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' THE TRUE REASON.
I he cisnal observer has not fathomed the
0i vct whrch haa instigated many of the
jixriVn organs in their attacks on Congress
Mri NVrhols growing oat of the controversy
Utet" nr. .Mctiois ana air. Josephus Dan
utenaiwy tnese papers came to the
v-jijunce of 31 r. Daniels because the are
...Uicallj kith and kin, but their attacks
h i ! another and paramount object.
a
Hi,- -oij BjBiem oi conntj goTernment
t:..ch ha oppressed the people for ten years
yA4 had the etitct intended and expected by
i vt jrinators: It ha raiaed tip and estab-
lit ti in every connty throughout the State
n : --irchy that is entirely above the people
ur..!h' are hostile to every interest of the
t a ... m . .
iii -ntn. iy means oi ine color line also the
i -jn hi have been able to keep the people
n subjection to their nefarious schemes and
h .lie broken down every effort that has been
nude to organize against the Bourbons. The
.hstruction of the color line by President
fit vtUnd snapped tho bracelets that bound
tie hands of the people, and at once the la
boring masses of the State began to think
sa l act for themselves. The large member
ihip of the organization known as Knights
of labor was the first result of the political
freedom of the masse. L3t year Mr. Nich
o!i was the candidate for Congress of this
organization. Of course it was a great piece
of impertinence that John Nichols, who
sprang directly from the loins of tho people,
ma did Lincoln, Grant and Garfield, and who
had no blue blood couising through his veins,
an J who had not beo born with a bilver
iiHKn in his mouth, should have had the
temerity to become a candidate for Congress
against a Graham! Such a thing had not
beea heard of in this State since the war.
The tjranny of the oligarchs had been too
strong and powerful and no insubordination
of this kind had shown itself. The candi
dacy of Nichols was a great offence to the
oligarchs; it was an evidence that the people
were beginning to think and act for them
selves. Old things were .pacing away and
all things were becoming new. This meant
that the scepter was departing from the
lJourbons and that -the people intended to!
take their own affairs into their own hands
and manage them in their own way. 0
course, this constituted a mortal offenco to
the aristocrat, oligarchs and Bourbons, who
have fattened and grown fat by . oppressing
the people by means of the infamous Tory
system of county government. In the prov
ilence of "God John Nichol wa the leader
cf the people last year against their oppres
ori, and his offence was greatly augmented
because he defeated the son of ex-Gov. IF.
A. Graham for Congress. It is certa:n tha
Mr. Nichols will be a cai-didate again next
"year either for Governor or for Congress and
the assistance brought to Mr. Daniels had
for its object the destruction of the man who
has thus far proved to be the only leader of
tie people who bai led the masses to victory
and routed the oligarchs. Therefore, John
Nichols must be destroved. The issue has
Wen made for the camp.ign of next year.
It is John Nichols and the people on one side
and the aristocrats, oligarchs and Bourbons
n the other. Nichols and the people repre
sent the manhood of the laboring masses and
their disenthrallment from the political bond
are of the past twenty years; and their oppo
.nenti represent the traditions of the past and
ha.e not profited by the progress of the a-e,
and would oppress and burden the people
still further by the continuation of the Tory
county government. The people understand
th ifiaue -that the Bourbon press has made.
The majority for Nichols in the Fourth Con
rrciiional "district next year will not be less
O .
than five thousand. The people "love him
for the enemies he has made," and their bal
L.:s will emphasize this fact in November,
IbSS. ruo.Cloven loot was, exhibited toe
uon and the people will not be deceived by
the attempts that have been and will be made
tu strike down the only man who has been
alio to lead'his people out of the darkness of
Bourbon misrule and oppression. Next year
be will had them across the Bed Sea and the
cohort of oligarch? and Tory rule will be
0 j
swallowed up and in the mighty rush of the
waters that will follow the deliverance of
-North Caroliua from the domination and
dominion of the men who have destroyed the
nghU of the people, who have multiplied
otliee and place for their own benefit, who
have destroyed government by the majority
and have established minority rule, who have
rubbed the many of power and placed it in
the hands of the few, and who are now try
ing to make "hewers of wood and drawers of
water of the laboring masses of this State,
by a continuance of the Tory county govern,
rnent. There was a time in North Carolina
when a laboring man dared not say his soul
was his own. Tht time haa passed to re
turn no more. The people, distinguished
from the oligarchy, know their rights, and
knowing dare maintain them. The at
tacks made on Mr Nichols are as ilitl on the
back of an lephant. He has the confidence
of the people without regard to party, as was
shown last year, and a3 will be shown again
next year. Tray, Blar.che and Sweetheart
may yelp at his heels but bis progress will
be onward and upwards and his detractors
will be ground into dust.
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VOL. I.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1887.
NO. 40.
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Our
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CONSTITUTIONAL.
t
Judge Shepherd haa decided that the act
authorizing the Governor to appoint Justices
of the Peace to fill the vacancies caused by
the failure of those elected by the Legislature
o qualify, is constitutional. An appeal was
aken from this decision and this important
uestion wifl be settled at the present term
of the Supreme Court.
SOMETHING FOR DANIELS
WEBSTER.
AND
Mapison, N. CV. Sept. 19. When I wrote
to Mr. Nichols in regard to certain facts con
cerning the public printing contract, I had
no idea of saying anything further on the
subject; but the turn of the discussion seems
to require that 1 should pursue a uilleren
course.
I have read all the e'ditorals of the Chroni
cle on the subject, and my candid cpiniou i
that Uriah Zeep and Jim Heid have both
been eclipsed by the sage and virtuous Dan
iels eclipsed in humility, in honesty of pur
pose, in dignity of character, in loyalty to
friendship, in truthfulness and decency o
speech eclipsed at any rate in tho as
sumption: and disregard of every urtue
whose tio ation marks a hypocrite, a. black
guard, and a genuine spider of hell. Indeed, 1
do not hesitato to apply these terms with
directness and with emphasis to Mr. Dm-
lels. Whether I am justified in it, or not,
the public may judge, upon a brief review of
the case.
In the outset I will quote from a well
known democratic paper, the Raleigh News
and Observer, which says:
"When the matter of the Public l'nnting
was pending last winter some of the Demo
cratic officials and some of the members of
the Legislature pressed the argument that
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the Democratic caucus should nominate a
certain candidate, because that candidate
alone could be appointed, the appointment
resting at last within tho gift of the Speaker
of the House, since the FeaKer designated
five of the committee on printing which con
sisted of only eight members. That argu
ment arneared to be very effective. The
,
Democratic caucus was apparently coerced
into making a selection which was agreeable
to.the Independent Speaker oI the Youse.'
Now. Mr. Daniels distinctly and positively
a9sertsiq his reply to-Mr. Nichols' nr3t card,
that Speaker Beb3ter appointed the liouse
branch of the committee on printing in hi
interest "because he was the nominee of the
democratic caucus." Tt was to correct this
mistatement that my letter to Mr. Nichols
was written, and I am sustaine 1 by speaker
Beb8ter who, m his card of bept. 12,. says:
"I offered to make Mr. Josephus Uaniels
Public Printer before any action had been
taken by the Democratic jd mens in regard to
the matter.
Why Should the offer of the Tublic Print-
inc be made before any action of the Demo
O . .... . -t-1J.A
cratic caucus ii the contract was to oe ler to
Mr. Daniels because he was the nominee oi
? The truth is. that Mr. Daniels
hasn't mind enough to be even a plausible
iar. He was nominated by the caucus be-
cause he had been previously nominaieu uy
the Speaker, and he had been previously
nominated by the Speaker because he
and his authorized agents had said
that, ' although the Chronicle was a
democratic paper, it nevertheless had
no quarrel with and did not intend to make
war oh the Independents, and that the
columns of that paper would always be open
or communications in ineir ueieuw.
That was just the sort of Democratic paper
which the Independents and itepuoiicans
wanted the Democratic caucus to endorse;
a paper closed against Democrats, but open
to tneir adversaries; a iuusa.eu
the Democratic camp, a Trojan horse within
hpir ritadel. Be expected lo make the
Hnnrbons eat dirt and swear they liked it:Ji
and we also expected to make them endorsef
our action and pay for tne aiti oy giving
hem the full benefit of the abominable
. . -w- - Tl " A
statute relating to the ruouo x rinuag,
statute for which the Democratic party is
lnnA responsible: and by giving them an
organ which in their heart and judgments
they despised. And since wherever there is
a will there is a way, we found in Mr. Dan
iels a fitting instrument for the accomplish
ment of our benevolent intentions a Demo
crat, who in view of the Public Printing con
tract had no quarrel with ns; would make
no war on us; would close his columns to
adverse criticism cf our proceedings, would
open them to communications in our de
fense; and would, notwithstanding all this,
get the nomination of the Democratic caucus
as an endorsement of pur selection. We em
braced the opportunity as a God-send. Our
course was natural. It was politic. It satis
fied the dirt eaters of the caucus, and gave
promise of satisfying all lovers of garbage
for two years thereafter, a promise which the
Chronicle i-t-now verifying. We who had en
countered Mr. James W. Keid were not slow
in taking the measure of Mr. Daniels.
recognized in the latter the Bame silly am
bition which had brought the former to
grief, carrying down his rotten party organi
zation with him and we knew, that it would
not be a year before the State Printer would
be aiming at the leadership of the democracy
in the State, trying to drive his rivals out of
the party for "giving the weight of their
editoral utterances against the Chronicle."
and "opening their columns to both
parties!" that is to his adversaries as well
as to himself. We knew that a fellow who
would close bis own columns against his
party friends and open them to his party's
enemies would howl treason whenever any
other Democratic paper should! presume to
go half the length which he had gone in the
same direction; but we never did suspect
that he would ever call upon the Independ
ents for a certificate of cnaracter in his
dilemma. Yet he has done it. He actually
floats in the face of the Democrats
a certificate from the Speaker, from which I
have quoted above to show how bad a
memory he had.
Mr. Webster condescends to say that "there
was no saennce, or enaaow or sacrifice, oi
political principle or conviction required of
him." That is true. The overtures all came
from his side. It required noeacriGce on his
part to close his columns to the Democrats
and open them to the Independents. It was
his nature to do that in consideration of the
fifteen per cent, bonus. But why did Speaker
Hebster "offer to make him Tublic Jrrinter
before auy action of the democratic caucus?"
Hadn't he heard the same still small voice
which Mr. Oakley and I and the other Inde
pendents had heard? And wasn't all that
talk of Daniels about not taking the job
"unless he was the choice of the Democratic
caucus" only part of a preconcerted plau to
make the lionrbous eat some dirt and endorse
a selection already made? What does Mr.
JPeb3ter consider a sacrifice of political prin
ciple and conviction? IIow would he define
these terms? does he consider that in vio
lating his compact with Judge Settle in re
lation to the course he should pursue regard
ing the county government system, if elected
Speaker, he made any sacrifice of political
principle or conviction ? What was that
compact? I should like to hear from him
on all these questions, especially on the last
two.
I think I have said enough to show that
Mr. danielsisa hypocrite. Uis own writings
show that' he is a blackguard His whole
course as brought to light in this controversy
his treason to his own party his betrayal
of hi3 friends, his equivocation, his misrep
resentation and suppression of the evidence
against him, his wanton, cruel and villain
ous elanders of those who nurtured him in
his earl? years, his pasilanimous scream
when another journalist publishes both sides
of the controversy between him and Nichols,
all these show him to be in head and heart
an unmistakable spider of hell.
Joseph Bbadfield.
within that is soothing and sonl-inspiring
infusing spirit and confidence in the ability
of his home government to protect him from
bodily harm or improper personal peril.
However poor, however lowly, however hum
ble in himself, he is an American citizen and
"none dare molest or make him afraid," for
no nation dare cross lances with the citizen
soldiery of our young republic which is
marching forward with giant-tread captiva
ting the world with its acts of gentleness and
peace and all people everywhere with its un
limited resources, magnificence and grandeur.
The right to liberty is of peculiar American
significance known fully and only in the
"land of the free and the home of the brave."
American liberty is not bcrn of the will of
the tyrant nor is it subject to his whims for
its enlargement, curtailment or withdrawal;
Merit is not the freedom of unbridled licentious
ncs8 unrestrained by law and morality, the
dread finale of which is the guillotine red
dened with human gore; it is not that which
nerves the arm that wields the' deadly toma
hawk and sustains the savage as he gloats
upon the scalps of his headless victims; it is
not that hellish travesty of freedom which
prompts the anarchist and socialist to hois
the black flag of disorder and discontent
What is American liberty? It is a full and
unequivocal recognition of heaven's first law
the. freedom and equality of all men, re
strained only of such natural liberty as is
necessary for the protection and safety of all.
Yet these restraints are self-imposed and
constitute the grand column of American
rational liberty and reflect with effulgent
splendor the majesty and power of American
Civilization freedom of action, freedom o:
speech, freedom of the press for party anim
adversion upon the misdeeds of parties and
party leaders, freedom of religious opinion
responsible only to God freedom of the bal
lot-box he participates in legislation and its
enforcement freedom of office; without the
intervention of Royal blood or the behests of
gart.ered nobles all these established prin
ciples, constituting American axioms, are
peculiarly American, American all, indige
nous to American soil and unfortunately
when transplanted withef and die.
The right to property is as old as the world,
yet often in its ownership insecure, uncertain
and dangerous. In other less favored lands
the result of toil is unknown. Legitimate
gains are secreted for fear of the unbridled
rapacity of rulers or the assassin's dagger.
The decree of God, "by the sweat of thy
brow shalt thou eat thy bread," unchanged
and unchangeable, implies likewise the right
to use and appropriate to your own ends the
fruit of your toil. It is here the creation of
your own intellectual exertion or moral handi
craft and by due process of law alone can you
be dispossessed of that which contributes to
your relief and happiness. But let us halt.
Does the guard upon .the watch tefwer decry
ahead no danger in the accumulation of
colossal fortunes, often ill gotten and always
used to the detriment of public liberty ?
Money is power, and when corruptly used
personal freedom dwarfs and droops. Cras
8us, with his immense estate and unbridled
ambition, did more to hasten Rome's down
fall than all the Caesar3 "in purple and fine
linen." How is it with us ? Watchman,
what of the hour? Is all well?
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
graduating speech at chapel hill OF MB
CLAUDIUS DOCKERY.
For a long time the claim of the Divine
riaht nf kinca to rule was regarded as the
only safe basis for all governmental relation
ship. But in the! progress of time that ab
horrent doctrine has been aorogatea and tne
onlv true guarantee for law and order and
human equality is the inherent sovereignty
of the people, founded upon constitutional
obligations of their own creation. Such is
peculiarly the characteristic basis of ouf gov
ernment. It'stands to day prominent among
alt nations a-6hming example of local self .
government and . popular rights.
; What are the rights, duties and respocsi
bHities of a citizen of this government?. Cit
izenship, with us, is a significant ter,m and
underlies the "entire political organization.
A citizen is a person who has the right by
the exercise of the elective franchise to par
ticipate in tho administration of government
affairs, or the Qualification which enables
him to vote for rulers. He is free, absolutely
free to exercise his own volition in any voca
tion of life to live where he pleases and as
he pleasesto accumulate pr perty for the
secure enjoyment of himself and family and
to worship (iod as he thinks best "under nis
own vine and fig tree." He is not a stranger
in the land held under strict . surveillance of
paid emissaries, but walks the earth boldly
with the tread of . a giant, with all the in
stincts of patriotism burning in his bosom
and clad in the imperial mantle and beauti
ful regalia of American manlfood. He is not
a subject but a citizen, not a stranger but at
home. He has a right, natural and political,
under his own supervision to the enjoyment
of life, personal safety, liberty and property.
Life, is dear to every human creature, ine
right to be, to live is a sacred God given
right and all wise and benificent legislation
should be directed to the common end of
securing not only its enjoymedt but its free
dom from danger and unnecessary peril.
The American citizen is peculiarly fortu
nate in this. Whether at home or abroad,
within the sacred limits of his own private
castle dedicated to conjugal affection and
amily bliss, or sojourning in other portions
of our widely extended domain, or wider stilt,
tho he tread the deck that bears him to dis
tant lands, or' wherever he may be, perhaps
npon the shore of some despotic and an-
nendly power, yet there is a consciousness
In return for this protection, what are the
duties and responsibilities of an American
citizen? Allegiance and protection are mu
tually interchangeable and reciprocal in their
character. A government which protects
should.be protected; a government that op
presses should be overthrown. Are not the
crimes of the Kussian subjects much miti
gated by the wanton and unrelenting cruel
ties of their ruling Czar?
How can those people love the government
which exists only for the exaction of unreason
able burdens, where liberty is a myth and in
dividual rights are unknown?
Education is an essential part of our sys
tem; it is the corner-stone of our national
independence. "Constitutions," "says Ames,
"are but paper. Society is the substratum
of government." "Popular virtue;" says an
other, "is the only safe basis of popular gov
eminent." It is the fountain- from which
springs all national vitality. This species of
moral exceuence is incompatiDie witn igno
ranee and superstition. By the one our race
is ennobled and dignified; the other, tends to
debase and enslave it. The American people
are sovereign and should be educated to ex
ercise the prerogatives of sovereignty. The
ballot-box, the emblem and essence' of sov
ereignty, should be kept pure and undefiled,
free from the touch of pollution or the crafty
designs of ambition. It is the golden key
which unlocks the Hoy of oliesvof this
grand temple and'when tampered with con
fidence is lost and pur liberty may be wrecked
at the nod of som3 daring partisan. When
corruption ensues and the popular will is no
.longer respected, disintegration follows and
a wail of anguish will be heard long and loud
from the excited breasts of thousands across
the blue Atlantic at the downfall of that
beautiful star which shone with splendor on
the American continent, dispensing light,
peace, contentment and happiness to its own
citizsns and hope and good cheer to the en
slaved of all lands, second in importance only
to that which denoted to the shepherds on
the plains the birth of the Son of Man.
The position of an American, citizen i"
worthy of his just pride and fondest delight.
He has a country which he can love, honor
and seive, for it loves, honors and serves him.
TFe have no disturbing elements threaten
ing our country-i-no standing armies endan
gering our lives, liberties and property. We
are a united people and can defy the storms
which rage in other lands and the angry bil
lows which threaten to engulph other nations.
England is rent in twain with internal dis
sension and sectional discord. Ireland is
now convulsed with the premonitory throes
of vindictive strife and fierce resolution, and
our hearts go out in sympathy for her strug
gling people and for him who alone iii de
fence of right "faces a nation with a scowl
of inflexible defiance."
The United States are at peace among
themselves and with the outside world. Her
future is bright beyond description; dazzling
all nations With the splendor of her peaceful
attitude, with the magnitnde of her varied
resources and her determination to enforce
all the obligations of her law and order and
her unyielding persistence in demanding nd
securing all the rights of her citizaus to the
enjoyment of life, liberty and property.
But "eternal vigilance" is ever important.
Old ocean is often into tempest tossed, when
the surging angry billows defy the skill of
the most experienced mariner. Rome did
not believe it once but Kome alas for
Rome. Greece did hot believe it once, yet
that historic soil now lies prostrate beneath
the remorseless tread of the barbarous Turk.
All "the grandeur that was Greece and the
splendor that was Rome in arts, in arms, in
politics, in philosophy, have passed away as
the baseless fabric of a dream.
My classmates, in our age aud generation
questions will arise upon the solution of
which may depend the destinies of our coun
try. In all such cases let us remember.that
vre live under the only free government on
earth. On us are concentrated the dearest
political hopes of man. "Wherever glitters
the crown of despotism, or faintly throbsthe
heart of freedom; from patriots of all climes
and the oppressed of every land, come blend
ed alike to our ears voices invoking us to be
faithful to our holy trust, and to preserve it
sacredly for the civil redemption of the
world." Alike interested in the preservation
of this great heritage let us be true to it and
"amid the graves of fallen empires and thro'
the splendid views of departed greatness, let
us gather anew the solemn lessons of indi
vidual duty." Let us irijrrease our zeal for
liberty our devotion to the cause we love
and our warmth for all that constitutes Amer
ican patriotism.
Ladies and gentlemen, the gorgeous cor
tege of effete aristocracy, titled Dukes and
inflated royalty may sweep by with all its
brilliant gems coruscating. in God's sunlight,
yet to me of no concern; for wrapping the
drapery of my country's flag around me with
its brilliant stars never to grow dim, ricr its
lustre fade, I can fondly boast that I possess
a higher and nobler and more enduring' fame
than all this gaudy tinsel, and folding my
arm3 in security, thank .God -that I am an
American citizen.
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HALIFAX COUNTY.
POLITICS IN GENERAL CHARLES PRICE FOR
GOVERNOR JOHN A. MOORE FOR LIEUTEN
ANT GOVERNOR - KITCHEN AND C01f$, ,
Rikgwood, Sept. 26. I notice the name
of ('apt. Charles Price is sometimes mentioned
as the next anti Bourbon candidate for Gov
ernor, and $ think he would be a wise selec
tion. He is undoubtedly one of the ablest
stump spaakers in the State a match for
any one the. Bourbons could "get out. lie
might not match Kitchen, the probable isour
bon nominee, in fuss about the color line and
his abuse of Cleveland, but would ruin him
in facts, figures and sound argument. '
John Moore, of this county, onei'of the
cleverest and most popular gentlemen, a good
speaker and a safe man for Lieutenant Gov
ernor or tor uovernor, wouia oe tiara to
beat.
If the Democrats put out Kitchen for
Governor and Coke for Lieutenant Governor,
a3 consistency demands they should, as they
are extremists of the deepest hue, and would
well represent Bourbon sentiment in every
respect on the tariff, color line, &c, &c,
then Price and Moore or Moore and Price,
representing ihe conservative people, could
easily carry the State for principles that
would bring prosperity to her borders and
not disaster and "confusion confounded,
as would result from Bourbon success.,
The'Democrats promised to break up the
red legged gra83 hoppers from prowling
around stills by abolishing the internal rev-
enue. learn tnere are two oi tnese gentry
now to every one before. How about it?
CONSERVATIVE.
ihe curvature of the earth's surface will tend
to overcome all weight and make the pres
sure greatest on the upper portion of the
tube, when running at maximum speed.
Think of going to London In such a way and
in euch time as that!"
Colonel Pierce said tht it would not coat
a very large sum to burld an experimental
line for a short distance, say a few miles,
is plan has been submitted in its details to
several experts, and has met with approval.
The great question with the inventor at the
present time is to get the- necessary fundi to
carry forward the work, for he ii a man of
comparatively littlo capital. He feels con
fident that in the end he will receive the re
cognition and encouragement which his
work deserves. ,
HOLD YOUR GROUND r
TRAVELING A THOUSAND MILES
AN HOUR.
From the Boston Globe.
Colonel John H. Pierce of Plantsville,
Conn., said to a reporter that as yet little, was
known outside his room of his plan for con
necti'ng this continent with the Old TForld
by means of pneumatic tube3. Some state
ment of a brief nature has been made to a
locil paper. Only within a day, almost, has
it been developed to its present sage. In
response to a request to give the facts the in
ventor was full of enthusiasm, but spokp with
care and precision and with the air of a man
who knew whereof he affirmed.
"Yes, I believe my plan is a practical one.
This country can be connected with Europe
by means of pneumatic tubes of large pro
portions. When the theories are reduced to
practice they may be modified to some ex
tent."
"How would they be laid and operated.?"
"After the manner of the cables, as 1 will
hereafter explain. We will be obliged to have
them laid exactly straight, or as nesj straight
as the surface of the globe will permit. They
will be operated by currents of air, but on
principles quite different m some respects
from those governing the small lines now m
use; the general principles remain the same.
Of course the tubes will always be in couples,
with currents of air driven through them,
the current in one tube always moving in an
opposite direction from the other.
: "Will it not be difficult to force currents
of air the distance you con tem plate?''
"Oh, no. The speed of this current can
be made as great as desired, and with scarce
ly any limit, by simply using a great number
of steam fans on the principle of those used
in blast furnaces.
"The tubes must be large enough to admit
of passengers, of course, yet small as possi
ble. I wonld have individuals sit tandem,
one ahead of the other, you eee. Friction?
That would be prevented by bill bearings
necessary appliances. Tee motion would
hardly be perceptible to the passenger. It is
hard to speculate npon the speed attainable.
One hundred miles an hour would be the
easiest thing in the world; 1,000 miles an
hour is hot impossible with polished steel
surface for tube lining and exterior friction
we could provide for. The speed, owing to
THE LAST ORDER GIVEN BY GENERAL STONE
WALL JACKSON.
After nightfall Stonewall Jackson rode off
with his staff to reconnoiter in front of tho '
line he had gained. It was his idea to stretch
completely around in the rear of Hooker and
cut him off from the river.
The night was dark and Jackson soon came
upon tne Union lines. Their infantry drovo
him back, and as he returned in the darkness
his own soldiers began firing at their com
mander, of course mistaking his party for
the enemy. Jacksou was shot in the hand
and wrist and in the upper arm at the same
time. His horse turned and the general lost
his hold of the bridle rein; his cap was brush
ed from his head by the branches; he reeled .
and was caught iu the arms of an Officer.
After a moment ho was assisted to dismount,
his wound was examined and a litter was
brought. Just th;n the Union artillery
opened again, and a murderous fire came
down upon the party through the woods and
the darkness. One of the litter bearers
stumbled and fell and the others were fright
ened; they laid the litter down on tho ground,
the furious storm of shot and shell sweeping
over them like hail., Jackson attempted to
r'se, but his aid-de camp hsM him down till
the tempest of fire was Inlled. Then the
wounded general was helped to rise, and
walked a few step3 in the forest; but .he be
came faint, and was laid again on the litter.
Once he rolled to the ground, when an asjist
arit was shot, and the litter fell. Just then
General Pender, one of his subordinates,
passed, j stopped and said:
I hope you are not seriously hurt, general.
I fear I shall have to retire my troops, they
are so much broken."
But Jackson looked up at onco and ex
claimed: .
"You must hold your ground, General
Pender; you must hold your ground, sir!"
This was ihe last order he ever gave. lie
was borne some distance to tho nearest house
and examined by the surgeon; and after mid
night his left arm was amputated at the
shoulder. '
When Lee wa3 told that his most trusted
lieutenant had been wounded, he was greatly
distressed, for the relations between them
were almosV tender.
"Jackson has lost his left arm," said Lee,
"hut I haye lost my right arm." St. Nicho
las for August.
KILLED BY A SU ORD FISH.
j
THE EXTRAORDINARY MANNER IN WHICH
CAPTAIN LANGFORD MET HIS DEATH.
From the Washington Star.
The schooner Venu3 is a small vessel of
about twelve tons, engagod in the general
fisheries off the coast of Massachusetts. On
Monday morning Captain Lingford sailed
from home in pursuit of sword fish. About 11
a. m., when eight mile3 northwest of Halibut p
Point, in Ipswich Bay, a fish was seen. The
captain, with one man, taking a dory, gave .
chase and soon harpooned the fish, throwing .
over a buoy with a line attached to the har
poon, after which the fish was left and they
returned to the vessel for dinner. About an
hour later the Captain, with one man, again
took his dory and went but to secure the fish.
The line was taut as the boat slowly neared :
the fish, which the Captain intended to
lance and thus kill it. When near the fish,
but too far away to reach . with the lance, itt
quickly turned and rushed at and under the
boat, thrustiug its sword up through the
bottom of the boat twenty-three inches.
As the fish turned and rushed toward the
boat the lino was suddenly slacked, causing
the Captain to fall over on his back; and
while he was in the act of rising the sword
came piercing through the boat and into bis
body. At thi3 time another sword fish was
in sight near by, and the Captain, excited
and anxious to secure both, raised himself
up, not knowing that he wa3 wounded. - See'
ing the sword he seized it, exclaimed: "We've
got hijr, any way!" Ho lay in the bottom
of the dory, holding fast to the sword "until
his vessel came alongside, while the fish, be
ing under the boat, could not be reached.
Soon the Captain said: "I think I am hurt,
and quite badly."' When the vessel arrived
he went on board, took a few steps and fell,
never rising again. The boat and fish were
soon hoisted on board, when the sword was
chopped off to free the boat, rnd the fish was
killed on the deck of the vessel, ihe hah
weighed 2i5 pounds after its bead and tail
were cut off and the viscera removed; whtn
alive it weighed something over 300 pounds.
Captain Langford survived the injary about
three days, dying on Thursday. The sword
has been deposited in the United' States
National Museum.
- AN IOWA IDYL.
From the St. Paul Herald.
A man may chin
And a man may work
For the temperance cause all day;
But he can't go a fishia'
And observe prohibition
Because he ain't built that way.