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"V VOL. XVII. OLD VETS STIRRED. General Gordon Almost Mobbed by , Enthusiastic Comrades. 1 NEW ORLEANS FLOODED AGAIN. ! 'I'IiIh Time It In a h'lood of South- ! I I eru Orutory. The ohl ('liloltain Kissed by a Texas Maiden. The thirteenth annual reunion nt the United Confederate Veterans was ! opened In the great auditorium at the | fair grounds in New Orleans on Tues- j day of last week. The weather was perfect and all the arrangements by [ i I lie local entertainment committees , the most successful. There were . thousands of veteran soldiers, hun- , dreds of beautiful women and nlxivcj, and around on every hand a profusion L of Muttering Mags and waving strean - 1 ers. There was martial music with- , out limit and enthusiasm unbounded. ( Over the beauty and success of the | day there was but a single shadow, , and that promises to disappear before | the morning. This was the illness of Gen. Gordon, the commander-in-chief , of the organization, lie was not well ^ when lie left Ills liotel for the audi- | torium and has not been in his usual ( health for several days. His strength j was not in reality suillcient for the | ordeal to which lie subjected himself and before the close of the opening ( session lie was a greatly wearied man. | Nothing but Ills grim lighting spirit , carried him through the day without | somettiingakintoacollap.se. lie was j not able to attend the afternoon scs- ; sion ;il itio auditorium, and remained quietly In his room at the- hotel, re celving no visitors. His condition Is , in no manner serious, hut it is passlide that ite may not be able to preside at all the sessions at the auditorium between now and Friday noon. He expects, however, to be present Thursday. When the hour for opening the convention arrived the platform was crowded with fair women and men whose names are household words throughout, t he south. Gen. Gordon was delayed somewhat in reaching the grounds and his ent rance into the hall was an ovation. Cheer after cheer ran if through the building as he came I rapidly down the aisles leaning on the ! arm of Adjt. Gen. Mickle. lie was | surrounded instantly by a group of friends as be reached the rostrum and for a time was unable to reach his chair. No sooner was lie seated than a fair young woman, Miss Tarlton of . Waco, Tex., approached and bending down kissed the general. lie sprang quickly to his feet to acknowledge the ...til. % ^ uuiiui ?iui icpt'iiteu uows. i?eu. .1. ? R. Lcvert, commander of the Louisiana, division of the Confederate vet- t erans, called tlie assembly to order i , and introduced the chaplain general, , Itev. .1. William Jones, who delivered v at) eloquent invocation. Then, in sue- ( cession came speeches of welcome to s the veterans from Raul Capdevielle, ;i mayor of New Orleans; Loys Charbonnet, who spoke for the local organization of the Sons of Veterans: Mrs. William .1. Rohan, representing the Confederate Southern Memorial s association, and Gov. W. W. Heard, ' who spoke of the people of the State v of Louisiana. After a few opening 1 words of welcome the governor said; i H GOV. IIKAKD. f "Veterans, the outcome of the struggle that you carried on for four long years against the most powerful forces and armaments that the world 1 has yet seen, in no manner or sense | can obscure the glory and fame that you won for Dixie's land. With a 1 total enlistment of 000,000 you con- c fronted 2,800,000. of these in round ' numbers 500,000 were of foreign birth 1 and had Europe been in formal alii- c ance with the north, it could scarcely have been expected to send more \ than tills number of its organized ' soldiery for its quota in such a coali- ( tion. Considering the 200,000 nrgro ' soldiers, the 500,000 foreign soldiers N and the 2,100,000 native Americans, s it is not extravangant to say that the ' 000,000 Confederates confronted a 51 coalition of America, Europe and. Africa. When wo consider these in-* ' disputable facts we cannot but have * commisseration for the person who 1 would seek to detract from the un- c paralleled resistance made by the armies in gray, Ijby impugning the motives by which they were impelled t to make this truly legendary defense t of their homes and constitutional t ritrlitii an t.liov <?nn?t',rnpJ Omen to be." The governor concluded his { address by repeating the welcome of N ^ the people of Louisiana E. 13. r Kruttschnitt of New Orleans, chair- ^ man of the local executive committee, ( in charge of all the arrangemen tif for . the reunion then made a most happy r address. ' % a OKN. GORDON'S SPEECH. r 1 V' As Gen. Gordon rose to reply he s \ was enthusiastically cheered. c (Jen. John U. Gordon said, in part: "To my thought it is most fitting , that this proud and patriotic organ iza tlon sho? Id meet again in this historic s city which gave It birth. The meet- ^ ing of such men as you welcome today, s whose past deeds will remain forever ^ an Inspiration to American valor and t to future sacrifices for constitutional t free(j )m, is an auspicious event in the ? ' courtvty's history, whenever and wher- f ever it may occur; but how peculiarly t inspiring is this reunion in Louisiana, q on this 100th anniversary of hfcr birth ^ Into governmental alliance with 9 American States. A Roman feye would' ' V < <*4 * M r . . - ' - - <ri have discovered in a meeting of such men, at such time, an omen of good to the cause of liberty; and, American eyes should see in it nothing but Kood to the whole republic. It must :>f necessity be benellcent and only beneficent. We will not indulge on thiscontennial this political millenlal morning nor at other times in any bitterness. We feel none. Wo pity ' Lho.se who do. We have long since Irawn tlie curtain of oblivion over the regretful and unseemly tilings of the past; and we cherish as Americans the valor and noble deeds of both armies and of all sections. We are satisfied with our record; and the power that would attempt to make us blush for it would lie both stupid and blind. We arc heirs, Joint heirs, with the republic's children in tho inheritance of freedom left by our sires. We are ( proud of all the past. Moreover, we ' ire now facing a future pregnant with ( tremendous possibilities; but we face N it with a strength <?t hope and assurance, born of an unswerving purpose to iiseliarifp nur nvnrv rliil.v t.<> 11 mnna uvi to tlic whole country. We arc i r (towing old: but we si ill stand firmly | 1 jo the narrow strip of land which J ' separates us from a boundless ocean. ; ' "And as we go home, we will calmly f lrop our mantles on the shoulders of l uir sons, who will worthily wear 1 them; and in no crisis of the republic ' whether in forum or field, will they be ' 'ound wanting." r At the conclusion of Gen. Gordon's v iddress he turned to greet a lady ' (owned in black, who had come to the v root of the rostrum during the latter ' xirtion of his address. Then, lead- v ng her to the front of the platform ' le said: v "Itwas my fortune and I will never ' :ease to thank God that It was my t 'ortune to follow, to know well, and c 0 love Stonewall Jackson, lie is not 0 ierc, but the best half of him is here 1 n the person of his wife. Comrades, f 1 present toyou, Mrs. Stonewall Jack- * soil. F "To your feet, boys, to your feet," ' was the cry of a veteran in the Ten- K lessee delegation, hut swift as came v lis cry, it came too late. The "boys" K were up, every man of tlieni, and In ,J Jie wild cheers that swept the hall, v he falrfaced lady from North Caro- F ina was made to know once inore how J1 southern love remembers. 1 "And here's a young Jackson," 11 ailed out the general, leading forward i very pretty girl, Miss Julia Jackson * jurisiian, me granddaughter or tiic ' amous soldier. As he spoke he kissed 11 ler, and tHe cheers wore redoubled ^ or tlie general and the girl. 0 Judge John Reagan, the sole survlv- K UK member of the Davis cabinet, 11 ihcn spoke from one portion of the 11 ostrum, while numbers of the old a oldiers threw themselves upon Gen. jordon at the other end. Therecep- ^ ,ion was smothering Mr. Reagan's mice and Gen. Gordon at the same c ime, when (ion. S. D. Lee interfered 0 vith the gavel, beseeching the crowd v o he silent and to allow Gen. Gordon ^ a> rest. ^ Mr. Ilcagan spoke but briefly after ' his. and an adjournment was taken intil afternoon. Immediately the d nobbing of Gen. Gordon was resumed ^ vith redoubled energy. One old sol- s lier, intoxicated by his enthusiasm, ank on his knees before the general 1 ind would have hugged him had not ^ he by standers interfered. TIIE AN'NUAt Ol'.ATION. The oration of .ludgc Rogers con- j umed the entire afternoon session. ;i Ms address, which was remarkably veil delivered, was a brilliant success. {j \ synopsis of Judge Rogers' speech is c mbllshfcd on the next column. It ^ hould be read by all and especially p >ur voumr neonle. ' n Uncle Hnin'n UkttNC. n Regardless of the outcome of the >rescnt negotiations respecting the ' Kjlltical domination of Manchuria t can Ik; stated this government is ? >reparcd to insist to the end upon . ommercial privileges for United States nerchants in Manchuria equal to J" hose enjoyed hy tlie merchants of a ther nations, llussia included. The ^ tatc department luis had pledges from ^ tussia that even in the event of danchuria passing under Russian a ontrol our commerce and trade ^ >rlvlleges should not suffer and it a vill hold that our commerce would S( utfcr if Russian goods can enter Man- " ihurla free while United States goods ' ire forced to pay duty. This attitude >f the state department will, it Is he- a' icved, go far toward reassuring the outhern cotton interest which have a )ec?mo alarmed at the possible loss a >f their best market. P a Paid Her Well. ^ The bank account started from am- tl .rlbutions received by Lulu Spenco, g he chambermaid who lost her posl- a don at the Hotel Unglish at Indian>olis, Ind., for refusing to make the u ?cd occupied hy Hooker Washington, tl vas increased by $1,044 Thursday, tl i ne largest contribution yet received .tl vas sent to her by citl/.ens of New tl >rleans. It was a check on the First g National bank of that oity for *1,000. b Pho list of subscribers was not sent, s< ind tlie letter which accompanied the nt heck congratulated her on the stand n he took, and was signed "Southern- S rs." nr ? u Killed IIIn Neighbor. U Joseph .lernignm. a white farmer, a urrcnderefl himself to- tbi''. sherilT tl rVednesriay;,afternoon and made the el tatemeal had killed Wm. o loldeoUwn^^bd^jg farraer, on the b mbll&^gfeds SeveraTTttflcs from Tip- b on,',"fift\ ^According> to Jernlgan's s< lory lie ,ftnd G6ldet> bad not been b rlcnds fdra long tflhric'. Tuesday after- c< ernoon thej? met' in "the road. A n [uarrel was be^in whim Golden drew a C :nlfc and rushed on Jcrnlgan, who hut, him dead. There was no wit- tl W ' V V . fIf CONWAV A GREAT SPEECH Which Should be Read by Our Boys and Girls. THE SOUTH AND THE LATE WAR. ' 'l>id Any Other People Ever Pace ami Overcome Adversity as Phi the Southern People Al'ter the War?" The following is a synopsis of the iration delivered by lion. John 11. togers, of the United States District Joint, at New Orleans on Tuesday 1 t W veck, before the annual meeting of he Confederate Veterans: "Why are we here? No fanatical ciigious crusade prompted tliis imnen.se concourse. Here arc to lie ound all creeds and faiths and heiet's. in perfect peace with each other, reed from antagonism to excite the lossions of men. In yonder sky are 10 angry clouds of pestilence or war. Mo impending danger threatens our a nd, demanding consultation and neans of protection from enemies vithin and without. We are at peace it home and aboad. Neither are we veary pilgrims to a holy Mecca, seek- ; ng absolution from our sins. Nor are < ve aspirants for social or political pre- | crmcnt. This is no vast political con- j 'cntlon or mass meeting assembled j or purposes of considering grave maters of state or seeking to confer honns on favorite sons. Nay, nay, none if these. What is it that lias brought is together? This great assembly hall cstooned with bunting and Hags, emilcms of liberty and power, its amiltheatre til led with the grave manlood and lovely womanhood of the outh, these vonerablo men, the surviors of tiie tremendous conflict of the lxties all there tilings tell of a deep inderlylng cause. Tills great sea of ipturned faces, glowing with life, Inelligence and sympathy?if not with oy unmingled with sorrow proclaim hat the purposo of our assembling has adc a deep Impression upon our , icarts. We need not repress tiie dcotlons by which we are agitated. Vlienever and wherever these re- ( inions occur, we are standing amid lie sepulchersof our dead. Every foot f our beloved southland is dlstlnulshed by their courage, their su- , lime fortitude, their self-denial, their nwaverlng devotion and patriotism, , iia saiictiuca oy uie sncauing or uieir , loud, "rime and nature have had heir course'in diminishing the num- , ers of tiiose wiio surrendered at the lose of tiie great Civil war, butneith* r time nor nature can relieve those dio survive of the duties they owe to lie memory of our unrecorded dead, o our posterity, to our beloved south- i rnd and to ourselves. Wo are here oday to discharge as we may those , uties and to renew old friendships jrged In the white heat of common ( ulTerlngs and hallowed and sanctified , y the conscious convictions that In . lie hour of trial and peril we were , rue to tiie constitution as it was , ramed handed down to us by Wash- , ngton and his compatriots. We arc ( ere also to pay tribute to the noble and of southern women, the mothers , nd daughters of the Confederacy. "If we would not have our verychll- . ren in the near future, if not ashamd and apologizing for us, then unable o defend us, wo must not be idle in reserving, recording and teaching the eal facts upon which the righteousess of our actions must depend. "I find no fault with the New languid States that from the moment the 'ilgrim fathers touched foot on IMymuth Itock they began and have coninued day by day to record their own eeds; but it cannot be truthfully said hat their writers and statesmen have lways been as Just and faithful In heir interpretation and treatment of he actions of others as they have been iligent in recording their own deeds, nd afterwards escaping their responibility and logical consequences. It is misfortune to the south that her )i.s, ir not indifferent, then carelessly 1 eglected to preserve for the historian ' ke records. The true records of the ! >tith, if it can be related with historic ecu racy, is rich in patriotism, in in- ' ellectual force, in civic and military chlvcments, in heroism, in honorable nd sagacious statesmanship, of a 1 roper share In which no American can < fTord to deprive himself. So much i cuius in legislation, in administa- 1 Ion, in jurisprudence, in war, such ' reat capacities, should expel partisan * nd sectional prejudices. "The south is reproached for dls- 1 nion?secession. It is the basis for < tie charge of treason, of disrupting 1 he union, of violating the const!tu- < Ion, of rebellion, of making war on < tio United States. It must not be for- ? otton that there is a wide difference ( etween secession and.relielllon. The t )Uth made no war on the States re- t mining in the union. Secession leant disunion so far as the seceding * tates were concerned, but it neither fi leant war or rebellion. It meant a > nion intack so far as all the States * 'ere concerned which did not secede, 1 nd a union, too, under the constltu- ? Ion. As the States entered the union, I ncii finder acts of ratification of its t wn so secession *' -$ " yea^^jftj It IS Cl y re? never we |?t? her OMtort*. she cried for OMtorl*. again, ?jl?, she clung to C'aetorlm ie themCMterU, Apply at U; mst H. H. JVVII ; , S. V,, THURSDAY and east, where it was for political, economical and industrial reasons sedulously agitated and inculcated up to the Mexican war, and the rights distinctly recognized by lus leading statesmen up to lstio. History ought not to allow them to slip this odium, if odium it be, from their shoulders to the shoulders of the. south. "Our children should know that the Confederate States, by the act of secession made, no war on the United States; that the War between the States was not relic 11 ion. It was the result of an elVorf, hv the I'nitoH States to coerce States against their will to remain in the union, a power not to be found in the constitution, a power which all the earlier lathers believed did not exist, a power utterly inconsistent with I lie right of secession, whieh it is believed all parts of the country recognized when the constitution was framed and for many years thereafter. "If tlie southern States had the power, notwithstanding the constitution, to withdraw from the union in 1803, in 1812 and in 1815, as New England statesmen then atllrined, they had the same power in 18(51. No change of the constitution iiad been made and the relation of the States to eacli other were unaltered, if that power existed at all, the expediency of withdrawing was one solely for each State to decide for Itself. "It was not a question of the control of the government or an economical or Industrial question; it was not a quest ion of preserving the balance of power or the equilibrium of the sections, such as was felt in New England when ilie Louisiana and Klnrida purchases were made and Texas acquired. It was a question of civilization, of constitutional liberty, of the preservation of the principles of tlie constitution; and the south when the alternative was presented of abandoning the principles of the constitution or giving up the union with alacrity, hut with deepest reluctance that the necessity existed, chose the latter. She was overcome; she has sulTercd, but she ought not to bo maligned or misrepresented. "I must not l>c misunderstood. This whole question <>r secession and disunion lias been forever settled, so far us the domain of constitutional law Is concerned. The decree was rendered at Appomattox and was written in the best blood of all sections of this land, it was rendered in the high court of last resort, where all laws but those of war are silent. From It no appeal can lie had except to revolution, which < Jod forbid., From the clear skies Ills blessed linger points to a restored union and His beniticient smile is spread all over the land where dwells a people, the strongest, the most enlightened, the most prosperous and happy to lie found on the habitable globe. In all our struggles we had not been forgotten. Ills mighty hand lias been felt, lifting us up from our calamities, chastened but made better and stronger by His loving kindness. "Slavery perished, like secession, as one of the incidents and results of the war. Thank God that It is gone for liver and that we have a reunited country under one llag, the emblem of i free people in an inseparable union >f coequal States and never destined, we pray God, to become the emblem >f imperial power at home or abroad, ir to lloat over vassal States and subject peoples anywhere against their will "We.are assemilled hero for no Ignoble ends. We arc here to revive 10 Issues settled by that unhappy conflict. Wo are not hero to defame Dtiiers or pervert or wrap the truth. We are not here to exaggerate or magnify the glory and virtues of one section of our common country at the jxpense of the other. We are here that mankind may not, forget nor falsehood nor calumny cloud or tarnish the calm judgment of posterity as to the sincerity of the motives and the Honorable conduct of Confederate i n *?? VVa a lllem /nin ^IaoI ha TX/IMIVH1. fl U (Hill III UVII llCilll V/ that our children may understand bhcse things that they may the more roverence their ancestry, that they may know of their suffering and sacrifices and be able to defend their good names, and proud of their achievements, emulate in the great struggles if the future, if such await our coy bry the fidelity, patriotism, love( if tiomc. and country attested by rne veterans of lMl on a hundred bloody battlefields. "Who would have them forget the Lees, the Johnstons, the Jaoksons and the Hills? Who would have them forget llragg, Ueauregard, Hardee, Price, Polk and Hood? Who would have bhem forget the great wizard of the laddies, I fed ford Porrest; and our own ittle Joe Wheeler, Pat Clehurn, the ainented Walthall and innumerable nthers? Who would have us forget die grand old man (Hen. John H. Gorion) yet witii us, and others still sparid and the hosts who made for them names that can never perisli from the sarth as long as genius and courage ind patriotism challenge the admiration of mankind? "Did any other people ever face ind overcome adversity as did the ton thorn people? The same spirit vhlch gave her armies unity, power ind endurance followed the survivors lack Into civil life to point the way of i new birth such as no other country uis ever experienced. The south gave /O her armies all of her male popula, ? Including beardless boys and tiejialred men, and they went from f walk, profession, calling and I'm In llfo. Neither the bench, Djpulplt nor the institutions of fng were spared, All answered 'alacrity and determination the ' ) arms. When the war closed Of were n?nc upon whom to kVV uV't the ex-Oonfcdcrate soldier, vas who took up the new prob n. ' jB? flB|* He ATW vC_> , MAY '28, 1HOH. leni s which the changed conditions of his desolate land presented. Standing by the graves of his comrades, inspired by their noble deeds, chastened and disciplined by the horrors, self- j denial ami sufferings of war, encouraged by the high achievements of his revolutionary sires, and loving venera- ! tlon the traditions of his anecastry, \ Interwoven as they were with the his| tory of his beloved south, undismayed ; hut hampered by the prejudices and i passions which the war had left, be- J j hind, lie began the work of rebuilding her shattered fort unes and rehabilitating her dismantled commonwealth. Hut as the south had fought for the principles of local self-government and ! lost, so in the disjointed logic of , 'the time she was to be denied its application in the recstahllshmcnt of her State govrnmcnt. The great I north sent the carpetbagger, who, aided by those who had never oxj ereised the simplest rights of el Liz mi ship, were expected to set up and ! administer such governments as I were lit, for a people who, for | neatly thrccquarters of a century had, in the main, guided and directed the splendid progress a ml development of i.he great republic. The riotous ! and debauched condition Into which a ' lielnless and dofonei'lesK nonnli* win-.. I j plunged by this characterless horde of j insatiable comornnts who assembled at | our State capitals to blaspheme the very name to civil government and plot schemes to oppress a fallen foe that they might prolong their opportunities for peculation, must be ! left for the future historian in the int rest of truth and as a lesson to posterity and as a warning to us all that there is no freedom where one man is permitted to govern others 1 against their wills, to drag away the , sheet that covers the rotten corpse of ;econstruction. If fell, as in the nature of things it could not endure. "With the smith's overwhelming problem still unsolved she has, nevertheless, under the auspices of her own ! people, fallen into safe and peaceful j If not happy and prosperous times. I lor sons and daughters have resumed i their rightful station and whatever y the future has in store of good for j i her must rest upon the trains and j I charactcrisetics of her people. She will he patient, she will he prudent. 1 j To all the knightly and queenly vlr- 1 tues she will hold fast, trusting to ^ Ood and the future for the noble and the good. The south will not despair. "Greed of gain and lust of power, ' culminating in plutocratic usurpation ^ of all the branches of the government has never found favor or encourage- J ment here. Our population, Anglo- 1 Saxon still, has never bceu dominated ^ b> foreign elements. Ignorant and * careless of the principles of our government and the practice of our fathers. 1 We still have our splendid inheritance ' except sis modi lied -let us believe for the better?by war. I believe as I ^ live, that if our Institutions are to be :| preserved, much, so much, will depend ' upon this goodly south of ours. Our v deepest concern should be for a better 11 and more righteous natioaal charae- ^ ter. All tile bounteous elements of* 1 earth and sky beckon us away from the base fascination of pelf which dishonors and destroys our country. "Let us invito all her people into paths of law and order, inculcating peace, and keep alive our sense of justice and human freedom and let all our advancement and growth i>e eharctcrizcd by such a recognition of the rights of man as shall make iter people feel that the blessings of Providence are theirs, under a government of just and equal laws. "May our beloved southland build all her temples, not upon the shifting quicksands of selfish expediency, but upon the everlasting principles of right. Let us not forget that in the great armory of Divine Providence, justice forges her weapons long before her battles arc fought; that in the everlasting courts of heaven every man must suffer the penalty of his disobedience and all nations the penalty of injustice and wrong. Whatever may be our burdens or calamities, let us bear them with that courage and fortitude that becomes a just and a great people, and may our children and our children's children be inspired Uwwalk along the very mountain ranges of an enlightened Christian civillation. alwavs in the nat.hw of fluty, and preserve and keep sacred t the same great qualities that made ? their ancestry respected and beloved t of mankind." 1 Wan Murdered. A dispatch from Langley to The N State says a gruesome picture present- J ed Itself to some passers-by Wednesday ( morning on the Langley dam about one-fourth mile from the mill. They * saw the body of a human heing lying 1 cold in death. Upon examination It nr ivorl t./i l<n t lio 1 wwl \t /.f l/?n Wnrl'i a negro man who has been iti the cmp?oy of the Langley Manufacturing company for a numberof years. Wert/, had been struck a heavy i)low on the hack of ids head and then Ids throat was out. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict to the effect that Wert/, came to his deatli by a violent attack by unknown parties. From n C'at Scratch. on the arm, to the worst sort of a hum, sore or boil, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is a quick cure. In buying Witch Ila/.el Salve, Ik; particular to get DeWitt's this Is the salve that heals without leaving a scar. A specltic for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Sold by Dr. E Norton. I ToCin I Take Laxative Bron j Seven MDBon kox?s 10M la poet 12 m iThe Komly-to Herve < maKes one chummy with good sle Wnxildrv't Bollevo tt Tim " 1 wouldn't lieHcve it till I tried It ' Force'I* ? cure for liisoumlm I im ntny nwiike night lifter night. Now I big bowlful of ' Force ' Ju?t before go bed, find sleep Slid I lisvc become friend* again. " L. L. Iiv*.? LEFT TO I'KHIXII. I Shocking Brutality of Ca; t. Fernandez of the Bark Vera Cruz. HE DESERTED HIS PASSENGERS Without Water anil fund. They Were <Th/.?mI and Dying Wtion llenciied 1>y ii Itoveime t 'ut t er. I All the resources of the secret service of the treasury depart meut are jelng brought into play to capture 1 Captain Furnuiuh the master of 1 >ark Vera Cruz III that was beachctl tear Ocraooke Inlet. N. C., more than f i week ago, with 117 starving Innnl- 1 ;rants on board. I' The story of the voyage of the Vera ' 'ru/.lll remains one of the days of ho slave ships. The immigrants are nat ives of Cape 1 k'erdc Islands. They were induced ocome to America by the fact that here Is a large and prospcious l'? rlu- ' ;uese sett lement in castern Massacliu- 1 etts. The brig of which Captain ( Fernandez was master, was owned In J he Cape Verde Islands. It is a very ' ild vessel and unseawort hy. The captain got his cargo of I mini- : [rants by sailing from point to point iround the islands. Most of tlicm >akl exorbitant passage money, ail 1 vhen they went on hoard deposite 1 ' ill tlie funds tliey possessed in the ' vojrld with the captain for safekeepng. The brig was inadeipiately profitcifinnfl lltlfl C/'Olit i; ennnlu ""lii.f ' ""I * '"."."'J " , iid the immigrants were packed to;ether like cattle. The ship made ! >ad weather mostof t he time, and the 1 aptain was intoxicated during the rip. The destination of the brig vas New Iled ford and t lie vessel had 1 t small cargo of oil. She met adverse vinds and was blown out of her 1 worse and the provisions which hud icon scarce at the start, soon ran so ow that the Immigrants were put on 1 me meal a day. Water also ran out and for several lays prior to the beaching of the V era 3ru7. in Ocracoke Inlet, not a man, voman or child among the imml;rants had a drop to drink. Thecapaffvsald that he would run intoOcrawke to get food and water, and would hen proceed to S:cw lied ford. When tike ship went asiHU'fc he Imnedlately disappeared, made his way -o the mainland arid no trace keen had of ITfm since. He took with " dm tiie seamen's wages, the passage noney paid by the immigrants and nore than $f?,()00 in c.ash that had >een intrusted to his care by 'the passengers. When the life saving service went iO the assistance uf the Vera Cruz ant Sunday a scone was presented imjosslblc of description. Scarcely a K)ul on board tiie brig that was able ,o stand. They were almost skeletons 'roin the lack of food, their tongues vere swollen with thirst, most.of them verc crazed from drinking salt water, md all were violently ill. In the unergeney <|iilek action was necessary md the revenue cutter lloutwell, at N'orfolk, was sent to the assistance of -lie crew and passengers. When the immigrants received food ,hclr stomach refused to retain it, tnd the whole 117 had to bo carefully nirsed back to life. They were finally emoved to Newborne, where they vcre l)OU8ed In a large building, vhirh was inadequate for their accomodation, and inanv were sent to ,he hospital. There they have re- : nained for several days, while the i rcasury department has been busy ,rying to solve the problftn what to lo with these aliens cast away on the ihores of I'nitcd States. Bertram M. Stump, an immigrant nspector, and Surgeon (ilover, of the mmigratlon service at Baltimore, , vere sent to the assistance of the imnigrants, and Mr. Stump made t report suggesting that the tax of re a Cold in On lO Quinine Tablets, yfl omh*. This signature, ^ - V* I NO. m Dumps had scarcely slept a night he'd toss about and But that's all past he'll ne'er endure Insomnia. He's found a cure I I "Force." At night, when * lights arc dim, 30thes the nerves of 14 Sunny I ?p' iHHiyski 1 2 ,\ head on each Immigrant be waived, it i k I ii at I hoy be transported to New Bedford, where most ( I' them haw Blends. Inspictnr Slump, in his report received at the treasury dopnlmeiil Wednesday says: 1 "The inaiii li s! Ing < f pissciigcrs was U false, the captain took all tlie money f lie could lay lus hands on, and, frouif' the statements of those examined, half starved them, was intoxicated most of t he time, and they Mud themselves here in a most, pitahlc condition. Assistant Surgeon (ilovcr and myself are still of the opinion that the best thin# to do is to have these people transported, preferable by sea, to some point in Massachusetts, where I hey can coimmiideate with t heir relatives and friends. The crew are also lhsolutely without funds, and with no possibility of shipping from this point. ' I respectfully urge that you make tome arrangements, by Monday next Lo have them moved from here. The head tax money and lines for not prop rly manifesting aliens cannot be settled at present for the reason that t here Is no representative of the bar\(Mitiiic here. The agents In New I ted ford disclaim any responsibility. "The treasury department authorized inspector Stump to make arrangements for the all-rail transportation >f the immigrants to New Bedford, ' md the t reasury department will pay Liio bills. It is quite likely that the whole matter will cost the government it, least $20,000. Killed lor Ills .Money. The body of Frank Whitaker, an jld resident, was found Tuesday in Llie water at Sweeney's wharf at Key West, Fla. On examination four wounds wore found on the head, either :?f which would have caused death. The coroner's jury boarded the schooner New Venice which was lying at the wharf, the body was found and the dead man's hat and that the deck was covered with blood. The coroner's investigation resulted in the arrest of Fred Fvcrett. An examination id Ids clothing showed it was stained wltli blood. It was also known tljat ho had no money Monday night, hut deposited with various parties Tuesday $200 for safe-keeping. Several others were arrested and will lie held as witnesses. Mouth Ciirolinn'H War Showing. I, In .. nnnl ? i u m a maitvi ui iciuru tiuio tins State furnished to the armies of the Confederacy nearly 10,000 men more than the voting population of the State in I800. The census of the United States shows that at that time there were in tills State 55,040 men over the age of 31. The records of the Witr. department of the Confederacy show that tills State furnished 01,008 men for service. J()f that number 24,248 died in battle, in the hospitals and in the prisons. Nearly onehalf of the State's troops never came home after they set out to <vstabllsh a government which they thought to be their acme of civic organization.? The State. Itnrnt Thcni I'p. Thirteen hundred slot machines, valued at $125,000, were publicly burned on Tuesday in Philadelphia by the order of the director of public safety. < >f these machines 700 were captured in raids made by the law and order society and 000 were confiscated by the police authorities. Served .11 iin Ul^ht. Dr. Poland Dorr Kent of Rochester, N. Y., was sentenced on Monday to 20 years imprisonment for inducing Miss Dingle, a trained nurse, to commit suicide. They had agreed to kill themselves. She carried out the agreement, hut he cut his throat and got well. Mrs. Kent, the wife, has I nu>i no twc\ o lV.?lr ^wv/>i>v unntiiv V ? VI U?JV> (UKU I . Twelve Killed. A special dispatch from Madrid announces that during a bullfight Sunday at Algocleres the amphitheatre collapsed and twelve persons were killed and fifty injured. Several women and children were gored by the hull. e Day 1 ? ^ M .