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THE LEGISLATURE.
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THE "OBSERVER" OET THE
PRINTING. .
ievenih Dy-WelneMljiy; Jan. 15
Special Iijxich.
Raleigh, N: C, Jan. 16, 10:10 p. m.
In the ballot in the legislature to-day, for
Public Printer, the Observer received
seventy-fonr and the Sews twenty-nine
votes. H- V. S.
(thd'Obtrrt'ery Sfiortentd.
. . --"-- 'SENATE' : 4 J
The following standing committees were
announced by the President; . 'j ,
Senate branch Coimftitlec on Librd-y-T-Messrs.
Merritt, McKachen, and Cra
ham of Montgomery.
Proposition and Grievances liryau
of Tender, Harris, Iieepass, Ifryan of I)ii
plin, Alston and Kpps.
nwrflncMessr?. Dillard,. Taylor,
Williamson. Redwiae, Mitchell,; Black and
Hull. I .'
Senate branch of Joint Committee ou
Hidings of the Superior Court Judges id
; tke several Districts Messrs. Bynam
Waldo, Davidson, .Kverett and Scales.
.Senate branch of Committee on Public
Grounds and Buildings Messrs. Move,
McEachen and Mitchell.
Agriculture, Mechanics and Mining
Alexaiiider? Lyon, Mebane, Bryan of Dup
lin, (Jraham of Lincoln, la;icy and Ro.s?.
Salaries and Fees Snow, Robinson,
Hoyle, Kaves, Mattheson, Waddell and
Austin. i
Banks and Currency Hoyle, Shackel
ford. Ward, Holleman, Caldwell, King and
Bledsoe.
Mr. Brower was appointed to take the
place of Mr. Epps, one of the Committee
on Internal improvements.
Claims--Waldo, Taylor, Stewart, Or
iuand, Bryan of Duplin, 'Lyon and Waite
Resolution by Mr. Brower, requiring
the Secretary of State to furnish the Gen-:
oral Assembly ' information aslto how far'
.the indexing of the laws and documents in
his office as provided by law had pro
gressed, and how much had been expended
lot clerical aid in the performance of such
indexing, and to whom it had been paid,
and also be recpuested to furnish the (Jen
era 1 Assembly with a statement of the fees
and emoluments of his office for the past
two years.
By Mr. Shackelford, a bill concerning
partnership Referred, -. i : . -5-
: By- Mf.ryahr 6r Dnptin, "tb 'con
cerning duties of Superior Court Clerks.
Referred.' .
Mr. Leach moved to reconsider the bill
which passed yesterday appointing a joint
committee to visit the W. X. C. It. R ,
and! Western i Insane Asylum. After a
spirited discussion in which Messrs. Bynum,
know, Scales, Everett, Robinson, Graham,
of Lincoln, A usiin, Caldwell and Dortch
participated, the reconsideration prevailed.
when Mr. .Loach onered a substitute
aP" i
pointing a joint committee of one from the
Senate and two from the House, to ex
amine the managemeut, books, papers,
convicts &c, with the power to send for
, persons and papers and administer oaths.
In addition the Governor to appoint an
engineer as an expert who is to receive
samek mileage and per diem as tie memlei
of tlffi General Assembly on the commit
tee. The substitute was passed, and im-
mematuy transmuteu to tne jjousc.
. The public printing bill was discussed
at great length. The joint committee's
substitute passed. This establishes the
price of plain work at 40 cents per thou
sand ems. rule and figure work 80 cents
per thousand ems, full sheep binding GO
cents per volume, half binding 20 cents
per volume, every token of 240 impreg
.H?ona 25entisV KCiW "'. ilv- ' ' niv
The printing was yesterday 'awarded to
the Observer, ride Sux special dispatch.
Mr. Whiie, by consent, presented a res
olution of instruction to the committee on
Privileges and Elections as to the right of
Joseph G. Waldo to a seat in this body as
Senator from the 2d Senatorial district,
said committee i to be authorized to send
for persons and papers. Referred.
. Mr. Everett's resolution providing for a
conference of creditors of the, State with a
oommittee of the Ijegislature. was tabled,
qn motion of Mr. Dortch. ; ,
HOUSE. i
Bills intrmluced : 9
By Mr. Norment, from citizens of Robe
son, asking allowance to a blind soldier.
Propositions and Grievances.
By Mr. Bizzell, to amend chapter 88,
Private acts of 1874 '75. to incorporate
the Fayetteville and Goldsboro R. R. Co.
Internal Improvements.
I .By. Mr.-'Reynold's, to, establish Normal'
I schools for each race fn each Congressional
S District in the State. Referred.
By Mr. Vaughan, to amend the char
ter of Mt. Airy Railroad. Railroads, Post
."Roads and Turnpikes.
' The bill to turn over the State Geolo
gist's department to the Agricultural de
partment passed by a vote of 104 to 5.
The substitute, to the public printing
bill noted in Senate proceedings passed by
a vote of 93 to 17.
S u pre in c Court.
j Raleigh Xtvf, Ifith.
Court met on yesterday at 10 o'clock.
Present Chief Justice Smith and Justice
, Dillard. Justice Ashe absent on account
of sickness.
Call of appeals from the 3rd district was
resumed. "'"
II. Brunhild Jr Bro. vs. J. II. Freeman
ct. al., from New Hanover; argument be
srun on Tuesday. Concluded. A. T. & J.
London for plaintiff, Russell for defendant.
. City of Wilmington, vs. Henry Xu'.t,
from New Hanover; argued by J).L. Rus
sell for plaintiff and George Davis for de--'-
fendant.
W. J. Sutton and wife vs. James T.
Schohwald et al . New Hanover; argued
by W. S. & D. J. Devane and D. L. Rus-
for plaintiffs, and, A. T. & J. Ixndon for
defendants. ,
Pending the argument m the last named
case, Court ". adjournedjantil to-day at 10
o'clock. ,t.
. If Judge Thurman continues to furnish
jnformation to Teller's committee, they are
likely to be snowed under. In that case
another committee will have to b detailed
Jt Qig them out, says the "Washington
Tlie Tenth ensii.
IJa'tiin'ii't Srt. '
The bill providing for the' taking of tin
tenth census of the United States, which
waa reported to the liou.se of Representa
tives "by Mr. S. S. 'Cox. is the n-rt!t of
consultations between the Senate rand
llouse select committees, and of frequent
conferences with Prof. Francis A. Walker;
of the Yale Scientific School, who-brough t
the ninth census to its acknowledged com
pleteness and-accuracy1, 'and who enjoys
at present the honorary title ( without pay;
of Superintendent of the Ceiiu-:. The
bill in some of its features improves con
siderably upon the present law, which was
passed May 2'i, 1-C.O. and has' not been
amended since. It contemplates the pnr- j
ticipation of the Mates themselves in the
worK or fiinmeraiiui). eoiiecuii , siaiis
ti.es. Arc. H
The present enumeration by the a'geney
of United States marshals is entirely don
away with in Mr. Cox's bill,, whielr pro
poses that the President 'shall appoint and
viie senate coiiiirni me renera
tendeiit of the census, but that the suih?.-
super in
visors in tne resoecuv(r plates siiau ie apt
.pointed! by 'the Governors of tliosc States.
The general administrative 'management
of the work is to be under control of the
Secretary of the Interior, and the schedule,
of inquiries is to be enlarged in some re
spects and curtailed in others. ' In tlii
'matter, 'however, with great j inigne-nt. the
bill proposes to leave the choice and ar
rangement of details in a. large measure, to
the superintendci.it.
One provision of the bill, which -proposes
that if the States will 'undertake an inter
mediate census, so as to. give the country
a census every five years, the general gov
ernment wiH supply part of the cost: must
meet with almost universal approval.' The
defects of" the present census law are too :
obvious to need to need to be dwelt-upon.
Amongst the most vicious faults of ..the
law are the fact'thftt it protracts the. enu-
meratioii 'beyond all reason and so 'invalid- :
ates it, and that it leads to a great many '
duplications ;is well as to whole-ale omis- '
sions. !
The supervision by United States mar- ;
shals is pronounced by Gen. Walker, in i
his 1871 reporf, to-be incurably. defective. '
He returns to this point in his conversation !
with the comniittee; contending that the I
officers who ai.e to superintend the f nu-'
meration shouM lv all me
" thX tTTl s
m ticular wo k ;. they
ed with anv otherWork: ;
specially for thut j
should not be charge
their fields of operation should be laid oft'
tion s-iiould be laid oft'!
witl
i a particular view to census service, i
and they should be responsible to the de- j
partmeni changed with the conduct of.the I
census, and that alone. " Under the present j
law the Department of -the ' Interior has
charge of'the census work and is rcsponsi- i
ble for it, but the census takers are respon- "
sible to the " Depart men t of Justice. j
General .Walker thinks thrit special sta- ;
tistics, as of miinufacuresi cce., should be
collected by experts acting under the gen- '
eral direction of -the. superintendent, and I
that in' large centres of population the '
t enumeration should be -completed in as few ;
days as possible, by, means' of blank sched- I
ules sent around ia.advance, to be-filled up
on a certain date. He says that the last
census cost in all about 3.000.000, and
that, if fee should be appointed superintciv
dent, and lie voted a lump sum, wifh
prOper'discretion, he can take, print and
'distribute the whole census for three mil
lions of dollars. !.
A lretly I'qsisiderabJ' Kepro'oi.
'Rev. Dr. Iliden's "congregation in Green
ville, S. C , having been interrupted, as
we learn from the Xcics of the 7th, by
some thoughtless young jnen, (such.as a'ie
found in all our towns and villages) he- de-
clined to indict lhcm, though advised to
uo so y a lawyer orine cixv. vu-.-5unuuy
night
ast he stated to the congregation !
that "after learning the names of several j
of the onendets, he had concluded not j
to indict them because lie did not be-
Here that they . I.nnr any better! lie j
further -explained his position by relating j
the following incident : "Some years ago j
old bother Margrave, during a preachjng
! tour in Western Virginia, heard Rev.
James B. Taylor administer a severe re -
proof to a young man in the congregation;
- - --- ---
ea tlie congregation : "i am very sorry j
t.i . . . 1 . .
5"ii
that Brother Taylor reproved that young
man OA tovprc v frtp I rnnipin t,or 1 nn t nnfp
renroved avounr mini verv severely
for disgraceful behaviour in church, and j
was greatly distressed afterwards to learn !
that the poor creature, was an idiot.' j'
Those, continued Mr. Hideh, who ..came i
hereto gaze "about, and to amuse themselves
will: please' now retire, while taking up
the "hymn book those who came to behave
themselves and to worship God ore cordial- j
ly invited to join in singing the 272d
hymn. A solemn pause and profound
stillness. I take it, then, that we all
mean to behave ourselves." .
Xo Sfceprcseiitati ve.
,V( .f York Sum '
As the court is now constituted, four
members were appointed by 'Grant, three
by Lincoln,, one by Buchanan, and one by
Hayes. With the retirement of Judge
Hunt three of Grant's appointments will
rcmain,as will two of Hayes'. The South has
no representative on the Supreme bench.for
Harlan is even more partisan and un
scrupulous than Miller, and of an easy
. virtue that as well adapted to sit side bv
side with Bradley and Strong, who rejected
all testimony by which fraud could be es
tablished and brought home to t 'he '.Re
turning Boards, as aliunde, and the first
of whom, alter writing an opinion on one
side of the Florida case, voted on ; the
other without the least hesitation, when
ordered to contradict himself by his owners
in New. Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Wages-in Olil Times.
During the thirteenth, century the wages
of farm laborers in England were equal to
50 cents a week in our currency They
have slowly advanced to $3.75 a week, the
present average. A bushel of wheat in
th thirteenth century would pay for eight
and a half days' worK. Now a laborer gets
a bushel of wheat for two and a half days'
work. In six centuries the price Of meat
in England has advanced from G cents to
about i cents a pound. This, after all, is
progress. ' '..
Twelve, greenback papers have died in.
Ipwa. since the fail election.
WILMINGTON, N.
Vote Xorth Caroliniau
The lower part of Madison has the gold
fever;
Shoe Heel has shipped this season "3.433
bales of cotton. "
A new-county meeting L to U held at
Shoe Heel to-morrow.
Farmers in the Charlotte section delay
making contracts with hands.
Mrs. Nancy CalLaninsaneDadv of Wilkes
j county, froze to death near her residence
' ou the 3d inst. - s
Col. W. L. Steele has been appointed to
the vacancy on the Committee on Rail
ways and Canal of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
. The 0s,jUia)t
which heard him at
Lumberton, thinks Col. Jones, of the Char
lotte Observer, is one of the best speakers
and writers of the Statev . '-."
Hvhesoiiiaii : Rev. J. B. Hart well, re
tinned Missionary from China, reached
tins town Tuesday. It is supposed he will
'.aMst in the protracted meeting. He has
been prenching to crowded .houses in Wil
mington and elsewhere.
.Charlotte Obsyrrr .-, Captain Samuel
itadc'Iiffe Chief dfi the Fire Department
of Ne.'wbern, being in the city as a dele
gate to the convention of Northern set
tlers, was tendered a reception, .last even
ing by the firemen of Charlotte. )
Riibfftoniiin : Rev. F. F. Jordan, the
evangelist, is conducting a revival in the
Baptist Church in Lumberton. The con
gregations are very large and much Inter
est is being manifested. We sincerely
hope that much good , may be accomp
lished. ;
The Asherille Pioneer, Republican,
will be suspended for a few weeks. Mean
time John C. Gorman withdraws front the
editorial managemeut and announces his
intention to be connected with a publica
tion in Asheville entirely devdted to pro
moting the the material prosperity of that
section of.the State,
Wilkesfeoro Witness : We learn that a
young man, a son of Henry Souther of this
county; recently met with a fatal accident.
While trying to ascertain whether or not
his gun was loaded he placed his toe upon
the hammer and blew into the muzzle.
when the gun fired savering his tongue and
through the back of his had, inflicting a
woun from which he has s .
'
Shortened from Coroner Redmond's re-
port in Hobesonian : I was summoned to
attend an ihqnest on the body ofc Sam
Tpwnsend, who was shot last Monday
night by1 one Peter Leitch, both colored.
iv appears mey uvea in me same nouse,
both having wives ; I think jealousy was
the cause of the murder, as neither of the.
men were drinking. Leitch has escaped.
Hobesonian: It was rumored on the
streets of 'Fayetteville last Saturday, and
as a rumor simply we refer to it, that
Messrs. John D. Williams & Co., of. that
city are to convert their large, eligible
stores into a cotton factory; The stores,
which ulso include the hardware house of
: Messrs. A. B. Williams & Brb., and Wil
Hams'" Hall, ' are amply 'large for the pur
I pose, and the gentlemen are abundantly
i able to do this. Should they do tins and
i succeed, as,' we are sure they will, we hope
that Messrs. Pope & McLeod, of our-town,
will follow their example.
Knuligtit.
Bishop Whittingham, of Baltimore, has
recovered from what was deemed a critical
illness.
Mr-'-'-Geonre A. Wrie-ht. one of the
founders of the Richmond (Ya.). Examiner,
i (iet last Sveek , aged 81 years.
The annual report of the directorjs of the
Cincinnati College of Music shows, that
two hundred and seventy-threestudents
have been enrolled and are now under in
struction;" " ' -.;
Mile: Beatrice, a celebrated - Franco
English actress of the Fechter .type, died
suddenly in Iondon, on the night before
she was to have been married to a Mr.
' -liar vev;- "
U vecret that the motive of the
; jiUKe amt liutcness ot prtoiks pilgrim-
:-. l i
i?e to Lourdes and the- tomb of the Apos
i ' -n. ' .. ".! r. . 1 nil
. r u L: l
; lies a. tu piav jur nic miij; urtivni 111 iitt;
r' e '
. General Franz Sigel met with a serious
accident on Sunday last. He was ascend
ing Grove Hill, a slippery, elevation in
Morrisana on his way home, when he lost
hjs looting and fell, breaking, his righ.t
leg. - '
Miss Leonora Ebra, the young French
governess who mysterioMsly disappeared
from the residence of her employer in
New York Friday, was found on Monday
at the Roosevelt Hospital, in that city,
suffering from dementia.
Boston will have a Carnival of Authors,
in Music Hall, on the 22d inst. There
will be a Tennyson booth, a Dickens booth,
a Bryant booth, a Goethe booth, and so on
in numbers without number. Pretty girls,
of course. Music, naturally.
The -aggregate redemption of municipal
indebtedness in .Massachusetts lastyear
was $1,381,188. Seventeen cities owe less
money than they did a year ago, whilst
Springfield and Worcester report an in
crease respectivelv of $157,461 and
$54,700.
Southern Notes.
Mrs. General Wright, widow of the late
General A. R.: Wright, was married in
Brvmswick, Ga., on Thnrsday last to Mr.
Uuger, of Augusta.
The Fort Yallev (Ga.) Mirror relates
an incident of the late cold weather, which
j shows wonderful presence of mind : Mr.
j G us . Thompson was driving across the
j river, when one of his horses shied at a
hole in the bridge and. threw the bnggy
and both herses . into the water, Mr.
Thompson escaping by jumpiug off on the
bridge. The buggy went down eight feet
under water, and both horses were . in dan
ger of being drowned, but Mr. Thompson
jumped; in the water and held up their
heads to the bridge, where he fastened
them until he could go about a mile and
get help to extricate them. . lie succeeded,
however, in getting everything out, and
suffered no damage of any consequence,
i The Board of penitentiary Directors was
in session on Wednesday-
C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1879.
SUN TELEeRAMS-
EABLY AND MIDNIGHT REP0RT8.
AT THE FEOEKAE 1'APITAI
C'ont;re!iuaI Rwnme-Mr. Win
. dom Air HiH Folly With
IIi Loyalty," Etc.
Washixcios, January 1C The .Potter
Committee met and discussed the question
whether St. Martin should be called, and
whether his affidavit be inserted in the
minutes. It was finally agreed to insert
the date of ShellabargerV letter and offer
of affidavit. t . ,
In the House! this morning the Speaker
announced the regular order to be the con
sideration of the bill reported last night
from the Committee on Ways and Meahs
to facilitate the refunding of the national
debt, and pending the question to be in
the passage of the bill, Mr. Mills, ot Telx
a3 as ked Mr. Wood, of New York, to yield
to him for amendments subjecting
bonds hereafter issued to taxation! j
Mr. Wood declined to yield for thatpijr
pose, and the bill was then passed witholit
division. !
In the" Senate to-day Mr, Windom sil.
mitted the following : i
Resolved. That with the view to a peace
ful adjustment of all questions relating to
suffrage, to the effectual enforcement jpf
the constitutional and national rights, aijd
the promotion of the best interests of tlie
whole country, by a limitation of sectional
ism from ' politics ; a committee of seven
Senators to be appointed by the chair an'd
charged with the duty of enquiring as io
the 'expediency and practicability of en
couraging and promoting, by all just and
prope methods, partial migration of col
ored persons tro'm those States and the
Congressional districts where they are ndt
allowed to freely and peacefully exercise
and' enjoy their constitutional rights 4s
American ciUzcts, into such a State as
inay desire to receive them and will pro
tect. them in said rights, or into such terr
tory or territories of the United States ds
may be provided for their use and occupa
tion, and if said committee shall deem such
migration expedient and practicable, that
they report by bill or: othewise, what, in
their judgments, is the most .effective
method of accomplishing that object, and
that said comniittee have leave to sit dur
ing recess. Laid on the table for the
present at the request of Mr. Windom, and
he gave notice that he would call it up
soon for the purpose of submitting, sortie
.remarks in regard thereto.. - !
Mr. Blaine reported favorably on Mr.
Thurman's resolution to admit Hon. Ged.
Bancroft to the privileges of the floor.
Unanimously agreed to. j
Mr. Horsey, of Arkansas, submitted a
resolution, calling upo:i the Secretary ojf
the Treasury for a statement of all appro
priations and expenditures from the Nal
tional Treasury, for the purpose of paying
the expenses of the Indian Department;,,
from July 1st, 1790, to June 30th, 1871.
Agreed to, . (
Mr; Thurman, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported, with amendment,
on Senate bill to extend the operation o
the act of February 27,1872, to provide
for the settlement with certain railroad
for oiie year, which was placed on the "Calj
endar. It refers to various Southern railj
roads. . j
The Senate, during the morning, hour
on motion of Mr. Ingalls, took up the
House bill providing for the payment of
arrears of pensions. J
The Senate passed a bill granting ar
rears on pensions to persons entitled there
to, dating from the time of death or dis4
charge from the "service. It will require
about $18,000,000 to pay the arrears. But it
was passed as it came from the House,1,
without amendment.
The proposed Mississippi River Im
provement Commission, to consist of five
persons, appointed by the President, is toi
have charge of the surveys of that river,!
and to consider plan3 and estimates for,
improvements in its navigation and the
protection of its alluvial lands., Upon the
preparation and Congressional approval
of such plans, the Secretary of War shall
cause such improvements to be made. The:
bill appropriates $250,000 for salaries,
and the committee which reported it have
added an amendment appropriating;
$3,800,000 for strengthening the Missis-j
sippi river levees.
Mr. Gibson crave notice that he would
offer as a substitute an amendment ap-
propnating two and .half million dollars;
for the improvement of the Mississippi;
river, from -the. head of the passes that!
river to the mouth of the Illinois river.
Mr. Reagan gave notice of an amend
ment directing the committee to consider
the practicability of improving the Mis
sissippi river, by opening additional out
lets into the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Ellis offered au amendment as a
substitute appropriating $4,800,000 to re
pair the levees and improve the navigation
of the Mississippi river, under the direc.
tion of the chief engineer of the armv.
M essrs. tRobertson of Louisiana, Chal-
mers of Mississippi and Robinson of Mas- j
sachu3etts, spoke in favor of the bill.
Farther debate was postponed until i
Wednesday next. The vote will be taken
on Thursday.
The bill reported by Senator Thurman
to-day from the Judiciary Committee ex
tends the time prescribed by act of Feb
ruary 27tli 1875,Wgr the " settlement of
accounts betweenrffie United "States and
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company,
to one year from date of bills enactment.
The Senate Committee on Pension
agreed to-day to report favorably upon a
number of applications for an increase of
pension. Among 4hem. are for the widow
of the Rear Admiral Paulding.
Iulunticidc by Wholesale.
Cincinnati, Jan; 10. A lispatch frutn
Detroit says there is some excitement theie
over the number of cases of infanticide
brought to light recently- During the
past twenty-four hours the bodies of five
new born infants were found in various
quarters of the towns in ash barrels and
barn-i. In one case a dead babe was found
in a snow bank on a principal street.
. Snow Storm. ' " '
Bcffalo, N. Y Jan. 15. A heavy
snow storm again blockades the Railroads.
Nothing' running on the Buffalo New York
Und Philadelphia Railroad?.
Over the Atlantic Cable.
Ldvdox, January 16. M. Oma$ t Co..
nKrcharitF, hav failJw Their liabilities
are 80,000. ; ,
A Berlin dispatch says' that it is report
ed that Rata via is the firmest opponent of
the Reichstag discipline bill is the Fed
eral Council, where strenuoos opposition to
the measure is expecteil.
; The political situation iu France is the
leading topic discussed by the morning
papers. A special from" Paris to the
Daily A'ewra say, the ministerial situation
s full of difficulties, but I need not repeat
the coaflitting rntnors which will lose their
interest after the declaration which Da
faure, president of the Ministry, is "expect
ed" lo. make in Pa-rl iament , to-morrow,
to-day.) The extreme Ieft object to
Gresley, the new Minister of War. as a
satellite of Duke D'Aumale, and think the
compensation awarded to Geo. Borel au
enemy of the Republican Institutions, of
the command of the Rouen corps, too
pregnant evidence that the Ministry has
hot shaken off the shackles of uoconstitu
tional'and irresponsible power."
The Daily Teh-graph's- Paris dispatch
says : "Gresley's republicanism is not de
nied, and 1 don't think that Englishmen
will a- prove of the action of the Liberals
in opposing the appointment of a man
whose only fault is that he is not a mini,
tor of their choice. -There is even some
talk of upsetting the Cabinet, but I can
not imagine of Gambetta permitting that
party to tempt him into such unreason
able conduct.'
The Standard's Paris correspondent
telegraphs the following as the opinion of
a French military contributor: "The Left
have fully, made up their miuds' to have
all their ministers, and are determined to
remove all but Republicans from office,
and to carry out the wishes of the electoral
body, especially as regards the ministry of.i
war. J
The Pall Matl Gazette's Berlin dispatch
says the German government, in conee
cpuence of the refusal of the Samoans to
comply with its demands, has instructed
Corvette Aarrodua and the gunboat Nau
tilus to exact satisfaction, by force if ne
cessarv. ;;
Paris, Jan. 16. -The. Ministerial declar
at ion, read in the Chamber of Deputies
this afternoon, says : The Senatorial elec
tions are a striking indication of adhesion
of the people to Republican institutions.
Gambetta's speech at Rouen left no
doubt as to the magnitude of reforms that
would lie insisted upon. Foremost among
these is a change in Generals in command
of the army corps, most of whome are re
garded as hostile to Republican institu
tions. These changes and reforms cannot
be expected to take place il there shall be
at the head of the war office a man so un
decided in character as Gen. Gresly. His
past, the .company he keeps, and "his gen
eral scepticism in all things, sank him
among members of that most unmeaning
of parties the Constitutional Orleanist.
j The Left would have liked to have had
Gen. Faidherb, but his physical infirmi
ties induced them to select Gen. Farre,
and it was Farre whom Dufaure proposed
for office, but President MacMahon refused
to sanction the appointment and threaten
ed to resign if it was insisted u,pon. Du
faure yielded and assented to the appoint
ment of Gresly.
. All persons1 acquainted with the rela
tions between President MacMahon and
General Gresley are aware that the ap
pointment is equivalent to a refusal to al
low the Chambers to have proper constitu
tional control over the war office. As loug
as Gen. Gresly is in office there will be no
reforms and no changes in the great mili
tary command. The Marshal will retain
his hold over the administration of the
.army, which the Chambers claim for them
selves and which they are determined to
have.
A Paris correspondent of the Times re
gards the situation as very critical. The
overthrow, he says, would lead President
MacMahon's retirement, and a govern
ment by an extreme Left with a revo
lutionary programme which would pro
foundly derange society throughout France.
Alabama Legislature ou Federal
Interference in Elections.
Montgomery, Jan. 15. In the Senate
of the Alabama Legislature the following
resolution was adopted yesterday :
; Whereas, Interference by officers of
the. United States in popular elections is
justly regarded by the people of this State
as an ovil of great magnitude; and
Whereas. Such interference, in part, at
' least, is to influence and control. the action
of the fctate in selecting electors for rres
selectiog electors for President and Vice
President of the United States; therefore
be it -
liesolvedj That the Committee on For
eign Relations be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of providing by law for
the selection of electors for President and
Vice President by the General Assembly
of each State until the acts of Congress
authorizing the interference by federal
authority are repealed. .
I'urftuiiig the Indians.
Fort Robinson, Jan. 1C. Gen. Crook
has ordered the pursuit of the Cheyennes
continued. Company E of the third caval
ry, Capt. La wson, commanding, has gono
to the front, and with Company H, Capt.
Wessels, commanding the entire force of
troops, pursuit will be resumed. The sol
diers will have six days rations. ' There
are 52 braves. 2 squaws and ' children, in
prison at the Fort. Of these there are 14
wounded. One old squaw is dying to
night from the effects of six gun shot
wounds. Fire soldiers-hare been killed or
died from woueds, aod 8 were woonded.
Thirty-two Indians, of which 22- were
bucks, the remainder women and children,
have been killed. Twenty-six were buried
in one common grave. It is believed that
about 50 Indians, including Dull Knife,
escaped. Wild Hog, Old Crow and one
other savage, are in irons.
The RaihrpfMl Sail in Virginia-
:RtfcBTro.4Ta JahI5-The Circuit
Court to-day decided not to hear argaed
the motion for a decree of foreclosure nd
sale in the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
case, until it had passed spoa the various
exceptions filed. The eomnsel are to have
two weeks for the presentation
of their
arguments.
Thosnas Byrd, a Haleigh drayman
his left leg broken1 by 'a' kicking: horse.
got
MavrliMi 111-.- '
Looo. ' Jan. 1L Th r. .
Uclet, from PensacoU,
sea. The crew were kltkI
. - -r
auaonorxst at
The brig Panty from4 New OrWiw
abandnmvi at ah ' i -
tin
i. i Qf erf v
The British barque Tamora, from uiti
more for Newry. was srioken on the 29th
vi i.T.-cvmiKT. i?ne uad )ct her
steward.
boatswain, carpenter and
board."
a -m
man over-
Abont
Arehblanop Parreir
Ilea.
If nation.
. Cixci.fXATi, Ohio, Jaxi arv 16. The
Catholic Telegraph doubts the trnab
fulness or the report of Archbuhop
I urcell s resignation, because Rome woold
not consider the question of a successor
....... id - 1 1 r . j
uuwi ii kui-uuk-uii worn oi iu accepUncv
u uis resiguaiion to Arcbbiahop l'urcc
and consulted him and other Archbisho
of the country.
1.
Another Boto a Failure.
Rostov, January 1C llenrv. M.r
Co., enjraeed in the wholesale fish l
under the title of the Grocers' Packing
Company," are embarrasl. Their lia
bilities are said to te more than coverel bv
their assets. - . .
The committee apointed by the rmlijt
ors of J. M. Smith k Co. 'ret:ommends tl)e
acceptance of fifty-five cents .u tlie
dollar.
Shorter Telegram.
The Cobb case was given to th- jurv
5:30 yesterday evening, in Norwich, Cont
A levee was (riven vesterdav at lil&
D'Elysee, Paris, tlie residence of President
MacMahon, in honor of Kx-President
Grant. !
All workmen employed in the construc
tion department of the Norforlk Navy
Yard were, yesterday, suspended foMhe
present. " " 1
Martin Bergen was huncr at Pottsville,
Pa., at 10:40 this yesterday morning, for
murder. He is the nineteenth Mollie Ma
guire hung for murder in that State.
A. I). Richardson, indicted at Kearney,
Neb., for the murder of six persons, was
tried at Menden, yesterday, found guilty
and sentenced to be. hanged April 2Cth.
Tribute orReftpect.
We the undersigned committee appoint
ed at a meeting of the Wilmington Steam
Fire Eflgine Company, No. 1., to draft
resolutions, hereby submit the following: j
Whereas, in view of the loss we havd
sustained by the decease of our friend and
former comrade, James W. Lippitt, and of
the still heavier loss sustained by those
who are nearest and dearest to him": there
fore, be it
Resolved, That it is bat a just tribute
to the memory of the .departed to say that
in regretting his removal from our midst,
we mourn for one who was in every way
worthy of our respect and regards.
Resolved, That we sincerely condole
with the family of the deceased on the
dispensation with which it has pleased the
Divine Providence to afflict them and
commend them for consolation to him-who
orders all things for thvbest and whose
chastisement, are meant ilTtnercy.
Resolved -That this heartfelt testimo
nial of our sympathy , and sorrow be for
warded to the family of our departed friend
and comrade, and also that the usual badge
of mourning be worn for the space of ten
days, and that a blank page be left in the
record book of the company in memory of
the deceased, and a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the city papers for publi
cation. II. D. lit'RKHIilFR, )
L. T. Bowde.v, I Committee.
A. D. Brown, j
4tl'ARTERLY JIEKTIXGN. .
First Round for the Wilmington
Dintriet.
1879.
Coharie, at Mingo Ixxlge, January 17.
Cokesbury, January 18, 19.
Bladen, at Center, January 25, 26.
Elizabeth, at Elizabethfn Fcb'uary 1, 2.
Whiteville, at Whiteville Feb'uary 8, 9.
Waecaman Mission, Feb'uary 11.
mithville, at Concord, Feb'uary 15, 1C.
(Wilmington, at Fifth St., Feb'uary 22, 23.
Wilmington, at Front St.. Marth 1. 2.
Topsail, at Union, March x, 9-
Onslow, at Tabernacle, March 15,16.
District Stewards' meeting, February
25th, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the Parsonage
of Front-street Church, at Wilmington.
A full attendance requested.
L. S. Bcbeukad..
Presiding Elder.
The Malls.
The mails cloe and arrive at .'the-City Pott
Office as follow :
CIX9E.
Northern through mails, daily 7:4.1 1'
Northern through and way mail,
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
dally... : a-"
! Mail for the N. C. Railroad, and
- ... . 1 r n
routes euppuea inmirum, -cludine
A. Sc N. C. Railroad, at .1 A
Southern mails for all points South,
r'fln P.
daily
Western mails (C. C. K'y) daily
TPcfit KiindaT)
5 300 A.
Mail lor Cheraw & Darlington IL B. 7)
Mail, for noints between rlorence
and Charleston
. 7 '
Fayettevflle, and office on Cpe
Fear Kirer, Toesdaj and fri-
days.IV.
Fayetteville.via Lamberton, a-Uy,
except Sunday --
Ouelow C. H. and intermediate
offices every Friday
Smithvflle mails, by temtxt,
daily (except Sunday)
Mails fen Easy Hill, Town Creek
and Shallottc, every Friday at. .
Wil mine-ton and '.Ubon route,
1 ii P. M.
ZiiQ A.M.
6i)0 '
O:00 "
CiM r .
Mondavs and Fridays at. . .
ABRIVE.
Northern through mails ojen for
delivery at - - -
Northeni through and way mail,
onen for deliTerv at.
9300
7ii
Southern mails, open for delivery
w ' 1 T.n.av 0300 A
SUmp Offlce open fnm A. M. o Vi -
aad from 2 to 5:30 P. JI- Money order aa
Eegiater, Department open aame a tF
General JeUvery opm from650 A- M-
630 Pi and on Sundays from S50 to
A. M. " ' :
gtaaapa for aale at jfeneral delivery waea
stamp office Ls eloaed- tUr
Maila collected front atreet boxes every J
at4OP. M. , 4
.3 Cents a Copy
XOHTHPUY SPTTI UDO
- autJlll'
COXVEVTIO AT t UAniOTTC.
lllaaaaU . by Mall.
' UrUttt Ctrrrr, fttttrjty.
There Went about eveatv-five- or eisjatv
delerate to tke coaveatioa of Northero '
meu u. tke So.th. mheu Mr. N.' iHmoot
tailed th contention fc order, jeitenUr
t 12 o'clock, ia the Opera Hoaje. Uc
read theura kort addrri of welcome, ud
So read th call ishkh he et to all
Northern teitWn in the lli W
name he coold get
. P Hoas mm dreora'ted ita
nagt if the Cnned Stale, o i4d Utile.
rn Unnrr of the Confederate St4te.
and tha flajr f Inral' military
panK.
Hv a unauimous uie. the rm ration
was orjnuiixrd by calliBg Mr. Ihuaont to
the chair, and hy roUor the following
named ptutlemen vice-pre identa; W. it.
Middaugh, of Ianvill. W- A.' J. Carti
n Mate,,. Kla,; 1. F. Iaaihc, CJaina.
U CoTkemUU, Mark SUtian,
t niotioti. the ani.oiutmeiit of the Se
reUne s pUced m the hands of the
I resident ami Mewr. 11. K. McDonald, of
Charlotte, Thoraai J. CouRrr. of Conirer a
Mation. lrvd. Il couuty. and CapC John
r. w oihouse, of Concord were selected.
Ilesolutiona of werc?tne from a meet ice.
of the cilizeasof Charlotte mere read Vy
Mayor Smith, and applauded ami a eon
mittee as appuiuted to prepare an an
swer. An expression of views on tke
manner, of treatment of Mrttlers and (
what they themsclvr thought of the x- -tions
where and the people among ahich
they livetl- followed, all favorable to the
South. One delegate. Mr. Cuahing. of
Uncolu. paid if the people -had Ireaied'him
any better it would baVe made a fool of
him. The following u the committee on
resolution:
Kev. Dr. Mattoon. president uf Iliddle
University, Charlotte. N. C . lormerly of
New York. , . 3
A. .1. Curti.-. of Mateo, Fla., formerly of
New York.
II. Coyken.lallt tC lllack s Station, S.
t'., formerly of IK-s Moines, la.
- W. Ii. Middaagh, of Danville. Ya , for
merly of Pennsylvania..
II. D. Ingersoll, of IxQndsvillc, Ca,for.
inerly of New York.
In the afternoon pesttion. the resolotioos
were read. The general purport If tbeac
resolutions was given iu yesterday's Hv.
They occupy over three columns bour
geois typo in the Observer, and cannot
be printed in extento in Tiik Si x.
Mr. A. J. CortU presented a resolution
which was passed, calling upon all North
era' arttk-rH in the South to hold county
meetings ou the 15th of February ta ap
point delegate to the State convention to
be held in March, which convention should
in tarn appoint delegates to a general con
vention to Im held in Charlotte on the 4tk
of July.
A number f prominent citizens were in
vited to seats an the rostrum, and the fol
lowing, in reponite to call, addressed the
meeting : Mayor Ii. H. Smith, Col. II. C.
Jone. Col. Chas. It. Jones. Col. William
.JohnntOD. (Jen, Joltu A. Young, Mr. ieo.
K. Wilsou. Capt. John Weodbouse, of
Concord, Mr. K. McDonald, Mr. YV. II.
Iiailey and Ilev. Dr. Mattoon.
Col. W. It. Myers and Mr. W. J. Yatea,
were called on but declined,
j The speeches all referred to the obje:ta
of the convention and were received with;
continued ' applause. The utmost gootf
feeling was manifested throughout the eri;
tire meeting.
I, The speeches concluded, a resolution waa
pLSied unanimously by the titiiens of
Charlotte in the convention, recom Blending
that a State convention I called in the
interest of immigration.
, The convention then adjoarnetl to nieeV
in this city on the 4th of July, I&79.
.North Carolina ItallroaU.
Charlotte Wifl-rtr, 10A.
I A meeting of the board of directors o f
the North Carolina Railroad waa held at
the Central Hotel in this city yesterday;
present; the president, Col. T: .M. Holt
ahd W; L. Thornburg. seereUry and trea
urer.aud the following directors: Cen. II F.
Hoke. Col. D. MscUea. W. F. Koroegay.
Col. J. I' Morehead. Dr. It. Ji. Ilaywowl,
M. Ij. Holmes and II. V. Friea.
In addition to tlie transaction of the
regular routine buiioewi, a dividend ofC
per cent, on the capitol stock was declared
pavable 1st of March and 1st September.
Ve understand that under the present
management of the road the stock bos ad
vanced at least 20 per cent, withio the
past six months.
XE W AD VEll TISEMESTS,
i j ..
SHIT NOTICE.
a LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY
forewarneI
NOT IX) TRUST OR II ARBOR
anv of the crew of the British barque "North '
Carolina," as neither the raaater or connhrn
ill pay any detrt or their eooiraeunsj.
ALEXANDER BUCIIAN,
FOR LIVERPOOL.
TIfE BRITISH BABQl'R
"North Carolina,
CAPTAIN ALEXANDER BICHARD,
For COTTON FREJOUT, appl.U
- i ALKX. SPBCNT A SOX,
Ja 17-31
: Aftata.
Speer's P. J. Sherry VIna,
S PEER'S PORT GRAFE WIKZ,
SPEER'S OLD BRANDT,
i Un French BraaJ T , Keller Whisker, &.,
lor medicinal usej for safe by
! JAKES C.. MUNDS, Dxcgoist,
n ltf . 3rd st.( onoslte City Hall.
INSPECtOR'WnriCATI" I
On hand and for tale by
Janli tf JACKSOS A 1BEJ.L.