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STATE LIBRARY: - -H-J 1 : . v .- -V . A . ' f . A Jk. W:: Wi!r ) ; J Established 1867. 'For us , Principle is Principle Right is Right Yesterday, To-dayTomojrrro Forever. ! PubHAed $nl-'Weckly 13.00 a Yeir VOL. XXII. GOLDSBORO, N. C, MONp3;fe -6. : .- NO.' 64. THE PRESBYTERIANS. Quarto-Centennial of Southern Presbyterians. A Review of the Causes that Led to the Separation of the Church. Special to the Charleston News Courier l Augusta, Ga., May 25'. To-day was devoted in the Presbyterian General Assembly to the ; quarto-centennial elebration. Three addresses were delivered, one by Dr. Jos. E. Wilson, one by the Rev. J. N. Waddell, and ne by the Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer. The opening address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Jos. R. Wilson, the stated clerk of the first General As sembly and the occupant of the same position in the present session. His address was filled with reminiscences of the distinguished men of the As semblv in 18G1, and with historic ac counts of the circumstances and prin ciples which obtained at that memor able time. Dr. Wilson was the pastor f the Augusta Church at the time, and his entertainment of the Assembly in its first session is a proud j memory with him and all those present. The Rev. Dr. J. N. Waddell deliv ered a lengthy address on the subject f church education, and as listened to with great interest. The closing and principle address was that of the Rev. Dr. B. M. Pal mer, of New Orleans, the Moderator of the first General Assembly of the Southern Church. Dr. Palmer took for his text, "The Chureh, a Spiritual Kingdom." He said this most sug gestive phrase finds its root in far deeper soil than the language of Mat thew. Its delicate fibres are matted together around t've rich mould of the former dispensation from which the promised Elias emerges to spiring the thought anew upon a startled world. Two ends were to be accomplished under this arrangement. The first was to root the conviction in the minds ot men mat deiioTau l&tne uod ot na tions not less than of individuals. The doctrines of both are alike in His hand and He is to be honored through the collective obedience of the one as well as the single obedience of the other. They may construct what systems of government they please, but ;m them all He is to be reeognized and adored as the bupreme Ruler, doing; accord ing to His will in the army of Heaven and among the inhabitants of the arth through fifteen centuries. The prophet stands side bv side with the historian to interpret the judgments which are visited upon national trans gressions, establishing for all time the Pivine bupremacy which would be as conspicuous in modern as in jancient history were the same .inspired expo sition, enjoyed now as then. The sec ond and more important design of the theocracy was to present the Church of God through all ages as a corporate life and under th 3 pressure of j corpor ate obligations. The golden; oppor tunity for the emancipation of the Chureh from secularization jwas of fered upon this continent in the Amer ican revolution. The -sharp necessity which cut loose the statesmanship of that period from monarchical tradi tions severed also the bond which lashed the Church and the State to-, irether in solid unity. It was! clearly impossible to establish royalty where no order of nobility existed tcj break the abrupt ascent from the common alty to the throne, and as a ieonfed rate republic arose instead of a throne before the fascinated gaze of mankind, it was equally evident that thirteen independent States would never be united in the recognition of ariational church, and so under the compulsion of a supreme directing Providence the h of Christ was once rudre pro claimed a kingdom not of this! world. The years which have passed sipce the 'paration of the Northern andlSouth frn Presbyterian churches hafe ban ished every feeling of resentment in our bosoms, and we can look with the tye of charity upon the error of those whom we have never ceased tojregard as our brethren in the Lord. We do not undertake even to say that, with ur positions reversed and acting un der their convictions, we might not have been guilty of the same fault. However that may be,the fact remains that we were separated from the church of our fathers upon a strictly political issue which a spiritual court ad no authority, either humaii or di vine, to adjudicate. Whether fe our-t-lves comprehend or not the Signifi cance of our withdrawal, the logic of the case constituted us the asserters and guardians of the vital truth, the non-secular and non-political charac ter of the Church of Christ) and, whether we will or not, we must preach to the world this, "Gospel of th? king 'lorn." I desire to emphasize the state ment that up to the passage hi the i'lini? resolutions in May, 186, a di vision of the Church had not been sug ested, perhaps had not entered the thought of any except as a possible ad painful necessity. Someiof us cherished the hope that the bonds of ecclesiastical fellowship might be able tf bear the strain even of a great civil war. It would have been a sublime spectacle if the Church could have preserved her visible unity amidst the onvulsions which shook a continent, a idritual kingdom rising unconsumed jut of the flames of a gigantic; war, hse the bush burning with fire at lount Horeb, to proclaim the power 01 divine grace over the passions of "J1- It was not to be. The testimony Rust be borne for a while longer, as n ages past, under the form jof pro jest against the invasion of that liberty Herein Christ hath made His people ree. The historic basis, therefore, uPon which stands this dear Church ours, the special feature by which tjj? is distinguished from others, is ijs testimony for Christ's kingdom as j ee Sniritnfll rnmmnnnrcaH)i i carta- e from civil covernmant. under e&rtwevr. -orm administered 1 4. upon a nre may be prudential con 'yations aside from this why our lesiastical organization should be reserved intact without absorption into any larger bodies around us. But the differentiating principle in the sur render of which we yield the very reason of our existence is the claim of our King o reign supreme and alone in His Church. The political issue is precisely the same to day as it was a quarter of a century ago. If in the past the letter of the constitution was too frail a barrier to protect the Church against the swelling tide of political enthusiasm, how much less will it restrain in the future when un derminded by this fatal precedent. Dr. Palmer spoke for nearly two hours. To-night a reception was tendered to the Assembly by the ladies of the two Presbyterian churches in Augus ta. It took place in the Telfair build ing and was an elegant affair. Augusta, May 26. The sixth day's proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the South was devoted to a discussion of the question of evolution. The debate was opened by Dr. R. D. Smoot, of Texas, in favor of the ma jority renort, contending that the mat ter is properly before the Assembly for decision, and not a matter of con venience or expediency, that can be deferred. Drs. George D. Armstrong and W. F. Junkin and G. B. Strickler follow ed, in support of the majority report. In favoring the minority report. Dr. Ferguson, of Louisiana, opposed ac tion at this time by the Asssembly,'on the ground that it would prejudice the case of Dr. Woodrow. now pending in a lower court of the Church. Dr. Flinn and Dr. Woodrow closed the debate on the minority report. Dr. Woodrow did not speak in support of or even advance his theories of evolution, but spoke against the pro priety of the Convention taking action now, and against the Assembly adopt ing the report of the majority, alleg ing creation to have been immediate. The majority report was adopted by an overwhelming vote of 137 to 13, as follows : To the several overtures on the subject of the evolution of man sent up by Presbyteries, the General Assembly return answers as follows : The Church remains at this time sin cerely convinced that the Scriptures as truly and authoritatively expound ed in our "Confession of Faith" and Catechism teach'that Adam and Eve were ereated body and soul by the Al mighty Power,thereby preserving per fect race unit-; that Adam's body was directly fashioned by Almighty God without any natural animal parentage of any kind, out of matter previously create4,of nothing; and that any doc trine ar variance therewith is a dan gerous error, inasmuch as by methods of interpreting the Scriptures which it must demand and in consequence of which by fair implication it will in volve, -it will lead to denial of doc trines fundamental to the faith. (Signed) George D. Armstrong, R. K. Smoot, W. F. Jenkins. G. B. Strick ler, L. C. Vass, A. N. Holyfield. M. Van Leon, R. B. Fulton, O. N. Ken ned7. Augusta, May 27. The seventh day of the General Presbyterian As sembly was devoted to routine busi ness. The report of the Committee on Education was adopted, as was the resolution commending the American Bible Society. The afternoon session was devoted to a discussion of the re port of the Committee on Theological Seminaries. The report recommends the closing of the Columbia Theologi cal Seminary in which Dr. Woodrow has a professorship. Dr. Woodrow took an active part in the debate, op posing the report. To-night's session was devoted to Home Missions. IMPORTANT DECLARATION. The Bishops' Address to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, now in session at Richmond, Va., in its reference to the church relations of the colored people and their spiritual status, contains the following statement : "Twenty-five years have passed since their emancipation, and the ex perience of this period throughout the South indicates that the white teacher and the white preacher were never more necessary to the eleyation and instruction of the negro than at this present time." Coming from such a source, the statement is not alone startling but is entitled absolutely to the highest cre dence and should be accepted; for, considering the lofty character ot the spokesmen and their utterances, the , i ii peculiarly tavorea opportunities tney have had for observation and inquiry, these growing out of their itinerant system and the constitution of their church, their's is equivalent to excathe dra testimony on this, as on all other questions that are germane to religious work, and upon which they are called on to express opinion. Now let the satellites of the late Bishop Haven, in the North, rife to deny and, in the light of history and the facts, charge that even Southern Methodist Bishops are so loth to a re linquishment of Bourbon ideas, and so imbued with the spirit of caste and prejudice, that they will not deliver the truth that even they, in the fear of the Great Master, will not deal fairly with this negro question. For our part, we accept it as the plain, though unvarnished, truth; and no where in the South where alone the negro is justly estimated in his social, civil, political and religious condition will the statement be gainsaid. A "Walking Skeleton. Mr. E. Springer, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., writes : "I was afflicted with lung fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced to.a walking Skeleton. Got a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consum ption, which did me so much good that I bought a dollar bottle. After using three bottles, found myself once more a man, completely restored to health, with a hearty appetite, and a gain m flesh of 48 lbs." Call at Kirby & Robinson's Drug Store and get a free trial bottle of this certain cure for all Lung Diseases. Large bottles $1.00. GREAT LABOR COUNCIL. Organization of Business in the Cleveland Convention. Cleveland. O., May 26. The Knights of Labor were up late last night, and in consequence it was rather late this morning before they were astir. It was 9:20 o'clock when Powderly left the hotel, and it was 10:40 o'clock before the General As sembly was rapped to order by the chief executive. In the meantime the delegates congregated in groups in the hall and corridors, discussing labor topics. When the call for the Convention was issued by Powderly he only enu merated five causes of complaint that were to be adjusted. These were boy cotts, strikes, the Southwest troubles, the relation of the Knights of Labor to other organizations and the insti tuting of new assemblies. Since the delegates have arrived many of them have plans that they would like to spring upon the special session. Whether these will be discussed or laid upon the table cannot be deter mined as yet. One of these plans is to agitate the subject of Government regulation of railroads. A member of the Order from Alle gheny, Pa., : has prepared a long ad dress upon this subject, and a delegate from his district will try to secure a hearing for him. The gentleman's ad dress also deals with the project of the national arbitration board. Another matter was made public by afree dis cussion this morning. For sometime past the executive board has not been satisfied with some of the organizers of the Order, and several have had charges preferred against them and had their commissions recalled. A number of organizers are not giv ing satisfaction, so to prevent hard feeling by removing these men it is proposed to have the commissions of every organizer, from chief down, re called. A reporter asked Richard Trevelyck, chief organizer, about the matter and that gentleman said : "It is true that such a plan is being agitated. Much of the trouble in the Order arising from the rapidly increas ing membership and installation of new assemblies is due to poor organi zation. It is not the fault of either Powderly or the executive board. In making appointments they must rely upon the recommendations of district assemblies. They do not, cannot know all men recommended and appointed. A few weeks ago, in one city, I rrJet an organizer who, I regret to say, was under the influence of liquor. I asked him where he was going, and he in formed me that he was going to insti tute an assembly of five hundred strik ing Poles and Hungarians. This is against the rules of the Order, as we can admit no strikers while they are out. I told him so, but he replied that he held a commission as organizer and would do us he pleased. I told him he could institute the assembly but it would never receive a charter. Only a few days ago, at the reception ten dered me by some ladies, an organizer was intoxicated. We need sober, in dustrious, representative men in these positions. It would make hard feel ings to ask for their commissions, so itls proposed to make them ante up, from chief organizer down. This can be done by Powderly alone, by the ex ecutive board, or by the executive board under instructions from the General Assembly. The best way is the latter, and I think that it will be done in that manner. New organizers will be commissioned as fast as possi ble anu will be selected because of their fitness for the position." The first business of the morning session was the acceptance of the re port of the committee on credentials. The new delegates were then admitted to the hall and the obligation admin istered. Powderly's address was then delivered extemporaneously. He re ferred the delegates to the call to learn what business was to be brought for ward, and taking up the five subjects of strikes, boycotts, labor troubles, difficulties with trades unions and in creasing membership one by one, he advised most careful thought and full discussions upon all questions. He asked that harmony, prudence and dis cretion should predominate in all mat ters, and that the affairs of the Con vention should be acted upon with consideration and despatch. The best part of the address, treating of mat ters entirely within the province of the Order, cannot be -made public. Powderly resumed his seat amid pro longed applause and upon motion ap pointed standing committees of five upon each of the following subjects : Laws, strikes, boycotts and relation of Knights to other organizations. A special committee was appointed to whom was referred the address of the President and Secretary of the National Woman's Christian Temper ance Union. A committee of five was also selected to take action upon the matter of the organization of an American manufacturers' union, as proposed by Mr. Edwin Norton in his address of Tuesday. At 1 o'clock the Convention took a recess until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, so as to give time for committee work. The committee appointed at the morning session got to work in differ ent hotels and halls, taking care that the localities should bekept secret. The committee on the stae of the Or der, the most important of all, held its session in the parlor of the Weddell House. The afternoon was spent in a gen eral discussion of matters that were to be brought before the committee., Samuel Gompers, President of the State Workmgmen's Assembly of New York; A. Strasser, President of the International Cigarmakers' Union, and Pi J. McGuire, Secretary of the Car penters' and Joiners' Union, held a conference with the committee and re lated in a general way the grievances that each expected to bring before the committee. Delegates to the General iissembly expressed themselves as highly pleased at the action of the Cleveland Typo graphical Union in instructing its del' egate to the annual convention to rote that the L nion go over to the Knighta ! of Labor in a body. L 1 he Convention will meet iti Pitts burg June 1, and it is confidently as serted that it will adjourn as a district assembly of the Knight of Labor About 33,000 members will be added to the Knights of Labor bjr this action, and it is claimed that compositors in small towns where there are no unions will swell the numbers to 50,000.' y" The General Assembly will recon vene at 8 o'clock to-raorrow morning, and during the remaining sessions the hours will be from 8 to 12 ,m the morn ing and from 2 to 6 in the afternoon. The General Assembly, cannot pos sibly adjourn before Saturday, and the business may occupy the delegates' attention during the first part of next week. i:.- ... FOR COUNTY SUPERINTEN DENT. To the Honorable Boards of Education, Connty Commissioners and Magistrates of Wayne County : Gentlemen You will be required by law to meet in joint session on the 1st Monday of June next to elect a suitable person for superintendent of public instruction, of this county, for the ensuing two years from the 1st Monday of December next. In an nouncing myself a candidate for re election, I desire to say that I have filled this position since the 1st Mon day of J une 1883, up to the present time, and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I have in my official po sition, given entire satisfaction to all engaged in public school work in Wayne county. I mean by this the Board of Education, the school com mitteemen, the teachers,, the pupils and the patrons. During the entire three years I have held this position I have endeavored at all times to do my duty fully without favor or partiality and I can but believe that my admin istration has given the utii ost satis faction, as during the whole time I have heard no complaint. If re-elected I shall endeavor in the future to discharge my duties with the same fidelity I have displayed in the past. It is a work I like, in which I take an interest and I hope you will at your meeting re-elect me. Respectfully yours, E. A. Bright. GOV. LEE IN CINCINNATI. Govs. Wilson of West Virginia, Lee, of Virginia and Foraker, of Ohio, who are in Cincinnati as guests of- the Festival Association, were introduced to the members of the chamber of commerce, Saturday by President Stephens. Gov. Lee, who was receiv ed with shouts of applause, made a speech, in the course of which he re ferred to the late war and its events, which he said should be consigned to forgetfulness, or if remembered at all, should be thought of and talked of as evidence of American valor and fidel ity. No man, he said, could be brought to face such storms of shot and shell as were poured upon the Southern sold iers unless they thought their cause just. He was happy to say that Vir ginia's aim was to take her place in the coronet of the American Union, and by her helpfulness in advancing the interests of the common country to become a bright and flashing jewel. His remarks were warmly applauded. Gov. Foraker followed, saying he was delighted to see the earnestness of the greet.ng given Gov. Lee, who now for the first time visited Ohio. It would show him that, though Ohio's sons had fought Virginia's, it was not through hate. Rather Ohio loved Virginia so well that she would not allow her to separate from the Union. The war had settled their differences for all time, and now the common de sire to patriots everywhere was to build up the whole country. Loud applauses followed. The Governors then held a recep tion, and were met by many of the prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Sad and Probable Fatal Casualty. (Richmond State, 24th instl) Mr. Henry A Separk keeps a store on the northwest corner of Main and Twenty-second streets. A part of Mr. Separk7 s business is the charging of soda fountains for other parties. This morning about 10 o'clock, while so engaged, the fountain which he was charging exploded with a loud report. Mr. Separk was seriously, and, it is feared, fatally injured. His left hand was blown off, his left arm crushed in several places and the left side of his face badly mangled. The report alarmed the neighbor hood and was heard for several squares. A number of persons rushed in, and at first!Mr. Separk was thought to be killed outright. Medical aid was at once summoned. At 2 o'clock the condition of the un fortunate man was unchanged, with chances against him. TROUBLED ABOUT PROHIBI TION. Trenton, N. J., May 26. The Re publican Conference called for to morrow in this city, to consider the temperance question in its relation to the principles of the Republican party, promises to be a dead failure. Not a single out-of-town Republican is here to-night, and it looks as if the Confer ence will be confined to not more than a baker's dozen, of whom Speaker Armstrong, Major Pangborn and Jno. Y. Foster will be the leading lights. As a general thing Republicans view such a Conference with disapproval, their belief being that any endorse ment of a plank in their party plat form savoring of prohibition, local option or temperance would be sui cidal, as it would drive away thousands of votes from their party candidates. f " . f f 1, 1 . 1 11 11 , mm .m !tTUK NEW PHYSICIANS; r - 1 1 1 1 " m Tiie HVork ot the State Medical c,i o s. 1 Examiners. , . , lew Berne Journal , t ' The:J froard of t medical . examiners which has been in session, since last Tuesday morning completed its work Saturday.; The board was in session every dav, prolonging the session each day until near midnight, and' Friday night It remained in session all night nntil.; Saturday!; morning, 5 , o'clock. This extraordinary work, was endured in order 16. enable tha applicants to leave-on the train yesterday morning. The, following constitute the board: Dr: A.: VT, Knox, Raleigh; Dr. Wm. R, TVoodjJJcotland Neck; Dr. Jas. H. Eeagan, WeavervUle? Dr. Willis Als ton,, l4tlleton; Dr., P. L. Murphy, Morgantbnj.LjDr. , W. J. H. Bellamy, WUmington; ,;Dr. Frank Zuffy,,New Berne. . " Dnrtncthft KPAsinn iherti xctra sixty-one applicants. & these forty- six passea ana were granted license to Diactice medicine lawfullv in North Carolina. Six were rejected and nine witnorew tneir applications. JLne tol lowiner are the names of those xehn passed: James Middleton Boyette, Cumberland county; S. Hassell, Tyr rell county; D. B. Zollicoffer, North ampton county; J. A. Faison, Wayne a T !- f TTT 1 . county; it. nogers, wase county; J. L. Moore, Halifax county; T. J. Phillips, Stokes county; J. H. Powell, Greene county, G. W. Kernodle, Ala mance county; A. L. Petree, Forsyth county; J. J. L. McCullers, Raleigh; F. T. Ford, Catawba county; H. T. Chapin, Chatham county; L. B. Young, Wake county; K. M. Clark, Vance county, G. A. Ramseur, Ca tawba county; Wm. H. Ward, Plym outh; I. G. Riddick, Raleigh; Thos. H. Leary, Chowan county; John P. Mon roe, Durham; Sam C. McClese, States ville; M. T. Pope, col., Northampton county; L. A Scruggs, col., Liberty, Va.; J. T. Williams, col., Charlotte; Chas. B. Woodley, Kinston; Chas. R. Gurkm, Jamesville, Martin county; Benj. W. Burt, Enno, Wake county; F. P. Gates, Kinston; John H. Harris, Wn.lr f'nnnhv T. T? "RraswAll. MncVi county; R. . Tait, Wallace, Duplin - a T S1 TM 1 s 1 county; das. v rwacK; L;aDarrus coun ty; B. C. Moore, Anson county; C. B. Ingram, Montgomery county; Thos. P. Wynn, Warrenton; John T. Mc- Lonishnrc: Archie. McKinnnn. Rnbe- son county; Benj. F. Cox, Stanley county; a. j. cunaio, itaieign; ra. M. Hnllimrstnn. Mnnnt Airw Jos. J. Hollingston, Mount Airy;tWm. B. Crawford, Goldsboro; Wm. A. Mon roe. Moore o.onntv: Wm. V.. Wilson. Davidson Colleger; John McC. DeAr- mon, Mecklenburg county. A VERY IMPORTANT BILL. A Plan to Benefit the Country's Industries. Washington, D. C, May 26. Sen ator Stannard introduced in the Sen ate to-day a bill to authorize the es tablishment of export tobacco manu factories; for drawback on imported articles used, in manufacturing ira ported tobacco; or cans filled with products grown in the United States, or canned and preserved fruits made with imported sugar, and on bottles, etc., containing beer, wine or brandy of domestic growth. So tar as it re lates to tobacco, its provisions are identical with those or the measure which passed the House a month ago and which is now before the Senate committee on finance. In addition it provides that on imported bottles and corks, when used for the exportation of beer, wine or brandy of domestic manufacture or production, and on cans manufactured in whole or in part with imported material, when such imported material exceeds 70 per cent, of the whole material, filled with products grown or produced in the United States, there shall be allowed a drawback of duty equal to the amount paid. It also provides that exporters of fruits which have been canned or preserved in the United States with imported sugar on which duty has been paid shall, upon satis factory proof, under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe, have refunded to them the duties paid on the sugar so used. A BIG BANK CASE. Exchange National Bank of Nor folk vs. Bain & Brother. Norfolk, May 25. The case of the receiver of the Exchange National Bank vs. Bain & Brother, bankers, to set aside the deed of trust made April 6, 1885, and appoint a receiyer, com menced in the United States District Court this morning and attracted quite a crowd to the court-room. Chief Justice W. R. Waite and United States Circuit-Judge H. L. Bond are presiding with Judge Hughes. District-Attorney J. C. Gibson and Assis tant James Lyons are conducting the case, with special counsel for the plaintiffs, Judge W. J. Robertson and Judge T. S. Garnett. The defendants are represented by James Alfred Jones, Esq., Major Legh R. Page, W. W. Old, and Richard Walke. The ob ject of the plantiffs is to break the deed of trust made by Bain & Brother, in order that a receiver may be ap pointed,and the assessment the Messrs. Bain owe the Exchange National Bank as stockholders recovered, as well as other moneys the plaintiffs allege the Rains fraudulerrtlv obtained from the bank while acting as officers of the in stitution, and without security, lhe total amount the plaintiffs claim the Messrs. Bain obtained from the Ex change National Bank is $1,250,000. The report of Special-Master Barry shows that the liabilities of Bain and Brother are about $2,250,000 and the assets $500,000. The proceedings are under the United States national banking act. The case was opened for the re ceiver by Mr. James Lyons, who, in an argument lasting two hours, stated the grounds on which the Court was asked to upset the deed. Theargu- ' ment was! to the effect that the bank bad a lien on the property in the hands of the trustees, nnd that the course of the money which was taken from the Exchange Bank for the purchase of that property could be traced. Justice Waite asked the question, "Can any of the funds of the bank be directly traced to the property of Bain & Brother V to which Mr. Lyons an swered: 'Yes, $149,000 can be di rectly traced, as shown by the mas ter's renort." Mr. Richard Walke, counsel for the trustees under the deed of assignment, replied to the arguments of Mr. Lj-ons, in which he defended the validity of that deed, and had not finished his ar gument when the court adjourned for the day. -1 THE FISHERIES DISPUTE. . In resDonse to a note from Senator Fryecafting Secretary Bayard's at- tention ioj we seizure or American fishincr vessels bv the Canadian Gov ernment, Mr. Bayard has responded as ioiiows: "Before jvour note of to-day was re eived a teleerram of similar nnrnort in relation to the refusal to allow the American ischooner Jennie and Julia to purchase herring for smoking at Digby, had been received, and steps uau ueen tasen oy me to ascertain an the facts, and instant representation had been made to the British Minister to call to account the collector at Dig- by tor what 1 consider a gross breach of the commercial rights of a citizen of the United States. "The late reprehensible action of the Canadian officials in relation to American fishincr vessels had occurred in remote localities without facilities for postal communication, and conse quently there had been delay, regret able but unavoidable, in receiving consular report. But your assump tion ihat this department is giving the il LV ?T x maiier sucn consideration as its im portance demands will, I believe, be tuny sustained when the proper time arrives for! Dublication of its action. I trust l am properly conscious of my duty as an omciai charged with the execution pf delicate and important public functions, and that the inter est and honor of mv country and the rights of our citizens will not be found to have suffered at my hands." TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY. The rates of travel for this great or ganization of North Carolina teachers are lower than ever before, and thus every teacher can afford the trip. The tickets for the round trip from some of the leading points are as follows Goldsboro, $9.25; Raleigh, $7.80; New Berne, $11J Weldon, $10.70; Durham, $7; Greensboro, $5.35: Wilmington, $10.15;Elizabeth City, $14.70; Edenton, $lo.Go; 1 ayetteville, $ .Do; Henderson, $9 25; Rockv Mount, $10.90: Wilson, $10.25; Tarboro, $11.75; .Charlotte, $5.20; Warrenton, $10.30; Wake For est, $S.30; ; Wadesboro, $G.55. Rates from other places in the State will be in same proportion. This assembly gives the best opportunity that can possibly be arranged for a splendid visit to the world-renowned North Carolina mountains. The session con tinues two weeks from June 22d, and, taking one; of the farthest points in the east, foi instance Edenton, the ac tual expense of the entire trip, in cluding railroad fare, meals along the route and board at Black Mountain during the session, will be under $30. This is about one-half the usual cost of such a trip. THE EPISCOPALIANS. i The Western Diocese cf the Episco pal Convention met in Tarboro on Wednesday, the 19th inst., and began with mornmg prayer and holy com munion, after which Rev. Mr. Mur phy, of Hiljsboro, preached the open ing sermon.: There were about twenty-five ministers present and nearly as many lay delegates. The bequest of Miss Mary Smith, amounting to $25,- 000, was accepted and a committee appointed to take it in charge and to see what disposition should be made of it. The Scholarship of the General Theological! Seminary was taken up and discussed at length. The Conven tion finally jdecided that it was not a fund but a1 privilage that should be enjoyed by the Bishops of North Car olina. RevJ B. S. Bronson donated certain property near Charlotte N. C, which he held as Trustee for an Episcopal Crphanage. Many ques tions looking to the advancement of the church and its institutions were considered by the Convention", and the members were all very much inter ested in the! proceedings. The good old town of Tarboro maintained its reputation fo!r hospitality. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES. Kirhmond Dispatch. The Phila3elnhia Press calls atten tion to the fact that there has been invested in industrial pursuits in the ! . . tf m last three months in the southern States over $35,000,000, and adds : "The fact is also of significance that the working population of the South so much prefer toil to talk that the iron works or, Chattanoocra. Birming ham and North Carolina, the oil re fineries of Memphis, Helena and rsew Orleans, and the cotton factories of South Carolina and Georgia, are all busy, without a sign of strike, boycott or lockout." j And yet some pf the organs of the Republican party (the Press' party) in trying to let themselves down grace fully in the matter of the Montgomery episode, continue to ring the changes upon the alleged ract mat mat episoue will keep Northern capital and North ern immigrants out of the South. What rot ! 8wiss Edgings from 10 to 89 cents per yard at t H. M. Stbouse's. Pir.tnre "Frames of all kinds, sold cheap at Fuchtler & Kern's. Motto Frames 25 cents. t .. THE LABOR QUESTION. The Law of Criminal Conspiracy as Laid Down by Joel Prentiss. ''The law of criminal conspiracy is, when nghtlv understood and admin istered, a . beneficent corrective of wrongs which ar not otherwise reach ed. It is less rigid in its working than the law of most other offences and more under the judicial control, -It should be well understood by prose cuting officers, that they may judge wjsely when to invoke it and when to forbear, and properly enlighten the courts when qnestions under it judi cally arise. It is a great .misfortune1 that in a few of our States . no hint of this sort has been given and heeded. We have some decisions, not many, to expunge which from the books, were it possible, would be worth a subsidy,. And there are cited in our courts, text books the authors of which . had no manner of comprehension of this sub ject. If our prosecuting officers will explore it for tnemselces. and call into action their best energies and amplest learning, whenever questtons. under this title arise, erroneous d'uta. and to- some extent erroneous decisions, may be corrected; and the retroerrade where it appears, be stopped: "One of the most momentous ques tions, as viewed from the political economy, ever presented to any conn try, is becoming prominent with us, in connection with that twin evil, al ways and everywhere one and insep erable, enormous accumulations of wealth in single hands and labor strikes. These are the unner and nether millstones between which the middling interests are crushed, and the poor are ground to powder. The power which rolls undue wealth into the embrace of scheming, loug-beaded speculators and gamblers in the se curities and productsof the people and government, consists of the upheavals ot commerce, of trade, of manufacture and of the agricultural industries and of the throbs of public and private woe. It was little known with us un til it become terrible in the turmoil and struggle of a great civil war, and was continued by the unrest produced largely by great labor strikes and the apprehensions of their coming. And the poor and the working people are kept from rising to the middle ranks by bestowing their surplus earnings on "Unions," and spending them in the idleness enforced by strikes. Yet thus they feed the streams of wealth which Mow to those whom, moie than any others, they are ostensibly meant to injure the holders of ill acquired millions, the real and only recipients of whatever benefits they. in truth be stow. The fact which mitigates this evil is their small success and many failures. Nearlv the entire rionnlation. in every country truly civilized, con sists of people who at one occupation or another labor with their hands. To the few whose wealth exempt them, it is immaterial whether they pay more or less for such products of labor ns they use. The poor laborers consti tute the bulk of consumers. And if one class obtains by forced means an increase of the rewards of labor the burden is simply cast on another class;, who, as the cost of living is enhanced, may well demand higher pay. When the equilibrium is again reached, no one is better off than before. But the cost of production has become so high that exports stop. Money goes abroad;, nothing else Universal stagnation follows, men who have the means of paying artisians and laborers will not hire them. With the domestic ruin, the tide of emigration turns and flows- back to foreign lands and this country ceases to be an asylum for the poor and a refugy for the oppressed. "One of the means resorted to for the correction of this evil consists of indictments against the conspirators. When such a prosecution can be so conducted as to enlighten the classe.n of people who engage in these con spiracies, so that they will see how much harm they are doing to them selves, good may come for it. But ordinarily it cannot be so conducted. Hhere the immediate attempt of the conspirators is to drive away or other wise prejudice one of their own clas who is too intelligent to join them in the evil combination, every power of the government should be nut forth for his protection. And there raaj' be other labor conspiracies within this principle. In nothing is prosecuting officer calld upon for the exercise of higher wisdom than in dealing with questions of this sort." FRANCE'S NEW MOVEMENTS The Orleans Princes to be Driven From tne country. Paris, May 27. The government submitted its expulsion bill to the chamber of deputies this evening and demanded urgency for its considera tion. The bill empowers the govern ment to prohibit all members of fam- ilies which formerly reigned in France from remaining within the country, under penalty of five years' imprison ment. The minister of the interior is to notify the ostracised of the prohibi tion against them, by issuing a decree commanding them to depart. In sub mitting the bill the government an nounced their readiness to give imme- v diate effect to the expulsions. - - w - - THE ANARCHISTS INDICTED By the Grand Jury at Chicago- Some for Murder. Chicago, May 27. It is understood the indictments signed bv the grand jury are as follows: lor murder, Spies, Schwab, Fielden, Fischer, Linggand Schnaubel; for assault td kill, Lingg; for conspiracy, Spies, Schwab, Fischier, Lingg, Fielden, Schnaubel, Parsons,EngeTand Hersch berger: for unlawful assembly, Spies, Schwab, Fielden, Fischier, Lingg, Parsons, Schnaubel, Herschberger, Engel and probably Schneider. Lister's Tobacco Fertilizer for sale, t W. S. Farmeb
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 31, 1886, edition 1
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