor 

 was damaged, and some lives were lost. The 

 most remarkable freak of the storm was the 

 destruction of the Coliseum, of which only a 

 fragment was left -standing. 



MASSIE, Rev. JAMES WILLIAM, D. D., LL. D., 

 a Nonconformist clergyman, missionary, and 

 author, born in Ireland in 1799 ; died at Kings- 

 town, Ireland, May 8, 1869. He was educated 

 for the ministry by Dr. Bogue, and went out 

 as a missionary to India. After laboring there 

 a few years he returned to Great Britain, was 

 pastor for a time at Perth, Scotland, and subse- 

 quently at Dublin, Ireland, and Salford, Eng- 

 land, from which latter place ho removed to 

 London to act as secretary to the Home Mis- 

 sionary Society. He was deeply interested in. 

 all the public movements of the day ; was a 

 prominent advocate of free trade during the 

 anti-corn-law agitation, a supporter of the 

 antislavery movement, and of the union and 

 emancipation societies formed during the late 

 war in the United States. He visited the 

 United States several times, and within the 

 past ten years had twice been a delegate from 

 the Independents to the Congregationalists 

 and Presbyterians of this country. He was 

 the author of several works, among which 

 were : " Continental India, Travelling Sketch- 

 es ; " "Recollections, illustrating the Religion, 

 etc., of the Hindoos," 2 vols. ; " The Noncon- 

 formist's Plea for Freedom of Education," 

 1847; "The Evangelical Alliance, its Origin 

 and Development," 1847; "Recollections of a 

 Tour in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland," etc., 

 1846 ; " Liberty of Conscience, illustrated, etc., 

 Lectures," 1847 ; " Social Improvement among 

 the Working- Classes, affecting the Entire Body 

 Politic," 1849 ; " Slavery the Crime and Curse 

 of America," 1852 ; " The Contrast : War and 

 Christianity Martial Evils and their Reme- 

 dy," 1854; "Christ a Learner," 1858; "Re- 

 vivals in Ireland: Facts, Documents, and Cor- 

 respondence," 1859-'60 ; " Ireland in the Snm- 

 mer of 1860; " " Revival Work," I860; "The 

 American Crisis, in relation to the Antislavery 

 Cause," 1862 ; " America : the Origin of her 

 present Conflict ; her Prospect for the Slave, 

 and her Claim for Antislavery Sympathy, illus- 

 trated by Incidents of Travel during a Tour, in 

 the Summer of 1863, throughout the United 

 States," 1864. 



MEIGS, CIIAELES D., an eminent American 

 physician, professor, and author, born in Geor- 

 gia in 1792 ; died at his residence in Delaware 

 County, Pa., June 22, 1869. His academic edu- 

 cation was obtained at the South, and his med- 

 ical studies were conducted in Philadelphia, at 

 the Medical Department of the University of, 

 Pennsylvania, where he graduated M. D. in 

 1814. After graduation he returned to the 

 South, and practised therefor a few years, but in 

 1820 returned to Philadelphia, and since that 



