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No people will ever maintain long a ays tera o pnblic schools that is really vaiu'ia' who lean upon the General (ijvirnment to do the work, for them vfliich they nhould do for themselves. Np people can flourish without ihe true sUmioa of manhood and en. tire self-respect. Let ns educate oar ' own children without impertinent or unconstitutional .interference from ahraaJ, ami without turning eduoa-l tic'nal cranks. Education of the in- ttllect will not mate a great and vir- i ' tmias and noble and moral people. Without morality I greatness is but sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. lJiit we are offj upon a tangent. WbfO heartily despise. Paternal Ped- iL'u'y that we are apl to give it a mnch upon every opportunity. j tVi? wished to say that tinder Re- ' ' 'i iu')!ican domination in North Caron lin i there were no public schools worth the name. ! They were frauds of the tirst order, j Under the coniroi of Democrats the public schools havo sprang into life and have eteadily improved. The present Superintenj u-nJent of Public Instruction is efS- iit and is doing a good work as faf mwris'and the school law will a!4 'VW. This we t bink may be Baid. avWa exaggeration. His views re 1 1 Hive to rederal aid are not our viViT by a long shot, and we believe ijiri.i miMMind. But ho it with the iijjority in. 'North Carolina and that i.i a L'ood deal for a candidate. We 1 ' ' i liiniiiil rather bo right than be Presi il Su We f( ! and believe. -j Democrats got control of the l.'i-!.uu-e in 1S71. From that day to. thw'day there has been good work li i,".j Mr. Finder, ihe Superintend- htgivi: tlie following figures: 1 1 1871.: f 177.497 04 lo ISti 173.275 62 In 1813.; 196,675 07 In 1811... I. 297.090 85 h li,") N-i report about aarneHS in 1874. I lo 1876. 334.163 14 319,813 00 Id 177 il" r " In 1878. . .V. . . In 1879 In 1880....... In 1881 In 1882 In 1883. In 1884....... lo 188.1. In 18SG In 1887....... 324,827 10 826,040 35 352,882 65 409,658 88 509.736 02 623.430 93 T" 640,245 20 930.552 32 671,115 65 653,037 83 i Thjs U a repcctable showing. We "l'Qiijd he glad to see the annual ap propriation raised to $1,000,000. The Suto has now very nearly 1,700,000 inhabitants. In North Carolina more tlun 8,000,000 are paid annually for jlrink. j A people who voluntarily tax themselves! that great sum to gratify a personal appetite ought to he willinir to lax themselves one t . i - i wjhlh of that sum to teach the child Ten of the State! " JlDf;E NCIIENCK ON TUB BATTLE ' ' 'I OF GTJILPOKD COtRT HOCSE. The study of history is of much importance. It is both 'disciplinary a"'l instructive. To know fairly wi'H the leading historical events of thfi world is the portion of every mw who would be coneidered as in- formed and intelligent. The battle i Guilford Court House, and its forerunners, the victory of Morgan "J South Carolina and that at King's Mountain, had more to do ;with bringing the war between the Colo- lies and Great! Britain to a success- '"1 issue than anv other battles I of lhe seven years' war. To under stand the importance of the victories w Morgan and the North Caroh- nianB, assisted by troops ' from Virginia and ' South Carolina, &t i King's Mountain, you can not do' better than to read with Eare tho excellent address ' of Judge David I Schenck, of Greens boro, delivered on 5th .May, 1888, at lllp Guilford I battle ground. jWe "ave received from that able gentle wan a copy. It is well, printed and wakes a stout pamphlet of 74 pages. We found itoyery interesting read. lDg-. It is clearly written, and the course of events is well stated while the philosophical bearing of each npon those that followed is con - i! I k-u.uoW 9 I. T 'l 8 - ; ISSSS A ! I , I tn i , ! i - ! a o gs t s s s s s s s s s s :ts ' :; i o1 - U -. ! ! Ot I "', , . W ' II I TT W I 'J..- ;..- 1 1 1 A--. 1 . - . ,. ' M. -1 i . I ' . . n .ic. u Li 77; , n n r- nn Am i VOL. XIX. Dhauwjr iu view, ic is really a valuable addition to North Carolina history and should be very generally read History is more or less fable at best. It is, therefore, of the utmost consequence that the grains of wheat should be winnowed and separated from the cockle and cheat. Judge Schenck has performed his - pa triotic labor of love with earnest assiduity, with careful dis crimination, and with a sincere de sire, we must believe, to find the ex act trotV relative to the Guilford Court House battle. The amount of misrepresentation and ignorance that has grown up around that battle, which proved to be the turning point in the war, is absolutely as tounding Writers have beea,both careless and ignorant, and some have been unjust and slanderous from de sign, we apprehend. , J udge Schenck gives a rapid but lucid account of events immediately preceding the battle that was fought on 15th March, 1781. He enables the reader to see how extremely im portant was that hotly contested field how far reaching its consequences. If Lord Cornwallis had Buoceeded, at Guilford he would have soon had North Carolina and Virginia under his feet. He was sent into the South to over run the four States that were bo bold in resistance. Georgia and South Carolina were prostrate, when he entered North Carolina. Judge Schenck graphically describes what awaited him how. he was driven to. desperation and was forced to deliver battle at Guilford against large odds, but with an army of almost un equalled discipline and courage. In the history of wars no braver army ever fought than -that commanded by Cornwallis at Guilford, The main point of Judge Schenck's discussion is to repel the falsehoods of slanderers, to vindicate the truth of history, and to do justice to the gallant North Carolinians who fought on that bloody day. This he has done with marked research and abili ty, lie not only shows how many North Carolinians fought at Guilford under Greene, but how many fought under Morgan in his brilliant victory in South Carolina. In the last bat- tie Darned there were 310 North Car- olinians. At Guilford Court House there were 500 Volunteer Riflemen excellent troops ttohi rrortn uar- olina, and two brigades of Militia. These brigades were Butler's, from Granville :and Orange counties, and EatonV, from Bute and Halifax. Bute county was afterwards divided luto Warren and Franklin. Tlie Nortji Carolina Militia behaved i admirably; as the historian shows from a considerable number of trust worthy and independent witnesses. They performed with gallantry the hazardous and most important work assigned them that day by the com mander, Gen. Greene. According to British, Virginian and North Caroli nian testimony they were very effect- . I ... . . 3 j : ive in tceir perilous auvanceu posi tion, and delivered two very deadly fires before they retreated. I hey were nearly a quarter of a mile in advance of the other troops with the1 exception of supports on either wing, and theywere entreated by Greene to give the enemy two vollies and then retreat to the rear. This com mand was faithfully executed, and with terrific destruction to the Brit ish. All this is clearly established by many witnesses. The last volley was given at not more than forty. yards distant. A rapid retreat then began which got into something like a stampede. Remember, they were- but undisciplined, raw militia, just from the Dloueh. It was time to get away from an advancing column of the best troops on earth, and they with bayonets, whereas the militia bad only old-fashioned rifles that it took quite two minutes to load. It is proved beyond doubt that some of the North Carolina militia even remained to deliver a which was more than had asked them to do. their General The battle is - described at length, and with painstaking care and elab- oratio$. North Uarolina s ouu nne . . - i3 men were in the thick of the fight and even "Light Horse Harry"-i- on. "Rnhart E. Lee's father, who was prejudiced and slandered Nnnh Parol in ft bears witness to the splendid gallantry of the men of Guilford and Alamance under For bis, who "refused to fly even before the British bayonet." To understand the battle and see what North Caro lina really did von must read J ndge Schenck's luminous and conclusive vindication. The authorities intro duced must forever settle the ques tion of how North Carolinians bore themselves on their own soil on 15th March, 1781. tv. a additional testimony, to i . , ' r which the Stab recently drew atten tion. suoDlie'd thirty years or more Mr James Banks, of Fayetteville, will forever preclude honest and truthful men from jlan I dering the brave men who- staked 1 life and all at Guilford's bloody -1L ji Pyi y y ; ni rv i l ; my re i , .. ........ ' : ; 1 1 : : rrr- : ... , : - fight. We thank' Judge Schenck for the conclusiveness of his histori cal investigation ; j for the forceful and convincing manner with which the ; investigation has been made; and for the great service he has done io his native North Carolina in this thorough and complete vindication. A SEftmON FOB 8CROAT. - Our garments are moth-eaten be cause they are not exposed daily to the sunlight and air. Those we wear are subject to no such destruc tion. " Lay themt aside, however, in some drawer or trunk in somo unaired room, where the jlight of Heaven never comes, and the insidious moths will 'consume them. So with our spiritual garments.; As long as they are daily worn and exposed to the" constant light which shines down from the Sun of- Righteous ness, they will never be preyed upon by the destroying moth of sin. This enemy never feeds upon the gar ment of praise and prayer. It seeks dark places and eats into those robes of service , which should jever for a moment be laid aside by the Christ ian worker, j , i j The safety of th( s believer i n Christ consists in duty done. I As long as the follower of Jesus is faithful to his covenanted engagements and is always striving to; do the will of the Master by a life of righteousness and faith, so long will ho remain safe from the alluring power of tempta tion and the fearful contagion of sin; so long will his garments glisten with the beauty of holiness and be free from- the stains and defacements of the piercing moth of transgression. Of such an one it will never be said, "Your garments are ! moth-eateq. Worn all the year round -at homo and abroad, by night and by day and not now and I then, on Sundays or feast days, they are kept sweet and clean and perfect, and can never be injured by those agents whose power to destroy can only affect that which is neglected and discarded. A life of Christian activity is a great protection against spiritual de clension and spiritual death. The earnest worker Js never drawn aside into forbidden paths. He is too busy to come down from the pre cious work to engage in the world's frivolities and sinfulness. He wears his garments unspotted from the world. , It is the idler in the Ch u wno fails away" TToui ii io .TOKmnnr ness and returns to his vomit, dog like. It is the man who hangs around places of temptation and as sociates with men of fleshly natures only who falls into evil ways and loses his soul. Tho moth that flits around the lighted candle, is the moth to got his wings scorched and to lose his life. H i RAITIHl.ES OP THE PLATFORIT1 OF MONOPOLY. The Monopolists' Convention at Chicago has only words of bitterness for the Republicans who refused to i i . support Blaine in 1884. What do you suppose a Convention like that at Chicago would say of men who re too honest. ! too self-respecting, too intelligent to vote for such a tat tooed fellow as Blaine ? Here it is : 'The men who abandoned the Republi can party in 1884, and continue to adhere to tho Democratic party nave aeseriea noi onlv the cause of honest government, oi sound finance, of freedom, of purity of the ballot, but especially have aeseriea we cause of freedom in the civil service. We will not fail to keep our pledges because they have broken theirs, or because their candidate has broken his." What a huge joke ! It is enough to make a mule laugh to hear such a set of fellows prating of "honeBt go vernment.'7 "sound firJfcnce'" "free dom and purity of the ballot" and "freedom in thei civil service." A brass monkey would blush such a declaration from such ar corrupt horde. A party, the most vicious in history, that 6tole and wasted hundreds of millions of tho people's hard earned money, to talk of "hon est government' is to talk the sheer est, most unadulterated nonsense and blarney. ! A party that has systematically stuffed the ballot-box; that has stolen the votes of two sovereign States; that has bulldozed hundreds of thou. sands of operatives, literally forcing them to vote as the bosses voted; that has bought up white voters as sheep are bought m the markets; that has in two States prevented tens of thou sands of free white men from voting; that has made the corporal of the guard and the bayonet important factors in elections, to talk of "free dom and purity of the ballot" is to. talk of that which will befool no man not an idiot. For a party that filled all the offi cers of the land with its henchmen and tools for a quarter of a Century to blow about "the freedom of civil service" is to play the ass on a dead level. ; On the other hand, Mr. Cleveland declares that j at this very time a large majority of the office holders in Washington are Republicans. We can stand moderate tomfool ery, bat when it comes in a flood, onr patience is gone. That' platform of Monopoly is a disgrace to even the distrraced Reoublican party. It has .. : , ; W .v v t.j -j- II aTl II , II..-U. . f -V X i-i ii mt I j WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1888. scarcely a redeeming feature. It is full of lies and misrepresentation. That is the plain1 English of it. ; We were misled it seemajn'saying j that the first ' Normal School would begin at Sparta an 30th June. We are informed that it ahoald : be 30th July. The Wilson Normal School will open on 2nd Jalyand continue until 30th. It will be under the charge of President Silas E. Warren, of Wilson Collegiate Institute. He will be assisted by Charles D. Mclver, Peace Institute, Principal; George T. Winston, Professor of Latin in the University of North Carolina; E. McK. Goodwin, Insti tution for Deaf and Blind; Iowa; W. A. Blair, Winston Graded School, (Superintendent Winston Normal School, jBsssionof '88); Miss Lillian Arnold, formerly teacher of Elocution, in Greensboro Female College, now of New York. By an oversight we failed to men tion the two sermons preached last Sunday at Grace Church by Rev. Mr. Sawyer, a young man of decided promise, who is a licentiate of only some four or five months. He reads his hymns admirably, he speaks cor rect English, and preaches his ser mons, which aro well arranged and give evidence cf , study. He will be a preacher in the years to come if he lives. Physically he is strikingly like that man of God, the great evan gelist Pearson. Blc Bioh-A Sampson. Industry. A correspondent of the Star, writ ing from Warsaw, says: "This place is now on a boom in the whortleberry industry. Last Saturday shipments of 350 crates were made to New York and Philadelphia, and altogether 3, 500 crates about thirty-five hundred bushels have been shipped to North ern markets. The principal shippers here are Mr. Isaac Brown and Messrs. Smith & Bowden, who have their hands full of work in attending to the business. It is estimated that the shipments this season will reach fully 10,000 bushels. Any one not familiar with this industry would be surprised .to know of its magnitude. The shippers pay five to six cents per quart for the berries, and the work of gathering them gives em ployment to hundreds of people who would otherwise be idle. 'Mr. T. B. Pearce has a crate fac tory here, turning out 700 crates daily; and orders continue to pour in can scarcely supply the demana.- Lee (be Public Know. The following circular, which ex plains itself, is published for the in formation of the public: N. C. State Guard Encampment, Citizens' Bureau op Information, Wilmington, June 23, 1888. To the Public The undersigned having been designated a committee to establish a bureau of information, at which visitors to the State (iuard Encamrjment to be held here in July may obtain information, as to places of accommodation, have received per mission to use tne Uity oourt room for headquarters. In view of the large crowd anticipated it is feared that the public hotels may be inade quate to accommodate an oi iub visitors. The j private boarding houses will have to be brought into requisition also, and if tne crowds are to De propeny careu ior, as the reputation of the city requires, private citizens may have to throw open their homes to the accommoda tion of guests. Parties who will ac commodate one, two or more guests during the encampment are asked to notify this bureau at once, stating the number of .persons they can accom modate, wnetner meais or rooms, or both, and prices. It is hoped there will be a general response to this call, and that citizens, ven if it involves some inconvenience, will cc operate with the bureau lor tne purposes sta ted. Every effort will be made to so place visitors as to make it agreeable to both parties, i Respectfully, EO. Jr. UOTCH-KTT, VvUlU u. H. McL. Green, G. H. Smith, D. M. Williams, Iredell Mearks, Committee. Rev. It. S. ITloran, D. JV. A Wilmingtonian recently visited this talented divine in New York and found that for eight or nine months past he has been wasting away with that dreadful disease, consumption. Dr. Moran has many friends in this State, and especially in. Wilmington, where during his ministry he served as pastor of Front Street and Fifth Street Methodist Churches. Mr. George M. Carr, postal clerk on the route from this city to Washington, D. C, died yesterday in that city. His remains will be brought to Wallace's, Duplin county, this eve ning for interment. Mr. Carr was well known in Wilmington, where he had many warm friends. Bishop Granberry, who is to preside at the ! next session of the North Carolina Carolina Annual Con ference has, by request, changed the time for the meeting of that body one week later, so that instead of meeting on trie 2lst day of .November it win meet on the 28th of November. Messrs. Williams & Murchison cleared the j Norwegian barque Hjemmet yesterday for Fleetwood, Eng.,' with 1,650 casks spirits turpen tine, i measuring 82,569 gallons and 692 barrels of rosin, valued at $28,206, The Atlantic Coast Line have issued a circular designating the prices of round trip tickets to this city during the Encampment here. The tickets will be on sale July 14th to 29th and will be gobd to return until the 31st. j Receipts of cotton at this port since the beginning of the present crop , year Sept. 4str-are 166,631 bales, against 133,636 if or the corres- uuuuuiK ueiiuu ittsb year, jyiorcnnsi 33,995 bales. Wti ttorea. .The weekly statement posted yes terday at ; the , Produce Exchange shows receipts from the beginning of the crop year,- April 1st to June 23d, as follows Spirits turpentine, 14,622 casks; last year to same date, 17,505 casks. - Rosin, 56,099 barrels; last year, 77,372 barrels. .' ; Tar, 10,920 Wrrels; last, year, 14,508 barrels; Crude turpentine, 3,479 barrels; last year, 6,158. Stocks are as follows: Spirits tur pentine, 829 casks, as against 5,338 casks at same date last year. Rosin 46,351 barrels; last year, 93,901. Tar, 2,781 barrels; last year, 4,242. Crude turpentine, 821 barrels; last year, 1,076. Fire at Lone Creek. Mr. M. Dv CroQm's store at Long Creek, Pender county.-was- destroyed "by fire last Wednesday night between 10 and 11 o'clock. The stock of goods in the store, with all Mr. Croom's books and papers were also burned. The loss on stock is estimated at $1, 500, on which there was insurance for $1,000. The building was owned by Mr. Jno. A. Jones of Long Creek, and cost jprobably.five orix hundred dol lars. It was not insured. The cause of the fire is not known. Turpentine Still Burned. - Mr. W. L. Rivenbark's turpentine distillery at South Washington was destroyed by fire last Thursday morn ing, between one and two o'clock, together with 20 barrels of crude tur pentine and 20 barrels of rosin. The loss is about $350. The fire was dis covered in time to save adjoining property from destruction, but only after hard work by those present. Two colored men, Glasgow Bryan and Joseph Wheeler, are especially commended for the part they took in preventing the fire from spreading. Tne Steamer Resale. jThe new steamer Bessie, Capt. Crapon, has taken her place upon the river, to run regularly between this city and Southport on and after to-day. Her regular schedule has not yet -been arranged, but for the present she will leave Wilmington at 3.30 p. m. each day and Southport at 7.30 a. m. The Bessie is a staunch, fast boat, is neatly fitted up and can accommodate about seventy-five passengers. She will be the mail boat between this city and Southport. HELiaiOUS MISCELLANY. The American Bible Society distributed 253,915 copies of the Scriptures ia China and Siam, and 72,926 copies in Japan duriog the last year. The increase in the membership of the Southern Methodist Church during tbe past year has been 41 079. The total membership now is 1,107,456. : The source of final happiness is inherent in the heart; be is a fool who seeks it elsewhere. He is like the shepherd who searched for the sheep which was ia 'iii&SZ .yem9 a good preacher, but of these piety is the chief. No amount of talent, learning, good-breeding or address can supersede the necessity in tho minister of a profound con secration of heart and life to the service of God. Bichmond Advocate. The sad news has reached Lon don that Bishop Parker died on the 20th of March, of sickness, in the Unyoro country, to the southeast of the Albert Nyanza. Bishop Parker was the .successor of the la mented Bishop flannington, who was put to death by tho orders of King Uganda. The word "crown" has lost its significance as completely as the word "cross." Pious gossips have talked about crowns of gold until the world has come to believe that the saints are expecting a coro nation day when all the hidden wealth of California and the precious stones of Bra zil and Asia will be exhausted in supplying dazzling head ornament for the newly made kings of heaven. An unreverential sinner is not too reverential to ask: If ev erybody in heaven is to have one of these crowns what will they be worth a dozen? But He who. in this life, covers us with "loving kindness and tender mercies" will not in tbe world to come put his children oil with a glittering trifle. It will be a crown of righteousness, a crown of rejoic ing, a crown of life, and my crown will not be depreciated an iota it millions receive the same inheritance. .Ke. & L. Pell in Raleigh Advocate. How the work of God lingers in the word; how it lingers in the churches; how it lingers in individual hearts and lives lingers in the world and in the churches because it lingers in the hearts. and lives of Christians. When the holy nre ourns brightly on the altars of personal hearts, the light of Zion shall go forth as bright ness and her salvation like a burning lamp. This is a Christian age, but an age more inclined to the material than to the spiritu al, even in its Christian activities. It is a generation of great religious energy, in deed; but a generation more of plans and schemes and combinations for doing Christian work, than of high religious at tainments and lofty Teachings after person al godliness. The standard of the average Christian life is low. There is, it is to be feared, a disposition to depreciate the cul tivation of the spiritual faculties, as com pared with external religious services, as though it tended to a useless asceticism. And thus all the spiritual faculties of the anul become dormant or atrophied. No man can work for Christ hopefully in the; church or in the world who does not work for Christ effectually in his own heart nrst.: Richtnond (Va.) Religious Herald. j POLITICAL POINTS. It would appear that neither Mr. Blaine's friends nor his enemies believo him capable of meaning what he says. ? Phil. Record. j In insisting that the Republican for the Presidency shall be a gen-r tleman Gov. Foraker is not onlvr ight but unselfish. Phil. Record, Pern. J. G. B.'s soliloquy: To run or not to run, that is the question Whether 'tis better after all to tarry Four years longer, and thus cast an anchor To windward, or to venture an at onco And end perplexity. . . Albany Argu, Pern. ' . ., 4- This time will be John Sher man's last chance, sure enough, and the way he has set himself to the task of win ning is a caution to raw and untrained can didates from the rowdy West. Phil. Be- cord, Bern. . In the grandeur of the highlands Blaine is now across the aea, ! With a sorrow in his bosom that upsets the g. o. p., .! But it matters very little since, on dit, - 'twixtyou and me, " Reform is marching on. Chicago Times, Ind. Whitelaw Reid called on Mayor Hewitt, of New York, on Wednesday. It was whispered that the object of the visit was to ascertain whether the Mayor would run for a second term on a business men s nomination with a Republican indorse ment, and that the Mayor replid: "I am nnt a mndidate at all. I COUld not run that wav in anv event. I am a Democrat if I am anything." Phil Record. FiPTfKTfl VONGKF.88. . PIKvr 8BSSI. Notblnc of Interest Done In N en ate Tbe Ilousa Nou-Coneirrs In senate amendments to Two appropriation pills A Stupendous Lie from rnl cae Disproved, j SENATE. Washington. June 21. Mr. Blair called attention to the fact that to-day was the one hundrelb anniversary of the ratifica tion of tbe Constitution by the rJtate of New Hampshire, and the consolidation of the States which had up to that time rati fied it In the capital ot that State appro priate ceremonies were now in progress, he said, for the celebration of that great event. He accordingly movtd that in recognition of tho day and in honor of bis native State, the Senate adjourn. The motion was temporarily suspended until the close of the morning business and of a brief executive session. Mr. Blair then 'renewed his motion and the Senate adjourned till Monday. HOU3E OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Senate amendments to the Diplo matic and Consular Appropriation bill and tbe District of Columbia Appropriation bill were non-concurred hv and a conference was ordered on the first named bill. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. ; - In the . course of debate on the public lands survey Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, declared that the Democratic party had re covered 80,000,000 acres of publfc lands, and said that the most stupendous lie be had ever heard had emanated to-day from Chicago, where the ; Convention had de clared that the Democratic party had never forfeited any of the land grants j Without concluding the consideration of the measure the committee rose and the House at 5 o'clock adjourned. Washington, June 22. Senate not in session. ' . ' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. McRac, of Arkansas, presented as privileged matter a joint resolution ex tending to the States of Florida and Louisi ana the provisions of the act of May 14th, 1888, relating to the disposal of public lands. Passed. j The House then went into Committee of the Whole on tho Sundry Civil Appropria tion bill. ! i On motion of Mr. Oates, of Alabama, a proviso was attached to the item making appropriations for fees of United States marshals and their deputies, requiring ac counting officers of Treasury to audit the accounts of these officers within sixty days of the presentation, r Mr. Johnston, of North Carolina, offered as an amendment to the clause providing fees for United States Commissioners, a Clause in the tariff biil forbidding the issue of warrants ia revenue cases unless upon sworn complaint setting forth the facts as within the personal knowledge of affiant, or upon sworn complaint of the collector or deputy collector, or revenue agent, set ting forth tho fact upon information and belief. This was filially adopted yeas 63, nays 43. ! Tho committee then rose, and the bill was passed. On motion of Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, the House again resolved iuclf into Committee of tho Whole on the Naval Apr propriation bill. Without making any sub stantial amendment except to provide an appropriation of $120,000 for guns for the new dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, the com mittee rose and the bill was passed. i Mr. Holman called up the unfinished business, being the General Law bill, but before any progress was made the House, after passing, at the instance of Mr. Mc Adoo, of New Jersey, the Senate bill to re Store to their status in the navy certain Cadet engineers of the class of 1881-18.:1 SeBSlOn IO OB lVll -VU" 1- m. rUVUU vate pension bills. Washington, June 23. Senate Dotin session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Speaker laid before the House mes -sages from the President, returning, with out his approval, five private pension bills Mr. Belmont presented the conference re port on the International Maritime Confer ence bill. Agreed to. The conferees re-" commend an increase of - the number of delegates from five J to seven two to be naval officers, one ah officer of the life sav ings service, two captains of the merchant marine, and two citizens skilled in shipping and admiralty practice. The appropriation is fixed at $20,000, as it was in the original Belmont bill. The lime and place of meet ing is left discretionary with the President, with a proviso that the commissions of tbe delegates shall expire January 1st, 1890. Mr. Belmont also reported from the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs the bill intro duced by him to give effect to the Chinese treaty. The only amendments are provi sions taken from the Morrow bill, making the bill to take effect upon the ratification of the treaty, and wiping out the section allowing six months during which tbe Chi nese may return upon certificates. The re port is unanimous, Mr. Morrow consenting to the recommendation that his bill lie upon the table. I After a struggle lasting an hour on the ordor of business, the Public Buildings Committee secured the floor, and Mr, Dibble, of South Carolina, called up the Senate bill for tbe construction oi a Duua- ing at Portland, Oregon, with an amend ment reducing the appropriation from 500.000 to Z350.000 By further amend ment the amount was still further reduced to 200.000. The whole afternoon was spent in an effort to get a quorum, and failing to secure one on the nronosieion to report tne rort- land bill favorably, the House at 2.40 p. m. adjourned. ' " BLAINE VS. GRE8HAM. A Free Flffbt Between Rival Factions . at Cnlcago Convention. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago. Juue 22. Late last evening a Blaine procession marched into the ro tunda ot the Grand Pacific Hotel with a band of music and hoisted their transpa rencies. The cheering was tremendous tin horns, flan, canes, umbrellas and: hats helping on the general enthusiasm. I The Gresham procession had returned to the hotel onlv a few minutes beiore ana some of the Gresham men did not relish the Blaine enthusiasm. They went to the Gresham rooms and brought out a couple of transDarencies used in the parade and hoisted them to counteract the cheering for "the man from Maine." The din now be came frightful. The big rotunda was one solid mass of humanity: men standing on chairs and loungea, and wherever they could obtain foot hold. Cheers for Blaine and counter cheers for Gresham j rent the air. until Clark street became impassa Wh from crowds trying to get into the hotel. Hats were hoisted on canes and umbrellas, and amid the din the old campaign ' shout of "Blaine," "Blaine," .'"James u. iiiainer could be heard like tbe yell oi a marching mv. The sympathizers seemed to be even iv divided, and when the Blaine noise! fal tered, tbe 'Gresham men cheered like mad mpn. Suddenlv a man carrying a Blaine transparency was hoisted on the shoulders of a group of enthusiasts, and from j this eminence he ! waved the name of Plumed Knight" The crowd went wild. Then the Gresham men aia tne same, ana for twenty minutes there was rivalry to see which motto could be placed the highest. Men pulled off their coats, climbed on top of each other, and waved the names of Blaine and Gresham within a lew ieet oi each other.- If ; one motto fell it was orasned bv a score of bands and sent nlnft airain. Finally the Blaine man ranched the cftDital of the pillar. His ban ner was now the highest, but the Gresham fMtnw. more of a sailor, cumoea up nis nilrkr tn a nroiection above the capital, and pushed his banner against the ceiling. The crowd went wild. He had hardly descended when a nack of Blaine men set upon him. and in a second every vestige of linen was torn from the frame he carried. The Oreaham men 'retaliated, and the Blaine banner was only saved by being rushed out through a near-oy store. NO 34 In the melee the partisans pounded one another in the face, and several of the men were knocked to the floor. Policemen in vain tried to force their way through the dense crowd, but before they reached the combatants the strugglo was over. Ia revenge two Gresham men climbed up and fixed their favorite's pictures on the highest points of the pillars, and left them there. I . . , . j Such a scene was never known in Chicago before. Last night was the last occasion many of the clubs had to shout for their favorite candidates, and they made the most of it. j Alger clubs paraded, the Sher man forces were out, and tbe Gresham clubs repeated their tour of the principal streets, with half a dozen bands and my riads of torchlights. The principal Gresham demonstration was composed of a large number of workingmeu, armed with tin dinner pails and spades, who paraded, headed by ! the Topeka Flambeaux Club. Blaine processions were not wanting either during the evening, j DAVIDSON COLLEGE. Charlotte Obserever's Report. The contest between the cho sen representatives! of the two lite rary societies from the junior class for a gold medal is always regarded with excited interest. All of the speeches showed neat ness, and; reflected credit upon the speakers and upon the institution of learning.; Yesterday was commencement proper, j A tremendous crowd, or, in other words, the crowd which usu ally gathers on this day, was present. Tho salutatory was delivered by William H. Baker, of Jacksonville, Fla., on "Science;: Her Sphere and Limitations." j Dougold N. McLaughlin, Winder, N. C, spoke on the "Value of Lofty Ideals." ! j H. A. I Banks, Asheville, N. C, spoke oh 'Christianity and the Chil dren." j j The Philosophical Oration con cluded the orations by the Seniors. It was delivered by S. R. McKee, of Matthews, N. C, on "The Dangers of Western Supremacy." The following medalistB were an nounced and greeted with applause : Philanthropic Society. Debater's medal, W. J. Martin, Jr., of David son College, N. C. Essayist's medal, J. A. McArthur, Fayetteville, N. C. Declaimer's medal, R. H. Holland, Charlotte, N. C. j Eumenean Society Debater's med al, S. R. McKee, i Matthews, N. C. Essayist's medal, H. A. Banks, Ashe ville, N.i C. Declaimer's medal, S. H. Edmunds, Sumter, S. C. The contestant among the repre sentatives of the two societies who spoke tbe evening before and who bore offlthe prize, was J. K. Smith, of Conyers, Ga. The medals were presented to the winners in a happy and an eloquent speech, by Hou. i W. M. Robbins. The degree of A.M., was conferred on.W. R. Moore, of Tennessee; H. L. Smith and C. A. Smith, of North Carolina. Tbe honorary degree of A. M. was conferred on Prof. Win ston, of Chapel Hill. The degree of nawnngs, or liyncnourg, ya., ai Rev. S.lM. Smith, of Washington N. C. - Col. W. J, Martin presented tbe diplomas in j brief, but solemn and impressive words. Robert G. Sparrow pronounced the valedictory in the finest taste and befitting pathos, j Thus closed one of the best com mencements Davidson ever had. The institution I was never more hopeful, nor had so bright a future. C O URVN tTcOMMEN T. In a : word, the Republican party goes to the country as oppos ing tax reduction except upon whiskey and tobacco, or the alterna tive plan of reducing revenue by in creasing tariff duties to the prohibi tive point on goods that may be produced in this country. I hey would also obvnte tne necessity ot tax reduction by larger expenditure. Here is a plain issue, easily under stood, and there is nothing else in the question. The fustian of opposing "combinations" land "trusts" I while supporting the policy of discrimina tion which makes combinations and trusts possible; prating about a mer chant marine and in the same breath opposing free ships, and affecting to be concerned for the interests of labor whilst insisting upon the main tenance of a system which robs the employe for the benefit of the em ployer, will pass with intelligent men for what it is worth. The signifi cant omission of the platform is the customary coddling word for the Prohibitionists. The temperance poker is getting red-hot, "and the platform builders were afraid to touch it. HiXCept ior its slaud on the tariff question the platform .is weak.i Phil. Record, Dem. One thing Dr. Steel (frater nal delegate from the M. E. Church, South), in his' iuimitable address, iled. to tell us was wnetner tne nth purposes to have a free ballot for black and white, and a full count of all votes cast and no more. ZiorCs Herald (Northern Methodist). The Southern Methodist Church is not in politics, and did not send a delegate -to discuss ballots. Dr. Steel, how ever,! might have exhorted Rhode Island not to j publish the price of votes as ranging from seven to fif teen dollars or I he might have read Tourgee's "Letters to a King" re vealing the corruption of -Northern politics. What about the "full count" of the fraudulent ballots of the i vote' for Bishops ? Rich mond Advocate. j LITERARY GOSSIP. The Methodist Church, accord ing to the Rev. Dr. Richard Wheatley, is represented in literature by over 2,000 works. - I Andrew I Lang has written a fairy tale, which will be brought out in Londod by Arrpwsmith, with illustrations in color. A new life of the poet Schiller,by Otto! Brahtn, is announced. The author has bad access to much hitherto unpub lished material. J L Macmillan & Co. will shortly publish a new volume by Matthew Arnold entitled "Essays in Criticism: Second Se ries." The title was chosen and the selec tion of articles made by Arnold himself in January last. Blaine and Harrison or Blaine; and McKinley.1 Either would be a meet powerfnl combination. Wash, Post. . The Statesville Mail, the lead- . Reoublican Darjer of th RtAta Mr. JohnS. Henderson I has . been renominated for Congress from the ! 7th District. He ia the ablest man North Carolina has in the pre sent House. ' . 7 Charlotte Chronicle: A flagman named Thomas Glenn fell from a freight train near Central, on the Air Line road yesterday, and was very badly hart. At last accounts hei was speechless, i - (The Greensboro Workman Says the crowd at Mt. Airy was variously estimated at from 4,000 to 12,000. There are few people who can guess well. It is : safe to divide most esti mates of crowds by 2 or 3. " -I Oxford -Torchlight? The meet ing of the Grand Lodge of Masons, which was to have been held in Ox- -ford on June 21st, has been postponed till I July i 12th. On Saturday night, as Murray, the barber, had finished lathering Mr. Hunter Flem ming's face, preparatory to shaving, the electric lights were turned off, leaving the Shop in perfect darkness. Notwithstanding this, Murray shaved his customer and dressed his hair, making an exceedingly neat job-of it. --E. City Carolinian: The ad dress of John H. Small, Esq., of Washington, at the Academy on Wednesday night was both excellent and of more than ordinary interest. While it contained just enough of humor and rhetoric to please and fix attention, it was abounding in what one of our Western judges would call "the sound 'corn of practical sense." Hisj theme was "The New North State." Mr. Small is one of the com ing men of mark in our "State one who has convictions and the courage to express them. Durham Plant: Beginning to day the Plant has established a To bacco Department, with Mr. Alexan der j Walker as tobacco editor, i The information in regard to the growing crop is not very favorable. Not more than 70 per cent, of the crop planted and the weather is so very dry it is almost impossible to plant. We learn with regret of the death of Mrs. Mary A. Maynor, wife of Mr. Wm. Maynor, which oc curred at her home in this place at 8 o'clock this morning, after a linger ing; illness. Mrs. Maynor was fifty years of age and had been a resident of Durham for twentythree years. Henderson Gold . Leaf: JThe uniforms for the Vance Guards have come and the company will at once be commissioned by the Governor and accepted as a portion of the State Guard. Mr. R. E. Young has the queen of butter producing cows in this section, if not in the State. : He tells us that from two gallons of milk 2 pounds of butter have been made. r The family of Mr. Matt Duke, who lives some miles from Hender son, is sorely afflicted. Yesterday af ternoon a child of his was buried in the cemetery here, and this morning we hear that Mr. Duke himself died last night. His wife and another child are lying at the point of death, and are not expected to live. -j Raleigh News-Observer: A gov ernment regulation thermometer reg istered 89 in the shade yesterday af ternoon. The number of visitors now at Morehead is 800, A tele gram was received in this city yes terday which annouced the death at j Henderson on the same day of Captain John Booth, of that place, in his 68th year. He was originally from Gates county. His death was caused from the effects of a wound received in 1862 in the charge on the town of Washington, N. C. He was Captain of Company C, of the Second North . Carolina Cavalry. We learn f romW. P. Batchelor that Colonel Saunders is still detained at Chapel Hill by an attack of rheumatism, the worst h he has had in the last ten years. I The worst of the attack, we are glad to say, is over. Wilson Advance: Dr. R. W, gVaadUWfHkothAddress ,tj the of that place had the pleasure of hearing from Dr. King a beautiful and charming address. Mrs. Wi ley Higgs, near Scotland Neck,! died last Sunday. She was a most excel lent woman a consistent, earnest member of the Primitive Baptist Church. The Kernersville News and Farm, in speaking of the Press Association, warns the editors of the State that no man who is not a bona fide editor will receive the courtesies ot the Association. For years a num ber of men who were not editors; have been availing themselves of the cour tesies extended the Association to enjoy a summer trip. j Rockingham Rocket : The wheat crop in this county is almost a failure; so say the farmers. Rev. Jeptha Hay died at his home I near Hamlet on Monday last, 18th, ! aged about 70 years. Complaints come ih from every quarter, and something " should be done at once, if the health of the town is to be preserved.; The germs of disease float upon every breeze when filth is allowed to accu-' mulate in the gutters and the back f lots. Let's have a general cleaning up. Mrs. C. C. Capel and two of her Children, one about five years old and the other a baby, had started on a visit to a neighbor, driving a mule. The mule took fright and ran, up setting the buggy - and throwing its occupants out, a wheel of the vehicle passing over Mrs. Capel's neck,, while she sustained other painful injuries by the fall. The baby was -seriously hurt, and its life was despaired! of at the time we received our information. The older child was. bruised and scratched, but not seriously! hurt. A The house of Mr. Wm. S. Batton, three miles east of town, was burned down on Monday night last, near the hour of midnight. Mr. Batton and wife were asleep when the noise and glare of the flames awoke them. No fire had been left in the fireplace, and the house was first discovered j burn ing in a corner opposite the fireplace Nearly everything" the occupans own ed was destroyed. An examination revealed the fact that the house was Set on fire by some malicious person, whose tracks were visible near the spot next morning. j New Bern Journal: Fifty or sixty gentlemen of Boston are organ izing for the purpose of visiting Roa noke Island and New Bern in Octo ber next. Morehead, N. C, June 20. Committee on programme reported that the first item on tne or der of business to-day is a talk from Dr. J. W. Jones,of Tarboro, President of the State Board of Health. Dr. Jones spoke for ten minutes on the subject of sanitation. Dr.; Jones stated that Dr. R. H. Lewis, ot Ra- -leigh, and himself had been sent by the Board of Health to communicate with the teachers of North Carolina, , and ask their cooperation in the mat- a ter of sanitary regulation not only for the schools but also for families. Dr. Lewis was then introduced and spoke for twenty-five minutes on "The Care of the Eyes of Children." Prof. Eugene Branson, Superinten dent of Public Schools of Athens, Ga,, (a native of North Carolina), then gave the audience a succinct, clearly put and well digested plan of teach ing numbers. The Circuit Court . of the United States, for the district of North Carolina, convened pursu ant to adjournment in this city on Wednesday evening. Judge Seymour nresidinc. The case of the Citizens' National Bank of Raleigh ys. Re ceiver Dowd, of the State National Bank, was taken up. The question at issue was whether or not the de positors or creditors of the-State Na tional Bank, who made deposits on the eve of the failure of the bank, were entitled to priority over other creditors. The case was argued by F. H. Busbee, Esq., for Receiver Dowd, and R. H. Battle, Esq., for the Citizens' National Bank and other creditors. The Court held that the more recent creditors were en- titled to-no preference over others. ' i Si - -T ii.i,. ! ... 1
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