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' - -, , . 1 , : , , J . ' , - - ' . . - : ' .' ' . ' v - - - -. . r . - - . - . .v , ! ; i 1 1 1 . - . , ( -v . J. A. BONITZ, Editor and Proprietor. ' 'For us, Principle is Principle Uight is Right Yesterday,' To-day, To-morrow, Forever." Published Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Year vol. xxn. GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886. NO. 37. c . ; I' 1 TH12 WILMINGTON FIUE. Over a Million of Property De stroyed. Churches, Warehouses, Railroad Offices and Dwellings i V Destroyed. In addition to the meagre particu lars given m Monday's Messenger, Are that swnt Wilmino-tnn r,r, R,, last. I ' The steamer Bladen, plying between WilnHnirtf.n -nri pu vntta,nii wi p fAtitrhf fir intha tt0r-nnn oK-nf 4 o'clock, just before reaching her e departments of Goldsboro, Char wharf, and owing to the inflammable and Florence, S. C., were tele- nature of her oarp-o. nnnsiatino. nf rosin, spiritsiof turpentine and cotton, was immediately enveloped in names. ine pilot... headed her for the nearest available wharf and the, passengers 'succeeded in escaping, ?ome by bbats from adjoining vessels and other$ by jumping overboard, when they Were quickly rescued. ' . The deserted steamer landed against the wharf of the New York and Wil ' mington Steamship Company, anditbe fire was quickly communicated toithe sheds and warehouses thereon. Ail the wharves and sheds being saturated with rosin and turpentine, the spread of the fire was rapid, and despite the efforts of the firemen became a dis astrous conflagration. There was a gale of wind blowing at the time from the southwest, and soon the blocks on the water front were burning tun OUsly. The Review of Monday says: "The steamer headed directly for the wharves of Clyde line steamers where the passengers who had not already been rescued were sately landed. tKu fl.r0 ;.r;t i,;hi ' bntihl mfriai hinU rtro ct,, there and in a moment thov w beyond human control. Favored by the strong wind they were carried to - -J the warehouses of the Clyde steamers and thence with astonishing rapidity to the costly warehouse recently erect ed by Col. F. W. Kerchnerand thence to the building occupied by Messrs. Kerchner & Calder Bro. Both of these large warehouses .were completely gutted and their contents destroyed, , ani a larg portion of their walls tumbled to the ground. The flames here crossed! Water street and srutted the seeond story of the store of Mr. MvJ. Heyer, Vind thence in its North ward course swept every building on both sides of Waterstreet to Mulberry street tm neawe its cou houses of Messrs. Worth & Worth. 'Messrs. Alex; Sprunt & Son, the saw and planing niills of Mr. J. W. Tay lor, the Champion Compress and the magnificent warehouses of the Wil mington, Columbia & Augusta anid the Wilmington & Weldon Railroads, on the West side of the street. On the East side of the street it seriously scorched a small building on the corner of Mulberry aud Nutt street and, seeming to leave this as entirely too insignificant tor its work, attacked the Mariners Home, bept by Mrs. Bryson, This building, which is of brick, resisted the fierce attack for a considerable time, but eventually yielded and nothing is now left of it but the bare walls. Next in its course it sw'eot through the grist mill of Mr. J. G. Bouey, the Cape Fear Flour Mills, and crossing Walnut street swept every building on the square bounded by Red Cross and Walnut and Nutt aud Front streets, including the offices of the Wilmington, Colum bia. cc Augusta, and Wilmington & Weldon Railroads. Crossing to the East side of Front street the Front Street M. E. Church was destioyed and every building on the square pounueu oy Walnut and lied Cross streets and Front and Second streets, with tne exception ot tue Metuodist Parsonage, occupied by Rev. Dr. Yates, was burned. . The first dwelling house destro3'ed was the residence ot Hon. Georere Davis, on Second street, between Wal nut and - RedS Cross, which, although nearly half a mile from where the fire originated, caught on the roof from some flying embers. In a few mo ments alter the alarm was given these could easily have been extinguished had there been pressure of water sufficient to have carried it to the roof, but unfortunately that was not ; the case and the building was destroy ; ed, involving in its ruin the destruc ! tion of the dwellings of Mrs. V. Bunt ing. Col. E. R. Brink, Mr. Sol Bear i aud the residence of the late Mr. Henry Nutt. I . Thejoss of the Front Street M. E. Church was due mainly to the fact ; that the cupola was of wood, made in ; the form of blinds for the purpose of ventilation, and some of the embers : finding their way through these ; ignited the interior woodwork and almost in a moment it was beyond human power to arrest he progress of. the 11 unes. ; Asthe devouring ele ment fastened itself upon the inside of the structure the bell of the church, from some cause probably,1 however, by some heavy subsr.auce falling upon it-.-gavo one sad, solemn peal as if toiling its own destruction. It was a pitiable sound which brougLt tears to the eyes of mny of those1 who had worshipped there and had been born in Christ under ministrations beneath the, roof of that edifice. "The old church- bell," which had become a tender part of the history of many lives, bidding them welcome to the sacred service ofj God, ringing out joyously a weddiing peal or tolling Sadly for the departed spirit of some loved and saintly ione, now with one great heart throb toiled for its own j destruction. I ! 'She living ehibefs were carried by iQe.iorceoi tne wind a great distance and, the roofs of a, number of build. 1 mgs were ignited, but owing to the . Crossihir Mil hfirrv strant th ."T10, ; "W. pt up Nutt street, taking in : ; & t. "1 , YP .. . I riflnnirnfipne wfucmuiness and exertions of the neo- Hall & Pearsall. $.7 on cotton; all in; P the flames were extineuished. A Home: of New York. : '. .' ' ' :" : 'A large and i "The schooner Lillie Holmes. Cantl l ! flh-Wm nir m "Com nrpss Co.". $5 000 on ; Carriages just WtUbert, which .was lyiDg at Kerch- build ing ndmachineryV Alex. Sprdnt;t Vn J i ner's wharf, and 'the steamer River Queen, papt. Worth, which was lying near by, together with the steamer Bladen, Capt.' Robeson, wera among the firsi to be destroyed'by the flames. There were several other vessels in great jeopardy but through the exer tions ofj the steamers Passport, Alpha and Marie they were hauled to a place of safety and thus escaped destruc tion. These steamers did most excel lent work and had it not been for bir great exertions several vessels principally large barques, would haye been burned. , . . Seeiner the imminent I peril which threatened the city the grapneu io ior assistance. The Golds boro Company started, but when the train got; to Mt. Olive they received a dispatch jthat it would be impossible to reach j here as the! track between this city and Rocky Point wasi block ed with cars which had been hauled out to escape destruction. Hearing this intelligence the company return ed to Goldsboro. The Hope Steam Fire Engine Company of Florence, S. C, Capt. J. Jelico, with 35 members, arrived here over the Wilmington, Columbia! & Augusta Railroad at a quarter past 9 o'clock last night, bav in sr made the run of 108 miles in three hours and one minute in just twenty miuutes after receiving the dispatch which stated that their services were needed thy were at the depot with their engine waiting for a locomotive to bring them here. They were on duty all night at the railroad ware houses at (work in extinguishing the fl lines and at the same time exercising watchful care that they did not spread to JfJJ PJPPerty h nomity. from the first sound of the alarm at about 2:30 yesterday aftemo6n until 8 . cl?ck this morning. Thus through I 1 I . 1 n 1 X 'ong ana weary nours mey rougnt Pes. I sometimes parched with iuu j ul iuij uircfc i auu uiicuuiucaucnriY 1 1 J J 1! 1 a Ma blinded andi in danger of suffocation from the dense volumes of smoke with which they I were frequently encom passed. There were many individual cases of intrepid daring and self-for getting heroism, but where all did so HS t0. nchly Je?efve the most iavisn praise a eraterui people can bestow, it would appear wrone: to particularize. They all fought braye ly, well and ike heroes and all honor is accorded them for their manly efforts. Nor were they alone in acts of true conrasre. for many of our conspicuous for their . ... lock p. m. the fire was gotten 'under control, but not unti it destroyed a million and a half dollars' worth of property. Starting from Chestunt street, tie New York Steamship Company's wharf and warehouse were burned, next the store and offices of F. W. Kerchner and Calder B os., S. P. Shotter & Co., A. D. Wessell, Worth & Worth, O. G. Parsley, Alexander Sprunt & Son, Cbadburn's City lumber mill, formerly Uolville's, ti.i B. Boney & Co.,, B. Wright, flour and grist mills, the Champion Compress and Warehouse Company. ' The freight warehouses of the Wilraiherton & Weldon and Wilmington, Columbia & Augnsta Railroad companies, and several sailor boarding houses, were destroyed, and in addition to the steamer Bladen the steamer River Queen, of the same line. was burned to the waters edge. The American schooner Lillie Holmes, not bemir able to get out of the reach of the. flames, wasj also burned, and will prove a total loss. Over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars' worth of goods were burned m one warehouse. Owing to the! sparks wafted by the high winds numerous private dwell ings caught fire and were burned to the ground, includiner those of the Hon. George Davis, Col. E. R. Brink. Mr. Solomon Baer and about thirty others. In addition a block of -mall tenements, occupied by colored peo ple, was completely swept away, although nearly! a mile distant from the main fire. "The general offices of the. Atlantic Coast Line were also destroyed, with! numerous valuable papers and records. So many poor people are burned out that fears are entertained of seri ous distress oni this account, and actiye efforts are being made to relieve all suffering. Quite a handsome sum has already beeh raised and others are contributing.! The guests of the Orton House alone raised a munifi cent purse, which is beiug distributed to those most in need. INSURANCE. The Review gives the following list or the insurance : With Northrop !& Hodges : J. M. Forshee, $1 ODOon mdse; heirs of Henry Nutt. $300 on frame store: heirs of Henry Niitt,$400 on shed and office; Robt. Robinson, $1 800 on frame buildiug; Samuel Bear, Sr., $9'J0 on mdse; J. G. Oldenbuttle. $200 on fr .me building; Champion Compress. $2,000 on building; Sol. IBear, $2,300 on fur niture; Charles Wessell. $1,500 on stock; Bladen Steamboat Co., $2,000 on steamer; W. H. Sprunt. $201) on horses. ard barn- ss; James Sprunt, $175 on horses knd buggies; Alex. Sprunt & Sons, $1,500 on wharf struc ture; M. Bear & Bro., $400 on frame build ing; N. Giles & Co., $1,000 on rice in W. & W. H. R. warehouse; es tate of John McRae. $1,000 on saw mill building; all in Phoenix, of Hart ford, i Samuel Bear, Sr., $030 on mdse; Worth & Worth, $4 0SO on cotton; all in London and Lancashire, of Liver pool, Eng. M. J. Heyer, $1,000 on stock; D. G. Worth and estate) of N. G. Daniel, $1,500 on frame! sheds; Champion" Compress Co., $2,500 on building ai and toaehtnerv; N. uiJes x oo.. jjj,oou on ri m W- & W. R; R. warehoue; Sol. Bear. $3,500 oh dwelling house; I KiriTano itvova & Sons, $2 f)00on building and office furniture: Front Street M. E. Church. $3,000 on building and furniture; all in Royal Insurance Company, of Liv erpool. Front Street M. E. Church. $1,800 on pipe organ: Hall & Pearsall, $2,193 on cotton; all in Georgia Home, of Columbus, Ga. Worth & Worth, $4,000 on mdse; Champion Compress Co., $o.000 on building and machinery; all in Lanca shire, of .Manchester Champion Compress Co., $5,000 on building and machinery; Worth & Worth,' $4,185 on cotton; George Da vis, $3,000 onJ?lHngi. chncT Cald r Bros., $2,500 on building; Jno. C. Hever, $2,000 on building; all in TMew York Underwriters Agency. Worth & .Worth, $5,400 on mdse; Jno. R. Tnrrentiue, $1,500 on mde; Mary A. Winton, $1,203 on furniture; all in Uermania, of New York. Bladen steamooat, $2,000 on steam er; (Jharles Wessell, $1,500, on. build ing; J. G. Olden buttel. $500 on frame building; Champion Compress Co.. $5,000 on building and machinery; J W. Taylor, agent, $1,500 on saw mill machinery; all in Western Assurance Lo., ot Toronto, Can. Ha.l & Pearsall, $1,032 on cotton of Hall & Pearsall, $1,72, on cotton; all m Norwich Union, ot Norwich, En gland. , With Jno. W. Gordon & Smith Jno. C. Heyer. $2,000 on building; AI. J. Heyer. $27000 on stock; E. R. Brink, $8,750 on dwelliner and furni ture; Hall & Pearsall, $4,750 on cot ton;. P. Conlnn, $1,600 on dwelling nd furnithre; Mrs. S. A. Flanner, $3,000 on dwelling and turuiture; C. B Wright, $2,500 on building; Kerchnei & Calder Bros., $3 000 on sheds; Alex Sprunt & Son, $4,000 on brick build ing and sheds; F. A. Newbuy, $500 on buildine: M. Rataien. $1,200 oi. milding; J. W. Taylor, $1,000 on machinery; all in Liverpool & London . w ' iV frill hi-. Patersoh. Downing & Co., $8.000 on naval stores; C. S. Love & Co., $2,000 on naval stores; Worth & Worth, $2, 000, on naval stores; Christine Old ham, $500 on furniture; T. B. Hender son, $1,000 on mdse: Hall & Pearsall. vywvi4y K- A. lsJ ' I. t L VV f $b,00 on naval stores; all in Ham burg Bremen, of Hamburcr. Hall & Pearsall, $G on cotton: es tate of John M-Rae, $1,000 on mill; U. H. Wright, $3,000 on stock; S. P Shotter & Co., $600 on office furniture; all in Fboenix Assurance of London E. K. Pridtjen. $280 on furniture: U.. II SL. T.. -II rfo' . i T ixu,n - jt ear sau. aou on cotton: Liouts J. Poissoni $150 on furniture: all in the Rochester German, of Rochester, N. x. M. Rathjan, $900, on stock and fur niture; Jas, I. Metts, $900 on furniture; Hall & Pearsall, $129 on cotton: all in the Virginia. Fire and Marine, oi Kichmond. J. W. Taylor, $750 on machinery, in Alabama of Mobile, and $750 on ma chinery, in the Citizens, of Mobile. With Atkinson & Manning : Pern broke Jones, $5,025, on cotton ties: M J. Heyer. $2,509 on stock: Mrs. A M Parsley, $1,500 on building; Worth & wortn, 5jld00 on buildingaud stock. u. li. Worth and estate of N. G. Dan iel, $10.9o0 on building; Hall & Pear sal . $28,300 on cotton; Geirere L Aio. JtJ,UUU on guano; J. (j. Uidenbutte $900 on building; Samuel Bear, Sr., 5jo,jo on dwelling aud furniture; C B. Wright; $o.o00 on building and stock; Mrs. C. R. Gau e, $300, on fur niture; Bagley, Stewart & Baglev, !jL,uuu on steamer liiver yeen; iSt Hut naoas school bouse, $l,o00; H. R Kuhl, $100. aii dwelling house; Thos Rivera, $300, on dwelling. Tnese amounts are divided between the following companies: Queen, North British & Mercantile. riarttord, Fiicemx, y,tna, Commer cial Union Fire Association, Citv of London, HibVruia and North Carolina Home. With DeRosset & Northrop: Wonh & Worth, $12,500 on mdse; Smith & Gilchrist, $1,000 on mdse; Bladen Steamboat Co.. $1,500 on steamer; Mri J. H-yer. $1,000 on stock; C. B. Wright, $2,500 on building Champion Compress Co , $2 500 on building maehinery and all in North America, of Philadelphia. J. M. Forhee, $1 000 on stock, in Snring- neld Jbire ec; .Marine, of Springfield, Mass. With M.S. Willard: Owen Fen- nell, $3,000 on co-ton; E. Lill,. $l,0l0 on eottou; A. H. Gr ene, $2,500 on cotton; D. L ; Gore. $1,000 on oMon; Kercher & C..lder Bros., $1,000 oi frame war house; W. I. Gore, Su & Co., $L,0'0 on mlse; Smith & Gil christ, !$50 o'tn seed; heirs of H. Nutt, $1,800 on brick stores; VI. J. Heyer, $2 500 on stork; jlex Sprunt & Son. .$1,500 on spirit barrels &; James Madden, $2,200 on brick V.niid ing; G. J. Boney, $b000 on nnichinerv atid $9,000 on so k; Mrs. E. H. New kirk, $1,500 on brick building, occu pied bv G. J. Bonev; C. B. Wright. $300 on hy; heirs of H. Nii't, $4,300 on brick dwelling; Mrs Emily Gar hardt, $350 ori furniture; Alex. S:runt & Son, ti 'atiug lusurHiK'e. The.-e Htnnuii'M w etv di id-i as follows: $8, 000 in Continent!; $10,250 in Fire In surance As-" iM'ion; $1 ,800 in (iennn American; $4,950 in Mm; $5 195 in Northern, aggregating $30,195. With Wm. L- Smitn & Co.: D- ha Brvsoij, on brick hot 1 $2,000: M. J. Beyer, on stork, $1,000; H. W. Bryant, $1,000 on stock; all m Scot tish Union & National Kerchner & C .Ider Bros.. $2,500. on brick building; Btadeo Ste un'-at Co $1,000 on steamboat; J H Ouih ni. $800 on furniture; J. A. Walker, sr2. Coun.cucut iiiu on Fire. 1 m dwelling; all m Worth & Worth, $3,000 on naval stores; J. C Mevenson. $500 floai' g rjliey; C. B. Wright. .$2,500. on mill building; all iu Ciescent Insurance Company. -- To thealove add about $8,00l) in the Wilmington Mutual. c autifuf line of Children's received it ; v.; i; . ; . r j PucHtLKk & Kxsa'fl 1 r, xi .l,. mg to his own claim, it has robbed, THE SKNATE AND THE t jrmRTnN Presentation Feature?. of Its By Hon. A.M. Waddell. of Wil mington. f Wilmington Revievr. Feh. 18th. rnue tl.ie 0 th Rlft;- bill is as follows: "A bill to aid in the establishment and tHflinorarv Riinnnrt of Common Schools." It is how be- fore the Sennte. It passed the Senate wncn must eventually be wholly during the last Congress, after thre maintained by the States and Tern weeks of debate, by a vote of 33 to 11, tores wherein they exist, it is hereby Imanv SpnstnN liAinc ahscnt Kt . large portion of the absentees being' in favor of the bill), but was not reached in the House. It oronoss tn distribute durng the next eight years amoncr tho States and Territories !fc77- 000,000 as follows: 7 million the first year; 10 million the second year: 15 million the third vear: 13 million the fourth vpar: 11 million the fifth vo.,-. J millitm the sixth year; 7 million the seventh year, and 5 million the eighth year, inis money i xo oe aistnouted n the basis of illiteracy; that is, to each State according to the number 'f persons in it vho could not write in i?ou, wnen me last; -ensu was taken. The whole machinery of the schools the appointment of the teachers the xystem of instruction, the books, lo be used. and everything connected with the businessis to be wholly and exclusively under State con trol just as the present schools are. Con gress does require that the money ap propriated snail be bonestly applied to educational purposes aud to nothing else, and that the Governors of the States shall certify the fact by fur nishing a full report each year, before rne next annual appropriation is paid out; but this is the sole requirement in the way of a supervision by Con gress, lu otner words, tne tsiair bill porarily by giving them money to edu- v,,,f I . 1 , 1 in any way witn tne management of the fund, or the schools. Has Con gress the power to do this under the Constitution! That is the only ques- A 3 . . iiou; xor tne propriety ana expediency of extending such aidi if lawful, will not be denied. Laying aside the fact that three fourths of the Senators, un der the sanction of their oaths to sup- port tne constitution, nave declared that Congress has the power and that otate legislatures nave, nearly or A. T 1 A. 1 quite unanimously approved, it, and that many ex-uongressmen like Dr. Curry, and eminent private citizens in ill n arts of thn p.ntintri? hnvu nlroH for the p tssageof the bill, laying all this aside. I sav. let n look &t tha matW in thfl liiht of racrm nnifm. mon sense. As to thft grammatical con- xtrvction. of the e-mieral wifr" clause, there can. of course, be no dispute; That was settled before Judge Story wrote his Commentaries on the Constitution. To lay stress on that is to stick in the bark. Congress has power by laying taxes to provide for the "general welfare of the United States." How has Congress exercised this power, even in regard to science md education! I say njthmg about many other matters which come under the "general welfare" clause, such as the improvement of rivers and har bors, the erection of public buildings and the like, but confine mvself to the .appropriation of money, lands, and other property for the advancement of learning. Lver since the formation of the present government (and before it during the Confederation) the power to appropriate the property ot the gen erai government to tne promotion of i - .... . education among all the people has been claimed aud exercised; and the appropriation has not been confined to land alrne, but to money and to other property as well. The resources t the republic have often been ap- pueu 10 mis purpose, uie public money has been used to establish ob ervatories; it has been appropriated to assist the bnnthsoni-m Institution, to assist agricultural colleges, and geo logical and other surveys, and enter prises like the observation of thetran- lt of Venus in other countries. And these things have been doncwhen the uocmne or a strict construcuon ot tne Constitution was mtlch ftiore preval ent, and much more anxiouslyguarded frmn it is now. The opponents of ihe Bili admit this, but say there is a dis unction between giving property and laying taxes for such purposes. This is too fine a distinction, tor the taxes. when collected, become the property f the United M ites. The power to provide for the general welfare of the United plates" is an expressly granted power, not an implied one. and therefore (as the Supreme Court of the U. S. decided nearly seventy years ago) the means of carrying this express power into effect, if not pro hibited by the Constitution, is a matter entirely within ihe discretion of Con gress. Tht this and other general provi.-ions of the Constitution were inserted in anticipation of the growth itid expansion of the United btates, and ot numberless emergencies that might arise to call them into play is equally established by theopiuion of Chief ,iusti-e Marshall in the same case, we nave uvea to see rne most wonderful and o e of the most alarm ing of these emergencies; viz. the an nihilation of the property of eleven States, and the sudden transformation i- I l r I oi several millions or lguoraui slaves into the same number of free and - I O - 1 equal cnizens. oociety was inreat ened and good government endangered Will any man sty that the 'general welfare ot tne United estates was not Mid is not involved in such a tremen dous infusion of ignrance into the body politic, following upon the. des truction of the means of education T And that although Congress itself added this mass of ignorance to the voting population of the country it has n power under this clause of the Constitution to remedy it, ven by a temporary pecuniary assistance to the States! Is not this "States Rights .run raadf Can a more pitifully ludicrous specracie uo imagine etaele be imagined than that of a Southern man at this time of any flung into passion with Conirress for otfer-1 ing to help him mm ! whom, accord . . " ' ' " i - i.i ., i , .. - . mmam . ing to his own claim, it has robbed and ruined, because, forsooth! he doubts the Constitutionality of the as sistance! I sav assistance beojuiKA th Blair bill expressly provides fin the 7th section) as follows : Sec. 7. That the desicn of this not not being to establish an independent syatem vt schools, but rather to aid for tn time being in the development l and maintenance of the school svstm established by local government, and provweu mai DO ?reatftr nart nf tho mt,n,ev aPPrPrited under this act 8Pau ue Pam OUT lo any btate or Ter ritory in any one year than the sum I eXpended out of its own revenues, or ontot money raised under its author P-ln the preceding year for the main- I ?ance or common schools, not in eluding the sums expended in the erectin of school buildmes." So that the act expressly disclaims 'An? PurPnse on the part of Congress v y -r" l" a,uu uiaw icmpuraruy, and onv tnen uPon condition that the sme amount is appropriated by the olwf lYT lu"op ana otner expenses, exclusive of bui Miners. I will not insult the intelligence of your readors by discussing the over shadowing necessity that rests upon the Southern States, in particular, in regard to the matter of educating the rising generation, nor call attention to the earnest appeals which all lead ing statesmen, beginning with Wash ington himself, have made in behalf of it as being the most important foundation 6tone in the structure of our free institutions. Nor is it neces sary to dwell upon the fact that, ac cording to the latest statistics, the population of the country and the ex penditures for common schools h ye o y increased in about thesamA ratio. know' as Dr- Mayo, testified before the Senate VSi know, as Dr. Mavo. of Boston. committee. I "tliut nuira T,i U 4 n , that never within ten vears in tne history of the world has an effort so great, so persistent, and so absolutely heroic been made by any people for the education of the children asby the leading class of the people in our Southern States;'1 and yet we know, also, that the condition of illiteracy, notwithstanding these heroic efforts, is, as Dr. Curry and others testified, "absolutely. appalling." Are the con stitutional scruples of a small minor-, ity, however honest they may be, to outweigh this appalling fact in our civilization, and to be respected in preterence to the equally honest opin 1 lQK? a majority, ot equally able and W.1 miormea senators aua Kepresen tonves and citizens? And does the repreuiauon or me purpose or congress in passing tne Blair bill tend to increase respect tor the arguments ot its opponents! rney seeK to lm press the people with the belief that Congress intends to assume supervis ion and control of their children's ed ucation, and perhaps to give some ad vantage to the colored race. If they nave ever read tue bill, tney must know that there is nothing in it to jus tify such an allegation. If they have not read the bill what are their opin ions about it worth? For people who have had the experience to which those of the Southern States have been subjected in late years, to raise a Con stitutional objection to the Blair bill and to become indignant at the propo sition of Congress to help them in the performance of a great and vital duty which is overtaxing their strength, i to present themselves m a Quixotic attitude before the world. Such ex treme solicitude about an apprehended violation of a clause of the Constitu tion under which a hundred more doubtful acts of legislation have been passed, has the appearance of mono mania, especially when the proposed legislation will be more beneficial to the Southern States than, perhaps, anv act ever passed under the "general welfare", clause. As to "centraliza tion" and its dangers, it really seems jiKe raocKery to use tne niair oiu as 11 Y AM. 1 1 .1 VL I 1 '11 aa illustration and warning. Alter fifty years of discussion, four years of war, and nearly twenty years of re construction legislation, to begin at tacking the constitutionality of a ben eficent and remedial act of Congress is to lorder on the ridiculous. It is as uerile. as the assertion that these United States, the greatest power on earth, are not a -nation. It is juggling with words and iguoring realities; it is wearing green spectacles on a sum day, and swearing that the weather is cloudy. Has this mode of dealing with public questions ever resulted in ben efit to the Southern people, and are they forever to continue it! The fact that the Legislatures of several of the Southern States have unanimously in structed their Senators and requested their Representatives in Congress to vote for the Blair bill, that meetings have been held and petitions forward ed bv citizens all over the South in fa vor of its passage, seems to indicate very plainly that Constitutional hair splitting will not occupy much of their time in future. It is very easy to con jure up imaginary afflictions from ap prehended violations of the uontitu- tjon, but they will have to be more plainly visible than any likely to arise out of the Blair bill, before they will excite alarm among the people of, the present generation. lours trniyt A. M. Waddell. An nswer Wanted Can anv one bring ns a rage of Kidney or Liiver tjomputini loai o'eciriu oin-ers will not speedily cure? We say t ey can not, as thousands of cases already perma nently curd and whare daily recom m. nding Electric Bitters, will prove. B right's Disease, Diabetes, Weak Bdck, or anv urinary c mp amt quickly enred. They purity the blood, regulate the bow els and act dir ctly on thcriseased parts. Every bottle guaranteed. For sale at 50c a bottle byKirby & Robinson, Goldsboro, , FOR WARMTH AND; COMFORT. . O Our 6tock of Bicycle Shirts are beauties, and ;qaaUty ;gaarnteed.. .Colors, three, Sjlesj'two, AtSouExBaxErs & Co'&,,: TUE SENATE AND PRESIDENT. The Edmund's Resolution for Consideration. up The resolutions of the Senate caucus on the subject of appointments and papers on file in the Executive depart - ments ere promptly reported to the Senate T mrsday mo-ning. Time was given the Demociatic minority to re port not later then Monday a week. The following is the full text of the resolutions : Resolved, Th. the foregoing report of the committee on the judiciary be agreed to and adopted. Resolved, That the Senate hereby ex presses its c mdemnation of the refusal of the Attorney-General, under what ever influence, to send to the Senate copies of papers called for by the res olution of the 25th of January and set forth in the reports of the committee on the judiciary, as in violation of his official duty and subversive of the fundamental principles of the govern ment and ot a good administration th reof . Resolved, That it is, under tho cir cumstances, the duty of the Senate to refuse its advice and consent to pro posed removals of officers, the docu ments and papers in reference to the supposed official or personal raiscon duct of whom are withheld by the ex ecutive or any head of a department when deemed necessary by the Senate and called for in considering the mat ter. Resolved, That the provisions of sec tion 1754 of the Revised Statutes, de claring "that persons honorably dis charged from the military or naval service, by reason of disability result ing from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civiL offices, pro vided 4hey are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the. proper" discarge of the duties of such office," ought to be faithfully and fully put in execution, and that to remove or to propose to remove any such sol dier whose faithfulness, competencv and character are above reptoacli and to give place to another who has not renoered such service is a violation of the spirit of the law and of the prac tical gratitude the people and govern ment of the United States owe to the defenders of constitutional liberty and integrity of the government. All of which is respectfully submitted. (Signed) Geo. F. Edmunds, John J. Inoalls, S J. R. McMillan, Geo F. Hoar, James F. Wilson, Wm. M. Evarts. The report recites the fact and cir cumstances of the removal of Duskin and the appointment of his successor. It declares that it has been the uni form practice of the judiciary commit tee siuce the passage of the tenure of office act, to call upon the heads of! departments for all "papers and in formation" in the possession of the department touching the conduct and administration of the officers proposed to be removed, and the character and conduct of the person proposed to be appointed. This has been done with the unanimous approval of all of the members, although the composition of tbe committee has been, during the period, sometimes of one political character aud sometimes ot another. In no instance, until this time, has the committee met with any delay or denial in respect of furnishing such papers and information with a single exception, and in which exception the delay and suggested denial lasted only for two or three days. The precedents are cited and discussed at great length. Une ot the appendices u a list show ing the number of ofliciaUof various ranks who were suspended or removed by the President during the first thirty lavs of the present session of Con gress. The minority report will contrevert all these allegations and ably refute the conclusions of the majority. Sen ater Putrh is preparing it. Something has been said about a caucus ot Democratic senators, also as to a general Democratic caucus of; both Houses to be held next week. "EDM UNDS REBELLION!" The Fight Between the Senate and Administration. Washington, February 19. The report submitted to the senate by Mr. Edmunds yesterday in regard to fun- msion of federal officers, andf the declination of the administration to urnish papers on file bearing upon their character and official integrity, s the talk of the city and Democrats peak of it as the 'Edmuuds rebel ion."' It has not yet been decided whether the Democratic memtrers of the judiciary committee shwll offer a substitute for the Edmunds report, or whether thev will make their fiirhi in debate when the report of the majority comes up for action. A cauu- will e held to-morrow, when a definite line of action will be determined. Sena- ors Pugh, Jckson and Kenna are equipped for the battle and will, they li 1 .1 m r say, De aounoantiy lortined with pre- edents to offset those triven by the Republicans. It is said (hat among' ther important papers a Democratic ; senatoi has in his posehsion the copy' of a letter written by Mr. Sherman! when secretary of the treasury de- i lining to furnish Mr. Conkliug, the senator, with reasons tor the uspen sion of Chester A. Arthur as collector of the port of New York. The co operation and leal assistance of Attorney General Garland, it is thought, will be reqviesttd by the minority in preparing their case. The controversy will be bitter and the present outlook indicates a very citing partizan debate. ex- What is the whole duty of a marked mm t? a-ks the new conjugal caterhlsm ; To be agreeable tt his wife and keep Dr. Bull's Uougn .byrup iu the I ouse for the rhildren when they iet a cold, of course.'! Aak us something hard; -. v ' ; - , ; ' .-.--:-'. : ' J. - t' : , .. S. Paragraphs by Our Regular Re porter. N. D. Mires fired two ithrtta . chicken aDd egg thief one night last week, only one shot thltinir ffff 1 The thief was captured and hedged in I prison and sold next day fttr t n cental it was a 'posom. T Rev. I. L. Chestnutt, editor of the- Hatch lower and Rev. J. T. Wi..flj one of the editors of the Washington, Gazette, W. W. Carraway of Aews Ob server, C. C. Taylor, of the Newbern Journal and Rom. Johnson of the Mts senger, were all in town latt wet-kl and perhaps others of the sitne oraftl but this will do for one fitting. One preacher shoots another. In Contentnea Neck township Lenoir couuty on Friday the 19th inst., a dif-i frculty arose between Allred Powell. of the Freewill Baptist church and John! A. Williams, of the PrimfUve Baptist church, when Powell shot Williams in the legs with a load of squirrel idiot, lluuui"'"K very serious wound. Powell had a hearin'e before E. L. Hazelton, J. P., who plactd his bond vy, inwiuij io give it, ne wa Bent to jail, but was released on bail the following day. The difficulty arose about a piece n land that Wil liams had rented to Powell. But the statements are conflicting, so we will not write them. We are sorry to have to announce that the Kinston Itemuer recently started, edited., by W. A. Coleman r Esq., has suspended. Miss Annie Hatch, of Mouut Olive, is makiug things lively among the bachelors and widowers. Miss Sue. Patrick is in town thU week. We have a longing,. burning, short ing, freezing desire to see that good looking 4;Itemizer of LnGrange. We always did love to see handsome men and we know LaGrange can pioduce them; step down, my brother, and we will show you some of the handsomest ladies this side of tho Rocky Moun tains, and they enjoy your produc tions, perhaps an well as our paper 1 uui guess at wuat we intended. DURHAM GRADED SCHOOL TAX. , An Application lor an Injunc tion Kelused by .Jurist Clark. Kalcleh NewObservcr.J The applicatiou for an injunction against tho graded school tax , for Durham came up before Judr Claris hi. wreeusooro, reornary j. Notice of the motion had been served on de fendauts and both sides were present. Judge Ruffin, Maj. Graham and W. W. Fuller represented the plaintiff; and Judge Bynuni and Schem-k and Messrs. J. S. Manning and Strudwiek represented the defendant. Judge Clark has filed his judgment restrain ing the appropriation of any part of the tax to any purpose other thai) the graded schools and (in conformity to the Puett decision) restraining any discrimination between the races m the apportionment of the fund. He refused to restrain the levy and collec tion of the tax as (unlike the Puett ... i i i . f case) there was no irregularity or di crimination in me levy. ih case is appealed to the Supreme Court. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Junius Lynch Clements Claims to be the Original Inventor. Cn A R LOTTE . Fb. 22 The Observer to-morrow will publish a column inter view by its Washington correspondent with Junius Lnch demon. 1 ikef the Ri ver and Harbor Committee of the House of Representatives, who claims that he is the original inentor of the Electric Telegraph. Mr. Clem ous claims that, he in Vr-nted the system iu 183.J, while at Randolph Macon College, Virginia. He communicated his discovery to a Mr. Pnge, who was in the Patent office ami who hd be come quite eminent as an electrican. Mr. Page did not answer the letter, and eleven years after took out . pttent on the discovery audaKociat-d More and Amm Kendall with him. The company applied to Congies for aid lo develop the dicover; him the world knows the result. Mr. CII moni claims onlv the original invention, but gives Mr. Morse credit lor its development. He -oiiclude tlr inter View ns follow: ' I would n.it pluck a single leaf from the laurel that circled MoiWs brow or drop a word that would tefleet upon his memory." The letter is publih d as a vindica tion of the truth of history. THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE 0 Through Jtail Route to Havana via Tampa. ' Washington, JVV 22. Jlepairs to the bridir near Wilmington, N. C.t on the Atlantic Co tt Line have len completed, and Pullman -leeer will run through as uual. There will be no d tention- on ac count of the tire at W i liiiuiirion. Tne Jaek Mttitiile. Tampa and Kev vv est ltaiiway ih-jthii ruiiiiinir tram to day br-t ween Jacksonville ami San ton!. Tids irivis the Atlantic Cot Line on all rail connection with Tampa and decreases the time to San ford. Tampa. Key West and Havana by about 12 hour. uial clpse of all Pierc ' other medicing bv Dr. 11. VL s Uolden Medical DiacoverH U 4 Golden ai - pio - uhing. UntivAiled iu hidou dis- orirs, impure blool, mid Conxuin don; whi. h U bcrot'ulou disea-e of the lug ITEMS. Picture Frames of all kind,MOld clieMpV f FnchtlerOt Kern'iC Motu Knimt I t Cents. A full nd ' beautiful, line of Colon in- Embroidery Silks, Spool ilk wxd Twlt at Mri; E. VY. Moored - . v " ' V c r V -.."
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1886, edition 1
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