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FCBLISHEDBT RoAKOKsV PuBLTbHISG Co. "JOR GOD. t OR COUin'RY AND FOR TRUTH. C. V. W AUSBON, BCSISESS MA5A9BF. . VOL. II. PLYMOUTH, N." C.; FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1891. NO. 34. - RBY. E TALHAGB. ; The Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun , day. Sermon. ' r; rlntjeett "Th Waters of MeroraJ' : ; - , ... Tixt: "And when all these kinds were jtnet together they came and pitched together ct the waters of Merom.to fight against Is rasl." Josh, xi., 5. . f "We are encamped to-night In Palestine iby the waters of Merom. After , a long Jmarch we have found cur . tents pitched, our fires kindled, and, though far away from civilization, a : variety of food that ;would not compromise a first class American hote), for the most of our caravan starts an hour and a half earlier in the morale. We detain only two moles, carrying to much of our baggage as we might acci dentally need and a tent for the noonday 'luncheon. The malarias around this Lake Merora are to poisonous that at any other season of the year encampment here is peril cue, but this winter night the air is tonic and healthful. In this neighborhood Joshua fought bis last great battle. The nations toad banded themselves togetberto crush this Joshua, but along the banks of these watnra Jcshua left their carcasses. Indeed it is time that we more minutely examine this Joshua of whom we have in these discourses caught only a momentary glimpse, although he rroseert and recrossed Palestine, and next to ., J esus is the most stirring and mighty charac ter whose foot ever touched the Holy Land, i Moses was dead. A beautiful tradition ays the Lord kissed him, and in that act drew forth the soul of the dying lawgiver. , He had been buried, only one Person at the iburia), the same One who kissed him. " But . God never takes a man away from any place of usefulness but he has some one ready. The Lord does dot go looking around amid a great variety of candidates to find some one especially fitted for the vacant position. He makes a man for that place. Moses has passe t off the stage, and Joshua, the hero, puts his foot on the platform of history so solidly that all the ages echo with its tread. He was a magnificent fighter, but be always fought on the right side, and he never , fought unless God . told him to fight He got his military equipment from God, who gave him the promise at the start: "Tuere shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." God fulfilled this promise, although Joshua's ret battle was with the spring freshet, and the next with a stone wall, and the next leading on a regiment of whipped cowards, and the next battle against darrfness. wheel ing the sun and the moon into his battalion, , and the last against the king of terrors, death five great victories. I This first undertaking of Joshua was greater than the leveling of Fort Pulaski, or the thundering down of Gibraltar, or the overthrow of the Bastile. - It was the cross ing of the Jordan at the time of the spring freshet. The snows of Mount Lebanon had just been melting, and they poured down in to the valley, and the whole valley was a raging torrent. So the Canaanites stand on one lank, and they look across and see . Joshua and the Israelites, and they laugh and Fay, "Aha! aha! they cannot disturb us in time until the freshets fall; it is impossi ble for them to reach us." But after a while they look across the water and they see a movement in the army of Joshua. They say: "What's the matter now? Why, there must be a panic among these troops, and they are going to fly, or perhaps they . are going to try to march across the River Jordan . Joshua is a lunatic." But Joshua, the chieftain, looks at his army and cries, . 'Forward, march!'' and they start for the bank of the Jordan. ' t One mile ahead go two priests carrying a , glittering box four feet. long and two feet iwide. It if the ark of the convenant. And . tbey come down, and no sooner do they just touch the rim of the water with their feet than by an Almighty fiat Jordan parts. The army of Joshua marches right ' on without getting their feet wet over the bottom of the river, a path of chalk and broken shells and '. pebbles, until they get to the other bank. .Then they lay hold of the oleanders and tam arisks aiid willows and pull themselves up a bank thirty or forty feet high, and, having gained the other bank, they clap their shields; and their cymbals and sing the praises of the God of Joshua. But no sooner have they reached the bank than the waters begin to Idash and roar, and with a terrific rush they . break loose from their strange anchorage.: Out yonder they have stopped, thirty miles of distance they baited. On this tde the waters roll off toward the salt sea. ! But ss the land of the Lord God is taken away from the thus uplifted waters' .waters perhaps uplifted half a mile as-the Almighty hand is taken away those waters . rush down, and some of the unbelieving ' Israelites say: "Alas, alas, what a misfor tune! Why could not those waters have , staid parted! Because perhaps we may want to go back. O Lord, we are engaged in a risky business, f hose Canaanites may eat t!s up. How if we want to go backf Would It not have been a more complete miracle if ' the Lord bad parted the waters to let us come through and kept them parted to let us go back i we are defeated?" My friends, God makes no provision for a Christian's re treat. He clears the path all the way . to Canaan. To go back is to die. The same gatekeepers that swing back the amethystine nd crystalline gate of the Jordan to let ilsrael pass through Dow swing shot the ame . jthystine and crystalline gate. But thte is no ttme for the host to stop. 'Joshua -gives the command, 'Forward, imarchP1 In the distance there is a long 'grove of trees, and at the end of the grove 'is a city It is a city of arbors, a city with walls seeming to reach to the heaven, to buttress the very sky. It is the great me tropolis that commands the mountain pass. It is Jericho. The city was afterward cap tured by Pomrjey, and it was afterward captured by Herod the Great, and it was afterward captured by the Mohammedans; but this campaign the Lord plans.- There 6hall be no swords, no shields, no battering ram. There shall be only one weapon of war, and that a ram's horn. The bora of the slain ram was sometimes taken, 'and holes were punctured in it, and then the musician would ppt the instrument to his lips, and he would run his fingers over this rude mturicI instrument and maks a great deal of sweet harmony for the people. That was the only kind of weapon. Seven priests were to take thes3 rude rustic musical in- , srrumenta, and they were to go around the ' city every day for six days once a day for six days and then on the eeventa day they were to go around blowing thes jrnde musical instruments seven11 times, and then at the . close of the seventh blowing of the rams' horns on the s'vento day the peroration of the whole scene was to be a shout at which those great walls should tambie from cap stone to base "T rr v Tbe seven priest wi'll thr, rule musical instruments pats ail around the city walls on the first day, and a failure, Not t j much a a piece of piaster brtue Joo3 from Mis wall; not S3 rauctt a a loosens i rocc, not so much as a pice of morUr lost fro u m placa. 'There.' say the unbelieving Israelites, "didn't I tell you so? Why, those minister are fools. The idea of truing around tho city wfth tnone inusicnl iiititruiienta, an i expet ins in thtt-way to destroy it! Josnua ha been spoiled i he thinks because he has over thrown and , destroyed the spring freshet he can overthrow the stone walL Why, it is not philosophic Don't you see there -- is no relation between the blowing of these musical instru ments and the knocking down of the wall? It isn't philosophy .' And I suppose : there ' were many , wiseacres who stood with their brows knitted and with the forefinger of the right hand to the forefinger of the left hand arguing it all out and showing that it was not possible that such a cause could produce such an effect; And I suppose that night in the encampment there was plenty of philos ophy and caricature, and if Joshua had been nominated for any high military position be would not have got many votes. ' Joshua's stock was down. The second day the priests blowing the musical instruments go around the city, and a failure. Third day, and a failure; fourth day, and a failure; fifth day, and a failure; sixth day, and a . failure, the seventh day comes, ths climacteric day. Joshua is up early in the morning and ex amines the troops, walks all around about, looks at the city wall. The priests start to make the circuit of the city. They go all around one, all around twice, three times, four times, five times, six times, seven times, and a failure. There is only one more thing to do, and that is to utter a great shout. I see the israelitish army straightening themselves np, filling their lungs for a vociferation such a was never heard before and never heard after. Joshua feels that the hour has come, and be cries to his host, "Shout, for the Lord hath given yoo the city!" All the people begin to cry, "Down, Jericho! down, Jeri cho !" And the Ion? line of solid masonry begins to quiver, and to move, and to rock. Stand from under! She falls! Crash! go the walls, the temples, the towers, the pal aces, the air blackened with the dust! The huzza of the victorious Israelites and the groan of the conquered Canaanites com mingle, and Joshua standing there in the debris of the wall hears a voice saying, "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." unly one house spared, who lives there? Borne great king? No, Some woman dis tinguished for g.eat kindly deeds ? No. She had been conspicuous for her crimes. H is the house of Bahab. Why was her bouse spared? Because she had been a great sin ner? No. but because she repented, demon strating to all the ages that there is mercy for the chief of sinners. The red cord of di vine injunction reaching from her window vo the ground, so that when the people saw that red cord they knew it was the divine indication they should not disturb the prem ises, making us think of the divine cord of a Saviour's deliverance, the red cord of a Saviour's kindness, the red cord of a Saviour's mercy, the red cord of our rescue. Mercy for the chief of sinners. Put your trust in that God, and no damage shall befall you. When our world shall be more terribly sur rounded than was Jericho, even by the trum pets of the judgment day, and the hills and the mountains, the metal bones and ribs of nature shall break, they who have had Ba hab's faith shall have Rahab's deliverance. ' But Joshua's troops may not halt here. The command is, "Forward, march!" There is the city of Ai; it must be taken. How shall it be taken? A scouting party comes back and says, "Joshua, we can do that without you; it Is going to bo a very easy lob; you just stay here while we gw and capture it." They march with a small regi ment in front of the city. The men of Ai look at them and give one yell, and tbe Is raelites run like reindeer. The Northern troops at Bull Run d d not make sncb rapid time as these Israelitesf'with the Canaanites after them. They never cut ench a sorry figure as when they were on the retreat. Anybody that goes out in the battles of God with only half a to roe, instead of your taking the men of Ai, the men of Ai will take yon. Look at the church of God on the retreat. Tbe Bornesian cannibals ate up Munson.'tbe missionary. Tall back!" said a great many Christian people. "Fall back, O church of God! Borneo will never be taken. Don't you see the Bornsian canni bal;! have eaten up Munson, the missionary?" Tyndall delivers bialectura at the University of Glasgow, and a great many good people say: "Fall back. O church of God! Don't you see that Christian Philosophy is going to be overcome by worldly philosophy? 'all backt" Geolo'gy plunges its crowbar into the mountains, and there are a great many people who say: "Scientific investigation is going to overthrow the Mosaic account of the creation. Fall back!" Friends of the church have never had any right to fall back. Joshua falls on bis face in chagrin. It is the only time you ever see the back of his head. He falls on his face and begins to whine, and he says: "Oh", , Lord God, where fore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? Would to God w had been content and dwelt on the other side of Jordan. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear or it. and shall environ us round and cut off our name from the earth." God comes and rouses him. How does he rouse him? By complimentary apostrophe? No. He says: "Gettbeenp. therefore liest thou upon " thy lace?" Joshua rises, and I warrant you with a mortified look, but bis old courage comes back. The fact was t hat was not his battle. If he had been in it he would have gone on to victory. He gathers hie troops around him and says, "Now, let ux go up and capture the city of Ai;letus go up right away." . They march on. He puts the majority or the troops behind a ledge of rocks in ths night, and then he sends comparatively small regiments up in front of the city. The men of Ai come out with a shout. The small regiments of Israelites in stratagem fall back and fall back, and when all the men of Ai have left the city and are in pursuit of these 1 ecatterd, or seemingly scattered regiments,, Joshua stands on a rock I seo his locks flying in the wind as he points his spear towards the doomed city, and that is the signal. The men rush out from be hind the rocks and take the city, and it is put to the torch, and then these Israelites in the citv march down, and the flying regi ments of Israelites return, and between these two waves of Israelitish prowess the men of Ai are destroyed, and the Israelite gain the victory. And while I see the eurling smoke of that destroyed city on the sky. and while I hear the huzza of the Israelites, and the gruan of the Canaanites,, Joshua hears something louder than it all, ringing and echoing through his soul. "There shall not any man be n We to stand before thee all the days of thy life." But this is no place for the host of Joshua to stop. "Forward, march!" cries Joshua to the troops. There ia the city or Gibeon It has put itself under the protection o: Joshua. They sent, word. "There are five king after n; they are goiojrto destroy us; eaud troops quick; send us help right away.' Joshua bas a three' days' march at mors than double quick. On the morning of the third day he is before the enemy. There are two long lines of battle, ihe battle open with great slaughter, but the t'aaanit soon discover something. They say: "That is Joshua. That is the man who conquered the spring treshet and knocked down the stone wall and destroyed the city of Ai. Th-re i no une fighting." And they sound a retreat, and as theybosrintoretreatJoshua and his host spring upou th:n like a panther, pursuing theui over the ruckx; and as these Camianite with sprained ankles and gashed foreheads retreat, the catapults of the sky pour a volley of hailstones into the .valley, and all the artillery of the heavens with bullets of iron pound the Canaanites against the ledges of Beth horon. "Oh!" says Joshua, "this is surely a vic tory. 'V.'Bot do you not see the sun is goinsr down? Those Amorites are going to get awar after all, and then they will come up some other time and bother ns, and perhaps destroy us." i See, the sun is going down. Oh, for a longer day than has ever been seen in this climate! What is the matter with Joshua? .Has he fallen in an apoplectic fit? No. He is in prayer. Look out when a good roan makes the Lord his ally. Joshna raises his lace, radiant with prayer, and looks at the descending sun over Gibeon and at tbe faint crescent of tha moon, for yon know the queen of tbe night sometimes will linger around the palaces of the day. Point ingone hand at the descending sun and the other at the faint crescent of the moon, in the name, of that God who shaped the worlds and moves the worlds, he cries. "Sun, stani thou still upon Gibeon; and thou moon, in the valley of AjaJoa.". They . halted Whether it was by refraction of the sun's rays or by the stopping of tbe whole plan etary system I do not know and do not care. I leave it to the Christian scientists and the infidel scientists to settle that ques tion, while I toll you I have seen the same thing. "What!" say yon, "not tbe sun standing still?" Yes. The same miracle is performed nowadays. The- wicked do not live out half their day, and the sun nets at noon. But let a man start out in battle for God and truth and against sin, and the day of his usefulness is prolonged and prolonged and prolonged. But it is lime for Joshua to go home. He is 110 years old. Washington went down the Potomac, and at Mount Vernon closed his days. Wellington died peace fully at Apsley House Now. where shall Joshua rest? Why, he is to have his great est battle now. After a hundred and ten years he has to meet a king who has more subjects than all the present population of the earth, his throne a pyramid of skulls, his parterre the grave yards and the ceme teries of the world, bis chariot the world's hearse the King of Terrors. But if this is Joshua's battle, it is going to be Joshua's greatest victory. He gathers his friends around him ana gives his valedictory, and it ia fall of reminiscence. Toung men tell what they are going to do; old men tell what they have done. And as you have beard a grandfather or great-grandfather, seated by the evening fire, tell of Monmouth or Yorktown, and then lilt the crutch or staff as though it were a musket, to fight and show how the old battles were won, so Joshna gathers his friends around his dy ing couch, and he tells tnem the story of what he bas been through, and as he lies there, his white locks snowing down on his wrinkled forehead, I wonder if God has kept his promises all the way through. As he lies there he tells the story one, two or three times you have heard old people tell a story two or three times over and he answers: "I go the way of all the earth and not one word of the promise has failed, not one word thereof has failed; all has come to pass, not one word thereof has failed." And then he turns to his family, as a dying parent will, and says: "Choose now whom you will serve, the God of Israel, or the God of the Amorites. As lor me and my house we will serve the Lord. A dying parent cannot be reckless o r thoughtless in regard to his children. Consent to part with them forever at tbe door of the tomb we . cannot. By the cradle in which their in fancy was rocked, by the bosom on which . they first lay, by the blood of the covenant. ' by the God of Joshua it shall not be. We will not part, we cannot part. Jehovah Jireh. we take thee at thy promise. "I will be a God to thee and tby seed after thee." Dead, the old chieftain must be laid ont. Hand's him very gently; tbat sacred body is over a hundred and ten years of age. Lay him out. stretch out those feet that walkod dry-shod the parted Jordan. Close those lips which helped blow tbe blat at which ths walls of Jericho fell. Fold the arm that lifted the spear toward the doomed city of Ai. Fold it right over the heart tbat exulted when the five kings fall. But where shall we get the burnished granite for the headstone and tbe footstone? I bethink myself now. I image that for the head it shall be the sun that stood still upon Gibeon. and for the foot the moon that stood still in the valley of Ajalon. . WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. An Aged Cblcgon Choke Ills Wife and Then Cats Ills Own Throat. Henry Christiansen, 61 years old, choked his sged wife to death in the bed-room of his home at 7510 Drexel avenue, and cnt his own throat some time during the night. The tragedy was seen by no one and the exact time it occurred is unknown. Mr. end Mrs. Christiansen have been living with their daughter and son-in-law. They were absent until midnight When Mrs. Nelson went to the room to awaked her parents her first glance did not show anything wrong. Approaching her father's bed she was horrified to see that his face and breast were all bloody and as he breathed spurts of blood came from tbe great gash in his throst In a moment she had celled ber husband and they attempted -to waken the mother only to learn that she was dead. The act had been committed early in the night, as the blood on the razor was dry. Christiansen was still alive and conscious.f He could not spesk, bnt could understand what wns said to him. When asked if he had killed his wile he nodded affirms ti vely, and a horrid gurgle csme from the wound in his throat as he attempted to reply. As he acknowledged the crime he motioned with his hsnds to show how it had been done. He alio signified that he had cut his own throat, and pointed to the razor ns he nodded his head, sending spurts of blood out and over his shirt. He cannot re cover. It is difficult to find a motive for the crime. Christiansen was somewhat morose and taci turn, but was not usually quarrelsome. His son-in-law suyeests thnt he wa somewhat iealous of his wife. She was knitting stock- ,ings for Chritmas present, and this did not please the husband and he frequently otyecten. ' U i I I , V is .n,.i,.fl liim u. feh I rw, lift lift V UBSIVfJ nil. . n m v. ,, m ....v j sat up to knit after he wanted her to go to bed. The supposition is that she did not go to bed when he wished, and he threw her on the bed and then, in a fit of jealous fnry, cheked the life out of her. She wa: lonnd in the bed, but with her clothes on. Christiansen was also in the bed by her wide, but was un dressed. Whether he cut hi" throat immediately after the first crime and spent the night slowly dy.ng, or whether he wept over the corpse or h wile until remor-e made him decide to follow her, 'wjll probably never-be known. The rasnr was tied with yarn off the ball from which Mr, t hriffianen had beea knitting the objectionable stocking. . It 'rni imire thn probable thnt t''e i-rlme was .oinmittfd while Mr. imd Mrs. Nelson were down ioii.tih tliey limn I no nie what ever niter their return, hikI npp'sed thst the obi people weres'iimdJv ecpins,'. Bit nothing i:i the father's c..inlnc in the :it would 1 s i them to lx-liM mat lieluit'iit lifwi et i her last. Ions slumber. THE NEWS. The residence of Victor Eodgers, at Jese. ville, Mich., was burned, and bis two children perished.' -John Galligan and John John son, two miners, were held up near Salida, Col., and robbed of $5,000. Tht St John ship Eurydiee, from Liverpool, is lost Her crew were saved, by the American schooner Horace B. Parker. Ellis F. Bard, cashier of the Lancaster, Pa., National Bank, and Franklin W. null, a depositor.'was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years imprisonment Masked, robbers relieved Leland McElroy, of Hannibal, Mo, of $4,& An entire block of Huildings was destroyed by fire in Rutherford, N. J. Two men were killed and several partially wounded by the falling of a wall in Chicago. F. M. Wilkins, a cattle-man, and C. S. Walton, a cattle-boy were murdered in Texas. -John B. Trevor, of Yonkers. N. Y., is dead. He was worth ten millions. The Indian police arrested in Red Cloud's Camp, near the Pine Ridge Agency, a harmless crank from Nashua, Iowa, who had been impersonating the Messiah. Dr. E. H. Riggin was murdered by negroes, in Mecklenburg county, Va. The new cruiser Newark was given a rousing reception at Philadelphia, on the return from her trial trip. A tornado did considerable damage at Barberton, Ohio, one man being killed and several injured. Rev. W. F. Pettit, await ing sentence for life for wife-poisoning at Crawfordsville, Ind, attacked a fellow prisoner apd beat him severely for stealing his private correspondence. The corner stone of the Henry W.- Grady Hospital at Atlanta, Ga., was laid with fitting cere monies. Pat Bryson, a wealthy farmer of Waverly Iowa, fell inlo a wagon-box and broke his neck. The Casino skating rink in Chicago was destroyed by fire. Erastus Cartwell, of Monroe, La., was killed by his friend, F. II. Frost, who thought the pistol was not loaded. Spotted fever is raging in Mexia, Tex. In the Lamont murder trial the jury found a verdict of murder in the second de gree, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Brakeman Beaubien, of Levis who was injured in the Canadian railway dis aster, is dead, making the eighth victim. The steam barge Missouri, of Detroit, was burnded to the water's edge, at Windsor, Ont Charles Lobetz, of New York, shot his wife, his children and himself. Congressman Blanchard introduced in the House resolutions for the appointment of a committee to investigate the killingof the In dian Chief Sitting Bull. The Tenth annual banquet of the New England Society of Penn sylvania took place in Philadelphia, promin ent among the guests being Bishop Potter and Hon. William McKinley. Discharged lab orers at a brick works in Melville, N. J. at tacked the time-keeper. H. W. Lamb, and in the fight tbat followed two laborers were bad ly injured, but Lamb escaped. N. F. Burn ham, inventor and manufacturer, and a prom inent citizen of York, Pa., is dead. The orniser Newark's official' trial trip was suc cessful. Wm. Duvall, of Baltimore, worked United States senators by representing himself as fhe father of children named after the Solons. He made a pretty good haul. During a quarrel at Antago, Wisconsin, Walter Mosher, killed his brother-in-law, Phil Maloney. Mosher was sent to the peniten tiary for life. An epidemic has broken out among horses In Kansa. The Seattle, Spokane Falls, Boise City and Salt Lake Railroad was incorporated; capital twenty million dollars. During a quarrel, at a dance, John Kinney fatally shot Ella Leveck at Washington Court House, Ohio. Appli cation has been made at Chattanooga for a receiver for the South Tredegar Iron Com pany. Rev. N. B. Fizor, a Methodist preacher, bas been suspended by 'the White River Conference. The New York Bacter iological Institute has been incorporated. Tbe Long Island Railroad Company's round house, at White Stouo Landing, was burned; loss $30,000. Charles Reed and Charles Uendrickson, youths, were skating at Chey enne Lake, Colorado, and were drowned. A heater in a Grand Trunk railway car ex ploded near Battle Creek, Michigan, and 'njured several people. Burglars got six teen thousand dollars in Cincinnati. James choonraaker, alias Stone, was arrested in Nyack, N. J, charged with a theft of $5,000, committed in Brooklyn. John Blanchester, of Fort Cadwallader, shot and .'killed Jaspr Lazure, and then committed suicide. Matthew Thomas left $150,000 to the city of Cincinnati in trust fortbe benefit of McMicken University. John Derlin, of the Executive Committee, Knight: of Labor, is very ill in Florida. The body of C. F. Robinson, of Hazleton, Ks., was found dead in his wagon near bis home. In a fight among "roasters" on the steamboat Big Sandy, on the Ohio river, two men were killed and one fatally injured. Succi, the Italian, successfully completed hit forty-five days' fasf, in New York. ' STRUCK BY A TORNADO. A New Syndicate Town the Victim One Man Killed, Many Injured. A fierce tornado struck the new syndicate town of Barberton, Ohio, five miles south of Akron, at 3.30 P. M. The only building destroyed was the new shoe-shop of the Creedmore Cartridge Cam pany. All of the brickwork had been finished and carpenters were at work on the ridgepole -when the hish wind demolished the wall dowr to the first story in a twinkling, and seven men were nunea irom me Duuumganaiurown in to heaps of timbers and brick. John Triplett, ot New Port, aged 29, was instantly killed, being crushed by the fall. The injured were: Frank Stuver, injured in ternally, his ribs being crushed ia the region of the heart, condition eriticalj Louis Kan nalla, a leg broken, ribs broken and shoulder deslocated, may not recover; Isaiah Lower, injured internally and back of head, serious; T. F. Homer, leg and arm injured; Frank Mallory,,arm iajured andshotiKSerdcslocated; Horatio Lit t, arm injured an J body severely broised. . Thi Imh ca the bjaildirg is fully $25,QOO, MBW AND HOHEY INVITED. ' The Interstate Immigration Conven- ! tion at Asheville, N. C. Resolutions Submitted Railroad Busi ness Considered Annual Address f the' General Manager. Three hundred and fifty delegates represent ing every section of the South, were present at the opening of the Southern Interstate Immigration Convention in Asheville, N. C. President M. T. Bryant in the chair. W. H. Malone, of Asheville, offered the fol lowing preamble and resolution: Whereas, It is tbe sense of this convention tbat all sectional animosities between the North and the South should cease; that agita. tion of sectional questions tend to retard the general prosperity of tbe whole country; therefore Resolved, That we deprecate as nnwt33 and impolitic the present agitation in Congress of what is knwn as the r orce bill, and do here by protest agjinut the enactment of this bill Into law. , On motion of fl Polk Johnson, of Ken tucky, the resolution was laid upon the table. The following resolution from North Caro lina was introduced: "We deplore ihe pro posed legislation which retards the prosperous condition of the Southern States, and which tends to hinder the flow of capital into the Southern States." Referred to the committee on resolutions. The following rosolutions were introduced by R. B. Boone, of Durham, N. C, and referred to the committee: Resolved, That the war between the sections is ended, and all bitter remembrances thereof are forgotten. Resolved, That on the map of the world and in the Southern heart the United States is one nation, bound together by every tie of com mcrdal interests nud brotherly love. Resolved That we, citizens of the Southern part of this, grandest nation the world ever saw, extend to our brothers in the North and West the righht hand of fellowship, and invite them to come and make their homes among us, and aid us in developing this riche-t country in natural resources and the most favored in climate and location of any section on the face of the earth. Resolved, That we here issue a call for 500,000 sturdy sons of toil and 000,000 manu facturers of the North and West to make their homes with us, and to join in the develop ment of this land of ours. Resolved, That we recognize no political East, no political West, no political North, and no political South; that, under a common banner and in a coruman country, we pledge ourselves to every honest effort to the up building of this nation, of which the South is the most favored by nature and nature's God. The committee appointed to make sugges tions and correct grievances met and con sidered railroad business, and made tho fol lowing report: The committee begs leave to report unan mouslv that it endorses the plan adopted by the railroads of selling what is called "home seekers" and land excursion tickets to pro mote and encourage immigration, and recom mends that a committee of three be appointed by the Southern interstate immigration con vention to apply to the several passengers and traffic associations for an extension of the sale of such tickets at as low a rate mid as frequent dates as can be secured, and whereas, the practice of scalpingor ticket brokerage makes the sale of such tickets on numerous dates, and from many points at lo-.r rates hazardous to the revenue of transportation lines selling Euch tickets, and diverts the use of such tick ets from their origiual purpose, the commit tee recommends that this convention memor ialize Congress to prohibit scalpingor ticket brockerage by an amendment to Ihe interstate Committee act, recommended by the Inter state Commerce Commission, in its fourth an nual report That we further recommend that each state delegation to this convention bring the action of this convention to the at tention of the congressional representatives of their respective states and ask their co-operation in securing the proposed legislation. Also, that the same state delegations ask tbe legislatures of their several states to instruct their representatives in Congress to enact the legislation asked for by the Interstate Com merce Commission. The report brought on a discussion, partici pated in by representatives from nearly every state. Finally, the resolution was adopted. F. B. Chilton, of Austin, Texas, general manager of The Southern Interstate Conven tion, then made his annual report After greeting the delegates warmly, he said it must rest with the future to reveat, through the results brought about by the plans laid in this convention, how wis and great is the South. He went on to say that the object of the convention was to attract good men from all states and capital from all nations. We welcome, he said, new settlers in the work of placing the Southern section of our Union in the position where it justly belongs. He spoke of the work accomplished by the Florida bureau, which had sent one exhibit to Boston and two to be shown at fairs in the North, and that, in consequenoe,-about Jive hundred letters of inquiry had been sent to the bureau beadquarters. A great deal has been done iu the advertising line, a con tract having been made by which more than $200,000 worth of advertising was secured. During this year exhibits ot Southern pro ducts bad been displayed in New Jersey and New York, and at three points iu Canada, also In fain. Pitnntvlvfiniji IiiHiana .nrl Misihi. . 1. .(..llt. A .-"... . I . .. ..... H CUV. illiVIII gan. Exhibits by trains of cars he deemed impracticable, but as made at expositions was certainly advantageous. Mr. Chilton contin ued "if tbe means will ijustity. we propose tu engage speakers, who will address meetings in the East, North and West, and contend against the prejudice towards the South. "It is also proposed to use the stereopticon, showing views of interest in the South, and a representative will start out inside of ninety days. If tbe convention endorses the plan and scope of the work, as mapped out in 1SS8. this association will be the most powerful body of men ever banded together for tbe up building ot any country, and the success that will speedily come to the South will be a marvel to the whole world. With one accord and with that union of sentiment and interest from which alone strensth can come, we will, at no distant day, achieve a fuller measure of our greatness, through our own efforts as well as merits." , A vote of thanks was tenderd Mr. Chilton, for his able report, and it was moved, and unanimously carried, tnat he te re-elected ' general manager of the bureau. It was ' moved that members of the executive com mittee be elected, one from each State. The motion was adopted, and the following mem bers were elected: Alabama, J. C. Keith, Ann 1st on; Arkansas, John J. Surapter, Hot Springs: Florida, W. M. Davidson, Jacksonville; Georgia, W. L. Glessner, Americus; Louisiana, T. W.Poole, New Orleans; Mississippi, Captain Samuel P. Brown; Maryland, Henry E. Alvord, Mary, land Agricultural College; North Carolina, P. M. Wilson, Winston; South Carolina, D.1L Duncan, Spartanburg; i Texas, S. J. T. John son, Corsioana; Tennessee, Major H.M. Aiken, Knoxville; Virginia, G. VV. 11. Hale. Rocky Mount; West Virginia, C. F. Moore, Hunteri Tilie. f FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS Senate. ', 18th DAT. Among the bills reported (a the Senate was one of Mr. Shermaa, from the committee on finance, providing against a contraction of the currency It was ordered printed and recommitted. The debate en the elections bill continued and addresses were made by Messrs. Ceke, Cullom and Bates. At 420, at tbe suggestion of 'Mr. Gorman that Mr. Bates would prefer not to finish his speech this evening, the elections bill was laid aside informally. A few minor appropriation balls were then passed, a short executive session was held and the Senate adjourned. 17th Day. Mr. Stanford addressed the Senate in explanation and advocacy of the bill introduced by him on the, 5th instant to provide the government with means sufficient to supply the national want of a sound circul ating medium. At the conclusion ofMr.Stan ford's remarks the bill was, on his motion, re ferred to the Committee on finance. The Senate then took np for' consideration the printing deficiency billf which, : after some discussion, was passed with some amendments (increasing the amount.) After a humorous . speech by Mr. Blair in explanation of some recent newspaper paragraphs referring to him, the elections bill wa staken up. Mr. Bates concluded his speech, and Mr. Gibson fal lowed him. Mr. Stewart made a long speech . in opposition to the bilL The Senate adjourn ed at o'clock. 18th Day. During the morning hour in the Senate to-day a number of private pen sion bills was passed and Mr. Piatt introduced a joint resol ution appropriating $100,000 to en able (he President to take action to obtain from the German Government a supply of the remedy discovered by Dr. Koch and the for mula for the manufacture of the same. - Laid over. The elections bill was then taken up and Mr. Paddock gave notice that after the - i . '. . . 1 . I . 1 I a- It , f cotiBiuerniioo oc ine pending mu (ana e lore it should be concluded, if its debate was to be protracted tb any great extent.) he would ask the Senate to take up the pure food bill, which was demanded by the farmers from one end of the country to the other. Mr. gpooner spoke at considerable length in favor ot the election bill. . A short discussion in regard to the new constitution of Mississippi- followed, in which Messrs. George, Edmunds and In galls joined. 19th Day. It was not until almost 11 o'clock this morning that a quorum appeared , in the Senate and the body could proceed to hnci nii Diirine' themnroinirhnnr thi rTmmn amendment to the Senate amendment to the -urgent defieleney bill (striking ont the ap propriation for the pay of clerks of Senator) was non-concurred in. The discussion of the ejections bills was then resumed. At 6 o'clock Mr- Hoar moved that a recess betaken until 8 o'clock. The yeas and nays were called for, and as no quorum voted Mr. Hoar moved to , adjourn and it was carried. 20th Day. The resolution offered yester day by Mr. Moran, directing thecommiuee on privileges and elections to amend the elec tions bill so as to show what are the change and modifications intended to be made, was taken np in the Senate this morning. It was debated until 11 o'clock, when it went over until to-morrow without action. Senator Sherman then introduced the financial bill, ; after which the consideration of the election bill was resumed, and Mr. Call addressed the senate.i Air. jicrnerson, me next speaaer, wis interrupted bv Mr. Aldrich for the intro duction of the cloture rule. McPherson re sumed, bnt soon yielded for a .motion to go into executive session, and aiterward ths .... Senate adjourned. . Honit '. 16TH Day. After the usual routine bust ness of tbe morning hour had been transacted. Mr. Farquhar, ot New York, as chairman of the committee on merchant marine and. fisheries, moved that the House go into com mittee of tbe whole for the consideration of tk. fiAn4 Kill in nl.A K im.111.11 vnkrin engaged in the foreign trade on an equality with that of other nations, with the House substitute therefor. The debate on it con tinued until the close of the session, the com mittee rising and the House adjourning with out any action having been taken. 17th Day. Mr. Atkinson, of Pennsylvania, presented the conference report on the bill conferring certain power on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company in the Dis trict of Columbia, and after some discussion it was agreed to. Mr. Perkins, ef Kansa. presented the conference report on the bill amending the act for the division of a portion of the Sioux Indians in Dakota into smaller reservations, and it was agreed to. The House then adjourned. ., 18th Day. The House spent almost the entire session in committee of the whole, dis cussing the urgent deficiency bill and the fin ancial condition of tbe country. All tbe Sen ate amendments were concurred in except - mwA tk. Kill kanlr A iV.a Canute for its action. 19th Day. In the House to-day the floor was accorded to the committee on the District of Columbia. Three or four measures of a purely local and personal nature were disposed of, and then an extended discussion arc upon a bill incorporatingthe Georgetown and Arlington Railroad Company, which was finally recommitted. Tbe Fiouse.thea ad journed. ' , 20th Day. Nothing was done in the House to-day except the announcement by the Speaker of some committee appointments, after which an adjournment was taken until Friday , mmmrnni rrtn Tini) a ti a V rrro I vT Doe Bradford Captnred at I.tlIow lis Worked the Trick. A daring attempt was made at 4.15 o'clock the other afternoon to rob the pay train of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Rail road, two miles south of Woodville, Miss., on the Bayou Sara branch. ' . The train was returning to Bay on Sara from "Woodville, and as the engine was cross ing a tresle the engineer saw the rail 1 n front of bira drawn away by a roan whom he recog nised as Doc Bradford. It waa too late to stop the engine, which was derailed, while the tender and pay-car were thrown down a steep embankment. Bradford, who was hiding, immediately came out and attempted to open toe safe, which was locked. The train crew soon recovered from their surprise, and, as their injuries were slight, Bradford, seeing he was about to be over powered, fled into the woods, bnt was pursued and captured and lodged in jail at Woodville. Paymaster J. C French, who was aboard, tt cei ved slight injuries. Roadmaster Bryan was seriously injured. Bradford had drawn the spike and tied a telegraph wire to the rail, with which he drew it from its position and caused the wreck. iU is a notorious criminal. A private telegram Irom Woodville intimates that hr wiii ii lynched. - 1 1 ' ; PltOFEPSOR Koch's breakfast, whteh he takes shortly after 9 o'clo-k, would hardly please the pulste of an American. - It 1 1 com posed solely of an uninviting white sup iuto which he puts any amount of little squirts of. toasted bread. His dinner, tnken at 2, eo lists of oi e course of meat and vegetables, one light sweet dish, and, to finish all u plate foup.
The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News (Plymouth, N.C.)
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