The Gastonia
_ _P*Toh,<> to u“* P'otooUon ol Homo »nd ctoe IoUytmo ot d> Cimntv.
Vol. XIX. Gastonia, N. C„ June.9, 1898.
OUR ASIATIC TERRITORY.
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or mu ruiMrriNi:*.
Wtwii lb all Wr B<> with Then*-A
Canmi CMMMaMln aflln Cewqe«r>
the fiwiumd, aa»<i or lh» Ialaai4>
*o Tkaaolia.
rartltmok, Mgr ai.
One of the marked characteristics o(
tbe American people la its cheerful
optimum. Too keen to bide from li
mit lta blunders. It la nevertheless too
hopeful to dwell long In tbelr harmful
nsas, sod. It must be confessed, too
impstbiot to be paided always by tbe
lessons of expuricnce. This Is a sign
of youth and or strougth. It betokens
a nation accustomed to cocnniami suc
cess.
There Is au example of tblsopUuiisoi
at tbe present time. We command
the harbor of Manila, bat have nut oo
copied the Pbilippiuea. Tbt» tan seri
ous and a separate task. tv« bnre
aallad Into the port of Seu Juan, In
Puerto Bleo, have knocked down a
portion of tbe fortifications, sud bare
■ailed out again. What the eequeuuo
of these two acUont will be we cannot
know. But we guess it. and begin to
discuss the future of both Islands as it
ws held them In tbs hollow of our
hands. Truly Columbia Is the mik
matd of the fable.
• u NWiUBUhc WIMJ VUII IlMbKinMI
characteristic, and disregarding the
fate of the milkmaid and her fairing,
let us oooaider what the policy of tha
Pelted State* should be If the close of
Ih* war with Spain llnda the Philip
pine# In their possession
Tliare are three— yes, four- iotarest*
to be kept In eight. These appertain
to the former sovereign, to Ih* i oh aid
taut* tbsmaslv**, to the other trading
Powet whose commirlal and political
balance may b* affected, and to the
Hulled Stale*.
Ill Tbs rights of Spain;
Military occupation does not wipe
out tbo sovereignty of an Invaded ter
ritory. That sovereignty rosy be io
capable of assertion, yet It survives—
In somnse, as It ware—until either
revived or removed by a treaty of
peace. Spain will thus retalu right*,
even In esse of complete ouuqueel,
which must be cveolually weighed aud
adjusted. What line this will take
roust depend upon tbe ioduece of other
Powers, upon our owd sense of expedi
ency and upon the fortune of war In
other directions.
(3) Tbo rights of Philippine Island
era :
It would be unwarranted to say tbac
no cesssioo of these Island* would be
legitimate uulus* ratlliod by the wishes
of their inhabitants. In a highly civi
lised oommuuily this la the modem
tendency, though even then yielding
to political exigencies, aa In Alsace
Lorraine. lint It is h practical ques
tion whether the Philippines could be
anything but a burden to this country
if their transfer proved to be against
the will of their million* of Inhabi
tants, many already In revolt, and who
are absolutely foreign to our blood,
our usages, our laws, our ideal*.
(3) Tbe Interests of other Powers :
Here the vital question in how far
tbe united Slates, by possession ot the
Philippines, would place itself wltbiu
tha European vortax, to be buffeted
and cajoled, thwarted and urged on,
forced oat trout its safe and oomfort
able isolation Alto the treacherous tea
of enmities and alliances. When Ja
pan made peace with China at Simon,
osekl the received a slice of the main
land. Raima, Krscoo and Germany
Q.xuuioeu 10 prevent Uilo ceaoioD, aod
Japan had lo content herself with an
Indemnity and Formosa. When we
begin to trench upon the trading pro
serves of the great military Powers,
stall wa be similarly treated? Would
w* submit to such treatment V
(4) Tbs rights and true Idrarest* of
Die United States:
The right of conquest is something.
Tbs oonclusiveness of bringing a better !
Government is soma thing. The pros
pect of a favorable vantage ground for
the extension uf our Oriental trade is
a temptation. Hot the problem is ter
ribly complex. Hera ere sums of the
considerations lo be kept in mlml white
we are trying to solve it:
We an waging a war which we be
lieve to be Just. It is in defense uf
humanity and of nur sorely tried na
tion*! Interests. It* object is the pao
IBoatlon of Cuba. The entire oivl
lind world save Great Britain bellaves
that it is a war of aelflth aggression.
We declare that oar moUrm .rTpura,
aad enact la the moat forma) way a
seif-deoying ordinance U> aaeure tire
world that wo shall uut retain Cuba.
If under these circumtUooee w* do
seise and propose to retain not Cub*
*t oooe perhaps, but Puerto Uico and
the Philippine*, one or both, with
what face can we maintain our altruis
tic professions* In eppaaranoe *ad in
fact we should be hypocrites.
Mut can are part with our prospect
ive eonquema? Too weak to stand
alone ea they are, we could not add
them to the number of bastard repub
lics. Nor could we give them or sell
them to this Power aod to that, lest
all the alighted Powers should regent
it, aod demand an equivalent. The
most-favored-eat ion clause and tbe
balance of-power principle *eetn to tun
alngularty olose logetbor. Yet to hand
them back to dps In. no matter what
ooedition, would be a deliberate sur
render of their peoples u> the grinding
tyranny frwes wntoti at great oust we
Have rescued tbelr Caban brothers
*"• V "*• lh*"' Of exclu
sion, forced tu accept aa our own what
Ua fortune of war may give as, even
If It bs a whits aiewbaat? Possibly.
There most lie a balancing ol consid
eration. Unless we do retain nor con
qoeate, however, the lias of least re
stetanoe would seem to lead to Spanish
ownership again.
What are Die objections to the re
tention by the United (Males of th*
Philippines as a fetor* part of Its ter
ritory? Are they practical end seund.
OT are they chiefly ethical. Ilka the one
already give i ?
On* relates to the form of govern
men t which oonld bo applied lo them.
Onr oonqncata hitherto, as well as oar
purchases, New Uexlcoand California,
ss wall as Louisiana and Alaska, have
Itrooght us territory barely Inhabited,
lint hare am thickly populated islands,
whose people are ao mixed in race, eo
timertalo lo quality of civilization, so
destitute to all appearance in aelf-cov.
ftmiog capaoily aa to make It doubtful
whether they oould ever bo brought
into our Uulou as an Integral part,
h'or the present, at least, they must be
governed with a strong hntid. This
might mono indefinite martial law; It
might mean government by a commis
sion or a Uovernor appointed by the
President, relying upon a military
force for support. Either method
might succeed temporarily, though
neither method la liable to abuse, lint
neither oSere a permanent solution.
The strap system la too repugnant to
our political Idma. Nor cuo we coo
Ode tu the selection of officials to man
such a system until onr civil service Is
better developed.
Aoowier oojecuon is to u* found lo
the military burden involved. Home
effort I* nerotusry to picture to our
aclyea the change of military and naval
establishment which would tic nears
»ary If the United Slates became n
oolonial power. Thla sort of ambiliou
grows by what it, feeds upon. Puerto
Rloo, Hawaii, the Philippines, would
only wbet, not satisfy, the taste. We
aliould mjotra a foothold in Cbiua to
compete tu trade facilities with other
Powers. We should insist upon the
exclusive control of a Central Ameri
can luleroceanic canal. Indeed, many
urge this at present, lookiug at tho
question from the theoretical and
eirategloal, not the practical point of
view. We should need Ouba as the
key to the tassorn approach to this
canal. We should used coaling sta
tions aud dry docks—In other words,
fortified and gariisoued ports—at con
venient points in the PaeiBc and South
Atlantic. All this means mure terri
tory to defend, more soldiers to de^nd
with, mors snip* to keep up the cou
noettou. Not only more, but very
many morr. How gladly Britain
would limit licr responsibilities if she
could! But It would be construed as
a sign of weak neat, aud aim fears the
consequences. She oauuot let go. We
are more fortunate, because we have
not taken hold. We are a rich and
prosperous people. This is largely
owing to two os uses (aside from race
and form of government), cheep laud
and freedom from militarism. Jaat us
the cheap (soverumeot land la becom
ing e thing of the past and men are
wondering wbellier they can grow
wheat at a profit and fertilize also, we
ere asked to assume the military
burden.
\uiie omer oujection U> m national
policy which mull luvolre larva ex
peudilurv*, closer political relation*
with other I’owwi. and trade rivalries
reaching to tbe oods of tbe earth re
late* to Its effect upon domestic prob
lems. Wo have several questions upon
which natioaal parties divide, a stable
currency, a compromise tariff, and re
form in various departments of nation
al. State and municipal politics.
These must be settlad soon aud wlaelv,
as many believe, it this tie public is to
successfully endure, but bow cau
they be properly settled or advantage
ously considered if burning questions
of foreign policy are complicated with
ttem? Take, fbr instance, the one
hundred and fifty or two hundred mil
lions of additional income which this
policy of colonial expansion would re
quire, or lire much larger sum needed
in case of actual war. (For war
would be more likely thou at present,
just as a man Is more likely to In1 urc
anotbor If he has a weapon than If he
has none.) To raise such rerenne in
volves a doxeo considerations like
these: a national debt, issuing paper
money, abolition of pension payments,
lowering tariff* to make them more
productive, an income tax, heavier In
ternational taxation.
Is It not true that, currency reform
aod sound tariff legislation would be
wry much Interfered with. If not alto
gether prevented, by the financial ne
cessities of a colonial policy? While
U»e financial advantages of It. through
extension of trade end finding new
markets, can add hut Indirectly end
insignificantly to the national Income,
for the colonial requirements mutt
lint be met. Otherwise our adminis
tration would he no better than
Spain'a. The fact la that the advo
oatea of a colonial policy ere carried
away by tbe aooceas of Great Britain
In this direction, as Germany baa
been forgetting that English develop
ment baa beta the result of geogrepht
csl Isolation sod oenturiee of effort
Without wasting rhetoric, these are
matters to ba seriously weighed before
we decide to keep the Fhlllppinea—if
we shall find ourselves tire I r master*.
And for one I am Inclined to think
that If, before tlve war ie fought to a
Onal Issue, whether through medlatlou
or tiponlafa Initiative, peace should be
restored on tbe basis of Cuban lode
rdsnns aod a res .oration of Haollt,
would be a happy escape from a
most perplexing situation.
Titkodokk H. WoOLtKV,
Yale University. May if?, lKifl.
»ao»**e.e~n In M nmtm.
U<rk)ti«g Ubaorvor.
Tha Mila for the Drat thirty-elx day*
Of the war rooted up orrr 1300.000^000
Somebody observed, before the trouble
began, that war would some high. and
U aeiiaa that the rplrlt of prophecy
was upon him.
I waa eerlonsly afflicted with a oough
(or aeraral year*, and law rail had n
more aerere cough Ilian etor before.
I here need many temedlee without
reentries mush relief, and belag reo
| ommended to try a bottle of Cliamber
Uln’a Oough Remedy, by a friend,
who, knowing me to be a poor widow,
fare It to me, I tried It, end with the
meet grali rytog result!. The Brat bot
tle rellared me very much and the sec
ond bottle b a ebeolately eered me. I
hare net had — good health for twenty
year* Oeepectfulljr. lire. Mary A.
Beard. Ctaremorr, Ark. Hold by J. K
Carry * Co.
SCOTT AND TIB SOOP.
AMI* WAN WMMWU IW KSTtWlJ FT
WAN rttMIH
U was iMn Who KmkWkii tl.. Monp
■ aoUralla ni.Oll.lal M.pavr— a ma
la Ml. a* m 111* ralllteal AlltaN.
mmI^NIIIIw; Hma.
Dill Arp la Alluat. UuialtaUon.
Of course It was Ucueral tfcolt who
wrote about the hasty plate of mup.
Many letters from veoerubls me a have
refreslted mo, suit my ealeatned friend.
Mr. Carnoohan, of Home, bos sene me
a kind meeMgv about my mistake ini
patting the coop ou Taylor. I gud'
nothing in history about It, and henoe
sooh Uiiuge ohu only be eatobllahed
from memory—the memories of our
oldest people. I am gratified to loara
from thew letters tbat come doily that
there are left so many good old men
with intelligent memories—men of
four score yean aud over—aud who
like ull old people now lire io the past
and love to recall the • vents that hap
pened dfty and sixty years ago. Tay
lor aud Scott were both Virginians aod
were very superior commanders. Scott
was umbitioas and arbitrary. Taylor
was modest, retiring, and upright sad
s downright msu and duty wee his*
watchword. His nominstloo for the
presidency was forced upnu him and
grieved In* wife greatly, for abc told :
••They seok to roo me of tny husband .
and oar children of a father. Her ftiara i
proved more than true, for the cares'
aod anxieties or political life caused
his early death, neiwittiaUiidlug be
had a cabinet of great and good meu
lo .boro his burdens and relieve him of
many responsibilities. Our own
Georjge W. Crawford was his Secretary
it War. Geumal 8c.lt war not only
ambitious, but he was eavlous of Tay
lor and sought to nalumis him in
Mexico by withdrawing troops from
ills command. At one lime be re
lueed Taylor’s force to 3,700 men. i
while he ear opposed by 7,000 of the <
enemy. His subordinate ofDoera sd- I
vised .1 retreat or falling bank to Point!
Isabel aod theta wait for reinforce I
incuts, but Taylrr said, "No, I will!
odyouoe or die lu uiy shoes,’’ end ha
did aud won n signal victory. There -
was polities In war than, just as Ibare 1
Is now, aod my prediction is Uiat celtb
sr Jfltxbugti Lee nor W hosier will be i
permitted to moke fame enough to rn- i
danger the Republican party. War;
was politics In iiurse’s day and H it In
ours, boott was a bravo, exact lug and •
tiAum^mauou UfflCCT, Out WAS Court
marllalsd three uma three for potitl- I
6aJ effect, as was naseruxl by bis frieurt. I
He fell short or htl ambition to ba |
Piesidcnt aud bit last words wore,
“Jatues, taka good care of my horse.”
Parties have abuudaiil reason to fear
tbe popular advance of military heroes.
S>* of our Presidents have acquired of
fice through military channels. Wash
logtun, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor,
Pierce aud Grant. It l* aslunlsbioe
bow suddenly aud rapidly an unknown
mao can advance to tbs highest pin
nacle through the fortunes of war
whether they are accidental or man
torkiui. Here before u>« are sixteen
large volumes of Appleton's Uyclouo
dla. published In 1WJ1. and the name of
Ulysses Grant Is nut In them, and ret
within the brief spnoc of elgbt years
he was made President ut tlve Uulted
States. H»d there beeu no war who
doubts not that Grant would have on
ded bU life uoborsd and unknown in
his brother's tsuyard at Oaicna. More
probably be would situ be living, for
tanyurds are healthy placet and do ool
breed cancers. A few months ago
Dewey was unknown outside of s limi
ted naval circle, but now Ills tame it
world-wide. What a commentary up
on the science of government. A
great mao like Daniel Webster devo
tes u Ilia to its study and beoomrt a
polar star of statesmanship, acquiring
by slow out sure processes the respeot
and confldeocs of all nations, bnt Is
placed from power to make room for a
mau who knosrt nothing but bow to
Ugbt. Tbs wmider Is that ws are still
a nation and have a government. Hut
fortunately these military heroes are
gsuaially mao of mind and morals and
have been ed nested to have regard for
the supremacy of civil law. Our mill,
tary Presidents tnado good Presidents.
Old Hiokory was arbitrary aad fear
less, but Im was unselfish aad bad tbe
good or the conntry at heart. Grant
bad more consideration for tba rights
of the tlUUS aad of the Southern peo
ple than At acton bod or Andy John
son.
But the lau civil war baa passed
Into history and tbe ooa we are now
engaged In will bays to be called
something else. It u continually
spreading and no one can tell wbat It
will grow to. Of coarse it must keep
on until after the next presidential
eleetlou—that Is our politics, aad
A pel a has her politics too, and must
preserve her dynasty. And so It Is
politics on both aides. The starving
Cubans were In it et tire beginning,
but they are not In It now. Tbe Mon
roe doctrine didn't apply to Cubs but
seems that it does to tbe Philippines.
We don't know wbltber we are drift
ing, but muat fall luto line aad ex
claim with Decatur: “My country
right or wrong—my eosntry." That
sounds well, of oourse. but not so well
at Davy Orockstt's motto: “Be sure
you are right, then go ahead.” Whet
ws west is peace on earth ard good
will amoog men. I was down at Uns
dilla a few days ago—a sweet little vil
lage about fifty miles below Macon
■no were i met an ex-major of the
Federal army, fie h*d bat one eye.
and etranco to eay. Imri f.iuod the mao
wlM> »hot nut the otlier et the tmtUe of
Praoktla. lie ha* been living In
•noth Oeorgta for twenty two year*
aod taya they aie the b»*t people be
haa ev«r round- the kindest, fraakoat
aod most hospitable •Whaa 1 wxa
Orat *eat down here,” aald he. '• I was
Boisewbat dubious about my safety
aod waa eaotloa* and reticent, but
•ooo get oyer It. I have traveled over
tbta region for the Standard Oil Oam
paay u purchasing agent for twenty
two yeere. and *« eon tent to spend
tbo rent of nay Ilf* bet* In fteorgfs
Not long after i num la MeRae I
met a man whom face teemed familiar.
It heuuted me aod perplexed ma every
time I met lilm. One day we gut to
talking about the war am) he aaked
mo whom I loet mveye. At the bat
u'® ? Fmokllo, I aald. For a minute
. .*a°.aed at mo very exrneatly. nrxl
•aid what port of the field and whose
oommaod. I told him and ho add'd it
wae In a hind to band eugageoieot
with aocae Georgia truope. TUxl wae
our command, be aald. We found
right there and It woe band to band
and I ahot a federal eeldter in the eye
aod wo now him fall and we rntbed on
over him. Now this la no fancy, bat
a fuel. Wo have illscnmod It over and
ovor. and strange at it cnay teem, l
have fonnd uiy roe and be la one of my
beet frleudi. homatimoa when L am
-eked which tide 1 fuutbt on [ any ]
don t know, for aural? I wouldn't
have trlea to kill such a good. whole
saled people aa Uieaa I bate mioglad
with for the last twenty-two year*.
Maybe It waa tome other war 1 waa In.
f “W that tu tbe Flugerald folks not
long ago, aud they laughed aod one of
them epoke up aod aekl maybe it waa
the old revolution you waa In and annaa
. t’i*?®r punched your eye out.” Well,
I liked that mm aod an does everybody
who knows him. (le baa do family,
bat la rearing and educating three
nloeee down here In Georgia. Tuey
■re good people wbo dare to nome
down ben from the North aod settle
among ua. They keep on eomlng aud
teiu' *• lj>i good society up there
will soon be broken op. I tell you.
my brethren, there are good people In
•vary oooutry--kind teople who would
rather do yon a favor than injura you.
The groat traveler, Livingstone, wrote
Uist many yean aod ft |« ltM
truth. Our bey, Carl, wbo lies been
livitig In Maxloo for two years, writes
that the Spaniards whoso mure Inti
mate aojuilDtiocr lie has made are
juat as nine people m be ever found
anywhere. ”6f ouursr.” says he.
“Ibeyare for thulr coootrv Juat like
7* Aomrloane are for ours, bat we
don’t quarrel iu>r ditedm (be war to
any disagreeable extent.
lSrtK4«K IM TME WAV1.
* irnlMtM, 10 T«rpo4* U*«i«u in T«p.
in U4#fl Gmm>
bMM.
It la certain that onr navy la to ba
Increased largely, aays tlie Atlanta
Journal
tteeaiitly Dm aaaeu pasted a joint
reaolatlon providing for tbe euhstment
of auxiliary naval force for coast pro
tection and patrol. Tba resolution
had already pasMd the bouse, but the
aermte put on leo amendment*, tba
brat being Dio placing of a limit U» tba
number of tneu to be enlisted, the
limit being 3,u00 and ta* secoud'belng
* reduction of the apprlalion for the
E»obas» of vessels from $1,000,000 to
*3.000,0110.
The bouse lias concurred lu those
amendment* and Die basal auxiliary
will soon be mi acoompUalied fact. It
la believed that a large pari of this
new force will be senl io Manila. A
much mors important addition to tbe
navy la contemplated In the bill lutro
duewt last Mouday by KepreaenUtlve
I earoe. of Missouri- It provides for
an iucreaae of the naval eetaulUhmant
aa follow*:
Five U rat-class cruisers, to carry the
heaviest armor practicable, and the
“tdoauoe; displacement,
11,-jOO tout; minimum average speed,
20 knot* per hour, aud to cost, exclu
sive of armor aud armament, uot ra
ce* ling *4,000,000.
Tan torpedo boats, of about 130 tou»
displacement, to bare highest praoti
csble speed, and Co coat, exclusive of
armament, not over J200,000 each.
Fifteen torpedo boat deatroytra, of
snoot 400 tool displacement, of Die
hlgbeat practicable speed and to coat,
of *m,m8nt- «* exceeding
?500,000 each.
r,Db0*t*. of about
2,000 tons displacement, wlDi the bigb
•»t practicable speed, and to ooat auve
armament, not over tWO.OOO each."
It is admitted Chat our navy standi
badly In need of armored cruisers and
the construction of aster*) very large
and atrong once will probably be or
dered aouu.
We have three battleships and four
monitors already provided for in tbe
nsval appropriation bill and live bat
tleships are now nearing oimpletlm.
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MsmmiSu r«r |MVa I^p,
8t.' Louis CloCe-Dsiauorut.
Tbe volunteers who go to Cuba with
Fltkhugh Lee will not sleep on the
grouod If tbe Ueueral can prevent Id
One precaution ranks above all others.
In the opinion nf Oen. Lee. it is Dial
ths American aoldlers should not rest
at night on tbe earth. A hammock
with a atrip of canvas* at retched over
It to keep off tbe dew and tbs ralu U
what be )• asking for each member of
bit command. This will beat tent* all
to bisect, ha aays.
Me has planned that tit* whole ont
Bt, hammock, atrip of canvas aud two
poire sharpened at one end, will make
a compact, easily transported package
that oau Im carried by tbe aoidlcralt
transportation la lacking. Campaign
ing lu Cuba, Oen. Lea **y*. etl[( for
light clothing aed little covering and
some provision against oontnet with
the moist, malaria-exhaling anil after
dark.__
Dad meoaaeeaent keep* mar* imoMa
In poor elrcniaiUneM than any other
one oauee. To be aneceeafei ous milti
look aimed end plan ahead eo that
whea a favorable opportunity urvavnta
Itaeir be U reedy to lake advantage of
It. A little forelhouflit win elao aavv
much expeeae and valoable tiny a
prurtnnt and oareful man will k<mr> a
hotu# of Chaaatmrlaln'a Ootio, Ckolern
and Diarrhoea Remedy In Urn lunojaw
the ahlftlaaa fallow will wait anttl na'
eaetlty rota pa la k and then rolu hit
heat Horae *oie* hw a doctor aod have
a bl* doctor bill to pay. bankka; on*
pay* out 90 oaota. the other la oat n
hand red dollar* and then wonder* why
bl* oetahbor la fettle* richer while tm
la ffatuna poorer. For tel* by J, R.
l orry A On:
V '.U_l_ .1 L _!1 ■ i _ , _ i
asMan'iuem tr umrsm.
TkrUlltin D«wrl|>l(Mi of (hr rtcfci Ur
m Mint Wtoo Ww la li.
Sow York (Urn.
Joku L. llysu. of Troy. New York,
lute received a let let from Julia J. Mad
deo. wbo waeoo Uie Winslow and at
Eoelga Begley’s side when the young
officer wae killed. Mr. Madden'e let
ter is ci follows:
”Tbe papers have told pretty near ail
about tbe light, but 1 will give you
some of tbe detells. The cause of tbe
Oght began on Sunday, the Kill. We
ley under ttio leo of Hledrss Key al ike
entreucs of Cardenas Hay. W* caw
■molts among some of Uie Islands
whlob nil tbe mouth of the harbor and
weut out to Investigate. We saw some
signals In one island auil fir ad Into the
bushes Boon after we noticed throe
guuboats coming full (peed from Car
dr tie*. We waited fur theta, aad they
opened fire oe ue *t about 2.000 yards, i
We answered, and went 500 yards l
closer to them, ae oor guns arc owls 1
po under rapid Ore rides.
“Their shots were wild aad didn't
oc mo near ue. We hit one gunboat
and disabled her. Mhe had to be lowed
out of notion. The oUier two ms
boito rat mated behind the Island. We
did not follow, as are knew tbe elian
ael was mloed aad they oould make It
pretty warm for us If they got ns ear
acred, so we went to sea. Ware
ported tbe engagement to Commodore
Merry of tbe Mach las. He summoned
line gunboat Wilmington aad the tag
boat Hadson. end Wednesday we met
at Oerdmas. This boat went to dnd •
channel that was not mined and eue
ceeded. Tbe Wilmington and Hudson
followed us aatll we got into tbe Inner
bey. The Wilmington thee cook tbe
lead. Ttie Hudson went to Meat* a
battery on an island about Ova mites
away. When about 1.700 yards from
ttm wharves the Wilmington found she
was almost aground, *o Uommandur
Todd ordered us lu to locate the gun
boat.
«e wem iu, uuu wiw about 1,000
yards from Ux wharves a gunboat
uptrned fire on us. Sbe lay aluugaMe
of lhe wharf, with another one astern
of her and a oouple more to Um right,
1 tblak. A battery of Held piece* waa
asnore. which they moved from lima
to Ubn>. aud m*k It bard for us to
locate them. We answered tbe 0ro of
the gunboat, aud prally aoou we found
wc ware u, a boroet*’ nest, aa tlie
ebellswi-ra dropplug all around ua.
Our eaDtaio was wouoded early lu the
light, but did not leave the deck. Our
steam steering gear was abut away
Oral. We rigged up Ilia ha..d wheel,
and a short lima afterward that waa
shot away. A abol tbeu caiae through
the side aud went through the two for
ward boilers. We wme steering then
with oar engines. We got aloug all
right until a abut eune into our tow.
pressure cylinder aud disabled the star
board engines. We could sot get out
ut tha way tbeu. All wa could do was
work our gnus to the beat advan
tage.
• They played on us pretty fast. Wa
signalled for asalstauoe, as we were
disabled. The Hudson cams up, but
WAS driven awuy by u storm of shell.
She came again aod was pareiag a lino
to us, when a shell struck tha deck,
exploded and killed our executive
o01 car and four men. Shu was driven
away again. Our forward compart
ment caught flm twice aud had to be
put out. 1 wae about three feet from
the uum who were killed. It wae a
horrible sight- One man nearest me,
Varvaras, had bis throat cut uud Ills
legs shut oil at Um knee. Denver# got
his nns crushed lu and ona arm shot
almost off lu two places. Mr. Healey
bad a shot through hie stomach. Tnu
nell bad bis tevt shot off and waa act
ually out sway at tbs hips. Ks was
alive. A Runner's mate and 1 went to
move him to a more comfortable place
but we could not lirt him or he would
fell Id two. Meek was abut la the legs
One ebot struck him In tbe thigh aud
tore all the flesh off the beck of his lew.
He was aliva also.
“Tor a while there we wore wltbto
5,000 yards of the battery and gun
boats. They had m point blank range
011 us and It anemed as if b«ll had
broke louse. We sank one gunboat
and silenced the shore battery a couple
of times. Firmally the lladauu came
alongside and gave ns a line and
towsti us out of range. The Wilming
ton tbeu Arad her sturbourd buttery
aod they did not answer, so we sig
nalled for a doctor aud removed tbe
wounded to the Wilmington. One
mao died before tbey got him over.
Another died before we were out of the
harbor. We had a terrible time for an
hour aod a half. I thought we would
never get out of it alive. The Wil
mington oould not help us; aa we lay
right In her way. We anchored out
side of the harbor and worked ell
ulgbt repairing our eagiuee, ttxing a
steering apparatus aod stopping up the
boles ia tbe ship's aide.
"Tbe next day we steamed to Key
West. Tim Winslow will not be Axed
up for two week# at least. Tbe 8pan
Ith gui.ners are not very good ohoit or
they would heva sunk us In twenty
minutes."
*•»•**'» I'Mlwa ihnn.
Wtiaiiwton liar.
Tb»Sw York Mail uad Rip.rtt,
aliloli enema U> ham beao Retting
«»• Ofuraa about Waylar’a buainaaa
operation* while in o»m«iaod la Caha,
p'iowb him up to be a pretty ebrawd
»ort nf a fallow. At an llluatratlon.
It allagaa that tie bought eorae time
ago 11,000 mulaa In tbla country at COO
a lined, which ha baa reocutly told at
•1» a bead Durleg til* edainielrm
Uoo lie inuiaed in ulcer —but not clean
—prudta bat warn *0,000.000 and *8..
000,000. Hpaln ought to pall hit tew or
crack bla aaok.
Hr. P. Ketokam of Pika City, ( .'ml,
••y*: “During cay brother'a lute flelt
naaa from aeUlle rhea Bella*. Chaa
■wrlatn'a 1’aln 0*1 u> wae (ha atily rem
edy that gam bla any relief IDa
othara bam taatldad to the proapt re
IM from pwln which tbla Imlmaat
a (Tarda Per aale by J. It. Carry A Oa.
| xoara rmun rtrtrn
■m*» — way ia*r or* i>»
pwN a» »» m i»* hwu,
U*|k. H. a Ol*m In WnkMogtoa Him.
“The Southern people will thank
you tor yoor ebto aod Juet editorial of
May an enutled “The South and tbe
War.* Tiering la tbe past bar years
beeaa member of tbe MUM Uuard I
know ueder what trials and diOsplUM
they labor aad bow uo&t they ante
ryepood promptly to a can to area
Tbe companies are uioaliy formed In
our eitlea, eed for tbs moot part am
compoiad of eery young men. Tbe
unlive men on the roll rarely exceed
forty or forty-lea, and some of them
are totally ueflt ioe eereloa. WbM or
dered oat, therefore, these com peals*
bad to be recruited. Maay parent*
objected to tbelr boys, only neanfoea
aod eigbteeu years of age, voluctswiux
while oebsrs, and tUa7 Urge rwos“t
wem rejected for pbyateal defeota, for
while strong enough to play sokUars.
they warn uuable to oadun the bar£
■hips end deprivation* of a eaapalwu.
Ker tbsac and other rose one It was not
easy for even toe most x soloes n»rt~1h
to increase bla roll to etgba-four url
vatas nod tbe wsamsory oom alstiohed
and non-eoaaieeioaed o Ac ere. in oar
State than baa also been another ob
it**- I don't knew who la t? bfo»;
pemane ao one is, aa It soar be at*
tMariij uw consequences ot a peaceful
•«loo MntbSW rMheTlrS,
»»r>ut I know that tbe condition la
wblob our troope era la oaaap I* enough
lo cert a damper over theeothoalam of
matt patrloUo and deter otbtre
rrom desiring to reab lata tbe rauks to
nteot tits same shameful fate. At
though the war baa (won declared over
i month, a vielt to damp Barnett,
*b#re areleneam pad tbe Meooud Kegl
lueutof North Carol!aa Volunteer*.
*111 male* tbeetouteat heart prowslek
‘■d Jb* ®°« eatbntlaatle volunuar*
tblak twtoe before joining. Moat of
tb* bays are olad in the asms old dirty
clothe, which they had on whan they
toft bore*. Other* are almost withoat
■boeson tMr fast, bat few bave any
uniform*. art I la only on* eomoaav
aben I walla camp had «r**aad they
O' Inferior make. A great many
coapUiued of thalr ration*, aad one
teat oat the waruiag whoa ke Mid to
rriaod viiutog him: "Tell tba boys.
Jim, they had batter May *“yf?£
hare, for If thU is tb* way tbvy treat
ua in e*mp. what wJU bn oar Isle
when wo are on the march ?•*
»o«n«i a* i have jo*t given,
and tbe very saver* medical osawiaa*
lion* which tb* boys meat u-udvrgv ho
for* tbay ar* eeoapM. mum lire seam
ing etuwueoa with which w. furaish
our quota. It U n.» Uck of bravery
that keep* our raau thin, for lbs sons
Of the men who made VU* charge at
Gettysburg, wh* fought to tba llaiab
In tire VVildsniraa. and died In tbe
tienobe* aroand Kiohmund can never
lie branded with cowardice. Neither
is It a lack of patriotism, for th* Start
aad Stripe* are jun as dear to us av to
tW aortli hoU 11m Ikmioc of our nttloi
wilt be protested with Iba last drop of
our blood. Kor the raavm above given
w* may Ju*t no* be a little stow, bat
W n "2! m «*reb front—
®**1 °** •somy—wait
until, with our elbows touohlng th*
elboraof our brave fallowweldien of
tb* North, wo ar* ordered to charge
or th* Hpaularda,
and than with tba t*H, once known as
tba "rebel yell.*’you wlU see oor bras*
boy* ready to die la oar ooautry'*
peuia and by their valor give tba false
hood to the petty charge* now mad*
•garnet them. Again thanking you in
tba name of my people for your da
faaae of m brave and tree patriot* aa
ever lived, l am, frith coatlouad wish
e* for th* aueow# of yoar great paper.
R fl. (itm,
t*« KTAwaxMT innur.
Thv Wno amwB Away Akto «r
tha SmiM tMpBMH kat tM>
n« Mrtpeeml «w*UAU (him.
wuatoaton awnnc. aa
Tba atrawbarry aaaaoa aloag tba At
lantic Coart {.lac having closed aevarel
daya ago. the record of tba movement
baa barn made up and It tbowi that
erataa or
8,409.080 quarts. Tbla locludea tba
■hlpment from Chad boa re to Qolde
boro. Tba estimated avarmga price
netted for batviea area 8 cants par
qatn la eoorcqneatly 8080,77440.
Tba ablpmant tbte aanaon baass
oaadad that of laat aaaaoa by over 100,
000 orates. Tha movement last year
exceeded all preview* ahlpaaeeta. This
aenaao*i shipment along the WUmtog
too aad Weldon railroad from WU
mjnfton to Ocldaboro amonoted to
aw A, 5 crates Tha greatest for any
one day nraa on Mav 3rd whan 18,080
oratea Ware moved. Several days the
shipment* west ahead of any day laat
year. Tba one day’s abipmect on the
3rd required 03 oar*, which would
make a train a half alia tong. Tha
largest ehipmaet laat year war alto on
May 3rd aod waa 13,983 erataa.
MMMMBB99RI
N#wbom Uor. Kuwtftft Fw) FrM.
A »gtt between Sam Lae. a China
mao, aad a negro eaueed mash amaaa
meat aad laughter to thaaa In tha W
clalty of Sara'* laundry, on MlddM
ss&resfif'a Sun
some laundry, nod wtwu handed to
Mat tha eagre turwed and ran. Aa he
waa getug out of the door Secs aangbt
lilw a Hot on tha head with a poker,
but tha fallow kefA on, and Mam atart
ad in pnrault. After running a abort
dletanee the negro mopped, and they
uame together and oft netted. After
the at niggle Sam had Uia nagrYi hat.
Un laaodry back and aa Iran poker
boat nearly doable. Tba oagrehaaat
shown op yet.
A .WnMii erPupwlwa.
A.i tweed* IdMtltiHtQfi.
If a man eauM yatlaaloadlnpro
patUee to hla alia aa a hahy oaa, tate
szarsswr"
i..:V;VvVi ' ' ®88Bw
* r** * Lj*njB»ff(r
“Id the Field wltb Gomel" iium
«Ue Ofan artlele lathe June Mc('U^'i
Tim writer, mm Qomee It e rrer
Uttle men. fl!« clothe* do not at well
«. if you^S tthT. ^2 &j
twrasPirts
w^tSSSES «?-■*
MMotmMUMttote UWWIBMri
their owner twoomee a rtM baton
Co. dome aaacdota* o' tiom<u me*
•MUuatnte ble ebaaetor. OoaTS
pauaad aa ha saw a fenaer piowlagby
theroedilde "Why do yobwotk •”
ba cried. “Don't you know that you
me working for Spelu, wtM will aeUe
your cropeY Don't you know that
F®2 DdlttMl debar far Mpaia,
end that fur year work aha will bataaa
ready to abandon lif To eupport
rour r*mUy y it woald ba hatter tf
“>•“«« roeta to theforeet.or
eft them he etarve, ea by aaa here
left their wiree awf etdtomw «ad ■» .
■Mb to Karra, for the e»ke of the
ratteriaod. You work wbaa 5u
■boald deetroy. Whan tba war la one
there will ba seed aad time far '
l*»- Uatfl tbeo only the
lUouid ba Uftad.
Tha naeurity of tha country
uad atajeoae (akulkara). awl
tiayatdMd partiae fa att dire
*roai»d them up." krary «
•ileat. abaebad line waa toe
fora beadqaarten, whoa ~
Hera and adatectaa oaawdad
mUou af tba taeton tel
Sernas would eaiM oat
ptaae of oeoraa, wltb a
bawd, that Barred far a haw
Kid look them throagb, from a.
imtby gray oyo-bcowm, with Ida I
IN.
"Ab-h-li. wofacee, oat, w«u-tel
■Mjh-ce*. lift* to teua-ee. M fresh
iwrkMdeUstao sad silk, Ike teed
*“» Memeu end cUUno, awlndllng
tengtoU* what do you do for3
"Do you wear the weapon* of tte ea
ESSfSMS- *«. im
"You. yoeaey your fetter wnady
^d. end yoa tet your fen* to he wSh
Urn In Ddosmbw. ud it 1* new Iter;
tnd he I* mil dying ? And you tear
there, you with tte tea* of a gueml
lero. yoe say you was woondad. J.oox
U e»y weo. I very oee of these I*
wounded, f aw wounded. I win
have n eurgeou exiwiae aaeadeee
wbloft if the stoker cue. you er I.
"Yoadeaetva the reuuolie, nut yoe
do oat deceive me. I will make you
aerve your country, If only u example*
J U ke** mi *** °* *Tm*
•logic oua vf you.
"Odloerof the day, take these men
ahU“ U»Mi walk
With the Infantry."
the aoure fortsee were
•welled with men who bad lost waited
ter uma, and the inpedimeeu filled
with vteee ou erhom the hard*1 tin* of
war ted hitherto fallen lightly.
,_‘ I“ ““P"o breach of dlaafgttae waa
too alight te aaoapa correction troea tte
oommaoder-ln-cbiaf, nod whra at nra
interval* a grave oflacaa wee cona”
ted a farmal court-martial wee culled
und lie Bi.dleg* wen nad aloud to the
terote anembtad. Ooa oourt found a
•trtedlng of barely 18 year, eld guilty
of sleeping on hie poet at sentry doty,
*"*">• with death. But
Go<y*- yy n*wly ooodaoeo a fault,
pardoned the culprit on amount of ex
ir!T' Klrla* w® * fright
and Mbllo lecture ou the eniouenewa
*"« Mo* him to tte
0“^ ^ “nUI •» ftftfteld grow
“Rapid Ora” or (jsick Brin* >um an
frequently referred to at th I# time. but
** w iSCS? •Pwaelato (IHWM.
lag of tba term aa coot mated with Um
*aww An* broach loader.” an Tbe
Knginrering jfiter "T bo dial! ratio*
u for the rapid flre
tom bu n too dad from 1-pounder an.
Itoottlaato Marrti, 5-to*h a3®.fc3i
b in the method of loodtog. Zaatoto
of aptolog th* brostt tad loaertlag the
sy^srjjr^irS sr.s
der nod Bring primal are ohlted. the
Powder in a metallic eeee attached to '
the Wot aod the primer ta tUe center
of th# boa* of this eae*. fhorTma
of rapid hr* pu^
differing in tho way this Ind Iain,
alttoa Is ted to MmgirndarS.
The S-poneder (i.*4.|.o£<£ii"w1 nCS -
&guj.a.spa^a
1 ppooeel types oaa d lac barge too ahata
S! dla. amt
dm. 3d|a. mp—Miiij. or 10 U 86 abota
PR miauto with aoceraoy of vm
Wlthoat attempt at accuracy to toL
Utototo eao bo KiSdtr^^lS
pot mlBgtm Witt B toah rapM
Iraguoa cr TO pooadma. 90 abate hen
kaaa Brad la if* mteatee."
■•a Hhe hod.
nvauMN mm Mi ImIeb. mbitM*
:;Afc- •» dear, may yo« long ntato
thorn. Yoon it a happy period to life
yon know cottony yet of to* Wloaaiaa.
.■kRragttam