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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-23

Fruit and trucking lands, i'm
proved and unimproved, eligibIy To-
Gated on the line of the N. Y, +. Il
N. Il. r., NOW for sale Cheap.
Also, seaside farms with oysters,
fish and wild fowl privileges unsur-
passed on easy terms.
Aud town lots for business men
at the new stations on the railroad
constantly on hand ut reasonable
rates. Send for circular.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-23


When the United States purchased
Alaska OF Russia the amount paid was
seven millions Of dollars, or one nine
teen -twentieths of Il cent per acre.
~ often feel an aching void" re-
marked Young Filzpercy 10 Miss Su-
sic ~ am sorry YOU are troubled
with chronic headache" replied the
girl, synpatlleticaliy.
Pcnorts to the Illinois state board of
;, o-,.;c,,l,,,re chow thai the arprerate
a '.t;3a,d ~ No, in tIa :, ote for16e Year
, S, III h m al,N,, "a tlnn l,rln bushels nm
WILL y. "D ,.;sid ,or ara of unusually
i - ,'., I,',,..,, } 'e-'' ~ ~
n',e oe''S r.. .,o,z
Many n ,'.,.a ..'I law ,.I,,, i was
.eI,p. ,,ro MaJ While I,e who has re-.
W oe P' Wv ax,,lnsivnness bv orea, Of.
far nine n.1 timns las the reputation of
baino . fiery tenpewI mai, because
the ,TvuuIlite got the better Of him on
the teuth
~ at.,to Goro, soc;o.v Of California
ane SUI r no "e ,,eSs toll the mos,
a. rc - 4,,a ,o oslnni;on ~ nationa]
Sion ~ ia T.,o e,,ni,oyor il w,s stateS
,,'os ei,a onIv 1nwer t1,at conId he cor,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-23

suouIscives 10 some Other new conner.
They who took Paul out Of Fair Ha-,
vens will be of no help To him when
he gets into the breakers Of Melita.
remark again, as lesson learned
from the text, that it is dangerous to
refuse the counsel OF competent advi-
sers. Paul told them not to go out
with that ship. They thought he
knew nothing about il. They said:
He is only minister" Taey went,
and the ship wns destroyed. There
are great many people who now say
OF ministers: "They know nothing
about the world. They cannot talk to
us!" All, my friends, it is not neces-
sary to have the Asiatic cholera before
you can give it medical treatment in
others It is not necessary to have
your own arm broken before you can
know how to splinter fracture. And
we who stand in the pulpit, and in the
Office OF u Christian teacher, know that
there are certain styles OF belief and
certain kinds of behavior that will
lead to destruction rs certainly as Paul
enem that if that ship went out Of
Fair Havens it would go to destruc-
ton. Rejoice, 0 young man. in
thy youth; and let thy heart cheer
thee in the dayssof thy youth: but
gl1noW, thou that, for. all these things
God will bring thee into Judgment
We may not know much, but we know
that
Young people refuse the advice OF
parents. They say: Father is over
suspicious, and mother is getting old. "
But these parents have been on the
sea of life. They know where the
storms sleep, and during their voyage
have seen thousand battered hullis
marking the place where beauty
burned, and intellect foundered, and
morality sank They are old sailors,
having answered many signal Of
distress, and endured great stress Of
weather, and gone scudding under
bare poles; and the old folks know
what they are talking about. Look at
that man-in his cheek the glow Of
internal fires. His eye flashes not as
once with thought, but with low pas
sion. His brain is sewer through
which impurity floats, and his heart
the trough III which lust wallows and
drinks. Men shudder as the leper
passes, and parents cry, "Wolfl wolff"
Yet ho once said the Lords Prayer at
his mothers knee, and against that in
iquitous brow once pressed pure
mothers lip. But lie refused her
counsel. he went where euroclydons
have their lair. He foundered on the
sea, while all hell echoed at the roar
Of the wreck: Lost Paciicsl Lost Pa
cificsl
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-23
A zig British War Shin.

Tie new British war ship, Royal
Sovereign. work upon which has be-
gun at Portsmouth dockyard. will, it
IS said, be the largest war ship i'll the
world. The vessel is TO be completed
for sea. with all guns and stores on
board, bv 1893. The Royal Sovereign
is one oflthe four lrinored battle ships
OF IA, 600 tons burden which are TO be
built under the special programme.
She is to carry four siXty-seven ton
guns of thirteen and one-half inch
caliber, arranged in two barhctlcs and
supported by powerful battery of six
inch and quick firing guns.
Tile Royal Sovereign vii! be $50 feet
in length, rs feet in beam, and 2tt
feet in draugllt, with displacement
of ID, $50 tons. She will far exceed in
weight any ship hitherto built for the
British navy AT the water line she
will be protected by an arrnor belt
eight and one-half feet broad. extend
ing over two-thirds Of her length, and
having a maximum thickness OF
eighteen inches. Tie arnior OH the
barbcttes will be seventeen inches
thick, while the protection Of the guns
and their crews in the auxiliary anna
mcnt as well as the ammunition sup
ply has been devised to meet the de-
velopment in high explosives and
quick firing guns. The ships engines
will have a maximum power OF $4,000
horses under forced clrauglt and.9, 1000
under natural drauglt. The speed
with closed stolleholes is estimated at
seventeen knots an hour; with open
stolleholes at sixteen knots an hour.
The coal supply,of the Royal Sovcr-
cien will be 800 tons, enabling her to
cruise 5000 miles ut the rate Of ten
knots an hour.-Detroit free Press.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

carts and carriages, that they have
picked cotton, hoed corn, shaved
white men, BACKED boots and
would do it again to save their
head from the official guilIotine and
keep their places in society.
All work is honorable; complaint
is not made about the character of
work, these toploftical and BRAIN
less asses have engaged in, at some
time in their lives, complaint is
made that they showed by their
conduct, give the appearance that
they are better, cleaner, purer,
holier and more perfect in every
way than culinary mortals. | we'll
know that this practice obtains
only among a certain class of both
white and black people, in this as
we'll as in other cities and states,
who are not used to high living,
good clothes and government posi-
tiOns. And it is only when the
executive boot toe is applied to the
lower extremity of their anatomy,
that they come to their naturals
and express a willingness to shake
hands with and speak to common
people.
We run up against them every
day; we see them sneaking Into
high priced gineries, we meet them
at the opera, on the Boulevard, in
high priced teams, dressed within
an inch of their lives. They would
give five dollars a meal if they
could dine at Williards or Worm
leys, or the Arlington they crowd
themselves where they are not
wanted and when kicked out they
fall back on their color and raise a
great hue and cry about being
inSulted on account of their color.
They 60 to white churches and sit
in the galleries, they pay fancy
prices to white men for work that
colOred men can do equally as well
and at one half the prices they pay.
They smoke Is cent cigars and are
Oftimes in arrears with their wash
women and hand ladies. They
are great fools and Washington
has more than is quota. Do you
recognize the animal?
BRUCE GRIT.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15
WIN. E. CHANDLER.

As we predicted some time ago
that Hon. VIM. E. Chandler would
be renominated, the republican
caucus of the New Hampshire Leg
isIature met Thursday evening and
by 125 votes, Mr.. Chandler re-
ceived the republican nomination.
The great defender Of the rights OF
the oppressed Negro will be return
ed again to the United States Sc
nate.
Mr.. Chandler stands today the
greatest champion of the civil and
political rights of the American
Negro and not since the days of
Charles Sumner have we had such
true defender. Mr.. Chandler
will return to the city next month
and on his return he will be sere-
naded by the citizens of this city,
under the auspices Of the John
Sherman and VIM. Z. Chandler
Leagues. 1t is the purpose of these
leagues to make the reception to
Mr.. Chandler one of the grandest
in the history Of the district.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15
BRUCE GRITTISMS.

In the paly of Rip Van Wrinkle,
there occurs q passage which con
tains more truth than poetry it is
this :-"When we are dead and
gone how soon are we forgOttt ~
How painfully true are these pa
thetic lines of Rip Van Wrinkle.
How many of us remember those
we once knew in the flesh who have
long ago gone over to the silent
majority? And yet man doesn't
have to die to be forgotten in these
days by the friends of his youth.
In these busy times it is an easy
thing to forget old faces and old
conditions. Those we once knew
we'll and intimately pass over on
the other side of the street or ele-
vate their noses to an angle of As
degrees when they see us coming
in order not to come in contact
with us. Like the Lord High Ex-
ecutloner in Mikado, they say
"hOwdy" do under protest and
with all effort when we accidentally
run up against them in the street
or when we meet them in public
gatherings. They are entirely OBJ
liviouS of the fact that we ever
lived, they seem to forget that we
know them. They try to impress
us with the idea that they were
born with silver spoons in their
mouths, that their cradles were
lined with silk plush, that they
never tasted corn, bread, or salt
herring, that they always wore
broad cloth and fue linen, that
their lives are spotless and guile
less, that they never waited on ia
BILE or drove slop carts; never saw
cotton grow or help to pick it and
yet we know that many of these
sap headed fools who are putting
on the airs of millionaires Oh sala-
ries ranging from $4,000 to 81, 900
per aDnum, were not born with sill
yer spoons in their mouths, that
their cradles were not lined with
silk plush, that they were raised
on corn bread and fish, that they
wore shOddy clothing, that they
are not perfect and never can be.
that some of them still wait on
white mems tables (and it's no dis
grace) that they have driven dirt
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

enough to exasperate intelligent
men who wore the blue, and who
know that these living arch traits
ors owe their lives and the liber-
ty they now enjoy to the magnan-
nifty of the Federal Government.
The Velligesent Rosser, we mag
inc is more handy with his mouth
than with firearms, now or at any
previous time of his life. IF union
ex, soldiers are to be Stayed with
the jaw-bone of an ass, we warn
them to look out for the redoubta-
BILE and harmless Rosser. jeff
DAVIS, Genl. Rosser and all who
think as they think, should be
buried close to Benedict Arnold
or Judus Iscariot.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15
REV. DERRICK.
cleveland GaZette.)

In aletter to the editor of this paper,
dated MAY Goth, he writes: "Con-
tinue to throw shot shot" through
The Gazette into the lines of the
enemy. You are doing good work
for the race. You will ever find me
standing i'm the front of the battle
We heartily endorse the appoint.
ment of Lynch and Townsend to
Office, and know that they have
pleased our people, Yet the Pres
1dent can do nothing that will
make himself and the Republican
party more popular with the masses
of our people throughout the coun-
try than the appointment of Prof.
James Monroe Gregory, of Howard
University, as Recorder of Deeds
for the District of Columbia. Greg
ory more truly represents the
young, progressive and intelligent
element of the race than any of
the many District candidates for
the appointment mentioned. The
race does not demand nor particu-
larly desire the appointment to Of
fee of either Douglass or Bruce,
both of whom have made them.
selves rich at the public crib upon
the strength Of their connection
with race.
We have nothing to say detri.
mental to Prof. j. M Gregory,
but strange to say how some men
can 50 soon forget what they
have said and written in the in
terest. OF other candidates.
Rev. Derrick also wrote a letter
April 18th indorsing another
District man for che Recorder
ship and in that letter Rev. Der
rick states that his appointment
will be acceptable to the South.
Rev. Derrick is running with the
hare and hunting with the hound
Douglass does not represent the
Negro, but so far as Mr.. Bruce is
concerned, Mr.. Derrick is in error
when he says that the race is op-
posed to him. We are opposed
to knaves and men who are false
to their pledges. Rev. Derrick
should reflect.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

Brown the chief messenger on
the Secretary's floor, of the Interi-
or Department, is one of The few
democrats with Crib on this ad-
ministratlon. Shortly after Mr..
Cleveland's election, Mr.. Brown
declared that "we democrats are
iu for 20 years, that the Republi-
can party from Abe Lincoln down
We're a set cf thieves and scoun-
dre,s." Chief Clerk Dawson thinks
it Wonld be PUBLIC calamity to
remove Mr.. Brown for saying
these things. lie says he is one of
the most intelligentmen In the De
partment, and it could not gel
along without him. Should Mr..
Brown die We assume that that
branch of the government would
suspend operation indefinitely until
another MIR. Brown was raised up
TO set the machinery in motion.
We don't believe in temporizing
with blatant democrats who have
republican influence behind them.
There seems to be number of
such i'll the Interior Departm ent.
who occupy places which good
honest republicans should have.
Eugene Higgins once said, that
the greatest offence against a dis
charge employee of the Treasury
was that he was Republican.
We want to see white and colored
Democrats in the public service
treated alike, we know plenty of
them, and we shall wait to see
what We shall see.
MIR. Brown as we have before
stated resigned his place in the
Dist. Fire Department because Ne
groes were admitted. We want to
see no discrimination made be-
tween eolored and white Demo
Gratis, treat all alike.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

Tomorrow morning being T,i,..
Sunday, special services Will i;iI'nty
held In St. Mary's P.E Cbn. n, 9e
23d ST., between G and IJTTuP,h' n
N. W. Rev. Walter f. Er..5' S,I
clergyman in charge. 0'FSII,
The following programme !,
music will be rendered. Va,,;;I ~
In ID, Boyce-Te-Demm in '''l,' u
Alxamora-Jubilate A in BIZ a. ~
zamora. Hymns 142. 13s I95 a,'
and an 189 from the IlymnaI nv, 1Io
Choir is composed of m;rog 1u5
voices; Mrs. sallie Waring ~.asl aaj
Miss Virgie Lewis, Soprap9-V;aul u
Alverta Lewis ContraIto-U'r,.@s
Lewis and J. A. johnson, Tsns.
j. VIM. Cole TDirect0rl and y
K. Brodie, Basso, Frank = =
Jones, Organist. Miss Warm,
will sing during the olfen,o,.
The evening Service vii be ra,ti.
Choral, and mainly devoted to
song.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15
HOW'S THISl

We offer Ore Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot b..
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cnre.
F.J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last ID years, and believe
him perfectly honorable i'm all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
ont any obligations made by their firm.
West & TruaX, Wholesale Druggist, To
led0, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggist, O.
E. II. Van Hoesen, Cashier, Toledo Ma
tiOnal Bunk, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting dir city upon the bi' u and mu.
Gus surfaces of the system. Testimonial
sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by
all Druggist.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

Some obscure, patent out side
sheets whose names and locations
is of small importance, undertakes
to lecture the editor of the BEE,
for defending the administration,
and for being candidate for an
office. We hope these papers will
permit us to forget that they are
in existence. We have no desire
or inclination to engage In de
bate with them upon questions
about which they know SO little,
and are therefore incompetent to
treat in any intelligent manner.
When it Is remembered how lit
lie influence the back wood editors
wields with the governing power,
either at home or abroad, it will
be clear to those seeking notori-
ETY. a. Cur expense, why we dis
miss their harmless mutterings in
this fashion.
nj. De Chambrum a distinguish
ed writer on constitutional law,
speaking of the Executive power
says: "The President is elected by
the people; the constitution con-
fers upon him large powers
What purpose would this election
subserve, and of what avail would
be those powers, if the chief mag
istrate was obliged to surround
himself with a council organized
for the purpose of governing in
his name? He would then neces-
sarily become the Instrument OF
Congress, and be constrained to
yield necessarily. His situation
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

Hon. E. 2. McCabe Ex-state
auditor of Kansas is in the city,
where his wife is undergoing a
system of medical treatment by
one of our distinguished physi, !,
clans. Mr.. McCabe enjoys the dis
tinetion Of being one of the brain
est, ablest, and most popular col
ored republican in the North,
whose brilliant record as County
Clerk and state Auditor in Ken
sas has gathered around him a
host of young, loyal, aggressive
and intelligent republicans, The
press and the people of his state
are proud of him, and the colored
press throughout the north are
looking to see what the new ad
ministration will offer him, in
the hope that he may receive a
representative place. Mr.. McCabe
is a man of liberal education,
pleasing manners, towering indi~
viduality and represents what it
is possible for prudence, study,
and application will accomplish.
If leaders were in order, we
should unhesitatlngly point to Mr..
McCabe as having the prerequ-
sites.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

would soon be rendered intolera-
BILE, elected by, and morally re.
sponsible to the people, he would
be compelled to let his Council
govern in order to satisfy the
legislative power" While new
Republican parties in the South,
and the one man idea which orig
mated in Virginia, if given en-
couragement, will break up the
national Republican party quickly
and effectively.
Let the President exercise his
power unhampered aud unpledg-
ed to either white or black, repub
Iicans north or south. Let him
execute, or cause to be executed
the laws upon the statue books and
carry out the letter and spirit Of
the platform upon which he was
elected. This is all any reasonable
man asks or expects of this admins
tration. Sensible colored men are
not expecting special consideration
they simply ask for Justice and
equality in the matter of Federal
patronage. IT the Civil service
idea is to obtain where Negroes
ask for recognition we see no just
reason why it may not be applied
to voters during political CAM
paigns.
If a man is qualified to vote
his party into power, he ought to
be entitled to enjoy the fruits of
his labor. BY standing as a can~
didate for a place under this ad-
ministration, we do not thereby
surrender one jDt of our man
hood. We believe the Negro will
get justice at Mr.. Harrison's
hands for many reasons. We are
willing at least to give him a fair
trial and to judge him for his
acts. No word of censure will be
uttered against HIM until we are
reasonably convinced that he de-
serves it. The insinuations of dis
appointed aspirants for place an
power as to his intentions respect
ing the Negro Contingent of the
Republican party, will not inftu
ence us one way or the other. We
shall speak Of the man as we find
him. At present we have no
accusations TO bring against him,
and no word of advice to give
him because we are assured that b
has intelligent and comprehensive
grasp of the situation, and that if
not haunted to death he will do
his duty as God gives him the
ability TO understand it.
If he should adopt the methods
of the political statesmen, whose
chief ambition is to hold office he
would soon break up the party,
at whose head he stands, aud to
which he is responsible 70
his stewardship. Ii he is left to
himself and wisely and judicious-
ly sustained, he will yet bring or
der out of chaos, and strengthen
the bulwarks of liberty.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15
HON. ROBERT SMALLS.

The President has at last recog-
nized a good man in the per-
son of the gallant captain Robert
Smalls, the hero of the planter,
whose appointment as Collector of
the Port Of Beaufort, S. G., will
have the affect of inspiring conf.
dence in this administration and
spreading CONSERVATION among
the schools of cushion fish in the
political waters of the Palmetto
State. Captain Smalls has made a
grand record and the attempt of a
few little fellows to break it will
act as a boomerang upon them.
He Will be found to be a hard man
to defeat in the black district of
S. c., and we advise aspiring poll
ticians from there to be careful how
they monkey with a buzz saw.
The following from the ''Post''
will show that a worthy man and
a brave soldier has been recogniz-
ed:
Mr.. Smalls, collector at Beaufort,
S. c., was born in Beaufort April
5, 1889, and lived at that place
until thirteen years of age, when
he removed to Charleston, remain.
ing there until the 18th of May,
1862, when he captured the rebel
steamer Planter, with a crew of
nine men and ammunition for Fort
Ripley. He served as a pilot on
the Monitor Keokuk in the famous
attack on Charleston, April Z, '63,
and was still a pilot in the Navy
when on the 1st of December, 1868,
he guided the steamer he had cap
tured up the Sound with supplies
for the Federal troops, then on
Morris Island under Gen. @. A.
Gilmore. While passing Sccess-
ionville, on James Island, a terrif
ic fire was opeued on the steamer
and it's captain deserted her. Mr..
Smalls took charge of the vessel
and brought her safely to the Fed
eral troops, for which act of brav~
cry he was given a commission as
captain. He commanded the YES
sci until the close of the war, and
then returned to Beaufort in 1866,
entering politics year later. He
was elected to the constitutional
convention of the State in January,
1868, and afterwards went to the
State legisla ure and senate. He
served in the Forty fourth and
Forty-fifth Congresses, and though
elected to the two succeeding Con
crosses the certificate was given to
George D. TiIman. Mr. Smalls
was defeated for the nomination in
the forty~eighth Congress, Mr.. E.
w. M. Mackey being elected, but
upon his death Mr.. Smalls was
chosen to fill the unexrired term,
and was re elected to the Forty
ninth Congress. He claimed an
election to the Fiftieth Congress,
but the certificate was given to Nj.
Elliott, who successfully defended
his seat against the contest. Mr..
Smalls has had considerable expe-
rience i'll customs matters, having
been special inspector i'll that
bureau when Mr. Sherman was
Secretary of the Treasury.
He was also elected delegate
to every National Republican CON
yentiOn and at the last convention
when Mr.. Sherman withdrew, he
voted for Mr.. Harrison.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

If JEFF Davis and Genl. Rosser
bad been hung Immediately after
the war of the rebellion as they
should have been, and ought now
to be, the southern ex-confeder-
ates would, perhaps, be better
prepared to abide by the results
of the war. But with Davis pass
ing as a Demi-God and martyr
and Rosser ran ing aid raving
about the bravery and heroism
OF the traitors who attempted TO
destroy the union it is quite
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

Prof. (0 Ceasar A. Taylor, who
is burdened with a ponderous
array Of titles and a large dose OF
conceit, is amusing large crowds
of white people at the cor. of 7th
ST., and Pa. ave., by tradueing
the Negro and praising Fred.
Douglass. This fellow Taylor
has Won considerable notoriety
as the discoverer of He'll and is
the ouly man in the U. S., who
has been able to give the exact
dimensions of the cheated hence"
Some people call Taylor a -.
The Washington bee., 1889-06-15

The Washington Bee scertainly trying
to stand in with Uncle Sam. We think
when men want Office they should come
out boldly and ask fer it. we hope you
will be successful Bro. Chase....Ag gitator
If a man defends that which is
right, the presumption is that he
is an office seeker. We defend what
we believe to be right and just.
We have the most abiding faith
in the administration, the Agitator
to the contrary Notwithstanding,