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i; . , "' '. "' r ' " ' ; : - . , , ' $7.00 a Year. THE LEGISLATURE. ItKSl;ME OF PROCEEDING. Tliirtietli Oay-Tnelay, Febru- ury, lltli. , r Jia'cigh Xews, Shortened. :; : .senate ! Senator Scales, by conseut, submitted ."a1 report from the joint select committee on retrenchment ou reform This report; is ' printed in full in The Sun to-day. Sena tor Scales on recommendation of the com mittee presented a bill to abolish the In sane Asylum of Xorth Carolina5, and to incorporate the Xorth Carolina Insane Asylum,-and also a bill to carry out the '.recommendations of the committee in re gard to the (Governor's Mansion and the additional (Governor's clerk. The Senate "ordered that 22 J 'copies of the report and bills be printed. '.''" The bill to regulate salaries and Tees was pospoued and made the special order for Tuesday, next. The Senate then re- . suuied the consideration of the bill to reg lilate the mortgages of corporations. .The hill" was further discussed by Senator Loach and passed third time. V HiH to amend the charter of the W. N. C. 11. II. This bill provides for the . extension of the road up the Yadkin Val ley by, Wilke.sboro to Potteison's factory in Culd well county, and allows 200 convicts for the. work. Passed second time The bill to change the name of the .A AVe.-stern .. Hiilroad and to consolidate; it J with the Mt. Airy Railroad, ' was made -special order, for to morrow at 11 o'clock, Dili to aid in the .extension of the A,tlan tic, Tennessee and "Ohio Railroad Com pany, wjs amended so as to provide that only such con victs as are sentenced for lees than-onc year shall be sent directly to the road, and passed its second reading. i Bill to amend the election law provides for the election: of Superior Court Clerks on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It was amended as to portions oi its verbiage, and passed Bill to amend the act for the protection of fish in Waccamaw Lake. This bill allows the citizens of Columbus county to f;sh in the lake from the first of September to the hrst ot March. Passed B Ml for the benefit of the Winston, Sa lem it Mooresville railroad.. Passed. Jjiii to prevent trie leiJ.mer ot trees in vTar river was passed. ..Bill to change the name of certain townships in the county of Pender was pa sed. : Bifl to amend chapter 155, laws of 18"G-'77, provides for the payment of the coanfv taxes to the first Monday in March and the school taxes to the first Monday in March and the school taxes to the first Mondav in May. The bilL was laid on the table. . Bill to require sheriffs, superior court clerks and registers to make sworn state inents of their incomes annually. '- HOUSE, l- Bill to regulate fees of clerks, sheriffs, etc., was, on motion of Mr. Amis, made special order for Thursday at noon. Bili to give certain colored persons the right of inheritance, by legalizing the con nection of persons who Jived together as man and wife prior to 1868. Passed. Bill to prohibit the sale of any kind of liquor in three miles of Wake Forest. Parsed. , Bill to prohibit officials on State works fromTurnishing supplies on taking con- - . tracts Bill to repeal the act establishing the Criminal Court of Wake. Mr. Richard . son, of Wake, offered an amendment that criminal jurisdiction be vested as: fully in ilie Superior Court as;it was prior to the formation of the Criminal Court. . Mr. Bernard said the Criminal Court is far less expensive to the people of Wake than the old system. It saves $1,300 an-I i'nually. The Judge stands high and is an eminent lawyer. He disposes of business with rapidity: Mr. Etheridge said the Democrats of Wake did not wish the courtVbolished, the luagiitrates of the court did ffot wish it. li was a Republican attempt; -fp foist a i " nyrro. upon . the people. fv f Mr. Richardson said the county wasiu de,bt; that the salaries of t"e officers weVe a burden. The people asked the abolition of the court. Mr. Colwell read a statement of the comparative costs of the Superior and Criminal Courts, showing a balance in favor of the latter. Mr. Richardson said the statement was false. He further said the influence of the court had bull-dozed the magistrates. The previous question was then called upon the passage of the bill, as amended, '.upon its third reading. Upon this . the yeas and nays were called, when the bill p issod by the following vote. Yeas Messrs. Ames, Anger, Atkinson, '' "Barringer, Bateman, Battle, i Berry, Bird, ' Blaisdell, Blalock, Blocker, Bruce, .Bur-.""-.' roughs, Cale, Carter, of Warren, Cary, Christmas, Coffield. Davis, of Catawba, Deans. Dimsdale, Dunn, Ellison, Ewing, Ferrell, Forbes. Foster, Foy," Fulcher, Harrison. Henderson, Leach, Lewis, Lind say, Lutterloh, Mebane, McCorkle. Mc Lean, Xewell, Xorment, Osborne, Rey nolds, Richardson, of Wake, Ritchey, Scott, Turner. Venable. Waddell, Whee ler, White. Wimberley and Wynne 52. Nays Messrs. Anderson Ardrey, Arm strong, -Bernard, Bizzell, Bonner, ' Best, Brown, of Mecklenburcr. Buchan.- Carter, of Yancey, Carroll, Chadwick, Click, Col- wei', Cooke, Covinjrton. Davis, of Hay wood, English, Etheridge. Foard. Catling, ft Grant, Hines, Holt, Huffstetler. Johnston. j l-amb, Lutherwood, Lockhart, Meares, i Melson, Orchard, Paxton, Powers, Raw 1 Jey, Reid, of Macon, Reid, of McDowell, f Bhardson. of Cblumbns. Smith, Vaughan, ! oounouse, York and'Young 44. ! . Bdl for the relief of the blind, by paying no persons who lost their sight, 'or both hands or both, feet m the Confederate ser vice, the sum of $60 per annum out of the treasury. An amendmen that all who lost speech t !-" ' 0rl e of limbs was lost. ' , bill then passed its second reading " l,y a vote of 88 to 1. ;;'.UMi'i . Thirty.first DayJWednesday, Feb 12,1879. j . Jluleigh Observer, SharUned. ,L SENATE. ? - arose talQalor from Davidson, Mr. Leach, Hueatioa of person privilege, and proceeded to read two communications irom tne uauy scics, oi lo-aay, animad verting upon his course and votes as a Senator. He was satisfied that no Sena torhad written the communications. He then took up the communications and charges therein contained specifically and in detail, denying each in the iisrht of his action arid vote.-!. Senator: Leach moved that no action be taken on the bill reported bv the 'commit tee on retrenchment and reform in relation to the Insane Asylum until after the report of jlhe committee ou, thdt institution, lie suggested that by making the report when li oiu tne commntee had reflected on the committee onlhe-Insane Asylum. senator Scales disclaimed any intention on the part of the committee on retrench ment and reform to reflect on the com mittee on the Insane Asylum. . Senator Bynum said that whether it was introduced to reflect on the committee on the Insane Asylum or not, the report seamed to do so. He then made a full ex planation of the reasons which moved that committee not ito have reported hereto- fore. ' The special order being the act to change the name of the Western Railroad Company, &c, was taken up. Senator Graham, of Lincoln, moved that the bill be postponed for one ieek. After discussion, the motion to postpone for one week was voted down. Senator Snow then moved that the bill be postponed until Friday at 12. and it was ordered. Uesolution asking for information con so cerning the debts of the Western Railroad Company was amended so as to demand the information by Friday morning, and adppted. J he bill to aid in the completion of the A. T. & O. R. R. passed the third time. Bill to amend the charter of - the N. W. NiC. 11. R, passed. , Senator Lea.ch moved that the rules' be suspended, and the resolution introduced by himself, authorizing the committee on the Insane Asylum to send lor persons and paipers be taken up for action. The reso- lution failed to be adopted. IIOUSE. Mr. Blocker made a report from' the se the charges. lect committee to investigate ainst B. R. Brown,, the member from recommending Yadkin, for drunkenness, hi:i expulsion. Bill to abolish the tax fees, of attorneys charged in bills of costs in civil 'suits in any court o'f the State. Mr. Vaughan offered a substitute, to wliich io spoke. The ivhole matter was than, oti motion of Mr. Mebane, post poned and made a speci il order for noon tomorrow. EXTENSION OF THE K. AND A. A-'. I. The bill to extend the Raleigh and Au gusta Air-Liiie from any point ou its line to Charlotte being the special order, an amendment was ottered by Mr. Henderson, thit the road shall not take up its track to Hamlet. Mr. Brown, of Mecklenburg, thought the road'shoufd be allowed to extend its line, as it would be at no cost to the State, would develope some counties now with out a railway, and would work a benefit to the farmers.- The combinations now work. ill to the producers, and force the use of wagon trains. Mr. Foard offered- the ment : following amend (That section 1 be amended by adding to it;atter the word contract in 12th line, provided the same facilities of transporta tidn and rate per mile on each article of freight according to its classification shall be given Jo any station on the proposed extension, or on the present line, or to any tojwn or saport m Nortn Carolina as are eriveu to any station, town or' seaport in an1 y other State, and that if said company shall violate auy ot the provisions ot this section, in so far as the same applies to discrimination in rates against citizens of Xlorth Carolina, or shall in any manner evade the said provisions," it shall be de-eined guilty of a misdemeauer and upon cobviction thereof in the Superior Ctfurt of any county in which anv part ot the track of said company shall be situated, shall be filled one thousand dollars tor each and every offence and forfeit its charter. . To the amendment ot -Mr. Henderson Mr. Cobb offered one that the road be re uuiredtorun daily traius except on Sun davi Adopted. iMr. Henderson s amendment was xnen adopted. Mr Foard spoke to his amendment the State is advanced bv the increase id the number of railways. If Wiliping tcjn has the advantage she claims, the State must pay tribute. to her, but if she his not the products of the State will not gi to her. But shall she grow rich to the inpuryvof the rest of the State? Mr; Cobb said he was for the right of tlie people, aud this cry against the sys tem of freight discriminations in lacal tiriffs demanded the. action of the people's representative. . i 1 M r. Norment thought M r. Foard's amendment "should apply to all roads, but nit to one. There was reilly.no North Carolina "system." The R. A. 'A. L. hs been a great conservator. It has put down freights aud worked a great reform. Tlie;new road will run terough the fertile counties of Moore. Stanly, Montgomery aid Cabarrus, a section which otherwise will be undeveloped. Mr. York said it was the first time in the history ef the State that an' applica tion to allow a railway to lay a line, at no expense to the State' or section, had met with objection. MrJ3l6cker said that if' the charter was sustained the State would be in every way a ded. ? Mr. Covington indulged in a few facetia;, and taking up serious matters said he op posed the grant ot the charter, as mere w5as no ppint on the R. .&. A. road nanied afe the point of departure, and the road ntignt run parallel to ine tract oi iue x-.. 0. R. R., and thus injure the State, while developing-no counties. The amendment of Mr. Foard i was a good one, as there ws npw discrimination against owns ot isortn Carolina. . " "' . Mr.; Taylor stated that he deemed the amendments so , plausible in appearance were lpteouea to Kill the bill Mry Cooke saw in the bill only a plain case oi iact -ana- necessity Another rea son for srantipff this charter is that it is nroDOSiUon to expend In our. state i noo.000. lie then took np the reirula WILMINGTON, N. It was strange that it should be proposed to tack it 'to this bill. 1 Mr. Lockhart discussed the amendment, and could see no objection that could be offered to it. Mr. Vaughan offered an amendment to the amendment, providing that the regu lation of tariffs on this road shall not go into effect until such law shall be put in operation upon all the roads in the State. Mr. Leach earnestly favored the amend menfto the amendment, and was an earn est friend of the bill. Mr. Clarke thought the State had no pride, no policy, no system, but was man ipulated for the benefit of Virginia and South Carolina. This proposed road will turn off the trade from our ports, while it will injure the West. He spoke of the loss it would cause the State bv damage to the N. C. R. R. 1 Mr. Jones took up this, saying that the State had never paid one dime for that road. Mr. Clarke, continuing, said the roads tapping the State bal damaged her. Mr. Cary said he was a veteran member but bad never before spoken upon the railroid question, but he would be recre ant to the people if he opposed the amend ment, for it was for the interest 'of the peo ple of the. West, by preventing their be ing charged high rates. But as to the t)Y, they speak of its damaging - Wilming ton; doesjt not work good tor the State at large. NIGHT SESSION. The question first reeurred on the amend ment proposed by Mr. Vaughan to the amendment offered by Mr. Foard. 1 he amendment to the amendment was discussed by Messrs. Clarke. . Vauprhan, Foard.' Xorment, Atkinson, Turner, Col well, Cobb, Norment. Carroll, Blocker, Ritehy, Ardrey, and Carter of Buncombe. L he amendment to the amendment was voted down bv a vote of 53 to 50. Mr. Foard's amendment was adopted by a vote of 54 to 44. Mr. Atkinson moved to amend so as to provide that Mr. Foard's amendment shall not :appjy to this road until a like provi sion is applied to all other roads in the State. Lost. .Mr. Richardson, of Columbus, moved to amend by providing that the amendment of Mr. Foard should apply to all railroads alike in the State. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 98 to 2. Mr. Cobb moved to amend so as to sub ject the road to taxation. Lost. Mr. Armstrong moved to amend by starting the road at Lockville and running by Gulf, Lockville, &c. Lost. Mr. Lockhart moved to- amend by pro viding that ten miles of the road shall be finished in one vear, and the whole road finished in five years. Lost by a vote of 40 to 59. Mr. Clarke moved to -amend by making the road liable to taxatiou. Lost. Mr. Duiin moved that the road ru;ii from Sanford straight to Charlotte. Lost. Thh bill passed second time. The rules were then suspended and the bill read third time. Mr.Powers moved to amend by striking out the power to build branches and to require the road to be completed in five years. The amendment was lost, and the bill passed third time. ' otes North 'Carolinian. Mr. H. B. Regani a leading citizen of Robeson county, died last Friday, we learn by the Robesonian. Robesonian : The Lodge.of Good Tem plars at Ashpole Institute1 is flourishing, new members being added at every meet ing. The warehouse of the Steam Transpor tation Company at Murlreesboro, was burned last Saturday night. Loss $1,000; no insurauce. 1 he Observer says about a dezen mem bers were added to Calvary ehurch, Char lotte, during the revival conducted by the Quaker ladies, Mrs. Moore ' and Miss Painter. The President and Board of Directors of the Atlanta k Charlotte. Air-Line-Rail road, all Northern men. passed through Charlotte in a magnincent parlor car AVednesday. .Robesonian: Rev, F. M. Jordan, the Evangelist, left here last Tuesday for Whiteville, where he is conducting a re vival. He is certainly one of the greatest revivalist we have ever seen. In response to the request of a large riumGer of the members of the Legislature Col. L. L. Polk, Commissioner of Agricul- ture. will deliver an address m the Com mons Hall, Raleigh, on the 18th. The I nter-State Commerce Bill. Baltimore Sun, Washington Special, 12th. The Senate sub-committee on commerce to-night continued the hearing on the House bill to regulate inter-btate com merce. The railroad interests were large ly represented. Mr. Elmore said the title of the bill should read "An act to restrict commerce, prohibit transportation, pre vent competition and enforce discrimina tion, and to give a preference tq one State over another,- and to punish the innocent and let the gjuilty go free." Mr. .Albert Fink, commissioner of the trunk lines, also opposed the bill. The evils which the bill proposed to remedy, lie said, did not arise ironf badly constructed tarins. dui a iaii ure to carry them into execution by the various railroad companies. One feature in the bill might result in good by indirec tion. By it the reduction of the tariff, which was now generally made se- cretlv. would hereafter be ' made openly. He i proposed an amend ment to the bill in the character of a substitute, requiring that all railroads adjust their tariffs from all com peting points, the tariffs so agreed upon to be submitted to experts representing the government, and shall be based on correct commercial principles, and not in violation ot the common law governing: common car riers. In cases where the railroad com pa, nies cannot agree upon rates, the question shall be settled bv arbitration, and such decision enforced in the courts. Mr. Fink gave his views at length against the prin ciples of the bill, saying, amcfog other thinirs. that it enforced discrimination, thn lninr . that which the - bill was ue- signed to prohibit. After, further argu ments the committee adjourned to Friday C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1879. SUN TELEGRAMS. EARLY AND MIDNIGHT REPORTS. WASHINGTON. CousressKail Road Measure and River and Harbor Bill; Etc. Washington, Feb. 13. Senate Senator Kellogg introduced a bill to se cure the completion of the line of railway from San Antonio, Texas, to a point at or near Fort Clark, and thence at a point at or near El Paso, upon the- Rio Grande, to be known as the Mexican and Pacific ex tension of the Galveston and San Anto nio Rail Road. He spoke briefly in favor of the construction of this , road, which asked buc ten thousand dollars from the Government. The bill was referred to the Committee on Railroads. The Senate discussed, without final ac- rtion, the bill to restrict Chinese immigra tion. House Mr. Cobb, of Indianua. moved to take up for consideration the contested election case of Finley vs. Bisbee, from the First District of Florida. Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee, antagonized the motion, he desiring to proceed with the appropriation bill, said if the legisla tive bill does not pass this week he did not see how the Appropriation Committee could get the civil sundry bill ready in time to be passed. The motion to proceed with the election case was defeated. Previous to the announcement Mr. Cobb changed his vote to the negative, and then moved to reconsider. ' Mr. Atkins moved to lay that motion on .the table. sThis motion was defeated. iThe Republican members of the Senate in caucus this morning, adopted the report piesented by the committee appointed to ler oi business lor the re mainder of the session. , It was agreed that the Postofiice appro priation bill shaH be taken up as soon as- the pending measure in regard to the Chi nese 'immigration is disposed of, and that- .preference be given to other regular appropriation . bills, includiug'the river and hurbor bill. Over all other business thereafter, the following measures are to be "given consideration.. Not to interfere with the appropriation bills when ready, in order named. The proposed constitutional amendment on the subject of war claims, and a bill lor the further distribution of the Geneva aw&rd. Mr. WTindom's proposition authorizing the euquiry aud report to be made on ad visability extending the Governmeut aid for the colonization of colored people, and concerning the District of Columbia, for which one day is to be set apart, it was also agreed that from and after next Monday a session ot the Senate shall begin at 11 a. m., and that, a portion of each morniug hour shall be devoted to "unobjected business.J' It was placed on the calender under what is known as the Anthony rule. i The question recurred on reconsidering the vote by which the House refused to take up the contested election case, and it was agreed to, whereupon the Republicans resorted to hhbi stenng tactics. The Democratic Senators also held a 'caucus this morning, at which the subjects of discussion were the same that occupied the aitentiou of the joint caucus Monday night, Diametrically opposite views were expressed as;, to the advisability, in a party point of view, in endeavoring to repeal the Federal election, fcc, by means of ameud ments to an appropriation bill, aufl thus probably forcing an extra session ot Con gress. After an earnest discussion, in which benators Ihurman and .Bayard were the principal speakers ou opposite sides, the caucus adjourned without action, Ho meet again to-morrow morning. In the House the election case was final ly postponed until "Wednesday next. the House then discussed the legislative, -judicial and executive appropriation bill. After disposing ot bi pages of the bill, the remainder of the day's session was devoted to the memorial services in honor to the late Julian Hartridge. The usual resolu tions were offered by Mr. Cook, of Georgia, and eulogies on the life and character of the deceased, were pronounced by Mr. Cook, and Hendee, of Vermont ;T Knott, of Kentucky; Cox, ot New York; Irya, of Maine ; Harrison, of Illinois; Davidson, of Florida; Goode, of Virginia; Butler, of New Jersev; and Bell and Trenton, of Georgia. The resolutions werei adopted and the House adjourned The chairman ol the Teller Committee, at the meeting to-day, appointed as sub committee Hoar, AlcMillan, Kirk Wood Garland and "Wallace,- to iuquire ini the following branch of the resolution of .Sen ate, namely Whether, in the vear 1878, money w'as raised bv assessment or otherwise upon the federal omce-holders or employes tor elec tion purposes, and under what circum stances and by what means, aud if so, what amount was so raised and how the same was expended ; and further, whether such assessments were or were not in violation of the law. The committee then adiourned subject to the call of the chairman; The Senate Committee on Railroads met to-dav to hear anruments with respect to Senator Jones' bill, authorizing railroad comDanies to construct and maintain tele graph lines for commercial purposes. President Norvin Green, of the v estern Union Telegraph Company, made a speech opposing the bill, on the ground that it would not attain the object desired ; that railroad companies already shared in the - . . i i i nrohts ot the business uone over lines built along their roads, and that the tele graph business ot the country was now done by the "Western Union Company more cheaply than by any other company in the world, . The chairman asked Mr. Green for infor mation with regard to relations between the "Western Union Company and Asso ciated Press. The latter replied that there was nothing in those relations to conceal ; that thet "Western Union Company had an- nouncea repeaieaiy max is wouiu iransmi dispatches of f&ny other similar association for like price, .without favor , of , any .ki nu u" I The Associated Press is a srivate organi- I r,. ,vi fin - i 'jt j:..fkniAn zation for the collection and distribution of new?, and news so gathered is as much its property as private telegram or letters. It does net monopolize th hews or pre- vent other associations from getting it who are willing to go to the necessary expense for its collection. If outside papers want a special report let them get up a combi nation to collect the news and we will send it at the same rates as charged the asso ciate press for the equal amount of service, but we cannot afford however to supply anybody at a tenth or fifteenth part of a price paid by our best customers. At the conclusion of Mr. Green's remarks the com mittee adjourned" until to-morrow. The Assistant Attorney General of the Postofiice Department in reply to a letter addressed to the Postmaster General bv the Speaker of the House of Represents tives has decided that members of Con- gross elect are- not eutitled to franking privileges. VIRGINIA. ISank oi" ietcrsburg Kleetion 'Cases. IticiiMoxo, a.. February 13. The Commercial National Dank of Petersburg hum gouu inio nquiuaiion, ana is closing up affairs as possible. Its condition is said to be souud and noloss wiil result to any one. Tins is the last of the National Jiaiiks in Petersburg, the two others hav ing succumbed to the crisis of 1873. lathe tinted fctutes Circuit Court to day the case of Alex. Vaughan, Judge of Elections in Petersburg, charged with bal lot-box stuffing at the. November election, was concluded, the jury rendering a verdict or guilty, the sentence will be pronounced to-morrow. The evidence showed that when the ballot had been emptied out of the box to be counted, Vaughan attempt ed to drop a number ot fraudulent ballot: from his sleeve into pile of legitimate. votes. Judge Hughes ha? decided that a judg ment rendered in a United .States Court need not. in order to continue a valid lien on lands, even as against a subsequent pur- chaser, tor value and without notice, be docketed in accordance with the.statute of Virginia in a county or corporation where the land are situated. The case came up. on a question of priority of the lien of a judgment rendered in the United States Circuit Court at Kichmond lnlBGT against J.-M. Humphreys', late Collector of Cus toms ol this'city, and sureties, or that of a deed conveying to Thos. N. Page, trus tee; of certain lands of 'said Humphreys. Tnis decision will affect the title. to many thousand dollars worth ol property through out the btate. - Tennessee ISonds. Dai.timukk. Feb. 13. A meeting of the 1 . l 1 ( i ri , . . -i noiuers oi ine lennessee fttate Donas was held here to-day, and endorsed the pro ceedings and action .of the bondholders at a meeting recently held in New York, and agreeing to scale the debt to GO cents on the dollar. The Peabody institute of this city which held three hundred and seventy-four thousand . dollars of the Ten nessee bonds, last night passed a resolu tion agreeing to accept in common with other holders of the Tennessee bonds. A new six per cent bond tor sixty per cent of the amount of the debt or a four per cent bond for the face of the debt, accrued with interest being added Cuba. IIava.v., leb. 13. The American schooner, Geo. Seely, in the cattle trade between Galveston and Havana, went jj shore on the rocks at the entrance of the harbor of Ahili, leaving the in ballast, and lies ip'a precarious condition.. . me rrencn Darciue Jiacaian, ashore in the same place, is a total, loss. Advices from the interior indicate that many liberals have been elected Provincial Deputies, which shows that the reports that the government had influenced the elections m iavor oi the liberal conserva tives were untrue. Riot in I'eimsylvaia. Hahrisbcrg, Feb. 13. The Governor received a telegram last night from the shpri ff of Wsisli inertnr rnnntv Pn savint - o --" "' o that a stale of riot existed there, and ask ing for mititery aid to make arrests, as the . i-i.i . rioters nau tne encouragemeut and sym pathy ot tnree or rour hundred miners. Another telegram of this morning says ar rests are being made quietly, and that they will include sixty or eighty men. Up to this time no military force has been seut, but General Beaner, commanding the for ces in that district has been directed to hold himself in readiness. Ijonisiana. Nkw Ohi.eaxs, Feb. 13. The snriner meeting of the Louisiana Jockey Club will -1 1 begin April 10th. The" costumes for the Grand Carnival Pageant have arrive, and it is confiden tiallv stated that the procession on Mardi Gras will be both elegant and. attractive. False reports of the prevalence of ye'llpw fever in New Orleans have been tele graphed from .St. Louis to Chicago and other points. Don't 3Iake any 31 intake. Cleveland, O., Feb. 13. Charles Mc Gill was hanged in this city to-day for the murder of Mary Kelly, on the 2nd of December, 1877. The only words uttered by the condemned man on the scaffold were : 'T'on't make any mistake about that rope.'' Only Survivors. I New York, Feb. 13. special from Falmouth, England says Chief Officer Foot and Charles Casman, seaman, the only survivors of the American schooner Estella. of Portland. Me., bound from Yar mouth for the Island of Antique, West Indies, with a general canro, were landed here to-day. Shorter 'Telegrams. I Cailing's brewery,the largest in America, was burned at London, OBtario, this morn ing. The loss is in excess of the incurance, which is $150,000. . , u ' - ' . A fire occurred in Harris' safe establish ment, No. 23 and 25 Bandolph street, Chicago, this morning,' involving a loss of $24,ooo. :v:,-o::?v:', -,:: !fc A revolution baa 'broken out in Ilayti.' Negro disturbances of an alarming charac-d ter Lave occurred in ine lsiana oi At. Vincent " ' ' " - OVER THE CABLE. Yesterday in the Old World. Loxdo.v, Feb. 13. The Paris uent ot tne juondon - limes, m order to snow mat mere was some mistake in tha recei" reports, that Ju consequence of the, domestic embarrassment of President i v ii . . . - .wu , a v,i I .rPV whn .Mil1 nnt fm.A.i..ll- 1- Ik uors, jimisiers ana nign tunctionaries nf i t , , ii., . . "-"'"ooo- i the iiovernment and their wives have been Sf' Madame 0 The weavers at Ashton. under Lv. struck to-day. The master will probably lockout the spinners also .althonp-h ocontinue work. here have been further stoppage of nils, and notices of a reduction of wages m were posted at Burnley this week, ortynrmsatJiolten liaTegiTeTrnotice of ten per cent, reduction in wages. The! spinners.offer to accept a reduction of fire per cent, it the Masters refuse to com- ply 10,000 will strike. n The Belief Committee of the strikers , , in the engineering trade report only 1580 men yut in the London district. 1 he strikers say thev have information ii j . " I that a meeting ot the employers will be held shortly to devise means for a couipro- "HU. I The Manchester Guardian's London correspondent telegraphs at midnight last nignt to that paper : Intelligence is re- ceived from South Africa that the native levies, serving with the British, have risen en masse and massacred the officers.Those natives engaged in the fight on the 21st ultimo, have massacreed their officers and the bulk of the native's force along the frontier is deserting. Note Ihis report is probably untrue. There have been no means of getting later advices, than those received at St. Vincent on the 10th. . 1 he Colonial becretary, referring to the report, sent to the Manchester Guardian by its London correspondent, says : "We nave no information in any way conurmug the rumor that the natives have risen against their officers." Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor, of the Exchequer in the House of Commons this evening, said : It was not desirable to either exaggerate or depreciate unduly,. the severe blow in bouth Africa. There exists a general admiration for the gal lantry of the troops, and an unusual sym pathy for the sufferers, and the cabinet is resolyed, therefore, to wipe out the disas ter. 1 he hrst batch of reinforcements will leave before Thursday next. He recom mended an abstinance of the expression of their views upon the disasters until further details wercreceived. The papers in the case have already been laid on the table, and others will shortly follow. Then it will bepossible to state the intended course to provide for the expenses Regard ing the reforms in Asia, he said the Port had shown earnestness in the arrangement now under discussion, aud which it is hoped would prove ade quate. In Cyprus, England has taken over the Crown lands, paying the Porte z::a ;Z :r: t' r,:: rrr: : -Q' Onrt onr nnlltT Kooilfio 1 Vto cnmlna cton I T . -t ,rTlu wu !ru "uu" which 40 uuuui xuo,uuu a year, x ub kjl- peauion xo Aiguanisian may oe saia 10 have accomplished it& object, and saeisfac- tory arrangements for the protection or the northwest frontier, while preserving the independence of Afghanistan, are now possible. In regard ' to the present dis tress prevaleut in England, he hoped an improvement in the weather would dimin ish it. In conclusion, he enumerated a number of measures to be introduced ,by the government, including a criminal code anc a bankruptcy bill. Lord Beaconsfield, in the House of Lords, made a statement similar to that of Sir Stafford Xorthcote. Z. B. Chattertown, lessee of the Durry Lane theatre, has filed a petition in bank ruptcy. Liabilities- 40,000. There were altogether 500 laborers car ried into Liverpool yesterday. Fourteen thousand have arrived from Scotland, since the strike began. 1 , The Rt.tHont. Lt.-General, Jonathan Peel, well-known patron of the turf, is dan gerously ill. - Parliament will reassemble to-day. The House of Commons will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the House of Lord3 at 5 o'clock. Lord Beaconsfield in the House of Lords, and Sir Stafford in the House of Commons, will make formal amendments to the legislation proposed on State and foreign relations. Liverpool, Feb. 13. The dock laborers numbering over forty thousand held., a meeting tn-dav. at which it was decided -""ji - . - .i rAA that unless the masters agreed to the : old rates by 3 aclock this afternoon, mey would demand an advance of the day rate and of a penny per hour for, over time. niip shin nwnpra remain firm at the closed docks, where the , men are fed and housed. There were more applications for employment to-day than could be accom modated. No Guion Line Steamers will be despatched from this port on Saturday for New York.- Berlin , Feb. 13. In the -Lower House of Prussian district to-day, the Minister of Commerce said negotiations are pending for the purchase of all private railways m Prussia. The purchase of all private rail wavs in the Empire was contemplated. but unfortunately the federal government did not concur in the project. Prussia would, however, endeavor to carry out a svstem of State railwavs within her terri tory on the basis of the law of 1816. He hoped the district would support the gov ernment in this object. s ! ' ' St. Petersburg. Feb. 13- The Goto publishes a telegram from Zaritzin, dated J 101 ine cto?nrr tTiat cinr( thaw 1 tilt. 1. LU 1LK31., IttblU - u.i. vw u ' " set in the number of the plague stricken has increased. . Pmf .TapAhi nf Chartoff. the head -of th Mdifa.l Commission - sent - int the in fested district, has been attacked with the disease, and was worse at last accounts. -:,- -a hf .rni K' 1 a . , . s rw 1 vXjThprt? ii -no' fcick ness here or at Kavala. The number oi deaths from typus at Xauthlc reached ZDU Tbe mortality there is decreasing. Bobj!t, Feb. 13. Genera!1 Grant .and party arrived here. . They Xofi' Zaeh. 1 handler Senator. nmnrrTah i w-f?lismdeT was nnminatpH tnr TTwxftiAiliiata 8eOtr VJ the Republican caucus t Lansing f iffr -night. "- 1 ':..,, 6 Cents a Copy Hjes 1 HerrlU. :, '" Nw Yok, Feb. 13, The following is copy of President Hates' letter to Gen. ' Merritt: , Exiccnva Maksiow, 1 .Wabhwotox, D. a, Feb. 4th 1879. dear General j I eoofirratolata tou on your confirmation.- It is a ereat rati- iuui vuunnnauon.' it is m. '. it U uu nm prove l Delieva or si the i country. My desire & that the br " ""Z"?!01?? minion of kwMi.'!.j. "i r - "UV"U 7 "l l".0'8 inmi Kndaor or of rTki-!?"5ma?? - other iXn'L Z 0peially regarded. W appoLatment. and i4vi Ka principles and according to XL .TC must. T Mhm k- - r Jii., , fiHed'bVTna.T; "Z" truStwortl,tr. &ZJr-ZZSL!7, . J I ivouivk Vila klcoT OI Ml ronaee to th nftra- .: i t man be put oat neml Ln, vT ,a - friend tn IWi. a 1-j i- ' -"aj.uui, KUU ICk DO DUO DC put in merely because he is your friend. The good of the serrice should be the sole end it seems to mp ,iL-? in V1PW Tha kut : i by the civil service commission. I shall issue no new nW Ko .,K!t - on present, lam glad that you approve of the message, and I wish yoo to see that all that is expressed or implied in it is carried out. Aagain congratulating you and assuring you of ray eBtire confidence, I remain sincerely, - R. B. Hates. Gen. E. A. Merritt. NEW advertisements: : FIRST WARD DEMOCRATIC CLUB. r WIU meet TO-NIOIIT at - Brooklyn Hall At 14 o'clock. febl-tf By order of the PRESIDENT, Second Ward Demo cratic Club. 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