4 ,.;. ; p'ra,ri,tar. IXDKFIXDENT 1 1ST JTA, THIjNTGS. ToimS$a.OOPerTer. L Ht Kl KM, 1 VOL. VIII. Xi:V lSKKXK, CRAVKN COUNTY, X. C NOVKMISKI?. 2cK lsg.). nq. 35, ft: 'i 4 f 0 , LOST! LOST! LOST! A Golden Opportunity, if you do not buy our CHEAP Such is the subuinco of aiv.-r -.-r. - : !;. jo. btter to lose the.- k-.ad (' gol 1 -n -pr- " ' lerat bj procuring. for v luwe moa.'v you roods, iach u we kep p.enty of snd r - pr. i; DOWN PRICES, which nooe of ourc n.p. tr r- -tia n annnlimi tS i. sti are isrs-er than at i-.v :?:? farftift JO with first claw, newest design- of Dress, Goods, Cloaks, Newmarkets, Shawls. Blankets, Flannels. Domestics. Notions. &c. Beady-Made Clothing for all ages, in style and - - -- quality unsurpassable. FURNITURE ! FURNITURE! T- .ft. at nrires that ar- 1 ( W N S I Ii ! '. K N O 1' ( '. 11 A faUhod KrwraxTML Bodneni w. .rf,:r 11.25; Folding Rockers, used to sell a: this line to oompr lTorbly witn ioejM ngur.-s. Wo stocked p with fioe Mt nf Walnut Marble Tops. Poplar BMp SetaTwlor Hir Cloth sad Plush 8uit.. Chair-.. K.vVor- . I.oun-s. ' ' CAKPETS! CAfiPETS! all styles and qualities W otOl hiaio th Well Repaid Zeipler Bros., ad Bay Stat 81io-lidXtIier Co- Shoes. tke Ciebrat-d Pearl Shirte -J ittfheie0Sk gooda of ueh great variety that mearly all vour wants ,-va I OtlsSed ml OUT plac ni at low prices" to pi. ae y u. ;rll Not to Call Goods always Shown with Pieasu:- (Jom esrlj, comeJUu-, Come when you may, We ire ready to help you, ' To hear, to obey Your whims and your fancier, -j Or some other desire, f To sH-t your ploa.-ure we'll never tiro. ( Hocau-e it py u OETTINUKU bros.. Sign of The Celebrated r'earl Shirt. XIXSTOH, October, 1885. Entered For The Race. X hare entered the Race for Supremacy among Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes. In BOYS, YOUTHS and MEN'S CLOTHING x expect to wx:v: AS I CAN C.IVK YOU - An All Wool Men's Suit for $7.50. BOTS ASD.TOUTn'S IN PROPORTION I will offer tb. Best Goods, Latest Styles and Neatest Fits, AtTYTESTY-FIYE PER CEST LOW EE TII.lX TI1K I.oWFsT. bo alter wbai any one tell you or atlvrrtiaos. fy Coae, examine and convince yourself Ix. foro parcli.isiii el-ew Lt n- M. II. SULTAN, c7 4wai --CT .liM J.Vf" iLO ST.WO. This is the Age of Specialties OUR SPECIALTIES AUK Clothing, Gents' Fur nishing Goods, SHOES AND HATS, OWlrtCT 1D1II4 CO.-S IIIOES. VlMlkOilHMIIV Jll. Ei"' tl.OO HOK. IBJI Moeft of HATS, at I IT aoU cr t rtimi iifl naU. w mil tk,itl.-i.i ' , . - FtH PC U1 P W.maorl.r hhi 11.) On Maeict HKW riDtRWmH i r.rv ,-,.m;-:.- i-. : War Aa(a (tor tb CaUknUl rtllL IMIRT. A . i.nn- t tM MAra. DAT. wnnj Ulfll VT11H H. HOOK, OWMMtwIir, rpilllHllSl u f.ll. - fir O.li.r ad f( SOBpMOara; Okrdtas JmumuJ B riel ,-nin. V woatd mil aUaBtlaa to oar Stark Trmak.. tlu... rp.(..t)Uloih Ku.. CatnUu, H CmIi aad BMMtabtT, w make t iw:iallT all U..- aK ve (I.hIs an.i h.-n in n. e.i nf oaytbiBg in our lin. b ure ami ei us bWore vou buj 0c30 dmtl E. 0. E. LODGE. LIVEEPOOL A II HAY ! HAY! HAY! Lime! Lime! Lime! Rosendale and Portland Cement. PLASTER. (.OAT H 1K. UK .. IK . Craven Street. lel 1" r otli.-,-, new 1 1 1 : if i :, . . GEO. ALLEN & CO., nr.Ai.i.K 1 General IXsii'clw 'are, Boilder' Material. Machinists' Bnpp'.u-s. M.ichi:u-ry i'-n OinJ, Engines, Cotton Press s. M.iy Ptissof. Cid- r Mills Grain Pant. Rubber and L'-rahor Bl'ir.ir. L.i'-o I.ithor. Machine Oil. White Lead. Mixed Paint . Lir.s-rd Oil. (.las?. Putty, Lime. Brick. Cr merit. Plaster. BUILDERS' MATE BJAL Mechanics' Tools. Builders Hardware. Carriage Material. Saddlery. Steart: ar.-i Gas Pin-. Iro:-. ar.d Brass Steam Fittings. AGRICl'LTUIL L IMPLEMENTS iMws. Cultivators, Harrows, tto . Cott -r. E.icc:: ar.iiT.-? Kp- TVine. Etc.. at LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Agents for Fire and Life Insurance. GEO. ALLEN & CO T 1 v now at -J '. : it1' $1 2-S. now at , o ft wtii.'li I -' t 1 r. ft : i ftna -& : . i - r . :i - HOWARD & JONES. rtW.'oci: Strrct. oyp. ';u.-cT-)ii ' 'kurrl. I'KlM I t 111 MiS (If the Mii--in.il I r... Mll lUptl'l' ( 1 1 nfi-re ne. - '. .. Kr- A : : t .U A- : : n- previous ajiiMMnt :i " !i::ii;lTS aud dt-U'jjatfS .:n :-. : z'hr (icin-r.tl Conferenco U !in- ( : ;-:n.il l'rrt Will 15.ipti.it i hur. ::. .-..n vrm-il ith tho church at II. -i-;: S.v.m.p, (irtH""ne county, N..v. f;i. Ivm. Kid. I.. 11. .Inhu lii w.i. .ippmntcd by theGen cr.il i iwiiVrriu-c m t he ( )rii u al Free Wi.l i; i.:,t :n 1 s.s t, t hat con vened i' l.e-'n,iii. l'.tt comity, to preach tin- ; n iri ill nctory sermon, w.tH on I lie nl .iii il jire.icbed the mtro du. Jorv . Tex:: Heh. 1.1: 1 .; '-It i r r : i r l I.ie ( on t in ue." ('on-leiein-e w nr.Miized by choosing Kids. I.. K. .l.ihnson. Moderator, H. ( 'mi n m K'ha-n. .is.-iiHtant Moleraton I. M. l'..ir;i.I,l, Clerk; W. II. Sl.ou-h;.-r, .tssistantl'lerk: Kids. F. Met ilo horn, ,T. ,1. Harrison and .1. Sh ii-kelford, t'ommittee ot Ar r (.-icemen',-; llros. . H.Orice, K. Wo.xl.inl .iilil W. T. McRire. Fi ll iiu-i- ( "o m in 1 1 tee. i u motion, the ht ol ministers be c.l! : ed .Mid their chnsfl.Ml conduct I r i . j : i . r 1 into. t )n motion by Kid. .1. S. Cum ii ;n ir-. Kid. K. K. llearn write a Hi'r.iii'iH-iil -ketch ot the life of KM. Win. M.iy. mill it Ik- placed on our m i n lit e.i. t Mi motion, a committee was ap ..oinied to investigate the charges irim-f Kid. 15. H. 15oykin, consist-. j. ot V. K. S.iwyer. .1. F. Heath, ,S lMon, McCilowhorn, and d. I.'ulon. t Mi iiiotio:i b Klder H. Cnnniiii;-. K lei I: K. llearn write a .iii.-.ti sketch of the life of I-. o H. Heath, mid tht same Im ;hi: ii our minutes. () i motion. U. F. Stilley make a' i e.i.e .r coiicerning the charge - .oo Ki.lcr I. H. Pipkin. ii motion. Klder U. K. llearn. iii.i .t st.iteiiieut ol" what Kltler i Piokiii tolil him concerning the cliarge-s again.it him. ' t ).i mot ion, I he case of Filler I . H. I'i km was (IropjH'd. On motion, KldorT. .1. Moorclxi1 restored. O.i motion, the name of K. James1 .va-s dropped from our minutes at i us request and that he deliver his credentials to K. I). Hathaway. On motion, this conference sus tain Klder K. K. llearn for entering the name of W. V . Lewis on our m I n u tes. On motion, the conference closed mi : il tomorrow a. m. at half past 'J o'clock; prane am) prayer by W. H. Slaughter. 1 KIIi'. A. M ., Ni'V. (ith, l.NNi. f'ouferenci' met according to ad journment; praise and prayer by 11. P. Hill. On motion, tho report ol the com mittee appointed to investigate the charges against Klder lloykin be heard and the committee le dis charged . Committee repoited as follows; 'e, the committee appointed to , investigate the charges against Klder H. H. Iloykin, report a fol ! lows: That Fhler 15. H. Boykin be i silenced from now ,the assemblage of this conference Ironi exercising his ministerial oftieo until the next Kvsemhlace ot the general confer ence, which convenes Thursday 1 toie the second Sunday in Novem Ivcr, 1 i-ni. A decision was made by the con ference previous to the report of the committee on investigation of the charges against Klder 15oykin, that the Moderator appoint a committee to visit l'.ldet Boykin to farther in vestigate the case and if the charges !h found untrue that he bo restored to hisministeri.il office. The Mod erator appointed M. Linton, F. S. Dm.n.. .1. F. Heath, W. U. Sawyer unl I '. Mi ( ilow horn, said commit tee. On motion, tins conference cm liowercd Klders .1. .1. Harrison aud K. Met; low horn to lay off certain 'otmdaiies and forbid the sale of r r. ginger ale, or anything in the name of cider or Inpior within its l:ni:M. ( Mi motion, the clerk read the let ter t rem t ore creek asking this Ivody to restore ,1. 15. Heath. On mor;..n. the credentials and ..i.-. ot.I. 1'.. Ilea h 1h' torn up. I' u i.s a No moved and agreed that lie letter .Hid ; he case of ,1 . 1 '..Heat h tie sent bat k to hi- church. (Mi tno'ion, the license and ere de ;-.aN of I;. M.-rit, I. V. Kingand .! . .1 1 uic- be tolil up. I Mi II, o i 'ii. tlii' I..IIIH' nf 1 i . W . A ..!:! in- i i i 1 i 1 1 ol, i hi r in in - m. :!. i.anie of .1 . llad- r, : .. '.:; 1 on our iii mute.-,. ' ' :. :,,- name of . 11. enrolled on our e . ii ' . : ' . letter- Tom t he . :' .- . i . c .e- b.- i a' led and ii ; . (. b'n .graphical : :. ol Elder IN. Kane . ;. : e ' I. ;- N ly . i i . ii, ' :i he Moderator In- ex- .-. 'i"'ii: ' - Ii. hK on account o I u ::. . . ; ..gre.-.l. th r NI i ,'o:, ,c ' a- M 'del' cot :n : e "i I , 1. 1.. 1 . .1 .hi, -oil. . ..::! K v. r i . , ,r. ii. '..,.. nr.. .,!.;. . u: . Mi-.,'- i 1 1 i j ' ' in . : . . : . - r.-. . . i .ii.d . ; ::. . ti a' -. : : ''.':. e . u il r h al I . . 1 I : . i .:.;. . in' b.- n-ee.v ed ;. ,.' i lie ' , , ' : ,n i .n-. r.-d ,..::, VA ! . . : .-,' :. r.iii:i" . ii'i'i.-.l "i: , MoiiiH r, , . , d .,."!' 'ill 'j'oncs I.I" 1 1 i . I i I 1 ' t . ' . t' I ! i i i 1 ( It .'. , d aiid eii . ( i io a ii. .n: . it'o ,:-n t v . r -iin.i.gh.in, N- H'-i. . i...t U... ' - ' l; ,'!'.',' . ( ti mot ion . u , c ii u i ch of t he Free Will llapt lst.s belong; n g to t he ( ien eral Conference -hall call a teacher or a minister to their care unless he 1k a regular ordained minister of the Original Free Will Baptist Gen eral Conference, and any church violating this act, u ill U- guilty of a misdemeanor aud shall be dealt with at the next assemblage of the Original Free W ill Kapti-t General ( onference. On motion, theVoinmittce on I'i nance retire and sol tie with the treasurer. A motion was adopted, that Thomas Mivore, .lames M . I'.arlield and V. M. ( 'araway be a committee to look after the lot in the town of Snow Hill said to In-long to the Original Free Will Baptists. Conference closed until Saturday morning half past ; o'clock; praise and prayer by .1. Vernon. S.VTTUDAY MuUNINii, Nov. 7, 1SS.V Conference met according to ad jourument, praise and prayer b Kid. It. V. Stilley. The pnceedings of c-tenl.iv wert read and approved. The motion w;ws adopted. ; hat the committee settle with the treasurer and the treasurer report the amount on hand. Treasurer reported he had received Jrom the Finance commit tee l(ia, 04, one hundred and sixty live dollars and sixty four cents. Motion moved and adopted, that the Free Will Baptist be run on the same plan as heretofore. Motion moved and adopted, that Kid. A. A. Tyson be a regular trav eling agent for the Frtr Will Bap tint, and that he be allowey thirty per cent on the dollar, on all collet tions made by him on subscriptions or advertisements. Motion adopted, that the Fm Will aptxt be sent to all the min isters for hal f price. Motion moved aud adopted, that Kid. 11. K. llearn In? empowered to sell the lot known as the Free Will Baptist lot in New Berne, and that he give a verified deed lor the same. On motion the Treasurer is au thorized to pay to B. K. llearn the mouey in his hands, to be applied br him on bills lor printing the minutes and blanks, and the bal ance to be retained by him for the paper. ) n mot ion, the thanks of I he con lercnco were returned to the Bev. A. It. Bradbury for the many good and instructive aiticles which he has written and contributed to ;',:c Free Will Baptist, and Kid. llc.irn instructed to write, a-king him to visit our next General coiilcrei.ee: also, ascertain what it will co-t htm to come. On mot mn the i hank- ol the con fere nee were tendeied to Kid llearn for his services in -o m.uiliillv de fending aud espous m g t lie doctrine and principles ol our church. The petitions w.-re taken up. and it was ordered that the lu x; con ference I' held with the church at Blackjack, in Pitt comm. On motion. Klder 11. Jones to preach the introductory . and Klder I). Davis be his alternate. On motion. Conference closed to meet again Thursday before the second Sunday m November, l-i'.. Praise and pi aver by Id ler W. H . Slaughter. M. LiNToN. Moderator. H. CCNMMIHAM. A-l. Mod. J. M. F.AKI'IKI 1). ( Jerk. W. H. Si.At iiin k.k. Asst. Ci'k. Railroad from Wilni i nut on to Norfolk. Nkw Berne. N. ('., Nov. is. Kt'lToK J "IKSAI.: 1 was ide.HSi'.i to H-e in your ra'er Uslay tin- i.ieii out lined by you of a railrou.t from Wil mington uNVw IWrne through '. in-low county. The State of North Carolina owns lar, tvodies of luihbc binds in I iniiliiw, Jones. Carteret. Hi'Hiifort.lN.li' and other etwUTii counties and with its convict lats.r to materially ai.i m con structing an Knutern Carolina c,,.i-t line from Wilmington through Onslow and Jones cou n tie- v la N"w Berne. Wa.-h-lngtou. Jainesv ide. KJetitoii in:.1 lib. i belli City to N.-ifolk. tins r ad ouht to he built and i'Iij ved hv th. present (reneration. and it n within the reach .f the cities and towns above named, to gether Willi the township and ci mm v ut-ription and the aid of the l-;.iie in tht- donati.m of e. ry altern.it -e 'ii.'li of her put'lif lai: I an I llf u-e of her convict IiiInt. to . . -ti s t r 1 1 1' t m h:il . nht Ui Im' known a- The W i . in m m . New Berne and N afo.k I-Lu I r. .ad . Ita Board of Trade of New lUri... ;!.. I'huintvr u( (',.iiini.T.'i- of W 1 1 in 1 1. ion . the Cotton Kxi'liank''- "f Norfolk and other citizens and hu-iiie-- in,-n ai..i. its line. mK-hl lo have nietiiik'- and ,. l- int coinuiitlees I. . alien. 1 a convention to tie held at either Wilmington. New Berne or Norfolk, and there arrange the eneial plans of work and lln- ap. oil men l of mi h ci mi ni i ttee- f. . I r i ft a . ha i ter to present to our 1 . I at II 1 e l.el winl.r containing -n h -or,r and special priv il. g. .,- i.l 'a irr.iiii the success of the Willi. :r;t n N- vv 1;. r: e and Norfolk Hub .. i . ,.n.fa!.v The ad vantage- 1. 1 I. i.io.l : i in the construction ..f mirh a b n i - t - v . i , i our coii.'epiion cros-mga- it un, n.. little . r.-eks an I ri r- ,,! i !. ,r ii. h ea 1 - 'f nav igat i u . w : . i ai on. e ii . , U . the river steamer-nitur.o fe,-.. r- t.'M - rn'l It would p the .-. n nt of I'.w to giw "... per cent i t h.-r entire prop'rty towards the huil l.ng . f m;. !. a r -id rather than f r l., r p. .-.-t J.'ty vear- loni r wni .ut t : o,- i .,: , n faciblie-. I Inflow, i-i -UJ' .-'ilt ie of I . IT ' f the I mlili'T '""ii i.i ..' "I 11..---' ,'.e f N r: ' . iri'hiii. lii' ri- ii ,r.ia .o . ; ' v . tii. m ,!. - :.t.a.,:.v- - ' ' - v . a n 1 :,!.: :,.....- f : making ' ':.-' -' a ... mat . it- T' -,-r : v . : i f i !...r I . v ,'.... 'A an I A wi nn 1 I . ' ' I I'' N a 1 .. : ..: ; , I nil. n -Ml,. 1 i It V 1'I IsT STATE (.ON'YENTION. i'n an, I Ol.s.'i v , r Kkihsvii.lk, Nov. 11. '.sr.. The North Carolina B.aptist State con n t ion met here today. It is a body of fine looking men, and among the number are some of the ablest preachers iD the State, and many prominent business men. At lo o'clock Hon. J. C. Scarbor ough, t he president, called t he body to order and l'JO regularly accredit ed delegates were reported by the committee on credentials. Proceeding to regular organiza tion Mr. Scarborough declined re election as president. Col. I. L. Folk and Rev. C. T. Bailey, 1) I), were the leading candidates on first ballot. Col. Polk declined in a very graceful speech, in favor of Br. Bailey, and he was elected by a very flattering rote. ; The following remaining olbcers were unanimously chosen: l-'ir.t v;ce-president Col. L. L. Folk, of Baleigh. Second vice president Rev. J. I). 1 1 ut ham, of Scotland Neck. Third vice-president Bev. Dr. T. II. Fntchard. of Wilmington. Recording secretaries Rev. G. W. Greene, of Moravian Falls, N. 15. Broughton, of Raleigh. ( 'orresponding secretary John K. Bay, of Raleigh. Treasurer Fabius H. Briggs, of Raleigh. Auditors W. N. Jones and John . T. Vullen. Rev. J. L. Carroll, of Asheville, and Rev. Jos. F. Carter, editor of the "Blue Ridge Baptist," repre senting the western convention, were welcomed as visitors. Rev. . L. Wright, pastor of the Baptist church at Keidsville, de- j livered an address of welcome, and by request of the president, Dr. Skinner, of Raleigh, responded. A committee was appointed on the B.aptist orphanage, and at once . much enthusiain was expressed for; the movemeut, which has been such a phenomenal success. j In. the afternoon session other delegates reported, and the reports of the mission Ivoard, the Sunday school board and the treasurer were read. The icp. rt on State missions ex hibited tin- following tacts: New churches org liiicd this year, ,'50 ; 1 whole number of churches. !.'io; present number of communicants. IUJU7; Baptist in Western conven tion, 1 S..I.5 1; Baptists in Waoeainaw as-i-.i-i.it ion i n North ( 'a rol i na.l . 1 45; ed, wed Baptists in North Carolu a. 1 lo.ii'.i'd. Missionary Bapti-fs in North ( 'arolin. L.,'L. 1 ' ; number of ur.-sioii ai ics at u ui k under the board last y ear, 7i: number of jier-son- added to the churches of this convention during the pa.-t year. lL'.doo. Total amount expended in ' State mission work during the past ' year, H .! I'.M'.MI. There is now' only one county in the State, where there is no Baptist church, that i oi Hyde. The repoi t on the foreign missions , showed that fa .J.'i.V'.hi had been raised. The Sunday -school report shows j twenty-lour new schools organized; j total number of schools 77o; num ber of attendants, t50,000; receipts! at the board, ?.. GoT, 04. At night the church was densely"' packed to listen to the introductory sermon from Rev. J. M. McMana- way. of Wilson. Keidsville is oue I of the most thrifty of all our North: 'arolina towns, and its people are as open and generous hearted as; they are progressive. Think ot it, 1 ten vears ago there were oulv .500 people here, with two factories, now ' there are 1.."0U people, seventeen lactones and six warehouses, and the town is spreading; large, impos ing brick structures take the place ol small wooden shanties, and the people are moving in every day. M r. Miner Endorse if. An attempt is made by Mr. W. L. Tieiiholm to play iiH)ii the lealou.-y ol .-out hern planters by representing that t he govern men t makes a market lor silver, and he a.-k- why not for cotton, wheat, to bacco, etc W hy docs the govern ment coin money at all if not to as sist in marketing goods? The Xt irx 1- indebted to -ome friend for circll lai- by Mr. W. 11. Oliver, of New Heine, N.C. giving an answer to Mr. I reiiholm'.-argiiment and many sound, practical ami theoretical; reasons why silver should Ik1 freely used W ith regard to the imme diate q nest ion . docs t he go vern men t make a lavorabie maiket for silver, the reply must be that the govern ment grants no lavor in the matter. It buy s some silver, but it buys at a lower pi ii c than the London market pl.ee. I . , e 1 am i 11 a I loll o i .li Cl.ll le. olds 1' 1.- ,-eell that during the pa.-t M'.n the pnee paid lor silver w a.- 1 .( i s '. 1 1 "O per on lice: the price pa.d by Kngiaml lor the same qual ity oi -.ivr'i during the same tune ua-rl.M'i '-on. Kuglaiid. whose 1 I, i el est - .lie ill reel ly 111 l.lVoI' ot low pi iced ,-bv ri, paid the A met nan :i . ; lie i - moie im i ; than did their ou ii o. i v e i ii m en t . I' ugln-h bankers aid in. :.-!.. Hi's boii e h t A m er ican " ' v i i a :,. i j , dm : tor it than t he I 'e,i ' I', - Go', , : nmeiit .I'd. and a . ' -.. . er : 'i ; ' I . ' w heat and ''o, : . 1 : . , : . a. And a- I hoy can : '. 'a io'a' ., : . d ."'ton in India to: - - " :'. .! I:."-' a :.. be mi :i t i i a ' I ' e y p i g 1 1 , i 1 1 1 tii, I n!r,.,l States. ' ' a I 1 1 1 . t 1 1 i i I -1 a, aa p ' as 1 1 1 : 1 c 1 1 -- .:. g-'ld ..- " "ii i. 1 ci pi a : .c any .:.:'. let., e la t aci ti gold and silver. : net i : -e t hoy would buy t n India. 'iiat .' ni- coine to thjs; The ?i . . : , 'i :a: ii..-r may be p.t:. i n " i i i e - - le.t he u :,! mo ::.'.!. g.-;.l a- w.-.i:. buy t he - . . i w n i I, w oil id 1 my t he i a oil im: ' . 1 i. I l:r h . - in,.; ga ge a ! I o.t. i ' : ., .-. i '.ibi ii. be le-- :; n : -i : - a : .- go'.d . but pi act : ca ! !y : ; - .-. me doll.tr aie tewer. 1 1 ' - i. : - w be pr.ict.eallv :;. . ' v - pi t . ' l i 1 1 . more. ..:, i .'ii''- j T.ir' ic.biy ui. 'Ii', and i t i - a e : e t:ed t hey u oil i, 1 tie ::. : . B.r '. here'- the 1 11 ti. W'oi k .- :.'.:. gent and wage- liable t g i 'a ; i a- immev is -I'arce. ' ,-. A. .. ' N - ! .1. ig:.t hnn ire I f cm .- -vi . r- r--n 1 r I n in -i 1 v t?. 1 ,t, ' i i, v . -1 n t. r. . 1 tare i - cre.a w ,,r:t a la i -n't'-riiig a--a aig tln -e p. -op!.. Tl . re i- a , ' 1 i .1 ?' r .1 I 1. al.,1 -a e - !, oh ! 1 1 . r : i r '. IHSTKK T l OFKI I A 1 . 1 . if!)!. I iilled sin.- Hon J.1III " 1 UUII lo- v Trial. I 1. h:i Mm u. Dl'lv ( The d.-fei'd ml. district. lliS h, ell po-tma-ler in tn is 11 -V icled Ulldl r scc- lion 4. nail , a ihe lte embezzlement ,1 i, . !.-, :! S;aiules. of '.ernnu nt mmirv. - i r i.i I wa . and a- thi- vv as I v evidence, loaii.i a ver The te-ti- His defence upon ni upon alleged ln-aiiuy. not er-lahliihe, the jury pmpeilv dict if guilty, raony nit, red merely showed eecen- tricily 1 here are i without being insane ilies of th mnt. fe.-li anv persons w ho i xlnnit peculiar it and character. which ruuiler them unlike ordinary be ings, and make them ..!ie,'ts of reimirk among their fellows. 1 le y may or may not become actuilly insane, but they sprinfr f rom fanul n-s in which insanity or other nervous .lisonses exist " , See Responsibility in Mental Disease, p. 10 . The defendant would seem from his neighbors' testimony to helon-; to the class of p.-r-ons o de-cribed hy Dr. Maudsley. This is a motion for a new trial based upon the testimony of two physicians who have examined the prisoner since his conviction. Were the case any other than line of alleged insanity, the motion would be denied upon the prelim i nary ground that ihe evidence w a- not nevvly d iscovereil . 11. ere is no i easou w h y the examination should not have been made before the trial -more especially as the defence of insanity was made at the spring term of this Court. I am not disposed, however, lo put the denial of the motion on the grouiul of luclirx. If the defendant ought not to be punished for his admitted violation of the law. he surely ought not. for failure to intro duce his evidence in due time. I proceed then to cn-ider the expert testimony: The highly re. pei tal .1 e med ical gentlemen w ho hav e ex oniiicd the defendant, both expressed the opinion that Jones Young was of disordered mind . that while capable of d islinguish ing between right and wrong with re gard to his alleged crime, they thought, one of them that he w as irresponsible, the other that he was only partially re sponsible. The great regard that I have for the opinion of the w itnesses renders it proper for me in liilfering from them, or one of them, in one point ;'o give my reasons for doing so. I am compelled to hold upon their evidence that the de fendant is resp aisible as matter of law. Both by the rules laid down by courts and by the opinion ot medical writers on this branch of jurisprudence, mental unsoundness doc- not necessarily bring with it irresponsibility. There i-at las of criminals "markt d hv defective phy.-ical and n-.ent d org . n !. ltion. one re-ult i f their dele t being an extreme iletici'-h'" .' or complete :o seiice of the moral .-. n.-e a them -pnng fr .-unity, cpd p- ex i-ts. Crime i in, ir iin- u.inl 1. ,r,'."l i t: v i .Usui ei'id l" portion of -. faiiiibi in w Inch in r - mc , I her neurosis , rl oi i : U n.i n, i ' ,et in w h ii.'h are di--- n? ad il' tin y t h. y do not go S .- i;.-.iii , :5J). They ? . . --n insanity 'j.e delicate v r vv r, ng. d .. iieii v. e de- n . i n . ,-. a , 1 1 1 ... 1 1 1 - '. icy . il v m ''V .ul 1 . re ou il,.' -' in. r n ,1 I. n i c r 1 1 1 o ipie-lioli . our dilli.u lermine t mind and . ture make: most powa 1 -I- Il -1 1 ' i : i y - la I -oiv 0 . a .b den lain id 1 V e 1 n 'I'ill s -, oi weak rise. -Na lent irn. 1 between ihe 1 No t aim id locy or a con t iiiuoiis, un . d. rill. ( in both lint) are multitudes ,.1 mibecililv '.o-re broken. i m; i re pi : I 1 sides of an m v isible of case? vv I,, re it i with coiilid -nee th, not sane. Iiji 1; responsibility pr there is an i m per at : ci ding, and there i ; of deciding by rule, if none other m b, be drawn. It rnu-t 1 hi po . the i the sente ible to say .in.l is or is question of in a court. e necessity of de fnrther a necessity An arbitrary line, discovered, must l,e so uraw n as to be certain, comprehensible and broad: certain enough to be a basis for the con duct of Iii.1'. e..rr.prehenihle enough to admit n it.- I emg explained clearly to a jury of plain men--without danger of their being in i 'led : broad enough to cover many .ays without confusing unskilled minds by in i mite d l-t inclions. The retii.em, ni s f s.'ieiitni,- cla.-silica-tion mud I--- pretermitted. The lirst necessity in the administration of justice must be considered . and that is the safety of the community; the protection of the greater and more valuable class in it, who are not insane. A rule must be laid down which will lot have the eiTect of letting many cri in mals escape through the I evvildermei.t ol juries. Teuderness to the vv eak - commendable as it is must ii"t be stretched so as to endanger the lives or even the prope.ly of the public. In looking for such a rule courts have alw.,ys had m view as the ti lie end of pun isn mi n t . the previ n ti..u of crime. In dealing with the criminal ins me. as in dealing with the class which -lands on the border line of insanity, the i r? ..daimably vicious, the. object of the liw in imposing sentences is Lieiihei to punish nor to reform: the former is useies-. the latter impossible. The only end aimed at is to ,1,-ut by the fear of punishment. In theory lhen.it would be coi red to -.,v that a per-on of UllsoUIld IlliUd should be plllll-llld for such acts as the ft ,ir o might pre i ei.t. or lend lo tHTience abun,iaiitiy sn fear doe, act a- a r.-n insane. But s, .me in, re d i ai n i sli m nt I rev i nt. Kx u - licit s in h in.l U poll the i i n i le i n-t ruc- tion must be given to a jurv. The rule adopted bv the curls alter long discus sion, and in modern times. 'is the lamou knowledge of right and vv i, .n g tot. As laid down by the lingbsh judges in answer to . pi est i. .n- propound ed to them by the House of Lord-, in 1 stated in the follow n,g teim tablishadelei.ee on i he gr i sanity . it must he ciearly pr.n the time of committing the,, ,'ii., ,l vv a- 1 ib. a 1 1 g iiii'ii'i -m. of reas.n I r .m :,-,,-' ! t : not to k now the n -.int.- ami the act he vv a - d t ng , r it he l-i it vvas 1'.. es- ,d , it! .'. at ao - t ! I" ItV ol d kt it . that he did n '. know Ii" w a- dmng what v. tis w t .t:g. I'lo-m - vv .o . ,,-arlv Ulil liiv.ii; it: N rt h ' it' ,!t:.i hv I 1 re. II J . Ill il Ca-e V llayvv 1 1 these VVo.d 1 1 me he eoi i : a -late I , .iher p.-r-, ''.' ,ts iTim i ".a . i I t he w a- ' 1 : I l it , - i n ! i - m - t' i at.i 'f. i s possibility of affective insanity, but holds it unsafe to make it a legal defence. If such cases could be tested in any way, perhaps some other rule than the one now acted upon might be given. But when we calf to mind the extent of country, much of it not very well set tled, which our law protects, the rare ness of real experts. the danger of crude, yet positive opinions, confidently, thougn ignorantly pressed upon bewild ered juries. we may wed appreciate that public alarm, which, after Mc Naughton s acquittal. induced. the House of Lords, to ask the opinion of the Eng lish judges on the law of insanity. The expert who testifies to the discovery of poison in human remains can actually produce its metallic basis in presence of the jury. But insanity is a defect or a disease of the organ that thinks, the brain. That can as yet be teted by no analysis, eeen, while life exists, by no lense. measured by no instrument. The molecular change which accompanies thought ceases at death, and wo but guess 'at the physical functions of the brain. Conceding that the rule as it exists is defective, its liability to operate un justly. in exceptional cases dots not often result in injustice. The prisoner is tried by a jury of his neighbors and has the benefit of the public opinion of the community, which rarely fails to be correct on the question of whether one accused of crime ought to be punished. In those cases in which that fails as it sometimes does by reason of local feel ing, there is the power of pardon vested in the executive a power more often abused by excess of mercy than of se verity, if all these safe-guards fail there remains the case, which must sometimes occur in communities of men, of an individual compelled to suf fer, because by the defect of human skill, he could not be protected without public injury. The instances of the pumshmentof men irresponsible through insanity in modern times, even allowing all the cases claimed as such by medical writers, do not equal in number the failures of justice through false testi mony or false Inferences from circum stances. With the most earnest desire to do exact justice our courts must always occasionally fail because judge, jury and witnesses are men, and sub ject to the limits of human nature. But this would bo no reason for an adherence to the present rule were a sounder and safer one discovered. Med ical writers have suggested none. The alternative which would 8eem to be the outcome of its objections to the right and wrong test would be to allow the medical experts summoned as wit nesses to give their opinions upon the question of the defendant's responsibil ity and instruct the jury to decide upon the weight of medical authority. Manifold and apparently fatal ob jections exist to this: 1. It would be contrary to the cour-e of law and a practical substitution of a tribunal unknown to our system, for trial by jury. As Lord Campbell re marked, to alio w a witness to give his opinion as to the responsibility of the accused, would be to leave to him the precise question which the jury is em panelled to decide. 2. Expert witnesses are employed by parties to the litigation. Thus they are selected not with a view to the discovery of the truth, but to serve a particular side. The medical men most likely to be favorable to the case of the defendant are naturally selected by him. The prosecution as naturally selects its experts upon simi lar grounds. And without imputing anything worse than ordinary and excusable human infirmity .interest, pre conceived ideas, partisanship, and the desire for victory are liable to bias ex pert testimony. 3. The physician sees the subject of insanity from the standpoint of doctor and patient, instead of from that of so ciety and violator of law. 4. A specialist is not always a safe witness for the very reason that makes him a specialist. It is reasonable to ex pect a man who had made a special study of poisoning by arsenic, to often see symptoms of arsenic poisoning even when they do not exist. 5. But the great practical difficulty would be that in the majority of cases genuine expert testimony could not be obtained, for the reason that our crimi nal courts are held in hundreds of lo calities in each of half a hundred States, in places remote from cities and learned men. Resting under these conditions courts are compelled to adhere to the rule adopted by them in the past, not with any blind reverence for it as a thing de cided, but because science has as yet provided them with nothing better. But I do not consider the present case as one of which from any point of view irresponsibility could be predicated. There can be no doubt but that Jones Young knew that he was doing wrong in committing the acts which led to his conviction. His case is not one of irre sistable impulse for his ebezzlment of government funds was the result of years of criminal conduct. His disease is not general mania. On the contrary both of the doctors say that he was only occasionally insane. In cases of crime from what is called a morbid irresistable impulse, the criminal act of the patient is the evidence of his insanity. In this case the acts of the defendant are the best evidence of his responsibility. Dur ing a period of many years he has been gui'ty of systematic fraud. His quar terly returns rendered to the Postoffice Department and sworn to. each quarter have been regularly false. The amount of overcharges have been each time about the same, aud yet have each time varied. It is impossible to suppose uni form conduct covering a series of years to be the result of an insanity consisting of an occasional incapability of appre ciating obligations when in "a state of depression." The prisoner's conduct has been that of an adroit criminal. The doctors both fay that he may have known right and wrong as to the acts with which he is charged. One of them believes him only partially responsible. The other say-: "He is irresponsible from a disordered brain from conduct ing himself as a sane person should, and that with ros-ibly not an absolute ignor ance of right and wrong, he is when his brain i.- in a state of depression unable t i do right or to resist wrong. His rea son is in obeyance or perverted. He -eem- to be .'(..;, .-..My...-; iuciiU and has mismanaged his public as his private af fairs.' Tiie reasons given by the ex-p--rt w itnes-e- for their opinions are: tunc acti-.iis. mental peculiarities exhilkcl in C'versation : excet-ive anxiety with regard to health; apparent i e k oi interest in his osition: and par ticularly the existence of insanity in tie- fa:r.:iy of defendant. All these f ads ar-' consistent with sanity, and the Later of thorn may explain all the re.-t. But if the defendant be of unsound m. n i he is yet responsible, unless in--ai.itv i- in itself in every case a de ! !? f-.r any act committed by the in--o;e person, both in his periods of in - itntv, and in what are termed his lucid n.-.- rvals Tile sentence of the court wi.i.-i. i- , f two year-' imprisonment at Lai' i iab 'i'. i- va ry much below the 1. 1 iMiimin and tits a ca-, ...f guilt ex : Mot. 1 by the exist., nc- of less than hs'i ,1 Hi aai sen-e. 1: up. :. th- arrival ,:" the di feiidant .- ;:. I" ?. i'a iit: ,ry he shall be or be- ;.,.. in th.- opui! !-. "f the physician in ,- it: ', iti-ai-.e. j,.. may under section '. :" ti.'- ttev.-e 1 -:,'i:ti;.s he coniined ::. - v.-n.meht hospital f. r the m- - .?.- an 1 t c.oe i f rti- an it:- if..' man: .id it. .- r i suit wiil in sti'd. event he -e ;u. nee 11. J II 11- - T .lan r, ai ul 1 : I . t t . . . ,f -v--. I:, i; .at; iii V A BO I" 1' SCHOOLS AMI COMl'LAIaTS Some have thought that the Star was ; not tustained by facts in what it said of some of the abuses of schools. It was I never supposed that a general discussion was meant for all. What will apply to one school will not touch another. We I sometimes talk with teachers and pat rons of schools, aud from them we not only gather views but sometimes receive notes and letters about certain defects in the school system, real or supposed, and all tii is shows us that the Star is not engaged in idle work when it comments in no unkind spirit upon evils that ought to be remedied. Gentlemen in this city have thanked us for what the Star has said from time to time. Only Friday last we received a letter from a gentleman who complains of the present plan of having a long, continu ous term for the day, beginning at 9 o'clock and closing at 2 p.m.,or an hour or two later sometimes. He thinks this is making dyspeptics of children, and thinks the old system altogether prefer ablebeginning at 9 a. m., recess from 12 to 2, and then school again from 2 to 5 p. m. We agree with him in this, but the teachers are "set in their ways" and they will hardly change to meet the wishes of even pptrons supposing there was a consensus of opinion, which is not the case, we suppose. The same gentleman thinks with tho Star that in some schools there are too many books studied at the same time. He thinks there ought to be more teach ing and less reciting. That is to say, that the instruction should be imparted in school and not be left to the parents to do the work at home. Some two or three years since the Star had something to say on this line. Our correspondent writes: "A gentleman told me recently that hia children were being shoved s rapid ly and had so many books to study that he had to request the teacher to let them drop some of them. He said they re turned from school at 3, p. m., with but little appetite for dinner, studied until 11 o'clock at night and then again early in the morning, and he saw that at that rate it would break down their constitu tions. " Parents who permit their children to be overtaxed mentally and physically are extremely neglectful of duty and are really very culpable. It ought not to be allowed. Health is better than human learning. A sound mind in a sound body was the true theory of health as expounded by some wise man old. A sufficient amount of learning can be acquired by the av erage child without imparing the phjs ical health of cramming the mind. Our correspondent also has another grievance of the teacher a child is put in a class above its capacity. He says sometimes there is a want of tjudgment or sympathy manifested when a child is not taught, but is allowed to cry and fret over its examples in arithmetic, for instance, when a little judicious help would greatly relieve the overtaxed and struggling little one. He thinks there is not enough discrimination always dis played in enforcing discipline. He says wisely that the "teacher us well an the parent must be governed by the dis position of his child." The wise teacher is apt to be a good judge of human na ture, and the considerate, humane teacher will 1 ever willfully oppress or in anger punieh unjustly. Teachers have many trials and vexations to un dergo of which the parents know noth ing. The profession of teaching whilst most honorable and deserving is beset with difficulties. There are some very unreasonable parents. Often very ab surd complaints are made. The kindly, thoughtful teacter will always bo will ing to correct anything wrong in the system when satisfied that it is wrong and when pointed out in the right spirit. FOREIGN NEWS. The War in the Balkans. CRUSIIIXO DEFEAT OF THE BULGARIANS. Pierot, Nov. 17. Servia has decided to annex the Bulgarian area of the In ternational railway route, which will enable Servia to complete her lino of railway; also the Widdin district, so that she can construct a railway to the lower Danube, to meet the projected (Roumelian railway from Krajova to Kalafat. Travellers report that the Bulgarians are hopeless ly depressed and expect the Servians to enter Sofia forthwith. There are only two battalions of Bulgarian infantry at Widdin. Belgrade, Nov. 17. The Servian di vision marching on Widdin gave battle to the Bulgarians near Widdin, and in flicted upon them a crushing defeat. The loss was heavy on both sides. The Servians captured l,OOo prisoners. The headquarters of the Servian army have been fixed at Tsaribrod. Constantinople, Nov. 18. The Porte has sent to the powers its formal protest against the Servian invasion of Bulgaria. Turkey reserves the right to tako mili tary action in the matter. Belgrade. Nov.- IS. An official re port from the front states that the Ser vians entered Bresnik yesterday. The Bulgarian army of the Wiedin district may be considered destroyed and dis spersed. London. Nov. IS The Bulgarians, after desperate fighting, have carried every one of theServjan positions which were menacing Slivitzna. Prince Alex ander led the Bulgarian columns in per son. Brussels. Nov. 19. The Independence Beige publishes a dispatch from its cor respondent at Sofia stating that the Servians attacked the third Bulgarian regiment escorting an ambulance train and bayonttted the wounded soldiers which it contained. The correspondent also states that Prince Alexander sub mits to the terms of the Sultan, em bodied in the latter 's reply to the Prince's "appeal for help, and begs the Sultan to aid him at once. Vienna, Nov. 19. An official Servian report, received this afternoon, says: "Accounts telegraphed yesterday that the Servian troops men acing Slionitza were re pulsed by Bulgarians under the imme d iate command of Prince Alexander, are false The Bulgarians succeedei in ap proaching the Servian positions under cover of a heavy fog, but after sharp lighting were repulsed. The Servians drove the Bulgarians to Slavinyi en trenchments, and in the whole engage ment had aOO men killed and wounded. A reconnoiteriDg force sent in the di rection of Slavinyi skirmished for two hours with the Bulgarians and then re tired within the Servian lines. " Semlin. Nov. 19. Trustworty reports received here state that the Servian loss at Slevnitza yesterday was .three times greater than that given in the ot'leial account. and ac tually exceeded the previous total loss f ince the outbreak of hostil ities. Pine e Alexander was in the thii k of the battle from the beginning to tin end. The Servians noticed that he first rode a white horse and afterward a brown horse. It is believed the white horse was shot from under him. L-.'NP'-N. Nov. 19. British Consul l.ascelles. who is at Belgrade, and who keeps Lord Salisbury informed of every thing in connection with the war. makes no mention of the reported capture of Widdin by the Servians. It is. there fore, believe, 1 that the Bulgarians still hold Widden. It is noteworthy that almost all the war accounts so far have emanated from Servian rnurees. and the Servian authorities foibil war corre spondents to accompany the Servian t r a e S . i TI-1KIH MI'I., 'Mil Ii' OHANiilCS. I."M"N. Nov. 1 "i. 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