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'iVr':;:" 1 'A 6 1 , 1 .... 1 ' " The' Weekly -Star, WSL H. BEEN AED, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON. C. Friday, FkbrtUSY 18, 1887. rarin writing to change Jyonr address, 'f"?! pivo rorrnw direction as well a full particulars as where you wish your paper to tt hereafter. Unless you do both changes oaa net be made. Cy-Notices of Mairlare or Death. TWbntesof Reject, Resolutions off W for as ordinary advertisements, but only half L. whennalfor strictly in advance. At this rate cents will pay for a simple announcement Marriitra or Deal un. Remittances mast be imadejl 'SrS Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Post masters will (rejrUter letters whan desired. taronly such remittances wit be at the risk of the publisher, f J Ii aSpeolmen copies forwardtd when desired. HON.' JOSEPH J. j iviav ;, It was announced in the star or Sunday that) Hon. Josepni J. -M18 of Franklin' county, h id been ap pointed to the place on the Supreme Court Bench by Gov. Scales made vacant by the death of l he much la mented Judge Ashe. Air. Davis Js in his fifty-ninth 'year jhaving been born In Franklin county! id 1828. He was educated at Williain and Mary College, Va., andjreadliw at the University of North Carolina under thn late Judce Battle. Mr. Davis first settled at Oxford,! where he hia nrofession for some r .ii j years'. After his marriage to Shaw, of Louisburg, he! removed to that bleasant village, where he has resided ever since J He served gal- lantly in the war as Captain He repre sented the Fourth District six years in the Federal House of .Representa tives' and distinguished himself as a most faithful, watchful, honest public, Servant ever guarding the in terests of his people. After three .1 terms he did not stand for reelec tioni 3ecause of his fidelity and in tegrity; the Stab bestowed 'upon him a sobriquet that has! 8tucki"Honest Jn Davis." We remembered that in our boyhood a prefix was o-iven to another Davis, an eminent Senator from Massachusetts, known all ; through the land as "Honest Johni Our North! Carolina "Joe: is ! the full Deer of tbi Massachu setts FJohn" in honor and conscien tious t devotion to what is true and just and noble; Judge Davis is in unabated menta and physical vigorj He will take to the bench the same higli qualities o: nobility, conscientiousness; morality- and Integrity that so eminently dis tinguished the admirable Ashe. This say that for writer is really glad to thirfy-nine years his ations with of the most i e know any si He is a Judge, Davis have ' intimate character. man we know Joe man of marked character and indi viduality. He is as true as Lhe needle is to the pole and will! never per- Sunlight liill upon it. ' We would . trust him as far as we would trust any living man. lie has, had a long experience at the bar, 'and has al ways enjoyed a full practice. He is a man of judgment, of discretion, of good abilities. He owes! his appoint- ment to the warm personal relations existing between him and Governor ' Scales; whose confidential adviser he has been since the Governor took ' office. ' j J Since writing this we notice that the New- Observer says' he served but two terms in Congress. Our im pression is he served six years. He ought to have been retained as long i as he would have agreed to serve the i people without any solicitation . on I his part. The litem-Observer says: "If ever the scales of justice have been evenly held he will so hold them to the ut most extent of his ability ; and more than thiB,,we'opine, could be said of no man." It was certainly proper that the selection should have come from the middle part of the State, as Chief Justice Smith is from the Albemarle Bection, although residing at Raleigh at the time he was nominated; while Judge Merrimon is 'from Western Carolina, although a citizen of the capital when nominated. . We have received tbe report of the Adjutant General of the State for 1886. .it covers,3 pages and is very full. The total force of the State is 1,043, a decrease of 48 as compared with 1885. This small . force is .divided into four regiments, .and this multiplies officers. There are but 677 privates. The compa- ' nies ought to be larger and the regi ments should be composed of at least 500 officers and soldiers each. North, Carolina ought to have a State Guard of at least 2,000, with not less than 1,500 privates. The time may1 come not far in the future when sueh a force .will Be needed. We believe that any appropriation that the Le gislature may make to secure the efficiency, increase and permanency of the State troops will be wisely done. Any expenditures for mere show for "pomp and circumstance" and a display of shoulder-straps kre not to be thought of. But whatever sum required to give stability, effi ciency and full ranks to the State Guards sboutd be furnished by the . iaw-maKers. Delicato persons, and all whose systems have become debilitated, should bear in mind that pimmona Liver Regulator not a drastio, purging medicine, does not ' weaken or deplete the system as other pur gatives do, but acta gently. It will in-' Vigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in toxicating beverage to lead to lntemper ance; will promote digestion, dissipate headache, and generally tone up the system. I Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgia, ays: "Simmons Liver Regulator is mild . and suits me better than more active reme . flies." j rei been If v Davi DEATH OF BIIHOP OBBBN Many readers of the Stab will be pained to learn that Bishop William Meroer Green, of Mississippi, isead He died at Sewanee, Tenn., on tne 13lh Inst. 1 He was born in this city, and had reached the advanced age of 88 of 89. He was long a Profes sor at the! University, and for some thirty or thirty -five years has been Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese or Mississippi. He was a fine reader, a high bred, courteous gentleman, a sincere Christian, a man to; oe lovea and honored, a man of "cultivation and full of humility and the milk of human kindness. He published only within a I year a "Life of Bishop Otis," of Tennessee, that nas- Deen well received in the North and com- mended by as. nign an auinoruy the New j York Uiurcfunan. -i ine last number of that able paper con tains a long comcnunicatiCn from 'the venerable prelate upon Christian Union. ' . ' i ' .. . . This writer knew him personally, used to recite to him at the Univer sity, and always revered and esteem ed him as one of the most godly or men who! illustrated the spirit of Christ in his life, and taught by ex ample that! holy living was a supreme duty. cannot doubt that in nis last extremity tbe Master was with bim, and that in the end he also il lustrated the blessed j assurance of holy dyingl. He was married twice, we believe, tie bad several children, but we are not informed how many survived him. " One of his wives was Miss Soeed, of Granville county. He has relatives in this city. It was less than two jrears ago that he visited Wilmington and conducted religious services,. .. - ' COmnON SCHOOLS-BI.AIBIS1TI, The revenue law before the Legis lature proposes to reduce the tax to 23 cents on the $100 of real and per sonal property We think both Governor Scales tnd State Treasurer Bain recommended a reduction to 22 cents. It is believed that this sum will raise ample fands for the effec tive running of the Government. The educational fund is to be reim bursed by a tax of 69 cents on the A correspondent some time ago in the Raleigh News- Observer showed how a reduction of the tax would affect the School Fund. He said 66 cents on the $100 worth of property- was the constitutional limit, ne makes an argument to establish the following conclusion: v. , I "It follows that every reduction ot State or county taxes widens the i margin for the levy of the supplemental school tax. To put the matter Strongly, if the State could ha run on a tax of 20 cents and the county on a sitni'ar, sum, a martin of 26 cents for educational purposes would be left. infdri-Traoyfdipp the School for it is really of the first importance that the school term should be ex- ii. T , tended, that tbe system should be thoroughly f worked, and that the grade of teachers should be raised, and to do bis there should be higher salaries. It is believed that tbe pre sent system is very imperfect and that the results attained are alto gether unsatisfactory. II ' rinro in nn rlnnht. nf imnrnmMl and the Superintendent.' is no doubt exerting himself to work the system to the Wht of bis abilitv His Bien- nial Report for the Scholastic years of 1885 and 1886, contains 168 octavo pages. The reports of I the various State departments are getting to be ver voluminous. The reports were never before so well printed. ,Jdaj. Hale has established a standard of excellence that subsequent State Printers will have hard work to keep up. There was an increase of receipts for 1885 and 1886, and a consequent increase of length of iterate In 1885, 530,127 children attended; the com' mon schools; in ' 1886, 547,308 at- tended. There were about 30,000 pupils attending private schools in 1886. ii The Superintendent says: "Both the Normal School and Institute statistics show large attendance and Imply, what is the truth, that the teichers are im proving. Our Normal Schools and County Institutes and tbe Teachers' Assembly are inspiring me teacnera witn a higher ideal, and are doing great eood. While noite a number of school houses have been built duiing tbe two rears, the figures show that me valuation of school Drooertr is verv small, and that tbe Slate is sadly deficient in this item of prime importance.'! The total receipts for 1885! for the School Fund were $631,904138; for 1886, $670,672.41. Disbursements in 1885, $605,089.90 -balance on hand, $202,8 1 .22. . In 1 886, disbui sements, t$7l,U5.65 balance on hand 1st December, 1886,!$205,267.98.j': The StaS iis clad to see that the terms, attendance and fund are grad ually increasing year by year.! This is very encouraging.. It shows that the people are trying to do their duty in improving the: educational facili ties of North Carolina. If not de moralized and paralyzed in zeal bv -11 . r, i t,.., , i - allowing Grab Bills that are wrong in inception, unconstitutional in plan - - ' . - J : j i. , , , . . and inevitably destructive in results, the self-respecting, self-reliant people . 1 &' "iwmjiwjhb of North Carolina will steadily imi prove in their efforts to secure better schooling and more of it for the chil- dren of the State.; superintendent Finger discusses the "needs" of the State in regard to education j He states thein thus: "1. Longer school terms, which will re quire more money. ! ) ' i ii, -, "2. Active and competent Superinten dents in all tbe counties 1 i - "3. Permanent Normal Schools for the preparation oi competent teachers. "4. A better sentiment in favor of pub lic education. ' ; r . ''5. A determined effort, not alone at in- iw;Miai anu practical school-work, but training, anu religious tram- in or as well, to far as that can be done with propriety in the Bute schools v "I trust it will be the . pleasured of the Geuerat Assembly aa. far as they may be able, to'meet these needs with appropriate i .ib.. : i Thesw 'points are well takeirt But wbaievecejse Hotih Carolina needs it does not need Federal school teach ing or Federal interference in -the educational "affairs of this-sovereign and independent Commonwealth". .' If la" thisT confieotlowe "w whsay f e wu rd s about Paternal Ped a- gogy, -The' Alabama Legislature has Blair , bill. . Governor . I aylorj oFJ Taylori jTennesaee,! supposed; Am- the can- ivass 1 to 1 be1' against. i the myt ; in his message favors it, withinome conditions, i Our obiectiopa ; to the bill we have often ipresented.;. l hey may be Bumraarizea mus: First; it is unconstitntionai.;ii.This we have argued at mncb length and in many editorials.' -; !; ; Second, it; is a great wrong to raise 'money by taxation for the purpose of running the General Government, and then tako that' money to run the oommoD schools in a State. 'Mark jyou, the Blair bill iruns for ten yeafi. The surplus now in the Treasury will be expended before two years; and there would be no surplus three 'vears hence unless taxation tdas so rsessive as to make it. ' ;; Third, the effects will be demerali sing, destructive, vicious.' No State can become a pensioner without se rious detriment, loss, distress. ' . Fourth, the Blair bill wr danger- us, wrong in principle, and will in the end destroy the . public schools. Tbe people will lean upon . the Gov ernment aid and after ten years will demand a continuance of the vicious and unconstitutional system. . . Fifth, the terms of the bill are such that .no Southern - Democrat should think of accepting the help proffered with tbe conditions aecom panying. Our article is sufficiently lone. This last point we will con- sider at another time. Front ScnllhTlIie. ; i The . Star's Smithville correspondent says that when the stoarmr Lottise from WiliiTintou rounded the point Tuesday last, her whaif was crowded wiih people constables, iwers : and spectators the latter having gathered out of curiosity to witness the expected arrest of tbe captain of the barque Monica who was a passen ger on the Louise, aad for whom a warrant had been issued, at the instance of tbe sailor boarding house runoer, who had been placed in irons on the baique by order of the captain, as mentioned in the Stab last Sunday. But when the Louite was abreast f the barque, lyieg in IBe ttream, she ouoded to and put the captain on board of is ves-.el Tbe crowd laughed heartily at be discomfiture pf the constables, for although the trial hai been appointed for ven o'clock and members of the crew of he Monica bad been summoned to attend, heywell l hnL;wthjit tbe captain of the y a United States marshal. As the barque ot s to eea to-morro, it looks as though the runotr who wantel to sua for two thousand dollars damages, aud his lawyer, uM (jet left. Suiiihville is to have a drug store the dru .'gidt is a gentleman from Marion, S. C. Another Ontrace on lhe Carolina Central I Some misoeanl placed or drove a bar of iron into the open portion of a fiog on the trauk of the Carolina Central Railroad at Alma, two milea east of Maxton. Tuesday night, evidectly for the purpose of throw ing the night tram from tbe track.- It was discovered ia titno to prevent any damage Qol. L C Jocis. the Superintendent of the road, offers a reward of S250 for evidence leading to the arret and conviction of the parties concerned ia this devutrv. It is earnestly to be Hoped that the wretch or wretcnes wno did tbe work mav be arrested. convicted and punished as far as the law will permit . i ' A i waaUU Baisne oa Prvlaa-Pan ISboaU. ; ' The Spabbh barque Maria,' Audure master, got aground on Fring-Pnn Shoals during a thick log al 6.80 p. tn. Tuesday. The barque bound from fiavana to New York with a cargo consisting of four thou sand and nine hundred sacks of suear. Tbej crew of Cape Pear Life Saving Station were promptly on hau l aud rendered all DcctBa&ry . assistance. ; r . Yesterday several tues from Smithville weat to the scene of tbe wreck, and the probabilities are that ibevestet will drift afloat with their assistance on the next tide. '--'- 1 - The captain of the Maria came ashore with the Life Saving crew lsst evening. He seems con nut nt that the baraue can be floated without any material damaee to the vessel or cargo, if the wind continues in a Westerly direction. Oblloarjr.' i - i . Mr Thos il. Smith, a well known citi- t.-n of Wilmiogtlitt, died at bis residence on South Front street Sunday morning3 lait. in the 54-h year of his age '. He had been- sick fur many months with consumption.' Mr. Stnii h was a native of England, but bad been a resident of this city a number of years ;! His funeral took place yesterday afternoon from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, tLe Howard Relief Fire Engine Company and Cape Fear Lodge of Odd bellows, of which he was a member, escort ing the remains to Oakda'e, where the in terment took place. . , . made on tbe fc. 8. 1. ar a Cltlxen of One of the luckiest citizens of Memnhis. perhaps, or one who has had as much good fortune during the past thirty days as any omer, i is maiam raien, who ror some years has been employed as watchman at mc misaiseippi anu r icnness uepoi, ana who in the last monthly drawibg Of the Lou'toD State Lottery Company held one- tne Mississippi and Tenness i. iw uun wuitu cauea ior ine capital prize of $50,000. : An Avalanche e?,rtl, tr chnce . yesterday and asked him how hn nlnnA nrnrwHv "1 take it pretty calmly, 'V he replied, "and don't know that my little fortune will af fect my ordinary way of living much. I have been working many years at a mode rata salary, aud have always managed to maao a gooa uving. mis little stroke ot luck, however.; will helo me alon . a rmat deal of course. . I always thought, some how or other, that If I'd keep thammerin' away at that lottery, I'd . win something after a while, and although L WM alwava expecting It, I was very much surprised when 1 found out all of a sudden that I had won the 15.000. All I had to do wu tn E resent the ticket to the Commercial Bank ere and the ; money was paid over verv uivuyuj, . x tuwau wj ;u inra ue grocery business, and as I am not aa xmno t used to be, you know I will trp to make an easy living, and use my snug little fortune m we oest way possible." Jfemaflw (ZVnn.) 'A HANpBOafBBAVE. ON SLOW It A1L.RO AD. PropcHd Amendaaenta to Ibe Charter Now Before the general Assembly.' The prdpoeed amendments to the charter t Of the WiJraiDgten, Onslow & at Caro lina Railroad, which- have passed the Sen- ale and are now pending in the House, em brace the following provisions: Section one provides that the lime with- nwhich the company is compellable to be- gin lhe construction ol the road shall oe extended lor loe term ot five years from and after ratincauon or tne act Section 13 of the OTiinal act is amended by adding thereto the following clause: .niJgionora knd other orooer authori- ties ot such pity or town, to meet and pass upon said application, .within thirty days after the same snail be presented to tnem. and if the terms of this section shall have been complied with In making the same, to issue at once the requisite and proper no tice eaiiine tne election in tma section ore- scribed: which said election shall be held within forty days after the day of the meet ins aforesaid of said county commission ers or other proper auinonues; provtaea, that this amendment snail not apply to or in anv wav eovern the election already called for by the Board of County Com missioners of lie w Hanover county unaer tbe provisions of the original bUL" ; 8ection three provides that if a majority of the : qualified voters of New Hanover county shall vote in favor of a subscription on tbe part of the county to the capital stock of the company, a meeting of all the subscribers, both private and municipal. shall Derailed by any three of the private stockholders, or the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, within sixty days after such election, for the purpose ot reorganizing tbe company and electing a board of directors. .The county shall be represented at such meeting and at all sub sequent meetings of the stockholders, by some; resident tax-payer of the county, ap pointed by the Board of County Oommis- . ' " m i i Jl. sioners, tout not a memoer oi sucu u) who bhall vote tbe stock subscribed bythe county on all questions, t xcept the election of directors. -.- Tbe board of directors ot the company is to consist of . nine members, which may be increased to thirteen, of which number the county shall always be entitled to elect such a number as shall bear the same pro portion to the entire number of directors as the stock subscribed by it shall bear to the entire capital slock of the company acta ally subscribed The directors on the part of the county shall be resident tax-payers, selected by the commissioners and to serve without pay or emolument; no member of the Board of Commissioners to be eligible as a director. ' j. ;. It is further provided that all sub scriptions to the capital stock of the com pany; both private and municipal, shall be paid at the time and in amounts as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors , I It the county shall subscribe to the capi tal stock of the company, it shall not be lawful for any township in the county or for the city of Wilmington to subscribe to the stme. -' Unless these amendments shall be ac cepted by the corporation, then any sub scription on tbe part of the county shall be unlawful, and if voted by the election shal be void : Sections eleven, twelve and sixteen of the act of 1885 are repealed. Section eight reads as follows - That section fourteen of said act be amended by striking out of tbe ninth line of said section tne words - as may oe agrecu u Don." and the words "as may be agreed toefeuf iiighjasand inserting in lieu cash in the bonds of the county or muni cipality making the said subscription, at tLe election: of, the proper authorities thereof." and by striking out the whole of the proviso in said section from tbe words provided however," to tbe end ot said section; and the eaid section bo further amended hy adding at the end thereof as amended above, the following-clause: "Pro vided. that , the said corporation shall not be compelled to issue stock to the county or counties or other municipalities making any such subscription than for an amount equal to tbe actual cash value or the bonds at tbe date of the delivery of the same to the said company. Realstrara and Poll Holaera. , The Board of County Commissioners made the following appointments yesterday of registrars and poll -holders for tbe elec tion on tbe question of subscription to the Onslow railroad.' to be beld on the 24th of March next:.!' ''''' First Ward First Division Registrar W. McEvans; Poll Holders: J. C. Stewart, George Potter, Charles1 Hay nes. Andrew Walker.' Second Division Registrar: C. M. Harris; Poll-Holders: Charles H. Gan- zer, J. Frank Maunder, Dan'l M. Smith, Thos. - Brinkley. Third . Division Regis trar: James1 Jones; Poll Holders: J. W. Alderman, Walter Tborbura, A. Kellogg, James H. Howe. ' Second Ward Registrar: W. B. Bow- den; Poll Holders: J. D. Smith, Daniel Klein, John Nutt, Wash McNeill. - Third Ward Registrar :F. C. Singletary; Poll-Holders: W. H. Topp, L. W. McLiu rin, John Harerave, N. G. Sampson. Fourth Ward Registrar: John J. Fow ler; Poll-Holders: George Chadbouro, W, P. Oldham, Wash Howe, T. F. Bagley, Fifth Ward First Division Registrar: J. D. H. Klander; Poll-Holders: C. H. Stemmerman.i W. B. Blanks. C. H. Ward. John H. Howe. ; Second Division Regi trar: J. H. Hanby; Poll-Holders: A. F. Davis. J. W. Milha, John H. Davis, John Sampson. 1 " CspS Fear Township Registrar: James Cowan: Poll-Holders: Edward Cobb, M. G. Chadwickj Ben Wilson, Jos. Sharpless, Haructt Township Registrar: James N. Macumber; Poll-Holders: W. P. Alexan der. Gerrit Walker. T. B. Carney, Jordan .Nixon. :rf:'.;;;'::v Masonboro Township Registrar: B. S. Montford; Poll-Holders : R. E. Heide, Jno, J. Hewlett, Charles Craig, jr., Wm Mc- Laurin. ! i :;"' l:;. ; Federal Point Township Registrar J H. Home. Poll-Holders Jno. Cannady, Stephen Keys, Henry Taylor, A. L. Free man.' ' l ". . '::: lAiilf nommtaalonera. The Board of County Commissioners met in adjourned session jesterday at the Court House. Present, Chairman Bagg and Commissioners Worth, Pearce, Mont gomery, and Moore. 'J ... J: : . Applications were received and read from J..B. Caateen, Thos. W. Howard, E. M. Buries, Jordan W. Branch, S. H. Terry, R. S; Murray,' Wm M. Hays, Lewis H. Bryant, J. K. Jones, B. R. King. David West and Isaiah West, for the position of Superintendent of the County Poor House and 'Keener of the House of Correction. made vacant by the death of the late Bu- nenncendent Savage.- An election wasen tered upon, and proceeded without result until the twenty-first ballot, when 8. H. Terry, having received three of the total number of five votes cast, was declared duly elected, r - : : Application of J. L. Winner' to . have J. 0. Chase appointed special surveyor to survey certain lands at the head of Myrtle Grove Bound was granted. .. If you wish a'good article of Pltto To bacco, (ask your dealer for ,"Old Rip. " f NINTH CONORBSS.Z SECOND SESSION. Tbe Ttxti; Oatrage Inveatlaauon lebateaou tbe Naval, EatabUab Meat and KaU Teaanntepee, Bill Folata or Order DIsensaed la the IToaae. Br Telegraph to the Horning Star. v SENATE. " . Washington February 14. Mr." Coke presented a memorial from the citizens of Washington couotv. Texas; asking that an investigation of the xharges recently made sgalnat tbe citizen and authorities ot that county be carried , on, at iirennam, xexas, where all of the witnesses, books, papers and records are id', be found. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.,--:.'; Mr. George presented a petition or some colored men in MlesisslDDi asking aft ap propriation of one hundred dollars apiece to transport them to jutberia. neierrea to the committee on Education and Labor. - The petition, which was read, assigns as the reason for the proposed emigration, low wages; high rents and despair ot do ing better.". As to the supposition that 'their labor and vote are required nere, the petitioners: say, "the country can very well aiittense with our oresence." v Mr. George called attention to the fact that the body ot the jwtillon was printed, and 'suggested that it emanated from a source from which many petitions came to congress. i::..;-:..;- '5- :- Mr. Allison offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the President to have search made in the records of the State, War and Treasury Departments for information as to services rendered by Count Cassimir Pulaski, Brigadier Gene ral of i the United States - Army in 1777-8 9, and until be was killed in action: and as to any payment or oomDensation made to him for his services also, as to any lust ana proper lnaeoiea- ness of tbe United States to Pulaski on ac couut of his expenses and military supplies furnished for the troops in his commana; and especially as to a hundred thousand. goia nvre8 or otner sum oi money, irans- mittea Dy uouni ruusai s inenas in &u- rooe. and which arrived at the time he was killed in battle at Savannah, whether sucn funds went into -the public treasury or were used by the authorities of the Conti nental Congress or by authorities of the State of ueorgia for the benent or tno uoi ted States - , On motion of Mr. Cameron, the Senate took up for consideration 87 to 17 the bill introduced and reported by him, " lo in crease the Naval Establishment.". The Senators voting against taking it up were isecK. uau. uockreii, coxe, ueorge, Jones of Ark., Maxey, Plumb. Pugh, Ransom, Sherman, Vance, Van Wyck Vest, V oor- hees. Walthall, and Wilson of Md. Mr. Van Wyck asked the Chairman of the committee on Appropriations- (Allison) whether the appropriation made in the bill would exhaust the surplus in the Trea surv. ::; ' u'-' - - - ' . Mr. Allison made no response; but ur. Cameron suggested that the appropriation would be extended over lour or nve years, Mr, Plumb asked whether the kind of vessels to be bu It would be under the con trol of the President? Mr. Cameron replied that it would not and addressed the Senate in advocacy of the bill. On motion of. Mr. Hawley, an amend ment was added to the second section and in these words; ''Save that, in all their parts they sbali be of Amencw manufacture. . On motion of Mr. Morgan a section was added requiring the construction of three of the vessels on the Paciflo coast, three on the Gulf of Mexico, and four on the Atlan tic coast.' . - .. ! f- Mr. Van Wyck inquired whether provi slon was mad-i in the bill for war vessels on tbe lakes? Mr. Hall (chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs) replied that a companion bill to the pending measure which he would call up at an early day, covered, features of floating batteries, or rafts. lor narbor de fences, torpedo boats and , torpedo appli ances, and also, of light draught gun boats for use on the Western lakes. Mr. Butler, member of the committee on Naval Affairs, i uze6led to Mr. Halo that he would be safe in adding that both bills' (Cameron s and Hale s) had the unanimous saecUon of the committee- on Naval Af fairs.- ; Mr. Tan Wyck made a calculation that tbe aggregate amount appropriated in these oentiv'baised. would reach 471 000 flflft Mr. Ha!e said that even if they did the expenditure wouia range through a period of from three to six years.! and therefore wou'd only mte fere to that extent with the Treasury surplus. At 2 o'clock the presiding officer laid be rore toe senate the "unfinished business, oemg jbaas renauntepec bill. Mr. Cameron moved to j postpone that bill till to-morrow, so as to jgo on with tbe .naval mil j The motion was defeated 24 to 28 as follows: Yeas-Aldrich, Blackburn, Bo wen, But- ler, uameron. Cheny, Dawes, Farwell, Frye. Bale, Hawley, McMillan, Mahone, Manderson, Miller, Morgan j Piatt, Pcgh. Riddleberger. Sawyer, Spobner, Teller, Willianis, and Wilson of Iowa 24. Naya Allison. Beck, Berry, Call, Coke, Cockrell. Conyer. Cullom, Eustis. Fair, George, Gorman, Hampton, Harris, Iogalls, Maxey, Mitchell of Oregon, Payne, Plumb, Ransom, Saulsbury, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest. Voorhees. Walthall, Whttthorne, Wilson of Maryland 28. t The Naval bill was then laid a&lde, and the 8enate at 9 1$ resumed consideration of the Eads Tehauntepec bill. After speeches by Messrs. Morgan and Hoar, Mr. Edmunds obtained the floor, but yielded to other, business. House amendments to the Trade Dollar Redemption bill were referred to theFinance Committee. :! Mr. Riddleberger moved to go into an executive session, and said that this was the seventh time within a few weeks that he had made that motion in this "House of Lords," in. order to take up some nomina tions that concerned his State; but he always met the opposition of the Senator from Vermont (Edmunds). The motion was agreed to, and at 4 45 j tbe Senate went into secret session, and at 5 50 adjourned. T HOUSE OF, REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, called up the resolution offered by him on Monday last, discharging the Committee , of the Whole from further consideration of the Senate bill granting a pension to Mary S. Logan, and making that bill the special order for to-morrow, immediately after tbe reading of the Journal. : j Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, made the point' of order that it was not compe tent for the gentlemen to call up a resolu tion for action, but that it must be referred to the Committee on Rules. - - M. Willis, of Kentucky, combatted this position. He had recently studied the rules in relation to another matter (the Blair Ed ucational bill), and he wasjthoroughly con vinced that it was within the power of a member to offer a resolution to change the rules, let it lie over for one day, and then call it up as a privileged question. The Constitution gave the House the power to amend its rule. If the Speaker ruled that every proposition to change the rules must be. referred to the Committee on . Rules, three hundred and twentyatwo members of the House would be under the control of the majority of that committee, consisting of three men. . v;. , Mr. Henderson contended that even if the point of order had any merit, it was pre sented too late. - The proper time to have made the point was when the resolution was originally offered. - - - - - Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, thought that the point of order was well taken. The prop-, osition was not one to change the rules, but to take a particular measure from out the operations of the rules; to hold that such resolution was privileged for immediate consideration would be utterly destructive of the rights of the minority, which were sought to be protected by tbe rules. - ' Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, took the same ground. - The resolution was not a propo sition to change the rules which might be acted upon after one day's notice: but ooe to suspend the rules. . Motions to suspend the rules could only be entertained at cer tain specified times, and required a two- thirds vote, and if this resolution was held to be privileged, the rules could be suspend ed at any time, and by a simple majority vote. - ' The Speaker said that in view of the pre vious decison the chair had little doubt as to the right of the member to give notice to change the rules, but the question upon which the chair had very grave doubts, was as to the status of the matter when again called up- The chair would like to exam ine into that question. i - The matter was then laid over -until to morrow. It was at the Speaker's sugges- - . .1 a lion that jar. iienuerouu ""rr er will oe oi mii'i wlh- , " . , that shouid the point of order be overruled. the friends of the tuair ,ouuuuum m... will resort to the same method to secure a day for consideration of that measure.1. Mr: W1U1S, oi jvr., K"-av- h -tion, offered-a-wsolutton discharging the committee on Education from further con sideration of" the Blair Educational bill. and making that bill toe continuing order for February 19tb, and asked that it lie over for one day, Springe?. Vmern OXk waaww w .. referred to the committee on Bulee. The Speaker decided ; that under clause 1 " tnio 9a member had the right to give notice of proposea amenuiucuii ui m Rules. , Tbe question as to what the status tha rcaniutiiin would ba when it was iimi ii n the chair did not decide. He would take mat matter unuer consiuotuuuij Mr Springer protesnng against tne ruij Tariff f ext. It t iA the t ing, offered a resolution making we ioi bill tbe special order for Thursday next shall h in order to consider the bill in 1 Trnimn and after tnrrtv minutes ceoate we previous question shall be deemed as or dered, ano tne piu buuu pa put upw passage, and nut one ouaiory motion anau ha entertained until the question shall be put upon the final passage of the bilL Mr. Dingley, of Maine, made the point of order that the resolution was not a notice of change of rule, and; therefore, could notpe Antertained. w - -t rjr'.-,,','.i:'-l V' . l .The Speaker also took this question un. oer auviseuieui.. . . . - A number of bills and resolutions were introduced and referred, among them one by Mr., Skinner. of .N. C. a resolution making the bill repealing the tobacco tax the special order lor ireoruary ivtn. . - , - The noor was men awaroea w uw com The afternoon was spent in the consider ation of District bills, - upon the private mlandar: but no final action was taken, and at 4 45 .the House took a recess until 7.3U, District business only to be considered at the evening session. :; i ; . . j ' r -'S- 8ENATE. ; M WAfiHnrdTON. Feb. 15. Mr. Jones, of Nev., from the Committee on Finance, re ported back House amendments to tne Trade Dollar bill, with recommendation that thev be non concurred in. The amendments were non concurred in and a conference asked. - Messrs. Jones, of Nev., Morrill and Beck were appointed conferees on' the part of the Senate, i. "' . ' .' ; Mr. Hoar offered a resolution authorizing the sub committee of the Committee on Privileges and Elections inquiring into tbe Washington county, Texas, troubles to in quire whether there has been any . attempt bv tbe United States District Attorney for tho Western District of- Texas, or by the United States Marshal or any of his depu ties to interfere with or obstruct the in vestigation or to -obstruct and intimidate witnesses. Laid over under obiection-. Tbe Senate took up . Mr. Cameron's .bill to increase the naval establishment. Mr. Hale offered an amendment that if the speed of any of the vessels shall exceed twenty knots an hour the contractor shall receive $50,000 for every additional quar ter knot, and if it shall be less than twenty, knots on hour there shall be deducted from the contractor $50,000 for every quar ter knot below twenty knots. Mr. Hale ex- nlained. and defended the amendment. He off ered it as a practical measure. It did not involve abandonment of twenty-knot speed; but it did not encourage and stimu-i late com rectors to enter on mis great wora in contracts, which would be their ruin if they failed to the extent of a quarter of a Knot. '!-. - - . Mr. Van Wyck characterized the amend ment as one for enabling the committee "to hedge," or the Navy Department to hedge, or the contreclors to hedge, against' the Government and against the people. He thought that the Senate should show a little hesitancy about this bill and '"go slow." He believed that the real oblect of these twin bills, as of the two companion ord nance bills, wag to deplete the Treasury so that there should be no excuse for reducing Oppressive tariff duties. At 2 o'clock the Eads Tehauntepec Rail road bill came up as unfinished business, Mr. Morgan offered an amendment pro viding that nothing in the act shall be con strued as a waiver of any right which the now naje. under any Adopted -: . -, ww awaa MbAtw : Mr. Van Wyck offered an amendment providing that no certificate of Btock shall be issued until the same shall be fully paid for in money at its Dar value: that no bonds in excess of the amount of capital paid in snail be authorized, or pntu such capital shall amount to ten million dollars. and that no bonds shall be disposed of at less than their par value. Finally, the bill went over until Thursday. Adjourned, j " I i HOUSE of representatives: The Speaker announced the appointment of Meesrs. Peel. Skinner and Perkins as conferees on the Indian Appropriation bilL Afther the disposal of business on the Speaker's table, Mr. Henderson, of Ia., called up tbe : resolution discharging the Committee of the Whole from the further consideration ot Senate bill granting a pen sion to Mary S.l Logan, and making that bill the special order for to-day. Against this resolution a point of order was pending, that it did not present a priv ileged question; and was not entitled to immediate, consideration as bearing upon the question. . j j i Mr. Hammond made long citations from the debate which occurred in the House in 1882, at the lime of the adoption of the rule known as the "Pound" rule. This was the only occasion since 1794 when the direct question was raised as to whether notice of a change of rules presented a privileged matter when called up, and upon that oc casion the weight of argument had been so great against tbo affirmative of the propo sition that Mr. Pound, of Wis., author of the proposed ehange of rales, had volunta rily abandoned his position and permitted his measure to be referred to the Commit tee on Rules.- If j The Speaker then rendered his decision, in which he reviewed the question involved exhaustively. At the first session of the 48th Congress, he said, the present occupant of the chair had rendered a decision on a sim ilar point, and he had then decided (quot ing the decision at length) that notice to change the rules when called up did not present a privileged question, but was sub ject to all rules and must be referred to the Committee on Rules. The chair had re viewed not only that decision, but all other decisions accessible, and still adhered to the construction he had then placed upon the rules. : The chair thought that no mat ter how the proposition came before the House in the first . instance, it must, j when called up again jgo to the Committee on Rules, He. therefore, sustained tbe point of order. i . . - : Mr. Willis inquired whether it would be in order to refer! the pending proposition to the Committee on Rules, with certain in structions. - i : I ;;-:i The Speaker stated that it would not; and by the operation of the Speaker's de cislon, the Henderson resolution wag sent to IheC ommittee on Rules. j i t Mr. Hammond, of Ga., submitted the conference report on the anti-Mormon bill and it was ordered printed and laid over until Thursday. -r..-v. :..- I- : ; ! The House then went Into Committee of the Whole on the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. , ;r,:,- . Upon points of order raised by Mr. Burns, of -Mo., practically all the items which increase in any way the salaries or provide for such contingent expenses of foreign missions as - tent, postage, tele grams, clerk hirei fco ; were stricken out; also, items providing for tbe erection or re pair of legation buildings. . . 1 ----! , Without completing consideration of the bill, the committee rose. - - j ; - Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaton and Payson were appointed conferees on tbe Northern Pacific Land Forfeiture bill. v , ; i -, :-r':.:V:- SENATE.; :, U'' I WASHraoTOH, Feb. 18. The presiding officer laid before the Senate what purport ed to be the credentials of David Turpie elected Senator from the State of Indiana for six years, commencing March 4, 1887. The certificate is signed by the Governor, whose signature is certified to by the Sec retary of State. , Referred, on motion of Mr. Hoar, to the committee on Privileges and Elections.:.- X,p,-:-m::v..a- ; Mr. McMillan,: from the committee on Commerce, reported back the House River and Harbor bill, with amendments, and gave notice that he would move to take it up to-morrow after the morning hour. ,v ; - On motion of Mr. Evarta the printing of the testimony being taken in the Texas in vestigation was ordered.- ' s The resolution offered yesterday' by Mr Hoar, to have the committee on Privileges and Elections inquire alsoas to whether Th District Attorney or Marshal ot tbe . tbe "lMrici j . r hP-n-'at - nr..iL.ii nialrtft oi . I tXSB uave ucst, i. tempting to instruct the investigation, or to intirnidale witnesses, was taken cp 1 Mr Cofee moved to amenu mo rcouii. bv reaniring notice of the investigation to be giveu to vnose ouiumio, w ."- may be summoned in their defence. He had uo objection to this investigation, aut he knew that the iaformfttionon Which i it was basod.was auswuiuiy iww. vu in ii was that someotjthe wii-i were anu twi..iucu, ou MrHoar sent to tne jpier a ucb wm mntiWdATi from the Department of Jus-J tice. including a copy of e telegram from, the District Attorney of Western Texas to aitnmi Oencral. asking him to have the,, chairman, otina commu-vea- wiinj m him the names oi. imporiaut gurauuisu: witnesses who refuM to return to Texas and hold them until eubpesnaed. : - - ; Mr, Coke explained ,.Jgglt- mean the compelling of all witnesses here before the grand jury at Austin. The ; District Attorney was simpiy per. -i forming his traty actively ano iainy. i s . Mr. Hoar moved to lay Mr. Coke's; amendment On the table.' i ,U , 1 Agreed to yeas 31),. . nays za a party Mr. Hoar s resolution was then aaopiea hy a ftartv vote 80 to 1. i . .4 J r m j J J : J .1 a I :i Mr. Dianioru auurestHnt uia oeuano ui tt a nln for indiifitrial ennnerfttion. -1- f " i t The Senate men resumed tne coneiaera tion of the bill to increase the naval es tablishment.'"' - Mr. Maxey supported the bill, tie was not only in favoiv of building war vessels, but of fortifying every seaport in tbe coun try. v ' ' rr: " ": -1 :,' , . - .Tbe aue&tiou was taken on the amend ment offered yesterday by Mr. Hale,: and it was adopted - without division. -1 0ther amendmenta were adopted and the bill nassed. It reads: . I: - I mat ine irresiueni is nereoy autnorizett to have constructed, by contract, ten pro tected steel cruisers, with such armament for each as the Navy Department may deem suitable. Each of said vessels to , have a maximum speed of not less than twenty knots over measured mile, such speed to be exhibited under such test or tests and con ditions as the Navy Department may im pose. The cost of all of said cruisers in the aggregate, complete, exolusive of arm ament, shall not oe more than Slo.uuu.uuu; which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in tne treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available during five years from March 4th. 1887. : 1 l The contract for construction or said vessels shall contain provisions ;to the ef fect that the contractor guarantees that when completed and tested for speed under conditions to be prescribed by the .Navy Department, tbe . vessels shall exhibit a maximum speed of at least 20 knots per hour, and for every quarter knot of speed so exhibited above said guarantee, the contractor shall receive : a premium over and above his contract price of $50,000: and for every quarter knot that said vessel fails of reaching said guaranteed speed, there shall be deducted from the contract price the sum of $50,000: and for the pur poses provided in this section the sum of $2,000,000 or so much of . the same as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. ! For the armament of vessels hereinbe fore provided for. the sum of $4,800,000 is appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available during five ; years from March 4th. 1887. In making proposals for contracts for building vessels authorized to be construc ted under this act, it shall be required that three oi such -vessels shall be built on or near tbe coast of the Pacific ocean, or waters ; connecting therewith, three of them on or : near the coast of the Gult ot Mexico or waters connecting therewith, and four of them on or near the coast of the Atlantic ocean or waters connecting therewith, and at such places on or near such coasts or waters as the Secretary of the Navy shall provide. If it shall appear to the satisfac tion of .the Secretary of the Navy,, from biddings for said contracts when the same are opened and examined by him, that said vessels cannot be constructed at fair cost on remat of -lW-PaciflV jcbm-m Gulf of Mexico, ne shall suspend construc tion of the vessels herein required to be built on or near said coasts, or either of them, until further action of Congress, and snail report the reasons for such suspension to Congress with all convenient dispatch. The Senate then took up Mr. Hale's bill to provide for an increase of the naval estab lishment, i Senator Butler moved to amend by insert ing after the words "heavily armored ves sels" the words "for sea service," and spoke in support of the amendment. . - After a long debate of determined obstruc tion and opposition, the bill went over without action, Mr. Hale stating that he would ask a vote on it to-morrow. I Mr. Blair then offered resolutions in honor of his late colleague. Senator Pike, and addressed the Senate in eulogy of the deceased Senator. - , . t 4 . After further eulogiums by Senators Ed munds, Dolph, Manderson, Jones of Ar kansas, GeorgeEvarts, Palmer and Cheny, the resolutions were adopted and the Sen ate, as a further mark of respect, adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. : The House insisted upon its amendment to the Senate Trade Dollar bill, and agreed to the conference requested by the Senate. Mr. Belmont, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported back the Senate Retaliation bill with substitute therefor, which was ordered to be., printed and re committed. - - Mr. Belmont gave notice that he would ask the House to act upon the measure on Wednesday j next, immediately after the leading of the Journal. ' ; i Mr. RJce gave notice that he would file a minority report." - : -i The only change in the substitute report ed from that drawn up by the sub-committee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and heretofore published aside from amend ments to the phraseology, is the insertion after the prohibition against the entry of any Canadian car or other vehicle of the words, Vwith any goods that may - be! con tained therein." The third and last section of the sub-committee bill providing for the appointment of a commission to take testi mony relative to the losses inflicted by Ca nadian authorities on citizens of the United States is stricken out for the reason that a bill covering the same ground has already been reported by the committee. The re port accompanying the substitute Ib identi cal with that drawn up by the sub-committee. ,: . .:-.-;. , -. v j ... . . The Speaker stated that the House con ferees on the North Pacific "forfeiture bill had been reappointed yesterday under a misapprehension . The former conferees had as yet made no report to the House, and the order ot yesterday would be re scinded, ""-j. -y- :-:-!-.;. .-.."-j -. Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, from the confer ence committee on the North Pacific For feiture bill, reported a disagreement. Mr. Cobb stated that the Senate bill proposed forfeiture of but 3,000,000 acres of, moun tainous lands west of the Cascade moun tains, while the House amendment worked a forfeiture of all lands west of Bismarck, amounting to 86,000.000 acres. f;aii,t. ' - Mr. Weaver, of Iowa,' inquired whether the Senate bill did not confirm the title of the company to 825.000,000 acres. , v :. Mr. Cobb replied that in effect it did. : The report was agreed to. The House further insisted upon its amendment and Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaton and Payson were appointed conferees.. , ": ' Mr. Hatch, of " Mo., attempted to secure consideration of the pleuro-pneumonia bill, but: abandoned Hhe attempt when it was evident that the point of no quorum would be raised against his motion. , I ' A-.quaIt?r efore 2 a reces8 was taken Until 2Vclock, and at 2 o'clock in pursue ance of the previous order, public business was discontinued and Mr. Thomas, of Un called up the Senate resolutions expressive of respect to the memory of the late John A. Logan. .- ,V.i--. ;'..' y ,rr.';fy -.-. Eulogies upon Gen. Logan were deliver ed by several representatives, and then as a mark of reeoect to the :mmiM . .v, ceased, the House at 6.15 p. . adjourned companied by her son, occupied a seat in a" j iceerTeu ror the use ' of the Speaker, -j ;k ; f . 7---.f. r . -j , i - f- Keen Dr. Rnli'a n..v' v. J y?JcJai18 Prescribe it. Thousands, take it Price 25 cent -... Mr. Henry Mvlamiati v.n bnm. of Baltimore, writes: "I do not hesitate tA pronounce Salvation Oil a most excellent iiuuneni, ; i . -. : ; 1 w " SpiTltS TnTDPrVM'T - p ?-yZ Z?1 ,! -i f , j - Greensboro fL.. J,. MKK-f hv18 Eh,,pped tbla season so'faJss rabbit skins alone, A great -?05 religion is how m ptogresaat the MPVaiof church in Reidsville; Up to a.,nihodi convicts numbered 70. - Rev G F b6 of Greensboro, has been in attendance31"11' vuariotte Observer: YestPi- morning about 4 o'clock. Miq t;. 7 Hunter died of consumption at h? u.r... "l. net .county, died at the home of hia r,J .New-Bern Journal: Mr m. , has.3ntroduced in the Senate a bin tl nrnnrdt thn PAttnn A !n.-! 10 'B- of New Bern. : -the court house At an auction, sa!e,, door vesterrtnv m M ange the National Bank of New &m 11S .1..... u u. io t-rT . c'f. mnn Neuse and Trent River Steamboat rW pany, $50.00 shares, at the samev Tbe bill to auth Diuuco,-, uiuujut vio.ou. HtOCk ub uuaiu ui muuuua 10 Use rd hundred and twenty five convicts in COn BwuBuog canaia ana roaaa in a number f Eastern counties passed the House cnV day nightly a vote of 68 to 17, a3 it through the State lands in Onslow Jones counties shortens the distance l tween New Bern and thefarmers bf twl counties, and the construction ofther.!!? uujuw wuu.j ..... buuilcu me distance considerable between this and Elizabcuf Charlotte Chronicle: Yestor we made a note of a bright licrht h;. been seen about five miles northeast of thi city on Friday night, and , it has since been learned that the light came from the bum ing of Mr. W, Fleniken's residence i are glad to announce thae Col. Marim cf Davidson , College, is strength, and that it is rapiaiy ;Rainin probable that he health. 1 . i ? 1 1 wilt soon be restored to bold and daring attempt !at safe breaking was made at Shelby last Friday The store of Mr. J. S. Borders was entered by burglars, who were provided with an axe; with this instrument they tried to open the safe. They battered the hinges lock and greatly defaced the door ofnhe safe,- but failed to get it open . Night before last some one entered the store nf Plonk &iWare, at King's Mountain, and stole between $ 350 and $450 worth of goods. w Raleigh Visitor: Just before 12 o'clock on Saturday night last, Mr. Jobs W. Walker, of the firm of Walker Bros, clothing manufacturers, closed his store and went to his boarding house, 327 East Hargett street, where be retired in his room on the second floor.- About 2 o'clock be arose from his bed, hoisted the window and either jumped or fell to the ground, a dis tance of fifteen feet The! first knowledge the family had of the occurrence was hear ing some one xnocaing on tne tack doer. When tbe -door was opened Mr. (Walker came in and told them that he was hurt, and explained as best he could how it hap pened. . He was assisted to his -room and physicians summoned, who upon cxamina tion found that' the small pup bone of hit left shoulder was slightly Cracked. It would seem from an extract of a-private let ter which we are permitted to publish that there is no truth whateverlin the reported hostile meeting between pr. Wilcox and Mr. Baker in Ashe county recently. Whole cotton receipts since September 1st to date, 28, 789 bales; same time last year, 22,423 bales; increase in receipts this year to date, 6,316 bales. Statesville Z,andmark: Rev. Edrvsrd Wootten excellent man- -late of this place but' now of SeafOrd, Del, baa re cently had a flattering call to become assist ant rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., at a salary of $1,200 a year and a house furnished. I Gen tlemen interested in organization bf a na tional bank here met at the banking house of Messrs. Cooper & Brown Tuesday bight and the difference between the amouut of stock already subscribed and $50,000 was quickly taken. The stockholders of the First National Bank of Statesville thea beld lheir first meeting as such hod proceeded to elect nine directors. y Within a short time past thieves have taken from Mr. Na thaniel Holmes, or Turnersburg townsbip, TOUrXUTKeys d1 etgnt pieces of meat; from J. M. Holmes, Esq., of the same township, 6 turkeys; from Mr. Solomon Stimpson or the same township, five to ten bushels of wheat; from Mr. Martin Gaither, of Eale Mills township, ail the wheat he had. The smokehouse of B. Q. Davidson, Esq , near town, Tuesday night, and got seven br eight pieces of meat and a lot of sausage.! (That does not look like "small crimes were di minishing" as is asserted. Star.) j Asbeville Advance: The mends of Col. Holt are already booming him for Governor. .An attempt was made last Sunday night to burn tbe town of Shelby. -A young man named Baker was acci dentally killed while out hunting near Shelby last week. - Forty-one persons, representing four nationalties, all ages and sexes, were found by the Southern Direc tory Company in this city Thursday, all Occupying one bouse. 4- A gentleman , from Mitchell county gives us the particu lars of the drowning of a child, four years, old, by its mother, which took place Jan. 6th in that county. ' Mary Crowson (known often as Cantrell) lived with her mother, and had two children. Theyiare very poor, and her mother told her they would have to make some disposition of the children, as j they were not able to support them. Evi- t dently Mary and her mother canvassed the subject in tbe presence of the; children, and it seems that drowning was agreed upon. On the way to the river with one of them, the little boy said to it mother;: "Mamma, please don't throw me into the river to day, as the water is too cold." But the child's pleadings were of no avail and the body was found in the river about twoj weeks after the deed was committed." I i Raleigh Netos-Observer: Nine barrels ot "crooked" whiskey, 'which were seized by Deputy Collector Temple at SeJ ma, were brought here yesterday and taken , charge of by the internal revenue office. One of the colored members who was on the committee to investigate! tbe West ern Insane Asylum, yesterday rose to question of personal privilege, and refer ring to the treatment bo received at the asylum, said that he had been badly and t ' discourteously treated j and ail that. Now. the truth of the inatter, ;i we understand it, ia exactly the reverse. - Mr. Turner was yesterday pleased toj make a very uncalled for assault i upon the Statesville Landmark in the House, an as-1 sault too that was expressed in words most unbecoming a legislator. Mr. Turner evidently fresh in nublic life and has profit- ted little by the various stories about the danger of trifling with a buza saw. .bast week the Btronach - warehouse solo 87.787 pounds of tobacco for 4. 796.54, and was patronized by the counties of Chatham, Durham, Duplin, Granville, Johnston, Moore, - Orange, Rockingham, Warren and Wake. One load by wagon was received that could have gone to Dan ville, Va. and travelled twenty-one milts less than in coming . to Raleigh. ( Jones's warehouse in three riavn nf this spaoon sold 87.527 pounds for $11,603.24, an average of J i io cents per pound. r r - i l . Charlotte Chronicle: Early yes: terday ! morning a little son i of Rebecca Cress, found the body of a colored infant in a cow pen on the premises of Mr. Hi Arndt. Sunday afternoon the body I of Mr. Rufus A. Oates arrived in this cikyfrom Birmingham, Ala., and was sent out oo the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta train for Blackstocks, the home ot the deceased, io buriaL Mr. Oates was killed at Binning ham last Saturday; hy being crushed be tween two lumber laden cars whiW in the act of coupling the cars. He, was 23 years old. As we anticipated last week, tbe accessions made to nearly every church m our city, Sunday morning showed that the Mississippi evangelist is accomplishing great work: by his labor in our midst. : The stockholders of the Charlotte Plaid Mills held a meeting yesterday, and decided to proceed at once in tbe matter of building the mills and beginning tbe man-. nfactureof plaids, according to the origi nal plan. . The ' vacant lot on the cor ner of Tryon' and Stonewall streets,! near St. Peter's Catholic church, in this city, has been purchased for the purpose, it is said, of the establishment of & Convent. While Munroe Freeman was plodding along the railroad he was overtaken by two negroes who., assaulted him with rocks, knocked him. down, and rifled his pockets of 80 cents in cash and a half plug of to bacco. Mr. Freeman knows his assailants and was in the city yesterday in search oi them.' - i i - 1
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