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Hj WILLIAM H. BERNiBD. riT.l.ISHED DAILY EXCEPT MONDAYS. RATSS or Si-Bscjupnoo, aotamcx: ,.c ar ,by NUil). Pof Paid ft 00 x Months, 8 00 lhn.r M.ths - " 1 60 , .;w Mooch. SO rr- r City Subscribers, delivered in any part of :hc L":tv. T klvb Carers per week. Our City Agents i r n. : Authorized to collect foe more than three months t the Past Office at Wilmington, N. C, as Second Class Mail Matter. OUTLINES. The Senate yesterday was principally . vrupieti in the consideration of the Waal Appropriation bill, and a number . : amendments adopted, but no final ac t ., :i was reac hed; the credentials of Mr. ; '.iriisic as Senator from Kentucky, in il.iv o of Mr. Beck, were presented; the debated the River and Harbor die proposed Hennepin canal re in.; the most attention; eulogies writ delivered on the late Rep- n-vntative Wilber. of New York. Sover.il counties in Kentucky and - :i o: the more southern counties in West Virginia were swept bv a tornado !'r i.t . .ngiu. thousands of dollars' worth : . lamae was done, and it is feared ; i v r,- .v s some loss of life; the play of Jtt'w-.,' and the jxils of thunder were :.;..i'.Iir.g. The mother of Speaker i . i.itthe House of Representatives. jn. tH-c;edly yesterday morning, at -,cr ii me near Portiand, Me.: the Spcak- its lor hi home to-day. The i'-:r:.! students who assaulted two la- , i'the Kussian Embassy at Constan--.i. ;ie. were turned over to the Turkish i rarities, who promptly sentenced ciiein v. ix months' impisonment and to ;. hanishevj to Tripoli for life; the Rus- ii: Ambassador expresses himself as u.li-. -.a.sried wkh the prompt action of : Turkish government. Billiugs. M lit. ma. was visited early Friday morn . with two shocks of earthquake; two houses were shaken down and . i u u other damage was done; tlie m- :. Nit mts vi.re greatly alarmed. The NortbrrN Presbyterian General As- M'lnb'v. m session at Saratoga, has passed .iaa:;:mousIy. by a rising vote, the ii: for the appointment of a Re- - Committee. New York markets: S;.-ney easy, closing at 3 per .-et-.t.; cotton Ju!l; middling uplands 12 ;3c; middling Orleans 12 tMGc; south ern Iloar dull and easy; wheat dull and Jower; No. 2 red 97c at elevator; corn moderately active but weaker; No. 2, 4) 'jc at clevauj. May 34c; rosin steady; :irits turpentine quiet at 370. J he relations between "conduit . .-" livnum and his glass-blowing .titiient, Campbell, who got him .: such a mess, must b somewhat !.r general impression is that the bU: when it gets through :i;rkm in the Senate will look .::n;;i ' like a chicken interviewed V; t:i paper says the best pay . 4 the farmer can etigage in n- winter apples. If he has i'; ' m raising apples he may it up by raising mortgages. '! Vassar girls are level-headed. ..f Nt'venty-nine asked fifty-one f . tarir'i' reform, twenty-one for tra.le. and only seven timid ;rh to acknowledge that they ;ted protection. :'! ij-s tiow Kemmler won't ob- nu;rh to being electrocised t- he ha-N discovered that the same k that sends him off will not at t:i:i:' shock the constitution I 'f.itcd States. d:- Kate Kane, of Chicago, who been admitted to practise in v Supreme Court, the eighth r "-..in on the list, can bewilder a :n five languages, English, Ital . ..ir:ish French and German. says the purification of 't:.-s is "an iridescent dream." The K.i farmers seem to be indulging i : little of this iridescent dreaming ' ' 1 ;:',;. we to try their hand on -" -i'; 'in.,' Ingails to see how it pans Southern Illinois farmers are very much discouraged by the bad out ! ok for wheat. But the Illinois far Ti :-:. should not be discouraged. x hen they get that bounty on co ""'iViri they will be all right whether vheat grows or not. Mr. l';i!bury of Kansas City, is a ; blooded hustler. He wormed I mselt mto the artless confidence of 1:1 hngli;,h syndicate and sold them rcat system of flour mills for a r,,:,. ,.( ., ....... ,;md and builds a similar system to '"Jn opposition, to the confiding syn- (';(-ate. 1 here are eleven hundred miles of '-'ccs i,n the lower Mississippi. In ls- there were iSt-t breaks, hut the sy'em has hn c ctrnfrthnd s'nce tnat in the recent flood there 'ere only 23 breaks the acrcrrpo-atp . , ee--o length r.( .u . L . . , ee-o - o-" i me Dreaks Deing only nve lIes- I5ut these were enough to ooU one-third of the State of Lou- 'Siana. r VOL. XLVI -NO. 55. One of the handsomest and best gotten up trade and industrial issues which we have seen in a long time has just been issued by the States ville Landmark. It contains twenty- four five-column pages, handsomely illustrated, under illustrated cover, and is full of compact, well arranged, and well compiled information about Statesville and Iredell county. It is a work of value, and reflects credit not only on Joe Caldwell, who did it, but on the town and. county for which it was done. The day before the vote was taken on the McKinley tariff bill a delega tion of manufacturers visited Wash ington and urged that the. bill go into effect thirty days after its pass age, instead of January J, as pro- prosed by some. McKinley fayored this, and the reason was the man- facturers for whom McKinley was working were afraid, if January 1 was fixed as the date, the merchants would load up with foreign goods and cut down their profits. H Uenjamin riarnson ever naa a large stock of courtesy and manners he left them at hGins when he came to W ashington. A committee of gentlemen from Baltimore called on hrm last week to invite him to be present at the Charities convention, when he rudcy turned his back on them and churlishly informed them that he didn't have time t0 tajk to them. Rev. K. E. Jackson, colored, who moved to Hartford, Conn., couldn't rent a house, such as he would live in, because people up there would not live in a house which had been occupied bv colored people, and for 4 that reason house owners declined to rent to them. But there is no pre judice against the negro in Hart ford while he remains in the South. Mr. McKinley estimates that bis tariff bill will reduce the revenues on imports $i0,93G,53G and on internal revenue 10,37,878, a total of $71,- but Mr. McKinley when asked didn't know how many lamp chimneys were imported. Treasury experts calculate that the new tariff will increase the revenue about $40,- 000,000. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. D. Nctt Open all day. Star Office Babbitt metal. Fisihn'G Excursion Tuesday. OPF.RA House Merry Company. H. L. Fennell Sales increasing. J. G. Burr Notice to tax-payers. Brown & RoDDiCic-Outing cloth J. H. Hardin Toilet soaps cheap. Taylor's Bazaar Time is money. Market Committee Bids wanted. Kirkham&Co. Auction Tuesday. E. J. Pennypacker Sealed proposals Cronly & Morris Saleunimp'd lots Masonic Meeting Concord Chapter. Giles & MuRcmsoN-Graincondenser Cronly & Morris Lots at auction. Cronly & Morris Sale desirable property. The Commercial Traveller?. At a meeting of the "drummers " last night, topics relative to the develop ment of Wilmington as a commercial mart were discussed by many of its most wide-awake travelling men. Committees were appointed to enable the Association to come before the job bing merchants, not as a body seeking. but asking co-operation in sharing mu tual benefits. Such an organization as those who look into the future of our commerce would strive to perfect, deserves the most generous endorsement of our job bing houses. More Congratulation. Capt. W. R- Kenan received the fol lowing letter from one of the prominent men of Clinton in regard to the success of the W. L. I. at Charlotte: Clinton, N. C, May 23.1890. i ?M IV. A. Kenan. Dear Sir: I desire to congratulate von and vour company upon the honors Charlotte on the 20th. It always l nlounro in Vipar crnod P'WSn Lt InV trv an( w;sh I could have been near enough to have tossed my nat in me a.i . . , . . i : over their success. Charlotte Female Institute. Commencement exercises of Charlotte Female Institute begin Monday, June 2d. The graduates are Misses raoisc Butt. Nona Caldwell, Mattie Cochrane, Sadie Gaither. Mattie Harris, Sallie Lit tle, Mary McAllister, Josephine Mc- RH Lilv Sims. Jennie Vardell and Mary Graham. Blaokflflh Excursion. The steamer Passport will leave at 5 a. m. sharp Tuesday, the 28th inst. for the Blackfish' grounds. Fish are biting finely, aud good sport is promised. H LOCAL DOTS. Items of Interest Gathered, Here and There and Briefly Noted. The mercury was up to 92 de grees on "the wharf" yesterday at 3 p. m. Strawberries were selling in market yesterday at 10 and 12 cents a quart. Fair for the round trip on the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad to-day 25 cents. Four interments are reported for the past week. One in Qakdaje, two in Bellevue and one in Pine Forest. Marriage licenses for six couples two white and four colored, were issued the past week by the Register of Deeds. Dr. P. M. Potter, Supermten dent of Health, who is on a visit to Bjr- mingham, Alabama, will return home about the first of June. Col. James Q. Burr gives no tice that he will be at the City Hall Monday June 3nd and every day there after until the 1st of July, to receive the tax lists. The regular services at the Sea man's Bethel will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Primrqse at half past three o'clock to-day. The Bethel is well ventilated and cool. Sailors welcome. The Jewish festival of the Pen tecost began yesterday evening at sun set. I he feast is commemorative 01 the first offerings of the Temple, and the delivery of the laws to the Children of Israel by God on Mount Sinai. Dr. T. H. Pritchard, after attend ing ine aoutuern oapii!,iwiiv:iiLKi m .1 c .t t- . . r .- Fort Worth, Texan, and visiting rela tives in Crockett, Texas, and New Or leans, returned Friday night last, and will occupy his pulpit to-day at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Col. A. D. Jenkins and family who have been visiting his father-in- law, Dr, Pritchard, tor the last three months, will leave to-morrow for New York and Saratoga. Mrs. Jenkins will sing for the last time in her father's church to-day. Yesterday was the first half year of the organization of the Gleaves Hardware Company. The event was celebrated by an elegant supper at the Hammocks at which numerous toasts were drank and responded to, and all present had a royal good time. The Saturday excursions to Carolina Beach are immensely popular with the people. Probably the largest number that has visited that place this season went down on the Sylvan Grave yesterday. There could not have been less than five hundred on the boat when she returned In the evening. The Cotton Region Bulletin re ports a maximum temperature of 92 at Raleigh and Florence yesterday. 94 at Cheraw. 90 at Wilmington, Char lotte and Goldsboro, 88 at Wadesboro and Weldon. and 863 at Newbern. The minimum in this district ranged from 60 at Newbern to 68 at Goldsboro and Raleigh. SUNDAY SERVICES. Brooklyn Baptist Church, Rev. R. E. Peele, Pastor. Preaching to-day at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School at 3.30 p. m. Public cordially invited. St. James Whitsunday 11 a. m Morning Prayer and Holy Communion; 1 4.30 p. m., Sunday School; 0 p 0 p. m Evening Prayer. Services at St, Paul's Episcopal Church to-day: Morning Prayer at 9 o'clock; Litany, Sermon and Confirma tion at 11 o'clock, with celebration of the Holy Communion; Evening Prayer and Sprmnn. the Rector officiating, at 8 ;nHau Srhnnl at 5 b. m. Seats ,11 free at all services. Rpu Mr. Arnold will hold services at St Paul's Mission corner Sixth and q q'a Queen streets, at J.dU p. m. . . - . The Lutheran Christian Association ;n T,-dav at 4.30 d. m.. in Luther tt ... - i Momnriol Riiildincr. ' O- I Rev. F. W. E. Peschau will preach to- day in Luther Memorial Building at 11 a. m., in German, and at 8 p. m. in English. Services will be held at St. James" Home this evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Rev. J. P. King will administer the ordinance of baptism at the foot of Queen street, at 4 p. m. to-day. Services at the First Baptist Church (colored) to-day as follows: Preaching at 11 a. m.. 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Snnday School at 1 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to all, by Rev. F. H. Hill, pastor. Knights of Pythias. The Raleigh News and Observer says j n ii Ti,nc n Mparts rf :ew PriHiv nitrht 'to ' Phalanx IT?. tL 'ThTa5 of this citv. TrvW Knights of Pythias, ot this city, AU rriven a handsome reception at ana was give About seventy- tte rooms oi inc iugt. , J H IVT. IVUICi'bU - - J ' - five of the m5rSw00,ocPji:VPrpd a hShU entertaining and instructive lec- nigni eniei s tendered ture, after J-ijgd1 him a rising vote ot tnamts anu. c RNING WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, SAM JONES. Opinions of "Wilmington Ministers in Re gard to BUs Methods. A Star reporter interviewed the min isters of this city in regard to Sam Jones, and the "following expressed opinions: REV. P. H. HOGE, D. D., FIRST PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH. I am opposed to the proposed visit of Mr. Jones for the following reasons: 1. Because the language that he uses and the anecdotes that he tells lower the dignity of the pulpit, debase the public taste, and present a corrupting and pernicious example to our youth. Al though such a style may .attract some classes of hearers, it does not attract them to good, while it cultivates a taste for sensation and amusement that makes people impatient of the sober, serious presentation of Gospel truth, I know we are toia that one Cannot judge from the newspaper reports that these thines ? -not mage tne game impression when '"aiu in LuiuicLiiuu wall IULJCll UI gOOQ that is not reported ; but no one denies that these things are said, and. it is a question whether it is right for a. man to place himself where the glamour of genius and the power of personal mag netism will make him condone what he cannot approve, and apologize for that wnicn nis better judgment condemns. 2. Because of the danger of confusing the mind as to what constitutes the ele ments of a true revival of religion, The idea seems to be, "Let s get Sam Jones and have a revival." So people are ap pealed to to subscribe on any and every sort 01 ground, with the expectation that if he comes, by whomsoever called, and with whatever motives, a revival will follow. Those who know the inner history of the Pearson movement know the months of earnest thought and prayer that were given to the preparations for the meeting, and how carefully we strove to follow every leading of Divine Provi- d to eliminate every element lot of God Evervbodv knows I -'i--. ri n r on that was not of God the result. But to fit up a tabernacle and get an evangelist does not secure a revival. The cold facts of the Charlotte meeting seem to amount to about this A great deal of excitement, enormous crowds, plenty of fun, a good deal of money raised under the stimulus of ap plause, a great many good resolutions publicly ma.de, very few additions to the churches, and nothing at all like a gen eral revival of spirituality, 6. Hecause ot his depreciation of the Ministry and the Church. Nobody knows our short-comings as we do our selves; no one, I am sure, mourns them more. But most of us can claim that we are honestly and faithfully trying to do the Master's work. Without the patient seed-sowing ot the regular ministry, tor. Jones would not be able to have his meetings at all. And it is a sight to make angels weep to see a man who has none of the difficulties, trials and hard ships of the regular ministry, who is at the very moment reaping the fruits of their labours, and getting more salary in a week than most of them get in a year. stand up in the presence of their people and hold them up to contempt for their unfaithfulness, and ridicule the small re sults of their ministry. What good will it do to gather large numbers in from the masses, if they come into the church with the idea that ail the preachers are afraid to speak their minds for fear of imperilling their salaries, and that all the churches are too corrupt for an "honest" man like Sam Tones to be willing to minister to them? Dis credit the Ministry and the Church and what have you to depend on for the sal vation of the community? Sam Jones can't do it all, even if you take him at his own estimate. 4. Because, as a conscientious Presby terian, I cannot endorse a man who makes a point of caricaturing and ridi culing what to me are the most precious truths of God's Word. Those who know how earnestly I have striven for Chris tian unity and co-operation, will not need Irom me a disclaimer ot prejudice against Mr. Jones merely because he is a Methodist. JN either have l any oo jection to his conscientiously preaching what he believes. But 1 maintain that to hold up to ridicule in a union meet- ing the distinctive doctrines of other churches, is an outrage on propriety and an offence against Christian fellowship. Mr. Pearson was the representative of a Church that occupies an intermediate position between the Methodist and Presbyterian, He preached the Lospel, as he understood it. fearlessly and with- out compromise. But he did not at tack, much less cericature and 'ridicule the doctrines of either. I have no objec- tion to my people hearing all sides. But t wnn1d ho unfaithful to them if bv mv . - . - . j participation in this movement 1 ex . . . , posed them to the disturbing mnuences senseless slanders and of the very doctrines that I preach to them, solemn- ly, conscientiously and in the fear of I 1 I uoa. whatever good Mr. Jones has flf-v in the awakening of the conscience a6 experience of hidden evils, I am de- voutly thankful. But it is our duty to look at both sides and weigh the evil with the e-ood. And weighed in these balances Mr. Jones is, in my judgment, found wanting. .T r.rT.T,T, REV. H. B. ANDERSON, BLADEN STREET M. E. CHURCH. I have been asked to express my views of the noted evangelist, the Rev. Sam P. Jones. The space allotted me, however, is so small that I can but en- dorse him for this I most emphatically do. I heard him three weeks at Nash- ville, Tenn., in the beginning ot his evangelistic work. If there is a simon- nnre evangelist in the world, I unhesita- tingly pronounce that man Sam Jones, There is nothing about mm inai savors of the upstart or crank, tie preaches no vain theory, he offers no new gospel, ly, spmpathetic man. He is withal a fine, and al! who go may look for an cn but stands firm upon the teachings of high-toned, chivalrous, heroic man. joyable entertainment. Every one Christ in the Gospels. He tans in no noint to declare the whole counsel of God and he declares it with the force of conviction. He talked like he believed convicuon. nc uai what he said, liis woros nave auinoruy, and this is the secret of his success with Much has been said, and is still being said, in praise of him. The masses listen to him with various criticisms, accord- Kg tothTir prejudices, but all love to him Te Jeducated and refined are MAY 25, 1890. as eager as the coarse and uneducated and all understand what he says. He never fails to convince his hearers that he is called of God to "this office and minis try." I have heard divines from various cities over the Union, and I Dronounre this man the most wonderful man it has u 1 1 tT 7 ever been mv pleasure to hear. He famous and W mtt,n hi l lv. Yn,7 n;; &tT,VT Af 1 tt ..1 , Mifi tSfTS TT.frmakingyou believe1 the Devi will have you before Saturday night, if you "don't quit your fti ,l-aVny 0the.;;mn--, t , After all this, do vou still ask f Tones' work is superficial?" Well. I will savone or ms sermons did more to influence my life for good and made me want "a closer walk with God than any other sermon, intellectual and cultured men in North save one by Bishop Key a few years ago. Carolina, said to me several months airo In conclusion, I would say, let those "I have heard ail th rt u- ." who are prejudiced against him say as little as possible, and thev will have the less to take back when Jones comes to Wilmington, for they will be delighted with him when they hear hirrj. REV. T. H. PRITCHARD, D. D., FIRST BAP TIST CHURCH In reply to your request to know whether I wish bam Jones to hold meet ings in Wilmington, i have to say that after mature reflection. I see no reason to modify my views of the preaching of mis celebrated evangelist, as copied in the Star from "Charity and Children" of which I am an editor; except in one particular l regret the use of one ex pression in that article that in which I profess a want of confidence in the con verts of Sam- Jones. With this single exception I reaffirm and with emphasis what was then said in condemnation of his peculiar style of preaching, and this I do after having received many letters and marked newspaper articles com- mending or sharply criticising my arti cle, and some of them abusing me per sonally in no very measured terms. Joe. Caldwell, one of the first editors in North Carolina, gave in his paper, the SfatcsvilL' Landmark, the following 2PT? Sam JD"es: "That man of . odA tne Keverend Samuel V. Jones, is m Charlotte at th.is time, justifying the ways of God to men. Up to last evening ne naa cauea tne people or : i .n 1 .i t r I mar. uevotea city nounas, lousy calves dirty dogs, fools and contemptible pup pies, and had said of the best people of the city (who are as good people as dwell on earth), that they would not be allowed to sweep out the kitchens of the bon-ton of Baltimore. If he talked that way on the street instead ot in taoernacie he would get both eyes blacked and be sent to the rock-pile. Now, I say in all deliberation" that the man who talks that way in the pulpit is a "buily, a "blackguard and a "vul garian," and these are not the coarsest and most vulgar things he said by a good deal, l do. not say that 1 would not hear Sam Jones if I had the oppor tunity, nor do I say that I might not change my views of the man were 1 to hear him but these things are grossly wrong, and demoralizing, and must re sult in harm to the cause of true reli gion, and I feel it my solemn duty to protest against them. REV. W. S. CREASY, GRACE M. E. CHURCH. In answer to the enquiry as to what I think of Rev. Sam. P. Jones, I would say: 1 have heard him preach several sermons, and would repeat what has been often said, that cold tvpe never has and never can give anything like a true idea of the man and the preacher. He must be heard, and when once heard will never be forgotten. His preaching is positive, and either draws men near him, or drives them from him. But where he has been, the number of those from all classes drawn to him are very largely in the majority. Judging from the standard erected by the Scriptures, If the work be of man it will come to naught, but of God it must prevail," he has his commission from on high. I regard him as a great and good man. l thank Lroa lor the good he has accomplished, and humbly pray the blessings of heaven to rest upon his la bors, and all who are working lor the salvation of souls. REV. ROBERT STRANGE, ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH. I heartly endorse what Dr. Pritchard wrote of "Sam" Jones some weeks ago. I admire directness, tearlessness and simplicity in Xhe pulpit, but abuse and vulgarity degrade the preacher and in suit the hearer. I have never heard Mr. Jones, and I base my opinion on hear say ana the reports of the newspapers. 1 hey show him to oc a man oi abu sive tongue and irrascible temper. A man with such characteristics whatever be his abilities I should not like to see set forth as an example of what a fol lower of Christ ought to be. Sound doctrine, Christian charity and , i - courtesy, seem woeiuuy laciung in nis preaching. I do not judge his motives, but a man who makes by pi eaching over two thousand dollars in one week, lays t If . 4. A. L, 1 U. nimseu open to mc uwige ui piuh i ing for money, and so brings discredit Lon the Gospel of Christ T)T ,. ' ' ' 1 have been asked to give my opinion of the great evangelist, the Rev. Sam P. Jones, i nave no opinion, i migtiLsay something oi my estimate oi mis weird, D.ai;i vnnt wilderness and the market places "quit your meanness'' a voice that has hurl- ed itself across this continent in tones like the thunders of God, something with the same terrific power upon the ears of rich and poor, high and low; but what I may say is based upon know- ledge and personal contact witn tne man. And (l) he is a man, a plain, natural man; a man who eats and sleeps and talks and laughs like other men; he is me peopie & man nut a mcuivgue waiting on stuts out a loving, protner m tie has the courage oi nis convic- tions, a rare quality in most men, and he expresses his convictions in language 7V Vf u 1 w ne nates a mean ining witn greater intensity of soul than any man I have ever known. C4l He is the most thorough ma- sterof assemblies I have ever listened to. Hehas more of that strange something we call personal magnetism than any man of my acquaintance. The lifting of his hand is the wave of the magician's rod, TAR. WHOLE NO. 7.380 and one comes under the spell of his speech he knows no; precisely how. (5) In preaching he has the boldness of jonn the LJaptist, the tenderness of John the Disciple, and the faith of Paul the Apostle. His words are battles: he does nnt cnrinHo -srr , . . t j iux wdLci upon nie uevn nnth, 11 rr.... . "."".T" lcr eKing in me n1. Dut smite, them in the face i.u uic juugmnts 01 uoa. ti is preach- ing is thoroughly evangelical. He .lands square upon the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Sermon on the mWT He believes the Bookand he preaches.!.' m Taken all in ail A w.. " I standard of rr.,tnc t. :. i remarkably great man-. A leadino rinrnr i this country and in Europe Mr. Tones is he accompHsW ereat eood? Let the muititudes, near two hundred thousand strong, stretching from New York to California, who have been led to a better life by Mr. Jones' preaching, stand up and answer that question. In my hum ble judgment he is doing more good among all classes of people than any oue man who is to-dav laboring for the moral well-being of society and his - J visits are an incalculable blessiner to any community. REV. C L. ARNOLD, ST. PAUL'S EPISCO PAL CHURCH. It am of the opinion that the preach ing 01 the Oospel is a sacred function; that those who proclaim glad tidings and Duhlish neace should he rcnarHcH and regard themselves, as messengers of the Most High. From such a point of view, it is evident that 1 cannot believe in buffoonery, profanity and vulgarity as proper characteristics of preaching. If the Rev. Sam Jones has been correctly reported in the papers, I must think him guilty of these improprieties, and therefore I believe that his methods and style are out of place in the pulpit. The Gospel is the glad tidings that arc to be proclaimed to man for his elevation, im- provement, culture and salvation. To degrade the Gospel is to degrade the most i most agency lor man s betterment. The simple truths which Christ taught need not to be vulgarized in order to become popular. Their purity and lofty tone give them their power. Thev can take hold of men's hearts and minds and raise up the life to a higher plane, and he who attempts to bring down the Gospel to men s meanness is doing irreparable wrong, it would seem, that although some good may result from the awaken ing of men s minds to the needs of their souls by such preaching, yet the evil consequences of the debasement of re ligion must far outweigh them. 1 am of the opinion, though I must confess that my opportunities of obser vation in these matters have not been many, that such discourses as those re ported to have been delivered by Rev. Sam Tones at Charlotte must be demor alizing, and in the end harmful to the community. I should be sorry to hear that we are to have such performances in wumingron. REV. R. E;. PEELE, BROOKLYN UAI'TIST CHURCH. I have refrained from speaking pub licly of this noted evangelist, because it is my misfortune to differ somewhat from abler and better men. The man puzzles me, and while I can not approve all he says I do not find it in my heart to condemn him altogether. "To his own master he stands or falls." I have read some of his full sermons. and much that has been said for and against him, and taking his measure from such sources L have judged him to be honest in aims, but not always wise in his means. To be sure he creates quite a stench wherever he goes and gets pretty badly besmearea nimseu, out ne claims tnat it is because he cuts a ditch through the moral filth and rottenness of the people and that what they dislike on him is their own stain. As to whether this sort of drainage is necessary, and if so, whether or not Wil mington needs it, is a question I have left for our older and wiser brethren to settle, and may God direct. REV. J. C'ARMICHAEL, ST. JOHN S EPIS COPAL CHURCH. In resoonse to vour -Query as to mv opinion of the spiritual profit likely to accrue to this community from the pro posed ministrations of the Kcv. -'Sam Jones, I would briefly state that I am happily ignorant of his productions, ex cept in so far as a perusal of some of his recent sermons in Charlotte may furnish a basis for the formation of my judgment in this matter, and these impressed me as so extremely irreverent in tone and spirit as to verge on positive profanity, an utterly alien and destructive element in the so-called preaching of the Gospel of Christ. Hence I can but believe that no really spiritual good could possibly be gained by this community from any preaching of Mr. Jones. REV. JOHN W. PRIMROSE, ST. ANDREWS' PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. You ask my opinion of Rev. Sam Jones. My answer is in the words of JNicodemus: uotn our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what ne doeth? -John 7: 51 Juvenile Opera. About seventy-five of the best singers in the Union and Heminway schools of this city will sing Collin Coe's cele brated comic opera at the Opera House, next Wednesday night. This will not be the ordinary school exhibition, but will be an entertainment of merit. The music is bright and lively, just such as is best adapted to children. The march ing that will be introduced will be very . attend and encouracc thc children. o Our Public Schools. The present term of our public schools will close next Wednesday. The chil dren will be pleasant to all their parents d f . d thc Hcmcnway on Tues- day and at the Un.onr on Wednesday, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. RATK OF ADTKnTtlllttt. Omt Squarrt On limy.. l are layi. Frmr Day Klr itmn (hw W Two Wk. 1 brr Wark . . , On Moots Two Month Thrve Month.. . Sii Month Ont Yaw teljr low ratw. Tu Iibct a.4ld Nwiml ln mk tm tya NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY. The arrangement lr thr .Jro. ration of the graves of the Union f1ea1 nt th- National Cemetery, on May H(th. art I in f hamr of tru-.l. 1' a 1.1. ... 11 1 v iiii KiM 1 1 m rn. " 1 rie amlre U 7 Rev. Geo. b. Roll, .. 71 rrr will procession as follows. Enterprise Cornet Hand Joseph C. Abbott Post. . jf, (, A Such Vetaran Soldiers and t hef may wish tt join. Fire Department Sabbath and other SVIhh.U Carriage with Orator an.l Chaplain. Carriage The procession will Ik- un-ier the rr,m mand of Klijah La,,e. ( htrl Marshal, aided by a RtafI of assistants 1 he prtn cession will form on Nf.rth 1 hir1 Strrvi right resting on Market Mrr i . ;.i ;i :ki p' m.. and will mrve promptly 'at t 4." p.m. AT I Ml. ( I Ml I I I , Mr. Fred S. Rire. Master of errm. ,irm Dirge, by Knterpnse ll.nxl Prayer, by Rev. Wm 7l:is Ode. by Mendelsohn C lolt. Reading of general orders, by ('apt .1 S. W. Fat' lev I A . Address ' I wcnty-iivr Y-;ir Aft by Kcv. ( e S Kill I iti Ode, by Mendelvhn ( In!, Benediction, by Rev. Wm II T Immm Decoration of(itars The chief marshal has a pointed the following assistants marshals Aitis.Mon roc Byrd and A. J. Walkd. Marshals S. O. Mason. Cieo. Bell. Jas S.aiU.tn. Jas W.Taylor. R. F Holmes and ilatnptoii Hargrove. Death of Ma) W. I.. Young. Thc sad intelligence w.m received here last night that Mai W I Youii. a real estate agent of this t it v. died yr terday at 4 p. m. at the rex( mr .,( In brother, in A Wake (ounly Hi rcmains.it is under-.toofl. w ill U- inter red to-day at Cary. Maj. Young left here a feu wt , 1 accompanied by his devoted w de. to seek recuperation from an attar U of pneumonia, which had left him tcatly prostrated. He was a man of tied attainments and great information, par ticularly on subjects pertaining to t Hr Cape Fear section During the war lie was stationed at Wilmington, and con structed an elaborate system of fortifica tions around thecitv Me was greatly interested in and had ixcmi nun h of his time and means to the in y ig.ri i m and development of the .i-t h nil m ;,1 arid mineral resources of t his s( . t , - , .! the State. Intelligence of Ins death will In- re ceived with sorrow by mam fiend. who held him in the higliesi tion and esteem. ipptee ia- The Rioo Market. The Savannah AVt.m prints the fol lowing, which may be of inte rest ,, u r planters and merchant here Thc rice market is very ntrong pist at present, and there is little or no stock to be had of clean rice Hy Inne 1st there will remain in the mills only al,n 13.000 bushels of rough rue, m hie Ii. when milled, will make some t lung like 1,200 barrels of "c lean.' I his w ill Ik about all thc available strx k to supply thc demand until the new crop arrives, except, of course, the small amount of rough that usually come to tin market late in thc season. The sales on 1 urn day were heavy; l.O.Vl barrels were pur chased by W. G. Morrel from one hold ing. This is said to be the large st m gle sale or purchase in tins market in a long time, and netted some f.lfl.ooo Thc rice will be shipped to Charleston and New York. It is Ulieved that prices cannot go up any higher, a they arc now on a par with the ptxe of foreign rice, and any further advance in thc domestic grain will offer an induce ment to traders to deal in the imported article. Weather Forecaala. The following arc the weather fore casts for to-day: For Virginia cloudy weather and tain with local thunder storms in the after noon, warmer except in the Muth west ern portion, slightly cooler southerly winds. For North Carolina and South Caro lina, cloudiness and frequent hower. except fair weather along the outh cast coast, continued warmer vnithcrly winds. Funeral of Mr, Jno. MRn The funeral of thc late Mr John Mac Rac took place yesterday morning Irom St. James' Church, the interment lein( in Oakdalc Cemetery Service at thr Church and at the grave weir conducted by Rev. Robert Strange. The all-lraf-crs were Messrs. Thosr 11 Mam. I. H. Hicks, W. H. McKoy, W. M Ilrown. Jno D. Bellamy. Jr.. Waller Rutland. Car,. Frank L. Mcarcs and Maj T II Mc Koy. RIVER AND MARINE German barque Xnfot arrived yes terday at South fx rt quarantine station Thc Clyde steamer t-'amtn arrived yesterday, to Mr. H.G. Smalllxmes, with passengort and freight from New York. Thc steamship )'em,nuf. Capt. Mc Kec, is expected to arrive hrrr Turaday next from New York. Wilmington UlmriV I r Maf Qnarttrlr Itltrll nc In Pari. South port, June 1. Rocky Point, at Herring V June 7 and 8. Scott's Hill, at Union. June 14 and 13. F. I). Swiinx. Prouding Kldcr. I IB I w M 4 W M M it tm u m mm to w ,1 lr' ! i I K'- ;""L ... . '.it urr .. , -..!, i , M ' -K.