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No s-cothing strains of Maia's sun,
Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep"
VOL. XVI.
GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 7, " 1894,
NO. 81
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III 1 Ml I W I I w V . v 3 I J I
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THE LAST TO FALL.
Where Twenty Heroes the Last
to Fall for the Lost Cause
Lie Buried Near lientons
ville: An Appeal for a
Monument to Their
Memory.
of the scant
by the two
So rapid is the flight of time
and so soon do events and issues
crowd one another in these lat
ter years, that it is perhaps
forgotten by many, not known at
all by thousands, and seldom
thought of by any, that the last
battle of the Confederacy was
fought within gun-sound of
Goldsboro; yet such is the fact.
The Argus has often referred
to the Battlej ; Bentonsville,
and has some relics of the fight,
picked up on the .field of conllict
twenty-five years afterward.
We are enabled to give to our
readers this morning a piece of
original history of that noted
battle. It is m the snape or a
communication from our good
friend and countyman Mr. Hay
wood Bizzell, familiar with all
the incidents, to The Confeder
ate Monumental Association of
North Carolina. It speaks for
itself and reads as follows:
The object of this communica
tion is to bring to the notice of
your Association a sacred spot
of earth, where sleep in un
marked craves the silent dust of
tirent; of the brave men who sac
rificed their lives on the altar of
Southern R'nihts. They fell, mor
tally wounded, at the battle of
Bentonsville, on the 19th day of
March, 1Hk. When the battle
was over, and the armies left the
field, lift ii-ton. r wounded repre
sentatives of the '-Lost Cause'
were left in the residence of Mi-
John Harper, on the battle-field,
four miles from Bentonsville,
Johnson Comity, and for three
mouths, that is, until the 19th of
the fallowing June, his residence
was a hospital ; and those suffer
ing dying men were ministered
to bv him and his faithful wife
and children, out
means left them
ai'imes.
Of the fifty-four left with Mr
Harper, thiriv-one recovered and
went home, an ? ticentii-thrcc died
there: tiro were carried home be
friends before burial, one was
buried there and afterwards
taken up and carried home, and
twenty lie buried there at this
time, all, except one, in unmarked
craves, though their names ana
commands are preserved by Mr.
Harper, which are as follows
Capt, T. C. Taylor, Co A, 1st
N. C. Bat.
Capt. J. W. Laramer, Co I,
42nd Regt, Ala.
Capt, J. A. Latham, Co B, 40th
Regt. Ala.
J. R. Stringfield. Co. D.
Ga. Regt.
Hardy Nance, Co. K, 1st "
Ba
JV'H. Edwards, Co. B.
Tenn. Regt.
T. J. Nail, Co. H, 27th
Resrt.
J. F. Chambers, Co. B, 40th N.
C. Regt.
Jacob Sowers, Co. D. 1st, N.
C. Bat.
Willie E. (or D.) Reed Co. D,
13th N. C. Bat.
A. B. Watkiis, Co. A. 34th Va.
Regt.
f. W. Glover, Co. F. Cth Ga.
Regt.
T. J. Dearing, Co. K, 23rd Ga.
Regt.
M. A. McPhauls, Co. C. 1st N.
C. Bat.
Duncan Brown,
C. Bat.
S. F. Smithson,
Tenn Regt.
L. B. Flack, Co. D. 50th N. C
Regt.
R. W. Webb, Co. D. 45th Tenn
Regt.
T. L. Smith, Co.
Regt. '
Wra. C. Fast, Co
Rert.
Through all these twenty-nine
years since the war, Mr. Harper
has watched over the last rest
ing place of the bodies of those
twenty brave men, who so gal
lantly died in defense of the
South. It is enclosed with an
ordinary rail fence with nothing
durable to mark it or to distin
guish it from any other spot of
earth.""- Mr. Harper and his wife
who have so faithfully guarded
it, and so long, are nearing the
end of life, she being 737 and he
91 years of age, and it does seem
a matter of simple justice to the
dead, before those aged people
pass away who watched over them
while they suffered, and buried
them when they were dead, and
who know more of their last mo
ments than anyone else, that a
suitable monument, properly in-
scribed, should be erected todes-
ignate the resting place of their
bodies, and to perpetuate their
memory. -
Trusting that you ;will take
steps at once to erect a stone
monument to their memory, and
enclose their graves with an iron
railing, I beg to subscribe my
self, with much respect,
Your Obedient Servant,
M. H. BizzelXi,
Bizzell, N. C, June 2, '93.
HERE'S A PRETTY HOWDY DO.
IIATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE.
Gth
2Gth
Ga,
Successful lJoriiia for Its Founda.
tion.
Washington, May 29. Sen
ator Gorman has not been m his
seat in the Senate since the day
he delivered his recent speech on
the Tariff bill. It was known
that he was indisposed, but each
day the announcement was made
that rest was all he needed. To
day, however, the Senator's
brother is quoted as saying that
Senator Gorman is a very sick
man. Over work, he says, is the
cause of his illness. In addition
to the neuralgia from which he
has been suffer for several years,
he has suffered with some trouble
with his kidneys. He is also
said to be subject to fits of ner
vousness, which have brought
on frequent attacks of insomnia,
which also have been agravated
by his old enemy, neuralgia. In
addition to the above causes, ever
since the inauguration of Mr
Cleveland last year, Senator Gor
man has been beseiged at all
hours by crowds of office-seekers
who have literally worn him out.
That he is a very sick man is ad
mitted by all his friends.
The wholesale discharge or
clerks for which Secretary La
mont has been so long prepar
in g, took place in the War De-
nartmen to day, nearly three
hundred employes receiving, no
tice that their services were no
longer required. Many of them
were rlso notified that they would
receive pay until various times
in June on account of regular
leaves of absence. Nearly 100
vacancies had already been cre
ated m the record and pension
offices, and the total contemplated
reduction of force numbering 500
is about accomplished, although
it is expected that twenty-five or
thirty more vacancies will be re
ported by the end of the fiscal
year. Of the discharges to-day,
twelve were from the Secretary's
office and two hundred from that
of the records and pensions. The
adjutant general lost thirty and
and the surgeon general nine
teen. The reductions are all re
commended in the Legislative
Executive and Judicial Appro
priation bill now under consider
ation by Congress. The oecre
tary will next turn his at
tention to sending back to their
regiments about half the regular
army officers now on duty
in the departments. To-day s dis
charge amounts to one-sixth of
the entire force of the Depart
ment.
Capt. Evans, of the Lighthouse
board, Treasury Department, to
day received a telegram from J
F. Rettig, superintendent of
construction of the Light house
board, announcing that he had
carried out his orders with en
tire success. This brief tele
grain meant that the borings the
light house board has been mak
ing off the dangerous coast of
Hatteras, N. C, have been sue
cessf ul. A solid bottom has been
found and a ligntnouse can now
be erected. An appropriation
of 500,000 for the purpose is
now available and a solid bottom
having been found, the work will
be prosecuted as fast as possible.
Co. A. 1st N.
Co. D. 32nd
P. 28th Ga.
F 54th Va.
LIST OS LETTERS.
Remaining in Post Offloe
boro, Wayne county,
May 31, 1894.
at Golds-C.
A Ange, Charlie, Arlington,
Fatty.
B Bundun, Peggy, - Brooks,
Thos., Brian t, Rachel.
C Carber, N. A., Cofield, Joe
anna. D Dannell, Miss A. M., Dun
dee, Ben.
F Fordham, D. T., Flowers, E.
F., Faison, Mrs. Henry.
H Holmes, Walter, Hill. Ann
'Liza, Herring, Edward.
J Joiner, Mrs. Winia.
K Kase, Jas. D.
Li Lannean, B. M.
M Moses, Neatly, Merritt, Lo
gan, Moore, Ihan.
O Overman, Cora.
P Porter, Sarah.
R Ricks, Carrie.
S Southerland, Lina, Smith,
A. R., Smith, Lewis, Smith,
Mary J., Smith, Miss, care
Harriet Rose.
T Talton, W. R., Thompson,
Jno.. Taylor, Rev. Ivey,
Tadlock, Martha.
W Wells, Nettie.
es-The regulations require that one
cent shall be paid on all advertised let
ters.
J. W. Bryan. P. M
Tho Kansas nerro. Tavlor, who was
nominated by Cleveland to be Recorder
of Deeds of the District of Columbia,
has been confirmed by a Democratic
Senate. The vote was 34 to 1". This
is a big fat office. It is a place where
that negro will have more jurisdiction
over white Democrats than one hun-
red Justices of the Peace would have
in North Carolina. And yet such ma
chine Democrats as Ransom and J ar-
is have howled "msrsrer!" to try to
terrify the white voters of the Satate.
Oh. ve hvoocrites. away with you! No
longer can you hide your own wicked
ness and frighten tne people irom re
form by your hypocracy. Caucasian
The above is from yesterday's
issue or tne Caucasian, n is
from the pen of its editor, Mr.
Marion Butler. It, therefore,
speaks his sentiments, and, as
he is the supreme dictator of-the
People's partv. it goes forth as
L A w ' "-
one of the precepts of that party,
and bears the free construction
that among the "reforms'' it fa
vors for North Carolina is th
return to negro Justices of the
eace in this Commonwealth
What else does the above
'whoop' of the Caucasian mean?
And we all know wThat means a
return to negro Justices of the
Peace in North Carolina.
And in its zeal for the further
ance of its "reform" movement,
the Caucasian draws a parallel
between the office of Recorder of
Deeds of the District of Columbia
and that of Justice of the Peace
in North Carolina, with the odds
in favor of the former at a rate
of a hundred to one, thus naively
seeking, in the interest of ' 're
form," to under-estimate the im
portance of a Justice of the
Peace in North Carolina and to
augment the importance of Re
corder of Deeds of the District
of Columbia.
But let not the people let not
the honest yeomanry of North
Carolina God bless them ! and
we are talking to the ichite men
of Ncrth Carolina let them not
be deceived and led off after
strange principles and untriec
parties by the utterances of de
signing, unstable men, whose
aim is office.
What are the relative duties
of the Recorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia and those
of the Justice of the Peace in
North Carolina?
Is it true, as stated by the
Caucasian, that the Recorder of
Deeds of the District of Colum
bia "will have more jurisdiction
over white Democrats than one
hundred negro Justices of the
Peace would have in North
Carolina" ? Not at all. He has
simply to record the deeds of
the District; he has simply to
obey the mandates of the Pro
bate Judge; he has jurisdiction
over no one save his own hired
help in transcribing deeds.
How is it with the office of
Justice of the Peace in North
Carolina? It is the mud sill
upon which rests the foundation
of our free institutions. It is
an office of the gravest impor
tance and of far-reaching respon
sibility. A Justice of the Peace
m jNortti uaroima can try ana
finally determine the rights of cit
izens to property, can inquire into
the commission of crimes, and
may cite any one to appear before
him to answer to any criminal
charge. He is the foundation of
the judicial system, and upon
his efficiency thoroughly depends
the iust administration of the
aw.
One hundred negro Justices in
North Carolina would mean one
for every county, and the writ of
a Justice extends to the bounda
ries of his county, so that with
one hundred negro Justices eyery
citizen of the State would be sub
lect to their supervision and
largely to their direction.
We believe that the negro
ought to be treated iairiy ana
with justice, that the laws ought
to bear equally upon him, that
his moral and educational nature
ought to" be cared for and im
proved, but we do not believe he
ought to have jurisdiction over
white mem whether Democrats
Republicans or Populists.
neglected by emigrants from the
North, and every spasmodic et-
fort to call attention to it has
i i j ii .t
proven sucn an aDortion, cnat
our people have rather despaired
of accomplishing anything. It
is pleasant, therefore, to know
that a systematic and. substan
tial campaign has been inaugu
rated by the Atlantic Uoast Liine
to advertise this section as i
should be, and that such a fine
and influential magazine as I he
Southern States has been called to
assist in this work.
The Southern States Magazine is
published by the Edwards Bros.,
of Baltimore, than whom no
two men have done more for the
advancement of the South
TJieir paper, The Manufacturers'
Jiceovtih-is tne tmest trade jour
nal in America and is devoted
entirely to Southern progress.
The Southern Mates is not
cheap pamphlet, but an elegantly
gotten up magazine that is taken
all through the South, and has
an immense circulation through
the North and North-West. It
is devoted entirely to the pro
motion of Southern immigration
and development, and contains,
in every number, highly interest
ing and entertaining articles
from the pens of the brightest
writers in the South.
To reach directly tne persons
who are contemplating coming
South nothing could be better
than this.
IT PAYS TO HUSTLE.
7
INTER-STATE CONGRESS.
DrinK P. G-
Mr. James A. Westbrook, .the
famous berry grower, came up
from Mt. Olive yesterday, wear
ing his customary modest man
ner and kindly smile. Mis er
rand was to transfer to the safe
care of the Bank of Wayne an ac
cumulation of checks which
swelled his spacious pocket and
represented thousands. The suc
cess of this man in the berry
business is the talk of this part
of the country; indeed, his fame
has long since reached New
Yorkr The fancy grocers and
big hotels look for his fruit
among the commission merchants
and pay an extra price to get it.
iKis reported on good author
ity that he has made over 12,000
net cash this season thus far, and
is still shipping at a good profit.
This on thirty acres of bearing
vines.
Mr. Westbrook attributes his
success this season, when nearly
everyone else failed, to the fact
that his place is largely planted
in the Lady Thomson, a berry
that seems to better till all the
requirements for an early and
lasting shipper than any other
After such a severe and cold snap
as we had in April, most vari
eties would rust, but the Thomson
seems not to have minded it.
Then it was not injured by the
drought in May and while the
crop nas oeen aDout nair, tne
mes have borne large fine fruit
right through the season, and as
late as Monday last it sold
New York for 14 cents.
There are other reasons for
Mr. Westbrook's success, how
ever, he is a man who would suc
ceed at anything, because he
puts his whole heart into the
work at hand. It is said that he
receives a private report of the
weather indications and wThen
there is prospect of a frost covers
Ins vine, no matter how warm it
may be at Mt. Olive. When the
fatal cold wave came m March
he was up all night personally
overseeing the covering of "ber
ries and potatoes, and yet this
man goes out hunting twice a
week, when the picking season is
over and also finds time to enjoy
his fine private fish pond.
In Behalf of industries and Immi
gration.
Augusta, Oa., May 31. The
secdhd day's session of the
Sou thernlnter-State Immigration
and Industrial Congress has been
full of speech' making, and has
dispatched a considerable amount
of work besides. After the
morningllession was begun the
regular order was the report
of the Committee on Resolutions
and? the following report was
adopted:
We, the Sub-comnlittee on
Resolutions, after a careful con
sideration of the several plans
presented deem it highly desir
able that some uniform method
of action be adopted and recom
mend the following:
First That wherever county
and State organizations have not
already been formed they be at
once perfected, and that the of
fices of such county organizations
constitue a State Board of Immi
gration. Second That the officers duly
authorized in such State Conven
tion shall report results of their
efforts at least twice a year to the
Secretary of the Southern Immi
gration Congress.
Third That the Southern Im
migration Congress urge the co
operation of all roads, State and
county officers, and the citizens
at large in the furtherance of the
plan proposed.
Forth That this Southern Im
migration Congress earnestly
recommend to the Congress of
the United States the establish
ment of a permanent exposition
at the National Capitol, in which
the product and resources of the
several States of the Union may
be fitly and properly displayed,
and we urge upon the Legisla
tures of the various States an ap
propriation of money to estab
lish and maintain this most prac
tical method of bringing to public
attention the resources of our
common country.
Fifth That the Congress of
the United States is earnestly re
quested to make such appropria
tions as may be needed to carry
into effect the recommendations
of this Congress.
Sixth That this Congress ap
point a committee of fiye of its
members to devise some practi
cal plan to lay before the better
class of immigrants from Europe
the manifold advantages of the
South and direct this immigra
tion to the Southern States,
which committee shall report to
WE GO FORWARD.
The Argus received a cal
yesterday from Mr. Bennett Dob
bins, of the Southern States Maga
zine, which will shortly publish
an elaborote and attractive arti
cle on the advantages and at
tractions of the country along
tne Atlantic uoast une witn a
view to attracting some of the
very desirable class of home seek
ers and investors who are coming
Southward in large numbers.
The work is being done at the
instigation of the Atlantic Coast
Line, which will distribute large.
numbers of this special edition
The most popular drink. As a thirst tv-Twoa-li .o TMVvrtVi nnH Wocf -
H " ; t f' PTrriv' ' This portion of North Caro.
Under Opera House. ' lina has been so persistently
m
meeting of this Con
SUNDAY READING.
Made up of Divers Clippings.
The heart of God through, his creation
stirs,
We thrill to feel it, trembling asthe
flowers
That die to live again, his messengers
To keep faith firm in these sad heats
of ours.
(Jelia Thaxter.
Prudence is the virtue of the
senses. It is tne outer action oi
the inner life.
Do not cheat thy heart and tell her
'Grief will pass away,
Hope for fairer times in future,
"And forget to-day. "
Tell her, if you will, that sorrow
Need not come in vain;
Tell her that the lesson taught her
Far outweighs the pain.
(Jheat her not with the cold comfort,
"Soon she. will forget, "
Bitter truth, alas! but matter
Rather for regret -Bid
her not "jeek other pleasures,
Turn to other things;"
Rather nurse her caged sorrow
Till the captive sings.
Rather bid her go forth bravely,
And the stranger greet; -Not
as foe with spear and buckler,
But as dear friends meet;
Bid her with a strong clasp-hold her,
By -ler dusky wings,
Listening for the murmured blessing
i Sorrow always brings.
" . Adelaide Proctor.
the next
gress.
Whereas, It is the sense of
this Congress that the exhibition
of the products of the farms,
mines and forests of tho South
ern States in the Northern, New
England and Northwestern
States and foreign countries is
an excellent mode of advertising:
therefore be it
Hisolved, That we endorse the
work of the Executive Committee
of this association and their ef
forts to make exhibits in the
Northern, New England and
Northwestern States, and in the
Dominion of Canada, and earn
estly request Southern editors,
landed corporations, emigration
associations, boards of trade,
railway lines and progressive
business men of the fcouth to co
operate with the Executive Com
mittee in enlarging this mode of
advertising by establishing a
train of cars in which will be ex
hibited the products of the
South, said train of cars to be
carried to every section of said
Northern, New England and
Northwestern States, and to the
Dominion of Canada and that
similar advertising shall be done
in foreign countries as soon as
practicable, the details of the ex
hibit being left to the executive
committee, as it is composed of
one representative from each
Southern State.
Resolved, That a committee of
five, with Gov. Northen, of
Georgia, as Chairman, be ap
tic and Gulf ports. And bo it,
further, -
Hesolved, That this Congress
will do its utmost to encourage
immigration through steamers
coming directly to Southern
ports, and that all the States in
the South will unite to encour
age and assist in settling up
their waste lands and setting
forth the great advantages of
climate and soil in various locali
ties. That the only hope of the
future of our railroads and the
buildiug up of tho Southern sec
tion of our country is by the
bringing in of new people to
stimulate new life into enter
prises and doing for the South
what immigration has 'clone f or
the waste lands of tho great
West. Recognizing the fact that the
people whom it is desired to
bring with their labor and capi
tal into the States he leprescnted
look to the States themselves to
give accurate and impartial in
formation concerning tlieir re
sources. Hesolved, That this congress
earnestly recommends to the
Government of the several
States that they continue to col
lect through their geological sur
veys and departments of agri
culture and immigration such in-
tormation and pubiisli it on a
larger scale in an attractive
form; and that this published
information be widely distribu
ted in accordance with intelligent
organized plans.
Recognizing the fact that cap
ital without labor cannot de
velop the resources of a conn
try. neither can labor with
out capital, and that they
are equally dependent upon each
other and that they are equally
entitled to the fostering care
and iust treatment of tho courts
and legislatures ot the country;
and recognizing the furtner
fact that neither can be induced
to come into these Southern
States without assurance that it
or they will be justly and fairly
dealt with without regard to the
fact as to whether it is organized
or unorganized labor, or wliethei
it be the capital of individuals or
of corporations; therefore
Jtesolved, That it is the sense
of this congress that it is the
duty of every good citizen to use
his best endeavors and influence
to see that each receive the same
fair, equal and impartial justice,
and to condemn and" discourage
all prejudice and impartiality that
may exist against thorn.
ltesolved, further, That the
time has come when we should
regard railroads as allies, not
enemies, for placing business
before politics, and to encourage
the enactment of laws to increase
confidence, both of the laborer
and capitalist, in the disposition
of the people of the South to
treat them fairly and justly.
The first feature of the repor
was the one which elicited the
debate. It was attacked by ;
delegate from Virginia, Mr
Sharros, as a seheme of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
and was ably defended by Mr.
Atwood, of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad, as a: patri
otic effort to make the most of
the facilities at hand. He said
the railroads were already co
operating in eveTy way to facili
tate the movement, and they
could not do it at all. It was best
to have these county organiza
tions and let each county get up
the literature and forward it to
the railroads for distribution
where it would do the most good,
and afterwards to run excursions
to the advertised sections.
The report of the committee
was adopted.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
G There are three things which
cause perfection in a man na
ture, reason, use.
Taste is the power of receiving
pleasure or pain from the beau
ties or deformities of nature and
of art.
intro
idiotic
Senator Walthall has
pointed to confer with officers of duced a bill to repeal tho
Rtflamshm Association in regard iaw P"
to rates on Southern products. forbidding the re-enlistment of
Resolved, That in the opinion any soldier who, after ten years'
of this Congress one of the con- Rfirvirr. had not been oromoted
ditions which has greatly re- . .t,0 TTnriP,- tVm.r. lnw
tardea the material developments
rf tho Rtntos here renresented
and which serves to discourage army would have to be dropped
irf.mitM.cirm i tho derlora,ble from the rolls because, however
Secretary Carlisle s Part in the
Preparation of the Sugar Sched
ule in the Tariff Bill.
Washington. June 1. It is
stated on the bent authority that
President Cleveland and Secre
tary Carlisle have been in entire
and perfect harmony in all -their
actions in regard to the Tariff
bill. Secretary Carlisle's. a?f
in the preparation of the sugar
schedule of that bill" is officially
stated as follows: Senator Jones
called upou and informed him
that the sub-committee had
agreed upon the sugar schedule,
and requested that he jmt it in
proper form. This the Secre
tary did, the paragraph prepared
being one o. a few lines, and
providing that after January 1,
189 o, there shall be levied and
collected on all sugars a duty of
40 per cent ad valorem, and upon
all susrars above No. 10 Dutch
standard in color there shall be
levied and collected a duty of i
of 1 per cent per pound in addi
tion to the said duty of 40 per
cent ad valorem. This amend
ment was sent to Senator Jones,
at the Capitol. In Ihe afternoon,
m response to a request of Sena
tor Jones, Secretary Carlisle
visited the Capitol and was in
formed that other changes were
under consideration; and being
requested to do so, made some
interlineations in the amend
ment, so that it read:
On and after July 1, 18(Jo, there
shall be levied and collected on
all sugars not above No. 10 Dutch
standard in color, and on all tank
bottoms, syrups of cane juices
or oi beet mice, meiaua, concen
trated melada or concrete and
concentrated molasses, a duty of
10 per cent ad valorem, and upon
all sugars above No. 10 Dutch
standard in color there shall be
levied and collected a duty of 45
per cent ad valorem. As already
stated. Secretary Carlisle pre
pared the orignal amendment in
accordance with the compromise
that has been readied by the
Democratic members of the Fi
nance Committee, and the altera
tions made in the amendment at
tho Capitol were to meet the
views of the committee. The
committee then decided that a
provision should bo incorporated
providing that the Hawaiian re
ciprocity treaty should not be
affected by the schedule. The
book containing the treaties was
obtained bv Secretary Carlisle
from the room of the Foreign
Committee and he wrote the!
proviso which preserves the
Hawaiin treaty. All this is in
the handwriting of Secretary
Carlisle.
This event transpired on Satur
day, May ."). That night it oc
curred to the Secretary that the
first paragraph of the schedule
providing for the repeal of the
bounty, fixed the date of the re
peal for July 1, 1894, while the
duty on sugar was not to be oper
ative until January 1, 1893.
Knowing it to be the intention of
the committee to issue a print of
the - amended bill on Monday,
the Secretary on Sunday morn
ing took a coupe and called at
the house of Senator Jones for
the purpose of directing atten
tion to the discrepancy.
Mr. Carlisle was satisfied
that the discrepancy would be
discovered after the bill was
printed, but he naturally desired
to save the committee irorn the
criticism which would follow so
nalnable a blunder. Finding
that Senator Jones had gone
the Camtol the Secretary drove
there and found Senators Jones,
McPhersou and Vest engaged in
going over the bill.
That visit on Sunday mo riling,
May 6, was the only visit made
bv Mr. Carlisle to the committee
without an invitation, and the
change alluded to is the only
original suggestion he made m
connection with the formulation
of the bill. With reference to
giving a - letter to Mr. Have
meyer, introducing that gentle
man to Senator Mills, that was a
mere matter of courtesy and rou
tine. When Mr. Havemeyer
presented himself at the Treas
ury Department he was informed
that he should call upon those
who were framing the bill.
plenish their stocks, which arc
admittedly much reduced. For
the two days ending last evening,
the purchases of spot cotton in
the Liverpool market has aggre
gated 33,000 bales. This in
crease of activity in the spot de
partment, has, however, been
unaccompanied by any develop
ment of fresh speculative in
terest, and it may be safely said
Jhpt whatever,, of the improve
ment in .v'ung,u-i!S!: ,
li shedr lias!: ' O entirely due to a
recognition on the part of bona
fide consumers of the staple of
the strength of tho statistical
position, as it is from day to day
becoming apparent.
The figures of the world's
supply are now well under those
of last seasor-t. '"lie amount of
cotton coming forward from India
is much less than last year, and
the quantity of cotton weekly
brought into sight from the
slender reserves upon the Amer
ican plantations, is also below
tho movement for last year. If
spinners should continue to buy
freely, it is evident that Mr.
Neill's estimate of the world's
visible supply on the 1st of Oc
tober, will be as badly out of the
way as was the case last year.
Under ordinary conditions,
there is little doubt but cotton
would bo selling at prices far
above those now ruling, as spec
ulators would no doubt attempt
to discount the probable situation
towards the end of tho season by
purchases of futures on the pres
ent basis of prices. Speculation
is of necessity almost invariably
incidental to all business opera
tions, no matter how conservative
their character, but at present its
potentiality as a factor is re
duced within the narrowest pos
sible limitations, and the feeling
of depression and the prostration
of business throughout the coun
try make every one slow to as
sume new risks, however cer
tainly they may promise a profit
able issue. For this reason the
cotton market remains, and seems
likely to continue to rest, upon
the solid basis of the demand
from actual consumers.
In England and on the Con-
tinent in manufactured goods is
undoubtedly sound and active;
in America the extreme depths
of depression seems to have been
fathomed, and while an apprecia
tion of this fact is not as yet gen
eral, careful observers cannot re
sist the conclusion that -existing
conditions arc enforcing sound
economies, weeding out unsound
business methods, reducing stock
and production and leaving a
vacuum wnich must sooner or
later be filled in order that the
necessities of even a normal de
mand may be met. The crop
question is. of course, a pertinent
one in its bearing upon thepossi
bilites of the future. It is almost
too early to affirm anything of it
certainly. Reports with regard to
the outlook are conflicting. There
seems to be but little doubt that
the cold and stormy weather of
the past fortnight has in some
cases checked the development
of the plant, if it has not injured
it.
The Goverment report to be
issued on the 10th of Juno is
awaited with interest, and if
it does not confirm the general
expectations of an increased acre
age, and should take a gloomy
view of the crop outlook, it will
doubtless accentuate the disposi
tion of spinners to freely avail
themselves of present prices for
the replenishment of tlieir stock.
MUST SAMOA BE ENSLAVED?
condition of our public roads,
Second, that this Congress urge
upon the Legislatures of the sev
eral States the great importance
of adopting better methods of
building and maintaining our
public roads under intelligent
engineering supervision. Be it
Resolved, That this Congress
urge most earnestly the move
ment towards direct trade, both
in the matter of exports and im
ports between the ports on- the
South Atlantic and Europe! which
has already bean successfully in
augurated by : loading large
steamers with grain and Western
products from the South Atlan
valuable as members of the rank
and file, they may not have had
the opportunity or the qualifica
tion to reach the oftentimes far
less responsible position of non
commissioned officer. Under that
law also they are robbed of
their right to share in the bene
fits of the retired list, for which
they have.. contributed a portion
of their monthly pay from the
date of their enlistment. The
law is unjust, absurd and excel
lently calculated to keep all
worthy men .out tho service
Situation in Cotton.-
New York, June 1. Despite
the general prostration in trade
in America, it is chronicled by
to-day's commercial reviews of
the situation, published at the
end oi each wTeek, that there is
rather abetter undertone observ
able in nearly every department
of mercantile activity. In the
cotton market this feeling has
found expression in an advance
of about twenty -five points over
the lowest prices previously es
tablished. The impulse toward
higher prices, has however, come
in the main from Liverpool and
is the result of an evident dis
position on the part of the manu
iacturers in England and on the
Continent toStake advantage of
tho present low prices to ro
A. brief cablegram last week
says that the "bamoau rebels
are defying the German authori
ties. God help the "rebels,"
who are the most kindly, gener
ous, heroic, Christian gentlemen "
in all the world that civilization
calls savage. They not only for
gave their German oppressors in
the great disaster of Apia Bay,
five years ago, but they risked
and in some cases sacrificed
tlieir lives to save those of their
enemies.
They are a brave, truthful,
manly people little contaminated
as yet by contact with white
men, and totally ignorant'bf tho
duplicity which' characterizes
some savage and all civilized
races.
If left to their fate thoy will be
first enslaved and then extermi
nated by the German invaders,
with the connivance of England
and the silent consent of the
United States, which solemnly
promised to guarantee their independence.
A word from Washington
would be enough to avert this
infamy. Will Secretary Gresham
say it, and say it in terms which
cannot be mistaken at Berlin or
London?
Flattery is always odious.
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