The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 07, 1896, Image 1
WHAT
HAS ACCOMPLISHED
IN CUBA.
Shot at in His Pulpit, Arrested and
Jatled-^-He Has Organized Churches
and Sunday Schools and Started
Cemeteries.
S
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New York Sun. • ~ .
Alberto J. Diaz, the Baptist mis
sionary, has been driven into the sea
by Spanish troops, put In jail for
preaching the gospel, his clothing
tom from him by a mob and has been
shot at in the pulpit. He has con
verted 3,000 people in 10 years. His
history is a remarkable story of mis
sionary work.
He was born near Habana 44 years
ago and was one of 24 children, his
mother having married at the age of
12. His father was a Habana apothe
cary of some means, and $10,000 was
spent on Alberto's education. He was
graduated from the University of
Habana in both literary and medical
departments and began life as a physi-
cian. jShortly after he was graduated
broke omr and
Diaz went into the camp of the rebels,
and was made a captain of cavalry.
One afternoon he was sent ahead of
his command to find a caupping place
for the night. The Spanish troops
cut the two men off from their com
panions and drove Diaz and his com
panion to a point of land that made out
Into the sea. W hen darkness came on,
the two rebels drove their homes into a
thicket, dismounted and lashing their
beasts, sent them ahqpd, hoping thje.
Spanish troops would persuo the rider-'
less horses in the dark. But the
Spanish troops halted at the thjlpket
for the night, knowing that they had
i the two men un the point of land and
could capture them at daylight.
Diaz knew that capture meant
death, and during the night he and
his companion dragged a log out of
the woods and pushed out to sea upon
it. They calculated that- a current
would carry them down the coast out
of harm's way, but at sunrise they
found themselves at sea out of sight of
labd. They drifted about* without
food or drink until Dias's companion
became unconscious, fell into the sea
and was drowned. Then Diaz became
unconscious from exhaustion, and
while in this condition he was picked
up by a fishing vessel and transferred
to another craft bound for New York.
He arrived here penniless and friend
less. He found support as a reader
In a cigar factory employiag Cubans.
He boarded in Brooklyn, was stricken
with phneumouia, and it was thought
he would die) Miss Alice Tucker, a
Christian worker, beading la tha-eame
house with Diaz, left a New Testament
In his room, which resulted, to he says.
In his conversieo, and impelled him to
missionary work.
Upon his recovery Dias was ba
tlzcd in licthsemane Baptist ebure
Willougboy avenue, Brooklyn,
was sent by tbs congregation—the
rebellion having ended—as a colpor
teur to Cuba. Later he was aided by
the female Uibia society of Bbiladel-
phia. after which the Horn j Mission
board of the Southern Baptist conven
tion tftTpporled him. He left Habana
with a box of Bibles for a missionary
tour in'the country. On the train a
Spanish official arrested totm, suspect
ing that as Diaz had been a rebt 1, the
box contained dynamite and not Bibles.
Diaz was taken to the nearest prison
and placed in one cell, while the box
of Bibles was carefully deposited in
another. Notwithstanding contrary
orders from the jail keepers, he
preached, prayed and sang loud
enough for all the other Inmates to
hear him. He protested that he was
an American citixen, having been
naturalixed while in the United States,
he sent word to the American consul
of Habana. and In‘three days Secre
tary James G. Blaine effected his re
lease. Afterwards the captured Bibles
sold at a premium, one having been
bought by the mayor who had con
victed Dlax, and Diaz later had the
satisfaction of converting the mayor
and the jailer.
On another occasion Diaz and two of-
his assistants. Godinez and Herrera,
went to Guanabacoa to hold an open-
air meeting, when the three were
arrested and taken before the mayor
on the charge tt.at-they.had not given
notice of the meeting, as the Spanish
law requires They were followed by
a throng of sympathizers, infuriated
and ready to mob the officers in charge.
The crowd surrounded the prison, and
Diaz was obliged to appear on the
jail balcony and deliver an address
dissuading his adherents from an at
tempt at rescue. A day after, the re
quired notice of the meeting was
lonnd in the mayor’a office, where it
had been mislaid.
One day rfhile Diaz was preaching,
bo he states, a shot from behind and
above was fired. The ball, passing
close to the intended victim, struck a
boy in front of him. The screams of
the wounded boy aroused cries of "Kill
the Protestants!” “Shoot the heretic!”
Diaz and his brother was mobbed, their
clothing was torn off, and bruised and
bleeding, they were carried before the
mayor. He ordered his police to see
them safely on the cars for Habana.
Later a priest was convicted of firing
the shot into the meeting and sent to
Spain for punishment. •
Qn a holiday as Diaz was passing
along the 'seashore near Habana,
met two men fishing. He began
talking of Christ to them. A party
of merrymakers stopped to listen.
Others joined the party and soon peo
ple came from a distance. Diaz warm
ed to his subject and the crowd be
came still larger. While he was speak
inff two policemen stepped up to his
stand. Encouraged by their presence
and thinking they were there to protect
him, Diaz waxed eloquent. When he
had finished he was placed under
arrest, charged with preaching in the
open air, and he spent several days in
jail.
He has organized in Cuba 30 churches
iions arid 26 Sunday schools,
isting clergymen. Seven
es have a membership of
over 3,000 teachers and
ally he baptise* 300 or
iat he fprget the usual cero*
-—* could only say : “ Lord
Jesus,.this Is my mother,’! and he im
mersed her, - i .
♦, Wban Diaa A ret went to the Island
the members of his congregation were
refused burial in the consecrated ceme
teries, then the only burial grounds in
Cuba. Diaz overcame this by starting
rival cemeteries. The three cemeteries
of the Baptists in Cuba now contain
over 7,000 bodies. s
Diaz was in New York a few weeks
ago raising money for his missions by
lecturing on Cuba and he was arrested
as a suspect immediately after arriv
ing in Cuba from New York. The
churches, school buildings and ceme
teries in Cuba belong to the Ameri
can Baptists. Diaz has frequently
spoken in all, the large American
cities. . - ■ ■ •
SCRAPS OF UNWRITTEN' HISTORT.
THE LAST CABINET OFF1CRR 0F
THE CONFEDERACY
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Narrates Some Interesting Tucidents
Never Before Published.
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Hon. John H. Keagan, the only sur
viving member of the Confederate
cabinet,' recently made an address of
unusual interest, in which he gave
points of history not generally known
and heretofore unpublished. His
remarks and illustrations concerning
the life and character of Jefferson
Davis are of especial value, as he
brings into prominence seme notable
incidents in his career as leader of the
Confederacy, from which we quote the
following: *
No mao- known to history more
richly deserves a monument to his
memury than the president of the late
Confederacy. The wisdom and cour-
» e with which he conducted the
airs of the Confederacy ; the extra-
ordinarv fortitude and constancy with
which ne endured a long and cruel
imprisonment after the falT of the Con
federacy ; the ability and fidelity
whioh he displayed afterwards in
writing the history of “ The Klee and
Fall of the Confederacy ” are generally
known. But there are some things in
which a portion at least of the public
have all the time misunderstood Mr.
Davis. And there are some other
things, whioh 111 as irate his character,
which have not been made known to
the general public, and to which I
think it proper now to call attention,
matter about which I shall speak from
my constant association with him dur
ing the war, and from personal knowl
edge.
Many persons have been made to
believe that he was self-willed and
arbitrary in his action. Nothing
could be farther from the real truth.
But it mav be said with truth that he
had two characters; or rather that his
oooduct in private life and in social
circles was different from his action in
the discharge of pybilc duties. la
private life and In the family aad so
cial circles he was of the most genial
and pleasant men I ever knew. As
gentle and as tender as a woman, be
possessed an enlarged know ledge ol the
physical sciences which always made
itm instructive. And his state pa
pers were characterized by an erudi
tion rarely, if ever, surpassed by Eng
lish-speaking scholars. In his official
capacity he was guided by a strong
sense of duty, and had but little toler
ation for that class of men who were
liven to much talk and bed no real
nformatiod to communicate. It is
likely that such is the class who as
sumed that he was harsh and self-
Hied. You will understand that in
hit position his whole time was nee
rily occupied with great duties
and cares, and that he could not afford
to spend his time in unprofitable talk.
In relation to suggestions which have
been made that he was self-willed and
did not consult others on public meas
ures. I know this to be incorrect
When a question of importance came
up for consideration, his habit was to
exhaust all available sources of infor
mation, whether from persons or docu
ments, and when this had been done
and a decision reached, that was an
end of the question with him. And it is
probable that persons who, under such
circumstances, still insisted on further
discussion, without realizing the pres
sure on his time, thought him self-
willed, You will understand that one
in his position, who had constantly to
be deciding the course to be pursued
on great questions, must have acted
as be did in order to get through with
the public business.
T said there were some things illus
trative of the character of Mr. Davis
not generally known to the public.
When General Grant wa£ moving his
army down the Mississippi below
Vicksburg, Mr. Davis was notified that
his Briarfield plantation and large
property would fall into Federal hands,
and was advised to send and have the
movable property carried out of dan
ger. To this suggestion he replied
that the president of the Confederacy
could not afford to employ men to take
care of his private property. And
when the Federal army was moving on
Jackson, v Miss., he was aevised that
his hill home in Hinds County and his
valuable library and other property
there would fall into Federal hands,
and that he ought to have it removed
to a place of safety, he made the same
reply, that the president of the Con
federacy could not afford to use men
for the security of hi* private property.
And all movable property at both
places, including his negroes, were
lost to him. I make these statements
because 1 was present at each of these
conversations, and I have not seen
them in print.
I may also refer to another incident
illustrative of both his character and
his conservatism. Colonel Dahlgreen
made a raid on Richmond, the then
capitsil of the Confederacy,, the object
of which ^rat to liberate some 22,000
J "resident and the
citizens had been organized, and a
battalion of workmen at the Trodfcgar
works, where oar cannon and small
arms were mads, who on occasions of
danger were called out for the defense
of the olty. Col. Dahlgreen’s plan was
to cross Jamer river somw distance
above the city and pass down the south
side of the river to Belle Isle, where
the prisoners were, release the prison
ers and then commence the work of
destruction and death in the city. But
on reaching the river he found it
swollen too much to be forded, and
turned down the north side of the
river towards the city. In the mean
time notice of his approach had been
given, and the Tredegar battalion and
the icgiment of clerks and others had
been called to arms and sent up < the
river to meet him, the Tredegar bat
talion in advance of the regiment. -
A short distance above the city, at a
bend in the road, this battalion was
suddenly met bv Dahlgreen’s com
mand, and was dispersed, and some of
the men captured. A countryman
some distance from them saw what
had happened and galloped his hdrse
towards the city to give the alarm.
J ust at the edge of the city he met the
regiment which was commanded by
lonel McAnery and informed him of
F dliasiCr to the battalion, arid that
Dahlgreen’s command was coming
down the road. It was then gettin
dusk in the evening. McAnery form'
his line of battle across the road. By
then it had become dark. He directed
his men to lie down and sent his skir
mishers forward, with direction as
the enemy approached,'to fall back
■lowly on the line of battle, but in
order, and to keep up the fire, so as to
define the advance and position of the
enemy.*- .This duty was well performed
as many of these meu were trained
soldiers who bad been crippled in bat
tle and appointed to places in the de
partments. It was a dark night, and
when Dahlgreen's men approached
near enough the Confederates opened
a destructive fire on them, killed a
number of men and horses and stamp
eded the Federal*. They retreated
north across the Chickahominy, and
after passing the Pomunky river were
ambushed by some furloughed soldiers
who happened to be in the vicinity,
and learning of Dahlgreen's movements
prepared to meet him. They killed
Col. Dahlgreen and a number of his
men. and made prisoners of more than
400 of them. These were brought to
Kiebmond, and with them was brought
the papers and orders showing the
purposes of the raid as above stated,
and also the turpentine balls and com
bustible matter to be used in firing the
city. If he had succeeded 22,000
prisoners would have been turned loose
to plunder and burn the city ; tens of
thousands of women and children
would have been made homeless, the
C ident and his cabinet would bave
i killed, and the imagination may
picture such other horrors as might
nave been perpetrated.
When the prisoners were brought to
the city ana the papers and orders
disclosing the purpose of this raid
were turaed over to the Confederate
authorities, together with the i
busllbie matter to be used in burning
the city, all felt that the whole affair,
if it had been carried out, would have
been a barbarous violation of the laws
and usages of civilized warfare, and
that It would have shocked the civil
ised world by Its cruel barbarity. The
Federal authorities had on several
previous orraalons violated the lawn of
war as between civilized nations, and
President Davis had notified President
Lincoln of his purpose, If such prac
tices were continued, to retaliate
When the foregoing facta came to the
knowledge of the government everv
member of Mr. Davis’ cabinet united
in calling on him to have these prison
ers draw lots nod every tenth man
■hot, and that he then notify President
Lincoln what had been done and why
It was done. Mr. Davis suggested that
if he had known of the orders under
whioh these men were noting, it would
have been right to shoot them down
while thev had guns la their hands,
but that ne did not think we should
have unarmed prisoners shot. The
members of his cabinet called atten
tion to previous violatlors of the laws
of war and President Davis' threat of
retaliation. And they insisted that
retaliation alone could arrest such
practices, and that the purpose of this
mid, which the papers showed was
understood by the whole command, anc
that the men had volunteered for the
purpose contemplated, made it proper
that we should make an example by
having every tenth man shot. After
the matter had been earnestly discuss
ed. Mr. Davis ended tbe discussion by
declaralng, in opposition to the views
of tbe cabinet, that be would not have
unarmed prisoners shot. But few, ii
any, would have agreed with him then
But now since the passions of war
- have died awav, we shall perhaps al
say that he didgright.
AN INTERESTING PAPER FROM A
PREACHER AND EDITOR.
Some Reasons Controlling Newspa
pers the Wrong Way—The Power
and UesponsibUty or the Press.
lor Diaz bo utb * rn
Of *0,00*^
•txt bii
.ptist church bought
ia Habana at a cost
3,000 persons. In
prisoners, to .kill the presi
members of his cabinet.
■WWWWSWJ wmm gf asp saw — W — - —
late, and'except in their dealings
with the liquor and the Sunday ques
tions, we have found an impressive
amount of .zeal for all that is good and
noble. In the publication of sermons,
of Dr. Talmage, our
newspapers have done great good for
evangelical religion. We have known
one man, in our own pastoral expe
rience, who traced his conversion to
CONGRESSMAN TALBERT SPEARS
IN THEIR BEHALF.
an article in a secular newspaper.
I would not leave the Impression
that we are all living editorially in the
Men age. As in Israel’s idd-time
experience, “there is yet much land
to be possessed.” The foe of sensation
alism has very great power dYer the
average newspaper man. The clear
public like pepper in their hash, and
the editor is the mao to give it to
thein. Yet I do contend that the press
of this State is using its mighty txiwer
for good. With their generous aid i
only are
new enterprises of all sorts, for the
commercial prosperity of the commun
ity, boomed into success, but I can say
from personal experience that churcri-
es, colleges and orphanages have,
through the kindly fostering care of
the editorial fraternity, been nursed
into a vigorous life by being granted
that publicity needful for success.
For my part I am not only a news
paper man by practice, I am one also
in faith. I believe in the press, and
whether in one line or another with
rarest exceptions, I have found the
randest ally of the church for the re-
of mankind from, ignorance
error to be the newspaper, be it
either tbe great and far-reachln
daily or tbe humble country-born an
bred patent outsider.
'and
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT.
Lawyer* in Danger
of Being Disbarred.
The contempt proceedings Issued by
Judge Benet last week against five
promint lawyers in Charleston have
attracted moch attention, and the
is causing much interest in oonse
quence of it* unusual character and
trie prominence of tbe sneo against
whom tbs order was Issued. It will be
remembered that certain security
holders applied for a receiver for the
Palmetto brewery.- The order to show
cause was issued on December 31st,
1KV5, aad while tbe return to it was
still pending theq. majority security
holders went before the United State*
Court and had a receiver appelated.
Subsequently Judge Benet Issued aa
order against those security holders,
demanding that they show cause why
they should not be ruled for contempt.
Tbe case was heard, argument
made aad the decision w*
K *r,
t pay!
3d. Fm
It had otvsr been delivered, but
the 24tb ult. the judge filed another
order requiring the attorneys la the
case, among whem are H. A. M. Health,
Julian Mitchell, J. N. Nathans, Huger
flakier, and James Simons, some of
the lead log members of the Charles too
bar, to show causa why they shall Dot
be disbarred, temporarily, or other
wise punished for contempt. Inasmuch
as ail of them bad kaowtadga of
aclloa pending la the State court
when they took their case Isto the
—Thomas Estrada Palma, tbe Cuban
delegate, has returned to Washington
and speaking of tbe efforts of Presi
dent Cleveland to secure concessions
from the Spanish government for the
people of Cuba he said : “Mr. Cleve
land is wasting his time. The patriots
in Cuba«are fighting for Independence
and not tor reform. Nothing but inde
pendence or annexation will satisfy
them. They will not lay down their
arms until they have accomplished
their freedom. The only, home rule
they will accept is that administered
by magistrates of their own choice,
elected after the withdrawal of the
Spanish army and all of the officers of
the Spanish government from tbe
island. President Cleveland is doing
no one a service when he tries to pro
mote what they call reforms in Cuba.
And unless he is willing to go farther
than that we shall appeal from him tq
the American people.
—Counrty roads in China are never
bounded by fences, but are entirely
undefined. While the farmer has the
right to plow up any road passing
through his land, drivers of (vehicles
have aa equal* right—and they exer
cise it—to traverse any part of the
country at large.
and to bum —'
the
city. Richmond and our
were saved from these calami
the merest accident.. We Is ad Wtroop*
in or near the city at that tithe for Its
defense. But a regiment of clerkr lTno limit
aad officers in the department and
Elizabeth
amused herself while in Naples recent-
by |4y by buying up the entire stock of a
toy store and aistrioutin
of dm
crowd
in Naples.
lelighU
to that
ig it
i.dreu
among a
hted children. There
sort of a
• *• ■--- •• .■ - • - -wiwaras* 1
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The following address on “ The
dbral Side of the Newspaper” was de
livered before the annual meeting, of
the State Press Association by Rev.
W. P. Jacobs, of Clinton :
Every paper has a moral side. Some
unfortunately an immoral side always.
Occasionally it is tbe p|d$nt outside
that is immoral in news notes and ads,
and sometimes the not so patent inside.
he writer on one occasion advertised
a horse .race in his patent outside and
apologized for it on his Inside.
But, after all, the question of the
morality or immorality of a paper cir
culates about tbe personality of its
editors. All editors are not pious men.
Some few (very few) get drunk' after
the paper has gone to press, and then
invoke all the adjectiveness of their
dictionaries, versus drinkiog, in their
next lssue. We know an editor, who
wrote, “I was on a jag last week.
'm sorry. The public will please
excuse the imperfection of our make
up that week, as fre Were quite locked
up,” so he was.
As a rule editors are the best inform
ed people in the community. ,U;
tuaately no man can know everything
That accounts for the terrible mis
takes made in writing up church do
ings. Preachers laugh at these things,
but the editor can’t see the joke. Still
the editor might be a splendid “eccle
siastical reporter,” and yet not run a
mora 1 paper. A preacher sometimes
fills a fine pulpit, and had better not I Five Charleston
be there.
If the “moral man” of the newspa
per is always its editor, the moral side
of a newspaper must necessarily be the
view the editor takes of all the higher
interests of the otfmmunlty in which
he live#.
Now, his views on moral subject* are
very apt to be warped by several con
siderations.
1st. His own lack of a clear-cut in
ception of moral duty. A man that
111 Us la print. A slanderer
takes pleasure in “sharp, keen. Inci
sive vituperation.” A wild, reckless
editor may write hightoned discourses
occasionally, aping the goodness he
he has not, but the rule will be tbe
other way.
2. Pecuniary considerations are often
all powerful. Vile ads are printed
because thev pay. The bulk of anv
community is disposed to sensational
ism, and hence vile things are often
reported ia full. How can a man take
clear-cut ecclesiastical views, for
instance, as to Sunday editions of his
If the Sunday edition U the
ing on* of tbe week.
'ear often ha* a great deal to do
with an editor’s work. He does not
ish to loss subscribers at any time,
and hence even the mad furv of a
lynching bee may be cood»n<vi, or at
l not very severely dealt with, so
many patrons having a quasi connec
tion with It—not indeed that editors
are alone in this. They perhaps but
reflect the lone of the community.
4th. Politics largely affect the views
aa editor take* on many moral ques-
of t bi lioo of* 4 Wi
correlative, the dispensary. Party
lash is a powerful inoentive to an edi
tor to keep the “ straight aad narrow
path” of political duty. We recently
heard Judgs Cothran remark that
he never knew a minister who
became a lawyer to honor his profes
sion, but per contra, a lawyer who
entered the ministry was always an
ornament to It. However that may be,
we can say that a religious paper that
enter* the political arena is always
unreliable, but that a political paper
with strong moral and religious prin
ciples is a reliable and honorable
power in the oommunity.
Other forces, of course, operate on
the editor, as many winds on the anil,
to trim it this way and that. But a
few considerations deserve thought
just here.
1. A newspaper is the most powerful
ent in any community for good or
The preacher only reaches the
church-going, and the teacher the
voung. The editors reach everybody.
Moreoever there is a certain latent
force in “ cold type ” with multitudes,
especially of the half-learned, that
nothing .else has. Who has not heard
the vulgarism, “ I seen it in the
per,” as an end of all argument,
editor’s tripod is the grandest pulpit in
the universe. Crowned heads have
found it needful to bow before tbe re
porter’s pen. Think of one great news
paper sending forth a half, million
issues daily—its editorials read prob
ably by twice that number of persons.
So great is this power that we venturb
the assertion that were all tbe papers I jurisdiction to nullify
of this country to agree to plunge this authority pf the State
country into a war with Europe, and | linos of demarkation
to persist in it within a week the thing
could be accomplished.
2. Power always entails responsi
bility. Newspapers, therefore, ought
to have highly developed consciences.
Instead of oeing weathercocks, instead
even of being leaders, they should
have always at heart the supremest
good of the community, and should
preserve it, regardless of money con
siderations. political influence or sel
fish schemes. Iqdependency in Politics
or religion may be an error, but the
man who declares himself Independent
of his own selfishness and persists in a
course of right, as straight as an ar
row, will be always tbe trusted and
honored leader. «
In the present State of South Caro
lina social order, there are many points
deserving careful study in the sanc
tum as to the courso to be pursued.
W^ think that we ban point with a
just pride to the columns of our State
press, and challenge comparison with
others, as to their generally high
moral tone. The greater crimes are
duly chastised. Our editor*, almost to
a man, hate 1 meanness and love fair,
open dealing. While a few offend
against the laws of courtesy, the great
majority of our editors are gentlemen
as well in print as out of it. Even
political antagonists are given a show
of fairness. The church work of every
oommunity la fully and duly reported,
and that not In Its sensational featu/es,
bat is its regular routine. ' We tea a
The OonfMerate Survivors are Loyal
to Each Other and to tbe Cause for
Which They Fought.
The Pickier pension bill, which pro
posed to give pensions to deserters
from the Confederate ranks, was
.vigorously fought by Congressman
“'albert, of this State, and the follow
ing is his final protest against It. His.
defense of Confederate veterans from
uniust slurs and sneers is most admir-
le In every respect, and 0s he was
f 'ent
* a
unji
personally named by several speakers
— .in connection with the Southern solder.
With their generous aid not he felt it a duty to respond in behalf of
railroads, cotton mills, and | his native State:
Mr. Chairman, ithlle I am opposed
to this bill and shall vote agafrst every
section of it, if the bill must pass 1
think the amendment offered by the
entleman from Iowa (Mr. Hepburn)
very good one. It puts ail appli
cants for pension upon the common
evidence that is received in all courts
of justioe. The whole bill is vicious
and deceptive from beginning to end.
And, Mr. Chairman, the discussion bt
this bill has taken a very wide scope,
embracing all manner of partisanship
well as the merits and demerits of
the Democratic aad Republican parties,
which Is possibly somewhat of u-kigl-
timate range of argument; but,, sir,
when the subject of the reunions of
Confederate veterans has bean lugged
into this debate by the gentleman
l
, U» folds should wave geatlf
over the graves of our dead aud the
forms of oar living. That is Southern
sentiment as I now understand It, aad
what is sentiment bat patriotism It
self ? What Is sentiment but principle
Mffuar? malls It today that con
trol* the unlverze V
Sir, from the time that Joseph har
ried the embalmed body of his father
dy of L,
back from Egypt to Canaan to bury
It In a cave la the field of Machpelah
•entimeatnak ruled the world. What
was it bat divine sentiment that led
Joseph, the honorable counselor, to go
to Pilate to beg the body of his Lord
that he might wrap it In fine linen aad
bury it ia his own tomb where never
laid any other body—ne#, nice, aad
clean ? It was sentiment.
What was It bat a similar sentiment
that lead the devoted woman to break
the alabaster .box of ointment aad
anoint the head of her Lord ? And
when It was suggested by some one in
the crowd of a mercenary tarn of mind,
(possibly like the fellow who Injected
this subject into this debate) that it
might have been sold aad given to the
B . He said, “Let her alone;she
lone whet she oould; and when
ever, and wherever in all lands and
countries My gospel Is preeehed let
thin be told es n memorial of her."
What was it that led those devoted
women to be last at the cross aad first
at the sepulohei ? It wes sentiment.
Then do not impugn the motives of
our people for theif devotion to their
own sunny South end their devotion
still to tbe lost cause. What is it that
fosters your fondest memories around
the piece of your birth ? The old
schoolbouse. the old oaken bucket,
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into tbls debate by the gentleman unwioousw. toe oiu oaasn Ducxei,
from led lane (Mr. Hardy), I think * Teo < bua ff ia the well. and. evea
the old garden gate
us respect the livtni
grave
resting places
the proper limit* of propriety have
been transcended, as that Is a matter
| entirely Irrelevant end disconnected
from this bill.
Tbs gentlemen alluded more parti
cularly to a reunion lately held la
Charleston, 8. C., e gathering of as
true, loyal, and brave men as ever as
sembled upon this or any other con
tinent. Tbe Southern 'Soldiers, after
following Lee and Jackson, Johnston,
and other leaders through four years
of winter’s snow end summer's heat,
often half naked nod hungry, after ae-
cofbpllshiag all that human endurance. , , , ,
‘bravery oould aooompllsh, after 1 whaltnlnjgly
showing lha world bow half naked h**'h* Derm
Sent!
us respect the living aad leads aa on
In oar pilgrimage, to give deosat bn-
rtal to the dead, to strew fiowert up
on thulr graves, ani to mark their
teg places with moan
enduring as marble and as
brass.
Now, Mr. Chairman, let me
ooeolostoo. that so
ill vest
tendencies
#f
anting aa
My. U
i of dlvsr- *
rest this bill of ito vicious
or rsltev* It from the ap-
all la It, aad I bops li will .btTm
nag
and half-starved troops oould pat to
Bight aa army batter equipped aad
three times mors ie number, yl* dsd I bu '_ 1
to fete oolF when our (leg went down ] ' iir °
upon the how historic flsld
mat to i, they accepted the
surrendered whse the
■eld they should fight no
The war with t
”M I accepted thslr
red hands of
>) .
' t
vial ting a Mead last
called my
_i A ___ I curious plan for preventing the plagas
MultK of fliM £ »“• *■•«••• Tbs upfisrsash
, ‘ ofoee of tbs windows la his sittlag-
being open for ventilation, there
thslr
they
* ^ I that not a ly would
“ through It. H* has
boar at a t.me, aad
ttbla a few
after
illation,
a pises of
fir
they looked for Ute last Uom over tbs |
hills of Virginia, dotted with
grave* of the slala of both armies,
returned to their bomss. But what I
did they (lad there T - ^
opposite wall
I did aot ate a
depart. Ha
la many parts
they found thulr houses burned, their
aad all over this
the cry like that of Rachel. „
thay 11
m, aad sene swarms iy te
r laabss of tha net. aad
butting about tor a ItMla,
told ms th* ttas woaU
k th* net If there was a'
wab ■■■■
weeping lor bar children
were aot. Yet. amid all tni*
Uaa and devastation by tbs cruel
of war, which had swept over th* laa*
i.’Si
■y li
amaoriters is the
la ahaadaaea. I
the net Vo b*
United Statee Court. Th# tenor of 1 with the crushing foot ^f VglaaC they I ^ U
tbs order is such as would Indicate I oommonced Ills aasw aad tha laid ) (>0
that Judgs Beset is disposed to — 1 - ‘ 1
aider the action of th* Attorney*
age
fll.
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Tbe
Tbe Charles ton Sun gives th* fol
lowing statement of the one*. Tbs
rule is made returnable on the 4th of
May :
Certain stockholders qf th* Palmetto
brewery company, dissatisfied with the
condition of its affairs and with the
manner in watch they were adminis
tered by President Doacber. applied to
the State court for iniunctloo and the
appointment of a receiver.
The injunction wae issued by Judge
Benet and tbe jurisdiction of tne court
thrown around the property la dispute
between the stockholders, but the nomi
nation of a receiver, for some, reason
was deferred, pending tbls suspense
the De La Vergoe refrigeratiug com
pany, a foreign corporation and credi
tor of the Palmetto brewing company,
through its solicitor, Mr. J. N. Nathuoe,
filed a bill in the United States circuit
court for Injunction and the appoint
ment of a receiver by that court in the
interest of his clients. Mr. Nathana,
as a director in a defendant bank
which was a party to tbe proceedii
in the State court, is evidently deem
by the presiding judge of that court
to have been stopped as an attorney of
the court from disregarding the court’s
restraining order and initiating new
proceedings in another court to set
aside tbe authority of the oourt and
oust it of its jurisdiction.
Whether this view of professional
etiquette presented itself to Mr.
Nathans or not, we, of course, do not
know. It has become so common of
recent years to appeal to the Federal
ullify or overrule the
court, and the
between the
J urisdiction of these co-ordinate courts
tave been so ponfused by «the rapid
strides of encroachment of the cen
tralized power on the sovereignty of
the States, that- a lawyer intent on the
interest of his clients rather than on
maintaining intact the fundamental
principles of our confederated govern
meut might well lose sight of these
nice distinctions of professional duty
and observance.
The belief which, we are aware, ob
tains among some familiar with the
circumstances, and which may have
gained some credence with the presid
ing judge of the Charleston district,
that the petition for injunction and
receiver was presented to and acted
on by Judge Blmonton of the United
States circuit court without notice to
him of the jurisdiction already taken
of the matter by the State oourt may
have had its Influence in impelling
Judge Benet to the strong course
pursued by him in this matter.
t—A little more than s million vet
erans of the Union, and considerably
less than half a million veterans of tbe
Confederate armies, were found living
in the United Statee by the census tak
er dflBOO. 7
—The smaller the drink, the clearer
head and the cooler the blood;
are great benefits in temper and
run red with Mood ia AprH war*
green with th* harvaet la Juan, aad
battle ie
the spring under tbs saber (be It
to the honor of that grand and noble
soldier, General Grant, for hs
mously gave back to tbe boys tuetr
) were proudly walking before
tbe plow la summer.
Then, as tha yae rs roll by, it is
proper, It Is natural, it Is right, yea.
It is more than right, that tnsss old
soldiers should meet together la thalr
reunions to grasp each other agate by
tbe band, to celebrate thalr trials, and
live over again for tbe moment the
life of the soldUr. Aud it is uakted,
It U unfortunate, it is improper on the
fioor of the House In the discussion of
measure with which thay have
connection except to pay their pert of
the burdens It may impose. Be this
as it may. Mr. Chairmen, -I wish to
say that while these men of the South
are m true and as loyal to the flag to
day aa those of tbe North, ana
ready to fight for its defense, at tbs
rame time they, will continue to have
these reunions no long us time Itself
shall last. Yes, sir; as long as the sun | ury at
shines by day and the moon gives bar
light b/ night, as long as tbe star*
twinkle in the heavens, as long as the
Potomac and the Shenandoah continue
to flow, a* long as th* dawdrops fall
upon the restieg places of-our dead
and the Blue Ridge sentinels their
grave*, just so long will the men of
the South meet together In reunions
to commemorate the heroic deeds of
her immortal stldlery in song and in
story. (Applause.)'
But let me say to this House that
this is not done in any spirit of dis
loyalty to the Union to-day. It is not
done in any spirit of prejudice to the
gallant and brave soldiers who fought
on the other side, for I oelleve I voice
the sentiment of every true Southern
suldier when I say that with them the
conflict of arms is over, the result aC‘
cepted in good faith, and that now
the soldiers of the South stand ready
at all times to take by the hand the
soldiers of the North, whom once they
met in the red blaze of battle, now
meeting over the chasm of sectional
ism, ready and willing to bury forever
the bloody spirit, and to plant upon its
When s person
Noth fog aaVorriai
motives would aevi
old regain thalr use
fact there would be bo
»re was no westing of
Tbe cause of thie lore of 1
ure to property digest the
Nfoe-tenths of ell our dl
ih.
The Shaker Digeotlve Cordial will
stop this wasting of th* <hody. It nets
by causing th* food wa net to b* di
gested so as to do good. lor I
food does more harm than L
Cordial contains food already <
and a Is digester of foods as w*U7
Every mother
children take Castor
tweet Castor Oil.
Laxol la
—Among tha packages of
oslved at the treasury i
bureau last weak from th*
Chicago for
radampttoa was A
counterfeit note of the d«
of 1100. It wasaaoldnotcuof 1
of 1872, very ragged ana very dirty.
The note had been ia circulation for
many years and perforated ail tha
office* of money without its ganaine-
nese< being suspected, ndwM'finaUy
accepted at the sub-treasury at Chica
go as good. And yet, aBOordutg-to the
clerk who instantly picked If out of a
roil of other notes, It was but * very
poorly executed counterfeit. The
clerk in the sub-treasury who passed
It In counting will have to make up
tbe amount out of his own poq|et.
—An old maid once owned a parrot,
which gave her a great deal of trouble,
owing to its profanity and dli
Me remarks. 8h* decided to
minister fori the loan of his
which erred in being almost too religi
ously disposed in its ooaversatloo. The
minister uonssnted, so Polly tbe good
went to visit Polly the bad. . Soma
days later, upon entering the
where the parrots were, tha
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grave the white rose of peace, with
the prayer that it may bloom perpetu
ally, bringing forth fruit for the up
building and prosperity of this great
nation of ours, with but one ambition,
that we may forever remain a reunit
ed,'fraternal, and happy people. (Ap
plause.)
Then it seems to me to be unchari
table In anyone to criticise the Con
federate soldier fot his love for the
lost cause, for while he stood by the
Southern cross, with more than filial
affection, until it went down, ha be
lieved he was right, aad that his quar
rel was made upon a principal quar
ried from the mine of everlasting
truth; and so he loves it still and will
continue to love it till death. While
the flag under whioh he 'fought is
furled and put away forever, and
while we are all reunited under the
Star-Spangled Banner, w* leal that if
we fre to respect that lag and fight
1 for it. whioh we are wllliag to do If
room where tha parrots were, i
maiden lady was greeted with toe
mark, *“ I do hope tbe old woman a
while the clergyman’s
thee to
k,
dier
added, “ We beseech
good Lord.
parrot
beams,
I Skepticism.—” This weather,” said
the oldest inhabitant, “ reminds ate of
my boyhood days.”
■ “ But they My it ia tbe hottest April
ever known.”
“ Who says to?" "
“ Tbe weather officials. ’
“Well, atebbe ’Us; _ _
grumbled. “But if they dost
that thay know any, more about
weather wnaftdJo have —
we’re going i
waaidat
ler sqys