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SALISBURY. N C, THURSDAY
The Treasury Is Bankrupt.
Philadelphia Times.
The Cabinet has len confirmed, he
deluge of inauguration visitors hns
passed away, and the new -administration
has settled down to the s-evere task
before it. There are yet many office
expectants lingeriag on the sce. but
they will son weary of the cliilling
reception they are certain to receive at
this time in all th departments. Tbeie
Rre Very f,'iave and 'iniperioiis duties
pressing; upon the new powers that be,
and these duties .must be first per
formed. For months past the one effort of
the lute administration was,, to conceal
the true condition of the national
Treasury, and, embarrassing as its con
dition is known to bf, thepnllic will
be startled when Secretary Carlisle's
first statement shall- be given to the
country. The goldjreserve is actually
below the minimum standard of 100,
000,000, ami Secretary Foster refused
last Friday to sign a two-million war
rant for an Indian claim, that should
have been paid months ago, because
there was not money enough in the
Treasury to meet it.
There is $104,000,000 of geld re.
serve, but' $8,000,000 has been bor
rowed from banks to keep up the ap
pearance of maintaining it, and, count
ing only the actual available cash
assets of the Treasury as they were
counted by forntr Secretaries, there is
a tieficit of over 30,000,000. All the
gold shipped to EufDe comes direct
from the Treasury vaults, and the gov
ernment now receives no gold revenue.
Custom duties can b paid in coin
notes, and gold has ceased to come into
the Treasury.
The early issue of bondsseems to be
an al)Mlute necessity, and it will now
require double or tripl the sale of
bonds to recover our strained credit.
In the meantime, with a bankrupt
Treasury, we must borrow gold to buy
silver and continue to aggravate the
evil that has brought the country to
the verge of financial dishonor.
The administration and the people
of th country must accept this appall
ing condition lis it is and meet it as
best they can. One of two things
must be done and dotie speedily: we
must either reduce our expenditures
from. fo9.00O.tiU0 to 00,000,000 by
pension revision and retrenchment gen
erally, or w? must ley iidtiitioual txs
upon the people to thai". eten. .,Cn-grei-s
will have to mee-tin extra so ion
;i.s soon as the new administration cawi
tnf-:e its eKHct lan.u-ie. a- tii pure
i i a
oi i!ver nu-t te Mopp- d and uer
ev-
euues rinst be supplied.
ti is not i".eiv uiiit UJiiwH'ss
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nieet for several months uuie-s a su.l-di-n
and imp r.itive emergency shall
ari.s.'. B-it xu extra sesioni inevita
ble bee i use the overnmei.t cannnt go
on utiiil December without it. is
this grave emergonry th.it forces Ihc
President to be cinph iiic in declaring
his purpose frrd'day for s une time i he
cousi'Seratioii of applications for ofike.
US I
Coanaittee's Report.
The congressional cuumittee ap
pointed in consequence of the Home
stead calamity, to investigate the mu
tual obligations existing between cor
porations and their employers and give
some formal expression of their con
clusions, have reported, as follows :
41. Rights of employers and work
men are equal.
"2. Employers hae the undoubt
ed right, provided they will fulfill their
agreements, to employ and dismiss men
at pleasure.
3. Workmen cm legally organize
for mutual protection and improve
ment. '"'A. When dissa!ified with wages
or hours they should attempt to aroi
trate. 5. Failing in this, thv have a
right to discontinue, either singly or
in a body.
"6. Having discontinued, they have
no right, legal or moral, by force or in
timidation, to keep others trom taking
their places or to attempt to occupy,
injure or destroy the property of their
employers.
"7. In all controversies, arbitra
tion having failed, reliance should be
placed upu the, power and adequacy
of the law.
u8. Whether assumed as leg dor not,
the employment of armed bodies" of
men for private purposes, either by em
nlovers or emnloves. should not le re-
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sorted to, and such use is an assump-
iJan of the. State's authority by private
.
citizens.
"9. States have undoubted authori
ty to legislate against the employment
of armed bodies ot men lor private
purposes, but the power of Congress to
so legislate is not clear, although
would seem-tnat Congress ought not
to Ije powerless to prevent the move-
muni, ofsiieh bodies from one btate to
another." .
In onr1rsion the committee says that
...v.. . -
its investigations Have led tnem 10 cju-
... .. 1 111! a .
elude thrtt the fault is not wholly on one
side, and that the middle ground seems
lo be iu the direction of arbitration.
Without miking any recommenda
tions, but pleading t6rv'arbitratioii, the
committee closes its report by saying :
"To this end we bespeak the co-operation
ef all patriotic citizens, and yonr
committee will welcome any legisla
tion which will tend to secure to the
aborin-; man bis every right without
depriving the employer of his, for bot h
are guaranteed by the Constitution and
th :Uvs pf tb land."
Moody'sSermona, ....
For the benefit of the great majority
f our readers, who could Qctfgo to
Charlotte, we publish outlines ff seve
ral of Mr. Moody's sermons, gathered
from the Xeics and the Obmrer.'
wa .chosen for the subject of discus
sion and thought. The evangelist is
such a plain, practical talker that all
perplexing questions are easily solved
and prtived convincing by his tnerito
rious argument.
He called attention to five things
that lead to repentance :
First, conviction"; secoud, contrition;
third, confession of sin ; fourth, con
version ; fifth, confessing Christ.
There aire three things, says he, that
lead to conviction conscience, the
Word of , God, and that of the Holv
Ghost.
Some people claim conscience is a
better guide than anything else. Con
sciences differ materially, and some
people have very queer consciences, as
you all know. When you do wrong
conscience does aot always remind you
of it, but the Word of God does. VVe
have the Word of God to lead us aright,
the Holy Ghost and Son of God as
guarditi angels, and with these three
friends to guide us, it is a deplorable
sin that we are guilry of the sinful
ness of unbelief.
Many are convinced of the error of
their ways, but do nt turn from their
sins. Follow your convictions on this
point and you will be saved. y
There is a vast difference between
conviction and repentance, and there
won't be true contrition if there be not
true repentance. True contrition nt
only means a casting down of the spir
it, hut a lifting up as well.
True contrition begets true repent
ance and touches the heart of Jehovah.
Before you see God there in ust be con
viction before contrition, and then con
fession follows.
You can not help those who will not
help themselves. "Hew to the line, let
the chips fall where they may," and
unless there be confusion of sins .there
is not repentance. A lie is a lie under
any other nam?. Learn to treat sin as
a sin and not escape the knowledge.
He said he believed tlut the.-e petty
subterfuges, daily resorted to, and litis
apologetic construction put. upon mis
deeds was the rea.soM t!ete were so
many faulty in tLeir liv.--. Confess
vour faults oue to another ; lh.it helps
ou t be good. Live so you may hare
oower w i til God ; do not trv t justify
our sins. Take thee
tune stei k
and
we are lead 10 conversion.
Another di.-couie was on
WHAT SF.HK YF ?
Sir. Moody said that he had three
texts, one ii question, one an exhorta
tion, and one a command. Iu the 38th
verse of th? hVt chapter of John these
words are fou-id, "What s"ek ye?"'
John the Bap'.i-t and two of his fol
lowers were standing, and they saw the
Son of Man walking toward them.
John s aid, "Behold the Lamb of G"d,
which taketh away the sin of the
world." Immediately the former dis
ciples of John left their jmaster and
followed Christ, asking him, "Rabbi,
where dwellest thou':'"' To this inqui
ry Jesus said come and see, and they
followed Christ to Getlis.-mane, to Cal-
i i l . r .
varr, and, in fact, throughout his min
istry on earth. Where Christ was
these two disciples were at all times
near bv. Andrew sealed Ins testimony
with his life, and Petei followed unto
death. It is evident that they found
in Chri.-t what many present here to
night have not. It is remarkable, yet
as true as Heaven, Christ is all you
make Him. These apostles made much
of hiili, and He was all they conceited
Him to be.
In those days men were eonsUiilly
coming.to Christ and asking Him to
show-them sign, that they, too, might
believe on the Son -of God. Others
asked him difficult questions, attempt
ing to entangle him in the Mosaic law.
Still others attempted the same thing,
but for another purpose. It was those
who wanted office. But when they
found it was to be a spiritual kingdom
riKd not a temporal one. they left Him
and did not return. President Cleve
land has manv more friends now than
he will have when his term expires.
Another crowd were after the loaves
orwl fil,',.s Thev thought that Christ s
1 i. ,.1C f,4 eA multitudes, and they
win a i
jlutJtr ar0ui:d to get something to eat.
n -Zt. . .,.l i. them and sa'd. "You
: irit lUlllf . rri
are after the loaves awl tishes. i m-re
was another class, and there are many
of this kind here io-night just goinv
i-p:oi the crowd goes, with no den-
, njfe purpOSfi. Yon come to see the
! trowd. Weil, you won't get any thing,
f dl(1 not come for anything.
" vounnTe no definite purpose
but are
' ....i,,,) uv motives it might
not do to
aci.iiai.c-J -
tfm What ever brought you wuein-
! ,l ,... f nlase mother, to hear the
; ::,, or to see
I ,1
th
crowd I" am
frlad to see vou here, aim piaj
Gods
. blessing may rest upon you.
' "S -ek ve tiie L -rd while he may br
! found." 'Don't look fur feeling ano
expression, but look for God. He is
anxious to redeem you, anxious to save,
and it doesn't take a very long time
for au anxious sinner and a more than
willing God to come together W;
must be earnest in your search. D
ot.br slothful. With active, earner
sincerity ymi will find the kingdom o,
God. Man acquires hr,t a good
MARCH 23, 1893.
tion in the world, then he seeks God.
This is not right What God puts first
man seeks last. Seek Gftd first, and all
things will follow. He is the pendu
lum, and will regulate your lives, so
that your go.d works on earth will be
glory to Gid iu the highest.
Still another sermon was about
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
"1 told you yesterday I was going to
talk on the office and work ot the Holy
Spirit, of two things what lie came to
do, and how he is qualified to do the
work of God. I want to ay I was in
the church 5" years before . I ever heard
of the' personality of the Spirit. I don't
know whether it was the fault nf the
preacher or my fault, but I looked up
on the Spirit as an attribute of God.
We dishonor the Holy Spirit by speak
ing of him as it Christ all along
speaks of him as a person. The Father
has his work, the bon his, and the Ho
ly Spirit his. I venture to say that a
hundred Christians here never thought
of the work of the Holy Spirit, and yet
there's not a child here who could not
tell what Christ came for to save sin
ner. The Holy Ghost came on just
that identical errand. Let me run over
a few things he came to do :
1. "To convict the world of sin.
You often hear people &ay they wonder
why the preachers don't convict more
people That's what the Holy Ghot
came to do. Uabriel might come down
this very night with hair lit up with
glory, might preach and persuade men,
but if the Holy Spirit don't work with
him, he won't convict me of sin. The
reason a good many people won't come
out to meeting :sthat they don't want
to hear abut their sins They want
smooth, oily words. When the Holy
Ghost works he takes hold of the con
science and convicts.
I was preaching in Philadelphia
once. A lady and her husband were
attending one of the meetings. When
they went out she spoke to her hus
band, but he was huffy and wouldn't
speak to her. They went home ; he
retired and still wouldn't speak. The
next day he still wouldn't speak. H
kept that up for a whole week. Fi
nally' he said, 'Wife, what did you go
and tell Mr. Moody allb mt me tor?'
1 have never spoken to Mr. Moody,'
sh-j said. 'Well, vou wrote to him.
then,' he said. 'No,' said the wife, j
'Well, then&on got some friend to tell V .J 6 ?v7,nin? ele- brents
him.' 'No, I did not,' she said. 'Whv,' 0.,,,d. tnat they may train
said he, 'he held me up before those ten r children right. Oue of the most
thousand people and told them all a- f wful f.hin-s ,s tj'at. Satan is going in
bout me I vvUh 1 had that power w ",,r Hlid takinR 'ir soni 0,)t
tlM v-pv ev-nirif. trrthoM :i l:in nn
ani show him him .-elf.
2. "The next thing He does He shed
abroad the love of God in our hearts.
Now, you tell an unrenewed man to
love his enemies; you might as well
tell him to jump over the moon ; he
can't do it, because.he han"t the pow
er. You remember when you first be
came converted, you loved everyone
because the Spirit' of God was in your
heart, but you let a root of bitterness
spring up and thorns come and you
began to lose that love. I a vast army of disciplined soldiers, had
There is a good deal of difference be- j vACcd at its head a successful general
tween the love of God and man s love, and, with unlimited supplies and re
You Southern folk., if you get the lore : sources at his command, had turned
of God shed iibioad in your hearts, will ! the head of its columns toward the
love us Northern folks; I fancy Ma- , Confederate capital with the cry, "On
son and Dixon's line won't make any 1 to Kichaioud !" Between this Vplen
difference. I didly appointed army and thecanital of
Tl.e e are nine graces told of in Gl.
. - 1 1 , sr. j
come one wroie meiu on. aim
put them in my Bible in this form
will read them to you:
"Love.
"Joy love exulting.
"Peace --love in repose.
"Long suffering love untiring.
"Gentleness love in society.
"Goodness love in action.
"Faith love on the battie-lield.
"Meekness lore at school.
temperance love in training.
"The next thing the Spirit" of God
3
des is
to impart hope, ion take a
man full of the H-dy Ghost and he is
full of hope; he dm t get under a ju
niper tree like Elij ih. Uead Acts and
see how full of joy those early Chris
tians were. They knew the 'crowniug
day was coming.
4. "Another thing
file 'Snirit L'ivea
:,. ixi Wu Hon t h:ire much ot
, - . r -
that these dov.; did you kno that?
Hn l.irrl ir. is to sneak with liberty !
It is easy to preach when people pray,
but not when they criticise. If people
" - w" "
go to church three tim-s a week they
think thev are tine Christians think
if they g three times a week, pay their
debts, and keep themselves out of jail,
they are doing mighty well.
5. "Another tl?i:ig the Spirit of God
does; it testifies of Christ. The Spirit
of God will gui le vou into all truth,
i never saw a man or woman full of
the Holy Ghost that wasn't full of
Scripture. Verses that I heard as a
child came bacK t me when I got the
Holy Spirit iu me. If we've g t the
Holy Ghot in us 'He shall bring to our
remembrance all things.
0. Another tiling tiie Spirit. does
He comforts you. Thats what lies
nere for, to com fort lth bnle.' In the
vvilderness the Shekinah came do-Mi
while the Israelites were singing a
treat honor to music and tilled the
tabernacle. The Spirit shall obedience
you; your body becomes a temple of
God' George MuUer aid, 'I can't keep
my soul, but I C"U keep my body fo'
tiie Hoiy Ghost to dwell m' Now,
aere's the pivot upon which it all turns.
If I can get jour soul awake enough
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in livir ililj ..aU mi Y
Huui, ii, win ao ou more
good than the whole meeting."
uIn the third, fourth and fifth chap
ters of John we find five clastes of
Christians. First, there's Xieodemus.
He lust got a little of the Spirit down
in his I eart. but not enough to make
hmr leave the Sanhedrim a id hi
friends for Christ. He was afraid of
leing ostracized if he let it be known
that he was Christ's disciple.
"We find a higher type id the 4th
chapter the woman who came to get
a pot full, but thank God she got a
well full. Siie didn't wait for the a
nointiug of therHoly Ghost. Suppose
some one had said, 'Look here, Mag
gie, vou've got a pretty bad reputation;
you d better wait for several years and
see how it'll be. She might have been
brought up before the session of the
Presbyterian church, or before" the
church board in the Baptist church
and told she'd better wait awhile.
"Tnen in the last chapter we find a
better type. There are lots Chris
tians like the man's well, frozen up in
the winter and dried up iu the summer.
The reason so many Christian dom't
work is because thev bavpn'f n,or
'lvvo of the greatest Methodist
churches in England reported only 163
conversions in a year. We ought and
must lead others. I sometimes think
it would be a gopd thing to ask people
when they come to join the church,
-with or without power?' We have
enough of the 'without power' Chris
tians. I believe there is such a thing
as being filled with power and losing
it. Like Sampson, your strength i
going from you, but thank Gd, Samp
son's hair wasn't pulled out ut the root,
so it grew out again, and with it hi
power returned. The reason we don't
have that power is because we don't
I Wlllsky StlOpS UKd UJLOtllCl?, A!Kl
we haven t power to cast him out.
"We must have power from on high,
given bythe Holy Ghost."
GEN. LEE'S STORY.
Told oa the battleflcld, and reealie l by c;en. R D.
Jounslon.of AUb-inu:
No one who participated in the glo
rious achievements of the Army of
Northern Virginia will VMr fnr tha.
j memorable campaign of the span" of
i 16G4. The United States had tether-
ed, during the wiuter of 1S03 and 'G4
i the Confederacy there stood ouly-the
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Aiujjr ui nonueiu v irginia, with uen.
I ; ltobert h. Lee at its head. That armv
was lacking in almost everything ex
cept courage and confidence iu its
great leader. The stru-gle began with
the battle of the Wilderness, and con
tinued almost daily until the two ar
mies, drenched in idood, glared at each
other trom tiie nth pits m front of
Petersburg. Each day witnessed he
-) roic deeds on the part of the soldiers
ot both armies, and when the shades
of night came we counted with s;sd
hearts the missing ones, who had made
their last sacrifice in behalf of th
caue they loved, with their own I if,
blood.
the stirring scenes and incident.
that each day occurred iimvrl
hearts and left deep impressions upon
i our memories.
iNone nraue a more pro
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iutn essiou u ou me man an in
l11 tli 't I'Ue on the morning
, OI Al, the day before the
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great battle ot ftpottsv I vania. The
enemy had concentrated in heavy col
umns in front of that part of our lines
occupied by the division of Gen. Rhodes,
t I f jr t ti,l Kt Mm ... . . 1 . . .l !
i""""'! j uii ruous, wiin ouiy u
lew hun lred yards -of pen ground' be
tween the woods and breastworks of
Rhode's division. They made a sudden
aud impetuous assault upon the 4iue.a
and drove out Doles's brigade aud
part or uuueiss and planted their
colors on our breast works.
Johnston's brigade was at the tim
in reserve. suM)0'-tinr Lonistrw.1.1
corps. was ii s ily summoned td
the point of attack, awl under the eve
of our beloved Commander made the
charge which droye the enemy out ol
the breastworks captured the Hags
which tltey had planted upon our
works, and res'oreu the lines. That
charge w;u d by two soldiers of Jhe
brigade one now a prominent Ala
bamiu.ll., and the other a North Cin.ii
nian who afterward piivd to rest on
the balt2ej"id. it wi- a h-arp trug-"
gle between tl.eiu which nai ti-.st
reach the enemy's Hag a; on the bre.-t
wi.rKs and tear it down. ' 'i i.e At..bau;
iuu's foot s!iptt-U i.s he reached fortu
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to take the flag, and the North Caroli
ua soldier seized ic. After-the figh
was over he carried it back fc Gen-
f.Aa 1 1.' . . .
ouvi "M'u uis permission- to sAiul
it to the Governor of North Carolina,
to le preserved in memory of that day.
Gen. Lee wrote a letter to. the Govern
or of-North Carolina, commending the
brave dteJ, and sent the flag as request
ed.
It was on this occashnT, the second
time duriog the campaign, that the
soldiers had to take hold of GenTLeeV.
horse and foree him from the Tield of
battle. While 4he fight lasted we
could not prevail on him to retire from
the field. When quiet had again been
restored a number of t.h general ofii
cers assembled at the little house, Geiu
E well's hea!quaifers, iu-t in the rear
of thejjne of battle. There were gen
erals Ewell and Rhodes, Itamseur,
Doles, Pendleton, and the writer.
While we were sitting on the porch
discussing the events of the morning
Gen. Lee came out of the house and
took his seat among us. Turning l
Gen. Rhode?, he said : -General, what
; shall we do with ben. Doles for allow
ing those people to- break over his
lines?" Gen. Rhodes replied; "We
shall have to let Doles off this time, as
he has suffered quite severely fer it
already." ,
Jut at this moment a courier rod" -up
with a dispatch for (Jen. Lee. It.
was one of Stewart's- scouts. Tlh;
opinion at, mat time was prevalen..
among all the general officers at the
front tliTrt United States droops were
sliding around our right-awl dal-trot
intend to fight us in the portion we
then held. 'All supposed the dispatch
that Gen. Lee had just received from
Gen. Stewart . was something relating
to the movements of Gen. Grant's ar
my. It was Gen. Itamseur who fiit
broke the silence, remarking that tle
impression was general iir-the armv
that the Federal troops were moving
to theJeft toward Richmond. Geij.
Le then turned and playfully remark
ed : "I do not know which one of you
may be called to the command of th
anuy when.. I am gone; Until then
you could not know the- d i flic til tic
winch beset the commander. of an ar-
nv, the greatest of which is to ditin-
gulsh the true from the false report i
which come from the scouts. I.-
then related the following '"idtnt :
"When 1 was on Gen. Wotd s sl.ifi
in the Mexican war, late one nirl.t lb
general sent fornje. Arriving at the
tent l lound that the scouts had corns
in with reports that the Mexican armv
had crossed the mountain and were in
camp about, ten miles away. I su-
gested to Gen. VV ool that it was hardh
possiljle such a report could be tru...
but said that if he would ijive nie .
squadron of dragoons I would ren--!
rue iacts lo nun bv morning. ai,
sav
the mean tiuie the army could be g-O
in readiness for action. 'Knowing that
a company of dragoons were out , ,
duty on the route I must take. I d.Jari-
mined to proceed at ouce'on the recou
noissance, and take the .-ouodron t!4ei
on mity, ordering another to repl e-
them. Mountiugmy hor.-,e, I luoa i.e
road leading to the supjod .;ainj' f
the enemy. By somr mrr.hauce I
missed the 'place where the draguuirs-.-were
picketed, and so det rniihed to
make the recounoisance aon-. Prii
ceeding along fhe roan, I -p cled up a.
Mexican lad as a guide, and rode rap-L
idly toward the mountain. Approa-!--ing
a village on the route, the h.k.
begged piteously that h might he
aliowefl to depart, declaring that hi
own people would kill brm if they sa.
him guiding an American; so, leaving
Ir.m behind, I rode on through tin
village. The sound of my horse's fe t
as I rode through the village made a
fearful noise. As I r de- h!oii'.-.
scanning the road ahead, I thought'!
saw in the distance Mexican lance
but when, I came nearer-1 found th.t,
it was oqly the '-cactus, trees. tTf-o .
approaching the mountain I cuiu
suddenly in fuil view of the carapfir
ot the Mexican army, and could dis
tinctly see the soldiers ou'gu.oi
marchingtoaiid.fr.), while ihe w .in
tents covered the side of the moun
tain. Though I tVit that the scuo.'
report was correct. I thought it tno -jinrdent
to move on until I sshou :
come upon the ouTTKt. I drew nu r:
er andrrearer to th.' mountain, aiH
still no enemy. Straining 'my viKi.-7
I saw that tiie white tenia wijsh
heep
Vin!.' ihiwii ami i Ik. - .f-i i.-.lt
shepherds with tiieir crooks. So
turnexl and ea.itere 1 back to Gen. Wo ,
where I found the army-all drawn u '
ai:d rea.lv foraeii"ii.
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