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The Stab recently made a brief reference to a plan of Mayor Hdwitt, of New York, for the wirimen em ployed by him in New Jersey. It is an experiment and if it should work well ;it may be "the beginning of many similar enterprises. It is to give the workingmen aj. chance at profit?. It is not so mac l a coope rative plan as a profit-sharing plan. It in the loan of capital to t lose with out it that they may work for them selves. He proposes to let the men have charge of the large foundry at .Trenton and to make ul of it all they can. The establish in nt is com plete and has been profitable. Mr. Hewitt, as capitalist, prop sea to ask 6 per cent, on money lnvJeBtd. The operatives manage and ha re all pro fits above that sum. The idea is ex cellent, and if those' managing are equal to the occasion excellent results for all ranst follow. Mr, ewitt will receive a fair' interest foy the capital invested, and the workingmen will get the full fruits of their labor and will be thus stimulated to energy and sobriety and economy. They will have a chance to sel a start in lifev- - It will be remembere that some year or so ago the oTABlgive an ac count of a great Scotch jirm that was working as profit sharers with the men employed. It is known that the famous English poet, W lliam Morris, has a large number of 'employes who share with him in the profits. He manufactures the finest household fabrics, we believe. I The Baltimore Ame tean says of Mr. Hewitt's plan: i "This offer of Mr. Dewitt'd looks to making the workmen an association for the purpuB'i of manufacturing, jand, if well conducted, to being the more profitable for then than a mere division Of jthe profits, as proposed by Proctor & Gamble to their em ployes The scheme differs from those pro posed by Mr. Wanamaker and Proctor & Gamble in that, while they retain the con trol and management of the. business, and thea m ike a division of profits, in the pro parti m j of ths capital invested to the amount of wagca paid, Mr. Hewitt, if his offer b-j ticuepted, turns the management of the fiuaiaes? over as well, and all the profits. It p:i!s the men oa exactly the footing of those iriioufiiclurerj who are conducting iha?ine8 upon borrowed . capital, many of jwhom Hre makinii money, and thus if the jmsn acwjpt the offer, ought to give them at least a iv-r cliance of gains, j These experiments are very inter esting and will be generally watched to see how they "panV out.' They remind ns of another experiment that was made years before the late war. It was . made in South Carolina and by a distinguished Methodist Bishop. Here is the account, as we remem- ber it:.' ' ' ! . Bishop Capers owned probably a hundred slaves! lie was doubtful as to the propriety of keeping them in bondage. But he was also fearful of the experiment of liberating them, ne thought the best way was to lest their capability of getting along. His large plantation was in excellent order.. The fences, houses, ' stock, wagons, carte, ploughs, fcc, were all good. The horses and mules were -abundant. The smoke house, barns, cdrn cribs were well filled. Hb turned it all over to the negroes and told them to take care of themselves. All they could make above . a living eliould be theirs. He returned after three years, when, lol the change. Jf erything was dilapidated, the barns and cribs were empty, jthe smoke house ditto, the fences were down the buildings in decay, the stock half starved and greatly jjdiminished, and failure and famine were written all around. lie saw it would not do turn a hundred - negroes into free people and leave them without white example, influence and association. jThe experiment with! intelligent, earnest white men is altogether an other and a different one.! They will so doubt do well, for they have every stimulus necessary and jthe intelli gence that wins success.: Mr. Hew itt, Mr. Wanamaker, and the others are setting most commendable exam ples which it is to bo hoped will be copied by scores of other men of Jarge fortunes. !' ! . Ensign Charles II. Hewes. XJ. S. N., was graduated Number, One at tue Naval Academy in 1 1880. Ho was then sent-to Glasgow University, Scotland, for a three years course in naval construction. He stands One there also. I VOL. XVIII. 8PBIAC. The Catherine of eumao leaves and drying them'for market is becoming an important industry In .Virginia, and in some sections of oar own State.,. Siscilian leaves sell for 1120 a1 ton, but the Southern ; sells fnr l am uta think. At first it only fetched Borne $35 a ton, lut its' use has giver it a much higher marketable value.! The Lynchburg; News thinks so much of this industry that it says: ; "If the Virginia. lohfunn induced to have the sumac leaves j which grow all around them gathered at the proper season, haul them to their tobacco barns, most; of which are supplied with flues, and dry the leaf bv artificial heat. in. Btead of the sun as is now done, they Would realize more clear money than thev do bv i. . . uieir tuuaccq crop. It is said to be comparatively an easy crop to gather and ourei The crop is steadily increasing. The News Bays of the growth of production in that section: . ; ij-"Vrj "A few years ago only, one ton per day was manuiaciurea nere. tow about eight or ten tons is the average daily output, and if the material, which grows spontaneous ly in the fields, and alone the hedge-rows were gathered, cured and brought to mar ket to be utilized, it could be increased very largely. The market for this article is almost limitless. ; i j : - We note this for the benefit of North Carolina farmers. They might diversifyj'j in this direction to some extent. The sumao crop in some counties could be made important as is the case: with the blackberry crop in some sections. j i j Hl,HEBK. . j : The Mugwump organ in New York, the oracular Times, thinks that Mr. Carlisle and 'Senator ; Beck should "blush" because of the resolution in the Kentucky Convention denouncing "life tenure, &c," in office. This earnest advocate of the said British system pronounces it "impudent and silly." Can any paper be really' honest that prints such stuff? If the Democrats in their concession to Mr. Cleveland, and his Mugwumpian ad visers, are resolved to make the con- tmuance ot the Civil service -law a plank in their platform i then we hope it will be made at least honest. To '! I i ! - f - do this, it must be extended to the highest officers as well as to the lowest. It must be applied in State affairs as well as Federal. If the j i . i . salvation of the country: depends upon making understrappers stand an examination then the principle of efficiency must be extended to j the States. It is more important to have efficiency and honesty in State mat ters than in Federal so far as! the. people of North Carolina are in terested. THE CONFEDERATE NATS'. Considering the immense difficul ties the Confederates j had to encoun ter the Navy Department did won ders. The metal that was indispen sablo went up from $25 a ton to $1,300, and was very scarce and in sufficient., And yet ! eighteen yards for building vessels Were established, The first year it constructed the Mer rimac and forty-twoj gunboats, and many noaiinc aeiences. i ne person nel of the jnavy consisted of 9 cap tains, 23 commanders, 24 lieutenants. 1 chief engineer, &c.i in all 81 1 The Federal navy, on the other hand, was almost without limit. . It was the want of a navy, as much as anything else, that defeated the South, next to the fact that over 400.000 men: from the South fought on the Yankee eide If every man in the South capable of bearing arms had been made to fight the South would have whipped any way, for it would have had at least a million of men and they would have been quite enough, j j Judpe1 Ooolev is black 'in Detroit. Michigan, his home, and he has been interviewed relative; to I the Inter State Commerce law. Many ques tions were put to him. The follow ing was the kernel of the talk: I Can Vou sav. whether, on the whole, the workings of the law have begun to rercedy the evils complained of?" i : M "That would be a matter of opinion. Une man would think one (way; and another would have a different view.; My opinion would be only that of one person, and I must decline to give it."j ; It is indeed "a matter of opinion." The Commission will meet in Wash ington kext Monday. We are as Bured that Judge Cooley is "deter mined that so farasiies in his power it shall be enforcedaccordingtobotb. its letter and its spirit. No man realizes more fully than he the magni tude of the railroad problem which is now pressing for solution, and jit is evident from his talk that he is de termined to give all bis abilities ana energy to obtain some reasonable and just mode of living between the peo pie on the one band and the railroads on the lather." There is no reason why the interests of th8 railroads and people should antagonize. jThey are surely dependent upon each other, Now that Wilmington has 22,500 t.n 25.000 lnnaDiiams 11 is time . 1 : ' . . a 5 ' A. Z a to have a fine Park and a Boulevard j With eleotrio lights, a steam ferry, a street railway, and a railroad to the Sound, what ia there to! prev?nt a genuine "boom"? Then a magnifi cent hotel equal to the requirements of Bix hundred guestB will be ane- ceBBity. .'j 'L',; .;,: :k:- :HX: It would be good for1 all and good for the country if people generally could get back to the old-fashioned virtues. ' Mr. Buskin said recently that the young had no respect for the opinions of the old. It may be that 'gilded vice" and. dishonest ways have so undermined the structure of sooiety that the virtues of simple and purer times are" only despised. It, is certainly true that diehoneBty was never so prevalent and brazen in our ; , land as it has been during - the last two decades. Men will openly play 1 the scoundrel and then seek the asso ciation of refined women and gentle men. Financial obligations Bet very loosely: upon thousands . of people. Extravagance, show, pride, vain glory these cancers have usurped the place of frugality, "simplicity, parity and sympathy. ; : - - ? " J ''J "Arbor Day" has come to stay. It is - growing m . popular favor all through the North and it ia no won-, der. It is seen how great benefits have accrued, and how many bless-! ings await upon its continuance and extension. In Nebraska alone 700,000 acres have been planted in forests, and on its Arbor Day 12.000.000 trees were set out- The estimate now is that west of the Mississippi river 600,000,000 trees have been planted. This means a very great ' deal. It means great riches. It means health and fertility and comfort. Where there are great wastes and droughts there will be foreBts and verdue and the early and the latter rams. JNortn Carolina should nave such a day. Who first used the phrase made memor able by Lincoln: "A Government of the people, by the people, and for the people?'' A New JSoeland journal asserts tnat wen- dell Phillips was the originator, and the Wilmington, N.C., Stab a good authoriy ascribes it to John C. Calhoun. Phila ddphia Record. Daniel Webster is the au thor or tne sentiment, in one or tis speeches he says: ."The people's govern ment, made for the people, made by tne people, and answerable to the people." urtenaboro jxortn state. 1 We are quite sure that Mr. Cal houn gave expression some where to a sentiment that embodied two of the three ideas in the famous phrase as given by Mr. Lincoln. We have not! been able to lay oar hand npon it as yet. " - - The last North Carolina Medical Association passed a most affection ate and sympathetic resolution con cerning our afflicted townsman, Dr. Thomas F. Wood. Dr. O'Hagan, a man of most remarkable gifts and the orator and debater of his profes sion in North Carolina, spoke touch- ingly on the resolution. He con cluded by saying it was "a matter of most profound interest to him and the Society to know that Dr. Wood was improving. He wished it were in the power of the Society to ap point a committee to wait upon Dr. Wood and express to him the kindly feelings of the Society." It was said in Washington before the death of Judge Woods, that if a vacancy occurred on the j Snpreme Court Bench the President would appoint Attorney General Garland. Believing in that gentleman's integ rity and capacity we would-be glad to see Mr. Garland appointed. The South will be duly recognized there- by. .J , The master builders of Chicago have begun a great lock-out by which 50.000 workinermen. .it is said, will be without work. It is thought that the fight will be- long, and that trouble and famine may follow. The Supreme Court of Massachu setts has declared unconstitutional the State, law which prohibits the registration of, a naturalized citizen until thirty days have elapsed after naturalization. ; ,v. .; The great and most interesting story of Ridgeley, of Texas, killing the seven men is a lie. An ingen ious drummer fabricated it on a wager. It was well got up. There are now 10,000 foreign im migrants in New Xork awaiting transportation to some portions ot this vast country. Mr. Balfour, the Scotchman, is to retire from the Secretarvship of Ire land. He is very unpopular. : ; The Irish are talking about "boycot ts er the Cunarders because of the C3 treatment of Mr. O'Brien. Evangelist Brown has had 532 pro fessions of religion in his meetings at Danville, Va. Keifer's address on Garfield is de scribed as tedious and prosy. The tug Italian ran against a flat while coming into- her berth at the foot of Market street yesterday. A small fishing boat lying between the flat and the wharf was crushed, and a colored boy on one of the boats fell into the river. He was res cued, however, before, he had time to sink. The closing exercises of Rocky Point School will be held on Thursday and Friday. June 2d and 8d. Rev. Dr., Yates will deliver his celebrated lecture on "Shams" Friday evening. , -In JV. C. JPresibvterian 5 addi tions are reported at Henderson Church, 8 at Bandlfer, and iu at Bieei uree. .. j WILMINGTON, N. C; GRAVE CHURCH:, Laying tbe Coraer-Stene f the New - Hoaae of Worablp-BIaaonle rerenao- -i alH-A4dreaa by Eocene 8. martin, E. ' ' 'i - "A" Si -:r ' ' -i"."" l ' The corner-stone of the new Methodist Episcopal Church building, on Fourth and Mulberry stieets, was .laid yesterday after noon by Grand Master C. H. Robinson of the; Grand Lodge of North Carolina The Masonic fraternity St. John's and Ori ent x)dges marched in procession to the place, headed by Germania Cornet Band. Although it was raining when the cere monies began, there was a gathering. of at least; one thousand persons present, -in eluding a great many ladies. The exercises were opened with prayer by Itev. C. W. Godwin The choir sang "Make Joyful Noise Unto the Lortf." with organ and cornet accompaniment, and after a piece played by the band. Mr, Wm M. Ppiaaon read a list of the articles deposited in the corner-stone, which included copies , of daily papers and various other publica tions, a historical account of the Church in Wilmington, ' synopsis of Wilmington's business from its foundation in 1737 to 1844, names of the present city and county officials, names of the ministers of the Con ference who contributed to the erection of the church, names of children who contrib uted towards building the church, Masonic Code of N.S C , proceedings of the Grand Lodge, names of persons who bought me- morial bricks of the old church, list of jmembers of Germania Cornet Band, small coin of the United State?, Confede rate currency, etc. The articles were placed in as metal box which fitted into a cavity in the stone; the same corner-stone, by the wav, that was used in the Front street Church. After tne conclusion or tne ceremonies attending the laying of the corner-stone, Mr. Eugene S. Martin delivered the follow ing address: Most Worthy Grand Master, Ladies and ' Gen&emen.'r-tev invitation of the proper authorities of Grace Methodist (jhurcn. the Grahd Lodge of Masons of North Carolina has laid the corner-stone or a building to be used as a temple of the living God. Stand' ing here and gazing upon that work and this Lodce of Masons, and reflecting upon the DurDOses for which it has assembled. how rapidly the mind travels back to that remote time when our ancient brothers were engaged in the building of King Solo mon '6 Temple. Is it not Btranee that here in this Western land not long since a luxuriant forest and the home of the Indian and wild beast that an Order which took part in theJjuildingof that splendid temple, in that far distant clime.cBbould stand to-day to aid in the erection of a place of worship to. the same God? I Not strange in tne thought tnat it is the same God for He is eternal; but pass ing stranee in the fact tnat an institution. the creation of man, should so long have withstood the ravages of time and exceeded the! ephemeral existence that ever awaits mah and his works. Yes, with pride can we affirm that this ancient and honorable institution has outlived the mutations of earth and the rage of its enemies. The very temple that marked the era of its birth and : stood a thing of beauty and the joy of the: whole earth, no more blazes with the glory or tne past nor cnauenges tne ra diance of : an oriental sun. The crescent shines where once the tribes gathered from afar, and the Koran is read by stolid Mus- snlmen where once the Book of Laws was expounded by learned Rabbis. Empires nave decayed ana nations nave oiea Thrones have crumbled and crowns have fallen from roval brows. The tomb of the past has engulfed them all 1 But over the grave of nations and buried centuries, over the ashes of lunknown!millions, the pulse less dust of human greatness, Freemasonry has stretched the line or her history along the track of time for 3,000 years und to day enshrine in the hearts of her votaries, she belts the globe with her chain of fraternity, That this institution should nave thus survived the natural decay and change to which man s works are subject must be owing to causes well worth investigation. and l take this opportunity to oricny con sider them. The history of man preseuts no recorded instance of such extensive preparations. such magnificent plans and enormous out lays as Were made tor tne ouiiaing or soio mon's Temple. Since the davs when Israel had startedjbn the conquest of the land allot ted to them the Ark or tne covenant baa naa no permanent place of rest. It had been a cherished desire of David to rear a temple worthy of the Lord Jehovah, but in visions of the night he bad been warned that this was not for him, but tnat to his son Boio mon wisdom, might, majesty and power would be given, .and that he should rear a temple whose magnificence and splendor should gleam through abysses of untold centuries to carry its name and fame to gen erations vet unborn Never bad tne Jewish people been more prosperous than then. Peace, plenty and abundant harvests bltssed the land every where. The richest gems of lar-oll lands glittered from, the brow of beauty or the helmet of valiant warrior uoia ana silver were like stones in the street and the heart waxed fat with the garnered store of all that nleased the eye. appeased the appetite, adorned the person or lent luxuriance and splendor to private habitations or public places. A king sat on the throne to whose wisdom none other, before or since, has borne anv comparison, and there was not one cloud to mar the supreme glory of na tional orosDeutv. i Then the wisdom of Solomon, inspired bv the Suoreme Architect of the universe, claimed and wrought that gorgeous edifice that in seven years arose from the sacred height of Monnt Moriah, the visible borne of the living God. where glory descended and invested the holy precincts of the first temple to Him. I Gold Was brought from Ophir and Tar slsh. cedars from Lebanon, and in the Dlains of Zuccoth Hiram, the widow's son. mouidea ana wroueni me orazen or naments, the numberless utensils and those magnificent pillars for the Temple. Vast companies of menj cut, carved, hewed and marked in the forest and in the quarries, and shaped and fashioned everything, so that "the bouse when in ouiiaing was ouui of stone made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while itobs in building. " i In order to oroduce regularity and sys tim among the thousands who joined in the labor of building, in order to provide prompt and accurate payment of the wages of the craft and to examine the vast amount of work that daily accumulated, Solomon organized lodges of the workmen. Thus was introduced among men the Masonic Order, which has so long survived the work it was organized to perform. And when the work was done and. bv the per mission of King Solomon the work men dispersed over the earth to nlv their trades. history tells us of lodges being established in many of the large cities whose magnifi cent ruins tell of the skill and excellence of our ancientrothers. The Temples of Me umphls, Heliopolia and Thebes, whose co lossal ruins are to this day the wonder and admiration . of the traveller. Persepolis, with its splendid palatial edifice of cedar Palmvra. still majestic in her rums, and the marble glories of Greece "whose beau ties 'have shed a high radiance around a mighty past." Everywhere on the continent of Europe and the 'British Isles are often found the handiwork of the craftsmen of our Order, monuments of their architectural skill and taate. : -.-.: The pfinina of our brother. Christopher Wren, wrought the glories of St. Paul's at London, and in 1673 the foundation stone was laid in solemn form by the Masonic FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1887. Order. Then and now, in the old conn tries and the new, the mason has been called upon to lay the foun dation stone ; of public buildings with the beautiful and impressive ceremo nies of the Order. It is a duty that naturally falls to ns because of tuiDiinciole of insti tution and is also a mark of jthe respect and veneration in which we are held among men. . -;,-! ii;;-,.4r - -vjWri; ; .. But it is not the material works that have rendered so immortal this Order. In the earlier agfo of its.'existence Masonry was of a purely operative character. But as time advanced and intelligence and .civilization increased, it gradually lost its operative feature; but uoon that firm foundation was reared the Improving structure of specula tive masonry whose exalted principles, les sons of virtue and morality; ot brotherly love and charity, have been a pillar of cloud by aav and Are bv nighLto euide the chil dren of its covenant in their joufneyings through life. -jv',; v- :- lbe great object of the Masonic Order in the past as in the present, has been to civilize men, to reform their wild and pas sionate natures and make them comprehend tne true principles or morality symbolical in its ceremonies and forms, it 'has taught men to consider the serious matter of life which is surrounded by sorrow and fear nd doubt. It teaches them that over this aars, perpiexea ana ieanut course lays tne way to a glorious destiny that through night to light must the earthly pilgrim work bis way that by struggle, toil and earnest endeavor he must advance, with courage and hope until free rrom every tetter and in tbe full light of virtue and knowledge - he stands face to face with the! mighty secrets of the universe, and 'from the lofty heights attained he looks forward to more glorious ideals which seem to say on and on for ever. . :" . What true Mason ia there who does not view with pride and exultation the uni versally of Masonry, the sublime lessons of wisdom and morality it leaches and the great good it has wrought? Who that is familiar with its secret work, its beautiful allegories, tbe exact perfection cf all its several points, but must feel that more than the wisdom of man was employed in its conception, more than the strength of man has sustained it and more than the beauty of man has adorned it? Its magnificent range of instruction : our duty to God, our neighbor and ourselves comprise the whole duty of man. The works of man the level, the square and the plumb; tbe works of the Divine Archi tect of the universe the sun, moon and stars, are all made subservient for his in struction, and teach lessons that if prop erly regarded tend to make man wiser and happier. From his entrance into the sa cred precincts of the Lodge as an Entered Apprentice, surrounded by darkness and groping bis way by the aid of another, to the last sad act which closes his career and makes him a Master Mason, he is taught the solemn lesson of life and urged to walk in the paths of virtue and wisdom, to prac tice brotherly love and charity, that when he too shall cease to draw hia designs upon the trestle board of life in this earthly lodge he may b found worthy to enter tnat Celestial Lioage above eternal in tne heavens. ' Compare the creeds, tenets, insirnctioD, forms and ceremonies of the Masonic Or der with those of any other institution and where do we find such lofty and ennobling thoughts, such grand and beautiful im agery, such instructive lessons of wisdom, morals and fidelity! The mind of the scholar-pauses in' admiration of the beauty of its language, the mind of the philoso pher contemplates with pleasure its perfect s j stem, and the mind of the Christian re joices at its pure and Bimple religion. If the spi it or Masanry couia point tne enquiring mind to nothing bnt the mem bers who nave been initiated into its sacrea mysteries and the benefits which its disci ples have conferred upon mankind, - it would still present a most extraordinary phenomenon. Masonry is oce oi tne most suoume anu perfect institutions that was ever forued for the advancement of the happiness and general good of man, creating, in all its varieties universal benevolence and bro therly love. It teaches : us these useful, wise aod instructive doctrines npon wmcn true happiness is founded, and points those easy paths by which are obtained the rewards of virtue. It teaches us to conduct ourselves with justice and merey and to be true to our trusts. It throws down those barriers which the prejudices of mankind have erected between man and man, and teaches us to value the tree for its fruits and not for the band that planted it nor the sou upon which it grows. j The degrees mena uocune, morality. scince, history ana tradition into one grana and beautiful system. There is scarcely a point of duty or morality which man has been presumed to owe to his God, his neigh bor, or bimseir under tne ratnarcnai, tne Mosaic, or Christian dispensation, wmcn in the construction of our symbolical system. is left untouched. The forms, ceremonies secrets and landmarks, the types and alle gories present copious subjects Tor investi gation which cannot easily be exhausted. The nature of tbe Lodes, its form, dimen sions and supports, its grand situation and covering, its ornaments, furniture ana gavels, all unite to form! a perfect code of morals and theological philosophy which, while it fascinates tbe mind, improves it until it becomes polished like the perfect ashlar. Ji The Lodge is a school of the heart, and in all its education performs no higher mis sion than when it makes man a coworker with God in ameliorating the mental and Dhvdical condition of his fellow-man. It has cared for and protected the fatherless children and widows: it has extended a helping hand to many aj forlorn and ship wrecked brother; it has soothed the cry of anguish and brought glad tidings of great 1ov to those who suffered in the night-lime of sorrow and care; and over the grave of a dead brother it has planted the sprig or acacia and watered it with the tears of fra ternal regard and sympathy. The many institutions or learning it nas erected ; the many asylums it has established in every land, where the orphan, the widow, the poor and afflicted may find instruction and a baoov borne, are monuments ana me moriahfof its noble work that plead like aneels trumnet-toneuedim its behalf, All these mint's ennooie tne name ana encircle the brow with a halo of glory. It is this which has baptized Masonry with the dying tears of thousands, and has made it so sacred in the hearts or minions or liv ing men. . . It is meet that such an institution, touna ed upon such exalted principles, professing such laudable purposes; should be called upon to join m tbe erection or this tempie bv laving the corner or iounaation stone, I bnt sneak the common sentiment of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, when I state that the work has been one of pleasure and gratification. That it fully sympathizes with this congregation in tbe great work you have undertaken, and that it will ever rejoice at Its successful progress ana com pletion. The cause of religion has ever been the cause of Masonry, and Masonry has ever been proud to seem as its hand maid. Masonry : fully ! realizes and ap preciates the inestimable blessings or religion to individual i man and to na tions : and has ever stood by. like Aaron and Hur. to stav uoJ its hands while the great battle against evil is being fought. And to-dav we congratulate this congrega tion upon the beginning of this temple, erected to the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob.and of every people under the sun whose kingdom is from everlasting to everlasting. I ' Our task is now done and our work is accomplished, but to you the completion of this edifice is committed.- Lav strong and deep the foundation thereof. Hew the shaft and lay the archstone spread the roofs above them and .frame the lofty vault together and swell back I the sound of an thems. Rear heavenward the stately towers to catch the morning light of the rising sun and at eve to feel his gentle rays like the soothing strains tof some vesper hvmn. besDeakiag repose. Let those who wept over the destruction of that former temple, endeared to them by so many tender'recollection. rejoice at this resurrection and be strong in the hope that "the glory of this . latter house shall be greater than the former." i; Let ns commit it. then. I to the kraninir of the Supreme Architect of the Universe, and, in the words of that sublime Invoca tion of our G. M. Solomon; pray Him '.'that Thine eyes may be opened towards: this house night and day ever towards the place of which Thou hast said 'My name shall he there.'" (I Kings yiii. 39). . i , v After an anthem had been sung by the choir, Rey Dr. Yates, the pastor, read a brief outline history of the Church In Wil mington from its foundation, and spoke feelingly of bid Front Street Church and his connection with it . . .. ' i: Capt W. M. Parker then, in behalf of the Official Board and tho Building Coin-D-'ittee, thanked the merxbrfrs of the Ma sonic fraternity for the pa rt taken by them, and the exercises were closed with tbe dox ology sung by the congregation and th benediction pronounced by Rev. 'Mr. ; God-' win . '-'--'; ''; 1 ' 7 "' "'""!' i";'- 'f 'l-r Carolina Central Railroad Co. ; . At the annual meeting of stockholders of the Carolioa Central Railrbad Co., held re-. cently ia New York, the did Board of Di- rectors was elected, aa follows: j Jas S. Whedbee. D. W. Oatea R. S. Tucker, W. Wi Chamberlaine, Jqhn M. Robinson, C. Goddard. J. U. Minis, Severn Eyre, Isaac Bates, C. H. Roberts, man. K C Hoff- The Directors elected the following offi- cers: ' - ; ' r President Jno M. Robinson. General Manager Jno C. Winder. Superintendent L C, Joocs. i . 7 Secretary and Treasurcrr- Jno. II. Sharp. Auditor A J. llowell. j General Freight and ; Ticket Agent F. W. Clark. - - '- ' : - j v .7 j. : The annual reports submitted at tbe meeting show the total reveaues of the road for the fhcal year pded March 31, 1887, to be $500,235 72; operating expenses, $316,439 OS; net earoiags.1 $39,189.55. The increase of revenue, as compared with the previous year is $22,731 51: the decrease of expenditures, $9,238 98. The General Manager, in his report, feel ingly bears testimony to the loss tbe com- pany sustained in the death of Mr.'W N. Bowden. lOasonie t , The three lodges in this city Wilming ton Lodge No 319, Sl'JoWs Lodge No. 1 and Orient Lodge No. 395 took pait in the ceremonies attending the laj iig of the corner-stoncof Grace M. E Church. Thurs day. Besides these Iburoi were present rep resentatives from Phalanx Lodge No. 31 of Charlotte, Pythagoras Lodge No. 249 of Smith ville, Fayettcville j Lodge No. 329 of Fayetteville, Kilwinning Lodge No 64 of Wadesboro, Ezel Lodge No. 732 of Brook lyn, N. Y., Alpha Lodge of South Fra- minghaov. Mass , and United Service Lodge of Jamaica, West Indies.' Fast Time on tbe Atlantic Coast Line. The Atlantic Coast Line Fast Mail train, No. 27. made the quickest timje ever re corded, on the run fromWeldo to this city last Friday night. The train waa made up of six cars, with engine No. 127, Engineer Thos McMillan at the throttle and, Cap!. W. L Harlow conductor. They made the run from Weldon to Wilmington, distance 162 miles, in 201 minutes, making three stops consuming sixteen minutes, which made the actual running time 185 minutes. The average speed was a little over fifty-two; and a half miles per hour, or, to be more exact, 52 54-100 miles an hour. The best; time previously made on the Wilmington & Weldon road was 162 miles the same dis4 tance as above in 200 minutes, actual run ning time, by Engineer Neimeyer. I r The average speed of train No. 27 Fri-t day night, from Weldon to Ashley June! tion, within six miles of Charleston; S.C. I distance 368 miles was 49 miles pet bourj Considering the many draw-bridces on the line, and the size o! the driving wheels of tbe locomotive five feet this is consider ed remarkably good time, Cotton Movement. The weekly statement of the cotton move ment at this poit, complied at the Product Exchange, gives the receipts for tbe crop year, to May 14th, as 132.242 bales.; against receipts of 100,770 bales for the same pe riod last year an increase of 32,472 bales,. Receipts for the past week were 156 bales. against 684 bales the same week last year. Tbe stock at this port is 1,889 bales; at the same time time last year 5,287 bales, MISSISSIPPI. J Fatal Railroad Collision Engineer Severely Injured and tbe Fireman Killed. . ; . 7 i - j By Cable to the Morning Star. Mobile, May 14. The north-bound pas senger train on the Mobile and Ohio Rail- road collided yesterday, arternoon late with a wild engine coming south, just above Waynesboro, Miss. Both engines were de molished, and the baggage and express cars badly damaged. Engineer Wm. Tew, o the passenger locomotive, was severely in jured, and his fireman, Robert Sheraulti was instantly Kinea. ; f The responsibility for the accident lias not been found. Tho passenger train was on time. . ':;: -v 7'! ; -- 77 ii. Mobile, May 14 The passenger train was running about 30 miles an hour, and the wild engine about 20. HiOglneer Horsey, of the wild engine, says he used an old time-card and thought he bad time to make Shubuta before the regular train. The engiBes met on the curve and both engineers shut off steam and I jumped. Fireman Chenault was on Dorsey's engine and was caught between tbe cab and tender. He had to be cut out ana aiea in twenty mint utes. Engineer Tew was injured in the left shoulder and right wrist. Conductor Hickey was badly shaken up. , No one else was injured. , ; , ; INDIANA. A Distillery, Factory and jLnmber Yard Burned-Loss S 100,000 A Fatber's Fatal mistake, j By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Ihdianapolis. Mav 14. In Davies coun ty, last night. Wm. H. Sanford shot and killed his sixteen-year old son, whom he mistook ror a burglar. Tbe boy was a somnambulist and was walking in his steep; The father saw him and called, but got no answer: tne hnv savincr. "Come on Dick. addressing his dog. The father understood this as a call to a confederate and nrea, kilbng the boy instantly. I Chicago. Mav 14. A spark from a switch-engine at Hammond, Ind.. to-day, set fire to the large distillery of W. N. Stowe & Co., which was destroyed, and with it went an extensive butterine factory belonging to Stowe, and Williams Bro.'s lumber yard. The loss to Stowe is $50,000 inanrancA tSfl OfiO. Williams' loss was $50,000; insurance unknown. .; ' I The steamer Empire State, once belong-; inir to the Fall River Line and again to the Old "Colony Line but later individual prop-1. erty, was burned at Bristol,: a. 1., yester day. She cost $250,000 and was worth; $100,000 yesterday. - She was partially in sured. " . - 7- r . NO. 29 WASHINGTON. Tbe Mexican Army Officers Petitions to tba Inter-State Commerce Com mis alon. h najuiusaTOH. aiav 13. ine secretary Of State has received a telegram from Min ister manning contradicting the report of the execution of Mexican army officers on account of the Nogales incident j lbe Inter-State Commerce Commission to-day received an urgent appeal from the Committee of merchants and business men In Minden, La., in favor of permanent sus pension of the long and short haul clause of the Inter-State Commerce law, so far as traffic bv rail with Minden is concerned. The petition predicts failure of" merchants anq disaster to people in that section or tbe Country in case the objectionable! sections is rigidly enforced. - A petition was also received from the Board of Trade of Hart- well, Ga , complaining of unjust discrimi nation of tbe Richmond & Danville Rail road Company in favor of Elberton. a rival 'town..- ; - ' I . " I f : - i , . . ' t ii inn vuuiuiisaiuu uas received i a lormai joint petition from the Denver & Rio Grande. Railroad Co. and the 7 Denver Ss Bio Grande Western Railroad Co., asking for relief from operation of section four. I A committee of citizens of Athens, Ala., have written to the Commission asking that railroads in that section of the State be per- A . 1 1 . . . .. . ... uuMJcuuy relieved irom operation oi me fourth section. i Washington. Mav 13. It ia said at the (Treasury Department that there is no iounaation for the report that the revenue steamer Rush will shortly sail ! for San Francisco for Sitka. Alaska, for the pur pose of taking a U. S. Marshal to Ouna- laska to sell at public auction the British vessels Onward and Thornton, which were seized last July for violating the seal fishery laws, in tne nrsi place it is said tbat the Rush is not going to Alaska at all, and in the second the British vessels mentioned were released by this Government some time ago. The Rush will start on her usual summer cruise in Northern waters in about a month, but as yat her orders have not been prepared. , nne new u. B. Treasurer. Hvalt. has been officially notified of his appointment, and is expected to file his bond and- take the oath next week. The transfer from the outgoing to the incoming Treasurer will involve a count of cash and securities in the treasury, and an examination of the books, records and accounts of the office. It is estimated that this work will consume at least two months. Washthgton, May 14. Chas. Wins'.ow, vice consul at Guerrero, Mexico,' reports a falling off in importations to that country of articles of American production. Espe cially is this true of raw cotton and tobac co. It is expected that in a few years Mexico instead of importing cotton will be enabled to export it. I (The government receipts have been very heavy so far this month and expenditures less than usual. The receipts are $17,891.- 114, and expenditures $5,155,165; a net gain of $12,645,949. Tho available sur plus, according to the treasurer's calcula tions, is now stated at $42,000,000; an in crease of about $10,000,000 since the 1st instant. EX-PRESIDENT DA VIS. A Public Reception and .Banquet Tendered Him at meridian,' miss Grand Ontpenrlns of tbe j People Patriotic Speecb of the Dlstln sulabed Guest. j Nbw Oblbans. May 13. A special to the Picayune from Meridian, Miss., says: At 11 o clock yesterday morning a public reception was given to Hon. Jefferson Davis at the residence of Col. J. R. Mcintosh. where he, is stopping. For two hours a perfect stream of people passed through the parlors and shook hands with the ex-chief-tain and his beautiful daughter. Mr. Davis was in his best humor, and had j a pleasant word for each one that shook bis hand. At 5 o'clock last evening a banquet ai.d reception were given in the' court house grounds. Mr. Davis made a short address in which he thanked the people of Merid ian for their most cordial reception. At this point the members of the Press Asso-! ciation ascended the platform in a body and presented their respects to him. i I f At the banquet there were three hundred plates, and seated at the tables were some of the most distinguished men of the State. A floral wreath was brought io j and E. H. Dial presented it to Mr. Davis in the name of the women of Meridian. Mr. Davis, in accepting it said:! "God has graced the South with beautiful flowers and lovely women. The most blessed of wo men are those of our own i Southland With Buch feeling expressions the beautiful flowers which were arranged so artistically by loving hands, are more beautiful than anything tbat has been given to me." The second toast was to j "Jefferson Davis, the soldier, statesman and champion of Southern rights " It was Tesponded to by Hon. Thos. H. Woods. , i l When Mr. Davis rose to reply he waS greeted with long and continued applause. He began by apologizing for the short ad dress he would make them, and said that he was quite fatigued from the day's exer cises, continuing, he said, "I am Unable to treat this theme as it should be without premeditation. What was the army and navy of the South? It was the patriotism of the persons who bared their breasts to bullets in defending constitutional rights. With great navies and armies against us, we formed regiments and battalions. At their head we placed Lee as their com mander. We remember scenes where the wife, as she threw her arms around her husband, and the daughters in loving em brace gathering around those that were to go; and then the widowed mother, as she let the tear drops fall on the face of tbe de voted son she would never see again, jtnd girded his sword to his waist and told him to go forth as bis rather would nave done These were tbe kind of men we had. With inferior numbers of men we marched on ward, fighting for our rights, and battle after battle was fought and won, but North' era histories never conceded that, and in dulged in triumphs of mind over matter. But now tbose scenes ana incidents nave passed, and they only live in mind and his tory, united you are now, aua 11 tne Union is ever to be broken, let the other side break it. The army of the South will Bhine forever around the camp-fires, and will still shine to our children and children s children. . The truth we f ought for shall not encourage you to ever fight again, but keep your word in good or evil, uoa bless you all." SOUTH CAROLINA. Split in tbe Episcopal Diocese Con vention at Cbarleston. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Charleston. May 14. The South Car olina Episcopal Diocese Convention met this morning. A quorum was present. Seceding delegates organized an independ ent body for conference purposes. Repre sentation at the meeting of the seceders embraced lay delegates from twenty par ishes and five ministers. The convention proper passed resolutions of regret on the departure 01 the seceding memoers ana in vited their return. A resolution wastpassed by the secession convention refusing to re turn, unless the president 01 tne convention agreed to entertain the appeal of the sece ders. The convention proper rejected this proviso and communication between the two bodies ceased. The seceders will issue a manifesto to the parishes on the subject of existing differences. ! 3 The convention adiourned sine ate to meet at Anderson, 8. C, in May next. .. . ; : . OBITUARY, .-'-' f Dealb of Justice Woods, of the V, S. i . ' Supreme Court Y. Washington. May 14 Justice Woods: of the U. S. Supreme Court, died shortly after 12 o'clock to-Oay. f 7 : Y A widow named Hughes died yeeteiday, near Tuscola. Ills. She had suffered from paralysis several months. Thirty six days ago she refused food or medicine, announc ing ber intention to aie, ana sne sisrvea herself to death. She left a large estate, Goldsboro f; Messenger; The . Goldsbiro Rifles" have decided not to at tend the National Drill at j Washington; This conclusion has 'been reached on ac- -count of the unsatisfactory conditions at -tached to the railroad companies' reducAl ' in tea. airs ooe a., ranter aiea inmit city on Tuesday evening last. -Tbht7. we may gain idea of trucking done in Duplin, we will mention the fact ' that over five hundred crates of strawbci-f rieB were shipped - from Faison and Wm; saw together on last Monday. Five bun -dred crates of thirty-two j quarts. I Tl. crates for these berries were made at Wm saw, and cost $350., i Wadesboro Intelligencer: Am aggrieved man in the town of Kerncrevillo has sued that town for 50 cents If Judgo Clark could come here a few mot e. times both the civil and criminal dockets would be cleaned up. i But a littKt while ago there stood on the sheriff's books taxes to the amount of more) than fourteen thousand dollars returned insolvent. Think of it more than fourteen thousand dollar! ' What a reflection this is 6n somebody. ; Where the neglect has been! we do not air" tempt to point. That there: has been neg lect the figures attest. The above amount. Mr. Crowder has very materially lessened, and we believe he will collect the greater j pait of it before tbe end lof the present -year. '; 7 7 I .... 7- I ' f The N. Y.i World thus refers" ; to the Bentonsville battle and monument ; through a correspondent: The following ia -ithe inscription on tbe monument "To the : soldiers of the Southern Confederacy whn , sacrificed their lives in a cause, whicU ' though lost; will always remain dearth their countrymen, this monument is erect ed by their admirers and fellow country men." The battle of Bentonsville was really : the last of tbe war, for, although there was some conflict between Sherman's troops and those of Joseph E. Johnston, up to the very day of the latter's surrender, jet these did not rise above the dignity of skir mishes It was aho a confederate victory. Both armies were composed of veterans, and that of the Confederates fought with desperation as if with the hopelessness bom of dispair. In proportion to the number of, Confederates engaged theFederal loss wr greater than in any other battle or the war I The battle began on April 10th, 1865, ami continued several days. Sherman was in personal command of the Federal forces. Badeau gives the Federal loss as 391 killul and 1,451 wounded and missing. Johnstoi commanded the Confederate troops in per son. His losses.he offlially'reported to be 223 killed and 1,467 wounded, 653 missing Johnston's army numbered 14,100 infantry and artillery'. The Federal forces on the ground were so.uuu. The monument is a simple shaft of marble, 10 feet in height,' and is placed inthe centre of the pretty little cemetery, just over the plat of sward which covers tbe soldier dead. j , Raleigh News-Observer; TW annual meeting of the Confederate Survi vors' Association was held yesterday in tho Mayor's office. There were about sixty members present. The list of veterans now numbers about two hundred. An lnvita -tion waa received from the Pickett-Bu chanan Camp of Norfolk, to participate in their memorial services the 19th. Tho Raleigh Savings Bank will, open for busi ness Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Col. H. A. Brown, a halt brother, and other relatives of the gallant Gen. Gordon were in attendance at tbe memorial excer- cises yesterday. We hear that the iron mines near Chapel Hill has been leased, and Will now be worked, tbe ore mined being sent North for use Bishop Lyman asks us to say again thus prominently that he has changed bin schedule of appointments after June 5th. -Elsewhere we present parts or eoloort Cowles' address delivered yesteday, regret ting that we cannot lay it in full before our readers. - It was a fine effort, eloquent and touching, and presented a Complete picture of the life and character or one it the North Carolina's bravest sons General James B. Gordon. The Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows con vened in its 44th annual session in this city last night and was called to order by Grand Master C. B. Edwards. The following offl cers were present: W. A. Bobbilt, jDeputy Grand Master; Rev. J. H.I Cordon; Grand Warden; B. H. Woodell, Grand Secretary: R. J. Treasurer; Rev. N. M. Jurney, Grand Chaplain; N. R Richardson, Grand Mar shal; R B. Kcrchner, Grand Guardian; Dr. S. H. Pool, Grand Herald. There was a representation from thirty-one lodges. Raleigh Visitori Mai. C. D. Heartt, chief of police, left for Baltimore last evening in response to a telegram from the chief marshal of that city announcing that Mr. Le Roy G. Bagley, formerly of this city, had been drowned. f To-day the Wake Cattle Club gave its third show of cattle, and it was truly a notable one. The fact was again proven that Wake township, which exhibits nearly all the cattle shown, is unequalled in respect to thoroughbred cattle anywhere in I this sec tion of the South. Jerseys, Guernseys, Hollands and Alderneysj all had their ad mirers. The bulk or the cattle shown ate Jerseys, and nearly all thoroughbreds. They are in capital condition and Carefully . cared for. . Under an awning in the centre of the lot were the calves for sale, to ho Bold at the end of the khow. There aru many visitors in the city to day and non ? failed to see the cattle. 4 The report of the Grand Secretary of the Grand 'Lodge of Odd Fellows shows that there are thirty- six active lodges in the State, with a solid membership of 1,169. The report states that during the past been given to 125 expenditure of $1,985 year relief has persons at an 81. The Grand Treasurer's report shows a 1 balance over all expenditures of $1,095.15. The report of the Grand Master among other matters of importance givec correspondence between the order in South Carolina ana North Carolina after the Charleston earth quake, the result of which was the sending of $189.50 by the order in this State. At the evening session, an election of officers was held resulting as follows : Grand Mas ter, W. A. Bobbitt, Oxford; Deputy Grand Master, Rev. J. H. Cordon, Wilson; Grand Warden, Dr. Jno. a. fool, south Mills Grand Secretary, B. H. Woodell. Raleigh; Grand Treasurer. R. JJ Jones, Wilmlng- ton. Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, P.! G. M., C. B. Edwards, of Ra leigh. The following are the appointed officers: Grand Marshal, If. R. I Richard son, 3mith field; Grand Conductor, V. T. West, Hamilton -.Grand Guardian. Jonathan White, Greenville; Grand Herald, E. T. B. Glenn, Fayetteville; Grand Chaplain, Rev. A. a. stubbs, Greensboro. Fayetteville Observer; la con versation with a gentleman the other day, ho said that a farmer in Sampson county had a pumpkin vine last year that produced sixty-seven pumpkins, the gross weight of ; which was l.ofo pounds; ana mat anotner man had a strawberry which measured 0 by 11 inches. -The new Methodist Church, near Cedar Fields, for tbe coloied Methodists is going up rapidly. The min ister is the chief workman, and he is show ing great energy. Thel church is being s built by the Methodist Episcopal Church North. - We understand that if our Northern mail was sent via Wilmington wo would receive it at 12 0 clock, instead ot at 4 o'clock.! This might be of importance to our business men. 1 The civil term or Cumberland Court ia in session, Judge Walter Clark presiding. The first caso . tried was W. C. TroyJ administrator of . Thomas McDonald, vs. Ithe C- F. & Y. V. Railroad.! Mr. McDonald; was run over by the train on October 19th, 1883, from the effects of 'which he died. The jury' brought in ; a verdict, of $2,000 damages for the - plaintiff. . Mr. J.' W. Mallett paid a Bhort visit t his friends on Sunday and Monday. He and his brother have, for1 some time, been running a steam saw mill between Mayes -ville and Sumter.' S. Oi but about three weeks ago they had the misfortune to be 7 burnt out, losing about $2,000. They are now preparing to start agate. 7 On Monday morning while Mr. John Overton, one of the employes , at Mr. Walter Wat son's machine shop, was sawing off the ends ' -of some plank with a small circular saw, in reversing the board, it iwas caught by the saw, which caused . his band to come in contact with it. making a frightful looking wound. The hand is split from the root of the fingers to the wrist, cutting the tendons and radial artery . j Col. Gardner and several of his assistants were in town last week. From them we learn "that the road has been located to Peel Deo River, and work is now being pushed from the river this way. The branch (from tho Pee Dee bridge to Tatum's will very likely be built ia time for tbe next cotton crop. Another branch will be built to 'connect with the Cheraw & Darlington road. 17 ; i. . ; . -i - .' i Si. ;-r-7: ' i; s'7 77S mm Ml 77--.1f; . ;;17''':',7I 7?7'; .r, i h