THE WILMINGTON POST.
W. P, CAN AD AY, Proprietori
WILMINGTON. & '
Sunday MoKvnra. Feb. 27.X8&1.
IVhen the lsw-abiding
of Fort Pillow fame, said
Chalmers,
the tbsr
daj that hit j constituency
abiding. law-loving and peace Io?iagf J
all the plantation "niggers'
trict burst into guffaw. "
" inhis dis-1
John I. Mitchell, of Tioga county, ou
w 92na inst. was elected to the United
SWe. PSSwSiS& lower r&e of interest When quesUon
w born .S: ed to the gronhds of this opinion he
father's farm a his, earlr UMwo years Eish exchequer bills
in scnooi, aamiuea wj ue ur,
in the Union Army, in 1868, and four
years it Congress. - ; ' '; , 4
The process by which the refunding
bill has been trodden up and down,
going over to the Senate, then 10 the
rrif iriam of the Secretaries of the Treas
ury, then back to the Housed lintil i r per cent Treasury v notes will be taken, dollars to purchase bonds for the sink
now lies iu the committee of Way. and I although he has no faith' in three per ins sfund. j Then the bill authorizes
means, waiting a chance to get a hear-1
inc do not oner SDT TEii suovutvi
field for observation. The Mil cannot
probably reach, the President in season
for him to consider it and get back n
(Mian to Rave it. and there is not much
certain about it, bat a veto.
The prohibition petition will flood,
the legislature ; like tie leaves of Val-
lambrosa. Thousands of clamors : pile
upon 'thousands, until Senators . and
Members' look with apprehension pt
the incoming mails,- as if they were
haunted by the conjurations of de
lirium. It is one of those phases of
human phantasies concerning which
.-" .-. i
nobodv can tell whence it comes nor
wtiither it will go, but 'it keeps up its
fluttering in air above our heads like
the raven wings of some '. fabulqiis
omen. Delirious pleasures are to Jbe
exorcised by this rembrslcss and noSs
lesB decree, which stea's upon the trenju
1nn law.niaVinr' nower until its pulsa
tions, are palsied with the frigidity of
. wiera lerror-smiucu uiaiuaj. . juvcimijj
visages, livid under the poisonous stirn
ulous of fiery liquid, turn haggard
at
this stalking invisible demon.
Our venerable University,' under;
its
nresent benificent administration i of
President Battle, is; still a heavy toad
for the state to carry. The trouble is
denominational jealousy. It cannot be
' that this jealousy originates from the
liberal thinking heads of the four most
important instititioBS of the state -
' President Battle, of tbe Urriversity;;the
Rev. Dr. Pxitchard, of Wake Forest;
the Eev. Dr. Hepburn, of Davidson;
or the Kev. Dr. Craven, of Trinity.
They represent the Episcopal, the Bap-
. tist. the Presbvteriau . and Methodist
denominations. It was, however,
mistake in these modern daysfor the
state to have anything to do with! the
old-fashioned affair of other r days,
f There is a large majority of1 the people
in favor of educating all the children
nftha state at the states' expense, this
they think is the duty of the staie to
Itself, Bnt the old University, the re
sort of rich men's sons and the annual
, junketing place Of j aristocracy and
. fashion, has not much of the sympa
thies. We always thought it best for
the state to get rid of this old incubus
by transfering to a board of trustees,
give it to them outright, and let them
support it. and pav for it. as Wake For
est, Davidson and Trinity do.'
THE .FtJITDIaa AND Jl VKtO;
: It is evident that things are.drifuDg
lewards neither a veto nor a modifica-
: tionof the refunding bill by Congress,
and that an extra session; is staring the
e nation in the face. AVhile there are
v reasons enough to deter Mr. llajes from
' assuming any responsibility as to aha-
pins tte policy of the.new.adminiBtra-
UonK there are abundant reasons why
' General Garfield may not desire to
ulck up the rein, of a government em
fe&rrassed by lacUlegialation aa the fund
ing bill. It would be much more than an
uncraciou. act If Haves takes suich. a
course as to drive Garfield to alterna
tive, at the very-threshold of his admin
titration. But it would be far better
, far Garfield to mark out his own policy.
nd meet boldly the difficulties which
he may, encounter from the judgment
'' vf hia owa adviser, than to find him
self surrouuded with impedimenta,) .
The fatal thing about thiawhoie al
lude i. the S per cent, instead of some
higher point of interest and a margin
' of discretion, as was suggested by Sec
retary Sherman. The chances are
against placing the 5.20's at maturity,
at each low rates as S per cent, at par,
ta such vast inrna. Thb; nation can
not pattern after the low rates of Eu
rope What is a high rale among ttiose
vast accnmnlationa of money abroad,
. It a low rate with u. If we put our
. lve U such a rxialtion that we cannot
CO Into the foreign money centre, w
thall be at a disadvantage. In tome
etsee ve shall be likely to liecomea
sere foot-ball for foreign financiers.
Thtre Is a gmi deal of smoke about
; this whole TsJRiading huslness, jThe
. 2?ev YorkLWi In a long al labored
atotial em the sahtect of tke reiuki
' IcjUU, takes extraariiaary liberUes
mUi wtat it assmmes ta U the tpla
' ' to cf EtcrtUiy eherexa, Sobody
' CsitM that the gmttr rerlei the
Xttsssry note, txa be sola," says that
liiV JUM iivuvm wkm
knows on what aulborUyi "Secretary
Sherman himself has do doubt that a
I ready market lean be found ; for three
i per Cent, Treasury notes, lie recom
mended this rate, for Treasury uotes in
in lus annual report &nd proposed that
their ambunt . should be .four hundred
iillion dollars instead of the three
hundred million dollars provided for
in -. the t pending bill."" The Herald. !
not very conclusively ! assumes to speak I
lor Secretary Shermah as follows: "In
hb remarks before the Senate Com
mittee on Finance Secretary Sherman
intimated bis belief that the Treasury
notes might b disposed of at a ' still
English exchequer bills
bf short date, ; which are usually taken land I Ohio, sent a dispatch to the Pres
at about two and a half per cent, and iden asking him : to veto: the bill.-
illustrated by comparing such : short
government paper to call loans which
always I bear a ; low rate of interest. 1
Suffice it to say that the experienced
! Secretary has no doubt that the three
eeht bonds. Now, assuming that Mr.
ruuiuku u vuinvi' u iuu
opinion, it
would :be I mistake for President
Hayes to veto the. Funding bill, since
it would prevent the redemption of the
whole amount of six per cent bond
and about one hundred millions of the
five per cents. If the bill is vetoed
the Treasury notes, can as little be put
upon the market as the bonds, although
Secretary. Sherman has no doubt that
the Treasury notes would be taken."
The Washington correspondent pf
the Tribuns "represents the President
thus. '
The President was studying the pro-
visions oi me reiunuinc: diu. ana was
readinr the debates upon it. He ex
pressed no opinion 'which would give
reason to expect that he will veto it.
but ne was strongly or the opinion that
a hieher rate of interest would be re
ferable, and thought that the fifth sec
tion contained some very - mischievous
possibilities. His visitor gathered an
impression mat, wniio the President
would much prefer a different (bill, he
would yield to the opinion of Concress
and give the measure s trial.
That flame journal's correspondent
at Washington, puts the Secretary of
me Treasure before- the emintrv: wiLli'if
luminous assurance, that is refreshing:
I have no einectation that, tlva Pre
sident will veto the bill, aUijfoujrh I
have no conversation with him on that
suoject. ; l do not see any grounds
upon which, he could base a veto. It is
merely a matter ot opinion as to
whether the bill is a practicable one or
not, and nobody- can tell until it has
been tried. Of course I have an opi
mon on that subject, but I am not
willing to express it, because it might
embarrass my successor, - who will
doubtless make a .strong and deter
mined effort to carry out the law. I
remember, too, that our'four per cent.
oonos soia rapiaiy, aitnougn wnen tue
arrangements were made to put tbem
on the marxet neatly everybody said
thai attempt would end in failure.
On Wednesday the House utterly
ignored the existence pf the funding
bill. But the Senate with a coolness
that did not require any debate and
without "even a division, obliterated
from the statutes-at-larce, so far as
that body could do it, the tax on bank
deposits. The Congress has thus done,
as much as they were 'able to do,
towards letting down the fence, taking,
away all obstructions against unlimited
looseness in money. Vi , ;
. ' - SStVms !' iimiibii i '
8UPITND x' B A I fclSY.
This gentleman was in the city on
the 19th inst., hut we failed to notice
his presence at that time;. We hive
taken pains to investigate, thoroughly,
Mr. Bailey's standing as Superintend
ent of the Rail way Mail Service of this
district, and we are perfectly satisfied
that no officer in the department stands
higher with the people with whom he
has business communicatiohs,or with his
department. He is strict with his sub
ordinates, yet he is exceedingly well
Liked by them. We have never seen
a superior officer so universally re
spected, admired and obeyed by his
subordinates His district consists of
North .Carolina, Virginia and Mary
land. Including the District of Colum
bia. He is a thorough Republican, and
does his duty by that party, as all good
Eepublicahs will, bnt while that is the
case he allows no man who is a Re
publican to neglect his duty to the
service. His executive ability is uni
versally conceded be of the first order.
Mr. Daily has been connected with the
service for many years,; therefore he is
thoroagh conversant with the duties
connected therewith. Such merit as
possesses, we hope to see rewarded by
the Post Office Department and the
country il: : , j ' -."
' vMMMwaiaBBemammMemMft-
New Haven, Conn-, has JKvS esuU
ments of productive indusUy, includ
ing not only Large factories, but black
smith, joiner, and other small ahops
doing; aa annual business oi over $900.
There are 115 different kinds of manu
facturing carried on in thai town, and
the capital layered u nearly $10,000
000. The anmber of hands emptoftd
Is 18,0C5, of hkh.9,J7S are males ever
W,4 fsmales over 15, and 5tS
children and yaatha. The total pro
ductioa for the Cessna yeair (Jane 1,
1E u Jcae l. ICQ) was nysajTr.
If yoa know ef any Ooesreasieaal
votesUix thrown oot of the box, and
not coon ted for TTm. P. Casaday, by
poU-ho!crs,stadaII tha lafbrmaiba
and the anmbex of votes throwm oai to
Cot O. XL Tocier, rayttUvil!, J. C
THCITXBIXG DILI,.
y,;
CONTRACTION AND THE REM-
j
1 A.1 '"IS SEMTlilESnP AX WASH-.
ISQfOS iTTO "lAIJCEI OF AKD
AsKXD FOB;
The effect ot the passage of the Fund-
' Villi V-3- ..t ' i' ll . iti
JB5 uuu, uu ujprpoaDiQ xunnerjBi-
fects sliould it become a law. form ne
of thr leading topics at Washington,
The correspondent of the Tribune con
versed yesterday, with Controller Knox
and I fConerressman Carlisle upon the
subject and their views are given here
with.) There is a crowinz sentiment in
favor of a veto by the President. The
wa- w
associated banks and bankers bfCleve-
Banks in several cities yesterday took
steps to withdraw their circulation.
Controller Knox said the Setacrery
of the Treasury could use whatever ear?
plus ie has say tea or twelve million
him jto used $00,000,000 of the coin in
the Treasury to buy called bonds,
He considers the bill in its present
form mischievoua; It is in some o
features semi-repudiation.' The Presl-
denf ought to veto it. ; ! iHY :i j
Opinion regarding the probability of
a veto of the Funding bill has under'
gonf some change in Washington since
last j Saturday. A number ot the lie-
publican members of the House of
representatives, who two days agojdid
not 'believe a veto could bo iustified.
areiow outsiioken in their desire that
the J.'rcsident will not approve IhebiJl.
Soue oi the warmest friends olfthe
measure show signs of genuine alarm
1111$ evening, and are extreme ty vioicn
inTthcir denunciations of what they
style the '"National JJank lliug." They
appear filled with wonder because the
bask a desire to control and manag
their own property. "It 'was siiirsesled
to-ay by a distinguished Iteputyican
ik,ej)reseuia.uvo, who has had a lougcx
perience and possesses a through k no wl
edge of financial subjects, that: as the
success or failure of the Funding law
wijl entirejy depend upou whether or
not tho tax is removed from bank dc'
posits, it would be wise for the Psesi
dit to wilt hold his approval f the
Faudin? bill until a bill for the latter
purposo shall le passed by Congress
and sent to him for his apprjavaU' .'Itis
probable that! the attention of the Pres-
j - j - ' .....
ident may he attracted to Ihis as a
satisfactory solution of the present dif
ficulty. ;; 'r-' . ' ;.'
f Several incongruities in the Fundirg
bll have already been pointed out; an
other should be mentioned.' The bill
requires al) deposits of bonds to secure
circulation after July 1 to bo of three
per cents, l he same section of the bill
reenacts section 4,10'J of the revised
statutes, and that section directs that
all deposits by .National banks to se
cure circulation shall be "any United
States registered bonds bearing in'er
est." : Here is a flat contradiction be
tween two pasts of the same same sec
tion of this remarkable funding bill.
IBAXK5 EETIBISU ClKCULAxioX.
. There was deposited at the Sub
Treasury yesterday $2,272,000 in mon
ey to retire bank circulation, jand in
addition there wasreceived $1,421,550
in checks, which will be collected to
morrow morning. The amount virtu
ally deposited yesterday was therefore
$3,693,555. Of this sum the (greater
part was on account of country : banks,
but a few city banks were represented.
Since the passage of the' Funding bill
by the Senate the deposits at the Sub-
Treasury have amounted to $5,557,550.
Other banks still hold under conaidera
lion the retirement of their circulation,
and it is expected by bank othcers that
the deposits to-morrow will be larger
than they were yesterday.1
PIlZ JOiiN rORTEit..
SETTLED YOB, TU13 SESSIO.
' From the Inter Occtx. :
WasiiiXGTOX, Feb. 18.-The Fit John
Porter case was finally buried lu the
House for this morning. Sparks, hav
ing the bill for iris relief .in- charge as
chairman of the committee on Milita
ry Affairs, moved to Consider it. After
ja sharp struggle the House decided in
la viya voce by a large innjority against
taking the bill up. The vote was then
takeu j-ps and nay?, and the ma'
jjority sgainst it was fourteen. Speaker
llandall, however, who w fovorabbj to
Porter, withheld the' announcement of
the vote a painfully long time, duriqg
which interval Sparks, tieneral Jowph
Johnsoa. ana brsgr ot u isconsjn, Dew
around among the Democrat,. rvaujnj
Uiem in, ana insisuag upon iiiecnange
of votes by several, so that when the
Tote was una: It announced at 114 to
117. it was found that the bill narrowly
misscu conijucraijya. ccouor j -uan-dolph,
who has charge ot Fitx John
Porter's case in the Sratr, was on the
Coor during the lime, aud was very ac
tive amor the DemocraUc members,
The Republicans voted almost solidly
acainst takins the bill up. Sparks.
KaadtU and Ifsndolph are greatly dis
appointed, but the fear of a prolonged
pouucai - oiscsau93, l autca Baasy
messhers have been prepared for a long
time oa lbe bill was a prosaiaxst re
son why many Democrats voted sgxiast
Uuicritvp. 1 tie tear of aa extra
sioa also bad a whobsone rircca
them in this coaoectfoou .
When Ceo, J. A. ?. Weaer was
Mayor of ' Charleston e volaatarily
gave cp of his salary to the city,
sad devoid his entire time u lht
dalles of the eSct VJMk hat W.
A Gonrttaay, the Fraxdaicat Mayor,
rota hi&stlf Hfito Jtar for : keen
petdaydrrciedU tlebtra of the
city. v'-!-- ,-' . r.'.-.--i-.
The General Assembly
pf r2prthxCprollna.
eIate. . J
s
. k k . . v i r -February 18.
Senate meet stthe'uSualhour. Lieut
enant-Governor Robinson in the chair.
Prayer by Prof, Mangum.
Pridtren Bill to authorize the com
missioner, of Brunswick county to levy
a snecial tax for the benefit of the com-
mon schools or saia county, lieierroa
rJaeven nnndrea ana wny.peuuoneis
lor prohibiuon, ooerea. r
r The anestion was runner v ana weu
discnised br Messrs. Glenn. William
son of Edgecombe, and Spears, ad-
vocaiieg'the necessity oi a uovemors
mansion. , ,
Hamer made second speech .in
favor of his amendment. He took the
position that we did not need the said
mansion now,- nor would we at any
time- hereafter Theao ; tnmgs wew
attifiarcoih corrrls of turop an an-
tinnirr and encoarazca us w pe mcir
Kttnnrines and - corruption, i which
wAwnnld not be too alow to do. Since
tha dava of . Belshazzar'sireast, down
thrhnh the thirteen Assyrian kin.
and th aixtr Eomaniemperors. Heaven
hul MtttsKealBPon courts, ana toe
extrayagance' ana corruption th-y
necesssrilT engendered
Tho-tinfinisned bnslnes of je .ter
dsy was taken up, which was the con
sideration of the bill to erect a Su
preme Court and library building and
Governor's mansion. ; ;i i f
- The questicm was - was now upon the
amendment of Harper, to strike out
the part of the . bill authorizing the
building of a Governor's mansion and
apply the surplus moneys on hand, al
ter erecting the Supreme Court build
ing, to ,the common school fund. It
was further discussed adyersejy by
Messrs. Battle and Bespass.
; Dortch was in favor of the bill, but
thought that the whole' bill would not
be liable to pass,' and it was perhaps
best to put it in such shape as to in
clude that most likely to pass and most
necessary. :' !j!
' The luuestion was now i upon' the
amendment of Harper. A divisiou of
the question was tailed for by Lock
hart, and the amendment was lost.
the Xie8tion was now upou tbs
amendment of Dortch, to locate the
Supreme Court - and library building
upon Uniou square, aud the amend
ment adopted; , j Nj
The question being upon the passage
ot the bill on its second readme, the
yeas and nays were called, and it failed
to pass yeas 15, nays 22.
Amotion was than made to recou-
siderand to lay this motion ou, the
table, which latter motion was lost:
On motion of Staples', his motion to
reconsider was made the special order
for Wednesday at 12 o clock in. -
HOUSE J OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House was called to order, at
T0.05 bv Rose, and opened with Praver
py the Bev. Mr. Gwaltney, of this city.
Petitions for general and local pro
hibitory laws were . presented by the
following and referred to the committer?
on prohibition: j
Messrs. lor. H names IromJJnsIow;
Townsend, (citizens ofCumberland ;
Taylor; 600 names; - Webster, citizens
of Jiocklncnam: Uraioger, is petitions
irom Wayne and Lenoir; , Turner of
Stanly, 2 petitions frem Stanly; Davis
Of Madison, 4bl names irom -Madison
county; Oatliujr from the citizens ot.
Gates: Owiun, from tho cixizens ot t$ur
ry; Brown, from the citizens of Iredell.
pointment of Magistrates: Messrs,
Grainger, Riggs, and Turner of moore.
Reports from committees were sub
mitted by Grainger for propositions and
grievance?; Manning forjudiciary; G&t-
linjr for corporations: Koe for judtcia
ry; Ellingson for corporation;; Smedes
for insane asylum; Joynen for the erec
tion of a monument to Gov. Caswell;
Bowman for prohibition. ,1 -
Subsequently, by consent, the follow
ing were inirouqceu; r. . . j . . . . . . .
Morrison For . TrohibiUoo , within
three miles of certain cotton mills. Re
ferred. :
Townsend For prohibition wlibln
two miles of certain churches..; Refer
red.' ' . ;!"..'."! -: !-
Neal--A petition from the citizens of
Mecklenburg askirg a prohibilory law.
tieierred,
Davis, of- Madlou A memorul
from Mars' Hill Church iu MadUou
county, for prohibition. Reterred
Green, of Orange, and Gardin, ot
McDowell, presented petitions tasking
local prohibitory laws in their couu
Munden A bill to amend the char
ter of the Elizabeth City and Norfolk
Railway Company. By request this
bill was put on its several reading and
passed. (Increase tba number of di
rectors from fife to fifteen.) ' ;
; - February 2l'.
shATK. -
, Tbe Senate met at the usual hour
Lieutenant Governor KobiniHn in the
chair. : :
' Prayer by Uev. Dr. Marshal.
Petitions with retard to probibilioo
were introduced a follows: -
jut. vuuger Jrrota certain curnn
of Mitchell county.
Mr. Laves from certain of Ruth
erford county. ,Vi-::.:Ax
Mr; DatHboo-nn for ."the relif
the heirs at-law of X. W. Woodfio.
calender. ')
Mr. Davidson Bill to travid for
the electkm oC.an Assoriale Jastioe oi
the Sopreme Court, a judge of the Su
perier iJoort, and solicitor'' from the
firrt,- Mcood tnlrd, fourth, fifin ard
sutb jndioal dwixicl, at a general
elecuoo. to be held on the fim Taes
day in Xoremher. ISSj. Hifemd, r
Mr. Maaniag BiU to "raUfy aa elec-
uo ta srfisaocia vatf. tteiMrca.
va mouoa oi air. lock, i coom-
deraliow of the biUs relaUva to the
govern sent of the Insane avy lass was
taxra op. Tie first was beasts bil
C T, to iaeof pormte the Xlutem North
Guoaa lasaaa Asjlsa, which pt
sed its second nadinf. Explained by
Mr. York, aa4 Mssed aeooad mdisg.
The secoad was Seaata aiU for U
euee -coverasseat afCa North Garo-
tiaa Iaasa AxyUo. aiiaia tl Ea!fh.
Passed secoad and taird rtadlan.
OataoUoa of Mr. IQUiasasoa, ef
arane, scaaxe 4U w was itcoeaaicred
that the astasia! might be s&rxkca
at. Lxpulaed by Mr, tr.wT
TULUlpsa4i;saU mijr;. This
better; protecUon of
Davie county where
bill Was for the
those portions of Davie
tna stock lair nrfiTails.
ua mottin, me calendar was piaceq
at the disposal of the chair.
Senate bill 493, for the better pro
tection of farmers and fishermen
amended by committee, applying the
provisions of the act jonly to city pi
Wilmington; amended by .Clerk, that
the city of Newbern be included;
amended by Williamson, of Edgecombe
tuat i&rboro be inserted. ,. The amend
meats were adopted and it passed its
second reading. Amended by Respass
to insert the town of Washington, and
explained by Scott or New Hanover.
The bill is designed to protect such
persons aa bring - produce and fish into
the city from certain town ordinances.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House was called . to oder at
10:05, by Bose.
r Prsyer by Ttev. Dr. Marsh ell.
Prohibition petitioes were preseatsd
as follows:
Messrs. Shines (two), J Hood (two),
JTerrel(with 192 uamesform Halifax),
Austin (tnree from Yancey), Hamricr,
White, (with 66 names), Roherts (with
133 names), Harrison (with 86 nsmes),
Bryson, Foy )two, one containing 159
names), Killpatrick (uvefortrf Wayne).
Heilrnan, Culbreth (three), ! Rowland
(four), Terrell (with 204; names),
Uaither, Spainhour (from ML Plessent
church Horney(with 56 names), Holton
(witn V5 names), Uranam (tnree, witn
179 names,) Hanner (with 71 names),
Weaver (with 752 citizens of Buncom
be), Bunting (two with . 2bl names.)
Cowan (three), Pigford. ;
bmedes presented a petition irom
New L'ght township against -prohibi
tion for that township., ,;
Messrs. i'ritchard Jihree), Gardin,
Brown and Cowan. V ' ' '
On motion of Blaisdell, Wilson of
New Hanover, qualified and took hia
seat. ..; -f-' .. : '.; '.'"
Oa motion of Blaisdell, the calendar
was placed at toe ilispof-al -oi tue
Speaker, for the balance of the session.
Aouse bill to allow the commissio
ners of Elizabeth City to pave certain
street in that town, and to increase
tho Mayor's salary to $1,000. Tabled,
on niotiou of Boy kin. ' ', ; ;
House bill to prevent the whipping
fof convicts in too , Penitcntiajy or on
the railroads. A considerable discus
sion arose, ihi ring which the case of
the convict fries, irom I orsy th county
was brought up. and Bledsoe, who was
an attorney in the case, made a speech
on the subiect. lie thought that
punish nicut by whipping was' uncon
stitutional. On motion of Carter, the
bill was referred to the judiciary com
mittee. .' : :
House bill in regard to stocking the
waters of n ale county with fish.
Tabled." ' - ' ."- :.
Oh iiiotijH the House then adicurn-
ed. .' .. ;'
Til ttlVlUt AN D HSKUU K II i L.I,
Boveutcen Senators who think tho
lluiise of) 4tept-cseutatives Uld not.
A pttropria'o Money Enouffh for the
Trout SU-cauid. '
Jhj Telegraph to the r Jribunc. I
Wasiukgtox, Feb., 2f. There art
at least seventeen Senators who do not
believe that the House of Represents
lives has been sufficiently libersl In,
making appmpriatioos for the improve
ment of rivers acd harbors. These
Senators hare therefore offered amend-
mecU to the River ar-.d Harbor bill
whiib i.4 noV pending in the ; Senste
Committee on Commerce. If the forty
one amendments i offered bv the seven
teen Senators referred to are- adopted,
thev: will swell the tctal. amount ap
propriated by the bill to tho turn of
$ll,oS5,SG0,or $1,40C,830 in excess of
the amount appropriated by the House.
As iniett be expected, the rreat
maiitimo tste of West Virgin
demands s good chare of the increase!
and Senator Hereford, who will retire
to private life nest week, modestly
aeks that the Great Kanawha may re
ceive oO'J.C'OO instead of the $200,000!
granted by the House. He demands
fr.0,000 instead of C00 for the rsgtog
iS k, and 130,000 instead of 120,000 for
the XeW River. Senator Anthony asks
I3.C30 for the rotcffomut River la
Rhode Island, while ifenator McHUlao,
of Minnesota, declares that nothicr
Ihsn 25,000 will suitice for Uoose
Neck Rapid. Sjenator Tugh thicks
the Tallapoosa has been neglected by
the House, and he accordingly makes
an explicit demand for f t2,jy. bens
tor McDonsld is wiltinj to do soother
rood turn for the commerce of 1 odians
before his othcial life ends, and ha
there fore ak $100,000 forthe improve-
roect 01 1 ne Kan&asvee liirrresstol the
illinow t?uto line. inator Beck
demands f5,000 in addition to lbs
$100,000 granted by the House for Ihe
Keotuck R.vcr, and inalor' Coke
wants SiOOjLvJ more lr the hsitor of
Galveston. v;- .'.;..-r
There w bo f tidcoce a to the fate
of any eftvir North Caro'sos sppro
priation. We make a ptst4 mtail U
another coiuma.slkli iitis jittlo
light on the ul-jcct hWeter
rctro'.cq at foa atalos snd - a phalt
mines, very rich, have been discovered
in Vt newels, rkath Asscrks. The
petroleum iue ia lreams fross s
axed bsak fall of holes. One of libs
frosts!? sports petrclrsn ss4 wstev
st the rale of it) gallon per boor.
The peUolroai i foand to ejsal ia
valse that ic ported troa tie Fsittd
eHaies. Rsocileat uthracite cosJ !
also uosd ia the saaw rrgkns. Thi
ducoveries srt fcear tW city of iiaxa
cslbo ia the stale ef 7,aUa, The rr
seacc of llte-petroieaai as kaosra sixty
years 149, trat there was . ao ssetaod of
rvasusgUsi thsitaMu it 4&cw pt
ssltts ta becosae a vsisuolo ankle cf
eoesaKVt.:
Tlssli;.y emus coward sad atvvr
las It Is a i&rWf sad ' alwd
Isg talU la aet's' owa stlity U pcr-
oillcida CcLius Returns for North Caroiiri-v W
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W
Counties. !
TotaL
Male.
Alamance
11.6M
1N000
855
14.41
16.153
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21.UI0
6. n
8,713
4.IK6
718
7, M
4.7UV
104a
'6,168
8.7tX
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7,8
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7,215
11.41
Alexander .
Allachny ;
ASDtt-
Bladen.
Bronawlek.
Bu Doom be.
Bozka.
Beaolort.
17,1 I
1.1
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Canrell
Chatham
1725
21,4o
14,9 W
R.1SJ
14,439
Cabarrus.
j CaUwba.
Cherokee-..
Colmbu. .
Cunibrland.
CaldweH............
10.S8S
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8.01
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16571
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Chowan.
Clay.
Cleveland.
Craven
Currituck.
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Duplin
11, wi
18.771
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8,25
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Franklin
1S.0TS
30,83
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7,765
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Jackson
Jones
Lincoln
11.061
1&J44
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Macon...
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Martin.....
12.810
13.140
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Moore
l.tCl
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Sli7
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lucludinc in Buncombe county, 11
sua Uslf-breeds ; in Mecklenburgu county, 1 - muisns sua usiMirecas; is
Moore countv, 4 Indians ; in Trader county. 2 ludiansi in tSaninaoa const;, t
Indians and Half-breeds ; in Ashe county, 3 Iudisns ; in Caldwell county, 1 1:
dian : in Camden countv. 12 Indians : in CarUret county. 1 Japanese : is Crsrts
county, I Indisn ; in Graham county, 1VJ Indians ; in Jackson fpuutr. "7 Is
diaus and Hslf-breeds; in Jlscon county, 13 Indisus ; iu V'M bounty, 3 loJiic '
snd Half-breeds in Eutherford countv, Jl ludisnr; in.bwsio- county, ill U
dians snd Half-breeds. P . - r ,
Trotter From Town Crack.
Towx CltEEK. B&UKSW1CS Co.,
February 3, US 1. J
Mr, Editor: We are-bjiTior a treat
for the past few day i lc, sod eun
shine occasionally. Farmer j are be
ginning to prepare for plowing but are
at least six weeks behind tlnif, and
will be late in starting crope. Most
everybody is expecting to plant more
or less cotton: In all probability there
will be and iocrease of acreage of "5
per cent, and I fear many will be dis
appointed in their calculations having
to pay such high prices foV fertilizers,
apd heavy Interest on advances! There
will be will be no money for jibe far
mer, ; . :- . t'' ,
Politically the people are jal using
the Legislsturi for not doing some
thing for the benefit Ct the poor, la
boring class. Rut little, so far, has
beeo'done, snd what ii, ii sgslnst the
poor man. and far the bescfit of the
rings, an4 those "vfeo are able to help
themsel ves. A mong the many tin fair
things in our county, thejoad law Is
the grestest inposltlon 4on the poor
uiau. uvwi iuti w . ye woraeu py i
men. between certain ages, and they are 1
compelled to work wtetem called on.
Many meq are la my nslghborhood
who ova oa stosk or vehicle, and sever
use or sea tho road, only; when thsy
work it. 8om haTt to wilki sight or
ten miles to get to the wetk on roads,
for wealthy men to tfaftlan, who have
not spent one dollar on tho roads since
wsr. Vet every time a bill fislatror
duced in the Legislature to jkeep p
public roads by taxation, it causes u
trouble, . j .
There is bo rtsson ,wby a iku man's
property ihould not be taxed to keep
up roads for bis .own sat and benefit,
as lor, poor sen who bsve to gel their
living by day's : work at 40 ot $0 cents
per tiay, and bavt to iwork six days
every week In tho year, sad. mote If
seceary. This is anfaJr, sod If oar
kgUlalofi bavt any reason or common
seaso tbey would cias eacJi aaiair
and oTtibtaricg lata, BaltSclftboU
deslro sewsss too to rrtbrva tbt more
wealthy aad fjppees tba poor. ' It is
tints that tha pocx, labotUcUaiof
men ia this cvoatry were lot41ieg to
their InUrtat, and dtsssadiag' jaulca
at tba bsods of awr ralers aad laa us
makers. ; '''
Rypablkhlag tbt abova yea will
obUga, . E. W. Ta 1 1 oa.
Ota. labodea, of nrgtslt, oa ba-
half of tba roaih AUaatle aad Obsa
CsUsrsr CbaetracOoa Coespaay, b
ssiuad a foposiUoa ts parchav tbt
BUUCa Utereesl la tbs Cspa Frar aad
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tbt road to iu IcrsBisat ia cuTm
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Indisus; in Cherokee county, 97 jsdiau
a nil l to iCepndlato Jsst VU$. f
'':r- ': J-i : . Fjoe-Ton Jfcit
1 1 is will I leep regret that at lotits'
tbst.tho LVglslatura of Norts tWia
la tampering with tba IndrtVeJsm of v
corporations and assnmbg Is atal ir
ral a process of swindling kottiii.' :
reus cut of their honestly earntA awtst; :
In some cases widows and orpUu art
being robbed by a governmcst tkst
should protect them, and secure la ibm
their rights as a toy log alhrr rittts
his protecting srnt o'er bis cLiUrrS,
butloes not raise it tueoscingly UiW:
trcaud cripple themj j '
i A nisn 'should think deeply U&tt
be places himself upon the sidevf is
pudiation. Does he reflect trst Uk
proclaiming himself dithonnl, ss
trsnsmitting to bis'chUdreji the rvrsw
of wesk principle that may, in tbra,
germioste blosHiuts of blight cii.
"Vhea thou sees, a thief, cvcarBi si
unto biro." . Depr(9e not sav est f
bis lawful property Irtt the 1vlliy
(Sod se it snd rem'er unto ibce ike tf.
compente, lo the tarte fs jaUOo
we protct sgainst aU shastoilsg t
payment of debt; all attempts to legal-,
tie swiadlrfsnd, stl tsmperipg (A
CuulracU by legUUlifS bodief, kki
rsrely kaowf ths rrsl mciits of trst
but ) grterslly get a ooc Ud?;s J
matter from thoe who art icltnt'ei
la rvbbitg through the bills ewe-
libnablc morality,-.;;-. ;V-: ''."V .f!
FayetleviUe, ' Ji. .l' '' I --j
lit ljjht, Bweetfcesrt. '
And the reason tbry Used estk
so, wss that bt had jat krvsit lt
tbt l ebruiry nusiWr of lit kwlWi
Muicsf Jcurosl, pt I FstssssK lis;
Their ryes had growa die sa4 dww
breaths bad mtsgted s fee rriJ
Holme' awect Opcaieg af tfcf Iftssa.
8be baJ gtteo a. blst tb itvr
and Info.-aJaiLa too. ! WW
Bocia Adsi! Ikliiat ad r4 M
held tbta Ukf a short lave 8-7-
sbt bad rUrrd a lew ban sf tie
teuUW, aa ba read abS fc 'rs
aad followed wUbi tbaUstUs C
Uoa IctidtnU Tbca thai
Banc ass so utm sad trsws. tbst.
tbry sat very clsi a; sU rs4 .
Mla'tabmaV-Jasasir
aabamed aw, ibry,' UiUd tat j - .
Arp to gvi ter if, ssd, IiSiBcSJ t
Jeaa 1'ial artkle oa i tie Urfisfi
Of tbt IUaxU bt Wg H'11
new masic tf ibis asatbrr, Tbt IM
Cbard.jud ii -Tbra .sb,
dasbtdlata tba H&uH-tZy
sad taracd back ta tba jsasvy s'
bt (m tbt aww CeraUrdi c
aal Tbt Aalgt tad tba W
aba pUyrd Cavt Wi It tbrJJ
Agaia, frets tba seste susbrt.
sail U -'vmiL TUt i I .W
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