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Makch 14, 1884
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LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT IN THE
We rather like Gen. Hawley, now
Senator from Connecticut. Whether
it is because he was born in North!
Carolina, and of a North Carolina
! mother or that he rises sometimes
superior f to his surroundings and
above nartv that we like him we have
not stopped to consider. Possibly
it is a mingling of all that prompts
our goocl feeling. He is a Repibli-
can anu a i luretuuuio"' -
' bad enough surely but he has ? cer-
' tain honesty that makes him a much
safer man than New England men
generally are. He can be bitter and
he is sometimes blind, as it appears
to us, but he has more than once
shown that he had the stuff of states
manship and but for his Republican
associations would Jbe, of very real
service to the country. 7'
He has recently done himself credit
by a brief speech made in the benate
on a bill to appropriate $25,000 for
the benefit of cattle dealers in Kan
sas. , Our readers will remember that
when we considered the bill propos-
f erers and the Ohio River sufferers
that we said there was danger that
tnis matter oi .relieving bujucicio
would be greatly abused, and that all
sorts of pleas would be set up
' for the jenterf erence of the Govern
ment for the relief of certain afflicted
classes. The paternal government
idea ias evidently eot possession.
Not only are Republicans nourish-
ing this idea, but Democrats are coquetting-
with it. "We hear of the
" Government doing this and doing
that just as if the States were indeed
provinces instead of Sovereign Com
monwealths. Railroads must be
owned and run by the Paternal Go
vernment; the telegraphic system
must be taken in hand; the common
SchiJols must be fostered and coddled
by. the Paternal Government; the
people must be provided for by the
-r. . 1 r . - .1..
jraiernai uovernmem. oucu is tuts
drift such is one of the signs of the
times.'
Kansas cattle are affected, and now
the Paternal Government must step
in and vote an appropriation for
their benefits "Why cannot Kansas, a
rich and prosperous State, attend to
i this matter? The proposition is for
tne .raiernai vjovernment- to appiy a
v remedy to cost $25,000. Is Kansas
.. so poor that .her people must be
aided to. this amount by the Federal
- Government? What is $25,000 for
-r Kansas to raise? A mere bagatelle.
But when supplied by the Federal
t Government it is a great thing. It is
. ' not the sum that is trifling but it
is the principle that is -involved.'
Shall, the United States Government
take possession and boss "things
. , generally? " Here lurks the danger.
and a statesman meets this issue.
He stands up in the Senate for the
rights of States. He believes that
- the people have both rights and du
ties and that the Government has no
business doing for them what they
can so much better do for them
selves.. We quote from an editorial
in the Washington Post :
: "Mr. Hawley delivered a trip-hammer
blow on the paternal system, and made a
thoroughly logical and effective plea for
State rights for the right and duty of the
people to take care of their local concerns.
I He severely Criticised the growing habit of
! running to Congress for help in local emer
gencies. i He showed that the Federal Go
1 . vernment was not intended by its founders,
i and that i their immediate successors did
pot imagine that it was intended, to go
: into the States for any merely local pur
pose, such as .the rtreatment of a disease
amoDg the cattle of a particular section of
a State.": -
Senator Hawley is to be commend
ed for this, needed outburst in behalf
of the rights of the people and of
local self-government. 'But he is
not consistent,
remember the
advocates, for
He does not always
sound principles he
he voted with his
party in investigating the Mississippi
and Virginia
disturbances, i It, is
very certain that the rights of States
the rights pOf . the people local
self -government, are violated in such
partisan investigations,
It is very
certain that jit is
just as constitu
suff ering in the
tional to
States as
relieve
it is to inauire into out
rages. The Post puts it vigorously
when it says:
"If there is no constitutional warrant
expending money from the Federal Trea
sury to stamp out a disease among cattle in
any part of any State a disease that is lia
ble to spread all over the country and be
come a national calamity, just as a fire in a
cow shed may spread till it destroys a great
city by what authority does the Senate
expend thousands upon thousands, year
after year, in alleged investigations of
merely local disturbances, of crime of
which it is not claimed that the Federal
Government can take Judicial cognizance?
. "It is well for Mr. Hawley to call the at
tention of 4he Senate and the country to
me limitations oi me .teaeral authority It
would be still belter for Mr. Hawley 'and
his political brethren to remember those
Jim1tat!M,. ..11 . . www
Senator Lamar characterizes Secre
tary of State Frelinghuysen's 'reply
tu ine vxerman Chancellor as "a keen
-and polished shaft." : f U; J
V- - HEEDED imPnOVEOTKNT. -J. r
- -The Conventions, State and Na
tional, have grown to . Tje very un
wcildy bodies. .Infact they are
hardly- deliberative, bodies in any
proper sense, but 'organized mobs
that carry out cut ! and dried plans
and are intolerant of all opposition
to the wishes of the majority. The
papers are beginning to discuss the
importance of having the Chicago
Convention under better control
than the last one-was. It is charged
that it was a noisy ratification meet
ing and possessed but little of the ele
ments of a convention. This is dis
graceful and it ought to be cured.
Only regular delegates should be ad
mitted. ';' This way of allowing all
out of doors to come in and actually
take part by . clamor in the proceed
ings is an outrage. The Boston Post
says:': : .-i-' .Vp :-' '
"At Cincinnati, four years ago, Hon. P.
A. Collins, of Boston, offered the; resolu
tion that the : national committee be in
structed to provide, at the next national
convention seats and accommodations for
delegates, alternates and members of the
press, but none others; to. the end that the
convention may be in all respects a delibe
rative body. This ; resolution wasi tabled,
but it was one eminently "proper: to be
adopted,"and while not given the authority
of instructions it declared a suggestion
which we hope the national committee will
make fruitful for the work of next July.
We want the freest and best collective
judgment of the delegates charged with
the work of laying out the campaign, both
as regards policy and candidates,. to assert
itself, which is hardly possible, in the
teeth of the demonstrations almost invaria
bly made as conventions are now jcon
duc cd." . - i -"Vl. V:
'"''. .V-,
THE ENGLISH SOI.DLEBS .
We once asked, before the war, a
United States officer who distin
guished himself in the Mexican war,
was a military author, and had taken
a very high rank at West: Point,
what soldiers he regarded as the best.
He said the English, j- We said, why
do you so regard them ? ' He said,
they are in courage equal to any in
the - world and in endurance surpass
all others. Said he:! "Look at In
dia. What other soldiers could have
performed the work assigned to
Gen. Havelock's men. Under a burn
ing sun, the mercury standing at 106
in the shade, j marching .through
sand three inches deep, carrying the
arms and baggage of a soldier, yet
these men marched between' striking
tent and pitching ij again more
than twenty miles, fought five
battles against overwhelming odds,
being victorious ? in
each
There
are no such , soldiers."; What
this gentleman would have said after
the war between the States j and? the
Franco-Prussian war and the Turko
Russian war we do not know. It is
very, certain that the British : frOm
the battle of Senlac to the last terrific
fight with the Arabs of Osmin Digna
have not failed to display the most
conspicuous valor: and the; most
splendid qualities of thej soldier
Thev know how to stand like a wall
against the most terrible onsiets; they
know how to make dashes like the
immortal Light Brigade at Balaklava
that put to shame all other foolhardi
ness and reckless courag. They
may be overwhelmed and defeated,
but they know how to dare and die
like men. The last fights show
that the British soldier can be still
trusted, and that he will, uphold the
ancient renown of the people who
fought so desperately at Senlac, at
Poictiers, at Cressy, at Blenheim, at
Malplaqnet, at VY aterloo, and on a
hundred other fields of fame and
blood. ; : '
-.!:.
' President Primrose and Secretary
Fries, of the Stale Exposition, and
Commissioner Worth, of the Jb ish
Department, are in our city.: They
are here for the purpose of working
up an- interest in the -important en
terprise . they . represept. We have
already, in several editorials, called
attention-to the plans and merits
the State Exposition and how it ap
pealed to all as citizens of North
Carolina. This section " needs to be
stirring that a thorough representa
tiori shall be had. Every jarticle- o
Commercial value- in New Hanover
county should be represented, Th
same may be said of the whlole conn
try adjacent to New Hanover. Do-
not allow other sections to be rich in
t i
exhibits and our people ltd Bhow
nothing. Let not the nakedness of
the land be "spied out" in jthat way
and through our own neglect. W
hope the city authorities, the county
autnorities, tue commercial organiza
tions, the business men generally will
meet these gentlemen, show them
every courtesy, afford them' every
facility in the prosecution tit their
labors, and see to it that New Han
over is well represented in all of h
er
industries &t-. the ' Exposition to
held at Raleigh through the most
be
of
the month of October. It requires
money to create a creditable Exp
sition, and we trust Wilmington will
do her full part in aid of thecnter-
pnse. ' v - .
Supreme Conrt. - - :;
We learn from the News and Observer
that the Justices of the Supreme Court de
liyered. opinions Monday in causes hereto
fore argued as follows:
James A. Walker vs. C. P. Mebaneet
als., from. New Hanover; judgment af-
nrmea. , : " :
Thomas H. Battle, administrator. vsM
A. iJuncan et als., from . Edgecombe, i Re
versed in part and affirmed in part. r
Peter Mar.Tl nrlminiotrotT. . -wra i rv.n
Mailoy, from Richmond; order granting a
new1 trial affirmed.
dames li. Currie vs. N. H. J. Clark et
als., from Moore; motion for a writ of cer
tiorari denied. : -"H.
Bond, executor, et als. vs. W. A.
Moore et als., from Chowan ; no error: judg
ment affirmed. :- ... ;
W: H. McLaurin vs.. Michael Cron
ly, from Richmond;' , error; new trial
awarded.'-. ,.;-?-,
Berry Bryant vs.' Joseph Kinlaw et
als., from Robeson; bo error; judgment af
firmed. . , : : l::
ST A TE EXPOSITION.
MeetlDs 't , tbe .Produce Exchange
Room lTerday Addrosae of Pre
sident Primrose and OtneraReaoln-
- . - i -
tlona, dee
In accordance with the. announcement
made in the daily papers, -a .joint meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce, Produce Ex
change and Board of Trade, together with
citizens generally, was held at the rooms
of; the Produce Exchange at 12.80 o'clock
yesterday, for the purpose of hearing from
President Primrose and Secretary Fries,
of the State Exposition, and Mr. S. G.
Worth, Fish Commissioner of the State.
ihe meeting was called to order" by Col.
Roger Moore, President of the. .Produce
Exchange, on whose motion Mr. C. H.' Ro
binson was designated as Chairman. The
Chairman called on Mr.- W. 8. Primrose to
explain ; the 3 object of . the : meeting.
That gentleman came forward and in
an! address of some fifteen or" twenty min
utes in length fully set forth the objects
anl aims had in view by the projectors of
the proposed Statp Exposition, what had
been accomplished towards making it a
success, and the benefits which would be
sure to follow to the State at large from
such - an exhibition of the boundless re
sources of North Carolina as it was in the
power of the State to make. He alluded
to!the recent exposition at Boston.in which
Nrth ; Carolina bore such a conspicuous
and honorable part, and . to the great and
lasting benefits our State derived from
such an attractive, exhibition of our re
sources as was there brought to the
attention of the people of the United States.
This favorable exhibit, he thought, could
not only be maintained, but improved upon,
in 'our State Exposition, j in - which each
county would have the privilege of taking
apart and in. which a friendly rivalry
would only tend to promote and insure a
more magnificent success. He called at
tention to the plans which had . been deci
ded upon to make the proposed Exposition
come up to the requirements Of J thffocca
sion and accomplish the great end it had in
view. It was particularly desired . that
every county in the State should be repre
sented by such of ita products as would be
best calculated to give the people an idea
of j its capabilities and possible resources,
such products or articles to be in charge
of men willing to bring them properly to
the attention of the large number of visi
tors expected to be present. The State
Agricultural Fair grounds have been se
cured for the Exposition and the platform
buildings suitable for the purposes for
which they are to be used are already in
course of erection. Proper arrangements
for storage, for the accommodation of visi
tors and for other purposes are being made,
and nothing will be lacking that it is possi
ble to provide for the convenience and ac
commodation of visitors and exhibitors.
President Primrose made 'a veiy favorable
impression upon the business men present
by bis speech, which was delivered in a col
loquial style. 1
Mr. Worth, our Fish Commissioner, fol
lowed in a short but comprehensive address,
in which he alluded to the importance of
our fishing interests being properly repre
sented in the Exposition. Mr. Fries also
spoke briefly.
; The meeting then voted unanimously to
ask the Board of County Commissioners to
appropriate a sum, not exceeding $i00, to
be used immediately . in forwarding the
interests of New Hanover county at the
Exposition; should this sum prove inade
quate, to increase the amount as the exi
gencies of the case may demand through a
joint meeting with the Board of Magistrates.
, Mr. D. G. Worth then offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions which were
adopted :
! Whereas, Believing that the Exposition
to be held in the city of Raleigh will be
highly beneficial to the whole Stato of
North Carolina, we feel it both a duly and
privilege io do what we can to futuier the
efforts which are being put forth to make it
a complete success,
itesolved, That a committee of three, con
sisting of Messre. Charles 11. itobmson, J.
H. Currie and B. F. Hall,-be appointed to
accompany the representatives of - the Ex-
position now in the City, Messrs. hrimrose
and Fries la waiting upon our citizens for
private subscriptions.
Tne New fork Naval Storea Market.
From the New York Naval Stores and
Tobacco Exchange Circular for Monday,
March 17th, C. D. Morrison, Superiu
tendent, we glean the following;
J EXPORTS VUOIC NEW YOKE.
Exports since January 1st.
ISpirite Turpentine........ 3.374 bbls.
- ! Rosin... 50,103 "
Exports same time Last Year.
Spirits Turpenline. 2,402 bbls
IRosin........ 35.850 "
Exports for the Week.
. .; . 1884. 1883.
; iSpirite Turpi . 225 bbls. 47 bbls.
Kosin .7,753 " 4,335 "
s STOCK OW HARD AT
Tar. Spirits. Rosin.
New York, Mareh-17 800 3,645 22,431
Savannah, March 15. ...... 6,178 66,286
Wilmington. March 15 4,871 4,163 88.854
Charleston, March 8 3,475 : 17,802
Spirits turpentine for future delivery
quiet. Last half year, 33 cents bid; 84
cents asked. No sales. Rosin quie!
The following were the fipot quotations:
, Spirits Turt, 34J35c; Strained Rosin
$1 48l CO; Good Strained $1 501 52;
E. 1 55; F, $1 62; G,-$l 751 75; H,
$1 95; I, $2 10; K, $3 40; M, $2 80
$2 85; N, $3 403 50; W. G. U 004 25
Market Quiet.
Deatb of J. W. Pordle, Eq.
We regret to learn that J. W. Purdie,
Eiq., a very prominent citizen of Bladen
county, died at his residence, last Sunday
morning.
Mr. Piirdie was about, fifty-seven years
of age, and had been a sufferer for a long
time with dyspepsia. His. health com
pletely broke down several months ago,
and his death was no surprise to his many
fnends. .
Mr. I'urdie belonged to a family of
wealth and distinction in his county, and
was himself owner of large landed estates.
He was elected State Senator from Bladen.
Columbus and, we think. Brunswick, since
the war, but was banned, having been too
gooa a patriot to be tolerated by the Re
publican majority of its Legislature of 1868.
At the time of his death he was a member
of the Democratic 13oard of Commission
ers of Bladen. - ,
Mrl Purdie leaves a wife and several
children, who. with manv other relatives
and friends, have our sympathies in their
loss.
Tne Flab Batenerles.
- Mr S. G. Worth, Fish Commissioner,
states that the work - of the fish hatcheries
will begin April 2nd. Twenty -five assist
ants :wUl be employed. There will this
year be five stations-rrat Avoca, Raleigh,
Wejaon, .New Berne and WiJmingfonY At
Edenton Mr. Worth will have his head
quarters. The main body of the assistants
will be at Avoca, as heretofore. . At Wel
don special observations upon the spawn
ing of the rockfish will be made. From Ra
leigh fock and shad eggs will be distributed
by express to noints all nvor thn RtntA
Fish will be hatched at the State fish ponds
near tnat city and - placed in the.Neuse
MB STATE EXPOSITION. ;
Visiting Officials JTIeetUS at tne Pro-
dnce Exehanst To-Dav. . " .
W. S. Primrose, Esq., President of the
State Exposition, Mr H. K Fries, Secre
tary; and Mr. S. G. Worth, Fish Commis
sioner of the State, arrived here yesterday
morning for the purpose of interesting our
business men in this important exhibition,
which will hve for its object a fuller "and
more thorough development of tbe vast
and almost illimitable .resources of" our
State than has. ever yet been attempted. '- ' ; '
The visitors met and conversed with a
number of our most prominent, business
men in reference to the subject that brought
them hither, and today, at 12.30 p. m.:
there will be a joint meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce, the Produce Exchange
and the Board of Trade, together with our
citizens generally, whea-Uhese gentlemen
will present the cause of the Exposition, ex
plain the work so far as it has progressed
and give our people some idea of the out
look for this most important State enter
prise. There should be a large attendance
of our business men on the occasion.
Commisfcioner Worth is here more par
ticularly with the object of looking after
our fish interests, and will endeavor to ar
range for a full exhibition of the various
varieties to be found in our waters at the
Exposition. In furtherance of his inten
tion in this respect he will be glad to have
the cordial and active cooperation of those
interested in our various fisheries
The Exposition will comence at Raleigh
on the 1st of October and continue until
the 28lh. ' ' - -
II. S. Dlatrtet Conrt. v h
' The following is a list of jurors drawn
for the Spring term of the - United States
District Court for the District of Cape Fear,
who will be required to be present on Tues
day, the 6th day of May, 1884: -
New Hanover. Henry Savage, John P.
Taylor, R. M. Mclntirc. J. S- W. Eagles;
Elijah Hewlett, Spot ts wood Allen, Daniel
Qninlivan, W. II. Nash, W. H. Waddell,
Joseph McLaurin, Walter Rutland, Alfred
Howe, J.: It. Chasten , Henry A. Burr,
George Sloan, James G. Burr, Wm. Pratt,
James W. Collins. ' .
Pender. Richard Woodcock, Andrew
Moore, J. R. Paddison, "D. ""Sherman. -
Bladen. J. JK Bright, Richard Smith,
Gaston Sutton, T. M. Sykes, Henry Prid-
gen, W. T. Pridgcn, W. A. Atkinson, J.
B. McGill. - : - :
Sampson. J. j R. ..Westbrooks, A. E."
Caldwell, D. B. iDawson, N. B. Barefoot,
L. R. CarrolL
Robeson. A. L. Shaw," C. A. Purcell,
James A. Campbell, D. N. Oliver.
; Duplin. Micajah T. Home, R. II.
Wells. George W. Ward.
; Brunswick. Valentine Smith." J. D.
Robbins. W. 8. Milliken. Noah Bennett.
- Columbus. J. W..HalI, J. H. Summer
sett, J. M. Powell, Israel Moore.
St. Patrick's Day.
St Patrick's Day was celebrated by the
Hibernian Benevolent Association of this
city yesterday iu the usual manner. The
members of the society, dressed in their
handsome regalia, met at Germania Hall at
8.30 a. m., formed into procession and
marched to St. Thomas' Catholic Church,
where services appropriate to the occasion
were held, at the conclu-ion of which they
reformed and marched back to the hall.
Here tbe usual anniversary" meeting was
held for the election of officers for the en
suing year. The following were chosen :
President F. H. Darby.
Vice Presidcut-D. O'Connor.
Treasurer L. Brown.
Secretary James Corbett.
. Assistant Secretary Wm. Shechan.
It was decided, by the Society to give
their anniversary ball on the night of East
er Monday. ; '
Recovery of a Body.
The body of a drowned man was found
on the west tide of the : river yesterday
morning and. towed into the dock foot of
Orange street. Coroner David Jacobs was
notified and viewed the remains, in com
pany with Dr. F. W. Potter, city physician,
but an inquest was deemed unnecessary
The body was supposed to be that of Fritz
Petersen, a sailor, who was drowned from
the Danish barque Helgesen on the night of
the 23rd of February, during a severe storm,
while trying to save a boat from being
smashed. He was born in Copenhagen,
Denmark, and was about 33 years of age.
Unfortunately, there was no one here to
identify the body, as the barque llelgescn
sailed some days ago for Liverpool.
The remains were interred in Oak Grove
Cemetery at the expense of the county.
The State Exposition "Visit from
President Primrose and Others.
Mr. S. A: Story received a telegram yes
terday from Mr. S. G. Worth, Fish Com
missioner of the State, to the effect that
Mr. W. S. Primrose, President, and Mr.
H. E. Fries, Secretary, would arrive here
to-day on business connected with the ap
proaching State Exposition at Raleigh. -We
subsequently received a special tele
gram from President Primrose making a
similar announcement, and stating that
Mr. Commissioner Worth would be of the
party. "
We hope our business men and Boards
of Trade will be ready to give these gentle-
mcn a cordial reception.
The County Poor House.
Two rows of shade trees have been plant
ed between the front enclosure at the Coun
ty Poor House and the W. & W. Ratlroad
track, which will add much to the beauty
of this important institution of the county,
once so neglected and frightfully dilapi
dated. It is a ploasure to see our "Coun
ty Fathers" taking so much interest in this
hsylum for the superannuated and afflicted
-sons of toil and to nave a superinten
dent so kind, careful, energetic and effi
cient. ' : - :
Personal and Piscatorial. Y.v"""'.,.
Mr. E. J. Hale, of the Fayetteville Ob
server, is here on a short visit. He spent
several days of last , week in Columbus
county, and two of these days he spent
with Col. H. B. Short in piscatorial pur
suits. The weather was not propitious for
amateur Waltons, and,, to add to the dis
comforts of the occasion, the alarming dis
covery was made that the Colonel had ta
ken to milk as a beverage. - This made a
combination of wet and dry that never fails
to afflict the average fisherman with deepest
melancholy. .
Mr. B. Dundas Chater, of New
York, will begin the publication, April 5th,
of the "Naval Stores Market Report and.
Prices Current," a weekly journal to be de
voted exclusively to the interests of the
Southern trade. It is announced in the
prospectus that "it will contain the latest
intelligence and fullest information relative
to Naval Stores from all parts of the world,
including values, receipts, sales, and stocks
of spirits turpentine and rosin in all the
American and European markets.". Price,
$2.50 per year. - Address B. Dundas Cha
ter, 187 Pearl street, New York. y -
JroRTY-EIGnTII CONGRESS.
v FIRST SESSION -- .
An Appropriation Voted hy the Senate
for ' the Suppression 01 tne , ww
PI aeue Bills and Resolutions Intro-.
dueed la h House. ... w -
' (By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ;
, . . SENATE.
W 1 atmffri TON. March 17. Mr. Van Wyck'
offered the following resolution, which yas
agreed to, viz: 7 - t,'-
- "Jtesdved, That the committee on Public
Lands be directed to inquire in what man
ner large quantities of . public lands became.
transferrea 10, - or possesses, uy- .juicigu
corporations or syndicates; ana. wimw.ii
any legislation is advisable to prevent such
transiers or posaeoBUJu. - '
. At 2 o clock Mr. 1'iumoa- jomi resoiu-
tiou. appropnaung , fao.uuM, iw -me u im
pression of the foot a and .mouth .disease,
came up, anu Air. uayaru opc-neu ucii
upon it in opposiuon, : i ne ueoaie waa cou-
tinued ' by Messrs.- Pendleton, Culiom,
Plumb, Hawley and ; Harris. . The latter
expressed the conviction that the Senate
had no consuiuuonai . power- or njtu w
undertake the work . contemplated by the
measure under ; consideration, anu inere
f ore pressed ; his motion to , indefinitely
postpone. ' -- lr'--,- - '. ' . :.- r"-: ' ?.
A vote Deing iais.en on silt, , xiaui ia , mu
tlon it was ; not agreed to yeas 15, nays
" ' The question ' recu rring on : Mr. Hama
motion to postpone until next Friday
that gentleman withdrew bis motion, and
Mr. Sherman tooK up tne ueDaie, aniago
nixinff' the nendins resolution with the
pleuro-pnedmonia bill. "
JU.r morgan saia no uau uu uuuuv tuai.
the words ot the Constitution' were pur
posely left in such form that some freedom
of action could be indulged in under them;
but the question now before the Senate
was, whether tnis resolution aia noi ex
ceed anything contemplated by any inter
pretation of the Constitution? If, however,
it could be made to appear . that the State
of Kansas required this money, and was
Enable to help , itself in respect to. these
cattle diseases, then he (Mr. Morgan) would
vote for the subvention for that State, to
aid it because, as he understood his duty
under the Constitution, he could not vote
such money unless such a state of facts
were Bhown. Such a state of facts had not
been shown, and it was not proposed to
show it He was opposed to "calamity"
legislation ; to people running to Congress
whenever a hurricane occurred, or trichino
sis was found among their hogs.
In moving an amendment to add the
words, '.'so as to prevent the spread of said
disease to other States or territories," (which
amendment was accepted by Mr. Plumb.)
Mr. Vest said he .did not believe - Con
gress had any constitutional right to ap
propriate money except for the purpose in-
dicated by that amendment. , '
Mr. Plumb then 'moved to increase the
amount appropriated by the resolution from
$25,000 to $50,000. This amendment was
agreed to. '
Mr. Plumb then moved an. amendment,
which was agreed to, adding tbe proviso,
that no action of the Commissioner of . Ag
riculture under the joint resolution should
commit the government beyond the amount
therein appropriated. . -
The joint resolution was then ordered to
a third reading. Read a third time and
passed yeas 29, nays 14.
AS passed it appropriates $50,000 to be
used by the Commissioner of Agriculture
(with the co-operation of the authorities of
States in which it may be used) for stamp
ing out the fort and mouth disease. The
government not to be committed beyond
the amount named. ' r
Adjourned. ' ;
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Under the call of States, bills and resolu
tions were introduced and referred as fol
lows: By Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, (by reauest).
a resolution authorizing the -Commissioner
of Agriculture to investigate and report
upon tbe influence and extent of speculative
transactions in cotton; corn and other pro
ducts of industry. , v
uy sit. new ra, or new x org:, to sus
pend for two years the coinage of the silver
dollar, and makimr it unlaw ul for the
Secretary of the Treasury to print and issue
treasury notes of the denomination of one
dollar and two dollars. (This is the bill
recommended by the New York Chamber
of Commerce).
By Mr. Robinson, of N. Y., authorizing
tne secretary or tne Treasury 10 pay $00,
000 to Mrs. Stephenia Randloph Meikle
hom. Jefferson's granddaughter.
Mr. Oates, of Ala., from the committee
on Revision of the Laws, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill amending section
819. Revised Statutes, and to regulate the
standing 01 jurors to the foot of the panel.
The section is amended by the incorpora
tion of the following provision : "And the
United States in cases (capital offence), and
in no otner cases whatever, shall, also, in
conformity with the practice in anv State.
have the right in that State -to stand jurors
aside and not show cause of disqualifica
tion or .challenge until the venire be gone
mrougu.
Thef motion was opposed bv Messrs.
Calkins, Bisbee, Boyno and Reed, on the
gruna that tne bill would emasculate the
power of the United States to secure the
punishment of persons charged with politi
cal offences in the Southern States. It was
supported by Messrs Oates. Bennett and
Dibble, who asserted that the measure was
intended to secure fair and impartial trials.
and was in the interest of the libertybf the
citizen.
The motion was lost Yeas 155, nays 91
noi me necessary two thirds m tne af
firmative. - . -
Mr. Randall, under instructions from
the committee on Appropriations, moved
to suspend the rules and pass the special
aenciency appropriation bill of $1,679,000.
Alter naif an hour s debate, confined to
the consideration of the sums which should
be granted to the families of deceased Con
gressmen, the motion was agreed to 167
10 10. -. ' :. - ..
I Adjourned.
Senate Debate on the Bill to Extend
: Aid to Common Schools Reports
; from Committees In the HouseThe
: Poatofflee Appropriation BUI Taken
: npandPaaaed.
! -; SENATE. "
j Washington, Aiarcu is. I3iii8 were in
troduced and appropriately referred as fol
lows:- - .,- . ..
' ly Mr. Hawley, a bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Navy to offer a reward of
$35,000 for the rescue or information as to
the fate of the Greely Arctic expedition.
I Mr. Hawley said such a reward might
induce some of the many ships cruising in
or about the Arctic seas to keep a look out
for the exploring party, or to turn occasion
ally out of their course m order to gather
inrormaiion about it.
. i The bill to aid in the establishment and
temporary support of common schools was
taken up. It appropriates for the. first
year $15,000,000; second year, $14,000,000;
third year, $13,000,000; and so on, for ten
years decreasing $1,000,000 yearly; to be
expended for common school education ;ex
penditures in each State to be on the basis
of illiteracy. ; The money to be paid by the
United Slates in the first instance to the
treasurers of tbe respective States or such
other agents as the States may designate.
The Secretary ; of the Interior to -have
charge of the portion going to territories.
The bill asserts the object to be not to es
tablish an independent system of schools
but simply to aid in the maintenance of
State schools, and provides that no part of
the money appropriated by the bill shall
be paid out in any State which shall not
during the first five years of the operation
of the act annually expend for common
schools at least one third the sum alloted it
by the bill, and during the second five
years a sum equal to the whole amount it
shall be entitled to receive under the : act.
One tenth of the moneys paid to the States
may be expended in training teachers. .
Mr. Blair addressed the Senate on the
bill. This was the most important bill to
come before the Senate since the war. Had
common schools extended everywhere and
in sufficient numbers all over the United
States, there would have been no war.
Knowledge and virtue were naturally as
sociated and were essential to the mainten
ance of republican government and free
institutions. It was, therefore, the para
mount ' duty of the nation to see that its
citizens were educated. The American
citizen had continuous public life, even
-without holding public office.' v He was the
governing power of his country he was
king. The education -of . the common
schoor was all that twenty-four-twenty-fifths
of our citizens could secure, and
the - efforts f the national govern
ment should bo to secure . to ; all
the highest possible good from common
schools. According to the census of -1880,'
out of 50.000,000 of population id the Uni
ted States there were - 9.83 . per , cent, who
could not read, and-12.44 per' cent, who
could not write. The proportion of "white
people who could not write was 6. 96 per
cent, and of colored .47.70 per cent. .The
number of persons or , scnooi age was 10,-
527,3321, while -.4he number- enrolled was
only 9,781,521, and even 'of that number
the ' actual ' average attendance was only,
5,805,842. That is to say, the average at
tendance was about two-thirds of the en
rollment, or about one-third of thanumbcr
that should attend. - In thirty-four cities of
the United. States 50 to 82 per cent -of., the
children were not enrolled at all : (hat is,
would never know how-to read or write
More than one-ninth of the citizens of the
United 8tates were unable to. read ror
writer
Mr.! Blair cited statistics- to show 4be
varvioff proportions 01 illiterates to .me
whole population for several years past.
Averagw - tminigruuua ' wua - now, v uo wu
tinned, eaual in intelligence to the average
xf our native population, fact not familiar I
to the public mmd, s early tnree-iounns
of the illiterate voters of the country were
in the Southern States, those States hav
ing one-third of the voters of the country.
Between 1870 and 1880 there had been nO
diminuitionin the proportion of illiterat 5
to the whole population, as is shown by the
census tables. Not more than three-fourths
of the voters, Mr.. Blair thought, really had
such a measure of education as to enable
them intelligently to weigh the reasons for
and against public measures which must
ultimately be adopted or rejected oy uie.
body of the people. -? A number of the fore
most educators of different sections of the
country had come before the committee on
Education or the two houses ot - iwngress,
to advocate - legislative ' measures ; w hich
should aid tbe school systems of the Stater.
They bad expressed tbe conviction that
many of the states were unauieto meeitne
difficulties which illiteracy -was . imposing
on them. The :safety of : the Republic,
these gentlemen had said, is the supreme
law. Referring to the: general industries
and social conditions of the colored people
of tbe South. Mr. Blair said that it was ra
pidly 'becoming worse; people being dis
contented and demoralized, the young men
becoming more and more disposed to vio
lence, and drifting into a condition which
bodes harm to the Republic unless educa
tion be brought promptly to bear, v When
England Xrttd the slaves in Jamaica, she
paid $100,000,000 to the former slave owners
but made no provision for the education or
elevation of the slavesthemselves. The re
sult was seen in the fact that sixty per
cent, of the British in the island of Ja
maica were illiterate. :? Looking t the sub
ject broadly, he thought that for much of
tbe ignorance which existed in the United
States the whole country was to some ex
tent responsible, because the Southern
States were not alone in responsibility for
the existence of slavery. The nation, as a
whole, could not afford .to be indifferent to
the education of its citizens. ; ' i
At the conclusion of Mr. Blair's speech
the Senate went into executive session, and
the doors being reopened, adjourned. --j-
UOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, j ;
The regular order being demanded, the
Speaker proceeded to call the committees,
when the following reports were submitted
and dispospd of: - ' I-
By Mr. Elliott, of Pa., from the commit
tee on Elections, a resolution confirming
the right of S. R Peters, of Kansas, to a
seat in the House. Laid over. , !u
By Mr. Culbertson, of Tex., from the
committee on the Judiciary, a bill to
change the Eastern and Northern Judicial
Districts of Texas, and to attach to it a
part of the. Indian territory. ; House calen
dar. ' " . - -'Yr: -.i:
" Also, a bill to authorize the terms of tbe
Circuit Court for the Eastern District of
North Carolina to be held at Wilmington.
House calendar. ; .
By Mr. Reagan, of Tex-, from the com
mittee on Commerce, a bill authorizing the
construction of bridges across the Rio
Grande river at Laredo and at Eagle Pass.
House calendar.
By Mr. Peters, of Kansas, from the same
committee, a bill appropriating $180,000
for the construction of a. vessel of the
revenue marine and a steam launch for use
in the Alaskan waters. Committee on
Appropriations.
Alter tne expiration of the morning
hour, Mr. Townshend, of IDs., moved that
the House go into committee on the Post
office Appropriation bill, and declined to
yield to Mr. Curtin, of Pa., who wished
en opportunity to submit tire . report of the
Foreign Affairs committee upon the mat
ter of the Laskcr 1 resolutions. Thereupon
the members of that committee mustered
their forces and attempted to vote down
the motion, but though, they made a good
fight the Appropriations committee came
out successful, and at 1.30 p. m. the House
went into committee of the Whole, (Mr.
Blount, of Ga., in the chairl on tbe bill
stated.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, raked the point
of order against the second section, which
amends section 4002 Revised Statutes, so
as to prohibit tne weighing of mails more
than once in four years. Mr. Cannon and
Er. Keifer argued in support of the point,
ana Messrs. Uolman. iiandall and Towns-
bend in opposition thereto, but the chair
ruled against his party friends and sua
tained the point of order. - -
In speaking to the formal amendment Mr.
Aiken, .of B. C., reviewed and severely
criticised the various features of the bill.
declaring that it made tbe most niggardly
appropriations . of any appropriation bill
which he b9d ever considered. The com
mittee of the Whole had improved the bill
by striking .out the clause limiting salaries
or postmasters to Z4.U00. The committee
on Appropriations which had framed the
clause must, for the sake of consistency.
bring in. a measure cutting down the ' sala
ries of members, for he was sure that tbe
capabilities of a man suitable to take charge
of the business, of a great postofBce were at
least equal to those of an average Congress
man tie declared that the niggardly leg
islation which was manifest on every page
of : the bill sho wed conclusively to any
right-minded thinking . man, that the pur
pose of the bill was to get up cheap noto
riety for grand economy. Applause on the
Republican side, -
Several attempts to amend failed, and the
committee rose and reported the bill to the
House. , f
The previous question being ordered,
Mr. Bisbee expressed his objection to the
bill, which he characterized as a cheap bill,
framed by a cheap party, through its cheap
committee, upon a cheap estimate of the
people of the country.
Mr. Townshend took the floor to close
the debate in defence of the bill, but ha de
voted a large part of his remarks to per
sonal attacks upon; Mr. Reed, of Maine,
who obtained the floor-for a few .-minutes
to reply to Mr. Townshend's personalities.
The amendments agreed to in Commit
tee of the Whole were then adopted, with
the exception of that increasing by $400,
000 the appropriation for the Letter Carrier
service, which was rejected yeas 123, nays
Mr. ,Horr moved to recommit the bill,
with instructions to the committee on Ap
propriations to report it back with the in
creased appropriations in several particu
lars. Lost 91 to 153.
The bill was then passed yeas 160, nays
77 and the House adjourned.
Report from the Senate Committee on
Foreign A flairs The Lasker Beao
lotloua and Other Matters In the
llouae. ' "J1. 7 "" ; ' "'
7; -': y :-: senate. . -
Washington, March 19. Mr. Miller,
of Cal., from' the committee on Foreign
Relations, in compliance wthr the resolu
tion instructing the . committee to inquire
and report what legislation, if t any, was
necessary to protect the. interests of the
United States against those governments
which have excluded f the importation of
American meatsi reported that they had
agreed to a bill providing for. the inspec
tion of meats for exportation," and probi
biting the importation of adulterated arti
cles of food and drink, and authorizing the
President to make proclamation in certain
cases and for other purposes. : The bill was
placed on the calendar. . - .
Mr. Vance stated that the minority of
the committee would at some future day
present their views on the same subject, i
. Mr. Hoar called up the bill introduced
by him and reported favorably from the
committee on the Judiciary fixing the sal
aries of United States District Judges at
$5,000.' A long debate followed. - 1
The bill finally went over and af teir seve-
ral
cixui 10 iu ui&e ud oilier measures - the
Senate continued the discussion of the hill
to aid in the establishment
schools. ' - ... -.: :. x ;
- Messrs. Sherman: Blair, ' IngallsrPughi'
Saul8bury,:.Logan,r Miller of Cala.; Piatt
and others tookr part, in the debate. - Mr.
Blair had the floor and was meeting the
objection raised to the bill, wlien at about
0 o clock, Mr, Harriss inqui red whether he
weuld give way for a. motion to adjourn. ;
Mr. Blair replied that he would do so on
one condition that oeiore tno opening or
the debate to morrow the Senators would
read his Speech of yesterday, as he thought
it covered all : ihe points of the objections
raised to the bill. . Mr- Blair's speech hav
ing occupied several hours in aeuvery. tms
BHcro-pciion was ereeted : with hearty
laughter, in which Mr: Blair good satured-
ly joined.
. Iu the - progress of the debate, few
amendments nf detail were made in the
bill. - - - ' '
At 5 p. jn. the Senate ad journeav - .;
HOUSE OF "REPRESENTATIVES. .
In the absence of the Speaker, the House
was called tp order this morning by Mr.
Blackburn.'of Ky. as Speaker pro tem
pore. The Speaker laid before- the : House a
messase from tho President, transmitting a
communication from the Secretary of War
concerning the expediency, of offering re
wards for the rescue of Lieut. 1 Greely and
party by the mdepenaent enorts 01 private
vessels, in addition to the sending of three
ships composing the-National Relief Expe
dition. ; Referred. ": . C
-v On motion of Mr. Eaton, 01 Uonnecttcut,
April 2nd was set apart for the considera
tion of the Presidential succession bill. .
-Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, ' chairman
of the committee on Foreign Affairs re
ported, as a privileged question the f ol
lowing resolutions:. ; ' " -i
. Resolved, That the resolutions referring
to the death of Dr. -Edward Lasker, adopt
ed by this House on January 9th last, were
intended as a tribute of respect to the
memory of an. eminent foreign statesman
who had died within the United States,
and as an expression of sympathy with the
German people for whom he had been an
honorable representative.
Resolved, That the House.: having no
official concern with the relations between
the executive and legislative -branches of
the German Government, does not deem it
requisite to its dignity to criticise the man
ner of the reception of the resolutions or
the circumstances which prevented their
reaching their destination, after they had
been communicated through ') the proper
channels to the German Government. i "
Mr. Curtin immediately demanded -the
previous question. : vj-, f. . .. :
Mr. Reagan, of Texas; hoped that the
previous question would not be orderedJ
The House bad made apologies enough for
having been insulted. ' ;
Mr. Cox, of .New York; moved to lay
the whole matter on the table. That was
the way to treat the German Chancellor;
The motion was lost 83 to 125. ; v ;v
The previous Question having been or
dered. Mr. Ochiltree, of Texas, rose" to de
bate the resolutions. He yielded to no gen
tleman in his esteem for and confidence in
the distinguished members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, and ordinarily be was
disposed to rely on their judgment, but
this affair had gone beyond the. domain of
red tape and circumlocution. It had as
sumed a phase which called on each and
every representative to look to it that his
individual; honor and dignity were pre
served, and In doing so, to defend the dig
nity of the people. It was not becoming
the dignity of this body to enter into ex
planations of the meaning of the original
resolutions. They spoke for themselves.and
the apologetic tone of the pending resolution
was unworthy of the representatives of this
great nation. Mr. Ochiltree then went on
to deliver an eulogy on the high abilities
and noble character of Lasker. Among
men who had raised their voices for the
amelioration of the people of the old world,
none was more conspicuous than Lasker.
He had raised himself to a high position in
a country where heretofore only those of
lineage had obtained eminence. He had
not advocated radicalism, or socialism, but
constitutional freedom. As an author and
thinker alone, he was entitled to the tribute
paid him in the 'resolutions of tbe House.
The compliment to Lasker was a rebuke to
the German Chancellor because- they were
the antithesis of each Other. The present
incident of itself showed of what base ma
terial the latter was moulded. He had ever
been the sycophant to royalty Jwho had
never upheld the rights of the people and
never lost an opportunity to denounce pop
ular sovereignty. The proudest boast of
this man of blood and iron was that he
had served the royal family of Prussia for
half a century. Well - might this proud
and haughty instrument of despotism seek
to shut 'out the American principle from
the hearts of the German people. Princi
ples of absolute imperialism, could not
withstand the moral power of American
freedom. .. -.'
Mr. Ochiltree then,, amid some laughter,
read an extract from a letter written by
Lasker some days before his death, in
which he refers to Mr. Ochiltree as having
introduced him to the President, members
of the Cabinet and foreign ministers.
Mr. Belford, of Colorado, inquired (ironi.
cally) whether it would be in order for a
member to offer a resolution presenting the
apologies of the House to the German
Chancellor for having troubled him.
The, Speaker replied that it was not.
After speeches by Messrs. Deuster of
Wisconsin, Phelps and Curtin, the resolu
tions were adopted without division, al
though an unsuccessful effort was made to
have the yeas and nays ordered.
Mr. Curtin submitted the foHowimr fur
ther report relative to the memorial of the
Liberal Union of the German Parliament
"The resolution contained in this memori
al expresses so inst an appreciation of the
action of this House, and so cordial a wish
for the prosperity of our country and of the
two nations, that it is deemed proper to
make fitting acknowledgment. The com
mittee therefore recommend the adoption
of the following resolutions:
"Itesoived, That the House cordially re
ciprocates the wishes of the Liberal Union
of members of the German Parliament for
a closer union of the two nations, and re
cognizes their graceful appreciation of its
sympathies with those who mourn the
death of Edward Lasker.
''Resolved, That the House accepts these
resolutions, ana airects Mat they be spread
on the journal." -
After a repetition of the debate which had
just ended upon the former resolutions, the
latter resolutions were adopted without
division. : -.-i '
Mr. Turner, of Ga!, chairman of the com
mittee on Elections, reported a resolution in
the contested election case of Garrison vs.--
Mayo, from the First Congressional District
oi - v irgima, declaring ine contestant,
Garrison, entitled to the seat He asked
for its immediate consideration; but the
sitting member, Mayo, desiring to make a
speech in his own behalf, the matter was
postponed until to-morrow. ---The
committee on Appropriations ' re
ported the Indian Appropriation bill, and
it was referred to the committee of the
Whole.- ;; , : , , -The
long expected stru?erle over .the
Whiskey bill began. Mr. Llackburn, of
Ky.;calfing.Mr. Springer, of Illinois, to
the chair, moved to go. into committee of
the Whole on the revenue bills. ;
Mr. Dowd, of N. C raised the question
of consideration, fcnd Mr Randall demand
ed the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
The motion was agreed to yeas 130,
nays 121 and at 3.50 P. M., the House
went into committee.Mr. Dorshimer.of New
York, in the chair.? ; i ; ' v
- The first bill was the Bonded Extension
bill. , .-:-
Mr. Iliscock, of ;N. Y., objected to its
consideration v - The. objection was report
ed to the House; which by a vote of yeas
.137, nays 118, decided to consider the bill,
and the committee resumed its session, Mr
Morrison, of UL, taking the floor in sup
port of the bill. Before he had finished a
scutence, however, Mr. White, of Ky.,
rose, saying that he had moved that . the
committee rise for the purpose of begin
ning privileged matter before the House.
The chair stated that he' had recognized
the gentleman from Illinois (Morrison), and
on Mr. White's:taking - an appeal, refused
to notice iL-on the ground that an appeal
was not in order upon a question of ; mere
recognition by the chair. , - ; r.
Thereupon, Mr. White rose to the point
of order, and said that a member of' the
whiskey ring was. now on the; floor, ; when
he had previously given his pledge that he
had not an interest in any bill before the
House. -Within a few days from making
that . pledge be ' had appeared before the
committee on Ways and Means, in support:
of the bill, and was now on the floor; as
well as the editor of the Courier Journal,
from the town where more whiskey was
in bond than any other town in the United
States. . ? .-. -: - ' ; .' ,, -t
: Mr. Blackburn submitted that this was
not a point of order, and said that his col
league knew he had no right to be heard
upon it. i j-vv i
The chair ruled j tba it was liot a point
of order. i -v r- '-M
v? Mr. White-I say I am enticed to be
heard on a question of privilege. ' The gen
tleman from -New York (Mr. Porsheirner)
has decided that I am not in order, and he
must into me responsibility
htindozfi this bill thrniir.1, J ... "1
mainder of the jfcentence- w'aa t
the cry of "order." , -:, u' 0w nl l
Mr. Mornson then mndo ri
mem as 10 tne pnrpoSu ,,a , , . Sl
t.lm . hilt TJi't--An .1:. ... ,'llect. t.
. r . ... ' ftiilpff ...
must - be: paid, ' accordiii'T . ai!'nu
wv - , . vu 1 Ik! 1 1 if,, f "I
isting law,;',, within three vrnr(!
mucn ,soouer, as ,tne -cpii its
movecL The obiect of tlm .;n (re te
tend the : time for the tin...3.l"(i
tax on spirits now in waftLmic'r.,, lW
dition of a new guarantee and tlw" c11
on the lax-extended. If this hlj .'"'crest
convening gram inio a co ml v i
to-be taxed, then the benefiri
this .bill were entitled tf "ries f
rntinn . '- Tlprardinir- it ; . ""Side
branch of manufacturing industry "-'mate
entitled-to be placed on ar con-ii i"-'1 Wa
an .Jtuer; luuusinea. Krom- 11.;.. . . ""t
the government derived " more tlAn s,,y
TltLH U ail 1LH rCVpnnn T .,. "lit
of warehouses 25,000,000 callow ,ul
must nftv tax: and in th !1S- which
. iiiicu IK! T . ..... , -
70,000,000 gallons, for much of wbirh
would be no - market. The Commit - 16
of Internal Revenue estimate ik. .r10D
nlnfl for whirh thora nn.iU i. lnC81ir-
would amount in the nort t,!10o'lrktf
45.000.000 ffallnns Tn th . -eaf8to
whiskey was made everything was ov,i
Eccessive production was not alone IT
industry, but was common to all u,(. m
nroducinff interefit.i nf thn Rw
r ."V. VUUUtrV p. .
oncers were not sihlp tn. r.nrr.,. 1 r
of alcohol in European'jnarkets win n e
many. - This country fought the Ger'"
people with protective tariffs, and bid .
ra11 inr UYenrfl mnrtroto in uaa to
subiects of the ill-naturnrl Ti;ui ion '"h
pose that this surplus was purely ih'erS
of the speculauve spirit of our pemiEt
nap mm, gwu ana satisfactorv r
son -i why an industry of this m,
tude should . bo forced to pay t""'"
when m the Government had nothing
Uiat this was class legislation that it t
legislation hvthe interest of a special W
That was not the fact. This Wishrl
was to undo, as far as it went, special lcl
lation against this industry, aud put it t,
uutM,j wo xju. uu e(iuant' v:ith .,11
otlipri ftrtinlftA that, rww ir,n-i '
- iuiui uiii reveiino
taxes.: He believed with the Commii0DPr
of Internal Revenue, that if this m an"
thing else than whiskey there would be L
question about it- He believed furtW
that whenever it could be done (as it rm,i,i
wi uwud nj, uim iciiei Buouiu be granted
li vuiB imu were passed 11 would not cost
me vjruvejuuicuii uue smgie cent and it
would not add to the business of ;'a Sinie
person oi we oo.uuu.uuu ot people, t0 the
.cxieui, 01 me uuuurcuiu pan ot a farlliin?
- Mr. Willis, of Ky., said that the pennt
of Illinois, Kentucky and Ohn r
half a dozen other States, were dotaly vi
tally interested in the immediat& passiee
of this bill, but its friends did not wish to
Eush it through by any railroad sebctne
f. there was anything wrong in it h want
Cd it to' come out. He, therefore, yielded
to Mr. Blackburn, who expressed the hoi
that the consideration of the bill would be
resumed to-morrow. He moved that the
committee rise.
: Thia mn(jnn itio orrr...! anA 41.. tt
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adjourned.
-Spirits Turpeatiiib
Rosston Pn.tt- Tt.nthovfr.rA v,
C, has a man 6 feet 10 inches tall. He ia
said to be the tallest man in the State. He
has fought over fifty different men for
asking him: Is it cold" up there?" and Le
didn't begin until he got sick of hearing
the question. ' "
Lumberton Robesoiiian: Tbe
Ioctors say that there has been less sick
ness this year than ever before; in fact it is
distressingly healthy. While at Shoe
Heel last Monday afternoon, we saw one of
"the Crofters, Mr. Mcintosh, a remarkably i
handsome and intelligent gentleman.
everybody in North Carolina knows it, but
it is worth saying over again that within
twelve miles on Deep River, (including
Randleman and Columbia) there are eight .
cotton mills. The talk is' of a branch of
the Yadkin Valley Road to run out there
and to give them the daylight of transpor
tation.! - - The Chamber of Commerce,
the Produce Exchange and the Board of
Trade of Wilmington struck out along the
right line, as they are always likely to do,
when they recently showed public spirit by
passing resolutions in joint ression (1) com
mending the pending bill in ' Congress for
the support of the disabled in the revenue
marine service, (2) reciting the city's need
of a Government building, and (3) pledging
themselves to use every possible effort to
have the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Road
extended to Wilmington. From' a
Fayetteville correspondent: "Anything to
win." You are right; that never wins.
So this is to be the shibboleth of the Demo
cratic party? Then it means simply that
we Want the offices, and principles may
sleep. But as the very large majority
don't hold offices, the leaders and tbe can
didates must get upon a higher - piano of
thought and action if they would save the
party from degradation and carry it on to
success.- '
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' - Shelby Aurora : Fourteen
hundred dozen, pr 16,800 eggs were
brought to Shelby on Tuesday. How will
this do for one day? We with pleas
ure note the improvement and prosperity
of many of t our colored people in Cleve
land. Many of them have bought farms
and live in neat and attractive residences.
Mr.. Mark Ware received in spot cash
$77 90 for tobacco raised on a half acre of
broom sedge land. He told us last Friday
that $15 would cover the entire cost of bis
labor. The Sparkling Catawba Springs
sale has been cancelled because Mr. E.
Abell, of Chester, South Carolina, was not
able. There are on Cleveland coun
ty's tax lists 2,500 polls. Of this num
ber 28 were released from paying poll
tax and 308 reported as delinquents.
-Several of Oiir exchanges have been
led astray about the Mormons in Cleveland
county, whieh repudiates everything that
has a tendency to Mormonism. '-Cleveland
steps to the front in tin and mica. D.
A. Elliott is working a mica mine four
miles west of Shelby. In ten days' labor,
with two men only, he obtained three tons
of mica worth about $500. On last Friday
he obtained one hundred pounds of mica
in one Mock or piece, without any blasting
and at a depth of only ten feet. Mr.
Mark Ware received 12$, 25 and 60 cents
per pound for his half-acre in tobacco, some
of which was beautiful yellow leaf.and was
paid $77.90 in cash. Here is the proof tbat
Cleveland can successfully make tobacco at
the rate of $150 per acre. Tobacco pays
better than cotton. " j
5 Raleigh ; News- Observer : M r.
Hiram V. Paul, of Durham, is about to
publish an illustrated history of the t-ivrn
of Durham, N. C, embracing biographical
sketches and engravings of leading business
men. We have been given a good
specimen of mica taken from near the sur
face of some land ten miles from Warren-ton--
, The land is the property of Mrs.
Polk, ; .-- State chemist Dabney is part
owner of the tin mine recently discovered
at King's Mountain. News came here
Friday tbat in the progress of ',the work
there a very rich vein of tin ore had been
found. . Dr. Dabney at once left for the
scene. -That mine is certainly going to be
a bonanza. George H. Snow, Esq,.,
commissioner, advertises in this issue ijc
Jamesville ; and Washington railroad for
sale. The road runs from Jamesville to
Washington, a distance of 22 rnfles, the
line being in Beaufort and Martin counties.
The rolling stock, right of way. and all tbe
privileges, etc., of . the road are also to be
disposed of. . Very large and valuable
tracts of land, containing 39.C80 acres,
in Martin; and Beaufort counties, as well
as various smaller tracts, are to be sold.
There is a queer case in the Supreme
Court, involving the construction of "&c
, In 1864 , William Maris, (Tied, having Ji
vised his property as follows: "I leave the
plantation on which I live to -my four
daughters. They may sell the laD(1,au.':
divide the : money, or one may sell w
another; but they must not divide tne
land. If any one of my daughters sba
die leaving no issdb her portion is to oe
divided among the three survivors, kc
All four" daughters survived the tester.
Three have died without issue and leaving
no will. Mr. Maris left seven other ) chil
dren The question is who gets the lana
The surviving sister claims it. ,
broken rail one and a half miles e:1
Marion threw, the east-bound train JSo. -off
the track on the morning of thel-in-The
engine and .mail car were sniasneu.
The passenger car and sleeper did n
leave the .track." Engineer Win. T. y
was killed and fireman Morris Piuksw?
colored, was .badly bruised. Nopassei
gers. were injured. ; ?-.