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REN HILL'S KPBE(fH.
t
We are prepared to echo the gene
ral judgment of the Washington cor
respondents as to the
excellence of I
Senator Ben Hill's speech in reply to
Conkling and Edmunds,. It requires
about two and a half hours to read it
carefully, but you
pannot
spend
the time ' more
delightfully and
edifyingly. Whilst it is an ex
uiination of some of the points
presented by Conkling and Ed
munds, it s nevertheless very in
structive, for he does not confine him
self to the Hue of argument, or rather
sophism, pursued by those two able
men. He throws fresh -light on im
portant topics that nefcessarily enter
. ... r..n f .u. . I
.mo i uii, uisuuBsiuu j ui iiic
question at issue between the two I
t . . I
parlies. We consider the speech of
permanent value because of the Iu- 1
uidity of. the argument throughout,"
and the very able and thorough man-
uer in" which he presents bis views
upon -the grave constitutional ques
tions. We do not think the student
j-
of American history or the politician
who would understand the genius and
structure of our government can -af- j
ford to omit studying lihls very re-
mat kable effort of the 'Georgia Sena- I
lor. liead the speech,! and you will
iheu appreciate what we have said.
As a campaign speech it is simply
uapuai.. ine repiy xo Ji.amunas apa j
1 rill ' 1 '.T7 1 1 11'.
' Conkling is complete. There is a mas- J
terfui ease and power: in the way in I
a
which he handles those able sophists
that is quite' admirable. lie is full,
thorough, direct, positive in his re
plies. - There is no begging the ques- J
tie ii. They are squairely met and
answered.
There are some fine rhetorical pas-1
sages some outbursts 'of fervid elo- J
quence that must have been, quite. I
electrical, as he spoke without notes, I
and evidently extempore for the I
most. part. It is a very manly, and, I
we believe, a very honest speech. It
tdiould be circulated by the million
throughout this land. It will do
more to perpetuate the liberties of
the people than any speech deliveied
since 1851 or '52, when' Henrv Clav
tipoko for the Union. We regard it
as a most important speech one
that should be read a'ud preserved
and read again. j
Our general impression of the
speech is, that it is 'equal to any
speech in ability that has been de
livered in the Senate for twenty-five
years. It is conceded on all hands to
have been the ablest delivered in ei-
ther House this sessiori-when so many,
strong men have spoken. Let it be
spread throughout the Union.
THOUPS AX THE POLLS-U IVKMS
AUTHURI TIHS.
The gecoad veto message of the
President Is an abler state paper than I
his first one, and because it is made
up of Edmunds's studied sophisms j
and deceptions. Mr. Hill has very
effectively exposed those sophisms,
and that too before the President
had sent his second message to Con-
gress. So he has sinned deliberately,
and against light and knowledge,
We wish we had space to copy at
large from that part of Senator Hill's
speech in reply lo Edmunds's plea
for the use of the army at elections
Mr. Hill exposes Edmunds's trick in
quoting from the various acts of
Congress concerning the use of the
armv. He accuses Edmunds of trv-
iug to impose upon the conntry to
make people believe ''that the little
bill prohibiting the uj0 of troops at. in every town; for if one por
lhe polls had the effect focAanreand tion of the oonntr is entitled
modify y if not repeal,-all the legisla- to protection, every other por
tion" in 17rq 1709. 1795. 1807 and tinn mnst have ! an army; and
1833. Mr. Hill tells! bim that he
1 ; : . ' ' i U ' - . : Li ; . . Si ! 1 I
VOL. 10.
(Edmonds) knows that ;the bill "did
not anect in the slightest degree, or
repeal. a single provision of a single
statute to which he referred previous
to 1865 not one; I affirm it, with
confideuce, not one.
Fie tells h
lm
that "all those other acts remain per
feet and complete, just as they always
were before the passage ; of the
act of 1865. -They will not be re-
P6, they will not be changed,they
will not be modified in a single par
ticular," by what is proposed in the
bill just vetoed.
Mr. Hayes relied upon Edmunds.'
who is the legal adviser of the Radi
cal Senators, for his law and his
facts. He, therefore, follows him
f . t I" I i
blindly, using as a padding the nu
merous "repealed or obsolete stat
utes" to bolster up his. desperate
cause, but most disingenuously, most
unfairly, most disreputably suppress
ing the fact that the statute of 1792,
and other statutes upon which he re
lies, and which! be parades as' au
thority, had been repealed or had be
come obsolete long ago. On- this
point the New York, World says:
"The second statute jot 1795, to which
the President refers as 'hardly less valuable
or sacred than a provision of the Constitu
tion,' is marked even in the statute-book as
obsolete. - The statute of 1833, which was
the South Carolina 'force law,' only lasted
till the end uf the next Congress. The
message echoes Senator Edmunds's elab
orate extracts from the Civil Rights law of
1870 and 1871 . lie did not and the resi
dent does not say that many of the provin
sions the Supreme Court 7w pronounced
unconstitutional. Not an intimation does
the President give that much of the war
legislation from 1860 to 1865 was war legist
laliou and would never have been thought
of in peaceful times. Nor does he show
any perception of the fact that down to the
time of Cusbinjr's opinion, in 1854, the
President never used the army without first
issuing a proclamation.
He adopts Senator
Hi j a - : : Ac WvAn.AM :
xjumuua a uuuoiug cuuiuaiuu ui a uunw iu
tne preBjdenl ?0 preTent obstruction In a
State to Federal laws withapower in t)ie
1 ., . . L . .
i8li obstruction and tuns leave the mar
sbal free. His veto!,! in short, is a plea for
the purpose of the Stalwarts, which is that
the President shall have power lo send me
army into a State before an election day on
pretense of preventing the establishment of
some possible obstruction.
But there is another fact to be
mentioned in this connection. The
act of 1792 was. amended in 1795, but
in 1807 it was repealed, when it was
provided that befoe the army or
militia could be employed in a State
that the section i of article 4 of the
Constitution should be complied with,
The anti-bayonet bill just vetoed,
distinctly recognizes that section and
. . ! ' t .
mat article, wnen it says mat tne
army can be ;used "to enforce
section 4. article 4. of the Con-
'
stitution
and the
of the United " States'
laws made in pursuance
thereof." So much for Senator Ed-
munds's precedents , he parades, and
i
0
s
for the padding o the de facto who
follows him. It is but another illus-
tration of the blind leadiug the blind.
The result is, both are now wallow
ing in the ditch of error and decep-
tion. Edmunds spoke to deceive
Hayoa, and he succeeded.
But, further, Mr. Hill shows that
the act. of 1795J and the other acts
paraded by the Vermonter, "were not
intended to give the President power
to use the army to keep the peace at
the polls or to
interfere with the
tells Edmunds that
elections." lie
he knew this
1 when he said'
otherwise. He says he knew it be
cause "there was no law enacted by
the Congress of the! United States
giving to the Federal Government
control of elections
in the States."
"the President
He tells him that
could not send the Army or Navy to
enforco a State laiof and every law
during the administration of Wash-
ington and Jefferson and Madison,
and so on down, regulating the time,
place, and manner of holding eleo-
tions, even for members of Congress,
was a State laut." j lie shows that
the Federal Government had never
made any pretension ;to regulate those
elections, but' left the matter excla
sively to the States.
h One of the finest,
most impressive
points presented by
Mr. Hill is when
he attacks the idea
of Conkling and
Edmunds and Hayes that our Gov
ernment "needs a standing army to
protect the American people from
I outrage by the American ".people as a
body." He shows if this idea is true,
that our country reduires
a mucn
larger standing army than Germany
or Russia that peace at the polls is
to be kept by bayonets, and that at
every voting place there 1 must be
enouerh soldiers td accomplish the
end in view. i"There must be an
army in every State! in every county,
1 America, free America, wi
1 present
. , , . i . ; M I
WILMINGTON, N. CgFRIDAYj
to the world the singular spectacle of
standing more in need of an (army
than any other country on the globe."
He has a great deal to say on this
head, but we can only quote addi
tionally the following truthful watn
ing:: ' I "''l
"Whenever the American Congress shall
in solemn form tell the world that an army
is needed to protect American freemen
when American freemen go to the polls,
they have admitted that the American
popular system of government is- at an
end." :-. - ;
I This is the truth, the whole truth,
Y ':- - . . (
and nothing but the truth. ! -
According to the Richmond State's
account of the Russell-Kitchin affair,
"it was scandalous but very amus
ing." Judge Russell is represented
as saying: j s j
"Russell referred jto: Kitchin as one en
titled to be called a gentleman by courtesy
of the House, and reaffirmed his' former
statement.that Kitchin was sent to Congress
by Democratic fraud in throwing out hun
dreds of votes upon the flimsiest pretexts,
some of which he mentioned. He said
Kitchin knew that he was now holding the
seat and drawing the salary . another man
was entitled to. He had notified him that
be would denounce these frauds because
thev were a shame to the State, and his
I colleague was mistaken if he supposed he
coma step mm Dy cutting capers ueiore
the country.
"Kitchin got the floor.and, walking down
to the area before the Speaker's desk,
launched at once into a furious denuncia
tion of 8callawags,and Russell, in particular.
He said Russell belonged to a class whom
the Republicans despise in their hearts. He
had maligned, slandered and damned his
native State, people, his race, &c, and
joined the rag-tag and bobtail of creation.
He did not associate with the better class
of people in his own State, and was not
respected by them. ' f
"Kitchin strutted back and forth in front
of the Republicans, gesticulating wildly
and becoming more excited the longer he
spoke. He was several times interrupted
by points of order raised by Democrats,
and the Speaker requested him tospeak
from his place in the House. He went to
his desk and got out a book, and suddenly
inquired whether Russell had not been
court-martialed and dismissed from the
Confederate service? The answer came
quickly, and brought down the House.
Kussellsaid: 'How long will you give me
to answer that i I was court-martialed and
dismissed from the Confederate service for
whipping a conscript officer, and I was
restored by order of Jeff. Davis.'
"Kitcbin s discomfiture was complete-
He hesilan.l, started to say something.
abruptly si.ut his mouth, laid the book
down and nt-gun to turn over the leaves
hurriedly. Iu the rneautime almost every
body was laughing at him, nd Russell
stood grinning in the opposite aisle. Be
fore Jvitchui recovered himself be was cut
oil by a int of order, and his reply was
ost to liic world.
There is a rumor of a challenge
rom Kitchin in Washington, but
there is probably no truth in it. Mar
tin says there will be no fight.
HOW DECEIVED.
Most people are influenced by so
cial elevation and pay great adora
tiou to titles. Call a man governor
or something else, and it .is amusing
to see what court will be paid to him
however unworthy really. It is not,
mind you, to the ! office that the in
cense is offered entirely, but to the
man in part; it is not the lion's skin
that is only reverenced, but really
also the ass that wears it. We have
known some of the most disreputable
men in the country to be honored
and feted. There are politicians in
the land whose characters are black
ened with crime. They are men of
ability, of shrewdness, of great self
assertion. They are looked up to
and praised and worshippod. Whilst
as men they are thus honored, they
would not be noticed or cared for
specially if they were private citizens
living in obscurity. It is a kind' of
paradox. When in power they are
courted and praised, and as men are
sought after. Out of power they are
nobodies. The lion's skin attracts,
and then the ass receives adoration
also.
This sort of hero or rather man-
worship, because he has place and
power, actually controls the judg
ments of men in intellectual matters.
A publisher will pay a great poet a
large sum for poor verse, while high
ly meritorious poems by compara
tively unknown writers will be over
looked and overslaughed. The pub
lisher knows what will sell. The
reading world will not discriminate
and judge according to merit only.
he established name catches the in
cense.
Two men may publish an article
each in the newspapers. One is pro
minent before the public, because he
is a tireless seeker of office and emolu
ment. The other - has no taste for
such an arena, and no inclination to
push himself to the front. One is
known as a fluent politician, with no
little smartness. The other is a quiet
reserved, scholarly thinker. What
will be the general judgment as to
the value and excellence of the two
productions referred to? The papers
will exhanst hyperbole over the poll
tioian's performance, and ignore, or
damn with the faintest praise, the
other. The world, generally, wil
read the effort o the former with
delight, and, if need be, will swear it
is . of unsurpassed' excellence; the
better production of the thoughtful
recluse will be unrecognized, save by
a considerate few who have learned
to estimate men according to actual
worth, and not according' to titulat
distinction; and intellectual prodnc-1
tions by style and thought by ih'
trinsic literary excellence, and not by
afalsje standard o political', promi
nence. j.j.-.
If titles impose upon the unthink
ing they do not deceive the moralists
or satirists, i For hundreds of years
theyhave been sneered at and cau
terized by the wits and philosophers.
Lawrence Sterne said titles "only
render brass current." Voltaire and
Addison, Moliere and John Ford,
Rochefoucauld and Southern, and
other wits have all enjoyed their
flings. Whilst there is no real value
in titles, they serve to deceive and
impose upon the vulgar. Titles with
out virtue are nothing not even a
tinkling cymbal ;
badge of shame.
at best but a
The Richmond State gives notice
pat Dr. G. W. Bagby ("Mosis Ad
'4 urns") will act as special correspon
dent of that paper, and will make an
extended tour through Northern and
Eastern North Carolina, and that he
will be "araang" our people "takin'
notes,"
"And faith, he'll prent em."
Well, let him come, our people
have seen big Virginians before, for
Washington once travelled through
the Old North State. We have plenty
of boys and girls who can beat Mosis
spelling "all holler." But he will be
none the less welcome.
A Rare and Carious Flab.
We had brought to this office, last night,
a very curious specimen' of a fish, which
was caught on Topsail Sound, by Mr. S. J.
Sneeden, yesterday morning. Mr. Sneeden
left the fish on exhibition at Huggins' store
during the day, where it was viewed by
many curious VpsftMB, none of whom.
could designate its variety except ono pro
fessional gentleman, noted for his naturalist
tastes. This gentleman, after consulting
the authorities, pronounced it to be what is
known as the "hair-tailed mackerel, or
scabbard fish," a variety very rarely seen. :
The fish , looks like a cross between a
mackerel and an eel, with a scaleless skin,
much like the former. In shape it closely
resembles a scabbard, is about two feet
and a half long by two inches wide at the
broadest part, its body terminating in aflat
tail, nearly round at the ends and about six
inches long, with a slight growth nearly
resembling hair. The head is somewhat
similar in shape to ,a mackerel, with the
under part of the mouth protruding in
advance of the nose. The mouth is fur
nished on the sides with rows of fine, sharp
teeth, while those in frpnt are long and
resemble a squirrel or a at. Taken alto
gether, it is a most curious specimen, and
warrantB, by its rarity, this detailed de
scription. A. New Industry.
A new industry and article of export has
lately come to the surface in our commer
cial world, in the hitherto neglected, de
spised and apparently worthless pine straw,
which formerly could not be utilized in
any other manner than in' making hog
beds, covering Irish poitato beds, ' straw
berry beds, &c. Mr. G. II. Wessell, of
this city, acting as agent for a factory in
New York, is now buying and shipping all
the pine straw he can get. He shipped
eight toss by the last New York steamer,
and be informs us that the factory requires
about fifty tons per week. It is said that
at the factory where it is consumed it first
undergoes a sweating process, by which an
article of spirits is obtained which, is used
for medical purposes, and that it is then
manufactured -into paper and also into an
article for stuffing mattresses. Quite a
number of the colored population are now
engaged in baling the straw and bringing
it to this city for the purposes above men
tioned. Dlstluculatied Compliment. -
We are very greatly gratified to learn
from our midnight telegraph reports that
the Rev. Jos. R. Wilson, D. D., of out city,
was yesterday elected, by an almost unan
imous vote. Moderator of the Gencal As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church,
South, in its organization at Louis
ville. As the telegram states, Rev. Dr.
Wilson has been the Stated Clerk of that
body for the last thirty years. The choice
or so aisunguisnea an asscmDiy oi i interns
gent divines for their presiding officer
conveys with it a high eompiiment indeed.
the most gratifying feature of which is to
know that it Is richly merited by the new
incumbent.
LETTER FBOffl COX. WADDE11.
. The following letter from Colonel Wad-
dell speaks for itself:
May 17, 1879.
Editor of the Star:
My attention has been called to a state
ment in a correspondence of the Stab from
Onslow county, that much regret was ex
pressed at my failure to be present at the
railroad meeting at Jacksonville, on Mon
day last, and to address them "according
to oromise." I desire to say that I not
only made no promise to sgeak there.cbut
that 1 was not invited 10 oe present Dy any
person connected with the railroad enter
prise, yery respecnuiiy, -
A. M, Waddell.
MAY 23s 1879.
I. O. 0. P.
Proceeding of iheOrud Lodce.
' , .. ;. Repot ted for the Star.l ;M
i7 Fatettevtlle, May 14.
. The Grand Lodge met at 8 o'clock, last
evening, in the beautiful Lodce room of
Cumberland Lodge, K. of P.; which was
kindly tendered for the occasion, Grand'
Master Erioghaus in the chair. !
lhe .Grand Lodge was called to order.
and a great many Past Grands received the
Q. L. degree. ' - ,
The Finance Committee. Committee on
the State of the Order, and Committee on
Credentials -were appointed, and - a great
deal or work was dona
Past Grand Roseof Cross Creek Lodge,.
the Steamboat Company, . to the members
-, " I
oi tne tirand .Lodge, to participate in an ex
cursion qowd tne river, wbicn was accept
ed, but subsequently declined on account
of the press of business 'before the Grand
Lodge.- f
The Urand .Lodge adjourned until this
morning at 9 o'clock. I ...
WEDNESDAY'S SESSION.
The Grand Lodge was called to order,
the Grand Master in the chair.
The different committees were appointed.
and many resolutions were 'offered and
adopted not of interest to any except tho
Lodges interested.!
Applications for charters were received
andreferred. I
The reports of Standing Committees were
received. i .
Resolutions were adopted appointing a
committee to draft resolutions in reference
to the deaths of Beaton Gafes. Past Grand
Representative, W. S. G. Andrews, Past
Grand Master, and W.' E. Edwards, Fast
Grand.
At the hour of 1230 o'clock, which was
made the special order for the election of
Grand Officers for the ensuing year, the
following were chosen :
Grand Master LeRoy G. Bagley.
Deputy Grand Master Rev. ; N. M.
Journey.
Grand W arden J. L. Dudley.
Grand Secretary J. J. Litchford.
Grand' Treasurer P. J. Jones.
W. H. Bagley was elected Grand Repre
sentative to the Grand Lodge of the United
States.
The Grand Lodge adjourned to 4:30
o'clock, at which hour the Grand Officers
were installed in ample ' form. The ap
pointive officers will be named to-morrow:
At night, at the First Baptist Church.
Grand Representative C. M. Buabee, of the
G. L. of the United States, delivered an
address to a large audience, embracing
members of the order, citizens of Favette-
ville generally, and not a few of the fair
sex of the good old town. The address,
was an able one, replete with information
useful and interesting to the Order.
The good citizens of this place (Odd Fel
lows and all others) are trying to make the
Visiting brethren feel at home. Mack.
titobsday's session. '
The Grand Lodge met at 9 A. M., Grand
Master Bagley in the chair.
The Committee on Memorials reported
resolutions on the deaths of Past Grand
Masters Seaton Gales and W. G. G. An
drews, eulogtsiog themighljr. j "
o -motion. the thanks of the Grand
Lodge were tendered the ! ExpregnJSani
boat Company for the pleasant excursion'
given them down the river on the steamer
D. Murchison, and to Captains A. B. Wil'
hams, A. Garrason, J. B. Smith and J. H.
Roberts for courtesies rendered on that
occasion. '
The following appointive officers were
announced by the Grand i Master and in
stalled:
Grand Marshall J. F. Payne.
Grand Conductor J. H. Roberts.
Grand Guardian J. H. Schultz.
Grand Herald Henry Porter.
Grand Chaplain E. W. Hallowell.!
The' Grand Secretary was, on motion,
requested to send a circular to each subor
dinate Lodge, asking it to forward the
name oi each fast Urand wno lias tne:
G. L. degree, so that a roster could be made
for the proceedings. :
W.S. Warrock, P. G., was appointed
District Deputy Grand Master lrom the
Wilmington District, and A. F. Powell,
P. G., District Deputy Grand Master from
the Whiteville District. S
The following were elected Grand Rep
resentatives to the Grand Lodge of the
United States: P. G. W. H.I Bagley, of
Raleigh, and P. U. R. J. Jones.
Shortly after midnight the' Grand Lodge
adjourned sine die.
The next meeting of the Grand .Lodge
wiil be held at Raleigh, on May 13th, 1880.
Mack.
TUB
NORTH CAROLINA EPISCO
PAL CONVENTION.
. Reported for the Stan
' Fayetteyille, May 14, 1879. The Con
vention was organized this morning at 10
o'clock in St. John's Church. I -
The attendance was small, there being
twentyrseven clergymen besides the bish
ops, and only thirteen parishes represented.
The opening sermon was preached by
the Rev. Mr. Hale, of Newbern.
After service the Rev. Mr. Forbes was
elected President, and the Rev. Mr. Lar
mour, the Secretary, being absent, Mr.
Tillinghast was elected Secretary pro tern.
The Treasurer's report was read and ap
proved. After the discussion of one or two un-
important matters the Convention ad
journed to meet to-morrow morning at
10 o'clock. . s
second day's fboceemngs.;
Fayettevtlle, May 15. The Conven
tion met this morning at 10 o'clock. Bishop
Atkinson presiding.
On motion an ejection for Secretary was
gone into, which resulted in .the selection
of Rev. E. R. Rich. '
The Rev. Dr. Watson read the report of
the Finance Committee. The repoit stated
that the Diocesan fund had fallen short
more than $3,500, and that the Treasurer,
on account of the failure of some- of the
securities, had failed to pay the Bishop
$1,250 due on the 1st of April last; that
the Relief, Education and Church Building
funds had all declined.tbat the offerings for
Diocesan Missions had increased, and that
$300 had been contributed to the University
of the South. j
It was resolved that a committee of five
Laymen be appointed to eonsider and re
port what steps ought to be taken with
reference to the if unds belonging to the
Diocese, for which notes were held i from
Jno. Wilkes, Esq., the former Treasurer.
Hon'. Jno. Manning, Dr. A. J. DeRosset,
Kemp P. Battle, Esq., Major Jas. C. Mc
Rae, and Henry (A. London, Esq., were
named as the committee.
Rev. Dr. Burton offered the following
resolution: i - '
Resolved, That the Committee for revising
the Constitution and Canons be continued,
and 'that they bei authorized to report to
this Convention, without alteration of the
intent or purpose of any canon, i such
changes of words as in their judgment
maybe necessary to make the intent of
any canon clearer, and to call attention to
any inconsistencies, if there be any between
any canon and any article of the constitu
tion.'. : Y Y? : r !
On motion of Maj. Jas. C. McRae, the
NO. 30.
following gentlemen were! appointed to
draft suitable resolutions with regard to
the deaths of Gen. J. G. Martin and Hon.
W.H. Battle: Rev.; Dr. James . Barton,
Major J, C: McRae' and Henry A. Lon
don, Esq. -;. ' .. H
1 Bishop Atkinson then read his Annual
Address, from which we learn that 282 per
sons had been confirmed by him and 167
by Bishbp Lyman, making a total of 449;
that ; he had received S clergymen from
other Dioceses, and that the whole number
of clergymen was 66. There are II candi
dates for Priest's Orders, 6 for Deacon's
Orders, and Postulants. 1 j s t . '
Bishop Lyman then read bis Address,' in
which he gave a Very, interesting account
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spoke hopefully of the - prospects of the
Church.!: 1 ' IV ' ;
Oa motion of Rev. Dr. Watson, the two
addresses were referred to the Committee'
on the State of the Church. . '
Rev. Dr. Watson read the 'report of the
Standing Committee; also the report of the
Missionary Committee, which states that
21 clergymen have been assisted, the con
tributions have been larger, but still funds
are very much neededj
Rev. Dr. Patterson read the report of the
Trustees of the University of the South.
The Trustees offered the following resolu
tion, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the Dioeese of North Car
olina does acknowledge the claims which '
tqe university or the couth has upon its
care, and will do all in its power to further
the work which is now being done there
by those godly and well learned men who,'
in much self-sacrifice and earnest diligence,
are devoting their lives to the sacred pur
pose of imparling Christian learning to our
Southern boys.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Watson, the Con
vention : proceded to the election of
Treasurer, and Dr. A. , J. DeRosset was
unanimously re-elected to that office .
On motion of Rev. Dr. Watson, it was
resolved that Mr. Richard, H. Battle be
appointed Trustee of the Diocese in place
of his father, Hon. W. H. Battle, deceased.
On morion of Rev. Dr. Watson, the Con
vention pro'ceeded to the election of the
Education Committee and the following
gentlemen were re-elected:
Rev. Dr. Patterson, Hon. Geo. Davis,
and A. H. VanBokkelen, Esq.
The Cpnvention next proceeded to the
election of the Church Building Commit
tee. The old committee were re-elected :
Rev. A. ; Benton, Rev. J. C. Huske, Rev.
E. R. Rich, Ma jer James C. McRae, and
F. R. Rose, Esq.
Re v.Mr. Osborne moved that that part of
the report of the Bishop with regard to the
diocesan paper be referred to a committee
of five, three clergy and two1 laity, to eon
sider what steps are : to be taken to further
the prosperity of the paper. Carried.
The Bishop appointed Rev. A.'OVatson,
D. D., Rev. J. C. Huske, Rev. George Pat
terson, D. D., Dr. A. J. DeRosset and Mr.
Hughes. f f.
The following were elected Delegates to
the General Convention:
. Clerical Rev. A. A. Watson, D. D.,
Rev. Jarvis Buxton, D. D., Rev. J. C,
Huske and Rev. N. Colin Hughes.
Alternates Rev. D. H. j Buell, Rev.
Geo. Patterson. D. D.Rev. I M. M. Mar
shall, DV'Jj-i and Rev. -ICiyrSuiron.JOX)
--iay Dr. A. J. DeRosset, on.-Kempj
P. Battle, Maj. Jno. Hughes and Col. W4
F. Martin. f ' I
Alternates: Jno. Henderson, Hon. Jno.
Manning, Col. Jno. V. Atkinson and
Major Jas. C. McRae. j
On motion the Convention then ad
journed to meet to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock. !
third day's proceedings. ;
FAYETTEYiLiiE, May 16. The Conven
tion met this morning at lO.and was opened
with prayer by the Bishop. j
Hon. Mr. Manning, chairman of the'
committee appointed to report on the in
debtedness of John Wilder to the Diocese,:
offered the following resolution : j
Resolved, That a committee of three lay
men be appointed to take such measures
as they deem proper to adjust and secure,
andjby Compromising or otherwise, the in
debtedness of the former Treasurer, John
Wilder, to the Diocese, and report to the
next ConventiOD, which was carried. .
Hon. John Manning, and Messrs. Henry
A. London and R. H. Battle j were appoint
ed as the committee. Y -
The resolution in regard to the alteration
of the Constitution in the matter of electing
a Bishop,, so as to allow the Laity the
privilege of participating in the nomination,
instead of the Clergy being alone entitled
to the right of nomination, as at present,
next came up, and was warmly discussed .
After speeches on the part of Mr. H. A.
London, in favor, and Rev. Mr. Keenan
and Rev; Dr. Watson against the proposed
change, the resolution was rejected by the
following vote: Clergy yeas 14, nays 26;
Laity yeas 14, nays 13. i
On motion of Dr. DeRosset,
Resolved, That the Finance Committee
be reaue9ted to report at the next Conven
tion a plan for the safe keeping and man
agement oi the permanent Jbipiscopai lund
now belonging to, or which Tmay kereaftcr
be acquired by, this Diocese; and also to
report. whether, and in what manner, the
Treasurer had been required to enter into
bond for the I safe keeping and proper dis
bursement of the funds coming into his
hands from time to time for the current
purposes of the Diocese. Carried.
The Committee to draft resolutions con
cerning! the deaths of Gen. J. G.Martin
and Hon. John Manning, reported and the
resolutions were unanimously adopted. .
Appropriate tributes to the memory of
the deceased; were delivered oy Jev. ut.
Buxton. Maior James C. McKae. Dr. A. J.
Deltos8et, Mr. H. A. London, and lastly by
Bishop Atkinson.
Dr. Marshall read the report of the com
mittee oa the State of the Church, and pre
sented the following statistics:
Families 2554, number of souls 11,205,
infant baptisms 629, adult baptisms lot)
Total 779. Confirmations 449, communi
cants 5544, marriages 124, burials 237,
Sunday School scholars 3039, Parochial
scholars 322, contributions $51,853 92.
The committee on Finance made a writ
ten report reducing the assessments of
several of the parishioners. 1
The Committee on New Parishes made
another - report recommendiog that St.
Augustine's Parish, Raleigh; be admitted
into the Diocese. j '
The committee on changing the canons
without changing their intent, so that there
may be no derangement among inem, maae
their report. -
. On motion, the report was referred to
the Committee on Canons.
On motionj it was resolved that the Con
vention adiourn. to meet at half-past 4
o'clock.! S - I
Dr. Watson then made a speech, pro
posing some improvement in the wording
or the Constitution and ot tne canons.
On motionj the .Convention adjourned.
Cardinal Newman! takes the
title of St. George, from the basilica of
San Giorgio in Yelabro, near the Bocca
della Verita, i the only j church in Rome
dedicated to the tutelary saint of England
It is a very-ancient church, its foundation
datins from the fourth century, and it was
upon its door that , Rienzi, the last of the
Tribunes, fixed his proclamation announc-.
ing the return of the good estate.
Judge Dick is 'to spealc at Salis-
oury in ravor or rroblbilloii.
Judge YVYA.n Moore, , who for
the past year has been residing in Europe,
arrived in New Yoik on Friday last by the
steamer Citv of Brussels. r The 1
- The Goldsboro Messenaer. semi
weekly edition, is reduced la 3
and is much improved in typography and
arrangement. Boniiz knows how' to
boom." : i-
Somebody savs there were 28.-
081 sheep killed by dogs in North Carolina
last year, ll that is all there is no use for
a dog law. What are 28,081 sheep for peo
ple who are rich r . 4 ... .
Mr. Daniel R. Goodlbebubiishes
a card in the Raleigh News in whir.h 1i
assuines all responsibility for the charges
brought against Collector W. H. Wheeler,
of the Fifth Internal Revenue ? District iu
ue irews oi a previous date. f
Thftt VPTV . BonaiKlo miliar tlic
Kinston Journal, bestows fitting praise: on
.Gal, Wuddetfg exMUofitMemwt! Address
at Goldsboro and Newbern. It says: The
address should be read to be BroDerlv an-
preciated; its literary merits, as well as its
sensible counsel, being able to bear the
closest scrutiny. i
Rev. John Jones, of the M J E.
Church South, and of the North Carolina
Annual Conference, died at his home in
Carteret county in the earlv Dart of Ithe
present month. A few years ago he trav
eled the Topsail Circuit. He was a good,
true, and useful man, and has gone to his
reward on high. i
Raleigh News: Mr. C. C. Claw-
son has invented a top that will spin eight
minutes by the watch. The u.eetine
at the First Baptist church, colored. -still
continues with increased interest,
Isaac Pool, colored, was brought in this
morning and put in lail. He was commit
ted by Justice James Adams, of Panther
Branch' township, for attempting to break
in the store of A. F. Johnson. He was shot
at twice,.
by whom we were unable
to
learn.
onei by Aurora: sir. W. cU.
ni ii M - ' ! .
Quinn, of Shelby, and Mr. M. AdlerJ of
Baltimore, were traveling in a buggy, near
Cherry viGe, last Saturday, when a dog ran
out and attempted to jump into Che buggy.
Mr. Quinn struck at the dog with his whip
and Mr. Adler shot at the same time. The
ball from Mr. A.'s pistol struck Mr. Q.'s
right arm near the elbow and lodged near
the wrist, inflicting a very painful, but not
dangerous, fiesh wound. The dogs
have killed about 50 head of sheep for Mr.
A. R. Putnam, of Cleaveland, and his
neighbors, within the last four weeks.
Winston SentineliThe members
of the Baptist church of this place present
ed their pastor a handsome sum of money
to defray his expenses to the Southern
Baptist Convention, lately in session ; in
Atlanta. The closing exercises of
Oak Ridge Institute will take place on Tues
day, May 27th, 1779. Hon. Robert? P.
Dick will deliver the literary addreis. - -
The survey of Dan river was commenced
lastweekat Dan bury, and on Saturday
Hairston's Ford had been reached a dis
tance of about ten miles. The surveyors
report a fall in the river of 90 feet between
those points. - i.
Goldsboro Mail: A correspon
dent, writing from Mt. Olive under date of
the 13th, says: A citizen of this place with
four hands in three-quarters of an hour
killed 170 rats Ibis evening with sticks,! in 1
BW WnnWhtM Imimi, i, Jlilln
acolored man living in Fork. Township,
with a rock burled from his dextrous band,
killed an eagle measuring seven and a half
feet from tip to tip of wings.
Why
is a bird-dog on the Pildt Mountain like a
citizen of a certain one of our western
towns?" We gave it up. VWell," said
he, and here he laughed until we doubted
his sanity, "it is because he is a high point
er!" r -
Tarboro Southerner : ( The Presi
dent of the North Carolina Senate and
Speaker of the House have agreed to sign
the School bill. They'd better go slow
until the Courts decide whether they can
do so now we want it right. Dr.
Jos. J. Lawrence, of St. Louis, Mo., and
editor of the Medical Brief, called onus
Tuesday. The doctor moved from Wil
son to his present home some two or three
years ago., Warren Sugg and Peter
Taylor, being arraigned for larceny on Mon
day, instructed tneir counsel to. oDject to
several red headed jurors. "Why do yeu
object?" asked. counsel. "Fore God; Mr.
B. 'twont do to let a red headed many tryja
nigger for stealing." : Mrs. Lydia
Ward, living near Battleboro, had her
house entirely consumed by fire on last
Thnrsdnv. Loss about 2.600. with no In
surance. Y
Weldon News: The Baptist
church is nearly completed. The in
fant daughter of Rev. A. R. Raven died in
this place last week. On Friday last
Mr. J. A. Garris, of Margarettesville, had
the misfortune to lose his house and furni
ture by fire. -'At a festival near this
place last week,'two darkeys got into a row
and one of them cut the other's throat
from ear to ear, - The stockholders of
the narrow gauge railroad to be built from
Scotland Neck to Palmyra, will elect a
President and Board of Directors some
time this month: A short time since,
in Bertie county, near Windsor, three1 or
four men. called Mr. Whitley out.; to
the road, threw a bag over his head
and beat . him. severely. The assail
ants were sent to jail in default of $300
bail. The cause was a small debt owed by
Whitley to one of the party. Scotland
Neck item : Ed. Pender, the young man
who accidently shot himself some time
ago, is perfectly unconscious, and it is
thought cannot "To many hours.' - -The
smoke 'house of J. J. Garrett, Esq.,' was
broken open on Saturday night and about
three hundred pounds of meat taken
therefrom. 4 No clue to the rogues has been
found. ; - . I -
Raleigh News: At present-there
are 23 prisoners in the county jail. All but
4 of this number are males, ' Almost all in
the jail are in for larceny, and nearly all
are colored. The law now requires
of all Fire Insurance Companies doing bus
iness in this State a deposit of $10,000 in
the State Treasury in United States bonds.
The following companies have complied
with the law in this respect: Columbus In
surance and Banking Company, of Colum
bus, Miss.; Niagara Fire, of New York;
Liverpool, London and Globe, of England ;
North British and Mercantile, ef England;
Queen, of England; Commercial Union A
sociation, of London; Insurance Company
of North America, of Philadelphia.
The commencement' exercises of the Ra
leigh Seminary will be held on the 9th1and
10th of June. On the evening of the 9tb
Rev. William K Hatcher, D. D., ef Rich
mond, Va., will deliver the annual address,
in the Salisbury street Baptist church. 4
A correspondent writing from Chapel Hill
informs us that there will be a ball at the
University during commencement week.
Halifax Correspondent: Halifax Infe
rior Court opens on the 19th inat. Up to
the present writing there -are 91 cases on
the docket, of which 14 are scire facias for.
failure to answer at the last term, 9 against
the exsCommissioners of Halifax county
for malfeasance while in office. The fol
lowing compose the old Board of Commis
sioners as shown by the bills of indictment:
James E. O'Hara, John H. Howard, John
W. Johnston, John Hamille. There are
36 cases for larceny. There are nine
, prisoners in jail. , One, Fred Douglass,
died in jail Wednesday night. This is the
the second since the first of January.