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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

firm grasp Of essentials, and force and
iucidity OF style" We refer to Il but to
gather a few opinions and statements
of the author. Referring to McCiei-
lan's campaign against Lee. he says 1T
was a failure" and made a campaign
OF defence. Listen:
up to April 18th there was no time
when the union army did o outnum-
Der the confederates three to one;
moreover, the union general had the
an assault Not to break the confed-
crate line of thirteen miles which
stretched from the York river TO the
James was an error; indeed, il is true,
as Joseph E. Johnston wrote, that no
n but Mcclellan could ave hesitated
to attack Again, at the battle OF Fair
Oaks, had Mcclellan acted with proper
energy, the chances are more than
even that he would have beaten the
confederate army and taken Rich
mond.' But he did nothing OF the sort.
His native irresolution laid fast hold
of him. He did not reach the field of
battle Sunday unit 1.-THE firing had
ceased"
There is one northern writer who
aims to tell the truth as to relative
numbers-"three to one" But he adj
mits hat Mcclellan was the ablest
! general thus far risen to prominence
on the Yankee side. The Tribune saws:
"One has only, as DR.. Rhodes init
mates, to consider the Seven DAYS bat
ties n Antietam to be convinced that
if Mcclellan was totally unable to use
the army of the Potomac to crush the
confederacy, ii never in his hands
could have met the fate tina befell it
a 4 ra6nrioGchrr on6
VILE"
1t is evident that some people in the
north AVE some conception of Lee as
a soldier, and do not exaggerate, as do
the hero-worshippers, the ability of
Grant as a commander. The Tribune
speaks of Rhodes's "hesitating and in
conclusive comments on the last cam
paign of the army of the Potomac, The
terrible advance through the Wilder
ness. He gives prominence to the fail
ure to defeat Lee, to the terrible and
once, at least, needless loss of life. and
deterioration of the army which was
conspicuous before Petersburg" 1t
also says:
In fact, the reader, it seems to us.
is left with the feeling that Grant was,
in this campaign, quite as great a fail
ure from the Strategical and tactical
points of view as Mcclellan, though
this probably is not a conclusion that
DR.. Rhodes would be willing to draw"
And then farther refers to the i'm
portance of having the truth made
known. We quote once more:
In view of the present relations of
the two peoples it is important that
the events of hat time of trouble
should accurately be known-that
naught should be extenuated and
naught set down in malice-and to
such an understanding DR.. Rhodes
makes a most notable contribution
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09
NORTHERN HISTORIANS CON
TRIBUTION.

A northern historical work will in
terest southern readers. 1t is the His
tory Of the United States from the
Compromise of 1850" 1t is by James F.
Rhodes. Thus far four octave volumes
have appeared. The fourth volume re-
Gently ISSUED treats of 1924, and
has 81 pages. DR.. Rhodes aims pro-
badly to be fair. He discusses the De
riod when the south came very near
obtaining what it sought so bravely-
its independence. But for the nearly
5000, 900 of men the north sent into the
service victory would have crowned the
splendid, daring efforts of the south's
600. 900, and was so richly deserved and
so desirable. What a noble republic
We would have had by 1900. The New
York Tribune praises DR.. Rhodes for
his narrative, and comedies to him
accuracy Of knowledge of sources, a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

So we were mistaken in saying that
Spencer Blackburn (of whom we know
%nothing) replied to Jeter Pritchard at
Newton. So far from replying he made
a most vile, incendiary speech on Je-
ter's side. Hear him as he split the
welkin with his violent vociferations,
and made the g~roundlings" yell:
"Goebel was shot down at the steps
of the capitol because he was the arch
perpetrator of this hellish scheme. 1t
was no more than might have been ex-
pected." Then drawing himself up to
his full height, he shouted: North
Carolina democrats may take warning
from the fate of William Goebel."
1t seems he is not only a radical but
an offceholder. The Raleigh News
Observer says of him:
Who is to be the assassin who
shoots in the dark in North Carolina
and who is to be the first victim? Re
publicanS have treated us to corrupt
government, assault upon women, in
suits to decency and to dishonesty.
Now a federal officeholder threatens
us with assassination. What next?
Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

We always read the first editorial
page u in The Richmond Central
Presbyterian. Doctor Smith is an ex
cellent writer. His weekly contribu-
ton of a semi-poetical and f%igurative
kind is and some of them
are ingenious and even beautiful. Dis
cussion in his issue of the 2Sth of Feb
ruary, Seeing and Not SEEING he
got off this gem that he is able to in
dulge in with a freedom and felicity
of touch that less gifted men do para
graphs and editorials of the common
place:
"All nations have had their wise
men, who because they saw more than
others, and saw farther, were called
seers. The poets are not always those
who write poetry, or who write any
thing, but those who ave the splendid
gift of seeing things with a halo of
the upper world, in the light that new
er was on sea or land They see the
common things of the world touched
and illumined with the ideal, envelop-
ed with the eternal"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09
EXCELLENT CORN PRODUCT.

Coco farming is very desirable in
all counties and states. Good returns
deserve TO be published to stimulate
others and to teach by good example.
There is no little of this kind of farm
ing done in South Carolina. Corn grow
ing is in order. In Texas the best pro-
ducts were secured from three varie-
ties, among forty-two tested, as We
learn from The Charleston News and
Courier. 1t says they were the 'Blount
Prolific from Virginia seed, the st.
Charles White from Illinois seed, and
the Southern white gourd seed,' from
Delaware seed, their yields being re-
spectively 40.7, 1875 and 37.2 bushels
per acre. "A comparison of the yields
of varieties grown for three or four
years. the report added, shows that
<Blount Prolific has given the largest
average yield" MI. J.. P. Garick
writes to it of his own farming. He
says he can beat Texas. He says:
Il have a seed of corn 1 call Gar
ick's prolific, which after many years
of careful selection I have brought to
a yield of from As to or between As and
80 bushels per acre. This year l gath
cred 1900 bushels from twenty-eight
acres of ordinary upland. 1t was no
pet field, but my general crop. This
mas been the yield for several years."
We have known, as previously re-
ported, more than 100 bushels to be
made to the acre, some ten or twenty
acres being in cultivation. 1t was
grown by DIR. Robert Patterson, a
nephew of the late Bishop Atkinson, of
this city, upon his farm in Halifax
county, in the year 1861, we think it
a The father of this writer, be-
fore 1855, averaged a little over 50
bushels of corn on a large field of
highlands, using only home ma
nuTes, about a mile from Oxford.
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Messengm.
THE sOUTH's FARMING ADvAN
TAGES.

1t Is not many years since New Eng
land writer's n manufacturers laugh
ed in derision at the idea Of the South
ever being anything OF a rival of New
England. And yet Mr.. d. A. Tompkins,
OF Charlotte, thinks if we recall his
figures, that the south will be ahead
OF the north in ten years in cotton mill
ing Now the north finds fault of the
south for being so sleepy and thrift
less in other things. We see that a Con-
necticut m a says that farming is at
low ebb now in the south, and the
cause, or a part of it, is a want Of
thrift There is a basis of fact in that
opinion While there are many excel
lent, progressive, successful farmers,
it must be admitted there are many
"thriftless' kind. You can find in some
OF the counties in North Carolina as
good farming as you will find else
where. There are hundreds of farms in
excellent condition, and the cultivation
IS well done. Home manures, good
fences, excellent out houses and good
crops tell the story of wise and ener-
o@NAS WI n II q DCCh dGndJS SOY Dul
people are learning and more men are
cultivating judiciously han ten years
ago.. according to the numbers en-
gagged. The farmer is quite human, and
there are very Industrious and very
lazy farmers as in other caIlings in life.
The wide-awake, devel-headed farmer
is the one who comes out ahead. 1t has
bean had ur1-lr Co. -.- = l.
much Roadway under low,
ative prices. But even under such en-
barrassments some have made money
and are ahead.
There are many good openings all
over North Carolina, and throughout
the south. for industrious. skilled farm
es of other sections to come in and
teach indOlent or unthrifty neighbors
how to make the most of ADVANTAGES
and opportunities. Lands that are fer
tile al be bought low in almost all
n counties. There are sections in
many counties that are attractive, and
where the best of farming may be seen.
Lands are not too high even in such
communities.
1t is noticeable that farm products
of this country a had increasing de-
mand in other countries. and the in
crease is marked. In 1894 cotton, wheat,
corn, meat ETC., were exported to the
amount of $685., 633, 747. In 1898, it was
1855, 5O7, 942. OF course the demands
abroad from short crops n other
cause have timulate increase, and
not McKinley's poo administration,
as is wrongly, absurdly claimed by
silly organs. Europe and other sections
have been hungry and bought.
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ster, and William c. Preston, of South
Carolina" He said he would grade
them in the order here stated. He said
he had never heard Prentiss but once,
and he thought he was the greatest
orator ever produced in this country
For forensic oratory n forcible argu-
ment Webster had no superior, but for
genuine eloquence he was not the equal
or Robert Y. Hayne. In the great de-
bate between these two famous men
public opinion in the north has beer
nearly unanimous in favor of the SUI
periority of Webster, but il is not so
with many judicious critics who had
read their speeches. Il nave often
heard Hayne and Webster" said Colo
mel Thompson, and L have no hesita-
ton in saying that Hayne was by far
the superior of Webster for genuine
ana superb oratory. Webster's great
speech as printed in the authorized
edition is in several respects a decided
Improvement upon the speech actual
ly delivered by him and reported and
published at the time by Gales & Sea-
ton. The fine exordium and the Won
derfully eloquent peroration Were af-
erWard interpolated by Webster"
This is not new to us. The files of
the Messenger show that a few years
since we published a long editorial on
Colonel Haynes reply to Webster in
which he achieved a decided victory
over "the godlike Daniel as his idol
atrous admirers used to designate him.
We a a COZ of Haynes speech in
full and it is a mastery and eloquent
effort. We insisted the that Haynes
speech was really superior to Web
ster's. We also quoted from several
northern opinions at the time of the
debate, a gave the victory to Hayne.
Colonel Thompson had remarkable op-
portunities for hearing, and his ability
made him perhaps a sound, safe judge.
The late ex-senator and General
Thomas l.. Clingman, in 1876, in a long
and delightful conversation, told us
that George McDuffie, of South Carroll
ma, was the very greatest orator to
whom he had ever listened. He served
long in the congress. had heard Prem
tiss, Clay, Webster and the others, and
he put McDuffie above them all. He
said Webster was solemn, solid, pom
derous at his best, but the impression|
he had as he receded in time from
him, that he was the greatest of ALL
the men he had seen or known.
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IN z
General Otis Report on General Bates
Operations.

| General Otis Report on General Bates
Operations
washington, March s-Generai Otis
has cabled the following Oh re-
Manila, March 5. :
Bates, with two battalions OF the
| Fortieth and Forty-ifth regiments
detachments Of artillery ano
signal corps, total Zoo men, IanoeU
troops on the southeast, northwest
I and southern coasts OF San Miguet pay
va Caceres. in three columes- Inc
only strong opposition was
ed by Goodwin and the battalion OF ms
regiment at Libmanan. northwest u
Neuva Caceres. Godwins loss was Az
jutsnt Gallehes, died of wounds; tn.se
enlisted men severely n five snsnuy
wounded. The enemy left sixty-Iour
dead on the field and many
who were cared for by u medicai OF
ficers. Goodwin captured a numoef OF
armed insurgents. eighteen Spanish
prisoners, thirty rifles and considerable
Ammunition and property. Particulars
OF minor engagements OF other column
! not reported. NeCva Caceres was
found practically deserted. inhabitants
in mountains. Troops are now cover
ing important points. in the provinces
OF Camarines, Albay n Sorsogon.
IA 49,
in landing and supplies"
Manila, March 5.@General Bates ex-
petition To southern Luzon, consisting
of the Fortieth and Forty-hfth regl-
ments, a total OF $500 men, has occu-
pied Neuva Caceres and the
ing smaller towns. The enemy resisted
at one point. and two Americans were
killed, including Lieutenant John b
Gallahes. of the Eortieth regiment
On February 10Th the expedition ar
rived at San Miguel bay. landed. and
in three columns Immediately pushed
inland, ~convergins upon Neuva Cace-
res and attempting TO control the en-
emy's routes OF retreat.
AT Libmanan, northwest Of NeuNa
Caceres, the enemy was concealed in
the rice field and resisted a battalion
of the Fortieth regiment, which enSag-
ed them at close quarters with bayo-
nets. After forty minutes lighting the
enemy fled and ibmanan was occu-
pied. The Americans buried siXty-four
of the enemy, whose total loss in kill
ed and wounded is estimated at 40.
From bmanan the expedition pro-
ceeded to Nueva Caceres, the gunboat
Paragua arriving ten minutes ahead
of the troops. The town was found
practically deserted. The Americans,
daily scouting in the vicinity, report
that the enemy have retreated into
the mountains.
The insurgents around Legaspi and
Albay, province Of South Camarines.
are haraSsing the Americans nightly.
Foreigners doing business al Legaspi
are living on ships in the harbor and
in the American barracks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09
REVTTIE

The feeling against England is so
sion in a very ugly way-by hopping
two Englishmen-and 1t is quite das-
tardly.
1t is TO be hoped that the assassin
of Governor Goebel will be discovered.
That 100000 offer by the legislature
ought to fetch him.
France wants to honor the heroic
Cronje with a fine sword. No living SOL
der could wear it more deservedly.
Really it looks as if the Taylor gang
OF republican bushwhackers in Ken
lucky desire war. Guns have been sen
TO arm men in London where their leg
islature met.
If reports are true the Beers have
90, 900 men massed at Winburg, with
other troops lear by, to meet Roberts.
We suspect however that the numbers
are exaggerated by the British. Kruger
has been at Majuba Hill. He trusts in
roc and the justice Of his cause.
The British sustained 1875 casualties
at Ladysmith.
The Presbyterian church will soon
be relieved of that Professor McGiffert
who VIII leave He should have gone
years ago. He is one of your sceptics
in Christian pulipts. Let 'em all go.
There may be more trouble in Ken
lucky. Threats are still mad Of assas-
sination of Judges. 1t is a bad condition
in that Dark and Bloody Ground"
the old name for Kentucky.
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The vote for a special tax upon Puer.
to Rico in the house was a victory tina
may prove costly in the end. Thu
tight was not on the bill as originally
framed. to govern without the constitu-
ton. 1t was so modified as to limit the
time for governing in this way to two
years. There are a great number of
strong expansion papers of both parties
That denounce the republican treat
ment. The president changed front
and will approve the bill. 1t is under
stood to be a victory over he consti-
tuition.
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In hve years Japan has increased its
cotton mills at twice the rate of in
crease in h south. But this Ices not
distress the south for it is very busy
in building more mills. In 1895, japan
mad 80 mills, now it has ~ mills. In
1898 it had 3S1, 7S1 spindles; in 1898. it
had Las, 749. In 1890 it consumed 49,
6S7,367 pounds Of cotton; in 1898 it re-
quired 339, 756, $50 pounds. This increase
is marvellous. Remember what the
people out there were a quarter of a
century ago. The Springfield Mass. }
Republican says:
The increase in the number of
spindles employed in the southern
states from 1893 to 1899 has been ONLY
40 per cent. against an increase In
Japan from 1893 to 1898 of nearly 40
per cent. The increase in the south's
consumption of cotton in the same pc
riod has been a little less than 100 per
cent; in Japan $50 per cent
This might seem to be matter to give
pause to southern enthusiasm over the
Industrial awakening of the ORIENT
viewing the matter in a old business
light Or will the south be satisfied to
perform the cruder labor of growing
cotton for the skilled labor of japan
and China to work up into goods for
expectation to the southern United
StateS?"
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w HAYNE.

The late ex-senator r. w. Thomp-
son, of Indiana, an able man and an
interesting talker in his old age, is the
subject Of an article in the Indiana
polls Sentinel. We copy the opening
for a purpose, and it is besides inter-
esting and judicious, as we believe.
1t says:
Colonel r. w. Thompson was rich
In "reminiscences Of distinguished pub
lie men whom he knew in early life. L
asked him day who, in his opinion,
were the greatest orators he had
known. He answered, Sargent S.
Prentiss, Of Mississippi; Robert Y.
Hayne, of South Carolina; DanieLweb-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

A northern man has been wintering
in this state. He tells The Raleigh Post
that he suffers more in North Carolina
than in Canada, because the houses
are not made to meet cold snaps. This
is true, for we have heard other north
ern people make similar complaints.
One gentleman lived here who came
from Pittsburg, Pa. He told us he and
his family suffered more here than
they did in Pennsylvania and even
when the thermometer was twenty de-
greeS below zero. We have heard of
Nova Scotian sea captains saying hat
they were colder here than at home.
While this is curious and rather DAM
aging to the Sunny South there is
a comfort left. Our snaps are short
and then comes the sunshine and the
soft, balmy temperature. We heard of
a visitor from northern New York say
ing that the weather here was, after
all, very pleasant, for at her home the
snow was three feet deep and the
weather bitter cold.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

GoebeI and In denunciation Of his as
sasssnation. He is severely handled
because of his Inconsistencies Per-
haps watterson Is really sorry for his
past course and is trying TO become
a true democrat once more by standing
by the greatest friend Of h people in
all Kentucky. We do not defend Wat
terson. But his critics are perhaps
resolved upon their n because they
are not Of h people or for the people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

1t is given out that no less thar
$1,000 newspapers have been plucked
by the republican tax on wood pulp,
The dvanc is said to be actually
from 60 to 100 per cent. Mark, it is a
tax purely for the benefit of a vile
trust, and upon basic material used
necessarily in all publications. The
Kansas City Star, Independent, wishes
to know:
What does congress propose to do
about it? What will be the advice of
the president in relation to the matter?
Will the administration dare to uphold
a trust which is hated n opposed by
$4,000 newspapers, when it has it within
its power to destroy it?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

Henry Watterson is brilliant, able
and inconsistent. We lost confidence
in him when he kicked out in 1896, and
did all he could to fasten McKinleyism
upon this country. No man in Ken
lucky did more to make what is known
as the Goebel election law odious at
home and abroad than he did. We
notice certain gold southern papers
are copying his ~utterances against the
law since he took ground in favor of
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New Goods at the
Racket Store!

In our MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
we have received a BIG LINE OF
SPRING HATS.
All the new shapes in black and col
ors in Chip Hats at soc to 75c.
Nice line SPLIT MILAN SAILORS,
black only, at soc.
We have a nice line of Few BABY
CAPS, in Silk and Lawn, ~ cents and
up to S1.00.
One hundred rolls TRIMMING RIB
BON, Nos. 2 and 5, for 25c to 40c per
roll-for trimming Ladies' and Chill
dren's dresses.
Full line. all shapes, TAFFETA
RIBBON. No. 40 at zoe per yard. No.
so at 35c per yard.
We have about ONE HUNDRED
APES left over. A full size Cape,
double collar, trimmed with braid.
worth SIPS, We now sell for 75c. Single
collar at soc. Other styles in proper
ton.
We have a few LADIES' CLOAKS
left. Ladies who like to save money
can now get a Cloak at their own
price.
BLACK MELTON CLOTH JACKET.
well lined, formerly sold for $500, will
sell at $3.50.
We have a few HEAVY DOUBLE
WOOL SHAWLS, dark brown and
grey, that we will close at s1.s9. worth
$500.
NEW EMBROIDERY AND INSER-
TO- We have $500 invested in these
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Destroying its victim. Is a type OF
Constipation. The power OF this muir
derous malady is felt on organs and
nerves and muscles and brain. There's
no health till it's overcome But DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Best in the world for
Stomach, Liver. Kidneys and Bowels,
Only % cts at r. r Bellamy's drug
store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09

Mr.. Thmas D. Warren, a lawyer at
Trenton, 7. c., has published in The
0aIeigh Psf a four and a quarter col
ume articlsupon the amendment. The
POST says 0 it hat it is "a calm, but
iorc1oie, oliiSn from one of the states
est minds.. She political contribu-
tons In this dection are now very
numerous, n Aany of them are ex-
caent and user
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HOME FOLKS.

We are glad to see that Rev. DR..
Charles w. Byrd, a gifted North Caro-
Linian now in charge of a Methodist
churcl in Kentucky, is rapidly eco
ering rom a slight stroke of paralysis.
He ha.friends and connections in this
city wb will rejoice in his improve
ment.
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both white and colored will be disfran-
chised alike.
Under the last republican admins
tration, no county in North Carolina
was under negro rule"
Has he, too, been eating OF the
insanse root?" Judging by the flu
rious gable Of republicans now many
a fellow in the gang has been draw
ing in that direction.