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This A reus o'er Ifce (C le's rights?" Doth, an eternal vjg-il keep yo fecthirgr t trains ci Maia's trn. Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep". Vol. XVI, GOI DSUORO, JST. C, THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1894 NO.-26 Senator Jarvis Writes an Open Loiter. Raleigh, N. C, Ar Capt. S. A. Ashe 11 19th. Editou, Deak Sum I desire to avail myself courtesy of the press to word to the people of ox tire say a ' Carolina. His Excellency, the Governo has for reasons -which s?om goc to him, appointed me to the pos I tion in tire Sta' C 'ran " ou nice, ion I with dls shall d to jOplo made vacant bv the deal 1 beloved and lamented V; After thoughtful eonskieral have 'concluded to comply the Governor's wishes and 1 a--copied the I rust. Ia the charge of these now duties I try to justify his action a merit the approval of the p without regard t: loealit county, and in ray best eude. or to serve daem tiie no -.He Nxae ot ova dead b ;ii:uo inspiration to me. T am not unmindful o tne ia that for many years past has lnen a custom, auioun something- of an unwritb ing to en law of our in our party, that on Senators shall be taken ova the Eastern and ne from ( st- crn part ot this be a wi I do not pr of the p -o iat ing to 1 out . Who en-mt or e in the il. a not. wav -ic an iK:i; ng a u "i , , . appelnt--nor. un reason'; . wi' e f wii' noi lo legis term. A they sn-v c opted t m.mt ma der " which 1 - 5nO- T ":iV! lb ;eiarv Covei vl for d -v-us;: that I fore tl -vears ov Oi" s a ins ill :t purpose vadidat; bi for the t-Wv lumber of been sng. ot a c large have sted in ion with 1 iVa rev-, and to all their fries, concerned . Vvdii to say to c r taese gent:ema-atv.i s. that so far as I am the field is open to l ! 1 T t'-lOi. UU-! V-v . ' dJsti'-Iv'vii.tage oi tajroniae a man y, office and appeal dorsemcnt. 'Any desire to eo so. way and Juki's announce hhuwel: "in no 1. ve tae .rady ir. an en !io may having ho is a r ing for :! !-.'. w In 3 -own time e for salve 1.3 no e. I lldate this position assurance thr v.'.u a th P coniiict between betAveen him and n am not and Will not be a cam for the short terin. I am vcr'. trul v yours. Thqs. J. Ja Til OS. J. J A! v 1 i.O. Gi v. (urr Va,-!-'.s J Cv:ue J- J-us i ;..- iei::iv he Honor Tin-:;. rcJ Uron. of Pitt Hi j or A :-'ftanco to i:;i'rr. vIUA'. Tnur: o'clock tendere jday afternoon at 4;oU His Excellency Gov. Carr d, throug his pri L-IVf sec retary, Maj. S. F. Telfair, the appointment of United States Senator to suceed Senator Vance to the Hon. Thos. J. Jarvis. Gov. Jarvis was at" the Yar boro when he was notified at the aboAe mentioned hour and at once wrote to Gov. Carr the fol lowing letter of acceptance; 'Raleigh, N. G. April " 19, -.1894. "Ib IHh Lxi'dh-ncy. Jinn. EHxh Carr, Governor of North Cart-Una: "Mr Dear Sir: I have just re ceived through the hands of your private secretary, Maj. Teitair, your note of this date in which vou tender me the high and re sponsible position of United States Senator for the State of North Carolina, and I beg in per suance to your request, to indi cate to you my acceptance. This position so recently made vacant by the death of the lamented Vance comes to me, as you well know, unsought by me. It is your voluntary act and I shall give to the high office my best endeavors to justify before the people of the State, to 'whom alone you are responsible, this action on your part. "I beg that you Avill accept my sincere thanks for this evudence of your confidence and esteem. Yours very truly, (Signed.) ". Thomas J. J air vis." Thomas J. Jarvis. was born in . Currituck county, N. C, in Jan uary 1836 and is now 58 years of age. He married December 23rd, 1874, Miss 0lary "Woodson of Virginia. In the Confederate Army he was captain of Company B. of the Eight North Carolina regiment and was a member of the constitutional convention- of 1865 from Currituck. He was elec ted a Democratic member - of the Legislature from Tyrrell county in 1868, He was a member also of the succeeding. Legislature and was made Speaker of the House, He was a member of the consti tutional convention in 1875 and .- in the year following was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State on the ticket with Senator Vance and became Governor in 1875, when Vance resigned. to. become Senator. At the next election be was chosen Governor and alto gether occupied the gubernato rial chair for more than six years. In 1SS5 Mr. Cleveland appointed him minister to Brazil, where he passed the following four years with nonor to himself and cre.ut to tlie American people. Since his return he has devoted him self to the practice- of his pro t'af?rn the law. IN ?.IE,IORIAM. sA" a cau ed meetin: Oi the .Li.viies Au. of the ! Ohoo Sholem Coiigrei tion of Gol&sboro. N. C. held April 11th 194, the following resolutions -i " i i t were unanimously auooteu: Whereas, the Creator of the n-.iivers?. lias in ills infinite wis dom and - bo andless mercy re moved from oa Bertha Lehman, one of our loved mo tubers. and called from the field of duty to eternally blissful home, it is Ji ;-.sv; red. That Ave bow our her her sad 1'lS n liu.nble subinlssion to LIS J) n ivine h'd. That by the death of our deceased sister we have lost a faithful and useful member of the influence of our So;-:.-ty, whose life was not on:y telt and seen bv rs. but by all ao icnew Wiiii eyes that could see good In humanity, with hands tec ays roariy to wipe away ixio ar w.d a ears ever open and to V of the needy. .vitl ltn a art. that sympathized with all distress, she lived a life worthy admiration. Daring her last lvs. even, she thought of our :iai to cnarges ana thi fund for aiclec ;ber- Orihans' iiome. 11,1 col. That Ave tender our heartfelt synipathy to the deeply bereaved husband and family. Ih'nalcal. That Ave set apart a ge in her r. rec-oru cook sncreu - 1 1 1 ... . -1 That these re solutions cony be puu LTansmltted to the famii Mrs. J. Cohen, Mrs. S. S. Spier. Mrs. A. dlilb, Mrs. II. Vveil, . om. Tribune. The diores. little f.t-ixev heel v is on thy ai-yland tnistered, stitl and sore, ad. my Maryland. There's and hard tack still in ud it will not be long be- store. fore you"!1 Baltimore, land. see the chumps m Maryland, my Aiary- a light ire tr.x on wealt must be con ch inned and "avoide bet atisc ere section may have t say more of it than another. V, iiltE LIU ERTY W.vS BORN. rkivtiiig CottsHiwood Poplar irccs in Trout of thu State House PLila.ddpi.iia Times. Arbor Day AA'as anticipated by the planting of four cottonwooa poplar trees in front of Indepen dence Hall yesterday atternoon in place of a corresponding num ber Avhich met an untimely death by the bursting- of a gas pipe last autumn. The task of consign ing the young trees to the guard ianship of mother earth was per formed quietly and expeditiously Avithout any special exercises and only two or three honest sons of toil and fluctuating audi ences of Chestnut street pedes trians to oTersee the work. The trees around the State House have long been a source of its beautification. The great OAerarching trees in the square are the ancestral guardians, "the sheltered ATeteransv keeping watch oer the venerable pile. The history of these primitive monarchs of the square and the race from which they sprung is most interesting. Just previous to the troubles with Great Brit ain an order was given to "pre pare a plan for laying out the square behind the State House in proper Avalks and to be planted with suitaUe trees;" but it was not until 1783 that the subject was again revived by John Dick inson, av ho urged that "the lay ing out of the ground according to the original design would be reputable to the State, particu larly useful to the inhabitants of this city and agreeable to strang ers." . . : ' - "About the years 1783-84," Watson writes .in his Annals, "the father of the late John Vaughan, coming . to Philadel phia from England to reside among us," set his heart upon im proAnng and adorning the yard as an embellishment tq the city, He succeeded to accomplish this in a very tasteful and agreeable manner. The trees and shrub bery which he had planted Avere numerous and in great variety, r,ltifP of o-pneral rpsort, n.a n. do. place lightful promenade. Windsor settees and garden chairs were placed in appropriate places and all for a while operated as a charm." THE STATELY ELMS. In April, 178"), George Mor- gan. of Princeton, presented one : hundred elm trees which are pos-J sibly with one exception among t a . 44ui: 1 ii v .J 111 Ll"i LIUUJIO WctiJi Avere State made the beauty of ths House Garden made it the fash ionable park of the day. Peale's Museum later on attracted great crowds to tne hail and square, The Philadelphia Museum, as it was called, was established by Charles Yfilson Peale and was the first in America. He intended it to bo "a resort for the virtu ous and refined of society." The bones of the mammoth, sundry collections of fish, alligators, fossils. reptiles stuffed and ?ni wild mals and a number oi live beasts qualified the museum with unlimited magnetism. The most noteworthy feature, hoAvever, Avas the srallery of portraits of officers and diplomatic charac ters who figured during the Rev olution. L ' Peale's Museum after ward re moved from the State House and in 1854 the gallery of paintings was sold at public auction. A number secured at the sale are now in Independence Hall, to gether with notable portraits by James R. Lambdin after Trum bull and by Sully. . The perpetuity of the fine old trees in Independence Square is secured by a restriction that the ground ' shall be and remain a nice public green and Avalk for-eA-er. " Washington News. Washington, April 18. Mr. SAvanson, of Virginia, who has been making a poll o the Demo crats of the House relative to a bill repealing the ten per cent. tax, said to-day that 11 Demo- rats lavored unconditional re peat; expressed tnemselAres for repeal with safe restrictions; 31 are opposed' to any measure. oeheA'ing only in the extension of a national banking system, while of the remaining Demo crats some have no opinion upon tne subject and the rest are ab sent from the city. Mr. Swan son finds, hoAveAer, that only ten Democrats who tavor uncondi tional refuse to vote for a com promise measure based on the lines suggested by him in these dispatches yesterday. The President to-day nomi nated Commodore Jos. Skerrctt to be Rear Admiral, and Capt. Joe N. Miller to be Commodore. SILATER SEIGNIORAGE. Mr. Bland's coinage committee met torday for the first time since the sib'er seigniorage, struggle and ATere treated to a genuine surprise. RepresentatiATe Meyers, of Louisiana, was present to ur "re his bill for coining the seignior age and for low interest bonds, ! and in so doing he stated author itatiA'ely that the measure had the approA'al and was in part suggested by Secretary Carlisle and in the judgment of the Sec retary would be signed' by the President, to this extent the bill was regarded as administration and as satisfactorily orerconiing President CleTeland's Areto of the Bland bil. The measure wTas discussed, but no conclusion was reached." To-day, Secretary Carlisle Avas shown at the Treasury Depart ment the statement made by the Coinage Committee. He declined to discuss the merits of the Meyer bill. It is learned, how eArer, that the bill as originally prepared was presented to Mr. Carlisle, who, at Mr. Meyer's re quest, dictated a revision of it, the presumption being that as revised it met Avith his appro yal. It is not believed, hoAveA'er, that the ' matter has been - broughfto the attention of the President and Avhether he would approve it if presented to him is problem atical. The argument is made that the President's utterances in his message vetoing the Bland Seigniorage bill warrants the belief that the Meyer bill would meet with his approAral. STATE NEWS. Lexington Dispat ch J. M. Staf ford, of Fairmount, was in town one day last week with the fourth two-horse , load of timber cut from a persimmon tree on his farm. The tree measured 32 ins across the stump, was clear of knots 50 feet, and measured 18 inches at the small end of the trunk. - - - - ,- Kington IVee Press-Levi Pipkin, colored, of Trent toAvnship, said to be 105 years old, died week be fore last. He has. always voted the Democratic ticket and was ! well thought of by the white peo- 1 lived. " . " : GZAK REED CORNERED. The the fa Richmond Dispatch cites :t that, in the House of Representatives the other day jV' r. Bryan, of Nebraska, exposed on the part .of Mr. ex-Speaker Reed a little trick which was not very creditable to the Maine statesmail. In a spceeh of his he said that- he had ''pointed out6 to the Massachusetts people "that the low duties of the YvTii- son bill, would destroy their manufactures," ' &. Mr. Bryan commented s- iouows: - - vt ' 'Noav, .Mr. Chairman, it is very strange that that speech not only did not contain a mention of the Wilson bill, not only did not Avai n them against the -bribe' of free raw material, but the speech was made more than a month before the Wilson bill reported by the majority of the committee to the minority; it was made at a time Avhen there was no Wilson bill, and when the Democrats did not know w3 vat the schedules Avould be." (Applause on the Demo cratic side.) We cannot find in the Conrre r, tonal Record, says the Disniaich that Mr. Reed made, or attempted to make any explanation of this blunder, to use a mild Avord. Intcrnational Bi-JMctaiioni. Berlin, A mil 15. Dr Arend's plan of raising the sih'er pric bv international action nas oeen submitted to the imperial cur rency commission. It proposes that England, Germany, France and the United States shall agree to receive and keep, free of charge, silA'er bars weighing fiAre kilograms each, and shall issue gratuitously cer- tmcates to be exchaiigoaoie lor the bars. The price'of the bars should be fixed annually .by a ma jority. Of the conference of the States concerned their representatiAes would meet every October. At the conference each . country would haATe one ote per million of its population. The price of the first year would be the aver age price in "London during the three months betAveen the ratifi cation and execution of the treaty and this price Avould constitute the minimum throughout the du ration of the treaty. The agree ment ' would be made for Are years, although it might be annulled bn certain conditions. The German newspapers re gard this plan as dangerous. They say that under its proAds ions Germany's loss Avhich Dr. Arend estimates at about -12,000, - 000 at most would be entirely too great. BI-METALLIC CONFERENCE IN LONDON. London, April 16. A number of gentlemen prominent .in poli tics and finance, haATe promised to take part in the international bi-metallic conference to be held in the Mansion House on May 2nd. Among those who haAre signified their intention to attend are the Right Honorable Arthur J. Balfour, Right Honorable Wil- liam Lidderdale, formerly gov r-5 ernor of the Bank of England; and Sir- David M. Barbour, at one time secretary to the Indian gOA'ernmcnt. Dr. Mott and Fusion. The interview"' with Dr. J. J. Mott, upon the reasons for tf sion and upon the State of heu Union, published in the Observer of yesterday, was breezy and en tertaining.. Dr. Mott appreciates the helplessness of his party in North Carolina, and Avould make friends of the mammon of un righteousness as a means of get ting out of the slough. He thinks the elections in this State are dishonest, and so do the Popu lists. Under this issue he Avould have the Republicans and Popu lists fuse. He is also opposed to the present system of county government, but upon this ques tion the Populists have not yet declared themselves. On nation al question Dr. Mott is Avith the Populists as to only one, so far as he makes known he is for the free coinage of silver; and, join.) ing the Populists on this, he gets off his own party platform. So he is with them on two issues one State, the other national. Just as a mere matter of spec lative interest, it is entertain ng to observe the progress or lack of progress, if one chooses to take that view of it that is making toward getting the oppo sition to the Democracy together. Dr. Mott, Mr. J, C, - U Harris and Judge Russell favor fusion; Chairman Eaves, Judge Furches and Mr. Ewart oppose it. The Winston Republican appears to doubt its practicability and the, bulk - of its correspondence seem to be against it. The Popu- j lists are silent on the subject. I they are making no overtures to anybody for coalition, and really the evidences are that up , to this time there has been no formal bargain except in the ninth . con gressional district. This is a matter about which as the man said about the fight between two neighbors, both of whom he hated we have "no ruther," but .a certain sort of in terest attaches to all movements on the political checker board, whether the result of the game is likely to have any practical sig n'ficance or not. Charlotte Observer. INJUSTICE TO NO! -j ..V iT 'I CARO- We ctre indebted for the fol loAving to the Richmond 'Vis 'patch: "The Providence. R. I.. Tele gram m its notice oi tie aeatn ot Senator Vance, in which it spoice of him as a great public speaker, "but not a Daniel Webster," said that North Carolina had furnish ed few men of national reputa tion that she had neATer had f President, Vice-President, Pres ident of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Justice of the Supreme Court. Wo. have to thank the Dispatch also for citing, in contradiction of the above statements, the facts that North Carolina, Avhile she did not directly furnish them to the country, still gave birth to three Presidents. Adz: Jackson, Polk and Johnson; that Nathan iel Macon, of North Carolina, Avas both Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, and that James Iredell and Alfred Moore of North Carolina, AA'ere both As sociate Justices or the . Supreme Court of the United States. Simple ignorance is always pardonable but there is nooxcuse tor ignorance upon subjects upon which we undertake to enlight the public; or to put it otherwise it is uhtiardonable for one to as sume to giAr6 information about a matter that he knovs nothing about himself. . Passing by the cases of the Presidents born on Nortn Caro lina soil but who were furnish directly to the Union by other States, we hae to re m ark of Na tnaniel iMaeon tnat he was one of the most eminent men of hi: day, He Avas elected a member of the Second Congress, served for twentv-tAVO vears, and was during two terms Speaker of the House He AATas elected to tne senate m 1815. i-e-cle-ted. and declined r election for a third term. From 1825 to 1827 he was President of the Senate. Mr. Benton said of him: "He spoke more good sens Avhile getting in ' his chair and getting out of it than many de livered in long and elaborate speeches;"' and John Randolph, of Roanoke, said of him; "He is the wisest, the purest and the best man I ever knew." James Iredell and Alfred Moore were among the ablest and most distinguished men Avho eAer sat upon the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States he ATho doesn't know as mu -his ig norant of his country's nistory. It Avas Judge Iredell a-I o wrote the first-opinion of the Supreme Court of the United S tates that it was within the pov er of that tribunal to declare an act of Con gress unconstitutional. If it AATere to the purpose Ave could mention many men Avho have illustrated their country's history who first, saw the light under North Carolina skies, nota ble among the? e William R. King, who was elected Vice-President on the ticket with Pierce in 1852, and who took the oath of office, by special act of Congress, in Cuba, whither he had gone for his health. But the above suf fices. Charlotte Observer?- - Wilmington RevieicIlev. J. P. King, pastor of the Secord Ad Aent Church, yesterday baptized by immersion, in , Queen street dock, 13 converts, of whom 9 were gentlemen -and 4 Avere la dies. An immense croAvd were present. Beaufort Herald Issae Noe, J. T. Johnson and others, while fishing hauled their net around a school of fish that was so large that they had to cut it in two and leave part of the fish. They caught enough to load a ten ton boat. Charlotte Observer Governor Jones and daughter, of Alabama, passed through the city last night on their return from a Northern tour. Governor Jones said to Mr. C. A. Mathews, who talked with him in his car n route, that he never saAV such demonstration in Washington over any one's death as over Senator Vance's. Said he, 'you people down here did not love him any more than did th people in Washington." 1 . ; ; ELECTRIC TELEPHONE Rnld ontrisht. no rent, no royalty. . Adapt4 to City. Villus or Country. Iieedoa in ewiry homo, shop, b tore and oroce. umwwiwnv onoe ana nest eeuer oswrai! -Aimla uutbr from 83 to ftSfeper A Sn - Hu i ilan.. mMTU & BS , tO Ul t II f ..khnM Vina, inatl-nmflnts. DOKOS& WOrkS anywhere, any distance, uomp'ef't rvwir whn .hinnoil f.n twi I1TI t HQ IIV SIlT QUO. norar out of order, no repairing, lasts a lit time. Warranted, A money maker, w "to W. P. Hvrlson ft Cq., Clerk 10, ColumbvtK TEN THOUSAND fl MINUTE, ; o THAT IS WHAT IT IS COMPUT ED TO HATE BEEN WORTH IN ROUND DOLLARS TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Ransom's Splendid Speech m tht Be half of the Ilatteras Li; House in 1S7S. lt has been frequently said, and is still circulated by Senator Ran soni s opponents, mat he neTer makes a speech in the Senate ex cept eulogies upon occasions of Senatorial memorials. No man m the Senate is Matt Ransom's equal in debate. No man has OATer made speeches on the floor oi tnat chamber m be half of measures advocated the equal of his. When trie infamous Force Bill Avas ponding and impending m the last Repuolican Senate, Avith all its portentous eATils f oi the South, the Democratic con tmgent turned as one man to Senator Ransom as their ablest defender and centered upon him to grapple its adA'ocates to the death, and when the Republican memoers Avere apprised of the fact they fled the field, taking their nefarious measure with them. But away back yonder in 1878, Senator Ransom made a speech in behalf of the light house at Hatteras which for beauty, gran deur and effect stands unrivaled in congressional annals and is said to hare Avon for his cause just ten thousand dollars a min ute aurmg its deirvery. it is our pleasure to reproduce it here from the file of the old Raleig Daily Observer of Saturday, Febru ary Dth, 1878, and aato cail special attention to his fervent tribute to the people of Eastern Nort Carolina, Ayhose fair name, it seems, had been assailed: THE NOllTH CAROLINA COAST In the Senate, on Wednesday last, Jr. Ransom submitted the folloAdng resolutions : Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to report as , soon as may be the present condition and state of cmcicncy of the life saving service on the coast of North Carolina, and in AAdiat re spect the same m his judgment needs increase or improvement in order to make the same of the greatest benefit. 7;V.s-em7,rhat the Secretary of the iNaTy be, and he here is, di recLea to report as soon as may be any information relatiATe to the disaster of the Huron that may affect the im proAyement and security of navi gation on .the coast of North Carolina, and in what respects in his judgment greater improve ment and security may be at tained. Resolved, That the committee on Commerce be, and it hrebjT is, authorized to take into con sideration the expediicy of so improving the inland naAdgation betAveen the Avaters of Norfolk Harbor and Currituck, Albe marle, imd Pamlico Sounds, and also the Cape Fear Rhzer, as to furnish a safer and better chan nel of commerce betAveen the States than those uoav existing. And that said committee haAre leaAre to report by bill or other wise. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded. . to consider the resolutions. Mr. Ransom: I present to the Senate, Mr. President, three resolutions, distinct in form, but intended to accomplish a common object and benefit. They are separated because they must be considered by different depart ments of the Government. These resolutions haA'e been suggested by the recent melancholy loss of the Huron and the Metropolis on the coast of North Carolina. The end which I propose is of so much general importance that I have thought it proper, to in-oke to its consummation all the legiti mate poAvers of the GoAernment. That end, sir, is no less than the conquest of the perils that pre vail upon the coast of Hatteras n my own State. I do not un derrate the magnitude of the work which dares to confront the terrors of that angry beach. I know that these dangers are the combined forces of the sea, the wind, and the shoals in their deadliest shapes. But I appre ciate the power of this govern ment exerted for a purpose of un mixed beneficence. ; I appreciate the unmeasured capacities of seience and the engineer's skill I appreciate the advantages of steam, of the telegraph, and of all the astonishing improvements in the art of navigation. 1 ap preciate what must be the result of the concentrated light on this grand ager fixed and steadily held union these few miles of coast line, and I have faith that this dread curse, to our ships and to the ships of all the world will dissolve under it. We noAv read the storm as it rises from the ocean or the mountains a thou sand miles ahead of its march; we race the hidden currents of the seas from one continent to an other ;AAre penetrate the AA'aters of the world with the telegraph ;and our graceful yachts, rowed by bi aATe men, fly like sea-birds across the Atlantic. But here stands Hatteras unconquered the great destroyer of vessels and sailors, an ocean Blue Beard leading to the chambers of death the Avhite-winged brides of the sea. Here in almost our sisrht, Avithin tAVO hundred miles of this Capitol, in the face of ' all the world, still unshorn of any of his terrors, undisturbed in his cruel empire, stands LliLO J Jl 1 I '.711 V..' -L UUO Around him are storm powers. the Avrccks of three 'hundred years; the seaids at his feet are the dust of our fellow -men: tne waAres upon his bosom are tne winding-sheets of the dead; and his bleak-headed beach it seems is to be the eternal monument of desolation. His dark trophies have been gathered from every land, from the poor Indian's canoe of bark to the proudest ship of our Navy, with the stars at its mast-head; from Norway to Cape Horn, from China to the Thames, rdl sails luvve paid his tribute of property and of life. The propositions which I sub mit to the Senate are designed to enlist all the necessary and ap propriate capacity of the Goat eminent in all its branches "to oTercome this great obstacle and danger to commerce and life. I ought not to degrade this ques tion by discussing it in the light of cold economy; but I Avill say that thus considered the loss in mere property values on that storm-cursed coast amounts yearly to a sum sufficient, if prop erly used, to make improvements that would permanently secure safe naAdgation around or behind the capes. Who can estimate the aggregate loss of what in the last hundred years has gone down in that restless abyss? We employ our gallant Army to hold the Indians on the plains in their peaceful reserA'ations and we patriotically and wisely expend annually twenty-fiAre millions of money for this. But Avhat are the raids of the saages to the lavage on the capes of Hatteras? We pay out a half million of dollars for a noble war-ship to protect our commerce and our honor abroad, and on her first voyage, in an hour after she leaA'es her port, she goes down under the currents of that coast with her burden of young and gallant life. Her engines, her compass, her armament, her mariners, her fla? are baffled all on the boundaries of Hatteras. The first resolution is addressed to the Secretary .of the Treasury, because the life-saAung service is under the authority of that De partment; the second is addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, be cause that Department must take a deep interest in Avhat so nearly eoncerng its welfare and honor; and the third resolution is to be referred to the appropriate com mittee of Congress for the exer cise of whateATer legislation in any way may conduce to the gen eral purpose. From the reading of the reso lutions it wdll be at once seen that I purpose to leaAre no means untried to accomplish this great improrement. I know not, sir, what mysterious spell of ruin presides over the sad precint of that de .roted spot on the bor der of my State. It may be the hidden currents defying human some eccentric Gulf Stream in of the sea still care; it may be impulse Of the its world-round orbit ; it may be the ever-shifting impediments of the land rising up against the waters ; it may be some strange confluence of the winds of hearen breaking the beautiful laws of harmony ; but be it what it may we know that it is the chance of ship wreck, of death and of sorrow, and for one, recognizing that all the force s of nature are subordi nate to human power rightly directed, I propose that this' Gov ernment shall not relax in its duty until Hatteras Light shall be a beacon of safety not ' the wreckers' signal. Before I take my seat I desire to say a word in reference to certain reports that have gone abroad" reflecting on the good name of some of our people in that portion of North Carolina in connection with the loss of the Huron. These reports ascribe to some of our people gross neg lect of duty, and the most crim inal and infamous violation of the laws of hospitality and hu manity. When I first read these statements, in common with all others I was shocked at the al leged brutality. But, sir, I could not believe they were true; they were, so repugnant to the .ell known "habits and character of that people, I felt it to be my duty to examine the statements and determine, if possible, their truthfulness. I have as certained that they are without foundation ; wanton, reckless, malicious, wicked fabrications or the grossest exaggerations and distortions of some individ ual or exceptional instances of wrong. They have been vol untarily denounced as false by gentlemen of the highest character, who were present and partscipants in those ' scenes, some of them citizens of other States. And very recently, at a large public meeting of the good citizens of Currituck county, the alleged scene of their outrages, attended also by gentlemen of the surrounding country of the highest intelligence and charac ter, these statements have been justly stigmatized and branded as calumnies and slanders with out mitigation. The proceedings of that meeting have already been read in the House of Repre- sentatiA-es by the able and faith ful Representative -of that dis trict, and haA-e been printed, in the Record. They are the truth ful and manly expressions of a good people justly incensed at a reat Avrong. Among the gen tlemen who participated in and addressed that meeting were those who bore witness to their good name. Sir, I know the people who liAre on' that sea-and- Avmd-ridden beach. As in all other communities there doubtless are among them individuals whose actions all good men condemn; but as a community, as a people. they are honest, truthful, virtu ous and humane. I beliere that the people of Currituck county, -North Carolina, in all the quali ties that constitute honorable men and good citizens, compare faA-orably Avith the people of any county in the Union. However unnecessary it may be sympathiz ing as I do in their sensibility, it gives me a heartfelt pleasure to bear my testimony to their emi nent virtues as a people. I hope the Senate Avill pardon these al lusions. Mr. President, I ask that the resolutions be considered sepa rately. The resolutions were consid ered seriatim, and agreed to. SUNDAY READING. T aac uo not' with him in friendshiu's tie Whose soliish soul is bent "bn pleas- ure; For he, from joy to joy will fly, A.s changes fancy's fickle measure. Not is his the faith, whose bond we see, With lapse stronger : of years remaining- Nor will he then be true to thee, When thou canst serve his aim no longer. Gerald Griffin. I have not spilt one drop of joy Poured in the senses of the boy, Nor Nature fails my walk to bless With all her golden, inwardness And as blind nestlings, unafraid, Stretch mp wide-monthed to erery shade By which their downy dream is stirred, Taking it for the mother-bird, So, when God's shadow, which is light, Unheralded, by day or night, My wakening. instincts falls across, Silent as sunbeams over mosi, in my heart's nest half-conscious things Stir with a helpless sense of wings, Lift themselves up, and tremble long With premonitions sweet of song. James Russell Lowell. 'Christ's Heart was wrung for me, if mine is sore ; And if my feet are weary, His have bled; He had no place whereon to lay His head; If I am burdened, He was burdened mo:e. Tho cup I drink, He drank of long be fore ; He folt the unuttered anguish, which I dread; He hungered, who the hungry thou sands fed, Aud thirsted, who the world's refresh ment bore. If grief be such a looking-glass as shows Christ's face and man's in some sort made alike, Then grief is pleasure with a subtle taste ; Wherefore should any fret, or faint, or haste? Grief is not grievous to a soul that knows Christ comes and listens for that hour to strike." . . ' A Nothing is moreto be feared than too long a peace. A storm puts a man upon his guard, and obliges him to -exert his utmost efforts to escape shipwrsck. -St. Jerome. FOR RENT. My house on Spruce St., pos session given at once. Apply to Mrs. R. A. WATTS. We can show you something- nice in tan shoes at 51.1a, $3.00 and 14.00 at New YQrkBargain. Store- It ir L I i
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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April 26, 1894, edition 1
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