North Carolina Newspapers

THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER VOL. IV. NO. 15. THE Charlotte Messenger is PUBLISHED Every Saturday, • AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. to U» Interests of the Colored People rtf the Country. AMe awl weU-inown writers will cent,rib »'» »•' )«* columns from different parts of the rawer, and it will contain theflatest Gen <o*3 Sews -of tiie day. T)bel MiNsEVtsKR is a first-class newspaper auifl sn£Q nc* allow jiersonal abase in its col- Ttuns. his nc't sectarian or partisan, but iwbptMANfi— l fairly by aIL It re sfTvcs tbe right to criticise the shortcomings •<tf >33 public officials—commending the * ctAy, and recommending for election such Trim as in its opinion are best suited to serve Rifat mimsSs of the people. his intended to supply the long felt need -ts * to advocate the lights and wfl-rtid the inter-Ste of the Negro-American, ■ s**«d3y in the Piedmont section of the 1 .nroteaas. SUBSCRIPTIONS: M 7wwj» «a Adrxine*.) 1 xrar - - - $1 50 - - -1 00 <*• inearths - - 75 3. months - - -50 iMswrths - - - 35 Single Copy - - - 5 Address, w. C. SMITH Charlotte NC, Tbc forest area of the United States is floss than 45<\<#K>,OOrt acres, or 728,000 -qiiMie miles, al»out onc-fifth the area •of the whole -country. For railroad ties aSrtwe the wood on 500,000 acres (800 '-'.jisarc milcsi is required annually. Some 1 ifcna of the rapid reduction of our forests ware be from the fact that in tthio had forest s equal to 55 per of the area of the State; now it is vsrt over 20 per cent. Droughts and de rw-’tivr floods are among the results of the flr-truction of our forest*. Dr. 4. Haney Lovell, of Philadelphia, > a pronounced vegetarian, believing that eating meat is the cause of untold wiils. He even thinks that vegetarian ism is the best remedy for intemperance. His thirty that flesh-eating men have an imonnal ta<tc for drink, and that if men will only eon fine themselves to vegetable I *od the desire for drink will be •tagonired. “*No man," he says, “who •rats* pound of macaroni daily will be xh.w a drunkard. What we want it a ic-mperaace vegetarian restaurant, where young men may be banqueted on rancurens leans and rice." Lieutenant Woodford, an Inspector of the Signal Service Bureau of the War IVj»Mln»rnt, ha* recently given somo imwsling facts to tlic public with ref i irflff to tlx* work of the Bureau. Many pavwn will Ire surpriwd to hear that the -ijnrtl Service nation on the top of Mon o Wa-h ngton i* to lie discontinued. liW Mwsyc l*cn interesting to wnteh rite Tmosjiheric chances as reported from that station, hat the authorities turn- these reports more as cn i ■ - than as licing of any practical ■.. r - rit. The altitude is so great that the , I,sage* there rarely affect the lower ivme- pheric strata. The wind might lie Showing a hurricane at the summit of the . i Miitsin, while a dead calm prevailed at n . i, s «r, {taring the summer season the ’ . on will Iw maintained simply to c antno late visitors to the mountains, i. : it ist->he dispensed srith during the » titer as a needless evpenae. Speaking >f the lalkrri-of introduction of the newly invented electrometer, Lieutenant 'TV - Sniff explains the object of the in crewsl to be the foretelling of theappa ii-.t «|i|iiarh of thunderstorms liy t ril hours. The eleclrometcr has not i> yit Ins brought to a state of perfec tran which yields practical resulta, but a ro < t olrervations is lieing taken by •3! llt< i liili(tM, under all conditions of sisn -jh-m jws-ssurr, and by a compari *s«of these, w ith the help of the etoctro- Ki'-rr, ii will he powable to predict with *■ n i the approach of storms of the •havener named. This will, of course, href crest Is-nefit toallclasaes of people, »*1 w ill greatly increase the usefulness of th< Signal Servics. Thomas I.anfrloy.an innkeeper of Dove England is raid to l.c the heaviest man in he world, being SOO pound, i n weight. Ho is a little over six foot in height, and . " ,e * ! " ,rra inches around the waist He is unable to walk much, and docs not trust himself in a carriage for fear of breaking the springs. IJc is very tem perate in eating and drinkimr The Government of Japan has invited several scientific bodies to appoint a joint committee to examine and report upon the type of buildings best calculated ti resist shocks of carthi] ake. This is i ' view of the fact that whereas Japane- ' houses were formerly constructed o : into us«, especially in the construction ol public buildings. l mu r. 11 ■ 11 ■ 1 Twelve Mormon families have already I settled at Alberla, in the Dominion ol * Canada, and others will soon settle at j Medicine Hat. The Toronto Globe has r heard that the Mormon rulers have < been in correspondence with the Ca- 1 Indian Government on the subject of f colonizing in Canada, and that the an- 1 swers they received were not such as to j prevent their endeavoring to effect their t purpose. Wc don’t wish them any harm, s says the New York Tribune , but all the t same we should rejoice to get rid of the 1 Mormons. • ( 1. 1 . |L 1 The season of 1887 will be remembered as one especially prolific in fatal acci dents to Alpine tourists. Scarcely a week passes that docs not bring report of one or more lives having been sacrificed to the insatiate desire to scale one of the ] giddy peaks in the Bernese Obcrland or 1 the Engadinc, and, strange to say, each t accident but serves to increase the army 1 of climbers,so that finally Hie authorities * in the Canton Wallis have found it ncc- C t essarv to take active measures to control j the rush of strangers, who, emboldened ] by recent experiences, arc flocking up 1 into the glaciers without guides. I MU I. ■ M i t The preservation of forests is a favor ( ite theme in this country just now. As the Richmond well says: “Hardly t a week passes that wc do not rend ol , large tracts of land at the South haying been bought simply for the timber that 1 is on them. It is only a question of a few years when there must be a timber j famine in certain sections of the South, j If the waste places and worn out lands * are planted in trees the day wi 1 com* 1 when the tree crop will be a most valtt* 1 able one. A few days in each year sei apart by Southern land owners for arbori 1 eulure would prove time well expended, ‘ -* L 1 The il champion" hangman In the , United States is George B. Malidon, cl 1 Fort Smith, Ark., on the border of the < Indian Territory. He has been acting as { an executioner for the United States Marshal there since 1873. The United States Court in the Territory is scarcely more than a criminal court, having juris- 1 diction of all crimes committed in that < region. This man has, in his official capacity, “worked off” fifty-two mur derers, hanging forty-two on the same gallows. This celebrated executioner ie fifty-two years of age, a Bavarian bj birth, but an American by residence foi the greater portion of his life. He i* laid to be a jolly good fellow. The value of an engagement-ring as s nark or seal of a promise of marriage baa been decided on by the Supreme Court of Missouri. In a case of breach of promise, which had been appealed te the Supremo Court, the defendant, tht man, relied on the return to him of tht engagement-ring by the plaintiff, to show that she considered the engagement ter minated. Her testimony showed tha| she had resigned it under the pressure i of the defendant’s taunts, that ho had I become tired of her and loved another | woman, whereat she was so much dis , tressed that she gave up the ring with out knowing what she did. The court held that the giving of the ring by tht man was the seal of an engagement ol marriage, and to extort its return through force or frail 1 operated much the sums as an attempt to destroy or break anj other contract by similar means. Ths court declares as follows: “The giving up by the plaintiff of licr engagement ring, thus wrung from her by the action of the defendant, is not to be torture! into an agreement to rescind tho con tract which the defendant had alrcadj j refused to perform. By his own action | he had left her no choice in the matter. | There was nothing that she could dt but accept the situation lie made fol her, aliandon all ho|ie of Ihe marriage, give up the symbol of that hope, and seek such compensation in damages at the law could give her for the injury sh! had suffered, without-fault on her I'art, st the hands of the defendant." Tht court affirmed judgment in favor of tht plaintiff. CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 1887 HOME AIM IN. The End ol the I'retldeniial Trip.-A lie ▼lew of a memorable Journey. Everybody on the Presidential special was up at sunrise. Toilets were rather bost ily made, and coffee was served just as the Goddess of Liberty that crowds the dome of fctio Capitol came into view. Good byes wore said, and at the ap}x>inted time to the min ute, 0:40 A. M., the train came to a stop at Washington. The President was heartily glad to get hom*, though as heartily glad that he went away. During the three weeks of his journeying he had traveled four thou sand fiv9 hundred miles, passed through sev enteen States, crossing three of them twice, and had seen and been seen as (variouslv esti mated by different members of the imrty by from one to five millions of American citi- Thero was no brass bands, 110 committee men, no crowds at the station and it is noth ing uncomplimentary to the people whom the president has visited, to say that every one of the tourists was glad of it. The president and Mrs. Cleveland and Col. Laniont entered their carriage and went to the WhPe House. The Postma ter General and Mrs Vilas were driven to their home. Dr. Bryant and Mr. Bissel went to breakfast with the President, after which they took trains respectively for New York city and Buffalo. The artist and two journalists went their several ways, tho Pullman cars were uncoupled for the first time in three weeks, and tho President’s 1 special train ceased to be. The President and Mrs. Cleveland took breakfast at the White House and then drove out to their country home at Oak View, where they spent the day. THE MEMORY OF LEE. K IcUmonil'* Orem DciiioiiMtration in Honor ol'ilic Confederate Chiefiian. The laying of the corner stone of the mon ument erected to the memory of General Robert E. Leo, took place at Richmond, Va., i under the most favorablo auspices. The event is a marked one in the history of this already historical city. Tho day selected by ( tho Lee Monument Association was the big , day of the State Fair, and was witnessed by ] an immense nuinl>erof visitors, probably the largest gathering ever seen in Richmond. Leo Camp, No. 1, Confederate veterans, were 1 assigned the post of honor, and the commit- 1 tecs from the camp having charge of tho de 1 tails of the ceremonies have worked assidu ously for several weeks and their labors | resulted in a most creditable demonstration. , Invitations were sent to many who fought on j the Union side during the late war, and t nearly all were present.. Among the Ex Confederate General* who' participated were Fitz I>ee, now Governor of J Virginia; Wade Hampton, Cooke, McCoinbe, Cox, Walker, Early and others, while others, including Beauregard and LongstrecL sent ( letters of regret. Volunteer militia from several of the Southern States as well as those of the Confederate veterans were 1 present. Tho Corner stone was laid by (he Grand Lodge of Virginia Masons, who were es corted by one hundred and fifty mounted Knights Templar and several hundred Blue Lodge Masons. The programme also in cluded a grand military and civic procession to the grounds, wh ere an oration was deliv ered by Col. Charles Marshall, of Baltimore, 1 Gen. lire’s adjutant general, and a poem, written by the late James Barren Hope, of Norfolk, was read by Capt. W. Gordon McCabe, of Pitttsburg. Tli'i monument is erected jfist outside of the western corporate limits of Ihe city, overl-joking the Confederate Soldiers’ Home. It occupies a position in the centre of what will l>e known os Lee Park, the ground for w'hieh was donated by the owner for this purpose. INTENSIVE FARMING* On*- Mnii'n Experlpnre With an Acre of (.'oltoii Mr. M. A. Ransom, a farmer in Aiken County, 8. C., lias furnished the state depart ment of agriculture a report on an experi ment ho has made this year on one acre in cotton. It shows what can be accomplished with a proper system of fertilization and cul tivation- Thel ndon xhibh the crop was jnade was good pine land, with clay subsoil. It was in oats last year, but has been mode •- ately well fertilities 1 for several years. The land was broken early in March, with a turn plough, running six or seven inches deep. In bedding a six-inch shovel plough was us-*d followed in the same furrow with a long bull tongue, breaking to t :e depth of ten or elev en inches. Planted on a low flit bod and “knocked off’’ with a board. A good stand was obtained. Chopped out in the usual way before “running around.” First ploughing or siding was done with a cultivator, subse quent plougbings with a sweep. Tho general plan observed was deep breaking and shallow cultivation. The entire cost of producing tl • crop i cc rding to an imtemized statement furnished the d«*i>artaieut of agriculture, in cluding labor, fertilizers and average rent of land, was 154.03. The product was 901 ponnds of lint cotton, which sold at 9 cent* l**r pound, giving a return of $81,09, to which niu.-t be added the value of the seed, 60bushels. aftUO cents—a low price—slo— the aggregate return $91.09. Do duct ins costs, $54.02, leaves ft net profit on the y ield of the acre of $.17 07. Deducting i from the of production the value of the I mm.il, it will lie so-n that Ihe cost of growing the crop was less than 5 rente jwr pound- Mr Ransom conducted the experiment at tho request of the dejiartment, and ho says in his report that whilo tho rc-nilt is nothing wonderful, it U so per acre profit—as to make it an exceedingly favora ble showing for the intensive system of farm j ing, which he think* should be followed more I generally by our formers. Sixty millions of matches art said to bo made daily in Akron, Ohio. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The southern Forestry Congress will meet In Hunterille, Ala, on the 26th lost. The Alpha oil company of Detroit, a rival of the Standard oil company, has assigned. Hon. E. B, Washburn, ex-minister to France, is dead. The Florida towns are raising the quaran-1 tine against Palalka. Fordham, the noted English jockey, is dead. John F. Henry & Co, wholesale druggists of New York have made an assignment. Mr. Robert Garrett is outspoken in his de tax taMjwM-fjg-tifettfjrm in Indianapolis and beaten so that he died. It is officially announced’that a”moeting is projected between the Emperor William and the Czar. A London dispatch says that Gustay Rob ert Kirchoff, eminent natural scientist and discoverer, is dead. The Czarevitch and Prince George of Greece, who are visiting there, have also been attacked by the same disease. The secretary of the treasury has appointed David 8. Davids to be storekeeper and gaug er at Kinston, N. C. In respect to the memory of President Montgomery, of the Memphis Jockey Club, who dropped dead a few days ago, tho Mem phis races have been clesed. At Tallulah, Ala., Andrew Fleming, col ored, was hanged for the murder of Demp Benyon. A disastrous fire destroyed two entire blocks in tho business centre of Marinette, Wis. About twenty five stores, besides a number of dwellings, were burned, entailing a loss of $200,000. The latest from Tampa is that thirteen eases < f yellow fever and three deal hs were reported in one da}’. The weather is cooler, but the fever is not abating. Delegates from the employing ’printers of nearly all large cities in the country arrived in Chicago They intend to organize a na tional association. At Trenton, N. J., Henry 8. Little will publish a fifteen column reiteration of his charges against Senator McPherson of bar gaining to secure tho election of Gen. Sewell as Senator in return for business favors. ti.v oUwmmUp ruiuu, wuicn arrived m New York, brought Andrew Carnagie, and a deputation of members of both houses of Parliament, who have been appointed by the Peace Assooiaiton of Great Britain to wait upon the President. The New York brass-workers’ lookout, and the strike of the book and job printers was unchanged yesterday. Neit her organization has yet exhibited any signs of yielding. A monster saw mill boiler exploded at Oentreville, W. Va. on Thursday night, kill ing three men and wrecking the engine and mill completely. Ashworth & Downey, cotton mamifactur ers and dealers, whose mill is in Chester and warehouse in Philadelphia, have failed, with liabilities aggregating $125,000. During a quarrel at Hartas Creek, Lincoln county, W. Va., Green McCoy battered Paris Brumfields head to pieces with a four pound weight. His victim was dead when McCoy left him. While the family of alaboring man named Tunis Layman were at the supper table, at Catskill, N. Y., one of the children over turned the lamp. Burning oil was spattered over Mrs. lay man and her baby, both of whom were burned to death. Holy Trinity Church, New York, has been fined SI,OOO for violating the contract labor law in engaging the services of the Rev WaJpole Warren, of England, as pastor. An appeal was taken and a test case will bo made. HANGED BY A MOB. The Hard Fate es aa Indiana Murderer who Killed a Farmer s Daughter, Hlrung a* tea Tree. A mob of about two hundred men made an assault on the jail, at Delphi, Carroll Co., Ind., their purpose being to secure the per son of Amer Green, charged with murder ing Miss Lurella Mabbitt. Green had Iteen confined in the prison at Michigan City os a precaution against possible lynching, but was removed to Delphi, where his trial was to be held. The Sheriff did not anticipate any trouble and had taken no precautions. When the assault was made he had only one deputy to assist him. The mob ham mered in the wooden door leading to the residence part of the jail, and twenty masked men, armed, rushed in and demanded the keys of the jail proper. This was refused, when a man with a sledge hammer and cold chisel broke tho locks and forced the doors. Green wrenehod off a piece of water pipe and tried to defend himself, but was quickly overpowered. He was taken from his cell, placed in a wagon and driven out of town In the direction of Walnut Grove, several miles I cost, of, and not far from, w here the mur dered girUivcd, where the execution was to take place. When Walnut Grove was reached Green was lynched, though protest ing his innocence to the lost moment. Anier Green was ono of the most desperate criminals that ever afflicted Indiana. In August, 1885, he abducted and is supposed to have murdered Lurella Mabbitt, a farmer’s I daughter. He was captured iu Texas las* July with bis brother, Bill Green, also a , murderer, and both wsre taken to Michigan City for protection from mob violence. Fatal Explosion at New York. The steam launch Mary buret her boiler at the foot of 115th street, New Ycrk, instantly killing John and Patrick Cunningham, broth ere. Carl F. Schmidt, owner of the launch, was blown into the river, but was saved. James Cunningham was struck by a piece of the boiler and severely injured. O. L. Orcott who was in a row boat near, was also thrown I into the river and rescued. •87,000 Dae Their Employees. Although (he Natioual Rubber Company of Bristol, R. 1., made an assignment for $900,000 a few days ago, the oflicera are still conducting the affairs of the concern. The assignment, which was made to Samuel Pomeroy Colt, was put on record in the "WUIU OV VUV.V IW*av {JI vjna. UV.V..U «,» „••». - _ concern. The 1,400 hands formerly employ ed in the factory, who are unable to secure their wages, are destitute The old man agement, under Ex- Governor Browno, have sent out a circular stating that $500,000 cash has been promised by capitalists, provided the creditors will take their pay in preferred stock. There is $87,000 due (he hands. Business men look upon the scheme as < hi merical. Sharpers Beater In a 85,000 Game. Farmer John Meeks, of Lincoln County, Tenn., purchased a Louisiana State Lottery ticket which drew a prize of $5,000. Two young men of Fayettevillo learned of Meek’s good fortune before he did and induced him to *ell them the ticket at a slight ad vane? over the cost. They then started for New Orleans, but Meeks loarniug that h!s ticket had draw'll a prize employed a lawyer and followed, stopping payment of the prize by telegraph. In Now Orleans tho parties met and the one holding the ticket surrendered it for S2OO. Meeks got his money, pail his lawyer SSOO and put the remainder in bank To Organize a National Labor Parir- Prelerainary arrangements have been made for the holdiog in St. Louis about the middle of December of a conference of all labor political elements or factions in the country, at which thore will be representatives from all sections of the Union. The object of the conference is said to be to harmonize all the factions of the Ixabor party under one ban ner for the campaign next year and to adopt a general platform. An other purjv*so is to decide upon a new name—one in which tin* word labor will not apjiear. Tho national Free Soil party is the name which it is thought w ill be adopted. It is exptv ted t*uit Ileury George will be a prominent figure in the con *e»dice ana that n, nm auopt nis land thoory. It is also expected that the conference will fix a da* e and place for holding a national convention. Mrs. Cleveland and the President. At Calera, a Junction point in Alabama where the President’s train stopped to change engines, three or four thousand persons were assembled, and among them five hundred workmen from Birmingham, who had come on as[>ecial train with cars gaily decorated. Hero three cheers were given for Mrs. Cleve land and the President. Mrs. Cleveland re marked, sotto voice: “They have got the wrong end first.’’ but tho Presidcut thought the people knew what they were about. WIPING OCT OLD SCORES. A Shiftless Fellow Murders a Justice, the Mayor and Huiseif. A shocking tragedy occurred at Maxwell, Story county, lowa, one which has plunged that community into the deepest gloom. Perry Ackers, a shiftless fellow, started out early in the evening, saying he was going to “wipe out some old score*.” He borrowed a revolver from a hardware? store on the pretence that he wanted to shoot a dog. He then went straight to the office of Jus tice of the Peace Sehmetzer, and after asking him, “Are you ready to take your medicine?’ administered it without further explanation, shooting him in the left lower jaw, the ball passing down and out under the shoulder blade. Acker next entered the office of Mayor French, and stealing up behind him sent a bullet into his braio. The Mayor never ut tered a word, but died within an hour. The murderer then passed into the street , his c'ime as yet being unknown, and meeting novoral oitlMM ho tallcad in • threatening manner about evening up old scores and brandished his revolver freely. Passing on to the entrance to Odd Fellows’ Hall, he said “goodby” to the Postmaster, and shot himself, dying immediately. A RAILROAD WRECK- Coll Ulan of Freight and Pnssenser Trains on the Western North Carolina Road ■nr Ntriball. A Collision occurred on the Western North Carolina Railroad about 10 o’clock Sunday night between a freight and passenger train near Marshall, N. C. One fireman had his leg so badly crushed as to render amputation necessary. It was over an hour be'ore he could he extracted from the ruins Several men were severely burned l.y the c-irai4ng steam and hot debris. The mail e.r rvas completely demolished. Fortunately there was no mail agent aboard or he certainly would have been killed. The expires messen ger, Mr. Htatrn, barely escaped with his life. The Spartanburg train due in Columbia at li:.K) A. M. did not arrive in consequence until 4:10 F. h Felice Fire en simlem., A laxly of students from McGill University at Montreal, Quo,, after attending a theatri cal performance, paraded the streets and be haved « ) riotously that several of them were arrested The rest id them then obtained re inforcements, marched down to the police station end attempted to take pasarsdon. but wen driven off by the police, who were obliged to Ore oo them. Terms. $1.50 per Aim Single Copy 5 cents. the trade of the week. t Banin... D.prei.l.., N.lwllk.la.4la,lk. y Immense Incrr.ae elihe Carraaej. R. G. Dunn & Co’s review of trade for the , week rays: “In spite of many favorablo con ditions noted last week prices ilo not advance. f The treasury added (33,000,000 to the circuit l tion in September, and has added about (4,- i 000,000 since, and the Baltimore and Ohio bargain has been rati fled and Reading or ganisation has been insured, yet the prices of stocks fell on Wednesday to an average of 58.77 per share, the lowest since April and May, 1880, and, excepting a few weeks then, the lowest for two years. Wheat has loot every advance since Sep tember 26, Corn for a fortnight past, and oats for a month past have occasionally risen Oil is higher, but transactions are insigriff canfc. Coal is stronger because of the strike, but iron and steel are lower. Elaborate statements or ex changes for the past year and a quarter only conceal the fact that of late exchanges have b'en falling behind those of the last year, first at New York and tli'n at other chief cities and New England manufacturing towns. In short, the theory that more money er suies prosperity comes to grief again. More than 107,000,000 have been added to the circulation within the past fourteen months, but speculation thus stimulated has wrought much harm already and clouded the future with doubt. W’hile great activity and expansion were wit nessed in some branches of business othe cre exhibit symptoms of reaction. Steel rails are again lower. Sales were made last week for 31, spring delivery, and some ma kers are urging a general stopiwge of works. Pig iron, No 1 foundry, continues scarce be cause of the Lehigh coal strike, but lower 1 quotations came for gray forge and also for bar iron. Encouraging statemer/s it exports in Sep tember show that of bead stuffs, cot ion, provisions, oil and cattle the value was 9 per cent greater than*in 1880 A large de crease appears in wheat, but a no-eworthy increase in flour: of cattle and pork exports a decrease of one half, and there is a loss in butter, eheej-e and o 1, but a gain of 6.640,000 dollars iu ex ports of cotton. This month ex I»orts frjm New York show a gain of 2 19 jkt cent, against an increase of 10 jier ceut in imports. Interior reports are uniformly more favorable. Though tight, money s still reported from some |>oints; tho pressucr is in most cases less severe, and collections are rather better. In Texas the cotton) ield is said to be 10 !>©C cent l>elow last year's, failures are more dulgence, but east of tbe Mississippi money is generally eaaier at the South, and the partial failure of the crop is as yet hardly recognized as a cause of disturbance in tbe North and Wrest. If the actual losses of farmers are as large as the October bureau reports would indicate, however, some shrink age in the volume of business must result. The business # failures occurring through out the country in the last week number for the United States 182, Canada 20; total 20$. against 312 last week. Tbe Fixe Per Cent Sail*. A decision has bceu rendered by the Su preme Court of the Uuited States in three cases of the United States, appellant, against the States of Louisiana, Alabama and Miss issippi. These were suits brought in tbe Court of Claims by the States named to re cover from the United States five per cent of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands within their limits, and also to recover in demnity for swamp lands purchased by in dividuals, the proceeds of which were by statute directed to be applied as far as neces sary to the reclamation of such lands by means of leve. s and drains. The United Steite maintained that the Court of Claims hvl no Jurisdiction to de termine a cause in which a Btate sued the United State*; that part of the claims was bam dby the Statute of Limitations, and that the United States was entitled to make a set-off or counter-claims on account of un paid direct taxes due from the State, of ixmlsiaua, Alabama and Mimiswppi under the Act of Augist 5, 1861. Tho Court of Claims decided that it had jurisdiction; that the disputed items were not barred by the Statute of Limitations, and the set-offor counterclaim could not be allowed. This Court ati rms the judgment Opinion by Justice Field. i Newspaper Miters Is.trie.. At Petersburg, Va., the Grand Jury have indicted R. F. Barham, editor and publisher of the Daily Index- Appeal; W. W. Evans, tditor of and owner of the Lance*, the organ of the colored people and Meesrs. M. M. Lewis H. C. Kennedy aud W. T. Smith for criminal libel. The prosecutor in the case is T. J. Jar rett, Mayor of the city. The charge against Barham is that of publishing a series of reso lutions adopted at a colored political meeting in August last which reflected on the Mayor* official conduct in the case of the sentonring of Edward Rhldley, colored, lor assault oua woman. T.isi theca* that brought about the calling -Hit ot the military a short while ! ago. Mayor Jarrett has brought suit against j tho Index- Appeal for 110,000 damages. Tho largo Sprague five-story stone reUl, 1,000 by Ml fret, at Baltic, Conn, waa totally wrecked by fire. The mill was built in MW by Ainaen and B-lham *,» w. u Nine un tired hands are thrown out of J»>ymM* Loss estimated at ) .VW.O00; lusmaiKW'Jol.OUU- The gnu*' Jury has ignored the bi» against Timothy Coughlin, the -Cion was held in jail on the coronerV Jury v»r<W* as negligent of his dullee and eatkua caualu* the Chatawcrth daasWr.