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8toekllolderH, Meeting, y
; rtvmrv NORTH CaBOLISA HOME j
i IkslraNi E Company,
I Raleigh, N.C., January lOtb.im
I The annual meeting of tbestockhold
.t ihii Nnrth Carolin i llome Insur
aiice Company will be liel J afctneir office
Cathis city on Wednejday, tfie 1st day of
Charles J. Wright was the eldest
son of the Hon. Joshua Granger
Wright, one of the judges ol the Su
perior Court of Law and Equity, and
in boyhood was remarkable for great
exuberance of animal spirits, a Fond-,
ness for every mode of frolic and f ud,
and a propensity for practical jokes,
which, however, were devoid of malice
and characterized by unfailing good
humor. ; He graduated at the Univer
sity in 1817 and appeared at the bar
very soon afterwards. He was re
markable for quickness of apprehen
sion and great vivacity, was a fluent
and agreeable speaker and regarded
aa . an intelligent and trustworthy
practitioner. He was also president
of the Wilmington branch of the
Bank of the State, and was esteemed
by the business community as a very
useful and sagacious officer.
It was, however, in the drawing
room that he shone with peculiar .lus
tie. His fine address, the amenity of
his manners, the sparkle of hia wit,
and his familiarity with the usages of
refined society, all conspired to give
him prominence. He was of a genial
temperament and convivial in his
habits. By conviviality I do not
mean : the coarse jdebauehery of. the
restaurant or tavern, but that social
turn that seeks enjoyment and derives
pleasure from intercourse with culti
vated women, and men of wit, taste
and scholarship, or distinguished for
gome peculiar and striking talent. He
married Anna, daughter of Hon. Wm.
Hill, and had issue two sons, one of
whom died in childhood. The other,
Lieuc. Wm. H. Wright, of the United
States Corps of Engineers, graduated
at West Point at the head of his class,
Beauregard, so distinguished in, our
civil war, being second to him on the
list. He w as an officer of great prom
ise, but died at the early age of thirty
one years.
Thus gifted, and endowed with
such versatile talent, Mr. Wright
would , doubtless have risen to the
front rank in his profession and in
the councils c f the State but for his
untimely death in 1821. He was but
thirty-one years old when Be died.
"Whom the gods love die yacrng." In
that year the yellow fever was epi
demio In Wilmington. Mr. W. was
spending the summer at Smithrille
with his family. On his way to at
tend court at Duplin he passed
through the town and opened ' his
office for a few minutes, it hairing
been closed all the summer, to get
some law books; and then proceeded
on his ; journey. He was taken with
the fever on the road and died at the
house of Mr. Usher at South Wash
ington,: about thirty miles from Wil
mington. Numerous efforta were
subsequently made by his relatives to
find the place of hia burial that , his
remains might ba deposited in the
family burying ground, but they Were
all unsuccessful and "no man knoweth
OI CIS epuicurrj uniu vuim aj." . i
Before concluding this brief notice
of Mr. Wright, I will mention a sin
gular circ jmstance in connection with
him that occurred some years ago and
of which I was an eye witness. , A
short time prior to the commence
ment of the war between the States,
a spiritualistic medium from the far
North visited Wilmington and gave
exhibitions of his powers. He held
numerous seances, as they are called.
In combanv with a friend I visited his
room one evening and found several
gentlemen sitting around a table in
the centre of the room writing the
names : of those with whom they
wished to converse on small slips of
paper, : which they folded up very
tightly in the form of pellets. These
ceilets ; ere then placed in the centre
of the table and thoroughly mixed to
gether! You are to understand that
the medium did not know what names
were written on these sups, in fact he
could hot possibly have known, for he
was in a different part of the room
with hiB back towards those who were
writing1, ; and it was equally impossible
for bin) to see their contents,ior tney
were rolled up almost as compactly as
a small marble and about as large.
Anions those seated at the table was
the late James A- Wright, n ew men
in our State few men in any State
nf hia ace had brighter prospects of
s . . i i
a more: brilliant future. JSature naa
been kind to him, and education had
given i polish and brilliancy to tre
iswels with which he ws endowed
and which adorned his character, and
he wait universally regarded as One
destined to occupy a high niche in the
temple of faine But those hopes
were Boon blasted. When the war
broke out he was among the first to
nhev the call of his native State and
at the head of his company marched
to Virginia and at Mechanicsville
sealed his devotion to his country
with his heart s blood, being only
twenty-six years of age.
He was a nephew of Mr. Charles
Wri&rht and had written his name
with others and placed them with the
others on the table. So soon as the
medium had taken his seat at the
head of the table, he turned to Mr,
Wright and said, "There is a spirit
present with whom you wish to con
verse.". ,"Who is it " asked Mr. W
Without the least hesitation, the me
dium took one from number of pellets,
there beincr at least fifty on the table,
and handed it to him, saying, "You
will find the. name of the party in
that, in your own handwriting" 'He
opened and rad, Charles J. Wright,
as be had written it. tie then wrote,
without any one knowing at the time
what he was doing, "1 am anxious to
know .where you died." The answer
written bv the medium was immedi
ate and as follows: "My last recollec
lions are of upper Black river and
South Wasmugtou.
Now that medium was an utter
stranger to this part of the country,
had never heard of Mr. Wright, and
knew nothing about Wilmington, its
people or its surroundings, ao he
could not have answered aa he ; did
from his own knowledge. Who then
did answer the question! Can ! sci
ence explain?
DECLARED ENTITLED TO HIS
I SEAT.
THE GROtXDLESSNBSS OF THE CONTE8T-
s all tribe's charges disprovid
' 6TIIEK SEWS BY WIRE.
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the Observer Printing Oo , 415 Fay - f home
etteyUla St.
; Washing ton, Jan. 14. Evtry mem
ber of tbio House commitle on elec
tions wa4 in attendance this morning
to; reBuhje the consideration of t he
Thoebe-Carlisle contested election
case. Sr. F. Hallam, of Covington,
Ky., appeared in behalf of Speaker
Carlisle, while Mr. Sypher appeared
for the 'contestant. The chairman
announced that the presentation of
affdav'tsun behalf of the contesteo
was in oSder.
Ir. HfJlam said he took the: posi
tion that. a sufficient cause had not
belen shown for the re-opening of the
case. The action of the other side
in! presenting affidavits at the last
session deemed to show that they
concurred in that belief. Among the
things slated by contestant in his
affidavit was one to the effect that
Jno. A;' Goodson, chief of
police pf Covington and broth-er-in-law.l.
of Mr. Carlisle, had
stated on or two day after the elec
tion that the Speaker had been de
feated and that Charles Easton, of
Coving to, Ky., would so testify. In
answer to-tat counsel had affidavits
byboth fjloodson and Easton posi
tively deriying the statements. Mr.
Goodson further denies emphatically
thej assertion made by counsel for con
testant that some relative of Mr. Car
lisle's had approached Wood, formerly
Mit. Thoebe s counsel, for the pur
pose of influencing him. He states
that he is the only relative of Mr. Car
lisle living near Covington and
he ?; declares that neither he nor
anf other person, bo far as he is
concerned-, ever in any nianner ap
proached Tor attempted to approach
Mr Wood or any other person in
Mr;-Carlisle's behalf. So far as he
knew, suci a thing was never thought
of bysthe Ikffiant.
The affiant icrther says that he
met Easton on the morning after the
election aod Easton asked, him the
result. He replied that he did not
knerw, as the returns were not in.
Easton thgn said that it would be a
outrage if Mr. Carlisle were
defeated by such an ignorant man.
Another afidavit,Tby Horace Cameron,
a reporter pf the Cincinnati Evening
I egrra,wa3 read, in which Cameron
recites the substance of a conver
sation with the Speaker the day
after the elction,in which the Speaker
said that he did not know whether
or not he Had been defeated, but if
he had been he would feel a sense of
personal relief such as he had not
experienced in ten y ears. The affiant
further says that he had several con
versations wifch Mr. Thoebe but had
never toiu i v .
ted that hewas defeated. Uu the ccn-
irary, ne nau ioiu mm imt uc
(Thoebe) Was' defeated. He had never
sent! an itun- to 1m paper declar
ing &hat Msl Carlisle had admitted his
defeat but Jhe could not prove tms oy
forardmgiriie hies of the paper, as
they had ihl been preserved. This
affidavit wae corroborated by afiida-
vitsjmade bV-John C- Beaton, attor
nevl of Cincinnati, and Henry C. Hal
lami cleric oi tno tjouniv uouri. ; a o
me6t the s&tements made by Thbebfl
touching t$e meeting of Mr. Carlisle's
friends or; election night coun
sel $ produed au affidavit sign
ed ;by Judge i George Perkins, W
W.Cieary, Commonwealth s Attorney,
and a numl'er of other gentlemen,
whd declare that no meeting of the
kind described could have been held
without .their knowledge and that
thef knew 6f no such conference or
meeting- One of the signers af the
affidavits, Geo. C Davis, was, said
Mr.-Hallam, the gentleman who occu
pied the room in the federal building
where the conference was alleged to
have taken place.
Jho. W. Efirber, deputy postmeeter,
in his amcfavit, Bays mat me poi
office occupies the whole lower floor
of the fedefal building, aud that to
his !i nowleige no meeting such as
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described hf a Deen neia, nor comu
any; such hao been held without Lis
knowing it Similar affidavits were
made by Q.'H. Davidson and J. C.
Tunnel, occupying the remaining iloors
of the building.
Mr. Hallaln called attention to the
fact that P.VCasey, janitor of the fed
eral buildbser, was the only person
whd was -Darticularlv named as hav
ing been pjfdsent at the conference,
and as having admitted that Mr. Car
lisle had been defeated bvt that it
had been fixed up. Mr. Hallam pro
duced a letter to the Speaker declar
ing that he had never attended such
a meeting and knew nothing of it
la answer xo statements impugning
the? correcrjuess , of the poll-books
of Verona 'precinct, Boone county
counsel produced and read affidavits
by Mr. Garaett, who was in custody
of the bookfl, G. Winston and Wm
Pipfer, Republicans, declaring that
the'books appeared to be correct in
every particular and the signatures
in the handwriting of the election
officers. .
J, H. Caljahan, who was sheriff of
thoi precinct, in an affidavit declares
thaall of the votes were correctly
retimed and that he witnessed
personally r; the signatures of the
judges to the books.
Casey mjkes affidavit declaring
the statenjent was incorrect and
that he did not believe any such
conference had been held. Mr. Hal
lam said that the charge had been
uiaQe bv oife Charles Maunder tuat
on the uight alter tno election mr.
Carlisle had been b sen figuring about I
Newport inthe vicinity of tho ballot
bo, engad in conversation with j
MrllHatch; In reply to this charge !
ho read the? affidavit of ir. W. Queen
that on th0 night of the election,
hei his brother and Mr. Carlisle
had attended a social gathering at
the; house of A. S. Barry and
had remainf d there from seven o'clock
until 3 o'clock and they had then gone
to his brother s house, where
1 yit Carlnw was residing. On the
i night of the election Mr. Carlisle had
gone home at 8 o'clock and gone im-
:mod lately to bed. lms amaavit is
corroborated by affidavit from Henry
E. Queen, touching Mr. Sypher's
statement that R. W. Nelson had de
clined to participate in the meeting
of Mr. Carlisle's friends hnd had taken
his hat and left the meeting when its
object was explained to him.
! Mr. Hallam read a letter from Mr.
Nelson. Mr. Hallam next turned his
attention to an affidavit of J. J.
Pierce, of Cincinnati, to the effect
that with the exception -of one pre
cinct all of the returns of Carroll
f ounty appear to be in the same hand
Writ ing. To meet this he produced
an affidavit of R. F. Harrison, Coun
ty Clerk, who, as custodian of the
poll-books, exhibits them to the com
mittee and affirms the correctness of
the vote. Mr. Hallam declared that
an examination of the papers, which
could be made by the committee
iself, wr uld satisfy them that the
signatures to the returns were not in
One hand-writing.
E. N. Vance, registrar and cashier
Qf a bank, and Republican in politics,
makes affidavit that he had examined
the returns and declares that the
names of the voters in the books ap
pear to have been made by the clerks
of the various precinctsJwhosign the
ro urns.
; A. T. Leech, Knight of Labor,
of Carrolton, declares that he was
preseut in Thoebe's interest when
the vote of Carroll county was count
ed aqd that he found the returns to
be fair and beyond question as to
correctness. J. T. Lewis, Republican
and ex-postmaster of Carrollton, af
firms the correctness of . the entries
in the poll book.
After all affidavits had been re
ceived and the counsel on both sides
heard the committee went into secret
session. The secret session lasted
about forty minutes and while it was
in progress, the counsel and other in
terested persons waited in the nans.
The first motion put was one to post
pone' further consideration of the
case, which was reiected by a strict
party vote, 9 to 6. Then a motion
was made to re-open the case. Mr.
Iiowell. Republican, asked to be ex-
cased from voting and Mr. Cooper,
Republican, voted with the Demo
crats, so the motion was lost. Another
motion was made to declare Thoebe
entitled to his seat and on this vote
four Republican members were ex
cused from voting, the remainder
viting with the Democrats against the
proposition. Then came the final
vote on the motion affirming Carlisle's
ngnt to nis seat, oi : mo ioiuu-
crats voted in favor of this proposi
tipn, and with them stood Cooper,
Howell and, Johnson, 61 Indiana,
making the affirmative vote 12. Ly
man, Houk and Ledge, Republicans,
were excused, 'so there was no nega
five vot. The position taken by the
Republicans who abstained Irom rot
injg ib that while they were not con
vinced that Carlisle is entitled to
hip se,at,it was proper for the commit
FUOZEN TO DEATH.
FROM WASHlSfOTOf.
MANY PEOPLE AND IMMENSE
NUMBERS OFHORSEStic.
rS THE jtlOBTHWEST THE FBAbTUT. TORT
! DETAILED OTHKB HEW8
BY WIRE.
Wasbikotoh, Jan. 14 Despatches
from the northwest record a number
of deaths by: freezing in the recent
blizzard. A school-teacher named
Miss Curtis was frozen to death on
the wajr home from school at Dela
moc, Dakota, near Sioux Falls. A
man wis found dead standing beside
his barn and another lay all night
within a half mile of town in a snow
bank between his horses, thus saving
his life; Three children at Garrison,
Nebraska, got lost going home from
school and remained out all night.
One was dead when found, the other
two may recover. W. B. Headly was
frozen to death near Barkston, Da
kota. Two men were frozen to death
near Marysville, Montana. A farmer
named Allen and his son were caught
near Mitchell, Dakota, and the son
was irozen to aeatn ana me
father will lose both
his arms. Another man is
lost in the same neighborhood and
the freight trrin is blockaded nine
miles from Mitchell and the crew
havo had nothing to eat since Wed
nesday.; In the neighborhood of
Aberdeen, Dakota, ten meni were
caught by a storm at different points.
Four have been found dead. ine
others are probably dead but have
not been found. The loss of live
stock is immense, some actually freez
ing to death in their stalls in the sta
bles. Two belated 6tock-trains from
Nebraska arrived at St. Joseph, Mo.,
last night with every head of cattle
dead.: :
Death ot Mrs. Oca. Cheatham.
NaShvillb, Tenn., Jan. 14.--Mrs.
Anna B. Cheatham, widow of the late
Gen. B. F. Cheatham, who preceded
her ad postmaster in this city, died at
her residence this morning.
AH AOBEEMEHT REACHED.
Wilmington and th C. F. and U. V. R. R.
Wilmington Messenger.
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Yalley
Railroad seems now to be many miles
nearer Wilmington than at any ; time
heretofore.
Yesterday afternoon an important
conference was held in Mayor Fow
ler's office. The commissioners ap
pointed by the board of aldermen to
represent the citizens of Wilmington
met president Julius A. Gray and his
associates of the railroad. The re
sult was mutually satisfactory to the
parties concerned, so it is reported,
and at an early meeting of the board
of aldermen the commissioners will
report the proposition which they
made and which, it is stated, was
G
ac-
;Annu f.w t, nroduction of of tU'Cape jre:aVadrf0. acC0UIlt
v,. -7T. u.no "tu valley
-. w-. r nAiu an (i anrA t hut. ti i i t i l l luiutt i imiu vevva
n. i ntj rw j aA vm v v tw
liVht iinon the contest. ; Under the
instructions of the cojimittee, Chair
mftn CrisD wiil report to the House a
rPRoliition duclarin;? Mr. Carlisle en
titled; to his seat.
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Cold Weather In the Sorthwert.
CnTnAr.o. Jan. 14. A storm at Ga
lena yesterday blockaded the high
ways, the drifts in some places being
fifteen feet deep. No trains on the
Illinois Central orCbicago Northwest
ern railroad reached there yesterday.
The blockade on the latter road be
tween Galena and Madison will not
b4 raised for several dajs. Stock
about Moweaqua suffered intensely
frm i he sudden chauge in the tem
perature, ana a number of losses by
freezing are reported by the farmers.
Trarel 8erhuly Impeded.
Chicago, Jan. 13. Railroading in
northern Wisconsin and the eatire
territory west of there, as far as the
Rocky Mountains, has been practi
cally suspended t;ince noon yester
day- The few belatea passenger
trains managed to reach their desti
nation many hours late, but a great
many are snowed in at intermediate
noints. Several branch lines are re
nbrted so badly blocked by drifts
t hat thev mav be closed lor six weess.
No attempt was made today to send
out trains on the trunk lines from
the creat railroad centres, such as
St. Paul. Minneapolis or Duluth
The extreme cold and high wind, with
heavy snow, brought about this state
of affairs.
Railroad
An fttrreenient was reached, after n
careful and exhaustiva discussion, by
which the commissioners propose, on
behalf of the city, to give the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad the
sum of $150,000 in cash, m considera
tion of the railroad making Wilming3
ton the terminus of the road.
The sentiment of our people seems to
be bo largely in favor of any reasona
ble means of ; securing " the railroad
here that there is little doubt that
the board of aldermen will order an
election to be held.
Niw Bbbxb has decided to hold an
exhibit of her industries and of the
game, fish and oysters that abound
in the waters and forests of cistern
Carolina on the 13th, 14th and 15th
of March. The Journal says: "We
want specimens of woods, of manu
factured goods, maris, rocB, game,
fish, oysters, clams and anything else
that will show the material resources
of the section.'' We are glad to note
the project and believe with Brother
Nunn that "aa exhibit can be made
that wiQ astonish even the natives
and win the admiration of all visit
ors." We hope the enterprise will
have the hearty support of the peo
ple not only of the east but , of the
whole State. It shall certainly have
that of the News and Obskbveb.
Bank Statement
14 The fol
statement of
New York, January
lowing is the weekly
the associated banks : Reserve in
crease, $4,964,550; loans increase,
$3,896,000; specie increase, $1,808
000; legal tenders increase, $3,637,
000; deposits increase, $1,926,000;
circulation increase, $188,400. The
banks now hold $15,791,295 in excess
of the 23 per cent rule.
Total VUlble Supply of Cotton.
New York, Jan. 14. The total visi
ble supply of cotton for the world is
3,090,304 bales, of which 2,623,304
bales are American; against 3,229,294
bales and 2,797,194 bales respectively
last year. ' Receipts of cotton for the
week from all interior towns, 63,691
bales; receipts from plantations, 11,
lSjQ bales. Crop in sight 5,619,683.
Heavy Lou by Fir.
Indianapolis, Jan. 14.-A fire which
broke out here last night burned out
the following firing: D. P. Erwin &
Co., dry goods; Geo. W. Stout & Co.,
wholesale grocers; Tanner and Sul
lif an, supplies, C. B. Connors Sons,
overalls; McKee St Bransom, books,
and Pearson & Wetzel, queensware.
Loss from $75,000 to $100,000.
AlBrokrnlRall.
! Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. n-
Train No. 6 on the Cincinnati South
ern railroad, which left Chattanooga
last evening at 7.10 struck a broken
rail at Oneida, near the Tennessee
line, throwing the engine from the
tiack and blocking the road for six
hour. N.o penonhurt.
Some time since some of the State
papers" published the account of a
scandal in high life and confounded
the name of Col- Frank Coxe, of Ashe
ville, in this State, with that of
Franklin Coxe; of Long Island, New
York. Col. Frank Coxe stands high,
both financially and socially, and this
unintentional mistake on tne part oi
the press has annoyed him no little.
We make the correction with pleas
ure. Wllson'a o Rankln'a Champion Mlnatrela.
The great Wilson & Rankin Min
strel Carnival will be inaugurated at
Metropolitan Hall Thursday evening
next. E ery thing is new this season
from the rise to the fall of the curtain,
and old theatre-goers will open their
eves with amazement at the many
changes inaugurated. The greatest
change, perhaps, has been made in the
first part, and a very welcome one it
is, too. Instead of the old-fashioned
semi circle olio the entertainment
opens with a garden scene, or a sere
nade on the lawn, followed by a sex
tette, a group of end men, Wilson and
Schoolcraft and a grand ballon aBcen
tion with Wilson and Schoolcraft in
the basket. The sights seen by these
gentlemen from their perilous posi
tion among the clouds, are represent
ed by a panorama of views. The
great Adonis Clog and posing is the
hit of the season. A grand song and
dance by the dudes and dudines,
Griffin and Aidels' "Silence and Fun
Act." and "Waltz Me Again,"
George's talk' to the young ladies,
rapidly f olio each other in succes
sion. The after-piece, "Buffalo West's
Wild Bill is a genuine rib-twister.
Death of a Farmer Wilmiagtonlan.
From tue Wlmingtou Mosseuner, Htli.
The sad intelligence was received
here yesterday of the death, at San
Francisco, Cal., of Dr. John Lv
iMeares, a brother of our esteemed
townsman Judgl O. P. Mcel.
Cor. ol tbeNews and Observer.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 12.
Everything points to an earlyjcoa
Bideration of
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
A conference between a number of
Republicans was held last night, at
which there was a general discussion
of the President's message and of the
policy of the' party. It is believed by
the leaders, that they will be able be
fore long to agree upon a line of policy,
which will enable them to meet the
Democrats with almost an unbroken
front. As yet, however, they have
accomplished no such agreement.
Both parties are feeling about them
on all sides with great caution, and
the individual members are keeping
their own counsel more, than usual.
Generally the Republicans have been
able to find out about how Mr. Ran
dall would stand, and could make
their calculations accordingly. But
be is entirely non-committal now and
they can make nothing out of him.
Democrats want an early tariff debate,
and the ways and means committee
will soon report a tariff bill to the
House.
ransom's $500,000 speech.
Senator Ransom rarely ever says
anything in the Senate. His speeches
always command attention. When
he arose and addressed the President
of the Senate the other day, the word
went around that he was making a
speech in favor of the Blair bill. He
spoke five minutes by Senator Brown's
watch, and the Georgia Senator after
wards said that it was the shortest
and best paying speech ever made
in the Senate. It was made in sup-
Eort of a resolution to build a light
ouse at Diamond Shoals, North
Carolina, at a cost of $500,000.00.
NOBTH CAROLINA POLITICS AGAIN.
The impression s current here,
with more than conjecture to sustain
it, that ex-District Attorney Boyd, is
to be the Republican candidate for
Governor in North Carolina. It is a
still-hunt movement and is said to be
developing unexpected strength. Boyd
is young, able, audacious and aggress
ive. . He is a bold, strong campaigner
And a man of fine presence. Said an
active, .leading Republican today:
"Next to Judge Settle, who refuses
to talk even about the possibility of
his acceptance of the nomination. Jim
Boyd is the most available man in the
party. Judge Russell has a great
many friends, but he will not take the
nomination. Nichols has injured his
chances by his refusal to go into the
Republican caucus, but apart from
that, he is no campaigner, rsoyd is
a Republican through and through,
and ne is able to hold his own
with any man the Democrats may put
in the field. iIt is to be an aggressive
campaign on the part of the Repub
licans, and they are going in to win.
Cook, of Warren, will call the State
convention to order, and Cook is to
be the Republican candidate for Con
gress in the black district.
PERSONAL.
Mayor King and bride, of Greens
boro, who have been at the Metropol
nan. tot several days, leit tor their
The Misses Homer, of Oxford, and
Miss Branch, of W llson, are regis
tered at the Metropolitan.
January 13.
Two of the best talkers in the Sen
ate had the floor today. Senator
Vance made an earnest, eloquent and
telling speech in opposition to the
internal revenue laws, and Senator
Gray, of Delaware, one of the most
striking men in the Senate, submitted
a strong constitutional argument
against the Blair bill. The Delaware
Senator is a man of commanding
presence and has a full, round, well
modulated voice.
Yesterday and the day before Hale,
of Maine, and Chandler of New Hamp
shire advertised the political despera
tion of the Republican leaders.
The Maine Senator seems to
have discovered that out of the fifty-
five thousand Federal offices, over
forty thousand have been filled by
Democrats under this administration.
It makes no difference that not one
of.these offices is within the classi
fied service not one of them em
braced either in the letter or spirit of
the civil service law. All the same
to Hale, he vehemently accuses the
President of a flagrant violation of
the law in "turning out the rascals."
But it was left to Senator unanaier,
who has brains as well as money, to
treat the country to the smallest
specimen of Republican politics.
An encounter tooK piace in o wauiou,
Miss., on Christmas Eve, between
McMillie Mitchell, a white youth
twenty-two years old, and Bob White
Bides, a colored desperado. The lat
ter came up behind Mitchell, and
throwing his arms around him, drew
a butcher knife Beveral times across
his throat Mitchell succeeded, how
ever, in drawing his gun and firing
three shots into Whitesides. The
colored man lived thirty minutes, the
white youth two hours. The Repub
can partv was by no means backward
intwistinsr this murderous incident
into political capital, and Sen
ator Chandler appeared as the chief
twister. Within ten days after the
tragedy a municipal election occurred
at Jackson. The .'colored people re
frained from voting. A week after
the election Senator Chandler offered
in the Senate a resolution directing
the judiciary committee po investigate
the suopresBion of tha colored vote
r " - . . i. . . . ,
and the alleged particrpation in me
business of the .Federal office-holders.
Everybody then suspected that the
Republicans were putting themselves
into shape to wave the bloody shirt,
but they now Bee that it was also
a clever dodge to prevent Mr. Lamar s
confirmation, because the double
murder occurred while his nomina-
;rn for AKsnciatft Justice was pend
ing before the Senate. In this latter
reBpect, however, Chandler's effort
was a boomerang, for it brought to
the Lamar column another Republi
can Senator Riddleberger who pro
claimed on the floor of the Senate his
.Ifitermination to vote for Mr. Lamar.
THE BOCSE. !
The members of the ways and
means committee are very busy. By
9.30 this morning nearly all the Dem-
tooratio members were around me
committee duKJOincj m ways
and means of reducing tho surplus.
Representative McMillin said the ma
jority tariff bill would be reported at
very early day. He, with the
other members of the committee,
was extremely anxious to get the bill
before the House at once. There
will be no delay, ho said. He also
said that tbe committee's bill would
pass the House. J
The House took the country: by
surprise yesterday by passing a bill
making the United States Fish Cpm
mi&siouer a salaried officer. It is the
first thing in tbe w ay of legislation
during the six weeks of the eeasion-
personal. I
Mrs. Corbin, daughter of Dr. E.
W'ard, of Onslow, has secured,
through Representative Simmons an
ppointment in the Agricultural De
partment.
ITS BACK BROKEN.
THE GREAT SNOW-STORM IN
THE WEST.
THE &NOW AS H.RI-PACKED AS SAND-
OOOn WORK OF SOTARY
. BNOW PLOWS.
Builneia Change.
In another column will be found
the announcement of the expiration
of the firm of Messrs. Leach, Page &
Arendell. Mr. G. Edgar Leach, who
has been for the past 15 years suc
cessfully engaged in, and directly
identified with the grocery business of
this city retires to givo his active at
tention to other enterprises in which
he is interested. Messrs. M. W. Page
and F. B. Arendell succeed the busi
ness. They are experienced, energetic
and active merchants with facilities
amply sufficient to meet the require
ments of the trade, in such.bands the
high standard attained by the old
firm of Leach Bros, atd the late firm
of Leach, Page & Arendell will -be
Bteadily main tamed, We commend the
new firm of Page & Arendell to Che
trading public and bespeak forthem a
arge measure of success.
Assignment.
Yesterday A. Belsmeyer, tailor of
this city, made an assignment of his
stock. In the deed of assignment,
only one firm is mentioned as prefer
red creditor, the same being Henkje-
man, Jackson & Co., of Baltimore, to
the amount of $862.00. This firm is
made assignee and all the stock in the
tailor shop is turned over to them for
the payment of the claim. The total
liabilities and assets are not esti
mated. '
Shoppers' Notes.
Talking about this muddy weather,
shoes are what are needed to tussle
with it successfully. Norris & Carter
know this and seem determined that
everybody shall have a pair. They
have just put out tome broken lots
which they virtually propose to sell
at what you may propose to pay.
Just see the great announcement else
where. r
You've been there ! Oh ves. vouVe
sat behind the high hat at the theatre
and craned and ; cu d and '-thereby
hangs a tale," and if you want jo
know what it ib, just look at the pic
ture in another column under which
Whiting Bros, hare something of
special importance to say to every
body, i hat is a tale worth reading
and knowing. .v J
The Messrs. Tucker announce- a
January sale of Hamburg edgings and j
purchase, our friends inform us,
.. .
bought so that tha patrons oi toe
house may have their work on under
wear and children's garments made
up before the regular spring trade
begins. Along with these the house
offers full lines of linen and Torchon
and De Medici laces, &c Full lines
of Jones Si Otten cambrics, muslins
and cottons and special bargains n
linens. Much time, of course, can
be saved by purchasing and having
work done now. ?
Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 14. The
storm's back is broken and the rail
roads have gone patiently to work to .
burrow their way through the hard
packed drifts. The snow is as hard
and heavy as ?and and baffles the
snow plows. The only train in at the
union depot yesterday was the Wis
consin Central's. Two eist-bouni
Northern Pacific trains came in this
morning eighty and fifty hours late,
One of them had been snowed in fifty
miles west of here forty-seven hours.
The Northern Pacific has had an ex
cellent opportunity to test the rotary
snow plows and with entire success.
Oyer 200 miles 6f track in Dakota,
with the snow averaging fifteen feet
deep, have been cleared by one plow
in sixteen hours.;: This is an unpar
alleled achievement.
An ounce of prevention in better than
a'jwund of cure. A dose of Dr. Bull's
Baby Sjrup will assist your baby in
toething and prevent it from being at
tacked by choleia infantum, colic or '
other diseases with which babies suffer.
Nothing so quickly and surely dispels -confidence
as disappointment. Laxador
never disappoints any one using it fcr
such diseases aa liver and bloo.1 disor
ders, dyspepsia, constipation or flatu
lency r.
Mullet Roes. Mullet Roes in
brine; very nice and in good Bhape.
Mackerel, Mullets, Roe herring, Cod
fish; &c, Slc,
A fresh lot of choice Breakfast
bacon strips. E. J. Hardin '
--n ' .
Prince Bismarck is suffering
from an attack of rheumatism.
Leroyer was re-elected President
of the French Senate.
Its superior exceUenoe proven in milj
States Government. EaBluTBwft tytflft-
heads of the Great Universities aa the
the Strongest, Purest and most Health
fuL Dr. Price's the only Baking Powder
that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or
Alum. Sold only in Cans.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.
W(W TOM. CHICAGO. ST. LOU81 '
Masonle Node.
The members of William G. j Hill
Lodee. Nu. 218, are notified to meet
at their hall this (Sunday) at 2 o'clofk
m. sharp, to attend the funeral of
their late brother Peter C. Fleming.
All Masons in the city and particu
larly the members of Hiram lodge
are fraternally invited to attend aad
participate. J. B. weather y, j
secretary.
The mayor is bent upon stopping
all the confusion and disagreeable
calling and yelling of hackmen which
has long been a feature at the Union
d not on the arrival oi trams, or
ders for quiet and order hate been Is-
. . M. J.-J.
sued and a police oincer is present
nil trains for 'seeinsr the order en
forced. Yesterday one hackman broke
the rules and was fined by the mayor
$5 and costs. S
A rnt Well-Taken. j
The codfish aristocracy of New
York city attended a charity (T) ball
in diamonds, silks and laoes. fOb,
the rarity of "Christian charity.r-
Vilmington Star.
It has has been customary with the
rich people ot New York and other
cities to have charity balls. Large
amounts are raised and untold good
is accomplished. The Star is a "little
off." "Oh, the rarity of Christuin
charity." Elizabeth City Falcon.
The order to reopen the Russian j
universities has been revoked.
Orders for Picture Frames, Bnc-aj
Brack, Art NoT3ltdes, Artist Materials,
Window-shades, Wall Paper, CorniM
?0'WfeD.TwASoN !
" Raleigh Marble Works,
417 and 419 Fayetteville St., j
Raleigh, N. C,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Monuments
and Tombstones in Marbles or Granites. f
Also Conti actor for all kinds of Building
Work, Curbing Poets, Steps, Sills, c.-
DESIGNS
Of all descriptions kept on hand and sent
to any address upon application.
Chas. A. Goodwin
Proprietor.
PATAPSCO
Flouring Mills.
ESTABLISHED 1774.
OUR
has
A Woman's Discovery.
"Another wonderful discovery!
been made and that too by a lady in this l
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she witk
stot its severests tests, but her vital
org were underminrd ana. aeatn
seemed imminent. For three month
she coughed incessantly and -could not
deeD. She boukht of us a bottle of Dr.
King s New Discovery for Consumption
and was so much relieved on taking
first dose that she slept all-night and with
hnttle has been miraculously cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutr." Thus
write W. C. Hamrick & Co., of Shulby,
N. C Get a free trial bottle at Lee,
Johnson & Co. 's drug-store. S;
CORNED BEEF.
Extra choice briskets, corned to ol
der about ten days in salt and n
fine condition. Baltimore sausages
twice a week. E. J. Habdim.
See ad. of furniture in general and
rtinA hair mattreeses in particular Of
Messrs. J-C Hutson&Co. You can fee.
suited from their large and wll
assorted stock.
m m S
Fob Sale. A pair of fine Mules
Apply to Jn7. Robinson, Com'r of
Agriculture, RsXelfcn, & 0. I
Patent Roller Flours
Are manufactured from the Choicest
WHEAT OBTAINABLE. Their au
periority for Uniformity, Stbksgth
and Unapproachable Flavor hai long
been acknowledged. The
Patapsco Superlative j
STANDS UNRIVALLED. Of a
RICH. CREAMY COLOR, it makes
Bread that will s6tt the most fastidious.
Ask yoar grocer for PatapBco Su-
esrlative Patent, Patapsco Family
atent, Orange Grove Extra, Mapls
ton Family, Sevens Mills Extra, How
ard Mills Extra. '
0. A. Oiimlirill Miinufaduriiig Co
214 Commerce Street, .
Baltimore.
Represented by Alf . A Thompson:
i Balefeh, N. O. . .
fttllta Secrwsry.
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