14. Letter of President John Adams to Gov. Thos. Mifflin, of Pa. (1 p., March 3, 1797, declining, as unconstitutional, offer of house from Pa. legislature); 15. Notes and Queries (20 pp., 2 feminine letters from Hannah Griffiths to A. Wayne, 1776, 1777; Selden Bible records, 1763-1824; William Blackfan and Esther Dawson marriage certificate, with births 1759-1779; Chapman genealogy, 1670-1775; revolutionary sailors and soldiers; music in 1760; Mary Washington's will; revolutionary letters from James Burnside, Benj. Marshall; Abram Taylor, letter, 1744; 4 book revs.).

NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET, February, 1903, Vol. 2, No. 9, pp. 20, monthly, $1.00 yearly, 10 cents a copy, Raleigh, N. C.

In this number Professor John Spencer Bassett, whose name masquerades on the title page as "James S. Barrett," gives a brief history of the Barbadian colony planted on the Cape Fear about 1664 and to which was given the name of the County of Clarendon. The proceeds from the Booklet are to go for a monument to the signers of the Edenton Tea Party of 1774.

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Announcement of future issues is as follows: of James Glasgow and the Supreme Court of North Carolina, by Kemp P. Battle, LL. D.; The Cherokee Indians, by Major W. W. Stringfield; The Volunteer State (Tennessee) as a Seceder, by Miss Susie Gentry; Historic Hillsboro, by Mr. Francis Nash; Some Aspects of Social Life in Colonial North Carolina, by Prof. Charles Lee Raper; Was Alamance the First Battle of the Revolution? by Mrs. L. A. McCorkle; Historic Homes in North Caroline-Panther Creek, Clay Hill-on-the-Neuse, The Fort, by Mrs. Hayne Davis, Miss Mary Hilliard Hinton and others; Governor Charles Eden, by Marshall DeLancey Haywood; The Colony of Transylvania; Social Conditions in Colonial North Carolina: An Answer to Colonel William Byrd, of Westover, Virginia, by

Alexander Q. Holladay, LL. D.; Historic Homes in North Carolina-Quaker Meadows; The Battle of Moore's Creek, Prof. M. C. S. Noble.

A new southern magazine has been started, in Nashville, called THE OLYMPIAN, devoted to literature, education and amateur sport (monthly, $1.00 yearly, 10 cents singly). Beginning with last January, five numbers have appeared regularly, aggregating 506 pages, with a few illustrations. It is a curious combination of aims, and it is difficult to detect any unity of appeal. The literary side is light, aimed entirely for the popular taste, comprising mainly stories with general descriptive matter and some historical contributions and occasional poems. As typical of the more serious papers may be mentioned the account of the Doukhobors, early Southern periodicals, diary of a trip to Santa Fe in 1841, the Schooner Lawson, Grundy and Polk, and Senator Morgan's work for the Isthmian canal-none profound, but all to suit the average reader. Following this course is a mass of technical notes on colleges and universities, dealing with new donations, buildings, changes in the corps, and athletic training and contests, all of no interest save to a very limited professional class and young people who have graduated within the past four or five years, and still like to hear something about their institution. In spite of this unbridged chasm between the two departments, it is a creditable effort and deserves hearty support.

The FLORIDA MAGAZINE for May, 1903 (Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 227-283, monthly, $1.00 yearly, 10 cents singly, Jacksonville, Fla.) has a short generally descriptive article on the cemetery of St. Mary's, Ga., claimed to be one of the oldest in the U. S. Some of the tombstones date back before 1800. Of course there are much older church burying grounds, but a special place apart from churches for dead, is of recent origin even in Europe.

In the ATLANTA MONTHLY for May, 1903, Mr. A. H. Stone, of Mississippi, has a very pregnant article on the mulatto as the real difficulty in the negro problem, because he has enough of "white" blood in him to be discontented with his inexorable lot among his black kin. Hence from his class come the murmurs, complaints, protests, though of course only types are of this unhappy assertiveness, not the bulk. The genuine black does not at all realize that he is in need of any sympathy whatever. But Mr. Stone insists on the doctrine of racial characteristics, and holds that these African peoples among us have ineradicable traits that will prevent equality of association between the two colors. He points out that practically all the instances of progressiveness and intellectual power among negroes are of mixed descent. Only by recognizing these ethnical conditions, he believes, can this mighty question be treated in an intelligent manner.

THE AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE, April, 1903, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 327-638, monthly, $1.00 yearly, 10 cents singly, organ D. A. R., Washington, D. C. The number is filled mostly with the doings of the chapters and the reports of the State Regents to the Congress held last February-the usual string of teas, receptions, fairs, card parties, luncheons, and other social matters. There is one essay, sketch of Lyman Hall of Georgia, apparently no new material used.

THE LOST CAUSE (March, 1903, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 14, 4to, $1.00 yearly, Louisville, Ky.) has a detailed account by a participant, T. P. Sanders, of the capture, in February, 1864, of Colonel Rose, of the 77th Pennsylvania Regiment, who had made himself famous by tunneling out of Libby Prison.

THE CONFEDERate Veteran for April, 1903, Vol. 11, No. 4, 4to, pp. 147-181 (Nashville, Tenn., $1.00 yearly, 10 cents singly), contains very interesting accounts by privates of the

battle of Franklin, 1864. There is an account of the secret order that Confederate prisoners formed in Camp Douglas, Ohio, with the aim of breaking out of confinement, but their plans miscarried though not through the treachery of any member. For the first time in its history the Veteran announces a decrease in circulation, though not large. This seems natural, considering the death rate among the veterans, but the editor offers a half rate for those unable to pay full price.

NOTES AND NEWS.

THE THIRTEENTH CONFEDERATE VETERANS' REUNION, at New Orleans, May 19-22, was one of the most successful ever held. There were 10,000 members on hand, and more than 100,000 visitors, but through the hospitality of the city all were entertained pleasantly. The decorations by citizens generally were considered as elaborate as ever made anywhere for any occasion, with the Confederate colors as the most prominent feature. The auditorium, seating 10,000, and built for the purpose of this meeting, was found satisfactory. Formal addresses of welcome were given by Hon. E. B. Kruttschnitt, of New Orleans, and Gov. W. W. Heard, of Louisiana.

The Commander-in-Chief, General J. B. Gordon, was unable to preside at all the meetings on account of a sudden attack of sickness which did not prove serious. The sentiment of his opening speech is evidenced in the following extracts:

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"We will not indulge on this centennial-this political millennial morning-nor at other times, in any bitterness. We feel none. We pity those who do....... We are satisfied with our record. are heirs, joint heirs, with the republic's children in the inheritance of freedom left by our sires. We are proud of all the past. Moreover we are now facing a future pregnant with tremendous possibilities. ..... As we go hence we will calmly drop our mantles on the shoulders of our sons who will worthily wear them and in no crisis of the republic whether in forum or field will they be found wanting."

Besides the regular meetings the usual memorial services to the Confederate dead and to Jefferson Davis were held, the latter on 19th. At the former, on 20th, General B. H. Young made the customary invocation. Rev. J. J. Finley, Fisherville, Va., preached the annual sermon, and Generals W. L. Cabell and J. A. Chalaron paid tributes to General