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,i v t -. ' . . , J f K..J j. ' t ; - !' -v ; -- - f i . .-- . - ' i Established 1867. For us, Principle is Principle Right is Right Vesterday, To-day To-morrow, ForeTe., Published Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Year VOL. XXII. GOLDSBOO) N.,C.) MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1886. NO. 70. THE HERO OF THE SOUTH. A Monument to be Erected in Honor of Gen. R. E. Lee. ' Consolidation of the two Monu- ! ' mental Associations. j ; New Ygrk Herald. Richmond , Va., June 2. Governor ee returned here a day or two ago rom Cincinnati, where he had been ittendmcr; the musical festival, verv hiiich pleased with his visit. He was ailed upon to-day by the Herald cor espondent, and, agreeable to an old promise, gave him a brier but very Important interview in regard to the frection of a monument in the city of Richmond to the memory of his illus trious uncle, Gen. Robert E. Lee. The building of this monnment has long fceen determined upon. As early as he year 18C7 a Lee Monument Asso ciation was formed by ladies in this ivnd other Southern tltates but prin cipally m Virginia. A considerable amount of funds was raised by this association in the way of private sub scriptions,, and several Acts of the rieneral Assembly-of Virginia were passed to facilitate the action of the adies, but no money has ever been approprioted by the State for the pur pose. , An Act was passed creating a (State Lee Monument Association, dis tinct entirely from that of the ladies. The latter also went to work; and i-aised a fund, creating at first some Httle jealousy on the part of the la dies' association. The latter, acting independently, advertised for models, which have been and still are on ex hibition in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol building.' A prize for the best model of Gen. Lee was awarded to the artist and designer of one of these; but, as far as public sentiment re garding them . can be ascertained, none of these models will be accept able, though all of them, as before stated in the Herald, are meritorious, and some of them highly so.. In the meantime still another Act of the Legislature had been passed authorizing the two monument asso ciations to consolidate should they ev er feel inclined to do so. They would not. and did not consolidate. In this vrav the matter has crone along through years in a slip-shod, go-as-you-please sort of way, and it was not until uen. Fitzhugo Lee had been elected Gov ernor that the matter was taken in hand in t a serious, business-like man ner. I can now inform the readers of the Herald that the erection of a mon ument to Lee has become a fixed fact, to be accomplished in the very near future: that ample funds will be forth coming from tim'S to time as they are needed to defray all expenses; that the monument will be grand in concep: tion, characteristic in design ; and highly artistic in execution andfipishs, and that an artist whose fame is world-wide by reason of his grand achievement in Virginia already; will probably be selected to design and execute the model for the monument. But to return to the Governor, who. while speaking quite freely, did not allow himself to bubble out into en thusiastic expressions. He was delib erate in what he did say, and left un said much more, which he did not say at present. - "Governor, have you any objection to stating how you are getting alon with the Lee monument tor the benefit of the public through the columns of ihe Herald?"' :- ''Oh, no,' said the Governor, "I am happy to. say we are making some progress toward erecting a monument to Gen. Lee in this city. The differ ent associations' which had collected money for that purpose have j now been consolidated and the whole!-subject is in charge of the board of man agers which represent the consolida ted associations." ''Who compose this board?"' j "The new board is composed of the Governor, Col. Marye, first auditor of the State, and Col. Harmon, the State treasurer; also Miss Sarah N.. jRan dolph, late president of the Ladies Lee Monument Association; Miss Nichols: formerlv of Richmond, now of Washington, D. C and Col. Archer Anderson, ot Richmond, Va. - "Has the board selected a design for the monument yet?" "No. The board has made n6 pro gress in that direction, except to; look at a number ot models that are on ex hibition in the Senate Chamber-here, aud which were procured by th'e La dies' Lee Monument Association,' "Will any of these be acceptable, Governor?" ! f "That question I can't answer. At their next meeting it will probably be decided what particular design will be chosen. T.he board, however, is not necessarily limited m its ehoice to the models now on exhibition." . "Have you determined upon a site ' ytr . ..1 t - "The board of managers, as above constituted, have inspected the var ious points suggested as jsites for such a monument and have narrowed down their choice to two locations." "Where are these, Governor?" "One is Gamble's Hill, on the south ideofthe city and, near its present c;entre east and west, which gives a ne view of the river and thei sur "ounding country, IThe other is a Piece of land known as 'the Allen lot,' at the head of Franklin street, ui the est end and growing portion of the J.lty and it is expected that in a short nae one of these two lots will be de termined upon." "What is the amount of the fund for the monument now in hand P. -, We have enough to order 4and pay l0J an equestrian figure horse and rider. The site of the monument will st the association nothing, and it is pected that the city of Richmond Jul contribute her share in giving us J foundation and in laying off and .tifying the surrounding grounds. wQt it will require more money??' r nyes. Then it is proposed to ew the effort to obtain fresh sub !:ons, and, I presume, after the iilr 13 in Pro&ress the State would be "ling to do something toward com pleting the monument to her distin guished son." - k "When do you propose to lay the corner-stone?" "The date for that has already been fixed upon, for we have named Satur day, the 23d of October next, as the day. The Virginia troops will be in camp here during that week. The annual State fair begins on Wednes day, October 20, and ends on Friday, 22d, so that the corner-stone will be laid on the day after the termination of the fair and during fair, week. It was thought that would be the best time, because the military encamp ment and the fair would both take place during the same week." "Bo you expect a large crowd and will there be a grand military page ant?" r "Yes. We hope to pee a greater number of people in Richmond then than at any time within her history. There will be a grand military parade and the ladies, with the assistance of acknowledged artists, are going to decorate the city in a more elaborate and artistic manner than they did dur ing the celebration of the Yorktown Centennial." I ' "The corner-stone, Governor, I sup- n . m pose, will be laid with Masonic cere monies?" "Yes." "Who will probably deliver the ad dress on the occasion?" "The orator for the occasion has al ready been selected by the board of managers. The gentleman upon whom the choice has fallen is Col. Charles Marshall, who was formerly one of the aides-de-camp and the pri vate 'secretary of Gen. Robert E. Lee during the war. He is now an emi nent lawyer of Baltimore, and having beenjso closely associated with Gen. Lee through those four years of the war, besides being a fine speaker and writer, the selection was unanimously determined upon." "Now,- Governor, when do you think the monument will be comple ted?" "That question is difficult to answer. Monuments and great works of art of this description require time-often a great length of time. Much, to be sure, depends upon the rapidity of the artist, the builders an others selected to do the work. My object is to do whatever I can to haye such a monu ment unveiled during my administra tion as Governor, feeling of course a natural pride in having the erection of such a monument as one of the landmarks of my administration." PREPARING FOR THE FRAY The Political Situation England. in A member of Parliament, in a spe eial cable dispatch to the New York Herald, under date or June 12, says : "The din of preparation for the coming battle now rages on all sides. I am informed that Gladstone's confi dence is unabated, but this is :also equally true of his opponents. Indi cations of public opinion thus far only come from the local caucuses, which were chosen when different issues were before the country, and cannot safely be assumed to accuratelv represent the state of feeling on the totally new question of home rule and its treat ment by Gladstone, therefore we are all making a leap in the dark. The Irish party everywhere will go solid against the Conservatives, but it is ex pected that this will be neutralized in most places by .Liberal accessions. "Old hands assert that it will be found that Parnell and his lieutenants have exaggerated their influence in England. As a matter of course their representation in Ireland will remain unchanged. Their boasts of owning so many English boroughs are already stirring up bitter feelings in thore con stituencies, as you will probably see by the results. Even on this point, however, there cannot be any cer tainty, for no election was ever before conducted under the present condi tions. The Liberal party is utterly divided, .people are half eonfused by the conflicting versions of home rule, and Chamberlain's new organization will soon be in motion. With so many Richmonds in the field candidates and nation alike are bewildered. "Depend upon it, Chamberlain will yet play an important if not a prepon derating part m settling the Irish dif ficulty. T therefore cannot but think it a mistake for the Nationalists to de clare war to the knife so savagely against him. Better follow Cobden's principle of the Corn Law League get all you can from every one and vow revenge on nobody. Chamber lain is far too able and powerful to be suppressed. His proposals, if accept ed by the people, must form the basis of settlement. Recollect he was the friend of Ireland when Harcourt now flattered by the Parnellites was its most malignant and brutal enemy. His manifesto has already produced a startling effect in the country. To proclaim eternal enmity against such a man would be mere folly. "I expect the first elections will be over by the 7th of July. We cannot judge the result till a fortnight later. At present, according to forecasts carefully gathered from good authori ties on all sides, the Ministerialists ex pect to gain : fifteen to twenty seats, the Parnellites say they will transfer forty English boroughs from the Con- servatives to Gladstone, the Conserva tives anticipate winning fifty seats making a total result of three hundred in their own strength to one hundred and twenty Unionist-Liberals. Here you hav e three predictions thecan't all be right make your choice. My only prediction is that whichever side wins a long and dangerous struggle is before us, shaking the social and po litical fabric to its very, centre. ,It will be happy i indeed t for the.country if the' problem finds. ja peaceful solu tion at lasi." j. . -:.-'-- Xadies J-tNow is your time for che$p Gossamers.' ' Childrcns at .95 cents, worth $1,35; 1adies f drtbfW? Call at once On ' f ' V3Jns.1 E. W. Moobe. OUR CIVIL, WAR. ' : ; "; v The Germ, of Discord from "Which It Ripened. I" J : - The 1 tion of Nation, State, County, Home. At the commencement exercises of the Washington and Lee University, June 16, CoI.'A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, delivered the annual address. The following are extracts from his admirable effort: Do not shudder at the theme I have chosen. I do not come to criticise the past, or. to speak to those of the past. There are deep wounds not yet wholly healed; there are fierce passions which, though enfeebled,, have not perished, there are bereavements whose shadows linger in countless homes; and there are sorrows which are tempered, by time but not effaced. I come to speak to a new generation, to which we, who witnessed our great civil conflict, must soon give place. I do so because I address young men, most of whom were not born when Appomattox be came historic, and young men who, by reason of their bet er opportunities and attainments, are to be teachers and leaders when the memorable names of the war shall be known only in the exceptionally grand and thrill ing history whose annals they have made illustrious. There were rational causes arising from sincerest conviction, which be came too great for adjustment by statesmanship, and war came because of irreconciable dispute on problems which defied solution by the methods of peace. You must intelligently and dispassionately search beneath the partisan and sectional rubbish of the day for the rational causes and the logical results of the struggle. Will it startle you to be told that the germ of discord, that ripened into civil war after two generations had nourished it, was planted by the two most illustrious men of our history? Thev were Georere Washington and Thomas Jefferscqi; men who made the grandest records of unsullied patriot ism, of loftiest heroism, of wisest statesmanship. They differed widely, radically, as to the true theory of pop ular government. Washington be lieved in a strong centralized govern ment, Jefferson believed in the su preme power of the people: and the conflicts between the elder Adams and Jefferson surpassed even the in tense partisan asperities of the present time. Slaverv was not the cause of the war, though its interests were gener allv closelv-interwoven with the fun damental dispute" that estranged the two elections. It was the broader and deeper issue of the. constitutional power of State and Nation that defied peaceable adjustment. Slavery had much to do with broadening and in tensifying the issue, but there was not a disputed demand of slavery that was not anchored m the unsettled sovereignty of the State. And what more beautiful or attrac tive theory could be presented to a free people than the sovereignty of the State? asked Col. McClure. It was the bulwark of safety against the des potism of centralized power, and it quickened every instinct and impulse of a free people. WTho could forecast the fearful peril with which it was fraught? It required no special pers picacity to appreciate the danger of disruption if Hamilton had triumphed over Jefferson and made centraliza tion a positive feature of the new re public; but the sovereignty of the State appealed to freedom; it appeal ed to the pride of community; it ap pealed to the seir-appreciation or in dividual manhood, and it appealed to the love and sanctity'of home but it rejected every attribute of nationality. Centralized governmental authority khad visible peril; it invited despotic elements to effort; it appealed to the human . infirmity that grasps power; and its logical tendency is to the stealthy abridgement of popular rights But the sovereignty of the State, in a government of free people, was beau tiful and fragrant as the rose with its hidden thorns. Of the two great high ways open to the feeble and hesitating Government, both gave promise of fu ture safety, both were beset with dan ger; and concession and compromise handed down to succeeding genera tions the grave problems the fathers could not solve. You naturally ask : 4 Was there no middle ground on which the new nation could have been found ed?' No; there was.no middle-ground then; there is none now; there can be none in the future. The prerogatives of nationality must be clear and unmistakable, or the nation must.. be the plaything of every popular caprice or passion. There is but one source of safety in our nationality founded in the liberty of law; that is the reserved sovereignty of the people over the power of their Government. They make and, un make constitutions and government, and in their unquestioned sovereignty asserted, as it ever can be, in all the channels of authority is the sole safety of the Republic against the despotic abuse of national preroga tives. ' When Lincoln was elected President, the first lawfully expressed mandate of the sovereign power of the nation, that the sovereignty of the State was not supreme was expressed; and then the grave problem had to be solved. The sovereignty of the State then summoned its last prerogative; to serve the Union, and end the pretense of nationality. Peaceable dismember ment or ciyil war; such was the only choice presented, and 'civil vr&r was inevitable. Do you inquire why it was inevitable? Let me- answer m a single sentence. I am sure that peace able disunion would have brought an archy to the Norths I believe that", sooner or later, and soon at the latest j if" would have, brought anarchy to the whole continent; r . . .- ' : , A peaceable: iad justment was not possible because of the mutual dis trust tfcat peryaded.ihe people of the warringjsections.r:; ; The battlefield of Gettysburg was the place where the destiny of the Confederacy was sealed. Through the dark period of oppres sion in the South and plunder by carpet-bagger and scalawag, to the day when "Johnson and Buckner stood with Sherman and Sheridan at the grave of Grant, as pall-bearers, they reflected the grander heroism of peace that only the citizen soldiery of America, could portray." - To the student of history, ine civil war will teach lessons of the grandeur of our country, and of the promise of .1 A 1 ' 1 1 , , , tne greatness and prosperity wmcn tne future harbored for its people. But the lesson of our civil war i$ not fully presented by the consideration of its primary causes, its heroic history and the sublime progress it has achieved for" free institutions and the best civi lization of the world. The lesson of our civil war is incomplete without noting and guarding against the chief peril that comes with newly denned national sovereignty. There was dan ger in the sovereignty or the State that dismantled the sovereignty of the nation, and there is danger in the sovereignty of the nation that has dis mantled the sovereignty of the State. There is weakness in the very strength of our nationality, and it is clearly taught by the logical results of the war. Tne peril to tree government to-day is centralization, and its de formed image has been often visible since the war, as the. legitimate off spring of debauched political author ity. It disrupted the great party in power in 1872; and it was the undaunt ed mends of Lincoln who nalted at the. threshold ,of despotic political power, and revolutionized ! the Na tional Administration. They saw centralization in government, in finance, in, business, in every channel where its power could reach with profit; and the industry of the North is convulsive to-day chiefly in protest against the eommon peril to industrial thrift and national safety that has been born of centralization. Ours is a government of law, and its safety is in the liberal and faithful ad ministration of its laws for the benefit of the people; and, while its supreme national attributes are established, the sovereignty oi the btate is as sacred to-day, and as essential to the enjoyment of free government, as it was when Jefferson triumphed as its standard-bearei in 1800. The State is not sovereign against the unity of the Republic; but it is sovereign in all else to assure the happiness and pros perity ot its citizens, except wherein all are alike restrained by th funda mental law. " And there is one supreme sover eignty over all over State and Na tion; the absolute sovereignty of the American people. They reversed Federal centralization in 1800, under Jefferson, because it was construed to justify despotic oppression undercolor ot law; and with reversed politica powers was reversed the judgment of the highest JUourt. They reversed the sovereignty of the State in 18G0, when it boldly asserted itself above nationa unity; and, with it, again reversed the solemn judgment ot the first judicia tribunal of the Republic. With them and for them vou wil be called to do battle against the dregs of the despotism of war, that will ever be plausibly excused or justtned, as centralization comes with gifts to open the citadel of freedom. Against it, let your hatred be implacable; let your efforts be tireless; let your patriot ism be unabated. It is the great peri to free government. It will not come with banners declaring its purpose, but it will come with deceitful prom ise; it will affect to reject the crown as Csesar did; but .remember that Rome was never free, after the Rubi con had been crossed. Trust the peo pie; educate the people; teacn mem that eternal vigilance is ever the price ot liberty; warn them against every approach to despotic authority, in a gevernment whose supreme sover eignty is only in the people,and whose Nation, State, County and Home are 'distinct as the billows, yet one as the sea. Young men of Washington and Lee, 1 have performed my task, and have striven to speak with greater candor than is common on occasions such as this. 1 have remembered that you will be leaders and teachers, in the vigor of your lives, when the sovereign Eower of this fair land will rest in one undred millions of people, and surely such great duties and such grand op portunities demand the counsels of truth and soberness. If I have led you to new thoughts and new appre ciation of duty and country, however you may criticise my premises and conclusions, I shall feel that something has been done, in an humble way, to preserve and advance the grandest Government and the noblest people of the earth.?' WARRANTS AGAINST THE . KNIGHTS OF LABOR. : St. Loris, Mo., June 15. War rants were issued yesterday for the arrest of 47 Knights of Labor, includ ing Chief Advocate McGarry and Sec retary Nelan, for conspiracy to de stroy the property of the Missouri Pacific railway company during the strike. The company say they in tend to push these cases to the fullest extent ot the law. Hay Fever is a type of catarrh having peculiar symptoms. It is attended by an inflamed condition of the lining mem brane of the nbstrils, tear-ducts and throat, affecting the lungs. Ah acrid mucus is secreted, the j discharge is accompanied with a' burning sensation. , There are se vere spasms of sneezing, frequent attacks of headache, watery and inflamed eyes. Ely's, Cream Balm is a remedy. that can be. depended -upon. ; 60 cts. at druggists; by mail , registered, 60 cts. Ely Brothers, Druggists, Owego, N Y. .'. LADIES lArnew lot of ;Hamburgs Swiss . Embroidery,rOriental, Egyptian and Spanish Laces, and all over Embroid ery,' at wonderfully: low prices, at t 5: M. StJMlf ERFIEM) & CoSsJ B DltGATV ACADEMY. , i j i Examination and Closing Exer cises at Burgaw. Correspondence Goldsooro Messenf er. Burgaw, June 12. Pender, firm and strong still, as formerly, in her attachment to the principles of the Blair bill, has too much manly inde pendence to relax, on that account. her laudable efforts for education. This is seen in the increasing atten tion given by the people of this coun try to the subject and the higher standard of qualifications required for teachers. But the important event in Pender of closing school terms, occurred here on yesterday. It was the interesting occasion of the examination and com mencement exercises of the flourishing Burgaw Academy now in charge of that sterling and accomplished gen tleman and champion ed a cat or, Prof. A. R. Black. This gifted and pro gressive gentleman, a great .favorite in Pender, both as a leading man as" well as a successful teacner, always shows large crowds at his examina tions and commencement exercises. Yesterday was no exception to the general rule. The examinations, had then and on . the day before, ot his well-taught classes, illustrated anew his devotion,. his energy, his success, as one of the most successful and dis tinguished instructors in our State. So extensive is his learning, so ripe is his scholarship, so fine is his adminis trative capacity, and so endowed with the genius of teaching, that had he made his home in some large educa tional centre he would, years ago have filled lucrative and leading posi tions in our highest colleges and uni versities. Thousands of the best citi zens of the State were educated and prepared ior tne active duties or me by his masterly instruction. And yet i , j, ne remains as vigorous, eninusiasuc, and progressive, as wnen ne was a young man. Fortunate is the com munity that can claim him as a citi zen and a teacher. Aided by compe tent assistants, the instruction here imported, as shown by these public exercises, is creditable alike to pupils and teachers. A marked event of the day was the splendid address, by that eloquent and accomplished son of Sampson, and rising young North Carolinian, E. W. Kerr, Esq. As the invited speaker he was greeted by a large and apprecia tive audience for he is very popular in Pender both as a man and as an able 'and skillful attorney having a large and' lucrative practice at the Pender bar. For oyer an hour this able speaker and learned gentleman held the assembled crowd spell bound, on the subject of "Woman." He deim eated, with rorce, eloquence, and much effect, her capacity and power in shaping the destiny of men and na tions. The power and eloquence he displayed in demanding that, in the discharge of the important functions and high duties of her noble superior, she should be properly educated, went home to the admiration, hearts and minds, of all who heard him. He ex alted our Southern women to a high degree and his pathos in describing their sacrifices and heroism in war as well as in peace 'drew manly tears from the stoutest hearts. Every one was more than ever convinced of the potency and majesty of pure and vir tuous woman as a factor in maintain ing good society and in upholding and perpetuating morals, religion, and a healthy form of government. This practical and useful address ought to -l . i i ' De aenverea in an our nigner semi naries and collegiate institutions, male as well as female, and its teach ings enforced upon our common schools and the people. At night there was a fine exhibition in-the commodious hall ot the Acad emy building, by the pupils in the shape of essays by the young ladies, declamations and speeches by the boys and young gentlemen of the school, dialogues, vocal and instruments music &c. The musical exhibitions were especially creditable to those en gaged in them and reflected much credit upon the talented and very competent u-dy who has charge of the musical department, Mrs. Serena Moore, of Burgaw. Altogether the exercises of the day and night were highly entertaining and reflected cred it upon tha pupils and teachers, b. HOME RULE. Mr. Blaine in his politic speech on Home Rule at Portland. Me., in speak' mg of the resources of Ireland says : "Speaking of Ireland, whose terri tory is less than the territory of the State of Maine, less than thirty-three thousand square miles in extent, Lord Macaulay in the same speech from which I have already quoted says : "In natural fertility Ireland is super ior to any area of equal size in Eu rope, and is far more important to the prosperity, the strength, the dignity of the British Empire than all our dis tant dependencies together; more lm- fortant than the Canadas, the West ndies. South Africa, Australasia, Ceylon and the vast Dominions of the Moguls." I am sure that if any Irish orator had originally made that decr laration in America he would have been laughed at and ridiculed for Cel tic exaggeration and imagination. "This extraordinary statement from Lord Macaulay led me to a practical examination of Ireland's resources. I went at it in a plain,' farmer-like way and examined the statistics relating to Ireland's production. : I gathered all my information from British author ity, but could get no later accounts than for the year 1880 and for - the years preceding, and I give, yon the result of ,; my t examination r frankly confessing: that I was astonished, at the magnitude of the figures. In the year 1880 .Ireland produce4 crur. .mil lion bushels of wheat. But wheat is no - longer the-crop- of Ireland . She rod need eight million bushels of bar ey; but barley is hot one of the great crops of Ireland. She" produced sev enty million bushels or oats, a very extraordinary yield considering Ire- and's small area. The next item I think every one will recognize aspecu- larly adapted to Ireland. I Laughter. Of potatoes she produces 110.000.000 bushels, within 60.000,000 of the whole- product of potatoes in the United States for the same vear. In turnips and mangolds together she produced ioi; nrts Ann , r . . , . . iw,vw,wv ousneis, vasuy greater in weight than the last cotton crop of the United States." She produced of flax 60,000,000 pounds, and of . cabbage 850,000,000 pounds. She produced of hay 3,800,000 tons. She had on her thousand hills and in her vallevs over 3,000,000 head of cattle, and in the same pasturage she had 3.500,000 head of sheep. She had 560.000 horses and 210,000 asses and mules. During the year 1880 she exported to England over 700,000 cattle, over 700,000 sheep, ouu neariy nan a minion or swine. Remember all these came from a ter ritory not ouite so lartre as the State of Maine, and from an area of cultiva tion of less than twenty millions of acres. Mr. Gladstone believes, and we hope more than half of Great Britain be lieves with him, that the cause of this distress in Ireland is to be traced in large part to the ownership of the land. Seven hundred and twenty-nine Englishmen own half the land in ire- land. Three thousand other men own the majority of the other half of the agricultural land of Ireland.'. Count ing all the small holdings there are but 19,228 owners of land in Ireland, and this in a population of more than 5,000,000 souls. Produce that condi tion of affairs m Maine or in any New Tl 1 JOa-a- ijl ! . V rngiana oiaie ana tne aistress in ire- land to-day will be brought home to you. Mr. Gladstone, speaking as a statesman and a Christian, says that this condition of affairs must cease and that the men who till the land in Ireland must be permitted to purchase and to hold it. WORDS WORTHY A LEE. A Manly Reply to a Attack. Rancorous St. Louis, June 16th.-On decoration day. Rev. S. McChesney, pastor of the Methodist church at Topeka. Kan. delivered an address in which he used the following language: "I will no attempt to conceal or descnoe my emotions when I learned that on the 4th of March last year, at the time of the inauguration ceremonies at Wash ing ton, an ex-confederate-general Fitzhugb Lee, led that military pro cession in a confederate uniform, with the gallant Sheridan relegated to an inferior position in that line. 7 The ad dress attracted considerable attention at the time, and met Gen. Lee's eyes. Yesterday the secretary of the demo cratic state committee received the following letter from him: "Commonwealth of Virginia, ) Governor's Office, -Richmond, Va., June 10. ) "The statements of Dr. McChesney are false, viz., that an ex-confeder ate general led' the military in the precession in confederate uniform, as well as his statement that Lieut. Gen. Sherdian, in blue, was placed in an inferior position, and that the mili tary was martialed by a man in the color of ashes. Just after roading his absurd sentences comparing the color of gray to ashes, etc., I read in anoth er paper of the action of some federal soldiers in Watertown, N. Y., who had rceiyd pensions under the laws of the United States, but who, not requir ing them, had sent them to some con federate soldiers residing in this state, because they thought their necessities greater. "VVhich is doing the most good for the promotion of a restored union of co-equal states the narrow minded blood-thirsty preacher, who has probably never smelled gun pow der, or the ex-union soldier who stop- Fed fighting when the war was over? eap only pity the man who remains belligerent so long, and" express the hope that after death his ashes may be at peace. "Very respectfully yours, Fitzhugh Lee." MR. GLADSTONE. London, June 17. Mr. Gladstone started this morning at 11 o'clock on his Scotch campaign. He was accom panied by Mrs. Gladstone. Thousands of people congregated at the railway station to witness his departure. The crowd was simply enormous. It seri ously blocked and delayed the ap proach to the Premier's carriage. When Mr, Gladstone finally succee ded in reaching the station platform, he found it packed with people, who welcomed him with enthusiastic cheering. At last lie reached his seat in the special coach assigned for his conveyance. The window at his seat was open, and when the crowd saw him through the" window it set up another cheer, which was repeated several times. The -people appeared desirous of having the Premier ad dress them with some parting words before going awaj on his arduous errand. He arose and spoke from the coach window. He thanked the people for, the honor of their "extra ordinary demonstration." He adjured them to allow nothing to hide from them the "bare question of the hour." "Attempts had been made," the vener able orator exclaimed, "and will be made, to divert your attention from the real question at issue. This ques tion is solely, whether Ireland shall be trusted to manage her own affairs. Those who deny Ireland this right, admit that Canada and other British colonies enjoy such rights. Are we to trust our fellow subjects in Ireland, and govern by love, or are we to adopt thei poliey of the Government's ene mies and introduce into Ireland a' gov ernment by force f Mr. Gladstone then bade his hearers good bye, and the train moved away; ; Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering accompanied its departure, and hundreds of people, waving handkerchiefs and hats and God-speeding the - Premier, ran along the platform beside his coach until the train outsped them. T WENT kVT WO YEARS AGO. A Copy of Atlanta Intelligencer of C4 Brings Up Sad Recollections. (Atlanta Constitution.) ' Twenty-two years aeo tonlav th mangled body of General Leonidas- Polk was lying in state at St. Lnke's. church in this city. Twenty-two years ago day before yesterday General Polk was killed on Pine mountain, four miles from Ken nesaw. General Polk's death entaileda crreat oss upon the Army of the Tennessee and cast a gloom oyer the confederacy which was never dispelled. He was a brave soldier, a Christian gentleman and & pure patriot He had manv riends in Atlanta, and when dis patches announcing his death were' received, the city was deeply grieved at the sad calamity. The first news of ne death was in the ahape of a tele gram, which read: Marietta. June M.Colonel J. S- Thra?her: Lieutenant General Polk was struck by a cannon shot to-day about eleven o'clock, and was instant ly killed. Generals Johnson, Hardee and Jack- son were with him when he fell. Douglas West, A. A. G. On the 16th of the month, the tame- as to-day, the Atlanta Intelligencer printed the telegram. In the same issue tne paper commented upon the death editorally as follows: It becomes our sad duty to chronicle the death of Lieutenant General Leon idas Polk. We learn that he was in comnanv with Generals Johnston. Hardee and Jackson, with a large number of staff officers and escort, examining the lines on yesterday. They arrived at one of our batteries, which was posted on a bald hill, exposed to the view of the Ttn ... enemy. nust reviewing the position the enemy shelled the battery and the party about it. The second shot struck the general in the side, tearing off his arm and mangling his body horribly. Thus has been lost to our service one of the greatest lights we have had. His loss is irreparable. No man in the army of Tennessee was endowed with more bravery and invincible cour age. His presence has always enthus ed his men, and with the pkill of a master of war, he has over led them where the fray was thickest, and where his own endaunted spirit cheered on to victory. We mourn his Iorh The great pulse of the nation throbs in un ison, with the sorrowful regrets that this great and good man is gone. Our city is in gloom. From mouth to mouth the news spread, and with a certain air of horror and undisguised regrets, the sad truth penetrated every nook and cranny of the land. Thousand of people caught the words from the tel egraph dispatches, and with quivering tongues and tremulous voices, said General Polk is killed. ZL martyr to the noble cause of the Southern Con federacy, his name will be immortal ized as one of its great lights; one of its noblest defenders; one of the most glorious soldiers of the nation. It was arranged that his remains were to pass through this city on this morning's train and be carried to Augusta. From there they will be taken to Raleigh, North Carolina, for interment. A la'rge escort of honor goes with the body. A committee of many of our prominent citizens was arranged to meet the body at this point and pay due honor to the honor able and noble dead. Other and better tributes will be paid to the memory of the great man who is dead.' The church, of which he was a great bishop, will lament him. The army, of which he was a great general, has been shocked by the sad news of his death. He was a Christian mac; a ripe scholar; a noble gentleman. A great nation mourns his loss. By appointment of the mayor, a committee composed of citizens of this city, was at the depot this morn ing to receive the last remains of the lamented deceased, which will remain in state at St. Luke's church, under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Ouintardr until this afternoon, at one o clock. The bill upon which he was kjlled1 was Pine mountain, and the remains were buried in Augusta and not in Raleigh, as is indicated in the follow ing extract, taken from the Intelli gencer of the 21st: general polk's remains. The bishops, clergy and laity of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Confederate States, the officers of the army and navy of the Confederate States and the citizens generally are invited to attend the funeral services of the Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, D.D.,. from the city hall of Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, the 29th of June. The procession will move at 11 o'clock a. m. from the city ball to St. Paul's church. His remains will be deposited in the churchyard of St: Paul's until the war closes. Stephen Elliott. Senior Bishop Prot. Episcopal Church in j, a. a. Kever Give Up . If you are suffering with low and de pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general debility, disordered blood, weak constitu tion, headache) or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; you will be inspired with new life; strength and activity will retora;. pain and misery will cease, and henceforth you' will rejoice In the praise of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Drs. Kirby & Robinson, Goldsboro, N. C. ATTENTION. Ladies, we wish to call your attentionT; We take pleasure in: showing our stock, whether you wish to buy or not, so you can tell your neighbor what pretty goods, at low prices, you haye: seen at - M. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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