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Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio, re not fhe bnlv Republican member of i House who lis opposed to the Mc- IMmey lariu uui, inn ue liue ouiy it-publican so far who has had the i -i i.i ulependenoe and the courage (to tand on the floor of th$. House to criticize the;bill"and show wherein it oppressed the many in the! interest: of tjie the few, anid very class discriminated against which thel tariff ma- nipulators profess to desire to bene .fit. This" independence of speech js -quite- refreshing vwhen contrasted 1 - i -r, u, ; . i , j ' nn tne servue suDmtssion tnat oiner epublican Congressmen make' to the lecrees of the caucus as dictated by oss Reed, and a few others who-have ad charge of this tariff question and ngineered it, -from the beginning. There are a good many of them who jion't believe in the McKtnley mon strosity any more than, Mr. Butjer hvorth does, but they lack! the cour tage to defy -'jthe caucus and speak anil act independently, i I may be that his independence .1 'A if comes from the fact that'he is! iiif political life, from which he will fretifeat the end of his term, and tired fconsequentljf was not ,off ending the posses. afraid of In his speech, speaking as a Re- !;pu)ihan and 'i protectionist.'he dealt thevhole protection taritf system, as fit is now constructed, some telling I -i blows, "and asked some pertinent j j.(iik'stions whiqh lt would; be very!dif- fic tilt for Mr. fMcKinleyi or any of thy other.- high tariff champions; to ij answer.1 . Ho vs. an ardent advocate ot reci- THE FIRST COST. The McKinley -tariff, bill will ! be rushed through the House next Wed nesday with a whoop, for it has been decided by the caucus that it shall be passed as it came from the com mittee, without any material amend ment, but when it goes to the Senate it will strike some snags. I; Mr. .Reed, inflated by the: import tance ! which has attached to him since he became Autocrat j of ; the House, has Presidential . aspirations, so has Mr. McKinley! There are some Senators, too,. who have Presi- dfintial asnirations. like Allison , and Sherman, who will not be averse to seeing this House monstrosity pick ed to) pieces and the pin-feathers plucked out of Reed land McKin ley. With their arbitrary rules, and, where; the rules lacked grip,1 with caucus resolutions they; sawed off de bate short in the House and played the farce in a perfunctory sort of way; but the House gag rule don't prevail in the Senate yet and there -will be opportunity ; to debate: the bill fully and expose its deformity, i It was taken for granted through out the country that this bill would pass fhe House as 'it tame frojn the committee, a conclusion that was confirmed by the adoption of the gag rule before the debate began, and hence there was no effort made, outside of Congress to- try to defeat it or change the predetermined re sult, j : ' ' 'J I Bu ; all the time the Republicans were trifling and playing chuck-a- luck with this great question in the House the importers in various cities of the country were jorganizing to bring influence to' bear upon the Senate and defeat itjs passage, at least i in its present shape. The in fluence they propose tjo bring tio bear is facts and figures showing the de structive effect this bill if it pass will have on the import and (export trade of the countr', : Committees hate' been appointed j in several of the cities which arej interested -iri foreign commerce tb gathef facts and .figures which wilj be formulated intro protests to be' presented to the Senate aeainst the passage of this MINOR MENTION. LIGHTNING'S WORK. SAD ACCIDENT. THE PRESBYTERIANS. . Friday was" a sort of a circus day in th House of Representatives: The fun began when Mr. Henderson, Republican, of Iowa, pricking up courale from bold Ben Butterworth's onslaught on the McKinley bill last Tuesday, j asked soma questions -The Residence of Mr. A. J. Brown Set on Fire During the Storm Yesterday Morn ing.1 ' ... : -- i Ehjring the violent storm early yester day morning the residence of Mr. A. D. Brown, : on Fifth ; street near Orange, Mr. Body was! set on fire by lightning. It was j boat Friday afternoon, in Long Creek Fred Metts Drowned The . Becovered. Mr. Fred Metts, engineer of the small freight steamer .Enterprise, which runs between Wilmington and points on Northeast river, fell overboard from the SOUTHERN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASHEVILLE. - AT when Mr. ; McKinley .offered an amendment increasing the duty on. lampf chimneys. Mr. Hendersorr ! askec how many lamp chimneys, were imported. Mr. McKinley didn't knovi . Mr. Henderson then asked what was the . relative propor tion between' the number of ilamp chirojieys imported and the num ber fmanufactured in this coun- know then These good many . not generally will statements things ; Iknown i ; including show that and 3 ! pro.'.iU' with Canada, and asked where was the consistency in laboring, and f .'j in subsidizing ships, td encourage trade, with the countries isouth; of ius, and in-cutting off, bv tariff .restHc- t huis the trade of the millions of peo- facilitate trade between1 this country and the countries south of us ; i pie' north of is who would be buyers from and sellers to our peoplejif they Were not driyen from the market by a senseless.'antl suicidal I tariff in the defence of which word could1 be said.. He mightj at the same time, pertinently asked where is the sense f policy of voting millions of the poicy good lave bill. are that; even the Senators, those who have made a study of the . ' , 1 . 1 ' i TI tana question, ao , not Know.j iucy will supply important infomation in the jdiscussion of this questiofi where discussion is allowed and where any disposition is shown !to arrive- at cor rect conclusions. They will show the first cost of imported articjes and what the proposed tlriff will add tp the cost of the article. This . will give the people some conception of what they pay for Jthe luxury of a protective tariff. It will show also the number of people engaged in the importing' business jand the "number of 'people -who have employment through it; how it affects our ship ping interests, and the army l"' y u' "T;u"T JiL"c employed in one way or another in people s mpiey to subsidize i.hips to . ; r.. -i -t V,llk ,,'4. and at of men the same time making I broader and i i . . 0j- il higher thevtariff wall which low ex ists to prevent advantageous trade with those countries, j Mr.' Butter worth represents a constituency, in the citj- of Cincinnati, k city largely (jp gaged in the manufacture of ma 'iiinery, agricultural and other kinds, fjr which there is a growing" demand many of those cpuntries, ar d wher tliese Cincinnati manufacturers might ('f ' a large and ja profitable business dicapped striction handling the" great bulk of j imports which annually arrive at out Seaport cities, much of which is carped into the interior to be exchanged for the products of the farm which in turn are exported to foreign countries, j , t(f' The ' imports last year amounted in value to $745,131,052. he pur- try. Mr. McKinley didn't that I either. Mr. Henderson said that he respectfully declined to votejfor an increase of duty on any thing unless he had some, good reason for it, knew what he was do ing and could justify his vote. There was a committee which sat for nearly foursnonths with open doors listen ing lo,testimony and gathering facts to frame a tariff bill, then in the last days of the discussion proposes to increase the tariff on an article; which is infuse in every household in the land and through its chairman can didly admits the fact that they don't know anything about it ex cept that some manufacturer of lam chimneys told them that he must have an increase of duty.! This is just what the Democrats in j Con gres have been charging all along, thatjthe McKinley revision wasj made iat the suggestion and dictation of the manufacturers and in their' inter est ilone. This admission by Mr.. McKinley ought to settle that fact. Butidespite the objection of Mr. Herklerson, Mr. McKinley's amend menjt increasing the . duty on lamp chinjmeys, which brings -the duty up to 110 per cent on the value, was ado Dted as were all the amendments of v foich there were a dozen or so, offered by Mr. McKinley, while sev eral i offered by Democrats! were promptly voted down. 1. ' The Senators are warming up on thepilver question. The aggressive and Uncompromising attitude of Sen ators Jones and Teller, who practi cally demand free coinage, is the rock " on which they are splitting. Mr , Sherman had thff floor, Friday, anci spoke with an animation re markable for him, and announced hiri iself as uncompromisingly op posed to the free coinag"e' idea, but was perfectly willing, and in' this he probably voiced the administration,? to whose collar Mr Teller made sofhe reference the day previous, to issOe certificates for silver deposited, anjil make it a legal tender. It does not appear however if free ; coinage will cause inflation which Mrj Shcr- min'and those who agree with him prjjfess to wish to avert,. why! issuing legal tender certificates for the silver deposited will not also cause infla tion, the difference simply being that orle would be an inflation jof silver o intrinsic value, the other an in- i 'I fiation of paper, of no intrinsic value. B it the inflation cry is only a scare. T here is nothing in it. It is the in- terest of the men who control tne mjoney of the country to keep the volume pf currency dowh, for that about half-past two o'clock when the fire was; discovered. Mr. Brown's family werfe aroused and the" Fire Department summoned by an alarm turned in from boxj No. 42, and engines, trucks and hose reels of the Department turned out promptly at the summons and the "fire men succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The fire had made considerable headway, however, and there was lack of water pressure from the fire hydrants, and building and furniture were greatly damaged before the flames were finally overcome. The lightning ignited the cupola on the building and the fire had been burning a half hour or more, pro bablv. before it was discovered. ' It is said that the lack of water supply was due to the fact that the bell atthepumj ing station connected with the fire-alar n" failed to give the signal. All the furni tutie in the building was damaged ty . water and some of it ruined. The house was insured for $2,600 in the Oneida, of Hartford, Conn., Messrs. At kinson & Manning agents; and $1,500 in thef North American with Messrs. Nor throp, Hodges & Tdylor. There was also insurance on theXfurniture for. $2,000 in the Connecticut, with Messrs. Smith & Boatwright. There is no es timate of the loss; but will probably be covered by the insurance. 1 THE GRAND LODGE. and was drowned before assistance could reach him. The Enterprise was on her way up the river, and at the time of the at the stern of struggling in the engineer of the accident Mrv Metts was the boat. He was seen water and a skiff was lowered -and men went to his rescue, but j were too late to reach him. The steameij returned to Wilmington yesterday bringing news of the sad occurrence. Mr. Metts had been steamer Enterprise for two or three months. Heivas a brother of Capt. Jas. I. Metts of this city, and Was about 43 years of age. Some twelve years ago he was stricken with paralysis and had never fully recovered, j Capt. George L. Morton, owner of the Enterprise, with Capt. James I. Metts, left the city yesterday afternoon on the yacht Curlew for long Creek, and re turned last night about fi o'clock with the body; which had been recovered by dragsring the stream. ! . The funeral will take place tnis after noon at 5 ' o'clock - from St. James' Church. ; i - STOLEN HOGS. Oxford the Next Place of Meeting Offi cers Elected Fraternal Greetings Final Adjournment. fThc ; Grand Lodge met yesterday morning pursuant to adjournment, but thje only business of public interest transacted was the selection of Oxford as( the next place of meeting in May "next. -.-'' .-'.'' tThe Trustees of the Orphan Asylum reported the sum of $2,100 "in hand. (At the night session the following officers were elected and duly installed by Grand Sire C. M. Busbee . Grand Master J. H. Pool. Deputy Grand Master J. F. Bruton. Grand Warden J. D. Bellamy, j Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell. Grand Treasurer R. I. Tones. Grand Conductor E. ,T. Crews. Grand Marshal J. B. Dean. Grand Guardian F. W. Ritter. Grand Herald J. F. Williford. Grand Chaplain Rev. J. J. Hall. j The matter of an Orphan Asylum was laid over until the next meeting, when a place will be selected as a location for the same. I A telegram was. received from the Grand' Lodge of Alabama, now in ses sion, extending fraternal greetings to ihe Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and a telegram was sent in reply making broper acknowledgment of the courtesy. Atmidnicrht the Grand Lodie. havincr poncluded its labors, adjourned sine die, after a vote of thanks to the Knights of Pythias for the use of their hall, and to jthe people of Wilmington for courtesies received. Most ol the visiting mernoers win take their departure for home to-day, but the Grand Master and the Grand jSecretary will remain over to appoint idistrict deputies. . I GRAND ENCAMPMENT I. O. O. F. A Colored Citizen Charged with Appro ' priating Other People's Piga. Mr. John Carr, living in the neighbor hood of Acorn Branch, a few miles north of the city, has been losing hogs for some time past, -and although he was satisfied that his ) porkers were stolen had never been able '"to come up" with the thieves. Yesterday, however, he found some fresh pork on sale in a butcher's stall in Fifth Street Mar ket bearing his "mark." Henry McRac, (colored) the butcher, said the hiogs were purchased by him from John Cromartie, a colored man living in the Acorn Branch neighborhood, and on a warrant issued by Mayor Fowler, Cro martie was arrested and locked up tor an investigation which - will be held Monday; From all accounts Cromartie was 5 on the war-path or hog-path when he was "pulled" by the police olficers, having in his posses sion a small bag filled with corn which it is supposed he used tO"toll the hogs' to some convenient place and a big crocus sack in which the game was bagged. Cromartie refused to say any thing when arrested. 1 The General Assembly Convened at Ashe l " ville, N. C. Opening Services. Asheville, May 15. The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church convened' in its 29th annual ses sion in ;the First Presbyterian Church at t o'clock. .'"Ji" J' -. --'('. -.; Services were opened by singing the doxolgy and a prayer by Dr. H. G. Hill, the retiring Moderator, who then preached a sermon from Isaiah iv., 1, 2, he theme being: ''The Earthly Mission of the Church." ! j - - -. . j j i One j hundred" and wenty-nfne com missioners are present and all the States are represented. ; j I I Among the prominent persons not able to be present iand from whom let ters of I regret were received, were the following; "J. H. Inman, New York; An jdrew Unadd, Baltimore; Wendell Phrim, ditor pf the New jYork Observer; editor of the iCetilral Presbyterian, Richmond, Va.; Gen. Rufus Barringer, Charlotte, jN. C.;iHon. WmWirt Henry, Rich mond, Va.; George W. Williams, Rev; Peyton H. Hoge land B. F. Hall, Wil minjrton, N. C. ;: !, j ' '.j . J A reception Wa given to the ladies in iattendance upon Ithe Assemblv at the residence of C. Graham, this afternoon. At the conclusion of Dr. Hill's ser mon and after the! roll call, nominations I were made for Moderator as follows: IRev. C. R. Hemphill, D. D., Louisville,' :Ky.; Rev. D. O. Davis, D. D., Hender son. Kyi, and Rev. Jas. Parks, D. D., Knoxville, Tenn. jThe first ballot stood: Parks; 60, Hemphill.51, Davis 15. No election. According to the custom the lowest: name was dropped, ;: and Dr. : Parks was chosen j on the second ballot, and the choice was made unanimous. -' i Revi C. S. Ramsey and- W. A. Alex ander were chosen temporary clerks. The, Assembly then adjourned till to-morrow. j Dr. Parks is past middle age, and is a fine piejsiding officer. ; : , This evening a banquet was given in honor of the commissioners to the Gen eral Assembly. The company comprised 275 persons. The programme was as Greetings from the State of Carolina, i by His Excellency Goveriior Daniel G. Fowle; Presbytery of Mecklenburg, 1 Rev. T. A. IWharton; city of Asheville, T. H. Cobb, Esq. Response "The I Church," Rev. James Parks, jD. D.; "The Historic Past," Rev. W. T.I Thompson, D. D.; "The Faith once (Delivered tb the Saints," Rev. C. R. Hemphill, p. P.; "Eldership," Judge J. A. Orr; "Institutions of Learning," Rev. J. R. Wilson; "The Work of To day," i Col. L.1A. Perinj- "Religious Press,' R. P. Farris, P. P.; "The Out look,'! Rev. P Oj. Pavis, P. D. Many ot the jetforts were brilliant, and the speeches couclqided till latj;. follows North The report of the Permanent Com mittee on the Observance of the Sab bath was referred i to a special com mittee. ! It expressed! regret that the Committee had nothing of an encourag ing nature to report -Many things have bad been bettered as the result of . their work, but in their 'opinion the; obser vance of the Sabbath was not retaining its hold upon the people as in former days. The general tendency seemed to be in thg direction of looser views of obser vance of the Lord's day. Out of forty Presbyteries to which they had written, no more than a dozen reported an im provement in the keeping of the day. While it was generally admitted that a more faithful observance was noticeable among church membars, it was not so in the outside world..; Many seemed to think that the day was for recreation and pleasure, and not for sacred rest. The introductions of railroads, foreign travel, and looser views of the meaning of the; I Scriptures were assigned as the j possible causes. Newspapers vied ; with each other to make their issues on that day most attractive. The report held that pub lic conveyances were patronized on Sun day largely by church people. By way of throwing light to offset the dark side of the report, it afforded the Committee pleasure to state that the municipal laws in some of the larger cities were now better enforced, and saloons were closed in some of them and base ball games prohibited on Sunday. The Chairman of the Committee had attended the an nual meeting of .the American Bible Union, held at Washington, and had delivered a lecture on Sunday trade and Sunday newspapers; j The report spoke of President -1131x13011 and the majority of the members of hfs Cabinet as being of pronounced religious yiews. Ihe Committee on Foreign Corres pondence was appointed to send greet ings to the Saratoga; Assembly and for ward the following:; If "The General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church inthe United States, in session at Asheville, N. C. sends fraternal greetings, -; and invokes you the divine blessing." . The report of the Executive Com mittee on Publication was read by Dr. James K. Hazen and referred. . The treasurer's i Report shows that $8,557 have been received on the col lection account froni Churches, Sabbath Schools and individuals during the past yeat an increase off about ten per cent. There has been a lajrge increase of ex penditures for benevolent work. Tables of assets and liabilities show an excess of assets over liabilities of $80,041, an increase over last year of $3,852. The liabilities and debts !are practically none. The report of the Executive Com mittee on Education was read by Dr. F. M. Richardson,! and referred. Com pared with last year the number of per sons aided by the committee was thirty- nine greater. The committee urged the J the war; he came home and started to importance of increased contributions, I farm with a poor little sorrel horse. He upon ligious services, thdCommittee on Revi sions ixiadf a repprt,. -recommending the election of two Bishops one to take the plac&gf Biihop McTyiere, and the other the Bishop of a new see to be created. The motion to j amend by - making the number of new Bishops three instead of two was voted down, and the report of the Com mittee was adopted. The election of Bishops was made the special order for next Monday. v I f s The Committee on Revisajs made ma jority and minority reports on the ques tion of permitting laymen to be reprc- sented on all committees of the.Church, the minority being in favor and the ma jority against the proposition. t .1 t. The Committee on Boundaries re ported that the present boundaries be " left undisturbed. : i . The Committee on PublishingTnter ests recommended the establishment of 4 Church organ on the Pacific coast, li A memorial was read from Dr. Mar shall, of Vicksburg,, Miss., recommend ing the distribution of a healthy church literature of a light nature.- -) .j'-' St. Louis, Mo., .May 17. To-day's Session of the General Conference of the M. E; Church South was thej last at which new business could be introduced, and it was unusually dull. j j The Committee on Fraternal Corres pondence, to whom was referred a communication asking the General Con ference to appoint commissioners to meet commissioners to be apppinted by the House of Bishops and House of . Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church for a conference on) organic union, reported, recommending non fconcurrence. The Committee held that the spirit of the Church, had always' been broad and catholic. ' It had wel comed to membership all who wished to be saved and had j resolved to lead a new life, without regard to race or color. The policy, would iever be abandoned. As for organization with -the Memorialists, the committee; would regard it as an unmixed evil. The Church South had never divided from any church. The committee wanted those who had made the division to make overtures !for a reunion; j; The vote of the Conference was unanimous in favor of the report. ; A resolution condemning! Sunday newspapers was referred to the Com mittee on the Sabbath, j ji." ' , SPIRITS TURPENTINE. ' : ;! Henderson Gold Leaf : It is -with sincere regret that we learn of the death of Mr. Edward M. Sharpe, a young gen tleman who well and favorably known in Henderson , He died in Richmond.Va , of typhoid fever, after a sickness of ten days, last Monday, 12th inst. I - - Mr. R. B. Henderson has shown I us one of the most novel and useful devices in the way of a patent muzzle for horse and cattle, that we have seen. It is ; so con structed that the animal can eat grass or clover anything on the ground in fact but the moment it raises its head six, inches from the ground the sides come together and it is impossible to bite a' blade of corn or any other article until the mouth is put to the ground again. Concord Times : Another big shipment of washboards was made this week. lackson Linker lost a. leg in unusually were not Asheville, May 16. The General and asked Sunday Schools and ladies' societies to contribute. - It also urged large Churches to. give their aid to the committee instead jof to individuals, as! -, r " i I was me irequem custom. j Dr. C. A. Stulman read the thirtieth! now owns about $3,000 worth -Mr, W. J. Ritchie of No. of land. 8 has a Assembly of thej Presbyterian Church ur- stuiman reaa tne tnirtietn; L n on v- .lt . annual report of the Executive Commit- -,i-rirl of- O ..II V-i :i e o m with nMirpr rtT I - . - - . . . Politics in Onslow. .. j Candidates for county offices in Onslor are as thick as blackberries. There are four aspirants for the State Senate; five who are willing to represent the county in the lower house of the Legislature; and while there are only two candidates for Clerk of the Superior Court, there: are ten for the office of: Register of Deeds, and six for the posi-l lion of Sheriff. ; WASHINGTON NEWS. The Republicans' Introduce a Hew Rule to Cut off Debate' and Force a Vote on the Taaiff Bill4Findjings of the Nava Court Martial in the Case of Comman der McCalla. ) I Washington, MaV 15. The House Committee on Rulcs this morning dej cjded to report a rule wrhich, if adopted, openep at 9.30 this a. m., with prayer by Rev. C. A. Hilman, of Atlanta, and Moderator Park presiding, j Aftjer considerable discussion of the claus in yesterday's minutes as to the propriety of the Assembly accepting an invitdtion to the banquet ai the hotel, the Moderator announced the standing comrpittees. I .-' A Communication from the American Bible! Society, asking the Assembly to. appomt that Society an agent of the Assembly for a tuner and more general distribution of its publications', was re ceived.. ' 1 ; 1 . : i- On; motion of Dr. Hemphill, of Ken tucky, Rev. Dr. j McLean addressed the Assembly on the subject. Dr. Hemphill then offered resolutions, which were adopted after an ; hour's discussion, ap- the American Bible bocietv tee of the Institute for training colored ministers at Tusciloosa, Ala. The re-J port stated that there had been no inter4 oimtiAii yvf avArieiic on1 lilt' in T? I Robt. B. Altin, who succeeded Dr. San- vinegar keg that was made from a solid sassafras tree in' 1810. The father .of Mr. John Barringer who died a year ago made it. Mr. J. R. Litaker informs us of a peculiar accident that happened to one of his sheep of the feminine per suasion. On the first of May, 1,889, she, while climbing a tree to pick, some leaves, got one ot her tore legs lastenea, and in trying to extricate herself, broke derson, they had found a worthy head of I the leg. On the first of May of this , yccii,4.uc acinic anccp tit uiiiiulii on Other tree got the other foreleg fastened in the same way and broke It also. La Grange Sentenel The pota to bugs are doinigreat damage to the potato tops. Prof. J. W. Yerex was pose of the "theorists" whp gotup r.- ajld's to its value and enriches them 'i i if they wjere not by the senseless imposed by thej their own country. There is Communication between Q and a large1 portion of) this Lerritory south of its. In about three days, freight from Cincinnati can be put! down in jthe streets of the Citv of Mexico, and vetllthe ml- thine builder of England ind Ger. to reason. many who has to ship1 his machinery 'across an ocean can walk right into the city of Mexico, as he can in ai)y hari- i re- laws of railroad ' L ncinnati inviting the McKinlev monstrosity was to cut off importations as muqh as pos sible by adopting practically pro hibitory rates of duty. On some things the) bill is practically pro hibitory. It would be absolutely so if the influences which inspired and shaped the bill were mighty enough to make it so. ; ! j This is carrying .the campaign of education into the Senate1 and it is thought itJwill have some ht silver. against Dawes I In the Senate, Friday, M presented a remonstrance of jobbers apd retailers of foreign dry good!, in Springfield, Mass., against j certain features of the McKinley bill This il but one of many similar remon strances which will be presented in the: influence, at least on those Senators who are fair-minded and honest enough to hearken to common sense and listen liouslv affected bv the new tariff who I. C. Allen. Tarboro, No. 13, G. L. Ton- Calla was tried upon five charges, as i ' i A . ' v : 1; T - Tf Se cn.r thai' tht flrt nt this I t'"J r"" " & . Movement by the importers has peral" impression in Washington among muse wnu nave biuuicu iuc heen such that the bill cannot an city in South and t, do while the or Central America flourishing .bjisini American manufac-j turer can! do none worth speaking pf for the simple reason i that he cannot profitably handle the commodities which"aije; offered him in j exchange for whatfhe has to sell, on account jof tlie tariff ? duties he would have to pay before he could unload them -in any port of his own cjountry the European manufacturer In this ahd American manufacturer ana iraaer. of the trader h; Ameri( and as a consequence the markets-of those cbuntries are filled with; Eufo pean wares and goods, while Ameri can wares and goods; are rarely 'seen. As (jestructlve of this trade as the present tariff is, the McKinley substi tute W more so, and Will, when it be comes a' law, utterly destroy every .jpe hf building up, while jthis policy fcvrjils, , any trade worthy! of th;e; namti with these countries, j j j lljnv long is this stupidj and crimi nal policy going to prevail which cuts off anci makes strangers'of peo ples wlvo would be! our jfriends and neighbors, commercially Speaking, if 0Ur foolish trade restrictions! did not wvenf it? .will not pass the Senate in its prd lent shape, and that it is very doubt ful if it 'pass in any shape, as the Senate, even if i there had been no protests j from the. importers, have ideas of i their own on this question which differ Very ' materially - and sometimes radically from those en tertained by Mr. McKinley and his associates who patched np this crazy quilticoncern, and called; it a tariff bill.. If some of the reports which have gone out be true) Mr. McKin leyV'job: will look as if it had been run through a drag mill when the Senate is done with it and it goes back to the House, if enough of it be left together to go back to the House! Bold Ben Biitterworth jab bed the knife in and tlie Senate will do the ripping. : ' " : ; enate by the business . men country Tvhose business will of the; be inju'4 i Officers Sleeted for the Ensuing Year. The Grand Encampment met yester day and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Grand Patriarch T. E. Phillips, Fay etteville. Grand High Priest T. M. Stephens, Durham. Grand Senior Warden A. Broadfoot, Fayctteville. ; Grand Junior Warden J. W.Stanley, Goldsboro. I Grand Scribe and Treasurer TJ W. Blake, Raleigh. Grand Representative John L. Dud ley, Wilmington. Grand Sentinel E. T. Crews, Oxford. Grand Outside Sentinel W. P.-Shel- ton, Mt. Airy. District' Deputy Grand Patriarchs Benj. Bell, Campbell, No. 1; W. P. Gas- ter, Pine, No. 3; Alex. Miller, Calumet, No. 4; C. H. Poughty, Paisley, No, 10; yill bring the Tariff debate in the House largest number to a conclusion in a iew aays. i ne ruie will provide that the remainder of the bill shall be read by (the clerk, without interruption, and that when the reading is completed, ameudments may be of fered to any sectionl At noon, Wednes day next, the Committee of the Whole is to rise and report the bill to the House, and voting upon the measure and amendments made in Committee of the Whole is to begin at once. The pur pose of this is somewhat unusual. The rule is to make sure that the entire bill shall be gone over iii Committee of the Whole; that what is regarded by the majority members as a fair opportunity for amendments shall be afforded, and at the same time that the debate shall be rigidly limited tb meet the wish of the majority; that the bill shalkbe sent over to the Senate next week. Mr. Blount, thej; only Pemocratic member of the Cpmmittee present at this morning's meeting, opposed the adoption of the rule. j Washington. May 15. The findings of the MCalla coijrt-martial have been given to the - public. Commander Mc the institution. The.attendance of stut dents, especially Presbyterians, had been somewhat larger than in previous yearsj. The report recomihended the establish! ment of a preparatory department for training colored students. Five students will be sent out at (the close of the presr ent session The library numbers 1,500 volumes. The rfeport was decidedly flattering. j : .j " 1 Dr. W. A. Campbell submitted an overture asking th Assembly to petition the different religious bodies " of the country, requesting them, tp join the Assembly in petitioning all the governments of Christian countries to take measures to banish warfare as a means of settling strifes that arise between; nations and to sub stitute a more ratibnal and Christian tri bunal. It was tabled. j A long communication from the spe cial Temperance J Committee was pre sented and its reading was made the special order of business for Tuesday morning. . i j ! The place of meeting of the next Gen eral Assembly being up for discussiop, Rev, is. C. Wilsoii, of West Virginia, in vited the Assembly to meet . in Charleg- -TTT . TT . T- T K . 'T-l. Rev. j t. nryan, Birmingham' next; Rev. C. R. Hemphill, D. D., of Ken tucky, suggested Louisville; Rev. T. C. Barrett, of Arkansas, urged Little Rock. felt it to be useless to waste time on fhe Hpuse and therefore resolved to fnakeltheir fight in the Senate. -where noflski, McKee, No. 15; D. C. Hasket, Goldsboro, No. 17; J. W. Bradford, Sa 'lem, No. 20; W. H. White j Allen, No. 23; 24; A. L. Situation that the bill will be so tnaterially altered in the Senate tht t will be known, as Mr. Clarke, of labama, said in the House, Friday, s the "Allison bill. E. H. Heartt, Durham, -No. Sparger, Mt. Airy, No. 25.' After electing the above officers the Encampment finally adjourned, paving had a most harmonious ! and pleasant session. The Louisiana State Lottery Com- i . - i ii i lany must be doing a pretty; good Ibusiness when it otters to pay ijne ptate a million dollars . a yea.r for a frenewal of . its charter for twenty- Ifive years. Russell Harrison struck paying dirt when he got into that concern. Naval Stores Exports. The German brig Atlantic cleared yesterday for Glasgow, Scotland, with cargo ot a,04s barrels rosin ana ouu casks spirits turpentine, valued at $10,000, and shipped by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. j - Norwegian barque Natvig cleared for Bristol, Eng., with 4,364 barrels of rosin,, shipped by Mr. Jno. W. Bolles, and valued at $1,435. ' ' j ; j : ; NAVAL STORES. I follows : Striking another person in the Navy, (fireman John E. Walker); viola tion of the 24th article of the Articles for the Government of the Navy; inflict ing improper punishment; mal-treat-ment of persons sjubject to his orders; conduct unbecoming an officer of the Navy, and violation of the 10th clause of the 20th article of Articles for the government ofj theNavy, in failing to read the ship's company articles for the government 61 the Navy. I The Court found him guilty of all the charges, and sentenced him "to be sus pended from rankf and duty for a period of three years, and to retain his present number on the I list of , commanders while so suspended." The Secretary of the Navy has approved the findings of the Court. Ten of twelve members unite in; recommendation for clemenpy. The Secretary says there does not ap pear any grounds for this recommenda tion. ! j . CHARLOTTE. I- Mr. McKinley will be delighted i when the tariff business Is wound up IS. I i J i 1 ' ' in tne riuusc iui uncii uc nuii u wave 'II. l i ! 1 I to tell any more what hd don t khow When the farmer has free diamonds and a! bounty on cocoons he ought to be perfectly willing jto step up and pay 116 per cent, duty on lanip chim neys . ' : I . d : :.;. IflMr. McKinley was a candidate for jthe Presidency and someone j asked him what he knew about lamp; chimneys it would be 'very embar rassing. : ...". ... I:!: ''." -.,' abooit lamp chimneys, . t,; ; -V r r , Stocks of Naval Stores at the Ports. i ti ; i ' i Stocks of naval stores I .at the ports are reported as follows: i ( Spirits turpentine New York, 648 casks; Wilmington, 1,284;! Sayahnah. 9, 919; Charleston,; 1,610. Total, 13,461 casks, 'i ": "'. ! :;. j " Rosin New York, 10,401 barrels; Wilmington, . 5,807; Savannah, 40,231; Charleston, 7,497. Total, j 63,936 bar rels; - ' . I f '- far New' York, 2,619 ; barrels; Wil mington, 8,870. Total, li,489 barrels. Comparative Statement of Receipts and Stocks at this Port.-' . Receipts of naval stores at this port from April 1st (the beginning of the crop year) to May 16th,- as compared with receipts for the same period last year, are as follows : J " - ' Spirits turpentine, 5,608 casks; last year, 4,815. Rosin, 35,910 barrels; last year, 29,767. Tar, 11,613 barrels; last year, 10,162. Crude i turpentine, 1,242 barrels; last year, 1,441 . ' I The stocks at this port, May 16th, as compared with stocks at same date last year, are as follows : ; ; ( : Spirits turpentine, , 1,284 casks; last year, 1,708. Rosin, 5,807 barrels; last year, 46,620. Tar, - 8,870 barrels; last year, 5.945. Crude turpentine, 1,140 barrels; last year, 320. 1: - .-';.. !' - Hornet's Nest Riflemen to Visit Rich mond on the 29th Clay Barkley Sup posed to Have Been Murdered, j Charlotte, N. C, May 15. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce unani mously voted tjo-night to .send jthe Hornets' Nest Riflemen to the unveil-; ing of the Led monument in Richmond. The Company is the second oldest in the , State. Thej Chamber defrays the Company's expenses, as special repre sentatives of Chkrtotte. -Clay Barkley, who was . supposed drowned last week in the tatawba river, at Robinson's ferry, is now believed to have been murdered by two men with whom he had a difficulty several mohths ago, and several arrests have been made, pointing agent, as requested.! j Rev. W. H. Houston, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, of Nashville, submitted a-epprt showing that during the past year fourteen missionaries have jthe mission held, tne j ever sent (out by the church in one yarj An important mis sion: of great interest has been under taken to the Congo Free State of Africa. Thej receipts of! the treasury have been larger than ever before. The work has bee carried on throughout the year without borrowing adoll&r, an expe rience almost without precedent in the I ton. West Virginia; history of the department. At the I of Alabama, urd mission stations and out-stations the gospel has been preached to many thousands of people. Receipts of the Treasury from all sources for the year amounted to $107,627 $11,572 more than for any previous year. The amount received from legacies was largely in creased, being nearly $15,000, Sums frotn other sources were but slight ly, increased from former years. - The Committee urges the Assembly to j-estore to foreign missions the same proportion of; : collections j as at first, which was one-fourth .instead of one sixth as now. j The Committee spoke more en couragingly pf the work! in Japan, Mexico, China. Brazil, Greece and Africa. In view of the great interest and importance of the last Inamed field the Committee request the! Assembly to make it a subjject of special prayer and thanksgiving.) 1 ! Puring thej discussion of "The Faith orice Delivered to the Saihts." by Dr. Hemphill, at jthe banquet last night, he urged in the inost forcible manner stead fastness to thje old standards and op posed revision of the Confession of Faith. He said he hoped God would direct his brethren of, the Northern Chnrch, now Jin session, and keep them true to the falith once delivered to . the salts. He was most enthusiastically ap plauded. The Assembly is clearly op posed to revision, if Asheville, May 17.4-The third day the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church South was Opened at 9.30 this morning with prayer by Dr. Hemp hill. i , - l- ; ! j A communication was read from the colored Presbytery of Texas, asking that the Assemblirgiye them aid in building Churches. It Spoke hopefully of the work they wlere accomplishing in that J. H. Blake, to the Com- SOUTHERN METHODISTS. State. It was, signed by Moderator, and referred ihittee on Home Missions. i j A special committee for work 'among the negroes was announced by the Moderator as follows: Rj H. Fleming, G. A. Harriss, W. C. Smith, R. Q. Baker, W. M. Gilliam, T S. Broadfield &nd W. M. iCox. This committee' will report to the Assembly! The Presbytery of Albemare presented an overture on evangelization of the Jews. Referred without being read. An overtiiEe, touching on the obliga tions of the tithe, was referred to a special committee. i f j A second overture with regard to the evangelization of the Jews, from the Presbyterylof Athens,! ws referred, and a number ot other overtures were read Barkley's buggy-whip, cushion and the one from the ! Presbytery of Concord, contents of the buggy have bean found but aU efforts tor find the body proved unavailing. The country community is greatly stirred iup over developments tending to show murder. j asking thai the question of tithes be re- imitted by the Assembly,; and one front !the Presbytery of Endree, in reference to young women who were offering them ; selves as foreign missionaries. . General Conference at St. Louis Tester day's Proceedings. St. Louis, May 15. The General Conference of the M. E. Church was enr ; i . . gaged largely in transacting routine business. The Finance Committee re commended payment of actual expenses of delegates,ran(J checks were made out therefor. : The Committee On Itineracy reported non-concurrence on memorial from the North Carolina Conference to allow un ordained ministers to administer the sacrament. . j Committee on Revisals reported non concurrence in isome twenty memorials for slight alterations in Church torms and on calling for a change in repre sentation to the General Conference from one delegate for thirty-four mem bers to one delegate for forty-two mem bers. ' . i - The committee also refused to change the form of infant baptism, and declined to substitute the word man for husband in the marriage ceremony. The Committee on Sunday Schools recommended the creation of a General Conference Sunday School Board, of which the editor of the Sunday School Publication shrill be chairman, and a secretary be elected by the Board.; . ; The same cpmmittee non-concurred, in a resolution 'providing that the; profit of the Sunday School periodicals, above $10,000 annually, shall be expended for the betterment otthe literature. ? The Temperance Committee concurred in a memorial; changing the degree of the offense committed by a member of the church who encourages the, liquor traffic by rentingjiis property for saloons and signing petitions for licenses, from "Imprudence," as now designated in-the Discipline, to "Immorality, y j The Committee on Trustees reported in favor of the formation oJ a church board of trustees, as outlined in the resolution given in these dispatches two ,or three days ago. The Bible Cause Committee reported the following statistics of the American "Bible Society work: j Receipts during the past quadrennium $2,129,588; disbursements $2,146,189. During the four years the secretary has distributed 5,888,420 copies of the Bible. ; The Committee endorsed the Bible Society, and recommended the continu ance of relations between the General Conference and the Society.; The re port was adopted. i St. Louis, .May 16. In the General Conference of the M. E. Church South this morning, and after the usual re bitten by a spider last Monday night which proved to be very, severe and ; painful for several hours. ' --j Harry Moses, colored, a very respected preach er and who had many friends among the white arid colored, died last Monday j evening in his 91st or 92d year In : less than an hour . after the books were j opened eighty-nine shares of the cotton j factory were taken, and upj tolthe time of going to press 125 shares have been j jaken. Calvin Beaman, the color- ' ed. "factotum," of the firm of H. E. Dil- Ion of this tOMra was detected -in sys- ; tematic stealing from the hrm by the i shrewdness of Mr. Harvey Williams, j Mr. Dillon's clerk, which led to the in- j carceration of Beaman in the county i jail tq await trial at the next term of the ; Superior Court. I I I Charlotte Chronicle: Every thing 4s taking shape very satisfactorily for the?20th of May-celebration. Very low rates on the railroads have been made, the fare being reduced to one cent per mile for the military and fire companies, and the round trip for one , fare for all others. This low rate with j the array of attractions that will be offered insures tremendous crowds dur-;, ing the three days' celebration. The in- l dications now are that the crowds will; be large. Brick laying has been begun on the walls of the new Episcopal church, on the corner of Tryon and, Seventh streets. This will be one of the handsomest churches in the city. At a meeting of the Scotch.-Irish Congress held Tuesday night, the work of which was completed yesterday, per manent organization was effected by the adoption of a constitution and by-laws and the election of permanent officers! The constitution adopted christens the society "The Scotch-Irish- Society of North Carolina." . j A Knights of Pythias Lodge will be organized in Mon roe next week. Dan Summey has just returned from there, and he thinks the lodge will have a membership of 12 . when it is instituted, -j S. P. Wentz caught an eel in Stuart's pond yesterday that was about 30 inches long, 8 inches around and weighed five pounds. - Sanford Express: The farmers , report good stands of Cotton and corn. r The Egypt Coal Company is hav ing a Drancn une surveyed irom usgooa on the Seaboard Air-Line ; to Egypt, so as to give that company a competing ' line in shipping coal. 'An immense hotel on the foreign plan will be built at Pine Bluff in this county, with North ern capital. Mr. J. T. Patrick, the Inter-State Immigration Agent, is at the head of it. The rats in the Sea- ' board Air-Line depot tackled a barrel of molasses belonging to McPherson j & Weatherspoon, gnawed a hole intq it and helped themselves. A donkey was left in the depot one night and these same rats' charged his hmdermost legs and gnawed the hair off of them. It is believed that when j food ; is Scarce in Sanford these rats -would tackle a saw mill for food.) Negroes do not. risk their sleepy carcasses at this depot in the dead hours hereafter. James Worthy, colored, while serv- ing as a valet for Mr. M. C. Mclver, who attended the marriage of ;Mr. J. A Mc lver, at Jonesboro last week, stole from his master's valise his pocket book, con taining $30,00 in cash. The negro, who was spending money pretty freely, was suspected and was decoyed by railroad men into the depot at Sanford i on Thursday night and searched. Mr. Mc lver s pocket book containing oniy $7.00 was found upon his person. He had soent $23.00 of the money for clothes, shoes, hat, &c, all of which Mr. , Mclver got. possession of. The negro had a preliminary hearing before Esq. I. M. Stephens and was sent to Carthage i jail. : ; .- ! , .' :. ; l! . i 1 1 r
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