anaheim-gazette 1876-11-25

ANAHEIM VOL. VII. ANAHEIM GAZETTE SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 25 1876. INFLUENCE OF WEATHER ON ELECTIONS. A few days ago, in alluding to the danger which menaced our republic from the indifference and apathy of voters, we stated that the vote of New York State suffered a diminution of twenty thousand if on the day of election, or a few days previous, rain had fallen. We find our statement sustained by the New York Herald of the 7th (election day) which has just reached us. An editorial in that paper, treating of the powerful influences of the weather in determining elections, says that it has grown into a popular belief that fair weather is good for the Republican party and that bad weather is good for the Democrats. It then proceeds to say: "Why this should be it is not difficult to understand, especially in the case of the larger cities of the East. The Republican ranks are largely recruited from the wealthier classes of the community, the men who live in comfortable houses and wear good clothes. On the other hand the laborers, the men who earn small wages and work with their hands, form the base and sinaw of the Democratic THE CHINESE COMMISSION. The report of the United States Commission, now in session in San Francisco examining the Chinese question, will be looked for with great interest—an interest enhanced by the fact that it is beyond the power of guessing to predict the tenor of the report. The examination has developed the fact that there are numerous men of influence and wealth in this State who believe that the presence of the Chinese on this coast has not only not proven detrimental to the progress of the State, but has actually assisted in its development. Railroad builders, manufacturers and others, whose business requires them to employ a large number of men, have testified that without the presence of Chinese, they would be unable to build their railroads or carry on their factories. The President of the Mission Woolen Mills testified that if his Company had to depend on white labor, and pay the price demanded by that class, it would be impossible to compete with Eastern mills. In fact, it is evident that the advocates of "Chinese cheap labor" have bestirred themselves energetically, and have determined that the Commission shall hear every lota of evidence at all favorable to their heathen wards. It is noticeable, however, that a cross examination of the Report of the Jury of Los Angeles November term, To the Hon. H.K. of the County County: We, the Grand Dearer term, beg leaving report: We have examined and of that number eighteen, and found admittment in twenty-two for fellow demeanor. We have tigated all the cases and feeling satisfied infested with a list persons whose only preying upon these trious people of them out and bring and we regret to lay body in our report efforts have been very men to whom help and relief compelled to consent but from close examination satisfied that man the law not only are in complicity that games and go in nearly all our fares; that the last day and night, by ers; that our young ticed into the club and fleeced and become so bold in to bid defiance to Republican party and that bad weather is good for the Democrats. It then proceeds to say: "Why this should be it is not difficult to understand, especially in the case of the larger cities of the East. The Republican ranks are largely recruited from the wealthier classes of the community, the men who live in comfortable houses and wear good clothes. On the other hand the laborers, the men who earn small wages and work with their hands, form the bone and sinew of the Democratic masses. But these conditions do not prevail equally over the Union. In the West the farming classes, the hardy pioneers of civilization, frequently form the Republican strength, while the professional men and those engaged in trade form that of the Democratic party. The Southern proprietors and business men, like the Western, are by tradition and condition Democratic, while their laborers are in the opposition ranks. In the East and North we are importers and manufacturers. In the West and South production and exportation form the basis of prosperity. The election to-day will no doubt be similarly influenced throughout the country by the state of the weather, as have former elections." A NEVADA paper relates the following: "An election was held in Brigham's dominions last Tuesday for a Delegate to Congress. Two of the Prophet's Danites were sent to Corinne to see that the godless Gentiles of that city did not poll votes enough to defeat the Mormon candidate, George Q. Cannon. The Corinnians spotted the Mormons the moment they arrived, and in a short time filled them with "valley tan," and laid them away. About the time they had successfully accomplished this feat, the emigrant train from the East came along, and every one of them voted the straight Gentile ticket, and offset the vote of Brigham's harem in Salt Lake City. The Mormons give their women the privilege of voting, and the Gentiles concluded to be fully as liberal, and allow every woman on the train to vote. Their efforts were useless, however, for the Mormons were too numerous for them, and elected their Delegate, Cannon, by a large majority. The Santa Barbara Press, in mentioning the fact that a shipment of four tons of honey has been recently made from that county to England, testified that if his Company had to depend on white labor, and pay the price demanded by that class, it would be impossible to compete with Eastern mills. In fact, it is evident that the advocates of "Chinese cheap labor" have bestirred themselves energetically, and have determined that the Commission shall hear every lota of evidence at all favorable to their heathen wards. It is noticeable, however, that a cross examination of the parties who view the Chinese with favor, invariably elicits the opinion that they do not consider the Chinaman as valuable an immigrant as a white man. But they consider that it is a question of Chinese labor or no labor at all; and that until the State is thickly settled and white labor abundant, it would militate very seriously against the prosperity of the State for the government to take any action looking to an abrogation of the existing treaty with China. On the other hand, evidence in abundance has been produced to show that the presence of the heathen is an evil which should instantly be abated; that they retard immigration; that they are steadily supplanting the white labor already in the State; that they exercise an injurious influence on the morals of the community, etc. The case on both sides has been presented with such ability and zeal, that the Commission can have no cause to complain of a lack of evidence; and as the witnesses pro and con are of the very highest character, the report of the Commission, being based upon their evidence, will have great weight—indeed will be accepted as final by the people of States where the Chinese have not yet penetrated, and where John's characteristics are not known as here. Not the least of the dangers which seem to threaten should uninterrupted Chinese immigration continue, is the very probable attempt on their part to become citizens and exercise the elective franchise. We have the testimony of the Rev. Mr. Loomis, a high authority, to the effect that Chinamen have not signified their intention to become citizens, only because of the present state of feeling towards them. If this is all that keeps them from demanding to have their names placed upon the Great Register, an abatement of the present anti-Chinese agitation would be followed by an avalanche of demands for naturalization papers. In New York State, where there is little THE Santa Barbara Press, in mentioning the fact that a shipment of four tons of honey has been recently made from that county to England, comments as follows: "The success of this enterprise will depend entirely upon the quality of the honey sent, and the condition in which it is received after the voyage. If it turns out well, a new and extensive field is opened for bee-raisers. The demand for honey in England and in the whole of Europe is very large, and, of course, the price is in proportion with the demand. With the facilities for raising bees that are peculiar to California, this State could almost monopolize the trade, and the result of this first shipment will be watched with great interest." On the sugar crop the New Orleans Times of the 1st instant says: "The prospect is, from present indications, remarkably fine, not only for a good yield, but for good quality, good price, and economy in taking off the crop. The yield of molasses will not be so great, but the quality will be better than usual." The Vicksburg Herald says: "The year has been a very unfavorable one for cotton; a portion of the Mississippi valley was overflowed; and we had an unusually early killing frost. The only thing favorable we have had is the excellent picking season. The crop estimates, even in the richest lands in this section, must be very greatly reduced, and the poor lands have yielded barely a half crop." Fools and their money soon part. It's worth while being a fool to have the money to part with, though. The Santa Monica Outlook says: The smokers told us that when the steamer Ancon (the largest on the line) stopped at Santa Monica, she would have trouble every time she landed. That vessel has been eight or ten times, and has not only landed with perfect ease, but has regularly trucked freight from the deck to the wharf, and has invariably lanced freight in time to go upon the morning train at eight o'clock along with the passengers. REIM GAY ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 25, 1876. Report of the Grand Jury. Following is the report of the Grand Jury of Los Angeles County for the November term, 1876: To the Hon. H.K.S. O'Melveny, Judge of the County Court of Los Angeles County: We, the Grand Jury for the November term, beg leave to offer the following report: We have examined forty-five cases, and of that number we have dismissed eighteen, and found true bills of indictment in twenty-seven cases, viz: twenty-one for felony and six for misdemeanor. We have patiently investigated all the cases presented to us, and feeling satisfied that our city is infested with a large class of lawless persons whose only means of livelihood is preying upon the honest and industrious people of the city and county, we have made extra efforts to ferret them out and bring them to justice, and we regret to be compelled to embody in our report the fact that our efforts have been thwarted by the very men to whom we should look for help and relief. We are pained to be compelled to censure our city officials, but from close examination we are all satisfied that many of our officers of the law not only wink at crime, but are in complicity with it. We learn that games and gambling are going on in nearly all our principal thoroughfares; that the law is openly violated, day and night, by sharps and sharpers; that our young men are being enticed into the clutches of these men and fleeced and ruined. They have become so bold in this that they seem to bid defiance to the law, and our three years. Sacramento, with nearly double the number of patients, pays only about $20,000 per annum, and Stockton, with about the same number that we have, pays only a little over $7,000. In regard to our county jail, we find 36 persons confined therein, 26 being county, and 10 city, prisoners. We can only repeat what has been reported for the last ten years. It is as well kept as it can be in such a building, but the building is unhealthy, unsafe, and disgrace to the county, and ought to be replaced by a new one. Many complaints of nuisances in the city came before the Grand Jury. The evidence was quite sufficient to cause the indictment of the Mayor and Councill, but the Jury concluded to report only a vote of censure against these officials, hoping that this hint will cure the evils complained of. We subscribe ourselves, your obedient servants. S. LAZARD, Foreman. Thanksgiving Proclamation. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. In pursuance of a custom which obtains in most, if not all, of the States of the Union, I hereby appoint Thursday, the 30th day of November, instant, to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving and praise. The people of the State are invited to desist from their ordinary vocations on that day, and assembling in their accustomed places of worship, to give thanks and praise to the Divine Providence for the many blessings bestowed on them, as a community and individuals, during the past year. The Pure-Minded Parrot. If it wasn't Adirondack Murray then it was some other clergyman who was hunting along the wharves the other day to find a vessel just from the African coast, hoping that some of the crew might have brought home an innocent-hearted, pure-minded parrot, which might be purchased at a reasonable figure, and trained up in the way good parrots should walk and talk. The vessel was found, and the sailors had brought back a splendid specimen of African parrot, and they didn't want but five dollars for it. The clergyman admired its plumage, thought the age was just right, inquired after its general health, and asked: "Has the bird yet attempted to utter any words?" "Bless your topsails, but she talks as well as a boy ten years old;" replied the sailor. "Then I don't want her. She has probably caught up a great many bad expressions, and she would not be a fit pet for my household." "Avast now!" said Jack. "Do you suppose that a man like me, who reads the good book twice a day, would have a bad bird around him? Stand back and I'll show you what a Christian bird I've made of her." Giving Polly a rap on the head to wake her up the sailor called out: "Now, Polly, who was the first man?" "Adam," was the prompt reply. "That's so, Polly. And now tell this good man who was first cast into the lion's den?" very men to whom we should look for help and relief. We are pained to be compelled to censure our city officials, but from close examination we are all satisfied that many of our officers of the law not only wink at crime, but are in complicity with it. We learn that games and gambling are going on in nearly all our principal thoroughfares; that the law is openly violated, day and night, by sharps and sharpers; that our young men are being enticed into the clutches of these men and fleeced and ruined. They have become so bold in this that they seem to bid defiance to the law, and our examinations have revealed the fact that the very persons whose duty it is to suppress these crimes have never witnessed any games, and state upon oath that they are unable to give the name of anyone who conducts a game within this city. The painful fact comes to our knowledge that some of the subordinate officers, who would willingly suppress these games, are afraid to do so lest they should lose their situations, and were given to understand that they were not to interfere with games. So glaring are these facts, that the Grand Jury passed the following resolution, to be embodied in the report of their foreman: "Resolved, That the foreman be instructed to embody in his report an article opening up the true state of affairs existing in this city (Los Angeles) as found upon a thorough investigation by this body in relation to gambling; at the same time stating distinctly the indirect complicity of the Council and chief officers of the Police Department, manifested by using no effort on their part to bring either the proprietors of such establishments, or the perpetrators of the charges, to justice; also the manifest fear of the officers in power to do anything that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will reveal their suspicions that will revel her up the sailor called out: "Now, Polly, who was the first man?" "Adam," was the prompt reply. "That’s so, Polly. And now tell this good man who was first cast into the lion’s den?" "Daniel," was the answer. "Did you ever see such a bird before?" asked Jack to the clergyman. "While other parrots will blast your eyes and bless your parsnips, this one turns to religion and keeps her mind on heaven. Now Polly, who was tucked away in the bulrushes when he was too small to carry sail for himself?" "Moses—Moses," quacked the bird. "Isn’t she a diamond?" exclaimed Jack trying to wink at the minister with both eyes. "I must confess she is the best-minded parrot I ever saw or heard of," replied the clergyman. "That isn’t half she can do, skipper," continued the sailor. "Now, my dear Polly, how many commandments are there?" "Ten," screamed Polly. "That’s right, old gal. Now tell the man which is the first day in the week." "Sunday," was the quiet reply. "I tell you," remarked Jack as he turned to the clergyman. "I was brought up right, and I’ve been trying to bring that bird up right. She’s worth twenty dollars to any man, but seeing you preach the Gospel, you shall have her for five." "I guess I’ll take her," replied the minister producing his wallet. "As I said before the bird is one of ten thousand, and you deserve credit for the care you have taken in her teaching." "I hope I do sir," was Jack's modest reply, and then giving Polly a rap on the head, he inquired: "Now, then, get your bearing and tell me who was going to offer his son as a sacrifice?" "Abraham," shouted the bird, shaking its feathers as if greatly pleased. "You’ll sit up nights to hear that bird talk, you will," said the sailor. "If I hadn’t said five dollars to you I should say fifty to the next man. I never had time to learn her, but I believe I could have that bird singing hymns in just one voyage to Liverpool. She started out to sing Old Hundred, one day when we were off St. Helena, and if the captain hadn’t yelled out just then, I believe the bird would have picked up the whole tune like a whistle." The clergyman said he would go and purchase a small eagle in which to remove the bird, and he had started for the rail when Jack called out: "Just hear one more question. I want you to appreciate this bird for what’s she’s worth." The clergyman went back to the cage, and Jack shook up the bird and called out: Getting Rid of bad Neighbors. Friday, at noon, the mounted police assisted by the residents of Banning and First Streets, burned out the cane brake on the bank of the river, between Aliso and First Streets, and such a skedadling of roughs and vagabonds was never seen before. This place has been for a long time a harbor for thieves and rogues, who have committed many depredations in the neighborhood of Los Angeles. The brake being dry, it burned briskly and for a time the whole neighborhood seemed to be on fire. When the flames had subsided, and the ashes were turned over, many articles of camp furniture were discovered, and among the rest were burglarious tools and skeleton keys. The mounted police will watch this rendezvous and prevent any further incampments being formed. The place had become so notoriously infested that the residents were afraid to retire to their beds. Now that its destruction has been accomplished they may rest in comfort. Much praise is due to the police for their activity in the good work—Los Angeles Herald. The first step toward making a man of your son is to train him to earn what he spends; then the best way to teach him to be frugal is to take away his money as fast as he earns it, and spend it wisely for yourself. There is nothing like teaching the young by example. GAZETTE R 25. 1876. Produced Parrot. Batler's Last Speech. [From his speech in Fancull Hall, election night.] FELLOW CITIZENS:—I have fought the fight—I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. I must go farther and say, "After the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus"—(laughter)—and I have had so much to do with ministers of the Gospel of late that I have got used to the good book, the precept of which these clergymen ought to better understand. One year ago, in this hall, was given the order to the republican party, "Bummers to the rear." What is a bummer? It is one who follows the camp, but is never on hand to do his duty in the ranks except when the call is to roast beef. Now, the gentleman who spoke that dictum in Fancull Hall, with 1,500 other bummers and sisters, has marched fully to the rear. I rejoice in my election for the reason that, on the great question which interests New England, that of protection, the needs of this section will not be misrepresented. Take your own city of Boston. I have no reason to have any very warm regard for many of its citizens; but it is the metropolis of New England, and in its welfare every New England man is interested. Now, its future depends not on its commerce. Its supremacy on the sea cannot be regained. But it is a centre of manufacturing industry and on prosperity here depends its future. If the tariff is repealed, her beautiful stores, which have risen like magic on the burnt district, will be without tenants, for the merchants of Boston will have no trade. I am interested in manufactures and I will say that to the ex- Eighteen years ago, when viticulture in California was still in its inclipency, the products of the vine were of inferior character, the wines having an earthy flavor with heavy body and rough tone; the brandy being of disagreeable taste and odor, while the idea of converting grapes into raisins did not exist. Despite these obstacles it became manifest that viticulture would eventually become one of the important interests of the State, and a few of the more prominent and intelligent of the cultivators of the vine and wine makers determined to subject the desultory style of planting and manufacturing to a regular, well considered system. To this end combinations were formed by means of which each member was put in possession of all the facts obtained by experience and observation of the others, and a mass of valuable information was gathered that has contributed largely to a decided betterment of the California wine interests. The Mission grape, previously relied upon as more suited to our soils and climate, was gradually displaced by far superior varieties of foreign growth, which proved to be quite as hardy, as well adapted to local conditions and yielding wines of very superior quality in greater abundance. Improvements in the field were accompanied by corresponding improvements in the manufacture. The resources of chemistry, mechanical improvements, and superior handling were brought into requisition, and are not only in vogue, but are steadily undergoing changes for the better. Our leading manufacturers have readily availed themselves of all valuable information contained in Funny Ad's. Below will be found some of the oddities in advertising: "Two young men want washing." "Teeth extracted with great pains." "Babies taken and finished in ten minutes by a country photographer." "Wood and coal split." The next appeared in a London newspaper under the head of "For sale." "Planofte—cottage—seven octaves—the property of a lady leaving England in a remarkably elegant case on beautifully carved supporters." And what does this mean? "Business chance—To be disposed of—genuine fried fish business at the West End." Does the geniusness apply to the fish, the business, or to the way in which they are fried? And one's mind gets hopelessly dazed over the advertisement offering a large reward for "A large Spanish blue gentleman's cloak lost in the neighborhood of the market." There are others deliciously inconsistent, like the advertisement of a runaway which furnished this valuable hint for identification: "Age is not precisely known, but looks older than he is." Or the notice a shoemaker put on his door: "Shall be back in ten days from the time you see this shingle." Some, however, leave no loop-hole for doubt: "Babies after having taken one bottle of my soothing syrup will never cry any more." And an editor, puffing air-tight coffins, said: "No person having once tried one of these air-tight coffins will ever use any other." We clip the following communication from the Napa Register: Monsieur Auto Forest, French Consul, in a recent letter sent me the following extract from the Official Journal of the French Republic of October 6, 1876. The simple remedy can do no harm in any case, and I hope some of our Sonoma friends will plant red field corn as suggested. While such planting will not eradicate the phylloxera, it may save the vine, and by pulling up the cornstalks in the fall, root and all, and burning them, the insect itself will be destroyed. In conjunction displaced by far superior varieties of foreign growth, which proved to be quite as hardy, as well adapted to local conditions and yielding wines of very superior quality in greater abundance. Improvements in the field were accompanied by corresponding improvements in the manufacture. The resources of chemistry, mechanical improvements, and superior handling were brought into requisition, and are not only in vogue, but are steadily undergoing changes for the better. Our leading manufacturers have readily availed themselves of all valuable information contained in the works of the most eminent authorities in Europe and elsewhere. It is no error to assert that in each succeeding year for the past ten years, the vintage of this State has shown marked superiority in the character of our wines, and it is this feature that is giving them a hold upon the markets of consumption that has already, to a considerable extent, displaced the ordinary brands of foreign mark. Nor have our viticulturists been neglectful of the slow but steady climatic changes that are gradually revealing themselves. The clearing away of dense forests and uncultivated lands; the rapidly enlarging area of land brought under subjection to the plow and the harrow; the springing up of thriving towns and villages where but recently no inhabitants existed; the enormous amounts of iron exposed to atmospheric and electrical currents by the construction of railroad net-works and the building of large stores and edifices, and the increased number of irrigating canals and ditches, have all tended to effect climatic changes worthy of consideration. In our wine-producing counties organizations have been affected by means of which an amount of important knowledge, that could not have been realized by individual effort, has been collected and disseminated for the benefit of all. There is also a State organization to which the county societies contribute their respective quotas of knowledge. The progress made the last ten years is certainly most gratifying, and holds out a promising future excellence in all the products of viticulture that will venture in almost unlimited demand in markets of consumption. Grape brandy making has kept pace with the progress in the betterment of our wines, and California grape brandy is now eagerly sought at the East. In the matter of converting grapes into raisins, our success has been little less than marvelous. Although a few disconnected and crude efforts were made in that direction a few years ago, it has not been until within two years that the making of raisins has received the attention it so richly merits. Recent experiments have revealed the fact that the best qualities of California raisins are far superior to the best of foreign growth, and this result has induced capital and intelligent enterprise to embark seriously in that promising field of domestic production. In the meanwhile, we await with confidence the early completion of decided success in all that pertains to viticulture in California.—Commercial Herald. We clip the following communication from the Napa Register: Monsieur Anto Forest, French Consul, in a recent letter sent me the following extract from the Official Journal of the French Republic of October 6, 1876. The simple remedy can do no harm in any case, and I hope some of our Sonoma friends will plant red field corn as suggested. While such planting will not eradicate the phylloxera, it may save the vine, and by pulling up the cornstalks in the fall, root and all, and burning them, the insect itself will be destroyed. In conjunction with the means lately recommended by Dr. Blake, we may at least hope for a cheap, easy mode of exterminating this pest. I translate the extract: Mr. Gachez has written a note to Mr. Dumas (meeting of Academy of Sciences) relating to the destruction of the phylloxera by growing red maize between the rows of vines. "After long and patient researches," says the author, "I am convinced that the vines between the rows of which I had sown red maize were completely preserved from phylloxera. The insect abandoned the vine and attached itself to the roots of the maize. Last year, even, in the spring, the roots of the vines, since treated by this plan, were covered with phylloxera. This month, notwithstanding the most patient search, I have not been able to find a single individual of the species on them; but the roots of the maize were completely infested. The roots of maize sown in an adjoining field had no trace of phylloxera. M. Eyre, JR. "Secretary State Vinicultural Association." Among the foreigners naturalized in New York since the first of September, have been 28 Greeks, 5 Turks, 8 Roumanians, 4 East Indians, 3 Armenians, 2 Africans, 2 Japanese and 7 Chinese. Dio Lewis, the eccentric physician, has written the following note: Boston, November 5th, 1876. Editors Alta—Ten thousand Chinese laundrymen could earn from $2 to $5 each per day, in the three cities—Boston, New York and Philadelphia—and give three influential cities an opportunity to study the Chinese question. Please forward them. Yours truly, Dio Lewis A Philadelphia paper offered $100 for the best conundrum on the Centennial Exhibition. Five hundred were received, and the following took the prize. Just fancy what the other 490 must have been if this is the best: "Why is the Centennial like a set of teeth? Because it is not only in everyone's mouth, but in their head also, and many an acre (acher) is filled with gold-en products from the head-centres (scenters) of the world." Alas! alas! One of our hunters, Mr. Sargent, brought five fine deer to town the other day, the result of one day's hunt — San Diego Union. Dr. John Dove died on the morning of the 16th at Richmond, aged 84; a native of Richmond. He was a Mason 63 years, during which time he held high positions in that order. He was the oldest Grand Secretary in the world, holding the office over fifty years, and was Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar thirty years. A new journal founded and edited in the interest of the brigands, entitled, *It Marfafo*, has made its appearance in Sicily. A Porterville infant of 18 months, after having been in spasms for ten days from etatics given it, threw up a chicken bone an inch and a half long. Governors of New York will hereafter hold office for three years. Hence New York will not again vote for Governor and President at the same time until 1885. Sewing bees will soon be in vogue, and at every meeting three or four African heathens will be provided with clothes, and the characters of eighteen citizens will be rhined.