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; . - r . . : " ' r - 1 - -: .' . , 1 : - - - ; ' ' . ; ' - TFRM nTsnRsriRiPTinM- I .1 i " - ' ". notice; to correspondents. All crtrrespomlents are hereby notified ih.it to iusure the insertion of their com munications tliey must furnish ns with their hn jiiP mime ami aiblross, which we .,.liL;;ite to" keep in strict confidence. V'rilr -hf tilt Olte Sill? lf lit s)lf"t. The Plant i in no wise responsible for the views of'its correspondents.'.;" ' Address all communications to THE TOBACCO PLANT, Duh am, X. C. T 1 1 1 : A SS ASS I N AT ION'. Sacramental I):iy Services in Urooklvn Tabernacle. tiie 1 1. Wlio-iK'Y. -I- li.ith in.! l)t ar liis (r.i. ji 1 . 1 fa.'r me, eaiiimt ;le my !-.." l.nke The cross was a gibbet on which . riniinals were pal to death. J t was -'.iii;tiiiies niade in the shape of the j. ;ter T. sometimes in the shape of tie- U tter X, .sometimes inlie shape .,!' the letter. I a simph; upright: - iiiH iimes two cross pieces" against -t;,e perpendicular bar, 'so that upon lower cross piece the criminal p.-.rt'ial'ly sat. Rut whatever the style if the cross, it was always disgraee ': and always agonizing. When 1 arius conquered I'.abylon i,v put"'J" captives to death on the .'.- When Alexander conquered i'viv he put eapthes to .death the cross. So it was just an otcIi n.irv mode of punishment. . -Hut in "a-il the forest of crosses on the hills and in the valleys of the earth there -is 'iif cross that attracts metre atten- tit m .than any other. If is not higher than the others; it is not made out i; (iiii'i rent wood."; 'there isnothing .peculiar in the notch at which the two pieces are joined ; and, as to the they witnessed crucifixions e,vrv f'-w weeks, so that I see a rcck-h-s"s iu:ui walking about the hill and "kicking carelessly aside a skull, -mid wondering who-the villain was that j 1 the h; -o :! tt and mishapen a-head: iii.i-ii' re is anuther skull, and there the .iiilisidtris- another skull.. In ilefiK the I'.ihle savs it was "A CLACK OK SKULLS." - I tut about the victim on one of these cr -cs ail : Was ges are crying : ' he a man ? W tie a f-o-i ? -. Was he man" and God ?"' Tii rough the darkness of; that gloom v dav, I come close up enough to that cross to see what it is. It' is -iesu's, ' How lid lie come there? Had lie come up on the top of the lull to look oil upon the beautiful landscape" or ."upon a brilliant sun set?. No. He came there ill and exhausted People sometimes won der why ( hrist expired so quickly n the cross, in six or seven hours, while other victims have been on :he eross for forty-eight hours before life was extinct. I will tell you the reason. lie" was exhausted when he i-ame there, lb; had been scourged. We are In rri.'ied at the cruelties of the vhippitir post, but those erueltie.- were mercy as compared with 'the scourging oi .eus Christ. 1 saw at Antwerp a picture made by lleulu iis le-ubons picture of the ' seur'ing ot -icsus (. hrist. It was the nio.-t o-venuastering picture I ev-p locked at or ever expect to see. A-s.tiie long 1 rocked oflicial opened tiie door that hid the picture, there le was ( nnst witu back bent and lujvd. Tim. llageilator stood with ;iie upper teeth clinched over .the lever lip, as though to give violence t the brows. There were the swol leu shoirmersot 1 iirist. 1 mre were the black and blue ridges, deiiie. even the relief of bleeding. Then .was the flesh adhering to the .whips ..as they were lifted. There were the marks where the knots' in the whips gouged out tne Hesh. J here stoot the persecutor with bis foot on the cab ot.theleg-ot the Saviour, lal lancing himself." ! t lie fu rious and helli.-h look on those faces grinning vengeance against the Son of Cod. The picture seized me it overwhelmed me: it seemed as if it would kill me. - 1 do not think "could have looked at it five minutes and have lived." T.ut that, my friends, was 'before Christ had started lor Calvarv. That was onlv the -whipping. Are vou ready for yotr journey to the cross? I he carpenters have split the tan ners' mto two- nieces. 1 nev are heavv and thev are long pieces, for one of them nutst be fastened deei down in the earth lest the struggling ot the victim upset the structure They put this timber upon the "..shoulder ot Christ verv gradual lv; lirst. to see whether he can stand it, - and after they find he can stnd it,, they put the whole weight upon him. Kiirward now, to Calvarv. The hoot ing and the yelling mob follow on. J udcr the weight of the cross, Christ heifrg weary and sick, stumbles and UdCand fliey jerk at his robe indig nant that he should have stumbled -"and"" fallen, and thev cry : '"(Set up, get up:" " CIIUIST, ITTTINi; OXK HAND' "n the ground and the other on the f'rss, rises, looking into the lace of Mary, hismother, for sympathy, but taey tell her to stand back, it is no rpJace for a woman lStand back and stop this crying."' Christ moves on with his burden .upon his shoulders, and there is a boy that passes along with him, a TToy holding a mallet and a few nails. 1 wonder what they are for. Christ moves on until the burden is so great -he staggers and falls Hat into the hist and faints dead away, and a ruMiaii puts bis foot on him and shakes him as he would a dead dog, while another ruffian locks down at him wondering whether he has fainted away, or whether he is only pretending- to faint away, and with jeer and contempt indescribable says: ''Fainted, have you? fainted! get up, get on !-" Now they have arrived at the foot of the hill. Off with his clothes. Shalt that loathsome mob look upon the unrobed bodv of Christ? Yes. The commanding officers say : "Un fasten the girdle, take off the coat, strip him."; The work is done. But bring back the coat, for here are the gamblers tossing up" coin-on the ground, saying: "Who shall have the coat?" One ruffian says: "I have it, I have it it is mine!" He rolls it up .and puts it under his arm, or he examines it to see what fabric it is made of. Then they put the cross upon the ground, and they VOL. XVII. NO. 23. 1 Christ upon it, and' four or five iHen hold him dowij while they drive the spikes home, at every thum a groan, a groan! Alas!! iii. uie nour passes -on ana the time (tomes when thev must crucify nm. 1 " Christ has onlv one garment left now. cap, a cap that it will of thorns. No fall off, for the a ng liarp edges have punctured the tem ples and it is sure and last. One ruHian takes hold of one end of the short l'peain of the cross, and another lunian puts nis arms .around the waist f Christ, and another ruffian takes h d of the end ot the lomr beam they n f the cross, and altogether ove on until thev come to tne no digged in the earth, and with : ivful plunge it jars down mi its r,!mr-;N ok wok. t the picture of a Christ, it is shitne of ( 'iirist ;is vr.u vcme- it is n not the ?s sl-e in a cathedral ; but it is body of a bleeding, livimr, dving times Christ. They sometimes sav he had five , but they have counted Two wounds for the hands. wound.- wrong. two woihnds for the feet, one wound r the side, thev sav, live wounds. No, they have missed the worst and they have missed the most. Did you ever see the bramble out of which that crown ot thorns was a Urooklvn madt. I saw one on ferryboat, in the hands' of a gentle man wl o had iust returned from destin , a bramble just like that Inch the cnwn of thorns e. Oh! how cruel and how were the thorns. And out of A was mad stuoboni when th;kt cap of thorns was put up on Christ, .and it vas pressed down upon him. .not five wounds, but ten, twenty, t arty 1 cannot count them. There were three or tour absences that 111:11 ie the scene worse. First; there was the absence of water. The climate w ,as hot, the fk:ver.th'einllam- niation, tlie nervous prostration, the gangrene had seized, upon him, and he term wounds v iv wanted water. 11.1s fere worst; than gun-shot ractures, mil vet no water. A Turk in the Thirteenth century was cru cified on the banks of a river so that the sight of the water might tanta lize him. And oh ! how the thir.-t of Christ must have tatalized as he thought o the -Kuphrates. and the .Ionian and the Amazon and all the fountains of earth and heaven poured out ol his own hand. I nev ottered im an intoxicating draught made out ot win and :mvrrh, but he de dined it. No water. Then, n He wanted to die sober. r friends, there was the light. Darkness always absViiee ot exasperate k trouble. I never shall never lorg' iner of 17 t the mgnt m tne sum , in the steamer Greece, c, everv moment expect 1 1 1 mid-Atlant ing the sti amer to go down. -u the lights ill the cabin were blown out. Tin on hands iaptain came crawling m iJnd knees, for he could not stand upright, so violently was cried the ves Pitching, and h out : "Llr The ste light up; irr re, i.ioiir re : Ward said: "We can't the candies are gone and the h tders are gone. 1 he captain sai( "I can't help that; iight up." when the li The storm 1 was awlul ;hts were burning, worse when the li ghts went out Then the re was.ine iiosence- 01 . . 1 i . . . . c faithful nur: ses. nun ou aie 111, 11 is tilcasant o have the head bathed nds and feet rubbed. ifands and feet of Christ, face of Christ. ' There and the h: Look at the look at the were women who had eared for the sick, but nope of them might come up neareno lgh to help. There was Christ's moti ier, bub she might 1101 1 j 1 1 come up They said 'back; thi The high- Hear enough 10 neip. "Stand back, stand is no place for you !" priests and the soldiers wanted it tlJeir own wav ; they had it their own The hour o'clock of and it is 1 o way. : pass on and it is 12 the Saviours sultering, dock, audit is ' o'clock. and it is alnhost :i o'clock. Take the last look at the sulk-ring lace, wan and pinched, the purple lips drawn back against the teeth, the eyes red with weeping and sunken as though grief had pushed them back, black ness under t,he lower lid, the wdioie body adroop and shivering with the last'chill, the breath growing feebler and feebler ;uid feebler and techier until he giv In one long, deep, last sigh, lie i dead. O : my sc Lil, he is dead. Can you tell why ? for a princi Was he a fanatic dying le that did not amount to an v thing Was he a man inlat- uated ? No to save vour soul from sin, and mine. and nake eternal There had to Who shall life possible) he died. be a substit ite for sin, it be? "Let it be me, said Christ, "let it be m You understand the meaning of that word substitution. You were c rafted for the last war; some one took your place, marched vour marcliL suffered your wounds and died it Gettysburg. Christ comes to us kvhile we are fighting our battle with in and death and hell, and he is our substitute. He marches lights our battle, suf fers our wounds, and dies our death. Substitution! Substitution! How do you feel in regard to that scene described in the text, and in region round about the text ? , Are your sympathies aroused ? or are you so dead in sin, and so abandoned by our transgressions that you can look upon all that tearless and unmoved ? No, no ; there are thousands of people here this morn ing who can say in the depths of their soul : "iNo, no, no ; it Jesus en and all that for me, I dured that, ought to lov e him. I mus love him, I WILL LOK'E HIM, I DO LOVE HIM. Here, Lord I give myself- to thee ; I can do." t'is all that But how hre you going to test jrour HERE SHALL THE, PRESS love, and tst your earnestnes.4 ? My text gives a test. It says that while Christ carried a cross for you, you must lie willing to carry a cross lor Christ. '-Well," vou sav, 'T never couiu understand that, i here ire no crosses to be carried in thi.4 land ; I. and to be those persecutions have passe :.. .11 .v. 1.. 1 ii , , i. in an me lanu mere is no one crucified, and yet in the pulpit and bt the prayer meetings you al keep tal King about carr vinir a cross. 1 - "... - r What do you mean, sir : 1 meani this : I hat is a cfoss which Christ calls you to do, which is unpleasant and hard. "( h,"' you say, "''after lnjaiing the story of this Christ and al that he has endured for me, I am ready to do anything tor him. Jut tell me what I have to do and I'll Ho it. I am reatly to carry any cross." Suppose T should ak you ;;.t the close of a religious service to rise up announcing yourself on the Lords side could you doit? "Oh! no," you say, "I have a shrinking and a sensative nature, and it would be impossible for me to rise before a 1 1 1 targe assemblage, announcing my self on the Lord's side." Just as I feared. You cannot stand that ttoss. i ne urst one tnat is oitered vou,vou reject. Christ carried a mountain. Christ carried a Himalaya, Clirist carried a world for 3-011, and you can not lift an ounce for him. Lut lu re is a man whose cross will be to announce among his business associates to-morrow morning on exchange, that he has beirun a new "life, that while he wants to be faith ful in his worldly duties, he is liv ing for another world, an'.i he oujjht to advise all those who are his asso ciates, 'so far as he can inliueiiec them, to begin with him the Chris tian life. Could you do that, my brother? "Oh ! no," you say, "not just that. I think religion is religion, and business is - business, and; it would be impossible for me to rec ommend the Christian, religion in places of worldly business." .ju-tjas I feared. There is a second cniss : oil'ered vou, and vou cannot earrv it. Christ lifted a mountain for you ; you cannot lift an (mce for him. There is some oTie whose cross will be to present religion in the home circle. Would yon dare to kneel down and pray if your broth er ami sister wen; looking at you ? Could you ask a blessing at the tea table? Could you take the Bible and gather your family around you. and read of Christ and Heaven and your immortal soul? Could you then kneel and pray for a hlesing on your household ? " ) !" you say-, "not exactly that, r couldn't ipi'ite do that, because I h ive a very quick temper, and If I professed religion and tried to talk religion - in my household, and then after, that I should lose my temper they would scoil" at me ami say : vor aim: a i'i;i:tty 1 iiui-han : V " ; . So you are cowed down and their sarcasm keeps you out of heaven and away from Christ, when under ( iod you ought to take your whole family into the kingdom. Christ lifted a mountain, lifted a world fop you ; you cannot lift an ounce forhimj 1 see now it is ; you want to ne favorable to religion, you want to support Christian institutions, you like to be associated with those who love Jesus Christ ; but as to taking a positive step on this subject, you cannot you cannot, and my text,' like a gate of a hundred bolls, i bars: you away from peace tn earth and; glory in heaven. There are hundreds of men and;! women here, brave enough in other things in life, who simply for the: lack of manliness and womanliness, stay away from God. They dare' not say : "Forever and forever, Lord: -Jesus, I take Thee, Thou hast re-; deemed me by thy blood; here is my immortal spirit. Listen, all my friends. Listen, al! the w6rld."; They are lurking around about the; kingdom of God thev are lurking , around about it, expecting to crawl; in some time when nobody is look-; ing, forgetful of the tremendous words of my text: " Whosoever ;: doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." An officer of a neighboring church told me that he was in a store in ' New York just happened in; where there were many clerks, and ; a gentleman came in and said to a young man standing behind the counter: "Are you the young man that arose the other night in the Brooklyn tabernacle and asked fori prayers?" Without any flush of cheek he replied : "lam. I haven't always done right, and I have been' quite bad, but since I arose fori prayers I think I am better than I was." It was only his way of an nouncing that he had started for the; higher life, (iod will not cast out a man who is brave enough to take a step ahead like that. j I tell you these things this morn ing because, my dear friends, I want to show you how light the cross is that we have to carry compared 'with: with that which Christ carried for us. You have not had the llesh torn off for Christ's sake in carrying your cross. He fainted dead away! under his cross. You have not car-: ried the cross until it fetched the blood. Under his there was a pool; of carnage that splashed the horses' fetlocks. You have friends to sym-j pathize with you in carrying the cross. J CHRIST TKOD THE WINE PRESS j of God's wrath alone, -alone ! TheJ cross that you and I oiight to carry; represents only a few days or a few; years of trial. The cross that Chrisfc carried for us had compressed into it the agonies of eternity. j There has some one come here to-j day whom you have not observed.; He did not come through the front door ; he did not come down any of these aisles ; yet I know he is here.; He is from the east, the far east. Hei THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWEI) BY INFLUENCE DURHAM, N C, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1888. conies v, ith blistered loot and with broken heart and cheeks red not witl health, but with blood from the tern les. I take hold of his coat and 1 sav "It does not seem to fit thee.'1 "No. borr now " he says; "it is not mine; it is iwed ; it does not belong to me For my vesture did they cast lots, eyes And I say to him: ''Thine ire red as though from loss of He savs: "Ye-, the Son of eej maiijhad not where to lav his head." Aiid I touch the log on his back and ijsay: "Why earnest thmi this?" '"Ah 5' he says, "that is a cross I car ry for thee and for the sins of the whole world. That is"a cross. Fall into 15 ne, march on with me in this procession, take your smaller crosses and your lighter burdens and join me inlthis march to heaven.": And we j( in that procession with our smaller crosses am1 our lighter har dens, and Christ looks back and he sees some are 'halting because they canno: endure the shame, or bear the burden, and with a voice which las in it omnipotence, l cries until " Whosover 1 all thd earth trembles : 1 j T 1.1 doth not near 11 is cro , and come 1 after hie, cannot be niv disci 1 Oh! I do speak b rot he niv brethren, mv sisters -lor n lot speak profes.-ionallv, I a brother would speak to a or sister my brother, can you 11 i can wq it bear a cross if at last vou ar a crown? Come now. let us divii le oil". Who is on the Lord's side Who is ready to turn" Ids pontile Lamb of God that back i taketh jtway the sin of the world".' A Ronau emperor said to a (" e architect: '"Vou build me a coliseum, a grain coliseum, and if it suits me 1" will qrown yiu in the presence of all the people, and i will make a great dfiy of-festival on your ac count."! The Greek architect did his work, dad it magnificently, planned the building, looked alter its con struction 1 lie builomg was done the da or opening arrived.. In the coli the On peiiin wi. re the emperor and ret'k architect. The enmeivr .ose a ii J;d the Hi-1 its "We o! a mst as-gather- emolv and said nave ed here and to o-dav to open tins coiiseum. Sionor me iireek arcnueiv. I It is a g reat dav for the Boman en;- ! pi re Lft this building bei- prosier- j ous, am 1 ( ireek a let honor in juit upon the cii itect. ct. ' . we must ,:. -e a h stiv; 1 to-d IV. Bring out those : Chnstiail it tin- mouth of the lions.' idld 1' L 4.T Mil ' I I . . 11 leM'o T . 1 M - ut j to dciith ! The Chii ans were put into tin. J center o ! to be I A 1 in their I hungry- the amphi tin ire. it wa .i;i:.T 1 ta.KI'.ilA'i'l' 'Struction. T In n the lions, fid three-fourths starved. i were let iout from their dens in the side o t tie amphitheatre, and they came or tl 1 with mighty spring to destroy atn U the ialleries shoiit.e.l. uz.a ! .ong live the niiii ine v. in :?'.iaus. auo a 1 "lluza. mperor : then, tip (ireek architect arose m cilleries and .-honted tin 11 ill i one of th tit 111 th vas issemoiage an neara him: ''fpoo am a Christian! aim thev .seired nitn. 111 their lury and Hung h.ifn to tl'.e wild beasts, -"until his bodf, bleeding and oead; was tumbled over and over again i the ie amphitheatre, iristian man, )h ! Christian Have you any scars to ;his conflict ? When a war dust of 1 Oh ! C woman ! show in is oven- t heroes ha ve scars to 1 iow. and One hem rolls back his sleeve shows tuishot fracture, or lie. pu 1!.- down tl collar and snows w nere ne 11 1 ; 1 1 was wot nded in the neck. Another man say "1 have never had the limb since 1 was wounded use ol niv at that ireat battle." When the last day conies, when all our battles are over, will -we Jiave any wounds lor Christ? Some have wounds tor sin. woundsifor the devil, wounds gotten in fighting on the wrong side. Have we wot wounds and for nds that we can show gotten in the battle for Christ he truth ? On that resur rection ay Christ will have plenty ot sears to show, ( hrist will stand there anil show the scars on his brow, the scar on his on his bands, and the scars ee-t, and he will pull aside the robe of his royalty and show the lis side, and all heaven will scar on break down with emotion and grati tude in one great sob. and then in one great hosanna. Will you and I have any scars to show . Then: will be Ignatius, on that dav showing the mark of the paw and teeth of the lion that struck him down in the Coliseum. There will be glorious John 11 hps showing just where o 1 his foot the ilames began on that lay when his soul took wing of flame and soared up from Con stance. There will be J 1 ugh McKail ready t point to the mark on his neckwh ?re the ax struck him. There will be McMillan and Campbell and Freeman, the American missionaries who wit 1 their wives and children were pu . to death in the awful; mas sacre a . Cawnpore, showing the places where the daggers of the Se poys strick them. There will be the Walden'ses showing where their limbs w sre broken on the day when the Piedmontese soldiery pitched them ov?r the rocks. Will you and I have any wounds to show ? Have we l-'OUOH" ANY RATTLES l-'OR CIIKfsr? Oh! tln.t we might all be enlisted for Christ, that we might all be will ing to stiller for Christ, that we might all bear a cross for Christ. When the Scottish chieftains, wan ted -to riise an army they would make a :ross and then set it on lire and earn it with other crosses they had th -ough the mountains and among he people, and as they waved t ie cross the people would gather to the standard and fight for Scotlanc . So to-day I come out with the cross of the Son of God. It is a flanging cross flaming with suf fering, flaming with triumph, flam- ing witfi gior 1 carry u out among aal the people. f-i-VTis tklix;hapiii' xi:vs. The (i resit Work Iteginuiiig AVitli Smoothness. Sr. Lous, June o. At! noon all of the delegations have arrived at the convention hall except those t.-om New York and Missouri. The absence of the New York, delegation makes a large gap in the centre of the space reserved for delegates, and the convention waits with mingled feelings of curiosity and impatience for the appearance of the Linpire State's representatives: It is fifteen minutes before it conies into the con vention, headed by ex-Major Grace, of New York city, conspicuous as it marches to its place with the Wyes of the convention fixed on it. The dis tinguished figure of Daniel Dough er , who is to place Cleveland in nomination, is observed ,lnd he is cheered. At this momenfa Califor nia delegate mounts a chair.aud. un furling a red handkerchief places it on the banner pole oCthe delegation. This is a signal for the appearance of hundreds of the "Old Roman's" standard and almost instantly the banner poles of I'einisylvnjnia, Wis consin, Nebraska, West Virginia, Florida. Utah. New Mexico, Ohio, New Hampshire. New Jersey, Dela ware, Oregon and Nevadahtre deco rated with red liandkcreJfiefs. and from the ga'h rv, baleoiiiesand nave f th all proper; r 1 1 taudana.- wave an over tne audi"tsrium. A cheer bursts from at'hou-:;nd throats ill the galleries, which is caught Up by the convention, and. grows in volume until the blare til' ;:; ;.e band trumpets and the sound of the ba.-e drum are drown d in t Isb gr'-der j Volume of the- eoiiventiiii's lull- j tiiroated vh'k-c. While thir !' ire-up ' of enthti cue hois asm is 1:; d his hi.d V- ;1 V 1 n a and I pole in tin ti,,l Inuaiia 1 1 1 the irieiids . the cli'rl in ! who has ad ( ray i airnia n -i.v j -i ; i hi ;Bar;ni-!i. ( 'i , 1 igh .!. vt ,i n the Pi.iti m, waits tor I'll IM IS' ' SUbsiil'1. j I i !. Till-. I'llXVilXI'liiN o.Mh I'O-oiilii ! At 1 ':'.- t'e vast. ; sili need by .1 strok; e-sem; jiage was u'oin i'he give! j of Chairman Barnum and t!hc De':no ; critic convention of yns fonu- an v in se n. ! lie I. ( chairman 111- i ran! n.-rry, ! tii;- tprocecd- trod need Bishop . St. Louis, who op ings with nrav r. S. AL White. 1 ie ( 'alil'oi p ;!, wa? ami I-' Sere- ma;e temporary chairman, t. Prince, of Massachusetts, larv. The reading of the ceis having been oaebtflcd. th' choice of the committee w -ijs rathiof n tiie unaniniovis vote ofjthc con vention. The chairman, appointed Messrs. C. S. Bryce. of Ohiji. and F. W. I'awson. of South ( "ajvlhn- as th" committee 1" conduct Mr. White to the platform. 1 iaving tjik 11 tiie chair, the new presiding olpc-r. was greeted with another round of ap plause and cheers. Mr. White then addressed the convention. Although Mr. White had requested, by way of preface, that during the dijliverv of his speech, the convention should!! preserve silence, he was trc'iiiently i interrupted by applause and o nee or j twice was compelled to stop until j the applause had died away. He j spoke with distifictness-ahdjeouhl be I heard all over the hall. When he mentioned the name of J-'resident Cleveland the con ventiop arose to its feet and with waving hats nnd But tering handkerchief- cheereI for -several seconds. Then Mr. Thomas M. l'atjerson, of Mississippi, rose and, craviingthe in dulgenceof the convention m behalf of the State of Colorado, presented to the convention : i A i.AVKL i made of Colorada silver; richly chased and burnished. H was, he said, a modest o Hexing j from a younger member of the Federal ln ion to that party which has restored silver to that high plane frtm which it had been degraded by the Congress of isTo and which had eversinee re mained its constant champion. Let the announcement he made through out the civilized world, through the silver tone of the gavel, of the first and unanimous nomination of the people's chiflee for President, Grover Cleveland. ( Loud applaus). Chairman White, in accepting the gavel, pleasantly remarked; that as far as the gavel could do it "the convention-would have' to be filled by silver. (Applause). The chair then recognized Senator Gorman, of Maryland, who presented a resolution providing thatl the roll of States be called and that tach State name its m'ember of the com mittee on credentials, member of the committee on permanent organ-' ization and member of the commit tee on resolutions, and thatjall reso lutions relating to the platform be referred to the- committee on resolu tions. The resolution was 'adopted and the States proceeded to make their appointments. The appointments for North Caro lina were as follows : Chairman. Jul ian S. Carr: Secretary, (jha's. N. Vance: Resolutions. Bichard Battle, of t h e sta ff of t h e ' A' r. (: i )!,.--r-rr, r ; Credentials, W. C. Bowen; Organiza tion, W. C. Smith. Committeeman, M. W. Ransom. Virginia: Chairman, Lppi Hun ton ; Secretary, W. W. Scott : Reso lutions. P. W. McKinney ; : Creden tials. P. C. Marshal! : Organization, J. W. Raylett; Committeeman, Jno. S. Barbour. ? When the name of David! Turpie, of Indiana, wa3 called to represent that State upon the com rip tte'e on resolutions there was a buist of ap plause, which was, howeverjeclipsed by the cheers which greetetl the se lection of Henry Wattersdh to the same committee by the State of Ken tucky. Nor was A. P. Gorman for gotten by the assemblage, and the AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN' mention of his name was vigorously applauded. Mr. O'Brien, of Minne sota, said that as there was a contest in the lliLoln 1. h..r.i ti, .1-1 tliii rnli- ! ... ...v cui.vki, .iv.vftvivia, 'Ot contest before the convention, he would move that the Dakota dele gates be excluded from any partici pation in the convention's' proceed ings until the report of the creden tials committee is madt and acted upon. This proposition was adopted without opposition. The chair then announced that each of the three committees just constituted would meet at five o'clock, the committee on credentials and the committee on permanent organization in the con vention hall and committee on reso lutions in the grand parlor of the Southern J Intel. - . Severe Storm. G.'i.nsKoRo, N. C, June -1. This town was visited about S: lo o'clock Saturday night with a hail-storm, the li!ve of which has never been seen before. It hailed about seven or eight minutes in periect showers, the stones being as large as jrlgeon eggs, entirely destroying the gardens and fruit in the southern portion of the town, which seemed to be the center of the storm. We learn that it was about three miles wide and demolished the cotton and corn crop in its path. One farmer, G. W. Best, eight miles east of here, out of live hundred acres of cotton eight inches high, has only eight acres left. Luckily there was not a very heavy wind. The whole face of the earth Was covered with the hail about two ! Mich' lecp 1' until the rain 1 egan a ! .perfect di I acro.-s sir luge, washing u ams and doing bridges immense h I i a ; Bo! ,e. bers, taking advantage of the veather and the blackness of the night, visit' d .'. II. i Weil's snioke-hoii-e, Li: i could not effect an en-' ance, whereupon they entered his pantry and carried off a tub of lard ale! a s'b-k of nieai. Then they paid ieir respects to B. 1'. 1 lowell's smoke house and relieved him of 'J7 piece: ol acon and a half barrel ol pork. .Not being 1 tifi-d. thev visited the N. I'liderhill, in the rtioii of the town, and f tting in, when Mr. I'n- -tore of W north'-rn p were about derhill, hearing them, came to the door. pi:-tol in hand, though before he could -lire upon them they had i knocked him down, making an ugly I wound on the forehead. They have ' evaded capture so far. tiWAl Damage Near Home Mi 1. ro, N. ('., June -L m the most terrific cyclones that 01 1 as ever visited the S uth passed over ibis place at 1 o' 1 u-L- 1 1 1 1 rt 1 1 - ih. 1 in t. Th length of the track miles and it was odd wa about '. yards wide. The destruction and devastation were immense. Whole plantations of recently planted corn and tobacco were wiped out. buckets full of hailstones as large as guinea eggs could be easily gathered, and the weather has since been so cold that the ' hail is t i i 1 seen on the ground, and our people are sitting v fires. The woods are strewed with greeii leavts like the fall of dr.icd leaves in autumn. Tiie fine plantation of Mr. John- Cunning ham, situated about eight miles east of here, in Person county, contain ing lo.ndd acres of fine, bright tobac co land, recently planted, was terri bly damaged. His buildings, which were equal to a small village, were destroyed and twenty-five very large forest trees in his yard were blown to the ground, sonic of them falling on his large frame dwelling and completely demolishing it. Mr. Cun ningham is very wealthy and can easily stand tiie loss. He is the largest tobacco raiser in this, the bright tobacco licit of Virginia and North Carolina. The prospects of the smaller farmers are completely ruined for this year. Flushed Ijito Ktomit.v. Ai.r.ANV, N. Y.,June 1. Governor Hill to-day signed the bill abolishing banging for all murders committed a. Iter January 1, fss'.t, and substitu ting death by electricity therefor. The bill consists of elaborate and and carefully drawn amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, providing that the prisoner sen tenced to death shall 'be immediately conveyed by the Sheriff to one of the State prisons, and there kept in solitary confinement until the day of execution, to be visited only by ollicers, or by his relatives, physician, clergyman or counsel. Tiie Court imposing sentence shall name mere ly the week within which the execu tion is to take place, the particular day within such week being left to i the discretion of the principal officer ol the prison, lhe execution is re quired to be practically private, only officials, clergymen, physicians and a limited number of citizens being allowed to be present. After the ex ecution funeral services may be held within the prison walls and the body shall he delivered into the custody of relatives if requested, otherwise it shall be decently interred within the prison grounds. New Berne Journal : The justices did a good thing in re-electing Mr. Jas. A. Bryan as a member of the board of county commissioners. He was the only member of the old board that was eligible under there cent act of the ( leneral Assembly, and having devoted much time to the management of the county affairs he will be of invaluable aid to the new members elected. IJueklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the wnrM for Cuts, Bruises, Soren, Ulcers, Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped hands, Chilblains, Corn?, and all Skin Kruptions, and jtositivelj cures Piles, or no par required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by K. Blacknall A Son. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Ollt PLATFORM. Adopted in State Convention at Raleigh, May, LSSS. We again congratulate the people of North Carolina on the continued enjoyment of peace, good goverment and general prosperity Under Dem ocratic administration of the affairs of the sHite which has now been un broken f(jr so many years ; upon the just ami impartial enforcement of the lawl' :upon the increasing efli ciency oj'our common scnool system, and the; progress made ; in popular education ; upon the improvement and enterprise manifested in all parts of the State. We again chal lenge a comparison between this state of things and the outrages, crimes and scandals which attended Republican ascendancy in our bor ders. We pledge ourselves to exert in the future, as in the past. our best efforts to promote the best interests of the people of all sections of the State. Affirming our adherence to Democratic principles as heretofore enunciated in the platforms ; of the party, it is hereby Rt' wired. That -no government has the right to burden its people with taxes beyond the amount required to pay its necessary expenses and gradually extinguish its public debt; and that whenever the revenues, however derived, exceed this amount, they should.be reduced, so as to avoid a surplus in the ; treasury. That any system of taxation which necessitates the payment of a pre mium of 27" by the government on each SUHHJ of its bonds, taken up with the millions that would other wise lie idle in its vaults, and. paid to bondholders wlro purchased in many instances, at less than par. is undemocratic, oppressive and , in iquitous and should be refunded. The course of our Democratic Rep-" resentatives in Congress, in their efforts to give relief to the people from burdensome internal revenue ami tariff taxation, meets with the approval of the Democratic party of this State and we respectfully rec ommend that if they find it impos sible to give to our people all the relief demanded, they support any just and practical measure presen ted in Congress that will :ilford a practical relief from such existing burden. !est,leed, .That while tiie details of the methods by which the constitu tional revenue tariff shall b' grad ually readied are subjects which the representatives of our people at the national capital must be tru;sted to adjust, weMiink the customs; duties should be levh d for the production of public revenue, and the discrimi nations in their adjustment should be such as will place the highest rates on luxuries and the lowest on the necessaries of life, distribute as equally as possible the unavoidable burdens of taxation, and confer the greatest good on the greatest num ber. Li'snln d, fl'hat we, as heretofore, favor, and will never cease to de mand, the unconditional abolition of the whole internal revenue system, as a war fix, not be be justified in times of peace ; as a grievous burden to our people and a source ol annoy ance in its practical operations. We call the attention of the people of the State to the hypocritical pretensions of the Republican party in their plat forms that 'they are in favor of the repeal of this onerous system of taxa tion, enacted by their party, while the Republicans in Congress are tax ing their energies to obstruct all leg islation inaugurated by the repre sentatives of the Democratic party to relieve the people of all or a part of this odious system. 7,'iv Jred, That the course of the Democratic party in furtherance of popular education, is a sufficient guarantee that we favor the educa tion of the people, and we will pro mote and improve the present edu cational advantages so far as it can be done without burdening the peo ple by excessive taxation. Iie.tleed, That to meet an existing evil, we will accept, for educational purposes, from the Federal Govern-" nient our pro rata share of the surplus in its treasury ; Provided, that it be disbursed through State agents and the bill for the distribution be free from objectionable features. Re,l'ed, That the United States being one government and ours a na tional party, we denounce the ef forts of the Republicans to force sec tional issues in Congress and else where, and to promote dissension and ill-will between the people of the different sections of our cemmon country. Ri'?olred, That it is due to the people of our eastern counties, who have so cheerfully borne their share of our common burdens, that the present or some equally effective system of county government shall be maintained. j Resolved, That the Democratic party is opposed to an- further ex tension of the "No-fence" law, unless such extension shall have first been authorized by a majority of the qual ified voters within the territory to be affected thereby. Resolved, That the Democratic party has ever been the party of the workingman, and has never lostered monopolies, nor have "trusts" or "combinations" or "pools" ever grown up under laws enacted by it. The contest in this country being be tween aggregated capital, seeking to crush out all competition, and the individual laborer, the Democratic party is. as it has ever been, against the monopolist and in favor of a just distribution of capital, and de mands the enactment of laws that will bear equally upon all ; Resolved, That as all taxation bears most heavily upon the laborer, it is the duty of the legislator, as a direct benefit to the workingman, to ktep RATE$ FOR ADVERTISING: 1 inch, on insertion,.... ...$ 1.00 1 inch, one month 2.50 1 inch, three months, . . . . 5.0O 1 inch, six months, txq 1 inch, 00$ year 10.10 column, three months,. 17.50 j column, kix. months, 30.00 J column, one year, j column, three months,., 1 column, $ix months column, one year, 1 column, three months,. 1 column, fji months,. . . 1 column, one year, 1 column, dne insertion,.. 2 columns, joue insertion. 50.00 25.00 45.00 80.00 45.00 80.00 150.00 10.00 15.00 Space tojsnit advertiser charged for in accoriianee with above rates. the expenses of our public institu tions at tlje lowest limit consistent with w ise and efficient management. The Demjx'ratie party opposes any competition between free and convict labor, butj it insists that convicts shall not remain idle at the expense of honest labor. Resolved That ours being an agri cultural State, it is our duty as well as our pleasure to promote any and ail legislation that is best calculated to advance the interests of agricul ture: and that in so doing we will most effectually advance the inter ests of meeh anics, manufacturers ami laborers. It't'sol n d , That the Democracy of North Carti lina cordially approve. the admini tration of Hon. Alfred M Scales jas honest, patriotic and conservative. Remil red, -ffhat the ability, wisdom, honesty, patriotism, independence, faithfulnessjto duty and manly cour age of President Cleveland have won the odmiratton of all good men ; and the interests of the country demand his re-nomination and his re-elec tion. 01 "it i:cii.N(ii:s. lhe 1 oufig .Mens Democratic Club of Raleigh will have a grand ratification njieeting Friday' night. ('ttlnil E.ij,irs: Mr. J. I). Henry killed a bald eagle a few days ago, which measured five feet and four inches from tiip to tip. .Voi-s.l'- OU'nvr: Mr. N. H. D. Wilson, of Greensboro, who will take a position on the editorial stall' of the (luisliun Adem-utr, arrived yes terday. 1 I Greensboro Patriot: The coming of warm weather has necessitated the shutting down of the Fayette viile Cotton Seed Oil Mills, which carry on an extensive manufacture of its universally used product. AVi ()! rer : ( iovernor Scales vesterdav issu d the death warrant who murdered Paul" ot W. A. Pott I.hicke in lleaiafort eoimtv last No vember-, but whose death sentence was appealed to the Supreme court and the decision sustained onrri- day. May lXth. fixed July Lit I The ( iovernor has as the day for Potts' same day was also xecution of James , who was convicted execution. TA fixed for the P. vers, of Wilki of murder, appealed to the Supreme. ourt and judgment was alhriiied. Xfus i H .--f rye r : Mr. A.J. Cooke, one of the proprietors of the Atlantic Hotel, Moreheai City, passed through this city Mond; head, having 1 tended lour of : i v, en roiue tor M ore- turned from an ex- outhern cities in the intenst of liis lubtel. Mr. Cooke car- ried with him bout fortV waiters, and is prepared jto run tin; hotel on a scab' even surpassing the past his tory of that popular resort. Nothing will be left unsuppiied for the com fort, eon venience and pleasure of the numerous guests who will be enter tained there during the coming sea son, 'j Xetfs ti Hiriprriy : Tiie corner stone of the Central M K. Church, on the corner of Person juid Morgan streets, was laid yesterdtiy afternoon at o o'clock, Bishop Jj. S. Key officiating. . There was a large crowd to witness the ceremonies which wen- conduct ed in an impressive manner. In the stone wen need a large copy of the I Mscipline, a jvumher ol religious and other newspapers ami other church literature. The corner-stone w;is a beautiful, wih ite marble block,, ami bore the inscription "Central Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Raleigh, June o, js.s. Wilmington Star:- The following is a statement of the exjorts to for eign countries for! tin,- month of May last, as taken from the books at the Custom House, vijz. : Belgium Ros in, '.,.'!: barrels,! valued at $ ',,;.' ; spirits turpcntine odd casks, valued at SS.r.'.iT. Fn uch West Indies Lumber, 24o,(HKi (Vet, valued at ")" 1. Germany Rosin, 2,74:2 barrels, valued at .,"S. j England Rosin, 1-'."i'Jl barrels v.-iliie ?1.r)(i17- soirits ! turpenine, ("d'.l casks, value, $1,47S; pitch, od harpeis, value, Scotland Rosin. I2,('i7fbarrels,value, Si',700; spirits turpentine, 1,100 casks, value, S1S70 Total value of exports foreign for the month, $bl),o!K). 'ror-y.ire Firmer : The two ' Spartans" who persistently recorded, their votes for Alexander, even after the Mecklenburg delegation hail withdrawn that gentleman's name, were hunted up by our reporter and interviewed. H4 found that they belonged to the Anson county dele-, gation and represented Gulledge's township; their names being J. S. Myers and S. T. Flake. They said they had voted for Alexander on twenty-three ballots and were ready to vote for him as many titties more that theyhad come all the way from Arison county forthat purpose, and were just "fairly -getting down to business" when the chairman an nounced that Ju(lge Fowlehad been chosen. x 1 Asheville Sun : Probably the worst muddled hen in the State of North Carolina, is one bwned by Natt. At kinson, Jr. Her trouble dates to the publication of Jie egg-and-a-half problem and she has apparently been vainly struggling to solve it practically. Heij first attempt took the shape of an egg and a half, the half egg leing connected with the whole. A few days later she laid an egg twice the Usual size and much deformed. Yesterday she made a third attempt, p-oducing this time three eggs, one t.bout the ordinary size, one tbe size of a partridge egg and one the size f a small bird egg. Natt is awaiting t ie next laying with much interest. He fears, however, that the hen will lay herself out un less she stops worrying oer that problem. ! t ; S I i n ft
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