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. 11 ', "' "' ., . T"T!TTr -t'Tri'yf'.-: -'i'X-i "S;" "if1..-" f i I mat VOL. XXV. RALEIGH. N. C FRIDAYS MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 18S8. NO. 3(5 Ml AND I M I P SB ojrn Y"7 n Ul UW Absolutely Pure. : i ids powder never varies. A marvel ft purity, strength and wholeecmenees. More economicail.thAn ordinary kinds and an hot be sold in competition with the mvltitude of low teat, abort weight, luni or phosphate powders, sold only in saris. ROTAL RaKlNS POWBKB CO., 100 A 11 8treet, Vemr York. Hold by W. O. ft A B. Strcnaeh, and J R Ferrall & Co. 1H)YSPEPSIA 18 a&st misery . xperienced when we suddenly lecome aware 'hut we possess a diabolical ar rangement called a stomach. The stomach is the reseOroIr from wnich every fibre and tissue must be nttfirished. and any trouble with it Is soon felt throifgliout the whole system. It will correct Acid ity of the Stom ach, Expel foul gases, Allay Irritations, A-nist Digestion, and. at the Bame time &tart the Liver to Work- ail M Hi i i in a, when all other il - troubles soon dis- - , disappear. jp, "My wife was a confirmed dyspeptic. Some it Hire yearn'ag by the advice of Dr. Steiner, of JE Auuuma she was Induced to try Simmons Liver ' "6 llegulator. I feel pratful for the relief it has . tfc Kiven her, and may all who read this and are- af F nictwi In any wy. whether .cnroiilc or otherwise f use Simmous Liver Kegulator and I feel confident ' it health will be restored to all wno win be au -Wm. M. Kkhsh, Fort Valley, Ga. Be not Inpotrd Upon! y. Examine to see that to Kiamine to see that you get the genuine. tb Distinguished from all frauds and Imitations by if our red id Trade-Mark on front of Wrapper, and ton trie side the seal and signature of Zeilm Co. BARGAINS AT WOOLlfOTT k S0.YS, IT A East Martin Street. jDOO ladies handkerchief 8 at 30o a dozen. pieces 86-inch black cashmere at 25c a yard. This is an extremely low price for goods of this quality. adieu' and Misses' all- wool hose, 10, 20 J ' and 25c a pair. dot. gents1 all linen handkercnieis, 12ic; cheap at 25c doz. genu' cotton, aeamlers i boa 1 (heavy) at 14c a pair. Made in North Carolina. i pair gents' kid gloves, $1.45; worth $2.00. YAutiMi'. Misses ' and children's shoes in JLT. endless variety :I x iff '4! i round nickel plated clocks at $1.00 nrth 1 RO. "y V 8-day clocks tor ;tW.50: sold else where for $7.50. A NEW LINE OF- Glass and Crockery Ware .I It i We are opening new lines of jWHITE GOODS, laces, prbts and seersuckers i Orders for Picture Frames, Bric-a ferlck, Art No rallies, Artist Materials, A iudow-shades, all Paper, Cornice RjWs. Ac have prompt attention. IIIR l.MVERMrV. IEETlNO OF THE BOABD OF TED8TKK8 IN THIS CITY TE8TEBDAT . Tho Board of Trustees of the Uai veraity of North Carolina met in this city yesterday, Governor Scales chair man ex officio, presiding. The fol lowing were present : Hon. Paul C. Cameron, Rev. Dr. Neill McKay, Rev. Dr. N. H. D. Wilson, Dr. Eugene Grissom. Judge A, C. Avery,'Mr. W. J. Yates, Rev. A. D. Bette, Hon. W. L Stee'.e, Dr. Kemp P. Battle, Presi- aant or the University, Col. Walter W. Limer, Col. W. L. Saunders, Capt, V. H. Day, Capt. James Par- k -, Mr. R. H. Battle, Col. Thos. S A.erjan,.Aiaj. Jno. W. Graham, Hon. M. McGehee, Col. J. S. Carr and Sen ator H. D. Williams. The board was in session for nearly the whole of the day and much im portant business was transacted. President Battle in bin nnnunl r port stated that certain parties had taKen possession of the John C. Mc Nair land in Robeson county, which naa oeen bequeathed to .the Umver ... i . . . . but, ana tnar. buyers had conse quently btoh afraid-to purchase, so that it had been rendered necessary to bring suit for the purpose of Clearing the title of the land and ejecting the parties in possession. President Battle and Rev. Dr. Neill McKay were appointed to prosecute the suit and sell the land. A resolution was passed that the Governor appoint a committee to sell, on such lerms as they might deem expedient, certain lands in Chatham county bequeathed to the University by Mrs. Mary R Smith. Professor Holmes was authorized to purchase a powerful compound microscope for .the use of the Univer sity. The question cf ihe manner of elec tion of commencement officers was taken up and discussed. It wes the opinion of the faculty and students of the University that the present plan was unsatisfactory. After consideration the Board; ordered that, after the next com mencement, the faculty . appoint the representative speakers of the socie ties, and tha'. the executive commit tee of the Board of Trustees appoint the marshals. The Board discusssed at eome length the matter of the withdrawal of; the Land Scrip fund, which brought an income of $7,500 per annum to the University, and a com mittee of seven was appointed to visit the) University to examine into the work and resources of ihe institution and ,to make a report at com mencement. A petition from the faculty recom mending that recitations on Saturday morning be instituted at the Uriver si'y was referred to the same commit tee. ' A proposition to establish a nor mal;: college and practice school at Chapel Hill, : separate and distinct frnra ri-J V.:1, ...l , should be admitted. was laitl oiflhe table by a large majority. A resolution was passed allowing teachers who attend the special course at the spring term, to do so at a charge of 2-00 per month, or $5 00 for three months. President Battle reported that the studious habits and gentlemanly de corum prevailing at the University was a matter of general satisfaction, and the reports of all the members of the faculty were read, showing that fine work was being done by both Students and faculty, and that the general tone and standard of instruc tion was more satisfactory than ever before.' , V mm 'jA Bld Barflary, Hickory Press and Carolinian. Mr. David Smith and. wife are very old people, living near Crossing, in this county, the only other occupant of the house being an unmarried daughter about fifty years old. It was known that the old man had a ittle money, and last Sunday night, before any of the family had retired, two men entered the house, pis'ols in nana aid demanded "lour money or your, life." Miss Smith started to blow the horn for help, but the des peradoes threatened to shoot her if she made any alarm. They plun dered the house and found $15.60 which they pocketed and left. The tracks measure Nos. 6 and 7 shoes, and other circumstances point to two young white men or boys who have spent their time about a liquor shop down there and have some reputa tion as thieves and robbers. They were black, but it is not believed they were' negroes. Jul ht Xtktiu Aathem. From the Troy Times. Speaking of anthems reminds me of the story of two eld British sail ors who were talking over shore ex perience. One had been to a cathe dral and had .h eard some very fine music, and was descanting particular ly upon an anthem which gave him much pleasure. His shipmates lis tened for a while and then said: "I say, Bill, what's an antbemt" "What?" replied inn, "do you mean to say von don't know what, a liftnthem (&?'' J -.. - . 7. "Not me." "Well, then I'll tell yer If I was to say to yer, 'Ere, Bill, give wo lust auuBuiac, tuaii nuuiuu i w a bahthem. But was 1 to say, ,BilI-Bill-Bill-giv-igiv-giv-giv me, giv me tb t band, giv me that hand, band spikelfspike-spike-spike-Bill, giv-giv me tUKt-that-hand-handsike, hand- handspike, spike, spike, . spike, ah men, ah-men; Bill, givemethathand spike spike, ah-men!' Why, that would be an hanthem." ' a- ihe ivmgnts oi rytmaB made an admirable choice in their election of Mr. Thos. D. Meares, of Wilmington, to be Grand Chancellor of their ord r in the State. The Wilmington Mtt stntjer bhh oi lam : "Air. Meares m one of our mo.-it esteemed citizens and is thoroughly identified with the order by which he has been so highly honored. ! The absolute sincerity of Blaine's letter is vouched for by prominent Re publicans in the confidence of Mr. Blaine, but there are others who think it would not stand before the pressure of a unanimous nomination. CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY SENATE AND HOUSE. IN THE HATTEKAS LIGHT HO0SE GOVERN MENT PUBLICATION'S IN THE HOCBK OTHER TELEOEAPHIC XEWH, Washington. Feb. lf. Senate. On motion of Mr Ransom, the Sen ate bill appropriating 5,0U0 for the election of a light-house at or near Diamond Shoiil off. Capo Hatttras, N. C , was takon from the calendar and pase ed. The revolution offered by Mr. Plumb some weeks ago directing an inquiry as to the cause cf tfllepetl in efficient mail service was taken up and agreed to The resolution offered by Mr. Mau derson some days ago requiring the Secretary of War to furnish to Sena tors on their request lists of the per sons to whom copies of the Record ) of the Rebellion are to be issued was taken up. Mr. Mauderson said that - since of fering the resolution he had a con- er satiou with the Secretary of War, who expressed his readiness to ply tho information asked and that the refusal to do f-o biforo owing to a rule of depar nient not , rstablished sup said H-HS tlin by him. The discussion up'.n t lie resl'it ion took rather a wuln latitude in iti course. Mr. Teller laid some sttcs-i upon the fact that, matters its tho de partments were kept necrel and ho protested against there being any se cret?, the people being entitled to know what their servants were do.ag. Extending this idea to the Senate it self, he declared that be conbid'-'ed the secret sessions of the Senate to be entirely unrepublican exce pt j er Laps when there wuh a treaty jh id- mg which ougct to be cousuierca in the secrecy of the executive sesbioc. There was ijo more reason why tho question of confirming, the execu ive appointments should be eont-idtied behind closed doors than there .'as be why the Senatfi should hind closed doorH as done. If there was legislao lt ha 1 cues any subject which the Senate desired to consider in private and which ought b con sidered in private, the doors, on application of two Sena tors might be closed, but as soon as tho matter was determined every Senator's vote should be ma Je known. If ho could inform his con stituents how he had voted on this or thtt nomination, it would bo satisfac tory to them, and he should bo ashamed of himself if he ever cast a vote in the Senate (secret or open) that he would not be willing to have Eublished. A treaty comes ere of importance to the people a treaty in which the whole people of the United States are interested, aud refuse to assume the responsibility of our votes for rejection or ratification After further discussion, partici pated in by Messrs. Vest, Manderson, J'tdler, Hawley and Gorman, the res olution was adopted. Mr. Sawyer was, at his own re quest, excused from further Berviee on the committee on education and labor, on the ground of his time be ing otherwise fully occupied, and Mr. Riddleberger wis appointed in his stead. The Senate took up the private pen sion bill on the calendar. When the calendar was exhausted there had been 108 private pension bills passed. After an executive session the Senate adjourned till Monday. HOUSE. The Speaker was in the chair when the House met this morning. Mr- Richardson, of Tennessee, from the committee on printing submitted a report upon the resolution direct ing inquiry as to why members of Congress could not procure books 8andintr to their credit on back ac count. The report shows that there is a small shortage in the number of copies of five publications and it makes note of the fact that the short age of 4,600 volumes in the publica tion of the Agricultural Report for 1879 was made cood by Mr. Dfret?, Public Printer, procuring! that num ber of volumsri from a private book dealer in Washington. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, and Air. Payne, of Illinois, expressed surprise that any book dealer should be n possession of so large a number of volumes ol a government publication and intimated an lnteution of askir for an investigation of tlie matter. The committee was then discharged from further consideration of the r s olution. The House in committee of the whole took up the urgent deficiency bill amendment which wasadopted,ap propriating $100,000 for the purpose of making a 100 feet longer deep dock, now under contract, to be built at tie Brooklyn navy yard. Mr. Kerr, of Iowa, cast the consid eration of the bill into a political current when in speaking to one of the deficiency items for the depart ment "of fiustice, he referred to the internal revenue laws and declarer that at one of its State conventions, he did not precisely remember the date of the convention, the Demo cratie party of Missouri had passed a resolution askiug for the repeal of the internal revenue system Messrs. Burnes. and Hatch said Mr Kerr were mistaken. Mr Hatch said every Democratic convention hold in Missouri for tte past ten years ha l adopted a resolution demanding mat Congress should wipe off the Stat ute book the provision of the reveuu-j law which prevented the farmer fiotu selling his tobaeco to any but licensed dealers. That provision had been passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a ltepubiii-an Presidents and it fastened the shackles upon the tobacco growers. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, inquired why the Democratic Congress did not repeal it. ' Mr. Hatch replied that he had every session introduced a bill to that effect, but that while it could pass a Demo cratic House it could not pass a re publican Senate. Mr. Bowoll, of Illinois, inquired whea it had pasced the Democratic House. r Mr. Hatch replied that it had passed the House ithe 46th Con gress. It had been modified in the Senate so that the farmer could sell to the extent of $100. Mr. Henderson: Why was tax put upon tobacco? Mr. Hatch-. Ifor the best reason, tho government needed money. Mr. Henderson: How did the gov ernment come to need money? Mr. Milikeu, of Maine: Didn't the gentleman from Missouri help to make the necessity? Mr. Hatch: And the gentleman from Missouri has never shirked his share 0" that responsibility. (Ap plause.) Mr. Henderson: The gentleman does not criticise the Republican Con gress which put the tax od tobacco, uor the Republican President who signed the laws. Mr. Hatch : I did not. I only criti cise tho power which put that law on the statute books which I regard b onu of the most infamous upon it which prevents ihe grower of a great product from Belling it to anybody but a. licensed dealer. Mr. Randall thought that it mat tered not what had been done in the past. Let all join hands and strike from the statute books the iniquitous sections. (Applause.) Mr. Hatch said that he would join tho gentleman in that when the bonds aud the debts of the Govern ment, to meet which the internal rev enue taxes had been levied, were pa I, aud when the tax upon the clothing and fuel of the poor people had been reduced. (Applause). Mr. Randall suggested that the in debtedness of the United States was in no danger of not being paid. Mr. Hatch replied that the war taxes had been levied to pay the war debts, and as long as a dollar of that indebtedness remained unpaid tobac co, and whisky were fair subjects of taxation. Mr. Reed, of Maine, inquired whether the gentleman was opposed tu the repeal of the internal revenue taxurt. Mr. Hatch replied that he was op posed to their repeal until the taxes on all the necessaries of life are first reduced. (Applause.) Several Republicans now let us Lear from V irginia. Mr. Burnes remarked upon the manner in which the House bubbled over when tobacco was mentioned, and expressed a fear that when the other element, which was covered by the internal law, was mentioned a regular pandoras box would be open ed. He then brought back the dis cussion to the subject matter of the bill. Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, offered an amendment directing the public printer to enforce rigidly the provis ions of the eight hour law. Mr. Burnes raised a point of order tluiijI'lSvv. ftv cnair' overrhieU urn j point of order -and the amendment was adopted. Having completed the consideration of the bill the commit tee rose. Pending the final action on the bid, the House at 5 o'clock took a recess until 8 o'clock. The evening session to be for the debate only rf the Pacific Railroad telegraph bill. Foreign Sews. London, Feb. 16. The govern ments new rules of procedure pro vides that the House of Commons shall sit from 3 p. m. till 1 a. m. with dinner hour, and that closure rule may be applied if there is a majority of 100 (instead of 200) as at present in favor of such action, and tnat the Speaker may suspend, for the sitting, grossly disorderly jnembers. ine other rules greatly increase the Speakers powers. Committees to deal with bills relating to law, trade, shipping and manufactures are re vived. . The arbitrary power exercised by magistrates over the Chinese native doctors is illustrated by the following incident at Shanghai. The new dis trict magistrate there lately sent one of Lis messengers to a well-known doctor with a fee of COO cash (about CO cents), to ank him to visit a pa tient." The messenger was ordered not to say he came-fromvthe magis trate. The doctor thoughKthat the patient was not an official, and refus ed to go. A second time the messen ger was sent and again the doctor re fused to attend, stating the fee was too small, and that he would pot go for three times the .amount. The third time the magis trate sent hiB own card, and the doc tor at once hastened to see him. Questioned why he did not come in the first instance, he made various unavailing excuses, the magistrate hastily observing that in future be would reduce the doctor's fees to such a low ficrure that it would not be worth his while to continue prac Using, and. gave him his alternative of . paying 5,000 taels (6,250) to the Yellow River Fund. This amerce ment was ultimately reduced to 3,000 taels ( 3,750), and the doctor, it is re corded, was well pleased to get off with this mitigated penalty. A bill has been introduced in the New Jersey Senate providing that th death penalty shall hereafter be in flicted by electricity, and that in sen tencing the criminal the judge shall name the week during which the exe cution shall take place, and within the week bo designated the sheriff of the county shall select a day, not pre viously to be made known to any ex cept the persons allowed to be pres ent at the execution. Newspapers are prohibited from reporting the execution further than making a bare mention of the event. Blaine, of Maine, Will not run again; Sherman, of Ohio, la willing to try, O! Cleveland Leader. The Confederate Monumental Association of Nashville, Tennessee, has avt arded to a Louisville firm the contract for a Vermont granite shaft forty hve feet in height, including a statue of a Confederate soldier of It.disn marble. The monument will cost about $10,000, and will be erected in Mt. 01iT Cemetery. AN EARTHQUAKE FRIGHTENS THE PEOPLE NEAR AN OHIO TOWN. THB FABTH ROCKS AM) THERE ARE TER- BIFIC BEPORTS 01' EXFLOSION--A GBEAT FISSURE LEFT--OTHER NEWS BY WIRE. Chicago, Feb. 16. A special from Akron, Ohio, says : A remarkable phenomenon manifested itself near here yesterday morning. The people in the vicinity of the Beat of the tioq Ble were thrown out of bed, and win dows and ceilings crumbled, while the earth rocked, the convulsions being preceded by terrific reports of ex plooion. A great fissure in the earth is the only sign of the strange occur rence. The people fled from their houses and the greatest excitement prevailed,; while many in this city got up and inquired the cause of the houses swaying. - tlvn Otu bjr a Tralm." Hpcclal to thd Nws awf Observer. Battleboro, N. C , Ftb. 16 Mr. Geo. House, a clever farmer living near this place, after drinking Very freely, left hero walking oa the railroad in the direction of his homo about four o'clock this evening. Af ter getting one and a half mt'.. s away the sopthern bound passenger ttiii Overtook him. He being ery slow to get off the track the engineer ir; gan blowing the whistle an 1 endeav oring to stop the train, whicli was a very heavy one, and it wan impossi ble to stop before striking and in flicting some very serious wounds on Mr. Houses head and body. The railroad company was not to blame. They took him on the train and carried him to Rocky Mount, where he is cared for. His friends do not expect his recovery. The Ctomi Prince's Condition. i San Remo, Feb. 16.- Much surprise ha3 been caused by the Emperor Wil liam having ordered Dr. Bergmaqn ta make a special teport on the con dition of the Crown Prince's larynx. Berlin, Feb. 16 The Xaiiuual Ztitung's medical correspondent at San Remo sayB that the Crown Prince's difficulty in breathing began a fortnight before the operation and is increasing daily. On the 4th inst. it had reached such a pitch that the Prince had to abandon his customary walk, being only able to take a drive. On the following day the struggle for breath was intense, especially during the night. On the morning of the 9th Dri Bergmann was summoned. When the Crown Prince was informed that the operation was thought advisable, he replied : j'Well, if it is necessary, I am ready to have it performed at onoe." " The Prineo expressed hi3 willingness tb be chloroformed. Dr. Bergmann, made an incision t he length 0 near me of east none. iae p. ; ee s beard was not touched. The Prince returned to consciousness soon 'after the bandage had been applied. He found the difficulty in breathing much relieved, and thanked the doctors for their services. He bore the chloro form well and felt no pain. London, Feb. 16 A dispatch from San Remo says Dr. Mackenzie has protested against the treatment pur sued by the German doctors in the case of Crown Prince Frederick Wil liam. Rafrloiln the Production of Coke. Pittsbprg, Pa., Feb. 16. Twenty- five per cent; of the coke ovens in the Connellsville region were shut down today in accordance with an agreement made by the operators a few days ago.; The suspension is for the purpose o restricting the produc tion and will throw 1,500 men out of employment. ;The operators are firm in their determination not to reduce the selling price of coke and say thi t the partial Bhut-down will continue indefinitely if the blast furnaco men blow out some of the furnaces, as has been; threatened. T)m Charge Against Uould Jid Sage. Nbw York, Feb. 16 The charges against Jay Gould and Russell Sage, made on behalf of the stockholders of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Com pany, charging them with appropri ating to their own use $3,000,000 of the company s bonds, were laid be fore he grand jury this morning by Assistant District Attorney, Semple. The jury was given all the documente bearing on the case, and on Monday next mrnesBes;will be summoned. A decision will probably not be reached before the latter, part of next week. Bank Kobbery. Cisco, Texas, Feb. 16. Cisco Bank was robbed yesterday afternoon by four men who entered on the pre tence of wanting a bill changed, held up the cashier and two customers who were in the bank, cleared out the safes of about $6,000 and somo valua bles on safe storage, mounted their horses and escaped, firing a salute with revolvers us they rode out of town.; They were not disguised. The city marshal, with a well mount ed poBse, were in hopes of a trace ten minutes later, but nothing has been heard from the pursuit. Nomination. Washington, D. C, Feb. 1C The President today nominated Charles S. Cary, of New York, to be Solicitor of the treasury.' A large number of the confirma tions of the Presidential nominations were made public today. Among them Comodore Braine, to be Rear Admiral and ten non-commissioned officers in the; regular army to be second Lieutenants. A Sort of Breach of Etlqaett. He is so very polite and cordial that the average North Carolinian thinks it a sort of breach of etiquette to vote against Ransom. Danville lleguter. (Our contemporary might have said also that Senator Ransom is a superb orator and a statesman of generally recognized ability.) The bite of the worm at the root with ers the! leaf at the top. Use Warner's Log Cabin Extract for internal nd ex ternal pplicatiott. Put Youiarlfln Ills Place. Siri:if!i'!il ReipuMK-an. . The resentments of the war are dy ing out, jet a feeling lingers at the North that the men who rebelled against the government were guilty of a .crime, and thit they ought to repent of it. That feeling grows weaker; there is a disposition to give the South the benefit of a sort of moral statute ef limitations, and for give what was done so long ago; but whatever vividlj recalls the events of the. war is liable to revive a feeling that the southerners rebelled wicked ly and without any excuse. Now, why did the southerners fight ? Let tho northern reader try tp put him self in '.he place of the average white southerner ;of I860, and ee how things looked to him. Slavery was a part of his whole social life. Asa child he had been nursed by a black "mammy." The servants in his bouse belonged to him. If he was a planter, his laborers were his ptoperty. This was the state of things he had grown up in. He believed it right; he read in his Bible how Jews and Christians owned slaves, and Christ and the apostles said not a word against it. He knew that there was a grelit'ofeal of kinduess and fidelity in the actual relations of masters and slaves and let the northern reader who doubts this remember that as the war went on the blacks were left unguarded on every plantation by the withdrawal of the whites to the army, yet nowhere did they rise for revolt or revenge. Hie whole industrial system was built on slavery. The slaves repre sented a commercial value of over a thousand millions. Well, the south erner had for many years heard this system assailed throughout the North, and himself denounced as a criminal. Ho was barred from what he consid ered his clear rights of property. If his, slave ran away, the northern peo ple would not let him be reclaimed, though constitution and law required it. If-he wanted to go into a territo ry, aud to take with him his house aervants and field-hands, he was told h'i could not keep them there. On just that point, the right to take elavt s into the territdries, the repub licans and democrats battled it, until at lust the republicans won in the election of Lincoln. Now the south erner saw the national government in the control cf a party whose avowed purpoee was to exclude from the ter ritories, and to limit and discourage, wherever posaible, the right to hold slave-j. Thereupon the South said to the North : "since you hate ouj sys tem of industry, and mean to restrict it, and hope by and by to abolish it, it is fim-j we parted company. Good by!" 'Hold on," said the North, "this union is not a partnership terminable at will. It is a marriage, and there can be no divorce." But the South had long held that in effect the Union was a voluntary aliance of states. Secession, which in the eyes of the feX . v. v.. l A ..J'j v . skit uiMUUUb ed right. The southern people had little expectation that the North would oppose it by arms, and at tho North and among republicans the right aud expediency of "coercing a 8tate "was very much in doubt till debate was cut short by the cannon of Sumter. So, first, the Gulf states secedsd; then, when blood was shed and passion roused, the other south ern Btates went, too. Up to this point, many southerners hsd opposed secession, and in the border Btates had made some head against the passion of the hour and the tyranny of public sentiment. But when once a state had voted to leave the union, almost every southerner believed that his state had a right to his allegiance. Even if disapproving of secession, he felt himself in the position of any citizen whose country goes to war, contrary to bis judgment, but with the: right to command his services. Alter all, very few men reason out hue Hght and wrong of things clearly, especially amid great social excitements. They catch fire from the feeling; in the air. North and South alike,; men enlisted under an impulse to fight for their homes aDd along with their neighbors and in defense of their country. To a Massa chusetts man, hia country meant the United States; to a Virginian, his cor, jtry meant Virginia 6r ihe South. (.George Washington, in his letters during the Revolution wrote "my country ' when he meant Virginia.) Then the war became td the South, what it never was to the North, a war of defense. The home and fire sido were threatened. Who blames the men who look arms against that? Who has no feelibg for; the women who Bent their husbands a'hd sonB to keep back the hosts of Grant and Shei man, whose coming meant fire and sword ? Who wonders if they found it hard to forgive f This is the southerner's side. If we do not give the northerner's here, it is because our readers have heard it for many years. We heed not re peat to them that slavery was a gi gantic evil, or that to keep this peo ple ono nation was worth all it cost. But we would do justice to our fellow-countrymen of the South. They were mistaken, and they paid a tre mendous penalty. Think how men love the flag they have fought under for four long years, aad measure the anguish when that flag sank to rife no more ! Beaten, thinned,impoverish- ed, t he men of the South had to face and make a wholly new future. They accepted' the overthrow of slavery, and the indissoluble unity of these uiates, as facts; as facts they made tie best of them, until they grew re conciled to the result, glad Blawry was gone, and at ached to the Union they had fought to break. In building up their waste places, in looking for ward and not back, in joining, hands to create a new America, they have shown themselves braver men than on the battle field. We are proud of them as our fellow-countrymen, and we would not ask them to repent ofl to be ashamed of their past. The Storm la England. London, Feb. 16. The gale and snow torm in England which began on the 14th inst continues. All rail way lines are blockaded, and in Wilt Shire two days' mails remain undelivered. UNDUE FREJUIJICE OPINION OF THE INTE STATE COMMISSION. I '.a IN THE CASE OF WILLIAM A. HjBD (COL ORED) AGUX8T THE GEORGIAba1L- road comfant. I Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. The Inter-State Commerce CofimisBion rendered a decision today injthe case of William H. Heard agafhst the Georgia Railroad Compar. The Commission holds that the petitioner, a colored passenger on thefdefend nt's road between Atlaria and Charleston, S. C. who hadf paid a first clas fare, wa? subjected to un due and unreasonable prejudice and disadvantage in violation of tte third section of the act to regulate com merce, in being compelled td travel in a car of inferior accommodation, of which only one-hall was assigned to colored passengers, the otherjhalf be ing used as a smoker for both white and colored passengers, andf thatit is the duty of the carrier unper the law to furnish to passengers paying the same fare equal accommoXlat ions and protection without discrimina tion on account of color. Bift if the separation of the white and colored passengers is expedient for adequate reasons, such separation is pot un lawful if tho accommodations and comforts for the colored passengers are in all respects equal ! tojjjose for white passengers payingthVsame fare. The opinion is by Commissioner Schoonmaker. A Pine Piece of Forjrery. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 16.-A very fine piece of forgery, apparently done in Hartford, Conn., was developed here, today. It was a certifiedfeheck for $1,500, drawn on Messrs. Tosiah Morris & Co., prominent bankers here, by John M. Milner. It was endorsed by Milner to Gullup & Metzgr and by them presumably deposited with the City Bank of Hartford for Collec tion. Payment was refused f here. The losers probably arel the Hartford indorsers. The . clever ness of the forgery consists to the way it is certified, which is don with a rubber stamp with the word certi fied'' very large, followed by the sig niture A a mythical teller i red ink. I'he whole is backed wth a metal perforating stamp witf the name of Morris & Company, the local bankers, made in it like a I 6eal. Morris k Company use no such samp. A curious circumstance is the facl that in the last two weeks two other forger ies of checks on another banking firm formerly in existence here, . R. Adams & Co., have come to Jight. They were gotten up precisely & the same style with a metal stamp, but are the work of the same man. A Disastrous Fire. Providexce, R. I., Feb. 16.-J-The moBt disastrous fire which has visited this city since September 1, 1877, when the great wholesale buildings about the postoffice were destroyed, raged this morning among the busi ness blocks near the city hall. JThe flames were first discovered at fnid night and the first man to givet the alarm was the engineer of the loco motive waiting at the passengerTsta tion to take the midnight mail train to NewLondon. He blew an afvrm on the engine whistle. The fire origi nated in Chair's Block, a four-story brick structure at the corner of Ejldy and Fountain streets, and sprea sd rapidly that a general alarm was rfing and the entire fire department re sponded. The flames started inithe northwest corfier of the ground foor of the building occupied as an engine room by Henry Staples & Co. On the same floor were the sash find blind warehouse of E. A. French nd Edward Wheelhouse's sash factf ry. The second floor was occupied! by Wm. G. Budlong & Co., manufactu rers of jewelry; W. fl. Beatty & !o., jewelers; Jas. A. Charnley,; jewelers' supplies; Hough & Wilkinson, jewel ers, and others. The third floor was occupied by Wm. H. Robinson & (o.r manufacturers of watches, and Reed & Hudson, jewelers. The fourth flioor was occupied by J. H. Sturdy, elecric supplies. j In a few minutes this building 4' as gutted and with a crash the wads fell, throwing up a solid sheet of flame. In an instant the Billirlgs Block, which stood upon the oppo site side of Worcester street, was in flames. The immense building was consumed like so much tinder, and; in 45 minutes nothing but blackened walls remained. Upon the first flcbr of this building were Burke Bros., dealers in beer; W. J. Matson & Cp., dealers in calico printers' supplies, and H. Morrisey's bar-room. In the 2nd story were Isaac Hahn, braids; aid Smith and Provost, engravers. The third floor was empty. The fourth floor contained a quantity of valuable ' iiaf ting belonging to Wm. Robert son & Co. Upon the fifth floor Isaic F. Chase had just fitted up room atf a cos of $10,000 for the manufacture of belt hooks. At the rear of thiB building, extended back over tho rear of other buildings, were thrive floors, recently occupied. Two bf these were occupied by Hahn. Tie third floor had just been fitted up fr the man lfacture of tubing with vefy expensive machinery. From this point the fire extended to the Aldrih House, the fire communicating through the roof. The Aldrich House was totally burl ed, also the Exchange Hotel aol Ethan Allen's carriage repository. The cold weather was paralyzing. The tangle of the electric light, tele phone and telegraph wires greatly impeded the firemen. Anson W. Aid- cb proprietor of the Aldrich Housi, was lying ill in the house, and was taken to the Girard House where bp is in a critical condition. The loss is estimated at $362,000; known insuil ance $145,000. The loss on the Ald rich house is $100,000. The Billing! building loss is $90,000; insoranoi $50,000. Shattuck's exchange, loss! $55,000; insortnoe. $20,000. 1 Ilnrrmh br This. THE FIRST ENGINE OVER THE OXFORD CLARK8VII.LE ROAD STEAMS INTO OX FORD. Special to the News and Observer. ; Oxford. N. C, Feb. 16. The first enirine over the nir n ford & Clarksville Railroad steamed up to ouf'fceautiful dc not in XVaf f"w ford at Sa'clock this afternoon amidst tne spontaneous and impromptu huzzas of a thousand havmv nr.,;,, The realization of today and the ex- KA.La: ' t i - yeciauua oi yesteraay have embraced each other. A HALElUHITlTAi FLORIDA. HEAVY THCNDEK STORM, Low s,iOS AND JJsTRAW HATS A WILD-CAT HI NT tr Special tor.. sr the News ami Observer. Jacksonville. Feb. 12. Heavy thander storm last night. Thermometer at 75 in the shade People wearing low shoes and straw Lveguiar aiay loth in North Carolina. . AT. in )rc i . , ou nuu gun en gaged for a wild cat hunt in the bogs near Jacksonville. Will report the result later, ; , 0. lii.tantly Klllnl. " Special totlu- News ami Ol's. rvi i . Chaduoclne, N. C., Feb. 16. At Best -it tudlow's saw-mil, Loris S. G. Mr. Weeks,about forty five years of age. employed by the above firm, while a-tempting to -pass under the mill was etiught by the belting and thrown against the machinery and in stantly killed "Stauneh" and otd" . bu7,,7t too old) and "Democratic. V That staunch old Democratic jour nal, the News and Observer. liock ingham libeket. Keeping a diary is not what it is crecked up to be. " Thirty days of accuracy is about the limit cf the endurance; but Dr. Bull sCouglJ Syrup has never yet disa pointed anyone who has uned it. "My son. When you go to the city, get ycu a bicycle, some tight paDts, some tooth-pick shoes, and a slender cane, but ui juureningBaon t taU to gets bottle of Salvation Oil, for 'pride (you 1rnAin maa.u: 1. ,. ,, J swm oeiore aiail. Sir G. O. Trevelyan declared in the British Parliament that the coer cion act had not diminished in Ire land. SB (CKEMI Perfect MA? Its superior excellence proven in mil lions of homes f or more than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United Btates Government. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful.- Dr. Price 'a Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. ' IflWTOBE CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS Brilliant! Durable! Economical! 33 COLrORS. io cents each. The PUR0ST, STRONGEST and FASTEST of ail Dyes. Warranted to Dye the molt fc and (ire tha best colors. 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