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We believe that the mass of the
people, if V. not for the ex-
nictQ on both sides, could soon
get together on - the silver coinage
question. But Unfortunately it Is
jjjgYew who do the talking and they,
(itl,er irom interested motives or
jr0ai over-zealousness in the cause
ihey advocate, talk wildly and cpn
fnsr a question that any one of or
iir business sense ought to be
able to see through and understand.
We number 65,000,000 of people and"
n ought to be able to adjust oar
fioances without foreign help and to
oaintain the integrity of oar money
at home and make people abroad re
spect it. ' ! ;
But to do this we must show the
patriotism which stands squarely up
to its Government, and the national
pride to preserve the reputation of
the money upon which the Govern
ment puts its stamp. When that is
.done it becomes the money of the
whole'people, the representative, so
to speak, of Governmental authority,
and as such it ought to be the aim
of tht patriotic citizen to preserve it
unimpaired, of whatever it may be
made, gold, silver or paper. Patri
otic citizens do this in time of war
when extraordinary emergencies
arise, and why can't they do so in
times of peace when emergencies
also arise? I ''
During the late war the people
wh'jsi03d by the Federal Govern
ment took and freely used about
$400,000,000 of paper money, which
had nothing in it or on it to give it
the value it had but the stamp of the
Government, which made it money,
and the act of Congress, which made
it a legal tender. i It had absolutely
nothing to dignify it but the legal
tender q.tality imparted to it bylaw,
mi nothing behind it but the faith
of the people that it would continue
to be good, lawful money and avail
able for the purposes of business and
to pay debts until it was replaced, if
that time ever came, by some other
money. Although it was a legal
tender for the amount of . figures
ppon its face, it fluctuated in value
more or less,. but these fluctuations
were caused not by the people, who
readily took and used the money, but
-by the money-manipulators, who
speculated on that as they now do on
gold. The very same class of men
"ho tried to discredit Greenbacks,
which the people willingly and patri
otically took and used, and kept up
the agitation until the specie resump
tion act was passed, have been doing
all they could to discredit silver, and
lor the same reason, to enhance the
"value of gold. . ' ...
The people are not fighting silver;
whatever fighting they' are doing as
a mass is for silver. But they are
Jiotcrazy on that subject. They are
not foolish enough not to wanf'sound
and stable" money, money which
would buy as much as any other kind
01 money and have the debt-paying
property of any other kind of money.
mey believe there ouirbt to be
enough of some kind in circulation,
and they are now agitating the coin
age-of silver because they believe
'at is the way to get enough. They
Qo not want the inflation that is ap
Rrentiyso much -dreaded by the
"sound money" people, but they do
want such an expansion of the cur
acy as would meet the demands of
UUSlneSS thf rmintra nr anA otr
" out ol the power of the owners of
me millions to control the volume
and hold the business of the country
"their mercy.
ineremay.be some difference of
- opinion as to what the ier caHta cir
culation should be, the most extreme
contendinsr fnr 1.,ki- . . m,,.K
as we have now, which would be
ahnnf ...u.4. T-i . .......
"vwuat r ranee lias. Witn so
much even the extremest of those
hn A .. " -
uu noi own silver mines or are
Ma. a.
in some way interested Jn the
Production of silver would be "con
fan .
''u, ana they would not favor
' an inflation of silver money, or coin
-sc Deyond the amount that the
country could absorb. (A much
i a i v t M . .
&vl auiouni, oy the way, than we
now haVe in circulation, especially
"'" me inequable method of distrt
,;i,un in" we now have, by which
thcr ' '
- surplus of money in some
ections. and a famine in others.)
nere IS no nnrnnn.Am!.i..
f -wui UUilBIU UCUUUU
"the free and unlimited coinage of
VOL. XXVIi
ing ior silver,- They, -with the ex-
ception, perhaps, of the "silver mine
operators would be content - with the
coinage of a 1 reasonable amount
yearly until the volume desired had
been reached, and : it is not so cer
tain that the Silver "mine nnratrrsi
would not be willing to to compro.
mise on the same conditions Such'a
compromise for the present, accom
panied by ; provision for State
banks, would soon quiettthe silver
agitation, and would 'also' demon
strate how far the country could go
in tne coinage of silver, and if it was
found that we -were going too far,
and coining more than we had use
for, we could suspend until the condi
tions were such as to make a resump
tion of coinage advisable. r ' v
s ; BUfOS MESTIOZT.
Much of the inventor's 'genius
these days is devoted to contriving
death-dealing machinery, guns that
will shoot on the perpetual motion
plan, that all yon have to do is wind
them up, turn them m the right
direction and let them go on mowing
men down, and guns that will send a
ball either through a mountain or
over it, through a tree on the other
side and kill the fellow behind it.
For the navy they have been work
ing to geftap an armor plate that no
gun can bore a hole through, while
other , fellows are at work on guns
and shells that no armor plate can
withstand. About the time'; they
think they have succeeded, some
other inventor comes along and up
sets all their calculations. ' A few
Weeks ago Mr. Carnegie had some of
his Harveyized plate tested at Indian
Head, and when the most powerfu
guns failed to materially damage it
he thought he had the armor plate
down fine, and so he did nntil one of
the new Carpenter j projectiles went
whizzing through it twice the other
day, as thus described by , a Wash
ington dispatch: )
The first shot at a 12-inch Harvev-
ized plate to-day, with ao initial velocity
of 1,475 feet per second, got its point ten
incnes into toe plate ana went to pieces,
knocking a slice off the plate and driv
ing out a piece behind big enough to
flood a compartment of a vessel if it bai
struct near tne water-line. Tnis-per
formance was sufficient to pass the shell,
as it would have easily pierced ordinary
metal, ana besides it warmed up the gun.
"Another of the big shells was put in
to place, and behind it : were stowed
away 400 ponnds j ..of brown hexagonal
powder, specially adapted to this calibre
of gnn. When the electric button was
pressed tne 1100-pound shell leaped
from the muzzle with a velocity of 1.810
feet per second, and less than a third ol
a second later it went through the plate
oak backing and sand bank behind, and
ricocheting high in the air. plunged into
the woods a mile away, where it was
found an hour later, practically unscath
ed after its remarkable journey." :
The plate men can now proceed
to toughen up bis plate . some, and
then the projectile fiend will proceed
to increase the-penetrating and burst
ing capacity of his projectile and
gun. - 'J ! '
The May number of the Southern
Trade, published in ! St. Ixjuis, gives
a list of 381 industrial enterprises
started in the Sooth last month.
Among tbem 31 cotton mills, 14 flour
mills, 7 canning factories, 6 furni
ture factories, 23 saw and planing
mills, and 16 foundries and machine.
shops. The others Tare electric and
telephone plants, t
The New York Advertiser wants to
know how the Western people are to
protect themselves against the tor
nadoes of the end of Spring. The
easiest way we know is for them to
abandon their cyclone cellars, and
come South where the tornado.
cyclone and all that sort of thing
isn't cultivated. ! -
The Mayor of Cologne, Prussia, is
sitting down on the I American dried
apple, which he says is impregnated
with zinc, absorbed from the zinc
nets on whloh the apples are put to-
dry. The opinion-is entertained by
some that this is part of a base con
spiracy to ruin the reputation of this
inoffensive American product, which
was rapidly making successful entry
into the interior of Germany.
The Next Cotton Crop ; - -
The Stab, does not suppose there is a
man in the United States, who is at all
familiar with cotton, who does not con
cede that the crop of 1885-'98 will
be smaller than that d 1894-85. It 43
only a question of extent of decrease
On this point the experts and statisti
cians are now at work on their guesses.
Tt is siid that in New Orleans a day cr
two ago there were offered bets of $1,000
to $2,000 that the next crop .would not
exceed 7,850,000 bales, and $500 to $1,
000 that the Texas crop would not ex
ceed 2.115,000 bales. The St Aft thinks
the New Orleans bettors, would have a
"surer thing" if. they would raise their
fiizures for the entire crop to 8.000,000
baIesaod those for! Texas to 2.500.000
bales. -. 2 i ::,;-; ' - r..4:
Tmvel Will Bo Cheep.
"The people," tald a railroad man to
a Charlotte rews reporter muiauaj,
"think they are having . cheap travel
now, but just wait until the Exposition
opens in Atlanta this Fall, and you will
learn what cheap travelling is. The two
big lines to Atlanta, the Southern and
the Seaboard Air une, are aireaoy
sharpening knives, and they are going
to da some wondenur siasning, wai is,
-unless something, happens in the mean
time to cause them to lay down tueir
arms. ' The prospect is good, though,
for the cheapest travel ever known in the
South." .
WTO
RALEIGH HAr
CONCERT BY" THE LADIES MONU-V-
: M ENTAV ASSOCIATION. ' ; :if m
MaoyXtelebrmted Sinitera FTtiolpatd Anoth.
H rCpnot t ba GlTen on the 20ch tnw.
; The Fhannosu and Dr. Cair.-S. "L.
j onops yna not . do Bemoved to Ports-.
0'&.-i-Henr. Mr. Tntao' BerlTft,.
Ralmgh, N. U, May 11 1895.
The . concert . given by the' Ladies
Monumental Association was quite, a
success. : Many .celebrated singers
came from a distance tn narririnat
Mt' rigott, of Atlanta, captivated
tqe audience." The bbfect of the con
cert was to secure funds -for defraying
expenses incident; with the entertain
ment of visitors on the 20th. Abont
150 was netted by the managets. On
the evening of the 20th another concert
for the benefit of the Monument Fund
will be given. -Many noted singers will
be here. The Capital Club and the Car
olina Cotillion Club will give a . german
the same evening. It promises to be
the social event of the season. .
: The pharmacists are making a deter
mined effort to make Dr. Carr resign his
position at the Insane Asylum, as phar
macist. Mr. Bradley, who Im leading the
fight in behalf of the. druggists, is re-'
ceiving commendatory letters for hia
course from pharmacists over the State.
. 1 be report has been circulated here,
and the Norfolk papers have stated that
the shops ol the Seaboard Air Line
would be removed from Raleigh to
r-onsmouiu. va. There seems to be no
foundation for this report. : No official
action nas Deen taken, anyway, said
mt. j. m. inrner. train aisrjatcher. - -
-The "man Driver, who was arrested
here yesterday on suspicion that he was
the barn burner who escaped from the
Lillington jail, turns out to be the
brother of the man wanted. He has
been released from custody. -
Rev. Mr.Tuttle. of the Central Metho
dist Church, has instituted a new feature
in connection with revivals. He is cir
culating dodgers on the street adver
tising tne meeting now in progress at
niscnurcn. ;: -
Rev. L. N. Chappel. a Baptist mis
sionary to China, reached here from the
Orient this moraine, with his family.
The sheriff of Wake county has settled
his taxes in full with the County Com
missioners. : :
Governor Carr received a letter this
morning from Joseph B. Doe, Acting
secretary ol tne treasury, in reply to a
letter sent the War Department on the
fourth of May, setting- forth the fact
that Raleigh constitutes an exceedingly
desirable point for the establishment of
a new military post; The acting Secre
tary quotes the Lieutenant General's
opinion as follows:
- rl concur fully in the opinion of His
Excellency, Governor Carr, that Raleigh
is an exceedingly desirable point lor the
establishment of a military post, possess
ing all desirable qualifications for that
purpose." He also says the abandon;
ment of frontier posts and the concen
tration of the military in the East has
been carried about as farascanbeat
present. He furtber.says : "Moreover,
the most important military question at
present relating to North Carolina, is the
construction ol suitable fortifications and
the establishment of suitable garrisons
for the defence of the harbors of this
Slate against possible foreign attack.
"In my judgment, this point should be
attended to belore that of the establish
ment of an infantry and cavalry garrison.
I trust that at no distant date both of
these objects will receive due attention;
first, that ot the seacoast garrisons, and
second, that of a suitable infantry and
cavalry garrison in the interior.
INTER-STATE WHISKEY.
Binoo the Dispensary
Decision
Uauor
Drummer Are
T Charleston.
Beapinjc Harreat in
The recent decisions regarding the dis
pensary law have had a wonderful effect
in one respect at least, they "have filled
Charleston with whiskey drummers, says
the News and Courier, who are doing a
rushing business. There was a jovial
party of commercial men at the Charles
ton Hotel yesterday, all of whom repre
sented one or another of the largest
whiskey concerns in the country. . They
were all in the very best spirits, and judg
ing from their demeanor and words, one
would have said that business witn tnem
was on a boom. Most of them had iust
arrived in the city yesterday or the day
before, but one or two, more sagacious
than the others, had come to the city a
week ago and quietly sat down to wait
for the result ot the Columbia trial, cal
culating that if it should go against the
State there would be a boom in their
business. The event amply justified the
wisdom of their action.
Any approximately accurate guess at
the amount ot liquor tnat tnesegenue
men have sold in the city within the last
fewdavs would look like an exaggera
tion. A . reporter had a conver s nion
with one of them during the day, and
the figures mentioned were startling to
say the least of it. "Yes," he said, "we
are all whiskey men. and we are doing a
great business. I have been here now
for nearly a week, but most of the party
came into the town yesterday morning.
There is not a man of us who has been
idle, either. Probably the biggest trade
done by any of us has been done by that
tan. fine looking fellow over yonder in
the fine coat and brown trousers. He
and his poods are well known here, and
he consequently has a big 'pulL' - Last
night be sent in no less than fourteen
orders, aggregating about one hundred
and forty - barrels of good liquor. I
don't know what the sum total of all
our sales would amount to, but the
figures might surprise . you were they
made out." -
Vuneral of Mrs. Alfred Uartla.
" Funeral services over the remains of
Christian C. Martin, wiie of Mr. Alfred
Martin, were held yesterday afternoon
in St. James' Church, in the presence of
a large congregation. Rev. Mr. Strange,
the rector, conducted the services, as
sisted by Bishop Watson.
the pall-bearers were Mr. George W.
Kidder. Mr. Thomas D. Meares, Dr.
George G. Thomas, Col. John D. Taylor,
ColA. M. Waddell. Col. W. L. DeRos
set. Col.-John vW. Atkinson and Judge
O.T. Meares. There were many beau
tiful floral tributes, the grave at Oakdale
Cemetery, where the remains .were in
terred, ' being : literally covered with
flowers, testimonials of affection and es
teem from many friends of the deceased,
to whom she was greatly endeared by her
Christian character, her unbounded char
ity and benevolence.
- Mrs. Martin was the daughter of Mr.
Christopher Dudley, postmaster of Wil
mington many, years ago, sister of the
late Guilford H. Dudley, and mother of
Eocene S. Martin, Esq., Mr. William A.
Martin. Mrs. Emma Maffitt and Mrs.
Kate Maffitt. of this city.
WnMINGTON, N. C. j
TRIBUTE
TO THE MEMORY OF. THE
CONFEDERATE DEAD
By the Iitdiee' Memorial Attootation ,
Beryleea Oakdale Cemetery Oration :
by W. G. Burkhead, Btq.Deeoration '
of " Oravea Military Parade Salutes
Fired, iri'MiS
Memorial; Day was observed In Wil
mington as a half-holiday. Public and
private schools . closed at. noon, and ;
nearly all places ol. business 'at 2 o'clock
p. m. . The weather was propitious as
pretty a May day as one conld wish
and early, m the afternoon crowds of
people gathered at Oakdale Cemetery,
wnere services were held in commemo
ration of the Confederate dead, in ac
cordance with the programme arranged
by the Ladies Memorial Association.
Shortly after 4 O'clock the Wilming
ton division Naval Reserves wheeled
their battery of howitzers into position
on the hill overlooking the cemetery and
fired a salute of eleven gnns, and shortly
afterwards the Wilmington Light In
fantry arrived on the grounds. ? ; . '
Under the direction of the chief mar-":
shal, CoL Jno. L. Cant well, a procession
was then formed and marched to the
Confederate' lot, where the exercises be
gan with the choir selected for the occa
sion singing the doxology. "Rev. Will
B. Oliver, pastor j of the First Baptist
Church, : then offered an , earnest and
touching prayer. and after the an
them, "Ever . .Fadeless be Their
Glory," - was ' sung - by the choir.
Mr. John E. Crow, assistant marshal.
introduced Mr. W. G. Burkhead, of Co
lumbus county, invited by the Memorial
Association to deliver the annual ora
tion.
Mr. Bnrkhead
made an ; excellent
the beginning to the
address, and from
close of bis speech was listened to with
close attention.and frequently applauded.
His subject was "The Private Soldier."
After speaking in , fitting terms : ot the
noble work undertaken and accom
plished by the Ladies' Memorial Asso
ciation of Wilmington, he said:
The war in which our heroes fell has
with many become a twice-told tale, an
old song. Stories of their "dearest action
in the tented field are not listend to
with interest now.! The old soldier who
was a unit in the noblest army that ever
oattiea ior tne rignt is orten voted as a
bore by those for whom he spent his
strength and spilt his blood. Why is it?
,1 fear it Is because we are too thoughtful
for self. i I
If there Is one- peculiar and special
characteristic of the present age, it is
surely its materialistic tendency. Selfish
ness, that clog upon all generous feeling,
that obstacle to all noble sentiment, is
everywhere rife. The spiritual and sen
timental are overshadowed by the mate
rial and the sordid. What is fame if we
cannot hypothecate it? What is honor
if we cannot traffic upon it ? What is
place,' or power, or public trust, if we
cannot coin' it ? Painful examples are
aAel1w iViif fist 4 JaIIiImi ! vMai4il
valuable, nothing commendable, nothing
praiseworthy that will not enhance our
material prosperity. .io-aay we too often
gauge our neighbor, not by his noble
heart, his open hand, his generous im
pulses, but by his bank account. He
may -spend himself in the service of bis
day and generation, but if he is not worth
a homestead he is no good. No invest
ment that does not produce return in
kind is worth our attention. The old-
fashioned injunction and the old-fash
ioned promise, "Cast thy bread upon the
waters and thou Shalt find it after many
davs." is disposed of with a sneer and a
shrug. We cannot afford to wait; we do
not want to find it "after many days; we
want to find it now. bhow us some
chance to realize a large percent, and we
are enthusiastic show as an opportoni
ty to do good and if we embrace it at all,
we do so with languor and listiessness.
A few weeks ago I heard a conversation
I did not like: A lawyer was telling a
friend of a case he had won. He told of
the adverse opinions of his brother law
yers, of his own tentative assertion of the
correctness ot nis opinion, ol nis labor
and search for the authority and for pre
cedent, of his fears, his hopes, of his cli
ents' anxiety, and finally of his triumph.
The friend I destroyed his enthusiasm
and his pleasure with one question: How
much did you make out of it? Of course
he made something, it is usual and ne
cessary to make something, but the
thrill that stirs you, the flood of icy that
engulfs you when you feel that by yonr
own energy and ; exertion and skill you
have caused the right to triumph, iar ex
ceeds the pleasure that comes to him
who counts all things in dollars and
cents. Is everything to be valued in dol
lars and cents? Suppose these anxious
friends had stood i by the wayside when
oar gallent soldiers were marching to the
front and had iterated their question
what will it pay ? Suppose this question
had been asked Jetterson uavis when be
resigned his seat in the Senate and cast
in his lot with his own stater Suppose
this question had ! been flung . into the
face of Robert Lee when he left the army
of the United .States and tendered his
sword to Virginia; and suppose each one
had been touched . with the materialism
of the present age and had - refused tcr
stir until you could have answered with
a liberal amount of dollars and - cents;
where would be our glory? - i.
Judas Iscanot asked this question or
one like unto it when the whole house
was filled with the fragrance of the pre
cious ointment that Mary had poured
on the feet of our Lord. He did ' not
think that paid. He did think it paid
him to receive for his treachery thirty
pieces of silver, but Christ said "She hath
wrought a good work noon me. wher
ever this gospel shall be preached in the
whole world this shall be told as a me
morial of her." and of fudas Iscariot ; he
said : "Woe unto that man by whom
the Son of Man is betrayed: it were bet
ter for that man if he had never been
born," and to-day throughout Christen
dom in half a thousand languages the
touching story of Mary is told as a me
morial of her. while "Judas" is a hissing
and a by-word among the nations of the
earth. ... : -.-
In the long hard winter at Valley
Forge, British agents went among the
half starved troops of Washington and
asked this same question what will it
pay ? Benedict Arnold thought it would
not pay him to suffer with the suffering
Continentals. It paid him in gold to go
to the army of the British. To-day we
learn with gratitude that not a soldier at
Valley Forge was induced to sell his
honor and glory,; while with grim joy we
also read that Benedict Arnold died un
wept, unhondred and unsung. There
are things that cannot be reckoned with
money. There are things beyond price,
and the tender care and sweet memory
of a noble unselfish deed are more
precious than rubies; but in the hurry of
business life we are apt to forget these
deeds, and sordid motives become the
TED AY,: MAY 1 7; 1895.
springs of our actions. Look at the
poor pitiful sum now on hand to erect a
monument to one, ot the greatest born
on our soil only $416.50 has been sub
scribed to build a monument to Zebulon
B. Vance. vsvS w-fe-
Nearly thirty years have elamed since
the last ragged Confederate soldier laid
down his musket, and a "monument has
just been erected to our heroic dead.
And 820,000 oi the money was almost
wrung from the State , Treasury. Private
donations and tree . will offerings and
spontaneous gratitude scarcely sufficed
to lay the foundation; Uncovered I sa-
luteJie women of North Carolina. Their
devotion, their tove, their patriotism,
their gratitude for the fallen heroes
planted the monument at Raleigh, so
tasteful, so beautiful, so grand. . and all
over tms state in every cemetery where
the Southern dead lie buried the women
of? North Carolina, by Slab and stone
ana column have testified their devotion
and' patriotism; and far away at. Gettys
burg, where so many " North Carolina
boys sleep, laimintr bv silent oossetsion.
title to a full share in the glorious deeds
aone upon that awful field thousands of
moaest neaa-stones tell bow woman s
love remembers. And more than that.
We have woman to thank for the recur
rence of this sweet , custom of covering
with flowers the graves of the dead, and
keeping alive the memories of the terri
ble but hallowed past. We lords of cre
ation are too busy. We are struggling:
ana reaching ana grasping, we let the
present engross us; we give too earnest
heed to that doctrine of Longfellow,
"Let the dead past bury its dead." Too
many of us talk wisely, we think, of the
new South, and have already folded up
and laid away all memories of the old
South, but woman forgets not. . The
shadowy vista of years does -not cloud
her vision. - She yet sees the gallant boys
marching to the front. She vet hears the
yell of triumph. She yet hears the
groan! - and the death rattle. She
yet sees the pain-stricken face and
marred and mangled body. God bless
the women. They save us from our
selves. They keep our hearts alive. -
ln compliance with your request.
ladies of the Memorial Association. I
come to perform the task you have as
signed me, and I do not come reluct
antly. One thing made me hesitate.
however--1 was not a soldierr I have no
personal reminiscences; ! did not toil
through the long march; I did not starve
in prison; l did not join in the charge;
I never-heard the rebel yell. These are
serious defects in a speaker on an occa
sion like this; but though 1 am not equal
to the task; though 1 am unable to say
anything new or interesting. I wanted
to come. With all the ardor of my na
ture I have loved and admired the Con
federate soldier and I am glad of an op-
rrtnnity to say so. Many a time have
sat with bated breath and burning
cheeks and listened to tales of the heroes
home returned. I never tire of reading
the wondrous story of those wondrous
deeds. All my life General Lee has been
the object of my most extravagant ad
miration and veneration. Oh, the grand
deur and character of Lee!
...... !
"Never a hand waved sword from stain
as free,- f - .
Nor purer a sword led braver band,
Nor braver bled for brighter land,
Nor brighter had a cause so grand, -
nor cause a chief like Lee.
And who does not thrill when the
name of Jackson is called.
cut l do not come to talk of the Gen
erals. Their fame is secure. No wreath
of mine could add to their honor. Great
were the Generals of the Confederacy.
and their deeds have, been a thousand
times lauded. There is a verse in an
old familiar poem that has always ap
pealed to me, and in that verse I find
my subject to-day:
'All quiet along the Potomac to-night,
txcept now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat to and
(fro ; v.
By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
'Tis nothing a private or two now and
i then,
Will not count in the news of the
i battle. ! . "
Not an officer lost, only one of the men.
Moaning out all alone his death rattle.
It has always been impracticable, if
not impossible, to give the names of the
men who did the great deeds, who died
in iuc huuxv auu tn iuc aicgc auu at
the battery's side. Even Henry V, at
Agincourt, after proclaiming that he
who shed his blood with him should be
his brother, -fails to mention by name
the men who were killed, although they
numbered only twenty-five. And be
cause of this, because it is not possible
to mention by name all who fought gal
lantly, and because the private soldier
has been, at least in some instances,
actually forgotten in the news of the
battle, and because North Carolina boys
have, in fact, been slighted, I have
chosen for my subject "Only One of
the Men, or The Private Soldier."
Lee and Jackson and Stuart and Tay
lor and Gordon and Beauregard and
Pender and Pettigrew were great Gen
erals, but the seven hundred thousand
soldiers, meanly clad and scantily fed
and poorly equipped, that kept at bay
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I or iour long years ana a nunarcu umn
defeated three million amply equipped
men. were great soldiers. Not alone to
the Generals is due the victory. There
have been Instances when the Genera
caused defeat t In one of the great
battles on tno-jpontineni oi curope, one
of the English regiments, as Macaulay
has it, deserted by friends and butnum
bered by foes, forced their war into a
fort that had just been, pronounced im
pregnable by the finest marshals oi
France.- In one of the battles of the
Mexican war a -brigade of volunteers
who did not even know the calls of the
bugle charged the enemy and won a
Victory while the bugles, at the com
roand of the General, sounded a retreat.
The volunteers had volunteered to fight
and so soon as the bugles sounded they
fought. Like Dessaix' drummer boy,
they had not learned the retreat. But
we need not go to another country or to
another age j for - great deeds. The
best soldiers the world harever seen wore
the gray thirty years ago. Is proof of their
valor and devotion needed? A North
ern writer said r "It is beyond wonder
liow men such asfthe rebel troops are can
fight as they do. That those ragged and I
filthy wretches, sick, hungry and always
miserable should prove such heroes Is a
mystery. Men never ' fought better.
There was one regiment that stood up
before the fire of three of our long range
batteries and of two of our regiments of
infantry and although the air around
them was vocal with the whistle of bul
lets and the scream of shells, they stood
and delivered their fire injperfect order.
Another writer a member of the. New
York Artillery, in a letter to a North
ern paper said, speaking of the 'Seven
Pines' battle: 'Our shot tore their ranks
wide open and shattered them asunder
in a manner frightful to witness but they
closed .. up i and came on as
steadily as English veterans. When
they got within ifour hundred
yards we closed our case shot and opened
-on them with j cannister. Such destruc
tion I never witnessed. - At each dis
charge great gaps were made in their
ranks. - Indeed whole companies went
down before that murderous fire, but they
closed with order and discipline that was
awe-inspiring. At one time three lines,
one behind the other, were steadily ad
i vancing and i three of their flags were
brought within range of one of our guns
ioaaca witn cannister. ire! shouted
the gunner and down - went the three
flags and a gap was opened in those lines
as if a thunder-bolt had - torn thenu
They at once closed up and came stead
ily on,- never . halting, never' wavering;
right through the woods, over the fence.
through the field, right up to our guns
ana sweeping - everything before them,
captured pur artillery and cut our whole
division to pieces. '.'-, .:
i If such tribute to tbe brilliant courage
of the Southern soldier is paid by the
lips of our enemies, who shall dare chide
us. for whom they fought and died.when
we meet to pay them honor? Who dare
criticise us if we forget everything but the
glory of their achievements, and where
can we find words to express our admi
ration of their unparalleled daring and
devotion ? No eulogy can do them jus
tice. The most vivid picture will grow
pale and somber beside the work of that
artist who could give us. the plain and
simple facts. No one but an eye-witness
could conceive and not even he can re- j
late the truth of this great conflict.
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- Why did the private1 soldier go to the
war? His patriotism was stirred. His
love of liberty was aroused; Tbe same
high-sentmtent that stirred the Revolu
tionary heroes, the same call of duty
that summoned- Wolfe to die on the
plains of Abraham and sent- Havelock
to relieve Lucknow, urged him on and
kept him true to hia colors and his cause.
He could no more remain at home
when the. war-drum rolled than he could
disown bis 'country and his home.
He spoke in actions and their thunder
is sounding yet. Let others profess love
of country. He proved his devotion.
Let others describe in glowing periods
the courageous Impulse of the soul. His
hps were dumb but his deeds are vocal.
Did he go for fame or fortune He
well knew no fortune could come. He
knew he would te to fame unknown.
He knew the Clio would be too busy
with the high and the great to even re
cord his -name, and even that Calliope
could spare to him no measure in her
wondrous song. But none of these things
moved him. - His country called. All
he held dear was at stake and like the
Spartan he went forthto return, alas in
so many instances, not with his shield.
but upon it! U
. . . .-
I am glad I am talking to a Wilming
ton audience, for you can join with me
in crowning with honor the Eighteenth
Regiment of North Carolina Troops.
New Hanover and Columbus both fur
nished soldiers for that regiment. You
gave three companies, we gave two com
panies. Not only did your native citi
zens enlist, but those who bad adopted
this as their native country joined
with you and with us, and too much
honor cannot be paid to that company of
German volunteers, who transferring the
German's God-given love of liberty to
their new father-land, made common
cause with us, and fought with us and
died with us. .
Such unselfish patriotism is rare and
is worthy of all praise.- It is not within
my capacity to recount the achieve
ments of this Eighteenth Regiment.
Its glory is fadeless. - In speaking of it
I do noti disparage any other regiment.
North Carolina soldiers were as good as
the bestl On the marchHin siege, in the
charge, in the retreat, on picket, in
every arm of tbe service, North
Carolina soldiers suffered, as much, ac
complished as much and remained
as true as did the soldiers of any
State. 1 will go farther than that and
say that they did more than, the soldiers
of any other State, for there were more
of them! It is now definitely settled
that North Carolina sent more soldiers
to the front than any other State." She
furnished more soldiers than r she did
voters and ' her enlistment aggregated
fully 125,000 men, nearly one-fifth of
the whole Southern army. All her regi
ments fought well, and the story of the
Eighteenth is but the story of the other
regiments from the First to the Seven
tieth. From strong men to beardless boys
they won their laurels and deserve them.
By accident of my residence I have
heard more of the 18th regiment than of
any other. Of the hardships it bore its
part, of honor it deserves its share and
only its share does it deserve. At Han
over Court House and at Cold Harbor
it suffered terribly. At Fraser's farm
one ot its companies, sadly reduced by
battles f of the preceding days went into
the fight with twenty-two men all told
and only four, three lieutenants and the
corporal escaped uninjured;. 18 out, of
the 22, including the captain, were shot
down upon the field. ' Every private sol
dier in the company was killed or
wounded including the Captain and that
captain I now carries an empty sleeve
pendant! from his left shoulder.
On the conclusion of Mr. Burkhead's
admirable address, the "Roll of Honor"
was called by assistant marshal. Crow,
the anthem, "An Offering of Flowers,"
was sang by the choir, and after the ben
ediction, pronounced by Rev. Mr. Oliver,
the Light Infantry closed the exercises
by firing three volleys over the mound at
the base of the monument. - -
Tbe floral decorations surpassed any
thing of tbe kind ever before seen on a
similar occasion. The mound was liter
ally covered with flowers, and on every
grave in the cemetery that marked the
last resting place of a Confederate sol
dier there was a floral tribute from the
Memorial Association. v ;
MEM0EIAL "EXERCISES ..
At Wayman Church, Columhus County
Address by Mr. Henry Bonlia, of Wil
mintton. " .. - '
i Marlville, N. CMayll.
Editor Star: There were memorial
exercises at Wayman 'church, Columbus
County, on the 10th The services
opened with singing by the choir.' Prayer
was offered by Mr. G. M. Summerell.
Then Capt, D.C Allen in an appropriate
speech introduced the orator of the day,
Mr, Henry Bonitr. of Wilmington, who,
while youthful, talked like a veteran, and
held his audience spell-bound, while he
spoke of the "Lost cause ' and the. he
roism of its defenders. He was easy, fluent
and graceful in his manner, and made a
most excellent address. The Ladles
Memorial Association of Wayman were
very fortunate in securing the services
of this excellent young man. He made
a fine impression on our people, and we
hope to have him among us again. '
After the speaking the Wayman Sun
day School children and citizens were
formed in line by the marshals, Capt. R.
E. Lloyd, O. J. Burress and S. B. King,
ich one laden with flowers, and
marched to the mound, where Gapt D.
C Allen read the Roll of Honor. The
mound was completely covered - with
beautiful flowers. ; -"----.-vvz.-
- This ended one of the most pleasant
memorial exercises it has been our good
fortune to attend. .
Tor the TJnveiUng at Balelsh. ' 1
The- Atlantic; Coast Line will sell
round trip tickets to Raleigh. N. C
from points on its line in North Carolina
on account oi tne nnveiung oi ine ion
federate Monument, May 20th, at the
rate of one cent per mile travelled.
Tickets will be sold May!18th 19th, and
20th. limited to May 22nd. The rate
from Wilmington will be $2.70.
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NOi28
Charles MacDonald, a Promi
, nent ChicagbBusiness Man, 1
' V , is Restored to Health. '
Within a few steps of Intersection of
two of the busiest thoroughfares in Chi
cago, if not in the entire country, is a
store through the portal of which .more
people pass. in the course of a. day than
enter into and depart from any other es
tablishment of its size in the West. Men
and women - whose faces bear the stamp
of ' intelligence and culture;' women
who lead in society, art and letters; men
who are prominent in the professions;
lawyers, physicians, artists, judges, ' and
journalists. The exterior of the place
gives immediate' evidence of its charac
ter, which is that of a center of current
news and information. - It is the news
and periodical depot of Charles Mac
Donald at 55 : Washington : street, who
writes the following letter: '.
Chicaoo, Feb. 20, 1895, Messrs."
'Wells. Richardson & Co.. Burlington,
Vt, Gentlemen : It" is clearly the duty
of every person to acknowledge a ser
vice rendered no matter what its nature.
When, however, the character of tHe
benefit bestowed is such that it lightens
the daily burdens of our lives, and chan
ges our lives from dreary watches to
periods of rest and refreshing repose, the
duty resolves itself into a pleasure. A few
months ago, owing to the confining na
ture of my business. I began to feel at
first a sort of languor and listlei sness, to
disguise which I was compelled to bring
into play all the strength of will I could
command.. The feeling grew npon me,
however, and in a short time it took
such possession ; of me that it affected
my appetite and caused insomnia. I ap
proached my meals with feeling amount
ing almost to nausea, and my - bed with
horror at the restless night, that I was
nearly certain was before me. It was
only by the strongest efforts that I was
enabled to hide the change from people
who came into my place of business, but
my intimate acquaintances were quicker
to notice it. It had arrived at a point
where I could no .longer keep silent
upon the subject, and speaking of
it to one ot m friends one day
he suggested that I try Paine' celery
compound. I purchased a bottle, and
before I had taken a dczen doses I knew
that the suggestion was a good one, for
I felt an improvement. I continued to
use it. and - feel entirely restored. My
appetite is good, I sleep well, and instead
of an irksome ;!gtinJ my business has
again become a pleasure to me. You
may put me down as a strong advocate
of Paine's celery 'compound.
Yours respectfully,
Chas. MacDonald..
THE DISPENSARY DECISION.
Comments of the Two Leading Fapera of
- South Carolina on the Deeialon in the
- Dispensary Caae. j-'M-The
Charleston News and Courier of
yesterday says : . '
If Judge Simonton's decision in the
dispensary case of Donald be sustained
by the United States Supreme Court it
will knock a very big hole in the law.
We believe that it will be sustained by
the Supreme Court, and that it marks
the beginning of the end of the whole
disgraceful business. From the first the
News and Courier has pointed out the
interference clause of : the law
with Inter-State commerce as the
weakest point, and has never doubted
that it would be declared unconstitu
ional when it should be put fairly to the
test. But while it is lawful under the
decision of the Court for persons to or
der liquors for their own private use it
is not lawful for any person, firm, or cor
poration to engage in the liquor traffic
Would-be dealers should not lose sight
of this fact. The whole law will
doubtless be overthrown in time, as it
should be, but tbe present decision of
the United States Court applies to only
one part of the law. Individuals can
buy and import all they require for pri
vate consumption, but no one can en-'
gage in the business of selling liquor
without violating the law. It is well; to
remember this in the midst of the gen
eral rejoicing I
The Columbia State comments as fol
lows: I"
- The decision on the dispensary case
is relatively unimportant in contrast to
that which restores to so many thou
sands of South Carolinians the power
to vote, but considered alone it is of
great significance. j
- No one who read in the State the two
pages of Federal decisions cited by Mr.
Bryan can fail to recognize the fact that
the judgment of the court yesterday was
in accord with the established doc
trine of tbe Supreme touit ot
the United States. We have the
strongest reason for saying that in spite
ot the assumed surprise and indigna
tion of' Governor Evans, such a decision
was expected. The only hope the ad
ministration had was that the court
might decide that it did not possess ju
risdiction. 1
The decision tolls the knell of the dis
pensary system, with all its tyrannies.
The gates of the State once opened to
the importation of liquors, the dispen
sary will be starved out by competition.
Between outside liquors of good quality
at current market rates and dispensary
liquors of inferior quality at double
prices it will be easy for the citizen to
decide. The revenues of tbe State bar
room will decrease rapidly, while its ex
penses will be maintained, for the con
stabulary will have occupation enough in
oreventing sales of contraband stuff. 'As
the institution is one for revenue and
not for morality, it will not be main
tained when it ceases to promise profits.
City Markets. . : '; .;: "
The markets yesterday were abundant
ly supplied with vegetables at reason
able prices. Strawberries sold at 8 to
10 cents per quart; green peas 12Jf to 15
cents per peck;' onions, 5 cents! per
bunch; asparagus, 8 cents per bunch;
new potatoes .(small) 10 cents a qaart;
turnips and beets, Scents a bunch.' -.
Poultry was in scant supply grown fowls
selling at 85 cents apiece; spring chick
ens 15 to 20 cents each; eggs 10 cents
pertquart. . ...
Fish were in poor supply, but stone
crabs were abundant at 10 cents per
dozen; Sound oysters and clams 12 to
15 cents per dozen. '.: ;; uvl
Fresh meats were sold in the butchers'
stalls at current prices and the supply
was equal to all demands. , : " .. ;
Mr. Warren Johnson Dead. :
Mr. Warren Johnson, father of Mr. W.
A. Johnson of ' the firm " ol Johnson &
Fore of this city, died, yesterday after-,
noon at 8.85 o'clock at his residence in
Clinton, N. C The sad intelligence was
received here last evening by telegraph.
s Celery Compound
: .GOnDON-SROWN TRAGEDY:
i ndite Tbompon Deoldea That rulton ',
Gordon Should Zfoi .be Held" for Trlai
.Tor Killing His Wife end Her Paramour: .
v - " By Telegraph te the Morning Star.. ".:
x,i LoxiisviLtk, May 9 Judge Thomp
son after listening to arguments for fouf
hours in the Gordon-Brown murder case -this
afternoon decided that Fulton Gor
don should not be held for trial and dis
charged him. , Judge Thompson after
the closing argument said: I have
listened to the case carefully and have
consulted the authorities. At is my de
liberate judgment : rthat' this man-
not only not :- guilty in law
but .his action will teach adulterers
that irhen they -ply their nefarious call
ing they ate, standing upon a precipice
from which they are in danger of being
dashed at any moment. ; Tbe prisoner is
discharged." .,; . . :-"' ,...:' '
Then followed a wild scene. People
jumped upon chairs, the bar and even
on tbe steps of 'the Judge's bench and
broke into cheers. Hundred waved
their hats in the air and the attorneys for
the defence almost bad their hands
wrung off by ' the enthusiastic multi
tude. ; Judge Thompson was unable to
restrain the commotion and court was
declared adjqurned.
" The ' defendant was not present in
Court, having . been excused -by the
prosecution. Entht slastic friends jump
ed into a cab and rode to the residence
of" Dr. Gavin Fulton to convey the
cheerful news. Gordon was overcome
with emotion. :; J
CoL Scott, for the. prosecution, said
after the trial that he did not know
whether the case would be taken before
the grand jury or not. He would have
to consult with Governor Brown first.
He said that he did not think the deci
sion was warranted by the evidence.
THE COTTON PROSPECT.
VERY DECIDED DECREASE IN THE USE
OF FERTILIZERS. V
Generally Held by the Cotton Trade That
the Tield ot the- Next Crop Will Be
Much Xiesa Than the Present One But
the Crop Is Looking Better Juat Now
' Than at Same Time Lat Tear.
The weekly cotton letter of Hubbard
Bros. & Co. thus summarizes the cotton
outlook: . ; j "'-,''
While the improving, advices which
have been received from the South re
garding the crop have caused a partial
liquidation of the holdings, it is noticea
ble that the influence of the bullish feel-
iug in commercial circles has increased
the disposition to town cotton at present"
prices, based upon; the idea that notwith
standing the reports which are coming
from the cotton belt, that the .im
provement in general business jus
tifies the maintenance of present
values, and that a further advance
is I only retarded' by the receipt
of these better advices from the growing
crop. Our friends throughout tbe cot
ton belt regard our estimate of 85 per
cent, decrease in the use of fertilizers as
less than the actual reduction, which
thay put at 40 per. cent., and inform u
that notwithstanding the large accumu
lation of cotton seed, as a result of last -season's
crop of cotton and the small '
demand for the product of the cotton -seed,
that only a small proportion
of this valuable fertilizer has been re
turned to the soil. It is generally held
by the cotton trade that the yield of
cotton for the ensuing year will be
materially less j than it was last
season, based on--this reduction, in
the use ot fertilizers, and the reduction
ih acreage which has been brought about
by the inability of the planters to secure
the necessary advances. They also
maintain that this season cannot possibly
be the same; climatic conditions are sel
dom repeated and they thus hold that ,
the crop of last season can hardly be
equalled. This fact is admitted on Bll
sides and the question of a reduction in
the yield is simply a relative-one, the
discussion of which at a time (when the
crop is barely out of the ground must be .
basedlargely upon the imagination. - '
- During the past ten days, there has
been a falling off in the demand for cot
ton for .spinners throughout the world,
who, being well provided with stocks of
the raw material, welcome an advance
which furnishes them with a reason for
the advance in the price of the product
of their machinery, but are ready to use
a portion of their accumulated supplies,
and they doubtless will not buy largely
unless crop advices should become of
such a character as to justify them in -'
looking for a material reduction in the
yield of next season below their esti
mated consumption. Speculation, which .
was first attracted to cotton, has to some
exten deserted the article for wheat and
stocks, and it needs some new factor to
induce the return of their demand to
the market. Such a reason can be0
found in bad crop accounts; which'
would have twice the ordinary . effect
upon the market,' because of the im-.
proving surroundings of trade and tpec
ulation. There is no disposition to an
ticipate that continued - good crop ad
vices would precipitate a decline; in fact
the absence ot a large short interest is a
prominent feature of the local situation.'
It seems likely that with the Increasing
demand for money, that the difference
between the months will widen, especial
ly if there is1 any anxiety regarding the.
new crop, as speculation will be attract
ed to the distant deliveries in preference
to the Summer positions. Our reports
from the Southern States indicate that
tbe crop is looking better than it did
last year at this season, and in this ac
count we are confirmed by the weekly
Government report.
" ' WASHINGTON NEWS.
Admiral Meade to be Held Strictly to Ao
ooustfor Ciitloislns tbe Administration
President Cleveland on a Planing Ex
cursion. -. . '. . ;'
Ef Telegraph to the Moraing.Star.
- Washington, j May 11. -The Presi
dent Cleveland has decided that Ad
miral Meade shall be held strictly to
account for criticising the Administra
tion, if he was correctly reported in a
newspaper interview published yester
day. -Admiral Meade, who is now at the
Army and Navy Club.m this city, has
been asked if he was .responsible for
the objectionable remarks, and upon
his reply will depend whether he is
ordered . before a court martial. It is
asserted that unless the Admiral can
satisfy the Executive that he did not
make the remarks attributed to hjm,
he will be ordered to appear for trial
on charges that (if sustained) will
terminate his' career as an officer ot
the Ufiited States Navy.
President Cleveland, accompanied by
Secretary of Agriculture J. S. Morton,
and Commissioner of Internal Revenue
J. S. Miller, took Leesburg by surprise
this morning. They went on invitation
of Mr. Henry Harrison, to fish his trout
preserve, the big spring and its outflow
about two miles and a half north ot the
town, one of the finest parts of Loudoun
county. .Leaving Washington at 9
o'clock last night, in a special train, on
reaching Farmwell, six miles below the
town, they laid off for the night, and
arrived at 7 o'clock this morning.
The party was met by Mr. Harrison
and driven quickly through to the spar
kling stream, where they have spent the
day undisturbed by visitors. At their
request their coming was kept entirely
secret and, save to their, host, jeas un
expected. . r Catching seventy .of the
speckled beauties, of which it is said the
President caught the largest, and ex
pressing themselves as delighted with
the day and the beauty of this section,
the party- returned to Washington to-,
night. V . "r!';.r :.;"
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