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A VIRGINIAN BDITOB IN UPFBB
OEOUGIA.
Rev. Dr. Lafferty, one of the wit
tiest of living editors, and whose
irony and, sarcasm bite like vitriol,
has again been, visiting Atlanta and
sends to his paper, the Richmond
Kjiirisitui nuvuGuie, a ueiignuui
characteristic letter that is spicy and
sparkling. No one bat John Laf
ferty coma nave written it. it is
brimful of point, and though quite
three columns of the type of the
Stab he makes, the best hits and in
that nervous, sharp Btyle that wastes
no words and never misses the mark.
If We had the space we conld gather
a column of extracts that are worthy
of more permanent setting. What
a volume of "Ana" could be gathered
" from his editorial writings within the
last dozen or fifteen years! He is
Southern and why not Bay of him
what you think and truth requires.
-' If he were dead the best Southern
pens would delight to do him honor.
He is a man of rare and high gifts.
Long may he live to defend the
Southern people and to apply the
cautery to the raw places of the tra-
Georgia, you know, has many men
of very marked parts. All 'through
its history it has had men of power in
Church and State. Its leading men
Colquitt, the two Cobbs, (grandsons
of North Carolina), the two Stephens
brothers,Toombs, Ben Hill and others
were strong men among great men.
Bishop Pierce (another grandson of
our State), was a Prince in Israel,
one of the greatest of American ora
tors. Bishop Elliott was another
eminent and abler ecclesiastic. Bui
Georgia has been signally blessed
with great pulpit men. It has also
been much favored with humorous
and other writers. Judge Long
street's "Georgia Scenes" has been
laughed over for a half century and
. will continue to be laughed over for
probably another, half century to
come. Ned Brace and Ranzy Snif
fle, are immortal. Ticknor, the Geor
gian writer of verse, was a true poet,
and he struck his lyre with the prac
ticed hand of a real singer.
0
But we did not take pencil to write
up Georgia, but to copy a paragraph
or two from the Virginian editor.
Dr. Lafferty thus sings the praises of
a Georgian unknown to us. It is too
good to be omitted. He says:
"I heard Georgia's rare character, Bimon
Peter Richardson, commonly called "Un
' le Himnn v lnr.tnre. He Is eiff htv. nniaue.
una a Bignv on we enr.11. iuu wuuiu
. put him down at forty years old. He has
made the fortune of many platform speak
ers by furnishing queer, keen, homely
"sayings." Georgia is full of his bright
biting, brimstone witticisms. He told me
he took up a collection of the "best things"
of a famous humorist and marked twenty
three out of twenty-seven as "borrowed
without credit" from himself. The Geor
gians tell me he could makes fortune if he
would collect even a tenth of his sharp
proverbs. A single sermon is crusted all
over with seed pearl. The patient and
shrewd Chinese have washed out the rich
"tailings" left by the careless and early
miners of California, and made a fortune
cut of this discarded "pay dirt." There is
a good chance for fame to fellows that will
gather up "Uncle Simon's" spilt moral
maxims."
. Uncle Simon is worth knowing,
and as Ned Bottom.the Weaver,says,
"We shall desire you of more ac
quaintance, good master Cobweb."
Rev. Dr. Haygood is the Georgian
who refused a Bishopric He is the
author of books, and thoughtful ones
they are. He is a foremost man in
assemblies and has the pen of a ready
writer. Lafferty paid him a visit
and in his own fine, inimitable way
. - si.it 1 - L. XT" 1 J
"thus discourses of him:
"On the Georgia railroad are Edgefield.
KIrkwood, Decatur. Decatur is only six
miles from Atlanta. This is the home of
Dr. Hajgood. I went out and saluted him
on his own heath doing myself an honor.
His salary goes elsewhere than in selfish
adornment. If Haygood isn't following
close npon the sacred and sandalled foot
steps of the 'Man of Galilee,' I much miss
the right reading of that Life. When I
think of Haygood, v and the spirit of the
Sanhedrim is upon me, I am tempted to
mut htm nnt. nt the avnnirricma twmnaA
he observed not the 'tradition of the Eld-
I T7U T A lh nn.mul t.lnii Via
via. nuvuiiQBu n j iu yiuu iidivu uv
memorabilia of Jesus, and think of His
coming again, I begin to ask if the hamlet
m B-v . is . TT1. 1 L T 1l1
01 vecatur wouia not ne om pest oetuany
now."
Dr. L. lectured once in Wilming
ton . It was a failure. - He was not
well and it waa freezing cold. 'He
was not himself. He is a great suc
cess ordinarily, but he' says he failed
, in Georgia. We quote:
" "The Virginia folks will know something
eot wronz a 'hot box or bunted tube in
the boiler when I tell them that the talk
blew down the brakes at the end of an
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VOL. XX.
hour. At that mark on the dial I usually
cut-off valve and draw out throttle. The
bad water at Atlanta made the machine
'foam,' as the engineers say, and the thirty
five minims tine. opli. run the steam down.
The whistle only buzzed with a saliva of hot
water instead of waking the woods as it
went by. I side-tracked the 'Lack of Luck'
at the first switch.". " ; -
We must give one other extract.
He thinks Henry Grady the most
gifted of Amerioan editors. He Bays:
. "The chisf paper In Georgia is the At
lanta Constitution. It would seem 'all the
talents' had drifted into the service of that
great Journal. There isnt a man in Amer
ica who can -set an ink-horn side by side
the fountain pen. Inspired at times as it an
angel troubled Its thrilling current, of Hen
ry Grady. The other day he wrote an ap
peal for a Confederate Home. Georgia
read ' it with throbbing pulse and open
purse. Checks for fifty thousand dollars
choked the mails to Atlanta. That stogie
article was superior to volumes of 'choice
selections.'" -
We did not see the article referred
to, but we have read some of his ed
itorials, and read several of his
speeches when at his best. - And now
for our judgment. . . He- cannot begin
to measure with his eulogist. " He
never got ' in speaking distance of
Lafferty's prose threnody on Leroy
M. Lee, or his more masterful lec
ture on Bishop MoTyeire. This
writer would, rather have written
the last named (not the editorial we
quoted from, very fine, but the lec
ture) than to have written all that
Grady has - written in his life. The
Virginian's "ink-horn" will make a
half dozen of the Georgian's.
THE CRITICISMS UPON BISHOP
POTTER,
It is remarkable how very much
the sermon of Bishop Potter at the
Washington Centennial is being dis
cussed in ' the pulpits, in the news
papers, in private circles. The North
ern papers oontain much of this.
The partisan Republican organs and
tooters are "down on" the able eccle
siastic and give him some vigorous
"knocks" not altogether of. the
"Apostolic" sort. The truth has hit
hard and has wounded deeply. The
political parsons are also disposed "to
pitch into" the Bishop of New York
with ungloved hands and after the
muscular Christianity style. But not
all. Be it said to their credit, some of
the ministers of the Gospel who
have spoken, have taken up the cud
gels for the brave, bold Bishop, and
have given their own flocks some
thing to think of. One of them no
tably is Rev. Mr. Millard, of Roches
ter, N. Y. He is a Presbyterian and
e hit the President straight from
the shoulder in a reoent discourse.
The New York Commercial Adver
tiser says : ;- '-
"Mr. Millard made bold to tell his con
gregation, in which there were many strong
Republicans, that the first two months of
the present administration have been mark
ed by 'disgraceful proceedings,' and' that
its principal work has been the removal of
tried officials and the appointment of men
noted for their political influence rather
than for their ability or worthiness. The
Rochester John Knox will get into trouble
if he continues to talk in this dreadful man
ner. "
As a matter of some interest we
have been trying to obtain a list of
WilmingtonianB now living who were
students or graduates of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Our list
is no doubt imperf eot, but it will
show that there are not a few of our
best and most influential people who
have been students in the past at the
famous University that has done so
much for North Carolina and the
whole.South. Any names omitted
will be added if reported. We men
tion only the living: Dr. A. J. De
Rosset, non. George Davis, CoL
Thos. C. Mollhenny Dr. W. W.
Harriss, Col. A. M. Waddell,
John D. Bellamy, Marsden Bellamy,
CoL John D. Taylor, Jndge O. P.
Meares, W alker Meares, Dr. W. W.
Lane, Dr. W. J. Love, Maj. Charles
M. Stedman, Dr. George G. Thomas,
Rev. Robert Strange, D. G. Worth,
D. S. Cowan, Col. B. R. Moore, Ju
nius Davis, Alvis Walker, Dr. W.
B. Meares, Col.W. L. DeRosset, Du
Brutz Cutlar, Joseph MoLaurin, M.
C. S. Noble, Frederick J. Lord, Wm.
R. Kenan, Frank EL Stedman, Wm.
Walters, Sol C. Weill, Thomas Rad
cliffe, Thomas W. Strange, Charles
Worth, George Worth, Bonner
Southerland, E. A. Alderman, J. W.
Atkinson, W. E. Hedrick, J. B.
Hawes, H. L. Fennell, Prof. Man
ning, John D. Bellamy, Jr., Russell
Bellamy and T. B. Kingsbury.
In the class just graduated at West
Point the South gets two of the first
seven. The seven are:
"Eben E. Wiaslow, Massachusetts; Al
bert McD'Armit, Iowa; Chester Harding,
Alabama; Clement A. F. Flagler, Iowa;
Robert McGregor, Michigan; William W.
Harts, Illinois; Edmund W. Blake, South
Carolina."
" North Carolina has one graduate,
Matt R. Peterson, who stood 31 in a
olass of 48. The South has the honor
of furnishing the tail, in the person
of E. L. WinBton, Tennessee. The
time was before the war when the
South made a better showing. Our
young; men must be indifferently
prepared surely.
Gen' William S. Harney, whose
death was briefly announced by tele
grapbj was among the bravest of the
brave. He was born in Tennessee, in
1797. lie was a splendid fighter and
gained laurels in Indian wars ana
aananiftllv in lli a -Mflxiaan war. He
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was 0 feet 3 inches tall. ,
MEMORIAL DA.Y.
Hot Weatber-Tbe Street Pcan.IIn
: of narcb Scenes at the Cemetery
Gen. Cox's Speech-mane ana Mll-
; Itery Freeh Flower for the Hero
Dead Finale.
The sun yesterday morning rose in
a : cloudless sky. with every- indicar
tion that the weather would be fine, all
through for the ceremonies attend
ing the annual strewing of flowers up
on the graves of the -Confederate he
roes who, after the tumult, toil, hard
ships and sufferings of .soldiers (now
sleep peacefully and" quietly" beneath
the sod in . the holy retreat of Oak-
dale. The usual preparations for .the
event had been made, although with
some additions which made the occa
sion notable. .. Our citizens had con
tributed freely and liberally' from
their gardens ' to ; furnish . flowers
with which to decorate the soldiers
graves, . .the streets wherever, pos
sible hacT eeiT aren6h?drwlthat
to free them - from the intolerable
dust, and many horses and carriages
had been generously placed by their
owners at the disposal of those hav
ing charge of the arrangements, to be
used as required. Although the pro
gramme had announced that the pro
cession would start at 3:30 p. m. ow
ing to some unavoidable delay the
movement was not begun until near
ly 4 p. m. The procession moved in
the order named in the programme,
save that it took Red Gross street in
stead of Campbell street, as was an
nounoed. The Germanla Cornet band
headed the line with full ranks ' and.
commenced the march by playing
Kershaw's Funeral March in D minor
by Prof. R. J Herndon, who is well
known in this city. Their instrumen
tation was "good and the piece well
adapted, to the solemnity: of such an
occasion. The Wilmington Light In
fantry, Capt. J. H.-Daniel In com
mand, and numbering 58 men rank
and file, were next in line. The evolu
tions of this fine corps were almost
perfect and rfleoted honor upon the
city and upon the State Guard, to
which they belong, and among which
they stand desirably high.'
We neglected to state in its proper
place that the procession was escort
ed by a squad of police under the
charge of Sergeant Pugh. And we
may here state that the Light Infant
ry appeared in white trousers, which
gave them a cool, comfortable and at
the same time a soldierly appearance.
The streets, where there was no op
portunity for sprinkling them, were
miserably dry and dusty, and as the
weather was Intolerably hot, many
of those who went on foot suffered
severely. There was a large throng
present, and the street cars as well as
all other vehicles obtainable were
crowded all day. 5
Arriving at. the cemetery, the
Ladies' Memorial Association, the
veterans and others having a right
to be within the Confederate lot,
were soon in their proper places, the
military were at rest. Chief Marshal
Capt. C. D. Myers, called the assem
blage to order and invited Rev. W. S.
Creasy, of Grace M. E. Church, to In
voke God's blessing on the services
and npon the people. The prayer of
Rev. Mr. Creasy was brief, simple,
affecting and was composed of "words
fitly spoken." This was followed by
a finely rendered chorus by the choir,
after which there was a dirge by the
Germania Cornet Band, the rendi
tion of which evinced much taste,
skill and faithful practice. The
Chief Marshal then, in a few but very
felicitously chosen words, introduced
Gen. W. R. Cox as the orator of the
occasion.
Gen. Cox is a fine, remarkably
young looking man for one 01a
enough to command a brigade nearly
a quarter of a century ago, is above
the medium height, has an erect mil
itary figure, a good presence and a
splendid voice, which was under per
fect control and could be heard dis
tinctly in every part of the enclosure.
He began his- address by speaking of
the retreat of the Army of Northern
Virginia from Petersburg to Appo
mattox, stating that it had been com
pared to the passage of the Beresina;
but, viewed in all Its aspects, the per
sonnel of the troops, their heroism,
etc., this retreat stood without its
parallel in the annals of modern war.
In its retreat from Moscow, the army
of Napoleon was composed of Croats.
Poles, Italians and adventurers from
other nationalities who had been at
tracted to the standard of their great
leader through a spirit of military
adventure. On the contrary the army
of Lee comprised the purest type of
Amerioan manhood, who were de
scended from a breed which for more
than eieht hundred years had been
masters of the earth wherever they
had set their feet. , !
Our "Boldierslfousrht alone for what
they believed were the inalienable
rights of freemen. - To them disaster
brought nothing more than the dis
appointment of long cherished hopes,
when, at Appomattox, they surren
dered the arms with which they had
filled the world with fame, and wrest
ed admiration from their, victors by
their heroic fortitude and unyielding
constancy. For four long years they
had borne ' upon the points of their
glittering bayonets the fortunes of
the young Confederacy, and now
when overwhelmed by superior num
bers, they submitted to fate the war
was over and peace, with soft eye
and snow-white wing, again brooded
over our reunited but distracted land.
It is near a quarter of a century
since the last hostile gun was fired in
the war between the States: Every
one within the sound of my voice "is a
a citizen of the Union, established by
the war, securing the protection, en
joying the blessings, and recognizing
as our first duty, the defnece of her
honor from her foes. .
The enquiry then naturally arisesi
why do we ' do honor to ' those who
are recognized as its most formida
Wee
WILMINGTON, N. C,
ble enemies? Before proceeding with
the main purpose, we have in view It
is my pleasure as well as my duty, "to
explain the seeming inconsistency.
As a mere matter - of sentiment, " it
might be sufflcient to say that, inas
much as the fortitude, the suffering
and the sacrifices of the Southern sol
diers are everywhere recognized- and'
have even won the respect and admi
ration of the vietors,'that we,'at least, '
should not be slow to render td them
the homage of our appreciation.' 1
This would be assumption of supe
riority on our jart, and rob our good
intentions of their chief merit,' for we
must recognize that their chief claim
to our gratitude must, at last, Test
upon the justice, of the cause for
which they fought. -
There was nothing in the conduct
of the Southern soldier disloyal - to
the Union as it was. There Is noth
ing in the Constitution as it now ' is
which should prevent us - frVm ren
dering to it a cheerful antfloyafcsup-
rpoiti ' A lfferenco-fryyitw an
to the theory of consolidation and
State's rights, and paradoxical as it
may seem, it was' States rights that
upheld the Union and State's rights
that maintained the Confederacy.
It was the love of State's that caused
the border States to espouse ' the
cause of their respective sid.es. North
Carolina was possibly more attached
to the Union than any other of the
seceding States. She had really a
love and reverence for it, but when
President Lincoln issued his procla
mation calling for troops to suppress
the rebellion, she deemed it unwise
and unwarranted by the Constitution
to permit the general government to
coerce a State. If she had to fight
she preferred to fight Northern men
to Southern men; if she must slay
she preferred to slay the stranger
1 ather than a neighbor.
We recognize the fact that the great
civil strife through which we have
passed is of too recent occurrence to
be treated in a calm, philosophical
spirit. We might then, therefore, be
content to wait for some future Ban
croft to review the actions of those
who were the participants in these
mighty events. But in the meantime
the historian of the Northern press
and educators are presenting their
views and impressing them upon the
minds of the rising generation, ' and
naturally their conclusions are in fa
vor of the victorious side. We are
designated as rebels, traitors, etc;
but hard names are not arguments.
"Facts are the stubborn things" that
the searcher after truth desires.
How can we estimate the debt of
gratitude this country owes to rebels;
not rebels who gave their first love
and early manhood to the "cause of
rebellion, but rebels who like Wash
ington and o there, broke their oath
of allegiance in order to become re
bels. It was the rebellion of the
Barons at Rannyme.de that gave to
the people of Great Britain and
through them . to us the precious le
gacy of the writ of habeas corpus. It
was rebellion that gave liberty to
Holland, It was rebellion that gave
to Italy unification and prosperity.
It was in honor of the inauguration
of our first President, the great arch
rebel of the western hemisphere, that
we have within the last few days wit
nessed one of the most magnificent
civic pageants of the century. "Re
sistance to tyrants "is obedience to
God," will be found" written at the
base of every shaft which gratitude
had erected to patriotism the world
over.
Gen. Cox then went on at some
length in explanation of the position
of the two contending parties upon
the subject of slavery. The election
of Mr. Lincoln was a menace to the
institution of slavery. For the first
time a President had been elected
by votes from one section alone
and by a party whose avowed policy
was hostile to slavery. .Had the
South submitted quietly to the de
struction of an institution that was
recognized by the Constitution, it
would have been but the entering
wedge through which other rights of
States might have been overthrown
at will by the general government.
So late as 1863 Congress declared that-
it had no right to Interfere with the
institution of slavery in the States,
and the war was carried on simply
for the preservation of the Union,
yet within six months from that time
slavery was declared abolished.
The speaker now advanced to the
Droeress of the war. .At the time of
the second invasion of the North, the
prospects of the Confederacy were
never brighter. The battle of Gettys
burg was fought, the stakes were
made, the results are known. Sadly
and slowly Lee retired South of the
Potomac and tendered his resigna
tion. Grant was appointed to- the
supreme command of the Federal
army. The terrible battle from the
Wilderness on to Richmond followed.
The slaughter of the Federal army
r was very great, especially at uoiu
Harbor, where their loss was twenty to
one.The investment of Richmond.fol
lowed with terrible suffering to the
Confederates in the trenches around
Richmond during the winter of 1864,
which would have to be participated
in.to be realized. Half rations, half fed,
half clothed, shivering In the blasts
of winter, living in the rifle pits; yet
they quailed not before the ever vigi
lant and overwhelming army 1 to
which they were opposed. Spring
brought to them dangers more de
pressing than those by which they
were surrounded. Fort Fisher, after
a gallant and heroic defence, had fal
len; Wilmington was evacuated. Sher
man marching through Georgia and
the Carolinas with his splendidly ap
pointed army and a recognised or'
ganization of marauders, despoiling
their families, which produced the
severest anguish the human mind can
experience. ,-
The speaker then paid his respects
to Gen; Sherman - and his corps of
"bummers," and thenfhastened on to
FRIDAY, MAY 17 1889.
the final exciting events which culmi
nated in the surrender at Appomat
tox. The sad tale has been often told,
yet coming as it did from a gallant
soldier who bore a conspicuous part
in those closing days of the Confede
racy; It had a peculiar freshness and a
more than common sadnesB. He re
counted the scenes as he saw them,
and his closing peroration was a glow
ing, heartfelt, tribute to the ' North
Carolina soldiers - whose freely-shed
blood had stained every battle-field
of the war. "
''The address, although unusually
longwas listened to witbipatient and"
marked attention throughout by a
large throng of - deeply -interested
hearers. v ': ' '
The speech was followed by another
anthem by the choir, after which the
'Roll of Honor" was called. A hymn
was then sung, and the floral offer
ings, wbioh were' abundant, were
strewn upon soldiers' graves. The
Doxology was then sung, the Bene-
iction pronounced and the cereino-
nieswere close aTJV
lilies 'VUllejs
musketry- fired by the -Wilmington
Light Infantry with such remarkable
precision that each seemed almost to
be but one shot.'
One of the most beautiful and
touching features of the entire cere
mony was a tribute paid by the Me
morial Association to the late Hon.,
A. H.VanBokkelen, for 'so many years
their trusted guide, counsellor and
friend. After the tribute to the sol
diers had been placed on the mound,
Capt. A. L. DeRosset stepped forward
and said:
' But before our work is done, one
tribute more remains not another
laurel wreath sacred to the soldier he
roes, who fought and died for the
cause they loved so well but an offer
ing to the memory or one wno loved
that cause no less than they; whose
generous arms were stretched out to
elp the living or to honor the dead
Uoniederate. and wnose loving zeal
never flagged till this noble statue of
the Soldier Boy "at rest" stood here
to tell to future generations the story
of the Lost Cause.
Here the speaker handed out the
offering to . be placed on the Mound
and said: "The Ladies' Memorial
Association, to Adrian H. Yanfiok-
kelen, In grateful remembrance of
his untiring devotion to their work
in memory of the Confederate
Dead."
When the offering was placed he
proceeded: "But the ladies feel that
tne services or to day would not be
complete without some further ex
pression of their sense of the loss
they have sustained in the death of
Mr. YanBokkelen and therefore de
sire to have read in the presence of
this assemblage the following 'In
MemorianV Preamble and Resolu
tion's, which were unanimously
adopted at a late meeting of their
body:
whereas, since our last annual
gathering Adrian H. YanBokkelen,
preeminently the friend of the Con
federate Soldier, has passed from
earth to join the mighty host beyond
the River, it seems fitting that we
should place on record our deep
sense of the loss we have sustained in
the death of this friend, so good, so
faithful, so . great-hearted in his un
failing Interest and helpfulness in
our labor of love.
His zeal in our work was but the
last chapter of the story of devotion
wmcn.Mr. van&OKKelen bore for the
Southern cause, through those lone
years of glory and of victory, of hard
ship and disaster. Though he did
not wear the soldiers' gray, he had
the heart of a lion to do them service;
ever ready if need be to brave the
dangers of the battlefield, to carry
them aid, to bring comfort and suc
cor to the sick and wounded in hos
pital wards or to help with generous
hand the soldier in the camp, or his
loved ones left behind in desolate
homes to fight their battle of life in
dreary loneliness, widows maintain
ed and cheered orphans supported
and educated, for the love he bore
the dead hero husband and father.
Manacled prisoners freed from the
enemy's clutches, when under sen
tence of death. Bounteous donations
poured into the empty haversacks of
f amishine soldiers. The cud of cold
water administered midst the perils
of battle. The mantle of charity for
all offences less than disloyalty to the
Southern Cause. Uncompromising
adherence to principles for which he
risked life and property, and in
whose cause he gave his noble son.
All these, and they are but facts,
would be but a meagre index to the
record which we would affectionately
Inscribe to him on this, the day he
honored.
Well do we remember his enthusi
astic interest in the proceedings of
Memorial Day: year after year march
ing in procession with the Veterans
01 tne xnira, tne regimens 01 tenaer
est association to him, clinging with
a brother's love to the shattered rem
nants of that gallant band, whose
stained and tattered flag still tells
that their deeds of glory, from Mal
vern Hill to Appomattox, were writ
ten in letters of blood on the pages of
Confederate history.
Well do we recall tne peculiar air 01
mingled pride and tenderness with
which he used to accept the privilege
always accorded him of placing on
this mound witn nis own nan as our
floral tributes to the dead heroes
Bleeping their last sleep in peaceful
Oakdale shades, waiting the sum
mons to the Grand Reville.
Neither can it be soon forgotten
how he stood by unmurmuring and
saw a large fortune go up in flames
and smoke at the hands of his own
mistaken friends for the sake of the
cause he espoused: how he curbed his
fiery indignation and caused the ae-
spoiler's axe to fall less ruthlessly
upon the House of trod he reverenced
when it was condemned to be dese
crated by wanton soldiers; how, with
lovine care and conciliating arts, ne
labored until he saw his heart's de
sire fulfilled in the restoration of old
St. James'; how he imparted courage
to the lalterins when our captured
city was at the mercy of the victors,
and . how. as his : crowning work of
love, he conceived the design of work
insr this lasting memorial to the hon
ored dead, and lent his master spirit
with untiring energy until it was com
Dieted a monument as well to his
loving devotion as to their sacred
memory. Therefore.
Resolved. That the Association
mourns sincerely the loss of this good
and laithiul friend.
That a floral offering to his memo
ry be added - to those upon the Com
federate mound on the coining Me
morial Davs.
That a tablet, suitably engraved, be
placed as a memorial to mars, nis
gjave.
That these proceedings be inserted
on a blank page- in our records, and
that a copy ' thereof . be sent to - Mrs.
YanBokkelen. . with expressions of
sympathy "and condolence,
Receipts of cotton at this port
' for the week ended yesterday were 108
bales: the same week last -year 874.
Receipts for the crop year to May 18th
are 151,687 bales; to same date last
year 166,905 a decrease of 15,408 bales.
Star
WUnU(ionf cotton Freeeee. -
Both the Cotton Compresses in
this city have changed hands. Messrs.
Alex. Sprunt & Son have purchased
the interest of the other stockholders
In the Champion ' Compress,' and are
now sole owners of this property, with
itstxtensive warehouses and wharves,
while Messrs. Williams & Murohlson
who owned the- larger part of the
stock in the Wilmington Compress
and Warehouse Company, have dis
posed . of their entire Interest to
Messrs.- E. J. Pennypaoker, Isaac
Bates, H. G. Smallbones and Walter
Smallbones. - - -
The new management of the Wil
mington Compress Company propose
to make extensive improvements,
among which will be new fire-proof
warehouses and additional facilities
for handling cotton.
Singular phenomenon.
During the last few days, which
have been very dry and dusty, many
persons have noticed water dripping
like rain from the leaves of tree, In
:tarlowrmrts of the eity, Especially
is this noticeable with the mul
berry trees, the moisture from which
falls continually during the day un
der a blazing sun and also at night.
The brick pavement under one of
these trees, near the corner of Front
and Ann streets, yesterday afternoon,
was sprinkled with the drops as
though a sharp shower was falling.
Who can explain it T
Wilmington compress 4b d Warehouse
Compani.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of this Company was held at the
Bank of New Hanover yesterday
morning, when the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President CaptJE. J.Pennypacken.
Secretary and Treasurer Walter
Smallbones.
Directors C. P. Mebane, Geo. W.
Williams, E. J. Pennypaoker, Isaac
Bates, D. MacRae, J as. H. Chad
bourn, John W. Atkinson, of this
city, and W. W. Pusey, of Wilming
ton, Del.
Fountf in the River, t
The dead body of a colored man
was found floating in the river yes
terday afternoon about three miles
below the city. The finder, a colored
man named Nixon, tied the body to a
tree and came to the city and noti
fied Coroner Jacobs, who had the
body brought up to the dock at the
foot of Wooster street. It is supposed
that the remains ' are those of the
colored boy named Morgan who was
accidentally knocked overboard from
the schooner Argyle and drowned a
few days ago. Coroner Jacobs will
hold an Inquest upon the body to
day. m m
The Tenth at Fayetterilie.
Fayetteville never does anything
by halves. Her observance of Memo
rial Day was worthy of the town and
the occasion. Besides the home at
tendance, the number of visitors was
estimated at three thousand. The
Lumber Bridge Light Infantry, Max
ton. Guards, Bennettsville, S. C,
Guards and Fayetteville Independent
Light Infantry, were in line, and
made a fine military pageant. There
was firing of cannon and tolling of
bells, and the ladies and flowers were
'just lovely."
To he Comprontlaed.
It maybe stated, on good authority,.
that a settlement in the case of Wil
liam Mahone and others against The
Carolina Oil and Creosote Company
will probably be made without fur
ther proceedings in the Courts. Ar
rangements looking to a compromise
have been progressing for some days,
and with favorable results, it is said;
and it is now believed that all the de
tails have been agreed on, ahd in a
manner satisfactory to all concerned.
A Steamship in IMstrees.
Information was received here yes
terday that the British steamship
Aberlady Bay, 1188 tons. Captain
McGregor, was ashore off Beaufort
N.C., with propeller broken. The
steamer is loaded with phosphate
rock, and is bound from Port Royal,
S. C, to Norfolk, for coaL It is prob
able that some of the tugs of this
port have gone to her assistance.
The Stabbing Caee at Cronly.
John Cook, the 17-year old boy who
was stabbed by another boy named
Willie Mason, at Cronly Wednesday,
at last accounts was not dead, but his
wound is considered a dangerous one
and little hope is entertained of his
recovery.
Naval Stores Receipts.
Receipts of naval stores for the crop
year to May 10th, as compared with
receipts to same date last year, at this
port are as follows: Spirits turpen
tine, 8,447 casks; last year, 4,726. Ro
sin, 24,407 barrels; last year, 24,707.
Tar, 9,328 barrels; last year, 6,632'
Crude turpentine, 1,082 bnrrels; last
year, 1,024.
The Stabblug; Case at Cronly.
Mr. S Jewett, Justice of the Peace
at Cronly, writes the Stab that
young Cook is not dead, and in the
opinion of the magistrate his condi
tion was so favorable as to justify re
leasing Willie Mason on bond, to ap
pear at the next term of the Superior
Court for Columbus county.
Denver L. Barnes, the forger
who escaped from jail at Norfolk,
Va., last Wednesday, was captured
the next day. The officers who got
on Barnes' track discovered that he
had taken a freight train for Eden-
ton,n.i;. xneyieiegrapneairoiuveii'
treville to the Edenton authorities to
arrest him, and he was caught by
them as he was about to leave the
train.
The Kockingham Socket learns
that there is one young man in Rich
mond county who has not shed a tear
since- he was a child, and another
who never used a "bad word." It Is
well with the boys. They are not
old enough to have published a
newspaper in North Carolina on the
credit system.
NO. 28
THK XUbF. .
Procter. Knott "Beats in the Ren
tacar Derby , by Spohaae-A Vreat
Louis TCLLB. Msv .This was the first
day of the SDring races. There waa a
struggling crowd; the weather was fine,
the track fast. In the Kentucky Derby a
great race was expected, . and expectation
did not rise to the reality. As three years
o Haggin brought Ben Air cut of the
West to lower the Kentucky Derby record
to 26i, so Armstrong came to-day with
Spokane, and two seconds more disappear
ed. A little crowd of far-west turf-men
were present, and with little ado thev went
about backing their favorite. Armstrong a
year ago said be waa going to take this, the
nigneai nonor or me west. There were
noi enough coast people to overcome the
immense enthusiasm - which backed the
home horse. Proctor Knott, and the betting
waa nearly ail one war. Tne first nnol
sold this morning was ftlSO for
Proctor Knott; and till for the field.
and while much better than this wat done.
both in the books and especially in private
bets, this shows the strength of the senti
ment. All bets aeainst Knott were snaDDed
up, and the only reason that Kentucky is
not broke to-nieht is a lack of men from
the West to take their offers.
As the horses filed on the track for the
great event all appeared in perfect condi
tion. Game Chicken, the creat Futnritv
winner, wes cheered- to" the ecno. as he
came out sixth, and Young's entries, who
followed, were in the applause. Spokane
was hardly noticed, though a aniet Ud was
out among the knowing ones that be bad
been saved for the occasion.
The race was run out of the chnta. Fer
guson had a little difficulty in getting them
off together, and the start was very even.
Hindoo Craft was in fronr, Bootmaker
second, Spokane third. Oa the way down
to the stand Barnes gave Proctor Knott his
head, and the great .gelding bounded for
ward like a flash, nassine the stand five
lengths in the lead; Hindoo Craft was
second and Spokane third. Y ounar's
pair were close behind. .
All the way round to the head of the
stretch the positions were little chaneed.
though the crowd was closing up on Knott,
who was evidently waiting for the finish.
as tney lurneu around the stretch the race
commenced, and seldom was . such run
witnessed in America. Knott was let out
but Spokane came up with a tremendous
rush. Half way down the stretch Knott
swerved and Spokane forged to the front .
dj two leneuu. Barnes wheeled the favor
ite into line just as they reached the dis
tance stand, and he came up Use a bolt.
It was too late, however, and Spokane
passed under the wire the winner: by a
nose Once Again was third three ienelhs
off. The rest were strune out. The dis
tance was a mile and a half; time 2 341.
Spokane w owned by JNoan Armstrong.
of Helena. Montana, where he was bred.
The race was worth $4,850 to the winner.
SAMOA.
The Natives Qalet Tamasese Refuses
to Acres to a Peace Unless Recognls
a as K.lBS-Th Wrecked American;
Seaman.
Sydney. N. 8. W.. Mav 0 Dr.
Knappe, iate German codbuI to Samoa, has
arrived here on board the steamer Lubeck.
Advices from Samoa to April 80ih state that
tne natives are quiet. The position of the
hostile is unchanged. Admiral Kimberlv.
of the United States navy, on the suggestion
of Mataafa, tried through Dr- Knappe to
persuade Tamasese to agree to a peace.
Tamasese declined to agree to the propositi
tion unless he was reccgaized as king.
Admiral Kimberly thereupon issued a proc
lamation urging the natives to maintain
peace.
Tne steamer Kockton. which will con
vey the four hundred and fifty men belong
ing to the wrecked American war ships to
Ban jrranctsco. was ready to leave, and was
expected to sail on May 1st from Apia.
Xighty men will remain with Admiral Kim
berly at Apia. The Nipaic bad been fitted
with a new rudder, and was about to start
for Auckland.
Herr Senbel, the newly appointed Ger
man Consul, has arrived at Apia.
. R.ENTVCKT. .
Democratic State Convention Nomi
nation: tor -Treaearer The Tariff
Platforms of 1884 and 1888 En
dorse br an Almost Unanimous
Voir.
Louisville, May 9. The Democratic
Stale Convention met here at noon yester
day to nominate a candidate for State Trea
surer, to be elected in August.
Congressman, HcCready was made tem
porary anu Congressman Btone permanent
chstosan. v
Without opposition State Treasurer Ste
phen G. Sharp, who was appointed to
succeed the fugitive Treasurer Tate, was
nominated. Speeches were made while
resolutions were being prepared. Among
the speakers was Senator Blackburn, who
aroused great enthusiasm by his treatment
of national topics. The majority report on
resolutions endorses the National platforms
of looft and looo, especial reference being
made to the stand taken on the tariff. The
minority report endorsed the previous Na
tional Democratic platforms generally, and
purposely-avoided reference to the tariff.
The majority report was adopted by an
almost unanimous vote.
PITTSBURG.
All Qalet at the ZSteel Works End of
the Strike.
Pittsburg. May 9. Peace reigns about
the Alleghany bessemer steel works at Du-
quesne to-day. It was feared there would
be trouble after yesterday's shooting, and
the sheriff waa on hand with a number of
deputies, but their services were not needed
as the best of order prevailed. The great
plant was in operation m nearly every de
partment, and while the strikers do not
concede their defeat, the strike is regarded
as a failure by disinterested persons.
William Dunn, the striker who assaulted
John Galrowad, the clerk in the mill, last
night, and was shot in the breast by the
latter, ist'hnproving. He will probably re
cover, although his wound is a dangerous
one. Galloway is in tail on the charge of
felonious shooting.
THE RICeTcROP.
Large Decrease in the Ontpnt of the
: ' ' " Indies. .
Nkw Tobk, May 9. Dan Talmage's
Sons, in their statistical leportof rice mar
kets abroad, state that the output , of the
Indies is 903.880 bags (two hundred weight
each) short of the previous year, and that
stocks in England and on the continent
are less than two- thirds the amount on
hand at equal dates during the past two
years. The tone of the market is firm,
with appreciative tendencies.
r-
Railroad
AIjABAOtA.
Accident-Several
Persons
Jajared.
B; Telegraph t- the Morning Star.
Birmtnshaic,. May 11. A switch engine-
on the Alabama uraat ooutnern itaiiroaa
on the outskirts of the city . Jumped the
track to-day and fell down a fifteen-foot
embankment.. John Gladden, a one-legged
engineer, waa smashed so badly that he
will die, and William Barr, who was
riding on the engine, lost both legs. , He
will probably die. Jas. N. Cos grove.
coupler, was hurt. The engine was badly
wrecked, and the cars being switched to
the other tracks were overturned and
mashed more or less.
A TERRIBLE CHARGE
Bev. Father Boyle, of Balelgb TAr-
, . resfedfor Bape,
' " ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Rauhoh, NC, May 1L Rev. Father
J. J. Boyle, Catholic priest of the Church
of the Sacred Heart of this city, was ar
rested here to-night for rape onalvoung
lady who is a member of his church, and
also its organist, -t oe asair nas createu a
tremendous sensation.
entine.
'A-
Tarboro Sd
therner: A shift-
ing engine, W
T,
backing up US-
eDot from tho rivnr .
When it was onposita tha bottlinir pHth-
hshment, between Pitt and St. James
streets a boy stealing a ride on the plow
(cow catcher) felt it rue up. , He looked
down and saw the mangled and crushed '
form of a negro boy. He screamed out to
the engineer, who stopped his engine. - He
died in two hours. -
Charlotte ."..''Democrat : Rev.
Jesse Biler, the new pastor of the Graham
Street Presbyterian Chapel, has taken
charge of his work here. Rev. Dr.
Charles Phillips, who for fifty years as
student, tutor, professor, and acting Presi
dent of the University, Chapel Hili, N. G i
has removed to Birmingham, Ala.
That is a most "life like portrait of GenA
Rnfus Barringer which baa Just come from
the hands of Mrs. Col. Jno. E. Brown, of
this city. It will be hung in the hall of
the Dialectic Society at Chapel Hill, of
which Gen. Barringer was a member while
a student at the University. Mrs. Brown
has done an excellent and finished piece of
work.
Fayetteville Observer : "The"?"
contract for building the wood work of the
railroad bridge across the Cape Fear river
at this place has been awarded bur popular
and enterprising townsman, J. D. McNeill,
by the Phoenix Bridge Company, of Phila
delphia. At the conclusion of his
discourse Sunday night, Evangelist Pear-.
son took occasion to remark that Fayette
ville had demonstrate 3 morczeal and con
secration to the cause of Christ by the con
struction of a tabernacle with such
massive proportions, than any town he had
ever visited in all his evangelical work.
Beaver Creek and Bluff Mills, this
county, made a shipment of their cotton
yarn to China a few days ago.
vAsbeville Citizen-. T. W. Col- -quitt
alias Sidney Walthall, alias Baker,
waa arraigned in the Federal court yester
day afternoon to answer a charge of fraud
lent using the United States mails. The
defendant is a printer, and was formerly
foreman in the office of the McDoweli
BugU, published at Marion. Colquitt ssys
that he has made restitution of tne money
he obtained about $700 by means of the
fraudulent advertisement with the excep
tion of about $50. His trial ended yester
day afternoon, the jury returned a verdict
of 'guilty" against him, and he waa fined
$25 and sentenced to six months' imprison
ment in the common jail of the county by
Judge Dick. Colquitt is about forty-five
years of age. , -
WadeBboro Messenger'. There
is much excitement all over the township,
and it is said that more dogs s have been .
killed in the Litesville community within
the last two weeks than for many a year
before. We learn that on last Fri
day, a colored boy in Richmond county, '
about 18 years old, whose name our in
formant did not know, while in a fit fell in
the fire and waa so badly burned that he
died within a short time. Mr. S. P.
Spencer died at his homo in Lilesville
township, on the 8d day of May, of con
sumption, aged about 60 years.
Judge Bennett left Monday night for Hot
Springs, Ark., and will be absent at least
SO days, and probably longer. The Judge
has suffered greatly for a number of years
with rheumatism, and he takes this trip
hoping that he will find relief in the use of
the celebrated waters at that place.
Charlotte News: It is stated
that the expenses of all the Governors of
the various States and Territories incidental -to
the recent New York Centennial were
paid with the exception of Governor Fowle.
Ground was broken in Concord to-day
for the erection of another new cotton fac
tory. No men who enlist in the State
Guard after June 1st can go to the encamp
ment this year. Now watch the ranks fill
up. The gin house of Captain J. D.
Brown, of Uavidson college, was burned
this morning by two men who fled on
horses, but who are being pursued. The
gin house was one of the best equipped in
Mecklenbnrg, and contained three gins.one
of 80 saws, one of 60 saws, and one of 45
saws. The cotton press, engine house ana
engine were burned with the gin. There
was no cotton stored at the gin at tne time
of the fire. Loss estimated at $2,000.
Raleigh Chronicle: The Demo
crats of Greevnille have elected ex-Gov
ernor Oar vis Town Alderman. It is
very seldom that an opportunity is afforded
us in North Carolina of commending large
liberality to educational institutions or re
ligious enterprises. It is therefore all the
more pleasant to note the noble gift of Mr.
John O. Davis, of Wilmington. Eight
young men of Davidson College have
pledgeu themselves to tne work of foreign
missions so writes a friend at that Col
lege. The Chronicle hears that there are
one or two young men at the University
who have pledged themselves to go to the
heathen. Editors are getting to be
prime favorites for big offices. Brother
. E. Hilliard, of the Scotland Neck Demo
crat, has been nominated and elected Mayor
of his town. - Here's i'our congratulations.
In this connection we are also glad to note
that Mr. Hilliard will deliver the address
at the close of Buie's Creek Academy, May
16th. He is also secretary and treasurer of
the new cotton factory to be built soon.
Durham Sun: Jno. Williams,
Jas. Glenn, Dave Parker and Jerry Parker,
were arranged before 'Squire Angier yes
terday afternoon in Justice Green's office,
upon the charge of forging ah order on the
conntv treasurer for rerjairs to the sctrool
house for colored children in district No. 5,
in Mangum township. Our brother
of the Henderson Cold Leaf, Mr. Tfaad.
R. Manning, was defeated for Mayor of
that town on Monday, by only five votes.
T, T. Hicks was his opponent and got in.
The Board of Commissioners elected were
W. H. Walker. John D. Cooper. Redding
Perry, W. E. Gary and W. W. Rowland.
There were rour tickets in the uxiora
municipal election. L. G. Smith was
elected Mayor. The Commissioners are J.
F. Edwards, Lu rl. Hunt. J. V. Hundley
and John Webb, all good Democrats.
Mr. Benjamin Thorp, a well known citi
zen and farmer of Granville county, died
yesterday rather suddenly. That
venerable and highly esteemed citizen of
Oxford. Maj. B. F. Bullock, died in that
place Tuesday.
Raleigh News-Observer: Mr.
James Norfleet, a prominent attorney of
Henderson, formerly of Tarboro, has lo
cated in Ft. Payne, Ala., for which place
he left yesterday, A called meeting
of the board of Trustees of Trinity College
was held at Goldsboro Tuesday, and tho
following resolution in regard to the re
moval of the college was adooted bv a vote i
of 15 in favor of removal and against re
moval: Resolved, That after mature and
prayerful consideraton, we believe it best
for the interest of Methodism in North
Carolina and the cause of God to move
Trinity College to some prominent centre
within this State provided there shall be
tendered to this Board a proper guarantee
of a suitable site with buildings on it of at
least equal value and as well suited for the
uses of the College as those on the present
site. It was learned here yesterday
that instructions have been received from
headquarters at Washington to use every ef
fort to capture Suggs. It was also learned
that a party of officers left here yesterday
for the purpose of hunting Suggs down.
They carried a full supply of rifles and
cartridges and are prepated to make a thor
ough search.
WilBon Advance: The faot
that the people of Wilson voted last Mon
day to levy an additional tax of 15 cents on
the $100 valuation of property and 45 cents
on the poll for the purpose of building a,
good public school building for the white
children of the district and of Improving
the public school building that the colored
people now have, is a victory for the spirit
of enterprise and progress. The result
of the election in Toisnot was as follows:
Mayor, W. H. Pridgen; Commissioners, R.
S.Wells. P. J. Turnbull, Dr. E. G. Moore,
W B. Barnes and W. L. Grimmer; Consta
ble, K. D. Taylor. All Democrats.
The election at Rocky Mount resulted as
follows: Mayor, Thomas H. Battle, by a
majority of 128; Commissioners, T. J.
Hackney, C. W. Hammond, S. W. Mat
thews, J. R. Solsby and Ather Garvey
making a first-class board in whose hands
the welfare of the town will be safe.
The election at Battleboro passed off quiet
ly. Regular Democratic nominees elected:
Mayor, J. W. Terk; Commissioners, T.W.
Bullock, J. M; Neal, J. R. Stewart, M. C.
Bras well and T. D. Wright; Constable. E.
W. Read. At Whitakers on Monday
the following were duly elected town offi
cers: Mayor, A, L. Taylor; Commissioners,
J. H. Burnett. W. H. Cobb and C. B.
Braswell ; Contable, M. W. Edmonds. All
Democrats.
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