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The News and Observer VOLUME XXXVII. TIME QJ\GB®EST ©DOaSODILMTKSK] ©F AKIY KSCDtSTTKI GBABB®[LON]A •HAWAIIAN QUESTIO " IT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE SEN ATE YESTERDAY BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. URGENCY DEFICIENCY BILL Tbe'llHwaiian Dl*>cu**ion Listened to by tile Minin'er Irom the Young Re public-The Subject Will be Taken Up Again To-Morrow—An Arrange ment for a Vote on the Nicaraguan Bill Friday—The Day in the House— Mr. Richardson Speaker Pro Tem. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 21.—The Senate today entered promptly upon the j discussion of the Hawaiian question, the Minister from the young republic occupy- ! ing one of the front seats in the diplo matic gallery, and being the most inter- ! Bsted listener. The discussion was opened on a reso- : lution offered by Mr. Lodge approving the dispatch of a ship of war to the is- | lands last Saturday, and expressing the opinion that one should be kept there for the present; favoring the erection of a sub marine telegraphic cable from San Fran- j cisco to Honolulu, and declaring that steps should be taken to secure posses sion of the Sandwich Islands by their an j nexatiou to the United States. This resolution was objected to on the Demo- j cratic side and went over under the rule until to morrow. The resolution on the same subject which Mr. Frye had offered on the same subject Saturday was takeu up and was the text for an important debate which lasted to the close of the morning hour.Jwhen the matter again went over. In this debate the Presideut of the United States and the course pur sued by *he administration in connec tion with Hawaii found an advocate and defender in Mr. Gray, who asserted that the course of the administration had been in exact accord of the time honored j Erecedent* of the United States for one j undred years, aud the President bad, amid much clamor and detraction, main- ! taint d the honors and fame of the conn- j try. The opposite side of the quest ion was represented by Senators Frye, Lodge and Hawley. Mr. Frye made an effort to have a vote taken, but objection was made by Mr. Mills. The subject, how ever, will come up again to morrow. The conference report on the urgency deficiency bill was also debated at length, and dually the Senate voted to recede from its amendments on the sub ject of the income tax, and to leave the bill in that respect the same as it- came j from the H use. An arrangement was made for a vote j on the Nicaragua canal bill, at 5 p. m., on Friday next, and the Senate, at 5 p. m , adj turned. RICHARDSON CHOSEN SPEAKER The Day in the House devoted to the Public Buildings Bill. Washington, Jan. 21 Representative ! James D. Richardson, of Tenn., was elected speaker pro-tem of the House to day in the absense of Crisp, j who h s gone to Asheville, N. G., to re cuperate. Mr. Catching reported from the Com mittee on rules a spec ; al order providing that after two hours debate the previous question should be considered as or- j acred, and that the House should pro- | eeod to vote on bills with reference to i Sablio buildings at Chicrgo, Patterson, . J., Uumbetland, Md , South Omaha, Neb., Brookline, Mass, Pittsville, Pa., and Newport, Ky. Tie order was agreed to and under it the greater poitiou of the day was given up to the consideration of the bills" named. They were all passed, j None of them excepting the Chicago bill carry at propriations. The Chicago public building bi;l was the subject of an interesting debate, Chairman Sayers, of the committee on appropriations, leading the opposition to the measure on the contention that the present building was not un safe and inadequate, as charged by the committee on pub ie buildings and grounds, aud that a new budding could not l»e completed within the time fixed | by the bill. Several amendments, accepted by the committee o i public buildings and grounds, minimised tlies - objections to aomo extent ad the bill was finally! passed i \ a \ o'e of 179 to 51 Ti e re*cut Hawaiian revolution was not aired in the 11 >ose to day through the medium of Mr. B 'Utelle’s resolution, | whi* hhe offered on Saturday. Later in the afternoon, at a t ine when all the had tuk- n seats in the galler ies expecting to witness some live de bote over the ros dm ion, had g* ne away d sapp-oinud, Mr. Bouttlle endeavor* dto bring the matter to th- House, but Demo cratic protests aud toe point of no quo rum. hually foteed au adjournment uu til to morrow at 2: 5 * p in New Jersey’s Senatorial Fight. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 81. —The Demo cratic Senators and assemblymen held a joint caucus to-day and unanimously agreed upon Allen G. McDermott, chair- i nnn of the State committee, as their candidate for United Stabs Senator, j The two houses will take separate votes at noon to morrow. The bolters from the Republican caucus last week, it is announced, v* ill vote foi Franklin Murphy. Senator liolpk Will b<* Ke«electeil- Salem, Oie., Jan. 21.—The re election es Senator Doiph by the legislature is conceded. ~ SR RALEIGH } Or Congress the North Atlantic Squadron Washington, D. C., San. 21.—The Cruiser Raleigh left Norfolk this morn ing for Newport, R. 1., where she is to receive her complement of torpedoes, preparatory to joining the North Atlan tic squadron. j . Admiral Meade visited the Navy De 1 part meat to-day and endeavored to have l more haste made in assembling his fleet, i He has fixed next Saturday as the date of his departure on the New York, and Minneapolis from Hampton Roads for the 'Test Indies, and it now appears that the fleet instead of assembling there this week will rendezvous later at Key West. The Atlanta, which is also attached i to the squadron, left Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Saturday, for Bluefields, ! where she should arrive to morrow. Sue will report to the Admiral early in Feb ruary. The Montgomery is at Mobile. The Columbia require two weeks re pairs at Norfolk, after which she will ! hurry after the New York and Minneap | olis. Fire at Warrenton. Special to the News aud Observer. Warrenton, N. C., Jan. 21. Fire last night destroyed nearly all the block between the Hyman building and the old Sledge store. The fire originated in the carriage shop of W. E. Davis. He was in his shop Sunday afternoon mak ing a coffin, aud left a small fire in the place, it seems. The flames were discov ered early in the night, but the building was old and burned rapidly. The structure was known as the old hotel, and had been standing many years. Through the efficient efforts of the local firemen, neither the Hyman nor the Sledge building was burned, though the cornice of the former caught several times. Will Hold its Chatauqua in Asheville. Special to the News aud Observer. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 21. The union meeting in Central Church h«st night decided to invite the Ameri can Society of Religious Education to hold its Southern Chatauqui here in August and annually thereafter. One thousand dollars were pledged. The convention will last about one month. Pritchard went through to day. He will leave Raleigh for Washington Wed nesday. Receiver Appointed. Special to the News and Observer Winston, N. C., Jan. 21. Judge Starbuck to-day appointed Joseph Jacobs receiver for Hinshaw & Medearis Company, wholesale and retail merchants. Mr. Jacobs has taken charge and will close up the business as soon as possible. He says the assets of the com jKiny are much larger than the liabilities Arrested for Counterfeiting. Special to the News aud Observer. Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 21. A white man named Orlando Kirkinuu has been arrested here tor passing a number of counterfeit nickels. He failed to give a SSOO bond for his appearance and went, to jati. Both Passenger and Brakemeu Killed. Memphis, Tf.nn., Jan. 21.—Solomon Bloodsoe, a wealthy planter of Bay Vil lage, left this city yesterday. lie was riding on a scalper's ticket under a wo man's name Conductor J ack sou pocketed it and demanded full fare, which Blood soe refused to pay. Brakemau John Seaman attempted to put Bloodsoe off. B >th drew revolvers and fired. Seaman was shot through the stomach and mor tally wounded, but managed to shoot Bloodsoe through the head, killing him instantly. Conductor Jackson was held awaiting the action of the authorities. Addicks’ People Confident. Dover, Del , Jan. 21.—Speaker Wal ton, of the Senate, in announcing the vo'e for Senator to-day, reversed the ruling he has hitherto given as to the number necessary to elect. He was in formed to-day by the Secretary of State that the view expressed that a mere majority of a total comprising a legisla tive quorum, suffl ed, was not eorroc’, but that the same person must receive a majority o f all the legislators, or six teen in all, in order to tie elected While to day's ballot was unproductive of any change, the Addict's people talk confidently of a break ia their direction to morrow. They Sold Bogus Soap. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 81.—-Augustus Schell aud William Owens, two young white men. were arrested Saturday night charged with selling a bogus soap to merchants of this vicinity. They claimed to represent a firm iu New York. Three hundred and fifty dollars was found iu their pockets. They were bailed out, and when the ease was called to-day the soap-sellers had skipped. Collateral could not carry the ease to court, and many merchants mourn. Cyclone io Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 2L—A cyclone struck Ooviugton, Tenn , this morning at two o’clock, belw off the top of the court house aud d* molished a dozen re sidences, a score of barns and out houses. The damage was $50,000. No lives were ! lost. RALEIGH, N. C.. TUESDAY. JANUARY 22. 1895. TROOPS ON GUARD THREE THOUSAND MIL IT I A.REN GUARD CARS FROM THE STRIKERS. TROOPS FIRED AT BY STRIKERS. One of the Soldiers Wounded by a shot A Striker Disabled by a Jab from a Bayonet—Wires Cut and Cars stop Banning Immediately alter Dark- Resolutions Passed by the Board of Supervisors Condemning the Action of the Company. Broklyn, N. Y., Jan. 21.—The Sev enth Regiment was under tire at a few minutes before six o’clock this evening. Bhota were fired from the crowds at the militia and several volleys were fired at the troops over the heads of the crowd. So far as is known, the only man that was injured was Private Ennis. He was wounded by a shot from the crowd. The troops engaged were six com panies of the Seventh Regiment. They were under command of Colonel Abrams and were guarding the streets leading to the Gates Avenue branch of the Brooklyn City line. On the Fifth Avenue lines a ear started from Fifth Avenue and 23rd street shortly after 4 o’clock. At about three blocks from the depot it was surrounded by a mob. A detachment of the 13'h Regiment, under Major Cochrane, charged the mob with fixed bayonets and the crowd scattered. August Brown received a bayonet wound in the hip. He was taken to neighbor ing drug store and was treated there, after he which he went home. At 6 o'clock tonight a field wire was cut on the Bergen street line, bet ween Rogers and Nostrand avenues. Patrolman Col lins, who was on a car. saw four men run ami gave chase. He arrested Ed ward Dugan, who was recognized as a motorman. At 6:15 o’clock a mob of over 1,000 men surrounded a Gates avenue <ar at Nostrum! avenue. Sticks and stones were thrown and several shots were fired. The re serves irom the ninth precinct sta ion house hurried to the scene. After some trouble and hard fighting, iu which three policemen were seriously injured,, the mob scattered. Officer Lewis Shackelton sustained a fracture of the skull. Officer Butke and James Oooliban were injured but not seriously. They were hit on the head by stones, crockery and other missiles were thrown from the house tops. Lite this even ing Elmer P. Vadyke, twenty file years old, of New York, a member of the Seventh Regimeut, fell from the second story of the 47th regiment armo ry causing a fracture of the skull. He was removed toSoney hospital. Vandyke was under arrest for intoxication aud had been placed iu the temporary guard room. He attempted to make his es ape by lowering himself by a rope made from his underclothes, which rope parted. The official of the Bergen Street line 1 said they had concluded to stop their c.trs at A o’clock President Lewis sent word to police headquarters that he would atop his cars at 8 o’clock. Presi dent Wicker said nothing, but hustled his cars iuto the ear houses as soon after dark as he could. 1 The rain, mixed with sog, prevailed all day, which made the night one of pitch dar tees, except where the electric lights made obj 'els visible a few feet away. Iu East New York, in South Brooklyn, aud in other uninviting neighborhood?, where ear stabhs are located and strikers and h oodlums abound, iht- soldiers bad plenty of trou bio. The many disturb,me s that oc curred between 4 o’clock and 8 o’clock, by which time the cars had stopped, showed that the chi go of plans on the part of the Presidents was a wise'one. The Board of Supervisors of the Coun ty of Kings met this eveuiug and adopt ed by an unanimous vote, the following preambh) and resolutions: Whereas, The managers of the vari ous street railway companies whoso em ployes are now on a strike, have been complaining that had they proper police protection they could operate their lines, and Wrktieas The complaints of the com panies atv not bas d- at fact, therefore be it, Resolved : That the Board of Super visors, believing that the purpose of the Mayor was to expose the pretensions of the Companies, hereby expresses its ap proval of the determination to utilize the fa lu e of the companies to operate their cars as an argument before the Attorney General for the annulment of their respective charters, and be it further Resolved: That this Board hereby express its sympathy with the employees and call upon all officials with power in the premises to aid them iu establishing their rights to a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s labor. Supt. Byrnes has ordered all the po lice reserves on duty iu the city. This w?s done because the First Brigade had been ordered over to Brooklyn to assist iu suppressing the st reet railroad riots. There will be no nights off or days off for the present. Every man who is not on the sick list will be in reserve day aud night. B .ker Wins In Kansas Topeka, Kan., Jan. 31. After one of the bitterest fights ever held in Kansas, Lutien Baker, State Senator for Leaven worth, received the nomination for Uui ted States Senator, from the Republican caucus tonight, on the ninth ballot. A great demonstration followed the announcement of the nomination. The Same Gizzard Z. French. Littleton, N. C., Jan. 19. To the Editor of the News aud Observer: Ever in history covering important events, the buildiDg or restoring broken empires, the advancement of civilization or the improvement of the condition of mankind is marked in the minds of those at all acquainted with history by the names of the men conspicuous as leaders at the time. The mention of a name often recalls to the mind of the reader the history of a State or nation during a certain period or epoch; hence to recall the wonderful things aceom plishei by Greoee, Rome, France or America during fixed periods in their history, we have only to mention the names of Alexander, Caesar, Bonaparte, Lincoln or Grant. And to recall to the mind of any middle-aged man in North Carolina a short period in our history when vagabonds, evil-minded men and tramps (sometimes called carpet-baggers) accomplished the ruin of the State and the degradation of her credit we have but to mention the names conspicuous at that time. Bad men seldom make enduring history, and it is neither polite nor agreeable to keep their names in memory, but I wish to ask in the name of decency if the man French now in the Legislature of North Carolina is the same French described by Mr. Joe. Turner of the “Sentinel’’ newspaper as “Gizzard French, of Cape Cod,” and one of the lloldeo-K rk Littlefield conspira tors, who flourished for a time as law makers and robbers in '6B-’69? Where is Joe. Turner? John P. Leach. AN INTERESTING WAR RELIC. Great Damage by Cold to Orehnrdson Brushy Mountains. Special to News and Observer. WILKESBORO, N.C., J in. 21. Dr. J. H. Ellis, of Oak woods, had on exhibition hi re yesterday a very inter esting war relie. In moving some old “plunder” recently, he found his old sword, which he used when lieutenant in the late war. He purchased it in 1861 from Lieutenant Teague, now living in Alexander county, who was then in the hospital. Teaguo claimed he cut it off of a doad Yankee officer, and on the hilt was inscribed “J. Mora Moss, Lieuten ant 118 P. V.” Dr. Ellis on finding it the other day, decided to return it to his friends, so he advertised it in the Phila delphia Times. Since that time he has heard from several of the dead soldiers friends and relatives in regard to the svrord J. L of Philadelphia, has written a history of the “118th P. V's” a copy of which he has sent to Dr. Ellis, and he is very anxious to get the sword to exhibit at the next meeting of the Veterans’ Association. The young lieutenant was only nineteen years of age when.killed, and in his first engage ment. He belonged to a large and prom inent family in Pennsylvania, and it had always been a pnzzle to them that the sw<»rd was gone. The orchards on the Brushy Moun tains were badly injured by the recent heavy ice. Some of the finest trees were totally stripped of their limbs. Mr. Reece says his orchard at Smoak Park is injured to the extent of SSOO. Messrs. Fogler and Frie=>, of Salem, made a business trip to Wilkesboro this week. EDGECOMBE COURT. A Negro Woman Who H:ss Reached a Remarkable Age. *?peci.il to News ami Observer Rocky Mount, N. C., Jan. 21* Edgecombe county Superior court con venes to day at Tarboro. The impor tant case from this place is the State vs. Melver for alleged incendiarism, will come up for trial. As to old people, there is living here a colored woman, Mar a Lew is, who is just now 100 years old, a fact proven beyond doubt by her former master’s record of the births of slaves. Maria has ben selling cakes and chickens since the Wil mington and Weldon railroad was built, and until the “new order of things ” about 1880, traveled up and down that line daily. She st .1 carries around a sales basket and makes a support. Cnabie to J o» .i» a Cabinet. Paris, Jm. 21.— M Bourgeois called at the palace of the Eh see at 6:30 p. in. to day and informed President Fan re that he had been unable to form a cab; inet.. Some Sunday Services. State Secretary L. A. Coulter spoke at the rooms of the Y M. C. A at 4 o’clock p. in ,on “Fool! Felon ! Rebel!” The talk was much enjoyed by those who at tended Rev. Juuius M, H -rner, of Oxford, preached the third sermon of ttm series on “The Church” at the Cathedral of; the G aid Shenherd at night, his subject being “The Church Catholic ” A large audience attended, and heard an unusn ally well prepared and well delivered ef fort. Sunday night saw something novel at the Central Methodist Church. Rev D. j H. Tuttle, the pastor, preached the first of a series of three sennous on “Intem perance.” Arranged around and upon , the pulpit were bottles of various styles J aud sizes, ; nd with them was a whiskey jug taken from a bar room window in Tarboro. He illustrated the varied es j foots of intemperance by th-sc different botiDs, pointing each with a moral. He was heard by a large audience, among whom were a number of leg’slators. THE GREAT COMMONER SENATOR RANSOM'S EULOGY IN THE SEN ATE ON THF. L \TF. ZEBULON B. VANCE. HIS WAS A GREAT LIFE. Representative In Two Congresses. Three Times Elected Governor of His State anti Four Times Elected to the Senate ot the Catted States— With Him Ambition was Virtue and Duty was a Pleasure—He was a Master of Political Science. Mr. President, the Senate is asked to render its last duties of honor and sor row to the memory of the Hon. Zebulon Baird Vance, late a Senator from North Carolina. In this Chamber on the 16th of last April, two days after his death, the Sen ate lighted its black torches around the : lifoless form of that most honored aud beloved son of our State, and his mortal i figure, covered with the white fioweis of spring aud love, and hallowed by the sacred devotions of religion, passed amid tears like a shadow’ from these portals forever. To-day Lis associates on this fioor are here to place on the ever living annals of the Senate the record of their admiration and affection for his virtues. I take this summary from the Con gressional Directory: Zebulon B. Vance, of Charlotte, was bom in Buncombe county North Carolina, May 13, 1830, was educated at Washington Col li ge, Tennessee, and a* the University of North Carolina; studied law; was admitted to the bar in January, 1852, and was elected county attorney for Buncombe county the same year; was a member of the State House of Commons in 1854; was a Repre sentative from North Carolina in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses; entered the Confederate army as captain in May, 1861, an-t was made Colonel in August, 1861; was elected Governor of North Caro lina in August, 18r2, and re e'ected in Au gust, 1864; was elected to the United States enate in November. 1870, but was refused admission, and resigned in January, 1872; was elected Governor of North Carolina for the third time in 1876; and In January, ;878 was elected to the United States Sen ate; was re-elected in 1885, was again re elected in 1891, and died at his residence iu Washington, April 14, 1894. His Birth-place. Hts paternal and maternal ancestors both were revolutionary patriots. I have passed the spot where ho w as born. The “Vance homestead” was a large frame building of the “olden time ” with broad stone chimneys, indicative of comfort and hospitality. It stood near the French Broad River and in the midst of the Blue Ridge mountains. Now the house has been takeu down and only a few stones remain to mark the site where it once was. It is a place of beauty. In front of it the river is smooth and placid as a l ike ; above and below, it dashes and roars iuto a mountain torrent, and you almost hear the echoes of the ocean. ! Around it the great mountains tower like giants, aud their dark forests are mirrored in the deep blue bosom of the ; stream. On this scene, amid sublimity aud beauty, Vance first beheld the light of heaveu. From this beautiful liver, from these sublime mountains, from neighboring seines, all bristling with he roie aud patriotic recollections, he re- I ceived his first impressiot s. These were the books from which he learned the Its sons that wore to be the foundations of his illustrious career. Ho was the son of ; the mountains, and T rarely looked on him without b- ing reminded of them. His Boyhood I know but little of his boyhood, but if the Senate will pardon mo I will speak of an incident that illustrates Ins char acter. In the canvass of 1872 I was with Governor Vance in the mountain coun ties of our State. Passing from Ashe ville over the mountain to Burnsville, we made a short stop at the home of N■ he rnia h Blacksteck, not far from Ivy Creek Squire Black stock w T as nearly 80 years of age and his good wife was but little younger. He had been the surveyor of Buncombe county for more than fort’ years. I sha'l never forget the meet ing of Governor Vance and that venerable couple. They fell on each o'her’s necks —they em braced and wept. They had Dor met for years before. The conversation v.h short , not an half hour long, aud con sis: el mainly of reminisce cos Vance when a hoy had lived with the old peo pie aud attended a country school close by. Mrs Black-stock, beaming with joy, asked him if he remembered the scenes of his schoolboy days and vividly de picted his wild, wayward mischief, his pranks, his plays with the girls, his wrongs to the boys, hu visits to the or chards, his raids upon the watermelons, his practical jokes, his offenses to the teacher, aud many Similar aberrations. When old Mr. Blacksteck, with a be nignant srnde, said, “Well, you may say what you will about Ztib; he w.'isa m'ghtv bad boy and hard to control, but ho had one redeeming quality that made up for ail his faults. Z-b would tell the truth. When you missed your eggs that, you wanted so much t r the preacher, anti were so mad that they were gone, and all the boys denied everything about them, Zeb came up like a man and told j that he took them, but he would not tell ! who helped him eat them. He would al ways tell the truth.” Then I knew that i from his boy ho d on Truth had been Y T ance’s star; and what a star ! At the University. At the University Vance remained two years, and pursued a selected course of studies, and soon made a name forge j nius, wit, and oratory. He was an es peeial favorite of President Swain, who ! for to many years had-exerted a power ful influence iu elevating and directing I the youth of the South and made all of us who came under it better citizens and ! better men. Youug Vance was ex tremely popular with the students and | also with the people of the village of Chapel Hill. Even then report* came ; from the University of his brilliant wit, his striking originality, aud his high I promise. Beginning of His Political Career. He served one session in the State Leg : islature, and there gave unmistakable : earnest of the illustrious life before I him. He was elected to the House of Kepre I sentatives iu the Thirty-fifth and Thirty sixth Congresses, and took distinguished position in that Assembly, which ha* i been the lists of so many statesmen. In | 1861, upon the adjournment of Con gross, he rot u rod home, and seeing that war was inevitable raised a company of ; volunteers, marched to Virginia, and I was soon after elected Colonel of the ; Twenty sixth Regiment North Carolina infantry, a regiment justly distinguished ■ for the largest lossof killed and wounded j at Gettysburg. i Ho had always been opposed to the | secession of the Southern States, did everything possible to avert it, and was I one of the very last Southern men to de i dare his love and devotion to the Union, i In the battle of Newborn, N. C., In I 1862, Colonel Vance was conspicuous for i courage ami coolness, and received the ! highest commendation for his soldierly conduct ou that field. Iu August of that year he was elected governor of the State, and received the almost unani mous vote of the soldiers. In 1864 he was re-elected governor by a very large majority, and held the executive office until the occupation of Raleigh by Gen. j Sherman in April, 1865. The Great War Governor. As the executive of North Carolina his administration was signally distinguish ed by great ability, vigor, and energy, by ardent and constant ftdelitv to the Southern cause, and by wise foresight and prudent husbandry of all the re sources of the State. He was iu every sense governor of the State. From the day on which he entered upon the duties of the office until the hour when he laid it down his commanding genius asserted his competence for the great responsibif j ities of the position, aud his ad min in i tration deserved and received the un ! bounded confidence, support, and appro* j bation of all the patriotic people of North ; Carolina, lie called to his councils the wisest, the best, the most trusted men in the State of all shades of patriotic sen timent. He inspired the people with renew* d love for the struggle, he united the discordant elements among us, he auimated the despondent, he tol erated the conscientious lovers of peace, lie rebuked the timid, he brought back to life the spirit of our revolutionary pa triots. He gave new hope to the army, he aroused the pride of the Ftate, he strengthened all its moans, and prepared for war to the end. Well may he have been designated as the “great war gov ernor of the South ” These acts of his administration arc justly entitled to be ranked as historic. First: The organization of a fleet of vessels to sail from Wilmington, N. 0., to Europe with cargoes of cotton and re turn with supplies for the soldiers and essential necessaries for the people. This supreme enterprise was eminently successful. For mouths and years the Advance and other vessels, commanded by skillful officers, well maimed and adequately equipped, weut like sea birds across the ocean to Europe laden with the great staples of the South and re turning w ithstoresof the needed supplies, triumphantly eluded the blockading squadron, and sailed with colors flying up the Cape Fear to Wilmington. The soldiers were clothed and fed, cards and spinning wheels, sewing and knitting needles, were furnished to our noble women, machinery for looms, surgical instruments, medicines, books and seeds, were all brought home to a suffering people The history of the war does not present an example of greater wisdom and succt ss Second: In 1864 and 1865, when the resources ot the South were absolutely exhausted, when our noble armies were reduced and hemmed in on every ; ide, ragged, hungry aud almost without am munition ; when starvation and famine confronted every threshold in the South and n morsel of bread was the daily subsistence of a family; In that dark and dreadful hour Governor Vance first appealed to the Government at Rich mond, and finding it perfectly helpless to give au . relief, summoned his council of S ate and by almost superhuman ef forts prevailed upon the destitute people of North Carolina to divide their last meal and their pitiful clothing with the suffering Union prisoners at Salisbury. Humanity,chivalry, piety, I invoke from you a purer better, holier example of Christian Charity in war ! Third: During his administration as Governor iu North Carolina, although war was flagrant, though camps covered i he fields, though soldiers were conscript ed by thousands, though cold-hearted men of ample means refused supplies to soldiers with Heeding feet, though the whole mildia was armed, though thou sauds of deserters, refugees from duty, were arrested, though the War Depart meat daily called for more men, though every art and artifice and device was practiced to keep the soldiers from the field, though spies and traitors were detected and seized, though tra ders iu contrabaud of w'ar were constantly caught flagrante delicto and captured, though in all coun tries iu time of war civil authority has been compelled to submit to military ne cessity aud power, yet in North Carolina [continued on fifth fade, j
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