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Home -Democrat. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Stats Democratic Executive Committee. Ralkigh, April 16, 1884. - Pursuant to the call of tbe central ex ecutive committee, the State executive . committee of the Democratic party met this day. At noon the chairman, Capt. Octaviaa Coke, called the committee to order. The following members were found to be present : Messrs. R. H. Battle, George H. Snow and J. J. Litchlord, of the central execu tive committee. First district Harry Skinner, of Pitt; R. W. Wharton, of Beaufort. Second district A. J. Galloway, of Wayne. Third district H. B. Short, Jr., of Columbus. Fourth district J. S. Battle, of Nash. Fifth district A. E. Henderson, of Cas well; M. S. Robins, of Randolph. Sixth district J. D. Shaw, of Richmond; W. J. Yates, of Mecklenburg. Seventh district W. B. Glenn, of Forsyth. Eighth district Jordan Stone, proxy for R. M. Furman, of Buncombe. Mr R. H. Smith, of Halifax, represented as proxy S. J. Pemberton, of the sixth district. Mr E. R. Stamps represented Mr Chas. M. Busbee of the central com mittee and Mr John D. Stanford, of the third district. Lt. Gov. J. L. Robinson, of Macon, and Maj. S. M. Finger, of Catawba, being in the city, were invited to seats in the meet ing. The appointments made by the central committee, of Harry Skinner of the first district and John D. Stanford of the third district, to fill vacancies were ratified and confirmed by the committee. At this stage of the proceedings the chairman, Capt. Coke, called Mr J. Yates to the chair, and in an appropriate speech tendered his resignation as chair man of this committee and then retired. Mr W. B. Glenn offered the following resolution, which was unanimosly adopt ed : Resolved, That this committee duly and highly appreciate the able, honest and efficient services of the Hon. Octavius Coke, ohairman of the State executive committee, and hi- resignation as such chairman be not accepted; that they fully recognize the fact that he has made efforts for the party which have been successful, and that his personal sacrifices for the party have been such as to entitle him to the gratitude of tbe Democratic parly of the State. Messrs. Glenn and Battle were appointed to wait on Capt. Coke and inform him of the action of the committee. Capt. Coke, returning, urged the committee to accept his resignation, giving the reasons that influenced him, and stilting that he was ready and willing to aid in any and all legitimate ways the objects of the com mittee. The committee then accepted the resignation. Mr R. II. Battle was unanimously elect ed to fill the vacancy and assumed the duties of the chair. On motion, Wednesday the 25th day of June, was fixed for the meeting of the State convention, and Raleigh designated as the place of holding the same. The following resolution suffered by Mr Galloway, of Wayne, were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That individually and as a committee we heartily approve the plank in the platform of the Democratic party advocating the abolition of the internal revenue system of tbe general government as onerous and oppressive to tbe people of the State. Resolved, That tbe policy of the party in this State on this question has been re peatedly declared both in its platform and in numerous memorials from Democratic legislatures, addressed to the Congress of the United State, and the position of the Democratic party in this regard is too well known to admit of doubt or misconstruc tion. Resolved, That we heartily commend the earnest and faithful efforts of our Dem ocratic representative from this State to secure a speedy repeal of the taxes imposed by this oppressive system. Resolved, That the people of North Carolina are too enlightened to be deceived by the pretended claim of the coalition and Republican parties of this State to de tire a repeal of this system. They asserted in their platform and maintained upon the canvass two years ago the justice of con tinuing said system, and their sudden an nouncement ot an opposite policy is a recognition of the validity and justice of the poeition of the Democratic party upon this great question. - . The resignation of Col. L. D. Stephen son, of Wake, as a member of the central executive committee, was tendered. It was accepted, and R. G. Dunn, Esq., was chosen to fill the vacancy. The following resolution, offered by Mr VV.J5. Glenn, was adopted: Resolved, That it be recommended to the county conventions that when they meet to send delegates to - the State con vention they also appoint delegates to attend a congressional convention of the districts as now constituted to be held at the same time and place with the State convention,for the purpose of organisation in the congressional districts, and also to elect delegates from said districts to the national convention. : ' It was understood and announced that the congressional conventions alluded to in the above resolution, are solely for pur poses of organization and electing delegates to the national Democratic convention. and not for nominating candidates for Congress. R. H. Battlb, Chairman. J. J. Litchfoed, Secretary. ; The Bird Law. ' The gun and dog can have a rest now as the bird law went into effect ou April 1st. It would be well to see that it is rigidly enforced, for farmers have no better friends than the insect destroying birds. We give below the ' clauses from the "Code" upon the law. Cut it out and preserve for reference : "Section 2834. No person shall kill or shoot, trap or net any partridges, quails, doves, robins, larks,, mocking-birds or wild turkeys, between the first day of April and fifteenth day of October in each year; and the person so offending shall be gouty ot a misdemeanor and fined not ex ceeding ten dollars for each offense. Section 2836. No person shall at any time take or destroy the eggs of part ridges or quails; and any person violating this section shall be guilty of " a misde meanor, and punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars 'or by imprison ment lor not more taan thirty days." N. C. Supreme Court Decisions. . v, Spring Term, 1884. White vs. Commissioners of Chowan. A county is not liable in damage for an injury to the plaintiff occasioned by a de fective bridge, (forming a part of the high way across a stream) in the absence of any statutory provision to that effect. Distinction between towns and counties and their corporate powers and liabilities stated. . State vs. Burns. Bigamy was a mis demeanor at the time the indictment in this case was found, but it is made a felony by section 988 of the Code of '83. Gibson vs. McLaurin. An appeal will be dismissed when the transcript of the record shows no complaint, no answer and no statement of the case. Bason vs. Mining Company. -1. A deed by a corporation, the concluding clause being "In witness whereof the said Gas ton Mining company have caused this in denture to be signed by their president and attested by their secretary, and their common seal to be affixed," with the signa tures and seal, is properly executed as a common law deed. 2. The statute providing that such deed be "signed by the president and two other members of the corporation and attested by a witness" (Rev. Code, chapter 20, sec lion 22) is an enabling act, intended to point out a method for the transfer of real estate, and leaving still open that provided by the common law. State vs. Lee and others. Appeals in criminal actions must be perfected and the case for the Supreme court settled, as provided in civil action;. Code section 1,234. McKee vs. Angel. 1. A justice of the peace has no authority to depute a special officer to serve process in civil ac tion. 2. A judgment rendered by a justice of the peace without notice to the defendant, may be set aside by a direct application to the justice, and where he refuses to do so the proper cause on. appeal is to reverse the ruling of the justice, but not to direct the justice to enter judgment vacating the original judgment. ADDITIONAL DECISIONS. The following is a statement of the de cisions delivered ou Monday last by the Supreme Court Judges: H G Trotter vs Commissioners of Swain county, from Swain no error judgment affirmed. Gilbert Patterson, executor, vs Robert Lilly and others, from Richmond no er ror ludgment amrmed. 41 av Murrill and others vs A J Murrill from Onslow error decree of Court be low 6et aside and decree directed accord ing to former opinion of this Court. State vs G 11 Urumpler, from Cumber land error cause remanded for judg ment to be pronounced according to law. Mary C Medley vs Dunlap & Little, executors, from Anson error judgment reversed and judgment for the defendants. A D Cowles vs Joel 1 Ferguson, lrom Wilkes error new trial awarded. Mark Young vs W W Rollins and C M McLoud, from McDowell contempt case no error. Alexander Jackson vs McLean & Leach, from Robeson no error appeal dismissed. S A Young vs B T Harden from Colum bus no error judgment affirmed. State vs Stephen Uoyal, from Uumber- land no error. A McA Council and others vs W II Averett, from Bladen no error judg ment affirmed. R D Moore vs Julius Vanderburg and others, from Iredell remanded for other proceedings. N G 1 enniman vs John 11 Daniel, trom Catawba error rulings of the Court be low reversed. D L Saylor and others vs B F Powell and others, from Anson no error judg ment affirmed. H McMillan vs Commissioners of Robe son county, lrom xtooeson no error judgment affirmed. Washington Items. From Correspondence of Goldsboro Messenger. Mrs Owens of Greensboro, has received an appointment to the Treasury Depart ment. Of the public buildings which it is ex pected North Carolina will get at this session Charlotte only has been reported It is before the Committee of the Whole, but may not be reached for some time. A strong combination for carrying all that class of bills exists, but the opponents gentlemen who have secured all they want already are numerous, and their num bers increase every day. This afternoon a motion to rescind the special order for their consideration : was voted down by only 101 to 77. The Wilmington bill, ap propriating 1100,000, was agreed upon in committee, but Jol. Green s necessary ab sence in Illinois deferred the report, as no one else could give certain information The committee has also agreed to give AsheviUe a fifty-thousand dollar building. The Charlotte building will cost $75,000. 1 Almost the entire delegation from North Carolina were in the members' gallery of the House in attendance upon North Carolina visitors. These were Messrs Pemberton of Albemarle, Alspaugh of Winston, Cotton of Jbidgecorabe, and Smith ot Anson, with ladies. Col. Green's bill to enable persons making fruit to distill it free of tax was formally reported and r tier red to the Committee of the Whole. . John T. Cramer of Davidson county, a elerk in the Treasury Department, was dismissed by Secretary Folger for writing an insulting letter to a lady for whom he had exerted his influence in procuring a Dosition in the Internal Revenue Bureau. The lady's brother-in-law, on the same day, knocked him down and kicked him around on the floor of the corridor. Cramer was a Lieutenant in a company of Federal soldiers, stationed at Tbomas- ville at the clote of tbe war. He was then a Democrat. He married the Youngest daughter of the leading citizen, John W. Thomas, Esq., and some time afterward joined the Republican party. - . ; i t3f Whisky that was selling in Cin cinnati on lbursday at $1.15 a gallon sold on Saturday at $10.5, a drop of ten ceuts in three days. Taking the tax of 90 cents off this puts the actual cost of the ardent at 15 cents a gallon. The price was expected to drop to $1. " 1 A woman can rip and tear and darn and - yet be considered sweet tern pered, but just let a man do it and pec pie will say all manner of hard things about him. State News. The third annual fete champetre at Davidson college, will be given Friday evening. May ; 9. The ' invitation com mittee are Chas. S. Johnson, C. S. Brat- ton, I. R. Oeland, E. B. McGilvary, J. S. Carson. . iST The North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will meet at Ebenezer Church, near China Grove, Rowan county, Wednesday 30th inst. V 1 fdlfSirawberries in market yesterday going at 60 cents per quart. jxewoem Journal, April 19. 23? Newbern is shipping Green Peas on a large scale to New York and : tbe Journal says the truckers are realizing from $4 to $6.50 per box. lhey are get ting ahead of the Norfolk truckers. B The Normal school at Newton opens on June 30th, under tne ouper- lntendency of rrof.- an. U. O. JNoble, oi Wilmington, who was recently elected to that position tt- The Medical Society of North Carolina will hold its Thiriy-firstj. Annual Meeting in the city of Rateigh ou lues- day, May 20th, 1884. Arrangements are being made with all the railroads, as lar as possible, to pass members, delegates and visitors at reduced rates. 63F" Rev. A. W. Mangura, of the N. C. University, will deliver the Literary Ad dress at Trinity College Commencement June 12th. - . BalT Mrs Green, the mother-in-law of Hon. Wharton J. Green, (member of Con gress from the Fayetteville District,) died at Bloomingdale, III , at the residence of Hon. David Davis, on April 17th, and her remains passed through Raleigh to Fay etteville on Saturday last. Sirs Green was the widow of the late Col. T. Jeff. Green of Warren county. jtSgr" On Suuday last Mr Robt. Strang, eon of the late Col. Robert Strange of Wilmington, was admitted to holy orders in the Episcopal Church at St. James Church, ilmington, by the Rt. Rev. A. A. Watson, Bishop of East Carolina., Business Failures in North Carolina during the past week. Castalia J. W. Wheeless, general store, assigned to Jos. Coilins; liabilities about $4,000; prefer ences $1,800. Dockville Walden & Moore, general store, assigned. Salisbury Wiley T. Rouse, grocer, reported closed by creditors. Wilmington John T. Schonwald, assigned to J. M. Forshee. Jiradstreets JV. 1 . Reports. SUIT Adjutant General Jones, of the State Guard, has issued a notice thai iu accordance with law,a board will assemble at AsheviUe, N. C, on Thursday, May 22, "to establish and prescribe rules, regula tions, forms and proceedings for the use, government and instruction of the Militia of North Carolina, subject to the approval of the Governor and Commander-in-Chief." The board will be composed as follows: Brig. Gen. Johnston Jones, Adjutant General; Col. F. H. Cameron, Inspector General; Col. J. W. Cotton, 1st Regiment; Capt. A. J. Ellington, Co. 1, 3rd Regiment; Lieut. T. R. Robertson, Co. E, 4th Regi ment, and Private J. L. Cantwell, Co. C, 2nd Regiment. 23" Cards are out for the marriage of our former townsman, Mi- Jacob Wallace, now the resident buyer in New York for the firm ot Wallace LJros., of this place, ot which firm he is a member. He is to be married on the evening of the 29th inst., to Miss Henrietta E. Calm, of 24 East Seventy-fourth street, New York. States- ville Landmark. Mica. Mr Frank Lander, of Lincoln- ton, is now opening a valuable Mica mine on Dr. W. A. Thompson's place, in North Brook Township, Lincoln county. He has found immense blocks of mica, and ou April 14th he took out 1,500 lbs mica, so says a friend in .North lirook. Mr David A. Elliott has placed on our desk a tine specimen of mica 11x13 found on his mine near Shelby. A Narrow Escape. On Suuday morn ing while Leon McLean was examining a self cocking revolver in the room of his friend Robert Michal, it was discharged, the ball barely missing the head of the latter. From the lact that Kobert had playfully pointed the pistol at Mr T. II Hoke only a moment before, Leon con cluded that it was unloaded, and hence bandied it carelessly. Lincoln Press. Killed by a Jersey Bull. On Satur day, Mr Eli Pattoc,one of the best citizens of Transylvania county, went out to his lot, untied his Jersey bull to let him run out, wheu the animal turned on him and gored him to death. This is a sad loss to that county. AsheviUe Citizen. Fruit and Small Grain. From the best information we can get the fruit crop is safe. Some of it has been killed, but if no further accident shall befall it there will be an abundance of most varieties The small grain crop escaped any material damage from the cold. There is plenty of time for it to recover from any injury sustained, and the prospect is still good for tbe largest cereal crop ever harvested in the county. Monroe Janquirer. tdgf-' Last week, Mr John Rankin brought the notorious Bill Meek, col., to Concord.and turned him over to the Sheriff. He is now safe in the cage. Mr Rankin captured him near Charlotte. He was ' at work on the A. & T. Railroad. Concord Register. . i-lT" Work on the northern wing of the Western Asylum has been resumed and will be actively pushed forward to com pletion. It is hoped that the wall of the unfinished wing will be ready for the roof by the close of the present season. -Mor- ganton Mountaineer. 1 The N. C. State Board of Educa tion met in Raleigh on Tuesday of last week. The list of the Normal Schools is as follows: University, Chapel Hill, J. L. Tomlinson, superintendent, opens June 17; Newton, Prof. M. C. S. Noble, June 30; Wilson, Rev. Sylvester Hazzell, time not set; Elizabeth City, principal not yet known, time not fixed; Franklin, Macon county, principal not yet chosen, opens about June 25. lbere are five colored schools: Fayetteville, Franklinton, Ply mouth, Salisbury and Newbern. Capt. Renno. The first bridge ever built by CapU. Renno, tbe veteran bridge builder, who is now engaged in building a bridge over Long Creek on the Carolina Central, and has the contract for building one at Indian 'Creek, was the bridge over the Catawba at Kozzell s J?erry on the old plank road. Since building this bridge, Capt. Renno has built hundreds on the principal railroads in the United Slates. He is about 67 years of ago,is worth about two hundred thousand dollars, and is of such an active temperament that when he quit work for two years his health failed, and he had to commence building bridges again. Lmcolnton Iress, That Shower of Blood in Chatham Conn- ; , ty,-N. C. :;t ?s j .University, of N. C, April 14." A singular shower of some red liquid, supposed to be blood, which fell in Chat ham on February 25th, was mentioned in some of the Stale papers, but littles notice was taken ot it. Nearly a week after the fall, Dr. Sidney Atwater brought a small specimen of sand soaked with this liquid to tne University, to be examined. It was looked upon rather as a joke and no analysis was made for some time. When it was taken np several days afterwards there seemed to be sufficient interest at taching to it to warrant paying a visit to the locality where the matter fell. ' Mean time nearly three weeks had elapsed, and several heavy rains had fallen.so that when tbe place was reached (a small negro'cabin iu New Hope township, about a quarter of mile lrom the Raleigh and Pittsboro road) no vestiges of the matter could be found on the ground, and only one or two marks ot drops on the fence, lhe woman who saw it fall was, however, examined and inquiries were made of the neighbors who visited the spot soon after. The fall came from a cloudless sky, when the wind was so slight as to be almost imperceptible. The position of the drops seen on the fence indicated a very slight wind from the South or Southwest, across some ploughed and. lhe woman was standing on this ploughed land, near a fence, along which small pine bushes were growing. She noticed something falling between her and the ground, saw it leave a red spla.-h on the sand,heard a pattering like rain around her, looked up, but it was all over and she could see nothing. She was a good deal frightened and affected, taking it as a portent of death or evil of some kind. Mr S. A.'Holleman visited the spot the next morning, (the fall took place about midday), and has kindly given me the fol- owing facts observed : lhe space covered was about fifty by seventy feet,and nearly in a rectaugular form. The drops were of sizes varying from that of a small pea to that of a man s nnger-and averaged about one to the tquare foot. Smaller drops were instantly absorbed,larger ones, with those on the wood coagulated. Some fell in the bushes and coagulated upon the limbs. Dr. Robinson,living uear.collected some of the freshly fallen material and made certain simple tests which satisfied him that it was blood. It even had the smell, he says, of fresh blood. Now as to the samples which I could procure for analysts: One from Mr Ilolleman was gotten by some third person and consisted only a few grains of stained sand. The other, also stained sand, was somewhat larger in quantity and came indirectly into the hands of Dr. Alston, who gave ii to me. It is a pity that a sample could not have been gotten more directly one whoe origin would have been placed be yond all dispute. The analysis is detailed at length, as it is important to see on what foundation rests the claims of this material to be blood. The sand placed iu cold water gave a brown-red solution, which coagulated on heating. The coagulum, a dirty brown, was soluable in caustic alkalis, giving an indistinct green solution treated with an acid solution of mercury, nitrate, it gave a brick-red color. Nitric acid aiso caused the formation of this coagulum and gave lhe characteristic yel low tint on heating. The ' original so'iu- tiou in water was brightened in color, not turning green or . crimson on adding am monia. On leaving the solutiou two or three days it readily putrefied, showing under the microscope a great swarm of bacteria. Examined by the microscope the appearance of small, slightly altered corpuscles was seen, corresponding well with those gotten from some slaughter yard soil. The spectrum of this substance when the solution was perfectly fresh gave a line in the yellow one in the green and a faint one in the red. On standing, the first two disappeared, and the red absorp tion band or line become very distinct; on adding ferrous sulphate the red line disappeared and the two first became dis tinct. To explain now : The yellow and green lines are characteristic of reduced haamatine (the red coloring matter of the blood). The read line is characteristic of acid hsematine. If you take fresh blood and add tartaric acid to it you get the red line if you then add ferrous sulphate ..1 tl 1 rrt you get me veuow ana green, lne ma terial then, according to the spectroscope, is partially decomposed blood. The lest known as haemin, crystals-could be gotten only indistinctly, if at all. This leaves little or no reasonable doubt then that the samples examined had blood upon them. The question arises were they carefully taken; had no animal ever bled on the same ground; had pigs never been slaughtered in that quarter of the field, etc. As to theories accounting for so singular a material falling from a cloud less sky, I have no plausible ones to offer. It may have been some bird of prey pass ing over, carrying a bleeding animal, but a good deal of blood must have fallen to cover so large a space. The subject is quite a puzzle and offers a tempting field tor the theorist blessed with a vivid imag ination. F. P. Venable, -' Prof, in N. C. University. : The Brandy Tax. Col. Green has favored us (says the Raleigh Observer) with a copy of the re port submitted by him from the committee on agriculture recommending that all tax be removed from spirits distilled by, a per son from fruit raised on his own farm. Under the sinister influence of; the inter nal revenue tax the committee says that orchards are not cultivated and are not profitable, the fruit being allowed to rot and , waste on the ground. They .say that the tax is not justifiable as a revenue measure and they refer to the arbitrary and lyranical powers of the odious reve nues. The minority of the committee, three Republicans Cullen, from Illinois; Howey, from New Jersey, and White from Minnesota, presented a report dis senting from the views of the Democrats on the committee. ..These Republican members say ''The undersigned members of the com mittee on agriculture beg l-ave. to express their dissent from the action . of the-majority in reporting with favorable recom mendation the bill making it lawful for "any one to manufacture the .apples, peaches, plums, berries, and other perish able fruits, raised by himself or his ten ants, into brandy free from any internal revenue tax or restrictions now existing." The minority of the committee are of opin ion that this bill involves a question of revenue, and that it ought to have been referred to the committee on ways and means; but they are opposed to this measure on its merits for several reasons. Let the people remember that the Re publicans in the House refuse to relieve them from heavy burdens or even modify the internal revenue system. Second week of Union County Court. When we went to press last week the Court was. still engaged on the criminal docket. About 25 cases went off of the docket. The case against John McLarty, col.,4 for killing Mr S. A. Morton last De cember, against whom the grand jury re ported a bill for manslaughter, was taken np on Friday morning. The defendant, through his counsel Mr T. D. McCauley, submitted to the charge and was sen tenced to jail for 8 months. The killing was shown to be accidental, but resulted from the careless handling of a pistol. L. J. Hanna, white, for false pretenses, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. - Taylor Cowser for carrying con cealed weapons, was sentenced to jail for thirty days. Lewis Starncs, colored, for an affray, was sentenced to jail for thirty days. -. The civil docket was taken np Friday evening. But one jury case has been tried on this docket, the case of Ennis Staten against Jacob Mullis. This suit was brought for the recovery of a piece of land by the plaintiff, held in possession by the defendant. It contains about 12 acres, and is worth probably three or four dollars an acre. The suit was begun 12 years ago, and the cost now amounts to about 1600. This with the fees paid to lawyers and incidental expenses incurred, will run up to at least $1,000 The case began Monday morning and the end has not been reached as we go to press. Monroe Enquirer, 8th. We learn that the verdict of the Jury was in favor of Staten, and an appeal to the Supreme Court was taken. The Mutiny of the U. S. Brig Somers. Swift Execution of a Son of a Cabinet Minister A Tragedy of Forty-one Years Ago Retold. . On Sept. 13, 1842, the United States brig Somers sailed from New York, bound for the coast of Africa,' there to deliver certain dispatches and at once return. The Somers was in command of Master Commaudant AlexanderSlidell McKenzie. The next iu rank of seniority was Lieut. Gansevoort of Albany, N. Y. Among the midshipmen, of whom there . were six aboard, were two sons of Uonimodore Perry Oliver and C. H. Perry, a Mr Henry Rogers, and Mr Philip Spencer, a sou of John C. Spencer, then Secretary of Var. Young Spencer had by no mean a good general character as an officer, hav ing already been compelled to resign on account of intemperance. Capt. McKen zie had sought previous to sailing to have Spencer removed, but was unsuccessful, and, according to his own statement, his feelings toward tbe young man were any thing but favorable. The entire crew of the Somers numbered about 120 men, of whom eighty were apprentices, eighteen ordinary seamen, and tbe remainder mid shipmen and petty officers. The Somers reached ber destination on the coast of Africa, and, delivering her dispatches, started on the return voyage, the inten tion being to stop at St. Thomas on the way for provisions. lt was noticed that Spencer generally held himself aloof from his fellow officers, but associated in a very free manner with the ordinary seamen. Oue evening iu November he entered into conversation with Mr Wales, the purser's steward, and hinted to him a plan of mutiny, detailing how it should bo effected, and declaring that he had already made recruits on board. Some time previous, while Sur geon Leecock and another officer were engaged in examining a chart of the West Indies in the cabin, Spencer had asked whereabouts the Isle of Pines lay. The Surgeon answered, and asked in return why he asked the question, as the Iele of Pines was known to be a piratical resort. Spencer did not reply. On broaching the matter to Wales, he commenced by ask ing him "if he feared death, or dare he kill a person to serve his purpose ?" Wales appeared to agree with him, and took the oath of secrecy, when Spencer told him all bis plans. How he would get up a sham fight during Midshipman Rogers' watch, and, at the intervention of the latter, throw him overboard ; '.hen seize the chest and distribute the arms; proceed to the Captain's cabin, murder him and kill the other officers as they emerged from their quarters, and throw overboard all of the crew that would not join them, or whom they did not want. This done, the brig was to proceed to San Antonio or the Isle of Pines. While de tailing these plans to Wales, a seaman named Small approached, making an angry gesticulation at Spencer, but when told that he need not fear on Wales' account, he again looked pleased. A third officer- ship was ottered m ales, and death was threatened if he uttered a syllable of what be had been told. : Wales became anxious to communicate with the Captain as to what he had heard, but, seeing that he was watched, in the morning told the purser, who, in turn, informed the Cap tain."' Among the men that Spencer had tampered with was one named Cromwell, who had formerly been on a slaver, and was considered a rough character, and another seaman named Small,' already re ferred to. Spencer had beenseeu sharpen ing a batile-ax : a seaman named Wilson was found sharpening a curious knife. Capt. McKenzie could not at first credit me wonoeriui iory told mm, but evi dence accumulated so rapidly thu he determined to have the principals arrested Approacmug spencer, ne saia ur "l un derstand that you aspire to the command ol this vt-ssel. How you are to arrive at it I do not know, unless by walking over my dead body and those or my ofhcHr. opencer replied inai u was ail a JoKe. ni . i w . ine apian responded, It is a very seri ous joke, sir, and may cost you your life." . On lhe day aft-r Spencer's arrest, tome apparent turther developments of mutiny appearing, the Captain ordered the arrest of Cromwell and Small. Fearing an at tempt at rescue, the Captain appealed to the omcers lor advice as to the propriety ot executing opencer, Urom well and Small. 1 he omcers approved of the idea. Cant, McKenzie then, went to Spencer and told him that he had but ten minuies'to live. Spencer pleaded for an hour, and it was granted. ." Small assented to his punish mem, behaving with greater coolness iban : i -"i ii o cimer vruiuweii or opencer. opencer asked permission to give the order to fire the gun which was to be the signal of the execution. This .was granted, 'but he found himself unable to carry out bis in tention. The commander gave tbe. order tonre, and the-three men were instantly ruu up vo main . yaro. jioe Domes were buried at sea. , .?, On arriving at New York Capt. Mc Kenzie immediately forwarded a report to tbe secretary of the Navy. An inquiry was held, which resulted in the full justi- ncatioo of the Captain conduct. ' Ere its close, a court martial was ordered aboard the North Carolina; before it Capt. Mc Kenzie was tried. He was acquitted. Female Suffrage A Set Back. The vote in the Massachusetts House bpon the woman suffrage bill was a regu lar roar-back. It showed that the "craze" had lost rather than gained ground. About four to one were against even the smallest exercise of the elective franchise as confined to municipal elections. That is right. If the strikers had gained that foothold they would have planted their banners, erected their barriers, brought out their Beige guns and prepared for other and more important conquests. So it was well done to scotch the - snake at once if you did not kill it. , Four to one will do. We-hope that the next attempt made to level , the standard of female purity and respectability in any State will show a still smaller minority vote. The worst enemy of the human race is the man or woman who would introduce the women of the land into the political arena. Of course if women vote they will next want to hold office. ; It would indeed be a sad day for the race when the mothers and sisters, the matrons and maiJene, began to mouth politics, to electioneer for the;r friend or favorite, to elbow and but ton hole men to secure their suffrage and influence, for all ibis would come,and coma quickly if the ice were, first broken by conferring the ballot upon women. Let the sanctity and purity of the domestic circle be kept pure from all contaminating influence. Let politics be kept out of tht inner home circle. Let the women th motheis and sisters leave to men the dirty work of politics. Thousauds and tens of thousauds of men who dislike the atmos phere of the polling booths stay -away rather than breathe it. It' is a fact that men are not made better and purer and more elevated by politics. ' The science of government is a noble oue. The study of the laws that govern nations and tbe great principles of a federative, constitu tional government is one of real interest and value. But the scramble for office lhe wire-pulling and pipe-laying the scheming, plotting;' manipulating the self-assertion and immodesty of- the pro fessional office-seekerthe corruption and profligacy that so often attend official life -the insatiable lust lor public place ami the greed for pay the broken promises, the concealments, the hedging, the con stant practice of dissimulation the want of Bincere convictions and honest purposes these are not inspiring these do not lift up men to a higher plane, do not ennoble and dignify and add a sweet grace to life. Fortunately not all men who are in politics are of this class, for we are glad to know that there are noble, high-toned, conscientious, sincere, pure men in politics who maintain principle and honor nnder all circumstances and amid the contentions and rivalries of parties. But the political arena is not a good school of morals. The record of our country will show that. 1 he life of the legislator is not half so pleasant or pure as is sometimes thought. Many a man who went to Washington virtuous and sober became impure and debauched. Folates are a necessity and men mu-t have less lo do with them. But uot so with the women. Let them keen away. Let them keep " Far from the madding crowds of ignoble strife." Let not the purity ol fe male me be brought in contact with the low standard and debasing influence that belong to politics. .Let not the slimy ser pent enter the sacred paradisiacal bower. Wil. Star. 2dif Georgia has taken a very proper step, lhe .Legislature has excluded the Police Gazelle from the State. We hope this movement will widen and that all obscene literature, including immoral pic tures, theatrical and other, shall bedriveu out of the South. Papers like the Police Gazette are a moral pestilence. Wilming ton Star. A receiDt for $13,000 Dassed through the hands of Rev. E. E. Boyce, of this town, for the benefit of the A. R. r. feeminarv at Due West. S. C. Mr. Boyce is one of the members of the board. This donation is from a wealthly friend in Ualitornia, and what is better, it is a first installment. Gastonia Gazette. ; NEW SPRING Millinery. We have now ready our Spring Styles in HATS and BONNETS for Ladies, Misses and Children, and are prepared to show all the nov elties of the Spring season as far as advanced. It is a well known fact that we carry the largest and most complete line of Millinery Goods In North Carolina. Our Mr Charley Query being in the Millinery trade in New York City, afiords'us great advantages in obtaining , NEW STYLES As eoon as they appear in New York City. En tirely, New Styles in Shape and Novelties in Trimmings are now being prepared for the Sum mer season, all of which we will h&ve in stock by May 1st, at which time we calculate to show the ladies the grandest display of fine Dress Hats and Bonnets For Ladies, Misses and Children they have rare ly if ever seen in the South. Our stock of Laces, Neckwear, Parasols and Fancy Novelties generally is complete, and will be sold as cheap as the cheapest.' - , Mrs. P. QUERY. Api-U 18,1884. P. M. Hale's Publications. THE WOODS AND TIMBERS ' OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1 Vol. 12mo., Cloth-Price $1.25. . "The publication of such facts in a shape that iub&w lucm awCTbiuitr, us iue Ttry Disi etrvice that the public-ppiritt d men in the South can do their Statts." New York World. : : ; "The very thing needed. A very important win. iur me oiaie. n umivgion star. A. timely and valuable publication Must prove of great service to the State." Charlotte journal "Mr. Ilale has done the State a great service. Biblical lleeorder. "Of such thoromrli -p-1W, tim :t or. the widett circulation. Nashville (2nn.) Lum berman. The book is well-printed, on tinted paper, is uauumtiy uiiunu in ciotn, contains 272 pages and an accurate and beautifully executed man of iu. muic, wiiu an its rurnaa rnuies aennea P. JI. HALE, Publisher. Raleigh, N. C EVERYBODY'! BOOK. Answers to simple questions frequently put to Lawyers by Laymen. Points in Law of value to every man in North Carolina the Professional man, the Farmer, the Mechanic, the Landlord, the Tenant, the Cropper, the Laborer. 12mo., paper, 32 pasjes Price tFive Postage Stamps) 15 Cents. . For sale by Booksellers generally, who may -- , r r- tuou mites vu IByumUlC VCIUIS by either of the undersigned. If not to be had at your local Book Store mailed post-paid on receipt of the price, by E. J Hale &8on. Publishers, Booksellers and Sta tioners, New York ; or P. M. HALE, Publisher, Raleigh, N. C. Cotton. i New York, April 18. The movement of the crop, as indicated by telegrams from the South, is given below. For the weeks euding ApiU lSih the total receipts have reached 30,274 bales, against 30 113 bales last week, 37,091 bales the previous week and 52,884 bales three weeks since- Bhrtw. ing a decrease Bince Sept. 1, 1883, of 880 i 322 bales, lhe exports lor the week reach a total of 36,210 bales,. of which 23,043 were to Great Britain, 5,198 to France and 7,969 to the rest of the Con tinent, while the Blocks aa made op thu evening are now 605,599 bales. ; Total Visible Supply of Cotton. New York, April 19. The total visi ble supply of cotton for the world is 2,836,389 bales, 2,073,189 being Ameri. can; against 3,192,493 and 2,415,793, re spectively, last year. Crop in sight fi 481,475. William Bailey, born in Green, boro, 5uilf..rd county, N. C, would lifct to hear from some of his relatives, whom he has not st-en for many . years, gjj mother's name was Nanoy Bailey; broth ers, Edward, James and Rufua Bailey uncles, Jolm and Henry. Any informal tion of the above will be thankfully re ceived. Address Win. Bailey, care of Cleveland Gazette, or 994 south Logan street, Cleveland, Ohio. 6 On the Morrison Tariff bitt the North Carolina delegation voted ag foj. lows: To take up the bill Bennett Cox, Dowd, Green, Scales, Skinner Vance, Democrats. Against taking it npO'llara and York, Republican and Mongrel. - Arrival jand Departure of Trains at Charlotte. RICHMOND & DANVILLE AND ATLANTA t & CHARLOTTE AIR LINE. N. 50 Arrives at Charlotte from Richmond at 1 :53 a m Leaves for Atlanta at 2:08 a. m. 51 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at 3.28 a. m. Leaves for Richmond at 3 38 a. m. No. 52 Arrives at Charlotte from Richmond at 12:53 p. m Leaves for Atlanta at 1:12 p. m. No. 53 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at 7:43 p 111. Leaves for Richmond at 8:03p.m. CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA. Arrives from Columbia at 7:30 p. m. Leaves for Columbia at 1:05 p. m. A, 7'. D O. Division. Arrivis from Statesville at 10:30 m. Leaves for Statesvile at 8 p. m. - CAROLINA CENTRAL. Leaves for Wilmington at 8:15 p. m , and for Laurinburg at 7:40 a. m. Arrives from Wilmington at 7:30 a. m., and from Laurinburg at 4:40 p. m. : j Shelby Division 0 Carolina Central Leaves for Shelby at 8:15 a. m. Arrives from Shelby at 5:40 p. m. Dissolution. The firm of A. R. NISBET & BRO., con eisting of A. R. Nisbet, W. B. Nisbet and W. L Friday.bas been dissolved by mutual consent, tak ing enVct April 1st, 1834, A. R. and W. B. Nisbet having bought the eutire interest of W. I. Friday. In future the business will be conducted under, the firm name of A. li. & W. B. Nisbet. A. R. NISBET, W. B. NISBET, W. I. FRIDAY. Charlotte, N. C, April 4, 1884. t- The friends of W. I. Friday will arHiia at the store of A. R. & W. B. Nisbet, where he will be glad to see them. L. P. OSBORNE, Practical Surveyor and Civil Engineer. All engagements promptly filled in city or county. Mapping and platting a specialty. Office with E. K. P. Osborne, Attorney.at Court House. Reference T. J. Orr, County Surveyor. Feb. 15. 1884. yr NOW THAT OUR OPENING IS OVER We are prepared to show BARGAINS in all our Stock. We have in store 500 Yards Summer Silk, 50c. 500 " " 75c. 250 " " . " fl.CO. -, Black Silk and Surah at all prices. Dress Goods in all the new shades at prices from 10' cents to $3.50 per yard. A new stock of ... . ;.j Jersey Jackets. A fuli line of Gloves, Ladies' and Misses' Hose. White Goods in all the new patterns. Hats for everyhooy. We invite special attention to our stock of - SPRING CLOTHING. Domestics that will surprise vou in nrices. Call and see our Goods and hear our prices. T. L. SEIGLE & CO. April 11, 14. The Improved Iron Frame THOMAS HARROW. From the experience of some of our o iarmers the " Thomas iiarrow is me plement for cultivating young cotton, corn v all other young crops. A 3 section Harrow wJ cultivate 15 acres per .day, and can ke0 cotton ana corn wim perieci mcctbs ' j Zmtto two workings. I will furnish name of f . who are using the Harrow in culti4""8 desired. . , For pulverzing and preparing rongb lana j for putting in small grain, clover and gnms7T it is the very thing. I keep a large sto band and every farmer should reduce e pensa of preparing and cultivating by navg Thomas Harrow. - .tto-b J. G. SHANNONHOUSE, ,; CnABIOTTJS, N. C, . General Agent for this section. April 4, 1884. 4w 18S3, 4,672,343 bales, against 5,552 665 bales tor tne same period of '82-83
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