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J. A. BONITZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXII. BEAUFORT HARBOR. Morehead City and Beaufort the Atlantic and .North Carolina Railroad. NUMBER ONE. Morehead City is one of the best known South Atlantic ports. Though chiefly used as a harbor of refuge, Beaufort Harbor is about the most ac cessible on the coast, the bar entrance the straightest and best : LEGISLATIVE REPORT OP PUBLIC IM PROVEMENT 1820. I "The water on the bar and in the harbor of Beaufort is of sufficient depth to allow of vessels from 200 to OAA 1 . A. 1 mi ,w ious uunuen entering, rue an chorage is safe by being well land ill TIT at . ... locKeu. wimble's map exhibits it as a ship channel in 1738, and Lawson states its depth in 1718 precisely the same as at ;the present day, (1820.) 18 leet at low water. A vessel South of Cape Lookout comes at once from an orien sea into harbor without long and winding channels. Any wind between the South-east and South-west points carries a vessel directly into Beaufort Harbor. A wind between the North east and North-west sends one imme diately ont to sea." ; I It is still officially, the port of Beau fort, but is hardly recognizable as such in maritime circle?. It is not infre quently confounded with Beaufort, South Carolina, a confusion that has sometimes resulted in serious loss of time and much inconvenience. All arrivals and departures are reported and gazetted "Morehead City" and "Beaufort" has passed into disuse, ex cept for local purposes. ! There is said to be an act of Con gress still in effect authorizing the Secretary, of the Treasury, in his dis cretion, to transfer the Custom House to Morehead City, and maritime pieo- . pie, for the benefit and convemeq.ce -of commerce, have frequently urged the removal of the Custom's office to the point where sea-going vessels touch in the harbor. Beaufort being two railers from the nearest point to which seagoing vessels can be carried, . and intercepted by shoals over whiich a yawl boat cannot be rowed at 1()W water, they allege that, to all intents and purposes, the Custom House is two miles inland, and worse, for often the sheet of water between Beaufort i and Morehead, and deep water in jthe harbor, is too rough for crossing, and thereby causes inconvenience and de ' lav. '' . i ! he Engineer officers of the United States, who have lately examined Beaufort Harbor to determine jthe practicability of improvement, do not approve or recommend any project looking to a ship channel leading; up to the town of Beaufort, but say that noming more man sngnt improve ment for the local uses of small craft, ! luvuivmg u inunifj ouuay ot inre or : ll J Jll 1 L ' luur mousanu uonars can do enter-1 tamed, and that no extended system , of improvement of the inner harbor ivi "-" me lunuui jjcau- fort will ever be undertaken, as neith- er the business resources of the place, nor the interests and demands of tren eral commerce justify it. W. H. BIXBY, U. S. A. CAPTAIN OF EN GINEERS, 1885. ; "Thfi main harbor, in front of iha Railroad terminus at Morehead City, - with a east denth of 2.ifeeh thpon. ly one ot importance between the Chesapeake Bay and Wilmington, a distance of over 300 miles, and with its bar channel is especially valuable as a natural outlet of the" inland com merce of northern and) middle North Carolina, and as a natural harbor of refuge to vessels overtaken by storms. Further improvement, in accord with the original project, so as to secure to Beaufort a channel of over five feet depth at low water from Bulk head Channel (to cost $4,000),or of any depth by any other route to North River and Core Sound, is not recom mended." Had the people of Beaufort been active, public spirited and sufficiently alivo to their own interests, thirty years ago, to have secured the Eas tern terminus of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, deep water was available at Gallant's Poiritj on the Beaufort side of Newport channel, and there to-day would be the site of a large, thriving, commercial town. Hut Beaufort, hen as now, was hos tile to enterprise and imnrovemefnt. and would not jiave the railroad. It was located with the terminus at Shepherd's, instead of Gallant's Point, aad thus Morehead City sprang ifrto existence. j The location of the railroad was a great mistake on the part of its pro jectors, while the failure to secure its terminus was a piece of .folly so dam aging and inexcusable on the part of the leading men of Beaufort asi to amount, almost, to a crime. The wa iter front at Gallant's could not hiive been surpassed. With easy improve ment there was plenty of deep water available, and unlimited space for ;Wks and warehouses. Slight dreidg lng would have carried large vessels to the wharves in front of the bid tow- and deepening Back Creek into a basin would have given a perfectly sheltered harbor for any fleet. Had this been the terminus of the railroad the line would have run several miles . L i . r to the North of the present location, and through a much richer and more productive section, thus insuring tlreirter local development and better traffic. But the mistake was madb a third of a century ago. It will never be corrected. In some respects ihe injurious results therefrom can never be overcome, and a generation have passed without seeing that develop ment and reaping those advantages which a wise foresight on the part of their fathers would have given them, i Beaufort Harbor was nrominpnr na one of the best Atlantic seaports from Throughout the long and memorable struggle for internal improvements! in 0rtkCarolina U was never lost sight of. Before the locomotive was rauh known in America, it was proposed to mo mat tiuun i ntr ' ot tha unf i : : zrr: 1 ; i connect the iWestem arid middle por tions jf the State with Beaufort Har bor by a system of horse railway. I DR. CALDWELL, 1827. I Were a railway constructed from tne mountains to Beaufort on the sea- coast produce could be transported irom one end ot it to the other.through a distance of three hundred miles, in three! days. This must be evident as soon as we reflect that regular line carriages, with proper change of horses, travelling night and day, will 11 A 1 1 - accurapnsn tne distance in three davs. in. muB more man iour miles an hour. WT 1 ii - auuw ma, upon our common roads it takes the force of four or five horses to draw two tons; thatj is, one horse; at least is necessary to half a ton. jit one horse then on a railway can araw twenty tons with ease, it fol lows that he will do as much as forty horse usually do in our Common transportation." Ail legislation securinc Statn And for an east and west system of railroad looked to Beaufort Harbor I as the great outlet to the sea : j LEGISLATIVE REPORTS OP 1B38. 7 r The Beaufort Road leading from the fine harbor at mat place, is the most important from i that fact, as another outlet will thus be opened to the! ocean, and the produce of the upper country will then find additional means of h- ing snipped to any portion of the com- mercial world. The inlet at Beaufort is said to be not only the best in our own State, for its depth of water hav- ing from 22 to 24 feet of water on its zar, but it lis not to bo snrnassprl Kv any jother from the Chesapeake to r-ensacoja. internal improvement Com- mitted to the legislature, December, 1838; Ii. Ml Saunders, Chairman. Jno. II. Brv- an. .Louis JJ. Henrv- L TT Ttfn-rt11r. Hugh , McQueen, James Allen. Thoe. L. Llmgman. The Atlantic and North Carolina, the North Carolina and the Western North Carolina Railroads were all practically one scheme in the minds of their projectors for linking me rurtnermost portions of th Star. with Beaufort Harbor. But for Beau fort Harbor and its recoarnized facil lties, the Treasury of the State could never have been opened to aid the construction of either of these roads, and neither one of them would hav been in existence to-day. Its present dull, dead aspect does not indicate the importance with which it was former i- . i i ii , iy invested, nor me silence reigning there! proclaim the influence it has ex erted; in behalf of great movements of Stateand National importance. cut hseautort Harbor is not respon r. sible for its commercial insignificance, It is through no want of facilities that it is hot one of the first of the South Atlantic ports in commercial activity and Supremacy. It is owing to the want! of intelligent foresight, thrift and enterprise on the part of our own people. 1 . When the railway had been laid to the Water's edere at Morehead Citv its projectors anticipated that larce vol- uraes oi ocean iramc would concen- trato ! thero. and that flpta rf om. ships and sailing vessels would crowd the harbor. But, with characteristic stupidity, they provided no terminal facilities.; Instead of utilizing two miles or! more of Calicofs Creek, North of the railroad track, and for 100 yards right along side of it, at an immense ouuay mey perched a smalll poorly arranged warehouse on iron screw piling with two railroad tracks through it out to the edge of .Newport channel. And thus, instead of cheaply and simply providing dock room! sufficient for fifty or a hundred vessels to load or unload all at one time, at great cost they constructed a miserable arrangement that does not afford adequate room for one large vessel to load or unload. In place of a dock basin, a mile or two long, and capable of harboring several hundred craft in still-water, they built an oean pier out where the tide ebbs arid flows a 31 mile current, and at which no vessel dare lay in rough weather. It is a fact that the Pier at More head City is not large enough to ac commodate a ship, and the warehouse does hot afford cargo room therefor. If there was a large steamship to be loadpd or nnloadnH at M or aVi va A thA Railroad has nowhere to conveniently 1 V . IT ..11 I deposit sucn cargo. let tney nave spentjtwice the money on the miser able arrangement they have there that a mile of docks and warehouses would have post on Calicot's Creek. Of jcourse, as it must have been foreseen, the success of the grand scheme which gave birth to the A. & N. C.R. R. depended upon its deep water connections, but how such con nections could be invited and main tained without adequate terminal fa cilities appears never to have arrested the attention of any of those who pro jected and built the road, or who sub sequently managed and controlled it. Effort after effort was'made to sustain such same connections, always with the result, failure r primarily due to the the want ot terminal tacuities. . At beerinnine: of the Midland case, one of the strongest companies in the coasting trade, after examining the Pier at Morehead promptly cjeclined to further consider the matter, though anxious- and fully prepared to estab lish ai permanent line of steamships between Morehead City and New York. An Tmporant Arrest The arrest of a suspicious character up on his general appearance, movements or companionship, wi hout waiting until he has robbed a' traveler, fired a house, or murdtfred a fellow-man, is an important function of a shrewd detectiv e Even more important is the arrest of a disease which, if not checked, will blight and des'roy a human lite. The fr Quen cougb; loss ot appetite, general languor or aeDllliy, pauiu stio, anu uouny acnes anu pains,; announce the approach ot pulmo nary consumption, which is promptly ar rested' and permanently cured : by Dr. Pi rce's "Golden Medical Dk cover v." Sold by druggists. . - Send your orders for Stampine to t MB. Cabtkz & Co. "For us, Principle is Principle-Uiglit is Right-Yesterday. GOLDSBORO, N. C, LAST WEEKS BLIZZARD. The Coldest Weather Experi enced for Years. iK.NsiuN, j.ex,, t eo. o. ine recen storm that hjfs prevailed through the soutnwest has, in some respects, been the most severe of the season. The snow fell throughout northwest Texas and it is expected much damage wil result to vegetation and stock from tne cold wave. News from the Indian territory indicates that the loss of cat tie in the nation will be very disss trous, in consequence of the storm that has recently swept over that section. A special from Red Fork, twelve miles south of Tulsa, the present ter minus ot the St. Louis and San Fran Cisco railway, says that the heavies fall of snow ever known in that coun try is now on the ground, at least eighteen inches on a level. There is much suffeiing on the 'Frisco exten tion west of Red Foik, and the loss o stock on the range will be unpreced ented if the snow lies on the ground two days longer, as feed and water are unobtainable. In many of the covers m the timber breaks, where stock usually resort m a. storm, the snow dntts are from ten to thirty feet deep The snow has been falling hard for tne last twenty-tour hours m Choteau Indian territory, with no signs o abatement. It is how about two fee aeeP wth a eayy, cold north wind show has drifted in blowing. The places from five to eight feet, and al ready weak cattle will undoubtedly Perish. It is the worst storm that has prevailed in the territorv for vears. News from the Texas Pan Handle is meagre, out to tne ettectthat the snow ",as fallen heavily throughout that en tire region, and that the cold is intense The lo.-s to the cattle interest in the present famished condition of stock, it "l "I'll ' is reared, win oe unusually larere. Washington, Feb. 5. This was the coldest morning of the season. The thermometer at seven registered two below zero, ltae minimum tempera ture was two and three tenths below St. Albans, Vt., Feb. 5. At 7 a m., the mercury stood 24 below zero here; at St. Albans bav 28 degrees be low, and it was reported 40 degrees oelow at Jast Berkshire. Staunton, Va., Feb 5. This is the coldest weather ever experienced in this latitude. At 0:30 this morning tne thermometer registered twenty five degrees below zero. Richmond. Va., Feb. 5. Last night and to-day have been the coldest here since December 30, 1880, when the thermometer in exposed places at sun- rise indicated eight degrees below zero. This morning at sunrise the thermom eter ranged from four above to eight below, according to locality. Reports from points in this State along the railroads show similar conditions, the thermometer ranering in some cases at sixteen to twenty degrees below Trains on all tbe roads .which have been interrupted and greatly delayed y Wednesday's snow storm, are now getting all right, and resuming sched ule time. Charleston, Feb. 5. The cold wave strucic Charleston about dav ngnc mis morning, xne minimum temperature was about thirteen de grees above zero. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 5. A telegram from Sunbrigl t. Tennessee, says that the temperature was twenty degrees below zero at that place this morning, from twelve to twenty- four inches of snow is lying through out mat section. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 5. The weith er last night was the coldest experi enced in this region since the erreat storm ot 18o7. The river is full of ice and travel and mails from the north are delayed. Fort Monroe, Va., Feb. 5. The mercury stood at zero this morning the lowest ever recorded here. The snow is s x inches deep. Baltimore, Feb. 5 Last night was the coldest ot the winter, and to-dav. though the sun shone bright, the at mosphere was very cold. At 7 this morning the mercury stood two be low; at U o clock one above, and at 1 this afternoon nine above. Trains are still delayed, and navigation is sus pended, there having been no arrivals nor departures to-day. PAN ELECTRIC. A Plain Statement of the Case. Washington Star. There is little that the country can congratulate itself upon in connection . i - i n i T-v i m i t wim me I'an-rjiecrric-ceu-Telephone scandal which is at present occupying so much newspaper attention. On the one hand it is little to the credit ot American statesmanship that so many gentlemen occupying high official po sitions should be so largely interested in the future prospects of a specula tive company whose financial success must depend almost wholly on the aid it could get trom their acts and influ ence as public men. With an immense fortune depending on their course in that direction; it is demanding almost too much of hum-in nature to expect that men otherwise honest and just will i ot be drawn a little aside from the straight line of duty when the crisis comes, and the interests of the public must therefore suffer accord inelv. On the other hand, it is creat- ly to be deplored that the questions affecting the legalty of the Bell tele- phone patents cannot be discussed and determined entirely independent of the complications arising from tbe so called Pan-electric interests. Each branch of the case ought to rest on its own merits, entirely disconnected from any consideration affecting the other. There doubtless is great impropriety in members of any administration be- ns interested directly or indirectly in cases-' whose OUlcome maienauy af fects their pecuniary condition; but , . - i -ii that has nothing whatever to do with the question whether the ; patents of the present telephone were obtained through fraud and corruption. I Itisof course to the advantage of those championing either ide to con-. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, . fuse the popular min by keeping the i vital points out of view by the smoke of extraneous charges, and in this way the public interests are likely to suffer. If there are to be changes in the Pres ident's cabinet, as is demanded, let them be made solely on the merits of each individual case, without; regard to who may make or lose by fluctua tions in the .stock markets. If, on the other hand, the Bell patents are fraud ulent and worthless, as is charged, and largely believed, let that fact be ascertained, and apply the. remedy, entirely independent of political con siderations. This much the people of the country who are interested neither in Wall Street nor in mere partisan success have a right to demand. For them we speak. NEW APPOINTMENT'S. The Gladstone Government Put ting its Pieces in Place. The following additional appoint ments have been made under the new administration : Chancellor of the duchy of Lancas ter Edward Heneage. Lord Chancellor of Ireland John Naish. Attorney -General of Ireland Sam uel Walker. Solicitor-General of Ireland Theo dore MacDermott. Secretary to the Admirality John T. Herbert. Under foreign SecretaryJames Bryce. Under colonial Secretary George Grsborne Morgan. Under Secretary for India Sir U. K. Shuttle worth. ? Under Secretary for the Home De partment Henry Broadhurst broadhurst's appointment. The appointment of Broadhurst as under Home Secretary, has caused a sensation in political circles, that gen tleman being the first working man that has ever risen to the ministry. The appointment is taken as an indi cation that it is Gladstone's intention to rely upon the masses against the influence of the aristocracy. The lib eral clubs are divided in opinion on the subject, the Reform and Doven shire disapproving the appointment, and the National Liberal enthusiasti cally approving it. The hostility of the whigs to Gladstone is intense. This is shown in the difficulty exper ienced by the premier in filling the peeresses post in the Queen's' house hold. The duchess of Westminster and the duchess of Bedford refused appointments, and others will follow their example. Mr. Redmond, nationalist Member of Parliament, in a speech at Mana- ghan to-day, urged Irishmen to res tram their violent feelings, and not to hamper the new croyernment which. ho said, would take immediate steps to stop evictions. A PRACTICAL VIEW OP ' BUGS. The House committee on aerriculture is hard at work on the agricultural ap propnation bill. The bill has been referred to a sub-committee, which is sitting at the Agricultural department mvesiigaiing us general worKings and the needs upon which the estimates are based. It is the purpose of the committee to reduce the appropriation as low as possible without injury to the service, and an effort will be made to lop-on! all superfluous branches The entomological department is now occupying their attention , and it is the opinion of some of the committee that the money is uselessly expended by that service. They have not yet come to the conclusion to cut orf that branch, but they have in mind either to dispense .with it altogether or to confine it to merely practical work. They think that the work should bo confined to the study of the habits of such bugs and worms as are known to be destructive to crops, with the View of discovering some means of destroy ing them, and that no money should be expended in investigations merely to gratify the curiosity of theentomo- ogist and to add to the general stock of scientific knowledge not affectincr agriculture. They think that the most useful service that could be per formed would "be to ascertain some means of destroying: the potato buer. the army worm and some other well known pests to the farmer, and after that is done it will be time enough to study the habits of life practiced by the more harmless insects. A LONDON MOB. Rioters Marching Through St. James Street and Picadilly. London, Feb. 8. At seven o'clock this evening all that part of the city in the neighborhood of the National Gal- ery, , Carlton Club and Reform Club, is in possession of a mob. Several fac tion fights have already taken place among the rioters and the tunous mob is now marching through St. James street and Picadilly, on its way to Hde Park to hold a meeting. The mob is cursing the authorities, attack ing shops, sacking saloons, getting drunk and smashing windows. On its . TT 1 T- 1 .1 f A . . 1 wav 10 nyoe .rarK the n ont or ine mob cuade an effort to enter the War Office, but turned away when the sen- tmel at the entrance confronted the intruders with his bayonet, ionspic- uous among the buildings attacked by the mob was that occupied by the Devonshire Club, and that occupied as the residence of Arnold Morley, the newly appointed Patronage Secretary. The police along the route to Hyde Park were brushed out of the way by the rioters as so many men of straw, and many of the officers were terribly whipped for the interference. Weak lungs, spitting of blood, con sumption and kindred affections, cured without physician. Address for treatise, with 10 cents in stamps, World's Dkpen- sary Medical Association, C63 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. To - day, To-morrow, Forever." DR. ARMSTRONG i CONVICT- ED. Found Guilty of Violating His Ordination Vows. Atlanta Constitution. The surmises in yesterday's Consti tution touching the trial of Dr. J. G. Armstrong were correct. The doctor was convicted on some of the specifi cations, but was acquitted on the charges of immoral conduct on Lonir worth street. About ten o'clock yesterday morn- li?.a ,yUn man appeared at St. Philip's rectory bearing the official announcement from the bishop. The communication covered about two pages of letter paper, and was a copy of the verdict of the ecclesiastical court. It said in substance that tho doctor was not guilty of tbe charges of immoral conduct in Longworth street but found him guilty of ' con duct on other occasions not in accord ance with his ordination vows. Just what that was the court did not say. There is no official knowledge on the subject but it is generally understood that the findings of the court were by a bare majority and that the minority contended strenuously for a verdict of not guilty. the broken vow. The following is the vow that the doctor has been convicted of violat ing: "Will you apply all your d ligence to frame and fashion your own life and the lives of your family accord ing to the doctrine of Christ, and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome ex amples of the flock of Christ?" The finding of the court is substan tially that Dr. Armstrong conducted himself in a manner inconsistent with and in violation of his ordination vow, but that the testimony establish es no act of adultery. On this verdict the court authorizes the bishop to suspend Dr Armstrong from his ministrations for such time as the bishop deems best, not to exceed ten years. It is understood that this leayes the mttter entirely ia the discretion of the bishop, who,in view of the absence ot any evidence or reason to beLeve Dr. Armstrong immoral or corrupt, may deem the suspension already had sufficient punishment for the indiscre tiou, and restore Dr. Armstrong at once to his pulpit and people. Under the decision of the court the suspension must be temporary. Dr. Armstrong cannot be removed. While nothing definite has been given to the public, it is said that Dr. Armstrong in replying to the com munication of the bishor will . aoain present the facts heard by the court, and will urge either that a new trial be granted or that the court erred in finding against him. During the day Dr. Aimstrong was called on by many friends, among them some of the. MOST PROMINENT MEN in the city. He was quite cheerful and bore his severe trial bravely. Nothing new can happen in the case until the answer is prepared for the bishop. Further than what has been stated, Dr. Armstrong was not willing to indicate what his course would be, but said he would consult with his counsel, Mr. Hoke Smith, and Sena tor Davidson, and whatever conclu sion he and they might reach, would be properly communicated to the bishop. A gentleman who is a member of St. Philip's church, and who has been j present at the ecclesisastical court ' from its assembling to its adjourn ment, and who heard eyery word that was uttered during the progress of the trial, asserts, most positively that there was not one word or line of evi dence that reflected unfavorably upon the reputation of Dr. Armstrong as a Christian or a gentleman. "There was NO EVIDENCE, WHATEVER, sustaining the charge of intoxication" said the gentleman. "The exparte statement made several months aero. by the newspaper reporter who first published the scandal in the Cincin nati Post, was admitted by the court at the request of the prosecution, after the reporter who had been brought here to testify had absconded. The testimony of a man named Foote, who 'thought Dr. Armstrong's speech was thick and his appearance indicative of recovery from dissipation' was answered by the testimony of Mr. M. rialstead, who spent an hour with Dr. Armstrong immediately after the time when roote met him, was positive and unequivocal that Dr. Armstrong was not mioxicaico, out mat nis man ner INDICATED ABSOLUTE SOBRIETY. This testimony the court excluded because Mr. Hal.stead declined to ake the canonical oath. The com- missioners wno took his testimony. however, certined that he amrmed that he would, and had testified to the exact truth." 'What else?" "Colonel Houcssl, a well known awyer of Cincinnati, who was with Dr. Armstrong at the time Fote met him and who went with him to ee Mr. Halstead, also gave his testimony befor the commissioners to the fact that Dr. Armstrong was not intoxica ted. Mr. Mullaney, ticket agent of the Cincinnati Southern railroad, who was frequently with Dr. Armstrong, i r - . in while he was in Cincinnati, was Deiore the court in person, and was subjected to rigid cross-examination. He left : the stand with his testimony to Dr. j Armstrong's sobriety unshaken, so that the charge of intoxication against Dr. Armstrong had no foundation in any testimony whatever, and rested solely upon the ex parte statement of , the newspaper writer and the impres-'. sion of Foote that Dr. Armstrong's articulation was thick." "What was there to rebut that!" respectable gentlemen, Hurat Hals- ! tead, Col. Hunsel and Mr. Mullaney." j 1886. "What about Hunt's hotel!" "Mr. HuLt, proprietor of Hunt's hotel, testified to Dr. Armstrong' HAVING DRANK BEER in his house, to his own impression that the doctor was under the influ ence, but refused to wear that he was intoxicated or drunk while there. Two clerks of the house swore posi tively that Dr. Armstrong was i not under the influence of liquor. (The fact of Dr. Armstrong visiting; the houses in Longworth street waS not denied. The evidence wr that V, denied. The evidence was that he took a carriage at his hotel doer and ordered the driver to take him to such places; that he went and returned be tween the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the after noon, an in the day time. The testi monv of th womn c ti-on kfM commissioners, and, under cross ex- , ns rovltetl u"Jer the, amination, was that Dr. Armstrong 'ecadershlP of Geroneimo, were. The called at their several houses, that he fIex,CAns Aon tho United States saw none of them alone, stated that froo.P,s m tb,e Vel,ef A"1 th? were he was a clergyman, and was in search ost,Je8 ,.and Major Mauricie Corre of a female relative, who, it was re- V lst lieuteDnN Juan de LaCruz, ported to him, had gone astray. That an.d two P.nvates w?re killed, andf our he was perfectly sober, and deported otbr soMiers wounded. As sqon as himself as a gentleman. Did not the e?lcan forces fou-nd that they drink while there, but, at their solici- 'vTere finnR ,n Unitel States soldiers, tation, gave twenty-five cents that i X stoPPJ .firing and expressed to they might treat themselves to beer. the.Iatte1r the,r regret at the losses oc This twenty-five cent donation for caslone to both sides. The , report beer occurred at two places. That he pl,ves ft.s au 0XCU!!0 for tho above mis did not remain in either house to ex- !, the dffi'nl'y of distinguishing ceed thirty minutes and was not at ' ue renegade Indians from tho scouts any time alone with any one woman. fUi Ty whi,e tbo lattr general There was not a word or line of testi- !y b'havetl themselves when they are mony . 1,1 their camp and under view of their ,BIB XO SHOW ,T.UTV feolME XLltXt on Dr. Armstrong's part during thee tile Indians, or others, sometimes cora- visits, or that he had any such object mit great depredations on the peacc- AUr??S Therefore the charge ful inhabitants of the frontier, and f that he yisited houses of ill fame for cannot readily be distinguished from an immoral purpose" was not support- the hostile Indians. It was reported edby any evidence whatever. Not from Mexico that the scouts killed and even an exparte statement from a wounded on the 17th of December a woman of bad character. Daring the considerable number of cattle and progress of the trial Dr. Armstrong hor. es belonging to Jose Maria Torr gave to the court, confidentially, in the presence of counsel'on both sides, the name of his female relative and the circumstances which induced him to seek for her in such a place. It has oecome Known that the report of the lady shaving gone astray was entirely erroneous, and that she is now again happily with her husband and familv. That brings the case back to the charge of intoxication, which was certainly unsupported by anything rising to the dignity of evidence or testimonv. and was npfruHvl Vr positive proof." Ihe gentleman further said that Dr. Armstrong was chargeable with great indiscretion in his conduct while iu uucinuan. inai is not denied by pas. The Mexicans succeeding in es the doctor or his friends. But that he caping, but their donkeys, their cargo has been guilty of any act of baseness and pack saddles were captured by or immorality they not only deny but the scouts. The report says further challenge the proof. The wardens that tho "Conntitution. a journal of the and vestry were attendants on the State of Sonora, contains a detailed proceedings of the ecclesiastical court statement of all the outrages conimit and the result has been a warmer feel- ted bv the scouts, ami th ronit koa ing and a higher admiration for and ( been to address a petition to tho gon confidence in their rector. eral government not to nllow tho another member's views. scouts to cross over into Mexican ter- Another member of St. PhilinVi ritory." said: "Any suspension of Dr. Armstrong YavrnA nrli a f 1 1-a. 1 -i 11 kn l.l censure for an innocent indiscretion Qo., ; . l: ?yond what would be ; would be regarded ed by those who know indicating a purpose of the church. T&ere all the facts as to drive him out has been no defection in the parish, and while we deplore the misfortune that has befallen us we do not hold Dr. Armstrong responsible for any greater sin thau indiscreet coiduct in performing a laudable act. In this we think he has been sufficiently pun ished bv the nearlv four months sua. pinsion to which Dr. Armstrong has . i i is. oeen suojecieo. ' POLYGAMISTS IN LIMBO. Raid Maria TTnon t.lm llniinC I'rmtilnent Mnrmnno ,' - , Salt Lake City, February 7.-This ' morning raids were made by deputy marshals on the residences of George f n r Tfr- dency, his supposed latest polygam- onswif. who hud vo;,1pmMK of summons heretofore, and othr persons who were sul pear and testify b iury. uniifu oiaies iimtici Airorney )ickson offers a reward of &500 for TT !l J Li. T ... the aptureof Cannon. The terri- x lU -i IT' Ul capta,n ,fita" torial Supreme court has rendered a ' Jiom-d men with hose, prepared to decision sustaining the conviction of throw five streams of water into the Apostle Lorenzo Snow, of unlawful "'Sf cohabitation. The court recites that' Th? Ma. of hetln nd other Snow, in Nauyoo, first illegally mar yrent ctins have telegraphed ned two women at one ceremony, and V XanJ itrC h ?rkln the contract, therefore, was mill nr.d Gfih commanding the Department void. He .hen married succcss vely ,f C",IU mblH: f !rVJ?s Sen 0,bbon other women, all of whom he supports, has telegraphed the War Department, and holds out to tho world as his wives. This is shown by tho testi mony, while at the same time he dwells with Minnie, his latest polygam ous wife, who has a three months old child. The court says this is one of the most flagrant cases of polygamy in the territory, and that no error was made in convicting Snow also sustains the conviction of Brig- ham Young Hampton, of conspiring ' justice i,reen, or Washington to establish disreputable houses for T 'Pn ? 'phe! Attorney the purpose of luVing thither promi- (enerfal Garln,d amg h.m to use nent Gentiles, and savs the testimonv I fe'8 n,fluence to have troopsordered to disclosed a wicked and disgraceful , conspiracy, which must be condemned ! u n : by all. WHAT A LI HE UAL NEWSPA PER SAYS. London, February 9. The Vtr at tributes yesterday's riot to the Social- . i ... . isis ana iair traders advantage of an excellent opportunity to attempt to m s mf W convince the world that a social rnv.w. lution is brewing. There is nothing, the News ays, to caue serious alarm. The riot ought to provoke neither anger nor panic. The distress is very real and efforts should be made to alleviate it. Owing to the long ab sence of riots the police were taken by surprise. The riot renders the lesson that a dispositihn exists to use empty stomachs and idle hands for purposes of political and social agita tion. . . Published Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Year NO. 33. THE KILLING OF FOKO. CRAW The Mexican Account ot the Fight In the Mountains. Washington, February 5. Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, at Washington, has received from the governor of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, an official report of the unfor- nte encounter with the Mexican forces ,,H1 WIth. !ho tnited States V commanded by Captain Craw troops, commanded bv Cant! ford, at the mountains of Bavis. Chi- huahua, on the 1 1th ulto. It is stated in the report, that the Mexican forces, commanded by Major Mauricie Corre dore arrived on that day at a place called Trojar, in the fierra of Bavis, where tbey knew that the Apache In- and that on the 231, while thev were in camp at a place distant about a mile from Guasadas, Sonora, seven of the scotitsentered the village and com-; mitted great outrages, and the mayor bring them to order, and in a fight' ; which ensued one of the scouts wa ' wounded. The same Indians killed afterwards eleven head of cattle and wounded others near Gramada and killed two men who were leading two mules loaded with goods, which were ttnlmi l,v i,o i :.. -1 was lorceu 10 aiK lor aimed forces to ported that Francisco Garcia and two other Mexicans were attacked by scouts on the Sth of January on the road that leads from Nacosari to Cara- 1UCSON. AriZ.k rebruarvTi. A no. ial to the Star from Guadaloupe, Ca nOl non, says: A courier just in reports the arrival of Lieutenant Maim t ltancd w,Ul 1 ?uckf four "len as JP !?e Jnder of tl Lang's Ranch, with Chief Nana, ono hostage, nend- the remainder nf the hostiles at the full of tlm moon. Lieutenant Maus will await the surrender at Lang's Ranch. THE CHINESE. They are Forcibly Driven From Seattle, W. T. Serious Trou ble Apprehended. Portland, Oregon, Feb. 7. To day, as if by a programme laid out. me ininese are being driven out of Seattle, W. T. It is understood that Seattle, W. T the Knights of Labor are at the head msiT'tkmnw, rrl. f'. mar.cllhea1 to the t?ln-er Jn of tho lfic, lying at ,ier wharf, and the Eten? Pa 8teera Paage to San r rancisco tor each one nut on lumr.) . mi muitiiiEuii i iiu ju uiHiiicii aru The steamer plies regular y between San Francisco and Puget Sound. At voided the service ;J. i '"" " a ofore. and other J1.1- hour' -p' m'; about onw hundred mbpeenaed to ap- Chinamen have been put on board, a-fore the grand On an attempt being made by tho rio tnivtr,Vt Aftnr0v ter8 to fort' the Chinese on board ti"H hour' V' m' about onw hundred 4 - , . . . without paying the fare, which is ten WftshiruLnn to kptk! trnnrw Vunnn., mi r - , v ojiuwu" ver is distant one hundred and fifty miles from Seattle, and transportation would be effected by boat and rail road. The shoitest time in which troops could be transported is seven hours, and even if thev .linl.1 ca. error was mt The curt . t"-nit thy would be too late to pre i of Bri L- vent.thH "pulsion-of the Chinese. . , . . . no u,ooir,ea or incendiar ism ban occurred, but it is Via iAri that to-night trouble. there will bo serious G- od Feiulta in fvery Cae. D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer of Chattano- a, Tenn.. writes tht ho wno seiiouly -fflictHd with a nevere cold that settled on bU lung- had tried mmv rem-' eie without benefit. Being induced to try Lr. ning s xsew Uif-covery for Con sumption, did so and was entirely cured by the use of a few bottles. Since which timcf be has used it in his family tor all Coughs and CoHs with best n suits. This is the experience ot thousands whose liv a hnve been aved by this Wonderful Dis covery. Tral Bottles free a Kirby & Robinson's DrugStbre.MKRBKKOKB build ing, Goldsboro, N. C. Use Lister's Fertilizers for Wheat - W. S. Fajimkh. .
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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