Newspapers / The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, … / June 17, 1886, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
N. a state libbaby: Established 1867. " For us, Principle is Principles Right is Right Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Forever." Published Scmi-Wcckly 13.00 a Year YOL, XXII. GOLDSBORO, N. ,C., THURSDAY JUNE 17; 1886. NO. 69. -. V fijXA- ' . . . , , ' , . ... .. , ' ' ' ' , . THE PttRMIER TO THE PEOPLE. Gladstone's Manifesto to His Constituents. A Clear and Concise Exposition of his Policy. ! London, June 13. Mr. Gladstone has issued the following manifesto to the electors of Midlothian: Gentlemen. In consequence of the defeatvof the bill for the better gov ernment of Ireland the ministry ad visedj and her majesty was pleased to sanction, the dissolution of Parliament Ifor the decision of 'the nation of the (gravest and likewise the simplest issue that has been submitted to it for half a century. It is only a sense of the gravity of this issue which induces me at a period of life when nature cries aloud for repose to seek, after sitting in thirteen Parliaments, a seat in the fourteenth, and with this view to so licit for the fifth time the honor of vour confidence. At the last election I endeavored in i my addresses and speeches to impress ! upon you the tact mat a great crisis had arrived in the affairs of Ireland. Weak as the late Government was for : ordinary purposes, it had great ad vantages for dealing with that crisis, A comprehensive measure, proceeding from that Government, would have received warm and extensive support from within the Liberal party, and would probably have closed the Irish controversy within the present session, and have left the Parliament of 1885 free to prosecute the new, stagnant work of ordinary legislation with the multitude of questions it included. My earnest hope was to support the late Cabinet in such a course of policy. On tbeU8th of last January the op posite policy of coercion was declared to have been the choice of the Govern ment, the Earl of Carnarvon alone re fusing "to share in it. - The Irish ques- I lion was thus placed m the foreground ! to the exclusion of every other; The hour, as all felt, was come; the only i point remaining to be determined was the manner in which it was to be dealt with. In my judgment the proposal of coercion was not justified by the facts, and was doomed to certain and disgracefel failure. Some method of governing Ireland other than coercion ought, as I thought, to be sought for and found. Therefore I viewed with regret the fall of the late Cabinet, and when summoned by her 3lajesty to farm a new one I undertook it on the basis of an anti-coercion policy, with thedullest explanations to those whose aid I sought as colleagues. When I proposed to examine wheth er it might not be possible to' grant Ireland a domestic Legislature and maintain the honor and consolidate the unity of the Empire, the Govern ment was formed and the work was at once put in hand. You will now, gen tlemen, understand how and why it is that the affairs of Ireland, and not the first time, have thrust aside every oth er subject and adjourned our hopes of useful and progressive legislation. As a question of the first necessities of ocial order it forces itself into the van. The late Cabinet, though right in giv ing, it that place, were, as we thought, wrong in their manner of treating it. It was our absolute duty on taking the government, if we did not adopt their method, to propose, another. Thus; gentleman, it is that this great and simple issue has come upon you and demands your decision. Will you gov ern Ireland by coercion, or will you let Ireland manage her own affairs? To debate in this address this and that detail of the lately defeated bill would only be to disguise t.his issue, and would be as ' futile as to discuss the halting, stumbling, ever shifting and ever vanishing projects of an in termediate class which have proceeded from the seceding Liberals. There are two clear, positive and intelligible plans before the world. There is the plan' of the Government and there is the plan of Lord Salisbury. Our plan is that Ireland should under well considered conditions transact her own affairs. His plan is to ask Parliament to renew repressive laws and enforce them resolutely for twenty years, by the end of which time he assures us Ireland will be fit to accept any gov ernment in the way of local govern ment, on the repeal of the coercion laws, you may wish to give her. I leave this Tory project to speak for it self in its unadorned simplicity, and I turn o the proposed policy of the Government. Our opponents, gentle men, whether Tories or seceders, have assumed th,e name of Unionists. I deny their title to it. In intention, indeed, we are all Unionists alike, but the un ion they refuse to modify is,1 in its present shape, a paper union obtained by force and fraud, and never sanc tioned or accepted by the Irish nation. They are not Unionists, True union is to be tested by the sentiments of human beings united.' Tried by this criterion we have less union between Great Britain and Ireland now than we had under the settlement , of 1782. Enfranchised Ireland, gentlemen, asks through her lawful representatives for the revival of her domestic legisla ture, not on the face of it an innovat ing but a restorative proposal. She urges with truth that the centraliza tion of Parliaments has been a divis ion of the peoples, but she recognizes the fact that the union, lawlessly as it was obtained, cannot and ought not to be repealed. She is content to re ceive her, legislature in a form divest ed of prerogatives which might have impaired her imperial interests, and better adapted than the settlement of 1782 to secure to her the regular con trol of her own affairs. She has not re pelled but has welcomed the stipula tions for the protection of the. minor ity. To such provisions we have giv en and shall give careful heed, but I trust Scotland will condemn attempts so singularly Imade to impart into the controversy the venomous element of fehgious bigotry. Let her take warn 1Qg by the deplorable riots in Belfast and other places in the North. Among the benefits, gehtlemeDr I anticipate from your acceptance of our policy, are these: The consolida tion of a united empire and a great addition to its strength; the stoppage of a heavy, constant and demoralizing waste of public treasure; the abate ment and gradual extinction of ignoble feuds iu Ireland, and that ; develop ment of her resources which exper ience shows to be the natural conse quence of free and orderly govern ment; the redemption of the honof of Great Britain from the stigma fasten ed upon her almost from time imme morial in respect to Ireland -by the judgment of the whole civilized world, aud, lastly, the restoration of Parlia ment to its dignity and efficiency and regular progress of the business of the country. Well, gentlemen, the first question I now put to you is: How shall Ireland be governed? There is another ques tion behind it and involved in it: How are England and Scotland to be gov erned? You know, for the last six years especially, the affairs" of Eng land ana Scotland have been impeded, and your imperial Parliament discred ited and disabled, All this happened wnne tne .Nationalists were out a small minority of the Irish members, without support from so much as a handful of members not Irish. Now they approach ninety and are entitled to say: "We are speaking the view of the Irish nation." It is impossible to deal with this subject by half measures. They are strong in their number's, strong in Brittish support, which brought 313 members to vote for their i country; they are strongest of all in the sense ol being right. But, gentlemen, we have done our part. The rest remains for you, the electors of the country. Mav vou be enabled to see throuern - c and cast away all delusions, refuse evil and choose good 1 , I have the honor, to-be? gentlemen. your faithful and grateful servant. V ( '. W. E. Gladstone. ' INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. Gratifying Facts Gathered By the Baltimore Record. The growth of the industrial inter ests of the South is really surprising. Week after week shows a list of new enterprises covering almost every line of manufacturing and mining that gives some indication of the great in dustrial development now in progress throughout the Southern States. This growth is not confined to any one State, though of course more notice able in some than in others, but ex tends through the whole South. As illustrating this industrial develop ment, the following summary of new enterprises, reported in our Construc tion Department for the last two weeks only, will prove of general in terest: In Alabama, Mr. Samuel Thomas and his associates are pre paring to build a large furnace, $600,000 in cash having been put up against $400,000 in mineral property, making the capital of the companv $1,000,000, although the land is said to tie well worth $800,000; at Sheffield, in the same State, the contract has been awarded for a 100-ton furnace; $40,000 $ias be.en raised to build a cot ton compress at Anniston; $40,000 are being spent to enlarge gas and elec tric light works at Birmingham; work on a new foundry and machine shop has been commenced at the same city, a site has been purchased for a bolt and nut factory, and a jug factory has been started, while several saw, planing and grist mills are reported. In Arkansas, Pine Bluff is to have $100,000 railroad machine shops; Lit tle Rock has organized a $100,000 woolen and cotton manufacturing company, mining machinery is being erected near Hot Springs; a saw mill and furniture factory combined will go up at Arkansas City; a large saw and planing mill at Arkadelphia; a stave factory at Harrisburg, and other wood-working enterprises in other parts of the State. Florida shows up with a $500,000 company to do geneial contracting and and wood working business, a $30,000 electric light company, brick yard, saw mills, etc. In Georgia there have been a $100,000 granite quarrying company, a $150,000 marble company, a man ganese mining enterprise, foundry and machine shop, large planing mill, basket factory and an ice manufac turing company. Maryland has a new $1,000,000 sheet metal company, a slate quarry, grist and flour mill, &e. In Mississippi a $50,000 spoke manufacturing company has been or ganized, an ice factory, cheese facto ry, several creameries, new machinery for a cotton mill and brick works. North Carolina has a new furniture factory, a $40,000 gas and electric light company, stave and shuttle block factory, a number of saw mills, while in gold mining operations there is considerable activity. In Tennessee, two iron furnaces are to be erected, a $60,000 woolen mill is to be built at once, a foundry is going up, several flour mills, saw mills, and other small enterprises are to be start ed. Texas reports a $50,000 ice and electric light company, a wagon and carriage factory, a $30,000 water company, an ice factory, a $60,000 compress company, and three or four large flour mills. Virginia has two $100,000 coal mining companies, an iron foundry, a machine and boiler company, and a large flour mill under contract. In West Virginia 20,000 acres of timber land have been pur chased for development, a $100,000 steel and iron company and a natural gas and oil company organized. As this summary covers only the reports of two weeks and omits quite a num ber of smaller enterprises, our readers readily see that the South is vigor ously gorging ahead in the industrial line. LADIES ! A new lot of Hamburgs, Swiss Embroidery. Oriental, Egyptian and Spanish Laces, and all over Embroid ery, at wonderfully low prices, at t M. SUMMEBFIELD & CO.'S. TRINITY COLLEGE.- . The Commencement Exercises Largely Attended. Oration by Mr. L. J. Best of -; W ayne County. Correspondence Goldsboro Messenger. Kinston, N. C, June 14. Many of your patrons are patrons of Trinity College, and I send you a brief ac count of the recent Commencement. It has been my privilege to attend these commencements for a; number, of years and I do not remember ever seeing a larger crowd, and I was glad to observe a manifest interest in the welfare of the College, by the pres ence of a great number of prominent Methodists and friends of the institu tion from all parts of the State. The College is a part of Methodism as dis tinguished from other institutions of learning, and as such, the church can not afford to let it die. I incidentally learned that it is the purpose of the Trustees to elect a President by the opening of the next term. The annual sermon was preached by Dr. J. T. Bagwell. The theme was " Christianity a finished and final system of truth, as distinguished from a progressive science." The sermon was well worthy the man and the occasion. . Professor W. F. Tillett,of Nashville Tenn., delivered the literary address. His subject was the "New South." Taking it all m all I do believe it was the best for the occasion I ever beard. I merely give the list of graduates and subjects: 1. Ireland Must be Free, by Jesse Allen Carpenter, Ansonville, N.C. 2. The Knights of Labor, by Chas. Lee Jenkins, Tarboro, N. C. 3. Dangers of Public Life, by Robert Morgan Whitehead, Weldon, N. C. 4. Abuses of Literature, by Lee Jackson Best, Goldsboro, N. C. 5. My Diploma, by John Amos Racklev. Tavlor's Bridere. N. C. 6. Mecklenburg, by James Andrey Bell, Pineville, N. C. 7. A Plea for Free Trade,by Jeffer son Davis, LaGrange, N. C. 8. Ecce Respublica, by Lola Percy bkeen, Mt. Gilead, N. C. 9. An American Westminister, by Jefferson. Davis Jenkins, Tarboro, N. C. 10. The Millionaire Against ihe Million, by Joseph Charles Pinnix, Pelham, N. (J. 11. Man's Inhumanity to Man, by Greek Ogburn Andrews. Greensboro, N. C. 12. False Light vs. The True, by Charles Wesley Robinson, Mt. Gilead, N. C. The Wiley Gray Medal was won by Mr. Lola Percy Skeen, of Mt. Gilead. This medal is given by Mr. K. T. Gray, of Raleigh, for oratory. It is given in memoriam of his brother, Capt. Wilev Gray, who was killed while not yet twenty-one years old at Gettysburg. The medal was present ed by Col. Paul B. Means, of Concord, in a twenty minute speech. He be gan by speaking of the history of Trinity College. His tribute to Dr. Craven was discriminating and eulo gistic. His recital of the story of the young Wiley Gray, and the piesenta tion of the lessons of devotion to duty taught by the young man's life, were enriched with classical illustrations and ornate diction. It was one of Col. Means' happiest efforts. SOCIETY MEDALS AWARDED. ColAibian Debater's, E. B. Mc Cullen, of Sampson; Declairrier's J. H. Ragan, of Bush Hill. Hesperian Debater's, J. J. Scar boro, of Mt. Gilead; Declaimer's, J. W. McCanless, of Palmersville. The Braxter Crayen Scholarship Medal, given by Mr. Julian S. Carr, was won by Mr. Dred Peacoek, of Wilson. The Mathematical Medal, given by Prof. Bandy, was won by Mr. W. F. Steyens, of Union county. I was disappointed as usual, for when L. J. Best,of Wayne, spoke I was cer tain he would get the Wiley Gray Medal,. and I think to this day like I did then. Below I give the readers of the Messenger his speech. N. M. Jurney. ABUSES OF LITERATURE BY L. J. BEST OF WAYNE OOUNTY. When the student penetrates the sacred threshold of the literary world, he finds himself amid trophies won by the toil and preserved by the patriotic spirit of a progressive people. A poetic light, w.hose effulgent "beam radiates from the unquenchable fire of imaginative souls, illuminates his enraptured vision with the sublime fancies of fairv-land, and, like the fabulous fountain of youth, invigor ates his soul with the soothing streams of poesy. Domiciliated beneath the shady bowers of a rural home, encom- Eassed by the reverberating hum of ee and song of bird, and awe-stricken by the celestial glory of the physical universe, man's emotional nature wanders in silent meditation among mouldering sepulchres consecrated by the tears of a patriotic people. Be neath a thousand monumental columns reposes the sacred dust of orators, poets and philosophers. . Amidst this enchanted spell, the mind revels in the infernal realms of a Dante, and con templates the mysterious splendor of Paradise Lost. The very conscious ness of man is imbued with the lofty sentiments of admiration as it lingers m the seraphic scenes of a Longfellow. Vivified by the fantastic imagery of a Thanatofsian scene, we catch inspir ing gleams from the consecrated shrine of William Cullen Bryant. Edger Allan Poe, the most gifted gen ius m the honor-crowned annals of American song, and every drop of whose blood was warmed and nourish ed by a Southern Sun, reanimates soul with one melodious rapture. The moral influence of American ; writers has had a. vital effect upon the- char acters of a liberty-loving people. The flashing genius of a Lowell clarifies the dark recesses of the American heart like the glorions lustre of a meridian Sun. The immortal pen of a Holmes touches every fibre of human sensation, and tunes the 'soul to a transcendent harmony. But there is another class of writers, whose nnre stramed ambition runs in a,, different channel, and whose illustrious facul ties are employed in corrupting the national character. The pernicious germs ot destruction nave yeen so deeply implanted in the r rench na tion by the baneful pen of A Voltair that to day France is effenimated by the corrupting influence of luxury, and cowers beneath the imperious yoke of a thrallish submission. Her noble and patriotic soldiers, whose conquer ing flag once floated in the zephyrs of all nations, have ceased to be the terror " of united Christendom; and perhaps the day will soon dawil when the'Frehchman will no longer see the Sun of his country's glory above a peaceful ' and prosperous horizon. And our own country is flooded by a class of authors whose impelling motive is corruption, oppression ana moral degradation. Unlock the ghast ly sepulchre of elapsed ages, unroll the blood-stained scroll of mortal life, and where will you find so much im pure, debased, vitiated literature as stains the Daces ot the present, ine vitality, the greatness and the patn otic valor are beiner eradicated from the vounr American heart by the infidel productions of Thomas Pame. Never before was the pure realism of human life so badlv stained by the pandemonial hand of detective theme. Never before, in the eventful historv of this proud republic, was so much attention given to the flattering tongue of fascinating fiction. In a land washed by the' crystal waters of two oceans and blessed by the sweet luxuriance of an earthly paradise, in a glorious commonwealth, redeemed by the precious blood of our Revolu tionary sires and maintained by the patrio.ic impulses of a common broth er-hood, we see the hopes of brilliant youth blighted bv the adverse clouds of mental obscurity. The fair haired, blue-eyed maiden, the magnetic focus of the moral universe and the con summate masterpiece of God's handi work, lingers in the. flowery path of fantastic revelry, and crlories in the concordant symmetry of imaginary worlds. Amid the learned theories of modern erudition and the philosophic research of scientific development, amid the dawning progress of a new century, every spart or vitaiity in young manhood is being smothered by the degenerating principles of dime novels and detective -stories human nature has reached such a low state of depravity that the aspir ing capabilities of earthly istence are rjiignrea Dy ine raoneatea unrean ties of pernicious authorship. Bob Inerersol, whose atheistical pen is stained with the precious blood of unregenerated millions, is demoraliz ing mankind with the diabolical creeds of his voluminous writings. Like a mighty vulture, he preys upon the Christian supremacy of America, and frustrates the anchored hopes of ten thousand blood-washed spirits. Dis satisfied with a defamatory display of pulpit oratory, he obliterates the holy trust ot Jehovah's nurtured lambs, and vilifies the supreme omnipotence of a triune God. He sits upon the Supreme bench of a demonistic tri bunal, and hurls defiance at the un comprehended sovereign of a million revolving worlds. But living as we do amidst the moral sublimity of American glory surrounded, as we are, by the ever lasting progress of thirty-nine young 1 tl A 1 11 empires, ana exnnaratea oy tne suo lime trophies of immortal victory, le us, as native born Americans, rally around the unconquered banner of thirteen stars and stripes, and forever cherish it as an undying memento of our nobility and greatness. Let North Carolina, South Carolina, vea, let every state unite in one Chiming symphony, and sing the tame of country which will soon be immortal ized by the welcomed dawn of a liter ary millennium. Then, may the lyric poet sing tne inspiring tneme oi mer ary glory till the sweet echo reaches the immaculate Son of God. LAGRANGE ITEMS. Our bar rooms close their doors the first of July. Fruit this year is unusually fine in our locality. Commencement exercises at the L C. I. this week. Misses Lillian Dillon and Lillie Rouse are home from Peace Institute jvir. Alien wooten, is quite sick at his home near town, we regret to learn. Mr. W. H. Burke's cotton crop near town, is in a nice state of cultivation Mr. K. E. Sutton returned from the University last week. Visitors in attendance at the Dayis School commencement last week, was unusually large, as anticipated. Mrs. Mollie Lewis, agent for a pop ular cook book, canvassed our town last week. The June peach is rivaling the June rose with its blushing lusciousness, and our heart doth ache. The advertisement in the Messen ger of Mr. Joseph Edwards, is one of the most complete and perfect of any we ever saw. Mr. W. N. Hadley, who has been yery sick at his home in our town, we are glad to state is some better. The addresses of Hon. S. A. Ashe of Raleigh, and Mr. W. G. Burkhead of your city, at the Davis School com mencement, evoked general apprecia tion. The exercises of the school was largely attended. Dr. Wooten, of our town, arrived from Newberne last week. The friends of Mrs. Wooten will be glad to know that she is convalescing, and will soon return home. Mr. A. Mitchell, of Kinston, was in town last week. Mr.. Mitchell is a strong Prohibitionist,"' so it isnt any wonder that Kinston went all for the Pro's. : - ' m We missed Mt. Olive communica tion last week. We fully forgive this interesting correspondent for, his at- ack at us, on the grounds of mistaken identity but not for the heading of his contributions. We hope to read them yet aschips' which would be quite applicable and what is still more original. . Rev. A. Mctullen and lady, are on visit to our town and other points. Mr. McCullen is a favorite with our people, and it is needless to add, as this is Mrs. McCullen's old home, that all her old.tnends are ever happy to welcome her back. - . Something in the way of :afl . indi vidual personal cyclone swept over us, some two weeks. The atmosphere was heavy with inflamable elements, and all exploded at the fell blow.ii We are naturally or a leonine- make-up, however, and wq didn't surrender, hat is, we haven't yet, - K ? v The zeal with which Messrs.: C..W. Joyner, J. C. Carter, and many others worked in the Prohibition cause of our town was indeed laudable, whether winning success or not. Many i of our coiorea people deserve, special commendation, and seem peifectly satisfied with the coming future of liquor drouth in our town. We cannot refrain from saying though, that, we have little sympathy with that rule of power, jdeprivmg a man of that particular majesty of all manhood, decision, free, untram meled privilege. i !J DUPLIN POLITICS. Primaries and County Conven tion (Jailed. The Democratic Executive Commit tee, for the county of Duplin met at Kenansville, June7, lobo, and (Japt. A. G. Moseley was made Chairman, pro tem. and the following resolutions were passed : Jiesolved 1. Un Saturday, the Jlst of July next, each township shall elect seven delegates, who shall meet in Convention, at Kenansville, August 3rd, to nominate candidates for the several county offices, and for the Legislature and also elect three dele gates to Congressional Convention at Clinton, and three to the State Con vention at Raleigh. Resolved 2. The elections shall be held at the usual voting place in each township, under the directions of the Township Executive Committee; who shall keep the polls open from 1U a. m. till 4 p. m., and send the names of the delegates elected to the Chairman of the County Executive Committee, on or before August 3rd. The following are the township com mutes who will act under the proceed ing resolution : : Albertson-asMoRradly'Br- Ford, J. B. Outlaw, H. K. Outlaw Wm. H. Grady. Cvoress Creek J. E. Lamb, Jacob James, L. WT. Brown, E. L. Lanier David Sandlin. Faisons A. G. Moselev, J. H. Fon vielle, J. B. Oliver, W. E. Hill, John Martin. Glissons D. D. Quinn, L. J. Her ring, Thos. Wallace, B. H. Sullivan F. M. Keatley. Island Creek D. J. Williams, T. J Carr, W. J. Boney, D. W. Teachey H. P. Murray, Kenansville S. B. Newton, Wells Bradshaw, T. G. Dobson, D. M. Pear- sal 1, L. M. Cooper. Limestone W. L. Middleton. D W. Houston. M. W. Brown, Wm Sandlin, L. B. Carr. Magnolia Major Strickland, J. J Wells. Kilbv ! Hollingsworth, B. C Barden.Abuer Robinson. Rockfish N. F. Register. Joshua Blanton ft. H. Wells, W. Bryce, J. T Boney. Smiths S. M. Grady, Jas. O'Daniel J. G. Wesson. J. Smith, Z. Smith. Wolfscraoe D. B. Brown, Leuke Reaves, J. B. Quinn, Thos. Lofton Floyd LoftoD. Warsaw W. L.Hill, Dan.Bowden R. J. Williams. T. M. Moore, W. C Carlton. Resolved 3. The delegates elected to the County Convention, shall consti tute the Executive Committee of their resnective townships, during the nex two years; and tne Linairmans oi me Township Committees, shall constitute the County Executive Committee for the same time; and the County Execu tive .Committee may elect a Chairman and Secretary from their own body, or otherwise, as they may decide. Resolved 4. The short space of time between now and the assembling of the Judicial Convention of the 6th District, renders it necessary to ap point delegates; therefore the Chair man, pro tem. of this Committee shall appoint thirty-six delegates to said Judicial Convention to be held at Goldsboro, June 30th; and each mem ber of this Committee shall recom mend the delegates to be appointed from his township. The following were appointed dele gates to said' Judicial Convention : Albertson B. F. Grady, N. B. Stroud, N. B. Outlaw. Cypress Creek Robert Jamesi M. T. Horn, John L. James. Faisons H. J. Faison, Mat. Moore, J. B. Oliver. Glissons F. M. Keatley, J. M. Keatley, Johnson Herring. Island Creek J. E. Pigford, H. B. Boney, L. L. Mallard. Kenansville E. J. Hill, J. G. Ke nan, R. C. Broadhurst. Limestone J. L. Burton, S. O. Middleton, G. L, Swinson. Magnolia M. K. Devans, S. D. Far rior, Thos. Wilkins. Rockfish-D. S, Williams, D. T. Carr, J. W. Boney. Smiths J. R. Miller, Zack Smith, B Williams. Wolf scrape C. Hill, Everett Jay ner, T. E. Stroud. Warsaw A. M. Faison, W. L. Hill, D. G. Morissey. Published in the Messenger by or der of the Committee. A. G. Moseley, Chairman pro tem. Wm. fl . Grady, Sect'y. - m Picture Frames of all kinds, sold cheap at Fuchtler & Kern's. Motto Frames 25 cents. 1 ' t . C i.1 WASHINGTON NOTES. North Carolina Matters at the Capital. Staff CorresDonaence of the Messenger. Washington. D. C June 15. The President has telegraphed his declina tion of a wedding crift from the Sulton of Turkey; ' While appreciating the motives of the r donor, the President feels that the reception of the gift would be a . violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of the Constitution. A :r number, of : i postmasters were nominated yesterday, .'v i - ine benate . : considered "yesterday he Northern Pacific Land Forfeiture bill.' - The: House" was all dav nntil eleven o'clock at night on the Legis lative appropriation bill,? s . : , ; v ihe benate has passed the Ashe villa public building bill, which appropri ates $0,UUO. It had previously pass ed the House. ! ; Secretary Whitney returned from Annapolis this morning. Secretary Lndicott will return from West Point to-morrow. Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennessee a" Democrat, advocated Frye's bill 44to promote the political progress and commercial prosperity of tne Ameri can nations' Biaines scheme in the Senate to-day. Ihe benate in a few minutes this afternoon passed the army appropria xion oiii. ine oenate reduced tne appropriation as it came from the House by $138,053. The Senate adjourned early to-day. The House held a late day session and a night session both Friday and Satur day. A sharp tilt on Maryland .politics, and involving the Civil Service Re forms of the administration, occurred in the1 House yesterday between Messrs. Findlay, " Administration Democrat, and Compten, anti-Ad ministration Democrat' A personal passage between Messrs) Randall and Hammond took place this afternoon. The Committee on the Library re ported, to-day a bill for the erection of monuments to Anthony iWayne and William Penn. - NORTH CAROLINA NOTES. Among recent visitors were Mr. and Mrs. White,bridegroom and bride of Oxford. Rev. Richard S, 3Iaso, formerly of North Carolina, but now of West Virginiais in the city Mr. Walter Blair, of High . . Paint who has lust completed a course at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. was in the city to-day;.:on his return home. He is to. take; charge xot an important school in Salem. - . J h v. " On Tuesday night Representatives W. C. P. Breckinridge, James W. Reid and perhaps others, will start for the Salem College commencement, which will take place on Thursday. Mr. Breckinridge makes the address which will be a fine one, as he is one of the most eloquent men in public life. At the commencement Wednesday night of the Columbian University of this City Mr. Henry B. Hendrick was one of three graduates. He took the bachelors degree, with the gold medal for elocution and several diplomas His speech was on "The Progress of Science." The little infant of Congressman and Mrs. John S. Henderson died about three o'clock Thursday morn ing. It was only eight months old but had suffered intensely for several weeks from a complication of whoop ing cough and bronchitis. The re mains were taken to Salisbury that night. The older children had been sent back two days before. The President and Senator Ransom sent flowers .to be placed on the coffin. Mr. J. H. Lindsey, of the Kerners ville Neves and Farm, and Secretary of the'North Carolina Press Association, was in the city Thursday. He came to make arrangements for the pur posed visit of the Association: I under stand he arrainged for their accommo dation at the Metropolitan Hotel. An informal reception will be given the excursionists by North Carolina resi dents on the evening of the 21 st. They will probably arrive on the previous day, and will leave on the 22nd. Postmasters commissioned: Enos M. Berry, Crowder's Mountain; John B. Skipper, Lebanon; Edmond H. Blackwell, Lanesboro; Joshua C. Bur rughs, Bridgeport; George L. Russell, Glen Brook; Gabriel L. Hardison, Thurman Jubilee changed to Bridge port office. C. W. H. Good Results in .Every Case. D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes that he was seriously afflicted with a severe cold that settled on his lungs; had tried many rem edies without benefit. Being induced to try Dr. Kings's New Discovery for Con sumption, did so and was entirely cured by the use of a few bottles. Since which time he has used it in his family lor all Cougbsand Colds with best results. This is the experience ol thousands whose livts have been saved by this Wonderful Dis covery. Trial Bottles free at Kirby & Robinson's Drug Store, Messenger build ing, Goldsboro, N. C. A very necessary part of a bee keeper's outfit is the smoker, with which to blow away the small enemy when he is infuriated and tries to drive away invaders from his quar ters. "Now, Gtfn'raL you're posted: come! give us your views. In a brush at the front, what's the powder to use?" He winked at a star as he puffed his c1f?ar. And slowly replied, n a brush at the front I never use powder, but SOZODONT." Go Where You Will you'll find SOZODONT in vogue. Peo ple have thrown away their tooth-powders and washes, and placed this oderif erous preservative of the teeth on the toi let Uble in their place. It keeps the teeth in splendid order, and spices the breath. "Spalding's Glue," always up to the sticking point. CONSULi HALE'S SPEECH. On Occasion of the Queen's Birth day. IMamheater (En.) Courier May Kth.J The Hon. E. J. Hale (consul for he United States renlied. Hn tJid Mr. Chairman, my lords and gentle men: It is my pleasure, bv the will of my colleagues, to make response to the eloquent words in which the heads of all foreign nations have just been pledged by the representative of the gTeat Lmperor; . and it occurs to me that nowhere in the world, at the present time, can such a toast be so appropriately given or so graciously received as in this great city of Man chester. , ' For England has become the habitation of material endeavour; and Manchester I hold to be the em bodiment of the spirit of England, and the best exponent of her material crran- deur.t The able gentlemen to whom' hat subject is entrusted will speak to yon in behalf of commerce. Without renchmg in any degree upon their prerogatives, I propose briefly Mr. Chairman, to ask attention to the other side of the- ouestion. nd tn point out the changed relations which the heads of the nations have assumed to that which chiefly concerns Man chester, and which those gentlemen will so well uphold. For the enlight ened rulers ot the present day have re jected the policy of the ancient dy nasties, and find power in. promoting tne general weitare by the extension of international trade. (Hear, hear. It is not necessary, as it would be un becoming this convivial occasion, to dwell upon the remarkable events which produced theso changes in the world's history. For you all know how, up to a comparatively recent period, there :was strife between the political and commercial forces of the worldj how trade between the na tions, in the early days, was driven from the land and sought safety on the seashore and an internation high way on the sea; how, feebly at first but with growing strength when once it had learned to choose its own bat tlefield, it expressed itself in succes sive stages of power through Tyre, Carthage, Venice, and the towns of the Dutch Republic until it found an abiding triumph in this magnified Venice, the vast seaport of the British Isles (Applause.) These things we all know. But I do not know that the world understands I do not quite know that Englishmen altogether ap preciate the part that Manchester played in this shifting of the seat of power that accompanie'd the victory of commerce. For, "however little at tention be paid tothe,fact.sheis the metropolis of the largest industrial population on earth, and she bred the men that made the machines and that formulated the economic truths that have revolutionised the world. She may be said, indeed, to have given to mankind all that made the victory worth having, when she gave to man afacturers Arkwnght and Crompton, and to commerce. Peel, Cobden, and Bright. (Applause.) But more, I find among the people of Manchester evidence of an uncommon good sense that is in keeping with their other commercial attributes. Two exam ples of this have especially struck me. One is their marked recognition of the consular body as such, which hero enjoys unusual distinction. It is not difficult to account for the first of these phenomena for the newspapers of Manchester are, without doubt, the best commercial newspapers I used the word "commercial" in its highest sense they are without doubt the best commercial newspapers in the world. But with respect to the other, a vicarious modesty in behalf of my blushing colleagues forbids my pur suing the subject. There is however, in all seriousness, an important truth that underlies these facts. I remem ber that when I was a boy, they used to say in my country that "Cotton is king." Whatever the original signifi cation of this aphorism, it came even tually to express the popular appre hension not that cotton was more king than the forces that threatened its domain, pr that it was more king than wheat, or more king than com merce of which, it was but a head servant; but, by a curious paradox, that those attributes of pure statecraft which formerly were held of supreme account in the States that produced the cotton, were dethroned by this representative of industry. (Applause) So, indeed, cotton is king that is to say, commerce is king. And the king is commerce that is, from it he derives might, power, and dominion. But commerce means peace; and, as the consul is the agent of commerce, he has become the messenger of peace, as once his diplomatic brother was the herald of war. So it comes about that, as the nations more and more demand peace, the consular branch of the foreign service is exalted, as the universal attention now drawn. to it demonstrates. For these, reasons, Mr. Chairman, it has seemed to me that Manchester has simply given another proof of that instinctive pro vision which has given her commercial leadership in her attitude towards t he consuls; and that the august person ages in whose behalf I speak to-night have chief est cause here for graciously receiving the tribute which annually at this board is rendered them. In the name therefore of the heads of all foreign nations I beg to thank you, sir, for what you have said tonight, and the authorities and people of this great community for what they have done and for what they continue to do for that which chiefly concerns those I am speaking for; and in their behalf, I venture to express the hope that, as England has taken the lead in the shipping of the world, since the mariner' compass gave her America and the maritime route to India, the ships of all nations may yet render fortune at the docks of this represen tative city. (Applause.) , . Ladies! Now is your time for cheap. Gossamers. Child runs at 95 cents, worth $15. Ladies $1,25, worth $15. Call, at once on Mrs. E. W. Moore. v if
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 17, 1886, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75