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TO AND .SR. ()L. XXV. RLEIGHNa THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1888. no. t:i Ubserv i 111 Absolutely Pure. luhvTOwder never variei. A marvel I purity, strength and wholes rneneae iiore economicsuthaii ordinary studs and nncui lesold in competition with the jiultkfe'W of low test, short weight, lum o? phosphate powdera, sold only in j, $OYAl. BADHB POWDEB OO., 108 Btreet.lt ew York, ttoldky "W. 0. ft A. B. Stronach, and j BTeU Co. tj, vrlil ackaewtede it to b WOXDEUFIL MEDICINE Far a Weak: Itomtoh, Iutnatna Digestion nd Dliorderi of Iht Llrer. It acts llke-raaclc and a lew doses wfll be found to found to work wouners upon ,tli most impor- orgaus oi the human macula. j"t bare ased Hhsmon UW' ReKulat4t many years and - , jrohscientouslv say it is the Klng of all Lhrer Remedies, . 1 coucidcr it a medicine chest Itseif." ' . ( - J. H- gAidknbb, Suffolk, ya. I Be n it laaposetl Upon. Ritaln M See Tbfct Yau Oat the) tannine our on IMMENSE i r 13 .vito.A.i-Vfj - -i..-: -.'.'i 'iTf FOR THIS WEEK AT 14 East Martin; Street, : 3 A Art Pat cbl&eaYblack VJUVJ a pair, a bargain i hose 10c at 20o. Sit; qr-. a Lit E oglish suitings 18 l-4o avrard, entirely new designs. HI ilC i a i eS" ? f 4 i i A f 1 1 j.? eiafcnd 13 l-2jratld 5 V i J- '00 pairs ladies' g aiten, 75c a jabr. i 000 yrds spring pants c'.o'h 80. 35 and i 07ciQsc tne t!ung ioTTne ooys. G inghasta 7 l-4c-o yard. 5. ne v ln 9 of fashionable prints 5 and ' l-2o a yard. 5 J ore rum'iants of prinU at 3c a yard. . : ti . . a. rjtiijc p4i tor bcuooi cnuarea 1c, a 4c, co and 9o. - r : 1000 b3ft'e Blibr's shoi polish, tbq rbMimake at 9a a bottle'.' SOOO Reward! We will Snytfce above reward tor aoy llvrrvsoBplalnt, rtyspepsia. ek bnl h K.'stloe, eUfation or cmtiveaem case ot he, Indi- i eat on or cmtiveaem mm cno( cure with Wt VeUt)k Uver f UI, wheutlu) directions are Stncny cnnniiini uu. xjier are purely vegataDie, an aiiu. anu nevp imii in kitb iihijiim-- Oxs COotataiiiC ' sum rooted Tli' cenulue iikaue M JoHNU. WK8T CO.. Wt W. Muiiu. Kt2.( tilco. III. For sal by Jae. M. Klininou .( Uru.lsit, i fayetteiiUt ttaiei-n, xU. Kvet.ljuffprer It elmestlv rewieeted to try it and Ur CONGRESS; PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE i AND HOUSE YES ERDAY. GOHTIHUEO DEBITS IX THE HOC3E ON THE ; TAB1TT FOBXNSIC FLIGHTS OF 1 C0SORI8SMEN. . I . . . By TeteKr&Pli to the News and Observer. WaBHixaTON, April 25 Senati. Th motion to refer the President's massage was taken up and Mr. Voor hees addressed the Senate thereon. : After makiog a very eloquent and impassioned roply to Mr. . Ingall's recent speech in which he referred to Hancock and McClollan, Mr. Yoorees closed with the prediction that the verdict of the American people in November next would ba that there had been an honest, capable govern ment for the last four years and that it should be continued. i An, (xteniive discussion' of the tariff in the Senate left no doubt as to the attit'ide of the Republican party on that question and showed that it had ,at last been forced to throw awa its masks and false faces and to admit that taxation was not to stop at the; revenua line of the gov ernment, but was to be turne 1 loose vfithout limit und without shame on the labor oJ the people for the sole rjnrposft of enriching a favored few ins itiate monopolists ; The bill to forfeit unearned land grants wa3 then taken u) and dis cussed until five o'clock, when with out action the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Mr, Linham, of Texas, presented the conference report on ihe bill for the relief of a postmaster for the loss at certain pOBtal f utds. The Sanate had amended the bill by making its provisions genaral and extending the provisions of. lha act of March 17, 1882, aathorjzing Postmasters Geue ral t9 a3juav cei ain claims of post masters for loss by lire and burglary so as to include within the claims which have been adjusted those aris ing from-loss of postal funds. The rpoft'wa8 agreed to, and the House ent into committee of the whole (Ir. Springer of Illinois, in the chair) on the tariff bill. VMr. Byrrrtm, of Indiana, referring ti the RtrW'us aaiil that th ' with drawal pf so large a sum of money I' .i " i . f irom ins cnanaeis oi traae tor any lng petriod cf time would result in a cQotisetioo of the currency which? would BVallow up in bankruptcy and rkin our" pifct enterprising business nien. XToag ress could no longer ejM:apetH9espon8ibility which rested oa.i4.wiUMaa arouaiug the indigna tion of an oppressed people. The thasi had passed when the House could refuse to consider a measure for the reduction of taxation. The time had come when' it must meet the question fairly and honestly. The bill presented did not meet with his unqualified approval. He bolieved that ddtie on imports uhoald be idvied and collected at all times to meet the current ordinary expenses of the government, and that any extraordinary expenses should be met by a resort to internal taxes. Bslieviag , thia to be J 4orrc in foiild , maiotam' the present internal revenue system of taxation Bntli the last obligation of the war was discharged. Bur, mind ful of the dtTeraified interests of the country, he was willing to coma to a consideration of the bill ia a spirit of concession and compromise, and join irl the construction of a measure which yielded something to the pro auctions oi every locality. At pres ent the law fixing duties on imports was onerous. It has been framed in a spirit of selfishness. He advocated a- reduction of duties on those ma terials upon which the laborers of the country worked. He advocated snch a reduction as would give larger markets in . which . manufactur ers could sell their products. He ad mitted that wag- bad increased on deribeproteitivB tariff, bat he denied tha- the was on account of the tar iff, because the same increase had ta ken place in Great Britain under free trade. The eauatry had grown great, bat not by reason of protection, but in sprite of protection. He argued that the prte of laber was repulatod bf the law of supply and demand and not by th protectife tariff. The great trouble with "the country was a want of a market. Tear down the wail that had been built around the coast. Gie American labor a chance to compete with foreign labor and it could take care of itself. It needed no other protection. (Applause on tne uemocTatic side. ) In conclusion he said that the day had passed when the glory and triumph of men and nations was in tha invasion of a for eign land, and the day had arrived when that glory and triumph consisted in bearing the national em blem into the harbor of every coun- , try of the world there to plant it in the grand temple dedicated to com merce and industry. (Applause on the Democratic side ) ilr. Brown, of Indiana, expressed himself as not in the least frightened at the plentiful condition of the national treasury. The fact that our annual revenues were in excess of our ordinary expenditures was not neces sarily to be deplored. This was not the first time that there had been a surplus in the treasury, and neither Johnson nr Grant nor Arthur had made ttftrcondition of the treasury a pretense ior disturbing the industrial k policy of the government- The eoun try continued 10 enjoy an unparalleled prosperity. lne accumulated reve nue might be male the occasion for doing much for the public benefit. The nattonal debt might be cradual ly paid off; harbor and coast defences might be constructed; a navv mitrhl bd provided ooumensurate with our glory and grandeur r.s a nation and a grateful peoplo might teuder to the old soldiers who saved the cjuntry a parting benediction. Why should Congress be ia sueh hot hate to over turn a policy to which thu commer cial interests had adjusted thetu flfelyet! UnW a nroieotivd system oiir iud'ittriA hif lain divsrsiiioj ali.l -xtfndnl uutil the UuiWi States bad Ooco.ue t tin foremost among the minufaotuxiag and agrvoultural na tion? of ; the world. That a surplus existed was an evidence of national prosperity. That it had been gathered into the treasury without oppression or complaint was an evidence that the protective sys tem was a just one. If the surplus were under the control of wise states manship it would ba a national bless ing, but as it was safer to reduce it i than to run the hazard of ill-advised expenditures he was anxious to have ! a revision of the method cf taxation so as to reduce the revenues to the lowest limit of national wants. But he argued that the plan of reduction chosen by the President in .his annual message would result ia disaster to American industries. That the Dem ocratic party in the House had not gone the whole length of the Presi dent's auggestioni w;n b.oauso it feared the party rather than fi nancial : disaster. There was a feeling - rapidly developing, and in no Section moro rapidly than in the Solid South, that the country should relieve itself wholly from in ternal taxation. Looking at the sys tem from the revenue standpoint there was much to condemn it, and if tha people understood that ibe whisky tax was kept on in order that the protective system might be main- tamed the whisky tax would have to go. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, said that the revenue tariff was a tax designed to furnish a sufficient revenue to meet the current necessities of the govern ment economically administered Protective tax was a discriminating force attached to certain industries o the disparagement of other industries and this in the teeth of the e qu table maxim that all taxes should be levied for public purposes. A reduction of taxation was and would continue to be the dominating issue in American politics and in view of the solemn pledges Of both parties to re tee the tariff and reduce the surplus the con sideration of the question should be approached in a spirit of patriotism, moderation and prudence. Discuss ing the Bubject of the surplus he" de clared that it, was required ia business, trade and commerce in order that capital might emploj labor and Baid ' that the question which was presented was how that sur pi lis wits to ba disposed, of. V ould ft;be done by making extravi- gant appropria ions? He warned Congress that if it did jtict reduce the taxation that was tin way in which the surplus would b gotten rid of. The cuminitte then rose. Mr. Mov1illin submitted a resolu tion agreed to in the cooimittee on ways and means relative io Diht sessions for debato oa the arilT.bill and prescribing a limit tif general do bate the measure, rhe reaolation was adopted. The House at 5:30 took a reaees uutil 8 o'clock, the evening session to bj for debate on ly on the tariff bill. " ..aa--sa . BBPCHLICSS OP PRt SSVLVASIA HOLD AS OSCStalXV LAUDS STA.fl C0N" i ' VESTIOX. - By Telegraph to tha New and Observer. HabbisBueo, Apail 25. The Repub lican State convention to nominate four delegates at large to the national convention, a candidate for Supreme Court Judge and two electois a' large, met in the Opera Houae this morning. The convention is the lar gest everineia nere for many years and the Upera House is overcrowded. The convention was called to order by Chairman Cooper, of the State committee. Samuel P. Miller, of Mercer county, was elected tempo rary chairman. ! Bond OiTarlngs. , By Telegraph to the News and Observer, j WAsaraoroK, April 25.--pL'oa,a bond offerings aggregated'SljGTdbO as follows: Four and a half per cent, registered, $200,000 at 107; $182, 0fcJ at;i08; $50,000 at 107; tour and a half per cent, co.poD, $100,000 at 17 i Foarj per cents, 7 regia ereid, $300,000 at 126; 500.(100 at 123; four per cents, coupon, 10,000 at 125. The Secretary of the Treasury to da acceptei tenders of bonds to the amrunt of $2,810,000; made up as follows: Registered foure, $300,000 at 126; $90,000 at 12 $50,000 at 125; ltntiS ered four and a halfs $2,000 000 at 107; 400,000 at 107 The aggregate of bondB accepted to date is $3,525,000. bay Slate Republicans. Bosroxt April 25. The Republi can State Convention to elect dele gates to the national convention as sembled at Tremont Temple at II o'clock this morning. Prior to the convention there was considerable canvassing at the Tremont House and also in the corridors at" Tremont Temple. At 1 30 there vas a large gathering in the convention hall aud several different tickets were distrib uted. The convention was very well attended. Doctor Burden, chairman of the State committee, called it to order and a temporary organization was effected with Robt J. Southwonh as secretary. Prayer was offered by Rev. H A. Phillips and Dr. Burden then delivered the opening address. T.O Blake &Co., Assigned. Hy Telegraph1 to the News and Observer: New York, April 25. T. D. , Blake & Cl, woolen commission merchants, 43 Leonard street, assigned today; Liabilities estimated at $100,000 to $150,000 of which a considerable portion is Baid to be due to banks. Wallraasl Nabiorlpiioaa. By TelegrapKto the News and Observer. . Sklma, Ala , April 25. The Selma Land Improvement and Furnace Company agreed yesterdav to sub- scriDe -ji,ouu to inree railroaua pro jected to Selma the Cahawba Valley Railroad, $31,500; Selma . Atlanta Air Line, $301,000; Selma & New Or leans Railroad, $30,000. Ca mandar-ln-C titer: Kea By I elrjcrapH to the Kewi and Observer. Nvbuviixe, Teuu., April 25 Com rnauder in; chief Rm, of the Grand Array of thu Republic, reached here lut ni'ht hi rrrnU f..r At'uuna to at tbud the encauipuieu:.. of the bpHrt Uiants of Xesnesaee,, Alabama aud Georgia. : HOT SPRINGS A DISTINGUISHED CONCLAVE PRESENT AT THE CON VENTION. GOV. SCALES MISSKD TBS OALIA? T'ES or vtaonnA rREsinits over tur HLIBETIATIONS OP THE By Telenraph to i:ie News aod Oliserver. Hor Springs, N. C , April 25.The Southern IuiiuUrition Convention met at noon at Mountain Park Hotel, and was called to order .by Mai J.l. Keiley, of New York. Gov.'. Lee, of Virginin, w-.ih electexl fermarjent chairman, and ijuther It. Hansom, of South Carolina, permattnt secretary. Oa the platform with Gov. Lee were his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore; Archbishop Elder, of Cin cinnati; Gov. John B. Gordon, of Georgn; Gov. Rtetiarddon, of South Carolina; Ma j. J.-D. Keiley, of New York, and others. Gov. Lee, in a brief addxeas, acpU! the honor con ferred urion h ui, and spoke of the absence of Gov. Sea es, of Nonh Car olina, who wa3 .uuablu to be pwsent on acccufrt of a previous engagement. He sttstertlUatOol. Wm. Johnston, of Charlotte, jNL C, would represent that State; hi Jfca convention. Col. Johnston made a'ff remarks cordially welcom ing thexnetnbars of the couventfion to the StafceV ' He'regrettil that Gov. Scales could not be present but a warm, tTOew-Nvu ili Cai jhna welcorue was tendered all.. Bishop BecAri of Savannab, I Qa-, read reeolutjons drafi&J by Jlie Gommissionersfof Agri culturaHn eleveu States ttxtrhdmg'iu vitatioiri to immigrunts. He Also tendered an invitation (j-om Cue citi lens ot Asheville to tho metubers of the convention to visit lhat city. Mr. Robert M. Furman, of Abbeville, urged the acceptance the invita tion and it was accepted. The city of Knoxville, Tenn., through Hon. J. C. Luttrell, txteinloJ an invitation aud it also was acewpiei. Mr. King, of TennesAee, moved that a recess of ten minutes be taken to ascertain the names of delegates from diff-rent States. The mot on was carried and the convention took a recess. Upon leasoembiing a large del egation from Noitb. Carolina, V rginia? Gsorgia, Tennessee, jAla bauia, Florida, and South Caro lina were reported present. Reports of the committee on resolutions aud business from each State were read to the esjjvkntion Iih ijuiiuercej CarJinarGi'bons, wan thTJ pt vnt(:d to tbw veowon, ylla iTsvm g ratefo t"6Hh s'-gefl tkmtfe -t?r5ni prsn n g thi itonvenion r for Xhu - Louor jcoq ferreipn,je!jan,3 the Jeitutsiyix tended. I cumy here to.enco,uxage so far as- IcVl the object o 'ihjsvareet iug. .tbiive travelled nearly over hoth itemiipheS;recei.Uy-l.wjt-both eyes opoii- 1.3 rel3t of ' nty ob servation, I can say thct the United States gives the immigrants such ad vantages as cannot be obtaine.djin tho old troaft tries. I bare found "very where great prosperity in. the JL'nion. I have found this is due to the in domitable energy of the Americau peo ple. I wish every BuccesB to his movement. "The climate of the South will al low every laboring man to work 300 out of 305 days in the year." He then' spoke of the great reeou."ce8 cf the South and Ut hidden . wealth. He . rtfarred to tbe j) hospitality and genial warmth of the Sontlem people. He had livcFffl the South and the people were like the clima e, warm and genial- Hh was interested in securing immigration to tbe Southern States and those who did corne would look upou this as a red letter day in the history of the South. Tbe Cardinal's speech was re; ived with great enthusiasm. ; ' Bishop Kaic, of Wheeling, was th next speaker.. He looked upon this as an occasion of great, importance. He had been bom and reared beneath the genial skies of the Sou hern States. His huart was wrapped up iu the South. He was deeply inter ested in the movement. ' He would suggest the establishment of colonies all over the South. Bishop Northrop, of Charleston, was interested in the movement and wished to get to business. He had no ppeech to make. Gov. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, then made a very eloquent and inter esting add ess favor. ng the movement and tendering his aid. He Baid : "There is more wealth in minerals within 150 miles of this spot than anywhere on earth " He wished the movement God-speed. Gov. Richardson, of South Carolina, then spoke of the good feeling that existed ia the State and of the grand welcome jSouth Carolina . would give to immigrants, aud said hat his State would challenge any in progress. Maj. Keiley, the inaugurator of this movement, was appointed chairman of i ho different committees on busi ness. The Immigration Convention to night adopted the following resolu tions: Jteaoly&l, That an immigration aB-soci-ttion ho established with head quarters in the City of New York io ba styled the Southern Immigration Association. Hesolcetl, That this association be placed under charge of a board Of directors composed of one member of each Southern railroad or other cor poration, .trade, industrial or other organiz itiou in each State, county, city or town situate 1 east of the Mis sissippi river lhat will contribute the Bum of $1,000 towards the expense of said association on or before July 1, next, and that on tbe second Tuesday of July 188S, the board so constituted shall ni-iu ui Sw York and pioceed to organ 2e and adopt such by-laws, ruUs and regulations as may be neo eesary for its government. lleaolue! Thut until said organiza tion is perfected Major D Keiley, Jr. be constituted chief of the associa tion with power to call the boafd together' b"nvt- aid c jntributions from railroads or other corporations, trade, industrial or other organiza tions of Stately nities eo unties and towns shall have reached the aggre gate sum of $20,000, and when such call has been made the board of direc tors shall proceed immediately to per fect a permanent erganization as pro vided for in the second resolution herewith submitted. Iieohedi That immediately upon the adoption of these resolutions the secretary of the convention shall give notice of the same to the Governor of each of the Southern States, to the president of each of the Southern railroads, and to the mayor of every city and every town in the Southern States east of the Mississippi river, having a population of 5,000 or more, and to solicit the co-operation of said officers in futhering the objects of this convention. A Uilmpse of Southern Life of Today- Rock IIjll, Neau ('oniTLASD, Alabama, April 19, 1888. My Dear . Coming out, as yon know, I took the Southorn route by Atlanta, but going bac, as the weather will be milder I think I shall go by Knox ville, Warm Springs, Asheville, &c. Owing to incessant rains the planters are not as far advanced aa usual, espec ally in the matter of corn planting, but they are now pushing ahead as fast as possible. My visit to my kinsfolk here ia a pleasure I have long promised myoelf and I am enjoying it very much. My kinsman Col. James E. Saunders is the nearest relative I have of my name outside of the immediate family in North Caro lma and was named after my grand father. He is now eighty-two years old ar.d his good wife is seventy-nine. Oa the 14th of July next they will have been married sixty-four years, Graduating from college,at the mature age of eighteen he proceeded to take unto himself a wife a blushing lassie who was then at the advanced age of , fifteen years. With this start m life he felt himself prepared to en counter Blacketone and Coke. Ob taining license to practice he soon came to the front rank, in the profes sion and was aauoet overwhelmed with business. Some for y-five1 or fifty years ago he used to go to the legislature, where he was chairman of tbe judiciary committee ot tbe Hottae, to which he belonged. Of his power of dob'abe at that time Garrett in his Reminitctnces cf Public Men i Ala bama speaks in lavish terms Ha s;8 too j that he was the . acknowl edged leader in the legislature. Dar ing President Polk's administration be was Collector of the port of Mo fa le a lich priz in the -political lot tery in those times. The other day something in the course of conversa tion led me to ask him if he knew personally Judge VValker Anderson, of Florida, formerly so well known in North Carolina and so much loved there. He said yes, and that he would never forget their first meet ing. He was with President Polk in the White House at Washington and Judge Anderson came in. Mr. Polk rose "and taking Judge Anderson's hand placed it in my cousin's saying to them, "'You gentlemen are two of the best friends I hare in the world and you must know each other." Judge Anderson's intimacy with Mr. Polk doubtless began at Chapel Hill, and my cous n's in Tennessee when quite a young man. Later, some where about 185A be went into the commission business in Mobile, and continued in it until the war began. At the same time also he was enlarg ing his planting interest, which for many yea s he had extended into Mis sissippi- Meanwhile, however, he held on to the home place where he now lives and returned here to spend the summers. And a most delightful place it is to summer at. With its thick, heavy walls, broad passages. large high-pitched, rooms and large windows, the house ie pimply charm ing in hot weather. I speak from knowledge, for I haveiried it in the dog days.: When tLe war broke ' out Colonel Baunders, though' always of uncer tain health, seemingly of a frail con stitution and . past 55 years of age, was not content to remain at home. It was at his solicitation, so Forrest himself says in his book, that Iforre st, then a Colonel, was made a Brigadier General, and he continued to "ride ',' with Forrest until at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he was shot through the righ lung. Now there was perhaps nothing strange in a man being shot in any part of the body who habitu ally ,lrode " with Fo real about $bt time, but the sequel is as Governor Swain used to say '-a, remarkable fact," for Colonel . Saunders not only got well, but he got well without a fever . and after his recovery enjoyed a match nearer approach to robust health than ever before. I laughingly told him that some of the Saunderses in North Carolina had gotten well 'of gunshot wotfnds under rather adverse circumstances, but that none of them had come up to the Alabama mark in that line. For soma years after the war he made grape and fruit growing a hobby, but after a while, feeling doubtless the weight of increasing years, he gradually turned to indoor pursuits for occupation as well as recreation. Accordingly, for some years, just how many I don't r remember, he has been publishing in the county paper his recollections of the early settlers in North Alabama, and going back aa far as he does in his recollections he is enabled to put upon record a vast amount of information now nowhere else to be had. An invaluable mine it is for the future historian, and as from time to time I have read the articles, I have mourned that no one had done a like work for North Caro lina. There-are already more than 100 of these articles ana he now con templates : putting then) in book form. They richly deserve it. This work of their preparation has proved, however, not altogether a holiday affair, nor one of recreation alone, but has involved much patient labor and a heavy oorres pondemoe all over the country in gathering;; p l -misnisg links. In one case, Jiot aanv months agi, that came within my owa knowl edge, he sought for a missing link through Alabama,Tenne8see, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia and finally ran it down la an old family Bible in possession of a lady in Washington City. Even that ency clopedia of knowledge about men and things, Dr. Brook of Virginia, was at a loss if not at fault in the matter. Why it is so I can't sav, but the truth is that these newer States seem to 4 take far more interest in the facta re-1 lating to their settlement and to the habits and characteristics of their prominent men than the older ones. Certainly the books about men and "times" in Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi and Tennessee in their early days, in their formative periods, bo to speak, greatly exceed both in value and number anything of the: sort we have in North Carolina. They have been generally written by lawyers in their old age. It astonished me in looking over them to Bee how many of thoir prominent men were either cf North Carolina birth or North Carolinajparentage, and I could not help thinking what a people we would have been if the old State could only have heiu her own. As it was, she enriched these States with ber bet blood. Speaking of tbesa North Carolina settlers in Alabama, my cousin said he must like North Caro lina, if for no other reason because when a commiesion merchant his North Carolina customers were tbe very best he had, safe, reliable and debt pajing. Hut to go back to these books of recollections a 'mo ment, I have often thought what a treasure a book of recollections by our venerable friend Mr. Paul Came ron would ba to the preaent and fu ture (generations of North Carolina. No man in the Slate has had . better opportunities for getting at the true inwardnesa of things than he or for a louger period, and no man can do more vigorous, graphic writing than he. In this instance at le9t, is Jlomon, if he were: here, would change his text and say: "Oh that my friend would write a book." (It , was Solomon, wasn't it!) My cousin's w f e, my good cousin Mary, likes North Carolina quite as much as her huband, indeed perhaps more. 63 and 69 years ago she was a school girl at thai excellent school of the oraviaus at Slem. She showed os wit.hin a day or two some beautiful memorials she embroidered last winter for some of the children. They were made of ribbon and -of silk and velvet the girls had worn and that, mother like, she had ever treas ured up. !Upon each memorial was to be found every '"stitch" she had learned wheu at SaJiem, near vhre score and ten, yaars ago. She con stantly speaks of the place with tho greatest affection and has made me promise to sed her an account of the last Easter morn ceremonies iu the Salem cemetery. Fourteen years ago the two old people celebrated their golden wed ding, with children and grandchil dren and friends and neighbors around them, and today they are as loving ani affectionate aa a newly .married couple. ' Qnly two days ago I heard my cousin reading "Auld Robin Gray" tq hi wife,. Their chiJ dran and grandchildren basing mar ried and gone away, the two old peo ple are leit alone,save in the summer, when there is as much of a family re union as circumstances will permit. They resist all efforts to take them away from the old homestead where they have lived so Jong and so hap pily, for like moat old fo ks, and seaie not so old they are very much "set in their ways." Books and newspapera ana periodicals, both secular and re ligious, and correspondence with their scattered children, and grandchildren occupy them indoors. Out of doors my cousin - gives a general aupervi sion to . the place . and his wife to her flowers not neglecting the vegetable garden. Jus i. now the talk i about planting late vegetables the constant injunc tion from cousin Mary being to plant a plenty of each vegetable as it is named, the reason assigned being "you know the children like them so," one of these t'children" being over sixty years oid and two others over fifty. For sotae ten years or more my good cousin Mary, owing to a fall from her horse, has been una ble to walk and uses a wheel chair like your humble seryabt. Col. Saun dere, however, in spite of his four score and two years, his long years of uncertain health and his war txpa rienc, is still perfectly erect Going into tho war with abundant means they came out of rt shorn of iheir ample fortune, and in the da cha of life. Bat undaunted and without a murmur they met the changed condition of affairs. Indeed' it is a great pleasure and none the less for being so rare, to witness such a happy, contented, intelligent, Chris tian old' age. For many, many years, indeed from their very youth upward, both have been devo ed members of the Methodist ehureh. Of course they have had their sorrows. Of the eleven children born to them only four survive. .Fo3r others died after coming , to full maturity, but the memdry of each of these is hallowed by the recollection of a Christian life and a fearless death, and bo the good mother talks of them without any bit terness in her sorrow, perfectly confident of a joyful re-union here-, after. Of course, in Bach a house hold, family prayers are of regular occurrence. But while religion is a part of their daily life there is no as ceticism, bnt cheerfulness, brightness and a genial, hearty good humor pre vail all the while. The only approach even to sternness is in the rigid en forcement of an inexorable rule upon every inmate of the house, guests in cluded. This rule is that every one shall take a cap after d nner. I first came under it some twenty years ago, and my cousin says I continue to )ield villing and prompt obedience. If I were asked the Balient points in the characteristics of these two lovely old people, I would say, s for the past and the present, content and grati tude; for the futnre, a sublime Con fidence in the living kindness cf a heavenly father. Verily these be good things to look upon in their fullness. Very respectfully, W. L. OATTKDERS. Gixaxx Aia."Cautrel &Cochrane's Qinger Ale (Dublin and Belfast), in comparably' the' finest Ginger Ale-imported, ' j! Hardin. ' GREAT EXCITEMENT IN THE ALABAMA TOWN OF BESSEMER. -1 1 KECACiE OF F-IOTlOC ACTS Oi NEiilioES , WHO Btflt-H A KAlLiWAV CAR EVEIIJf- I THINft JIOV IET- OTHFR jXEfVS. By TrVeRrh to thr ke- and 0!'rvfr. BiRWiyrmwt. Kla , April 21. A freighttrain left tJssraer at 9 o'clock this evening. Oro of the gsntlemnn : who came on it fr arras, ammunition, and troops says febout fifty npgrocs got off a dummy Wt Bessemer about 10 p m armid vrkh r.hot guns. They went to the wodd and the town ne groes disappeared', from tho streets A car loaded with shingles at the end of a long lumber ti-ain was fired and burned at 8.45. The sheriff has tbo city militia under arun waiting for a train to get ready run! will go down directly. The sheriff has just called for one hundred 'armed deputies. There is great excittemnt and fears are entertained that! the town will be burned tonight. ' LATZ. A dispatch from Bssemor k Sheriff Truss says: "Everything quie; need not come." v APPBEHENSIOX Or FCBTHEB THOrpLS. BntMisanAM, Ala ,.K April 25. Everything is -quiet at Baasenier, but there is a feverish apprehension ASH KVIL,LE. THE PROHIBITION MASDAMC3 CAK ; A GHAND BANQUET IJi OF THS HOT fPRINOS DELEGATES. Special to the Sews and Observer. AsiixviLLi, N. C, April 25. -A large delegation from Asheville went io tbe Hot bprings Convention. Preparations are being made here for the enter ainment of the convention tomorrow by a banquet at Battery Park Hotel. A subscription of one thousand dollars ts being raised. Judge Mcuae granted a mandamus in. the prohibition case today and ordered the commissioners to hold an election. An appeal to the Supreme Court was taken. The Jackson county Democratic Convention at Webster appointed delegates today to the convention, divided between Stedmau and Fowle; dacJared for Johnston for Congress, and ehdorstd C evelaiid. The Miils River Demociatic meet ing declared for Sudruau and Alex ander, for R H. Lewis for Superin tendent of Public Instruction, and for Johruiton for Congress. Cardinal Gibbons rode through the city yesterday. FRl Dri,K1 rLYTSI.IG TlIE MAILS. 8IKIOCS CHAKOES AGAINST THP.SR TOrHO HEX OF JiEWBERJt, Special fo the News and Observer. Nlwbebx, N C, April 23. Iu 'he United States District Court, io ses sion here, Judge Seymoui, presiding, true bills were found today against .WatsOn & 0 , John E- Hudson and Wm. W Cook, all young men of this city, for using tbe mails for fraudu lent purposes The Watson case will be' taken up tomorrow. They will be ably defended. District Attorney Busbee represents the Government. Great interest is manife ted. There were no reports of damage by frost last night in .the immediate v cinity of Newborn. The Tariff Debate. By Tflegr&ph to the News and Observer. WasSisgton, D. O, April, 25 The majority and minority of the ways and means committee today reached an agreement on the time to be al lowed for general debate in the House on the lariff. The agieemsnt, which was reduced to writing, reads as fol low? : On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays the House shall rise at 5 30 p. m. and re assemb'Ie at 8 p. m. The evening sessions are to be, for debate only. Monday's and Sat urday's sessions shall! end at 5-30 p ni. No change to be made in the present rules as to sessions on Fri- davs. General debate on the tariff billijsbaU continue seventeen days af ter' -today, excluding Sundays, and also. any interruptions ordered by the House, and general leave to print is to be given. FOIl GOV Kit NOR Capt. 8. B. Alexander, of M(ck!nbnrj, eor. of the News aad Observer. Gclf, Chatham Co , N- C. Please allow me space in your val uable columns in behalf of the farm ers in this community. In regard to our candidates we want farmer to represent us. We are tired of votiEg all lawyers. We must have farmers to unite the Democratic party. It is tbe only thing that "will unite the party in this section. I have heard men sav who never voted any other than a Democratic ticket that they will not vote for all lawyers any longer. Give ns S. B. Alexander for Governor and we will all go for him with a vim and it will do more to unite the party than any thing else. Without something is done to unite tbe party it is gone. ' ' A Fabler. President aat Mrs. Cleveland Invited to Attend tbe Musical Festival at Peters burg Va. A Washington f-peciaj says : A committee, consisting of Representa tive Lee, of Virginia, and Messrs. John Q Jaokson aud N. J. Patterson, Jr., called at the White House today and invited President Cleveland to attend the musical festival to beheld at Petersburg, Vs., beginning May 8, and continuing one week. A similar invitation was tendered Mrs. Cleve land, Saturday, by a committee con sisting of Mrs. Gov. Lse, of Virginia, Mrs. Blackburn, of Kentucky, and Mrs, Washington, of Tennessee. The invitations are signed by 400 children who are to sing ou children's day, and are prepared in handsome style, Tbe President and Mrs. Cleveland said they would be pleased to attend the festival and if they found they could do ao would inform the oom nuttee through Representative Lee. Michigan's Sable Hepnblleaas. liy Telegraph to the News and Observer, 1 Dkhoit, April '25. A State eou- veution of colored man mrt a.t Jack sou yestar.lay for the purpose of or gauizing a State associat ou and con sidering matters relative to tho com ing political campaign. About fifty delegates were present. Resolutions were adopted lamenting tha death of Rofcoe Conkling, endorsing the Blair educational b.ll, endorsing thi Can didacy of Goueral Itusstll A. Alger and unequivocally eu I j'-h ng the Re publican party. A High Nrhoul Hui'dlnif Bnrnlng. By Telegraph to t lie New and Observer. Concord, N. H . April 25 The High School b lilding is on fire and burning rapidly. All the children escaped in safety. The entire fire departmeut, was called oat and are now lighting the flames. The Emperor Has a Ciood Nlghl. Hy C.ibli to Uie News and Observer. Berlin, April 25. -This morning's bulletin says: The Emperor passed a good night. His fever is lower and his condition satisfactory. As the con.., diticn of the Emperor ehangts but little during the day, only one bulle tin will ba issued daily until further notice. luecr Fits mnA Starts. The fits and starts using these words In their literal meaning -ol tbe nervous people olteu strike the beholder as ludicrous. The nerves of hearlnKof sucti uufor.uuatos are paiululiy cute, aiii Impinged by abruiit unexpected noises, lead them sometimes to perform antics wurihy of a Jumplnc-Jack. At the root of nervousness in most mstanves. Is non-aiil'riilU6n ( the lood, aud eousequentiy Icnutrition of the nerves as of the Other tissues ol the body. This prolonged ui . eourse, productive of serious nervous disease. The reiiitHly ie Hosteller SHomh Htiters. that invigorate Uie stomach aud enables it to perform its lunctious properly Soon after eommeuelnit a eotirse of U, it will be found tlutt the nerves grow more utuqiill by day, nightly repose becomes iessMulerrupted. aud appetit mora vigorous and, : satisfying these are tne Initial tnd.catiuus. lot- ' lowed by the ciHiiplete reatoraUou of nervous viar. The Bitters ulsoeure fever anjj ague, liver ' touiplaiutsni cousUpatiou. A Chicago man claims to bavein vented a mineral vapor bath which will preserve dead bodies forever, , enable the living to resist contagious diseases, and perhaps solve the re cently promulgated question of "liv ing forever." Kleetrlo Bitters. This remedy ia becoming so well no w a and so popular as to need no special mention. Ail who have used Eloctrio Bitters si if? tho same song of praise A purer medicine does not exUt nd it is guaranteed to do that is claimed. 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