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The North American ontlira articles worthy of attention, or it dincusfles current topic?, bnt it 's esoutiaHy an exponent of the.di- jpnlkttd morality and expiring g- oni.-s or a party inai ia unreaeemea by .1 Mrglc virtue. We -advise all Duigcrata to let this monthly pub- licitioiLFtvertly alone. After a con siaiit izxadirg of it for many years wo fetl wan anted in savins: that un iier ill present editor, A". T. Rice, a pronounced Republican bushwhack H, it does more harm than good. Am rr the contribntors to the March i.ii(.,(jtr are twenty-two Republicans wlu (iifcuss the question of "Perma- fii "ni, Kcpublican Cluba." Then there ::n moh other Republican contribu- Mf I f Moncure Conway, Andrew gie, John P. Irish, Gail Ham- i!lO'i,'Murat Ilalstead, Bob Ingersoll, .'.i.ii'.or Stewart and so on. ' '1 bis exponent of Republicanism T.yn Bents a morality quite in keep- ii g with the records of a party that Lh bad more gentlemanly ' thieves and lauded rascals and unmitigated p.rfichees than ever cursed any lit party of our country. This Iliview looks upon Bob Ingersoll khj lender affection and places fin-it 1 ...f Am V-a nrtiintrr na f a nir- ?gitn o Americans the greatest of u(k'rn Boldicrs and an able states- nprj in aJdiu'on. Statesman indeed! drar l a htatrsmaD. Ia it not atrance !ii-Jritnds and worshippers will u- c juimeni ana revive the Dastr i k AJministratin was positively Viiiev combed with corruntion from r . j r Gririt to ten thousand understrap t i i. That is hi6tory. I liu: tear this North American; "Washington, Wellington and Grant m great captains." What an asso ciation. Putting two men of highest iitiiH, who never yielded to tempta-i-ju to do evil and who bore them- klyes always grandly, nobly, with j man of low morals, of ' known untruthfulness, and of very doubt ful integrity. Bis Black Friday re cord, his identification with the great whiskey f raude, and his banking deration!! in New York leave his character at least under grave sus pidon. His controversy with Presi ded Johnson and his account of his military operations which is simply a tissue of exaggerations, omissions and false statements, as bad if pos sible as Sherman's, show how low was his standard of veracity. It is shameful almost a disgrace to as- ! ecciale Grant's name with Washing ton's and Wellington's. Hear this Review saying this: "I fto this grandeur in the achieve nif Dts of Grant, Sherman, and Sher idan, who are the great Captains of (Ma age." Very amusing that! At Shiloh Gen. Sidney Johnston anni hilated the commands of Grant and Sherman, but you would never find it out from the false reports of these two representative, soldiers of the Northern army. But read Gen. Don; Carlos Bueli's report, Gen. Beaure gard's account of the battle, and W 1. Johnston's account, and you wil wo for yourself. Their - general statements have been, corroborated by a dozen Northern writers. What did Sheridan ever perform to entitle him to a high place among; Ameri can soldiers? There is not one act that shows 'great ability as a soldier. Bat the Northern idols are Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. They "are the great Captains of this age." Lee, Jo. JohnBton, Sidney Johnston, Jack son, Moltko and others are small men compared with these three mighty men of the North. And yet Europe knows better than this. We believe that the North itself knows better J'han this. Gen. Thomas, we know, regarded by many Northern men a8 superior to any soldier in their army,-and he was a Virginian. ! I The North American refers in an other placebo "Ulysses Grant, the soldier and statesman." We will not be unjust knowingly to Grant. He II 1 ..,1 rt.vAr-j i ' - II II' II Mil lYt II J 1 II J 1 II ' II - ' . '"w.-'V. I 11 1 II - - i li II IhQ . W W Irs . M . I1AV Y V JA J . , - . , I l l li' --,f -!- .. ... ' - - ' "' ' - ' . - - - . VOL. XIX. was a man of excellent sense of much more talents than have been generally accorded him in the South. He was a man of solid understand ing and he has written' a book that will do as much to perpetuate his memory as bis deeds! He developed very rapidly, and really because of worth,by the friction of war and the peculiar environments . j that de manded muoh of him. He was pos sibly the greatest military man .the North has produced, unless we . are to except Gen. Greene, of Rhode Is land, identified with the war of the Revolution. He was urely a greater soldier than Sherman, Sheridan and the others. . McClelland might come in if he had not been so much of a Fabius, and if hiej j caution had not been so very excessive. But Grant had no statemanship. He was self willed, ignorant, ambitious. He not only wantonly violated the Constitu tion in his dealings with the South; he not only usurped power and stood ready to play the part of Cromwell, but bis last days showed that he was ready for the part of Napoleon. He gathered at Wash ington both army and navy to, throttle Congress if it . became necessary to secure the succession for Hayes, who had, no been elected. There are members of the 44 th Con gress who believe that it was Grant's purpose to arrest the Democratic members of the Congress and to seize the reins and perpetuate his own rule if to secure a continuance of Repub lican control this extreme act should become necessary. I Grant had all of the elements in him of a Dictator or Emperor. When he showed his anxiety to get into the Presidential Chair for a third term, he gave evideuce of his intense desire for office and the insa tiate character of his ambition. He would have put his iron heel upon the liberties of his country as ruth lessly as Napoleon strangled the dawning liberties of his adopted France. There were tens of thou -sands of -intelligent Americans who were devoted to a free, constitution al, democratic I! Government who feared Grant and believed him ready for the Empire.; Whatever else v he was he was not j a statesman nor an ideal citizen, lie was a soldier of great tenacity of purpose, was brave, was self-reliant, but often showed incapacity. The one bright spot in his career from first to last was his generous, modest, moderate bearing at Appomattox. ! Gen. W. F. Smith, a distinguished Northern soldier, says in the February number that Grant conducted war "as a purely mechanical routine," and quotes significantly the saying of the emi nent Thiers, of France, that war bo conducted "is 1 hardly worthy of history." t AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF COVN- j . .. ' . TY ROADS. - . , The winter is over and the country roads are onco more beginning to improve under the sun's rays. Is t not about time' that the common- sense men of j North Carolina had made np their minds to have a de cided improvement in the country roads? The Stab has copied from time to time extraots from its vari ous State exchanges, in which com plaints were made of the impassable condition of the roads in all of : the upper counties, i It is really astonish ing that such a condition of roads should be tolerated through the years. -The merchants, the manu facturers, the farmers are all con cerned in this matter of county roads. The loss that is annually sustained in North Carolina by bad roads amounts to millions of dollars every year. There . is no doubt of this. It is known to all who have given attention to the matter that at cer tain seasons Of the year the roads in more than half the counties in North Carolina get into such a condition that not more than half a load oan be hauled. In many sections the roads become so cut up that not more than onetbird of a load can be hauled. This mark you is to compare the dirt road with itself. But if you contrast it with a first-rate turnpike you may say that not more than a fourth of a load is hauled.! -Here is an immense loss without going any farther. But when you consider the loss in not having the work done promptly and in time, you can estimate the loss. We have known the. roads to be so desperately bad- that hauling was impossible without stalling time and again, thus losing hours. ' - But this is by no means all. The loss in vehicles of all kinds and the wear and tear of horses and mules al make up the sum of the loss. Is there any remedy? ; Why are North Caro lina roads worse than those of many other States? j Is not the answer, be cause they are not properly looked after and worked? . I Some year or two since one of our State exohanges told of some North ern men prospecting and at last con eluded not to oome into a State where the publio county roads were bq very poor so rough and so mud 'I.I ll' II .t Y v i i li .i w . v , r 1 1 1 H i?, j -f ' - ; dy. They wanted to live where there were something else than impassable mudpikes. .yl;- Prof. Ely says in 'the Baltimore Sun: - '; ..." h 1 : :--; "It was estimated some f years . ago that improved pavements In Berlin would save owners of horses on an average for each horse considerably over $35. There are over ten millions of horses in the United mates, and if to be auite within bounds w place the annual saving which would resut from first-class roads throughout the country at $10 per horse, it would amount to over one hundred millions or collars, which is interest on two billions. This is probably moderate for in cities like Balti more first-class streets ia which - only proper street car rails were allowed would save easily $25 per horse, and the . farmers will bear me out, I am confident, when I say that in this part of the United States, at least, $15 per horse is a very low esti mate for the annual saving which would result from excellent roads. The saving to vehicles and to harness , must be added to the saving of horse flesh, and when it is re membered that with good roads one horse wouia often sumce where two are now necessary, and always two where three are now required, it will be admitted that $20 a horse is not an extravagant eatiniatutoi the country. However, -contenting" our selves with the low estimate of one hun dred millions per annum; which is equal to interest on two billions of dollars, it will be seen how serious our loss in neglectine adequate provision for highways." We write now to try and stir , up an interest in this really - very im portant question of good county roads. The next Legislature should take such action as shall secure a better system. 'The material inter ests of the people demand this. Ltt our intelligent farmers and business men put their . heads ! together and devise a practical plan and then carry it to the Legislature and insist upon its being tested. j Improved Cotton Baling. The committee of the National Board of Marine Underwriters ap pointed to examine the subject of a better bagging than that heretofore used for covering; cotton bales,recom mends that all cotton, when shipped, should be covered -with bagging weighing not less than two pounds to the running yard and containing at least 154 warp or lengthwise threads by 96 pick threads; that every bale have at least eight bands of good iron or steel securely buckled around it, no spliced bands to be used; that all holes made inhales for taking sam ples must be covered before shipment and that a uniform size of bale should be adopted. The improved bagging will cost somewhat more, but it is thought that ; the difference will be made up by the amount of cotton saved from damage. A circular will be sent out advising that the recommendations be adop ted. .: - "l.-M- j " V ' The Fre.bet. M The Uape Fear freshet reached a height of forty feet at Fayetteville, and.then began to subside. The later rains, however, caused another rise, and at last accounts' the river was again booming. Capt. Smith, of the steamer D. Murehison, reports that the river had reached a height of forty-five feet at Fayetteville at 9 a. m. yesterday And was rising when the boat left that place at the rate of one footTan hour.'? The Murchison left at 9.25 a. m., and arrived here at 7.45 p, m. She brought a number of pas sengers but a light freight. . Arrivals from Black River report all the streams full and the water well out of their banks, j Small-Pox at Goldaboro. Dr. Thomas F. Wood, Secretary of the N. C. Board of Health, was of ficially notified yesterday that there is only one case of small-pox at tioldsboro, and; that proper precau tions had been taken immediately upon the discovery of the case to prevent the disease spreading, Tne Dry Doek. The Baker Salvage Company's steamer Scythian is expected here shortly to tow the dry dock to Port au Prince, HaytL The steamer is now undergoing repairs at Norfolk. Va., have recently arrived at that place from Nicaragua, where she was engaged in wrecking operations, un der command of Capt. E. M. Stod dard. ,. '',;,- , A. Flit Vegetable Train Mr. T. M. Emerson, General Freight and Passenger Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, has arranged to run a fast freight train to New -York for the movement of the fruit and vegetable crops of this season. This train will run daily as soon as the crops are ready, and refrigerator cars' will be attached for the shipment of straw- berrias. ; ;s Baoya Gone. Collector Robinson was notified yes terday by Mr. Weeks, Custom House Inspector at Sonthport, that pilots report that red buoy No. 2 and the black buoy on the bar at the mouth of the Cape Fear river have broken adrift and disappeared. The ColleC tor has notified the proper authorities of the disappearance of the buoys Deatn of an Aged Lady. Mrs. Elizabeth Davage Whitehead, relict of the late Capt. Wm. B. White head, died yesterday afternoon at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. W. T. Daggett, in her eighty-eighth year, The funeral will take place this after noon at 5 o'clock from St. James' Church; interment in Oakdale Ceme- terv. -i I ! I 0 . Tne Encampment Col. W. C. Jones telegraphed to Ad jutant General Johnstone Jones yes terday that he has been able to-secure reduced rates over the different rail roads for the military attending the encampment of the State Guard. The rate is fixed at two-thirds of a cent a mile both ways on all the roads. Josh Crowder, a oolored brake- man employed on the C. C. R. R, while coupling cars at Hamlet yester day morning, nad one of his legs cut on oy tne tram Deiow in Knee, xte was sent to his home at Wadesboro, and died there at 2.15 o'clock yester day afternoon. WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 6 THE NEW OJSrOJT. Completion of tbe New Or ton -De scription of the BalldlDK-it will be Formally Opened Next tvedaes- The new hotelThe Orton has "been completed and will be formally opened next Wednesday morning.' -. Col. K. M. Murchison, the owner of this building, together with the jold hotel, -is much interested in the suc cess of his enterprise, and has gone to great expense to erect ,a. building which will meet the demands -of the public and have every "convenience which money can supply." Col. Mur chison deserves great credit for this enterprise, and he is making a start in the right direction. Our city is de sirous of having large capitalists in vest in property here, and it is hoped that this is merely a beginning of in vestments which will add largely to our prosperity. --A'-.. i - r . Several efforts had been madau to. organize a stock company, bnt if we remember aright, never more than $25,000 were subscribed. Col. Mur chison then came' to the front and established The Orton. Having 'the whole expense and responsibility to bear individually, he began on a small scale; but after a fair trial of his experiment he became satisfied, that the old -Orton did not meet the demands and I requirements of the public, that Wilmington needed a larger, finer and more - conveniently arranged hotel, and the magnificent new Orton is the result. While this is a private business en terprise, it must not be forgotten that it is one that is a real benefit to Wilmington. 1 A new hotel was a necessity. It was found impossible to organize a stock company with sufficient capital to build one, and no individual would undertake it until Col. Murchison ! came forward, and with characteristic pluck and enter prise, shouldered the whole respon sibility himself. The new Orton is situated on Front betweenPrincess and Chesnut streets, and it presents an imposing ap pearance, being built entirely of brick. - ; ; One of the most pleasing features of the hotel is the front veranda which first -attracts the attention of the passer-by. It runs the entire front of the building and is two stories high and has an elliptical in dentation in the centre, thus enabling one on the second floor to have a complete view of the first floor. On each end of the veranda there is an open conservatory in which will be placed many rare . and beautiful flowers. , j. The upper veranda is a continuous series of arches arranged most sym metrically, with gilded letters, "The Orton," interwoven in the fret, work, The front entrance faces Front street, the ladies' entrance being on the north and the gentlemen's en trance on the south side, the main entrance being in the centre. All of these entrances are laid in encaustic tiles. I As you enter the building you are first struck with the appearance of the Ladies' Reception Room which is on the north side and fitted up ele gantly. It is nicely carpeted and has in it a handsome cabinet mantel and large bevelled mirrors of German plate. The mantel is a perfect beauty and is made of native cherry wood, The whole furniture is most unique and tasteful. - The main entrance is in the centre through three large plate glass doors and as you enter there is seen a cigar stand, next to which is the main of fice, which is fitted up with counters made of cherry, black walnut and curly pine. The old and new build ings are connected by a system of electric bells and return calls of the most improved pattern, the in strument for this purpose being in the main office. You pass from the rotunda into the elevator hall, where there is a hy draulic elevator of the latest pattern, with an elegant upholstered car with mirrors in the panels. Especial at tention is called to the number of stairways. There are three separate flights, located in the different parts of the building, so that in case of fire the exit will be easy and rapid. We next come to the spacious din ing room, .which is 36x61 feet, and is furnished in the latest and most ap proved style; This room has fifteen large windows, is admirably ventila ted, seats about two hundred people comfortably, and is the largest and most complete in the State. A private dining-room adjoins the main dining- room, and is intended for special din ners and for those desiring more pri- vacy; this is also nicely finished. In the rear of the main office is a private office, and opposite this office, reached by a cross hall from the ro tunda, is the barber shop, in which all the modern improvements will be found. ' ,i-i The parlors are situated on the second floor and are a series of rooms connected by arches fitted with heavy damask - curtains so arranged that there can be several private parlor at will. The cabinet mantel in the parlor is perhaps the handsomest piece of work in the hotel and has elicited many favorable comments. The beautiful ; , Administer carpets which cover the floors, the handsome glass chandeliers, and the furniture generally, 'demonstrate that great taste has been shown, and cannot fail to please the fancy of the most fastidious. V - . Another feature of the hotel are the large corridors, which on a rainy day can be used by the guests for recreation, the view from the corri dor windows being magnificent, and including both rivers, the ship ping, &c On the second and third floors there are fifty sleeping apartments which are carpeted with moquet and heavy! brussels carpets. They have -;i888-5pv;v::v:,4 folding beds, and furniture to match, and are well ventilated. The rooms en suite have water closets and both rooms attached. The new building which has 73 feet front and 15? feet ' depth is heated with steam" by a : boiler in thei ; sub-" basement. .1 ' In the basement story is a steam laundry which is complete : in every particular; also on. the same floor is the - oven ! where; all 7 the baking is done, and - In the rear of this is the store room, with every: convenience. The billiard and : pool : rooms are situated on the basement : floor, and I will soon be open for business. This room is 86x37 feet, fitted up with native ash and curly pine, wainscbtted with .ash; This room has ten large windows . which afford good light and ; ventilation. The bar room is next to the billiard room and will be neatly t furnished. In the front of this are the closets and wash rooms'. A connection between the old and Hw"OrtSb. has been made by an areh cut through the walls of the buildings and the dining room and office of the old ; Orton will : be converted into sleeping apartments. The two buildings have altogether 100 sleeping rooms, so that accommo dation can always be given to those desiring it. The Orton is complete in every particular and is a handsome build ing which can not fail to attract at tention.' Mr. W. A. Bryan will con tinue in charge, with Mr; R. T.Burton as chief clerk. The architect of the building was Mr. J. A. Wobd, of New York, the contractor Mr. J. S. Allen, and the superintendent Mr. James Walker. Mr. R, H. Grant had the contract for plumbing and gas fitting and Mr. T. C. Craft did the upholstering. All of these gentlemen have done their part well and have given entire satis faction. An Opportunity for Wilmington En terprise. The fact that a prominent civil en gineer of this State has been engaged to survev the route of the proposed new railroad from Weldon to Char lotte, which road will traverse the counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore, Chat ham, Durham, Orange, Randolph, Wake, Franklin, Halifax and North ampton, should arrest the attention of the business men of Wilmington. In a recent issue the Stab published an article on the subject from a prom inent gentleman of the Pee Dee sec tion. He showed that Wilmington's. nrtnnrt.nnit.v wnq t.n rise t.hft same ex-4 " j I ertions for our seaport as have been employed by Charlotte business men for Virginia's seaport, to construct a road from Rockingham through Richmond, Stanly and Rowan coun ties to Salisbury, and w would pro cure for the citizens of these counties a nearer outlet to the ocean for their products, while Wilmington would add immensely to her ! commercial prosperity. This matter should claim the immediate and active attention of those of our citizens who take the lead in building up Wilmington. Why should .Norfolk have a new feeder clear across the Piedmont section of North Carolina when efforts on" the part of Wilmington might result in turning the trade Of Stanly, Montgomery, Richmond and Rowan counties and the rich valleys of the Pee Dee river to our seaport?: Our citizens should inform them selves on - this question and act promptly in the matter. Kef er to j a map of North Carolina, and you can then properly estimate the value to Wilmington of a railroad from Rock ingham to Salisbury. Tbe State National Bank. A prominent capitalist in Raleigh, writing to a friend in this city, says: "The closing of the State National Bank is a great calamity, and will hurt one way or another a great many people. It is like all other things and will pass over and soon be forgotten. There is no disposition to run' on any otner uanK ana every thing is getting on quietly." "VhsNews and Observer of Thurs day says that the losses of the State and county are light. That of the State is estimated at $16,000 and that of the county of Wake at about $10,. 000. Among the stockholders who will lose heavily are Mrs. J. G. Wil liams, Capt. E. R. Stamps and Mr W. S. Primrose. Col. Tate, the bank : examiner, says that the affairs, are in a bad tangle and it will take time to straighten them out, but it is his firm belief that the bank will eventually be able to nav all its depositors in lull, xie is also represented as saying that he believed every depositor and cred itor of the bank would be paid prob ably as muoh as seventy-five cents on the dollar. The fact has come to light that the defaulting officers some time ago made false reports of the condition of the bank, and it is thought that the immediate cause of their leaving was not for the purpose of stealing alone, but from the fear that their irregula rities would be detected. The North Carolina Home Insur ance Comnanv loses bv the steal $3,900. It is thought that a good per centage of this loss will be recovered, hqwever. . . Statistician of tne New York cotton - Exchange. Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson has been appointed statistician of the New York Cotton Exchange. The Presi dent of the Exchange in announcing the appointment says that "as the National Cotton Exchange has been 'given up,- it is wise and proper that the. figures f the cotton ; movement should be compiled, supervised and published, by one of the. exchanges and not left entirely to private enter prise, no matter how honorable and efficient that may be." The New York Cotton Exchange has made a judicious selection in ap point Mr. , Shepperson statistician. TTa balifiVAs in "facta" and is an able and accuratecompiler of cotton sta tistics. - i .' Sales of 700 barrels of Good Strained rosin were made yesterday afternoon, at 87i cents: the market closing strong.! r Railroad Meeting at Point Caewell. i The mass meeting held at Point Caswell on the 28th November to con sider the location of the route of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad through the bounty, was attended by a large number of the citizens' of Pen der Mr. J; H. Currie, of Wilmington, was present by invitation , and, enter tained the meeting at length as to the incalculable advantage this road would be to Wilmington and the sur rounding counties. - ; - , "ji; . Dr. Satchwell also addressed the meeting, and introduced a series of resolutions which were unanimously adopted, showing the great natural advantages nossessed bv Pender coun ty, and expressing gratification that the southeastern portion of North Carolina is so greatly to be improved . KJJ UUt; rctl Ijr CAUQIIOIVU VA Fear andvYadkin Valley Railroad, and that steps should be taken to in duce the authorities of the - road to ! locate its route, as it runs from Fay etteville to Wilmington on the east side of Black river, near the old stage route, as that route will be the best for Pender county. ! - Mr. John H. Murphy made a few practical remarks, and as an old sur veyor, his speech was interesting. Mr. Bruce Williams offered the fol lowing resolution, which was adopted: Resolved. That it is the sense of this meeting. Obtained by an extensive in quiry, that the citizens of the county welcome the approach of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R, and will freely grant the right of way wherever it may run. Messrs. S. S. Satchwell, Bruce "Wil liams and John H. Murphy were ap pointed a committee to call another meeting when-the engineers have completed their survey, and When the President of the road could be pre sent. I 2 HE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE. Funeral Ceremonies at Toledo, Ohio, Tolkpo. O.. March 29. All business was suspended id-day, the city is crowded with strangers, and buildings, public and nrivate. covered with mourning emblems. The special train bearing me remains oi Chief Justice Wane arrived at 10 o'clocK. The casket containins the body was re moved at once from the special car and placed in the hearse, and the cortege moved up summit street in tne louowmg oraer: a. sauad of police! the Toledo Bar Associa tion. Board of Trade. City Council, Mayor andlother citv officials, the body with the truard of honor composed of the Toledo Cadets. Justices oi the supreme uourt in carriages. Usnatorial ana House commit tees, citizens on loot ana in carnages, ine rjrocession -moved up Summit to Locust street, thence west to the residence of Hon, Richard Waite. brother of the deceased, where the remains were deposited in order that Mrs. Waite and other members or tne familv mieht obtain a private view. After a titivate vfeW bv the family the remains were carried to the Guild Rooms of Trinity Chnrch. where thousand - viewed them until 2:45 p. m., when the coffin we? closed and removed to tbe chancel or the church adjoining. On either side of the aisle were seated the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and their Marshal; the OnmmiUeea from the United states Senate and House of Representatives; Judges of United States Courts: Governor Foraker and staff; the Supreme Court of Ohio; Na tional and State omcers irom; a aisiance; Lt. Governor Lyons and a Committee from the State Senate;; the Speaker of the House and a House Committee; members of the Ohio Legislature; the bar of Lucas county and visiting Judges and lawyers; officers ef the city government. Board of Trade and representatives of the press, from a dis tance, accompanied by the city press, eccu pied seats at the front and extreme left of the chnrch. ! The services in the church consisted of j the regular funeral services of I the Protes tant EoiacoDal Church. At the conclusion of the regular services Rev. Dr. H. B. ; Walbndge, former rector or trinity. Church, and now of New York pity, de livered a fitting and tender address mai. was very impressive. - ' After the services at the church tne re-f mains were placed in a hearse, ana tne procession formed and wended its silen way to Forest Cemetery. j - WASHINGTON, Business Before the Ways and Means Committees J , Washingtoh, Marcn 29.One action taken by the Ways and Means Committee at its meeting toiday was to order a f avorf able report upon the bill relieving the Southern Exposition Co. of Louisiana from bond for the return of imported goods, i Mr. Muls waa not well enough toiaitena the meeting, and the only reference to the tariff bill was the statement to the effect that the report would be made Monday, j Washington, March SO. The health of Representative Mills has greatly improved in tbe past tew days, ana ne is inougni to be out of Sanger. He expects to be at the Capitol for a short time Monday or Tuesday next. .! " Washington, March 81. Orders were to-day issued for vessels of the North At lantic Squadron to rendezvous at reneacoia, Florida, April 17th, for the purpose of fleet drill and exercises, both afloat and ashore. The following named vessels will partici pate: Richmond. Galena, Atlanta. Yantic and Ossipee. They " will probably visi New Orleans prior to the drill, ' ) The following postofflces will be raised to the Presidential class April 1st: uign Point, N; C. ; Bennettsville and Yorkville, S, C and Newport news, va, MISSOURI. The I.OSS of Life atlthe Rich Hill Mine Not so Great as Reported. j Kansas City. March 30. From many contradictory dispatches from Rich Hill, it appears that wnen tne mine explosion uu curred vesterdav. 85 miners were in the shaft. -Had - it occurred a lew minutes sooner, 1UU would nave been in pern, ana out of this grew reports that iuu were ac tually in the mine. Immediate steps were taken to rescue the miners, and as soon as it was safe to do so. and the nre resulting from the explosion had been subdued, a rescuing party descended into the shaft. Thev had" acarcelv trot to work when an other explosion occurred, and the would-be rescuers narrowly escaped with their lives. One of these was George W. sweeny, super intendent of the mines, and he was badly burned about the hands and face. The work nf macmnz was thus delayed lor many hours. The cries of the imprisoned men could be heard, but they grew rainier and fainter, and by 9 o'clock ceased alto gether. Five bodies have been taken out. One man escaped unhurt, and fourteen in jured men have been rescued. Most of them are in danger of their, lives. Fifteen now remain in the mine, being in the west end. and it is believed that most oi tnem will be taken out dead, worrc is proceea- ing very slowly being attended with great danger. There is no expianauon or, me cause of the exolosion. The mine is a new one and was supposed to be entirely safe. It employed 115 men. most ot tbe miners being negroes. Harmonious relations between the sec tions are far distant when leading North ern Rennhlicana claim to find reasons and nratAvta to rMn onen the breach between them; and- Southern leaden are (wise ennnirb to nnt their people ob guard lest they relax iu their purposes to stand to the Democratic party as tne oniyi duiwbxk oi domestic safety and national peace. -Ashe title Citizen. THE it A LEIGH THIEVFS. . Arcrsacd ;' in . Toronto True Bills Found Asalnst Them' for Extensive Forgeries Officers Sent After Them They are Willing to be Brought teack. ; - 7. . i ' ! . ; ; . 8peolal Star Telegram. 1.LKIGH, March 80. C. E. Cross and S.-1 C. White, the absconding President and Cashier of the State National Bank, were arrested in Ontario, i Canada, this morning, on a charge of forgery, tbe grand ury of Wake county having found true bills against both of them this morning. . C. D. Heartt, chief of police, and J. A. Rogers, special deputy, accompanied by U. 8 .5 attorney F. H. Busbee, D. H. Graves, W. H. Saunders and Jordan Womble. Jr. , (the latter three aa witnesses), will leave on the Western train at 5.55 this afternoon for Ontario, to prove' the forgery and bring the forgeraback. ','.' ". ' The news of the arrest created great ex-. citement here. L ' jjThe forgeries aggregate thirteen thou sand seven hundred and fifty dollars ($13, 750), on D. H. Graves and W. H Avera, of Johnston county . ; Raleigh, N. C.. March 30. True bills for forgery were! found by the grand jury here to-day against Cross . and White, the absconding officers of the State National Bank. They are in custody in Toronto, CanadaJ. The District Attorney, with tbe Chief of Police of this city, witnesses, guards, etc , will leave this afternoon to bring them backi White has telegraphed the Chief of Police, "Come for us; will go back with you." THE SOUTHERN FLOOD. Condition of the Railroads in Ala- jibama Slueh Bamage Done, but not iso Great as First Reported Several jlilves IiOtt and many Narrow Es , capes. I Birmingham,' Ala.. March 30. In the general report, in the dispatch of Wednes day night, the Atlanta & Great Southern Railroad should have been excepted from the statement that all roads leading into Birmingham were blocked by washouts. The Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham trains stopped on accout of darkness, storm and danger, but came through all right,aud went out on time yesterday morning. The Georgia Pacific is all right west to Meridian. The track at Tallapoosa river, east of this City, is submerged, and no trains can pass Over it. It is thought the track is all right. The Louisville & Nashville is all right. Three miles this side of Montgomery, half a mile of track ia I submerged below Elmore. Passengers and freight by the Louisville & Nashville are carried from Elmore over an other road from points touched. Tbe At lantic & Great i Southern, west, and the Mobile and Northwestern are all clear, and the fast mail and passengers went out last bight for Shreveport. The Kansas City; Memphis & Birmingham is not so much damaged as was supposed, and its trains are running to-day 1 I The Tombigbee, at Columbus, Miss., is still rising and is only eighteen inches be low high water mark. The lower portions of the city have been abandoned and the iwater is several feet deep in many houses. I At Evergreen, on the Mobile division of the Louisville & Nashville, no trains have 'passed since Tuesday. The water is fall ing and the track may be clear by Satur day, no important bridges nave oeen ae steoyed and the washouts are not so serious as have been reported". It is now thought that all of the roads will be open by Sun day. I i The water courses in Alabama are not quite so high as the freshet of 1886. The weather is tine and the floods are abating. The Herald's specials show that four persons have been drowned. There were many narrow) escapes and great damage has been done to the roads, bridges and farms. All of the street cars and dummies resumed their regular trips yesterday morning. FOREIGN. '. i Inundations in Germany A Change of ministry in France The Govern ment Is Defeated on n Vote on the Revision otthe Constitution. (By Cable to the Morning Star. Paris. March 80. The Chamber of Der puties to-day, by a vote of 268 to 237, de spite the opposition of the Government, voted for urgency or the JSxtreme L.elt bill, providing for a revision of the Constitu tion. The Government thereupon resigned.! Paris, March 80. The defeat of the Ministry caused a sensation in the Cham ber. Just as soon as the vote was an nounced, Premier Tisard departed for the Euyssee Palace. The Chamber, after a short recess, reassembled at 9 p. m. Cuneo D'Ornano (Bonapartist), moved that the Bureau to-morrow appoint a committee to prepare for a revision of the Constitution; Alter a confused debate M. ue souvler, oi the Left, urged the Chamber to await the formation of-a new Cabinet. D'Ornano's motion was rejected by a vote of 253 to 195; the Right cheering ironically. The Cham ber then adjourned until 2 p. va. to-morrow. . : . " J President Carnot has accepted tbe resig nation of the Cabinet. The Ministers, however, will conduct the affairs of their several Departments' until their successors are appointed. It is expected that Floquet will be summoned to form a Cabinet. : I The Cabinet council met at the Elysee Palace at 9 p. m. i I Berlin, March 80. Half of the district of Lemeberg is inundated and fifteen vil lages are submerged. Eight persons have been drowned and 900 are homeless. ; The river Elbe is rising. - THE JiALEAGH HA A K. Attachments Issued in New York and Baltimore Bogus Draft A Drum mar Loses $10,000. I New York. March 29. George P. Hall to-day obtained an attachment againBt the property of the State National Bank of Raleigh, N. I C, upon a claim of $8,539. On March 24th, 1888, the Raleigh Bank executed a draft on the Norfolk National Bank. It came into the hands of the Na tional Park Bank, and was then assigned to Hall. He found upon presenting the draft for payment that the Raleigh Bank had no credit in the Norfolk Bank. Balttmorb, March 29. Gilpin, Lang don & Co., of this city, to-day sued out a writ of attachment againBt the funds of the State National Bank of Raleigh, and laid it in the hands of the National Union Bank. There was at the time of the fail ure some $500 due the Raleigh Bank by the Union Bank. -1 : James A.Higgs, a travelling salesman for a firm I in this city, had on deposit with tbe broken Bank $10,000, the savings f f his life-time. FA TETTEVILLE. Fire Heavy Rains Tha Freshet in the .'I Cap Fear. - j -- - Star Correspondence . I i Fayette vtl:lb, n. c., March 30. Last evening fire occurred on Hay street, near the Cape Fear& Yadkin Valley Railroad depot.in the building owned by M. A. Baker, and occupied by the grocery of Frank Williston, colored. . Most of the stock, which was insured, was saved. -An immense crowd was attracted to the scene, and at one time the elegant residence of Mrs. M. J. Pemberton, on one side, and the colored hotel now erecting by Thomas, Whitfield, on the other, were in great danger. The fire de partment worked very efficiently. During the past three days the fall of rain here has been almost unpre cedented. ! The river is very high and still rising, and shad fishing is com- gletely stopped. The water from tne ape Fear is backed up to the Styron Roller Mil s. Monroe JEnauirer-ttcvress : In , Mississippi, March 17th, (Emeline Walden died. She was the wife - of Mr. Q. W. Walden, formerly of Union county, A mad doe,! which passed through Jack eon county a few days aeo, bit seventeen worthless cure, and all of them were im mediately killed. We learn with re gret that Mr. Davidson Brooks, of New Salem township, recently lost his dwelling, amoke-houBeand corn-crib, with their con cerns, oy nre. Uis neighbors met toe ether and kindly assisted him in building a new house. If'.1'' ;1 ' -J .- " 4 r ' i' ' Correspondence of the Statesville ' ' Landmark: A few days ago the writer was talking with a group of nine farmers, : when they were asked, in turn their choice for Governor, it being understood that our distinguished townsman, Col. 1 R. F. Arm fled, was not a candidate. Strange to say, every one ot the horny handed sons of toil was strongly in favor of Hon, Charles M. ' Stedman, of Wilmington, the present effi cient Lieut Governor.' Merchants, manu facturers and professionals all agree with the farmers, that we want an able, success- ' f ul man of affairs for Governor ; a man who has carved his own destiny, and one who is not a politician, and who does not look to office for the emoluments, but to honor the State of his nativity. That man is Chas. M. Stedman. Let the solid Democratic yeo manry of Iredell take this in hand, and send a solid Stedman delegation to the State Convention, and she will do honor to herself, by honoring the most gifted and ablest son of the Old North State. Shelby Aurora : William !Ba- , ker, son of Jonas Baker, was arrested by J. P. Lackey, D. 8., last week upon suspicion of being the party who stole two fine -horses from Segmon Bros. & Setzcr, of Ca tawba. The 3 C's Railroad were last week digging the second well at the Ruth erfordton depot. The first-well having "caved in" and partially filled with dirt, the second well was braced with timbers and was dug to the depth of sixty feet, when the quick sand gave way and impris oned one well-digger, Dan Neal, at the bottom, i A beam struck him a fearful blow and he was imprisoned up to his Awwin k Tk a sltin A i T.ivntile ha Mla1 OI LAID UT tUQ a QhAAAU . U 1ft It. AlUOdllJ UU VllGUt Oh, Lordy, help I help 11 Another colored man was let down by the rope and another rope was tied under the arms of the wound ed man, who was thus rescued from im pending death. In three minutes after ho was pulled by the rope to the surface, - the two wells in close proximity were "caved in" and full of loose dirt. Dan Neal is now very ill, suffering from internal injuries. Wilson Advance: The Demo crats of the Fourth Congressional District will meet in Raleigh on the 20th of May one day before the State Convention meets. The many friends of B. H. Bunn, Esq.; all over the district believe that he will be nominated. . John F. Bruton, Esq., has accepted an invitation to deliver an ad dress at Dunn, N. C, April 26th, on the occasion of the celebration of the 68th an niversary of Odd Fellowship In tbe United . States. Governor Scales has granted Judges Connor and Avery a change of courts of two weeks. Judge Connor will therefore hold Greene Superior Court next week. We were pleased to meet Mr. P. J. Turnbuli, of Toisnot. in town yester day. He says about $12,000 has already been subscribed for the cotton factory. They hope to raise a capital stock oj $25, 000 or $50,000. Mr. J. D. Walston accidentally shot himself in the foot a few days ago, in Tarboro. He was letting the hammer of the pistol down when it slipped and the cartridges went off. No bones in bis foot were broken. The Greenville BeJUetor urges the people of the place to wake up and endeavor to induce the W. & W. Railroad Company to extend their Bcotland Neck branch to that place. That Greenville really needs a railroad outlet everybody except the people of that place agree, j 1 Wiastonltepublican: Rev.R. T. ! T.Vann.of Wake Forest, preaches the com mencement sermon at Thomasville Female College on the fourth Sunday in May, and will deliver the literary address on Tues day, May 29th. Frank Rempspn, an employe of Mr. Stewart, the tinner fell some twenty-five feet from a house he was engaged in covering, at Germanton, last Friday, and sustained very painful injuries. - A new station has been opened on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad, 61 miles-above Greensboro, called Ararat. Mr.- -J. S. Bishop has been appointed aa agent. One hundred and sixty hands moving dirt on the. Madison Branch Railroad and Commissioner Price thinks the grading will be completed by August 1st. It is pretty generally conceded that the peach crop of this section was seriously if not fatally injured by the cold snap last Thurs day and Friday. A telegram received in this city announced the death of Mr. A. N. Zevely, at Washington, D. C, Mono day. March 26th. of heart disease. The deceased was a native of Salem and for Borne years held a position in the post office of that town. About the , year 1835 he moved to "Washington City, D. C.r and has resided there ever since, and was at one time Third Assistant Post Master General, and has held several other positions of trust in the Government office there. Raleigh News Observer : Yes terday Marshal Bradley, of the Supreme Court, serve? upon Gov. Scales a copy of a complaint in a suit for some $150,000 against the State, brought by Baltzer & Taaks, of New York, on account of iron . sold the Chatham Railroad Company in 1868. The case will be heard in the Su preme Court.' There will be a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture April 11th. The contribution of $25 recntly voted to the Shotwell Monument Fund by the I Fayetteville Light Infantry, was re ceived yesterday and added to the fund, making the total amount $672. The State Superintendents 'of Public In struction of the Southern States will meet at Morehead City on June 20th and 21st, during the season of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly. Letters have already been received from the Superintendents of Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Florida Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky and South Carolina expressing the heartiest approval of the meeting. In Warrenton, N. C, of congestion of the lungs, March 27th, at 1 o'clock p.m., William A. Jenkins, aged 25 years and two months. He was the only son ot the late Col. Wm. A. Jenkins, one of the first law yers of his day and for eight years Attor ney General of the State. Shelby, N. O, . March 29. Heavy rains have fallen in this section, especially last night. Several slides are reported on the Carolina Central and Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago rail roads; none serious. Travel has been somewhat delayed. The streams are with in two feet of the high water mark. No damage yet reported. Charlotte Chronicle : A col ored boy named Chas. Moore, was yester day arrested by Chief Griffith and Sergeant Jetton, upon the charge of having stolen a trunk containing $633. The trunk and money were the property of an old colored man named George Starns, and the rob bery was committed about six weeks ago. M. W. W. McDairmid, editor of the Lumberton Bobesonian, arrived in the city yesterday on his return home- from the Florida exposition. He says Florida is a great State, but North Carolina is far superior in all respects. Frank Mo Guinn, who lived near Jack Reinhardt'i, in Lincoln county, dropped dead in the woods while hunting squirrels last Satur day, The Immigration Convention, of - which the Chronicle has spoken at length, and enconragingly, grows in apparent significance. The projectors of the movement have seen it increase to such magnitude as they progressed in their arrangements for its success, that ' they have found it necessary to postpone the day of its meeting from the 11th to the 25th of April. The Governors, Commis sioners of Agriculture, and united repre sentatives of ten Southern States, have been invited, and are expected to be present. Birmingham, the proposed new town , to be built at Back Creek, is on a boom, sure enough. Mr. R L. Chochrane has already had over twenty applications for building lots. On Saturday there will be a meeting of the citizens at Back Creek Church for the purpose of laying off the town. A large party of ladies and gen tlemen, botanists from the Eastern States, will visit Charlotte some time in May, for the purpose of examining the locality of Darbya Umbellata, discovered last fall by Professor Hyams, a few miles from Char-' lotte. The discovery is Interesting to scien tists, as only one plant in fruit was found many years ago, by the Rev. Dr. Curtis, of Hillsboro, who went afterwards to obtain specimens, but unfortunately tbe wood man's axe had destroyed it. It is supposed it will flower in May. -9 - M l i .i i m 5', (is Si in it it il IS .1 f : i . i t f V .s i: : i 'J. y
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