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THE LEGISLATURE.
UEKUME OF FBOC'EEDIXGN.
Klglitk I)a-TliuriMlHj Jhii. 1ft
feKKATE.
By Mr. King : A resolution instructing
the Judiciary (Jommitte to inquire into
the faker of .the .Legislature to regulate
the freights on railroads. Calendar.
By. Mr. Robinson : A resolution to raise
a joint committee on Federal Relations, to
consrofjlhretfofi the pHtrof the Innate
and tTve-on the part of the House. Pawed.
By Mr. Epps: A resolution in regard to
"Moffett Bell Punch," instructing the Fi
nance Committee to report a bill or other
ittiae dri tbVsuijaet. '
By Mr. Dortcb: A, bill to be entited an
act J .o provide some remedy for sureties.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr.. Everett: A'bill to prevent cer
tain, persons from receiving free passes on
'railroad (The " bill makes it indictable
fociSjtate officers and members of the Leg
islature to receive free passes on railroads.)
Referred to the committee on Corpora
tions ' ' " . : :u-
. By Mr. McKachern: A . bill to be enti
tled i n act to incorporate the Bennetts
ville and Harnett Railroad Company. Re
ferred to4he committee on Internal Im
provements. 1 -; .
' Byl Mr. Hhackleford: A bill to be en
titled an act concerninir the service eff?um-
mons
that
by publication. (The bill provides
f tbef clerk of the court having juris-
diction
upon filing
an affidavit setting
forth 'the fact and
reason
why such publi-
, cation i essential, then the summons shall
be published in, any newspaper published
(in or peare3t to the county seat, where
gucfa init is'bfought.) Beferred to the Ju
diciary .cojriittee. ,: "
By Mr. King : A bill to be entitled an
acj to authorize the employment of con-
vicUabor oh the "Wilson nnd Tar River
Narrow Gauge Railroad. Referred to the
cOthmttce on Internal Improvement.
Resolution instructing the Judiciary
committee to enquire whether it is practi
cable pr constitutional for the Legislature
tojpassaliillQ epnlattf tfreights on, rail
ros'ds. I Passcd'second reading. ' '
i By Mr. Anderson : A bill to be entitled
an I aqt to amend Chapter 223 Laws of
1 STrG-'TT. Conferring upon the Judges of
..Superior Courts jurisdiction and power to
appoint receivers, issue restraining orders
amlmninjiinctions in all q?il actions
1 3ntL pidfcfteUingAjaathorlzfia' ffcyJ lawif Re
ferred sto Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Henderson: A bill to be enti
tled art act to amend Section, 2, Chapter
, 15, Ljuvs of 1876-77, concerning the
Cheraw and Salisbury railroad. Referred
Iq tke Judiciary-Committee. , .'
" Bill passed which abolishes January
term oi Cumberland superior Court.
Bill
to punish the abduction of children
under eighteen years of age, passed.
Billjto make slander of women indicta
ble, passed.
'.', Bill (entitled an act to restore to judg
ment debtors, the exemption to which, they
were entitled, previous to the constitution
of 1868, passed. . ,
Bill to prevent the stealing of the bodies
of the dead, passed its second reading.
.The bill to revise and digest the public
statutes of the State, passed. (The bill
provides that the Governor shall appoint
! three commissioners whose dutv it shall be
to revise and digest the laws of North
Carol ina,-and report to the next General
A ssembly.) .
' The bill to make incest indictable passed.
The bill to permit defendants in indict
ments for rape and assault with intent to
commit rape to be examined as witnesses
at the r request passed.
vBy Mry' Turner, resolution concerning a
robbery of the State. Calendar.
By jSIr. Scott, bill to relieve merchants
and traders in certain caies. Finance
Committee.
r liy "Mr. Armstrong, bill to incoqor.Ue
the Bi rgaw Male and Female Academy in
Pender Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Goldston, bill to change the
name t f the Western Railroad Company
and to authorize its consolidation with cer-
, tatn ether roads. Internal Improvements.
Mr.-York moved to reconsider the vote
on the bill to establish normal schools
in the several Congressional Districts. The
question then recurring on the motiou to
printf t was discussed by Messrs. York,
, Vauglan, Reynolds, Christmas and Block
er, and the House refused to print.
The chair announced the House branch
of the joint select committee on public
debt, a j follows : Messrs. Brown, of Meck
lenburg, Davis,' of Catawba, Ford, Cooke,
Orchard, Cobb, Hines and Clarke.
1 r Message was received from the Governor
with report of W. L. Saunders, Secretary
ot the .tioard oi Trustees, State Universi-
iy, iniormmg the uovernor of vacancies in
that boi
Senate,
ly. On motion it was sent to the
with a proposition to go into .an
on Wednesday.
election
II. fl
i-, lo repeal privilege tax on
merchants
and traders, was laid on the
table.
. Bill
abolishing January term of Cnm-
berland
Court passed.
ution to raise a committee on .
N. C. B. R. and Insane Asvlum. was taken
up and Jthe substitute concurred in.
Resolution to raise a committee ou ,the
. State's interest in public works", was taken
up and hdopted. '
" The Cipher Teles rams.
perfal l)ispah-7i to the World.
1 WrrTON' Jaary 15. On Monday
: Xxt I,' P.otter wiU ask tbti House to pass
the resolution making an appointment for
the expenses of investigating 4he cipher
tolegrabis. The Republican members may
PfiSsibJI .follow the example set by the
minoiritjy of the Potter committee und de
cline tej vote on" the resolution. General
Butler has been reported' as opposed to
an investigation of the secret telegrams of
thie campaign of 1876. This is not so.
AV'hen Mr. Potter introduces his resolution
General! Butler' will" make a speech in
which, it is said, he will give the history of
tne cipner telegrams ana tue manner in
which 1he Republican secret dispatches
were destroyed and the Democratic ones
given tc the public. -
Th4 VemqcVatic Committee of the First
yirginii District recommend Gen. Beale.
Democratic voters as "a candidate for
Ppngresi. --nf " "
Nome of the Nettlerft Ileoluti6n. j
m r.. st
i.narioue jerrer .
To the ieolt of the Several Comvi6n
wealths composing the United State of
America: . . r.
We,.' the representatives of Northern
settlers in the Southern States, and being
ourselves immigrants from localities! n the
Northern States to the respective. States
following ourindivdaal signatures, in con
vention assembled, do call your attention
to the following, feeling assured that cool
judgment upon the facts shown will set in
flow the currents of reason, and -action,
follow reasoning without prejudice. We
Iirefer to make findings, specifically and at
engtby arHHfeT find :
1st. That in the States of our former
home3 there exists an active prejudice
against the! South, and its' people ; that
this prejudice is mighty in its influence for
evil on the;nation ; that by it and through
it the conditions of the country are largely
disquieted; that it is fomented and kept alive
for purposes ulterior to the common weal;
that the real interes-ts of the nation are kept
out of sight in keeping alive this prejudice.
That much of this prejudice, if not all of
it, is due mainly to wrong information con
cerning (and partial and total - ignorance
of) the facts existing in a large portion of
the South. . -
2d. That in the portions of the South
in which we reside, the right of any man,
from no matter where, to express publicly
as well as privately his opinion upon any
subject and of every nature, is nowhere
and in no manner restrained That all
laws are Well administered nnd as truly en
forced against the wrong-doer as in any,
part of any State of the Union.'
3d; That any man who has so conducted
himself at his former home: as to win the
regard of honest men and decent people,
by pursuing the same course of life in the
South, does gain and keep the regard and
respect of all people, regardless of any
question of politics or religious faith ; and
we further find that being a?Noi thenn man
is certainly no disadvantage.
4th. That every citizen recognizes that
he is amenable to the law, and that local
self-government is as much required and
encroachments upon these as much de
plored as in anv State North, Fast, or
West:
f)th. We find, too, that persons, foisted
themselves upon the policy bf the South,
and by their conduct cast discredit upon
the Northern name. '
6th. ; Those of us who were in the army
of the Union never for a moment pretend:
ed to think of denying our. unifarm or the
old cause. The Confederate soldier has
always evinced the true soldier instinct in
the grasp of those who were his enemies in
war! '
7th. That considering reputed outrages,
if theses were carefully sifted it will be
found that the complainants for like acts
would , have suffered at the hands of any
people under like provocation.
8th. "We find'that in businiess relations
the ex-Confederate is willing to sell his
land on time j to Northern h men, even to
people who' could not get the same accom
modations at the north, east or west. We
find, too, that in the ramifications of busi
ness they endorse our notes and bank pa
pers, and are not over-anxious or inquisi
tive on questions of extention, and they
frequently say, "It is as much our interest
as yours-that you should succeed and by
your success help fill the jcountry with
thrifty people."
9th. That as neighbors they visit onr
firesides and welcome us to the privileges
of public worship, and sympathize in our
sorrows and afflictions ; that they admire
sturdy integrity and real principle; that
their definition of what- these things are
corresponds with the idea of he same our
neighbors in the North held in common
with us. We find that we are not tabooed
nor subjecoed to any kind- of persecution
for proper conduct of good Northern ideas
or principles, and though differing from
many of our Southern neighbors on many
essential-questions in politics and other
wise, we. have lived and-prospered here
among them, they knowing these differences
- M .
Supreme Court.
Raleigh Obxerrer.
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 3d district was
resumed. '.
WJ. Sutton, and wife vs James T.
Schonwald et. al., from New Hanover;
argument begun on Thursdav. ' Concluded.
W. S. D. J. Devane and D. L. Russell
for plaihtifTs, and A. T.rSr J. London for
defendant.
. Eliza A; McLive et. al., vs. Marsden
Bellamy, administrator, et. al., from New
Hanover ; argued, on motion to dismiss.
Motion allowed. ,
i; State vs Edward Foy, from Carteret;
argued by Attorney -General Kenan for
State; no counsel contra. . . j
i Elijah A. Tew vs Rebecca Tew, from
Sampson; argued by J. D. Kerr, for plain
tiff, and W. S. and D. J. Devane, for de
fendant. Martha C. Mebane vs Maria C. Mebane,
from New Hanover; argued by A. T. and
J. London, for plaintiff, and E. G. Hay
wood for defendant. .
Court adjourned until to-day at, ' ten
o'clock.
A Inionor.Xolable South Carolina
Families.
There was a union of two notable South
Carolina families brought ""about by the
marriage at St. Ignatius's Church, New
York, Tuesday, of Miss Susan Frances
Preston to Mr" Henry Frost. Miss Pres
ton is a daughter of Gen. John S. Preston,
of Columbia, S. C, and a niece of Senator
Wade Hampton. Mr. Fros is a . son of
the late drudge Frost, who was an eminent
jurist of Charleston Amongst the brides
maids was Miss Mary Barrett, daughter of
Mr. Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian. A
reception followed at the house of Dr.
Darby, West Twentieth street, which was
attended by all the prominent Southern
residents of New York, including Gens.
Mansfield, Lovell Deas and G. W. Smith.
That accomnlished and Veteran author
and journalist. Col. W. T. Thompson, of
he SvaMah Neics, is urged for Congress
to suddIv Col. Hartridffe's place. We
would like to sie,e hn tBerS
WILMINGTON, N.
.Vote Xorth Carolinian.
Wake Forest College has 105 studentf.
Bonitz wants the Circuit Court at Gold
boroi
i Washington has gathered four-inch ice
from the bosom of the euphonious Tar.
i There have been recently some guano
and cotton stolen from Lilesville depot.
j Senator Merrimon was elected a director
f the Raleigh National Bank, Thursday.
The young Goldsboro Rjfles will have a
reunion of the old Goldsboro Rifles March
25th.
t Th kheriffa of Mecklenburg, Moore,
New-Uaaorer and Hertford, have paid in
their taxes.
The Xetcs gracefully congratulates the
Observer, its successful rival for the pub
lic printing.
Col. Ed. Liles has been elected mayor of
Lilesville, vice Mr. C. II. Spencer resigned
and moved away.
Milton Chronicle: If the tax on tobac
co was reduced a ( dozen factories in this
town would loom up. '
The Winston National Bank declares a
ten per cent, dividend and increases its
capital stock $20,000.
AVadesboro Herald : Rev. N. B. Cobb
has gone to Fayetteville on the call of the
Baptist Church at that plape.
The time of holding the Mecklenburg
Presbytery has been changed to the Friday
before the first Sunday in May.
On Wednesday the Roanoke at Weldon
was twelve feet lower than it was when the
railroad bridge was swept away, last win
ter. Mrs. R. E: Riddick, of Enfield, is dead.
Another Halifax item in the Weldon Xius
is the death of Mis. John Anthony, of
Scotland .Neck. '
Southerner: The dweliing of T. B.
Watson, in Nash, about five miles from j
Rocky Mount, was burned on last Satur- j
day. No insurance.
In a recent revenue raid into Stanly
county eight distilleries and thirteen stills
were seized. One of the raiders, Mr. E.
T. Gaddy, was slightly shot.
The Chronicle learns that the tobacco
factory of Mr. W. IL Winstead, of Itox
boro, together with its contents, was de
stroyed by fire a few nights since.'
Tarboro Southerner: Col. H. B. Short,
formerly of Martin county, now of Wacca
maw Lake, and a distinguished Senator in
the last Legislature, was in town on Monday.-
There is a column and a quarter report
iu the Soxttherner of the hanging at "Wash
ington, Jan. 10th, of Ben. "Whitfield, col.,
for the murder of Lois Muse, his sister-in-law.
Oxford Transcript : Col. George Wor
tham, of this place, has recently been
elected an honorary member of the HistoriJ
cal Society of Wisconsin. A merited
honor.
(Quite a quantity of stock in the States
ville Air Line .Railroad, proposed to be
run from Statesville to. Mount Airy, has
been subscribed for since the opening of
the books. '
An unoccupied dwelling.house, the prop
erty of H. J. Sauls, was burned on Thurs
day, the 9th, near Saul's X Roads, Wayne
oounty. Supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. '..
The Washington Press says that the
surveying steam launch Dixie, on her re
turn trip, bent her shaft on a sunken wreck,
and then got mbedded in the ice at Wy
sbeking, Hyde county.
George Wetters, a good-hearted citizen
of Concord, being driven to desperation by
drink, shot himself Wednesday night, with
a, pistol. Hhe ball entered his-abdomen
ana he died. atUhree o'clock the following
day. j " m v v.'-':
Our friend, the : editor of the Raleigh
News, commits a lapsus pennon, when he
says that " the subscription price of other
dailies in the State is $8 per annum." The
Sex is only $7 a year or 60 cents a month.
Please correct. ,
Milton Chronicle: The reported death i
01 Judge Kerr, we are pleased to say. is
untrue. The editor of the Reidsville
. Times, who left Reidsville last 'Saturday
(subsequent to the report) reports Judge
Kerr convalescent. ' .
A young man from the northern part of
Iredell county has been arrested and
lodged in jail On the charge of rape. Ap
plication for bail on a writ of habeas cor
pus has. been made to the J ndge of Jthe
District, sas the Charlotte Observer.
The Charlotte Observer describes the
force ef the late Settlers' Convention by
the single remark: The personnel of this
body is a strong wall of defence standing
between those and any person or persons,
any where, who for - any reason might at
tempt to controvert them.
Goldsborq Mail: A friend from Rocky
Rocky Mount, under date of 15th instant,
writes : The new bridge across Tar river
broke last night and floated down to the
bridge at tne falls, and this morning the
falls bridge broke in the centra and went
down, and we think it all will go soon, as
the" river is higher than it has been. for (
several years and still rising.
Wadesboro Herald : The "National
and'Laboring Man's League" a new par
ty so called, though really nothing but
the old radical, negro, red-string party,
uuder new name and "sign" has been
making considerable progress in this coun
ty lately. Some men are , connected with
it who ought to t-be ashamed for their posi
tion and associates. Let Democrats stand
very 'aloof!"
Charlotte Observer: At a called meet
ing of the Board of County Commissioners
held yesterday a communication ws read
from the Commissioners of Columbus coun
ty, referring to the fact that there was a
manifest inequality between the' rate of
assessing railroad property for purposes of
taxation in the counties through which the
Carolina Central Railway passes, and re
questing the Board of Mecklenburg county
to appoint delegates to a convention com
posed of members of the Boards of these
counties, to be beld at a time and place to
be designated hereafter,1 to fix a uniform
rate of assessment. The Board endorsed
te suggestion and appointed Commission
ers Tail and Sandifet as delegates ta the
proposed convention, and recommended
that it be held in Charlotte.
C, SATURDAY,
The Prpi oa Vance domination
ffreentboro Patriot.
We are heartily glad of this action as it
closes up the breach and stops a war which
has been waged by some of the adherents
of the respective gentlemen who were can
didates with too much asperity.
We regard the election of Gov. Vance
a foregone conclusion and congratulate the
people upon it.
Xer York Workl. j
The nomination of exrGovernop Vance
to be Senator from Nouth Carolina is of
course the end of the cdntcst. The with
drawal of, Mr. Merrimon left the -course
open to him. The merits of this local coo
test are not very well known beyond the
limits of the State. But it is safe to con
gratulate the old North State on the choice
of one of its most eminent and conspicuous
citizens as its representative in the Senate.
Jlaleigh Observer. j
Last night for the third time the Dei
mocracy of North Carolina, through their
representatives in caucus assembled, put
forward Zebulon B. Vance as their
choice to represent the State of North
Carolina in the Senate of the United
States. And this time we are glad' to
know there are neither divisions .nor dis
sentiou in our ranks. Indeed the manner
of the nomination was no less
worthy of commendation than the nomi
nation itself, for it was made
unanimously and by acclamation amid he
greatest enthusiasm. Harmony once tapre
reigus, and on Tuesday next the will of
the party will become the act of the State.
So mote it be. Let the will of the people
ever prevail. !
Charlotte Observer.
This is glory enough for one day, and
there is no danger in this case of 'the re
currence of a former mishap. The Demo
cratic party has declared its will in - the
premises and that will wll be enforced.
We are glad indeed that Gov. Vance; is
to be our next Senator ; we are gladder
still that the party has re asserted its In
tegrity. - '
We have said, and we believe thatt tjie
failure to elect Vance to the Senate would
disrupt and disorganize 'the Democratic
party, but now that Senator Merrimon and
his friends have done so much to avoid tie
impending evil, Governor Vance's friends
can do no less than recognize the fact, and
by letting the dead past bury its own
dead, all reunited and re-encouraged, wok
for the success of the vital principles .of
our party, which means wholesome and
just laws for the people ; the revivification
of that prosperity throughout the State
which is the hope and aim of all, and the
rehabilitation of the old Commonwealth, in
all the powers and prerogatives, which be
long properly to one of the original thir
teen American colonies, which spent the
blood and treasure of its people, to estab
lish and perpetuate this great American
Union of coequal and co-ordinate States.
Philadelphia Times
The choice of Governor Z. B. Vance o
be United States Senator from North
Carolina, as a consequence of his unani
mous nomination by the Democratic cau
cus last night, will greatly strengthen the
Southern representation hi Congress, and
it will not be denied that North Carolina
has chosen her ablest man for the place.
Governor Vance ought, in fact, to have
been in the Senate long ago, but it has
been his luck to come within reach of the
prize twice and then to fail. Once he was
regularly elected, and kept waiting on the
steps of the Capitol, credentials in hand,
until the door was shut in' his face by the
Republican majority. Again he was
on the point of election when
some of the bolting Democrats joined
with the Republicans v and gave the
place to the present Senator, Merrimon,
who, largely through the exertions elf
Vance, had been elected Governor in the
famous campaign of 1872. Gov. Vance is
by all odds the most effective popular
speaker in the South, and has been idol
ized for years by the people of the Old
North State. Before the outbreak of the
war he was widely known as a pronounced
Unionist, but took an active part in the
secession movement. During the rebellion
he was thoroughly enlisted in the Confed
erate cause, but distinguished himself b$
fighting against high-handed measures of
the Jefferson Davis administration. He
is well equipped for political debate and
will lie heard from in the Senate. f
s
The Senatorial Contest in Mis
son ri.
There are six prominent candidates for
United States Senator before the Missouri
Legislature, viz.: Gov. Phelps, Senator
Phelp3who is now filling out the unexi
piaed term of the late Senator Bogy, exl-
Gov. Reynolds, Hon. S. T. Glover,Thomas
Allen arid George G. Vest. Just, a
present the contest seems to be the warm
est between Allen, Vest and Glover. Al
len is from Pittsfield, Mass.; Vest is a
Kentuckian and ex-member of the Confed
erate Congress; Glover is also a Kentucky
ian by birth, a lawyer and a brother of
Congressman Glover; Phelps is a native of
Connecticut; Armstrong is a Nova Scotian,
and Reynolds is a South Caroliuian. j
The Globe-Democrat's dispatches from
Jefferson City say that the Democrats iri
caucus nominated General James Shields
for the Senatorial short lerm. over David
II. Armstrong, by a vote of 88 to 37;
General Shields, it will be remembered, has,
represented Illinois and Minnesota in the
United States Senate. '
Philadelphia Times New York telegram
of the loth : "What looks like ao attempt'
tocrush out' Vanderbilt's new Unicornj
Line of Steamships, as well a3 to establish'
a I trans-Atlantic- freight railroad and
steamboat - pool, was begun here to-day inl
a meeting of representatives of the trunk!
lines of railroads and agents of the steam-!
ship companies. The freight agents who'
last week fixed up a pool for Eastern-bound
freight dwelt particularly upon the sub-j
ject of grain and produce that wece to
cross the ocean. Besides being a blow at
the Unicorn Line, it is hinted that the
railroads wish the force npon the fast line
steamships the same rates that are charged;
by the slower ships of the Bew line. j
I Work on the new catholic church in
Raleigh will commence in the early part
Of April. The site baa not been chosen,
bnt it mjll be a brick structure 55x90 feet
Rev. Dr. Vaughan. late of Raleigh, has
been called to act as stated supply to the
First Presbyterian Chnrch of Atlanta.
JANUARY 18,
SUN TELEGRAMS.
EARLY AID IHDHIGHT REPORTS.
AT TOE FK0ERAI, CAP IT A I
roxoKKsaioxAi..
Wasuixgto., January 17. Sexate -Mr.
Morgan of Alabama, presented the
credentials of Hon. George S. Houston,
elected U. S. Senator from the 4th of
March. 1879, to succeed Hon. Geo, Spen
cer. Credential were read and place on
file.
Mr. Salisbury submitted a resolution call
ing upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to the amount of commis
sions or other compensation paid to bank
ers and broktrs, &c, for services in nego
tiating the sale of U. S. Bonds or securi
ties from 1862 to the present time; and
the amount paid any such persons for ser
vices in refunding any bonds b( the United
States, and whether interest has been paid'
on called bonds, orat the same time paid
on bonds sold to redeem such bonds; now
much double interest paid on each class of
bond, and- how muck mcney allowed to
remain on deposit in iNational BankB de
signated as depositories. It was moved by
Mr. Morrill, of A'ermpnt, that the matter
be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Salisbury would not consider the
reference.
Mr. Morrill objected to the further consid
eration of the subject for to-day, and it
was laid on the table.
Mr.-Allison, from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported adversely on Senate bill
to authorize the killing of fur seal and
other fur bearing animal? within the limits
of Alaska territory. Indefinitely post
poned. Thisis'a bill introduced by Mr. Camer
on, of Wisconsin, on the. 24th of January
lass, and authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to declare the territory of
Alaska, except the islands of St. George
and St. Paul, open to the killing of fur
bearing animals. The persons engaged in
such killing to pay to the government ten
per cent of appraised value of the skins
taken.
Messrs. "Wallace of Pennsylvania, and
Bayard are excused from further service on
the Teller special committee and Messrs.
McDonald and Randolph were appointed
to fill the vacancies.
In the discussion upon the question of
granting the request of Messrs. Wallace
and Bayard, the former -said he made the
request to be excused because the gentle
men who represented the minorty of the
Senate on the Teller committee were now
about starting north from New Orleans
and the others were 5 going to Charleston
to continue the investigation. It was im
possible for him to go to Charleston, and
the Senator from Delaware could not go
as he was in -Texas.
The patent law bill was again discussed.
The Senate several times found itself with,
out a quorum. Adjourned until Monday-
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections met to-day for action, on
the motion of P. T. Corbin, who claims a
seat now held by Mr. Butler, of South
Carolina.
The Republican members of the commit
tee have a report proving Mr. Corbin's ad
mission, but a minority report in opposition
thereto being prepared, action on the
whole subject was postponed until Mon
day next.
The Senate Committee ou Territories
heard arguments this morning as to the
advisability of bringing the Indian Terri
tory under a civil form of government.
Delegations from the Cherokees, Chicka
saws and Creeks were present, all of whom
were opposed to any change in their pres
ent "relations with the government, claim
ing that they had treaty rights which
should not be violated by any new order.
The Senate has passed a bill for the re
storing of the files and records of any district
of the Circuit Court of the United States,
which have been destroyed by fire. The
bill was in the nature of a substitute for
the House bill to restore the files of the
Texas courts, which were .recently burned.
I Nominations Alexander B. Hayner,
of Maryland, to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the. District of Co
lnmbia, and the following postmasters :
Virginia George V. Caee.Liberty. North
Carolina : Wiley A. Walker, Winston ;
Jonathan D. White, Greensboro. Sooth
Carolina: James H. Gos3, Union Court
house; Alonzo Webster, Orangeburg
Courthouse. Georgia : Frederick Bell,La
Grange. Alabama : Mrs. Maryland K.
Henry, Decatur. Mississippi : Robert
Stewart, Macon ; John B. Deason, Brook
Haven ; Frank M. Gaci, Topelo. Texas :
Chaancey B. Sabin, Galveston ; A. B.
Norton, Dallas; Charles Krickenbarger,
Bonham ; C. H. Clifford. Hearne ; August
B. Palm, Round Neck, and A- G. Wilcox,
Rockdale.
The House was engaged a considerable
portion of the day on the bill for payment
of $20,000 to the trustees of the Protest
ant Episcopal Seminary and High School,
in Virginia, for, rent of building during the
war. Messrs. Conger, White, of Pennsyl
vania, and Townsend, of New York, op
posed the bill on the ground of its being
a war claim, and Messrs. Haskell, Eden,
Ilunton, Bright, of Tennesse, and Kelly,
of Pennsylvania, in favor of the measure.
Without action the House adjourned.
Representative Singleton, of Mississippi,
has introduced a bill to provide for the
payment of claims of Southern mail con
tractors, which authorizes the payment of
fifty per cent, on all claims as have been
audited, and whatever balance remains out
of the amount appropriated, namely,
$375,000, after such payments, shall be
held for one year to meet claims which
may hereafter "audited, the balance re
maining to be divided among claimants.
XISCELLAXOrS SEWS.
The case of the Comptroller General of
South Carolina, against the Richmond k
Danville Railroad Company, brought to
the United States Supreme Court by an
appeal, was argued to-day. The question
involved, is the liability of tke Atlantic k,
Richmond Air Line Railway Company, to
taxation in South Carolina under the gen
eral act of 1868, without regard to the ex
emption from taxation granted by its
charter. The appeiUut, who is a stock-
bolder or tne jut xutz wupui;,
the liability, and is sustained by the court
below. .
Mrs. Wells and Mr. Williams of Utah
ftddre.-s the House Judiciary Committee
T T m I
1879.
day praying that the recent decisis of
the supreme Court be not colored m
those now lmng in polrraciT, WtS
frowd that if husbaiKlTafpeSa1!!
wreader all but one wife tboe aUWd
with their children will iLv.
I v.. . - "Mutt IQ Ofm.
I latiou. No action was takea. i
The British Parliament sometime since
enacted a law known a, the -conugiot
disease act," reoairinr th- l.w.L j!
ports of entry of all lit nim.u
into that kingdom. The Couicil recently
after cttrrespondence with the State it
Krtment, declared that American cattle
exempt from the operation of the act
A member of the Committee on Wts
and Means is authority Tor the statement
that another call for reports from tht
committee will be made early in Jul
This will afford an opportunity of disp.!
ingof the sugar question at the present
session of Congress. 1
The Executive Committee of the Young
Men's Christian Association, of the
United States and British P
just agreed to call the next biennial' coi
vention 01 tne Association at Baltimore
May 21st. T
The President has approved the bill re
ievinff James Chestnuttof Sonlh
of his political disabilities. , . !
OVKIi THE AtXaXTII' UL,'k.
-. .. 1 ;
The Excitement In France, Kir
London, Jan. 17 The United States
States, sailing ship Constitution went
ashore early this morning on Hal hint jointl
near Swanzer, England A steam tug ha
been sent to her assistance.
Paris. "Jan. 17. The Ministerial stated
ment has generally produced a u unfavor
able impression.
The Journal Des Di bats regret that
the government did not employ more aui-j
mated and cordial language. 1 1 sayg : "In
reading their declaration one might bc-i
lieve nothing had happened in France fori
a long time, whereas only a week ago the
Republic was established."
The Republic yrancaise says: '"The
government must rely only upon the sig
nificance of their acts and the frankness of
their attitude as the declaration will be of
no assistance to them."
, The Dix Keuvieme Siecle saj s : "The
government spoke for twenty minutes
without pronouncing a single word that
they ought to have spoken. The language
of the Ministry is not a new programme
but a simple exposition of the situation or
a report of parliamentary proceedings."
The Figaro says: "The Ministerial,
statement is a political testament, which
will not prevent the fall of the Cabinet."
The Constitutional, G'aulias and Sal
iel, praise, the government programme.
The Kappel, Voltaire, Manillaisc and
Jisvoiution t rancaise, venemently attack
the statement and characterize as a "raid
of purpose," "the fruit of madness-," and
other like expressions.
The question of ministerial . crisis is dis-1
cussed everywhere, and the general impres
sion prevails that the cabinet can scarcely
remain in office after the unfavorable re
ception of their programme in chambers.
The Siecle indeed, expresses the opinion
that the ministry cannot survive more
than 24 hours. In some quarters it is
said the crisis will ensue immediately, that
MacMahon will summon Gambctta and in
event of his refusing to form a cabinet
MacMahon will resign. Ou the other
hand it is believed by some that if Gam
betta shall refuse to form a cabinet, Mac
Mahon will request M. Dufaure to form a
new ministry. It is pointed out, however,
in parliamentary circles that according to
strict parliamentary rules, there can li no
other president of the cabinet than (iam
betta, since he at the present moment
practically holds the post. In spite, how
ever, of the language of the Republican
journals and the generally prevailing im
pression, there is a somewhat strong belief
in well informed circles that the ministry
will obtain a majority in the Chamber of
Deputies after the debate, which begin
Monday. .
The Daily Tetegraph's Pari corres
pondent says: Current rumors point to
the retirement of all the ministers except
Mm. Say and De Morcere.
The correspondent of the 'Times fays :
The silence with which the ministerial
statement was received, resembled that at
sentence of death.
The capital omission from the statemeut
was the promise of dismissals from office,
without which nothing can save the cabi
net. .
A Berlin correspondent to the Ttrnm
says : "The Liberals despite their opposi
tion to gag-law, are convinced that further
restrictions are necessary to guard against
the abusive of speech in Reichstag, and
though strongly opposed to the Chancel
lor's remedy, pure and simple, as too dras
tic, the opinion of gaining ground, he will
coerce and cajole them to this purpose.
The Governmental Post complains of a
bitter tone, characterizing the English
criticism of the measure. It thinks Eng
land's opposition to the bill nothing more
than another form antipathy to the Chan
cellor's protectionist policy." . .
! A telegram from Candahar dated the lh
says: "ine asiiroopaui nc .
Generals Stewart's and Biddolph s forces
filed out of the Cabulgate of Candahar.
Notashotwa3 fired sordid any corrfre
temps of any kind occur prior to entering
the city. We have captured the post ar
riving from Herat for MirafzuL"
A Renter dispatch from Rome states
that in addition to the proposed appoint
ment of several Vicers Apostolic in parts
of America destitute of Episcopal churches
y.a. T.4iMn intends to establish several
n hi.nona iri the United States and in
stitute a new hierarchy different from the
present one. The Pope has tent a circu
lar to Bishops outside of Europe with a
view of extending the collection of Peter's
pence in all the countries of tne wona.
An enormous crowd has assemble! in
Lombard street Great excitement pre vails
over the reported ran on the Uaos: 01 1
crowd was originally attracted by a dis
pute on the street. . The large attendW
gave rise to the nunc of a run on the banv
which afterwards became a Cjct.
Thomas Rocker & Co., of 9
shire, iron masters, have J-A
owe Bristol West, of EogUnd Bank,
600,000., -m,mim' 1
Samuel ASberran, arrestedseme months
since for the murder of Wo. B. VTailrin
Accomac county, Va., sixteen yrs go,
was tried and yesterday acquitted at tu
ville, his plea being seffdefrnee.
3 Cents a Copy
knottier Dt Fir la . vrk,
Nrw Yosk, Jan. 17. A fire broke eat
tot evmwsr , the wboksalo elothie
kpuse of onVolkeobnrg k LttitL
if V?1 Jrflj atk5d th.
entire building. The two adjouuBg buU
op, occupied by Pastor WalMimUw, No.
6. arc-on fire, and the names hare crossed
JJtrect to Not., occupied by Jottph
9.15 1 M. The fire, after crossing to
Ue North side of North street, is wnrkia
through the Mock South on to Thomas
"reel and now appears to he exUading
n North! street West tovstd CM
street, aid East in the direction of Broad
way. I
Uutslaaa. I
Nsw Oauu, Jan. 17. The death of 1
Mj John H. New, a prominent attorney,
has been tnnounttxl. TW United States
Iitnct Courts hare adjoanwe: in rprrt
to his memory. j
In the legislature the ballot for Tnitrd
Mates Senator was unsnccmfnL
At tue eesion of the Teller committee
today Abram Thomas and J. Boas Stew,
art. t.oth colored, or Tensas, ave evident7
similar to that already published. The
only new fact being the naming by Stew
art of fifteen negroes alleged to have Wa
murdered. ' ,
The strike V.Uruaiag.
ToTT!ivti.i.K, Jan 1". ,In addition to
the strike ! of thp
llammaml collieries at Girardsrille. th
men at the Preon mines, numbers two
and three, and (iurd colliery, tamed oot
this morning, claiming two months back
pay which itt due them. The fire collieries
are now idle, which comprise the eot,ire
GiranlsTille district, and are all operated
by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company, cmpldving about l,f0rt
men and lvt. "
The Ileno Inquiry.
CnirA(;,i Jau. 17. The Indian scout
(iirard testified before, the Reno court of
inqury, that on the eve of the 24th of
June, with two scouts, he rode at the
Head of Custer's column to the top knoll,
and sw 2,500 Indians. The order given
by Reno was-, "(Jo forward, and when yoa
meet the' Indians, chargo, and I will sup
port you." j .
JI rn. Cobb Convicted.
Norwich, Coxx., January 17. Kate
M. Cobb has been sentenced to imnrison-
ment for life at Wethcrsficld. Her counsel
mored for a new trial. Ten dars were al
lowed to perfect the motion.
j Itishops trial for his share in the murder
and for poisoning his wife was postponed
until the' March term.
. Iii Favor ol the Demaerats.
rmi.ADEi.rniA, Jan. 17. The tJoTero
or's proclamation in announcing the names
f- the Congressmen elected at the late
general election; includes : the name or
Klotz, Democrat, in the Klerenth District,
which has been disputed hitherto by Al
bright, Republican.
' Cattle 11 reed era Association.
j Utk a, N. Y.,.Janury 17; The Ayre
shire Hreeders Association resolved, by a
vote of 51 to 10, to drop from the herd
hook the names of all animals whose pedi
gree is not traced directly to importation.
Wm. Uernie of SpringfieldVas elected
president.
The .ew York Me na torn hi p.
Nkw Yokk, Jan. 17. The Heoate rr
bolted that on January 21, a UnitcdHtate
Senator shall be voted for in the place of
Conkling. Another reflation provides
for a joint meeting with the Assembly on
the.22d for tle election of a Senator.
! Connecticut' .ew Neaator.
lUsvoittfi Jan. 17 0. H. PUtt,of
Meridian, wanominated for United Htatea
Senator in. the Republican caucus last
night on the thirty seventh ballot, is a
prominent lawyer and Htates Attorney for
New Haven county.
Loldsboro Mail : 1 1 is certaioly pleas
ant to make a trip over the W. k W. R.
R.j The roadbed is in splendid condition,
the newly fitted up magnificent passenger
cars glide over it without a joatle, and with
all and not the least important in adding
comfort to passengers, it has a corps of
polite, attentive and gentlemanly conduc
tors. The train going South occasionally
gels here a few minutes behind time. bnt
always when this is the case, it is detained
in starting from Wcldoo, holdiag over to
await the arrival of the Southern trains.
From the President down, each oCker and
employe appear.to understand that every,
thing should have a place, and everything
kept in its place.
Raleigh Observer: The Legislature wHl
probably on Wednesday next proesed lo
fill the vacancies in the Board of Truitees
of the University caused by the death of
Han. B. F. Moore. Msj. Seaton Gale.
Hon. Fornet;eorge, and CoL D. Mi Car
ters. Election will also be had for ,aC
tors to the following members of the Board
whose terms of office-expire on the 25th of
Kovember of this year: M. L. Eore, W.
T. Fairclotb. Joo. A Gilmer. Joo. W.
jraham, J. F, Graves, G. U. Hsadtoo,
Jno. F. Hokei S. U JohnstM, Joo. Man
.In Melrer. B. W. Millard. B- B.
Peebles, Archibald Pnrcen. M. 8. Bob,...
U Robinson, m. a. iwm.j.
At the convetion o :-torneT
tia,,beldat ew 1. '
spoke
briefly. ' ' ' mimtm '
j? W. Jennison, a Uwyer of Macon.
OaTcimmited sakide yesterday by Mow
.woothS brains with a putol. wkle la-.
biaj BPdertemior7bemtion of mind.
Speer's P. J. Sherry 7in3,
ci tFEfeR'S PORT GRAPE WlN'E,
8 PEER'S OLD BRANDY.
i
a 11 rmtk Rfaadv. Keller WkWkrr. &r..
fcr medVdasA use, for sale by
JAMES C. MUND3, Dbcuoist, '
nl tf 3rd St., opposite City Ball.
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lLui La1)IS'(CACCOUNT 8ALE3 AM)
Shlnoers HanlfMta for aala by
jan 2 tf ' JACKSON k BELL,
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