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SEVEN PINES.
Recent ndwspapor publlcations assuro
the people of the purpose of tho Rlch?
mond Passcnger and Power Company to
make ? tho battle-flcld of Seven Plnes
more attraetlve to visltors than it ever
has been.
The Seven Plnes road of that company
ls a part of tho atroet-car system of thls
jity'and makes that spot mora acccssl
Me than any other of tho dozon flelds
ln the viclnlty of Rlchmond. In fact, lt
la the only one that Is very much vlsit
td; the rest not havlng tho advantago
of'a trolley llne runnlng to them.
Seven Plnes ls but slx mlles from
here. How lt got its namo is a mystery.
ln that respect, at least, it ls llke its
aolghbor-battlefield. Cold Harbor.
The earllest mention of Sovon Plnes,
\o far as we know, occurs ln tho Tecords
tl Henrico, 1738.-when "Jos. Mayo, gen
Ueman," wai oirderpd to take a llst ot
tll the tltheables fr'om Cornellus' "across
l.o the Seven Plnes and upward to tlie
Chlckahomlny Swamp and Jame3 river
to the uppor bounds of this county," *-.
One of tho tradltlons as to the orlgin
of the name. Seven Plnes. is that seven
plnes onco grew thero from a common
root, upon ,af,/farm whlch markod tho
Junctlon of two' rjbads,' tho old Wllliams
burg and the Nrne Mlle Road.
That is hot a vorjjj jcredible story, but
there aro no Hylngiyjjhesses to contra
dict it! Llkeiy as'not the namo wns
glven slmply because seven plaln, com
monpleaco plnes stood ln consplcuous
posltlon there, and from thom surveyors
may hnve taken tholr courses and land
lords markeu the boundarles of thelr
plantatlons.
Whlle tho Confoderatos always called
thls battlcfleld "Sevon Pines," our frlend,
, tho enomy, called it "Falr Oaks" from
a ncarby statlon on the -.ork rlver rail?
road. Tho surface of tho ground ls but
sllghtly undulating In thaU viciinlty.
jvhlle the Chlckahomlny -with Its swamps
and tangled undcrgrowth ls not far
dlstant. But tho country thoroabout
must have looked lovcly enoiigh in May,
1862, covered ns lt was with frcsh verduro
and blooming with wlld-flowers. Tran
?qull, too. lt was untll the two maddenod
hosts began to como together and shako
the earth with their artlllery and staln
nature's carpet of groen with blood.
McClellan's army oceupled a llno -whlch
ran across the Chlckahomlny; hls right
near Mechanlcsvillo; his left near Seven
Plnes. Soelng hlm in that posltlon, Gen?
eral lohnston planncd to fall upon Mc?
Clellan's force south of the. Chlckahom?
lny and crush It beforo rellef could
come from the other side. D. H. Hlll,
Longstreet, Hugcr and G. W. Smlth wero
' the Confederate Dlvislon commanders,
but their attack. whlch wns to have been
begun oarly In the morning, was unfor
tunately1 delayed untll 10 o'clock, by
' whlch time the eneiriy- was fully aware
of our movement nnd prepared for it.
However. a heavy raln had fallen tho
nlght btforo; -, and . raised tho strcam
iand thls ''preyentcd. . them from got
tlng relnforcements untll tho evenlng.
The battle of the 31st, contlnued lnto
next day, wns drendfully hloody, but In
. decislve, though cac-h side lost more than
flve thousand men. Its consequences
were far-reachlng, too, for on that field
General Johnston w:ls wounded and Gon
"eral Lee succeoded him in commorid, no
more to sunder his relatlons with the
Army of Northern A'lrglnla untll/-'that
dlsmal day at Appomattox, when occur
red the most pathetic pnrtlng recorded in
' hlstory as taking plac between a gen?
eral and hls army.
lt used to be said horo that npt until
tho battle of Seven Pines took placo dld
the Confederate authoritles really under
etand tlie magnltudo of tho confllct be?
fore them. Such mllitary hospitals as
we had ln thLs clty were already crowd
ed with men wounded at Willlamsburg
and with the slck, and though large new
bnes were belng bullt, they were not
qulte ready.
" ' So our hospital accornodatlons provod
- trightfully inodequatc. But tho sym?
pathy and patrlotism of tho men and
women of Richmond rose to a subllmo
helght to meet the emergency. With
thelr carringes nnd -wagons they helped
to brlng the wounded Into tho clty, and
euch soldlent as the mllitary hospitals
could not receive they mado room for in
thelr horaes, Churches. too, wore con
vcrtod Into emergency* hospitals. But
with nll that they and tho mllitary uu
thorltiea could do, the nlght of Muy itlst
closed with many of our wounded sol
dlers lylng by the rondsldo botweon Seven
Pines und Rlchmond, whllo somo lay
' In our purks or upon our sldowalka untll
beds could be found for them.
Alas, that was a dreadful tlme here
In Rlchmond! But ono good result of
lt was that the Confederate Government
went to work with flve-fold moro onergy
than before to provlde hospital uceomo
datlona. And lt wus not long beforo
they were all iifced.jd As for Lee, he
? Boon inustored horo tho largest army
the Confederucy ever had ,and In about
? a month fell upon McClollon at Mo
' chanicsvllle and began that wonderful
neries of attocks known ln hlstory us
"the Seven Days' Battloa."
ThuH wo muy falntly ?.? what Sc-von
Plnes ln to us; what relatlon It had to
the dofonce of Rlchmond and how lt led
Ut uufvcincuta ot incstltnable conawjuenco
to the OdnCedernoy. And so we would
ha.ni the battiofleld mado moro nnd
tr.oro occomlbla nnd n.ttrnctlvoi havo it
more^ihd niora studled nnd vlsited, not
doubtlnVthat the emotlons lt wlll tnsplre
wlll bo allko honornblo to our humanl
ly and patrlnllstu.
THE NEGROES WITH HAYES.
We prlnt olsewhoro n lottor from tha
Rov. W. H. Moses, colored, pastor of ono
of tho largost colorod Baptlst ohurohes ln
tho Valley of Virglnia nnd moderator of
a colored Baptlst Assoclatlon, ln whlch ho
says Xrankly and honestly that tho ne?
groes throughout tho State are wlth
Lawyer James H. Hayos ln tho flght
whlch he ls raalclng to upset the Constl?
tutlon.
Several letters of proteBt have been
scnt to Tho Tlmea-Dlspatch fcr publlca
Mon, somo of them written by col?
ored prcaohors, and whllo not quostlonlng
tholr slnccrlty, we feel suro that tlio Rov,
W. H. Mosos oxpresscs thodomlnant sentl
ment of the colorod race ln Virglnia, Ho
has boen ln and out among hls peoplo,
he has collected money to pay to Law?
yor Hayes and Lawyer Wlse to prose
cute thls case, and he knows whcreof ho
spcaks.
We admlra candor and honesty wher
evcr we flnd lt, and to that oxtent, wo
admlro thls preacher and chcerfully glve
placo to hls letter and to the argument
which ho makes ln behalf of his race.
lt Is surprislng to us: however, that a
colored man of thls oharaoter, ovldently
a man of good sense and a oonservatlve
man, could have persuaded himsolf and
should bo trylng to persuade hla poople
that lt would be a good thlng for the ne?
gro raco to have tho present Constltutlon
ovorturned. For our part wo belleve that
lt would be scarcely less than a ca-lnmlty
to tho black man .to undo tho work of the
Constltutional Conventlon and to restoro
the sltuatlon aa lt existed -prevlously, es
pcclally os Uhls would bo accompllshed
through tho effort o? tho negroes them
solvcs.
The Fifteenth Amendment has proven
to bo a verltable curse to the negro race
nnd was responslble prlmarlly and ln a
great degree for most of the claihes
that have occurred between the races.
The negro was thus forced tnto-the rough
and tumblo of polltlcs, he permltted hlm?
self to be led by deslgnlng men, and noth?
lng but troublo has come to hlm from
thls source. A few pltlful ofllces have
been doled out to hlm from time to tlme
by tho Republlcan party, but even theso
have been a curso rathcr than a blosslng.
Our correspondent admlts that the race
problom ln tho South must bo solved, lf
solved at all, by the people of the South,
and lt had boen far better for both races
If tho North had never Interfered. What
has beon done cannot be undone, but tho
Southern whites have now determtned
to take the matter lnto thelr own hiuids
and rcsistance on tho part ot tho blacks
cannot but do harm.
Our correspondent complains that the
whites "contlnually state tholr caso in
such a manner as to show that they havo
no respcot for the negro slde of tho con
trovcrsy." Tliat is statlng the case
rathcr harshly, but lt ls a fact that tho
Southern whites do not ndmlt that thero
are two sldes to thls questlon. They
know that thoy are right,' thoy know
that lt ls absolutely necessary to draw
tho llne, they know that any sort of mlx
lng up, socially of polltlcally, cannot but
make troublo, thoy know that tho course
that thoy aro pursulng ls best for both
races, and so they wlll not llsten to any
proposltlon that smacks of compromlse.
It Is best as it is and tho negro ls vory
foollsh lf ho does not so see lt.
The negroes aro not entlrely disfran
chlscd under tho new Constltutlon. Those
who own property. thoso who can fairly
measuro up to the quallflcatlon requlred
under tho understandlng clause.are admlt
tcd to the suffrage and others wlll be ad
mittcd from year to year as they show
themselvos quallfied. Only thoso who
pay no taxes and thoso who by thelr own
confesslon aro unablo to glve a slmplo
explanatlon of tlie fundamental law of
tho land are excludcd. This provtslon ls
a stlmulus, or should be, to tho black
man to educate hlmself and nt hlmself
for the oxerclso of the great prlvllege of
votlng, and when he show3 hlmself fit
ted, ho will bo pormlttcd to vote.
Wo have glven much study to this
questlon and the most thoughttul and
patrlotlc men of the South have studled
it and by almost unanlmous consent
havo come to tho conoluslon that tha
suffrage clause of the Virglnia Constltu?
tlon is wlse and oxpcdlont, and the only
practlcable solutlon; and if the Constltu?
tlon stand thero will bo less frlctlon than
ever. But if the Constltutlon fall we
shall havo to go over the wholo program
again. for as sure as fate some sort of
devlce wlll bo found to prevent polltical
condltlons that existed ln thls Stnte for
nearly forty years. If the negroos thlnk
that they know bcttor than the wisest
and best of tho whites, let them proceed,
but it ls a presumptlon, and sooner or la
tor thoy wlll dlacover tholr mlstake.
DENOMINATIONALISM IN OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Mentlon wns mndo ln theso columns
several daya ugo of a letter in the Bal?
tlmore and Rlehmond Chrlstlan Advocate
from the Rev. J. II. Llght, of Loxlngton,
Va., la whlch ho asserta that Randolph
Macon Collogo ls no more Methodist
than Washlngton and Lee University ls
Preabyterian, addlng that tlio Unlvorslty
ot Virglnia ls domlnatcd by the Bpisco
pal Church and is to all Interests and
purposes an Eplocopal school.
A? Washlngton und Lee Unlvorslty ls
not a Stato Instltutlon, wo shall not pro.
' sume to dlscuss Its affnlrs, but as for
tho chargo agalnst tho University, lt ls
wlthout Juatlflctitlon and Is not to bo
takon serlously. To assume thls, woro
to aaume that tho Qovornor of tho
Stato ls domlnatcd by tho Eplscnpai
Church, for ho uppolnts tho Board of
VIsitors, und tho Board uppolnts tho pra
fessors. Now, thero has been no Bpls
copnllah ln tho Governor's chalr slnce
Governor Lee, Governor McKlnney wus
a Prosbytorlan, as also Governor o'For
rall nnd Tyler, and Qovernor Montague
lu a Baptlst. Wo do not know the de
noralnationttl afflllatloit of tho present
mombors of tlio Board ot Vlaltors, Gov?
ernor Montaguo does. not know. Hc
hnd novor thought nbout It one way or
tho other, But wo know that, ono of tho
most lnfluentlal mombors, Congressman
Carter Glann, Is a Mothodlst, and lt
thero hnd beon nny "Eplscopal denomtna.
Uon" Mr. Glaas would most. probably
havo beeni hoard from long ago.
Tho studonts nt the Unlvcrslty aro ab
aolutoly froo from any Bort of soctorlan
denomlnatlon. Tho services In the chap
el aro conduotod from tlmo to tlme hy
mlnlBters of tho sevoral donomlnatlons and
tho students aro ontirely free to attond
any church ln Charlottosville that sulta
thom. For many years Professor Noah
K. Davls haa conducted a. most Interest?
ing Blble claas. but there is no donomlna
tlonallsm ln his locturcs. Profossor Da?
vls is a Baptlst. Prbfeasor FYancts H.
Smlth, ono of tho oldest and most ln?
fluentlal of the professors, ls a leadlng
Methodlst nnd has for years bean a mem?
ber ot tho Board of Trustees of Rnn
doIph-Macon College. Wo thlnk that
he wlll givo Mr. Llght ovory assuranco
that tho Unlvcrslty ls not dornlnated by
any denomlnatlon.
If thore is a freo and Democratlc ln?
stltution of learning in tha world, it ls
the Unlvcrslty of Virginia Tho splrlt
of Thomas Jefferson pervodes it ln oll
its romlfications.
But Mr, Llght provos too much. Fur?
ther on in hls letter hoisays:
But now, the sltuation belng as lt ls,
the vltal questlon to us is, Shall wo al
low tlio other churches to educato our
boys? And somebody wlll ask, with a
sneer, "And why not; ls there any quos
tlon of doctrlno or mornls In a problem
In mathematlcs?" Nay, but there Is
Presbyterlan doctrlne In a Presbyterion
professor of mathematlcs, and whlle ho
mny not purposely put any Calvlnlsm
lnto hls locture, hls Influence wlll carry
hls puplls to hls church and Influence the
mlnd in the directlon of his doctrlne,
Accordlng to this there should not be
ln any of our public InstlturJons of learn?
ing any Prsbytcrian professors or Epls?
copal professors or Methodlst or Baptlst.
Accordlng to Mr. Llght's idea only those
who have no church aiUllation would be
ellgiblo to a professorship in any Stato
lnstltution. Nay, more. If tho donoml
nntlonal professor is objectionablo ln a
college, much moro so tho donomlnation
nl teaoher in the publlo schools, for chll?
dren aro more e&slly Intluencod by de
nomlnatlonallsm than college students.
Thls ls a troublesomo questlon for the
frlends of popular education to raise.
A NOBLE 1NSTITUTION.
As wo are to have a conventlon In Rlch?
mond thls woek to dlscussthe questlon
of organlzed charitles, lt seems to us
opportune to mentlon an lnstltution of
whlch comparatlvely llttle is known by
tho Rlchmond public, but wlilch Is ono
of tho best of all our charltablo inatl
tutlons, and lt is doing a flne work. We
rofer to the Methodlst lnstltution for
Chrlstlan Work, lacated at Nineteonth
and Maln. Thls lnstltution was startcd
ln a small way thrco years ago, but tho
work has grown enormously and now a
large four-story bulldlng Ib devoted ex-!
cluslvely to lt. A spaclous and comfort
ablo room ls set apart for publlc meet?
lngs, and religious services nre held on
Sunday and from tlmo to time through?
out the week. Thero is a flourishlng
Sunday school, and ln addltlon several
organlzatlons among tho glrls of tho
n'eighborhood are In flourishlng eonditlon.
In tho upper part of tho bulldlng aro
lodging rooms at cheap prlces, or gratis
where tho appllcants are not able to pay,
and soup Is furnished without charge to
the poor. Thero is also a free dlspensary.
Tho work Is In chargo of Superlntendent
Georgo H. Wiley, a manly and consecra
tod man, who thoroughly understands
the sltuation, who thoroughly understands
the peoplo among whom he works, and
whoso confldencG and affectlon he has
galncd. Mr. Wlloy does not walt for the
men to come, but goes after thomr Sal
vatlon Army fashion, and brlngs them to
tho services. Hls success has been sim
ply wonderful. Largo number of drunk
ards have boon reclalmed and put to
work, wayward women have been saved
from a llfe ot shame, nnd It ls qulte
refreshlng to attend ono of the Sunday
night meotlngs and hear the cnthusias
tlc testimony of thoso who have beert ro
form'ed. It Is n noblo work, it ls work
ing wondoTs for the morals of tho clty,
and it desorves tho materlal aid and
cordlal support of the entlro city.
THE SHELTERING ARMS.
As mentloned telscwhere in tho news
columns, tho fourteenth annlversary ot
tho founding of tho Sholterlng Arms Hos?
pital wlll bo colobratod on Fobruary 13th,
at tho hospital bulldlng, and tho occa?
slon promlses to bo ono of unusual in?
terest. This is one of our grandest hos?
pitals and ono ot our noblost charitles.
lt hd* done a glorlous work In tho com
munity, tut lt ls dependont upon the pub?
llo for Us support and Its work cannot
go on unless the publlc contrlbute the
m'eans. It Ib to bo hoped that there wlll
bo a largo attendanco and genorous dona
tlons on the cccaslon of tho next annl?
versary celebration.
"INFLUENCE."
(Selocted for Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.)
'Ye are tho salt of the carth. * * * Ye
aro tho llght of tho world. A city that
ls set on a hlll cannot be hid. ? * ? x.ot
your llght so slrino beforo men that
thoy may seo your good works; glorlfy
your Fathor whlch la ln 1-leavon."?St.
Matt. v., 13, 14. 10.
Our Lord reoognlzes tho true Influonco
of men. Ho called them "salt," whloh
ls pungent; "llght," whloh is lustrous; "a
clty set on a hlll," whlch Is conspio
nous and may bo seen afar by travolera
and all who long for homo nnd rest.
Some Influencea nre aetlvo?salt anA
llght?some aro p:isalvo?"a clty set on
a hlll." Wo must not Judgo another's
tnlluenco hy our own, nor condomn any
man bocauae hls mothods of work aro
not ours.
Some clocks do not strlke. Wo must
go to thom and look at them If wo cle
Hlro to leurn from them tho hour, Other
clocks with aeweet, ringlug tone toll ub of
tho pusulng hours, In tho darkneas as well
aa In tho llght. lt la pleasant nnd* help
ful to tho woary, Bleoplosa ono now and
agaln to roallao that tho darknosa ls
going and tho llght once moro return*
lng.
Do not undorvalue a man bocauae
ho haa but pasHlve iulluenco.
Do not chaiyo hlm with ambitlon be*
enuao ha is energotlc. Lot oach bo what
the loving, all-wlsq Fathor moant hlm
to be.
There' Is room ln Hls great heart for
all. ,
Tha liord .Tqsns says to a man who
tlilnkB hlmself nsoloss! "Ye ara tho
salt of tho world"j to a mnn who never
auspeobs ho hns nny influonce: "Yo aro
tho llght of tho world'-tell's him that lt
ls In hlm to! be n gulde of radlnnce
arotind hls famlly, Wa nelghborhood, or
it may be hla country.
Lot us do tho tntno. We get from men
In mohy casesi. just what wo oxpoet from
them. Thoro le aomethlng In human na
turo that llkea.to bo trusted wlth ro
sponslhlllty.; ,Our,Lord always dld thls,
and oponcd the broad road to hope.
Whatever' qup mnuenco may be, we
mny loseu. Tha ealt may lose Jta savori
tho llght may be ooverod; tho clty aeton
tho hill mayrlat Its llght go out. The sad*
fiest nnd most trttglcal fact In llfo is,
that somo of tho grandost Intelleots havo
lost thelr glory. Somo rlehly endowed
havo used thelr gif ts to thelr own down
fall and tho destruotion of others.
Every mnn ehods a llght peeullar to
hlmself. N,0 ono man has all tho llght
Each brlght istnr holds ln its littla cup
a sharo of the giory of the unlverse. We
are to use what we hav? ln the radlus
of our Ibfliienco.
There" isa right way ot uslng influ
ence, and.a wrong. Llght may be so held
ln the hand aa to dazzlo the obsorver
Instead'ofholping. Llght may be brought
too near the oyes; Hght may bo set at
a wrong angle; llght may he wnsted,
and Its beams so dlsplaycd. as to bo use
loss to the man at work. '
It Is not enough to have the llght; we
must use It for others. There are men
lumlnous enough to llght a whole coun?
try who do not llght tholr own little
houso.
They need to be focallzed?men of mar
velous cnpnclty, immeasurnble men^ who
yet for want .of right aetUng and brlng
lng togetaer. live as splendld nothings
and die as tho bubbles dle on tha trou
bled waves.
It ls not enough, then, to havo llght.
Wo must, study the great law by whlch
even a little ray may go a long way, and
a great llght throw Its tlmely nld upon
the'road of one ln perplextty and doubt.
Our llght must so shlnr that our good
works may ba seen?not t';iat tho worker
may be mado ivlsible. but that tlio
works may be observed. ndmlred and
Imltated to glve glory to our Father
whloh.ls.ln Heaven. It Is thus that His
own san works daily ln the heavens.
Who dares look upon the sun when ho
so shinea ln tho boauty of summer? But
who does not rejolce in the glory of hls
Creator as shown ln the great orb ot
dayT
Thus let us shlne! Take to heart thls
lessbn. We aro not regarded as little,
lnslgnlflcant, or contomptlble. Wo aro
callod "salt," "llght." "a clty set upon
a hlll." Let us onswer to the grandeur
of' the challenge.
We are told that the best lnfluonce may
decline and dle.
The salt may lose Its savor, the llght
may bo extlnguished. Hear thls sotemn
exhortatlon and exercise a vlgllant cau
tlon.
We are called to a certaln manner of
llfe. Take heed unto tho call, lost havlng
mag-nlflcent powors, we wasto them as
rain is walsted upon the wide barren
ocean.
None so poor or lowly that he has no
lnfluence; none so rlch or great that he
must not glvo an account of hls powers,
and how he has used them.
How do you use yours? To whom. are
you actlng as salt?
How many have you lighted on thelr
way to Heaven?
What Is your excuse for your neglect?
A new hotel for women.ls to be open
ed ln New York on the 15th of thls
month. lt is an Interestlng experlment.
Tho stock is owncd largely by women,
many of whom Intend to Uve ln the hotel.
The rates havo been mado very moderate
as compared, with those of other hotels
of equal stylo and servlco. Rooms may
be had for $3 a week nnd board for $6.
Most of the rooms are already rented,
tlio hlghest price belng $17.
A blll has been Introduced ln the North
Carolina Legislature to prohlblt the
wearlng of hats by ladles or men ln
theatrcs and othor places of amusement
whero an admlsslon " fee ls charged.
Somo of tho Carolina papers thlnk the
Legislature ls wostlng tlmo fooling wlth
any such blll. Of course the blll ls alm
ed partlculorly at the women and thelr
wonderful headgear. A quicker way to
effect tho deslred reform would be to get
Damo Fashlon to pass a decreo that hat
Jess hcods aro Just the thlng lp theatrcs.
People who have the grlppo can hear
lt better when they thlnk of tho fact
that King Edward suffers as they do, al?
though ho calls hla hy a moro hlfalutlng
name.
Tho good old town of Salem has adopted
an antl-spltting ordinance, and hereafter
unlawful splttlng wlll cost the splttor
from $1 to $5 per splt.
Flfty years was a long tlmo for the
Vermontors to stand by prohibition, and
they must havo been awfully dry the
other dny when they votod it down.
In mo-vlng to double tho Presldent's
salary probably tho Congrossmon ara
clearlng the way to get to work on thelr
own pay-roll.
And tho questlon arlses: What buslness
has a Senator to offer bllls "by request"
of tho character of whlch he knows
nothlng.
Hobson wantod hla reslgnatlon to he
operatlvo only whllo'thero Is no flghtlng
golng on,
Addlcks ls probably ready to joln
Georgo Frod. WIlMams' party. That wW
mako two.
When tho sprlng-tlme comes, gentle An?
nle, tho promlsed coal roductlon may
ahow up wlth lt
'Gonoral Ml7ea"lso~?Took hands wlth
Buffalo niii |n London.
The Sultan, of Morocoo. llke Carrie
Natlou, usea u. hatehot fw a weapoa,
j jfn Jiour With
VirginiaSditors \
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Tho Orango Obsorver says: Aa we ex?
pected, thoro ls a howl ln tho North be?
causo Virginia propoaes to eroct a statue
of Genoral Loo In the statuary hall ln
Washington. Tha lllustrlouB jieo neods
no statuo thero, for ho haa a rnonumont
In the heart of overy person who can
rlse abovo the projudlco of nnTrow par
tlznnshlp.
Tho Norfolk Ledger romarka; "Rov. Dr.
Parkhurst aays that the newspaper ho Is
to found ln Now York ls not to be a re?
ligious Journal?whlch wa can very woll
b'elievo, after hls irrollgioua tlrade agalnat
the South.
'Roanoke World: Aonong tho many ln
dlcatlons whloh nre eomblnlng Jo brlng
Vlrglnln to tho forofront of induatrlal
achiovomont thero aro none moro bur
denod -with ancouraglng algnillcanmce than
1U recent marked advance In tho produc?
tlon of plg Iron.
Irvlngtoa Vlrglnlan: Virginia is forg*
lng to the front ln helplng forward tho
milennium. What with UglBlators per
aotially praylng durlng tho sosslon, oth
ors addresslng Chrlstlan Assoclatlons and
a whooplng of tompcrnnco loglslatlon,
thlngs aro much turned around.
?
From the Church Pnper*.
The Chrlstlan's llfe Is nlso a race-not
a slow, plodding wallc but runnlng with
patlonco and with earnest dealro and de
/ tormlned purpose, In
"LIFE A. RACE order to obtain n
prlze moro preclous
than llfe, and moro valuable than mlnos
of gold and beds of diamonds?a. race
that Is run m full vlow of Sntan and hls
flenda and God and Hls angols, tho evll
ones gnashing thelr teeth In fur'y to o?e
the crown of vlotory placed on the brow
of the trlumphant raccr, and t-o hear tho
shouts of encouragement from the angels
of God and the salnts of Chrlst, leanlng
ln anxlous Bolicltude ovor the battlo
ments of heaven. How can a Chrlstlan
ba at case In Zlon, or Indlfferent to hls
own and the ealvation of others??Wm.
J, Jonos ln Chrlstlan Advocate.
?o, our ivy rcmlnda us of the chlld of
a ploua mother and a godly father, of
whom Cowper slngs: "Tho child of pa*
rents passed 'into
THE IVY VENB the akiea." And It
reminds us of the
character that Is woll rooted ln the truth
and grace of God; and of that aoul that,
ln all seasons, ln wlnter and sumraer,
cllngs closoly to the Rock whloh ls Chrlst
and. by clinglng, cllmhs upward. 80
lc it stoodfast and unmovable. so la It
green and vlgorous. evon down to old
age. It was the good Barnabas who at
Antioch "exhorted them all, that with
purposo of hcart they would cioave unto
the Lord."?Central Preabytdrlnn.
A writer tells tho atory of tho rose ot
Jerlcho?how it flourtehes ln lack of all
thlngs -whereln plants delight?ln tho hot
desert, ln tho rocky
THE ROSE OF crevtces, by tho dua
ty wayaldo, in tho
JBRICHO rubbrsh heap. Even
moro, the florce bI
rocco tears lt from Its place and fllngs
it far out upon the ocean, and there driv
on by the storma and tosscd by the salt
waves, lt stlll llves and grows. So should
we grow in any and all clrcumstances,
where we may be cast?ln sorrow, In
hardship, in mlsfortune, in sufferlng. A
deathleas llfe la In us, and we should be
unconquerable. Chrlst ls with us; Chrlst's
llfe Is lu us, and wo should bo uncon?
querable, Chrlst with us; Chrisfa llfe
Is In us; nothlng should bo allowed to
rush us. Live near the heart of Chrlst
and the world'a power wlll not hurt you,
nor the world's darkness dlm your soul's
llght?Presbyterlan Standard.
A church of Chrisb. must be composod
only of those who have beon called out
from the world to live a llfe of holiness
and of love. No other
THE RIGHT timber Bhould go ln?
to thls socred build
FOUNDATION ing.
And?most impor
tant of all?Paul built on ino right foun?
datlon. When ho went to Corinth, a clty
fond of the dlsplay whlch phllosophy and
rhctoric mlght have made, Paul resolved
not to know anythlng savo Jesus Chrlst
and Hlm crucified, that the poople's faith
mlght not rest on tho wisdom of mon,
but ln the powor ot God. It was for
this rcason ho was able to say, concern?
lng hls work In Corlnth, In his first let?
ter to these Chrlstians: "For other foun?
datlon can no man lay than that is lald,
whlch ls Jesus Chrlst."?Rellgfous Her
ald.
God has promlaed to satlsfy?but he
did not promlse when. God has time
enough, and so have you. God ha?
boundless re
TRUST AND WA1T sources, and hls
resources are
yours. Can you not trust Hlm. Trust
and woit. Ho knows what ls best for
you; He has reasons for denylng you
now; but ln the end He wlll satlsfy ?
Chrlstlan At Work.
A Noble Paper.
Edltor of Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Slr,?The amalgamatlon of the vener
ablo Dlspatch, so dear and famillar to
tho old reaideirts of the clty, with her
younger consort, The Times, is nn in
torostlng ovent to oll Virginia readors.
Though stlll vigo'rucs and potent ln its
graceful old ago for doing much gqod.
yet It is meet and proper that the Dls?
patch should loan upon her falr daugh?
ter, and goln added strongth and vlgor
ns a sexagenarlan.
The writer well remembors when the
flrst lssue of tho Dlspatch, in 1850, flut
terod boforO Its Rlchmond roadera. It was
llttlo more lOmn a liand's hroadth in
wldth; but lo! bchold Its proportaona now.
It then supplled m-oroly tho wajits of the
clty, whllo now It oommands Its reoders
all over tho Unlon, who look to It as
tho groat exponent for all that la just,
puro and, upUCting for tho South. Cer?
tainly its Influence for good of the olty
and Btate hus been murvelous; nnd now
havlng added frcsh blood to its velns,
wo many look for stlll groator thlngs;
Indoed, Its flrat Sunday issue of the 1st
hns already glvon us a bounteoua foast,
illustrated ln brlght colors?Its forty
pnges flllod with "up-to-date" items of
interest from all partB of tho world,
givlng to our people a papor not sur
passed by any of tho great Northern
dallles. Tho hlstory of that lssue alono
Ib a marvol In Itselt of Virginia oater
prlse in nowapapor work, of whlch the
poople may well be proud,
May lt continue to advanoo and pros
por and moot Ita due rowoi'd by becom
Ing tho great vade mucum of tho South
E. C, M.
?
Great Paper. And No Mistake.
Tho Sunday TimeB-Dltpatch waa a mam*
moth lssue, That paper statoa lt prlnt
cd 30,000 coploa of 40 pagea oach, and lt
requlred eleveu tona of whlte paper for
tho edltlon, at a oost of $000 for tho aamo.
It wns a great paper, and no miatake_
Ghatham Trlbune.
?. ? , n.
A Suggegtlon.
That Mollneea Church ln Danvlllo, whlch
throatena to go to places by rcason of lu
tomal -frlctiou, needs, we ahould say, to
ovorliaul its braiul of "Hollne-es" and see
lf lt haaa't gold brlcked itaulf.-Norfolk
l-<;dtror.
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?j 3*oopfa&romtnent ;:
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Unitod States MlnlBtor uowon has re?
cently become tho most prominent man
befora tha publlo oyo, ractlng as ropre
aentatlvo of tho Vonexuclnn Government
ln tho nogotlntlons ' wtth tho Powers to
rniso tho blockadn nf
the ports of that
country and nvort a
posslble wor that
mlght involve thls
country ln a tcrrlble
eonfllct wlth Germany
and Great Brltaln.
Minlster Bowen has
beon In tho consular
aervlcp for years and
haa represcntod thla
country ln varlous o\.
tho Eastern coun
trlos. Ke wns ono
T, u m. i , , tlmo mlnlntcr to Por
U.S.MInlstcrBowon ?|a and lntor was our
ropicBontnttva at tho Pcrto, VVhilo there
he was Instrumental ln carrylng to a suc
censful termlnatlon the nogotlatlons thnt
resultod In the release of htias . Ellen
Stono, the mlsslonary who was kidnapped
by brlgands. Mr. Bowen was sont to
Venezuola. owlng to a notlflcatlon to this
country that the last minlster thero was
persona non grata. He ls a natlvo of New
York State and la a, man of much ablllty,
and hla long and varled resldence abrond
and experlence ln the consular aervlce
have made hlm one of 'thq moat pollshed
of the new school of dlplomata.
Mra, Gertrufle Atherton, tho aulhor of
"The Conqueror?A True and Romantlc
Story of Alexander Hamllton," ls a very
remnrkablo woman. Besldas belng a wo?
man1 ot great capabllttles as a writer of
flctlon, she possesaes
great physlcal boauty
and porsonol magno
tlsm. Her own llfe has
not been wlthout Ita
romance, for though
marrled, she and her
husband do not llvo to
gether. Mra Atherton
la a natlve of the I
West belng born ln '
the State of Callfornla.
She Is a woman who ,1?
has been grcatly loved, )
but one who haa been i Blt*.
hated aa well. After "'"''^^i ?
her aeparatlon from
her hueband -.ie went
Mrs. Gcrtrndo
Atherton.
to England, and It was thcro the she pub
llabed her flrat book that dealt wlth Ufe
ln Washlngton. 8he was plain-apoken, and
the book cnused her enemlea. Neverthe
lesa, lt waa wldely read, and her new
productlon has been recelved even moro
favlrably. The New York Trlbune apeaim
of It as "a vlvld portrait of the great
mnn; Interestlng from the flrst page to
tho laat"
M. Paul Eolleu.
In the artlatlc world a man who la at
tractlng a deal of attentlon nt thls tlme
ls M. Paul Helleu. M. Holleu ls regarded
a* wlthout a rlval ln dry-palnt portralture,
and hla aklll haa earned for hlm the titlo
of "Tho Iminnrtailzcr
of Falr Woraoti," Dry
polnt portralture Is
the most difflcult work
that any artl.its at
tempt, becauso a rnark
onco made ls engraven
for all tlme, and a
false sllp rulns an en
tlre plate. M. Helleu's
greateat suecess has
been ln the portralture
f women and chlldren.
Hla wlfe Is a very
beautlful woman, and
he has made a dtry
polnt portrait of her that ls consldered
one of hls masterpleces. Ono of hls lat
cst works ls a portrait of Ethel Barry
moro, tho actress.
The report of the commlttee of Con?
gress that lnvestlgated the charges
brought by Congressman Montague Lees
ler, ot New York, that an effort had been
made to bribe hlm In connectlon wlth
eontraets for the Hol
land Torpedo Boat
Company. exonerated
tho company entlrely,
but lt sald that tho
charge that Mr. Less
Icr made was sustalned
by the evldence ad
ducedi before tho com?
mlttee. CongTessman
?jeasler's statement
was borne out by the
testlmony of Wltness
Doblln. but Doblln at
anothor hearlng per
jured hlmself and_-_
swore that hls former Wltneas Doblin.
tesdraony was false ln
every -word. Thls most romarkable state?
ment caused the members of tho commit?
teo to look at one another In nmozement.
The result waa the exoneratlon of all con
cerned except Doblln hlmself, and the tes?
tlmony taken was certlflcd to the Attor
ney-General of the United States that he
mlght take such action as ho aaw flt.
The committeo plalnly Indicated that lt
thought Doblln should be prosecuted on
a charge of perjury.
Ex-Congressman Lemuol EI1 Qulgg was
the man whom Doblln testifled had mado
the statement that thero was $5,000 in lt
for Lessler lf ho would vote for a favor?
able report on tho boats, Tho commlttee
oxonerated hlm also,
as from the nature
of Doblln's testlmony
lt came to the con
cluslon that he had
concocted tho .whole
scheme of brlbery
on hls own Inltlatlvo.
and hoped to make
moiiey out of lt ln
some way should
Congressman Lesslor
prove to be corrupt
Ible, Tho honosty
of the New York
LomuelEU Qulgg. Congressman broke
up the whole scheme. Mr. Qulgg had
been occupylng a placo ln the background
for some tlme, untll he was agaln brought
promlnently beforo tho publlc by thoso
charges. Hls prevloua hlstory ls too well
known to neodi repetltlon.
North Carolina Sentlment.
The Durham Herald says: Mr. Hanna's
blll to penslon ex-slavos wlll cause no
cohstcmatlon ln the South should lt be?
come a law. For our part wo had rathor
our money should go to penslon these old
Blavos than a gang of coffoo-coolcrs and
camp-followors.
Tiie Ralelgh Post, in aomethlng of a
boastful humor, says: So far thls wlnter,
when a bllzsard struck the country north
of us. our days would be orlsp, oool, and
brlght, verltable days of pleosantness and
peaoe. We Uve ln the best soctlon of tho
world anyhow,
The Wllson News modestly nuggests
that "the Rev. Mr. Parkhurst mlght rs
sorve a little of hla condemnatlotij* of tho
South untll he learns a little morb about
the North."
ThO Waynesvllle Courler says; North
Carolina haa never wltnessod such a
movem,ent for temperance loglslatlon ns
Bho haa experlencea for the past three
weeks, and tho State capltol has nevor
boen bo besteged on nny questlon as lt
waa last week on the temperanca* ques?
tlon. What a mlghty movement for
good! And how glorloualy lt la auceoed
Ingl
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I Svants 0/ tha Week f<
UnderSrtef UmIm ::.
u.? .__'? ,m troublo,|n setling ontt-trusl
b I b ttvrough iho ?Unltad States Senato n?
thls sesslon. On Wedncsaay wlthout >
~ord of dobato, Mr Hoa?? 1,111 .?
cllte su.ts u.ider^presU'^nVl^a.
law was put through Just ?*. Sl ,,
offorod lt. Tha dny nXoY? t]^'_&r_
niitl-robnto blll went through wlth th?
same oase and in tho snitio nannor Ir
hu also beon agreed that by th" com.
mltto of conforonco on tho DopartraontTi
Commerce blll that the NolsoTpu?>UcU,
amendment providlng for a bureau ,?
corporatlons, shall bo attached t0 tha
measure. lt s sald that tho end of tho
Sonnto'a antl-trust programme for \nl
present sosslon will havo beon reach.d
when al| theso moasurcs ahall havo be
corno laws, ?^
Informatlon comes from Manlla thai
Governor Tatt of tho Phtllpp|"es, 1
agaln <julte III. h?i Ib now conllncd t?
the palaco la' Manlla nnd whllo s coi
dltlon ls ln no way oonsldored aancer.
ous, he Is fnr from belng a well man. Th?
olflclal report says that exposuro to th!
sun and the use of bad drlnklng wate.
g*W. "???t tour of. th0 pfovTnc^
brought on a recurrenco of tlie lntesti
nal troubles tliat mndo hlm an Invahd ,
year or more ago. Governor Tntt's casa
?l?Wul " n,Bny otnor8' *?oe.to-.ho5
that lt ls very lmprohablo that,Amerlcan,
can ramoln In tho Phllipplnos for "ani
conslderable period wlthout acVtoualy ?_
palrlag thelr health. ??|ess thoy ren4u
?V,u'Lqlty o? M??lla'""hera healthfu
ri?ntl0n8 ,??7 I>revQ" "-"co.tho Ame
rlcan eonltntlon methoda havo. heo,
awav'm if**1*0, ?C ** town- ~atl.
?^??n. the ProVncea, cholera ls llabli
tp attock one at any moment nnd Amo
fl^S W,1U.,att0mpt t0 llvo thero for a^
S?W* wl?l ?lmi>ly be Uking theli
llvea In thelr own hands.
??!!?* <!Ui:,(Jurln*5 "-o week there was s
conslderablo snow storm ln tho clty ol
San F-rancleco. It was the flrst snow
enough fall to covcr the ground wclL
lt wns a wonderful curloslty to many
people. Just how long alnce San Fran
clsco had Its last snow storm prevloua
to thls one we aro not Informed, but It
ls sald that thcro are many grown people
who, havlng spent thelr entlre llvos there,
saw last week the flrst snow they ovei
saw excopt In the plcturc booka. Tha re*
ault waa that tha whlto visitor was ten?
dered a grand rccepUon, buslness belno
dlscontlnucd and all the peoplo turnlng
out to enjoy the fcstlvitlea.
On "Wednesday last Senator Hanna ln*
troduoed a blll to penslon ex-sbives. H?
now saya ho offered tho bill by requesl
and knew nothlng of Its provlslons, and
some of hls frlends ?ay he has been
duped. while hls enemles say he offered
tho blll ln hls own Interest as a presl
dcntlal candldate and It was prlrnarlly to
offsot the influence Mr. Roosevelt has
recently acqulred among the negro polt
tlclans of tho South and also of certaln
Northern States. But bo that as It may,
Invoatlgatlon revoala tho fact that tho
measure waa analogous to ono Introduced
some years ago by Senator Mason, "by
request," nnd whlch waa mado the means
of swlndllng thousands of negroos out ot
Bums usually amountlng to $2 each. In
tho prcvlous instanco. the blll waa Intro?
duced and prlnted wlth tho customary lo
gend, "road tvieo nnd referred to the
Conunmltteo on Penslons." Coples wera
then dlstrlbuted throughout tho South by
a concera ealllng itsolt the Ex-Slaves'
Federatlon, whlch ropresented to the ne?
groes that tho blll, havlng been read
twlce, requlrcd only one more roadlng.to
become a law. and Jiundreds wero lnduced
to pay $2 rcglstfry fee. each on the repre
Bentatlon that by so doing thoy would
secure the Immedlate benefit of the pro?
posed penslon. Tho concern, whlch waa
composed of eduoated negroes, waa re?
ported to havo collccted 5200.000 before tho
uso of the malls was denled to It. Its
promoter was arrestod, but lt ls belleved
to have escaped punlshment on a techni
callty. Senator Mason was much cba
grlned at havlng been made an uncon
aclous promoter of the fraud.
Tho Indlcatlon from the develop-moms
of the past week aro thaj; the noted Dr.
Crum, colored. will never bo collector of
the port of Charlcston. S. C, to whlch
Mr. Hoosevelt appolnted hlm agalnst tho
protest of the people of that clty and of
tho South generally. Tho Senate Com?
mlttee on Commerce to whlch the noml?
natlon has been referred are evonly dl
vlded, stondlng eight for Crum and elirht
agalnst reportlng favorably. lt ls sald
that there is no hope of the corrumitteo
reachlng an ngreement and therofore the
nomlnatlon wlll be permltted to dle ln
committeo room and. In due tlme tho
Presldent wlll name somo otio cl.se.
Montana and North Dakota whlch now,
wlth a comblned populatlon of say about
603,000, have four United States Senators,
have entered into a scheme to get two
more. The scheme. as xnapped out, ls to
take the eafjtern pnrt of Montana and
tho western part of North,Dakota and of
these two parts mako nnother Stnto to
be named Montaguo and mako the little
town of Glendlve. whlch now nestles ln
a mountaln pass of Montana. tho capl?
tal. Evldently the plan was hatched up
for tho purpose named and It Is hardly
probable that the schonrie wlll be permlt?
ted to go through.
The Elkins antl-trust blll whlch passed
the Senato on Tuosday last and wlll
doubtloss pass tho House, went through
wlth such ease and no dlscusslon that tha
publlc took no notlce of it, not even ta
consldcr Its provlslons. It prohlblts, un,
der flne not exceedlng J20.000, the glvinn
of rebatos on publlshed frelght rates by
a railroad, and the receivlng of rebate
by any perBon, flrm or corporatlon Is
?ilso subjeot to the samo flno. The In?
terstate commerce commlsslon is author
ized to brlng proceedlngs ln tho TJntted
States dlstrlct courts to inquire into nl
leged Infractlons of the provlslons of ..10
law, and to prosecuto tho cases there,
The attendance of witnesses and the pro?
ductlon of books and papers rolatlng to
suoh transoctlons are also provlded for.
The bronze group "Splrlt of the Con?
federacy," tho work of F. W. Ruck
stuhl, for tho Maryland Dnughters of tlio
Confoderaoy, hns just been east at tho
Henry-Bonnard foundry ln New York,
It ls a flne conceptlon; Fame, a colosBal,
wlnged llguro, supportlng wlth her right
arm a dylng soldier,; whllo ln her hlgh
ltfted left hand she holds the warrlor'a
wreath, Tho ? countenance of Fame ls
haughty, the attltudo of the llgure clns
slcal, Tho soldier, ln shlrt and trouBera,
presses hls left hand to hls slde, whllo
hls eyes nro closlng; ln hls right hand ho
holds loosely hls soft felt hat. The group
Is to Htand on a pedestal of red MIs?
sourl granlte, and wlll be put up thla
month ln thra centor Of tho ralsed pro
menado of Mount Royal Avenue, Baltl?
more. "
A blll to establlsh "the State .farm fof
women" has beon Introduood lnto tha
Now York Legislature, at the lnatanoe of
the Women's Prlaon Assoclatlon of Now
York Oity. The Intentlon ls to oroploy ln
farm, gardon and dalry work vagrant and
Intemporato women who havo been cop
vlc-ted of certaln mlsdemoanors ten times
withln two yoars prevlously. mny bosen
tonoed to detontlon on the farm for from
one to ftvo years. The rocords of Rny
mond-Streot Jail show that each of 2,170
women noknowledged from five to 200
prevlous nrreuts, and theso cost the tax
payers $105.8"0; aud lt ls oalculated thnt
11 savlng of nearly $50,000 mlght have beon
made lf thero hud paen a farm to send
them to.