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VOL. XXVI.
RALEIGHl N. C, TUESDAT MORNING. MARCH 23, 1886.
NO. 109
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best goods for the least money. Hence
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we throw before the masses these spe
cialties; these matchless goods at match
less prices. . We- will show the people
the folly of their habit, from year to
tie
year,
of wasting their money for the
paltry consideration of a little credit.;
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ever daT new ' arrivals Of coods, at
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lapsed and from others that will go
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prints at 5o. a yard; worth 7e. Best
sbeetorigs, 80. a yard. 8Uk gloves 50o;
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Pins
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note -paper 5c Twenty-five envelopes
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atones ot tne jMetuautyui any uiumus
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Mr. Harrii presented petitions from the
nnrnorate authorities of tbe 01 tv of
! Memphis and of the cotton exchange of
tne same city, praying tor necessary ap
propriations for the ? protection of the
harbor of that city , ,
Mr. Logan submitted the following
resolution and asked; that ft night be
printed and lie over; sayN& he would
call it up some future day and submit
soine remarks on it:: $ 5 '
Resolved, That the sessions of the
debate, commonly known as executive
sessions so far as they apply to nomina
tions; coni. tuitions or rejections, shall
bercufter be held ' with open doors and
that a public record of the same shall
r be; kept, the same as of legislative ses
sions. , , ;
The resolution was ordered ; printed
and to lie over ; ; '
; Mr. Logan'a bill to increase ;the eiE
v iiucy of the army was taken up and
ucbated itritil o'clock. At that hour
'Xtxi judiciary committee resolutions
eame.iup and Mr. Colquitt took the W
in opposition to the majority report. . If
there was ever a question, Mr. Colquitt
said, that should be settled it was the
question involved here. It had been
settled by ;the : constitution and- by the
first Congress and had remained settled
for: forty years and when then, it w-fe
questioned it was again settled and h& 1
remained settled till this day. Refer
ring, to the; conte&t between President
jadksbn and the TSenate, Mi. Cpl
quht said that if the gigaotio intellects
oi Clay, Calhoun and Webster oould net
succeed in overturning; the received and
es.tablishedfconstruction and interpreta
tion of the i constitution it should be' a
warning to jthe -leaders of this day that
ihey are eneased in a 'futile attempt; to
place another constructkin on tne con
stitution. The; intrtnpower of truth
was greater than i :the?rp' r ; of .the
leaders. There was noi reason by -the
power of the president to maxe re
movals should now be questioned unless
thelinodern' state -eu tA discovered
som'ething which had escaped .the sa
gacity of tbe founders of our govern-
mav.'. aucus-ito wuoiii mi.
Colquitt said, was not a new discovery
with this administration. He iread- a
circular of president Hayes, prohibiting
the; participation of omoe-hoiders in a
political isaucus etc; To Show what of
ficial partisanship was, Mr. Colqttitt read
a letter addressed by an omoo-nower
to. tbesecritary of tbe . treasury U with
out giving the i name of the writer , Or,
the place ; be bad held " Having been
charged with a want of' (V)i'ence in his
office the emceholdt-r k 1 vie Ovidly that
he vhad been nominated to tte office
without his kbdwledge; .iat hu appoint
menUhad bjeen made loosing ty : politi
ealojerations In the then approaching
political cauipaign qf Ibbi; iat with a
viewf of iSereasingbis unciulness he
accepted ; ' the office. He had ; little,
thought of secluding himself in it, for
such .'a course would have eouflicted With
the; Entire progrsraime at the friends
bo bad : had bim appointed; that he
haot gone tit Washington and remained
there two months, doing political worx;
that that action was sanctioned by the.
secretary of the treasury v at the time,;
who Welt understood the ' object ot nis
visit to Washington. To; the average;
Republican, the writer said, this letter
from! Washington was more effectiTo
thab ne from any other place; hence be
carried on a very large correspondence
from! Washington with citizens in - the
State' of hii residence, and although no t
delegate to. the Republican convention
ne went v uaicajro ana uau uau. muu
to dov with, securing the thirty-four votes
Of bis Bute for Arthur. Mr. Colquitt
read front a report - as to another', office-
bolder, showing that he was found short
over $5Q0r,in his money-order depart
meht.and bad hot one cent wherewith to
make good this shortage; This den
eiehdv had arisen from the use of gov
ernment tunds in the private ousmess oi
the1 ;offieeiholder. He had also ex-?
chs'nged, postage stamps for merchan
div,; Mr. Logan inquired if that
office-holder had been suspended? . : Mr,
ColqUittsaid 'no;ibut he will be sus-
peoded if ,jou will give assurances tnat
hisshbstitutefbr him will be confirmed. '
Jlri Logan; inquired if the paper Mr.
Colquitt had read from was a, recora i
Mf Colquiti Yes." :Mr. Logan
asked whether it was from the postoffice
department 1 ! Mr. Colquitt ; answered
that it wap, and that it was open to any
Senator applying to see it. i Sir Logan
was htruck, he said, withHhe straDge
fact ; that": records could be furnished
against individuals for some Senators to
inakib speeches from, but could not be
; furnisbed-when called for in a resolution
of the Si-niate. ' (Laughter in ;the , galT
leries-VMl. Colquitt assured Mr. L-ogan
he could have any records in the pOstpmce
department if he would apply tor them;
luey had never been -retttsed. nr,
Hoar inquired whether the facts were
that papers of this character were fur
nished when'; Officials were guilty and
notwhen they were innocent. 1 Mr. Col
quitt had no; doubt the Senator could
getpapers of both characters if there
wore such papers hi the department and
the Senator would ask foe them. ; Mr.
Hoar asked on what principle the papers
were given to a senator and denied to
a resolution of the Senate;, Mr. Col-
quitt said they had never been denied
lie asserted that : no 'Senator; had ever
been refused access to papers in that de
partment. The department bad, how
ever, refused to eive them in response
0 i call mads as a matter of right by tbe
f 1
Senate. Senators had never ibeen denied
an inspection of the papers. Mr. Hoar
said: this was the first time he had heard
of the consent of a department to ex
hibit them to anybody, except to Sena
tors on the Democratic side, and he
had heard of a good many refusals.
Mr. Colquitt said he presumed the
Senator from Massachusetts! had never
applied, or he wonld have found out.
Mr Hoar said he had never applied.
Mr. Colquitt remarked that in such a
case; there was no good reason for Mr.
Hoar's statement that the paper bad
been refused. Mr; Hoar said he (Iloarj
was a member of the committee that
had been refused. Mr. Colquitt ad
mitted the truth of Mr. Hoar's state
ment, i The demand was made as a
matter of right, he said, that the papers
should be sent to the Senate. .The papers
are very different in character from those
he had read here and that demand had
been, refused. But all papers of this
character (and be doubted not papers
of every character) would be open to
Senators who should seek to know what
wai in them. The ground on which they
had been declined was that the Senate,
ia its capacity as a Senate, had no right
to demand correspondence of a private
and confidential character relating to
removals from office.
Mr. Logan called attention to the fact
that : they were furnished to an indi
vidual to be read in public; and pub
lished throughout the country, and in
quired whether that was not exactly
what the Senate was trying to get at. He
inquired why they should! have been
given to an individual and not to
the Senate. That was something he
could not understand. !
Mr. Colquitt said it had been under-
btood in the past. General Jackson bad
understood itr There was nothing mys
terious in it that Mr. Colquitt could
see. lhe senate demanded the papers
as a matter of right. Senators would
ask to see them as a matter of courtesy.
He thought that a very broad distinc
tion.
Mr. Logan said there were some
Senators who would like to see the
papers, but who did not go to the de-
partm its. He was of that number. He
did not go to a department to see
the papers. He never had done so
and did not expect to; but:he would
like : to see the papers. If Senators
in their aggregate capacity as a Senate
passed a resolution respectfully request
ing tne papers and the papers: should be
denied, be was afraid the country would
not see the nice distinction made by the
departments, when the departments
gave: the papers to individual Senators
to be read here in order to condemn
such persons. . '
; Mr. Colquitt said he had merely read
the papers to show that in case of offen
sive partisanship the administration
should use its authority and should sus
pend: or remove men of the character in
dicated. The only objeot that Mr. Col
quitt could see, that was to be subserved
by the adoption of the resolutions re
ported by the majority of the committee
was to place on , record and perpetuate
the malice of that majority . The Senate's
action in this matter, he said, Was merely
ansurpation of power to present ar
ticles ef impeachment, thus becom
ing both accuser and judge. The House
of Representatives had not presented such
articles against the attorney-general,
neither had any member of that house
proposed to do so. It was left for this
body of "grave and reverend seignors,"
actuated by party feeling, to first file
articles of impeachment and; afterward
proceed to pass their own! judgment
thereon, in contravention of the princi
ples and practices relating to impeach
ment, lhe intention was, by the pass
age of these resolutions, to produce, if
possible, all the moral eneot of an im
peachment.: This was an act nn Worthy
of the Senate t wonld simply ! have
the effect of V ing that the Senate
bad not gone beyond the limits of a po
litical junta. Mr. Colquitt had listened
to the mournful earnestness of the Sena
tor from Vermont in commenting upon
the Outrage perpetrated on the Senate by
the refusal to submit this demand
for papers relating, ; as jwas said,
to tne "manner or conducting an
office." That was the pleai Mr. Col
quittdid not mean to insinuate any lack
of sincerity . in these resolutions. He
wonld not impugn any one's motives,
but he would compare the Senate's
action in the present ease with its action
when the Republican secretary of the
treasury (Bharman ) was the offioer on
whom the call was made.
Mr. Jackson followed Mri, Colquitt,
also in opposition to the maioritv re
port, file believed the right! of removal
of officers to be wholly in the, President
So far as the acts of Congress made re
movala dependent on the consent of the
Senate, those acts were an encroachment
on the constitutional rights and powers
of the r resident. iut aside from that.
it was the candid conviction- of all the
advocates of administrative reform that
such attempts had been unwise and
had been attended with no substan
tial benefits to the pub Ha service.
In this connection Mr. Jackson cited
ithout reading an article written by
Mri Hoar and published in the North
American Review for November, 1881.
The Senator from Vermont j(idmunds)
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naa presentee we oenat Biue oi tnis
controversy with great ability, Mr.
Jackson said, but the ingenuity and
ability displayed bad not ; sufficed to
prove the case he attempted to make.
From ahe date when President Wash
ington settled the question in March,
1792, (as reported in Jefferson's cor
respondence) there had been no author
lty, either judicial or legislative, to
question the right of the President to
determine tor mmself what papers
should be disclosed in the interest of the
public service. It had rested in the
President's discretion. President Cleve
land bad informed the Senate that
there were no official papers on file
in the departments between the dates
called for. To prove his assertion as to
the matter being in the discretion of the
Senate, Mr. Jackson read from various
authorities, including Presidents Jack
son and Tyler. He also quoted from a
speech of Senator Sherman, in the Sen
ate, February 9 last, to show Mr. Sher
man's view then of papers! "not in
tended for the public eyes" and which
the President chose to withhold "on the
ground that they were recevied in con
fidence." That would be a ease of the
exercise of discretion which gentle
men in their intercourse with each other
r 'cognized. The trouble, Mr. Jackson
continued, was that Senators weraot
willing to take the President's state
ment to the effect that there was no offi
cial' paper on file of the character
called for between the dates indicated.
Had Congress any more authority over
a paper in the executive departments than
the! supreme court had? The judiciary
was a co-ordinate- branch tfc the govern
ment as well as was the legislative de
partment. When the rights of individ
uals were on trial before the supreme
court, involving perhaps life or liberty,
the judiciary was as much entitled to
these papers as was Congress or tbe
Senate. Yet chief justice Marshall, in
the trial of Aaron Burr, sustained Pres
ident Jefferson in his refusal to disclose
certain portions of the correspondence
which Mr. Jefferson asserted to have been
confidential and intended to guide him
to -the performance of his executive
functions. The object of the present
controversy, Mr. Jackson said, was the
waging f political warfare asr-nst
President Cleveland.' He denied that
Buskin's commission was such as was
suggested by ; Mr. Edmunds. As
Mr. Edmunds had suggested, his reading
of it was that Duskin was to hold
office "until his successor should be
duly appointed and qualified." This
assumption, Mr. Jackson said, bad been
necessary as a foundation for Mr. Ed
munds' argument, for that Senator had
followed it with a statement that Duskin
was still in office, even though sus
pended. The Senator from Vermont
had fallen into an errror, inadvertently,
no1 doubt. TLe form of commission
used by the Senator in his argument had
not; been in use since "1869. Under the
act of 1869 Duskin was entitled to hold
only for the term for which he was ap
pointed. That term was four years from
the date of commission. The commis
sion was dated December 20, 1881; and
therefore naturally expired December,
1885. Hel was suspended July. 17.
1885. The nomination of Burnett for
four years was sent to the Senate De
cember 14, 1885; so that the Senate was
asked to remove him only for six days,
as bis term would expire December 20.
The office became vacant December 20,
and the only question before the Senate,
so far as that office was concerned, was
not as to tbe suspension of iDuskin, but
as to the appointment of liarneti to an
office that December 20 became vacant.
The question as it bad been presented
by the majority was a mere pretext for
an attack on the President.. "In ar
ranging for this piece of political 'target
practice," safd Mr. Jackson,1 "the able
chairman of the judiciary committee
has omitted to place the proper target be
fore the Senate. That fact, however,
had not discouraged either himself or
his associates from firing at random
throughout the whole political range.
The proceeding is purely political; there
can be no determination of it here.
Both sides must appeal to the people."
At 5 o clock, Mr. Jackson retaining
the! floor, the Senate wenf into , execu
tive session and at 5.45 the doors were
reopened and the Senate adjourned
I10USI.
Quite asesaation was produced in tVe
House 'this morning when the chaplain
devoted his opening prayer to an in
vocation to God to rid the land of games
ters, whether in cards, dice, chips,
stocks, wheat, bucket-shops or boards
of $rade, and to lead the people to know
that money-making, other by the sweat
of the faoe, was contrary to His laws.
On motion of Mr. Butterworth, of
Ohio, seconded by Mr. Weaver, of
Iowa, the prayer was ordered to be in
serted in the Record.
The House proceeded to tbe consid
eration of the pension bills coming over
from Friday night's session. A bill
granting pension of $2,000 a year to
the widow of Gen. W. 8. Hajcock was
passed by a vote of 169 yeas! to 47 nays.
Under the call of States a number of
bills and resolutions were introduced
and referred, among them the following :
By Mr. Anderson, of Kansas to create
a commission to arbitrate in cases of
labor strikes.
By Mr. Van Eaton, of Mississippi,
proposing a constitutional amendment
prohibiting polygamy.
By Mr. Burns, of Missouri, for the
settlement of railroad strikes by arbi
tration. At the end of the call the House ad
journed. A FurnUur lalr FalU.
Charleston S C, March 22 D II.
Sixcox & Son,' furniture dealers, made
an assignment tod fry for the benefit of a
creditor. The; liabilities are $25,009;
assets sufficient to pay all debts.
Am AdTsaes In Was.
Chattanooga , March 22 The Look
out rolling mills today announced that
Friday wages will be advaneed 10 per
cent in all departments. The advance is
made voluntarily-
Do not stunefv your baby with opium
mixtures, but use Dr. Bull's Baby
Syrup. The safest out. .
Habitual poor health is the direct re
sult of habitual neglect. Keep the
Vmwela regular by the proper use of
Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills.
Give Dav a tiorse rowder to your
cows. It will increase the flow of milk
largely. t
THE STRIKES.
THE SITUATION IW 1111 MllITllwm
VERY UKEATLT STBAIHKD. !
T1i
LatMt Stwi r tta Iroubltt
Tli Katlwsjr PMp Taking- ;
si Firm ataud.
St. Louis, March 22. An agreement
drawn up by Governors Martin and
Marmaduke, of Kansas and Missouri,
respectively, intended as a basis for the
settlement of the strike on the Missouri
Pacific railroad, together with vie-pres-
ldent lloxie s acceptance of the same,
with qualifications, was presented last
nigi to the executive committee of dis
trict assembly No. 101, Knights of La
bor. The Governors called in person
upon Martin Irans, chairman of the com
mittee, and urged the acceptance of the
conditions by this committee, whu
soon afterwards was called together; to
discuss informally the conditions in
serted by Mr. Hoxieinto the apreement.
No action was taken last night. the mat
ter being discussed in a strictly unofficial
way, and after a long session the com
mittee adjourned until today, when the.
contents of the document will be form
ally considered and some decision
reached. The way in which the agree
ment was reached by members of the
committee affords little hope that jits
conditions will be accepted. Mr. Irans
would express no positive opinion as: to
its acceptance or rejection, and other
members of the executive board
were equally loth to make any
statements as to peir future course.
Enough was learned from them, however,
to make the rumor general that they would
not accept Mr. Hoxie -s proposition
The strikers object to that portion of it
relating to the re-employment of only a
i.i ti . .r.
F onion oi tne aiscnarged men and al
iege tnat, aunougn air. none says no
prejudice snail exist against the strlk
ers, they feel certain hat the leaders of
tbe present strike will be discharged
from the employment of the company as
soon as an opportunity offers. If. the
efforts of the Governors shall fail : to
bring about a settlement of the present
dinerences between the railroad com
pany and its employees, the all-absorb
ing question to the strikers is, how far
shall they extend the strike in an at
tempt to force the company to accept
tbeir terms.
Kansas Crrr, Mo., March 22. At 9'
o'clock this morning a general sound
ing of locomotive whistles signalled the
inauguration of another strike. At that
hour the union switchmen in every? rail
road yard in the city quit work and the
freight business generally was stopped.
ine unicago a Alton omciais made up
a train, by , the help of non-union men,
and sent it out, but the strikers are
said to have boarded and stop
ped .it at - j the . city limits. Tbe
Wabash is working a small force,
sufficient, the officials say, to! handle
city freight, and being under the pro
tection of the federal court they invoked
tne protection of the United States mar
shal. A mass meeting of strikers will
be held at noon At present the cause
of the strike cannot be learned.: Some of
the men say : "We had orders from the
headquarters of the Knights of Labor."
The switchmen made a general ; demand
for an advance of wages a week ago and
it was granted. There are flying rumors
to the effect that several other, depart
ments are to be ordered out. i
Antbr Uroaa Ontragr.
A MASKED MOB 8 DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAY
PROPERTY IN A HOUND-HOUSE.
Denison, Tex., March 22. Two
o'clock yesterday morning the watchmen
at the round-house were surprised; by
the appearance o. about 150 masked
men, who commanded them to keep
quiet. The watchmen, ten in number,
were taken up and carried to the shop
omceiwhere a squad was put over them
They" were told to remain where they
were.quietl v. as the masked men came to
do tbeir duty, be the consequences what
they might, and they would not be in
jured. So the watchmen sat in the office
awaiting the result of the affair. Of
the mob of 150 men not one spoke a
word, exoept the leader! who, after
placing the watchmen under guard,
went to the middle turn-tat le
where all cOuId see and , hear him
and said, "Men you know your duty;
do it." At that every man broke iu
the same direction, without the least bit
of noise. In about five minutes the
speaker returned to tbe office and ad
dressed the watchmen, saying: "Gen-!
tie in en, we are much obliged to you: for
your conduct and wish to return pur
thanks. You are all at liberty to go
about your business. Ixood morning
Lhe watchmen stepped out of the office
und not a man was insight or: could be
heard. They then made investigations
as to what had been done, i A passenger
ngine that was to leave for Fort Worth
this 'morning at 4 o'clock was found
with a steam cock open. The ' hose was
VUb, 1UO UUUipcu VVt IOUU Jkllicvi
entirely. They failed to open the water
Ant 4Ka fiA .l.imviAl ntlt i a n A " t 1 1. ? 1 1 LA ' '
gauge, so tne eogine bad; enough
water to carry her to Whitesboro,
and while the hands were; heating and
bringing her to lite again, a new hose
a a a
was put in and in about; an bour sue
steamed up into the depot and took out
the passenger train that had laid there all
night. In the shops the men found that
the large stationary engine had been re
moved from its place, the water let out
of the tanks, the hose cut, pins removed
and engines "killed," so that it will
take days to bring them to life again
The damage done to the machinery Was
very great and it will take some tune
to repair it Every masauerader car
ried a large piece of iron, a brickbat or
something similar, so as to be prepared
for a combat if the watchmen resisted.
The watchmen seeing the size of the mob
knew it was useless to resist, and; so
allowed them to do what they would.
The celerity and quiet with which 'the
work was done showed that the men had
been well trained and instructed. The
Watchmen have no idea who they were
and those who wore no, masks were
strangers to them. So there is no way
of finding, out the guilty partres.
A CrraIlKo Mia., Killing;.
TUB XVIKTS THAT LCD UP TO THI MASSACXE
OP A. DOZEN MEN FIXBCK NEGRO KING-
LEADERS WHO BROUGHT OR THE ELERCB
XNCOUNTXH IN WHICH THE 1NNOCIWT SCV
FKRKO WITH THE GUILTY.
''Ed. and Charlie Brown were the sons
of Adam Brown, who was one of the
most notorious and desperate characters
that ever cursed . the county. He
(Adam) once attempted the assassina
tion of a good citizen of the town in
1872. He was shot in the attempt and
from the wound received he died a few
years afterward.
"Adam was one of the finest, speci
mens of pure and concentrated meannees
that the days of reconstruction produc
ed. His son Ed. who was slain, and
who was the cause of all the trouble.
was tbe fao simile of bis father in looks,
disposition, devilment, hatred of the
white people, and everything else that
would make him dangerous.
"For the past four years H.d Brown
continually sought difficulties with
good white citizens by unprovokiogly
cursing and abusing them. His brother,
Charlie Brown, was; not as vicious as he
(Ed), but the influence and example of
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Hid rendered him as violent and turbu
lent. The inception of the difficulty
which resulted in! so much bloodshed
and the death of seven innocent people
is as follows :
"Saturday evening, the 13th day of
February, 1886, Ed. Brown had some
words with Hon. J. M. Liddell. Jr..
hich Mr. Liddell thought had been
settled, but in that he was mistaken
Actuated by the same spite that
always prompted his movements, he
sent after his arms, notified his brother
Charlie Brown and got together a posse
of some eight or ten men.
After making threats that they in
tended to kill Liddell, and were pre
pared for it, Ed. began to curse; and
abuse Mr. Liddell in the most Violent
terms. Mr. Liddell not being present
their abuse of him was conveyed to him.
"Ihey stationed themselves on the
sidewalk, at a place Iwhere they knew
Liddell would have to pass. They then
stationed one man behind a tree at the
corner of Cap t. Roy's store, about ten
feeet from where they were. They had
other men stationed both to the right
and left of them.
"As Mr, Liddell passed on his way to
Somerville & Askew's office, seeing the
crowd gathered there he asked Ed.
Brawn what it meant. Unon renlv of
Ed'. Brown hat it was ndne of his busi
ness, Mr Liddell struck him with 1 bis
fist. Ed Brown and his brother Char
lie, standing within three feet of Mr.
Liddell, and on each side of him, im
mediately opened fire on him (Mr. Lid-
aeiij witn aouDie-action revolvers.
John Johnson, a man standing behind
a tree, also began firing on Mr. Lid
dell. They all emptied the five cham
bers of each of their pistols at him.
"Mr.' Liddell received two wounds
from which he was confined to his bed
several weeks.
"Affidavits were made by the city mar
shal, B. F. Oury, against Ed and Char
lie Brown and John Johnson. Ed and
Charlie Brown were arrested and waived
examination and gave bond for their ap
pearance. Everything quieted dowu
and everybody thought it would be the
last of the difficulty; but not so. Ihey
continued making their threats that the
blood of Jim Liddell belonged to
them.' Tbe 13th inst. Edward and
Charlie Brown made affidavit before the
mayor against Mr. Liddell and six
others for assault with intent to kill and
murder them the: 13th day of February,
as stated above. : The affidavit included
some of the best Citizens, who were not
present at the time of the shooting and
knew nothing whatever of the difficulty
All the parties were arrested and ; the
case came up for, trial the 17th.
"The morning of the trial Ld. Brown
boasted that he would carry his body
guard in oourt with him, and true to
his word, when the case was called the
courthouse was filled with negroes, who
surrounded him,; reidy to aid him in any
intentions. At 1 o'cck 100 well-armed
men rushed into town on horseback ,
heavily armed with Winchester rifles.
At this time, Ed seeing, the crowd from
the window, arose' from bis seat, drew
his pistol and began firing on Mr. Lid
dell. That caused great consternation
and excitTOient and the firing became
promiscuous, lhe room was at once
completely enveloped in smoke. ,
"In the smoky condition enveloping
the room, and in the necessity not to
lose the lives of, valuable wbite oitiz ;db
by making no mistakes in quietly dis
posing of the two Browns, who "had
opened hre on laddelL and tnose near
the major s stand, it was ' necessary to
fire into the ranks of the negroes who
stood immediately in between the
Browns and the armed men made mad
and madder still by the defiance of the
Browns; by this precipitancy and by
this means several innocent and inoffen
sive negroes were slam without a mo-
ment s warning. '
"The Browns made no attempt at
escape, but with their accustomed de
fiance and boldness opened tne war
which so effectuallv made' them the
bloodv victims : of their own rashness
"The crowd, consisting of about 100
armed men, armed with every conceiva
ble firearm double-barrel, breech
loading, shotguns, Winchester; rifles
pistols of all ; calibres, including the
long borsepistois with their immense
balls, bad ridden into town at the same
moment from different directions: dis
mounting they proceeded to surround
the courthouse, placibg themselves in
between the fence arid the courthouse,
to prevent any escape; ami as the
Browns fired up stairs a portion of the
crowd, which had been stationed in the
hall opposite tbe courthouse, rushed up
the steps and filed down the right aisle
which is on the east side, and then fired
on the south-west corner, where the ne
groes were. j y:
"The negroes nearest this army were
those innocent men ! who fell a prey,
falling four or five) on top of each
other. j
"The Browns were! reached And went
down in a twinkle of an eye before the
volley of musketry in' the hands of the
determined and. outraged meu. i
There was a general stampede , of '
those who would escape the missiles of.
thecrowd;think;ng to;reach the window,
thirty feet high, and! jump to safety;
but alas! tbe crowd around the court- :
house, all being strangers, supposed
each man trying to escape was one of the
Browns. I 1
"Balls were lodged in all the walls,
ceiling, doors, window sash, piercing
the glass, mutilating j the benches, etc.
All this occurred in less than ten min
utes. The armed forces retreating down
stairs beard two remaining shots up
stairs and hurried back to .find that
Capt. D. N. Estes, who was addressing'
the court when ' the firing began, was
trying to assist several old faithful ne
gro friends in their last hours, and that
Ed. Brown, who was i supposed to have
been killed, was resting on bit elbows,
not having strengh to;rise further, and
had aimed two deadly shots "at Capt.
Estes, who was unhurt, no doubt owing
to the feeble and dyiqg condition of the
half-breed leader, who iu his last ex
termity had this bitterness in his heart.
These shots brought! back those who
were slipping away;bnt alas! they found
their work incomplete, and turned a
whole volley into the body of Ed Brown,
riddling him from head to foot.' One of
these balls, evidently from a Winchester
rifle passed through three seats of
heart pine, one and one-half inches in
thickness. ' v
"The Browns received not less than
ten shots each.
"A number of tbe negroes jumped from
the second story of the -courthouse aud
escaped without a bruise from jumping,
and were unhurt from the 'flying mis
siles. -' !
' "The smoke cleared away, and the dead
were examined&nd placed in dry places,
where they would not be left in the
pools of their, own blood. It was then j
found that ten men hid been killed, and .
three mortally wounded."
WaabiBffton Hwa ltenaa.
Washington, D. C.;, March 22. The
supreme court has rendered a decision
in the Mackin-GaLIagher case. The
crimes charged against the defendants -areynfat.u8,
within the meaning of the
constitution, and the defendants cannot
be held to answer in f the courts of the
United States otherwise than by present
ment or indictment by a grand jury.
The effect of the decision is to send the
case back to the lower court to be pro
ceeded with by grand' jnry indictment,
instead of by information.
WrMktd an Fry 1 pgr Pan SMals.
Washington, D. Cj, March 22. The
signal corps station at Smith villeN. C,
reports that the steamer previously re
ported ashore on Frying Pan shoals is
the Enchantress; of .Sunderland, Eng
land, from Baltimore! to Havana, with
coal and barrel states. The vessel
struck on the night of the 20th. She
in bilged. Ten of the crew were taken
off by the Cape Fear life-saying crew.
Thirteen are still aboard, but are in no
danger. lhe vessel and cargo are
probably a total loss. 1 - ' ,
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