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Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
AMBASSADOR PoRTER's EXCUSE
Why He Didn't Appear on Time at tht
 Breakfast Given for Him.

When our minister, Horace Porter. arrived in Paris, writes Eli Perkins, the American colony, headed by Dr.. Tyng, gave him breakfast at the Grand hotel. The breakfast was at II o'clock and all Paris was talking about it. Well, the hour finally arrived, the breakfast was steaming hot and the whole colony were assembled, but 10 minister appeared. Imagine dinner and a speech awaiting Horace Porteri
 At 11:30 Dr. Tyng sent his son post haste to the American legation. When he entered Porter's private reception room, to his amaZement he found the general in full morning dress, hat in hand, sitting on Q chair fast asleep. When awakened the general rubbed his eyes and half-dazed exclaimed:
 What time is it:''
 Eleven thirty said young Tyng, and they're waiting for you" Hurriedly jumping into a cab our minister rushed to the breakfast and took his seat at the right of Dr. Tyng. Locking down the smiling table the general said: My dear American friends. I am grieved at my delay. I want to apologize to you all for my seeming discourtesy of being late, but I have an excuse and you must let me give it. Many of you know that Dr. Tyng used to be our family clergyman. My wife had a pew in his church and every Sunday morning about this hour, Il o'clock, we occupied that pew, awaiting Dr. Tyng to commence his sermon. Brother Tyng's sermon was an hour Of sweet res. to me. It was so soothing that 1 often dozed away till awakened by the benediction- Well, when Il o'clock came today Dr. Tyng was on my mind. When l sat down in the chair the old force of habit came back to me ard 1 was lost in sweet sleep"
 When the laughter subsided General Porter said: ''Dr. Tyng will vouch for what 1 have said and he will renen- Der how he once came to me in New York and said:
 General, 1 do rot blame you for sleeping. Indeed, 1 am not fully sat isfied with my sermons myself. Now, what shall I do with them? Shall l put more fire into them?'
 We'll I said, ii might be well for the clergy generally to put more fire into their sermons, but in some cases it would be better to put more sermons in the fire New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
CAPT. WINFIELD SCOTT'S RECORD. He Was a Gallant Soldier in the
 Civil War.

Few officers of the regular army or
 volunteers have as bTillian. a war rec ord as Captain Winfield Scott, the nom inee of the republican party for the as- sembly He raised company under President Lincoln's first call for S00,0 900 men. in Seneca county, N. Y. In seven days from the date Of his authorization to recruit a company ne reported a. Geneva, N r., the rendezvous of the regiment, with a hundred men, A brass band, glee club. fourteen gradu- ates of commercial colleges enlisted as privates in his company The whole company was composed of the best young men in the county. His first lieutenant was Thomas R. Rounsbury, a graduate of Yale, and at present a professor in Yale college His regi- ment, tEa One Hundred and Twenty sixth New York, was mustered into the United States service August P, 1862, and On September 12 was engaged in
 battle at Harper's Ferry with Some wall Jackson's corps. Captain Scott
 was commended for conspicuous gal lantry in the fight on Maryland Heights "a heavy force making a flank charge
 to the breastworks held by the Union forces.
 The charge had to be made up the
 side Of the mountain at an angle of
 about 90 degrees. The point attacked
 was held by Captain Scott's company
 The captain changed the front of the
 company and waited until the enemy
 was within five or six rods from him
 when his ma3n poured in a volley and
 made counter charge upon them and
 swept them down the hill. He fought
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12

And then there was a coffer dam, Which, inexperienced as I am,
 I dare not slightly mention, And wires electIic-what their need Or use, cannot say indeed; But they belong, it is agreed, To every new invention. When all was done, he calmly sat As some contented, stately cat
 Sits gravely looking at us, And waited fer the fateful day When he should reap the golden pay Resulting from the opera sion Of his apparatus The process turned out cheap but slow; He saw the seasons come and go With patient desperation, While l.ravely he would still repeat To all the explanation neat, That his solution was complete, But lacked precipitation. His eyes grew dim, his hair grew white His creditors forgot him quite; The speculative fever Had ceased, except in him, to burn They did not even care to turn, And got the leaky old concern Attached to receiver. At last there came a stormy day When a great wind laid bare the bay nest uncommon antic- And what was more, the hurricane Banked up the dunes along the main, So that no drop came back again Out Of the vast Atlantic The aged mining engineer At this catastrophe, 1 hear, Was staggered for a minute But science was net long at fault; After a transitory halt He mined that coffer dam for salt, And found fortune in it,
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
Ring Up Telephone 63

three to one, but the counter charge was so impetuous that nothing could resist 1t. Captain Scott was sevsrely wounded with an ounce muske. ball in the right leg, just below the knee The i ball bedded itself in the back part O. the head Of the tibia but did not break the leg. The captain paid no atten- tion to it but finished his charge, re- placed his men in line, reported to his commanding officer, and refused to leave the field, but remained until he became faint from loss Of blood and was ordered to the rear by his com maEdiEg officer. There were five bull let holes in his rants besides the shot in his shin.
 The forces holding Harpers Ferry and commanded by Colonel Miles of the regular army, who was killed, was sur rendered tn Jackson September 15, and parCled. The regiment was exchanged in December following and Captain Scott, on crutehes, reported the first Of January to Secretary Stanton in Washington for duty, and was permit ted, after an urgent request, to join his regiment at Union Mills, Va, near the old Bull Run battle ground For two months he did full duty on crutchas drilling his company, marching two miles through Virginia mud to the picket lire, as captain of the picket going oyer the line by day and night, as required, and was never off duty a sin gle day. The first of March in a com petitive drill of the division, command ed by General Abercrombie, the cap tain and his company won in the con test and his company was made pro vest guard ot the division, and the capeain assistant provost marshal. He held this position until the army Of the Potomac reached Centeryille on its march to Gettysburg.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
WORK ON THE CoMsTOCK.
A Project to Unwater the Deep Work
 ings Of the Mine.

Almarin B. Paul suggests in an ar ticle in the Mining and Scientific Press that if the money proposed to be spent in unwatering the ComStock, Nev., lode, with view to deeper mining thereon, were expended elsewhere in developne2t work in Nevada on pos sibIa new Comstock5 it would be of more value to that commonwealth. He also implies that the Comstock is a has been" and that further money spent there will be without satisfactory result.
 That intelligent expenditure Of mon-
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
THE TERRITORIAL BRAND BOOK
ready and will bs sent to any address receipt of price, $25O which includes the Qartery Supplements to January ], 1901. Address,
 LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD,
 PHOENIX, ARIZONA
PHOENIX. ARlZOl

H-Left thigh. Empire Land and Cattle Co.,.
 Pantano, Arizona. Cleft ribs. H-Left thigh. B. Brooks,
 Geronimo, Arizona A. Slaughter
 Springerville, Arizona. Cleft hip. H-Left hip. J. ". Walker,
 San Simon, Arizona. Cleft jaw. left shoulder. Chris Jacobsen,
 Tempe. Arizona. Cleft shoulder to ribs to hip. J. R. Nisks,
 Duncan, Arizona. H-Left hip. J. R. Nisks,
 Duncan, Arizona. Cleft ribs. c. McGonagiT.
 Fucker, Ar:zona. Cleft hip A. E. Ruff.
 Phoenix, Arizona. Cleft ribs to hip. J. G. Gibson,
 Payzon, Arizona. H-Left thigh J. G. Gibson,
 Payson, Arizona. Cleft hip. H-Left thigh.
 Redington. Arizona Cleft hip. H-Left thigh. Thomas Jensen,
 Mesa, Arizona. Cleft hip. H-Left thigh. R. J. Cannon,
 Congress, Arizona. H-Right thigh. c. w. Seegmiller,
 St. George, Utah. Cleft hip. H-Right thigh. Christofferson and Sons,
 Woodruff, Arizona. H-Right shoulder. Con Cleary,
 Ash Fork, Arizona. Cleft hip- H-Left thigh. A. P. Behan,
 Loch.el, Arizona Cleft shoulder. Cooper and Johnson.
 Bisbee Arizona. C-Right ribs. Burt Mcbride,
 Pima, Arizona. Cleft hip. H-Left thigh. J. F. Alexander.
 Casa Grande, Arizona. C-Rieht ribs. Henry Ware.
 Phoenix, Arizona. H-Right shoulder D. W. Sanders,
 Concho, Arizona. Cleft ribs. Chirica..1ua Cattle Co.,.
 Tombstone, Arizona C-Right ribs H-Right shoulder Mrs. E. Roy,
 Prescott, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
SANTA FEE LIMITED.

The Santa Fe California Limited trains will begin running for the season on November and will make the run between Chicago and Los Angeles in both. directions in two and a half days. which is the quickest time ever scheduled between the two cities. and the $. F. P. & F.. people will en- deavor to have good connections made at Ash Fork with this train for the accommodation of their patrons from the Salt River valley.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
THE BIGGEST MINE OF ALL

He was a mining engineer, Thoroughly trained in every sphere
 Of knoweldge scientific; The catalogue of things he knew, In theory and practice, too. Would cast 9 spell CT me or you,
 As something quite terrific Chemical unions he could loose And most refractory cres reduce
 To reguline condition; And. having conquered many lands, lie sought fresh jriumphs for his hands. When. walking cl the ccean sands,
 He felt new ambition. Before him in the sunshine rolled The largest known supply Of gold,
 Though somewhat low grade was
 ii,
 The stuff was soft and easily won And carried (said Professor Don) About nought point three cents per
 A wonderful deposit, And it was uniform, no doubt; If it were mined, year in, year out,
 With proper assiduity, It would go on and pay to man, As no mere land deposit can, The dividends 1t frss began,
 In endless continuity, Besides. of such productive work No .-apex-right" CT legal quirk
 Could thwart the rich requital; For everybody knows the sea To eyerybody's use is free, With neither rent nor royalty,
 By immemorial title, The sailcr cleaves it with his keel For cod or mackerel, whale CT seal;
 It yields the bather's toilet Why should not the metallurgist, On small or large scale, if he list, A part that never would be missed
 Abstract, and simply boil it? ''The schemes complete." hs proudly
 cries. Tt only needs that I devise
 My skill profound displaying, Some process, either cold or hot, Thorough and practical, and not Too costly, which will give me what
 ''The wild waves are assaying," He built a wondrous structure then, Which tkOughtles, undiscerning men
 Dsspised as hocus-pccus. It held monstrous burning-glass Through which the solar rays would
 pass
 To pierce the seething, sizzling mass
 Of ocean at the focus.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12

Bishop Potter of New York is against the growing habit Of Episcopalian cler- gymen to indulge in eX,emporaIeous sermons. He declares that they are frequently ungrammatieal and even vulgar. and at the recent diocesan con- venticn of the Protestant Episcopal church in New York took occasion to enulciate his views on this subject.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
Mesa, Florence and Globe
 ...STAGE uNE...

Three trips week. Daylight Travel. Fare Stage stops over night at Riverside.
 Leaves Mesa75 & n. Mondays Wednesdays ana fridays Arrives at Florence at Il 80 a. m. p, m. the following day
 Leaves Globe-7 a. m- Mondays, Wednesdays snd frloays Arrives st Florence at Il a, n. tn Iollowlng day. Leaves Florence for Mesa at l P. m. Arrives at Mesa at D. m
Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
(. R. GocDlN. Proprietor.

Johnson Bros., Agents at Mesa Louis Sultan agent al Globe L. K. Drais, Agent at Florence LW- Collins Agent st Phoenix
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13

since 1889, and it Il said that the above
testimony to the whipping can not now
be found / fear that they have been
foully dealt with for a purpose
Many proofs Of their devotion to the
canse OF liberty might be adduced, IL
space would allow it From the FIRST
battle for freedom on Alamance creek
in 1771 to the close OF the revolution
airy war. the Baptists Of North Caro-
lima suffered no dimuntiion OF their sr-
dor General Washington in his let
ter to the Virginia Raptists, written
sooE after he had been chosen TO the
chief magistracy OF the nation, bore
noble testimony to the devotion OF u
Baptists fathers to liberty in the fol-
lowing words: THE religious society
of which you are members have been,
throughout America, uniformly and al
most unanimously the firm friends to
civil liberty and the p~ersevering pro-
motors Of our glorious revolution"
Some like Benjamin Merrill. Nathan
Mayo, and Martin Ross. bore arms in
the cause of liberty; others, like Elisha
Battle, Henry Abbott and Francis
Oliver, worked for the same cause in
the constitutional conventions of the
state; and others still showed their de-
votion in the great as~sociational meet
ings of the denomination.
The cause Of the regulators was es-
poused by many of our brethren. espe-
cially in the neighborhood of old San
dy Creek church.
Governor Tryon was reported by
benedict as having represented the regu
lators as being "a faction of Quakers
and Baptists who aimed at Overturning
the church of England"
Soon after the Battle of Alamance
Creek between the regulators and the
royafists, May Is, 1771, the Sandy
Creek Baptist church-the largest in
the province-in the n~eighborhood of
which the regulators had their greatest
strength, was reduced in membership
from several hundreds to fourteen
souls. Other churches suffered a like
reduction in consequence of the defeat
of the regulators and the expressions
of the royalists.
Captain Benjamin Merrill a member
of Jersey Baptist church, and one of
the leading regulators, was arrested,
tried, and sentenced to death by Judge
Howard. The sentence is the quintes-
cence of brutality, reading thus: that
you, Benjamin Merrill, be carried to
the place from whence you came; that
you be drawn from thence to the place
of execution, where you are to be hang
ed by the neck; that you be cut down
while yet alive; that your bowels be
taken out while you are yet alive and
burnt before your face; that your head
be cut off, your body divided into four
quarters, and this to be at his majes-
tvs disposal; and the Lord have mercy
on your SOUL"
The convention is one of the great
harmony n power. 1t will adjourn
Monday night.
@ G p
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13
How a Preacher VIII be Sent Out Of
Town

There are various way to send peO-
pie out of town, but the send off OF
the Rev. J. w. Kramer, pastor of
of the members Of the new board of
aldermen, is rather of a pleasant and
ever flattering nature.
Mr.. Kramer a few months ago re-
signed as pastor of Brooklyn Baptist
church, and will preach his farewell
sermons to his congregation this morn
ing at II o'clock and tonight at 7:3O
o'clock. In view of his early departure
from our city, the citizens of Whining
ton ave him a pleasant surprise yes
terday. Two citizens called on hin
and carried him to a barbersnop and
gave him a shave and a hair cut. He
thought that was a novel thing to do,
but when this performance was over,
he was escorted to the store OF Messrs.
J. H. Render & Co. where ne was
: fitted out with the best suit of clothes
Iyln the establishment. He thought that
was all and had rendered thanks, but
de was held up while a fine hat was
1%-NSo VII liz AA\oN' - ~ NSNA AAoAIAS
81 very happy man at such treatment,
hut he was detained until a pair of
shoes, a lot of shirts, un~derclothing,
collars, cuffs and other articles were
added to. his store.
1t is not hard to conceive why Mr..
il ,g like the proudest man in town. He
.dl uHped into The Messenger office and
requested us to express his Marmest
and most heartfelt hanks to all who
had a. part in The generous manner
with. which he was treated
Tn movement to make the pres
ents to Mr.. Kramer was pat on foot
by M ISIS Alice Beech and Messrs. Will
liam Beech and s. Hill Terry, and
they + aised a fund which was cheer
fully subscribed 10 by quite a num-
Der of our citizens without regard to
that we especially thank those who
are named as we'll as all who contrib
,uted.
Mr.. kramer has been pastor Of
Brooklyn Baptist church for the past
three years, having come here in De-
,eember, 1895. He has Nbeen a Jealous
and able paster, and during his pas
,torate the congregation has increased
over 100.
Mr.. Kramer has not yet decided
where he will go when he leaves Will
mington. which will be about the 1st
Of january. He has several good calls.
and wherever he may go, h church
that gets ham will have g vigorous
thinker. an elegant speaker and a pro-
gressfwe pastor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13
Express Matter During the Holiday
Season

AS usual during the holidays the
Southern Express Company handles
thousands Of packages going and
coming. From now until the 1st of
January, consequently, the express Of
ficials will do a rush business, and in
view of this fact it is the proper thing
for everybody to facilitate as much
as possible the work of Captain
J.. R.. Williams, the express company's
popular manager, and all his assist
ants. Shippers. therefore. car expedite
matters by making out their own re-
ceipts and bills of lading, marking
their packages plainly before sending
them to the office, and by sending in
shipments as early as possible before
the departure of trains. The drivers
will carry receipts and bills of ladirg
SO hat all shippers can obtain them
as the wagons are in various parts of
the city. The company pays the war
stamp tax on all packages for points
in North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13

VIM. l.. Jedrries Claims Authorship OF
Editorial That Preeipitascd Carolina
Race Trouble

Especial Dispatch to Baltimore SUM
Chambersburg. Pa, December S.
William l.. J~effries. associate editor OF
the Wilmington On. CO Record, who
is visiting Rev. Sante Burch. a color
ed pastor here, says he was the author
OF the editorial in The Record which
was regarded as such n foul Islander
against white women that it precipi-
tated the race war" at Wilmington.
Editor Manly didn't write a line of
the article" says Jeffries. although
its authorship has been ascribed to
him far and wide / wrote the article
while Manly was fifty miles away. II
was inspired by an address made by
the wife OF Congressman FELTON,, who
advocated the lynching OF 1000 negroes
a week, IL necessary, to stop the So
called outrages by negroes upon white
women.
I'VE saw the massacre coming. and
the editorial was written solely to show
that there were two sides to the ques-
ton and that the outrages were not
all on one side. i wrote the article
without consulting Manly. They may
burn and kill him IL he returns to
Wilmington, but they will get the
wrong man"
Jeffries was born in Pittsburg. Pa,
and is a graduate of Lincoln UNIVERSE
ty. He says he greatly deplores the
Indignation meetings held In the north,
particularly those in New York. where
the u~tterances OF some extremists re-
suited in alternating northern sympa-
thy.
The speeches Of Fred Douglas sons
and OF Blanche X. Bruce and ex-Sena-
tor Pinchback at Washington" he
continued. did more harm than good.
/ believe the solution OF the race prob
lem lies I'm the retirement OF the negro
from politics and refusing TO vote un-
less he is given protection"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13
CONTESTANTS SEEN AID
North Carollnians Confer with Chair.
man Babcock ON Their Prospects
washington Post.)

oeAp
A number of leading republicans
have importuned members OF the con-
gressional campaign committee TO aid
in making a contest OF the election i'm
several southern districts. Some OF the
defeated congressional candidates are
not financially able, IL is said. to insti-
tute a formidable contest. and they
hope that the committee will not only
exercise it's influence i'm behalf OF the
contestants. but will provide practical
encouragement In the form OF a good
sized one contribution.
Chairman Babcock, while at the cap
itol yesterday. discussed the matter
with some of the North CanOliua MEM
bers. He frankly told Mr. Skinner, Of
that state, that h move to institute
contests had his approval. an express
sion that contradicts the assumption
0hich a few politicians have made that
the congressional committee was not
in sympathy with the republican and
populist nominees In North Carolina.
Mr.. o. II. Dockery. who was de-
feated by Mr.. Bellamy. democrat, I'm
North Carolina. arrived yesterday to
discuss the subject with members OF
the committee. Should the committee
give Its active approval, and should
Mr.. Linney, of North Carolina, be
made chairman OF one of the commit
tees on elections. the contestants will
take renewed hope OF ultimately raw
ing a $1,000 salary.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13

whether it In 60 be = State or National
C~oncersIfs the Question 20 De COnsids
cred Nova 0ill TO be Prepared for
Congress-New Honor fer COmman.
der Morton Of the North Carolina Hat.
talon
since the return of Commander Geo.
L. Morton, of the North Carolina Ma
val Battalion, and Lieutenant Fl. H
NcIIhenny, OF the Wilmington division,
on Thursday, Commander Morton has
been receiving congratulations upon
the new honor conferred upon him
while they were in attendance on the
annual meeting Of the National As
ISOLATION of h Naral Militia.
Commander Morton was elected pres
ident of the association to succeed
President J. w. Miller, of New York.
This was quite a compliment to him.
as out Of the twenty states represent
ed at the meeting, the only southern
states represented were North Caro-
lima, Virginia and Maryland. His NOM
nation and election was brought about
through the Massachusetts, and other
northern representatives
President Morton says the reserves
gave a fiattering reception on all sides
at Philadelphia Governor Hastings,
Of Pennsylvania, made the address OF
welcome to the association, and Phil
edelphia's hospitality was open hand
ed and never .ceasing. The delegates
to the accusation had one round OF
banquets, dinners and suppers, and the
treatres had open doors for them. The
boxes at the theatres were decorated
with flags, and the only badge Of ad-
mittance was a uniform.
President Morton says the princi-
pal business before the association was
to determine the status Of the naval
militia-whether it shall be a state Or
ganization with national recognition,
as it has been the past nine years, or
entirely d national institution. The
naval militia bill prepared for con-
gress at the instance of the secretary
of the navy was discussed, but it did
not Hneet with general satisfaction by
the association. The matter was Left
to the president and the committee on
federal relations, to consist Of five
members, to confer with the secretary
of the navy with a view to preparing
such a bill as will meet the require
ments. President Morton will appoint
the committee at his leisure.